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I'M CALLING TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE TAKE ROLL.
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COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER.PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL AND MAYOR BLACKBURN.
PRESENT. ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
[ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS]
I HAVE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THE CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER TWO, SIX AND EIGHT. MISS BHAT-PATEL, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? YES. PLEASE RISE. PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[PRESENTATIONS]
NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS I INVITE. SUZANNE SMITHSON, LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR, TO DO THE INTRODUCTION.THANK YOU, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DONATION FROM THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY AND ARTS FOUNDATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26. I'M SUZANNE SMITHSON, THE LIBRARIAN, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR, AND WITH ME IS GITA NASSIRI, THE FOUNDATION'S PRESIDENT THIS YEAR, THEIR DONATION IS $235,000.
IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE LIBRARY AND ART STAFF.
AS I EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CHOSE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS AND CREATE ENDOWMENTS WHICH WILL LEAVE A BENEFIT AND A LEGACY TO THE COMMUNITY. AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO SIRI.
OKAY. MAYOR BLACKBURN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. HELLO.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY AND ARTS FOUNDATION.
I'M GITA NASSIRI. I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FOUNDATION WITH OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK.
THE FOUNDATION, AS YOU KNOW, IS A 501C3 NONPROFIT CORPORATION ESTABLISHED IN 1998.
ITS SOLE MISSION IS TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT AND ENHANCE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS FACILITIES, EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. COMMUNITY GIFTS AND DONATIONS HAVE ENABLED THE FOUNDATION OVER THE YEARS TO SUPPORT MANY ARTS, LITERARY AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN CARLSBAD.
OVER $2 MILLION HAVE BEEN DONATED TO DATE. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROUS INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND PATRONS, AS WELL AS ENDOWMENTS ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED TO SPONSOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
PRESENTLY, THE FOUNDATION MANAGES CLOSE TO $5 MILLION IN ENDOWMENT FUNDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026, THE FOUNDATION IS HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WITH A CHECK AND THE AMOUNT OF.
I HAVE $235,116 TO BENEFIT THE LIBRARY AND ARTS DEPARTMENT.
AND ONE DISTRIBUTION IS FROM OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND THE THREE ENDOWMENTS ARE THE ROBERT H. GARDNER ENDOWMENT FUND FOR PROGRAMING AND EVENTS IN THE SCHULMAN AUDITORIUM, THE BENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUND TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY COLLECTION, AND TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING CENTER, THE CANON ENDOWMENT FUND TO SUPPORT THE CANON GALLERY, AND IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ENDOWMENTS, THE FOUNDATION IS MAKING A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 TO INSTALL AND INTERACTIVE PERCUSSION PLAY, SCULPTURE, SCULPTURE, HELP ME INSTALLATION AT THE COLE LIBRARY SCULPTURE GARDEN.
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THE PERCUSSION PLAY PROJECTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL.IT CONSISTS OF MUSICAL SCULPTURES FOR ALL AGES, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CAME TO THE FOUNDATION WITH THIS PROJECT.
THE THERE IS ANOTHER DISTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,500.
IT'S THE AMOUNTS MAY NOT BE SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT NONETHELESS.
SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY WAS PRESENTED TO SPONSOR POP UP ARTS AT THIS YEAR'S TGIF, WE WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPONSOR THIS PROJECT. FROM THE REPORTS WE HAVE RECEIVED AFTER THE FIRST CONCERT.
THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO VERY HAPPY THAT POP UP ART IS BACK.
AND THE 4500 ALSO ALLOWS FOR DANCE LESSONS AT SOME OF THE TGIF EVENTS.
SO YES, PEOPLE CAN CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE CITY FOR LIBRARIES AND ARTS.
AND I'LL BE DONE VERY SOON. THE. THE FOUNDATION GENERALLY USES THE INCOME FROM THE INVESTMENTS TO ANNUALLY SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES, AND ARTS IN CARLSBAD, SO THE PRINCIPLE KEEPS GROWING AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE OVERHEAD, NO SALARIES, NO EMPLOYEES.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUZANNE SMITHSON, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, AND HER ENTIRE STAFF, INCLUDING CRADDOCK STROKES, THE NEW CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER.
THE COMMUNITY'S INTERACTIONS ARE MOSTLY WITH THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO WITH PARKS AND REC, AND THEY ARE ALL DOING A GREAT JOB OF REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID YOU BRING A BIG CHECK WITH YOU? OKAY. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD WITH YOU? HOW ABOUT IF WE HAVE CRADDOCK, CAN YOU GUYS COME UP FRONT? WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE REAL QUICK.
CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU. MAYOR. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE TO READ THE FOLLOWING.
[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.
INFORMATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.
NO ACTION MAY OCCUR ON 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.
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 FOR ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOMED AND RESPECTED.
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THE CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE 2.5 MINUTE MARK.THE PODIUM LIGHT WILL TURN YELLOW, GIVING YOU NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THREE MINUTES.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY GETS EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK.
PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, GARY GREENING, FOLLOWED BY MIKE BORRELLO.
WITH THE ADJUSTMENT HERE RIGHT. MAYOR BLACKBURN AND CITY COUNCIL, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO BASICALLY MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING NOISE ABATEMENT AT THE PALOMAR AIRPORT. MY NAME IS GARY GREENING. I'M ON THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ELECTED BY THE COUNTY AND HAVE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE IN WORKING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY HAS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM CALLED VAP, WHICH IS BASICALLY VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM, AND IT IS SPECIFYING VARIOUS THINGS LIKE QUIET HOURS, FLIGHT PATTERNS, PATTERN ALTITUDES, AND SOME OF THE SENSITIVE AREAS WHEN THEY FLY OVER RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
PALOMAR AIRPORT FLIGHTS CONTINUALLY BREAK THE QUIET.
OUR RULES, FLIGHT PATTERNS AND EXCESSIVE NOISE ABOVE THE 65DB LEVEL.
SO QUIET HOURS ARE KIND OF MEANINGLESS UNLESS THEY'RE FOLLOWED BY THE PILOTS.
RECENTLY, THOUGH. MY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THIS EVENING IS THAT THE PAC COMMITTEE, OF WHICH I'M A MEMBER, HAVE FORMED WITH THE COUNTY REPORTS, A NEW SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO STUDY AND FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE THE VNAP RULES, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT VERY EFFECTIVE, BECAUSE THEY AREN'T BEING FOLLOWED WITH NO PENALTIES AND WITH NO INFRACTIONS OR COMMENTS TO CHANGE THEM. WE'VE DECIDED TO DO THIS. SO WHAT PART OF OUR GROUP IS DOING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING WHAT OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING, AND TRY TO ADOPT MAYBE SOME OF THE METHODS THEY'VE USED TO ENCOURAGE THE PILOTS.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPRISED OF THREE PACK MEMBERS AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE ON THE PALOMAR WEBSITE OR THE COUNTY WEBSITE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO ONE OF OUR RECENT SUCCESSES OF THE PAC IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE, WITH HELP FROM THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE AIRPORT TO ADD SEVERAL NEW NOISE MONITORS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY ONLY HAD A HANDFUL. AND BY TAKING THIS DATA, THEY ACTUALLY POST IT REAL TIME ON THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS.
THANK YOU SIR. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. BUT I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? IT'S GOING TO BE THE PAC. THE PAC WILL MAKE THE DECISION.
THANK YOU. BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP US ALREADY.
OKAY, SIR. AND YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MIKE BORRELLO, FOLLOWED BY JEAN WALKER. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. SO I CAME HERE TONIGHT AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE RIGHT.
IS THERE REALLY AN EMERGENCY? THE PHYSICS ARE CONSTANT, BUT THE HUMAN LENS IS NOT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STAKES IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. AMPLIFY THE CLIMATE CONVERSATION.
SOMETIMES ALIGNING WITH THE SCIENCE, SOMETIMES OBFUSCATING IT.
TO NAVIGATE, WE MUST LEAN ON THE UNCHANGING PHYSICS WHILE STAYING SHARP ABOUT THE AGENDAS AT PLAY.
SO SCIENCE IS NEVER SETTLED. SCIENCE IS NOT CONSENSUS.
IT'S SEEKING THE TRUTH. BUT IT CAN BE CAPTURED AND MANIPULATED.
YOU PAY ENOUGH MONEY. YOU CAN PAY FOR THE SCIENCE.
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WHAT IF THERE IS NO EMERGENCY? WHAT'S AT STAKE? WHAT ARE WE RISKING? SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT, PLEASE.HI. LAST WEEK, THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY 41 CALIFORNIA CITIES, INCLUDING OCEANSIDE AND ENCINITAS. THE ISSUE WAS TABLED, BUT THERE WAS A SUGGESTION I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SUGGESTED THE ISSUE IS BEST ADDRESSED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
WHEN SOMEONE BECOMES A BOARD MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION, THEY TAKE AN OATH TO WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE AS A WHOLE, WHICH IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
OF THE 56 MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD.
ONLY FOUR CITIES HAVE ENDORSED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES INITIATIVE.
IT SEEMS THE FIX IS IN AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
RECENTLY, THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, DANIEL PARRA, WHO ALSO CONTINUES TO SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THAT ORGANIZATION, FOR WHICH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD PAYS $30,000 A YEAR IN DUES, WAS ARRESTED AND INDICTED BY THE HILLSBOROUGH DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN FLORIDA.
HE IS BEING PROSECUTED FOR BATTERY, WHICH INVOLVED HIS UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES UPON THE VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, ALSO IN CALIFORNIA, WHILE BOTH WERE REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CITIES AT A NATIONAL EVENT, NEITHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ACOSTA NOR BHAT-PATEL HAVE ASKED FOR PARRA TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITION AT LEAGUE OF CITIES.
PARRA WAS FIRED FROM HIS POSITION AS CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY OF ORANGE COVE, CALIFORNIA, SO OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE. INSTEAD, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND DO NOTHING.
THIS SAME VICE MAYOR IN THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO NOTED THAT SHE WANTED TO SAY TO THE WOMEN AND OTHERS HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BODILY VIOLATIONS AND ACTS OF HARM, THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND YOU ARE NOT POWERLESS.
CARLSBAD SHOULD NOT REMAIN POWERLESS. THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
THANK YOU. THAT'S THE FINAL SPEAKER.
[CONSENT CALENDAR (PART 1 OF 2)]
NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH NINE.AND WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO CHOOSES TO PULL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. ACCEPTING BIDS, DENYING TWO BID PROTESTS AND AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR PHASE 1 OF THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES PROJECT, CIP PROJECT NO. 4015]
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ANY OTHER ITEMS. MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I REQUESTED THAT ITEM EIGHT BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION.MY DISTRICT. I'VE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN ABOUT HOW PRIOR TO MY ELECTION, DISTRICT ONE WENT THROUGH A CHAOTIC PERIOD WHERE OVER JUST A FEW YEARS, RESIDENTS WERE REPRESENTED, OVER A CHAOTIC PERIOD WHERE OVER JUST A FEW YEARS RESIDENTS WERE REPRESENTED BY THREE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ENDURED PERIODS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AT ALL AS A RESULT OF TWO RESIGNATIONS AND AN APPOINTED COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.
I'M GRATEFUL TO CONGRESSMAN LEVIN AND SPOKE TO ONE OF HIS AIDES TODAY AT A RIBBON CUTTING, AND THANKED HIM FOR HELPING BRING FUNDS TO THE CITY TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND WALKABILITY.
HOWEVER, AT OUR MARCH COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE APPROVED THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT, THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL WAS INFORMED THAT THE BARRIO WOULD LOSE APPROXIMATELY 46 PARKING SPACES TO MAKE WAY FOR THESE FIVE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
THE CONCERN ABOUT THE LOSS OF PARKING HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED VERY RECENTLY AS A RESULT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S NEW DAYLIGHTING LAW, WHICH IS ELIMINATING PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT CITIES IN CALIFORNIA, AND TO BE EXACT 11 FOR THIS PROJECT.
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THE CONCERN ABOUT THE LAW. SORRY. I'VE ALSO SEEN A SHIFT IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS REGARDING TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND WHETHER THEY'RE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR TRAFFIC CALMING COMPARED TO SPEED CUSHIONS, STOP SIGNS, OR OTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY IDEAS.THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TAKE A PAUSE AND RUN THROUGH A FEW QUESTIONS WITH STAFF, AND HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS PROPOSAL THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? NOT FOR ITEM EIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. THANK YOU, SIR.
MY NAME IS TOM FRANK. I'M THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER.
AND WOULD YOU CARE FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO.
VERY BRIEF, JUST AS A REMINDER. YEAH.
THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED AS A PART OF THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
STARTING BACK IN 2014 AND THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAN IN 2018.
SINCE THAT TIME, STAFF HAS KEPT THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND INVITED FEEDBACK AT EACH PRESENTATION TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. WITH OUR LAST REPORT ON MARCH 4TH TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND AUTHORIZATION TO BID THE PROJECT.
AS NOTED IN THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS MEMO POSTED TODAY AND THE MARCH 4TH STAFF REPORT, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 46 PARKING SPACES LISTED TO BE ELIMINATED BY THIS PROJECT. AFTER FURTHER ANALYSIS, STAFF FOUND THAT EIGHT OF THESE SPACES SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COUNTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXISTING RED CURBS.
THEREFORE, THE UPDATED TOTAL LOSS OF PARKING SPACES IN THE PROJECT AREA IS REVISED TO 38 SPACES.
DUE TO THE STATE'S DAYLIGHTING LAW. TO ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF INCREASING PARKING IN THE BARRIO.
STAFF IS COMPLETING A THREE PHASED APPROACH. THE FIRST PHASE IS RELATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S MINUTE MOTION MADE ON MARCH 4TH, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ASSESS ADDITIONAL PARKING OPPORTUNITIES ALONG MADISON STREET AND EAST FROM MADISON TO CHESTNUT STREET.
OUR INITIAL REVIEW WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PARTNERS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED MORE THAN EIGHT PARKING SPACES ON MADISON STREET AND FIVE SPACES ON CHESTNUT AVENUE. WE'RE TARGETING TO BRING A REPORT TO THE SUBJECT ON THE SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
OUR TEAM'S EFFORT TO DATE HAS YIELDED 28 NEW PARKING SPACES IN THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO AREAS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE A THIRD FUTURE PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES EVALUATING CONVERTING PARALLEL TO DIAGONAL PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE EAST-WEST STREETS THAT ARE WIDER THAN 48FT, LIKE PINE AND PALM STREETS.
THIS EFFORT WOULD INCLUDE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND VETTING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, WITH REPORT OF ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO CITY COUNCIL.
THIS EVALUATION IS TARGETED FOR COMPLETION IN 2026.
THANK YOU. MR. HABER. I GOT A FEELING YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS TOO, IF YOU'LL JOIN MR. FRANK. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MISS BURKHOLDER.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, MR. FRANK. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WOULD BE LOST IN THE BARRIO AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT, AND I HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT I DON'T WANT ANY PARKING SPACES LOST IN THE BARRIO FOR ANY PROJECT.SO THE REALITY IS THAT THE DAYLIGHTING LAW DOES IMPEDE THAT.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO ADD TO THAT. SO THAT QUESTION'S ALREADY BEEN ASKED.
AND THE NEXT QUESTION WAS ASKED ANSWERED AS WELL WITH THE DAYLIGHTING LAW.
SO YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE WAYS STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE, IN THE VILLAGE, BUT THIS IS IMPACTING THE BARRIO SPECIFICALLY.
SO, I THINK WHAT I WAS ASKING STAFF TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THE PINE PARK AREA WHERE THERE IS SOME SPACE THAT WE COULD HAVE PARKING, AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T DO TRAFFIC CIRCLES WHAT OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES HAVE THE SAME DESIRE, WHICH IS THE DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY STOP SIGNS MAKE PEOPLE STOP.
COULD WE HAVE THE SAME DESIRED EFFECT? FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE PARKING SPOTS, WHICH I WAS REFERRING TO, THAT WAS FOR THE SPECIFIC OF SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BARRIO AREA.
THE ONES WHICH I WAS REFERENCING FOR THIS THREE PHASE APPROACH IS SPECIFICALLY.
TRAFFIC CALMING? A FREQUENT ONE WE USE IS THE SPEED CUSHIONS AND WE ACTUALLY DON'T WE THE STOP SIGNS ARE NOT A TRAFFIC CALMING TOOL.
AND THE RATIONALE IS WE FOLLOW GUIDELINES WHICH ARE A PART OF STATE GUIDELINES.
IT'S THE MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
TO GUIDE US ON WHEN WE DO RECOMMEND TRAFFIC OR STOP SIGNS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU INSTALL TRAFFIC STOP SIGNS WITHOUT, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE METCD? THE TICKETS MAY NOT BE ENFORCEABLE IN THE COURT OF LAW.
AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT MAY DETER ENFORCEMENT OF THE STOP SIGNS.
AND THERE'S BEEN ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT THAT FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS SAYING THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN I GUESS THE SPEED CUSHIONS ARE THE MOST POPULAR.
THERE ARE OTHER ONES, LIKE CHICANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE ON GATEWAY.
AND WE HEARD THERE ARE CONCERNS ALSO WITH CURB EXTENSIONS.
YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LA OR SAN DIEGO, THANKFULLY, WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE CARLSBAD.
BUT WHEN WAS ACTUALLY THIS THIS PROJECT PREDATED ME.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK? SO THE LAST TIME WE WERE AT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION THAT WAS IN MAY 6TH OF 2024.
SO. OKAY. AND THEN MAYBE THIS IS FOR MR. HABER, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT WAS 4 OR 5 MILLION, AND IT COVERED BOTH THE BARRIO LIGHTING AND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE PROJECT.
SO IF WE WERE TO MODIFY THE PROJECT AND REMOVE SOME OR ALL OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES, WE DO, WE RISK ANY PORTION OF THE GRANT. HAS ANY GRANT MONEY BEEN SPENT? WHERE ARE WE SITTING WITH THAT AND WHAT WOULD WE GAIN? AS A RETURN FOR FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE WOULD END UP LOSING A PORTION OF THE GRANT FUNDS.
AS YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A FUNDING AUTHORIZATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY IN 2021 THROUGH THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDING REQUEST PROCESS. WE REQUESTED THAT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN LEVIN AND WERE AWARDED THAT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
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TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL.PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THAT CYCLE REACH A LAPSED DATE IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND SO, GIVEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN JUNE IF WE WERE TO DESCOPE THE PROJECT OR WANT TO RESCOPE THE PROJECT TO SOME LESSER NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CIRCLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO WORK WITH CALTRANS, WHO ADMINISTERS THE PROJECT FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OBLIGATE THE AUTHORIZED FUNDING.
PROJECT 1 MILLION DEDICATED TO THE LIGHTING PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
IF WE WERE GOING TO DESCOPE OR RESCOPE TO SOME LESSER NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CIRCLES THE PROCESSING TIMELINE TO RESUBMIT NEW PLANS, GET THE FUNDS OBLIGATED AND REAUTHORIZED AND APPROVED THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS WOULD LIKELY PUSH PAST THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A QUESTION OUT TO CALTRANS THROUGH CALTRANS HEADQUARTERS TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED YET. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT WOULD BE A NO RESPONSE, THAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SHIFT THOSE FUNDS BEYOND THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO WE WOULD LIKELY, IN THAT CASE, LOSE ACCESS TO THE $4 MILLION.
OKAY. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HAVE QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR EITHER OF YOU OR FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE REMIND US OF THE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PART OF THIS PROJECT? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A BIGGER PROJECT, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PART OF OUR MOTION TOO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
THANK YOU, MY NAME IS AMANDA FLESSE. I'M THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
BUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH WATER AND SEWER, ARE NEEDING TO BE UPDATED IN THIS AREA.
IT'S A VERY OLD AREA, SO WE ARE PLANNING ON UPDATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT. AND WE ARE CONFIGURING THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES AS TO GO AROUND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
THANK YOU. MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND JUST A FEW QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY. THIS IN TERMS OF TIMELINE STARTED BACK IN 2019 AND IN IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS WITH REGARDS TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND HOW THIS CAME BEFORE US IN THE FIRST PLACE, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AROUND THAT, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SINCE THIS PREDATES MY, MY, MY TERM WITH THE CITY.
BUT AS I MENTIONED THE EFFORTS REALLY STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 WITH THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS TAKEN FOR THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN EFFORT. AND ON THIS TIMELINE, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMEROUS OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN ORDER TO GET THE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROJECT, AND THAT RUNS THROUGH JULY OF 2018, WHEN THEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE BARRIO AND VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN. AND IN THAT MASTER PLAN, THERE WAS THE THE PROJECTS TO SLOW TRAFFIC AND AND THAT WAS THEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2019 TO, TO SPECIFICALLY GO FORWARD WITH THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE PROJECT.
THANK YOU. AND IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD RECEIVED AT THE TIME, AS WE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK REGARDING THIS PROJECT CAN DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THE FEEDBACK
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WAS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THAT WE ENDED UP ULTIMATELY GOING WITH.I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HEARING SOME FEEDBACK NOW, BUT I WANT TO KNOW LEADING UP TO WHY WE MADE THAT DECISION, WHAT THAT FEEDBACK WAS, BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER THIS VERY CLEARLY IN 2019.
AND I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING.
SO. SURE. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF LIKE COUNTS OF WHO IS IN FAVOR OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND WHO IS OPPOSED. I CAN TELL YOU AT THE TIME THAT I'VE SPENT IN THE COMMUNITY, I HEAR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
BUT THEN IN THIS NEARLY THE SAME CONVERSATION, I'LL HEAR ANOTHER RESIDENT WALK BY AND SAY THAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TO ADDRESS THE SPEEDING ISSUE. SO I WOULD BE GUESSING IF I IF I TRIED TO PROVIDE YOU LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF WHO'S IN FAVOR AND WHO'S AGAINST, I REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION. I'VE HEARD BOTH BOTH SIDES IN THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE IN JUST A MOMENT, AND JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AROUND THE MONEY ASPECT OF ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE IT IS A LARGE CHUNK THAT WE'D OBVIOUSLY BE SPENDING.
AND I HEARD 4,000,001 MILLION. CAN YOU JUST REITERATE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH REGARDS TO THAT? AND THEN I HAVE I THINK I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. YES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM TO CLARIFY, THE TOTAL AWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUND AWARD WAS A $5 MILLION AWARD THROUGH CONGRESS AND CITY STAFF, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAD TWO SEPARATE CIP PROJECTS.
REQUESTED TO ALLOCATE PORTIONS OF THAT AWARD TOWARDS THESE TWO PROJECTS.
1 MILLION WAS REQUESTED TO BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE LIGHTING PROJECT.
AND WE'VE NOW SECURED THOSE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR BOTH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO THIS QUESTION MIGHT BE ASKED FOR.
MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU. WE'LL SEE.
AND I'M KIND OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER AS YOU'RE GIVING ME ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
SO IN TERMS OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE COULD DO, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE RECEIVING POTENTIALLY MIXED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THEY FEEL REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO MORE OUTREACH TO UNDERSTAND WHERE FOLKS ARE AT IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME? BECAUSE AS WE SAW WITH PARK AND HILLSIDE LAST WEEK, THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
HOWEVER IN CONJUNCTION TO THAT. WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THE FUND? SO I GUESS MAYBE IF YOU COULD ANSWER THAT PIECE FIRST AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE RECEIVED, EVEN IF IT IF IT WASN'T TRAFFIC CIRCLES, BUT IT WAS TRAFFIC CALMING IN SOME WAY? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT TIMELINE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
YEAH, I'LL ANSWER IN TERMS OF PROCESSING ANY, ANY MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THE PROJECT, I THINK IN TERMS OF AN INTEREST OF GOING OUT AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY FURTHER WE DO HAVE SOME TIME WHERE WE COULD DELAY THE AWARD POTENTIALLY, AND I'D DEFER TO TOM. I THINK THE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED, ARE THEY GOOD THROUGH AUGUST 7TH.
FIFTH. AUGUST 5TH. WE HAVE WE HAVE BIDS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE CITY THROUGH AUGUST 5TH.
SO IF WE AWARD BEFORE THAT DATE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AWARD UNDER THE THE BIDS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED.
IN THE EVENT THAT WE CHOOSE TO AWARD A BID PURSUANT TO THAT.
AND SO ON THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO SCOPE THE PROJECT TO SOME OTHER METHOD OF TRAFFIC CALMING, I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE GRANT FUNDS.
IN THE CASE THAT WE DECIDED TO CHANGE TO SOME OTHER METHOD.
YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD THAT. YEAH, WE COULD NOT SCOPE THE PROJECT AND BRING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN BY THE DEADLINE, SO WE WOULD MISS THAT DEADLINE. OKAY. AND FROM WHAT YOU JUST SHARED, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. HOWEVER, IT WOULD NEED TO BE WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SOME SORT OF DECISION WITH REGARDS TO WHEN THE BID IS GOING OUT PRIOR TO THAT AUGUST 5TH DEADLINE THAT YOU MENTIONED. RIGHT. THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DECIDE ON THAT BID BY THAT DEADLINE.
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THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.I JUST HAVE COMMENTS, THANKS. MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.
AND IN LIGHT OF THE KIND OF LINE OF QUESTIONING, I'M WONDERING HOW THE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD PLAY INTO THE POTENTIAL DELAY AT ALL IF THERE WERE DELAY. WOULD THAT STILL WORK? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD KNOWING THAT WE DO NEED THIS, BUT WE WOULD REEVALUATE IN OUR PRIORITIES. THIS PROJECT IS A PRIORITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
IT'S MOVED IT UP IN THE PRIORITY LIST, BUT IF IT WENT BACK TO JUST A REPLACEMENT AND REHAB, IT WOULD BE IN THE MIX WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DELAYED AND NOT NOT A TOMORROW KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED.
THANK YOU. IT SOUNDED KIND OF LIKE THE THE QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT, LIKE A BRIEF DELAY.
LIKE A MONTH DELAY. WOULD THAT STILL KIND OF WORK? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF EVEN A BRIEF DELAY TO COLLECT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT MIGHT BE A GOOD COMPROMISE.
I'M IF IT WAS A BRIEF DELAY, LIKE OF A MONTH OR TWO TO DO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING. CORRECT. MY, MY RESPONSE WAS, STRICTLY SPEAKING, UTILITIES. NOT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR ANY OF THE GRANT.
WHEN? WHEN THE DEADLINE IS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I ALSO WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR HAD TO SAY THAT.
IT'S ONLY BEEN FAST TRACKED BECAUSE IT'S ATTACHED TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE PROJECT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AT THAT POINT WAS MADE CLEAR WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS IN JULY.
WE COULD VERY EASILY IF THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO NOT TAKE AN ACTION TODAY, WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD IT TO ONE OF THE MEETINGS IN JULY AND THEN USE THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO, TO PROMOTE IT, TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE IN THE IMPACTED AREAS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENT TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THAT MEETING, OR BE PRESENT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ITSELF.
IT'S A CROWDED AGENDA, BUT WE CAN FIGURE THINGS OUT.
AGAIN, THAT'S ASSUMING COUNCIL TODAY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
IT'S PROBABLY THE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THIS, RATHER THAN HOLDING A TOTALLY SEPARATE COMMUNITY MEETING AND WHATNOT, THAT COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. ALSO, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND WE CAN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AS MUCH TESTIMONY OR PUBLIC COMMENT AS THE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AND STOMACH.
MR. BHAT-PATEL, YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I HAVE A FEW, ACTUALLY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE HOPEFULLY A WELL INFORMED DECISION HERE. SO. WITH. WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I WANTED TO ASK, I HEARD YOU MENTION, YOU KNOW, DOING IT DURING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE A IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUTREACH TO FOLKS IN AND AROUND THAT AREA IN ANOTHER WAY, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEIR FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH CANVASING OR SURVEYS OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
LIKE, I MEAN, WE CAN DO GEO MARKER SURVEYS ONLINE EASILY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY USES IN ADDITION TO ASK.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE ON A DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA, WE CERTAINLY COULD REACH OUT TO THEM.
THERE COULD BE THOSE IN THE IMMEDIATE HOME SURROUNDING THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES THEMSELVES.
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HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THIS HAS HAD SO MUCH HISTORY, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2014 AND NOW WE'RE IN 2025.AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STAFF TIME, A LOT OF RESOURCES, A LOT OF OUTREACH DONE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO GET IT TO THIS POINT. MY QUESTION AND AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER, I GET IT, BUT I WANT TO ASK FROM A RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, WHAT WOULD STAFF SAY IF THERE WERE A DELAY OR IF IT WEREN'T TO MOVE FORWARD? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
THAT IS COUNCIL'S CALL. AND YOU'RE PERMITTED TO MAKE THOSE CALLS AT ANY POINT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS UP UNTIL TODAY, WHICH IS WHEN WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WHICH IS ON THE CALENDAR FOR TODAY.
OKAY. HOWEVER, I'M ASKING MORE AROUND THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION PIECE OF IT VERSUS A POLICY CALL BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HOW MUCH? I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO COULD YOU SHARE HOW MUCH HAS BEEN EXPENDED UP UNTIL THIS DATE, FROM 2014 TO NOW, TO GET US TO THIS POINT? I WOULDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE.
THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANKS. MR. SHIN, QUESTIONS? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO END UP MAKING A MOTION TO PUSH THIS, TO MAKE A DECISION AT A FUTURE DATE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CLARIFY AS WELL DURING THAT TIME.
BECAUSE THERE'S THE PARKING CONSIDERATION SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST ISSUE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.
AND THEN I FEEL LIKE THESE COULD BE. AND IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS AREA, BECAUSE THE THE SPEED IS SO MUCH REDUCED JUST BY THE SPEED LIMIT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING IN THE PAST, WHICH IS LIKE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND TAMARAC AND CANNON, THAT I DON'T SEE AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE WITH THESE PER SE TO THE OTHER ONES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH AS WE, AS WE MAKE A DECISION FROM HOPEFULLY NOT TODAY, BUT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY ONLY COMMENTS I'M GOING TO SAY.
AND I'M SURE SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE MAKING A MOTION ABOUT PUSHING THIS FURTHER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF, MR. CALDERWOOD. WHAT'S THE PREFERENCE OF THE FIRE CHIEF WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE ENGINES TRAVERSING THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC CIRCLES OR SPEED CUSHIONS? THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU MY OPINION PROFESSIONALLY, AS A FIRE CHIEF AND IN DOING SO, I REALLY NEED TO SPEAK OUT TO MR. FRANK AND HIS TEAM HAS REALLY DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO WORK WITH US.
AND WHILE WE CAN, IT IS VERY TIGHT. IT IS NOT OUR PREFERENCE.
WE ARE NOT IN OBJECTION AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES, BUT WE WOULD PREFER WHILE WE SEE THE A REALLY NICE GRAND ENTRANCE THAT HONORS THE BARRIO. MAYBE JEFFERSON AND OAK IN THAT AREA.
THE REST OF THE BAR AREA. WE WOULD PREFER RAISED CROSSWALKS AND STOP SIGNS.
EVEN THOUGH STOP SIGNS ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRAFFIC CALMING, THEY DO SLOW TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE NOT CALMING BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE A STOP.
SO WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD SLOW THE SPEEDS THEY'RE STRATEGICALLY PLACED.
RAISED CROSSWALKS WOULD BE THE PREFERENCE. THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH MONEY DID. WERE WE GOING TO ADD TO THAT? WHERE I'M ACTUALLY LEADING IS TO IF WE DON'T DO THE CIRCLES AND WE FORFEIT THE 4 MILLION.
HOW MUCH OF OUR OWN MONEY WILL WE SAVE? THANK YOU.
MAYOR. I BELIEVE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST ON THAT WAS $5.8 MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? 5.6 $5.6 MILLION. SO THE $1.6 MILLION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LOCAL MATCH COMPONENT OF THAT PROJECT TOTAL. OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST THE CIRCLES THAT DOES NOT COUNT THE STREET LIGHTING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ABOUT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS? NO. ONE POINT. IT WAS 3.5, I BELIEVE, FOR THE LIGHTING PROJECT.
SO IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE THE LIGHTING.
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YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THE LIGHTING INFORMATION TODAY.BUT I ALSO WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT IT ALSO IN THIS ACTION OR THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS TONIGHT UNDER ACTION NUMBER TWO REGARDING THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT RESOLUTION, IT'S ALSO AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A $2.5 MILLION FROM THE WATER SYSTEM REHABILITATION REPLACEMENT FUNDS FOR THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
IF THE COUNCIL CHOSE NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SCHEDULING AND THE PIGGYBACKING ON THE TEARING UP THE STREET, BUT DOES IT AFFECT THE FINANCES OF THE WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE? THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR QUESTION. THAT MONEY WILL BE PUT BACK INTO THE REPLACEMENT FUND, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY BE REPLACING THE VALVES IN THAT AREA.
THE VALVES ARE REALLY NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.
SO WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT MONEY TO REPLACE OTHER HIGHER PRIORITY WATER MAINS.
OKAY. I'LL START WITH THE COMMENTS. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO PEOPLE TALK TO ME.
STRANGERS, FRIENDS. EVERYBODY WHO LIKES THE THE CIRCLES HAVE TOLD ME ESSENTIALLY.
THAT'LL SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE, I ONCE I TALKED TO HIM AND SAID, WHY CIRCLES? ALL THEY SAY IS SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. SO THEN WHEN I ASK THEM, DO YOU THINK CUSHIONS WOULD BE JUST AS GOOD? THEY SAY AS LONG AS IT SLOWS DOWN TRAFFIC. SO THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO RUNS FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER, JUST LIKE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER JUST TALKED ABOUT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOTTOM LINE IS SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PUTTING IN STOP SIGNS WHERE IT'S LEGAL AND PUTTING AND STRATEGICALLY PLACING CUSHIONS WOULD GET THAT SLOWING, GET THE TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO FREE UP A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS, WHICH ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS.
AND IT WOULD SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL WANT.
THAT'S THE INPUT I'VE BEEN GETTING AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I LAND.
MISTER SHIN? YEAH. IF ANYTHING, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU'RE SAYING.
FOR SOME REASON I GET MORE DISTURBED ABOUT THE CUSHIONS THAN I DO ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS.
THEY JUST ANNOY THE HECK OUT OF ME SOMETIMES.
BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I NEED, LIKE, A FEW WEEKS.
IF WE DO HAVE THAT TIME TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PROCESS THIS, MAYBE EACH OF US CAN INDIVIDUALLY GO AND REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY, THEY LIKE OR DISLIKE. TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A GOOD, SOLID ANSWER BACK TO OUR STAFF.
SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. IF SO, OR I'LL WAIT TILL LET'S LET MELANIE MAKE THE MOTION.
THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SINCE SHE'S THE ONE WHO PULLED THIS.
MISS BURKHOLDER STATEMENT. OKAY. MISS BHAT-PATEL.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE PROJECT HISTORY, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS RUNNING, EVEN THOUGH THIS WASN'T MY DISTRICT, I WOULD STILL HEAR ABOUT THIS FROM FOLKS THAT I WOULD MEET IN AND AROUND TOWN. EVEN FOLKS THAT I'D MEET HERE IN DISTRICT ONE AROUND HOW THEY WANTED THAT AREA TO HAVE SLOWER TRAFFIC. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WAS DEFINITELY A NEED.
IT COULD HAVE EVOLVED IN TERMS OF WHERE FOLKS ARE AT NOW.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT HISTORICALLY, THE FEEDBACK I HAD HEARD AT THAT TIME, AND EVEN MAYBE UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, WAS THAT REALLY FOLKS WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD SLOW THAT TRAFFIC DOWN.
I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS I SPEND A LOT MORE, A LOT OF TIME IN AFTER MY OWN BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS OUT THIS WAY, AND SO I DEFINITELY WALK IT QUITE A BIT. SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT IN TERMS OF THE YOU KNOW, THE PARKING SPACES. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN.
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THE OTHER PIECE AROUND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, CLEARLY, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF EXTENSIVE OUTREACH ON THAT.I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL COMFORTABLE COMPLETELY PUSHING, NOT NOT HAVING THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT GETTING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN.
AND IT'S NOT A SMALL CHUNK OF CHANGE. IT'S $4 MILLION.
AND SO THAT AGAIN, WAS DONE BECAUSE OF A DUE PROCESS THAT WE SEE HERE, AND I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE JUST SAYING NO TODAY WITHOUT US RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN AND MEAN IN TERMS OF FUTURE PROJECTS AND FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T JUST MEAN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT DOES MEAN FUNDING FOR OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER IS THAT OBVIOUSLY, AS WE RECEIVE THIS FEEDBACK, THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT TO GET EVEN READY TO BE SHOVEL READY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET PUSHED BACK IF WE DECIDE TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. AND I KNOW AGAIN, LOOKING BACK AT THE TIMELINE, IT'S BEEN ALMOST 11 YEARS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RE-EMPHASIZE THOSE FACTS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BEFORE WE MAKE THAT DECISION. SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LAND TODAY.
MS. ACOSTA, THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION.
AND THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE DISCUSSION.
I CLEARLY SEE THE NEED TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA, AND THE COMMUNITY DOES TOO.
AND IT SEEMS THAT OVER THE YEARS THE INPUT HAS CHANGED AND ESPECIALLY JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLES ARE NOT IN VOGUE, THAT THEY ARE NOT AS DESIRABLE AS THEY ONCE WERE.
SO I ALSO AM INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, HOW ARE THEIR THEY'RE FEELING ABOUT IT? AND I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING A DELAY, A BRIEF DELAY, NOT ONE THAT'S GOING TO SET US BACK OR CHANGE OUR TIMELINE SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT ENOUGH THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AND KIND OF FINDING A COMPROMISE HERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GAUGING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COMMUNITY'S THOUGHTS.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO AREA.
EVERY TIME I GO THERE. IT IS BROUGHT UP TO ME, AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE FUNDING, THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THROUGH CONGRESSMAN LEVIN IS SUCH A GIFT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO JUST REJECT IT AFTER WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED IT AND GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS WITHOUT A LOT OF REALLY SERIOUS AND SINCERE DELIBERATION.
SO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN DELAYING THIS, JUST ONLY FOR A MONTH, SO THAT WE COULD COLLECT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I AM NOT SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM EVERYBODY AND THAT IT'S A BROAD ENOUGH COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH GOING BACK. THANK YOU. MISS BHAT-PATEL.
THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. WHEN SHE MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, ONE OTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS IF THERE'S ANY WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS, BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR US TO KNOW HISTORICALLY, FOLKS THAT HAVE EITHER ENGAGED IN THE PAST AND THEN WRITTEN IN.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BEING SOUGHT, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY LIKE IN THE PAST YEAR, YES, WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT NOT FOLKS NOT WANTING TRAFFIC CIRCLES OR ROUNDABOUTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT OPPORTUNITY.
MISS BURKHOLDER, THANK YOU. AS I SIT HERE, IT'S ALMOST AS IF I HAVEN'T BEEN HEARING ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO FOR THREE YEARS, WHEN IN FACT, IT'S LIKE THE MOST POPULAR THING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.
THE ISSUE IS PRIMARILY A SPEEDING ISSUE, AND WITH THE NEW DAYLIGHTING LAW, AND WITH THE NEW KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WILL BE REMOVING SO MANY PARKING SPACES IN THE BARRIO, THOSE WHO MAY HAVE SUPPORTED THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES BEFORE ARE NOT INCLINED TO SUPPORT THEM.
NOW, WHAT I ALSO AM HEARING IS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE PLACED TRAFFIC
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CIRCLES IN AND AROUND, SUCH AS ENCINITAS. THEY'VE SPENT MILLIONS AND THEY'RE GOING IN AND RIPPING THEM UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING THE INTENDED PURPOSE.AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANT US TO BE KNOWN FOR.
I TAKE SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'M VERY GRACIOUS TO TO CONGRESSMAN LEVIN FOR ALL THAT HE DOES TO BRING FUNDS TO CARLSBAD.
HE WORKS VERY DILIGENTLY AND VERY HARD. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE DO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
HAVING SAID THAT, I GO BACK TO SPEEDING IS THE ISSUE.
AND WE HEARD HIM SAY THAT SPEED CUSHIONS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AS WELL.
I AM NOT OBJECTING AT ALL TO HAVING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BUT MY MOTION WOULD BE TO HAVE STAFF COME BACK WITHOUT TRAFFIC CIRCLES, BUT WITH SOME TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, SUCH AS STOP SIGNS AND SPEED HUMPS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.
MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE WE CAN SEPARATE THIS FROM THE MUNICIPAL WATER PORTION, IS THAT CORRECT? THEY'RE BOTH TOTALLY SEPARATE. THEY'RE LINKED IN TONIGHT'S ACTION.
IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE IT UP, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK WITH, I THINK, A SEPARATE ITEM STRICTLY FROM UTILITIES AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AS AS SHE MENTIONED, THEIRS WAS DESIGNED WITH A TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN MIND, SO THEIR DESIGN MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IF THERE WEREN'T GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AT THOSE LOCATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU.
MISS BURKHOLDER, YOU MAKE THE MOTION. I'M SO SORRY.
WOULD YOU MAKE THE MOTION? I'D BE HAPPY TO. MAYOR.
SECOND. COMMENTS. ONE AMENDMENT IF STAFF CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO ADD OPTIONS, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S A HYBRID VERSION OF THIS AS WELL, JUST SO WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE PROCESSING WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE OUR ISSUES ARE THAT MAYBE THERE'S NOT JUST A BINARY ANSWER, THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPTION A, B, C, AND D.
MISS BURKHOLDER. IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SHANNON IS MAKING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE IDEAS OF A HYBRID AS WELL.
THANK YOU. MS. ACOSTA. TO CLARIFY ON THE MOTION, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THE MOTION AND THE AMENDMENT ARE TO HAVE STAFF BRING BACK TO US OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE NOT TRAFFIC CIRCLES. IS THAT RIGHT? VERSUS KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WERE LIKE, LET'S GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, SOLICIT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT, AND STILL CONSIDER TRAFFIC CIRCLES AS A POTENTIAL OPTION.
I BELIEVE THE HYBRID THAT HE IS SPEAKING ABOUT IS TRAFFIC CIRCLES MIXED IN WITH POSSIBLE.
IT INCLUDES THAT AS WELL. OKAY. I'M GLAD INTERPRETATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE PULLING THIS FROM CONSENT. AND I'M GOING TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS, WHETHER OR NOT STAFF IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND SOLICIT THEIR OPINIONS OR NOT.
I STAFF PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I DON'T BELIEVE STAFF WILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REDESIGN ANYTHING RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO UTILIZE THE FEDERAL GRANTS, SO COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DEFINITIVE STATEMENT ABOUT NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH ITEM EIGHT TODAY, AND THEN PROVIDE DIRECTION TO COUNCIL OR EXCUSE ME, TO STAFF TO COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH NEW IDEAS FOR THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.
BUT THE GRANT MONEY, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS IT'S ALL TRAFFIC CIRCLES OR NOTHING.
YEAH. SO I'M JUST SAYING. I THINK THE MOTION SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT WE STILL COULD ALLOW THIS,
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THE ORIGINAL CONSENTED ITEM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.WE BROUGHT THIS BACK ON JULY 29TH. AND THE COUNCIL MADE AN AFFIRMATIVE DECISION ON KEEPING THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES, THAT WE WOULD STILL BE WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT TO SAY WE STILL GET THE GRANT MONEY AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE ALREADY DESIGNED AND BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ALL FIVE OR NOTHING.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARE IT DOWN TO SAY IF WE JUST IF WE BRING IT BACK AFTER THE COUNCIL HAS A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, WE BRING IT BACK ON THE 29TH AND THE COMMUNITY COMES IN AND TALKS TO US.
CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. IS THAT IS THAT UNDERSTAND EVEN A HYBRID VERSION, IF WE HAVE TO EAT THE COST? IT CAN'T BE A HYBRID WITH ONLY PARTIAL GRANTS.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE WITH THE GRANT. JUST IN KNOWING THAT.
IF WE WERE JUST TO PUSH THIS DOWN THE LINE. IT WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
RECONSIDERING THIS OPTION AND NOT LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
POTENTIALLY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UTILIZE GRANT FUNDS TO KNOW I KNOW THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES, BUT YEAH, I THINK WE COULD ADD AT THAT STAFF WHETHER WE HAVE TIME TO BRING SOMETHING BACK THAT MIRRORS THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF IT WAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH THE WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY CALTRANS IN THE CURRENT SCOPE, THEN WE WOULD EXPLAIN THAT WE WON'T BE UTILIZING THE GRANT, WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD AND WE'D PROVIDE SOME TIMELINE OF WHAT IMPLEMENTING THOSE OPTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M HEARING CORRECTLY JULY 29TH.
ONE OPTION WOULD BE WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE FOREGOING $4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING AS A RESULT.
SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO FOLD THIS ALL IN TOGETHER, BUT THAT MIGHT BE THE PRUDENT WAY TO GO.
OKAY. THANKS. WELL LET ME LET ME CLARIFY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A SEPARATE OUTREACH.
THE OUTREACH WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON. AND THEY'RE INVITED TO COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND BE HEARD. OKAY, MISS ACOSTA. ARE WE CLEAR ON THE MOTION? AND IS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE MOTION OKAY WITH THIS CONVERSATION? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE MOTION RESTATED, AND I THINK THE ATTORNEY WAS GOING TO DO THAT BUT NEVER, NEVER ACTUALLY GOT THERE. SO. WELL, I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THAT YOUR MOTION WAS STILL ON THE TABLE AND HADN'T BEEN VOTED ON.
AND ALSO, I DON'T THINK I HEARD A SECOND TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
THERE WAS A SECOND. THERE WAS A SECOND. OKAY.
SO THE MOTION THAT WAS ON THE TABLE WAS THAT WE WOULD COME BACK WITHOUT TRAFFIC CIRCLES, BUT WITH TRAFFIC CALMING, INCLUDING STOP SIGNS AND SPEED BUMPS, AND ALSO PERHAPS INCLUDING HYBRID ALTERNATIVES THAT MIGHT INCLUDE TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE 29TH ALSO. AND ON JULY 29TH. RIGHT.
SO WAS THAT PART. IT WASN'T PART OF IT WAS PART OF YOUR DISCUSSION, BUT IT WASN'T PART OF YOUR MOTION. SO IS THAT DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION? I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS HAD DECIDED.
SO YEAH, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE MOTION.
THANK YOU. SO FROM A BROWN ACT PERSPECTIVE, THE LAST PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION WOULD PROBABLY BE THE PROCESS THAT WOULD WORK OUT THE BEST, WHICH IS WE KICK THIS OVER TO THE 29TH AND ADD TO THE 29TH THE OPTIONS THAT STAFF WAS TALKING ABOUT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS I'M I'M READING THIS, I'M NOT SURE THAT INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE NECESSARILY THOUGHT THAT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES WOULD GO AWAY TONIGHT SO THAT THAT WHAT YOU HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME OUTREACH, TOO. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE THE MOTION ON YOUR BEHALF? I KNOW I THINK WE DID IT RIGHT. SO SO THEN I GUESS WHAT I WOULD BE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD DEFER ACTION ON THIS ITEM
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UNTIL THE 29TH, AND ON THE 29TH WE WOULD COME BACK WITH WITH OTHER.A REPORT ON OTHER OPTIONS THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOT INCLUDE OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, SUCH AS STOP SIGNS AND SPEED BUMPS, AND POSSIBLY A HYBRID TYPE OF SYSTEM, INCLUDING TRAFFIC CIRCLES, AND THAT WE WOULD DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN THE INTERIM.
THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE MOTION MY SECOND.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE. I SORRY, I DO HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT.
AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THE DAYLIGHTING LAW TAKES AWAY PARKING IN THE BARRIO.
I'D LOVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO TRUST THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND HEARING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS RELATIVE TO THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HEAR FOR THEMSELVES, AND I WILL INDULGE THAT.
THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT IS THE OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER ON CONSENT CALENDAR, MIKE BORRELLO.
[CONSENT CALENDAR (PART 2 OF 2)]
ITEM NUMBER SIX. ITEM SIX, I BELIEVE. MR. BORRELLO, ITEM SIX FOR THE $43 MILLION.THANK YOU. CONSENT ITEM. AS A 25 YEAR CARLSBAD RESIDENT, I DEMAND YOU CEASE AND DESIST THE $1 MILLION IN CONTRACTS YOU PROPOSE WITH ASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL AND USD FOR CLIMATE PLANNING.
I'VE ALREADY WARNED THE CAPS PREMISE OF EMERGENCY LACKS EVIDENCE.
WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND HARMS RESIDENTS HEALTH.
BLUNTLY, A SENSE STAFF AND USDS EPIC TEAM LACK EXPERTISE AND SPECIALIZED PHYSICAL SCIENCES CRUCIAL IN EVALUATING CLIMATE SCIENCE. SORRY CLIMATE CAUSE AND EFFECT ASSESSMENT STAFF CONSISTING OF BIOLOGISTS, ECOLOGISTS AND URBAN PLANNERS AND USD'S POLICY ANALYSTS RELY ON UNVERIFIED STATE SPONSORED SOURCES LIKE ADAPT, IGNORING TEMPERATURE DRIVEN CO2, NATURAL CYCLES, THE SATURATED 15 MICRON URBAN AND OTHER FACTS ARGUING NO EMERGENCY OR CONSIDER THE RISKS REDUCING CO2 MIGHT HAVE. ESSENCE PREOCCUPATION WITH DEI AND EQUITY DIVERTS FROM ANY SCIENTIFIC RIGOR OF RESEARCH AND SKEPTICAL THINKING. THE CONTRACTS AND ATTACHMENTS A AND B VIOLATE CEQA PRC SECTION 21080 BY FUNDING A CAP WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF ITS EMERGENCY PREMISE.
THE SAME OUTCOME DECIDED IN GOLDEN DOOR PROPERTIES VERSUS SAN DIEGO 2020, THEY BREACHED CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 13 D BY SUPPORTING UNVERIFIED MEASURES THAT DRIVE THE UNPRECEDENTED WATER RATE HIKES.
YOU VOTED IN APRIL WITHOUT PROPORTIONALITY BY CMD ORDINANCE SECTION 2.2.
THIS COUNCIL IS LIABLE FOR NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION.
ACCORDING TO BAILEY CASE IN 1992 AND BREACHING YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE PEOPLE OF CARLSBAD.
CONSIDERING NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY IN 1983 BY ENDORSING ASSENTS AND USDS DEFICIENT WORK, AND FURTHERMORE RISKING AEROSOL HAZARDS FROM PURPLE PIPE EXPANSION, VIOLATING TITLE 13, YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS REDUNDANT $500,000 CONTRACTS WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC REVIEW, AS I RECOMMENDED, SQUANDERS CARLSBAD'S MONEY ON A BASELESS PREMISE, HALT CAP SPENDING IMMEDIATELY AND CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW TO PROTECT CARLSBAD FROM FISCAL WASTE AND HEALTH RISKS FROM THIS SCAM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON CONSENT? NO OTHER SPEAKERS. ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE. WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON EIGHT, SO IT'S 12345679.
MOVE APPROVAL OF ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND NINE. SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS THE BOARDS AND
[10. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES ]
COMMISSIONS. APPOINTMENT TEN IS THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO. KATRINA WAIDELICH.
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OH MY GOSH, SHE'S FAMOUS. AND SO I JUST REALLY DO WANT TO THANK YOU.I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME SERVING AS A TRUSTEE.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO.
OKAY. MY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS IS WILLIAM SCHEFFLER AND KATRINA WAIDELICH.
COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[11. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION ]
AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. MY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS IS CYNTHIA NORELL.OH I'M SORRY. SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. CRAIG NOWAKOWSKI.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, I HAD APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION IN EARLY JANUARY AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HOPE THAT THIS SHOWING UP AND BEING PART OF THIS SHOWS MY COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS MY PERSEVERANCE AND PUTTING EFFORT INTO COMING OUT AND WANTING TO BE PART OF THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN IN DISTRICT TWO. SOME OF THE PIECES THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT NOT ONLY MY COMMITMENT THROUGH SERVICE IN THE MILITARY AND MY BACKGROUND IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO MY SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY AS RELATED TO LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF WRITING POLICY AND DICTATING POLICY THROUGH COMPLIANCE. IN MY DAILY JOB, I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE.
HE JUST ENDED UP BEING SECOND BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE TWO OF THEM.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, LOOK AT HIS RESUME. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
HIS COAST GUARD. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, OCEAN AND SAND I BELIEVE WORK WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SO MY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CYNTHIA NORELL AND CRAIG NOWAKOWSKI.
I GUESS IF YOU END UP GETTING ON THE COMMISSION, I'D BETTER LEARN HOW TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME.
NOWAKOWSKI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE.
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. AND I HAVE A REQUEST FOR A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 12.
[12. AMENDING CHAPTER 10.28 TO ESTABLISH ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL ON KELLY DRIVE AT THE INTERSECTIONS AT PARK DRIVE AND HILLSIDE DRIVE]
ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION. WE DON'T HAVE TO READ ANYTHING.WE JUST VOTE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTRODUCED.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. ANY. ANY SPEAKERS? NO. SPEAKERS. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. MOTION. MOVE.
INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 13. THAT'S AN THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE
[13. ORDINANCE NO. CS-496 – ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION]
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. ANY SPEAKERS? NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. MOTION. MOVE. ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 14.
[14. HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT AND 2025 POINT-INTIME COUNT DATA]
CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. ITEM 14 IS THE HOMELESS ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25 SEMIANNUAL REPORT AND THE 2025 POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA.FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL HAVE HOMELESS SERVICES MANAGER CHRIS SCHILLING, HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DIRECTOR MANDY MILLS, AND POLICE LIEUTENANT SEAN LAWTON. GREAT. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M MANDY MILLS, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON OUR SEMIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS.
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AND JUST FOR THE TO KIND OF LEVEL SET THE PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE A TWO PART GOAL RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, WHICH INCLUDES ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF HOMELESSNESS ON OUR COMMUNITY.IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE GOALS, THE CITY IMPLEMENTS A FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN ADDRESSING FOCUSING ON THREE MAIN AREAS OF SHELTER AND HOUSING, OUTREACH AND ACCESS TO SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO PRETEND TO PRESENT ON THE DATA WITH ME TO THIS EVENING IS CHRIS SCHILLING, THE HOMELESS SERVICES MANAGER, AND LIEUTENANT SEAN LAWTON FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL PROVIDE A VARIETY OF DATA FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT TAKES US JULY 1ST OF 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 24.
WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE SOME MORE RECENT UPDATES RELATED TO THE ILLEGAL CAMPING ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTATION, AS WELL AS OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
WE WILL ALSO BE COVERING DATA FROM THE ANNUAL 2025 POINT IN TIME COUNT AS WELL.
TO CARRY OUT OUR ACTION PLAN, THE CITY APPROVED.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A FUNDING PLAN EACH YEAR.
SO THIS CHART IDENTIFIES THE SPENDING FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR BY CATEGORY.
AND THEN THIS CHART IDENTIFIES OUR SPENDING DURING THE SIX MONTHS BY FUNDING SOURCE.
WE WENT FROM 37 CITY FUNDED HOUSING PLACEMENTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, TO 82 THIS YEAR. THAT'S 122% INCREASE AND ALMOST MATCHES OUR NUMBER FOR ALL OF LAST YEAR, WHICH IS 89.
WE ALSO WANT TO STRESS THAT BECAUSE OF OUR BY NAME LIST AND CITY COORDINATION, WE PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE, HAVE THE MOST SEVERE SERVICE NEEDS, AND HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN CARLSBAD THE LONGEST.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE STORY OF CHERYL, WHO SPENT DECADES LIVING OUTSIDE IN CARLSBAD.
BUT THROUGH OUR NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM, WITH FUNDING FROM HUD, WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY HELP HER WITH HOUSING, HOUSING VOUCHER AND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SHE NEEDED TO END HER HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE REAL STORY BEHIND THESE NUMBERS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL HOUSING PLACEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE CITY FUNDED AND NON CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 87. ALL PROGRAMS ALSO SERVED 466 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS DURING THE SIX MONTH PERIOD.
WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG FOCUS ON PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
WE MADE 71 SHELTER PLACEMENTS AND CLEANED UP ABANDONED PROPERTY AT 29 ENCAMPMENTS.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LIEUTENANT LAWTON.
AND OF THOSE, 1119 WERE OFFICER INITIATED. SO THE OFFICER EITHER THROUGH THEIR OWN OBSERVATIONS OR SEEING SOMEONE ON THE STREET CONTACTED THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN 1289 THAT WERE DISPATCHED CALLS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT ACCOUNTED FOR 4.5% OF OUR TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THAT.
THOSE TWO QUARTERS, WHICH WAS JUST OVER 54,000 TOTAL CALLS.
AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THROUGH QUARTER ONE AND QUARTER TWO, THE HOMELESS RELATED CALLS WERE 5% AND 4%, RESPECTIVELY. THE ARRESTS RELATED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WERE 23% FOR THE FIRST QUARTER AND 19% FOR THE SECOND QUARTER.
AND ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THE LAST FEW YEARS AND QUARTERS.
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FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS FOR SERVICE, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 396 CALLS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, WITH 201 OF THEM TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND 6.3% OF THEIR CALLS WERE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH OFFICERS WHEN THEY ARE EITHER CONTACTING OR ARRESTING AN INDIVIDUAL, THEY WILL CALL FOR MEDICS TO COME EVALUATE THE PERSON, WHETHER IT'S A REQUEST FROM THEM OR AS A CONDITION OR A REQUIREMENT BEFORE THEY'RE EITHER BOOKED IN JAIL OR TAKEN TO ANOTHER LOCATION. SO THAT PARTIALLY EXPLAINS THAT HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR CALLS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS VERSUS THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
SO AS AN UPDATE TO THE NEW MUNICIPAL CODE WITH THE CAMPING BAN.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY, ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES, AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS, WHILE ALSO OFFERING COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN VEHICLES.
OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WAS STARTING OFF WITH AN EDUCATION FIRST APPROACH, SO CONTACTING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CAMPING OR LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES TO ADVISE THEM OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL CODE.
ATTEMPT TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES AND OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE FROM THEM TO EITHER MOVE THEIR VEHICLE OR INTERACT WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE OFFICERS HAVE STARTED OFF WITH ISSUING VERBAL WARNINGS BEFORE CITATIONS ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLY WITHOUT IMMEDIATE PENALTIES.
WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED TRAINING WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM FOR OTHER OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN THE LANGUAGE OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE IT ENFORCED, AND THEN COORDINATING WITH HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES AND INTERFAITH TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE, THE CONTACTS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEN TRANSITIONING THEM TO THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
YES. SO, AS LIEUTENANT LYDEN JUST SPOKE ABOUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UPDATED ORDINANCE, WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED THE STATE FUNDED VEHICULAR HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES OUTREACH AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES IN THE VILLAGE, BARRIO AND BEACH AREAS.
THE PROGRAM STARTED OPERATING IN MAY 2025 AND IS NOW FULLY STAFFED.
THE FIRST BY NAME LIST FOR THE PROGRAM WAS BUILT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND STARTED WITH 38 PEOPLE. SO FAR, WE HAVE HELPED FOUR OF THOSE 38 PEOPLE MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE 34 OTHERS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL REFERRALS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
THE FIRST AREA WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON IS ALONG THE BUENA VISTA CREEK BEHIND A SHOPPING CENTER.
THE BY NAME LIST WAS CLOSED WITH A TOTAL OF 65 PEOPLE.
TO DATE, 34 PEOPLE, WHICH IS OVER HALF OF THE LIST, HAVE MOVED INTO HOUSING.
ONE HAS A MOVE IN SCHEDULED AND 30 CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEIR HOUSING PLANS.
ONE EXAMPLE IS AN ELDERLY COUPLE WHERE THE HUSBAND IS DISABLED WITH LIMITED MOBILITY.
HIS WIFE WAS A NURSE BEFORE THEY BECAME HOMELESS.
THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM MOVE INTO SENIOR HOUSING.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON CONNECTING WITH BENEFITS TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHOW A FEW BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF THE ENCAMPMENT AREA.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE OCCUPANTS WERE MOVED INTO HOUSING.
THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T SWEEP PEOPLE INTO OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITIES.
IT FOCUSES ON MOVING EVERYONE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SERVICES BEFORE CLOSING THE ENCAMPMENT.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A TENT WITH BELONGINGS SURROUNDING IT.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THE OCCUPANTS MOVE INTO HOUSING.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR ORIGINAL STATE FUNDED ENCAMPMENT GRANT, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE AREAS AROUND CITY HALL, HOLIDAY PARK AND PINE PARK. SINCE JANUARY 2024, THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED 258 PEOPLE AND HELPED 64 OF THEM INTO TEMPORARY SHELTER AND 38 OF THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. WE'RE CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO MEET ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES WITH THE STATE.
NOW WE'D LIKE TO COVER THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA.
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THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS COMPLETED ANNUALLY, AND IS A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CONTINUUMS OF CARE THAT RECEIVE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. IT PROVIDES AN UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT ONE POINT IN TIME.THIS YEAR IT WAS HELD ON JANUARY 30TH, 2025. BASED ON THIS YEAR'S COUNT, CARLSBAD HAD A 10% DECREASE IN OUR UNSHELTERED NUMBER FROM NO LESS THAN 112 PEOPLE UNSHELTERED IN 2024 TO NO LESS THAN 101 PEOPLE UNSHELTERED IN 2025.
THE NORTH COUNTY COASTAL AREA ALSO HAD AN UNSHELTERED DECREASE OF 14%, FROM NO LESS THAN 596 PEOPLE IN 2024 TO NO LESS THAN 510 PEOPLE IN 2025. ONLY THREE CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SAW AN INCREASE IN THEIR UNSHELTERED NUMBER, WITH EVERY OTHER CITY SHOWING A DECREASE, AND AS A RESULT, THE UNSHELTERED TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WAS DOWN 7% FROM LAST YEAR.
THIS IS A CHART OF WHAT OUR UNSHELTERED COUNT HAS LOOKED LIKE OVER TIME, FROM 2011 TO 2025.
AS WE DID LAST YEAR, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE A COMPARISON OF WHAT OUR BY NAME LIST IN JANUARY 2025 LOOK LIKE FOR UNSHELTERED PEOPLE, COMPARED TO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IDENTIFIED NO LESS THAN 101 PEOPLE UNSHELTERED ON THE NIGHT OF THE COUNT, WHICH WAS 54% OF THE 187 PEOPLE WE HAD IDENTIFIED AS UNSHELTERED ON OUR BY NAME LIST AS ALWAYS, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF DATA, AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT ON A VARIETY OF DATA POINTS TO INFORM THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS THE CITY IS MAKING TOWARDS ITS GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW ITEMS OF OUR UPCOMING WORK.
WE WILL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING AN EXPANSION TO OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, WHICH WAS APPROVED EARLIER TONIGHT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 30 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS.
WE ARE WORKING ON A DATA STORY MAP FOR THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS ANOTHER WAY TO SHARE A VARIETY OF DATA POINTS WITH THE PUBLIC, AND WE PLAN TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FALL WITH AN OFFICIAL UPDATE ON THE EFFORT TO ACCESS MORE BEDS AT THE SHELTER FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SEMIANNUAL PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES. SOCORRO ANDERSON.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL. SOCORRO ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR FATHER MORALL IN THE BARRIO. OKAY. THERE ARE MANY SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE AT THE AT THE HALL FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN, SENIORS AND THE HOMELESS, 60 TO 70 THAT WE SEE EVERY SINGLE TUESDAY.
THE MOST RECENT ADDITION TO SHOWERS FOR THE HOMELESS IS TRUECARE.
PROVIDES MOBILE MEDICAL DENTAL SERVICES, FULLY LICENSED LICENSE CLINIC ON WHEELS SERVICES PROVIDED BY MDS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS. NPS, PAS, MAS AND SUPPORT STAFF OF NURSES OFFERING ENHANCE CASE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ABOVE AND BEYOND TRADITIONAL CARE.
CARE COORDINATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
TRUECARE HAS A SMALL BASE GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE CARE TO THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, SUCH AS THOSE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
HOUSING THE HOMELESS IS IMPORTANT, AND THE CITY IS DOING ITS BEST.
WE NEED TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE SERVICES TO HELP ACHIEVE OVERALL STABILITY FOR OUR SENIORS, 60 TO 70 EVERY SINGLE WEEK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MISS BHAT-PATEL? YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND.
GREAT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN.
CLEARLY IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.
I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS AND A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE FOR YOU.
MR. LAWTON AND THEN I HAVE ONE FOR YOU ALL AS WELL.
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SO I'LL START WITH YOURS. WITH REGARDS TO THE TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL, I KNOW THAT'S FOR THE FIRE FOLKS, BUT IS IT DISPERSED EVERYWHERE? I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT HOSPITALS HAVING DIFFERENT RESOURCE ISSUES.SURE. SO WE DON'T DETERMINE THE HOSPITALS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS GO TO.
THAT'S A DETERMINATION OF NORTHCOM, WHICH DISPATCHES THE AMBULANCE.
SO THAT IS A FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHERE THOSE PEOPLE GO.
BUT AS FAR AS US CHOOSING, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY GO.
YEAH. AND THEN FOR, FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH HOLDS, GIVEN THAT TRI-CITY HAD CLOSED, YOU KNOW, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH A WHILE AGO, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO.
WHERE IS IT? PALOMAR HEALTH AND THEN DOWN SOUTH THAT FOLKS ARE BEING.
YES. AND THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT.
AND THEN QUESTION FOR YOU ALL WITH REGARDS TO THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP.
IT WAS STUDENT LED AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THERE.
THEY WOULD GO OUT THERE EVERY WEEK. AND I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS.
SO JUST SEEING IT THE WAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED ON IT IS INCREDIBLE.
IT'S THERE'S A PLAN TO I HEARD YOU SAY CLOSE UP THAT AREA.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND? NO. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DATE IN MID-JULY.
AND SO AT THAT TIME, EVERYONE THAT'S STILL REMAINING THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM GET INTO TEMPORARY SHELTER OR MOTELS OR OTHER PLACES AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. BUT THROUGH FENCING, SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, MOBILE CAMERAS, FREQUENT PATROLS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA IS NOT REPOPULATED IN LONG TERM OCEANSIDE, BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY IN OCEANSIDE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S MULTIPLE LAND MANAGERS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY, THERE'S A RECLAMATION PROCESS GOING ON.
OKAY. SO YEAH, SO THE GOAL IS TO MOVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY THERE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING OR OTHER TEMPORARY LOCATIONS THAT LEAD TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND THEN PREVENT A NEW PEOPLE FROM MOVING IN. GREAT. I MEAN, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT JUST FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE. JUST GIVEN THAT I'VE WALKED THAT AND SEEN IT AND KNOW THAT IT'S IN AN AREA THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS ARE IN AND AROUND THAT AREA ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THAT.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS. MS. ACOSTA.
THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST TO SHED LIGHT ON THE BY NAME LIST, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE READ IN OUR REPORT AND WE HEARD ABOUT TODAY THAT WE USE THIS BY NAME LIST.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS IN TERMS OF SOME KIND OF A SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE LIKE HAVING LITTLE PROFILES, I GUESS, OF FOLKS? YEAH. SO WE USE THE CITYWIDE BY NAME LIST, AND IT MEANS ALL OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT OPERATE IN THE CITY HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THEIR DATA WITH US. AND SO EVERY MONTH WE'RE ABLE TO PULL A LIST THAT IDENTIFIES EVERYONE THAT'S HAVING INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS SEPARATELY. WE RECEIVE DATA FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE POLICE BUT HAVE NOT ENGAGED WITH HOMELESS SERVICES.
OR ALSO ADDED TO THAT LIST IN AN ENGAGEMENT WAY.
SO WE WANT TO GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THEM. AND SO THAT'S THE LIST THAT I SPOKE OF, I BELIEVE IS 187 PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME AS WE HAD THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
SO THOSE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, BUT WE GO THROUGH WHAT WE CALL A CASE CONFERENCING PROCESS. SO WE LOOK AT WHO ARE THE TOP PRIORITY OF PEOPLE OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE VULNERABILITIES, THEY HAVE SERVICE NEEDS.
THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME.
AND WE INTENTLY FOLK OR THEY'RE INTERACTING FREQUENTLY WITH PD, THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
SO IT'S A COORDINATED WAY OF OF GOING ABOUT THE WORK THROUGH THE BY NAME LIST.
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AND THEN SEPARATELY, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THROUGH OUR ENCAMPMENT PROCESS.WE HAVE, WE MIGHT HAVE A SEPARATE LIST FOR THE ENCAMPMENT AREAS IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OCEANSIDE.
SO WE'RE GOING INTO AN AREA AND WE'RE MAKING A LIST OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA WORKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH THEM AND THEN CLOSING DOWN THAT AREA, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. SO MULTIPLE WAYS THAT WE'RE USING BY NAME LIST IN AN INFORMED WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THE MAXIMUM IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATED THAT ONE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD THE DIFFERENT FIGURES IN PURPLE AND BLUE, AND YOU SHOWED THAT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DOESN'T CAPTURE THE FULL LIST.
I ATTENDED AN EVENT ABOUT ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR WHEN HE COULDN'T GO, AND I THINK HE KIND OF WENT DOWN THE LINE, AND I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS AVAILABLE TO GO. AND IT WAS HOSTED BY THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE MEMBERS OF THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK PEOPLE UP IN THE SYSTEM AND SEE WHERE THEY'VE INTERACTED WITH OTHER CITIES, AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO LOOK UP INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS IN OTHER CITIES.
SO WE CAN KIND OF TRACK WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING.
AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT IN OUR ENCAMPMENT PROGRAM WITH OCEANSIDE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FOCUSING FIRST ON AN ENCAMPMENT THAT'S IN OCEANSIDE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT HOMELESSNESS HISTORIES IN CARLSBAD.
THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE LIVING IN THAT ENCAMPMENT AREA AT THE TIME.
SO DEFINITELY A BENEFIT IN THAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE SHOPPING AND VISITING THAT AREA, BUT ALSO TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS ON CARLSBAD BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT WE WORK WITH INTERFAITH AND OTHER NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
ARE WE STILL WORKING WELL WITH LIKE OUR UPDATE.
SO I'M WONDERING HOW ARE WE DOING? ARE WE WORKING WELL WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS? ARE ANY OF THEM SUFFERING BIG BUDGET CUTS BECAUSE OF FEDERAL CUTBACKS? JUST KIND OF WONDERING HOW THAT'S WORKING BECAUSE WE DON'T DO ALL THE WORK, WE PARTNER, WE COLLABORATE WITH NONPROFITS.
YEAH. SO I THINK EVERYONE'S WORRIED ABOUT POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS.
WE DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT'S IMPACTING ANY OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AT THIS TIME, WE DO COLLABORATE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM.
WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE CASE CONFERENCING PROCESS, ALL OF OUR SERVICE PARTNERS ARE INVITED IN, WHETHER WHETHER THE CITY IS FUNDING THEM DIRECTLY OR NOT.
WE ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY COLLABORATION MEETING WHERE EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER, SHARES RESOURCES.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPRESENTED AT DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS ON ON TUESDAYS BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE COMING THERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT AND MEET WITH THEM THERE. SO ONE OF OUR MAJOR STRATEGIES IS COLLABORATION, KNOWING THAT THE CITY CAN'T FUND OR DO EVERYTHING ITSELF.
AND WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
GREAT. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. MISS BURKHOLDER.
YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ALL OF THIS.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE REALLY HANDLING THAT WELL, AND I APPRECIATED THE UPDATE FROM THE NEW ORDINANCE, BUT WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT WAS ANY TYPE OF IMPACT WITH THE CARE ACT.
AND IF WE'RE UTILIZING THAT, AND IF YOU WANT TO BRING THE PUBLIC UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THAT IS AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING US HERE IN CARLSBAD? I THINK WE MIGHT ALL HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY ON THIS ONE.
SO THE CARE ACT. MOST PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE PREVIOUSLY HEARD IT CALLED CARE COURT.
IT IS CALLED CARE ACT. THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIFIC MENTAL ILLNESSES WITH VERY INTENSE SERVICES THROUGH A A CARE PLAN FOR 12 MONTHS AT A TIME. NOW, I NEED TO POINT OUT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
SO WHILE A FAMILY MEMBER OR A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL OR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CAN BASICALLY RECOMMEND SOMEBODY FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT IS VOLUNTARY. SO THE PERSON DOES HAVE TO SAY, YES, I WANT THESE SERVICES.
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AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING, THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THIS KIND OF CATCH ALL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING THE SERVICES THAT EVERYBODY ELSE SEES THAT THEY NEED SO THAT IT IS DOING A LOT OF GOOD.AND WE HAVE SEEN WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, I THINK AT THEIR YEAR MARK.
THEY WERE, I THINK IN LIKE ABOUT 70 CONTRACTS FOR FOR SERVICES.
NOW, A LOT OF THOSE ARE FAMILY INITIATED. RIGHT.
SO THESE THE PROGRAM IS NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT FOLKS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT, WHETHER THEY'RE HOUSED OR UNHOUSED. SO SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET HELP FOR THEIR FOR THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO IT'S A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED.
THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR FIRST GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S IT'S 12 MONTHS AT A TIME. AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN FOLKS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR CONSERVATORSHIP BEING WORKED INTO THIS PROGRAM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONSERVATORSHIP.
SO CONSERVATORSHIP DOES REQUIRE YOU TO EXPLORE LOWER ALTERNATIVES FIRST AND TRY TO GET VOLUNTARY ENGAGEMENT FIRST. AND SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME FOLKS KIND OF TRANSITION TO CARE ACT AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH THE CONSERVATORSHIP ROUTE.
SO A LOT OF SUCCESS. IT IT IS A, YOU KNOW, WE THINK A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 70 PEOPLE IN A YEAR FOR THOSE 70 PEOPLE AND FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
IT'S DRAMATIC, OBVIOUSLY. SO IT MAKES A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED WHO ARE DEFINITELY ENGAGED IN THE, THE SERVICES. IT'S IT TAKES A LOT OF COUNTY RESOURCES THROUGH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.
AND THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE LIKE OUR HIGH UTILIZATION OF SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, POLICE, FIRE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ETC..
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. AND PASS IT, PASS IT DOWN THE ROAD.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE ONE THING TO, TO MISS MILLS EARLIER, I TALKED ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION MEETINGS AND HOW WE BRING IN TRAININGS. ACTUALLY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH PANEL THAT WE BROUGHT IN WITH FIVE DIFFERENT SPEAKERS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE COUNTY COORDINATOR FOR THE CARE ACT PROGRAM.
AND SO ALL OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RECEIVED AN UPDATED TRAINING ON HOW TO ACCESS CARE ACT PROGRAM, EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS.
I'LL JUST ADD ONE LAST THING IS HAVING EXPERIENCE AS A SERGEANT ON THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, I DEFINITELY CAN THINK IN THE PAST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE CARE ACT AND WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN HELPED BY IT.
I THINK IN OUR RECENT COLLABORATION WITH HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES AND INTERFAITH AND SO FORTH, I THINK WE DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING, IDENTIFYING AND GETTING THOSE PEOPLE'S SERVICES BEFORE IT GETS TO THAT POINT.
SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN AS MANY INDIVIDUALS LATELY THAT WOULD QUALIFY OR WE WOULD REFER.
THANK YOU. I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. MR.. OKAY.
ONE OF MY OBSERVATIONS HAS BEEN THAT WE AND I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES.
AND I KNOW WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE CARE ACT, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE MENTAL ISSUES TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEY'RE LIVING IN BUSHES THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE THE MENTAL ABILITY TO KNOW THAT THEY WANT THE HELP.
ARE WE MAKING ANY HEADWAY ON ON THAT GROUP THAT SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE WHO CAN'T CARE FOR THEMSELVES? ARE WE DOING ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF FORCING HELP ON THEM? I DON'T WANT TO SAY INSTITUTIONALIZED, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH, I THINK WE PROBABLY BOTH COMMENT ON THIS ONE.
SO IT'S THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE LOOSENED A LITTLE BIT, LOWERED THE BAR HAS BEEN LOWERED A LITTLE BIT SINCE JANUARY 1ST IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. STATEWIDE IT WAS ELIGIBLE.
JANUARY 1ST OF 24. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO ADOPT IT AT YOUR LOCAL LEVEL.
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SO YOU HAD TO BE A DANGER TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS.AND NOW THE ADDITION IS THERE'S A BASICALLY A CLAUSE FOR THAT.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES MONTHS OF ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION TO KIND OF GET, SAY, VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, SEEKING ASSISTANCE. AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES MULTIPLE 51, 50 VISITS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GOES FOR A 72 HOUR HOLD. ONCE SOMEBODY AND, YOU KNOW, THE LIEUTENANT MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS MORE, BUT THE ONCE A PERSON GOES FOR A 72 HOUR HOLD.
THEN AT THAT LOCATION, THEY CAN ACTUALLY ALSO MAKE THIS TYPE OF REFERRAL.
SO THEY CAN BE THERE. STATE CAN BE EXTENDED TO 14 DAYS.
SO IT IS FAIRLY NEW THAT THIS BAR IS IS LOWER.
AND SO I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RESULTS YET THAT WE'RE SEEING NECESSARILY YET, BUT BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ON ALL OF OUR RADAR. AND DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING EITHER? I WOULD JUST SAY BECAUSE WE AS I SAID, WE JUST HAD A PANEL ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND ONE OF THE PROVIDERS WAS FROM THE IHOP PROGRAM FROM THE COUNTY.
AND IT'S A SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO ENGAGE IN TREATMENT.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON DOING A BETTER JOB WITH CONNECTING WITH THAT PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RESISTANT TO OUR OFFERS OF TREATMENT, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT JUST NOT HAVE THE INSIGHT TO WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE.
THANK YOU. COMMENTS. MR. SHIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A REAL SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, INCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATISTICS AND SEEING WHAT THEY GO THROUGH AND ALLEVIATING PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO WHAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SWORN TO DO. THERE'S A LEVEL OF COMPASSION THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S SAINTLY.
YOU YOU DECIDED TO DO A CAREER OF HELPING THOSE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY ON THE BOTTOM.
AND YOU WILL DO IT FOR UNTIL THE DAY THEY RETIRE.
SO IT'S ONE HELL OF A JOB THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
BUT WHAT I ALSO DID HAVE WAS TOUCH POINTS WITH THOSE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH, LIKE GERIATRIC ISSUES.
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE OUT IN THE STREETS.
I'VE BEEN PLENTY OF THOSE TENTS. I HAD TO BRING BROOMSTICKS TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T BOOBY TRAPPED. AND I JUST REMEMBER NOT BEING UPSET WITH THEM, BUT AS MUCH AS HOW MUCH THEY WERE SCARED OF THEIR LIVES THAT THEY HAD TO SET UP BOOBY TRAPS WITHIN THEIR OWN TENTS.
SO JUST ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. MISS BURKHOLDER.
MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THE SUCCESS. AND THAT'S DEMONSTRATED IN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHARED WITH US TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY NOTED THE 122% INCREASE IN THE CITY FUNDED HOUSING PLACEMENTS.
IT'S FANTASTIC. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON ON YOUR SUCCESS IN SECURING THE GRANTS AND FINDING INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN PILOT NEW PROGRAMS SO THAT OTHERS CAN FOLLOW OUR EXAMPLE NOT JUST WITH THE VEHICULAR CAMPING, BUT ALSO EVEN JUST WITH THE BY NAME LIST.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO DO IT IN THE STATE. I'VE HEARD OF OTHER CITIES, BUT TO BE THE FIRST IN THE REGION AND TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHOW THIS IS HOW IT WORKS AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT SUCCESS WITH OTHERS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE, AS COUNCILMEMBER SHIN SAID, MOVING THE NEEDLE AND MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE THREE OF YOU SITTING UP HERE.
IT'S ALL ALL THE OTHERS WHO ARE BEHIND YOU AND WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU.
JUST AGAIN, ANOTHER HUGE AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE FOR MYSELF FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK.
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I KNOW WE GET TO SEE THIS SNAPSHOT HERE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.AND SO JUST A HUGE KUDOS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR HOW WELL THINGS ARE GOING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ALSO THE PREVENTIVE PIECE WHICH YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT WHERE 57 HOUSEHOLDS WERE KEPT FROM BECOMING HOMELESS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY TRYING TO DO.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT UPDATE.
THANKS. I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER SAID.
OUR STAFF. THANK YOU. ARE YOU PUTTING IN TONS OF WORK? IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR US. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW FRUSTRATING THIS MUST BE FOR YOU GUYS.
AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE POLICE OFFICERS ON ON HOT TEAM.
PLEASE SHARE WITH THEM HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THESE OFFICERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED. THEY'RE NOT ASSIGNED TO IT.
THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING TO BE ON THE HOT TEAM AND TO TO TRY TO HELP THESE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS PEOPLE.
SO THAT TAKES A SPECIAL HEART. AND SO PLEASE THANK THEM FOR DOING THAT.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY ACTUALLY MAKING THE DAILY CONTACT.
BUT I ALSO FOR MANY YEARS I USED TO LOOK AT LIKE, WHAT? SOCORRO ANDERSON TALKED ABOUT THE HALL OR BROTHER BANOS.
I USED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. THAT'S NOT COMPASSIONATE.
BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE THIS JOB BECAUSE IT'S GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THESE FACILITIES.
LAST MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF AGO, I GOT TO SPEND A FEW HOURS WITH SOCORRO.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I GOT TO GO TO BROTHER BANOS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST GIVING THEM FOOD AND SENDING THEM OUT BACK ONTO THE STREETS.
THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR TRYING TO FIND THE MENTAL SERVICES, THE TRYING TO FIND THEM JOBS, TRYING TO GET THEM CLEANED UP AND CLOTHES SO THEY CAN MAYBE FIT BACK INTO SOCIETY GIVING THEM MEDICAL CARE.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE BROTHER BANOS. THEY HAD DENTISTS AND DOCTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THERE.
I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I DID THE TOUR. THAT'S HUGE.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD THE SAME ATTITUDE I HAD MANY YEARS AGO.
I HOPE THAT THEY TAKE THE TIME TO GO TO HER BROTHER, BEN.
MAYBE SPEND A FEW HOURS WITH SOCORRO AND. WHAT IS IT CALLED? FATHER RAYMOND HALL HERE IN CARLSBAD. AND SEE WHAT IT IS THEY DO.
AND MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE CHECK WITH THEM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
AND OUR COMMISSIONER IN THIS AREA THAT WAS HERE EARLIER IN CRADDOCK STROPES WAS THERE IN PARTICIPATION.THEY HAD OVER 20 DANCERS AND PERFORMANCES THERE.
IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT SEEING THAT OUR ARTS AND CULTURE BEING NEEDED LAST YEAR IN THE CITY.
MISS BURKHOLDER. LAST FRIDAY, I WAS AT AN EVENT UNRELATED TO THE CITY, BUT I HAPPENED TO BE SITTING NEXT TO THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, SEAN DUFFY, AND I WAS ABLE TO TELL HIM ALL ABOUT OUR PROJECT OF TRENCHING IN THE VILLAGE OVER THE COURSE OF OUR LUNCH.
SO BEYOND MY MEETINGS AT THE. THE WHITE HOUSE.
NOW THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY IS AWARE OF OUR MAJOR NEED IN CARLSBAD.
IT'S RIGHT THERE WHERE SUCCULENT CAFE USED TO BE ON OAK.
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND A GREAT ENVIRONMENT OVER THERE.
SO IF YOU NEED A HOUSE, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW.
STOP OVER. THANKS, MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU. ON FRIDAY, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ENDED OUR WEEK ON FRIDAY, I ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST TGIF CONCERT IN THE PARK OF THE SEASON.
IT WAS KIND OF JOHNNY CASH MUSIC. EVERY SINGLE CONCERT HAS KIND OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC.
SO YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, SEE THE DATE, THE LOCATION.
IT COULD BE AT ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT PARKS. SO THE FIRST FEW ARE AT STAGECOACH.
WE ALSO HAVE THEM AT CALAVERAS HILLS PARK, AND I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT, AND ARGONAUT PARK.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING A COUPLE MORE OF THE NINE.
THIS THURSDAY I'VE GOT THE WATER AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING, AND IT'S A BIG ONE.
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AND THIS IS THE FINAL DECISION ON OUR BUDGET WILL BE THIS THURSDAY.AND AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR MEETINGS START AT 9 A.M.
I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE. SO 9 A.M. AT THE KEARNY MESA HEADQUARTERS OF THE WATER AUTHORITY.
BUT YOU CAN WATCH ONLINE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR, YOU KNOW, STREAM ON YOUR LOCAL CABLE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND TRYING TO KEEP RATES LOW AND AFFORDABLE.
AND THEN I KNOW THIS WEEKEND WE HAD THE JUNETEENTH AND ART IN THE VILLAGE CELEBRATION.
OR SORRY, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND ART IN THE VILLAGE. AND THEN THIS THURSDAY, I HAVE OUR NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE WILL ALSO BE ADOPTING OUR BUDGET AT THAT MEETING IF THINGS GO AS PLANNED.
AND THEN I WILL BE AT THE SECOND TGIF CONCERT ON FRIDAY, SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2625 11:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M.. CITY OF CARLSBAD EMPLOYEE SUMMER BARBECUE THAT WILL BE AT AVIARA COMMUNITY PARK, 6435 AMBROSIA LANE IN CARLSBAD. CITY MANAGER.
I HAVE NOTHING. CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING, THANK YOU.
CITY CLERK. NO. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.