Aug 09, 2022 City Council Meeting 3pm

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RIGHT THERE, EVERYBODY READY TO GO

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

WOULD YOU ALL, PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS TO THE FLAG 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 26, 2022, Meeting and the Agenda of the August 9, 2022, Meetings in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

[ PRESENTATIONS: We Are One Committee Project at the East County Transitional Living Center]

HI JOY.

HI.

OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR WELLS, COUNCIL, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JULIA ALON.

I AM A PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER AND CO-CHAIR OF THE, WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE HERE WITH ME ARE THE OTHER CO-CHAIRS SELENA BATTISTI AND LINDSAY JOHNSON.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR SERVICE PROJECTS SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND ABOUT OUR PROJECT THIS MORNING AT ECE TLC, AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, THE, WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO GIVE CITY EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ADDITIONALLY, IT BRINGS EMPLOYEES TOGETHER THAT DO NOT TYPICALLY GET TO CROSS PATHS.

SO IT'S A NICE, UM, KIND OF WAY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS WHO DON'T ALWAYS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

SO OUR FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WAS OUR TOBACCO WASTE CLEANUP SERVICE PROJECT.

THIS TOOK PLACE IN APRIL WITH SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND SDSU RESEARCH TEAM ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US FOR HELP WITH A PROJECT ON TOBACCO PRODUCT WASTE REDUCTION, STAFF COLLECTED AND CATEGORIZE TOBACCO WASTE PRODUCT AROUND MAGNOLIA AVENUE HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE ALCOHOL ARCH THERE, AND OF COURSE THEY ALSO COLLECTED AND DISPOSED OF ALL TRASH IN THE AREA.

SO IT TURNED INTO A NICE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AS WELL.

AND THEN WE HAD OUR NATIONAL PAPER AIRPLANE DAY, UM, MAY WAS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

SO THE CITY REALLY FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, HUMAN RESOURCES KIND OF WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, PUT ON WEEKLY EVENTS TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO TAKE TIME FOR THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH.

ALONG THOSE LINES.

THE, WE ARE ONE PARTNERED WITH HR ON MAY 26TH TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PAPER AIRPLANE DAY.

THIS HELPED TO JUST REMIND EMPLOYEES THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OUTSIDE, GETTING FRESH AIR AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE FUN.

SO WE HAD A CONTEST TO SEE WHO'S PAPER.

AIRPLANE COULD FLY THE FURTHEST UP IN THE CORNER.

THERE IS TIM WILLIAMS. HE WON WASN'T REALLY A CONTEST.

UM, HE DID VERY WELL.

AND THEN THIS MORNING WE DID OUR ECE TLC BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

WE ENDED UP WITH OVER 50 CITY EMPLOYEES FROM ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, JOINED US OVER AT THE ALCOHOL TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER FOR A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

WE HELPED TO REVITALIZE THEIR HIGHLY USED CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA.

UM, THEY WERE TELLING US THIS MORNING, THEY HAVE UPWARDS OF 150 KIDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME THERE.

SO THAT PLAYGROUND IS QUITE POPULAR.

WE CLEANED AND PAINTED THE CONCRETE AND THE FENCE AREA AROUND THE PLAYGROUND.

WE ALSO HELPED TO PAINT THE PARKING BLOCKS IN THE PARKING LOTS AND PD AND FIRE JOINED US TO INTERACT WITH THE KIDS THERE AT ECE TLC.

THEY GAVE OUT STUFFED ANIMALS, FIRE, HATS, AND STICKERS.

UM, THE KIDS WERE VERY EXCITED.

WE HAD ONE LITTLE GIRL ACTUALLY RUN UP WHEN SHE SAW A FIRETRUCK PULL UP AND TRIED TO LIKE MONKEY CLIMB HER WAY INTO THE WINDOW OF THE TRUCK HE HAD TO GET OUT.

AND IT WAS LIKE, HERE YOU CAN PLAY AND LET HER KIND OF SIT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

IT WAS REALLY CUTE.

UM, BUT OVERALL IT WAS A VERY FUN AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

DESPITE THE HEAT.

IT WAS QUITE WARM BY 8:00 AM AND IVAN, WHO WAS THE ACTING CEO OVER THERE RIGHT NOW MADE A COMMENT THAT HE WAS EXPECTING.

GOOD AND GOT GREAT.

SO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES DEFINITELY, UM, IMPRESSED, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, SO LASTLY, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IF ANYONE HAS AN ORGANIZATION OR PROJECT THAT THEY NEED HELP WITH, WE CAN BE REACHED

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WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SERVED WITH US THIS YEAR.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR SUPPORTING WE ARE ONE AND ALLOWING US ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE A HOUSE THAT HAS LOTS OF YARD WORK.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S WHAT ONE OF THESE EARLY LIKE ABOUT ALCOHOL WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BIG, BUT WE'RE SMALL ENOUGH TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE PEOPLE FACE TO FACE AND HELP THEM MEET THEIR NEEDS.

AND I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT THE CITY EMPLOYEES CARE ENOUGH TO DO SOME OF THIS.

I, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

SO LET ME SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

DID YOU GUYS GET UP ON THE ROOF AND THROW THE AIRPLANES? IS THAT WHAT THAT PICTURE WAS? OH, OVER THE CENTENNIAL PLAZA, LIKE, OH, JUST BEHIND US.

IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ON THE ROOF.

OKAY.

THAT WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

YEAH.

GREAT IDEA.

MAYBE NEXT YEAR, SIGN SOME WAIVERS AND NO FANTASTIC WORK.

THANKS TO OUR LEADERSHIP FOR STARTING THIS.

AND I'M SURE THE EMPLOYEES GET AS MUCH OUT OF IT AS THE PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM THE WORK.

UM, FANTASTIC IDEA.

FANTASTIC EXECUTION PARTICIPATION JUST SEEMS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM ALL AROUND.

SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT GOING AND WHAT ELSE? OKAY.

HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF I CAN MAKE JUST ONE COMMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, WHO WAS OUT THERE HELPING US PAINT TODAY, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT MOTIVATES ANY EMPLOYEES IN ANY ORGANIZATION, IT'S ABOUT HAVING FULFILLMENT AND MEANING, RIGHT? AND SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO HAS A LOT OF MEANING HAS A BIG IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, BUT HAVING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO CONNECT OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO I WANT TO THINK JUST THE, WE ARE ONE COMMITTEE AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT CAME OUT, WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS THAT CAME OUT ON THEIR DAY OFF.

SO IT WAS REALLY COOL EVENT.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IF THE COMMUNITY HAS THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO, WHETHER IT BE CLEANING UP A STRETCH OF STREET OR, UM, HELPING OUT A NONPROFIT WE'RE HERE TO HELP.

WELL, EXCELLENT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND PLEASE PASS ALONG OUR, THANKS TO THE REST OF YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE UH, AGENDA CHANGES.

STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO, SIR.

COUNSEL, 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.]

ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, A COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNSELORS DO WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY.

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

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE VOTE.

AND FOR THE RECORD, SIR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEMS AND A MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

RESIST

[ 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.]

ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HOUSING AUTHORITY OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL RITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ALREADY BE TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE ADAMS, 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 AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPIRIT CURVES FOR POLY COMMON? YES, WE DO SERVE.

WE HAVE TWO.

THE FIRST ONE IS WENDY PROVAN SHARE.

HI, WENDY.

WELCOME.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN FOREVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TWO WEEKS AGO, BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED, BUT, UM, I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I, AND WE, THE CITIZENS ON MY STREET WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU, MAYOR WELLS AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TONY CHUTE, AND HIS DEPARTMENT, CAPTAIN RAINES, WEILER, AND HIS TEAM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND KIND WORDS.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE AND, UM, FOR MEETING AND TAKING ACTION, UM, THAT I DESCRIBED YOU GUYS, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE TO SERGEANT GRAY OF THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO CARED ENOUGH, UM, TO SEND A TRAFFIC OUT IMMEDIATELY IN REGARDS TO A CALL I HAD ON SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY ON THE 29TH, WHICH RESULTED IN TWO VEHICLES BEING TOWED AND SOME STOLEN PROPERTY BEING

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I'M ALSO A HUGE THANK YOU TO OFFICER PARKER WHO ALSO RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO A CALL, WHICH RESULTED IN ANOTHER VEHICLE BEING TOWED ON JULY 30TH.

UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEYOND THANKFUL FOR THE MAJOR OPERATION, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 2ND, WHICH RESULTED IN TWO ARRESTS.

UM, MORE VEHICLES BEING TOWED AND MORE, UM, STOLEN MERCHANDISE BEING RECOVERED.

WE CAN'T THANK YOU.

THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN QUIET.

UM, WE'VE WATCHED THEM ACROSS THE STREET AT NIGHT, REMOVING THINGS, TAKING THINGS AWAY.

THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC HAS FROM 1130 ON HAS BECOME ALMOST NIL.

UM, I DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY HOUSE AND YOU CAN KNOW HOW HOT IT'S BEEN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS, ABOUT SIX 30 OR SEVEN.

WE'VE SEEN OFFICERS COME DOWN THE STREET, PAUSE IN FRONT OF THIS HOUSE, LOOK AT IT.

UM, AND GO DOWN THE STREET.

THE THEY'RE TAKING NOTICE BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER PEOPLE WILL COME OUT AND JUMP IN CARS AND LEAVE.

WE JUST TRULY CAN'T.

THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR JUST CARING AND SAYING CALL, UM, OFFICER RAINS WHILE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE.

WHEN I SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE A PAST, HE SAID BE A PAST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE TRULY CAN'T.

THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.

IT'S REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL IT'S THE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT SHOULD BE, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO BY OFFICER GREY'S OR SERGEANT GRAY'S TEAM DINNER LAST NIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T LET US GIVE THEM DINNER, WATER.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN ACCEPT STUFF IN THE OFFICE, BUT WE ARE TRULY, TRULY THANKFUL.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST, YOU'VE JUST GIVEN US EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY WANT.

UM, SORRY, I'M GETTING A MOTOR THAT WE'VE JUST DEALT FOR THIS AND THE LAST TWO WEEKS SEEMS LIKE A YEAR'S WORTH OF STUFF IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD.

SO, SORRY.

UH, I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

WHEN I SAY THAT, UM, WHEN SOMETHING WORKS OUT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND YOU COME AND TELL US THAT YOUR LIFE IS BETTER AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CAPSULE, THEY WERE AMAZING.

IT DOESN'T GET IT.

DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT FOR US.

SO GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

LET'S KEEP IT.

LET'S KEEP VIGILANT ABOUT THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS PROBLEM.

THESE PROBLEMS HAVE A TENDENCY TO COME BACK.

WELL, WE ARE TAKING NOTICE, BUT JUST THE DRIVES, JUST THE DRIVES DOWN THE STREET THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOTICING THE HOUSE IS NOTICING IT BECAUSE PEOPLE COME OUT, JUMP IN THEIR CARS AND LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OFFICERS HAVE DRIVEN BY.

SO IT'S, IT'S BLATANT THAT THEY'RE NOTICING THAT STUFF'S TAKING PLACE.

COME BACK ONCE IN A WHILE.

GIVE US UPDATES.

YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

LAST SPEAKER IS KRISTIN MILLER.

HI, MS. MILLER.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON.

HOW ARE YOU? WE'RE DOING GOOD.

I THINK.

YEAH.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS KRISTEN MILLER, WHICH I WOULD HOPE YOU ALREADY WOULD KNOW, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE DEALT YOU DON'T AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

HOW AWARE ARE YOU OF THE CORRUPTION GOING ON IN THE CAHONE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT? THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALCOHOL HAS AN EXCELLENT MIRROR WITH CONSERVATIVE VALUES, MORALS AND INTEGRITY.

THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CONE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HOW CAN THAT BE? WHAT AM I MISSING? I'VE WORKED AS A TEACHER IN MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SAN DIEGO.

AND I SPECIFICALLY CAME TO ELKA HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT I WOULDN'T FACE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I FACED IN MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT.

UH, LAMESA SPRING VALLEY, MY FRIEND COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE KNOWN THAT APPARENTLY ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE THE SAME.

WHAT HAS, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THE MORALS, VALUES AND INTEGRITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY RESONATE THROUGH AT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAME DAY YOU CALL YOUR MEETINGS HERE IN ANOTHER ROOM, LESS THAN A MILE AWAY A MONTH AGO, THE OKLAHOMA SCHOOL BOARD WAS CRITIQUING THE SERVICES OF ALCOHOLS PARAMEDICS.

A SITTING MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID THAT SHE WAS TAKEN ABACK.

SHE WAS HEARTBROKEN.

SO DISAPPOINTED THAT ALCOHOL'S PARAMEDICS ARE NOT ALL BILINGUAL.

SHE PROCLAIMED TO EVERYONE THAT IT WAS HER.

THAT WAS THE HERO IN THE SITUATION, NOT THE PARAMEDICS THAT ACTUALLY THE SERVICES TO RESCUE AN INJURED ELDERLY WOMAN SINCE SHE WAS ABLE TO TRANSLATE THE REAL HERO IN THE SITUATION WAS HER, THE PARAMEDICS WITH ALL THEIR TRAINING AND

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WE'RE LETTING THE COMMUNITY DOWN.

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO BE PORTRAYED AS TO THE COMMUNITY? DO YOU ALIGN WITH THE CORRUPT AND SELF-GRATIFYING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN YOUR CITY? DO YOU INVESTIGATE THE ABUSE OF POWER AND INDOCTRINATION WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? DO YOU INVESTIGATE? BECAUSE I AM A LIVING AND BREATHING TESTIMONIAL THAT TEACHERS ARE LEAVING IN DROVES DUE TO INDOCTRINATION OF OUR STUDENTS, ABUSE OF POWER, RIDICULOUS COVID POLICIES AND CORRUPTION WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

AND SO MANY OTHERS.

AREN'T THE YOUTH.

WHAT REALLY MAKE OUR CITY? IS THIS THE BEST WE CAN OFFER THEM? I REALLY DON'T THINK IT IS.

WE CAN DO BETTER.

AND I HOPE WE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, HI.

I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR YOU.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT A LITTLE BIT.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OR WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT BODY.

SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED BOARD AND THEY, THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON THEM WHATSOEVER UNLESS THEY WERE TO COMMIT A CRIME.

YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WOULD BE INVOLVED.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT TO THE SKEWS, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S, BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE COMMITTING CRIMES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, WE, YOU SHOULD LET US KNOW AND LET OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW.

I WILL CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

UM, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SAID IN EVERY CITY IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.

UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE TEACHERS THAT ARE HORRIFIED PARENTS THAT ARE HORRIFIED AND THEY'RE COMING FORWARD.

AND I THINK THERE'S A MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW TO TAKE BACK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ACCUSED OF INDOCTRINATED CHILDREN, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LOT OF, UH, NEGATIVE PRACTICES.

UM, YOU KNOW, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IF YOU WANT CHANGE, YOU'VE GOTTA BE A PASTOR.

YOU GOT TO SHOW UP WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE AND PEOPLE WILL NOTICE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL ALSO FINDING PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND PEOPLE THAT SHARE YOUR VALUES AND, AND TAKING BACK CONTROL OF, OF, OF A SYSTEM IS OUT OF CONTROL IS, UH, I MEAN, THAT'S THE AMERICAN WAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR FOUNDERS PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE REPRESENTED.

SO I'M NOT UNSYMPATHETIC TO EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING.

I, UM, AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN'T HELP, BUT WE'RE LIMITED IN OUR ABILITY.

I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.

UH, NOT AT TIME.

OKAY.

ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? SO, AND BE WILLING TO LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE CLERKS.

I'D BE WILLING TO REACH OUT WITH YOU AND HAVE A EXTENDED CONVERSATION OFFLINE, FOR SURE.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

AND IF YOU, IF YOU EVER WANT TO MEET WITH ME AND PHIL TOGETHER, OR ME SEPARATELY, I BE WANTING TO COME AND MEET YOU FOR COFFEE AND TALK ABOUT ANY OF YOUR ISSUES.

JUST CONTACT ME THROUGH MY OFFICE.

YES, ANGELA.

ANY MORE SPEAKERS? NO OTHER COMMON, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

THERE ARE NO RATE COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

THE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

[9. Speeding Education Campaign - City Council Action Plan 2022 RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report and provides feedback to staff. ]

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE STAFF TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO AS STEVE MULTAN COMES UP, I WANT TO JUST REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE SET THIS YEAR HAD TO DO WITH REDUCING, SPEEDING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, THERE WAS SEVERAL GOALS OR OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THAT, AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEM.

SO WITH THAT CHIEF, THANK YOU, GRAHAM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS WILL BE A FAIRLY BRIEF UPDATE ON ONE OF YOUR 2022 CITY COUNCIL GOALS, WHICH WAS REDUCING VEHICLE SPEEDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE AGENDA REPORT.

ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT GOAL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS DEVELOPING EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF, AND FOR OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT ARE FOR LIKE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

UH, THOSE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS CONDUCTED FOCUS GROUPS WITH THE STUDENTS ON THE ISSUE OF SPEEDING.

A COUPLE OF NOTEWORTHY THINGS FROM THOSE SESSIONS WERE THAT 52% OF THE STUDENTS BELIEVED MORE EDUCATION WAS NEEDED IN THE SCHOOLS REGARDING SAFE DRIVING.

40% BELIEVED MORE ENFORCEMENT WAS NEEDED DURING, UH, UH, WAS NEEDED AROUND THE SCHOOLS DURING PEAK HOURS.

SO BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, UH, THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE JUST RECENTLY CONDUCTED THIS MONTH, UH, FOUR, OUR SAFE DRIVING TRAIN, THE TRAINER COURSE THAT OUR SRS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHEN STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS.

LATER THIS MONTH, OUR

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THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

LET ME SEE 30 QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

ACHIEVE QUESTIONS.

STEVE, WHAT KIND OF ISSUES TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE WE HEARING ABOUT AROUND SCHOOLS THAT THIS WOULD ADDRESS? A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE ISSUES REGARDING TRAFFIC WE HAVE AROUND THE SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY CONGESTION RELATED.

UH, THERE IS SOME SPEEDING.

THERE IS SOME RUNNING THE STOP SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, REALLY WERE PART OF THIS PART.

THIS PART OF THE TASK IN THIS GOAL FOR THE CAMPAIGN WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NEEDED TO INCREASE THEIR DRIVING, UH, SAFETY.

BUT A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE AROUND THE SCHOOLS ARE PARENTS DRIVING AROUND THE SCHOOLS, UH, JUST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, DRIVING AROUND THE SCHOOLS THAT INCREASE SPEEDS.

SO WE WILL BE CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT ON THAT.

AND IS THAT GOING TO BE A WARNING THING OR IS THAT GOING TO BE CITATION FIRST? EH, WE LEAVE THE DISCRETION UP TO THE OFFICERS.

OKAY.

IN EVERY, IN ANY TRAFFIC STOP, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE DISCRETION TO GIVE A WARNING OR WRITE A CITATION.

IT'S USUALLY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE SEVERITY OF THE VIOLATION, MAYBE THE COOPERATION OF THE PERSON THAT'S BEING STOPPED.

THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU.

SORRY.

I READ THE, I READ THE NOTES ON THE AGENDA FOR THE AGENDA AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR SUCH A POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND THEY'RE SAYING, YEAH, WE NEED SLOWER SPEEDS.

WE NEED EDUCATION.

WE WANT THIS.

I MEAN, THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE ENGAGED.

UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HEAR THAT SINCE THE STEREOTYPE IS IT'S ALL THE TEENAGERS, WHEN IN FACT IT PROBABLY IS A LOT OF THEIR PARENTS, BUT AS A GRANDMOTHER OF, OF THREE KIDS WHO HAVE DRIVEN, UM, ON THE LAST HIGH SCHOOLER, UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE WERE SOME OF US OLDER ONES THAT WERE IN DRIVER'S ED IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE SAW THE MOVIES, WE DID THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LITTLE CARS, THE SIMULATOR CARS, AND YOU SEE THE CRASHES AND EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S NOT THE SAME IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON IN PRACTICE OR WHEN YOU'RE IN TRAINING.

I DON'T THINK IT HAS THE SAME IMPACT BECAUSE IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, GRAND THEFT AUTO, YOU KNOW, LIFE IS NOT GTA.

LIFE IS NOT MARIO CART.

UM, IT'S REALITY OUT THERE ON THE STREETS.

AND I CRINGE EVERY TIME A GRANDKID, YOU KNOW, WAS GOING TO GET THEIR LICENSES.

LIKE I DON'T WANT THEM OUT THERE, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD, POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FEEDBACK AND HOW IT GOES, LIKE SAY IN SIX MONTHS OR SO.

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TOO, THAT 40% ONE HAD INCREASED ENFORCEMENT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE ARE THE GOOD DRIVERS, BUT IT IS, IT IS GOOD TO HEAR.

UH, WE, WE HAVE HAD TRAGEDIES IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH TEEN DRIVING.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE EDUCATE THEM THE BEST WE CAN.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

THANKS CHIEF.

FOR ALL, ALL THE WORK YOU DO, THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M NOT TOO OLD TO REMEMBER SRO PROGRAMS WHEN I WENT TO ST.

TANA.

AND I REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SRO OR IF IT WAS MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING OR SOMETHING, BUT THEY BROUGHT IN A SPEAKER WHO HAD LOST THEIR LEG IN AN ACCIDENT SPOKE.

AND IT SH IT'S THE WHOLE AUDITORIUM, ALL HIGH SCHOOLERS IT'S CHANGED THE PERSPECTIVE OF US.

I MEAN, EVEN SOME OF THE MORE RECKLESS STUDENTS.

UM, AND SO I'M A FULL BELIEVER IN THIS.

I MEAN, WE HAD THE TRAGEDY UP AT, UPON FLETCHER PARKWAY, I THINK LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE WHERE SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SO, UM, IT'S THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE INCREMENTALLY GOING TO BEGIN CHANGING THE DEGREES OF INFORMATION AND, AND DECISIONS THAT, THAT THESE KIDS MAKE.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY SOME OTHER KIDS WILL INFLUENCE OTHER KIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

KEEP IT GOING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, ANGELA COMES TO THE SIDE OF NO COMMENTS, SIR.

OKAY.

STAFF ONLY REQUESTS A FEEDBACK, UM, STAFF, DO YOU NEED EMOTIONAL? ANY KIND OF, NOT AT ALL.

THIS IS, IS HELPFUL.

I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND KEEP THE COUNCIL APPRISED OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

UH, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION WOULD HAVE TO RELATE TO STAFF.

I THINK WE GOT IT.

WE'RE EVERYBODY SEEMS LIKE

[00:25:01]

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THERE ARE NO COMMISSION REPORTS SINCE HIS AGENDA ITEM

[10. Council Activity Report]

THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL AS AFFORDED COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDRICK AS REPORTED

[13. DEPUTY MAYOR MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA - Alternate.]

UM, A COUPLE OF CHANGES.

I DIDN'T DO THE EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE INTERVIEW AND YOU CAN ADD TODAY'S PAINTING.

OH YEAH.

EXERCISE TODAY SHOULD GET DOUBLE POINTS FOR THAT.

I THOUGHT SO IT WAS REALLY HOT OUT.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK EVERYTHING IS AS REPORTED.

EXCELLENT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ.

THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS TO KNOW GENERAL INFORMATION.

I WAS WITH HIS AGENDA.

THERE ARE NO FIRST READINGS OF ORDINANCES.

WE'RE NOW

[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]

THE SEE ATTORNEY WILL RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAD US INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU.

MEREDITH CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO MEET IN CLOSED SESSION AT THREE ITEMS TODAY.

FIRST ITEM IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 49, 5 6 0.91 POTENTIAL CASE.

IT'S THE CLAIM OF ROBERT ROSE AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA.

SECOND IS ANOTHER CLOSED SESSION FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, NOT THE SAME FACT PATTERN, BUT IT'S A POTENTIAL LITIGATION, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4 9 5 6 0.9.

THE CLAIMANT IN THIS CASE IS NATALIE SEAL.

YOU AND THE THIRD IS A CLOSED SESSION FOR CONFERENCE FOR REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4 9 5 6 0.8 IT'S PROPERTY A AS DESCRIBED ON THE AGENDA, 30.7 ACRE VACANT SITE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WELD BOULEVARD AND QUEER MACA STREET.

AND THE NEGOTIATING PARTIES ARE THE, A CHESTNUT PROPERTIES LLC, AND ANOTHER, UH, PARTIES, S G C L M C DASH WELD INVESTMENT COMPANY, THE CITY NEGOTIATORS, OR THE CITY MANAGER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BE DISCUSSED WILL BE PRICED IN TERMS FOR ACQUISITION OF A LEASE HOLD INTEREST IN NEW LEAKS.

LEASE BACK TO NEGOTIATING PARTIES.

WELL, THANK YOU, MORGAN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION.

PLEASE VOTE.

MR. KENDRICK, COULD I PLEASE HAVE YOUR BOAT MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

WE SHOULD BE BACK FAIRLY QUICKLY TO FINISH THE MEETING.

YEAH, BECAUSE MY INNER EAR WAS QUITE THAT BAD.

ALL RIGHT.

LISTEN, GENTLEMEN, WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.

I WILL HAND IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT REPORT ON THE HAPPENINGS OF CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THIS THREE MINUTE TIMER IS NOT WORKING.

UM, CITY COUNCIL MAN CLOSED SESSION ON THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST TWO WERE CLAIMS ONE FOR ROBERT ROSE.

THE SECOND OF THE NATALIE CLAY SOLU, UH, DIRECTION WERE GIVEN TO THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL ON THIS MATTER, BOTH OF THESE MATTERS.

AND THEN, UH, ITEM 17 WAS A CLOSED SESSION FOR CONFERENCE.

WE REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY'S NEGOTIATORS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MORGAN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE GERMAN OF THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL, OAKLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ELKHART REDEVELOPED AGENCY HELD THIS NINTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2022.

WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL TONIGHT, AUGUST 9TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.