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[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
TO THE ELCON CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THE MEETING IS CALLED THE ORDER.
I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WOULD YOU ALL STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE? AFTERWARDS? 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.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the February 14, 2023, Meeting and the Agenda of the February 28, 2023, Meeting in accordance to State Law and City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]
THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE FEBRUARY 14TH, 2023 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE 20 OR FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE MEETING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THE 2023 STATE OF THE CITY EVENT.
JOIN US AS WE REFLECT ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR AND SHARE WHAT IS COMING IN THE YEAR AHEAD.
THIS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 28TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM AT THE COURTYARD MARRIOTT, LOCATED AT 1 41 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM CITY HALL.
AND WE ARE STILL WAITING ON ALL THE KIDS FROM MCG REGRET HILLS.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT OFF A LITTLE BIT.
STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO, SIR.
COUNSEL, UM, THAT BRINGS US TO
[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.]
CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS OF 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 RE REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? STAFF? NO, SIR.
ANGELA, WE HAVE YOUR SPEAKER CARDS FOR CONSENT ITEMS. NO CARD, SIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. MOVING, SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOW A PUBLIC COMMENT.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]
AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE EL CAJON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ALREADY BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS 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 SPEAKER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO, SIR.
HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I'M WELL, THANK YOU.
UH, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR GROSSMONT WILL BE HERE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, TODAY, THIS AFTERNOON TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH THREE YEARS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I CAN'T TELL YOU AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS A, UH, UH, FORMER TEACHER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE PRESENT, UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT'S APPRECIATED AS A CITIZEN OF EL CAJON THAT WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT, THE DEPARTMENT HAS YOUR SUPPORT.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH TIMES WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NOT SO, HOW SHOULD I SAY IT? SUPPORTIVE.
BUT, UH, THESE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I JUST HAD TO SET STEP UP AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I'VE WORKED THERE.
I KNOW THEY TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
AND, UM, I, I, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I'M SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET HERE AND TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF EL CAJON, THAT YOU KEEP SAFE BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU RUN OFF, STEVE, WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, MR. EZS IS EL CAJON CITIZEN OF THE YEAR FOR 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY.
UH, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I CAME TOO, SO YOU COULD SAY THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE
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HAD THIS IN MY, IN MY GROSSMONT SHIRT.THE NEXT, UH, SPEAKER IS STASIA WACH.
UM, I JUST WANNA START OUT WITH THANKING YOU TOO FOR YOUR CODE COMPLIANCE HELP.
UH, SHE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
YOUR OFFICER WITH HELP WITH MY HOA PARKING VIOLATIONS, THEY WERE NOT ENFORCING, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT HELP.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHO THAT WAS? UH, NICOLE.
UH, I THINK HER ASSISTANT TOO WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE THE CITY TO LOOK INTO A NEWLY APPOINTED JUDGE, PETER LYNCH.
UM, HE IS AN EXTREMELY CORRUPT AND BIASED JUDGE AND MAKING THE CITY MORE UNSAFE EVERY DAY.
I KNOW HE IS JUST RECENTLY APPOINTED, AND I ACTUALLY HAD EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE JUDGE BEFORE HIM AND COULD PROVE BETWEEN THE TWO CASES, UM, WHAT THE BIAS AND CORRUPTION IS.
UM, YOU COULD GO TO ANY LOCAL GUN SHOP IN EL CAJON AND THEY KNOW HIS NAME ALREADY.
HE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE CRIMINALS AND HE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BY THE CITY.
JUST, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER JUDGES AT ALL.
SO WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO DO THAT HAVE ISSUES? THERE'S NOTHING.
I MEAN, HE'S IN THE POSITION OF POWER, AND THE ONLY THING YOU COULD DO IS FILE A COMPLAINT.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY HOW, HOW, HOW DO, UH, COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUDGES OR HOW ARE THEY HANDLED? WELL, SOMEBODY, EXCUSE ME, SOMEBODY HAS A COMPLAINT AGAINST A JUDGE AND FEELS THAT THEY'VE, UM, VIOLATED CERTAIN LAWS.
THEY SHOULD, UM, REPORT IT TO THE JUDICIAL COUNSEL UP IN, UH, SAN FRANCISCO AND FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM.
AND THEN, UM, THEY WILL INVESTIGATE IT.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE OFFICE HE'S IN IS FOR RESTRAINING ORDERS FOR WOMEN, AND IF I WAS A WOMAN THAT NEEDED A RESTRAINING ORDER, I WOULD TELL THEM TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT CITY.
THAT'S HOW TERRIBLE OF A JUDGE HE IS NOT PROTECTING WOMEN IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON.
HI, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALLEGRIA.
HOW ARE YOU?
SO WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE RICHLY SUPPORTED US IN SO MANY EFFORTS OF WHAT WE DO AT THE PREGNANCY CARE CLINIC.
THE CLINIC PROVIDES, UM, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES, OFFERING THEM OPTIONS OF PLACING FOR ADOPTION, UM, HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND PARENTING.
WE OFFER PARENTING CLASSES AND SUPPORT CLASSES, AND WE ALSO DO TALK ABOUT ABORTION, HOW WE DON'T REFER TO ABORTION, AND WE GIVE THEM SOLUTIONS OF, UM, HEALING FROM ABORTIONS IF THEY HAVE HAD ONE.
SO TODAY I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT WE ARE HAVING OUR ACTUAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY, UM, WALK FOR LIFE.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN OPERATING IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON FOR 30 YEARS.
UH, SO OUR WALK FOR LIFE IS GOING TO BE AN ACTUAL SPECTACULAR CELEBRATION HOSTED AT THE PROMENADE PARK.
AND, UH, THERE WILL BE FACE PAINTING AND, UH, MUSIC AND FREE HOTDOGS.
UM, COUNCILMAN ORTIZ HAS AGREED TO PRESENT FOR OUR, UH, RECOGNITION FOR OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE SEASON.
AND ALSO, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN MITCHELLS ALSO HAVE PROVIDED, UM, RECOGNITION AWARDS FROM THE SEA, AND ALSO COUNCILMAN GOBEL HAS MCED ONE OF OUR EVENTS AS WELL.
SO I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR CLINIC.
UM, I BROUGHT SOME INFORMATION FOR THE WALK, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF EL CAJON FOR THEIR AMAZING SERVICE AND PROVIDING US THE SPACE AND WORKING WITH US AS WELL.
THANKS FOR, LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING.
ARE COLIN, ARE WE, UH, READY YET ON THEIR WAY? SO WE'RE GOING KEEP GOING THOUGH, MR. MAYOR.
THE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT, NINE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY.
WHAT I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND IS, UH, WE SKIP IN THE AGENDA TO AGENDA NUMBER 10, UM, AND JUST GO, SORRY, GOING THROUGH 10, 11, AND 12 UNTIL EVERYONE'S HERE.
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THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, 10? CORRECT.[10. Extension of Management Agreement with Live Nation RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Management Agreement between the City of El Cajon and Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.]
ITEM 10 IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH LIVE NATION, AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THAT, PLEASE.HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS GIMME ONE SEC WHILE I SET UP.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT A PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT, UM, TO THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH LIVE NATION, UM, WHICH WOULD EXTEND THE AGREEMENT BY TWO YEARS.
UM, ALL THE OTHER CONDITIONS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
LET'S SEE, SO CANADA, SOME BACKGROUND, UM, AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, THE CONTRACT WITH LIVE NATION WOULD EXPIRE IN AUGUST OF 2024.
THE AGREEMENT WAS INITIALLY SIGNED IN 2018, UM, AND TOOK EFFECT, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, 2019 WHEN WE OPENED.
SO THE FIVE YEAR CLOCK STARTED THEN, UM, SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT, IN MARCH OF 2020, UH, STATE AND COUNTY REGULATIONS, UM, RELATED TO COVID EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN A THEATER.
UM, AND LIVE NATION HAD TO CLOSE OR CANCEL ALL THE SHOWS AND RESCHEDULE AND POSTPONE STUFF.
UM, IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER OF 2021 THAT THE STATE'S SAFE, UH, REOPENING GUIDELINES ALLOWED US TO REOPEN THE THEATER.
AND AT THAT POINT, WE HAD BEEN CLOSED, UH, FOR 19 MONTHS CONSECUTIVELY, EVEN AFTER WE REOPENED.
UM, THE REOPENING WAS PRETTY SLOW.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY DIDN'T GET TRACTION AND BACK TO THE CAPACITY THAT THE THEATER, UM, WAS INTENDED TO OPERATE AT UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT.
SO THIS PAST SEPTEMBER OF 2022, UM, I PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH A FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT.
I WANTED TO INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE SLIDES.
UM, NOW, AND I'VE HAD THE CHANCE, UH, TO UPDATE SOME OF THESE SLIDES SO THAT YOU KIND OF GET A PICTURE AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT FINANCIALLY WITH THE THEATER.
UM, THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF, UH, TARGET EVENTS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE CONTRACT.
UM, SO THE CONTRACT WITH LIVE NATION HAS A, HAS AN EXHIBIT IN IT, UH, WHICH INDICATES HOW MANY EVENTS ARE GONNA PERFORM EACH YEAR, AND IT KIND OF PROGRESSIVELY STEPS UP.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MARCH, UH, WE CLOSE DOWN.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR IS ALMOST COMPLETELY CLOSED OR, OR PARTIALLY REOPENED, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
UM, IT'S NOT REALLY UNTIL OUR THIRD YEAR AND FOURTH YEAR THAT WE GET KIND OF MORE OF AN OPERATING PICTURE FOR THE FACILITY.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ESTIMATED IN 2022 AND 2023 TO, UM, HAVE 72 EVENTS, OR I SHOULD SAY WE'RE ON, ON TRACK TO REACH 72 EVENTS.
THIS SLIDE IS THE MAGNOLIA ADJUSTED OPERATING INCOME, UM, THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2022.
THAT'S THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT I HAVE.
UM, IT SHOWS YOU THE REVENUE FROM THE SHOWS MINUS THE SHOW EXPENSES AND FIXED EXPENSES.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, SINCE 2021, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TRENDING IN THE RIGHT TRACK.
IN FACT, FOR 22, 23, THAT'S FOR THE SIX FULL MONTHS THAT I HAVE.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING, UM, IN THE POSITIVE BY ABOUT $250,000.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS BEFORE CITY EXPENSES.
THIS IS JUST THE MAGNOLIA'S OPERATING PICTURE, IF YOU WILL.
THIS SLIDE, UM, IS KIND OF A MORE STATIC SLIDE.
IT AT THE MOMENT, IT REPRESENTS, UM, OUR UTILITY EXPENSES, UH, OTHER EXPENSES THAT THE CITY HAS IN REGARDS TO MAINTAINING THE FACILITY, SUCH AS REPAIRING THE FACILITY AND INSURANCE FOR THE FACILITY.
AND SO WHEN YOU ADD THE MAGNOLIA'S OPERATING PICTURE OR A O I AND THE CITY'S EXPENSES, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING.
SO THROUGH DECEMBER, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT $38,000 SUBSIDY
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FOR THE FACILITY.UM, AND FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AS STRONG.
THE, UM, FOURTH QUARTER IS REALLY THE STRONGEST YEAR AT THE FACILITY.
UM, BUT WE STILL DO ANTICIPATE IT'S GONNA BE, UM, PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE AT.
IT'S, I THINK WE PROJECT, THE AOI RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT TWO 50, AND WE PROJECT BY YEAR'S END, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT ONE 50.
UM, BUT STILL IN A GOOD POSITION.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR ATTENDANCE BY QUARTER OR SUMMARIZES OUR ATTENDANCE BY QUARTER.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022, UH, WE HAD A, OUR STRONGEST QUARTER AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE GOES AT THE FACILITY.
UM, I THINK WE HAD EDDIE VETTER AND MAYBE MORRIS WAS THAT PART OF Q4.
JUST EDDIE VETTER ALONE, HE'S A BIG ENOUGH DRAW.
UM, ANYWAYS, SO THIS KIND OF CAPTURES, UH, OUR ATTENDANCE TRENDS FOR THE FACILITY.
AND I WOULD JUST KIND OF NOTE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SUBSIDIZING RIGHT NOW, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT.
PRIOR TO CLOSING IN 2009, WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THE FACILITY BY, WITH ABOUT $600,000 ANNUALLY.
SO WE'RE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND IF WE SECURE THE AGREEMENT, NOW WE'RE DOING SO AT A GOOD TIME, IS THE COST OF EVERYTHING, AS YOU KNOW, IS GOING UP.
UM, THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO LOCK IN OUR RATES, UM, BEYOND 2024 TO 2026.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS.
I HAVE, UH, PARIS LANDON WITH THE, WITH LIVE NATION HERE TO HELP ME ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, STEVE.
THE 72 EVENTS, UH, DO THOSE INCLUDE CIVIC EVENTS LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICT RENTALS AND OTHER KIND OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL? ARE THOSE PURELY LIVE NATION ARTISTS? NO, THAT INCLUDES ALL OUR EVENTS.
UM, IF IT'S ACTIVATED WITH, UH, SHOW DAY, SO LIKE THE SCHOOL RINS US FOR MULTIPLE REHEARSAL DAYS, BUT THE DATES COUNTED AS THE EVENT ARE JUST THE ONES WHERE WE'RE DOING PERFORMANCES.
UH, I THINK THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS GREAT.
THAT MAKES US A VERY, UH, INFORMED DECISION.
UH, I'M TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE JUST EXTENDING THE EXISTING CONTRACT, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT TAKES THAT 19 MONTHS PLUS A COUPLE MONTHS, UM, AND TAKES THAT TIME WHERE CLOSE AND PUTS IT AT THE END OF THE AGREEMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE A FULLY FUNCTIONING FIVE YEAR MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.
WELL, COUNCIL, WE GOT A DECISION TO MAKE.
UM, PERSONALLY I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER THAN WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH LIVE NATION.
UM, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND TO SEE HOW, UM, HOW, HOW IT'S BEEN DIFFERENT IN THE PAST, AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A REAL POSITIVE THING FOR US.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THEY'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT OR SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? WELL, I THINK THIS, UH, LIVE NATION, UH, HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS AND THAT BUILDING, SO LET'S, LET'S DO MORE OF THE SAME MOTION.
OH, UH, YOU KNOW, 94,000 PEOPLE INTO THE CITY, AND THOSE ARE NOT A LOT OF DUPLICATES BECAUSE THE SHOWS WERE DIFFERENT AND THE AUDIENCE IS DIFFERENT.
THE FACT THAT WE GET 94,000 CALL IT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS INTO THE CITY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S STILL AN UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
BUT I THINK, UH, CERTAINLY THE PARTNERSHIP AND, AND THE, UH, OPERATIONS JUST REALLY OUR FIRST CLASS, UH, FOR OUR CITY.
WE'RE SO, SO GLAD TO HAVE LIVE NATION.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ITEM 11 IS TO REJECT BIDS FOR THE DESIGN.
MR. MAYOR, I THINK, IS EVERYBODY HERE? I, WE'RE READY TO GO NOW.
I'D RECOMMEND WE MOVE BACK TO PRESENTATION.
I MISUNDERSTOOD THE HAND SIGNALS, RIGHT? I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK YOU
I I'M USED TO THE GROSSMONT SIGNS.
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ALL RIGHT.NOW I GOTTA FIND YOU WAY BACK HERE.
[ PRESENTATIONS: Proclamation: Granite Hills High School Championship Recognition]
ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE GRANITE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP.
HEY, WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED IF, UH, THE PRINCIPAL, CHRISTINA WILD WILL COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND OUR CITY MANAGER WILL TELL US ABOUT THIS.
AND, UH, COUNCIL, WHY DON'T WE GO DOWN, BECAUSE WE GOT TO MEET THE YOUNG MAN WHO DID THIS, AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS FOR THEM.
YOU WANNA COME ON IT? THANK YOU, MR. MARINN.
CHRISTINA WILD PRINCE OF HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
THE GRANITE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ARE OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES, AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE PLAYERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY, ARE ALL JUST STARTED TEXTING US AT THEIR OTHER SPORTS OBLIGATIONS AND COULD NOT MAKE IT.
HURRY UP AND TEXT SCENE THERE.
UM, AND SO IF I DO HAVE SOME WORDS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, IF THAT'S OKAY.
IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE GOAL OF ATHLETICS IS TO WIN THE COMPETITION.
THE PURPOSE OF ATHLETICS IS TO DEVELOP SPORTSMANSHIP AND CHARACTER.
GRANITE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL HAS A RICH 60 YEAR TRADITION OF ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE.
AND THIS YEAR'S FOOTBALL TEAM ADD ANOTHER CHAPTER TO THAT STORIED LEGACY BY WINNING OUR FIRST FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THE GRANITE HILLS COMMUNITY IS SO PROUD OF HIS TEAM IS A CHARACTER THEY SHOWED ALONG THE WAY.
CAPTAIN BY EASTON PETERSON, THE C I S SAN DIEGO SECTION MALE STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FOR THE GROSSMONT CONFERENCE, THIS TEAM SHOWED THE RESILIENCE OF A CHAMPION AND ONE WITH CHARACTER, INCLUDING A THRILL LEAN OVERTIME VICTORY FOR THE STATE TITLE.
TODAY I AM JOINED BY GROSSMONT UN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD, UH, MEMBER DR.
GARY WOODS, SUPERINTENDENT MARY BETH CASTON, AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATOR SERVICES, MIKE FOWLER.
AND ON BEHALF OF GROSSMONT UN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WANNA THANK OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR JOINING US AT THE DECEMBER PARADE.
THAT WAS HELL IN THIS TEAM'S HONOR.
IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT, AND FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SHOWCASE BOTH THIS TEAM'S A ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THEIR CHARACTER, THE HISTORIC ACHIEVE AS A RESULT OF THE LEADERSHIP OF HEAD COACH KELL COBBS, WHO'S HERE TODAY AND IS OUTSTANDING ASSISTANT COACHES.
WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS'S IS MY HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE 2022 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS, THE GRANITE HILLS EAGLES.
YOU WANNA SAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL, REAL QUICK.
UM, YOU KNOW THAT THE, THE PARADE, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS MADE IT OUT TO THAT, THAT EVENT WAS ABSOLUTE AMAZING.
I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU GUYS THAT WERE THERE, I, I TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW THE KIDS WERE ECSTATIC TO HAVE YOU GUYS OUT THERE, THEY FELT ON TOP OF THE WORLD THAT DAY.
SO I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALL BEING OUT THERE AND, UH, SUPPORTING US.
ALRIGHT, COACH, WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER ALL THE STAFF COME UP, COME UP HERE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, GARY WOODS, IS HERE.
WHO THESE FOLKS ARE? THAT'S MR. MIKE FOWLER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
I'M MARY BETH CASTON, THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WELL, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU, AND I'M GONNA SKIP ALL THE WAREHOUSES, BUT, UH, GO DOWN TO THE END, SAYS, NOW, THEREFORE, BILL WELLS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EL CAJON, TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 16TH OF DECEMBER, 2022 TO BE GRANITE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
EAGLES DAY IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON CONGRATULATE THE, THE EAGLES ON AN OUTSTANDING YEAR.
WE FURTHER ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN AND APPLAUDING THE TEAM, THE COACH, AND THE SCHOOL ON THIS MONUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
COACH, COACH, YOU GOTTA GET USED TO STANDING FOR THE CAMERAS COACH BY WAY, COACH BY THE WAY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, COULD YOU TELL US REAL QUICKLY HOW, HOW, HOW DID YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN? THIS IS A MASSIVE THING.
UM, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF WORK FROM THE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, I, I JOKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WENT AND WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT HONESTLY, ONE OF OUR TOUGHEST GAME WAS, WAS WITH, YOU KNOW, HELIX RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT FOOTBALL HERE IN EAST COUNTY.
I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, LOT OF PEOPLE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE WISE TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
US, YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT ALLOWS US TO, TO BUILD GREAT CHAMPIONS AND JUST GREAT YOUNG MEN.
WELL, WE'RE ALL SUPER PROUD OF YOU.
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GOT, UH, CERTIFICATES FOR THE YOUNG MEN, AND IF, IF YOU COULD PASS THEM TO US, ASK TO THEM THAT WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE A YEAR FROM NOW FOR TO DO THIS AGAIN,
I KNOW WHAT I, I KNOW IT'S
YOU GUYS ARE, THAT WAS AWESOME.
IS THAT SOMETHING? I MEAN, ANY CHAMP, ANY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP'S A BIG DEAL, BUT CALIFORNIA, WE WERE SO BIG.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO DALLAS, I LIVED THIS LITTLE TOWN CALLED ALLEN, TEXAS, AND I WENT TO GO GET SOME FOOD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED.
EVERY, EVERY TOWN, EVERY RESTAURANT IN TOWN WAS CLOSED.
LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY ALL, THEY'RE ALL AT THE, ALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME.
IT'S, IT'S THE BIGGEST THING IN THAT HAPPENS IN TEXAS, BUT THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO 11, RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, I'D RECOMMEND WE GO BACK TO, OH, YEAH.
OH, I THOUGHT WE GOT TO SKIP THAT NOW.
[8. FY 2023-24 CDBG and HOME Allocations for the One Year Annual Action Plan RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the public hearing and accepts public testimony for the FY 2023-24 CDBG and HOME Allocations for the One Year Annual Action Plan (Action Plan); Closes the public hearing; and Accepts staff recommendations for projects and programs that will be funded from the FY 2023-24 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Act (HOME) grant programs.]
THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO CONSIDER.
ITEM EIGHT, IT'S THE FISCAL YEAR, 2324 CDBG AND HOME ALLOCATIONS AND STAFF.
WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT, PLEASE? OKAY.
JUST GONNA SET UP HERE FOR A SECOND.
I'M JOSE DORADO, HOUSING MANAGER IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE REPRESENTING TWO ITEMS FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
I WILL INTRODUCE YANI PENO, BRITO HOUSING SPECIALISTS, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THE FIRST OF TWO PRESENTATIONS FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND ITEM NUMBER NINE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING, UM, IS TO SEEK PUBLIC INPUT AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION ON THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THE CITY WILL UNDERTAKE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2324.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS THE CITY'S PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF EL CAJON LOW INCOME, UH, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND THIS IS USING CDBG AND HOME FUNDS.
THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS REQUIRED FOR EACH YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
THE ACTION PLAN IDENTIFIES PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES TO MEET THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
FISCAL YEAR 2324, WHICH IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS THE FIFTH AND LAST YEAR OF OUR CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THIS PROCESS, A NOTICE OF FUNDING, AVAILABILITY, AND APPLICATION, UH, FOR C D B G AND HOME PROJECTS WAS PUBLISHED, UH, FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD THAT WAS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 21ST AND DECEMBER 21ST, 2022.
THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE RECEIVED 12 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS, UH, 11 FOR C D B G, AND ONE FOR HOME.
HERE'S A HISTORICAL FUNDING FOR BOTH CDPG AND HOME PROJECTS.
UM, AND THESE ARE ALLOCATIONS RECEIVED YEARLY, UM, THROUGH HUD.
THE ESTIMATED FISCAL YEAR 2324 ALLOCATION WAS EXPECTED TO BE, UM, 1,000,219, UM, THOUSAND 861.
AND FOR HOME IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE 665,010.
UM, HOWEVER, HUD DID ANNOUNCE THE ACTUAL ALLOCATIONS FOR BOTH C BG AND HOME, UH, LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
SO WE DID NOT, UM, HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY UPDATE THIS.
SO WE WILL BE BASING IT OFF THIS ESTIMATED ALLOCATION FOR 2324 SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT A 0.75% FOR CD B G AND 3.61%
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FOR HOME.SO THE ACTUAL ALLOCATIONS WILL BE REFLECTED ON OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IN APRIL.
UH, SO FOR CDPG, IN ADDITION TO THE ESTIMATED ALLOCATION, UH, OF THE 1.2, UH, STEPH HAS IDENTIFIED, UM, 170,000 $106 IN PER YEAR CDBG FUNDS THAT WILL ALSO BE RECOMMENDED FOR ALLOCATION TODAY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CDBG FUNDING, UM, ARE LISTED HERE AND IN ATTACHMENT ONE AND NO, JUST ONE FOR CDBG SUMMARY ALLOCATIONS.
SO, UH, FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UM, ADMINISTRATION OF THE CD, BG, AND HOME PROGRAMS AND THE AMOUNT OF $203,972 STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR HOUSING SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF 40,000 AND C D B G FUNDS.
AND THAT IS FOR CSA SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
UNDER PUBLIC SERVICES, OR SORRY, UNDER PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL AND OTHER CATEGORY STAFF RECOMMENDS FUNDING A PILOT PROGRAM, THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM, AND THE AMOUNT OF 60,000.
SO I DO HAVE A SLIDE, UM, WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS AFTER THIS.
STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING FUNDING THE CONTINUATION OF 88, UH, CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2324 AND THE AMOUNT OF 864,866, AND THAT INCLUDES THE PRIOR YEAR.
STEPH ALSO RECOMMENDS FUNDING THE HOME OF GUIDING HANDS PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF 38,000 $150.
THE STAFF REPORT, UH, DID MENTION THIS WAS CONTINGENT TO HUD DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.
WE DID RECEIVE, UM, HUD CONFIRMATION THAT THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER HUD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE CATEGORY.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A 15% MAXIMUM.
UH, SO THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS $37,086 FOR CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM EC TLC 10,000, UH, FOR SENIOR CARE COORDINATION PROGRAM, ELDER HELP 10,000 800 993 FOR ROTATIONAL SHELTER PROGRAM, INTERFAITH, AND 25,000 FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.
EL CAJON, UM, MEALS ON WHEELS,
SO JUST TO PROVIDE A FEW DETAILS ON THE PILOT PROGRAM EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, THIS WILL BE A FORGIVABLE LOAN UP TO $10,000 FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND ELIGIBLE MOBILE HOMES.
UM, IT IS CONVERTED INTO A GRANT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS FORGIVEN AT A ONE FIFTH RATIO, UM, EVERY YEAR.
UM, ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS, UM, CAN EARN OR WILL HAVE TO EARN LESS THAN 50% AMI FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR.
THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM $65,050.
UM, ANNUALLY PRIORITY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY.
SOME ELIGIBLE, ELIGIBLE REPAIRS NOT LIMITED TO WOULD INCLUDE ELECTRICAL WATER HEATERS, ROOF HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND, UM, ITEMS AFFECTING STABILITY.
MOVING ON TO THE RECOMMENDED HOME ALLOCATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, THE ESTIMATED HOME ALLOCATION FOR TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY $5,010.
STEPH HAS ALSO IDENTIFIED, UM, PRIOR YEAR HOME FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,365,757.
THAT WILL ALSO BE RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, FUNDING FOR HOME ADMINISTRATION.
UM, SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING 66,501 FOR THE CHILDREN RESERVE ALLOCATION, WHICH IS A REQUIRED MINIMUM OF 15% OF THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION, THAT WILL BE 99,752.
UM, THE LEFTOVER WOULD BE HOUSING PROGRAM POOL OF FUNDS, AND THAT WOULD BE IN THE AMOUNT OF F 498,757.
STEPH IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THE PRIOR YEAR FUNDING OF 2,365,757 FOR THE FOR SALE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECT.
UH, THAT PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH SAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
SO WITH EVERYTHING, THE TOTAL HOME ALLOCATION WILL BE 3,030,767.
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THE SAN DIEGO, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, THEY DID PROVIDE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE FOR SALE OF AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT SLASH HOMEOWNERSHIP.SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
UH, THAT WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT OF 24 SALE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THIS WOULD BE FOR, FOR HOME BUYERS EARNING LESS THAN 80% AMI, UH, FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR THAT WOULD BE MAXIMUM 104,000 A HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
ONCE THIS FUNDING IS APPROVED, UH, THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE FOR SAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO IDENTIFY, UH, POTENTIAL SITES.
THEY HAVE DONE PAST PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY OF, OF EL CAJON, UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE VALENTINE FOUNDATION LANE AND BIRCHWOOD PROJECTS.
THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE TO PREPARE THE FISCAL YEAR 23 24 1 YEAR ACTION PLAN.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL ALLOCATIONS AND ADOPTION OF ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THIS IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 25TH AT 7:00 PM THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT WOULD BE TO SUBMIT FOR HUD APPROVAL BY MAY 17TH, 2023.
AND FUNDS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE, UH, BEGINNING JULY 1ST.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND STUFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DONE.
THE, UM, ADA IMPROVEMENTS OF $865,000.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA? IS THERE A A AN ENDING POINT ON THAT OR IS IT, HOW, HOW CLOSE ARE WE HALFWAY DONE? YES.
ARE WE ALMOST DONE? UH, WE DO HAVE A CURRENT PROJECT THAT, UM, IF I, IN THINKING OF THE LATEST REPORT THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US, UM, FOR LAST MONTH, UM, I BELIEVE THE END OF COMPLETION FOR THAT ONE WOULD BE AROUND MAY OF 23, 20 23.
SO ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE EXPENDED AND THIS FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM JULY 1ST.
AND I THINK THAT DOES ANOTHER 70, UH, SITES OR SOMETHING.
HOW MANY MORE SITES ARE THERE BEYOND THE 70 INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL? UM, IN THIS PROPOSAL, UH, THEY DID INCLUDE ABOUT 70 SOMETHING SITES AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE CAN CONFIRM THAT NUMBER AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR CITY COUNCIL.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANOTHER 200 BEYOND THIS? I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WE'RE IN YEAR THREE OF X.
WHAT'S X I'M SORRY, ONE MORE TIME.
UH, I'LL LOOK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, OH, I DON'T, WE, WE'LL HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LONG-TERM PLAN IS OR WHAT THE OVERALL NEEDS ARE, BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT INFORMATION.
I, I'M GUESSING, I'M THINKING THE PUBLIC WOULD SAY WE SPEND $900,000 A YEAR, UH, HOW MANY MORE YEARS WILL WE BE SPENDING $900,000 A YEAR? AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
OH, OH, THE, FOR THE OVERALL, NO, I'M SORRY.
LEMME TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
900,000 IS SET ASIDE FOR CONCRETE CUTOUTS FOR A D A IMPROVEMENTS.
ARE WE ALMOST DONE WITH THE CONCRETE CUTOUTS IN THE CITY OR ARE WE JUST STARTING NO, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST STARTING.
AND, AND IF THAT, AND THIS IS, IF THAT WEREN'T, IF THOSE WERE ALL DONE, THEN THERE WOULD BE OTHER TYPES OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE UTILIZED, LIKE STREET LIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR THOSE, BUT THIS, THIS TIES, THIS IS A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT SPECIFIC NEED.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING IS AT WHAT POINT CAN WE CALL THE, THE CONCRETE CUTOUTS FOR THE CURBS DONE AND WE MOVE ON TO STREET LIGHTS.
SOUNDS LIKE WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO ON CONCRETE CURB CUTOUTS.
I CAN, UM, ASK, ALSO ANSWER THAT.
SO WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AND WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN, ADA CURB RENTS WAS A PRIORITY.
SO THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
SO, AH, IN A FEW MONTHS WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND FINDING OUT WHAT NEEDS THEY NEED TO FUND WITH OUR, WITH OUR LOW INCOME DOLLARS.
SO, SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S THE NEED, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE PERIODIC OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY, OKAY, MAYBE THERE'S A DIFFERENT NEED OR THERE'S STILL A NEED, BUT MAYBE THE PRIORITY SHOULD BE THIS BASED ON INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, TRY TO BALANCE OUT, OKAY, WE'VE DONE FIVE YEARS OF, OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS AUDIENCE, AND NOW THERE'S MAYBE WE'LL WANNA SWITCH FOR A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE TO KIND OF BALANCE CORRECT.
UM, MY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INCREASE.
UM, WE HAD, YOU HAD AN ESTIMATE PITCHER, I THINK 1.2 FOR, UH, CDBG
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AND HOME.HOW WILL THOSE FUNDS BE APPLIED? ARE THEY GONNA GO WHEN WE GET THE RIGHT NUMBER? ARE THEY GONNA BE APPLIED BASED OFF OF A PERCENTAGE OF AWARDS OR, OR WHAT'S, WHAT WOULD BE, HOW WOULD THE STAFF TACKLE THAT? SO FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION, THERE'S A 20% MAXIMUM FOR THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION.
SO WITH THAT INCREASE, UM, SOME OF IT WOULD GO TO PLANNING AND ADMIN, AND THEN THE REMAINDER WOULD BE GOING TO THE OTHER PORTION, WHICH WOULD THEN BE, UM, UM, UNDER PUBLIC FACILITY SLASH CAPITAL SLASH OTHER BECAUSE THERE IS NO MAXIMUM FOR THAT.
SO, SO, AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WHATEVER INCREASE THAT WE HAVE, WELL, IT'S GONNA GO TO ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEN THE, THE REMAINDER YOU'RE SAYING IT SHOULD GO TO THE ADA, CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER WE, WHATEVER SURPLUS WE GET AN INCREASE THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE ABOUT LIKE A THOUSAND AND SOMETHING DOLLARS.
THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN A QUESTION, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE WORKED OUT THE DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA TO HELP OUT, UH, LOWER INCOME MAYBE SENIORS, UM, IS WITH REGARD TO WHAT'S ELIGIBLE, IS IT ACT OF GOD, UH, WEATHER OR, UM, I'M, I'M KIND OF THINKING WHAT ARE THE TERMS THAT WE'D BE APPROVING THESE, UH, REPAIRS FOR? I MEAN, IF SOMEONE JUST TAKES A CHAINSAW TO THEIR ROOF BECAUSE THEIR ROOF IS 30 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, IS IT, WHAT, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND IF, IF IT'S BEEN WORKED OUT? IF IT HASN'T, THEN IT COULD JUST BE POSTPONED TO EXPLANATION.
THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE STILL, UM, UNDER, IN, IN, IN THE WORKS.
UM, HOWEVER, SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE REPAIRS, UM, ARE THOSE LISTED HERE.
UM, SO WHERE IT SAYS AFFECTING HABITABILITY, THAT WOULD BE TO THE DETERMINATION OF, UM, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM, IN TERMS OF GOING OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS, UM, GOOD TO LIVE IN, UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM, AN EXAMPLE, UH, A PERSON WITH DISABILITY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY NEED A RAMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AGAIN, THE DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.
UM, THE PROGRAM WON'T BE OPEN, UM, UNTIL FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE IN JUNE.
UM, BUT THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
UM, IT IS UP TO 10,000, SO IT'S ONLY FULL REPAIRS IF IT WERE TO BE FURTHER THAN THAT.
WE DO HAVE OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM THAT, UM, THESE HOMEOWNERS CAN USE AS WELL.
YEAH, MY, I GUESS SABOTAGE WOULD BE MY CONCERN OR FRAUD, YOU KNOW, AND I'M, I'M SURE TO, I'M TONY'S NODDING HIS HEAD.
UM, AND THEN DO WE HAVE A SITE IDENTIFIED FOR THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROJECTS? NO, NOT YET.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IF, UM, FUNDING IS APPROVED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS, STEVE.
AND WE DON'T, SOME WANT SOMEBODY TAKING A CHAINSAW TO A SITE TO MAKE IT ELIGIBLE FOR, RIGHT? YES.
HEY, ON THE $500,000 FOR THE HOME, UH, HOUSING PROGRAM, POOL OF FUNDS THAT CAN BE USED FOR AMERICAN DREAM, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, SINGLE FAMILY REHAB, MOBILE HOME REHAB, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR POOL TO, TO GET ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT EXCLUDING THOSE? CORRECT.
IT'S JUST A POOL TO USE FOR ANY OF THOSE.
I HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN COMMENT.
SO GOING BACK TO THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM, HOW MANY PEOPLE TYPICALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FIRST TIME HOME BRIAR PROGRAM EVERY YEAR? UM, LET'S SEE.
I KNOW, UM, THERE WAS A SLOWDOWN DUE TO COVID, UM, AND ALL THE MARKET.
UM, HOWEVER, IN, I BELIEVE IT'S 2019, WE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 13 FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.
UM, THE PROGRAM HAS NOW BEEN, UM, REVAMPED AND CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS IN PLACE.
UM, AN ADMINISTRATION NOW IS THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION, SO THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF MARKETING FOR THIS PROGRAM AS OF NOW.
AND, AND MY COMMENT IS ON THAT, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING AND YOU NEED TO BUY A HOUSE AND IT, YOU CAN GET A HOUSE, YOUR HOUSE PAYMENTS ARE LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE MAYBE PAYING FOR RENT.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE WITH THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM HERE IN EL CAJON.
AND, UM, IT'S CONFUSING AT FIRST, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN OUR HOUSE NOW GOING ON 23 YEARS AND ALL BECAUSE THE CITY WAS ABLE TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM.
SO I ENCOURAGE ANY OF THE PUBLIC THAT
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IS LISTENING NOW, IF YOU ARE PAYING RENT AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE WORKED IT OUT AND YOU GET PRE-APPROVED AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN AFFORD 18, $2,000 A MONTH, LOOK INTO BUYING A HOME OR A CONDO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT DOES, UM, IT, IT CERTAINLY DOES HELP OUT AND YOU GET, THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO BEING A HOMEOWNER, BUT DEFINITELY HOME OWNERSHIP IS, IS REALLY, UM, A GOOD THING, UM, TO, UH, YOUR FAMILY AND NOT MAKING A LANDLORD RICHER.AND I KNOW THAT THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROGRAM, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND, UM, I HAVE WORKED ON, UH, A PROJECT FOR THAT BEFORE HELPED BUILD HOUSES AND IT'S DEFINITELY A WORTHWHILE PROGRAM AND I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THAT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANKS FOR COMING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? NO COMMENTS, SIR.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, RIGHT CANCEL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOP, UH, C D B G AND HOME GRANT PROGRAMS. SECOND, IT'S MOVED.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ITEM 11 IS TO REJECT BIDS FOR THE DESIGN BUILD OF THE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARD.
I'LL ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WE STILL HAVE ITEM NINE.
SORRY, WE STILL HAVE ITEM NINE THAT WE HAD MOVED OVER OR MOVED PAST PREVIOUSLY.
I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY, WITH MY SCRIPT HERE.
[9. HOME-ARP Allocation Plan and Amendment to the FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21 One Year Action Plans RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: 1. Opens the public hearing and takes the following actions: a. Accepts testimony for the proposed amendment to the FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21 One Year Action Plans to allocate unspent funds to Home Start for homeless outreach and services; and b. Accepts testimony for the proposed Home Investment Partnerships Act Allocation Plan as part of the third amendment to FY 2021-22 One Year Action Plan; 2. Closes the public hearing; and 3. Adopts the next Resolution, in order, amending the FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21 One Year Action Plans to allocate $185,000 in available CDBG funds to Home Start, Inc. to carry out a COVID-19 related public service program of homeless outreach and services.]
ITEM NINE IS THE HOME, A R P ALLOCATION PLAN AND AMENDMENT.AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE REPRESENTING, UM, AN ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL AS A, UH, SEPARATE AMENDMENT TO RECEIVE ONE-TIME HOME ART FUNDS.
SO FIRST I'M GONNA GO INTO THE, UM, 2019 AND 2020 AMENDMENT.
WE'RE PROVIDING $185,000 TO HOME START TO DO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
SORRY, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULT DIFFICULTIES.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2122 ACTION PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE USE OF HOME ART FUNDS.
THESE ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THE GOAL OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED WITH THESE DOLLARS, AS WELL AS ACCEPT PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS FUNDING WE RECEIVED, UM, THE CONGRESS ALLOCATED $5 BILLION, UM, TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND INCREASE HOUSING STABILITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, THE CITY OF CA ALCOHOL IS FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILLION, UM, USING THE HUD PRESCRIBED NOTICES AND PLANNING REQUIREMENTS WHERE WE STARTED A CONSULTATION PROCESS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND TODAY WE'RE, UM, GONNA GO OVER THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
SO WHO CAN WE SERVE WITH THESE DOLLARS? SO HUD HAS IDENTIFIED THAT QUALIFYING POPULATIONS IDENTIFIED ON THE SLIDE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING WITH THESE FUNDS.
IT GOES FROM UNSHELTERED TO SHELTER PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT RISK OF, UM, LOSING THEIR HOMES, FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR FAMILY NEEDING SERVICES TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS VETERANS.
SO, ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AS SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE, IS PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, HOUSING, COUNSELING, AND NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS.
SO, THROUGH THE HOME A R P PROCESS, WE STARTED CONSULTATIONS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS, RECEIVED PUBLIC INPUT, AND WE ALSO CONSULTED WITH THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.
WE PERFORMED DATA ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND GAP
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PRIORITIES.AND THEN PART OF THAT PROCESS IS TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AS PART OF THE, UM, DATA COLLECTION, WE REACHED OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS THAT SERVE ONE OR MORE OF THE, OF THE QUALIFYING POPULATIONS.
AND WE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK ON WHAT DID THEY, WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEIR PRIORITY SHOULD BE FOR THESE FUNDS.
UM, WE ALSO DID A COMMUNITY NEEDS SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT TO VARIOUS GROUPS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, AND WE USED, UM, TWITTER AND FACEBOOK TO POST POSTAL SURVEYS.
UM, TODAY WE'RE AT THE STEP OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THAT'S ONE PART OF THIS PUBLIC INPUT.
WE HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IN MARCH FOR, UM, FINAL ADOPTION.
AND OUR CURRENT, UM, DRAFT ACTION PLAN IS ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THAT COMMENT PERIOD IS FROM FEBRUARY 16TH THROUGH MARCH THE THIRD.
AND WE ALSO USE DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR 2022.
AND THEN ON THE THESE ASSESSMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS, WE USE THE POINT IN TIME COUNT NUMBERS, UM, TO PRODUCE, UM, THESE, UM, FIGURES, SOME EMERGENCY SHELTER.
AT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, THERE WAS 683 FOLKS HOUSED IN EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOUR 40 IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND 185 WERE UNSHELTERED.
UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT A CURRENT HOUSING PORTFOLIO OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A HUNDRED AND I MEAN 1,153 EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE DERE RESTRICTED.
UM, THERE'S ALSO 8,360, UM, APPLICANTS ON THE SECTION EIGHT WAITING LIST WAITING FOR A VOUCHER.
ALSO IN POPULATION GROUPS, WE USE CENSUS DATA AND WE FOUND OUT THAT 5,980, UM, RESIDENTS ARE AT GREATER RISK OF, UM, BECOMING HOMELESS.
UM, THAT'S DUE TO THE LOW INCOME THAT THEY HAVE.
THEY EARN BETWEEN ZERO AND 30% OF THE, THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND THE SECOND GROUP IS 3007 AND 25 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ALSO AT RISK THAT MAKE BETWEEN 30 AND 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO THE SURVEY RESULTS TO DATE, UM, INDICATE THAT, UM, THERE IS A GREATER NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS WHERE YOU HAVE ONSITE SERVICES.
SO THERE'LL BE LIKE A DEDICATED, UM, OFFICE AND THEY'LL PROVIDING, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO THEY WOULDN NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET SOME TYPE OF SERVICES THAT'LL BE ONSITE.
SO IF WE, BASED ON SURVEY RESULTS TODAY, UM, IN USING THE PRIORITIES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE SURVEYS, WE'LL BE ALLOCATING APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
SERVING QUALIFYING POPULATIONS, USE SOME FUNDING FOR, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING.
AND THE TOTAL, UM, HOME ARP ALLOCATIONS ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.
SO STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WERE PRESENTED TODAY.
WE ASKED COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING $185,000 TO HOME START AS PART OF THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, UM, AMENDMENT, AND ALSO ACCEPT ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY, PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT HOME ART PLAN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO GIVE HOMESTART 185,000.
DO WE HAVE ANY SAY AS TO HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT AT HOMESTAR? YES.
SO WE'RE, THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH OTHER NONPROFITS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE USING THOSE FUNDS TO DO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAYBE CONNECT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS TO EAST COUNTY TLC.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS FIRST POT OF MONEY.
WE'LL BE COMING WITH THE SECOND POT OF MONEY IN A FEW MONTHS.
SO, UM, WITH THOSE TWO PARTS OF MONEY TOGETHER, WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE FROM LIVING ON THE STREETS AND EITHER GETTING INTO EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, OR GETTING THEIR OWN UNIT, UM, IN THE CITY.
SO THAT 185 THAT GOES TO HOME START, DOES THAT, IS THAT PAYING FOR THE SALARIES OF THE OUTREACH WORKERS OR IS THAT ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE HOUSING ITSELF? IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE WORKERS AND THEN SOME FLEX FUNDS TO HELP PEOPLE GET HOUSED.
SO IF ANY LIKE SECURITY DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE FIRST AND LAST MONTH'S RENT, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT POT OF MONEY TO HELP FOLKS.
UM, ON THE SECTION EIGHT WAITING LIST, HAS ANYONE GOT, UH, RECEIVED AN UPDATE AS TO THE WAITING, YOU KNOW, THE WAITING TIME? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, I SPOKE TO SOMEONE AT HUD THAT'S A 20 YEAR WAITING LIST.
FOR SOME PEOPLE, 20 YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR HOUSING.
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HOMELESS SEVERAL TIMES IN THAT 20 YEARS.WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, UH, HELP MITIGATE OR ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE WORKING WITH HUD TO TRY AND GET THAT? THE MONEY'S THERE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE MONEY IS THERE, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT, OF THOSE FUNDS TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? DO YOU KNOW? WELL, HUD TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ALSO ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS.
SELECT 300 MORE VOUCHERS WENT TO THE COUNTY TO ADMINISTER FOR ALL OTHER AREAS, INCLUDING EL CAJON.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE WAITING LIST IS VERY LONG FOR SECTION EIGHT, BUT, UM, THE COUNTY IS REALLY TRYING TO WORK, I GUESS, IN CHANGING THEIR PRIORITY GROUPS.
CUZ RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE CERTAIN GROUPS THEY TARGET, AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THOSE VOUCHERS ALLOCATE TO THE HIGHEST NEED, WHICH WOULD BE IN THIS CASE, UM, HOMELESS OR THOSE ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESS AND NEED A VOUCHER.
UM, I KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WAS AT A HOMELESS, UH, HOUSING MEETING SOMETIME AGO WITH THE, UM, EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.
THEY HAD, I BELIEVE IT WAS 340 STUDENTS IN THE CAJON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO WERE COUCH SURFING, LIVING IN THEIR CARS.
I DOUBT THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON THE STREET BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A KID GOING TO SCHOOL AND LIVING ON THE STREET, THAT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
HOW IS THAT BEING ADDRESSED? I MEAN, ARE SOME OF OUR FUNDS GOING TO BE GOING TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL? THEY COULD BE USED, BUT I, I BELIEVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET THEIR OWN POT OF MONEY.
IT'S CALLED MCK MCKINNEY-VENTO ACT FUNDS, AND THEY GET SOME FUNDING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES WITHIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IN COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL, JUST ON THAT, ON THAT STUDY, YEAH.
WE, WE DOVE INTO SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND WE COULD NOT VERIFY SOME OF THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE THE STUDY WAS THAT THERE WERE THAT MANY STUDENTS BECAUSE WE, BECAUSE WE SPECIFICALLY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS YEAH.
TO IDENTIFY THEM, TO CONNECT THEM WITH HOME, START TO SEE IF THERE WERE SOME FAMILIES THAT WE COULD HELP.
AND WE, WE STRUGGLED TO IDENTIFY THOSE FAMILIES.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I WAS SHOCKED AT THIS MEETING TO HEAR OF 340 STUDENTS.
I MEAN, YES, IN THE LARGE POPULATION OVERALL, IT'S A, IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT STILL THAT'S 340 KIDS.
SO IF WE CAN'T VERIFY THAT, THEN MAYBE I NEED TO GO BACK AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR SOMEBODY'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE NEXT RESOLUTION, UH, AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 20 19 20 20 19 TO 2020 AND FISCAL YEAR 20 TO 2021.
ONE YEAR ACTION PLANS TO ALLOCATE $185,000 IN AVAILABLE C D B G FUNDS TO HOME START, UH, TO CARRY OUT COVID 19 RELATED PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM OF HOMELESS OUTREACH AND SERVICES.
UH, AS PART OF THAT MOTION, ARE YOU ALSO MOVING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MS. MITCHELL? I'M SORRY? ARE YOU ALSO MOVING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
A CAM MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[11. Recommendation to Reject Bids for RFP 009-23 (Design-Build-Operation of Digital Message Board) RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, rejecting the bids for RFP 009-23, and authorizes staff to make such changes to the RFP to allow for the option of a secondary site for the project.]
IS TO REJECT BIDS FOR THE DESIGN BUILD OF THE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARD.AND I'LL ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. DIMAGGIO TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, TYPICALLY THIS TYPE OF ITEM, UH, YOU FIND IT ON CONSENT, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS, UH, UM, AN ISSUE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THE COUNCIL AND IT'S A PRIORITY ISSUE, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN 2021, THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED A SERIES OF ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, UM, MAKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL BILLBOARDS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY OR RIGHT OF WAY, UH, A POSSIBILITY.
UM, AFTER THAT, IN AUGUST OF 2022, UH, STAFF PREPARED, UH, AN R F P, UH, SEEKING QUALIFIED VENDORS TO DEVELOP THE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARD, SIGN THE SITE IN QUESTION THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF HAD ENVISIONED WAS THE SITE, UM, AT THE, UM, NORTH JOHNSON AVENUE, UH, EXIT.
UM, THERE'S A PIECE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY THERE ADJACENT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP.
THAT WAS TO BE THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE MOVING.
AND THE REASON WHY WE ISSUED THE RFP WAS
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FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE.UM, UH, THERE WERE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE PANEL MYSELF, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, TONY SHOOT, AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST, RYAN VIEGA, WHO REVIEWED ALL OF THE PROPOSALS AND CHOSE, UM, OUTDOOR ASSOCIATES AS THE BEST QUALIFIED.
AND WE BEGAN INITIAL A SERIES OF INITIAL, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH OUTDOOR ASSOCIATES CONCERNING THAT SITE.
AS WE DIALOGUED WITH OUTDOOR ASSOCIATES, WE CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS SITE AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP ON JOHNSON, UH, AVENUE EXIT WAS GONNA BE VERY CHALLENGING.
THE ENTIRE, UH, CORRIDOR, UH, THE ENTIRE I EIGHT CORRIDOR THROUGH EL CAJON IS CLASSIFIED BY CALTRANS AS A LANDSCAPE CORRIDOR.
AND AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, UH, KNOWING THAT SITE, UM, THERE'S A, A STAND OF EUCALYPTUS TREES THERE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
UM, IT'S THE OPIN, IT WAS THE OPINION OF OUTDOOR ASSOCIATES.
STAFF CONCURRED THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF CALTRANS APPROVING AN AMENDMENT, UH, REMOVING THAT DESIGNATION FROM THAT LOCATION WAS SLIM.
AND THAT THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THOSE TREES WOULD IN ALL LIKELIHOOD NOT BE GRANTED.
UM, SO WE STARTED TO LOOK AT OTHER SECONDARY SITES, AND IF WE FOUND A SECONDARY SITE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND THE CLASSIFICATION BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPE CORRIDOR CLASSIFICATION EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AND EXAMINING IT AND DETERMINING WHETHER IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FROM AN ACCESS STANDPOINT, WHETHER IT'S SUITABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGN.
BUT THAT'S, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS, UH, A SECONDARY SITE TO BECOME THE PRIMARY SITE.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO DO THAT.
UH, COINCIDING WITH THAT, UM, OUTDOOR ASSOCIATES HAD SOME INTERNAL ISSUES THAT THEY THEN INFORMED US THAT THEY WOULD BE WITHDRAWING FROM THE PROCESS.
UM, NOT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO THE JOB.
THIS WAS ENTIRELY A, A, A DECISION INTERNAL, NOT NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE R F P.
SO WE FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THE VENDOR HAS WITHDRAWN, THE SITE IS UNTENABLE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A SECONDARY SITE.
THIS MAKES IT, UM, A REQUIREMENT THAT WE REVISE THE RFP, UH, GO OUT AGAIN AND SOLICIT PROPOSALS, A, ANALYZE THOSE PROPOSALS, MAKE A SELECTION, BEGIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND EVENTUALLY BRING AN AGREEMENT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE PROBABLY IN, INTO THE SPRING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL PLACES ON IT, WE WILL MOVE WITH ALL DUE DILIGENCE AND GET IT BACK TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S, UM, NOBODY INVOLVED IS OBJECTING TO THIS IN ANY WAY? NO.
QUESTIONS? SOUNDS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
ANGELA, WE SPEAK CARDS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT, SIR.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO IT JUST, UH, COMES BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, SO GIVEN, UH, THE PREVIOUS VENDOR IDENTIFIED THAT ISSUE WITH CALTRANS AS PART OF THE RFP PROCESS, ARE, ARE THE POTENTIAL, UM, APPLICANTS GOING TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SITES? AND ARE WE GONNA RELY ON THEIR EXPERTISE TO KIND OF IDENTIFY SITES BE GIVEN THAT CALTRANS REQUIREMENTS WEREN'T KNOWN TO US? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, NO, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE SITE.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA ANALYZE THE SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN GET THAT LANDSCAPE, UH, DESIGNATION REMOVED FROM THAT SECOND SITE.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION FROM THERE.
THE, THE MAIN PROBLEM HERE IS THAT EVEN THOUGH EUCALYPTUS TREES ARE NON-NATIVE YEP.
THEY, THEY APPARENTLY ARE VERY GOOD CONSUMERS OF CO2.
SO THEY'RE PART OF THE, THE, THE PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE AS FAR AS CALTRANS IS CONCERNED IN, IN REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
UH, THE NUMBER TWO CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHO WE GO FOR NEXT, ARE WE TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG THROUGH A DIFFERENT SHAPED? ARE, ARE WE TRYING TO FORCE THIS THING WHEN REALLY IS JUST NOT A GOOD FIT WITH A SITE AND A CONTRACTOR? I, I, I THINK THE CONTRACTOR WAS JUST FINE.
UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUES WERE COMPLETELY BUSINESS RELATED ISSUES FOR THE CONTRACTOR, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, THE SITE I THINK WAS PROBLEMATIC AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, IF WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS SECONDARY SITE IS, UH, THE, THE SECONDARY SITE THAT WE'RE EXAMINING HAS NO TREES, HAS NO VEGETATION WHATSOEVER.
WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM, UH, THAT WE CAN GET TO IT AND THAT WE CAN SERVICE IT.
AND THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S DEVELOPABLE AS FAR AS, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGN AT THAT LOCATION.
THE VISIBILITY IS OUTSTANDING.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE BETTER SITE.
UM, BUT WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPABLE.
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OTHER CONTRACTORS ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE? YES.OR ARE THEY SO FAR AWAY FROM THE FIRST OUTDOOR ASSOCIATES THAT NO, IN, IN, IN THE SCORING THE SECOND, UH, THE SECOND PLACE COMPANY, I WOULD EXPECT TO RESUBMIT.
AND THE REASON, REASON FOR THE RESUBMITTAL IS THE DIFFERENT SITE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, IT'S BACK TO YOU LOOKING FOR MOTION.
YEAH, I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT, UH, THE RESOLUTION, REJECTING THE BID, UH, 0 0 9 DASH 23, AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO MAKE SUCH CHANGES TO THE RFP TO ALLOW FOR THE OPTION OF A SECONDARY SITE FOR THE PROJECT, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THE LAST ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT,
[12. City Council Action Plan (2023) RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approves the draft City Council Action Plan for 2023.]
ITEM 12 IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION PLAN.AND I'LL ASK YOUR CITY MANAGER TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IF WE COULD PULL UP MY, MY PRESENTATION, UM, BACK ON JANUARY 31ST, THE CITY COUNCIL, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY WORKSHOP WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE 2023 CITY COUNCIL ACTION PLAN, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON PRIORITIES AND GOALS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, THESE ARE THE, THIS IS MY OLD POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, THE, THESE ARE THE, THE MAIN PRIORITIES THERE WAS, UH, CITY BEAUTIFICATION, CIVIC OR CITY CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE MISCELLANEOUS.
AND AS YOU RECALL, YOU ADDED THE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT AND YOU COMPRESSED OR, OR COMBINED DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO ONE PRIORITY.
UM, OUT OF THOSE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, THERE ARE ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT, THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES OR OUTCOMES THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HOPE TO ACHIEVE.
AND ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, THERE'S ABOUT 60 SIGNIFICANT TASKS OR MILESTONES TO HELP US STAY ON TARGET.
MY INTENT TODAY IS NOT TO GO THROUGH ALL 60 OF THE TASKS AND MILESTONES, BUT JUST TO GO THROUGH EACH PRIORITY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OUTCOMES OR PRIORITIES.
I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THEM AND TO SEE IF ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TASKS.
BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I DID WANT TO IDENTIFY ONE OF THE TASKS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, OR ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS THIS IDEA OF EXPLORING, UH, A WAY THAT WE COULD CREATE A, A FUND OR AN ALMOST AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT WOULD PROTECT POLICE OFFICERS CIVILLY WHILE PERFORMING DUTIES.
THE REALITY IS, IF, UM, IMMUNITY WERE TO GO AWAY, IT WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON OFFICERS, CUZ WE ALREADY ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT THEM THROUGH OUR INSURANCE.
IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE AN IMPACT ON US.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE IMPACT WOULD BE.
SO BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THROUGH WHETHER IT'S QUALIFIED IMMUNITY OR NOT QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, WE STILL ARE ON THE HOOK TO PROTECT THEM WHILE THEY'RE IN THE LINE OF THEIR DUTY.
AND SO EXPLORING ANOTHER INSURANCE POLICY PROBABLY WOULD NOT HELP BUT PROTECT THEM.
SO I TOOK, I REMOVED THAT ASPECT FROM THANKS FOR LOOKING THERE.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF INITIALLY, BUT IT NEVER REALLY WENT IN THERE.
SO STAFF WAS A LITTLE UNCLEAR OF WHETHER YOU WANTED US TO EXPLORE IT IS THE IDEA OF FLAVOR TOBACCO AND WHETHER YOU WANTED TO US TO EXPLORE A FLAVOR TOBACCO POLICY, UM, OR ADD THAT TO OUR ORDINANCE ON ADDITION TO THE STATE'S POLICY.
UH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
WE ALSO BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT A, A GOAL THAT WAS ESTABLISHED LAST FISCAL YEAR ABOUT, UH, HAVING A LOBBYIST.
AND, UM, WE NEVER GOT AROUND TO THAT, BUT WASN'T QUITE SURE IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT AS A GOAL OR NOT.
AND THEN, UM, A COUPLE OF US HAD TALKED ABOUT PENSION ANALYSIS AND MAYBE WHAT ARE SOME NEXT STEPS, AGAIN, THAT WAS INITIALLY DISCUSSED, BUT NEVER REALLY WENT ANYWHERE.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THOSE WERE INTENTIONAL, LEAVING THEM OFF THE TABLE OR IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO ADD OR DISCUSS THOSE AND ADD THEM TO THIS YEAR'S ACTION PLAN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE THAT OUT THERE.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THE PLAN OR EACH OF THE PRIORITIES, IF THOSE WANT TO BE BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THOSE AND HAVE A COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS UP TO THIS POINT? OKAY.
SO LOOKING AT, AT CITY BEAUTIFICATION, UH, IT'S A LONG ONE.
WE ADDED, UM, 15 NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
IN, IN REALITY, THESE SHOULD REALLY BE IDENTIFIED WHAT I'D CALL IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR PLAN.
BUT I THINK THERE'S SUCH BIG PROJECTS
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AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME.AND SO IT HELPS ME TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
IT ALSO HELPS MANAGE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING THIS ON THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR MINDS, BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP THAT ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S MIND.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A USEFUL TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO A USEFUL TOOL TO COMMUNICATE SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING, UM, WORKED ON THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND I, THIS BEAUTIFICATION OBJECTIVE INCLUDES THE MURAL PROJECT, TALKS ABOUT THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR REVIEW, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE EXPLORATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO REALLY FOCUS ON CITY BEAUTIFICATION OR, OR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY, CITY BEAUTIFICATION OBJECTIVES? OKAY.
UH, MOVING ON TO CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A OBJECTIVE OR OUTCOME THAT WILL INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE RECOGNIZED SOME OF THE INCREASED ENGAGEMENT WE'VE ALREADY HAD.
AND, AND THIS IS JUST THE, THE, THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR A LOT MORE BIGGER THINGS TO COME.
UH, WE ALSO INCLUDED A GOAL WITH A, A NATURAL METRIC.
I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE DURING, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF USERS BY ABOUT 30% OR 2300 USERS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 77 UM, HUNDRED USERS RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WOULD INCREASE TO ABOUT 10,000 USERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE 18 AND OLDER, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A 10% MARKET PENETRATION.
WE COULD STILL DO BETTER, BUT, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ANY ANY THOUGHTS OR ANY FEEDBACK ON CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT OBJECTIVES? OKAY.
MOVING ON TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE REALLY, UH, BETWEEN THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND I, WE'VE, WE'VE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SOME CATALYST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING ON CITY PROPERTY.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE WANTING TO EITHER GO IN CLOSE SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, UH, REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS, OR WE MAY JUST DO SOME, SOME ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS TO GET THE COUNCIL UPDATED ON WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING WITH SOME IDEAS, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOMETHING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL RELATIVELY SOONER THAN LATER AS A FORMAL PACKAGE TO GO OUT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PARKWAY PLAZA CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
THE CAPSTONE, UM, THE STUDENTS AT SAN DIEGO STATE THAT ARE WORKING ON A CAPSTONE PROJECT CURRENTLY HAVE A, A SURVEY OUT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE SURVEY, IT'S ALL OVER OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THAT SURVEY AND ENCOURAGE YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS TO TAKE THAT SURVEY TO GET SOME IMPACT AND SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW PARKWAY PLAZA COULD BE RE-ENVISIONED.
UH, WE INTEND TO IN INCLUDE, UH, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND AS PART OF THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET SO WE CAN START FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND IDEAS THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF THE DOWNTOWN P BID ANALYSIS TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT'S GOING RIGHT, WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER, UH, IF WE WERE TO REAPPROVE THE, OR GO OUT TO RE-APPROVAL OF THE P BID.
UH, HOW WOULD THAT LOOK DIFFERENTLY IF IT WOULD AT ALL? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? NO, THANK YOU.
UM, MOVING ON TO HOMELESSNESS OBJECTIVES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT IS SETTING UP A SERIES OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT WOULD BE MORE INTERACTIVE THAN JUST, UH, INFORMATION FLOWING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND SO THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, THOSE SENT OUT TO YOU.
THEY'LL GO THROUGH APRIL 4TH THROUGH MAY 4TH.
SO WE'RE ALREADY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE COUNCIL ACTION PLAN, WE'RE ALREADY, WE'RE ALREADY FOUR DAYS BEHIND SCHEDULE CUZ WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS, ARE, ARE FINISHED BY MAY 1ST, BUT, UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT FOR US TO GET SOME EDUCATION ON SOME BRILLIANT IDEAS THAT WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH YET, OR BRAINSTORM ON SOME SOLUTIONS.
WE HOPE TO USE SOME OF THE DIALOGUE THAT OCCURS DURING THOSE MEETINGS, DO SOME FILMING OF THAT, AND USE THOSE FOR SOME PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, UH, TO, TO JUST PROVIDE BETTER EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
A A LOT OF FOLKS, AS WE KNOW AND ARE, AND ARE, AND THIS ISN'T AN EL CAJON THING, THIS ISN'T EVERYWHERE THING.
THE, THE SOLUTIONS TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS ARE COMPLEX.
AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT.
AND SO WE WILL USE SOME OF THE MATERIAL FROM THAT TO HELP AN EDUCATION EFFORT AND, AND HOPEFULLY
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FOR US TO GET EDUCATED AS WELL.UH, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS WITH SOME SHELTER OPPORTUNITIES.
THE, THE $185,000 THAT YOU REALLOCATED EARLIER TODAY WAS ACTUALLY SET ASIDE FOR A SHELTER.
THE THE PROBLEM IS THAT DEADLINE WAS COMING DUE, AND SO IT WAS BETTER TO ALLOCATE IT.
NOW WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS COMING TO THE CITY THROUGH SOME PERMANENT HOUSING FUNDING FOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTERING.
AND SO WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AS THEY COME AVAILABLE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK IN EVERY CONTRACT, IN EVERY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT HAS ANY CONNECTION WITH HOMELESSNESS, THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN OR A POLICY TO DISCHARGE.
IN FACT, I I RECENTLY HEARD OF, UM, HEALTHCARE DISTRICT RELYING ON EL CAJON, UH, SERVICES FOR THOSE BEING DISCHARGED WITHOUT HOMES.
THE QUESTION IS, DO THEY EVER LEAVE EL CAJON? AND SO IT'S ONLY FAIR TO THE, THE RESIDENTS OF EL CAJON TO ENSURE THAT EVERY POLICY, EVERY AGREEMENT, EVERY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT HAS SOME, HAS A PLAN IN THERE THAT ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE.
AND SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY POLICY IS, OR EVERY, EVERY AGREEMENT OR OR C P THAT POLICY IS WOVEN THROUGH.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS? OKAY.
UH, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, UH, STARTING THE, THE FIXED LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.
IN FACT, THE CHIEF JUST SENT ME A, AN ARTICLE OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS HOW IN, UM, SUCCESSFUL THEIR PROGRAM HAS BEEN.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND THE COUNTRY WHAT'S WORKING BEST AND WHAT'S, WHAT COULD BE BETTER.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THAT PROGRAM, UH, STARTING SOON.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A VENDOR IN PLACE BY, UH, APRIL, BY THE, BY THE END OF APRIL, AND HOPING TO HAVE CAMERAS INSTALLED BY MID-SUMMER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IS LOOKING AT HOW TO ENSURE THERE'S, THERE'S BETTER FIRE COVERAGE.
AND, UM, I, I'LL BE HONEST, I WAS REARING TO GO WITH STAFFING AND LOOKING AT SOME BUDGET THINGS AND OUR, OUR CHIEF WISELY SAID, WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO A STUDY FIRST AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS, AND THEN WE CAN ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES MOST EFFECTIVELY.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT, WHAT'S CALLED A STANDARD OF COVER AND COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT DONE BY MID-SUMMER.
AND I THINK FROM THERE WE'LL BE BETTER INFORMED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST PLAN FORWARD.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL GRANT FUNDING THAT COULD HELP US WITH SOME STAFFING NEEDS.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'RE ALSO HAVE A GOAL, AGAIN, A VERY SPECIFIC NUMBER TO REDUCE CONVALESCENT HOME OR SKILLED NURSING FACILITY OR CONGREGATE CARE CALLS BY 10% BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASED OUTREACH EFFORTS.
WE HAVE NOTICED WHEN WE HAVE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CONTACT AND HAVE A GOOD DIALOGUE WITH ONE OF THESE FACILITIES OVER A A PERIOD OF TIME, CALLS DO GO DOWN.
THE QUESTION IS, DO THOSE, DO THEY GO DOWN PERMANENTLY OR DO THEY SPIKE UP AGAIN? BUT IT IS LABOR INTENSIVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THOSE FACILITIES EDUCATING, BUT IT IS STARTING TO HAVE A BIT OF AN IMPACT.
WE ALSO THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY SOME MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT STRATEGIES.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN LEGALLY DO TO ENSURE THAT CONVALESCENT HOMES AREN'T RELYING ON THE CITY'S PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN.
AND SO, UH, NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER TAXPAYERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO SEE WHAT THE NURSE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AS IT IS ROLLED OUT AND APPLIED, WHAT, WHAT THAT DOES IN THOSE OVERALL CALLS TO THOSE TYPES OF CARE FACILITIES.
UM, AND THEN I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THE CONCRETE CARE FACILITY OR THE, SORRY, THE COVERS COVERAGE STRATEGY ESTABLISHED, SO THAT ANALYSIS DONE, THEN WE CAN PRESENT, UH, A PLAN THAT WE THINK WILL HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE LASTLY CONT CONTINUING TO WORK ON PROGRAMS THAT ATTRACT POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, WE WE'RE HAVING TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
WE JUST, WE HAD A BRAND NEW OFFICER COME ON.
WE JUST FEATURED HER IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY.
UH, SHE CAME FROM FRESNO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE SUCCESS STORIES AND, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THERE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY? OKAY.
UM, LASTLY IS MISCELLANEOUS, UH, VENICE MEMORIAL.
MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, THE GOAL IS BY THE END OF THE YEAR, HAVE A FINALIZED CONTRACT WITH A MEMORIAL, A MEMORIAL ARTIST AND DESIGNER.
SO WE'LL HAVE IDENTIFIED LOCATION AND SOMEBODY IN PLACE THAT CAN HELP US DESIGN.
I THINK ONCE THE DESIGN IS ESTABLISHED, WE CAN START FOCUSING ON HOW TO FUNDRAISE.
WE THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN HAVING THAT
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CONVERSATION SOONER THAN LATER.BUT, BUT THERE IS A, A HORSE BEFORE THE CART SITUATION, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, OR CARPET FOR THE HORSE SITUATION.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS LINED UP BEFORE WE START GOING OUT AND ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR MONEY.
UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ANALYSIS TO YOU, UH, BY THE END OF APRIL.
AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING WITH MTS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND PUSHING TO LOOK FOR SOME STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S SOME RESTROOM RESTROOMS ON THE ORANGE LINE AND SPECIFICALLY IN EL CAJON.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE COUNCIL ACTION PLAN, AS IN DRAFT FORM STAFF IS LOOKING FOR ANY FEEDBACK OR DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADD.
AND I WANT TO REMIND COUNSEL OF THOSE OTHER OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT I INTRODUCED AT THE BEGINNING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY DIALOGUE AROUND THOSE TOPICS.
SO WITH THAT, I TURN THE TIME BACK OVER TO THE COUNCIL.
QUESTIONS COMMENTS? GARY, UH, GRAHAM, COULD YOU FORWARD THE CITY COUNCIL THE DALLAS STUDY, PLEASE? IT'S A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, BUT I WILL, I WILL SEND THAT TO THE COUNCIL TODAY.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, I THINK WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AND, UM, I, CHRIS, YOU'RE DOING AN AWESOME, AWESOME JOB OUT THERE.
I NOTICED A LOT OF THE PUBLIC IS RESPONDING TO YOUR, UM, YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST, AND A LOT OF IT'S IN GOOD POSITIVE DIRECTION.
UM, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON THE RECRUITMENT FOR POLICE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I WATCHED THESE VIDEOS AND IT'S LIKE, THAT'S MY CITY.
IT'S, THIS IS SO COOL,
I THINK THAT IF WE CAN START TAKING BITES OUT OF THIS, UM, OUT OF SOME OF THESE TASKS, I THINK WE'LL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF, UH, COOPERATION AND IT TAKES TIME.
YOU KNOW, I, I JUST HOPE THAT WE MAINTAIN PATIENTS WHICH WILL IN FACT, GET THE PUBLIC TO BE PATIENT AS WELL.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE ISSUES, THERE ARE PEOPLE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT.
THEY WANNA SEE THEM DONE, THEY WANNA SEE THEM DONE.
NOW, HOMELESSNESS IS NUMBER ONE, UM, NUMBER ONE CONCERN, AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT TAKEN CARE OF NOW.
BUT IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT AND A LOT OF PATIENCE.
AND I, I JUST CAN'T, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT.
WE CAN'T FORCE ANYONE TO, UM, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
UM, AND WE JUST HOPE KEEP HER FINGERS CROSSED THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL DO SO.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE CONVERSATION, BUT GOOD JOB, MR. CITY MANAGER STEVE.
UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT AND THOSE OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR 9 1 1 NURSE TRIAGE SEEMS TO ACTUALLY BE HELPING THE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT SEND LESS PEOPLE THERE.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT GOOD PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE, THE APP USAGE.
IF YOU SAY YOU WANT TO GET TO 10,000, I DON'T LOOK AT IT AS 10,000 AS ONE IN 10 OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
I LOOK AT IT AS 10,000 AMONG 33,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
SO WE COULD SAY ONE IN THREE HOUSEHOLDS IS USING THE APP AND EL CAJON, THEN THAT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.
UH, THE COMMUNICATION TO THE, TO THE RESIDENTS FEE.
SOME OF THESE SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS TELLS THE VALUE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING FOR THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY, IT'S A, THIS IS A DIFFERENT WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY OF THE MONEY THEY GIVE GOVERNMENT.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE ON REALLY A BETTER TRACK THAN I'VE SEEN A LOT OF OF AGENCIES AROUND US DO THAT.
UM, I I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND THEIR LACK OF, OR ACTUALLY EVEN OUTRIGHT RESISTANCE TO PUTTING SOME HOMELESS SITES, UH, SUPPORT SITES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, ACTUALLY ACTUALLY FIGHTING THEM.
AND, AND, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL, WE'LL BE THE CITY OF COMPASSION THEN, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
UH, I WAS OUT AT THE MERIDIAN, UH, TINY VILLAGE TODAY.
THEY'RE FULL, THE SIX HOMES, UH, FIVE OF THE PEOPLE ARE WORKING, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE HOUSED THERE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH, WITH, UH, HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IS BECAUSE YOU MOVE AROUND.
IT'S HARD TO FIND THEM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SOMETIMES.
WELL, THEY WERE HERE LAST WEEK,
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NOW THEY'RE A DIFFERENT PLACE IF THEY'RE IN THE SAME PLACE.FIVE OF THE SIX ARE WORKING, UH, SMALL CHILDREN AND THEY'RE JUST GETTING HELP RIGHT AND LEFT IN TERMS OF, UH, CAR REGISTRATION AND E B T BENEFITS AND THINGS.
AND I WISH OTHER CITIES WOULD JUMP ON THIS.
IT, IT REALLY IS FRUSTRATING, MR. GOBEL.
I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD WITH THE, THE CABINS WAS ACTUALLY TO BE A MODEL FOR THE COUNTY.
AND, AND MAYBE THERE'S, WE'RE BRAINSTORMING A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE I'M, I'M THINKING MR. ORTIZ, AS PART OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S, SAN DIEGO REGION, RATHER THAN HAVING A MEETING AT A STUFFY MOTEL OR HOTEL IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF SAN DIEGO, THEY HAVE A MEETING IN EL CAJON AT THAT LOCATION.
AND WE COULD SHOWCASE TO ALL THE CITIES, ALL 18, ALL 17 OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY, WHAT WORKS AND WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND, AND HOW IT'S REALLY DUPLICATABLE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AT LESS THAN $10,000 A UNIT, NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO BEAT THAT KIND OF COST EFFICIENCY.
UM, AND I LOVE THE, UH, THE, UH, 10% INCREASE, 30% INCREASE.
I LOVE, I LOVE THE SPECIFIC GOALS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD AGREE AND THE MAYOR ON MI MISCELLANEOUS, UM, REACHING OUT, UH, FOR AN RFP FOR A LOBBYIST FOR LOCAL REPRESENTATION.
UM, SOMEONE THAT CAN LIAISON WITH OTHER, UM, ENTITIES, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT, WHETHER IT'S THE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, UM, SANDAG, MTS.
I KNOW WE BROUGHT ON OUTSIDE HELP, UM, DURING THE WORKING FAMILIES ORDINANCE, THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL, UH, FELT WE COULD HAVE USED SOME HELP EXTERNALLY WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE, UH, REDISTRICTING.
SO I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OPPOR, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR LOCAL REPRESENTATION, UM, EXTERNALLY, UM, INSTEAD OF IN SACRAMENTO WHERE IT'S AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO US.
I ACTUALLY THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME WINS HERE, UM, ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BACK ON, UM, OUR PRIORITIES.
AND THEN, UM, AS PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THE NURSE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, IF WE WERE GONNA GET AN UPDATE ON, ON THAT AS, AS IT GOES, BUT MAYBE ADD THAT IF IT'S NOT ALREADY THERE, UM, WE, WE CAN PROB WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADD THAT AS A METRIC CUZ IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE SOME TARGETS TO LOOK FOR.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT GOING SHOULD BE, BUT I, I'LL WORK WITH THE CHIEF AND WE CAN ADD SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT, SEE HOW GOOD, SEE HOW WELL THAT PROGRAM IS GROWING.
I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT ALONG WITH THE, UM, UH, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.
I, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S A, A BATTLEFIELD ENHANCEMENT, SO TO SPEAK FOR OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
UM, AND THEN I WANNA PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN THE ST THE, WITH REGARD TO REDUCING MUTUAL AID? I, I, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A STUDY TO ASSESS, UH, THE STANDARD OF COVER AND COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT.
I'M GONNA PUSH BACK AND, AND ASK, CAN WE MOVE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT? THE, THE, THE STUDY? I DON'T KNOW.
AND GRAHAM AND CHIEF, YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT IT, DEAL WITH IT.
BUT I, I'M GONNA PUSH BACK AND SAY, CAN WE GET THAT, UM, STUDY MOVED UP, THE TIMELINE MOVED UP SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES SOONER THAN DECEMBER OF 23.
I WANNA PUSH BACK ON THAT GOAL A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, I THINK THE STUDY, IT, IT KIND OF IS WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY REALISTIC.
UM, NOW WHETHER IT TAKES SIX MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT SOME THINGS OUTTA THE STUDY, WE, WE GAVE OURSELVES SOME, SOME RUNWAY RIGHT THERE.
BUT I, I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FIRE UNION WHEN WE'RE DOING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS MM-HMM.
IT'S BETTER, IT'S BETTER TO GET THE RIGHT FIT.
UM, BECAUSE IF, IF WE NEED AN ENGINE COMPANY, WE NEED AN ENGINE COMPANY.
IF WE NEED TWO SQUADS, WE NEED TWO SQUADS.
IF WE NEED ONE SQUAD, WE NEED, IF WE NEED TO DO A BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF, OF STAFFING, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK HAVING THE STUDY WILL GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE, THEY DESPERATELY NEED RATHER THAN US PREDICTING WHAT WE THINK THE PROBLEM IS.
SO I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE PATIENT WITH THAT, BUT, UM, WE WILL WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET THAT MOVING FORWARD.
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ORTIZ IS SAYING, IT, IT'S GONNA TAKE US TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE WE SAY GO TO GET A NEW FIRETRUCK, AND IF WE WAIT TILL JULY AND WE SAY WE NEED A NEW SQUAD F TWO 50, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR OR A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET AN F TWO 50 FULLY EQUIPPED.NOW WE'RE TWO YEARS OUT FROM TODAY.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS IS IS, UH, I, I, I AGREE.
LET'S NOT ORDER ONE NOW, BUT BOY, IF, IF THE, IF THE DATA SAYS IN JULY, LET'S GET A NEW F TWO 50 FOR A SQUAD, LET'S NOT WAIT A YEAR TO GET IT.
WELL, E EVEN REMEMBER, LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY JULY ONE, IT'S OBVIOUS THERE'S A NEED FOR A SQUAD.
YOU PUT IN THE BUDGET, IT, IT WILL TAKE US AT LEAST THREE MONTHS JUST TO HIRE THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, SOME LEEWAY OR SOME, SOME TIME TO GET THAT GOING.
SO, BUT IN THE SAME WAY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE OVERHIRED BECAUSE THE DATA WAS ABLE TO PREDICT WHO MIGHT BE RETIRING.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERLAP THERE.
AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S SAYING, HEY, WE MIGHT FUND AN OVER HIRING, UH, IF, IF THE RETIREMENTS WILL USE THOSE EXTRA HIRES UP, IF NOT A SQUAD IS ANYONE, UH, IS EV IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH ADDING LOBBYISTS TO THE MISCELLANEOUS OR IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? WELL, UM, BY ANY, EXCUSE ME, BY ADDING IT, DOES THAT MEAN YOU'LL COME BACK TO US WITH A, WITH A PLAN AS WHAT IT WOULD COST AND, WELL, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD ADD THE RFP INTO, AS A, AS A GOAL UNDER MISCELLANEOUS.
WE WOULD GO OUT AND DO AN RFP.
WE'D PROBABLY GET SOME, SEEK SOME INPUT ON FROM THE COUNCIL ON, ON WHAT THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RFP.
WE'D BE VERY PUBLIC ABOUT THAT.
GO OUT AND SEE WHAT COMES IN AND THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE A DECISION.
THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE FINANCIALLY OR WOW, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL.
IF THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I, I THINK A LOBBYIST WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR THE LOCAL STUFF.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY BECAUSE OF THE MAKEUP AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BUT LOCALLY, UH, IT COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON US IF WE HAVE A, A GOOD LOBBYIST THAT REALLY KNOWS THE LAY OF THE LAND.
SO PHIL, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION THEN? YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD, UH, A LOCAL LOBBYIST TO THE MISCELLANEOUS SECTION OF OUR, UH, YEARLY GOAL.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER ASKED IF WE HAD, UM, SPEAKER CARDS IN THIS SHOW.
THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONER REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[13. Council Activity Report]
13 IS MY REPORT IS AS DESCRIBED.[14. DEPUTY MAYOR STEVE GOBLE MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board); East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority Board; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee; SANDAG – Board of Directors – Alternate; SANDAG Public Safety Committee – Alternate.]
ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR DEPUTY MAYOR STEVE GOBEL, UM, MINOR AS REPORTED WITH THE REPORT ABOUT THE ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION, UH, PROJECT OUT IN SAN TWE, UH, COUNTERSIGNED ALL THE DOCUMENTS WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.SO WE ARE GOING TO WITHDRAW THE LEGAL ACTION FOR EMINENT DOMAIN AND RESULT WILL BE TO GET $2 MILLION BACK OUT OF ESCROW.
[15. COUNCILMEMBER GARY KENDRICK METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA; Heartland Communications; Heartland Fire Training JPA.]
KENDRICK, AS REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL,[16. COUNCILMEMBER MICHELLE METSCHEL Harry Griffen Park Joint Steering Committee; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA – Alternate; Heartland Communications – Alternate; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate.]
AS REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER[17. COUNCILMEMBER PHIL ORTIZ League of California Cities, San Diego Division; East County Economic Development Council; MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board) – Alternate; East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority Board – Alternate; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee – Alternate.]
ORTIZ AS REPORTED WITH A QUICK COMMENT.WE HAD A, UM, AT THE, UM, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MEETING, WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND HE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE CARE COURT, WHICH, UH, THE MAYOR AND, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTED.
AND WE WERE SURPRI I WAS SURPRISED THAT I THINK EVERY JURISDICTION IN SAN DIEGO SUPPORTED CARE COURT, UM, ALL COUNCILS AND CITIES SUPPORTED IT UNANIMOUSLY.
AND SO WE VOICED OUR SUPPORT TO, TO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR HIM.
AND HE, HE MADE IT A POINT TO SAY THIS WAS JUST STEP ONE IN A PROCESS.
SO ENCOURAGING WORDS, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, UM, MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE STREET.
YEAH, I HAVE, HAVING SPENT MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE WORKING IN THAT AREA, I, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS, SO.
[18. Installation of Safety Barriers on Interstate 8 RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council directs staff to prepare a letter to Caltrans, on behalf of the entire City Council, requesting that safety barriers be installed along Interstate 8 between Greenfield Drive and State Route 67. ]
A JOINT REPORT FROM DEPUTY MAYOR STEVE GOBEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ, A GENTLEMAN I'LL DEFER TO MR. STEVE GOBEL.I, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ TO SUPPORT ON THIS STAFF.
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, SLIDES OR PRESENTATIONS ON THIS? YEAH, I DO HAVE A, I HAVE A IMAGE FOR YOU.
SO, UH, AS WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER INTERSTATE EIGHT AS IT GOES THROUGH EL CAJON, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL THAT AREA THROUGH EL CAJON.
AND IF I REMEMBER, UH, THE TABLE, DO WE HAVE THE TABLE ON THE NUMBERS?
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I, I DON'T HAVE.BUT IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT, I BELIEVE.
SO WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SLOW LANE IN INTERSTATE A BASICALLY FROM SECOND STREET TO 67 GOING WESTBOUND SOMETIMES GETS BOGGED UP AS PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND GO AT 67 INTO SANTEE.
AND, UH, I HAVE SEEN MORE THAN A FEW COLLISIONS GO THROUGH THERE AND, AND PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED ONE IN JANUARY, UH, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
AND, UH, SO I SAID, HEY, I WONDER HOW SAFE THIS STRETCH OF THE ROAD REALLY IS.
AND SO I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS.
REALLY THE KEY IS HOW MANY PEOPLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND WENT DOWN THE BANK AND INTO THE FLOOD CHANNEL.
CAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME SERIOUS INCIDENTS.
AND THE STATS THAT I GOT FROM THE CHIEF, THANK YOU, CHIEF, UH, IS THAT FROM THE ALL OF 2021 AND ALL OF 2022 COMBINED, THE TWO YEARS THERE WERE 143 TOTAL INCIDENTS, UH, THAT HEARTLAND RESPONDED TO AND, AND MUTUAL AID AS WELL.
UH, THE FIRE RESPONDED TO 101 OF THOSE WERE WESTBOUND AND LET'S SEE, WESTBOUND, 17 OF THOSE LEFT THE ROADWAY DOWN THE BANK SOME INTO THE FLOOD CHANNEL 17 IN TWO YEARS.
THAT'S A SERIOUS, SERIOUS STRETCH OF ROADWAY.
AND SO RATHER THAN SAY, HEY, I'LL, I'LL WRITE A LETTER TO CALTRANS AND SAY, CAN WE GET SOME GUARDRAIL? I THOUGHT IF ALL FIVE OF US BAND TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A, THIS IS AN ISSUE CITYWIDE, UH, THAT 143 INCIDENTS AND 17 OF THOSE LEFT THE ROADWAY BETWEEN SECOND AND 67 DOWN THE BANK INTO THE FLOOD CHANNEL.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF FATALITIES, UH, AMONG THOSE.
AND IF WE BAND TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, WRITE A LETTER TO CALTRANS, I THINK IT'LL CARRY MUCH MORE WEIGHT THAN JUST ONE OF US.
AND THAT'S MY REQUEST IS THAT WE JOIN IN THAT LETTER TOGETHER FOR THOSE REASONS.
THERE ARE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS ON THE SIDE OF IT? NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
I, I HADN'T, I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK THAT THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF DRIVING EIGHT WEST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EITHER GOING TO MAGNOLIA OR TO 67, IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
MY GRANDSON HAD A BAD ACCIDENT, CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE WHOLE SHOT.
AND I SEE ALL THE TIME PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF ROADWAY.
IF WE CAN PUT GUARDRAILS OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP AT LEAST MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE RE-ENGINEERED PERSONALLY.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THOUGH, GUYS.
HELLO? YOU WANNA MAKE A MARSH? YEAH, YEAH.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THERE ARE NO GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS. THERE ARE NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS OR ORDINANCES AND NO CLOSED SESSIONS ON TODAY'S A AGENDA.
SO THIS BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT, THE ADJOURNED REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE ELCON CITY COUNCIL.
EL ALCOHOL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ELCON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023 IS ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2023 AT 3:00 PM THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.