Oct 11, 2022 City Council Meeting 3pm

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

[00:00:24]

WHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH NATION UNDER GOD.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I GIVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO PRAY TONIGHT FOR THE PADRES.

LET'S SEE.

I KNOW YOU WERE ALL DOING THAT, SO LET'S, LET'S SEE IF THAT WORKS.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF ADUR OF SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE OCTOBER 11TH, 2022 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.

WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

FOR THE FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ANTHONY, SHOOT TO THE PODIUM TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

TONY, THANK YOU, TONY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL.

APPRECIATE THE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT OCTOBER IS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, BUT MOST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK AND POINT OUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE HAVE TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE, ELIZABETH VAAS AND TONY TLE.

ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT HAVE PLANNING STAFF WITH ME AS WELL.

MIKE, BIG LEON SABLE TRON, OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBERS.

IN FACT, SHE JUST STARTED MONDAY.

OH, WELCOME.

AND SPENCER HAYES, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN, IN MAKING LAND USE DECISIONS.

AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS AN EASY THING TO DO.

SO THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THANKS TO THE PLANNING STAFF.

WELL, MOST OF US CUT OUR TEETH ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

YES, YOU DID.

AND, UH, LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT THROUGH THAT WAS A GREAT, UM, GOOD PLACE TO START.

IT REALLY IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.

SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.

DO.

WHERE'S THE PROCLAMATION? IS SOMEBODY OH, YOU HAVE IT .

YOU, YOU BROUGHT YOUR OWN PROCLAMATION THAT'S VERY HAVE EXTRAS ACTUALLY WROTE IT.

YEAH.

ACTUALLY TONY CARRIES IT WITH HIM WHEREVER HE GO'S.

RIGHT.

.

UM, I'M, IT'S A LONG PROCLAMATION.

I'M JUST GONNA READ THE VERY END, IF THAT'S OKAY.

PERFECT.

NOW THERE FOR, I BILL WELLS MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF EL CAJON.

TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2022 TO BE COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF CAJON.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH.

JOIN US AT APPLAUDING THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE CITY OF EL CAJON PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND PARTNERS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND WE DO THANK YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

IT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY JOB, BUT YOU, YOU MAKE IT LOOK EASY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

[ PRESENTATIONS: Proclamation: National Community Planning Month Presentation: HauntFest 2022]

FRANK'S THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND HE'S GONNA TELL US ABOUT HA FEST.

HI, FRANK.

HELLO, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL.

THINK FOR HAVING ME TODAY, I WANNA DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS YEAR'S HAUN FEST.

IT IS GONNA BE THIS FRI OR NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM WE TRIED THAT TIME CHANGE LAST YEAR, AND IT SEEMED TO WORK WELL WITH ALL OF OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENTS GOING INTO THE EVENT.

UM, JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, HAUN FEST, WE, WE BELIEVE, IS THE LARGEST FREE ENTRANCE HALLOWEEN THEMED EVENT.

UM, I'M GONNA BE SO BOLD TO SAY IT'S THE LARGEST EVENT IN EAST COUNTY.

I'M GONNA BE THAT BOLD TO SAY THAT.

UM, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS HOCUS POCUS, AND WE ACTUALLY DECIDED ON THAT THEME WAY BACK IN ABOUT MAY OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOCUS POSI WAS COMING OUT, OR AT LEAST I DIDN'T.

SO IT KIND, IT REALLY TIMED THINGS OUT REALLY NICELY FOR US, HOW WE HAD THAT THEME.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESERVE THOSE MOVIE RIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 21ST TO SHOW THE MOVIE.

UH, THIS IS AT THE COSTUME CONTEST OF LAST YEAR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER METRO, HER HUSBAND AND CHIEF SWEENEY.

THERE ARE JUDGES, UH, THIS YEAR'S FUN MAP.

THIS IS NOT OUR, OUR GIS OR PLANNING MAP.

THIS IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY FUN MAP, JUST WHERE PEOPLE, IF THEY WANNA MAP OF THE EVENT AND THE BASIC OVERVIEW.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MID LEFT AREA, YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN CARS.

SO WE HAVE THE COHEN CLASSIC CRUISE OR THEMES,

[00:05:01]

RIGHT NEXT TO THAT IS OUR VERY POPULAR COSTUME CONTEST STAGE.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU GET THE BIGGEST BOTTLENECK OF THE EVENT, IS THAT THE COSTUME CONTEST.

THESE ARE CASH PRIZES.

ALL CASH IS GIVEN BY OUR, UH, DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA BUSINESS PARTNERS.

AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, THIS YEAR, SOPHIE'S GALLERY, THROUGH THE ST.

MANAL SOPHIE CENTER, THEY, THEY'VE ASKED TO OPEN UP THEIR FACILITY AND, AND DO ARTS AND CRAFTS WITHIN THEIR FACILITY ALSO.

SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM.

WE HAVE GAMES AND ATTRACTIONS ON MAIN STREET RIGHT THERE.

ALSO DOWN SALS FIELD.

IN THE PRESCOTT PROMENADE, WE'LL HAVE TWO FREE BOUNCE HOUSES THAT A LOT OF KIDS LIKE.

AND ST.

MOUNT SOPHIE CENTER WILL ALSO BE HOSTING THE PUMPKIN PATCH, AND THEY'LL BE DOING ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THEIR PUMPKIN PATCH AS WELL.

OUR DOWNTOWN OPEN BUSINESS PARTNERS WILL BE DOING DIFFERENT MUSIC SHOWS AT THE PRESCOTT PROMENADE STAGE.

ALL WE'LL HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS AIRBRUSH TATTOO GOING ON THE PROMENADE STAGE ALL ALONG MAIN STREET WILL BE A FOOD COURT.

WE'LL HAVE GIANT RIDES ON MAIN STREET, AS WELL AS DOWN INTO THE COURTHOUSE.

UH, ALSO ON MAIN STREET IN THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO THE MAGNOLIA, WE'LL BE SHOWING THE HOCUS POCUS MOVIE, THE ORIGINAL.

AND WE'LL HAVE A SCARY PETTING ZOO, WHICH IS LIKE A REPTILE TYPE OF PETTING ZOO.

AND WE'LL HAVE KENNY KENNY DISTRIBUTION POINTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

ONE WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAGNOLIA AND THE GRASS AREA ALONG THE LITTLE RIVER WALK.

THERE ARE CANDY TRAIL FOR KIDS UNDER 42 INCHES TALL.

SO WE WANT ONE AREA AT LEAST FOR, FOR MORE OF THE LITTLES SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT AREA.

UH, WE'LL HAVE FACE PAINTING ON RAY AS WELL AS THE, THE HALLOWEEN MAZE ON OUR CENTENNIAL PLAZA STAGE.

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE VERY POPULAR, UH, DJ DANNY.

AND SOMETHING UNIQUE THIS YEAR, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT, IS THE MAGNOLIA'S GONNA BE HAVING A HAUNTED CIRCUS AT THEIR LOCATION.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

UH, SOME NEW THINGS THIS YEAR IS WE HAVE THE NEW BOUNCE HOUSES.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOCUS POCUS.

WE ACTUALLY GOT ONE OF THE ACTRESSES TO DO A CAMEO APPEARANCE FOR US AND SOME OF OUR MARKETING OF IT.

UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY HEATHER CARTER, ONE OF OUR SUPER REVISORS.

THIS WAS HER IDEA AND HER BRAINCHILD.

SHE BROUGHT IT TOGETHER.

SO IT WAS A REALLY COOL KIND OF THING TO SEE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF NEW FREE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE AT THIS EVENT.

SOMETHING MUCH MORE UNIQUE IS THE FREE HAUNTED HOUSE THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE MAGNOLIA.

YOU DO NEED TO GET TICKETS FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE CONTORTIONIST JUGGLER, STILT WALKERS INSIDE THEIR FACILITY.

UH, THE FIRST SHOW'S AT FIVE, THE SECOND SHOW IS AT SEVEN, AND THEY OPEN THE DOORS AT FOUR 30 AND SIX 30 RESPECTFULLY.

UM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT THE MAGNOLIA'S BEEN WANTING TO DO IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH US, NOT PARTNERSHIP MORGAN, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH US.

AND THEN, UM, AND MAKE IT EVEN A BIGGER EVENT IN THAT RESPECT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANKS FRANK.

DID YOU NOTICE THAT CANDY WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR? YES.

A LOT OF THINGS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY RENTALS FOR GENERATORS.

EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

WELL, YEAH.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR FRANK? YEAH.

AS STEVE POINTS OUT, SO DEFINITELY IT IS STILL FREE FOR ALL FREE ENTRANCE.

THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME RIDES THROUGH GREG'S RIDES THAT WILL BE PAID TO PLAY, BUT AT A LOW COST.

BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER RIDES THAT ARE FREE.

YOU DO HAVE TO PAY FOR FOOD AND DRINK THOUGH.

YEAH, IT'S EXPECTED.

JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF.

I KNOW THIS IS A BIG HEAVY LIFT.

THIS IS ALL DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED.

ABSOLUTELY.

JUST HOSTING THE BIGGEST EVENT IN EAST COUNTY.

I'LL SAY IT, IT'S JUST I'M SAYING IT.

I'M SAYING IT.

YEP.

YOU SAID IT.

SO I'LL SAY IT.

.

UM, SO JUST A GENUINE THANK YOU TO, UH, OUR ENTIRE CITY STAFF PUTTING IN THE EXTRA WORK AND TIME, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY CARE ABOUT THIS EVENT BECAUSE IT'S EXTRA SPECIAL, BECAUSE OF ITS SUCCESS.

SO THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

YOU PROBABLY PUT A WHOLE WEEK OR TWO IN PLANNING THIS, RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

YES.

APPRECIATE THAT, FRANK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY GUESS IS YOU START PLANNING IT THE TWO DAYS AFTER IT'S OVER, PRETTY MUCH.

YES, SIR.

YEAH.

[ AGENDA CHANGES:]

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA CHANGES STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES, MR. MAYOR? I DON'T HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES.

I DID WANNA MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT THOUGH.

UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED STAFF TO FIND AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO ANALYZE THE CITY'S FINANCES.

THAT REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WAS SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC LATER TODAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, NO CHANGES THE AGENDA.

THANKS FOR DOING THAT.

ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE A RE OR REPORT ON THAT AT ALL? YOU CAN DO A, WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA NEXT, NEXT MEETING.

OKAY.

IT HAS TO BE, HAS TO BE AGENDAS THOUGH.

IT WOULD'VE TO BE ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY.

FAIR ENOUGH.

COUNCIL ON THE, ANY 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.]

UM, THAT BRINGS US THE CONSENT ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS OR 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.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS, STEVE? 11, NUMBER 11 AND STAFF?

[00:10:02]

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT NUMBER 11, ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.

THEN LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER 11.

STEVE, WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE US OFF? SO IT, IT'S, UH, I THINK IF I READ THE STAFF REPORT RIGHT, IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO BUILD ONE OF THESE THINGS, HUH? IT DOES.

WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THAT'S ACTUALLY DELAYED A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN USUAL.

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

IF THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO, IT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.

WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING OUR NAME IN FOR 2034 OR SOMETHING JUST TO GET AHEAD OF THE LINE.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT, UH, NEEDED, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

AND I THINK THE EXISTING ONE IS 17 YEARS OLD, IF I SAW CORRECTLY CORRECT.

IS THAT IT IS AGING.

AND BY US GETTING IT IN NOW, EVEN JUST, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS TIMELINE, IT WILL AT LEAST LOCK IN TODAY'S PRICES.

SO, YEAH.

COULD BE GOOD.

IT'S, IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE SAFETY OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN CAJON.

SO I'LL MOVE, UH, ADOPTION OF THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WE'RE NOW PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ALREADY BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS HEARD.

THE 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 SPEAKER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO COMMENTS RECEIVED, SIR.

WOW.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERYBODY'S IN A HURRY TO GET TO THE GAME.

THIS, THE MEETING IS JUST FLYING THROUGH.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, AND

[10. PUBLIC HEARINGS:]

WE HAVE ONE ITEM OF CONSIDER.

ITEM 13 IS FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.

HI, TONY MAY COUNCIL, UH, FIRST BEFORE GETTING INTO THIS ITEM, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE STAFF, UH, PRIMARILY NOAH ALVY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUN DEVELOPMENT.

HE HAS REALLY LED THE CHARGE ON THIS, GETTING IT, UM, REER OR GETTING TO THE FINISH LINE WITH H C D AS WELL AS SPENCER HAYES, WHO DID A LOT OF THE SUPPORT WORK IN PUTTING THE, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT TOGETHER.

THE COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER ON JULY 27TH, 2021, THE COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED AN UPDATE TO THE THEN HOUSING ELEMENT AND FOLLOWING ADOPTION STAFF SUBMITTED FOR CERTIFICATION TO STATE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR H C D ON OCTOBER 29TH OF THE SAME YEAR.

H CD TRANSMITTED THE RESULTS OF THEIR REVIEW AND FOUND THAT ADDITIONAL REVISIONS WERE NECESSARY.

THE REQUESTED REVISIONS WERE PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AB 6 86 FOR AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, STAFF MADE MULTIPLE REVISIONS, WHICH WERE RESULT OF EVOLVING EXPECTATIONS FROM H C D REGARDING THE FORM AND CONTENT OF FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS.

THIS REALLY PROVED TO BE DIFFICULT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR.

IN MOST INSTANCES, THE REVISIONS TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY, SUCH AS PARTICIPATING IN ORIGINAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS FAIR HOUSING.

UTILIZING PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE EN RECENTLY ADOPTED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT WHEN FUNDING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ENSURING SAFE AND SANITARY HOUSING THROUGH THE EXISTING HOUSING INSPECTOR PROGRAM ARE THE APARTMENT SPECTRUM PROGRAM.

THE REMAINING UPDATES TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDED A DISCUSSION TO LOCAL, A DISCUSSION OF LOCAL CITY KNOWLEDGE OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, PATTERNS RELATED TO FAIR HOUSING, A TABLE LINKING REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, ASSESS UNITS BY FAIR HOUSING INDICATORS.

AGAIN, THINK OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT AND CLARIFICATIONS THAT THE CITY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE BY RIGHT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING ELEMENT SITES.

ACCORDING TO STATE LAW AND OCTOBER 4TH OF THIS YEAR, HCD STAFF PROVIDED WRITTEN CONFIRMATION TO STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH RE ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND RESUBMITTAL FOR CERTIFICATION.

SO, FINALLY MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE.

HCD STAFF ALSO REQUESTED ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JULY OF 2021.

DUE TO THIS REQUEST, STAFF PRODUCE A REVISED RESOLUTION, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE AT THE DIAS AND STRIKEOUT UNDERLYING, AND I BELIEVE ALSO A CLEAN VERSION, UH, DUE TO THIS, UM, REQUEST, UH, STAFF

[00:15:01]

SO IT ASKS YOU TO REFER TO THAT RESOLUTION WHEN MAKING YOUR MOTIONS.

AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, TONY.

QUESTIONS, ANGELA, ANY SPIRIT COURAGE? NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, TONY, APPARENTLY NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OR SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE INITIAL STUDY AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION.

DOES IT HAVE TO BE SEPARATE OR CAN IT BE COM COMBINED? MR. CITY ATTORNEY? LET, LET'S MAKE HIM SEPARATE, BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S A CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

WE DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ONE.

IT'LL BE THE NEXT ONE.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, SO I'LL LEAVE MY MOTION AT THAT SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU.

[14. Legislative Update]

ITEM 14 IS A LEGISLATOR FOR UPDATE, AND I'LL ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. DIMAGGIO, TO PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM.

VINCE, ARE WE GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS? I, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN REALLY WAITING MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR THIS.

IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS NOW, YOU KNOW WHY I ONLY DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, , BUT IS IT IS HALLOWEEN TYPE, SO IT'S, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SOME THINGS ARE VERY SCARY.

UM, SO I'LL, I, YOU HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU, UM, I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION OR POWERPOINT.

I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE MORE NOTABLE ONES THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE.

UH, ON PAGE ONE, WE HAVE AB 1599 AND AB 1603.

THESE WERE TWO SEPARATE EFFORTS TO TRY AND REPEAL.

UH, PROP 47.

UM, THEY FAILED, UH, UM, IN BOTH CASES, THEY FAILED TO PASS OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE.

THE FIRST ONE WAS SPONSORED BY THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, AND THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS SPONSORED BY A, A DEMOCRAT, UM, LEGISLATOR NAMED SALAS.

AND THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

UM, SB SIX HAS GOTTEN LOT OF COVERAGE.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT OR HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.

UM, IT WAS, UM, PUT FORTH BY SENATOR CERO, AND IT BASICALLY, UM, ALLOWS HOUSING ON ANY LOT ZONED COMMERCIAL SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT BEING A PREVAILING WAGE PROJECT.

SO IT'S GOT, IT'S NOT AS SWEEPING OR AS BROAD AS YOU MIGHT THINK, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT ON A PREVAILING WAGE BASIS.

SO IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, FAIRLY LITTLE IMPACT.

UM, MOVING ON TO, UM, PAGE NUMBER TWO, UH, SB 81, THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE REPORT THE LAST TIME I GAVE IT, WHICH WE WERE WATCHING BECAUSE IT, IT DISMISSES THE SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS, UM, OR REQUIRES A JUDGE TO DISMISS THE SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS IF, UH, IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CRIME INVOLVE MENTAL ILLNESS, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, OR, UH, THAT THE FIREARM THAT WAS USED MALFUNCTIONED.

SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMIT A CRIME, YOU HAVE A GUN, THE GUN DOESN'T GO OFF, BUT YOU INTENDED FOR IT TO GO OFF, BUT IT DIDN'T.

AND, UM, SO THAT WOULD ALLOW THE JUDGE TO DISMISS A SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND IS NOW LAW, UM, SB 3 58, WHICH WAS DONE, UM, BY OUR LOCAL LEGISLATOR, UH, JONES.

UM, THIS SEEMED TO BE A REALLY EASY ONE.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IT EXPANDS THE CRIME OF MALE THEFT FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO AMAZON AND U UPS AND THOSE TYPE OF OTHER, UH, THIRD PARTY, UH, DELIVERY SERVICES.

WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GONNA GO RIGHT ON THROUGH AND IT DIED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY.

IT SEEMED TO BE FAIRLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL, UM, BUT IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

UM, FORTUNATELY ALSO, I THINK FOR ALL OF US, WE WERE WATCHING SB FIVE 19 FROM LEGISLATOR WIENER OUT OF THE BAY AREA, WHO'S APPARENTLY HIS SOLE PURPOSE IN BEING IN THE LEGISLATURE IS TO, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE ALL DRUG, YOU KNOW, THE ILLEGALITY OF DRUGS OR ANYTHING HAVING

[00:20:01]

HE, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEGALIZE, UM, LSD, UH, MUSHROOMS, UH, MDM A AND THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE WATCHING COMPLETE AND TOTAL, UM, LEGALIZATION OF THOSE DRUGS THAT DID NOT PASS, THAT DID, THAT DIED IN COMMITTEE.

UM, BUT HE CONTINUES, HE CONTINUES ON WITH OTHER THINGS.

AND I'LL BRING ANOTHER ONE UP HERE SHORTLY.

UM, MOVING ON TO, UM, PAGE THREE, UM, SB 8 52.

UH, THIS ACTUALLY INTRODUCES, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD.

UM, IT INTRODUCES TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS.

SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT PROJECTS WOULD ACTUALLY FALL WITHIN THAT DEFINITION, BUT IT DOES GIVE US THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE PROJECTS HERE LOCALLY, OF COURSE.

AND IF THEY DO HAVE A NET POSITIVE IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND, UH, IF IT, IF IT'S OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THE PROJECT, WE CAN USE, UH, VARIOUS TAX INCREMENT FINANCING METHODS TO ASSIST THAT PROJECT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE REDEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING, PUTTING A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF REDEVELOPMENT BACK INTO, UH, SOME PROJECTS.

UM, SB 9 32, UH, THIS WOULD REQUIRE THIS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT INCREASES THE LIABILITY FOR CITIES THAT DON'T AMEND THEIR CIRCULATION ELEMENTS TO ADDRESS BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN OR TRAFFIC CALMING PLANS.

SO, UH, THE BILL WOULD ALLOW A PERSON INJURED IN THE RIGHT, IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AFTER A COLLISION COLLISION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE CITY.

IF THE CITY BY JUNE 30TH, 2024, DID NOT MAKE THESE CHANGES TO THEIR CIRCULATION ELEMENT.

IT WAS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT SHOWED UP.

UH, ON THE LAST REPORT THAT I DID, WE WERE WATCHING IT, AND IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

SO IT IS, IT IS NOW LAW, UH, AB 26 31.

UM, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE, UH, LIABILITY.

TH THIS WAS AN INTERESTING ONE.

IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE'VE CURRENTLY BEEN DEALING WITH.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT TRANSFERS, THAT CREATES LIABILITY FOR A CITY'S ACTIONS, OR A CITY OR COUNTY'S ACTIONS, A LOCAL AGENCY'S ACTIONS ON THEIR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS THAT ADVERSELY IMPACT ANOTHER AGENCY.

SO, IF IN THE CASE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING OF WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING WITH HOUSING VOUCHERS, THAT'S ONE LOCAL AGENCY, THAT'S ONE, UH, STEP OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE FEEL IS ADVERSELY IMPACTING ANOTHER, UH, LOCAL AGENCY OURSELVES.

AND THIS BILL WOULD'VE CREATED LIABILITY AND, AND GIVEN THE CITY OF CAJON CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE COUNTY.

SO, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS CASE, THAT DIED.

AND I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF IT AS TO WHETHER IT WILL BE REINTRODUCED.

UM, OF COURSE, SB UH, 1338, I THINK WE ALL KNOW ABOUT.

THAT'S THE CARES COURT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL TOOK A PO A POSITIVE POSITION ON.

AND WE WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THAT, AND THAT'S BEEN SIGNED, UH, BY THE GOVERNOR ON THE LAST PAGE.

UH, SB UH, 8 97 JUST SIMPLY EXPANDS THE LAW PERTAINING TO AUS WITH A, UH, 25 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT.

ESSENTIALLY, AUS CAN NOW BE TWO STORIES, UM, ON SB 1439.

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A BILL THAT PERTAINS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IF YOU MAKE A DECISION, UM, ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM, UH, TAKING A DONATION FROM THE PROPONENT OF THAT PROJECT IN EXCESS OF $250 FOR THE 12 MONTHS FOLLOWING YOUR DECISION ON THAT PROJECT.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR, IN YOUR RESPECTIVE CAMPAIGNS.

AB 1869, THIS IS THE GHOST GUN, UH, BILL.

UH, IT WOULD MAKE THE POSSESSION OF SERIAL.

NOW I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED HERE, BUT, UH, MAKES THE POSSESSION OF UN SERIALIZED FIREARM OR FIREARM THAT WAS ALTERED, REMOVED, OR WITH AN OBLITERATED SERIAL NUMBER OF FELONY.

UH, I, I SUPPOSE THAT, UH, THE PARTY IN, UH, IN CONTROL DID NOT WANT IT TO BE A FELONY, IS MY GUESS, BUT IT DIED.

UM, IN, IN COMMITTEE AB UH, 1955 IS THE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE, UH, JAIL TERMS AND FINES FOR POSSESSION OF ANY SUBSTANCE CONTAINING FENTANYL, UH, THAT DIED.

SO AGAIN, ANOTHER COMMON SENSE, ONE THAT WE WOULD'VE THOUGHT WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, GIVEN THE CRISIS, UH, WITH THE FENTANYL, UH, THAT DID NOT GO THROUGH, UM, AB 2147.

UH, THIS ONE BASICALLY LEGALIZES JAYWALKING.

AND I THINK IT'S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO BE SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, IN THE LAST YEAR, A FEW INSTANCES WHERE MOTORISTS HAVE UNFORTUNATELY STRUCK PEDESTRIANS WHO HAVE CROSSED JAYWALKING AT NIGHT.

THE PEDESTRIAN IN, IN SOME CASES, HAS BEEN KILLED.

UM, BUT

[00:25:01]

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS DOES FROM A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY STANDPOINT WHEN A MOTORIST HITS SOMEONE THAT'S CROSSING OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED CROSSING AREAS, BUT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DOES.

YOU CAN BASICALLY CROSS THE STREET ANYWHERE YOU WANT, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL HERE FOR, FOR, UM, BAD OUTCOMES, UH, ALL THE WAY AROUND.

UH, LASTLY, UM, GETTING BACK TO, UM, LEGISLATOR WIENER AND, UM, THE EXISTING LAW, I'M GONNA TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO DESCRIBE THIS.

THE EXISTING LAW, PRIOR TO THIS, THE EXISTING LAW PROHIBITS GRANTING PROBATION OR SUSPENDED SENTENCES FOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF SPECIFIC CRIMES RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING POSSESSION, UH, OR AGREEING TO CELL OR TRANSPORT, OPIATE OPIATES, UH, POSSESSION OF CANNABIS, UH, VARIOUS CRIMES RELATING TO, UH, ALTERING OR FORGING PRESCRIPTIONS AND CRIMES OF THAT NATURE SO THAT THE EXISTING LAW PROHIBITED, UM, GRANTING PROBATION OR SUSPENDED SENTENCES.

THIS BILL, UM, REPEALS ALL OF THAT.

SO, UM, A CRIME THAT INVOLVES THOSE THINGS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED IS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR A SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND OR PROBATION.

AND THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF THAT BILL? THAT'S SB 73.

AND, UM, LASTLY, IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST, BUT, UM, THIS MADE THE PAPERS RECENTLY AS AB 2 97, AND THAT ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATES PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PROJECTS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT WAS IN THE PAPER RECENTLY, AND JUST DIDN'T GET ON MY LIST.

THERE WERE TOO MANY OTHER THINGS TO FOLLOW.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES I HAVE TO REPORT ON.

IF YOU SEE SOME IN THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.

QUESTIONS, STEVE? THE JAYWALKING ONE, I THOUGHT I READ SOMETHING THAT SAID IT'S KIND OF, IT'S NOT COMPLETE, UH, UH, FREEDOM TO JAYWALK.

IT'S IF, IF, IF A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD THINK IT WAS SAFE TO WALK, THEN IT'S OKAY.

BUT IF YOU JUST STEP OUT INTO TRAFFIC, NO REASONABLE PERSON WOULD DO THAT.

THAT MIGHT BE ILLEGAL.

WAS, WAS THERE SOME KIND OF DELINEATION THERE? YES.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE COR YOU'RE CORRECT.

THE REASONABLENESS STANDARD WAS INCLUDED IN THAT.

SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, IT KIND OF PUTS THE OFFICERS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION TO BE JUDGES RIGHT THEN AND THERE OF WHAT'S REASONABLE.

RIGHT.

IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION TO BE IN.

YES, THIS IS OFF THE CUFF, BUT AB 2 70 73, IT'S RIGHT, RIGHT ABOVE THE LAST ONE.

WE, WE TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING, UM, OUR POLICE AGENCY TO REPORT ALL TRAFFIC STOPS AND THE REASON THE PERSON WAS STOPPED.

HOW? RIGHT.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STAFF TIME FOR A POLICE OFFICER.

IS I WRONG? OR? IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY AN INCREASE IN STAFF TIME FOR THE OFFICERS, BUT WHAT THIS IS DOING IS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, WE'RE TAKING TINY STEPS TO PREVENT PRE, UH, PRETEXT STOPS.

SO OFTENTIMES POLICE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

SO WHEN A CAR IS DRIVING A CERTAIN WAY WHERE YOU AND I AND OTHERS THAT AREN'T TRAINED, WE JUST MAY SAY, PERSON'S NOT DRIVING CORRECTLY, OR WE MAY NOT NOTICE IT AT ALL.

IT MAYBE THAT'S SUBTLE.

THEY'RE TRAINED TO LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS.

AND SO IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY THEN COME UP WITH A PRETEXTUAL REASON TO STOP.

LIKE, YOU HAVE A LICENSE PLATE OUT, OR YOUR BRAKE LIGHT IS OUT.

SO THEY STOP BASED UPON A VIOLATION OF THE VEHICLE CODE ON THAT BASIS.

AND USUALLY THEY'LL SEE THERE'S DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, THERE'S THIS, THE PERSON IS IMPAIRED, DUI, ET CETERA.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF AN EFFORT BY THE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE STEPS TO START PHASING OUT OR PROHIBITING OUTRIGHT PRETEXTUAL STOPS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.

SO THAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION BY THESE REPORTS AS TO WHY THE STOP WAS MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THEN, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY RIGHT.

LEGISLATION IN FUTURE SESSIONS TO PROHIBIT THOSE TYPE OF STOPS.

GOT IT.

IS THERE, I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE WISE, IS THERE TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD, BECAUSE I GET THAT.

STOP IT, SIR.

UM, THERE, MY THOUGHT IS, IS THIS IS JUST GONNA INCREASE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME FOR OUR OFFICERS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE NOT OUT ON THE STREET RESPONDING TO CALLS, WHICH MEANS OUR CALL TIME'S GONNA GET EVEN HIGHER THAN THEY ARE.

MY THOUGHT, MAYBE LOOKING INTO SOME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY TO EXPEDITE THE REPORTING OF THIS SO THEY CAN GET BACK ON THE ROAD QUICKER.

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

YEAH.

I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILLING EFFECT THAT HAS ON POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWING THEIR HUNCHES.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT THEY MIGHT BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT FOR DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

RIGHT.

IT IS, IS THAT IT'S, IT'S ALL ALONG THOSE SAME LINES.

YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

MORE QUESTIONS, UMS KIND OF

[00:30:01]

YEAH.

NO, IT WASN'T, IT, IT WASN'T DISCUSSED.

I THINK THIS WAS, IT'S MAINLY, IT'S, AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, IT'S, IT'S JUST LUMPING THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE THE GUN THING IS A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE WITH THE MENTAL ILLNESS, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA.

I MEAN, THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY, DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA? DO YOU HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS? AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS MALFUNCTIONING GUN THING COMES INTO IT AS WELL.

IT'S A BIT OF AN ODD COMBINATION.

THEY PUT ANY PARAMETERS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, TO NO, NONE.

NONE THAT I SAW.

OKAY.

THANKS.

OKAY.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATION.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA DISCUSS THAT AT ALL? OKAY.

UM, ITEM

[15. Neighborhood Clean-Up Program RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report and provides feedback regarding the Neighborhood Clean-Up Program. ]

AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.

MY APOLOGIES, SIR.

THAT SHOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAM.

OKAY.

WE GOTTA FIND THAT NOW.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT ON MY, DID I PASS OVER? SORRY, THAT IS TOTALLY ON ME, SO DON'T, CAN I SEE IT? YEAH, SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S ME.

UH, ITEM 15 IS ABOUT, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAM STAFF.

YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU.

I REMEMBER CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MIKE JAMES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN YOUR OPERATIONS AREA.

UM, SO TODAY I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU, UM, AND UPDATE TO A PROGRAM, UM, THAT REALLY ORIGINATED BACK FROM THE SIX COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED BACK IN FEBRUARY.

SO THE SIX PRIORITIES ARE IDENTIFIED THERE.

THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON UPON HOW IT CAN IMPACT OR HELP WITH CITY BEAUTIFICATION.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION.

UM, STAFF JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE GOALS AND THE TASKS WAS, IT WAS THE IDEA TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT CAN OBVIOUSLY HELP BEAUTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HELP EMPOWER THE RESIDENTS TO TAKE THAT ACTION, TO PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER, TO MAKE THAT DIRECT IMPACT TO WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, AND OR, AND OR LIVE, WORK OR OWN PROPERTY WITH THE TARGET DATE AT THE END OF, OF THIS MONTH.

SO BEGINNING IN MARCH WAS, WHICH WAS RIGHT AFTER, WHEN THE PRIORITIES WERE ESTABLISHED, A MULTI DEPARTMENT TEAM THAT CONSISTED OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC WORKS WERE FORMED, UH, REALLY WITH THE, THE IDEA OF BRAINSTORMING IDEAS AND THEN, AND THEN WITH THOSE IDEAS, HOW TO NURTURE THEM INTO THE PROPOSED PROGRAM THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY.

UM, BUT BEFORE I TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THESE ARE GONNA BE THE FIVE COMPONENTS THAT THE PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON, I DO WANNA INTRODUCE THE TEAM, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY WERE THE FOCUS POINT AND, AND THE, THE BRAIN TRUST, IF YOU WILL, THAT CAME UP WITH THESE IDEAS.

AND THE TEAM, THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT AREN'T HERE THIS EVENING.

UM, NOAH, AVI AND MARTIN BILING.

HOWEVER, THERE'S THREE INDIVIDUALS NOW THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WHO ARE IN THE, OF COURSE, IN THE FRONT ROW.

UM, HOPE GOLD, CHRIS ROBERTS AND MIKE VIGLIONE.

SO A BIG WAVE.

SO THIS IS THE TEAM.

I WAS GONNA PUT A TEAM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CLICHE, BUT, SO WE PUT TOGETHER THE TEAM BECAUSE THIS WAS A GOOD GROUP OF EXTERNAL FACING, CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED EMPLOYEES THAT CAN PULL FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

AND NOW WE'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

SO THE FIRST STEP IN ANY OF THIS, ANY PROGRAM IS REALLY, WELL, WHAT DO WE WANNA DO? AND WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE WANNA FOLLOW? SO THE TEAM REALLY TOOK THAT TO HEART AND REALLY LOOKED AT, WELL, LET'S, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANNA MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO USE.

WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT CUMBERSOME, AND WE WANNA MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP FACILITATE, UM, MORE AND MORE INDIVIDUALS USING THIS PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD.

AND THE SECOND PIECE IS, IS IT WANTS, WE WANT TO HAVE IT COST EFFECTIVE, IS THAT THE TEAM CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, LOOK, ANYTHING THAT WE DO, WE CREATE, WE MAINTAIN, AND HOPEFULLY IT BECOMES SUSTAINABLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND MANAGEABLE WITHIN THE CURRENT PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS, IS BEING SCALABLE.

SO WHETHER IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF THREE HOMES OR A A, A BUSINESS OF A HUNDRED PLUS EMPLOYEES THAT WANT TO ADOPT A, A BLOCK, EITHER WAY, THIS PROCESS IS GONNA HELP, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM.

UM, WHETHER REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIZE IT IS.

[00:35:01]

ONE, WE TIE BACK TO THE EASE OF USE SCALABILITY, BUT ALSO AS OTHER BENEFITS LIKE OUR CITY TREE PROGRAM, SOME, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OR THE FREE MULCH THAT'S OFFERED THROUGH EDCO THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH EDCO.

SO APPROACH.

SO WITH THOSE PARAMETERS IN MIND, THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO, OKAY, WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT KEEPING IT SIMPLE.

KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE SOMETHING EASY.

WE CAN DO IT ONLINE, YOU CAN DO IT IN PERSON, DOESN'T MATTER HOW, AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET IT SUBMITTED AND IT'S EASY TO FILL OUT AND THE REQUIREMENTS ARE EASY, EASILY MET.

THE OTHER PIECE IS WE DON'T, THE, THE TEAM DIDN'T WANNA REINVENT SOMETHING JUST TO REINVENT IT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT EXPERIENCE CAME FROM THE TEAM TO LOOK INSIDE TO GO, WELL, WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE CAN MORPH AND ADAPT TO THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAM? AND, AND AGAIN, MANY OF THE, THE STEPS TO THAT PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE KIND OF TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO MAKE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THIS.

AND SO WHEN THE TEAM CAME TOGETHER AND MET, THE, THE BIGGEST PROJECT OR PROGRAM THAT'S IN PLACE NOW IS THE BLOCK PARTY MODEL.

SO IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S IN PLACE WHERE YOUR INDIVIDUALS CAN SUBMIT FOR A BLOCK PARTY APPLICATION.

THEY SUBMIT A SITE DIAGRAM, AND THEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE, THE, THE GROUP THAT, UM, MANAGES THOSE, CAN TAKE THAT SAME INFORMATION AND THEN TO GO THROUGH THE SAME, UM, AND APPLY IT IN THE SAME WAY.

AND THAT'S THE NEXT STEP, I GUESS, TO THAT IS ONCE WE HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE AND IT'S SCALABLE, THEN WE LOOK AT MARKETING, WHAT CAN WE USE NOW AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT? AND SO THERE, THERE'S A FEW WAYS THAT THE GROUP CAME UP WITH THE, THE, THE FIRST WAY IS, UM, A WEBPAGE.

AND SO THAT'S JUST CREATING A NEW WEBPAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT REALLY HAS THE APPLICATION COMPONENTS ALREADY CONTAINED WITHIN IT.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON OUR LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

IF YOU LOOK THERE, WHERE THE CURSOR IS, THAT'S JUST A SCREENSHOT OF, OF WHAT THAT APPLICATION WILL LOOK LIKE.

THE NEXT IS A TRIFOLD PAMPHLET IS SOMETHING THAT'S E SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO USE, EASY TO HAND OUT AND EASY TO DISTRIBUTE TO EXPLAIN MORE OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT.

AND THEN LASTLY, AFTER WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL OR A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS COME FORWARD, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED? AND SO WHAT WE USE OFTEN IN THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION REALM, OUR DOOR HANGERS, SO DOOR HANGERS A GOOD WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT SAME INFORMATION.

AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS WHERE WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO EACH OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN LASTLY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE NOW, SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE WAY WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT.

AND SO WE WOULD CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THE SAME, UM, TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PROMOTE THE PROGRAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WHEN WE PROMOTE IT, THE IDEA IS, WELL, WHO DO WE WANNA, WHO DO WE WANNA PROMOTE IT TO? AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S REALLY TWO KEY PLAYERS IN THIS PROGRAM ARE EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS AND OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS.

UM, SO FROM AN EXTERNAL, UM, CUSTOMER STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT, WELL, WHO ARE WE TRYING TO SERVE? WHO'S OUR AUDIENCE? UM, AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY WIDE OPEN.

ANY RESIDENT OR BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO, UM, BEAUTIFY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR BLOCK.

UM, AND THEN WI WITH THAT KIND OF, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE GOAL? THE GOAL BEHIND THAT IS TWOFOLD.

ONE CITY BEAUTIFICATION TO CLEAN UP THE AREA, BUT THEN THE SECOND GOAL IS TO MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR.

SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT TO HELP, TRY AND ENCOURAGE THAT.

CUZ BACK IN THE DAY THAT USED TO BE THE NORM, USED TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR, USED TO KNOW WHO OWNED THE BUSINESS ON THE CORNER.

SO WHAT THIS, WHAT WHAT THE TEAM IS ENVISIONING WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE CAN KIND OF RESTART THAT PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER WITH ONE COMMON GOAL TO HELP CLEAN UP, UM, HELP CLEAN UP THE AREA.

AND THEN WE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT, UM, ON THE, ON THE SCALABILITY.

SO I WON'T DIVE INTO THAT ANYMORE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE, UH, THE TEAM TRULY FEELS IT CAN WORK FOR A SMALL GROUP OR A LARGE GROUP, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT, WHAT THE SIZE IS BECAUSE THE GOAL AND THE OUTCOME IS, IS THE SAME.

AND FROM THE INTERNAL PARTNER STANDPOINT, UM, PRIMARILY IT'S GONNA BE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL, WHICH ALREADY, UM, WE'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON RECEIVING, UM, AND REVIEWING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

AND WE'LL GO INTO, UH, TALK ABOUT THOSE DETAILS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN PARTNER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SO IF WE GET A BIGGER GROUP, I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR, OUR PARKS AND REC PARTNERS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME IN AND HELP US, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT WITH, UM, TABLES, CHAIRS, CANOPIES, WATERS, WHATEVER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR PERSONNEL THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE ABLE TO HELP THAT PROGRAM SUCCEED.

SO THE NEXT TEAM, THE, THE, THE NEXT STEP, THE TEAM FOCUSED ON REALLY TAKING WHAT IS THIS APPLICATION PROCESS GONNA LOOK LIKE? AND SO STAFF WANTED TO JUST JUMP INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

AND IF WE START AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER IN THE APPLICATION, UM, UH, THE APPLICATION STEP.

SO THIS REALLY JUST FOCUSES ON THE BASICS.

IT'S GONNA BE WHO'S GONNA BE THE, THE ORGANIZER IN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO'S FILLING OUT THE FORM, WHAT'S THE DATE, WHAT'S THE TIME? THERE'S GONNA BE AN ACTUAL MAP OR AN EXHIBIT THAT THEY WOULD DRAW.

[00:40:01]

WHERE THEY ENVISION THEY WANT TO TRY AND BEAUTIFY, THEY WANNA TRY AND CLEAN UP HERE.

THEY WOULD ENVISION A DUMPSTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ED CODE TO BE DELIVERED, UM, THERE.

OR IF THEY WANT TO PLANT TREES WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TREES TO BE PLANTED AND WHERE MULCH COULD POTENTIALLY BE DUMPED.

SO ALL THAT'S GONNA BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT'LL COME TO PUBLIC WORKS.

PUBLIC WORKS WILL REVIEW IT, EITHER APPROVE IT OR IF IT IS DENIED, REALLY JUST EXPLAIN WHY.

AND IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE PIECE TO THIS IN THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS WE ARE ASKING FOR THREE WEEKS AND WE'LL TOUCH THE, THE OTHER STEPS HERE WILL KIND OF EXPLAIN THE BEHIND THE SCENES ACTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT THREE WEEK PERIOD.

UM, BUT WHATEVER IT IS, THAT APPLICATION WILL BE PROVIDED BACK TO THE APPLICANT AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION WILL BE PROVIDED.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY RESUBMIT.

SO FIELD VISITS.

AND SO THAT'S THE SECOND STEP OR THE THIRD STEP IN THIS PROCESS.

IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, THIS IS REALLY DUE TO A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE IS TO CONFIRM THAT THE, THE, THE ITEMS THAT THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL OR THE APPLICANT, UM, ASKED FOR CAN BE ACCOMMODATED, WHETHER IT'S SIZE, LOCATION, UM, UM, THE DUMPSTER LOCATION.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT IS GONNA BE, THE FIELD VISIT IS GONNA ALSO, UM, LOOK FOR ANY SPECIFIC HAZARDS THAT COULD BE IN PLACE IN THAT AREA.

SO IF THERE'S GONNA BE AN, AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS PROGRAM, UH, THE CITY IS A SUPPORTING, UM, UM, AS SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY REALLY NOTICEABLE TRIPPING HAZARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE FROM A CURB GUTTER, SIDEWALK STANDPOINT, SIGNIFICANT POTHOLES THAT ARE IN THE AREA OR ANY LOW HANGING TREES OR, UM, OR, OR BRANCHES RATHER, THAT ARE GONNA HAVE IMPACTS TO INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE AREA.

SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS REALLY JUST TO IDENTIFY THE TREE LOCATION.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF WILL COME INTO PLAY.

CUZ THERE'S GONNA BE CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE JUST BECAUSE THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM JUST WON'T FIT IN A CERTAIN SPOT.

SO THE INDIVIDUAL MAY WANT 'EM THERE, BUT WE'LL JUST GO HAVE TO GO IN AND EXPLAIN WHY OR WHY NOT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN OR MAYBE CONSIDER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TREE.

UM, BUT THEN THE, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS, IS THERE ENOUGH LOCATION FOR THE DUMPSTER TO ACTUALLY BE, TO BE UM, LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGER 40 YARD ROLL-OFF DUMPSTERS, UM, TO BE LOCATED IN THAT AREA.