Nov 09, 2021 City Council Meeting 3pm

YEAH.

GUESS

[00:00:01]

WELCOME TO THE ALCOHOL AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US IN PERSON TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE MEDIA HAS CALLED THE ORDER.

I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 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.

THANK YOU.

.

BEFORE WE CONTINUE

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the October 26, 2021, Meeting and the Agenda of the November 9, 2021, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE CITY WILL BE HOLDING THE STATE OF THE CITY NEXT MONTH ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, AT 6:30 PM.

FOLLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT DAY, THE IN-PERSON EVENT WILL BE HELD IN THE RONALD REAGAN CENTER AND WILL BE HELD IN A SIMILAR MANNER AS IT WAS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

WE HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN US FOR THIS EXCITING EVENT.

AND WE REFLECT ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR AHEAD.

MORE INFORMATION WILL COME IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, POSTCARD INVITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY HALL LOBBY.

THE CITY CLERK HAS POSTED ORDERS OF OUR GERMAN, THE OCTOBER 26TH, 2021 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE NOVEMBER 9TH, 21, 20 20 21 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY, POLICY STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO, SIR.

HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS? ALRIGHT.

WE

[ PRESENTATIONS: New Station Dog: Jax EDCO Recycling Awards We Are One Committee]

I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF STEVE SWEENEY AND CAPTAIN TIMMINS TO INTRODUCE THE NEW STATION DOG JACKS TO US.

THANK YOU.

AS ARE COMING DOWN.

ALSO ENGINEER STAFFERS HERE.

UM, AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE FIRE LABOR ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME OF OUR FIRE STAFF THEY'RE HERE ON THEIR DAY OFF.

IT KIND OF TELLS YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

SO WITH THAT CHIEF, HEY, CHIEF NUMERIC.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M HERE TODAY BEFORE YOU DO, UH, INTRODUCE TRAVIS TIMMINS AND BRENNA SAFFER AND, UH, JACK'S THE NEW, UH, STATION DOG.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UM, SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND TO CITY LEADERSHIP.

UH, MR. MITCHELL AND HR DIRECTOR, MARISOL THORNE ABOUT BRINGING THIS PROGRAM FORWARD.

I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE AND EMS SERVICE FOR ALMOST FOUR DECADES.

AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THIS BUSINESS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, UH, RUB SOME DIRT ON IT.

YOU'LL BE OKAY.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT HOME AND WE DIDN'T DEAL WITH THINGS.

AND SO FOR THIS CITY TO EMBRACE THE, THE, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE WELLNESS ASPECT OF THE, UH, OF THE INDUSTRY AND GET OUT IN FRONT OF THINGS IS, IS HUGE.

UM, AND BY DOING THIS THERE'S LOTS OF DOG PROGRAMS OUT THERE.

UM, I WAS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A SEARCH DOG WITH ME FOR ABOUT 21 YEARS.

SO I SAW THE EFFECTS OF IT PERSONALLY.

UM, BUT TO HAVE THESE DOGS IN THE STATION VERSUS A HANDLER, YOU KNOW, WALKING AROUND WITH A DOG AND IT KIND OF MAYBE THE STIGMA THAT, THAT CREATES THIS REALLY SETS THIS PROGRAM, UH, ASIDE IS ONE OF A KIND IN THE COUNTY.

UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF THEM USING A STATION DOG CONCEPT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE, THE CITY AND THE LEADERSHIP FOR, FOR GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND, UH, AND, AND REALLY, UH, MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAVE, UH, THE DOG, UH, STATIONED DOG COORDINATORS COME UP AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

AND, UH, YOU CAN ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND MAYBE MEET THE DOG SO THAT, HEY, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

AND, UH, THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME BACK HERE AGAIN.

UH, MY NAME IS TRAVIS TIMMINS.

I'M A CAPTAIN WITH HEARTLAND FIRE RESCUE HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

I'M ALSO THE, A STATION DOG COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM AND I WAS HERE TWO YEARS AGO.

UM, INTRODUCING THE PROGRAM INITIALLY, AND THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THE PROGRAM LIKE CHIEF ALREADY MENTIONED WAS IT'S A MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.

UM, WE ALL KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S TONS OF, UH, INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THE HEART HEALTH AND ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF HAVING A DOG AROUND.

UM, AND THERE'S OTHER WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT HAVE, UH, THAT FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE WITH, WITH STATION DOGS, BUT THOSE DOGS WILL TYPICALLY GO HOME WITH HANDLERS.

WHAT, WHAT SETS US ASIDE IS THAT THESE DOGS LIVE AT THE STATION 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR CREWS HAVE ACCESS TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE AT WORK, UM, FROM THE HUGE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN

[00:05:01]

THEY WALK BACK IN THE DOOR AND THE DOGS ARE HERE, UM, FOR THEM.

SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, IT STARTED OFF AS A PILOT PROGRAM.

UH, SO WE, WE WANTED TO DO A YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO.

UM, AND NOT JUST SAY ALL THESE, THESE DOGS WORK, WE THINK SO IT'S HARD BECAUSE A LOT OF IT'S, UH, SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION.

UM, IT'S HARD TO GET, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT FEELINGS ARE INVOLVED, IT'S HARD TO GET OBJECTIVE INFORMATION, BUT WE DID DO A FEW SURVEYS AND I'D LIKE, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE, UH, OF THE RESULTS WE GOT FROM THE SURVEY.

SO WE HAVE 24, UM, UH, MEMBERS AT STATION SIX, WHERE YARRA IS, IS, IS LIVING.

SO WE SURVEYED THEM AND I'LL GIVE YOU JUST SOME, SOME ANSWERS HERE, UH, THAT HAVING OUR AT THE IS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, 100% OF THE 24 AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT EITHER AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT HAVING ART AT THE STATION REDUCES THEIR OVERALL STRESS AT WORK.

UH, THE WORK ENVIRONMENT HAS IMPROVED AT THE RS PRESENCE AT THE STATION.

AGAIN, A HUNDRED PERCENT EITHER AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED TO THAT.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD A PART WHERE THEY COULD GIVE COMMENTS AND WE GOT, UH, ANSWERS OF, UH, IT'S CALMING, ENJOYABLE TO HAVE HER AT THE STATION.

I BELIEVE OVERALL CREW MORALE HAS IMPROVED HERE WITH HER.

UH, SHE ALWAYS SPREADS LOVE EVEN IN TOUGH STRESSFUL DAYS.

AND THEN WHAT I KEPT GETTING OVER AND OVER ON, ON THIS SURVEY AND JUST TALKING TO GUYS AS WELL, IS THIS ONE SAYS I GET REALLY EXCITED TO COME TO WORK AND CR IN THE MORNING.

ANOTHER ONE SIMILAR IS SHE ALWAYS BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE WHEN I SHOW UP FOR WORK.

SO MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SHOWING UP TO WORK AND HAVING A SMILE ON THEIR FACE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK BIG CORPORATIONS SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEIR EMPLOYEES TO SMILE WHEN THEY'RE AT WORK AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH THE DOG.

SO I IT'S, IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS SO MUCH SO THAT WE VOTED ON AND WANTED TO GET A SECOND DOG FOR A SECOND STATION.

AND IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR TRAINER FROM VIRGINIA.

UM, AND HE HAS SHOWN UP TWO DAYS AGO FROM VIRGINIA WITH HIS TRAINER HERE.

AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STAND UP, SO WE HAVE YARA AND THE NEW STATION DOG JACK'S HERE AT THE STATION, OR I'M SORRY AT THE CITY NOW.

AND, UH, THESE ARE OUR TWO GUYS, UH, TWO DOGS.

AND SO ONE'S AT STATION SIX AND ONE'S AT STATION EIGHT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIVING PERMANENTLY.

UM, SO, AND ONE MORE THING, I JUST WANT TO, UH, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CHIEF SWAIN HE SAID, AND JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS.

UM, THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AROUND THE UNITED STATES.

UH, WE MENTIONED HOW MOST OTHER PROGRAMS ARE RAN.

UM, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE OR MAYBE SIX AT THIS POINT HAVE FULL 24 HOURS A DAY STATION DOGS.

AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO EITHER PAY OUT OF THEIR POCKET OR THEY HAVE TO GET DONATIONS.

SO THE CITY WE WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM FOR US.

GOOD DOGS GET A PICTURE.

OKAY.

SO YOU WERE ALCOHOL IS THE ONLY CITY THAT FULLY SUPPORTS THIS PROGRAM AND DOESN'T MAKE THEIR FIREFIGHTERS PAY FOR IT, OR GET DONATIONS OR TRY TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE PROGRAM KEEP GOING.

AND SO FROM, FROM THE LABOR GROUP SIDE OF IT, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FULLY, UM, FOR, FOR THAT, SORRY.

OH YEAH.

AND OUR TRAINER, SORRY.

OLIVIA CAME OUT FROM VIRGINIA.

THEY FLEW IN YESTERDAY AS WELL.

SO OLIVIA WORKS WITH THE FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION.

SIT MEANS SIT AND THEY TRAIN, UM, SERVICE DOGS AND THERAPY DOGS FOR MILITARY MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SOME QUESTIONS I CAN SEE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO ASK YOU SAY YOU WANNA START, OR SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SIT MEANS IT IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

I'M A FORMER COWORKER OF MINE IS WITH THE FOUNDER OF THE MEANS, KRISTIN.

YEAH.

AND, UH, I I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEIR PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT THEY DO A REALLY GREAT, WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE DOGS.

I WISH I HAD A DOG THAT WAS, OR MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN TRAIN CATS.

UM, YEAH.

WHO TRAINS CATS.

ANYWAY, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE DOGS FOR YOU GUYS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE HAPPY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HAPPY ON YOUR JOB, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, UM, LET'S WORK ON MAYBE GETTING ONE FOR EVERY STATION EVENTUALLY.

IS THERE A PLAN FOR, AND WE'RE TAKING IT ONE AT A TIME.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO SEE EACH STATION IS A DIFFERENT SETUP AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, BUSY-NESS EACH STATION.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUSING ON STATION EIGHT AND THEN WE'RE

[00:10:01]

I MEAN, THANKS FOR ASKING THAT THE FUTURE, THAT, THAT IS PART OF THE, TO LOOK AT THAT FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION TOO, THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE OTHER NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE, I'M WORKING WITH, THEY'RE TRYING TO SET UP A PROGRAM EXACTLY LIKE OURS, AND I'VE TALKED TO A FEW DEPARTMENTS OUT OF STATE AS WELL TO HELP THEM.

SO IT'S, IT'S CATCHING ON AND IT'S, IT SEEMS, I THINK CITIES HAVE A RIGHTLY, SO HAVE A BIG WORRY ABOUT LIABILITY.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TONS OF THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.

YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT FROM WHAT'S THE BENEFIT.

AND THE, I, WE PERSONALLY THINK THE BENEFIT FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY SMALL NEGATIVE THAT CAN HAPPEN.

I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK, BUT WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE.

WE HAVE INSURANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRAINING THAT GOES INVOLVED.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT JUST STUFFING A DOG INTO THE STATION AND SAYING, GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A THOUGHT OUT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY WORRIES ABOUT LIABILITY.

AND WE TRY TO COVER THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND OTHER CITIES ARE SEEING THAT, THAT WORRY IS NOT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A WORRY THAT THEY HAVE TO JUST SAY NO RIGHT AWAY TO, THEY CAN ACTUALLY TRY OUT THESE PROGRAMS AND SEE SOME GOOD SUCCESS BECAUSE OF US.

WONDERFUL.

YEAH.

SO THESE DOGS ARE AT TWO DIFFERENT STATIONS.

DO EACH FIREFIGHTER DO FIREFIGHTERS ROTATE THROUGH THE STATION? SO THEY ALL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THESE DOGS, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SHIFTS.

SO EACH, EACH DAY ONE OF THE THREE SHIFTS IS ON.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE IS THAT THESE DOGS DON'T HAVE A SINGLE HANDLER.

UM, SO EVERYONE'S TRAINED ON THE DAY TO DAY WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY GET HANDED OFF IN THE MORNING, UM, FOR THE NEXT PERSON, UM, FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE AT STATIONS WITHOUT A DOG, WOULD THEY EVENTUALLY GET ROTATED? WE WORK SO MUCH IN BETWEEN STATIONS THAT, THAT THEY ALL, EVERYONE HERE HAS WORKED WITH YARA OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, MULTIPLE TIMES, AND EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE AND OFTEN, SO NOW THEY'LL GET SAME OPPORTUNITY WITH JACKS.

YEAH.

I'M GLAD THAT THIS PROGRAM IS WORKING OUT AND THAT MARY SAW IN THE BACK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND PARTNERING.

AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS STORY.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO ARE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND MARINES.

AND I S I SEE A SIMILARITY BETWEEN MARINES AND FIREFIGHTERS IN THAT MARINES ARE TOLD, GET THE JOB DONE, AND HERE'S NO RESOURCES AND THEY JUST GET THE JOB DONE.

AND I SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITH FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL.

THEY DON'T COMPLAIN.

YOU GUYS JUST GET THE JOB DONE, AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF RESPECT.

SO IF WE CAN SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY TO TAKE SOME OF THAT BURDEN, ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE MISSION, UM, OFF OF YOU, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, UM, PAYROLLS IS ON THE EXPENSE SIDE OF ALL THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT CITY STAFF SEES YOU ALL AS AN ASSET ON THE BALANCE SHEET AND YOU INVESTING YOUR ASSETS TO KEEP THE ASSETS DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR YOU.

SO MARISOL, GREAT JOB.

THIS IS, AND THANK YOU ALL FIREFIGHTERS FOR EMBRACING THIS.

THAT'S THAT'S THE OTHER HALF OF THE EQUATION IS IT'S GOING TO BE OFFERED, BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY YES.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT CITY STAFF HAS, HAS VIEWED YOU ALL AS ASSETS TO KEEP REINVESTING IN TO KEEP YOU AT YOUR BEST.

YEAH, WE THINK IT'S GREAT TOO.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I KNOW THE JOB THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IS REALLY STRESSFUL, BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

AND I KNOW WHEN I COME HOME AND I GOT TWO DOGS THAT RUN TO ME MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER.

THE STRESS KIND OF STRESS KIND OF MELTS AWAY.

SO, UH, I THINK THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT PROGRAM AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, TO EXPAND IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I, I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID.

OKAY.

PLEASE BRING HER BACK TO VISIT.

OH YEAH.

ANYTIME SOMETIME.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

OKAY.

NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM EDCO.

I LIKED THE NEWS GENERAL MANAGER, CARL SHRIMP AND ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR, PATRICK OCO TO PRESENT THE EDCO RECYCLING AWARDS.

IT'S SURE.

BAMA ACTUALLY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I SAID, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH FOLLOWING A PRESENTATION ABOUT DOGS.

I DON'T FEEL VERY AT HOME TODAY CAUSE I'M SECOND WHEN I COME HOME TO MY TWO DOGS.

SO, UM, BUT UH, REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY, TO TALK ABOUT SOME REALLY GREAT PERFORMERS, UM, BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT REALLY MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES TOWARDS IMPROVING THEIR RECYCLING, UM, AND IN THEIR, IN THEIR DIVERSION.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PATRICK OCO AND WE HAVE A LITTLE POWERPOINT WE'LL MOVE THROUGH HERE.

AND PATRICK, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

UM, GOSH, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I'VE

[00:15:01]

SO, UM, WE, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, UH, MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, STRIVING TOWARDS RECYCLING AND DIVERSION EVER SINCE WE TOOK OVER IN JANUARY OR EARLY ASSUMED THE ROLE.

AND THERE ARE, UM, DEFINITELY A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY STAND OUT, BUT THERE ARE TWO IN PARTICULAR THAT WE REALLY THOUGHT WERE, UH, WERE WORTHY AND THERE, THERE ARE MANY WORTHY, BUT THERE ARE TWO IN PARTICULAR.

SO, UM, I GUESS WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE SLIDE SHOW HERE REALLY QUICK.

JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.

PATRICK, CAN YOU PULL YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN? SURE, SURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE CONTROL OF THIS.

UH, THERE WE GO.

CAN I ASK YOU ANYTHING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, PATRICK'S OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR HERE AND WE HAVE STEVE SOUTH, OUR CEO, AS WELL AS JOHN GORGEOUS HERE, HERE TODAY AS WELL.

AND, UM, REALLY, AS WE ROLLED OUT, UM, THIS PROGRAM, WHICH THE CITY OF ALCOHOL, LIKE TO NOTE THAT THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE A BUNDLED PACKAGE, UM, TO OUR, UM, TO OUR, UH, BUSINESSES OUT THERE.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT, UM, WE STARTED FIRST OF THE YEAR WITH TRASH RECYCLING, OUR BLUE CONTAINER, AND THEN ALSO ORGANIC.

SO THAT GOES TO OUR, UM, ANAEROBIC DIGESTER, RIGHT? AND UM, SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN DELIVER IT, BUT THEN YOU, THEN YOU NEED TO REALLY WORK ON PARTICIPATION.

UM, AND IT'S A COMPLIMENT TO PATRICK BEING OUR SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR.

IN FACT, ON FRIDAY, SEND ME A PICTURE OF HIM INSIDE OF A DUMPSTER, THROWING STUFF AROUND AND, AND LOOKING TO SEE REALLY WHAT THE WASTE STREAM IS.

AND, AND OUT THERE WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES, UM, TO REALLY RIGHT-SIZE THEM AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT WHAT CAN GO IN THOSE CONTAINERS AND, UH, MIGRATE AND RIGHT-SIZE THEM, UH, UH, LEVEL OUT THEIR TRASH EXPENSE AND REALLY MIGRATE TOWARDS RECYCLING AND DRIVE DIVERSION.

AND, UH, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, WITH TWO OF THESE BUSINESSES.

AND, UM, SO WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS IS OUR TEAS, YA, UM, CONDOMINIUMS PRESCOTT COMPANIES.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, 2020 AND 2021 AND REFUSE A 42.8, 6% IMPROVEMENT.

RIGHT.

AND SO, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THAT WITHOUT THE BUSINESS'S INVOLVEMENT AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND THEN THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

UM, AND, AND TO REALLY ALSO LOOK AT THEIR OVERALL COSTS TOO.

AND SO, UM, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, ARTESIA AND PRESCOTT COMPANIES TODAY.

SO NEXT SLIDE HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND HERE'S THE EDCO RECYCLE AND ALL STARS ARE WORD, AND WE LIKE TO CALL THEM UP.

THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR TJ AND PRESCOTT OKAY.

YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ONE'S TAYLOR GUITARS AND, AND, UH, CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY LARGE CAMPUS AND TAYLOR HAS A LONG HISTORY HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND, UH, PATRICK IS AS WELL AS JOHN BORDERS.

YOU SITTING HERE AS WELL.

UM, DID A THOROUGH, THOROUGH WASTE AUDIT OF ALL THE MATERIALS THAT COME IN AND OUT OF, UH, TAYLOR GUITARS AND, AND REALLY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE ALMOST ALL THEIR MATERIALS AND REALLY IMPROVE THEIR DIVERSION BY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AND OFFER THEM A LOT OF CONVENIENCE IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES THAT, UH, ED CO OFFER.

SO YOU CAN SEE THIS RESULTED IN A 56.3, 4% IMPROVEMENT, AND IT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE WOOD SAWDUST AND YOUR TYPICAL RECYCLABLES.

UM, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THOSE ALL INTO OUR SERVICE BASE, MAKE IT CONVENIENT, UM, FOR THEM TO RECYCLE.

AND THEY'RE REALLY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO TAYLOR AT QATAR, WE CAN ASK A REPRESENTATIVE TO COME UP.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BUT THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP? I JUST WANT TO THINK PATRICK HE'S OUT HERE ALL THE TIME AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC.

UM, I'VE BEEN RECYCLING SINCE THE SEVENTIES, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE HIPPIE DAYS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HOPPING ON BOARD DURING THEIR RECYCLING.

I'VE GOT MY GRANDCHILDREN DOING THE RECYCLING, THEY KNOW BETTER THAN TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE RECYCLING THAT SHOULD GO IN THE TRASH AND VICE VERSA.

UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I KNOW YOU GUYS CAME ON BOARD, UM, RECENTLY

[00:20:01]

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, KEEP UP THE CONTACT WITH THE BUSINESSES.

I HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME ISSUES WITH BILLING AND ALIKE, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RESOLVED THAT ISSUE FOR ONE COMPANY AND, UM, I I'M, I'VE ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTACT YOU TO HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND DO A, UM, A SURVEY OR, YOU KNOW, AN AUDIT TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE HELPED.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, DO YOU THINK THE INCREASE IN DIVERSION IS, HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR PROMOTION OF YOUR ANAEROBIC DIGESTER FACILITY BECAUSE WOULD THAT MAY HAVE GONE IN THE TRASH BEFORE NOW IT GOES INTO A DIVERSION.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE A PRETTY ROBUST, UH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM ON THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE DO A LOT IN TERMS OF EDUCATION UP FRONT, BUT THEN ALSO THE SITE VISITS, UM, AND, AND REALLY WALKING THROUGH WHAT, UM, CAN GO IN THERE BECAUSE ORGANICS IS REALLY ANY, NOT JUST YOUR YARD TRIMMINGS AND FOOD WASTE, LIKE MANY PEOPLE THINK, BUT REALLY, UM, SENATE BILL 1383 COVERS ANYTHING THAT, UM, THAT IS PRODUCED FROM A PLANT, RIGHT.

SO WE WANT TO AVOID PUTTING THAT IN THE LANDFILL.

UM, AND, UM, AND SO THAT CONTINUOUS EDUCATION, AND THEN ALSO THE ENGAGEMENT THAT PATRICK'S BEEN DOING IS REALLY WHAT'S GETTING IT DONE.

RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE ALL APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, STEVE.

OKAY.

FOR OUR LAST PRESENTATION, I'LL INVITE CITY MANAGER, GRAHAM MITCHELL, TO TELL US ABOUT THE, WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE.

CERTAINLY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, BACK IN 2019, VINCENT, I ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH ALL OF CITY STAFF AND WE CALLED IT THE, UM, WHAT DO WE CALL IT AGAIN? SOMETHING TOUR, OH, VALUE AND CULTURES TOUR, OR SORRY, THE VALUE IN CULTURES TO OUR, AND, AND WE JUST WANTED, AND WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT 17 DIFFERENT MEETINGS.

WE DID A LOT OF BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT MANY OF OUR STAFF, ALTHOUGH WE WORK DIRECTLY IN THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF OUR STUFF DOESN'T GET TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD LIKE.

AND THEY DON'T FEEL AS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO FEEL CONNECTED.

AND, AND BECAUSE WE ARE SO SPREAD OUT AND WE DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FROM FIRE AND POLICE SERVICES TO ACCOUNTING SERVICES, THAT A LOT OF TIMES OUR STAFF DIDN'T INTERACT.

SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR STAFF TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

AND OUT OF THAT CAME THIS INTERNAL STAFF COMMITTEE CALLED WE ARE ONE, AND IT'S THE GOAL IS TO CONNECT THE CITY STAFF WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE AND ALSO WITH EACH OTHER.

SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO INVITE UP THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, SELENA BATTISTI, UM, WHO, UH, AND SHE, SHE BRINGS IT UP A TEAM AND SHE'S BRINGING UP HER TEAM.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE, UH, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WELLS AND COUNCIL.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS SELENA BATTISTI AND I AM A HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST HERE WITH THE CITY.

AND I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE, WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WE WANT TO SHARE THIS AFTERNOON, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.

AND ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS GRAHAM MENTIONED, THE COMMUNITY WAS BIRTHED OUT OF THE VALUES AND CULTURES TOUR.

I KNOW I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND I'M SURE MANY OF US WERE WHERE WE WANTED TO CONNECT MORE WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF OUR REGULAR JOB DUTIES, AS WELL AS WITH EACH OTHER.

I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW EACH OTHER.

AND FROM HR, WE GET TO MEET WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERY EMPLOYEE.

AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.

SO, UM, SOME OF THE PAST PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WERE VARIOUS, UH, STREET CLEANUPS.

AND THE COMMITTEE'S BEEN, UM, WORKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH A HUGE BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF DUE TO COVID.

UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO VARIOUS STREET CLEANUPS.

AND, UM, THIS SUMMER WE DID A COLLABORATION WITH CALTRANS CLEANING UP SOME OF THE, UM, ON AND OFF RAMPS RIGHT HERE OFF THE EIGHT.

AND ELKA HONE, WE DID A FUN IN THE SUN, UM, SUMMER CAMP WITH OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT WHERE, UM, KIDS FROM THE COMMUNITIES WOULD COME TO THE SUMMER CAMPS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH DEPARTMENT CAME FOR A MORNING.

AND, UM, WE CREATED PRESENTATIONS AND GAMES THAT WE COULD EXPLAIN TO THE KIDS WHAT EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DID AS WELL AS DRIVE THE LESSON HOME WITH A FUN ACTIVITY.

UM, WE GAVE WELLS PARK RECREATION CENTER, A FRESH COAT OF PAINT.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A DOG PARK BUILD AT HILLSIDE PARK AND IN SEPTEMBER,

[00:25:02]

IT WAS A BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE, WHICH IS REALLY, UM, THE FOCUS OF OUR TALK TODAY.

UM, WE TOOK A SURVEY IN, UM, EARLY SPRING ASKING OUR EMPLOYEES WHAT KIND OF SERVICE EVENTS WERE NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS.

AND, UM, ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST WAS TO SERVE OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS HERE IN THE VALLEY.

UM, SO WE REACHED OUT TO HOLSTON VALLEY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ASKED THEM IF THERE WERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WHERE WE COULD SERVE.

AND THEY GAVE US THE NAME OF TWO SCHOOLS, UM, AND ANSWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT THEY CONSIDER THESE, UM, SCHOOLS UNDERSERVED, MEANING THERE WAS NOT AT THAT TIME, UM, OTHER GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH THEM TO HELP FILL SOME OF THE GAPS THAT MIGHT BE THERE.

UM, AS A SIDE NOTE, SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SEPARATELY, CALIFORNIA COAST CREDIT UNION HERE IN EL CAHONE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY ON VOLUNTEER EVENTS THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES HAD SIMILAR DESIRE TO, UM, GET MORE INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY SERVE.

SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, COLLABORATE WITH THEM ON THIS DRIVE TO KIND OF ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT FOR THESE SCHOOLS.

UM, SO AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, UM, THE LIST WAS VERY SPECIFIC AND WE APPRECIATED THAT VERY MUCH.

UM, ONLY THESE TEACHERS, UM, KNOW WHAT THESE KIDS NEED AND WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE CLASSROOMS. UM, WE HAVE A, EVERYTHING FROM PENCILS AND CRANS PE EQUIPMENT SCIENCE, EXPERIMENT, MATERIALS, EVERYTHING LISTED ON EACH ONE OF THESE FEW SLIDES HERE WHERE ITEMS THAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED DURING THE DRIVE.

UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEEDS THAT ACTUALLY BOTH SCHOOLS EXPRESSED, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR PROBABLY BECAUSE I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED EVERY DAY IS THAT, UM, THEY NEEDED REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLES FOR ALL OF THE KIDS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE FOUNTAINS AT THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN SINCE THE EARLY START OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND WHILE FILLING STATIONS WERE MADE AVAILABLE, A LOT OF THESE KIDS DIDN'T HAVE WATER BOTTLES TO BRING BACK AND FORTH, UM, FROM HOME EVERY DAY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, BEING KIDS, THEY FORGET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, KINDERGARTNERS, YOU KNOW, TO SIXTH GRADERS, SO THEY FORGET.

AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UM, THROUGH, UM, THIS DRIVE, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE WATER BOTTLES TO EVERY STUDENT THAT WAS REPOR DESCENDED AT NEURONTIN THAT 750 PLUS STUDENTS.

AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S 500 PLUS STUDENTS EACH RECEIVED A WATER BOTTLE OF THEIR OWN TO KEEP AT SCHOOL.

UM, OUR COMBINED EFFORTS, UM, COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY $4,000 IN CASH AND SUPPLIES, CASH DONATIONS WERE USED TO PURCHASE THE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS THAT WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED FROM THE LIST.

AND I WANT TO, UM, SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS, UH, CITY OF EL CAHONE, CALIFORNIA COAST CREDIT UNION ELCA HONE BRANCH, OUR ALCOHOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OF COURSE, THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF ELKA HONE AND THE CALIFORNIA COAST CREDIT UNION, OUR COMBINED EFFORTS, UM, REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

AND, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW THE NEXT, UM, FEW SLIDES, UM, BECAUSE OF, UM, COVID RESTRICTIONS, NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO COME AND, UM, HELP US DROP OFF THE SUPPLIES.

AND, UM, SO THE EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATED, HAVEN'T SEEN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW THEM, UM, THE DAY THAT WE WENT TO DELIVER, UM, ANSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD THIS GREAT, THANK YOU, UH, FOR US ON THEIR MARQUEE.

AND, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WE'LL, YOU'LL GET TO SEE THEIR RESPONSE.

SO THESE ARE SOME EXCITED KIDS SHOWING OFF THEIR BRAND NEW WATER BOTTLES IN THEIR SCHOOL COLORS WITH A LITTLE AREA ON THEM WHERE THEY CAN WRITE THEIR NAMES.

SO THESE WATER BOTTLE BOTTLES ARE THERE.

SO IF YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE FROM THAT VIDEO, BUT THE KIDS ARE HOLDING UP THESE REALLY CUTE HAND SHAPED HIGHLIGHTERS.

UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY CALIFORNIA COAST AND EACH FINGER ON THE HIGHLIGHTER IS A DIFFERENT COLOR.

AND IF I WAS A KID AND I RECEIVED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD THINK I HAD A PRETTY COOL NEW TOY.

SO, UM, THERE YOU GO.

[00:30:08]

SO THEY, UM, THE ONES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COME TODAY, UM, CAN SEE, CAN SEE THOSE.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE, UM, I WANT TO DO WANT TO INTRODUCE THE COMMITTEE, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, UM, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR, UM, SUPPORT SUPPORTING THE COMMITTEE.

UM, WE WANT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND, UM, FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE, EMPLOYEE WELLNESS IS IMPORTANT TO US.

AND W AS THEY WAS SAID EARLIER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL ON VARIOUS WELLNESS, WELLNESS INITIATIVES, JUST LIKE JACKSON YARA.

AND THIS COMMITTEE IS ALSO A TYPE OF WELLNESS, UM, BESIDES ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE PROVIDES A SYNERGISTIC WELLNESS COMPONENT WHERE WHEN WE DO THESE EVENTS, WE FEEL ENERGIZED AND WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GREATER PURPOSE.

AND, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE MORE ENGAGED ARE LESS SICK, LESS STRESSED, MORE FOCUSED AND PRODUCTIVE.

AND, UM, PARTICIPATION IN THESE EVENTS IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY.

UM, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE MAY HAVE TO, UM, WORK OUT, UM, DO THIS OUTSIDE OF WORKING HOURS.

SO THE EMPLOYEES WHO CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE ARE NOT ONLY AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY FOR THEMSELVES.

UM, DOROTHY HEIGHTS SAID WITHOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A STRONG QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE PERSON WHO SERVES AS WELL AS THE RECIPIENT.

IT'S A WAY IN WHICH WE OURSELVES GROW AND DEVELOP.

AND I THINK THIS EXPRESSES A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF HOW HELPING OTHERS AND WELLNESS CAN REALLY GO HAND IN HAND.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT AN HR INITIATIVE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING AFTER DOING THE VARIOUS EVENTS, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, AND THEN TO SEE, UM, THESE KIDS EXCITEMENT, I MEAN, JUST THEM EXCITED ABOUT THEIR WATER BOTTLES AND THEIR HIGHLIGHTERS.

I MEAN, THAT MAKES ME FEEL GREAT TO, TO SEE WHAT OUR EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED.

AND SO I, AGAIN, I THINK THE COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH THE COMMITTEE, AND SO HR HAT OFF, WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE HAT BACK ON.

UM, SO, UM, THIS WAS SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE.

UM, WE REPRESENT SEVEN OF THE 11 DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AND WE DO MONTHLY MEETINGS AND, UM, KIND OF BRAINSTORM VARIOUS EVENTS.

AND, UH, WE ADVERTISE ALL OF OUR EVENTS, UM, VIA EMAILS, UM, STRICTLY.

AND, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SERVE, UM, YOU CAN EMAIL US AT, WE ARE ONE AT ELKA HONE DOT, OR WE ARE1@ALCOHOLAND.GOV.

AND THAT'S IT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DID YOU WANT IT TO JUST EVERYBODY? SURE.

UH, WE HAVE LC RIGHT OVER HERE ON MY LEFT.

AUTUMN JULIE ALON, KATRINA, STEP IT AND DOROTHY COOK, AND WE ALL REPRESENT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.

THANKS FOR DOING ALL THIS.

THIS IS REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY, OH, ALCOHOL GETS WORSE EVERY DAY, BUT YOU ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ALCOHOL CAN BE AND IS ALREADY YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY, BUT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD JUST BE MORE COMMUNITY MINDED, WE COULD, WE COULD SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS HERE.

AND I KNOW EVERYONE'S ALWAYS SAYING, OH, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE HOMELESS? WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE HOMELESS? THAT'S ANOTHER THING, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE AND YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THE CITIZENS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES WE WORK IN A JOB AND WE GO HOME AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT ALCOHOL.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL.

WE ARE ALCOHOL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

REAL QUICK.

YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU GUYS VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.

UM, YOU WORK IN THE CITY AND THEN YOU GO VOLUNTEER IN THE CITY.

I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU GUYS WANT TO GO HOME AFTER WORK AND, AND BE WITH YOUR FAMILIES, BUT THAT, WOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WHAT TIMELY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THESE KIDS, WHO THEIR PARENTS ARE PROBABLY STRAPPED FOR SUPPLIES

[00:35:01]

AND SO YOUR VISION, SO GRAHAM AND VINCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VISION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE.

AND THE OTHERS WHO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THERE THAT WEREN'T HERE.

THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING IT AND EVERYONE THAT VOLUNTEERED AND THE DONORS.

UM, YEAH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT SHOWS A LOT OF CHARACTER IN OUR STAFF AND I LOVE MEETING MORE STAFF EVERY DAY AND YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, WE GOT A REALLY GREAT TEAM HERE AND, AND UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU NOTICE THAT YOU GUYS ARE SPECIAL.

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR JUST A VARIETY OF PROJECTS FROM CLEANING UP TO HELPING KIDS OUT.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT REALLY ADDS VALUE TO THIS COMMUNITY AT THAT.

NO, THAT'S REALLY COOL.

YOUR PRESENTATION WAS SO MOTIVATING.

I THINK I WANT TO COME WORK ON A PROJECT OR SOMETHING, SO GREAT JOB.

YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS KEN EVERYBODY.

UH, WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.

UM, LASER GEM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEY'LL COME BACK AND CONTINUE ALL CONSENT ITEMS. WE ARE NOT CONSENT ITEMS

[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.]

ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER, A PERSON AND A TENANTS MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS DO WISH TO POINT INTO THE CONSENT ITEMS STAFF.

NO, SIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

AND FOR THE RECORD, SIR, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS RECEIVED CONSENT ITEMS AND MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

AT THIS TIME.

ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, RTB TAKING THE TIME THEY ADDED MS. MISHEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY SPAWNED THE STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

ANGELA, WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, SIR.

OKAY.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND NO PUBLIC AREAS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

WE HAVE TWO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS THAT TODAY'S AGENDA

[12. State Redistricting Commission RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council provides direction on allocation of staff time, use of consulting services, and endorsement of alternative district maps.]

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, PLEASE INFORM US ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF, OF ALCOHOL AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS GOING THROUGH ITS REDISTRICTING.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, BASED ON THE CENSUS DATA, THIS, THE STATE LOST, UH, ONE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

SO THERE'S A NEED TO DO SOME REDRAWING OF BOUNDARIES.

UM, AND THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE STATE CAL, THE CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.

SO TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM.

I REALLY WANTED TO PRESENT, UH, OR ACTUALLY SEEK, UH, DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHAT LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT YOU WANT CITY STAFF TO BE ENGAGED WITH THIS PROCESS, UM, PRESENT SOME MAPS FOR A CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, AND THEN THE STAFF REPORT ALSO ADDRESSES THE USE OF A CONSULTANT.

UM, DURING THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW MUCH STAFF TIME WOULD BE INVOLVED.

WE'RE AT CALCULATING VERY LITTLE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME GIVEN SHORE, REALLY THE SHORT DEADLINES BY WHICH WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING.

AND A LOT OF THAT, OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE WILL BE THROUGH OUR, UM, UH, CITY INTERNS.

THE OTHER THING IS THE CITY OF SAN TE IS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF US ON PUMPING OUT INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND SO THEY'RE SHARING SOME OF THEIR MESSAGING WITH US, SO THAT WILL HELP SAVE SOME TIME AS WELL.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT THIS TIME UTILIZING A CONSULTANT.

I DON'T THINK, UM, GIVEN REALLY A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS WORTH OF TIME FROM THEM IS PROBABLY WORTH IT.

AND THUS FAR, NO OTHER CITIES THAT, UM, ARE IN SORT OF OUR SAME BOAT ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THIS FIRM.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO, UM, GO OVER A FEW IMPORTANT DATES BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 15TH OR BY NOVEMBER 15TH.

THE, THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION IS TO RELEASE PRELIMINARY MAPS, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSELY THERE'LL BE ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL MAPS THAT THEY'VE DISTRIBUTED, WHICH I WILL SHARE IN A SECOND.

BUT ASSUMING THOSE ARE THE CASE, THESE ARE NOT GOOD MAPS FOR THE CITY OF ALCOHOL, UM, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 15TH AND DECEMBER 1ST, THEY'LL BE RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT OR ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, THEN

[00:40:01]

SO THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THEIR PROCESS.

SO LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE MAPS.

UM, AS YOU RECALL, THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT STATE ASSEMBLY, STATE, SENATE, AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS.

SO, UH, THIS FIRST MAP SHOWS, UM, THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND BEING IN AN ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL MAP RELEASED BY THE CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.

THIS WOULD HAVE THE CITY OF ALCOHOL IN A DISTRICT WITH A LAMESA SPRING VALLEY OR NOT EVEN SPRING, UH, SPRING VALLEY, UM, LEMON GROVE, LA PRESA, AND THEN EAST SAN DIEGO.

IT WOULD ACTUALLY SEPARATE US FROM RANCHO SAN DIEGO.

AND IF YOU CONSIDER THE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST OF MIDDLE EASTERN RESIDENTS IS REALLY DIVIDES UP THAT COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.

IT ALSO SEPARATES, UM, THIS PORTION OF EAST COUNTY WITH LAKESIDE AND, UH, SANTI, RAMONA AND ALPINE OTHER IMPORTANT COMMUNITIES IN EAST COUNTY.

SO THIS IS, UM, JUST SHARING THIS ALSO, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ALCOHOL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW HOW THIS CONCEPTUAL MAP WOULD AFFECT SANTEE AND LAKESIDE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, LAKESIDE IN SANTI WOULD INCLUDE AREAS AROUND MIRAMAR ALL THE WAY SHUT DOWN, UH, THE MAJOR CORRIDORS OF THE 8 0 5 AND THE 15 INCLUDE AREAS OF TIERRASANTA SAN CARLOS, ALL THE WAY TO 32ND STREET, DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, UH, BALBOA PARK HILLCREST THAT WHOLE NORTH PARK, THAT WHOLE AREA WOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF SANTEE.

SO IF YOU REALLY THINK OF EAST COUNTY AS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IN AND OF ITSELF REPRESENTED BY ONE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, TWO WATER DISTRICTS, UH, UM, WE COLLABORATE ON ALMOST EVERYTHING.

THIS WOULD COMPLETELY SPLIT UP THAT COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.

IT PUT US WITH, WITH, UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE HISTORICALLY DID NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH.

SO, UM, THE LAKESIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE ESCONDIDO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY DRAWN SOME S SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE MAPS, AND THERE'S AN EFFORT TO GET COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE BEHIND THESE MAPS, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE CITY OF ALCOHOLS SHOWS UP, I'M GOING TO POINT IT, AND IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT'S POINTING AT A LIGHT.

UH, BUT WE WOULD BE IN THAT, THAT TAN AREA THAT WOULD REALLY BE A TRUE EAST SAN DIEGO, ENTIRE COUNTY ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

AND THIS PROBABLY ALIGNS MORE WITH OUR HISTORIC NATURE.

IT DOES SEPARATE US FROM LAMESA AND LEMON GROVE, BUT IT KEEPS US WITH, UM, SANTI WITH RANCHO SAN DIEGO, WITH POWAY ALL THE WAY UP, PORTIONS OF ESCONDIDO, LOOKING AT THE STATE SENATE, UM, DISTRICT AGAIN, THE, THE COMMISSION'S CONCEPTUAL.

THIS WOULD HAVE THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.