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WELCOME TO THE ALGON CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE CONTINUE TO HOLD REMOTE MEETINGS WHILE THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER CONTINUES TO BE AN EFFECTIVE COVID-19 LIGHT THREE MODERATE CITIZENS.
THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED THIS TIME AND THEY WILL BE READ AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
DURING THIS MEETING, COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE VOTE OF THE ITEM.
COMMENTS CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF ELK COLLINS WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW THAT CITY OF ALCOHOL AT US UNDER AGENDAS AND MINUTES GO TO THE VIDEO STREAMING AND YOU WILL SEE A BUTTON TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS.
THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER, AND I WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
WHEN I CALLING YOUR NAME, MAYOR WELLS PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM KENDRICK COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL.
SO YOU'RE MUTED, BUT I SEE YOU ARE HERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MITCHELL, PRESIDENT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, OR TESE WHY I'M HERE.
UM, BY PHONE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE PHONE DIDN'T PICK IT UP.
MAYBE FRANK CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR ME AND CAUSE THERE WE, WE HEARD THIS TO YOU, SO IT'S GOOD.
WOULD YOU ALL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE? READY AGAIN? 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.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the January 12, 2021, Meeting and the Agenda of the January 26, 2021, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]
THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF A GERMAN OF THE JANUARY, JANUARY 12TH, 2021 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JANUARY 26, 2020 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA CHANGES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY GENDER CHANGES? MR. MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY AGENDA CHANGES.
[7. CONSENT ITEMS: Consent Items are routine matters enacted by one motion according to the RECOMMENDATION listed below. With the concurrence of the City Council, a Council Member or person in attendance may request discussion of a Consent Item at this time.]
THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, A COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.
DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY CONSENT ITEMS STAFF? NO, SIR.
ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEMS? WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS, SIR.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. UM, MAYOR PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WHAT WILL BE COVERED? ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE AT PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I WOULD TAKE AT THE TIME THE ADAM HAS HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
AND OF COURSE AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND SO DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU RECEIVED? NO PROBLEM.
THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND WE ARE NOT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[13. Proposed Sign Ordinance Amendment to Allow Signs on City-Owned Property Under Certain Criteria. RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the Public Hearing and receives testimony; Closes the Public Hearing; and Moves to introduce the next Ordinance in order, and holds the first reading, amending Title 17 to allow signs on City-owned property.]
I'M 13 IS FULL ASYLUM ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AND STAFF.CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU JUST BEAR WITH ME ONE MOMENT HERE AND I'M GOING TO GET MY SCREEN SHARE STARTED.
WELL, BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, YOU WERE ALL SENT
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EVERY BIAS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REPLACE THE ONE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET.UH, THERE WAS A MINOR TYPO AND IN THAT PROPOSAL ORDINANCE WHERE THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, SECTIONS THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WE FOUND THAT WE DID NOT NEED AND, AND IT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE SIGN ORIGINS WHEN THERE'S REALLY ONLY A NEED FOR ONE SECTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, HIGHLIGHT THAT.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A RESULT OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION FROM JUNE NINE, 2020 AT THAT MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AT THAT MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE STAFF REGARDING THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET AND REQUESTED FEEDBACK ON VARIOUS PROPOSALS THAT COULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S BUDGET.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED THAT SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY EXISTED, UM, BY CONSTRUCTING AND LEASING SCIENCE-BASED ON I EIGHT ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY, THE STAFF WAS THEN DIRECTED TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE SIGN ORDINANCE, ALLOWING FOR THE SIGN.
SO THE PROPOSAL ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY ALLOWS THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A SIGN, WHICH COULD BE UP DIGITAL DESIGN, LIKE A DIGITAL BULLET BOARD, AS AN EXAMPLE THAT COULD BE USED FOR GENERAL ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC MESSAGING COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL MESSAGES WOULD BE ALLOWED OR COULD BE ALLOWED.
HOWEVER, POLITICAL SECTARIAN BELIEFS IN CERTAIN PRODUCTS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AND PRODUCTS THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT'S PROPOSING THE ORDINANCE IS, UM, UM, PRODUCTS SUCH OF ADULT NATURE, CANNABIS, UM, ALCOHOL TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCTS.
HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE WITH MY POWERPOINT.
SO BEAR WITH ME JUST A SECOND HERE.
OTHER PERMITS STILL BEEN REQUIRED FROM OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS CATHERINE.
SO THE ENVISION OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR SUCH A SIGN WILL TAKE THE FORM OF AN RFP AND BASED ON MAXIMIZING, UM, ECONOMIC VALUE OF CITY'S PROPERTY, UM, THE RFP WOULD BE LOOKING FOR HOW MUCH THE PROPOSAL WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE CITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE SIGN THAT THAT FRAMEWORK IS NOT PROGRAMMED INTO THIS PROPOSAL ORDINANCE.
AND SO THAT COULD BE LEFT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE ALSO TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ALLOW FOR SIGNS IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY, UM, IN THE PROPOSAL ORDINANCE, SUCH SIGNS IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY, SUCH AS A SIDEWALK COULD BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER OF, UM, WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK OR OTHER, UM, RIGHT AWAY AREA FOR MORE THAN 15 DAYS, NO COMMERCIAL SPEECH WOULD BE ALLOWED AND THE SIZE OF THE SIGNS WOULD BE LIMITED TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SIGNS SUCH AS, UM, MAYBE A PINK CAKE BREAKFAST AT THE EAST COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OR PERHAPS THE PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENTS OF AMERICA MAIN STREET OR HOT FEST WOULD BE SUCH SIGNS THAT ARE NOT COMMERCIAL IN NATURE THAT COULD BE ALLOWED IN THE CITY RUN.
SO THE PROPOSAL WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON, UM, JANUARY 5TH, 2021, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FIVE, OH, THE STAFF ALSO BELIEVES THAT, UM, THIS, UH, PROPOSAL UNIONS CAN BE RECOMMEND, UM, BE APPROVED.
UM, IT WILL ALLOW FOR SUCH CITY MESSAGES LIKE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER MESSAGES TO THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL MESSAGES AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
HEY, CAN TONY, UH, LET'S START WITH COUNCIL COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COOL.
TONY APPARENTLY DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING IT.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS? YES, SIR.
UM, IT IS FROM DABA BELASCO AND IT, UH, MR. VELASCO WRITES, I STRONGLY OPPOSED THE ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD PROPOSED FOR ALCOHOL.
THESE SIGNS ARE GARISH AND DANGEROUS.
THEY DISTRACT DRIVERS AND RUIN THE SCENERY.
WE HAVE TOO MANY BILLBOARDS ALREADY.
THIS ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD WILL BE A MONSTROSITY AND TAKE AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY
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WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE IN THE CITY.PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THESE SIGNS TO BE PUT UP.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE COMMENTS, SIR.
I CAN MAKE A MOTION THEN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER, MITCHELL COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR TESE YES.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, DID WE EVER POST ON THIS? MICHELLE, GO AHEAD.
DID WE EVER COST ON THIS? WELL, AT THIS TIME, UH, MS. MITCHELL, THERE ISN'T, THERE IS NO COST BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO BUILD THE SIGN RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS WOULD BE JUST TO ALLOW US TO EXPLORE THAT WHAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT FOR THE RFP PROCESS, WE FIND A COMPANY THAT WOULD, UM, MANAGE THE, THE SIGN, THE BILLBOARD ADVERTISEMENTS, AND THE MESSAGING IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT THEY WOULD PAY US A MONTHLY RENT OR AN ANNUAL RENT.
AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGN THROUGH THAT AGREEMENT.
SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD THE SIGN AND THEN PAY A REDUCED RENT, UM, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, SO WE WOULD NEVER SEE MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKET.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, AND THIS IS PUSHING INTO THE RFP, BUT WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE RFP FIRST COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THIS RFP, UH, YOU'LL WANT TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH COMMUNITY MESSAGING YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO INCLUDE.
UM, THE RFP COULD ACTUALLY INCLUDE IF THEY OWN, UM, BILLBOARDS IN, IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
UM, A VERY TYPICAL RFP CONDITION IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BUILD, YOU GET TO HAVE MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OF THE BILLBOARD ALONG THE FREEWAY, BUT IN EXCHANGE FOR REMOVING TWO BILLBOARDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO DO THAT YET.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND DO WE HAVE, ARE THERE EXAMPLES HERE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE CAN LOOK OUT SO WE KNOW WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE? SO CITY OF LONDON IS WORKING ON SOMETHING SIMILAR.
UH, NATIONAL CITY HAS, UM, SOME EXAMPLES, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF CUTTING EDGE, BUT, BUT THEY'RE ALL ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS ALL OVER.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS WOULD JUST BE A TYPICAL ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD THAT THE CITY WOULD OWN, UM, THAT YOU WOULD SEE ALONG THE FREEWAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, MR. MAYOR, WE NEED ANOTHER COMMENT.
IF YOU WILL ALLOW IT A MANUAL NEEDS TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, MAKE A MOTION THEN TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THAT GOOD? MAYOR WELLS HERE VOTE? YES.
MOTION CARRIES BY ANONYMOUS VOTE.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ANONYMOUS COMMENT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION AT NIGHT.
IF THE SIGNS ARE ILLUMINATED, CAN THE SIGN BE TURNED OFF AT NINE OR 10:00 PM? AND THE COMMENT, UM, GRAHAM, YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YEAH, CERTAINLY.
UM, THE SIGN ORDINANCE WOULD NOT BE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE PART OF THE RFP PROCESS.
THE CITY COUNCIL CLEARLY HAS THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A TRADE OFF, RIGHT? YOU'D GET LESS REVENUE BECAUSE THERE'D BE LESS ADVERTISEMENT TIME, BUT THAT MAY BE A TRADE-OFF WORTH LOOKING AT.
SO, UM, YOU WOULD, I'D RECOMMEND YOU CONSIDER THAT QUESTION AT A LATER DATE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER.
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YES.COUNCILLOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATOR POINT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND ASK QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, MAY THIS ONE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AUDIENCE ITEMS TO BE TAKEN ON THIS MATTER.
UH, WELL, I, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN ON THE RECOMMENDATION ON OF ITEMS. YEAH.
NOBODY THAT WE INTRODUCED THE NEXT ORDINANCE IN ORDER AND HOLD THE FIRST READING.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND THE TITLE FOR THE COORDINATES THREE, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 17.19 0.040.
AND TO ADD SECTION 17.190 2.65 TO CHAPTER 17.190 OF TITLE 17 OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE TO A LOW ALLOW SIGNS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CRITERIA.
UH, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT ITEM 15 IS REGARDING LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS, MAN.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE ITEM 14, WHICH WOULD BE AN UPDATE ON THE ELK ON 2.0 COMMITTEE.
[14. Update on El Cajon 2.0 Committee Regarding Smart City Initiatives RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council provides direction to staff regarding City priorities to include in the El Cajon 2.0 Strategic Plan.]
ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE SIX ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE FIRST REPORT ITEM 14 IS UPDATE ON ALCOHOL 2.0 COMMITTEE REGARDING SMART CITY INITIATIVES AND STAFF.
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THOSE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF IT AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALCOHOL 2.0 COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS FAR AS SMART CITY INITIATIVES.
SO THE FIRST THING, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GIVEN DIRECTIVE AT THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED QUITE A BIT.
UH, WE FORMED A TEAM OF COMPRISED OF 13 INDIVIDUALS FROM ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
WE WENT WITH ALCOHOL 2.0 INSTEAD OF A CLASSIC SMART CITY.
WE THINK THIS REPRESENTS, UH, WHERE THE CITY IS GOING AS IN THE FUTURE AND HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNOLOGY REFERENCE.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY, UH, VIA ZOOM.
AND DURING THAT TIME WE DRAFTED AND RELEASED TWO SURVEYS, ONE FOR ALCOHOL AND CITY EMPLOYEES, AND ONE FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE WILL ALSO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS WITH PURCHASING.
SO, UH, FIND OUT HOW, UH, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING FOR FUTURE SMART CITY INITIATIVES WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH, UH, A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT, UH, WORKS WITH, UH, OUR CITY, AS WELL AS THE CONCEPTS IN, UM, THE SMART CITY INITIATIVE.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED OUTLINING OUR, UH, STRATEGY DOCUMENT.
AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW, UH, GO OVER SOME RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC SURVEYS AND LOOK FOR DIRECTION BEFORE WE PROCEED ON REALLY GETTING TO WRITING THAT STRATEGIC DOCUMENT.
SO THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS POINT OUT OUR ALCOHOL 2.0 COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DEVOTED, UH, WITH THEIR WEEKLY MEETINGS.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT'S COVERING A WHOLE SLEW OF, UH, EXPERTISE AROUND THE CITY.
SO THE SURVEYS THAT WE PUT OUT, UH, THE PUBLIC SURVEY WE SENT OUT, UH, USING PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE, UH, MEANS THAT WE COULD THINK OF TO GET THE WORD OUT, INCLUDING, UH, LOCAL PARTNERS, UM, INCLUDING THE ALCOHOL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HIT SOCIAL MEDIA, THE APP, UM, OUR WEBSITES, EMAIL NOTIFICATION, ALMOST 50,000 CONTACT POINTS, UH, WERE SENT OUT.
AND WE GOT AN AMAZING RESPONSE, UM, JUST UNDER 1200 RESPONSES, UH, WHICH WE THINK IS PRETTY GOOD.
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WITH THAT.AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A MINUTE THAT WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM ALL AGE BRACKETS AND EDUCATION LEVELS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH, UH, THE TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY FOR THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY.
THE SURVEY WAS SENT TO, UH, ALL EMPLOYEES.
WE GOT 141 RESPONSES AND REPRESENTATION FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, JUST A QUICK, UH, GRAPH ON OUR RANGE, AGE RANGE, WE SEE A NICE BELL CURVE, UH, ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, UH, REALLY, UH, COMING TO A PINNACLE AT THE 35 TO 54 SORT OF RANGE, BUT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IS REPRESENTED.
WE ALSO QUERIED ABOUT, UH, EDUCATION AND WE SAW ACROSS THE BOARD ALL DIFFERENT EDUCATION LEVELS INCLUDED IN, UH, OUR RESPONDENTS.
WE ASKED ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE CITY, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE GREAT MAJORITY, ALMOST 70% LIVE WITHIN THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO GOT QUITE A FEW, UH, 40% WORK IN THE CITY.
UH, WE GOT BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE THAT JUST VISIT THE CITY FOR SHOPPING AND THEN OTHER REASONS.
SO THE VERY FIRST THING WE WANTED TO KNOW IS HOW IMPORTANT ARE, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR WHERE, UH, PEOPLE SEE OUR CITY GOING, UH, THE PUBLIC RATED IT A 8.2 OUT OF 10.
UM, THE EMPLOYEES 8.7 OUT OF 10 WITH THE COMBINED AVERAGE OF 8.3.
SO VERY STRONG, UM, RESULTS SAYING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR US TO DO.
UH, WE ALSO ASKED HOW THE PUBLIC LIKED TO RECEIVE OUR SERVICES AND OVERWHELMINGLY, UH, THEY LIKE TO WORK WITH US ONLINE.
THAT MAY BE, WE'RE GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE AS WE'RE INTO MULTIPLE MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC, AND ALSO HAS BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE CITY TO IMPROVE THAT TECHNOLOGY, UM, FOR ONLINE SERVICES.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE MORE TO DO AND FARTHER TO GO, BUT THIS TELLS US THAT WE'RE KIND OF MARCHING IN THE RIGHT DOOR.
SO WE ASKED AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
IT WAS, WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE CITY ADDING CAMERAS OR SENSORS IN PUBLIC SPACES? IF INFORMATION USED IS SOLELY IS USED SOLELY BY THE CITY TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS OVERWHELMINGLY, YES, IT WAS 74% OVERALL AND WE DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT DATA.
UH, WE LOOKED AT IT BY AGE GROUP, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH, UH, EVERY AGE GROUP WAS OVERWHELMINGLY, UH, IN SUPPORT OF CAMERAS AND SENSORS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 18 TO 20 FOURS.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT IT BY EDUCATION AND AGAIN, WE SAW THE SAME TRENDS.
PEOPLE WERE OVERWHELMINGLY IN SUPPORT OF CAMERAS AND SENSORS IF THEY WERE TO BE USED SOLELY BY PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, THEN WE LOOKED AT IT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, A VERY SIMILAR PIE CHART THERE AS WELL AS FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
SO THE NEXT THING WE ASKED IS WE GAVE THEM NINE DIFFERENT, UH, PRIORITIES AND ASK THEM TO PUT THEM IN ORDER OF WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO THE LEAST IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE FOUND WAS EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, UM, RANKED THE HIGHEST IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY CAME IN SECOND, WHICH KIND OF MATCHES WITH OUR, UH, SENSOR, UH, UH, QUESTION AND THEN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST A GREEN INITIATIVES LIKE SOLAR AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT ENHANCED STREET LIGHTING, LIBERATING TRAFFIC, UM, IN THE COMMENTS WE FOUND, UH, TRAFFIC AND STREET LIGHTING, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND SOMETHING THAT THEY GRAVITATED TOWARDS, UH, ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FOUR WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES AND NEW ADVERTISING PLATFORMS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHICH RELATES BACK TO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE JUST HEARD.
WE, UH, BROKE DOWN THE COMMENTS FROM OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, INTO, UH, UH, THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
I, OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW, UH, THE FINE DETAILS OF WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS CITY OPERATIONS.
AND WE FOUND THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE, VERY ASTUTE.
UH, WE KIND OF CATEGORIZED THEM INTO THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME IN IT.
THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE FINANCE AND EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING SYSTEMS IMPROVE.
THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE MOBILE DEVICE, THE ALCOHOL APP, UM,
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RENTAL APPLICATIONS, ONLINE POLICE REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.UH, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING A VERY SOLID EVALUATION OF NEW TECH TOOLS, NOT JUST GOING TO TECH FOR TECH'S SAKE, BUT REALLY MAKING SURE THAT IT MET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND THE END USERS.
UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR BETTER INTERNAL TOOLS, SUCH AS OUR INTRANET AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THINGS WE COULD DO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
UH, THEY REALLY WANTED MORE TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR FIELD STAFF.
THEY FELT THAT TECHNOLOGY INSIDE THE BUILDING WAS GOOD, BUT THAT SHOULD EXTEND OUT TO, UH, QUITE A BIT OF OUR STAFF THAT WORK OUT IN THE FIELD.
NOW WE CLASSICALLY THINK OF POLICE AND FIRE FOR THAT, BUT PUBLIC WORKS.
OPERATIONS IS DOING AMAZING THINGS WITH, UH, RESPONDING TO, UH, UH, SERVICE REQUESTS PLACED BY THE ALCOHOL IN APP IN REAL TIME.
AND SO TAKING SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THEY CAN GET THOSE TICKETS WHILE THEY'RE COMING IN AND, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THAT AMAZING JOB THEY'RE DOING, UH, TAKING CARE OF THOSE ISSUES.
UH, WE NEED TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THEM IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT JUST ABOUT SERVICE REQUESTS, BUT ONGOING OPERATION.
OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD LIKE US TO BE MORE PAPERLESS AND NOT JUST PAPER TO PDF, BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR PROCESSES AS PAPERLESS FROM START TO FINISH.
UH, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE MORE LAPTOPS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
UH, THIS HAS TO DO WITH CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, WORK FROM HOME IF NEEDED.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS A PANDEMIC DRIVEN AS WELL, BUT THESE ARE GOOD SOLID PRACTICES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITHIN THE CITY SINCE MARCH AND THEN CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT CAN BE ACCESSED IN REAL TIME.
THEY THINK THAT, UH, WE NEED MORE CAMERAS AND, UH, THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY RESPONDING HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THOSE CAMERAS, THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING.
THEY, UH, WANT TO US TO LOOK AT SOME CONCEPTS LIKE LEAN METHODOLOGY THAT'S USED, UH, IN, UH, SOME OF OUR ENGINEERING FIELDS LOOK AT THAT ACROSS THE CITY OPERATIONS, MORE TRAINING AND A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS WELLNESS, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
SO, UM, AGAIN ARE A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING HAPPENED TO LINE UP WELL WITH WHAT THE EMPLOYEES WERE LOOKING FOR.
ALL RIGHT, AT THIS POINT, UM, I LIKE TO PUT A RECOMMENDATION OUT THERE, THE ALCOHOL 2.0 COMMITTEE.
UH, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR FROM COUNCIL IS SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT PRIORITIES.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE FIVE TOP PRIORITIES.
NOW FOUR OF THESE CAME FROM THAT PRIORITIZE LIST THAT WE SAW A COUPLE OF SLIDES BACK, AND THE LAST ONE SOLUTIONS TO ANALYZE A HOMELESSNESS AND SANITATION IN THE CITY CAME FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE GATHERED DURING THE, UH, SURVEY.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS, UH, MORE INFOR THE CITY TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND MORE CREATIVE WAYS TO THINK ABOUT A HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM.
UM, AND ALSO LOOK AT SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS AROUND THE CITY.
SO WE ADDED THAT ONE IN AS A FIFTH OPTION, BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS COUNCIL TO HELP US, UH, HELP US DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT LIST FOR OKLAHOMA.
AND IF IT IS ALSO HELP US SET SOME SORT OF PRIORITY, WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE CANNOT TACKLE ALL OF THESE FULL FORCE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD START PRIORITIZING SO THAT AS WE HAVE A PROCESS TO EVALUATE THESE THINGS WHERE WE SHOULD LOOK TO DO THAT FIRST, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, UH, TO COUNSEL FOR, UM, REALLY QUICK AFTER THIS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, IS REALLY BEGIN DRAFTING THE REPORT.
SO TAKING THOSE PRIORITIES AND THAT, UH, RANKING THAT YOU GIVE US AND THEN HELP US.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'RE GOING TO ARTICULATE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OKLAHOMA, WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, WHERE WE SHOULD FOCUS IN THE FUTURE AND REALLY A PROCESS FOCUSED SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ANY PROBLEM, UH, AND RUN IT THROUGH THIS, UH, PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM SOLICIT FOR CREATIVE IDEAS, UH, FROM OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS, AND THEN DETERMINE HOW TO BUDGET IT AND DETERMINE HOW TO PAY FOR IT AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT AND THEN EVALUATE IF IT REALLY IS MEETING OUR NEEDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR SMART CITY INITIATIVES IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ONLY EVALUATING THINGS THAT WE HAVE A DIRECT NEED AND A PRIORITIZATION FOR, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT AS THINGS ARE IMPLEMENTED, THAT
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THEY ARE REGULARLY EVALUATED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING THE BANG FOR OUR BUCK THAT WE EXPECTED.SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO RECOMMENDATION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO HELP, BUT WE'RE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT COUNCIL HAS TO THINK.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAM? YES.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, SARAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR BREAKING THIS DOWN FOR US TO APPRECIATE THE REPORT, UM, TALK WITH REGARD TO IN THE FIELD, UM, ENHANCEMENTS AND YOU TOUCHED ON PUBLIC WORKS, STREAMLINING THEIR WORKLOAD.
CAN YOU MAYBE GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LOOKS LIKE? UM, IS THAT, DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THEM HAVING SOME KIND OF A TABLET RECEIVING THE, THE, THE, UH, REQUEST FROM THE APP OR FOR, FROM WHEREVER, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THAT TASK IN THE FIELD PHYSICALLY AND THEN SIGNING IT OFF ON THE TABLET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE OFFICE AND FILL OUT A REPORT, AM I, AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE? I CAN GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES OF A SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT IN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSPECTORS FOR PERMITS.
UM, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IPADS.
THEY RECEIVED THEIR INSPECTION REQUESTS ON THEIR IPADS, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE APPLICATION OF, FOR THE PERMIT.
UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A CHECKLIST, WRITE NOTES, COMMENTS, CLOSE OUT THE INSPECTION, AND, UH, CONTEXT ON THE PERMIT ARE EMAILED RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WITH PERMITTING ON THE SIDE OF ISSUES AND REQUESTS COMING THROUGH THE ALCOHOL, AN APP, UH, THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS.
UH, THEY HAVE AN INITIATIVE, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY RULED OUT, UH, OVER EIGHT IPADS AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET ONE FOR ALMOST EVERY STAFF THAT'S, UH, THAT IS DOING REQUESTS IN THE FIELD.
UH, BECAUSE ALONG WITH THE ALCOHOL AND APP, WHAT WE PURCHASED INCLUDES, WHAT'S CALLED A STAFF APP.
AND ON THAT STAFF APP IN REAL TIME, THEY'RE SEEING THE REQUESTS THAT COME IN THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR SPECIALTY.
SO IF THEY'RE OUT AT ONE END OF THE CITY WORKING ON AN ISSUE AND THEY SEE THAT THEY CAN HIT ONE OTHER ISSUE BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO THE YARD, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, CLOSE THEM OUT.
AND AGAIN, THE, UH, CONTACT PEOPLE FOR THOSE ISSUES ARE NOTIFIED IN REAL TIME.
AND SO WHAT WE FIND IS THEY CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AS THEY MOVE AROUND THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE TWO, UH, KIND OF, UH, NOT PUBLIC SAFETY EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS, UM, FOCUS THAT TECHNOLOGY.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, DOING MORE AND REVAMPING HOW WE'RE TRACKING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, UH, FOR OUR SEWER SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S ONE WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO PREVENTATIVE WORK, UM, AND EVALUATE WHICH PIPES NEED THE MOST WORK.
AND WHEN, SO, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THEY'RE TAKING TECHNOLOGY OUT INTO THE FIELD AND DOCUMENTING THAT, AND THEN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
THAT'S SUPER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT, THAT, THAT GIVES A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE FIELD.
I GIVE THEM GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED.
UM, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION GRAHAM.
THIS MIGHT BE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED YET, BUT WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PROPOSED COX AND QUALCOMM HAD SAID THAT THEY, UM, IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM, UH, INVEST IN, IN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, UM, THAT'S STILL OKAY.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? UM, YEAH, IT ALREADY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS TO SEE, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK BOTH, BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES ARE INTERESTED IN, IN BEING PARTNERS OR DOING SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
SO, UM, THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE PROPOSING DON'T REALLY FIX A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
THEY'RE COOL WHIZZBANG KIND OF THINGS TO HAVE, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY FIX THE PROBLEM.
SO I THINK THIS HELPS GET BACK TO WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT IT FROM THAT LENS BASED ON THIS PRIORITY.
HERE'S WHAT COPS CAN DO THAT FIXES THIS PROBLEM.
HERE'S WHAT QUALCOMM CAN DO TO FIX THAT PROBLEM.
AND THEN WE USE THIS, THIS, UM,
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REALLY DOES ROADMAP TO HELP IDENTIFY, WHICH ARE THE BEST PROJECTS TO EXPLORE.DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE MUTED.
SO I GUESS I'LL WAIT ON TREVOR'S COMMENTS.
UM, SO THE SOLUTION WAS TANTALIZED HOMELESSNESS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE UNDER THE SAME TAB AS EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
COULD THOSE TWO THINGS BE MIXED TOGETHER? WOULD THAT NOT MAKE SENSE? IT ABSOLUTELY COULD.
UM, AND THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINK IS IF WE COULD REALLY STREAMLINE THIS LIST DOWN, UM, AND MAKE THAT AN EXAMPLE OF THINGS WE'RE DOING IN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, THAT WOULD WORK FOR US.
UH, THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS GUIDANCE TODAY.
UM, LET ME SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS FOR THIS, SIR.
UM, SO, OKAY, GO AHEAD, MICHELLE.
YOU HAD, UM, SUGGESTED BUNDLING THE HOMELESS AND EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TOGETHER, AND I THINK WE SHOULD, THEY ALL SEEM TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, THE TWO ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE BIG ON SYSTEMS LIST OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PRIORITIZE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY TO PRIORITIZE THESE? YEAH, I THINK SO.
UH, SO THE REASON I SUGGESTED THOSE TWO MERGING WAS BECAUSE I, I ANTICIPATE AN APP WHERE SOMEBODY CAN, CAN WRITE IN AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S A JAGGED SIDEWALK ON MAIN STREET.
AND THEN THAT SAME AREA THEY CAN SAY, HEY, THERE'S A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CAUSING A PROBLEM.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION.
UM, I MEAN, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD PUT IT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL.
I WANT TO GET THOUGHTS FROM, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY USING IT TO S WHAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO THEM.
UM, I THINK PROVEN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, COULD BE ADDED TO THIS LIST OR INCORPORATED SOMEHOW.
AND HERE'S WHAT I MEAN BY THAT MANY TIMES WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC.
I DO AT LEAST, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EVENT WAS HAPPENING.
I HAD NO IDEA THIS WEEK WAS MAINSTREAM IN AMERICA.
I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS DUMPED AT WELLS PARK.
I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS NOT FAST.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT, THAT THERE'S, UM, THE, UH, EVENTS, THE PORTALS FOR SO SWIMMING FOR KIDS.
AND AS, AS THIS IS FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGY, CERTAINLY, BUT ONE OF THE PRIOR AGENDA ITEMS, YOU KNEW THAT A BILLBOARD CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC TO SAY, THESE ARE THE GOING ON IN THE CITY, A CHANGE IN, UM, TRASH HAULERS.
I THINK A LOT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON IN ALCOHOL, AND ISN'T AWARE OF A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF ALCOHOL, AND WE NEED TO IMPROVE THAT.
SO DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION, STEVE? WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT COMMUNICATION THING, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE A SUB POINT UNDER ALL OF THESE OR A SEPARATE BULLET POINTS.
I GUESS I LEAVE THAT FOR SCOTT TO CONSIDER.
UH, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL, UH, I THINK THAT COMMUNICATING EVENTS LIKE HUNT BEST OR CITY CLEANUP, OUR, UH, OUR PROPOSED BIG NEW DIGITAL SIGN W WOULD BE GREAT.
CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T READ THE FLYERS THAT COME OUT, OR THEY'RE NOT ON FACEBOOK, THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVEL ON THAT FREEWAY, UH, IN AND AROUND ELKA HONES.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.UM, I LIKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE TOUCHING ON EVERYTHING, ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES AS, AS A COUNCIL, IF I BE SO BOLD TO SPEAK, BUT THEN ALSO WE'RE GETTING THEM FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN WHAT THE, WHAT WE WANT TO UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES.
UM, AND I KIND OF SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, ONE A HIGHLY VISIBLE, UM, PROJECT THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO SEE VERY QUICKLY AND EASILY.
SOMETHING LIKE, UM, ALLEVIATING TRAFFIC, SMART STOPLIGHTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC.
UM, OR, UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT COULD BE SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING.
IF GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT MIGHT BE LESS EXPENSIVE, UM, AND WE COULD SAVE MORE MONEY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SEE THE DECISION-MAKING GOING AND I'D LOVE TO, IF THERE COULD BE A ROI OUR FIRST, UM, PRIORITY OR A PROJECT COULD BE MAYBE SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE BOTH OF THOSE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE, TO SHOW THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, TO CREATE BUY-IN FOR MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
AND, UM, BUT THEN ALSO SAVE SOME MONEY AND SOME BACKEND STUFF.
AND MAYBE STEVE'S POINT OF, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE STORY, WHAT, TELLING THIS STORY TO OUR CITIZENS OF WHAT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IS DOING.
WE DO INCREDIBLE AND FANTASTIC THINGS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER I ASKED STAFF, HEY, DO, ARE WE DOING THIS? THEY GO, YEAH, WE DO IT THIS WAY, THIS WAY.
AND THIS WAY IT'D BE LIKE STEVE SAID, WE NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE A, I LOVE STEVE'S POINT OF THE SUB POINT OF TELLING THE STORY OR COMMUNICATING THAT, UM, SOMEHOW LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, I THINK MIGHT, UM, MIGHT, MIGHT BE A, A WAY TO KNOCK OUT TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, THE, UH, THE HIGH, HIGHLY VISIBLE PROJECT AND THE EFFICIENT, UM, PROJECT FILL ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD S I WOULD SAY, UM, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE, UH, ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC STOP LIGHT, UM, AND THEN THE CAMERAS IN OUR PARKS, SPECIFICALLY WELLS FARGO, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE.
UM, I MEAN, I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON COST TOO.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE MONEY THAT WE INVEST? UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOING TO COST THREE TIMES LESS TO, TO HAVE OUR SMART TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THEN THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE TO GO.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT SOME KIND OF A, A COST BENEFIT, UM, LABEL ON THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SARAH, I DON'T WANT TO PUNT IT, UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SO, UH, THE ONE THING I WANT TO BE CLEAR IS WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE AT THE STAGE YET TO GO PROJECT BY PROJECT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS PRIORITIZING WHAT, WHAT THINGS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR, WHAT CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF YOU GUYS SAY THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN, UH, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING FOR IDEAS THERE FIRST.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THOSE OTHERS, BUT IF THERE IS LIKE THE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT PHIL TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED SOME SORT OF PRIORITIZATION TO KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GOING FOR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMETHING OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, OPEN DATA FOR THE PUBLIC RANKED, VERY, VERY LOW.
I THINK HE CAME IN EIGHTH OR NINTH, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS OR IDENTIFY PROBLEMS. SO I WANT TO TAKE IT FROM TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
WE'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
UM, BUT FOR THE STRATEGY DOCUMENT, THIS IS MORE A PRIORITIZATION OF PRIORITIES FOR WHEN WE START TO GO LOOK
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FOR THEM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.AND MR. ALLEN INTERJECT A LITTLE BIT HERE TO REMEMBER ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE MEETING EARLIER THIS OR LAST YEAR WAS DIRECTING US TO DEVELOP A, UH, A SMART CITY PLAN.
AND A LOT OF CITIES LIKE TO HAVE VISTA AND CARLSBAD HIRE FROM, AND THEY, THEY DID THIS, UM, MS. DIAZ THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THIS IN HOUSE AND IN FACT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE BETTER BY HAVING US DO IT RATHER THAN A CONSULTANT.
ONE OF THE REASONS OF THIS, OF THIS, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA IS TO KIND OF GET A GUT CHECK ON WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN THE DATA AND PRESENTED THE FINAL PLAN, BUT WE WANTED TO KIND OF HEAR FROM COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PATH? THESE ARE AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER.
I THINK HEARING MR. GOEBBELS IDEA OF A COMMUNICATION TOOL.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE, TO THE LIST OF MIX, BUT HAVING A SENSE OF WHAT ARE THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE COUNCIL, UM, AND JUST HELP US TO RANK ORDER.
SO AS, AS YOU HAVE THIS FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED, AND YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SOLUTIONS RELATIVE TO MAYBE ONE OF THE LOWER RANKING ITEMS, UH, AND YOU HAVE ONE GREAT SOLUTION THAT'S THAT'S, UH, ATTACK IS FOCUSING ON PUBLIC SAFETY, ASSUMING THAT'S ONE OF YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT WILL NOTE A FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY ONE AND PRESENT THAT TO THE COUNCIL SOONER THAN THE OTHER ONE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A RANK ORDER ONE THROUGH EIGHT, UM, FROM THIS LIST.
BUT IF WE GOT A SENSE FROM THE COUNCIL OF WHERE YOUR, YOUR HIGHER PRIORITIES ARE, THAT WOULD HELP US.
I THINK MS. MITCHELL GAVE US SOME OF THAT.
SO LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WOULD BE USEFUL FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A FINALIZED PLAN FOR YOU TO CONSIDER MY PERSPECTIVE.
UH, I'LL GIVE YOU MY RANK ORDER JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, NUMBER ONE, IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A CHARGER, ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, UH, ABSENT ANY DOLLAR COST OF PROJECTS.
I THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND I WOULD SAY IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO WOULD BE IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.
NUMBER THREE ARE NOT A COMBINED EFFICIENT OPERATIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO ANALYZE HOMELESSNESS.
AS THE MAYOR SAID, NUMBER FOUR, I'D SAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NUMBER FIVE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
UH, MY NUMBER ONE ISN'T ALWAYS WILL BE IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO FEEL SAFE IN THIS CITY.
AND, UH, MY, MY ONE THAT'S NEAR THE BOTTOM IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS BECAUSE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAVE TO COME BEFORE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THIS.
UH, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET A LOT OF GRANTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR CAMERAS AND THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL SAFE.
UM, AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT THE, UH, SOLUTIONS ANALYZE HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE, UH, MORPHED INTO, UH, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHICH ONES AND THEN IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, PROBABLY NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO GIVE SARAH SOME DIRECTION BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE ON? I AGREE WITH EVERYONE'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
THE, UH, OBVIOUSLY HOMELESSNESS AND SANITATION WOULD BE VERY HIGH ON THE LIST ALONG WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, LOOPING, EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IN THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE UNDER THOSE TWO AS WELL.
SO THAT, I GUESS THOSE WOULD BE MY TOP TWO OR THREE.
WE HAVE CONSENSUS, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS, SO, UM, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD SARAH, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
SO I, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE IN A MONTH OR TWO.
PAY AND THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED.
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THANK YOU.[15. Local Campaign Contribution Limits RECOMMENDATION: Staff takes no position on this item. This report forwards the three alternatives previously discussed for final consideration by the City Council to appropriate direction to staff and presents a resolution for City Council consideration. ]
15 IS REGARDING REGARDING LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS AND STAFF.YOU RECALL TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CITY MANAGER OR SUMMARIZE THE NEW STATE LAW MAY BE FIVE 71, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2019, BECAME AT THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR, COUNCIL CAME UP WITH A BIG, DISCUSSED THREE ALTERNATIVES, AND I RESTATED THEM IN THE STAFF REPORT AND I'LL GO OVER THEM AGAIN.
UH, NOW, UH, BRIEFLY THE FIRST, THE FIRST THING YOU DISCUSSED WAS TO TAKE NO ACTION, UM, RELATIVE TO AB FIVE SEVEN ONE AND ITS ITS PROVISIONS AND DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN SETTING A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION MAXIMUM LIMIT OF $4,900 IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF A SECOND ALTERNATIVE, I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. WROBEL.
THAT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DOUBLING THE 4,900 TO 9,800 AND THEN PEGGING THAT TO A, AN ANNUAL ADJUSTED INDEX SUCH AS THE CPI, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
UM, I'VE ALSO ADDED A VARIATION KIND OF A, TO B, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, $9,800 AND TAGGING IT TO, TO CPI OR ANY CHANGES THAT THE FPPC MAKES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE WAS TO SET NO CAMPAIGN LIMITS, UH, AT ALL.
AND AFTER THE CITY ATTORNEY LOOKED AT THIS CLOSER, UH, WE FEEL THAT THE COUNCIL REALLY DOES NEED TO SET A TOP LIMIT.
UM, OR ELSE WE FEEL THAT THE DE FACTO SETTING A 4,900 WILL TAKE EFFECT.
SO THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS, IF YOU WANTED TO ENTERTAIN, UM, SOMETHING THAT EFFECTIVELY OPERATES AS NO CAMPAIGN LIMIT IS TO SET A VERY, VERY HIGH NUMBER AS THE CAMPAIGN LIMITS SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER REALLY SEEN IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
AND THAT ACTS AS A, UM, A LIMITLESS, UH, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION, IF YOU WILL.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE THREE ALTERNATIVES.
UM, STAFF DOES NOT TAKE A POSITION ON THE SIDE OF THEM.
IT'S, IT'S A PURELY POLITICAL ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
WE WILL, UH, WE WILL TAKE BACK WHICHEVER OF THE THREE DECIDE ON, OR IF ANOTHER ONE IS INTRODUCED TODAY, WE WILL, UH, ACT ON THAT AND RETURN WITH, UH, AN ORDINANCE AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD A QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK LAST TIME, UM, WAS THIS YEAR OVER YEAR OR PER ELECTION.
WELL, THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ANNUAL.
SO SINCE EVERYBODY'S ELECTIONS FALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES, DEPENDING UPON THE COUNCIL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, THE, THE LIMITS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FPPC FOR INSTANCE, WHEN IT BECAME EFFECTIVE AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ADJUSTED THE ALREADY ADOPTED ONE FROM A 4,700 TO 4,900.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'LL CONTINUE TO ADJUST THOSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT THEY ARE ANNUAL NUMBERS.
AND THEN ARE THEY CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS OR JUST INDIVIDUALS OR WHAT THIS, THIS COVERS TOTAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY SOURCES.
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY ONE SOURCE, IS THAT RIGHT? NANCY ONE SOURCE.
UM, WHAT IS THE PROS AND CONS IF WE WERE TO GO UNLIMITED, WHAT WOULD BE THE PRO AND WHAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF GOING UNLIMITED VINCE? LET ME TAKE THIS ONE.
UM, MICHELLE, I THINK THE, THE PROS AND CONS IN THIS RESPECT ARE PURELY POLITICAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY, UH, SEE A VERY LARGE NUMBER AND FIND THAT OFFENSIVE AND, UH, TAKE UMBRAGE WITH IT.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH EVENTS, THE OTHER ISSUE, AS I SAID BEFORE IN THE GENDER REPORT, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT UNLIMITED.
IT WOULD JUST MEANS A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN.
I AGREE WITH, WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT, IT'S, IT'S A TOTAL POLITICAL QUESTION AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OPINIONS AS TO WHAT THEY VIEW, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE VARIOUS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST TIME, UM, IN RECENT MEMORY, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT THAT ANYBODY HAD RECEIVED WAS $10,000.
SO I DON'T SEE ANY POINT IN GOING OVER $10,000 AND CAUSE PEOPLE TO BE ALARMED THAT SOME, SOMEHOW WE'RE TAKING MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATE, UH, UH, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
I MEAN, STEVE GOLDWELL GETS THOSE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF US DON'T SO, SO I, I WOULD RECOMMEND
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THAT IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, THE, EITHER THE $9,000 OR 10,000 OR IN THAT RANGE, UM, MR. MIRROR, I AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK $10,000 AND THEN, UH, SET IT TO THE, UH, CALIFORNIA URBAN, UH, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR INCREASE EVERY YEAR.BEFORE I ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT EMOTION.
UM, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, SIR.
RIGHT? SO IT'S BACK OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, ANYBODY WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS? OKAY.
I GUESS I'LL WEIGH IN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE VIDEO ACCESS THAT FOR THE RECORD I DON'T GET, OR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE THAT ON SCREEN.
UH, CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEND $50,000 ON ANY CANDIDATE CAN DO SO THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE NOT LIMITING STUDY'S ABILITY OUTSIDE OF A CANNABIS CAMPAIGN.
IT'S DIFFERENT IN THAT WAY, PERHAPS MORE THAN THAT.
SO IN THAT AREA, JUST DISCLOSURES.
SO I AGREE WITH GARY, I WOULD SAY $10,000 PLUS THE CPI INDEX.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD GET SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE THAT EMOTION DELUDE, STEVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR TEAS.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WELL, I SEE CLAY IN THE BOTTOM GRADY BOX OR A BRADY BUNCH BOX.
SO THAT MUST MEAN WE'RE AT ITEM
[16. Investment Policy Update RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council and Housing Authority, respectively, adopts the next Resolutions, in order, adopting the updated City of El Cajon Investment Policy.]
16, THE ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS HAVING TO DO WITH INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATES, CLAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENTED TODAY AS AN UPDATE TO OUR INVESTMENT POLICY.UM, AS PART OF THE MAINTENANCE OF BORROWER CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO UPDATE ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE AS WELL AS INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
WE WERE MOST RECENTLY WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR, UH, FOR THIS UPDATE AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING LANGUAGE THAT WOULD RESTRICT, UH, THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA.
OUR ACTION TODAY BRINGS FORTH THIS PROPOSED LANGUAGE AND WE'RE SUGGESTING OR RECOMMENDING, UH, THE ADDITION OF SECTION SIX OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY TITLE, CONSCIENTIOUS INVESTING.
IT STATES THE CITY HAS TAKEN GREAT LENGTHS TO PROTECT ITS YOUTH FROM THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA, CONSISTENT WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THAT GOAL, NO INVESTMENT OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED ELSEWHERE IN THIS POLICY SHALL BE MADE IN A SECURITY OF AN ORGANIZATION OPERATED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THESE PRODUCTS.
THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE CHANGES.
SINCE WE WERE JUST UP HERE RECENTLY TO UPDATE THE OVERALL POLICY AND WE WILL BE UP AGAIN IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR FOR A COMPLETE ANNUAL UPDATE.
SO REALLY IT IS THE INCLUSION OF THAT LANGUAGE.
THAT IS A PART OF THE RECOMMENDED ACTION TODAY.
UH, PRECISELY A RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY RESPECTABLY ADOPTS THE NEXT RESOLUTION IN ORDER ADOPTING THE UPDATED CITY OF ALCOHOL AND INVESTMENT POLICY.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLAIRE? I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT WELL.
UH, ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? NO COMMENTS RECEIVED, SIR.
UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT NEXT RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE UPDATED ALCOHOL INVESTMENT POLICY SECOND.
MAYOR WALES, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.
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COUNCIL MEMBER OR TEAS.YES, WE SHOULD CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
UM, WE HAVE TWO MINISTRY REPORTS TO CONSIDER ITEM 18 IS REGARDING ELECTRONIC FILINGS FOR THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES, COMMISSIONS FORM STAFFING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MARIN COUNCIL.
THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS DRIVEN BY THE PASSING OF ASSEMBLY, BILL.
DID WE SKIP ITEM 17? THE CATHETER? YES WE DID.
I SAW THAT THE FEDERAL LOOK ON MR. SHANE'S FACE.
I TAUGHT LAST WEEK, THE ADMINISTRATOR
[17. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2020, and Other Written Communication from the City's Independent Auditor RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives and accepts the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and other written communication from the independent accounting firm of Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.]
REPORT I'M 17 IS THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO INDUCE THIS ITEM IN AFTERNOON.
AGAIN, PRESENTED TODAY IS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT KNOWN AS THE CAFFER.
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE THIRD LEG ON THE CITY HAS FINANCIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING PROCESS THAT STARTS TYPICALLY IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF EACH YEAR WITH THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND OUR, OUR LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS.
THIS LEADS INTO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE GET BEGIN TO PUT THE PLAN INTO ACTION.
AND FINALLY, AFTER THE YEAR HAS CONCLUDED, WE'LL PRESENT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS LIKE WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY AS SORT OF THE CITY'S REPORT CARD ON HOW WE DID, UM, TO PRESENT THIS DOCUMENT TODAY IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY AUTHORS OF THE CAFFER.
UM, WHILE THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS DOCUMENT, UH, MR. GONZALEZ IS A, UH, A BIG COMPONENT OF PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
AND I THANK HIM VERY MUCH FOR HIS EFFORTS.
UM, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO HAND OVER TO LUCA TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT AND SOME OF ITS PRIMARY COMPONENTS LOOK UP, THANK YOU.
AS CLAY SAID, MY NAME'S LUCA, I AM A SENIOR ACCOUNTING HERE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO WE CALL IT A CAPRA FOR SHORT.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT A CAPRA IS AND GOLDBRIDGE PARTS.
AND ALSO WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE, FOR DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU CAN SEE THE WEB ADDRESS WHERE WE HAVE THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE.
SO WE PREPARE CAPITA ANNUALLY, AND IT'S PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAP, WHICH ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
AND WE ALSO IMPLEMENT THE NEW GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARDS PRONOUNCEMENTS EACH YEAR.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUSES OF THE CAMPER IS COMPATIBILITY.
SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUR CAPPER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER CAPPER WITHIN THE NATION, AND THEN LOOK VERY SIMILAR.
THE CALIPER IS COMPRISED OF THREE SECTIONS.
YOU HAVE THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION, THE FINANCIAL SECTION AND THE STATISTICAL SECTION.
SO THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION IS THE SHORTEST PART, BUT ITS PRIMARY COMPONENT IS THE LETTER TRANSMITTAL.
AND THIS IS A LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT THAT KIND OF INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE GOVERNMENT, PROVIDES SOME ECONOMIC CONTEXT AND SOME OVERALL MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS.
IT SAYS THE MAIN PORTION OF THE CAFETERIA.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT IN WHICH THEY EXPRESS THEIR OPINION.
AND THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OR A CLEAN AUDIT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MD AND A, THIS IS MORE OF A NARRATIVE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
IT GIVES SOME ANALYSIS INTO THE REASONS FOR YOUR, YOUR CHANGE.
AND THERE'S AN OVERALL OVERVIEW OF THE STATEMENTS.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THEY KIND OF START AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND GO LOWER.
SO FIRST YOU'LL SEE THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO THE DIFFERENT FUN TIMES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH ARE AN INTEGRAL PART TO THE STATEMENTS.
THESE KINDS OF GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INSIGHT ONTO THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
AND LAST IS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND THIS IS A REAL FINE BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULES.
AND THE LAST SECTION IS THE STATISTICAL SECTION AND THIS HAS FINANCIAL TRENDS, REVENUE, CAPACITY, DEBT CAPACITY, AND DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION AS WELL AS OPERATING INFORMATION.
AND IT'S JUST WHERE YOU FIND SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE TAX INFORMATION, SOME DEMOGRAPHICS.
IT IS A REAL FINE THINGS LIKE TOP 25 SALES TAX PRODUCERS FOR THE CITY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
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I'M SORRY.CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES OR NO QUESTIONS AT ALL.
UH, ANGELA, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
YOUR COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, SIR.
WITH COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION OR WOULD SUBMIT, LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE MOTION? THAT'S MY DOG WAITING AND HE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
WELL, I READ THROUGH THE LETTERS TOTAL CONTROL REPORT AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY EXCEPTIONS NOTED AT ALL.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OBJECTIONS BY THE AUDITOR.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANY CONCERNS.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE EXPERIENCE AND INTEGRITY OF OUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THE PUBLIC IS WELL SERVED IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORT.
WHAT'D YOU CALL IT LIKE TO GO OUT AND MAKE A MOTION? THIS SEAT, I GUESS I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
I'LL SUCK IT RIGHT? MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
NOW SIXTH AND LAST SEMESTER REPORT.
I HAVE MY TEAM AS A COVID-19 STATUS REPORT AND OUR CITY MANAGER WILL SHARE THOSE WITH US.
AND NOW WE NEED TO DO ITEM 18.
I'M ONE BEHIND THE WHOLE TIME.
WE HAVE TWO MORE MINISTER REPORTS TO CONSIDER.
[18. Electronic Filing of FPPC Statement of Economic Interest, Form 700; and Introduction of Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.75 of Title 2 of El Cajon Municipal Code Relating to Electronic and Paperless Filing of FPPC Campaign Disclosure Statements RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, requiring Electronic Filing of Fair Political Practices Commission Statement of Economic Interest, Form 700; and approves the introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.75 of Title 2 of the El Cajon Municipal Code Relating to Electronic and Paperless Filing of Fair Political Practices Commission Campaign Disclosure Statements.]
IS REGARDING ELECTRONIC FILE IS A FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION FORMS. AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO PLEASE ENTER THIS SOCIETAL.THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THE ITEM REGARDING ELECTRONIC FILING OF FPPC STATEMENTS IS DRIVEN BY THE PASSING OF ASSEMBLY, BILL 2151.
THIS BILL, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR, MANDATES THAT LOCAL AGENCIES POST ONLINE CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS FOR REPORTS WITHIN 72 HOURS OF A FILING DEADLINE, THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST ITEM OR FORM 700 AND THE RECIPIENT COMMITTEE CAMPING STATEMENT, OR FORM FOUR 60 ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE STATEMENTS.
THERE ARE NOT MANY COMPANIES WHO OFFER THESE SERVICES, BUT I REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL CITY CLERKS IN THE COUNTY AND THEY ALL RECOMMENDED NET FILE.
THEY EITHER HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM OR THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THEIR SERVICES.
AND THAT FILE WOULD ASSIST WITH ONLINE POSTING AND THE DATA MANAGEMENT OF THESE FORMS. AND THEY WILL PROVIDE US A SECURE LOGIN FOR EACH PERSON HAVING TO SUBMIT ONE OF THESE FORMS TO COMPLY WITH A MOVE POSTING REQUIREMENTS.
A RESOLUTION MUST BE ADOPTED TO ACCEPT THE ELECTRONIC FILING A FORM 700 AND AN ORDINANCE MUST BE APPROVED FOR ELECTRONIC FILING OR FORM FORM FOUR 60.
WE HAVE INCLUDED A TRAINING PERIOD.
UM, SO IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT WANT TO FILE ONLINE THIS YEAR, THAT WOULD BE OPTIONAL AT SF 2022.
ELECTRONIC FILING WILL BE MANDATORY AND MAY, OR THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, RACHEL, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO COMMENTS.
UM, PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD ITEMS. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION THERE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS. ONE'S A RESERVATION AND ONE'S INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE.
SO IF YOU MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TIP KENDRICK WILL ACCEPT THAT AS APPROVING BOTH ACTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, I THINK HE MAY HAVE DROPPED OFF A COUNCIL MEMBER OR TEAS.
SO THAT MOTION CARRIES BY FOUR ZERO.
UM, AND THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE READS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.75 OF TITLE, TWO OF THE ALCOHOL
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MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ELECTRONIC AND PAPERLESS FILING A FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES, COMMISSION CAMPAIGN, DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.[19. COVID-19 Status Report RECOMMENDATION: No action required.]
WITH THE COVID-19 UPDATE GRAHAM.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE, UH, ACTUALLY LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEFER THAN USUAL ON THIS ONE.
UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF DATA ON SOME TRENDS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GLEAN SOME, SOME SKILLED NURSING FACILITY DATA, UH, THROUGH A STATE WEBSITE.
SO I THOUGHT THERE'S SOME USEFUL DATA THERE THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
SO WITH THAT COUNCIL I'LL GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A DOWNWARD TREND IN THE NUMBER OF CASES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THERE WAS CLEARLY A POST HOLIDAY SPIKE THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A RAPID DECLINE RECENTLY IN THAT, AND THIS IS A STATEWIDE TREND AND THIS IS A NATIONWIDE TREND.
AND, UM, IT'S ONE OF THE RATIONALES FOR THE GOVERNOR, UH, RELEASING US OUT OF, UM, THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER BACK INTO THE PURPLE TIER, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL.
UM, THIS SHOWS THE EXACT SAME DATA, BUT ON A WEEK BY WEEK BASIS, WHICH I THINK HELPS SORT OF, UM, CONSOLIDATE THE DATA A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE KIND OF BACK TO THAT EARLY DECEMBER MARK OR MID DECEMBER MARK AND THE TRENDS LOOK LIKE EVERY DAY, THE NUMBER OF CASES CONTINUES TO DROP.
SO WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE BACK TO THAT OCTOBER MARK WITHIN, WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO.
UM, AND I'VE GOTTEN, WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME TREND THAT'S OCCURRING STATEWIDE.
WE'RE HA WE'RE SEEING A DECLINE.
UM, IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT IS ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE WHERE WE AT IN TERMS OF CAPACITY WITH HOSPITALS, THE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE BEEN INTRUDING INTO THAT 80% BED CAPACITY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS OR LAST FEW DAYS, I SHOULD SAY, UH, WE'VE BEEN RIGHT AT THAT 80% FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UM, SO THE, THE BEDS CONTINUE TO BE A STRUGGLE, BUT WE STILL HAVE CAPACITY THERE.
AND AGAIN, THESE BEDS DO NOT INCLUDE BEDS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR SOME OTHER RESERVED BEDS THAT ARE REGION-WIDE, UH, THIS SHOWS THE ICU, UH, BED CAPACITY.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE 83% MARK, SO WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE UNDER 20% CAPACITY, UH, LEFTOVER, AND WE'RE SEEING THIS TREND STATEWIDE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS THE GOVERNOR HAS LIFTED THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS.
SO WE HOPE THAT THE SKILLED NURSING DATA AND WE FOUND SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS, ONE ABOUT, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN WE LOOK AT A STILL NURSING FACILITY, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY WITH EIGHT BEDS, OR YOU COULD HAVE ONE WITH 250 BEDS, RIGHT? AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA THAT SHOWS HOW MANY BEDS THERE ARE FOR COMMUNITY, BUT JUST ASSUMING ALL, UH, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES ARE EQUAL.
WE HAVE FAR MORE FACILITIES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS THAN THERE ARE IN THE COUNTY.
SO COUNTY-WIDE, THERE'S ABOUT 2.4 SNIFFS PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.
ALCOHOL HAS 7.62 INTERESTINGLY, UH, UM, NATIONAL CITY HAS ABOUT EIGHT.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THESE TRENDS ARE GOING TO GO BASED ON JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT CASES, NOT LOOKING AT THE, UM, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THESE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, BUT JUST THOSE THAT ARE OUR RESIDENTS THERE.
THE COUNTY HAS ON AN AVERAGE OF 110 PER, PER 110, A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
IT HELPS SORT OF EQUALIZE THERE'S 110 CASES AND ALCOHOL THAT'S 507 CASES.
SO THIS RATIO IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE RATIO THAT WE SAW BEFORE.
WE JUST HAVE FAR MORE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.
AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SAME APPLIES TO DEATHS PER HUNDRED THOUSAND, THE COUNTIES AT 11.5, THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IN 62.9.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY SHOWS HOW THAT'S MANIFESTED IN OUR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF CASELOAD.
UM, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES MAKE UP LESS THAN 2% OF THE CASES, COVID CASES.
UH, COUNTY-WIDE IN 16% OF THE DEATHS IN OUR CITY ALCOHOL, AND IT MAKES UP ABOUT 5% OF OUR CASES, BUT OVER HALF OF THE DEATHS ARE, CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO
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SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.UM, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE THAT DATA AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT WE ARE MOVING OUT OF THE STATEWIDE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER BACK INTO A PURPLE TIER BASED ON OUR CURRENT INFECTION RATES.
WHAT THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS, UH, HAIR SALONS, UH, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HOTELS, PERSONAL CARE, UH, NEAR NAIL SALONS.
EXAMPLES, UH, ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN OUR CAN BE OPEN INDOORS, UM, PLACES THAT CAN OPERATE AT 25% CAPACITY INCLUDE RETAIL LIKE A WALMART OR A HOME DEPOT, UH, LIBRARIES, MALLS, BUT, UH, THE FOOD COURTS AND THE COMMON AREAS MUST REMAIN CLOSE.
UH, GROCERY STORES ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AT 50% CAPACITY AND THEN, UM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NEW IS, UH, RESTAURANTS NOW CAN HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WHERE THEY COULD NOT BEFORE THE STATEWIDE SHUTDOWN.
SO A RESTAURANT COULD HAVE, UM, A BAND PLAYING ON THE SIDE ON A SIDE STAGE.
UM, AS A REMINDER, THE CURFEW STILL IS IN PLACE, UH, FOR RESTAURANTS WIZ.
I MEAN, IT MEANS THAT A RESTAURANT CAN NOT SERVE A NEW CUSTOMER AFTER 10 O'CLOCK AND THEY MUST WRAP UP SERVICE BY 11:00 PM.
UH, CHURCHES CAN BE OPEN OUTDOORS.
GYMS CAN BE OPENED UP, ARE THOSE IN FACT, I, UH, RAN BY, UM, 24 HOUR FITNESS EARLIER TODAY AND IT WAS IN FULL FULL SWING, UH, RECREATION MUSEUM, ZOOS, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, CENTERS, POOLS, AND WEDDING CEREMONIES CAN ALL BE OPEN OUTDOORS.
UM, WHAT ARE CONTINUED TO BE CLOSED, UH, NOT ESSENTIAL OFFICE BUILDINGS OR BUSINESSES, AMUSEMENT PARKS, BARS, AND BREWERIES THAT DO NOT SERVE FOOD, BOWLING, ALLEYS, NIGHTCLUBS, INDOOR PLAYGROUNDS.
THOSE ARE ALL TO REMAIN, COULD BE CLOSED.
SCHOOLS CAN OPEN UNLESS THEY'VE NOT UP PRIOR, UM, PREVIOUSLY, SO THEY CANNOT REOPEN OR THEY CAN REOPEN, BUT THEY CANNOT OPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S CONTINUES TO BE A SMALL GATHERING LIMIT OF THREE OR FOUR, THREE OR FEWER HOUSEHOLDS FOR LESS THAN TWO HOURS.
UM, IN TERMS OF VACCINES, OUR COUNTY HAS BEGUN TO ROLL OUT VACCINES.
I EXPRESSED SOME FRUSTRATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AT HOW SLOW WE WERE MOVING, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO ROLL THEM OUT.
UH, AT THIS 0.1 0.3% OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY POPULATION HAS BEEN VACCINATED WITH TWO DOSES.
UM, CURRENTLY THOSE THAT ARE RECEIVING VACCINES ARE THOSE THAT, UH, WORK IN MEDICAL OR LAB PROFESSIONS.
SO ANYONE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD OR PARAMEDICS CAN RECEIVE IT, RESIDENTS LIVING IN SENIOR FACILITIES AND THOSE THAT ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, UH, THERE'S ALSO A, UH, ANOTHER, SO, UH, THE 65 YEARS AND OLDER AS PART OF THE PHASE ONE B TIER ONE, UH, THAT TIER ONE HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO TWO.
AND THE, AS SOON AS THE COUNTY IS READY, THEY'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE SECOND PART OF TIER ONE, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT WORK IN INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE RISKS SUCH AS, UH, TEACHERS, THOSE ARE WORKING IN CHILDCARE, OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT DID NOT FALL UNDER, UH, THE ONE EIGHT TIERS AND THOSE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS INDUSTRIES.
SO, UH, SHOULD BE OPENING UP MORE AND MORE TO MORE INDIVIDUALS SOON IN TERMS OF WHERE TO RECEIVE A VACCINE.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO DO IS ONE TO CONTACT YOUR OWN MEDICAL PROVIDER.
UM, I KNOW MY MEDICAL PROVIDER DOES NOT GIVE VACCINES AT THIS TIME.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO USE A COUNTY SITE WHEN, WHEN MY TURN IS OPEN FOR HER VACCINATION, UH, IN, UM, THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE CAN EITHER CONTACT COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT ARE OPERATING BY APPOINTMENT.
ONLY THE CLOSEST FACILITY IN ALCOHOL IS ON MAGNOLIA.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL SUPER STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY.
PETCO PARK IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, THE, THE CLOSED CEO'S IN CHULA VISTA IS ANOTHER, AND I KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR ANDERSON'S OFFICE IS LOOKING TO SITE A SUPER STATION HERE IN EAST COUNTY AND IN WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF SITES, UM, THAT ARE POSSIBLE IN ALCOHOL.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE COUNTY WIDE LEVEL FOR VACCINE LOCATIONS.
SO STAFF'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, ABOUT OUR PRESENTATION.
GREAT GRAHAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL.
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SO WHAT IF, UH, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT ABOUT OUTDOOR LIVE IN ENTERTAINMENT? UM, I, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK ON THAT.I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I KNOW ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IS NOT AVAILABLE.
UM, I'M WAITING FOR SOMEONE, ONE OF MY STAFF TO MAYBE JUMP INTO MY OFFICE AND HELP ME, BUT, UM, SO MAYBE THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS THEY CAN, THEY CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I DO THAT, THAT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, UM, AT LEAST AT AN INDOOR VENUES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ENTERTAINMENT AT A RESTAURANT SETTING IS AVAILABLE.
SO THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT MURKY.
UM, YOU COULD HAVE, UH, ALMOST A CONCERT GOING ON AT A RESTAURANT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MANAGED.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I CAN GET INFORMATION IF I DON'T HAVE IT BY THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GRAHAM? WELL, GREG, THANKS A LOT.
ESPECIALLY THE INFORMATION ON THE, UM, NURSING HOMES.
IT KIND OF VALIDATES WHAT WE HAD SUSPECTED ALL ALONG.
I DID FIND OUT THAT, UH, FOR MS. MITCHELL'S, UH, QUESTION, NO OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT OR FESTIVAL TYPE, UM, VENUES CAN HAPPEN.
SO, UM, LOLLAPALOOZA AND, UM, THOSE, THOSE CONCERTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? THE COACHELLA WE'LL HAVE TO TURN OUR TICKETS BACK HERE AND GRIM.
THIS WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY, AND NO MOTIONS REQUIRED.
AND UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO MOVE ON, BUT NO COMMISSIONER REPORT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[20. Council Activity Report]
IS MY REPORT, UM, IS IT IS AS REPORTED.[21. Prohibiting Demonstrations that Target a Residence RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council directs staff to prepare an ordinance that would prohibit picketing or demonstrations to take place in front of a particular residence. ]
IS AN ITEM TO PUT HIM AT DEMONSTRATIONS TARGETING RESONANCES.UM, AS WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, SOMETIMES PROTESTORS KIND OF TRY TO MAKE IT PERSONAL AND THEY GO TO INDIVIDUAL'S HOMES THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S FAIR GAME.
I THINK THAT PROTESTING IN THE STREETS, UH, IS FINE AND THE PARKS IS FINE, BUT GOING TO TERRORIZING PEOPLE AT THEIR HOMES IS PROBABLY NOT.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS MOTION FORWARD AND ASK THAT WE VOTE TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM PICKETING OR PROTESTING IN FRONT OF A PERSON'S HOME.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? MORGAN? I THINK YOUR, YOUR, UH, MOTION IS TO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE ABOUT THIS REQUEST.
SO ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, I SUPPOSE FOR US, BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT HOME AND, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE FARING FOR THOSE SAFETY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATELY.
JUST TO POINT OUT, THIS IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO WERE PLANNING TO ANYBODY ALSO.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION AS MORGAN DESCRIBED SECOND.
AND BEFORE I CALLING YOU FOR A VOTE, SIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
BRAD ACTIVITIES REPORTS NOW MAYOR PRO TEM,
[22. MAYOR PRO TEM GARY KENDRICK METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA; Heartland Communications; Heartland Fire Training JPA.]
JARED KENDRICK AS REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER,[23. COUNCILMEMBER MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate.]
MICHELLE MITCHELL AS REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBERS,[24. COUNCILMEMBER STEVE GOBLE MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board); East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority Board; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee; SANDAG – Board of Directors – Alternate; SANDAG Public Safety Committee – Alternate; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA – Alternate.]
STEVE GOBBLE REPORTED[25. COUNCILMEMBER PHIL ORTIZ League of California Cities, San Diego Division; East County Economic Development Council; MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board) – Alternate; East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority Board – Alternate; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee – Alternate.]
COUNCIL MEMBER, PHIL ORTIZ AS REPORTED[26. Removal of Mr. Humbert Cabrera from the El Cajon Planning Commission RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council considers modifying the Planning Commission term of Mr. Humbert Cabrera from January 31, 2023 to January 26, 2021 and directs staff to solicit applications to fill the Planning Commission vacancy. ]
I'M 26 AS A JOINT COUNSELOR REPORT BY MAYOR PRETEND YOU'RE A KENDRICK AND MYSELF.UM, THIS, UH, MOST OF THE TOTAL REMOVAL OF MR. HUMBER KIBERA FROM THE ALCOHOL PLANNING COMMISSION, AS THE STAFF REPORT POINTS OUT, THERE WERE THREE AREAS OF GRIEVANCE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH MR. CABRERA.
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WE GO FURTHER, UM, I WANTED TO GIVE MR. CABRERA A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND GRAHAM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.SO MR. MAYOR, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ZOOM TIGHTENING, UM, IT DOES LIMIT SORT OF INVOLVEMENT FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE THOUGHT THERE'S A WAY TO INVITE HIM TO BE PART OF THE ZOOM MEETING BECAUSE I THOUGHT, UM, THERE'S SOME VALUE IN THAT.
AND MR. MAYOR, YOU, YOU WERE ADAMANT ABOUT THAT.
I REACHED OUT TO MR. CABRERA VIA EMAIL THIS MORNING AT EIGHT 35 WITH THE INVITATION AND WANTING TO SET UP A ZOOM OPPORTUNITY.
I DIDN'T HEAR FROM HIM SO 11 O'CLOCK.
I CALL HIS BUSINESS, HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS.
I SPOKE TO ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THIS MORNING, TRYING TO GET HOLD OF HIM, UM, TO NO AVAIL.
I THEN SENT A TEXT TO HIM AT 1250, UM, ASKING IF HE'D RECEIVED MY EMAIL AND AGAIN, EXTENDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ZOOM CALL, UM, AT THREE 39.
SO AFTER THE MEETING STARTED, I RECEIVED A SERIES OF TEXTS FROM HIM, WHICH AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO LINK INTO THE ZOOM, BUT AT THE END, I'LL JUST READ WHAT HE SAID.
IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS JUNCTURE, UH, WITH THEM REFERRING TO THE COUNSEL, BEST, SEND MY PRAYER TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY AND YOU, AND I WISH I COULD HAVE HUMBLY TOLD THEM I COULD ATTEMPT TO SINCERELY CORRECT WHATEVER THEY DEEMED WAS THE ISSUE IN ORDER TO BRING US TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING MR. KRA BE WITH US TODAY.
UM, APPRECIATE THE NOTE, UM, BEFORE GOING FURTHER, MORGAN, JUST SO EVERYBODY IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, SAY A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR A CITY EMPLOYEE IN REGARDS TO YES MEREDY.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SERVES THAT WILL AT THE WILL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SUCH AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SERVE AT THE WILL OF THE PUBLIC, THE ELECTORS, AND, UH, MOBILIZE ONLY ALLOWED DURING, UH, THROUGH A PERIOD OF A RECALL ELECTION.
UM, OR IF THERE IS A REASON TO CITE THAT THE OFFICIAL IS INCOMPETENT OR ISN'T ABLE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES THEY COULD SEEK OVER ONTO AND SEEK AN ORDER FROM THE COURT TO REMOVE SOME PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM OFFICE.
IN THIS CASE, UH, THE COUNCIL IS EXERCISING, ITS RIGHT TO ESSENTIALLY REVERSE THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. CABRERA, FOR WHATEVER REASONS HE HAD NO REASONS.
UM, AND UH, JUST LIKE ANY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND IT'S LEGAL, UH, THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS ARE THAT, UH, YOU CANNOT REMOVE SOMEBODY BASED ON A PROTECTIVE CLASSIFICATION, FOR INSTANCE, RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
AND GRAHAM, WOULD WE BE DECIDING TODAY IF WE WERE TO REMOVE MR. CABRERA, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE HIM.
UM, WOULD WE BE DECIDING TODAY THE, THE METHOD ON HOW TO DO THAT? YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MR. MAYOR AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO, UM, GO OUT AND DO A, UM, A RECRUITMENT FOR THAT AND OPEN IT UP FOR APPLICATIONS AND THEN BRING THAT BACK AT, UH, PROBABLY TO BE FAIR THE FIRST MEETING OF MARCH.
THEN, UM, LET ME ASK ANGELA IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL, UM, AT THE MOMENT I HAVE 16 COMMENTS.
FIRST ONE IS FROM JOHN DAVID AND IT READS, HE IS A GOOD CITIZEN AND A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
AND THE COMMENT NEXT COMMENT FROM OUSSAMA
UH, MY NAME IS
UM, CALGARIAN ARRIVED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 2017 THROUGH SPECIAL IMMIGRATION VISA PROGRAM.
I WAS QUALIFIED BECAUSE I WORKED IN HELP USA TROOPS IN IRAQ FOR 10 YEARS, AS USUAL, WHEN YOU YOU'RE COMING TO A NEW COUNTRY, I WAS IN GREAT NEED FOR HELP AND GUIDANCE.
MR. GAVIN, IDA WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO DID THAT.
HE GAVE ME VERY VALUABLE CHANCE TO WORK WITH HIM, GIVING ME ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO IMPROVE MYSELF AND MY NEW AMERICAN LIFE.
MR. CABRERA, I SUPPORT AND HELP MADE ME MY FAMILY AND PARENTS PROUD OF ME AND LOVE THE NEW LIFE.
I HAVE KNOWN MR. CABRERA FOR YEARS, AND HE GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP IMMIGRANTS IN KELVION COMMUNITY, WHERE I BELONG.
I HAVE WATCHED HUMBERT AND HIS BUSINESS FOR YEARS, AND HE IS THE MOST ETHICAL BUSINESS PERSON I HAVE EVER WORKED FOR.
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TEAM HAS WON THE BEST BUSINESS.AND THEY'LL GO HOME TWICE IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.
AND UM, MR. NATHAN, CO-ORDINATE SUBMITTED TWO COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO SEND A QUICK EMAIL REQUESTING THAT THE CITY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER REMOVING HUMBARD COVER FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I PERSONALLY WATCH HIM BADGER, A PRIVATE CITIZEN, TRYING TO DO OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT I PERSONALLY THOUGHT WOULD HAVE MADE A FANTASTIC IMPACT IN THE CITY.
HE BELITTLED HIM ALMOST LIKE HE WAS MAKING FUN OF HIM.
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INSTANCES IN WHICH DISAPPOINTED COMMISSIONERS SEEM TO BE MORE ENAMORED WITH THIS POWER THAN WHEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY THOUGHTS INTO CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, I'VE KNOWN HUMBER KIBERA FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THROUGH MY MEMBERSHIP AND THE SAN DIEGO LEADERSHIP FORUM, A CHRIST CENTER, SERVANT LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION.
I'VE SEEN HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND COMMUNITY.
I KNOW HIM TO BE A FAITHFUL COMMITTED SERVANT LEADER.
HUMBERT IS AN ETHICAL, STRAIGHT TALKER WHO PUTS SERVICE BEFORE SELF.
THESE CHARGERS SEEM TO BE CONTRIVED TO KEEP MR. COVER FROM FULFILLING HIS MISSION ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
THE CHARGES APPEAR TO BE PETTY AND VENGEFUL AND HAVE NO PLACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY GOVERNMENT THAT PROMOTES INCLUSIVENESS DIVERSITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM DARREN.
UM, THE PERSON PURPOSE OF THIS EMAIL IS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH HUMBER COVER ERA.
MANY OF THE MEETINGS IN QUESTION TOOK PLACE WHILE I WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
DURING THIS TIME, I HAVE SEEN MANY PRIVATES COME IN, SOME GOOD, SOME NOT SO GOOD, BUT THAT BEING SAID, ONE THING TO FIND COMMISSION HAS ALWAYS DONE IS RESPECTFUL APPLICANTS.
I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME FOR HUMBARD.
HE HAS BEEN VERY CONDESCENDING AND HOSTILE TOWARDS OUR AQUA COUNTS.
I HAVE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE THAT FORCED ME TO APOLOGIZE TO AN APPLICANT.
HOWEVER, SINCE MR. KIBERA HAS BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, I'VE HAD TO DO THAT TWICE TO HIS HOSTILITY TOWARDS OUR APPLICANTS.
I DO NOT BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THAT HUMBARD UNDERSTANDS HIS ROLE AND NOT SURE IF YOU REALIZE THIS, HE REPRESENTS THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA.
I HAVE ATTACHED A CLIP FROM AN INCIDENT THAT SHOWS HIS HOSTILITY TOWARDS MR. ROBERT GARMO.
SO YOU CAN BETTER GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN DEALING WITH.
UM, NEXT COMMENT FROM MICAH CROWLEY.
I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER OF OKLAHOMA.
MR. CABRERA HAS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION DUE TO HIS MANY YEARS IN BUSINESS AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA AND ITS COMMUNITY.
I FEEL THAT MR. CABRERA HAS HELPED MANY MIDDLE EASTERN AND KELVION FAMILIES DURING HIS MANY YEARS IN SERVICE.
I AM ONE OF THESE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MR CORVERA HAS HELPED.
I AM VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I FEEL MR. CABRERA'S POSITION ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA AND ITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
HE HAS SERVED AS A USEFUL TOOL TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE HIM.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS, UM, FROM MS. DOLORES CHAVEZ AND SHE SUBMITTED TWO COMMENTS.
UM, UM, I WRITE TO YOU TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 26 ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MR
I CHAIR THE VALLEY SARAH COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP, AND I AM ACUTELY FAMILIAR THE INCONVENIENCE.
AND AT TIMES DISRUPTION THAT THIS CREATES IN CONDUCTING MEETINGS AND FURTHERING PROGRESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
HOWEVER, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HEARING ALL SIDES OF AN ISSUE, AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO HAVE ALL COMMUNITIES REPRESENTED, MR. CABRERA NOT ONLY PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A BUILDING DESIGNER, BUT AS A HISPANIC, HE ALSO DIVERSIFIES YOUR COMMISSION AND REPRESENTS OVER 30% OF THE COMMUNITY MAKEUP OF ALCOHOL.
I HAVE REVIEWED SEVERAL RECORDED PLANNING, COMMISSIONS TAKE MEETINGS AND CONCEDE THAT THE POINTS I HAVE OBSERVED MR. CARERRA REPRESENT ARE LEGITIMATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN CITING THE ALCOHOL COMMUNITY PLAN.
MR. CABRERA RECORDS RECORDS SHOWS THAT HE HAS VOTED IN FAVOR OF 98% OF THE ITEMS THAT IS RATHER GOOD REFLECTION OF A TEAM PLAYER.
PERHAPS IT IS A MANNER IN WHICH MR. CABRERA PRESENTS HIS OPPOSITION OR THAT AGGRAVATE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MORE THAN THE POINTS
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HE BRINGS UP AS PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS.WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON FACTS, NOT ON PERSONALITIES OR EMOTION.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT.
IF WE STACK OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ONLY THINK LIKE US, WE PROVIDE A GREAT DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
PEOPLES WHO DISAGREE WITH THE STATUS QUO OR CHALLENGE.
THE NORM ARE REGULARLY TOLD THAT THEY ARE DIFFICULT OR NOT A TEAM PLAYER.
WHEN THE CULTURE OF THE GROUP IS THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO PROVOKE CONFLICT, YOU FAIL TO GET THE BEST RESULT.
IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO CREATE AND ENCOURAGE A CULTURE OF HONORS DIFFERENCES AND OPINIONS AND VARYING POINTS OF VIEW.
THESE ARE REALLY ONLY THE THREE POSITIONS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN ADOPT AFTER STRONG DEBATE.
YOU EITHER AGREE AND COMMIT, DISAGREE, AND COMMIT OR DISAGREE IN QUIP.
THERE MUST BE AN UNDERSTANDING AMONGST THE TEAM THAT IF YOU DON'T WIN, YOU MUST RESPECT THE FINAL DECISION AS SUPPORTED.
IT APPEARS THAT MR. KIBERA ACTIONS FALL INTO TWO OF THESE THREE, HE AGREES AND COMMITS OR DISAGREES AND COMMITS.
HE DOES NOT DISAGREE AND QUIT.
HE DOESN'T FACT SUPPORT THE FINAL DECISIONS OR THESE RISKS RECENTS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU EXAMINE YOUR REASONS FOR REMOVING MR. COVER FROM THE ALCOHOL PLANNING COMMISSION AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW FREE AND OPEN DEBATE ON YOUR AGENDA.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM, UM, DO YOU KNOW AMERICA POLITICAL ASSOCIATION AND THEY RIGHT.
WE WERE RIGHT YOU TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 26.
IF YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE WELL-BEING OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ITS MEMBERSHIP REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY OVER 30% OF OKLAHOMA'S POPULATION IS LATINO.
AND YET THE LATINO DEMOGRAPHIC IS NOT PRESENT ON THE COUNCIL NOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAVE THIS RECOVERY ERA.
MR. CABRERA OF NEEDED DIVERSITY TO YOUR COMMISSION BY PROVIDING BOTH PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LARGEST MINORITY GROUP AND THE COMMUNITY.
MR. CABRERA ALSO PROVIDES INSIGHT AS A LATINO, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESS GROUPS IN AMERICA, ACCORDING TO A STANFORD STUDY, WE CAN NOT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL COMMUNITIES ON YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE OPTICS OF THIS MISSING THE SOLE MEMBER OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE LEADERSHIP OF ALCOHOL IT'S ALARMING, MODERN SOCIETY, AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WITHIN WHICH IS RAPIDLY SHIFTING OFTEN REQUIRING COALITIONS OF GROUPS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON A GIVEN TASK.
SOMETHING THAT IS MUCH EASIER TO ACHIEVE WHEN CITIZENS SEE THEIR GOVERNMENT IS MADE OF THEM TO GET FURTHER.
ALARM SAYS THAT THE CULTURE REMOVED MR. CABRERA HISSON REACTION TO TWO DISSENTING VOTES REGARDING TWO RECENT PLANNING COMMISSION DECISIONS.
AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN AN ACTIVELY A CULTURE THAT HONORS DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS AND VARYING POINTS OF VIEW.
WE BELIEVE THIS ULTIMATELY LEADS US ALL TO THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE, A VOTE TO REMOVE, MR. CABRERA SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY OF OCA HOME.
FOR THESE REASONS WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU.
RE-EXAMINE YOUR REASONS FOR REMOVING MR. COBRA FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW FREE AND OPEN DEBATE.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM MICHAEL KAREELA.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANT TO REMOVE MR. COVER FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN 2020.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO FINALLY MEET SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM THAT IS FAMILIAR WITH THE REGULATIONS.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE LANGUAGE AND APPRECIATES THE WORK WE ARCHITECTS DO IN MEETING THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE.
I, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO LOSE A WELL-INFORMED PERSON FROM YOUR TEAM.
I HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER KEEPING HIM AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COUNTY.
NEXT COMMENT FROM STEPHANIE HARPER, UM, UH, SHE RATES, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, SHE'S SUBMITTING SOME FACTS THAT SHE THOUGHT WOULD HELP WITH YOUR DECISION TODAY WHILE MR. CABRERA'S BUSINESS HAS BENEFITED FROM HIS POSITION ON THE COMMISSION, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR SOMETHING QUESTIONABLE.
MR. CABRERA EITHER HAS LIED TO THE TEXT ASSESSOR OR TO THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, UH, IN ORDER TO GET OWNERS DISCOUNT FOR LIVING IN THE HOME.
MR. CABRERA STATED THAT HE LIVED IN AN ADDRESS ON FALCON FOR THERE.
A LOT OF TIME NEEDED TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT.
UM, SHE, LET ME SEE, I AM GLAD TO SEE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL COME AND SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY'S DEALING WITH THE SAME THING.
I UNDERSTAND BRINGING SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORWARD IS NEVER AN EASY TEST TO DO, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE YOU PUT YOUR TRUST IN WOULD ACT IN SUCH WAYS, BUT A BIG THANK YOU IN ORDER TO BILL AND GARY, BUT ONLY, NOT ONLY FROM
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ME, BUT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WORK WITH MR. CABRERA AND CAN SAY ANYTHING, OH, CAHONE.IT'S NOT THE CITY TO DO TO THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
UM, MR. COBRA DOES NOT SHARE THE SAME VALUES THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, AND WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM SITTING IN THERE.
WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE, SIX MORE COMMENTS.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM TIM MCDOUGALL.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE CONSIDERING REMOVING HUMBERT, WHO IS A GOOD VOLUNTEER TO THE COURT IMMUNITY.
FROM DUANE BARTO, UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M DOING BARTOW A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF OKLAHOMA, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS YOUR VOICE ON THE GILLESPIE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
MOST OF YOU, I CONSIDER IT TO BE MY PRINCE, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT MET OUR NEWEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS. MITCHELL FOR HER RECENT CAMPAIGN WIN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER IN THE FUTURE.
I HAVE INVITED GARY KENDRICK'S LEADERSHIP EFFORTS TO PASS ORDINANCES, TO SHUT DOWN HOT HOUSES AND BAN THE SALES OF VAPING SUPPLIES TO KIDS.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR CREATING A PRO-BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR OUR FAMILIES TO LIVE AND WORK HERE, MAYOR WELLS, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED ON EVERYTHING, BUT THE LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE SHOWN LEADING THE CITY THROUGH THESE STATE DARK DAYS OF COVID AND FOR STANDING UP TO KING NEWSOME'S ANTICS, I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING COURAGE UNDER PRESSURE TO DO THAT.
I CAN'T, I CAN SAY, UM, THAT I KNOW YOU BOTH ARE SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON CITY COUNCIL.
I RESPECT AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, BUT I ALSO RESPECT THAT OWNER'S MANUAL OF LIFE, WHICH I REFER TO AS GOD'S WORD JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW FIVE, NINE, BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR, THEY WILL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED GREATLY WITH A CURRENT GRADE DIVIDE WHERE EXPERIENCING IN AMERICA, UM, PROTESTING AND OUR PEN OR KISS WRITING IN OUR STREETS.
WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ELECTION IN OUR LIFETIME.
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS.
WE ARE BEING CALLED NEO-NAZIS BY NATHAN FLETCHER FOR SIGNING THE KING NEWSOME, SOME RECALL PETITION.
AND WHEN WE, SOME FRIENDSHIPS ARE DISINTEGRATING OVER DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY OR OUR COMMUNITY.
MY FRIEND HUMBER COBRA HAS SELECTED.
WHAT'S SELECTED TO SERVE THIS CITY AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
AND NOW BECAUSE HE DOESN'T SEE EYE TO EYE WITH SOMEBODY IN CITY, GOVERNMENT, HE'S BEING SELECTED FOR REMOVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WITH ALL OF THE DIVISION GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK IT IS VERY PRODUCTIVE TO WEAPONIZE CITY POLITICS, TO SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT AGREE WITH EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IN FACT, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
NO ONE IS PERFECT AND HE CAN ALSO BE AN HONEST MAN, PLEASE MAKE PEACE AND BE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CITIZENS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT.
AGAIN, THAT'S FROM MR. BARTOW AND FROM JILL BARTO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK, THANK YOU FOR EXPOSING THE CORRUPTION OF BEN COLLAZO, WHICH LED TO HIS RESIGNATION COUNCIL, MEN OR TEAS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, GETTING CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES, ELECTED TO OFFICE, AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COUNCILMEN GLOBAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GODLY WISDOM ON THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.
CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING YOUR CAMPAIGN.
THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO OUR FREEDOM TO RUN OUR BUSINESS DURING COVID.
HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN SERVING MY COMMUNITY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AS A BOARD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.
SO I HAVE MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND I AM SEEING A POSSIBLE PROBLEM THAT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
I SMELL A RAT AT CITY HALL AND IT SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED.
I DON'T HAVE A VENDETTA HERE THAT IT HAPPENS.
AND IF THIS APPLIES TO SOMEONE HERE, I'M SORRY, IF I DIDN'T BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, THEN I WOULD BE DOING MY FRIENDS ON CITY COUNCIL AT DISSERVICE.
IT APPEARS TOO THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS FRESHLY ELECTED TO OFFICE AND THAT THE FIRST CHANCE THEY HAVE IS TO GET THEIR FORMER CAMPAIGN OPPONENT ON THE AGENDA FOR DISMISSAL, FROM A CITY COMMISSION, IT SEEMS LIKE A VENDETTA TO ME.
NOW I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC IS THINKING WHEN THIS OCCURS SO QUICKLY AFTER BEING SWORN IN.
I'M SORRY TO BE SO OBVIOUS, BUT THIS IS IN FULL PUBLIC VIEW.
AND IF IT'S TRUE, IT'S A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME.
I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE CASE, BUT I WANT IT TO BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU VOTE TO REMOVE THIS PERSON FROM SERVING I FULLY SUPPORT AND ENDORSE HUMBERT CABERA TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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IS A GREAT ASSET AND INCREDIBLE LEADER.AND OKLAHOMAN HUMBERT IS ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE COMMISSIONERS AND HIS KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE, THINK NOT SILENCE.
HE'S LET'S USE OUR TIME ON CITY BUSINESS TO SHARE LOVE UNITY AND KINDNESS OVER VENDETTAS.
I KNOW THAT AS FELLOW CHRISTIANS, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT JESUS WOULD DO INSTEAD OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE REVENGE.
PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND ALLOW HUMBERT.
WE WERE ASKED TO REMAIN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THREE MORE COMMENTS OR, UM, THE NEXT ONE IS FROM ROBERT CUBING.
I HAVE NO AND WORK WITH HUMBER COBRA FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS TYPES OF BUILDINGS IN A MANNER THAT MADE IT ECONOMIC SENSE FOR ANY PARTICULAR SIZE.
HE HAS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED TO ME A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE VARIOUS CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS.
IN ADDITION, HE HAS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT HE REMAINED AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY.
WELL CAHONES PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM MR. ROBERT GARMO AND IT READS, I WISH TO PROVIDE INPUT REGARDING HUMBER CABRERA'S DEMEANING COMMENTS DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING HELD LAST YEAR ON APRIL 21, 2020 REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIX 20 AND SIX 40 SOUTH MARSHALL AVENUE, ALCOHOL DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, MR. CABRERA WAS QUITE INSULTING AND DEMEANING STATING ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT HE, THAT THE OWNERS WERE GREEDY AND ASKING FOR THE FOURTH FLOOR, THE OWNERS HAD RETAINED A VERY REPUTABLE ARCHITECT TO REPRESENT US THE HEARING.
AND DESPITE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE PRODUCED, SHOWING THE NEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL STORY AND THE, THAT WITHOUT HITCH WOULD HAVE COMPROMISED THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE POINT WHERE IT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
MR. CARERRA RESORTED TO LANGUAGE THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND FRANKLY, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO ATTRACTING DEVELOPMENT.
THE DEVELOPERS WORK CLOSELY WITH THEIR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO GET, AS FAR AS A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, WE WERE INFORMED THAT DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT TRANSIT STONING, THE CITY WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTRACT MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENTS.
HOWEVER, I SUPPOSE MR. CABRERA WAS APPARENTLY AGAINST THE IDEA OF OUR DEVELOPMENT.
OUR GROUP APPRECIATES THE OTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WHO UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
PARTICULARLY WHEN THE LOTS HAVE BEEN INFESTED WITH HOMELESS AND DRUG USERS, WE NEED MORE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE HOME AND HE'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS TOO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
AND OUR LAST COMMENT COMES FROM MELISSA GREEN.
UM, THIS COMMENT IS IN REGARDS TO THE MOTION TO REMOVE HUMBER CABERA FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE MOTION IS OBVIOUS POLITICAL BACKLASH FROM MAYOR, BILL WELLS AND OTHERS, THE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL AND ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MR. CABRERA.
COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
HUMBERT IS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, AND HE TRULY DOES RISKS RECITED ON MOLLISON.
AND THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA HUMBARD WAS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR IN 2015.
AND HIS COMPANY WAS ALSO COMPANY OF THE YEAR.
HUMBERT FOLLOWS OUT ETHICS AND OF COLE'S INTEGRITY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UNLIKE HIS COLLEAGUES, BILL WELLS, MICHELLE MITCHELL, THEY LACK CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY.
AND AGAIN, REINFORCING THEIR OWN POLITICAL AGENDA.
WHY ISN'T THE ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT ACTIVITIES OF OUR MAYOR BEING INVESTIGATED? DOESN'T IT SEEM TO BE CONVENIENT AT THAT AFTER THE ELECTION, THEY DECIDE THAT HUMBER IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE COMMISSION.
HUMBERT HAS A LONG LIST OF CLIENTS WHO CAN PROVIDE CHARACTER REFERENCES TO THE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL REFERENCES, WHO CAN ATTEST TO HIS CHARACTER AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, HUMBERT X SELFLESS AND LIVES, AND LOVES WITH COMPASSION TO SERVE OTHERS.
HE IS DEDICATED TO THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN OKLAHOMA AND HAS MADE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AND SHAME ON THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING THIS TO GO THIS FAR, THERE SHOULD BE RECOURSE TO THE LEVEL OF CORRUPTION AND POLITICAL MOTIVATED AGENDA OF OTHERS AS SHE MADE HERSELF AVAILABLE FOR, UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
AND THOSE THAT'S THE OTHER COMMENTS, SIR? THANKS, TANGELA.
ANY COMMENTS? WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT, UM, POINT A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT ONE IS, UH, I'M ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF ALLEGATIONS.
ONE IS THAT, UM, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ELECTION, UH, WE ARE DOING THIS AND THAT SOMEHOW INDICATIVE OF SOME KIND OF POLITICAL PAYBACK OR RETRIBUTION.
WELL, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD THIS CONCERN.
I SPECIFICALLY HAD THESE CONCERNS BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT I FELT THAT IT WAS UNFAIR TO, TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UNSEATING SOMEBODY WHILE THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR ELECTION.
I WANTED THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE.
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SO I STAYED OUT OF IT AND LET THE ELECTION PROCESS HAPPENED THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, EVEN WHEN PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ME RACIST AND, AND MADE OTHER ALLEGATIONS ABOUT MY MOTIVATIONS FOR THIS, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I WAS THE ONE WHO LOBBIED TO GET HUMBARD ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I, I, I WAS THE ONE WHO NOMINATED HIM AND I, AND I ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO VOTE WITH ME SO THAT WE COULD PUT THEM ON AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.
AND NUMBER THREE IS WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE PROBLEMS, BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WAS MY MOST CONCERNED PROBLEM.
AND THAT WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
WHEN YOU ARE ON A PLANNING COMMISSION, IT IS NOT RIGHT IF YOUR BUSINESS, OR YOU PERSONALLY GAINED FINANCIALLY FROM YOUR POSITION ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND, UM, GRAHAM, CAN, CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THIS AT ALL? I KNOW I HAD TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS.
WELL, I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T AS STAFF, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, UM, WHAT, WHETHER OR NOT HIS POSITION AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER HAS HIS AIDED HIS BUSINESS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE YEAR PRIOR TO BEING APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT HE REPRESENTED FOUR CLIENTS BEFORE THE CITY.
SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CLIENTS HAD HIRED HIM AND HE REPRESENTED THEM BEFORE THE CITY, MOSTLY AT THE COUNTER AND ON THE THIRD FLOOR WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO FOR, UM, THE ONE YEAR POST HIS APPOINTMENT, HE REPRESENTED 11 OR AS CONTINUING TO REPRESENT 11 CLIENTS.
SO THAT ONE THAT DID RAISE A CONCERN TO STAFF, THAT THERE WAS SUCH A CHANGE IN ACTIVITY FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL.
AND IT SEEMED THE APPOINTMENT OF, UM, HIM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS A BIT LATE FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT IN COMBINATION WITH THE CONCERNS OF A RUDENESS TOWARDS APPLICANTS, AND THEN THE CONCERNS THAT HE PERHAPS HAD FALSIFIED WHERE HE LIVED, UM, I FEEL COMFORTABLE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION AND I OPEN IT UP TO ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, ANYBODY.
HE SAID HE WAS WILLING TO NOT REPRESENT, UH, CLIENTS IN BEFORE THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.
AND HE ALMOST TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF CLIENTS THAT HE HAD AND WE TRUSTED THAT HE WOULD ABIDE BY HIS WORD AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND ALL OF US, INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND MR. CABRERA TAKE AN ONLINE CLASS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND TO ME REPRESENTING ALL THESE PEOPLE AT THE COUNTER, THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IS AT THE LEAST, UH, GIVES A PERCEPTION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND QUITE POSSIBLY IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY BIG PROBLEM.
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
UM, HE PROMISED HE WOULDN'T TAKE MORE CLIENTS OR INCREASED CLIENTS, BUT IT WAS A PROMISE.
UH, HE COMES, HE DOES THIS FOR A LIVING.
IS IT UNETHICAL TO TAKE MORE CLIENTS AND BREAKING PROMISE? BECAUSE WE WOULD ONLY BE ILLEGAL IF HE WERE TO VOTE ON A PROJECT FROM ONE OF HIS CLIENTS THAT FINANCIALLY BENEFITED HIM.
SO REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO, HE PROMISED NOT TO TAKE MORE WORK, AND THIS IS WHAT HE DOES FOR A LIVING.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT I NOT ETHICAL, BUT HE BROKE A PROMISE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE OTHER TWO PROBLEMS RAMIREZ? WELL, UH, IT WAS PERHAPS THE MOST, UH, IMPACTFUL CONDUCT FOR ME WAS MR. GARMO, WHO WAS A PRINCIPAL IN INFORMATORY, WHO PROBABLY HAD FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE WHEN HE SAID, UM, HE TOLD ME I WAS GREEDY FOR WANTING A FOURTH FLOOR.
I THINK MR. KERBEROS COMMENTS ARE ALL THESE PROFESSIONAL,
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BUT, UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T TELL MR. CABRERA HOW TO VOTE, BUT DO WE HAVE TO, WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT IS HIS SPEECH THAT YOU DON'T LIKE VERSUS SPEECH THAT WE FEEL IS REMEMBER FROM OFFICE? WHAT'S THAT LINE? IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL.SO THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS ON, ON THE LANGUAGE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THAT'S A QUESTION I STILL HAVE.
YOU BROKE A PROMISE, BUT, UH, IT'S LIKE A CAR DEALER SAYING, UM, HEY, I PROMISE NOT TO SELL ANY MORE CARS TO PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA.
AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU AND SAYS, I WANT TO BUY A CAR FROM YOU.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I DO.
AND, UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY, YOU'RE COMING TO BUY A CAR FROM ME BECAUSE YOU I'M ON THE COUNCIL.
AND YOU WANT ME TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIMILAR SITUATION.
UH, THE FACT THAT THERE'S 11 MORE CLIENTS, UH, THAT MOVES, HE DOES GOOD WORK, PERHAPS HAS THAT INFLUENCED ANY VOTE ON A PROJECT? I DON'T THINK SO.
HE WOULD HAVE TO RECUSE HIMSELF.
I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I'VE COME WITH.
THE MOST CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUE IS ABOUT THE WHOLE RECENT ELECTION PROCESS.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. MITCHELL, MR. CABRERA SAID HE COULD NOT ATTEND THE DAY OR HE JUST DECIDED NOT TO, UM, HE SAID IT WOULD BE LOGISTICALLY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO DO SO.
WELL, I, I GUESS I HAVE, I TABLED THE EMOTION IS WHAT, I'M, WHAT I'M GOING FOR.
I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING THIS KIND OF EXTRUSION.
UH, IF YOU HAD A HARD TIME BEING HERE, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY FAIR TO MAKE THIS KIND OF AN ACTION WITHOUT HIM BEING HERE.
UH, YOU REMOVAL, BUT I'LL TELL YOU MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELECTION.
DID HE REALLY LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? AND HE SAID, UH, IN A, IN A PUBLISHED PUBLIC THING AS AN OKLAHOMA NATIVE AND SOMEBODY WHO WAS BORN HERE AND HAS LIVED IN THE SECOND DISTRICT SINCE HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, I DON'T BUY PEOPLE THAT JUST MOVE INTO THE SECOND DISTRICT BECAUSE THEN I HAVE TO RUN TO THE SECOND DISTRICT.
THAT'S HIS QUOTE FROM AN ONLINE, UH, FORUM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAYS, WELL, I JUST LIVED IN THE FALCON LANE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THAT KIND OF THOSE TWO CONTRADICT EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK IT ALSO BOTHERS ME.
WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS THE FORM 700.
AND HERE'S WHY THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
IT'S TITLED STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND THAT'S WHAT CANDIDATES AND ALL APPOINTED ELECTED AND EVEN MANAGEMENT, CERTAIN MANAGEMENT MUST DISCLOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
WHERE DO YOU TAKE YOUR MONEY FROM? AND WHERE ARE YOU INVESTED? MR. CARRBORO IS FOUR, 700 DOES NOT LIST THE FALCON LANE PROPERTY ON THE FORM 700.
THAT IS A REPORTABLE INVESTMENT.
IT'S WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF OKLAHOMA.
IT'S NOT HIS PRIMARY RESIDENCE AS HE CLAIMS IT'S MISSING FROM FORM 700.
I DO THINK THAT AS AN ETHICAL PROBLEM ALSO, UH, I TAKE PAINS TO MAKE SURE MY POINT 700 IS FILLED OUT COMPLETELY.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON HAS BUSINESS IN OKLAHOMA, I JUST ASSUMED SO.
AND SO I DISCLOSED, I OWN MORE THAN $2,000 OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON STOCK.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MR. CABRERA HAS NOT DISCLOSED HIS WIFE'S INCOME AND HE HAS NOT DISCLOSED THE RENTER AND THE AMOUNT OF VENTURE INCOME THAT THEY GET FROM THAT PROPERTY.
MORE THAN $10,000 A YEAR, THE OFFICIAL YOU MUST DISCLOSE A SPOUSE'S INCOME ON YOUR FORM 700.
YOU MUST DISCLOSE RENTAL INCOME AS MORE THAN $10,000.
I DON'T SEE THE FALCON LANE PROPERTY ON FORM 700.
I DON'T SEE THE RENTAL INCOME IN POINT 700.
I DON'T SEE HIS WIFE'S INCOME.
SHE'S LISTED CURRENTLY ON LINKEDIN AS EMPLOYED BY A DESIGN STUDIO.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT ETHICALLY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DESERVE ACCURATE AND CORRECT FORM SEVEN HUNDREDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPARENCY.
THAT IS THE ROOT OF MY ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
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THANKS, STEVE.AND THE OTHER COMMENTS, WELL REGARDING THE RESIDENCY ISSUE, UH, HE FILED A BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION AT THE FALCON STREET ADDRESS, WHICH IS NOT IN HIS DISTRICT IN MAY OF 2020.
AND, UH, AND THAT DOESN'T, UH, JIVE WITH HIM LIVING HIS WHOLE LIFE AT THE MOLLISON STREET ADDRESS.
AT LEAST SINCE HE WAS FOUR, AS HE SAID IN THE FORUM.
AND THEN THE HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION WAS TAKEN FOR THE FALCON FOR THE FALCON STREET ADDRESS, WHICH, UH, GOT TO SIGN UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, UH, THAT IT'S TRUE THAT YOU LIVED THERE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT CONFLICTS WITH HIS STATEMENT THAT HE LIVED, UH, HIS WHOLE LIFE AT, UH, THE MOLLISON STREET ADDRESS.
SO THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF CONFLICTING REMARKS, WHICH MAKES ME EXTREMELY UNEASY.
AND WHEN HE PROMISED THAT HE WOULDN'T DO ANY MORE BUSINESS NOW GO HOME.
THAT PROBABLY SWAYED A FEW VOTES BECAUSE THAT WAS A SPLIT VOTE.
THAT WAS THREE, TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT APPOINTED HIM AND TWO THAT VOTED NO.
SO THAT, THAT BROKEN PROMISE PROBABLY DID HAVE SOME EFFECT ON THE VOTE WHEN HE WAS INITIALLY APPOINTED.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M ABOUT TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
WELL, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CENSURE MR. CABRERA FOR, UM, HER SPEECH, WHICH WE FEEL IS NOT MY STRIKE.
THAT I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR A MOTION OF CENSURE REGARDING THE CORRECT RECORDING ON FORM 700 AND ASKED THAT HE FILE AN AMENDED, THE CORRECTED VERSION.
FOR LACK OF A SECOND, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE REMOVAL, MR. HUMBERT CABRERA FROM THE ALCOHOL PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECOND MAYOR WELLS, YOUR BOAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.
I THINK WE LOST COUNCIL MEMBER OR TEAS.
WELL, TELL YOU, I WAS THINKING SINCE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH, THE PAST DOESN'T MATTER, WHAT'S THE, UH, MAYBE, UH, THE CITY CLERK CAN CALL HIM AND GET HIS VOTE.
DID THE ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CALL COUNCIL MEMBER? I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE SINCE IT'S NOT PART OF THE MEETING THAT WAY.
UM, IF COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, OR TEAS LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE NOW TRIED TO LOG ON THERE HE IS THERE.
ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE? I'M SORRY.
THE MOTION IS TO REMOVE MR. CABRERA FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND IT'S YOUR VOTE? YOUR TURN TO VOTE? MY VOTE IS YES.
THERE'S BEEN CARRIES BY A FOUR TO ONE VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL VOTING.
ALL RIGHT, GRAHAM, DO WE NEED TO, UM, ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF OF HOW YOU'D LIKE TO FILL IT AGAIN? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO THROUGH A APPLICATION PROCESS INTERVIEW FOR MARCH.
UM, IS THAT HE, WE NEED THE VOTE OR JUST THE DIRECTION? NO, I THINK GENDER REPORT ACTUALLY SUGGEST
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THAT IF YOU DO REMOVE MR. CABRERA, THAT YOU WOULD PROCEED AS MR. MITCHELL INDICATED.THAT'LL BE THE DIRECTION WE'LL TAKE.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANOTHER ONE SO I COULD DO IT RIGHT HERE.
WELL, WHAT'S YOUR LAST ONE? SO
[27. Amendment to Sections 12.09.030 and 12.09.060 of the El Cajon Municipal Code - Temporarily Eliminate the need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining RECOMMENDATION: That Mayor Wells requests the City Clerk to recite the title. An Ordinance to Amend Sections 12.09.030 and 12.09.060 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Temporarily Eliminate the need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining in the City through June 30, 2021.]
I'M 27 IS THE SECOND READING ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS OF TITLE 12.09.I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE OF FIRST.
ANGELA, ARE THERE DISTRICT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS AND THE TITLE READS AND ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 12.0 9.030 AND 12.0 9.060 OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE TO TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SIDEWALK DINING IN THE CITY THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.
WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION NOW FOR A ADOPTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND THIS PLAYS TO THE GERMAN, THE ADJOURNED REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE ALCOHOL AND CITY COUNCIL AND ALCOHOL HOUSING AUTHORITY HELD THIS 26TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2021.
IT WAS ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2021 AT 3:00 PM.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND HAVE A SAFE TWO WEEKS TILL WE SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.