Mar 24, 2026 City Council Meeting

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

[CALL TO ORDER]

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

PRESENT. ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

I HAVE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT. THE CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON CONSENT CALENDAR,

[ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS]

NEXT IS THE PLEDGE. MISS BURKHOLDER, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS. I INVITE MAJKA PENNER TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

[PRESENTATIONS]

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, TO ACCEPT THIS GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH FOR OUR CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND ART PROGRAM. WE ARE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE, NOT JUST OF THIS GIFT, BUT ALSO OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS.

THEIR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TRULY MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, LYNN BALL, WHO'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU, MAJKA, AND GOOD EVENING. THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, INC., AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, IS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO FURTHER ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION THROUGH THIS $10,000 DONATION TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO IN SUPPORT OF THE LEO CARRILLO RANCH HISTORIC PARK. THE DONATION BECAME A REALITY DUE TO THE FUNDRAISING SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR'S FIESTA AT THE RANCHO AND THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE BOARD, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TONIGHT, INCLUDE AUDREY OBERMAN, RICK EVANS, STEVE SCHNECHTER, GARY NEESAM, BONNIE DOMINGUEZ, JAN DRESCHER VUE, HOLLY HART, CATHERINE SERRANO, AND MYSELF.

EACH YEAR, ABOUT 1200 STUDENTS WITHIN CARLSBAD'S BOUNDARIES ATTEND A FREE FIELD TRIP TO THE RANCH, WHICH INCLUDES A GUIDED TOUR OF THE HISTORIC RANCH AND THE CREATIVE ART PROJECT.

TITLE ONE SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF THE GENEROUS GRANT PROGRAM.

SORRY A PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM. CONSISTENT WITH THE FRIENDS EDUCATIONAL MISSION WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THE SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

THIS YEAR'S FUNDRAISER WILL BE AT THE RANCH ON MAY 9TH.

IT WILL INCLUDE DINNER, ENTERTAINMENT, ART PROJECTS, PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR FAMOUS SILENT AUCTION.

100% OF THE PROFITS FROM THIS EVENT GO TOWARD THESE FIELD TRIPS FOR THE STUDENTS, AND I'LL PUT IN A PLUG.

YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CARLSBAD, CA GOV CARLSBAD CONNECT OR RESEARCH THE SPECIAL EVENTS SECTION. WE HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN US. ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT TO THE LEO CARRILLO RANCH HISTORIC PARK.

LYNN, HOW MANY MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE HERE TONIGHT? OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME RIGHT HERE AT THE FRONT.

WE'LL DO A GROUP PICTURE. AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CHECK IN THE MIDDLE.

WE'LL CHECK THIS OUT.

YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CENTER RIGHT HERE.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE CHECK CENTERED AND THEN CENTER ALL OF YOU GUYS OUT.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU GUYS WHAT YOU DO. SERIOUSLY.

THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. I DON'T THINK YOU GET TOLD THAT ENOUGH. THANK YOU. HI.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

MAKE SURE YOU LOOK THAT WAY A LITTLE BIT. SOMEBODY PUT THIS BEHIND

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OKAY.

THREE. FOUR. FIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS. APPRECIATE YOU. OH, SORRY. THANKS. THAT'S NICE OF YOU TO SAY. APPRECIATE IT. I CAN'T KEEP UP.

THANK YOU. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND HE WAS JUST GOING TO GO FOR IT ANYWAY AND SEE WHAT WE DO.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

THE BROWN ACT AND THE CITY'S MEETING RULES ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AS LONG AS THE COMMENTS ARE REGARDING MATTERS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.

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

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

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

CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL NONAGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT NO ACTION MAY OCCUR ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN MAKING YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.

WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 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 END OF 2.5 MINUTES, THE LIGHT ON THE PODIUM WILL TURN YELLOW, GIVING YOU AN INDICATION YOU'RE DOWN TO 30 SECONDS.

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

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER? CYNTHIA TREVINO.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING.

I'M CYNTHIA TREVINO. I'VE BEEN A CARLSBAD RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS AND OTHERS SPEAKING TONIGHT SHARE MY CONCERNS.

PALOMAR IS STILL A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT, AND YET THE COUNTY IS RAPIDLY TRANSFORMING IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE BY ALLOWING AMERICAN AND SOON UNITED AIRLINES TO OPERATE LARGE COMMERCIAL JETS THAT GO BEYOND THAT SCOPE.

THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT IMPACTS. I'M BEING AWAKENED AT 3 A.M.

AND 4 A.M. BY INTRUSIVE, SLEEP DISRUPTING JETS THAT'S NOT A MINOR INCONVENIENCE.

IT AFFECTS MY HEALTH, MY HOME, AND MY ABILITY TO FUNCTION THE NEXT DAY.

NOISE IS ONLY A PART OF IT. WE'RE ALSO FACING INCREASED POLLUTION GROWING SAFETY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FAA'S HOTSPOT DESIGNATION AT PALOMAR AND THE VERY REAL RISK TO PROPERTY VALUES IF THIS EXPANSION CONTINUES UNCHECKED.

TODAY, PALOMAR IS A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT THAT NONETHELESS HANDLES FEWER THAN TEN BIG FLIGHT JETS.

WITH UNITED LAUNCHING SERVICE NEXT MONTH AND AMERICAN EXPANDING, WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD 12 OR MORE DAILY COMMERCIAL JET OPERATIONS WITH NO CLEAR LIMIT. WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT HAPPENS AT AIRPORTS LIKE JOHN WAYNE, WHICH HAS 130 DAILY COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS.

THE TRAJECTORY IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL. IT'S PREDICTABLE.

THAT'S WHY YOUR ROLE MATTERS. A COURT HAS ALREADY AFFIRMED THE CITY'S LAND USE AUTHORITY.

THE COUNTY IS MOVING AHEAD ANYWAY. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAND FIRM.

CONTINUE THE LAWSUIT. ENFORCE YOUR LAND USE AUTHORITY.

SPEAK MORE FORCEFULLY ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS.

PUSH FOR LIMITS AND MEANINGFUL QUIET HOUR PROTECTIONS.

PRESS THE COUNTY ON SAFETY AND EMERGENCY READINESS BECAUSE THOSE RISKS AND COSTS WILL FALL ON THIS CITY.

RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO ACT.

THANK YOU. LINDA PARISI.

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MY NAME IS LINDA PARISI. I AM A CARLSBAD RESIDENT AND A REGISTERED NURSE, AND I ALSO LIVE WITH A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION THAT AFFECTS MY VOICE.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE UP FRONT.

I SPENT THREE DECADES LIVING UNDER THE JOHN WAYNE FLIGHT PATH, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS MOVE IN.

WHEN PLANES PASS OVERHEAD, YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR WINDOWS OPEN IN YOUR HOUSE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.

YOU CANNOT TALK ON THE PHONE AND HEAR WHO YOU'RE LISTENING TO.

YOU HAVE TO STOP MOVIES MID-SENTENCE. EVERYTHING STOPS UNTIL THE PLANES GO OVER.

THE UPPER NEWPORT BAY WHERE I LIVED IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA WITH WALKING PATHS.

VERY SPECIAL LIKE CARLSBAD IS. AND YET YOU TAKE A WALK WITH A FRIEND AND YOU CANNOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHOUT CONSTANT PAUSING.

AND IT'S NOT AN OCCASIONAL EVENT. IT'S ALL DAY LONG.

AND REGARDING THE BLATANT DISREGARD OF THE QUIET HOURS.

AS A NURSE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT SLEEP IS NOT A LUXURY.

IT'S A BASIC BIOLOGICAL NECESSITY. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT HEALTH, CHRONIC SLEEP DISRUPTION HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES.

I MOVED TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, WHICH I LOVE, WHERE MY PARENTS BOUGHT IN THE 80S BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO SPECIAL. IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE ENJOY THE OUTDOORS, THE CLEAN AIR WHERE WE CAN LIVE WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN AND HEAR THE BIRDS IN THE MORNING AND ENJOY THE COASTAL CALIFORNIA CLIMATE.

AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT WAS PROTECTED BY GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS AND LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIAL THIS PLACE IS.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT. IF PALOMAR BECOMES ANOTHER JOHN WAYNE, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS ADMITTED, THAT'S THEIR GOAL THAT CHANGE WILL BE PERMANENT.

THE CARLSBAD WE KNOW TODAY WILL BECOME SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT ALMOST OVERNIGHT.

AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING HONESTLY. I'M GENUINELY CONFUSED THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HOLDS THE LAND USE AUTHORITY AND THAT THE COUNTY IS PROCEEDING WITH THIS ANYWAY.

AND I REALLY DON'T. I'M NOT CONNECTING THE DOTS LIKE IS IT POLITICS? IS IT PRESSURE? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE RESIDENTS AREN'T AWARE OF? WHAT I DO KNOW IS THIS IS ONCE THE EXPANSION BECOMES ESTABLISHED, THERE'S GOING TO BE NO UNDOING IT.

I MOVED HERE. MA'AM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. BUT IN THE BACK WAVING HIS HAND IS JASON HABER WOULD YOU TALK TO HIM? HE COULD EXPLAIN MORE DETAIL OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU JUST BROUGHT UP.

BUT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. YES. THANK YOU. MA'AM.

MCKENNA BARBAREE.

HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MCKENNA BARBAREE AND I AM A JUNIOR AT LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL.

TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE IDEA OF E-BIKE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AS A NEWER DRIVER, I DO UNDERSTAND WHY KIDS NEED TO USE E-BIKES BECAUSE I HAD TO USE THEM TOO, FOR A FEW YEARS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. BUT AS A NEWER DRIVER, THESE E-BIKERS ARE NOT KNOWING THE LAWS OF THE ROAD IS SCARY.

I HAVE READ OVER THE NEW LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED AND WILL BE IN EFFECT ON MARCH 26TH, AND I HOPE THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES I HAVE NOTICED.

E-BIKERS DO NOT TYPICALLY KNOW OR FOLLOW THE SAME RULES, AS DRIVERS THEY DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD, THEY TEND TO USE THEM AS TOYS RATHER THAN TRANSPORTATION, AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY STORE THEM ONCE THEY'VE ARRIVED AT THEIR DESTINATION.

THEY ALSO CAUSE CONFUSION IN TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD SINCE THEY ARE NOT BEING USED PROPERLY ON ROADS WITH BUSY CARS.

WITH THESE NEW LAWS, I AM HOPING TO SEE INCREASED SAFETY ON THE ROADS, MORE MATURE RIDERS AND MORE INTENSE PUNISHMENT FOR BREAKING THE RULES.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO APPROVE A LICENSE FROM THE STATE REGARDING E-BIKES, AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND DO SO AGAIN.

PERSONALLY, I AM NOT VERY COMFORTABLE RIDING ALONGSIDE E-BIKERS ON THE ROAD WHO ARE SWERVING IN AND OUT OF LANES OR RUNNING THE RED LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNSURE OF WHAT MY NEXT MOVE MIGHT BE. IF MORE CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE BESIDES THE LAWS SOON TO BE IN EFFECT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGES IN HOW POLICE OFFICERS HANDLE THE E-BIKERS, SUCH AS CREATING HARSHER RULES OR A REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND A SAFETY CLASS IF ONE IS PULLED OVER,

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I KNOW MANY MIDDLE SCHOOLS REQUIRE A SAFETY CLASS IN ORDER TO GET THE CHANCE TO PARK THEIR BIKES AT SCHOOL, AND WHILE THIS IS A GOOD IDEA IN THEORY, THERE'S LITTLE WAY TO KNOW IF THE CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING AND PLAN TO PUT THAT INTO ACTION.

THIS IS WHY I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK TO THE STATE AND PUSH FOR A REQUIRED LICENSE TO OPERATE AN E-BIKE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. MA'AM, THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SPEAKER.

IS YOUR FRIEND RIGHT AFTER YOU. I'M NOT SURE.

OKAY. WHEN SHE'S FINISHED, I'D LIKE BOTH OF YOU TO SPEAK WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF.

POLICE CHIEF'S OVER THERE WAVING HER HAND. THEN SHE CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WORKING ON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MATT LAHANA.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MATT LAHANA, AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MARBRISA HOA, A COMMUNITY OF 212 HOMES THAT'S ABOVE THE 24 HOUR FITNESS ON PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD. OUR HOA RECENTLY INSTALLED A CALIBRATED NOISE MONITOR TO OBJECTIVELY MEASURE WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTING.

AMONG THE 11 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE NOISE MONITORS, MARBRISA REGISTERS THE HIGHEST DECIBEL READINGS OF THEM ALL.

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HANDOUT THAT I PROVIDED.

DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 16TH THAT'S LAST WEEK.

OUR MONITOR DETECTED OVER 2100 FLIGHTS PASSING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ON THURSDAY ALONE, IT RECORDED 385 FLIGHTS, AND TWO THIRDS OF THOSE WERE OVER 75DB.

NOW I HAD A BLENDER, BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING THE TOP.

MY WIFE WAS RIGHT, SO I DIDN'T DO THAT. IT DOESN'T WORK, BUT THAT'S WHAT 75DB SOUNDS LIKE.

AND IMAGINE THAT HITTING YOUR HOME 26 TIMES AN HOUR DURING PEAK HOURS, ONE FLIGHT EVERY 2 TO 3 MINUTES, ENOUGH TO STOP A CONVERSATION, WAKE A SLEEPING BABY LIKE AT OUR HOUSE, OR FORCE YOU TO PAUSE YOUR PHONE CALL WITH CLIENTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY. AND THAT PATTERN REPEATED EVERY WEEKDAY THAT WEEK.

AND THAT'S NOT AN ANOMALY. UNDER CALIFORNIA STANDARDS, 65DB IS CONSIDERED THE MAXIMUM NON IMPACTING THRESHOLD BECAUSE DECIMALS ARE LOGARITHMIC. 75DB ISN'T JUST A LITTLE LOUDER THAN 65.

IT'S ACTUALLY TWICE AS LOUD AND AT 85DB, WHICH SOME OF OUR MONITORS HAVE PICKED UP THAT IS A 4 TIMES AS LOUD AS THAT 65 DECIBEL THRESHOLD.

THESE ARE NOT MARGINAL EXCEEDANCES. THESE ARE DRAMATIC ONES.

THE FAA USES 24 HOUR AVERAGING TO DEFINE ACCEPTABLE NOISE EXPOSURE, BUT THAT METHODOLOGY DOESN'T CAPTURE HUNDREDS OF DISCRETE, HIGH INTENSITY EVENTS SPREADING ACROSS EVERY WAKING HOUR.

THAT AVERAGE, IT LOOKS TOLERABLE ON PAPER, BUT NO ONE IN MARBRISA IS EXPERIENCING AN AVERAGE.

WE'RE EXPERIENCING EACH INDIVIDUAL FLIGHT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S THE VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES, THE VNAP THAT DIRECT AIRCRAFT TO DEPART AT THE 250 DEGREES AND TURN OVER THE OCEAN.

WHEN FOLLOWED OUR COMMUNITY IS LARGELY UNAFFECTED.

IT DOES MUCH BETTER, BUT THAT'S NOT BEING FOLLOWED, AND WE ABSORB THAT FULL IMPACT.

AND I DREW A MAP ON MY SON AND I, WE LOOK AT THE PLANES OUTSIDE AND THEY LITERALLY ARE RIGHT OVER US.

WAVE. WE APPRECIATE THE CURRENT SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE JOINING OF THE LAWSUIT.

IT REALLY MADE MADE US VERY HAPPY. WE REPRESENT A LOT OF HOMES AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR SPECIFIC RELIEF.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT THIS COUNTY, THIS COUNCIL CAN DO DIRECTLY.

YOU GUYS CAN USE THE CITY'S AUTHORITY AND LEGAL STANDING TO CHALLENGE THE COUNTY'S CONTINUED EXPANSION EFFORTS.

THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL JET SERVICE, THE UNCHECKED PROLIFERATION OF FLIGHT SCHOOLS THAT'S DRIVING MUCH OF THIS VOLUME.

YOU CAN ALSO ADVOCATE FOR THINGS PUSH THE FAA TO ENFORCE THE VNAP, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE HAVE THE DATA, THE MONITORS AND A COMMUNITY THAT'S READY TO WORK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. CINDY VANOLA.

HI, CINDY VANOLA. I'VE BEEN HERE. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR TIMES, AND IT'S WORSE. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

BUT EVERY TIME I'VE COME HERE, IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SOME HUGE INCIDENT THAT'S MADE IT WORSE.

I WAS ON VACATION. I CAME HOME AND I WAS SITTING ON MY PATIO, AND THE AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE WENT STRAIGHT FROM THE AIRPORT, OVER MY HOUSE. IT WAS 1100 FEET ABOVE MY HOUSE.

IT DIDN'T GO TO THE OCEAN AS WE. THEY LIE AND SAY ALL THE TIME, I'M HERE BECAUSE I LIVE ON AGUA HEDIONDA.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ONGOING AND WORSENING IMPACT OF AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES, PARTICULARLY DEPARTURES BEGINNING AROUND 6:00 THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

ALTHOUGH THE AIRPORT OPERATES UNDER WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS A VOLUNTARY CURFEW, THE REALITY IS THE NOISE BEGINS AT OR BEFORE THE EARLIEST ALLOWABLE HOURS.

AND AS SOMEONE ELSE SAID EARLIER, AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, PLANES GO OFF, A VOLUNTARY CURFEW IS NOT ENFORCEABLE, AND THAT GAP IS BEING FELT ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS EACH MORNING.

THIS IS MORE THAN AN INCONVENIENCE. REPEATED SLEEP DISRUPTION IMPACTS CHILDREN, WORKING FAMILIES AND OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH AS THAT LOVELY LADY SAID.

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INCREASED FLIGHT ACTIVITY BRINGS INCREASED EMISSIONS.

THIS LEADS TO A CRITICAL POINT. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE ANY NEW FLIGHTS.

YOU GUYS JUST. I KNOW IT'S LIKE WE'RE BEGGING YOU.

THE AIRPORT IS ALREADY OPERATING AT A LEVEL THAT IS STRAINING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOISE MITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.

APPROVING MORE FLIGHTS UNDER THESE CONDITIONS WILL ONLY MAKE AN EXISTING PROBLEM WORSE UNTIL THERE ARE ENFORCEABLE, PROTECTIONS, CONSISTENT COMPLIANCE, AND REAL ACCOUNTABILITY EXPANSION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE.

I URGE THE COUNCIL TO OPPOSE ANY INCREASE IN FLIGHT ACTIVITY.

ADVOCATE FOR DEPARTURES NO EARLIER THAN SEVEN AS THE VNAP STATES, AND PUSH FOR ENFORCEABLE, NOT VOLUNTARY QUIET HOURS. WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STOP EXPANDING ONE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I WOULD LOVE TO NOT EVER HAVE TO COME BACK HERE AGAIN.

I'M SURE YOU'D LOVE ME NOT TO EITHER, BUT IT'S OUT OF CONTROL, YOU GUYS.

IT'S SIMPLY IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. IT'S THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF COMPLETED.

IS THAT ACCURATE? WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIVE SPEAKERS.

YES. OKAY. THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.

OKAY.

SHE WENT FROM NUMBER ONE TO NUMBER NINE. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK NOW? GIVE ME ONE MOMENT.

GLENN, YOU'RE A REGULAR. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT AND GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. PLEASE SPEAK. I CAN'T MAKE UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAY, THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA IS BUSINESS, AND PEOPLE WHO FEEL THIS WAY ALWAYS HOPE THAT ALL BUSINESSES, BIG AND SMALL, ALWAYS SUCCEED, EXPAND, AND HAVE EVER INCREASING PROFITS TO INCLUDE THE RUNWAY AT PALOMAR AIRPORT. SPEAKING OF AIRPORTS, I CAME HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AIRPORTS OF AMERICA.

IT'S A COINCIDENCE THAT I SHOW UP WHEN THE PALOMAR NEGATIVE PEOPLE ARE HERE, BUT THERE'S A DISASTER GOING ON, AND IT'S CAUSED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED, AND THEY'RE IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND THEY'RE HINDERING THE WORK EFFORTS AND THE PAYCHECKS OF SOME GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, TYPICALLY TSA. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO ARE LIKE MAYBE 21 YEARS OLD, 22 AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED, TSA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 50 YEARS. TSA DID NOT EXIST.

ALL AIRPORT SECURITY WAS PRIVATE CONTRACTORS UNTIL 911 OCCURRED.

AND THEN SOMEBODY TOLD BUSH, THE SECOND, FIRE THE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, BECAUSE WE SHOULD HIRE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY'LL PERFORM SO MUCH BETTER THAN PRIVATE INDUSTRY.

AND SO LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY. BECAUSE TSA, THE SECURITY OR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, I DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRATS WOULD BE INTERFERING WITH A PRIVATE CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE CORPORATION IF THEY WERE STILL PROVIDING THIS SERVICE. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT A DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT WHO I ADORE, SINCE I STILL HAVE A MINUTE. JOHN KENNEDY WAS NO SOCIAL DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST.

HE WAS A DEMOCRAT. HIS BEST SPEECH WAS IN 1962 AT RICE UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS.

AND THAT WAS THE SPEECH WHERE HE SAID, WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON DURING THIS DECADE, NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD. IN THAT SPEECH, HE TALKED ABOUT INVENTIONS THAT ARE UNIMAGINABLE AT THAT TIME, AND HE KNEW THEY WERE COMING. HE WAS INDICATING HIS LOVE FOR CORPORATE AMERICA TO DO THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO GET PEOPLE ON THE MOON.

AND IT IS UNFAIR TODAY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THAT PHRASE, DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT EXIST UNTIL ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, USED TO BE VERY RESPECTABLE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH SEVEN.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

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THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO ARE UPSET WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS TO BEGIN WITH, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE USING REAL MAILBOXES.

BUT NOW SOME PEOPLE ARE WANTING. NOW SOME PEOPLE ARE WANTING FAKE MAILBOXES TO BE DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

AND THEY'RE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS TO BEGIN WITH.

NOW, WHEN I WAS OVERSEAS, THERE WAS AN ELECTION THAT I PARTICIPATED THANKS TO MILITARY PEOPLE HAVING THE RIGHT TO MAIL IN THEIR BALLOTS.

THE YEAR WAS 1980. IT'S FINE, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE FAKE BALLOT BOXES JUST FOR BALLOTS.

THEN WHY NOT? WHY NOT PUT SUCH A BOXES LIKE THAT AT THE BORDER, SOUTHERN BORDER DOWN THERE SO THAT A PERSON, MAYBE A US CITIZEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY VOTE IN ELECTIONS.

IF YOU ARE A US CITIZEN LIVING SOUTH OF THE BORDER, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GO ABOUT IT, BUT A GREAT IDEA.

JUST PUT A FAKE MAILBOX FOR BALLOTS ABOUT A FOOT INSIDE THE BORDER SO THAT ANYBODY STANDING IN MEXICO, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP, COULD STAND RIGHT THERE AT THE MAILBOX WHILE IN MEXICO AND DROP IT INTO THE MAILBOX, FAKE MAILBOX THAT'S IN AMERICA. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP IT.

I WORKED FOR LA COUNTY AT AN ELECTION HEADQUARTERS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN 1972.

AND I SAW SOME BAD STUFF BEING CONDUCTED BY THE HIGH RANKING PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING ON ELECTION NIGHT.

SO SOME BAD STUFF DOES HAPPEN, AS SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE, AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO EXPAND THE BAD STUFF.

SO IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PUT A BALLOT FAKE BALLOT BOX AT THE BORDER, THEN APPROVE THIS IDEA.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS. COMMENTS. MOTION. MOVE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.

[8. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION]

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. THIS FEELS REALLY FAMILIAR, BEING AT THIS PODIUM.

I THINK YOU'VE SEEN ME HERE A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.

I'M DEDICATED TO SEEING OUR CITY GROW AND PROSPER, AND I'M PROUD OF THE INITIATIVES THAT I'VE SUPPORTED.

BUT TONIGHT IS DIFFERENT. TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY APPLICATION FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION.

I HAVE WALKED THE CITY STREETS, VISITED OUR LIBRARIES, ENJOYED OUR MUSICAL VENUES, ATTENDED CITIZENS ACADEMY AND WATCHED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GROW.

WE ARE NOW AT A PIVOTAL POINT. THE CITY IS GROWING RAPIDLY.

WITH THE UPCOMING 2028 CULTURAL MASTER PLAN, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT ART IS WOVEN INTO EVERY ASPECT OF THAT EXPANSION. I KNOW HOW TO TURN A CREATIVE VISION INTO A PHYSICAL REALITY. AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL AT AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, I PARTNERED WITH LOCAL ARTISTS WHO FABRICATED CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS FOR OUR PROJECTS. I ALSO MANAGED BUDGETS TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY ON TIME COMPLETION.

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I AM HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS APPOINTMENT.

I AM READY TO WORK ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE CARLSBAD REMAINS A DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? THE TWO NOMINEES IS JOSEPH MCCLORY AND JENNIFER SALVETTI-KULLA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND, MISS ROBBINS, YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE VERY WELL QUALIFIED. PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP.

AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO PUT IN YOUR APPLICATION.

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS AN ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION.

[9. ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR FIREWORKS VIOLATIONS]

OH, THIS IS FOR INTRODUCTION. SO WE ARE. I'M SO SORRY.

WE WE GOT TO DISCUSS IT. I WAS THINKING THAT IT WAS FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

EXCUSE ME. SO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

ITEM NINE IS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR FIREWORKS VIOLATIONS.

AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE POLICE LIEUTENANT MIKE ERNST, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY MARISSA KAWECKI AND FIRE DIVISION CHIEF DARCY DAVIDSON.

CONCERNS RELATED TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. IT INCLUDES PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF ITS KEY COMPONENTS. CAN I PAUSE YOU FOR ONE SECOND? WE COULD JUST MOVE THE MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ABSOLUTELY. SORRY. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ITS KEY COMPONENTS OUTLINING OUR ENFORCEMENT APPROACH.

SUMMARIZE THE ASSOCIATED PENALTIES AND CONCLUDE WITH THE FISCAL IMPACT AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY BY REDUCING THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

THIS INCLUDES PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM INJURIES, PREVENTING FIRES, REDUCING NOISE DISTURBANCES, AND PROVIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A PRACTICAL AND ENFORCEABLE TOOL TO HOLD VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BY DETERRING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS USE THROUGH A CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY STRUCTURE. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS CITY TO RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT ALONE.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO POSSESS, STORE, SELL OR USE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. IMPORTANTLY, IT ALSO APPLIES TO SOCIAL HOSTS INDIVIDUALS WHO ALLOW LEGAL FIREWORKS ACTIVITY TO OCCUR ON PROPERTY THEY OWN OR CONTROL.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A SOCIAL HOST DOES NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION, NOR IS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR THE CITY TO IMPOSE PENALTIES.

THIS ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, ENCOURAGES PROACTIVE COMPLIANCE.

OUR ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY BEGINS WITH EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.

PRIOR TO PEAK FIREWORKS ACTIVITY THE CITY WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CITY WEBSITE AND PRESS RELEASES. WE WILL CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGAL AND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND DISTRIBUTE MULTILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AS NEEDED TO REACH A BROAD AUDIENCE. DURING THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD, ENFORCEMENT WILL SHIFT TO A HIGH VISIBILITY APPROACH.

THIS INCLUDES COORDINATED EFFORTS BETWEEN OUR POLICE, FIRE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE WILL UTILIZE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AS A PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT TOOL AND EXERCISE SEIZURE AUTHORITY FOR LEGAL FIREWORKS, AS PERMITTED BY LAW.

THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES CUMULATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES OF $1,000 PER VIOLATION, WITH A MAXIMUM OF $10,000 PER DAY.

CITATIONS WILL TYPICALLY BE ISSUED TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, SUCH AS THE PROPERTY OWNER OR TENANT, AND MAY BE MAILED FOLLOWING THE VIOLATION. ADDITIONALLY, INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL BEFORE THE PENALTY BECOMES FINAL, ENSURING DUE PROCESS. IF APPROVED, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL IMPLEMENT UPGRADED SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS USING EXISTING ELECTRONIC CITATION PRINTERS. THE TOTAL ONE TIME COST IS APPROXIMATELY $21,000, WHICH WILL BE COVERED WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET.

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AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MISS BURKHOLDER? MISS BURKHOLDER? THANK YOU.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT PENALTIES COULD BE IMPOSED TO TENANTS OR OWNERS AND OR OWNERS.

SO IS THIS DOUBLE JEOPARDY? LIKE HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO THE PENALTY IS GOING TO GO TO? ULTIMATELY, IF IT'S ADMINISTRATIVELY CITED, IT'LL GO TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES A CIVIL ISSUE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND WHO THEY SUSPECT MIGHT BE THE VIOLATOR. SO. OKAY, PERFECT. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE ABOUT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION. WELL IT IS KIND OF A QUESTION? WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING FEES, FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS NATURE.

AND WE ALL KNOW IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT JULY 4TH AND DAYS WHEN A LOT OF FIREWORKS GO OFF, DOGS GET SCARED, ANIMALS RUN AWAY, AND THE SHELTERS KIND OF FILL UP.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN POSSIBLE, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD TAKE A PORTION OF THE FINES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING TO DONATE TO, LIKE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OR SOMETHING TO HELP, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

AND I'M A DOG LOVER, OBVIOUSLY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS THAT WE COULD HELP AND GIVE BACK WHILE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP FOR SAFETY.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I THINK WE REQUESTED SORRY, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE ORDINANCE FOR IT TO BE ALLOCATED THAT WAY. ALSO, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, BUT BY LAW WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A PORTION BACK TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

A LARGE PORTION, 65% OF THAT FINE COLLECTED. OKAY.

SO. BUT IN ORDER TO OTHERWISE, I BELIEVE IT HAS TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION THAT'S COLLECTED.

SO UNLESS WE REALLOCATE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SOME OTHER PURPOSE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DESIGNATE IT UNILATERALLY UNLESS THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT.

YEAH, I GET IT. OKAY THAT EXPLAINS IT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. SHIN. I'M JUST ALL FOR THIS. I HAD THE BRIEFING WITH YOU GUYS.

I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS WAY SOONER IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH OPEN SPACE WE HAVE THAT CAN CAUSE POTENTIAL WILDFIRES, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT. SO I'M ALL FOR IT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MISS ACOSTA? YES. THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE THOUGHT INTO THIS.

I ALSO MENTIONED IN OUR BRIEFING THAT I KNOW THAT DRONE SHOWS ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR INSTEAD OF FIREWORKS.

AND I THINK THEY'RE REALLY AMAZING. YOU COULD DO SO MANY MORE THINGS WITH THE DRONE LIGHT SHOWS THAN YOU CAN DO WITH FIREWORKS.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADOPTING DRONE SHOWS, WHICH ARE MUCH MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AND DON'T HAVE THE NOISE IMPACTS ON THE DOGS AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO HOPEFULLY, AND OBVIOUSLY FIRE HAD LESS OF A FIRE, NO FIRE HAZARD, POSSIBLY, UNLESS I GUESS ONE WERE TO FALL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT HAPPENS. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MORE DRONE SHOWS. MRS. BHAT-PATEL. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR WORKING ON THIS.

I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS DURING JULY 4TH THAT I THEN FORWARDED ONTO THE CITY MANAGER WHENEVER.

AND I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN LEADING UP TO JULY 4TH OR EVEN AFTER.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS AND DOING IT PROACTIVELY PRIOR TO CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR.

AND I KNOW THE COMMUNICATIONS PIECE I THINK IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO LIKE MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE AWARE.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY AREN'T DOING IT ANYWAYS, BUT THIS WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO JUST REMIND FOLKS NOT TO DO IT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

MOTION. YEAH. MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS AN ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION.

[10. ORDINANCE NO. CS-511 TO ESTABLISH ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRAND AVENUE AND MADISON STREET]

ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? MISS BHAT-PATEL COMMENT? YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THIS.

I ALREADY, I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.

AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, RIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENT.

NO. OKAY. CAN I GO AHEAD FOR MOVING? YEAH. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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[11. CARLSBAD HOUSING AGENCY 2026-27 ANNUAL PLAN AND REVISED CARLSBAD HOUSING AGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN]

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING AN ITEM REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A FEDERALLY REQUIRED HOUSING PLANS. THESE GUIDE US ON HOW WE ADMINISTER THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PLAN FOR THE CITY AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO SERVE THE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM. SO THIS ITEM REQUESTS A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF CARLSBAD HOUSING AGENCIES ANNUAL PHA PLAN FOR THE 26-27 PERIOD. AND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN.

THESE ARE REQUIRED BOTH BY THE US HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUTLINE HOW WE INTEND TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THESE UPDATES WERE BOTH REVIEWED AND APPROVED, ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A 45 DAY COMMENT PERIOD FOR BOTH OF THESE ITEMS OR IN COMBINATION WITH EACH OTHER.

SO THESE PLANS. THIS PLAN, THE PHA PLAN SERVES AS A FOUNDATIONAL GUIDE TO OUR AGENCIES STRATEGIES.

THEY ALIGN LOCAL HOUSING, LOCAL HOUSING PRIORITIES AND HUD'S PRIORITIES AND ESTABLISH OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AND ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO THIS PLAN IS PRIMARILY INFORMATIONAL. IT ENSURES CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE ANNUAL PLAN PROVIDES SPECIFIC UPDATES TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE MAIN UPDATE FOR THIS CYCLE IS GOING TO BE IN THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

SO FOR 2026, HUD HAS PROJECTED THAT WE'LL NEED APPROXIMATELY 12.1 MILLION IN TOTAL FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAM COSTS.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING, WHICH IS ABOUT 11.3 OF IT, IS IN THE ACTUAL VOUCHER PAYMENTS.

THE DIRECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE REMAINDER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.

SO TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN.

SO HUD REQUIRES EVERY HOUSING AGENCY TO HAVE A LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN.

THIS DOCUMENT ESTABLISHES THE LOCAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF HOW WE GOVERN THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT OPERATES.

SO THIS INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS ELIGIBILITY, VOUCHER ISSUANCE, AND PROGRAM RULES.

SO UNLIKE THE ANNUAL PLAN, THIS PLAN ACTUALLY HAS THE POLICY CHANGES.

SO THERE ARE SOME NOTABLE CHANGES. FOR THE REVISED AND ADMIN PLAN.

SO IN 2025 HUD DESIGNATED THE CARLSBAD HOUSING AGENCY TO BE A SHORTFALL AGENCY.

SO THIS MEANS THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH THE RISING RENTAL COSTS.

THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO CARLSBAD. IT'S A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.

THERE ARE NEARLY 600 HOUSING AGENCIES OR HOUSING AUTHORITIES THAT ARE FACING THE SAME SHORTFALL.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DOESN'T REDUCE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT ANY PARTICIPANT IS RECEIVING CURRENTLY.

SO BASED OFF OF THAT WE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO LIMIT AND PAUSE NEW VOUCHERS IF FUNDING IS CONSTRAINED TO RESTRICT CERTAIN MOVES THAT WOULD INCREASE THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PORTABILITY MOVES.

AND THEN JUST OVERALL INCORPORATE FUNDING AVAILABILITY INTO THE PROGRAM DECISIONS.

SO THESE ARE STANDARD THEY'RE ALIGNED. THEY'RE MEASURES THAT ENSURE WE REMAIN FINANCIALLY STABLE MOVING FORWARD.

I DO AGAIN WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE CHANGES DO NOT IMPACT CURRENT HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS JUST PROACTIVE MEASURES. I WOULD SAY MEASURES RELATED TO THE SHORTFALL BUT PROACTIVE IN NATURE FOR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM. SO MOVING ON TO NEXT STEPS PENDING CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION'S APPROVAL. STAFF WILL FINALIZE AND SUBMIT THE ANNUAL PLAN AND REVISED ADMIN PLAN TO HUD, AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN TONIGHT'S HEARING, IF THERE ARE ANY.

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FIRST, APPROVING THE 26-27 PHA FOR ANNUAL PLAN FOR SUBMISSION TO HUD, AND SECONDLY, APPROVING THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR ALSO SUBMISSION SUBMITTAL TO HUD.

SO THESE ACTIONS KEEP US ALIGNED WITH HUD REQUIREMENTS AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? CAN YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE MAYOR.

THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

MR. SHIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION DURING OUR BRIEFING, BUT JUST MORE FOR THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN ON PAGE EIGHT.

AND THEN SLIDE FOUR IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT UP.

ON PAGE EIGHT IN YOUR PACKET, IT SHOWS IT SHOWS THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER AT TEN PLUS MILLION AND THEN IT SHOWS THE MAINSTREAM VOUCHER PROGRAM.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THE TOTAL UP HERE WHERE IT SAYS HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

SO MOVING FORWARD, I THINK I WAS TOLD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK COMBINED LIKE THIS.

AND MAINSTREAM VOUCHERS WILL NOT GO AWAY. THEY'LL JUST BE INCORPORATED INTO THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

THAT'S CORRECT. WE DID RECEIVE NOTICE FROM HUD THAT THE MAINSTREAM PROGRAM AND THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WILL BE ONE IN THE SAME.

WE WILL JUST INTERNALLY TRACK THE MAINSTREAM.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL POPULATION THAT WE TRACK, WHICH IS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.

SO IT WILL HAVE THREE TRACKS, BUT ONE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.

GOTCHA. AND THEN LIKE WHERE DOES VASH FALL INTO THIS ONE? IS IT TOTALLY SEPARATE? NOT EVEN THAT IS SEPARATE.

WE DON'T CURRENTLY ADMINISTER VASH VOUCHERS, BUT WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO THAT ALLOWS FOR SOME VOUCHERS, SOME VASH VOUCHERS TO BE ADMINISTERED WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF CARLSBAD.

GREAT. THAT'S ALL. MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHORTFALL DESIGNATION AND THE 600 OR SO OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE THIS SHORTFALL DESIGNATION BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING, THE EXPENSE OF RENT HAS INCREASED SO MUCH.

IS ARE WE DOING ANY ADVOCACY EFFORTS OR ANYTHING TO ASK FOR MORE FUNDING? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. IT'S GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FUNDS.

SO WE DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR HUD REPRESENTATIVES AND JUST REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL LEGISLATIVELY THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE HAVING THE BIG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS.

THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS THIS YEAR WAS A BIT HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.

AND WE HOPE THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES. AND HOPEFULLY WITH SOME OF THESE MEASURES, WE CAN KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MOTION.

MOVE. ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 12. CITY MANAGER.

[12. ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING (COPPS) TEAM]

FOR THE BRIEFING OR EXCUSE ME FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF, CHRISTIE CALDERWOOD AND ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF REID SHIPLEY.

CHIEFS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN AND RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT ON THE DESIRE TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING TEAM, ALSO KNOWN AS COPPS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TONIGHT, WE'LL BE COVERING A VERY BRIEF RECAP OF THE PRESENTATION GIVEN BY ASSISTANT CHIEF SHIPLEY AND I ON MARCH 4, 2025. THE PROPOSED ACTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE COPPS PHILOSOPHY AND PRESENT DAY EXAMPLE.

AS WE LOOK AT HAPPENINGS JUST IN THE CURRENT MONTH OF MARCH AS A CASE STUDY.

WE WILL ALSO GO OVER THE STAFFING REQUESTS AND BUDGET CYCLE FISCAL YEAR 26-27, THE STAFFING JUSTIFICATIONS AND REQUESTED BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND SIX POLICE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS. AS YOU KNOW, ASSISTANT CHIEF SHIPLEY AND I PRESENTED AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON

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AT THAT TIME, WE PRESENTED ON THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP CONSISTENTLY ASSESSES ITS DAILY OPERATIONS, STAFFING, PROCEDURES AND RESOURCES, AS WELL AS ONGOING CRIME TRENDS AND FUTURE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO ENSURE IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO SAFEGUARD CARLSBAD'S SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SEVERAL ONGOING AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY AND WITHIN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LANDSCAPE IN GENERAL THAT IMPACTED THE DEPARTMENT AND POLICING OVERALL. THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED INCLUDED A GROWING POPULATION, CHANGES IN HOUSING TYPES, RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW, THE CITY'S CRIME TRENDS, RESPONSE TIMES, STAFFING CHALLENGES, AND OTHER FACTORS IMPACTING WORKLOAD.

AND SINCE THAT PRESENTATION JUST ONE YEAR AGO, WE HAVE SEEN OTHER CHALLENGES ARISE AND OR BECOME COMPOUNDED THAT ARE UNIQUE TO OUR COASTAL COMMUNITY OF CARLSBAD. JUST TO NAME A FEW.

THE CONTINUOUS BOOM OF E-BIKE USAGE, JUVENILE ISSUES NOT JUST AT OUR PARKS BUT ACROSS THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

A CALL TO ACTION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND THE INCREASE IN PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

JUST IN CARLSBAD IN THE YEAR 2025 ALONE, WE STAFFED 17 PROTESTS.

POLICING CHALLENGES ARE EVER CHANGING, AND I WILL COVER SOME PRESENT DAY EXAMPLES AFFECTING CARLSBAD IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE.

WHILE WE ARE CONSISTENTLY ASSESSING REMAINING FLEXIBLE TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND NIMBLE IN ORDER TO MEET EXPECTATIONS A COPPS TEAM IS A CRITICAL NEED IN THE DEPARTMENT TO NOT ONLY HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS ISSUES AS THEY COME, BUT ALSO BE EXTREMELY PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF PREVENTION AND HANDLING ISSUES AT THEIR CORE.

THE INFORMATIONAL REPORT LAST YEAR INDICATED THE DEPARTMENT WOULD RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH REQUESTS FOR 19 POSITIONS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

LATER THAT MONTH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FOUR ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS.

A SPECIAL EVENT SERGEANT AN ICAC DETECTIVE AND A DIGITAL FORENSICS SPECIALIST FOR A TOTAL OF SIX FTES.

THE COPPS TEAM BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT WOULD PROVIDE DEDICATED RESOURCE TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS CRIMINAL TRENDS AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ENABLING THE DEPARTMENT TO NOT JUST RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT TO PROACTIVELY BUILD TRUST THROUGH COLLABORATION AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.

THIS TEAM WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS, TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THE PROPOSED ACTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING SIX ADDITIONAL FULL TIME POSITIONS AND APPROVE $684,350 IN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND'S FISCAL YEAR 25-26 OPERATING BUDGET IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING TEAM.

TO HELP FUND THESE POSITIONS STAFF RECOMMEND REDUCING THE RADIO REPLACEMENT ALLOCATION FROM $3 MILLION TO $100,000 IN THE ASSET REPLACEMENT RESERVE. THE REMAINING $2.9 MILLION WILL THEN BE MOVED TO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

AND I BRIEFLY WANTED TO COVER WHAT COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING IS.

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING IS A PHILOSOPHY THAT PROMOTES PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

IT EMPHASIZES TRUST BUILDING, COLLABORATION, PREVENTION, OVERREACTION, ADDRESSING ACUTE ISSUES RELATED TO QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AND LONG TERM PROBLEM SOLVING OF CRIME TRENDS. THE PHILOSOPHY WAS FORMALLY SUPPORTED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES UNDER THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN 1994.

IT PROMOTES COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

INSTEAD OF MAKING REPEATED ARRESTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THE TEAM FOCUSES ON WHY THE ISSUE KEEPS HAPPENING AND ADDRESSES THEM AT THE ROOT CAUSE.

WHILE THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS LONG EMBRACED A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING PHILOSOPHY IN ITS DAILY OPERATIONS, NATIONAL AND COUNTYWIDE TRENDS SHOW THAT ESTABLISHING A TEAM DEDICATED TO THIS WORK WOULD HELP ENSURE THESE EFFORTS REMAIN A SUSTAINED PRIORITY.

DESPITE THE GROWING COMPLEXITY AND CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND THE HIGH EXPECTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. THE COPPS TEAM WOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER ENTITIES.

MY GOAL AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS FOR EVERY INTERACTION THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE WITH THOSE THAT LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL.

TO BE ONE WHERE THEY RECEIVE TOP NOTCH SERVICE.

WITH THAT EXPECTATION, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY PUBLIC INTERACTION MUST REFLECT PROFESSIONALISM, RESPECT AND THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF SERVICE. IN AN EFFORT TO PAINT A PICTURE OF THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES,

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EACH OF THESE CASES, WHILE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, TAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO ENSURE WE ARE CONDUCTING THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS, HAVE CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE DA'S OFFICE, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

MANY OF THESE CASES WE HAVE PUT OUT PRESS RELEASES ON SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION TO CONSTITUENTS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR COMMUNITY VIEWS EACH CASE TO BE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE LAST, AND IT IS VITAL THAT WHEN WE PRIORITIZE CALLS, THEY GET THE APPROPRIATE TIME, ATTENTION, AND RESOURCES THEY DESERVE.

AS THE CHIEF, I WANT THESE CASES TO BE HANDLED RIGHT, BUT I ALSO WANT THE MUNDANE TRAFFIC STOP AND THE OTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT AREN'T MENTIONED HERE TO BE HANDLED JUST AS WELL. A DEDICATED COPPS TEAM WILL ASSIST IN THAT EFFORT.

STARTING ON THE FIRST OF THIS MONTH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE WE HAD A MAJOR INJURY COLLISION WITH A SOLO BICYCLIST THAT REQUIRED EXTENSIVE FOLLOW UP FROM OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION. LATER THAT NIGHT, WE HAD A STABBING OUTSIDE OF A LOCAL BAR.

THE NEXT DAY WE HAD A HOT PROWL HOME BURGLARY.

THE STABBING AND THE HOT PROWL HOME BURGLARY REQUIRED DETECTIVE CALLOUTS.

AND WHILE THOSE ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND I CAN'T RELEASE DETAILS ON THEM QUITE YET, THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO DO THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS.

TWO DAYS LATER, WE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER GAIN ACCESS TO ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY CONCERNING BECAUSE WE TAKE CAMPUS SECURITY VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND WHILE THE VIRAL COMMENTS ONLINE MAY NOT SEE IT AS AN ISSUE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS.

THE NEXT DAY, ON MARCH 5TH, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF A FIGHT THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN JUVENILES AT POINSETTIA PARK THAT HAS RIGHTFULLY UPSET OUR COMMUNITY AND HAS BECOME NATIONAL NEWS.

THAT SAME DAY, WE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM A RESIDENT THAT HIS ELDERLY FATHER WAS POTENTIALLY BEING SCAMMED OUT OF $20,000 BY SOMEONE PRETENDING TO BE AN AGENT FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. OUR DETECTIVES, WITH ABOUT 20 MINUTES NOTICE, HEADED TO THE VICTIM'S HOUSE WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS ADVISING HE WAS GOING TO BE SHOWING UP NEARBY TO PICK UP THE $20,000 IN CASH IN AN ELDER COURIER SCAM.

OUR OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO STOP THE SUSPECT AFTER HE RECEIVED THE $20,000 IN CASH, AND AFTER A SHORT FOOT PURSUIT, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.

ON MARCH 9TH, WE HAD A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE WHERE THE SUSPECT HAD LEFT THE SCENE AFTER STRANGLING THE VICTIM AND PLACING HER IN THE HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES.

DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY BEGAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT CASE, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY THE FOLLOWING DAY. ON MARCH 11TH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT A TRAFFIC COLLISION THAT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY HAD TURNED INTO A FATAL COLLISION APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER, WHEN THE PASSENGER SUCCUMBED TO THEIR INJURIES.

THESE CASES TAKE ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP FROM OUR DETECTIVES, OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION, OUR PATROL DIVISION, WHOEVER IS ASSIGNED TO WORK THOSE CASES WILL SPEND SOMETIMES WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS ON EACH ONE OF THESE.

THESE CASES. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE. THAT SAME DAY, STAFF FROM OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU HAD BEEN INVESTIGATING THE POINSETTIA PARK JUVENILE FIGHT SINCE THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND STAFFED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON.

MARCH 12TH A SHOOTING AT A SYNAGOGUE IN MICHIGAN BROUGHT HEIGHTENED FEAR TO OUR LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THE FAITH LEADERS FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND RELIGIONS IN OUR CITY, AND WE COLLABORATE OFTEN. HOWEVER, WHEN A TERRORIST EVENT OCCURS, IT OBVIOUSLY BRINGS THOSE COLLABORATIONS TO THE FOREFRONT OF OUR WORK.

ON MARCH 13TH AND 17TH, WE CONDUCTED PROACTIVE E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

ALSO ON THE 17TH, WE HAD A PROACTIVE BAR ENFORCEMENT DETAIL AND A PROACTIVE DUI ENFORCEMENT DETAIL FOR SAINT PATRICK'S DAY HOLIDAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN WITH THOSE PROACTIVE DETAILS, WE HAD A MAJOR INJURY DUI COLLISION THAT TURNED INTO A SHOOTING ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD THE SAME NIGHT. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE NOTIFIED OUR COMMUNITY THAT A SIX MONTH INVESTIGATION LED TO FOUR OF OUR LOCAL MASSAGE PARLORS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.

ON MARCH 19TH, FOUR OF OUR. OUR DETECTIVES WENT OUT AND DID A PROACTIVE WHAT WE CALL 290PC SEX REGISTRANT COMPLIANCE OPERATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE SEX REGISTRANTS WITHIN OUR CITY BOUNDS ARE NOT VIOLATING THEIR PROBATION TERMS. THIS MONTH, WE ALSO GOT NOTIFIED OF MULTIPLE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN OUR CITY THAT AT MINIMUM, REQUIRE MONITORING AND IN SOME CASES, REQUIRE EXTRA STAFFING, PLANNING AND DEMAND FOR DEDICATED RESOURCES.

NEXT WEEKEND, WE'LL BE STAFFING THE NATIONAL NO KINGS PROTEST IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT CITIZENS CAN PEACEFULLY EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

AND NOT SHOWN IN THE SLIDE BUT SOMETHING WE RESPONDED TO JUST TODAY WAS A FIGHT IN THE VILLAGE THAT RESULTED IN SOMEONE BEING SEVERELY INJURED WITH A MACHETE THAT TURNED INTO A

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IN THE FIRST 23 DAYS OF MARCH, WE RESPONDED TO ALMOST 7,000 INCIDENTS AND TOOK OVER 400 CASES.

THE RECAP I JUST GAVE YOU IS LESS THAN 20 OF THOSE 400 CASES, BUT IN EACH ONE OF THE 6000 INCIDENTS WE RESPONDED TO, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF TOP NOTCH SERVICE. AND FOR THEM TO BE TREATED WITH GREAT CARE, PROFESSIONALISM AND THOROUGHNESS AS IF THEY ARE THE ONLY CASE CURRENTLY BEING HANDLED.

HAVING A DEDICATED COPPS TEAM WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT CAN ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PRIORITIZED LIKE A VIOLENT CRIME OR MAJOR CRIME SPREE, BUT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

IN THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE CURRENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THAT DO DEPLOY COPPS TEAMS. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ONE OF ONLY TWO MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE REGION THAT DO NOT HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM.

THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO DEPLOYS COPPS TEAMS THROUGHOUT MANY OF THEIR CONTRACTED CITIES.

CURRENTLY, THE ONLY TWO CITIES THAT THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION OVER THAT DO NOT HAVE COPPS IS DEL MAR AND POWAY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING COUNCIL APPROVE THE FOLLOWING STAFFING REQUESTS IN ORDER TO BUILD A COPPS TEAM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ONE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION LIEUTENANT, ONE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SERGEANT AND FOR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING TEAM OFFICERS. IF THE REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE COPPS TEAM AND THE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.

THE DIVISION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE DEPARTMENT'S TWO RANGERS, WHO PATROL BEACHES, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TO TACKLE QUALITY OF LIFE AND CRIMINAL ISSUES, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER WHO WILL BE MOVED FROM THE PATROL DIVISION.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF SHIPLEY TO DISCUSS THE STAFFING REQUEST JUSTIFICATIONS IN DEPTH.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION LIEUTENANT. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION LIEUTENANT WILL OVERSEE THE FOUR COPPS OFFICERS, THE TWO POLICE RANGERS AND OUR COMMUNITY POLICING SERGEANT, AS WELL AS OUR EXISTING HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.

CURRENTLY, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IS MANAGED BY THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS LIEUTENANT, REQUIRING THEM TO DIVIDE THEIR FOCUS BETWEEN THE DETAILED, METICULOUS, AND MOST CHALLENGING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THE RESPONSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND FIELD OPERATIONS FOCUSED HOMELESS OUTREACH RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CED LIEUTENANT WILL ENABLE A HIGHLY RESPONSIVE LEADER TO FOCUS ON BRINGING TOGETHER POLICE RESOURCES ALONGSIDE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP BROAD, LASTING RESOLUTIONS TO ONGOING CHALLENGES.

THE LIEUTENANT WILL BE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE SARA MODEL THAT STANDS FOR SCANNING, ANALYSIS, RESPONSE AND ASSESSMENT. IT'S A MODEL OF POLICING THAT DEVELOPS STRATEGIES TAILORED TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND ENGAGES IN ONGOING ASSESSMENT TO ENSURE THAT OUR INTERVENTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE AND ARE PRODUCTIVE.

THE CED LIEUTENANT WILL ALSO BE THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING OUR BOAT, BIKE AND BEACH PROGRAMS, ENSURING A MORE COORDINATED AND DATA DRIVEN DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE RESOURCES.

THE CED LIEUTENANT WILL SERVE AS A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT AND COORDINATION FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

WHERE PREVIOUSLY THESE ISSUES ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN MULTIPLE LIEUTENANTS WORKING ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND HOURS, OFTEN RESULTING IN COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES, THE CED LIEUTENANT WILL DEVELOP A COHESIVE RESOLUTIONS AND DIRECT RESOURCES ACROSS MULTIPLE WATCHES AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE COMPLAINTS AND THE RESOLUTIONS.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN LARGE AND SMALL SCALE PROTESTS AND PUBLIC AND PUBLIC POLITICAL EXPRESSION EVENTS.

SINCE 2020 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS STAFFED OVER 90 PROTESTS.

THESE ACTIVITIES TAKE A SIGNIFICANT TOLL ON DEPARTMENT RESOURCES DURING THE EVENT, BUT ALSO REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT PLANNING, COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION BETWEEN PROTEST ORGANIZERS, THE CITY AND PRIVATE ENTITIES, AS WELL AS INTELLIGENCE THREAT ANALYSIS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN SAFELY AND SECURELY SUPPORT FREE EXPRESSION OF THE ATTENDEES WHILE MINIMIZING PUBLIC IMPACTS.

TRADITIONALLY, THE PLANNING AND STAFFING OF THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, STAFFING AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT OF THESE EVENTS HAS FALLEN TO PATROL WATCH COMMANDERS WHO MUST DIVIDE THEIR EFFORTS BETWEEN THE EVENT AND THE ACTIVITY OF THE REST OF THE CITY.

LARGE EVENTS ARE NOT THE ONLY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COPPS TEAM.

AN INCREASE IN SMALLER SCALE MARCHES, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TOWN HALLS HAVE DIVIDED THE FOCUS OF FIELD OPERATIONS PERSONNEL.

AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INCREASES, SO HAS THE DESIRE FOR POLICE PRESENCE AND PARTICIPATION AT THESE PUBLIC EVENTS.

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A COPPS LIEUTENANT AND TRAINED TEAM WHO REGULARLY WORK IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS WILL ENSURE THE POLICE PRESENCE SUPPORTS THE EVENT WITHOUT DETERRING FREE SPEECH OR ENGAGEMENT.

FINALLY, THE CED LIEUTENANT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, SUCH AS THE CITY CITIZENS AND OUR OWN CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMIES.

COORDINATING OUR CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OR CPTED, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, PROGRAM AND CONDUCTING AND UPDATING THE DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC SITE SURVEY PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM SURVEYS SCHOOLS, CITY FACILITIES, AND SUBSTANTIAL RISK LOCATIONS SUCH AS LEGOLAND, AS WELL AS PUBLIC VENUES TO ASSESS EXPOSURE, RECOMMEND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND DEVELOP CRITICAL RESPONSE PLANS TO ENSURE DEPLOYED SAFETY PERSONNEL HAVE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO RESOLVE THESE INCIDENTS SAFELY.

MOVING ON TO OUR COPPS SERGEANT. THE COPPS SERGEANT WILL OVERSEE THE FOUR COPPS, OFFICERS AND THE POLICE RANGERS.

THE COPPS SERGEANT WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND THE HOT SERGEANT TO ENSURE SUPERVISORY COVERAGE AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND INVESTMENT.

THE COPPS AND HOT SERGEANTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FIELD, SUPPORTING ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND RAPIDLY ADDRESSING COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS.

THE COPPS AND HOT OFFICERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WEEK, PROVIDING SEVEN DAY COVERAGE FOR BOTH TEAMS. THE COPPS SERGEANT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, COORDINATION OF PROTESTS AND ATTENDANCE OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOA MEETINGS AND TOWN HALLS. THE COPPS SERGEANT WILL ALSO SUPPORT OUR CRIME PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS, WITH DIRECT INVESTMENT AND COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WILL SERVE AS A BUSINESS LIAISON TO SEEK LASTING RESOLUTION AND ONGOING CRIME DETERRENCE.

OUR COPPS OFFICERS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COPPS OFFICERS.

SO AS NOTED IN OUR PRESENTATION IN 2025, RESPONSE TIMES AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MOST CRITICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE REMAIN A COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENT PRIORITY.

WHILE WE DIDN'T HIT THE NATIONAL GUARD GUIDEPOST OF SIX MINUTES FOR HIGH PRIORITY CALLS DURING 2025, WE DID SEE IMPROVEMENTS OVER OUR PREVIOUS YEAR'S RESPONSE TIMES.

THE ADDITION OF A DEDICATED COPPS TEAMS WILL PROVIDE ADDED RESOURCES TO THE FIELD TO RESPOND TO SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS AND INCREASE THE FLEXIBILITY OF OUR PATROL OFFICERS, IMPROVING THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO PENDING CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THE DEPARTMENT FIELDS DAILY CALLS TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ALSO REGULARLY RECEIVE THESE REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MUCH LIKE OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM THAT CAN FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON HOMELESS ACTIVITY THE COMMUNITY POLICING TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY DIRECT THEIR ACTIVITY TOWARDS THESE OTHER ISSUES OF COMMUNITY CONCERN. THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO BETTER ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND TO ENFORCE VIOLATIONS.

OUR CURRENT MODEL OF POLICING, ONE THAT REQUIRES PATROL OFFICERS TO BALANCE ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE OTHER VIOLATIONS AND RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, IS INEFFECTIVE AT DEVELOPING LONG TERM RESOLUTIONS TO THESE ISSUES.

ADDITIONALLY, MANY OF THESE CHALLENGES, SUCH AS E-BIKE ISSUES IN THE PARKS, TAKE PLACE IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT READILY OBSERVABLE OR ACCESSIBLE TO PATROL VEHICLES.

THE COPPS OFFICERS WILL BE BOAT, BIKE AND DRONE CERTIFIED, ENABLING THEM TO BETTER SEE, CONTACT AND ENFORCE VIOLATIONS IN THESE LOCATIONS.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO RECEIVED COMMUNITY REQUESTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLICE RANGERS.

WHILE HELPFUL AT ADDRESSING MANY ISSUES SPECIFICALLY IN OUR OPEN SPACES, THE RANGERS ARE LIMITED IN THEIR ENFORCEMENT.

POWER RANGERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS AND MAKE FOLLOW UP CONTACTS, AND DO NOT DETAIN CONFRONTATIONAL OR RESISTIVE SUBJECTS.

THEY ALSO CANNOT MAKE CUSTODIAL ARRESTS. DEDICATED SWORN COPPS PERSONNEL WILL ALLOW THE EXISTING RANGERS TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS BEST SUITED TO THEIR EXPERTISE, SUCH AS OPEN SPACES AND BEACHES AND THE EXISTING OR THE THE NEW COPPS OFFICERS CAN ALSO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS WHEN NEEDED.

THE COPPS TEAM WILL ALLOW DIRECT CONNECTION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, ALLOWING THEM TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATE ON EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO EACH COMMUNITY. AS EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT FACES THEIR OWN UNIQUE CRIME TRENDS OR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THE COPPS OFFICER CAN WORK TO TAILOR APPROACHES AND COLLABORATE DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FINDING LASTING RESOLUTIONS.

COPPS OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAINING, INCLUDING SOMETHING KNOWN AS CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OR CPTED. THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO ADDRESS AND ASSESS PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTORS TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS.

THE COPPS OFFICERS ONGOING CONNECTION TO CURRENT COMMUNITY CONCERNS WILL MAKE THEM IDEALLY SUITED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

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THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, LED BY THE CED LIEUTENANT, WILL RESPONSIBLY AND PROACTIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES BY COORDINATING DEPARTMENT RESOURCES, LEVERAGING THE INVESTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES, AND SEEK TO ADDRESS ONGOING ISSUES AT THE ROOT CAUSE.

THIS WILL IMPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF SEVERAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY CONCERN WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR OTHER AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

BASED ON THE CHART ON THIS SLIDE, STAFF ARE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF $684,350 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO BE APPROPRIATED INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL YEAR 25-26 BUDGET.

ALL REMAINING ONGOING BUDGETARY NEEDS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27.

OVER A YEAR AGO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED 3 MILLION TO BE ADDED TO THE ASSET REPLACEMENT RESERVE SCHEDULE IN FISCAL YEAR 24-25 FOR A FULL DEPARTMENT RADIO REPLACEMENT. AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A FULL RADIO SYSTEM REPLACEMENT IS NOT NECESSARY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INSTEAD BEGAN REPLACING RADIOS IN SMALL BATCHES AND ONLY REPLACING RADIOS THAT CAN NO LONGER BE REPAIRED, AND PLANS TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. THIS CAN BE SUPPORTED AND ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SAVINGS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO REQUEST THE REMAINING $100,000 IN THE ASSET REPLACEMENT RESERVE SCHEDULE FOR RADIO REPLACEMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 27-28, AND WILL REASSESS FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS DURING EACH BUDGET CYCLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ADDITIONAL FUNDS SHOULD BE REQUESTED OR DEFERRED.

THIS APPROACH PRESERVES $2.9 MILLION IN AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT CAN BE REDUCED FROM THE ASSET REPLACEMENT RESERVE IMMEDIATELY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND RESERVE FUNDING FOR THE COPPS TEAM'S BUDGET NEEDS.

THERE IS A REQUEST FOR AN ONGOING COST FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS OF THE COPPS TEAM, WHICH IS $1,549,092.

THE RECOMMENDED ACTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING $684,350 OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 25-26 OPERATING BUDGET AND AUTHORIZE A TRANSFER OF $2.9 MILLION FROM THE ASSET REPLACEMENT RESERVE TO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE TO FUND SIX POSITIONS FOR A DEDICATED TEAM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IN CLOSING, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO BOTH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE AND TO PROPOSE THIS FORMAL REQUEST. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR. SHIN. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THE PERSONNEL THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE, IS THIS GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE HOT WHERE IT'S VOLUNTEER BASED AND THEN AND THEN THEY'LL COME IN? ABSOLUTELY. SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE PERSONNEL WOULD HAVE TO INTERVIEW FOR AND THEN BE SELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION LIEUTENANT.

SO ODDS ARE LOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT LIKE A ROOKIE IN THERE.

THEY'LL HAVE SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR COMMUNITY WORKS PRIOR TO BEING DEPLOYED.

THAT'S CORRECT. OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR ANY SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT LIKE THIS, WOULD YOU NEED A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS OF PATROL EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU CAN PUT IN FOR AN ASSIGNMENT LIKE THIS? OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU. IS THIS COPPS ACRONYM KIND OF A FEDERAL ONE? COPPS. CORRECT. BECAUSE I WAS WANTING TO SUGGEST THAT WE ADD PREVENTION BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH OF WHAT COPPS IS ABOUT IS ABOUT PREVENTION, BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSE, AS WE JUST SAID, AND AND BUILDING TRUST RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES JUST ONE MORE TIME.

HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO MONITOR THAT? THE RESPONSE TIMES HOPEFULLY ARE MUCH IMPROVED AFTER HAVING THIS NEW COPPS STRUCTURE.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN WE DID OUR PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, WE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED RESPONSE TIMES AND HOW OUR PRIORITY ONE RESPONSE TIMES, WHICH IS OUR IMMEDIATE EMERGENCIES, LIFE AND DEATH, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO GET TO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAD RISEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IN 2024 OUR PRIORITY ONES WERE AT SIX MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.

WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO LOWER THAT TO SIX MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS, SO AVERAGE TIME FOR PRIORITY ONES DID DECREASE.

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WHEN WE ASSIGN PEOPLE TO DO SOME OF THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND HANDLE THEM FROM THE CORE ISSUE, IT'S NOT PULLING PATROL OFFICERS AWAY FROM THEIR BEAT IN THEIR AREA THAT THEY'RE WORKING.

SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE 911 CALLS QUICKER.

GREAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT OUT AFTER THIS TEAM IS UP AND RUNNING AND WE CAN SHOW THOSE NUMBERS TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS BURKHOLDER? SORRY, I JUST THOUGHT OF A QUESTION. THE REPORT MENTIONED THE SUCCESSES OF OTHER REGIONAL AGENCIES THAT HAVE THIS PROGRAM.

I WONDERED HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE SUCCESS OF THE COPPS PROGRAM HERE.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK A BIG PIECE OF IT. AS THE CHIEF, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE OUR RESPONSE TIMES OVERALL GO DOWN.

I THINK THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE WITH MANY ENTITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE BUSINESSES, ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE A BIG PIECE OF THE COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT REACH OUT TO US AS WELL AS COUNCIL.

I'M SURE WE'LL BE GIVING FEEDBACK AS TO HOW THEY'RE DOING.

ONE THING THAT WE DO WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WE CONTRACT WITH THAT'S CALLED SPIDER TECH, WHICH IS THEY SEND OUT SURVEYS IMMEDIATELY ON DIFFERENT 911 CALLS AND DIFFERENT RESPONSES THAT WE GO TO.

THEY'RE ABLE TO TYPE NARRATIVES AND, GIVE RATINGS ON OUR PERFORMANCE.

SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO SEE COPS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THIS TEAM AND ARE RESPONDING, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE ARE GETTING FROM THEIR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE RANGER DUTY TRAINING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ASKED FOR ANOTHER RANGER LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. SHIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REALLY BEING CONSIDERATE WITH LIKE BEING FISCALLY PRUDENT AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN REPLACEMENTS OF AND MAINTENANCE OF RADIOS.

SO TO FIND HOW TO LIKE RESHUFFLE AND ALLOCATE THE MONIES IS GREAT.

IT'S PROVING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR OWN BUDGETS.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU STAYED IN ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS ABOUT PREVENTION OVER REACTION.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WHEN I SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS, THEY'RE ALWAYS TOUTING HOW MUCH THEY LOVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO A POINT WHERE THEY DON'T, THEY WANT TO SEE YOU MORE AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF BUILD THAT LEVEL OF TRUST.

SO I'M IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JUST LOOKING AT THE ORG CHART.

IT MAKES SENSE BY SEEING THE ORG CHART. SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO KIND OF SHIFT IT INTO THE WAY THAT YOU DID.

AND EVEN PUTTING THE RANKS AS THEY SHOULD BE.

SO BESIDES FOR THAT, I'M ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MISS BHAT-PATEL? YES. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW WHEN YOU ALL BROUGHT IT FORWARD, I HAD MENTIONED HOW I AM SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

I THINK YOU KNOW, WE, TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING, BUT I THINK THAT OUR TEAM DOES IT SO WELL THAT IT'S ACTUALLY, IT JUST SHOWS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SHARED AND IT'S, VERY CRITICAL IS OBVIOUSLY WITH STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES COME FROM THAT GENUINE TRUST AND BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS AND OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO I THINK THIS WILL BE CRITICAL TO JUST CONTINUING THAT.

BUT THEN ALSO THE PIECE WHERE YOU ALL ARE BRINGING IT TO OUR DISTRICTS AND MAKING SURE THAT SOMEBODY IS REALLY DIALED IN TO EACH DISTRICT IS REALLY GREAT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY FOLKS KNOW OUR ENTIRE CITY, BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO ELEVATE IT TO THAT LEVEL AND JUST GRANULAR, EVEN MORE GRANULAR WILL HELP. I KNOW EVEN JUST LIKE STANDING ON THE SIDE OF ONE OF OUR ROADS AND TALKING TO OUR OFFICERS AND THEY, THEY KNOW THAT AREA. AND SO JUST BEING ABLE TO REEMPHASIZE AND BRING THAT FORWARD IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A BUDGET REQUEST. AND I PERSONALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND YOU KNOW, IT ALSO JUST HELPS FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, CONTINUING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

I FEEL SAFE WALKING OUTSIDE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I KNOW THIS WILL HELP ADDRESS ISSUES BEFORE THEY START TO ESCALATE BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT PREVENTION PIECE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT. SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT IS BUDGET AND MONEY.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ALTHOUGH IT IS EXPENSIVE, THE REASON THE CITY HAS SUCH HIGH PROPERTY TAXES HAS SO MANY BIG BUSINESSES THAT ALL GENERATE MONEY FOR THE CITY IS BECAUSE OF OUR NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE COAST, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE HERE.

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PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WANTING TO BE WILLING TO SPEND MORE FOR HOUSES IN CARLSBAD.

SO I ALONG WITH THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL APPROVE THIS.

SO MOTION PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE IT IN A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION.

OKAY. THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA. WE STILL HAVE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

PLEASE CALL THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. MILES ERICKSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MILES ERICKSON.

WE RECENTLY MOVED HERE. I WAS AN AIRLINE PILOT, AND WE PICKED CARLSBAD AS OUR RETIREMENT DESTINATION FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE AND THE COMMUNITY IT OFFERS. WE PURCHASED OUR TOWNHOUSE IN THE SUMMER OF 2024 BEFORE ANY COMMERCIAL PART 121 AIRLINES WERE FLYING OUT OF CARLSBAD AIRPORT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY OF 25 AMERICAN AIRLINES STARTED WITH TWO FLIGHTS A DAY OUT OF CARLSBAD.

AND STARTING NEXT WEEK, I THINK ON THE 30TH, UNITED'S GOING TO HAVE FOUR FLIGHTS A DAY IN AND OUT.

SO THAT WILL BE SIX FLIGHTS IN AND SIX FLIGHTS OUT.

SO STARTING MONDAY, WE'LL HAVE 12 FLIGHTS A DAY IN AND OUT OF CARLSBAD, WHICH WE HAVE NOTICED.

WE LIVE BY HEDIONDA LAGOON AND IT WAKES US UP EVERY MORNING WHEN THE JETS TAKE OFF.

THEIR PROCEDURES AREN'T VERY DIALED IN AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE NOISE ABATEMENT FOR THE JETS, THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A SID THAT GOES EAST, A STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE.

SO WHEN THE PLANES TAKE OFF, IF THE ATC SAYS TO TURN RIGHT 090, BOOM, THEY'RE IN THAT RIGHT TURN AND THEY'RE TURNING RIGHT OVER YOUR TOWNHOUSE.

A LOT OF AIRPORTS LIKE ORANGE COUNTY, THEY'LL HAVE A QUIET OR A NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE FOR JETS.

AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE YOU GO OFF COAST ABOUT A TWO MILES AND A POINT OF 4000FT BEFORE THEY START TO TURN EAST, SO IT MAKES IT MUCH QUIETER FOR THE RESIDENTS.

IN ANY CASE, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THIS AIRPORT BECAUSE SAN DIEGO, AS YOU KNOW, IS A ONE RUNWAY AIRPORT.

AND THEY ARE FINDING THERE IS A BIT OF A VACUUM UP HERE.

AND THAT'S WHY AMERICANS ARE ASKING FOR TWO MORE FLIGHTS.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE FOUR FLIGHTS IN AND OUT, AND UNITED'S GOING TO HAVE FOUR FLIGHTS.

AND THEN I'M SURE DELTA'S SOMEWHERE ALSO PREPARING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A RAPID INCREASE IN THIS ACTIVITY.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO START TO NOTICE IT ON MONDAY WHEN UNITED STARTS FLYING.

SO AT MINIMUM, I'D LOVE TO. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

I FEEL LIKE YOU DO WANT TO SUPPORT THE GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE HERE.

HOLDING THEM TO THE HOURS, THE QUIET HOURS FROM 10 P.M.

TO 7 A.M. IS REALLY IMPORTANT. GETTING SOME BETTER NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS AIRPORT IS IT'S A SHORT RUNWAY.

SO THIS EMB 175 IS LANDING ON LESS THAN A 5000 FOOT RUNWAY.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING IN REALLY LOW OVER STARBUCKS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO HIT THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO STOP AND THERE'S NO MARGIN THERE.

SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ALSO. WAKE TURBULENCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF BIG JETS COMING IN HERE.

AND YOU'RE MIXED WITH A LOT OF FLIGHT SCHOOLS.

SO LIGHTER PLANES CAN HIT THE WAKE TURBULENCE OF A JET COMING IN.

AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT PILOTS AND IT CAN CREATE A SCENARIO FOR AN ACCIDENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ADAM GOLDSTEIN.

SUZY THORLEY. ANITA ARNOLD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING MAYOR BLACKBURN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANITA ARNOLD. WE LIVE SOUTH OF LEGOLAND AND SOUTH OF PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD IN THE SEABRIGHT COMMUNITY.

IRONICALLY, WE ALL SPOKE ABOUT CONVERSATIONS HALTING WHEN THE AIRPLANES TAKE OFF.

AND THAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY AS I WAS TALKING ON MY PHONE IN IN MY HOME.

I HAD TO PAUSE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE AMERICAN AIRLINES WAS TAKING OFF OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MY WINDOW HAPPENED TO BE OPEN THAT DAY. SO MOST OFTEN IT'S CLOSED.

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AND IT REGISTERED AT 85DB AT 400FT. MUST BE STARBUCKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE NOISE MONITOR AT EL FUERTE AND MELROSE. I'VE ALREADY STARTED TO TRACK AND REPORT THESE DECIBEL LEVELS OF THE AMERICAN AIRLINES DEPARTURES EARLY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY AROUND 80DB. WE WERE ASSURED BY SOMEONE THAT THESE EMBRAER AIRPLANES WERE TO BE QUIET.

HOW CAN 80DB BE CONSIDERED QUIET? WE KNOW AMERICAN AIRLINES IS FLYING DURING NAP HOURS. AT FIRST, THEY WERE SCHEDULED AROUND 630 IN THE MORNING AND THEN 618 AND NOW 6 A.M. OR EARLIER. IF THEY'RE READY TO GO. THEY CAN DEPART AT 5:53 IN THE MORNING, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE.

AND NOW AMERICAN AIRLINES IS REQUESTING TWO MORE DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.

UNITED WANTS TO USE THE SAME NOISY AIRCRAFT AND ADD FOUR MORE DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.

THE LAST ARRIVAL AT 10:28 P.M.. SO WHEN THEY'RE NOT RUNNING ON TIME, THEY CAN LAND AT 11:30, MIDNIGHT, 1:30, BECAUSE THEY WILL SO LONG AS THE CREW IS LEGAL.

THEY NEED THAT AIRPLANE FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT OUT THE NEXT DAY.

MY QUESTION IS, HOW EARLY IS TOO EARLY AND HOW LATE IS TOO LATE? AND WE SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO REPORT THESE HIGH DECIBEL COMPLAINTS AS SINGLE NOISE EVENTS INSTEAD OF AVERAGED INTO NOISE COMPLAINTS USING THE [INAUDIBLE].

NOW WE ALREADY BATTLE WITH PROPS AND JETS WHO DISREGARD THE VNAP.

I RECENTLY REPORTED A TOUCH AND GO PATTERN WORK A FEW DAYS AGO THAT STARTED AT 10:30 AT NIGHT UNTIL 11:50 AT NIGHT.

ANOTHER STARTED AT 6:40 IN THE MORNING LAST SATURDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER PROP TOOK OFF AFTER HIM AT 6:49 IN THE MORNING WITH A DECIBEL LEVEL OF 85.

WE HAVE THIS DISREGARD FOR THE VNAP GUARANTEED DAILY BY COMMERCIAL AIRLINES, SO WHY SHOULDN'T THE PROPS AND JETS DO THE SAME? PLEASE, PLEASE STAY WITH US IN OUR FIGHT TO EXPAND THIS AIRPORT WITH THE COMMERCIAL AIRLINES AND INTO SOMETHING IT SHOULDN'T BE.

IT'S INTRUSIVE INTO SO MANY LIVES. PLEASE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I LIVE AT SOLAMAR. JUST WANT TO AS AN ASIDE, SO THOSE SPEAKERS WHO CAME UP AND SAID THEY WERE HERE, THEY WERE NOT HERE. THERE WERE PEOPLE ONLINE FROM 4:00 AND SOME PEOPLE RUSHED THE DOOR.

I THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO GIVE OUT NUMBERS AS TO WHO'S THE FIRST FIVE OR FIRST SIX.

THE SPEAKERS ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL CONCERNED WITH THESE FLIGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO START NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE CONCERNED AFTER THE PAC MEETING ON THURSDAY WHERE THE COUNTY JUST DOWNPLAYED THE HOT SPOTS AND OTHER SITUATIONS AND ARE JUST MOVING AHEAD FULL STEAM TO MAKE THIS AIRPORT INTO A FULL BLOWN COMMERCIAL AIRPORT.

AND YES, THEY'RE TALKING TO DELTA ALREADY. AS YOU KNOW, I WORK WITH THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ACTION NETWORK.

WE HAVE OUR 25 HOA'S AND OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND 11 OF THEM HAVE FUNDED THIS GET NOISY SYSTEM, WHICH YOU HEARD THE FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT REPORT ON WHERE WE'RE GETTING THESE DECIBEL READINGS THAT ARE UNBELIEVABLY HIGH.

I MEAN, 85DB, BECAUSE THEY'RE MEASURING THE EVENT WHEN IT COMES OVER THE HOMES, NOT WHEN IT'S OVER TIME AND DISTANCE AS THE COUNTY TRIES TO WATER IT DOWN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A REPORT TO YOU LATER ON.

BUT THAT'S WHERE THE REPORTS ARE COMING FROM.

THE 400 FLIGHTS A DAY ARE ENORMOUS. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON A HEAT, WHAT'S CALLED A HEAT MAP WITH COMPLETELY BLOCKS OUT IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE PLANES ARE COMING OVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I'M UP HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

I'M SURE OTHER INFORMATION FROM OTHER SPEAKERS AS WELL.

BUT LOOK, THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO STOP THE COUNTY IS LEGAL ACTION.

NOW, I KNOW WHEN YOU JOIN THE AMERICAN SUIT OF C4FA, THE CLERK REPORTED THAT IT WAS A 3 2 VOTE.

I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER MOVING AHEAD WITH JOINING THE UNITED SUIT AND ALSO FILING FOR INJUNCTIVE ACTION.

THE COUNTY IS MOVING AHEAD EVEN THOUGH THAT THERE'S A COURT CASE PENDING.

THEY'RE NOT WAITING FOR IT. THEY'RE TRYING TO OVERLOAD THIS AIRPORT AND MAKE US ACCEPT IT.

IT'S LIKE A BULLY WHO BULLIES YOU, AND YOU TRY TO BE REASONABLE AND YOU TRY TO WORK WITH THEM.

BUT THERE COMES TO A POINT WHERE YOU GOT TO STOP THE BULLYING AND WE HAVE TO APPEAL TO YOU.

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BRING THEM TO THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW THE JUDGE THE PAST TWO TIMES IN 2021.

AND ON THE AMERICAN SUIT, HIS FIRST COMMENTS WHEN YOU WERE NOT THERE ORIGINALLY WAS WHERE'S THE CITY? THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN AUGUST. HE'S GOING TO ASK, WHERE'S THE CITY? AND IF YOU'RE NOT THERE AT THE TABLE WITH US, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FIGHT THIS. WE HAVE RAISED THE MONEY FOR THE LAWSUITS.

WE HAVE RAISED THE MONEY FOR THE NOISE MONITORS.

WE NEED YOU. PLEASE HELP US FIGHT THIS. NINA LOUISE. THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I HAVE JUST SIX POINTS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THIS AIRPORT ISSUE THAT I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH.

THE SAFETY RUNWAY CURRENTLY TOO SHORT WITH SO MANY HOUSES, NEW HOTELS, BUSINESSES.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND THE CITY HAS REALLY GROWN AND IT'S CLUSTERED AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR SURE.

HEALTH, AIR POLLUTION ALREADY SEVERE WITH BLACK PARTICULATE SPECKS, WHICH IF I GO OUTSIDE AND JUST GO LIKE THAT ON MY PORCH, YOU SEE IT? I MEAN, THEY'RE BLACK DOTS. THEY'RE NOT INVISIBLE THINGS.

THEY'RE ON MY PORCH. MY SCREEN WINDOWS, MY CAR SCREEN WINDOWS I MEAN THE WIND BLOWS COMES RIGHT IN MY HOUSE.

WHEN I HOSE MY SCREENS, THEY THEY COME BLACK, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SHEETS OF BLACK UNTIL I GET THEM CLEANED OFF OF THE AIR POLLUTION.

AND THIS AFFECTS BREATHING TOXIC MATERIAL FOR CHILDREN.

A LOT MORE OF US AROUND NOW. KIDS, PEOPLE WITH KIDS, SENIORS LIKE MYSELF.

I BOUGHT MY RETIREMENT HOME HERE IN 1988 BECAUSE I WAS PRE ASTHMATIC IN THE BERKELEY AREA.

AND I HAD TO LEAVE AND IT WAS JUST GOLDEN FINDING, CARLSBAD.

I WAS A REALTOR UNTIL LAST YEAR. HOME VALUES AND HOME OWNERSHIP.

YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE EVERYTHING AND OVERHEAD.

WHEN A PLANE COMES OVER AND I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME TWICE NOW IN JUST THE LAST THREE YEARS WHERE YOU'RE SHOWING A PROPERTY, THE PLANE COMES OVERHEAD, EVERYBODY STOPS TALKING AND THE PERSON GOES, I CHANGED MY MIND.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF CARLSBAD.

THEY JUST THEY GET UP AND LEAVE. SO IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT AFFECTS THE HOME PRICE GOING DOWN 30 OR 40%.

IT AFFECTS THAT THE BUYERS GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.

LITTLE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WHATEVER. NOISE NUISANCE.

THEY FLY DIRECTLY OVER MY ROOF. SO AGAIN, LIKE OTHER PEOPLE SAID, I HAVE TO STOP TALKING ON THE PHONE IF MY WINDOWS ARE OPEN AND MOST OF THE TIME MY WINDOWS ARE OPEN YEAR ROUND, EVEN THE TV THING, FORTUNATELY, NETFLIX, I GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN BECAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S JUST AGGRAVATING, RIGHT? AND IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE WEST LIFTOFF DESIGNATED FLIGHT PATH OVER THE OCEAN, RIGHT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SUPPOSED TO BE NORTH OF OUR HOMES IN SOLAMAR, DOWN PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD, AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH. THEY DON'T DO THIS.

I REALIZED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HONOR IT. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO BOTHER, SO THEY DON'T.

LAND VALUE. WELL, THIS IS A DIFFERENT TAKE ON LAND VALUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY IS, IT IS A SUPREMELY EXPENSIVE PIECE OF LAND.

SO IF IT'S NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AN AIRPORT.

MA'AM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JESSICA RAMIREZ.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JESSICA RAMIREZ.

I'M A CURRENT SENIOR AT SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF THE STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT A STAPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND AN ONGOING CONCERN FOR MANY E-BIKE SAFETY AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR ON E-BIKES, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE BRESSI RANCH AREA.

AS MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW, E-BIKES ARE AN UNDENIABLE FACTOR OF THE CARLSBAD CULTURE.

HOWEVER, RECENTLY, THE USE OF THESE BIKES HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE ATTITUDES OF THESE CHILDREN'S HAVE RECENTLY PROGRESSED FOR THE WORSE BEHAVIORS INCLUDE LITTERING, LEAVING MESSES IN ESTABLISHMENTS, AND MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF GROUPS DISRUPTING AND USING OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN ESTABLISHMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT KIDS WILL BE KIDS, AND I REMEMBER THE TIME WHERE I WAS ONE OF THOSE E-BIKERS WITH FRIENDS,

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WE ARE REACHING A POINT WHERE THE BEHAVIOR OF A FEW IS TANTALIZING THE REPUTATION OF OTHERS.

ASIDE FROM BAD BEHAVIORS, AS A NEWER DRIVER, BRESSI RANCH IS TERRIFYING TO DRIVE AROUND.

MANY BIKERS ARE CONSTANTLY GOING AT CRAZY SPEEDS, DOING TRICKS ON ONE WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND CUTTING PEOPLE OFF.

NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S A CONSTANT WORRYING AND A TERRIFYING CYCLE OF POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS WITH NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT THE CHILD AND WHO'S ON THE BIKE. EVEN THOUGH SAFETY LEGISLATION WAS RECENTLY PASSED AND IN AND OUT OF SCHOOLS, IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH WITHOUT STRONGER SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENT IN AREAS LIKE BRESSI RANCH, THE BEHAVIOR OF MANY OF THESE E-BIKERS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN THE SAME.

TO CONCLUDE MY SPEECH, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AREAS LIKE BRESSI RANCH.

OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AN ACTIVE REINFORCEMENT TO KEEP E-BIKERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND TO FURTHER FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE RECENT SAFETY LEGISLATION.

THANK YOU GUYS. VICKY SIAGE. I HAVE A HANDOUT FOR EVERYONE UP ON THE DAIS. WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO THE CLERK? IS IT OKAY IF I WAIT FOR YOU TO GET THE PICTURE? BECAUSE IT'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS? VICKY FOR YOU ANYTHING? PARDON ME. FOR YOU ANYTHING. THANK YOU. SO SORRY.

VICKY SIAGE, I'VE HANDED OUT THREE PAGES FROM THE FAA HOTSPOT DOCUMENTS.

THESE ARE DIRECTLY FROM THE FAA WEBSITE. A MAP OF HOTSPOTS AT PALOMAR AIRPORT, PLUS THE FAA'S DESCRIPTION FROM THEIR LAST TWO MONTHLY REPORTS.

TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THOSE. FOR CONTEXT, AN FAA HOTSPOT IS A DANGER ZONE ON AIRPORT GROUNDS WITH A HIGH RISK OF COLLISION OR A RUNWAY INCURSION. AND FOR US MERE MORTALS, A RUNWAY INCURSION IS SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY THAT JUST SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

THERE ARE ABOUT 250 PUBLIC AIRPORTS THAT OPERATE IN CALIFORNIA, AND FEWER THAN 10% ARE ON THE FAA HOTLIST.

GUESS WHAT? PALOMAR IS ONE OF THOSE LUCKY 10%.

NOT A LIST YOU WANT TO BE ON. LOOK AT THE LARGE OVAL ON THE MAP.

MARCH HS1. IT'S RIGHT BY THE LETTER A. THAT OVAL COVERS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE RUNWAY'S LENGTH.

I MEASURED IT. I'M AN ENGINEER. THE FAA'S OWN DESCRIPTION EXPLAINS WHY IT'S DANGEROUS ON THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES, HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE LARGE JETS PARKED ON THE RAMP BLOCK THE CONTROL TOWER'S VIEW OF SMALLER AIRCRAFT TAXIING EAST TO TAKE OFF.

IN PLAIN TERMS, THOSE SMALLER PLANES ARE TAXIING BLIND TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR ONE THIRD OF THE RUNWAY.

THE SAFETY ISSUE IS 100%. THE COUNTY'S OWN MAKING.

ON JULY 23RD, 2024, IN A MEETING WITH THE AIRPORT MANAGER, AIRPORT DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE COUNTY TOLD C4FA THAT TO ACCOMMODATE AMERICAN AIRLINES E-175 JETS, THE RAMP ADJACENT TO HS1 WAS RESTRIPED FIVE GENERAL AVIATION TIE DOWNS FOR SMALL PLANES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH PARKING SPOTS FOR FOUR LARGER JETS.

MOVING THE SMALL PLANES OUT SO THE LARGE JETS COULD PARK.

WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNTY'S ATTENTION LAST WEEK BY THE PRESS AND BY THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE COUNTY MINIMIZED THE ISSUE BY SAYING HOTSPOTS ARE NORMAL AND THAT THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO CORRECT THEM AT PALOMAR AIRPORT.

THEIR REASONING NO ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED YET.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE RESPONSE. DANGER ZONES SHOULD NOT BE NORMAL.

BEING IN THAT LOWER 10% AND BEING SO SPECIAL SHOULD NOT BE NORMAL.

I'M BRINGING THIS TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT BECAUSE IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT, THE RESPONSE WILL FALL TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO RESPOND.

THE AIRPORT HAS ONE SMALL FIRE ENGINE AND PART TIME CREW OF 3 TO 4 PEOPLE ON SITE, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH FOR A SERIOUS AIRCRAFT INCIDENT, ESPECIALLY A LARGE JET WITH 70 PLUS PEOPLE ON IT.

HOTSPOT ONE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.

PLEASE HELP COMMON SENSE AND SAFETY TO PREVAIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. CLOSING COMMENTS, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

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THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR SETTING THAT UP. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS AROUND IT, SO IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THAT.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE FOOD BANK OPENING THE CBAD AWARDS WHICH IS FOR THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HONORING DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR CITY. THE CARLSBAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S GALA, WHICH WAS TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN CARLSBAD.

WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER GALA AS WELL. JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART WITH REGARDS TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION, SPECIFICALLY. OUR FIRE PROMOTIONS WERE REALLY FUN TO SEE EVERYONE'S FAMILIES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT WAS PROMOTED.

CITY STUFF WITH OUR THIRD GRADERS. ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE ALL THOSE YOUNG FOLKS AND HOW ENGAGED THEY ARE IN SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE IN THE CITY.

AND THEN FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED TO OPPOSE ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD EXPAND SB 79 AND WILL PUSH, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION TO THE NEXT RHNA CYCLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON THAT. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, WE HONORED THEM WITH A PROCLAMATION THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR JUST TO, JUST FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS WEEK IS ALLY WEEK.

SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL HAD THAT AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO CHAT WITH THE STUDENTS THERE.

TOMORROW I WILL BE AT OPENING DAY FOR THE PADRES FOR NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.

AND THEN THURSDAY IN LINE WITH TRANSPORTATION, I WILL BE AT CAL CITIES FOR OUR PUBLIC TCPW, TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC WORKS POLICY COMMITTEE.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN UP TO.

AND THEN JUST ANOTHER NOTE THAT I WANTED TO MAKE.

I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT EVENTS IN THE NEWS.

AND THOSE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AROUND BULLYING AND THOSE HAVE REALLY MADE IT CLEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY MUST ACT NOT JUST WITH WORDS, BUT WITH PURPOSE. I DO THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO STAND ALONGSIDE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SENDING AN UNMISTAKABLE MESSAGE THAT BULLYING WON'T BE TOLERATED HERE IN OUR CITY. SO PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT ANTI-BULLYING PROCLAMATION THAT I'VE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING FORWARD, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE WENT AHEAD AND ASKED HIM TO PUT FORWARD ON THE APRIL 14TH AGENDA AS AN ANTI-BULLYING PROCLAMATION.

AND THEN I'VE ALSO WANTED TO PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING MINUTE ORDER, WHICH IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE AN ITEM ON A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA THAT WOULD GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ANY NEW ANTI-BULLYING ACTIONS OR PROGRAMS TAKEN BY THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN RESPONSE TO RECENT EVENTS, AND GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT TO HELP ADVANCE THE MESSAGE THAT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR BULLYING IN CARLSBAD.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF I MAY JUST CLOSE IT OUT JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, I HAVE RAN IT BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER, SO THIS IS NOT BEING SPRUNG ON THEM.

ANY DISCUSSION? MISS ACOSTA? THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL FOR BRINGING UP THIS ISSUE.

I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY CONCERNED AND WONDERING WHAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS DOING AND HOW WE CAN CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF MORE INCLUSION AND WELCOMING IN CARLSBAD. WE DO SO MANY THINGS SO WELL, AND THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE NEED IMPROVEMENT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE PRESENTATION ON ANTI-BULLYING RULES AND PRACTICES AND POLICIES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AND FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM. THANKS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MISS BURKHOLDER? SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT BULLYING.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? NO. SO JUST TO THAT PARTICULAR POINT, I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WAYS THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO ONCE THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT ACTIONS OR PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE TAKING, WE'RE BASICALLY TEEING OURSELVES UP TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM OUR CITY MANAGER ON WAYS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THINGS, AND THEN HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TOGETHER TO ADDRESS IT.

SO WE WOULD NOT BE RECEIVING A I DON'T UNLESS, AGAIN, I SHOULDN'T BE SPEAKING FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD BE COMING FROM OUR STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY WE COULD INVITE THEM INTO THE CONVERSATION.

THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE MINUTE ORDER THAT WAS PROPOSED IS THAT AS SOON AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIGURES OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, IF ANYTHING RELATED TO RECENT ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING THAT THEY PROPOSE AND COME UP WITH,

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RATHER, THIS IS DESIGNED TO LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN HAVE THE COUNCIL BE READY TO RECEIVE AND HEAR ABOUT WHAT THE DISTRICT'S PLANNING TO DO RELATED TO THIS LATEST BULLYING ISSUE. I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THOSE MEETINGS TO BRING BACK TO US? OR IS THIS THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. IT CAN BE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL, GIVEN THAT THIS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT TOGETHER. WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MEETING FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS, CALLS, EVEN BEEN STOPPED WHILE WALKING BY NEIGHBORS OR FOLKS JUST OUT AND ABOUT ASKING, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING? AND SO THAT WAS REALLY WHY I FELT LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE SHOULD TAKE ACTION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NEW.

I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I WILL LIMIT IT TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, I'M SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS US TO STOP TALKING TOO MUCH, BUT THAT WAS THAT'S JUST THE RESPONSE. NO, I GET THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THAT IS THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY AREN'T MEETING AND THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PERSONALLY, I AM ALWAYS OPEN TO EDUCATION AND LEARNING MORE.

I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

SO I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO LEARNING MORE AND HEARING ABOUT IT.

BUT I'M GOING TO STOP SHORT OF AT THAT AND JUST BE OPEN TO LISTENING AND HEARING ABOUT IT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MISS ACOSTA.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER BECAUSE OF THE TRIP TO DC THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

WE MET WITH OUR US SENATORS REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA WITH SIX MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN SMALL GROUPS WHO TALKED ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO CITIES IN CALIFORNIA. AND OF COURSE, I TALKED A LOT ABOUT CARLSBAD.

NEXT WEEK SORRY, NEXT MONTH IN APRIL, THERE WILL BE A SIMILAR ADVOCACY TRIP TO SACRAMENTO.

AND THAT WILL BE WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

SO JUST CALIFORNIA CITIES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE MEETING WITH DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS IN SACRAMENTO.

BUT THE DC TRIP LAST WEEK WAS FANTASTIC. ALSO, I LANDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER 9:00 LATE AND A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT WENT STRAIGHT THE NEXT MORNING TO THE WATER AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING FOR AN ALL DAY BOARD MEETING.

AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, AS YOU KNOW, IS A WHOLESALER FOR THE REGION'S WATER.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT INCREASES IN WATER RATES AND THINGS.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING THERE'S SOMETHING COMING. THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WORKS, AND WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE IT ON THURSDAY THAT WE HAD REACHED A WATER TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH WESTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS OUR PARTNER, SIMILAR WATER WHOLESALER FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT DROUGHT IN THE FUTURE AND HAVING A LOT LESS WATER SUPPLY.

SO THEY SIGNED A LONG TERM AGREEMENT WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A CLIMATE RESILIENT SUPPLY OF WATER BECAUSE OF OUR DESAL PLANT HERE IN CARLSBAD AND OUR REDUCED RELIANCE ON METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT WATER.

SO IT'S A HISTORIC AGREEMENT. WE NEEDED THE BLESSING OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, WHICH WE ONLY JUST GOT SIX MONTHS AGO WHEN WE ENDED A 15 YEAR LITIGATION THAT WE HAD WITH THEM. SO WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER AND HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING. YOU KNOW, I'M THE SECRETARY OF THAT BOARD.

SO IT WAS VERY, VERY MUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THAT BOARD.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 35 BOARD MEMBERS THERE CELEBRATING FOR FOR THE WHOLE REGION.

WE DO EXPECT A COUPLE MORE AGREEMENTS POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT WHAT IT WILL MEAN IS A VERY, EVEN STABILIZATION OF RATES.

WE BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE, THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON, ON THOSE THINGS, BUT IT WILL MEAN NO SHARP INCREASES IN WATER RATES, WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEBT THE WATER AUTHORITY HAD TO TAKE ON TO BUILD THE DESAL PLANT AND SOME OTHER BIG PROJECTS.

SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING. I HOPE THAT WAS CLEAR.

IF IT WASN'T, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. MY EMAIL AND MY CITY CELL ARE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME. UPCOMING I'VE GOT ON FRIDAY THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

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SO I'LL BE THERE IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND THEN I'LL BE COMING BACK FOR THE GREEN BUSINESS TOUR WITH SENATOR CATHERINE BLAKESPEAR HERE IN CARLSBAD.

REALLY VISITING WITH GREEN BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTING BEST PRACTICES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I CAN REMEMBER. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT IT'S BUSY AND GOOD.

THANKS. MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU. YES. I THINK SEVERAL OF US ATTENDED THE CARLSBAD AWARDS.

IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A LOVELY, LUNCHEON. AND THE CARLSBAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION GALA.

I WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO GO TO, BUT MY BEST FRIEND'S HUSBAND WAS SICK, SO I WAS HER PLUS ONE.

BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING AND RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS.

ALWAYS FUN TO GIVE BACK THERE. I TOO WAS IN DC LAST WEEK PRIMARILY ASKING OUR LAWMAKERS FOR MONEY SPECIFIC TO TWO PROJECTS. WE REALLY PITCHED THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FOR SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

I DON'T SEE THE TEENAGERS THAT SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT E-BIKE SAFETY, BUT THAT'S TOO BAD BECAUSE I THINK THEY'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE NOT ONLY ASK FOR THE MONEY, BUT AS A CITY, WE GO PREPARED.

AND WE IDENTIFIED WHERE THE MONEY WAS FOR THOSE FOLKS TO ASK FOR.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL TRANSLATE INTO SOME PROGRESS IN THAT AREA.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY LOBBYING FOR IS THE CARLSBAD WATER RECYCLING FACILITY NEEDS SOME UPGRADES AND BASICALLY TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW THE WATER IS CLEANED. AND THAT WAS THE OTHER ITEM.

AND AGAIN, IDENTIFIED A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THEM TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS OUR PROJECT.

PLEASE HELP US. AND IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRIP, BUT STAFF IS AMAZING.

KUDOS TO THEM FOR PREPARING US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE SENATOR'S OFFICES AND THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE.

I DID ACTUALLY MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN LEVIN ON THIS TRIP TO DISCUSS MORE LOCAL THINGS TOO, BUT VERY WELL PREPARED.

I WAS NOT, HOWEVER, PREPARED FOR THE 19 DEGREE WEATHER THAT I HAD TO STAND OUT IN FOR AN HOUR TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.

SO I'M GLAD TO BE HOME. THAT'S IT. THANKS. MR. SHIN. CITY MANAGER NOTHING THIS EVENING, CITY ATTORNEY? NOTHING. THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. NOTHING. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THREE WEEKS AGO, WE LOST LONG TIME MAYOR PRO TEM ANN KULCHIN AND SERVED ON OUR COUNCIL FOR 32.5 YEARS AND WAS VERY PROUD OF THE YEARS SHE SPENT SERVING CARLSBAD.

IN THE PAST, I'VE INTRODUCED ANN AS A 32 YEAR COUNCIL MEMBER AND SHE ALWAYS INTERRUPTED ME AND CORRECTED ME AND SAID 32.5 YEARS AND ACCOMPLISHED A LOT FOR CARLSBAD. BUT I'M GOING TO SUM UP HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THIS ANN STRIVED TO LIVE HER LIFE ACCORDING TO A QUOTE BY MAYA ANGELOU. I'M GOING TO BUTCHER IT, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS, PEOPLE WON'T REMEMBER YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID.

PEOPLE WILL NOT REMEMBER YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER YOU FOR HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL ANN SUCCEEDED AT THIS GOAL.

SO WE'RE ADJOURNING TO TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF ANN KULCHIN.

ALMOST MADE IT THROUGH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.