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CALLING TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER.
[CALL TO ORDER]
ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.[CLOSED SESSION]
AND NEXT IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.MISS LUNA, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US? WILL YOU PLEASE RISE? READY, BEGIN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MINUTES TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH.
I INVITE MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL TO PRESENT THAT.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL INVITE MAX DISPOSTI OF THE EXECUTIVE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF THE NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER, AND ROXANNE DEATHERAGE, DIRECTOR OF PRIDE BY THE BEACH TO THE PODIUM.
AND THEN I'LL READ MY MY COMMENTS AND THEN YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS RIGHT AFTER.
SO BEFORE I BEGIN READING THE PROCLAMATION, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M OF COURSE, HONORED TO READ IT TONIGHT WITH MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT I KNOW IN MY LIFE WHO ARE OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY.
I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT AS AN ALLY, I SEE YOU, I CELEBRATE YOU, AND I FIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE LOCALLY, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND SPEAK.
I SPEAK FOR MYSELF THAT I WILL ALWAYS SHOW UP AS AN ALLY.
AND I WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THE COLORS OF THE FLAG AND WHY I CHOSE TO WEAR YELLOW.
FOR THE SOUL. I CHOSE YELLOW FOR THE SUN AS A SYMBOL OF HOPE AS WE GO INTO FUTURE DAYS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.
SO WHEREAS OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE AND THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN TO EXPERIENCE EQUALITY AND FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION.
AND. WHEREAS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, FEEL VALUED, SAFE, EMPOWERED AND SUPPORTED. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL URGES EVERYONE TO EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND LIBERTY, TO RESPECT AND HONOR OUR DIVERSITY, AND TO CELEBRATE AND BUILD A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL INVITE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAX DISPOSTI, TO THE PODIUM.
MAY I ADDRESS? AND I SEE THREE MINUTES, BUT I NEED FOUR.
THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THIS PAST TWO YEARS ALONE.
NOT IN THE MOVIE. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS ALONE, OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS SEEN CLOSE TO 500 BILLS ATTACKING THE RIGHTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. THERE ARE NOW MORE ANTI LGBT STATES AND LAWS IN MANY OTHER STATES IN THE UNITED STATES THAN EVER BEFORE.
THIS ANTI LGBT BILLS IN FLORIDA, TEXAS, ALABAMA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, KANSAS AND MANY OTHERS HAVE UNFORTUNATELY ECHOED IN CALIFORNIA, EVEN IN THIS CHAMBER.
IT BEGINS WITH THE CLAIMING OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ONLY FOR HETEROSEXUAL FAMILIES.
THE POLITICIZATION OF OUR IDENTITIES, THE USE OF THE TERM GROOMERS TO DEFINE US.
AND FINALLY, THE QUESTION OF OUR FLAG RAISING IS CELEBRATING WHILE COMPARING OUR HISTORY AND AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS TO A NATIONAL PET DAY.
CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL HAS STRUGGLED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN THE CONTEXT WHERE VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQ PEOPLE IS RISING IN OUR OWN COUNTY. THE TECHNICALITY OF A MISSING FLAG POLICY WAS MADE THE DOMINANT CONVERSATION BY THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL AND ACOSTA FOR PUSHING BACK ON THAT NARRATIVE.
AND YOU HAVE CREATED THE NEED FOR A 4 TO 5 VOTE MAJORITY VERSUS A REGULAR VOTE.
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YOU CAN PROPOSE THIS APPROACH TO THE PAIN AND THE FEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING IN WATCHING OUR RIGHTS BEING WASHED AWAY.INSTEAD OF USING THE MONTH OF PRIDE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, AFFIRM, CELEBRATE AND PROTECT, YOU MADE US FEEL EVEN WORSE, AND YOU FAILED US.
YOU HAVE ALSO FAILED TO REACH OUT TO PARTNER AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND INSTEAD SPEND TIME IN ARTIFICIALLY CREATING FALSE CONCERNS AROUND FLAG POLICIES, UNNECESSARY COSTS FOR POLE, AND BY IMPLEMENTING FEAR OF ANY POSSIBLE LAWSUITS IF YOU HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING.
TWO DAYS LATER, CARS BY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOLLOWED YOUR EXAMPLE AND PUT OUT A SHOW OF DISREGARD AND DISRESPECT TOWARDS THEIR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS BY COMING UP WITH THE SAME.
SO, DEAR COUNCIL, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE RAISING OF A RAINBOW FLAG OR YOUR OPPOSITION TO IT, BUT THE MESSAGE YOU ARE SENT TO YOUR LGBTQ EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS IS THAT QUEER PEOPLE DON'T MATTER.
TODAY'S PRIOR PROCLAMATION THAT WE HAVE ALSO FOUGHT FOR AND THAT WAS NEVER GIVEN SPONTANEOUSLY OR FREE FROM CONTROVERSY FEELS LIKE AN EMPTY PROMISE.
FOR THE VERY REASONS AND FOR THESE VERY REASONS, WE REJECT THE PROCLAMATION AND SEND IT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL WITH A PROMISE OF COMING BACK WHEN THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR HUMAN RIGHTS WITH THE DIGNITY AND THE RESPECT WE ALL DESERVE.
WHEREAS ON THE RECORD WITH TODAY DATE JUNE 6TH, 2023 OF PRIDE MONTH, THE NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER AND THE LGBTQ CITIZENS COMMUNITY OF THIS TOWN DECLARE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR LGBTQ CITY EMPLOYEES TO BE OUT AND THRIVE, FOR LGBTQ CITIZENS TO BE SAFE AND RESPECTED, AND FOR OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS TO BE SUPPORTED AND AFFIRMED VERSUS BULLIED AND MARGINALIZED.
TODAY WE SAY QUEER LIFE MATTERS.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTENT, BUT WE ARE LEAVING NOW AND WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.
CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
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 THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING DURING THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE MEETING, STARTING WITH THE NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
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AND PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
TERRY BURNS, FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE HUME.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU GUYS BROUGHT UP THE INVOCATION FOR A VOTE.
AND IT WAS SAID THAT THE LAST INVOCATION WAS FIVE YEARS AGO IN JULY OF 2018.
BEFORE YOU VOTED, IT WAS LIKE, I'M VERY RELIGIOUS.
I COME FROM A COMMUNITY OF FAITH.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MAFIA GOING TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND ORDERING HITS ON MONDAY.
IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THERE WAS AN INVOCATION READ HERE.
WE INVITE YOU TO PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
HELP US TO EACH LISTEN POLITELY AS OTHERS SHARE THEIR POINTS OF VIEW.
HELP US TO WORK AS A UNIFIED TEAM IN COMBINING IDEAS FOR A GREAT OUTCOME.
HELP US TO WORK AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN AS INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN AGENDAS.
MAY WE HAVE A SPIRIT OF CAMARADERIE IN THIS ROOM AND WORK TOGETHER ON OUR SHARED MISSION.
THEY DO IT IN CONGRESS ALL THE TIME.
IT STARTED OFF WITH THE WORD GOD.
ONE TIME AND GOD IS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WE JUST READ.
SO. WE HOPE YOU RECONSIDER THAT VOTE.
IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE LAST INVOCATION.
IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUZANNE HUME.
I'M THE EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF CLEAN EARTH FOR KIDS AND.ORG.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO.
WE ARE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC COMMENT, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WE HAVE.
OF COURSE WE SUPPORT DIVERSITY.
OF COURSE WE SUPPORT INCLUSION.
WE FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IS STOPPING THE LEAD, THE LEADED AVIATION FUEL AT CARLSBAD AIRPORT AND ALL OF THE AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND BEYOND.
THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD.
SO I REALLY WOULD WE CLEAN CLEANER FOR KIDS WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A LETTER FROM YOU TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO INSISTING THAT THEY STOP THE SALE, USE AND STORAGE OF LEADED AVIATION FUEL AT THE CARLSBAD AIRPORT.
THIS DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE CHILDREN OF CARLSBAD AND ALL OF US BECAUSE LEAD HAS MANY, MANY HARMFUL EFFECTS ON EVERYONE OF ALL AGES.
ET CETERA. SO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE CLEANER FOR KIDS.ORG.
SO THE CITY OF VISTA, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO THEM, THEY JUMPED ON IT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE WRITING TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
WHEN WE SUGGESTED IT RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT, THEY SAID, LET'S GET IT DONE.
AND THEY PASSED IT SAME NIGHT.
SO WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU AGAIN TO ASK FOR SUPPORT ON THIS.
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SO OUR INTERNS DID A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW.AS YOU REMEMBER AS SAYING BEFORE, THE KIDS THAT WERE HALF A MILE AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT IN SANTA CLARA TESTED HIGHER THAN THE KIDS OF FLINT, MICHIGAN. SO THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE.
SO PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON LEAD SO WE CAN ALL GET THE LEAD OUT.
THANK YOU FROM CLEANER FOR KIDS.ORG.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN BUTTORF WITH CLEANEARTH4KIDS.ORG.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS THAT SUZANNE ALSO TOUCHED ON ABOUT CONTACTING THE COUNTY TO GET RID OF AVIATION LEADED AVIATION FUEL OUT OF PALOMAR AIRPORT. LEADED AVIATION FUEL IS IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF AIRBORNE LEAD IN THE US.
SO THE EPA DATA SHOWS PALOMAR AIRPORT DROPS 700 POUNDS OF LEAD INTO THE AIR EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT ANYTIME YOU DRIVE BY PALOMAR, JUST LOOK AT THE HOMES, THE SCHOOLS, DAYCARES, PARKS, ALL OF THAT IS BEING COVERED WITH LEAD AND LEAD, PARTICULARLY, AS SUZANNE TOUCHED ON, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLINT, MICHIGAN, THOSE SCHOOL SCORES WERE LOWER, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERED.
MATH AND READING AFTER THE LEAD EXPOSURE.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY KEY, THE IDEA THAT THERE IS UNLEADED FUEL RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE PLANES.
THIS IS NOT FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
ALL THE COUNTY HAS TO DO IS BASICALLY MOVE FORWARD AND REQUIRE THAT.
SO AS SUZANNE SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO CITY.
I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT SMOKING IS HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY BAD FOR YOU.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN ARGUE WITH THAT.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF CITIES AND EVEN STATES THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEAST, AND BE GREAT FOR CARLSBAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT FROM JUST THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A TOURIST STANDPOINT, NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO A BEACH OR A PARK OR ANYTHING AND GET A FACE FULL OF SMOKE.
THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE PROPERTY THAT'S WITHIN THAT AREA.
ALSO ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION, IT WOULD BE MY REQUEST THAT WE MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TWO FIRE ENGINES RATHER THAN THE ONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? EXCUSE ME. DO WE HAVE ANY.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS? YES. TERRY BURNS, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. THIS IS ON THE FIRE TRUCKS, RIGHT? I LOVE FIRE TRUCKS.
$2 MILLION FOR TWO FIRE TRUCKS.
I HAVEN'T SHOPPED FOR A FIRE TRUCK SINCE I WAS SIX, SO THAT'S PROBABLY INFLATION.
I LOOKED AT THE INVOICE AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE CAUGHT THIS, BUT THERE'S $146,883 INCLUDED IN THAT 2 MILLION. I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
IT'S CALIFORNIA STATE SALES TAX.
SO THEY'RE TAXING OUR TAX DOLLARS.
WHY ARE THEY TAXING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD? I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.
AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD CALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OTHER CITIES AND TELL THEM MAYBE THE SAME THING.
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AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IF WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION.I HATE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF WHEN THEY'RE NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER IT.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO AND I WANT TO ANSWER THAT.
BRADLEY, WOULD YOU COULD YOU COME UP? AND THEN PLEASE JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
IS IT A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THE CITY TO END UP PAYING FOR SALES TAX ON VEHICLE PURCHASES? YEAH, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS NOT EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX ON ANY PURCHASE.
IS THAT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE? FOR EVERY CITY ENTITY? I KNOW THAT OUR OUR VEHICLES HAVE EXEMPT LICENSE PLATES.
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? YEAH. TO CLARIFY FURTHER, THE EXEMPT PLATES THAT YOU SEE DRIVING AROUND, THAT'S ACTUALLY REGISTRATION FEE EXEMPT.
SO I WANT TO ASK THIS IS THERE ANY DRIVE THROUGH LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES OR ANYTHING TO STOP TAXING TAX ENTITIES? NOT THAT I AM AWARE.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
OKAY. MRS. BHAT-PATEL. WILL YOU MAKE THE MOTION? SURE. SO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE COMMENTS OF THE MAYOR MENTIONED.
AND THAT WAS HE'S ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SECOND, OKAY, PLEASE VOTE ON ALL TEN CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM 11 ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION, CITY MANAGER.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TITLE THE ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU. 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 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.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
ITEM 12, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. 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 RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. MOTION. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THAT WILL BE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REPORT ON OPTIONS RELATED TO A 115 PENSION TRUST OR A SECTION 115 PENSION TRUST MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, ZACK KORACH, ZACK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M ZACH KORACH. FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REPORT ON OPTIONS RELATED TO A SECTION 115 PENSION TRUST.
SO FOR THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH A BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON CALPERS, A LOOK AT THE CITY'S CURRENT PENSION PLAN AND ITS STATUS, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY HAS FACED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUES TO FACE, AND THEN SOME POTENTIAL OPTIONS, SPECIFICALLY A SECTION 115 TRUST.
IT STANDS FOR THE CALIFORNIA POST-EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
THE CITY PROVIDES DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN TO ITS EMPLOYEES THROUGH CALPERS.
AND WE OFTEN REFER TO THIS AS THE BENEFIT FORMULA.
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ONE IS THROUGH EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.AND SECOND, SECONDLY AND MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH CALPERS INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
ONCE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE FROM THE CITY TO CALPERS, CALPERS TURNS AROUND AND INVESTS THOSE DOLLARS IN HOPES OF ACHIEVING ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURNS, CURRENTLY AT 6.8%.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CALPERS DOES CALCULATE AND DICTATE THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PAY EACH YEAR, AND THE AMOUNT CHANGES EVERY YEAR BASED ON CALPERS ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURNS, AS WELL AS ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS WHICH ARE DETERMINED BY CALPERS. NOW IN TERMS OF HOW THE PENSION LIABILITY IS CALCULATED HERE, WE JUST HAVE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF A FEW OF THE FACTORS THAT CALPERS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT.
THEY LOOK AT OBVIOUSLY THEIR ACTUAL INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE, WHAT THEY ASSUME TO EARN IN THE FUTURE.
THEY FACTOR IN THE RATE OF INFLATION AND OTHER VARIOUS CHANGES IN ASSUMPTIONS SUCH AS LIFE EXPECTANCY AND LEVELS OF COMPENSATION WITHIN EACH RESPECTIVE AGENCY. NOW HOW THE PENSION PLAN IS FUNDED.
I SPOKE ABOUT IT BRIEFLY EARLIER.
TWO PRIMARY WAYS ONE THROUGH BOTH EMPLOYER AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALSO THROUGH CALPERS, CALPERS INVESTMENT EARNINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CALPERS INVESTMENT EARNINGS ARE LOWER THAN THEIR DESIRED RATE OF RETURN, CURRENTLY AT 6.8%, THERE BECOMES A SHORTFALL OR A FUNDING GAP.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS EVENING, WHEN WE USE THE TERM DISCOUNT RATE, WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THAT SYNONYMOUSLY OR INTERCHANGEABLY WITH THE TARGET RATE OF RETURN OR THE ASSUMED RATE OF RETURN.
SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM 7% TO 6%, A FEW THINGS HAPPEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS EASIER TO ACHIEVE A 6% INVESTMENT RETURN FOR A GIVEN YEAR THAN IT WOULD BE 7%.
THESE LONG TERM PENSION BENEFITS AND AS A RESULT REQUIRE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CITY INCREASE.
SO HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT EXCUSE ME, AT CALPERS FUNDED STATUS.
THIS IS THEIR ENTIRE PLAN, THEIR ENTIRE SYSTEM STATEWIDE.
AND WE HAVE A LOOK BACK TO 1993 AND SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS AND MILESTONES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THOSE ABOUT 30 YEARS, STARTING BACK IN 1993 AND UP UNTIL THE YEAR 2000, WE WERE EXPERIENCING A STRONG ECONOMY AND THAT WAS HAVING POSITIVE IMPACTS ON CALPERS INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE.
THE CLOSER WE ARE TO 100%, THE BETTER IT IS.
AND IN SOME INSTANCES, AS WE SEE IN THE YEAR 1999, APPROXIMATELY, THE PENSION PLAN CAN EXCEED 100%.
AND WE CAN SEE THAT FUNDED RATIO OR FUNDED STATUS DECREASE DOWN TO ABOUT 87% IN 2004.
IN RESPONSE, CALPERS REDUCED THEIR DISCOUNT RATE OR THEIR TARGET RATE OF RETURN FROM 8.25% TO 7.75%.
THE ECONOMY CONTINUED TO RECOVER UNTIL 2007 THROUGH 2009, WHEN THE GREAT RECESSION HIT, AND WE CAN SEE THAT FUNDED STATUS PLUMMETED DOWN TO 61%. FOLLOWING THAT PERIOD OR THE GREAT RECESSION, CALPERS BEGAN TO EVALUATE THE VIABILITY OF THE PENSION SYSTEM
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ITSELF AND EVENTUALLY PEPPER LAW WAS ENACTED.PEPPER LAW IS THE POST-EMPLOYMENT PENSION REFORM ACT, WHICH EFFECTIVELY ADJUSTED THE LEVEL OF PENSION BENEFITS THAT EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE UPON REACHING THEIR APPROPRIATE OR APPLICABLE ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT AGE AND THEREBY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF COSTS NEEDED FOR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.
HOWEVER, ON THE OTHER HAND, CALPERS ALSO FURTHER REDUCED THEIR DISCOUNT RATE FROM 7.75% TO 7.5%, WHICH INCREASED THE COST FOR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, CALPERS MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR ASSUMPTIONS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION INCREASED LIFE EXPECTANCIES THAT ADDED COST TO THE PLAN.
THEY ALSO FURTHER REDUCED THE DISCOUNT RATE AGAIN IN 2016 FROM SEVEN AND ONE HALF PERCENT TO 7%.
AND WE DON'T SEE IT ON THIS CHART.
BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS IS PENSION REFORM HAS INCREASED, THE FUTURE PENSION BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES HAVE DECREASED, BUT CALPERS HAS ALSO REDUCED THEIR TARGET RATE FROM 8.25% TO 6.8%, REPRESENTING SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COSTS FOR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.
HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE LAST 20 YEARS OF CALPERS ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN HISTORY.
THIS REPRESENTS THE DISCOUNT RATE OR CALPERS TARGET RATE OF RETURN.
AND SO FOR YEARS WHERE THEIR ACTUAL INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE WAS BELOW THAT, TARGET RATE COSTS WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASE FOR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES IN YEARS WHERE CALPERS PERFORMANCE EXCEEDED THEIR TARGET COSTS WOULD WOULD DECREASE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
NOW, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS TAKEN MANY PROACTIVE STEPS IN ADDRESSING THE PENSION CHALLENGES, MANY OF WHICH IMPOSED BY CALPERS, STARTING WITH CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 86.
THIS IS THE CITY'S PENSION FUNDING POLICY, WHICH STRIVES TO MAINTAIN AN 80% FUNDED STATUS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN 80% FUNDED STATUS, THE POLICY SETS FORTH A GOAL TO ENSURE THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF LIABILITY OF PENSION LIABILITY, WE HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED $0.80 IN ASSETS TO CALPERS TO FUND THAT FUTURE LIABILITY.
NEXT, IN FISCAL YEAR 2012, THE CITY ESTABLISHED A SECOND BENEFIT TIER 2% AT 60.
THIS WAS A LESS COSTLY BENEFIT TIER FOR THE EMPLOYER, WHICH TRANSLATES TO LESS FUTURE BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES. STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 22, THE CITY BEGAN MAKING ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY PAYMENTS TO CALPERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE FUTURE INTEREST COSTS THAT ACCRUES ON THE OUTSTANDING LIABILITY AND ALSO TO MAINTAIN THAT 80% FUNDED STATUS. NOW, HERE WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY'S PENSION PLAN STATUS AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2021.
THIS POINT IN TIME IS THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE INFORMATION THAT CALPERS HAS RELEASED WILL HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION IN AUGUST OF 2023. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY'S MISCELLANEOUS AND SAFETY PLANS AND AT THE BOTTOM THE TOTAL OF BOTH PLANS TOGETHER.
AND WE CAN SEE AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2020, THE CITY HAD A TOTAL FUNDED RATIO AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF 75%.
IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, CALPERS ACHIEVED A TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT RETURN OF 21.3%, AND THAT BOOSTED THE CITY'S FUNDED STATUS UP TO 86%. THAT IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY RESIDE, BASED ON CALPERS OFFICIAL PUBLISHED INFORMATION AND BASED ON THAT HEALTHY FUNDED STATUS, WE CAN SEE OUR ESTIMATED PENSION PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS DECREASING.
ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, HOWEVER, IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IS CALPERS INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE IN FISCAL YEAR 21-22, WHICH WAS A 6.1% LOSS. WHEN WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IT EFFECTIVELY NEGATES OR WASHES AWAY THAT POSITIVE RETURN FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND OUR
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CURRENT PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS OF PENSION PAYMENTS ACTUALLY INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR.SO I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND AND THE RECENT ACTIVITY OF THE CITY'S PLAN WITH CALPERS.
AND TO SUMMARIZE, THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY HAS AND CONTINUES TO FACE.
THAT IS AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF CALPERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HAVING AN UNDERFUNDED PENSION SYSTEM DOES COME WITH ASSOCIATED INTEREST COSTS.
THE CITY IS SUBJECT TO PENSION RATE AS WELL AS PENSION COST VOLATILITY AND A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY CALPERS, CHANGES IN ASSUMPTION AND ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN.
HAVING ALL OF THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER CALPERS OVERSIGHT AND CONTROL DOES CREATE A LEVEL OF CONCENTRATION RISK, EFFECTIVELY HAVING ALL OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER CALPERS, WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR EGGS IN CALPERS BASKET.
AND FOR THESE REASONS, MANY AGENCIES HAVE LOOKED AT THESE SAME SAME CHALLENGES AND LOOKED TOWARDS A SECTION 115 TRUST AS A POTENTIAL MEANS TO ASSISTING WITH THE CHALLENGE.
A SECTION 115 TRUST IS A TAX EXEMPT TRUST OR ACCOUNT THAT THE CITY CAN ESTABLISH FOR PURPOSES OF PRE-FUNDING ITS PENSION LIABILITY, AND THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS IN DOING SO.
FIRST, RATHER THAN PRE-FUNDING CALPERS OR MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS REQUIRED ANNUALLY, THE CITY RETAINS THESE DOLLARS AND HAS FULL DISCRETION AS TO HOW THEY'RE INVESTED. THE CITY WOULD HAVE DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER THEY WANTED TO INVEST THESE DOLLARS MORE CONSERVATIVELY THAN CALPERS, BUT PERHAPS MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN HOW THEY MIGHT BE INVESTED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
WE OFTEN REFER TO SECTION 115 TRUST AS A PENSION RATE STABILIZATION PROGRAM.
SO A FEW MORE CHARACTERISTICS OR DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTORS ABOUT SECTION 115 TRUST.
ONE IMPORTANT NOTE IS THAT ANY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THIS TRUST WOULD BE IRREVOCABLE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE USED FOR RETIREMENT PLAN PURPOSES.
ASSETS THAT ARE IN THE TRUST CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO CALPERS AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION TO PAY FOR BOTH THE NORMAL COST AS WELL AS THE UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL LIABILITY. SO WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO HOW THESE DOLLARS CAN BE USED SO LONG AS THAT THEY ARE USED FOR RETIREMENT PLAN PURPOSES. I SPOKE ABOUT IT BRIEFLY.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER INVESTMENT RETURN THAN THERE OTHERWISE WOULD BE WITHIN THE CITY'S GENERAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IN THE GENERAL FUND AND TRUST ASSETS WOULD BE DIVERSIFIED FROM CALPERS INVESTMENTS.
THERE ARE 175 CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES, 51 EDUCATION DISTRICTS AND 73 SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED OR ESTABLISHED A PENSION 115 TRUST. AND WITHIN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, WE'VE LISTED NINE OF THOSE AGENCIES.
SO A SECTION 115 TRUST CERTAINLY CAN SERVE AS A RATE STABILIZER OFFSETTING OR MITIGATING SOME OF THE IMPACTS FROM CALPERS, REDUCING THEIR DISCOUNT RATE OR EXPERIENCING A PERIOD OF POOR INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE.
HOWEVER, THE TRUST CAN ALSO SERVE AS A LONG TERM FUNDING STRATEGY AND PLAN FOR THE POTENTIAL OF CALPERS REDUCING THEIR DISCOUNT RATE TO SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER LEVELS.
WE SAW THEM REDUCE THEIR DISCOUNT RATE FROM 8.25% TO 6.8% OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
AND IF CALPERS WERE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THEIR TARGET TO LEVELS, SAY, 6.25%, THE CITY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL $116 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEAR PERIOD.
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FOLLOWING. AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ASSUMPTIONS, THE HIGH LEVEL GOAL HERE IS TO ACHIEVE AN INVESTMENT BALANCE, TO FUND A POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN DISCOUNT RATE FROM CALPERS FROM 6.8% TO 6.25% OVER A 20 YEAR TIME HORIZON.AND SO THAT ASSUMES A $15 MILLION INITIAL INVESTMENT WITH FOUR SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF $6 MILLION, ASSUMING IT EARNS 6.25% ANNUALLY, WOULD ACCUMULATE $116 MILLION OVER THAT 20 YEAR TIME HORIZON.
ASSUMING CALPERS DOES REDUCE THEIR DISCOUNT RATE AND THE CITY BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL $116 MILLION IN REQUIRED COSTS THE TOP BLUE LINE REPRESENTS ASSETS IN THE TRUST EARNING 6.25% OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
AND WE CAN SEE OVER THAT PERIOD WE WOULD ACCUMULATE $116 MILLION.
THE SECOND ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS ASSETS THAT WOULD BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRUST BUT INVESTED MORE CONSERVATIVELY AT 3.8%, STILL ACCUMULATING $7,575 MILLION OVER THAT 20 YEAR TIME HORIZON.
AND THE THIRD GRAY BAR REPRESENTS THE CITY NOT ESTABLISHING A TRUST AND KEEPING THE ASSETS IN THE GENERAL FUND, EARNING A LOWER RATE OF RETURN BASED ON HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE APPROXIMATELY 1.36%.
IF THE DECISION WERE TO NOT ESTABLISH A SECTION 115 TRUST BASED ON ON THESE ASSUMPTIONS, WE WOULD SEE OR PROJECT A POTENTIAL $67 MILLION FUNDING GAP, ASSUMING CALPERS DOES IN FACT REDUCE THEIR TARGET RATE DOWN TO 6.25%.
SO AS TO WHETHER SECTION 115 TRUST ARE SUCCESSFUL OR HOW THEY HOW THEY REALLY WORK OVER TIME AND BENEFIT AGENCIES.
BUT AS MENTIONED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION CLOSER TO THE RIGHT OF THE CHART WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE LONGER TERM PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE FOR THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS AND TEN YEARS, PARTICULARLY IN COMPARISON WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING AT HIGHMARK'S PERFORMANCE, EVEN WITH THEIR MOST CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGY, LOOKING AT THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS AND TEN YEARS, IT DOES EXCEED THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE FOR THOSE TIME PERIODS.
SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WE WANTED TO OUTLINE FOR CITY COUNCIL WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF THE DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL WERE TO MOVE FORWARD IN ESTABLISHING A SECTION 115 TRUST.
STAFF WOULD WORK AN ISSUE ON ISSUE, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A TRUST ADMINISTRATOR AND INVESTMENT MANAGER IN JANUARY OR EXCUSE ME, IN JULY AND AUGUST OF 2023.
THE NECESSARY AND RELEVANT TRUST DOCUMENTS FOR ACTUALLY ESTABLISHING THE TRUST.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PROPOSED PENSION INVESTMENT POLICY, WHICH WOULD SET FORTH THE FUNDING STRATEGY AS WELL AS THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE REPORTS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S REVIEW.AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MRS. BHAT-PATEL. SURE.
SO JUST A FEW QUESTIONS, JUST TO CONFIRM.
THIS ALLOWS US TO GROW OUR MONEY AND UTILIZE IT IN ORDER TO PAY DOWN OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE HALF THE CITIES IN OUR COUNTY HAVE THIS TRUST BUILT.
APPROXIMATELY. YEAH, IT WAS LIKE NINE OUT OF 18.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
DO WE DO WE HAVE A COMPARISON OF HOW WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SPENDING DOWN OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY AS COMPARED TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS? WE DO NOT HAVE A SLIDE AVAILABLE THIS EVENING, BUT CURRENTLY THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS RANKED NUMBER THREE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE CITY OF EL CAJON AND CHULA VISTA THAT THAT OUTRANK US CURRENTLY.
THEY HAD RECENTLY ISSUED PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS TO PAY OFF THEIR UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
AND THE LAST PART IS JUST DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE SETTING ASIDE THE AMOUNT THAT I KNOW YOU SHOWED US THE PROGRESSION AND THE SLIDES AND HOW MUCH THAT WE MENTIONED, OF COURSE, WITH THE FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN MIND.
AND THEN HOW DO WE FEEL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD.
WHEN IF THE DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A TRUST, WE WOULD WHEN WE RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S SELECTION AND ULTIMATE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION, AND THAT COULD RANGE FROM THE.
ALL OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND SO IT IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TO CHANGE AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION IF WE WANTED TO EXTEND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTIONS BEYOND THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, WE'D BE ABLE TO DO SO.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, AND IT WOULD REQUIRE MONITORING AND AND MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTING OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION.
GREAT. THANKS. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
WHEN CALPERS DECIDES TO DISCOUNT DECIDES TO REDUCE THE DISCOUNT RATE AS THEY RECENTLY DID, ARE THEY LOOKING AT JUST THE PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENTS AND AND JUST DECIDING, OKAY, WE NEED TO LOWER THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE EXPECTING TOO MUCH TO COME BACK IN TERMS OF A BENEFIT.
AND SO WE NEED TO LOWER IT AND WE ARE STUCK WITH THE GAP, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THEY ALSO LOOK AT PROJECTED INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE, NOT JUST HISTORICAL.
SO THEY DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
THERE ARE MANY FIRMS WITHIN THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY AND EVEN THOSE THAT WORK WITH CALPERS THAT FEEL THEIR CURRENT DISCOUNT RATE IS TOO HIGH BASED ON FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF HOW EQUITIES ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING OVER THE LONG TERM.
AND SO THAT ALSO DRIVES THE DECISION FOR CALPERS TO REDUCE THEIR DISCOUNT RATE.
OKAY. SO IF WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY LOWER THE DISCOUNT RATE AGAIN, AND I THINK WE SAID DOWN TO 6.25, THERE WAS THAT THAT SLIDE WHERE YOU SAID THAT IN SETTING THIS UP, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR A DISCOUNT RATE OF 6.25. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON WHEN WE THINK THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN? ARE WE SETTING THIS UP LIKE TOO LATE? ARE WE OKAY ON TIMING? ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE FACED WITH EXTRA COSTS OR ARE WE GOING TO DO WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY IF WE DO THIS NOW? THE MOST ACCURATE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN CALPERS IS GOING TO BE TAKING THESE ACTIONS.
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AND BASED ON INFORMATION AND INDICATORS THAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, IT WOULDN'T BE OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES FOR CALPERS TO REDUCE IT.IT WOULD LIKELY BE A STAGGERED APPROACH.
IT WOULDN'T BE OVERNIGHT, REDUCING IT DOWN TO 6.25%.
WE MIGHT LIKELY SEE THAT PHASED IN OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT I WOULD SAY NO, IT IS IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES. GREAT.
IS THAT IT OR IS THIS ONGOING FOR LONGER THAN THAT? YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT.
THAT LAST ONE WHERE YOU HAD THAT.
YEP. THE $6 MILLION FOR, FOR FISCAL YEARS.
SO BASED ON THIS PLAN, YES, THAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY.
BUT AGAIN, AFTER EVEN ONCE THE $15 MILLION IS CONTRIBUTED, THAT WILL BE BEGIN ASSUMING A 6.25% ANNUAL RETURN THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN TOTAL, 39 MILLION IN CAPITAL OR IN TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND AGAIN EARNING THAT 6.25% OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD WOULD ACCUMULATE.
THE DIFFERENCE, THE ADDITIONAL COSTS RESULTING FROM THE POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN THEIR TARGET RATE.
OKAY. SO HOW SOON DO WE HAVE TO START? YOU HAD A DIFFERENT ONE THAT HAD A TIMELINE WHERE WE WERE PUTTING OUT THE RFP.
IS THAT REALISTIC? IT IS REALISTIC.
EXCUSE ME. JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTEREST RATES AND CALPERS PERFORMANCE? INTEREST RATE INCREASES, FOR EXAMPLE.
DURING PERIODS OF RISING INTEREST RATES, PERFORMANCE TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VOLATILE.
AND FOR THAT REASON, DURING PERIODS OF ECONOMIC OR INVESTMENT INSTABILITY WITHIN EQUITY MARKETS AND WITHIN THE INVESTMENT WORLD, I'LL SAY THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING A PHASED IN APPROACH.
OKAY. WITH THE TARGET RATES DROPPING, HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? IS THERE A CAP ON HOW MUCH THEY CAN DROP? I'M NOT AWARE OF. A SO THEORETICALLY WE COULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO AND WE COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS.
THEORETICALLY, I'D YEAH, VERY UNLIKELY.
BUT TECHNICALLY, I SUPPOSE THEY COULD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UNLIKELY OR NOT, BUT.
OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS HOW MUCH DOES THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST COST? DO WE HAVE A COST COMPARISON ANALYSIS FROM OTHER CITIES OR SOMETHING? WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, BUT WE DO KNOW THE THE FEES AND THE FEE STRUCTURE IS RELATIVELY COMPARABLE FROM FROM ONE ADMINISTRATOR AND MANAGER TO THE NEXT.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AND STARTING WITH THAT $15 MILLION CONTRIBUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE TRUST ADMINISTRATION, WE WOULD BE CHARGED 2/10 OF A BASIS POINT OR ABOUT $30,000 FOR THE TRUST ADMINISTRATION.
SO THE MORE DOLLARS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTED INTO THE TRUST, THE LOWER THE FEE PERCENTAGE.
SURE. I THINK I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW.
MISS LUNA. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF NERVOUS EMPLOYEES LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL.
I HEAR THE WORD ASSUME A LOT AND ASSUME THERE'S AN ACRONYM.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR CITYWIDE BUDGET.
HOW IS AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THEM?
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THERE'S NO IMPACT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE.SO THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FUNDING STRATEGY OR A MECHANISM, SO IT'S THINK OF IT AS JUST A SEPARATE SAVINGS ACCOUNT SO INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES WON'T BE IMPACTED.
SO THEY WILL STILL BE PART OF CALPERS.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE THE BACK DOOR ON HOW WE'RE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORTING THIS.
YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IN A 115 TRUST VERSUS JUST SENDING OUR MONEY TO CALPERS.
SO WE CAN ALLY ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS, THAT THIS DOESN'T MEAN A CHANGE FOR THEM IN THEIR RETIREMENT PROGRAM, CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S JUST HOW WE WOULD FUND IT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, GOD, I'M GETTING LIKE MELANIE NOW.
AS FAR AS PROJECTIONS, I MEAN, IT'S A CRYSTAL BALL AND I THINK ZACH IS DOING THE BEST THAT HE CAN, SO I JUST DON'T WANT YOU FLUMMOXED WHEN IF WE DO ENGAGE ON A 115 AND THEN.
OH, MY GOSH. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE YOUR OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS, BASICALLY.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BETTING BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BASED ON WHAT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS ARE DOING FOR CITIES.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING ELSE IN LIEU OF IN ADDITION TO CALPERS.
SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T A MAGIC BULLET.
ZACH, YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST GUESS WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU MADE A MENTION THAT THE OTHER TWO AGENCIES THAT ARE FUNDED BETTER THAN US WAS EL CAJON AND CHULA VISTA.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT ADVISABLE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS NOT OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME.
THEY CAN'T MOVE LIKE A RACE BOAT CAN AND WE'RE MORE NIMBLE.
IS THAT LIKE JUST PUTTING IT IN SIMPLE TERMS? YEAH, IT IS. OKAY.
THIS IS NOT A ASKING FOR A VOTE.
SO WHAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO DO THIS? I'M SORRY. OKAY.
ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS BEFORE I GO TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT A VOTE? YES, PLEASE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE MAYBE A 30 YEAR PERIOD BACK 30 YEARS TO NOW AS THE PERFORMANCE OF CALPERS, TO SEE HOW THE ECONOMY, WHEN IT WHEN IT EBBS AND FLOWS. RIGHT. SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME REASONABLE COMPARISONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THANK YOU. ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS? YES, MISS ACOSTA.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND TO ALL THE STAFF WHO AREN'T HERE SITTING AT THE DESK TALKING TO US WHO WORKED ON THIS, I EVEN HERE ON THE SLIDE SEE THAT THERE'S A COMMITTEE WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS OF STAFF THAT WILL WORK TO MANAGE THIS PROCESS IF WE'RE APPROVING IT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GIVING NOW.
AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK OUR CITY, OUR PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS.
AND EVEN WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN 2020, WE HAVE MADE SOME DECISIONS TO USE EXTRA RESERVE MONEY TO PAY DOWN OUR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS A COST WE MUST PAY AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WE TAKE A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO OUR FINANCES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY DOWN OUR FUTURE DEBT IN ADVANCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, SO THAT WE'RE NOT BURDENED WITH THAT EXTRA COST.
SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO STAFF FOR COMING UP WITH THIS PLAN, AND I SUPPORT IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THANK YOU. MRS. BHAT-PATEL. THANK YOU.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY PRUDENT AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HARD WORK.
CAN I MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT WE ASK STAFF TO IMPLEMENT WHAT ZACH JUST TALKED ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN JUST VOTE ON IT AND TELL YOU TO DO THAT OR WHETHER IT HAS TO COME BACK AS AN AGENDIZED ITEM.
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IT WILL IT WILL NEED TO COME BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE THE ADOPTION AND ULTIMATELY THE SELECTION OF THE TRUSTEE ADMINISTRATOR, INVESTMENT MANAGER AND TRUST DOCUMENTS. OKAY.ANY INPUT ON THAT SUGGESTION? THAT'LL BE MY MOTION. SECOND, ANY STATEMENTS? QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. OUT FOR OUR MONEY, ZACH.
NEXT IS ITEM 14 CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS THE ANNUAL WORK PLANS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MIKE STRONG.
MIKE, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2223 REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS TO SET FORTH THE ANTICIPATED FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 WORK PLAN.
IN 2018, THE MUNICIPAL CODE WAS REVISED SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 2.15, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ALSO REQUIRES EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION OF THE CITY TO REPORT OUT OF THE ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO ADOPT THE NEW WORK PLAN.
ON JANUARY 10TH, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION SENIOR COMMISSION AND THE MARCH 7TH, THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE ARTS COMMISSION.
AND SO THAT IS COVERED BY THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DUTIES IS DEFINED BY CHAPTER 2.42 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS DEFINED BY A 2.42.
EACH COMMISSION WORKS IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND COVERS AND SUPPORTS DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND PERMITS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS RELATED TO CHAPTERS AND TITLES OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADDRESSES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, THE SUBDIVISIONS AND ZONING ORDINANCE 1920 AND 21 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PRIMARILY ADDRESSES CHAPTER TITLE 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY REVISED, WHICH IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
THE ANNUAL REPORT DOES LIST THOSE ITEMS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.
EXHIBIT ONE FOR THE FIRST RESOLUTION COVERS THAT THOSE ACTIVITIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND EXHIBIT ONE OF THE SECOND RESOLUTION COVERS THOSE ACTIVITIES BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID HAVE A TRAINING ON JULY 6TH OF LAST YEAR.
THEY DID REVIEW MANY PRIVATE PROJECTS ACTING AS A QUASI JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING BODY.
THOSE INCLUDE THE CHINQUAPIN COAST HOMES, JEFFERSON MIXED USE, OMNI GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS, OCEAN VIEW POINT, IONIS INDUSTRIAL OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS AND FPC RESIDENTIAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO COVERS AND REVIEWS PUBLIC AND CIP RELATED ITEMS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR THE RYAN CENTER RECYCLED WATER D4 RESERVOIR, DESALINIZATION PLANT INTAKE, VETERANS PARK DESIGN REVIEW, AVENTIA ENCINITAS COASTAL RAIL TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AND EL CAMINO REAL WIDENING.
THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE UPDATE, HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONS AND TEMPORARY HOUSING ORDINANCE CHANGES.
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
IT DID INDEED COVER AND I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE MILLS ACT PROGRAM AND UPDATE ITS LOCAL HISTORIC REGISTRY PROGRAM, CONDUCTED TOURS OF HISTORIC SITES, EXPLORED WAYS OF SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORIC SITE RECOGNITION, AND CONTINUED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ITS HISTORY THROUGH SUPPORT OF SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
AND ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA FOR THE THIRD GRADE ART PROGRAM.
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AS PART OF THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE CHAIRS OF BOTH COMMISSIONS WHO WILL SPEAK TO THIS NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR ACTIVITIES RECOMMENDED FOR CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION.PETER MERZ. MY ADDRESS IN CARLSBAD.
OKAY. YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
I GUESS WE'RE JUST REALLY ASKING QUESTIONS OR COMMENT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I THINK THROUGH THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO TO GET GOOD ANSWERS FOR THE CITY.
IT'S VERY THE MEANS HAVE BEEN VERY EFFICIENT.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST YEAR.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MERZ. MS. ACOSTA, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANY OF THESE THINGS ON THE SLIDE THAT THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO MR. STRONG'S PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THAT, OR I'D PROBABLY DEFER TO MR. LAURIE FOR ANY PARTICULAR DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AS CHAIR REPRESENTING YOUR COMMISSION.
WELL, THANK YOU. I GUESS THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH MR. LAURIE, MR. STRONG AND MR. MURPHY. THEY DO JUST A FANTASTIC JOB OF SUPPORTING US, ALONG WITH THE OTHER STAFF FOLKS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH I THINK THE THING I LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SOMETIMES SOME VERY CHALLENGING ONES, JUST THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT THE DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BRING.
AND I'VE ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH JUST THE INSIGHTS THAT EACH OF THEM BRING TO IT.
SO I'M ACTUALLY I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S GOING.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR MURPHY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, AND WE ARE GOING OVER OUR WORK PLAN ACTIVITIES.
VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MILLS ACT.
IT'S BEEN A BIG MILESTONE FOR OUR COMMISSION AND I FEEL FOR CARLSBAD, SO WE'RE BUILDING UPON THAT.
WE'RE ALSO RESTARTING OUR PLAQUE PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE REDESIGNING THE PLAQUES AND THEN EXPLORING HOW WE CAN SYSTEMATICALLY PUT THOSE ON BUILDINGS AND SITES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM.
WE INITIALLY STARTED THAT IN MARCH OF 2020, BUT THEN THAT BECAME A PROBLEM TRYING TO INTERVIEW OLDER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY FACE TO FACE DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
AS AS WE KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY FORCE PEOPLE TO PRESERVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF THE WORK PLANS.
THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE TWO RESOLUTIONS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.
NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? YES, MISS LUNA.
CONGRATULATIONS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES. MRS BHAT-PATEL.
I THINK I KNOW WE ADOPTED IT ADOPTED COMING BACK WITH THIS A FEW YEARS AGO, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON. IT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND I THINK AGAIN, ALLOWS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
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SO JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANK YOU TO STAFF AS WELL.I JUST WANT TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.
WELL SAID. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND THE TIME AND THE TALENT THAT THEY BRING TO THEIR COMMISSION POSTS AND ALSO TO OUR STAFF FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NAVIGATING THE PRIORITIES AND GETTING THE WORK DONE.
I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS.
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EMERGENCY RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS CIP PROJECT NUMBER 60 01-22E AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND ONE MOMENT WHILE I PULL UP THE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
OR EXCUSE ME THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING ABOUT THE 2022 EAST WEST CORRIDORS RESTRIPING AND RECONFIGURATION PROJECT THAT MAKES NOTABLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALL USERS OF THE ROADWAY. THE THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS WAS REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANS AND CONTRACTS AND THE AUTHORIZATION TO BID THIS PROJECT IN FEBRUARY.
TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ACCEPT THE BID AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,827,171. THIS IS A PROJECT FROM THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LAST SEPTEMBER.
IT WAS UNDER A SECTION OF THE ACTIONS MEANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COLLISIONS ON LOCAL ROADS.
THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT ACCELERATES 16 MILES WORTH OF RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING OF THE EAST WEST, ARTERIALS OR OTHERWISE OUR MAIN ROADWAYS. HERE'S A MAP SHOWING WHERE WE'RE DOING ALL THE RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING.
IN ADDITION TO KEEPING OUR PAVEMENT IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION FREE OF CRACKS AND POTHOLES.
HOW DOES RESURFACING AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRIPING IMPROVE SAFETY? STREET DESIGN IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A SELF-ENFORCING WAY TO CALM TRAFFIC AND CREATE SAFER STREETS FOR ALL MOBILITY CHOICES. THIS DATA SET SHOWS THE CAUSE OF SEVERE COLLISIONS IN CARLSBAD FROM 2021 TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
UNSAFE SPEED IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE.
UNSAFE SPEED IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME AS SPEEDING.
FOR INSTANCE, IF THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45MPH AND THE TRAFFIC IS REALLY HEAVY AND EVERYBODY IS TRAVELING AT 30MPH, THEN IT'S NOT SAFE TO TRAVEL AT 45MPH.
THIS DATASET SHOWS THE CAUSE OF FATAL COLLISIONS IN CARLSBAD FROM 2017 TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WITH UNSAFE SPEED AS THE TOP CAUSE.
TO FURTHER HIGHLIGHT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DRIVE SAFELY AND SLOW DOWN AND REMOVE DISTRACTIONS.
JUST GOING TEN MILES PER HOUR FASTER, THE SURVIVAL RATE DROPS TO 55%.
AND THEN TAKE THAT ANOTHER INCREMENT OF TEN MILES PER HOUR.
SO THIS LEADS US TO OUR APPROACH TO DESIGN.
WE'RE USING OUR ROAD DESIGN TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE DRIVE.
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THE RESTRIPING WILL ALSO WIDEN BIKE LANES AND ADD BUFFERS BETWEEN CARS AND BIKE LANES WERE POSSIBLE, WHICH MAKES DRIVERS AND BICYCLE RIDERS FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE ON OUR ROADS.I'M SLOWING DOWN. CARS CAN GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS PREVENTING COLLISIONS AND INJURIES.
SO THIS PROJECT WILL OF COURSE IMPROVE OUR PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE RECENTLY SEALED THE ROADWAY AND RESTRIPED IT.
WE NOW HAVE THEIR APPROVAL FOR THE SEGMENTS WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL AND THEREFORE IT'S CREATING MUCH BETTER AND MORE CONSISTENT STRIPING FOR PEOPLE WHO DRIVE, BIKE AND WALK TO AND FROM THE COASTLINE.
A PERMITTING FOR A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT IS UNDER WAY.
PERMIT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST.
UPON CITY COUNCIL'S HOPEFUL APPROVAL STAFF WILL AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT TO GRANITE CONSTRUCTION AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE BIDDER.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
NO QUESTION. YES, MISS BURKHOLDER.
THE SECTION IN THE VILLAGE CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FROM TWO LANES TO ONE LANE? THERE ARE WHERE THE BOX WAS? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH.
OH, EXCUSE ME. ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.
YEAH. WHAT SECTION WAS THAT? IT'S BETWEEN EL CAMINO REAL AND COLLEGE BOULEVARD.
YEAH, I NEED TO REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. MY QUESTIONS ARE.
I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE AS OUR STAFF, HOLD THE CONTRACTOR TO PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
MANY YEARS AGO I COMPLAINED BECAUSE THE SLURRY SEAL WOULD GO WAY OVER THE CEMENT IN THE CURBS OR UP THE CURBS, AND IT JUST LOOKS TRASHY AND IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE WHOLE CITY DOESN'T MAINTAIN ITSELF VERY, VERY WELL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 6 TO 8IN, SOMETIMES CURVING ONTO THE CEMENT.
AND I WANT TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
I'M SURE THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT THAT IT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT.
THE OTHER IS I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GOING FROM TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION DOWN TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
BUT THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I WAS ASSURED IT'S JUST PAINT.
AND IF WE'RE WRONG, THEN WE JUST FIX THE PAINT.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS PAINT.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING UP PUTTING IN ANY RAISED ISLANDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OKAY. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON MAINTAINING OUR ROADS.
EVERY TIME I HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY IN MY CAR AND WE LEAVE THE CITY, I DON'T STOP BRAGGING ABOUT HOW WELL MAINTAINED OUR ROADS ARE COMPARED TO JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER CITY AND EVERY OTHER ROAD.
WE GO ON AND I'LL THROW OUT SAN DIEGO.
SORRY, SAN DIEGO, BUT IT'S ALMOST A JOKE DRIVING THERE.
AND THEN WE COME HERE AND OURS IS ALMOST THE OPPOSITE WHERE IT'S SO PERFECT AND SO SMOOTH.
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THANK YOU. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR ROADS.CLOSING STATEMENTS. MRS. BHAT-PATEL. SURE.
THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THIS TIES IN WITH THAT AND ALLOWS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO DRIVES BIKES AND WALKS SO I DO ALL THREE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT'S I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN DO SO SAFELY.
AND I CAN SAY THAT IT'S DEFINITELY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF JUST THE VISIBILITY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE AND HAVE THAT PRESENT THERE IN TERMS OF RESTRIPING OR JUST RESTRUCTURING SOME OF THE ROADWAYS THAT I'VE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF WALKING OR BIKING.
AND THEN I THINK OVERALL, JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE END RESULT OF THIS.
ONCE IT HAPPENS, I'M SURE IT'LL ADD JUST IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE UTILIZING DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AROUND THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN DO SO IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM FEEL SAFE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK ON THIS.
THANKS AGAIN TO STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
I JUST THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I FULLY AGREE THIS IS SUCH A VISIBLE MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE WILL ALL SEE AND OBEY IN TERMS OF LANES.
AND I DO ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT AND AND REINFORCE THE COMMENTS MADE BY MY OTHER COLLEAGUE ABOUT THIS BEING PART OF THE SAFER STREETS PROGRAM. THIS IS THE ENGINEERING PART.
THOSE SIGNS, THE MESSAGING BOARDS HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
AND SO AS OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, IT'S BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN.
BUT THIS IS THE OTHER ASPECT, THE ENGINEERING ASPECT, THAT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH OUR NEW GREEN PAINT THAT WE HAVE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND THE CHANGING OF THE STRIPING, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FILL OUT THE RIGHT PAPERWORK OR TALK TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS BURKHOLDER.
MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR ROADS GOOD LOOKING, SMOOTH AND SAFE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
WE'LL START WITH YOU, MS.. LUNA.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR OUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT ON THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
BURKHOLDER. I MET WITH CEO HASSAN IKHRATA TODAY FROM SANDAG.
I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY OH, AND TOM JUST LEFT THE ROOM, VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT HE DOES BELIEVE WE WILL BE GETTING SOME FUNDING FOR THE MAJOR PROJECTS OF TRENCHING AND THE I5 78 CORRIDOR.
AND SANDAG IS FRIDAY IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OR WATCH ONLINE, THEY'RE VERY WELCOME TO DO THAT.
AND PEOPLE MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TALKS ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE WATER AGENCIES LEAVING THE WATER AUTHORITY IN NORTH COUNTY, FALLBROOK AND RAINBOW.
AND SO FAR THAT VOTE HAS BEEN DELAYED.
THAT WAS A LAFCO DECISION WHERE THEY DECIDED TO DELAY THE DETACHMENT FOR NOW.
AND WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
HE'S THE NUMBER TWO RIGHT NOW.
AND I'VE GOT A MEETING WITH HIM TOMORROW TO GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER.
THANKS. MS. BHAT-PATEL. NOTHING TONIGHT.
THANKS. NOTHING FOR ME? CITY MANAGER. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER LUNA DID INDICATE I'D BE PROVIDING A BRIEF REPORT.
WE DID HAVE OUR COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP.
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THAT WAS LAST WEEK.ON THURSDAY FROM 530 TO 730 AT FARRADAY.
17 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE AT THE EVENT.
SO ALL IN ALL, I THINK IT WAS A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL NIGHT.
NOTHING FOR ME. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.