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ALL RIGHT,

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME.

WELCOME TO THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AND I'LL ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE? AFTER READY BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIRE AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the June 11, 2019, Meetings and the Agenda of the June 25, 2019, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF A GERMAN, UH, THE JUNE 11TH, 2019 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JUNE 25TH, 2019 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.

THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND SO I WILL ASK STAFF IF YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES.

MR MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CHANGES.

COUNSEL, ANY AGENDA CHANGES

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

THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS, A ROUTINE MATTERS AND ACTED BY ONE MOTION ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, A COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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

ANGELA, WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR CONSENT ITEMS? NO SIR, WE DO NOT.

I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN THE PROOF THAT CAN SET ITEMS MOVING.

SECONDLY, PLEASE VOTE.

YEAH.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE

[ 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.]

RIGHT OUT.

PUBLIC COMMENT THIS TIME ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OKLAHOMA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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

STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

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

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

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MALIKA MARSTON.

HI MS MARSTEN.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS MALIKA MARZEN WITH CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN.

CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE ADVOCATES FOR POLICIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT FIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE WORK IN ALL 18 CITIES IN THE REGION AND HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS OF CAP DEVELOPMENT IN EVERY CITY THAT HAS OR IS DEVELOPING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

IN MAY WE SUBMITTED A JOINT LETTER WITH PANA AND SAN DIEGO THREE 50 ON THE DRAFT CAP AND D I R AND HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU TO THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE AGREED TO MEET WITH US TO DISCUSS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

FURTHER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE DECLINED OUR REQUEST, WE KINDLY ASKED AGAIN FOR YOU TO MEET WITH US PAULA PUBLIC TESTIMONY, THE DAY OF ADOPTION IS NOT ADEQUATE TIME TO DISCUSS THE COMPLEX AND OFTENTIMES CONFUSING MENU OF STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO CITIES WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPING CAPS.

ALCOHOL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN NOT ONLY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TO DO ITS PART TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SECURE A SAFE AND LIVABLE FUTURE FOR ITS RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALCOHOL AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND MAKE THE CITY MORE PROSPEROUS.

HOWEVER, AS IT STANDS, ALCOHOL ANS DRAFT CAP DOES NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS POTENTIAL AND IT DOES NOT MAKE THE KIND OF AGGRESSIVE COMMITMENTS THAT SCIENCE TELLS US ARE NECESSARY TO SECURE A SAFE AND LIVABLE FUTURE FOR THEM.

MORE ALCOHOL ANS CAP DOES NOT COMPLY WITH SEQUEL GUIDELINES FOR QUALIFIED CAPS FOR A CAP TO FUNCTION MEANINGFULLY AS A ROADMAP TO ITS REDUCTION.

TARGET SEQUENT IS CLEAR THAT THE MEASURES IN THE PLAN MUST BE ENFORCEABLE WHICH MEANS THEY MUST BE SPECIFIC, UNAMBIGUOUS AND CONTAIN CLEAR REQUIREMENTS.

SEVERAL OF THE CITY ACTIONS WITHIN THE CAP ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE AND THUS DO NOT COMPLY WITH SEQUENCE.

WE STRONGLY URGE THE CITY TO REVISE THE CAP SO THAT ALL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MEASURES ARE ENFORCEABLE AND LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE.

TO TRULY ADOPT A CAP THAT WORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE REGION, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE AN ONGOING TWO WAY DIALOGUE WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF ADOPTION.

NOW WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE ADOPTION HEARING AND WE URGE YOU TO MEET WITH US AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CAP BEFORE

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THEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE MORE CARD PLEASE.

TRUE BONNIE PRICE.

BOBBY, COME ON UP.

THANK YOU.

UH, IN LIGHT OF THE TORTURE CONDITIONS FOUND AT THE INTERNMENT CAMP AND TEXAS AS DESCRIBED BY REPORTS FROM ATTORNEYS AND A PHYSICIAN WHO VISITED, I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULDN'T BE A SMART IDEA FOR THE CITY TO MONITOR ON AN UNANNOUNCED BASIS, THE LOCAL INTERMENT CAMP.

I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU GET BLANKET PERMISSION TO GO FOR ONSITE INSPECTIONS WHENEVER THEY CITY DECIDES TO DO SO.

AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN REALLY ASSURE YOURSELF THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THESE INTERNMENT CAMP FULL OF KIDS ARE ON THEIR TOES ALL THE TIME.

UNANNOUNCED VISITS.

THAT'S MY REQUEST.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, PATTY.

MAYOR, WE RECEIVED ANOTHER CARD.

OKAY, LET'S JUST DO THIS PIECE.

MAIL HAD TIM .

WELL, SURE.

WELCOME.

HELLO SIR.

THANK YOU.

UH, WHAT I, UH, I'M, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PARTNERS.

SO FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH REFUGEES HERE IN AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SORT OF LAST THE CAP AND WE ALSO ARE REQUESTING TO POSTPONE OR RESCHEDULE, UM, THE DAY OF VOTING ON THE CAP BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON IT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, SOME TIME TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN ENGAGE IN THIS DISCUSSION AND BRING FORWARD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

THERE ARE NO EXCUSE ME.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

[6. Fiscal Year 2019-20 Annual City, Housing Authority, and Successor Agency Budgets RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council, Housing Authority, and the City of El Cajon as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency hold a joint public hearing to consider the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Proposed Budgets. After closing the public hearing, staff recommends the following: Acting as the City Council, individually adopt the following: Resolution of the City of El Cajon Adopting the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Annual Budget. Resolution Approving and Adopting the Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2019-20. Resolution Approving Designation of General Fund Balances. Acting as the Housing Authority Board of Directors, adopt Resolution titled: Resolution of the El Cajon Housing Authority Adopting the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget. Acting as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors, adopt Resolution titled: Resolution of the City Council of the City Of El Cajon as the Successor Agency to the former El Cajon Redevelopment Agency Adopting the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget.]

ITEM SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 THROUGH 2020 ANNUAL CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES, SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUDGET STAFF WOULD TELL US ABOUT THIS PLEASE.

MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE C STAFF IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 2020 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AS YOU RECALL, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE BUDGET AT ITS A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO ON JUNE 11TH.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO PRESENT THE BUDGET FORMALLY THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TO CONSIDER A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS THAT WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET.

IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT.

AND I'LL, I'LL KEEP THIS SLIDE UP, UM, AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT'S NECESSARY TO ADOPT THE BUDGET BUT GO THROUGH, UM, SERIES OF ACTIONS.

ONE WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT'D BE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT HATS THAT YOU WEAR.

THEN THERE WOULD BE A CITY COUNCIL ACTION OF UH, ADOPTION OF THREE SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS AND THOSE SHOULD BE HANDLED AS THREE SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS.

AND THEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD ACT AS UM, UNDER ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WOULD NEED TO ACT AS A SEPARATE BODY AS WELL.

SO A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS, BUT STAFF'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE ABOUT THE BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UM, COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS, STEPH? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, OH, I'M SORRY STEVE.

GO AHEAD.

I'LL HIT THEM ALL UNTIL SOMETHING TURNS ON.

I'M IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET THIS YEAR.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO RAISE THE QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET THIS YEAR, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW THAT'S SUCH A LARGE SUM, 1 MILLION BUCKS.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? CERTAINLY THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

ACTUALLY, OUR, OUR, UM, SALARY IS ACTUALLY GONE DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE SOME COSTS.

THE, THE BIG CHANGE, IT'S AN $800,000

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TICKET ITEM.

UH, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET ALL OF OUR SALES TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS OR OUR TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS.

SO THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE FOUND WITHIN THE BUDGET AND THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA RECOMMEND IT AND MADE YOUR BUDGET THAT WE TAKE THAT OUT CAUSE IT'S HARD FOR US TO MANAGE DAY TO DAY WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A BIG CHUNK OF OUR BUDGET THAT CAN FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON THE ECONOMY.

SO $800,000 OF THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE TOT SHARE WITH THE COURTYARD.

IT INCLUDES, UM, SOME SALES TAX SHARE WITH MERCEDES BENZ AND IT INCLUDES SOME SALES TAX SHARE WITH HONDA OH, AND BMW.

SO THOSE FOUR AGREEMENTS ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

THAT MAKES UP $800,000.

THE REST ARE SOME CONSULTING FEES, SOME ARE RELATED TO SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES THAT WE'RE DOING, INCLUDING LOOKING AT HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES.

AND OUR IT COSTS HAVE GONE UP THIS YEAR, PARTLY BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING SOME MORE ROBUST SYSTEMS TO HELP US, UH, MANAGE OUR PROCESSES.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF TAX SHARE, UH, THIS IS AN EXPENSE ITEM IN YOUR BUDGET.

SO IS THIS A, UH, A CASH ACCOUNTING ITEM? IS IT AN ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING? HOW DOES $800,000 OF TEXTURE HAPPEN? SO THE WAY WE'RE BOOKING IT AND MR SHANKIN CAN GET IT RIGHT IF I GET IT WRONG.

SO WE'RE BOOKING IT ALL AS REVENUE.

SO IF IF FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE MERCEDES BENZ DEALERSHIP GENERATES X AMOUNT OF REVENUE, WE ARE GOING TO BOOK 100% OF THAT AS A REVENUE.

AND THEN LET'S SAY A PERCENTAGE OF THAT PER OUR AGREEMENT WILL BE SHARED BECAUSE THEY'VE HIT A THRESHOLD THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RECEIVE A SHARE.

WE WILL THEN SHARE OUT OF THE EXPENDITURE COMING OUT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

SO THAT'S HOW IT'S BEING HANDLED.

SO IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PUT THE EXPENSE SIDE WITH THE REVENUE SIDE.

AT SOME POINT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT PERHAPS AT A MID YEAR AT SOME POINT THERE IS SOME VALUE OF, OF KEEPING THEM SEPARATE.

BUT UM, SO IT'S EASY TO TRACK EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING OUT AND OUR REVENUE OR OUR, OUR, OUR EXPENDITURE.

BUT PERHAPS MORE OF LIKE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC BUDGET OR FUND OR LINE ITEM.

SO THANK YOU.

AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GETTING A PORTION, NOT THE WHOLE AMOUNT THAT, SO THE LIKE WE'D GET, UM, YEAH, 500,000 AND WE'D GIVE AWAY 350 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CORRECT.

THE PR, THE PREMISE, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

THE PREMISE OF THE AGREEMENT IS, AND WE'LL USE MERCEDES-BENZ AS THE EXAMPLE.

IF MERCEDES BENZ HISTORICALLY HAD BEEN GENERATING X AMOUNT OF SALES TAX UNDER THEIR NEW DEALERSHIP, THEY'RE ANTICIPATED TO GENERATE X.

PLUS WE'RE SHARING A PORTION, 50% OF THE PLUS PORTION, NOT WHAT THE BASE WAS.

SO THE CITY'S NEVER GOING TO BE HARMED BY THE DEAL.

IT'S ONLY EXTRA MONEY AS A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT HAS A SUNSET TIME LIMIT ON THOSE SHARING.

SO SOMEDAY WE WON'T BE SHARING ANYTHING.

CORRECT.

SOME OF THESE AGREEMENTS ARE 10 YEAR AGREEMENTS.

SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY RATCHET DOWN THE AMOUNT OF OUR SHARE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WE'RE GOOD BUSINESS PEOPLE AND WE MAKE THOSE GOOD DECISIONS.

IT WAS A, IT WAS A CALCULATED BUSINESS TRANSACTION TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE, UH, MONEY COMING IN FROM THE REVENUE SHARING SHOULD PROBABLY BE IN A, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY RATHER THAN A CITY MANAGER BUDGET.

CAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC MIGHT THINK, WELL WOW, THEY WOULD, WOULD THEY DO HIRE 10 MORE SECRETARIES? SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE.

IT'S, IT'S AN IN THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE SHOW IT GOING IN AND SHOW IT GOING OUT ON ALL IN ONE SPOT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

SILLY.

AND ON THE REVERSE SIDE, IF, IF THE ECONOMY WERE TO DIP AND THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THAT AMOUNT, IT WOULD BE UNFAIR FOR, FOR VINCE AND I TO TAKE CREDIT FOR US BEING SUPER PRUDENT WITH OUR, WITH OUR BUDGET WHEN WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

SO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY STRICT CURVES FOR THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

ONE CARD.

MS BONNIE PRICE.

THANKS BONNIE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING MOVING.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I WANT, I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT, UH,

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SEVERAL MARSHALS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH OF THE BUDGETS, RIGHT.

MOVED TO MAKE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ALCONA ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 1920 ANNUAL BUDGET.

SECONDLY, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE RESOLUTION APPROVING, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1920 WELL, SECOND THOUGHT, I CAN'T MOVE TO SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND A RESOLUTION APPROVING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCES.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT AS WELL.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU.

ITEM SEVEN IS REPORT ON PARDON? WE STILL NEED A VOTE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE ASSESSOR AGENCY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

RESOLUTION FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OR DIRECTORS.

SECOND IS VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

LAST ONE, BOB.

THE RESOLUTION TITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ELK ON CITY, UM, OF ALCOHOL AND AS A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER ELKO AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR 1920 BUDGET.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

YEAH.

CARRIE LIKES BAKED COMMENT.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW WELL THE FINANCES OF THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA RUN.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM, CLAY FOR BEING VERY PRUDENT, VERY CONSERVATIVE ON SPENDING THE MONEY BOARDING ON FRUGAL, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

AND UH, WE HAVE RESERVES ABOUT 52% OF, UH, OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND UH, MANY CITIES HAVE 20%, SOME, SOME EVEN LESS.

AND UH, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO RECESSION AT SOME POINT AND UH, WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE MONEY FOR A RAINY DAY, PUTTING ASIDE MONEY FOR UNFUNDED PENSION.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO COMMEND THE STAFF ON HOW THEY'VE HANDLED THE MONEY AT THIS CITY.

I AGREE.

THANKS.

I'LL ALL RIGHT ON TO THAT.

IN THE, IN THE EXCELLENCE OF BEING PRUDENT WITH MONEY AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT IN NEGOTIATIONS.

WE'VE JUST INVESTED IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH UH, THOSE TWO BUDGETS COMBINED I BELIEVE ARE CLOSE TO TWO THIRDS OF OUR GENERAL FUND.

AND SO THE COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T BECOME A TRAINING GROUND FOR OTHER CITIES.

AND SO I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN ADDRESSING THAT IN THE RECENT CONTRACTS, UH, WHICH ARE APPROVED BY BOTH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS.

AND THAT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALCOHOL AND WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TURNOVER AND TO TRY TO VALUE THE PEOPLE THAT WE DO HAVE.

SO GREAT JOB.

THANKS STEVEN.

[7. East County Advanced Water Purification Program Interim Funding Agreement RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, to: Approve the East County Advanced Water Purification Program Interim Funding Agreement (IFA) between City of El Cajon, Padre Dam Municipal Water District, the County of San Diego (through its San Diego County Sanitation District), and Helix Water District; Authorize the City Manager to execute the IFA; and Appropriate $430,000.00 from the City's Wastewater Fund for the fair share contribution to final program development costs for the East County Advanced Water Purification Program.]

ITEM SEVEN, AS A REPORT ON THE EAST COUNTY ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION PROGRAM STAFF, WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TOPIC IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

UM, IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF GOING BACK, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HISTORY HERE.

UH, THE ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION PROJECT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO DON'T REMEMBER, THIS IS A PROJECT WHICH DIVERTS OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, UH, A MAJOR PORTION OF IT TO SANTEE LAKES FOR TREATMENT.

THEY'RE CLOSE BY, NOT ACTUALLY IN THE LAKES, BUT CLOSE BY IN A NEW TREATMENT PLANT CALLED IT ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION AND THAT TREATMENT PLANT.

THEN WE'LL TAKE THE TREATED WATER AND PUMP IT INTO LAKE JENNINGS BY WHICH HE LOOKS WATER WILL THEN EXTRACT IT, TREAT IT AGAIN, AND PUT IT INTO OUR POTABLE WATER SYSTEM.

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT VERY CAREFULLY.

STAFF HAS BEEN LEERY AT TIMES, UM, NOT ABOUT THE TREATMENT, NOT ABOUT THE PURIFICATION, BUT RATHER THE FEASIBILITY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY OF SUCH A PROJECT, WHICH IS TOTALLING, UM, THE PROJECT ITSELF.

CONSTRUCTION 550 MILLION.

UH, AND, AND THAT WOULDN'T JUST BE OKLAHOMAN'S BURDEN ALONE.

IT'S, UH, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT HERE.

AND SO I WANT

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TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT AN INTERIM FUNDING AGREEMENT.

UM, THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVELY SEWER TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION RATES ARE GOING UP.

WE'RE EXPERIENCED THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WE'RE SEEING THAT AND THAT'S A DIRECT COST THAT COMES FROM A METRO, WHICH IS A OF A JPA FORMATION, UH, FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO TREAT UH, MANY MUNICIPALITIES, UH, WASTEWATER DOWN AT POINT LOMA.

THAT'S ALL GONNA CHANGE.

THAT NO LONGER IS GOING TO BE OUR ONLY OPTION.

UM, OUR ONLY OPTION WILL BE THROUGH PURE WATER IS SAN DIEGO'S VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT THEY'RE TAKING THE WATER AFTER TREATING THE WASTEWATER AND PUT IT INTO LIKE MIRAMAR AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE IT, PURIFY IT AND TREAT IT AGAIN AND THEN GIVE IT TO THEIR RESIDENTS.

THE SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS, NOT COUNTY, JUST THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

SO KIND OF BRINGING US BACK UP TO SPEED HERE INTO THE PRESENT.

THE COUNTY, CITY OF OKLAHOMA, HELIX WATER AND PADRE DAM HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT A VIABLE SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO TREAT.

THEN THE RISING COSTS THAT PURE WATER AT SAN DIEGO WOULD BE.

AND SO WE BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THAT WE DO HAVE A FEASIBLE PROJECT.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE'VE GONE OUT TO THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT REVIEWERS, UH, ON THE FINANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

UM, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, AT TIMES LEERY, WE'VE BEEN AT T AT TIMES QUESTIONING WHEN WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE ROOM SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE BEEN PRUDENT.

STAFF HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

AND WE DO, WE, WE FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VIABLE AT UP TO THIS POINT WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO THIS POINT.

UM, THAT'S A LOT OF TALKING FOR THE FIRST SLIDE.

SO I'M ADVANCED HERE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH WE'VE HAD.

WE HAD TO WORK OUT SOME, UH, ITEMS. OKLAHOMA PADRE DAM AND THE COUNTY ARE LOOKING AT FORMING A WASTEWATER JPA AND WHICH WE WOULD AS A JPA, A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, UH, TREAT THE WATER AND THEN SELL IT TO HELIX WATER FOR THEM TO PUT INTO THEIR RESERVOIR AT LAKE JENNINGS.

SO THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP THAT'S GOING ON HERE.

UH, HE LOOKS WATER HAS A LOT TO BENEFIT.

UM, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE 30% OF OUR REGION, EAST COUNTY ALONES REGION SUPPLY OF WATER.

THIS WILL SUPPLY.

SO WE WILL HAVE A LOCAL SUPPLY OF 30% OF OUR WATER.

LET THAT SOAK IN JUST FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THAT IS VITAL.

UM, W IN SERIOUS DROUGHT CONDITIONS, WE ARE HIT WITH, UH, INCREASED PRICES IN WATER AND THE LACK THEREOF OF WATER.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TAKING CARE OF OUR OURSELVES AND OUR OWN NEEDS TO THE TUNE OF 30%.

UM, ONE OTHER POINT TO MAKE ON THAT IS DURING DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN LOCAL SOURCE, WE WILL BE ALLOWED, UH, AND THERE'S THIS EFFORT TO UH, RATION AT SOME POINT.

IF DROUGHT CONDITIONS GET TO A CERTAIN LEVEL RATION THE AMOUNT OF WATER PER PERSON.

SO YOU WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO TAKE OUT X AMOUNT OF UNITS OF WATER PER PERSON PER DAY.

SO FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD, THIS WILL GIVE US AN INCREASED AMOUNT ABOVE AND BEYOND BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS LOCAL SUPPLY.

SO ALL GOOD INFORMATION.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS.

AND SO WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS, UH, AGGRESSIVE DISCUSSIONS, MEANING THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON A FREQUENT BASIS AND NOW WE'VE COME TO THIS POINT WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IT'S PRUDENT TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO THIS INTERIM FUNDING AGREEMENT SAYS A COUPLE THINGS THAT SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY AN EQUAL SHARE OF THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO GET US TO THAT NEXT STAGE.

A PORTION OF THAT IS GOING TO BE PAID OUT OF SRF LOANS, WHICH, UH, IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF A DIRECTLY OUR POCKETS.

IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT COST, WHICH IS ALREADY CALCULATED INTO ALL OF OUR ESTIMATES.

UM, BUT A PORTION OF IT WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM US, UH, TO THE TUNE OF UP TO NOT EXACTLY $430,000.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN ORDER TO KIND OF MOVE THIS THING FORWARD IS, UH, FOR THAT 430,000,

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WITH THIS INTERIM FUNDING AGREEMENT, IT ALSO SAYS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO KIND OF PUSH FORWARD AND KEEP THIS MOVING.

UM, WHAT IF WE SIGN THIS IFA NOW THE INTERIM FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT'S, UH, COMING UP HERE, WE'RE IN THE SUMMER OF 2019.

UH, THE PROJECT SHOULD BE ONLINE BY 2025.

AND UH, WE AS EL CAHONE HAVE SAID, TIME IS MONEY AND WE NEED TO PUSH TO HAVE THIS DONE QUICKER.

SO WE THINK THAT, UH, WE CAN PUSH THIS PROJECT ALONG GIVEN OUR CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND, WE CAN BE A SERVICE AND A HELP TO THIS, UH, OVERALL PROJECT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH TO TIGHTEN THAT.

I THINK IT'S A CONSERVATIVE, UH, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE READY TO PROCEED AND WE'RE ON THE HEELS OR WE'RE, WE'RE, WE HAVE POTENTIAL METRO COSTS LOOMING.

SO I THINK THE TIMELINE, IF WE ACCELERATE IT WILL HELP US OUT A LOT.

FUTURE ACTIONS THAT YOU WILL BE SEEN BEFORE YOU, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, IS THE FORMATION OF THE JPA, THE OFFICIAL FORMATION OF THAT.

SO THIS IFA TODAY WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT THE JPA, UH, I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO COME VERY QUICKLY.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN BEAT THAT FALL 2019 DEADLINE.

THERE WILL BE WATER PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE JPA AND HELIX WATER DISTRICT.

THEN THERE WILL BE A WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE JPA AND EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY.

AND FOR US THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN OKLAHOMA AND THE JPA AND A TITLE 22 SERVICE AGREEMENT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A ALL DONE, UH, ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW IF NOT SOONER.

AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.

WE'LL WILL BE PROCURING A PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTOR TO WORK ON THIS.

AND UM, IT'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF AND IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING PART.

I KNOW THAT I NERD OUT ON IT AND, UH, I'M AN ENGINEERED, SO WHAT CAN I SAY? BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, 20, 40 YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, MAN, THANK GOODNESS WE DID THIS BECAUSE IT REALLY SAVED OUR BACON WITH RESPECT TO OUR WATER.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE THAT FAR OUT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I REALLY FEEL IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS PRUDENT AND WILL REALLY BENEFIT THESE COUNTY RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

CANCEL ANY QUESTIONS? START GARY.

JUST A COMMENT.

I'M THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE ON A METRO WASTEWATER JPA AND ALSO ON THE ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION, UH, GROUP.

AND UH, I'VE STUDIED THIS A LOT.

PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLICATED THING I'VE EVER LOOKED AT MY 20 YEARS OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE.

BUT ONE THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE WATER WHEN THEY TURN ON THE TAP.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF OUR WATER FROM 600 MILES AWAY.

IF THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE, IT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS THAT TAP WATER MAY ONLY LAST A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS.

AND IF WE'RE GETTING OUR WATER FROM A SOURCE THAT'S SIX MILES AWAY WHERE WE SENT IT, WE SEND A WASTEWATER TO SANTI, AND THEN IT GOES UP TO A LAKE JENNINGS AND THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT'S MUCH MORE RELIABLE WATER.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A LOT OF RAIN.

BUT AS WE KNOW LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT THAT CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY.

WE COULD FIND HERSELF IN ANOTHER DROUGHT IN A FEW YEARS.

AND I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH THAT TO INVEST IN A LOCAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE NOT SO DEPENDENT UPON IMPORTED WATERS.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.

NOT ONLY THAT, UM, DIRK, I THINK THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT, UH, I THINK ORANGE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND, AND UM, CITIES ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER, THEY'RE USING WATER, PURIFYING IT, PUTTING IT BACK IN THE WA THE RIVER.

SO WE'VE BEEN DRINKING IT FOR YEARS AND NOBODY'S REALLY KNOWN THAT FACT.

BUT, UH, WE HAVE GOOD WATER AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE GOOD.

SO, UM, IT'S JUST A FACT OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD SOURCE.

AS GARY SAYS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT AND IT'LL BE FOR OUR FUTURE AND OUR FAMILY'S FUTURE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO I ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR THIS FACILITY AS PART OF A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT.

IS THIS THE ONE OVER IN SANTEE LAKES WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOCK UP OF IT? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S THE MOCKUP DEMO SITE.

THEY, I TALKED TO ONE OF THE ENGINEERS THERE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PURIFY THE WATER TO A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE WATER THAT WE'RE DRINKING RIGHT

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NOW.

AND THEY DID A, UM, A MARKETING EVENT WHERE THEY GOT ONE OF THE LOCAL BREWERIES TO COME OUT AND BREW BEER WITH THE ACTUAL PURIFIED WATER AND THEY HAD EVERYONE DRINK IT.

SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WHOLE OPERATION AND UH, I, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF HAVING LOCAL CONTROL OVER OUR WATER AND THE MORE LOCAL CONTROL WE CAN HAVE, THE BETTER.

SO SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

UH, WITH GARY, I HAVE ATTENDED THE, UH, ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

I GUESS THAT'S A LOT OF MOUTH FULL OF TITLES THERE TO THAT COMMITTEE.

30% IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN WATER FUTURE.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND IT'S SHORTAGE OF A DROUGHT, IS IF METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF LA WILL DIVERT WATER SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE OF DEMAND AND OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WHAT IF THEY START DIVERTING WATER FOR UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOMEWHERE AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT.

SO 30% IS GREAT.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE RATES THAT METROPOLITAN IS GOING TO CHARGE US.

THEY CAN ADD ANY KIND OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THEY WANT TO PUT IN THERE AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY THROUGH THAT FOR THE COST OF WATER.

SO THE MORE THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR OWN DESTINY, 30% THAT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA.

I ALSO THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT THAT WE HAVEN'T INCREASED SEWER RATES CURRENTLY TO FUND THIS INVESTIGATION AS WE'VE GONE ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO THE CITY STAFF HAS RESERVED FUNDS WITHOUT RAISING SEWER RATES TO GET US TO THIS POINT SO FAR.

SO THAT SHOWS YOU THE CONFIDENCE THAT I HAVE IN THE CITY STAFF'S ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.

THE RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP FROM THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO TREAT, UH, WASTEWATER.

UH, I PREFER TO CALL THIS PROGRAM PURIFIED WATER RATHER THAN RECYCLED WATER BECAUSE IT REALLY IS PURIFIED WATER AND IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA.

THANKS STEVE.

ALL RIGHT, ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPIRIT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? NO CARD, SIR.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EAST COUNTY WATER PURIFICATION PROGRAM.

INTERIM FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE AND ITS PARTNERS.

ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

IT'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT WAS ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT TOOK CARE OF ALL THOSE ITEMS, CORRECT? YES, THAT IS MY MOTION.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT,

[8. Magnolia Performing Arts Center (MPAC) Project Update RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the Magnolia Performing Arts Center (MPAC) Project Update.]

ITEM EIGHT, HIS REPORT ON THE MAGNOLIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER STAFF.

WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PLACE? WELL YOU GET TO HEAR FROM ME AGAIN.

AND THIS ONE'S A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ONE THE MAIN PURPOSES? WE GET TO STAND UP AND GO TAKE A TOUR IN JUST A MINUTE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE DOORS AND LET EVERYBODY HERE PRESENT GO ON A WALKING TOUR WITH US OF MAGNOLIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO RUN YOU THROUGH A LITTLE TIMELINE, BRING YOU BACK IN TIME, LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.

UH, THIS IN DECEMBER OF 2017, WE, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH LIVE NATION, UH, FOR THEM TO MANAGE THIS SITE.

THAT NEXT YEAR WE WENT OUT AND GOT AN ARCHITECT ON BOARD REOS, CLEMENTE HALE STUDIOS TO HELP US WITH THE DESIGN AND REMODEL, UH, DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.

NEXT IN MAY, WE, UH, THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH, WE FOUND WIELAND CONSTRUCTION.

UM, THEY ARE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON BOARD AND WE ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED IN AUGUST OF 2018.

SO REALLY FROM 2018 UNTIL, UH, TODAY IS, UH, WHEN WE, WE STARTED WORKING ON THE JOB, UM, AS YOU SEE, WE'RE ABOUT 85, 90% DONE.

OR AS YOU WILL SEE, UH, WITH THE PROJECT, WE'RE WRAPPING SOME LAST MINUTE THINGS UP AND NEXT MONTH WE'LL COMMISSION THE FACILITY, GET LIVE NATION AND THEIR STAFF UP TO SPEED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GRAND OPENING WITH ACTS BEGINNING TO PERFORM IN SEPTEMBER.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

BUT WE'RE, WHERE DID WE COME FROM? UM, BEFORE WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION, THIS WAS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN WE WALK OUT, UH, WE REPLACED THE STANDING METAL SEAM ROOF.

IT WAS LEAKING.

AND SO WE FOUND THAT TO BE SOMETHING, UM, A LITTLE BIT DRAB AS WELL.

SO WE CHANGED THE COLOR OF IT TO A NICE METALLIC COPPER.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BOX OFFICE LOOKS DIFFERENT.

IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF, IT'S A MAKEOVER RIGHT NOW AND THERE WILL BE SOME TELEVISION SCREENS THAT ARE GOING IN THE SLOT WHERE YOU SEE THE HOLE WHEN WE WALK BY IT.

OKAY.

SO, UH,

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THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISPLAY, UM, ADDS FUTURE ACTS, PRICING, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT.

UH, YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT, UH, THERE'S A NEW CONCRETE WALKWAY IN FRONT.

UH, THE OLD ONE WAS BUSTED UP AND, AND DETERIORATING, UH, INSIDE THE, UH, THE BATHROOMS. YOU NOTICE THE KIND OF OLD MUNICIPAL TILE FLOORS AND, AND, UH, BLUE PARTITIONS.

UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF TOILETS IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM, I THINK THERE WERE THREE URINALS AND SEVEN TOILETS, WHICH FOR A VENUE LIKE THIS, A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS.

SO FLIP FLOP THAT AROUND.

I THINK WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR TOILETS NOW AND ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT URINALS AND THERE ARE TWO SINKS.

SO I THINK WE'VE GOT FOUR OR FIVE NOW, WHICH REALLY MAXIMIZE THE SPACE.

THERE'S EVEN A BABY CHANGING TABLE IN THE, IN ONE OF THE STALLS.

SO GOOD ON US.

UM, THE BRICK WAS ALL BROWN OUTSIDE.

WE'VE CHANGED THAT.

LOOK INSIDE.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, SOME OF THE DRESSING ROOMS THAT, UH, WE WON'T BE GOING THROUGH ON THE TOUR TODAY UPSTAIRS, BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT THERE.

UM, WE, WE'VE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGING THOSE ALL OUT.

UM, AND THEN YOU'LL JUST SEE THE, THE PATTERNS AND COLORS ON THE WALLS AND THE LIGHTING AS WE GO THROUGH.

WE ALSO REPLACED, UH, IN ALL, ALL THE SPACES HAVE NEW CARPET WHICH ARE BEING INSTALLED AS WE SPEAK.

SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF LOOK, THE AUDITORIUM BEFOREHAND.

UM, IF YOU NOTICE THE COLOR OF THE WALLS KIND OF BROWN AND DRAB, UM, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

SO, UH, WE'LL GET TO THE GOOD STUFF.

BUT UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE LOWER RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE OLD ORCHESTRA PIT, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPURPOSE AND REUTILIZE FOR ADDITIONAL SEATING.

AND SO WE'LL BE PUTTING A TWO NEW ROWS OF SEATING ON THAT ORCHESTRA PIT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO, UM, PROVIDE MORE, UH, ACCESS.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN UPGRADED SEAT.

THE FIRST SIX ROWS ARE UPGRADED, PLUSH SEATING, UH, JUST SOME OTHER VIEWS OF KIND OF THE EXISTING, WHAT IT WAS.

AND, UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION IN THE RESTROOMS, WE HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN TO THE STUDS AND PUT IN ALL NEW.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM.

UM, NICE PRETTY BLUE COLOR THERE, A LITTLE BIT OF A TEAL LOOK AND THERE'S FIVE SINKS NOW.

SO, UM, ONE PERSON THAT WENT IN THERE, UH, SHE SAID THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT SPACE TO REDO THEIR, YOUR MAKEUP.

UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN THAT BUT I'LL TAKE HER WORD FOR IT.

AND UM, SO THE BATHROOMS ARE ONGOING.

HERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE WON'T SEE ON TODAY'S UH, MENU OF TOUR IS THE AIR CONDITIONING CHILLER PLANT.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS ALL OLD AND DECREPIT.

AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE NEW CHILLER PLANT AND ALL THE NEW PIPING AND DUCT WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.

THAT'LL MAKE THIS BUILDING A VERY EFFICIENT.

AND HERE IS A TIME LAPSE THAT WE HAVE OF THE ROOF PANELS BEING LOADED WITH A CRANE ONTO THE ROOF.

THOUGHT WE'D SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

IT WAS KIND OF FUN AND EXCITING.

UM, THEY OFFLOADED THREE DIFFERENT TRUCKS THAT DAY AND SO WE CONDENSED ABOUT FIVE HOURS WORTH OF WORK INTO 20 SECONDS.

I LIKE THE FLAG WAVING IN THE CORNER THERE.

IT LOOKS GOOD.

SO THAT'S HOW THEY GOT ALL THE ROOF PANELS UP.

VERY QUICK AND EASY PROCESS.

BUT, UH, I LOVE THE CLOUDS TOO AS THEY MOVE BY THOSE KIND OF A NEAT ADDITION.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN EXTERIOR SIGN THAT WE'LL BE GOING IN AND UH, THIS NEW SIGN WILL BE, UH, 20 FEET TALL ON THE CORNER WITH SEVEN FOOT TALL VIDEO DISPLAY BOARDS.

UM, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC AND SEE KIND OF IN SCALE WITH THE PERSON STANDING NEXT TO IT AND THE SILHOUETTE OF THE PEOPLE.

SO IT'LL BE ACTUALLY VERY VISIBLE FROM A PEDESTRIAN LEVEL AND FROM A A VEHICLE LEVEL.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS ADDITION AS WELL.

UH, WE'RE IN FINAL DESIGN AND CON, UH, FABRICATION OF THIS SIGN AND UH, WE'LL DO A SPECIAL UNVEILING IN JULY OR SOMETIME AFTER THAT, BUT THAT'S WHEN IT WILL BE READY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME THAT COUNCIL TAKE A RECESS.

WE WILL THEN WALK OVER TO THE MAGNOLIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

ONCE THERE, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE RECONVENE THE MEETING INSIDE THE LOBBY AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE TOUR.

OKAY, GREAT.

UH, COUNSEL, I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT WE'LL STILL BE IN THE SESSION, SO ANYTHING WE SAY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HEARD BY THE PUBLIC.

SO I WOULD UH, CAUTION YOU JUST TO KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS UNTIL WE GET BACK TO THE, UH, CHAMBERS.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIELD TRIP.

WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

I'M EXCITED.

SO, UH, I GUESS WE ALL TAKE

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FIVE MINUTES.

WE'LL MEET YOU AT THE FRONT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND WE WILL GET STARTED.

WE CONVENE THE MEETING AND I WILL AGAIN PASS IT TO YOU TO DO YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME ON THAT TOUR AND AN EXCELLENT TOUR.

I WAS REALLY EXCITED BY IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

OKAY.

UM, THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON THIS, BUT I, I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SAY.

IF THEY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK I, THE FLOOR IS YOURS BOB.

WELL, I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN A GROSSMONT A COLLEGE GAVE THAT TO THE CITY AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME SAID IT WAS BOB AKER AND HE SAID, YOU BETTER TAKE THAT.

HE SAID, YOU'LL NEVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT AGAIN.

I SAID, WELL, IT'S, IT'S IN A LITTLE BIT OF DISREPAIR.

AND I SAID, YOU EITHER GOT A TEAR IT DOWN OR YOU'VE GOT TO FIX IT.

SO FINALLY WE'RE GETTING AROUND TO FIXING IT AND IT'LL BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THE CITY AND UH, UH, BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO THE CITY FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THAT WILL UNDERSTAND HOW NICE ALCOHOL CAN BE AND HOW MUCH, HOW NICE IT IS AND HOW IT'S CHANGED.

AND, UH, I'M SURE THE RESTAURANT, UH, COMMUNITY WILL BE VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN TO USE OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND PATRONIZE THEIR RESTAURANTS.

DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE OPENING? OKAY.

MR MAYOR, A LIVE NATION IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING THEIR, UH, FALL LINEUP ON JULY 15TH.

THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'LL HAVE SOME DATES FOR SURE.

THEN THEY ARE ANTICIPATING FIRST SHOWS, UH, IN THE FIRST HALF OF SEPTEMBER.

WE ARE PLANNING A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE IS, UM, WE WANT TO DO A COMMUNITY GRAND OPENING FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF LET THE COMMUNITY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID, KIND OF A SELF GUIDED WALKING TOUR.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON A PRESS DAY WHERE WE'LL ALLOW THE PRESS TO COME IN AND, AND GO A LITTLE DEEPER THAN WE DID ON THIS ONE.

SO INVITE THE REGIONAL PRESS AND UM, PROBABLY SOME LA TIMES REPORTERS AS WELL.

SO IT'D BE A LARGE EVENT THAT'LL BE IN PROBABLY THE, THE PRESS DAY WILL PROBABLY BE IN JULY.

THE COMMUNITY GRAND OPENING IN AUGUST WITH FIRST SHOW IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.

FANTASTIC.

WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S ALL VERY IMPRESSIVE.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER ASKED IF HE HAD SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

WE HAVE NO CARD, SIR.

OKAY, WELL NO ACTIONS.

HE IS.

SO YOU'RE WELL EL CAHONE AS A TRULY WORLD CLASS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NOW AND I THINK THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE HAVE 1200 PEOPLE A WEEK WALKING OUT OF THAT PLACE? IT CAN JUST BE AMAZING.

EVERYBODY WINS ON THIS ONE.

AGREED.

I'M STRUCK TO THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE REMODEL AT THINGS DOWN AS BASIC AS THE CARPETING IS IN SQUARES.

SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF AN INCIDENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE A WHOLE SECTION OF CARPET WHICH MAY NOT MATCH.

IT'S AN A GEOMETRIC PATTERNS SO YOU CAN KIND OF RANDOMIZE A SINGLE CARPET SQUARE AND THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY EFFICIENT USE OF, OF DESIGN.

I THINK IT'S ALSO JUST A REALLY FANTASTIC ELEMENT THAT THE PRICE WAS DESIGNED FOR ARTISTS IN MIND AND THEIR FAMILIES.

LIKE YOU SAY, IF THERE COMES TO BE A TIEBREAKER BETWEEN, WELL, WHICH PLACE SHOULD WE GO? ALCOHOL OR SOME OTHER CITY, THEY SAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

WE REALLY LIKE ALCOHOL AND BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME ARTIST AMENITIES THAT WE DON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.

UH, THAT JUST ONLY UPS THE CALIBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PLAY HERE.

MS MR GOBLE, IF I CAN COMMENT ON THAT REALLY QUICKLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS PART OF THIS PROCESS IS WE, WE HAD A WEEKLY MEETING AND BECAUSE OUR, UM, CONSTRUCTION FIRM IS LOCALLY HERE ON SITE, BUT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS IN MICHIGAN AND OUR ARCHITECT IS IN LOS ANGELES, UH, DIRKS TEAM PUT TOGETHER A WEEKLY SKYPE MEETING WHERE THEY GOT TOGETHER AND LITERALLY WENT OVER EVERY INCH OF THAT BUILDING, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL, UH, STAFF PUT, UH, IF WE COUNTED UP THOUSANDS OF HOURS INTO THIS.

AND I THINK I, I'M GLAD THAT YOU NOTICED THAT DETAIL BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOWS BECAUSE OF THAT TIME.

I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE.

THE WIFI EXPERIENCE IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TOO, WITH SIX, SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT DEDICATED CHANNELS FOR WIFI EXPERIENCE IN TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENT VENUE IS SO IMPORTANT AND TO HAVE DEDICATED CHANNELS FOR CERTAIN AREAS THAT YOU WON'T GET A BUSY SIGNAL OR NOT A BUSY SIGNAL, THE EQUIVALENT OF STILL LOADING OR SOMETHING.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT DETAILS.

THE INVESTMENT WAS WELL WORTH IT.

SO MY YOUNGER BROTHER

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PERFORMED AT EGG PACK, UM, AND NOW HE'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL BROADWAY PERFORMER.

UM, AND I JUST HAVE THE BEST MEMORIES OF OUR ENTIRE FAMILY GOING AND SEEING HIM PERFORM AND TAKING PICTURES AND THEN LEAVING AND GOING AND GETTING A BITE TO EAT DOWN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.

SO IT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART WITH A LOT OF MEMORIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS STILL OPEN AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LAND OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONCERT VENUE.

SO THERE IS POTENTIAL TO GROW.

I DON'T MEAN TO THROW THAT ON THE CITY RIGHT AFTER THIS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT UM, MAYBE A PHASE TWO IS, HAS THAT EVER BEEN DISCUSSED OR THOUGHT OF? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ONE OF THE, I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT IN KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

ONE, UH, WE, WE SPENT TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITH LIVE NATION'S MARKETING TEAM YESTERDAY WHERE THEY CAME DOWN THE MARKETING FOLKS THAT ARE BE MARKETING, VET THE VENUE, THERE'LL BE MARKETING LIVE NATION, THERE'LL BE MARKETING, FRANKLY THE CITY AND MARKETING ACTUAL ACTS.

UM, THEY WALKED AROUND AND SAID, WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PLACES? CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, A STAGE IS A STAGE AND SOUND, A SOUND AND LIGHTING IS LIGHTING.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US REALLY UNIQUE IS THE SPACE IN FRONT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN DO, NOT JUST THE CENTENNIAL PLAZA, WHICH THEY GET THE PROGRAM AS WELL, BUT THAT SPACE OUT THERE WHERE WE COULD HAVE, UM, IT JUST EXPANDS THE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN OCCUR WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BLEED OUT INTO THE DOWNTOWN.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THIS ISOLATED THING.

SO THAT SPACE IS GOING TO BE VERY VALUABLE.

UM, IN THE SHORT TERM AND THE LONGTERM.

I THINK ONE OF THE LONGTERM PLANS IS THAT THAT'S DEVELOPABLE SPACE AND THAT IS SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.

AND SO, UM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO NOT ONLY BUILD ON THAT SPACE BUT ACTUALLY TIE INTO THE BUILDING.

ONE THING THAT WE REALLY LACK IN THAT BUILDING IS A SORT OF A FOUNDER'S ROOM.

UH, UH, UM, SORT OF THE VI THE REAL VIP EXPERIENCE.

AND WE HAVE A COOL LOUNGE, BUT, BUT EVEN GO ANOTHER STEP FURTHER.

AND THERE'S WAYS THAT WE COULD TOP A BUILDING THEIR RETAIL ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR WITH MORE VIP AREA PUSHING INTO THE BUILDING.

LOTS OF REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITIES.

WE DO THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SORT OF THIS ORGANIC GROWTH OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR AS, AS WE, UH, IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR, AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT A GREAT OBSERVATION THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

VERY EXCITING.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WELL THANKS VERY MUCH.

UM, THERE ARE NO COMMISSION REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

ITEM NINE IS MY ACTIVITY REPORT AS HIS REPORT IN, THERE'S THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT TODAY.

UH, WE'RE AT COUNCILMAN

[14. ACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS:]

OF THE REPORT RIGHT NOW.

KAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRA.

DID I MISS SOMETHING? GRIM? NO, WE'RE ALL DONE.

OKAY.

UM, COUNCILMEMBER KENDRICK AS REPORTED.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCILMEMBER MCCLELLAN.

I BET I HAD HIM 12

[12. Request for a Report on the City’s Alcohol Sales and Deemed Approved Alcohol Sales Regulations Ordinance RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council directs staff to provide a report on the status of the City’s Alcohol Sales and Deemed Approved Alcohol Sales Regulations Ordinance and recommend any modifications to the Ordinance. ]

HERE IS ITEM 12.

OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF, YOU KNOW.

OKAY.

COUNCILMEN OR KETTER ITEM 12 IS YOURS.

WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PLEASE? WELL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE CITY PASSED A LANDMARK ORDINANCE TRYING TO STOP THE ALCOHOL SELLERS FROM SELLING ALCOHOL TO CHILDREN.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

UM, IT'S, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT FIGHT AGAINST THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY.

THEY, THEY PACK THE HOUSE WITH THE ALCOHOL SELLERS AND THIS COUNCIL HAD THE COURAGE TO PASS THIS LANDMARK ORDINANCE, THE, THE FIRST IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE TAKE A LOOK ANOTHER, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SELLING ALCOHOL TO CHILDREN OR TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DRUNK.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE, THE STAFF COME BACK WITH A REPORT ON THIS.

GREAT.

UM, OKAY.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, BOB? YES, I, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CHARGE A FEE OR HOW MUCH WE DO TO THE DIFFERENT ALCOHOL OR LIQUOR STORES OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S TIME THAT WE LOOK AT THAT AND, UH, SINCE WE'RE STILL HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING ALCOHOL THAT SHOULDN'T BE BUYING ALCOHOL OR CEREAL AND IBRANCE, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THE IDEA OF IMPOSING A FEE ON ALL OF THE ALCOHOL OUTLETS, NOT THE BARS, BUT THE ALCOHOL OUTLETS.

IT COULD BE SELLING TO SERIAL AND IGNORANCE AND, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER PROCESS

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OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE BUYING THEIR ALCOHOL AND, UM, PUT SOME OF THESE OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS, UH, WE DON'T WANT A SERIAL AND IBRANCE, HOMELESS, WHATEVER, UH, TO BE BY AN ALCOHOL AND, UM, CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST ARE STILL, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, THAT WE IMPOSE A HIGH ENOUGH FEE CAUSE THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON ALCOHOL AND, UH, THAT WE COULD PAY MAYBE A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS, UH, AND MAYBE, UH, DO STINGS OR MAYBE EVEN PUT, UM, CAMERAS OUT IN THE PARKING LOT TO SEE WHO'S BUYING AND, UM, IF THEIR CEREAL AND IBRANCE AND WE COULD, UH, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO TAME SOME OF THIS ILLICIT ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITIES AND MAKE ALCOHOL IN THAT MUCH NICER PLACE TO LIVE.

AND MAYBE IF SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS AND WE'D, UM, MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THEM IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE ABLE TO BUY ALCOHOL, UM, THAT ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERIAL AND HEBREWS OR YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER 21.

OKAY.

WHO ELSE? YEAH.

UM, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THERE'S STILL PEOPLE SELLING ALCOHOL TO CHILDREN, SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, UH, REQUEST FOR STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF REPORT.

WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT PENALTIES? MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IF IT'S NOT HARSH ENOUGH, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO, UM, TAKE REEVALUATE IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE AND THE FEES TO AND THE, YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, YEAH, YEAH.

I WOULD SUPPORT A FULL COST RECOVERY PROGRAM LIKE WE DO ON A TOBACCO LICENSE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA SHOULDN'T BE, UH, PAYING FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT BREAK THE LAW AND PROFIT FROM THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS.

SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT IN THE REPORT? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE REPORT.

WHAT WOULD IT BE FOR FULL COST RECOVERY FOR ALL THE DAMAGE THAT IS CAUSED BY RETAILERS THAT SELL ALCOHOL ILLEGALLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIAL INEBRIATES OR ARE INEBRIATED WHEN THEY COME INTO THE STORE AND THE CHILDREN.

AND I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME CAMERAS AT SOME OF THE STORES THAT ARE HIGH SUSPECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FILMING THE PEOPLE WALKING IN AND OUT AND THEN, UH, UM, IDENTIFYING THOSE THAT WE KNOW ARE, UH, CAUSING TROUBLE BECAUSE OF THEIR DRUNKENNESS.

SORRY.

YES.

HERE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO WEIGH ON THAT.

WELL, I THINK WE'VE HEARD THE MESSAGE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL ASSESS THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AS WELL.

UH, ABSOLUTELY RELATE TO WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DISCUSSING, BUT WE EXPECT THAT WE COULD PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

GOOD.

MAYBE A POLICE FAN THAT COULD PARK IN THE PARKING LOT OR A UNDERCOVER VAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

ANGELA? MARY'S SPEAK CARDS ON THE SIDE OF NO CARD, SIR.

OKAY.

UM, SO, BUT I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN.

GARY, THIS IS YOUR, UH, YOUR PROJECT.

YEAH, I'LL MOVE ADOPTION SECOND FOOD.

THE SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN AS REPORTED COUNSEL OVER GLOBAL .

HOWEVER, I DID GO TO THE HARISSA GRIFFIN PARK A MEETING.

THEY TRY, THEY WANTED US TO PAY MORE MONEY WHEN I W WHEN UH, WE WENT AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE MEETING AND I SAID, WELL I DON'T THINK EL CAHONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PAYING MORE MONEY TO HARRY GRIFFIN PARKS AND THE PARK IS ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY UM, LAND IN THE PARK AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR PARKS THAT WE SUPPORT.

SO I SAID, UM, IF THAT WOULD BE THE CASE THAT THEY WOULD FORCE ONE TO FORCE US TO PAY MORE, WE MIGHT EVEN DROP OUT OF THE JPA AND THAT KIND OF ENDED THE CONVERSATION.

OKAY.

I'M SURE YOU'LL DISCUSS THAT WITH STAFF.

YEAH, THEY WERE THERE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS STEVE AS REPORTED.

IT FELL.

[15. COUNCILMEMBER PHIL ORTIZ East County Economic Development Council; League of California Cities, San Diego Division.]

I HAVE ONE ADDITION.

I WENT TO THE EAST COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNCIL MIRROR MEMBER

[16. El Cajon Animal Shelter Donations for May 2019 RECOMMENDATION: In accordance with City Council Policy B-2, staff informs the City Council about receiving the following donations for the El Cajon Animal Shelter for the month of May: Roberta Ann Carmichael $110.00 Delaine Scott $100.00 Total $210.00]

REPORTS TODAY.

ITEM 16 IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE DONATIONS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER, WHICH WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR.

EVERYBODY GIVES MONEY TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER,

[17. Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.16.020 of the El Cajon Municipal Code Regarding Salaries of Councilmembers and Mayor RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council considers approving an Ordinance amending section 2.16.020 of the El Cajon Municipal Code ("ECMC") related to Salaries of Councilmembers and Mayor and, if approved, take the following actions: By Motion, Second and Vote, moves to introduce the Ordinance; and Directs the City Clerk to read the title of the Ordinance.]

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RIGHT.

ITEM 17 IS IT ACTUALLY AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.1 6.02 REGARDING SALARIES OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR I'LL ASK STAFF DID TO DO SOCIETAL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYORAL COMPENSATION IS REGULATED BY A STATE GOVERNMENT CODE AND ALSO BY THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE.

THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF THREE ITEMS I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ARE GOVERNED.

ONE IS THERE IS A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH A CITY COUNCIL, ANY CITY COUNCIL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CAN THEN GRANT THEMSELVES A RAISE.

AND THAT'S A 5% ANNUALLY.

SO THERE'S A MAX ON THAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY ORDINANCE AND THE LAST IS, UH, ANY IMPLEMENTATION OF A, UM, RAISE OR A SALARY INCREASE ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT ELECTION OR AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.

SO AFTER THERE'S A NEW CITY COUNCIL SITTING, UM, ON THE DAYAS, UM, IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT GIVEN ITSELF A SALARY INCREASE SINCE 2004 THAT THAT ACTUALLY GOT IMPLEMENTED ON JANUARY 1ST, 2005.

SO IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'LL BE 16 YEARS BY THE TIME THE NEXT IMPLEMENTED SALARY ADJUSTMENT COULD OCCUR.

UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER A SALARY ADJUSTMENT AFTER 16 YEARS.

UH, USING THE, THE MAXIMUM LEGAL AMOUNT OF 5%.

THE COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ITSELF AN 80% SALARY INCREASE.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDING AGAINST THAT.

WE DON'T DO THAT FOR MOST STAFF POSITIONS.

WE DO A MORE OF A COST OF LIVING PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO USING CPI STAFF WENT BACK TO 2005, UM, PROJECTED WHAT CPI HAS BEEN AND SPENT A 2.45% INCREASE ANNUALLY.

AND BASED ON THAT STAFF HAS PROJECTED, UH, UM, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS A SALARY INCREASE FOR THE MAYOR AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS TABLE HERE SHOWS, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT IT USES SOME COMPARISON CITIES, MOSTLY CITIES THAT ARE ABOUT THE CITY OF EL CAHONE SIZE.

WE DID NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO OR THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND WE, UM, STOPPED USING CITIES THAT ARE BELOW ABOUT 60,000 IN POPULATION AND USE THOSE, UH, INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT AND VISTA ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.

ALL THE VISTA DOES HAVE A SHERIFF'S CONTRACT AND NOT ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD COMPARISON CITY THAT WE USE FOR A LOT OF PURPOSES.

UM, USING THIS METHOD, UH, THE, THE S THE PROPOSED INCREASE FOR THE MAYOR AND THE PROPOSED INCREASE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PUTS US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

UH, IN MOST CASES I THINK WE'RE FOURTH FOR THE MAYOR AND FIFTH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE ALSO INCLUDED SORT OF A PER CAPITA AMOUNT AND WE PUT IT IN THE, IN THE FORM OF SENSE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

AGAIN, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PER CAPITA AMOUNT.

SO EL CAHONE IS THE DARKER COLORS IN THE MIDDLE, UM, FOR THE MAYOR, UH, ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE.

FROM A PER CAPITA PERSPECTIVE, WE THINK THAT THIS, UH, CLEARLY IS JUSTIFIED.

UM, AND FRANKLY I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL.

I AM THINKING ABOUT FUTURE CITY COUNCILS AND WITH ALL FEES, I THINK IT'S BAD HABIT TO WAIT 16 YEARS FOR ADJUSTING ANY KIND OF A FEE.

AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE DO THIS ON A MORE, UH, ANNUAL BASIS OR A SEMI-ANNUAL RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.

UM, STAFF'S HERE TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, BUT STAFF HAS PREPARED AN ORDINANCE FOR CONSIDERATION AND FOR FIRST READING FOR THIS EVENING, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BOB? WELL, I WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE, UM, COMPENSATION FOR THE WORK THAT'S DONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

THIS IS A QUESTION POINT OF CLARITY ON THE GRAPHS.

IS THIS DISPLAYING THE POTENTIAL INCREASE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED OR IS THIS THE CURVE WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

THIS SHOWS THE POTENTIAL AND WHERE WE FIT IN WITH THE CURRENT FROM OTHER CITIES.

WHAT, I DON'T KNOW HAS ESCONDIDO APPROVED A RATE INCREASE THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THEIR NEXT ELECTION.

SO OUR NUMBERS ACTUALLY FROM A COMPARISON PERSPECTIVE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND HOW WE WOULD FIT IN WITH THE PROPOSED RATES, WITH THE CURRENT RATES ACROSS OUR COMPARISON CITIES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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OKAY.

THEN.

UM, ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO CARDS HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE LIKE THE PURSUIT OF THE MOTION? I WOULD MOVE THAT THIS IS, UH, UPDATED, UH, AS OF THE AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

HEY BECKY, ANYTHING IT SAID MR MCKOWN'S TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AS BEEN PRESENTED, INTRODUCE ORDINANCE.

AND THEN I'LL SECOND THAT.

I, I'VE GOT TWO COMMENTS.

SURE.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC.

AND WE DO, AND IF I'M SITTING IN THE PUBLIC, IF I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC, I'VE ALWAYS FELT IT'S AWKWARD THAT YOU GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE.

AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHETHER IT'S STATE LEGISLATURE, COUNTY SUPERVISORS, UM, IT JUST GIVES YOU THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES WHEN YOU GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE AND WHEN YOU'RE USING THE PUBLIC'S MONEY, I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE HEEBIE-JEEBIES ISH.

SO TO USE A TECHNICAL TERM, ECONOMIC ECONOMIC TERM, HE BGB ISH.

SO I JUST HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM VOTING FOR A RAISE FOR OURSELF BECAUSE I THINK AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, THEY WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT TOO.

I THINK IT'S BEST SERVED WITH A BODY LIKE A SALARY COMMISSION AND HOW THAT'S INSTITUTED.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER PLACES DO THAT.

AND IT JUST KIND OF, UH, GIVES THAT LAYER OF SEPARATION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PERHAPS.

AND IT'S THE CONCEPT OF GIVING YOURSELF A RAISE THAT REALLY I STRUGGLE WITH.

I'LL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT THOUGH.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT A AT ASSEMBLY PERSON GETS, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE TWO RESIDENCES, ONE IN SACRAMENTO, ONE IN, UH, IN A SAN DIEGO AREA.

THEY'VE GOT TWO, UM, GIVE UP ANY KIND OF RETIREMENT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY RETIREMENT.

AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, GOOD, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULDN'T GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY WITH THE PROUD WITH IS TRY GETTING REALLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO RUN FOR THAT POSITION.

THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP FOR THAT 12 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE TO GET OUT A PLANE TWICE A WEEK AND GO BACK AND FORTH AND REALLY REPRESENT US UP THERE WHEN THEY SAY, WHY, WHY WOULD I DO THAT? I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO RUIN MY FINANCIAL FUTURE.

I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY RETIREMENT.

IT'S GOING TO HURT MY FAMILY.

AND I THINK, UH, YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S CERTAINLY, NOBODY'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY DOING THIS.

UM, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE THINK, IF I'M GOING TO PUT IN THE KIND OF TIME IT TAKES TO, TO BE ABLE TO CITY COUNCILOR OR BE THE MAYOR, THAT THEY GOT AT LEAST SOME COMPENSATION SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK AND TELL THEIR SPOUSE, I AM NOT COMPLETELY JUST GIVING AWAY ALL MY TIME.

I GET A LITTLE BIT OF COMPENSATION.

SO I THINK THE, THE, THE BIG MISTAKE HERE WAS NOT WITH, WITH YOU AND, AND, AND PHIL BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE.

BUT WE SHOULD HAVE LET THIS GO FOR 16 YEARS.

AND THE REASON WE LET IT GO FOR 16 YEARS, CAUSE IT'S HIS HEEBIE-JEEBIES SHIT.

NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT.

SO, BUT I THINK WHAT, WHAT GRAHAM SAID IS TRUE.

IT'S NOT FOR US.

WE'RE, IT'S FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL.

NOBODY KNOWS THAT THERE'LL BE REELECTED OUT IN TWO YEARS WHEN THIS GOES INTO EFFECT.

SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOING IT.

SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.

AND ANOTHER THING ALONG THAT LINE, UM, WE DON'T, UH, ELECT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T QUALIFIED NECESSARILY.

SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS, BUT, UM, GENERALLY A PRETTY WELL QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

UH, I KNOW FOUR OF US ARE INDEPENDENT, HAVE BEEN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE BUSINESS MINDS ON THE COUNCIL AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT SHOULD BE PAID FOR, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING AND THE, UH, GOOD BUSINESS, UH, DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE FOR THE CITY.

AND UH, I'M NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING FROM THIS, WHICH I DON'T MIND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE GOOD QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL AND THIS WOULD, UH, GIVE THEM SOME SORT OF COMPENSATION FOR, UM, SPENDING THEIR TIME DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE BEST DECISIONS THAT COULD BE MADE FOR THE CITIZENS OF ALCOHOL.

WELL, WE'RE ALL ECONOMIC CREATURES AND I THINK IT MAYBE DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE OF MODEST MEANS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE UP THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE DO.

IT'S NOT JUST

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THESE MEETINGS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF US WHO SPEND 20 HOURS A WEEK ON THIS CAUSE YOU'RE ON THE PHONE ALL THE TIME GOING TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT OTHER COMMISSION MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, METRO WASTEWATER OR UH, , THE INDIAN BENEFITS GAMING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW EXIST.

BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, THAT WE GO TO AND IT TAKES A ACCURATE A LOT OF TIME.

AND SOMEONE OF MODEST MEANS WHERE THEY HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM THEIR JOB AT THEIR HOURLY EMPLOYEE.

THEY MIGHT JUST LOOK AT AND SAY, I CAN'T RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.

I CAN'T AFFORD TO.

AND, UH, WHAT THE STAFF IS PROPOSING IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T LIKE A BELL, CALIFORNIA KIND OF THING WHERE THEY'RE GETTING PAID $100,000 A YEAR.

AND, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PAID MARKET.

WE PAY OUR EMPLOYEES MARKET AND THEN THE FUTURE COUNCIL, THEY SHOULD BE PAID, UH, AT MARKET.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE, UM, SO THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

I THINK ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS GOING FOR IT IS THAT YOU CAN'T SURVIVE OFF OF A, A A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SALARY.

AND THAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT I IN MY EYES, THE RIGHT TYPE OF PEOPLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING.

IN ORDER TO DO IT.

THEY HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOMETHING.

AND I THINK OF MILITARY MEMBERS, THEY SACRIFICE A LOT TO SERVE THEIR, THEIR COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD SACRIFICE SOMETHING IN ORDER TO DO IT.

THAT BEING SAID, UM, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

I'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

UM, I, I FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, BEING IN THE MEDIAN, SO WE KEEP IT AT THAT PART TIME.

UM, AND I THINK 16 YEARS IS OVERDUE, UH, TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

UM, I'D BE OKAY WITH ENTERTAINING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU SAID, STEVE, IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO.

ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE AT A SECOND IF YOU'RE ALREADY PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY A FOUR OH ONE VOTE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR GOEBBELS VOTING NO.

AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MAYOR, I WILL READ THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 2.1 6.02 OF CHAPTER 2.16 AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 2.1 6.02 OF CHAPTER 2.16 OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CODE ADJUSTING SALARIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE 2021 ALL RIGHT.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

[18. Amendment of Chapter 3.20 of the El Cajon Municipal Code for Bidding and Written Contracts RECOMMENDATION: That Mayor Wells request the City Clerk to recite the title. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3.20 of Title 3 of the El Cajon Municipal Code Addressing Bidding and Written Contracts.]

ITEM 18 IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.2 I LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE.

THE FIRST.

ANGELA, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE SIDE OF THEM? NO SPEAKER, SIR.

AND THE TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.2 OF TITLE THREE OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CODE ADDRESSING BIDDING AND WRITTEN CONTRACTS.

ALL RIGHT, MAN, WE HAVE A MOTION THEN I'LL MOVE.

SECOND A SECOND PLEASE.

VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

[19. Deemed Approved Lodging Establishment Ordinance - Zoning Code Amendment No. 436 RECOMMENDATION: That Mayor Wells request the City Clerk to recite the title. An Ordinance Adding Chapter 17.212 to Title 17 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Establish Standards to be Deemed Approved for Existing Lodging Establishments.]

ITEM 19 IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDERS ENDING CHAPTER 17.212 FOR THE DEEM TO PROVE LODGING ESTABLISHMENT.

I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE, BUT FIRST, ANGELA, ARE THEY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS? NOPE.

NO CARD, SIR.

AND THE TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 17.212 TO TITLE 17 OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS TO BE DEEMED APPROVED FOR EXISTING LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WAS THE SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS

[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]

VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS BRINGS US TO CLOSED SESSION THE CITY.

THREE PLEASE RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAD US IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU.

MEREDITH CITY COUNCIL.

WE'LL BE MEETING CLOSE SESSION ON ONE ITEM.

IT'S A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE A SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FOUR NINE FIVE 6.9 THE NAME OF THE CASE IS EDGAR WENTE VERSUS CITY OF ALCOHOL.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSE SESSION.

UM, WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT.

MAKE A MOTION THEN TO RE RETREAT THE CLOSE SESSION.

YEAH, I COULD WITH A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE.

HEY GUYS, YOU GUYS.

WHO YOU WAITING ON? THERE'S A WHOLE SESSION.

BOB.

BOB, WILL YOU VOTE ON THE CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE? OH, SHOULD WE VOTE AGAIN? ALL RIGHT.

I MAKE A MOTION.

THE RETREAT.

THE CLOSE SESSION IS MOVING.

SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE.

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OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

YEAH.

ALCOHOL AND CITY COUNCIL, ALCOHOL AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ELKO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 2019 IS A JUROR UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 9TH, 2019 AT 3:00 PM THANK YOU.