4. ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.28 ADDING SECTION 10.28.997 ESTABLISHING AN ALL-WAY STOP AT MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE

[4. ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.28 ADDING SECTION 10.28.997 ESTABLISHING AN ALL-WAY STOP AT MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE]

CITY MANAGER. YES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNI CODE.

CHAPTER 10.28 ADDING SECTION 10.28.997, ESTABLISHING AN ALL WAY STOP AT MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE AND MAKING OUR

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PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, JOHN KIM.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

JUST A FEW MOMENTS SO I CAN GET THIS POWERPOINT UP.

GOOD EVENING. I'M JOHN KIM, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM.

BASED ON CONCERNS AND REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE LIMITED VISIBILITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE STAFF CONDUCTED AN EVALUATION FOR ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL.

THE EVALUATION FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES FOUND IN THE CALIFORNIA MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND CONSIDERED SUCH FACTORS SUCH AS VEHICLE, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE VOLUMES, COLLISION HISTORY, MOVEMENT CONFLICTS, AND SIGHT DISTANCE.

OUR ANALYSIS FOUND THAT SITE DISTANCE FROM EASTBOUND OAK AVENUE DID NOT MEET THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED INTERSECTION SITE DISTANCE FOR 25 MILE PER HOUR ROADWAY. THIS IS A VIEW FROM EASTBOUND OAK AVENUE LOOKING TO THE NORTH ON MADISON.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW FROM EASTBOUND OAK AVENUE, BUT LOOKING TO THE SOUTH.

AND BOTH PHOTOS SHOW INDICATION OF THE LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE.

ALTHOUGH THE SITE DISTANCE CRITERIA FOR ALL WAY STOP CONTROL WAS SATISFIED BY STAFF'S FINDINGS, SITE DISTANCE DEFICIENCIES CAN SOMETIMES BE MITIGATED.

AT THIS LOCATION SITE DISTANCE COULD BE RESTORED BY THE REMOVAL OF ON STREET PARKING, SPECIFICALLY SIX SPACES TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION AND TWO SPACES SOUTH.

BUT CONSIDERING THE HIGH DEMAND FOR PARKING IN THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO COMMUNITIES, STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT REMOVAL OF PARKING IN THIS CASE.

BASED ON STAFF FINDINGS, STAFF RECOMMENDS INSTALLATION OF AN ALL WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE.

ON SEPTEMBER 5TH OF 2023, THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION SUPPORTED STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO INSTALL AN ALL WAY STOP AT THE SUBJECT INTERSECTION.

IN CONCLUSION, I'LL REPEAT THE RECOMMENDED ACTION BEFORE YOU TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH ALL WAY STOP CONTROL AT MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES. MIKE BORRELLO, FOLLOWED BY SOCORRO ANDERSON.

I'M SORRY.

I'M GOING TO PASS.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

SOCORRO ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF FATHER RAY MEMORIAL HALL ON MADISON.

I AM NOT OPPOSING THIS.

I HAVE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES REQUESTING THAT THE CITY DO SOME CALMING TRAFFIC CALMING ON ROOSEVELT, MADISON AND HARDING . SINCE I DON'T LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT I SPEND 85% OF MY TIME THERE.

I LIVE ON DISTRICT TWO, SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOME TRAFFIC CALMING IN THAT AREA AND THE BARRIO AREA. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TRAFFIC TO LOOK AT, THIS WEEKEND, I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE A DONATION OF A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FOR A DOUBLE AMPUTEE THAT'S LIVING AT TYLER COURT, AND THE MAN IS LIKE A KID AT CHRISTMAS WITH THIS.

AND HE ACTUALLY TOOK THE WHEELCHAIR UP TO SMART & FINAL FROM TYLER COURT.

BUT HE RAN INTO SOME DIFFICULTY AND I DROVE AROUND THE AREA TO SEE WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

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AND THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE NO HANDICAP RAMPS ON THE CORNER OF OAK AND HARDING.

THAT GOES, THEY LIKE TO GO BEHIND THAT SHOPPING CENTER TO GO INTO SMART & FINAL.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT I DROVE AROUND AND THERE ARE THOSE.

WHAT ARE THE YELLOW HANDICAP RAMPS THAT A CITY HAS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY? SOME OF THE OLDER ONES ARE MORE NARROW THAN THE NEW ONES THAT ARE BEING BEING INSTALLED.

THEY'RE WIDER, AND THEY'RE MUCH BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ON MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS TO GET AROUND.

BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHY I'M HERE, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, HE'S LIKE A KID AT CHRISTMAS AND HE'S GOING ALL OVER THE BARRIO AREA WITH THIS MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR, BUT HE'S RUN INTO SOME OBSTACLES WITH THAT AREA ON HARDING AND OAK.

AND I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT ALL THE OLD ONES THAT ARE INSTALLED.

SEE IF WE CAN REPLACE THEM WITH THE WIDER ONES.

THANK YOU. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MS. BURKHOLDER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

I SO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKING PARKING AWAY, BUT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS OF SAYING, WE CAN MAKE THIS RENDER THIS SAFE WITH THE ADDITION OF A STOP SIGN. I TRAVEL THERE DAILY.

IT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND IT'S ALWAYS ON THOSE LITTLE SIDE STREETS.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH WAIT, DO WE STOP HERE? DO WE YIELD HERE? DO WE SORT OF SLOW DOWN OR DO WE JUST SPEED UP? SO I TEND TO JUST STOP MYSELF JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ELSE LOOKS AROUND.

SO I REALLY AM, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE DIFFICULTY IN PARKING IN THE VILLAGE, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION.

AND YOU GUYS ARE GREAT WITH COMING UP OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.

SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION, PLEASE.

MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. POTENTIAL MEASURES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE]

CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.

THANK YOU SIR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE POTENTIAL MEASURES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, KATIE HENDRICK, KATIE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M KATIE HENDRICK.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER.

I'M A SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER AND THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADMINISTRATOR, AND I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THE POTENTIAL MEASURES FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

AND WHILE THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT, I DID WANT TO THANK OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, THE ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVES CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK.

AT ITS CORE, TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS ABOUT HAVING CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS AS THE PUBLIC, WHICH WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGHT NOW.

SO TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A FORMAL DRAFT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, BUT INSTEAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MEASURES FOR INCLUSION IN THE DRAFT.

DURING THE PRESENTATION, I'LL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY TARGETS AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE UPDATE.

GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED MEASURES.

TOUCH ON CLIMATE EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

DESCRIBE THE PENDING COST ANALYSIS FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE AND THEN PROVIDE NEXT STEPS.

IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING, WHY ARE WE UPDATING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO BEGIN WITH? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS.

OUR ADOPTED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FROM 2015 IS EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND IN THE WORLD OF CLIMATE PLANNING, THAT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY OUTDATED.

SINCE 2015, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AS WELL AS A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS ONE OF ITS TOP PRIORITIES. ALSO SINCE 2015, THE CITY BEGAN ITS HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE EFFORT, AND VERY EARLY ON IN THAT PROCESS, STAFF REALIZED THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE NEEDED TO TRACK THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE EFFORT CLOSELY AND USE THE SAME SET OF DATA AND ASSUMPTIONS.

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THIS IS SO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN COULD CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR STREAMLINING PURPOSES AND HELP MITIGATE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

ON TOP OF THAT, UPDATING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ALLOWS US TO BETTER REFLECT NEW STATE TARGETS AND MANDATES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2015.

IT ALLOWS US TO FURTHER PURSUE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY.

WE CAN INCLUDE NEW MEASURES, WHICH WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

WE CAN MAKE THE PLAN EASY TO UNDERSTAND, AND WE CAN BUILD CONSENSUS ALONG THE WAY.

NO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY.

AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE 2016 INVENTORY THAT WE WILL BE USING FOR THE UPDATE.

THE RESULTS OF THE INVENTORY FOLLOW A STANDARD PATTERN ACROSS JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THE STATE.

ON-ROAD, TRANSPORTATION IS ACCOUNTING FOR THE BULK OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AT 51%, FOLLOWED BY ELECTRICITY AT 27% AND NATURAL GAS 14%, WITH THE OTHER CATEGORIES GETTING SMALLER FROM THERE.

SO AGAIN, NO SURPRISES.

ALL PRETTY STANDARD.

USING THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY WE THEN SET OUR REDUCTION TARGETS.

THIS SLIDE IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW THAT HAPPENS.

AND THE TOP LINE AS I SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION TO A LASER POINTER.

THE TOP LINE HERE REPRESENTS THE BUSINESS AS USUAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PROJECTIONS, OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CITY DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I DON'T HAVE A JOB HERE.

NOTHING IS GOING ON AT ALL.

THE MIDDLE LINE REPRESENTS THE LEGISLATIVELY ADJUSTED BUSINESS AS USUAL PROJECTIONS.

WITH SO MANY STATE AND FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, THIS ACTUALLY LOWERS THE CEILING OF WHERE LOCAL AGENCIES NEED TO START WHEN ASSESSING THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACTS. AND THEN THE ARROWS BENEATH THAT CENTER LINE REPRESENT THE REDUCTIONS NEEDED FROM A LOCAL AGENCY, OR THE GAP THAT WE NEED TO MEET TO CLOSE THE GAP THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE TO MEET OUR STATE TARGETS.

AND HOW WE DO THAT IS THROUGH THE MEASURES IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

USING OUR UPDATED GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY AND THE LATEST STATE REGULATIONS.

WE HAVE TWO TARGETS FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

BY 2035 THE CITY WILL NEED TO REDUCE 50% OF EMISSIONS BELOW THE 2016 BASELINE.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH SENATE BILL 32 AND ALSO ALIGNS WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN BUILD OUT YEAR.

BY 2045, THE CITY WILL NEED TO REDUCE 85% OF EMISSIONS BELOW THE 2016 BASELINE, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 1279.

SO WE HAVE OUR INVENTORY.

WE HAVE OUR TARGETS. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTIONS.

THE TOP LINE GET MY LASER POINTER FRIEND HERE AGAIN.

THE TOP LINE OR THE ORANGE LINE IS THE BUSINESS AS USUAL PROJECTION.

SO WE'RE STARTING WITH 981,000 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT IN THE 2016 BASELINE YEAR, AND THIS PROJECTS ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2045 HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

IN THE CENTER, WE HAVE TWO LINES THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER.

THE LINE THAT STARTS ON THE BOTTOM BUT MOVES TOWARDS THE TOP OR THE BLUE LINE IS THE LEGISLATIVELY ADJUSTED BUSINESS AS USUAL PROJECTION.

THE LINE THAT SWITCHES PLACES WITH IT OR STARTS ON THE TOP ENDS UP ON THE BOTTOM, OR THE PURPLE LINE THAT IS OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGET.

NOW A SAVVY READER OF A LINE GRAPH, MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT IN 2035 THERE IS NO EMISSIONS GAP TO CLOSE BECAUSE THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS ARE HIGHER THAN THE LEGISLATIVELY ADJUSTED PROJECTIONS.

HOWEVER, IN 2045, THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE, AND THERE IS A 92,000 METRIC TON GAP TO REDUCE TO MEET OUR TARGETS.

BEFORE I MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING OUR 2035 TARGETS SOLELY BASED ON STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN DO NOTHING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN MUST BE IMPLEMENTED CONTINUOUSLY, AND SEVERAL OF THE PROPOSED MEASURES WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO SUCCESSFULLY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT.

WE'VE SHARED A LIST OF 20.

OH, I SKIPPED A SLIDE GOING BACK.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING THE PROPOSED MEASURES, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LEVERAGE EXISTING CITY EFFORTS TO DEFRAY ADDITIONAL COSTS AND STAFF TIME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

INCLUDE SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL MEASURES FROM THE PREVIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

ENSURE MEASURES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BY INCORPORATING INFORMATION FROM STAFF ACROSS THE CITY.

USE PUBLIC INPUT SO THE MEASURES REFLECT COMMUNITY VALUES, CREATE MEASURES THAT ARE REPORTABLE AND TRANSPARENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DESIGN

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MEASURES SO THAT WE MEET OUR REDUCTION TARGETS AS THAT IS THE PRIMARY REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

WE'VE SHARED A LIST OF 22 PROPOSED MEASURES, 34 PRIMARY ACTIONS AND 66 SUPPORTING ACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH YOU TONIGHT.

AND THESE WERE INCLUDED AS EXHIBIT THREE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.

TOGETHER, THOSE MEASURES REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO MEET OUR 2045 TARGET EXACTLY.

SO AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED MEASURES, KEEP IN MIND THAT NO PROPOSED MEASURE CAN BE REMOVED OR REDUCED WITHOUT ADDING OR INCREASING A MEASURE.

THIS PIE CHART SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF MEASURES BY WHETHER THEY ARE EXISTING, NEW OR EXPANDED.

OVER HALF OF THE MEASURES ARE EXISTING, OR THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY DOING AT THE CITY, WITH NO PROPOSED CHANGES.

THEN NEXT IT'S KIND OF A CLOSE SPLIT BETWEEN EXPANDED AND NEW MEASURES, WITH EXPANDED AT 29%.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY MAY ALREADY BE DOING, BUT WE'RE EXPANDING OR EXTENDING A TARGET OR RAMPING THINGS UP IN SOME WAY.

AND THEN NEW IS A COMPLETELY BRAND NEW POLICY OR PROGRAM PROPOSED.

CLIMATE EQUITY DESERVES MUCH MORE ATTENTION THAN A SINGLE SLIDE, BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT BRIEFLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WILL BE A NEW COMPONENT TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ARE FELT DISPROPORTIONATELY BY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN, AND THE BENEFITS OF AN OPPORTUNITY RELATED TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE MUST BE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD.

EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROPOSED MEASURES IN EXHIBIT THREE, BUT THESE ARE SURFACE LEVEL AT BEST.

A CLIMATE EQUITY ANALYSIS, PREPARED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WOULD HELP STAFF WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT.

BEFORE DEVELOPING THE PROPOSED MEASURES, STAFF CONDUCTED PHASE ONE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THE SUMMARY OF WHICH IS INCLUDED AS EXHIBIT FOUR IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.

THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE REFLECTED THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD ARE LISTED ON THE SLIDE.

YOU MAY THEN RECALL, I WAITED OVER A YEAR FOR A CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION DATA FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, AND DURING THAT TIME WE CONTINUED OUTREACH AND WHAT I WILL INFORMALLY REFER TO AS PHASE 1.5.

MYSELF AND THE CITY'S COLLEGE CORPS FELLOW TABLED AT SEVERAL EVENTS AND PROMOTED THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE FROM OUR TIME AT THIS YEAR'S EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE SLIDE.

PHASE TWO OF ENGAGEMENT BEGAN IN MID-OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOVEMBER.

AND AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION, I SAID, THIS ITEM IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.

THIS IS IT.

WE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR INPUT ON THE PROPOSED MEASURES, AND ARE DOING SO THROUGH AN ONLINE SURVEY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS.

TABLING AT EVENTS LIKE THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE STREET FAIR THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND ALSO DOING POP-UP TABLING AT OUR CITY FACILITIES AND PARKS ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS, TIMES AND DAYS OF THE WEEK. THE GOAL WITH THE POP-UP TABLING IS TO TRY TO GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, CHAT WITH THEM INFORMALLY ABOUT OUR CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF MY SETUP OF WHEN I WAS AT STAGECOACH PARK A FEW WEEKENDS AGO.

AND SINCE WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE, AND FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, I WILL PLUG THE SURVEY, PLEASE GO TO CARLSBAD, CA.GOV/CAP OR CAP AND YOU CAN TAKE THE SURVEY.

IT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 17TH.

ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE WILL BE TO PREPARE A COST ANALYSIS THAT WILL FOCUS ON HOW MUCH IT WILL COST THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE UPDATED PLAN.

THIS COST ANALYSIS WILL LOOK AT COSTS FOR EXISTING VERSUS NEW VERSUS EXPANDED PROGRAMS FUNDED VERSUS UNFUNDED COSTS.

COSTS BY DEPARTMENT, STAFFING NEEDS AND COSTS BY MEASURE.

AND THIS WILL BE INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX IN THE FORMAL DRAFT OF THE PLAN.

HERE ARE THE REMAINING NEXT STEPS, THOUGH THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO AND THEN IN BETWEEN EACH OF THESE LINES ON THE SLIDE WILL BE COMPLETING THIS PHASE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PREPARING A FORMAL SUMMARY DOCUMENT FOR IT.

SORTING THROUGH THE PUBLIC INPUT WE RECEIVE TO FINESSE THE PROPOSED MEASURES AS APPROPRIATE.

PREPARE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT AND COST ANALYSIS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

UPDATE THE CEQA CHECKLIST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN.

SHARE THE DRAFT UPDATE AND CEQA DOCUMENT, AND THEN PRESENT THE FINAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.

AND AT THIS TIME, IT'S ANTICIPATED WE COULD BE PRESENTING THE FINAL PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL MID 2024.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES WE DO.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE 12. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MIKE [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY VANESSA FORSYTH.

MIKE [INAUDIBLE]. SO EVERYBODY FOLLOW THAT.

YOU GET ALL THAT, ALL THOSE CHARTS.

IT'S ALL NONSENSE.

SO I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO CLAIM THAT THE STATE MADE YOU DO THAT TOO.

IN THE HYPERINFLATION THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN'T AFFORD PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SO THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I LOOK AT AN AGENDA LIKE YOU HAVE AN AGENDA TODAY IS I GO THROUGH AND I SEARCH FOR DOLLAR SIGNS.

AND I FOUND 78 DOLLAR SIGNS IN THE AGENDA, BUT NOT ONE DOLLAR SIGN IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ALREADY.

HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND LAST MONTH OR THIS YEAR? THERE'S NO INDICATION OF HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS PROGRAM.

I DON'T CONSENT, I'M A TAXPAYER AND I WON'T PAY FOR THIS STUFF.

OKAY I DID SOME RESEARCH ON ASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL.

OKAY 15 PRINCIPALS ON THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM 107 TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL PROFESSIONALS, MOSTLY BIOLOGISTS, PLANNERS, MANAGERS AND ECOLOGISTS.

NOT ONE ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICIST, NOT ONE CLIMATOLOGIST, NOT ONE CHEMIST.

THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF SCIENTISTS I'D WANT TO HEAR FROM TO VERIFY ANY LEGITIMACY OF A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

THERE IS NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

ON AUGUST 14TH, 1,609 SCIENTISTS ACROSS 30 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

THEY WROTE A DECLARATION TWO OF THEM WERE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS.

THIS IS THE GLOBAL CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE GROUP.

THEIR MAIN POINTS.

NATURAL AS WELL AS AS WELL AS ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS CAUSE WARMING.

WARMING IS FAR SLOWER THAN PREDICTED.

CLIMATE POLICY RELIES ON INCOMPLETE AND INADEQUATE MODELS.

CO2 IS NOT A POLLUTANT, DESPITE THEM CALLING IT A POLLUTANT.

IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR ALL LIFE ON EARTH.

GLOBAL WARMING HAS NOT INCREASED NATURAL DISASTERS.

CLIMATE POLICY MUST RESPECT SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC REALITIES.

THERE IS NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

THEREFORE, THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR PANIC, ALARM.

WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THE HARMFUL, UNREALISTIC NET ZERO CO2 POLICY PROPOSED FOR 2050.

GO FOR ADAPTATION INSTEAD OF MITIGATION.

ADAPTATION WORKS WHATEVER THE CAUSES ARE.

THANK YOU. HELLO AGAIN. MY NAME IS VANESSA FORSYTH, AND IN SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I WANT TO THANK KATIE HENDRICK FOR HER EXTENSIVE WORK AND HER REPORTING ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

I COMPLETED THE SURVEY ON THE UPDATED CAP AND APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS A REACH OUT TO THE GET COMMUNITY INPUT.

IN TERMS OF THE CAP THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY GOALS THAT INDICATE TEN AND 20 YEAR OUTCOMES. I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE INTERIM 3 TO 5 YEAR BENCHMARKS.

ALSO, THAT ADDITIONAL ITEMS INDICATE EFFORTS SPECIFICALLY SPECIFYING HOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE INFORMED AND BUSINESSES AS TO WHAT CHOICES THEY CAN PRIORITIZE THAT WILL LEAD TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES AND IMPROVE CLIMATE HEALTH OUTREACH.

WHILE SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE IMPORTANT, SO IS CLIMATE HEALTH IN TERMS OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY FOR OUR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, OUR BUSINESSES WHO WORK HERE, AND VISITORS WHO COME HERE.

SO MY THIRD ASK IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISH AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION COMPRISED OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WILL PROVIDE A RESOURCE TO STAFF, EDUCATION, LEGISLATIVE AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, SHARE AND RESPOND TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS, AND WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAFF TO ENACT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN A TRANSPARENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY JUST AND EQUITABLE WAY.

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THIS IS WHAT OTHER NEARBY COMMUNITIES DO, INCLUDING ENCINITAS, LA MESA, VISTA AND I THINK DEL MAR TOO.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE BUDGET AS IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A STAFF MEMBER, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER COMMISSIONS WHERE THAT IS HAPPENING ALREADY.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET, WE BELIEVE THAT SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WE STAFF, POLICE, FIREMEN AND EMT AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT JUST AS IMPORTANT TO OUR SAFETY, SECURITY AND OUR COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IS ADDRESSING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TAKING CLIMATE ACTION DIRECTLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I BEG TO DIFFER WITH THE PRIOR GENTLEMAN.

THERE IS A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INDICATIONS JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN TERMS OF FIRES AND HEAT AND VECTORS AND SO MANY THINGS.

AND YEAH, I HOPE YOU ARE, IF NOT INFORMED, CAN REACH OUT AND GET THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. PAIGE [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE].

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT, PAIGE [INAUDIBLE].

YOU NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY, AS YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT MEASURES PROVIDED BY KATIE TO LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. AND I THANK HER VERY MUCH FOR PRESENTING THESE POTENTIAL MEASURES MORE CLEARLY NOW THAN IN THE ORIGINAL CAP FROM 2015.

I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION, FOR WHICH THE DATA CAME FROM 2016, THE LAST YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR TRANSPORTATION GHG EMISSIONS.

THAT YEAR, TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 50% OF OUR EMISSIONS.

NOT AN EASY NUT TO CRACK IN CARL.

SORRY. IN CARL CAR LOVING CALIFORNIA, ALMOST HALF OF THE ACTIONS PROPOSED BY STAFF COVER SOME ASPECT OF TRANSPORTATION, FROM TRAFFIC CALMING TO PARKING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.

SOME OF THESE ARE NEW WITHIN THE CAP, LIKE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, BUT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND HENCE ARE RIGHTFULLY BEING FOLDED INTO THE CAP.

PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER INCLUDING AN ANTI-IDLING PORTION TO THE THIS ORDINANCE.

I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT TWO ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR THAT WERE ROLLED OVER FROM THE 2015 CAP.

ONE IS FOR THE ZERO EMISSION CITY FLEET.

I WORRY THAT THE PAST COUNCIL ACTIONS REFLECT A DISREGARD FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY THAT WE'RE IN, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT ADOPT THESE ORDINANCES QUICKLY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE NEEDED IMPACT.

RECENTLY, COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF NOT SIX BUT 40 GAS POWERED POLICE CRUISERS.

RATHER THAN INVESTIGATE THE HYBRID OPTIONS, WHICH WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE PURCHASE ORDER.

ANY ACTION BY THIS COUNCIL THAT IS A STEP BACKWARDS LIKE THIS MEANS YOU HAVE TO PICK UP THE SLACK SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THE SECOND TRANSPORTATION ACTION IS THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, OR TDM ORDINANCE, WHICH STRIVES TO REDUCE BUSINESS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BY LOWERING TRIPS WITH ONLY ONE PASSENGER.

CHECK WITH YOUR STAFF ON THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NO MORE THAN 1 OR 2 HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THIS DOESN'T REFLECT WELL ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TDM ORDINANCE.

AS PROPOSED BY STAFF THE THRESHOLD FOR INCLUSION INTO THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE MUCH LOWER TO RECRUIT MORE BUSINESSES.

REGARDLESS OF THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED ACTION, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT A TIMELINE WITH SPECIFIC TARGET REDUCTIONS BE CREATED SO PUBLIC CAN HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE. THESE NEED TO BE FOLDED INTO THE ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE TO INCLUDE FUNDS FOR THESE STEPS.

ALSO MEANS DATA NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND ACTION AND TRANSPARENCY ARE CRITICAL.

DON'T DELAY, WITH OLD TRANSPORTATION DATA WE CAN'T REALISTICALLY EVALUATE WHAT OUR TARGETS ARE, SO WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE.

THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK KATIE HENDRICK FOR AND HER STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION AND REPORT TONIGHT FOR THIS AGENDA AND THE 22 MEASURES THE CITY NEEDS TO ADDRESS TO REACH OUR GREENHOUSE GAS GOALS FOR THE FUTURE.

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BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ALL OF THESE PROPOSED MEASURES, TAKEN TOGETHER, WILL NEED TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED TO REACH THESE GOALS.

AS NOTED IN HER REPORT, IT SAYS IF ONE OF THE MEASURES IS RELAXED, OTHERS WILL NEED TO BE MADE MORE STRINGENT.

AND WHEN WE SEE IN THE REPORT MEASURES WITH 2035 AND 2045 GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS, WE SIMPLY WILL NOT MEET THESE TARGETS UNLESS OUR CITY WORKS ON THESE PRIMARY AND SUPPORTING ACTIONS WITH ADEQUATE PLANNING AND RESOURCES.

WE ONLY NEED TO LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN 2015 TO TODAY, THAT REALIZED THAT MANY CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE STATE MANDATED GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS, AND REALIZE THAT THESE TARGETS ARE BEING RAISED. AND TARGET DATES ARE MOVING UP EACH DECADE DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

WHEN OUR CITY RECENTLY ASKED ON THE PUBLIC OUTREACH TO SHAPE OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN S OME THEMES CAME BACK.

AND THEY WERE ONE TAKE BOLD ACTIONS TO MINIMIZE CLIMATE CHANGE.

CONSIDER A RANGE OF ACTIONS PRIORITIZING REDUCTIONS IN TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY, AND PROMOTE EQUITY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DRIVE THAT CLIMATE ACTION INDIVIDUALLY.

SO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WILL BE RETURNING TO CITY COUNCIL, AND I URGE YOU TO PUT A PRIORITY ON THESE MEASURES TO WORK ON GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS EARLY SO WE CAN BE MORE CONFIDENT TO MEET OUR FUTURE GOALS.

THANK YOU.

LINDA DANIELS, FOLLOWED BY MARY [INAUDIBLE].

I'M HERE AGAIN. THE TOPIC IS GAS.

OKAY. CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET, AND IT'S AFFECTING OURSELVES AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLES MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY'RE EVEN HAVING A SEMINAR ON NOVEMBER 17TH CLIMATE CHAT ON CLIMATE GRIEF BY SHAUNA WEAVER, WHO WROTE A BOOK, FROM COPING TO RESILIENCE CLIMATE GRIEF.

ALL THE HEAT WAVES, THE HURRICANES, EXTREME WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTERS ARE MAKING PEOPLE WORRY BIG TIME ABOUT OUR FUTURE.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION ECO AMERICA.

IT'S EVEN CAUSING PTSD IN SOME CASES IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HURRICANE.

THINK ABOUT THAT ONE. THE THING IS, WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE WORRIED.

OUR PLANET IS DYING, AND WE CAN SEE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ALL AROUND US ALREADY.

IF WE STAY ON THE PATH WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET A LOT WORSE.

THAT'S THE REASON THE CITY OF CARLSBAD DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY TWO YEARS AGO.

THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY MAKING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT WILL HELP US AND NOT ONLY MEET THE STATE MANDATED GOALS, BUT ALSO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

ONE WAY WE CAN HELP BY REDUCING OUR GREENHOUSE GASES, GASES AND 30% OF THEM COME FROM BUILDINGS.

ENCOURAGING ELECTRIFICATION OF ALL BUILDINGS SHOULD BE OUR GOAL AND OUR PRIORITY.

THERE IS NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT NATURAL GAS.

IT'S JUST METHANE AND NITROUS OXIDE.

WHY ELSE WOULD THE GARDENERS BE USING GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT? WEARING MASKS ALL THE TIME.

BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR GAS STOVES.

THEY CAN KEEP THEM AS LONG AS THEY DO OTHER THINGS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

GET A REAL FAN OVER THEIR STOVE, NOT THE MICROWAVE FAN.

THERE'S NO SUCTION THERE WHATSOEVER.

IT'S NOT HELPING YOU.

IT WILL SUCK UP THE GAS FUMES, PROVIDE GOOD VENTILATION BY OPENING WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND DO NOT STAND OVER THE STOVE WHILE YOU'RE COOKING OR PUT A MASK ON IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, OR IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR, THE OVEN HAVE A MASK ON SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT THAT GAS COMING IN YOUR FACE.

WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE AS WELL AS KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.

ENCOURAGING BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS BE SAFE AND WILL CUT OUR GREENHOUSE GASES.

INCREASING OUR BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS THE GOAL.

WITH THE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON A REACH CODE ADOPTION OF AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE REACH CODE, MUCH LIKE THAT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, WHICH THEY DID ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2023, JUST A MONTH AGO THROUGH A MAJORITY VOTE AND MOVED FORWARD WITH A BUILDING EFFICIENCY REACH CODE, BUILDING EFFICIENCY REACH CODE.

IT'S NOT SAYING NO GAS, OKAY.

COORDINATION WITH STATE AGENCIES, THE CEC, THE CAL ENERGY COMMISSION, WHICH HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

THE APPROVAL WILL BE IN DECEMBER AND IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 24TH.

LET'S NOT WASTE TIME.

LET'S MAKE OUR CITY CLEAN TOO.

THANK YOU.

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JAY [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY ALI WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY.

MAYOR BLACKBURN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS MARY [INAUDIBLE].

I LIVE HERE IN CARLSBAD.

I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGH RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. IF CARLSBAD IS TO MEET THE TARGETED STATE, THE STATE TARGETED GOALS FOR REMOVING THESE EMISSIONS, THERE HAS TO BE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO A PLAN WITH STRICT PERFORMANCE BASED STANDARDS.

WE NEED QUANTITATIVE MEASURES SO THAT WE KNOW IF WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

IMPLEMENTING EXISTING AND UPDATED STRONGER REACH CODES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, AND INFORMING HOME AND BUSINESS OWNERS OF THE MANY RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS, ARE IMPORTANT STEPS IN GAINING CLEANER, SAFER AIR FOR EVERYONE. WE MAY NOT BE READY TO GO ALL ELECTRIC IN OUR HOMES, BUT THERE ARE SMALL STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO GAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND LOWER OUR COSTS.

WE CAN INSTALL A HEAT PUMP, WATER HEATER, ADD INSULATION, ADD TRIPLE PANE WINDOWS AND THERE ARE THE BIGGER STEPS THE SOLAR PANELS. INDUCTION STOVES.

REACH CODES AND INCENTIVES THAT ENCOURAGE THESE CHANGES HELP THE CITY MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND HELP US ALL ACHIEVE A CLEANER, SAFER, AND HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.

THERE SHOULD BE SOLAR PANELS OVER PARKING SPOTS AT CITY FACILITIES.

NEW CITY VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALL ELECTRIC OR HYBRID WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION, PLEASE RECOMMIT TO DOING ALL YOU CAN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.

THANK YOU.

OH I SEE.

OH, SORRY. HI, I'M ALI WILLIAMS FROM CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE WE NEED A STRONG CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

WE SENT A LETTER TO KATIE, BUT WE WILL ALSO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF OUR MUCH NEEDED SUGGESTIONS.

SORRY. WAITING TO 2045 IS TOO LONG TO BE 85% BELOW BASELINE. I'LL BE 38 YEARS OLD.

OH, I LOVE THAT. WE NEED A STRONGER CLIMATE ACTION PLAN NOW TO CUT GREENHOUSE GASES AND AIR POLLUTION F OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND FOR CLIMATE EQUITY AND EDUCATION.

I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CREATE A COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT DASHBOARD THAT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY TO REDUCE, CLEAN OR SORRY, TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES AND AIR POLLUTION, AND ALSO TO HELP STOP SYNTHETIC TURF AND TOXIC CHEMICALS IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE NEED TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE, BECAUSE THIS IS SCIENCE BASED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE HERE IN THE FUTURE AND WE WANT MORE GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

K-12 LEVEL HERE IN CARLSBAD AND AT THE UNIVERSITIES.

I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE IDEA OF AN EDUCATION OR CLIMATE EDUCATION CURRICULUM.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR LIBRARIES, OUR THREE CITY LIBRARIES, ARE SOME OF THE GREAT CURRICULUM THAT ARE OUT THERE FROM OUR UNIVERSITIES, SUCH AS MIT AND UCSD AND UC IRVINE, THAT ARE NEARBY AND LOCAL AND HAVE GREAT COMMITTEES THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PROVIDE THIS K-12 AND COLLEGE CLIMATE CURRICULUM, A PORTAL ON OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, A PORTAL OF RESOURCES, SO THAT GROUPS, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED IN YOUR REPORT, KATIE, THAT YOU HAD A CLIMATE CORPS THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH.

I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THAT, THAT WE HAVE AMBASSADORS THAT GO OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AS TO IT IS A CRISIS.

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IT IS IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY ME, BUT FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION.

THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AROUND THE STATE.

IT PROVIDES.

IT'S GREAT THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR GRANTS AND THINGS OF THIS TYPE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE TYPE OF OUTREACH TO EDUCATE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AS TO THE NEED FOR CLIMATE ACTIONS AND SOLUTIONS.

ADOPTING CLIMATE EDUCATION FROM EXAMPLES THAT I SHARED, UCSD UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE, MIT JUST PUT OUT A K-12 PROGRAM FOR THE WORLD, AND AND NASA AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE THAT.

I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO ADD THESE AVAILABLE CLIMATE EDUCATION RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN CHECK THEM OUT FROM OUR CITY LIBRARIES, FILMS, TEACHER GUIDES, K-12 HANDOUTS, THINGS OF THAT TYPE.

AND I ENCOURAGE THE IDEA OF THE CLIMATE CORPS OR CLIMATE AMBASSADORS.

THANK YOU. SUZANNE HUME, FOLLOWED BY JOHN [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SUZANNE HUME, AND I'M THE EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS.

AND SUPER PROUD OF ALI AND ALL THE FABULOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT AND SPOKE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CARLSBAD SIERRA CLUB, ALL OF THE CALIFORNIA NURSES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE, AND EVERYONE THAT CARES ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND OUR FUTURE. SO AS ALI SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION NOW.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO BE 85% BELOW BASELINE WHEN SHE'S 38.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.

SO YES, IT IS A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, AS YOU KNOW.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE THESE ACTIONS AND WE ARE SENDING YOU A DETAILED LETTER WITH INFORMATION.

AND THANK YOU TO KATIE FOR THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT SHE'S DOING.

SO WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN PASS AN ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING ORDINANCE SUPER IMPORTANT.

AND WE CAN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING TO PHASE OUT GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'D LIKE THOSE STOPPED SOONER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ONE HOUR OF A GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWER, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE TWO STROKE ENGINES, AS YOU KNOW, IS EQUIVALENT TO A CAR, A MIDSIZE SEDAN DRIVING FROM LA TO DENVER.

THAT'S ONE HOUR. SO WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW TO REDUCE NOT JUST GREENHOUSE GASES, BUT OBVIOUSLY PARTICULATE MATTER AND AIR POLLUTION, TOXIC CHEMICALS, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE NOW SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.

SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT FINANCES A LOT, ALL OF THESE ACTIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAN TAKE NOW AND SIMPLE ONES LIKE AGAIN, INSTALLING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, INSTALLING NO IDLING SIGNS TO REMIND PEOPLE TO TURN OFF THEIR ENGINES WHEN THEY'RE PARKED.

THAT'S REALLY EASY AND WE USE CHILDREN'S ART.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND MAKE IT FUN AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES AND MAYBE LIKE A SCORE CARD OR SOMETHING COOL.

ALI WAS TALKING ABOUT HAVING FOR CLIMATE EQUITY, HAVING A REPORT CARD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT ACTIONS YOU'RE TAKING.

AND VANESSA TALKED ABOUT HAVING BENCHMARKS.

BUT IF WE HAVE, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND SO AND JAY WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE THIS UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS, CHECK, YOU KNOW, AND LET'S LOOK AT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR EQUITY REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND GIVING GREAT INCENTIVES FOR THAT.

AND OF COURSE WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE GONE ALL ELECTRIC OR THE HYBRID OPTION FOR THE POLICE ARTICLE IDLE POLICE CARS I KEEP ON SAYING IDLING BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'M THINKING ABOUT.

I'M THINKING ABOUT WATCHING A MOM PUSH A STROLLER NEAR A COP CAR, POLICE CAR, AND WE HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE POLICE.

I'M SO SORRY I SAID COP CAR, BUT POLICE CAR THAT'S IDLING, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S BAD FOR EVERYONE.

EVENING. I'M JOHN BOWER WITH CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS AT ORG.

AND THANK YOU KATIE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS LIKE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, FOR CARLSBAD TO ADD A CLEAN AIR SECTION TO THE CAP.

WHILE GREENHOUSE GASES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO CONTROL, ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS AIR POLLUTION, PARTICULARLY PARTICULATE MATTER. SO THOSE ARE MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES THAT GET INTO THE AIR FROM THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND ALSO ALL THE WILDFIRES THAT ARE CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING.

PM 2.5, THAT'S 2.5 MICRONS.

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THE AVERAGE HUMAN HAIR IS 50 MICRONS.

SO PM 2.5 IS INCREDIBLY SMALL.

IT PASSES THROUGH YOUR LUNGS INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM.

IT'S SO SMALL IT ACTUALLY PASSES THROUGH THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER.

IT IS LINKED TO PARKINSON'S, ALZHEIMER'S, ALL KINDS OF NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS. MOTHERS AND BABIES, UNBORN BABIES, EXPOSED PARTICULATE MATTER HAVE ALL KINDS OF ISSUES.

MUCH MORE THAT I CAN REALLY GO OVER IN TWO MINUTES.

WE HAVE TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND LIKE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, ADD A CLEAN AIR SECTION TO THE CAP SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME MEASURABLE GOALS TO REDUCE IT.

WE HAVE BAD AIR IN SAN DIEGO.

THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION GIVES SAN DIEGO AN F FOR PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE.

WE HAVE BAD AIR, AND WE NEEDED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT AIR POLLUTION, TO REDUCE THE AIR POLLUTION AND PROTECT OUR AIR.

ANOTHER THING THAT IS IN OUR LETTER IS TO BAN SYNTHETIC TURF.

SO GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED SB 676 IN OCTOBER THAT GIVES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THE ABILITY TO BAN SYNTHETIC TURF IN THEIR AREA.

THE CITY OF MILLBRAE HAS ALREADY DONE THAT, THAT THIS IS FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS.

SO METHANE IS EMITTED FROM PLASTIC.

DR. SARA JEAN ROYER, WHEN SHE WAS AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTE, DISCOVERED THIS, THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT, PLASTIC GIVES OFF METHANE.

SO IF YOU THINK OF A SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD, IT'S A GIGANTIC FIELD OF PLASTIC EXPOSED TO SUN ALL THE TIME THAT'S GOING TO GIVE OFF A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF METHANE. SO AND ON TOP OF ALL THE MICRO MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION AND ALL THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN IT, FROM A PURE CLIMATE STANDPOINT, IT'S METHANE, MASSIVE AMOUNT OF METHANE. SO DEFINITELY ASK THE AS PART AS PART OF THE CAP GOES PLEASE TAKE ACTION AND BAN SYNTHETIC TURF IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

LIKE I SAID, THE CITY OF MILLBRAE HAS ALREADY DONE IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

HEALTHY SOILS, STOPPING PESTICIDES.

HEALTHY SOILS HOLD A LOT OF CARBON.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO DO.

THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. MIKE, FOLLOWED BY FRANCESCA.

GOOD EVENING CARLSBAD.

MY NAME IS MIKE.

THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REQUIRES SOME PUBLIC TRUST.

WE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH PUBLIC TRUST RIGHT NOW WITH THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GROUP.

NEXT DOOR, NAMELY VISTA.

WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, IT STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IT STEMMED FROM THE MILEAGE TAX.

AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CONJURED UP A PLAN AND AN IDEA AND ENACTED IT TO REMOVE THE SITTING MEMBER OF SANDAG FROM THE CITY OF VISTA, WHICH THAT MAYOR APPARENTLY WAS OPPOSED TO THE MILEAGE TAX.

WANTED IT REMOVED.

SO ON AND SO FORTH, HERE WE GO, FAST FORWARD PROBABLY MAYBE AROUND CHRISTMAS SOMETIME LIKE THAT.

THEY REMOVED THE MAYOR THEY ULTIMATELY PUT IN CHARGE THE DISTRICT ONE SEAT HOLDER OVER THERE IN CHARGE OF FINDING THE REPLACEMENT AFTER THE MAYOR'S BEEN REMOVED.

THE CITY OF VISTA IS MADE UP OF 100,000 PEOPLE.

THAT IS THE DUTY OF THE VICE MAYOR TO FIND THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE SANDAG SEAT THERE.

AND SHE FULFILLED THAT OBLIGATION BY APPOINTING THE DISTRICT THREE SEAT HOLDER OVER THERE IN VISTA TO NOW SIT ON SANDAG.

SO ESSENTIALLY, CAP HAS INSERTED THEMSELVES ON THE SANDAG BOARD INSERT INSTALLING SOMEBODY OVER THERE IN THE CITY OF VISTA AND OUR DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE REP AND VICE MAYOR OVER THERE IS KATRINA CONTRERAS.

SHE GARNERED PROBABLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF A PERCENT OF THE VOTE WITHIN THIS COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, AND SHE HAD THE POWER TO INSTALL HER GIRLFRIEND, HER LOVER. NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION IN THE CITY OF VISTA ONTO SANDAG WHEN THEY REMOVED THEIR MAYOR.

YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE UP A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY OF VISTA FOR THEIR SEAT ON SANDAG, AS WELL AS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE

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ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THESE CAP FOLKS BECAUSE THEY'RE CORRUPT AND CROOKED PEOPLE.

100,000 PEOPLE IN VISTA.

THANK YOU. I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TALK, AND I'M SO NERVOUS, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT I OBSERVED HERE IN MY BACKYARD.

I OBSERVED THIS PICTURE.

DO YOU SEE THIS PICTURE? [INAUDIBLE] CALLED [INAUDIBLE] TRAILS.

I SAW THIS [INAUDIBLE] TRAILS IN 2019.

I WAS IN MY BACKYARD, ONE PLANE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, 10:00 IN THE MORNING, 2:30 AND THEY COVERED THE WHOLE AREA AND INTO THE SEA. I WAS SCREAMING TO EVERYBODY THAT I WAS PASSING BY.

HEY, YOU LOOK, LOOK AT IT.

THEY SAY JUST WATER.

YOU'RE CRAZY. COME DOWN.

LET'S TAKE IT OFF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TRUMP HATES ILLEGALS.

AND I GO, OKAY, BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR, LAST YEAR, NOVEMBER, I TOOK THIS PHONE AND I STARTED JUST LOOKING AT THE SKY AND RECORDING IT.

I FIND THE PATTERN OF THAT [INAUDIBLE] TRAIL PASS BY AND THERE IS RAIN THAT [INAUDIBLE] TRAIL PASS BY AND THERE'S THIS COLD LIKE A MEAT COLD REFRIGERATOR COLD UNNORMAL.

I WENT TO TAKE MY FAMILY'S DOG OUTSIDE TO PEE AT TWO IN THE MORNING BECAUSE MY MOTHER DIED AND MY MOTHER USED TO SAY, LIKE THAT STORY, ALWAYS FOLLOW ME.

AND I SAID, NO, MOMMY, THAT STORY IS ALWAYS THERE.

SO I TOLD MYSELF, DO NOT BE UPSET AT THE DOG TAKE THAT DOG OUTSIDE AND LOOK AT THE START TO SEE MAYBE MY MOTHER IS THERE.

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE STAR, THE SKY WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, BLUE.

THERE'S TWO BLUE BLUES AND I GO, I NEVER SEEN THAT BLUE.

BUT ON THE SIDE, ON TOP OF MY HEAD HERE IN CARLSBAD, THERE'S THIS PLANE DROPPING THIS WHITE POWDER.

SO I SAID, THESE PEOPLE NOT ONLY COVER THE SKY WITH THIS WHITE POWDER CALLED [INAUDIBLE] TRAILS DURING THE DAY, ALL DAY, NO BREAKS, NO NOTHING.

BUT ALSO AT NIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY IS SLEEPING.

SO I HERE I WAS FOLLOWING THIS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW I'VE BEEN OBSERVING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I OBSERVED HAS TO BE THE TRUTH.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU OBSERVE THE TRUTH, THEN YOU FIND A LOT MORE THINGS.

I'M WORRIED BECAUSE THIS IS BILL GATES AND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM SECOND ATTACK.

THE FIRST ONE WAS VIRUS NATURAL THAT THEY MADE.

NOW WE KNOW AND THEN THE INOCULATIONS CALLED VACCINES.

I'M SO WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE.

I AM OLD AND I'M GOING TO DIE.

BUT THIS WORLD IS NOT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE LIES, MANIPULATION AND EMOTIONAL EXTORTION.

NOT BULLETS YET.

SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE CHECK IT [INAUDIBLE].

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MS. LUNA.

KATIE, YOU DID A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND YOU HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THEM RESPONDED SIMILARLY ON ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.

AND THAT WAS BASICALLY WE NEED MORE EV CHARGING STATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE NEED MORE LOW COST BATTERIES FOR THE SOLAR THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR HOMES.

AND WE HAVE SOMETIMES THE GOVERNOR WILL PUT SOMETHING OUT AND SAY, OKAY, EVERYBODY, DON'T DON'T CHARGE YOUR CARS.

DON'T DO THIS BECAUSE OUR GRID'S NOT READY YET.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS? YEAH, WELL, I KNOW THAT IN THE REPORT OR BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE REPORT THAT WE FIRST BROUGHT

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IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

THE FIRST IN THE SERIES OF THE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION ITEMS OUR CONSULTANT THE ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVES CENTER, OR EPIC, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, WHO IS ALSO ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS FOR THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, DID LOOK AT THE GRID RELIABILITY THAT WAS AGAIN MORE FOCUSED ON POWERING HOMES IN CARLSBAD ON ALL ELECTRIC POWER.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONCERN, THE GRID RELIABILITY ISSUES.

DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SUFFICIENTLY OR WOULD YOU LIKE MORE INFORMATION? I MEAN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY FOR BATTERIES.

GOT IT. UM, FOLKS I KNOW, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE HAD SOLAR PUT ON SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND IT'S LIKE THE IPHONE.

THEY CHANGE THE BATTERY AND OH GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE STALE. I'M STALE AFTER SEVEN YEARS.

I MEAN, SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT GETTING TO 38 YEARS OLD.

IMAGINE MY AGE RIGHT NOW, I'M DETERIORATING.

SO THAT THAT'S A CONCERN.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE PLANS AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

AND I KNOW CARLSBAD'S BEEN VERY FORWARD THINKING, BUT AS FAR AS YOU ARE BALANCING SO MANY THINGS, THIS IS A HUGE EFFORT.

AND I COMMEND YOU.

I THINK YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB.

BUT READING WHAT THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS HAVE SAID AND THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING SIERRA CLUB, WE'RE LOOKING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT BICYCLE COALITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, NORTH COUNTY ADVOCATES, A COLLECTION OF FOLKS.

I THINK YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB BUT THEIR CONSTANT THEME THROUGH THEIR QUESTIONS IS WHERE IS WHERE DOES THE NO PUN INTENDED RUBBER MEET THE ROAD? HOW AS FAR AS OUR IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES AND FISCALLY BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THEM.

AND WE HAVE 20 OF THEM.

AND IF WE SHORTCHANGE IN ONE, WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO INCREASE THESE OTHERS.

SO I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THE FISCAL ANALYSIS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON.

YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE QUESTION.

YEAH. THE COST ANALYSIS SHOULD BE REALLY INFORMATIVE AND AGAIN APOLOGIES THAT IT'S NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW SINCE THE MEASURES ARE STILL DRAFT, WE'RE STILL IN THIS PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

I REALLY ONLY HAVE BUDGET TO DO IT ONE TIME.

SO I WANTED TO WAIT, MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT ALL OF THE INPUT BEFORE PREPARING THAT ANALYSIS.

BUT AS FAR AS MORE IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAL DRAFT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT WE'LL, IN FACT, NEED MORE DETAILS THAN WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBIT RIGHT NOW, JUST FOR CEQA PURPOSES.

RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT 2035 AND 2045, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE MORE BENCHMARKS BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS UNTIL THOSE TWO DATES, AS MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS NOTICED.

SO YES, IT IS STILL A LITTLE VAGUE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT WAS DONE SO SOMEWHAT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMMIT TO SOME OF THESE MEASURES WITHOUT KNOWING THE COST, WHAT THE STAFF STAFFING REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE.

ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THIS IS, I THINK, ON THE TOP OF A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES LIST UP HERE, IS THAT WHAT ARE THESE PROGRAMS GOING TO COST? AND AS FAR AS MEETING WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE.

AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT, LOOKING AT THIS WHOLESALE WITH THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE TOP OF MY LIST IS TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH. MS. BURKHOLDER. SO I GUESS I'LL START AT THE END OF MY QUESTIONING SINCE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT COST.

KATIE. COST, TOO, IS ONE OF MY GREAT CONCERNS, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'VE DONE ANY OUTREACH TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT I'VE ASKED THEM. WHAT WOULD IT COST YOU TO CONVERT TO ELECTRICITY? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS IF WE WENT FULLY ELECTRIC? COULD YOUR PIZZA PARLOR SURVIVE? HOW ABOUT YOUR LAUNDROMAT? I'M JUST WONDERING IF ANY OUTREACH HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IF WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK ON THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COST FOR HOMEOWNERS.

YEAH, THE FEDS AND THE STATE ARE INCENTIVIZING.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M ALL ELECTRIC.

SO IT'S NOT I'M AGAINST ELECTRIC.

I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS THAT NEED GAS.

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AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT, PERHAPS YOUR CLIMATE CORPS PEOPLE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST GRID RELIABILITY I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT, BUT ALSO THE PRACTICALITY OF CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE DO BUSINESS, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT ONE, WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE REALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE CONTROLLING GREENHOUSE GASES IS NOT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING IS CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE.

SO TO CHANGE THAT, TO CHANGE THE GHG, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR.

AGAIN, I'M ELECTRIC, I LOVE IT, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS AT WHAT COST.

SO I THINK THAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ITEM IS TO GIVE FEEDBACK FOR THE EVENTUAL CAP.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, IS ABOUT THE BUSINESSES, ONE I HEARD A SPEAKER OR TWO AND YOU, KATIE MENTIONED CLIMATE EQUITY.

AND I'M WONDERING IF CARLSBAD HAS A DEFINITION OF OF WHAT CLIMATE EQUITY IS FOR US AND IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

I WILL START WITH THE HAVE WE SURVEYED SMALL BUSINESSES RELATED TO SWITCHING OVER TO ELECTRIC? THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

I THINK THAT GIVEN WHERE THE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION DISCUSSION LANDED WE DIDN'T REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING AFTER THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE STARTING.

BUT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IF THE CITY WAS LOOKING TO KIND OF PICK THAT BACK UP AGAIN.

AND TO CLARIFY THE MEASURES IN EXHIBIT THREE, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY MEASURES PROPOSED THAT EXPLICITLY STATE THAT WE WILL BE ADOPTING A BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION REACH CODE.

IT'S E3 AND E4 WE DO REFERENCE UPDATING THE CITY'S BUILDING CODE.

IT'S LEFT PRETTY BROAD AFTER THAT AND WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN THAT CALCULATION.

AGAIN, KIND OF BASED ON WHERE WE LANDED WITH THE MORE RECENT DISCUSSIONS ON BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION.

BUT GIVEN THAT IT IS A PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD, I STILL WANTED IT TO INCLUDE IT IN THERE.

SO THAT WAS A VERY LONG ANSWER TO HAVE WE SURVEYED BUSINESSES.

THE COST.

YEAH. IT AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT THESE, I KNOW, WITHOUT ANY COST NEXT TO THEM.

BUT I CAN SAY THAT I REALLY TRIED HARD TO BALANCE LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER LUNA WAS SAYING, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS, SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS LEVERAGE EXISTING CITY EFFORTS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OVER HALF OF THE MEASURES ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

SO AS FAR AS NEW COSTS, THAT THOSE ONES ARE JUST PART OF OUR BUSINESS, PART OF OUR OPERATIONS ALREADY TODAY.

THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL AND IF WE NEED TO RAMP THEM UP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT LEAST LIKE A BASELINE POLICY OR PROGRAM FOR.

SO AGAIN, I KNOW I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT I REALLY DID STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING WERE CAPTURED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND THEN A CLIMATE EQUITY DEFINITION, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS A FORMAL DEFINITION FOR THAT SO.

OKAY. WELL, I WAS LOOKING ON THE EPA WEBSITE, AND IT SAYS A CLIMATE EQUITY CAN BE WOVEN INTO A BROADER EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE SOCIOECONOMIC, SOCIOCULTURAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

THERE'S PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE THOSE THINGS ENGAGING, SHARING, BUILDING, PREPARING.

AND DO WE HAVE A STUDY THAT SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THAT'S THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

WE DON'T HAVE A STUDY THAT SAYS THAT.

THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY SLIDE THAT, THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT.

YES. YEAH. YEAH.

SO SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS ALREADY.

AND IT TAKES FEDERAL AND STATE DATA SOURCES AND DOWNSCALES IT.

SO IT'S MUCH MORE LOCALIZED.

I THINK SOME OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL MAPPING TOOLS, WHILE THEY'RE GREAT, THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CAN GLOSS OVER THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

AND SO I THINK HAVING THAT DOWNSCALED DATA WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO FOLLOW A LOT OF THE EPA DEFINITION THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, WHERE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED, COLLABORATED WITH VERSUS THE

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CLIMATE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS YOU SEE IN THE EXHIBIT THREE, WHICH WAS JUST ME AT MY DESK TYPING.

THAT'S NOT REALLY THE BEST WAY TO BE PREPARING THOSE.

SO YEAH, THAT WAS ANOTHER LONG ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

NO. THAT'S PERFECT.

I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE'RE GOING AFTER GRANT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE CLIMATE EQUITY AS A CITY OF WHAT THAT MEANS, IF WE'RE GOING AFTER FUNDING THAT PERTAINS TO, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE EQUITY.

SO FOR ME, IT WAS SORT OF AN AMBIGUOUS TERMINOLOGY.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS, ACCORDING TO CARLSBAD, DO WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF CLIMATE GRIEF? UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

NOT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

DON'T THINK SO. SO, YEAH I MEAN, JUST THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT TO CONSIDER.

IF WE'RE GOING AFTER GRANT FUNDING TO DO SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON THIS, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SORT OF DEFINE THOSE TERMS SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO THE GRANT PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO REWARD US THAT THAT FUNDING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATIE.

APPRECIATE IT. MRS. ACOSTA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I JUST HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED JUST NOW, AND SOME RELATED TO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED OVER EMAIL THAT EVERYONE GOT A COPY OF AND, AND WHAT'S IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION HERE.

SO THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT I KNOW THAT WE CANNOT DO.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN HERE WHERE I STILL HAD FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THOSE.

SO TO FOLLOW UP ON, ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HEARD AGAIN THIS EVENING, HAVE WE CONSIDERED PROHIBITING SYNTHETIC TURF AND WOULD THAT HELP US WITH OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS? YES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE EXPLORED, AND I HAVE A LIST HERE OF OTHER MEASURES WE EXPLORED.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A PRETTY BROAD TERM EXPLORED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER SOMETIMES IT GETS FARTHER DOWN THE EXPLORATION PATH THAN OTHER THINGS.

BUT YEAH, REPLACING ARTIFICIAL TURF WAS INCLUDED.

AND I THINK THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS MAYBE THAT THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS WOULD BE PRETTY MINOR FOR THE COST.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT CAN GET SLOTTED BACK IN.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT SO.

GREAT THANK YOU. AND PART OF THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS, IS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE JUST SPOKEN ABOUT COSTS, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED THE COST, BUT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE LIST MIGHT ACTUALLY BE CHEAPER AND HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE LIST MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A BIGGER A LA CARTE MENU TO LOOK AT, SO THAT WHEN WE DO LOOK AT COSTS, WE CAN ALSO COMPARE WHAT GIVES US A BETTER RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A BIGGER BANG FOR THE BUCK.

AND THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THEM, BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING THAT OVER AND OVER FROM THE COMMUNITY.

MY QUESTIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO I WILL TRY TO TIE THEM TOGETHER.

I DID HEAR, AS I SAID IN PUBLIC COMMENT, A BIT ABOUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS DASHBOARD AND BENCHMARKING OUR PROGRESS.

SO DO WE HAVE ONE NOW FROM THE 2015 CAP? AND IF NOT, THAT'S FINE I JUST WANT TO KNOW.

AND THEN ARE WE CONSIDERING DEVELOPING ONE FOR THIS UPDATED CAP? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE DO NOT HAVE ONE CURRENTLY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE LOOKED INTO JUST IN MY DAY TO DAY JOB DUTIES HERE AT THE CITY.

THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DASHBOARDS OUT THERE.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE SIMPLY INFORMING OF THE CITY'S PROGRESS ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

SO IT KIND OF GOES MEASURE BY MEASURE, BASICALLY SUMMARIZING THE ANNUAL REPORT, BUT IN A NICE, CUTER, MORE VISUALLY APPEALING WAY AND SLIGHTLY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE LAYPERSON.

AND THEN THERE ARE DASHBOARDS WHERE YOU CAN SET UP DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CHALLENGES AND GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOG THEIR PROGRESS AND, YOU KNOW, TRACK THEIR ACTIVITIES.

SO THEY REALLY DO RUN THE GAMUT.

BUT YEAH, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN EXPLORING.

BUT THERE IS NO FORMAL COMMITMENT BUDGET WISE TO DEVELOP ONE.

I UNDERSTAND, AND WE DO HAVE A REALLY GREAT DEPARTMENT.

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT THAT DOES DATA COLLECTION AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.

JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

AND I HEARD YOU JUST MENTIONED THE ANNUAL REPORT, AND I HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT BENCHMARKING AND JUST, AGAIN, TRACKING OUR PROGRESS.

SO ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT THIS WOULD BE JUST AN ANNUAL REPORT? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS OUR GOALS THAT ARE IN THE CAP? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH. IT'S EXPECTED THAT WE'D STILL BE PREPARING AN ANNUAL REPORT AND PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, PUBLISHING IT ON OUR WEBSITE,

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POSSIBLY A DASHBOARD, IF THAT IS WHAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH.

BUT WHAT IS INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT THREE, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE PERFORMANCE METRIC AND THE MONITORING DATA, THAT IS THE ROADMAP FOR HOW WE WILL BE TRACKING THESE THINGS.

AND ALL OF THOSE MONITORING DATA PIECES AND THE PERFORMANCE METRICS ROLL UP INTO HOW WE CALCULATE THOSE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS FROM THOSE MEASURES.

SO I THINK WITH THE CURRENT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, SOME OF THAT IS EITHER MISSING OR VERY HARD TO FIND.

SO THIS UPDATE SHOULD AGAIN HOPEFULLY MAKE THINGS A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT.

OKAY. LIKE OKAY, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON MEASURE W1.

THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE DOING X, Y AND Z BECAUSE THAT'S THE A, B, AND C OF THE PERFORMANCE METRIC DATA AS AN EXAMPLE. GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE WAY THAT IT'S LAID OUT HERE WITH THE THE LITTLE TAG NUMBERS LIKE W1 AND E2, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP US WITH TRACKING OUR PROGRESS AND MAYBE HAVING A DASHBOARD BECAUSE WE COULD SAY HOW FAR WE'VE COME.

SOME OF THESE ARE ALMOST YES OR NO, LIKE THE 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY.

IF WE SIGN UP FOR THAT WITH THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, THAT WOULD JUST BE A YES AND 100%.

WE GET AN A PLUS, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ARE TAKE LONGER AND THEY HAVE MANY STEPS TO THEM.

THIS MIGHT WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A LIFELINE FOR THIS ONE.

BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD IF YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT THE TDM EFFECTIVENESS NOW, DO WE NEED TO DO MORE EDUCATION ON THE EXISTING ORDINANCE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS EFFECTIVE NOW? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I DID ALSO WANT TO UPDATE THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS IN THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS DASHBOARD.

SO I DID WANT TO FLAG THAT, BUT I CAN AT LEAST SPEAK TO WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED MEASURE FOR TDM.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE ARE KEEPING THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN AS IS THROUGH 2035.

AND THEN IN 2045 WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE IT.

SORRY, THE FONT IS SO VERY SMALL ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER THAT I PRINTED OUT.

THIS IS HOW CLOSE I HAVE TO BRING IT TO MY FACE TO READ IT.

EITHER INCREASE THE NON DRIVING MODE SHARE OR INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.

UM, TO HIT ABOUT 22,000 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES BY 2045.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE MEASURE.

AS FAR AS LIKE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING, I KNOW THAT WE DO SURVEYS OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN IT.

BEYOND THAT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO TOO MANY DETAILS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW AND THE REASON I'M ASKING AND THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.

BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE IN HERE IT NUMBER ONE, IT SAYS CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING AS IS, IS THE NUMBER ONE THING ALL THE WAY THROUGH YEAR 2035. AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING NOW, WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE CONTINUING SOMETHING THAT IS BARELY WORKING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IT WORKING NOW? IS IT EFFECTIVE? BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD SOME PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE THEY SAID THAT BARELY ANYBODY IS USING IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO THE HEART OF THAT.

IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT CAN RESPOND TO THAT, WE CAN COME BACK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE LIKE MR. FRANK. OKAY.

AND I DID HAVE ANOTHER THOUGHT RELATED TO THAT.

I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS ALSO ARE THAT IF EXPANDING THE THRESHOLD, WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING FOR AFTER 2035, PERHAPS DOING THAT SOONER WOULD HIT MORE BUSINESSES OR, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

I THINK THAT WAS ALSO SOME OF WHAT THAT PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GETTING AT.

THANK YOU. THERE WAS OTHER COMMENTARY TODAY ABOUT ADDING A CLEAN AIR SECTION TO THE CAP LIKE SAN DIEGO HAS.

AND I KNOW THIS IS ALL ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

IT IS ABOUT EMISSIONS INTO OUR AIR.

BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE CONSIDERED ADDING A CLEAN AIR SECTION AND WHY WE'RE NOT DOING IT IF WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

I REALLY SHOULD JUST HAVE IT.

THE THING THAT POPS UP ON MY HOME PAGE RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE PULLED IT UP IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION, USUALLY IN A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, YOU GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS, WHAT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE.

YOU'RE EXPLAINING WHY THESE THINGS ARE HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.

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AND THEN SOMETHING I ATTEMPTED TO DO WAS WITH EACH OF THE MEASURES INCLUDE THOSE CO-BENEFITS.

SO IF WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS MEASURE, WHAT ELSE DOES IT GET US? YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ARE WE SEEING FROM THAT.

AND AIR QUALITY IS INCLUDED IN THE CO-BENEFITS AND KIND OF SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT.

BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC MEASURES THAT THEY HAVE AND IF THOSE MEASURES ARE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, LIKE HOW ARE THEY LAYING IT OUT IN THE PLAN. SO I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

WE KEEP HEARING COMMENTS FROM CARLSBAD RESIDENTS ABOUT US TAKING A POSITION AND SENDING SOME KIND OF LETTER OPPOSING LEADED FUEL IN PLANES AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT.

HAVE WE TAKEN A POSITION AND HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING IN THE CAP OR WOULD THAT BE ANOTHER ROUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, DO YOU KNOW? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

MY GUESS IS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND WOULD BE DONE IN SOME OTHER WAY.

IT'S TO GO BACK TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THEIRS GRANTED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR POSITION IS EITHER, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE IN THIS UPDATE.

OKAY AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE IF IT'S TRUE THAT LEADED FUEL DOES HAVE A LOT OF EMISSIONS AND WE'VE GOT LEADED FUEL PLANES FLYING OVER CARLSBAD, THEN CERTAINLY IT WOULD IMPROVE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS NOT TO HAVE LEADED FUEL EMISSIONS FROM PLANES FLYING OVER CARLSBAD. RIGHT. SO COULDN'T WE COUNT THE REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, EVEN IF WE'RE DOING THIS ROUNDABOUT WAY, LIKE TAKING A POSITION AGAINST IT? AND ULTIMATELY, IF IT LEADS TO UNLEADED FUEL, CAN WE COUNT THAT AS A REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN CARLSBAD? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

IT GETS INTO A SITUATION WHERE THAT THE AIRPORT IS THE AGENCY OR I GUESS THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS THE AGENCY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE AIR RELATED EMISSIONS.

SO IT DOESN'T FALL INTO OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY, AT LEAST IN THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED HERE TONIGHT.

SO OKAY, JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

SORRY. AND THEY'RE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS.

I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS BEFORE, BUT HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AS A CITY FOR NOT DOING THESE THINGS? BECAUSE I READ IN HERE THAT IN ORDER TO REACH THE TARGETS, THE STATE TARGETS THAT ARE MANDATED, WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THE MENU, WHICH IS WHY I'M SUGGESTING WE ADD A FEW OTHERS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE THEM AROUND.

BUT HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE WE DO EVERY SINGLE THING ON THIS LIST? I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE EVEN MOVING TOWARDS ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES, WHAT IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT DO THAT THIS YEAR.

HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE? ARE WE PLEDGING? ARE WE LEGALLY BINDING OURSELVES TO DO THESE THINGS? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, SIMILAR TO OUR CURRENT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WILL BE A CEQA QUALIFIED PLAN.

SO THAT MEANS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE ARE THEN ABLE TO TIER OFF OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT AND THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION THRESHOLDS IT SETS, SO THAT DEVELOPERS WHO ARE DEMONSTRATING CONSISTENCY WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE CAN DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL FLEDGED CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.

OBVIOUSLY, PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD STILL HAVE TO DO THAT.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ADOPTING THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND GOING THROUGH THE CEQA PROCESS, YES, IT IS A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT, JUST LIKE OUR CURRENT ONE IS. SO AS FAR AS HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE? THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY ANNUAL REPORTING IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE YEAR OVER YEAR HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF MEASURES ARE WORKING AS YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO, IF THEY'RE WORKING BETTER, IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING VERY WELL.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE THESE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORIES.

WE TYPICALLY GET THOSE EVERY TWO YEARS, AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN OUR ANNUAL REPORTS.

SO AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THE GRAPH KIND OF CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, WHICH IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT IT TO GO.

UM, BUT YEAH I THINK ANNUAL REPORTING AND THEN UPDATING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN A LITTLE MORE REGULARLY THAN WE HAVE BEEN.

TYPICALLY IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IF THERE ARE ANY NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE OUT THERE IF THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING.

I KNOW WHEN WE AMENDED OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN 2020, WE TOOK A LOT OF MEASURES OUT BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE THOUGHT THAT CERTAIN THINGS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD

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BE DOING, AND THEN THE STATE ADOPTED LEGISLATION.

THEY KIND OF NO LONGER BECAME RELEVANT, OR THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS MEASURES JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT IN THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT.

SO ANNUAL REPORTING, ANNUAL REPORTING, ANNUAL REPORTING.

OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. AND LAST QUESTION.

IT'S KIND OF A BIG ONE. BUT SOME OF THE MEASURES IN HERE ARE INTERNAL.

THEY ARE CITY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO LIKE GOING TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY PROCUREMENT THROUGH CEA AND HAVING THE ZERO EMISSION CITY FLEET.

EVEN THE SOLAR PANEL, SORRY, SOLAR CARPORTS, WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY EASY ONE TO DO .

BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NOT INTERNAL CITY THINGS LIKE MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED THE BUILDING, DECARBONIZATION, ELECTRIFICATION, AND ALSO THINGS LIKE CONVERTING GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS LIKE YES, WE CAN DO IT WITH OUR OWN LANDSCAPING PEOPLE, BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE USE OF GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.

SO HOW DO WE LIKE WHAT IS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OVERALL AND GETTING THAT CULTURAL CHANGE.

I THINK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.

IT'S LIKE THAT CULTURE SHIFT.

HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT BUSINESSES ARE ON BOARD AND RESIDENTS ARE ON BOARD TO ALL DO THEIR PART SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON THIS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION TOGETHER? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT A LOT.

YEAH. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR AVENUES THAT HAVE PROVEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL FOR OUTREACH HERE AT THE CITY.

BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY AS NEW PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED OR POSSIBLY COMING ONLINE AGAIN, JUST LIKE WE WOULD WITH ANY OTHER NEW PROGRAM OR POLICY AT THE CITY, WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY BE CONTINUING TO DO OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SOMETHING THAT I AM PLANNING FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT IS THAT AT THE VERY FRONT, BECAUSE I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO READ THIS THING IN FULL, WHICH BREAKS MY HEART. BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE JUST A SINGLE PAGE AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO, FINGERS CROSSED, SCAN A QR CODE.

ARE YOU A RESIDENT? HERE YOU GO.

HERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME THAT ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, COMPOSTING, RECYCLING, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, ALL THE BEHAVIOR CHANGE TYPE THINGS.

SO I WANT TO HAVE THAT FRONT AND CENTER.

THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN TAKE OUT WHEN I TABLE.

IT'S SUPER EASY TO CHAT WITH PEOPLE ABOUT AND GET THEM INTERESTED, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT THAT I RECEIVE WHEN I'M TALKING WITH PEOPLE IS WHAT CAN I DO? SO I THINK HAVING THAT WOULD BE SUPER HANDY AND ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT AND IT HAS LEFT MY BRAIN.

SO IF IT COMES BACK, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'VE BEEN SO PATIENT AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS.

THANKS. MAYOR MAY I SUPPLEMENT A COUPLE OF MS. HENDRICKS RESPONSES? OF COURSE. SO WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESS FOR TAKING A POSITION ON THE LEADED FUEL AT THE AIRPORT, THAT IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ITEM, IT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BUT OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ITEMS DO RUN THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN TO OUR COUNCIL, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.

THE SECOND QUESTION, THE SECOND RESPONSE I WANT TO SUPPLEMENT IS THE LEGALLY BINDING RESPONSE THAT MS. HENDRICK GAVE. OF COURSE, OUR CAP IS NOT A CONTRACT, SO IT'S NOT LEGALLY BINDING IN THE SENSE OF A CONTRACT.

IT DOES HAVE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, OF COURSE.

AND IF FOR SOME REASON WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLY WITH AN ASPECT OF OUR CAP, WE WOULD CONSIDER THOSE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE MOMENT AND WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL WOULD HAVE AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND RECONVENE AT 7:00.

IT'S 7:00. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.

[INAUDIBLE] WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ANOTHER MOMENT [INAUDIBLE]? I'M SORRY SCOTT, I DIDN'T LOOK OVER THERE.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.

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

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ASKED.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPEDITED.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

SO CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WITH REGARDS TO I KNOW SOMEBODY MENTIONED A TIMELINE WITH SPECIFIC REDUCTION TARGETS.

DO WE PLAN TO HAVE I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT POTENTIAL CLIMATE DASHBOARD IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE IT WOULD SHOW, L IKE A TIMELINE WITH REDUCTION TARGETS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING COMPLETELY SEPARATE? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I THINK THAT COULD BE CAPTURED IN A COUPLE OF WAYS.

SO FIRST, I MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS BEFORE, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT THE 2035 AND 2045 TARGETS ARE KIND OF

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THE TWO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE DIFFERENT STATE MANDATES.

WITHIN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT ITSELF, EMBEDDED IN ALL OF THESE MEASURES THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, ADDITIONAL BENCHMARKING THAT WE CAN KIND OF INCLUDE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS BEFORE 2035, BEFORE 2045.

AND YEAH, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A CLIMATE DASHBOARD, THOSE SORTS OF DATES COULD BE INCLUDED IN THERE.

AND AGAIN, IN ALL OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF ALL OF THE MEASURES.

OKAY. AND I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO 2016 TRANSPORTATION DATA.

CURIOUS AS TO YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE 2015 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THEN WE HAVE THIS 2016 OLD TRANSPORTATION DATA.

WHY NOT SOMETHING NEWER THAN 2016 OR SOONER? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUESTIONS.

YEAH. SO YES 2016.

YEAH. IT'S NOT THE MOST RECENT DATA.

OF COURSE, THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

BUT THE BEST AVAILABLE TRANSPORTATION DATA THAT WE THE ROYAL, WE OF THE CLIMATE PRACTITIONERS HERE IN THE STATE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE REGION, THE BEST DATA COMES FROM SANDAG AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION MODELING.

IT'S VERY ROBUST.

IT'S BEEN PEER REVIEWED A NUMBER OF TIMES.

IT IS REALLY GREAT.

SO THEY UPDATE THEIR TRANSPORTATION MODEL EVERY SO OFTEN, TYPICALLY EVERY FOUR YEARS.

AND SO WITH 2020 ROLLING AROUND, SINCE OUR PREVIOUS INVENTORY DATA THAT WE GOT FROM THEM WAS FROM 2016, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH DELIVERING THAT DATA TO US.

SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE A 2020 INVENTORY.

SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT CLIMATE FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE JOBS AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH SANDAG BECAUSE THE DELAY IS NOT HELPFUL TO OUR PLANNING EFFORTS.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE PREPARING A WHITE PAPER RIGHT NOW WITH THE ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVES CENTER, WHO IS OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE TO LOOK AT OTHER TRANSPORTATION DATA SOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND MORE READILY AVAILABLE, MORE RECENTLY AVAILABLE.

THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS EMBEDDED IN THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT THAT'S SORT OF BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW AND SOMETHING THAT I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEWING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WAITING THAT LONG IS GREAT.

HOWEVER, ALL THAT ASIDE, IT IS STILL THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA, AND SINCE YOU KIND OF USE YOUR EARLIEST DATA SOURCE AS THE START FOR YOUR BASELINE YEAR SINCE THE TRANSPORTATION DATA IS THE OLDEST, THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING 2016 AS OUR BASELINE YEAR.

AND IF THERE WAS ANOTHER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, 2020 WAS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE WERE DOING, CORRECT IN OUR NORMAL DAY TO DAY LIVES ANYWAY.

SO I THINK EVEN IF WE DID HAVE THE DATA, I THINK IT WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM A DAY TO DAY.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL.

LET ME JUST MAKE MY WAY DOWN HERE REALLY QUICK.

OKAY. THAT ONE WAS ASKED.

OKAY. SO WITH REGARDS TO I KNOW EV CHARGING CAME UP WITH ONE OF OUR ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY, UM, I GUESS THIS HAS BEEN ASKED OF ME MANY TIMES.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK THIS.

HOW AND CAN WE GET DC FAST CHARGERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY? AND IS THERE UTILITY SET UP TO HAVE MULTIPLE MEGAWATT CHARGER SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

AS FAR AS THE SECOND PART, THE UTILITY SETUP TO GET DC FAST CHARGERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY.

I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SITE AND HOW MANY DC FAST CHARGERS ARE GOING IN THERE AND WHERE, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

AND CAN YOU REPEAT THE FIRST PART? OH SURE. YEAH. AND HOW AND ARE WE ABLE TO GET DC FAST CHARGERS THROUGH THE CITY THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. GOT IT.

YES. SO WE DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.

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WE HAVE CURRENTLY AN EV CHARGING STATION ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PREPARED NOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND I BELIEVE IN ONE OF THE SUPPORTING MEASURES IS PROPOSED FOR A REFRESH IN THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

BUT THAT LOOKS AT ALL OF THE CITY AND WHERE THESE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS COULD BE INSTALLED AND TRIES TO SPREAD IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT WHEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE OR OTHER RESOURCES, DIFFERENT GRANTS, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT MAP, SEE WHERE CHARGING STATIONS ARE NEEDED, AND THEN GO OUT AND INSTALL THEM.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

GOOD EVENING. PAZ GOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

AS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE NOTICED OVER AT OUR STATE STREET PUBLIC PARKING LOT, WE RECENTLY PAVED IT.

AND IN PREPARATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL EV CHARGING STATIONS.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THE THE BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLACED THERE.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT DONE PRIOR TO THE STATE, THE STREET FAIR ON SUNDAY.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH SGN&E WITH REGARDS TO THE DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED TO POWER IT UP.

AND ONCE WE COMPLETE THE DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WE'RE PLANNING TO COME HERE TO CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASES OF THOSE STATIONS.

SO WE ARE MOVING THROUGH WITH THAT.

AND WE'RE WE ALSO HAVE FROM THE FROM THE CITY FLEET PERSPECTIVE, WE DO HAVE THE PROJECT THAT WE PRESENTED AT CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE WITH THE FLEET POWER [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANKS. AND THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN WAS IF WE'VE LOOKED AT GRID LEVEL ENERGY STORAGE OR DO WE PLAN TO? COULD YOU ELABORATE MORE ON WHAT GRID LEVEL STORAGE IS? WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT FROM FOLKS IN THE.

OH, I SEE JAMIE JUMPING UP HERE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY AROUND JUST ENERGY STORAGE IN GENERAL AND THEN UTILIZING IT FROM A GRID LEVEL PERSPECTIVE. AND SO JUST CURIOUS IF WE ARE PLANNING TO DO THAT AT ALL IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JAMIE WOOD I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR.

THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CAP.

SO LOOKING AT THOSE MICRO GRIDS OR THOSE GRID COMMUNITIES, IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE CAP.

WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT JUST THE SOLAR AND THE BATTERY STORAGE.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, ON A ON A LARGER SCALE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

FROM THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.

SO I'M JUST SHIFTING GEARS HERE AND THEN I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.

IS THERE A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES.

AND AGAIN THIS IS JUST THINKING FAR AHEAD.

SO NOT ANYTHING IMMEDIATE.

BUT JUST CURIOUS IF THERE IS A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES TO RETROFIT WITH SOLAR SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, PARKWAYS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY SO JUST CURIOUS ON THAT FRONT.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT SORRY, JUST ADDING ONE OTHER PIECE.

OBVIOUSLY IT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE THERE ARE INCENTIVES AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

YES. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM.

AND IF BUSINESSES ARE GOING THROUGH THAT EFFORT, WHICH IS FREE FOR THEM TO DO, AND THEY'RE GETTING CERTIFIED LOTS OF DIFFERENT AVENUES TO ACHIEVE THEIR GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION COME UP.

AND INSTALLING SOLAR IS ONE OF THEM, THERE IS A SMALL BUT AN AVAILABLE INCENTIVE THAT THEY CAN GET FOR ANY PURCHASES THAT THEY MAKE TO ACHIEVE THEIR CERTIFICATION.

SOME OTHER WAYS THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT ARE THROUGH OUR EXISTING BUILDING CODE REACH CODES THAT WE HAVE THAT WERE ADOPTED IN 2019.

THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR NON RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO INSTALL SOLAR AND THAT'S FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN MAJOR RENOVATIONS AND ALTERATIONS AS WELL, BUT REALLY SPRINKLED EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CAP.

EVEN IF I DIDN'T EXPLICITLY WRITE IT IN EXHIBIT THREE INCENTIVES.

AND THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES ARE SUPER IMPORTANT.

AND GOING BACK TO WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE, CONDUCTING OUTREACH SO PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THAT THEY EXIST AND THEY CAN APPLY FOR THEM, IS A VERY IMPORTANT FACET OF THIS PLAN.

THERE ARE SOME PROPOSED MEASURES THAT ARE SOLELY PROMOTING INCENTIVES TO THE FOLKS HERE IN CARLSBAD.

SO WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE CURRENTLY ABOUT REBATES AND INCENTIVES.

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GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND LAST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ARE AROUND.

I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION AROUND DEFINITIONS AND WITH CLIMATE EQUITY, AND I THINK IT WAS WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE, CLIMATE CLIMATE GRIEF? I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE ARE STANDARD DEFINITIONS FOR BOTH, BECAUSE IF WE'RE APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING, YOU HAVE TO UTILIZE STANDARD DEFINITIONS AND SUBMIT A PROPOSAL BASED ON THOSE.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THE SPECIFIC GRANT, THE CITY ACTUALLY DIDN'T APPLY FOR IT.

IT WAS THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CLIMATE COLLABORATIVE, WHICH THE CITY IS A MEMBER OF, AND WE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THAT.

BUT IT WAS A STATE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH GRANT, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DEFINITION, VERY SIMILAR TO THE EPA'S, BUT THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE APPLICATION.

OKAY. YEAH.

AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD WANT TO STAY WITH THE STANDARD DEFINITION BECAUSE HAVING OUR OWN DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

OKAY. GREAT. WELL THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE ALL ANSWERED BY ALL THE PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE COMMENTS.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE I COME FROM MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ERA.

AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION, THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS THEY'RE MODERN DAY HIPPIES. AND I'M STARTING TO REALIZE WHEN I GO OUT AND I TALK WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE FIRST THING THEY TALK ABOUT IS CLIMATE ISSUES.

SO I HAVE TO TRAIN MYSELF TO NOT LIVE IN THE 70S AND 80S ANYMORE, AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF TODAY ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW, AND IT'S THEIR EARTH.

SO I'M STARTING TO LEARN MORE AND MORE AND LISTEN MORE AND MORE AND AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WHO HAVE SPENT TIME WITH ME.

BUT I'M STILL NO EXPERT.

SO, KATIE, I TALK ABOUT THAT I'M NOT AN EXPERT I HAVE TO RELY ON STAFF.

AND MY GOAL NOW IN LIFE IS TO HAVE PEOPLE SPEAK AS HIGHLY OF ME AS THEY TALK ABOUT YOU WHEN I'M IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

YOU'VE BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLARK KENT, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT CLARK KENT WAS SUPERMAN.

I'VE EVEN HEARD OUR OWN THAT WAS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY, BY THE WAY, AND I'VE EVEN HEARD SOME OF OUR OWN STAFFERS SAY WE WOULD BE COMPLETELY LOST WITHOUT KATIE.

SO I'M GOING TO PUT MY TRUST IN YOU, KATIE, BECAUSE I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M NOT AN EXPERT.

AND YOU ARE. AND APPARENTLY YOU'RE A VERY WELL RESPECTED EXPERT IN THIS.

BUT I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST THAT EVERYTHING BE BALANCED.

AND I HEARD A LOT OF SPEAKERS TODAY SAY PRIORITY, PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE AND PRIORITIZE.

BUT EVERY SINGLE THING ANYBODY WANTS ANYMORE, THEY WANT IT TO BE PRIORITIZED.

SO PLEASE FIND BALANCE IN HERE TO WHERE WE CAN GET IT DONE.

WE CAN DO IT AFFORDABLY, AND THAT WE CAN BALANCE IT WITH THE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE.

BUT I JUST I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M STILL TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS LIKE YOU TO HELP ME GET THROUGH IT.

MS. BHAT PATEL.

HOW DO I FOLLOW THAT? THE CLARK KENT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS.

SO I REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK, OUTREACH, COMMUNICATION THAT'S GONE INTO THIS AND OF COURSE, TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUED FEEDBACK.

I KNOW THE SURVEY DOESN'T CLOSE UNTIL NOVEMBER 17TH.

PUTTING ANOTHER PLUG IN FOR KATIE THAT MAKES SURE THAT YOU FILL THAT OUT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT REALLY, TRULY MATTERED TO ME.

AND I SAW THAT YOU REALLY PUT A LOT OF CARE INTO THIS, WAS SEEING THIS SPREADSHEET OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS JUST IN GENERAL.

JUST SEEING HOW WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THE DATA, THE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS, THE TIME FRAME.

I THINK ALL OF THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.

I KNOW THE COMMUNITY REALLY VALUES THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE, AND I KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED ALSO EARLIER.

SO I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THIS IN ONE SPACE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPES OF REDUCTIONS WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY STRIVE FOR IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW TO MYSELF AND ALSO I KNOW TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS THAT WE ARE IN CARLSBAD.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE GREAT WORK, BUT I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS FOR MYSELF AND MY CHILD'S GENERATION, FOR SURE.

SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK.

MS. ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE STAFF, ALL OF THE ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE ONES SITTING HERE AT THE TABLE.

I WANTED TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST WORK OF PAST COUNCILS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WAS HERE.

THE FORWARD THINKING, FORWARD THINKING POLICIES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THAT HAVE GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT, INCLUDING THE 2015 CAP AND OUR ORIGINAL REACH CODE THAT I KNOW WE'RE SO PROUD OF, THINGS LIKE OUR INCLUSIONARY HOUSING TOO LIKE WE'VE HAD A REALLY FORWARD THINKING COUNCIL AND A LOT OF WAYS, AND I WANT US TO REMAIN THAT FORWARD THINKING COUNCIL TO PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE, TO CONSIDER HOW TO STAY ON TOP OF ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO CO-CREATE A PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR FUTURE.

I WANT US TO BE FLEXIBLE, ADAPTABLE AND LEARN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN POINTING TO OTHER CAPS, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE BETTER.

IN FACT, I VERY MUCH AGREE THAT THIS GRID THAT'S IN THIS STAFF REPORT TODAY IS EXCELLENT, AND IT REALLY TIES IN THE GREENHOUSE GAS NUMBERS IN A WAY THAT OTHER CAPS DON'T.

THEY'RE MORE THEY ALLUDE TO THEM.

THEY DON'T SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY HOW THEY WOULD REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, MAYBE THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PUBLIC FACING THAT HAS THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT WHAT THEY PUT OUT TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT AS CLEAR AS THIS HERE.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS.

AND I WANTED TO JUST ADD IN A COUPLE MORE THOUGHTS.

MAYBE THESE ARE THE ALLUDING KIND, BUT I DID SEE IN OTHER OTHER CAPS PROMOTING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT WITH THE FIXIT CLINICS AND ENCOURAGING REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO IN THAT AREA.

AND ALSO WITH OUR SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT TARGETS AT THE CITY, I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO THAT OTHER CITIES ARE LEADING THE WAY IN THAT, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN BORROW FROM OTHERS.

SO THE COST ANALYSIS IS IMPORTANT.

I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A MENU OF OPTIONS.

I DO THINK IT'S BETTER TO ADD A COUPLE MORE SO THAT WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE, MAYBE JUST SO IT'S WE'RE NOT SO TIGHT ON THE MARGIN THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING STAFF RECOMMENDS, AND THE PLAN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC FOR THE CULTURE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.

SO A COST AROUND THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB ALREADY, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANKS. MS. BURKHOLDER. JUST A PROCESS CHECK.

IS THIS THE PART WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE THREE MINUTES? OKAY, JUST MAKING SURE.

OKAY, GOOD.

WELL, I WON'T NEED THREE MINUTES.

I THINK WHAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES REFERRED TO AS A SPREADSHEET AND ANOTHER, MAYBE A GRID FOR OLD FOLKS LIKE MYSELF, GET THESE PRINTED OFF.

THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING THING FOR ME TO READ WITH MY OLD EYEBALLS.

SO I THINK THERE'S A TON OF GREAT INFORMATION IN HERE, BUT I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING.

I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? AND IF I BRING IT CLOSER, IT DOESN'T HELP.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE MS. ACOSTA AND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY TO COME ALONGSIDE US TO IMPLEMENT THE GOALS OF THE CAP.

AND I KNOW, KATIE, YOU YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH WITH THAT AND ALSO JUST CREATING MORE OPTIONS TOO, WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME AT SANDAG. OKAY. IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT TRANSIT HERE, THEN WE NEED TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING THAT'S GHG BUILDING OVER HERE OR WHATEVER.

SO IT IS, IT IS A EVERYBODY HAS TO GET IN THEIR SANDBOX AND SHARE THEIR TOYS TOGETHER AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT APPROACH AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. ACOSTA FOR THAT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

MISS LUNA.

KUDOS. GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE TO HEAR A LOT.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT ABOUT YOU GUYS.

BUT [INAUDIBLE] I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING BUDGET.

AND AS I THINK THE MAYOR ELOQUENTLY SAID, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE FIRST AND GET THEIR PRIORITIES FIRST.

SO HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE GET SOMETHING TO US, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CAST YOUR EYES OVER AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND MAYBE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND TAKE A LOOK SO THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING US SOMETHING THAT'S PALATABLE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY, SO WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR ALL THE HELP ON THIS.

DO WE STILL HAVE ANY SPEAKERS LEFT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING?

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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YES WE DO. WE HAVE THREE.

PLEASE CALL THEM SUZANNE HUME.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST START BY THANKING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE EXCELLENT QUESTIONS AND EXCELLENT COMMENTS ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, SO WELL INFORMED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STUDYING AND TRYING TO ALL OF THAT, BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND FUTURE IS EVERYTHING AND I KNOW YOU ALL AGREE WITH THAT.

SO THERE ARE SIMPLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE TOXIC CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES THAT ARE BEING USED HERE IN CARLSBAD, POLLUTION ALL OF THAT.

RIGHT. SUPER IMPORTANT THAT ARE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND I LIKE THE WAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND MAYBE WE CAN DO THESE SOME OF THESE THINGS AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, JAY LEFT EARLIER.

JAY [INAUDIBLE] WAS A TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN CARLSBAD FOREVER.

HE TAUGHT SERVE THIS COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.

AND HE'S BEEN TALKING FOREVER ABOUT SAVE THE BUTTERFLIES, STOP THE TOXIC PESTICIDES R IGHT.

SO I LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, AS I HAVE BEFORE, AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE TALK WITH THE THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS AND THE AND THE FLOWER FIELDS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE US ONLY BANS 21 PESTICIDES.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AS WELL.

ONLY BANS 21 PESTICIDES, IT INCREASED SIX SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK OFFICE ANYWAY.

BUT THE EU BANS OVER 195 PESTICIDES.

SO, AND JUST A SIDE NOTE, THE US ONLY BANS 11 TOXIC CHEMICALS IN MAKEUP AND PERSONAL CARE, AND THE EU BANS 2,495.

SO BECAUSE I WAS I WAS POISONED BY TOXIC PESTICIDES IN MY HOME.

I LEFT MY JOB AS A TEACHER.

AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I WORK FOR FREE CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS.

WE HAVE YOUTH AND DOING IMPORTANT THINGS THE BEST THAT WE CAN ANYWAY, SO TALKING ABOUT THE FLOWER FIELDS SO BIFENTHRIN IS BANNED AND IS USED.

THESE ARE USED. BIFENTHRIN IS BANNED IN 29 COUNTRIES, GLYPHOSATE 3 COUNTRIES, IMIDACLOPRID 28 COUNTRIES, OXADIAZON 29 COUNTRIES AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW, STRAWBERRY FIELDS.

WHAT IS. AND THIS IS GETTING INTO OUR WATER, OUR AIR, OUR YOU KNOW, IT'S UNNECESSARY, RIGHT? WE DON'T NEED THESE TOXIC PESTICIDES.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME AND OTHERS AND WATCH PESTICIDE FREE PARKS BY CHIP OSBORNE AND HAVE ACCESS TO CONSULTANTS.

I COULD GO ON SO MUCH TO SAY, BUT I SEE I ONLY HAVE 30 SECONDS, SO IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO CLEAN WATER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VITAL THAT WE STOP THESE TOXIC PESTICIDES.

FOLLOW THE CITY OF MALIBU IPM, AND THAT DOES EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE IF YOUR NEIGHBOR IS USING SOMETHING TOXIC, IT'S GOING TO COME RIGHT OVER TO YOU OR IF YOUR KID IS ON THAT SIDEWALK, SUPER IMPORTANT.

ALSO, PLEASE DO EDUCATION TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WOOD SMOKE IS TOXIC.

GREAT JOB BANNING IT ON THE BEACHES, BUT PEOPLE ARE BURNING IT AND IT'S ALI WILLIAMS. HI. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE ACTION AND STOP LETTING AVIATION FUELS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SAFE AMOUNT OF LEAD.

LEAD PERMANENTLY HARMS CHILDREN'S BRAINS AND IT ALSO HARMS NERVOUS SYSTEMS, KIDNEYS, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND MANY MORE PARTS OF THE BODY. AND THERE'S LEAD.

LEAD IS BEING ALLOWED IN CHILDREN'S TOYS, AND THAT'S ALSO BAD TOO.

BUT LEAD IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF FATAL HEART ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES.

LET THAT SINK IN.

AND LEAD POISONING IS A 100% PREVENTABLE.

THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS.ORG IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND TO BUILD ON KATIE'S COMMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND IN REGARDS TO THE DASHBOARD, WE COULD DO CONTESTS TO HELP GET PEOPLE INVOLVED TOO.

JUST AN OPTION. YEAH.

SO THANK YOU. JOHN.

[02:15:01]

THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME IS JOHN [INAUDIBLE] CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS.ORG AND CIRCLING BACK TO THE AIR QUALITY TYPE OF THING, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO LOOK INTO DOING A PUBLIC SMOKING BAN, LIKE THE CITY OF ENCINITAS DID, AND ALSO LOOK AT BANNING SMOKING IN MULTI-UNIT HOUSING.

YOU COULD ALSO LOOK AT A CONCEPT CALLED TOBACCO-FREE GENERATION THAT WAS DONE IN BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SO UNDER TOBACCO FREE GENERATION, YOU SET A DATE, SAY JANUARY 1ST, 2020, AND ANYONE BORN AFTER THAT CAN NEVER BUY A TOBACCO PRODUCT.

SO OVER TIME THE NEED AND THE AND THE NEED TO BUY TOBACCO GOES AWAY BECAUSE NO ONE ALIVE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY IT.

IT'S BEEN DONE IN BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IT'S BEEN DONE IN NEW ZEALAND AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES AROUND THE AROUND THE WORLD.

SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND OR BE TOLD ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO SMOKE, SECOND HAND SMOKE AND THIRD HAND SMOKE.

AND, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THINGS LIKE SMOKING AND CLIMATE ACTION, EVERYTHING.

THE COST OF DOING NOTHING FAR EXCEEDS THE COST OF DOING SOMETHING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER AGAIN, IF IT'S CLIMATE ACTION OR STOPPING PEOPLE FROM SMOKING.

IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ASTHMA RATES ARE ASTRONOMICAL FROM AIR POLLUTION, PARTICULARLY FROM EXPOSURE TO SMOKE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE CHILD, THE COST OF ASTHMA TREATMENTS AND MISSING SCHOOL AND ALL THE STRESS THAT THAT CAUSES IN A LIFETIME OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, IT'S MASSIVE. AND YOU AND YOU EXPAND THAT TO ALL THE CHILDREN.

ASTHMA IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF SCHOOL ABSENCES IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO SIMPLY BY STOPPING SMOKING AND THERE IS NO HEALTH BENEFIT TO SMOKING, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

IT'S ONLY DONE TO MAKE CERTAIN PEOPLE MONEY.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO SIMPLY SAY, NO MORE SMOKING, JUST PROTECT EVERYONE'S LUNGS.

AND IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S GOING TO SAVE EVERYBODY A LOT OF MONEY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

MISS LUNA ANYTHING.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

MS. BURKHOLDER.

UM, THESE ARE FINAL COMMENTS.

YES. THAT'S. I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SANDAG.

OH, SANDAG. LAST WEEK WE HAD SANDAG AGAIN, AND WE DON'T WORRY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 578 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS EVERY TIME I GET AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND WE'RE COMING UP ON A MEETING NEXT WEEK, A SPECIAL MEETING TO BEGIN THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE NEW CEO.

SO WE'LL BE IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO APPLIES AND HOW WE HANDLE THAT PROCESS.

THANKS, MRS. ACOSTA.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON WITH MY ASSIGNMENTS.

FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE I'M THE LIAISON TODAY WE HAD A BOARD MEETING THAT WAS AN ALL DAY RETREAT TO PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AND IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

I WAS THERE UP UNTIL I HAD TO LEAVE TO COME HERE.

AND THE OTHER THAT HAS SOMETHING UPCOMING IS THE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.

WE MEET NEXT TUESDAY HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AND PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO COME.

IT'S AT 9 A.M.

COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THEY CAN ALSO STREAM IT ON THE WEBSITE OR CABLE.

THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES. THANK YOU.

I HAD AN NCTD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO FINDING HOPEFULLY THE THE NEXT CEO FOR NCTD.

WE DO HAVE TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS NEXT WEEK TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS.

AND THEN WE HAD A ADJOURNED MEETING FOR CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE THAT WILL START BACK UP THIS THURSDAY AT NOON.

SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE VETERANS OUT THERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW WE'LL BE OBSERVING VETERANS DAY THIS WEEKEND AND THEN HAPPY DIWALI TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE.

THANKS. CITY MANAGER.

CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING.

THANK YOU. CITY CLERK.

NOTHING. THANK YOU.

AND I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH FROM 11 A.M.

TO NOON 15TH ANNUAL VETERANS DAY MILITARY REVIEW AT THE ARMY AND NAVY ACADEMIES BLISS STADIUM.

IT'S 2600 CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Nov 07, 2023 City Council Meeting

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