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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA
[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THE MEETING IS CALLED THE ORDER.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESSING.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF LEGALS AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS TO THE FIVE
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the June 14, 2022, Meeting and the Agenda of the June 28, 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 JUNE 14TH, 2022 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JUNE 28TH, 2022 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.[ PRESENTATIONS: Bike to Work Event Results]
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION ON TODAY'S AGENDA.I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MARIO SANCHEZ TO COME AND TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS MRL.
UH, TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OR SUMMARY OF OUR BIKE TO WORK DAY.
OUR BIKE TO WORK DAY WAS HELD IN MAY AND IT'S OUR 22ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT WE'VE HELD A PIT STOP.
SO, SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE ABOUT YEAR 2000.
NOW, THEN SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE BIKE TO WORK DAY HERE IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND OUR SPONSORS SANDAG, THEY HOST ALL THE PIT STOPS IN THIS IN THE COUNTY, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS, UH, BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE SLIDES.
SO THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF, UH, THE COUNTY.
UM, WE HAD MORE THAN 6,800 PIT STOPS OR PIT STOP VISITS AROUND THE COUNTY IN THE COOLER WEATHER ALLOWED FOR, UH, UM, UH, MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT OVER THE A HUNDRED PITSTOPS FROM OCEANSIDE TO LAKESIDE, TO, TO THE SAND, TO CEDAR BORDER.
AND AT THE PIT STOPS, PARTICIPATED, UH, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED A FREE TIER T-SHIRT ALONG WITH A BRAND NEW SAN DIEGO REGIONAL BIKE MAP AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO, UM, UH, EXPLORE NEW, UH, MILES OR, UH, BIKEWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
THERE'S OVER 1700 MILES OF BIKEWAYS IN THE COUNTY.
AND THIS IS, UH, A SUMMARY OF OUR PIT STOP, UH, ALCOHOL AND PD, WHERE GRACE'S TO COME BY AND, UH, UH, VISIT THE STOP, HAVE SOME COFFEE AND SOME REFRESHMENTS.
AND OUR CO-SPONSOR WAS THE SAN DIEGO.
OUR CO-HOST WAS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY AND, UH, THEY HELPED US OUT, UH, HAND HANDOUT T-SHIRTS AND SO FORTH AT THE END OF THE DAY OR AN END OF THE MORNING, WE HAD OVER 60 BICYCLISTS ATTEND THE CITY'S PIT STOP.
WE NORMALLY GET ABOUT A 60 TO 75 PER YEAR.
UM, WE EVEN HAD A RETIRED POSTAL WORKER THAT CAME UP OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR ONE DAY TO PICK UP GOODIES.
SO, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR COHOST AGAIN, UH, AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY, GINA BRAVO AND HER STAFF, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS STAFF TO THAT HELPED US SET UP ALL THE CANOPIES AND THE TABLES AND, UH, OUR, OUR STAFF AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT HAVEN'T YOU CA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.
LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
AND DID YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE TO WORK? NO, I ACTUALLY AM THE HOST OF THE PIT STOP, SO THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.
OTHERWISE I'D BE RECYCLING TO WORK.
[ AGENDA CHANGES:]
ALL RIGHT.DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES, MR. MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT MS. BARBARA LUCK FROM, UM, OUR LAW FIRM IS REPRESENTING US TODAY FOR LEGAL COUNSEL, WELCOME BARBARA COUNSEL AND THE AGENDA CHANGES.
[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.]
THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS AND ACTED 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.
I'M GONNA CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.
DO YOU WISH POINTING TO THE CONSENT ITEMS? STEVE PULL NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FOUR.
STAFF, DO YOU WANT TO PULL ANY
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OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? NO, SIR.LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT NUMBER FOUR THEN.
UH, NUMBER FOUR IS THE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR MARKET IS BEING CONSOLIDATED A LOT THROUGH ACQUISITIONS, WHICH MEANS THERE'S LESS COMPETITION, WHICH MEANS THE COST FOR CONTRACTS IS GOING UP AND THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY, JUST BECAUSE I'M AWARE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TH THE TAXPAYERS AREN'T GETTING THEIR MONEY'S WORTH.
AND I'LL JUST KIND OF SAY, THEY'RE NOT REALLY GOING WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT.
SO I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER HE'S AWARE, AND HE'S, HE'S SYMPATHETIC TO MAKING SURE THE TAXPAYERS GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH.
SO I THINK HE HAS ON HIS, UH, LONG-TERM, UH, VIEW, PERHAPS BRINGING THAT SERVICE BACK IN HOUSE.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO, UH, LET OUR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO STEP UP THEIR GAME FOR THE, FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF OKLAHOMA.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO THE CONSENT ITEM BEFORE THE VOTE THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, WHY AREN'T WE PAYING RETROACTIVE PREVAILING WAGES? THERE WAS A RECENT RULING THAT, UM, STREET SWEEPING CONTRACTORS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A PREVAILING WAGE JOB.
WE HAD NOT BEEN PAYING THAT IN THE PAST, SO THAT MONEY HAS BEEN RESERVED IN THE EVENT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'D BE STATE ROY, CORRECT.
UM, STEVE, WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CASSETTE ITEM? OKAY.
IS THAT WHAT YOU DID? ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
SO TO THE SECOND AND PLEASE VOTE.
AND FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM AND MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOT 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 ALREADY BE TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE ANIMAL'S HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
AND ITEM OF COURSE MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ANGELA ARE SPEAK CARDS FOR THIS NO SPEAKER CARDS HERE THAT BRINGS US DOWN THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.
THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, A LOT TODAY'S AGENDA.
[5. Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual City, Housing Authority, and Successor Agency Budgets RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council, Housing Authority, and the City of El Cajon as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency hold a joint public hearing to consider the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budgets. After closing the public hearing, staff recommends the following: Acting as the City Council, individually adopt the following: Resolution of the City of El Cajon Adopting the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Budget. Resolution Approving and Adopting the Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2022-23. Resolution Approving Designation of General Fund Balances. Acting as the Housing Authority Board of Directors, adopt Resolution titled: Resolution of the El Cajon Housing Authority Adopting the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget. Acting as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors, adopt Resolution titled: Resolution of the City Council of the City Of El Cajon as the Successor Agency to the former El Cajon Redevelopment Agency Adopting the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget.]
AND WE JUMP AHEAD TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.ITEM FIVE IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH 2023 ANNUAL CITY BUDGET, HOUSING AUTHORITY AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUDGETS.
AND I'LL ASK OUR STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH TROUBLE THAT JUST GOT ME IN GOOD AFTERNOON.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A, A VISUAL AID.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TELL US PEOPLE THAT'S HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CLICHE, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CONTINUE OUR PRESENTATION OF THE
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, START WITH SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM OUR JUNE 14TH PRESENTATION, BRIEFLY CHECK IN ON CALPERS AND THE STATUS OF RPO B, UM, J FROM THERE WE'LL JUMP INTO GENERAL FUND RESERVES DETAILED ON THE GENERAL FUND, AS FAR AS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE WASTEWATER FUND.
AND THE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS OF THE CITY SPENT SOME TIME DISCUSSING GRANTS, MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SOME QUESTIONS, AND ANY DISCUSSION NECESSARY.
AND THEN AT THE END, WE WILL, UM, ASK FOR ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
SO JUMPING RIGHT IN WITH THE POB AND CALPERS, UM, IN THE SPRING OF 2021, THE CITY ISSUED A $147 MILLION OF PO BS PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.
THIS WAS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT, UH, CALPERS ACTUARIAL VALUATION AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS DATED JUNE 30TH, 2019.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE HAD A TOTAL UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY OF $207 MILLION.
SO WE ISSUED BONDS TO RE BASICALLY REFINANCE THREE QUARTERS OF THAT AMOUNT.
SINCE THEN THE, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2020 VALUATION WAS RELEASED.
USUALLY THEY'RE ABOUT A, A YEAR BEHIND, THAT WAS IN JULY OF 2021.
UM, AT THAT TIME THAT YEAR'S ASSESSMENT, THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY HAD GROWN TO $225.6 MILLION.
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I SHARE THIS, UH, SLIDE WITH TWO THOUGHTS.ONE, THE, UH, PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS WERE ISSUED IN 2021.
SO AS OF THE 6 30, 20 VALUATION, IT HAD NOT HAPPENED YET.
AND WE'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE NEXT VALUATION WE EXPECT TO GET THIS FALL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU REFINANCE DEBT, DOESN'T MAKE IT GO AWAY.
SO IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF DEBT WHEN THE BONDS WERE BEING CONSIDERED OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, UH, URBAN FUTURES PRESENTED THIS TABLE.
IN FACT, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING THIS TABLE AND I WON'T COVER THE WHOLE THING, BUT I DO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ONE COLUMN.
AND IT'S THE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT OF THE PINK COLUMN.
AND THOSE ARE THE SAVINGS WE WERE PROJECTING TO EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF ISSUING THE BONDS.
AT THE TIME, THE TOTAL UNFUNDED LIABILITY WAS $207 MILLION.
AND BY TAKING THIS ACTION, WE EXPECTED TO SAVE A TOTAL OF 104.7 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE BONDS SPECIFICALLY WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SECOND VALUE IN THAT COLUMN.
THAT IS THE PROJECTED SAVINGS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AND WE WERE ANTICIPATING AT THE TIME TO SAVE APPROXIMATELY A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF ISSUING THE BONDS.
UM, PART OF THAT WAS THE STRATEGY WE ADOPTED.
WE WERE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE WANTED TO GET THE MAXIMUM BANG FOR THE BUCK, AND THAT MEANT PAYING OFF THOSE AMORTIZATION LAYERS THAT WERE THE LONGEST LIVED.
AND IF YOU NOTICE THOSE PROJECTED SAVINGS GROW SIGNIFICANTLY STARTING IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS, WITH EACH YEARS OF VALUATIONS COME ADDITIONAL AMORTIZATION LAYERS SOMETIMES FOR THE GOOD SOMETIMES FOR THE BAD, JUST DEPENDING ON THE EVENTS OF THAT YEAR AT THE TIME THAT THE POB IS WERE ISSUED, THE 6 30 19 VALUE RATION WAS THE MOST CURRENT.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE PROJECTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE UAL FOR FYI 23 NET STEER, UM, WAS $18.1 MILLION AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUING THE PO B'S THAT CONTRIBUTION DROPPED TO $7.4 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE WE PICKED UP APPROXIMATELY 9.1 MILLION OF DEBT SERVICE FOR THE POV AS THEMSELVES.
SO AS A RESULT OF TAKING THAT ACTION, WE WENT FROM AN $18.1 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO $16.6 MILLION.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE 1.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS CAME FROM.
HOWEVER, I DO ALSO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THE 6 30, 20 VALUATION ADDED APPROXIMATELY $18 MILLION TO OUR DEBT AND FOR THE FYI 23 AMORTIZATION THAT INCREASED OUR CONTRIBUTIONS BY ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
SO AFTER THE MOST RECENT VALUATION OR TOTAL UAL CONTRIBUTIONS, INCLUDING THE POB DEBT SERVICE BASICALLY DROPPED FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN $19.3 MILLION TO $17.7 MILLION, OR APPROXIMATELY A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.
AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2021 VALUATION THIS FALL.
UM, THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TRACK RECORD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF GETTING THAT, UH, REPORT RELEASED IN JULY.
SO WE MAY SEE THAT FAIRLY SOON ONCE WE RECEIVE IT AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE IT, WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH OUR ANNUAL PENSION REVIEW, WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THE STATUS OF THE PLANS, AS WELL AS ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, CHANGING GEARS SLIGHTLY TO DISCUSS FUND BALANCE.
I WANTED TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS ONE THING THAT USUALLY GOES WITHOUT A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
THE BUDGET IS TYPICALLY ADOPTED VIA A SERIES OF FIVE RESOLUTIONS, AND ONE OF THEM IS A DESIGNATION OF FUND BALANCE.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THIS GOES WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE.
IT'S USUALLY AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE STATUS QUO AND VERY RARELY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENACT POLICY DECISIONS.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR INCLUDED WITH THE BUDGET, WE'VE DECIDED TO PRESENT AN OPTION THAT WE THINK MIGHT BE PRUDENT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE AT THIS TIME AND SUBMIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO THIS RESOLUTION IS BASED ON JUNE 30TH, 2021 FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS OUR LAST COMPLETED AUDITED FISCAL YEAR.
LAST YEAR, AT THAT TIME, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY $53 MILLION IN TOTAL GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE OR RESERVES THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 67% OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURES AND RESERVES.
UM, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION
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ABOUT THE USE OF RESERVES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT AND DISCUSSING.
AND ONE OF THE DILEMMAS WE HAVE FACED IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE THREE FAIRLY PRONOUNCED OPINIONS ABOUT RESERVES, WHAT THEY'RE FOR AND WHAT MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
ONE OF THEM IS RESERVES ARE OUR SECURITY OR SAFETY BLANKET.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS ALCOHOL IS AS FISCALLY STRONG AS IT IS, IS HAVING THAT SUPPORT OF, UH, THE, THE FOUNDATION OF RESERVES.
AND THAT'S AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE STATEMENT.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN OPINIONS EXPRESSED THAT PERHAPS IT'S TOO MUCH EVEN, WHICH IS ALSO A TRUE STATEMENT AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE WITH THAT EXCESS RESERVE AMOUNT.
AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD THE OPINION EXPRESSED THAT WE STILL HAVE THE BURDEN OF THE PENSION UNDERFUNDING, AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD CONSIDER USING THAT MONEY FOR, FOR THIS PURPOSE.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE OURSELVES A DISSERVICE BY DISCUSSING RESERVES IN THE TOTAL RESERVE AMOUNT OF $53 MILLION.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT KIND OF IMPLIES THAT PERHAPS THESE PERSPECTIVES ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK PART OF THAT MAY BE COMING FROM THE WAY THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE RESERVE CATEGORIES THEMSELVES.
AND WE PROPOSE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DESIGNATION THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO WE'VE DRAFTED THE RESOLUTION WITH THESE BALANCES, UM, AS A CONCEPT, UM, THE OPERATING RESERVE, WHICH WE TYPICALLY REFER TO AS THE RESERVE OF LAST RESORT.
AND THAT REALLY KIND OF REPRESENTS THE BEDROCK OF OUR RESERVE STATUS.
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE VERY LAST BUCKET WE WILL GET INTO.
WE USE IT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CASH ON HAND FOR OPERATIONS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WE'VE LARGELY CONSIDERED THAT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE'D HAVE TO BE IN A PRETTY DIRE SITUATION TO BE ACCESSING THAT FUNDING, BUT THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY RESERVE WE'VE HAD CONTRIBUTED UP TO $6.5 MILLION INTO THAT BUCKET SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND AFTER CONSIDERING IT, THAT REALLY IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR RESERVES IN GENERAL.
AND WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS PERHAPS ALSO DRAWING A TARGET OF 20% FOR THAT BUCKET AS WELL BETWEEN THE TWO RESERVES THAT WOULD GIVE US 40% OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURES IN THE RESERVES, UM, TO WORK FROM.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE, UH, PROPOSE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION, EXCUSE ME, OR RE DESIGNATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION TO OUR UNFUNDED PENSION OBLIGATION, UH, RESERVE.
AND THAT'S NOT ANY SCIENCE-BASED AMOUNT, FIVE, $5 MILLION CONTRIBUTION ON TOP OF THE EIGHT THAT WAS ALREADY DESIGNATED WAS JUST A NICE ROUND NUMBER.
AND THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH THE RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF THE CARRY OVER RESERVE OF APPROXIMATELY $8.2 MILLION.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THAT REALLY IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ANY MONEY THAT IS IN EXCESS OF OUR GOALS, OUR TARGETS, OUR STANDARDS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, IT REPRESENTS, UM, ADDITIONAL WORKING CAPITAL FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE NORMAL OPERATIONS.
IT ALSO INSULATES US FROM THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF NORMAL OPERATIONS, BUT IF IT WERE TO BE USED, IT'S BEEN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT'S SELECTED FOR ONE TIME, UH, USES.
SO BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR ON THIS TOPIC, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS CONCEPT AND ROLL IT FORWARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MAY LOOK LIKE.
IF, IF THE COUNCIL IS AN AGREEMENT AND ADOPTS THIS PLAN AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION ON JUNE 14TH, WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION, UH, THIS IS THE CURRENT YEAR ANTICIPATED RESULTS, THE PROJECTED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR WE'RE IN WE'RE ANTICIPATING AT CLOSING THE YEAR WITH REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BY APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BRING THAT BOTTOM LINE NUMBER UP TO $58.1 MILLION USING THIS DESIGNATION STRATEGY, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS.
IT'S STILL RESERVES CONTINUE TO GROW BY THE END OF 22, UM, TWO JUST SHY OF 70%.
WE WOULD MAINTAIN 20% IN BOTH THE OPERATING RESERVE AND THE RE DESIGNATED ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY RESERVE AND THE 13 FOR THEIR OWN, UH, UNFUNDED RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS.
BUT AT THE END OF 22, WE WOULD SEE THE CARRY OVER RESERVE INCREASED TO $11.7 MILLION OR APPROXIMATELY 14% OF EXPENDITURES ON ITS OWN JUMPING FORWARD AGAIN TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET YEAR, THE BUDGET WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR ADOPTION TODAY
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NEXT YEAR, UM, WE ANTICIPATE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BEING BALANCED.THESE ARE OPERATING REVENUES, ONGOING REVENUES AND EXPENSES BALANCED AT 91 POINT MILLION 91 90 $0.1 MILLION.
AND WE HAVE A PLANNED USE OF RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILLION, WHICH WOULD REDUCE OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE TO $56 MILLION AND LEAVE US USING THIS DESIGNATED THIS DESIGNATION STRATEGY STILL WITH 20% OF EACH OF THE TWO RESERVES MAINTAIN THE, UH, RESERVE FOR UNFUNDED RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS AND BEGIN TO USE SOME OF THAT EXCESS RESERVE IN THE CARRY OVER RESERVE.
BUT EVEN WITH THESE BALANCES PROJECTED OUT, IT STILL LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 6.7% IN THE CARRY OVER RESERVE AND A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 61%.
UM, WE FEEL THIS STRATEGY KIND OF ADDRESSES THE VARIETY OF GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED, UM, AND HELPS SET A FOUNDATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND SECURE MODEL FOR MANY YEARS TO COME WITH THAT.
UM, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO RETURN OUR FOCUS TO THE FYI 23, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, WE'LL TOUCH BACK IN WITH GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND TO HELP US WITH THIS DETAIL.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONCE AGAIN, AUTUMN REBIRTH OR A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AS CLAY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS AUTUMN MARIE BERGER.
I'M THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER A FEW SLIDES WITH YOU, UM, PRESENTING ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR THE FISCAL 23 BUDGET.
THE GRAPH THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR ANTICIPATED 23.
WE'RE SHOWING THAT IT'S $90.1 MILLION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE OUR TOP THREE, OUR SALES TAX SALES TAX PROP J AND PROPERTY TAXES, THEY ACCOUNT FOR 76.4% OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES SALES TAX IS OUR LARGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
THAT INCLUDES PROP J OF, AND THAT GIVES US 50.2% OF OUR REVENUES.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, PROP J IS SCHEDULED TO SUNSET IN 2029.
SO, UM, THAT ALMOST $13 MILLION THAT WE HAVE NOW COULD POTENTIALLY GO AWAY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THIS IS THE SAME REVENUE INFORMATION IT'S JUST PRESENTED IN A TABLE FORMAT.
THIS COMPARES, UM, FISCAL 22 ESTIMATED ACTUALS TO THE 23 REQUESTED BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN OVERALL INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 2%.
UH, 1.7 MILLION INCREASE IN 23, OVER 22, ESTIMATED OUR SALES TAX INCREASE ABOUT 2.2% AND PROPERTY TAX.
WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 7.3% INCREASE.
THIS GRAPH IS THE FISCAL 23 GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE $92.1 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE A MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES.
UM, ONE TO NOTE THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED A TRANSFER.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE $9.1 MILLION IN THOSE POB TRANSFERS AND CONSIDER THAT PART OF THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS THAT ACTUALLY ACCOUNTS TO 77.8% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST SEPARATED BY DEPARTMENT.
UM, POLICE AND FIRE ARE OBVIOUSLY ARE, UM, LARGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN EXPENDITURES, UM, WITH 70%, 71% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND, BUT IT JUST SHOWS, UM, HOW COMMITTED THE CITY IS TO PROVIDE THE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO OUR, OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND IS STILL THE $92.1 MILLION.
UM,
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OF THE EXPENDITURES FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR OR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 22, UM, COMPARING TO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR 23, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A 10%, UM, CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR TO 23 AND LOOKING AT THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, THAT CAN BE THAT'S DUE IN PART TO SOME STAFFING CHANGES.WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL POSITION IN HR, FINANCE CITY, CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THE NEWLY CREATED MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THE CHANGE IN POLICE IS DUE IN PART TO THE COUNCIL APPROVED OVER HIRE OF 10 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS USING, UM, THE RESERVES AS WELL AS, AS A NEW FORENSIC LATENT PRINT EXAMINER.
AND ALSO THE PARKS AND REC HAS THE USE OF RESERVES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC MARQUEES AT THE REC CENTERS.
THIS IS A BRIEF LIST OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
UM, IT'S JUST A SAMPLE OF A PRESENTATION OF A LARGER PRESENTATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THAT REPORT IS, COMES OUT THE SPRING OF EACH YEAR AND THEY, IT IS, UM, AVAILABLE TO REVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S JUST GIVES A LIST, UM, OF SOME OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST A THREE-YEAR HISTORY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, IT, IT HAS A LONGER HISTORY HISTORICAL VALUES IN COMPARISON.
SO YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ARRESTS 4,208 FOR 2021.
UM, THIS GOES BACK TO 21 BECAUSE IT'S OUR LAST AUDITED REPORT.
UM, OTHER THINGS YOU CAN SEE ARE THE ATTENDANCE AND RECREATION CLASSES.
WE HAD 117,600 PARTICIPANTS IN CLASSES IN 2021.
UM, FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSES HAD 15,753.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, THE CITY ALSO MAINTAINS, UH, OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, UH, WITH WATER IS ONE OF THOSE ENTERPRISE FUND.
UM, THE REVENUE BUDGET IS 31.8 MILLION CHARGES FOR SERVICE ARE ALMOST THE ENTIRE REVENUE FOR THAT.
AT 31.7, THE EXPENSE BUDGET IS ALMOST $40 MILLION.
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL THE EXPENSE TO THE REVENUE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN EXCESS OF EXPENSE.
UM, HOWEVER YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A PATTERN THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE BECAUSE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED IN ADVANCE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE SOME OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, BUT ON THIS SLIDE, WE'VE JUST INCLUDED THE TOP FIVE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AT 25.8 MILLION, UM, GAS TAX AT 3.6 MILLION PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING GRANTS AT 3 MILLION, THE LOW MOD HOUSING AT 2.8 AND CDBG AT 1.3, WE ALSO HAVE THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
THERE'S ONLY ONE DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR OUR PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS AT 9.1 MILLION.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
THESE ARE USED TO TRACK GOODS AND SERVICES SHIFTED BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS ON A COST REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO SOME OF OUR, SOME OF THIS IS USED FOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, SELF-INSURANCE WORK COMP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
AND WITH THIS, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CLAY.
SO MOVING FORWARD, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO DISCUSSING THE GRANTS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, ONE OR TWO TOUCH ON A CONCEPT THAT HAS EVOLVED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
UM, I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TERM MULTI-YEAR FUND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR.
WE INTRODUCED A FEW YEARS AGO, A FORM OF BUDGETING FOR PROJECTS THAT WE REFERRED TO AT THE TIME AS PROJECT TO LIFE.
AND THE IDEA THERE WAS ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATES MONEY FOR A PROJECT, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK ANNUALLY AND ASK FOR THOSE APPROPRIATIONS.
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AGAIN, IT JUST ROLLS FORWARD UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.SO IT'S A ONCE AND DONE TYPE OF AFFAIR.
NOW, THIS WAS DONE LARGELY MANUALLY IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM DUE TO TECHNOLOGY LIMITATIONS.
HOWEVER, THE NEW SYSTEM DOES PERMIT US TO BUDGET THAT WAY IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF, WHICH KIND OF OPENS UP A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US USING THE TILER TERMINOLOGY.
THOSE FUNDS ARE REFERRED TO AS MULTI-YEAR FUNDS.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY'RE ALSO COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS CONTINUING APPROPRIATION FUNDS.
THERE'S TWO PLACES THAT THIS FUNCTIONALITY REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO USE, AND IT IS IN GRANT AND CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
AND IT JUST SIMPLY MAKES SENSE FOR BOTH OF THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT WANTS THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, CONSIDERS AND ADOPTS APPROPRIATIONS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
WE SEE THAT PURPOSE OUT TO, TO ITS CONCLUSION.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, UNIQUE TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS.
THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY'S BUDGET IS KIND OF AN INTERESTINGLY BRIEF AFFAIR.
UM, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY HALF A DOZEN, WHEREAS IS IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, BUT THE ACTUAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IS A SINGLE SENTENCE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE.
AND THIS YEAR WE'VE MODIFIED THAT LANGUAGE VERY, VERY SLIGHTLY, AND IT WAS VERY EASY TO OVERLOOK THIS AND WE WANTED TO BRING THIS DIRECTLY TO YOUR ATTENTION JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CONSIDERED.
AND WE ADDED THE LANGUAGE IN THIS YEAR'S RESOLUTION, UM, AT THE VERY END OF THE SENTENCE TO REAFFIRM ALL ACTIVE GRANT AND CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGETS.
AND WHAT THAT IS DOING IS THAT'S GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM TO MANAGE THE TRANSITION FROM THE OLD MODEL TO THE NEW MODEL.
AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT THIS IS INTENDED FOR ON THE JUNE 14TH AGENDA.
THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION AND APPROPRIATION OF THE COVERDALE GRANT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT ACTION AT THAT, UH, UH, AWARD AND ADOPTION OCCURRED AFTER THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, OR EXCUSE ME, DRAFTED AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK THE COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION AGAIN, TO APPROVE IT SINCE WE JUST DID IT HERE TWO WEEKS AGO, SO THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND APPROPRIATE IT SINCE IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND MOVE IT INTO THE NEW SYSTEM.
SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE GO WITHOUT IT BEING BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
SO AS THE NEW SYSTEM APPLIES TO GRANTS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS IN GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
UM, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IS, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR FAR BETTER MONITORING THE GRANT ADMINISTRATORS AND THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR GRANTS, TRACK EXPENDITURES, TRACK BILLING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S ALSO FAR BETTER REPORTING CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM FOR THE GRANTS THEMSELVES.
THIS IS FOR BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
AND IT ALSO ASSISTS IN THE BILLING THAT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATORS NEED TO DO FOR THE GRANTING AGENCIES.
EACH OF THE NEW, UH, EACH DEPARTMENT IS SET UP WITH THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL GRANT FUND.
UM, AND WITHIN THOSE FUNDS, EACH GRANT HAS ITS OWN ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENT, BASICALLY A BUCKET, IF YOU WILL.
AND THE CONCEPT THERE IS WHEN A DEPARTMENT BRINGS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ACTION, ONCE THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THEY ASK FOR PERMISSION TO ACCEPT APPROPRIATE AND EXPEND THIS GRANT.
IT ALLOWS US TO SET THAT BUCKET INTO ACTION AND SEE IT THROUGH TO ITS CONCLUSION.
SOME OF THE SIMILAR BENEFITS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, SAME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A GREAT RELIEF FOR STAFF, A FAR SIMPLER MODEL FOR FUNDING CIP PROJECTS.
WE HAD A VERY CONVOLUTED AND MANUAL PROCESS OF FUNDING, UH, CIP PROJECTS, UM, THAT REQUIRED SHUFFLING MONEY AROUND BETWEEN NUMBER OF FUNDS.
AND IT REALLY ADDED UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY TO THE SYSTEM.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE MISTAKES WITH THE, UH, NEW, UH, TECHNOLOGY THAT THE TYLER SYSTEM ALLOWS.
UM, IT'S A MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLIFIED FUNDING MODEL, AND IT ALLOWS THE SYSTEM TO DO THE WORK AND IT'S FAR MORE ERROR FREE.
SO THE TOTAL CIP PROGRAM THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FYI 23 BUDGET HAS A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY $77.1 MILLION.
AND THAT IS SPREAD OVER 49 PROJECTS IN TOTAL 16 OF WHICH ARE NEW PROJECTS OF THOSE 16 NEW PROJECTS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
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THIS SLIDE PRESENTS THE TOP FIVE.THE TOP TWO HERE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR.
THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE DESIGNATED, UH, UH, ARPA MONEY FOR, UM, $3.2 MILLION FOR THE STREET BEAUTIFICATION AND SAFETY PROJECT.
AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE IT ALSO BRINGS FORWARD SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH, UH, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
THIS WILL BE SET UP AS A MASTER PROJECT.
AND THAT IS TO SAY IT'S VERY VAGUE AND VERY BROAD AT THIS LEVEL.
WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SMALLER UNITS WITHIN THAT BIGGER MODEL.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM ALLOWS IS THE CITY COUNCIL DO, UH, APPROPRIATE $3.2 MILLION FOR THAT GENERAL PURPOSE.
AND THEN WE CAN COME ALONG LATER AND CREATE THE SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS TO, TO USE THIS FUNDING.
$2.9 MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED OR SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL FOR THE WELLS PARK SOCCER IN PICKLE BALL FIELDS, THE OVERLAY 2023 PROJECT AS A TOTAL BUDGET PROPOSED OF $1.9 MILLION, $1.8 MILLION AT THIS TIME FOR THE OAKDALE ALAMEDA GATEWAY PROJECT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE WIND OUT OF PUBLIC WORK SALES, BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN ITEM COMING UP AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR SOME GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT AND THE WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE PROGRAM, UH, TO ABATE SOME OF THE WILDFIRE RISK OF APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION, $1.7 MILLION.
THAT LEAVES 11 ADDITIONAL PROJECTS COLLECTIVELY A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $3.4 MILLION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES NINE PROJECT BUDGETS AND TOTAL THIS SLIDE PRESENTS THE TOP FIVE AMENDMENTS.
UH, WE PROPOSE AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION FOR THE ALCOHOL AND TRANSIT CENTER PROJECT, UM, AND EXPANSION OF THE BROAD WEEK BROAD, BROAD WAY CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT PHASE B BY APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION MADISON SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, $1.1 MILLION, $800,000 AMENDMENT FOR THE MAIN STREET GREEN STREET GATEWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 FOR THE OVERLAY 2020 PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE FOUR MORE AMENDMENTS THAT COLLECTIVELY TOTAL $90,000.
SO ONCE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR DISCUSSION, UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD PREFER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADOPT THE THREE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY BUDGETS INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN AN INDEPENDENT, UH, UH, ADOPTION OF THE TWO RESOLUTIONS FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY.
SO WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM COUNSEL.
SO THE TOPIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW IS TO BROADWAY CREEK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BROADWAY CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT.
UM, AND I SEE THAT WE'VE GOT 1.2 MILLION APPROXIMATELY IS THAT CITY FUNDS THAT'S GOING TOWARDS THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL COVERED BY GRANTS.
THAT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT.
UH, THE FIRST PHASE, UM, DOES NOT HAVE ANY, UH, MODIFICATIONS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IF I CAN PULL IT OFF THE LIST HERE, THE PHASE A PROJECT HAS A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $3 MILLION, AND IT HAS MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES THAT I BELIEVE IS PREDOMINANTLY GRANT FUNDED.
UM, THERE'S ALSO PHASE B THAT'S INCLUDED HERE SPECIFICALLY THE $1.2 MILLION, UH, AMENDMENT THAT IS PROPOSED.
SO MANY PROJECTS, VERY LAST PAGE, THE ADDITIONAL $1.2 MILLION FOR THE BROADWAY CREEK RESTORATION PHASE B IS SPECIFICALLY $750,000 OF WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO'S, UH, CDBG ALLOCATION.
SO WE'RE PUTTING 1.2 MILLION, THEN 750,000 FROM ONE GRANT AND THEN COUNTY CDBG FUNDS FOR PHASE B.
THE TOTAL PROPOSED AMENDED BUDGET IS JUST SHY OF $3 MILLION.
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WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND MONEY, AND THEN CDBG THAT IS BOTH CITY CDBG AND COUNTY CDBG.MOST OF THE GRANT FUNDING IS, IS TIED UP IN PROJECT, UH, THAT PHASE A, THE PROJECT.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ADD TO THAT.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DEVELOPER IMPACT FEE MONEY AS WELL.
THE DEVELOPERS CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THE PROJECT AND THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND MONEY INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.
THE, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THE PROJECT TO START.
AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING FOR ALL THE GRANTS TO COME IN AND ALL THE MONEY TO COME IN BEFORE WE STARTED.
UM, I ALSO WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS ALL GRANT MONEY, THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND NOT TAXPAYER MONEY.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE 1.2 MILLION IS COMING OUT OF, I WOULDN'T CALL THAT TAXPAYER MONEY.
I'D CALL THAT RATE PAYER MONEY.
AND THERE'S A, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
THE, UH, INCREASE OF, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT RESERVES, UH, GOING BACK TO ONE OF YOUR VERY FIRST SLIDE.
I THINK YOU SAID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY WAS 207 MILLION IN A SENSE GROWN TO 225 MILLION IS THE 13 MILLION THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE CARRY ALLOCATED ON OUR RESERVES TO COVER INCREASES LIKE THAT, OR THE IMPACT OF INCREASES LIKE THAT.
I WOULD SAY AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, STRATEGY DISCUSSION, UM, TO BE HAD BEFORE WE COMMIT TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE USE THAT MONEY FOR THE 13 MILLION FOR, WE CAN USE IT AS AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLAN.
WE CAN USE IT TO OFFSET RATES, OR WE CAN HANG ONTO IT AS A RATE STABILIZATION FUND, EXCUSE ME.
UH, YOUR FORMULA HAS 20%, 20%, 13 MILLION, AND WHAT'S LEFT OVER ON THE 92 MILLION.
THAT'S KIND OF INFLATED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD AN EXTRA MILLION AND A HALF USE FROM RESERVES FOR THE 10 EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE THAT WE SHOULD GET IT BACK AT SOME POINT.
AND I BELIEVE ABOUT A HALF A MILLION FOR DIGITAL SIGNS AT THE RECREATION CENTER.
SO I ALMOST LOOK AT THE 20% OF THE 90 MILLION RATHER THAN THE 92 MILLION CAUSE 92 IS INFLATED BY 2 MILLION BECAUSE THEY'RE PULLING IT OUT OF RESERVES CALLING ME.
AND IT IT'LL INFLATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND, AND IDEALLY AS YOUR, I MEAN, THE BEAUTY OF THE, OF THE FORMULAS THAT YOUR RESERVES GROW AUTOMATICALLY AS A PERCENTAGE, CAUSE YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WILL TYPICALLY GROW FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS IS A BIT OF AN ANOMALY HERE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE USE OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
SO THE IMPACT IS ABOUT $800,000.
AND I THINK I COULD LIVE WITH THAT NEXT YEAR.
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET MIGHT BE 92 MILLION AND THEN THERE'S OUR A HUNDRED THOUSAND INCREASE RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS A STRATEGY WE'VE USED IN THE PAST WHERE WE BASED THAT CALCULATION ON THE OPERATING BUDGET, AS OPPOSED TO THE TOTAL BUDGET EITHER IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE, THE DESIGNATION USING THAT BALANCE WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF F FLIGHT 25 BUDGET.
AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESERVE FOR THE 20% OF YOUR, YOUR BALANCE, UH, EXPENDITURES AND 20% FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
I CAN SEE SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT SEEMS DUPLICATE.
WHAT, WHY DO YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS FOR THAT? I THINK IT'S MORE OF A DESIGNATION OF THE SEVERITY OF NEED OR HOW SIGNIFICANT ITS USE IS.
UM, I WOULD THINK THAT USING THE 20% FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE A RED FLAG FLASHING LIGHT SORT OF SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD ANOTHER EVENT, UM, LIKE MAYBE NOT AS SEVERE AS 2000 8, 9 10, UM, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE COULD SEE A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD USE THOSE RESERVES TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICES, AND THAT SHOULD NOT ALARM US THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS FOR, BUT BY SEGREGATING THE OPERATING RESERVE, THAT ABSOLUTELY IS A RED FLAG FLASHING LIGHT SITUATION.
IT IS BY ITS DEFINITION, THE RESERVE OF LAST RESORT.
AND IT WOULD REQUIRE RATHER DIRE ACTION.
IF I CAN JUMP IN THERE TOO, I THINK, UM, AND MR. SHANE'S TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT THAT SOME, AND I THINK MR. KENDRICK ASKED THE QUESTION LAST MEETING, WHAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO HAVE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
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BEFORE.IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CITY, RIGHT? IF, IF YOUR CITY'S ON A FAULT LINE OR, UM, IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, YOU PROBABLY WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OUR, OUR CITY IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE COMES FROM SALES TAX REVENUE, A CITY LIKE ENCINITAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE MAJORITY COMES FROM PROPERTY TAX.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STABILITY WITH THAT.
SO WE HAVE AUTOMATICALLY MORE FLUCTUATION.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, A LARGE PERCENT OF OUR, OF OUR SALES TAX IS TIED UP WITH AUTO SALES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WHICH WE KNOW ARE THE TWO INDUSTRIES HIT HARDEST DURING A RECESSION.
SO HAVING THAT PERHAPS DUPLICATIVE AMOUNT, UM, I THINK THE WAY I CAN JUSTIFY IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THAN SOME CITIES IF WE WERE TO HAVE A RECESSION.
UM, AND SO HAVING THAT EXTRA CUSHION WILL HELP US WEATHER THAT STORM.
UH, THE MAGNOLIA CENTER, THERE'S A MAGNOLIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FUND AND THERE WAS JUST ONE STATEMENT THAT SAID OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE BUDGETED AT 1.1 MILLION.
SO I, I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS KEENLY AWARE OF HOW'S THE MAGNOLIA DOING.
AND I THINK FROM THE CITY MANAGER, HE SAID, WELL, EVEN IN THIS PARTIAL YEAR, FROM LAST OF JULY TO THIS YEAR, WE STILL ACHIEVE 600,000 IN INCOME.
SO THE SUBSIDY FROM THE GENERAL FUND OR FROM THE, THAT FUND WAS ABOUT $500,000.
SO I FEEL GOOD THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE SINKING A TON OF MONEY INTO THE MAGNOLIA THAT WE MAY ACTUALLY BREAK EVEN, UH, NEXT YEAR, THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR WITH A FULL FISCAL YEAR IN FULL OPENING.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE THAT I'M WATCHING.
CAUSE I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS WATCHING THE ALCOHOL TRANSIT CENTER.
YOU HAVE 2 MILLION, THERE IS THAT TO COORDINATE WITH MTSS THIRD RAIL TRACK PROJECT.
I'M NOT CERTAIN, I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE THIRD RAIL.
I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA.
SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE OR, OR THERE'S, THERE'S SOME PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT AREA.
GENERALLY SOME TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
I DON'T THINK IT REFLECT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT REFLECTS IN THIS BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE SET ASIDE SOME HOUSING MONEY TO HELP FACILITATE A PROJECT ON THE PARKING LOT, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON THE PARKING LOT SITE.
SO THE GAP FUNDING, CORRECT FUNDS.
FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, THIS YEAR, THE ELKO AND TRANSIT CENTER WILL GET A THIRD TRACK BECAUSE NO LONGER WILL.
I THINK IT'S THE ORANGE LINE, PERHAPS THE GREEN LINE FOR A THREE-CAR TRAIN GO OUT TO SANTEE.
IT'LL BE, WHAT'S CALLED A SHUTTLE, WHICH IS A ONE-CAR TRAIN, WHICH IS, HAS TWO, TWO CARS IN ONE TRAIN.
AND THE REASON IS THERE'S MTS THE SAYING, THERE'S JUST NOT THE TRAFFIC THAT JUSTIFIES GOING ALL THE WAY FROM ALCOHOL AND OUT TO SANTI.
UH, SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS ADD A THIRD TRACK THAT CAN KIND OF MAKE IT A TURNAROUND, SO TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO ALCOHOL AND TURN AROUND, GO BACK TO THE MESA, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FOR RIDERSHIP AND THAT'S HAPPENING THIS FISCAL YEAR.
MTS HAS ALREADY APPROVED THAT PROJECT.
UH, FINALLY, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES SLIDE, THERE'S SOME INTERESTING STORIES THERE THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT ONE.
I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE.
UH, AND THIS 2021 REALLY IS FROM JULY OF 2020, WHICH WAS SHUT DOWN THROUGH JUNE OF 2021, WHICH IT WAS FINALLY LIFTED ON JUNE 15TH.
SO THE 2021 COLUMN REALLY IS THE, THE BRUNT OF THE SHUTDOWN, UH, TIME PERIOD.
AND WE SEE THINGS LIKE POLICE, UH, THE ARRESTS WENT DOWN, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS WENT DOWN, PARKING VIOLATIONS WENT DOWN.
THAT COULD BE A FUNCTION OF JUST PEOPLE TRAVELING LESS, NOT GOING TO WORK AS MUCH.
THE CLASSES WENT FROM 811 TO 3,487 AND ATTENDANCE JUMPED.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE DOLLAR DAYS, UH, IMPACT, WHICH REALLY GOT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOUSES DURING A PANDEMIC, WHICH WAS NICE TO SEE ONE CONCERNING THING THAT I'M KEEPING MY EYE ON.
AND THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY RESPONSES WENT FROM 15, EIGHT TO 14, NINE TO 15 SEVEN, ACTUALLY INCREASED DURING THE SHUTDOWN.
AND THE FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED WENT FROM 360 TO 4 96.
SO I KNOW WE'RE ADDING POSITIONS TO PD, CITY CLERK, FINANCE, PUBLIC WORKS, HR PARKS AND REC THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT.
I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I, WE HAVE, UH, SOME GUYS UP IN RIVERSIDE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO US.
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UH, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, ABOUT THE CON WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE IN THERE THAN CITY.WE'VE GOT NEW HOUSING IN THE CITY.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEAR AND TEAR, UH, ON THE STAFF AND ON THE, UH, ON THE EQUIPMENT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A NURSE TRIAGE THING COMING UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO START, OR IF THAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THAT CERTAINLY SHOULD HELP REDUCE CALLS.
THERE IS A GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOME, TWO STREETS OVER FOR ME, AND I FREQUENTLY HEAR, HEAR THE SIRENS COME.
AND I FOUND OUT IN THE PAST YEAR, THERE'S BEEN 20 CALLS TO THAT HOUSE.
AND THAT'S JUST, I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD SAY, WHY ARE WE SHOWING UP TO A HOUSE 20 TIMES IN A YEAR? AND IT KIND OF FELL UNDER THE RADAR OF LICENSING.
AND THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
WHAT ARE WE, ARE WE TAKING CARE OF OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING SERVICE? SO THAT PARTICULAR LOOKING AT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES GO UP IN A PANDEMIC YEAR WHEN PEOPLE WERE HOME, UH, MAYBE THEY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE HOME, THEY HAD MORE HOME INCIDENTS.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY GET A BUMP.
AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO NEEDING ONE OUT IN EAST ALCOHOL WITH STATION EIGHT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, MUTUAL AID, PERHAPS THREE TO FOUR CALLS COME IN FOR EVERY ONE CALL THAT WE DO.
SO I'M KIND OF ON A SHORT LEASH WITH THE FIRE RESPONSE.
I THINK WE'RE, WE OWE THAT TO OUR CITIZENS BEFORE WE OWE THEM OTHER THINGS.
AND THAT'S JUST, UM, THAT'S ON OUR WATCH LIST.
UH, THAT IS ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE ON THE BUDGET FOR A WELL DONE AND COMPREHENSIVE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR SUCH A GREAT BUDGET.
UH, IT REALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE 20% WE HAVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
UH, FOR ONE THING, WE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT WE MAY BE GOING IN TO A RECESSION, HOPEFULLY NOT STAGFLATION, UH, BECAUSE THE FEDS ARE RAISING THE INTEREST RATE.
UH, WE HAVE INFLATION OUT NOW WHAT 8% NOW YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THE FED'S JOB IS TO PROTECT THE DOLLAR.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE ECONOMY TO KEEP THE INFLATION RATE DOWN, UH, TO THEIR GOAL OF 2%.
AND THAT MAY BECOME VERY PAINFUL.
AND AS THE CITY MANAGER POINTED OUT, UH, WE DEPEND UPON CAR SALES FOR A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THE CARF SALES ARE USUALLY THE FIRST THING TO GO IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND RIGHT NOW, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS DOWN BECAUSE INTEREST RATES ARE UP REAL ESTATE VALUES ARE PRETTY SHAKY, HAVE DIPPED A LITTLE BIT LATELY.
SO WE COULD TAKE A HIT ON SALES TAX REVENUE, AND I SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THAT 20% SET ASIDE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HAVE TO LAY OFF POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PUT OUT THAT 20% THAT GETS US THROUGH BAD TIMES.
SO I THINK THAT'S VERY PRUDENT.
AND I LIKE TO, UH, IF I'M GOING TO AIR, I'M GOING TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF BEING PRUDENT AND NOT HAVING TO CUT BACK SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO ALL IN ALL, I THINK THIS BUDGET IS AS A GOOD ONE, IT'S STRONG AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE BECAUSE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU, CLAY FOR THE REPORT.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE THAT WE ADOPTED IS SAVING A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND MAKING IT COMPLETELY EASY, NOT COMPLETELY EASY, BUT MUCH EASIER TO NAVIGATE OUR FINANCES, MR. ORTIZ, IF YOU KNEW THE PAIN THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH JUST TO GET, IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE YOUR RIGHT, BUT IT IS PAINFUL.
I'M SCARED TO GO ON THE FIFTH FLOOR SOMETIMES.
WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT? IT SEEMS LIKE TYLER TECHNOLOGIES WERE ADAPTING SOME OF THEIR, A LOT OF THEIR TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE CITY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE SOME VERY GOOD APPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY.
SO WHOEVER'S IDEA THAT WAS JOB WELL DONE TO SAVE THAT TIME AND SAVE CLAY'S SANITY, UM, UH, REGARDING THE BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A RELATIVELY BALANCED BUDGET.
UM, AND I WANT TO NOTE, UM, THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE THAT I SEE, AND I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE IN OUR RESERVE FUNDS, UM, ARE NOT
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BECAUSE WE'RE RAISING TAXES ON OUR CITIZENS.IT'S BECAUSE OUR STAFF ARE FINDING WAYS TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE NATURE OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR SAVINGS IS COMING FROM.
SO WE'RE NOT INCREASING FEES TO THE PUBLIC EITHER.
UM, THEY'RE NOMINAL WELL, WE ARE, BUT NOMINALLY TO KEEP UP WITH JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
UM, SO FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL STANDPOINT, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS WE'RE NOT RAISING TAXES.
WE'RE FINDING EFFICIENCIES IN GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING.
AND WITH REGARD TO THE RESERVE BALANCE, I'M COMPLETELY, I'M COMPLETELY OKAY WITH, UM, HAVING THIS AMOUNT OF RESERVES, UM, 20% AND 20%.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF CLAIRE OR CITY MANAGER WANTS TO ANSWER THIS, BUT WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE 20% METRIC THAT'S A NATIONAL STANDARD, OR HOW DO WE, HOW DOES THAT 20% COMMA? I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.
IF YOU CAN REITERATE IT, UM,
THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 16.6, 7%, FRANKLY, NOT A VERY FRIENDLY NUMBER.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO ROUND IT UP TO SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO ADMINISTER.
I THINK CHOOSING 20 OVER 17 IS, IS SIMPLY THAT.
AND, UM, STARTING, I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE BASELINE AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER SAID, AND I'D POINT OUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF LIABILITIES WITH THERE, WITH REGARD TO OUR CITY AND THE POTENTIAL DOWNTURN IN SALES TAX REVENUE WITH REGARD TO CAR SALES IN A RECESSION, UM, PROP J EXPIRATION IN SIX YEARS NOW, I THINK SEVEN YEARS, UM, WHERE THAT'S A LARGE PART OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE.
UM, MOST CITIES DON'T HAVE THE HIGH PENSION OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I THINK THE NEED FOR A RESERVE, UM, A LARGER RESERVE IS NEEDED TO KIND OF DIG OURSELVES OUT OF THE HOLE AND, AND HEDGE AGAINST, UM, AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE FULFILLING OUR OBLIGATIONS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO, TO, TO, UH, TO CREATE THIS, THIS, UH, THIS BUDGET FOR THE CITY.
I DIDN'T GET TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT BUDGET LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DID, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
STEVE BROUGHT UP, UM, SOMETHING THAT MADE ME THINK IN MY AREA OF TOWN IN MOLLISON BRADLEY AREA, UH, SAN MIGUEL FIRE IS THE ONE THAT RESPONDS MOST TO THAT AREA.
HOW DO THEY GET PAID? DO THEY GET PAID OUT OF OUR FIRE BUDGET OR HOW, YOU KNOW, WHO SUPPORTS THEM? MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES HAVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THAT IS BASICALLY WE HELP THEM.
THEY HELP US, AND THERE'S NOT ANY MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TYPICALLY.
I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE STATION AND VERY RARELY DO WE HAVE A DAY WHERE THERE'S NO, UH, FIRE TRUCK GOING OFF ALL DAY LONG.
UM, OTHERWISE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A CONSTANT FLOW OF THEY'RE OUT ALL DAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW THAT GETS PAID.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, PRAISE ON THE QUALITY OF THIS PRODUCT, BUT REALISTICALLY THERE'S A VERY LARGE NUMBER IN EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY THAT WORKS ON THIS DOCUMENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW ACTIVITIES THAT HAS EVERY DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I APPRECIATE THE THINGS, BUT IT REALLY IS A CITYWIDE EFFORT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, PLEASE THANK THE STAFF FOR US AS WELL.
MR. MANN, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THE SPEAKER IS MALIQUE THORTON, LOUIS THORTON.
UM, MY NAME IS MALIQUE THORNTON.
I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF OKLAHOMA.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT MY CITY.
I CARE ABOUT MY COMMUNITY AND I CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT A MUNICIPALITY CAN PLACE ON THEIR BUTT ON THEIR AGENDA.
UM, SO IT'S WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME THAT THE CITY ONLY ALLOWED FOR TWO OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND HAVE THEIR, THEIR VOICES HEARD.
UM, THERE ARE, WE WANT OUR VOICES HEARD ON THE MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS
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THAT ARE BEING SPENT ON THIS BUDGET.UM, AND I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY TAKES STEPS TO EXPAND THE LENGTH OF BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS SO THAT, UM, MORE WORKING FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO TAKE OFF TIME CAN COME AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS BUDGET, UM, IS HOMELESSNESS.
OUR CITY HAS CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE WITH THIS PROBLEM.
UM, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE STILL STRUGGLE WITH.
AND ACCORDING TO THE POINT IN TIME, COUNT ALCOHOL HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
THAT'S 12 MORE THAN A CITY, THEN 12 MORE THAN CITIES IN THE COUNTY AND FIVE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
WE NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ARE ON THE STREET HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
UM, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND STAFF HAVE CONTINUED TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING ENOUGH.
AND TO QUOTE ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL, WE CAN NOT BE THE ONLY ONES DOING SOMETHING.
WELL, I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.
AND FRANKLY, THE DATA SHOWS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE GIVE MONEY TO GREAT NONPROFITS THAT REALLY DO GREAT WORK.
UM, THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS TEMPORARILY, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE MORE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS ON OUR STREETS.
SO I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL HEARS MY CONCERNS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST MY CONCERNS.
THEY'RE MY COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS AND MY COMMUNITY'S FEELINGS AS WELL.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS TAKE THE STEPS TO ADDRESS THESE, UM, BECAUSE THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS NEW LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE VALUE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
ANY MORE SPEAKERS? NO MORE SPEAKERS, SIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I'LL READ ABOUT YOU FOR DISCUSSION.
REMEMBER WE NEED, UM, MOTIONS ON ALL THREE ITEMS WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT IN A DISCUSSION OR SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE EL CONE CITY OF OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR, 2200 TO 23 ANNUAL BUDGET, THE RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223 AND THE RESOLUTION APPROVING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCES TOBACCO.
UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SO PHIL, IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US THE FIRST ONE.
STRIKE THAT, UH, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ANNUAL BUDGET.
PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, UM, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223 SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCES.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, WE NEED YOUR VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND, UH, ACTING AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MOVE TO A DROPPED RESOLUTION TITLED RESOLUTION OF THE ALCOHOL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 BUDGET.
SECOND MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND ACTING AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER ALCOHOL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 BUDGET.
PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VERY SHORT THREE TO FIVE MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE MEETING.
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WE'RE BACK WAX TASTY.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER MY MOTHER'S COOKIES ARE GOOD COOKIES TOO, ACTUALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR AWHILE, THEY, FOR AWHILE, THOSE WERE ONLY SOLD IN CALIFORNIA.
AND MY MOM WOULD HAVE ME SHIP THEM BACK EAST.
[6. Veterans Memorial Update RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report and provides feedback to staff.]
WE'RE BACK.AND WE'RE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS IN REGARD TO THE SALARIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CAFETERIA BENEFIT ALLOTMENT FOR THE SAME.
AND I'LL ASK YOUR CITY MANAGER, PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS, MR. MAYOR.
I THINK WE HAVE A ITEM SIX, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL UPDATE FIRST.
WE HAVE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS, SEVEN TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM SIX IS AN UPDATE ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.
AND I'LL ASK SETH, TELL US ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS FRANK CARSON, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
I'M JUST UP HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO JUST AS A REVIEW IN NOVEMBER OF NOVEMBER 11, IN 2000 ON VETERANS DAY, THE CITY AND THE AMERICAN LEGION, POST THREE, A THREE BASED HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND INSTALLED THE, WHAT YOU KNOW IS THE VETERANS MEMORIAL JUST OUTSIDE THESE DOORS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN I DIDN'T ADD ON HERE, BUT, UH, JUNE 14TH, 2014 IS WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE LARGER FLAG POLE WITH THE POW MIA FLAG UNDERNEATH IT, WITH THE LIGHT SHOOTING UP TOWARD IT.
UH, OUR JANUARY, 1122 COUNCIL MEETING THERE AFTER REFERRAL REQUESTS BY OUR CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL NEW LOCATIONS, TO OFFER MORE TO OUR VENDOR COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO MEMORIALIZE THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THEIR DEPENDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, CITY STAFF PROPOSED POTENTIAL TO LOCATION JUST AS A STARTER TO GET THE CONVERSATIONS GOING.
WE LOOKED AT THE PRESCOTT PROMENADE AS WELL AS UH, THE PLAZA AREA IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING, UM, WHERE I PUT ROB TATE UP THERE, HE'S THE FORMER POST COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 3 0 3.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY I'LL TELL YOU WHY IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, BUT THE CITY, UH, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF, UH, LED BY ANIMATRONIC ROUTE, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER, UH, CREATED THE NEWLY FORMED VETERANS COALITION.
WE WERE INTENDING TO START THAT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER JANUARY, WE HAD AN UPTICK IN COVID CASES.
SO WE DID A BRIEF PAUSE WITH THAT ONLY TO WAIT CAUSE WE WANTED TO MEET IN PERSON.
THAT WAS THE BIG THING IS TO START MEETING A PERSON ABOUT THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT GOING AND HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
AND AT THAT TIME, STEPH PRESENTED BEFORE THE VETERANS COALITION, AT LEAST THE IDEA OF A NEW VENDOR TO, AND WE HAD FOUR OF THE SIX VETERANS COALITION MEMBERS COME AND WE HAD MORE IDEAS.
SO IT WAS, UM, IT WAS A TIME FOR STAFF TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND RECALIBRATE AND GO, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT MORE DO WE NEED TO DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY? ON JUNE 16, THE VETERANS COALITION MEMBERS MET WITH CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL SITES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT COUNCIL ALSO, AND ALSO OFFER THEIR FEEDBACK TO US.
UM, THE REASON WHY I BRING IN AMERICAN LEGION POST THREE, A THREE IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT VETERAN MEMORIAL OUT THERE, BUT THEY WERE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE BOSTONIAN PLAYGROUND PROJECT KABOOM.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, THEY WERE ONE OF OUR GRANTING AGENCIES, MEANING, UH, KABOOM NEEDED A VETERAN 5 0 1 C 19 TO PARTNER WITH US TO GET THAT PLAYGROUND AT BOSTONIAN.
SO THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO DO THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE A LONG STANDING, UM, STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN LEGION, POST 3 0 3, UM, GOING BACK MANY, MANY YEARS.
ONE THING THAT WE LEARNED FROM ESPECIALLY, UH, MEMORIAL DAY AND, AND HAVING INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH AMERICAN LEGION POST THROUGH A THREE IS SHOULD WE ADD SPACE FORCE AS PART OF BEING THAT IS THE SIXTH NOW, UM, PART OF THE PARTNER DEFENSE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PULL OUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ADD IN, UH, TO THIS? UM, AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE STARTED COMING FROM JUST INFORMAL INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITHIN OUR STAKEHOLDERS WERE, UM, SHOULD THE PRIORITY BE A GATHERING PLACE LOCATION OR SHOULD IT BE MORE PUBLICLY VISIBLE? UH, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU CAN, MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE TWO OR BOTH THOSE OPTIONS AS ONE, BUT WHAT SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VETERANS COALITION MEMBERS? I MEAN, AND I
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APPRECIATE THEM.ONE IS SHOOT FOR THE STARS, BUT SOME OF IT, IT MAY BE THAT THIS IS GREAT TO SEE FROM THE STREET, BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST GATHERING PLACE.
SO WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR OUR AMERICAN LEGION POST THREE OF THREE MEMBERS THAT DO MEET AT THE BEDROOM MEMORIAL, STILL WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES FROM MEMORIAL DAY, BUT ALSO VETERANS DAY.
UM, AND UH, OTHER PUBLIC GATHERINGS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
SO WE WANT SHOULD, WHAT SHOULD OUR PRIORITY BE? AND WE WANT TO GET ALL STAKEHOLDERS INPUT.
HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE HAVE FURTHER PRESENTATIONS, UH, AT OUR VENDOR'S MEMORIAL HALL LOCATED AT 1 36 NORTH CHAMBERS, JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE.
AND THOSE GROUPS ARE THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DETACHMENT.
I SHOULD ACTUALLY PUT MARINE CORPS LEAGUE, JUST DIDN'T HAVE FULL ROOM THERE.
SO I PUT MARINE LEAGUE, UM, FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION, THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OR VFW.
AND, AND THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS AMERICAN VETERANS AND SEPARATELY, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST THREE OR THREE, THEY MEET AT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES RIGHT NOW ONCE A MONTH.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A MEMBER ON OUR VETERANS COALITION NAMED JACK CAIN, AND HE IS A MEMBER ALSO OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST THREE OR THREE.
AND HE, HE ALSO HAS EXPRESSED THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARYING OPINIONS WITHIN THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 3 0 3.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO BE HEARD, A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO BE HEARD.
AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK IN THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HEARD AND GIVING IT THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO THEY CAN'T COME BACK TO US LATER SAYING I WAS NEVER TALKED TO ABOUT THIS AND THAT, THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE DEFINITELY GATHERED AT LEAST FROM THE FIRST PHASE OF GETTING STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
I DID PUT IN THERE ALSO THAT WE PLAN ON HOSTING AT LEAST TWO COMMUNITY MEANS AT COMMUNITY CENTERS THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE DEFINITELY HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER SUCH AS A SATURDAY MORNING WHEN WE HAD GYMNASTICS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST 50 PARENTS THERE ALREADY, BUT WE WANT TO OPEN THAT UP TO DEPENDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND VETERANS THAT MAY NOT BE A PART OF THE
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LARGER VETERAN COMMUNITY OUT THERE THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM AS WELL.
UM, AT THIS TIME I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK AS WE MOVE INTO SUMMER AND MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE COUNCIL AWARE WHEN WE DO HOSTESS COMMITTEE MEANS, SHOULD YOU WANT TO ATTEND THOSE AS WELL? THANK YOU, FRANK, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND REALLY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING, BEING THE LIAISON BETWEEN OUR VETERANS GROUPS AND THE CITY.
I THINK WE'RE DOING ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THING POSSIBLE WITH REGARD TO GET SOLICITING AS MUCH FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THESE VETERANS GROUPS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DISCLUDE THEM FROM THE PROCESS, WHEN THEY'RE THE ONES WE'RE MAKING IT FOR, THEN THAT'S REALLY NOT THAT NICE OF A, A GESTURE.
IF WE'RE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING, IF WE'RE TRYING TO HONOR THOSE, THOSE EXACT PEOPLE.
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND PLEASE, YEAH.
LET US KNOW WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE.
I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO ATTEND AND HEAR STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE, UH, FEEDBACK IS.
HOW DO YOU, UM, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON CONTACTING THE 7,000 VETS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN? UM, A BASIC WAY OF MARKETING IS TRYING TO HIT PEOPLE IN SEVEN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY OF CONTACTING ABOUT 20,000 OF THE 34 OR 35,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN OUR OWN REGISTRATION SOFTWARE THAT WE USE FOR REGISTRATION PROGRAMS. SO EMAIL WOULD BE ONE, THAT'S A VERY BASIC CONCEPT, TEXT MESSAGE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE WITHIN OUR OWN DATABASE THAT WE CAN TEXT.
AND WE USE THAT VERY CONSERVATIVELY.
SO WE DON'T GET PEOPLE SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO GET TEXTS FROM YOU ANYMORE.
UH, VARIOUS STRATEGIES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL AS NEWS RELEASES, AND ALSO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE VETERAN COMMUNITY, UM, TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD IN THAT WAY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO GET THEM FLYERS SO THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE THAT MAYBE DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION, BUT STILL WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD, BUT THE TARGET WILL BE AT LEAST SEVEN DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO MARKET IT OUT THERE.
WELL JUST LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN SPREAD THE WORD, SEND OUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
OR THOUGHTS? UM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THE SPACE FORCE.
THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK, SIR.
UM, AT THIS, ANYBODY FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAN THE, UM, IT'S JUST SO NEW.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR THAT EXPRESSED THE STAFF DOES WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION BASICALLY.
AND, UM, OTHER THAN THAT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
UM, YOU'LL COME BACK AND GIVE US REGULAR UPDATES AND HOW ARE WE DOING A FUNDRAISING AND WHAT ARE THE, I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT
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COMPONENT.ONCE WE GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT W WHAT, WHAT SCALE WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND THEN THE SKIP FUNDRAISING CONSTRUCT KICKING.
SO YOU'LL COME BACK WITH A NUMBER NEXT TIME, UM, OR THE NEXT NEXT TIME.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION JUST TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AND GIVE FEEDBACK WHICH WE HAVE DONE ALL RIGHT
[7. Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.16.020 of the El Cajon Muncipal Code Regarding Salaries of Councilmembers and Mayor and a Resolution Adjusting the Cafeteria Benefit Allotment RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council considers: Introducing an Ordinance amending Chapter 2.16.020 of the El Cajon Municipal Code (ECMC) related to salaries of Councilmembers and Mayor, and directs the City Clerk to read the title of the Ordinance; and Adopting the next Resolution, in order, adjusting the cafeteria benefit allotment from $1,200 per month to $1,350 per month, effective January 2023, for Mayor and City Councilmembers.]
NOW ONTO THE SALARIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CAFETERIA BENEFIT ALLOTMENT FOR THE SAME GRANT.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, GET MY POWERPOINT UP REALLY QUICKLY, UM, FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM STAFFERS PRESENTING TWO ITEMS FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION RELATED TO ITS COMPENSATION AND THE BENEFIT PACKAGE IT RECEIVES.
AND THAT IS IF THAT'S IT, HERE WE GO.
UM, FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE COUNCIL LAST UPDATED IT IT'S OUR LAST MODIFIED DATE MODIFIED ITS SALARY, UH, THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE OR IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE LAST TIME THERE HAD BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL SALARY WAS IN 2005.
SO IT HAD BEEN MANY YEARS, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL WENT WITHOUT ANY SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE THERE'S TWO PROVISIONS IN GOVERNMENT CODE THAT REALLY REGULATE HOW THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE ON HOW, WHETHER TO, OR HOW TO COMPENSATE ITSELF.
ONE, UM, THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 5% PER YEAR SINCE THE LAST RAISE WAS RECEIVED.
SO THERE'S THAT MAXIMUM CEILING.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE RATE CANNOT GO, THE NEW RATE CAN NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.
SO IN OUR CASE WOULD BE THE JANUARY 1ST OR JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LAST TIME THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVED AN UPDATE IN ITS CAFETERIA BENEFITS WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
UH, WHEN IT WENT FROM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, BUT IT'S 1200 A MONTH RIGHT NOW.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY THE SAME AS A CITY STAFF POSITION, WE DID WANT TO LOOK AT KIND OF A SALARY COMPARISON JUST TO SEE FOR, UM, AN OUTLIER, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MAYOR'S POSITION AND COMPARING EIGHT COMPARISON CITIES, LARGER CITIES ALSO THAT THAT OPERATES SOME OF THEM THAT OPERATE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE FALL ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE MAYOR SALARY AND FOR COUNCIL ABOUT THE SAME WE'RE ABOUT IN THE MID RANGE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SALARIES AS WELL.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS THAT THE, UM, COUNCIL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD INCREASE ITS SALARY BY 10%, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED AMOUNT.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF $288 FOR THE MAYOR PER MONTH AND $198 FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AND THIS AGAIN WOULD PROB WOULD PUT, YOU WOULD NOT GOING BACK TO THIS CHART, WHICH IS, WOULD MOVE MOST OF YOU UP, UH, ONE BAR OR, UH, OR TWO BARS, BUT IT WOULD NOT PUT YOU IN NEAR THE VERY TOP OF THE COUNCIL OR MAYOR PAY IN THE COUNTY.
UM, THE ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALSO EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023, WOULD BE TO INCREASE YOUR CAFETERIA MT.
TO MATCH THAT OF WHAT'S WHAT STAFF WILL BE RECEIVING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023, WHICH IS $1,350.
SO WITH THAT STAFF HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS BEFORE YOU, AGAIN, THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEIR RESOLUTION, IF YOU WISH TO CONSIDER THESE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
ARE THEY, YOU SPEAK CARDS ON THE SIDE OF NO CARD, SIR.
UH, INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.1 6.020 OF THE OUTCOME MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO SALARIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MAYOR AND DIRECT CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND, OH, IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL? DOES IT HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS? YES.
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UM, AND I'LL PROBABLY DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS OKAY.UM, 10% WOULD BE 5% FOR EACH OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I, I DON'T FEEL WE SHOULD TAKE MORE THAN WHAT STAFF GOT, WHICH I THINK WAS TWO AND A HALF PERCENT FOR EACH OF THE PAST TWO YEARS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE MORE THAN WHAT STAFF GOT.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS A TEAM, UH, A TEAM MOVE.
SO I GUESS I WOULD, UH, MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO, UH, MAKE THAT A 5% INCREASE TWO AND A HALF FOR ONE YEAR AND TWO AND A HALF FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND KEEP THE CAFETERIA ALLOWANCE AS PRESENTED.
THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, THE SECOND OR MORE DISCUSSION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION WE HAVE MOTION OF THE SECOND ON THE TABLE.
THE MOTION IS ISN'T MY MOTION OR IF THE SUBS SUBS TO MILL SHORES FIRST, UH, I DO HAVE, I HAVE A COMMENT THEN, CAN WE RESET THE, THE VOTING MEN PLEASE? THE COUNCIL WENT FOR SOMETHING LIKE 15 YEARS WITH NO RAISE WHATSOEVER AND AT THE TIME, UH, BECAME WAY BELOW.
AND, UH, WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE? AND I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T KEEP UP AT MARKET, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARDER TIME GETTING QUALIFIED PEOPLE UNLESS THEY'RE RETIRED OR INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY, THAT THEY CAN TAKE A WHOLE DAY OFF AND DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
SO I THINK IT WAS WITH THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE COUNCIL STAY WITHIN THE PACK AND WHAT IT'S RE I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN PAYING MARKET WAGES, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, STAFF OR FOR ANYONE TO, YOU KNOW, GET GOOD PEOPLE.
SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION IS TO HAVE THE SALARY INCREASE BE 5% AS OPPOSED TO THE 10% THAT THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED BY.
SO MOTION THE SECOND OF YESTERDAY, UM, REALLY QUICKLY THE F THE DIFFERENCE IS A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MAYBE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A FAIR REPRESENTATION TO SAY TWO AND A HALF PERCENT VERSUS 5% EACH WITH REGARD TO PAYING COMPENSATION.
I THINK THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, IS NEGLIGIBLE.
UM, IN THAT RESPECT AND TO, TO, TO, TO BRING UP ANOTHER POINT, THIS IS VOTING W WE'RE ESSENTIALLY VOTING FOR WHOEVER SITS IN THIS SEAT TO HAVE THIS PAY, BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS THAT THE RAISES DON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
SO I'VE SAT IN THIS SEAT AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.
AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MY OPINION.
I'M WHETHER I GET ELECTED OR NOT IS, IS OUTSIDE OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO GET ELECTED TO SIT IN THIS SEAT.
SO, UM, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THAT'S THAT'S MY FIRST.
SO JUST TO GO, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, IF THIS MOTION PASSES ME, DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR MOTION, BUT IF THIS MOTION FAILS, THEN WE GO BACK TO YOUR MOTION AND SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 2 88, 1 98 WOULD BE CUT IN HALF THAT'S THE D YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 144 FOR THE MAYOR AND 99 FOR THE COUNCIL PER MONTH.
UM, PHILOSOPHICALLY, I THINK I HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING TO THE PUBLIC WE'RE GIVING OURSELF A 5% RAISE.
WHEN MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC DID NOT GET A 5% RAISE, UH, IN THE PAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH INFLATION IS 8% FAR OUTPACES, THAT THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING TWO AND A HALF IS PERHAPS MORE, UH, WE'RE FEELING THE PAIN WITH EVERYBODY.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER WITH, AT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, THE THREE OF US, THIS WILL AFFECT US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UP FOR ELECTION IN FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS OR SO.
THIS WOULD AFFECT WHOEVER SITS IN THESE TWO SEATS.
SO I AM VOTING ON OUR RAISES IN A SENSE, I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD APPRECIATE OUR POSTURE AT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, BECAUSE TO THE PUBLIC, EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
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DON'T FEEL GOOD TAKING 5% WHEN I THINK SOME PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC DIDN'T GET 5%.SO AS GRAHAM, UM, TELLS THE POLICE CITIZENS ACADEMY, WE'RE BASICALLY VOLUNTEERS.
AND YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS DEPENDING ON THIS, UH, POSITION AS THEIR ONLY INCOME, IT WOULD BE REALLY TOUGH, BUT WE'RE NOT FULL-TIME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE SAN DIEGO.
UM, SOME, SOME MAY PUT IN 40, 50 HOURS A WEEK, SOME MAY ONLY PUT IN 10 OR 15 HOURS A WEEK.
I THINK THAT AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE ARE GIVING OURSELVES.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT AT WHAT STAFF GOT.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I GOT INTO THIS POSITION FOR.
I DID NOT COME INTO THIS POSITION TO, FOR THE MONEY.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GET PAID UNTIL AFTER I FILED MY PAPERWORK.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE I CAME INTO HERE TO GET PAID, BUT I SERVE MY COMMUNITY AND GETTING THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT IS A BONUS.
UM, HAVING THE INSURANCE IS A BONUS.
IT HELPS, BUT I ONLY PLANNED TO BE HERE.
TWO TERMS. I DON'T PLAN ON MAKING THIS A LIFETIME, UH, POSITION.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO RUN EVERY FOUR YEARS, BUT THIS IS NOT A LIFETIME POSITION.
SO I AGREE WITH STEVE THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN VOTE FOR FOR THE FULL FIVE.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE IN A SECOND.
THREE, TWO VOTE WITH MAYOR WELLS COUNCIL, MARY, UM, MEMBER KENDRICK AND COUNCIL MEMBER, OR T'S VOTING.
NOW IT GOES BACK TO PHIL'S MOTION.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A SECOND WITH SOMEBODY TO BE WANTING A SECOND.
SECOND, ANY MORE DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY A THREE, TWO VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, GOGGLE AND COUNCIL MEMBER OF METRO VOTING.
WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE NEXT.
THE TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 2.1 6.020 OF CHAPTER 2.16.
AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 2.1 6.020 OF CHAPTER 2.16 OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CODE, ADJUSTING SALARIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS RECOMMENDED.
UH, I NEED A SECOND TO LOOK AT THAT.
ARE WE DOING THIS CORRECTLY OR RE YEAH.
SO THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERING THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU AS WELL.
AND THE RESOLUTION IS TO CODIFY WHAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY VOTE.
THE RESOLUTION IS TO INCREASE THE CAFETERIA BENEFIT FROM 1200 A MONTH TO 1350 A MONTH.
THIS IS CAFETERIA ONLY, CORRECT.
AND YOU ONLY NEED ANY KIND OF, KIND OF A VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS JUST READ YOU, YOU VOTED ON THAT ALREADY, SO, OKAY.
WE'RE JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE.
UM, MICHELLE, YOU HAD, SO WHAT, WHAT DID STAFF GET? UM, THIS LAST TIME THEY'RE INCREASES DIDN'T THEY GET $50 INCREASE, SO IT'S DUE TO INCREASE.
SO THE COUNCIL HAS HAD AN INCREASE IN CAFETERIA FOR THREE YEARS.
SO, UM, THE COUNCIL APPROVED INCREASES TO $13,500 ARE $1,350 STARTING JANUARY 1ST.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL MATCH WHAT STAFF WILL BE RECEIVING, STARTING IN JANUARY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY SENSE OF HOW MUCH COSTS HAVE GOT UP IN REGARD TO INSURANCE? AND I'M LOOKING AT OUR HR DIRECTOR.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH ARE THE KAISER PLAN WENT.
IT DOES VARY IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S STAYED ABOUT THE SAME, BUT IT HAS INCREASED THE LAST FEW YEARS.
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YOU HAVE TO COME UP IN THIS DARN HI, MARYSOL HR DIRECTOR.UM, SOME OF THE PLANTS MAY BE GOING UP TO 12%.
SO DEPENDING ON WHICH PLAN YOU'RE ENROLLED IN, THERE'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO COVID.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 10% INCREASE, A LITTLE WARP AT 12% INCREASE.
AND YOU HAVEN'T, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT GIVEN ITSELF INCREMENTAL INCREASES OVER THE LAST THREE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 12% IN INCREASE OF COSTS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MARISOL? THANKS, MARSHALL.
UM, ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS SIDE OR THIS PART OF IT? THE SPEAKER.
SO NOW IT'S UP TO, TO THE COUNCIL, MARY WELLS, I BELIEVE YOU'VE MADE THE FIRST MOTION.
AND PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[8. El Cajon Economic Development Strategic Plan RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, approving the El Cajon Economic Development Strategic Plan.]
THE LAST ADMINISTRATOR REPORT ITEM EIGHT IS THE ALCOHOL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE SITE ITEM IS THE PROPOSAL ALCOHOL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, STAFF WILL PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION RECEIVED AT THE MARCH 22ND COUNCIL MEETING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE FOR THE MORE OF THE CITY'S CONSULTANT.
ROGER DALE OF NATIVE SON DALE GROUP IS HERE TO ASSIST US AS HE MADE THE PRESENTATION PRIMARY.
THE MAIN PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION ON MARCH 22ND.
UM, AT THAT MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A PRESENTATION, UH, WITH A, UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND NINE PROPOSED STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO MEET THREE GOALS.
AND THOSE THREE GOALS ARE TO EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALCOHOL AND RESIDENTS.
UM, WE VITALIZED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS BY ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT RESPONDS TO ANTICIPATED REAL ESTATE MARKET DEMAND AND STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S FISCAL POSITION BY ATTRACTING LAND USES AND BUSINESSES, UM, THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
SO WE WANT TO GO OVER THE, THE FEEDBACK GIVEN TO THE STAFF BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN A, IN A BRIEF FASHION AND EXPAND IF NEEDED.
NOW THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED HOW CAN, UH, EFFORTS BE MADE TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL RENEWAL AND REINVESTMENT.
COULD THAT BE, COULD THAT FIT INTO THE PLAN? YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON SUSTAINING AND INCREASING CITY'S TAX BASE, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, SALES TAX, UH, INVESTMENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, INCREASING JOB CREATION WITH, UH, WITHIN CERTAIN SECTORS AND MAXIMIZING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND VIABILITY.
UH, RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENTS ARE TYPICALLY SHORT-TERM BENEFITS, UM, UH, BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS TEMPORARY, UM, AND IT'S NOT SUSTAINING, UH, MOREOVER MATERIAL AND LABOR ARE LIKELY IMPORTED, UM, FROM OUTSIDE CITY WITH NO DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE CITY.
UM, WE THINK THE CITY'S EFFORTS SHOULD BE IN THOSE OTHER AREAS, UH, UNDER A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN.
HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE APARTMENT SPECTRUM PROGRAM, UH, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A LOT OF REINVESTMENT IN THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK.
UM, THE CITY ALSO HAS, UM, SINGLE FAMILY REHAB AND MOBILE HOME RE REHAB PROGRAMS FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WHO QUALIFY FOR SUCH PROGRAMS AND THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS, UM, UH, DOES A VERY GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENT IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THE CITY HAS THE BENEFIT OF NOT HAVING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES TO ATTRACT THAT INVESTMENT FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION.
UH, ONE OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIES INCLUDES IT IS A BUSINESS ATTRACTION, THAT'S ITS MAIN FOCUS.
NUMBER ONE, UM, IS DESIGNED TO ATTRACT, RETAIN AND EXPAND BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCALLY STRONG.
AND THOSE THAT ARE DOMINANT IN THE REGION IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
ANOTHER, UM, QUESTION POSED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, RELATED
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TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS AND PROPERTY ASSEMBLAGE AS A COUNCIL KNOWS ALCOHOL HAS A STRONG AND RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.UH, IT'S DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE EXISTING AS WELL AS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS IS CURRENTLY SIGNIFICANT NEW DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS ARE ANALYZED BY THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT TEAMS TO ENSURE ANY IDENTIFIED IMPACTS ARE ADDRESSED, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY BORNE BY THE DEVELOPER AND PROPERTY.
ASSEMBLAGE, UH, IS A RESULT OF, UM, A SIZEABLE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, WHERE A DEVELOPER HAS PURCHASED MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY AND COMBINES THEM TO SUPPORT A SPECIFIC TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
ONE THAT THE CITY MAY BE INTERESTED IN, OR PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND PROPERTY ASSEMBLAGE, MAYBE TWO AREAS THAT COULD BE PART OF THE CITY FUNDED INITIATIVE OR INCENTIVE PROGRAM IN A SCALABLE FASHION.
ANOTHER FEEDBACK OR, UM, IDEA, UH, HAD TO DO WITH RESIDENTIAL OR EXCUSE ME, UPSCALE HOUSING.
AND CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERS EXIST IN THE TRANSIT DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN AREA AND THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE.
UM, HOWEVER THEY DO NOT ADDRESS INTERIOR FIXTURES SUCH AS APPLIANCES AND, UM, OTHER ITEMS WITHIN THE UNIT.
IF THE RECORDS STAFF CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THIS, THIS IDEA AS PART OF THE UPCOMING ZONING CODE OMNIBUS UPDATE, WHICH THE STAFF DOES ALMOST ANNUALLY.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS SQL STREAMLINING.
UH, THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 600 ACRES OF SQL CLEARED PROJECT AREAS THAT INCAPACITATE TRANSIT DISTRICT, UM, THE DOWNTOWN FLETCHER PARKWAY, COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, UH, PRIMARILY UP IN THE FLETCHER HILLS AREA, UM, EAST MAIN STREET CORRIDOR OVER THERE, UM, BY WHERE THE KAISER HOSPITAL SITE WAS SLATED.
AND SINCE 27TH AND PARKWAY PLAZA, AND SINCE 2017, THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR PRIMARY INVESTMENT OF NEW COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECTING EXISTING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THESE AREAS WOULD REQUIRE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A NEED FOR AN IN-DEPTH SQL ANALYSIS.
BUT THE COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW IS THAT THE STAFF ROUTINELY USES THE CQL EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND SOMETHING THAT WE USE QUITE FREQUENTLY.
PARKWAY PAWS HAS BEEN, BEEN BROUGHT UP QUITE A BIT, NOT JUST THAT THE, UH, MARCH 22ND CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT AT OTHER OTHER TIMES, THIS PRIME SHOPPING CENTER, UH, IS ABOUT 80 ACRES AND HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, BUT ALSO FOR EAST COUNTY IN 17.
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE, WHICH WOULD APPLY TO THE PARKWAY PLAZA SITE.
NOW THIS ZONE IS INTENDED TO REINVIGORATE PROPERTIES, UH, BY CREATING NEW, BY CREATING NEW ACTIVITY CENTERS AND INJECTING NEW LIFE, UH, WITH NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
AS OF NOW ONLY SERITAGE FORMERLY THE SEARS SEARS HOLDINGS HAS BEEN ACTIVELY REPURPOSING THEIR ASSET OUT THERE AT PARKWAY PLAZA.
HOWEVER, STAFF CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, PRIMARILY AS WELL AS COMMUTE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN, WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PARKWAY, PLAZA OWNERSHIP, AND THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, BEFORE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
HOWEVER, THE VINCE DEMASIO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE, THE CITY WOULD IMPLEMENT, UM, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, IF ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND BEFORE I SPEAK TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, I KNOW THAT A CITY MANAGER, GRAHAM MITCHELL WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSING ASPECT OF THIS.
SO I WAS, I WAS THINKING THAT IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOT AN ISOLATED DOCUMENT.
IT FITS IN WITH A BIGGER PLAN.
UH, WE SPEND CDBG DOLLARS FOR EXAMPLE, TO IMPROVE LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, WE HAVE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AROUND THE TRANSIT DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH THE GOAL OF INFUSING HOUSING.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT TYPICALLY RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, UM, AREN'T DRIVEN BY SLICK BROCHURES OR MARKETING.
THEY'RE REALLY DRIVEN BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA.
I SEE ON FACEBOOK ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, W WHY CAN'T THE CITY GET THIS BUSINESS, RIGHT? OR, OR WHY DON'T THEY PUT THIS BUSINESS HERE? WELL, THEY IS DRIVEN BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
AND SO IT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER SOME DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE NO GROCERY STORES IN THIS AREA.
WELL, THERE SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE THERE'S NO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA, RIGHT? YOU INFUSE MORE PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT WILL PROMPT
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THAT GROCERY STORE DEVELOPMENT.SO THIS PLAN DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK OTHER REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL ADDRESS THAT THOSE COMPONENTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN JUST HAVING A REALLY STRONG DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION THAT DRAWS PEOPLE IN WE'LL ALSO DRIVE MORE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ATTRACTION TO A CERTAIN AREA.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THAT SORT OF, THAT LARGER CONTEXT OF HOW THIS PLAN FITS IN WITH THE BIGGER SCHEME OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS.
AND SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE.
UM, IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS AS YOU KNOW, A POLICY DOCUMENT.
SO THIS IS THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF WHAT WE THEN NEED TO TAKE AWAY, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT INVOLVED AS, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEES, UM, MULTIPLE WAYS TO ENGAGE, UH, THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, UM, USING OUR CONSULTANT.
AND SO WE'VE REACHED THE POINT OF YOU CONSIDERING ADOPTING THE POLICY DOCUMENT.
IF THAT OCCURS, WHAT WE THEN GO INTO IS IMPLEMENTATION MODE.
AND WE WOULD LOOK TO, UM, ROGER DALE OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY A STAFF LEVEL DOCUMENT.
AND WHY DO I SAY THAT? BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ISSUES THAT ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY DOCUMENT THAT WILL NEED TO COME BEFORE YOU SPECIFICALLY, ANY SORT OF STAFFING INCREASES LIKE A DEDICATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
THAT'S A NEW STAFF, A POSITION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROPOSED TO YOU AS PART OF IMPLEMENTING THE LARGER POLICY.
ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING COULD BE ANY SORT OF ZONING CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THE ATTRACTION OF BUSINESSES OR IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE NINE STRATEGIES OR SEVERAL OF THE NINE STRATEGIES IN, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
ANOTHER WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT APPROPRIATIONS.
THESE COULD BE APPROPRIATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES INVOLVING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
THESE COULD BE APPROPRIATIONS, UH, UH, VARIOUS INVESTMENTS, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, THAT CALL FOR, UH, SOMETHING, UH, ON THE CITY'S PART, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPERS PART, UH, THE TYPE OF FUNDING THAT YOU WANT TO USE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE APPROACH YOU WITH THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE ARPA MONEY TO SPEND AND A TIME LIMIT IN WHICH TO SPEND IT.
SO PRIMARILY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SPENDING THAT ARPA MONEY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO USE RESERVES AVAILABLE TO YOU.
LONG-TERM LONG AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE ARPA MONIES AND LONG AFTER THE ARPA MONIES HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THIS EFFORT, YOU MAY WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT FUNDING FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE.
SO THESE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO IN GREAT DETAIL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND WHEN THAT PLAN IS DONE, WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UM, AS FAR AS THE PLAN IS CONCERNED, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU MULTIPLE TIMES AS DIFFERENT THINGS NEED TO TAKE EFFECT TO HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED IF YOU WILL.
SO WITH THAT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WAS SAID, ROGER DALE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AS WELL AS TONY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SHOW? CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT UPSCALE HOUSING MEANS? WELL, MARIN CITY COUNCIL, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST COUNCIL OR MARCH 22ND COUNCIL MEETING BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GARY KENDRICK.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND IT.
IT WAS TO ATTRACT HIGH-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO THE CITY OF ALCOHOL, THROUGH A, UM, HIGHER PRICE POINT OF HOUSING, WHICH WOULD BE A RESULT OF THE TYPE OF AMENITIES THAT, THAT THE HOUSING HAVE SUCH AS THE TYPE OF APPLIANCE, THOSE TYPE OF FIXTURES, UH, THE TYPE OF MATERIALS USED TO CONSTRUCT THE HOUSING.
I THINK, I THINK THE ISSUE HERE W WITH THIS IS W THE IDEA OF HOUSING AS, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, AND AS TONY JUST EXPLAINED, DOESN'T REALLY GO DIRECTLY TO THIS PLAN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PLAN WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MOST NOTABLY, THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, AND THE RENA, THE REGIONAL HOUSING, UH, ALLOCATION NUMBERS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE.
THOSE REQUIRE US TO HAVE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE INCOME STRATA.
SO THROUGHOUT THE SPECTRUM, WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING HOUSING BOTH AT THE AFFORDABLE LEVELS, BUT AT LEVELS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE INCOME SPECTRUM.
SO THAT WHEN WE SAY THAT THIS DOCUMENT WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS, WHAT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT TALK TO HOW TALK ABOUT HOUSING IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THIS DOCUMENT AND THESE POLICIES SPECIFICALLY,
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OKAY.SO WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING AN, AND I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE WORD AFFORDABLE BECAUSE WHAT SOME PERSONS, UH, DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE IS NOT WHAT, UM, A LOT OF RESIDENTS CONSIDER AFFORDABLE WHEN YOU'VE GOT FAMILIES LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THREE KIDS AND I'M LOOKING FOR A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR $1,500.
AND THESE FAMILIES ARE HAVING TO DOUBLE UP AND TRIPLE UP.
AND YES, THE EASY ANSWER WOULD BE, WELL, JUST MOVE.
YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU LIVING IN CALIFORNIA? IT'S EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT AS EASY AS, AS PACKING UP AND MOVING OUT OF STATE.
AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, HAVING HOUSING, WHETHER IT BE APARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSH FIRST FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS, AS PEOPLE MOVE UP THE ECONOMIC SCALE AND MOVE INTO THE UPSCALE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES STILL AVAILABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS THAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
AND THE APARTMENTS, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE WORKERS HERE IN ALCOHOL, AND A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE RESTAURANTS AND WORK IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT US OUT OF OUR CARS.
SO THEY'VE GOT TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK, AND RIGHT NOW HOUSING IS JUST NOT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WORKERS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION.
UH, ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S PART OF THE, THE HOUSING MIX THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOW LOW-INCOME, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING PARTICULARLY ON THE, ON THE VALLEY FLOOR IS UPSCALE, NICE APARTMENTS AND CONDOS.
I'M TALKING, UH, TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, UH, YOU HAVE TILE IN THE BATH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE S THE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING, UH, YOU KNOW, TILE, ENTRYWAYS, AND MAYBE TILE LIVING ROOMS, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT FIND UP IN UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER.
AND YES, THEY DO RENT FOR A LOT OF MONEY AND THEY SELL FOR A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF DISPOSABLE INCOME THAT CAN COME DOWN TO MAIN STREET AND HAD THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO A CAFE OR A BUSINESS TO REVITALIZE OUR DOWNTOWN AND TO PLACE WHERE, UH, PEOPLE, UH, CAN ASPIRE TO GO TO AND STILL STAY IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, THE MOVE KIND OF MOVE UP HOUSING, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN THAN LET'S SAY, FLETCHER HILLS.
I LIKED THE IDEA OF TARGETED INDUSTRIES THAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL DEVICES, BIOPHARM REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT, AEROSPACE TO CONNECT WITH THE AIRPORT.
MY QUESTIONS ON THE HEALTH SERVICES.
DO YOU MEAN CLINICS OR DO YOU MEAN SUBSCRIBER-BASED, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS, AND WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF CLINICS IN OKLAHOMA.
SO GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WELLS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M ROGER DALE WITH AN ADELSON DALE GROUP, AND, UH, EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE WITH YOU AGAIN, AFTER OUR MEETING IN MARCH.
THE, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, TARGET INDUSTRIES, WE DIVIDE THEM INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ONE, WE CALL LOCAL CLUSTERS AND THE OTHER, WE CALL RE UH, TRADED CLUSTERS AND HEALTH SERVICES AS IS DEFINED IN OUR ANALYSIS IS A LOCAL SERVING CLUSTER.
AND, AND THAT SHOWED UP IN OUR DATA IS SOMETHING THAT ALCOHOL HAS A STRENGTH IN, AND IT CAN POTENTIALLY BE BUILT ON.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE KIND OF PATIENT FOCUSED HEALTH SERVICES, BUSINESSES, CLINICS, ET CETERA, HOSPITALS, ET CETERA.
HOWEVER, THERE'S ALSO A SEPARATE CAR CATEGORY CALLED BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, WHICH IS NOT LOCAL SERVING.
IT'S ONE OF THE, WHAT WE CALL A TRADED CLUSTER, WHICH THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS IT IS AN INDUSTRY THAT PRODUCES GOODS OR SERVICES THAT ARE EXPORTED BEYOND THE CITY OR BEYOND THE REGION.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE MORE OF THE TYPE OF THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT BOTH OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED HERE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
UH, MY FEEDBACK TO STAFF WOULD BE, BE CAREFUL ABOUT THESE LOCAL STUFF.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AN OVERCONCENTRATION.SO THEN A PERSON HAS FOUR CHOICES TO GO TO.
WE WANT TO SERVE EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR CITY, BUT, UH, WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GO TOO HEAVY ON A PARTICULAR SEGMENT WOULD BE MY FEEDBACK.
BUT FINALLY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS, UH, OLDER PROPERTIES THAT WILL SAY THE GREATEST GENERATION OWNS, AND AS THEY PASS ON, THEY GIVE TO THEIR BABY BOOMER CHILDREN, AND THIS COULD BE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
THIS COULD BE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.
THIS COULD BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
HOW DO YOU FACTOR IN, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WHAT IF THE BABY BOOMER CHILD DOESN'T WANT TO OWN THAT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY DOESN'T WANT THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DOESN'T WANT THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX? IS THAT A TARGET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO RENEW? HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? WELL, WE DO ADDRESS THAT IN HERE.
AND AS STEPH POINTED OUT, WE MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT CHALLENGES FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON ACTIVITIES THAT WILL INCREASE EMPLOYMENT, INCREASE BUSINESS, INVESTMENT, AND ULTIMATELY INCREASE THE CITY'S TAX BASE.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TARGET INDUSTRIES IS THAT ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, AND LIKE MANY PLACES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, OKLAHOMA DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF VACANT LAND LEFT TO, TO BUILD NEW BUSINESS PARKS.
SO ONE OF THE KEY STRATEGIES HERE IS TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE, ARE RIPE FOR RE-INVESTMENT REVITALIZATION OR REPURPOSING OF THE LAND FOR NEWER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
THAT IS, UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE VERY CATEGORY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIBET OLDER PROPERTIES, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CASE WHERE IT'S AN INHERITED PROPERTY.
IT COULD BE A, JUST A LONG STANDING OWNER THAT HAS NO REAL INCENTIVE TO CHANGE THE USE OF IT.
AND SO IT'S MAYBE AN UNDER UTILIZED PROPERTY FROM THE LARGER PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM THERE, FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW, IT MAKES SENSE JUST TO KEEP IT KIND OF AS IT IS, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME INCOME FROM IT.
AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RISK INVOLVED AT THIS POINT AND JUST MAINTAINING IT.
AND THAT TYPE OF SCENARIO GETS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING WHEN IT'S A SECOND GENERATION THAT HAVE PERHAPS EVEN LESS INTEREST IN REINVESTING IN IT.
THIS STRATEGIC PLAN PROVIDES A POLICY FRAMEWORK WHERE THE CITY WOULD REACH OUT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SEE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCENTIVIZE HIGHER USE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
AGAIN, FOCUS IN THIS CASE, PRIMARILY ON INDUSTRIAL.
I W WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF STRONG RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THIS, THAT REALLY IN OUR EXPERIENCE IS BETTER ADDRESSED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR POLICIES WITHIN A CITY.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE AS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOCUSED ON ARE DEVOTED FULL-TIME TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THE CITY AT THIS POINT IT'S, IT'S, IT DOESN'T HAVE A FULL-TIME PERSON WITH JUST THAT WEARING JUST THAT HAT IN ANY EVENT.
W W THERE WILL BE A CONCERN ABOUT DILUTING THAT STAFF'S ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT DON'T HAVE THAT LASER FOCUS ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE LINE WE'VE DRAWN HERE.
I THINK THE SENTENCE I I TRACKED IN ON WAS, UH, WE WOULD DO OUTREACH TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MIGHT BE SECOND GENERATION TO HAVE A MORE, A HIGHER USE OF PROPERTY.
THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THAT WE ADDRESS IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
UH, WE, WE CALL THAT I'LL CALL THAT COMMUNITY VALUE RATHER THAN ECONOMIC VALUE THERE'S COMMUNITY VALUE TO HAVE A BETTER LOOKING APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND WE ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS THROUGH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PROPERTY INSPECTION PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE DON'T WANT OUR LOWER INCOME, OR REALLY ANY INCOME, UH, LIVING IN CONDITIONS WHERE THEIR LANDLORD IS NOT TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE ADDRESS THOSE DEFICIENCIES SUCH AS A STAIRWELL.
THAT'S NOT ATTACHED TO THE, TO THE SECOND LANDING THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE ENSURE A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING ON RESIDENTIAL THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BUT I ZEROED IN ON THAT ONE SENTENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE VOTERS VOTED OUT THE PARENT CHILD EXCLUSION, WHICH AFFECTS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
AND SO WHEN THEY PASS AWAY, UH, THE HEIRS COULD SEE A PROPERTY TAX BILL IS 10 TIMES OR MORE WHAT IT USED TO BE.
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PROBABLY AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY, OR MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HIGHEST AND BEST USE.BUT I HAD A QUESTION FOR OUR SPEAKER REGARDING ULTRA HIGH SPEED INTERNET.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S VIABLE FOR THE CITY, UH, TO SUBSIDIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT, TO BRING IN HIGH-TECH BUSINESSES? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT INVESTIGATED AT THIS LEVEL IS, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THIS IS KIND OF A BROAD POLICY FRAMEWORK OR DOCUMENT THAT THERE IS A COMPONENT OF THIS THAT WOULD INVOLVE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, AND LOOKING AT HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS WOULD CERTAINLY A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT.
THE KIND OF COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT IS THAT WORTH.
IS THERE A POTENTIALLY A PAYOFF IN TERMS OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD COME AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS STRATEGY? AND SO IT'S, IT'S COVERED IN HERE, BUT NOT AT THE LEVEL OF SPECIFIC SPECIFIC ANALYSIS YET, BUT THAT WE WOULD SEE THAT AS POTENTIALLY A PRIORITY AS PART OF IMPLEMENTATION.
I THINK THAT I JUST SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO COMMENT.
WE HAVEN'T, AS MR. DALE INDICATED WE HAVEN'T HAD A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS, BUT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW TO ALLOCATE ARPA MONIES, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THAT'S.
ONE OF THE BIG PUSHES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS, UM, BROADBAND EXPANSION.
AND SO WE DID ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO A LOT OF USERS IN OUR BUSINESS PARKS TO SEE WAS THERE A NEED FOR AN UPGRADE AND SURPRISINGLY WHERE WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST, UM, PIPELINE OUT THERE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, BUT I'M ACTUALLY REALLY PLEASED THAT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD TECHNOLOGY WISE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT SOME OF THOSE ONE-TIME MONEY INTO IT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING MORE AND MORE MONEY, LIKE IF WE HIRED SOMEBODY, BUT IF, UH, IT MAY WORK OUT TO A PARTNER, UH, WITH ONE OF THE COMPANIES.
SO IF WE CAN CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THAT ROBUST INTERNET IS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO NEW BUSINESSES AND SOME OF THE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES, BECAUSE THEY TEND TO EMPLOY PEOPLE THAT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND THEN AGAIN, ON THE, ON THE MEDICAL, UH, SIDE FOR, UH, UH, LET'S SAY CERTAIN AREAS OF DOWNTOWN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, UH, ALL OF US ARE BABY BOOMERS EXCEPT PHIL.
AND WE GO TO SEE THE DOCTOR A LOT NOW.
AND I THINK AS, AS, AS THE BABY BOOMERS GET OLDER, UH, GEE, I LIKE TO GO TO A CLINIC AND I'LL GO HOME.
I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CLAREMONT, TO KAISER OR, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS WITH THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND, UH, AND THOSE BUILDINGS THEY NEED, THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE TO BILL BECAUSE ALL THE OXYGEN AND PIPING SPECIAL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY.
AND, UH, THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY PLACE LIKE THAT IN OKLAHOMA.
WE'RE JUST STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HERE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
AND THEN IT GETS A CLINIC DOWN AT, ON, UH, OKLAHOMA BOULEVARD TOWARDS INTERSTATE EIGHT, BUT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BRING PEOPLE IN AND THEY MIGHT BE THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THE UPSCALE HOUSING THAT WE PUT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HER ABOVE IT OR BEHIND IT.
AND SO THERE'S, IT CREATES KIND OF THIS SYNERGY OF WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE MAKING LOTS OF MONEY THAT WANT TO LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK, MAYBE EVEN WALKING DISTANCE AND, UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND GET BACK TO MORE OF A TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWN, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUILDINGS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT YOU HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A SERVICE WHERE PEOPLE MAKE GOOD MONEY AND COULD GO DOWN TO THE CAFE OR, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL DOWN HERE, UH, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, UH, THE TROLLEY COMING INTO TOWN.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
YES, I AGREE IN THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE INCLUDED HEALTHCARE OR HEALTH SERVICES ON OUR LIST, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY A JOB CREATOR, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN AMENITY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ATTRACTS OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE KIND OF PART OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.
UM, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE REGARDING THIS AND INCLUDING STAFF, UM, 30,000 FOOT VIEW FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S VITAL TO UNDERSTAND.
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WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPERS AND THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS VITAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE DON'T INVEST IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY, THE, THE ONLY OTHER WAY FOR US TO GET REVENUE, TO PAY FOR FIRE, TO PAY FOR POLICE, TO PAY FOR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS FOR US TO RAISE TAXES.AND I THINK PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT'S LAZY.
LAWMAKING IS JUST RAISING TAXES ON OUR CITIZENS OR ALREADY BURDENED IN, UH, ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED, UM, ECONOMY.
SO THE WAY WE INCREASE REVENUE WITHOUT PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS IS BY HIRING A CONSULTANT BY LOOKING AT OUR STRENGTHS, OUR WEAKNESSES, OR OPPORTUNITIES OR THREATS WITH REGARD TO WHAT ARE THE OPEN LOTS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP, HOW COME PEOPLE AREN'T COMING IN, HOW CAN WE ATTRACT PEOPLE TO BUILD CONDOS, TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE LOWER-INCOME TO THE MIDDLE INCOME I'M PR I'M A PRODUCT OF THAT.
THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO ENTER FROM LOWER CLASS TO MIDDLE CLASSES, A CONDO THEY'RE CHEAPER.
UM, SO FOR THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE, I BELIEVE PHILOSOPHICALLY THE BEST WAY WE CAN MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD IS BY NOT RAISING TAXES ON OUR CITIZENS, COMING TOGETHER WITH EXPERTS, UM, AND DETERMINING HOW, HOW CAN WE CREATE MORE JOBS, CREATE MORE BUSINESS, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO INCREASE SALES, TAX REVENUE.
LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UM, I LOVE, UM, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS COMMENT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH COUNCIL.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SYNCHRONICITY BETWEEN DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, ESPECIALLY BIG ONES.
UM, WORKING DEVELOPERS, WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPER'S PAIN POINTS? WHY WON'T YOU BUILD HERE? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR, FOR X, Y, Z REASONS? DO YOU NEED A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE? DO YOU NEED FLEXIBLE ZONING? DO YOU NEED, W W W TALK TO US, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU AS A CITY, UM, TO DOVETAIL OFF OF THAT.
THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY HOUSING IS SO EXPENSIVE IS BECAUSE OF STATE BUILDING CODE AND STATE ENERGY CODE.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY HOUSING IS SO EXPENSIVE.
THE NUMBER ONE CONTRIBUTOR IS, UM, IS ENERGY CODE.
THERE ARE SO MANY RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BUILD A HOME, HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
UM, SO WE DO OUR BEST HERE IN THE CITY TO STEM THAT, TO TRY AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF REGULATIONS FOR YOU BECAUSE THE STATE ALREADY DOES A TON.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CAN BE JUST AS NICE IF NOT NICER THAN DOWNTOWN LAMESA, UM, OR THIRD STREET IN CHULA VISTA.
I THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT, MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MAGNOLIA HERE, WHICH IS A PREMIER, UH, ONE OF, ONE OF THE PREMIER CONCERT VENUES IN EAST COUNTY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE, UH, THE SALE, ONE PROJECT, LIKE, UH, IN DEL MAR, WHERE WE, IT'S A, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE COME TO, UM, WITH HOUSING THERE AND SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS.
AND IT'S A DESTINATION LIKE WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN SAYING WHERE WE ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO COME SPEND THEIR DOLLARS IN OKLAHOMA.
WE TAKE THE SALES TAX FROM THAT, AND THEN WE CAN BETTER, BETTER HELP OUR CITIZENS AND BETTER SERVE OUR CITIZENS.
SO, UM, I, YEAH, ONGOING CONVERSATION, OUTSTANDING WORK.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANKS QUESTION.
YOU, YOU MENTIONED BIO-PHARMACEUTICALS OR SOMETHING WITH WE TALKING ABOUT COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MORE OF THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS? IT COULD BE BOTH.
W WE, WE DEFINE THESE INDUSTRIES BASED ON A NATIONAL MODEL THAT GROUPS, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES INTO THESE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT WE CALL CLUSTERS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICALS WOULD BE, WOULD INCLUDE BOTH OF THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
IT'S KIND OF A BROAD HEADING FOR THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
I THINK SPECIFICALLY WHAT, AND THIS WAS BASED ON THE INPUT WE GOT FROM STAKEHOLDERS LOCALLY, IF YOU THINK OF THE TYPES OF, UM, INDUSTRIES THAT ARE CONCENTRATED AROUND CARLSBAD AND THAT PART OF THE COUNTY THAT MIGHT EXPAND TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, THAT MIGHT BE A TARGET.
SO THAT THOSE WOULD BE THE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES OR FIRMS THAT WE'RE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, BUT IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE BROADER THAN THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE OPPORTUNITY PLAYS OUT WILL, WILL KIND OF BE, IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
NO, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING INDUSTRY TO COME IN AND KIND OF REVITALIZE SOME OF THESE BLINDED AREAS.
I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE THE KIND OF MONEY THAT CAN BUY UP OLD BUILDINGS AND BUILD LIKE, JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN ON BROADWAY AND SECOND, WHERE THE OLD VASES WITH THE AWAKEN CHURCH AND THE CROSS STREET, THE NICE PACE PROGRAM.
I THINK WE GOT KIND OF LUCKY WHEN DARRELL PRIESTS BUILT THAT LARGE BUILDING ON THE CORNER OVER HERE
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SAT EMPTY FOR THREE YEARS.AND FINALLY BORREGO HEALTHCARE CAME IN A FEDERAL QUALIFIED HEALTH CLINIC, FILLED IT UP WITH SEEING 60,000 PATIENTS A MONTH.
AND RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE'VE GOT, UM, SAY TO SEADRILL HEALTHCARE BUILT A NEW, BIG NEW FACILITY, FAMILY HEALTHCARE, UM, LAMA ASTRA, THERE'S LOTS OF FEDERAL QUALIFIED HEALTH CLINICS TO HAVE THE SIDE OF THE CAULK ALCOHOL AT HOME.
I THINK WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF, IF WE ARE ABLE TO PREVAIL UPON KAISER TO BUILD SOON AND REALLY START LOOKING AT A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS, COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES, OR THE PHARMACIES, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, UM, ALL THE, ALL THE OTHER ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT, WE MAY HAVE A NICHE HERE W WHICH WOULD, I THINK I'D BE FINE WITH, BECAUSE THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BRING IN MORE RESTAURANTS TO SERVICE THESE PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME IN AND BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE DOCTORS, NURSES, AND TEXTS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S JUST MY, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST THANK YOU THINK IT'S INTERESTING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANKS FOR YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND FOR YOUR HELPING US.
RE PROCEEDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND ALL OF YOU.
SO, ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKER GUARD, SIR.
UM, THEN I BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONER REPORTS ON TODAY'S
[9. Council Activity Report]
AGENDA.UM, ITEM NINE IS MY ACTIVITY REPORT.
AND NOW WE'RE AT ACTIVITY REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDRICK AS REPORTED
[10. 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.]
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL, UH, AS A PART OF A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, SATURDAY THE AMICUS, UH, EMERGENCY CABINS REACHED A MILESTONE IN WHICH, UH, THE EXTERIOR WAS COMPLETED.AND SO THEY ARE READY FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
I THINK HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE CONTACTING OUR INSPECTORS, UH, SOON SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, PUT THE INSIGHT INSTALLATION AND THINGS ON THOSE ARE SIX CABINS.
THEY'RE PAINTED ALL SORTS OF BRIGHT COLORS AND THEY'RE READY TO SERVE HOMELESS WOMEN AND HOMELESS WOMEN WITH CHILDREN.
UH, SO I THINK THE IDEA IS TO FINISH THAT BY JULY 1ST, I'M VERY EXCITED TO ADD ANOTHER TOOL INTO OUR, UH, EXPANDING TOOL, CHEST OF SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THE HOMELESS.
UH, I'M ALSO STILL IMPRESSED WITH THE STAFF AND THE RESPONSE TO KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN.
UH, JUST TODAY I REPORTED SOME GRAFFITI ABOUT NOON TODAY ON SOME WALLS ON EAST MAIN, UNDERNEATH THE EIGHT OVERPASS AT THIRD STREET BY EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER GOT A NOTIFICATION AT FOUR O'CLOCK IT'S ALREADY BEEN PAINTED OVER.
SO THAT'S SYSTEM OF REPORTING AND THE VENDOR WE HAVE, AND THAT IT'S WORKING AND IT'S KEEPING OKLAHOMA CLEAN, WHICH IS GOOD.
FINALLY, THE ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION, WE ARE HAVING SOME ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
IT'S NOT MOVING AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE THEY MISSED A DEADLINE LAST FRIDAY, UH, THAT THEY TOLD US.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVELY IN THE COMING WEEKS BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF EAST COUNTY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO BE A GOOD PARTNER IN THIS, IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
BUT, UH, WE CAN'T MAKE 500,000 PEOPLE IN EAST COUNTY.
WAIT UNTIL THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO COORDINATES ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY SLOW ON THIS, MR. ORTIZ,
[12. DEPUTY MAYOR MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate.]
THIS METRO, UM, AS REPORTED WITH ONE EXCEPTION, MY 6 22 MEETING WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP WAS CANCELED LAST WEEK.IT IS RESCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
THERE ARE NO GENERAL INFORMATION ON ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS OF ORDINANCES ON TODAY'S AGENDA,
[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]
AND THAT BRINGS US CLOSED SESSION.THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAD US INTO THE CLOSED SESSION.
THIS IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4 9 5 6 0.9 TO ERIC BIDWELL AT ALL V THE CITY OF EL CAHONE AT ALL.
AND IT'S IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CASE NUMBER ONE SIX DASH CB DASH 2 5 7 5 DASH L L DASH M S B AND CARRIE MITCHELL FROM THE CITY'S LITIGATION
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FROM MCDOUGALL.LOVE IS GOING TO COVER THIS CLOSED SESSION.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION.
PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, LADIES AND JUMP.
WE'RE GOING TO GO CLOSE SESSION.
WE'LL COME BACK AND FINISH THE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, LIZ JUMBLE, WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.
I WILL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT ON THE GOINGS-ON OF CLOSER.
OH, MS. MITCHELL, CARRIE, WE NEED YOU TO REPORT ON, ON CLOSED SESSION SINCE MS. LUCK WAS NOT IN CLOSED SESSION.
SHE CAN PROBABLY USE THE PODIUM.
THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION THAT SUFFICES.
THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN, THE GERMAN REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL, OKLAHOMA HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2022 IS THE CHURCH TILL TUESDAY, JULY 12TH, 2022 AT 3:00 PM.