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[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
WELCOME TO THE ELK AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THE MEETING IS CALLED THE ORDER AND I'LL ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WOULD YOU ALL, PLEASE STAY WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER 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 THANK YOU.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the January 11, 2022, Meeting and the Agenda of the January 25, 2022, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]
THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF GERMAN OF THE JANUARY 11TH, 2022 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JANUARY 25TH, 2022 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND NOW WE'RE AGENDA CHANGES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA SHAPES? YES, THERE ARE NO CHANGES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT
[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.]
ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LIST OF 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 PONY CONSENT ITEMS STAFF? NO, SIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE AND FURTHER THE THIRD, THIRD, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR CONSENT ITEMS. OH, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME AND MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS ABOUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
[ 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.]
ALL THE WAY TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENTS, EACH OF THE ALCOHOL RETAIL, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, RB TAKEN AT THE TIME, THE ANIMAS HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO THE STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ANDREW, WE HAVE THE SPEAKER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM RHEMA A AWAD.
I'M THE PROGRAMS MANAGER AT THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OR THE ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN DIEGO.
WE JUST SAW YOU THIS PAST SATURDAY AT THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
UM, I AM HERE TO COMMENT ON NOT SPECIFICALLY AND, UM, IN MANY WAYS A DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING.
UH, WE, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST AND WE SUBMITTED A MAP DRAFT, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND IN THE END, THE CURRENT MAP WAS VOTED IN.
UH, WE BELIEVE THIS IS A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU DID SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF OUR MAP AS A VERY CLOSE SECOND TO THE CURRENT MAP, WHICH YOU ENDED UP, UM, VOTING, UH, IN SUPPORT OF.
UM, AND WHILE THE CURRENT MAP DOES ACCOUNT FOR, UH, BLACK, ASIAN LATINEX AND WHITE POPULATION, UH, DISTRIBUTION, UM, IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGELY ARAB AND AFGHANI COMMUNITY HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
AND SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION, UH, IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CURRENT MAP AND CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE CURRENT MAP THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS THAT WE HAVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BEEN, UH, TESTIFYING FOR AND, UH, SUBMITTING LETTERS ABOUT, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE TIME, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS JANINE ERICA FROM PANNA, THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO REMIND AGAIN, THE PUBLIC OF THE DEFINITION OF A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST AS DEFINED IN THE FAIR MAPS ACT.
UM, A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IS A POPULATION THAT SHARES COMMON SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC INTERESTS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF
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ITS EFFECTIVE AND FAIR REPRESENTATION.SO AGAIN, IT'S MORE THAN JUST WHERE SOMEONE LIVES, BUT IT'S THEIR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR, UM, INSTITUTIONS IN THEIR AREA.
AND SO WHILE THE COUNCIL HAS NOT SECTION 2, 1 6 0 7 A AND B AND SECTION 2 1 6 0 8 D TWO OF THE FAIR MAPS ACT, THERE'S CONCERN VERGING ON VIOLATING SECTION 21 6 0 1 C2 SECTION 2, 1 6 2 1 D.
AND SECTION 1 68 F AND THE ELECTIONS CODE WE HAVE NOW HEARD THAT MULTIPLE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND REDISTRICTING HEARINGS CONCERNS WITH PUBLICLY SUBMITTED MAPS BASED ON WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS LIVE.
SECTION 2, 1, 6 20 IN THE ELECTIONS CODE EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT ADOPT COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FAVORING OR JUST DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A POLITICAL PARTY.
AND RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS THAT THE CURRENT MAP HAS BEEN DRAFTED IN FAVOR AND INCUMBENCY OVER DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
LASTLY, ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS SECTION 2, 1 608 F, AND WHICH RECORD A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF EVERY COMMENT AND TESTIMONY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE GENERAL SUMMARY OF ONE SUMMARY FOR WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS ALARMING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND TO ENSURE THAT IT'S EQUITABLE.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT AS WE WRAP UP THE PROCESS ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CITY STAFF.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO HEAR YOU THE COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS AND I'M THE REDISTRICT AND FELLOW WITH MUSH DULL, THE ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN DIEGO.
WE HAVE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SHOWING UP FOR REDISTRICTING HEARING SINCE JULY, WE'VE SHOWN UP TO ALL FOUR HEARINGS, BRINGING OUT OVER 100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER 50 OF THEM GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF MUSH, DENSE MAP, OR EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEIR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, WHICH WE HAVE DONE IN MATH.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS ONE SPECIFIC CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS THE CONTIGUOUS OF, UM, OUR, OF MAP ONE 12.
AND AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, I JUST SUBMITTED RECORDS THAT I WILL BE REFERRING TO SHORTLY.
SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UM, NDCS AND DC HAD CONCERNS REGARDING CONTIGUITY ON SATURDAY WITH MAP ONE 12, AND I WANNA MAKE, UM, MAKE SURE TO, UM, BRING IT IN THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC IN OUR DISTRICTS, HAVE NO CONTIGUOUS ISSUES.
THE STATUE THAT AREAS THAT I QUOTE AREAS THAT MEET ONLY AT THE POINTS OF ADJOINING CORNERS ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS, DOES NOT APPLY AS NO AREAS WITHIN A DISTRICT MEET AT THE POINT OF ADJOINING CORNERS.
IN FACT, I BROUGHT IN AS ZOOMED IN SECTIONS OF THE MAP THAT SHOW THAT THE AREA OF CONCERN MAINTAINED CENSUS BLOCKS AND IS ACTUALLY BASED ON DEED ON THE D TWO D THREE BOUNDARY OF THE CURRENT MAP ON THE TOP.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW THAT IN A MINUTE, WHICH THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CONCERNS ABOUT, SO IN THE CURRENT MAP MAP, 100, IF WE LOOK HERE ON THE TOP BETWEEN D TWO AND D THREE, THIS AREA LOOKS EXACTLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN MATH ONE 12, WHICH IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST IN ONE SPECIFIC AREA.
THIS IS D TWO D THREE D ONE IN OUR MAP WHILE, UM, ENSURING THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING CENSUS BLOCKS.
SO IF THIS IS AN ISSUE OF CONTIGUITY, THAT MEANS IT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE OF CONTIGUOUSLY IN THE CURRENT MAP AS WELL IN 100 AND THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER ADJUSTING, UM, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN THE CURRENT MAP, IF THIS IS AN ISSUE OF CONTIGUOUS.
UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS WHILE THE CURRENT MAP DOES, AS I MENTIONED, MY COLLEAGUE GRANDMA, THE CURRENT MAP KEEPS THE CURRENT PERCENTAGES OR HAS A VERY GOOD PERCENTAGES OF LATIN X, BLACK AND ASIAN COMMUNITY VOTING, UM, UM, PERCENTAGES.
THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL MENTIONED THAT OUR MATH ONE 12 ACTUALLY ALSO IS IDENTICAL TO THESE PERCENTAGES.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS OUR MAP ADDRESSES COYS CONCERN, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP WITH FOR OVER SEVEN MONTHS WHILE THE CURRENT MAP DOES NOT.
SO WE URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION
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AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING OUR COMMUNITIES IN INTEREST IN OUR COURT TESTIMONY.BRINGS US A WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS OF WHICH THERE ARE NONE.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM.
[6. Update on Homeless Programs and CDBG CARES Act Programs RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report and provides feedback and direction on homeless and CARES Act programming and funding.]
WANT AS AN UPDATE ON HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND CDBG CARES, ACT PROGRAMS AND STAFF, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS? CAN YOU HEAR ME WELL, OR ACTUALLY I THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OFF IF THAT'S OKAY.MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU THAT SEMI-ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
UH, THE CITY IS ENGAGED IN TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, UM, THAT IS INCLUDING THE PROGRAMS FUNDED WITH CDBG CARES, ACT FUNDS AS WELL.
THIS REPORT SHOWS THE 24TH MONTH PERIOD FROM JANUARY, 2022, DECEMBER, 2021.
FOR THE MOST PART, SINCE JANUARY, 2020, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED NEARLY $2.9 MILLION IN GENERAL FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS TO SUPPORT HOMELESS RELATED PROGRAMS. THIS LIGHT SHOWS THE ALLOCATIONS BY PROGRAM.
THE LARGEST PROGRAMS ALLOCATED IN THE PAST 24 MONTHS ARE ALCOHOL AND HOMELESS OUTREACH WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 400,000 EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER, EMERGENCY SHELTER WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 585,294, THE HOUSING AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 672,362, THE EMERGENCY SCATTER SITE MOTEL WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 400,000 AND THE ACQUISITION AND OUR REHAB OF A FACILITY WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $299,307.
THE EXACT ALLOCATION AMOUNT TOTALS UP TO $2,897,750.
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE EXPENDITURES AND RESULTS FOR EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS ALSO BETWEEN JANUARY, 2020 AND DECEMBER, 2021 AND TOTAL NEARLY $1.6 MILLION HAVE BEEN SPENT FOR HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING SERVICES.
AND THE LAST 24 MONTHS TO DATE A TOTAL OF 2,957 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED.
AND OUT OF THAT TOTAL 737 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED.
THAT IS ABOUT A 23% INCREASE OF PERMANENTLY HOUSED INDIVIDUALS SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE REPORT.
UM, IN AUGUST OF 2021, THIS PERMANENT HOUSING CONNECTIONS GRAPH SHOWS WHAT THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS HAVE LOOKED LIKE FOR TWO OF THE CITY PROGRAMS. THAT IS A WAY BACK HOME AND EL CAHONE HOUSING CONNECTIONS PROGRAMS, AND THE NUMBER OF PERMANENTLY HOUSED INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THESE TWO, THE NUMBER OF PERMANENTLY HOUSED INDIVIDUALS WAS 39 DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY 39 HOUSEHOLDS DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS COMPARED TO 11 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT.
UM, TOGETHER THESE TWO PROGRAMS HAVE ASSISTED A TOTAL OF 232, UH, HOUSEHOLDS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING SINCE JULY, 2017.
AND TO CONCLUDE THIS UPDATE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING STEPH RECOMMENDS TO CONTINUE THE ALCOHOL HO A HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM, AND A WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM, UH, TO CONTINUE EMERGENCY SHELTER, ROTATIONAL SHELTER, AND EMERGENCY SCATTER SITE.
MULTIPLE PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE COUNTY ON A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN EAST COUNTY, EXPLORE OTHER IDEAS FOR NEW AND CONTINUED SERVICES AT COUNCIL WORKSHOP, CONTINUE HOMELESS OUTREACH EVENTS AND THE ENHANCED NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM EFFORTS, AND, UH, TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO CONTINUE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE, UH, STAFF DOES WALK THEM, UH, COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REPORT COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, STEVE, THANK YOU FOR A VERY THOROUGH AND CONCISE REPORT AND A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THAT I CAN TELL.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE OF $240,690
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LEFT IN CDBG CV, WHICH WAS ROUND ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED YET.THAT WAS FOR THE, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE SUSPENDED BECAUSE THE COUNTY WAS, UH, TAKING OVER THAT.
SO I, I HAVE AN IDEA FOR THAT.
UM, THE, THE RESULTS ARE MORE THAN IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE REGION WIDE RESULTS.
I THINK THE TEAM THAT HAS SUPPORTED THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS, WHETHER IT'S KARENA OR NAVIGATOR, IT IS, IT IS, UH, ECE TLC.
I THINK I SAW IVAN SOMEWHERE IN HELEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN ANY REGIONAL EFFORT MATCH THE SUCCESS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND WE WANT TO BECOME A MODEL NOT TO, TO ATTRACT OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE AREA, BUT THAT WE COULD BE KEPT COME A MODEL FOR OTHERS JURISDICTIONS TO TAKE UP THE SAME TORCH AS WELL.
ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR IS EXPLORE OTHER IDEAS.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND, RATHER THAN HAVE IT AS A DISCUSSION, THE GOAL WORKSHOP AND KIND OF HIJACK THE A 30,000 FOOT LEVEL DISCUSSIONS.
THIS IS MORE OF A, OF A, UH, UH, A PINPOINT APPROACH IS, UH, TESTING THESE NEW IDEAS.
AND I THINK THE, THE EMERGENCY CABINS AT MERIDIAN OR THE BURMA, THE BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
IT TOOK A WHILE TO, AND SOME CLEARING OF THE CLOUDS TO GET THERE.
AND I HOPE THAT BECOMES A MODEL FOR OTHERS JURISDICTIONS.
I KNOW IN CITY OF SAN DIEGO, UH, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE VERY INTERESTED, THE SAFE PARKING THING I'D LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY BRING UP, UH, WELL, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC.
UH, MY CONCEPT WITH SAFE PARKING IS ALMOST AN INVITATION, ONLY APPROACH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE KNOW, I THINK FROM LAST TIME THAT UP TO 30 STUDENTS IN THE GROSSMONT HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, AND OTHERS IN THE CAHONE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE LIVING IN CARS RIGHT NOW.
PARKING WOULD BE FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
UH, THIS IS NOT PEOPLE WITH RVS.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO DESIRE TO GET INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE SAFE PARKING WOULD BE A FORM OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
SO, UH, MY CONCERN IS THE NUMBERS OF SUCCESS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS SEEMS TO SURPASS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE THINK ARE IN THE STREET.
ANYTIME WE DO A POINT OF POINT OF COUNT OR WHATEVER, IT'S CALLED A POINT OF TIME AND COUNT, AND I'M AFRAID WE'RE BECOMING A VACUUM THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE DRAWN IN.
AND, UH, THEY GET THE WORD THAT, HEY, WE GOT MOTEL VOUCHERS AND WE DO THESE THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SWITCHED FROM GENERAL MOTEL VOUCHERS TO TARGETED MOTEL VOUCHERS.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE REALLY SEEKING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
LET ME TAKE 30 SECONDS TO TELL YOU A STORY, WHICH ILLUSTRATES THAT POINT.
I FOUND A YOUNG LADY AND IN CRYSTAL, SHE WAS OVER BY THE, BY, UH, BY THE FREEWAY HERE.
AND SHE WAS STANDING AT A DUMPSTER WHILE I WAS LOOKING AT AN AREA.
I SAID, CAN I HELP YOU? AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR FOUR THINGS.
AND I SAID, REALLY, CAN WE, CAN WE GET YOU SOME SHELTER TO GET CLEANED UP FOR THE NIGHT AND MAYBE GET RESET? AND SHE SAID, OH, I'D LOVE THAT.
AND WE TRIED A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS.
IT TOOK ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND, AND, UH, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE ANSWERED THE PHONE CALL.
AND HE, HE HE'S A SOLUTION GUY.
HE GAVE THE SOLUTION, HE HAD A CAR OVER WITHIN A HALF AN HOUR TO GIVE HER A VOUCHER FOR A MOTEL STAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE BROUGHT WITH HER A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO DESTROYED THE ROOM, AND NOW SHE'S ON A, DO NOT RENT LIST.
AS WE KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE, THAT'S A STRUGGLE FOR US IS WHEN WE GIVE PEOPLE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY DESTROY THE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S BOY, WE WISH WE COULD HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH A SAFE PARKING THING AT LEAST IS TO, TO SAY, COULD WE HAVE STAFF? I THINK STAFF HAS ALREADY HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH POTENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IS THAT TRUE? UM, ONLY THROUGH EMAIL EXCHANGES, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE MEETINGS SET UP TO MEET WITH TWO TO TWO GROUPS OF FOLKS.
SO I WANT TO KNOW, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO RETURN IN 30 DAYS WITH SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.
THE LAST COUNCIL, OUR TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS TO GO TO THE COUNCIL, TALKED ABOUT GIVING STAFF 90 DAYS.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD TAKE COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD TAKE 90 DAYS TO COME BACK WITH THE REPORT.
MY, MY THOUGHT WOULD BE WE WOULD GET SOME INFORMATION FROM EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE REGION.
WE WOULD GO LOOK AT SOME EXISTING SITES AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND THOSE SITES TO UNDERSTAND POSITIVE AND NEGATIVES.
WE WOULD, UM, GET A SENSE FROM OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ALCOHOL, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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THE DEMAND FOR THAT TYPE OF A SERVICE, THE, THE SCOPE OF WHAT THAT SERVICE WOULD LOOK LIKE.SOME POTENTIAL SITES WHERE THAT COULD BE FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE AND THEN MAYBE DEVELOP SOME ALTERNATIVES AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE COULD COME BACK WITHIN 30 DAYS IF THAT WAS DIRECTION, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO GIVE US.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE TO MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT WE GIVE THE CITY MANAGER THAT DIRECTION.
UH, I WE'VE HAD GREAT RESULTS AND I HOPE THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS LEARN FROM IT.
UM, I'M STARTING TO GET THE CONCERN NOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET WHO DON'T WANT OFF THE STREET.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO PICK UP QUITE A BIT OF, OF DISCARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO HAVE STAFF RETURN IN 30 DAYS WITH THEIR THOUGHTS ON A SAFE PARKING PROGRAM.
AND YOU AND I HAVE WORKED ON THE SAFE PARKING, UM, INITIATIVE.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO FORWARD, UM, SOONER THAN 90 DAYS AND WE HAVE TALKED TO A FEW, SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD AND A GOOD IDEA.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO BRING UP THAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE HEAR ALL THE TIME, HOW WE DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE HOMELESS, DO SOMETHING FOR THE HOMELESS OVER THE PAST 24 MONTHS TO CITY HAS ALLOCATED $2.4 MILLION ON DIRECT HOMELESS ASSISTANCE, HOUSING PROGRAMS OVER 300,000 ON NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EFFORTS AND 15,000 TO THE TASK FORCE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY LARGE NUMBER OF DOLLAR SPENT, UH, EFFORT SPENT.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T DO ENOUGH FOR THE HOMELESS, I THINK WE'VE GOT PROOF THAT WE DO.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO LIGHT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE LISTENING TO A STEP OF PORT, IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE OVERWHELMED WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I HAD READ THROUGH IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I BROUGHT UP, UH, BETWEEN JANUARY OF 2020 AND DECEMBER OF 2021 MORE THAN 2,900 INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED SHELTER SERVICE AND SERVICES.
22,124 OF THOSE WERE ASSISTED WITH SOME FORM OF HOUSING OR SHELTER.
AND 737 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT NUMBERS.
AND I THINK ECE TLC, UH, HOMESTART OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF, EVERYONE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON THIS.
WE HEAR YOU, AND WE ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL OF THE, THE POLICIES, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH PERMITS, IT TAKES TIME.
YOU CAN'T JUST SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND IT'S TAKEN CARE OF WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THIS, BUT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA SPENDS MORE ON HOMELESS THAN ALL THE OTHER EAST COUNTY CITIES COMBINED.
SO THAT'S REALLY SAYING SOMETHING WE CARE ABOUT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, UH, THAT'S FINE THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO EXPLORE THE SAFE PARKING, UM, AND BRING A REPORT BACK ON IT.
I DO WANT TO, IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION REALLY UNDERLYING MY MAIN POINT, THE HOMELESS SITUATION WE HAVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA SEEMS IT'S A LOT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNHOUSED RIGHT NOW.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE THE BIGGEST CITY IN EAST COUNTY, WE'RE STILL A SMALL CITY AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH, IT'S SO MUCH MONEY WE CAN SPEND.
AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
UM, TO THAT POINT, I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO WITH SANTEE LEMON GROVE.
AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN SILOS AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH MORE TOGETHER THAN WE CAN APART.
AND WHEN WE START TO COORDINATE AND POOL OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START GETTING THE COUNTY TO FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'D LIKE, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE AS THE CITY OF ALCOHOL IN A SMALL CITY WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL BUDGET CAN ACCOMPLISH, WHAT CAN WE ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER WHEN, UH, WHEN WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER? UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS AND I WANT TO KEEP THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, AND I, I THINK BRINGING THIS, UM, SAFE PARKING LOT IDEA TO OUR NEW PARTNERS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA AND
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SAY, HEY, HOW CAN WE HELP? AND HOW CAN WE WORK ON THIS TOGETHER AS A GOOD, UM, STARTING POINT FOR THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, IT COULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT OF A PROJECT TO SAY, LET'S HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TOGETHER.UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GRANDMA, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE MEMORANDUM WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS? SO, UM, WE TOOK THE LEAD, UH, FROM THE LEGAL, THE LEGAL REVIEW.
SO MORGAN ACTUALLY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO REVIEW IT.
IT'S NOW BEEN REVIEWED BY ALL OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS FOR THE OTHER CITIES, UH, NOT BY THE COUNTY YET.
WE'RE DOING ONE LAST LOOK AT IT.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER POWAY WOULD BE IN THE MOU OR NOT.
AND THEY'RE MAKING A DECISION ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL SHOOT IT TO THE COUNTY.
MY GOAL WOULD BE TO GET IT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, THAT'S THE GOAL, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UM, AND I THINK THE MOU WILL HELP SOLIDIFY A CONVERSATION THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING BETWEEN THE JURISDICTIONS, WHICH NEEDS TO CONTINUE, WHICH DOES BRING UP.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW? NO.
MAKING SURE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YANI SUGGESTED IN HER STAFF REPORT WAS THAT WE CONSIDER WHETHER WE CONTINUE TO FUND THE, UH, EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.
I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE TASK FORCE AT ONE POINT WAS TO BRING A LOT OF DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND ENTITIES TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TASK FORCE IS DOING THAT AS MUCH AS IT WAS INITIALLY.
I THINK THE CITIES ARE NOW HAVING THEIR OWN CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER AND WE'VE DEVELOPED OUR OWN NETWORK.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, THE, THE CONTINUED FUNDING OF THAT PROGRAM, WHICH FOR US IS ABOUT $5,000.
ONE OTHER, THE THING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IS WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS CHILDREN AT THE LAST COUNT.
I HEARD THAT WE HAD 160 FORMERLY HOMELESS CHILDREN LIVING OUT AT EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER.
OH, MORE IVAN SAYS MORE THAN THAT.
IVAN'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF ECE TLC, AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN SOME KID WHO THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN IS LIVING OUT IN THE BUSHES.
SO I COMMEND ECE TLC FOR DOING THAT.
AND THEY HAD THEIR BUSES THAT TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER, UH, WHERE THEY CAN WATCH SOMEONE THAT THEY TRUST CAN WATCH THE KIDS WHILE THE MOMS GO OUT AND LOOK FOR WORK OR ARE WORKING.
SO IT'S, IT'S A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION AND THEY REALLY HELPED THIS COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, IVAN AND EVERYBODY FROM ECE TLC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN THAT WE RECORD, UH, THAT WE ACCEPT.
ARE YOU GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING? I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS.
THE FIRST SPEAKER AND WE HAVE THREE, UH, KAYLA MINDSHARE.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? ANGELA? WE HAVE THREE.
MAYOR WELLS, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS, YOUR HARD WORK AND CONSIDERATION OF THE MANY FACETED ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS.
AS A MEMBER OF THE EDC, AS A MEMBER OF THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASKFORCE AND AN AND RESIDENTS FOR 41 YEARS, I'VE WATCHED THE EBB AND FLOW AND I'M GRATIFIED THAT ALKIN, HOEHN CONTINUES TO FIND AND IMPLEMENT WAYS TO HELP.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, TO SAY OVERNIGHT PARKING AND SUGGEST THAT IT'S TIME TO PUT FACES ON WHO SAFE PARKING WILL SERVE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE, UM, MS. CORTEZ, SOME PICTURES THAT YOU MIGHT NEED.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
MOST OF THE UNSHELTERED WHO USED THESE PROGRAMS HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS.
THEY HAVE JOBS, HAVE LOST HOMES AND STILL HAVE THEIR CARS.
THEY MIGHT BE A FAMILY, A SINGLE PARENT, A SENIOR OF ED OR A VETERAN.
THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS A NEED FOR A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN REST FOR THE NIGHT WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING ACCOSTED.
THE TWO PROGRAMS I KNOW OF BOTH HAVE GUIDELINES FOR WHO MAY STAY REQUIRED, DETAILED
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APPLICATIONS, PROVIDE SECURITY, SANITARY FACILITIES, AND TRASH CONTAINERS AND LIMIT ACCESS TO 6:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD AND NOT SCARY AT ALL.
THERE'S STRONG OPPOSITION FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS.
WE HERE IN OKLAHOMA HAVE GOOD SHEPHERD MINISTRY WHO HAS AN APPROPRIATE SITE ALREADY PROVIDE SERVICES AND IS PREPARED TO WORK WITH AN ORGANIZATION WITH LONG-TIME EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS WITH AN OFFICE ON MOUNT HELIX, THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE UNSHELTERED WHO USED THESE SERVICES IS THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING, BOTH FOR SALE AND RENTAL.
IN FACT, COUPLED WITH THE RECENT INCREASES IN UTILITIES IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING THESE PROBLEMS AND ENDORSING AND BUILDING A NUMBER OF LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS OVER THE YEARS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR ORGANIZATION, IVAN, ANDREW, OUR OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER.
UM, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE COMING IN AS, UM, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE PUBLIC.
WE FINISHED OUR NEW DORMS. WE MOVED TO OUR, UH, SINGLE MEN AND WOMEN INTO THOSE DORMS. AND THOSE ARE FAST FILLING UP WITH THE WINTER MONTHS AND, AND COLD WEATHER.
BUT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING UP THE REMODELS FOR THE FAMILIES.
THAT'S 40 ADDITIONAL ROOMS. AND WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS OF THOSE ROOMS COMING ONLINE, THEY'RE FILLED.
SO THE NEED IS OUT THERE AND, AND WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE COME IN AND WE HAVE A LARGE WAITING LIST.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 200 KIDS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE FAMILIES THAT COME IN IT'S ON AN AVERAGE ABOUT THREE, THREE KIDS PER HOUSEHOLD ON AVERAGE, UM, WE HAD ONE THAT HAD 10.
WE PUT THEM IN TWO ROOMS. SO WE ACCOMMODATE THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT WE CAN, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES, BUT THE SINGLE ADULTS AS WELL.
UM, I'VE, I'VE HEARD, DISCUSSED OUT HERE, THE FACE OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, THAT FACE, YOU MAY BE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU SEE SOMEBODY HOLDING A SIGN UNDERNEATH A FREEWAY OVERPASS, AND YOU THINK THAT'S A FACE OF HOMELESSNESS.
YOU MAY DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND SEE SOMEBODY AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE SITTING IN THE CAR, AND YOU THINK THEY'RE WARMING UP THEIR CAR WITH THEIR CHILD TO TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL.
NO, THEY SLEPT THERE LAST NIGHT.
YOU JUST DIDN'T NOTICE THEM THE NIGHT BEFORE.
AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE TO HELP.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, ECE TLC IS THERE TO ASSIST THEM IF THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, TO COME AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND WE HAVE SECULAR NON-SECULAR PROGRAMS. AND, AND IF ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT'S LISTENING RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S IN NEED OF HELP.
UM, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AND I WAS HERE BASICALLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WELL, LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
COUNSEL? NO, I THINK WE, WE KNOW CTLC REALLY WELL AND, UH, WE SURE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR, YOUR FELLOWS DO.
UH, IT'S IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
THE LAST SPEAKER IS KELLY SPOON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR DREAMS FOR CHANGE.
I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, MR. MITCHELL, AND, UM, I'M HERE JUST TO AGAIN, EXTEND OUR IMITATION ONE, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SAFE PARKING.
WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING SAFE PARKING FOR OVER 12 YEARS.
UM, WE ARE THE SECOND IN THE COUNTRY TO PERFORM SAFE PARKING AND WE ARE NOW CONSIDERED THE BEST PRACTICE MODEL.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE TAUGHT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES AND OTHER PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT MODELS AND FORMS OF SAFE PARKING.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN, PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THAT'S A, THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT VITAL PEOPLE TO SEE THE BIGGEST POPULATION THAT'S GROWING RIGHT NOW IS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 50 AND 67.
THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCOME GAP BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE MORE MONEY.
UM, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES.
YOU HAVE WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT WORKED AND CANNOT ACTUALLY MEET HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR RENT.
SO THOSE WOMEN ARE USUALLY SITTING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 13 YEARS WAITING FOR A SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER, 13 YEARS.
MOST OF THEM GO THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY WHILE THEY'RE RECEIVING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT.
WHILE THEY'RE LIVING IN THEIR CARS.
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WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE THEM WITH A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AT NIGHT AND GET SERVICES FROM US SO WE CAN MEET THEM AND GET THEM INTO ANOTHER, UM, SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND SAFE PARKING AND EVERY SAFE PARKING IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT JUST ABOUT PULLING UP AND PARKING.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.
WE WILL NOT LET ANYBODY ON IN THE PROGRAM THAT IS NOT ON THE REGISTRY, WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE VERY MINOR OFFENSES AND SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE HELP.
UM, SECONDLY, IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TOWARDS HOUSING.
THEY TALK TO THEIR CASE MANAGER EVERY NIGHT, IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING TO HOUSING AND THEY'RE NOT MOVING THEMSELVES THROUGH IT, THEN THEY HAVE TO EXIT THE PROGRAM.
CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
THE THIRD AND MOST IMPORTANT PART IS FINANCIAL LITERACY.
WE MAKE IT A MANDATORY PROGRAM THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR PROGRAM UNDERSTANDS FINANCIAL LITERACY IN THEIR MONEY, CREDIT, EVERYTHING.
THAT'S KIND OF GOTTEN THEM INTO THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN AND THIS IS HOW WE WORK.
AND WE LAYER THIS ON WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
WE WILL PULL EVERYTHING IN THAT WE CAN, WE WORK WITH MANY DIFFERENT PROVIDERS.
WE'VE EVEN SPOKEN TO IAN BEFORE.
UM, AND ALL WE ARE ASKING IS FOR YOU GUYS TO KEEP IN EXPLORING THIS REALLY VITAL PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
SO I FOLLOW YOUR PAGE AND I FORWARD YOUR POST A LOT.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.
HOW DO YOU COUNTER THE FEARS OF RESIDENTS THAT SAY NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE GOT A PRESCHOOL NEARBY, WE'VE GOT A SCHOOL IT'S IN THE AREA.
UM, MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN.
IF WE HAVE A SAFE PARKING SITE, UH, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW DO YOU COUNTER THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I RECENTLY THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO PUT UP SAFE PARKING SITE AT 94 AND AVOCADO A LOT OF, UM, UH, FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND HOW DO YOU COUNTER THAT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERY PLACE IS, UH, A GOOD PLACE FOR SAFE PARKING, RIGHT? BUT IF THEY HAVE TO BE BEDDED AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH REGISTRIES, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SEX OFFENDER STAYING IN A SAFE PARKING SPOT.
IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UM, CERTAIN, UH, YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA TO PARK THERE AND YOU COULD HAVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL RESIDENTS THAT SAY, LOOK, YOUR FEARS ARE LISTENED TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS BAD AS YOU SAY THEY ARE.
AND THEY'RE NOT THE DIRTY TRASHY PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE.
RIGHT? SO ACTUALLY WE, UM, I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
I ACTUALLY COME FROM THE WORLD OF POLITICS.
UM, I ACTUALLY WORKED ON A FEW CAMPAIGNS AND WONDER THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFE PARKING, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS.
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ SHARED HIS PERSONAL STORY.
HE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS CALLED A TRANSITIONAL HOMELESS PERSON.
THEY'RE NOT CAUGHT IN THAT MOMENT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO REASSURE OUR NEIGHBORS AND I KNOW THAT LOT.
WELL, MY MOTHER LIVES AT FUERTE IN GRAND GRANDVIEW.
UM, AND SO THEY'VE, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUT THERE ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVE TO REMIND THEM THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE USUALLY THEIR MOTHERS, THEIR AUNTS, THEIR FATHERS, THEIR UNCLES, THEIR BROTHERS, THEY ARE EMBARRASSED ABOUT THEIR PREDICAMENT.
THEY WILL NOT SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
SO IT IS UP TO THE CASE MANAGER IN OUR PROGRAM TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SLOWLY TAKE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN IN A FINANCIAL SITUATION WHERE WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE IT.
WE HAVE TO GET OVER THAT EMBARRASSMENT AND THE SHAME THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THAT IS, IT'S A DIFFERENT, IT IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS USUALLY HAVE REALLY HIGH LEVELS OF DRUG, UM, MENTAL HEALTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS AVOID THAT STAGE.
THE MOMENT SOMEBODY SPENDS THREE MONTHS ON A STREET, LIVING IN THEIR CAR.
THEY ARE ALREADY IN SEVERE DEPRESSION, THREE MONTHS.
WE HAVE TO CATCH THEM SOONER THAN THIS.
WE HAVE TO FIND AND GIVE THEM THAT SAFE PLACE TO LOWER THEIR STUFF.
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SO HOW I WOULD TAKE THOSE RESIDENTS, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A WORKSHOP.I WOULD INVITE THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS.
I WOULD PROBABLY THEN ACCIDENTALLY BRING A FEW OF MY SAFE PARKING CLIENTS IN AND HAVE THEM THERE.
SO THEY COULD JUST SEE THAT THEY'RE NORMAL PEOPLE.
THAT'S NOT WHO THEY THINK THEY ARE.
WE HAVE TO KIND OF BREAK THAT BARRIER OF WHAT HOMELESSNESS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, IN THE BACK, I'M SURE THEY COME ACROSS PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO SLEEP IN THEIR CAR.
AND THEY'RE, THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST SO AFRAID TO BE KNOCKED ON THEIR WINDOW AND THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOCK ON THEIR WINDOW.
THEY'D RATHER, IF THEY'RE GOING TO KNOCK ON THE WINDOW, GIVE THEM A PLACE TO SAY, THERE'S SOME PLACE TO HELP YOU.
THERE'S SOMEPLACE WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ME KNOCKING ON YOUR WINDOW WHERE YOU'RE NOT SAFE.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY WHO IS DANGEROUS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE BREAK THAT DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR AUNT, YOUR GRANDMA, OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT, YOUR UNCLE HAVING THEIR WINDOW KNOCKED ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SAYING, WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING HERE THEN? THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE PROGRAMS. YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, I THINK OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE DONE THIS PROBABLY HAVE SAID, UH, WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS, BUT WE SURE DON'T WANT TO BE AN ATTRACTION TO THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY.
HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? HOW WE ADDRESS THAT, WHICH IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING, IT'S STRANGE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE FIND, IT'S A MYTH.
UM, THEY ARE FROM THE MOST OF THEM THAT COME TO US, COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST.
DO WE GET THOSE PEOPLE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I'M NOT KIDDING YOU AT COMIC CON EVERY YEAR, OUR PLACE ON 28TH AND 94, I GET THE PHONE CALL.
I'M EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND YOU KNOW, I NEED A PLACE TO STAY.
AND IT'S ABOUT A FIVE, YOU KNOW, A FIVE MINUTE CONVERSATION.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE, GET OUT OF HERE, MOVE ON.
UM, BUT HOW WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT THAT IS JUST, WE CAN, ONE, WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED THAT SAYS, ARE YOU COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY? IF THEY'RE IDEAS ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BANISH EVERYBODY, BUT IF WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LOCALS AT FIRST, THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN CREATE A PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE YOU COULD HAVE A SAFE PARKING LOT.
THAT IS, WE HAVE ONE, UH, WELL, NOT US, BUT THERE IS ONE UP IN LA.
NOW THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BAD PROBLEM.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST LOT I'VE HEARD ABOUT.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT AND TH BUT THEY ARE ON THE PARKING LOT OF A VA BUILDING.
SO THEY LITERALLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN COME OUT AND GIVE THEM CRISIS SERVICES IN THE MOMENT.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS HERE WITH LIKE GOOD SHEPHERD IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEEK OUT WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO IS WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUR RESIDENTS JUST BECAUSE THEY WOUND UP HAVING SOME HORRIBLE MEDICAL EXPENSES, OR THEY WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE OR EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT LEAD US TO ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKING THE DECISION BETWEEN SLEEPING IN OUR CAR AND SLEEPING IN A SHELTER.
CAUSE IT'S GOING TO SELL THE ADVERSARIAL, BUT NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THE EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER.
THEY TELL ME AND THE POLICE OFFICERS TELL ME THAT EVERYBODY ON THE STREET THAT THEY APPROACH, THEY USUALLY APPROACH SEVEN TO 12 TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO GET TREATMENT.
SO IF THESE FOLKS ARE HAVING TROUBLE AND THEY, AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO STAY, IS IT MORE COMPASSIONATE TO GET THEM INTO THE EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER WHERE THEY CAN GET FOOD AND SHELTER AND BE IN A BED, THEN SLEEPING IN A CAR WITH A CHILD AT NIGHT? THAT'S NOT COMPASSIONATE.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THE BARRIERS.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SURVIVAL MODE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT LIVING IN ON THE STREET, YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET PAST THE FIRST 15, THE NEXT 15 MINUTES OF YOUR DAY, NOT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT NIGHT.
SO YOU JUST KIND OF GET THERE.
SO NOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT ACTUALLY SITS DOWN AND THEY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE.
AND WE, THERE ARE TIMES WE'VE ACTUALLY PLACED PEOPLE WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR LOT THAT'S OVER ON IMPERIAL AND 56, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM OUT HERE, BUT IT TAKES ABOUT NOT KIDDING SOMETIMES A GOOD MONTH TO CONVINCE THEM THAT A BED IS BETTER.
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YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE BIG TENT SHELTERS ARE SHELTERS, WHERE IT HAS MORE OF A BUNK BED QUALITY.I, AS A MOTHER WOULD FEEL FAR BETTER ABOUT KEEPING MY CHILD SAFE IN MY CAR WITH ME BECAUSE I CAN LOCK THE DOORS.
I CAN CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE MY OWN CAR, WHERE I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO IN SOME LARGER SHELTER PROGRAMS. SO THERE'S THIS BALANCE OF HOW THAT WORKS.
SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT WITH EACH PERSON.
YOU KNOW, AND LOOK, I'M NOT UNFAMILIAR WITH HOMELESSNESS.
I'VE I SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING, DOING PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
I'VE DEALT WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE ALL MY LIFE.
UM, AND I KNOW ONE THING THAT IT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK IT IS CORRECT, THAT THE RESPONSES ARE NOT, OR PLEASE HELP ME GET A BED.
I'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET A BED.
OH, THE RESPONSES ARE, I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE FOR, I CAN'T HAVE MY CAT WITH ME.
I CAN'T HAVE MY, THIS WITH ME.
I WANT TO, I WANT TO PLAY MY GUITAR AT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AND I GOTTA BE HONEST.
IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HAS A COST.
SO IF WE, IF WE OPEN UP A, UH, A PARKING SHELTER, THERE'S A COST TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH INCREASED CRIME AND DISRUPTION.
THERE'S THE THINGS THAT MICHELLE TALKED ABOUT.
PROPERTY VALUES, THE FEELING SAFE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT WANTING TO HAVE TO SEE THAT.
NOT SO THERE'S A COST FOR THAT.
SO HOW CAN I SELL THAT COST TO PEOPLE WHEN PEOPLE REFUSING TO GET PERFECTLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OFF THE STREET, THEY JUST DON'T, THEY DON'T LIKE THAT CHOICE.
SO MY, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS KIND OF, WE'RE DISCUSSING FRUIT, BUT APPLES AND ORANGES.
AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I INVITE YOU TO COME MEET SOME OF MY PARTICIPANTS AND I CALL THEM PARTICIPANTS.
THEY HAVE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM.
SO I INVITE YOU TO MEET THEM BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST THAT THEY WERE YOUR NEIGHBOR LAST MONTH.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN THE THROWS OF ACTUAL CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
SO IF I HAVE TO HAVE SOME QUIET CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO HELP REASSURE THEM, THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SAFE AT HIS PLACE, OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEN I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'M SURE THEY CONSTANTLY COME ACROSS THIS WHERE IT TAKES A FEW TIMES WHERE YOU GET COMFORTABLE.
THEY TRULY DO WANT TO HELP ME.
WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A COMMUNITY IS SHOW THAT WE'LL SUPPORT THEM AND THAT WE CAN HAVE.
AND, UM, WE CAN HAVE THESE OPEN CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOGUE SO THAT THIS WAY THEY ARE NOT VULNERABLE.
AND THAT, THAT THEY KNOW THERE'LL BE SAFE THERE.
THEY HAVE TO BUILD TRUST BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU GET TO BE HOMELESS, MOST OF THE TIME YOU FEEL SOCIETY, HASN'T BEEN EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, I, I THINK I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK IF PEOPLE, WHY YOU OFF THE STREET AND THEY'RE OFFERED A CHANCE TO GET OFF THE STREET AND THEY DON'T TAKE IT, THEN THEY DON'T WANT OFF THE STREET THAT BAD.
UM, IT TOOK ME THREE MONTHS TO CONVINCE ONE PERSON, ONE PERSON SAYING THAT IF, IF THEY, IF, IF WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THIS ALL DAY, BUT IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY, YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND, AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING, WELL, I BELIEVE THIS.
I TALKED TO DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO SAY, WHY SHOULD WE DO THESE EXTRA PROGRAMS WHEN THEY WON'T EVEN ACCEPT THE PROGRAMS THAT, THAT, THAT WERE SPENT, WERE PAYING FOR? WELL, THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS AND THEY DO HAVE FINE SUCCESSES.
SO WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE FACT THOUGH THAT, THAT, THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW HAVE REFUSED TREATMENT HALF A DOZEN TO A DOZEN TIMES, UM, WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO MOST OF THE TIME, YOU WON'T FIND THE PEOPLE YOU'RE, I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH SAFE PARKING.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT TALKING CONSTANTLY ABOUT THE PERSON, MOTHERS AND, UM, AND WOMEN AND MEN.
THEY, IT'S NOT LIKE THE BIG RVS THAT ARE DOWN IN OB.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TH THIS MENTALITY OF WANTING TO LIVE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
THERE ARE SOME WITH VERY SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEN WE CAN GET THE, UM, ACTUAL TREATMENT FOR, BECAUSE WE WORK WITH THEM.
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WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ON A, I MEAN, ON A DAILY BASIS RIGHT NOW IS THAT I LOST MY JOB.I CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH TO MAKE RENT.
OH MY GOD, HOW AM I GOING TO TAKE MY CHILD IN THERE? HOW AM I GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A BUNCH OF COTS AND IT'S A BUNCH OF THIS.
NOW I'M GOING TO GO FIND A COL-DE-SAC, I'M GOING TO GO FIND SOME PLACE.
AND THEN THEY COME DOWN TO GO USE THE BATHROOMS AND THEY COME FIND FOOD AT JACK IN THE BOX.
THEY COME, THEY COME TO AREAS WHERE THEY CAN FIND THESE THINGS AND THAT THOSE PEOPLE THEN DISAPPEAR AGAIN, UP INTO, UP INTO DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN.
THAT'S WHY YOU GET PHONE CALLS FROM VERY RANDOM PLACES THAT SAY, I THINK SOMEBODY'S SLEEPING IN A CAR AT NIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW NEED HELP.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR ENCAMPMENT OF VEHICLES THAT ARE ALL TRYING TO BE NOMAD LIFE, YOU KNOW, OR VAN LIFE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF PEOPLE.
UH, LAST YEAR ALONE, WE CAUTI, WE HELPED 375 HOUSEHOLD, AND WE FOUND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR OVER 185 HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THEN WE ALSO FOUND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ANOTHER 45 OF THOSE.
AND THE REST OF THEM SADLY, ARE WAITING ON WAITING LISTS FOR SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.
HOW DO YOU USUALLY FIND YOUR CLIENTS? THEY FIND US THROUGH 2, 1, 1.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WAITLIST RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE FOR OUR PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS.
MOST OF THE SHELTERS IN SAN DIEGO ARE NOT TAKING ANYBODY RIGHT NOW.
FATHER JOE'S ALPHA PROJECT AND ALL OF THEM THEY'VE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO THEY'RE NOT TAKING ON ANY NEW CLIENTS.
SO ACTUALLY WE HAVE A INFLUX OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE MY GOSH ON MY IMPERIAL LOT.
I THINK WE, AT LAST COUNT, I HAD 25 KIDS RANGING FROM THE AGES OF TWO TO 17 THAT ARE LIVING WITH THEIR FAMILY.
ONE FAMILY HAS A NISSAN SENTRA, AND THEY'VE GOT FOUR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX LIVING IN IT WITH THEM.
I, I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE IN, UM, THE WAY YOU CALL THEM PARTICIPANTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT DOES TALK TO ME AND PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN THE PROGRAM THAT'S NOT PARTICIPATING.
AND THEN WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT YOU, UM, WE'VE DONE A FEW OF THESE.
UM, WE'VE EXITED PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
UM, WE'VE EXITED PEOPLE, UM, BECAUSE ONE IT'S LIKE THIS, THEY CA THEY START CALLING IT CAMPING.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A TRIGGER WORD FOR US.
IF THEY START CALLING IT CAMPING, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT THAT TYPE OF LIFESTYLE.
UM, IF THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY GOING OUT, UM, WE MEET WITH OUR CLIENTS AT NIGHT.
OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE ON AT NIGHT.
THEY DON'T SEE THEM DURING THE DAY BECAUSE DURING THE DAY THEY NEED TO BE OUT DOING THE THINGS WE TELL THEM TO DO AT NIGHT.
SO THEY COME BACK AND THEY HAVE TO CHECK IN EVERY NIGHT AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE, UM, I WENT OVER HERE, I'VE GOT ALL MY STUFF INTO THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
I HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOUSING VOUCHERS RIGHT NOW, BUT UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T FIND ANYBODY IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO BECAUSE THEY'RE TIED TO THE CITY, UM, WHO WILL HONOR THE VOUCHER.
SO EVERY DAY THEY GO OUT AND TRY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHERE TO LIVE, HOW TO LIVE, TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE ON THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO IF THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY DOING THAT, OR IF WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A TREND OF THEY'RE SHOWING UP LATE, THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR HALF.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND THEY ARE USING THEIR MONEY FOR TOO MANY HOTELS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY GET THEIR MONEY IN AND THEY USE IT FOR A HOTEL AND THEN COME BACK TO US.
THESE ARE RED FLAGS THAT THEN WE START WORKING WITH AND THEY USUALLY GET UP TO THREE WARNINGS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS THEY'VE HAD.
SO WITH THOSE THREE WARNINGS, THEY GET, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE, AND THEN WE WILL EXIT THEM FROM THE PROGRAM AND HOW THAT EXIT USUALLY WORKS IS, UM, IT USUALLY COMES DOWN TO THE PROGRAM.
COORDINATOR OR MANAGER WILL COME SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAY, WE HAVE WORKED WITH YOU TO THE VERY LAST POINT.
AND YOU ARE TAKING UP SPACE FROM THIS WAIT LIST OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT HELP AND WE NEED TO MOVE YOU ON.
AND WHEN YOU ARE READY AND YOU WANT TO COME BACK, YOU CAN COME BACK.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WE DON'T LET COME BACK ARE ANYBODY WHO IS, IF THERE'S BEEN ANY TYPE OF VIOLENCE.
UM, WHICH HONESTLY WE DON'T HAVE VERY OFTEN.
I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY RARE THING AND TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, OUR LOT AT 56 AND IMPERIAL ACTUALLY CRIME WENT DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE THERE, UM, THE NEW CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS REPORT
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THAT WENT OUT ABOUT CRIME AROUND SAFE PARKING.THAT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE OF LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS WHOLE BIT? WELL, THE BIG BURGLARY THAT HAPPENED AT THE CHURCH THAT WE WERE AT, WE REPORTED ONE OF OUR CLIENTS REPORTED ABOUT A HOMELESS GUY WHO WAS COMING DOWN AROUND THE CORNER, WHO WAS BREAKING IN.
WE ACTUALLY KEPT THE COMMUNITY SAFER BECAUSE OF OUR PROGRAM.
AND DO YOU PROVIDE ANYONE WITH, SO ACTUALLY WE DON'T, UM, MOST OF OUR FOOD COMES FROM, UM, OTHER GROUPS.
SO I HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME OUT AND THEY HOST MEALS.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A CHURCH GROUP, UM, BUSINESS GROUPS, THEY COME OUT DURING, UM, THE NIGHT THAT HE HOSTS A MEAL, THEY PROVIDE MEALS FOR UP TO 30 TO 40 PEOPLE.
IT WINDS UP BECOMING A COMMUNITY KIND OF EVENT FOR THEM.
AND WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IT PUTS OUR CLIENTS IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT KEEPS THAT VITAL COMMUNICATION GOING, AND IT KEEPS THIS HUMAN INTERACTION.
SO I WOULD SAY MOST NIGHTS WE WOULD HAVE, OR MOST WEEKS WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT DIFFERENT MEALS BEING PROVIDED AT NIGHT, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUP.
UM, WHAT IS IT, THE COMMUNITY, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM, GROUP THAT DOES ALL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN TOWN.
THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY THERE ALMOST EVERY WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UM, SO NOW AT CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING AND EASTER, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, I HONESTLY CAN TELL YOU, I COOK ALL THE MEALS AT CHRISTMAS AND AT THANKSGIVING, MY BOSS, AND I'LL SIT DOWN AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PLACE TO HAVE FOOD.
WHERE DID THEY EAT? THE MEALS IS ALL IN ONE GROUP, BUT SOME TABLES ARE IN THE CAR, ACTUALLY, MOST OF THE, WELL RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE A COVID, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EATING OPTING TO EAT IN THEIR CAR.
UM, WE USUALLY HAVE, UM, AT BOTH OF OUR LOCATIONS, WE HAVE, UM, AREAS WITH FOLDING TABLES AND COSTCO CHAIRS AND THE WHOLE BIT, AND WE'LL PUT THEM OUT AND FOOD CAN BE BROUGHT IN WITH TABLES AND WE HAVE A MICROWAVE AND REFRIGERATORS ON SITE.
UM, SO THEN PEOPLE CAN EVEN STORE SOME OF THEIR FOOD DURING THE DAY WITH THE REFRIGERATORS.
BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TEND TO EAT IT AND WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME TABLES AND THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND SOME GO BACK AND THEY SIT AT THEIR OWN CARS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE GRABBING THOSE, UM, SPORTS CHAIRS FOR A SOCCER GAMES AND THEY'RE SITTING OUTSIDE THEIR CHAIR TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING.
UH, COULD YOU PROVIDE THEM WITH THE PHONE NUMBER FOR ME? I'D LIKE TO GO OUT AND SEE, YEAH, ACTUALLY YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME.
UM, YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE MY NUMBER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING SO, UM, AND I WILL, I'LL POUND MY CARD AND HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU COME OUT AND I'LL EVEN GIVE YOU A NIGHT TO COME IF YOU WANT TO SERVE A MEAL.
I'M BACK TO MAKING A MOTION THAT'S BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GET THERE, STEVE, UM, GRAHAM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTS TO THIS THAT YOU NEED DIRECTION FOR.
CAN YOU KIND OF RECOUNT THAT FOR US SO WE CAN GET THAT ALL ON ONE MOTION? YES.
THIS STAFF REPORT ACTUALLY INCLUDES SIX DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE OF THEM COULD ACTUALLY DOVETAIL INTO MR. GOBLE.
I THINK YOUR MOTION WILL BE, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE THE ALCOHOL HOMELESS OUTREACH AND FLEXIBLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND WAY BACK, WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, ROTATION, SHELTER, AND EMERGENCY SHELTER MOTEL PROGRAMS. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND THE COUNTY ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN EAST COUNTY, COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THAT MOU, UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.
AND THIS COULD BE THAT YOU CAN DIRECT US IN THIS SPECIFIC RESEARCH, UM, FOR THE USE OF CDBG, CV AND CV THREE FUNDS, UM, CONTINUE THE HOMELESS OUTREACH EVENTS AND ENHANCED NEIGHBOR HOOD QUALITY OF LIFE EFFORTS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN WE ARE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHETHER TO CONTINUE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.
UM, STEVE, CAN YOU INCORPORATE THAT ALL THE ONE MORNING? I CAN, I CAN, UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT.
WE ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADD DIRECTION THAT COUNTS THAT STAFF COME BACK IN 30 DAYS WITH MORE INFORMATION ON SAFE PARKING OPTIONS.
AND I WOULD ALSO MOVE THAT WE FUND THESE COUNTING HOMELESS TASKFORCE AT THE SAME LEVEL FOR ONE MORE YEAR, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY COULD BE COMMUNITY I'M HOPING AND EXPECTING THAT THEY WILL BE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR THIS KIND OF THING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES
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IN EAST COUNTY.OKAY, SIR, MOVE TO THE SECOND AND PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[7. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2021, and Other Written Communication from the City's Independent Auditor RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives and accepts the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and other written communication from the independent accounting firm of Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.]
REPORT ITEM SEVEN IS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS LOCALLY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL INTRODUCE THE AND ITS PARTS, ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE ACT FOR, UM, THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
DOT GOV, FAIRLY EASY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH YOUR GOVERNMENT.
UH, CLICKING THROUGH DEPARTMENTS, SELECTING FINANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS.
AND IT IS THERE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY THE APP FOR IS PREPARED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE UNITED STATES GAP, WHICH IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
THIS IS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
UM, THIS STANDARD SETTING BODY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NAME CHANGE THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THIS DOCUMENT WAS REFERRED TO AS THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL ANNUAL REPORT, AND JUST RECENTLY HAD A NAME CHANGE, NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO FOCUS ON THE COMPARABILITY BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
AND IT HAS COMPRISED THREE SECTIONS, THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION, THE FINANCIAL SECTION, AND THE STATISTICAL SECTION IN THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION.
WE HAVE THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, A DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
THE FINANCIAL SECTION REPRESENTS THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE DOCUMENT.
IT INCLUDES THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE RECEIVED AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION OR A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION, MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, WHICH IS USUALLY YOUR BUDGETARY PRESENTATIONS AND ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION ON PENSION.
AND LASTLY, THE STATISTICAL SECTION, THE SECTION SERVES AS SORT OF A RESOURCE SECTION FOR THE DOCUMENT.
IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL TRENDS, REVENUE, CAPACITY, DEBT, CAPACITY, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION, AS WELL AS OPERATING INFORMATION.
OUR ACTION THAT WE, UH, REQUEST TODAY IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES AND ACCEPTS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM OF ROGERS ANDERSON, MELODY AND SCOTT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2021.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLAY OR DISCUSSION ITEMS? ALRIGHT, CLAY.
YOUR REPORT WAS SO COMPREHENSIVE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL PUT TO A MOTION.
WELL, UH, JUST, JUST, UH, JUST A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO X.
WE JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THE, UH, SET THE REPORT.
PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[8. Update on Employee Mental Wellness Programs RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives a report on the City’s Employee Mental Wellness Programs and provides direction for 2022.]
ALL RIGHT.THE THIRD ADMINISTER REPORT ITEM EIGHT IS AN UPDATE ON EMPLOYEE MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS. AND I WILL ASK OUR STAFF TO PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS.
HELLO, MAURICE, HOW ARE YOU? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE 2021 MENTAL UPDATE, UH, FOR OUR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMS. AND SO BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER WHERE WE WERE, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH OUR PROGRAMS. SO OUR TRADITIONAL MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD IN PLACE ARE THE EMPLOYEE
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ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES TO ALL CITY STAFF.UH, THEY CAN GO THERE FOR THERAPY REFERRALS FOR, UM, FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO HELP THEM WITH ESTATE PLANNING, UM, WITH WILLS, WITH FAMILY, ET CETERA.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE IN PLACE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPLAIN PROGRAM, WHICH IS THERE FOR FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL, UM, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEER SUPPORT TEAM PROGRAM, WHICH IS ANOTHER SERVICE FOR FIREARM PERSONNEL, UH, TO ACCESS.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR NEWER APPROACHES THAT ISN'T A TRADITIONAL MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAM.
IT'S A STATION DOG PROGRAM THAT WE INTRODUCED TO YOU A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO ALTHOUGH THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN GREAT, WE WERE TASKED WITH LOOKING AT MORE INNOVATIVE MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR OUR CITY STAFF.
AND SO THE LAST YEAR WE FOCUSED MORE ON PROGRAMS THAT WERE A BIT MORE REACTIVE IN NATURE.
AND SO WE ACQUIRED A SECOND STATION DOG.
SO THAT'S, JACK'S, WHO'S HOUSED OUT OF STATION EIGHT.
WE ALSO ESTABLISH A WELLNESS ANNUAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S A PROGRAM FOR ALL CITY STAFF IN WHICH THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCRUE UP TO FOUR HOURS OF VACATION FOR GOING TO AN ANNUAL MENTAL WELLNESS CHECKUP AND GOING TO A PHYSICAL WELLNESS CHECKUP.
WE ALSO COORDINATED A MENTAL WELLNESS TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
SO WE DID THAT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND TCT T CTI, WHICH IS THE EAP PROVIDER.
WE LAUNCHED THE INTERPLANT WELLNESS PROGRAM.
SO WE DELIVERED ABOUT 171 PLANTS TO OUR STAFF.
SO IT PROVIDES BETTER AIR QUALITY IN THE OFFICE, BUT IT ALSO REDUCES STRESS LEVELS AND INCREASE ITS CREATIVITY.
UM, AND OVERALL RELAXES EMPLOYEES AT WORK.
WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED AN ALTERNATE WORK SCHEDULE AND TELEWORK PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE ISSUES THAT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAD BROUGHT UP.
AND IT ACTUALLY CAME INTO PLAY A LOT QUICKER WITH COVID.
AND THEN WE ADDED A GYM AT THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS SITE, AND THEN INCREASE JIMMY EQUIPMENT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND LASTLY, WE'VE DEDICATED A WORKERS' COMP ANALYST TO PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE SERVICE TO OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE CARE THAT THEY NEED AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK QUICK.
SO THESE ARE ALL GREAT PROGRAMS. I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF IMPLEMENTING ALL THESE PROGRAMS IN THE PAST YEAR.
UH, STAFF IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO BE HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE AND RESILIENT AT WORK.
SO WE'RE ADDRESSING MENTAL WELLNESS IN A MULTI-FACET BANNER, EXCUSE ME.
SO THIS YEAR, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT INCLUDING THE DENTAL HYGIENE COMPONENT AND STAFF IS WORKING WITH A PROVIDER TO BRING ONSITE SERVICES, UH, FOR DENTAL SERVICES TO HAVE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH.
UM, LASTLY WE'RE EXPLORING WELLNESS EDUCATION AS PART OF THE LAST PRONG.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO BRING RESOURCES TO STAFF OR TRAINING, UM, HAVING SPECIALTY CLASSES, SUCH AS YOGA, MEDITATION STRETCH, UM, BRINGING ON A RESOURCE CORNER THAT WILL HAVE BOOKS FOR EMPLOYEES, UM, TO READ ON LEADERSHIP, A WELLNESS MEDITATION, UM, AND ALSO TO BRING ON MAYBE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER TO HELP WITH TRAINING.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, LET ME SEE THIS A, UM, SPIRIT CARDS ON THE SIGN-UP PURSE, NO SPEAKER CARDS, QUESTIONS FROM I A COMMENT.
I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, RESOURCES ON THE HIRING SIDE ONE.
I GET DOWN TO A COUPLE CANDIDATES AND I WOULD LOOK FOR WHAT ARE CALLED TIE BREAKERS.
I THINK TODAY'S EMPLOYEES AS THEY GO OUT TO SEARCH FOR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR TIEBREAKERS.
THIS IS A TIE-BREAKING PROGRAM.
IF YOU SAW TWO, TWO, UH, AGENCIES OFFERING THE SIMILAR THING, THIS ONE OFFERS WAY MORE BENEFITS.
AND I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE IS, IS, IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN THINKING WHAT'S NEW, WHAT'S DIFFERENT.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE ACCEPTING IT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S SUPPORTED ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP BY THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR JUST A GREAT PROGRAM.
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YOU.UM, FIRST OFF, HOW ROBUST IS OUR CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM? I'M SORRY, HOW OUR BUSES, OUR CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM THAT THE CHAPLAINS THAT WE USE, DO WE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? UH, YES, BUT I CAN LET PD ANSWER.
WE HAVE TO AT PD AND I BELIEVE ONE AT FIRE.
AND IS THAT ENOUGH TO COVER THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE EMPLOYEES? OKAY.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ONE OF THE PROACTIVE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS HAVING PROBABLY SOMEBODY LIKE A, A POLICE CAPTAIN OR A FIRE CAPTAIN, UM, BEYOND THE WATCH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, THAT EXPERIENCE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, LIKE THE PLANE CRASH THAT WE, THAT WE HAD RECENTLY, OR SOME OTHER KIND OF VIOLENT ENCOUNTER LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN PUTTING THE, THE EMPLOYEE THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE THEY GET SCREENED FOR PTSD BEFORE IT BECOMES A REAL ISSUE.
AND ARE WE DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO WITH OUR PROVIDER TCT CTI, WHO IS OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER FOR BOTH FIRE AND POLICE, THEY DO HAVE CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
AND SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SET UP CRITICAL, CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFS.
SO THEY DO MEET WITH ALL STAFF WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CRITICAL INCIDENTS, AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW THEY SCHEDULE IT.
AND I CAN HAVE EITHER THE CHIEF, BOTH CHIEFS SPEAK ON THE TIMELINES, BUT DEPENDING ON THE EVENTS THEY SCHEDULE AFTER MEETINGS WITH EMPLOYEES, AND THEN THEY OPEN IT UP FOR VOLUNTEER MEETINGS.
SO EMPLOYEES ARE NOT FORCED TO GO TO THE MEETINGS, BUT IT'S OPEN FOR THEM TO ATTEND IF THEY WANT TO DO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WITH CTI MIRA, CAN I, CAN I COMMENT ON SOMETHING? SO ON, ON THE PLANE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN T W OUR, OUR STAFF OR THE FIRST TO ARRIVE THERE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO OR THREE ENGINE COMPANIES THAT RESPONDED TO THAT.
UM, I, I WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY AND MET WITH AT LEAST ONE ENGINE COMPANY AS THEY WERE GETTING OFF SHIFT, JUST TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING THE OTHERS I COULDN'T DO.
SO I MADE PHONE CALLS TO EACH OF THEM.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING, AS I TALKED TO THE CAPTAINS SPECIFICALLY, THEY HAD MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THEIR STAFF, UM, ON THEIR DAY OFF JUST TO CHECK IN ON THEM.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY HAPPENING AT, AT A SENIOR LEADERSHIP LEVEL.
I THINK THE SENIOR, THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING, AND IT'S ACTUALLY PUSHED IT DOWN TO LINE LEVEL STAFF WHERE THEY'RE NOW CHECKING IN ON EACH OTHER, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR CULTURE NOW.
SO I CAN AFFIRM THAT AS PART OF THE CULTURE, YOU KNOW, I, I HAD AN INCIDENT, UM, WHERE, UH, A PIT BULL ATTACKED A WOMAN OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE, AND I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED AND ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE CAPTAINS CALLED ME A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS GETTING TREATMENT IF I NEEDED IT.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OFF THAT WAS VERY KIND OF THAT PERSON TO DO THAT.
BUT ALSO IT JUST, IT DID SHOW ME THAT, THAT, THAT IT'S NOT A STIGMA STIGMATIZED, UH, THING, AND THAT IT IS PART OF THE CULTURE.
I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE CAN'T LET THE BALL DROP AND JUST ASSUME THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REACH OUT AND GET TREATMENT.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE APPROACH THEIR MEN, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND OF COURSE, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN OLD SCHOOL.
I'LL SHAKE IT OFF KIND OF TOUGHNESS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL PEOPLE EMBRACE, BUT THERE CERTAINLY ARE SOME, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I WORRY ABOUT THEM FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND REALLY BEING DAMAGED.
SO, YEAH, AND I AGREE, AND I THINK WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WHEN WE WERE IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF THE STATION DOG PROGRAM WITH SOME OF THE PERSONNEL.
AND AS WE GOT THROUGH THE, EVEN THE ONES WHO WEREN'T QUITE ON BOARD, UM, A YEAR AFTER THEY WERE COMPLETELY ON BOARD AND MORE OPEN TO COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER AND ASKING FOR RESOURCES, AND I DO WANT TO, UM, ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, I THINK WERE GREAT, ESPECIALLY THE DOG PROGRAM.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I DUNNO WHAT THE POOR POLICE OFFICERS DOING.
MAYBE, MAYBE THEY GET THEM A CAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LET'S GET, LET'S GET THEM DOGS TO, SHE WANTS A STATION DOG.
SO THERE, THERE WE HAVE SOME STAFF WORKING ON WHAT THAT PROGRAM WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE HAPPY.
ANYWAY, THANKS FOR ALL THE PROACTIVE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT'S SO, UM, I THINK YOU BREEZED THROUGH QUICKLY, BUT DID I HEAR THAT THERE'S AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM W TWO
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FOR EMPLOYEES TO GET A MENTAL WELLNESS CHECK AND THEY CAN EARN VACATION TIME? YES, THAT'S AMAZING.SO WE STARTED THAT LAST YEAR AND THEY GET UP TO FOUR HOURS, SO THEY GET TWO HOURS, ONE FOR MENTAL WELLNESS CHECK AND THEN ONE FOR PHYSICAL WELLNESS.
AND SO THEY JUST HAVE THEIR TREATING PHYSICIAN SIGN THE FORM.
SO THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO OCCUR EVERY YEAR.
AND I DID MENTION HOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE DENTAL HYGIENE ASPECT OF MENTAL WELLNESS AND BRINGING A DENTAL COMPANY HERE TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT ON BOARD, WE DO PLAN TO MODIFY THAT PROGRAM TO ADD A DENTAL COMPONENT TO IT.
SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GET UP TO SIX HOURS OF VACATION IF THEY ATTEND THE MENTAL WELLNESS CHECKUP, THE PHYSICAL CHECKUP, AND THEN THE DENTAL CHECKUP.
TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THAT MENTALITY THAT YOU'RE MENTALLY WEAK.
IF YOU GET A MENTAL CHECKUP, THIS IS HUGE TO GET PEOPLE TO GET OVER THAT BARRIER.
I WAS A EMT LIFEGUARD IN A PAST LIFE.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE OLDER GUYS TOLD ME, HEY, SOMETIMES YOUR BODY'S SICK.
SOMETIMES YOUR MIND GETS SICK A LITTLE BIT TOO.
YOU GOT TO CHECK UP ON IT ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND THAT REALLY FLIPPED A SWITCH IN MY HEAD.
UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE MAYOR WAS REFERRING TO IS GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT.
CAUSE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE LONGEVITY.
IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR CITIZENS OUT.
IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR, THEIR FAMILIES OUT, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FAMILIES OUT AND THEIR CHILDREN.
THAT SUGGESTION DID COME FROM THE POS.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THEY BROUGHT FORTH FOR POA.
SO THEY ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN WE JUST EXPANDED IT FOR ALL CITY STAFF.
I HOPE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER AS PART OF THIS IS CALLED LOVE ON A LEASH AND IT IS A THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE THERAPY DOGS COME IN WITH THEIR HANDLERS JUST FOR A TWO HOUR EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A BREAK IN THE DAY, UH, THAT PEOPLE CAN COME DOWN FROM THEIR OFFICES AND SAY HI TO, TO SOME, SOME GREAT DOGS.
AND IT'S, IT'S A STRESS RELIEF.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING GOOD.
IT'S AN EVENT BASED, UH, GO TO HOME, A GUIDING HANDS.
THE VA THEY'RE USED, UH, QUITE BROADLY ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND BEYOND THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INCLUSION IN YOUR PROGRAM.
WELL, THANKS FOR COMING AND THANKS FOR THE REPORT.
AND COUNSEL, UH, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[9. Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO) RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council accepts the report and directs staff to initiate a Zoning Code amendment to incorporate Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations performance standards.]
REPORT I AM NINE IS REGARDING THE MEAT COOPERATIONS.AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MIKE SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, HE DOES BETTER WITHOUT THE MASK, IF I CAN DO IT.
THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATIONS OR NIKOS, WHICH ARE OF COURSE HOME-BASED RESTAURANTS, AS COUNSEL IS NO DOUBT AWARE THIS RECENT MICO DISCUSSION, UH, DATES TO SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2021.
WHEN THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DIRECTED THEIR STAFF TO PREPARE MICO AUTHORIZATION ORDINANCE OPTIONS, UH, AT ITS DECEMBER 14TH MEETING CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY SUPPORTING A MICO AUTHORIZATION ORDINANCE ON JANUARY 12TH, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED TO ADOPT EMIKO ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A TWO YEAR PILOT PROGRAM.
THE SECOND READING FOR THIS ORDINANCES IS ON TOMORROW'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA.
AND IF APPROVED WOULD BE EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS LATER ON FEBRUARY 25TH, AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF MICO NUISANCE COMPLAINTS.
THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALREADY INCLUDES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY NUISANCE THRESHOLDS THAT ALL PROPERTIES AND RESIDENTS BASED BUSINESSES MUST OBSERVE.
HOWEVER, THESE STANDARDS DID NOT CONTEMPLATE MIGOS AS A LAND USE TO RECONCILE THESE STANDARDS WITH THE OPERATION OF NICO'S ZONING CODE AMENDMENT COULD BE INITIATED THAT FOR EXAMPLE, AS AMECO SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS, RESTRICTS OR CONDITIONS, THE USE OF COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT, CLARIFY STANDARDS RELATED TO TRAFFIC GREASE, FIRE
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HAZARDS, AND SO FORTH AS WITH ANY ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.THIS WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING, UH, BEFORE COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO INITIATE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO INCORPORATE MICO SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS, NO CARTS OR ANY QUESTIONS, UM, QUESTION HAS, OR WILL THE COUNTY PROVIDE MITIGATION STEPS ON COMPLAINTS AND WHAT ENFORCEMENT, WHAT WILL ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE? SO IF THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT, IF I UNDERSTOOD THIS CORRECT, IT'S UP TO THE CITIES TO ENFORCE COMPLAINTS THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY, ANY COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE MICO ITSELF, UM, IMPACTS IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE, UH, ENFORCED BY THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND ANYTHING RELATED TO VIOLATION OF THE RETAIL FOOD CODE, UM, STUFF LIKE, UH, UH, KEEPING FOOD IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTY.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IS IF THESE COMPLAINTS COME IN AND THEY GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I IMAGINE THERE'S PARKING ALL OVER NOISE, WHATEVER.
SO I IMAGINE THOSE CALLS WOULD GO TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND THEN POLICE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND INTERACT WITH THE, UM, EITHER THE, THE COMPLAINANT OR THE OFFENDER HAS THE COUNTY GIVEN US WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT, I GUESS I'M JUST ONE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE GUYS HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO ENFORCE THE COUNTY'S RULES.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK, UM, AND MAYBE SENIOR STAFF MIGHT OPINE ON THIS, BUT, UH, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE MUCH INVOLVEMENT BEYOND ENFORCING THE VEHICLE CODE AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO ENFORCING.
UM, THE CITY'S ROLE, UM, FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE MORE ABOUT ENFORCING AGAIN, UM, VIOLATIONS OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WHICH BASICALLY SET THRESHOLDS FOR WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A NUISANCE, SOMETHING THAT IMPEDES THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, UH, NOISE, GLARE, VIBRATION, THOSE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UM, SO THEY HAVEN'T OFFERED GUIDANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY, UM, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVED BEYOND AUTHORIZING THE MICO ITSELF.
SO, I MEAN, SO TH TH MOST LIKELY THIS WOULD BE A ZONING VIOLATION, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SOME VALUE OF CREATING SOME DEFINITIONS IN THE ZONING CODE.
SO IT'S REALLY CLEAR TO THOSE THAT ARE OPERATING NIKOS, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THOSE THRESHOLDS ARE.
AND SO IF THERE WERE COMPLAINTS, POLICE WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED, IT WOULD REALLY BE MORE OF IT BECOME A CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHO'S GOING TO ENFORCE WHAT, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE TO BE THE ENFORCERS OF COUNTY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, EVERYBODY KNOWS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO KNOW THAT IT'S A VIOLATION.
THEY JUST THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SAP DOESN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE IMPORTING, WHAT THE ORDINANCES ARE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE EFFORT.
I THINK THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT WITH THIS.
UM, WE WOULD WANT TO CLARIFY FROM, UM, UH, ZONING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE ABOUT WHAT, UM, WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS, UH, GO BEYOND THE LINE AND, AND WHERE YOU WOULD BE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE.
CAUSE, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA JO SHE'S COOKING IN HER KITCHEN AND NEIGHBOR A IS UPSET ABOUT IT.
AND SHE CALLS IN AND SOMEONE HAS TO GO OUT AND, AND CALM THE SITUATION DOWN, EITHER ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE OR NOT.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS COMPLETELY, I, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN GIVEN THOSE GUIDELINES AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE, BUT I GUESS THOSE ARE SYDNEY CITY ORDINANCES THAT WE WOULD BE ENFORCING.
COUNCIL MEMBER METRO, IF YOU'LL RECALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ON THIS, THE COUNTY REALLY HOLDS THE, UM, THE VAST, UH, RIGHTS TO GRANT THE PERMITS AND IN OUR CITY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A LOT LIKE FOOD, UM, GRADING AND FOOD HANDLING SORT OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FOR RESTAURANTS.
WE DON'T HANDLE THOSE THAT WE DON'T GET.
IF WE GET COMPLAINTS, IT DOESN'T COME TO US.
BUT IF IN THE CASE OF MICO, UM, IF IT'S A SIMILAR SORT OF COMPLAINT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DIDN'T GIVE ME THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, PASTA
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IN MY SPAGHETTI OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.UH, THAT GOES TO THE COUNTY, NOT US.
NOW, IF IT'S HAS TO DO, AS, AS MIKE SAID IT WITH PARKING CONGESTION, NOISE, UM, MAYBE SMELLS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADOPT OUR OWN NUISANCE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA.
AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE AND STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING IS THAT YOU DIRECT US TO COME BACK WITH THOSE SO THAT WE AMEND OUR ZONING CODE THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO UNDERTAKE THOSE TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING MESHED REPORT.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, WE NEED TO, UM, THE REPORT AND INITIATE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO INCORPORATE MICO HOME KITCHEN PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
SO MOVED, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONER REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[10. Council Activity Report]
WE ARE MY ACTIVITY REPORT AND MY ACTIVITY REPORT IS AS REPORTED.WE'RE NOW AT THE ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER
[11. 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.]
GLOBAL, UH, AS REPORTED.AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, SOON WITH A RESOLUTION OPPOSING SAND SANDBAGS, UH, PROPOSED REDUCTION IN THE, IN THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY MTS GETS, UH, CURRENTLY 8.1% OF THE TRANSNET SALES TAX REVENUE GOES TO SUPPORT, UH, MTS OPERATIONS AND NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT AS WELL.
SANDAG WANTS TO CUT THAT, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO 10% OF MTSS BUDGET, AND THEY HAVE THAT MONEY FOR THEIR, THEIR BIG REGIONAL PLAN.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD, A 10% CUT WILL BE SERVICES.
SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSING IT'S A GOOD IDEA LIST.
[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.]
MR. ORTIZ, AS MITCHELL[13. DEPUTY MAYOR MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate.]
AS REPORTED,[12. COUNCILMEMBER GARY KENDRICK METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA; Heartland Communications; Heartland Fire Training JPA.]
MR. KENDRICK, ALMOST DONE.THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS TO KNOW GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS OF ORDINANCES AND NO CLOSED SESSIONS ONTO THIS AGENDA
[20. GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:]
GROUND, BUT BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.SO, UM, LAST WEEK WE, UH, LOST AN EMPLOYEE THAT HAD BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
UH, JEFF MANCHESTER, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SLASH CITY ENGINEER LEFT TO THE STATE OF COLORADO TO WORK FOR, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, THAT INCLUDES COLORADO OR COLORADO SPRINGS.
JEFF WAS A GREAT RESOURCE, BUT I AM REALLY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MARIO SANCHEZ, OUR FORMER TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS TAKEN HIS PLACE.
HE'LL BE NOW OUR NEW DEPUTY CITY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? THAT'S IT.
NOW THIS BRINGS US TO THE GERMAN, THE ADJOURNED GEORGE RAILER JOINT MEETING OF THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL, OKLAHOMA HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 25TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022 IS ADJOURN TILL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022 AT 3:00 PM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND BE SAFE.