May 09, 2023 City Council Meeting 3pm

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LADIES AND

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE REMAINED STANDING? FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the April 25, 2023, Meetings and the Agenda of the May 9, 2023, Meeting in accordance to State Law and City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

[ PRESENTATIONS: Proclamation: Municipal Clerk's Week Proclamation: Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Month Presentation: Youth of the Year Award ]

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK, WHICH I WILL READ, BUT FIRST CITY MANAGER MITCHELL WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS.

UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I, I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND A CITY CLERK'S CONFERENCE.

YES, THOSE EXIST.

AND WHAT I DISCOVERED IS THAT, UM, CITY CLERKS, THERE'S A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON THAT IS ATTRACTED TO THE CITY CLERK PROFESSION.

AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT THEY ARE.

THEY DON'T LIKE TO BRAG.

THAT'S WHO IS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY DUTIFUL.

THEY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT THE LAST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS BRAG.

UNLIKE SOME OF OUR, OF OUR STAFF.

RIGHT.

UM, AND SO, SO ANGELA WAS VERY WARY WHEN I SUGGESTED THAT WE RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY HER, BUT HER STAFF AS PART OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, WHICH IS LAST WEEK, BY THE WAY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THEY DO A LOT MORE BENEATH THE, BENEATH WHAT YOU SEE.

YOU SEE SORT OF, UM, THE, THE DUCK, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LEGS PUSHING AROUND TO MAKE ALL THE WATER CHURN.

UM, SHE MAKES ALL THIS HAPPEN.

OUR, NOT ONLY ANGELA, BUT HER WHOLE TEAM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER AND HER TEAM, AND I WANTED TO GIVE HER JUST A MOMENT TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HER OFFICE DOES THAT MAYBE THE PUBLIC IS UNAWARE OF.

ANGELA, DID YOU WANNA GIVE A SPEECH? ABSOLUTELY.

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I, I THINK SHE NEEDS TO GIVE A SPEECH.

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I DO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU GRAHAM.

UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO LIKE TO BRAG.

I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM.

UM, AND I'M GONNA START WITH OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER.

UH, THIS IS MEGAN.

MEGAN .

YEAH, MEGAN ROBERTS.

SHE'S VERY NERVOUS.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE HER DO A SPEECH.

SHE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR JUST UNDER TWO MONTHS AND SHE IS ACTUALLY DOING A GREAT JOB.

UH, SHE SPENDS HER DAY BOOKING AND PROCESSING PASSPORTS, AND WE STARTED PASSPORT PROCESSING BACK IN MAY OF 2022.

AND WE ARE THIS CLOSE TO HAVING PROCESSED 2000 APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT JUDY GONZALEZ .

HER SPECIALTY IS PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST, AND THAT IS A BIG JOB, AND WE DO HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO PROVIDE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO, UH, SUBMIT TO THOSE ASKING FOR IT.

LAST YEAR SHE PROCESSED OVER 700 REQUESTS.

THIS YEAR SHE'S ALREADY AT OVER 300 REQUESTS, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE THOUSANDS OF PAGES THAT SHE NEEDS TO REVIEW AND THEN PROVIDE TO WHOEVER'S ASKING FOR THEM.

AND JUDY HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY, UH, OFFICE WITH THE CITY FOR, UM, OVER 18 YEARS AND WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

SO WE'RE A VERY NEW TEAM.

AND LASTLY, UH, WE HAVE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, JEN JANSER.

YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH JEN AS SHE HAS CLERKED A COUPLE MEETINGS.

UM, JEN, UH, HELPS, UH, PREPARE AGENDAS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PROCESS CITY CONTRACTS PREPARED BY THE PURCHASING AND CITY ATTORNEY DEPARTMENTS.

AND WE GET TO MEET EVERYONE COMING TO WORK WITH THE CITY BECAUSE WE GET TO DO THEIR OATH OF OFFICE.

AND OF COURSE, EVERY OTHER YEAR WE, UM, FACILITATE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

WE ARE THE CITY'S OFFICIAL RECORD KEEPER, WHICH INCLUDE MINUTES RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.

WE FACILITATE RECRUITMENTS FOR THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WE SEND YOU FRIENDLY REMINDERS ABOUT F PPC FILINGS, IN 700

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BUT IN A NUTSHELL, THIS IS THE TEAM THAT WORKS FOR YOU, THAT WORKS FOR OUR CITIZENS, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

SO, SO THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PASSPORTS IS A FAIRLY NEW THING, RIGHT? IT IS.

WE USED TO DO 'EM YEARS AND YEARS AGO, AND WE STOPPED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE STAFF AND THEN COVID AND ALL THAT, BUT THEN WE CAME BACK AND I, I THINK WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER FULL-TIME PERSON DOING PASSPORTS ALL DAY LONG.

BUT WELL, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I'VE GOT A, UM, SOMETHING TO READ HERE.

WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS.

THIS OFFICE, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXISTS IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY, RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL.

AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AT OTHER LEVELS AND SERVES AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE, PROVINCIAL, COUNTY, AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK.

NOW, THEREFORE, I BILL WELLS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EL CAJON, TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 13TH THROUGH MAY 6TH, 2023 TO BE MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON, AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO APPLAUD AND ENCOURAGE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK.

WE FURTHER EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR OWN CITY CLERK, ANGELA CORTEZ AND HER STAFF FOR THE VITAL SERVICES THAT THEY PERFORM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT.

SIGNED THIS NINTH DAY OF MAY, 2023.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, .

NEXT PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER, HEATHER CARTER WILL ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR WATER SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION MONTH.

AND SHE WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THIS WITH US BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION.

HI, HEATHER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR AQUATICS SUPERVISOR, DOMINIC HERE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR HEAD LIFEGUARD WHO JUST STARTED WITH US A MONTH OR TWO AGO, ANNIE HILDERBRAND.

AND THEY HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION RIGHT BEFORE THEIR PROCLAMATION.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER.

LET'S GET THIS GOING.

SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS DOMINIC MONJA.

I'M YOUR SUPERVISOR OF THE FLETCHER HILLS CENTER AND POOL.

UH, AND THIS IS OUR BRAND NEW ANNIE HIL BRAND, OUR, UH, HEAD LIFEGUARD.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER.

SHE BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH I THINK WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO CITY OF EL CAJON.

UH, THE MAY IS OUR WATER SAFETY MONTH.

WE USUALLY KICK IT OFF IN APRIL, UH, BECAUSE MAY BEING WATER SAFETY MONTH, WE TRY TO BRING RECOGNITION TO THE FACT THAT, UH, DROWNING IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGES OF, UH, ONE TO 14.

UH, IT IS SECOND BEHIND, UH, CONGENITAL, UH, BIRTH DEFECTS FOR ONE TO FOUR AND BEHIND CAR ACCIDENTS FOR, UM, UNDER 18 YEARS OLD.

UM, APRIL POOLS DAY, WHICH WE HOSTED, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS ON FRIDAY.

WE USED IT AS A KICKOFF TO USE MAY AS OUR EDUCATIONAL TIME.

UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE CITIES AND PRIVATE AGENCIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS TYPE OF EVENT, SO WE ALL RUN OUR OWN SPIN ON IT.

UH, WE PARTNER WITH SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE.

IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THEY ARE A GREAT AGENCY THAT COVER SAFE, UH, PRACTICES FOR CHILDREN, ANYTHING FROM AQUATICS TO BABY PROOFING YOUR HOME.

AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY AQUATIC COUNCIL.

AND, UH, THAT IS A, UH, COUNCIL OF, UM, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS PRIVATE AGENCIES, UH, THAT WE ALL COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT TRAININGS AND, UH, JUST REALLY HELPING EACH OTHER OUT AND TRYING TO PULL OUR RESOURCES.

UM, I AM ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO YEAR TERM FOR THE AQUATIC COUNCIL.

I'M YOUR PRESIDENT-ELECT.

AND THEN COME MAY, I'LL BE SWITCHING OVER TO THE FULL PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

UH, WE, THIS COUNCIL, UM, ALSO COLLABORATES WITH AN AWESOME ENTITY.

I'M GONNA CALL HIM OUT.

OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR, FRANK CARSON, STARTED THE, UH, WSI BLOWOUT, WHICH USUALLY TRAINS, UH, AROUND

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IT'S LONG AND IT'S AN INTENSE, UH, INTENSE FOUR DAYS, BUT IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET READY FOR SUMMER.

BEING THAT WE ARE A COASTAL CITY.

UH, OUR APRIL POOLS DAY EVENT THIS YEAR WAS ON APRIL 21ST, AND IT WAS A FREE EVENT.

NO REGISTRATION WAS NEEDED.

WE HAD JUST UNDER ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE, WE GAVE AWAY SAFETY SWAG BAGS, UH, WHICH WAS FULL OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, ADULT INFORMATION, UH, OUR SAFETY STATIONS, WE HAD REACH AND THROW, UH, WE HAD A CPR STATION AND THEN AS WELL AS LIKE SUN SAFETY AND, UH, FREE GIVEAWAYS.

LOTS AND LOTS OF SUNSCREEN, UH, WAS GIVEN OUT THAT DAY.

UH, WE ALSO HAD A FREE OPEN SWIM FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT, AND WE WERE, UH, LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE NOT ONLY HEARTLAND FIRE, BUT ALSO, UH, AMR CAME OUT WITH THEIR OWN AMBULANCE.

AND SO WE HAD KIND OF BOTH, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL AS PARAMEDICS.

SO OUR CONTRIBUTION TO WATER SAFETY IS A LOT.

WITH OUR SIX MONTH OPERATION FOR OUR AQUATICS, WE HAVE 218 REGISTERED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN APRIL TO OCTOBER.

UH, AND THIS WAS FOR JUST OF, UH, 2022.

WE HAD 1000, ALMOST 2000 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH WAS UP FROM FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

AND WE HAD ONE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD CLASS.

WE HAD, UH, ABOUT 20 PARENT TAUGHTS, UH, ALMOST A HUNDRED GROUP LESSONS FOR THE AGES OVER SIX.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED LESSONS FOR THE THREE TO FIVE YEAR OLDS, WHICH IS PRESCHOOL AQUATICS.

UH, WE HAD 65 PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS, SIX SWIM TEAM SESSIONS, EIGHT WATER AEROBIC SESSIONS.

UH, WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIM LESSON, WHICH IS A WORLDWIDE EVENT, UH, WHERE WE, UH, ALL TEACH, UM, DIFFERENT CITIES ALL TEACH WATER SAFETY, UH, FROM, UH, FOR DIFFERENT AGES.

SO EVERYTHING FROM AS LOW AS YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN KNOW NOT TO GO IN THE WATER WITHOUT AN ADULT, TO THE OLDER KIDS WHO CAN LEARN TO, UH, CORRECT THEMSELVES IN THE WATER AND MAKE THEIR WAY TO SAFETY.

UH, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER GOBEL.

UH, WE HAVE OUR DOLLAR DAYS INITIATIVE WHERE WE HAD OUR CAMP CAJON, UH, WHICH IS WE HOSTED SWIM LESSONS FOR THE CAJON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND WE HOSTED 213 FREE SWIMMING LESSONS, OR I'M SORRY, FREE SWIMMING LESSONS FOR 213 PARTICIPANTS.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UH, PICTURES.

WE HAD THE DOLLAR DAY INITIATIVE.

WE OFFERED $5 SWIM LESSONS.

WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 1200 REGISTERED, UH, RESIDENTS INSIDE INCORPORATED EL CAJON.

CAMP CAJON ITSELF, UH, COVERED JOHNSON ELEMENTARY, MADISON AND MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO WE HAD VARIOUS AGES BETWEEN SIX TO 11 WITH ABOUT, UM, 76 PARTICIPANTS BETWEEN THOSE THREE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN JOHNSON ELEMENTARY WAS IN, UH, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AND THEY COVERED JUST THEIR FOURTH GRADERS, UH, FOR ABOUT 140 PARTICIPANTS.

AND WITH THAT, ON TOP OF OUR DOLLAR DAY INITIATIVE WITH, UM, DOING PHYSICAL DROWNING PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO BRANCH OUT AND GIVE THE ADULTS, UH, EDUCATION AS TO WHAT DROWNING LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AROUND THE WATER.

SO FOR THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ANNIE FOR OUR DROWNING.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

SO AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US TO TEACH THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS ABOUT SAFETY IN THE WATER AND AROUND THE WATER.

UM, SO DROWNING PREVENTION IS ONE OF THOSE MAIN THINGS BECAUSE PREVENTION WILL HELP MITIGATE AS MANY CASES OF DROWNING AS WE CAN.

AND SO IN ORDER TO HAVE PARENTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE BE AWARE OF THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW WHAT DROWNING LOOKS LIKE.

UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH A DISTRESSED SWIMMER, WHICH IS WHEN CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO CALL OUT FOR HELP, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN DISTRESS, THAT THEY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE.

UM, BUT IF A CHILD IS REALLY DROWNING, THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS LOUD AND FLAMBOYANT.

THEY CAN TYPICALLY BE PRETTY QUIET.

THEIR EYES MIGHT BE A LITTLE PANICKED OR GLOSSY.

AND SO IN THAT CASE, THEY'RE MORE VERTICAL IN THE WATER.

THEY'RE NOT SWIMMING, THEY'RE MAKING NO FORWARD PROGRESS.

AND SO PROGRESS IS REALLY THE BIG THING WITH THAT, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE MOVING, BUT THEY'RE MAKING NO PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR END GOAL, WHICH MIGHT BE THE SIDE OF THE POOL, A PARENT'S ARM, A CHILD NEXT TO THEM, ANYONE AROUND THEM WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME ASSISTANCE.

SO IT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT IS IN THE POOL.

UM, WITH THE COMBINED ARM AND LAKE ACTION, THEY MIGHT NOT BE GOING EXACTLY WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

SO IF THE CHILD LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PREDICAMENT, THEY DEFINITELY NEED SOME HELP.

UM, BEING VIGILANT AROUND THE WATER, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE DESIGNATED TO WATCH THE WATER AREA WHEREVER YOU ARE, IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN TRY TO TEACH.

UM, SO MAYBE THEY'RE AT GRANDMA'S POOL OR MOM AND DAD'S HOUSE, AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR POOL.

SO THE WATER DEPTH MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

THEY MIGHT BE IN A DIFFERENT AREA.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE RULES ABOUT ALL TYPES OF WATER ENVIRONMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE BEACH PRETTY CLOSE, SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US TO TEACH ABOUT ALL KINDS OF WATER SAFETY.

UM, HAVING A DESIGNATED WATER WATCHER, SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER THE KIDS IN THE POOL REALLY HELPS WITH

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SO WE TRY TO TEACH THAT A LOT AT OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS, MAKING SURE THAT SOMEONE IS ALWAYS AROUND THE WATER.

CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT ALONE, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

UH, WE ALSO TEACH AT OUR SWIM LESSONS THAT IF CHILDREN SEE SOMETHING, THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY SAY SOMETHING.

THEY SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID TO CALL OUT FOR HELP FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY NEED IT OR MIGHT NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO TAKE LOTS OF REST BREAKS.

CHILDREN DON'T TYPICALLY KNOW WHEN THEY'VE OVEREXERTED THEMSELVES, SO WHEN THEY'RE SUPER TIRED IN THE WATER, THEY MIGHT NOT BE WILLING TO ASK FOR A BREAK.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO IMPLEMENT THOSE KINDS OF REST BREAKS, BATHROOM BREAKS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, NOT ONLY AT SWIM LESSONS OR AT THE POOL, BUT AT HOME AS WELL.

SO WE TRY TO TEACH THAT TO PARENTS AND KIDS ALIKE.

THAT WAY EVERYONE'S ABLE TO PRACTICE THAT IN THE POOL AND OUTSIDE OF OUR POOL AT HOME TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOMINIC OR AION WATER SAFETY MONTH OR DROWNING PREVENTION? ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.

NOT A QUESTION, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

I THINK IT'S HYPER IMPORTANT.

AS ANNIE SAID, DROWNINGS ARE SILENT, BUT THEY HAPPEN IN SECONDS AS WELL.

I MEAN, YOU TURN YOUR BACK TO A KID.

I WAS A LIFEGUARD IN A, IN A PREVIOUS LIFE YEARS AGO.

I ACTUALLY STILL HAVE MY WATER WATCHER, UH, LANYARD THAT YOU GAVE US LAST YEAR.

AND WE ACTUALLY USE IT AT OUR FRIENDS' HOUSES WHEN WE HAVE PARTIES WITH ALL THE KIDS.

IT'S CHAOTIC WITH KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND MULTIPLE PARENTS.

AND JUST CUZ YOU HAVE A DOZEN PARENTS OUT IN THE BACKYARD DOESN'T MEAN SOMEONE'S ACTUALLY WATCHING THE WATER AND COUNTING HEADS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

DON'T STOP DOING IT.

IT'S, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS IN OUR BACKYARDS.

AND WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE, UM, WATER WATCHER CARDS AVAILABLE AT FLETCHER HILLS POOL.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE ONE.

UM, THEY'RE FREE.

A LOT OF THE FIRE STATIONS, I BELIEVE HAVE THEM AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT.

WELL, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AND I'LL, I'LL READ IT FOR EVERYBODY.

WHEREAS MAY AS WATER SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION MONTH WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROMOTE WATER SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION.

EACH YEAR, DROWNING INCIDENTS RESULT IN HUNDREDS OF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, INCLUDING HOSPITAL STAYS AND POTENTIAL LIFE ALTERING AND PERMANENT DISABILITIES OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

AND WHEREAS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS THAT BETWEEN 2016 AND 2021 2,559 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS DIED FROM DROWNING.

AND 1,168 WERE HOSPITALIZED, AND 5,854 WERE TREATED IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR NON-FATAL DROWNING.

THE CITY OF EL CAHO ACKNOWLEDGES THE LAUNCH OF THE CALIFORNIA WATER SAFETY STRATEGY, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS KNOWLEDGE GAPS, MAJOR PRIORITIES, AND ACTION AREAS WHERE FOCUS IS REQUIRED TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF DROWNING ACROSS THE STATE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF EL CAJON HAS ITS OWN CONSIDERATIONS AND CONTEXT FOR DROWNING PREVENTION, INCLUDING SWIMMING LESSONS, DROWNING PREVENTION EVENTS, AND PUBLIC WATER SAFETY EDUCATION, THE CITY OF EL CAJON AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DROWNING IS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND THAT THE PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE BURDEN AND OCCURRENCE OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL DROWNING REQUIRES COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT SECTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I BILL WELLS MAYOR, THE CITY OF EL CAJON, TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY AS WATER SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION MONTH.

WE COMMEND THE CITY OF EL CAJONS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PREVENT DROWNING OF EL CAJON RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, AND REMIND EVERYONE TO BE SAFE IN AND AROUND THE WATER THIS SUMMER AND ALL YEAR LONG SIGN THIS NINTH DAY OF MAY, 2023.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE RECREATION SUPERVISORS.

UM, MALALA LUTA, PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD.

HELLO, HOW'S IT GOING? UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, UM, MY NAME IS MALO LUTU.

I WORK AT, UH, RANETTE RECREATION CENTER, AND I'M ALSO THE CITY'S, UH, STAFF LIAISON TO THE TEEN COALITION.

UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY IS I'M GONNA HAVE THE TEEN COALITION KIDS GET A CHANCE TO COME UP HERE, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET A CHANCE TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE KIDS THAT ARE REALLY WANTING TO VOLUNTEER INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL START WITH THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR STUFF.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HI, WELCOME.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.

UH, MY NAME IS BIANCA.

I HAVE BEEN IN TEAM COALITION FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW,

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UM, I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING, I VOLUNTEERED THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW I AM SERVING AS THE VOLUNTEER, UM, TEAM COALITION COORDINATOR.

UM, WE'VE HELD VARIOUS, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

UM, ONE OF THEM BEING THE WINTER WONDERLAND AT WALSH PARK.

UM, WE HAD KIDS KIND OF MAKE HOLIDAY CARDS, WHICH WE THEN DISTRIBUTED TO, UM, SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HELD, UM, OUR OWN KIND OF ROTATION AT THE KIDS' MORNING OUT ON EARTH DAY WHERE WE HAD KIDS KIND OF LEARN ABOUT, UM, PLANTING AND EARTH DAY.

AND WE HAD THEM ALL MAKE THEIR OWN PLANS AND TAKE THEM HOME.

UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET THE REST OF THE TEAM COALITION MEMBERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

UM, WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR VICE CHAIR V AND A.

UM, MY NAME IS, OH, MY NAME IS VNE GONZALES TORRES.

I GO TO ACADEMIES AND I JOINED TEEN C BECAUSE I, I WANTED TO MAKE, I WANTED TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND MAKE NEW CONNECTIONS WITH THEM.

HELLO, MY NAME IS COLETTE HEARD.

I GO TO FLYING HILLS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, AND I JOINED TEEN COALITION BECAUSE I WANTED, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUT IN MY COMMUNITY.

HI, MY NAME IS STELLA WOODSON.

I GO TO SKYLINE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

I JOINED TEEN COALITION TO HELP MY CITY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT.

HI, MY NAME IS YUSUF SHAIN.

I'M SENIOR STUDENT FROM VAHA HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THIS TEAM TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS WILL SUPPORT ME A LOT WITH MY FUTURE CAREER.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS ION MARGO.

I GO TO VAHA HIGH SCHOOL, AND I JOINED TEEN COALITION BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE SIMILAR IDEAS AS I DO AND HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.

UM, WE PICK ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, RECIPIENT.

THIS IS TYPICALLY A STUDENT NOMINATED BY TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, UM, VOLUNTEER KIND OF ADMINISTRATORS.

UM, THIS GOES TO STUDENTS WHO, UM, ARE OUTSTANDING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, ARE LEADERS, UM, IN SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET V AND A INTRODUCE OUR FIRST, UM, YOUTH OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL RECIPIENT OF THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR TO JIMA FROM A ACADEMIES.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CALL OUT MS. HOWE TO SEE A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH INTERVIEW.

OKAY.

SO WHEN ALL THE TEACHERS HEARD THAT JIMA HAD WON THE AWARD, THEY ALL WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE, WERE SOME WORDS TO THE CEREMONY TO DESCRIBE WHAT JIMA DOES.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE WORDS.

OKAY.

SO, UH, SINCE DAY ONE, SHE HAS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EXCEPTIONAL HUMAN QUALITIES.

SHE RESEMBLES RESPECT, KINDNESS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

OKAY.

SHE IS ONE IN A MILLION KIND OF STUDENT.

SHE'S KIND, PROFESSIONAL, INTELLIGENT, AND FULL OF INTEGRITY.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS OCCASIONS WHEN A JIMENA PUSHES HER OWN THINKING, HELPS HER CLASSMATES, AND TAKES HER ASSIGNMENTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

JIMENEZ NOT ONLY HAS A SUPREME INTELLECT, BUT AN IMPASSIONED HEART.

UM, FOR ME, AS JIMENEZ STRIVES FOR EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES, FROM SOLVING MATH PROBLEMS TO LEADING EVENTS AT OUR SCHOOL, FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO VOLUNTEERING TO SUPPORT BOTH TEACHERS AND HER PEERS IN CLASS.

SHE SETS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

I KNOW HER DRIVE AND CAPABILITIES ARE GONNA TAKE HER FAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT SHE'S GONNA ACCOMPLISH.

UM, JUST TO CONTINUE, JIMA HAS MATURE INTO AN AMAZING YOUNG ADULT.

HER CONSISTENT MOTIVATION, GRIT, AND WORK ETHIC IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL PROUD AND AMAZE.

SHE TRIES THAT EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.

I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST I HAVE NEVER HAD TO TELL JIMA TO BE A LEADER, TO BE A ROLE MODEL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE DOES FOR HERSELF.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE AS TEACHERS WANT FOR HER FUTURE IS TO BE HAPPY, TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO DO ALL THINGS THAT SHE'S ALREADY NOW.

AND YOU'RE VERY DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.

UH, WE COULD HAVE SPENT HERE THE WHOLE DAY TALKING ABOUT HOW MACY YOU ARE.

UH, A LOT OF TEACHERS WANTED TO BE PRESENT, BUT WE'RE JUST VERY PROUD AND WE JUST HOPE THAT WE KNOW.

WE DON'T HOPE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A VERY SUCCESSFUL

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS? UM, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS AWARD AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE TEACHER WHO NOMINATED ME.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME THROUGH EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING I, EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNG, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD AND ALWAYS WANTED TO COMPLETE THE BEST I COULD.

AND IT JUST SHOWS NOW THAT IT'S PAYING OFF.

AND I HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT I CAN GO KEEP THRIVING THE WAY I AM RIGHT NOW.

ARE, ARE YOUR PARENTS HERE? YEAH, MY MOM'S HERE.

HAVE MOM STAND UP , BECAUSE YOU SHOULD GET WE.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY A BIG ACHIEVEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR DOING SO WELL FOR COMING AND BEING WITH US TODAY.

THANK YOU.

.

NOW FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL RECIPIENT FOR THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MIKAYLA ALVAREZ.

MIKAYLA HAS BEEN A C I T OVER THE PAST TWO SUMMERS FOR SUN AND FOR FUN AND THE SUN CAMP.

SHE CONTINUOUSLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND ASSISTING STAFF AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM.

SHE HELPS WITH SET UP OF LARGE ACTIVITIES AND HAS ALSO HELPED WITH FIELD TRIPS UP TO FLETCHER HILLS POOL.

IN ADDITION, SHE HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT DANCE CAMP IN 2022.

MIKAYLA HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR KIDS NIGHT OUT AND KIDS MORNING OUT EVENTS, IN ADDITION TO HILLSIDE'S MOVIES IN THE PARK IN 2022, ASSISTING STAFF WITH SET UP BREAKDOWN AND PROGRAM SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF HER TIME VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CITY.

SHE'S A DEDICATED STUDENT AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP OTHERS.

SHE HAS TRAVELED OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY TO HELP WITH ORPHANAGES, FOCUSING ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO YOUTH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MIKAYLA ALVAREZ.

MIKAYLA, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SURE.

UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST COME AND HAVE THIS, UM, YEAH, THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS COOL AWARD.

AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE HILLSIDE STAFF FOR BEING SO COOL AND HELPING ME AND MAKING IT FUN TO DO.

AND I JUST WANNA THANK FOR THE CHILDREN.

THEY MADE IT A A LOT MORE FUN THAN CAUSE I, YEAH.

SO, UM, I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GUYS' HELP AND YEAH.

ARE YOUR PARENTS HERE? YEAH, WE'RE FRIENDS.

MY MOM AND MY DAD.

YEAH, I'M A DAD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HUH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO BOTH OF OUR RECIPIENTS.

UM, YOU BOTH WILL DO GREAT IN YOUR FUTURE CAREERS.

UM, BUT THAT CONCLUDES IT FOR THE TEEN COALITION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MICHELLE? YES.

SO FIRST CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS, JIMA AND KAYLA, MCKAYLA.

SORRY.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GO FAR.

BE STRONG WOMEN OUT THERE AND GO FOR YOUR DREAMS. ALSO, UH, JIMENEZ'S MOM, I SAW YOU AT THE OPENING, UM, OF AHA.

IS IT AHA ACADEMY.

I SAW YOU AT THE OPENING THERE.

AND MS. SOLAS, I SAW YOU PERFORMING ACROSS THE STREET AT THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER.

YOU'RE IN THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? UM, THE GIRL STANDING NEXT TO YOU? YEAH.

YOU, YOU PLAY MUSIC, RIGHT? NO .

WELL, I'M EMBARRASSED.

THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL THAT GOES TO EHA ACADEMY WHO PLAYS MUSIC, AND I SWEAR IT WAS YOU IN THE FRONT ROW.

SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET OLD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY.

THANKS FOR, AND Y'ALL DID, YOU SPOKE VERY WELL TODAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA CHANGES.

STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT.

WE

[7. CONSENT ITEMS: Consent Items are routine matters enacted by one motion according to the RECOMMENDATION listed below. With the concurrence of the City Council, a Council Member or person in attendance may request discussion of a Consent Item at this time.]

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

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

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

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ALREADY BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT 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 HAVE NO CARDS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

AND, UM, WE ARE NOW

[11. Delinquent Refuse/Recycling Collection Charges RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the Public Hearing and receives public testimony; Closes the Public Hearing; Adopts the next Resolution, in order, to confirm the list of property owners as delinquent in the payment of their mandatory refuse/recycling service bills; and Authorizes the City Clerk to record the amount owed for each account as a lien on the respective property and forward the list to the County Tax Assessor for billing on the next property tax bill. ]

WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TO CONSIDER.

ITEM 11 IS FOR THE DELINQUENT REFUSE RECYCLING COLLECTION CHARGES.

AND BEFORE I ASK STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM, I, UH, MUST RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE OF A NEW STATE LAW.

UH, I RECEIVED A CAMPAIGN DONATION FOR MY CONGRESSIONAL RUN FROM A MEMBER OF THE EDCO STAFF.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF.

SO I'LL BE STEPPING INTO THE NEXT ROOM AND, UM, I WILL, UM, ASK STEVE GOBEL TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THIS.

AND I'LL COME BACK WHEN THIS ITEM IS FINISHED.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UH, STAFF WHO ARE GONNA HAVE PRESENT THIS ITEM FOR US.

UH, MR. GOBEL, UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF.

MR. MIKE JAMES.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS GOING TO DISCUSS THE DELINQUENT REFUSE RECYCLING COLLECTION CHARGES.

UM, AND WE'LL JUMP INTO SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THOSE DELINQUENCIES OCCURRED, UM, AND THE REASONS WHY THE INITIAL NUMBER OF DELINQUENCIES WAS REDUCED BY SO MUCH UNTIL THE FINAL RECOMMENDED NUMBER.

UM, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME EDCO STAFF THAT ARE IN, IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE, UH, MR. STEVE SOUTH, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT, CEO, MR. CARL SHEBA, GENERAL MANAGER, MS. CINDY HORN, DIRECTOR OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND COLLECTIONS.

AND THAT TEAM THAT'S PRESENT WITH US TODAY, UM, HELPED, WAS REALLY THE PIVOTAL, THE PIVOTAL INFORMATION PROVIDER DO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

SO, NEXT SLIDE.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

IN JANUARY OF 21, THE CITY ESTABLISHED A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH EDCO TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REFUSE RECYCLING AND ORGANIC SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY.

AS A PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, EDCO MAY, UM, DIRECTLY BILL EACH CUSTOMER FOR THE COST OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.

UM, THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS THOUGH, UM, THAT MAY BE GRANTED SPECIFICALLY THREE, AND THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

UM, IF AN INDIVIDUAL OR A CUSTOMER, UM, SELF HAULS THEIR WASTE RECYCLING ORGANICS, IF A CUSTOMER HAS A CURRENT EDCO COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT IN THE CITY THAT'S ALSO UNDER THEIR NAME, THEY CAN SELF HAUL THEIR RESIDENTIAL ITEMS TO THEIR COMMERCIAL, UM, LOCATION OR IF THEIR PROPERTY IS VACANT AND THEY CAN SHOW PROOF OF THAT.

UM, IN, IN THESE INSTANCES, OR THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHEN CUSTOMERS CAN'T PAY, UM, THEIR ACCOUNT.

AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE CITY MAY ASSIST EDCO BY PROVIDING OR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LIEN PROCESS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ONE OF THE STEPS IN THAT PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE LEAN PROCESS WITH EDCO.

AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TABLE BEFORE YOU, THOSE ARE THE GREEN COLUMNS ON THE FAR RIGHT WITH THE YEARS 21 AND 22.

WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2022 TODAY.

UM, BUT THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS, IT GOES BACK TO INFORMATION WITH A PRIOR HAULER WASTE MANAGEMENT FROM 2017 TO 2022.

AND THOSE ARE ALL AVERAGE NUMBERS OF THE INITIAL ACCOUNTS, AND THEN THE FINAL ACCOUNTS THAT WERE RECORDED AS LIENS.

AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PROCESS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW WITH EDCO IN THE TIME FROM 17 TO 20, UM, THERE WERE THREE LIENS THAT WERE RECORDED EACH YEAR.

SO THREE TIMES THERE WERE HEARINGS THAT WERE PRESENTED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL VERSUS WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, WHICH IS JUST ONE TIME PER YEAR.

NOW, LOOKING AT 2022, THERE WAS INITIAL NUMBER OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS WAS PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA REPORT AT 1500.

UM, YESTERDAY, CITY STAFF WORKED DIRECTLY WITH EDCO STAFF AT THAT NUMBER BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS REALLY PROVIDED A LITTLE BIT PREMATURELY, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS PROVIDED IN DECEMBER BEFORE THE ACTUAL ACCOUNTS BECAME DELINQUENT.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT AGAIN, AND THAT NUMBER, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF INITIAL ACCOUNTS WAS FOUR 17, AND THAT WAS PROVIDED PROBABLY ABOUT THAT, THAT WAS GENERATED ABOUT FEBRUARY MARCH TIMELINE.

UM, BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS IT REALLY MADE STAFF RE-LOOK AT

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WE HAD TO WORK WITH AVERAGES.

BUT NOW, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AND THE NEXT COUPLE GRAPHS WILL SHOW THAT IT'S GONNA COMPARE THE AVERAGE OR THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE, AND THEN THE ACTUAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL.

SO GOING BACK AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE HEARINGS ITSELF, INSTEAD OF TAKING THE AVERAGE OF THE THREE, WE'RE GONNA ADD THE THREE TOGETHER.

SO THEN THERE'S A TOTAL NUMBER OF LEANS PER YEAR, AND THEN THAT'S GONNA BE THE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON WITH WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING WITH EDCO.

NEXT SLIDE.

NOPE.

SO THIS GRAPH IS, IS REALLY SIMPLY JUST A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TABLE THAT WAS JUST SHOWN BEFORE YOU.

WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS IS THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM 2017 UNTIL 2022, THERE'S A GENERALLY DOWNWARD TREND AS YOU MOVE FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT.

SO THERE'S AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT MOVES FORWARD.

AND JUST TO GET INTO THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT, AND ARROWS, BECAUSE THEY'RE COOL, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN 2017 TO 2022, ON AVERAGE, THERE WAS A 66% REDUCTION.

AND SO THAT'S THE GREEN ARROW.

THE BOTTOM LINE, THERE'S A 66% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL LIENS THAT WERE RECORDED FROM 2017 TILL 2022.

AND ON AVERAGE THAT, THAT WAS ABOUT 317 ACCOUNTS PER YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING AVERAGES.

AND SO THEN THAT BRINGS UP THE NEXT POINT INITIALLY THAT I BROUGHT UP WAS INSTEAD OF AVERAGES, WELL, LET'S JUST TALK TOTALS.

LET'S ADD UP THE TOTAL EACH YEAR.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME TREND, IT'S STILL INVERSE, IT'S STILL COMING DOWN AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN TIME.

BUT WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU SHOULD NOTICE IS THAT THE VOLUME OF ACCOUNTS IS, IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.

AND THE NUMBER OF LIENS HERE SINCE 2017 HAVE DECREASED NEARLY 90% THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED.

AND THAT'S ALMOST 1300 ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN REDUCED SINCE 2017 UNTIL 2022.

AND SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT WERE RECORDED AS LIENS YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN, WE NOW HAVE THAT HISTORICAL, UM, NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT LOT OF NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND SO NOW I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH, WITH ONE SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT REALLY KIND OF TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THAT'S THE DELINQUENCY RATE.

SO THE DELINQUENCY RATE IS JUST THE NUMBER OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS DIVIDED BY TOTAL ACCOUNTS.

AND SO WHEN I TOOK THAT NUMBER AND RAN THE ANALYSIS FROM 2017 UNTIL 2022, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE THAT THE RATE WENT FROM 10% ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1% IN 2022.

AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DELINQUENCY RATE IN 21, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A HUGE DROP FROM 7% DOWN TO 0.8%.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE AT 1%, WHICH IS PROBABLY IN, IT'S, IT'S ROUGHLY IN THE BALLPARK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF LIENS THAT WERE ACTUALLY, OR THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT STAFF WANTED TO STRESS MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE AT THAT SAME TIME, IN 21, THAT WAS WHEN THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BEGAN WITH EDCO.

SO TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY, WHY ARE THESE ACCOUNTS DELINQUENT? UM, CITY STAFF WERE CLOSELY WITH EDCO STAFF AND, AND THESE WERE THE PROBABLY THE STRONGEST OR THE MORE FREQUENT REASONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LAST BULLET POINT WITH THE PAYMENT CONFUSION.

SO THIS PAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF TENANT EXCHANGE, NEW TENANTS COMING IN, OLD TENANTS LEAVING OWNERS, AND THERE WAS NO, THERE SEEMED TO BE NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE THREE INDIVIDUALS.

SO THE BILL DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET PAID.

SO A LOT OF THE TIMES, THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS TO WHY CERTAIN BILLS WEREN'T PAID.

UM, AND THEN NOW BRINGING FORWARD TO THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED, UM, IS, IS 161 ACCOUNTS, BUT SIMILAR TO EVERYONE LEARNS A DIFFERENT WAY.

I THINK EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO PAY A BILL.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, REALLY EDCO PROVIDED MULTIPLE METHODS OF OUTREACH INVOICES, MULTIPLE INVOICES, LETTERS, EMAILS, AUTOMATED CALLS, PERSONAL TELEPHONE CALLS, UM, AND EVEN TO THE NUMBERS OF TWO INVOICES, TWO LETTERS, TWO NOTES ON CART, ONE EMAIL, TWO AUTOMATED CALLS, AND TWO PERSONAL, AT LEAST TWO PERSONAL CALLS.

AND THOSE ARE TO EACH DELINQUENT ACCOUNT.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT INITIAL NUMBER THAT WAS PROVIDED AT 417, WHY THAT NUMBER DROPPED DOWN TO 161, WHICH IS WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY AT TODAY, THAT'S WHY IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S AT, THERE WAS AT LEAST 11 TOUCHES FOR EACH DELINQUENT ACCOUNT HOLDER.

AND WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, THAT COMES UP TO ALMOST ABOUT 1800 SEPARATE CONTACTS THAT WERE MADE FOR EACH OF THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ON THEIR DELINQUENT LIST.

SO AT THAT, AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE

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OKAY.

BEFORE WE GET TO STAFF QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, SLIPS FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARD, SIR.

OKAY.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS.

UH, SO THE 161 THAT ARE LEFT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT $285 PER DELINQUENCY.

AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT TAKES 11 TOUCHES, THEY'RE KIND OF LOSING MONEY TRYING TO GET THESE DELINQUENCIES.

SO I GIVE EKO SOME CREDIT FOR, FOR BEING JUST REALLY ACCOMMODATING TO OUR CUSTOMERS OVER AND OVER.

I THINK THEY'VE PROVIDED GOOD SERVICE.

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN SOCIETY THAT HAVE ONLY GONE UP 7% IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THEY STARTED WITH US ON JULY 1ST, OR JANUARY 1ST, 2021.

SO WE ARE NOW ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS INTO THE CONTRACT.

AND I REMEMBER MY RESIDENTIAL PAYMENT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND 31 CENTS ON, ON DAY ONE.

AND TODAY IT'S LIKE $107 AND SOMETHING NOT MUCH HAS STATED AT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT INFLATION FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

SO, UH, WE THANK EDCO FOR, FOR REALLY PROVIDING GREAT SERVICE AND CITY STAFF FOR NEGOTIATING A GOOD CONTRACT ON BEHIND ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

SO THE BULKY ITEM PICKUP, ED KO'S GREAT.

I'VE DONE THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

VERY EASY, VERY FRIENDLY.

UH, THESE ARE ARE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM.

SO WITH THAT, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO I NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF YOUR FINDING.

THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CLOSE IT OURSELVES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, I'M SORRY, BY WHO? MR. ORTIZ? SECOND BY MS. MITCHELL.

OH, PLEASE VOTE.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO RESET THAT.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY A FOUR ZERO VOTE WITH MAYOR WELLS DISQUALIFIED AS HE RECEIVED A CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN DONATION FROM AN EDCO STAFF MEMBER.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU EDCO PEOPLE FOR COMING.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE MAYOR BACK IN AND HE CAN RESUME TAKE AN OPEN BEFORE YOU DO THAT, DEPUTY MAYOR GOBEL, I THINK THE LAST STEP IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY CLERK TO, TO, UH, FILE THE LIENS WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER OR TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

THERE'S A FOURTH STEP IN THERE.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT WE, WE OUGHT TO AT LEAST TAKE THAT STEP.

OKAY.

UH, MR. MAYOR, I'M SORRY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE YOU STEP OUT FOR JUST 30 MORE SECONDS.

WE MISSED AN ITEM.

OKAY.

SO WHEN I HAVE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD THE AMOUNT AS A LIEN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY A FOUR ZERO VOTE WITH MAYOR WELLS DISQUALIFIED AS HE RECEIVE A CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM ANCO STAFF MEMBER.

OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO

[12. Amendment to the 2023 Five-Year Program of Projects for the SANDAG Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP No. 23-04) RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the Public Hearing and receives testimony; Closes the Public Hearing; and Adopts the next Resolution, in order, approving the amendment to the proposed five-year program of projects for the SANDAG Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP No. 23-04).]

OKAY.

THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 12 IS AMENDMENT TO THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE R T I P AND ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME'S MARIO SANCHEZ, CITY ENGINEER.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR AMENDMENT TO THE FIVE YEAR, UH, PROGRAM OF PROJECTS FOR THE SANDAG, UH, OUR TIP PROGRAM.