Feb 08, 2022 City Council Meeting 3pm

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE ALCON CITY

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

THE MEDIA IS CALLED TO ORDER, AND I WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

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

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

THE CITY CLERK

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the January 25, 2022, Meeting and the Agenda of the February 8, 2022, Meetings in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

WE HAVE ONE

[ PRESENTATIONS: Wells Park Updates]

MR. FRANK CARSON, A RECREATION SERVE SOUP SERVICES, SUPERVISOR TIM AMELIA, TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.

HI FRANK OKAY.

TIM, TIM AND I WILL BE DOING A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON WELLS PARK UPDATES.

JUST GIVING YOU A BRIEF UPDATE.

WE'VE GIVEN YOU PREVIOUS UPDATES SINCE 2017 ON FROM THE MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS OTHERS, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A HUMAN FACTOR UPDATE.

UH, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU, SO JUST TO RECAP, IN MAY OF 2017, UH, CITY MANAGER, DOUG WILFORD PRESENTED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, A MASTER PLAN, IT WAS A PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE MASTER PLAN.

PHASE THREE WAS DEFINITELY A WORK IN PROGRESS OR, OR SOMETHING OF, UH, A DRAFT OR LIVING DOCUMENT, MEANING THERE'S MANY TRANSITIONAL THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING INTO PHASE THREE OF THAT MASTER PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED BACK IN MAY OF 2017.

UM, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS HAPPENED AT WELLS PARK.

UH, WE HAVE THE FITNESS AREA FROM THE INDIAN GAMING LOCAL BENEFIT COMMUNITY GRANT.

WE HAVE THAT KABOOM PLAYGROUND GRANT THAT WENT THROUGH THERE, THE CALIFORNIA STATE HOUSING RELATED PARKS GRANT, WHERE WE EXPANDED THE DOG AGILITY COURSE AT A NEW PARK LIGHTING AT A NEW FENCING.

UH, WE DID GET REINFORCED FENCING AROUND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PERIMETER, AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND WE'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE HAD A NEW SEWER LATERAL, UH, PUT IN THERE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SUBSTATION WAS PUT THERE THROUGH PROP OH, FUNDS, PERIMETER, FENCING, AND ENTRY GATES IN ALL OF THIS.

WE CAN DEFINITELY THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, NOT ONLY AT THE PARKS DIVISION, BUT ALL THE ENGINEERS, SPECIFICALLY SONALI KACI.

WHO'S DONE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS FOR US.

UH, THE PARKING LOT LIGHTING, I GOT THE KABOOM KABOOM PLAYGROUND GRANT IS SO GOOD.

WE DID IT TWICE.

ACTUALLY.

WE HAD A SECOND KABOOM PLAYGROUND GRANT WHERE WE DID ENHANCEMENTS, UH, LATER ON IN 2019 WHERE WE DID SOME ART PROJECTS IN THE GRANT.

SO IT WAS A $10,000 GRANT THAT WE DID IN THERE LATER ON.

AND THEN MORE RECENTLY WE DID THE TARGET GRANT FOR THE MINI PITCH SOCCER COURT.

ALL OF YOU WERE ON THE VIDEO FOR THAT.

SO I KNOW YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE, SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WILL BE WORKING ON OR PUBLIC OR THE BASKETBALL COURTS, SOME STORM WATER TREATMENT THERE THROUGH PROP ONE FUNDING AS WELL AS A RESTROOM RENOVATION.

UH, SO THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN CAME ABOUT WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL IN MAY OF 2017, TALKING ABOUT THE 2015 AND 2016 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN I PRESENT THESE TO YOU BECAUSE I'M NOT A CRIME ANALYST AND THIS IS RAW DATA.

I, I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHY CERTAIN, CERTAIN NUMBERS OR CERTAIN WAYS.

AND SO AGAIN, UM, I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH, WITH PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION, BUT THESE ARE GOOD NUMBERS TO AT LEAST LOOK AT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, OF EXTRAPOLATING SOME DATA.

SO REALLY IN 2015 IS WHAT REALLY SPARKED OUR CONCERN, UH, WITHIN THE CITY 916 FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE OFFICER INITIATED, THIS MEANS EITHER A PATROL UNIT MADE CONTACT OR SOME, OR SOME, SOME TYPE OF FOOT PATROL, UH, MAY CONTACT.

SO IN THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, THAT 274 OF THOSE ARE OFFICER INITIATED.

SO IT'S, IT IS DECREASED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM IN 2015, UM, SAME CITIES, CITY OF CHULA VISTA HAD 150 CALLS FOR SERVICE AT, AT THEIR HIGHEST PEAK PARK.

AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAD ROUGHLY 125 CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THE HIGHEST PEAK PARK.

SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING WHEN WE SAW THIS DATA.

AND IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU AT CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN MAY OF 2017.

UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, MAY OF 2017 OR IN 2017, WE HAD A LOT OF OFFICER INITIATED CONTACTS, THEN OVER A THOUSAND CALLS FOR SERVICE

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AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU HAD 800 FOR OFFICER INITIATED CONTACTS.

UH, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT I'LL PRESENTING ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE.

AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH US, UH, SO PARKS AND RECREATION, PARKS DIVISION, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS.

THEY ENCOURAGED US TO GO THROUGH SEPTET OR CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN TRAINING, UH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRIME PREVENTION.

AND IT'S, UH, THERE'S THE FIRST YEAR AS A TWO DAY TRAINING.

UH, I, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL TWO DAYS FOR YOU, BUT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A NUTSHELL, UH, THEY DO TALK ABOUT THE BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY AND HOW THAT'S A PERCEPTION OF CRIME.

WHEN YOU SEE BROKEN WINDOW, THERE'S A PERCEPTION OF CRIME.

AND WE DEFINITELY HAD AT LEAST SOME TYPE OF PERCEPTION OF NEGATIVITY AT WELLS PARK.

I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT, UH, IN WHAT YOU LEARN AT SET, TED TRAINING ARE THREE COMPONENTS OR THREE TIERS REALLY IS NATURAL SURVEILLANCE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING VERY BASIC WHERE YOUR, YOUR BUSHES OR YOUR SHRUBS ARE NO HIGHER THAN TWO FEET.

YOUR TREE CANOPIES ARE HIGHER THAN SIX FEET.

SO YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY CAN SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH YOUR PARK AREA.

YOU, YOUR FENCING IS ALL SEE-THROUGH.

AND SO AGAIN, THEY CAN SEE ALL THE WAY FROM THE STREET SIDE, AND IT'S NOT ONLY YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT YOUR PARK GUARDIANS, YOUR DOG PARK, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO YOUR PARK, THEY'RE ALSO MAKING THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THEY'RE ALSO GUARDIANS FOR YOUR PARK.

SO REALLY A CITY WANTS TO INVEST IN THAT OUR PARKS DIVISION ENGINEERS, WE, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECALIBRATE THE PARK TO TARGET THAT STILL WE WEREN'T SEEING THE RESULTS WE WANTED.

SO WE WENT TO MECHANICAL SURVEILLANCE AND THAT'S WORKING WITH IT, THE TRAFFIC DIVISION AND OTHER PARTS OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GET, UH, CAMERAS IN THE PARKS AND STILL WE WEREN'T SEEING THE RESULTS WE WANTED.

AND FINALLY, WE WENT TO ORGANIZED SURVEILLANCE AND YOU LOOK, WE HAVE THE TWO PARK RANGERS RIGHT THERE.

UM, SO A LOT OF THOSE CONTEXTS, AND I'M ONLY WOULD ONLY MAKE AN ASSUMPTION, BUT A LOT OF THOSE CONTACTS, I DO KNOW, COME FROM OUR PARK RANGERS AND MAKING THOSE CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE IN OUR PARKS.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGER PART OF IT IS HAVING THE PRESENCE IN THE PARK.

AND SO HAVING THAT WITH OUR PARTS DIVISION, HAVING THAT WITH OUR BIG PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ONE THING YOU DO LEARN IN SEPTATE TRAINING IS THAT IT'S, THIS IS NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM.

THIS IS AS A TEAM WITHIN A CITY.

WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO HAVE TIM COME IN.

TIM'S NOT ALWAYS WANTING TO SING HIS PRAISES.

SO I'M TRYING TO FORCE HIM TO SING HIS PRAISES TODAY.

UH, AND TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND IN HIS PRESENCE WITHIN WELLS PARK, ON HOW THAT HUMAN FACTOR HAS ALSO CHANGED.

SO TIM TICKET OVER ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, AS FRANK MENTIONED, MY NAME IS TIM EMILIA AND I'M THE CURRENT RECREATION SERVICES SUPERVISOR STATIONED AT WELLS PARK.

UM, BUT TO KIND OF GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND AS FRANK PUT IT PRIOR TO MY TIME WITH ALCOHOL, I SPENT SEVERAL YEARS WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

UH, INITIALLY I STARTED AT THE TUCSON'S ACADEMY, WHICH IS A GROUP HOME FOR HOMELESS AND RUNAWAY TEENAGERS AGES 14 TO 18.

UM, MY ROLE THERE WAS TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UH, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, SPECIFIC LIFE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS, UH, AS WELL AS JUST, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR THESE TEENAGERS.

FROM THERE, I SPENT, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS AS A TEAM LEADER AT FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES.

NOW, MY ROLE THERE SPECIFICALLY WAS, UH, I OVERSAW AND WORKED ON TWO SEPARATE GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS, UH, SPECIFICALLY RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS THAT FOCUSED ON HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETERANS, AS WELL AS HOMELESS, TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH.

UH, AND THOSE AGES WERE 16 TO 24.

AND DURING THIS TIME, UH, I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT THERE'S JUST SO MANY VARIABLES AND FACTORS THAT GO INTO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

UM, BUT THROUGH THE TRAINING I RECEIVED THERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAD, I WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP CERTAIN SKILLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THIS POPULATION.

UH, SO WITH HIS BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, UH, I QUICKLY WAS ABLE TO TRANSITION TO MY POSITION.

AS I STATED AS THE CURRENT RECREATION SERVICES SUPERVISOR AT WELLS PARK, I STARTED IN THE SUMMER OF 2019.

AND DURING THAT TIME, WELLS PARK HAD GONE SEVERAL YEARS WITHOUT A FULL-TIME RECREATION STAFF PRESENCE.

UH, AND EARLY, WHAT I NOTICED ON AT THE PARK WAS THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN LARGER CABINS AT THE PARK.

ADDITIONALLY, WITH THIS, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR

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UM, DAILY PART CHECKS, UH, WOULD LEAD TO A HIGH VOLUME OF CALLS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN TO BE TRANSPARENT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE OFF-LEASH DOG PARK AREA, THIS PARK WAS A BIT UNDER UTILIZED.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, HAD CONCERNED FOR SAFETY TO, TO COME TO THE PARK.

SO THE GOAL FROM THE ONSET WAS TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF WELLS PARK, UH, TO CHANGE IT FROM IT BEING A PERCEIVED DANGEROUS SPACE, UH, INTO MORE OF AN ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE QUICKLY, THERE WERE TWO EARLY OBJECTIVES THAT WE SAW AS IMPORTANT STRATEGIES AND, UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO REACH THIS GOAL.

THE FIRST, UH, WAS FOR MYSELF TO BEGIN UTILIZING THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING THAT I HAD RECEIVED DURING MY TIME AT FATHER JOE'S TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE HOMELESS POPULATION AT THE PARK, UM, STEERING THEM TOWARDS NECESSARY RESOURCES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENSURING THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES DID NOT COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF OTHER PARK USERS.

UH, AND SECONDLY, A SECOND OBJECTIVE, AND JUST AS IMPORTANT IN MY OBSERVATION, UH, WE HAD A FULL COURT PRESS, A STEADY PUSH TO ACTIVATE WELLS PARK.

WE WANTED TO ACTIVATE IT THROUGH RECREATION BASED PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIOUS SPECIAL EVENTS.

UM, THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO SOME OF THESE SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING.

SO THE FIRST SUCCESS THAT WE SAW WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OUTDOOR MOBILE RECREATION PROGRAM.

UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THIS AT THE PARK, UH, OR BETTER YET.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OUR ORANGE VAN DRIVING AROUND THE CITY.

UH, THE CITY OF IS MOBILE REC SQUAD HAS BEEN A STAPLE AND A KEY ELEMENT INTO ACTIVATING WELLS PARK SINCE ITS CREATION IN APRIL, 2019.

ULTIMATELY THIS PROGRAM, IT SERVES AS A FREE AFTERSCHOOL, UH, DROP IN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN POSITIVE PLAY AS WELL AS, UH, PHYSICAL, UH, WELLBEING AND, UH, ACTIVENESS.

UH, AND THEN ONE THING WE DID HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS PROGRAM IS WE REALLY WANTED TO, UH, BE AVAILABLE DURING THOSE CRITICAL AFTER-SCHOOL HOURS, SPECIFICALLY 2:00 PM TO SIX, UH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY IN ACTIVATING WILSON PARK WAS A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.

UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THESE EVENTS, UH, AS PICTURED THERE.

UH, WE HAD THE ARBOR DAY LAST YEAR, THE TREE PLANNING, UH, SOME OF THESE OTHER EVENTS INCLUDED, UH, OUR DUMPED DAY AND SHREDDED MULCH DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE TRASH PROVIDER EDCO.

UH, THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE PARK TO PROVIDE, UH, NOT ONLY SERVICES, BUT A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP FOR THEM TO, UH, COME TO THE PARK AND REALLY BE A PART OF A POSITIVE ASPECT.

AND THEN PROBABLY OUR MOST POPULAR ADDITION TO THE PROGRAMMING AND WELLS PARK HAS BEEN THE CREATION OF TWO SEASONAL SPECIAL EVENTS.

UH, THE FIRST YOU CAN SEE THERE IS OUR WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOST TWO SUCCESSFUL EVENT, UH, EVENTS, UH, STARTING IN 2019 AND OUR MOST RECENT WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT.

UH, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, COME OUT AND ENJOY, UH, YOU KNOW, A DAY AT THE PARK AND EVEN PLAY IN THE SNOW.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE WANTED TO TARGET THE SUMMERTIME.

UH, SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PARKS, WE CREATED A SUMMER MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES.

UH, WHEREAS BEFORE WE WERE ONLY OFFERING ONE SERIES, ONE MOVIE IN THE PARK OPTION AT OUR RYNETTE PARK.

NOW WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY AT WELLS PARK, BUT OUR OTHER PARKS PROVIDE UP TO EIGHT, SOMETIMES 10 OFFERINGS DURING THE SUMMER.

AND LASTLY, UH, KIND OF, AS FRANK MENTIONED, UM, NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD, UH, SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO, UH, OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE FIRST BEING, AS FRANK MENTIONED, THE KABOOM PLAYGROUND REFRESH IN 2019.

UM, BUT SECONDLY, I DO WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, THE MINI PITCH SOCCER COURT THAT WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY, 2021.

UH, I CAN SAY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I OPEN UP THAT MINI PITCH AT NINE O'CLOCK AND THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OR THREE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET ON AND PLAY.

AND THEN DURING THAT AFTER-SCHOOL TIME, YOU CAN SEE UP TO 30 YOUTH, UH, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE THERE AND THEY'RE JUST RUNNING GAMES AND ENJOYING THE PARK.

SO THAT'S JUST BEEN A HUGE PARK IMPROVEMENT THAT ULTIMATELY HAS CONTINUED TO HELP US KEEP UP WITH THE ACTIVATION OF WELLS PARK.

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YOU'LL SEE THE RETURN OF PASSIVE RECREATION USE SUCH AS PICNICS, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTIES ON THE WEEKENDS, AND JUST SIMPLY SEEING FAMILIES ENJOY THE OUTDOOR SPACE.

WE'VE SEEN THE RESURGENCE OF YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES PERMITTING AND USING THE TWO SPORTS FIELDS ON THE WEEKENDS.

NOW YOU CAN, UH, COME AROUND 10 O'CLOCK AND YOU'LL SEE A SOCCER GAME GOING ON AS WELL AS A FOOTBALL AND A BASEBALL GAME.

AND LASTLY, WHILE IT'S STILL A WORKING PROCESS, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN NEGATIVE PARK BEHAVIOR FROM THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND THIS IS DUE TO OUR OVERALL ACTIVATION OF THE PARK.

UM, AND THEN PERSONALLY FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, AS I CONTINUED TO BE STATIONED AT THE PARK IN MY ROLE, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO USE MY ABILITY TO, TO TREAT THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPASSION AND DIGNITY, STEERING THEM TOWARDS AVAILABLE RESOURCES, RECOGNIZING THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO USE THE PARK.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENSURING THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES JUST DO NOT COMPROMISE THE GENERAL SAFETY OF OTHER PARK USERS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, TIM.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR THE NICE REPORT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO, SIR.

COUNSEL,

[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, A COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNSELORS, DO YOU WISH TO POLL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS STAFF? NO, SIR.

MAKE A MOTION THAT ALL THESE ANGELA .

WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.

THERE ARE.

I MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

I, 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 ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA CAN BE HEARD AT THE TIME THAT ITEM IS HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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

ANDREWS, WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.

ALRIGHT.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

WE

[7. TransNet Funding for MTS Operations RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, calling on the SANDAG Board of Directors to continue funding San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Services with 8.1% of voter-approved TransNet revenue.]

ITEM SEVEN IS REGARDING THE TRANSNET FUNDING FOR MTS OPERATIONS.

AND I'LL ASK OUR CITY MANAGER, PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL COUNCIL EVER GO GLOBAL REPRESENTS THE CITY ON THE MTS BOARD.

AND HE BROUGHT THIS MATTER TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT, UM, DUE TO SOME SHIFTS GOING ON AT SANDAG, THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT MTS WILL LOSE SOME OF ITS FUNDING THAT WAS PROMISED OR GUARANTEED AS PART OF THE TRANSPLANT APPROVAL IN 2004.

UM, BASED ON THAT CONCERN, STAFF HAS PREPARED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MTSS CONTINUED RE RECEIPT OF TRANSNET SALES TAX FUNDS AND, UM, ADVIL.

AND STAFF'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, PLEASE? CERTAINLY IN 2004, GOING BACK, UM, WHEN TRANSNET WAS, UH, APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, ALMOST 2 MILLION VOTERS ACTUALLY APPROVED IT.

UM, THERE WAS SOME MONEY, ACTUALLY 8.1% OF ALL THE TRANS NET REVENUE WAS TO BE DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SERVICES THAT MTS PROVIDES.

IT.

DOESN'T NOT SAY THOU SHALT PAY MTS 8.1%, BUT IT, IT SAYS THAT YOU'LL YOU'LL PAY FOR MASS TRANSIT.

AND THE OTHER SERVICES THAT MTS PROVIDES, THERE IS A CONCERN THAT, THAT MTS IS EXPRESSING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES, BECAUSE THERE WAS AN, UH, OVER CALCULATION OF, OR AN OVERESTIMATION OF HOW MUCH TRANSIT MONEY WOULD BE RECEIVED.

NOW THERE'S A SHORTFALL IN TRANSIT

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SO THERE'S SOME WRANGLING GOING ON TO DETERMINE HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE DIVIDED UP.

AND THERE'S A CONCERN THAT MTS WILL RECEIVE LESS NOW.

AND MR. GOBLE, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK, UH, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY MAKES UP AT LEAST 10% OF MTSS OVERALL BUDGET.

SO THIS, THIS SHORTAGE OF FUNDING WILL RESULT IN PROBABLY IN MY MIND, PROBABLY REDUCED SERVICES BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE TO TAKE THAT MONEY FROM, OR, UM, IN MOST OF THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT FUNDING.

SOURCES ARE JUST, IT'S JUST OPERATIONAL MONEY.

SO THERE POTENTIALLY IS LESS STOPS, LESS BUS ROUTES OCCURRING.

SO THAT'S THE CONCERN.

THIS RESOLUTION PUSHES OR ENCOURAGES THE SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FOLLOW THE WISHES OF THE VOTERS IN 2004, THAT VOTED FOR TRANSNET AND CONTINUE FUNDING MTS AT ITS FULL 800.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I THOUGHT THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM US AND I JUST NEEDED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

ANGELA, RECEIVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? NO COMMON CARDS HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S JUST ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.

UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE NEXT RESOLUTION ORDER.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE ARE NO COMMISSION REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

ITEM EIGHT

[8. Council Activity Report]

UH, WE'RE AT ACTIVITIES

[9. 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.]

THERE WAS NO, UH, PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND THE WORKING FAMILIES ORDINANCE, OTHERWISE AS REPORTING COUNCIL, BARBARA KENDRICK AS REPORTED COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ, COUNSELOR, METRO AS REPORTED, THERE ARE NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS ORDINANCE AND NO CLOSED SESSIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

AND THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN AT THE RAILROAD JOINT MEETING OF THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL, ALCOHOL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022, WHICH IS NOW ADJOURNED UNTIL TONIGHT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022 AT SEVEN O'CLOCK BMC OF THEN.