Jul 15, 2025 City Council Meeting

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I'M CALLING TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN.

[CALL TO ORDER]

PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL. HERE. AND MAYOR BLACKBURN.

PRESENT. ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT OUT FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU MAYOR, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

THANK YOU. AND FOR THE PLEDGE. MR. SHIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US? WELL, PLEASE RAISE. YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY? BEGIN.

ALLEGIANCE].

NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD MAY 13TH OF 25.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[PRESENTATIONS]

AND YOU'LL BE MAKING A DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY.

AND YOU BROUGHT A BIG CHECK. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I AM SHEILA CROSBY, ONE OF YOUR DEPUTY LIBRARY DIRECTORS.

THE FRIENDS OF THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY GENEROUSLY DONATE ANNUALLY, ALLOWING LIBRARY STAFF TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMING, TRY INNOVATIVE LIBRARY SOLUTIONS AND SUPPLEMENT OUR MATERIALS BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO BRING INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS DONATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER PROGRAM, SUMMER READING ADVENTURE, WEEKLY PROGRAMING SUCH AS OUR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND MUCH MORE. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO INVITE CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY ON DOVE LANE, FRIENDS OF THE BOOKSTORE MANAGER, TAFFY CANNON, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY.

THANK YOU SHEILA. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I LOVE COMING AND DOING THIS, IT'S ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE THINGS.

AND IN FACT, I'M HERE ON MY ANNIVERSARY. AWW.

SO, I JUST FEEL PRETTY YOUNG, IN FACT, IT ISN'T EVEN NIGHT YET, SO.

THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE OLDER THAN ANY OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL, AND OVER THE YEARS THE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING RAISING COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO BUILD THE COLE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS THEN KNOWN AS THE TAJ MAHAL BECAUSE IT WAS SO GRAND. YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT PAINTINGS THAT YOU COULD PUT ON YOUR WALL FOR THREE MONTHS.

THERE WAS A PLACE YOU COULD CHECK OUT SEWING PATTERNS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH AS THE LIBRARY STOPPED USING THEM, THE FRIENDS SOLD THEM ALL. YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN AUCTION FOR THAT ARTWORK, AND I HAVE SOME OF THOSE HANGING ON MY WALL.

NOW, EVERYTHING TENDS TO BE A LOT MORE TECHNICAL.

I UNDERSTAND SOME OF IT. I DON'T EVEN TRY WITH SOME OF THE REST OF IT.

AND THERE'S TECH FOR ALL AGES, THIS INCLUDES SUMMER READING, WHERE KIDS CAN REPORT IN PERSON AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE, OR DO SO ONLINE. SUMMER READING ALSO COVERS AGES 0 TO 100 NOW.

SO ANYBODY OF ANY AGE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE CAN DO SO.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SALE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS GOING ON AT THE DOVE LIBRARY.

BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE. AND AS THE SUMMER GOES ON AND THE KIDS NEED MORE THINGS TO OCCUPY THEM, THAT'S A PRETTY SMART AND VERY REASONABLE INVESTMENT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.

NOT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE AS SUPPORTIVE AS THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HOPING YOU WILL ACCEPT $100,000.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TAFFY AND SHEILA, PLEASE HANG OUT FOR A GROUP PICTURE AT THE END. OH, ABSOLUTELY. NEXT RECOGNITION OF THE FRIENDS OF THE ARTS.

LIZ, WILL YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M CRADDOCK STOPES, THE CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, AND I'M DELIGHTED TO WELCOME THE FRIENDS OF THE ARTS.

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SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

YOU MAY BEST KNOW THESE LADIES. YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THEM WITH THEIR ARMS DOWN BECAUSE THEIR ARMS ARE ALWAYS LIKE THIS [LAUGHTER] EVERY FRIDAY AT TGIF AS THEY SELL OPPORTUNITY PRIZE TICKETS EVERY WEEK. BUT TGIF IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT THEIR FUNDING GOES TOWARD.

IT GOES TOWARD STEAM, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS AT THE BATIQUITOS LAGOON FOUNDATION THAT WE OFFER FOR FIRST GRADERS. IT GOES TOWARD OUR VERY POPULAR COURTYARD CONCERT SERIES WE JUST HAD 166 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO HEAR THE US NAVY SOUTHWEST BAND WIND QUINTET PLAYING OUR COURTYARD JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY, EVEN AS 4300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT TGIF ON FRIDAY.

SO THIS FUNDING IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE THE ROBUST CULTURAL ARTS ECOSYSTEM HERE IN CARLSBAD, SO I CAN'T REALLY THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THEIR WORK.

SO HERE TONIGHT WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS LIZ LICHTENBERGER AND AMANDA ECOFF.

THANK YOU CRADDOCK. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM LIZ LICHTENBERGER, A BOARD MEMBER OF CARLSBAD FRIENDS OF THE ARTS HERE WITH AMANDA ECOFF, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH INCLUDES BRENDA BECKETT, AMANDA, JOANNE HACKETT, AARON ALTER, DONNA BEYER, AND ROSLYND SIMMONS.

AS CRADDOCK MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1987, WHICH FEELS LIKE FOREVER, BUT WE'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT WHAT WE FEEL IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MISSION OF SUPPORTING ALL THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE JUST A VERY PASSIONATE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS.

AS CRADDOCK MENTIONED, YOU'RE OFTEN GOING TO SEE US OUT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WAVING OUR ARMS AROUND, DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY OUR OPPORTUNITY DRAWING TICKETS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT THE TGIF CONCERTS IN THE PARK, WHICH ARE A FABULOUS COMMUNITY BRINGING TOGETHER EVENT.

BUT AS CRADDOCK MENTIONED, WE ALSO SUPPORT THE COURTYARD CONCERTS.

WE SUPPORT ART AND EDUCATION. THE OPENING EVENTS AT THE GALLERY, JUST WHEREVER WE CAN TO INCREASE THE REALLY VERY IMPORTANT MISSION OF ENHANCING THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS THROUGH CULTURAL ARTS.

SO OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES, WE HAVE APPRECIATED ALL OF THE SUPPORT OF THE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE DONATED TO US AND ALSO BECOME MEMBERS.

AND YOU ALL, EVERYONE HERE CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF CARLSBAD FRIENDS OF THE ARTS BY GOING TO CARLSBADFRIENDSOFTHEARTS.ORG.

WE DO HAVE A NICE ONLINE PRESENCE AS WELL AS AT THE CONCERTS.

WE'RE ALWAYS THERE WITH A BOOTH, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

SO EVERY MEMBERSHIP AND DONATION GOES DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR MISSION.

AND WITH THAT, I AM HONORED THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU A DONATION OF $25,000, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

WE ALSO HAVE A BIG CHECK FOR YOU TO, NOT QUITE AS BIG AS THEIRS, LIBRARY FRIENDS, [LAUGHTER] BUT WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT IT TO YOU NONETHELESS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND PLEASE DON'T LEAVE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE GROUP PICTURE.

NEXT I INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN TO PRESENT THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

THANK YOU MAYOR. YEAH. IF I COULD INVITE LIEUTENANT COLONEL CLAUDIO ALVAREZ TO THE PODIUM.

I'LL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION, TOO. I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, MY TIME IN THE ARMED FORCES.

WE'VE ALIGNED ON SO MANY THINGS TOGETHER, AS IN MISSIONS TOGETHER.

THE ONLY THING THAT I GOT TO SAY IS I WAS STATIONED ONCE IN FORT HOOD, FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AND YOU GUYS SENT ME TO THE. I ASKED FOR THE SHOWER HALL, AND YOU GUYS SENT ME TO THE WRONG PLACE AS A FUN JOKE, SO NO HARD FEELINGS. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT.

IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE WEARING THE WRONG UNIFORM. IT WAS GOOD. IT'S OKAY. IT WAS GOOD.

I LOVE IT. 250 YEARS, ONE HELL OF AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND I KNOW, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, FOR YOU, HAVING SERVED FOR OVER 25 YEARS, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY LIKE 10% OF THIS, OF WHAT THE ARMY HAS BEEN MADE OF. AND I'M JUST PROUD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'LL READ RIGHT NOW. SO THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHEREAS JUNE 14TH, 1775, THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS OF 13 AMERICAN COLONIES AUTHORIZED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, AND WHEREAS THIS ACTION MARKED THE CREATION OF AMERICA'S FIRST NATIONAL MILITARY FORCE, MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

AND WHEREAS FOR THE PAST 250 YEARS, THE ARMY HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN DEFENDING AMERICA AND HAS STOOD AS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH,

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AND WHEREAS GENERATIONS OF SOLDIERS IN THE US ARMY, INCLUDING THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND THE U.S.

ARMY RESERVES AND ACTIVE DUTY HAVE SERVED SELFLESSLY, SELFLESSLY, WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION.

AND WHEREAS MANY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAVE PROUDLY SERVED AND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION'S FREEDOM WHILE SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND OTHER BRANCHES OF OUR NATION'S MILITARY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN SHINN, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

COOL, SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

WELL, I WANT TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYBODY WHO ARE HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON JANET CHIN, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US OVER HERE.

BUT ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

REGARDLESS, YOU WERE IN THE MARINE CORPS DURING THE ARMY.

I KNOW WHERE YOUR HEART IS RIGHT NOW. I WAS KIND OF SCARED AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS BRINGING MONEY OVER HERE.

AND I WAS LIKE, NOBODY TOLD ME I HAVE TO BRING A CHECK.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES AND CIVILIANS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECRUITING BATTALION, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS A PISTOLEROS BATTALION, WE HAVE 400 SOLDIERS IN THIS FORMATION, TOTAL WITH THE FAMILY IS ABOUT 823.

AND THIS FORMATION, WHO COVERED THE WHOLE ENTIRE SOUTH CALIFORNIA.

I WANT TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY, FOR TREMENDOUS HONOR AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND WAVING SUPPORT TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

CARLSBAD HAS LONG STOOD THE PILLAR OF COMMUNITY STRENGTH, PATRIOTISM AND SHARED VALUES.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH US, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE PUBLIC EVENTS, SCHOOL OUTREACH OR SUPPORT FOR THE FUTURE SOLDIERS, HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND DIFFERENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH THE YOUTH AND THE GREAT REGION AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOLDIERS.

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE WERE PROUDLY CELEBRATING THE ACTUALLY 249TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND THE 250 BIRTHDAY.

IT'S 250 YEARS OF ARMY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST ARMY THAT WE HAVE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.

THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THIS MILESTONE REMINDED US OF OUR ENDURING MISSION TO PRESERVE FREEDOM, DEFEND OUR NATION, AND SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

THE ARMY IS NOT JUST ABOUT BATTLES AND UNIFORMS. IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE. IT IS ABOUT SOLDIERS WHO COME FROM CITIES LIKE CARLSBAD, WHO ARE SHAPED BY THE VALUES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WHO GOES ON TO SERVE FOR THE PRIDE OF THE DISTINCTION.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CITY LIKE YOURS, WHO STAND BEHIND THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS NOT JUST A GESTURE, IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, HONOR, AND TO THE NATION'S FUTURES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL.

BE ALL YOU CAN BE. PISTOLEROS ALWAYS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] LET'S START WITH THE ARMY. WOULD YOU GUYS COME JOIN US FOR A PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT?

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[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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

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

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

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

IN CONFORMANCE OF 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 PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING DURING THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE MEETING, STARTING WITH THE NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY, AND THAT THIS CHAMBER IS A PLACE WHERE ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOMED AND RESPECTED.

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 WILL TURN YELLOW, GIVING YOU A NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE 30S LEFT.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THREE MINUTES THE CLERK IS GOING TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE.

THAT WAY EVERYBODY GETS EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER? MARY LUCID, FOLLOWED BY MIKE BORRELLO.

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I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM WONDERING WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY FROM THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

WHERE IS IT GOING? A LITTLE BIT HERE, A LITTLE BIT THERE, YOU KNOW.

WHERE ARE THE STANDARDS? WHERE'S THE TRAINING? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE, OBVIOUSLY. NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, I DON'T KNOW.

CIVIL WAR, WHATEVER. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE TO SAY THINGS AND TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE MAY THINK WE KNOW SOMEONE.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY? OR MAYBE MIKE PACHECO WAS HAVING A BAD DAY ONE DAY, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR JUDGMENT. BUT IF YOU JUST THINK YOU'RE THE DICTATOR OR THE EMPEROR AND YOU DON'T TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO SAY, OH, I'M NEVER LIKE THAT MARY LUCID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND THAT BALANCE POINT, TO LEAD.

YOU SIGN UP TO DO A JOB.SO APPARENTLY YOU WANT TO DO A JOB.

SO LET'S DO IT RIGHT. LET'S GET THE VIEWPOINT OR GET A PANEL OF TWO PLUS A VOLUNTEER.

YOU ALWAYS WANT VOLUNTEERS. WHY NOT GET A VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT? THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THOSE.

AND I'M TRYING TO BE NICER IN MY OLD AGE. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE.

AND TO UTILIZE THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE STILL LEFT.

BECAUSE MAYBE KATIE MELENDEZ HAS SOME GOOD IDEAS.

THAT'S VISTA CITY COUNCIL MEMBER KATIE MELENDEZ.

MAYBE NOT. ALL I KNOW IS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE GOOD IDEAS.

IT'S CARRYING THEM OUT. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT IDEAS.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I'D LIKE IT VERY MUCH IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALL YOUR OPTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MIKE BORRELLO, FOLLOWED BY PATTI LANGEN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. I HOPE I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.

SO NOBEL LAUREATE ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH HAYEK SAID SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HEARKEN EVERY LEADER'S EAR.

"TO ACT ON THE BELIEF THAT WE POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE POWER WHICH ENABLE US TO SHAPE THE PROCESSES OF SOCIETY ENTIRELY TO OUR LIKING, KNOWLEDGE WHICH IN FACT WE DO NOT POSSESS, IS LIKELY TO MAKE US DO MUCH HARM".

CLIMATE SCIENTIST WILLIAM COLLINS WROTE "WE UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT THE PHYSICS IN ITS BASIC FORM.

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE EMERGENT BEHAVIOR THAT RESULTS FROM IT".

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS SHOULD HAVE FIRM FOUNDATION AND TRUTHFUL INFORMATION AND THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF ALL RISKS.

I CAN SAY FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY, DEFINING THESE RISKS REQUIRES SENSIBLE AGREEMENT ON WHAT CONSTITUTES HARM OR DANGER. THERE IS TRULY OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF THE LEVEL AT WHICH CLIMATE CHANGE BECOMES DANGEROUS, OR HOW WE SHOULD COMPARE THE RISKS. THIS WAS SAID BY JUDITH CURRY IN HER 2024 BOOK CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY AND RISK.

IN THE FACE OF GREAT COMPLEXITY, HIGH UNCERTAINTY AND SHAMELESS OPPORTUNISM, ALL OF WHICH EXIST IN THE CLIMATE DEBATE.

TOO MANY RESORT TO MANUFACTURED CONSENSUS. CONSENSUS IS TOO OFTEN VIEWED AS A PROXY FOR TRUTH.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, CONSENSUS BUILDING INJECTS BIAS INTO BELIEF.

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WE ALL KNOW HISTORY FRAUGHT WITH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WHEN DOGMATIC POLICY RULES.

I PRAY THIS COUNCIL AND YOU, MAYOR, FINDS TRUTH AND DISCERNMENT OVER CONSENSUS.

YOU HAVE A DUTY TO SEEK THE TRUTH. THANK YOU.

I RECOMMEND YOU LOOK AT THIS BOOK. JUDITH CURRY.

THANK YOU. PATTI LANGEN, FOLLOWED BY MARTIN DANNER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M PATTY LANGEN PRESIDENT OF BUENA VISTA AUDUBON SOCIETY, WHOSE CORE MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITAT WITHIN THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE AND ITS WATERSHED.

ON BEHALF OF BUENA VISTA AUDUBON SOCIETY, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S INITIATION OF ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR. JOHN C LEVY, OWNER OF THE LEVY LAND PROPERTY.

WHEN THE LEVY LAND PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY SAFEGUARDS WERE REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF THE PERMIT.

NUMEROUS CONDITIONS HAVE EITHER NOT BEEN MAINTAINED OR HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY IGNORED, DUE TO LIMITED TIME I'LL FOCUS ON JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE.

FIRST, THERE IS AN UNPERMITTED PERMANENT LOCKED GATE AND A POSTED NO TRESPASSING SIGN WITHIN A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT.

THE NORTH BEACH TRAIL IS PART OF CARLSBAD CITY'S TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT THE PUBLIC IS INTENTIONALLY PREVENTED FROM ACCESSING THE TRAIL RUNNING BETWEEN LEVY'S PROPERTY AND THE LAGOON. THE PERMIT STIPULATES THAT THE GATE MUST BE OPEN FROM DAWN TO DUSK, BUT IT IS PERMANENTLY LOCKED. IN ADDITION, LEVY LANDS PERMIT REQUIRES LIGHT SHIELDING FENCING, REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS AND RESTORING A 100-FOOT BUFFER ZONE WITH NATIVE VEGETATION.

LIGHT POLLUTION HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON BOTH RESIDENT WILDLIFE AND MIGRATING BIRDS.

THE ENDANGERED RIDGWAY'S RAIL HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE TIDAL MARSH THAT'S JUST ADJACENT TO LEVY LAND.

THESE BIRDS DEPEND ON A WETLAND BUFFER FOR NESTING AND REQUIRE NATIVE VEGETATION FOR BOTH FORAGING AND NESTING HABITAT.

THESE VIOLATIONS POSE THREATS TO THE VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES THAT RELY ON THE LAGOON AND ITS SURROUNDING HABITATS.

WE URGE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE SITE TO COMPLIANCE.

THANK YOU. MARTIN DANNER, FOLLOWED BY JAMES WATSON.

HELLO THERE. MY NAME IS MARTIN DANNER. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1 AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

NOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BRING SOMETHING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT I JUST RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY RISK THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.

I LEARNED ABOUT THIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AT THE RECENT ART FESTIVAL DOWN IN CARLSBAD VILLAGE.

I WAS ATTENDING THE ART FESTIVAL, AND I STOPPED BY THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BOOTH AND I ASKED THEM, I SAID, HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS LIVE OUTSIDE OF CARLSBAD? AND I WAS SHOCKED BY THE ANSWER, IT'S 85% OR POSSIBLY EVEN MORE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HIT ME. THIS IS A HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY RISK, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER OR A MAJOR INCIDENT, AND MOST OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE OUT OF TOWN AND MAY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING BACK TO TOWN TO HELP WITH THE SITUATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

AND I HAVE TWO ASKS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

ONE IS THAT YOU TRY TO IDENTIFY THE TRUE RISK INVOLVED HERE.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE RISK HERE AND WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO PUBLIC SAFETY? AND TWO, IF THAT RISK IS SIGNIFICANT, THAT YOU TAKE ACTION TO LOOK AT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THESE FIRST RESPONDERS CLOSER TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, OR AT LEAST VERY LEAST ENABLE THEM TO RESPOND IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER THAN TRYING TO GET HERE IN THEIR OWN CARS.

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I KNOW THAT ON THE COUNCIL WE HAVE TWO FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT, AND I'M SURE THAT ALL OF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THIS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. DANNER, WILL YOU PLEASE TALK TO OUR POLICE CHIEF AND SHE'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EACH OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED POLICE CARS THAT THEY ACTUALLY TAKE HOME AND READY TO RESPOND IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

SHE'LL ALSO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MUTUAL AID FROM NEIGHBORING AGENCIES.

AND I THINK THAT WE EVEN HAVE A THING WHERE IF POLICE OFFICERS ARE STUCK IN CARLSBAD, BUT THEY WORK FOR SAN DIEGO PD, I THINK THEY RESPOND TO OUR POLICE STATION. TALK TO HER ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN THOUGHT OF IN THE PAST.

THANK YOU. JAMES WATSON. MY NAME IS JAMES WATSON. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR SERVING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

IT'S MANY TIMES A THANKLESS JOB, AND MANY TIMES I'VE STOOD HERE AND BARKED AT RAY PATCHETT OR BUD LEWIS BACK IN THE DAY.

BUT TONIGHT I REALLY TRY AND BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE, MAYBE I'M GROWING UP SOME.

I'VE LIVED IN CARLSBAD FOR 67 YEARS, AND PROBABLY NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING HAVE LIVED HERE THAT LONG.

IN FACT, IN CARLSBAD HAVE LIVED HERE THAT LONG.

AND I'M 67. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN WORK. I'VE TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD, AND I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND EXPERIENCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES. AND CARLSBAD, HANDS DOWN, IS THE PLACE, AND IT'S SOMETHING I TREASURE, AND I HOPE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS ALSO LOOK AT IT THE SAME WAY. I'M RETIRED, BUT I DO OWN TWO SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS DOWN, TWO BLOCKS FROM THE BEACH, DOWN BY DINI'S IN THE CORNER OF LINCOLN AND WALNUT.

SO I SEE DOWNTOWN ALL THE TIME, AND I SEE IT DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST PEOPLE SEE IT.

I'VE LIVED ON THE SAME CORNER FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THE LEVEL OF FIREWORKS THIS PAST 4TH OF JULY WAS SOMETHING THAT CARLSBAD SHOULD NOT BE PROUD OF.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IT'S ILLEGAL TO POSSESS FIREWORKS, NOT FIRE THEM OFF, IT'S ILLEGAL TO POSSESS THEM.

AND BY THE WAY, MY NOTES I'VE SENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE EMAILED TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANYBODY.

BUT THIS LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY ON THE CITY'S PART TO TAKE ACTION AND TO DO SOME SIMPLE POLICING, I THINK STARTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND THE HOTELS.

WE SHOULD HAVE ON OUR WEBSITES, WE SHOULD HAVE ON OUR LISTINGS THAT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN CARLSBAD.

IT'S A SIMPLE START. WHEN PEOPLE CHECK INTO THE HOTELS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY SHOULD BE TOLD THOSE FIREWORKS NEED TO STAY IN YOUR CAR OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN OUR HOTEL.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY CAN BE PROACTIVE.

IT DOESN'T COST A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A WEEK BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY ISN'T ENOUGH.

YOU NEED TO STOP THE PEOPLE BEFORE THEY UNLOAD THEIR SUITCASES AND THEIR TRUNKS OF THEIR CAR WITH EVERYTHING THEY JUST BOUGHT IN SAN CLEMENTE.

IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS DOWN THERE. AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET HURT AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND TALK TO YOU GUYS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ASK FOR SOME MONEY. AND WHEN YOU SHOW THAT THERE'S ZERO CITATIONS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN COURT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SIR, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TALK WITH OUR POLICE CAPTAIN.

IS HE COMING OUT? CAPTAIN OPEKA, WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK WITH HIM ABOUT IT? YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 8.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

AND ITEM NUMBER 1. AND ITEM 1. PLEASE CALL THE TWO SPEAKERS.

MARY LUCID FOR ITEM NUMBER 1 AND ANNA STOUT FOR ITEM NUMBER 7.

OKAY, I'M BACK AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MONEY.

GO FIGURE. MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND AND ROUND.

BUT WHAT ARE YOU SPENDING THE MONEY ON? ARE YOU SPENDING IT ON PEOPLE, OR ARE YOU SPENDING IT ON TREASURY BONDS SO THAT

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BUT WORSE, THERE'S NO MONEY FOR TRAINING PEOPLE.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOME STANDARDS, THE RULES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MAKE THEM UP AS YOU GO ALONG, THAT'S NICE. BUT THAT DRIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE CRAZY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW.

WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS SITUATION? WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO IN THAT SITUATION? SO MONEY, WHILE IMPORTANT, NEEDS THE GUIDANCE OF A CITY COUNCIL WITH ENOUGH COURAGE AND ENOUGH GOOD IDEAS TO INFLUENCE EVERYONE THAT THEY INTERACT WITH.

I GUESS I'M A BIG FAN OF KATIE MELENDEZ THERE IN VISTA CITY COUNCIL, AND IF YOU GO TO VISTA AND YOU SEE THE SMILING, HAPPY PEOPLE AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE, WHEN THEY'RE ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN WITH SENIORS, AND YOU COME TO CARLSBAD AND YOU GO, WE WANT TO CHARGE YOU FOR THIS, WE WANT TO CHARGE YOU FOR THAT.

HEY, GUYS, YOU GOT TO CIRCULATE. YOU GOT TO GIVE AND TAKE.

IT SEEMS THAT CARLSBAD SEEMS TO BE TAKING, AND WHILE IT'S FUN TO ACCUMULATE 40 SOME I DON'T KNOW, MILLION, I CAN'T EVEN CONCEIVE IT, 40 MILLION, AND I USED TO BE A BANK TELLER.

BUT IN ANY CASE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE MONEY? WHERE ARE THE SUPPLIES? WHERE ARE THE VOLUNTEERS? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ASK THEM TO COME TO THE SENIOR CENTER, COME TO THE MEETING, STANDARDIZE. YOU GOT BOXES HERE AND THERE, AND THIS ONE THINKS THIS AND THAT.

ONE THINKS THAT ONE. YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH INPUT AND THAT'S ON YOU.

ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR TIME AND TRY AND DO YOUR BEST.

ANNA STOUT. I GUESS. OKAY. I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE. YES. MY NAME IS ANNA STOUT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE A COMMENT AS MUCH AS A QUESTION.

MY BROTHER AND I OWN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE CORNER OF PINE AND MADISON.

IT'S A RENTAL NOW. MY DAD BOUGHT IT IN 1964, SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE BARRIO A LONG TIME.

MY TENANTS TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT THEY GOT A FLIER FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY GOING AROUND ABOUT SOME STREETLIGHTS THAT WERE GOING TO GO IN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE FLIER SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT OVER 100 LIGHTS, I BELIEVE, JUST IN THE BARRIO.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE STYLE THAT'S IN THE VILLAGE RIGHT NOW WITH THE, THEY'RE SHORTER, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE 12 TO 14FT HIGH AND THEY'VE GOT THE THE ORNATE TOP.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE WHEN I DRIVE AROUND THOSE LIGHTS, I SEE THEM ON STATE STREET FROM OAK TO GRAND. ON SAME ON HIGHWAY 101, FROM ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE.

AND THEN FROM THE BEACH ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO I-5.

THOSE AREAS ARE ALL VERY COMMERCIAL, VERY TOURISTIC.

SO I'M WONDERING, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE LONG TERM GOAL OR PLANNING OF THE CITY, IS TO EXTEND THE COMMERCIAL AREA INTO THE BARRIO SO THAT IT ALSO BECOMES MORE TOURISTIC AND MORE COMMERCIAL. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THE TYPES OF LIGHTS THAT ARE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE ONES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THERE, THE VERY TALL LIGHTS THAT OVER ARCH THE STREETS.

THEY MUST BE 30FT TALL OR SO. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

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OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO MORE SPEAKERS. NO MORE SPEAKERS. ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS 1-8 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ANY COMMENTS? MOTION, PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 9, CITY MANAGER.

[9. ORDINANCE NO. CS-497 – INSTALLING STOP SIGNS ON KELLY DRIVE AT THE INTERSECTIONS AT PARK DRIVE AND HILLSIDE DRIVE]

WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY FURTHER OTHER THAN A VOTE.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO TITLING, JUST THE MOTION AND SECOND VOTE.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS? MOTION? MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT,

[10. FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS IN STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT NO. 1]

1. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN BY SENIOR ACCOUNTANT KATIE SCHROEDER AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER, THE CITY'S ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND TONIGHT WE ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CITY'S LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING, DISTRICT NO. 1. AND TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE BY OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, KATIE SCHROEDER, AND I'LL HAND IT OFF TO HER. AND ONCE SHE'S DONE WITH HER LITTLE SHORT PRESENTATION, WE ARE READY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 10TH, 2025, COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT INITIATED THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.

DISTRICT NO. 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26. APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.

TONIGHT, I'LL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE ANNUAL ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR DISTRICT 1.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED.

AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. DISTRICT 1 COLLECTS ASSESSMENTS TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE DISTRICT IS SPLIT INTO THREE ZONES, THE STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT ZONE, THE TREE IMPROVEMENT ZONE, AND MEDIAN LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENT ZONE. THE ASSESSMENT FOR AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL, WHICH BENEFITS FROM ALL THREE IMPROVEMENT ZONES IN DISTRICT 1, HAS BEEN $70.44 FOR THE LAST 29 FISCAL YEARS, AND IS PROPOSED TO BE THE SAME FOR FISCAL YEAR 25/26.

RATES HAVE NOT INCREASED IN THIS TIME BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WAS FORMED IN 1983 WITHOUT AN ALLOWABLE TAX RATE INFLATOR.

AFTER THE 1996 PASSAGE OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON TAXES ACT, PROPOSITION 218.

IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO INCREASE ASSESSMENTS, A NOTICE AND A BALLOT MUST BE SENT TO EACH ASSESSED PROPERTY OWNER, AND A MAJORITY OF THE BALLOTS RECEIVED TO THE CITY MUST APPROVE ANY PROPOSED INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS.

THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE FUNDING SOURCES AND TOTAL COST ESTIMATE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT ZONE IN DISTRICT 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26.

THE ASSESSMENTS IN EACH ZONE ARE COLLECTED ANNUALLY FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE STREET LIGHTING FUND WILL RECEIVE A GENERAL BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION OF JUST UNDER $205,000 FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

THE GENERAL BENEFIT IS THE SHARED BENEFITS RECEIVED FROM AN IMPROVEMENT ZONE THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE ASSESSED PROPERTIES.

ONLY SPECIAL BENEFITS CAN BE ASSESSED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH IS WHY THE GENERAL BENEFIT IS PAID BY THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

FOR STREET LIGHTING, THE CITY IS DETERMINED THE GENERAL BENEFIT IS DERIVED EXCLUSIVELY ALONG THE CITY'S ARTERIAL ROADS.

ALL THREE ZONES RECEIVE A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY'S LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT 2 FOR WORK BEING DONE ON IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT DISTRICT.

THESE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TWO ARE MADE BECAUSE ALL THE COSTS FOR THE CITY STREET LIGHTS, TREES AND MEDIANS ARE CHARGED THROUGH DISTRICT 1.

THE CONTRIBUTION FROM DISTRICT 2 IS MADE TO REIMBURSE DISTRICT 1 FOR THOSE MAINTENANCE COSTS.

TOTAL REVENUES AND ACCUMULATED FUND RESERVES IN BOTH THE STREET TREES AND MEDIAN LANDSCAPING FUNDS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE ANTICIPATED COSTS FOR THE FISCAL

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THESE TRANSFERS WERE RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26.

SO THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORT ON DISTRICT NUMBER 1, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT APPROVES THE ANNUAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ESTABLISHES THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN DISTRICT NO.

1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26. THANK YOU. I'M OPENING PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO. CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOTION FROM COUNCIL? MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 11. ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11. FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT NO. 2]

2. AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE AGAIN HAVE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT KATIE SCHROEDER AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER.

ALL RIGHT, SO DISTRICT NO. 2. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 10TH, 2025, COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT INITIATED THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CITY STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT 2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.

TONIGHT, AGAIN WE'LL BE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZING THE ANNUAL ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR DISTRICT 2, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED. AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26.

SO THE CITY'S LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT 2 WAS FORMED IN 2003 FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND PLACEMENT COSTS OF STREET LIGHTING, STREET TREES, AND MEDIAN LANDSCAPING WITHIN THOSE AREAS.

EACH DEVELOPMENT WITHIN DISTRICT TWO IS CONSIDERED A SEPARATE ZONE, WITH THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE COST FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 16 BENEFIT ZONES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS PART OF THIS DISTRICT.

IN EACH OF THE DEVELOPMENT ZONES IN DISTRICT 2, A MAXIMUM AND ACTUAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS CALCULATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL ASSESSMENT CAN INCREASE BY THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

THIS TABLE SHOWN PROVIDES AN AVERAGE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425 AND THE PROPOSED ANNUAL ASSESSMENT RATE FOR 25-26 BY ZONE. THE LAST COLUMN OF THE TABLE SHOWS A DOLLAR CHANGE IN THE ZONE OVER THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

THE ASSESSMENT AMOUNTS VARY BETWEEN ZONES IN THE DISTRICT, DEPENDING ON THE DENSITY AND THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS BEING MAINTAINED WITHIN THE CITY FOR EACH DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJORITY OF ZONES, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OF THOSE ZONES HAVE REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN ALL OR A PORTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE ZONES, THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT RATES ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED.

SO THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON DISTRICT 2. WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED.

ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS CONCLUDED, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ESTABLISH THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26. OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MOTION PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 12 CITY MANAGER.

[12. UPDATED SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY USER FEES FOR ANIMAL CONTROL AND REGULATION ]

AND FOR THE PRESENTATION IS POLICE CAPTAIN RYAN OPEKA.

I TRIED TO DO THAT SLOW, SORRY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M RYAN OPEKA, POLICE CAPTAIN IN CHARGE OF FIELD OPERATIONS FOR THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE

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IN 2018, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.

IN 2023, WE AMENDED THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THEIR USER FEE SCHEDULE.

THE MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES COUNCIL TO EVALUATE THE RATES SET FORWARD BY THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY.

SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE SERVICES THAT THE HUMANE SOCIETY PROVIDES TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD INCLUDE SHELTERING, ADOPTIONS, ANIMAL CARE, LICENSING, AND HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

PROPOSED FEE INCREASES INCLUDE ADOPTIONS, DOG LICENSE, MEDICAL SERVICES, MICROCHIPPING, AND OWNER REQUESTED EUTHANASIA.

PROPOSED FEES ARE FEE MAXIMUMS AND THESE FEES ARE FREQUENTLY REDUCED OR WAIVED.

PROPOSED USER FEES REMAIN WELL BELOW THE PROJECTED SERVICE COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

INCREASED USER FEES DO NOT IMPOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS ON THE CITY, AND IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE CITY'S CURRENT ANIMAL SERVICES CONTRACT.

WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY'S UPDATED USER FEES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CITY COSTS RELATED TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND REGULATION SERVICES.

AT THIS TIME, I CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

I ALSO HAVE JULIANNA TETLOW FROM THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY, WHO CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THEIR END AS WELL.

I'M OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO.

CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MOTION PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS ITEM 13. ITEM 13. PROCESSING PRIVATELY INITIATED APPLICATIONS TO AMEND THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND

[13. PROCESSING PRIVATELY INITIATED APPLICATIONS TO AMEND THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS TO ALLOW FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTIES NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONING PROGRAM]

WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE PROGRAM IN 2024.

STAFF DID NOT ASK THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME HOW THEY WOULD LIKE US TO HANDLE INQUIRIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR NEW HOUSING PROPOSALS THAT MIGHT COME IN ON NON HOUSING ELEMENT SITES. ITEM 13 IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AT MY REQUEST, TO SEEK COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCESS PRIVATE APPLICATIONS THAT PROPOSE A CHANGE TO OUR ZONING TO ALLOW FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.

I'VE ASKED THAT STAFF PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS MATTER.

EXPLAIN OUR CURRENT POSITION AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ADVISING PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS AND THEN DISCUSS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IF OUR EXISTING PROCESS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEFF MURPHY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION, AND HIS TEAM.

MIKE STRONG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND ERIC LARDY, CITY PLANNER.

MR. MURPHY, THANK YOU, MR. PATNOE, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JEFF MURPHY AND I'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION. SO AS MENTIONED, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF PRIVATELY INITIATED REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE NEW HOUSING ON SITES THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE PROGRAM.

THE CITY'S CURRENT HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH IS A LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR HOW AND WHERE HOUSING WILL BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CITY, WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 2021 AND LATER THAT YEAR CERTIFIED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS MEETING STATE REQUIRED HOUSING LAWS. THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDES SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY MUST COMPLETE WITHIN THE EIGHT YEAR HOUSING CYCLE.

ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A REZONE PROGRAM, SHOWING HOW THE CITY WILL ACCOMMODATE ITS STATE HOUSING OBLIGATIONS.

FOLLOWING A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS THAT INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY INPUT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY OF 24, REZONED 18 PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE CLOSE TO 2600 HOMES. THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE 2800 NEW HOMES THAT COULD BE BUILT ON PROPERTIES THAT WERE ALREADY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

PLANNING FOR THIS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE HOUSING OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO US BY THE STATE, AS STIPULATED IN OUR CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT.

FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF THE REZONE PROGRAM, CITY STAFF HAVE RECEIVED INTEREST FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS SEEKING TO REZONE OR UPZONE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THESE REASONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND WOULD ULTIMATELY ADD TO THE TOTAL HOUSING STOCK PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

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THE REASON, THE VALUE AND BENEFIT OF A HOUSING ELEMENT IS TO EVALUATE AND ANALYZE HOUSING NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS COMPREHENSIVELY.

A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC VETTING AND REVIEW.

GIVEN THE RECENT ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S REZONE PROGRAM.

STAFF HAS ENCOURAGED THAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BE FOCUSED ON THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED FOR HOUSING, AS OPPOSED TO REZONING MORE SITES. AS SUCH, STAFF IS ENCOURAGED PROPERTY OWNERS INTERESTED IN REZONING TO WAIT TO HAVE THEIR SITES POSSIBLY CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE NEXT HOUSING CYCLE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO START WORKING ON WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

NONETHELESS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE STILL WANTING TO SUBMIT AND PROCESS THEIR APPLICATIONS.

AS SUCH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION PROCESS.

IN SHORT, SHOULD AN APPLICATION BE FILED. STAFF WILL PROMPTLY BRING THE APPLICATION FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD THEN BE SCHEDULED FOR CITY COUNCIL DECISION.

NOW THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER UNDER THIS PROCESS.

ONE DENY THE APPLICATION OR TWO REMAND IT BACK TO CITY STAFF FOR REGULAR STANDARD PROCESSING.

BASICALLY, WHAT THIS PROCESS DOES IS INFORM THE APPLICANT EARLY ON AS TO WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL IS EVEN OPEN TO THE IDEA OF REZONING BEFORE THE APPLICANT SPENDS SIGNIFICANT TIME AND MONEY ON PERMIT PROCESSING, AND STAFF SPENDS RESOURCES PROCESSING THE APPLICATION.

STAFF HAS RECEIVED OBJECTIONS TO THIS EXPEDITED PROCESS.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IS THAT BY MOVING FORWARD WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, IT STIGMATIZES THE PROCESS BEFORE FULL PROJECT LEVEL ANALYSIS OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CAN BE COMPLETED.

ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT ASSUMES FULL FINANCIAL BURDEN AND ASSUMES THE RISK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY STILL DENY THE REZONE REQUEST AFTER THE FULL ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED. FINALLY, WHILE THE PROPERTY MAY NOT BE IDENTIFIED IN THIS HOUSING ELEMENT, IT STILL MAY BE A VIABLE AND USEFUL SITE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NOW AND NOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT HOUSING CYCLE.

SO THE POLICY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS THIS.

SHOULD APPLICATIONS FOR REZONE BE PROCESSED FOLLOWING OUR STANDARD PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECT LEVEL PUBLIC OUTREACH, COMPLIANCE WITH CITY STANDARDS AND POLICIES, AND FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEFORE IT IS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR DECISION.

IF THIS IS THE POLICY DIRECTION, THE COUNCIL CAN ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S FOUND IN EXHIBIT ONE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.

ALTERNATIVELY, SHOULD APPLICANTS BE PROCESSED FOLLOWING THE EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS WHERE THE APPLICANT IS BROUGHT FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE REZONE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT.

IF THAT IS THE POLICY DIRECTION, THEN NO ACTION IS REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT UNDER THIS APPROACH, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DISAGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

THE COUNCIL COULD REMAND THE APPLICATION BACK TO STAFF TO BE PROCESSED UNDER THE STANDARD PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPENING REMARKS. AGAIN, I'M AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS CITY PLANNER ERIC LARDY AND MIKE STRONG, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

MR. SHIN. THANKS FOR THE REPORT. AND JUST TO REEMPHASIZE, LIKE THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING TEAM I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE THREE OF YOU AND THE REST OF THE PLANNING. SO, I WILL BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HEATED, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PREFACE THAT AHEAD OF TIME.

SO HOW DID THE DECISION, HOW WAS THE DECISION MADE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE GOING TO GO DOWN THIS PATH AS OPPOSED TO IN PRIOR HISTORIES, NOT DOING THIS? GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

AND GIVEN THE INPUT THAT WENT INTO IT AND THE AMOUNT OF INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

AGAIN, WE WERE WANTING TO ENCOURAGE MOST APPLICANTS WHO WANTED TO GO AND REZONE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, WAIT UNTIL THE OTHER HOUSING CYCLE WAS BEING CONSIDERED.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN AN INSISTENCE ON SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS TO PURSUE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF. AND SO FROM THAT, IT WAS, I FELT IMPORTANT THAT WE COME OUT WITH A POLICY THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE AND TRY TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ULTIMATE DECISION ON WHETHER THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EARLY IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, BEFORE A LOT OF TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCES WERE SPENT PROCESSING THAT APPLICATION.

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BUT THAT IS ALSO THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS TO CONFIRM WHETHER THAT IS THE POLICY PROCESS THAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO CONTINUE GOING DOWN, OR IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE POLICY YOU WANT TO ADOPT.

AND THEN, JUST SORT OF CLARIFY, AND I LOVE WHEN FOLKS TAKE INITIATIVE.

SO THIS WAS KIND OF AN INITIATIVE UNDER THE THOUGHTS THAT THIS WOULD CREATE LESS BURDEN FROM STAFF, PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL IF THE DECISION WAS MADE AS A DENIAL AHEAD OF TIME PRIOR TO US RECEIVING IT.

OKAY. AND THEN HOW MANY APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS MANNER? SO, SO FAR WE DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD GO DOWN THIS PROCESS.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE FIVE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AS DURING A PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS.

SO WHAT WE ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO DO IS COME IN, WE ALWAYS SAY COME EARLY, COME OFTEN.

ONE OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE IS TO DO A PRE-APPLICATION.

SO THEY SUBMIT THEIR PROJECT. WE REVIEW IT AS THOUGH IT WAS A PROJECT BEING PROCESSED AS A, YOU KNOW, FOR PROCESSING AND PROVIDE INPUT AND GUIDANCE AS TO HERE'S THE CONCERNS, HERE'S HOW YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, AND HERE'S SOME OTHER CHALLENGES YOU MIGHT RUN INTO.

AND HERE'S HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO ACTUALLY GET THE PROJECT REVIEWED.

PROCESS STARTED. SO WE HAVE FOUR OF THE FOUR APPLICATIONS THAT WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

ONE WAS MORE OF JUST AN EMAIL INTEREST THAT WAS SENT TO US.

OKAY. AND THEN SO LIKE JUST TO LIKE, SIMULATE IT.

SO I OWN A PROPERTY THAT'S, LET'S SAY A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.

AND I CAN'T FIND A TENANT NO MATTER WHAT I DO WITH THIS LOCATION OR HOWEVER TO LIKE, RECRAFT IT AND TI THIS THING.

AND I'M SEEING THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR IT TO POTENTIALLY BECOME RESIDENTIAL.

I SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION THAT BECOMES AN IMMEDIATE DENIAL AT THAT TIME, RIGHT NOW.

THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. IF YOU REQUIRE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON YOUR PROPERTY, YES, THAT WOULD BE HOW WE WOULD PROCESS IT. THE METHOD IN WHICH WE'RE DOING THIS AS AN IMMEDIATE DENIAL.

IS THIS BEING CONDUCTED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY? NO, LOOKING AROUND. SO DRAWING FROM MY EXPERIENCE, LIKE WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF ENCINITAS, THEY DID HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE YOU HAD TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO EVEN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

THAT WAS NOT LIMITED TO HOUSING. THAT WAS ANYTIME YOU MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN, YOU HAD TO GET THAT AUTHORIZATION BEFORE YOU CAN SUBMIT.

MOST JURISDICTIONS AND GRANTED, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SURVEY ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE A FORMAL POLICY.

MOST OF THEM HANDLE IT LIKE SIMILAR, LIKE SAN MARCOS, CITY OF SAN MARCOS, WHERE THEY JUST PROCESS THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AS THEY COME IN.

TALKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IN THAT JURISDICTION, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY'RE PROCESSING CURRENTLY 11 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT. AND THEN THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY TOWARDS OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WHAT TYPE OF EXPOSURE DO WE HAVE IF I'M TRYING TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT AND I GET AN IMMEDIATE DENIAL, AND I DON'T EVEN ALLOW THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. HOW MUCH EXPOSURE DO WE HAVE AS A CITY? SO FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY WE ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DENYING A PROJECT.

IT WOULD GO FORWARD FOR DECISION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THIS COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE DENIED UNLESS A DECISION MAKER WOULD HAVE IT.

AND IN TERMS OF THAT, ANYTHING GOING THROUGH THE HEARING PROCESS, WHETHER IT BE EXPEDITED OR THE MORE STANDARD PROCESS, WOULD STAND ON ITS OWN MERITS. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT APPLICATION.

AND OBVIOUSLY, STAFF DOES ITS BEST TO PRESENT AN APPLICATION THAT WILL WITHSTAND SCRUTINY.

DOES IT CREATE LIKE, WHAT WAS STATED IN OUR REPORT, LIKE A SENSE OF STIGMATIZING WHERE I CAN GO AND CHALLENGE THAT AND SAYING, HEY, YOU'RE NOT EVEN GIVING ME A FAIR SHOT BY CREATING IT AS A NEGATIVE ASPECT PRIOR TO ME EVEN, OR LIKE AS SOON AS I CREATE A SUBMISSION FOR THIS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A CAUSE OF ACTION JUST FOR BEING STIGMATIZED.

AND I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHETHER A PROJECT STIGMATIZED OR NOT MIGHT BE A BIT IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.

BUT I SUPPOSE IF A, YOU KNOW, A PERSON BRINGING A PROJECT FORWARD IS INTERESTED MORE IN PRODUCING A PROJECT THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, A FINANCIAL BENEFIT AT THE END OF IT.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, BUT THE DEVELOPERS FEEL HOW THEY FEEL.

GOTCHA. AND THEN JUST TALKING IN REGARDS TO THIS, IF WE WERE TO EVER DO SOME TYPE OF REZONING OR WHATNOT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A DIFFERENT MATTER THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY ARE PRESENTED WITH LIKE RHNA AND GETTING KIND OF FORCED TO DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL.

DO WE HAVE LOCAL CONTROL WITH THESE? IF WE WERE TO APPROVE ANY OF THESE OF ASPECTS SUCH AS HAVING THE DEVELOPER PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING TO KEEP IT COMPLETELY UP, OR IS OUR RESPONSIBLY, THEN BECOME THE CITY'S? RESPOND AND MAYBE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY ALSO CHIME IN AS WELL.

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BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL, THEY'RE NOT ENTITLED TO THE SAME PROTECTIONS AND ALLOWANCES THAT APPLICANTS DO, THAT ARE PROCESSING PROJECTS THAT ARE ON PROPERTY THAT IS ALREADY ZONED RESIDENTIAL. SO WE DO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY MITIGATE THEIR FAIR SHARE.

HOWEVER, WE CAN IMPOSE, YOU KNOW, FEES THAT ARE OVER OVERBEARING OR CAUSED INTO FINANCIALLY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROJECT PENCIL.

SO THERE ARE SOME LEGAL CHALLENGES. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS IS LOOKING AT IMPACT FEES AND DEVELOPMENT FEES THAT WE APPLY TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE TO, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINIZE AND REVIEW THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MITIGATING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THEIR IMPACTS.

AND IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS HOUSING CYCLE AND WE'RE REALIZING, LET'S SAY MIDWAY OR TOWARDS THE END, THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE DEVELOPMENTS DONE THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO HIT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE STATING THAT WE CAN HIT.

AND THEN THESE APPLICATIONS ARE COMING IN COINCIDING.

DO WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THAT TO THEN BE ABLE TO GO, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO GET DEVELOPED AND WE CAN REACH OUR NUMBERS BY THESE OTHER APPLICATIONS. SO LET ME RESPOND TO THAT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT QUESTION.

BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING FOR HOUSING.

THE HOUSING MARKET WILL DETERMINE WHAT AND WHEN IT GETS BUILT.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A PROVISION IN STATE LAW WHERE IF WE START GETTING TOO CLOSE, WE'RE BASICALLY RUNNING OUT OF SITES TO TO BUILD TO ACCOMMODATE, NAMELY OUR LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.

WE MAY NEED TO REZONE SITES ADDITIONAL SITES TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.

SO WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING NOW. WE STILL HAVE AMPLE BUFFER IN OUR INVENTORY TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOW INCOME.

BUT AS, AS WE PROGRESS, IF THERE IS A NEED WHERE WE NEED TO COME BACK AND REZONE SITES, THEN WE CAN BRING THESE PROPERTIES INTO THAT FOLD.

DURING THE HOUSING CYCLE? CORRECT, YES, CORRECT.

OKAY. AND THEN THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, MISS BURKHOLDER.

QUESTIONS? I'M JUST CLARIFICATION. YOUR LAST STATEMENT WAS DURING THE CURRENT HOUSING CYCLE, OR DID YOU SAY CORRECT? NO. UNDER THE CURRENT.

CORRECT UNDER THE CURRENT HOUSING CYCLE. OKAY.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I JUST CLARIFICATION.

IF THE DENIABILITY WERE REMOVED AS AN INITIAL RESPONSE FROM STAFF, WHAT IN THE PROCESS WOULD CHANGE? SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS SINCE THE THE MUNICIPAL CODE ALREADY KIND OF DICTATES OR DESCRIBES HOW WE PROCESS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT. SO IT DOES REQUIRE THAT IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE IT CAN COME FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DECISION. BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT STAFF HAS TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION.

IT'S COMMON PRACTICE THAT WE DO, BUT IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF, OR UNCOMMON THAT STAFF BRING FORWARD A POLICY DECISION AND LEAVE IT UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DECISION MAKER TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITHOUT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO IT.

SO UNDER, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE WOULD GO FORWARD MOVING WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, AN ALTERNATIVE. WHAT I'M THINKING YOU'RE HEARING, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT WE DON'T DO A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, WE JUST BRING IT FORWARD TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND DURING THAT PROCESS, PLANNING COMMISSION, COULDN'T THE COMMISSIONERS ASK, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS? I WOULD, THEY COULD, BUT I THINK WHAT OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS, THIS IS A PURELY A POLICY DECISION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON. WE DON'T WANT TO TAINT THE OPINION OR DISCUSSION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

OF THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT YOU SAID YOU HAD THEM MAKING THESE REQUESTS.

WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE FROM THEM WITH THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL OF THE PROJECT? GOOD EVENING. TWO OF THE APPLICANTS FOLLOWED UP AND FOLLOWED UP WITH QUESTIONS.

THE OTHER TWO WE DID NOT HEAR FROM AFTER WE PROVIDED OUR INITIAL PRELIMINARY REVIEW LETTER EXPLAINING THE PROCESS TO THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. LARDY. CITY PLANNER. ERIC LARDY, CITY PLANNER.

AND SO YOU ALL WOULD BE DOING THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK RELATIVE TO WHEN AN INITIAL APPLICATION IS PRESENTED TO YOU, AND YOU COULD HAVE MADE THE SAME DETERMINATION OF RECOMMENDATION, OF DENIAL, JUST NOT SAYING THAT OUT LOUD, BUT LOOKING AT THE FACTS OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S NOT IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, THAT WOULD JUST BE KIND OF AN AUTOMATIC.

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OKAY. SO IF WE KEPT THINGS THE SAME WE WOULD STILL BE HEARING A CASE BY CASE.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE OTHER OPTION IS TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES.

AND FINISH THAT SENTENCE. SO WHAT THE QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL OR THE ACTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE CURRENT PROCESS, WHERE WE MOVE IT FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DENIAL, IS TO ALLOW APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT AND BE PROCESSED WITHOUT THAT STEP, WE WOULD REVIEW, JUST LIKE WE DO ON ANY OTHER, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE STATUS OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

RIGHT, I HEAR YOU, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE MORE COSTLY FOR THE DEVELOPER, BECAUSE IN THE END, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PREEXISTING THING THAT IS GOING TO PRECLUDE THEM FROM DEVELOPING, LIKE IT'S NOT IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, SO. THAT IS THE RATIONALE ON WHY WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IMMEDIATE DENIAL.

YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE STATE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LONG AND INVOLVED PROCESS TO GET THERE.

WHAT CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE KIND OF OUTREACH THAT WAS DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY? I KNOW WE HAD A HEAC A HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO INCORPORATE EVERYBODY'S INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS. SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE THAT SO I CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHETHER PEOPLE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A PROCESS, AND THESE PROPERTY OWNERS KNEW THAT THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE HOUSING ELEMENT OUTREACH REALLY STARTED IN THE YEAR 2020 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT COMMITTEE ADVISED UPON THE INDIVIDUAL SITES THAT WERE ULTIMATELY REZONED.

AND SO THERE WAS MEETINGS, THERE WAS INQUIRIES, THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO PETITION FOR INCLUSION AT THAT TIME, BASED UPON THE OUTREACH THAT WAS INCLUDED FOR THAT.

SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN APRIL OF 2021, WHICH INCLUDED THE REQUIREMENT TO DO THE REZONE PROGRAM.

AFTER THAT, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL OUTREACH RELATED TO WHICH SPECIFIC SITES TO INCLUDE WHICH ALTERNATIVES TO STUDY IN THE PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED FULL TO ALTERNATIVES TO STUDY.

AND THOSE WERE ALL DONE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS, BOTH AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN THERE WAS OUTREACH RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, ALL CONCLUDING WITH HEARINGS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL TO ULTIMATELY ADOPT THE REZONE PROGRAM IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.

SO THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE START FOR INCLUSION PROPERTY OWNERS TO PETITION FOR INCLUSION AND SOME DID.

AND THEN WORKING THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. OKAY.

AND I SEE AS SOME OF THAT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES.

FOR PEOPLE TO WEIGH IN AND ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE BEYOND THE NUMBER, THE RHNA NUMBER THAT WAS GIVEN TO US AND A BUFFER WAS MENTIONED.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW MANY UNITS WE NEEDED TO ZONE FOR AND WHAT THE BUFFER WAS? SURE. SO WE NEEDED TO ZONE TO ACCOMMODATE 3873 UNITS.

THAT WAS OUR RHNA ALLOCATED. WE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE VERY LOW AND LOW INCOME WHICH WAS ABOUT 2000 UNITS FOR REZONE.

WITH THE BUFFER AND ULTIMATELY WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

WE WERE CLOSER TO 3000 UNITS THAT WERE INCLUDED.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS PROJECTS DEVELOP, OR IF SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS, WE NEED TO REMOVE THEM FROM OUR COUNTING.

THROUGHOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE, WHICH GOES THROUGH THE YEAR 2029.

GREAT. AND I RECALL THAT THERE WERE ZONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY ZONES I KNOW THEY WERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, DO YOU RECALL? IT'S LIKE SOMETHING LIKE 16 ZONES. 18? THERE WAS 16 SITES ULTIMATELY SELECTED AND REZONED FOR INCLUSION IN THE ELEMENT. OKAY, SO JUST TO REALLY SIMPLIFY THE ISSUE, WE HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS OR WHO WERE NOT ULTIMATELY INCLUDED IN THE APPROVED ZONING THAT WANT TO EXPEDITE THEIR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THE QUESTION TO US, AND MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE THE SLIDE TO THE RECOMMENDED ACTION, WITH OUR OPTIONS.

OKAY, SO SHOULD APPLICATIONS BE PROCESSED FOLLOWING OUR STANDARD PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THEM TO APPLY THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS.

THIS COULD TAKE A LONG TIME. THEY WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY.

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OR SHOULD APPLICATIONS BE PROCESSED FOLLOWING THE EXPEDITED PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS, THAT WE WOULD TAKE NO ACTION.

BUT REALLY, IF THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND THEY'RE NOT IN THOSE IDENTIFIED ZONES, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE THAT. WE HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND COME TO COUNCIL, BUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. WITH THE DECISION BEING ON YOUR, ON THE COUNCIL WHERE YOU COULD EITHER UPHOLD THE DENIAL OR REMAND THE APPLICATION FOR, YOU KNOW, REASONS THAT YOU DETERMINE THAT IT'S VALID.

IT FEELS FEASIBLE OR REASONABLE TO LET THEM CONTINUE PROCESSING.

YOU CAN REMAND THE APPLICATION BACK TO STAFF, WHICH WE WOULD PROCESS IT UNDER THE STANDARD PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS.

OKAY. AND THE LAST QUESTION, TO THE POINT OF LOCAL CONTROL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THESE APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIALS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN STATE LAW OR ANYTHING IN THE PROCESS THAT WOULD FORCE US TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION. I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, NO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT AND WE ARE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE STATE. WE HAVE AMPLE SITES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING, SO WE ARE NOT NEEDING THESE REZONES AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE OUR HOUSING OBLIGATIONS.

THINGS CAN CHANGE THOUGH, AND WE WILL KEEP THE COUNCIL ADVISED WHEN THOSE THINGS CHANGE.

BUT AGAIN, AS OF TODAY WE ARE IN GOOD STANDING.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANKS. QUESTIONS, MISS BHAT-PATEL? NO? OKAY. MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL ON BEFORE WE EVEN LOOK AT THE PROJECT? NOTHING SO FORMAL. WE DO RUN INTO APPLICANTS WANTING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY NOT IN, NOT ALLOWED IN OUR CODE. AND IN THOSE CASES, WE TELL THE APPLICANT AND THEY EITHER MODIFY THEIR PROJECT OR THEY DON'T PURSUE IT.

SO NORMALLY APPLICANTS WILL WILL WITHDRAW OR MODIFY THEIR PROJECT TO COMPLY WITH OUR CODE.

WITH THIS ONE, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THE HOUSING MARKET IS VERY, IT'S A VERY ACTIVE MARKET RIGHT NOW, AND ON TOP OF THAT, WITH A LOT OF THE WHAT THE STATE'S DOING WITH MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT EVEN EASIER TO BUILD HOUSING.

THOSE TWO FACTORS ARE MAKING IT VERY LUCRATIVE FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME, YOU KNOW, INTEREST IN PURSUING, EVEN THOUGH STAFF IS OPPOSED TO IT OR WERE POINTING TO DOCUMENTS SAYING IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR WANTING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT MAKE A CASE AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PURSUE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON THIS ONE THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE IN OTHER CASES.

YOU PUT ON THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE TWO CHOICES.

IF WE CHOSE THE SECOND ONE FOR THE EXPEDITED PERMIT PROCESS, IT SAYS NO ACTION REQUIRED, BUT WE COULD AS A COUNCIL, IF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL AGREES, WE CAN ELIMINATE THAT.

I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, STIGMATIZES THE PROJECT WITH THE AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.

IF WE PASS THIS, WE COULD JUST ADD THAT AS A CONDITION OF PASSING THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? SO TO CLARIFY, IT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL THAT WE WOULD BE EXCLUDING, THE CODE STILL REQUIRES A PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.

SO YOU'RE. SO, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION BUT PRESENT THE PROJECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION BEFORE COMING HERE.

THAT COULD BE DONE WITHOUT, JUST MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL CONTRACT.

OKAY. I'LL JUST START WITH THE CLOSING COMMENTS. I JUST I THINK THAT IT UNFAIRLY STIGMATIZES THE PROPERTY RIGHT AWAY.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S UP TO US AS A COUNCIL AND UP TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD OR NOT.

I'M GUESSING MOST OF THE PROJECTS WOULD BE DENIED ANYWAY, BUT SOMETIMES CONDITIONS COME UP WHERE A PROJECT COULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE US, BEFORE THE NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH IS FOUR YEARS AWAY.

AM I CORRECT? FOUR YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE. WE WILL LIKELY START IT IN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT. THAT THEY CAN BRING IT FORWARD BECAUSE OF SOME SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO, MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE ADOPT THE EXPEDITED PERMIT PROCESS WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE STAFF AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. I'LL SECOND AND THEN COMMENTS, OF COURSE.

OKAY. AND COMMENTS. MISS BHAT-PATEL? YES. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WROTE IN.

I KNOW WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

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CRAZY TO THINK THAT IN TWO YEARS, WE'LL BE BACK AT IT AGAIN.

IT FEELS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WHEN WE JUST APPROVED IT, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

SO, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THAT TIME.

WITH REGARDS TO THE ACTIONS BEFORE US TODAY. BASED ON THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND JUST PERSONALLY HAVING LOOKED THROUGH IT, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE SECOND OPTION. AND AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, THAT'S WHY I SECONDED THE MOTION TO HAVE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS, FOR THAT INITIAL STEP WHEN IT COMES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO US.

AND THEN, OF COURSE THAT STILL ALLOWS FOR US TO BE, YOU KNOW INVOLVED.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, REGARDLESS OF WHICH OPTION WE WENT WITH. BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM ALMOST, I WOULD SAY LIKE MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT WE RECEIVED EMAILS FROM.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT. THANKS, MISS ACOSTA.

THANK YOU, AND I ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR OPTIONS AND THE MOTION, BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THE MOTION IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WAS THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED FOLLOWING THE STANDARD PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE EXPEDITED. SO THEY, I MEAN, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE PART OF THAT GROUP THAT WAS EXPEDITED AND THEY WOULD HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION OF NOT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MOTION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST OPTION.

WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MOTION IS ACTUALLY TO EXPEDITE TO CONTINUE DOING THE EXPEDITED PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS MINUS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, BUT PROCEED WITH THE REST OF THE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN COUNCIL FOR THEIR DETERMINATION.

AND I THINK IT'S EFFECTIVELY A MINUTE MOTION GIVING DIRECTION TO STAFF, SO IT ISN'T ONE THAT WE'RE ADOPTING, AND SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS, BUT YOU'RE GIVING DIRECTIONS TO STAFF NOT TO INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL IN THAT SECOND PROCESS. OKAY. OKAY. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT A ROBUST PROCESS WAS ALREADY FOLLOWED. I DO THINK THAT IF CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND A PROPERTY OWNER FINDS AN AREA WHERE A DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VIABLE AND WILL BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE CONSIDER IT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH THAT.

I'M JUST, I GUESS, A LITTLE CONFLICTED ABOUT EXPEDITING THEM WHEN THEY WEREN'T ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.

THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO, WE'RE SAYING FOR THE EXPEDITED THAT THEY WOULD, WHAT KIND OF BENEFITS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW THEN, CONSIDERING THAT THEY'RE NOT ALREADY PART OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE? SO THE EXPEDITED ONLY MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM IN FRONT OF YOU FOR DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THEY SHOULD NOT BE PROCESSED OR THEY SHOULD BE PROCESSED.

SO IT'S JUST QUICKLY GETTING THEM TO YOU TO THE COUNCIL, IDEALLY WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS OF THEIR INITIAL SUBMITTAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A DETERMINATION SHOULD THEY PROCEED. IF COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THAT IS A VIABLE SITE, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

YOU WILL REMAND THE PROJECT BACK TO STAFF AND IT WILL GO THROUGH ALL THE SAME PROCESS AS A STANDARD REVIEW PROCESS, SO IT WILL STILL GO THROUGH CQA, IT WILL GO THROUGH A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THEY WILL GO THROUGH ALL THAT REVIEW THAT WE NORMALLY DO FOR APPLICATIONS.

AND THEN WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ULTIMATE DECISION.

BEARING IN MIND THAT YOU COULD STILL DENY THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME, IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS OF APPROVAL.

COULD I JUST INTERVENE, INTERJECT THAT. WHEN IT SAYS EXPEDITED, THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY MISINTERPRET WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT DOESN'T MEAN FAST TRACKED OR PUT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE.

THIS IS JUST TO GIVE THE DEVELOPER A QUICKER ANSWER SO THEY KNOW WHETHER THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY ON IT OR NOT.

AM I ACCURATE? THAT IS 100% CORRECT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TERMINOLOGY, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS MEANT TO BE.

OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT AS EXPEDITED AS WE'RE GIVING THEM FRONT, GIVING THEM CUTS IN THE LINE. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU. AND AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE AND MANY MORE PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN CREATING OUR CURRENT PROCESSES.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO CONSIDER AND GIVE FAIR CONSIDERATION TO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT MAY BE BUILT.

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I KNOW WE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT EARLIER.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THAT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN ONE OF THE ZONES INCLUDED IN IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.

THANK YOU. MISS BURKHOLDER COMMENTS. WELL, WHEN I WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED WITH THIS ITEM, I WAS INCLINED TO SAY, LET'S WAIT UNTIL 2029. FOR THE REASONS DISTRICT 1 HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE INFILL REDEVELOPMENT AND NEW DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE A ZILLION PROJECTS GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT AND FRANKLY, WE DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE GOING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF CARLSBAD AND DISTRICT 1 THAT NEED HOUSING OR THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD THAT WANT TO LIVE IN DISTRICT 1.

AFTER REFLECTION, I THINK THAT I CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE SECOND, NO ACTION REQUIRED.

IF WE COULD CARVE DISTRICT 1 OUT OF THIS WHOLE THING, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR ME.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH FEEDBACK I GET ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO FRUSTRATE THE PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPERS EITHER. AND KNOWING THAT THE DECISION MAKERS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ULTIMATE CHOICE.

I CAN FEEL CONFIDENT IN SUPPORTING, SO THANK YOU.

MR. SHIN COMMENTS. YEAH, LOTS OF ECHOES. AGAIN, I JUST STATE THAT I DO APPRECIATE THE INITIATIVE OF TRYING TO FIND A PROCESS THAT CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THINGS SUCH AS YOUR GUYS'S TIME, THE DEVELOPER'S TIME AND MONEY AND AND TO GET US A DECISION IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

I AM I DO ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT IF WE IF WE APPROACH THIS IMMEDIATELY AS AN IMMEDIATE DENIAL, IT WILL STIGMATIZE THE EVENT JUST AS A BUSINESS OWNER, AND WHAT I DO TO, I WOULD IMMEDIATELY FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS DOING THAT TO ME.

I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN THIS, LIKE A PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT I THINK JUST BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE, THROWING IN APPLICATIONS THAT IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD CITY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD, STRONG PRIVATE PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP. AND SO THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE THAT NEEDS TO EXIST IS ALSO ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

I LIKE THIS IS A QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HURRY UP AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO REZONE OR NOT. AND SO I AM SUPPORTIVE IN THIS MOTION.

AND THEN I THINK THAT WHEN IT'S WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RISK OF THE DEVELOPER TO PUT UP ALL THE FEES IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE COSTS ASSOCIATED, AND THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT END UP GETTING THE DECISION, BUT FOR THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A CLEAN, BLANK SLATE, UNBIASED IS WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS DOING.

ALSO THOUGH, KNOWING THAT WE REALLY DO WANT TO FOLLOW A STRICT GUIDANCE WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT, ALL THAT WORK AND ALL THAT PREPARATION THAT TAKES PLACE AND EVERYTHING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY BUY-IN HAS TO BE SET LIKE PARAMOUNT PRIOR TO US SKEWING FROM THAT. SO THEN THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION.

DO I NEED TO RESTATE THE MOTION? OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER 14. ITEM 14 IS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26.

[14. TRAFFIC SAFETY & MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26]

THANK YOU, MR. PATNOE. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I'M NATHAN SCHMIDT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER.

AND THIS IS THE WORK PLAN FOR THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26.

SO A BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, THAT'S WHAT REQUIRES COMMISSIONS TO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL WORK PLANS.

IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE DIALOG BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL.

AND IT'S REALLY FOR YOU TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIORITIES.

JUST READ THROUGH THE MISSION STATEMENT ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING SAFE MOBILITY FOR THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS BY USING DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING AND A FORWARD LOOKING APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION.

WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND WE DO THE RIGHT THING THE RIGHT WAY.

SO FOR THE WORK PLAN ITSELF, STAFF, WE MET WITH THE COMMISSION TWO TIMES TO DEVELOP THE PLAN.

THIS YEAR, WE'VE LANDED ON JUST A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WORK PLAN.

OVERALL, IT'S MUCH THE SAME FROM WHAT YOU REVIEWED LAST YEAR.

THERE'S TWO GOALS AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN. THE FIRST IS TO REVIEW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM,

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SOME OF THE EXAMPLE PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED UNDER THIS GOAL ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, REVIEWING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND OTHER ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS.

ALSO, IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION DID ADD THE REQUEST FOR A FEW INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THAT STAFF PRESENT TO THEM IN TERMS OF SETTING SPEED LIMITS, TRAFFIC CALMING, AND OVERVIEW OF ROUNDABOUTS.

THE SECOND AND FINAL GOAL IS TO FOCUS ON MOBILITY, SPECIFICALLY AROUND SCHOOL LOCATIONS.

SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A KEY PRIORITY.

THIS INCLUDES REVIEW OF SAFETY PROJECTS NEAR SCHOOLS AND PROACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THOSE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANS.

ONE OTHER AREA I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A MINUTE MOTION PROVIDED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN ITEM TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROHIBITION OF E-BIKE RIDING TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 12, AS AUTHORIZED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 2234. WE HAVE SET THAT SPECIAL MEETING SET FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 5 P.M. IT WILL ALSO BE LIVESTREAMED, SO JUST IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT, THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING VIA EMAIL.

SO WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WORK PLAN.

AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR, JOSH COELHO, FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY AS TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE AND TAKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO PRESENT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH YOU.

NATHAN OUTLINED, I THINK, VERY ACCURATELY, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR. AND THERE'S KIND OF TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IN ADDITION, THAT WE'RE HIGHLY FOCUSED ON, AND THAT IS THE RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT HE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY MENTION, BUT THAT IS OF CONCERN TO EVERYBODY. IT POPS UP EVERY QUARTER, OR AT LEAST WHERE SOMEBODY IS COMING TO EITHER SPEAK TO US.

WE'RE REVIEWING A PROJECT RELATED BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE RISK AT PLAY.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT PROJECTS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST CONTENTIOUS AND INTERESTING PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AS A POINT OF NOTICE.

I DID ALSO WANT TO JUST VERY QUICKLY BRING UP FOUR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND CONCERNS AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS, THAT CAME UP VERY BRIEFLY. AND SO THE FIRST THING IS COMMUNICATION, THIS KIND OF COMES UP REPEATEDLY IS WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK NEEDED FURTHER AHEAD OF MEETINGS. I KNOW THE STAFF'S WORKING REALLY HARD, AND THEY'RE ON TIGHT TIMELINES.

SO WE ARE JUST RECOMMENDING THE EXPANDED USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSLETTERS.

CARLSBAD CONNECTS TO FACILITATE THAT COMMUNICATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND AS WELL AHEAD OF OUR MEETINGS AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT DELAYS AND PRESENTATIONS TO YOU ALL.

THE SECOND IS AGENDA PACKET DISTRIBUTION IS THAT IT COMES TO US VERY CLOSE TO THE MEETINGS, WHICH DOES NOT NECESSARILY ALLOW FOR AMPLE TIME FOR REVIEW.

AND FURTHER, IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT A PARTICULAR PROJECT OVER THE WEEKEND MAY NOT BE A GOOD TIME TO GO LOOK AT THAT.

IT MAY BE BETTER BEST SUITED TO GO DURING RUSH HOUR, DURING THE DAY, ON A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WHERE TRAFFIC IS PROBABLY A BIT BUSIER THAN ON, SAY, A SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD REALLY ASK YOU ALL TO LOOK AT AND PUSH STAFF TO DO.

ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE CONSTANTLY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IS OUR BUDGETARY CONCERNS.

WE RECEIVE PROJECTS AND THEY DON'T TYPICALLY COME WITH A BUDGET OR ESTIMATED BUDGET UNTIL WE'RE MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS.

SO IT REALLY HELPS US EVALUATE AND PROVIDE THE BEST RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL POSSIBLE, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PUSH STAFF TO GET ESTIMATES EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND NOT HAVE THOSE ESTIMATES WHEN WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO GO TO BID FOR THAT WORK. AND THEN THE FINAL ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.

THE PROJECTS ARE NOT UNIQUELY RELATED TO ONE COMMISSION OR THE OTHER. THEY OFTEN AFFECT OTHERS, WHETHER IT BE PARKS OR PLANNING OR ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT ARE NOW.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, FORM OF THE BEACH COMMISSION. THAT WE THINK THAT ESTABLISHING TASK FORCE FROM TIME TO TIME WOULD BE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL.

AN EXAMPLE I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, I KNOW IS A HOT TOPIC HERE, IS THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT PARKING. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE A TASK FORCE TO DISCUSS PARKING IN THE ENTIRE VILLAGE-BARRIO, AREA, TRAFFIC PLANNING AND OTHER CITY ELEMENTS WOULD BE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL, REALLY FOCUSING AND NARROWING ON THAT PROJECT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AT OUR LEVEL.

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BARRING ANY QUESTIONS OR OTHER COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.

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

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. SHIN? NO. MISS ACOSTA. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU ALSO TO CHAIR COELHO FOR THE COMMENTS.

I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT WORK PLAN, AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ADDITION OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE E-BIKE AS A PUBLIC HEARING OR IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON WHETHER E-BIKES SHOULD BE BANNED FOR UNDER 12? ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND WE WORKED WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER TASHA BOERNER TO COME UP WITH LEGISLATIVE IDEAS.

I KNOW SHE RAN SEVERAL BILLS, THAT ONE BILL WAS ONE THAT WE WERE PARTICULARLY INVOLVED WITH, TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO BAN E-BIKE RIDING FOR UNDER 12 RIDERS. SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND HEARING BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT.

AS FOR CHAIR COELHO AND THE AND THE COMMISSIONERS, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK, AND FOR THEM COMING. AND I SEE THAT MR. COELHO BROUGHT HIS SONS AND TOOK SOME TIME TO TO COME WITH FAMILY THIS EVENING.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A SACRIFICE FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS TO COME AND BE ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

AND I AM DEFINITELY LISTENING AND APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE.

SO THANK YOU. MR. SHIN. JUST A QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE CHAIR STATED.

DO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, OR HAVE WE IN THE PAST, BE ABLE TO CREATE LIKE AD HOCS OR A TASK FORCE WHEN WE'RE FOCUSED ON A CERTAIN ITEM THAT WE NEED SOLVED? YES, WE'VE DEFINITELY DONE THAT. TYPICALLY, IT'S ON THE MORE COMPLICATED PROJECTS.

WE'VE DONE THAT A FEW TIMES NOW CREATING THOSE AD HOC COMMITTEES.

YEAH. SO, LIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER, I'M SURE IS FINE WITH ME GOING THROUGH A DISTRICT, BUT IT'S SO HARD TO SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE PARKING, LIKE, THERE'S JUST, LIKE, NO WAY OF DOING IT. I KNOW THERE'S ASPECTS SUCH AS THAT THAT THE MORE THE BRAINS, THE BETTER. ESPECIALLY COMING FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND I'M ALL FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT BY THE TIME IT COMES TO US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE VETTED IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT HEADS THAT MAYBE WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND SOME LEGITIMATE SOLUTIONS.

THAT'S ALL. MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN I CAN DIVE INTO MY COMMENTS.

WE HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE CHAIR MENTIONED.

AND THANK YOU, CHAIR COELHO, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION.

I KNOW I'VE ASKED ABOUT AGENDA DISTRIBUTION REGARDING COUNCIL PACKETS AND TIMING ON THAT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS FOR THE COMMISSIONS, DO THEY ALSO RECEIVE IT ON A THURSDAY LIKE WE DO, OR IS IT USUALLY AT LIKE, IF THEIR MEETING WAS ON A TUESDAY, WHICH. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, IS IT 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE, JUST LIKE WE WOULD? RIGHT. YEAH, TYPICALLY WE SEND IT OUT ON THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY.

SO THAT'S A DAY SOONER, BUT TYPICALLY. [INAUDIBLE] YEAH, SO 72 HOURS AT THAT SAME TIME FRAME, OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE AROUND COMMUNICATION I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO UP OUR GAME ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT.

SO JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT YOU ALL MENTIONED HERE, FOR INSTANCE FOR THE 16TH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE AWARE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.

OF COURSE, HOPEFULLY FOLKS ARE LISTENING TODAY. BUT OF COURSE, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING SURE THAT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING? YEAH. SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. I MEAN, THEY'RE GREAT ABOUT GETTING THINGS ON THE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS BEING A SPECIAL MEETING, IT'S GOING TO CREATE EVEN MORE ADDITIONAL EFFORT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL MEETING DATE.

SO WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT THERE FOR THIS.

AND REALLY, THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS MEETING IS TO GET PUBLIC FEEDBACK.

AND IF I COULD COMMENT AS WELL ON THAT, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE SPECIAL MEETING IS BEING HELD IN SEPTEMBER IS SO THAT WE CAN WORK AND COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOLS, AND WHEN SCHOOL COMES BACK IN LATE AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO, AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING ON WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT THE FAMILIES AND PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HEARING IS BEING HELD IN THIS ROOM.

TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON WHETHER KIDS UNDER 12 SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RIDE E-BIKES IN OUR CITY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A HUGE FULL COURT PRESS ON THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I'M SURE WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO GET THAT.

THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE DISTRICTS AS WELL.

IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO PUSH IT OUT. BUT I'M GUESSING WE WOULD PROVIDE.

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PERFECT. AND THEN THE PIECE AROUND THE ESTIMATES, THE FINANCIALS.

I KNOW THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. COULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT A LITTLE BIT AROUND WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE FOR BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE ESTIMATES AND WHY THEY DO, YOU KNOW, AND I SEE MR. FRANK IN THE BACK TOO, BUT WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

YEAH. SO TYPICALLY WE DO LEAVE THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS UP TO UP TO CITY COUNCIL, AND LET THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION CONSIDER THE OTHER PROJECT ASPECTS.

SO THAT'S BEEN OUR GENERAL APPROACH. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TOM FRANK. I'M THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR CITY ENGINEER, AND TO ADD TO MR. SCHMIDT'S COMMENTS, WHAT I HEARD FROM THE CHAIR IS, WHEN WE HAVE COST INFORMATION AVAILABLE EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, LIKE DURING THE PLANNING STAGE OR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGE, WE CAN PRESENT THOSE COST ESTIMATES TO THEM.

TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER WHAT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS.

TO MR. SCHMIDT'S POINT ABOUT THE BUDGETING ASPECT THAT'S NOT IN THEIR WORK PLAN, BUT IN REGARDS TO LIKE, PROJECT COSTS TO HELP THEM EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT RELATIVE TO THE COST.

I THINK THAT IS HELPFUL, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT ITEM, WITH THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, SO. GREAT, THANK YOU. THAT HELPS PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON THAT SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I KNOW IN THE PAST WITH REGARDS TO COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS WE HAVE HAD, I KNOW WHEN WE HAD HOUSING RELATED ISSUES COME BEFORE US IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAD A JOINT SPECIAL MEETING WITH MULTIPLE COMMISSIONS.

I THINK IT WAS HOUSING, PLANNING, OURSELVES, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS.

I THINK THERE WERE THREE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE YOU ALL MENTIONED, OF COURSE, AD HOC COMMITTEES WITHIN THE COMMISSION ITSELF, BUT THE COLLABORATION PIECE, I THINK IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE YES, THEY ARE INTERTWINED. SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS THAT WERE SHARED BY THE CHAIR. IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THINGS COME UP, WHERE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF SCHEDULES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT IF IT WOULD MAKE SENSE PRIOR TO IT COMING BEFORE US, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST HELP IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT FEEDBACK.

OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS LOOKS GREAT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO ESPECIALLY THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. I DO NEED TO SAY I'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF CALLS AND FEEDBACK EVEN DURING THE SUMMER TIME AROUND JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEEDS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING SOME SPEEDS IN AND AROUND SCHOOL AREAS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE IT SAFER AROUND THOSE AREAS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN TERMS OF JUST DIFFERENT SITES.

I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A LOT. I'M SURE OTHERS ARE AS WELL, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION, PLEASE.

YES. MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 15, CITY MANAGER.

[15. TYLER STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CIP PROJECT NO. 6103]

6103 AND GIVING THE PRESENTATION IS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER NATHAN SCHMIDT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PATNOE. NATHAN SCHMIDT, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER.

AND THIS ITEM IS THE TYLER STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE TYLER STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO PROCEED WITH ITS FINAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.

SO FOR THE PRESENTATION, THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY, SO I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT EVOLUTION PROCESS.

I'M STARTING WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND OF WHERE IT CAME FROM, FROM THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN, AND THEN GOING THROUGH HOW THE CONCEPTS WERE DEVELOPED AND ULTIMATELY BRINGING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN THIS SCALED BACK ALTERNATIVE FOR THE TYLER STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

SO, BACKGROUND THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN JULY OF 2018, THAT WAS THE PLAN THAT FIRST IDENTIFIED TYLER STREET AS A DESIGN PROJECT AND A KEY RECOMMENDATION IN THE BARRIO.

THEN FURTHER ON, IN APRIL 2022, CITY COUNCIL THEN ADDITIONALLY REQUESTED THAT THE PROJECT BE ACCELERATED.

AFTER THAT, STAFF RESPONDED IN SUMMER OF 2023, WHERE WE BEGAN PUBLIC OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS.

SO THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN, PRESENTED THREE KIND OF INITIAL CONCEPTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE FIRST INCLUDING A SHARED SPACE STREET. LOOKING AT ADDITIONALLY A CONVERSION OF TYLER STREET TO A ONE WAY CORRIDOR.

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SO USING THAT AS ESSENTIALLY OUR BASIS, OUR STARTING POINT FOR CONSIDERATION OF DESIGNS ON TYLER STREET.

THEN STAFF TOOK A LOOK AND WE DID OUR ANALYSIS.

SO FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE PROJECT AREA INCLUDES THIS PORTION OF TYLER STREET BETWEEN OAK AVENUE AND CHESTNUT AVENUE.

RIGHT NOW TYLER STREET, IT'S ONE TRAVEL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

SIDEWALK IS CURRENTLY PRESENT JUST ON THE EAST SIDE ONLY.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT TYLER STREET, IT'S A UNIQUE STREET IN THAT THERE IS A UNIQUE MIX OF LAND USES.

THERE'S A COMBINATION OF HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

MUCH OF THE WESTERN SIDE OF TYLER STREET INCLUDES INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSING.

AND THEN ALSO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS AT THE NORTHERNMOST POINT AT OAK AVENUE.

THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF TYLER STREET AND HOW IT LOOKS TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE.

SO THE EAST SIDE WOULD BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE WHERE WE HAVE THAT SIDEWALK.

IT'S RELATIVELY NARROW, VERY CLOSE TO THE BUILDING FACES.

AND THEN THE WEST SIDE AGAIN IS PREDOMINANTLY WAREHOUSING LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

AND THROUGHOUT THESE PORTIONS IS ABSENT OF ANY SIDEWALK.

A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PROJECT WAS LOOKING AT THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS.

THESE PICTURES HERE SHOW THE TYPICAL APPEARANCE OF SIDEWALKS ALONG TYLER STREET.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MANY DRIVEWAYS FOUND THROUGHOUT.

ALSO, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS REALLY THE UP AND DOWN OF THE SIDEWALKS ON TYLER STREET, AS YOU GET TO THOSE DRIVEWAYS, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CONDITIONS, THESE ARE CHALLENGING TO FOLKS WHO ARE USING MOBILITY DEVICES, PUSHING STROLLERS HAVE ANY TYPE OF WALKING ISSUES.

SO THIS WAS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN OUR SIDEWALKS.

SO LOOKING AT THE DATA. CURRENT DAILY VEHICLE COUNTS WHAT WE SAW WITH TRAFFIC VOLUMES WERE RELATIVELY LOW ON TYLER STREET, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IN COMPARISON TO ROOSEVELT STREET WHERE THE VOLUMES ARE MUCH HIGHER.

IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE USE TYLER STREET, AGAIN, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY USED BY VEHICLES, SO ABOUT ALMOST 80% OF PEOPLE ON TYLER STREET ARE USING THEIR CARS. IN ADDITION TO CARS WE'VE SEEN NUMEROUS HEAVY VEHICLES, SO THOSE ARE TRUCKS GETTING TO THE MANUFACTURING, THE WAREHOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF TYLER STREET, VERY LARGE GARBAGE TRUCKS.

AND THEN ALSO ALSO PEOPLE ACCESSING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AT THE NORTH AT OAK AVENUE.

IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING SPEED DATA. SO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 25MPH.

AND FROM OUR SPEED RECORDS THAT WE SAW, THE MAJORITY OF THE SPEEDS WERE ACTUALLY BELOW THAT POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

THEN, IN TERMS OF COLLISION DATA, THIS CHART HERE SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WHAT WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE TWO COLLISIONS RECORDED ALONG TYLER STREET.

THE FIRST WAS A DUI, SO THAT WAS BECAUSE IT SIDESWIPED A PARKED VEHICLE AND THE OTHER WAS A SOLO BICYCLE COLLISION.

SO IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES, THEIR RELATIVELY LOW, SPEEDS WERE LOW BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AND WE DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT TRENDS IN THE COLLISION DATA.

SO THAT WAS OUR INITIAL BASELINE FOR THE ANALYSIS.

THEN WE MOVED FORWARD WITH OUTREACH. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE HELD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE MET WITH THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

WE KNOCKED ON EVERYONE'S DOOR WHO LIVED ALONG TYLER STREET AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROJECT.

AND THEN THAT REALLY LED US TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE DESIGN EVOLUTION TO DEVELOP THE INITIAL CONCEPTS.

AND REALLY WHAT WE HEARD FROM THIS OUTREACH WAS ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES WAS REALLY TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AS YOU SAW FROM THOSE PICTURES OF THE CURRENT SIDEWALK CONDITIONS.

ALSO FROM THE BUSINESSES, ONE OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS WAS TO MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE ACCESS TO THOSE BUSINESSES SO THEIR TRUCKS CAN GET IN AND OUT APPROPRIATELY AND THEN ALSO MAINTAIN PARKING CAPACITY. PARKING IS HIGHLY UTILIZED ALONG TYLER STREET, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS, SO IT WAS KEY THAT WE DID NOT REMOVE ANY OF THE EXISTING PARKING.

AND THEN LASTLY TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFE FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.

SO TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS.

SO FROM HERE WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE, BEST DECISION WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE SHARED STREETS AND THE ONE-WAY OPTION.

IT'S JUST THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND THE LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS JUST DID NOT SUPPORT THE NEED FOR THAT.

WE DID NOT SEE A NEED FOR FOR BIKE LANES. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR SECTION OF THE COASTAL RAIL TRAIL.

SO TYPICALLY BIKES, ARE YOU GOING TO USE THAT COASTAL RAIL TRAIL VERSUS TRAVELING ALONG TYLER STREET.

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ALSO ANOTHER KEY CONSIDERATION IS WE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY ROADWAY NARROWING.

TYLER STREET, IT'S ALREADY VERY NARROW. SO ALL DESIGN OPTIONS WOULD NEED TO MAINTAIN A 20 FOOT WIDE CLEARANCE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ACCESS.

SO WE PROPOSE INITIALLY TWO OPTIONS TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

THE FIRST OPTION, WHICH WOULD BE TO PARTIALLY EXTEND THE SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE BY APPROXIMATELY 100FT.

SO THIS IS AT THE VERY SOUTH END NEAR THE SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THIS WOULD ADD A NEW CROSSWALK TO GET ACROSS TYLER STREET TO WALNUT.

AND THEN THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT A FULL, CONTINUOUS NEW SIDEWALK ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF TYLER STREET.

ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT WERE PROPOSED WERE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS.

WE PROPOSED CURB EXTENSIONS AT EACH OF THE INTERSECTIONS TO SLOW VEHICLE SPEEDS AND LET PEOPLE SEE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY ALSO RECONSTRUCTING THE DRIVEWAYS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF TYLER STREET TO IMPROVE THE WALKING CONDITIONS.

THIS NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION.

THE RED AREAS SHOWN ON THE MAP. THESE ARE THE BULB OUTS.

THE BLUE AREAS SHOW THE AREAS THAT NEEDED SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE OUR HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS. SO MOVING TO THE SOUTH, THIS IS BETWEEN PINE AND WALNUT SHOWING THE SAME CONFIGURATION WITH THE NEW SIDEWALKS, BULB OUTS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY AT THE SOUTH OF WALNUT WE HAD THAT SECTION THERE WHICH WE PROPOSED TO EXTEND THE SIDEWALKS HERE, SHOWN IN RED, TO THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT. SO ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO THE COMMISSION DURING THEIR FIRST REVIEW, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, CITING THAT THE TRAFFIC DATA DID NOT SUPPORT THE NEED, AND THEY ALSO SAW IT AS A LOW RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT, AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER HIGHER PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, STAFF TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PROJECT AND WE DEVELOPED A SCALED BACK CONCEPT.

AND THIS CONCEPT RECOMMENDS TO ONLY IMPROVE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAYS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TYLER STREET.

WE BROUGHT THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AGAIN, AND UPON THEIR SECOND REVIEW, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SCALED BACK ALTERNATIVE, WHICH WE'RE NOW CALLING THE TYLER STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS JUST SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING AT EACH OF THE DRIVEWAYS TO TO ADDRESS THOSE STEEP SLOPE CONCERNS AND THE STEEP CHANGE FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE DRIVEWAY AREAS TO MAKE A SMOOTHER PATH THAT'S MUCH MORE CONDUCIVE TO TO WALKING.

AND THEN THIS SLIDE HERE, THESE SHOW THE IMPROVED CONDITIONS WHERE WE WOULD FOCUS OUR IMPROVEMENTS AT.

SO THIS SLIDE HERE STARTS AT OAK AVENUE AND WORKS OUR WAY SOUTH.

THE GREEN AREAS ARE THE DRIVEWAYS THAT WOULD NEED IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN SLIGHTLY THE BLUE AREAS SHOW WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO RECONSTRUCT SMALL PORTIONS OF THE SIDEWALKS TO ADDRESS THOSE SEAMS. MOVING DOWN TO THE NEXT PORTION BETWEEN PINE AND WALNUT, SAME RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THAT BRINGS US ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CHESTNUT AVENUE.

SO LOOKING AT THE FISCAL ANALYSIS, THE SCALED BACK PROJECT IT DOES OFFER, AND IT DELIVERS SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN COMPARISON TO THE CONCEPTS THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN. THE PROJECT COST IS NOW ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $550,000, AND THE CIP BUDGET HAS AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF JUST OVER $900,000 TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CONSTRUCTION.

SO NEXT STEPS FROM HERE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PREPARATIONS OF FULL ENGINEERING DESIGNS, CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND THEN WE WILL PLAN TO RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL IN LATE 2026 FOR AUTHORIZATION TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE TYLER STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

CALL THE SPEAKER, PLEASE. MATT HALL.

THANK YOU. IF I TAKE MORE THAN A MINUTE AND A HALF, SHUT MY MIC OFF, PLEASE.

MAYOR, THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THANK YOU. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK STAFF.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT TIME STAFF COMMITS TO A PROJECT.

UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN IN THEIR SHOES, YOU HAVE NO CONCEPT ABOUT THE TIME, THE ENERGY, AND IN YOUR CASE, THE MONEY IT TAKES TO DO WHAT THEY DO. NOT ONLY IN THIS PROJECT, BUT I'VE LISTENED TO OTHER PROJECTS TONIGHT AND HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK IT OUT IN YOUR

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I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY TEAM FOR LISTENING, AND FOR ALL THAT THEY DO, THEY LISTEN CLOSELY. THEY LOOKED AT THIS THING IN GREAT DEPTH, AND I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR LISTENING TO ALL THOSE WHO HAD CONCERNS.

AND TONIGHT, WHICH YOU'VE COME UP WITH, I THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO AGAIN, MURPHY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY YOU PUT IN IT.

AND I AM IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. I'LL BE THE ONLY QUESTION THEN.

DOES THE STAFF RECOMMENDED HAVE BULB OUTS? NO BULB OUTS.

THEN I CAN SUPPORT IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS? MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU. THIS LITERALLY COULD BE CALLED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PIVOT PIVOT PIVOT.

I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, INITIALLY THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THIS GREAT IDEA, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT I DID RECENTLY HOST A TOWN HALL ON ANOTHER ISSUE, BUT IT WAS IN THE BARRIO, AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE BARRIO ARE FEELING VERY NEGLECTED.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE FOR THIS AREA.

AND SO I THINK THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH TYLER STREET WAS THEY WEREN'T GETTING THE WALKABILITY THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR, THAT THEY NEED IN THE ADA COMPLIANCE, THAT THEY NEED ON THAT STREET.

WHEN YOU JUST MOVE ONE STREET OVER, IT'S LIKE A DIFFERENT PLACE, YOU'RE LIKE IN A DIFFERENT CITY.

AND SO THIS IS MUCH NEEDED AND I THINK WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND I AM DEFINITELY HAPPY TO MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA.

CLOSING COMMENTS. MR. SHIN. NO COMMENTS. MISS BURKHOLDER.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PARKS AND REC AND I THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR THEIR HELP IN ORGANIZING THE TOWN HALL THAT I DID HAVE AT THE HARDING CENTER, AND THEY WERE GREAT.

AND SO THEY DESERVE DEFINITELY RECOGNITION. AND THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS TO ME ABOUT THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CIRCLES.

IT'S A GREAT CROWD. AND THANKS FOR JOINING ME AT THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE CLEANUP LAST SATURDAY ON THE 12TH.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. MISS ACOSTA.

YES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING IS GOING AROUND TO EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS AND TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE THAT RELATES TO THEIR COMMISSION WORK.

AND LAST WEEK, I GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND THIS WEEK I GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

SO I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER AND I ARE DIVIDING THE COMMISSIONS EVENLY AND WILL BE AT EVERY COMMISSION THIS YEAR TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE, SO THEY CAN ASK US QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEMENTARY WORK.

SO THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL. THIS WEEK, I ALSO HAVE THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES BOARD MEETING AT THE END OF THE WEEK AND LOOK FORWARD TO EXCHANGING IDEAS WITH CITIES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES.

THANK YOU. TODAY, THE MAYOR AND I HAD THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AND WE HEARD FROM OUR USUAL GROUPS CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, CARLSBAD CHAMBER, AND VISIT CARLSBAD. THEY, VISIT CARLSBAD ACTUALLY PROVIDED THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH ALL OF US SHOULD BE RECEIVING IN OUR INBOXES IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.

WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON STARTING NOW UNTIL 2028.

SO REALLY COOL INSIGHTS, REALLY AWESOME TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING FOLKS HERE TO CARLSBAD.

AND THEN I WILL ALSO BE AT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MEETING THIS WEEK.

OTHER THAN THAT, SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. CITY MANAGER.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING, THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK. NOTHING, THANK YOU. WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.