Nov 12, 2024 City Council Meeting 3pm

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

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ORDER, AND I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the October 22, 2024, Meeting and the Agenda of the November 12, 2024, Meeting in accordance to State Law and City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

WE HAVE

[ PRESENTATIONS: IT Professionals and GIS Day]

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE IT AND GIS STAFF TO THE PODIUM TO ACCEPT THEIR PROCLAMATION, WHICH I WILL READ.

SO SAMANTHA, I THINK I'LL JUST GO TO THE END OF THE PROCLAMATION SO THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO TELL TO INTRODUCE US TO YOUR STAFF NOW.

THEREFORE, I BILL WELLS, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EL CAJON, TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024 AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DAY IN THE CITY OF EL CAJON.

AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IT AND GIS PROFESSIONALS WHO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING OUR FUTURE, IN CREATING A SMARTER, MORE RESILIENT WORLD.

SIGN THIS 12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU MUCH.

UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, GRAHAM AND VINCE, THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE HR TEAM WHO HELPED US GET UP TO FULL STAFF.

UH, WE'VE BEEN AT FULL STAFF NOW FOR ABOUT 14 MONTHS, AND IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GET A WHOLE, UH, WELL ESTABLISHED CREW WORKING ON ALL THE DIFFERENT IT AND GIS ASPECTS, UH, FOR THE CITY.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO HIGHLIGHT OUR GIS TEAM.

THEY JOINED US IN EARLY 2023 AS A LITTLE BIT OF A REORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT GIS OR THE MAPPING COMPONENTS FOR OUR CITY, UM, ENCOMPASS ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT.

SO OUR GS TEAM, WHICH IS, UH, KATE GALLEGOS AND EMILY OSBORNE, UM, MADE A LITTLE VIDEO FOR YOU THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHOW.

THANKS.

GREAT.

GIS EDWARD FOR THE CITY OF EL CAJON.

WHAT IS G-I-S-G-I-S OR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONNECTS DATA TO MAPS TO ALLOW FOR BETTER ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION, BEING MORE THAN JUST MAPPING.

GIS STORES MANAGES AND VISUALIZES SPATIAL DATA TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, COMMUNICATION AND DECISION MAKING.

STARTING WITH THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EVENT MAP TO RE-ENVISIONING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, VISUALIZING A PRACTICAL AND ACCURATE BLUEPRINT, DIGITAL EDITING, CULMINATING IN A MAP THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND EFFICIENT EVENT SETUP FROM A CONCEPT FOR A DYNAMIC STATISTICAL RESOURCE.

ANALYZING RESPONSE TIME AND CALL VOLUME METRICS TO AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD THAT CURATES COMPELLING FIGURES, POWERED BY CODED COMPONENTS AND REALTIME DATA.

HERE AT THE CITY OF EL CAJON, WE PROVIDE MAPPING SUPPORT AND A COLLECTION OF INTERACTIVE MAPPING TOOLS FOUND ON OUR GIS HUB, SUPPORTING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE ENGINEERING SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE YOUR GIS TEAM POWERED BY THE IT DEPARTMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, GIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY MAP AND A FEW LINES AND DOTS.

UM, THESE TWO LADIES, UH, MAINTAIN OVER 200 DIFFERENT DATA SETS WITH HUN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DATA POINTS.

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AND THEY THINK THAT VISUALIZING THAT DATA IS ONE OF THE FASTEST AND EASIEST WAYS, NOT ONLY TO MAKE THE DECISION, BUT TO CONVEY IT TO THE MASSES ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY.

SO THERE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART.

UM, ONCE WE REALLY STARTED THINKING ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT WE, UH, SUPPORT, WE HAD FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK IN, UM, CITY ATTORNEY.

I THINK IT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WASN'T, I CAN'T FIND MY WAY TO MY OFFICE.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DRAW HIM A MAP AND HE'LL BE FINE.

SO, UM, SO YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING MAKING THIS VIDEO JUST TO REALLY THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE THESE MAPS TOUCH.

AND IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, OH, HEY, CAN YOU MAKE A MAP AND PUT A STAR ON IT? IT IS ALL ABOUT THE DATA BEHIND IT AND WHY WE'RE VISUALIZING IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THIS AMAZING TEAM.

MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST SAY A WORD OR TWO.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING THE COMPUTERS RUNNING AND THE DATA COLLECTED, BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW INTEGRATED THEY ARE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY REALLY ARE PART OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM.

UM, WE RELY SO MUCH ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY PROVIDE FROM THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS TO THE WAY WE MAKE, UH, BUSINESS DECISIONS, TO THE WAY WE LOOK AT DATA AND, AND HELP SOLVE CRIME.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AND THE GIS TEAM AS WELL.

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE DONE AN ENGAGEMENT SURVEY TO SEE WHICH, HOW OUR, HOW OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ENGAGED.

AND IT, THIS YEAR HAD THE HIGHEST ENGAGEMENT SCORE, SO THEY'RE OUR MOST ENGAGED DEPARTMENT.

THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

I'LL SEE THEM WALKING AROUND AND THEY DO STUFF WITH EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF WORK AT A NETWORK.

THEY'RE, UM, A REAL COHESIVE TEAM, REALLY LED BY SARAH DIAZ, WHO'S THEIR, THEIR TRUE LEADER.

SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

THANK YOU.

THANKS EVERYBODY.

NICE PRESENTATION.

ALRIGHT, UH, AGENDA CHANGE OF STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO.

THAT

[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.]

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? MR. GOEBBELS SAYS ONE.

WHICH NUMBER? UH, ITEM SEVEN AND ITEM EIGHT.

LEMME CHECK WITH STAFF AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

STAFF.

ANY CONSENT ITEMS? ACTUALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AGENDA ITEM EIGHT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? NO OBJECTION.

DISCUSS IT OR NO OBJECTION.

I, UH, A COMMENT ON ITEM EIGHT, I NOTICED THAT THE, UM, BACKGROUND PAPERWORK SAID BID BOND NOT SIGNED BY BIDDER, AND THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE PULLING THAT ITEM, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, IT WASN'T JUST NOT SIGNING THE BID ITEM, IT WAS MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FOR THIS ITEM.

UH, CAN YOU COME BACK, UH, NEXT TUESDAY? OKAY.

WHY DON'T WE WAIT FOR HIS TESTIMONY? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ITEM

[7. Contract Amendments for El Cajon Transit Center Community Improvements and Main Street - Green Street Gateway Improvements Construction Management Services RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolutions, in order, to approve amendments to increase the Public Works Contracts for construction management services with Project Professionals Corporation (PPC) for a one-year term, for: El Cajon Transit Center Community Improvements (TCC) in the amount of $102,030; and Main Street - Green Street Gateway Improvements (MSGS) in the amount of $120,606.]

UH, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO OR FOR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS KIND OF GONE ON LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, THESE WILL BE RECOVERED AS POTENTIALLY AS PART OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FROM THE CONTRACTOR WHO TOOK A LONG TIME ON THESE PROJECTS.

SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THESE PROJECTS ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE.

THE, THE, UM, THE ELCON TRANSIT CENTER IMPROVEMENTS ARE EIGHT MONTHS BEHIND THE GREEN STREET.

THE MAIN STREET, GREEN STREET IS SEVEN MONTHS BEHIND.

WE CURRENTLY ARE CHARGING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES.

SO THESE LIQUIDATED DAMAGE CAN HELP PAY FOR THAT.

AND IF WE WERE TO END UP FILING A CLAIM AGAINST THESE COMPANIES, THE COST THAT WE'RE INCURRING THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS COULD BE WRAPPED UP INTO THAT CLAIM, THAT'S FOR SURE.

SO, I JUST WANNA NOTE, FOR THE TAXPAYER'S BENEFITS, THIS IS $222,000 THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY THAT WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE THESE PROJECTS SPENT ON TIME, BUT WE'RE HAVE A, A GOOD CHANCE OF RECOVERING THESE MONIES THROUGH THE CLAIMS OR LIQUIDATED DAMAGE PROCESS.

SO, PROTECTION FOR THE TAXPAYERS HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, STEVE.

UH, LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKER CARDS OR ANY OF THE REST OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.

ALRIGHT, THEN, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH HAS BEEN, UM, PUSHED OFF THE NEXT MEETING.

I'LL SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

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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 SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.

OKAY.

THAT BRINGS US TO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.

UH, AND WE HAVE NONE

[11. Public Hearing for Underground Utility District # 29 - S. Johnson Avenue RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, to create a new Underground Utility District (UUD) # 29 on South Johnson Avenue from West Main Street to El Cajon Blvd.]

MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO CONSIDER.

ITEM 11 IS FOR AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT, AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.

RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MARIO SANCHEZ WITH CITY ENGINEER WITH ENGINEERING SERVICES.

TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, SOUTH JOHNSON AVENUE AT UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 29.

THIS IS A BACKGROUND ON THE WHOLE RULE 20 A, UH, ELECTRIC RULE, SDG AND E UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION RULES.

UM, RULE 20 A, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU CON UM, CONSENT ON THIS, I MEAN, UH, ON THIS ITEM, TO HELP CITIES AND COUNTIES CONVERT EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES TO UNDERGROUND FACILITIES TO IMPROVE AESTHETICS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO THE RULE 20 A FUNDS WERE COLLECTED AS PART OF THE UNDERGROUNDING FEE THAT WERE ALLOCATED FROM CUSTOMERS ELECTRIC SERVICE BILLS OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS PROGRAM'S BEEN IN PA PLACE FOR ABOUT, I WOULD SAY AROUND 50 YEARS.

SO IN 2023, THE THE CPUC RULED DECEASED, UH, NEW ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS TO SUNSET THE, UH, RULE 20 A UNDERGROUNDING PROGRAM.

UH, THE MOTIVATION FOR THIS CHANGE IS THAT, UH, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS, UH, UNUSED FUNDS AND MISUSE OF FUNDS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE CAUSED THE END OF THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.

SO, UH, WAY BACK, A FEW YEARS BACK IN CHAPTER 16 POINT 52 OF THE ELCON MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHES A PROCEDURE FOR THE CITY TO CREATE ANY NEW UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS WITHIN A DESIGNATE DESIGNATED AREA TO REMOVE EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY POLES, WIRES, AND ASSOCIATE OVERHEAD STRUCTURES.

AND WE'RE ON PROJECT NUMBER 29.

SO I THINK THE VERY FIRST PROJECT WAS DONE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES.

SO, UM, RECENT EFFORTS BY THE DEVELOPER AT 300 EL CAJON BOULEVARD TO OVER, UH, TO UNDERGROUND THEIR EXISTING UTILITIES ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND ALONGSIDE, UH, THE REST ON JOHNSON AVENUE, UH, OFFERED THE CITY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERGROUND THE REST OF JOHNSON AVENUE, NORTH LAKE TO MAIN STREET.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE'S GONNA SHOW A MAP OF THE ACTUAL AREA.

THIS IS THE UTILITY DISTRICT AREA.

WHAT ENCOMPASSES JOHNSON AVENUE, UH, NORTH, UH, BETWEEN, UH, MAIN STREET AND ELCON BOULEVARD.

UH, THIS IS THE OLDER AREA THAT SHOWS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, KB HOMES, UH, TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ROUNDABOUT AT ELKO BOULEVARD AND JOHNSON.

THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE ACTUAL PHOTOS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS.

THE THREE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR, UH, UTILITY POLLS ARE, WILL BE PART OF THE UTILITY DISTRICT.

AND THESE ARE THE PROPOSED, UH, UM, UH, POLES THAT'LL BE PUT IN UNDERGROUND.

AND HERE'S JUST ANOTHER PHOTO LOOKING NORTHERLY ON JOHNSON AVENUE ADJACENT TO THE, UH, TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.

SO I CAN SEE THERE'S A STREET LIGHT POLE AND ABOUT FOUR, UH, EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY POLES.

AND AS HE TURNED AROUND FOR ONE WHERE I TOOK THE PHOTO, I LOOKED SOUTH.

AND, UM, THOSE BEFORE THERE WAS EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY POLES, AND THEY WERE ALL UNDERGROUND AS PART OF THIS PRO, UH, AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT.

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SO A PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND COST.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3.7 AND CHANGE A A MILLION DOLLARS LEFT IN OUR RULE 20 A PROJECTS.

UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE SDG E DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT, AND THEIR ESTIMATE WAS ROUGHLY AROUND 3.7 MILLION.

SO WE DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH THE UNDERGROUNDING OF, OF JOHNSON AVENUE.

AND IF IT'S ADOPTED, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE, THE DESIGN WILL COMMENCE IN 2025 AND ALL CONSTRUCTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2033.

AND, UH, I'M RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTS THE NEXT RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO CREATE A NEW UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT ON SOUTH JOHNSON AVENUE BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND EL CAJON BOULEVARD.

SO, OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

THANKS MARIO.

QUESTIONS MICHELLE? THANKS, MARIO.

IT WAS A GOOD, UM, PRESENTATION.

JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT THESE ARE, THIS IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY PAID FOR BY SDG E.

CORRECT? NOTHING COMES OUT OF OUR POCKET.

NOTHING COMES OUT, NO.

UNLESS THERE'S, THAT'S ALL I, YEAH, SO WE DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO HEAR.

, YES.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANKS MARIO.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

UM, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? WE RECEIVE NO CARD, SIR.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ANYBODY INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION? MOVE TO ADOPT? SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

[12. City Council Action Plan (2024) Update RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the update and provides feedback.]

ITEM 12 IS THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION PLAN UPDATE, AND OUR CITY MANAGER WILL PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION UP.

THANK YOU.

UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST MARCH AFTER CONDUCTING ITS ANNUAL GOAL SETTING SESSION EARLIER THAT YEAR.

UM, IT ALSO HAS HELPED PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING WORKSHOP THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING SCHEDULED.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT YOUR POSSIBLE MEETING DATES TO TRACY, YALE, DO SO.

AND, UH, WE'LL GET THAT SCHEDULED RIGHT AWAY.

UM, THIS, THIS REALLY COULD BE A, A TWO HOUR PRESENTATION, BUT WE WON'T, WE WON'T GO THAT DEEP.

UM, MORGAN, YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED.

OKAY.

SO, UH, WHAT I THOUGHT I COULD DO IS I WILL, THERE IS A SLIDE FOR EACH OF THESE SIX CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES, AND I WAS JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE, THE GOALS, UM, ICONTINUE TO USE THE SAME COLOR CODE THAT IS INCLUDED, THE MATRIX THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE STAFF REPORT.

UH, GREEN MEANING IT'S COMPLETED, BLUE MEANS IT'S IN PROCESS, AND RED MEANS IT EITHER HASN'T STARTED OR WAS, UH, CANCELED THROUGHOUT OR DURING THE, THE FISCAL YEAR.

UM, I THOUGHT WE COULD EITHER PAUSE AT THE END OF EACH AND ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR WE CAN ALSO LEAVE TIME AT THE VERY END TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, STATUS WISE.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH CITY BEAUTIFICATION.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SEVEN DIFFERENT, UH, BEAUTIFICATION GOALS.

UH, THE FIRST GOAL IS, UH, INCLUDES 13 DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS COMPLETED, ONE OF THEM WAS CANCELED, THE OTHERS ARE BEING VERY CLOSE.

THEY'RE BEING WORKED ON FEVERISHLY NOW AND ARE CLOSE TO BEING WRAPPED UP.

UM, ALSO THE, UM, VACANT LOT INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON.

WE HAVE NOT STARTED ON THE ILLEGAL DUMPING FROM APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PROJECT NOR, AND THE MURAL PROJECT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING.

THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED IS THE TALK TAX DOLLARS AT WORK SIGN, UH, THE LANDSCAPE AWARDS, AND THEN ALSO THE SIGN REGULATION REVIEW, UH, ASSUMING THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DISCUSS THAT IN DECEMBER.

SO IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT WILL BE THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, THAT REPORT OR OF THAT, UH, GOAL.

ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT CITY BEAUTIFICATION OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT TILL THE VERY END? UH, LET'S WAIT TILL THE END AND THEN PERFECT.

ASK QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

OKAY.

MOVING ALONG, UM, ON THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, THE COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY APPROVED IN OCTOBER A CONTRACT WITH, UH, A FIRM TO DO OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND STUDY OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT WITH AN EXPECTATION OF THAT BEING COMPLETED IN JUNE, 2025.

AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

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AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO HOLD ONTO AS MUCH GENERAL FUND RESERVES AS WE COULD AT THAT TIME.

MOVING ON TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A VERY BUSY AREA.

UM, I'LL START WITH THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED.

THE, THE FARMER'S MARKET OR THE EAST COUNTY KNIGHTS WAS NOT STARTED PARTLY 'CAUSE OF FUNDING, BUT ALTHOUGH I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT WE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE P BID ON LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, LAUNCH THAT PROGRAM.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S RED SHOWS RED AS A NOT STARTED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

AND THEN WE DID NOT PUT INTO THE BUDGET MONEY FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER IN THE STAFF REPORT, OR AT LEAST IN THE MATRIX.

I ALLUDE TO, UM, WITH DAVE RICHARDS APPOINTMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO BE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

WE HAVE AN OPENING, AS YOU RECALL, HE WAS THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

WE ARE FILLING HIS POSITION WITH A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY RECRUITING THAT POSITION FOR LOOKING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT SKILL SETS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

ONE OF THOSE SKILL SETS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT.

UM, IF WE GET A GOOD CANDIDATE, THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST COULD HELP FILL SOME OF THAT ROLE.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT COMES UP, UM, AND WHO, WHO APPLIES FOR THE JOB.

UM, IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT ARE, UM, IN PROCESS, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PARKWAY PLAZA AND TRYING TO MOVE THE HYUNDAI STUDY FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTATION.

WE'LL HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN COMING MEETINGS AND IN CLOSE SESSION AS WELL.

UM, WE, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THAT CATALYST PROJECT IN THE DOWNTOWN, AND WE'RE DOING SOME WORK RIGHT THERE, WORKING WITH SOME PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND THEN THE PI STUDY HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND WE'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE, WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT AT YOUR LAST MEETING.

IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE, THE SIGN AND FACADE AGREEMENT IS DONE.

AS A REMINDER, 76 BUSINESSES, UM, RECEIVED EITHER SIGN IMPROVEMENTS, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, OR GLASS IMPROVEMENTS OR WINDOW IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN ARPA MONEY WAS REINVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS NOW WRAPPED UP.

THERE'S A FEW APPLICANTS STILL FINISHING UP THEIR PROJECTS, BUT ALL THE APPLICATIONS ARE OUT ON THE STREET AND, UH, JUST WITH MONEY TO BE REIMBURSED AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED THE DEVELOPER APPLICATION ENHANCEMENT EXPERIENCE.

AS YOU RECALL, SAN DIEGO STATE DID A PRETTY IN-DEPTH STUDY OF OUR PROCESS.

WE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS.

WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THOSE IDEAS AND WE'VE HOSTED ALREADY A DEVELOPER ROUND TABLE AND A BROKER ROUND TABLE, WHICH I JUST SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT, OR A, A MEMO ABOUT LAST WEEK.

SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULDN'T SUGGEST WE REST ON OUR LAURELS LAURELS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, I HOPE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED US TO ACCOMPLISH AS PART OF THIS.

IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS, UH, THERE WAS A DOCUMENTARY REALLY FOCUSING ON SUCCESS STORIES AND, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHERE THE, WHERE, WHERE THE FOCUS WOULD BE.

WE HAVE NOT WORKED ON THAT AT ALL.

UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE EL CAJONS HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND, AND CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE REGIONAL TAXPAYERS ASSOCIA OR THE, UM, REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRAMS, WE WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED.

OUR STAFF WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH A FOCUS GROUP FROM THE SAN DIEGO TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION.

PART OF THAT FOCUS GROUP LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CITIES COLLECT DATA FROM THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE 18 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CITIES COLLECT THE DATA.

WE ALL COLLECT IT VERY DIFFERENTLY.

UH, WE, WE HAVE AGREED AS A CITY WELL ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER CITIES, THAT WE WILL START COLLECTING DATA IN A PRESCRIBED MANNER THAT OTHER CITIES ARE COLLECTING DATA.

SO WE CAN ALL LOOK AT OUR DATA HOLISTICALLY AND SAY, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, WHAT'S, WHAT ARE LESSONS THAT CAN BE LEARNED? BUT WHEN YOU'RE NOT COLLECTING DATA THE SAME WAY, IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT WHAT'S WORKING OR NOT WORKING IN ANOTHER CITY.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT AS WELL.

IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AS YOU RECALL, YOU, YOU HAD EARLIER, OR ACTUALLY LATE LAST YEAR, THE STUDY ABOUT OUR MEDICAL RESPONSE AND FIRE COVERAGE STUDY THAT OCCURRED.

AND FROM THAT WE HELD A WORKSHOP.

AND FROM THE WORKSHOP WE COMMITTED THAT WE WERE GONNA TRY TO EXPAND AN ENTIRE ENGINE COMPANY AT STATION EIGHT.

AND WITH THAT DIRECTION, WE SOUGHT AFTER A GRANT, THE SAFER GRANT, WHICH WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING.

SO WE BELIEVE OUR NEXT STEP IS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, WELL, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE? SO WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE ON OUR WORK ON A WORK PILL FOR OUR UPCOMING YEAR.

UM, AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CONCRETE CARE FACILITIES IN REDUCING CALL VOLUME.

WE

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BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM STILL TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL PER YOUR REQUEST WITH SOME POLICY CHANGES THAT WE COULD CONSIDER.

UM, LASTLY, UH, ONE OF THE GOALS WAS THE CURB EXCESSIVE SPEEDING.

MOST OF THOSE GOALS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

THE REALLY OUTSTANDING GOAL IS SOME ENGINEERING CHANGES TO WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHICH WILL OCCUR.

UM, WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN 2025.

BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.

LASTLY, THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME MISCELLANEOUS GOALS.

I'LL START WITH THE, THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED.

THE SHORT TERM RENTAL WORKSHOP HAS NOT BEEN WORKED ON.

WE HOPE TO BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.

UM, ALSO THE PLANNING AREA, LOOKING AT EAST MAIN STREET, UH, WAS NOT WORKED ON PARTLY 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T FUND IT IN THE, IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.

AND THAT IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT AS WELL.

IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FROM THAT.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE QUALIFIED AND INTERESTED ARTISTS WHO NOW WILL ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT AND HOPE TO GET THAT RFP OUT ON THE STREET IN EARLY 2025.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MATRIX.

I SHARED, UH, ONE OF THE PILOT PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE'VE INSTALLED SOME DEVICES ON A COUPLE OF OUR FIRE ENGINES TO EXPLORE HOW EFFECTIVE INTERSECTIONS ARE WITH ADDRESSING EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, HOW QUICKLY THOSE LIGHTS CHANGE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT USING THAT LITTLE NODE TO IDENTIFY THAT, UM, ENGINEERING SERVICES AND IT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL BE PILOTING A PROGRAM ALSO COMING UP, START STARTING SOON.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO APPLY IT AS WE LAUNCH INTO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL ACTION PLAN WITH A WAY TO, TO GRAPHICALLY LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING ON OUR GOALS.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC OF WHAT THE COUNCIL'S GOALS ARE AND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROGRESS OF THOSE GOALS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE USE THIS, UH, CUMBERSOME MATRIX.

IT'S VERY USEFUL TO ME, BUT IT'S, UH, DIFFICULT TO PUT TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE TO WADE THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GET TO THE, THE, THE MEET.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS TOOL WILL BE A MORE OF A SNAPSHOT OR A DASHBOARD THAT WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC GOALS OR TASKS THAT I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY COVER.

LET ME SEE, BEFORE WE DO THAT, SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

THERE ARE NO CARDS, SIR.

OKAY.

LEAVE IT BACK UP TO I DO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON UP? IT'S OKAY.

MAY, UH, NO, JUST DO ME A FAVOR AND CHECK IN WITH, WITH THE CLERK AFTER YOU'RE DONE.

SO YOU CAN BE AFTER.

OH, YOU GOT A CARD? OKAY, GREAT.

THAT, THAT MAKES IT EASY.

COME ON UP, SIR.

NOT SURE HOW WORKS.

THAT'S OKAY.

WELL, WE, WE JUST BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT, UH, WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, THINGS.

WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? JOSE CRUZ.

MR. CRUZ, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO BASICALLY A COUPLE OF, UH, THINGS, UH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, UH, TRAFFIC, I LIVE ON PEACH BY GRAPE.

THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE PRETTY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON, UH, ON BROADWAY RIGHT THERE.

AND THERE'S KIDS CROSSING THE STREET IN THE MORNINGS.

AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING UP PRETTY FAST IN THAT IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT PEOPLE DON'T CARE, I GUESS.

UM, SO I STOP SIGN I THINK WOULD BE GREAT FOR THAT INTERSECTION OF A GRAPE AND, UH, AND A PEACH RIGHT THERE.

UH, ALSO, UH, MY MAIN CONCERN IS ACTUALLY, UH, SO I OWN A HOUSE RIGHT THERE ON PEACH, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO GRAPE.

AND I HAVE AN A DU ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, BUT I HAVE A REALLY BAD, UH, TENANT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, IT, IT'S, IT IS BEEN LIKE VERY DIFFICULT EVEN EVICTING THIS PERSON FROM MY PROPERTY.

THE THING, THE ISSUE IS THAT, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE AN A DU, YOU LIVE AT THE PROPERTY.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE RENTING PROPERTY THAT YOU DON'T LIVE IN AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A BIT OF A CRAZY PERSON.

I DON'T KNOW WHY OUR EVICTION PROCESS IS NOT HANDLED BY THE CITY.

IF WE LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A STATE RULE OR LAW OR, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S HANDLED BY THE COUNTY WHEN EL CAJON IS A CITY.

WE HAVE A COURTHOUSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

NOT LIKE SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES OUT THERE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN CASES LIKE MINE WHERE I'M DEALING WITH THIS PERSON THAT'S MESSING

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BASICALLY WELL, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY ON OUR STAFF THAT, UH, KNOWS ALL.

SO, UM, MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, MORGAN.

OKAY.

WE'LL TRY, EVICTION PROCESSES ARE CONDUCTED BY STATE LAW AND UH, TYPICALLY THEY ARE HANDLED BY THE SUPERIOR COURT, OR COULD BE.

THERE IS A SPECIAL DIVISION FOR EVICTIONS THAT'S HANDLED BY THE SUPERIOR COURT.

SUPERIOR COURT IS A STATE AGENCY.

IT'S NO LONGER EVEN A COUNTY AGENCY.

OKAY.

AND WE NO LONGER HAVE A MUNICIPAL COURT, WHICH WAS RUN BY THE COUNTY AS WELL.

SO IT'S A PRIVATE MATTER, UH, PRIVATE ACTION.

SO YOU'LL, YOU WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE EVICTION PROCESS AND FOLLOW THE RULES FOR, FOR DOING SO.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO HELP YOU BECAUSE THEN WE'D BE HELPING EVERY LANDLORD THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHEN THEY ASK FOR HELP.

I, I THINK IT'S A SPECIAL SITUATION WHEN YOU HAVE AN A DU, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE TO YOUR HOME, BASICALLY.

AND IT'S, BUT I KNOW, AND I GET, AND LOOK, I, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

THESE, THESE, THESE ARE REAL CONCERNS.

UM, YEAH.

FOR, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH ADUS, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON YOUR PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT SEEMS WRONG TO ALL OF US THAT IF PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING THEIR RENT OR THEY'RE BEING DISRUPTIVE, THEY'RE BEING DIFFICULT, THAT THE LANDLORD DOESN'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM LEAVE.

BUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS TAKEN A VERY, UH, LIBERAL VIEW OF IT.

UH, I MEAN TO THE POINT WHERE WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE, UM, SQUAT IN YOUR PROPERTY WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, UH, IT'S ALMOST, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THEM OFF YOUR PROPERTY.

SO, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF IT WERE ME, I'D BE MEETING WITH BRIAN JONES, MY STATE SENATOR, AND MY, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHICH, WHICH, UH, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT ARE YOU IN? SO I I I'M NOT EVEN A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE I'M PEACH AND GRAPE.

WE CAN, WE CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT, UM, WHO TO SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A LONG-TERM PROCESS.

I'M NOT TO TRYING TO YEAH.

PUT YOU OFF.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO HEAR ABOUT.

AS FOR THE, UM, TRAFFIC SITUATION, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE JURISDICTION ABOUT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO, THE WAY WE USUALLY DO THIS IS IF A, A CITIZEN MAKES A COMPLAINT LIKE THIS, UM, WE WILL ASK A TRAFFIC, UH, ENGINEER TO COME OUT AND, AND DO A STUDY OF, OF THE STREET AND SEE, THEY'LL LOOK AT ALL THE ACCIDENT RECORDS AND THEY'LL, UM, PUT SOME MONITORING UP ON THE STREET TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

AND THEN, UH, IF THE, THE STOP SIGN IS WARRANTED, WE GLADLY DO THAT.

WE'VE, I KNOW WE PROBABLY PUT IN FIVE IN THE LAST YEAR.

UH, SO IF YOU'LL AGAIN, LEAVE US ALL YOUR INFORMATION, UM, WE'LL START THAT PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL KEEP IN TOUCH AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN COME BACK AND TELL US IT ALL WORKED OUT GREAT FOR YOU.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WELL, THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU SIR, FOR COMING.

OH, YEAH.

GARY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

OH, REGARDING YOUR EVICTION, UH, REGARDING YOUR EVICTION, UH, SITUATION, UH, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU SEE, UH, AN ATTORNEY THAT SPECIALIZES IN EVICTIONS.

I'VE BEEN IN THE RENTAL BUSINESS SINCE 1978 AND I'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE AND, UH, I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO RUN A CREDIT CHECK BEFORE YOU RUN THE RENT TO SOMEBODY.

YEAH, NO, I KNOW.

DON'T, DON'T RENT TO FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS BECAUSE THAT'S .

THAT'S RIGHT.

NOT A GOOD IDEA.

THEN THEY QUIT BEING FRIENDS.

I KNOW TIMES.

THIS IS THE SITUATION HERE, BUT, UH, WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR COMING, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY THEN, UM, BACK TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GRAHAM ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE, ONE THING GRAHAM I WANTED TO ASK WAS, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ON OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT.

UH, WE GET A PRETTY GOOD GRADE ON THAT, DON'T WE? WE ACTUALLY, THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE WERE ABOVE AVERAGE COUNTY AVERAGE.

SO, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DONE IT, SO THIS IS WHY THERE'S SOME VALUE IN LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE AT.

BUT WE DO PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO PAVEMENT, PERHAPS MAYBE MORE THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.

THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I HEAR A LOT, UH, PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT, THAT THE ROADS ARE REALLY TERRIBLE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED AND THE, THE DATA DOESN'T SUGGEST THAT THE ROADS ARE THAT TERRIBLE, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE PEOPLE OF EL CAJON.

SHOWING THEM MAPS AND PLANS AND ROTATIONS AND MAYBE A ARTICLE ABOUT, UH, ALL THE THINGS WE ARE DOING TO MAKE THEIR ROADS BETTER.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING WORTH DOING.

THAT'S, THAT'D BE MY REQUEST AT LEAST.

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I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN THOUGHT TO THAT.

WHEN YOU HAVE THE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT THAT HAS A DETOUR TO GO ON JOHNSON OVER TO WEST MAINE, AND THEN THERE'S A PROJECT AT WEST MAINE THAT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING FOR A RESIDENT TO GO, MAN, I JUST GOT HIT WITH A BIG INCONVENIENCE OVER IN ELK, OKLAHOMA BOULEVARD AND NOW I'M GETTING HIT AGAIN OVER ON JOHNSON.

SO WE SHOULD BE, UH, AWARE WHEN THEY OVERLAP.

I, I, I AGREE.

IN FACT, BEST PLANS, RIGHT? UH, THE WAY THAT THEY WERE TIMED IS THAT THEY WERE, ONE WAS TO CONCLUDE AND THEN THE OTHER WAS TO COMMENCE.

UH, IN THE FUTURE WILL, WILL CONTEMPLATE WHAT HAPPENS IN A BAD CASE SCENARIO WHERE A PROJECT EXTENDS LONGER THAN IT SHOULD.

SO YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

LESS FRUSTRATION ALL AROUND HOMELESSNESS.

I DID TALK TO THE FOLKS AT AMICUS ABOUT A VIDEO FOR HOMELESS.

UH, THEY ARE UP FOR THAT, UH, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIES OUT OF THE 13 WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM IN THE FIRST YEAR.

THEY'D BE GLAD TO SHARE, UH, HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY.

SO THE, UH, REACH MAY NOT BE SO FAR TO WORK WITH THEM AND THEY'D BE GLAD TO HELP RECRUIT FOR THAT.

UH, ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY ONE, I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR OPTIONS FOR FUNDING BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS FROM NOW AND WOULD'VE BEEN A ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRE WORKSHOP, WE WERE KIND OF TOLD, HEY, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S PAUSE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS SAFER GRANT.

AND WE DID AND WE DIDN'T.

SO I JUST HATE TO KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FURTHER AND FURTHER BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES TO ME.

THE MORE THAT WE DEPEND ON MUTUAL AID, UH, THOSE ARE LONGER RESPONSE TIMES.

IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE ENGINE COME FROM LAKE JENNINGS ROAD INTO EL CAJON, OR IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME FROM LAKESIDE DOWN BY CHANNEL ROAD, UH, THIS IS ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR THAT REASON, I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF PUSH A LITTLE HARDER TO GET OUR OPTIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

UH, I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF OF PROJECTS ON HERE FOR STAFF TIME, BUT, UH, I THINK THIS IS ONE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS SAFETY OF ITS RESIDENTS, UH, I THINK FOR THAT REASON I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OPTIONS NO LATER THAN THE END OF FEBRUARY.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

SURE.

OH, I JUST WANNA ECHO STEVE'S CONCERNS.

I, PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY NUMBER ONE FOR A, A CITY.

AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE THAT, UH, I'M INTERESTED IN IT, STEVE OR MICHELLE.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

SO, UM, GRAHAM, DO YOU, DO YOU NEED ANY, ANY MORE KIND OF DIRECTION THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL? UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS AS WE GET READY FOR THE GOAL SETTING SESSION, HOPEFULLY IN FIRST PART OF JANUARY, UH, WE'LL DO KIND OF AN UPDATE OF THIS SO YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING MORE FRESH BEFORE YOU TO HELP YOU BE READY FOR THAT HEARING AS WELL.

UM, ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING, ONE THING THAT CAME UP THAT WE KNOW WILL TAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT, WELL NOT A SIGNIFICANT WILL TAKE SOME TIME IS THE WORKSHOP ON THE CAR SHOW AND COUNCIL ASKED FOR US TO BE BY THE END OF JANUARY.

IF THAT COULD BE PUSHED OFF, THAT WOULD HELP US ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL TO DO THE FUNDING FOR FIRE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH STAFF CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT WOULD, IF THAT COULD BE PUSHED OFF AND ALMOST SWAPPED, HAVING THAT DISCUSSION FIRST AND THEN THE CAR SHOW SECOND RATHER THAN CAR SHOW AND THEN THE FIRE DISCUSSION THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR STAFF.

I DON'T SAY BIG HURRY ON THE CAR SHOW ISSUE.

I I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT OPTION TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF MAXED OUT AND GIVING US THE OPTION TO CHOOSE.

AND I I WOULD BET WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT FIRE COMES BEFORE A CAR SHOW.

YEAH, RIGHT.

OKAY.

JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

DIDN'T WANNA SU SUPPOSE.

UM, I, I DID HAVE ONE COMMENT AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE EXCESSIVE SPEEDING.

THIS ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT HAS TO BE, UH, ALWAYS INTEGRATED INTO OUR PROCESS AS A CITY.

I MEAN, WE JUST HAD A RESIDENT COME UP FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MENTION SPEEDING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

AND SO I I, IT, IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU KNOW ENFORCEMENT AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO THE STREETS.

WE, WE IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS, BUT IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING, UH, THING AS THE CITY GROWS AND DENSITY INCREASES.

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SO I WOULD UNDERSCORE AND HIGHLIGHT AS THAT, UH, BEING A CONTINUED PRIORITY FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL.

'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERY OTHER MEETING WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, UM, COMPLAINING ABOUT EXCESSIVE SPEEDING.

WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS.

IT'S GETTING WORSE IN THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS OR SO.

UM, AND FOR THE, UH, SINCE WE WERE BROUGHT THE TOPIC OF THE WORKSHOP ABOUT THE CAR SHOW, UM, WOULD, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE REVIEW A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH REGARD TO THE P BID AND THEIR EVENTS AND MAYBE NOT LIMIT IT TO THE CAR SHOW, BUT, UM, EXPAND, UM, MAYBE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE MIGHT WANNA SET FOR THE P BID THAT WE SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THEY COULD CAPITALIZE ON THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE HAVE TO EXPLORE SOONER OR THAN LATER IS DO WE GO OUT AND TRY TO EXTEND THE P BIDS LIFE AGAIN AND UNDER WHAT FORMAT? UM, I KNOW THAT STAFF, UM, CHRIS BERG AND KATHY ZEMAN HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH FOLKS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.

SO WE'RE DOING SOME WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT I, I THINK BY THAT TIME WE'LL BE READY TO GET SOME INPUT FROM COUNCIL AS WELL SO WE CAN WRAP THAT AS PART OF THE SAME CONVERSATION.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, GRAHAM, YOU SAID YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION.

VERY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU.

COUNSEL, YOU, DO YOU NEED A, A MOTION ON THE VOTE ON THIS? NO SIR.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THE SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE

[13. Consider Amending Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code Pertaining to Dogs in the Superblock Area. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council provide direction on a possible Municipal Code amendment. If an amendment is desired, to remove the prohibition on dogs in the Superblock area, a proposed ordinance to repeal section 6.12.150 in its entirety is available for first reading and introduction in the "First Reading of Ordinances" section of this agenda. ]

OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, VINCE DIAGGIO, WILL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, IN 1997, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DOGS IN THE DOWNTOWN SUPER BLOCK AREA.

THIS WAS DONE BASED ON THE PERCEPTION THAT DOGS WOULD POSE A HEALTH HAZARD AND LEAD TO FREQUENT AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WOULD NOT COMPLIMENT THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAD MADE TOWARD ACTIVATING DOWNTOWN.

OVER THE PASSAGE OF TIME, DOGS HAVE BECOME A MUCH MORE COMMONPLACE IN THE PUBLIC SPACES THAN THEY WERE 28 YEARS AGO.

ASIDE FROM THEIR ROLE IN AIDING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, WHICH WAS THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION AT THE TIME OF THE ORDINANCE ORDINANCES ADOPTION, THEY ARE NOW FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANYING THEIR OWNERS INTO PUBLIC SPACES, AT PUBLIC EVENTS AND SERVING AS SERVICE ANIMALS AND SUPPORT COMPANIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS.

AND NONE OF THE ISSUES PERCEIVED TO HAVE BEEN OF CONCERN, IN FACT HAVE MATERIALIZED.

NEVERTHELESS, THE ORDINANCE REMAINS IN PLACE NOW MAKING IT TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL TO BRING DOGS INTO PRESCOTT PROMENADE, CENTENNIAL PLAZA, THE CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX, JUDSON PARK, OR ANY OTHER AREA DEFINED IN THE DOWNTOWN AS THE SUPER BLOCK FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY MANAGER AND I SEE AT LEAST A DOZEN OR MORE DOG WALKERS STROLLING THROUGH THE CIVIC CENTER PLAZA ON A DAILY BASIS, THEREBY TECHNICALLY BREAKING THE LAW.

THIS HAS ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC INTEREST AS STAFF IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN A FEW TELEPHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ASKING ONE, UH, IS THIS ORDINANCE ACTUALLY TRUE? AND TWO, CAN IT BE AMENDED? GIVEN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ON THE SUBJECT? IT DOES SEEM APPROPRIATE TO EXAMINE THE NEED FOR THIS ORDINANCE AND SHOULD IT REMAIN IN PLACE GIVEN THE COUNCIL'S ONGOING EMPHASIS ON ACTIVATING THE DOWNTOWN AND ENCOURAGING A VARIETY OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS IN CONCLUSION AS OPPOSED TO A CHANGE IN THE ZONING CODE.

THIS CHANGE TO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER SIX CAN OCCUR TODAY, UH, WITH THE COUNSEL CONDUCTING THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR YOUR REVIEW, REPEALING THE APPLICABLE CODE SECTION DURING THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES SECTION.

NOW IS IS THE TIME, WHICH WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THE ITEM AMONGST THE COUNSEL, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF IF NECESSARY.

AND THEN IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE FORMAL ACTION DURING ITEM NUMBER 19 LATER IN THE AGENDA.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANKS VINCE.