Sep 25, 2018 City Council Meeting 3pm

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

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WELL, I'LL COME TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I LIKE TO CALL THEM IN THE ORDER AND ASK

[ ROLL CALL: City Clerk Angela Aguirre]

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

FANTASTIC.

UM,

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG AND MOMENT OF SILENCE]

AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TODAY.

SO AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE, I'D LIKE TO ESPECIALLY REMEMBER THE NATIONAL DAY OF, REMEMBER IT'S FOR THE PRISONER OF WAR AND THOSE SOLDIERS WHO ARE MISSING IN ACTION THAT TODAY IS THE NATIONAL DAY REMEMBERS FOR THAT.

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS IS ALSO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PSA CRASH HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

SO A LOT TO REMEMBER.

AND MIKE, IF YOU WOULD LEAD US IN THIS, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH.

READY? BEGIN.

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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the September 11, 2018, meeting and the Agenda of the September 25, 2018, meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

WE HAVE A

[ PRESENTATIONS: Proclamation: Fire Prevention Week Proclamation: German American Month Proclamation: MTS Ride Free Day ]

UM, OUR FIRST PR PROCLAMATION IS FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND CHIEF CHASEN.

WOULD YOU JOIN US AND MONICA WILL READ THE PRESENTATION AS SOON AS WE COME DOWN.

THIS IS GREAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH 2018 WHEREAS THE CITY OF EL CAHONE IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR CITY.

HOMEBUYERS KILLED MORE THAN 2,735 PEOPLE IN THE U S IN 2016 AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO 352,000 HOME.

THE FIRE DEATH RATE PER 1000 HOME FIRES REPORTED TO THE U S FIRE DEPARTMENTS WAS 10% HIGHER IN 2016 THAN IN 1980.

FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY AND HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK FROM FIRE.

THE MAJORITY OF US FIRE DEATHS OCCUR AT HOME EACH YEAR AND WHEREAS HOMES, RESIDENTS SHOULD IDENTIFY PLACES IN THEIR HOMES WHERE FIRES CAN START AND ELIMINATE THOSE HAZARDS.

WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING IN REPORTED HOME FIRES IN HALF.

SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN EVERY SLEEPING ROOM OUTSIDE EACH SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA AND ON EVERY LEVEL OF THE HOME.

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS GO OUTSIDE IMMEDIATELY TO THE DESIGNATED MEETING PLACE WHEN THE SMOKE ALARM SOUNDS.

RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PLANNED AND PRACTICE A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN ARE MORE PREPARED AND WILL THEREFORE BE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A FIRE.

AND WHEREAS ELKA HONES FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.

EDUCATION, ELCA HONES RESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION MEASURES AND ARE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION TO INCREASE THEIR SAFETY FROM FIRE.

THEY CAN LEARN THIS AND MORE BY ATTENDING THE ANNUAL ELKA HOME FIRE OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER SIX AT 100 EAST LEXINGTON AVENUE FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND WHEREAS THE 2018 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME LOOK, LISTEN, LEARN, BE AWARE, FIRE CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE EFFECTIVELY SERVES TO REMIND US THAT WE NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL STEPS TO INCREASE OUR SAFETY FROM FIRE.

THEREFORE, BILL WELLS, MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH 2018 TO BE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

WE ARE ADDRESSING, WANTS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, LOOK FOR AVAILABLE WAYS OUT IN THE EVENT

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MR MAYOR, I'LL NEVER SAY NO TO A MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU.

SO YOU HEARD OUR, UH, OUR SAYING THERE.

LET ME PUT THIS DOWN FOR A MINUTE.

LET'S, WE'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK QUIZ HERE.

IT WAS, LOOK, LISTEN, LEARN, BE AWARE.

FIRE CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

SO IT SOUNDS A LITTLE SUSIE IN, BUT IT IS A GOOD MESSAGE.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO COME TO OUR FIRE STATION SIX 100 EAST LEXINGTON ON OCTOBER SIX.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS THERE IS YOU'LL GET TO MEET SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

YOU'LL GET TO SEE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LEARN SIDEWALK, THERE'LL BE FIRE PREVENTION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION AND YOU'LL ALSO LEARN WHEN AND HOW TO CALL NINE ONE ONE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL DESIGNATION IT, I'LL CALL HIM ONE OF ONE OF VERY FEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE THIS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US? I'D BE HAPPY TO.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS OUR ISO DESIGNATION AS A CLASS ONE CITY.

ISO IS THE INSURANCE SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

THERE ARE THIRD PARTY AND THEY EVALUATE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THIS NATION AND EVALUATE EACH CITY ON A ONE TO 10 SCALE.

AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU REMINDED US THAT WE'RE A CLASS ONE CITY, 99.8% OF CITIES ARE CLASS TWO OR BELOW.

WE'RE ONE OF TWO CITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 60 IN CALIFORNIA, AND A ONE IN 500 IF YOU WORK THE MATH OUT IN THE NATION.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

SO WE'RE JUST BASICALLY BETTER THAN JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.

RIGHT.

UM, THIS ISN'T BROADCAST RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ACTUALLY ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR GERMAN AMERICAN MONTH.

MIKE ANDERSON'S HERE, IF YOU WOULD JOIN US AND MONICA IF YOU WOULD READ THE PROCLAMATION AND MIKE'S GOT HIS FRIEND NICOLE AS WELL.

AND LET ME GRAB THIS.

OKAY, THANKS.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR A GERMAN AMERICAN MONTH, OCTOBER, 2018 WHEREAS OCTOBER 6TH IS GERMAN AMERICAN DAY IN THE UNITED STATES COMMEMORATING THE DATE IN 1683 WHEN 13 GERMAN FAMILIES LANDED IN PHILADELPHIA.

THESE FAMILIES SUBSEQUENTLY FOUNDED GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, THE FIRST GERMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE ORIGINAL 13 AMERICAN COLONIES.

SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 60 MILLION AMERICANS TRACE AT LEAST PART OF THEIR ANCESTRY TO GERMANY AND WHEREAS THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF SAN DIEGO INC WAS FOUNDED IN THE EARLY 1960S TO PROMOTE THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF GERMANY.

IN THE EARLY DAYS, THE SOCIETY BECAME SO POPULAR THAT 1500 MEMBERS JOINED IN 1971 THE SOCIETY WAS FINALLY ABLE TO BUY AND REBUILD ITS OWN CLUBHOUSE AT ONE ZERO ONE SEVEN SOUTH MOLLISON AVENUE IN EL CAHONE.

THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GERMANY HAVE SERVED THIS CITY AND THIS COUNTY STEADFASTLY OVER THE YEARS IN NUMEROUS FIELDS AND ORGANIZATIONS JOIN THEM AND CELEBRATING 47 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS OKTOBERFEST, A CELEBRATION OF GERMAN HERITAGE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN EL CAHONE EVERY FALL SINCE 1972 OKTOBERFEST IN EL CAHONE CONTINUES TO BE A TRADITIONAL FAMILY ORIENTED FESTIVAL WITH REAL GERMAN BAND, DELICIOUS GERMAN FOOD AND A VARIETY OF GERMAN BEERS AND A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE DESCRIBED IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, ASCA MULTA KITE.

NOW.

THEREFORE, I WELLS MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2018 TO BE GERMAN AMERICAN MONTH, WE CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE GERMAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY AND NATION.

AND FURTHERMORE, ENCOURAGE ALL TO ATTEND AND ENJOY OKTOBERFEST IN EL CAHONE, SEPTEMBER 28TH THROUGH THE 30TH AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH THE SEVENTH SIGN, THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018 .

WELL, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT ALCON AND RIGHTLY SO, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OCTOBER FEST.

WE PUT I, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT.

WE HAVE THE BEST OCTOBER FEST, IF ANY OCTOBER FASTER OUT OF MIKE IN THE UNIVERSE.

AND I THINK THAT'S A PROVEN FACT THAT SEE, IF STEVEN HOCKEY WERE HERE, HE WOULD, HE WOULD EXPLAIN THAT TO US.

BUT WILL YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OCTOBERFEST AND HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED? YES.

THE FIRST, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT MONICA ON THE WAY.

SHE JUST GLIDED RIGHT THROUGH GOOD MOOD.

THE SKYPE

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IT'S A LONG WORD.

UH, WE ARE, WE STARTED THIS FRIDAY, WE DO IT TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW, SO IT'S THE 28TH, 29TH AND 30TH OF SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING A CONFESSED FIFTH, SIXTH AND 7TH OF OCTOBER.

UH, EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DROP OF GERMAN BLOOD IN YOU JUST TO GET A LITTLE DROP OF THAT GERMAN BEER IN YOU THAT WORKS IF YOU'RE 21 AND UP.

UH, WE HAVE A GREAT SELECTION OF, UH, GERMAN FOODS THAT WE PREPARE.

MOST OF THEM THEY ARE, WE ALSO GET SOME GREAT DESSERTS, PRETZELS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE HAD 12, I BELIEVE, GERMAN BEERS ON TAP.

SO YOU HAVE A QUITE A VARIETY THERE, PLUS A ONE SORT OF PSEUDO GERMAN CALLED COORS LIGHT.

AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A GREAT RAFFLE WHERE THE GRAND PRIZE IS A RALPH, A ROUNDTRIP FLIGHT FOR, TO, TO GERMANY.

UM, WE DO FLY OUR BAND IN FROM GERMANY.

THEY, THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE IN LA RIGHT NOW.

PART OF THEM.

THEY'RE ON THE WAY INTO TOWN RIGHT NOW.

SO THEY COME FROM A VARIA AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN AND VERY AUTHENTIC.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF? WE HAVE A GREAT KID ZONE.

UM, LOTS OF STUFF FOR THE KIDS TO DO.

SUNDAYS ARE, UM, WE, WE KIND OF DUBBED IT KID'S DAY, FAMILY DAY.

UM, WE'RE ENTRY IS $5 ON SUNDAY.

UM, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IT'S 10 AND THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY TICKETS ONLINE.

SO SOMETIMES IT ESCAPES YOU FROM GETTING INTO THE LONGER LINES THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS.

I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THAT'S IT.

WELL, I HOPE YOU ALL COME.

YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME, I PROMISE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND COMBINE ME THERE.

BRIGHT AND FOR THE SEX PROCLAMATION, I'M GONNA PASS IT OFF TO COUNCILLOR MCLOUGHLIN BECAUSE HE IS IN CHARGE OF OUR MTS AND WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN FROM MTS, MARK OLSON.

IF HE'D COME DOWN AND UH, WE'LL GIVE HIM THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND MONICA, YOU, UH, YOU WANT TO READ THE DETAILS ABOUT FREE RIDE DAY COMING UP.

OKAY.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MTS FREE RIDE DAY OCTOBER 2ND, 2018 WHEREAS OCTOBER 2ND, 2018 MARKS, MTS FREE RIDE DAY.

THE REGION'S FIRST SUCH DAY WHERE THE SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL OFFER FREE RIDES ALL DAY LONG TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE AND RIDE THE AGENCIES, BUSES AND TROLLEYS.

AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC TRANSIT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THE VITALITY OF THE CITY OF EL CAHONE WHERE RESIDENTS TAKE MORE THAN 3.4 MILLION BUS AND TROLLEY TRIPS EVERY YEAR TO GET TO WORK, SCHOOL SHOPPING, HEALTH APPOINTMENTS, A CHURCH, AND MUCH MORE AND THE REST.

THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA HAS A VIBRANT TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES THE TROLLEYS, ORANGE LINE AND THE QUAN GREEN LINE, MULTIPLE STATIONS, EIGHT BUS ROUTES AND IS HOME TO MTSS, NEW EAST COUNTY BUS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND RAZA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM.

MTS OPERATES 95 BUS ROUTES AND THREE TROLLEY LINES ON 53 MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK RAILWAY.

EVERY WEEKDAY.

300,000 PASSENGER TRIPS ARE TAKEN ON MTS BUS AND TROLLEY SERVICES IN 10 CITIES AND THE COUNTY IN FISCAL YEAR 2018 MTS SERVED MORE THAN 85.4 MILLION RIDERS AND WHEREAS THE SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS IN A JURISDICTION TO JOIN FREE TRANSIT DAY, THEN CHOOSE TRANSIT MOVEMENT AND EMBRACE ALL THE BENEFITS, TRANSIT OFFERS SUCH AS GREATER MOBILITY, FINANCIAL SAVINGS, AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

NOW THEREFORE BILL WELLS MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 2018 AS MTS FREE RIDE DAY IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE, THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND ALSO DECLARES THAT QUALITY TRANSIT SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF OUR COUNTRY, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND FOR INDIVIDUALS SIGN THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018 I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE ABOUT MTS AND THE TREMENDOUS SAFETY RECORD THAT THEY HAVE.

WE'D LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, DON'T THINK PUBLIC TRANSIT IS SAFE, BUT IT'S VERY SAFE.

WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON OUR BOARD.

AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

YES, A MTS IS A VERY SAFE SYSTEM.

WE'RE ONE OF THE SAFEST SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY.

WE'VE WON A AWARDS LIKE THREE OUT OF THE PAST FOUR YEAR FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND UH, AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC SAFETY.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN AND SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AS AN AGENCY IS THAT SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT RIDE OUR SYSTEM, UH, LIKE WAS MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION,

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UM, IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO A TOWN LIKE SAN TE, THEY DO 300,000 TRIPS.

SO YOU SEE HOW MUCH EL CAHONE HAS EMBRACED TRANSIT AND HOW MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVICE WE PROVIDE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH OF A PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MTS IS HERE IN EL CAHONE AND YOU KNOW, BUT WE THINK THERE'S MORE.

WE THINK THERE'S MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CAN TRY TRANSIT, SEE HOW IT CAN WORK FOR THEM.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE, HOW IT CAN WORK, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU WANT TO SAVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY, WE CAN SAVE YOU ABOUT $3,000 A YEAR IF YOU SWITCH OVER TO, TO TRANSIT AND YOU COMMUTE BY TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY.

SO THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS THERE.

AND IT'S ALSO A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN RELAX AND LET US DO THE DRIVING.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE TRANSIT, IT ALLOWS US TO DO THE DRIVING.

YOU CAN SEND OUT THOSE EMAILS, YOU CAN PLAN YOUR DAY, YOU KNOW, PLAN YOUR AFTER WORK TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU JUST CAN'T DO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.

SO CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THIS.

WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ON OCTOBER 2ND THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING TRANSIT THAT DON'T NORMALLY DO SO.

AND SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TRY TRANSIT ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, AND AT THE EL CAHONE TRANSIT CENTER, WE HOPE WE'LL HAVE A BOOTH THERE, UH, THANKING WRITERS FOR COMPANY COMING OUT THERE AND RIDING.

WE'LL HAVE SOME RAFFLE PRIZES OUT THERE AND SOME GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'LL BE OUT THERE FROM 6:30 AM UNTIL 9:00 AM FOR THOSE MORNING COMMUTERS.

SO CERTAINLY WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COMMUTE BY TRANSIT, TRY IT OUT ON TUESDAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE FREE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, WHETHER YOU'RE TAKING THE BUS OR THE TROLLEY OR EVEN A IN NORTH COUNTY, THE COASTER, THE SPRINTER AND THEIR SERVICES AS WELL.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE FREE ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO OCTOBER 2ND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND UH, JUST REMEMBER THAT, UH, WE'VE WON AWARDS FOR THE, UH, OUTSTANDING SERVICE, UH, THAT WE HAVE AND THE, UH, FINANCIAL RECORDS THAT WE HAVE SURPASSED OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AND OUR CEO HAS, UH, BEEN DESIGNATED THE, I THINK THE CEO OF THE YEAR COUPLE, THREE TIMES.

AND HE'S JUST DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO MTS IS REALLY A GOOD SYSTEM.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

THANKS.

.

OKAY,

[ AGENDA CHANGES:]

STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES TODAY, MR MAYOR? THERE IS NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA COUNCIL AND THE AGENDA CHANGES.

WE'RE

[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. ]

DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY CONSENT ITEMS? STAFF, JEWISH POLITICAL ASYLUMS. ANGEL, WE HAVE ANY SPEED CARDS FOR CONSENT ITEMS, SIR.

ITEM FOUR HAS BEEN PULLED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT PERSON UP AND DISCUSS THAT.

ADAM.

SO LAVECK BUT TWO TICKETS.

AND IS THIS FOR GENERAL OR NUMBER FOUR? THIS IS FOR NUMBER FOUR, SIR.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO STAY APPRISED OF THE BUDGETS AND THINGS ONCE IN A WHILE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES CLOSER TO ELECTION TIME.

AND I JUST KINDA GLANCE THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT YOU RECENTLY RECEIVED $325,000 ON A REAL ESTATE SALE.

PLEASE TELL ME THAT WASN'T THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MMM.

MMM.

GO AHEAD AND GET THE STAFF TO EXPLAIN THAT TRANSACTION.

SURELY THAT, UM, IF, IF IT'S THE RIGHT ONE THAT I'M THINKING OF, IT'S ACTUALLY A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OWNED ON RAYA.

UM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MARRIOTT, A STOREFRONT THAT WE OWNED, THE POLICE STATION GARNERED A LOT MORE THAN $300,000 MORE THAN THE COUPLE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHY I CAME TO THIS PORTAL.

I SAW A $2 MILLION PROPERTY AND I'M THINKING, OH, YOU DIDN'T SELL IT FOR THREE AND A QUARTER? NO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

NOT A PROBLEM.

ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS? NO OTHER CARDS.

ALL RIGHT THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS. MOVING.

SECONDED.

PLEASE.

VOTE.

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THIS BRINGS

[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]

AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ELKO AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT THE ANIMALS 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 AND THAT AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS UNDER PUBLIC? WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS AND THE FIRST ONE IS MR JOE LOVECH.

MR LUBBOCK, ARE YOU HERE? OH, BUT BACK.

FORGET.

OKAY.

IT'S THE JOEL LUBECK SHOW.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I WANT TO COMMENT ON A FEW THINGS.

I PROBABLY WOULD TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES, SO I'LL TRY AND CONDENSE IT TO THREE.

UM, I FIND THE OLDER I GET THE LESS I KNOW AND MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN ENLIGHTEN ME ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS TO.

UM, ONE OF THEM WAS, WHAT IS YOUR JOB? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR THIS CITY? SO I GO ON YOUR SITE, THERE'S NOT EVEN A JOB DESCRIPTION ON THERE.

SO I CAME UP WITH MY OWN IDEA IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND HOPEFULLY A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY.

AND SAFETY IS AN ISSUE FOR ALL OF US.

AND I CAME HERE A YEAR AGO ABOUT AND HAD COMMENTS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CITY REGARDING THE HOMELESS.

WELL, SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ 10 YEAR, FIVE YEAR PLANS FROM MAJOR CITIES FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

UM, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN NUMEROUS CITIES AS FAR AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GOES.

UH, I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT KANSAS CITY.

SO I CALL A COLLEAGUE OVER IN KANSAS CITY AND SAYS, HOW'S THAT WORKING OUT FOR YOU? HE GOES, WELL, WE DON'T SEE ANY HOMELESS.

THEY HAVE A $5,000 FINE 30 DAYS IN JAIL FOR SUPPORTING ANY HOMELESS WITH FOOD, CLOTHING, OR MONEY.

OKAY.

THE HOMELESS AREN'T TO BE SEEN.

MY DISCOVERY IS THAT I WAS AN AIR.

I THOUGHT WE HAD A HOMELESS PROBLEM HERE INL CONE ONLY TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HOMELESS PROBLEM, HOMELESS AS A WAY OF LIFE.

WHAT WE HAVE IS A REACTIONARY PROBLEM.

HOW DO WE REACT TO THE HOMELESS? THAT'S OUR PROBLEM.

AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE PRESENTED WITH IN A VERY NEAR FUTURE RECEIVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND ITS ARGUMENT OF WHERE THAT FUNDS IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO, TO MANAGE IT FOR THE HOMELESS.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN EAST COUNTY.

THEY'RE BICKERING AMONGST THEMSELVES ON WHO HAS A BETTER WAY OF HANDLING THIS PROCEEDS.

AND IT MAY ALL GO TO ALPHA PROJECT AND IT'D BE OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CITY CONSULT, TAKE A, DO A LITTLE BIT OF READING AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND POSSIBLY CONSIDER THIS ONE IDEA.

DO AN INTERVIEW, A NATIONAL INTERVIEW, TRY TO GET OUT THERE.

A PERSON THAT IS VERY SEASONED IN DRUG REHABILITATION IN THE FIELD, LIKE A, LIKE A RANCH WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN PEOPLE, I THINK I'M, OH GOD, I FORGET WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION'S OVER IN ARIZONA, BUT THEY HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF TURNING PEOPLE AROUND.

ALL STREET PEOPLE ARE NOT DRUG PEOPLE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MANY REASONS WHY, BUT GET SOME SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED FIRSTHAND IT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS CITY POSSIBLY HIRE.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PART TIME ATTORNEY AFFAIR ANYMORE, BUT MAYBE A TREY GOWDY, UH, ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY TO HELP THESE, THESE OFFICERS ENFORCED THE LAW.

IN MY OPINION.

YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST LAW FIRM LAW ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.

I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THEIR NEEDS.

NOT JUST THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PERSON, BUT ALL OF THE OFFICERS, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THEM ON THE LINE.

EVERY MORNING THEY LEAVE.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING HOME.

THEY HAVE THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING TO THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE WE WANT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

DO YOU WALK YOUR CHILDREN TO WELLS PARK OR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN? DO YOU TAKE THEM TO THE LIBRARY? IT'S LIKE THE WALKING DEAD OR SOMETHING.

UH, MY GRANDCHILD WAS ACCOSTED LAST YEAR.

I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS CITY IS SAFE.

DO YOU NEED NO MORE POLICE OFFICERS? DO YOU NEED MORE SUPPORT? TALK TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING IT EVERY DAY.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE.

I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE A SAFE CITY FOR THIS CITY.

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I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THINKS ABOUT HOMELESS ISSUES.

PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT.

UM, I LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE COFFEE WITH YOU SOMETIME.

IF YOU WOULD, UH, BE WILLING TO LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER WITH ANGELA, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL AND I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE, BUT I'D LOVE TO SIT AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS.

IN FACT, YOU WANT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER AND GO SAY, HEY, LET'S GO HAVE LUNCH.

YOU KNOW, I'VE READ A LOT OF HOMELESS PLANS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES AND THERE'S SOME NOT GOOD ONES.

MASSACHUSETTS CLAIMED TO HAVE NO HOMELESS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY CLAIM.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SAN DIEGO UNIONS HAD BEEN FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND THEY'VE WRITTEN NUMEROUS ARTICLES.

HOW THE MORE YOU HELP, THE MORE YOU HURT, YOU PROVIDE MORE HOUSING, MORE THIS, MORE THAT THE MORE HOMELESS YOU'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP COMING FOR MORE STUFF.

OKAY.

WE, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU.

LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER.

LET'S GO AND HAVE A TALK AND I'LL, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AT LEAST MY THOUGHTS ON IT AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN PREVAIL ALL GRAHAM TO COME ALONG AND BE INVOLVED AS WELL.

SO HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER.

GREAT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

THANK YOU.

WELL, SIR, WELCOME.

IT'S THE BAYER COUNCIL STAFF.

UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, UH, AN UPDATE OUT ON MEDIATION FOR THE RENT MEDIATION.

IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING VERY SLOW.

WE HAD A MEETING, ANOTHER CONFERENCE CALL YESTERDAY, AND, UH, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURED PARKS AND THEY HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF EVEN THE CIVIL CODE, WHICH, UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING, UH, NOT PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO AS FAR AS TIMELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, BUT THAT'S THE UPDATE.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A, WE'RE TRYING TO SET A DATE FOR THE, FOR THE MEDIATION.

SO, UH, THE, UH, GENTLEMAN FROM THE AAA, THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO GET BACK TO US AND HE'S MIGHT EVEN BE CONTACTING THE CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, SO WE'VE, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THIS HERE AND I WON'T SAY UNLESS SAID SOMEONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.

UH, SO THAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE.

UH, AS FAR AS A, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED LAST TIME AT THE MEETING.

I HEARD EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCILMAN COLLAGIO AGAIN AND SOMETHING THAT WAS FAILED TO MENTION THAT WAS IN THE, UH, UNION TRIBUNE THE DAY BEFORE WAS THAT JUDGE TAYLOR, THE SAME JUDGE AT SPRINGING ALL THESE CHARGES AGAINST MR COLLAGIO HAS RECUSED HIMSELF.

AND I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT MY FIRST THING, MY MIND WAS WHY IS HE RECUSING HIMSELF NOW AND NOW? I'LL JUST LET THAT BE LIKE THAT THERE FOR NOW.

BUT I JUST FELT COMMITTED TO SAY THAT.

UH, THEN AGAIN, THE SAME THING ABOUT THE 700 FORMS AND THE FOUR 60 FORMS. I UNDERSTAND BY THURSDAY, BY FIVE O'CLOCK ALL THESE FORMS HAVE HAVE TO BE IN AND I WILL BE GETTING SOME FROM THE CITY CLERK AND SPEAKING ABOUT IF I HAVE TO, AND AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ON THE CITY OF ELK CAHONES WEBPAGE SO THAT EVERYONE COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, WHICH IS PERTINENT BECAUSE IT GIVES A, A VERY, A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHO'S CONTRIBUTING WHAT THEIR ASSETS.

AND RIGHT.

LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS HERE.

OKAY.

AND IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AGAIN, UH, I'VE HAD SOME MEDICAL EXPERIENCE AND THE WAY I VIEW IT IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY FORGET ABOUT THE PATIENT.

OKAY.

UH, AND THAT, THAT CAN BE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT.

BUT WHEN I WAS TAUGHT, WHEN I WENT TO THE MEDICAL FIELD, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS NOT TO FORGET ABOUT THE PATIENT, WHETHER THAT'S HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURERS HOMES, TRYING TO GET RENT STABILIZATION EVENTUALLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY.

AND UH, AND THEN AGAIN, SENIORS VOTE.

AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

UNLESS SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT ANYTHING, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

AND I'D LOVE TO GO TO COFFEE WITH YOU SOMETIME.

ALSO MAYOR, WHY SHOULD WE CAN DO THAT? OKAY.

I'M WAITING FOR THE INVITATION.

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BRENDA HAMMOND.

HI.

UM, I STILL LOVE LEMON GROVE MORE, BUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S WHERE I GREW UP AND WHERE WE SETTLED IN 1967 FROM THE MIDWEST.

BUT I STILL RUN AWAY TO EL CAHONE TO, YOU KNOW, GOT TO GET AWAY SOMETIMES.

RIGHT.

UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU AND THE CITY, YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN, IN YOUR CITY, UM, INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE, ESPECIALLY POLICE AND FIRE.

THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF YOU.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE.

UM, MAY I PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE AT LEAST THREE.

MR MCCLELLAN, UM, GREG MITCHELL AND MONICA ZACK.

I MEAN SHE PUTS UP WITH ME DURING THE DAY WHEN I COME IN AND ASK QUESTIONS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING HER.

SHE'S PRETTY GREAT.

AND UM, AND OF COURSE MY MOM IS GERMAN.

MY DAD IS BOHEMIAN.

SO WHAT A MIXTURE.

RIGHT? AND I WANT IT, I HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WILL THANK US IN LEMON GROVE AGAIN FOR TAKING ON STILL ANOTHER COUNTY PROJECT.

WE'RE OPENING AN EMERGENCY EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER IN LEMON GROVE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE TO PUT IT.

SO, UM, DOES A LOT FOR THE HOMELESS AS WELL, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT TOO.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, WE NEED LA MESA AND SAN DIEGO TO THANK US BECAUSE IT'LL BE ON A BORDER NEAR THEM, THOSE PEOPLE.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN AND, UM, AND I ENJOY RUNNING AWAY TO OKLAHOMA SOMETIMES.

THERE'S NOT A GOOD NIGHT, RIGHT BONNIE PRICE.

BONNIE, WELCOME.

HELLO, MARION COUNCIL.

UM, BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS, I WANTED JUST TO SAY I SPENT A LOT OF MY LIFE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THERE WERE A LOT OF GERMANS THERE.

AT ONE POINT IN TIME, PENNSYLVANIA WAS VERY WORRIED THAT THE GERMANS WERE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE STATE AND THEY ALMOST PASSED A LAW TO REQUIRE THAT EVERYONE SPEAK ENGLISH.

AND THE FUN PART OF THAT IS ENGLISH IS A GERMANIC LANGUAGE, ANGLO SAXON.

THAT, SO WHEN WE CELEBRATE TURMANS HERE, NOW THE MINORITY OF COURSE, BUT, UH, EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FEAR AT ONE TIME THAT PENNSYLVANIA WOULD BE SPEAKING GERMAN.

THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES IN PENNSYLVANIA.

YOU GO WHERE THEY DO SPEAK.

TERMAN EVEN NOW, AMISH AND OLD ORDER MENNONITES AND SO FORTH.

ANYWAY, I WANNA LEND MY SUPPORT TO THE REMARKS GIVEN BY JIM SEGLEY.

I KNOW, PLEASE SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF ARBITRATION TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL RELIEF, A S A P BEFORE ANY OF THEM LOSE THEIR HOMES AND THAT'S A CONSIDERABLE LIFE INVESTMENT.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS ONCE AGAIN, UH, THAT ALCOHOL CONSIDERED COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION, UH, AS A RELIEF NOT ONLY TO THE CLIMATE BECAUSE YOU CAN USE TOTALLY RENEWABLE RESOURCES, BUT ALSO, UH, REDUCE THE COSTS OF PAYING UTILITY BILLS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY.

SACRAMENTO HAS GONE TO COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION AND THEIR UTILITY BILLS ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THEY ARE IN THIS AREA, I E AND CHARGES HIGHER PRICES AND ALMOST ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY.

SO IF YOU GO TO CLARITY CHOICE AGGREGATION, YOU REDUCE COSTS, HELP RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS, EVERYONE WOULD BE LIKE GIVING A TAX CUT TO EVERYONE.

SO PLEASE LOOK AT SACRAMENTO'S EXPERIENCE AND, AND ALSO, UM, GOT IN TOUCH WITH HAWAII.

THEY HAVE NOW THEY'RE PUBLIC UTILITY HOUSE NOW GONE TOTALLY RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

AND THEY HAVE TO

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SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THESE POINTS.

IF YOU BUY, WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS.

THE NEXT ONE IS SUNSHINE.

I SUNSHINE.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANNA MENTION MORE THINGS ABOUT COLLAGE.

LIKE RIGHT NOW I TEND SEE PEOPLE FIRST IMPRESSION IS WHAT GETS YOU ALL THE TIME.

AND RIGHT NOW HERE IN MY PRESENCE I SEE A PERSON DRINKING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, LOOKING DOWN, PLAYING WITH HIS MUSTACHE DURING THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT PERSON IS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON AND HE'S TRYING TO RUN A GRANDE SKIN BRICK.

SOMEBODY THAT DOES A WELL JOB.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, I HAVE TO INTRODUCE HIM TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE, SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT MADE ME GO THE RIGHT WAY IN LIFE, ONE OF THEIR NEW MR REGRET.

THE OTHER ONE IS MRS COMPASSION.

THE OTHER ONE IS MRS CONSCIENCE AND THE OTHER ONE IS MRS GREED.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BY LEARNING FROM THEM, I WENT THE RIGHT WAY IN LIFE AND TO ME BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND HIM.

WELL, MRS COLLAZO, I WONDER WHY SHE'S NOT HERE.

UM, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I HEARD THINGS THAT HE DID ON FACEBOOK.

TO ME, FIRST IMPRESSION IS A LITTLE KID TRYING TO GET HIS WAY.

THAT'S THE FIRST IMPRESSION.

WHY ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY THAT THINKS THAT WAY? YOU WANT AN ASSERTIVE PERSON THAT KNOWS HOW TO DO THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GET INVOLVED WITH THE THINGS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN STUDYING, CAUSE I HAVE BEEN STUDYING HIS BEHAVIOR, HIS WIFE AND HIM THINK THAT THEIR PURPOSE SINCE LIFE IS TO SERVE THEMSELVES.

AND I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE TO ME MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS HELP EVERY DAY IN LIFE.

AND I CAN STAY.

BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO, I HELP ONE OR TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WHERE I WORK.

THAT'S WHY THEY LOVE ME.

CAUSE EVEN IN WORK I GET PEPPED OUT.

I AM PURE TO MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR OTHERS AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE.

WELL RIGHT NOW WE'RE TURNING OUR HEAD BUT THAT'S OKAY.

PURPOSE OF LIFE IS NOT TO SERVE MYSELF.

THAT DOES THAT BECAUSE I'M DOING THE PURPOSE OF LIFE THAT SHE SENT ME HERE AND I HOPE THAT SHE GETS IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANYMORE MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER, SENATOR JOEL ANDERSON, BUT HE IS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE.

SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION HE ASKED IF WHEN HE STEPS IN AND YOU WOULD GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND NO MORE SPEAKERS.

OKAY.

PLEASE REMIND ME OF THAT THOUGH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS THOUGH.

PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WE'RE

[9. Update on City Council Priority Projects RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives an update on the progress made in completing City Council priority projects identified at the October 10, 2017 City Council public forum.]

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY PROJECTS AND STAFF.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC FORUM IN OCTOBER WITH ITS PURPOSE TO GENERATE IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRIORITY IN TERMS OF PROJECTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO PUT FORTH SOME IDEAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE STAFF WORK ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, WE'VE COME TO THAT ONE YEAR MARK.

SO I WANTED TO PRESENT SORT OF AN UPDATE OF, UM, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND APPARENTLY I CAN'T ADVANCE.

THAT'S A, WELL I'M PUSHING THE LASER POINTER, BUT I WAS PUSHING OTHER THINGS TOO.

ALL RIGHT, WELL WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD.

SO OUT OF THAT FORUM CAME ABOUT SEVEN CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY PROJECTS.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE.

THE FIRST WAS THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK AT LEXINGTON AND PRESCOTT AVENUES.

UM, STAFF ANALYZE THAT W JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

IT'D BE INAPPROPRIATE TO PUT, UM, A CROSSWALK AND A PLACE WHERE IT WASN'T WARRANTED.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ENGINEERING PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH WHERE THERE'S AN

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SO, UM, AFTER ANALYZING THE CROSSWALK OPPORTUNITY AND IDENTIFYING WHICH TYPE OF CROSSWALK, UM, EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF JULY, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, THAT CROSSWALK AND, UM, CROSS SIGN WERE INSTALLED.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETE, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS AND THAT CAME FORTH BY A RESIDENT, BY THE WAY, ANOTHER IDEA THAT CAME FORWARD BY A RESIDENT WAS, UM, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO CLEAN UP THE CITY AND TO ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOODS TO CLEAN UP THE CITY.

SO AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM, AS PART OF OUR SORT OF CURRICULUM THAT WE GIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS, WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BAND TOGETHER AND DO MORE THAN JUST TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CLEAN UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, WE'VE ALSO PUT ONTO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UM, A SPECIAL PAGE WHERE GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS CAN CONTACT WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GET FREE DUMPING SERVICES FOR ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, CLEANED UP AS PART OF A PROJECT.

UM, WE ARE ALSO APPROACHED BY A, AN A THIRD GROUP TO TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY MORE EFFECTIVELY, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF OUR NEWCOMERS.

AND SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE NEWCOMERS GROUP.

UM, THEY CONTINUE TO BE VITAL VOLUNTEERS, ALL OF OUR CITY EVENTS.

UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO SOME MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IS PERIODICALLY WE'RE APPROACHED BY CHURCHES OR COMMUNITY GROUPS LOOKING FOR PROJECTS.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE WERE SCRAMBLING EVERY TIME WE GET A CALL.

AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PACKET THAT HAS, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGE AND SCALE, SOME THAT ARE SMALL, SOME THAT REQUIRE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, SOME THAT JUST AS LABOR.

AND SO WHEN COMMUNITY GROUPS COME TO US, WE CAN HAND THAT DOCUMENT TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF THE FORUM WAS TO EXPAND OUR, UM, LEFT TURN, YELLOW BLINKING LIGHT SYSTEM.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN INTERCHANGES THAT HAVE THEM ARE INTERSECTIONS.

AND SO PART OF THAT, UM, PROCESSES, WE ANALYZE 113 INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INTERSECTIONS THAT COULD, UM, JUSTIFIABLY UTILIZE THESE.

UM, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT RIGHT AT THIS POINT, STAFF IS ANALYZING THE ONES THAT WE FELT ARE APPROPRIATE.

AND AS WE WORK ON NEXT YEAR'S, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD, UM, SMALL BITS AT A TIME AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS OF WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD USE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MONEY AT THE TIME AND WE'LL SHOW HOW IT RELIEVES CONGESTION.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY, UM, INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE, FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF BUCK.

UM, WE CONTINUE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS, FROM DEVELOPERS, FROM HOMELESS ADVOCATES ABOUT, UM, TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH GROUPS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY DIRECTED AS PART OF THIS IS, BUT I'LL MENTION IT.

UM, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE CITY OF EL CAHONE HAS PROBABLY ITS FAIR SHARE OF HOMELESS HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, LEMON GROVE, WE HEARD ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH SANTEE LAMESA AND WITH THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR LAKESIDE AND SPRING VALLEY AND CASA DE ORO TO LOOK AT SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

SO, UM, WE'VE TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ENCOURAGING THERE TO BE A MORE OF A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS RATHER THAN JUST AN ALCOHOL AND APPROACH.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER IDEAS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING WAS A CONCERN ABOUT CHILDREN AND PETS BEING LEFT IN WARM OR IN A, UH, VEHICLE.

AND AS WE KNOW, A VEHICLE, EVEN ON A COOL DAY LEFT WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR ITS WINDOWS DOWN, CAN BECOME EXTREMELY HOT.

SO WE WORKED WITH A MARKETING CLASS WITH S AT THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

UH, THEY DEVELOPED A LOT OF CURRICULUM.

YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THAT'S MATERIAL THAT THEY DEVELOPED AFTER THEY DID SOME SURVEYS AND TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFIED MARKETING MESSAGES THAT RESONATED AND IDENTIFY THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF, OF MESSAGING.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH, UM, TOYOTA OF EL CAHONE AND AN ORGANIZATION TO HAVE A DEMONSTRATION CAR AT AMERICA

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SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SHOW HOW HOT IT WAS OUTSIDE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IT WAS, UM, ALMOST 80 DEGREES OUTSIDE, BUT ALMOST A HUNDRED DEGREES INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

SO THIS GREAT THERMOMETER THAT SHOWED THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS THE TEMPER INSURANCE SIDE.

THE CAR WAS A GOOD VISUAL REMINDER OF HOW HOT A CAR CAN GET.

AND SO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT LEAVE A PET OR A CHILD IN YOUR CAR, EVEN TO RUN INTO THE STORE.

JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES.

UM, WE HAVE ORDERED 45 SIGNS, WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED, UM, AND CITY PROPERTIES AND PARKS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE'VE ALSO PASSED THEM OUT TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE PART OF OUR CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM.

IN FACT, I GOT WORD TODAY THAT THERE'S BEEN 13 APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ALREADY HAVE THESE INSTALLED WITH MORE TO HAVE THEM INSTALLED SHORTLY.

SO THE WORD IS GETTING OUT.

UM, LAST, THE LAST PROJECT THAT THE COUNCIL BROUGHT FORWARD WAS TO LOOK AT OUR, OUR, OUR REPORTING PROGRAM.

WHEN A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS HAS A COMPLAINT OR A CONCERN, HOW DO THEY REPORT THAT? WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WEBSITE, WE'VE HAD IT FOR MANY YEARS, A WEB PORTAL, BUT WE'VE NEVER MARKETED IT.

IT'S A BIT CLUNKY AND CUMBERSOME.

SO THE IT DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR CATEGORIES AND REDUCED THE NUMBER OF CATEGORIES, DID SOME MARKETING MATERIAL ON THAT, UM, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH SOME OTHER BLITZES OF, OF MEDIA.

AND UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE MEASURING WHETHER WE'VE HAD AN UPTICK IN USAGE AND WE'RE WAITING TO THE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO END.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME COMPARATIVE DATA TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN AFTER AND THAT WILL HELP GUIDE US AND BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

ARE THERE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES WE COULD USE? ARE THERE OTHER BETTER MARKETING WAY OR OTHER WAYS TO MARKET THE PROGRAM? SO THAT'S UM, CONCLUDES STAFF'S BRIEF UPDATE AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

AH, THANKS GRANT REPORT.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS? BEN? THE UM, THE SIGNS THAT TELL YOU NOT TO LEAVE YOUR KIDS OR PETS AND IN THE HOT VEHICLES, UH, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ON THEIR OWN POST OR ONTO AN EXISTING POST? SO, SO THE ONE THAT'S SHOWN IN THIS PARK ACTUALLY IS ON ITS OWN POST.

UM, IF WE CAN DOUBLE THEM UP, IT'S LESS LITTER, SIGN, LITTER.

SO WE TRIED TO DO THAT, BUT IN SOME CASES IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.