Jul 22, 2025 City Council Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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IT'S 5:00. I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE TAKE A ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL.

HERE. AND MAYOR BLACKBURN. PRESENT. ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

[ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS]

CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? READY? BEGIN.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THE REGULAR MEETING HELD JUNE 17TH OF 25, AND THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD JULY 15TH OF 25.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. AND REPORT OUT FROM ACTIONS TAKEN AT CLOSED SESSION.

THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. AND NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

[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 THE MEETING IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.

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

THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, NO ACTION MAY OCCUR ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN MAKING YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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

THE CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE 2.5 MINUTE MARK.

THE LIGHT ON THE PODIUM WILL TURN YELLOW. THAT'S TELLING YOU YOU HAVE 30S LEFT.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THREE MINUTES, I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE SO EVERYBODY GETS EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO TALK.

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

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS, KEVIN GRANSE, WHO IS THE SENIOR CENTER MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF VISTA.

AND PERHAPS YOU HAVE HEARD OF KATIE MELENDEZ.

HE IS WONDERFUL. HE'S PRO SENIOR. HE HIRES AGE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE FLOOR AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO DO THINGS AND TO MAKE IT BETTER.

AND YOU'RE NOT DOING IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN MAKING MONEY INSTEAD OF SERVING SENIORS, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THE CITY NEED? MUST BE A LOT. IN ANY CASE, KEVIN GRANSE. IS A DRIVING FORCE AND A PERSON TO KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SAY AS MUCH FOR MIKE PACHECO, WHO HAS UNFORTUNATELY SAID AND DONE THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT AUTHORIZE, I HOPE.

WHO KNOWS? BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE UP SOME RULES THAT ALL OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, HAVE TO FOLLOW.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S ASKING A LOT. AND MAYBE IT IS.

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YOU CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION OR EXPRESS AN OPINION.

I THINK SO FAR I DON'T THINK THE POLICE ARE INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE YOU IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ONE OF THE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO YOUR BEST BY THE SENIORS THAT YOU PROCLAIM YOU RESPECT AND DO NOT LISTEN TO MIKE PACHECO AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MIKE BORRELLO, FOLLOWED BY AIDA GALLEGOS.

YES. I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS TONIGHT ABOUT THE STATE OF RESEARCH IN AMERICA.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THEY'VE PUBLISHED PAPERS THAT LOOK AT OTHER PAPERS, META STUDIES, AND THEY'VE THEY'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE HAVE A WHAT'S CALLED A REPRODUCIBILITY CRISIS IN AMERICA, THAT ABOUT 80% OF THE PAPERS THAT ARE PUBLISHED CAN'T BE REPRODUCED AS A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT.

SO I USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND THEN 2020 CAME ALONG AND COVID. AND I WAS READING THE EDITORIALS WRITTEN AT THE TIME BY MARCIA MCNUTT AND ALSO READING THIS BOOK THAT I RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL HERE AND THE MAYOR.

CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY AND RISK RETHINKING OUR RESPONSE.

GETS WRITTEN BY A CLIMATE SCIENTIST, JUDITH CURRY, AND SHE WROTE IN HERE ABOUT THE JOURNAL.

SCIENCE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST IMPACT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS IN THE WORLD.

IN 2015, THE CHIEF EDITOR OF SCIENCE, MARCIA MCNUTT, PUBLISHED AN OP ED IN THE JOURNAL ENTITLED THE BEYOND TWO DEGREE INFERNO, STATING THE TIME FOR DEBATE HAS ENDED. ACTION IS URGENTLY NEEDED.

HERE IS THE CONCERNS. THIS IS JUDITH TALKING.

SCIENCE SENDS OUT FOR THE REVIEW ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE SUBMITTED PAPERS.

APART FROM THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF EDITOR MAY HAVE IN SELECTING WHICH PAPERS GO OUT FOR REVIEW OR EVENTUALLY GETTING PUBLISHED.

MCNUTT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE OTHER EDITORS, A CHILLING MESSAGE AND REVIEWERS THE SCIENTISTS.

THE PAPERS CHALLENGING ASPECTS OF THE CLIMATE CONSENSUS ARE NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE.

SO YOU GET CENSORSHIP, DIRECT CENSORSHIP, YOU GET SELF-CENSORSHIP.

SO WHAT I ALSO NOTICED DURING COVID, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME RESEARCHING THE ORIGINS OF THE VIRUS.

ATTENDING SEMINARS, READING PAPERS. AND THEN WHEN THE VACCINES CAME OUT, THE SAME THING.

AND WHAT I DID NOTICE, THERE IS A LOT OF BIAS IN THE PAPERS, AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF READ THROUGH THE LINES IN THESE PAPERS.

YOU READ THE CONCLUSION AND EVERYTHING IS BIASED ON THE SIDE OF THE NARRATIVE.

BUT THEN IF YOU GO BACK THROUGH THE DATA AND THE ANALYSIS, IT REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THESE AUTHORS, JUST TO GET PUBLISHED, WILL CANDY COAT THEIR CONCLUSIONS TO GET THE PAPERS PUBLISHED? SO THAT HAPPENED DURING COVID. AND THE SAME THING, ACCORDING TO CURRY HERE, THE SAME THINGS GOING ON IN CLIMATE SCIENCE.

SO DECISION MAKERS HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT POLICIES THEY.

AIDA GALLEGOS.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS ISLA GALLEGOS. I'M GOING TO 10TH GRADE AND I ATTEND PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL HERE IN CARLSBAD.

CARLSBAD IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY. WE HAVE CLEAN PARKS, NICE BEACHES AND STRONG SCHOOLS.

BUT EVEN IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING, WHICH IS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE NOTICED MORE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS, NEAR THE BEACH AND IN THEIR CARS.

IT'S HARD TO WATCH PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT BASIC THINGS SUCH AS FOOD, CLEAN WATER, SHELTER AND SAFETY.

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HOMELESSNESS AFFECTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT AFFECTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, PUBLIC SPACES, AND MOST OF ALL, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

AS A YOUNG PERSON GROWING UP IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, WE SHOULD BE THE CITY THAT HELPS PEOPLE IN NEED AND NOT IGNORE THEM.

I BELIEVE CARLSBAD CAN DO MORE BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THESE BASIC NEEDS.

THAT MEANS INVESTING IN MORE EMERGENCY SHELTERS SO PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO, AND MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD BE MORE EFFORT TO HELP THE HOMELESS IN OUR CITY, IN OUR CITY.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT DESERVE A CHANCE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL IF YOU ALL WOULD CONSIDER THIS AND SUPPORT FORMING A YOUTH COALITION TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME TO BE INVOLVED EARLY ON IN OUR LIVES BECAUSE THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO THIS MATTER. EXCUSE ME MA'AM.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TALK TO MANDY MILLS. GIVE IT JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS, AND SHE'LL MEET YOU AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT EFFORTS WE'RE MAKING. OKAY. NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. OKAY. NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDAR

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ON NUMBER ONE, MIKE BORRELLO, PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKER.

MIKE BORRELLO. THE CITY CLAIMS TO FOLLOW STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD REGULATIONS REQUIRING A REDUCTION IN SEWER SPILLS.

BUT EVERY EVENING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 P.M.

AND 6 A.M., THE CITY ROUTINELY ALLOWS THE DISCHARGE OF RECYCLED WASTEWATER ONTO SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS, PARK LAWNS, PUBLIC GREENBELTS AND PRIVATE HOA COMMUNITIES AS THOUGH IT'S AN ACCEPTABLY SAFE AND HEALTHY PRACTICE.

THE TRUTH, HOWEVER, IS THERE'S NEVER BEEN NEVER BEEN ANY CONTROLLED, RANDOMIZED STUDY ON THE SAFETY OF A MASS SCALE DISCHARGING OF WASTEWATER AEROSOLS IN HUMAN POPULATIONS. NOTHING. THE LUCRATIVE PURPLE PIPE BUSINESS HAS MANAGED TO SELL THIS INTO GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE NOTICED. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DRINK IT.

THE KIDS AT HOPE SCHOOL SERVED AS LAB RATS IN THAT EXPERIMENT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BREATHE THE AEROSOLS? THESE SPRAY HEADS ARE LITERALLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM SOME OPEN CONDO WINDOWS ON HOT SUMMER NIGHTS.

THERE ARE PAPERS THAT HAVE ADDRESSED THE CONCERN, BUT NO ONE'S PAID ATTENTION OR FUNDED STUDIES.

TOO MUCH MONEY AT STAKE FOR THE PURPLE PIPE. THE WASTEWATER, RICH IN NITRATES, PHOSPHATES AND SULFATES, AND THE TEMPERATE CLIMATE OF CARLSBAD, SERVE AS AN EFFICIENT NUTRIENT SOUP.

AND BY THE TIME THE SOUP REACHES IN POINT DELIVERY TOTAL CHLORINE IS LIKELY TOO LOW TO PREVENT REGROWTH AFFORDED BY EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS LIKE BIOFILMS. THESE PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS HAVE DEVELOPED CRITTERS LIKE LEGIONELLA AND PSEUDOMONAS, BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE SINCE LITERATURE IS BEREFT OF ACTIONABLE STUDIES AND THE CITY NOR ITS CUSTOMER FUND EFFECTIVE ENDPOINT TESTING.

WHAT OF NOVEL CARCINOGENIC MUTAGENIC MOLECULES FROM INDUSTRIAL SOURCES.

THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. WELL, MY TIME'S NOT QUITE UP, SO I GUESS I BETTER HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE.

ALSO, IN THIS WASTEWATER WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE PLANT, I DON'T KNOW THE WATER PEOPLE CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG OR NOT.

YOU TEST IT FOR CERTAIN THINGS IN THE WATER, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DON'T RUN MASS SPECTRUM.

EXCUSE ME. SPECTROSCOPY ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF MOLECULES.

SO WHAT OF THE MOLECULES THAT ARE MUTAGENIC? CARCINOGENIC? HOW ARE THOSE DETECTED? HOW DO YOU PREVENT THOSE FROM GETTING OUT? INTO THE IRRIGATION, SPRAYED INTO THE AIR AND BREATHED BY PEOPLE.

AND I STILL ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENED AT KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? WHAT HAPPENED THERE? SO THEY RAN TESTS, BUT THEY NEVER DID TEST THE WATER.

IF YOU GO BACK THROUGH THE COUNTY REPORTS, THEY NEVER DID TEST THE IRRIGATION WATER THERE.

WHY DID WE HAVE A CANCER CLUSTER? ONE OF THE WORST CANCERS THAT YOU COULD GET.

AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NOT FOR CONSENT. OKAY. LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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[7. 2025 HAZARD REDUCTION COST REPORT]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CLOSE OUT OUR HAZARD REDUCTION PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR BY REQUESTING THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO ENABLE THE CITY TO RECOVER OUR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABATEMENT OF FLAMMABLE VEGETATION ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THIS DECLARATION WILL ALLOW THE CITY CLERK TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY ASSESSOR PLACE A LIEN ON THE 42 PARCELS THAT WERE CLEARED, SO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AND REAL COSTS CAN BE RECOVERED THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL.

LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR 2025 HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM.

AS A REMINDER, THE CITY CONDUCTS THIS HAZARDOUS ANNUAL HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE FIRE HAZARDS AND NUISANCES CAUSED BY ACCUMULATION OF DRY WEEDS AND RUBBISH ON VACANT LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ON MARCH 18TH, COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT DECLARED THESE WEEDS GROWING ON SPECIFIED PRIVATE PROPERTIES TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO NOTIFY THESE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ABATE THE NUISANCE.

LETTERS WERE MAILED THE NEXT DAY. ON APRIL 15TH, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONDUCTED TO CONSIDER RESPONSES FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, AND AT THAT TIME COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE ABATEMENT OF WEEDS FROM THESE PROPERTIES.

PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT CLEARED BY THEIR OWNERS WERE ABATED BY THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR.

TONIGHT, WE HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND CONFIRM THE FINAL 2025 HAZARD REDUCTION COST REPORT.

SO WE REQUEST THAT YOU OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT ANY PARCEL OWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTEST THESE CHARGES AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY MAY BE HEARD, AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

IF NO PROPERTY OWNERS CONTEST THESE CHARGES, WE ASK THAT YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE NOT TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, THESE CHARGES WOULD REMAIN IN GENERAL AS A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. OPENING PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WISH TO PULL? PLEASE MAKE A MOTION. PLEASE VOTE.

MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CITY MANAGER, ITEM EIGHT IS THE HOUSING COMMISSION FISCAL YEAR 24-25 WORK PLAN REPORT AND FISCAL YEAR

[8. HOUSING COMMISSION FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 WORK PLAN REPORT AND FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

EXCUSE ME. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S WORK OVER THE PAST, THE PAST FISCAL YEAR CYCLE AND PRESENT THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 CYCLE.

SO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION TO DEVELOP AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF THE ACTIVITIES IT ANTICIPATES UNDERTAKING IN THE COMING YEAR, AND TO PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL REPORT. SO THE WORK PLAN SERVES NOT ONLY AS A COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT, BUT ALSO AS A VALUABLE ROADMAP TO KEEP THE COMMISSION'S FOCUS ALIGNED WITH THE BROADER CITYWIDE HOUSING PRIORITIES.

IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE COMMISSION MET EIGHT TIMES AND CONSIDERED A VARIETY OF ITEMS, INCLUDING HOUSING POLICY UPDATES, REPORTS ON HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS, AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE CARLSBAD HOUSING AGENCY'S ANNUAL PLAN, REVIEWING EFFORTS ON HOMELESSNESS AND PARTICIPATING IN INFORMATIONAL BRIEFINGS ON LOCAL AND STATE HOUSING POLICY.

SO MOVING INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 WORK PLAN, THE HOUSING COMMISSION WILL ALSO FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES AROUND INCLUSIONARY HOUSING COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION ON STATE LEGISLATURE.

FEATURE THAT IMPACTS AFFORDABILITY AND TENANT PROTECTIONS.

SEVERAL TASKS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS RECURRING, SO THIS INCLUDES UPDATES ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT, PROGRESS, FUNDING REVIEWS AND LEGISLATIVE BRIEFINGS, WHICH HELPS MAINTAIN A CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND THEIR ADVISORY ROLE. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 24-25 WORK

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SO THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE HOUSING COMMISSIONERS CHAIR, CHAIR CHANG, WHO IS HERE TO HIGHLIGHT HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24-25 WORK PLAN CYCLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN, MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN. TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT TO YOU ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAS FIVE MEMBERS, AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HOUSING SECURITY AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS OF SPECIAL HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICE NEEDS. DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE HOUSING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGE RELATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT AND PRIORITIZATION OF ACTIONS.

THE HOUSING COMMISSION ALSO SPENT SEVERAL MEETINGS PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEARS.

WE ALSO REVIEWED AND PROVIDED INPUT ON THE USE OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.

WE COMMENDED THE CITY FOR HAVING PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM THAT GENERATES REVENUE AND UTILIZE FUNDING TO SUPPORT MORE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. I AM PROUD OF WORKING ALONGSIDE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AND IT WAS, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF.

AS WELL. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

THE HOUSING COMMISSION LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF THIS FISCAL YEAR ON THE ITEMS OUTLINED IN OUR WORK PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. CHANG, THANKS FOR THE REPORT.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS A SENSE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THE EFFORT FOR HOUSING FOR VETERANS.

JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD EVER BE A HOMELESS VETERAN OUT THERE EVER AGAIN.

SO THANKS AGAIN. MISS BURKHOLDER. ANY COMMENTS? MISS ACOSTA, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION FOR THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING THE HOUSING COMMISSION AT ITS LAST MEETING TO GIVE A LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE, AND I SEE ALL THROUGH THE WORK PLAN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON LEARNING AND A LOT OF FOCUS ON SHARING AND EXCHANGING OF BEST PRACTICES.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT WE HAVE A STATEWIDE CRISIS AND NOT ENOUGH HOUSING SUPPLY IN OUR STATE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN THE BEST WAYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS IN OUR CITY, HOW WE CAN BUILD MORE HOUSING, BUT ALSO HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S NOT EASY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND OF OUR STAFF, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK PLAN. AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR CHANG, FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR SERVICE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OF COURSE, LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED, HOUSING IS SUCH A AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR COMMISSION AND MANY OF OUR OTHER COMMISSIONS ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE THE WORK. THANKS.

MOTION PLEASE. MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, CITY MANAGER.

[9. SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN]

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THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M NATHAN SCHMIDT, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER, AND ALSO HAVE NICK GORMAN HERE, ASSOCIATE ENGINEER.

RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN.

SO FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THIS IS NOW THE THIRD SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO IS TO PROMOTE STUDENTS ABILITY TO WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF SITE ACCESS.

SO WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS TO HELP IMPROVE THE OPERATIONS DURING THOSE BUSY PICK UP AND DROP OFF HOURS AT THE SCHOOL SITES.

SO FOR THE SCHOOL, IT'S ALSO A KEY PRINCIPLE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN AND OUR SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN.

SO SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL HERE ITS STUDENT POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 1400 STUDENTS.

INCLUDES GRADES NINE THROUGH 12. IT'S LOCATED JUST OFF OF BOBCAT WAY, JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND CANNON ROAD. THIS DIAGRAM HERE DOES SHOW THAT THERE ARE TWO BUS STOPS THAT ACTUALLY SERVE THE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY.

SO THERE IS NO BUSSES THAT STOP HERE DURING THAT AM DROP OFF AND PICK UP OUR JUST FOR SCHOOL SERVICE.

SO A KEY ELEMENT OF THIS PLAN AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE PRIOR TO IS THAT IT'S REALLY BOUNDED BY TWO VERY BUSY ROADWAYS.

OUR PRIMARY ARTERIALS OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND CANON ROAD.

SO A LOT OF THE FOCUS OF THIS PLAN WAS HOW TO ADDRESS SAFE ACCESS FOR KIDS TO GET ACROSS THOSE ROADWAYS.

21,000 VEHICLES PER DAY ARE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

THIS ACTS AS A REGIONAL THOROUGHFARE. TYPICALLY, IT'S TRAFFIC THAT IS AVOIDING CONGESTION THAT'S FOUND AT THE INTERCHANGE OF I-5 AND SR-78.

WE DO HAVE SOME BACKGROUND HERE, AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH A GROUP OF PARENTS AND THE PTA BACK IN 2020 WHERE WE INSTALLED FEED RADAR FEED SPEED, FEEDBACK SIGNS AND ALSO A NO RIGHT TURN ON RED AT THAT INTERSECTION SOUTHBOUND AT COLLEGE AND CANON.

ALSO, LONGER TERM, JUST FOR YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THERE IS THE COLLEGE EXTENSION THAT WOULD EXTEND COLLEGE BETWEEN CANON ROAD AND EL CAMINO REAL.

OF COURSE, BUT BASED UPON COUNCIL DIRECTION, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL ADDITIONAL RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND.

THE PLAN ITSELF HEAVILY DRIVEN BY PUBLIC OUTREACH.

WE HAD A GREAT GROUP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH PRINCIPAL JOSH WAY AT SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

FROM THERE, HE CONNECTED US TO THE PTA, WHERE WE HOSTED MULTIPLE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH THAT GROUP.

WE ALSO CONDUCTED WALK AUDITS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY JUST WALKING TOURS IN AND AROUND THE SCHOOL SITE WITH PRINCIPAL WAY.

WE ALSO HOSTED ONLINE SURVEYS FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL AREA.

WE SENT MAILERS OUT TO THE AREA, AND WE ALSO PRESENTED THIS ITEM MULTIPLE TIMES TO OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO NICK GORMAN TO DISCUSS THE FINER DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. SCHMIDT. SO EVERY SCHOOL THAT WE STUDY HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS THAT PLAY INTO HOW STUDENTS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL ON A GIVEN DAY.

CONDUCTING THESE MODE SHARE SURVEYS THAT WE SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, HELP STAFF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE SCHOOL, AND HELPS US TO BETTER BALANCE THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS APPROPRIATELY TO THE SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITE WE ARE STUDYING.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH HERE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 85% OF STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL IN A VEHICLE.

THIS ISN'T OVERLY SURPRISING GIVEN THE BROAD RANGE OF WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING TO AND FROM TO GET TO SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

I DO WANT TO CALL OUT ONE NUMBER HERE, AND THAT'S THAT 8% OF STUDENTS THAT TRAVEL TO A SCHOOL IN A BIKE.

AGAIN, 8% SOUNDS LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, BUT WITH THE LARGE STUDENT POPULATION THAT COMES OUT TO AROUND 120 STUDENTS ON A GIVEN DAY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT THERE, THAT'S WHAT THE BIKE RACKS LOOK LIKE TYPICALLY.

AND A COOL ANECDOTE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL IS EARLIER IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, WHEN WE WERE AT SAGE CREEK TO SHARE THE PLAN WITH STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS, IT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY RAINY DAY AND THERE WAS STILL A NUMBER OF BIKES.

SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THERE IS A VERY EAGER BIKE POPULATION AT THIS SCHOOL.

SO AS WE MENTIONED, COLLEGE AND CANNON INTERSECTION IS REALLY THE HOT SPOT ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF THE CONGESTION AND ISSUES, VERY HEAVY VEHICLE VOLUMES AND DURING THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF HOURS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL.

THE FOLLOWING DRONE FOOTAGE ON THESE SLIDES JUST IS HERE TO SHOW WHAT THE EXISTING PATTERNS FOR STUDENTS TRAVELING TO AND FROM SCHOOL LOOK LIKE, AS WELL AS THESE WERE FACTORED INTO SOME OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP GUIDE STAFF.

THIS FIRST VIDEO HERE SHOWS STUDENTS TRAVELING IN THE LEFT TURN LANE WITH VEHICLES.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, STUDENTS MUST CROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET INTO THAT FAR LEFT TURN LANE IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE SCHOOL.

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THEY WILL HIT THIS PEDESTRIAN PHASE BUTTON WHICH STOPS ALL TRAFFIC AT THIS INTERSECTION.

THEY WILL THEN MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.

BIKE LANE. AND THEN THIS IS AFTER SCHOOL. THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW BUSY THAT NORTHERN INTERSECTION GETS FOR STUDENTS LEAVING. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES USING THAT CROSSWALK.

WE HAVE BIKES IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES BIKES ON THAT SIDEWALK, BIKES AND THE BIKE LANE HERE, AND BIKES IN THIS CURBSIDE LANE. NOW FOR THE VEHICLES THAT ARE TRYING TO TURN RIGHT, THEY MUST NEGOTIATE GAPS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT MOVEMENT.

HOWEVER, THIS CAN BE DIFFICULT GIVEN THE SPEED DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES.

AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THIS SCOOTER COMES UP AT A FASTER PACE, COMING IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THAT BLACK VEHICLE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU ARE BROKEN INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

WE HAVE OUR NEAR-TERM IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE QUICKER TO IMPLEMENT, SUCH AS SIGNING AND STRIPING.

WE HAVE OUR LONGER TERM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRES MORE DETAILED DESIGN AND MORE TIME TO CONSTRUCT, AND OUR LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO EXPLORE. THIS INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS THAT STAFF NEED MORE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY.

WE FEEL VERY PROUD AND CONFIDENT THAT THE PLAN BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING REFLECTS THE VISION OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE LAST THREE PLANS PRESENTED TO YOU.

SO LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.

STARTING AT THE SCHOOL FRONTAGE, WE ARE PROPOSING UPGRADED CROSSWALKS ACROSS BOBCAT BOULEVARD AND AT THE DRIVEWAY TO ENHANCE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE SITE. WE'RE PROPOSING MOVING THE EXISTING BIKE ROUTE ON CAMPUS FROM THIS DRIVEWAY, WHERE BIKES MUST MIX IN WITH VEHICLES AS THEY ENTER, AND EXIT THE SITE TO THIS EXISTING SIDEWALK HERE, WHERE THEY WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLES.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD A SHARED TWO WAY BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOBCAT BOULEVARD.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE WIDENING THE SIDEWALK TO AN APPROPRIATE WIDTH FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES, AND THIS WOULD SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ALL PATHS OF TRAVEL FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIAN TO ONE AREA, WHICH WOULD BE THIS BLUE LINE HERE, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE PREDICTABILITY FOR DRIVERS WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING ON CAMPUS, AS WE SAW IN THOSE VIDEOS OF WHERE TO EXPECT BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO WIDEN OUT THE NORTHEAST SIDEWALK TO CREATE ADDITIONAL WAITING AREA, WIDEN THE BIKE LANE, BUFFERS AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE POSSIBLE, AND FINALLY TO MODIFY THE SIGNAL TIMING AT THIS INTERSECTION TO HELP FACILITATE BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS TO ACCESS THAT NORTHERN TRAIL. THESE FOLLOWING SLIDES DEMONSTRATE, FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT THESE PROPOSED SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS COULD LOOK LIKE TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE'S ABILITY TO ACCESS THE PATH ON THE NORTH SIDE.

PROPOSED. NOW, THIS PHASE ONE HERE IS FOCUSED ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER HERE.

SO THOSE WOULD BE BIKES ALONG CANNON ROAD TRAVELING TO THIS NORTHERN PATH.

IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ADD A PEDESTRIAN PHASE FOR THE SOUTH LEG AND THE EAST LEG TO GO AT THE SAME TIME.

IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE MUST ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO VEHICLES THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH THESE PEDESTRIAN PHASES.

AND TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ADD A RED INDICATION TO THE CANNON ROAD THROUGH MOVEMENTS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE OPERATING.

WHILE THESE BIKES ARE GOING AND A NO RIGHT TURN ON RED DURING THE PEDESTRIAN PHASE, ONLY FOR RIGHT TURNING MOVEMENTS ON BOBCAT BOULEVARD.

AND IT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM THE HIGH LEVEL SCHEMATIC BIKES TRAVELING ALONG THE GREEN PATH TO THAT NORTH SIDE, WILL THE CANON ROAD AND COLLEGE BOULEVARD MOVEMENTS CONTINUE.

THE NEXT PHASE WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. THIS WOULD JUST BE THE GREEN INDICATION FOR COLLEGE BOULEVARD.

AND FINALLY, LOOKING AT THAT NORTHERN CROSSWALK WHERE WE WATCHED THE FOOTAGE CURRENTLY TODAY.

AS MR. SCHMIDT ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE INSTALLED A NO RIGHT TURN ON RED INDICATION.

THIS IS ONLY ILLUMINATED DURING THE PEDESTRIAN PHASE.

WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ADD ANOTHER NO RIGHT TURN ON RED BUT TO BOBCAT BOULEVARD.

RIGHT TURNS, AS WE SAW IN THE DRONE FOOTAGE, CAN BE DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE THOSE GAPS.

AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD ONLY BE ILLUMINATED DURING PEDESTRIAN PHASES.

AND ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD OPERATE VERY SIMILAR JUST WITHOUT THE RIGHT TURNS GOING DURING THAT PHASE.

NOW, MOVING FURTHER OUT NEAR THE EL CAMINO REAL AND CANON ROAD INTERSECTION, THE BLUE LINE SIMILAR.

WE WOULD PROPOSE TO IMPROVE THE PATH ON THAT SOUTH SIDE OF CANNON ROAD TO A CONCRETE SHARED TWO WAY BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE A THEME GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF THE HIGH SPEED, HIGH VOLUME ARTERIALS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO SEPARATE THESE MODES OF TRAVEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES FROM THE VEHICLE MODES AND MOVING DOWN.

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THIS WOULD ALLOW BIKES TO MOUNT THE SIDEWALK AND ULTIMATELY AVOID HAVING TO MIX IN A BUSY RIGHT TURN MOVEMENT FOR VEHICLES GOING FROM EL CAMINO REAL TO CANNON ROAD. THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE RECENTLY INSTALLED BRIDGE AND CONTINUE ON CANON TOWARDS THE SCHOOL MOVING NORTH OF THE SCHOOL.

AGAIN SIMILAR ALONG COLLEGE BOULEVARD, PROPOSING TO IMPROVE THE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD FROM THE EXISTING DG PATH TO A CONCRETE SHARED TWO WAY BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH. THIS WOULD RUN FROM CANON ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.

YOU CAN SEE BY THE BLUE LINE HERE. SOMETHING WE'D HEARD FROM PARENTS EARLY ON, AND OFTEN WAS TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE UNPAVED SECTIONS OF THE LAKE. CALAVERAS TRAIL NETWORK IS THERE. SOME OF THEM ARE PRONE TO WASHOUT DURING RAINY SEASON.

PROPOSED TO ADD SHARROWS TO THIS RIGHT TURN MOVEMENT AT THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE AND COLLEGE BOULEVARD INTERSECTION.

AND THEN FINALLY FOR STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE TAKING THAT SAME PATH BUT HOME TO FURTHER STUDY THE INTERSECTION.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE TURNING LEFT FROM COLLEGE TO CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.

WE ALSO INCLUDE PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN ALL OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANS, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS CONTINUED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN EDUCATION, PROMOTING WALK TO SCHOOL OR BIKE TO SCHOOL DAYS, AND ULTIMATELY CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL PARTNERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT SAFE DRIVING AND SAFE BIKING BEHAVIOR.

I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO MR. SCHMIDT TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. SO WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY MOBILITY COMMISSION IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

AT THAT TIME, WE GOT THEIR FEEDBACK. WE INCORPORATED SOME MINOR CHANGES, AND THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THE PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF FISCAL ANALYSIS. SO THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST WOULD RANGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3.4 TO 3.8 MILLION. IN TERMS OF SHORT TERM PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH GRANT PROJECTS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT, THOSE NEAR-TERM SIGNING AND STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE PATHS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, IN PARTICULAR ALONG COLLEGE.

WE WOULD LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

THAT AREA WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WE WOULD THEN JUST REPURPOSE THAT SIDEWALK, WIDEN IT OUT TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR A SHARED USE PATH ALONG COLLEGE.

AND WITH THAT, AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES. CHRISTINA MCGOLDRICK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MCGOLDRICK AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN CARLSBAD FOR TEN YEARS, TAXPAYER AND HOMEOWNER, AND I AM A MOM TO THREE BOYS IN CARLSBAD UNIFIED, TWO THAT ATTEND SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I'M GOING TO WARN YOU THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS STARTED BECAUSE IN THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF SCHOOL, TEN CHILDREN WERE STRUCK ON THEIR E-BIKES BY VEHICLES.

AND WE HAVE COME SO FAR. AND SO I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.

AND THIS COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL REFLECTS YEARS OF TRAFFIC STUDIES AND WARRANT ANALYSIS.

THE STAFF SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATING WITH THE STUDENTS, WITH THE STAFF, WITH THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVEN SOME COMMUTERS IN LISTENING, EVALUATING AND PROPOSING SOME OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS THAT WILL PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND AS WELL AS THE THREE E'S ENGINEERING, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD EQUALLY BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN PROVIDING WEEKLY TRAFFIC CONTROL AND INCREASED VISIBILITY IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO FOLLOW THE LAWS AND PREVENT TRAGEDIES.

THIS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE AND IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, AND WE NEED IT TO CONTINUE UNTIL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED.

I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU, BUT I WILL. THIS IMPERATIVE AND CRITICAL PROJECT IS ON A THREE MILE STRETCH OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD WHERE THERE ARE FOUR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING A PRESCHOOL. EACH WEEKDAY, OVER 2500 STUDENTS ARE GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

AND IT IS A ROCK CONCERT. AND SOMETIMES IT GOES REALLY GREAT AND SOME DAYS IT DOESN'T.

AND WE JUST NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE RULES OF THE ROAD, HOW TO USE THEM, AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER WHILE PRIORITIZING SAFETY.

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THE ROADS ARE FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST VEHICLES, AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE CAN BE OVER SEVEN DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE ROAD BEING OPERATED BY PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC.

POLICY SHOULD PROVIDE ALL MINORS WITH SAFE, DIRECT ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

SO MANY OF US IN DISTRICT TWO AND BEYOND REALLY HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER NINE AND PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BECAUSE YOU ARE APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

MR. SHIN. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE.

CAN WE GO BACK TO, LIKE, SLIDE 15? I BELIEVE EXTREMELY REALISTIC DIAGRAM LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AI ALMOST. SO MY BIGGEST FEAR WHEN I SEE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW IS THE SOUTHBOUND COLLEGE ROUTE.

IF YOU'RE A BICYCLIST AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO BOBCAT BOULEVARD.

I TOOK IT MYSELF, AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION WITHOUT THE FEAR OF LOOKING BEHIND YOU AND SEEING VEHICLES APPROACH.

SO THAT BEING SAID, THE SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE THE GREEN STRIPING.

AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? IS THAT ONE OF OUR SHORT TERM SOLVES? YES. SO WITH THE STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE WOULD BE AS PART OF THE SHORT TERM PACKAGE.

WHEN COULD I LIKE BE ABLE TO TELL CONSTITUENTS LIKE WHEN THAT WOULD SLOWLY BECOME ADOPTED? I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A VARYING DEGREE, BUT ARE WE TALKING LIKE.

YES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TIMELINE OF 1 TO 2 YEARS FOR THOSE THOSE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS.

OKAY. IN THE MEANTIME I GUESS THE SOME QUESTIONS ARE LIKE.

IS THERE A SOLVE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW JUST SO THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR CHILDREN AREN'T TRYING TO MAKE THAT NEGOTIATION, IT'S JUST SUCH A STEEP DOWNHILL THAT I DON'T WANT A TRAGEDY TO TAKE PLACE FROM NOW UNTIL THEN SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING SOONER.

YEAH. I MEAN, THE NO RIGHT TURN ON READ RESTRICTION DOES HELP.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DID THAT SO QUICKLY. WE COULD OF COURSE, WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY IN TERMS OF EDUCATION UNTIL WE GET THOSE STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS IN SO WE COULD DEVELOP MATERIALS WITH THEM THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAND OUT TO, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE THE STUDENTS. THAT GOES A LONG WAYS, I THINK IN HELPING MAKE IT SAFER THERE.

I THINK SO SOME OF IT'S EDUCATION, AND I'M GLAD YOU EMPHASIZED THAT.

BUT IT'S ALSO THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTHBOUND ON A BICYCLE AND YOU THINK IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU NEED TO NEGOTIATE TO THE LEFT TURN LANE.

IS THERE A WAY TO EDUCATE THE THE CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO JUST USE THE CROSSWALKS INSTEAD AND KIND OF TAKE THE LONG WAY OVER THERE OR.

YEAH, WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE SEEN THEM SLIP INTO THAT LANE AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING BEHIND THEM. YEAH. SO JUST LIKE, HOW CAN WE EMPHASIZE THAT THAT IS NOT THE SAFEST ROUTE FOR THEM? YEAH. YEAH. AND I THINK KIND OF YOU'RE ALLUDING TO A GOOD SUGGESTION HERE IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS A UNIQUE KIND OF BEHAVIOR THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.

I THINK WE COULD JUST DEVELOP THEM SPECIFIC MATERIALS ON GIVING THEM KIND OF WHAT THEIR TWO OPTIONS ARE, AND THEN THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHICHEVER THEY FEEL SAFER DOING IF IT'S STAYING WITHIN THE BIKE LANE, WE COULD SHOW THEM HOW TO SAFELY CROSS, OR IF THEY DO FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING INTO THOSE LEFT TURN LANES, WE CAN EDUCATE THEM THROUGH THAT AS WELL. GOTCHA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MISS BURKHOLDER, ANY QUESTIONS? MISS ACOSTA, MISS BHAT-PATEL. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKER FOR SPEAKING.

I, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW FOLKS THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO US ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEARS SINCE MY TIME ON HERE, AND I'M SURE SINCE MANY OF OUR TIMES ON HERE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY PARENTS BRING UP, BUT STUDENTS HAVE COME UP AND SPOKEN TO US. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK AND INVOLVING THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN THIS PROCESS, AND BEING VERY ROBUST ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK.

WITH THAT, I JUST HAD A FEW FEW QUESTIONS. IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE WHAT I'M HEARING IS ABOUT 1 TO 2 YEARS TO SEE SOME OF THE RESULTS.

WITH REGARDS TO THE SHORT TERM. YES. IS THERE, AND I KNOW I DID ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS AROUND THIS DURING BRIEFING, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THAT COULD BE MOVED UP BASED ON, YOU KNOW, IF IT ALIGNS WITH THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE AND THE SCHEDULES WITH OUR OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS? YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE AREA, IT'S A VERY BUSY ROAD.

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SO EVEN THOUGH WHILE IT IS JUST STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S AN AREA THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING SO THAT'S WHY IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN JUST GOING OUT THERE AND STRIPING IT. WE HAVE TO PLAN IN ADVANCE FOR THAT.

YEAH, I'M SURE THAT'S A QUESTION THAT MANY PARENTS THAT YOU SPOKE TO HAVE, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO ASK IT.

BECAUSE IF I WAS ONE OF THE PARENTS WITH THE KIDS THERE, I'D BE ASKING THE SAME THING.

LIKE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT GETS OUT THERE SOONER? SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS MUCH AS WE CAN WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY ON IT TO WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY ON THAT.

AND THEN I THINK ONE OTHER QUESTION WAS AROUND.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE FUNDING PIECE OF IT, WHICH IS ABOUT 3.4 TO 3.8 MILLION FOR THE SHORT AND LONG TERM.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER ADDITIONAL COSTS OF THE LONGER TERM IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

CORRECT. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT INCLUDES THE NEAR TERM SIGNING AND STRIPING, BUT IT ALSO DOES INCLUDE THE PATHWAYS ALONG COLLEGE AND CANNON AS WELL.

OKAY. EVERYTHING ELSE BEYOND THAT IS NOT INCLUDED.

OKAY. GREAT. I JUST HAVE COMMENTS AFTER THAT.

THANKS. WILL YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CORNER OF CANNON AND EL CAMINO REAL? YES. OKAY. YEAH. SO? SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOK, LOOKING AT WAYS WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE BIKES THE CHANCE TO GET OFF OF EL CAMINO REAL BEFORE THEY GET TO THE INTERSECTION.

SO THERE WOULD BE WHAT'S CALLED A BIKE RAMP. SO IT ESSENTIALLY WOULD LEAD THEM UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

SO THEY COULD ESSENTIALLY JUST COMPLETELY AVOID THAT INTERSECTION AND JUST TAKE THE BRIDGE AND THEN TRAVEL ALONG CANON TO GET TO SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING ANY TRAFFIC LANES FOR VEHICLES.

YEAH. NO. NO TRAVEL LANES ELIMINATED. NO OUTS.

WE'RE STEERING CLEAR OF THAT. THANK YOU. CLOSING COMMENTS, MR. SHIN. MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN EVEN IN THE SUMMER.

I'M GETTING A TON OF INTERACTION FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT E-BIKE ACTIVITY IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR.

AND WHILE THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO, MANY KIDS COME FROM WE'RE HERE TO THERE.

SO WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME. AND I AM JUST REALLY PLEASED THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL WHAT WAS THAT BRIDGE? $4 MILLION BEAUTIFUL $4 MILLION BRIDGE WILL BE USED BECAUSE I'VE LITERALLY NEVER, EVER SEEN ANYONE ON IT.

SO GOOD JOB. THANKS. MR. COSTA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THANKS TO OUR PUBLIC AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MISS MCGOLDRICK, FOR YOUR CONSISTENT ADVOCACY ON THIS ISSUE AND SPECIFICALLY FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FOR AROUND SAGE CREEK.

ALTHOUGH THIS PROJECT AND THE SCHOOL IS IN DISTRICT TWO, IN IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY, WE HAVE CARLSBAD UNIFIED, INCLUDING IN DISTRICT FOUR, THE SOUTHERNMOST DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT.

IN FACT, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE FIRST CLASS AT SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND WE WERE THERE WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS FIRST BUILT AND FIRST OPENED.

IT STARTED WITH A SMALL POPULATION, AND AS THE POPULATION INCREASED TO A FULLY POPULATED SCHOOL WITH ALL FOUR GRADES, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A BIG IMPACT FROM THE STUDENTS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL, AND WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO NEED TO BE SOMETHING TO TO RESPOND TO THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

AT THE CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE, WE TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK.

WE AS A CITY CAN WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COLLABORATION THAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED THAT YOU HAVE DONE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THERE, INCLUDING THE PRINCIPAL, MR. WAY. I REALLY SUPPORT THE SEPARATION OF BIKE LANES AND THE COMBINED BIKE PEDESTRIAN PATH THAT YOU DESCRIBED BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE BEST OF ENGINEERING, SOMETIMES THERE'S STILL THAT INTERSECTION, THAT CONFLICT. SO IF WE CAN SEPARATE IT OUT, AS WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IN THE LONG TERM, THAT WILL BE GREAT.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION WHO HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A HAPPY COMMUNITY AT A SAFER COMMUNITY.

THANKS, MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

AND I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF MANY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.

AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE PARENTS AND STUDENTS FOR MANY YEARS HAVE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, AND I WORK WITH MANY STUDENTS THAT GO TO SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I FREQUENTLY AM DRIVING THAT AREA.

HAVE WALKED IN THAT AREA. I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SPECIFIC VICINITY, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT DEFINITELY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO

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BUT I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WHATEVER WE DO TO DO, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE EDUCATING THE STUDENTS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, EQUIPPING THEM WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION IS ALWAYS GREAT.

HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S SO INCUMBENT ON THE DRIVERS AS WELL TO BE VERY VIGILANT WHEN THEY'RE IN AND AROUND THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WHEN THERE ARE CHILDREN PRESENT. I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT, I GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL ACROSS OUR CITY SPECIFICALLY AROUND PEOPLE SPEEDING IN AND AROUND SCHOOL AREAS WHEN KIDS ARE AROUND AND PRESENT.

AND SO THAT IS MY PLEA TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WHEN YOU'RE THERE, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF HOW YOU'RE DRIVING BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE PARAMOUNT.

OUR EVERY BEING IN OUR IN OUR YOU KNOW, IN OUR CITY IS BUT WE HAVE TO BE SO EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE AROUND SCHOOLS.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT PLEA, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF FEEDBACK IN THE LAST, I MEAN, ALMOST SEVEN YEARS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT, EVEN NOW, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL'S OUT. SO JUST WANT TO DO MENTION THAT THE CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE IS COMING UP ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK.

AND I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO DO THE WORK THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR IS WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO PUSH THIS, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, I'LL BE CONTINUING TO CHECK IN, AND I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY WILL, TOO.

I KNOW THERE'S A TIMELINE, BUT I THINK AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THIS AND OF COURSE ANY OF THE OTHER SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, IT'S JUST GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE.

AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE IN AND AROUND THAT AREA ARE AS WELL.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE AMAZING WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

THANKS. I'LL ECHO WHAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER SAID.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF HAPPY PARENTS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT. MOTION PLEASE.

MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN, CITY MANAGER.

[10. CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REPORTING AND DASHBOARD]

AND TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION IS SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER KATIE HENDRICK AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR JAMIE WOOD.

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

MY NAME IS KATIE HENTRICH. I AM THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADMINISTRATOR, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REPORTING AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DASHBOARD. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION FOR THIS ITEM IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REPORTING, AND AN ONLINE DASHBOARD ON THE PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION.

IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE PREVIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN COVER MONITORING AND REPORTING FOR THE CURRENT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DASHBOARD AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH A NEWLY UPDATED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

I WANTED TO CLOSE OUT REPORTING FOR THE PREVIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2015 AND AMENDED IN 2020.

DURING ITS IMPLEMENTATION, THE CITY SURPASSED THE 2020 REDUCTION TARGET, WHICH WAS REDUCED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 4% BELOW 2012 LEVELS, AND SEVEN ANNUAL REPORTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

LET US NOW OFFICIALLY RETIRE THE PREVIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND MOVE ON TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, ADOPTED NOVEMBER 2024. IT INCLUDES 23 MEASURES GROUPED INTO SIX CATEGORIES, AND EACH MEASURE INCLUDES METRICS TO TRACK PERFORMANCE.

STAFF DID NOT PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR, LARGELY BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE ONLY HAD SIX WEEKS OF IMPLEMENTATION DATA TO REPORT ON, SO THE NEXT ANNUAL REPORT COVERING 2025 DATA WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2026.

WHILE UPDATING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WE ALSO WANTED TO RE-ENVISION THE WAY WE REPORT ON THE PLAN ITSELF.

IN THE PAST, ANNUAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THESE REPORTS, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND, ARE LENGTHY, TECHNICAL AND NOT EASILY DIGESTIBLE.

DURING OUTREACH FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, PARTICULARLY AT THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING,

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SO WE MADE A DASHBOARD COMPLETELY IN-HOUSE. I WANT TO THANK THE OTHER STAFF THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE BECAUSE I HAVE NO SKILLS IN BUILDING A WEBSITE.

DAVID VAN GALLOWAY, BRIAN CHOW, AND RACHEL MALTZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE DASHBOARD IS BROKEN INTO FIVE SECTIONS OVERVIEW, ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND WASTE DIVERSION, AND FUTURE MEASURES. THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES WILL BE A WALKTHROUGH OF THE DASHBOARD STARTING WITH THE OVERVIEW TAB.

THE OVERVIEW SECTION IS THE DEFAULT PAGE FOR THE DASHBOARD, AND INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE DASHBOARD ITSELF.

THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES THE MOST RECENT GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY DATA.

THE ENERGY SECTION INCLUDES DATA ON THE ENERGY MEASURES AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

THERE'S A SHORT SUMMARY OF HOW ENERGY CONTRIBUTES TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AT THE TOP OF THE SECTION, WITH MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEASURES THEMSELVES, LINKS TO REBATES OR INCENTIVES OR ACTIONS THAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS CAN TAKE TO LOWER THEIR ENERGY USAGE WITHIN EACH OF THESE DATA CARDS.

LET'S USE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE PARTICIPATION AS AN EXAMPLE.

WHEN YOU HOVER OVER THE CARD, YOU'LL SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF DATA AND WHAT YEAR IT IS FROM.

FOR THIS, THE DATA NEEDED TO MONITOR MEASURE E-2 IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, OUR COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY MEASURE, OUR CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION RATES.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE EVEN MORE, YOU CAN CLICK ON MORE INFORMATION AND UP POPS A SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, AS WELL AS A LINK TO EXISTING CUSTOMER REBATES AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO OPT UP TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY.

MOVING ON TO THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION, THIS FEATURES DATA ON THE TRANSPORTATION MEASURES WITHIN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

AGAIN, WE HAVE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF HOW TRANSPORTATION CONTRIBUTES TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AT THE TOP.

LET'S LOOK AT CITYWIDE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT DATA.

AS AN EXAMPLE. THE DATA WE NEED TO MONITOR MEASURE T TWO, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, ARE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE OF SUSTAINABLE MODE SHARE FROM THESE BUSINESSES.

IF YOU CLICK MORE INFORMATION, THERE'S A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT MEANS, WHAT THE CITIES ORDINANCE REQUIRES, AND A LINK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SUSTAINABLE COMMUTE OPTIONS.

THE NEXT SECTION IS CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND WASTE DIVERSION.

WE GROUPED THIS TOGETHER DUE TO THE SMALLER AMOUNT OF DATA POINTS.

AGAIN, A SHORT DESCRIPTION AT THE TOP ABOUT HOW THESE TWO SECTORS CONTRIBUTE OR REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

LET'S LOOK AT ORGANICS DIVERTED AS AN EXAMPLE.

THE DATA NEEDED TO MONITOR MEASURE WD 1 SOLID AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION INCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF ORGANICS DIVERTED.

AGAIN, IF YOU CLICK MORE INFORMATION, THERE'S A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT DATA POINT EXACTLY IS AND WHAT YEAR IT'S FROM.

AND THEN UP POPS INFORMATION ABOUT A PROPER COMPOSTING BIN.

SORRY, UP POPS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW PROPER COMPOSTING BENEFITS THE ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS A LINK TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION ON WHAT GOES WHERE.

OUR LAST SECTION IS FUTURE MEASURES. THERE ARE SEVERAL MEASURES IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT ARE NEW PROGRAMS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FUTURE.

THIS SECTION INCLUDES A LIST OF WHAT THOSE MEASURES ARE, AS WELL AS THE MONITORING BENCHMARKS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE MEASURES.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION ARE MEASURES WHICH THE CITY NEEDS MORE ACCURATE, RECENT OR REPORTABLE DATA.

AND THIS SCREENSHOT ONLY SHOWS A PORTION OF THIS PAGE.

THERE IS MORE TEXT BENEATH IT SINCE WE HAVE BENCHMARK YEARS GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2045.

FOR NEXT STEPS, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DASHBOARD AS NEEDED, AND WILL BE UPDATING THE DASHBOARD AT LEAST ANNUALLY TO COINCIDE WITH ANNUAL REPORTING FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. AS MORE DATA IS ADDED TO THE DASHBOARD, WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE VISUALS LIKE CHARTS AND GRAPHS TO SHOW TRENDS OVER TIME.

STAFF WILL BE PREPARING THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN EARLY 2026, AND PRESENTING THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AFTERWARDS.

AND LAST, THE DASHBOARD CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REPORTING AND AN ONLINE DASHBOARD ON THE PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION,

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PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS LINDA DANIELS, FOLLOWED BY MIKE BORRELLO.

HI. IT'S ME AGAIN. I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL DASHBOARD THAT WE LIKE.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. AND WE'D LIKE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE ANNUALLY, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD LIKE INTERIM ONES AS WE'RE THINKING OF MAYBE EVERY SIX MONTHS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE. SO I'M LINDA DANIELS, I'VE LIVED IN CARLSBAD FOR 12 YEARS, AND I AM THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARLSBAD SENIORS ADVISORY COUNCIL, ALONG WITH PAIGE JACINTO, WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS AT A RETREAT FOR FAMILY REUNION, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE COMES TO ALL OF THESE AND SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT OKAY.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION COALITION AND THE SIERRA CLUB, BECAUSE WHEN I RETIRED, I WANTED TO SAVE THE PLANET.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO BEGIN REACHING OUR GOALS. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ALL THESE 2030 GOALS AND 2030, 2035 GOALS. SO I'D LIKE US TO GET STARTED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED ON IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY IN THE PLAN, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE OR ANYTHING ELSE IS CANOPY SOLAR YOU KNOW, OVER PARKING LOTS, TAKE YOUR CITY PARKING LOTS AND PUT SOLAR ON TOP OF THE CANOPIES, AND THEN PUT EV STATIONS THERE.

AND IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT EVEN BETWEEN THREE AS MUCH AS SIX YEARS TO RECOUP THE MONEY, DEPENDING UPON HOW LARGE THE PROJECT IS.

AND THEN YOU START MAKING MONEY ON ALL THE EV CHARGING THAT YOU'RE CHARGING.

OKAY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE. THE ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS REALLY, REALLY PRETTY FAST.

LONG TERM GOALS. SO I SAID IT'S NOT THINK LONG TERM.

LET'S TRY TO THINK SHORT TERM. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MIKE BORRELLO FOLLOWED BY DON CHRISTENSEN. SO I'M HERE TO CHALLENGE THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TONIGHT.

THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE FOR ITS GLARING FAILURE TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BEFORE PUSHING FORWARD WITH ANY DECISION, EVEN INVOLVING A FOOTNOTE REFERENCING CLIMATE CHANGE LIKE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER CONSENT CALENDAR.

THE LESSON REPORT ON PACIFIC NORTHWEST STATES APPLIES ALSO TO CALIFORNIA'S AGGRESSIVE MANDATES, COSTING TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR WHILE YIELDING NEGLIGIBLE GLOBAL CLIMATE BENEFITS, AMOUNTING TO A MERE WEEKS OF WORLDWIDE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.

CARLSBAD'S CAP UPDATE MINDLESSLY ECHOES THIS QUIXOTIC DOUBLING DOWN ON ELECTRIFICATION WITHOUT FULLY WEIGHING FULL COSTS LIKE SKYROCKETING UTILITY RATES, JOB LOSSES, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FOR RESIDENTS AND INFECTING SCHOOLS AND PARKS WITH WASTEWATER.

THE FISCAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAP REPORT SHAMELESSLY PREVARICATION NO FISCAL IMPACT, IGNORING SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES LEVERAGED DIRECTLY OR ELSE REFERENCING CAP DIRECTIVES, EFFECTIVELY LAUNDERING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

FURTHERMORE, DECLARING THIS IS NOT A PROJECT UNDER CEQA TO EVADE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS DISINGENUOUS, IF NOT BREAKING THE LAW, IT COMMITS RESOURCES TO STAFFING WHAT AMOUNTS TO CO2 POLICING, MONITORING EMISSIONS WITHOUT PROVING TANGIBLE NECESSITY BENEFITS OR ASSESSING THE RISKS OF DIVERTING FUNDS FROM MORE URGENT NEEDS, LIKE THE INCREASING RISE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITY.

CLIMATE EMERGENCY NARRATIVES NEGLIGENTLY FRAMED CLIMATE AS THE CAUSAL FACTOR IN COMMUNITY WOES LIKE HOMELESSNESS, WHICH STEMS FROM INEFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ECONOMIC PRESSURES, NOT CO2 LEVELS.

HIGH ENERGY COSTS FROM SUCH POLICIES EXACERBATE POVERTY AND HOUSING CRISES.

HAS SEEN STATEWIDE, WITH CALIFORNIA'S 24 BILLION HOMELESSNESS SPEND YIELDING NO PROGRESS AMID RISING UTILITY BILLS.

CARLSBAD NEEDS TO ALIGN UNIVERSALLY WITH TRUE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION, PROTECT LOCAL HABITATS, PROMOTE EFFICIENT RESOURCE USE, AND PRIORITIZE SENSIBLE ECONOMICS OVER OBSESSIVE CLIMATE HYSTERIA.

REVISE AND REBRAND THE CAP AS A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE PLAN, AN ERP, AVOID ECONOMIC SUICIDE AND RESTORE EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE. THANK YOU. TOM CHRISTIANSEN.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, FELLOW CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS DON CHRISTIANSEN. I LIVE AT 3715 LONGVIEW DRIVE AND I AM A DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE ENERGY ADVOCATE.

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THANK YOU. THE TERM ECONOMIC ANALYSIS WAS USED BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO FLASH BACK A BIT TO THE NOVEMBER 12/19 2024 COUNCIL MEETING WHEN SOLAR CANOPIES WITH BATTERY STORAGE AND EV CHARGING WAS DISCUSSED A BIT. AND I ACTUALLY MADE SOME NOTES, AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE WORTHY OF SHARING AT THIS TIME. AND ONE WAS MENTION OF LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL CARPORTS WITH SOLAR. IT WAS CALLED AN ULTRA SUCCESS BY AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIDE THAT WAS SHOWN THAT HAS SINCE PASSED ON TO STAFF OF CARLSBAD SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE 10 OR 12 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SOLAR CARPORTS.

AND I MEAN, IF THEY CAN DO IT, I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T DO IT OR WHY WE ARE NOT DOING IT.

ON THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS PART, MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE GETTING A 3.2% RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND OUR REGIONAL INFLATION RATE IS 3.8%. SO WE'RE LOSING MONEY BY DOING NOTHING.

WE COULD BE DOING SOMETHING. WE COULD BE DOING A LOT BY MOVING FORWARD WITH SOLAR CANOPIES OVER EXISTING CITY OWNED PARKING LOTS WHERE FEASIBLE, WITH BATTERY STORAGE AND EV CHARGING AND EV CHARGING, FOR INSTANCE, AS I UNDERSTAND IS ONE OF THE POINTS THAT IS IN THE NEW CLIMATE OR WAS IN THE OLD CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, AND I THINK IT'S IN THE NEW AS WELL.

OKAY. 52 SECONDS. YES. AS FAR AS COST. AND THIS GOES BACK A YEAR OR SO WHEN I DID SOME REALLY PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON OKAY, WHAT DID SOLAR CANOPIES COST? WHAT DID SOLAR CARPORTS COST? I WAS GIVEN APPROXIMATE SIX YEAR PAYBACK.

SO YEAH, COMPARE THAT WITH A 3.2% ROI ON INVESTED FUNDS.

PLUS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GOALS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

I THINK THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF REASONS TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND JUST TO SHARE, I HAVE 15 SECONDS. MY IDEA OF SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL, IT'S SOCIAL AND IT'S ECONOMIC. THINGS SHOULD MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE.

IT'S A THREE LEGGED STOOL. IT HAS TO BALANCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR. SHANNON, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I APPRECIATE CREATING THIS WEBSITE.

MADE IT KEVIN PROOF FOR ME SO IT'S EASY TO TO LEARN OUR STATUS AND OUR PROGRESS.

DO WE HAVE, LIKE, METRICS IN REGARDS TO THE VIEWS OF THIS WEBSITE? AND I ASK IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REALLY HAVE THE ANSWER AS MUCH AS THE FACT THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW AND HOW TO DRILL AND FIND IT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF TUCKED BEHIND.

WHAT I FEAR IS, IS THAT THE, I FEAR THAT YOU TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT IN MAKING THIS PRODUCT, AND THEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND, SO THEN NO ONE WILL ACTUALLY SEE IT. SO AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IS BASED OFF OF THE WEBSITE VIEW OF THE CITY.

ARE THERE COMPARABLES THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTING THIS, AND DO WE DO THAT ALREADY? OR AM I SOMETHING I CAN REQUEST? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I'M GOING TO BE REALLY SILLY, JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY BEHIND ME HAPPENS TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. I'M HAPPY TO LOOK IT UP FOR.

OH. SOMEBODY'S COMING. HELLO. DAVID VAN GALLOWAY.

WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, WE DO HAVE METRICS TRACKING FOR THIS.

WE'VE JUST LAUNCHED IT. SO WE'LL BE TRACKING IN PROBABLY ON A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE.

WE'LL BRING SOME GOOD NUMBERS. GREAT. AND THEN WE TRACK OTHER WEBSITES AND JUST SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE NAVIGATING AND DRILLING DOWN IN OUR WEBSITE CURRENTLY, LIKE OUR OVERALL CITY WEBSITE. WE DEFINITELY DO.

YEAH. OKAY. DO WE DO THINGS LIKE, I GUESS THIS IS LOOKING AT A MORE MACRO POINT, BUT LIKE, OKAY, IF WE'RE FALLING OFF AND NOT IF PEOPLE ARE NOT OBSERVING THIS, DO WE DO THINGS TO KIND OF MARKET CERTAIN THINGS, NOT JUST LIKE THIS, BUT LIKE, DO WE DO THAT OVERALL WITH OUR IT AND WEBSITE DESIGN? WE DEFINITELY DO. WE ALSO MERGE THAT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS ADVERTISING SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I JUST REMEMBER BEING STAFF MYSELF AND I'D MAKE SOMETHING AND NO ONE SAW IT,

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. COSTA? JUST A QUICK ONE TO ADD ON TO COUNCILMEMBER SHIN'S COMMENTS.

HAVE WE, HAVE WE PUT THIS IN THE CITY MANAGER NEWSLETTER OR OTHERWISE LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW? I MISSED IT IF IT WAS THERE. JUST CHECKING. THIS WILL BE PROFILED IN AN UPCOMING MANAGER UPDATE.

WE NEEDED COUNCIL TO FIRST BE BRIEFED AND INFORMED THAT THIS IS NOW LIVE, AND WE NEEDED TO HAVE IT READY TO GO.

AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH OUR COMMS TEAM. WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT IT ON THE WEBSITE AND OTHER PLACES TO GET MORE EYES ON IT TO IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY.

SO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT OF COURSE IT'LL BE IN THIS WEEK'S UPDATE. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER FOLLOW UP. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT IT WAS ALSO FEATURED IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER, WHICH WENT OUT THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE, WITHIN THE WEEK.

OKAY. AND JUST ANOTHER QUICK FOLLOW UP ON A COMMENT THAT YOU MADE MISS HENDRICK ABOUT BUILDING THIS YOURSELF.

HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE 4 OR 5 PEOPLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT KIND OF IN-HOUSE WORKED ON IT? YES. THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY DID NOT BUILD IT MYSELF.

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT SINCE I'M ON THE RECORD.

IT WAS A LOT OF HELP FROM DAVID VAN GALLOWAY, WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE MOMENTS AGO.

BRIAN CHOW AND RACHEL MALTZ. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD A WEBSITE.

I, YOU KNOW, I GO ON THE INTERNET AND IT JUST KIND OF APPEARS AND THAT'S GREAT. SO I WOULD TALK AT THEM AND WE'D WORK ON THE DESIGN TOGETHER, AND THEN THEY WOULD GO AND BUILD IT. SO YES, THEY WERE A GREAT HELP.

WELL, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY THEY DESERVE THAT CREDIT.

AND THE SHOUT OUT FOR DOING THIS IN-HOUSE AND SAVING US THE MONEY ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? MR. SHIN. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO LIKE I GUESS IN A IN A HIGHER POINT, IT'S YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIVE ON AN ISLAND HERE AND THERE'S ONLY FINITE RESOURCES, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THIS THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET.

I JUST KNOW ALSO THAT WE TAKE THE GUIDANCE OF DOING THIS BASED OFF OF THE STATE GREENHOUSE GASES.

AND SOMETIMES I JUST HOPE THAT AS WE'RE LEARNING THEIR MEASUREMENTS AND SUCCESSES AND WHETHER WE CAN GET THERE OR NOT, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALISTIC ABOUT HITTING OUR GOALS.

SO THESE ARE GUIDELINES AND OUR BEST ATTEMPT TO GET THERE.

BUT WE SHOULD ALSO BE PRAGMATIC ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IF THE STATE CAN'T MAKE THEIR GOALS, AND MAYBE SOMETIMES WE CAN AND CANNOT, OR MAYBE WE'RE EXCEEDING THESE.

AND THEN THE LAST POINT IS, IS THAT AS WE AS POLICYMAKERS ARE DOING THIS WITHIN THE CITY, WE CAN DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN OUR CONTROL, IS THAT WHEN WE MAKE WHEN WE MAKE MANDATES FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS, THAT THEY ARE BOUGHT IN ON THE PROCESS, AND WE DON'T JUST TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT BACKLASH TO TAKE PLACE.

THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING THIS IN THE SENSE OF PARTNERSHIP FOR, FOR THE GOAL, THAT ONE LITTLE PLANET.

THANK YOU. OTHER. MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON ON THIS. I, IN AN EARLIER AGENDA ITEM, I CONGRATULATED STAFF FOR CONTINUALLY LEARNING AND SHARING AND EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICES. AND I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ALSO HAVE DASHBOARDS, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND SHARE AND SEE WHAT ELSE'S LOOKS GOOD OUT THERE.

THAT HELPS US BEST PRESENT THIS INFORMATION. SO THIS IS AWESOME AS IT IS, BUT I THINK WE CAN CONTINUALLY IMPROVE AS WE CAN WITH MOST THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALSO YOUR DEDICATED HARD WORK ALL THE TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES JUST THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.

AND OF COURSE THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS AS WELL.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE THE PROGRESS ON THIS.

AND OF COURSE, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT, SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROGRESS AND THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY ITEM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

I WILL BE COVERING 1980S. I'M JUST KIDDING. THERE'LL BE IT'LL BE A GREAT MUSICIAN BAND OUT THERE.

THERE. SO I'LL SEE YOU THEN WITH MY FAMILY. MISS BURKHOLDER, MISS ACOSTA.

YES. THANK YOU. THIS THURSDAY, WE HAVE THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY MONTHLY BOARD MEETING, STARTS AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, AT 9 A.M. WITH COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEN RUNS UNTIL 2:00 WHEN THE OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING BEGINS.

THESE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS. YOU CAN STREAM THEM OR YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS IN KEARNY MESA.

AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE THE CARLSBAD CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK.

IT'S AFTER NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA NOW, IT WILL BE ON JULY 31ST HERE AT 10:30 A.M..

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JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TODAY OR ACTUALLY, I GUESS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, COMIC-CON WILL START.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT I WAS OUT THERE HELPING REIN IT IN AND ALSO JUST LET THEM LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GET DOWN THERE. SO IF YOU ARE GOING, YOU CAN DEFINITELY UTILIZE THE COASTER TO GET DOWN TO DOWNTOWN AND ENJOY THAT.

AND THEN OTHERWISE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW SUPERVISOR WHO WAS SWORN IN TODAY.

THANK YOU. AND FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY BE PRESENT ON TUESDAY, JULY 29TH,

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

[CITY MANAGER COMMENTS]

CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK.

NOTHING. WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.