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MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE TAKE ROLL.
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COUNCIL MEMBER LUNA.PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER.
PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HERE.
MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL HERE.
ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
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CHIEF WILLIAMS, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION CITY ATTORNEY? THANK YOU MAYOR. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I HAVE TO READ THE FOLLOWING.
THE BROWN ACT AND THE CITY'S MEETING RULES.
EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME IN LINE.
MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS RECITED BY THE MAYOR.
I WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE OF EITHER MEETING.
THAT PASSES FOUR AND MISS LUNA ABSTAINING.
I'M GOING TO TRY THIS AGAIN. 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.
INFORMATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT NO ACTION MAY OCCUR ON ANY NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN MAKING YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.
WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WHEN THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME, YOU'LL COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE 2.5 MINUTE MARK.
THE PODIUM WILL CHANGE, I THINK, TO YELLOW, GIVING YOU A NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.
GLENN BERNARD, FOLLOWED BY VANESSA FORSYTH.
I THINK IT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR.
SO GOOGLE JOCKO GRAVES AND OR VISIT MILITARYVOTESMATTER.ORG.
THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING UP.
MOVING OVER TO THE CONCEPT THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.
PROBABLY THE BEST BIT OF LEGISLATION EVER PASSED IN AMERICA AFTER MR. LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
ONE EVERYBODY PAYS 1% AND A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERY YEAR BASED ON THE PURCHASE PRICE.
AND IT'S REALLY A SHAME WHEN LESS THAN THAT IS GETTING PAID.
IT'S NOT MUCH, NOW OTHER STATES HAVE ZERO PROPERTY TAXES, SOME HAVE MORE.
I THINK SOUTH CAROLINA HAS 4%.
WE NEED EVERY TAX DOLLAR THAT'S LEGIT TO COME OFF OF EVERY SALE.
AND NO HOME ANYWHERE IN CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE DEVALUED BY THE LOSS OF ENJOYABLE VIEWS, ESPECIALLY ON WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY BE? HILLSIDE HOMES.
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NON-NATIVE VEGETATION.THOSE HOUSES ARE GOING TO SELL FOR LESS.
WELL, LET'S GET LET'S GET THE SALES AND PURCHASE PRICES UP TO WHERE THEY OUGHT TO BE WITHOUT MEAN PEOPLE IMPEDING AND ELIMINATING ENJOYABLE VIEWS.
SO I SUGGEST I WOULD ASK AN ORDINANCE FROM THIS CITY THAT THAT WOULD READ THAT ENJOYABLE VIEWS SHALL NOT BE OBSTRUCTED OR ELIMINATED BY NON-NATIVE TREES AND NON-NATIVE VEGETATION, EXCEPT FOR FRUIT TREES.
SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTHY EATING FROM ORGANIC FOOD THAT YOU GROW ON YOUR PROPERTY SHOULD TAKE PRIORITY OVER VIEWS, FRUIT TREES OVER VIEWS.
BUT VIEWS SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY OVER NON-NATIVE TREES AND NON-NATIVE VEGETATION. SO LET'S COLLECT ALL THE MONEY THAT YOU SHOULD COLLECT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SCHOOLS.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR BLACKBURN AND CITY COUNCILORS.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT AVGAS, WHICH IS THE LEADED FUEL THAT'S USED IN MOST OF THE IN THE PROPELLER PLANES AT PALOMAR AIRPORT.
AND MY ASK, IS THAT YOU, AS A CITY COUNCIL, DIRECT YOUR CONCERNS TO THE COUNTY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
AND REGARDING THE HEALTH IMPACT OF LEADED FUEL, WHICH HARMS SO MUCH OUR CHILDREN IN TERMS OF NEUROLOGICAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
IT'S WELL PROVEN IN THE SCIENCE IN TERMS OF LEADED FUEL.
AND THERE IS NO SAFE LEAD LEVEL.
BUT MY ASK IS THAT YOU DIRECT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR THE PALOMAR AIRPORT. GIVEN THAT THERE SHOULD BE A GRADUAL PHASING OUT OF LEADED FUEL, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO LEADED FUEL.
WHAT ELSE IS REQUIRED IS THAT THE COUNTY PURCHASE A UNLEADED FUEL TANK SO THAT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED AND PROVIDED TO THE PILOTS THERE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY MESSAGE AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A SUSTAINABLE CARLSBAD.
WE WANT A PLACE WHERE CITIZENS WANT TO LIVE.
GARY GONSALVES, FOLLOWED BY YASSINE AL-KHANI.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DR. GARY GONSALVES.
I'M A BOARD CERTIFIED ANESTHESIOLOGIST.
THAT WILL BECOME RELEVANT IN JUST A MINUTE.
I REPRESENT THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ASSOCIATION AS ONE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE IN THIS ROOM, HAVE PUT FORTH A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT PILOTS ARE BEING DELIBERATELY MALICIOUS, BUZZING THEIR HOMES, FLYING AT INCONVENIENT HOURS, AND, AS WE HEARD, DELIBERATELY POISONING THEIR CHILDREN BELOW.
THE REALITY IS, IS THAT MANY OF THE PILOTS WHO FLY IN THIS AREA HAVE OUR FAMILIES BELOW.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EVER HAD A DREAM OF AVIATION AND THOSE WHO REALIZE IT ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE, THOUGH, HOWEVER, IS VOLUNTARY.
SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
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AND WHEN WE'RE FLYING IN THE DELTA AIRSPACE AROUND THE AIRPORT, THE CONTROL TOWER HAS ULTIMATE SAY, NOT THE PILOT'S.THE FLYING AROUND THE AIRPORT IS NOT LIKE BEING ON A FREEWAY.
WE FOLLOW WHAT THE TOWER SAYS IN ORDER TO BE SAFE.
NOW, AS AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST, I GET DAILY EMAILS FROM PARTS OF THIS STATE THAT NEED MY HELP.
AND I HAVE OCTOGENARIAN PARENTS THAT LIVE IN ARIZONA THAT FREQUENTLY NEED MY HELP.
AND THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
AND IF I HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CARE FOR A PATIENT, OR IF I HAVE TO LEAVE AT AN INCONVENIENT HOUR BECAUSE MY OCTOGENARIAN PARENTS HAVE HEALTH ISSUES, I MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR IT.
HELLO ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS YASSIN AND I AM A CARLSBAD RESIDENT AND A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN.
IN THIS CITY, I REALIZED ONE OF MY MANY DREAMS OF STARTING MY OWN BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, THIS CITY'S SILENCE ON THE CURRENT GENOCIDE IS DEAFENING.
I UNDERSTAND WE MAY THINK THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE SUCH THINGS.
HOWEVER, IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED, WILL WE BE ABLE TO SAY THAT CARLSBAD STOOD ON THE SIDE OF ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, ON THE SIDE OF MORE THAN ONE, ON THE SIDE OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE STARVING? ACCORDING TO JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE TODAY COULD SAVE 75,000 LIVES.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE.
CHANGE STARTS ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
I AM A HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON.
SO ONE OF MY THOUGHTS IS HE'S ASKING FOR ACTION FROM THE RESIDENTS OF CARLSBAD.
SO I WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM THE LEEWAY FOR THAT.
YEP. AT YOUR DISCRETION, MAYOR.
NOW, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE STATISTICS, SUCH AS THE ALMOST 40,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT TURN INTO A STATISTIC BECAUSE THEN THEIR TRUE VALUE GETS LOST AND THEY THEY JUST TURN INTO A NUMBER.
OF THESE 40,000 PEOPLE, 70% ARE JUST WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
NOW YOU'RE TELLING US ABOUT STATISTICS THAT DON'T PERTAIN TO TO US.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN TO YOU AND CONTINUE TO HEAR YOU, SIR.
BUT PLEASE KEEP IT TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING CARLSBAD FOR.
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FROM CARLSBAD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST WING IT.
WE STAND WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STARVING RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN STAND AND SAY THIS GOVERNMENT, THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE AS A CITY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT OUR CITY BELIEVES IN AND THAT IS INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE TO SAY THAN THAT.
TERESA BARNES, AND I'M AFRAID I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME PART OF THE NAME.
I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE.
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THE STAT OF THAT IS 20% FROM A JOHNS HOPKINS STUDY I'VE WITNESSED NEAR ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES ON EL CAMINO AND TAMARACK, BOTH THE DRIVER BEING IRRESPONSIBLE AND AT TIMES THE E-BIKE PEOPLE BEING IRRESPONSIBLE OF ALL AGES.THIS IS THE HEARING FRIENDLY SYMBOL WHICH YOU SEE ON ME RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT HERE.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE IT ON MY BACK, YOU KNOW.
SO SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE THE HEARING FRIENDLY SYMBOL.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT POSTED, EVEN IN THE BIKE LANES ON POLES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HEARING LOSS TO WEAR SOMETHING SEEABLE SO OTHERS KNOW THAT BEEPING A HORN IS NOT GOING TO HELP, AS WE OFTEN CAN HEAR FROM BEHIND.
I HAD A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT.
NO SKIING FOR NOT HEARING BEHIND.
SO 20% OF THE CARLSBAD RESIDENTS HAVE HEARING LOSS BUT 23,060 RESIDENTS, NOT INCLUDING OUR TOURISTS OR OUR MILITARY 60% OF THE AFGHAN AND IRAQI VETERANS CAME BACK WITH SOME TYPE OF HEARING LOSS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE TAMARACK CHANGES, YOU KNOW, THE PERIMETER CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TO BEGIN BY MAKING IT SAFER FOR THOSE ON E-BIKES OR EVEN THOSE WHO WALK FOR EXERCISE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM BEHIND.
WE REALLY DO NOT NEED ANOTHER DEATH DUE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, MARCH THE 3RD IS BETTER HEARING DAY.
SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE GOOD HEARING, SAVE HEARING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE DO A I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED BUT DO SOMETHING FOR MARCH THE 3RD IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY EVERY YEAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL IT AN ORDINANCE OR A PROACTIVE ACTION.
AND THAT'S ALL. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'LL HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING OTHER COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH FIVE.
FIRST, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ONE THROUGH FIVE? NO, WE DO NOT.
NOBODY TOLD ME THERE WAS GOING TO BE THAT MUCH MATH TODAY.
ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH SIX ANY SPEAKERS? ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO PULL ONE.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
FIRST, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE THREE.
LIN WEI WU, FOLLOWED BY DALE ORTIZ.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT MY QUALIFICATION FOR THE POSITION OF THE BOARD MEMBER AS A AGRICULTURE CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I HAVE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD OVER 11 YEARS.
MY FAMILY AND I CHOOSE CARLSBAD AS OUR HOME BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL COASTAL LANDSCAPES, ABUNDANCE OF NATURE PRESERVES, AND OF COURSE, DELIGHTFUL CLIMATES.
AND OUR LOVE TO THIS CITY EXCEEDS THE BOUNDARIES AS WE'RE WILLING TO COMMUTE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND PHOENIX FOR MANY YEARS AT A WEEKLY BASIS TO RESIDE HERE.
SO I BELIEVE I'M WELL SUITED FOR THIS COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
FIRST IS MY THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
MY BACKGROUND REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF CARLSBAD POPULATION.
GROWING UP IN CHINA AND PURSUED MY EDUCATION IN SWEDEN.
ALSO ACCUMULATED OVER 25 YEARS OF WORKING EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SECOND, MY BUDGET MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE DRAWING FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER OF HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AND MY CURRENT ROLE AS A FACILITY MANAGER I EARNED A SOLID BUDGET MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE.
IN ADDITION, I ALSO PURSUED COURSEWORK IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND THE BUSINESS ACCOUNTING AT
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MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE FINANCIAL SKILLS.ALSO MY ANALYTICAL ANALYTICAL SKILLS.
WITH A CAREER SPANNING OVER 20 YEARS AS A DATA SCIENTIST, I CAN BRING TO THE TABLE A SOLID ANALYTICAL, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND ROBUST BACKGROUND IN DATA ANALYSIS.
AND ABOVE ALL, I'M DRIVEN BY THE DEEP SEATED LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY I CALL HOME.
SO IN CONCLUSION I'M DEDICATED TO LEVERAGING MY.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
I'VE APPLIED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TO THE AGRICULTURAL MITIGATION FEE COMMITTEE.
I BELIEVE MY BACKGROUND IN THE PAST HALF DECADE NO, IT WOULD BE FIVE DECADES HAS PREPARED ME TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT MAY BE CONFRONTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I HAVE SPENT A PERIOD DURING THE LAST.
50 YEARS STUDYING ISSUES, PROBLEMS. SOLVING PROBLEMS, LITIGATING PROBLEMS, RESOLVING PROBLEMS THROUGH THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS, SERVING AS AN ARBITRATOR, A TEMPORARY JUDGE.
IN ESSENCE, I'VE SPENT THE LAST 50 YEARS SOLVING PROBLEMS, AND I THINK MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WOULD ALLOW ME TO CONTRIBUTE A VAST RESERVOIR OF EXPERIENCE TO THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T BRING A WHOLE LOT OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I DO BRING.
I'VE LIVED IN CARLSBAD FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW, MOVED HERE WITH MY WIFE.
I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THE TOWN THAT I LOVE.
I WORK THIS MORNING, EVEN AT THE LEO CARRILLO RANCH, WHERE I MADE TORTILLAS FOR THE KIDS, AND I DRESSED UP AS A COWBOY AND GAVE A TOUR TO THE FOURTH GRADE ON HISTORY COMMITTEE.
I WORKED FOR 30 PLUS YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE MANAGER AT HONE MOTORS.
DURING THIS TIME, I HIRED, TRAINED AND FIRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
THE QUALITY THAT I FOUND THAT MADE PEOPLE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WAS THAT THEY CARED.
I'D RATHER HAVE SOMEONE WITH LESS TALENT THAN CARE, THAN A MORE TALENTED PERSON WHO DIDN'T CARE.
I RETIRED ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY, AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME VOLUNTEERING AT THE FLOWER FIELDS WHERE I SPECIALIZE IN THE PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN, AND FIRST GRADERS, AND I TOURED THEM ALL AROUND THE FLOWER FIELDS.
MOST OF THE OTHER GROUPS THAT GO BY, YOU WOULD BARELY KNOW THEY WERE THERE.
MY GROUP DANCES AND SINGS AND CHANTS AND LAUGHS AND TELLS JOKES.
AND THE KIDS WILL TELL YOU THE DARNDEST THINGS IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN.
SO IN REVIEW WHY I THINK I WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION.
I'M ENTHUSIASTIC, I CARE AND I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
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THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? MISS BURKHOLDER? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO DALE AND KEVIN AND LIN WEI FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT.I'M LOOKING AT THE CURRENT COMMISSIONERS, AND I'M ADVOCATING FOR COMMISSIONER IN DISTRICT ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE FROM D1 AND THERE'S FOUR FROM D4 OR THREE FROM D4.
THANK YOU. MISS LUNA DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT I'M SORRY.
OKAY. KEVIN, YOU PROBABLY WERE OUT OF CONTEXT BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE WORM WORMS AT THE FLOWER FIELD, AND YOU BRING YOUR KIDS, AND I'M JUST AFRAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE SO BORED ON THIS COMMISSION.
HE IS ENERGY AND CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH.
SO I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT HIM BEING APPOINTED TO THIS.
OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU. YES, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER IS MAKING ABOUT THERE BEING THREE OUT OF THE HOW MANY SPOTS ARE THERE, SIX.
I KNOW THAT MR. ORTIZ LIVES IN DISTRICT FOUR, SO I WILL SUPPORT A NON DISTRICT FOUR BOARD MEMBER THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE THE OVERKILL ALREADY. THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.
OKAY. MY FIRST SELECTION IS KEVIN O'NEILL.
AND LET ME TELL YOU. WHENEVER I'VE HIRED PEOPLE IN THE PAST.
IT'S SO FUNNY. YOU KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER.
I CAN ALWAYS TRAIN THEM THE JOB LATER.
BUT IT'S HARD TO TRAIN AN ATTITUDE.
I LOVE YOUR ENERGY. SO MY FIRST SELECTION IS KEVIN O'NEILL.
PLEASE VOTE. CONGRATULATIONS, KEVIN.
MY SECOND SELECTION IS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF BEING IN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH EVENS OUT THINGS A LITTLE BIT ON THE NUMBERS, BUT I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT LIN WEI WU.
SO SHE WILL BE MY SECOND SELECTION.
AND MR. ORTIZ IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT? ORTIZ, I SEE THAT YOU'VE APPLIED FOR OTHER POSITIONS.
I THINK YOU'RE WELL QUALIFIED.
I JUST HAD TO MAKE A DECISION AND THAT'S WHERE THE DECISION FELL.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM MATT SANFORD, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
AFTER REVISED DATA WAS RELEASED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN NOVEMBER, CARLSBAD'S GRP FOR 2022 WAS REVISED TO $17.1 BILLION, MEANING THAT IN THAT YEAR, CARLSBAD'S ECONOMY GREW BY ROUGHLY $1.5 BILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS SHOWS THAT CARLSBAD'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON CARLSBAD'S ECONOMY.
THE REALITY FOR MOST BUSINESSES OR FOR BUSINESSES MAY BE DIFFERENT IN THE SHORT TERM.
IN CARLSBAD, ACROSS MOST INDUSTRIES, WORKERS ARE HARD TO FIND AND RETAIN INCREASED COSTS, WHILE LEVELING OFF PRESENT DIFFICULTIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE HIGH COST OF CAPITAL ALSO MAKES BORROWING MORE EXPENSIVE, AND GLOBAL CONFLICTS AND ECONOMIC PRESSURES MAY CAUSE PROLONGED ECONOMIC INSTABILITY.
THE INCREASE WAS INFLUENCED BY HIGHER PRICES FOR HOUSING AND RECREATION.
OVER THE PAST YEAR THE CPI CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL ITEMS FOR THE SAN DIEGO AREA WAS UP 3.8% FOR ALL ITEMS AND 5% FOR ALL ITEMS, LESS FOOD AND ENERGY, WHICH IS A SLIGHT UPTICK ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INCREASED PRICES OF ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY.
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BUT IN GENERAL, INFLATION HAS CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE LAST YEAR.IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT INFLATION REMAINS HIGHER IN SAN DIEGO THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
A RECENT POLL BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS ECONOMICS SHOWED THAT THREE QUARTERS OF ECONOMISTS SURVEYED NOW PREDICT THAT THE US WILL AVOID A RECESSION IN 2024, AND AN EVEN LARGER NUMBER PREDICTS GROWTH IN 2025.
THE MAJORITY THOUGHT THAT INTEREST RATES WERE LIKELY TO HOLD AT THEIR CURRENT RATE FOR SOME TIME, BUT A GROWING CONTINGENT THOUGHT INTEREST RATES MAY BE TOO HIGH AND SHOULD BE REDUCED SOON. SHOULD INTEREST RATES DROP, IT COULD CREATE A SURGE IN CAPITAL MARKETS, WHICH COULD YIELD MORE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
CARLSBAD'S UNEMPLOYMENT WAS 4.2% TO END 2023, DESPITE HAVING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT THAN A YEAR AGO THE CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS STILL INDICATIVE OF BEING AT FULL EMPLOYMENT.
CARLSBAD'S LABOR MARKET HOVERED AROUND 4% FOR THE QUARTER.
THERE WERE 7,752 UNIQUE JOB POSTINGS IN CARLSBAD BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT 1,400 JOBS FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, CONTINUING A TREND OF FEWER JOBS BECOMING AVAILABLE.
WE ARE MONITORING THE CONTINUAL DECREASE IN JOB POSTINGS.
WHILE IT'S A SIGN THAT THE JOBS TO LABOR RATIO MAY BE COMING MORE INTO BALANCE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO SEE CARLSBAD JOB OPPORTUNITIES DISAPPEARING ALTOGETHER. THE MEDIAN ADVERTISED SALARY FOR THESE POSTINGS WAS $49,500.
COMMERCIAL VACANCY RATES DROPPED ACROSS ALL THREE CATEGORIES THIS QUARTER.
THE INDUSTRIAL VACANCY RATE IN DECEMBER WAS 7.3%.
OFFICE VACANCY RATE WAS 11.8% AND RETAIL WAS 5.3%.
RENTAL RATES WERE RELATIVELY STEADY ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES, AND WHILE CARLSBAD OFFICE MARKETS HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE, REMOTE AND HYBRID WORK ARE PREDICTED TO CONTINUE IMPACTING OFFICE LEASES.
THIS TREND IS PREDICTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
SHOULD INTEREST RATES DROP, IT COULD CREATE A SURGE IN DEMAND FOR HOMES.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 2,219 BUSINESS LICENSES ISSUED LAST QUARTER, INCLUDING 978 NONRESIDENTIAL, 531 RESIDENTIAL AND 710 OUTSIDE THE CITY LICENSES. THIS IS A DECREASE OF 81 TOTAL BUSINESSES OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 2022.
THE SURGE IN RESIDENTIAL PERMITS ISSUED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY THE SUBSEQUENT DROP OFF, IS LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO FLUCTUATION IN DEMAND FOR NEW PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS AS A RESULT OF THE STATE'S CHANGES TO NET METERING RULES.
HOWEVER, THE REALITY IS THAT MANY BUSINESSES, AND ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES, ARE STILL EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES RELATED TO HIGH COSTS OF SUPPLIES AND SPACE, HIGHER COSTS OF BORROWING, AND DIFFICULTY IN HIRING AND RETAINING WORKERS.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR, ZACH KORACH.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'LL BE GETTING INTO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THE FIRST COLUMN REPRESENTS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF ACTUAL REVENUE DATA FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THE SECOND COLUMN REPRESENTS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF WHAT WE EXPECTED TO BRING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
OVERALL, THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS HAVE EXCEEDED BOTH LAST YEAR'S ACTUALS AS WELL AS THIS YEAR'S EXPECTATIONS, WITH THE PRIMARY EXCEPTION OF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
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SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE DATA, WITH A COMPARISON OF LAST YEAR'S MID-YEAR DATA COMPARED TO THIS YEAR'S MID-YEAR DATA.FOCUSING ON THE TOP THREE REVENUE GENERATORS FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE SEEING POSITIVE PERFORMANCE, THE TOP THREE BEING PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, OR COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS HOTEL TAX.
STARTING WITH PROPERTY TAX, IT WAS UP $2.9 MILLION, OR 10%, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO CONTINUED INCREASES IN AIRCRAFT TAXES.
THE INCREASE IS ALSO FURTHER DRIVEN BY ASSESSED VALUES INCREASING BY 6.2% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
FOR SALES TAX, UP $3.7 MILLION, OR 14%, WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
INCREASES ARE MOSTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEW AUTO SALES.
TOGETHER, THE THREE REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE TOTAL SALES TAX BASE.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SALES TAX REVENUES THIS YEAR IS A CORRECTION OF AN ERROR THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.
THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED, AND THE CITY IS STILL WORKING WITH THE TAX CONSULTANT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL BE A ONE TIME OR AN ONGOING POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE CITY. WHILE SALES TAX REVENUES ARE UP IN TOTAL, THERE ARE CERTAIN INDUSTRY GROUPS OR SECTORS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DECLINE, INCLUDING FOOD PRODUCTS, CONSTRUCTION AND BUSINESS TO BUSINESS.
FINALLY, TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX IS DOWN $1.1 MILLION, OR 6% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AS MR. SANFORD MENTIONED, OCCUPANCY LEVELS HAVE REMAINED SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT.
HOWEVER, THE LOWER AVERAGE DAILY ROOM RATES ARE DRIVING THE DECREASE.
IN TOTAL FOR GENERAL FUND REVENUES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, THEY ARE UP $7.8 MILLION IN TOTAL, OR 8%.
SWITCHING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER.
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OR EXPENDITURES.
THE WORKING BUDGET IS MADE UP OF OF COURSE, THE ADOPTED BUDGET, PLUS ANY OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, PLUS ANY APPROVED BUDGET CARRY FORWARDS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, THERE IS A REMAINING BUDGET OF $112 MILLION, OR 46%.
THE FIRST COLUMN IN EACH OF THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES IS THE TOTAL CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
THE SECOND COLUMN REPRESENTS LAST YEAR'S FIRST SIX MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENDITURES, AND THE THIRD AND FINAL COLUMN REPRESENTS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S EXPENDITURES.
WE ARE A BIT HIGHER THIS YEAR IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS, PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY INFLATION.
TRANSFERS ARE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE THE MOVEMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 91.
EXCUSE ME. THIS IS ONE FINAL LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES AND ENCUMBRANCES NUMERICALLY.
AND ON THIS CHART, WE DO BREAK OUT THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES SEPARATELY FROM THE OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS.
AND WE'LL ALSO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO A NEW ITEM THIS YEAR FOR THE VILLAGE TRENCHING, AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAD APPROVED A $5.2 MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR THIS EFFORT.
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SINCE THIS SPECIFIC EXPENSE ITEM DOES NOT FIT NICELY WITHIN PERSONNEL OR MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONS OR OTHER EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES, WE WANTED TO BREAK IT OUT SEPARATELY FOR PURPOSES OF THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS.AND TO WRAP UP THE DISCUSSION ON THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS A LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR GENERAL FUND FORECAST, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023, AND ALSO EARLIER THIS MONTH AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
THIS FORECAST REFLECTS ACTUAL REVENUES RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 22-23 AND IMPLIES RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS, NAMELY FOR BOTH SALES TAX AND TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES, WHICH WE ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE AND OBSERVE THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
ALTHOUGH EXPENDITURES ARE EXPECTED TO GROW FASTER THAN REVENUES BEFORE EVENTUALLY CROSSING IN FISCAL YEAR 28-29, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PUSHING OUT THE PROJECTED DEFICIT AS FAR OUT INTO THE FUTURE AS POSSIBLE.
INCREASES IN EXPENSES ARE MAINLY DUE TO BUDGETED SALARY INCREASES, ALONG WITH A 7.8% RATE INCREASE FOR THE VARIABLE COST OF PURCHASE WATER FROM THE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
WASTEWATER REVENUES ARE UP 19% AND EXPENSES ARE UP 7%.
THE OPERATING REVENUE INCREASE WAS DUE TO A 20% RATE INCREASE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST CALENDAR YEAR, AND INCREASES IN EXPENSES ARE MAINLY DUE TO BUDGETED SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL AS COST INCREASES FOR THE SERVICES.
AND FINALLY THE CITY'S GOLF COURSE.
COMPARED TO THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS LAST YEAR, NET INCOME IS $982,000 HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
COMPARATIVELY, THE GOLF COURSE EXPENSES ARE DOWN, WHICH IS THE RESULT OF A PORTION OF THE TOTAL CAPITALIZED COST BECOMING FULLY DEPRECIATED, MEANING THERE IS NOW LESS DEPRECIATION EXPENSE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
PRIMARY OPERATING REVENUES AT THE COURSE HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR.
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PRIOR PERIOD AS A RESULT OF COST OF LIVING INCREASES AND LINGERING INFLATION, AND THIS INCREASE WAS ABSORBED BY PRUDENT OPERATIONAL SPENDING OVER GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AS WELL AS THE PRO SHOP.
FOR THE SECOND PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW.
A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS REVIEW WAS THE ANALYSIS OF SPENDING WITHIN DEPARTMENTS PERSONNEL BUDGETS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY'S VACANCY SAVINGS TARGET OF $2 MILLION. AS OF DECEMBER 2023, THE GENERAL FUND IS ON TRACK TO MEET THAT $2 MILLION TARGET.
SHOULD ANYTHING CHANGE, STAFF WILL BE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH FURTHER INFORMATION.
AS A RESULT OF THIS MID-YEAR REVIEW THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY SAVINGS WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF THE REVIEW, AND THIS WAS DRIVEN BY TWO CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS OF ONGOING BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WERE APPLIED TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, ALSO COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF INFLATION THAT WERE ABSORBED. OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND, THERE WERE TWO BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
NOT ONLY HAVE FUEL COSTS BEEN ON THE RISE SINCE FISCAL YEAR 19-20, BUT $115,000 OF FUEL COSTS FOR THE CITY'S TAKE HOME VEHICLES IS ALSO REQUIRING FUNDING, SO A PORTION OF THE $245,000 INCREASE WILL GO TOWARDS FUNDING THE INCREASE FOR EXISTING FUEL, AS WELL AS THE FUEL NEEDED FOR THE CITY'S TAKE HOME VEHICLES.
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THIS FUND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STORM WATER PROGRAM AND RECEIVES REVENUES FOR WASTEWATER WASTE HAULER REIMBURSEMENTS, BASED ON A PREVIOUS COST OF SERVICE STUDY THESE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CORRESPONDING SERVICES AMOUNTING TO $1.3 MILLION ANNUALLY.THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WILL BE TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE OPTIONS TO INCREASE FUNDING IN AN EFFORT TO BRIDGE THE FUNDING GAP, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO RESULT IN AN ONGOING DEFICIT BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 25-26.
WE WILL NEXT BE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN MAY OF 2024 TO PROVIDE THE Q3 UPDATE.
AS FOR THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR THIS ITEM, IT IS TO RECEIVE BOTH REPORTS AS WELL AS ADOPTING CONSIDER ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FUEL COSTS AS WELL AS THE FUNDING STUDY.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES. GLENN BERNARD AND TIM MORGAN.
YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE TO TAKE THE FOCUS AWAY FROM MY MISTAKE, DIDN'T YOU? THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS BHAT-PATEL? YES. THANK YOU.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HAVE ONE FOR EACH OF YOU, IF THAT WILL WORK.
ONE ACTUALLY, AND I MIGHT NEED TO ASK YOU TO BRING UP THE SLIDE.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF NEW JOBS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS WE COMPARE IT TO THE MARKET AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE WHERE WE'RE AT? IS IT SIMILAR? ARE WE SEEING SIMILAR TRENDS IN OTHER AREAS OR WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WE HAVE NOT DONE A JOBS ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF JOB POSTINGS IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS OR REGIONS, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN PULL. OKAY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH THAT.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT AT WHATEVER UPDATE WE HAVE NEXT.
AND THEN ON THE FINANCE PIECE MR. KORACH, I HAD A QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR FORECASTS THAT WE'VE BEEN SHOWING, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS WE LOOK AT THE FORECASTS, AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE FINE TUNING THOSE EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN UPDATE BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SHOW JUST BECAUSE WE SEE THIS, BUT WE DON'T SEE I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING THE NUMBERS, BUT JUST FROM A VISUAL ASPECT, IT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL TO SEE THAT. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD DO FOR NEXT TIME AS WELL.
AND YES, THE NEXT TIME THAT WE PRESENT THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NOT ONLY THE SIGNIFICANT DRIVERS OF THE FORECAST, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A HISTORY IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT HAS DRIVEN SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE MODEL OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
I THINK IT WOULD JUST ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO SEE A VISUAL OF HOW THINGS ARE MOVING.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN POSITIVE BUT JUST ALLOWS FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THAT.
SO THANK YOU THAT THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BURKHOLDER.
YEAH, I THINK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON SLIDE EIGHT.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT ONE, I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING VACANCIES.
AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T ASK THIS IN OUR BRIEFING, BUT IT JUST CAME TO ME TONIGHT.
IF YOU GUYS KNOW HOW WE COMPARE TO THE 17 OTHER CITIES RELATIVE TO COMMERCIAL VACANCIES.
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AND I'M CURIOUS HOW WE ARE FARING WITH OUR OTHER SISTER CITIES.SO THANK YOU. ON SLIDE 17, THAT WAS I THINK AT 17, I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN MY NUMBERS MIXED UP THERE, RIGHT? THE VILLAGE TRENCHING THAT $5.2 MILLION, I THINK IT DOESN'T FIT.
AND THIS IS KIND OF A YES OR NO QUESTION.
SO IT'S NOT MONEY WE'RE SPENDING, RIGHT.
I MEAN, THE POINT THE $5.2 MILLION WOULD GO TOWARDS A POTENTIAL LOCAL MATCH.
AS OF RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL EFFORTS TO TO DRAFT THE THE THREE PARTY MOU. SO ASSUMING WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THAT LOCAL MATCH WOULD THEN BE REQUIRED, THEN YES, THERE WOULD BE A $5.2 MILLION REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT.
ON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL VACANCY SAVINGS ANALYSIS HERE.
YET ON PAGE 27 OF THE STAFF REPORT, IT INDICATES ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS OF THE INCREASE IN COST WAS PERSONNEL COSTS OF $6 MILLION.
AND IT STATED DUE TO NEGOTIATED, QUOTE, NEGOTIATED SALARIES INCREASES, OFFSET BY A REDUCTION IN TOTAL FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS OF 12.06. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT EXPLAINED IN PLAIN ENGLISH SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO VACANCY SAVINGS, THIS WAS THIS WAS AN EFFORT THAT WAS INTRODUCED AS PART OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THERE IS ALWAYS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VACANCY SAVINGS OR LEFT OVER BUDGETED PERSONNEL COSTS THAT ARISE OR RESULT DUE TO VACANCIES.
AND WHAT THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET ATTEMPTED TO DO WAS ACCOUNT FOR THOSE VACANCIES ON THE FRONT END BY REDUCING THE TOTAL PERSONNEL BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THAT BUDGET EXCESS AT YEAR END.
GIVEN THOSE THAT THAT WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE WAS MORE ATTENTION OR MORE OF A NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE STATUS OF VACANCY SAVINGS DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THEM OCCURRING.
AND SO ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, SINCE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE VACANCY SAVINGS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING OUT ON THAT AND LETTING COUNCIL KNOW HOW WE WERE TRACKING.
AND SO THE REST OF THE QUESTION IS HELP ME UNDERSTAND NEGOTIATED SALARY INCREASES OFFSET BY REDUCTION IN TOTAL FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS OF 12.06, WHICH ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COSTS OF $6 MILLION.
SO IN TOTAL, PERSONNEL COSTS HAVE INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THAT IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY NEGOTIATED CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SALARY INCREASES.
THERE'S ALSO CONTRACTUAL BENEFIT INCREASES RELATED TO CALPERS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.
SO WHEN WE COMPARE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THOSE INCREASES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR OR CAPTURED AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE TO THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COSTS. RIGHT.
THESE ARE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH CALPERS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU USED, OR PERHAPS WE HAVE THE NATURAL 3% INCREASE, I THINK IT WAS THAT WE AWARDED THIS YEAR AND THAT ATTRIBUTES TO THAT $6 MILLION.
CORRECT? OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
THANKS. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MRS. ACOSTA? THANK YOU.
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DEVELOPMENT RELATED FEES AND MISC FEES WERE TWO CATEGORIES THAT BOTH SHOWED DECREASES.I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA REPORT, NOT THE SLIDES.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP ON THE AGENDA REPORT THIS IS PAGE 24 OF 33 A ND ALSO DEVELOPMENT RELATED REVENUES AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. CORRECT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH, IT SEEMED THAT THEY WERE RELATED TO A LACK OF BUILDING IN THE CITY.
RIGHT. AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THE CITY HAS DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD ON OUR SIDE TO ALLOW FOR ZONING SO THAT WE COULD BUILD, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONES DOING THE BUILDING. SO IS THAT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS? IS THERE A BIG KIND OF DIP IN OUR REVENUES RELATED TO COMPANIES NOT BEING ABLE TO BUILD HERE? THANK YOU. I'M CLEAR ON THE QUESTION.
AND MUCH OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE WE'RE AT AS, AS A CITY IN TERMS OF, OF DEVELOPMENT NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT YES, IN OVER THE RECENT FISCAL YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN DEVELOPMENT RELATED REVENUES.
OKAY. AND WE JUST APPROVED THAT THE NEW ZONING MAP.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ALLOW FOR AND FACILITATE MORE DEVELOPMENT.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS VERY DIFFERENT, AND IT WAS ONE THAT WE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WAS IN THE REPORT, AND THAT WAS ABOUT CALPERS AND THE VOLATILITY OF CALPERS. I KNOW WE SET UP THAT 115 PLAN TO KIND OF STABILIZE OUR LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO CALPERS, AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THIS COMING YEAR.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE BECAUSE CALPERS HASN'T BEEN PERFORMING WELL, OR DOES THAT 115 PROTECT US? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YES. THE CHALLENGE WITH CALPERS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING CHALLENGE.
THE CITY COUNCIL DID ESTABLISH A SECTION 115 TRUST IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
AND THERE WERE TWO PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR ESTABLISHING THAT TRUST.
THE FIRST WAS TO ADDRESS THE THE FUNDED STATUS FOLLOWING CALPERS INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE, NOT MEETING THEIR TARGETS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE CITY'S COMBINED FUNDED STATUS FELL BELOW THE POLICY TARGET OF 80%.
WE'RE CURRENTLY AT APPROXIMATELY 74.5%.
IN AN EFFORT TO REACH BACK TO THE 80% POLICY LEVEL.
THE OTHER PURPOSE IS TO PROACTIVELY FUND THE 115 TRUST FOR PURPOSES OF HAVING AVAILABLE FUNDING IN THE EVENT CALPERS MAKES SIGNIFICANT ASSUMPTIONS, ASSUMPTION CHANGES, SPECIFICALLY REDUCTIONS IN THEIR DISCOUNT RATE OR HOW MUCH THEY ANTICIPATE TO RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 COUNCIL DID AUTHORIZE AN INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF $10 MILLION THAT WAS MADE IN EARLY DECEMBER OF 2023.
THE ENDING BALANCE WAS JUST UNDER $10.3 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WE WILL FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE OF CALPERS NEXT ACTUARIAL REPORTS, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED IN AUGUST OF 2024. WE WILL EVALUATE THOSE REPORTS, DETERMINE HOW CALPERS MOST RECENT INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE AT THAT POINT IN TIME IS GOING TO BE IMPACTING
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THE CITY'S REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A RECOMMENDATION FOR FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THAT TRUST MAY OR MAY NOT BE WARRANTED AT THAT TIME. OKAY, SO IN THE END, I THINK THE ANSWER IS WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND SEE, BUT WE NEED TO SEE THE NUMBERS SOME MORE.YES. FRANKLY IT'S WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE WAITING AND SEEING HOW CALPERS DOES.
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION, HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AND CONTINUE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO BETTER POSITION OURSELVES TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE VOLATILITY AND THE UNCERTAINTY IMPOSED BY CALPERS.
SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MISS BURKHOLDER YEAH I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, ZACH FOR [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE FINANCE FOR YEAR TO DATE REVENUES BEING SHOWN ON PAGE FOUR OF THE STAFF REPORT IN PERCENTAGE AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I ASKED FOR EVERY TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT IN THROUGHOUT THE REPORT.
SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT 10% OF IT IS A BUDGET OF SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND I JUST ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE LARGEST ECONOMIC SEGMENTS IN THE CITY THE AUTO INDUSTRY, THE GENERAL RETAILERS AND THE RESTAURANTS FOR ADDING TO OUR ECONOMY IN SUCH STRONG WAYS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THE CITY IS HERE TO HELP THEM SHOULD THEY ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES.
I SO ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO GO OUT WITH MATT AND AND VISIT WITH VILLAGE BUSINESSES JUST RECENTLY AND JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. AND MR. GRAHAM WAS THERE AT THAT MEETING AS WELL.
AND THEN THANK YOU FOR REPORTING OUT ON THE NEW BUSINESS LICENSES.
I HAD REQUESTED THAT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, THAT I WANT TO DO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY BRIDGE ANY GAPS THAT MAY THEY MAY EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY'RE NEW BUSINESS OWNERS.
SO THANKS. AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION IN ITEM EIGHT, SUBSECTION THREE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER CAN YOU LOCK? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER NINE CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. ITEM NINE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH CHEN RYAN ASSOCIATES FOR TAMARACK AVENUE COMPLETE STREET SERVICES AND GIVING THE PRESENTATION WILL BE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR TOM FRANK AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER NATHAN SCHMIDT.
THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER.
AND TONIGHT, NATHAN SCHMIDT WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WE'RE BOTH AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, MR. SCHMIDT. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. THIS ITEM IS TO AWARD AN AGREEMENT FOR THE TAMARACK AVENUE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN.
THE PROPOSED ACTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSALS AND AWARDING AN AGREEMENT TO CHEN RYAN ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES FOR THE TAMARACK AVENUE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $283,241. SO TAKING A STEP BACK JUST IN REGARDS TO THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF TAMARACK AVENUE, ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITIES IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN IS RECONFIGURING STREETS SO PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND EASILY, CONVENIENTLY, AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO STREET DESIGN, WE DO NOT TAKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.
WE DESIGN OUR STREETS DIFFERENTLY BY THEIR DEPICTED TYPOLOGY.
TAMARACK AVENUE IN THIS CASE, PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT EAST WEST CONNECTION FROM THE COAST TO EL CAMINO REAL, PROVIDING CONNECTIONS TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA, COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL, AND SCHOOL USES.
IT PROVIDES ACCESS THROUGH TWO KEY BARRIERS TO MULTIMODAL TRAVEL.
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THIS BEING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE I-5 INTERCHANGE.SO HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE BRIEF HISTORY OF PLANS AND ACTIONS TO DATE ALONG TAMARACK AVENUE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH OF THESE VERY BRIEFLY.
SO FIRSTLY, WE'RE GOING BACK TO 2016 WHERE THE CITY IMPLEMENTED CROSSWALK WITH FLASHING LIGHTS.
HERE'S AN IMAGE DEPICTING THAT.
THIS WAS STARTED BASED ON CONCERNS FROM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY.
THE COMMUNITIES THERE, THEY REALLY SOUGHT THE CITY TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING, ENFORCEMENT PATROLS AND STUDY OPTIONS TO ENHANCE THE INTERSECTION, SPECIFICALLY OF TAMARACK AND VALLEY STREET.
AT THAT TIME, THE INTERSECTION HAD JUST STANDARD TRADITIONAL CROSSWALKS, BUT IT WAS LATER IMPROVED WITH THE CROSSWALK WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AS SHOWN IN THE IMAGE, AND ADULT CROSSING GUARDS WERE ALSO IMPLEMENTED IN THIS AREA.
THIS ITEM WAS TAKEN TO THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION BACK IN 2019, WHERE THE COMMISSION DID NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF STOP SIGNS BECAUSE TAMARACK DID NOT MEET THE WARRANTS NEEDED TO INSTALL THOSE SIGNS.
SO THEY ASKED STAFF TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AT THIS INTERSECTION.
AS SHOWN IN THIS IMAGE, SIMILAR TO THE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON LIGHTS, THE SIGNAL ALLOWS PEDESTRIANS TO ACTIVATE THE SIGNAL USING A PUSH BUTTON, AND THEN THEY CAN CROSS SAFELY AS TRAFFIC IS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION.
THEN IN 2023, NEIGHBORS ALONG TAMARACK AVENUE BETWEEN ADAMS STREET AND SKYLINE CONTINUED TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT SPEEDING AND SAFETY IN THE AREA.
A PROJECT TO REDESIGN TAMARACK AVENUE, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REPORT, HAD ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO THE CITY'S SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING PROJECTS, BUT IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE. TO FOR FOR AN INTERIM STEP, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED MORE QUICKLY, WITH MINIMAL INVESTMENT TO ADDRESS THOSE SHORT TERM AND INTERIM CONCERNS.
DURING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS SHORT TERM SPEED REDUCTION, PROJECT, STAFF EXPLAINED THAT THE FORTHCOMING TAMARACK AVENUE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN WOULD INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE, COMPLETE STREET STUDY OF TAMARACK AVENUE FROM CARLSBAD BOULEVARD TO CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.
THESE THESE MEASURES WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY IN 2023.
INCLUDING THINGS SUCH AS SPEED TABLES, THE RAISED CROSSWALKS AND THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
THEN IN RECENTLY IN 2023 WITH RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING.
SO THAT'S THAT AREA WITHIN CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT WAS, OF COURSE, THE ROUNDABOUT THAT WAS EXPRESSED AS THE PREFERENCE FOR THAT, THAT PROJECT.
AND ANOTHER TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
CITY STAFF IS WORKING ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANS AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY AND HOPE ELEMENTARY.
SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION WHY A COMPLETE STREETS PLAN FOR FOR TAMARACK.
THE PLAN WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN JANUARY OF 2022.
TAMARACK WITHIN THAT PLAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS WHAT WE CALL A TRANSFORMATIVE CORRIDOR.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S A CORRIDOR THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REALLY TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREAS OR WORKERS BY PROVIDING WELL CONNECTED CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE A CITY WIDE CONNECTION, ENABLING PEOPLE TO ACCESS KEY DESTINATIONS WITHOUT DRIVING A PERSONAL VEHICLE.
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SO THE PLAN ITSELF WOULD ALSO OFFER THE CITY A CHANCE TO HOLISTICALLY CONSIDER THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR PLANNING OF MORE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
IT WOULD ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, SO ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA WOULD BE, OF COURSE, PARTICIPATING IN THIS DESIGN PROCESS FROM THE START TO THE FINISH. AND IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE CITY TO INFORM OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS SUCH AS CALTRANS AND SANDAG ON THOSE KEY IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE KEY BARRIERS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR, SPECIFICALLY AT I-5 AND AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING.
SO THAT WOULD BE A PLAN BACKED BY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE COULD THEN TAKE TO CALTRANS AND SANDAG TO INFORM THEM THAT WE HAVE THESE PLANS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THEM WITH YOU WITH YOUR HELP AT THESE LOCATIONS.
SO THE PROJECT ITSELF WILL BE HEAVILY DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BEGINNING TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINAL CONCEPTUAL PLANS, AND CITY STAFF WILL BE LEADING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THROUGHOUT.
THERE'S ESSENTIALLY THREE MAIN PHASES TO THE PROJECT.
PHASE ONE, WHICH INCLUDES IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS, CONCERNS AND PRIORITY.
SO THIS STEP WOULD BE TAKEN BEFORE ANY ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IS DONE.
THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO INFORM THE INITIAL DRAFT CONCEPTS.
THEN PHASE TWO IS TO GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROPOSED DESIGNS.
IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF OF WORKSHOPS.
SO THE CONSULTANT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED NINE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
HOWEVER, THE FINAL SCOPE OF WORK REDUCED THIS TO TWO WORKSHOPS AND SHIFTED MUCH OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH TO OUR INTERNAL CITY STAFF TO THEN PLAN AND CONDUCT THE WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM.
BUT WE ARE IN FACT PLANNING TO DO TWO WORKSHOPS AS PART OF THIS.
SO AFTER THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, OF COURSE IT'S IT'S THE NEXT PHASE IS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
SO FIRST IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION COST, THIS WILL VARY AGAIN ACCORDING TO WHAT IS PLANNED.
IT'S VARIED THE COST ARE VERY MUCH UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME.
THE PROJECT ITSELF IS UNFUNDED.
BUT WE WILL SEEK TO DO A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
SO THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN PRIORITIZE THE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR LOWER COST PROJECTS FIRST, AND THEN CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THOSE LARGER PROJECTS AND IMPLEMENT THOSE AS WE DO IDENTIFY NEW FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THAT'S THE PROJECT NOW THE BID RESULTS THE CITY RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM THREE CONSULTING TEAMS, AND THE SELECTION PANEL RANKED CHEN RYAN AS THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM AMONG THOSE THREE PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
SO THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT WE INTEND TO KICK OFF THIS SPRING WITH PROJECT KICKOFF DATA COLLECTION AND THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT THAT WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THE SUMMER, WHEN WE PRESENT THE FIRST INITIAL DESIGN CONCEPTS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO STAFF IS PROVIDING THE COUNCIL WITH TWO OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.
OR THE ALTERNATIVE OPTION WOULD BE TO DO NOT PROCEED WITH THE PLAN.
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THIS ACTION WOULD, OF COURSE, ALLOW FUNDING TO BE REJECTED, REDIRECTED TO OTHER PROJECTS AND CITY PRIORITIES.AND IT WOULD FREE UP THAT MONEY FOR FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
IS THAT THE CONCLUSION? YES. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES. GLENN BERNARD, FOLLOWED BY TIM MORGAN.
AND THAT MEANS, ALONG WITH YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME, MR. MAYOR, A LOT OF INCOME, A LOT OF INCOME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE, IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN TO EUROPE A BUNCH OF TIMES.
YOU GO TO EUROPE, YOU EXPERIENCE ROUNDABOUTS TO THE MAX.
WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND $283,000 FOR A STUDY.
THERE'S A LADY GOING TO SPEAK AFTER ME NAMED SHARON MACDONALD.
SHE'LL GIVE YOU OPINIONS AND ADVICE LIKE CRAZY.
YOU KNOW, BRESSI RANCH HAS ROUNDABOUTS TO THE MAX.
TAMARACK CAN HAVE ROUNDABOUTS TO THE MAX I USED I LIVE PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO CARLSBAD HIGH SCHOOL.
I USE TAMARACK ALL THE TIME TO GET TO AND FROM, AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE THE MARINE IN ME COMING OUT NOW, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
TO ME, TAMARACK IS IS FINE, BUT POLICE AND TAMARACK RESIDENTS DO KNOW MORE THAN ME.
OH, I MUST ALSO SAY THAT WHEN I GOT TO THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA ONCE FOR A GOOD LONG TERM ASSIGNMENT, I WAS REALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, SUCH AS AT PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND EL CAMINO REAL GO OVER AND UNDER EACH OTHER.
THIS WAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, SO COULD DO THAT AT ANY BIG INTERSECTION AND FOR ALL PLACES ALL OTHER PLACES LIKE TAMARACK.
ROUNDABOUTS TO THE MAX, AND I REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD PAY SOMEBODY $283,000 FOR THEIR OPINIONS.
I THINK THE TAMARACK RESIDENTS WILL HAVE BETTER OPINIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DECISION TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE REDESIGN OF THE TAMARACK AVENUE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IN 2024. I JUST WISH THIS WAS DONE IN 2019, WHEN THE HAWK SIGNAL WAS APPROVED WITH A LACK OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND FROM A MINUTE, MOTION ON AN AGENDA ITEM.
ANYWAYS, THIS APPROACH IS A REFRESHING CONTRAST TO THE RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CARLSBAD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUL BALL NET PROJECT AT THE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT GIVEN A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT.
THE DECISION TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE TAMARACK AVENUE REDESIGN DEMONSTRATES A TRUE COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION BY ALLOWING THE RESIDENTS, WHICH AFFECTS THEM DAILY, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, THE CITY IS ENSURING THAT THE OUTCOME REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL LIVE AND WORK IN.
I WISH I WAS HOPING MR. CHADWICK WAS HERE, BUT MAYBE HE'S LISTENING.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT RESULT OF YOUR CONTINUED MESSAGE OF ONE CARLSBAD WORKING TOGETHER.
I SEE THE SIGNS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THANK YOU.
THOSE STATISTICS WHICH ARE BOLTED ARE NOT ACCURATE.
I'VE SEEN MANY COLLISIONS AT THE AT THE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAMARACK AND VALLEY, AND THE SPEED WAS REDUCED BY THE THE SPEED BUMPS NOT NOT THE HAWK SIGNAL. AND 86% DRIVERS USING THE SIGNAL CORRECTLY IS NOT ACCURATE.
I THINK IT'S A POOR RANDOM SAMPLING WHICH I SEE AND HAVE A DOCUMENTED VIOLATIONS DAILY.
ANYWAYS, I MOVE ON TO THE KIND OF A DUAL REASON I'M HERE.
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AND FUTURE PROJECTS.MR. CHADWICK, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, I NEED YOUR HELP BY COMMUNICATING YOUR GREAT MESSAGE.
ONE CARLSBAD WORKING TOGETHER TO DR.
BEN CHURCHILL AND HIS ASSISTANT ERIC DILL TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FENCE PROJECT IS IN THE COASTAL COMMISSION ZONE IS THE CITY'S ULTIMATE DECISION NOT TO MOVE FORWARD, AS IT REVOLVES IN THE COASTAL COMMISSION ZONE AND ALL THE RESIDENTS WHICH THE RESIDENTS REJECT.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE TAMARACK REDESIGN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE CREATION OF A VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE CORRIDOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF A LOT OF THE CHANGES YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED, AND I GUESS I REALLY WANTED TO JUST COMMENT SINCE I DO LIVE ON TAMARACK AND [INAUDIBLE], THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT BE MISSED, WHICH WOULD BE NICE TO INCORPORATE IN A DESIGN OR DO OUTREACH WITH A COMMUNITY, AND I JUST HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
SO ONE IS WHERE THE RAILROAD CROSSING ACTUALLY IS ON TAMARACK, THE THERE IS A RAIL TRAIL, SO THERE IS A FOOTPATH THAT CROSSES BASICALLY PARALLEL TO THE ENTIRE TRAIN TRACK.
AND THEY FLY OVER THE HILL AND THEY FLY DOWN.
SO TRULY, THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE IS RIGHT.
THE COMMENT ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS IS MAKING A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE SPEED MORE THAN CROSSWALKS.
AND PEOPLE JUST DON'T LOOK AS WELL.
THEY JUST DON'T. THEY'RE IN A HURRY.
AND SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO BEAT THE TRAIN ARMS COMING DOWN.
ALSO, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LIVED IN ENCINITAS, WHAT THEY DID FOR TYING TOGETHER PEDESTRIAN TRAILS AND [INAUDIBLE] AND A REMODEL OF THAT AREA, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WHERE THEY INVITED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OUT, HAD SOME RENDERINGS ON BOARDS AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? OR DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US THE THE INPUT NOW BEFORE WE START DOING ANY FORMAL PROJECTS AND SPEND MAYBE THAT SUM OF MONEY OR A PORTION OF IT? SO YOU GOT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND FEET ON THE GROUND FOR A PERSPECTIVE WHICH REALLY HELPED AT THAT MEETING, BECAUSE THE CITY ALMOST TIED IN A COMMUNITY TRAIL TO A PUBLIC TRAIL AND DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
BUT THE COMMENTS FROM THE MEETING ACTUALLY SAVED A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME INHIBITING A MISTAKE.
SO I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH BOARDS AND RENDERINGS ALL AROUND THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE SURE WE CATCH EVERYTHING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, MORE WORK GETS DONE AND, YOU KNOW, FORMALIZED DRAWINGS ARE DRAWN, AND THEN YOU FIND OUT YOU'VE MISSED MAYBE SOME IMPORTANT SEGMENTS OR SOME COMMENTS.
SO THAT WAS REALLY ALL I WANTED TO ADD, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
SO THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.
I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK YOU THIS DURING BRIEFING, SO I APOLOGIZE.
BUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STUDY RELATIVE TO THE STOP SIGN AT VALLEY AND TAMARACK, YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE WERE SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT EXPRESSED THE CONCERN, INCLUDING FROM THE SCHOOL, VALLEY AND MAGNOLIA.
DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE CALLING IN ABOUT THAT OR EMAILING OR WHATEVER? COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR THAT.
THAT WAS BEFORE, ACTUALLY, BOTH MR. SCHMIDT'S TIME AND MY TIME.
SO WE'D HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
IT WAS BEFORE MINE, TOO. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.
I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, WE BASE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WELL, WE BASE THESE THINGS ON SAFETY, PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.
BUT, YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT? WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? LIKE, WAS IT FIVE MAYBE.
[INAUDIBLE] IT WAS IN ONE OF THOSE DECLARATIONS.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
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IT WAS IN THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS WHICH WE POSTED.THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
THANKS. SO I READ THAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEN I THINK WE ONLY FOUND THAT THERE WAS.
DO YOU HAVE IT? COUNCIL MEMBER YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S FIVE FIVE COLLISIONS WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, AND WE ONLY HAD ONE.
SO I'M GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING HOW IT WENT FROM THE PROGRESSION THAT YOU SHOWED ON YOUR SLIDE DECK.
YOU KNOW, CROSSWALK AND BEACON LIGHTING AND THEN THE CROSSWALK LADY OR MAN CROSSING GUARD AND THEN YOU KNOW, DISREGARD CAN'T HAVE A STOP SIGN.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THE HAWK, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A STOP SIGN.
BUT I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT ONLY STOPS AT CERTAIN TIMES.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALLOWING THE FLOW TO FLOW OF TRAFFIC GENERALLY.
WHEN IT'S NOT LIKE 8:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN SCHOOL IS GOING ON.
YEAH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ASKING HOW THAT PROJECT WAS INITIATED, LIKE WHAT INITIATED THAT PROJECT OR WHAT? I GUESS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NONE OF THE BASED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS WE RECEIVED TODAY IT DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A STOP SIGN.
HOW DID IT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE HAWK? RIGHT. OKAY, SO THE HAWK SIGNAL IS A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL ONLY.
SO AS WE KNOW, IT'S ACTIVATED BY PUSH BUTTONS SIMILAR TO A RAPID FLASH BEACON.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS THAT A RAPID FLASH BEACON, THAT IS NOT A IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU A RED BULB OR A RED SIGNAL WHERE YOU'RE REQUIRED TO STOP BY CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.
AS FAR AS WHY THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL, THE HAWK SIGNAL WAS INITIATED THERE AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ALLUDED TO, THERE WAS A MINUTE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BACK IN 2019, TIME FRAME.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THE MINUTE MOTION MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT EARLIER THAN 2019.
SO THIS WAS A PROJECT TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS IN THAT AREA.
I THINK I HEARD YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE NOT NINE WORKSHOPS TO BE PROVIDED BY THIS CONSULTANT.
THERE ARE NOW GOING TO BE TWO.
WAS THAT OUR MISTAKE ON THE REPORT OR? COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS NOT A OH IN THE REPORT.
THERE WAS A SHEET THAT SHOWED A SCHEDULE AND THAT SHOWED NINE WORKSHOPS, THE SCOPE, ACTUALLY, AND THE FEE THAT'S ATTACHED ON PAGE 25 OF 26, THE REPORT IS CORRECT.
SO WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON WHAT WOULD SERVE OUR CITIZENS BEST.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRIM DOWN THOSE NINE WORKSHOPS TO TWO.
AND AS MENTIONED IN MR. SCHMIDT'S PRESENTATION WE'LL HAVE OUR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING ALL THEIR VALUABLE INPUT.
THIS IS $283,241 OVER A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME AND IN TWO DISTRICTS.
RIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BRIEFINGS, I THINK I DID MENTION TWO YEARS.
FOR $283,000? AND THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE ORIGINAL WAS? I THINK WE REDUCED THE FEE DOWN AROUND $100,000.
OKAY. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU.
JUST ON THAT LAST POINT, I THOUGHT I READ IN THE IN THE FRONT OF THIS ITEM THAT IT'S TWO YEARS, BUT WITH ONE YEAR ADDITIONAL AT THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION. RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S THE CONTRACT TERMS. WE WE PREPARED TARGET SCHEDULES, WHICH, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL MEET.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S SOMETIMES UNFORESEEN ISSUES THAT COME UP.
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OR PRE EXTENSION OR IF THERE'S AN EXTENSION, WOULD THERE BE AN INCREASE.YEAH, THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
[INAUDIBLE] HELP ME WITH MY QUANDARY HERE WE HAVE A CITY THAT'S INCREASING IN POPULATION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD, EVEN WHEN I FIRST RAN 15 YEARS AGO, THAT TRAFFIC IS THE BIGGEST QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE AND THE BIGGEST STRESSOR IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO TAKE TWO LANE ROADS AND TURN THEM INTO ONE LANE ROADS.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADS ARE SAFE, WE SLOW CARS DOWN.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF CUSHION FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
BUT AT WHAT POINT HAVE WE GONE TOO FAR? AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE TRAFFIC JAMS AND MORE TRAFFIC JAMS WITH THE WITH THE SINGLE LANE.
NOW, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE, AND I'VE AGREED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO SOME LANE REDUCTION FROM 2 TO 1 WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S JUST PAINT, AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN PAINT IT DIFFERENTLY SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE SINGLE LANES FOR THE ENTIRE DISTANCE OF TAMARACK.
I VOTED AGAINST THE ROUNDABOUT AT TAMARACK AND AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, TAKING ALL THE TRAFFIC AND CRAMMING IT INTO ONE LANE ROUNDABOUT.
HELP CONVINCE ME THAT I'M GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THANK YOU, SIR, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO CONVINCE YOU.
WE ALREADY HAVE JUST ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND SO WE DID THAT AS A PART OF OUR EAST WEST CORRIDORS PROJECT.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR OUR DESIGNS, WHEN WE'RE REDESIGNING NOW IT'S REDESIGNING OUR ROADWAYS, RIGHT BECAUSE MOST ALL OF THE ROADWAYS IN OUR CITY ARE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF GAPS.
WHEN WE'RE REDESIGNING A ROADWAY, THE FIRST THING WE THINK OF IS, IS WHAT'S THE MODE SHARE OF THE ROADWAY? AND WE ALL KNOW THAT MOST OF THE MODE SHARE IS DRIVERS.
AND YOU SEE ON THE WEEKENDS, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS OUT THERE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE MODE SHARE IS LIKE 95 TO 99% VEHICLES AND DRIVERS DRIVING THE VEHICLES.
SO IT SEEMS KIND OF COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT REDUCING THE VEHICLE LANES FROM TWO DOWN TO ONE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY INCREASE IN CONGESTION FOR 99% OF THE TIME, 99% OF THE TIME THE CONGESTION IS CAUSED AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR CONGESTION.
SO THAT'S WHY AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE WHICH RECENTLY CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AND WE CONSTRUCTED WE, WE RECONFIGURED THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BETWEEN [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SAID THAT OCCASIONALLY YOU MIGHT GET CAUGHT BETWEEN A SLOW MOVING RV.
AND YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE GREAT DELAYS THROUGH THAT SEGMENT.
THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL IS WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT VEHICLES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BY FAR THE THE GREATEST MODE SHARE AROUND 95 TO 99 PERCENTILE OF THE ROAD USERS IS DRIVERS.
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WE DESIGNED FOR THAT.AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, AND SPECIFICALLY, WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CONGESTION ISSUES REALLY ARE.
I APPRECIATED THE VIDEO THAT YOU SHOWED, AND HERE'S ME BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SMART ALECK.
AND YOU SAY THAT IT'S GOOD 99% OF THE TIME, AND I'M GUESSING THAT INCLUDES MIDNIGHT.
WHEN I AGREE, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.
I THINK YOU SAID TAMARACK GOES BY WHAT DID YOU SAY? FIVE SCHOOLS.
THAT ALONE CREATES TONS OF TRAFFIC.
SO I'M REALLY WRESTLING WITH THIS.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE DEBATING IT WITH YOU.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU MY CONCERNS SO YOU CAN SHARE WITH ME.
MAYBE YOUR YOUR YOUR OPINION BACK.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS GOING TO BE $283,000.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY AN OUTSIDE GROUP, OR COULD OUR STAFF HANDLE THAT? YEAH THANK YOU SIR.
SO THE FIRST ISSUE I HEARD IS, IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE PEAK VOLUME TIMES ON OUR STREETS, LIKE, WHEN SCHOOL PICKUPS AND DROP OFF PERIODS ARE.
AND THAT IS OUR PEAK PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND SO THE ANSWER IS WE DESIGNED FOR THAT.
SO WE WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES PER HOUR.
AND WE, WE DESIGN THOSE INTO OUR INTERSECTION DESIGNS.
CAN YOU REITERATE WHAT? HELP ME. OH, YEAH.
OKAY. LET'S SAY TODAY WE SAY YES AND WE SPEND $283,000 WITH THIS.
CAN YOU GIVE ME, LIKE, A GUESSTIMATE OF WHAT CONSTRUCTION ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 5, $10 MILLION? WE CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME IN LATER PHASES OF THE STUDY.
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT THE FUNDING STRATEGY IS.
BUT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT.
SO, SO IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE TO SAY 5 OR $10 MILLION BUCKS IS A POSSIBILITY.
THAT'S DEFINITELY WITHIN A POSSIBILITY.
I'LL START WITH THE CLOSING STATEMENTS BECAUSE I STILL GOT IT IN MY BRAIN.
WE JUST WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS AGO THAT IN FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO START SPENDING WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MORE THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN. I LOOK AT TAMARACK AS PROBABLY COULD USE SOME HELP, BUT TO TOTALLY REVAMP IT AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE ALREADY SAYING WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO RUN THE CITY IN GENERAL AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
EVERYBODY WANTS THE BICYCLES PEDESTRIAN TO BE SAFE.
BUT YOU EVEN SAID IT'S IT'S A REALLY A LARGE PERCENTAGE WHEN YOU HAVE BICYCLES BE 5% OF THE TRAFFIC ON ON THE 101 ON THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
SO I'M GUESSING TAMARACK IS GOING TO BE A CONSIDERABLY LESS PERCENTAGE OF BICYCLES.
I JUST DON'T SEE TAMARACK WITH THE HILLS AND BEING THE THE RESIDENTS MORE THAN THAN A TOURIST ATTRACTIONS FOR A GREAT NUMBER OF BICYCLES, ESPECIALLY ENOUGH TO START ELIMINATING LANES AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE INCREASING POPULATION.
SO I'M AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME VOTING YES ON THIS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STAFF.
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CLOSING STATEMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MISS BHAT-PATEL.AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDED ACTION.
I THINK I HAVE A MAYBE A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN YOU, MAYOR, ON THIS.
AND APPRECIATE THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.
I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ROBUST DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE ON THIS PARTICULAR REGARD.
IN TERMS OF THAT CORRIDOR, EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT BE THE DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT AREA, I'VE ALSO RECEIVED QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, EMAILS, INQUIRIES, PHONE CALLS AROUND THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
I DO THINK FROM THE COMPLETE STREETS PERSPECTIVE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT WORK WITH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND JUST IN GENERAL WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THERE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THAT AREA IS VERY BUSY.
I MEAN, I WENT TO SCHOOL AT CARLSBAD HIGH.
I WALKED THOSE STREETS MANY TIMES.
AND EVEN NOW, OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE ALL OF US DRIVE THOSE STREETS PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, JUST FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO INVEST THIS MONEY AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THIS THIS WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER FOR ME TO KIND OF WRAP MY MIND AROUND BECAUSE I WHILE I PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR STREET IN CARLSBAD, IT DOES SEEM THAT A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE PIECEMEAL ALREADY, AND WE HAVE RECENTLY EXPEDITED THROUGH OUR SAFER STREETS.
WE HAVE EXPEDITED A LOT OF KIND OF BACKLOGGED PROJECTS, INCLUDING IN THIS AREA.
JUST THE EXPENDITURE OF ALMOST $300,000 WHEN WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS STREET SEEMS A LITTLE BIT KIND OF OFF KILTER TO ME.
AND I ALSO HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THE CONTRACT AND THE WAY THE PROPOSAL WAS WRITTEN.
SO I AM LIKE I SAID, VERY CONFLICTED, AND I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU. MRS. BURKHOLDER. YEAH.
THIS IS THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT AS MY COLLEAGUE TO THE LEFT OF ME.
TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IS IS A WONDERFUL IDEA MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, MOST OF THE PART OF MY DISTRICT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
SO SORRY, MISS LUNA, BUT BUT I JUST CAN'T SEE SPENDING THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW TO DO SOMETHING WHERE, AS I THINK ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
WELL, THERE'S A SAYING IN THE PLANNING FIELD.
POOR PLANNING ON YOUR PART DOES NOT LEAD TO AN EMERGENCY ON MY PART.
AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE INTO HAVING INSTEAD OF SEGMENTATION, WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN TAMARACK, SOMETHING COMPREHENSIVE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
ALSO, I THINK THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA NEED AN OPPORTUNITY.
THEY HAVE FELT LIKE THEY HAVE REALLY NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN PREVIOUSLY TO WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ON TAMARACK, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE PLAN, WHETHER THEY SUPPORT BIKE LANES, WHETHER THEY SUPPORT SINGLE LANES OR WHETHER THEY DON'T, THIS IS A GREAT FORUM FOR THEM TO ARTICULATE THAT WE'LL HAVE A REAL GOOD SOUND DECISION MAKING PROCESS BY HAVING THE TWO COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS REPRESENTING WHAT THEIR VIEWS.
BUT AT LEAST THE RESIDENTS GET TO BE HEARD.
AND IT IS A LINEAR PLAN THAT IS NOT SEGMENTED.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD SOUND PLANNING ON OUR PART.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, BUT I MAKE A MOTION TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO.
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OKAY, SO JUST FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO, PLEASE VOTE.THAT PASSES 3 TO 2 WITH THE COMMENTS OF MISS BHAT-PATEL AND MISS LUNA NOTED.
AND HAVE A REQUEST FOR A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
WE'LL RECONVENE AT FIVE MINUTES TO SEVEN.
SESSION. THE FINAL ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS.
THEY GAVE ME A LIST OF CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT THEIR, THEIR SUGGESTIONS REPRESENT THE CONCERNS OF A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I BROUGHT ASKED TO HAVE IT BRING BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND JASON HABER IS GOING TO HELP ME WITH THIS, AND IT'S TO INVESTIGATE AND THE REQUEST AND TO HAVE STAFF LOOK AT IT AND GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHICH ONES ARE DOABLE, WHICH AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE COST INVOLVED.
AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU DIRECTION AT THE CONCLUSION.
AND SORRY, FOR THE RECORD, JASON HABER, CITY'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.
WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST, I BELIEVE, IN JANUARY ASKING THAT THE CITY INITIATE A HANDFUL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE AND A HANDFUL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.
AND SO THIS SLIDE OUTLINES BRIEFLY THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE ONE.
TO PROVIDE AND INCLUDE A SPECIFIC DEFINITION OF AIRPORT IN THE CODE.
THAT TERM DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT DEFINITION IN THE CITY'S ZONING CODE.
AND IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL ON THAT, WE CAN PROVIDE THE PROPOSED DEFINITION.
THE CURRENT BOUNDARY OF MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT.
THIRD, TO PROHIBIT AN AIRPORT IN ALL OTHER ZONES AND ON ALL OTHER PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY.
A SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE SECTION THAT IS CITED AND WE HAVE THAT LANGUAGE FOR YOU AS WELL.
THE CITY'S CODE DOES CURRENTLY HAVE A DEFINITION OF EXPANSION.
THIS IS TO A PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THAT DEFINITION TO COVER SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO AIRPORTS.
THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE REQUESTS FROM CITIZENS FOR A FRIENDLY AIRPORT RELATED TO AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE IN THE LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DESIGN ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, TO INCLUDE POLICY STATEMENTS THAT SAY THAT ANY PROPOSED AND THESE ARE SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD CREATE ALIGNMENT THERE.
SECOND, EXPANSION IS ONLY PERMITTED WITHIN THE CURRENT BOUNDARY OF MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT.
I BELIEVE IN 2018 THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS THE B2 ENHANCED ALTERNATIVE AIRPORT DESIGN CLASSIFICATION WITH NO RUNWAY EXTENSION, AND OPPOSES THE D THREE MODIFIED STANDARDS COMPLIANCE ALTERNATIVE THAT RELATES TO THE COUNTY'S PROPOSED AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BY THE COUNTY RECENTLY.
SO WITH THAT THAT SUMMARIZES THE REQUESTS FOR THAT ARE BEFORE YOU AND THE THOUGHT, SHOULD COUNCIL BE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD OR RECEIVING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT? STAFF WOULD TAKE COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THAT FRONT.
GO DO SOME PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THAT AND RETURN TO YOU WITHIN A 6090 DAY TIME FRAME TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS FOR ADVANCING THESE TYPES OF CHANGES.
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AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES. GLENN BERNARD, FOLLOWED BY HOPE NELSON.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT AIRPLANES DO.
WHEN AIRPLANES ARE COMING IN FROM THE NORTH, THEY COME DOWN THE COAST TO SOME CERTAIN POINT.
AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS.
SO. BUT I DID MOVE INTO MY HOUSE, INTO THIS HOUSE, MY THIRD IN CARLSBAD IN 2001, AND PLANES, LIKE ON THE FIRST DAY, THEY'RE LOW AND SLOW OVER MY HOUSE AND THE AIRPORT WAS THERE FIRST.
IT NEVER WOULD OCCUR TO ME TO GO OVER THERE TO PLAY SOME PLACE THAT WAS THERE BEFORE ME AND HINDER THEIR OPERATIONS, OR TELL THEM THAT YOU BOTHER ME AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO SUCCEED THE WAY EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IN AMERICA SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUCCEED.
YEAH, I MIGHT BE A MARINE, BUT NOBODY'S MORE OF A CAPITALIST THAN ME.
LET THEM GROW, LET THEM SUCCEED.
TUCKER, YOU SAW WHAT GOVERNMENT DID TO A GOOD A GOOD AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
YOU SAW WHAT GOVERNMENT DID TO OPPENHEIMER FOR FUN.
WELL, LET'S NOT DO THAT TO ANY BUSINESS IN CARLSBAD.
IS THAT NEXT? SO LET'S ENCOURAGE AND LET'S ASSIST EVERY BUSINESS IN THE CITY TO SUCCEED AND GROW ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY FOREVER.
HEY, GUYS. HOPE NELSON, CONCERNED CITIZEN MEMBER C4 FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF.
YOU CAN BREATHE. I ONLY HAVE A FEW WORDS TONIGHT.
AND THEIR OF GRATITUDE FOR OUR MAYOR, WHO HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN AGENDIZING THE AIRPORT FOR TONIGHT, FOR OUR COUNCIL WHO HAVE PATIENTLY LISTENED AND WATCHED AND SEEN THE CONCERNS.
AND FOR STAFF, MOST IMPORTANTLY, JASON HABER, WHO HAS THE PATIENCE OF A SAINT.
THANKS. FRANK SUN, FOLLOWED BY DON BETRO.
GOOD EVENING. SO MY COMMENTS ARE ALSO VERY BRIEF.
MAYOR BLACKBURN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I REPRESENT THE MARINERS POINT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TONIGHT.
WE'RE 186 HOMES NEAR POINSETTIA PARK.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, STARTING TO ADDRESS THE NOISE ISSUE.
I THINK THE COUNTY HAS BEEN LEFT ALONE WAY TOO LONG.
SO WE SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO PURSUE THIS ENGAGEMENT OF HOW WE CAN MODIFY CARLSBAD CODE AND THE MUNICIPAL PLAN SUCH THAT CARLSBAD EXERCISES ITS LOCAL LAND USE JURISDICTION.
GOOD EVENING, I'M DON BOTTARO.
I RESIDE AT SOLIMAR HOA, WHICH IS RIGHT AT PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS.
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THANK JASON FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE.YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED.
I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED SOME OF THIS IN RECENT MONTHS, AS WE'VE TRIED TO GET INFORMATION AND TRY TO IMPACT JUST TO BE ACCOMMODATED FOR OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS. AND IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS.
SO SOMETHING ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WHAT IS OCCURRING TONIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, WE DID SOME RESEARCH THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY AND WHERE REGIONAL AIRPORTS LIKE PALOMAR ARE HAVING A DIFFERENCE IS WHEN THE CITIES, THE MUNICIPALITIES THEY ARE IN TAKE THE LEAD ALONGSIDE OF THE RESIDENTS TO PETITION WHOEVER THE OPERATOR IS OF THE AIRPORT, IN THIS CASE THE COUNTY, TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.
YOU HAVE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS REPORT.
THE ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME ARE THE FOURTH AND FIFTH ONE, WHICH IS DOES THIS AIRPORT OPERATE AS A BTU AIRPORT OR AD3? NOW, WHEN I'VE PURSUED THIS, WHAT I'M TOLD BY THE COUNTY IS, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF AD3 AIRPORT, IF A PILOT OF AD3 AIRPLANE WANTS TO LAND HIS PLANE AT PALOMAR, WE CAN'T TELL HIM HE CANNOT.
AND TO ME, THAT DEFIES THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT ALSO MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT REALLY WHAT IS THE PLAN HERE FOR PALOMAR.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT, I THINK, THAT YOU ASSERT YOUR LAND USE AUTHORITY HERE.
I THINK IT THE STEPPING UP AND ASSERTING THAT YOU'VE DONE THE PAST FEW MONTHS, ALONG WITH WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED BY C FOUR FOR WILL BE PREVENTATIVE. IT WILL BE GOOD REPRESENTATION AND IT WILL BE GOOD GOVERNANCE BECAUSE THE CITY NEEDS TO HELP WITH THIS.
AND I ASSURE YOU, WE JUST HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT OF OUR HOA'S THAT WE WILL BE THERE WITH YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO BE ASSERTIVE IN GETTING THIS AIRPORT TO OPERATE IN LIGHT OF THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT SURROUND IT.
SUSIE THORLEY, FOLLOWED BY VICKI SAGE.
IN JANUARY 2021, SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT RULED UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS THE FINAL AUTHORITY OVER LAND USE AT PALOMAR AIRPORT, BASED UPON THE 1978 CITY'S PALOMAR AIRPORT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THE FINAL AUTHORITY RESTS WITH THE CITY, NOT THE COUNTY.
SO, ON BEHALF OF C4, FOR OUR SUPPORTERS AND THE COMMUNITY, WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL PLEASE DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 60 DAYS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SUGGESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO MAYOR BLACKBURN FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
I MOVED TO CARLSBAD ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE AIRPORT WAS ANNEXED, ANNEXED TO THE CITY.
AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING I'M NOT A MEMBER OF CFR, BUT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS GROUP WHO ARE HARDWORKING GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
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EVER KNOWN, WHAT I HAD EVER KNOWN.AND SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT WE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN TALK WITH THE COUNTY AND BE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE FAA AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND PROTECT THE AIRPORT FROM EXPANDING.
I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL AGREE TO THIS DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
JASON OF THE 28 SHOWS, HOW MANY, HOW MANY RESIDENTS DO WE DO? YOU HAVE A APPROXIMATE NUMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER WE DO NOT.
WE'RE STRICTLY IN A STAFF SUPPORT ROLE.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW WOULD SPUR FUTURE STAFF INVOLVEMENT.
IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO PURSUE THIS FURTHER WITH STAFF, WHAT WOULD THE FUNDING SOURCE BE? AT THIS POINT WE DEPENDING ON COUNSEL DIRECTION, IF THE DIRECTION WAS TO GO FORWARD AND DEVELOP A PROPOSAL FOR ADVANCING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OR OF CITIZENS FOR A FRIENDLY AIRPORT, THAT WOULD JUST BE A STAFF TIME CONTRIBUTION AT THIS POINT TO THE NEXT POINT THAT WE COME BACK WITH YOU, TO YOU WITH AN ITEM 60 TO 90 DAYS FROM NOW.
SO NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE REQUESTED OR.
MAY I PLEASE ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION? HAVE WERE YOU ABLE TO READ THIS ITEM AND LOOK AT THE REQUEST MADE BY STAFF FOR.
I WAS. AND DID YOU HAVE ANY LEGAL THOUGHTS RELATIVE TO THEIR REQUESTS? I BELIEVE THAT THEIR REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OTHER PROPOSALS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, THAT HAD BEEN VETTED BY THE PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY AND AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BEEN SOME YEARS, SO WE'D WANT TO TO MAKE THAT INFORMATION CURRENT.
AND WHILE I BELIEVE MR. HABER IS CORRECT THAT WE WOULD BE USING PRIMARILY STAFF TIME TO BRING THIS BACK, WE DO HAVE OUTSIDE AIRPORT COUNSEL THAT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE REVIEW THIS BEFORE WE PRESENTED IT BACK TO COUNCIL. GREAT.
THANK YOU. THAT'S MY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? MR ACOSTA. THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
SO I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO DO.
THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MISS BHAT-PATEL? YES. THANK YOU.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION.
THANKS. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT INTERFERING WITH BUSINESS.
AND ALSO, THIS IS JUST TO BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION BY VOTING YES, BY THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE AGREE OR DISAGREE ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
SO THIS ACTION TODAY WOULD BE TO DIRECT STAFF TO REVIEW AND INVESTIGATE THE REQUESTS AND BRING BACK FOR A FUTURE AGENDA THOSE ITEMS FOR ACTION, ALONG WITH ANY ANALYSIS, ANY STEPS, POTENTIAL COSTS AND TIMING TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROPOSALS.
MR. HABER, IF I ADDED THAT, BRING IT BACK WITHIN 60 DAYS.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? I SEE A THUMBS UP FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO. OKAY, SO MY MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE BRING THIS BACK AND WE DO THAT WITHIN 60 DAYS FOR COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
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THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY LEFTOVER? THAT'S A HORRIBLE WAY TO SAY IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONSENT CALENDAR SPEAKERS? YES, WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.
GURLEEN DID I I'M SORRY I SAID CONSENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GURLEEN VIVEK, FOLLOWED BY CLAUDIA ANDERSON.
HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS GURLEEN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEMBER IN CARLSBAD.
I'M HERE TO URGE THIS COUNCIL TO PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASE FIRE IN GAZA, CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE IN AN EMERGENCY THAT IS AN EMERGENCY THAT MERITS THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
AND THIS WAS SUPPLIED BY THE US WITH OUR TAXPAYER MONEY.
OVER 40,000 INNOCENT CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED, WITH THOUSANDS MORE MISSING AND MILLIONS DISPLACED.
THE GENOCIDE BEING COMMITTED BY ISRAEL AGAINST PALESTINIANS IS A LOCAL ISSUE BECAUSE INNOCENT CIVILIANS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN, ARE BEING MURDERED WITH OUR TAX MONEY BY WEAPONS BEING MANUFACTURED IN OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THE ESTIMATED FUNDS THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SENDS TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY FROM TAX PAYERS IN CARLSBAD THROUGH FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS, IS ROUGHLY $1.5 MILLION. IMAGINE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD LOOK LIKE IF OUR GOVERNMENT FUNDED HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION INSTEAD OF SYSTEMS OF VIOLENCE. CARLSBAD IS HOME TO MANY PALESTINIANS AND IS OUR DUTY TO STAND UP AGAINST INJUSTICE AND BE THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
TAKING A HUMANITARIAN POSITION AGAINST GENOCIDE BY ADDING CARLSBAD TO THE GROWING LIST OF CITIES DEMANDING A CEASE FIRE IS A RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO DO, AND A FEW OF THOSE CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT HAVE PASSED A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION ARE RICHMOND, CUDAHY, SAN FRANCISCO, MADERA, LONG BEACH, MONTEBELLO, POMONA, AND OAKLAND. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE OUR VOICES TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMANITY, NOT WAR AND VIOLENCE.
I STRONGLY URGE THIS COUNCIL TO PUT FORTH A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA.
AND SINCE I HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT, I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF CARLSBAD THAT CHANGE IS NOT POPULAR.
IT TAKES A STRONG CONVICTION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, AND ESPECIALLY HISTORY, SHOWS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WHILE CHANGE MAY NOT SEEM POPULAR IN THE MOMENT, WE LOOK BACK AT HISTORY AND REALIZE THIS WAS WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HUMANITY AND JUSTICE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS CLAUDIA ANDERSON, AND I'M A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF SBA DISASTER LOAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE JANUARY 2024 SEVERE WINTER STORM AND FLOODING DISASTER THAT HAPPENED IN SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THE PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION WAS SIGNED ON FEBRUARY 19TH, AND SBA IS NOW HERE OFFERING LOW INTEREST LOANS TO IMPACTED BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, NONPROFITS, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE OR OTHER RECOVERY FUNDS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
UP TO 2 MILLION TO COVER DISASTER LOSSES NOT FULLY COVERED BY INSURANCE.
AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THESE DISASTER LOANS IS APRIL 19TH, 2024.
IN ADDITION, BUSINESSES CAN SEEK UP TO A $2 MILLION TO HELP MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND OPERATING EXPENSES THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MET HAD THE DISASTER NOT OCCURRED.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THESE ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS IS NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024.
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AS LOW AS 4% FOR BUSINESSES, AND AS LOW AS 3.25% FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.SBA DISASTER LOANS HAVE NO CLOSING COSTS AND NO PREPAYMENT PENALTIES.
WE'VE OPENED A BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTER ON MONDAY AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, THE CENTER FOR BUSINESS ADVANCEMENT IN NATIONAL CITY, AND THE ONGOING HOURS OF OPERATION ARE MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS FROM 8:30 A.M.
AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, YOU CAN ALSO AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET TO THE RECOVERY CENTER.
SBA HAS A SECURE SITE SBA.GOV SLASH DISASTER WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR A LOAN.
ON A COMMUNITY LIKE SAN DIEGO, ALL COMMUNITIES ARE MORE VULNERABLE.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
YES. THANK YOU AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TONIGHT.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REGARDING THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD IN THE FEW PAST FEW WEEKS.
I DID HAVE AN NCTD BOARD MEETING WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED DURING THAT CONVERSATION THE CONNECTOR FOR SILICON VALLEY OR, SORRY, SILICON VALLEY THE SORRENTO VALLEY AREA.
AND JUST WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONNECTORS IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA FOR FOLKS THAT ARE COMMUTING DOWN FROM THIS, THIS SPACE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SORRENTO VALLEY.
THERE THERE WAS AN INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH MTS TO MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S A HUGE HUB OF INDIVIDUALS THAT TRAVEL FROM HERE DOWN SOUTH THAT THERE IS A GREAT CONNECTION TO KEEP MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN KEEP MOVING IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN USE PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THE OTHER MEETINGS AROUND TRANSPORTATION THAT I HAD WAS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING LAST FRIDAY, AND THEN I DID HAVE OUR CAL CITIES BOARD MEETING, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER, ACOSTA AND I WERE BOTH AT LAST WEEK.
FOR THE FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK.
THE OTHER UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT I HAVE ARE THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE THIS THURSDAY AND THEN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, ASIAN PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING UPCOMING AS WELL.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I HOPE YOU HAD A RESTFUL THREE DAY WEEKEND.
THAT'S TYPICALLY A MONTHLY CEREMONY WHERE STUDENTS ARE SELECTED FROM ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA IN CARLSBAD AND GIVEN AN AWARD FOR THEIR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND THEIR CHARACTER.
THAT'S A CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT.
ON SATURDAY, I WAS LUCKY TO JOIN CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, WHERE I'M THE ALTERNATE FOR THE NAACP YOUTH COUNCIL IN OCEANSIDE. WE HAD A REGIONAL EVENT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND MENTORSHIP.
IT'S AT OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THOSE ARE MY UPCOMING EVENTS AND A QUICK REPORT OF MY LAST WEEK'S EVENTS.
THANK YOU. THE NORTH COUNTY AQUATICS BRINGS A CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT HERE EVERY YEAR.
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH SOME FANTASTIC SWIMMERS COME OUT AND SEE THAT, BUT ALSO BE AWARE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY LIKE A THOUSAND, LIKE THOUSANDS. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO GENERATES THE ECONOMY AND I LOVE SEEING THAT.
BUT A FUN EVENT, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I'M THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.
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AND SO I THINK I'M KICKING THAT OFF ON MARCH 4TH AT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION.SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE SANDAG RETREAT.
NOTHING FOR ME. THANK YOU, CITY CLERK.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.