7. AMENDING SECTION 2.30.050 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE - MEETINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY-POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION

[8. AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.56, OPERATION OF REGULATED MOBILITY DEVICES, TO REGULATE E-BIKES, AND PARK USE RESTRICTIONS ON E-BIKES]

ITEM 8 ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.56, OPERATION OF REGULATED MOBILITY DEVICES TO REGULATE E-BIKES AND PARK USE RESTRICTIONS ON E-BIKES.

AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE POLICE LIEUTENANT JASON ARNOTTI.

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

TONIGHT, WE'RE PRESENTING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 10.56, GOVERNING REGULATED MOBILITY DEVICES, ALONG WITH A COMPANION RESOLUTION ADDRESSING E-BIKE USE IN TWO COMMUNITY PARKS.

I'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF RECAP OF COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT LED TO THIS ITEM.

THEN I'LL SUMMARIZE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS FOLLOWED BY THE PARK RESOLUTION, THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND CONCLUDE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. FOLLOWING THIS, STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE THE RESULT OF A MULTI-STEP POLICY PROCESS.

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EARLIER IN 2025, COUNCIL DIRECTED THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2234.

THE COMMISSION HELD A SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING, RECEIVED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND RETURNS WITH ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEPTEMBER.

COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTED STAFF TO EVALUATE ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT TOOLS AIMED AT ADDRESSING UNSAFE RIDING BEHAVIOR.

IN DECEMBER, STAFF PRESENTED AN E-BIKE SAFETY UPDATE SYNTHESIZING ENFORCEMENT DATA, COLLISION TRENDS, AND COMMISSION INPUT. COUNCIL THEN DIRECTED STAFF TO RETURN WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING SPECIFIC POLICY ACTIONS.

THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION IS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE ORDINANCE AND COMPANION RESOLUTION ADDRESSES FOUR PRIMARY AREAS.

FIRST, THE AMENDMENTS MODERNIZE OUR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT STATE LAW, AND THEY CLARIFY OPERATIONAL STANDARDS USED TO IDENTIFY OBJECTIVELY UNSAFE RIDING BEHAVIORS. THE INTENT IS CONSISTENCY, CLARITY, AND ENFORCEABILITY.

SECOND, THE ORDINANCE ADOPTS A STATE PILOT PROGRAM UNDER ASSEMBLY BILL 2234 THAT ESTABLISHES A MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT.

WITH THIS, RIDERS UNDER AGE 12 MAY NOT OPERATE A CLASS ONE OR CLASS TWO E-BIKE.

ENFORCEMENT WILL BE GROUNDED IN EDUCATION PAIRED WITH PARENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

THIRD, THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES A NARROWLY TAILORED SEIZURE AUTHORITY THAT WAS REFINED AFTER THE DECEMBER PRESENTATION.

THIS AUTHORITY APPLIES ONLY WHEN A JUVENILE'S RIDING PRESENTS AN IMMEDIATE PUBLIC SAFETY RISK, AND REFLECTS COUNSEL'S PRIOR SUPPORT FOR LIMITED IMPOUND TOOLS.

SEPARATELY, THE ORDINANCE ALSO AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO RECOVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS RELATED TO STATE AUTHORIZED IMPOUNDS.

TOGETHER, THESE PROVISIONS ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS DANGEROUS RIDING BEHAVIOR AND SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEONE IS OPERATING A DEVICE THEY ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO OPERATE.

FINALLY, THE COMPANION RESOLUTION ADDRESSES PARK SAFETY BY PROHIBITING E-BIKE OPERATION WITHIN PINE AVENUE AND POINSETTIA COMMUNITY PARKS IN RESPONSE TO DOCUMENTED SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH SIGNAGE AND PARK MANAGEMENT CONTROLS DESIGNED TO PROTECT SHARED RECREATIONAL SPACES.

ASSEMBLY BILL 2234 REQUIRES A PHASED EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT ROLLOUT, AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPLYING THAT SAME FRAMEWORK ACROSS ALL OF THE PROVISIONS FOR CONSISTENCY. IF COUNCIL VOTES TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND IT'S ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 25TH, THE CITY WILL THEN LAUNCH A 30 DAY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.

THAT PERIOD WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A 60 DAY WARNING PERIOD EMPHASIZING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN ON MAY 25TH, 2026, STANDARD ENFORCEMENT WOULD BEGIN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION PRESENTED HERE ARE NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT RECREATION OR MOBILITY.

COLLECTIVELY, THEY REFLECT COUNCIL DIRECTION, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND OBSERVED SAFETY TRENDS, THEY ESTABLISH CLEAR AND PROPORTIONATE TOOLS TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED RISKS WHILE PRESERVING RESPONSIBLE E-BIKE USE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS.

INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF CHAPTER 10.56 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH INCLUDES REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS TO DEFINITIONS, OPERATIONAL STANDARDS, AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR E-BIKES, REMOVAL AND IMPOUND AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCEDURES, AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. AND 2, ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF E-BIKES WITHIN PINE AVENUE AND POINSETTIA COMMUNITY PARKS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES.

KEVIN FERGUSON. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME SPEAK.

I, I'M A 65 YEAR OLD RETIREE, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HOOLIGAN E-BIKE RIDERS.

AND I ALMOST EXPECTED MYSELF TO, TO BE HONEST.

BUT I DO HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD GRANDSON, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS I'M ALSO HIS GUARDIAN.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO PRESENT ANOTHER VIEW AND LET YOU CONSIDER A FEW THINGS.

WE'VE ALL SEEN THE BAD BEHAVIOR. I GET IT. I GET VERY FRUSTRATED WHEN I SEE KIDS BLOWING THROUGH LIGHTS RIDING IN LARGE GROUPS DANGEROUSLY. I COULD GO ON, BUT WE'VE ALL SEEN IT, SO THIS TOPIC WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA IF IT WASN'T AN ISSUE.

SO I GET IT. I TRY TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO MY GRANDSON THAT BAD, RECKLESS BEHAVIOR DOES HAVE CONSEQUENCES,

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AND IT WON'T BE TOLERATED. I'VE BEEN WARNING HIM ABOUT THESE UPCOMING REGULATIONS AND I KNOW I'M LATE ON THIS TOPIC.

I'VE ONLY LIVED HERE ABOUT THREE YEARS. AND TO BE HONEST, I ONLY GOT WIND OF THESE CHANGES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO POINSETTIA PARK. I'VE SEEN WHAT GOES ON THERE.

I FRANKLY SUPPORT THE REGULATIONS YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT IN PLACE, BUT I DO NEED TO JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

SINCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, AND IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE.

I APPRECIATE THAT I'M STILL GETTING THROUGH IT, FRANKLY.

THE 550 OR SO COMMENTS THAT YOU RECEIVED 85% IN FAVOR OF REGULATION SEEMS LIKE A LOT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE POPULATION SIZE OF CARLSBAD, 115,000 PEOPLE OR SO.

AND I REACHED OUT TO SOME NEIGHBORS, FRANKLY, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE.

SO I'M A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED. WHAT I WANT TO SAY AT THIS POINT IS I CAN SEE THAT THIS IS COMING.

I GET IT, I ACTUALLY SUPPORT IT, MUCH TO MY GRANDSON'S CHAGRIN.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE SAFE AND SANE REGULATIONS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THIS PHASE IN PERIOD AND HOW YOU GET THE WORD OUT.

BECAUSE IF I WASN'T CLUED INTO THIS UNTIL RECENTLY, I, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, BUT GOOD LUCK. AND I ALSO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE POLICE, AND I I DON'T ENVY YOU. IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

MAIN POINT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE IS THAT I HOPE THAT YOU MOVE SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY WITH REGARD TO JOINING THE MARINE COUNTY PILOT PROGRAM.

I'M GOING TO CALL THAT THE NUCLEAR OPTION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE CHALLENGE WHEN YOU SUDDENLY MAKE A BUNCH OF 12 TO 15 YEAR OLD KIDS CRIMINALS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RIDE A BIKE THAT THEY'VE HAD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AGAIN, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU GIVE THESE NEW RULES SOME TIME TO SEE HOW IT GOES BEFORE YOU START GOING FOR THE NUCLEAR OPTION.

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. SIR, WOULD YOU SPEAK WITH OUR.

MAYBE OUR POLICE CHIEF, THERE SHE IS. SPEAK WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF.

YOU SAID YOUR 12-YEAR-OLD SON MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RIDE HIS BIKE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING UNDER 12 WILL BE PROHIBITED.

WOULD YOU TALK WITH THE CHIEF AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE MARINE PILOT PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE ALSO PURSUING.

SO I'M REALLY SPEAKING AGAINST THE, WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING FORWARD TONIGHT.

BUT YOU SAY IN THE MEETING. GOT IT. ALSO. I MISUNDERSTOOD.

I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP, I APPRECIATE IT. KURT WATSON.

HELLO, COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM.

I'VE SEEN IT ALSO. THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE, BUT THIS ORDINANCE COMES AWFULLY CLOSE TO BANNING KIDS FROM RIDING BIKES TO THE PARK, WHICH IS A CRAZY THING TO SAY IF YOU WONDER IF YOU'VE LOST THE PLOT AS A CITY, THAT WOULD BE IT.

PUBLIC PARKS ARE FOR KIDS TO GO PLAY IN. I KNOW THERE'S AGE LIMITS AND IT'S ONLY FOR E-BIKES OR WHATEVER, BUT THIS IS EFFECTIVELY GOING TO BE A BAN HAMMER ON KIDS GETTING THEMSELVES DOWN TO THE PARK TO PLAY.

I THINK THAT'S RIDONKULOUS. WE HAVE TWO CHOICES BEFORE US AS A CITY GENERALLY, THIS IS JUST ONE LITTLE ISSUE THAT TIES INTO BIGGER THINGS.

WE COULD CREATE A SAFE CITY FOR EVERYONE TO GET AROUND, ACTIVELY ON WHEELS, ON THEIR FEET, WHATEVER. WE COULD HAVE A CITY WHERE KIDS LEARN FROM AN EARLY AGE HOW TO BEHAVE ON BIKES, WHERE THEY USE.

WE USE GOOD IDEAS FROM OTHER CITIES TO MAKE THE WHOLE CITY SAFE.

OR WE COULD JUST SUPPORT CARS, CARS, CARS, CARS ONLY.

EVERYBODY HAS TO GET IN A CAR TO GO ANYWHERE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET AROUND. AND THOSE ARE THE TWO CHOICES. IT'S QUITE STARK. YOU CAN'T DO HALF OF EITHER. IT'S ALL OR NONE.

I THINK THERE'S AN OBJECTIVELY RIGHT DECISION HERE.

WE HAVE A TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, A SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, A HOUSING COMMISSION, AND A SENIOR COMMISSION THAT SHOULD ALL BE POINTING THE SAME WAY ON THIS, WHICH IS MORE BIKES, GOOD. JUST TO PUT IT SIMPLY ANY CITY, INCLUDING THIS ONE, CAN BE IMPROVED BY MAKING PEOPLE THE PRIORITY OVER CARS AND THE IDEA OF MAKING KIDS TAKE A CAR TO THE PARK, OR JUST NOT GETTING TO GO TO THE PARK IS JUST BACKWARDS.

INSTEAD OF BANNING BIKES FROM PARKS AND BANNING KIDS ON BIKES, CAN WE JUST MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT THAT KIDS UNDER 12 ON ANY BIKE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT, THAT WAY THEY LEARN HOW TO BE SAFE AND INDEPENDENT ON THE STREETS, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO ENFORCE, I HOPE. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

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ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WE RECEIVED SOME CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE BANNING OF THE BIKES AND A COUPLE OF PARKS, PINE AND POINSETTIA. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BIKES WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE TO THE PARK, BUT PARK IN A DESIGNATED BIKING AREA WITHIN THOSE PARKS, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWING PARENTS TO BRING THEIR KIDS ON THEIR BIKES AND TRAVERSE TO THE PARK.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THEM RIDING ON THE WALKWAYS AND THROUGH THE GRASS AND JUMPING.

I'VE SEEN ALL OF THOSE WHEELIES AND EVERYTHING AT THE PARKS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE GRASS AND THE FIELDS THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, RUNNERS ALIKE ON THE WALKWAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR SOME FOLKS, BECAUSE I THINK IT WENT TO THE EXTREME.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE WHO TO DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PHASED OUTREACH PROGRAM.

IF YOU COULD JUST GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME. BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE IS CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY FROM FOLKS WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT THIS JUST NOW.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THIS PHASED OUTREACH PROGRAM IS TRYING TO GET ALL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. YES. IF YOU COULD PULL THE SLIDE UP JUST FOR THE THE PUBLIC TO VIEW AS WE TALK THIS THROUGH, THIS TIMELINE HERE IS REQUIRED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 2234 ITSELF.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE BOUND TO THAT TIMELINE, WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND IT TO ALL OF THE OTHER PROVISIONS.

IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO ADOPT THOSE TONIGHT, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE.

WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS CONNECTED. WE EXPECT SOME MEDIA COVERAGE FROM THIS TO HELP.

WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO HELP GET THE MESSAGE TO PARENTS THROUGH PARENTS NEWSLETTERS, AND THEN OTHER TRADITIONAL MEANS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS ACCESS TO PLATFORMS. OKAY, THANK YOU. MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, DO YOU WANT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? SURE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL COME IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

I'LL JUST DO MY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT SPOKE AND WHO HAVE REACHED OUT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

AND OF COURSE, TODAY AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, JUST WANTED TO ALSO ASK, WILL WE ALSO BE CHECKING IN WITH, FOR INSTANCE, THE PTAS, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS ON THE PTAS. THEY CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'LL BE THE COORDINATION WITH THE SCHOOLS. AND THE SCHOOLS CAN WORK WITH THE PTAS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE PILOT PROJECT, MISS TRUE, IF YOU COULD RESPOND, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF OUR ADVOCACY AND POTENTIALLY JOINING IN ON THAT.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PARTICULAR REGARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YES. IT IS NOT THE CITY'S.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO JUST JOIN A PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE SAY WE WANT TO.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE LEGISLATURE TO ADD THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO THAT PILOT PROGRAM.

SO I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE EFFORTS CURRENTLY.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN JUST DETERMINE TO DO, AND SO BE IT.

SO IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW WE'RE JUST FOR FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST MONITORING WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

AND THEN IF IT SEEMS WE WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE TO POTENTIALLY BE A PART OF IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY TAKEN ACTION TO GO AND BE A PART OF IT JUST YET.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN I KNOW THE, THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION AROUND MAKING SURE THAT HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO OTHERS AND I GUESS, LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS ONLY IN ENGLISH, OR WILL WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AS WELL? THE INFORMATION. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE COMMS TEAMS ITSELF, BUT I WOULD SAY WE WOULD LEVERAGE IT AND CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE THOSE SPEAKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. GREAT.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR QUESTIONS. JUST COMMENTS.

OKAY. ANY COMMENTS MR. SHIN. I'LL BE BRIEF, MAYOR.

IN MY OPINION, THIS IS JUST ALL ABOUT ACCELERATION RATE.

AND WE KIND OF PUT A PRODUCT OUT THERE THAT WHEN I LOOKED UP AND I ACTUALLY I ACTUALLY RAISED MY FRIEND WITH A TYPE TWO HAND THROTTLE TYPE E-BIKE. YOU ARE LITERALLY COMPETING WITH A MOPED AND A VESPA, AND SO IF A CHILD IS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE THAT,

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I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE ALLOWED TO RIDE A TYPE TWO E-BIKE.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING. AND THE SECOND THING I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE AS A PARENT, I TELL MY TEN AND 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS THAT WHEN DAD WAS A KID, I PEDALED AND THERE WERE GEARS AND I WAS ABLE TO GO UP HILLS, AND THAT WAS MY WORKOUT.

THAT WAS MY MOBILITY. I WAS FINE DOING THAT. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THERE'S E-BIKES FOR ADULTS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE MORE MOBILITY ACCESS.

BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE THIS YOUNG, IT'S THEIR BRAINS ARE JUST NOT FORMED ENOUGH YET TO REALLY GRASP THE DANGERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE.

BECAUSE IF I WAS THAT AGE, GET READY. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

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

YEAH. I WAS ENCOURAGED TO GO OUT AND NOT COME BACK UNTIL THE LIGHTS CAME ON MY REGULAR BIKE.

BUT I CAN IMAGINE MR. SHIN'S CONNIVING LITTLE SELF AS A CHILD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE LEADING THE FIGHT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE SAFETY AROUND BIKING AND BIKING IN GENERAL.

THERE IS A LOT OF NEW GREEN PAINT ON THE STREETS AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME PROGRAMS. THE ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, IT'S ALL BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND OUT IN FRONT.

INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE I KNOW WE DID A PROGRAM WHERE WE GAVE AWAY, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

I ALWAYS USED TO TELL, I MEAN, TO TRY TO CATCH MY KIDS DOING GOOD, RIGHT.

AND I THINK IT'S A VALUABLE ASSET THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE YOU ARE SO INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, MISS TRUE TO FOR STEPPING INTO THIS AND YOU KNOW, ANALYZING EVERYTHING AND TEACHING ME A NEW LEGAL TERM THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YEAH, JUST KUDOS. THANK YOU.

GOOD JOB. MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR SHARING SOME OF THE HISTORY ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

WHEN WE DECLARED THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY IN 2022, WE RECOGNIZED WE WERE IN A CRITICAL SITUATION.

PEOPLE WERE DYING IN CARLSBAD BECAUSE OF THE INTERSECTION OF BIKES AND CARS AND PEDESTRIANS.

SO WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. THIS IS PART OF A BIGGER PACKAGE OF THOSE FIXES THAT WE CAME UP WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AND ADVOCACY PART OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH CONTINUES AT AB 2234 WAS SPONSORED BY CARLSBAD, WAS CONCEPTUALIZED BY CARLSBAD. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, TASHA BOERNER, AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB IN PUSHING IT FORWARD.

IT ENDED UP NOT BEING WHAT WE ASKED FOR. IT WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S FINE, WE'LL TAKE IT. AND THIS JUST THIS MORNING IN THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, WE TOOK POSITIONS ON THREE MORE E-BIKE BILLS.

DEFINING WHAT E-BIKES ACTUALLY ARE, MAKING THE LAW MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS ALLOWED ON STREETS, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY ADVANCES IN THE TECHNOLOGY.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN WAS SAYING, LIKE IT'S THE ADOPTION HAS BEEN SO FAST AND THINGS ARE SO FAST MOVING, WHERE PEOPLE ARE MODIFYING THEIR BIKES AND PUTTING OUT THINGS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY FAST.

AND I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. I WAS SHARING EARLIER THAT I SAW SOMEONE JUST YESTERDAY GOING FASTER THAN I WAS GOING IN THIS, AND I WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT ON EL CAMINO REAL ON HIS BIKE.

THE OTHER BILLS INCLUDE COORDINATION WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LUCKILY ALL FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH HERE IN CARLSBAD THAT OVERLAP WITH OUR BORDERS, HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE THEY DO SAFETY TRAINING FOR E-BIKE AND BIKE RIDERS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE STATE LAW SOON. IF THIS BILL THAT WE SUPPORTED THIS MORNING GOES THROUGH.

SO THERE ARE A LOT MORE THINGS COMING. IT'S NOT JUST CARLSBAD.

IT'S NOT JUST THE SAN DIEGO REGION. IT'S STATEWIDE.

I WAS ON AN E-BIKE CALL. I THINK YOU BOTH MAY HAVE BEEN ON THAT SAME E-BIKE CALL WITH CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, REALLY JUST TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU FOR THIS. WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIXED ALL THE PIECES YET BECAUSE IT'S A MOVING AND FLUID SITUATION.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR WEIGHING IN.

PLEASE STAY TUNED AND THANKS IN ADVANCE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WHO WILL BE DOING ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING GETTING THE WORD OUT.

THANKS. MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS, AND WE'RE FINALLY HERE.

I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HEAR MIXED REVIEWS IN TERMS OF WHERE THIS IS GOING.

AND I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT OUR GOAL ISN'T TO PUNISH FOLKS, RIGHT.

AND IT'S REALLY NOT TO LIMIT MOBILITY. IT'S REALLY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING KIDS SAFE.

I MEAN, DAILY I SEE SITUATIONS THAT ARE REALLY SCARY, AND I KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM FEELS THE SAME WAY, AND SO BEING ABLE TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE IS SO IMPORTANT TO US, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE.

BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

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THAT'S OUR JOB. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO REALLY SET THOSE AGE APPROPRIATE LIMITS.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT THESE BIKES.

I MEAN, YOU JUST HEARD IT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN AS WELL.

THESE BIKES ARE SO POWERFUL IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK MANY YOUNG WRITERS UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE MOTORCYCLE LICENSES KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE ALMOST BASICALLY LIKE A MOTORCYCLE JUST AT A LOWER SPEED.

AND SO TO ME, IT'S PRETTY SCARY WHEN YOU SEE LIKE A 7 OR 8, EVEN A TEN-YEAR-OLD SOMETIMES RIDING ON POINSETTIA WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING 50 MILES, 55 MILES AN HOUR. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY INCUMBENT ON THE DRIVERS, SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE.

I DO IT EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'RE A DRIVER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE SPEED LIMITS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOBILITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S SAFE.

SO NO DISTRACTED DRIVING, PLEASE. AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING OUR SPEED LIMIT RULES, BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE, ESPECIALLY KIDS. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF NEAR MISSES HAPPEN, SO.

AND THEN THE LAST PIECE I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE IS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, SMART POLICY IS GOING TO BE WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE SMART POLICY, RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AGING, WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT WITH EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT.

AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE ENGINEERING PIECE, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME RESULTS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT AS YOU ALL SHARE THAT WITH US.

AND I'M ASSUMING THE CITY MANAGER WILL GIVE US UPDATES IN A TIMELY FASHION TO LET US KNOW HOW IT'S BEEN GOING.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK. E-BIKES IS KIND OF NEW TO US.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO KEEP BOTH THE BIKE RIDERS SAFE, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT THE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE CARS, ANY OF US, WHETHER IT'S OUR, EVEN IF IT'S NOT OUR FAULT, IF WE HIT A KID ON AN E-BIKE AND HURT THEM, THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO LIVE WITH. AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR THE KID AND HIS PARENTS TO LIVE WITH IT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY END UP IN A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.

SOME OF THESE, WE DON'T HAVE A HISTORY TO FALL BACK ON.

E-BIKES ARE PRETTY NEW, SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO COME UP WITH LAWS AND RULES AND ENFORCEMENT TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE, SOME WON'T. WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE LAWS AROUND, BUT THE WHOLE GOAL IS JUST TO KEEP ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.

SO LOOKING FOR TWO MOTIONS, PLEASE. YES. OH, MY GOODNESS, THAT WAS LOUD.

INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION IN ITEM 8.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANKS, LIEUTENANT. AND MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ITEM NUMBER 9, CITY MANAGER.

[9. WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION]

ITEM 9 IS THE WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, JAMES WOOD.

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

MY NAME IS JAMIE WOOD. I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, AND I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR 2026. JUST AS BACKGROUND, THE MUNICIPAL CODE DOES REQUIRE ALL COMMISSIONS TO HAVE AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN.

THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE DIALOG BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS AND TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING IN LINE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.

AS YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2025.

PREVIOUSLY, THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

ITS PURVIEW WAS EXPANDED AND BEGAN MEETING AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

COMMISSIONER CYNTHIA NORALL, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT WAS ELECTED TO THE CHAIR THIS COMMISSION AND LIAM FERGUSON ALSO HERE TONIGHT WAS ELECTED AS VICE CHAIR, AND I AM ACTING AS STAFF LIAISON.

THE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY AS APPROVED BY THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE INCLUDE NATURAL RESOURCES, OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVES, BEACH NOURISHMENT AND SHORELINE PRESERVATION, AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

THESE WERE THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE MEMBERS AND STAFF WORKED TO BUILD THE COMMISSION'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WORK PLAN.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE INAUGURAL WORK PLAN.

THE MISSION STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS. THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MISSION IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS,

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INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NATURAL RESOURCES AND OPEN SPACE, BEACH NOURISHMENT AND SHORELINE PRESERVATION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S APPROVED MUNICIPAL CODE, WITH SEVEN MEMBERS, THREE NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR AND ONE BY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND NOW TO THE GOALS OF THE COMMISSION. UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A NEW COMMISSION AND THERE ARE MANY ISSUES AND ENTITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BEGIN WITH EDUCATION, SHARING FACTS AND ENSURING THAT THE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS THE HISTORY.

ALL ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS AND LAWS AND IS ABLE TO HEAR FROM ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.

THEREFORE, THE GOALS OF THIS FIRST WORK PLAN ARE GROUNDED IN EDUCATIONAL TASKS, ALLOWING THE COMMISSIONERS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THESE NEW TOPICS BEFORE TAKING POSITIONS OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. GOAL 1, NATURAL RESOURCES, OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVE.

IS BASED ON NOVEMBER 2024 CITY COUNCIL WHERE WE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. FROM THAT, A MOTION WAS MADE TO ADD THE TOPIC OF OPEN SPACE TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT DISCOURAGES EXEMPTIONS, TO THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD DECREASE OPEN SPACE.

SO HERE WE, WE ADDED A TASK THAT IS TO RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS ON RELATED TOPICS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON RESTORATION, HABITAT MANAGEMENT, AND NATURAL OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION.

THERE'S ALSO THE EXACT MOTION THAT WAS MADE TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT DISCOURAGES EXEMPTIONS TO THE CITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD DECREASE OPEN SPACE. AND THIS IS BASED ON THAT MOTION FROM NOVEMBER 19, 2024.

THE SECOND GOAL FOR BEACH NOURISHMENT AND SHORELINE PRESERVATION IS TO RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS ON RELATED TOPICS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REGIONAL SAND REPLENISHMENT PROJECTS, LOCAL LAGOONS AND HARBOR MAINTENANCE, DREDGING PROJECTS, BEACH ACCESS ISSUES, AND OCEANSIDE'S BEACH SAND NOURISHMENT AND RETENTION PROJECT TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND EACH OF THE LAGOON FOUNDATIONS.

THE THIRD IS CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND THIS IS TO RECEIVE A TASK TO RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS ON RELATED TOPICS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SOUTH CARLSBAD COASTLINE PROJECT, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND OTHER CITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY RELATED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. AND FINALLY, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.

AND SO WE HAVE THREE TASKS HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, GENERAL PUBLIC AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE COMMISSION'S MISSION STATEMENT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN AND COLLABORATE WITH OUTREACH EDUCATION EVENTS SUCH AS EARTH MONTH, BEACH AND CREEK CLEANUPS, AND OTHER CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, CYNTHIA NORELL, FOR JUST A FEW COMMENTS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS STAFF. AS A NEW COMMISSION, WE HAVE A LOT TO CONSIDER AND REAMS OF WRITTEN INFORMATION TO DIGEST ON ISSUES SUCH AS OPEN SPACE, HABITAT MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND OUR CITY'S EFFORTS AND SUSTAINABILITY.

WE ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF TO SUPPORT US.

AS MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE ME WERE ALSO ON THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR BEACHES, INCLUDING ACCESS THE UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND SAND REPLENISHMENT ACTIONS CONTINUE FORWARD IN OUR NEW WORK PLAN. WE APPRECIATED THE RECENT PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AND STAFF ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WORK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO CONSIDERING LEGISLATIVE IMPACTS THAT IMPACTS OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS, AS WELL AS FUNDING THAT MAY SUPPORT BOTH OUR GOALS IN SUSTAINABILITY, AS WELL AS IN THE BEACH PRESERVATION.

IN CLOSING, I AM PROUD TO BE REPRESENTING OUR WONDERFUL CITY.

I JUST LOVE THIS CITY. I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 40 YEARS, ON THIS COMMISSION AND HAVE COLLEAGUES EAGER TO WORK ON THESE ITEMS.

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I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OTHER CITIES THAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS IN CARLSBAD ARE SOMEWHAT THE ENVY, BECAUSE WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME, AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER CITIES.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES. MIKE BORRELLO.

GOOD. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME IS MIKE BORRELLO, SO I'M SPEAKING TO OPPOSE THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN TONIGHT, BUT VERY NARROWLY FOCUSED HAVING TO DO ACTUALLY WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT MR. WOODS HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

IT RELIES ON UNSUBSTANTIATED FOUNDATION. THE 2021 DECLARATION OF A CLIMATE EMERGENCY THAT'S THE ROOT ISSUE HERE.

WHEN YOU RELY ON A PLAN THAT HAS A FAULTY ROOT CAUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY LISTEN TO THE RHETORIC. BUT SOMEONE JUST MENTIONED SEA LEVEL RISE.

IF YOU GO TO THE IPCC AND YOU LOOK IN THE IPCC AND YOU READ THE DATA, YOU LOOK AT THE DATA DIRECTLY READ STEVE KOONIN'S BOOK, YOU KNOW, HE SAT ON BOARDS UNDER OBAMA AND IT'S FLAT.

THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY SEA. WE'RE NOT IN THREAT OF ANY SEA LEVEL RISE HERE IN CARLSBAD.

WE SHOULDN'T BE INVESTING IN WALLS TO PREVENT THAT RISE.

SO I REALLY URGE THE COUNCIL, MAYOR, COMMISSIONS, STAFF READ THE DOE REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED BACK BACK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

THAT CRITICIZES IT WAS WRITTEN BY FIVE CLIMATOLOGISTS, WELL RENOWNED, WORLD RENOWNED CLIMATOLOGISTS.

CALIFORNIA HAS GONE OFF THE DEEP END AS FAR AS CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND REMEDIES.

SO I HAD A PRESENTATION HERE, BUT JUST LISTENING TO EVERYBODY HERE JUST THREW ME OFF.

WHAT I HEARD I'VE STUDIED ENOUGH MYSELF DEEPLY.

OKAY. I AM AN ENGINEER SCIENTIST, AND I'VE LOOKED AT THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT.

AND WHEN I SEE MY CITY SPENDING MONEY WHERE YOU HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT THAT INVOLVES A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO ADAPT FOR THE CLIMATE, WHY SHOULD YOU ADAPT WHEN THE CLIMATE ISN'T CHANGING ANY MORE THAN IT DID DECADES AGO? THAT'S JUST A WASTE OF MONEY, A WASTE OF EFFORT AND EXPENDITURE THAT WE CAN SPEND OUR MONEY ON BETTER THINGS, RIGHT? E-BIKES KEEPING KIDS SAFE. AND THEY ARE MOTORCYCLES.

I AGREE THEY ARE MOTORCYCLES. A LOT OF TORQUE, A LOT OF SPEED.

THEY ACCELERATE JUST LIKE A MOTORCYCLE IN THE CITY.

PLEASE READ THE DOE REPORT. PAGE DASENO.

HELLO, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BEFORE I START, THANK YOU, MR. SHIN, FOR THAT REALLY NICE INTRODUCTION TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

THAT WAS GREAT. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PRESERVE CALAVERA TONIGHT.

YOU WILL BE APPROVING THE FIRST EVER WORK PLAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AS YOU HEARD BEFORE, REPEATEDLY OPEN SPACE IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST DISCUSSED TOPIC AS PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD THAT THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MET.

AS MENTIONED AT THE NOVEMBER 19, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION WAS ADOPTED, COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED INCLUDING TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON NATURAL OPEN SPACE, ONE OF WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE WORK PLAN THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER. THE SECOND ONE, HOWEVER HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN A LOT.

SO I REQUESTED THE COUNCIL UPDATE THE FIRST ITEM UNDER THE HEADING THAT JAMIE WOODS WENT THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES,

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OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVE TO INSTEAD STATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA IN THAT COUNCIL MEETING AS A MINUTE MOTION REQUESTED, WHICH IS IN THE HANDOUT I GAVE YOU BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LONG, AND I TYPED IT UP SO YOU COULD READ IT.

SO SPECIFICALLY, IT STATES THAT THE CITY ADDRESS OPEN SPACE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ADDRESS POTENTIAL OPEN SPACE DEFICITS, AND EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE MORE OPEN SPACE BY UPDATING THE LIST OF CANDIDATE PROPERTIES FOR PROACTIVE OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION, AND BY DEVELOPING A PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES ZONES WITH LESS UNCONSTRAINED OPEN SPACE, OR THAT ARE SUBJECT TO LOSS DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

OPEN SPACE IS REALLY A HIGH PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTS, ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS PART OF THE CITY'S VISION STATEMENT.

HOW IT IS DEFINED AND MANAGED IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE, WHICH WILL TAKE THE COMMISSIONERS A LONG TIME TO DIGEST.

YOU HEARD THAT FROM THE HEAD OF THE COMMISSION.

IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO JUST RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN HAVE NO MANDATE TO ACT ON THEM.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER MY REQUEST TO CHANGE THE COMMISSION'S WORK PLAN AND UPDATE THAT ONE ITEM.

THANK YOU. MARY HASSING.

MAYOR BLACKBURN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS MARY HASSING AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OPEN SPACE.

THE NEW WORK PLAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFOCUS ON IDENTIFYING, ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING LAND PARCELS IN OUR CITY THAT CAN BE PROTECTED OPEN SPACE INTO THE FUTURE.

WHEN PROP E WAS PASSED IN 1986, CARLSBAD WAS PROMISED THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE 40% OPEN SPACE, AND THAT PROMISE HAS NOT BEEN KEPT. WE'RE NOW AT 38%, AND WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING MORE SPACE.

AS OUR CITY GROWS SO MANY PIECES OF LAND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED HAVE BEEN LOST.

WE NEED A MORE PROACTIVE SEARCH FOR SPACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, EVEN AS WE BUILD HOUSING. WE NEED A LIST OF THOSE LAND PARCELS THAT CAN BE COMPREHENSIVE AND KEPT UP TO DATE.

OUR HILLS, PARKS AND BEACHES ARE WHAT MAKE CARLSBAD A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A STRONG PUSH FOR MORE PROTECTED OPEN SPACE TO THE WORK PLAN BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. MIKE MCMAHON.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS PRETTY MUCH ALONG THE LINES OF THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS BECAUSE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, OPEN SPACE IS REALLY AN ESSENTIAL PART OF WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WILL NEED TO INTEGRATE INTO A PROACTIVE AND ONGOING PROCESS REVIEW, AND WHAT WILL BE ITS FIRST WORK PLAN OF THE 2025, 2026 WORK YEAR. AND WHEN THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW CITIZENS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY ELEVATE THIS OPEN SPACE DEFICITS AND EVALUATION OF ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES, ITS GOAL IS REALLY TO ESTABLISH A MORE TRANSPARENT AND PROACTIVE PROCESS.

SO AS OPEN SPACE WAS ONLY ONE OF THE TWO STANDARDS MODIFIED BY THE COMMITTEE, REALLY, A PERIODIC REVIEW SHOULD BE FORMALLY ADDED TO THIS SUSTAINABILITY WORK PLAN. AND ALTHOUGH THE CITY ALREADY GATHERS THIS PROPERTY DATA IN A QUARTERLY TIME PERIOD INTEGRATING THIS REPORTING INTO THE WORK PLAN ASSURES THAT THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL COMMITMENT TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY IS BACKED BY A CLEAR AND PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE PROCESS.

THANK YOU. CATHERINE PARKER.

CATHERINE PARKER.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY MOVING TOWARD THE PODIUM. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS EITHER. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

I'LL START AT THE END. KEVIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON WHAT MS. DASENO WAS.

WELL, HER HAND OUT HERE. MR. WOODS, IT'S. I FELT LIKE MS.

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ACOSTA DID MAKE A MINUTE MOTION AND I THINK NOT A MINUTE MOTION.

I THINK IT WAS IN A REPORT THAT WE VOTED ON. CAN YOU TAKE US BACK AND REVIEW THE OPEN SPACE? AND ALSO SECOND PART, I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS REPORTING ON WHAT MR. MCMAHON WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT WHERE THE OPEN SPACE IS.

WE DO REZONING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, PLEASE.

SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YES. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT DO A LOT OF THIS WORK.

WE DO HAVE AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL GROUP THAT DOES THAT LOOKS AT THAT REGULARLY MEETS FOR OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION, LOOKS AT THAT LIST OF PROPERTIES, EVALUATES PROPERTIES THAT WE FIND OUT ABOUT THAT WE LEARN FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME OF IT IS THAT COMES TO THE CITY, THAT COMES THROUGH VARIOUS THROUGH OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT, THAT COMES THROUGH HABITAT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS, THROUGH PARKS AND REC, THROUGH VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT.

THOSE PROPERTIES COME IN WE HAVE A CRITERIA THAT'S EVALUATED TO DETERMINE DOES IT MEET OUR CRITERIA FOR OPEN SPACE.

AND THEN IT'S GIVEN THAT ONCE IF IT MEETS A CRITERIA, THEN WE LOOK AT OKAY, YOU KNOW, DOES IT MEET IS IT AVAILABLE? YOU KNOW, IS IT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS IT GOES THROUGH SO IT GOES BACK TO REAL ESTATE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN AVAILABLE TO THE CITY? IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN BUY? DOES IT HAVE A WILLING SELLER, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT IT'S NOT REALLY IN MY DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT. SO THERE IS THAT WHOLE THING AVAILABLE.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

WE CAN SHARE HOW THAT'S DONE. THAT'S A IT'S A PROCEDURE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK YEARS AGO.

SO WE CAN EASILY PRESENT ALL OF THAT. WE CAN PRESENT THAT LIST MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, FULLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF HOW THAT GOES AND THEN REPORT OUT ON THAT AS THINGS AS THOSE PROPERTIES ARE DONE.

WE CAN DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SHARED.

SO THAT'S AN EASY WAY TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS NEW COMMISSION.

AS FAR AS THE MINUTE MOTION THAT WAS DONE BACK IN AT THAT POINT.

SO WE DID INCLUDE THAT SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WAS DONE IN THERE.

AND THAT WAS DONE WHEN WE DID THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL.

SO THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION BEING ACTUALLY FORMED.

AND I SUPPOSE THAT MAYBE THAT WAS MY, MAYBE MY MISTAKE IN DOING THAT, BRINGING THAT THROUGH THERE, THAT I, THAT NOT REALIZING THAT THE ACTUAL BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS COUNCIL'S PURVIEW IF BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WOULD YOU'D LIKE BOTH THOSE IN THE WORK PLAN, WE CAN EASILY ADD THOSE BOTH IN THERE AT THIS POINT. SO I DID NOT. I THOUGHT OPEN SPACE AND THEN THE SECOND ONE FULLY IN THERE.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT BOTH OF THEM WERE IN THERE, AND THAT WAS WHAT COUNCIL WAS ASKING FOR.

SO HAPPY TO ADD BOTH OF THOSE. SO I HAD THAT SAME UNDERSTANDING AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

BUT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS I GOT A GUY. IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THIS.

[LAUGHTER] AND IT'S A JOKE, JAMIE. IT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU, MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, SO I REMEMBER, BUT I ALSO WENT BACK AND REFRESHED MY MEMORY BY WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETING.

SO MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE OPEN SPACE PART OF THE MOTION INCLUDED THIS LANGUAGE BECAUSE I READ THIS LANGUAGE DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THEN WHEN I MADE THE ACTUAL MOTION, THE MOTION I MADE WAS TO ADD THE TOPIC OF OPEN SPACE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, BUT I HAD PREVIOUSLY READ THAT PARAGRAPH. SO I'M WONDERING IF IT'S SOMEHOW FELL APART.

AND THEN THERE WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BY MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL, AND THAT WAS THAT ADOPT A POLICY THAT DISCOURAGES EXCEPTIONS.

THAT PART MADE IT IN VERBATIM INTO THE WORK PLAN.

BUT THAT BULLET THAT MS. DASENO SHARED WITH US IN THIS HANDOUT I READ IT IN THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN I MADE THE MOTION REFERRING TO IT. SO I'M WONDERING, HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT'S CAPTURED IN THIS, BESIDES JUST THE WORDS OPEN SPACE? BECAUSE THAT IS THE INTENT BEHIND THE OPEN SPACE.

AND IT CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW REPORT.

WE CAN I DON'T. I HAVE WELL, OTHER THAN I BELIEVE OTHER THAN THE SAYING PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, WHICH I THINK WAS THE ISSUE INITIALLY WAS THAT IT COULD NOT GO INTO THE PARKS AND REC

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COMMISSION AND IT WAS PUSHED OVER TO US. IF IT IS THE IF THE COUNCIL IS GOOD WITH THIS ITEM, THIS BULLET. JAMIE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. THE INFORMATION THAT WAS READ, AND I SEE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MIKE STRONG, SITTING THERE, AND IT'S MAYBE A QUESTION FOR HIM OR RELATED TO THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW.

THE INFORMATION THAT WAS READ IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, THAT WAS JUST READ TO US.

WAS THAT PART OF THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW REPORT, OR WAS THAT FROM A LIST OF RECOMMENDED OR REQUESTED CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO IT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING BEFORE WE START TO HEAD DOWN THIS PATH HERE.

THANK YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD, MIKE STRONG, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THE NOVEMBER PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL INCLUDED A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

ONE IS TO CONSIDER THE QUALITY OF LIFE STANDARDS AND WHICH ONES WOULD BE MODIFIED, KEPT THE SAME OR DELETED.

AND I BELIEVE FIVE OF THOSE WERE RETAINED, ONE OF WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE OPEN SPACE.

AS A SEPARATE RECOMMENDATION, THERE WERE OTHER ITEMS THAT DID NOT RELATE TO LAND DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT INCLUDED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BOTH BY THE SPEAKERS EARLIER TODAY AND WHICH ULTIMATELY MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE OVERALL REPORT.

THE REPORT INCLUDED A MINORITY REPORT AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.

THE COMMITTEE MET 15 TIMES OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, AND OPEN SPACE WAS DISCUSSED AT FIVE OF THOSE MEETINGS.

BUT AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THAT PARTICULAR QUALITY OF LIFE STANDARD MEASURE WAS NOT MODIFIED OR IT WAS MODIFIED SLIGHTLY, BUT IT RETAINED ITS INTEGRITY. SO WITH RESPECT TO THE DISCUSSION ON THIS EVENING IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO READ THE RECORD OR ADDITIONAL MATERIALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT COULD SEAMLESSLY BE ADDED THROUGH A MOTION TO ADOPT THE WORK PLAN TO HAVE THAT A FOCUSED CONVERSATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YES, AND GOING BACK AND REVIEWING THAT, I KNOW WE KIND OF JUMPED ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE THE QUESTION AT THE TIME WAS, COULD WE FIT THIS INTO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, AS MR. WOOD JUST MENTIONED, AND WE HAVE MR. LANCASTER COME UP AND AND SAY, PROBABLY NOT, BUT IT MIGHT BE BETTER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS HOW IT FOUND ITS HOME THERE. WE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE SIDE MEMO AND THE MINORITY REPORT THERE.

SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A BIG CONVERSATION THAT JUMPED ALL AROUND.

AND THIS WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER 2024. SO IT WAS SOME TIME AGO.

I CAN SEE WHY THERE WAS CONFUSION, WHICH IS WHY I WENT BACK AND WATCHED IT AGAIN.

AND IT WAS CLEAR, THOUGH, TO ME THAT THAT WAS THE INTENTION, IT WAS TO HAVE THIS LANGUAGE IN THAT MOTION, AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT BEING CLEAR ENOUGH WHEN I MADE THE MOTION.

I SHOULD HAVE READ IT AGAIN WHEN I MADE THE MOTION.

SO I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY FIX THAT NOW.

AND I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY A LOT ON THE PLATE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION IN THIS COMING YEAR, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD INSERT SOME LANGUAGE IN THE WORK PLAN FOR FUTURE WORK.

I THINK WE COULD EASILY JUST MAKE A THIRD TASK UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES, OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVES THAT IS ADDRESS OPEN SPACE NEEDS THROUGH THE CITY, INCLUDING UPDATING LIST CANDIDATE PROPERTIES FOR PROACTIVE OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION AND BY DEVELOPING AND PRIORITIZING ZONES LESS UNCONSTRAINED OPEN SPACE OR THAT SUBJECT TO LOSS TO SEA LEVEL RISE, WHICH WAS IF THAT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION.

YES, THAT WAS WHAT I READ, AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE VOTED ON.

THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALL HAD, BECAUSE I READ IT, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHERE IT NEEDED TO GO. AND THEN WE SAID, ADD IT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO PUT IT BACK IN THERE IN THAT PLACE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CLARIFYING. MISS BURKHOLDER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU.

I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THAT ISSUE BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND DISCUSS IT STAFF WOULD GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT THIS OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND? WELL, I WAS JUST SAYING RELATED TO THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION, THE COMMITTEE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND HOW THAT'S DONE CURRENTLY.

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WE COULD DO THAT IF THIS WAS REALLY IF WE IF THE IDEA IS TO LOOK AT PRIORITIZING ZONES, LOOKING AT IT RELATED TO SEA LEVEL RISE, WHICH IS NOT HOW NOW IT'S LOOKED AT CITYWIDE.

THERE ARE PRIORITIZATIONS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT PRIORITIZATION.

WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT SPECIFIC TO UNCONSTRAINED OPEN SPACE AND SUBJECT TO LOSS DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

WE'D HAVE TO REEVALUATE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT HERE.

IT MIGHT FULLY DO THAT. WE JUST HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT SPECIFIC TO THIS.

SO WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT RELATED TO THIS.

AND TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE COMMISSION.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND SO THIS WOULD OR WOULD NOT REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL MOTION WITHIN THIS WORK PLAN CITY ATTORNEY? I'M NOT SURE I FULLY UNDER THE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU, I DID.

I THINK WHAT MR. WOOD IS SAYING IS THAT WE CAN MAKE A, WE CAN ADJUST THE WORK PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE SOME SORT OF REVIEW THAT IS COMING FROM THE OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION COMMITTEE.

IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THAT COULD BE DONE TONIGHT.

I DID WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL, THOUGH IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE MY TIME AS YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT COMMITTEE EXISTS BY VIRTUE OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD DISBAND THAT COMMITTEE AND PUT ALL OF THAT WORK IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO BUT, YOU KNOW, HONOR THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

BUT MR. WOODS PROPOSAL TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE REPORT OUT TO THE COMMISSION MAY SATISFY BOTH CONCERNS.

THE COUNCIL'S CONCERN TO HAVE THE COMMISSION WEIGH IN ON IT AND ALSO HONORING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

OKAY. SO I'M JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

THIS IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT WE ALL AGREED ON.

IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THIS WORK PLAN. I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH. SORRY. MY APOLOGIES, COUNCIL MEMBER. IF YOU WANTED TO AMEND THE WORK PLAN TONIGHT TO INCLUDE THAT, YOU COULD JUST INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION, LIKE ADOPT THE WORK PLAN WITH THE ADDITION OF AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WANTED TO ADD TO IT.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

THANK YOU. WHEN YOU'RE DONE, I CAN MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. HI. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO GO CHRONOLOGICALLY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST CONFUSED PEOPLE WITH THAT DISCUSSION.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL PROVIDE SOME CLARITY.

BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE COMMISSION SHIFT HAPPENED FROM BEACH PRESERVATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION? THE COMMISSION OFFICIALLY WAS IN JULY OF 2025.

OUR FIRST MEETING WAS IN AUGUST. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND WHEN DID WE MAKE THE MOTION FOR US TO MAKE THAT SHIFT HAPPEN? NOVEMBER OF 2020. NOVEMBER 2024. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS MOTION WAS DISCUSSED. AT THAT TIME DID WE HAVE THIS COMMISSION? NO. OKAY. AND SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE WHERE THE CONFUSION IS STEMMING FROM, POTENTIALLY.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION WAS AROUND THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMISSION.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF ADDING THIS.

IT'S JUST MORE OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR LANES HERE.

BUT COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMISSION? AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE? AND MAYBE THAT'S EITHER A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY OR FOR YOU, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT? I'D LOVE THAT. SO I'LL START. SO ORIGINALLY THE BEACH, IT WAS BEACH PRESERVATION, WHICH WAS INCLUDED BEACH NOURISHMENT AND SHORELINE PRESERVATION.

AND THEN WITH THE SWITCHING EXPANDING THE PURVIEW OF THAT COMMISSION, IT ALSO ADDED NATURAL RESOURCES, OPEN SPACE PRESERVES, AS WELL AS CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTING TO CHIME IN TOO THANK YOU.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE WAY THAT YOU'VE STRUCTURED THIS COMMISSION, AS YOU HAVE MOST OF YOUR COMMISSIONS, IS THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO IT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ON YOU HAVE THREE AREAS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A COMBINATION OF SIX THINGS SO THAT YOU'RE, GETTING ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND OPEN SPACE, BEACH NOURISHMENT AND SHORELINE PRESERVATION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

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GREAT. THANK YOU. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, ALL WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS IF WE WANTED TO ADD IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE THAT FOLKS ARE ASKING ABOUT AND THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED, THAT WE COULD JUST APPROVE THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND JUST AMEND IT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION.

YES. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THAT. THE YEAH, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE LOST ME ON ONE ISSUE, 15 OR SO YEARS AGO WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT IF THEY COME AVAILABLE, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WE'D LIKE TO ACQUIRE THEM.

AND WE PUT $10 MILLION INTO THAT ACCOUNT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT IN THAT ACCOUNT? YOU DON'T, I DON'T NEED AN EXACT NUMBER JUST APPROXIMATELY.

I'LL LET OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR SPEAK TO THAT.

AND I'LL APOLOGIZE. USUALLY WHEN I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION LIKE THIS, I TRY TO GIVE YOU ADVANCE NOTICE, BUT THE QUESTION JUST CAME TO MIND.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, KYLE LANCASTER, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

THE AMOUNT WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY OVER $4 MILLION.

IT WAS PROP C FUNDING DEDICATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF NATURAL OPEN SPACE AND TRAIL CONNECTIVITY.

AND AT LAST REPORT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION REMAINING.

WE HAVE PURCHASED TWO SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES WITH THE OTHER FUNDING OF THAT FOUR POINT CALL IT 1 MILLION.

AND THAT WAS THE ORA CIRCLE PROPERTY AND THE PASEO DEL NORTE OPEN SPACE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. FOR WHATEVER REASON, I REMEMBERED IT BEING TEN, 10 MILLION.

THANK YOU. WHEN MS. DASENO WAS SPEAKING AND HAD SOME REQUESTS.

WITH YOUR EXPLANATION, I WAS TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION.

I'LL ADMIT. RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'LL ADMIT THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WITH THE OPEN SPACE.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WITH THE PERCENTAGES.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID WE PROMISED 40%.

I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IT WAS A GOAL. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE MS. DASENO'S QUESTIONS WERE ADDRESSED, BUT I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE.

I HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY TELLING PEOPLE WE'RE 38 TO 38.5% OPEN SPACE WITH A GOAL OF 40%, AM I RIGHT OR AM I OFF A LITTLE BIT? YOU CAN TAKE THAT ONE. I WILL TRY TO ADDRESS THE OVERRIDING QUESTIONS ABOUT OPEN SPACE. IN 1986, THE CITY HAD APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 20% 26% OF ITS LAND DEDICATED IN PRESERVES, ACTIVE PRESERVES AND OPEN SPACE. AT THE TIME OF THE BALLOT MEASURE, THERE WAS A BALLOT MEASURE ARGUMENT TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE BY GUARANTEEING THAT THE 40%, BUT IT WAS NOT A BINDING LAW OR REGULATION OF THE CITY.

THE LOCAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ZONES THAT WERE CREATED, AND AS PART OF THAT QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES, REQUIRED A 15% GOAL OF THE UNCONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS WITHIN A LOCAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ZONES 11 THROUGH 15 AND 17 THROUGH 25. SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GET TO 40% AT BUILD OUT.

CURRENTLY THERE IS APPROXIMATELY, ACCORDING TO OUR 2015 GENERAL PLAN, THERE IS A 39% OF ALL THE CITY'S LAND DEDICATED FOR EITHER OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL LAND, OR RECREATIONAL USES OF THAT, ABOUT 37% IS OPEN SPACE, PURE PASSIVE OPEN SPACE USES. THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A REGULATORY DOCUMENT OF THE CITY THAT'S GUIDING THE CITY'S PRESERVATION EFFORTS AND HELPS REGULATE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT HAS A SERIES OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION. ONE IS HARD LINE CONSERVATION AREAS AND OTHER IS PROPOSED HARD LINE CONSERVATION AREAS AND THE OTHER IS STANDARDS AREAS.

THE STANDARDS AREAS ARE THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED BUT ARE SET ASIDE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND AT WHICH CASE, WHEN NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED, THEY WOULD DEDICATE OR PREPARE ON SITE SURVEYS FOR ANY SPECIAL HABITAT OR WILDLIFE AND DEDICATE OPEN SPACE IN ACCORDANCE TO MINIMIZING OR AVOIDING ANY IMPACT.

AND THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS, I THINK, ADOPTED IN 2004 ALLOCATED 553 ACRES TOWARDS THOSE PROPOSED

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STANDARDS AREAS. SO IF WE ANTICIPATE THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT OF THE CITY ACCOMMODATING AN ADDITIONAL 553 ACRES, THE CITY WILL ACHIEVE OVER 40% OF ITS LAND DEDICATED TO OPEN SPACE.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS ANTICIPATED TO RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN EVERY YEAR THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES A REPORT ABOUT ITS PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING ITS GENERAL OR ITS GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, AND IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THAT DATE IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 10TH.

SO THAT COULD BE A COMPONENT OF THAT DISCUSSION.

BUT THE END GOAL IS STILL TO ACHIEVE THE 40% STANDARD.

IT'S JUST NOT SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN AS A CONCRETE STANDARD THAT THE CITY MUST OBTAIN.

I HAD TO ASK THIS QUESTION, SO I'M GUESSING SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE MUST HAVE THE SAME QUESTION.

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPEN SPACE AND PROTECTED HABITAT? OPEN SPACE COULD OCCUR IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND I REFERENCED THIS EARLIER IN TERMS OF OVERALL CITY'S ALLOCATION OF THE 39%.

THE HABITAT AREAS OF THE CITY, LAGOON SYSTEMS, THE CONSERVATION OF CONSERVED LAND AREAS.

THAT IS TYPICALLY COUNTED AS THE TRUE OPEN SPACE AREAS PROTECTED LANDS WHERE THERE IS NO LAND DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES, THERE MIGHT BE SOME TRAIL ACTIVITIES THAT'S AN ALLOWED USE IN ACTIVITY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S DEDICATED OPEN SPACE PRESERVE.

THAT CAN BE EITHER ACQUIRED THROUGH CITY ACTIVITIES AND ACQUISITION, WHICH WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN THE Q&A PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION.

IT COULD ALSO BE THROUGH CONCERT CONSERVATORY AGENCIES, THIRD PARTIES THAT JUST DEDICATE THE LAND, OR IT COULD BE THROUGH REGULATING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS THROUGH THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLAN OR ATTAINING THE LOCAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ZONE 15% STANDARD. SO THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL PLAN RECOGNITION OF OPEN SPACE, IN TERMS OF NOT ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT OR MINIMIZING THE DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT, IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE RECREATIONAL AREAS AND THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE CITY.

OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY RECREATIONAL AREAS, THAT INCLUDES EVEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL PLAY YARDS.

IS THAT ACCURATE? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT AT MY FINGERTIPS, BUT I BELIEVE IT MIGHT.

YES, SIR. IT IS INCLUDED IN THE BROADER DEFINITION OF OPEN SPACE.

AND IT ALSO IS COUNTED FOR THE PARKS PERFORMANCE STANDARD THAT BEING DEVELOPED PARK LAND.

IN THE CASES WHERE WE HAVE JOINT USE AGREEMENTS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY JOINT USE, THAT MEANS ON WEEKENDS WHEN THE KIDS AREN'T USING THE FIELDS, WE GET TO USE IT. WEEKENDS, AFTER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

YES, SIR WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN REGULAR SESSION, IT IS ESSENTIALLY USED AS A PARK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE REASON I ASK ALL THOSE QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWER UNTIL I ASKED A FEW YEARS AGO, SO I'M ASSUMING SOME OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I GUESS WE ARE TO COMMENTS. MR. SHIN. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS, BUT IF I MAY, AFTER THIS VOTE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MINUTE ORDER MOTION THAT REFLECTS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.

SURE. MISS BURKHOLDER. MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO ADD THE LANGUAGE HERE THAT REFLECTS THE ORIGINAL MOTION FROM NOVEMBER 19, 2024, BUT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE DESCRIPTION THAT MR. STRONG JUST GAVE OF OPEN SPACE AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS THIS COMMITTEE AND PROCESS ALREADY IN PLACE.

SO I THINK THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO ADD TO SECTION THREE, PARAGRAPH A OF THE WORK PLAN REQUIRING THE COMMISSION TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CITY STAFF ON OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION. AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. SECOND. IS THAT DOABLE? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES.

MR. SHIN. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. PARDON ME. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIN.

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MAYOR IT WASN'T CLEAR FROM THAT VOTE WHETHER IT ALSO INCLUDED ADOPTION OF THE WORK PLAN AS A WHOLE OR WHETHER THAT WAS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE WORK PLAN.

SO THAT WAS MY ASSUMPTION, WAS THAT FOR THE WHOLE MOTION? WOULD YOU LIKE A DIFFERENT MOTION THAT INCLUDES THAT? I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. THAT'S WHAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. SHIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST IN THIS DISCUSSION WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING IN CALIFORNIA AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY.

WHILE I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CITY IS SOLIDLY OPPOSED TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING, AS STATED IN OUR CITY LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, I ALSO KNOW THAT FROM READING THROUGH SECTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE LESS CLEAR RELATING TO OIL DRILLING, OIL MANUFACTURING, AND REFINING ONSHORE IN AREAS OF OUR CITY.

IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION AND TO ENSURE THAT AS A CITY, WE ARE PROTECTED AS BEST AS WE COULD REGARDING OIL DRILLING AND REFINERY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A MINUTE MOTION REQUESTING THAT THE CITY MANAGER BRING AN ITEM TO THE FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ABOUT THE CITY'S CURRENT CODES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING ON AND OFF SHORE OIL DRILLING, MANUFACTURING AND REFINING. AND TO HEAR ABOUT AND HEAR FROM STAFF ABOUT WHETHER THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THOSE CODES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ENVIRONMENT. COULD I ASK, MR. HABER. WE HAVE TO SECOND, FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION? OKAY, THERE YOU GO. MR. HABER COULD YOU EXPLAIN OUR LEGISLATIVE POSITION ON OFFSHORE DRILLING, PLEASE? AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE RECENTLY SENT SOME LETTERS OUT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL. JASON HABER, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.

I'LL BE ADLIBBING GENERALLY, SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE PLATFORM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT THE CITY IS OPPOSED TO ANY PROPOSALS TO APPROVE OR AUTHORIZE OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING OR EXPLORATION IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER POSITION STATEMENTS RELATED TO TANKER TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN THAT HAULS OIL THROUGH THE CHANNEL OR OFF THE COAST HERE. AND ENSURING THAT THOSE ARE DESIGNED AND REQUIRED TO BE DOUBLE HULLED TANKERS AND ENSURE SAFETY. AND WE ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THE PLATFORM THAT SPEAKS TO PRESERVING LOCAL AUTHORITY AND DECISION MAKING RELATIVE TO ANY ONSHORE OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT MIGHT BE PERMITTED OR APPLIED FOR WITHIN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. HABER BEFORE HE SITS DOWN? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. HABER. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION, MISS BHAT-PATEL? I'M OPEN TO HAVING THE DISCUSSION AND, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM STAFF.

I THINK WE'VE AS A CITY DONE A GREAT JOB ADVOCATING FOR IT, BUT I KNOW WE CAN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO TOO MUCH DISCUSSION SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU, WE DISCUSS THIS TOPIC ALMOST EVERY SINGLE LEGISLATIVE, IN FACT, EVERY SINGLE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A VERY STRONG POSITION AND WE ARE VERY AWARE, BUT IT'S JUST NOT AT THE FULL CITY COUNCIL.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. AND BEYOND THAT WE HAVE ACTIVE ADVOCACY.

WE HAVE MEETINGS, LETTERS AND EVEN PRESS CONFERENCES THAT I HAVE MENTIONED THAT I HAVE BEEN TO.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE WE COULD DO SINCE IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW HERE AT THE CITY.

MISS BURKHOLDER. YES, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

AND ALSO, I THINK THAT WE ARE A REALLY GOOD GATEKEEPER OF ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVE DELETERIOUS TO OUR COASTLINE, AND WE DEFINITELY SAFEGUARD THAT AND ACT ON THE LEGISLATION THAT COMES BEFORE US IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR NOT ONLY OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, BUT WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE COAST THAT WE SERVE.

ABOUT SEVEN MILES HERE IN CARLSBAD. AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY DO A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING BACK TO THE COUNCIL OF WHAT WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO HEAR ABOUT AND DEFINITELY YEARLY YOU GET THAT REPORT.

SO I'M UNCLEAR AS TO THE NECESSITY OF THE MINUTE MOTION.

MR. SHIN. YEAH, I COMBED THROUGH OUR CITY ORDINANCE AND WHEN YOU READ IT, IT DOESN'T TOTALLY CLARIFY ONSHORE DRILLING VERSUS OFFSHORE.

AND ARE WE ALLOWED TO AND WHERE OUR REGULATIONS ARE WITH THE ONSHORE PORTION OF IT.

SO I READ IT WORD FOR WORD, AND I WAS HIGHLIGHTING THINGS AND I WAS CONFUSED. SO I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION FROM OUR STAFF TO JUST VERIFY HOW IT'S WRITTEN AND WHETHER WE CAN

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STRENGTHEN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR MUNI CODES.

IT'S MY OPINION THAT ANYTIME A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS CLARIFICATION LIKE THIS, WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION.

WE'RE JUST BRINGING STAFF BACK TO CLARIFY AND EDUCATE US.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND LET'S SEE WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM

[10. WORK PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 FOR THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD]

NUMBER 10. CITY MANAGER PLEASE. THANK YOU. ITEM TEN IS THE WORK PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 FOR THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD.

AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR ZACH KORACH.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ZACH KORACH FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD WORK PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026.

THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE BACKGROUND, THE WORK PLAN ITSELF, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.

AS BACKGROUND, THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE DOES REQUIRE COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS BOARDS TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. WITH THE RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD DURING THE FALL OF 2025, WE DO NOT HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT WILL IN THE SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEAR.

A BOARD WORK PLAN HAS THREE COMPONENTS A MISSION STATEMENT COMPOSITION, AS WELL AS GOALS AND TASKS, WHICH WE WILL COVER SHORTLY. AS FOR THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD ITSELF, IT IS COMPRISED OF THE CITY'S ELECTED CITY TREASURER, CHRISTIAN PEACOX SERVING AS CHAIRPERSON, BILL GANELIN SERVING AS VICE CHAIRPERSON, APRIL FRIEDA, JONATHAN VEIGA, AS WELL AS STEVEN RUBINSTEIN, ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026, WHEN IT CONVENED ON NOVEMBER 20, 2025. AS FOR THE MISSION STATEMENT, IN SUMMARY, THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING INVESTMENT OPERATIONS AND PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OVER THE SAFETY, LIQUIDITY, AS WELL AS THE RETURN OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

FOR COMPOSITION, IT IS COMPOSED OF THE CITY TREASURER AS WELL AS FOUR CITY TREASURER APPOINTED MEMBERS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND FOR GOALS AND TASKS SPECIFIC TO CALENDAR YEAR 2026.

THE BOARD WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REVIEWS, PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OVER THE SAFETY, LIQUIDITY, AND RETURN WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND BEST PRACTICES.

AND SECONDLY, AND FINALLY, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT POLICY REVIEW OF ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES PRIOR TO IT BEING SUBMITTED AND PRESENTED FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2026 WORK PLAN FOR THE INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MISS ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT OUR CHRISTIAN PEACOX, OUR CITY TREASURER IS HERE, AND I WANT TO THANK THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THIS GREAT WORK PLAN ALONG WITH OUR STAFF AND MR. KORACH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ALSO JOIN IN WITH OUR STAFF ON THIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS, MR. PEACOX AND MR. KORACH FOR WORKING ON THIS. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HEAR UPDATES.

MR. PEACOX, YOU HAD SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL AND YOU FILLED THEM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MOTION, PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

MR. SHIN. I'M GOOD. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, EVERYBODY.

MS. BURKHOLDER. YES WE DID AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE THIS MORNING AT THE END OF OUR MEETING.

WE DO ALWAYS REQUEST SPEAKERS AT UPCOMING MEETINGS.

AND ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT WE BOTH AGREED WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO COME AND SPEAK TO US IS THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE.

AND WE DID THIS MORNING REQUEST SOME MORE INFORMATION ON A FEW OF THE BILLS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE BACK ABOUT THAT.

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT I HAVE A MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN LEVIN TOMORROW HERE AT CITY HALL.

WE'LL BE HOSTING HIM. GENERALLY, WE GET TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR HERE TO GO OVER PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY AND HOW WE MIGHT COME TOGETHER ON FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND PRESIDENT'S DAY NEXT WEEK AFTER IS ASH WEDNESDAY AND THE FIRST NIGHT OF RAMADAN.

SO IF YOU CELEBRATE ANY OF THAT, HAPPY, HAPPY.

AND THEN ON THE 21ST SATURDAY, THE 21ST IS SORT OF HAPPY AND SAD.

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LOLA'S IS GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE RETAILERS AT SMART AND FINAL HAVE MADE TO CARLSBAD OVER THE LAST MANY DECADES, SO IT'LL BE A COMMUNITY EVENT I WILL BE ATTENDING.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE THAT WANTS TO THANK THOSE FOLKS TO COME.

AND WE GIVE THEM. I MEAN, I'M GETTING ALL EMOTIONAL THINKING ABOUT IT.

IT'S JUST IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO THINK THAT THOSE LONG STANDING PHARMACY AND FRENCH BAKERY AND EVERYTHING IS GOING AWAY.

SO IF YOU CAN JOIN ME, THEN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ON SATURDAY THE 21ST AT LOLA'S.

THANKS. MISS ACOSTA. THANK YOU. THIS MORNING AT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, WE POSITION, I THINK, ON THREE FOUR BILLS AND THREE WERE E-BIKES AND AND ONE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE POSITIONED ACTUALLY, WE MAY HAVE DEFERRED IT. HERE I WAS ALL READY TO GIVE MY PRESENTATION.

BUT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION.

AND I REALLY INVITE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, TO ATTEND, TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, OR TO WATCH ONLINE, BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY EXCELLENT SPEAKERS WHO COME SPEAK TO US.

AND A REALLY ACTIVE DISCUSSION. THIS WEEK WAS ALSO A WEEK FOR LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

WE HAD OUR SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIVISION MEETING YESTERDAY, AND WE HAD TWO EXCELLENT SPEAKERS WHO SHARED WITH US INFORMATION ABOUT PROP 36.

THAT WAS OUR DA SUMMER STEPHAN AND ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF 211, WHICH IS THE COUNTY PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU CAN CALL FOR REFERRALS TO SERVICES.

SO THOSE WERE REALLY TWO WONDERFUL SPEAKERS THAT ALL THE CITIES FROM THE REGION HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY.

THIS COMING WEEK WE HAVE THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES BOARD MEETING, SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING MORE ISSUES RELEVANT TO CARLSBAD, AND I WILL BRING BACK A REPORT AFTER THAT. THANK YOU.

MISS BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING LAST THURSDAY, AND WE HAD AN UPDATE FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING, FOLKS ARE WORKING ON, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING AGENDA ITEMS COMING FORWARD.

WE'LL BE SURE TO BRING BACK ANY UPDATES IF THERE ARE ANY THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS.

I KNOW WE HAD SUPER BOWL SUNDAY THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I KNOW THEY WERE VERY BUSY OUT THERE MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAFE, SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. AND I KNOW WE HAVE AN UPCOMING LONG WEEKEND AS WELL.

SO JUST ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR THAT. WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME HOT WEATHER IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

SO A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING DOWN TO THE BEACH. SO JUST WANTED TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE FOLKS ARE ENJOYING SAFELY.

WITH REGARDS TO NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT, WE I HAVE A PERFORMANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING UPCOMING AND THEN SOME OTHER MEETINGS WITH REGARDS TO MY REPRESENTATION THERE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THEN TO DISCUSS WITH MTS AND SANDAG LEADERSHIP WHAT REGIONAL GOALS WE HAVE AS OF THAT'LL BE NEXT WEEK.

I JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUST SAY HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THAT WE'VE DONE OUR PROCLAMATION, SO JUST EXCITING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.

AND, OF COURSE, THE YOUNG FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR EQUITY IN OUR REGION.

AND THEN IT'S WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH MONTH, WHICH IS, YES, FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.

BUT ALSO THAT'S WHY I'M WEARING OUR YOU KNOW, A HEART SHAPED SWEATER HERE.

AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR CONTINUING TO DO ALL THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, SO. THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER. I HAVE NOTHING. CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING.

CITY CLERK. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS. TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 11TH AT 2:00 PM.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WE'LL HAVE THE 2025 ANNUAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS AND PROMOTIONS CEREMONY THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SAFETY TRAINING CENTER 5750 ORION STREET IN CARLSBAD. ALSO, I HAD RECEIVED A FEW COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THEM ABOUT THE SAFETY AT GRAND AND MADISON. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MINUTE MOTION TONIGHT TO BRING THAT BACK TO DISCUSS, BUT DO I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS GOING TO COME BACK ANYWAY? YES. WE HAVE AN ITEM COMING RELATED TO THAT IN THE NOT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, I THINK.

OKAY, THEN THAT'S ONE LESS MINUTE MOTION WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AND I ATTENDED THE MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION WALKATHON THIS LAST SATURDAY.

I GOT TO SAY 15 YEARS AGO MITCHELL THORP A YOUNGSTER DIED OF CANCER.

[01:40:05]

I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT BETH AND BRAD WENT THROUGH, HIS PARENTS.

I JUST CAN'T CONCEIVE ANY KIND OF IN MY IMAGINATION WHAT A FAMILY GOES THROUGH LOSING THEIR CHILD.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY DID THAT WAS SO SPECTACULAR.

AS THEY STARTED THE MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION, THEY SAW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS EMOTIONALLY AND TIME CONSUMING AND COST WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO'S TERMINAL WITH CANCER. SO THEY HAVE STARTED MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION AND RAISED MONEY THROUGH ANNUAL WALKATHON, WHICH WAS AT POINSETTIA PARK, OR I GUESS MAYBE THEY JOG TOO I JUST DON'T JOG.

AND THEY RAISE MONEY THAT WAY. AND IT WAS AMAZING WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE LAST, I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS. THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES IN DISTRESS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.

BUT THEY DON'T JUST THEY DON'T JUST HELP THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE DISABILITIES IN THEIR FAMILY OR CANCER AND THEIR FAMILY ILLNESSES.

BUT THEY ALSO BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE ALL PART OF THIS CARLSBAD COMMUNITY, ALL WORKING TOWARD ONE GOAL AND ALL WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND ACTUALLY HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING AND THEY'RE ALL EXPECTED TO RUN. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE I HAD THIS WEEK.

AND I WANT TO THANK BRAD AND BETH FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Feb 10, 2026 City Council Meeting

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