Jan 09, 2024 City Council Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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5:00, I'M CALLING TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER.

PLEASE TAKE ROLL.

ALL FIVE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PRESENT I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THE CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON CONSENT CALENDAR

[ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS]

NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

MOTION, PLEASE.

MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS RECITED BY THE MAYOR.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS]

I INVITE CHRISTINE ADAMS TO THE PODIUM AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.

IT SAYS RUNNING AN OUTDOOR SPORTS ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF CARLSBAD.

LYNN FLANAGAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL, WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL COMMUNITY MEMBER WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING MANY OF THESE RUNNING EVENTS AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, SHE DEDICATED HER TIME AND ENERGY INTO CREATING MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THAT DREW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE NATION TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY. COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, SUCH AS RUNNING EVENTS, POSITIVELY IMPACT THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. LYNN REPRESENTED PERSEVERANCE, STRENGTH AND EMPOWERMENT, WHICH SHE HAS PASSED ON TO HER DAUGHTERS WHO NOW CARRY ON HER MISSION.

THE CARLSBAD MARATHON.

THE HALF MARATHON AND 5K WILL ALL TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY 14TH OF 24, IN HONOR OF LYNN FLANAGAN.

WE RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION SHE'S MADE TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

I THEREFORE, KEITH BLACKBURN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROCLAIMED JANUARY 14TH, 2024 AS LYNN FLANAGAN DAY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

I INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF OUR MOM IN THIS SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE WAY.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS EXTRA MEANINGFUL AS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST DATE, FIRST EDITION OF THE CARLSBAD MARATHON WHERE SHE WON'T BE WITH US.

OUR MOM LOVED CARLSBAD.

NOT ONLY WAS IT HER HOME, BUT IT WAS HOME TO HER BELOVED CARLSBAD MARATHON.

MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT IN 1989, SHE MOVED THE SAN DIEGO MARATHON UP NORTH, WHERE THEN MAYOR BUDDY LEWIS EMBRACED IT, AND WHILE THE REST IS HISTORY, SINCE 1989, OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE COME TO CARLSBAD TO RUN THE FULL OR HALF MARATHON.

MY SIBLINGS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT AND MY NIECE AND NEPHEW WILL BE THERE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE 33RD TIME.

NOT MY NIECE AND NEPHEW BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNGER, BUT MY SIBLINGS AND I WILL BE THERE AND IT'LL BE OUR FIRST ONE WITHOUT OUR MOM.

DESPITE HER PASSING, WE WILL CONTINUE HER COMMITMENT.

TO DELIVER AN EVENT THAT SHINES POSITIVELY ON THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

THAT PROVIDES ECONOMIC IMPACT TO ITS LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.

OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE, WE VOW TO PRODUCE A FIRST CLASS EVENT.

AN EVENT THAT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

CARLSBAD MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON FINISHERS WILL LIKELY BE SORE ON MONDAY, BUT THEY WILL TAKE WITH THEM A SENSE OF PRIDE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WILL TRICKLE INTO ALL OTHER FACETS OF THEIR LIFE.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR BLACKBURN.

THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE CITY STAFF THAT WE WORK WITH YEAR ROUND FOR EMBRACING AND SUPPORTING US.

OUR MOM IS WITH US IN SPIRIT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. I'LL DO A QUICK PICTURE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUICK PICTURE RIGHT HERE, AND WITH THE COUNCIL.

OH. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU GOING TO BRING UP FOR THE PHOTO?

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YEAH. OKAY. OKAY, THEN YOU GUYS WILL LINE UP RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO STAND RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

YOU GOT TO BE CENTERED.

THAT'S THE CENTER.

SO HALF AND HALF.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ONE MORE.

THANK YOU. ONE MORE, ONE MORE PICTURE.

ONE MORE. [INAUDIBLE].

YOU'RE ON. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] SEE ME OUT THERE.

I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE. IT'LL BE A GREAT RACE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

[INAUDIBLE] CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THE CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

THE BROWN ACT AND THE CITY'S MEETING RULES ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AS LONG AS THE COMMENTS ARE REGARDING MATTERS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS, AS LONG AS THE COMMENTS RELATE TO THE QUESTION OR MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION.

INFORMATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.

THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING.

THE COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, NO ACTION MAY OCCUR ON ANY OF THE NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN MAKING YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.

WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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

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

WHEN YOU'RE CALLED, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE LIGHT WILL TURN YELLOW WHEN YOU'RE DOWN TO THE LAST 30 SECONDS.

TO BE FAIR, AND EVERYBODY GET EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE PODIUM I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AT THE END OF THE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

[INAUDIBLE] MORGAN. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR AND STAFF.

HAPPY 2024.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

I USED TO BE A REGULAR HERE DISCUSSING THE HAWK SIGNAL AND SPEEDING ON TAMARACK, BUT NOW I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS.

FIRST, I WANTED TO EXPRESS A LONG OVERDUE THANK YOU TO TOM, FRANK AND HIS STAFF FOR HELPING IMPLEMENT SPEED BUMPS ON TAMARACK TO CALM SPEEDING.

HE DID THIS BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY, RECEIVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY HOSTING A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS.

WE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION BY WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

THIS IS THIS WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF CARLSBAD WINNING.

IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL, JUST WONDERFUL.

I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR SHOWING WHAT A COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE WHEN IT CHOOSES COLLABORATION OVER DIVISION. YOU'RE GIVEN YOU.

YOU'RE GIVEN US MORE THAN JUST TRAFFIC SAFETY.

YOU'RE GIVING US HOPE, THE KIND THAT COMES FROM KNOWING WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS.

THE SECOND REASON I'M HERE IS TO DISCUSS THE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL FENCE PROJECT, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PREVENT LACROSSE BALLS FROM GOING INTO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS YARDS ON TAMARACK.

DON'T WORRY IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE NO ONE WAS LAST WEEK.

OUT OF NOWHERE. ZERO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ZERO COMMUNICATION, ZERO PUBLIC NOTICE.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS PUTTING UP 14 POLES THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE FIELD WITH A HEIGHT OF 20FT IN THE VALLEY FIELD.

I INCLUDED SOME PICTURES ON YOUR DESK.

LUCKY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE HELP FROM MELANIE BURKHOLDER AND THE CITY STAFF.

A BIG THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, WE FOUND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DIDN'T ATTAIN LOCAL COASTAL APPROVAL.

RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT IS ON PAUSE AND THE RESIDENTS WANT THE CURRENT PROPOSED PROJECT PERMANENTLY STOPPED.

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THE RESIDENTS WANT THE CURRENT PROJECT STOPPED.

WE WANT TO COME TOGETHER LIKE WE DID WITH THE WITH THE SPEED CALMING ON TAMARACK, TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

THIS IS WHAT CARLSBAD IS ALL ABOUT.

WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE.

PLEASE HELP.

THANK YOU. SCOTT MASTER.

GOOD EVENING, FOLKS I KNOW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THEIR ISSUE AND THE ISSUE I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE IS THE VIEW SPOT ON BABYLONIA STREET.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR IT'S BECOME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

IT'S BECOME A REAL A REAL HOT POINT FOR PEOPLE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE GOING ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM THE AREA, FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA THAT ARE SITTING UP AND WATCHING THE VIEW, AND THIS GOES ON TILL ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE, ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND WALKING THE STREETS AND THEIR DOGS.

WE FOUND NEEDLES, WE FOUND CONDOMS, WE FOUND FAST FOODS, CIGARETTE BUTTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING UP THERE.

THAT'S ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BREAK INS LATELY THE PAST FEW BREAK INS HAVE BEEN BELOW THE SDG&E EASEMENT PROPERTY, AND, AND THAT'S AT EVENING TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE SITTING UP WATCHING THE SUNSET, AND AND I KNOW WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC STREET, BUT IT IS BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH BREAK INS AND WITH A LOT OF LOT OF NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL THE POLICE HAVE PUT UP A CAMERA, A TRAILER, WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC IT WENT IT STOPPED LIKE IMMEDIATELY RIGHT BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE THE WORD'S OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THESE GUYS, I CAN HEAR THEM.

THEY'RE COMING FROM SAN MARCOS, VISTA, ESCONDIDO, WHEREVER I CAN HEAR THEIR VERY LOUD CARS.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THE IMPORTS.

WITH THE OPEN EXHAUST, YOU CAN HEAR THEM GOING DOWN THE STREET AND UP AND AROUND, AND YOU CAN HEAR THEM, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S SO QUIET.

YOU CAN HEAR THEM GOING A LONG WAYS, AND THIS IS JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED SINCE THIS TRAILER'S BEEN UP.

I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A NO PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BABYLONIA STREET IN THE VIEW AREA FROM 10 P.M.

TO 6 A.M. I THINK THERE WON'T BE ANY OBJECTION, ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS.

THIS WILL GIVE THE FINE PEOPLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE ABILITY TO MAKE CONTACTS.

I DON'T KNOW THE PROCEDURES FOR DOING THIS, BUT WE'VE THOUGHT OF EVERY DIFFERENT WAY TO MAKE TO MAKE THIS THIS, THIS ACTIVITY NOT CONTINUE BEYOND BEYOND THE HOURS OF 10 P.M., I THINK IS THE KEY TIME WHEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE IS AT RISK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

OKAY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK YOU ALL QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I GUESS NOT, SIR.

YES THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO, YOUR IDEA IS NOT OUT OF THE AREA OF POSSIBILITY, BUT OVER HERE IS ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CALDERWOOD.

SHE'S GOING TO WAVE TO YOU.

WOULD YOU TALK TO HER ABOUT IT AND SHE CAN LEAD YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? AT WHAT POINT SHOULD I DISCUSS IT WITH HER? RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW.

JUST GO MEET HER, AND THEN THAT WAY, YOU GUYS CAN AT LEAST SHARE EACH OTHER'S PHONE NUMBER, AND IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW, AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE HER COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDARS.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

PLEASE MOVE ALL CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT ITEM IS MAYORAL APPOINTMENT FOR ONE MEMBER TO THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION BEFORE I MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS?

[9. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION – Adoption of a resolution appointing one member to the Beach Preservation Commission. (Staff contact: Tammy McMinn, City Clerk Department)]

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? MY PROPOSAL IS FOR SPENCER BURROWS.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[10. DISTRICT 4 APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION – Adoption of a resolution appointing one member to the Parks & Recreation Commission. (Staff contact: Tammy McMinn, City Clerk Department)]

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE SPEAKERS.

OKAY, I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE UP TO MISS ACOSTA.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

IT'S A HARD DECISION AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO PUT FORWARD TWO FINALISTS HERE ON THE AGENDA, AND I'VE SELECTED JULIE ANNE KNIGHT.

I'M SORRY. SAY THE NAME AGAIN, PLEASE.

JULIE ANNE KNIGHT.

THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE.

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ITEM 11.

[11. ANNUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL COMPENSATION REVIEW]

CERTAINLY ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE ANNUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL COMPENSATION REVIEW, AND THIS WILL BE BOTH FOR OUR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT THEN ALSO FOR THE ELECTED CITY TREASURER AND CITY CLERK.

MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR, JUDY VON KALINOWSKI, ALONG WITH OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SILVANA RODRIGUEZ.

TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M JUDY VON KALINOWSKI, I'M WITH SILVANA RODRIGUEZ, AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM EACH YEAR AS MEASURE G REQUIRES.

IT REQUIRES THAT IN JANUARY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS ASKED TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO ADJUST OR WAIVE THEIR COMPENSATION, AND IT'S NOT TO EXCEED THE SAN DIEGO CPI.

IT'S CURRENTLY AT 5.2.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO DO THE SAME FOR THE CITY CLERK AND THE CITY TREASURER.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS LAST YEAR, THE CITY CLERK IT'S UNDER THE SAME PROCESS AS, YOU KNOW, NOT TO EXCEED THE CPI.

LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMPENSATION WAS ADJUSTED AT 3.5, WHICH WAS ALIGNED WITH THE MANAGER'S, THE CITY CLERK'S AND THE TREASURER'S WAS ADJUSTED AT 6.7, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT GOTTEN AN INCREASE SINCE 2007.

SO THE INCREASE WAS ALIGNED WITH THE CPI AGAIN, WHICH WAS 6.7.

IN CLOSING THIS INFORMATION IS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THEIR COMPENSATION TO AGAIN TO DISCUSS, TO A WAIVE OR TO ADJUST THEIR OWN COMPENSATION AS WELL AS THE CITY CLERK'S AND THE CITY TREASURER'S.

I DO ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT ON THE FISCAL ANALYSIS, THERE WILL BE IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

IT WAS ALREADY PUT IN THE BUDGET AT THE 5.2%, AND THERE'S ENOUGH TO COVER THE 9250 SHOULD IT BE ALIGNED WITH THE CPI, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER INFORMATION WHICH WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS AFTER OUR PRESENTATION.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE OPTIONS ARE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO ADJUST CITY COUNCILMEMBERS COMPENSATION BY THE PERCENTAGE IN THE CPI.

AGAIN. 5.2 INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO PERMANENTLY WAIVE ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2024 OR PROVIDE US OTHER DIRECTION AS DESIRED.

ALSO THE SAME FOR THE CITY TREASURER AND THE CITY CLERK, AGAIN, TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO ADJUST THE CITY CLERK OR CITY TREASURER COMPENSATION OR TO.

INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO DECLINE THE CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2024, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN ALSO, IF YOU PREFER, TO GIVE DIRECTION DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO STAFF.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP WITH MAKING ANY DECISIONS.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE ALL OVER THE ALL OF THE BARGAINING GROUPS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD? WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE PAY RAISE FOR THEM? 4%. FOUR EVEN? AROUND 4% FOR EVERYONE.

YES. THANK YOU ANY COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. JUST ONE COMMENT I AM NOT FOR PAY INCREASES FOR THE COUNCIL, BUT DEFINITELY FOR THE CLERK AND TREASURER.

I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S WISE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET TO INCREASE OUR WAGES, AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAD 496 MEETINGS LAST YEAR, MY FIRST YEAR I STILL THINK THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THE INCREASE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MISS LUNA? I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER AN EQUITABLE AND FAIR FRAMEWORK, AND SO I WOULD SUPPORT 2A AND 3A.

PLEASE SAY THAT AGAIN. I'M SORRY.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT 2A AND 3A.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION NO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MISS BHAT-PATEL? OKAY. MY, THE REASON I ASKED ABOUT THE 4% IS I AGREE WITH MISS BURKHOLDER, BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO SAY NO TO PAY RAISES IS NOT FAIR TO EVEN THE FUTURE COUNCILS, AND THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE BASED ON THE SMALL STIPEND WE RECEIVE ISN'T GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BUDGET BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING OURSELVES MORE OF A PAY RAISE THAN WE'VE GIVEN THE EMPLOYEES.

SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE A 4% FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SO DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, MISS LUNA? I WOULD IS THAT YOUR MOTION? WELL, I'M JUST THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK YOU YOU HAD AN IDEA.

I WOULD MOVE YOUR FOR THE AN AMENDMENT TO 4% FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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I SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT CAROLYN MADE THE MOTION.

OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE CAROLYN'S MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THE SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

IT'S JUST FOR A 4% FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO, MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED SO THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE INCREASING CITY COUNCILMEM BERS COMPENSATION BY 4% INSTEAD OF BY THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THE LAST WHEREAS CLAUSE WOULD HAVE THE SAME CHANGE THE FIGURES I DON'T HAVE, AND I'M HOPING MR. RODRIGUEZ CAN ASSIST ME IS WHAT THE COMPENSATION THE MONTHLY COMPENSATION WOULD BE.

I HAVE THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION.

WOULD THAT SUFFICE FOR ALL OF THEM, THE ANNUAL? OKAY. THE ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE THAT SHOWS IN EXHIBIT ONE IS BROKEN DOWN BY MONTHLY COMPENSATION.

SO THAT FIGURE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE IF WE'RE GOING TO 4%.

SO WE WOULD ADJUST THE SALARY FROM 5.2 TO 4% FOR EACH OF THE OFFICIALS.

YEAH, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE THE FIGURES FOR YOU, MAYOR, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN FOR THE ORDINANCE AND EXHIBIT THREE THOSE EXACT SAME CHANGES, THE TITLE WOULD BE CHANGED TO SAY BY 4% INSTEAD OF BY THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE, AND THE SAME CHANGE WOULD BE MADE TO THE LAST WHEREAS CLAUSE AND THE TWO MONTHLY SALARY FIGURES THAT APPEAR IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF WOULD BE ADJUSTED TO A 4% NUMBER, AND THAT'S WHAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION. NEXT MEETING WOULD WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO WE'RE VOTING ON IT TODAY, BUT WE'LL ADOPT IT NEXT MEETING PROVIDED COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH ALL OF THOSE CHANGES AS JUST RECITED.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THOSE CHANGES? MISS LUNA? YES.

OKAY, AND SO DO I FOR MY SECOND.

DO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED? I DO, YES. PLEASE VOTE.

SO, FOR COUNCIL, THE NEW MONTHLY COMPENSATION WILL BE 2354.75.

FOR THE CLERK AND THE TREASURER.

THE NEW MONTHLY COMPENSATION WOULD BE $1187.36, AND JUST FOR RECORDS, I THINK THAT THE MAYOR GETS A WHOPPING $100 MORE THAN THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

HOW DID THAT COME OUT? THEY DO.

HE DOES. SO IT WOULD BE $2,454.75.

THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 12, CITY MANAGER.

[12. TAX AND EQUITY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT BONDS FOR THE MARIPOSA APARTMENTS]

OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES, MANDY MILLS.

MANDY. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS KNOWN AS A TOUGHER HEARING AS IT IS REQUIRED BY THE TAX AND EQUITY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT.

THE REQUESTED ACTIONS ARE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS TO REMARKET THE BONDS, THE EXISTING BONDS FOR THE MARIPOSA APARTMENTS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

THE PROJECT WAS IS 20 YEARS OLD.

SO IN 2003, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ISSUED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS FOR IN THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF $6 MILLION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARIPOSA APARTMENTS.

THE DEVELOPMENT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY CIC CALAVERA, WHICH IS A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS MANAGED BY CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION. THE BONDS AT THIS POINT HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER $3.6 MILLION, AND THEY MUST BE REMARKETED AT THIS TIME WITH A AND THEN MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THE INDENTURE STATEMENT.

SO BECAUSE INTEREST RATES HAVE INCREASED, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO REFLECT NEW INTEREST RATES.

SO THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD AUTHORIZE THE AMENDMENT TO THE TRUST INDENTURE IN THE EVENT THAT MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE WOULD BE INCREASED.

THE MAYOR, THE MARIPOSA APARTMENTS, IT'S A 106 UNIT MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED WEST OF COLLEGE AND JUST

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AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, ON THE FISCAL SIDE OF THINGS, THE BONDS ARE NOT THE DEBT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IN ANY WAY.

THERE IS NO OBLIGATION OF ANY KIND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO REPAY THE DEBT.

THE BONDS ARE SECURED BY THE PROPERTY, AND ALL REPAYMENT OF THE DEBT IS THE STRICT OBLIGATION OF THE BORROWER, WHICH IS CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION.

THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S PARTICIPATION WILL NOT IMPACT THE CITY'S APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND WILL NOT CONSTITUTE ANY TYPE OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY. SO AT THIS POINT, WE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REISSUANCE OF THE BONDS FOR THE MARIPOSA APARTMENT PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? MAYOR, CAN YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO, WE DO NOT. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? DO WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHELSEA? NO, WE DO NOT.

THAT'S TOO BAD. I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS CITY, AND TO DATE, I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE COMPLAINT FROM ANYBODY ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED. SO I WAS HOPING THEY'D BE HERE.

I'LL PASS THAT ON AND AND HAVE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. MOVE! STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 13.

[13. 2024 WORK PLANS FOR THE PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION, SENIOR COMMISSION AND BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM 13 IS THE 2024 WORK PLANS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, THE SENIOR COMMISSION AND THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

MAKING OUR PRESENTATION IS OUR RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER, MICK CALARCO, ALONG WITH OUR RECREATION AREA MANAGER, ERIC BIGGIN, AND OUR PARKS PLANNING MANAGER, NICK STUPIN.

GENTLEMEN.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS MIKE CALARCO. I AM THE RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER, AND I'M ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

WITH ME TONIGHT ON MY RIGHT IS ERIC BIGGIN, RECREATION AREA MANAGER AND STAFF LIAISON TO THE SENIOR COMMISSION, AND MR. NICK STUPIN, PARKS PLANNING MANAGER AND STAFF LIAISON TO THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF THE WORK PLANS, AS WELL AS WORK PLAN COMPONENTS.

WE'LL TOUCH ON THREE PLANS THIS EVENING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, THE SENIOR COMMISSION AND THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION PLANS.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHAIRPERSONS FROM EACH COMMISSION, I THINK, FOR TWO OF THE COMMISSIONS THIS EVENING TO GET UP AND OFFER SOME COMMENTS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AS WELL.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT STAFF SUPPORTS THE THREE COMMISSIONS PARKS AND REC, SENIOR AND BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSIONS.

ACCORDING TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 2.15020 REQUIRES THAT EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION PROVIDE TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS APPROVAL, AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN, AND A SUBSEQUENT REPORT OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO EACH WORK PLAN.

A MISSION STATEMENT THE COMPOSITION AND ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONS AND THEIR GOALS AND TASKS.

SEVERAL TASKS IN THE EXISTING WORK PLAN ARE EITHER IN PROCESS, RECURRING, OR ONGOING.

THE COMMISSIONS HAVE CARRIED FORWARD THOSE TASKS TO THE PROPOSED PROPOSED 2024 WORK PLANS.

TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM ROBERT WINSTON, CHAIRPERSON OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, STARTING FIRST WITH THEIR WORK PLAN AND GOING BACK TO JANUARY 10TH, 2023, COUNCIL APPROVED THEIR CURRENT WORK PLAN.

THE REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHICH YOU'LL FIND IS ATTACHMENT A TO THE RESOLUTION OUTLINES STATUS OF THE WORK PLANS, GOALS AND TASKS.

ON NOVEMBER 20TH OF 2023, STAFF ASSISTED COMMISSION IN DRAFTING A 2024 WORK PLAN CONSISTENT WITH DESCRIBED DUTIES.

STAFF ALSO PREPARED A SELECTIVE SUPPORT REFERENCES FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

EDITS TO THE WORK PLAN ARE SHOWN IN EXHIBIT FOUR TO THE STAFF REPORT.

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHILE SUPPORTING A CULTURE THAT EMBRACES CHANGE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT [INAUDIBLE] COMPOSITION EXCUSE ME.

THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION IS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 2.36 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.

GOALS AND TASKS WILL FOCUS.

THE PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON GOALS OF THE WORK PLAN AND ASSOCIATED TASKS ARE DETAILED IN ATTACHMENT B TO THE RESOLUTION.

NOW FOR EACH GOAL GOAL ONE ADVISE THE CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL ON PROJECTS, PLANS, EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. WITH THIS GOAL, THERE IS ONE TASK AND 27 MASTER PLAN UPDATES SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THIS GOAL.

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THE COMMISSION HAS THREE TASKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOAL, AND THERE ARE SIX MASTER PLAN UPDATE SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THE GOAL.

GOAL NUMBER THREE IS TO BROADEN OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, THAT THE COMMISSION HAS TWO TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOAL AND EIGHT MASTER PLAN UPDATE SUPPORT.

REFERENCES FOR THE GOAL.

NEXT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ERIC BIGGIN FOR HIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023, COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT WORK PLAN.

THE REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ATTACHMENT A TO THE RESOLUTION OUTLINES STATUS OF THE WORK PLANS, GOALS AND TASKS.

ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2023, STAFF ASSISTED COMMISSION IN DRAFTING A 2024 WORK PLAN CONSISTENT WITH DESCRIBED DUTIES.

STAFF ALSO PREPARED SELECTIVE SUPPORT.

REFERENCES FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND THE AGE FRIENDLY CARLSBAD ACTION PLAN.

EDITS TO THE WORK PLAN ARE SHOWN IN EXHIBIT FIVE.

MISSION STATEMENT.

THE MISSION OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION IS TO CHAMPION AN AGE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES WELLNESS, VITALITY AND EDUCATION THAT LEADS TO A VIBRANT QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE COMPOSITION ROLE OF THE COMMISSION IS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 2.38 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.

GOALS AND TASKS.

PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON GOALS OF THE WORK PLAN.

ASSOCIATED TASKS ARE DETAILED IN ATTACHMENT B TO THE RESOLUTION.

GOAL ONE DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF ADULTS 50 PLUS TWO TASKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL AND THREE MASTER PLAN SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THIS GOAL.

GOAL TWO SUPPORT THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN TWO TASKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL, AND SEVEN ACTION PLAN SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THE GOAL AND FOUR MASTER PLAN SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THE GOAL.

GOAL THREE CREATE ADULTS 50 PLUS OPPORTUNITIES AND COLLABORATIONS.

BEYOND THE SENIOR CENTER.

THREE TASKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOAL SEVEN MASTER PLAN SUPPORT.

REFERENCES FOR THIS GOAL.

GOAL FOUR INCREASE SOCIAL INCLUSION, ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY AND MINIMIZE ISOLATION FOR TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL THREE ACTION PLAN SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THIS GOAL AND SIX MASTER PLAN SUPPORT REFERENCES FOR THE GOAL.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE NICK STUPIN, PARK PLANNING MANAGER AND STAFF LIAISON FOR THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM UNFORTUNATELY, OUR CHAIR IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT SHE IS KATHY STEINDLBERGER AND S ORRY MOVING INTO THE WORK PLAN HERE AND JANUARY 10TH, 2023, COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT WORK PLAN THE REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS OUTLINES THE STATUS OF THE WORK PLANS, GOALS AND TASKS, AND THAT CAN BE FOUND IN ATTACHMENT A TO THE RESOLUTION.

ON DECEMBER 5TH, STAFF ASSISTED COMMISSION IN DRAFTING A 2024 WORK PLAN CONSISTENT WITH DESCRIBED DUTIES.

EDITS TO THE WORK PLAN ARE SHOWN IN EXHIBIT SIX.

THE MISSION OF THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER ON MATTERS RELATED TO EROSION PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.

ENHANCEMENT OF THE CARLSBAD SHORELINE.

THE EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE THE LITTORAL CELLS, SEA LEVEL RISE, ETC, AND TO STUDY THE BEST MEANS AND MATERIALS AND EXCUSE ME, AND TO STUDY THE BEST MEANS TO MAINTAIN BEACHES FOR SAFETY AND OPTIMUM ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC.

THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION IS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 2.34 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.

GOALS AND TASKS OF THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS SORRY PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THE GOALS OF TASKS OF THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION THE ASSOCIATED TASKS ARE DETAILED WITHIN ATTACHMENT B TO THE RESOLUTION.

GOAL NUMBER ONE GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL SHORELINE PRESERVATION AND BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECTS.

THERE ARE THREE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

GOAL NUMBER TWO IS TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES TO ENGAGE AND WORK TOGETHER ON PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL BEACHES, AND WITH THIS GOAL, WE HAVE FIVE TASKS.

GOAL NUMBER THREE IS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL BEACHES, AND WE HAVE FOUR TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH GOAL NUMBER THREE. NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE THE TRI-ANNUALLY REPORT OUT ON THE PROGRESS OF COMPLETING THE GOALS AND TASKS WITHIN OUR WORK PLAN, AND WITH

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I'D LIKE TO CALL UP FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THIS AS CHAIR ROBERT WINSTON OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

ROBERT, BEFORE YOU BEGIN JUST BY WAY OF EXPLANATION, OCCASIONALLY WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP TO SPEAK, THEY DON'T GIVE BACK THE MICROPHONE, AND IT MAKES IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

SO I'M GOING TO PUT A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT ON YOUR PRESENTATION.

BE MUCH SHORTER THAN THAT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE THE ONE, BUT I'VE LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT.

MR. MAYOR, I WOULD NOT DO THAT TO YOU.

I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T. THANK YOU WELL, MAYOR, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT I'M BOB WINSTON, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF CHAIRING THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

THE COMMISSION HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN 20 AT THE START OF 2023.

WE LOST SOME SENIOR MEMBERS AT THE END OF 2022, AND WE LOST SOME OTHERS IN THE BEGINNING OF 2023, BUT YOU GUYS GOT TO WORK QUICKLY AND APPOINTED SOME GREAT NEW COMMISSIONERS, AND WE ALL WORKED HARD TO GET UP TO SPEED QUICKLY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL LAST YEAR. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF MICK CALARCO AND DIRECTOR LANCASTER OF EVERYTHING WE DID IN 2023 WERE REALLY MOST PROUD OF THE COMPLETION AND APPROVAL OF THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE AFTER AFTER THAT, WE BASICALLY GOT RIGHT TO WORK ON OUR NEW WORK PLAN FOR 2024, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH A TON OF SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF, WE COMPLETED AND APPROVED THE 2024 WORK PLAN IN DECEMBER.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.

PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A COMMUNITY GARDEN AT STAGECOACH PARK, AND THE CITY WILL BREAK GROUND FINALLY ON VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK IN 2024, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SO VERY MUCH MORE.

SO MY ASK OF YOU IS SIMPLE.

PLEASE APPROVE THE 2024 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WORK PLAN TONIGHT SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR GOOD WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THAT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION? THERE'S. THERE'S ONE MORE CHAIR.

OH. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. SENIOR COMMISSION CHAIR KATHY RANGUS.

THANK YOU I THANK YOU, NICK.

AS CHAIR OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION BRUCE FITZPATRICK, NELSON ROSS, CECILIA [INAUDIBLE] AND MARCIA VENEGAS GARCIA, WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE CURRENT WORK PLAN.

CITY STAFF HAVE CONTINUED AND EXPANDED SENIOR ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES IN 2023.

ONGOING PROJECTS INCLUDE NUTRITIONAL LOW COST LUNCHES SERVED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AN AVERAGE OF OVER 900 LUNCHES SERVED PER MONTH.

HOME LUNCH DELIVERIES AVERAGE OVER 1300 PER MONTH, MOST DELIVERED BY VOLUNTEERS.

THERE HAVE BEEN UP TO 300 TRANSPORTATION TRIPS PER MONTH, PROVIDED FOR LUNCH, TO THE LUNCHES, TO GROCERY STORES, AND MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

THERE ARE MANY VOLUNTEER LED PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE DANCE, BINGO, CRAFTS, CARD GAMES, NEWCOMERS, CLUB TECH, AND INDIVIDUAL HELP CLASSES.

I AM PLEASED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE 2023 WORK PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

ONE, AS MR. WINSTON SAID, WAS TO COMPLETE, TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PARK AND REC MASTER PLAN FOR 2024 TO 2030 OR WHATEVER DATE SO SOME OF THE PARK SENIOR WORK PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THERE WAS A COMMUNITY EVENT OF HOT RODS AND COOL TREATS AT PINE PARK WITH GAMES AND TREATS, AND THAT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED.

THERE WAS AN OLDER AND BOLDER EXPO AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

ALSO VERY WELL ATTENDED.

THERE HAVE BEEN ART EXHIBITS BY LOCAL ARTISTS.

INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE SEASIDE SEASIDE INSIDER IS DISTRIBUTED TO LIBRARIES, CHURCHES, RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION.

UNDER THE SOCIAL INCLUSION TASK, THERE ARE CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD EVERY MONTH, WITH LIVE MUSIC ALSO VERY WELL ATTENDED.

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THERE ARE FITNESS CLASSES WHICH INCLUDE CORE STRENGTHENING, SEVERAL YOGA CLASSES, ZUMBA AND DANCE.

THERE'S HEART COHERENT TAI CHI, A WALKING CLUB, PICKLEBALL CLASSES, HEALTH SCREENINGS, CULINARY LAB AND COMMUNITY GARDEN.

UNDER EDUCATION, THERE ARE TECH CLASSES, SUCCESSFUL AGING PRESENTATIONS, INCOME TAX PREP SPONSORED BY ARP, CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS PRESENTATION, USS MIDWAY PRESENTATIONS, AND CRAFT CLASSES INCLUDING QUILTING, CERAMICS, DRAWING, AND PAINTING.

HIGHLIGHTING A FEW NEW PROGRAMS FOR 20 THAT WERE STARTED IN 2023 WAS THE COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP BUILDERS AND SINCE MAYOR BLACKBURN HAS ALLOWED ME FIVE MINUTES INSTEAD OF THREE [CHUCKLING] I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP BUILDERS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. IT'S PEOPLE COME TOGETHER JUST TO MEET AND I ATTENDED ONE.

THERE WERE THREE OTHER PEOPLE AT MY TABLE.

I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE OVER A DOZEN PEOPLE THERE, AND I REALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM THE PEOPLE AT MY AT MY TABLE, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED THIS YEAR THE WALKING CLUB WAS EXPANDED TO CALAVERA PARK, A PLANT BASED EATING GROUP WAS ADDED AND WEEKLY SIDE SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY SIDE SALADS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO LUNCHES, AND IN 2024, THERE'S GOING TO BE TWICE MONTHLY SALAD BASED ENTREES.

I URGE THOSE 50 AND OVER TO REVIEW THE CITY OF CARLSBAD PARKS AND RECREATION WEBSITE, AND SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES OF SENIOR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. SENIOR COMMISSION MEETINGS CAN BE ATTENDED AND WATCHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE, USUALLY THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT 3 P.M..

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KATHY, PLEASE PASS ON TO THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE.

I GOT SEVERAL PHONE CALLS ABOUT THE CAR SHOW, ABOUT HOW WONDERFULLY WELL IT WAS RUN, HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED IT, AND THAT JUST NO ISSUES, AND EVERYBODY JUST LOVED IT, AND THEY THEY LIKED IT ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIME TO CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL THE CITY STAFF; THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND WITH THE OLDER AND BOLDER, IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF WORK FOR BOTH OF THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THE CITY STAFF ALWAYS DOES A WONDERFUL JOB-- THEY'RE GREAT.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MISS LUNA. HAVING SERVED ON A COMMISSION THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT THERE IN TV LAND OR WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE APPLY.

THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMISSIONS IS TOTALLY RELATED TO THE QUALITY AND THE LEVEL OF APPLICANTS WE GET.

WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO GET REALLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AS COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA SAID, IT WAS DIFFICULT IN HER SELECTION PROCESS AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO MAKE A SQUIRM UP HERE.

I HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HAVE WORKED WITH THE PARK AND REC COMMISSION, AND ROBERT, I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU GREATLY FOR YOUR EFFORT AT THE CHAIR POSITION.

THERE'S YOU LOST A LOT OF SENIOR MEMBERS AND TO FILL THAT GAP WAS EXCEPTIONAL, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHAT THE PROGRAMS YOU HAD THE SENIOR COMMISSION, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO REPRESENTED YOU DID A COMMENDABLE JOB AND EVEN RENTED SPACE DURING COVID BECAUSE IT WASN'T AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE AT HER HOME AND ACTUALLY THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND WHERE SHE WAS RENTING THAT SPACE, AND THE GENTLEMAN WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE LIGHT ON.

THESE FOLKS ARE VOLUNTEERS.

THEY DO NOT GET PAID FOR THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SO GREAT.

SO YES, I'M GOING TO BEAT MY CHEST AND SCREAM FROM MY SOAPBOX THAT THE COMMISSIONS ARE ONE OF THE VALVES OF THE HEART OF THE CITY, THE STAFF, AND AS FAR AS BEACH PRESERVATION.

I MET WITH THE CHAIR AS BEACH ISSUES ARE ARE COMING TO HEIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LITTORAL CELLS SANDAG HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THAT BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE SITTING IN THAT, THAT MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE APPOINT REALLY, REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP APPLYING AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR EFFORT, THOUGHTFULNESS, WISDOM, AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH THE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU BRING TO US TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MISS BURKHOLDER. ANY COMMENTS? MISS ACOSTA? YES.

THANK YOU, AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LUNA'S GRATITUDE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS' WORK.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR CHAIRS WHO ARE HERE, BUT TO ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND I KNOW WE DRAW ON YOUR TALENTS AND YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A STRONGER CITY BECAUSE YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING.

SO THANK YOU. I DO HOPE WE GET MORE APPLICANTS AND MORE DIVERSE APPLICANTS I ALSO AM EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAMING IN THE WORK PLANS.

I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE MY FAVORITES, LIKE THE LA COSTA COMMUNITY GARDEN, BUT THERE ARE MANY WONDERFUL PROJECTS IN THERE AND A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

WE SUPPORT YOU AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024.

THANKS, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, A NOTE OF GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT, SO THANK YOU, AND OF COURSE, TO OUR STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

I THINK OVER THE YEARS WE'VE SEEN THESE WORK PLANS EVOLVE, AND I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL THAT THIS ONE WAS SO DETAILED, AND IT REALLY ALLOWS FOR NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT US TO HOPEFULLY BE ON THE SAME PAGE, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR AND THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, AND I WILL ECHO THESE SAME SENTIMENTS.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE THREE RESOLUTIONS.

SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[14. UPDATE ON THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES PROJECT AND SELECTING A TRAFFIC CALMING OPTION FOR TWO OF THE EIGHT INTERSECTIONS]

ITEM NUMBER 14 IS AN UPDATE ON THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES PROJECT AND SELECTING A TRAFFIC CALMING OPTION FOR TWO OF THE EIGHT INTERSECTIONS, MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.

IS THERE A TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATE ENGINEER LAUREN FARRELL? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TOM FRANK.

I'M THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.

CITY ENGINEER JOINING ME IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND ASSOCIATE ENGINEER, LAUREN FARRELL.

THE PROPOSED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLE PROJECT AND TO SELECT A PREFERRED OPTION FOR TWO INTERSECTIONS WHERE TRAFFIC CIRCLES ARE NOT FEASIBLE.

MY COLLEAGUE, MISS FARRELL WILL NOW GO THROUGH THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU, MR. FRANK.

THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED AS PART OF THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN, WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE SPEEDING, ENHANCE WALKABILITY, PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THIS HISTORICAL AREA.

THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN ENVISIONED TRAFFIC CIRCLES AT THE KEY INTERSECTIONS YOU SEE IN ORANGE ON THE MAP, ALTHOUGH IT ALSO GAVE FLEXIBILITY TO USE OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING STRATEGIES.

ONCE THE MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2018, THE CITY CREATED AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED.

THIS PROJECT WAS PRIORITIZED AND STAFF BEGAN WORK IN 2019.

TWO UNANTICIPATED EVENTS CAUSED THE WORK TO BE DELAYED.

ONE IS THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY.

THE CITY REPRIORITIZED SOME PLANNED PROJECTS TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF INJURY COLLISIONS.

THIS CAUSED WORK TO SLOW DOWN ON THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES PROJECT.

THE SECOND DELAY WAS THE RESULT OF BEING AWARDED $5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING.

TO OBTAIN THE GRANT, THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE MORE TECHNICAL STUDIES AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES DUE TO RULES ASSOCIATED WITH FEDERAL FUNDING.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THIS WORK IS COMPLETE AND WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU FINAL BIDDING DOCUMENTS THIS SPRING.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS PROPOSED, INCLUDING TWO OPTIONS FOR WHICH WE ARE SEEKING YOUR DIRECTION.

BASED ON THE CONDITIONS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, STAFF HAVE DESIGNED TRAFFIC CIRCLES AT FIVE INTERSECTIONS.

THE PUBLIC ART COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE INTERSECTION OF HARDING AND PINE.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THAT PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEGUN, AND ONCE THE ARTIST IS SELECTED, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS PIECE, SITTING AT ONE OF THE MAIN GATEWAYS INTO THE BARRIO.

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ONE QUESTION THAT OFTEN COMES UP IS HOW OUR TRAFFIC CIRCLES DIFFERENT FROM ROUNDABOUTS.

THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT IS TRAFFIC CIRCLES TAKE UP LESS ROOM AND ARE MORE COMMONLY USED IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

ROUNDABOUTS ARE LARGER AND USUALLY HAVE CROSSWALKS SET BACK FROM THE INTERSECTIONS.

THERE ARE THREE LOCATIONS WHERE WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING TRAFFIC CIRCLES.

ONE IS AT THE CORNER OF OAK AND ROOSEVELT.

AFTER WORKING WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WE HAVE DESIGNED AN ENHANCED VISIBILITY CROSSWALK INSTEAD OF A TRAFFIC CIRCLE DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT BUS QUEUING AND PARENT PICKUP AND DROP OFF.

THE TWO REMAINING INTERSECTIONS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR TRAFFIC CIRCLES AT THESE LOCATIONS.

WE COULD USE CURB RAMP OR CURB EXTENSIONS OR RAISED MEDIANS.

BOTH WOULD WORK IN THE SPACE AND COULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE PROJECT'S BUDGET.

RAISED MEDIANS ARE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAYS TO NARROW TRAFFIC LANES, ENCOURAGING SLOWER CAR SPEEDS, AND PROVIDE A STOPPING POINT THAT COULD BE USED BY PEDESTRIANS IF NEEDED WHEN CROSSING THE STREET.

A PROJECT TO INCLUDE RAISED MEDIANS AT THE TWO LOCATIONS IN THE BARRIO HAD BEGUN RIGHT BEFORE THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO BARRIO MASTER PLANNING PROCESS STARTED.

IT WAS THEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN WAS COMPLETED.

WHEN WE CAME BACK TO THE PROJECT AND DID MORE WORK ON THE DESIGN, WE FOUND THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REDUCE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STREET PARKING SPACES TO MAKE THIS APPROACH WORK.

ANOTHER OPTION FOR THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS IS CURB EXTENSIONS.

CURB EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN USED THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

FROM A TRAFFIC CALMING PERSPECTIVE, BOTH RAISED MEDIANS AND CURB EXTENSIONS PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.

CURB EXTENSIONS HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON STREET PARKING.

TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES OFTEN REQUIRE SOME ON STREET PARKING TO BE ELIMINATED.

HERE YOU CAN SEE A CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE PROJECT SPACES IMPACTED FROM THIS PROJECT.

THE AREA SHADED IN GRAY SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAISED MEDIANS AND CURB EXTENSIONS AT PALM AND HARDING AND MAGNOLIA AND MADISON.

WE LOOKED AT THE CITY'S ANNUAL STUDY OF PARKING AVAILABILITY IN THE BARRIO, WHICH SHOWED THAT PARKING IS GENERALLY AVAILABLE EXCEPT IN SOME AREAS IN CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE NEAR THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE 2022 PARKING STUDY FOR THE TWO INTERSECTIONS IN QUESTION.

DURING WEEKDAYS, THE DARKER COLOR THE MORE HEAVILY UTILIZED ON STREET PARKING IS, AND HERE IS A MAP OF WHAT THE WEEKENDS LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE THESE AREAS HAVE SOME SEGMENTS IN THE 85 TO 100% FULL CATEGORY.

STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THE CURB EXTENSION OPTION TO PRESERVE EXISTING ON STREET PARKING.

WE HAVE NOTIFIED RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT ON WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND HOW PARKING COULD BE AFFECTED.

REGARDING THE TWO INTERSECTION OPTIONS, WE HAVE HEARD FROM TEN RESIDENTS AT THE TWO INTERSECTIONS IN QUESTION.

NINE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE CURB EXTENSION OPTION, SO MORE PARKING COULD BE PRESERVED AND ONE SUPPORTS THE RAISED MEDIAN OPTION.

TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

STAFF ARE PLANNING TO PUT IT OUT TO BID IN TWO PHASES.

FOR PHASE ONE, STAFF WILL FINALIZE ENGINEERING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS TO PREPARE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF SIX INTERSECTIONS, FIVE TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND ONE ENHANCED CROSSWALK.

THAT WORK CAN PROCEED WHILE WE PREPARE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR DESIGN OF EITHER CURB EXTENSIONS OR RAISED MEDIANS AT THE TWO REMAINING INTERSECTIONS.

FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, STAFF WILL CONTINUE OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BRING FINAL DESIGNS OF PHASE ONE TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION TO BID.

WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION ON PHASE ONE TO BEGIN IN EARLY 2025 AND PHASE TWO TO BEGIN IN EARLY 2026 AND COMPLETED BY FALL OF 2026.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR OVERVIEW.

THE PROPOSED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE INTERSECTIONS AT PALM AND HARDING AND MADISON AND MAGNOLIA.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL SPEAKERS SOCORRO ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY JACKIE MCGEE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

SOCORRO ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AT FATHER RAYMOND MOORE HALL ON MADISON.

I AM REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO START ON CALMING THE STREET ON MADISON, AND ALL I HAVE TO DO IS STAND RIGHT OUTSIDE

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IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S A RESIDENT, FEDEX, TRUCKS, ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT WANTS TO GET AWAY FROM CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE TO GET ONTO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

IT'S JUST HORRENDOUS HALF THE TIME, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS AND I'M REALLY TIRED OF BEING HONKED AT, YELLED AT, GIVEN THE FINGER. ANYTIME THAT I'M DOING THE SPEED THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IT'S VERY ANNOYING, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO START, AND I WOULD WISH I DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA.

I WORK IN THE AREA.

I SPEND 85% OF MY TIME THERE ON MADISON BUT IT'S UP TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT, BUT I AS LONG AS THE TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN, I'M REALLY HAPPY, AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS.

HI. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE, FOR LETTING US COME UP HERE AND MAKE OUR COMMENTS I LIVE IN THE BARRIO AND I WATCH ON A DAILY BASIS THE CARS THAT SPEED.

I LIVE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF ROOSEVELT, AND I WATCH CARS COMING AROUND THAT CORNER ON MADISON, SOMETIMES ON TWO WHEELS, YOU KNOW, AND SO I AM I AM IN SUPPORT.

WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE THE CARS SPEED DOWN ROOSEVELT.

THEY MAKE THAT TURN.

THEY PUNCH IT DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN.

IT'S JUST IF YOU IF YOU GO DRIVE DOWN IT.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SO WE PLEASE APPROVE AND IMPLEMENT THE CURRENT BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLE PLAN, AND IT WILL BRING MORE SAFETY, BE LESS DANGEROUS TO EVERYBODY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN I APPRECIATE IT.

WILLIAM ZENTNER.

MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS I LIVE ON PALM AVENUE, AND WHEN THE COUNCIL IN '04 PERMITTED THE TAVARUA SENIOR COMPLEX, THEY ALLOWED THEM TO PUT 26 PARKING SPACES OUT ON THE STREET.

NOW I HAVE NEXT TO ME AND THE NEXT HOUSE DOWN.

THEY BOTH ADDED A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE AND THAT PARKING HAS BEEN PUT OUT ON THE STREET.

IF WE PUT A MEDIAN DOWN.

HARDING, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY 20 PARKING SPACES EASILY.

THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER BECAUSE COME THE K RUNS THE PARKS, WE HAVE LITTLE LEAGUE AND EVERYTHING PARKING, WE JUST GET SATURATED WITH IT.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY.

THE CURB EXTENSIONS WITH SIDEWALKS A PLUS THE MEDIAN F MINUS.

THIS IS TERRIBLE IDEA, AND ALSO FOR THIS SPEEDING PROBLEM, I SUGGEST SOME SPEED BUMPS.

MAYBE LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT A LITTLE BIT.

YES, IT HAS GOTTEN, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE 90S.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR. WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT JUST ARRIVED AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

IT IS UP TO YOU, AND WITH CONCURRENCE FROM THE COUNCIL, IT HAS TO BE A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF FIVE COUNCILMEMBERS TO ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK.

IS THAT CORRECT? READING FROM THE CITY'S MEETING RULES, IT SAYS A MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM WITH THE CONSENT OF A MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM.

OKAY THEN THAT'LL BE UP TO THE VOTE OF THE COUNCIL MY PERSONAL POLICY IS NO.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE POLICY.

WE VIOLATE IT FOR ONE, BE PREPARED TO VIOLATE IT FROM NOW ON FOR EVERYBODY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY THEN DO YOU NEED A VOTE? NO. WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MS. ACOSTA? GO AHEAD. YES.

THANK YOU, AND THANKS TO STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS MADE JUST REALLY QUICKLY.

I KNOW THIS THIS REPORT IS IS IN HERE AND WE ARE BEING SHOWN THIS OPTION OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES PLAN IS IS HAPPENING, AND AND WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT THESE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO HAVE THE MEDIAN RAISED OR THE CURB EXTENSIONS, BUT THE SPEAKER SAID WHY DIDN'T WE LOOK AT THESE OTHER THINGS AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD RESPOND TO THAT, LIKE SPEED CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT OR SPEED

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THIS IS USING HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH.

IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN WHICH THEN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO IT'S BEEN VETTED FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU.

I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDED TO BE REMINDED OF THAT AS WELL.

THANKS. MISS BURKHOLDER, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH. WHEN YOU REFERRED TO BACK IN 2013 AND YOU SAID THEY CAME UP WITH THIS, ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL MAKEUP AT THAT TIME OR WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THANK YOU. IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE I BELIEVE IT STARTED AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY VISIONING PROCESS AND THEN PROCEEDED FROM THERE, AND AT AT ONE POINT, THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR A CONSULTANT TO START CONCEPTUAL DESIGNING ON THE PROJECT.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT SO OUR OPTIONS ARE BASICALLY CURB SORRY, CURB EXTENSIONS VERSUS RAISED MEDIANS, AS I UNDERSTAND, AND IF WE DID RAISE MEDIANS, WE'D BE TAKING AWAY OVER 40 PARKING PLACES, AND WITH THE CURB EXTENSIONS WE ARE NOT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTS TO PARKING IN THE VILLAGE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMENTS. ANYBODY? MISS BURKHOLDER? YEAH.

SO WORKING WITH CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING SURVEYS OF BUSINESSES AND FOLKS IN THE VILLAGE, AND THE TOP ISSUES THAT THEY'RE SEEING OR THAT THEY'RE HEARING IS HOMELESSNESS, AND THE SECOND ONE IS PARKING.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT NONE OF US, EXCEPT FOR THE MAYOR, HAD ANY INPUT INTO THIS PLAN BACK IN 2013, THAT NOW WE'RE GIVEN THIS OPTION OF WELL RAISED MEDIANS OR CURB EXTENSIONS.

IT'S A TOUGH CALL BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS JEOPARDIZE A SMALL BUSINESS IN THE VILLAGE BY TAKING AWAY PARKING WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE BUSINESS.

ALSO, THE LAST THING IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO YOU ALL DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AT STRIKING A BALANCE IN THERE, AND I THINK THIS IS WHILE I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THINGS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE INPUT ON, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS ONE.

SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN SUPPORT OF THE CURB EXTENSIONS ON THIS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MS. ACOSTA? YES.

THANK YOU THANKS FOR THE DATA THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION.

I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT GREAT DATA AND THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ANOTHER PARKING STUDY THAT IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED IN EARLY THIS YEAR, EARLY 2024, ON LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE DELAYED A LITTLE.

SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS IS A DATA INFORMED PROJECT AND THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY OR NOT, AND HOW WE WILL BE MAKING THE COMMUNITY SAFER AND SLOWING THE SPEED.

SO I ALSO AM IN SUPPORT OF THE CURB EXTENSION, NOT THE RAISED MEDIANS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT PARKING.

A LOT OF THESE HOMES DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS A MIX OF RETAIL AND VISITORS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM.

THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES. THANK YOU.

I TOO AM IN SUPPORT OF THE CURB EXTENSIONS.

THOUGH I DON'T LIVE IN THIS AREA, I'M A FREQUENT VISITOR AND DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL SHARED WITH REGARDS TO HIGH SPEEDS AND JUST ENSURING THEIR SAFETY AROUND THERE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING.

OF COURSE, NOT ONLY THE CURB EXTENSIONS, BUT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND THE PARKING PIECE.

DEFINITELY. I MEAN, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS EITHER WALKED THERE OR DRIVEN THERE, IT'S ALWAYS PACKED, RIGHT? SO IT'S OUR CITY CENTER.

SO OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE PACKED, AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT, ONCE THAT CONVERSATION COMES FORWARD, I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING OPTION ONE.

LOOKING AT THE RAISED MEDIANS, I THINK COSMETICALLY THOSE ARE MUCH SUPERIOR TO THE CURB EXTENSIONS, BUT I'VE BEEN PERSUADED BECAUSE OF THE PARKING ISSUE TO AGREE WITH THE CURB EXTENSIONS ALSO NOTHING HAPPENS QUICKLY IN GOVERNMENT AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, BUT FINALLY, WE'RE

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I GOT TWO CALLS FROM TWO PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON MADISON, AND THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH CALLING OUR STAFF NEIGHBORHOOD HEROES FOR FINALLY GETTING SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THE SPEEDERS ON MADISON. SO WITH THAT, I SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS I'M SORRY, I JUST I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION MR. FRANK, COULD YOU PUT THE EXHIBIT UP THAT SHOWS THE LOSS OF PARKING SPACES DOWN THERE AS A RESULT OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES? THE ONE GENTLEMAN PIQUED MY INTEREST.

SO AND THIS IS JUST SPIT-BALLING AND HYPOTHETICAL, AND I KNOW YOU HATE THIS, BUT I HAVE TO ASK BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPACES, AND IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO MAYBE SPEED HUMPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WOULD IT ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL AS FAR AS SAFETY AND REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT? I KNOW IT WOULD TAKE A PLETHORA OF STUDIES AND TIME, BUT I'M JUST I JUST HE TOTALLY PIQUED MY INTEREST ON THAT, AND TRYING TO KEEP SOME OF THE SPACES.

YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, AND I'LL ANSWER IT WITH, AS YOU'VE HEARD IN MANY PRESENTATIONS, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO SLOW SPEEDS AND MANAGE SPEEDS THROUGH THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND COLLECTOR STREETS, AND SO RAISED TABLETOP CROSSWALKS LIKE WE DID ON TAMARACK.

THERE'S PROS AND CONS.

YOU GET PEOPLE SAYING THAT PEOPLE WILL SLOW DOWN FOR THE RAISED VERTICAL DEFLECTION AND THEN SPEED UP IN BETWEEN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS ON WHEN TRAILERS GO OVER IT, THE CONTENTS IN THE BACK OF THE TRAILER OR THE TRUCK JUMP UP AND DOWN.

SO THERE IS NOISE ISSUES SOME MORE ZEALOUS DRIVERS MIGHT CHOOSE TO JUMP THE VERTICAL DEFLECTION.

SO THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOOLS WE USE.

THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES DEFINITELY SLOW TRAFFIC.

YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THIS IN REGARDS TO WE HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME, WHY DON'T YOU JUST LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY DON'T ADHERE TO SIGNS.

IF THEY DID, WE WOULDN'T HAVE SPEEDING PROBLEMS. SO THAT SOLUTION, WE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC.

WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROADWAY TO SLOW DRIVERS' BEHAVIOR.

SO TRAFFIC CIRCLES ARE DEFINITELY A CHANGE OF THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS.

IT FORCES PEOPLE TO DO THAT.

HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION AND SLOW GOING SLOW SLOW DOWN APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION AND THEN GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION POINT.

I'M SURE A LOT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE DISCUSSED EARLY ON WHEN THE SCOPE WAS BEING FINALIZED SO I GUESS THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO AT THIS POINT.

ALWAYS INFORMATIVE.

THANK YOU, AND I'LL JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE REPUTATION OF BEING THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTALIST ON THIS PANEL, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE RAISED SPEED BUMPS, CARS HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, GENERATE MORE BRAKE DUST ON THE GROUND, THEN THEY HAVE TO ACCELERATE AND IT ENDS UP USING MORE GAS.

WE'RE JUST SLOWING DOWN FOR FOR THE ROAD DIET THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED IS MUCH BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

MS. BURKHOLDER.

WELL, BY 2035, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES BUT I THINK, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS, AND AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND REWORK THIS TO SOME EXTENT TO A LITTLE MORE BALANCED APPROACH THAT I COMMENTED YOU ON, I COMPLIMENTED YOU ON EARLIER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ROUNDABOUTS OR NOT.

ROUNDABOUTS TRAFFIC CIRCLES, AND THOUGH I LIVE RIGHT OFF TAMARACK AND ALL OF THOSE SPEED HUMPS, BUMPS, CROSSWALKS, WORK, PEOPLE ARE SLOWING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO, AGAIN, IF I COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION IN 2013 OR WHENEVER, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED DIFFERENTLY, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, 18 WHEELERS DELIVERING TO THE RESTAURANTS IN THE VILLAGE AND THE BARRIO AND MANEUVERING THOSE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO KILL SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS AND AND I DIDN'T GET ANY DATA A RELATIVE TO POLICE REPORTS OR SPEEDING OR INCIDENCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

I TRAVEL ON THOSE ROADS EVERY DAY.

I SEE THE OCCASIONAL SPEEDER BUT AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SORT OF DUMPED ON US RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION, WHICH IS A TOUGH ONE.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY POLICE DATA RELATIVE TO SPEEDING IN THE AREAS THAT WE'RE DESCRIBING HERE?

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I CAN MENTION, THOUGH, YOU MENTIONED COMMERCIAL TRUCK DELIVERIES, THAT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LEGAL TRUCKS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD SO THAT THEY ARE THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE THOSE BUT WE DO RECEIVE.

I CAN TELL YOU, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATA THAT I CAN PULL UP ON.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON.

THAT'S OKAY BUT WE DO RECEIVE A LOT OF--A LOT IS LIKE, A SUBJECTIVE WORD, BUT--FREQUENT COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING ON ALL OF THOSE STREETS, ESPECIALLY THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND STREETS.

RIGHT? RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY'RE WIDER, THE WIDER.

AGAIN, YOU HEAR ME SAY THIS AGAIN, AND I'M SO IMPRESSED BY THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS.

IT'S LIKE I HEAR, LIKE THE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING BEING REPEATED BY BY MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL . I FORGOT.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

THINKING OF THAT THE.

YEAH, PEOPLE GO FASTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE WIDER STREETS ACTUALLY PROMOTE THE SPEEDING.

YES, AND SO WE SEE THAT REGULARLY.

WHEN I GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING ON A STREET, I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL STREET, IT'S GOING TO BE A 40 FOOT CURB TO CURB WIDTH AND THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS NOT A 40 FOOT CURB-TO-CURB WIDTH OR OR ROADWAY, WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET SPEEDING COMPLAINTS.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO BASICALLY THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS THAT THE DELIVERY SYSTEMS, THE SAFETY AND THE PARKING THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN REFLECTED IN COMMENTS TO ME.

THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NEED A MOTION, PLEASE. MOVE OPTION ONE SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[15. SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT]

LET ME WAIT FOR TOM TO MAKE HIS WAY TO HIS SEAT.

OH, THERE HE IS ITEM NUMBER OF 15 IS THE SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT, AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS AGAIN.

MY NAME IS TOM FRANK, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ALSO HAVE WITH ME TODAY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR BILL FOWLER, WHO WILL PROVIDE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS FOLLOWING MY REPORT.

SO TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ACCEPT OUR SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT, AND STAFF BEGAN WORKING, OR STAFF BEGAN PROVIDING THESE TWICE A YEAR UPDATES BACK IN 2018, AND THAT WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE FACT THAT TRAFFIC HAS LONG BEEN AMONG THE TOP CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING OUR PROGRESS AND THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD LEARN ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WE ARE WORKING ON.

TONIGHT, I WILL BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THE POLICIES THAT GUIDE THE CITY'S EFFORTS, THEN SPECIFIC PROJECTS ON HOW WE REDUCE SPEEDING THROUGH OUR STREET DESIGN, ADDRESSING COLLISION HOTSPOTS, AND REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

IN 2015, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN UPDATED GENERAL PLAN, WHICH REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN STATE LAW FOR ROAD DESIGN.

THE GENERAL PLAN RECOGNIZES THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION.

THE PLAN PUTS STREETS INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, EACH WITH ITS OWN SET OF DESIGN GOALS.

FOR EXAMPLE, STREETS THAT ARE MORE CONDUCIVE TO WALKING AND BIKING, SUCH AS THOSE IN THE VILLAGE AND ALONG THE COAST.

PRIORITIZE SPEEDS WITH WIDER BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS.

MAIN THOROUGHFARES LIKE EL CAMINO REAL OR PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD PRIORITIZE VEHICLE TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE THAT SLIDE'S NOT COMING UP SPEEDING HAS BECOME A BIGGER PROBLEM NATIONWIDE IN RECENT YEARS.

AT THE LAST TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION MEETING IN DECEMBER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHARED THAT THE LATEST DATA ON INJURY COLLISIONS.

SPEEDING REMAINS A TOP CAUSE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN MAKING CHANGES TO LOCAL ROADS AND THAT WILL SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.

THE CITY REGULARLY REPAVES STREETS TO KEEP THE SURFACE IN GOOD CONDITION, WHICH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE STRIPING TO MORE APPROPRIATE LANE WIDTHS, SUPPORTING LOWER SPEEDS.

AS A PART OF THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED ACCELERATING THE RESURFACING OF OUR MAJOR EAST WEST ROADWAYS.

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DESIGNING APPROPRIATE VEHICLE.

LANE WAS ALSO RESULT IN LOWER LONG TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE CITY'S PAVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATES A STEADIER, IMPROVED FLOW OF TRAFFIC WITH LESS DELAYS AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND WE ACCOMPLISH THAT BY DE FACTO RIGHT HAND TURN LANE FOR THAT INCREASED SHARED CONFLICT ZONE AREA WITH THE BICYCLES.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP ABOUT THE NEW STRIPING AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS.

WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD, AND IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET USED TO THESE CHANGES.

EVEN AFTER THE RESTRIPING, THE RULES OF THE ROAD REMAIN THE SAME.

WE, ALONG WITH MOST OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE, USE THE CALIFORNIA MANUAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AS OUR STRIPING GUIDELINE AND STANDARD.

THIS PROVIDES UNIFORMITY FOR THE DRIVERS, WHICH HELP DRIVERS RECOGNIZE THE DELINEATION AND SIGNS REGARDLESS OF WHICH CITY THEY'RE DRIVING IN.

ON THIS SLIDE, WE SHOW THE STRIPED BUFFERED AREA THAT SEPARATES THE BIKE LANES FROM THE VEHICLE LANES PER THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE, THESE BUFFER AREAS ARE STRIPED MEDIANS, WHICH ARE NOT TO BE DRIVEN ON BY VEHICLES EXCEPT WHEN VEHICLES ARE ENTERING A DRIVEWAY OR WHEN THE VEHICLES ARE MOVING TO THE RIGHT TO ALLOW EMERGENCY RESPONDING VEHICLES TO PASS WHEN THEY'RE IN ROUTE.

THAT TRIANGULAR MARKINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SHARK'S TEETH DESIGNATE YIELD LINES FOR CARS TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSWALKS.

ON THIS SLIDE, WE SHOW THE PAVEMENT LEGENDS DELINEATING THE RAISED SPEED TABLES OR IN OTHER CASES, HUMPS, CUSHIONS OR CROSSWALKS.

THE DASHED LINES AND THE BUFFERED AREAS AGAINST THE EDGE LINE OF THE PARKING AREA DELINEATE THE DOOR ZONES, WHICH HELP BICYCLISTS RIDE IN A SAFER POSITION IN THE BIKE LANE.

THE DASHED GREEN PAINT AREA IS DESIGNATED SHARED TRANSITIONAL AREAS, WHERE CARS CAN YIELD TO BICYCLISTS, ENTER AND THEN TURN RIGHT.

WORK IS ALMOST DONE ON MOST OF THE STREETS.

THE RECENT RAINY WEATHER AND COLD TEMPERATURES DELAYED SOME OF THE RESURFACING, AND ALL THE WORK IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

THE CITY HAS FOCUSED ITS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF INJURY COLLISIONS.

TOP. AMONG THESE IS CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM TAMARACK AVENUE TO THE CITY'S NORTHERN BORDER.

SINCE THE LAST REPORT, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF THE ARMY NAVY ACADEMY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIVE ADDITIONAL ENHANCED CROSSWALKS AT OAK, SYCAMORE, MAPLE, CHERRY, AND HEMLOCK AVENUES.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT UPGRADED CROSSWALKS ALONG THE COAST SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THIS NEXT ROUND OF IMPROVEMENTS WILL BUILD ON THE SAFETY FEATURES ALREADY THERE.

ALLEVIATING TRAFFIC CONGESTION REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO ADJUST THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING BASED ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.

OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE MADE MORE IMPROVEMENTS USING THE BLUETOOTH DEVICES AND IMPROVED ACCESS TO THE NEW HIGH SPEED FIBER.

BLUETOOTH READERS ARE ATTACHED TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 37 OF THE CITY'S BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS.

THESE ARE AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THE BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP ESTIMATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND ALERT STAFF IF THERE'S UNEXPECTED SLOWING. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A DELAY WHERE CARS ARE WAITING AT LIGHTS LONGER THAN NORMAL, STAFF CAN ADJUST THE TIMING SIGNAL TIMING IN AN AREA TO GET THE CARS MOVING AGAIN, AND WE COULD DO THAT IN OUR OFFICE OR ACTUALLY ANYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE WI-FI.

THIS SCREENSHOT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WAIT TIMES AT POINSETTIA LANE AND AVIARA PARKWAY.

STAFF WERE ALERTED THAT THE WAIT TIME HAD INCREASED, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THAT SPIKE ON THE GRAPH AND WE ADJUSTED THE TIMING TO ADD MORE GREEN TIME AND GOT CARS MOVING AGAIN.

WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH CALTRANS, WHO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS NEAR THE FREEWAY ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS.

IT'S BENEFICIAL TO HAVE CALTRANS SIGNALS COORDINATED WITH THE CITY SIGNALS.

IT HELPS MOVE THE CARS MORE EFFICIENTLY THROUGH THE CITY.

THE SIGNAL AT POINSETTIA LANE AND I-5 DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE PROGRAMED AT THIS TIME, BUT STAFF IS WORKING WITH CALTRANS TO SEE IF THAT ONE THAT INTERSECTION INTERCHANGE CAN BE COORDINATED AS WELL, AND A NEW AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER WITH UBIQUITI, A COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL HIGH SPEED FIBER.

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TONIGHT, I HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS AND YOUR STAFF REPORT.

IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A LIST OF OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM.

EFFORTS TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, AND NOW I INVITE THE VICE CHAIR UP.

FOWLER UP TO THE LECTERN FOR HIS COMMENTS.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, AUGUST 23RD IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAFFIC EMERGENCY SORT OF REPRESENTED THE NEW ERA OF ACTIVITY OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND IT WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED, HAS BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED BY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

IT MIGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT EVENT, BUT FOLLOWING THAT, SOME HARD WORK HAD TO BE DONE AND DELINEATING ALL THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES BROUGHT ABOUT THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, UH EMERGENCY.

SO IT WAS, AS IT WERE, WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE THE POOR METAPHOR THERE BUT THE PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, AND THEY'RE COMPLEX.

THEY REQUIRE DESIGN DECISIONS, BUT BUDGETING DECISIONS, SCHEDULING DECISIONS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING, AND IN THE END, MOST OF THE PROJECTS AND SO FAR AS I KNOW, MAYBE ALL OF THE PROJECTS COME THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED, AND I THINK, BY AND LARGE, BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ONE THAT I AM INTERESTED IN, I FIND THE MOST INTERESTING, AND MAYBE IT'S SORT OF A FLAGSHIP PROJECT WAS THE RESTRIPING AS MR. FRANK DESCRIBED, AND IT'S ONE THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE NO STREET THAT GETS STRIPED GETS STRIPED OVERNIGHT. I MEAN, IT IS A PAINFUL, LONG PROCESS IN WHICH PEOPLE RUMINATE OVER THE LACK OF PROGRESS, AND WHAT ARE THE LINES MEAN? WHAT ARE THESE WEIRD THINGS THAT HAVE GOTTEN PAINTED THAT THEN THEY LEAVE AND THREE WEEKS LATER SOME MORE LINES GET PUT ON THERE.

IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE WAY THOSE THINGS ARE DONE, AND IT INVITED SKEPTICISM IN THE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW, BECAUSE I READ FACEBOOK EVERY DAY, AND THERE WAS BEGINNING TO BE A LOT OF COMMENTS AND ANXIETY ABOUT, WELL, HOW COULD THIS BE? WHAT IS OR HOW IS IT REALLY GOING TO BE CONFIGURED? AND I BEGAN TO BE SKEPTICAL MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PRESENTATIONS AND DETAILED DRAWINGS AND EXPLANATIONS ABOUT HOW THE STRIPING WOULD WORK, AND YET WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, YOU.

IT'S HARD TO MAP THE REALITY TO WHAT WE WERE LISTENING TO SITTING IN THE CHAIRS THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW AND I WAS SO SKEPTICAL.

IN FACT, I CALLED MR. KIM OF STAFF AND EXPRESSED SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING ALONG CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE AND HE REMINDED ME, BY THE WAY, YOU DID VOTE TO APPROVE IT UNANIMOUSLY, I MIGHT ADD.

HE MIGHT ADD HE DIDN'T AND I APPRECIATE THAT, OF COURSE, BUT WE WALKED THROUGH IT AND HE ASSURED ME THAT THESE THINGS WERE ALL FOR THE GOOD, AND THAT WHEN IT WAS ALL DONE, IT WOULD TURN OUT FINE.

SO IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS ALMOST ALL DONE, AND I TOOK MY BICYCLE OUT, RODE ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE, DRIVE DOWN COLLEGE TO CANNON, TO EL CAMINO REAL, UP TAMARACK AND BACK ONTO COLLEGE, CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE, AND AFTER THE RIDE, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED THAT IT WAS ALL GOOD.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, I WAS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE RIDING MY BICYCLE, ESPECIALLY MOVING UP TAMARACK AND THE RESTRIPING OF THE ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE BETWEEN TAMARACK AND PONTIAC VASTLY IMPROVED THE EXPERIENCE, AND EVEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN MY CAR ON THOSE STREETS, I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE

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SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY, IN MY MIND, AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS, AND THE FACT THAT I COULD, EVEN AFTER I APPROVED IT AND HAD SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT WHAT THE STRIPING WOULD BE.

MR. KIM PATIENTLY AND VERY POLITELY WALKED ME THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE STRIPING WAS GOING TO DO AND HOW IT WOULD WORK, AND I GAVE IT ANOTHER CHANCE AND TESTED IT AND FOUND THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS, THAT IT WORKED AND SO THIS IS THE WAY OUR TRAFFIC COMMISSION WORKS.

IT IS REFLECTS ITS SUCCESS, AND IT'S REFLECTS THE GREAT WORK THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF, THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN DONE AND ARE WORKING WITH STAFF.

SO I THANK ALL OF THAT, THOSE PEOPLE FOR THAT AND THANK YOU.

GREAT, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. OUR RECOMMENDED ACTION AGAIN TONIGHT IS JUST TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

MS. ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO MR. FRANK AND ALL YOUR TEAM AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKS ON THIS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT, AND OUR CONTRACTORS I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AS OUR VICE CHAIR OF OUR COMMISSION, MR. FOWLER, JUST MENTIONED EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING GET CONFUSED OR FORGET OR DON'T REMEMBER WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

SO WHEN WE'RE CHANGING SOME OF THE STRIPING AND THE LANE WIDTHS, I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THAT ONGOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES. THANK YOU. THANKS, MR. FOWLER, FOR BEING HERE AND REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION, AND THANK YOU MR. FRANK, FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS AND OF COURSE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY I JUST WANT TO SAY I, TOO, ALWAYS AM TESTING IT OUT.

RIGHT WHETHER IT'S IN OUR CAR OR WALKING, RUNNING, WHATEVER, IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL SO, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO FEEDBACK, WHICH WE ALWAYS RECEIVE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT THERE AS YOU'RE SEEING THIS COME OUT, SHARE GOOD, SHARE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK WE NEED IMPROVEMENT ON.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT UPDATE.

THANKS. BILL BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT AND THAT WAS WHEN WE RESURFACED THE STREETS.

THERE IS A SEEMS LIKE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN SURFACING AND GETTING PAINT ON THE ROAD.

I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED CITY HALL AND SAID, WHAT'S UP? COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY IT TAKES SO LONG? YES, SIR WITH THIS CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WE DID HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE CONTRACTORS, SO IT DIDN'T GO AS SMOOTHLY AS WE HOPED.

WE RECOGNIZED IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGER RESURFACING EFFORTS, SO WE HAD HOPED IT WOULD GO MORE SEAMLESS.

OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION GROUP WAS ON THE CONTRACTORS REPORTS AND THEIR SCHEDULING.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT CONTROL THEIR ACTIONS.

SO WE DID TAKE STEPS TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THE DELAY.

AS ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER, COMMENTED, WE DO THRIVE ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET, AND MAYOR, I KNOW YOU PROVIDE REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK AND I'M SORRY.

THAT'S A NICE WAY OF SAYING I COMPLAIN EXCESSIVELY, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CAUGHT, I THINK SEVERAL TIMES IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, WHICH I ALLUDED TO, WE DID USE THE BLUETOOTH AND GOT OUR TRAFFIC TEAM OUT THERE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT, BUT WE DID TAKE MEASURES TO TRY, AND WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THIS WASN'T GOING AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC, YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS AT EL CAMINO REAL FOR THESE CROSS STREETS, ALL THE SIX THAT WERE DONE, WE DID NOT PAVE THE, THE INTERSECTIONS AT THOSE CROSS STREETS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM THAT WAS DOING THE WORK, WE HAD OTHER CHALLENGES WITH SOME OF THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DURING THE OPERATIONS.

SO I MADE THE DECISION TO FOREGO THAT AREA AND PLAN IT OUT REALLY THOROUGHLY, PUT TOGETHER SUPER DIFFICULT SPECS, NOT DIFFICULT, I SHOULD SAY.

VERY THOROUGH SPECS FOR THE TEAM TO FOLLOW WHERE WE COULD ADDRESS THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN NEEDED.

SO TO YOUR POINT, IT WAS A CHALLENGING PROJECT AND WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS IS JUST INFORMATIVE.

THERE'S NO VOTE NECESSARY.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS AT NINE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS AT TEN.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN ME FOR A FUN MEETING, PLEASE HEAD ON DOWN TO THE WELLS FARGO BUILDING.

MISS ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. LIKEWISE. WE'VE GOT A BIG MEETING FOR THE WATER AUTHORITY THIS THURSDAY.

IT'S ALL DAY, AND IT'S IN A SPECIAL LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

SO CHECK OUT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY WEBSITE FOR THE LOCATION AND DETAILS.

THURSDAY. THANKS, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES. THANK YOU. WE HAD OUR FIRST CAL CITIES DIVISION MEETING THIS PAST MONDAY.

COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA AND I BOTH WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

I HAVE A TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING FOR CAL CITIES NEXT WEEK AS WELL, AND CTD SANDAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND THEN ALSO THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE COME BACK HERE OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 4:00 AM THROUGH 8:00 AM.

IT'S THE 2024 POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR THE HOMELESS CENSUS THAT WILL BE AT THE HARDING COMMUNITY CENTER, 3096 HARDING STREET IN CARLSBAD.

CITY MANAGER? CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING, THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK? WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.