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I'M CALLING TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER.
PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER.
PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HERE.
PRESENT. ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
MISS LUNA, I INVITE YOU TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
[ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS]
CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.THE CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND SUCCESSOR FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ITEM NUMBER NINE.
WE HAVE NO MINUTES TO APPROVE.
[PRESENTATIONS]
INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER TO DO THE RECOGNITION FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.YES, THE TITLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THE TITLE OF THIS PROCLAMATION IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE PAZ GOMEZ UP TO THE PODIUM.
THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, MAY 21ST THROUGH 27TH 2023.
WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
AND WHEREAS, THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING OUR TRANSPORTATION, WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS, THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, HIGHLIGHTING HOW PUBLIC WORKS CONNECTS US ALL THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE AND RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATED PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS AND THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEREFORE, NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER MELANIE BURKHOLDER, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST THROUGH 27TH 2023, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
YAY! MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BRANCH, I AM HONORED TO BE RECEIVING IT.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO CALL OUT SOME OF THE WONDERFUL TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, INCLUDING VICKI QUIRAM, WHO IS OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, AND TOM FRANK, WHO IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER JAMIE WOOD, WHO IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE CRADDOCK STROPES, WHO IS OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
AND PROBABLY HIDING IN THE BACK IS JOHN MASSHOFF, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR FLEET AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS BABAQ TAJ, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION.
THIS IS A TEAM THAT HELPS RUN THE PUBLIC WORKS BRANCH.
SO HUGE, HUGE THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THEM.
AND THIS IS ALSO YOUR AWARD WINNING TEAM.
THE APWA RECENTLY AWARDED FIVE AWARDS TO THE CITY.
THE FIRST ONE IS FOR OUR STREETS MAINTENANCE DIVISION FOR BEING THE OUTSTANDING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN THE ENTIRE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGION.
SO IT'S REALLY HUGE [APPLAUSE].
AND AND WE ALSO WERE HONORED WITH FOUR PROJECTS THAT WON, INCLUDING OUR FIRE STATION, TWO NEW PROJECT NEW FIRE STATION, AS WELL AS OUR POINSETTIA COMMUNITY DOG PARK AND OUR EL CAMINO REAL AND CANYON BRIDGE, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AS WELL AS OUR MAGNOLIA AVENUE STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN RECIPIENTS AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. PAZ PLEASE STAND BY FOR AFTER THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION, WE'LL INVITE YOU TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH US.
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PROCLAMATION. IT READS, THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE IS RECOGNIZED AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO HONOR AND REMEMBER ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO DECLARE THAT WE ARE A COUNTRY AS A COUNTRY, WE MUST DO MORE TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.IN JANUARY 2013, HADIYA PENDLETON, A TEENAGER WHO MARCHED IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURAL PARADE, WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED JUST WEEKS LATER ON A PLAYGROUND IN CHICAGO.
TO HELP HONOR HADIYA AND THE OTHER AMERICANS WHOSE LIVES WERE CUT SHORT AND THE COUNTLESS SURVIVORS WHO ARE INJURED BY SHOOTINGS EVERY DAY IN A NATIONAL COALITION COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEITH BLACKBURN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO PROCLAIM THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE 2023 TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
AND, SHELBY, I INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO GO CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. SORRY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD A MICROPHONE IN MY FACE.
MY NAME IS SHELBY NOVELL AND I'M A MOM OF TWO TEENAGE BOYS.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M ALSO AN ART TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT OF CARLSBAD.
AND WHY THIS CAUSE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME IS NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN MY UNIMAGINED NIGHTMARE HAPPENED AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY, MY OLDEST SON WAS THE SAME AGE AS THE 20 CHILDREN WHO WERE GUNNED DOWN IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THAT DAY CHANGED ME AS A PARENT AND I KNOW THOUSANDS OF OTHER PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO I FEEL AN INTENSE PULL TO ADVOCATE FOR GUN VIOLENCE, AWARENESS AND LEGISLATION, AND ONE THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER MOMS DOING ARE DOING RIGHT ALONG BESIDE ME. THEY'RE ALL RIGHT ALONG BESIDE ME.
IT'S NOT CANCER. IT'S NOT ACCIDENTS.
AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE.
IT IS VERY SAFE AS IT IS NOW, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT SAFER IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AND I ASK ALL OF YOU, LIKE MAYOR BLACKBURN SAID, TO JOIN US AT THE WEAR ORANGE RALLY.
IT'S IN ENCINITAS, JUNE 3RD, 10 A.M.
BY THE KOOK. HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL YOU TURNED AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE WHEN YOU SAID WHERE IN ENCINITAS .
THE KOOK. DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE THE KOOK IS? OH, THE KOOK.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
THANKS [APPLAUSE]. SHELBY, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FRONT? WE'LL DO A GROUP PICTURE.
AND IF YOU HAVE SOME OTHER MEMBERS WITH YOU, THEY'RE WELCOME TO BE IN THE PHOTO.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
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THE NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT.I NEED TO READ THIS BEFORE WE BEGIN 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.
ALL OTHER NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WHEN YOU CALL, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK.
I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AT THE END OF THE THREE MINUTES.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY GETS THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO TALK, SO PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKERS.
BOB SALDAG, FOLLOWED BY LORI ROBBINS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MONARCH VILLAS WAS CITED FOR VIOLATION OF FIRE CODE 308.1.4 FOR HAVING BARBECUES ON OUR DECKS.
FIRE CODE 308.1.4 STATES THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARCOAL OR OPEN FLAME BARBECUES OPERATED WITHIN TEN FEET OF A COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL. THE BUILDINGS AT MONARCH VILLAS ARE STUCCO CONSTRUCTION [INAUDIBLE] WITH TRACKS THE NONCOMBUSTIBLE COMPOSITE AND HARDY BACKER BOARD CONCRETE BOARD IS USED BETWEEN THE UNITS.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS NOT ADOPTED THIS CODE THROUGH A 0.1.4 CITIES SUCH AS SAN DIEGO, SANTA CRUZ, SACRAMENTO, NORTH TAHOE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT HAVE NOT ADOPTED THIS FIRE CODE.
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CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE FIRE CODE, SUCH AS ESCONDIDO AND RIVERSIDE, HAVE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING WORDING FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE REGULATIONS STUCCO COVERED WALLS, CEILINGS, CONCRETE OR TILE FLOORS AND WOOD RAILINGS FACING THE EXTERIOR, NOT NOT BETWEEN UNITS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE NONCOMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION. MONARCH VILLAS IS REQUESTING AN EXEMPTION REGARDING FIRE CODE 308.1.4 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DECKS ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH NON COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.THANK YOU. SIR THE FIRE CHIEF IS RIGHT BY THAT DOOR.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM FURTHER ABOUT THE FIRE CODE.
MY NAME IS LORI ROBBINS AND I AM A CARLSBAD RESIDENT IN FAVOR OF LOWERING THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS.
LOWERING THE TRACKS WILL INCREASE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
AND CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY FRIENDLY HOUSING.
I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE HERE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY.
WOULD EVERYONE WHO'S IN FAVOR OF EMBRACING THIS OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE QUIETLY AND RESPECTFULLY STAND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SAMIR GOSWAMI, FOLLOWED BY DOM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SAMIR AND I LIVE AND ATTEND SCHOOL HERE IN CARLSBAD.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS THE NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS GOING IN NEAR LA COSTA TOWN SQUARE AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT TRAFFIC ALONG THAT PORTION OF LA COSTA AVENUE. SO AS YOU KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOL, LA COSTA CANYON, IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS INTERSECTION, AND MANY STUDENTS WILL USE IT WHEN THEY GO TO THE LA COSTA TOWN SQUARE FOR LUNCH.
AND AS A TEENAGE DRIVER AND NEW DRIVER, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT WE ARE NOT AS WELL VERSED AS MOST DRIVERS AND NOT AS RESPONSIBLE, QUITE FRANKLY.
AND SO I THINK THAT MAYBE LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR A STOPLIGHT.
NO STOPLIGHT WHEN THE APARTMENTS GO IN IS.
SO THAT WOULD ALSO AFFECT HOW I DECIDE HOW I WOULD DECIDE TO PLAN IT.
BUT I THINK THAT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 35MPH WOULD BE A GREAT MOVE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH THAT EXTRA STOPPAGE THAT I WOULD ASSUME IS GOING IN THERE AND THAT ROAD, I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE AS SAFE TO HAVE A 45MPH ROAD.
AND ALSO THIS ROAD IS VERY HEAVILY TRAFFICKED BY NEIGHBORHOODS AND E-BIKERS, WHICH ESPECIALLY E-BIKERS. YOU DON'T NEED A LICENSE OR PERMIT OR ANYTHING.
AND WITH THAT STOPPAGE, I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY CONCERNS AND REQUEST THAT THE SPEED LIMIT BE CHANGED.
RIGHT BEHIND YOU IS TOM FRANK.
PLEASE TALK TO HIM. HE'S OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOM PETRO.
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I RESIDE AT SOLIMAR HOA, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD BY THE HILTON GARDEN INN.FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NOW WHAT IS NINE HOA REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE PACK MEETINGS, THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, TRYING TO ASSERT THAT THE COUNTY TAKE MORE EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
I'VE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION FOR YOU THIS CULMINATED IN A LETTER TO THE FAA TO RESPOND TO THE VARIOUS CONCERNS WE RECEIVED THE RESPONSES AND THOSE ARE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR PERUSAL.
OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF FINGER POINTING ABOUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
BUT WHAT DOES COME CLEAR IN THAT DOCUMENT IS THAT THE COUNTY, AS A LOCAL OPERATOR OF AN AIRPORT, HAS AN OBLIGATION AND THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS OF ITS RESIDENTS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO THE VNAP.
THE CNAP IS THE VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES, WHICH IS THE MAP THAT I'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
IF THE COUNTY ASSERTED THIS IN WORKING WITH PILOTS AND OPERATORS, IT WOULD ELIMINATE PROBABLY 75% OF THE PROBLEMS. BUT THEY DON'T. THEY SAY IT'S VOLUNTARY, IT'S NOT MANDATORY.
WELL, IT'S DESIGNATED B-2, BUT YOU HAVE D-3 LEVEL AIRCRAFT FLYING IN AND OUT OF THERE AT ALL TIMES.
AND THE WAY THEY DO IT IS BY SAYING THAT THEY HAVE LIGHTER FUEL LOADS AND ITS PILOT DISCRETION.
THAT IS A WINK AND A NOD, YOU KNOW, WAY OF REALLY CIRCUMVENTING WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS ASSURED OF.
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP IN GETTING THE COUNTY TO REALLY RESPOND TO THIS, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO HAPPENING IN THE EVENINGS AND QUIET HOURS WHEN THERE'S NOBODY IN THAT CONTROL TOWER.
AND I FEEL IT'S UNETHICAL AND UNFAIR TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO YOU HAVE MY COMMENTS TO THE PACK THAT I PRESENTED LAST THURSDAY NIGHT IN YOUR PACKET THERE.
WE FEEL THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND MY FINAL POINT IS I KNOW THEY ARE INTERESTED IN COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
YOU SAID THEY COULD MEET AT THE PINE STREET CENTER.
THEY NEED TO BE MEET IN THIS ROOM AND IN THE FULL WITH THE FULL WEIGHT AND PRESENCE OF THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND SPEAK WITH THEM, TELEVISE IT [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU, SIR. CIRCLE YOUR CALENDAR FOR JUNE 13TH AT 5:00 PM.
THAT ISSUE IS GOING TO BE AGENDIZED AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT.
OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS KELLY MCCORMICK.
I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT AND A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR WITH SAN DIEGUITO ALLIANCE FOR DRUG FREE YOUTH.
AND I FOCUS ON YOUTH, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND DRUG PREVENTION.
WITH PROP 64, VOTERS WERE PROMISED THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY WOULD NOT TARGET OR ADVERTISE TO CHILDREN.
SOME DIRECTLY MIMIC TRADITIONAL BRANDS WITH PRODUCTS OFTEN CONTAINING MULTIPLE SERVINGS IN A SINGLE PACKAGE, MEANING THERE COULD BE 100MG OF THC IN ONE CANDY BAR.
THE THE VAST MAJORITY HAD EATEN EDIBLES FOUND IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
CANNABIS CANDY ALSO POSES SPECIAL RISKS FOR ADOLESCENTS BECAUSE IT MAKES MARIJUANA PRODUCTS MORE DESIRABLE AND CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR FALSE BELIEF THAT POT IS HARMLESS.
IN REALITY, MARIJUANA USE BY THOSE UNDER 25 INCREASES THEIR RISK FOR SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH HARMS. AB 1207 WILL HELP TO HOLD THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROMISES MADE TO KEEP MARIJUANA PRODUCTS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CHILDREN.
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AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS CONSIDERING WRITING SUCH A LETTER, AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY ENCINITAS, DEL MAR AND SOLANA BEACH.SO PLEASE, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS.
THANK YOU. MA'AM, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK TO JASON HABER? I DON'T SEE HIM, BUT IF YOU TALK TO OUR FIRE CHIEF OR THE POLICE LIEUTENANT AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, THEY'LL ENTERTAIN YOU UNTIL JASON COMES.
MA'AM. JASON'S JUST WALKING IN THE BACK DOOR NOW.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WAITING? NO, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON CONSENT CALENDARS ONE THROUGH FIVE? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ONE? OKAY. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION.
MOVE CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
WANT US TO TRY AGAIN? YES, PLEASE. CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WAITING FOR AGENDA ITEMS, NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE BUDGET OR TEN, WHICH IS THE FLAG POLICY.
I'M GOING TO TAKE TEN OUT OF ORDER AND IT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT BEFORE NINE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE FLAG POLICY RIGHT BEFORE THAT.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAVE TWO VERY SHORT ITEMS AND THAT WILL BE.
[6. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS ON ALTERNATIVE HOUSING AND TEMPORARY HOUSING TO RELIEVE HOMELESSNESS (ZCA 2023-0002/LCPA 2023-0018 (DEV 2023-0040))]
THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL BE ASKING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE DISCLOSURES PERTAINING TO THIS ITEM.GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING TWO HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE ADOPTED OUR CURRENT HOUSING PLAN IN APRIL OF 2021.
THE PROGRAMS REQUIRE US TO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
THAT'S OUR PRIMARY LAND USE DOCUMENT THAT ESSENTIALLY SAYS WHERE YOU CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS BASED ON DIFFERENT ZONES IN THE CITY, AND TO MAKE THOSE ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGES EFFECTIVE IN THE CITY'S COASTAL ZONE, WE ALSO NEED TO PROCESS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED TONIGHT.
FIRST ONE REGARDS GROUP HOMES.
THE SECOND REGARDS LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECOND PROGRAM FIRST.
ESSENTIALLY, LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS IS A USE THAT THE STATE HAS INDICATED CITIES MUST LIST AS PERMITTED IN ITS DIFFERENT LAND USE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
A DIFFERENCE, HOWEVER, BETWEEN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER AND A LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTER IS THAT THE NAVIGATION CENTER HAS A REAL EMPHASIS ON MOVING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT EMPHASIS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PROVIDING A TEMPORARY LIVING SPACE, BUT INSTEAD GETTING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, THERE IS INCREASED NEEDS FOR STAFFING AS WELL AS SERVICES COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
SO TO COMPLY WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM, WE ARE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OR PROPOSING TO.
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ZONES, LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE.THE OTHER TOPIC TONIGHT REGARDS GROUP HOMES.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 1.3 G AND THERE IS VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM THE STATE AS WELL AS GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING CARLSBAD, MUST DO TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
CERTIFICATION LETTER, HOWEVER, ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, PROGRAM 1.3 G AND NOTED THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO AMEND ITS STANDARDS TO SPECIFICALLY ALLOW GROUP HOMES IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND TO CLARIFY THAT ESSENTIALLY THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN GROUP HOMES THAT SERVE SIX OR FEWER PERSONS AND THOSE THAT SERVE SEVEN OR MORE PERSONS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A SMALL CAVEAT TO THAT IN A BIT.
WE ALREADY PERMIT GROUP HOMES IN THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, A SOBER LIVING HOME, A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ARE TYPES OF GROUP HOMES IN WHICH UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS MAY LIVE TOGETHER IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AND IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE STATE PUT OUT A TECHNICAL ADVISORY THAT CLARIFIED WHAT DEFINITION OF GROUP HOMES WOULD BE AND CLARIFIED FOR CITIES LIKE CARLSBAD, WHAT THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE FOR GROUP HOMES.
OCCUPANTS ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DISABILITIES BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY WHO'S IN RECOVERY FROM A DRUG ADDICTION WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE DISABLED.
AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT REQUIRE LICENSING FROM THE STATE.
AN EXAMPLE OF A GROUP HOME THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE STATE LICENSING WOULD BE ONE THAT SIMPLY PROVIDES PEER SUPPORT AND LIMITED SERVICES SUCH AS SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SOBER LIVING HOMES OR RECOVERY HOMES.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY THAT SERVES ELDERLY PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S, WHICH NEED YEAR ROUND CARE OR AGAIN, ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION FACILITIES, FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE.
THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF GROUP HOMES THAT WOULD REQUIRE STATE LICENSING.
IN OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE THERE IS NO LISTING FOR GROUP HOME TODAY.
BY THAT I MEAN THAT TERM IS NOT USED OR DEFINED IN THE DOCUMENT.
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW IS TO CLARIFY THAT IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES, UNLICENSED GROUP HOMES, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED, WOULD BE CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE, ESSENTIALLY A USE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL USE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME APARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
IN ADDITION, WE NEED TO CLARIFY IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT LICENSED GROUP HOMES SERVING NO MORE THAN SIX PERMISSIONS, SIX PERSONS IS ALSO CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE. FINALLY, FOR LICENSED GROUP HOMES THAT SERVE SEVEN OR MORE PERSONS, HOMES THAT REQUIRE A LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
STATE LAW DOES PERMIT THE CITY TO LIST THOSE AS CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE AND ONE THAT IS SIMPLY PERMITTED IS THAT A CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE WOULD REQUIRE A DISCRETIONARY PERMIT, OR IN THIS CASE, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ISSUED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
A TYPE OF GROUP HOME IS A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES DO REQUIRE LICENSING FROM THE STATE.
THEY TYPICALLY PROVIDE 24 HOUR NON-MEDICAL CARE.
THE STATE ALSO WANTS US TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES THAT SERVE SEVEN OR MORE PERSONS WOULD BE CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
WE ALREADY CONDITIONALLY PERMIT SUCH GROUP HOMES IN OUR MULTIFAMILY R-3, RD-M AND R-P ZONES, BUT WE DO NOT ALLOW GROUP HOMES SERVING THAT NUMBER IN THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL ZONES, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TABLE REFLECTS.
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THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND FULLY IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO PROPOSE REVISIONS TO OUR PARKING STANDARDS.AS FAR AS COMMISSION REVIEWS, THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION DID TAKE UP THIS MATTER ON APRIL 5TH AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE INTRODUCED AND IN THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR A SECOND READING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
STAFF ASSUMING AGAIN APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE CHANGES, WILL ALSO SUBMIT A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION FOR THEIR LATER ACTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES WITHIN THE CITY'S COASTAL ZONE.
AND AT THAT POINT THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK THREE DISTINCT STEPS ONE INCLUDED TO MONITOR ANY COURT CASES WITH REGARDS TO GROUP HOMES, THE OTHER TWO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE CITIES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS INTERESTS.
AND FINALLY, I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION OR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, EXCUSE ME.
I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, GARY [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING ON LIBERALIZING OUR ZONING CODE A LITTLE BIT.
SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THIS SO THAT YOUR ENTHUSIASM COMES THROUGH TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ON DOWN TO STAFF SO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE OUR ZONING CODE A LITTLE MORE LIBERAL IN THIS AND SOME OTHER AREAS, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR ZONING CODE IS FROM THE 1950S AND STAFF TENDS TO SUPPORT THE ATTITUDE OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ATTITUDE THAT THEY THINK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
SO IF YOU ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT A LITTLE MORE LIBERALIZING OF IT, THAT MAY FILTER DOWN SO THAT THEY HAVE AN EASIER TIME WHEN PEOPLE INTERPRET CODE, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING OR GO IN OR SHARE HOMES OR SHARE HAVE ROOMMATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER? YES. THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I DON'T SEE ANY NODS.
WE'LL START WITH YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.
SURE. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
I DO KNOW THAT I SHARED SOME CONCERNS ON JUST THE DURING BRIEFINGS ON NO CERTIFICATION.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ON.
I DID. TAKE A LOOK. I'M SO SORRY.
I LOOKED RIGHT AT MRS. ACOSTA AND SAID, LUNA, I'M SO SORRY PLEASE LET HER GO NEXT. THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD AND GO. AW, HE AGED YOU 20 YEARS.
AS I GET OLDER, I'LL BE MAKING THESE MISTAKES.
AND ACTUALLY, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT COUNCIL MEMBER LUNA, WHO WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN WE WORKED SO HARD AND ON THE [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHEN WE WORKED SO HARD WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PASS OUR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE STILL NEED TO CLEAN UP AND UPDATE, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PART OF THAT.
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AND I FEEL LIKE WE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB.I HEAR FROM CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE HOW DIFFICULT THE STRUGGLE WAS TO UPDATE THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT AND I, I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THESE ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND CODE THANKS.
SO I JUST HOPE THAT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT RESIDENTS FEEL EMPOWERED TO CALL AND LET PEOPLE LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WE CAN SEND CODE OUT TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE AND KEEP US SAFE THANK YOU.
MS. LUNA. WELL, SHOUT OUT TO MR. DONNELL HERE, WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE MASTERMIND BETWEEN.
AND MR. MURPHY CAME ON A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AND MR. LARDY SORT OF GOT ON THE COATTAILS.
SO YOU CAN STILL BE BLUSTERY AND GO AROUND, BUT THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY HOUSING ELEMENTS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID THAT THE STATE HAS APPROVED AND CARLSBAD ONCE AGAIN IS THE GEM AND STELLAR.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO GET THIS GET THIS GOING.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VIEW.
THE SPEAKER, MR. [INAUDIBLE] SAID HE HOPES THAT WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT.
I DON'T I WILL SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT'S STATE LAW AND IT'S MANDATED THAT WE SUPPORT IT.
AND IF THEY HAVE LESS THAN SIX PEOPLE LIVING THERE OR SIX PATIENTS OR WHATEVER GUESTS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, ARE LIVING THERE, THEN THE CITY CAN'T EVEN REGULATE IT CAN'T WE'RE NOT EVEN REQUIRED TO GIVE A BUSINESS LICENSE TO THEM.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF FACILITIES BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE REALLY NEED THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE A HARD TIME TELLING RESIDENTS WHO BOUGHT A HOUSE IN A CUL DE SAC NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD BE PERCEIVED AS A BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM.
SO I'M TORN, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY.
BUT TO MR. [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY.
I CAN'T ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT IT, BUT I WILL SUPPORT IT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, NEED A MOTION, PLEASE? MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.
LET ME TITLE THE ORDINANCE FIRST, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THERE IS A TYPO IN ONE OF THE PARAGRAPHS.
IT IS IN PARAGRAPH 2128.015 RESIDENTIAL USES.
IT WILL ALSO BE CORRECTED IN THE VERSION THAT GOES TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
AND SO TITLING THE ORDINANCE, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, TITLE 21 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT A PORTION OF OBJECTIVE G OF HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 1.3 ALTERNATIVE HOUSING AND OBJECTIVE H OF HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 2.13.
HOUSING FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
[7. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ZCA 2023-0001/ LCPA 2023-0017/ PUB 2023-0002) AND PROPOSED PERMIT-READY ADU PROGRAM]
YES. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL ASK COUNCIL TO MAKE DISCLOSURES.HOWEVER, THIS IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND PROPOSED PERMIT READY ADU PROGRAM.
AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
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THE REQUIRED STATE REGULATIONS, CITY CODE UPDATES, THE ALUC DETERMINATION AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION CITY COUNCIL ACTION.WE WILL THEN BREAK AND ALLOW FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION ON THE ADU AMENDMENTS.
OKAY. STATE STATE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THIS PAST YEAR TO ENCOURAGE THE PRODUCTION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ALSO KNOWN AS ADUS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ALSO KNOWN AS JADUS.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT YEARS THAT STAFF HAS PREPARED UPDATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE MORE MAY OCCUR WITHIN THE FUTURE.
CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO UPDATE THEIR LOCAL ORDINANCES TO ALIGN WITH STATE LEGISLATION.
NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE IS BEING PROPOSED.
THE PRIMARY UPDATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE INVOLVE THE FOUR TOPICS LISTED HERE, WHICH INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT MAXIMUMS FOR CERTAIN ADUS PARKING EXEMPTIONS, MODIFIED PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AND FRONT YARD SETBACK EXEMPTIONS FOR BY RIGHT ADUS.
THE STATE UPDATED THE MAXIMUM HEIGHTS FOR ADUS TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO FEET ABOVE THE CURRENT MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR CERTAIN DETACHED ADUS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN ONE HALF MILE WALKING DISTANCE OF A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP, INCLUDING THE POINSETTIA AND CARLSBAD VILLAGE TRAIN STATIONS, AS WELL AS ON LOTS WITHIN AN EXISTING OR PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILY OR TWO FAMILY MULTI DWELLING.
ALL OTHER DETACHED ADUS WILL STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE EXISTING 16 FOOT HEIGHT STANDARD.
STAFF WILL APPLY THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE PROPOSED OR EXISTING PRIMARY DWELLING.
THE STATE ALSO ALLOWS NEW APPLICATIONS FOR AN ADU THAT IS PROPOSED CONCURRENTLY WITH A NEW RESIDENTIAL HOME TO APPLY THE STATE'S EXISTING PARKING EXEMPTIONS IF ELIGIBLE.
THE EXEMPTION EXPLICITLY APPLIES TO ONLY NEW ADUS PROPOSED ON LOTS WITH EXISTING HOMES.
THE STATE HAS ADDED REGULATIONS THAT MODIFY THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS AND TO ENCOURAGE ADU DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD. THE CITY IF THE CITY PROPOSES TO DENY AN APPLICATION, THE CITY SHALL SUPPLY IN WRITING A LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE OR DEFICIENT AND HOW THE APPLICANT CAN CORRECT THESE ITEMS TO RECEIVE PROJECT APPROVAL.
ALSO, A LOCAL AGENCY SHALL NOT DENY AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO CREATE AN ADU OR A JADU DUE TO THE CORRECTION OF NON-CONFORMING CONDITIONS THAT DO NOT PRESENT A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AS DETERMINED BY A BUILDING OFFICIAL.
LASTLY, THE STATE ADU REGULATIONS NOW ALLOW BY RIGHT ADUS TO ENCROACH WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.
A BY RIGHT ADU IS ONE THAT IS A MAXIMUM OF 800FT² AND MEETS ALL OTHER CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
ADUS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 800FT² DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS EXEMPTION.
THESE PROJECTS WILL BE REVIEWED BY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ADU CAN ENCROACH INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK BASED ON SITE LIMITATIONS . AS SHOWN ON THE GRAPHIC ABOVE ON THE LEFT, THE BY RIGHT ADU CAN FIT WITHIN THE BUILDABLE AREA AS SHOWN HERE.
THE GRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT SHOWS THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BUILDABLE AREA FOR THE BY RIGHT ADU AND THEREFORE IT SHOWS THE ADU ENCROACHING WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK AS ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.
ALSO STAFF DID RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT LETTER RECENTLY REQUESTING THAT ALL ADUS WITHIN THE FRONT YARD BE DESIGNED SIMILARLY TO THE MAIN RESIDENCE AND REQUIRE LANDSCAPING.
CURRENTLY, THE ZONING CODE DOES REQUIRE ADUS AND JADUS TO MATCH THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, LANDSCAPE SCREENING IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
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IF LANDSCAPING IS PROPOSED, IT DOES IT MUST COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE MANUAL.IF CITY COUNCIL DOES APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, THE PROJECT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'M OPENING PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES, WE HAVE TWO.
SUE LOFTON, FOLLOWED BY GARY NESSIM.
SORRY. I'M GOING TO GET TANGLED UP IN MY PURSE HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL PERSONS.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO MEET WITH YOU, PREFERABLY IN OTHER AREA.
BUT ANYWAY, WITH ME THIS EVENING IS JEFFREY ALPERIN, OR DR.
HE PERMITTED ME AND AND WE WE DISCUSSED THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TO USE EXAMPLES FROM HIS EXPERIENCE TO DISCUSS THE COMMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE.
FIRST, WE WANT TO SAY WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.
THE COMMENTS BEING PRESENTED ARE SIMPLY TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO STAFF AND TO MAKE THE PROGRAM MORE [INAUDIBLE] TO MAKE THE PROGRAM MORE PRACTICAL FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO'S READING THE ORDINANCE AND HAS TO WORK WITH IT.
STAFF I APPRECIATE THEM BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
WE'VE HAD A CHALLENGE OVER THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS OUT OF DATE WITH THE EXISTING LAW, AND THEN THE LAW CHANGED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, AND [INAUDIBLE] GOING TO BE CHANGING AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THE POINTS ARE FIRST IS CLARITY AND INFORMATION, AND I PUT A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES IN MY LETTER, SO I'M ONLY GOING TO GIVE ONE, AND THAT IS A SECTION 21.040.121 TITLED DWELLING UNIT ACCESSORY IN [INAUDIBLE] ADU.
AND THEN IT SAYS TO REFER TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE 68552.2 AND 0.22.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH READING ORDINANCES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED IN FIGURING OUT WHAT IT IS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT.
SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION, PUT THE SUBSECTION AFTER IT.
OTHER ISSUES IN TERMS OF WHAT SIZE AND SO ON.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD A CHALLENGE WITH WHEN DOES WHICH SIZE APPLY TO WHAT, WHAT PROGRAM? AGAIN, CLARIFYING THAT AND PUTTING IN THE SPECIFIC SUBSECTIONS HELPS PEOPLE IF THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT, IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO HELP STAFF.
THE LAST ISSUE IS EXCUSE ME, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE IN THE EXECUTIVE REPORT THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT THE CODES IN.
SO IF THEY GET AMENDED, THEN IT'LL BE AUTOMATIC.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO REVIEW THAT WITH THE AG'S OFFICE BECAUSE THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY SAYS IF ANYTHING CONFLICTS, YOUR ORDINANCE IS NULL AND VOID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST [INAUDIBLE].
CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I'VE BEEN PROMOTING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND I HAVE ONE OF MY OWN FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN IN THE PAST VERY ACCEPTING OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND BUT IT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT THE STATE HAVING TO MAKE YOU MOVE FORWARD.
THEY'RE A GREAT FORM OF LOW INCOME HOUSING.
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HAD WE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT ALLOWING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WE WOULDN'T BE IN NEARLY THE DIFFICULTY WE ARE TRYING TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. IF YOU THINK OF HOW MANY BLOCKS WE HAVE IN CARLSBAD, IF JUST ONE PERSON ON EVERY BLOCK HAD AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, WE'D HAVE PROBABLY 5000 MORE UNITS OF HOUSING THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE IN NATURE BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SMALLER UNITS. AND THE ONLY THINGS BEING BUILT IN CARLSBAD NOWADAYS ARE LARGER UNITS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LAND.SO THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO ACCOMMODATE SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT WANTING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT STAFF WILL WANT TO [INAUDIBLE] CITY MANAGER WILL WANT TO PUSH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THAT'S HOW WE MIGHT GET A SAMPLE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT PEOPLE COULD GET A PERMIT FOR KIND OF AUTOMATICALLY LIKE SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE. SO TO DO THAT, STAFF WOULD HAVE TO WANT TO DO THAT AND FEEL THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTS US TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THE CITY, AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. SO PLEASE DO THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S OUR FINAL SPEAKER.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOT SEEING ANY HEAD NODS.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. ACOSTA.
SIMILAR TO THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE, THE CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND YET THE STATE LAW IS CHANGING AND WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW.
THAT IS A GOAL THAT IS IN THERE, THAT IS SET FORTH AS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY ALL AGREED TO.
I KNOW THAT WE STATED AND WE PASSED AND SUPPORTED THAT HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE, SO THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS FINDING WAYS TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THEM. I THINK HAVING SOME SET PLANS ON HOW TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR SOME TIME.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT THOUGH, AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL REALLY HELP PEOPLE DO IT IN A IN THE RIGHT WAY, A WAY THAT WILL FIT IN WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND AND EASILY APPROVED.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER STATEMENTS? MISS BURKHOLDER. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, MISS LAWSON, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE, BUT MR. LARDY WAS WRITING LIKE CRAZY.
SO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WAS RESONATING WITH HIM.
AND I HAVE VERY MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL TAKE THOSE KIND WORDS OF ADVICE TO HEED.
SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER STATEMENTS.
THEN I'LL SAY MY SAME OPINION.
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WERE DESIGNED TO HELP PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STATE OVERRIDING OUR LOCAL CONTROL AND NOW OVERRIDING HOAS CONTROL.
SO SOMEBODY WHO BOUGHT A HOUSE IN AN HOA FIGURING THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR COULDN'T BUILD AN A DU RIGHT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM, THEY NO LONGER HAVE THAT PROTECTION. SO I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
BUT AGAIN, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S STATE LAW.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL APPROVE IT.
YES. [INAUDIBLE] MISS LUNA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM. SO THE CHANGES IN STATE LAW ARE INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE JUGGLING THE CHANGES AND A CONCERN THAT I ALWAYS HEARD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH ADUS WAS NEIGHBORS AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AT FIRST BLUSH, I WAS HOPING FOR ELEVATIONS THAT WOULD BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE OF THE ARCHITECTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE MOTION THAT STAFF COME BACK IN A YEAR WITH A REPORT
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TELLING US HOW MANY OF THESE OFF THE SHELF UNITS HAVE BEEN BUILT, HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS WE HAVE GOTTEN, THE LENGTH OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS, THAT'S ALSO BEEN A CONCERN AND ALSO THE COST OF THE UNITS.AND I JUST SORT OF DON'T WANT TO LET IT FLYING OUT THERE.
AND IF THEY FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGES, MAYBE THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS OR FIVE MONTHS INTO IT, MOST CERTAINLY THEY DON'T HAVE TO STICK TO WAITING FOR A YEAR TO COME BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE.
IF WE'RE GETTING CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT THIS ISN'T FITTING IN WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OR THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES, I'D LIKE TO GET ON THEM SOONER THAN LATER.
ANY OTHER STATEMENTS? CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, TITLE 21 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AND MISS LUNA, I'LL ASK A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR COMMENT RIGHT AFTER.
AND MISS LUNA, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? ADUS BUILT THE UNDER THE THE OFF THE SHELF ADUS NOT TOTAL ADUS.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, IF ANY.
LENGTH OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS AS WELL AS COST.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO LIMIT YOU TO HAVING TO WAIT AND COME BACK.
AND WE HAVE DISSATISFIED CONSTITUENTS.
SECOND. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME DISCUSSION AS WELL.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM STAFF IF THAT'S DOABLE AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE.
WELL, BEFORE I BRIEFLY RESPOND TO THE MOTION POINT OF ORDER, DOES THAT INCLUDE AN ITEM NUMBER THREE AS WELL, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE REPORT? EXCUSE ME? TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.
AND THEN, YES, WE ABSOLUTELY MONITOR THAT.
WE REPORT ON IT IN OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS ALREADY.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ZONING CODE, ANNUAL CLEANUP THAT WE'LL BE STARTING THIS SUMMER.
I HEARD A FIRST, THEN A SECOND.
NOW, OUT OF ORDER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER TEN, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.
[10. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CITY COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT – DISPLAY OF FLAGS AT CITY HALL]
YES, SIR. ITEM TEN I'LL BE IS THE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CITY COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT RELATED TO THE DISPLAY OF FLAGS AT CITY HALL MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY AS OUR LEGISLATIVE AND CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR SHEILA COBIAN.AS WAY OF BACKGROUND REGARDING THIS ITEM ON JUNE 15TH, 2021, COUNCIL MEMBER CORI SCHUMACHER MADE A MOTION TO RAISE AN INTERSECTIONAL PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG AT CITY HALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, BEGINNING IN 2022.
THAT MOTION CARRIED WITH A VOTE OF 3 TO 2.
PER THE REQUEST BY MAYOR HALL ON MAY 10TH, 2021, 2022, STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD THAT ITEM AND COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A FLAG POLICY FOR CONSIDERATION.
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HOWEVER, WHEN A GOVERNMENT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE AIR TIME FOR ALL VIEWS.RECENTLY, THE SUPREME COURT APPLIED THOSE RULES TO CITY FLAG POLES AND DETERMINED THAT IF A CITY RESERVES ITS FLAG POLE TO COMMUNICATE ITS OWN MESSAGES, IT MAY CHOOSE WHICH FLAGS IT WANTS TO FLY WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT'S FREE SPEECH CLAUSE.
HOWEVER, SEVERAL OF THOSE POLICIES ONLY ADDRESS WHEN FLAGS SHALL BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF.
STAFF ALSO OBTAINED THE WRITTEN FLAG POLICIES OF SEVEN ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA CITIES.
ALL OF THE POLICIES WERE ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT AS PART OF EXHIBIT THREE.
THE POLICY PROPOSED AS OPTION ONE ALLOWS FOR COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS TO BE DISPLAYED AT CITY HALL.
THE POLICY DEFINES A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG AS A FLAG THAT IDENTIFIES WITH A SPECIFIC HISTORICAL EVENT CAUSE NATION OR GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSE TO HONOR OR COMMEMORATE.
FLAGS OF A PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OR CREED.
THE POLICY STATES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL ONLY CONSIDER A REQUEST TO DISPLAY A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG IF THE REQUEST IS MADE BY A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DISPLAY OF THE FLAG.
COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS WOULD ONLY BE DISPLAYED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT IS REASONABLE FOR THE SUBJECT THAT IS TO BE COMMEMORATED BUT NO LONGER THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS . TO DISPLAY A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG AT CITY HALL AN ADDITIONAL FLAGPOLE WOULD BE PURCHASED.
THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE DESIRED FLAG POLICY.
AND AS A REMINDER, APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL POLICIES DO REQUIRE A 4/5 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR AND CITY STAFF.
I AM A RESIDENT HERE IN CARLSBAD.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS IN OUR CITY.
LET'S LET THEM KNOW THAT CARLSBAD IS AN INCLUSIVE CITY, THAT THEY CAN SAFELY SPEND THEIR DOLLARS AND TIME IN A CITY SAFE FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, THE PRIDE FLAG IS NOT INDOCTRINATION.
IT IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT.
I AM TIRED OF HEARING TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC RHETORIC.
TIRED OF THE MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
WE AREN'T ASKING FOR A PARADE, A FESTIVAL OR A CONCERT, ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD BE NICE.
HE SAID, I KNOW YOU CAN'T LIVE ON HOPE ALONE, BUT WITHOUT HOPE, LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.
SO YOU AND YOU AND YOU, YOU GOT TO GIVE THEM HOPE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND COUNCIL.
AND I'M TOO TALL FOR THIS MICROPHONE.
I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE CARLSBAD STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT I HOLD CLOSELY IN MY HEART TO URGE YOU TO VOTE TO PASS THE FLAG POLICY IN SUPPORT OF FLYING COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS OPTION ONE.
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MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PRIMARY ARGUMENT AGAINST THE FLAG POLICY IS THAT IT WILL ALLOW THAT IT WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR A FLOOD OF REQUESTS TO COME IN, THAT WE START FLYING ALL SORTS OF FLAGS.INTERESTINGLY, I CAN DISTINCTLY RECALL STANDING IN THIS SAME SPOT NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO, IN JUNE OF 2019, BACK WHEN WE WERE HERE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMING JUNE PRIDE MONTH.
THE ARGUMENT THEN WAS EERILY SIMILAR.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED A MONTH.
SO AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S MEETING AND YOUR PENDING VOTE ON THE FLAG POLICY, I REACHED OUT TO SOME FOLKS AND ASKED AROUND JUST HOW WIDE DID THOSE FLOODGATES BURST OPEN WITH PROPOSED PROCLAMATIONS AFTER THE PRIDE MONTH RESOLUTION WAS PASSED? AND WHAT DID I FIND? THERE WAS NO FLOOD, NOT EVEN A TRICKLE.
EXCUSE ME. SURE A FLAG POLICY SOUNDS GREAT ON PAPER, BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN FOR CARLSBAD AS A COMMUNITY? IT'S NO SECRET THAT FLYING THE PRIDE FLAG WILL BE A REQUEST IN THE EVENT THE POLICY IS APPROVED.
I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW HOW US GAYS CAN GET RIGHT? FIRST, WE JUST HAD TO INSIST ON THE RIGHT TO EXIST WITHOUT PERSECUTION.
THEN WE INSISTED UPON THE EQUAL RIGHT TO GET MARRIED.
THEN WE ESTABLISHED A MONTH TO RECOGNIZE ALL THAT WE ENDURED AND HOW WE'VE TRIUMPHED.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO WANT A FLAG.
LET'S JUST SAY THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD.
PASSING THE FLAG POLICY IS A NO BRAINER.
ANY VOTE TO THE CONTRARY IS A VOTE OF EXCLUSION.
THE REAL DEBATE IS OVER A DISPLAY OF PRIDE.
SO LET'S BE HONEST THE MOVE THAT WOULD TRULY EMBODY THIS COUNTRY'S IDEALS THAT THIS IS THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE WOULD BE OPENING THE DOOR TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAISING THE PRIDE FLAG, ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN AND CALIFORNIA STATE FLAGS.
IF ALL WE DO AS A COMMUNITY IS SIT IN FEAR OF A FLOOD, WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND EMBRACE OUR NEIGHBORS, DO THE BRAVE THING, DO THE RIGHT THING, PASS THE FLAG POLICY, AND THEN LET'S JOIN THE CITIES THAT SURROUND CARLSBAD AND EMBRACE PRIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. ASH BEARING, FOLLOWED BY LETICIA RIZ.
AS A TRANS GENDER QUEER INDIVIDUAL MYSELF, I FEEL I AM MOST QUALIFIED TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER WHEN REGARDING TO ONE OF THE FLAGS THAT FALLS UNDER THIS DEFINITION, WHICH WOULD BE THE INTERSEXUAL PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG, ESPECIALLY WITH JUNE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
HOWEVER, DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE FINALLY FEEL SEEN, HEARD AND VALUED.
IT IS TIME FOR US TO CELEBRATE OUR IDENTITIES AND FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR, MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY WON'T HAVE TIME TO CELEBRATE AS THEY ARE FACING INCREASED OPPRESSION AND SILENCING, LEADING TO A SENSE OF FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY.
VOTE YES FOR THE FLYING OF COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS POLICY.
SOMEBODY EARLIER WAS TALKING ABOUT POT BROWNIES, AND I REALLY WISH I HAD ONE RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF OPTION NUMBER TWO.
ONLY THE AMERICAN FLAG, STATE FLAG OR MILITARY FLAGS SHOULD BE DISPLAYED HERE.
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WE CAN ALSO HAVE A P.O.W.THIS IS A PROBLEM WE DO NOT NEED.
WHO WILL DECIDE WHAT FLAGS WILL BE ALLOWED? THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL WANT TO DISPLAY THE PRIDE FLAG.
THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WANT TO DISPLAY CHRISTIAN FLAGS OR OTHER RELIGIOUS FLAGS OR SYMBOLS.
I KNOW THAT IF COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS ARE ALLOWED, RELIGIOUS FLAGS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
BUT WHY NOT? WHY CAN'T THE CHRISTIAN FLAG FLY DURING HOLY WEEK AND CHRISTMAS, A MUSLIM FLAG FLY DURING RAMADAN LAST WEEK? IT WAS DECIDED TO NOT ALLOW PRAYERS AT THESE MEETINGS ANYMORE.
BECAUSE FAITH IS DEEPLY PERSONAL.
THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS.
THEY BELIEVE THERE IS A FIRM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATION VERSUS INDOCTRINATION, INCLUSIVITY, INCLUSIVITY VERSUS PANDERING, AND CELEBRATING THE RIGHT TO MARRY VERSUS BEHAVIORS MEANT FOR THE PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN HOME.
THEY DON'T WANT THEIR SEXUALITY TO BE THEIR DOMINANT ATTRIBUTE.
GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS FINDS PRIDE UNNECESSARY NOW AND ARE CONCERNED BY THEIR THE EXPOSURE OF AN INHERENTLY SEXUAL MATERIALS THAT FALL UNDER THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, THE LGBT UMBRELLA TO CHILDREN.
LET'S PUT OUR FOCUS ON DISPLAYING PROUDLY THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
IT REPRESENTS LIBERTY, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL AMERICANS.
LET'S STAND UNITED AS AMERICANS OF DIFFERENT FLAVORS WITH RESPECT TO OTHERS AND EVERYONE.
MAX DISPOSTI, FOLLOWED BY NIKKI [INAUDIBLE].
HELLO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER IN OCEANSIDE.
BUT WE DO SERVE A LOT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF THIS CONVERSATION.
THEY COULD EVEN GO TO JAIL LIKE IT'S HAPPENING IN FLORIDA.
SANDAG REPORT FROM LIKE A WEEK AGO WAS TALKING ABOUT 9% INCREASE IN HATE CRIMES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, MOSTLY DIRECTLY AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR OWN COUNTY.
SO OUR LGBT CENTER, WE ARE ALWAYS EXPOSED TO THREATS AND ATTACKS.
AND MY EMPLOYEES, OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR PRIDE ARE ALWAYS AT RISK.
WE WORK WITH THE FBI ALMOST DAILY TO PREVENT RISKS OF HATE CRIMES.
SO THE SITUATION IS NOT JUST AROUND THE FLAG.
IT'S ABOUT FEELING SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE MY FOLKS HAVE JUST SHARED.
I ADVISE YOU TO DO THE RESEARCH.
IT'S A HATE GROUP HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED TO A LOT OF NAZIS AND PRIDE BOYS HERE AND THE SOUTH POVERTY LAW IS LOOKING INTO IT JUST FOR THE RECORD. SO IT'S NOT A REGULAR GROUP OF LGBT PEOPLE.
SO THE RAINBOW FLAG IS OUR HISTORY, OUR CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
FOLKS, THE RAINBOW FLAG REPRESENTS A HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS, LGBT RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA, LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID BEFORE ME, COMING TO CARLSBAD OR OCEANSIDE OR NORTH COUNTY AND HAVING OUR OWN STATE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIONS PROTECTING, PROTECTING AND CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY IN OUR OWN CITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE AIM TO DO BECAUSE IT'S REALLY PROTECTING OUR OWN LGBT FAMILIES THAT THERE ARE PLENTY HERE IN CARLSBAD.
SO I INVITE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FLAG FOR MANY YEARS.
A LOT OF CITIES ARE COMING ALONG TODAY.
THE CITY OF VISTA VISTA IS ACTUALLY CELEBRATING THE RAISING OF THE FLAG.
A LITTLE SUGGESTION FOR THE STAFF.
WITH ALL THE RESPECT OF THE RESEARCH, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO SPEND $20,000 FOR A FLAGPOLE.
NOBODY DOES THAT. WE CAN HELP YOU TO DO THE RIGHT RESEARCH.
SO I APPRECIATE I RESPECT YOUR EFFORTS.
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HI. MY NAME IS NIKKI [INAUDIBLE].I'M A MOM AND RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.
THIS FLAG SYMBOLIZES THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND OUR FLYING IT WOULD SIGNAL TO ALL WHO LIVE, STUDY, WORK, PLAY AND TRAVEL HERE THAT THEY'RE WELCOME.
5 TO 10% OF TRAVEL WORLDWIDE IS BY TOURISTS WHO IDENTIFY AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
TOURISTS FLOCK TO OUR CITY TO ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL COAST.
OUR BALMY WEATHER, DELICIOUS FOOD.
WOULDN'T WE WANT THEM TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY FEELS THE EFFECTS OF HATE AND DISCRIMINATION, THAT THEY'RE WELCOME HERE? OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES FLY THE FLAG.
THE OCEANSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR OWN CUSD WILL BE CONSIDERING IT NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
FLYING A FLAG THAT SYMBOLIZES TOLERANCE, LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE COULD COST US NOTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A FANCY NEW FLAGPOLE TO DO IT.
ENCINITAS FLIES IT UNDER OTHER FLAGS ON THEIRS, THAT'S FINE.
SOMEONE I LOVE BELONGS TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, AND I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT HE LIVES IN A PLACE THAT SEES HIM, THAT VALUES HIM, AND WELCOMES HIM. WHEN WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THAT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS TRUE.
PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF SORRY THIS ORDINANCE AND IN FAVOR OF FLYING THE PRIDE FLAG FOR MY LOVED ONE.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS, MISS BHAT-PATEL? YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SPEAKER THAT HAD MENTIONED THAT IF WE WERE TO APPROVE A POLICY AND HAVE COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS FLY, THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHY RELIGIOUS FLAGS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
MAYBE THAT'S MORE OF A CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THAT FRONT.
THANK YOU. IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO AMEND THE POLICY TO ALLOW THAT THEY COULD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ARE WE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE SAME FLAGPOLE? I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN QUESTION AROUND THAT.
I'VE SEEN IT AROUND THE COUNTY THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL STACK THE FLAGS.
SO JUST CURIOUS ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.
SO I CAN ANSWER ON THE LEGAL POINT ON THE FACILITIES POINT, I'LL DEFER TO CITY MANAGER ON THAT.
ON THE LEGAL POINT, YES, YOU CAN FLY BOTH FLAGS.
THERE'S A ORDER THAT HAS TO HAS TO BE THERE'S A SIZE THAT HAS TO BE, BUT IT CAN BE DONE.
STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING A THIRD FLAGPOLE SIMPLY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHILE RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LOWERING OF THE FLAGS DUE TO DIFFERENT NATIONAL EVENTS, AND WHEN YOU GO TO LOWER THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FLAGS SO THAT THAT FLAG WOULD GET VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BELOW EITHER THE UNITED STATES FLAG OR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FLAG.
SO WE THOUGHT A THIRD FLAGPOLE WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.
THANKS. MRS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.
AND AND MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A PIGGYBACK ON MY COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION.
THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT SPEECH, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT AND I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS BEFORE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING IN GENERAL IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
AND IF WE COULD JUST CLARIFY WHAT THAT IS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PUBLIC.
I'M NOT SURE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO WOULD ANSWER THAT RIGHT.
SO IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO PASS A POLICY THAT ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO USE THE FLAG RIGHT THEN THE COUNCIL, LIKE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO TO ASK TO FLY A FLAG AND FLAG, THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPECIFY A VIEWPOINT, RIGHT? WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO FLY ANY FLAG, EVEN IF IT THE FLAG CONVEYED A MESSAGE THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT AGREE WITH.
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HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. WE DON'T HAVE TO FLY ANY FLAG THAT'S REQUESTED.WE CAN RESERVE THE FLAGPOLE FOR OUR OWN SPEECH THAT WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS GOVERNMENT SPEECH.
THANK YOU. AND WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR STAFF REPORT, THIS SAMPLE ORDINANCE POLICY THAT WE HAVE HERE IS FOR THAT GOVERNMENT SPEECH THAT I SEE HERE. RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S TWO SAMPLES HERE.
AND WE CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO ALLOW FOR THIS COMMEMORATIVE FLAG AND IT AND WE'VE GOT ALL THE LEGAL LANGUAGE IN HERE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND TO DESCRIBE HOW THAT WOULD BE.
AND THEN THE SECOND OPTION IS TO NOT HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG AT ALL.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS BURKHOLDER? JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
IN THE REPORT UNDER FOR NUMBER FOUR, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MAKING THE REQUEST TO FLY THE FLAG SO THE PUBLIC WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE INPUT AS TO SAY, I WANT MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ASK TO FLY THIS FLAG.
PRIDE MONTH IS JUNE, IT'S THE MONTH OF JUNE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER MONTHS.
NATIONAL SMILE MONTH. NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
YOU KNOW, 75 OR SO THAT WE CELEBRATE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO I GUESS IF IT COMES TO COUNCIL, THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE EVERY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE HAVE.
WE COULD BE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT FLAG TO FLY, WHICH WHICH ONE IT IS.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
SOMEONE HAS TO SECOND AND WE HAVE TO VOTE, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO THAT SEEMS A LOT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THERE AND YEAH, I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT FLAG IT IS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT IS A LOT.
THE POTENTIAL TO REMOVE THEM IN OTHER AREAS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE PREDISPOSED WITH FLAGS.
WE WANT THIS FLAG AT ALL, 22 CITY BUILDINGS.
SO THEN THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION IN FLAGPOLES IN THE CITY.
AND I GUESS MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT FORWARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT NUMBER WOULD ADEQUATELY REFLECT WHAT WE WOULD END UP SPENDING. YEAH, THE POLICY I BROUGHT BROUGHT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IS JUST FOR A FLAGPOLE AT CITY HALL.
AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY BUILDINGS.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL STATEMENTS, MS. BHAT-PATEL? YES.
THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I'M JUST GOING TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS AND TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WRITTEN IN.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR MANY YEARS ON MY TIME ON COUNCIL, AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SPOKEN UP.
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I TRULY BELIEVE IN.
I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG TODAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST GIVEN THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY MANY OF THE SPEAKERS, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CARE, THAT WE SEE THEM, THAT WE VALUE THEM, THAT ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH.
GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND I WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL SAFE AND THAT THEY BELONG.
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AND THEN OF COURSE, IT IS COUNCIL DRIVEN.I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE BRINGING THAT UP.
MRS. ACOSTA. IS IT A MOTION YET? SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
I DO THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT FLAGS AND ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONAL PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG FIRST IT WAS JUST A PRIDE FLAG, THE RAINBOW FLAG. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE INTERSECTIONAL PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG IS, AND THAT'S THE FLAG THAT HAS A RAINBOW, BUT IT ALSO HAS KIND OF A TRIANGULAR SHAPE THAT'S PINK AND BROWN AND MAYBE BLACK AND WHITE.
I THINK I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IT RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT HAS IT.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I WAS HERE AND VOTED FOR IT IN 2021.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THIS BACK.
AND I WATCHED THE DISCUSSION AND THE EMOTION IN THE ROOM.
AND OF COURSE, I JUST THOUGHT IF I IF I HAD IF I WERE UP THERE, I WOULD BE VOTING TO EMBRACE AND INCLUDE AND WELCOME EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF I EVER GOT THE CHANCE TO SAY MY PIECE ON THAT, I WOULD.
SO HERE I AM AND I HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO SIT UP HERE AND I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO SUPPORT THOSE SENTIMENTS OF INCLUDING EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING THAT SYMBOL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, THAT PRIDE MONTH.
SO I, I KNOW THAT THIS THIS PARTICULAR MOTION AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS ABOUT HAVING A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG AT CITY HALL AND ANY COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS THAT ARE CHOSEN TO TO MY COLLEAGUES POINTS, BOTH MY COLLEAGUES POINTS WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT WOULDN'T BE JUST A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ASKING TO PUT IT UP THERE.
I MEAN, THEY CAN ASK ONE OF US TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
WE'D HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND WE'D VOTE.
THAT HAPPENS WITH ANYTHING WITH WITH ANY OTHER COUNCIL ACTION.
THERE'S A PROCESS AND THEN WE VOTE.
SO I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF HAVING THIS COMMEMORATIVE FLAGPOLE AT CITY HALL.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER STATEMENTS.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE VOTING ON THE FLAG POLICY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY TYPE OF WHICH FLAG THAT WE'RE WE'RE VOTING ON.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO GO TO TALK ABOUT WHICH FLAG, WE WILL NEED TO DISCUSS SOME TYPE OF CONFLICT FLAG RESOLUTION, IF WE ARE HAVING MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BRING A FLAG FORWARD AT EACH COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH I COULD SEE HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
SO I THINK FOR ME, OF COURSE, I THINK ALL OF THESE COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS HAVE MEANING AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE SUCH AS DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE IS HERE ON THE DAIS AND WHAT WE TRY TO CONVEY SAFETY, FISCAL CONSERVATIVE POLICIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE CITY RUN ARE VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR US TO BRING FORTH AND TO CONSIDER.
I REALIZE IT'S AN EMOTIONAL ONE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LGBTQ+ QIA+ FLAG.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND SENSITIVITY AND INCLUSIVITY ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT BUSINESSES CAN FLY THAT WHATEVER FLAG THEY WANT TO FLY TO ATTRACT FOLKS TO THEIR BUSINESS AND FOLKS TO THE, TO THE REGION.
SO AND YOU CAN DO THAT IN YOUR OWN YARD AS WELL.
SO FOR ME, THIS JUST SEEMS OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT'S ROLE.
AND IT'S NOT AGAIN, ABOUT ANY ONE PARTICULAR FLAG.
IT'S JUST THE ISSUE SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF OUR LANE.
THANKS. MISS LUNA, ANYTHING? I PROBABLY LOOK AT THIS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE DUE TO MY PLANNING EXPERIENCE.
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AND SO WHAT I DID IS I TOOK A LOOK AT ALL THE THE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THIS TYPE OF MATTER.AND I FOUND THAT OUR PROCLAMATION GUIDELINES, THEY'VE SERVED OUR CITY WELL.
AND BASED ON MY FEW MONTHS HERE, I ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL PROBABLY PRESENT MAYBE POTENTIALLY UP TO 50 PRESENTATIONS THIS YEAR ON A VARIETY OF MATTERS NOT DISSIMILAR TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND OPTION ONE BEFORE US TODAY.
THE PROCLAMATIONS HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS BEFORE DIFFERENTLY CONSTITUTED COUNCILS THAT CELEBRATE MANY ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY IN EVALUATING THE TWO OPTIONS BEFORE US, THE PROCEDURES LAID OUT IN OPTION ONE ARE NOT TOO AFAR FROM OUR CURRENT PROCLAMATION GUIDELINES, THE STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROCLAMATION GUIDELINES, AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE STAFF WOULD ADMINISTER OPTION ONE IN THE SAME MANNER AS OUR WONDERFUL PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE CELEBRATE.
MRS. BHAT-PATEL DID YOU HAVE MORE? JUST A FEW OTHER POINTS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BUILDINGS.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT IT'S I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING PEOPLE AND ACCEPTING PEOPLE AND THAT WE'RE VALUING PEOPLE AND IT IS GOVERNMENT'S ROLE TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S VERY, VERY NECESSARY FOR ME TO JUST UNDERSCORE THAT TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS AND PETS AND EQUATING IT TO PEOPLE IS QUITE FRANKLY, INSULTING.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT.
I AGREE WITH SO MUCH OF WHAT WAS SAID HERE TODAY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT WHETHER WE FLY A PARTICULAR FLAG OR DON'T FLY A PARTICULAR FLAG, EVERYBODY IS ABSOLUTELY WELCOME AND SAFE AT CITY HALL.
WITH THAT SAID BUD LEWIS WAS THE MAYOR HERE FOR 30 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WHEN HE RETIRED, HE PULLED ME ASIDE AND HE SAID, I ONLY HAVE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE FOR YOU, AND THAT IS, WHATEVER YOU DO FOR ONE GROUP, BE PREPARED TO DO FOR EVERY GROUP.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I SEE THAT THIS WILL BE FRAUGHT WITH A LOT OF ISSUES AND PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAYBE SOME FRINGE GROUPS DECIDE THEY WANT TO TO HAVE A FLAG COME FORWARD.
I JUST SEE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO GOING TO SAY NO TO THE THE THE FLAG POLICY THAT ALLOWS COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS AND STICK WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE.
COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT.
YES, SIR. AND I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THIS DOES REQUIRE 4/5.
SO IT DOES REQUIRE FOUR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE ENACTED.
CAN YOU. IT JUST SEEMS UNUSUAL BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR VOTES ARE JUST A MAJORITY VOTE.
CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME CLARITY ON THAT? YES, IF I CAN JUMP IN.
COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER ONE IS THE FOUR FOUNDATIONAL COUNCIL POLICY.
SO THAT IS A VOTING REQUIREMENT THAT COUNCIL IMPOSED ON ITSELF.
WAS THAT A RECENT DECISION? IT HAS. IT HAS BEEN.
WHEN YOU SAY INCEPTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MANY YEARS OR JUST RECENTLY? NO, THE VOTING REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE COUNCIL POLICY ONE WAS FIRST ENACTED OR FIRST ADOPTED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MISS BHAT-PATEL.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'LL BE VOTING AGAINST, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY ONE MORE TIME AND SEE.
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WE DIDN'T SEE A FLOOD GATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE STANDING OR EVERGREEN PROCLAMATIONS.SO I PERSONALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I DON'T SEE THIS.
AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUE, MS. LUNA, ARTICULATED IT VERY WELL.
IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IT JUST FROM A VERY OBJECTIVE VIEWPOINT OF HOW IT'S BEEN HANDLED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY YEARS, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUR STAFF HAS OBVIOUSLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF CRAFTING IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE WON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN.
SO I WILL ASK HOPEFULLY FOR SOME SUPPORT FROM AT LEAST THE 4/5 THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO PASS THIS AND SEE IF WE'LL GET IT. BUT YEAH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COUNT ON THAT SUPPORT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MRS. ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU.
SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS POLICY AS DRAFTED IS RESTRICTED JUST TO CITY HALL.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A THIRD FLAGPOLE AT CITY HALL.
AND THIS POLICY, AS CRAFTED, DRAFTED DOES NOT IDENTIFY ANY COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS.
IT'S JUST A POLICY TO HAVE THE THIRD FLAGPOLE THAT WOULD HOST A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG.
AND FOR ANY FLAG THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, IT WOULD NEED TO PASS BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT WOULD BE A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
IF I COULD ADD, THAT WOULD BE THREE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
OKAY. SO IN ORDER TO PICK A FLAG, THIS CITY COUNCIL WOULD VOTE AND MAJORITY WOULD WOULD VOTE FOR A FLAG AND THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW A FLAG TO BE FLOWN ON THAT THIRD FLAGPOLE.
OKAY. SO I STAND BY MY SECOND.
IT SEEMS A VERY SIMPLE VOTE FOR ME, A VERY SIMPLE DECISION TO JUST ALLOW THIS THIRD FLAGPOLE AT CITY HALL SO THAT WE CAN IN THE FUTURE DECIDE WHICH COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS AND THAT IS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE. OH.
THE MOTION IS FOR ADOPT CHOICE NUMBER TWO.
OPTION NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO.
IT DOES NOT PASS WITH A 3 TO 2 VOTE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FOR SEVEN MINUTES.
WE'LL RECONVENE AT TEN MINUTES TO SEVEN.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. APPOINTMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS]
FOR MANY YEARS, KEITH LAUINGER WAS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD AND HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.AND IN FACT, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO HIM.
FOR OVER 14 YEARS AGO, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, AND EVEN BACK THEN KEITH WAS THE MASTER AT WATER ISSUES AND HE WAS MY TRAINER.
SO HERE IT IS. ALL THESE YEARS LATER, HE'S MOVED AWAY AND HE IS ASKED HE SAID HE RESIGNS AND HE LOVED WHAT HE DID.
HE SAID THAT HE IS AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR WHOEVER HIS REPLACEMENT IS.
AND I AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT THAT BRINGS UP THE TOPIC OF APPOINTING A REPLACEMENT TO TO KEITH LAUINGER.
IS THAT IS IT MY DECISION TO TO THROW OUT A NAME OR DO WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? YES, BASED OFF OF THE STAFF, WE DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE EXISTING UTILITIES DIRECTOR, VICKI QUIRAM.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'LL BE MY MOTION.
THAT'LL BE VICKI. IS IT THAT SIMPLE? NO DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I'M ON THE WATER AUTHORITY AS WELL.
I WAS ABOUT TO DO IT, BUT YOU DID IT FIRST.
YOU CAN TAKE IT. OR DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YOU CAN. YOU CAN GIVE IT TO TERESA FOR THE SECOND.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO SECOND THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE HER LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WATER.
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I AM THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE.CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT HAS TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
I AM THE OTHER ONE. I WORK REALLY HARD TO GET UP TO SPEED AND I'M NEW.
I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A FEW MONTHS AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OTHER PERSON BE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SO HAPPY AND EXCITED TO SECOND.
AND THEN WHEN I SAW THE STAFF REPORT, I'M LIKE, OH, PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND CLEARLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID THAT MS. QUIRAM KNOWS HER STUFF.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ON OUR STAFF.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE, YOU'LL REPRESENT US WELL.
SO DEFINITELY A NO BRAINER ON THAT ONE.
SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT WATER.
SO PERFECT FIT, VERY PLEASED THAT THAT'S THE NOMINATION AND DEFINITELY WILL BE SUPPORTING.
[INAUDIBLE] LET'S JUST MOVE AND GET THIS WOMAN ON THIS.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
EXCUSE ME. MAYOR, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. I JUST GOT SO EXCITED.
PLEASE VOTE. CONGRATULATIONS, VICKI.
BUT I SHOULD SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO US CITY.
THANK YOU. ITEM NINE, THE BUDGET.
[9. FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 PRELIMINARY OPERATING BUDGET, STRATEGIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, THE CROSSINGS AT CARLSBAD PROPOSED RESERVE POLICY]
CITY MANAGER. GREAT.THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A JOINT PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE MADE NOW.
ZACH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ZACH KOARCH WILL BE THE LABORING [INAUDIBLE] TONIGHT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 PRELIMINARY OPERATING BUDGET, THE STRATEGIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND KAPLAN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE FISCAL YEAR 23-24 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE THE CROSSINGS AT CARLSBAD PROPOSED RESERVE POLICY.
SO THAT SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO LAURA.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S GET STARTED.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, ZACH KORACH.
TONIGHT, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24.
AND THIS INCLUDES THREE MAIN PARTS THE DAY TO DAY OPERATING BUDGET AND OUR LONG TERM INVESTMENTS IN BOTH IN INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH IN DIGITAL AND TRADITIONAL. TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ARE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN I WILL INVITE FINANCE DIRECTOR ZACH KORACH TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS, STARTING WITH THE BUDGET FOR EACH OF OUR MAJOR SERVICE AREAS CITYWIDE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS, AND UPDATE ON CITY FEES.
THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 13TH.
ALL OF THIS LEADS UP TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, JULY 1ST.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOCUSES ON CITY COUNCIL'S TOP PRIORITIES, REFLECTS A CONTINUED FOCUS ON FINDING NEW WAYS TO DO BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND REDUCE SPENDING.
WE HAVE A SMALL SURPLUS EVEN AFTER SETTING ASIDE NEARLY $13 MILLION FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, BOTH DIGITAL AND THE TRADITIONAL NEEDS LIKE ROADS AND PIPES.
WE ARE ONCE AGAIN WELL ABOVE THE CITY COUNCIL'S GENERAL FUND RESERVE TARGET OF 40%, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE CITY'S LONG TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH, GIVEN A PROJECTED GENERAL FUND DEFICIT IN AS SOON AS THREE YEARS.
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THIS MEANS WE HAVE RECOMMENDED SOME MODEST SERVICE LEVEL REDUCTIONS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO OUR BUDGET PROCESS THAT CREATES A BETTER ALIGNMENT BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL'S TOP PRIORITIES AND WHERE RESOURCES ARE INVESTED.
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS YOUR CREATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
BEFORE THE PLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CHOOSE ANNUAL GOALS WHICH RESULTED IN FREQUENT CHANGES IN DIRECTION AND OVER TIME, DOZENS OF COMPETING PRIORITIES. NOW WE ARE FOCUSING ON FIVE MAIN AREAS, AND THE ANNUAL BUDGET SERVES AS THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FIVE PRIORITIES IN YOUR PLAN, WHICH ARE BEST, WHICH ARE BASED ON THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY VISION.
SUSTAINABILITY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
ECONOMIC VITALITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS ABOUT $50 MILLION IN NEW AND EXPANDED SERVICES THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING A POLICE RANGER PROGRAM, BEACH AND POOL LIFEGUARDS, LAGOON PATROL, A COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE, TWO ADDITIONAL AMBULANCES AND CREWS, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION.
OTHER CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY BY LIVE STREAMING, ALL BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS, EXPANDED ART PROGRAMS, A DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD, AND A FOCUS ON THE CITY'S ANALYTICS CAPABILITIES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED, DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS. IN ADDITION TO PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES, THE CITY'S BUDGET HAS GROWN IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO PROGRAMS THE STATE HAS MANDATED, BUT THAT DID NOT COME WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
FINALLY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS CITY SPENDING TO AUGMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AGENCIES.
WE SPLIT THE COST OF THREE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WITH CARLSBAD UNIFIED AND FUND 100% OF TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB THESE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IS THE NEW RIGOR WE HAVE APPLIED TO HOW WE MANAGE THE CITY BUDGET. STARTING ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, STAFF BEGAN TAKING STEPS TO TIGHTEN UP THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS INCLUDED ELIMINATING AUTOMATIC INCREASES DUE TO INFLATION AND STOPPING THE PRACTICE OF ROLLOVER OF ROLLING OVER UNSPENT FUNDS. INSTEAD, ANY DEPARTMENT THAT WANTS TO PROPOSE A BUDGET INCREASE MUST SHOW DATA TO SUPPORT THAT INCREASE.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM, SO WE ARE REGULARLY REVIEWING PROCESSES, FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND SYSTEMS TO ENSURE WE ARE OPERATING IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER POSSIBLE AND COMPLYING WITH OUR POLICIES.
AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN BRINGING YOU A PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT NOT ONLY PRESERVES CITY SERVICES AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT DOES THAT WITH A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE THAT IS A SMALL FRACTION OF THE RATE OF INFLATION.
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SPECIFICALLY, THE GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET BEFORE YOU IS LESS THAN 1% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET, AT A TIME WHEN INFLATION HAS AVERAGED MORE THAN 6%.THIS INCLUDES A NET FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFFING REDUCTION OF JUST OVER 12 POSITIONS.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS WE ARE PROPOSING.
AND HERE IS THE RESULT OF THIS EFFORT.
AND WE HAVE FOUND WAYS TO GENERATE ABOUT $1.3 MILLION IN NEW REVENUES.
I AM ALSO PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET PROJECTS GENERAL FUND RESERVE AT $118 MILLION OR 59% OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET.
THIS FAR EXCEEDS THE TARGET OF 40%, WHICH EQUATES TO $79 MILLION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE HAS GROWN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
FOR EXAMPLE, MONEY THAT USED TO GET ROLLED OVER IN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS YEAR OVER YEAR HAS NOW BEEN RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND SO THAT IT CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES.
AND THE GENERAL FUND NUMBERS YOU ARE SEEING ARE AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MAKING SIGNIFICANT PAYMENTS TO REDUCE CARLSBAD'S PENSION LIABILITY. WE ARE NOW THIRD TO CHULA VISTA AND EL CAJON, WHO BOTH RECENTLY ISSUED PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS TO PAY DOWN THEIR LIABILITY.
THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT HELPS ENSURE THE CITY'S LONG TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SAVES CITY MONEY ON FUTURE PENSION PAYMENTS. SO WITH THAT BIGGER PICTURE CONTEXT, I WILL NOW ASK FINANCE DIRECTOR ZACH KORACH TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN DETAIL.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ZACH KORACH, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE PRESENTED THE INFORMATION A FEW WAYS, STARTING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
WE'VE PRESENTED EACH BRANCH'S EXPENDITURE BUDGET BY EXPENDITURE TYPE.
WE HAVE THE TOTAL BUDGET IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING.
WE'RE ALSO SHOWING ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES IN FULL TIME PERSONNEL AS WELL AS PART TIME PERSONNEL.
AND SO WE'LL JUST MAKE NOTE OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO KICKING IT OFF WITH POLICY AND LEADERSHIP, WE CAN SEE RELATIVELY MINOR INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, ABOUT $93,000 OR 1%. MUCH OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY A DECREASE IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGETS.
AND THESE REDUCTIONS RANGE FROM COMMUNICATIONS AND OVERHEAD COSTS TO THE REDUCTION IN ELECTIONS BUDGETS ON A ONE TIME BASIS. THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES TO EITHER FULL TIME OR PART TIME PERSONNEL.
WE DO WANT TO CALL OUT THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS INCREASING JUST UNDER $150,000 OR 36%.
THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO NEXT, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BRANCH.
WE CAN CLEARLY SEE A RELATIVELY SIGNIFICANT YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE OF $4.4 MILLION OR 12%.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF OF A BRANCH SUMMARY WITH A BUDGET INCREASE.
AND WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE THAT INCREASE IS TAKING PLACE.
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AND IN THIS CASE, THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE IS TAKING PLACE IN THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.MUCH OF THIS IS ALSO DRIVEN BY BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY CITY STAFF.
THESE RANGE FROM REDUCTIONS IN BANK SERVICE FEES TO ALSO OUTSIDE TRAINING COSTS.
THE ONLY NOTABLE CHANGE IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL LEVELS IS A REDUCTION OF NEARLY 0.5 FTES OR 7%.
THE CLAIMS, SETTLEMENT AND LEGAL COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO EXCEED STAFF'S EXPECTATIONS, AND AS A RESULT, STAFF ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $2.6 MILLION IN ONE TIME COSTS, AS WELL AS $1.1 MILLION IN ONGOING COSTS FOR BOTH WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
THE INCREASE THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS DRIVEN SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE SDTIP, THE STRATEGIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WHERE AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF A PROJECT'S IMPLEMENTATION FOR ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS, THEY ARE TRANSFERRED OR MOVED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OR ITS OPERATING BUDGET IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR 23-24.
THIS IS CONTRIBUTING TO ABOUT $1 MILLION OF THAT INCREASE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN TOTAL, THE BUDGET IS INCREASING BY ABOUT 8% OR $4.3 MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY NEGOTIATED COMPENSATION INCREASES THAT ARE EXPECTED OVER THE UPCOMING YEAR.
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGETS ARE DECREASING BY $126,000 OR 4%.
MUCH OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY ONCE AGAIN REDUCTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND PROPOSED, MOSTLY INCLUDING A REDUCTION FOR THE CITY'S ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES CONTRACT BASED ON HISTORICAL USAGE.
WE DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SERVICE LEVEL IS NOT DECREASING IN THIS INSTANCE.
BUT THIS IS LARGELY OFFSET BY A 33% REDUCTION IN THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET.
AND THIS IS DRIVEN BY TWO THINGS.
FIRST, IN FISCAL YEAR 22-23, THERE WERE A HIGH VOLUME OF NEW HIGH DOLLAR VEHICLE PURCHASES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHEREAS IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET YEAR FOR 23-24, ONLY SMALLER NEW VEHICLE PURCHASES ARE PLANNED.
SECONDLY, THE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED OVER $200,000 IN ONGOING SAVINGS, INCLUDING A REDUCTION IN IT AND FLEET CHARGEBACKS DUE TO LOWER UTILIZATION. IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR WILL MARK THE START OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEGINNING TO UTILIZE THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING, WHICH THE CITY WILL BE RECEIVING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ONE FULL TIME POSITION FOR A SENIOR OFFICE SPECIALIST, WHICH WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF A PART TIME POSITION AS WELL AS OTHER MINOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION REDUCTIONS RELATED.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PROGRAMED AN ADDITIONAL $3.3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
THESE ADDITIONAL REVENUES ARE RELATED TO ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE TRANSPORT REVENUES.
THE EMT REIMBURSEMENTS AS WELL AS PROPOSED AMBULANCE FEE INCREASES.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS A WEEK AGO ON MARCH 16TH THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON THE CITY'S AMBULANCE FEES AND THE ONGOING STUDY. WE'LL BE TALKING IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES WHEN WE GET TO THE FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS BRANCH, WHICH SPANS OVER MULTIPLE FUND TYPES.
STARTING FIRST WITH THE GENERAL FUND, YEAR OVER YEAR IS INCREASING BY ABOUT 4%.
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$370,000 IN ONGOING REDUCTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.THESE REDUCTIONS RANGE FROM PRESSURE WASHING AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL, VARIOUS CUSTODIAL SERVICES TO ALSO REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CONSULTANT SUPPORT, BRINGING SOME OF THAT WORK IN-HOUSE. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS REDUCTION WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT ARE CONDUCTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THE LARGEST AREA OF INCREASE WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS BRANCH IS, AS WE CAN SEE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THIS CHART IS WITHIN ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE CITY'S UTILITIES WITH INCREASES TO THE COST OF PURCHASE WATER AS WELL AS WASTEWATER RATE INCREASES.
THERE IS AN ONGOING APPROPRIATION REQUEST OF $5.9 MILLION THAT'S REQUESTED.
WHEN WE LOOK JUST BELOW THAT, THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS ARE DECREASING MARKEDLY $4 MILLION OR 46%.
AND LASTLY, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BRANCH INCREASING ABOUT 4% OVER THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
PERSONNEL COSTS ARE STAYING RELATIVELY FLAT.
NEGOTIATED COMPENSATION INCREASES ARE OFFSET BY AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS.
WITH THE INCREASE OF ONE FULL TIME PERSONNEL POSITION, THE GENERAL FUND IS DECREASING BY NEARLY $400,000 AND IS DRIVEN BY A NUMBER OF PROPOSED ONGOING BUDGET REDUCTIONS FROM A REDUCTION IN STAFF HOURS AND OPERATIONS ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAY LIBRARY HOURS.
THIS WAS AN EFFORT IN WHICH STAFF HAD EVALUATED OPERATIONS, THE VOLUME OF PATRONS WHEREBY STAFF HAD FURTHER IDENTIFIED EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITIES BY INCREASING HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND PROPOSING THE CONTINUED REMOVAL OF HOURS ON SUNDAYS.
THERE WAS ALSO THE SCALING OF CERTAIN COMMUNITY EVENTS NON-ESSENTIAL PARKS AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND ALL OF THESE EFFORTS WENT A LONG WAYS TOWARDS FUNDING NEW REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
ONE LAST AREA I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
WE'RE PROPOSING A $2.7 MILLION INCREASE OR 8% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THIS IS A NEW FUNDING SOURCE THAT WILL ASSIST WITH THE CITY'S HOUSING EFFORTS.
SO HERE WE HAVE A SUMMARY INFORMATION BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS SOLELY FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
WE CAN SEE THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE AND AS WE LOOK THROUGH THAT THIRD COLUMN UNDER CHANGE, WE CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF DEPARTMENTS ARE DECREASING THEIR BUDGETS YEAR OVER YEAR. THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE INCREASE, HOWEVER, IS WITHIN THE NON DEPARTMENTAL LINE ITEM AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE.
NON DEPARTMENTAL WE GET THIS QUESTION A LOT.
WHAT WHAT IS IN NON DEPARTMENTAL LINE ITEMS? 99% OF THE TIME IT'S TRANSFERS IN AND TRANSFERS OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 91, 6% OF ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES IS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THREE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AT THE CITY, THE GENERAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND, THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT FUND, AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT FUND.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A BIT MORE DETAIL WHEN WE GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE SLIDES.
BEFORE WE DO, WE WANT TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT CITYWIDE REVENUES COMING IN AT $363 MILLION.
AND ON THIS GRAPHIC, WE CAN SEE THE DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN FUND TYPES.
AND THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN FOLLOWED IN SECOND BY THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE UTILITY FUNDS AT $93 MILLION NEXT, FOLLOWED BY INTERNAL SERVICE AND LASTLY, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. HERE WE HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION PRESENTED NUMERICALLY.
WE ARE COMPARING THE ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR WITH OUR CURRENT TO DATE ESTIMATES FOR THE GENERAL FOR THE CITYWIDE REVENUES IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THESE OTHER FUND TYPES BRIEFLY.
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ALLOCATION. ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DUE TO SCHEDULED RATE INCREASES, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.THEY ARE PROPOSED TO OR ESTIMATED TO INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET.
THIS WAS A ONE TIME TRANSFER OUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS TO FUND WORKERS COMPENSATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. LOOKING AT CITYWIDE EXPENSES JUST UNDER $372 MILLION AND BROKEN DOWN BY FUND TYPE.
THAT'S NEXT, FOLLOWED BY ENTERPRISE FUNDS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
WITH THE INFORMATION PRESENTED NUMERICALLY.
AGAIN, I WILL SKIP OVER GENERAL FUND FOR RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, AN INCREASE OF $2.9 MILLION.
AND THEN LASTLY, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS ARE REMAINING RELATIVELY UNCHANGED, AN INCREASE OF 2.2%.
PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
HERE WE HAVE THE ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES PRESENTED NUMERICALLY.
AND I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT A FEW OF THESE CATEGORIES, STARTING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
IT IS INCREASING OR PROPOSED, ESTIMATED TO INCREASE AT 3.4% OR $2.7 MILLION.
AND WE WOULD CONSIDER THIS A RELATIVELY MODERATE INCREASE.
WHILE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY LEFT IN THE ECONOMY.
CURRENTLY, THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS REPORTING HEALTHY ASSESSED VALUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24.
AND THIS IS A CATEGORY THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN THE COMING MONTHS.
MOVING DOWN TO SALES TAX, WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.
OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, INFLATION HAS SERVED AS A BOOST TO THE CITY'S SALES TAX REVENUES.
HOWEVER, WITH THE RISE IN INTEREST RATES, INFLATION HAS BEGUN TO COME DOWN, BUT IS STILL AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL AS PERSONAL SAVINGS, DISPOSABLE INCOME AND PENT UP DEMAND DIMINISHES. APPLYING A CAUTIOUS APPROACH FOR THIS REVENUE CATEGORY IS STILL RECOMMENDED.
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR TOT IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR.
WHILE MANY EXPECT TOURISM TO THRIVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, AS TRAVEL HAS BECOME MORE OF A NECESSITY AS OPPOSED TO A LUXURY AS PERHAPS IT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
INFLATION IS STILL A CONSIDERATION AS TO HOW TOURISM AND TRAVEL MIGHT BE IMPACTED MOVING FORWARD.
AND LASTLY, I SPOKE ABOUT THE AMBULANCE FEE UPDATES.
IT IS INCLUDED IN THE FINAL LINE ITEM HERE.
ALL OTHER REVENUE RELATED TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM FROM MARCH FROM EXCUSE ME, MAY 16TH OF 2023, THE PROPOSED INCREASES TO THE AMBULANCE FEES.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THAT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO SWITCHING OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY TYPE, WE HAVE THEM BROKEN DOWN AND LOOKING CONSIDERING IT, CONSIDERING THESE PROPORTIONS HISTORICALLY RELATIVELY CONSISTENT, WHERE PERSONNEL BUDGETING MAKES UP FOR ABOUT 60% OF THE GENERAL FUND WITH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AT 28%, TRANSFERS IS UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
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SO OFTENTIMES WE WILL SEE THAT 10% BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT IT'S COMING IN AT FOR THE PROPOSED YEAR.IN TOTAL, $211.5 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
HERE WE HAVE THE SAME EXPENDITURES PRESENTED BY BY AREA OR BY BRANCH.
AGAIN, THE PROPORTIONS ARE CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMING IN AT 44%.
NEXT UP IS COMMUNITY SERVICES AT 23%.
NEXT, FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC WORKS, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AND THEN POLICY AND LEADERSHIP.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES PRESENTED NUMERICALLY.
WE'RE COMPARING THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR 23-24 COMPARED TO THE 22-23 ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND STARTING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, I WANT TO START BY CALLING OUT VACANCY SAVINGS AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS A PRACTICE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 ADOPTED BUDGET AND IT IS RECOMMENDED TO CONTINUE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET YEAR.
ONE, IT WAS TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN OUR BUDGETED BUDGETED EXPENDITURES WITH OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
IT ALSO REDUCES THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BUDGET AUTHORITY IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
AND THEN THIRD, IT ALSO ALIGNS THE BUDGET WITH THE CITY'S TEN YEAR FORECAST.
THE TEN YEAR FORECAST HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A TOOL THAT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR VACANCY SAVINGS.
SO LOOKING AT PERSONNEL, IN TOTAL, WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 4.7% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
MUCH OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY NEGOTIATED COMPENSATION INCREASES, SOME BENEFIT INCREASES.
AS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MUCH OF THE EFFORTS IN TERMS OF DEPARTMENTS ANALYZING THEIR OPERATIONS AND IDENTIFYING AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE THEIR BUDGETS IS FLOWING THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS EXPENDITURE CATEGORY, ALSO THROUGH THE PERSONNEL CATEGORY.
LOOKING AT CAPITAL OUTLAY, THE YEAR OVER YEAR DECREASE OF $1.4 MILLION, AGAIN ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON OR DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NEW VEHICLES PURCHASED WITHIN FIRE.
AND THEN TRANSFERS I WANTED TO FINALLY CLOSE THE CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE TRANSFERS DISCUSSION.
THIS YEAR DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, AFTER REVENUES WERE ESTIMATED AND AFTER THE DATA WAS COMPILED FROM DEPARTMENTS ANALYZING AND IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR FURTHER BUDGET REDUCTION, A PRELIMINARY BUDGET SURPLUS WAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION IN BUDGET SURPLUS AND UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES FACING SOME OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND NAMELY THE GENERAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND.
A ONE TIME USE OF THIS PROPOSED BUDGET SURPLUS OF $7.4 MILLION IS BEING PROPOSED AND RECOMMENDED.
SO IN TOTAL, THE GENERAL FUND IS INCREASING BY 6.6% OR $13.1 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENT AND STAFFING CHANGES.
THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 BUDGET WAS ADOPTED WITH 987.65 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS.
THROUGH THE CITY'S EFFORT AND ALSO EVALUATING OPERATIONS AND IDENTIFYING WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS.
STAFF ARE PROPOSING A REDUCTION OF 12.06 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 975.59.
HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR GENERAL FUND FORECAST.
ONE QUESTION THAT MAY COME TO MIND IS WHY IS THE SURPLUS SO SMALL IN THE FIRST YEAR AND HOW DOES IT INCREASE IN THE SECOND YEAR? JUST A MOMENT AGO, I DID MENTION THE PROPOSED ONE TIME USE OF THE GENERAL FUND SURPLUS OF $7.4 MILLION.
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IF THAT WERE TO BE EXCLUDED, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A PROPOSED SURPLUS OF ABOUT $8 MILLION AND THEN THAT $8 MILLION WOULD DECREASE TO ABOUT $3 MILLION IN YEAR TWO AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.THIS IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WANT TO EMPHASIZE WITH THIS CHART IS THAT WE ARE STILL PROJECTING EXPENDITURES TO GROW AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE CITY'S REVENUES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS IS MOST CLEARLY REFLECTED WHEN WE'RE COMPARING FISCAL YEAR 24-25 WITH FISCAL YEAR 25-26, WHEN EXPENDITURES EVENTUALLY IN TOTAL EXCEED TOTAL REVENUES.
NOW THE CITY IS IN A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION WITH ROBUST RESERVES AND BY TEDIOUSLY ANALYZING AND IDENTIFYING AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE THE CITY'S SPENDING. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT HAS ONLY HELPED THE CITY'S POSITION DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES.
SO I'LL NEXT BE TALKING BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE FUNDS INCLUDE WATER, SEWER, SOLID WASTE AS WELL AS THE GOLF COURSE.
THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY USER FEES AND GENERALLY EXPERIENCE A BIT LESS VOLATILITY IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET FOR AN ENTERPRISE FUND OFTENTIMES THE USE OF FUND BALANCE OR RESERVES IS RECOMMENDED.
THE INTENT OF GOVERNMENT IS NEVER TO MAKE A PROFIT, AND WHEN AN ACCUMULATION OF RESOURCES EXISTS, IT IS OKAY OR ALLOWABLE TO RELY ON THAT EXISTING FUND BALANCE AS A FUNDING SOURCE.
HERE'S A GRAPHIC THAT ILLUSTRATES JUST THAT.
AS PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE PROPOSING A GOLF COURSE RESERVE POLICY.
THE PAST OVER THIS PAST YEAR, A NUMBER OF EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD AT THE CROSSINGS.
52 WEDDINGS, 110 CORPORATE EVENTS, 87 SOCIAL AND HOLIDAY EVENTS, 122 PRIVATE GOLF TOURNAMENTS, AS WELL AS THE SENIOR CENTER VOLUNTEER BRUNCH.
NOW, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOLF COURSE, THERE WAS ALWAYS A FOCUS ON THE PROTECTION OF THE HABITAT AS WELL AS PUBLIC TRAILS, FOR WHICH THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE GOLF COURSE.
HERE WE HAVE A TIMELINE OF EVENTS OVER THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS.
IN JUNE OF 1989, THE VOTERS OF CARLSBAD APPROVED THE GOLF COURSE.
AND IT WAS THEN IN APRIL OF 2000 WHEN THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY WAS ESTABLISHED.
IN 2016, THE BONDS WERE PAID OFF FROM FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH SAVED NEARLY $8.4 MILLION IN DEBT RELATED INTEREST THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NEEDED TO HAVE BEEN PAID.
FOLLOWING 2017, THE GOLF COURSE BEGAN RECEIVING REVENUES IN EXCESS OF EXPENSES.
HOWEVER, DUE TO AN EXTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD AND THEIR GUIDELINES, THE GOLF COURSE'S LOAN FROM THE GENERAL FUND WAS CHANGED TO A TRANSFER IN 2021, AND THIS WAS THE RESULT OR DUE TO THE UNLIKELIHOOD THAT REPAYMENT WOULD OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT SINCE THE THE OPENING OF THE CROSSINGS AT CARLSBAD.
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES IN COMPARISON WITH THE GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS EXPENSES SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC IN PARTICULARLY IN FISCAL YEAR 21 AND 22. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE HAS THRIVED AND THAT HAS SPARKED INTEREST IN CONSIDERING REPAYMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND TO REPAY THE LOAN.
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THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATION THAT REPAYMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AT THAT TIME WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.BUT THE DIRECTION TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT BALANCE WITH THE RECENT POSITIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE GOLF COURSE, A PROPOSED REPAYMENT STRATEGY IS BEING PROPOSED.
THE FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AT THE GOLF COURSE.
THE REASON THIS IS THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO ENSURE THE ONGOING AND FUTURE SELF SUFFICIENCY OF THE GOLF COURSE AND ITS OPERATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF AGAIN ENSURING THAT THE GENERAL FUND WILL NOT NEED TO BE CALLED ON FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE GOLF COURSE.
THIS ALSO TIES IN CLOSELY WITH PRIORITY AREA NUMBER TWO FOR THE CAPITAL RESERVE.
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS 10% OF GROSS REVENUES WILL BE SET ASIDE TO FUND BOTH CURRENT AND LONG TERM CAPITAL PROJECT NEEDS WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE.
THE THIRD PRIORITY WOULD BE A CAPITAL RESERVE REPLENISHMENT.
IN ANY GIVEN FISCAL YEAR IF EXPENSES ARE EXCEED REVENUES, THE GOLF COURSE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AS SET FORTH IN THIS PROPOSED POLICY, TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR LOOK BACK PERIOD WHERE FOR ANY OF THOSE YEARS WHERE EXPENSES WERE IN EXCESS OF REVENUES, THE GOLF COURSE WOULD BE ABLE TO REPLENISH WHAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT 10% CAPITAL RESERVE SET ASIDE.
THE FOURTH PRIORITY WOULD IN FACT BE A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER.
SO ANYTHING REMAINING AFTER THE ASSURANCE THAT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN THE 10% GROSS REVENUE CAPITAL RESERVE SET ASIDE HAS BEEN HAS BEEN MADE, THEN 3% OF GROSS REVENUES WOULD THEN BE CONSIDERED FOR REPAYMENT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WOULD BE THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE AND UPDATES.
SO EACH YEAR CITY STAFF EVALUATE AND PROPOSE CHANGES TO FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES.
A COMPREHENSIVE COST OF SERVICE STUDY IS PREPARED EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS TO UPDATE THE CALCULATION OF THE COST, AS WELL AS CONFIRM THAT FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES DO NOT EXCEED THE UPDATED COSTS.
THE LAST STUDY WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 8TH OF 2021.
DEPENDING ON THE FEE, THE CITY USES VARIOUS INDEX SOURCES.
WITH THE RECENT ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 95, THE COST RECOVERY POLICY, A NUMBER OF FEES ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE ADJUSTED BASED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE COST RECOVERY TARGET RANGE.
THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU SHOWS THE VARIOUS FEE CATEGORIES.
THE INDEX THAT IS APPLIED TO THOSE CATEGORIES AS WELL AS THE INDEX SOURCE.
AND WE'VE PROVIDED A HISTORICAL LOOK DATING BACK TO 21-22.
IN LOOKING AT HISTORICAL INDEX INCREASES, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED IN CONSTRUCTION REALLY ONLY IMPACTED OR WERE INCORPORATED INTO THIS INDEX AS OF JANUARY OF 2023 AND IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT SIGNIFICANT YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE. AS FOR THE COST RECOVERY POLICY, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FROM THE MARCH 14TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM WHICH THIS WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING 43% OF ITS COSTS FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS CITY SERVICES.
THE CITY DOES PERFORM PERIODIC REVIEWS TO EVALUATE THESE FEES AGAINST THE COST OF SERVICE.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY WIDE VERSUS INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT.THE EFFECT OF PRICING ON DEMAND FOR SERVICES AS WELL AS COMPARABILITY WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND DEPENDING ON THESE INFLUENTIAL FACTORS, CERTAIN FEES AND FEE CATEGORIES MAY RESIDE WITHIN A LOW, MID OR HIGH COST RECOVERY RANGE, RANGING BETWEEN 0 AND 100%.
SO SOME SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 236 FEES OUTSIDE OF THE POLICY RANGE.
168 FEES ARE PROPOSED TO BE INCREASED WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE POLICY RANGE.
12% IS THE MEDIAN COST RECOVERY INCREASE.
74 FEES ARE INCREASING BY 15% OR MORE.
THERE ARE SIX NEW FEES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON ALL OF THESE FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE FEES, MANY OF THESE FEES ARE RELATED TO NEW REGULATORY MANDATES THAT CAME ONLINE RECENTLY THAT NEVER HAD A FEE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
AND THEN MOVING INTO THE AMBULANCE FEE STUDY.
SO AGAIN, THE INFORMATIONAL REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 16TH, 2023.
SINCE THEN, THE STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND FINALIZED AND ULTIMATELY PROPOSES A SINGLE FLAT RATE OF $2,600 FOR BOTH ADVANCED AS WELL AS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES.
IF APPROVED, THIS PROPOSED INCREASE WOULD MAKE CARLSBAD SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE REGIONAL AVERAGE.
AND HERE WE HAVE A SIMILAR GRAPHIC THAT WAS PRESENTED ON MAY 16TH SHOWING WHERE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CURRENTLY IS AT ABOUT $1,300. AGAIN, IF THE PROPOSED INCREASES WERE APPROVED, WE WOULD COME IN JUST ABOVE THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY AVERAGE, ABOVE THE $2,500 POINT.
NOW THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE OPERATING PORTION.
I DID WANT TO OFFER UP TO CITY MANAGER THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF WE WANTED TO PAUSE HERE FOR QUESTIONS, OR WE CAN ALSO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGETS.
WHAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE? WELL, NORMALLY WE WOULD ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD REQUEST THAT UNTIL WE'RE COMPLETELY FINISHED.
I THINK YOU SHOULD POWER THROUGH.
IS THAT OKAY WITH COUNCIL? OKAY. PLEASE CONTINUE.
SO AND FOR FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, I'LL BE REFERRING TO THIS AS THE SDTIP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW ON THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES, THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE PROGRAM. AND THEN FINALLY ENDING WITH A REVIEW OF THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT FUND AND ITS CONDITION.
ANOTHER KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO UPDATE THE PROGRAM BASED ON ANNUAL COUNCIL GOALS AND PRIORITIES, AS WELL AS ADAPT TO THE EVER CHANGING TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE. THE CITY CURRENTLY OPERATES UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 89, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THROUGH WHICH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS ARE INITIATED, PRIORITIZED, BUDGETED AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTED AND INCLUDED IN THE SDTIP.
THE CITY UTILIZES A STEERING COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING ALL DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY, AND THEY ARE CHARGED WITH THE RANKING AND PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED CRITERIA PRIOR TO ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION.
HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A TOTAL OF 44 PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH PROPOSES BOTH CONTINUING ONGOING PROJECTS WHILE ALSO ADDING SEVEN NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTING FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 24.
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THERE ARE ALSO TWO UNNEEDED PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS TEN NEW PROJECTS THAT WILL BE STARTING IN A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR.THIS IS A LOOK AT THE FISCAL YEAR 23-24 FUNDING REQUEST.
AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SEVEN NEW PROJECTS REPRESENTING A REQUEST OF $1 MILLION, AS WELL AS TEN ONGOING PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTING $3.61 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
THE TWO REMOVED PROJECTS REPRESENT A TOTAL OF $90,000 IN REMAINING BUDGET THAT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE FUNDING SOURCE AND USED TO FUND OTHER FUTURE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. HERE IS A LIST OF FIVE PROJECTS THAT WERE RECENTLY COMPLETED FOR A TOTAL COST OF $637,000. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EACH OF THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE PROJECTS.
IF PROJECTS, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TO EXPAND FURTHER.
AND AS MENTIONED, THE $90,000 WILL BE USED TO FUND OTHER FUTURE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE CONTENT ON THIS SLIDE.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF $3.6 MILLION THAT IS BEING REQUESTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.
THE FIRST IS THE CONSOLIDATION AND REPLACEMENT OF CORE SYSTEMS. THIS IS A LARGE, MULTI-YEAR EFFORT THAT IS CENTRAL TO THE CITY'S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.
WITHIN THE CITY, WE HAVE ABOUT 20 CORE SYSTEMS THAT ARE KEY TO THE CITY'S OPERATIONS, BUT ARE ALSO SILOED AND AGING AND VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE RATHER THAN OPERATING MANY SEPARATE SYSTEMS. THE CITY IS INVESTIGATING WAYS TO CONSOLIDATE THE NUMBER OF SYSTEMS TO AS FEW AS POSSIBLE.
STAFF HAVE RECENTLY WORKED WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS AND REQUIREMENTS GATHERING PROCESS, AND THE RESULTS OF THIS ASSESSMENT WERE USED TO DRAFT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL BE POSTED LATER THIS MONTH.
THESE EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT YEAR AS STAFF WORK TO EVALUATE THE RFP RESPONSES.
SELECT A SOLUTION WITH INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION LIKELY TO START NEXT SUMMER.
STAFF HAVE MOVED ON TO PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE, WHICH INVOLVE THE SCALING SCALING OF THE NETWORK TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL NETWORK AS WELL AS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER NETWORK ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE SCADA NETWORK.
AND THEN LASTLY, FLEET TELEMATICS.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT INVOLVES THE INSTALLATION OF SPECIAL SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IN CITY FLEET VEHICLES, WHICH WILL PROVIDE REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY ARE BEING OPERATED TO ENSURE SAFETY TRACK VEHICLE HEALTH AS WELL AS IMPROVED SECURITY TRACKING.
HERE WE HAVE A LIST OF THE PROPOSED NEW PROJECTS KICKING OFF IN FISCAL YEAR 23-24.
THERE ARE SEVEN THAT ARE REQUESTING APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $1 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL ONLY BE HIGHLIGHTING TWO OF THESE.
THE FIRST IS FACILITY MONITORING ANALYTICS.
AUTOMATED FACILITY MONITORING WILL PROVIDE CITY STAFF WITH THE ABILITY TO REMOTELY MONITOR THE CONDITION, THE SPACE UTILIZATION, THE TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS THE POWER AT OVER 100 CITY FACILITIES, AS WELL AS MONITOR FOOT TRAFFIC AND SPACE UTILIZATION WITHIN THE CITY'S PUBLIC SPACES, SUCH AS LIBRARIES, FACILITIES AND PARKS.
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AND THEN LASTLY, STAFF MANAGED PRINT.THE EXISTING PRINTERS DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WERE LEASED IN 2015, DUE TO THEIR AGE, THEY'RE BECOMING UNRELIABLE AND COSTLY TO REPAIR AND IN MANY INSTANCES REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
THE INCREASING USE OF TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, HAVE REDUCED THE CITY'S PRINTING NEEDS BY REPLACING OUT OF DATE LEASE PRINTERS WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF PURCHASE PRINTERS.
OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THE CITY WILL SAVE APPROXIMATELY $400,000 IN OPERATING COSTS.
STARTING AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS CHART IS $2.8 MILLION.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE FUND.
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, A $22.2 MILLION INVESTMENT IS PROJECTED TO BE MADE.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, FROM THE TRANSFERS.
AND BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 28, THE FUND IS PROJECTED TO END WITH APPROXIMATELY $12.3 MILLION.
NOW THIS INDICATES THAT THE FUND IS IN A VERY SOLID FINANCIAL POSITION.
IF COMPETING DEMANDS AND INTERESTS FROM THE GENERAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, WERE TO EXIST, THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT FUND LIKELY WOULD BE ABLE TO REDIRECT SOME OF THE PLAN FUNDING IF AND AS NEEDED.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL CONTINUE ON TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REFLECTS THE CITY'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF QUALITY FACILITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH TODAY AND FOR IN THE FUTURE.
IT IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT, NOT A COMMITMENT FOR SPENDING.
THE CITY OPERATES UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 50, WHICH VERY SIMILAR TO THE SDTIP AND ADMINISTRATION ORDER NUMBER 89 ESTABLISHES THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THROUGH WHICH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE INITIATED AND EVENTUALLY AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AS WAS PRESENTED IN THE SDTIP PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
NOW, IN LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 23-24, THE REQUEST IS TOTALING $97.7 MILLION.
MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN FISCAL YEAR 23, THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION REQUEST WAS $43 MILLION, AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS PROJECTED THAT THE REQUEST IN FISCAL YEAR 24 WOULD BE $80 MILLION.
HOWEVER, CLEARLY WE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE TO THAT PROJECTION, APPROXIMATELY $18 MILLION OVER WHERE WE THOUGHT THAT REQUEST WAS GOING TO BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME LAST YEAR.
SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ORGANIZED BY PROJECT CLASSIFICATION.
WE'RE FOCUSING HERE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING.
FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT ARE POLICY DRIVEN REQUIREMENTS LIKE THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS LIKE NEW FACILITIES, EXPANSIONS, PARKS AND TRAILS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AS WELL AS COASTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
HERE WE HAVE THOSE NEW APPROPRIATION REQUESTS PRESENTED BY TYPE.
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VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.NOW, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE THAT FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE IMPACTING TWO OR MORE DISTRICTS, WE HAVE COUNTED THEM AS ONE IN EACH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AS THERE ARE 190 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ALSO REFERRED TO AS GFOA, WE ARE STARTING TO TAKE A RELATIVELY NEW APPROACH IN QUANTIFYING AND COMMUNICATING THE OPERATING BUDGET IMPACTS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND THIS IS FOR PURPOSES TO ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY PRIORITIZE PROJECTS BUT ALSO TO UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL FUNDING CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY FACE IN THE FUTURE.
HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT A TIMELINE STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 24 AND ENDING IN FISCAL YEAR 28 THAT SHOWS THE SCHEDULED PROJECTS FOR COMPLETION AS WELL AS THEIR ANTICIPATED OPERATING IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THAT TIME PERIOD.
THE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT NUMBER ONE WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH THE OPERATING FUNDING.
THERE WERE A FEW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CIP AND WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE REASONS.
STARTING WITH FISCAL YEAR 23 MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS.
THERE WERE A FEW ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMPLETED PROJECTS TO DATE IN WHICH THOSE PROJECT ACCOUNTS CAN BE CLOSED AND ANY REMAINING BUDGET MAY BE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL FUNDING SOURCE.
HERE IS A LIST OF THOSE COMPLETED PROJECTS.
ALL BUT ONE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND AMOUNTED TO ABOUT $3 MILLION THAT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE RESPECTIVE FUNDING SOURCES AND USED TO FUND FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.
I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THESE BRIEFLY.
THE FIRST ONE, AVENIDA ENCINAS PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT INCLUDED PREVIOUSLY PLANNED A RAPID, RECTANGULAR, FLASHING BEACON CROSSWALK FEATURE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS NO LONGER NECESSARY WITH THE DEVELOPER INSTALLED TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WILL PROVIDE SAFE CROSSING.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS A LEFT TURN LANE EXTENSIONS FOR $350,000.
THIS PROJECT WAS INTENDED TO EXTEND LEFT TURN LANES AT FOUR LOCATIONS ALONG EL CAMINO REAL.
AS FAR AS PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES, STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE INCIDENCES OF SPILLOVER AND REDUCE CONFLICTS BY USING LEAD LAG TRAFFIC SIGNAL PHASING WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND ARE OBSERVING AND MODIFYING OPERATIONS WHERE BENEFITS CAN BE ACHIEVED.
AND THEN LASTLY, TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, A SAVINGS AMOUNT OF $153,000.
AFTER CONDUCTING FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND ALSO MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXISTING SIGNAL TIMING.
THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE WITHIN THE CITY'S CONTROL, AS SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS RELATED TO SIGNALS CONTROLLED BY CALTRANS. WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE EXAMPLE OF AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION WHICH SAVED MONEY OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, AVOIDED SIGNIFICANT COSTS.
THE CITY HAD PREVIOUSLY INTENDED ON UPGRADING THE CITY'S FIRE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, BUT WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER RECONFIGURATION ALSO NEEDED, THE CITY THOUGHT ABOUT IT A BIT MORE COLLABORATIVELY AND CREATIVELY.
THE RESULT WAS THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WITH A TEMPORARY EOC AT THE FARADAY BUILDING WITH A TOTAL REQUEST FOR THIS REVISED PROJECT OF $4.15 MILLION.
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AND WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED OR ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION, HIGHLIGHTING, OF COURSE, VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AT THE BOTTOM, THE ADDITIONAL $36 MILLION TOTALING $45 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT AND ALSO TIED TO THE $8 MILLION IN BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.THE POLICE AND FIRE HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION JUST SPOKE ABOUT THAT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE $1.7 AND THE $2.4, THE COMBINED FUNDING SOURCES TOTALING THE $4.15 MILLION.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO.
SO EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND EVEN ASPECTS WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET, STAFF EVALUATE CURRENT AND EXPECTED RESOURCES, INCLUDING BOTH FUNDING AND PERSONNEL.
RESULTING FROM THIS ANALYSIS, THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE PUSHED OUT, PUSHED OUT TO A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR FOR PURPOSES OF FULL TRANSPARENCY AND IN AN EFFORT TO BALANCE AND ALIGN STAFFING AND FUNDING RESOURCES, THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE RESPECTIVE FISCAL YEAR INDICATED ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL AS THE NEXT SLIDE. FOR PROPOSED NEW PROJECTS.
I MENTIONED EARLIER. THE TOTAL REQUEST FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS $2.7 MILLION.
I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THESE JUST BRIEFLY.
THE FIRST PROJECT IS CARLSBAD BOULEVARD ROADWAY CONFIGURATION.
THIS PROJECT WILL TRIM MEDIANS AND MOVE VEHICULAR LANES INWARD TO BRING EXISTING BICYCLE LANES TO MODERN ROADWAY STANDARDS ALONG CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE BETWEEN INTERSTATE FIVE AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
THE EXISTING BIKE LANES IN SOME AREAS ARE ONLY CURRENTLY MEETING MINIMUM MODERN ROADWAY STANDARDS AND WITH SIGNIFICANT BIKE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA, SEVERAL COLLISIONS AND NEAR-MISSES WITH VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
FIRE STATION 7, A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,000 FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND.
THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY A SITE AND INITIATE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROCESS FOR A NEW FIRE STATION 7 IN THE VICINITY OF CANON ROAD AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD. FUTURE FUNDING REQUESTS MAY INCLUDE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
NEXT IS THE PUBLIC WORKS STORAGE FACILITY.
TOTAL REQUEST OF $99,000, ALSO FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND.
THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY A SITE LOCATION AND INITIATE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROCESS FOR A PUBLIC WORKS STORAGE FACILITY TO CONTAIN ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY STORED AT THE CITY'S FARMER'S PROPERTY, AS WELL AS OTHER CITY FACILITIES.
FUTURE FUNDING REQUESTS WILL CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
NEXT AND LASTLY, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET UPGRADES A TOTAL REQUEST OF $180,000.
THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS TO ENSURE BOTH SAFE AND RELIABLE OPERATIONS IN SEVERAL OF THESE LOCATIONS AT EL CAMINO REAL AND DOVE LANE. THE CABINET WILL BE LOWERED TO ROAD GRADE HEIGHT TO FACILITATE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, AS WELL AS IMPROVE ACCESS TO COMPONENTS ON HIGHER LEVEL RACKS.
WE DID WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND NOTE THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 57 PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN REPRESENTING AN INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF APPROXIMATELY $80 MILLION.
THESE PROJECTS DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDING SOURCES IDENTIFIED, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AT THE DIRECTION, OF COURSE, OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR INCLUDING THESE PROJECTS AND THE RELATED COSTS INTO THE CIP DOCUMENT.
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NOW WITH APPROXIMATELY 227 CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE PROGRAM, THERE IS AN ONGOING IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFYING AND MONITORING THE CITY'S VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES.THIS IS A LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE FUNDS PROJECTIONS AS OF LAST YEAR, WHICH INDICATES AN ANTICIPATED DEFICIT OF $6.4 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
HOWEVER, THE PROJECTED DEFICIT IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND MONITOR THE PROJECTS AND REVENUE PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY NEEDING TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES IF AND AS APPROPRIATE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
WE'LL RECONVENE AT 8:10, THAT'S FIVE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE ANY? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MAYOR CHRISTINE DAVIS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT COULD BE THE START OF A TRANSFORMATION IN DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CVA.
AND TONIGHT'S AGENDA PACKAGE CONTAINS A LETTER FROM CVA REGARDING OUR DESIRE TO INITIATE A THREE MONTH FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF FORMING A P BID A PROPERTY BASED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR CARLSBAD VILLAGE.
SO WHAT IS A P BID? A P BID IS A TOOL AVAILABLE TO PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO IMPROVE A DOWNTOWN OR OTHER COMMERCIAL AREA.
P BID IS A SPECIAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT DESIGNED TO RAISE FUNDS TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES BEYOND THOSE PROVIDED BY THE CITY, SUCH AS ENHANCED SIDEWALK AND SANITATION SERVICES, LANDSCAPING, FAÇADE IMPROVEMENTS, WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AND OTHER CLEAN AND SAFE SERVICES.
SO WHY SHOULD WE CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY? CARLSBAD VILLAGE IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
IT'S HOME TO THE TRAIN STATION.
IT'S JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM THE BEACH, AND THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING DOWNTOWN NOW THAN EVER BEFORE.
BUT UNTIL WE STUDY ITS FEASIBILITY, UNTIL WE ASSESS THE DESIRE BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WE WON'T KNOW WHAT ITS IMPACT IS. SO WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING $20,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE CITY TO PRODUCE AND MANAGE A THREE MONTH FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH CIVITAS, WHO WILL PROVIDE EXPERT ADVICE AND GUIDANCE THAT WILL RESULT IN THE CITY RECEIVING A VALUABLE DRAFT SERVICE PLAN.
I'M SORRY. CVA WANTS CARLSBAD VILLAGE TO THRIVE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF OUR FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THIS STUDY, AND TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT IN CARLSBAD VILLAGE FOR YEARS TO COME. FIVE SECONDS TO GO.
AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE HOURS YOU SAT AND WAITED TO SPEAK.
COULD WE PLEASE HAVE STAFF ADDRESS MS. DAVIS'S REQUEST? YEAH, I'LL INVITE OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, DAVID GRAHAM, WHO ALSO OVERSEES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO SPEAK ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
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MR. GRAY. THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS. YOU MAY TAKE A SEAT.SO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT IS MENTIONED IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONDUCTED.
IT IS NOT A MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OVERALL PROPERTY BASED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THE THINGS THAT A FEASIBILITY STUDY DOES IS IT DETERMINES THE BOUNDARIES, THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED, THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED, THAT COULD LEGALLY BE DONE UNDER STATE LAW.
THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA, NOT JUST THE HOTELIERS, BUT THIS WOULD GIVE VALUABLE INFORMATION TO THE CITY AND TO ALSO THE CVA WITHOUT REQUIRING THE CITY TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT PARTICULAR STEP.
IS THAT $20,000 REIMBURSABLE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.
SO SHOULD A P BID MOVE FORWARD AND BE ESTABLISHED? YES. THE CITY COULD RECOUP THE COST OF THE INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY FROM THE FUTURE PROPERTY BASED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS ON THIS FOR.
I'LL START OUT WITH YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.
JUST QUESTIONS ON THIS OR COMMENTS ON THIS SPECIFICALLY.
RIGHT. ON QUESTIONS OF MR. GRAHAM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
OKAY. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. GRAHAM? OKAY, THEN.
COMMENTS. MISS BHAT-PATEL. YEAH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM MR. GRAHAM. AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MISS DAVIS AND THE ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, I'M ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO BRING BACK $20,000 FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION ON JUNE 13TH IN FURTHERANCE OF THE P BID FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THANK YOU. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE MAYOR ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT RECOUPING THE COST.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IN THE PLAN.
GET GET THAT COST RECOUPED TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, WE DO NOT.
THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO QUESTIONS OF THE BUDGET.
START WITH YOU, MS. BHAT-PATEL. THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS, BUT LET ME LET ME LOOK RIGHT HERE.
I THINK IF YOU COULD BRING THAT SLIDE UP.
THANK YOU. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT.
AND WE JUST GET TO HAVE A TWO HOUR SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S WATCHING, IT'S CLEAR THAT OUR STAFF WORKS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WELL RUN AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU.
SO, YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WAS OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST FEW MADE SENSE.
THE ONE THING I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT AND THIS MIGHT BE MAYBE A MR. FRANK QUESTION, BUT THE LA COSTA AVENUE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE RATIONALE WAS ON ON THAT SPECIFICALLY.
THAT WAS JUST ONE THAT I HAD CONCERNS AROUND.
MY NAME IS TOM FRANK I'M TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND YOUR CITY ENGINEER.
AND SO THE RATIONALE ON THAT WAS BASED ON OUR RESOURCES AND WHAT WE COULD FORECAST FOR WORKLOAD.
WE ARE DOING SEVERAL THINGS ALONG LA COSTA AVENUE.
FIRST OFF, WE THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DID A ROAD DIET EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL TO RANCHO SANTA FE, A PROJECT YOU WILL BE SEEING FOR A WARD COMING TO YOU FOR A WARD IS OUR EAST WEST CORRIDORS PROJECT AND IN THAT WE WILL BE RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING
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A LARGE PORTION OF LA COSTA AVENUE FROM I-5, A LITTLE BIT EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL.IN REGARDS TO FURTHER LA COSTA AVENUE TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS EAST OF THAT AREA, WE WE STILL FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEED TO STUDY THAT. BUT JUST GIVEN THE WORKLOAD THAT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, WE FIGURED THAT THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PUSH THAT OFF A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL WE SEE HOW THE DYNAMICS CHANGE ON THAT STREET WITH WHAT'S PENDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
OKAY. AND I KNOW THESE ARE JUST QUESTIONS, BUT IF YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP.
OH, YEAH. BEFORE I MOVE, MOVE TO THE NEXT THING.
I JUST NOTICED THAT ON THIS CHART THERE ARE TWO STREETS SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PUSHED AND BOTH OF THEM ARE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND THAT'S NUMBER FOUR.
CAMINO DE LOS COCHES LA COSTA AVENUE INTERSECTION CONTROL AND LA COSTA AVENUE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP A WATCH ON THESE.
I'M I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT ARE TRAFFIC AND STREETS RELATED THAT ARE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT JUST IN LIGHT OF OUR STREETS EMERGENCY AND NEEDING SAFER STREETS AND THERE BEING SO MANY SCHOOLS OFF OF LA COSTA AVENUE, I'M JUST WARY, VERY WARY TO SEE THIS.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION FROM MY COLLEAGUE AND I THINK ACTUALLY CAMINO DE LAS COCHES LA COSTA AVENUE INTERSECTION CONTROL WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENT BY THE YOUNG MAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER DURING NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS ACTIVE AND HOT IN MY COMMUNITY, SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
IF WE DO PUSH IT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO PULL IT BACK IN AT SOME POINT.
IF IT YOU KNOW, THE DATA SHOWS THAT IT'S STILL A PRIORITY.
AND I DO HAVE A COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THAT PROJECT.
SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND SO PUSHING OFF WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.
SO WE ARE MOVING THAT FORWARD AS SOON AS WE CAN.
AND THAT IS IN RELATION TO THE COMMENT YOU HEARD.
IN ADDITION, AS A PART OF A SLURRY SEAL PROJECT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE LATER THIS YEAR, WE ARE PLANNING TO RESTRIPE CAMINO DE LOS COCHES AND WITH THAT WE'D BE DOING LANE REDUCTIONS AND LANE REALIGNMENT AGAIN TO HELP MANAGE THE SPEEDS AND IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS FOR ALL THE USERS, FOR THE PEOPLE VISITING THE SCHOOL AND THE PARKS NEARBY. GREAT.
AND SO MOVING ON FROM THIS SLIDE, AND I WON'T REFERENCE A SLIDE, BUT I DO REMEMBER ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BOULEVARD ROADWAY CONFIGURATION, WHICH I KNOW AFFECTS A MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, GIVEN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC EMERGENCIES, MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF TRANSIT, ALL OF THAT, I'M CURIOUS AND I KNOW WE CAN'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT JUST CURIOUS IF IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RELATED UPDATES AS WELL.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT THE SCOPE IS FOR THAT PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE A RECONFIGURATION FROM PINE AVENUE ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO THE ENCINITAS BORDER. AND SPECIFICALLY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, IT WOULD ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS WE SEE ALONG CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM PINE AVENUE DOWN TO TAMARAC IS THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ALONG THERE WITH THE FIVE LANE CONFIGURATION THAT'S NOT OPTIMAL.
SO LOOKING AT THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE LANE RECONFIGURATIONS, WHAT WE CALL ROAD YOGA, THAT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL THE USERS, FOR THE VEHICLES, FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND FOR THE BICYCLES.
AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM SPECIFICALLY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM TAMARAC UP TO PINE AVENUE, THAT REALLY AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T QUANTIFIED THE RESULTS YET, BUT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE THAT IS A PART OF THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN.
WE ARE TALKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON HOW WE DO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH ON THAT.
BUT WE'RE THINKING YOU SHOULD SEE SOMETHING ON THAT PROJECT LATER THIS SUMMER.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS.
I JUST WANT TO INTERRUPT AGAIN ON THE ON THIS ONE.
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AND THAT'S MY MY DISTRICT.SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I DID WRITE THAT DOWN AS A QUESTION.
THIS IS ALL AREA ALL GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY.
AND JUST SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON FROM TRAFFIC.
THANK YOU. THANKS, MR. FRANK. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
COULD YOU REMIND US WHAT WAS THE INCREASE IN RESERVES IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST.
THE I THINK IT WAS FIVE YEARS THAT YOU SHOWED US LAST FIVE YEARS.
IT WAS INCREASED FROM $82 MILLION TO $118 MILLION.
SO AN INCREASE OF $36 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN 12 FT.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I MIGHT HAVE A FEW MORE ONCE I HEAR MY COLLEAGUE'S QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE QUICK QUESTION QUESTIONS.
ONE ON THERE WAS A WE WERE TALKING ABOUT VETERANS PARK AND CFD, NUMBER ONE, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A KIND OF A BIG INCREASE. AND I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN.
THERE WAS A SLIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE INCREASE.
INCREASE. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT WAS FOR.
IS THAT FOR VETERANS PARK? COUNCIL MEMBER IS THIS THE SLIDE YOU'RE REFERRING TO? IT MAY NOT BE. NO, IT SPECIFICALLY SAID CFD.
AND MAYBE WE CAN CIRCLE BACK BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO HUNT FOR IT.
I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN DOWN WHAT SLIDE NUMBER IT WAS AT THE TIME.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND YOU DID WRITE THE SLIDE NUMBERS ON THERE.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE PAGE NUMBERS ON THERE.
IT'S MY OWN FAULT FOR NOT WRITING IT DOWN.
OKAY. LET ME MOVE ON TO MY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THIS ONE IS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE REPAYMENT WILL BEGIN AFTER CERTAIN OTHER STEPS WERE WERE FOLLOWED.
RIGHT? LIKE ALL EXPENSES WERE PAID AND SOME MONEY WAS MOVED TO RESERVE.
AND THEN LASTLY, NUMBER FOUR, THERE WOULD BE A TRANSFER OF UP TO MAXIMUM OF 3% OF GROSS REVENUES WOULD GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THERE WAS NO MINIMUM, RIGHT, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY. AND SO IS WAS IS THE LOAN TECHNICALLY FORGIVEN OR IS IT NOT FORGIVEN? IT WAS IT WAS WRITTEN OFF, BUT IT WAS NOT FORGIVEN IN THE SENSE THAT WE CONTINUE AND SINCE IT WAS WRITTEN OFF OR RECLASSIFIED AS A TRANSFER, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DISCLOSE THAT WITHIN THE FOOTNOTES TO OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRACKING, WE'RE AWARE OF, AND HENCE THE PROPOSED RESERVE POLICY LAYING FORTH AN OPTION OR THE ABILITY FOR THE GOLF COURSE TO BEGIN MAKING PAYMENTS BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
ARE THE OPERATORS OF THE GOLF COURSE AWARE THAT THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE SHOULD BE REPAID FOR THAT $47 MILLION THAT WAS LOANED TO THEM? ABSOLUTELY. AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, WE MEET WITH THE OPERATORS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AS PART OF THE GOLF COURSE, STEERING COMMITTEE. AND OVER THE LAST, I WOULD SAY, 6 TO 9 MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS POLICY AND TALKING ABOUT BOTH THE FEASIBILITY, THE LOGISTICS AND HOW REALISTIC THESE PRIORITIES.
REALLY ARE. AND WE'VE ALL CAME TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY, BUT THEN ALSO THE GOLF COURSE OPERATORS THAT THIS IS A REASONABLE, REASONABLE POLICY THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE AS A CITY.
OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SHOWED A DIFFERENT SLIDE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND IT NOW.
THIS IS FINE THAT SHOWED THE INCREASE IN REVENUE AT THE GOLF COURSE.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING BETTER AND BETTER.
SO IS IS THIS REASONABLE FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT THE TREND THAT THEY'RE ON, THAT THEY WOULD BE WE EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TO GET TO THAT NUMBER FOUR, AFTER THEY SPEND THE MONEY ON OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO
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PAY BACK THE LOAN? THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE I'LL BACK UP.ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY UNPRECEDENTED IN TERMS OF THE SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND NAMELY GOLF.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS IS INCLUDED IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND THE ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE BEGINNING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH WITH THOSE REVENUES AND ANTICIPATING THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NORMALIZATION IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF GOLF ROUNDS PLAYED AND THAT PENT UP DEMAND FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO SLIGHTLY DIMINISH.
THAT SAID, AND AS IT RELATES TO THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WE FULLY INTEND, BARRING ANY UNFORESEEN EVENTS, TO BE ABLE TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER OR PROJECT THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT 3% REPAYMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND.
NOW IT'S IT'S MORE OF A SHORT TERM FOCUS WHERE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, DIFFICULT TO PREDICT HOW, HOW THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO LOOK OR HOW OPERATIONS AT THE GOLF COURSE ARE GOING TO LOOK. ONE OF THE THE BENEFITS I'LL SAY OR ADVANTAGES WITH THIS POLICY IS BY PRIORITIZING THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND SPECIFICALLY THE CAPITAL RESERVE. HAVING THAT 10% OF GROSS REVENUE SET ASIDE WILL GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS ENSURING THAT THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THE GOLF COURSES CAPITAL NEEDS WHICH WILL ASSIST IN BEING ABLE TO MEET THAT 3% GROSS REVENUE REPAYMENT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT THEY BRING IN REVENUE LIKE FROM THEIR THE EVENT RENTAL, THE EVENT SPACE FOR THE CLUBHOUSE RENTAL, OR MAYBE PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR GOLF HEADQUARTERS THAT ARE IN TOWN.
SO I'M WONDERING, HAVE WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN GOING FORWARD IS TO BE INNOVATIVE AND FIND SOME MORE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THEM? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A REGULAR CONVERSATION THAT THAT TAKES PLACE AT OUR MONTHLY STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
ANYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THAT INCREASE OR ENHANCE THE MARKETABILITY OF THE GOLF COURSE AND POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE IF YOU MENTIONED, VIRTUAL GOLF FOR THE TOP GOLF TECHNOLOGIES AND TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE ASPECTS INTO THE GOLF COURSE.
THE GOLF COURSE IN RECENT PERIODS HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SOCIAL MEDIA OR PUT FORTH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT TOWARDS SOCIAL MEDIA AND REACHING AS MANY USERS AS POSSIBLE TO INCREASE TO YOUR POINT THAT POPULARITY AND TO ADDRESS ONE OF YOUR EARLIER POINTS.
AND THE WEDDINGS AND THE PRIVATE EVENTS AND THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT IN BY CORPORATE EVENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ALSO CONTRIBUTE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE. SO ALL OF THEIR INTERNAL EFFORTS, WHEN I SAY THEIR THE GOLF COURSE OPERATOR FROM SOCIAL MEDIA TO JUST PUBLIC OUTREACH AND GETTING GETTING THEMSELVES OUT THERE HAS GONE A LONG WAY.
OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
THANKS. MRS BURKHOLDER THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SLIDE 68, THE TELEMATICS, IT SAYS TO SOLUTION TO PROVIDE REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE CITY FLEET VEHICLES.
IS IT MORE THAN JUST THE HEALTH OF THE VEHICLE ITSELF? IS IT TRACKING PATTERNS OF THAT VEHICLE'S BEHAVIOR OR MAPPING OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM? SURE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUR DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE].
MR. JOHN MASHKOV IS COMING HERE TO HELP OUT WITH THE QUESTIONS.
YES, IT DOES GO BEYOND THE SCOPE OF JUST THE HEALTH OF THE VEHICLE.
IT WOULD INCLUDE, LIKE, YOUR TYPICAL GPS OR AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATING.
SO WE COULD SEE AT ANY TIME WHERE THE FLEET WAS OUT IN THE FIELD.
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SO IF WE HAD AN INCIDENT, WE COULD QUICKLY REDEPLOY PEOPLE.YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE I READ ABOUT TELEMATICS, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, OH, THAT'S NEW.
I DON'T REMEMBER READING THAT. SO THANK YOU.
MY COLLEAGUE REFERENCED THOSE 12.06 POSITIONS THAT WERE REDUCED.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER FOR THAT? WHAT'S THE DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THAT IS SAVING US? APPROXIMATELY $550,000 ON AN ANNUAL ONGOING BASIS.
OKAY. AND THEN A GENERAL QUESTION REGARDING RESERVES.
JUST HISTORICALLY, WHAT HAVE WE DIPPED INTO OUR RESERVES FOR? HISTORICALLY THE LARGEST USE REALLY GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY PAYMENTS TO CALPERS.
SO OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, THE LAST SIX YEARS, SIX, SEVEN YEARS, THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTED $56.4 MILLION ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS REQUIRED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
ASIDE FROM THAT, THE 6% OF ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES THAT ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, IT IS, AS WE'RE AWARE, NOT A REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? THAT IS A POLICY SET FORTH BY CITY COUNCIL.
JUST JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, THE SLIDE ON PAGE 31 OR SLIDE NUMBER 30, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAVE ON MY STAFF REPORT.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO THE BOTTOM NUMBERS.
I HAVE 360.8 362.8, 1.9 AND 0.5%.
THOSE ARE WILDLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE.
I CAN TAKE A MINUTE TO PULL UP THE STAFF REPORT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY.
BUT JUST TO LOOKING AT IT QUICKLY, I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CITYWIDE EXPENSES.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXPENSES.
I WAS LIKE, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL.
SO GOOD. NOW WE'VE GOT THAT CLEARED UP.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THERE'S I DON'T RECALL A SLIDE ON THIS ONE, BUT JUST THE IDEA FOR THE GOALS ON PAGE 164 OF 384 OF OUR STAFF REPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE BRIEFING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT ONE OF THE GOALS IT SAYS ESTABLISH A SECTION 115 PENSION TRUST, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST EXPLORING THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I PUTTING THAT INTO NUMBERS, IT DOES MAKE ME REALIZE THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY AFFECTS THE BUDGET.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT EXTRA HOMEWORK.
I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THAT MIGHT BE ALL. LET ME JUST CHECK MY TABS.
WELL, LET'S SEE. YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE 77.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION FEES, MATERIALS, LABOR AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
RIGHT. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 236 WHERE IT DOESN'T LIST THE MONROE STREET POOL THERE, BUT IT DOES IN YOUR REPORT, I SEE THAT YOU ADDED IT.
HAVE THOSE UNFUNDED PROJECTS ALSO BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THE INCREASE IN LABOR AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND ALL OF THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT? I BELIEVE THE ANSWER WOULD WOULD BE YES.
OKAY, PERFECT. SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES.
SO THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. MISS LUNA, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOP HOLDS, AND I'M GOING TO RESERVE AND HOLD MINE UNTIL THEN.
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CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDE SEED MONEY AND FUNDING FOR TRENCHING IN THE VILLAGE.WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITH THAT PROJECT.
NAMELY, SANDAG AND CALTRANS ARE WORKING TOWARD A GOAL OF $24 MILLION.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN PUT SOME MONEY OUT THERE THAT AND BUILD ON THAT, THEN IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A FAVOR FOR THE PROJECT AMONG THE COUNCIL AND WE'RE WORKING IN DOING OUR HEAVY LIFTING. AND I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE JASON HABER UP TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT.
EXCUSE ME, JASON, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, A QUICK QUESTION.
CITY MANAGER, WOULD IT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO ASK FOR THAT TO BE AGENDIZED RATHER THAN JUST PICK OUT $1 MILLION AND THEN WE DISCUSS IT AND HAVE STAFF GIVE US MORE DETAILED INPUT ON ON THE DOLLARS AND CENTS.
SO WE WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A REPORT ON THE 13TH, CORRECT? IT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.
BUT IT'S YOUR MOTION THAT WE DON'T PUT A DOLLAR.
EXCUSE ME. DON'T, DON'T PUT A DOLLAR DOLLAR ASSIGNMENT TO IT.
THAT IT WOULD BE AN AGENDIZED ITEM.
YES. OKAY. I'M FINE WITH THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT SATISFACTORY? I UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE.
SO THE ITEM THEN WOULD BE WE WOULD BRING BACK FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION A FUNDING SOURCE TO INCLUDE AND WE WOULD ALSO COMPLETE A REPORT THAT WOULD PROVIDE OR AT LEAST BETTER INFORMED COUNCIL RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
I MEAN, THAT WAS KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING JASON UP TONIGHT.
BUT I'M FINE WITH WAITING UNTIL THE 13TH.
THEY MAY COME BACK AND SAY THEY NEED $2 MILLION OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT IT.
OKAY, BUT OKAY, LET'S BRING IT BACK ON THE 13TH AS AN AGENDIZED ITEM.
I DON'T LIKE [INAUDIBLE] MOTIONS ANYWAY, SO THAT WORKS.
OKAY, THEN I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I'D LIKE CLARITY ON WHAT WE'RE AGENDIZING BECAUSE IT'S IT ARE WE AGENDIZING A DISCUSSION AROUND POTENTIAL SEED FUNDING FOR THAT OR ARE WE AGENDIZING THAT WE WILL HAVE SEED FUNDING THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? I WOULD LIKE THAT CLARITY.
DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROVIDING SEED FUNDING.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE AGENDIZED.
SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO BRING THAT FORWARD, THAT ITEM FORWARD ON THE 13TH, WE STAFF WOULD PRESENT THAT INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL AND WE WOULD JUST WILL IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT.
IT'S ALL COUNCIL'S DECISION THAT HELPS.
THANKS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC? MRS. ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU.
AND THANKS. THANKS FOR THE MOTION.
THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION, CLARIFYING.
SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF STAFF BRINGING IT BACK.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR LIKE A QUICK SUMMARY RIGHT NOW.
AS MUCH AS MR. HABER KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THESE ISSUES, I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FROM OUR BUDGET AND I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND WHAT'S GOING TO GET BUMPED, WHAT'S GOING TO GET TAKEN OFF THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOR THIS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIGGER DECISION TO MAKE, THAT WE'RE NOT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT IT IS, HOW MUCH IT WILL COST AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY FROM.
THANKS, MS. BHAT-PATEL YES, AND THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT COMMENT.
THANKS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION. I SECOND THE MOTION.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. MS. BURKHOLDER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
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I DID NOT. THANK YOU.DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MS. ACOSTA, WE'RE COMMENTING ON THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER, WERE YOU DONE? YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR SET.
OKAY, GREAT. SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN READING IT AND, AND THINKING ABOUT IT.
IT WAS THE PRINTED BUDGET BOOK THAT I HAD IT WAS I-13 AND THERE WAS A THERE'S A BIG CHART ON HERE PROJECTED FUND BALANCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 24.
AND LINE THREE SAYS CFD NUMBER ONE CITYWIDE.
AND IT HAS THE BALANCES AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY BIG NUMBER.
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS OF $33.5 MILLION AND NEW APPROPRIATIONS OF $37.5 MILLION.
SO IT JUST IT'S A REALLY BIG NUMBER.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S MOSTLY VETERANS.
THERE WAS WITHIN THAT $37.452 MILLION.
THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL.
GREAT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE OFFSET OF THE MONEY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE.
IT WAS LIKE FIVE AND THREE OR SOMETHING FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
THAT'S CORRECT. THE TOTAL COST OF VETERANS MEMORIAL WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $45 MILLION FOR A NET TOTAL COST OF $37 MILLION AFTER FACTORING IN THE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO SO BACK TO THE COMMENTS THEN.
UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING COST RECOVERY WITH PUBLIC BENEFIT.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RAISING OUR FEES, YOU KNOW, REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO RECOVER OUR COSTS AND THAT WE'RE LIMITED AT NO CHARGING, NO MORE THAN OUR COSTS, BUT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO WE DO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF OUR FEES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT WE DIDN'T TALK A TON ABOUT.
I MEAN, IT'S WRITTEN IN HERE, BUT WE DIDN'T USE THE WORD A LOT TONIGHT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOLLOWING OUR SPEND, WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR, EVERY CENT IS SPENT CAREFULLY AND THEN AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ANSWERING SOME OF SOME OF OUR TOUGHER QUESTIONS, INCLUDING MY GOLF COURSE QUESTIONS.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT REALLY JUST UNDERSCORES OUR APPROACH, OUR FISCAL DISCIPLINE, OUR CONSERVATISM WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT WORST CASE SCENARIO AND HOPE FOR THE BEST, PLAN FOR THE WORST.
AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB TIGHTENING EVERYONE, TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS AND EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT FINDING PLACES TO BE CAREFUL AND TO CUT WHERE NOT TOTALLY NECESSARY.
SO I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE APPROACH SO FAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED CONVERSATION.
THANKS. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION.
MRS. BHAT-PATEL. YES, JUST COMMENTS, FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS.
SO THANKS AGAIN ON ON ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR THIS.
I KNOW AGAIN THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE REALLY LINED THIS UP WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY ALLOWS FOR US TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, ALLOW FOR US TO REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I THINK PROVIDE HOPEFULLY CLEARER DIRECTION TO STAFF.
AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POINT BACK TO SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT DIRECTION AND ALLOWS FOR YOU ALL TO KEEP DOING THE AMAZING JOB OF SERVING OUR CITY.
AND I THINK IT JUST OVERALL IS A SMOOTHER PROCESS.
SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK ON THAT, DO SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS FOR, AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY TO POINT BACK TO AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY COMPARE NOTES TO AND KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING.
THEY CAN SEE THAT PROGRESS BEING MADE.
AND THEN I THINK OBVIOUSLY I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY IS WHO WE'RE KEEPING FRONT AND FRONT AND CENTER AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER HEARING FOR THIS.
[03:35:04]
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FIVE RESOLUTIONS.
SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
CLOSING STATEMENTS. MS. LUNA. MS. BURKHOLDER, I JUST TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE AT SANDAG IS EXPECTED TO BE A LONG MEETING, SO THEY'RE SERVING LUNCH FOR US.
[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS LUNCH AT SANDAG, IT'S ON ME.THANK YOU. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THIS IS A REALLY BIG WEEK FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
AS YOU RECALL, WE REORGANIZED.
THEY ONLY MEET A FEW TIMES A YEAR.
SO TOMORROW I'VE GOT MY FIRST MEETING WITH THEM AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND AGAIN, OFFICE HOURS EVERY THURSDAY.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
THANKS, MS. BHAT-PATEL. YES, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2023 AT 9 A.M.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
TO 12 P.M..SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
[CITY MANAGER COMMENTS]
THAT'LL BE HELD AT FARADAY BUILDING.NOTHING FOR ME. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.