Jul 26, 2022 City Council Meeting 3pm

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GOOD AFTERNOON,

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

THE MEETING IS CALLED AN ORDER AND LIKE OUR ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

DEPUTY MAYOR MET, SHOLIS ABSENT.

ALL OTHERS ARE PRESENT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE? AFTER I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the July 12, 2022, Meeting and the Agenda of the July 26, 2022, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE MR. MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA COUNCIL.

NO,

[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.]

AT CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS AND ACTED BY ONE MOTION.

ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS 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.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO YOU WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS STAFF? NO, SIR.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS AND WE DO NOT, SIR.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.

SECOND, MOVING SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

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

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

ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR.

WE DO.

WE HAVE TWO COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM RICH.

RIELLE.

HELLO, SIR.

WELCOME.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR SAYING THAT I'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.

INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TELL YOU I AM HERE.

MY NAME IS RICH RYLE SOMETIMES ONLY AS CRYPTO RICH.

I'M OPENING A CRYPTO BUSINESS OVER IN, UH, PARKWAY PLAZA.

BUT THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I GRADUATED FROM THE CITADEL 1969.

AND I COME FROM A LINE OF SIDRA GRADUATES.

I'M THIRD IN THE LINE.

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THANK GOD BECAUSE I LIVE IN AMERICA, I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL TO MAKE AMERICA A BETTER PLACE.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

I WANT TO MAKE AMERICA A BETTER PLACE IN THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO START LOCALLY.

I RAN FOR MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO BACK IN 1978 ON TWO ITEMS, TERM LIMITS AND STOPPING THE SALE OF CITY OWNED LAND.

WITHIN FOUR YEARS OF ME RUNNING FOR MAYOR, THAT WAS MY FATHER.

AND I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE AMERICA A BETTER PLACE WAS TO STOP THE SALE OF CITY OWNED LAND AND TERM LIMITS.

AND MY FATHER WAS PRESCIENT ON TERM LIMITS.

SO WE FOUGHT FOR TERM LIMITS AND WE GOT SAN DIEGO TO GET TERM LIMITS.

NOW I'M HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND I, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PBS OVER THERE AND THE PBS SHOULD ALLOW, SHOULD HAVE OPEN MIC MEETINGS.

I RENTED SPACE IN THAT BUILDING FOR FOUR MONTHS, TRYING TO GO INTO ONE OF THE MEETINGS.

I COULD NEVER GO IN BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS ONLY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND I TOLD HIM, YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY.

YOU'VE NOT HEARD OF THE BROWN ACT.

AND THEN I TALKED TO GRAHAM MITCHELL, GRAHAM MITCHELL.

I SAID, HOW CAN THEY DO THIS? HE SAYS, LOOK, THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM THE BROWN ACT.

I SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME, I SAID, HAVE YOU ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY? HE SAID, NO.

AND SO I CALLED THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THE CITY ATTORNEY TOLD ME, HE SAYS, RICH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT YOU CAN ASK ME THE CITY, THE CITY MANAGER'S GOT ASKED YOU.

I SAID, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I UNDERSTAND HOW CITY WORKS, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE SUED THE PBN BECAUSE THEY'RE VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT.

AND THE WORST THING ABOUT IT IS THIS IS AMERICA.

AND THE BEAUTY ABOUT THIS THING IS THAT I'M GOING TO WIN BECAUSE AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT HAVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIKE YOURSELF.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.

BY THE WAY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT MEANS OPEN MEETINGS, ADVERTISE BEATINGS AND NO SELECTIVE BIDDING.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE PBN IS THAT EVERYTHING YOU SEE WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC BIDDING.

GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR LEE.

I'M SORRY.

SHE'S NOT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY GENTLEMEN, ADELAIDE, BUT GENTLEMEN AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

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LAST SPEAKER IS WENDY PROVAN CU.

HELLO, WENDY.

WELCOME.

NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AND I'M SUPER NERVOUS.

SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.

UM, I'VE KIND OF BEEN ELECTED FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WERE HAVING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE TROUBLE WITH ONE HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I DID COME LAST WEEK, UM, AND SPOKE WITH SOME AMAZING OFFICERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, OFFICER YUSIFF AND HARRIS.

THEY WERE WONDERFUL WHEN I GAVE HIM THE ADDRESS ON MY STREET, ONE OF THE OFFICERS KNEW EXACTLY.

HE SAID, OH, I'VE RATED THAT HOUSE.

UM, I SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? I MEAN, THE FIRE HYDRANT AND THE RED ZONE IN FRONT OF THAT HOUSE IS USED 47 TIMES BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT CARS PULL UP.

THEY'RE THERE 10, 15 MINUTES.

THEY RAN INTO THESE TWO TRAILERS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THEY'RE THERE.

10, 12 MINUTES.

THEY LEAVE, THEY COME BACK.

I SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? THE OFFICER'S LIKE, OR NOPE, YOU JUST NEED TO BUG US.

YOU NEED TO CALL US.

I'M LIKE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE CALLING ALL THE TIME.

BY THE TIME YOU GUYS GET HERE, THEY'RE GONE.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ISSUES WITH THE PROPERTY.

THEY SENT ME OVER TO YOU GUYS, CITY COUNCIL.

I SPOKE WITH MICHELLE KIM.

SHE SAID, THERE'S AN ONGOING ISSUE THERE.

UM, LIKE I SAY, PEOPLE LIVE IN THE DRIVEWAY.

I KNOW THE OWNER DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

IT'S KIND OF A TRANSIENT HOUSE.

UM, SATURDAY NIGHT AT LIKE 10 47, A BIG TRUCK PULLS UP WITH A TRAILER.

THEY'RE LOADING JUST HUNDREDS OF TRASH BAGS.

CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TRASH PICKUP.

THEY DRIVE AWAY AT MIDNIGHT.

THEY COME BACK, IT'S EMPTY.

WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE CALLING THE POLICE OFFICERS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE SEE SOMETHING.

AND I JUST HOPING THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK OUT SO THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING LAST NIGHT AT LIKE NINE O'CLOCK A POLICE OFFICER DROVE DOWN OUR STREET RIGHT AFTER SOMEONE PULLED UP IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT.

AND WE'RE LIKE, YES.

AND HE JUST KEEPS ON GOING.

I MEAN, LITERALLY THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE RED ZONE IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT, PROBABLY 18 OUT OF 24 HOURS.

EVERY SINGLE DAY I CALL ABOUT THE VEHICLES BEING THERE.

I TRY TO GIVE THEM A BENEFIT OF DOUBT.

SEVEN DAYS I CALL IT TAKES FOUR DAYS FOR THEM TO COME TAG IT, YOU KNOW? AND THEN WE'RE GOING INTO WEEK.

SO I'M JUST HOPING THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO BE A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

AND YOU GUYS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN TRY TO DO, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ALONG WITH WE'VE GOT DAYCARE, WE'VE GOT AN ELDERLY LADY NEXT DOOR.

WHO'S 90.

SHE'S AFRAID TO COME OUT OF HER HOUSE.

LIKE IT'S THAT BAD? SOME OF THE, SO ANYWAY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD TRY TO DO TO NOT HAVE TO, I WAS TOLD BY MICHELLE THIS MORNING, WHEN I CALLED YOU JUST HAVE TO BE A PATCH.

EVERY TIME YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU NEED TO CALL, YOU NEED TO CALL, YOU NEED TO CALL.

I CALLED THE OTHER NIGHT.

AND THE LADY'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THE LICENSE PLATE.

I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE.

I CAN'T WALK OUT THERE AND SAY, HEY, CAN I GET YOUR LICENSE NUMBER OFF YOUR CAR WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS STUFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

SO ANYWAY, JUST HOPING THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WELL, FIRST OFF THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP IN SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO KID YOU, IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS.

IT'S A PROCESS.

AND CERTAINLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, YOU GET CONNECTED WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY CAN HELP YOU DOWN THAT ROAD.

THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DID, RIGHT WAS TO START, YOU KNOW, TO COME HERE AND MAKE US AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND YOUR FRIEND WHO TOLD YOU TO CALL OFTEN THEY'RE NOT WRONG.

UM, THE WAY IN WHICH WE OFTENTIMES OTHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DECIDES WHICH, WHICH AREAS ARE PATROLLED MORE THAN OTHER AREAS HAVE TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF CALLS.

SO YOU GET INTO AN ALGORITHM AND IF YOU GET INTO THAT ALGORITHM, THEN THERE'S MORE POLICE PRESENCE ON YOUR STREET.

SO DEFINITELY I W YOU, YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS NEEDED TO KEEP, KEEP CALLING.

BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS WORK WITH THE STAFF HERE AND START DOWN THE PROCESS.

AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT COMING BACK AND, UH, REGULARLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY FEW MONTHS, LET US KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING, WHAT THE PROGRESS IS.

AND, UM, I THINK YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I'LL SEE IF ANY OF MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS GARY.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PURSUED VIGOROUSLY AND I'LL, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW,

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A GREAT, UH, THERE'S SOME PROCESS FOR, UH, DESIGNATING A PROPERTY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

ISN'T THERE THAT GOES OUTSIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, YEAH, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME THINGS THERE'S SOME ACTIONS A CITY CAN DO, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME ACTIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS CAN DO.

THE NEIGHBORS CAN ACTUALLY SUE JOINTLY LIKE A CIVIL LAWSUIT, DECLARE A PROPERTY NUISANCE AND SEEK FOR DAMAGES.

OKAY, WENDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AS WE ALWAYS SAY, YOU'RE OUR EYES AND EARS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIVE ON YOUR STREET.

THE CITY'S SMALL CITY RELATIVELY, BUT IT'S A BIG CITY TOO BIG FOR US.

AND SO, YEAH, AS THE MAYOR SAID, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE WORK WITH OUR STAFF, GET, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FILE OPEN AND EVERYTHING'S BEING DOCUMENTED, CONTINUE CALLING AND, AND, UM, W SORRY, YOU HAVE, SORRY.

DO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS? WHAT A TERRIBLE, I WANT TO FEEL LIKE A PEST.

I KNOW THE POLICE, I'VE GOT A SON, HIS SHERIFF, I'VE GOT A SON-IN-LAW'S CHP OFFICER, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE CRAZY BUSY AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A PROBLEM ON TOP OF THEIR OTHER PROBLEMS. BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHEN I TALKED WITH MICHELLE KIM, SHE SAID THERE WAS LIKE AN RPA OR AN RFA FORM THAT I COULD GO ONLINE AND GET, I WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT WAS AND WHAT IT DOES FOR ME.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT, UM, WENDY, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.

I APOLOGIZE PREVENTION.

WE HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION.

WE'LL REACH OUT WITH THE RIGHT STAFF AND WE'LL GET YOU LINED UP FOR YOU.

SO VERY MUCH THIS PLEASE, UH, PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEING A PEST THAT THESE, THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT EVERYBODY HERE WANTS TO NEVER HEAR ABOUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING LIVING IN A SOCIETY THAT PROTECTS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, SOMETIMES BAD PEOPLE WITH BAD INTENTIONS WILL USE THAT COVER OF RIGHTS TO TAKE AWAY OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.

AND THAT'S NOT OKAY.

SO WE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE WHAT WAS VERY EYEOPENING WHEN THE OFFICER AT THE INFORMATION DESK KNEW THE ADDRESS WITHOUT ANYTHING.

SO THAT WAS, THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING, DOESN'T IT? YES.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

NO MORE SPEAKER, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

[6. Award of Bid No. 004-23 – El Cajon Boulevard Streetscape RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolutions, in order, to: Approve Plans and Specifications for El Cajon Boulevard Streetscape, Bid No. 004-23; and Award the bid to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, Tri-Group Construction & Development, Inc., in the amount of $6,239,880.]

ITEM SIX IS FOR AN AWARD OF BID NUMBER 0 0 4 DASH TWO THREE, ALCOHOL AND BOULEVARD STREETSCAPE.

I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS MRL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARIO SANCHEZ AND CITY ENGINEER, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY CIP PROJECTS.

IT'S THE ALCOHOL BOULEVARD, ROUNDABOUT AND STREETSCAPE PROJECT.

AND, UH, IT'S SPONSORED, OR WE HAVE GRANTS SPONSORED BY SANDAG AND THE SAN DIEGO RIVER CONSERVANCY.

AND TO START OFF THIS WHOLE PROJECT, THE WHOLE PROCESS, UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WAS STARTED IS BY OUR APPROVAL OF OUR, UH, OF OUR TRANSIT DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN BACK IN MAY, 2018 AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRO UM, UH, DEPARTMENT REZONED THIS WHOLE AREA ABOUT 260 ACRES OF THE TRANSIT DISTRICT.

AND IN ORDER TO INCREASE HOUSING AND IMPROVED PROVABILITY FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH BEAUTIFICATION AND STREET TREES AND DROUGHT, TOLERANT LANDSCAPING, AND A NEW STREET LIGHTING OF THAT, THE 300 ALCOHOL BOULEVARD IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

UH, IT'S 110 UNIT, A TOWNHOME PROJECT.

THAT'S RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF ALCOHOL BOULEVARD AND JOHNSON RIGHT THERE IN THAT TRIANGLE.

SO THIS PROJECT WAS STARTED BY A GRANT, A COUPLE OF GRANTS.

UH, WE PURSUED A, A SANDECK SMART GROWTH GRANT BACK IN, UH, 2019.

AND, UH, WE, WE RECEIVED TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH, UH, THROUGH SANDAG AS WELL AS THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH TRANS NET, AS WELL AS WE RECEIVED A 250,000 GRANT THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO RIVER CONSERVANCY.

AND THAT'S FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE, STREET TREES, STORMWATER FEATURES, AND SO FORTH.

HERE'S THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S ON EL CAJON BOULEVARD BETWEEN,

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AND THIS IS, UH, JUST SHOWS AN EXISTING CONDITIONS OF WHAT THE INTERSECTION OF BOULEVARD AND JOHNSON LOOKS LIKE RIGHT TODAY, AS YOU KNOW, AS IN A, A SKEWED INTERSECTION, VERY WIDE OPEN AREA, WHICH, UH, WHICH IS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR A ROUNDABOUT, AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT PALM AVENUE, UH, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, NO STREET TREES AND NO STREET LIGHTING AND SO FORTH.

AND HERE'S OUR CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THESE KIND OF LOOKED LIKE THE IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR THE, THE ROUNDABOUT, AND IT, IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL TYPE OF ROUNDABOUT.

IT'S A, IT LOOKS LIKE A CHAIN LINK FROM A BICYCLE CHAIN OR A PEANUT OR A DOCK BOAT.

SO, AND IT'S DESIGNED, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE VEHICLES.

AND WHEN THEY DESIGNED OUR ENGINEERS DESIGNED IT, UH, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SEMI-TRUCK, UH, TRACTOR TRAILERS AND SO FORTH.

AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO, UH, UH, INCREASE, UH, NEW TREES AND AN UPLIGHTING AND THIS WHOLE AREA AND WITH THE ROUNDABOUT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT JOHNSON, EL CAJON BOULEVARD.

UM, THE ROUNDABOUTS MUCH SAFER, UH, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN WE'VE.

WE CAN REDUCE CRASHES UP TO 35 TO 50%, AND LAURA SPEEDS THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND TRAVEL TIME.

IT'S ANOTHER CONCEPT.

UM, THIS IS A STREETSCAPE AND PUBLIC PLAZA IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE FRONTAGE ALONG ALTO ALCOHOL BOULEVARD, UH, TO INCREASE, UH, UH, PARKING, UH, MAKE IT MORE OF A PLACE, UH, TO, TO WALK AND, UH, MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE THROUGH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, URBAN TREE CANOPY AND REDUCED STORMWATER, UH, ROUNDUP RUNOFF.

HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER THIS IS EL CAJON BOULEVARD IN RICHFIELD, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROJECT.

AND THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

HOPEFULLY AFTER, AFTER THE PROJECT, THIS IS A PROJECT, A PROJECT TIMELINE RECOMMENDATION.

WE OPENED BIDS BACK ON JUNE 28TH.

UH, WE ADVERTISE BACK IN MAY AND WE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO AWARD THIS PROJECT TO TRY GROUP, UH, CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT OUT OF SAN DIEGO FOR $6.2 MILLION.

OUR COST ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS 7.6 MILLION AND CONSTRUCTION.

CONSTRUCTION'S GOT TO HOPEFULLY START IN THE FALL AND BE COMPLETED LATE SPRING IN 2023.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND SPECS FOR THIS BID NUMBER AND AWARD THE PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BETTER, WHICH IS TRY A GROUP WITH THAT.

I CAN, UH, FIELD ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS FOR QUESTIONS FOR STEVE, THE 35% REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

IS THAT AN INDUSTRY AVERAGE OR IS THAT OF THOSE IN ALCOHOL? THAT'S AN FH WIA IT'S AS A STATEWIDE AVERAGE, UH, CALTRANS, THEY ASSEMBLE ACCIDENTS STATISTICS THROUGHOUT THE NATION, AND THEY ASSEMBLE THIS INFORMATION.

AND THIS IS, UH, AT FHA F H W A TYPE OF STUDY THAT THEY DO.

I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF ROUNDABOUTS ALREADY EXISTING IN ALCOHOL.

AREN'T THERE.

YEAH, THERE'S A AT THE WEST MAIN STREET AND A MURRAY DRIVE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF.

OKAY.

AND HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH ACCIDENTS AT THAT ROUNDABOUT? NO, NOT REALLY.

THE ONLY TYPE OF ACCIDENTS, THEY'RE JUST LOW SPEED AND PEOPLE FAILING TO YIELD.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE DRAWBACK.

IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC RULES AND LAWS, IT WOULD WORK MUCH BETTER THAN A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

SO THE ACTUAL OCCURRENCE IN OKLAHOMA IS AS GOOD AS, OR BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

THAT'S FAIR TO IT.

THE CONTRACT IS THAT A FIXED PRICE LUMP SUM.

IT'S A FIXED PRICE LUMP SUM, SO THAT'S IT.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO NO INCREASES THERE.

OKAY.

UNLESS THERE'S A CHANGE ORDER OR SOME SUMMER, YOU KNOW, WE BUILT INTO CONTINGENCY FOR CHANGE, OR OF COURSE, AS LONG AS IT'S TO THE SPECS OF THE CONTRACT, THE PRICE WANTS YOU.

YES, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT JOB BY PUBLIC WORKS TO LOCK THIS IN, IN A TIME OF HEAVY INFLATION AND A SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES.

GOOD JOB.

I LIKE TO THANK, UH, UH, OUR ASSOCIATE ENGINEER AND OUR PURCHASING STAFF FOR, TO HELP ASSEMBLE THE BILL, THE BID, AND SO FORTH.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, FANTASTIC.

QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL DOG BONE OR PEANUT OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

BICYCLE CHAIN, BICYCLE CHAIN.

YEAH.

UM, IS THERE ANY LANDSCAPE DESIGNS WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO DISCOURAGE, UH, PEOPLE IN CAMPING THERE? YEAH, THAT'S THE INTENT

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WE WON'T SEE UNTIL WE CONSTRUCT IT.

AND THEN TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW, UH, DROUGHT, TOLERANT, UH, LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, LOW GROWING AND, UH, NOTHING THAT, UH, WE TRY TO DECREASE CURRENTLY DEALT CRIME OR CONGREGATION AND SO FORTH.

I WOULD SAY THAT'D BE A BIG PRIORITY FOR MYSELF.

WHEN WE START SPEAKING TO DESIGNERS TO WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, $6 MILLION PROJECT.

AND THE LAST THING WE WANT IS, YOU KNOW, IT TO BE ANOTHER AREA FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE OVER.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, MARIO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELCOME.

OKAY.

UM, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? NO COMMENTS HERE.

OKAY.

UM, LET ME SEE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND AWARD THE BID TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, TRY GROUP CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ON SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

ALRIGHT.

[7. Mid-Year Update on Homeless Programs RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the mid-year report and provides feedback, recommendations, and direction on homeless-related programming and funding.]

HI, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M HOSSEGOR BOTTLE, THE HOUSING MANAGER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.

AND TODAY WE'RE PROVIDING A MID-YEAR REPORT ON HOMELESS PROGRAMS. HOUSING SPECIALIST IS HERE TO PRESENT TODAY'S UPDATE.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST DAY, MAN? HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, MY FIRST NAME IS ANITA, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME YANI YANI.

YOU CAN CALL ME YANI.

THAT'S EASIER.

YEAH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC I'M LIKE CASA TODAY.

I'LL BE REPORTING ON THE MIDYEAR UPDATE ON THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY ENGAGES IN TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.

UH, THE REPORT TODAY COVERS A TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM JANUARY, 2022, JUNE, 2022.

SINCE JANUARY, 2020, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED A TOTAL OF $2.9 MILLION.

UH, THIS IS USING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING CDBG CDBG CARES ACT FUND.

AND, UH, SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE ON APRIL 26TH OF THIS YEAR, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 1920 CDBG ACTION PLAN.

THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWED, UH, UNUSED FUNDS FROM THE RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE EMERGENCY MULTIPLE STAYS PROGRAM TO BE RELOCATED TO EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM AND THE OUTREACH SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM.

THIS REALLOCATION TOTAL TO $230,691.

THIS MEANS THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER FOR THE EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM WHERE THEY NEW ALLOCATION OF 660,984.

HOMESTAR ALSO RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN FUNDING AND THE RESULT OF THE AMENDMENT FOR THE OUTREACH SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM, WHICH IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL OF 155,000 OTHER LARGE ALLOCATIONS, UM, THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS INCLUDE THE CITY'S FUNDING TOWARDS THE ALCOHOL AND HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM, UH, FOR $400,000.

THE CITY'S ONE TIME ALLOCATION OF 434,104 FOR THE RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UH, THIS, UH, RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS CONCLUDED WHEN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO BEGAN ITS OWN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

BACK IN MARCH OF 2021 USING STATE AND THE U S TREASURY ALLOCATIONS, THE CITY ALSO FUNDED THE EMERGENCY SCATTER SITE, A MULTI-PROGRAM WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 400,000 AND THE ACQUISITION AND OR REHAB OF A FACILITY WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 299,307.

IN ADDITION, UM, LIKE MENTIONED, UH, THE GENERAL FUND DOES SUPPORT THE QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM AND THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

THE EXACT LOCATION FROM JANUARY, 2022, JUNE, 2022

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DURING THAT TIME, A TOTAL OF 3,536 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED.

AND OUT OF THAT TOTAL 848 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. THAT IS ABOUT A 15% INCREASE OF PERMANENTLY HOUSED INDIVIDUALS SINCE HER LAST UPDATE, UM, IN JANUARY.

SO ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THIS CHART FOR PERMANENT HOUSING CONNECTIONS, UH, SHOWS WHAT THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE LOOKED LIKE FOR TWO OF THE CDS PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH IS A WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM.

AND ELKA HONE HOUSING CONNECTIONS PROGRAM.

THIS PROVIDES THE NUMBER OF PERMANENTLY HOUSED INDIVIDUALS, UH, BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER, UM, INCREASED FROM 39 PERMANENTLY HOUSED, UH, 2 87 DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THIS IS ABOUT A 123% INCREASE.

SO TOGETHER THESE TWO PROGRAMS HAVE ASSISTED A TOTAL OF 319 AND TWO PERMANENT HOUSING.

AS A RESULT TODAY OF THE DATA PROVIDED STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING, UM, TO CONTINUE THE ALCOHOL HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM AND THE, A WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM CONTINUE EMERGENCY SHELTER, ROTATIONAL SHELTER, EMERGENCY SCATTER SITE MOTEL, AND THE OUTREACH SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM CONTINUE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORING, INCLUDING THE COUNTY ON A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN EAST COUNTY, CONTINUE HOMELESS OUTREACH EVENTS AND THE ENHANCED NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM EFFORTS, AND, UH, CONSIDER WHETHER TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

LASTLY, HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE NEW ALLOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 BUDGET.

UM, THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE REPORTED ON, UM, IN THE NEXT SIX MONTH REPORT AND THEY ARE ABLE TO BE USED STARTING JULY 1ST, 2022.

UM, SO WITH THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

UM, WE, I STOPPED DOES WELCOME COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, OR ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT STUFF FROM ECE TLC AND, UH, HOMESTART IS AVAILABLE TODAY AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

NICE PRESENTATION.

LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU FROM THE COUNCIL, STEVE.

OKAY.

CAN WE GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO THE ONE THAT HAD THE 3,536, UH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.

SO I COULD SEE THE PUBLIC ASKING A QUESTION, HEY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, HELPED 3,536 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

AND THE POINT IN TIME COUNT SAYS, WELL, GEEZ, ALCOHOL ONLY HAS FOUR TO 800 PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF OKLAHOMA.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE END UP WITH 3,500? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING INTO ALCOHOL WHO ARE BEING SERVED SUCH AS DOES ECE TLC SERVE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ON THE STREETS OF ALCOHOL, BUT ANOTHER COMMUNITIES? HOW DO WE GET SO FAR UP TO 3,536 WHEN WE ONLY HAVE FOUR TO 800 HOMELESS AT ANY TIME? THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

SO, UM, THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR REPORTING IS THAT WE REQUEST, UM, FOR OUR AGENCIES TO TAKE IN RESIDENTS OF ALCOHOL THAT ARE HOMELESS.

UM, BUT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AS A RESIDENT, I BELIEVE YOU ONLY HAVE TO BE, UM, HOMELESS HERE FOR AT LEAST A DAY.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO COUNT IT TOWARDS ALCOHOL.

SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PASTOR SLADE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND HE SAID THERE IS A SERVICE PROVIDER HERE IN TOWN WHO PROVIDES SERVICE OUTSIDE OF ALCOHOL IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, PERHAPS, OR OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT THAT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE GET COUNTED AS ALCOHOL BECAUSE THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS AN ALCOHOL.

AND THIS IS, THIS IS A CONCERN BECAUSE THAT THAT'S, THEY WERE HOMELESS SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY'RE COUNTED AS BEING, THAT'S WHY OUR NUMBERS SHOT UP SO HIGH.

HE SAID, UH, RECENTLY, HOW DO WE GET ACCURATE NUMBERS? WELL, LET ME, LET ME CHECK.

I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT, BUT REMEMBER THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY AT THE POINT IN TIME, COUNT

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AND SO WHAT, WHAT OUR COUNT LOOKS LIKE TODAY MAY, MAY LOOK DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT TWO DAYS FROM NOW.

AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THIS FLUCTUATION, BUT MR. GOBA, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHO OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE POPULATION IS, WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SERVED IN ALCOHOL WITH ALCOHOL AND MONEY, WHERE THOSE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND ALCOHOL THAT VERY DAY, THAT, THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW, UH, MAYBE OUR HOUSING STAFF HAS A BETTER INSIGHT, BUT I THINK I WOULD, I WOULD DIVORCE SOME OF OUR NUMBERS WITH THE HOMELESS COUNT, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW USEFUL THAT THAT CONNECTION IS.

YEAH.

I AGREE THAT POINT IN TIME COUNT, UH, AS REPORTED FOR JANUARY THIS YEAR SHOWED A REDUCTION OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE BY 185 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT WAS GOOD NEWS, BUT IT SHOWED OUR SHELTER POPULATION GOING UP BY 300 OR SO.

AND I THOUGHT, WHERE DO WE GET 300 MORE BEDS? AND THE CONVERSATION WAS SOME OF THOSE BEDS ARE OUTSIDE OF ALCOHOL, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ALCOHOL, THEY GOT ATTRIBUTED TO ALCON.

THAT'S CORRECT.

CAUSE IF THE VOUCHER WAS ISSUED IN ALCOHOL AT, AT A COUNTY FACILITY AND THEY WENT TO CHULA VISTA AT A MOTEL THERE, IT ACTUALLY COUNTED AS A SHELTERED PERSON IN OKLAHOMA.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS FRANKLY, IT'S WHERE THE VOLUNTEERS SHOW UP.

SO IF, IF, UM, ENCINITAS FOR EXAMPLE, HAS VERY FEW VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR POINT IN TIME, COUNT MIRACULOUSLY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S LESS PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SCORE THE STREETS AND COUNTS.

SO IT IT'S, IT'S A VERY IMPERFECT SYSTEM AND, AND THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS COMPLETELY RECOGNIZES IT.

AND EVERY TIME YOU HEAR A PRESENTATION, THEY DOWN GREATER OR DOWNPLAY THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.

BUT, BUT WE, WE SOMEHOW HOLD ONTO THOSE NUMBERS.

SO DEARLY, UM, IN, IN OUR, OUR REPORTER, FRIENDS LOVE THOSE NUMBERS TOO, BUT IT'S THE ONLY NUMBERS THEY HAVE.

SO I GET IT.

YEAH, I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH IS IF WE'RE SPENDING 2.1 OR, OR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE WANT THE PEOPLE OF ALCOHOL AND WANT TO KNOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE GETTING SPENT IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SAYS IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT FOR PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN, UH, IN TH THE COUNTS AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS, WHAT IS EXTREMELY POSITIVE IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.

AS YOU LOOK UP ON THE, UH, THE LIST THERE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT COST PER PERSON, IT'S, IT'S A BARGAIN IN TERMS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS.

I WISH THE COUNTY COULD COME DOWN HERE AND JUST LISTEN FOR AN HOUR TO SEE HOW WELL OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING IN, IN HELPING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

UH, THOSE ARE MY, MY COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

THANKS, STEVE ABBAS.

UM, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE EAST QUAY HOMELESS TASK FORCE, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM.

DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? YES.

CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? SO AS PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, UM, I BELIEVE I PUT A BRIEF, UM, REPORT ON THE EAST COUNTY, UH, TASK FORCE, UM, THAT THEY ARE TAKING MORE OF A POLITICAL VIEW RECENTLY.

SO IT WAS, UM, ERIC COMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO CONSIDER, TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THEM.

RIGHT.

UH, BUT, UH, GRANDMA PUNT THAT TO YOU AFTERWARD, WE'RE DONE.

UH, WELL, I CAN, I CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT TOO.

IT'S NOT A D IT'S NOT A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO, UM, IF IT WERE MORE THAN THAT, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A STRONGER RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK STAFF IS PRETTY NEUTRAL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHETHER THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION.

I THINK IT HAS, UM, IT HAS LOST ITS EFFECTIVENESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND I THINK BECAUSE IT'S DONE WHAT IT NEEDED TO DO, IT ACTUALLY, ITS INITIAL INTENT WAS TO GET ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTIES IN EAST COUNTY, THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS AND THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND THE HOMELESS ADVOCATES, ALL KIND OF TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HAPPENED.

I MEAN THE CITIES COLLABORATE MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.

UM, IN FACT, WE RELIED ON THEM INITIALLY TO BE THE CONDUIT FOR COMMUNICATION.

I DON'T USE THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER CITIES AT THIS POINT.

SO, SO THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF VALUE THERE.

UM, BUT IT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT

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SO, UM, ARE WE GETTING $5,000 WORTH? IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE UNLIKE OUR OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE A HARD PHYSICAL DELIVERABLE, LIKE X NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE HOUSED, WE CAN'T SAY THAT FOR THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASKFORCE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEIR INTENT IS.

SO THAT IS A BIT OF OUR CHALLENGE, BUT WE WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT IT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WERE THE FIRST CITY TO DO SO.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S TO QUESTION IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO CONTINUE TO DO OR THE OTHER CITIES SUPPORTING THEM? UM, LAST I HEARD THEY WERE, BUT TO WHAT LEVEL? I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU.

AND IT MAY BE MORE QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTERS.

DO WE KNOW, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASKERS, DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS THEY HAVE COMPLETED OR THEY'RE A PART OF, OR THAT THEY'RE ASSISTING IN? DO WE, DO WE HAVE A, A BEAT ON, ON THAT? SO THEY, THEY DO HOST A MONTHLY MEETING.

IT'S BEEN REMOTE BY ZOOM LATELY WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT HOMELESS ISSUES.

UH, THEY HELPED ORGANIZE A COMMUNITY FORUM ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN LEMON GROVE.

THEY BROUGHT, UH, WERE ABLE TO SECURE SUPERVISOR FLETCHER TO COME AND SPEAK TO THAT GROUP AND, UH, HOSTED THAT COMMUNITY GROUP.

THEY HELP ORGANIZE THE POINT IN TIME, COUNT WITH VOLUNTEERS.

UM, AGAIN, THEY KIND OF VET IDEAS, THEORETICALLY THEY'RE SORT OF THE PLANNING AGENCY FOR EAST COUNTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PLANNING OR IMPLEMENTATION OCCURS FROM THAT PLANNING.

OKAY.

THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND THEN, UM, I REMEMBER WHEN THE GENESIS OF THE GROUP, IT WAS A PLACE WHERE WE COULD TELL THE PUBLIC IF THEY WANTED TO VOLUNTEER OR GET MORE INVOLVED, TO GET MORE INFORMATION, KIND OF A HUB TO GO TO THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT HOLDING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THEY'RE ALL ZOOMED.

SO CAN THE PUBLIC STILL GO? DO WE KNOW, OR, UH, INITIALLY THE WAY IT WAS INITIALLY ORGANIZED AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE, IT SHOULD BE THIS WAY.

CAUSE I THINK IT NEEDED TO BE THAT WAY AT THE TIME, HOW IT SHOULD BE ORGANIZED TODAY.

THAT'S NOT MY, MY, UH, OPINION, BUT THERE WERE THESE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS AND THEY WERE SORT OF SELF-DIRECTED.

AND SO PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN SHELTER, THERE WAS A GROUP PEOPLE COULD VOLUNTEER AND THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT SHELTER AND THERE WAS A GROUP THAT GOT TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT OUTREACH AND A GROUP THAT GOT TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT JUST DATA OR MARKETING.

UM, THOSE HAVE SORT OF ALL GONE AWAY.

I KNOW THERE, THERE IS STILL SOME WORKING GROUPS, BUT I'M ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE.

AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO THAT'S MORE ME THAN THEM.

UM, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WOULD, WOULD COME AND COMPLAIN TO THE CITY ABOUT X, Y, OR Z HOMELESS.

AND WE COULD SAY, GO TO A MEETING IN, FIND OUT LAURA, WHAT YOU CAN DO AND PEOPLE DID.

AND THEY ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND THEY GOT INVOLVED IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY STILL ARE TODAY, BUT IT WAS A GREAT CONDUIT TO SEND PEOPLE TO THAT WANTED TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THE FUNDS FOR THIS, UH, THEIR CDBG CDBG CARES.

ARE THERE ARPA FUNDS? THERE'S NO MORE ARPA FUND.

THERE'S NO ARPA FUNDS IN THIS BATCH OF PROGRAMS. SO IT'S ALL CD CDBG RELATED OR, OR GENERAL FUND.

THANK YOU.

DON'T SAY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YOU CAME UP HERE LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO JUST A COMMENT FROM THE COUNCIL, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED BY GRANT.

OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY.

ARE WE FINISHED? HEY, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

NO SOUND SPEAKERS.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, SIR.

WE HAVE TWO COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS HELEN SAMORA HI.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN UP HERE BEFORE EITHER, BUT IVAN IS NOT ABLE TO COME TODAY.

SO I AM COMING TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD, AND TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP THAT YOU GIVE US.

WE HAVE OPENED OUR TWO DORMS UP FOR THE SINGLE MEN AND SINGLE WOMEN IN OUR PROGRAMS. AND WE HAVE CONVERTED ALMOST ALL OF THOSE ROOMS. NOW THAT WE'RE ON THAT SINGLE STORY SIDE TO HOUSE FAMILIES.

SO OUR FAMILY POPULATION HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 180 CHILDREN ON PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND PROBABLY ABOUT 300 ADULTS.

SO WE ARE WORKING HARD TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE COME INTO OUR CENTER AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT

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THANKS VERY MUCH.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? SURE.

OKAY, THANKS.

SORRY ABOUT THE GLASS.

YEAH, I HEARD THE STORY.

DID YOU WIN THE LAST SPEAKER IS LAURA 10 CREDI.

HI, LAURA.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

HONORABLE MAYOR WELLS AND DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LAURA .

I'M THE CEO AT HOMESTART.

UH, THIS IS HOME STARTS 50TH YEAR OF SERVICE TO SAN DIEGO.

AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.

AND SO I'M, I'M HERE MOSTLY JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND TOGETHER, I THINK THERE'S A LOT.

WE CAN DO JUST A SMALL PIECE OF DATA AND WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE A BIGGER REPORT IS IN THIS LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED 133 INDIVIDUALS WITH FLEX FUND AND VARIOUS HOUSING RESOURCES.

AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THERE'S MORE TO DO AND I'M HERE TO REALLY THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND, AND CONTINUE THIS POSITIVE COLLABORATION FOR RESULTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

YOU SEE ANY QUESTIONS CHIEF? UM, AMICUS IS HAVING THE GRAND OPENING SOONER.

YOU READY? I'M READY.

YEAH, WE WERE THERE.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UH, ACTUALLY KAREENA OUR HOUSING MANAGER AND MYSELF ARE GOING TO GO MEET WITH PASTOR SLATE ON FRIDAY JUST TO SEE THE PROGRESS SINCE WE DID NICE KICKOFF, A AWHILE BACK.

SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND HELPING SOME, SOME WOMEN WHO NEED OUR SUPPORT AND SOME HOUSING THROUGH THOSE SLEEPING CABINS, ELECTRICAL PERMIT WAS ISSUED A WEEK AGO.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO START TRENCHING AND THE FRAMING WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY.

SO NOW WE CAN COVER THE ROOFS AND COVER THE WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THEY'RE ALL PAINTED AND ALL THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND TRIM.

SO SEPTEMBER 9TH IS THE GRAND OPENING.

FANTASTIC.

I'M EXCITED TO BE THERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROGRESS ON FRIDAY ITSELF.

ALL SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

NO MORE COMMENTS, SIR.

OKAY.

SO A, IT BRINGS BACK THE COUNCIL.

WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, OR SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I, I DID, I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THEY BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

UM, IF THAT'S NOT A VALUABLE SERVICE AT THIS TIME, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY CONSENSUS THAN IT IS.

I'D RATHER PULL THAT MONEY OUT AND PUT IT TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT WAS YIELDING, BETTER RESULTS.

THOUGHTS.

I SEE A ONE SLIDE THAT IT'S BEEN FUNDED THROUGH JUNE OF 2023 FOR ANOTHER FULL YEAR.

SO THAT GIVES US THAT I GET THERE.

YOU'VE BUDGETED FOR THAT.

WE HAVEN'T PAID THEM THAT, I MEAN, IT'S IN YOUR BUDGET, BUT YOU COULD REALLOCATE THAT MONEY WITH OTHER HOMELESS ACTIVITIES.

I DON'T HAVE A STRONG FEELING ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT SINCE THEY BROUGHT IT UP IN THE REPORT, WE SHOULD AT LEAST DISCUSS IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS REALLY HOPING FROM THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE WAS TO BE ALCOHOL ADVOCATE ON THE POINT OF TIME COUNT AND REALLY WHAT WERE GLARING QUESTIONS ON THE ACCURACY OF THIS DATA.

AND WE NEEDED, WE NEED THEM TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY, UH, AND, AND ALL OF THESE COUNTY IN THE ACCURACY OF THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY USE FOR HUD CALCULATIONS, BUT, BUT IN CITY RESOURCES AND THINGS.

SO I WAS KIND OF REALLY LOOKING FOR THEM TO, TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE HOMELESS MORE.

AND HOW DO YOU FEEL THEY DID IN THAT RESPECT? UH, I THINK THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I'LL JUST ECHO MY COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD WHEN THE CHAMBER WAS FUNDING, THESE COUNTY HOMELESS TASKFORCE.

AND WHEN IT STARTED, IT WAS A GREAT, AS OUR CITY MANAGER SAID, IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO SEND RESIDENTS THAT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET PLUGGED IN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF NONPROFITS THAT WERE PRESENT THAT THEY COULD GET PLUGGED INTO AND IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF ACTIVITY, A LOT OF MOMENTUM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF DIED OFF.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO GET THAT SPARK BACK FOR MARKETING AND SAYING, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO HELP, UM, ANY ONE OF THESE DOZEN HOMELESS? UM, NON-PROFITS UM, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, UM, OR AS A HUB FOR THAT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE.

YEAH.

I, I, I'M KIND OF IN, IT'S SO SMALL, SUCH A SMALL NUMBER.

MAYBE WE NO MONEY.

YEAH.

$5,000 THAT A SMALL NUMBER TO ME.

RIGHT.

I'M NOT RICH LIKE YOUTH, BUT YEAH, I IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S SAD.

HE PAYS A LOT, YOU KNOW, UM, GRAHAM, IF,

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I THINK, UM, IT FALLS UNDER MY BUDGET, SO WE ALWAYS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.

SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET ABSORBED BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT STAYS IN THE HOMELESS REALM, YOU GET YOUR MARKET FOR SOME SORT OF HOMELESS ACTIVITY? WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH GOVERNMENT IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU WATCH A PROBLEM AND HE SAY, IT'S NOT WORKING.