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CITY COUNCIL MEETING.[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
WE CONTINUE HOLDING MEETINGS REMOTELY WHILE THE GOVERNOR'S EXEC EXECUTIVE ORDER CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
AS WE HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME.
WE WILL READ THEM AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
DURING THE MEETING, COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE VOTE OF THE ITEM.
COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF ALCOHOLICS WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW THAT CITY OF ALCOHOL.US.
THIS WILL BE UNDER A GAMING AND YOU'LL SEE A BUTTON TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS.
THE MEDIA IS NOT QUARTER ORDER.
I LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.
UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, STATE THAT YOU WERE PRESENT WHEN I CALL ON YOUR NAME OR YOUR WELLS MAYOR PRO TEM KENDRICK COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL, COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THERE IN COUNCIL MEMBER OR TEAS I'M HERE.
THANK YOU, FEBRUARY CONTROL THE SILENCE.
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.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[ PRESENTATIONS: Presentation: Teen Coalition Mid-Year Report]
COALITION MID-YEAR REPORT RECREATION SERVICES SUPERVISOR MILO LUTU WILL TELL US ABOUT THIS NOW.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS MARLA LOOSE ON THE RECREATION SERVICE SUPERVISOR, UH, AT MANETTE AND, UH, STAFF LIAISON FOR THE TEEN COALITION.
UM, THIS YEAR WE SELECTED EIGHT ALCOHOL AND YOUTH TO BE PART OF THE TEAM COALITION.
UM, AND NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE.
SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH, LIKE, TO START OFF WITH, UH, SAGE.
I SEE ON HERE, I GUESS WE WILL JUMP OVER.
SO LET'S JUST, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COUNCIL PLEASE.
I AM AN EIGHTH GRADE AND I ATTEND ST.
UM, I CHOSE TO BE IN THE TEEN COALITION SO I COULD REPRESENT THE YOUTH AND TAKE PART IN LOTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.
UM, NEXT WE WERE INTRODUCED TO BIANCA.
SHE IS THE CHAIR AND SHE KIND OF WILL GIVE YOU THE RUNDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY FOR THE REST OF THIS TIME.
HI, MY NAME IS BIANCA MARGO, AND I'M A SENIOR ALCOHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF TEEN COALITION.
AND I'VE BEEN IN TEEN COALITION FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW.
I INITIALLY JOINED THIS GROUP BECAUSE I SAW IT AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROUP'S EFFORTS OF PLANNING AND ORGANIZING RECREATIONAL PROJECTS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS AROUND THE CITY.
AND I WAS ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING FOR THEM MY OWN INSIGHTS TO HELP THE PROGRAM GROW EVEN MORE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF KIND OF WHAT WE DO.
SO TEEN TEEN COALITION'S MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN THE CITY IN REGARDS TO PLANNING AND COORDINATING EVENTS AND PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN SOME COALITION, WE WERE FOCUSED MAINLY ON PROJECTS THAT ATTRACT YOUNG CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS AND EFFORTS TO MAKE THEM STRAY AWAY FROM UNSAFE OR INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES, AND RATHER ENGAGE IN SAFE, FUN, AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AS THAT'S THE MAIN WAY TO CONNECT WITH OUR AUDIENCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SINCE CHILDREN AND TEENS ARE MOST ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE INSTAGRAM AND THE VIDEO APP TO TALK WITH THEM VIDEOS IN THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, THAT SHOWED TUTORIALS AND HOW TO MAKE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE SNACKS FOR SUPER BOWL.
SUNDAY THEN LATER IN FEBRUARY, WE MADE VALENTINE'S DAY THEMED CRAFT KITS FOR CHILDREN WHERE WE PUT TOGETHER BAGS FILLED WITH CRAFT MATERIALS.
AND THEN WE FILMED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WITH TUTORIALS ON HOW TO MAKE THOSE VALENTINE'S STATE CROPS.
WE MEAN ABOUT 50 BAGS IN TOTAL AND PARENTS WERE ABLE TO PICK THEM UP FROM, UM, THE REC CENTER OUT REDNET.
AND CURRENTLY WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ORGANIZING A DAY CAMP THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT A FUN AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THE CHILDREN AFTER ONE YEAR OF BEING MOSTLY AT HOME.
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ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD SELECTIONS APPLICATIONS AREN'T DUE YET, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL NOMINATIONS FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, AND WE'RE JUST WORKING ON COORDINATING INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE NOMINATIONS.SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
AND NOW, IF ANYTHING, IF MANUEL HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BIANCA.
UM, WE LOST CONNECTION WITH, UM, STATE AND SKY.
SO, UM, THEY'RE BACK ON HERE NOW.
SO SAY, DO YOU WANNA WANT TO CHIME IN HERE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HELLO CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A JUNIOR OF A HALA HIGH SCHOOL AND I ENJOY AND FROM MISSION BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP MAKE MY COMMUNITY THERE IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
UH, HI, MY NAME IS SKY I'M 14 YEARS OLD.
I GO TO LITERACY FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL AND I JOINED, UM, THE TEEN COALITION TO HELP PEOPLE AND HELP MY COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S ALMOST SOME OF THE KIDS TODAY.
WE HAD SOME KIDS WHO WERE ON COLLEGE TOURS.
WE HAVE OTHER KIDS WHO ARE WORKING, OTHER KIDS WHO HAVE OTHER APPOINTMENTS, UH DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE MISSING A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY ON THE THING WE'RE WORKING ON OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP, A SPRING DAY CAMP THAT'S STUFF THAT'S COMING UP SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON A FUN FRIDAY EVENTS.
SO WITH ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, GOOD GROUP OF KIDS, MAN, AND I'M JUST GLAD TO WORK WITH THEM.
I TELL YOU, EVERYBODY IS SO POISED AND ARTICULATE FOR BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I QUITE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR, HEY, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US TODAY.
UM, HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT YEAR OF TEEN COALITION AND I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT LATER.
UH, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'RE FINISHING UP, UH, ROUNDING UP THE REST OF THE YOUTH OF YOUR APPLICATIONS AND WE'LL BE WITH YOU GUYS HERE SOMETIME NEXT MONTH, WORKING ON THAT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MEET IN PERSON.
THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA CHANGE OF STAFF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES, MR. MAYOR? NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA FROM US COUNCIL MEMBERS.
[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.]
OUT AS CONSENT ITEMS, A ROUTINE MATTERS AND ACTED 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.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? LOOKS LIKE NO STAFF.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. THANK YOU, SIR.
WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]
AT THIS TIME.ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE ANIMALS HURT STATE LAW, PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ANGELA, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COLLEGE FOR THIS? YES, SIR.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM SALLY SMITH AND SHE WROTE, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE OCTOBER FEST AGAIN THIS YEAR AS IT IS STILL TOO SOON.
AND THE COMMENT AND THE SECOND COMMENT IS FROM ELAINE BRIGGS AND SHE WRITES, I AM VOICING MY CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC AND NOISE FOR THE PROPOSED 24 SEVEN AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER PLAN FOR THE CORNER OF WELD BOULEVARD AND CLIA MECCA.
WE LIVE, WE LIVE LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM THE SITE.
AND DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS PLAN CENTER UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY WHEN A LOCAL NEWS CHANNEL GRAHAM, I THINK WE'VE HAD A GLITCH.
SO, UM, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN COME BACK AND READ THAT PUBLIC COMMENT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
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THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WE HAVE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.[7. Fiscal Year 2020-21 Mid-Year Report and Five-Year Business Plan Update RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Receives and accepts the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Mid-Year Report and Five-Year Business Plan update; Authorizes the proposed personnel changes detailed in the report; Increases or modifies Fiscal Year 2020-21 appropriations in the net amount of $40,000 for additional needs as detailed in the report; and Authorizes the proposed capital expenditures detailed in the report.]
IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 THROUGH 2021.MAYBE YOUR REPORT AND THE FIVE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN, UPDATE AND STAFF.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS, MR. MAYOR? WE'RE GOING TO LOOP IN OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, CLAY, SHANE CLAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON WAS CHANGING OVER THERE.
I DID NOT HEAR A WHEEL READY FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AT YOUR SET.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS NOT AN OMEN FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT, HUH? WELL, WHEN WE'RE IN PERSON LATER, LET'S HOPE LET'S NOT, WE DON'T FREEZE UP LIKE THAT.
HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
DID WE GET THAT SORTED OUT? I THINK YOU'RE GOOD.
I WILL SPEAK AS QUICKLY AS I CAN WHILE I HAVE, UH, INTERNET SERVICE EVIDENTLY UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, AUDIBLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
I'M IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY PRESENTING, UH, THE MID-YEAR REPORT AND FIVE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
WE WILL BRIEFLY SPEND A FEW MINUTES DISCUSSING THE BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, TODAY, AS WELL AS DISCUSSING THE ESTIMATED FISCAL YEAR 2021 PERFORMANCE PROJECTED FIVE-YEAR ACTIVITY.
UM, HOW THAT IMPACTS THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET.
AND WE WILL SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION THAT YOU SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE SAT ON THE CUSP OF ISSUING THIS BARRIER REPORT, UM, THAT TIMELINE COINCIDED WITH THE EMERGENCE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UM, AND IT SENT A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS INTO THE AIR ABOUT, UH, OUR FINANCIAL STATUS.
UM, FOR THE, WE WITHHELD ISSUING THE REPORT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, UH, HOPING TO GET BETTER INFORMATION.
AND IT TOOK, UH, ACTUALLY SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE, UH, PICTURE CLEARED UP IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS AFTER, UH, WE ISSUED THE MID-YEAR REPORT SALES TAX IN PARTICULAR HAD A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WE HAD PROJECTIONS RANGING ANYWHERE UP TO A WORST CASE SCENARIO OF A $12 MILLION ANNUAL DROP IN SALES TAX AS TIME WENT ON AND WE GATHERED BETTER AND BETTER INFORMATION THAT ESTIMATE IMPROVED, UH, TO AN $8 MILLION SHORTFALL, A $6 MILLION SHORTFALL, UM, AND EVENTUALLY LED US UP TO THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD LEADING INTO THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 BUDGET APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS AGO.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE STILL LOOKING AT PROJECTED SHORTFALLS AND SALES TAPS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOUR TO $5 MILLION A YEAR.
WITH THAT, WE ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT WAS ANTICIPATING A REVENUE SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY $3.7 MILLION TO BE MADE UP, UH, WITH FUND BALANCE.
HOWEVER, IN THE FIRST HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 2021, WE'VE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY GROWTH AND SALES TAX.
GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT FRANKLY COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS ROBUST.
UM, THIS IS THE BEST OF NEWS AND HAS PUT US IN A MUCH, MUCH MORE SECURE FOOTING THAN WHERE WE ANTICIPATED A YEAR AGO.
ADDITIONALLY, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR COVID-19 THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WOULD BE THE ISSUANCE OF PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS AND THE IMPACT THEY'LL HAVE ON CITY OPERATIONS.
SO JUMPING RIGHT IN, UH, PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE ARE OUR PROJECTED 2021 REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE VERY FIRST LINE SALES TAX ARE PERFORMING QUITE A BIT BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET.
UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ENDING THE YEAR, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT OVER BUDGET OR APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION PROPERTY TAX CONTINUES TO PERFORM STRONGLY, UH, COMING IN EVEN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED AT A CLOSE TO 7% OF FRANCHISE FEES, PRETTY MUCH ANTICIPATED TO END THE YEAR WE'RE EXPECTED AND ALL REMAINING CATEGORIES WITNESSING A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFTENING, BUT NOT ANYTHING SUPER CATASTROPHIC.
UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE EXPECT TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES TO EXCEED BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UM, OR APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
UH, BOTTOM LINE WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION OR $700,000 UNDER BUDGET.
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UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS KIND OF SPLIT AMONGST SEVERAL CATEGORIES, SALARIES AND BENEFITS AT THIS POINT ARE PROJECTING TO BE MORE OR LESS ON BUDGET, UH, WITH MOST OF THE SAVINGS COMING FROM OUR MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES BUDGETS BY YEAR END, WE'RE EXPECTING THE TOTAL NET IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO BE AS DESCRIBED ON THIS SLIDE.UM, I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS ONE.
UH, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WE ANTICIPATED REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY $74 MILLION AGAINST EXPENDITURES OF JUST SHY OF $78 MILLION.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE USE OF THREE AND A HALF OR $3.7 MILLION WORTH OF RESERVES AS PART OF THE PENSION FUNDING POLICY.
THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TOOK ACTION TO TRANSFER, UH, THE FIRST, UH, AMOUNT TO ESTABLISH THE PARS SECTION ONE 15 TRUST IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION.
NOW, THE WAY THAT'LL LOOK FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE IS A REDUCTION IN FUND BALANCE OR AN EXPENDITURE OR USE OF FUNDS.
BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS, I THINK WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT LIKE TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM ONE POCKET TO ANOTHER.
IT'S STILL AVAILABLE WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ALL IN, ALL BASED ON THAT, THE BUDGET AND THE USE OF THE PARR'S TRUST, WE SHOULD BE, UH, SHY OR USING APPROXIMATELY $5.7 MILLION A FUND BALANCE.
HOWEVER, BY THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE YEAR, UH, AND LOOKING FOR THE SECOND HALF, THAT LOOKS MUCH BETTER.
OUR TOTAL BOTTOM LINE IS ANTICIPATED TO REDUCE FUND BALANCE BY A TOTAL OF $3.3 MILLION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
UM, BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS, UH, ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S OF COURSE THE $2 MILLION OR SO TRANSFER TO THE PARK TRUST TO FUND HOW THAT LOOKS, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, RESERVE BUCKETS.
UH, WE SEE NO IMPACT AT YEAR END OR ANTICIPATE NO IMPACT AT YEAR END ON THE 20% OPERATING RESERVE.
THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY RESERVE REMAINS UNTOUCHED AT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THE RESERVE FOR AN UNFUNDED RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OR THE PARK TRUST FUNDS.
SO WE WILL SEE THAT BE REDUCED BY APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION WITH THE REMAINING $1.3 MILLION REDUCTION IN FUND BALANCE COMING FROM THE CARRY OVER RESERVE.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, ENDING THE FISCAL YEAR WITH GENERAL FUND RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY $45.5 MILLION PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE AS A CAVEAT INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED TO REPORT.
UH, I WON'T READ THIS TO YOU, BUT I'LL TELL YOU BRIEFLY WHAT IT IS CAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONCEPT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN, WHEN REVIEWING THIS INFORMATION, UM, AND IT BASICALLY STATES THAT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED OUR PROJECTIONS AND WHAT THAT IS, IS A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT MODEL, THE CURRENT WAY OF DOING BUSINESS, THE CURRENT DECISIONS MADE AND ROLLING THOSE INTO THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE IF WE DON'T MAKE ANY FURTHER DECISIONS OR CHANGE COURSE.
AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND OUR LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES I RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT, HEY, YOU ALWAYS SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE IN, IN DEFICIT, BUT WE COME ALONG WITH A BUDGET AND WE PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED PROBLEMS AS PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION.
AND THEN THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE MAKE DECISIONS TO MITIGATE THOSE PROBLEM AREAS.
AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE THE CONTINUING PATTERN.
SO THIS ISN'T A NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT RATHER, UH, ACTION TO DRAW ATTENTION TO AREAS THAT REQUIRE ATTENTION DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS IN THIS FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK, DESPITE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE FIRST OF WHICH, AND REALLY IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.
WE HAVE A 10 YEAR OUTLOOK IN THE FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK.
UM, WE INCREASINGLY ARE FINDING THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE MAKING ON A DAILY BASIS HAVE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO START LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OVER A LONGER TERM.
THEREFORE FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EXTENDED THE FIVE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN TO INCLUDE FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS.
UM, I'LL HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THOSE FIVE YEARS AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE VIEWED.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD IN OUR, UH, OUTLOOK.
ADDITIONALLY, IN THIS FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK, WE BEGAN TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.
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THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.UM, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE WAY WE'VE STRUCTURED THAT TRANSACTION, WE DON'T SEE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 NEXT YEAR.
HOWEVER, UM, IN THE YEARS PRESENTED, YOU INCREASINGLY SEE THE IMPACT AND IT IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S OUTLOOK IS THE SHIFT OF, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER OPERATIONS FROM CITY STAFF TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE, UH, ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF, UH, THE NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS AND NEW HOTELS.
ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL PROJECTION ARE THE QUALITY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO IT.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DETAILED IN THE REPORT.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FAIRLY ROUTINE, UH, ASSUMPTIONS WE MAKE.
UM, BUT HERE AGAIN, THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST OF WHICH IS, UH, RELATED TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR THE HOTEL TAX DURING THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC, TOT REVENUES HAVE BEEN HIT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK.
WE'VE MADE CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE RATE AT WHICH THIS, UH, REVENUE WILL RECOVER.
WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THIS ESTIMATE AND ANTICIPATE THAT IT MAY TAKE TWO TO THREE YEARS TO FULLY RECOVER, ALTHOUGH THAT IS REALLY NOT BASED ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN, THAN OUR OWN GUESSTIMATE OR GUARDED GUESSTIMATE OF THAT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY MAYBE, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY IN THE, THESE ADDITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS IS THAT WE DO NOT ASSUME AN EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSITION J ADDITIONAL SALES TAX MEASURE FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT IN 2009, UH, THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND, UH, PASSED A RESOLUTION OR ANOTHER RESOLUTION PASS, UM, UH, PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR 20 YEARS, UM, THAT SUNSETS IN 2029, CURRENTLY IT'S GENERATING, UH, 10 TO $11 MILLION A YEAR IN SALES TAX FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THESE PROJECTIONS, YOU BEGIN TO SEE THAT, UH, EXPIRING ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE, DURING THE TERM OF THIS OUTLOOK, WE SEE THE RESUMPTION OF MORE NORMAL CIP, GENERAL FUND CIP AND VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUNDING.
AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL PENSION FUNDING ASSUMED IN THIS OUTLOOK.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE AS PART OF THE PENSION FUNDING POLICY, WE ADOPTED A SPECIFIC ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN THE FALL TO BRING PENSION SPECIFIC INFORMATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE A FOCUS DISCUSSION ON PENSION STRATEGY AT THAT TIME, UM, INCLUDING ASSUMPTIONS AT THIS STAGE, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
HOWEVER, IN FUTURE VERSIONS OF THIS OUTLOOK, I'M ASSUMING WE WILL HAVE A STRATEGY ROLE THEN.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE NUMBERS, UH, FOR THE NEXT, UH, THE CURRENT YEAR, AS WELL AS THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF PROJECTED ACTIVITY.
AND THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, THE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.
UM, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES FOR EACH OF THE YEARS PRESENTED.
UM, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A VERY SUBTLE FONT CHANGE ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN AND THAT'S WHERE WE CHANGE FROM THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, THE TRADITIONAL FIVE-YEAR SUP THE OUTLOOK, UH, AND MOVE TO THE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
AND I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE FAR MORE UNKNOWNS IN THAT SECOND SET OF FIVE YEARS THAN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
UM, I THINK THERE IS VALUE IN DOING THIS WORK, HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE KEEP KEPT IN MIND THAT AS THESE YEARS PROGRESSED, THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION IS A LITTLE LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, SO GOING THROUGH THIS, THERE'S A COUPLE OF INTERESTING TRENDS I WANT TO DISCUSS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ENDING THE YEAR, UH, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, IN A SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY $3.3 MILLION.
AND HERE AGAIN, 2 MILLION OF THAT WAS BEING USED TO ESTABLISH THE PARR'S TRUST.
UM, SO REALLY WE HAVE $1.3 MILLION SHORTFALL FROM OPERATIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
WE HAVE MODEST SHORTFALLS PROJECTED, UM, AND THESE SHORTFALLS ARE FAR LESS THAN WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, THEY DO INDICATE THAT SOME WORK STILL REMAINS TO BE DONE, BUT WE HAVE A MUCH SMALLER HILL TO CLIMB.
UM, WHAT THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THE ACTION WE'VE
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ALREADY TAKEN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, YOU SEE A STARTING TO PROJET VERY MODEST SURPLUSES.UM, I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE INDICATION OF HAVING THE COURSE SET IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, YOU DO SEE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS PRESENTED FISCAL YEAR 30 AND 31, THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF, UH, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROPOSITION J ADDITIONAL SALES TAX MEASURE, WHERE WE SEE THE PROJECTED REVENUES DROP BY A LITTLE MORE THAN $12 MILLION A YEAR BY THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO I WILL PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT AND, UM, ALLOW YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE OVER AND DIGEST THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SCREEN.
SO ON THIS SLIDE WHERE WE'RE PRESENTING THE ENDING PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR THE TRADITIONAL FIVE-YEAR SET OF THE OUTLOOK, UM, AND HERE AGAIN, WE SEE THE IMPACTS OF THE VERY MINOR, UH, PROJECTED SHORTFALLS, AS WELL AS IN THE FINAL YEAR, PRESENTED A TURNAROUND AS WE START MOVING INTO PROJECTED SURPLUS.
UH, THIS IS A VERY SLOW MOVING TREND HERE, UH, WITH NEW BIG JUMPS EACH YEAR.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS A PROJECTION WE'RE COMFORTABLE DRESSING HOW THIS UNPACKS ON 2022, AS I SAID, WE'VE USED THIS WORK TO DRAW ATTENTION TO TROUBLE AREAS OR AREAS THAT NEED ATTENTION AND WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
IN FACT, A NUMBER OF OUR BIGGER DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THE 2022 BUDGET FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS NOW, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL BE WORKING TO COMPILE OR PRELIMINARY BUDGET, UH, FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 8TH OF THIS YEAR.
AT THAT TIME WE WILL PRESENT THE BUDGET, DISCUSS ITS CONTENTS, UH, RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND FROM THERE, MAKE ANY CHANGES WE NEED AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION ON JUNE 22ND.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS BUDGET IN PLACE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE PERIOD STARTS JULY 1ST.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THIS REPORT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINOR HOUSEKEEPING ACTIONS, YOU'LL CAR TO COUNCIL.
UM, ORDINARILY I WOULD DETAIL THESE OUT, BUT I THINK THE SCALE OF THESE ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER THEM HOUSEKEEPING.
UM, THERE ARE FOUR, UH, THIS ACTION HAS THE FOLLOWING AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES AND ACCEPTS THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 MID-YEAR REPORT AND FIVE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE AUTHORIZES THE PROPOSED PERSONNEL CHANGES DETAILED ON THIS REPORT INCREASES OR MODIFIES THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 FOR INITIAL NEEDS AS DETAILED IN THIS REPORT AND AUTHORIZES THE PROPOSED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES DETAILED IN THIS REPORT WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSEL QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON SALES TAX.
UH, WE'VE GOT A NICE BIG RECOVERY IN SALES TAX.
DO WE KNOW IF THAT IS FROM BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATIONS IN OKLAHOMA OR INTERNET PURCHASES OR WHAT COMBINATION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, ACTUALLY THERE, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WITNESSING THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF SALES TAX THIS YEAR.
UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH, UM, FOLLOWING THE, THE DROP IN ACTIVITY IN MARCH AND APRIL, UH, RATHER THAN A PERMANENT BIND, WE SAW SALES OR OPERATIONS BOUNCE BACK PRETTY HARD IN THE MONTHS, FOLLOWING THAT IT REALLY LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON AND ONCE THEY GOT THE GREEN LIGHT RESUMED SPENDING.
SECONDLY, JUST ABOUT ANYONE WHO WENT THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION, ANTICIPATED A VERY SIMILAR PATTERN IN AUTOMOTIVE SALES, JUST EXPECTING THEM TO FALL OFF A CLIFF AND PLUMMET AND, UH, DEFYING ALL OF OUR, OUR THOUGHTS, UH, PEOPLE BUYING CARS THROUGH ALL THIS.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REMARKABLE THING AND IT'S VERY GOOD FOR THE CITY OF BELCONNEN.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE IMPACT OF, UH, INTERNET SALES HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT ANSWER, SURPASSING PRETTY MUCH EXPECTATIONS OF THE WAY THEY'D CONTRIBUTED THE BOTTOM LINE.
I'M HEARING ARE CAR DEALERSHIPS IN TOWN ARE DOING WELL KIDDING.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING OUR BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES AND ALCOHOL DOING WELL SALES TAX.
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BETTER THAN I THINK WE ANTICIPATED A YEAR AGO.UM, SO WHAT DID WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS FISCAL YEAR IN RESERVES? WAS IT LIKE 5.7 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WELL, THE ADOPTED BUDGET, UH, WAS A SHORTFALL OF $3.7 MILLION, UH, WAS OUR STARTING POINT AT THAT POINT.
UH, LATER IN THE YEAR, WE ADOPTED THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PARK TRUST FUND, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL USE OF RESERVES AT $2 MILLION.
SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE ACTIONS, UH, WE ANTICIPATED TO REDUCE RESERVES BY A TOTAL OF FIVE POINTS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TURNAROUND AND THE STRENGTH THIS YEAR.
UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT BEING AT THE END OF THE YEAR, A USE OF RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY 3.3.
AND DOES THE 3.3 INCLUDE 2 MILLION PARTS TRUST? YES, IT DOES.
SO IT'S REALLY 1.3 MILLION FROM OPERATIONS.
SO THE FACT THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO DRAW 1.3 MILLION OUT OF OUR RESERVE OPERATIONS DURING COVID A YEAR, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, I WOULD SAY SO.
NO, YOU HAD WAS THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I THOUGHT WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO, UH, HUMANE SOCIETY, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DESCRIBED AS A WASH THAT WE WERE SPENDING ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS ON OUR IN-HOUSE SERVICES.
AND WE WOULD END UP SPENDING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
HAS THAT CHANGED? IS THERE SOME KIND OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER? I DON'T KNOW NOW? WELL, I WOULD, BOY, THERE'S A LOT TO SAY ON THAT TOPIC.
I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY AT THAT THINGL YEAR OF A CHANGEOVER, IT WAS MORE OR LESS A WASH, UH, GIVEN THE COST OF GOVERNMENT LABOR AND THE SALARY AND BENEFITS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CITY WORKFORCE.
I THINK THE LONGTERM IMPACTS WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE.
UH, BUT I THINK THE BIG HEADLINE ISN'T NECESSARILY SO MUCH THE, THE, THE COST OF MAKING THAT CHANGE, BUT THE, WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT MONEY IS SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
AND I WOULDN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A ANIMAL SHELTER SLIGHTLY MORE OR LESS EXPENSIVE MIGHT BE BESIDE THE POINT WHEN LOOKING AT THE, THE EXPANSION OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
SO, SO REALLY THAT'S THE COMMENT THAT YOU WANTED ON THE SLIDE, THAT LIST OF THE FIVE FAVORABLE THINGS AND THE FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE, OF SERVICE? NOT NECESSARILY.
I THINK MY INCLUSION OF THAT NOTE WAS MORE JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THAT HAS CHANGED THE WAY THOSE NUMBERS LOOK AND NOT NECESSARILY IMPACT ON THE BOTTOM LINE.
I THINK THE, UH, THE REST OF MY COMMENTS ARE LARGELY CLASSIFIED AS EDITORIAL SOUNDS GOOD.
SO MY FINAL THING IS ON THE CARES ACT MONEY SO FAR, AND THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF A ACADEMY NAPROSYN STAMP BECAUSE WE HAD AN ALLOCATED ROUGHLY $3 MILLION SO FAR IN THE TWO ROUNDS OF CARES ACT FUNDING.
UH, AND WE RECEIVED $1.2 MILLION IN THAT $3 MILLION, BUT WE'VE TURNED AROUND AND HANDED OUT 2.7 MILLION.
SO WE'RE LOANING THE PUBLIC, NOT LEARNING THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE LEARNING OUR RESERVES ADVANCING FROM OUR RESERVE $1.4 MILLION TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP BEFORE WE EVEN GET THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ATTABOY FOR CITY STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOT THE MONEY YET.
YOU KNOW, WE DIPPED ON THE RESERVES TO $1.3 MILLION TO HELP PEOPLE STAY AFLOAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING PUBLICLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THAT'S ONE THING WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE RESERVES AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE.
UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT VERY MUCH, BUT A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDING IS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS AND DOES REQUIRE US TO SPEND THE MONEY BEFORE WE CAN DRAW DOWN OR RECEIVE IT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT SO SUCCESSFULLY IS VIA THE STRENGTH OF OUR RESERVES AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR RESERVES NEEDS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND BORROW FOR SHORT TERM NEEDS AND INCUR THE PROGRAM AND INTEREST COST RELATED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF PRO J AND DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, THAT ONCE THAT GOES AWAY, THAT HALF CENT TAX INCREASE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MISSING THAT 10 TO $11 MILLION, THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.SO DO WE HAVE PLANS TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING ELSE TO READ, TO REGAIN THAT AMOUNT, UH, COUNCILOR MITCHELL I'LL STEP IN FOR THIS WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN, UH, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER YAY OR NAY A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR SOME CONSULTING SERVICES FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO GO OUT AND EXTEND PROP J AND, AND START LOOKING AT TIMING AND GIVING COUNSEL PATIENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START DOING SOME ANALYSIS ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE, IT'S THE, UM, IT'S, UH, AROUND THE CORNER.
IT'S NOT IT'S IN OUR LIFETIME.
SO I THINK STARTING TO THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S THERE'S IMPRUDENCE TO DO SO.
AND SO WE'LL BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNDER THE COUNCILS SHORTLY.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK SO GREAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, CLAY.
I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT AT LEAST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE TO GO NOW TO, UM, ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE SIDE? WE DO NOT, SIR.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR SOMEBODY LIKES TO START MAKING MOTIONS? NOPE.
SO IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT IT.
ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 MID-YEAR REPORT AND FIVE YEAR BUSINESS PLAN, UPDATE AND AUTHORIZED THE PROPOSED PERSONNEL CHANGES DETAILED IN THE REPORT AND INCREASE OR MODIFY THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATIONS THE NET OF $40,000 FOR ADDITIONAL NEEDS AS DETAILED IN THE REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE PROPOSED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
I SECOND, MORGAN, IS THAT OKAY TO HAVE THAT ALL IN ONE? OKAY.
GIVE ME YOUR WILLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE.
MAYOR PRO TEM KENDRICK COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[8. Prop 68 Grant Parks & Recreation Applications RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution(s), in order, to approve the El Cajon Parks & Recreation Department to submit one or all four Prop 68 Grant Application(s) for Parks and Recreation Facilities.]
REPORT ITEM EIGHT IS FOR PROP 68 GRANTS, PARKS AND RECREATIONS APPLICATIONS, AND ALL AT THE ASK STAFF TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS.MY NAME IS FRANK CARSON PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF OCO.
I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF POTENTIAL GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOUR PROMISES IN 68.
UH, FIRST, JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON PROPOSITION 68.
IT WAS PASSED BY VOTERS, UM, JUNE FIVE, 2018.
AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOST OVER 40 COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO MEET A LOT OF THE GUIDELINES OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS.
THIS WAS A $4 BILLION PARKS AND WATER BOND.
4 BILLION ACTUALLY GOES TO LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES THAT WE CAN COMPETE FOR THOSE FUNDS.
UH, THIS SPECIFIC FUNDING AMOUNT IS ABOUT A $346 MILLION TOTAL IN THIS ROUND.
AND WE ANTICIPATE AT LEAST, UM, WITHIN THAT AT LEAST 40 AGENCIES GETTING, GETTING AWARDED THAT IF NOT MORE, UH, THEY TOLD US THIS IS THE FINAL ROUND.
AND SO THEY'RE HOPING FOR LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, WHERE THEY COULD GIVE IT TO AS MANY AGENCIES AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THIS APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY A 15 PART QUITE EXTENSIVE APPLICATION, UH, THAT WE'D HAD TO CHECK OFF THE BOX TO, TO MEET ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AND A LOT OF IT DOES REQUIRE PUBLIC INPUT.
SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO IS IF YOU SEE MY LANDLORD WEARING THE ELKO IN 2030, OR THIS IS OUR, OUR PLAN THAT WE CREATED AND WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2019, UM, IS THAT WE WE'VE HOSTED IT JUST WITH THIS ALONE.
WE HOSTED 18 COMMUNITY MEANS THAT ALSO FIT THE PROP 68 REQUIREMENT OF PUBLIC INPUT.
AND IN MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE HAD FIVE LANGUAGES SPOKEN WITH TRANSLATORS.
SO WE SEE THAT THIS PLAN IS VERY MUCH AN EQUITY BASED PLAN AND IT IDENTIFIES MANY OF THE AREAS THAT ARE UNDER PARKED IN OUR CITY.
UM, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THE STATE IS ALLOWING US TO GO BACK TO JUNE, 2018 AND WE CAN DOCUMENT THOSE COMEDIANS
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WITH A SURVEY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR APPLICATIONS.SO THE FOUR APPLICATIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT POINT SYSTEM AND WHY THESE WERE EVALUATED AS THE STRONGEST.
AND I'M JUST CHOOSING A HEARTLAND AS A, AS A NAME RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE NAME COULD BE ANYTHING, UM, IS THE HEARTLAND PICK A BALL FITNESS AREA IN PLAYGROUND? THE REASON WHY HEARTLAND IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION NINE, WHERE HEARTLAND, UM, HAS THEIR FIRE TRAINING CENTER, UM, THE WELLS PARK PICKLEBALL COMPLEX AND ARENA SOCCER COMPLEX, A BOSTONIAN COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE KENNEDY COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I'M SURE YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT PICKLEBALL IS.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHY PICKLEBALL, UH, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR ACTIVE ADULTS REQUESTING MORE PICKABLE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT AT INDOOR.
OUR, WE HAD A PRE COVID INDOOR AT THE BOSTON AREA COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND OUR SURROUNDING EAST COUNTY COMMUNITY, LAMESA SANTI, LAKESIDE, THEY ALL HAVE OUTDOOR BIG PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THEY ARE THRIVING.
UH, THIS ISN'T JUST THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT FOR AGES 60 PLUS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS COOL THING RIGHT NOW.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE VERY QUICKLY IF SOMETHING THAT'S COOL RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, ROLLER HOCKEY WAS THE HOTTEST THING.
UH, SOME AGENCIES WERE BUILDING ROLLER HOCKEY RINKS, AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER IT JUST FELL THROUGH.
THIS HAS BEEN THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT FOR AGES 60 PLUS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
SO WE KNOW THAT IT HAS STAYING POWER AND THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR IT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING IT AS PART OF OUR PLAN WITH THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
I JUST THREW IN HERE ONE ARTICLE, I JUST GOOGLED LIKE WHAT PICK A BALL.
UM, AND I WANT TO SEE NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT IT JUST ALONE WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
THERE'S EIGHT ARTICLES ABOUT PICKLEBALL IN CITIES AND HOW PEOPLE ARE PUSHING FOR MORE ACCESS TO IT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE WANTING THAT IT'S THROUGHOUT THE NATION GOING BACK.
SO I'M PUTTING THESE IN ORDER OF WHAT'S MOST LIKELY TO BE AWARDED BY THE STATE.
AND THE REASON WHY THIS ONE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE IS THAT THIS IS A NEW PARK SITE.
SO NEW PARK SITES ACTUALLY GET 15 POINTS HIGHER ON THE GRANT APPLICATION.
AND THIS IS WHAT THIS PARK SITE, YOU WOULD KNOW IT AS THE FORMER ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE IT'S SEMI DEMOLISHED RIGHT NOW, PART OF THE, UH, THE GRATIFICATION WOULD INCLUDE FULL DEMOLITION OF IT.
UM, AND THIS IS A $2.8 MILLION GRANT REQUESTS WITHIN THAT.
UM, SO PART OF IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO SOME DISSECTION, DO SOME IDENTIFYING AND THE, THE STATISTIC, I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT HERE THAT'S UNIQUE IS THAT THE BOTTOM PARTS PER 1000 PEOPLE THAT ZERO ZERO ACRES PER 1000 PEOPLE.
SO THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE EITHER HAVE IT LESS THAN THREE ACRES PER 1000 PEOPLE ON THAT MARKER ZERO, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE OR THEIR MEANING HOUSEHOLD IS AT $56,982.
SO BOTH OF THESE, WE ACTUALLY MEET, MEET THE FACTOR IN BOTH, UH, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.
UM, THIS ISN'T A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, BUT YOU WOULD BE TOSSED WORRIED IF IT WAS IN SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED.
SO THE YELLOW AREA, BUT IT'S IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
SO IT ALSO BRINGS US UP IN TERMS OF THE WAY HOW THEY DO POINTS.
UH, IT'S A VERY MATTER OF FACT HOW THEY DO THE POINTS AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER FACTOR.
SO WHAT WAS THE PROPOSED BY CITY STAFF, UH, AND JUST TALKING WITH THE, THE POTENTIAL FACILITY USERS BEING THAT IT WOULD COMPLIMENT THE HEARTLAND FIRE STATION NINE.
WE WERE PROPOSE A, UH, FIRE THEME, A FIRE STATION, THEME TYPE, UH, PLAYGROUND SPACE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS LONG-TERM GOALS TO ADD ADULT FITNESS.
SO WE WOULD ADD AN, A FITNESS AREA TO THE, SO WHILE THE KIDS PLAY, THE PARENTS ALSO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY OR GRANDPARENTS, HOWEVER IT MAY BE.
UM, AND THEN THE BOTTOM HERE WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF, SO, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UH, SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE WOULD ALSO ADD INTO THIS LOCATION.
UM, AGAIN, THIS ONE IS THE MOST LIKELY BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PARK SITE.
UM, THE OTHER THREE SUCH AS WALLS PARK, THESE WOULD BE RENOVATED SITES.
UH, THE REASON FOR WELLS PARK IS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON MOST PARK ALONE.
UH, WE'VE HOSTED OVER A DOZEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR, UH, WHEN WE'VE HAD EVENTS, WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THE SURVEYS THERE.
SO LIKE WHEN WE HAD, UM, THE SNOW DAY AND THE MOVIE NIGHT, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE MOVIES IN THE PARK OR DRIVE IN MOVIES, WE DO SURVEYS THEN.
SO WE HAVE THAT CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.
WE'VE CAPTURED THE AUDIENCE OF A DOG PARK TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, BUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GREATER PICKABLE ACCESS.
UH, THIS SITE, IF YOU LOOK IN THE YELLOW AREA, THIS IS THE FORMER TEAM, UH, THAT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE TEEN CENTER HAS THAT BUILDING.
THEY'RE ALREADY THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE
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TO WHERE WE CAN ADD IN, UH, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.IF YOU REMEMBER THE SOCCER COURT THAT'S, THERE JUST, IT WOULD BE NORTH OF THE BUILDING OF THE SOCCER COURT.
SO ONE SIDE OF A BUILDING WOULD BE SOCCER COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE PICKLEBALL.
WE WOULD SEE THIS AS MORE OF A REGIONAL DRAW, ESPECIALLY IF WE WERE ABLE TO ADD IN THE ARENA SOCCER COURTS, WE IMAGINE GETTING FOUR REAR SOCCER COURTS INTO THIS LOCATION WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF.
SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE 24, OR I STAY 365 DAYS A YEAR, OR AS MANY DAYS AS WE WANTED TO PROGRAM, WE DON'T HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE FIELD FOR FIELD REHABILITATION.
SO THIS IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT SAYS PARTS PER 1000 AT THE BOTTOM, BUT IT'S 1.6 ACRES PER 1000.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT ALSO WAS PARKED NECESSARILY AS NON-INSTANT REALLY DISADVANTAGED, BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
SO THAT, THAT RED CIRCLE YOU SEE AROUND THERE THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S A HALF MILE WINDOW.
THIS BRINGS US UP IN A VERY HIGH RANKING AS WELL.
THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD PRICE HERE IS THAT 38,569.
I REMEMBER IT HAD TO BE UNDER A 56,982 OR THE THREE ACRES PER 1000.
SO WE ACTUALLY MEET BOTH FACTORS HERE ALSO.
SO THIS BRINGS US UP IN POINTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE JUST AN IDEA ON THE LEFT.
THIS WOULD BE SOME ARENA SOCCER COURTS, UH, I'M NOT PROPOSING THESE COLORS.
SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE GREEN ARTIFICIAL TURF TYPE OF FIELD.
AND THEN WE ENVISIONED SOME TYPE OF MULTI OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COMPLEX RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO DO ANY INDOOR ADULT ACTIVITIES, UM, BUT WE CAN DO SOME OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG REASON ALSO WHY OUR COMMUNITY IS CLAMORING FOR THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, A NEGATIVE DEFINITELY ON OUR, UM, ON, UM, ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SOMETIMES WE ARE YOUTH YOUTH TO YOUTH FOCUSED.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LISTEN TO OUR ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY WHEN THEY KEPT ON PROGRESSING FOR GREATER ACCESS TO PICKLEBALL.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT PROMOTED HEAVILY TWO OF THESE APPLICATIONS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR FIVE KEY CENTERS IN ONE OF TWO THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RENOVATED TO DATE.
AND THEN WHEN I SAY RENOVATED, SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND RYNETTE WAS RENOVATED IN 2012, UH, THE HILLSIDE WAS COMPLETE COMPLETED ITS RENOVATION 2014 AND IN 27, 16, I'M SORRY, 2017, THE REAGAN CENTER WAS RENOVATED.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO THAT STILL NEED THAT RENOVATION.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A $2.3 MILLION GRANT REQUEST AT THIS SPECIFIC SITE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT AGAIN, AND THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT BACK TO THE STATE, AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION THEY GIVE US, BUT ON THE APPLICATION, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IT.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A UNIQUE SNAPSHOT FOR YOU TO SEE AS WELL.
SO SOME OF THE AREA AROUND BOSTONIAN IS NOT, UM, DISADVANTAGED OR SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED, BUT WITHIN THAT HALF MILE, IT IS.
THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD PRICE IS ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, UH, $56,982, BUT THE PARTS PER 1000 IS BELOW THE THREE IT'S AT 1.34.
SO WE STILL QUALIFY WITH THAT FACTOR AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, UH, I MENTIONED IN THE AGENDA REPORT THAT WE'D BE SEPTET OR CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
AND YOU SEE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE RYNETTE CENTER IN HOW IT WAS REMODELED.
YOU SEE HOW THE OFFICE HAS POPPED OUT THAT SO STAFF COULD ACTUALLY SEE GREATER INTO THE PARK AND THEY HAVE, THEY JUST HAVE THAT NATURAL SURVEILLANCE PRESENCE IN THE PARK.
SO WE WOULD ENVISION DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, NOT ONLY AESTHETICS, BUT ALSO HAVE A PURPOSE BEHIND WITH THE CRIME PREVENTION, THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TO ALSO INCLUDE SOLAR.
UH, THEY WANTED US TO INCLUDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND IN, WITHIN THAT, UH, THIS WOULD BE IF, IF WE WERE AWARDED A GYMNASIUM WITH AIR CONDITIONING, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE IN ANY OF OUR CITY FACILITIES RIGHT NOW, IT JUST WANT TO BE COST EFFECTIVE.
BUT WITH SOLAR, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE COST-EFFECTIVE IF WERE AWARDED THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST SIDE HERE IS THEY CAN ANY COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS WOULD BE ALMOST THE SAME THING AS BUS DONIA.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE OTHER TWO SITES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RENOVATED.
LIKE I SAID, THE OTHER THREE COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS AS A LARGER SITE, BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UM, DID THE PLAYGROUND THERE WAS INSTALLED IN 2009, IT JUST GOT A WHOLE NEW THIS LAB LAST FISCAL YEAR.
IT GOT A WHOLE NEW PLAYGROUND RESURFACING, IF YOU REMEMBER.
UM, AND THE SKATE PARK IS STILL JUST ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS OLD, SO THAT IS DOING WELL.
THERE'S BEEN SOME RENOVATION TO IT, BUT WE'RE FOCUSING MORE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE NEEDS OF THAT BEING THAT IT WAS BUILT ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO, IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT AND THERE'S BEEN NO MAJOR RENOVATION SINCE, UH, SO
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THIS IS A LITTLE UNIQUE.UM, THIS ONE WAS HARD TO GET THAT PIN DROP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET THAT PIN DROP ON THERE AND YOU CAN MOVE THE PIN ALL YOU WANT, BUT IT HAS TO BE UNDER THREE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $96,957.
SO DEFINITELY DON'T MEET THAT, BUT WE GOT THAT PIN DROP AT JUST WHERE WE NEEDED IT.
AND IT'S 2.97 PER 1000 PEOPLE IN THAT, THAT SPECIFIC PIN DROP WHERE WE COULD GET IT.
BUT, UM, IF YOU NOTICE WITH THAT PIN DROP, THERE WAS A SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, NOT TOO FAR.
SO WE QUALIFY ALSO WITH POINTS HIGHER THERE, UM, WITHIN THAT.
SO THIS IS THE HILLSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A KIND OF AN IDEA ALSO OF A POP OUT AND THE AESTHETICS NEW ROOFING.
UM, BUT WE WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SOLAR WITH THIS AND WE WOULD WANT, SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START LOOKING AT GRANTS TO GET SOLAR AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO WE CAN BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, UM, BEYOND, UH, STAFF, STAFF COSTS ARE OUR NEXT BIGGEST COST WOULD BE UTILITIES AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND IN OUR PARKS.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS ANY WAY WE CAN FROM THE GENERAL FUNDING OF WHICH WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY, IN THE LONG RUN.
UM, AT THIS TIME I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, IF YOU HAVE INFORMED ME AND I CAN GO BACK TO ANY OF THE SLIDES IF YOU'D LIKE TO REFER BACK TO THEM.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR FRANK? YES.
UM, I, I MAY HAVE, UH, NOT HEARD, BUT WITH REGARD TO THE PICKLE BALL COURTS, UM, IS THERE A REASON WE'RE NOT DOING OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS AS OPPOSED TO INDOOR IS BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THESE FACILITIES FOR SENIORS.
SO THEY'RE CLIMATE CONTROLLED.
UM, I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN ALL BE OUT THERE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING.
OH, THEY ARE, THEY ARE OUTDOOR.
AND THEN, UM, JUST A COMMENT, UM, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE OUTDOOR WORKOUT EQUIPMENT, FORGET THE NAME OF THE PARK, BUT IT'S RIGHT BEHIND HIM, THE MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERSHIP.
WHAT DOES IT GO BACK PARK? GO BACK THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
THEIR OUTDOOR WORK EQUIPMENT IS FANTASTIC THAT USES YOUR OWN BODY WEIGHT, SUPER INNOVATIVE.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THAT TYPE OF A WORKOUT EQUIPMENT CAUSE I USE IT FREQUENTLY.
UM, AND THEN A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THIS, UM, GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS WHEN WE'RE REQUESTING THIS, UH, THIS FUNDING, IS THE APPLICATION, IS THERE AN INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION FOR EACH PARK? UM, OR IS IT, OH, THERE IT IS.
SO, SO IF WE DON'T GET APPROVED FOR THE KENNEDY CENTER, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T GET ANY OF THEM, CORRECT? YES.
SO THEY, WE CAN SUBMIT AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS WE WANT.
UM, WE WERE VERY TARGETED ON, ON HOW WE DID THIS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT'S REQUIRED IN.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
UM, THE PICKLEBALL AREAS ARE AWESOME.
MY NEIGHBORS ARE CLOSE TO 70 AND ME PICK A BALL.
UM, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE PARK YOUNG AT, AT HEARTLAND BECAUSE WE SORELY NEED A PART UP IN DISTRICT TWO UP ON THIS END AND THAT'S, UH, CLOSE TO DISTRICT TWO.
AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN GET ANOTHER PART, UM, MORE, UH, UP ON THE NORTH END OF MOLLISON AREA.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN FOR THESE GRANTS BECAUSE I THINK IT LOOKS WONDERFUL.
AND I THINK, I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE GONNA APPRECIATE IT.
WELL FAKE, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY AND THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO GET A LOT OF GRANTS.
AND WE'VE CERTAINLY BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL OVER THE PAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU CAN DO.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.
UM, COUNCIL, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION OR WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MAY I INTERJECT JUST BRIEFLY MR. GOLDBERG, IF WE COULD LET'S HAVE SEPARATE, UH, UM, APPROVALS OF EACH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.
THANKS FOR, SO YOU NEED FOUR MOTIONS FOR, FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS.
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JUST REFER TO THEM AS GRANT ONE, GRANT TWO GRANTS THREE AND GRANT FLOOR.IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE FOUR MOTIONS, THAT'D BE FINE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DO YOU WANT ME TO USE A PROPERTY OF A PARK OR I THINK IF YOU USE, IF YOU USE THE APPLICATION NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, OR FOUR AND EMOTION, THAT'D BE FINE.
YOU WANT TO VOTE BETWEEN EACH ONE? PARDON ME? YOU WANT TO VOTE ON EACH ONE? UH, YES, PLEASE.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND I'LL MOVE THAT.
WE ACCEPT APPLICATION NUMBER ONE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WE ACCEPT APPLICATION NUMBER THREE SECOND.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WE APPROVE THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[9. COVID-19 Status Report RECOMMENDATION: No action required.]
THE LAST ADMINISTRATOR REPORT IS ITEM NINE IS A COVID-19 STATUS REPORT.AND I'LL ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AND ALSO, SO I DON'T FORGET AS A PIECE OF HOUSEKEEPING, WE STILL HAVE THAT ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S HANGING OUT THERE.
SO I'D RECOMMEND THAT AFTER WE FINISHED THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS, WHICH THIS IS THE LAST ONE THAT WE GO BACK AND HEAR THAT COMMENT, MR. MAYOR, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
SO OF COURSE THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE GIVE, UH, EACH COUNCIL MEETING A COVID STATUS REPORT, UH, JUST GET, UH, QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT.
UM, TALK ABOUT REOPENINGS UNDER THE STATE PLAN WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF VACCINES.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO GIVE SORT OF THE NEW, THE NEW ITEM THIS WEEK IS, UM, JUST AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CO OUR CARES ACT, CDBG, UM, CV AND SEE EXPENDITURES, UH, TO DATE.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS GRAPH, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF ESTIMATED ACTIVE CASES IN THE STATE.
UH, WE WE'VE DECLINED DRAMATICALLY.
WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO EARLY NOVEMBER NUMBERS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD SIGNS.
COUNTY-WIDE, UH, THIS SHOWS THE LAST 30 DAYS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT TREND HAS CONTINUED TO GO DOWN.
SO CONTINUES TO BE REALLY GOOD TREND IN THAT DIRECTION.
THIS CURRENTLY SHOWS, UH, ALCOHOL'S ESTIMATED ACTIVE CASES, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, UH, ON JANUARY 10TH, THAT WAS THE HIGH THAT WE HAD, WHICH WE HAD ALMOST 2000 ACTIVE CASES IN THE CITY OF ALCOHOLISM.
SO ON, UH, LOOKING AT OUR ENTIRE POPULATION 260 FOURS IS PRETTY GOOD NUMBER TO BE AT AT THIS TIME, INDEPENDENT MC UH, THIS SHOWS OUR 30 DAYS ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THIS DECLINE.
WE DID SEE WHEN WE REPORTED LAST, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS KIND OF A BIT OF A PLOT TOWING, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY NOW EXPERIENCED A DECLINE SINCE THAT PLATEAU.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO DOWNWARD TREND.
UM, ONE OF THE DATA POINTS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED ABOUT IS LOOKING AT OUR HOSPITAL, UM, UH, CAPACITY.
UH, WE'VE SEEN A 66% DROP IN COVID PATIENTS IN THE LAST MONTH.
UM, BUT INTERESTINGLY, AS COVID PATIENTS HAVE DROPPED,
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UH, ALL THE OTHER HOSPITAL NEEDS HAVE GONE UP AND IN FRANKLY, A LOT OF THINGS WERE BEING PUSHED OFF INTO THE FUTURE.AND SO, UH, NOW THOSE, THOSE PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE PRIORITY IN THROUGH THE SYSTEM, BUT WE ARE WE'RE WELL UNDER THAT 80% CAPACITY THAT WE ARE HOPING TO BE AT TO FEEL SAFE.
ALSO LOOKING AT ICU BEDS, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A DRAMATIC DROP IN THE NUMBER OF ICU BEDS OCCUPIED BY COVID PATIENTS.
IN FACT, SINCE FEBRUARY 8TH, A 53% DROP IN THE NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS IN ICU BEDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOWED LAST WEEK WAS, UM, HOW WE COMPARED IN TERMS OF ACTIVE OUTBREAK DATA, HER CAPITA, OR IN THIS CASE PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS, COMPARED TO THE COUNTY ON THE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE RECEIVED DATA, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION, INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, OTHER CONGREGATE CARE, AND THEN JUST GENERAL COMMUNITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES CONTINUE TO BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTY ON A PER CAPITA BASIS.
OUR CONGREGATE CARE IS LOWER AND OUR COMMUNITY OUTBREAK NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTY THOUGHT.
IT'D BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE SAME DATA, BUT JUST FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES, DATA KIND OF LOOKING AT, UM, EVERY 15 DAYS OR SO TO SEE WHERE WE TRENDED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES ALL KIND OF JUST FOCUS ON THIS VERY TOP LINE, REALLY PEAKED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY, HAS NOT SLOWLY DECLINED.
IT HAS DROPPED ALMOST BACK DOWN TO EARLY JANUARY NUMBERS, UM, CONGREGATE CARE NUMBERS, NOT AS A DRAMATIC DROP, BUT WE ARE LOWER THAN WE WERE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND OUR COMMUNITY OUTBREAK DATA IS ALSO TRENDING DOWNWARD AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE ALL GOOD SIGNS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, WHERE WE ARE AT, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PURPLE TIER.
UH, WE THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE MOVING INTO THE RED TIER SHORTLY IF THERE WERE MORE VACCINES BEING DISTRIBUTED, ESPECIALLY TO OUR, UM, COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN.
SO, UM, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AS THEY RECEIVE MORE VACCINES, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY INTO THE RED TIER, BUT THESE ARE ALL BASED ON, UH, INFECTION RATES, UH, AND THEN MITIGATED BY VACCINES AT THIS POINT.
SO WE DO KNOW, SO THIS HASN'T CHANGED FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR IS GIVING HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS FROM DODGER STADIUM AT SIX O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.
THERE MAY BE SOME MORE NEWS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT FROM A REOPENING PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UM, WE, WE MAKE IT SOME MORE INFORMATION THERE.
THE ONE BIG THING THAT WE HEARD JUST THIS LAST WEEK IS THAT OUTDOOR CONCERTS ARE NOW ALLOW, UH, THERE IS A, IN THE PURPLE TIER, A MAX OF 100 PARTICIPANTS RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
NO CONCESSIONS CAN BE ADMINISTERED, AND THIS WOULD BE AFTER APRIL 1ST.
HOWEVER, ONCE WE MOVE INTO THE RED TIER, WHICH WE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO REDDIT RELATIVELY SOON, OUTDOOR CONCERTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE, UM, MAXED OUT AT 25% OF CAPACITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN AUDITORIUM OR AN ARENA, UM, SUCH AS, UH, I, I KNOW IT IS MATTRESS TRAIN AND CRICKET WIRELESS, THE AMPHITHEATER JEWEL VISTA.
IT'S A LARGE FACILITY, 25% OF THAT STARTS BEING A VIABLE PLACE TO, TO HOLD EVENTS.
SO WE START SEEING OUTDOOR CONCERTS OPENING UP SOON, AND WE WERE HOPING THAT THAT WILL TRANSLATE SOON.
THE INDOOR CONCERTS, ESPECIALLY AS VACCINES BECOME MORE AVAILABLE.
WE KNOW THAT IN SOME PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE LIVE NATION MANAGERS SHOWS THAT A, UM, A NEGATIVE COVID TEST IS REQUIRED AS PART OF YOUR ENTRANCE INTO A SHOW.
AND SO THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES AS WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THE RECORD, THE RED TIER AND THE ORANGE TIER.
UM, LOOKING AT VACCINE DISTRIBUTIONS, UH, RIGHT NOW 24% OF SAN DIEGO POPULATION HAS RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSE.
UH, WE'RE ON, WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 13% OF THE POPULATION RECEIVING THE SECOND DOSE.
SO WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE SHOULD, UH, FO FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED WILL BE WELL ABOVE 24%, ESPECIALLY AS THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE COMES ONTO THE MARKET.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY IN TERMS OF THE VACCINES,
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THE COUNTY-WIDE AVERAGE IS 205 INDIVIDUALS PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS ARE OUR ZIP CODES.AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CONTINUE TO LAG BEHIND THE COUNTY TO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE COUNTY TO DO MORE OUTREACH AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SO, UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH IT, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT TWO
UM, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT, UM, BY MARCH 15TH, WE'LL BE MOVING INTO PHASE ONE SEAT, WHICH IS ANYBODY BETWEEN AGES 16 AND 64 WITHIN THE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION OR HEALTH RISKS.
SO IT'S GOING TO START OPENING UP MORE AND MORE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UM, AGAIN, THERE IS A SITE IN OKLAHOMA, UH, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY OPERATED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WHERE YOU CAN RECEIVE A VACCINE.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S A SUPER STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND AGAIN, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR EVEN MORE IS JUST THE SHEER, UM, INVENTORY.
AND SO AS MORE INVENTORY BECOMES AVAILABLE, UH, I THINK THE COUNTY'S GOAL IS TO GET MORE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET VACCINES.
UH, LET'S SHIFT IT'S REALLY QUICKLY TO SOME MONEY ASPECTS, UM, OVER OR THROUGH THE TWO CDP COVID RELATED PROGRAMS. UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO DIFFERENT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE VERY SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE.
AND AS YOU RECALL, WE HAVE ABOUT $800,000 REMAINING, UM, STILL ON ALLOCATED THAT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE AT SOME POINT THAT WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT SOON.
UM, OUR HOUSING AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS SPENDING MONEY, UH, OR HAD BEEN SPENDING MONEY PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, WE'VE SHIFTED ALMOST ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO HOMESTART.
AND SO THEY'RE GETTING THE MONEY OUT ON THE STREET.
WE HAVE PUT THAT PROGRAM INTO ADVANCE WHILE THE COUNTY CURRENTLY OPERATES THEIR PROGRAM.
THERE'S SOME VALUE IN OUR RESIDENTS UTILIZING THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM.
UM, WHAT'S, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, UM, BUT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO, UH, PROCESS APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON FILE, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING NEW APPLICATIONS.
UH, BUT ONCE THOSE MONIES ARE EXPENDED, WE'LL BE READY TO RAMP OUR PROGRAMS BACK UP LOCALLY.
THE HOTEL, OR THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
THE COUNSEL'S ALLOCATED $145,000, AND RECENTLY JUST ANOTHER, UM, OF THAT 145,000 RECENTLY, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THIS IS SOME BRAND NEW MONEY THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SPENT.
UH, WE'VE HOUSED 194 INDIVIDUAL OR SERVICE 194 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
OR I SHOULD SAY HOUSEHOLDS, THAT'S NOT EVEN INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM THROUGH ECLT ECE, TLC HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
WE'VE SPENT ALL THE MONEY THERE.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY RELYING ON THEIR CDBG, THEIR NORMAL CDBG ALLOCATION TO CONTINUE SERVICES, BUT JUST THAT ALONE THROUGH THE COVID RELIEF MONEY, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE 620 INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THOSE ARE NOT DUPLICATE HOUSEHOLDS.
THOSE ARE DISTINCT HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED PER DOLLAR.
SO, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE 917 HOUSEHOLDS, UH, THAT DESPERATELY NEEDED THIS.
AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE.
SO WITH THAT STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, OR IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE AGENDA REPORTS, UH, LET ME KNOW.
OR, OR IF THE COUNCIL, UM, WOULD NO LONGER LIKE RECEIVE THESE REPORTS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT TOO.
UH, COUNSEL, I FELT, YEAH, IT IN THE NEWS, I THINK I HEARD THAT MORATORIUMS ON EVICTION OR GOING AWAY, AND WE WERE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE
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IN POTENTIAL EVICTIONS.IS THAT, DO YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT HAPPENING AND IS THAT THE REASON THERE'S AN INCREASE IN OUR FUNDING FOR RENT RELIEF BEING SPENT MORE? OR IS IT A SHIFT BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING HOMESTART DO IT, UH, COUNSELING WARRANTIES? I DON'T KNOW THAT I DO KNOW THAT, UM, WE REGULARLY TALK TO LANDLORDS.
IN FACT, WE TALKED TO ONE TODAY.
UM, WHO'S NOT UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE CAN EVICT THE TENANTS THAT ARE IN HIS UNIT, DESPITE HAVING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THE CB ONE AND CB THREE MONEY.
DO THEY HAVE ANY EXPIRATION? I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EXPIRATION.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY BY AUGUST.
SO THERE, THERE MUST BE SOME EXPIRATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE, BUT I CAN COME BACK WITH KELP TO COUNCIL WITH SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO KNOW, BUT I THINK STAFF SHOULD KNOW.
I'M SURE MY DVD STAFF, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS ECT, UH, HAD THOSE TWO DORMITORY BUILDINGS, UM, APPROVED FOR QUITE A WHILE.
ARE THEY GETTING CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION AND WHERE I'M LEADING WITH IS HELPING MORE FAMILIES AND USING MORE, UH, CARES FUNDS TO INCREASE THE, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE VERY EFFICIENT AT IT.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE TWO BUILDINGS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW MR. GOBLE WHERE INFORMATION FOR COUNSELING.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OH, ONE FINAL QUESTION.
YOU DID CONTACT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION IN ORDER TO TRY TO INCREASE THE DISTRIBUTION BY GOING THROUGH THE LANDLORDS.
WE'VE WE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR INDIVIDUALS AND WE'VE TRIED TO WORK THROUGH LANDLORDS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE DILEMMAS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS WITH THE MORE TIMES IN EFFECT, SOME RENTERS, UH, ARE NOT MOTIVATED TO SEEK ASSISTANCE.
AND I, I BELIEVE THERE'S A STATE LAW, UH, IN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW LANDLORDS TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, NOT TENANTS BECAUSE THAT'S, WHO'S CARRYING THE BURDEN OF THIS THING AS THE LANDLORDS AND A BARTENDER WOULD HAVE TO CO-SIGN THE APPLICATION, BUT AT LEAST THERE IS CONSIDERATION ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE LANDLORDS AS WELL, CORRECT.
ACTUALLY UNDER THE CURRENT COUNTY PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S BEING OFFERED.
LANDLORDS ARE ELIGIBLE AS APPLICANTS, BUT AS YOU SAID, MR. GOBLE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SORT OF A CO-SIGNING OF THAT.
UM, AS, AS WE GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING TO COME TO US IN TERMS OF FEDERAL REGULATION, I'LL BE REALLY CAREFUL CAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, STAFF IS EXPLORING SOME USES OF THOSE FUNDS.
ONE OF THOSE IS WE PROBABLY WILL BE PRESENTING SOMETHING TO HELP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INCOME ELIGIBLE AT LEAST TIED, BUT WE ALSO PROBABLY WANT TO SET UP SOMETHING TO ASSIST OUR LANDLORDS AS WELL.
AND MAYBE WITH LESS STRINGS ATTACHED IN THE COUNTY'S CURRENT OR THE STATE'S MONEY.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD AS WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THE CD ONE AND TB THREE MONIES, UM, TO LET LANDLORDS APPLIED FOR THAT, THAT TH THAT IS AN INELIGIBLE EXPENSE, BUT WE CAN, YEAH.
THE, THE, THE LATEST MONEY THAT THE STATE'S USING, THAT THE COUNTIES ADMINISTERING, THEY CAN, WE CANNOT USE THAT MONEY.
ARE WE, WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION ARE WE GIVING OUT TO LANDLORDS SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS FOR THEIR KIND OF ON BEHALF OF THEIR TENANTS? SO WORK AGAIN, OUR, OUR FUNDING DOES NOT, UM, IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LANDLORDS, BUT AS MR. GLOBAL INDICATED, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR LANDLORDS TO KNOW ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT CAN DIRECTLY BENEFIT THEIR TENANTS.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A TENANT, YOU CAN SAY, AS A LANDLORD, HEY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT YOU OWE ME EIGHT MONTHS OF RENT? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY'S PROGRAM? SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATIONS DIRECTLY TO GIVE INFORMATION TO THEM SO THEY COULD GET IT TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
SO, MR. MAYOR, I FORGOT TO BRING UP TWO, I THINK, IMPORTANT POINTS WHEN I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA POINTS, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THAT THE AVERAGE AGE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS, IS ABOUT 36 YEARS OLD.
AND THE AVERAGE, UM, INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SUCCUMB TO COVID, UH, DEATH IS 74 YEARS OLD.
SO, AND THAT'S A DATA POINT THAT WE'VE HEARD.
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I'VE HEARD THE COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT, UM, HOMELESSNESS AND COVID, UH, EXPOSURE.SO FAR, THIS COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED 19 DEATHS.
OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIED FROM COVID.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW THAT'S COUNTY WIDE.
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONLY 3% OF THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM COVID HAD NO UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
SO THERE, THERE WAS SOME, UM, UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION THAT MAY NOT HAVE COVID MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT IS CAUSE OF DEATH, BUT THERE WERE OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT, CAUSE I'M NOT HEARING THAT IN THE MEDIA AS MUCH.
SO I THINK WHEN WE CAN EXPLAIN THOSE DATA POINTS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO.
SO IT MAKES YOU REALLY WONDER WHY THEY DIDN'T USE CO-MORBIDITIES AS THE NUMBER ONE CRITERIA AND AGE.
JUST THE NUMBER ONE CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING WHO WOULD GET THE VACCINE AND WHO WOULDN'T.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS NOT A SMARTLY HANDLED.
IT'S JUST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT? OKAY, THANKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WE MAY BE GETTING AT A POINT WHERE WE DON'T NEED THESE, UM, COVID-19 UPDATES EVERY WEEK.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU COULD DO WHEN YOU FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MARRY LATE.
BUT SEEMS LIKE THE CRISIS IS WINDING DOWN.
THEN WHY DON'T WE WELL KIND OF MENTALLY SHOOT FOR, UH, THE, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND IF WE DON'T THINK WE NEEDED, THEN WE'LL, WE CAN STOP.
WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCRETION AND WE WON'T INCLUDE IT.
YOU CAN MAKE, YOU CAN MAKE A SHORT REPORT IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.
ANGELA LEWIS RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, SIR.
UM, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO ANGELA.
YOU HAD READ A, UM, ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT YOU, YOU, UH, VERY RUDELY FROZE IN THE MIDDLE OF.
SO YOU WANT TO READ THAT ONE AGAIN? YES.
IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A CHANCE, I'LL TRY IT AGAIN.
UH, FROM ELAINE BRIGGS AND SHE WROTE, I AM VOICING MY CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC AND NOISE FOR THE PROPOSED 24 SEVEN AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER PLAN FOR THE CORNER OF WILL BOULEVARD IN KOREA, MECCA.
WE LIVED IN, WE LIVE LESS THAN A HALF A MILE FROM THE SITE, AND DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS PLANT CENTER UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY, WHEN A LOCAL NEWS CHANNEL AIR, THE STORY WE INFLICT YOUR HILLS HIGHLANDS HAVE TO ENDURE AIRPORT NOISE, REBEL STRIP NOISE FROM THE ONE 25 NORTH AND NOW BACKUP ALARM NOISE FROM A TRUCK FIELD DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THESE ALARMS. SO READING ARTICLES ABOUT HOW THE DEVELOPER WILL ENSURE THE ALARMS ARE NOT A NUISANCE ARE JUST UNTRUE.
THINK ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND NOT THE CITY POCKETBOOK AND DO NOT GIVE FINAL APPROVAL.
AND THE COMMENT WE RECEIVED, NO OTHER COMMENTS.
WE'RE NOW AT ACTIVITY REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ITEM, I'M SORRY, GOING BACK TO ITEM 10.
THAT'S MY ACTIVITY REPORT AND THAT'S AS REPORTED NOW, MAYOR, UH, PRETEND GARY KENDRICK AS
[11. MAYOR PRO TEM GARY KENDRICK METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA; Heartland Communications; Heartland Fire Training JPA.]
REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER, MICHELLE MITCHELL[12. COUNCILMEMBER MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate.]
AS REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEVE[13. 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.]
GOBLE AS REPORTED[14. 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.]
COUNCILOR OR PHIL ORTIZ.I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE ECE TLC TEAM CENTER REVEAL, BUT I SAW A VIDEO OF IT AND IT'S A GREAT FACILITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE, UH, TO THE CONSTITUENT.
HOW BIG IS IT BARELY BIG? UH, STEVE, YOU WERE THERE, UM, YOU, YOU DID, YOU WERE PART OF THAT VIDEO AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD FIT A GOOD COUPLE OF DOZEN CHILDREN IN THERE.
IF THE ROOM IS ABOUT, UH, 20 FEET BY THREE FEET, SOME SIX TO 750 SQUARE FEET, AIR HOCKEY AND PLAY STATIONS AND PING PONG SEATING AREAS, AND EVEN A LITTLE STAGE FOR ANYBODY THEY SAID, GET UP AND DO KARAOKE AND RECYCLE POETRY, WHATEVER THE KIDS WANT TO DO.
UH, IT'S WITH PICKLEBALL THEY'RE THEY'RE NECK AND NECK, RIGHT.
THEN THAT BRINGS US TO A JOINT COUNCIL REPORTS
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AND THERE ARE NON OF THOSE AND NO GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.WE HAVE THREE ITEMS UNDER FIRST READINGS ITEM 15 IS THE INTRODUCTION
[15. Ordinance to Add Chapter 2.18 to Establish Local Campaign Limits RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approves the introduction of An Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.18 to Title 2 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Establish Local Campaign Limits for the City of El Cajon, and, if approved, requests the City Clerk to read the ordinance by title.]
OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING LOCAL CAMPAIGN LIMITS.I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HANDLE MOST OF THESE ORDINANCES.
YOU WILL RECALL THAT BACK IN JANUARY, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT A DIRECT MY OFFICE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO PRESENT TO YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO ADD CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS FOR ALL CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, THAT CREATED A STATEWIDE, UM, UH, CONTRACT, UH, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS, UNLESS LIMITS WERE IMPOSED BY THE, THE CITY.
UM, YOUR DIRECTION WAS TO CREATE THE LIMIT OF $10,000 PER PERSON IN ANY, UM, PER INDIVIDUAL IN ANY LOCAL CAMPAIGN WITH AN ANNUAL INCREASE BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR SAN DIEGO REGION, UH, PREPARED THE ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION TO ADD CHAPTER 2.18 TO THE, UH, TO TITLE TWO OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH THESE LIMITATIONS.
UM, IT'S, UH, FOR FIRST READING INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING, AND, UH, I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THE, UM, THE DEFINITION SECTION 2.1 8.03, OH, UH, NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL MAKE COUPLE PERSONS AND COMPANIES.
THE 10TH THAT WE HEARD IS THAT THIS WOULD ONLY COVER IF PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS, AS A DEFINED TERM UNDER THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT IS NOT INCLUDE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS OR COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS, OR POLITICAL, UM, UH, PARTIES.
SO THE INTENT WAS TO MAKE IT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, A HUMAN PERSON.
SO HOW ARE COMPANIES OR CORPORATIONS TREATED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE? THEY AREN'T, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THAT THAT REALLY, YOU DIDN'T WANT ANY LIMITATIONS, BUT WHEN I TOLD YOU YOU HAD TO CREATE SOMETHING, WE KEPT IT AS NARROW AS POSSIBLE.
SO THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON CORPORATIONS OR COMPANIES, NOT NO, NO LOCAL LIMITS, UH, BY THE CITY.
AND THE LEGISLATION THAT ACTUALLY, UM, CAUSED US TO ADDRESS THIS ONLY DEALT WITH PEOPLE, PERSONS AS WELL.
IT DID NOT ADDRESS CORPORATIONS OR, OR PARTIES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE TAILORED IT TO SIMPLY CREATE A LIMITATION OF 10,000 PER ELECTION TO COVER THAT LEGISLATION.
IS IT PER LECTURE PER CALENDAR YEAR? IT'S PER CALENDAR YEAR, BUT I'M SORRY.
IT'S IT'S A PER CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THE CHANGE WILL GO UP EVERY CALENDAR YEAR, BUT THE LIMITATION IS BASED ON, UM, AN ELECTION CYCLE.
SO IT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CANDIDATE FOR A PARTICULAR ELECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, OKAY, GREAT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO, SIR.
THEN I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'LL READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 2.18 TO TITLE TWO OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH LOCAL CAMPAIGN LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
ITEM 16 IS DNR OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND E C
[16. Ordinance to Amend ECMC Chapter 6.16 RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approves the introduction of An Ordinance to Amend Sections 6.16.060 and 6.16.090, and to Repeal Sections 6.16.080 and 6.16.120, of Chapter 6.16 of Title 6 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Conform to the San Diego Humane Society's Dog Licensing Procedures, and, if approved, requests the City Clerk to read the ordinance by title.]
M C CHAPTER 6.16.I'LL ASK STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE ARE DOING, SORT OF PROVIDING SOME CLEANUP AFTER WE HAVE, UM, ENGAGED THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY TO OPERATE OUR, OUR ANIMAL CARE FACILITY.
UM, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS, UH, THIS MEETING, UH, TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER OPERATIONS.
THEY ARE ASKING US TO CLEAN UP
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BY REMOVING SOME PRETTY OLD LICENSING LIMITATIONS, UH, THINGS THAT THE CITY MIGHT'VE HAD AN EFFECT FOR QUITE SOME, MANY DECADES LIKELY.AND, UH, IT ADDRESSES SIMPLY THE, UM, THOSE LICENSING FACTORS IN CHAPTER 6.16.
NOW WILL THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
ALL RIGHT, ANGELA, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? WE DID NOT LOOK FOR MOTION MOVING TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 6.1 6.06.
AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 6.1 6.080 AND 6.1 6.120 SECOND ONE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND THE TITLE READS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 6.1 6.060 AND 6.1 6.090.
AND TO REPEAL SECTION 6.1 6.080 AND 6.1 6.120 OF CHAPTER 6.16 OF TITLE SIX OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CODE TO CONFORM TO THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETIES, DOG LICENSING PROCEDURES.
THE LAST FIRST READING ITEM 17
[17. Speed Limit Zone-Hacienda Drive RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approves the introduction of an Ordinance amending Section 10.20.130 of Chapter 10.20 of the Municipal Code to include updating the existing speed limit for Hacienda Drive from Swallow Drive to Windmill View Road.]
IS THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE SPEED LIMIT ZONE AT HASI AND THE DRIVE STAFF.PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS RIGHT.
UH, MY NAME IS MARIO SANCHEZ AND CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UM, DECIDE ON PROPOSES A CHANGE TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON HACIENDA DORA.
I DRIVE BETWEEN SMALLER DRIVE AND WINDMILL.
WE WOULD DRIVE BY CALIFORNIA LAW.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UPDATE OUR SURVEYS ANYWHERE FROM BETWEEN FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND THIS A PARTICULAR SECTION OF STREET HAS EXPIRED AND, UH, WE, UH, RE RE SURVEY THE STREET AND THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY, UM, RECOMMENDED OR PROPOSED A LOWERING OF THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 35 MILES PER HOUR TO 30.
AND WITH THAT, I CAN INCLUDE MY, UH, PRESENTATION EXPIRY.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIO? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, SIR.
I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS MORE DISCUSSION, MOVE TO APPROVE.
MAYOR WILL YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES, WE ARE PRO TEM KENDRICK.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND THE TITLE READS, UM, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 POINT 20.130 OF CHAPTER 10 POINT 20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE UPDATING THE EXISTING SPEED LIMIT FOR HACIENDA DRIVE FROM SWALLOW DRAG TO WINDMILL VIEW ROAD.
THERE ARE NO SECOND READINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]
THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAD US IN THE CLOSED SESSION.THIS IS A CLOSED SESSION FOR A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD INITIATE LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE, FOUR NINE FIVE, 6.9.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
IT'S HOUR BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.
I'LL LET, UH, OUR ATTORNEY TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED CLOSE.
MAYOR WELLS, THE CITY COUNCIL MET AND CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS, UH, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND WHETHER TO INITIATE LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR SUBDIVISION D AND A GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION (595) 595-4956
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0.9.UH, WITH ONE POTENTIAL CASE, UH, DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL.
THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN, THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE ELK ON CITY COUNCIL, ALCOHOL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS NINTH.
THEY HAVE MARCH, 2021 IS ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2021 AT 7:00 PM.