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ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.WOULD Y'ALL THEN STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the August 13, 2019, Meetings and the Agenda of the September 10, 2019, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]
POSTED ORDERS OF A GERMAN OF THE AUGUST 13TH, 2019 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2019 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.[ PRESENTATIONS: Presentation: Neighborhood Watch Proclamation: National Preparedness Month Proclamation: Importance of Gender Equity Commendation: Retirement of Police Chief Jeff Davis]
ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR THE FIRST PRESENTATION ON TODAY'S AGENDA.IT IS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE POLICE OFFICERS TO STROLLER TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE WITH US ALL ABOUT THIS.
AFTERNOON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'M OFFICERS WHO STILL ARE THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE
I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS TAKEN UPON ITSELF TO GET INVOLVED AND START UP A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
OUR NATION IS BUILT ON THE STRENGTH OF OUR CITIZENS.
EVERY DAY WE ENCOUNTER SITUATIONS CALLING UPON US TO BE THE EYES AND EARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
NOT ONLY DOES NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ALLOW CITIZENS TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO BOND THROUGH SERVICE.
SINCE ACTUALLY 1972 THE NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM HAS WORKED TO UNITE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND CITIZENS IN A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE MOUNTAIN VIEW VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING INVOLVEMENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
LET'S SHOW US A REALLY GOOD PHOTO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING INVOLVED.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING YOU'RE DOING.
NEXT IS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
I'D LIKE TO FIRE CHIEF STEPHEN SWEENEY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR AND THE MCKELL ART TO THE PODIUM.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A POWERPOINT AND A PRESENTATION FOR US AS WELL.
CHIEF, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HERE AND PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
WE DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.
HE'S OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR FOR HARLAND FIRE AND RESCUE AND UH, BUT FIRST WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ.
SO WHEREAS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ELK OWNER TO PREPARE THEIR HOMES, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY, INCLUDING NATURAL DISASTERS IN POTENTIAL TERRORIST ATTACKS.
AND WHEREAS ELKO AND RESIDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS DISASTERS IN THE PAST, INCLUDING DEVASTATING WILDFIRES, SEVERE STORMS AND DROUGHTS COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHEREAS THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2003 2007 IN 2014 FIRESTORMS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSITY FOR CAREFUL AND THOROUGH EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND AGENCIES LOCALLY.
AND WHEREAS ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ELK OWNER ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN CITIZEN PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AND ASKED TO REVIEW THE READY CAMPAIGNS WEBSITE AT WWW DOT
THEREFORE, BILL WELLS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OFL CONE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2019 TO BE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
THEY URGE ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS CREATING A MORE PREPARED SOCIETY.
SO WITH THAT ANDY PRESENT TO YOU THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
UM, EVERY SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT THEME AND
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THIS YEAR'S THEME IS PREPARED, NOT SCARED.THEY HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS THAT PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND THEIR RISK AND PREPARED IN ADVANCE ARE LESS FEARFUL WHEN A DISASTER.
HOW'S THAT? BETTER? THAT'S BETTER.
UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS FIL FEARFUL TEND TO REACT BETTER AND IN A LARGE DISASTER.
AND BY KNOWING THOSE RISKS AND BEING PREPARED IN ADVANCE, THAT HELPS WITH THAT.
SO OUR RISKS IN THIS AREA, WILDFIRE, OF COURSE FLOODING AND EARTHQUAKE ARE THREE MAJOR RISKS.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET AS THEY GO THROUGH PREPAREDNESS IS FINANCIAL RECOVERY.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET FINANCIALLY? IS YOUR INSURANCE UP TO DATE? DO YOU HAVE IT EVALUATED EVERY YEAR? HAVE YOU INVENTORIED YOUR POSSESSIONS? DO YOU STORE DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY SO YOU CAN EASILY MOVE THEM RATHER THAN MOVING PAPER? AND DO YOU KEEP SOME EMERGENCY ON HAND? SOME SMALL AMOUNT AND SMALL, SMALL DENOMINATIONS.
I'M SOMEWHERE SAFE AT HOME WHERE IF YOU NEED TO BUY SOME A TANKFUL OF GAS, YOU'VE GOT THE CASH TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT THING YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE A PLAN.
WE SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, WE SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT IT STILL HOLDS TRUE.
HAVING AN EVACUATION PLAN READY TO GO WHEN YOU WORK THAT PLAN THROUGH, MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING AT THEM AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AFRAID AND FEARFUL WHEN THAT DISASTER HAPPENS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE.
UM, COMMUNICATE THAT PLAN WITH PEOPLE AROUND YOU, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
UH, MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE YOUR PETS AND ALL THEIR SUPPLIES AND YOUR EVACUATION PLAN.
UM, TRY AND HAVE AT LEAST HALF A TANK OF GAS IN YOUR CAR, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW IT'S RED FLAG CONDITIONS AROUND HERE AS IT COMES UP QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UM, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH FUEL TO GET OUT OF THE AREA IF YOU NEED TO.
RATHER THAN TRYING TO STOP AT THE LOCAL AMP, I'M ON THE WAY OUT AND WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND GET A TANK FULL OF GAS.
UM, PREPARE CHILDREN, TEACH THEM WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM REACT IN A MORE POSITIVE FASHION.
REVIEW THE PLAN WITH YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY, NOT JUST YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY, BUT YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS.
DO THEY KNOW WHAT YOUR PLAN IS SO THAT IF YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE YOUR HOME, THEY LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AS FEARFUL BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
UM, ASK YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT WHAT THEIR SCHOOL'S PLAN IS IN A DISASTER.
HAVE YOU READ IT? THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN A DISASTER.
YOU CAN TRANSMIT THAT INFORMATION DOWN TO YOUR CHILDREN AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE KID AGAIN.
MAKE SURE YOU GOT ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER.
A GALLON OF WATER PER PERSON PER DAY.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOR SEVEN DAYS.
UM, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SO MUCH WHEN A WATER RUNS OUT.
UM, CLOTHES AND SHOES, DO YOU HAVE PROPER CLOTHING AND SHOES DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS? DO YOU HAVE YOUR MEDICATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED? SPARE EYEGLASSES, PET CARE ITEMS. THAT LIST IS PRETTY STABLE BUT THERE'S STUFF YOU CAN ADD TO IT THAT WILL MAKE YOUR TIME AN EVACUATION OR MAYBE EVEN IN A SHELTER, A BIT MORE MANAGEABLE.
LAST THING YOU CAN DO IS GET INVOLVED AND PREPAREDNESS.
THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN, IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS BE PREPARED.
EAST COUNTY CERT, UM, I'LL BANG OUR OWN DRUM HERE AND EAST COUNTY STARTS A PRETTY GOOD PROGRAM.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RESPONSE, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OTHERS.
OBVIOUSLY THE RED CROSS HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
FIRE, SAFE COUNCIL, SALVATION ARMY, LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT A CITIZEN CAN GET INVOLVED TO HELP PREPARE THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND THEN IT'S MY PRESENTATION.
LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COUNSELOR FROM YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
I INVITE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MARISOL THORN TO READ THIS FOR US.
I'M HERE TO PROCLAIM THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER EQUITY, WHEREAS WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY TRANSFORMS COMPANY CULTURES INTO ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT ALL GENDERS SUCCESS.
AND WHEREAS ORGANIZATIONS THAT VALUE GENDER EQUITY STRIVE TO REMOVE OBSTACLES WHICH CAN COME IN THE FORM OF OVER AND COVERT BIAS, OBSTRUCTIVE PRACTICES AND POLICIES AND DISRESPECTFUL OR HARMFUL BEHAVIOR.
AND WHEREAS WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY PROMOTES THE INCLUSION OF ALL VOICES IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AND INCREASES A STATUS AND IMPACT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS AT EVERY LEVEL OF AN EMPLOYMENT.
AND WHEREAS WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY IS IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGION IMPACTING EVERY INDUSTRY AND SECTOR.
AND WHEREAS WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY IS CRITICAL
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TO ADDRESSING MAJOR SOCIAL ISSUES, INCLUDING IMPROVING CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION, REDUCING HOMELESSNESS, REDUCING THE RATES OF POVERTY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND ELIMINATING VIOLENCE IN ALL ITS FORMS. NOW, THEREFORE, BILL WELLS, MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY.LAST ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS A COMMENDATION FOR POLICE, POLICE CHIEF JEFF DAVIS.
AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? THERE WE GO.
MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF DAVIS TO COME DOWN AS WELL.
MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, UH, CHIEF DAVIS AFTER 33 YEARS OF BEING AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY OF EL CAHONE HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE, UM, SURPRISE.
AND UH, HE'S BEEN SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANTED TO, UH, THE MAYOR.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO HIM AT THIS TIME HERE.
WE HAVE A COMMENDATION HONORING CHIEF DAVIS.
WE'RE AS CHIEF DAVIS HAS BEEN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ALCOHOL'S RESIDENTS AND THE LAW FOR OVER THREE DECADES.
HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS POLICE RESERVE OFFICER IN 1984 HE WAS HIRED AS A REGULAR POLICE OFFICER IN 1986.
CHIEF DAVIS WOULD PROMOTED THE SERGEANT IN 2000 LIEUTENANT IN 2006 AND CAPTAIN IN 2012 CHEFF QUICKLY GAINED EXPERIENCE IN THE FULL SPECTRUM OF PUBLIC SAFETY, EVENTUALLY EARNING HIM THE TOP SPOT AS CHIEF OF POLICE IN DECEMBER OF 2015 HIS CAREER ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR ACADEMY TRAINING OFFICER OR KARDEX DETECTIVE CHILD ABUSE.
DETECTIVE JEFF ALL SERVED ON THE DEPARTMENT SWAT TEAM FOR 23 YEARS.
ULTIMATELY OVERSEEING THE UNIT AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND WERE ASKED.
CHIEF DAVIS HAS ALWAYS EXUDED A CALMNESS THAT WAS EXTREMELY VIABLE DURING A VERY TUMULTUOUS TIME OF ACTIVE POTENTIALLY VIOLENT PROTESTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
HE HANDLED THE SITUATION WITH QUIET RESOLVE AND RESPECT FOR ALL VIEWS AND PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT INCITING.
FURTHER TO WHILE HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY STAFF ORIENTED, ENSURING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE ORGANIZATION AND HIS DEPARTMENTS WERE BEING MET AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY.
JEFF ALSO OVERSAW THE OPENING AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE NEW STATE OF THE ART ANIMAL SHELTER IN JUNE, 2017 AND WHEREAS JEFF IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT EAST COUNTY ATTENDING EL CAP 10 HIGH SCHOOL SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WHERE HE OBTAINED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
HE IS A GRADUATE OF THE SUPERVISORY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND COMMAND COLLEGE.
BOTH PROGRAMS OF THE CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING ORGANIZATION.
JEFF AND HIS WIFE SANDY HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS AND THEY HAVE TWO ADULT CHILDREN LIVING NEARBY.
BOTH GRADUATE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
JEFF, JEFF'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND HIS PASSION FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY HAVE EARNED HIM THE RESPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT, HIS COLLEAGUES AND THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN UNDER THE PROTECTION OF A MAN OF HIS CALIBER AND DEDICATION.
NOW THEREFORE, I BILL WELLS MIRROR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TOGETHER.
THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE CHIEF OF POLICE, JEFF DAVIS ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER WITH THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.
WE WISH JEFF AND HIS FAMILY GOOD HEALTH AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE YEARS TO COME SIGN THIS 10TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2019
UM, BUT AS WAS STATED BY THE MAYOR, HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET.
UM, AS A, AS A MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE BRING ALL THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TOGETHER AND HE'S ONE OF THEM.
THE LEVEL OF, OF RATIONALITY, CALMNESS,
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PEACE THAT HE BRINGS TO THOSE MEETINGS, UH, IS REFLECTIVE OF WHO HE IS AS A MAN.UM, HIS LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THE LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HE SERVES IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, HE'S BEEN A GREAT FRIEND AND HE'LL BE GREATLY MISSED.
AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE, SO I'LL LIMIT THIS TO 30 MINUTES.
I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO WORK FOR A CITY WHO CITY LEADERS HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT'S MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
I THINK THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I ALSO THINK AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED OUR CITY STAFF, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED COLLABORATIVE TEAM AND THEY BROUGHT ME IN AS A TEAMMATE AND, AND I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER AND A LOT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE OF THAT.
THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND THE WOMEN IN THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE MADE OUR DEPARTMENT A SUCCESS.
IT'S A COLLECTIVE, UH, UH, UH, OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD HONORED TO HAVE WORKED WITH ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IN THIS CITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO EMBARRASS MY WIFE SANDY OF 30 YEARS.
AND MY MOTHER SITTING NEXT YEAR, THEY WERE BOTH HERE, UH, FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS SWORN IN.
AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY AS I'M ABOUT TO STEP OUT.
SO ON BEHALF OF THEM AND MYSELF, UH, I'M HUMBLED.
I'M GRACIOUS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS HERE TODAY AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO HAVE YOU ALL BE INTRODUCED INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU STAND SO THAT, UH, OUR VIDEO CAN PUT YOU ON TELEVISION, EVERY STUDENT HERE, WHICH WE HAVE QUITE A GROUP TODAY AND I'M SORRY WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO INTRODUCE YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND, BUT LIKE WE NORMALLY DO, BUT MAYBE YOU'LL COME BACK FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING.
WE CAN DO IT THEN, BUT ANYWAY, UH, THIS'LL BE A GOOD EDUCATION FOR YOU AND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND YOU SEE, I'M CHIEF DAVIS JUST RETIRED.
WE HAVE ANOTHER CHIEF THAT'S READY TO TAKE HIS PLACE OR WILL BE ACHIEVED.
SO ANYWAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FROM BAHA ALLAH, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? NOT FROM
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR UM, COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL COME BACK TO ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE CAN INTRODUCE YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND DESIRES ARE IN LIFE.
CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL WAS DESIGNATED A CREDENTIALED CITY MANAGER BY THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OR THE I C M.
HE JOINS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, VINCE DIMAGGIO, WHO RECEIVED HIS ICM A CREDENTIAL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ALCOHOL NOW HAS THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY CITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO HAVE BOTH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS ICM, A CREDENTIAL MANAGERS.
NOW ONTO THE EXCITING BUSINESS THAT THOSE, THE HALL STUDENTS, ONE OF THE HERE AGENDA CHANGES STAFF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES MR MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE COUNCIL 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 ARE ROUTINE MATTERS AND ACTED BY ONE MOTION ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LIST OF BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST.DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBERS DO WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS STAFF? NO SIR.
ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR CONSENT ITEMS? NO SIR, WE DO NOT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND
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MOVE.SECONDLY, PLEASE 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.]
US THEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS HEARD.
STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND ANATOMY.
PLEASE MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES SIR.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS, HI YO KIM.
HOW ARE YOU? THEY GOOD? I'M, I'M FINE.
I'M HALO KIM, DIRECTOR OF THE KIM CENTER FOR SOCIAL BALANCE.
THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE DEANNA RUM.
UM, UH, WE ARE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AND WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO CELEBRATE WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY DAY WITH YOU.
WE'RE EXCITED TO JOIN WITH THE CITY OF EL CAHONE, UM, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHO IS STRIVING TO MAKE GENDER EQUITY A CULTURAL REALITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US ONE IMPORTANT STEP CLOSER.
GULIANO HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELCOME MR MAYOR.
UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, A REMINDER ABOUT TOMORROW NINE 11.
AND, UH, JUST, UH, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT AS A COUNTRY AND ALL POLITICAL, UH, FACETS CAME TOGETHER AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO REMEMBER.
UH, AND SPEAKING ABOUT WHEN I COME TO THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, A LOT OF TIMES, UH, I LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST MEETINGS.
AND JUST ABOUT THE, UH, THE CODE OF ETHICS AGAIN.
UH, MR GOLDWELL, THANK YOU FOR MINDING ABOUT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS ALWAYS, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, MR. MAY YOU, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT, WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT A CENTER AND THINKING ABOUT SIMPLIFYING IT, WHICH I AGREE, THE SIMPLER, THE BETTER.
UH, YOU, MATTER OF FACT, YOU SAID LIKE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.
AND THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT EVERY DAY THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT, AND, UH, LET'S SEE.
AND ULTIMATELY I FEEL THAT CENSURE, IT SHOULD BE A SELF CENTER.
WHETHER IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL, THE STAFF OR SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE MYSELF, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO, THE MORALITY ISSUE, THE DECISION THAT'S MADE BY EACH INDIVIDUAL.
UM, AND JUST IN MY LAST A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS HERE, UH, A GENTLEMAN THAT LIVES IN MY PARK, VILLANOVA, HIA, HE, UH, SERVE THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF ELK, A HOME FOR MANY YEARS.
AND HE'S BEEN A GREAT HELP TO ME.
UH, AT THE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING LAST, UH, LAST MONTH I NOTICED THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE OFFERING, AND THIS GENTLEMAN IN HIS YEARS, NOW HE'S A ALL OF A SUDDEN WRITING PROSE AND POETRY.
AND I LIKE TO SHARE ONE WITH YOU.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE YOU LISTENED TO IT.
IT'S ENTITLED SKINS TAKE YOU OFF YOUR SKIN AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? LOOK REAL CLOSE.
YOU SEE YOU AND ME TAKE YOU OFF YOUR SKIN.
AND WHAT DO YOU FIND A HUMAN BEING THAT'S UNIQUE AND KIND TAKE OFF YOUR SKIN AND LOOK ONCE MORE? DO WE ALL LOOK ALIKE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD? TAKE OFF YOUR SKIN AND WE ALL LOOK THE SAME, BUT WE ALL ACT DIFFERENTLY AND WE'RE THE ONES TO BLAME.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO TRY TO BE KIND TO EACH OTHER, TO BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER, TO BE TOLERANT OF EACH OTHER, TO BE TRUTHFUL WITH EACH OTHER, TO BE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER.
IF WE ALL JUST TRY TAKE OFF YOUR SKINS, EXCUSE ME, CAN WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR A BETTER TOMORROW FOR IF WE DON'T OR IF WE WON'T, OUR WORLD WILL TURN TO SORROW AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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YOU.THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR TODAY.
[18. Facility Rental Rates for Centennial Plaza RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution in order, revising the facility rental rates for Centennial Plaza.]
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.ITEM 18 IS REGARDING THE FACILITY RENTAL FEES FOR CENTENNIAL PLAZA AND STAFF.
WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PLACE? CERTAINLY MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ON AUGUST 13TH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDED, UM, SOME RENTAL FEES FOR MANY COMPONENTS OF THE MAGNOLIA, WHICH IS OPENING TONIGHT.
UM, ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS WAS THAT OF CENTENNIAL PLAZA.
AND AS YOU RECALL, THE FEE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED WAS A $6,600 FEE FOR A DAY USE AND A $1,000 FEE FOR AN EVENING USE.
IN RETROSPECT AS A STAFF IS CONTEMPLATED THE USE OF THAT PLAZA AND WHY IT WAS CONSTRUCTED REALLY MEANT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND A REVISED FEE SCHEDULE FOR THAT COMPONENT OF THE FEE, THE OVERALL FEE SCHEDULE.
WE'D RECOMMEND THAT A $250 A DAY USE FEE BE CHARGED AND A $600 EVENING, UH, FEE BE CHARGED FOR THAT.
UM, THAT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ATTACHED.
UM, COUNSELING QUESTION CHIEF.
SO EACH TIME I JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
EACH TIME WE WANT TO CHANGE A FEED, DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE ORDINANCE OR ROM, SORRY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE FEES ARE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION.
UM, USUALLY WE DO THIS ONE TIME A BUT A, AS THERE ARE TWEAKS TO IT, IT IS REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO A GROUP ONE OF THE RENT THAT THE OUTSIDE CENTENNIAL PLAZA AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS A LARGE CONCERT GOING ON AT THE MAGNOLIA? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THAT FACILITY OR THAT COMPONENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO IF THERE WERE A CONCERT GOING ON THAT DAY AND THERE WAS AN EARLY MORNING OR A MID DAY USE BASED ON WHAT LIVE NATION WOULD SAY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO INTRUDE ON THEM, UH, MOST LIKELY IT CAN BE RENTED OUT.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A PAT BENATAR CONCERT, FOR EXAMPLE, COMING UP, UM, PROBABLY IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO RENT IT OUT IN THE EVENING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, PROGRAMMING THAT SPACE DURING THE EVENING.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO BOOK IT IF, IF WE FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE USE OF THE SPACE.
I'M ANGELA AND I SPEAK CARDS ON THE SIDE.
SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION THEN.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE COUNCIL LOWERING FEES.
YEAH, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY RALLY AGAINST THAT TODAY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MOVE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.
I HAVE MY TEAM'S REPORT ON THE FIRE.
[19. Fire Station Dog Pilot Program, City of El Cajon Wellness Initiative RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives a report regarding the Fire Station Dog Pilot Program, a City of El Cajon Wellness Initiative.]
T HIS REPORT ON THE FIRE STATION DOG PILOT PROGRAM STAFF.PLEASE TELL US ABOUT OUR NEW DOG, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC AND I'LL BE TURNING IT OVER TO STAFF IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS NEXT INFORMATIONAL ITEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY AIMED AT, UM, FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDING STAFF FIRST RESPONDER STAFF.
THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT, UH, IS A COLLABORATIVE ONE THAT, THAT, UH, BROUGHT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR AGENCY.
UM, AND SOME OF OUR AMAZING FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS VOLUNTEERED, UM, MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS TO RESEARCH THIS AND TO BRING THIS PROGRAM TO LIFE.
SO I WANNA, UM, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR STAFF THAT DID THIS ON THEIR OWN TIME.
IN THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL HEAR SOME STAGGERING DATA, UH, ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS GO THROUGH.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT A UNIQUE PROGRAM THAT WE THINK COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, BE PILOTED IN THE CITY AND THEN MAYBE EXPANDED WITHIN THE CITY, BUT ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY, UH, TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTY.
UH, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MS THORN IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT I DID WANT THE STAFF OR THE CITY COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT THE MANAGEMENT STAFF FOR THE CITY OF EL CAHONE TAKES MENTAL WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE SERIOUSLY.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S DRIVING PART OF THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR STAFF
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IN THE LONGTERM WELLBEING OF OUR STAFF.SO WITH THAT, MS THORN, TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.
MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO GO OVER OUR NEW WELLNESS INITIATIVE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THE PAST YEAR, ARE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT, PROVIDES SOME DATA AND THEN I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR TEAM.
SO WHAT DOES STATION DOG? SO THE STATION DOG PROGRAM IS A CERTIFIED FACILITY DOG.
IT IS A DOG THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY TRAINED AT A FIRE STATION.
UM, IT IS NOT A SERVICE DOG IS NOT GOING TO BE A CITY MASCOT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO ONE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL.
THE REASON BEING WHEN WE ANALYZE THE DATA FROM THE SURVEYS, UM, SOME OF THAT DATA SHOWED THAT FIREFIGHTERS DID NOT WANT TO BE FORTHCOMING.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR COMPANY OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO, UM, BE SEEN AS UNFIT, UH, FOR THEIR POSITION OR UNSTABLE.
THE CITY ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE A STIGMA ASSIGNED TO FIREFIGHTER MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WHEREAS OUR FIREFIGHTERS DO NOT WANT TO SEEK ATTENTION.
UH, THEY FEAR THAT THEY'LL BE SEEN AS WEAK.
ALSO, DURING OUR RESEARCH, WE LOOKED AT OTHER AGENCIES THAT DO YOU HAVE THERAPY DOGS? MOST OF THOSE DOGS ARE ASSIGNED TO A COMPANY OFFICER, WHICH IS SOME BROUGHT TO A STATION AFTER A CRITICAL INCIDENT OR THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO BE CHECKED OUT UPON REQUEST.
WE BELIEVE THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS DO NOT ACCOMPLISH OUR INTENT OR GOAL FOR OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
OUR GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE DESTRESSOR TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND TO HAVE A SERVICE THAT IS 100% CONFIDENTIAL.
WITH OUR STATION DOG PROGRAM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A DOG AT THE STATION.
AND WE GET LEE AFTER AN INCIDENT, WHETHER IT BE SMALL OR LARGE, AND MONTHS THEREAFTER, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A DOG THAT WILL PROVIDE NATURAL THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT WITHOUT HAVING TO EXPLICITLY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR COMPANY OFFICER OR FROM HUMAN RESOURCES.
THE CONCEPT ALSO GIVES OWNERSHIP TO OUR CREWS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT, UH, WAS HOW TO MAKE THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
AND IN ORDER TO HAVE ANY BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BUY IN.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE
THEY DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM, AND THERE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROGRAM, WHEREAS MANAGEMENT WE'VE SERVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE STATION DOG PROGRAM IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A SERVICE DOG FOR A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S SIMPLY A DAILY SHIFT COMPANION FOR STATION CREWS.
BEFORE WE ELABORATE MORE ON THE STATION DOG ITSELF, I WANT TO TALK A BIT ON FIREFIGHTER WELLNESS.
PRIOR TO 2017 THERE WEREN'T MANY STUDIES REGARDING FIREFIGHTERS, MOST FOCUSED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
WITH THESE RECENT STUDIES, SUICIDES ARE NOW BEING TRACKED BY VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, AND THERE'S NOT AN OF RECOGNITION AND ACCEPTANCE WITHIN THE FIRE SERVICE THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE EXPOSED TO CONSTANT TRAUMA WHILE THEY RUN MEDICAL AIDS OR GO ON LONGER AND MORE FREQUENT STRIKE TEAM ASSIGNMENTS.
IT'S ALSO NOW RECOGNIZE A MULTIPLE FORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS ARE COMMON IN FIRST RESPONDERS THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSION.
AS YOU JUST SAW IN THESE NEWS CLIPS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION HAS BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, SUICIDES ALREADY THIS YEAR.
UH, WE SEE THAT FEMA HAS REPORTED 33 FIREFIGHTER ON-DUTY FATALITIES.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM FIREFIGHTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALLIANCE, YOU SEE 62 FIREFIGHTER SUICIDES, THAT'S ALMOST DOUBLE AS MENTIONED, THE STUDIES ARE FAIRLY NEW.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST TWO CATEGORIES, FIREFIGHTERS WHO, UH, SUFFER DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE.
SO THOSE ARE FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE HAD SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
AGAIN, I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO INCLUDE A RANGE AND NOT AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE THE STUDIES ARE SO FEW.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BINGE DRINKING NUMBERS, THAT'S A 58% AND THESE ARE AGAIN, NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM STUDIES.
AND THE BEHAVIORAL ALLIANCE GROUP WHO
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GETS THESE NUMBERS, THEY ESTIMATE THAT THERE'S A 40% UNDER REPORTING.I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM THE LARGEST STUDY.
SO THIS IS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2018 BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FIREFIGHTERS ALONG WITH MBC.
THEY HAD SURVEYS, RESPONSES FROM 7,000 FIREFIGHTERS.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL THE STATISTICS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, 95% OF THESE FIREFIGHTERS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE INCREDIBLY STRESSED ON A DAILY BASIS.
81% STATED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEEK HELP BECAUSE THEY FEARED, UH, BEING UNFIT FOR J D, UH, 77% STATED THEY PREFER A PEER SUPPORT TEAM AND 71% DON'T USE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANT PROGRAMS. UM, THESE ARE REALLY CRITICAL AND I'M HIGHLIGHTING THESE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT OUR STATION DOG PROGRAM WILL ADDRESS THESE SPECIFIC ISSUES.
SO WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO FIREFIGHTER MENTAL HEALTH? SO THESE FOUR FACTORS THAT ARE ILLUSTRATED ON THIS SLIDE, THESE FOUR FROM THE STUDIES AND BASICALLY WHAT THE STUDIES SHOWED ARE THAT WORK, UH, CULTURE.
SO FIREFIGHTERS WHO FEEL SUPPORTED AT WORK, UM, ARE LESS LIKELY TO CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE.
UH, THE STUDIES UNFORTUNATELY ALSO SHOWED THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE, TRIES IS LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM BOTH PTSD AND DEPRESSION THAN OUR GENERAL POPULATION.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A LINK OF CONSTANT CRITICAL CALLS WHICH WILL CREATE TRIGGERS IN OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS RUN ON AND THE LEVEL OF ALCOHOL USE.
UH, SO THE MORE EXPOSURE, THE INCREASE IN ALCOHOL ABUSE, THE STUDIES FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS DID NOT FOCUS ON THE FACTOR OF RESILIENCE.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I TALKED ABOUT RESILIENCE FOR A BIT.
UM, EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS A THRESHOLD AS FAR AS HOW THEY COPE AND THEIR ABILITY TO RECOVER FROM INCIDENTS.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL REACT DIFFERENTLY TO CRITICAL CALLS BASED ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL PAST EXPERIENCES AND THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE TRIGGERS.
AGAIN, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THROUGH OUR STATION DOG PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL RESILIENCE LEVELS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ON A DAILY BASIS, THERE ARE HIGH NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO BOTH YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROCESS FOR PERSONAL IMPACT, UM, IS THAT YOU START SEEING DISTANCE.
SO FIREFIGHTERS ARE ISOLATING THEMSELVES FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UH, THAT TRANSLATE INTO THE WORKPLACE.
UH, THERE IS A LACK OF JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING WHEN THEY GO ON CALLS.
UM, THE POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH EQUATE TO WORK RELATED INJURIES AND POOR BEHAVIOR LEADS TO DISCIPLINE.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT IF WE ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH OUR STATION DOG PROGRAM THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE POSITIVE IMPACTS TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THE IMPACTS OF HAVING A DOG AND THESE ARE JUST BASIC IMPACTS ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE REFLECT, THERE'S A LOWER INCIDENCE OF DEPRESSION, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, UM, YOU TEND TO BE CALMER AND MORE RELAXED AND THERE'S A DECREASE IN YOUR CHANCE FOR HEART DISEASE THAT TRANSLATE TO THE, TO THE WORKPLACE THAT THE IMPACT IS ON RESILIENCE.
SO PEOPLE ARE MORE RESILIENCE, ARE EASIER TO COPE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A REDUCTION IN WORKPLACE INJURIES AND WE'LL SEE HIGHER PERFORMANCE IN JUDGMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GRAB MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
UH, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM.
WE HAVE, UM, THE FIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH IS OUR FIRE CHIEF WHO HAS SERVED AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THE DOG AS WELL AS A RESOURCE FOR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
OUR ASSOCIATION, WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM.
AGAIN, WE WANTED THE VIOLIN AND THEY DEVELOPED A COMMITTEE IN WHICH THEY DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF SWEENEY WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL IMPACT.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY MANAGER MITCHELL AND MS MARISOL THORN FOR THEIR SUPPORTIVE EFFORTS TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM IN SERIOUSLY ADDRESSING THIS, THIS, UH, ISSUE THAT'S IMPACTING OUR PROFESSION.
UM, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY STARTED ABOUT 2015 OF RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES OUT THERE WITH RESILIENCY.
AND SO IT WAS AFTER WE WERE APPROACHED BY A FEW MEMBERS ON THE FLOOR, A FEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS, UM, THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED SOME HELP AND THEY NEEDED SOME EDUCATION.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO A CLINICIAN AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING NOT ONLY TO ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL, UM, WHICH INCLUDED OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, THE DISPATCH, UH, PERSONNEL.
BUT WE ALSO EXTENDED THAT TO SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
SO WE TRIED TO HAVE A GLOBAL APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE FEELING, THEIR FAMILIES UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE FEELING AND AND HELP THEM TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
UM, OUT OF THAT WAS BORN A PEER SUPPORT GROUP.
THE PEER SUPPORT GROUP IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT WE ACTUALLY SEND TO, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT 24 HOURS OF TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION THAT THEIR, THEIR PEERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO, THEY CAN, THEY CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL AFTER A PARTICULARLY TOUGH TIME ON A CALL.
MAYBE IT'S A PARTICULARLY TOUGH TIME THAT THEY'RE HAVING IN THEIR LIFE OFF DUTY AND THEY CAN REACH OUT AND JUST CHECK ON THEM AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING THAT.
IT'S KIND OF A LITMUS TEST TO SEE IF THEY NEED REFERRAL TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE OR IF THEY JUST NEED TO KEEP CHECKING BACK IN ON HIM TO SEE IF THERE ARE COPING.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, AFTER THAT, WE STARTED A FIRE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATES IN THAT PEER SUPPORT GROUP.
UH, THAT PEER SUPPORT GROUP IS NOT ONLY AVAILABLE TO OUR AGENCY, IT'S AVAILABLE AS A REGIONAL RESOURCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
AND TWO OF OUR SUPERIOR SUPPORT MEMBERS JUST RECENTLY TRAVELED TO EL PASO TO HELP DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE, UH, OF THE SHOOTING THAT WAS THERE.
UH, THEY HELP 951ST RESPONDERS KIND OF DEAL WITH SOME OF THEIR FEELINGS AFTER THAT.
SO, UM, WE, WE, WE SHARE OUR RESOURCES WITH, UH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR NAVY AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE SUBSCRIBED TO A, UH, UH, A APP CAUSE EVERYBODY LIKES APPS THESE DAYS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY, THE YOUNGER GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
UM, AND SO IT'S FIRE STRONG AND FIRE STRONG.
YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND PICK A VARIETY OF ALL THOSE TOPICS THAT WERE UP ON THE SCREEN THAT, THAT THE MARISOL SHOWED.
AND YOU CAN DO SOME SELF ASSESSMENTS.
THERE'S SOME REFERRAL PARTS ON THERE AVAILABLE 24, SEVEN A DAY.
AND SO THEY CAN REACH OUT AND GET SOME HELP IF IT'S, THEY'RE MORE COMFORTABLE DOING IT, UH, DOING IT THAT WAY.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HR TO LOOK AT OUR EAP, OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER, UM, ON WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ARE.
AND, AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE QUALIFIED AND HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND DEALING WITH PTSD ISSUES OR PTSD IS WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO NOW.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CHANGING, UH, THE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE US A BETTER, A BETTER SERVICE AND ALLOW US AFTER SOME OF THESE CRITICAL INCIDENTS, STRESSES OR THESE INCIDENCES CAUSE THESE STRESS LEVELS IS TO COME IN AND DO A VERY GOOD DIFFUSING AND ADDRESS IT.
UM, AS IT'S, AS IT STARTED TO HAPPEN.
UM, AND WE ROUTINELY DO A SAFETY STAND DOWNS WHERE THE STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP GOES AROUND AND TALKS TO THE, THE GUYS ON THE FLORIDA AND THE WOMEN ON THE FLOOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY AND THEY'RE COPING WITH THINGS.
SO THEY, WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR CULTURE QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CHANGE THAT ATTITUDE OF, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE FINE.
SO WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, I THANK STAFF FOR, FOR UH, BRINGING THESE TO THE FOREFRONT.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TRAVIS TIMMONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.
I PROUDLY REPRESENT THE FIREFIGHTERS OF A HARLAND FIRE RESCUE HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE KIND OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES ABOUT THE PROGRAM OR SETTING UP.
UM, BUT FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE RECOGNITION AND THINK, UH, GRAHAM, VINCE, MARISOL, MEGAN, UH, IN CHIEF SWEENEY AND HIS STAFF FOR BEING A SUPPORTIVE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S, IT, IT'S PRETTY UNHEARD OF FOR THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AFTER DOING ALL OF THIS RESEARCH, UM, TALKING TO DIFFERENT CITIES WHO HAVE A FEW OF THESE PROGRAMS OR FEW CITIES WHO HAVE THESE, UH, THE SETUP, THERE'S ONLY FIVE IN THE NATION WILL BE THE SIXTH.
UM, EVERY ONE OF THEM COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A CITY THAT APPROACHED US WITH THIS, UH, IDEA.
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A FIRE CHIEF THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
THEY ALL HIT ROADBLOCKS AT A CERTAIN POINT.
UM, EVERY ONE OF THOSE CITIES HAD TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS TO PAY FOR THIS.
UM, SO THEY, THEY JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SO ANYWAYS, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING AS SUPPORTIVE AS YOU ARE.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, I'LL GET INTO THE, UH, INTO THE PROGRAM HERE.
UH, SO LIKE I SAID, WE WERE APPROACHED BY MARISOL AND, UH, GRAHAM FOR THIS IDEA AND BROUGHT IT TO OUR MEMBERS.
AND, UH, THEY OVERWHELMINGLY WANTED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
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TOGETHER, THERE'S SIX OF US ON THE COMMITTEE.UM, AND WE, ON OUR FIRST MEETING WE HAD TO DECIDE, OKAY, WHAT IS THE PROGRAM, WHAT DO WE WANT IT TO, WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO BE? AND WE CAME UP WITH TWO THINGS.
UM, SHE KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCHED, UH, THAT WE NEED A DOG THAT'S THERE 24 HOURS A DAY.
WE DON'T WANT A DOG THAT, UH, IS, IS TAKEN HOME BY A HANDLER AND, UM, ONLY COMES OUT FOR CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
WE NEED TO, UM, TAKE FULL OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING THE DOG AT THE FIRE STATION ALL TIMES.
THE OTHER THING, THE DOG HAS TO BE TRAINED.
IT HAS TO BE, WE DON'T, WE CAN'T HAVE A DOG CHEWING THINGS IN THE STATION RUNNING OUT THE DOOR WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF TRAINING STANDARD FOR IT.
UM, SO THOSE WERE THE TWO BIG ITEMS. UM, AND DOING SOME RESEARCH WE THOUGHT, NO, NO BIG DEAL.
WE'LL FIND, WE'LL FIND SOMETHING IN THE REGION.
WE'LL PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING IF NOT IN THE REGION IN CALIFORNIA.
IN FACT, THERE'S LIKE I SAID, FIVE IN THE NATION THAT HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM AND THEY ALL HAPPEN TO BE, UH, THE HAVE THE SAME TRAINER WHO SET THIS PROGRAM UP.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER, UH, THE TRAINERS NAMED CINDY MADSEN, SHE'S IN VIRGINIA.
SHE WORKED WITH THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE WHO HAD A SUICIDE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY WORK TOGETHER TO SET UP, SHE HAD ALREADY HAD A NONPROFIT SET UP FOR, UH, VETERANS FOR, UM, SERVICE DOGS.
SO SHE WORKED TO SET UP A FACILITY DOG, BASICALLY FACILITY DOG PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S A TRAINING STANDARD THAT THE DOG HAS TO PASS.
UM, IT'S ALL THE BASIC OBEDIENCE TRAINING AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO SEVEN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN ONE DAY, INCLUDING A MONTH.
THERE'S A MALL, A, A PRESCHOOL, A A FIRE STATION.
THERE'S, THERE'S SEVEN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DOUG HAS TO PASS.
AND THEN ALSO IT GETS FIRE STATE, UH, FIRE STATION SPECIFIC TRAINING.
SO IT'S BROUGHT TO FIRE STATIONS.
IT'S AROUND APPARATUS THAT ARE RUNNING WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
FIREFIGHTERS IN OUR GEAR, BREATHING, BREATHING AIR.
THEY GET BOUNDARY TRAINING TO WHERE THEY, THE DOG WILL NOT PASS WHICHEVER BOUNDARY YOU SET UP SO THEY WON'T GO BOLT OUT ONTO THE STREET.
UH, ALSO WE SEND A RECORDING OF OUR OVERHEAD TONES.
UM, THE DOG WILL HEAR THAT AND IT'LL GO STRAIGHT TO ITS CRATE.
UH, ON THE WAY OUT TO THE CALL.
ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WILL CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE WAY OUT AND THE DOG WILL BE IN ITS CRATE, SO IT'S NOT FREE ROAMING AROUND THE STATION.
UM, SO THOSE ARE FIRE STATIONS SPECIFIC.
SO THE TRAINER HERE FULFILLED BOTH THOSE NEEDS.
WE HAVE, UH, WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER, WE GAVE HER KIND OF THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE DOG.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE TEMPERAMENT AND UM, SIZE AND ALL THAT.
AND ABOUT A WEEK, UH, SHE FOUND OUR GIRL FOR US.
AND UH, HERE SHE IS UP ON THE SCREEN HERE.
UH, SHE'S FIVE MONTHS OLD ISH.
SHE'S BEEN TRAINING FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS NOW.
WHEN SHE COMES TO EL CAHONE, SHE'LL HAVE FOUR MONTHS OF TRAINING.
UH, SHE'LL HAVE PASSED ALL HER, ALL HER TRAINING STANDARDS.
IF YOU CAN SWITCH TO THE NEXT ONE AND WE CAN, THERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO OF HER.
CAN YOU GUYS PLAY THAT VIDEO? OH, THERE IT GOES.
SO THERE'S, THIS IS JUST HER IN, OUT IN THE PUBLIC DOING, WORKING ON HER TRAINING.
WE'VE GOT TONS OF OTHER VIDEOS, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THIS ALL DAY.
BUT UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S A, SHE'S A CUTE GIRL THERE.
ANYWAYS, SO SHE COMES, SHE'LL BE COMING IN OCTOBER, UH, TO THE, TO, TO EL CAHONE.
WE'LL DO BE DOING THREE DAYS OF TRAINING FOR ALL THE CREWS.
THEY'LL ALL BE ABLE TO, UM, COME THROUGH THE TRAINING, DO ALL THE COMMANDS, LEARN THE DAY TO DAY WITH HER, UM, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT THREE DAYS OF TRAINING, SHE'LL BE OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS A PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER DOG FOR, UH, EL CAHONE.
UM, JUST LIKE A PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER.
SHE'LL BE A CONSTANTLY GET, WE'LL BE CONSTANTLY GETTING FEEDBACK ON HER PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATING HER, MAKING SURE SHE'S DOING WHAT WE, WHAT WE, WE GOT HER FOR IT.
AND IT'S TO PROVIDE COMFORT, SOME, UH, MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THE CREWS.
AT SIX AND 12 MONTHS WE'LL BE DOING OFFICIAL INFORMATION GATHERING.
SO THEN AFTER THAT YEAR WE CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS, THIS IS WORKING.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT IT WILL TALKING TO THE OTHER CITIES.
UM, THE FIVE OTHER ONES AROUND THE NATION, THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMS CAUSE THEY'RE SO SUCCESSFUL.
SO, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR TO, AND ONE OF THOSE TRAINING DAYS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ATTEND, UH, TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, SO YOU CAN, UM, GO THROUGH, UM, UH, ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS TO CONTACT US TO SET THAT UP.
BUT SO 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH OF OCTOBER, UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
UM, WE'RE REAL EXCITED FOR HER TO COME OUT AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR NEW STATION.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE THIS MUCH WORK TO GET THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE RED CARPET.
IT'S, IT'S EXCITING WORK THOUGH, SO IT'S WORTH IT.
BEFORE YOU GO MISS ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER COUNSEL.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKING CARDS ON THE FANDOM AT ALL? NO SIR.
ALRIGHT, WELL, HEY, THANK YOU.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YARA AND UH, I HOPE IT WORKS OUT
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GREAT SO WE CAN DO THIS ON ALL YOUR STATIONS.MR MAYOR, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? I JUST WANTED TO THANK SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.
THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO LIEUTENANT WALT MILLER, SERGEANT TROTTER AND SERGEANT STEVE POSS.
THEY TOOK THE TIME TO GO OVER THE CANINE PROGRAM WITH US, GO OVER THEIR BUDGET AND THE NEEDS THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THE DOG PROGRAM AS WELL AS NAHEED ROSSI.
OUR PURCHASING AGENT WHO WALKED US THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF THE DOG AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES, PERSONNEL OPERATIONS MANAGER, KEVIN WRIGHT AND SUPERVISOR ROBERT LEE, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE OUTDOOR KENNEL AT STATION SIX.
UH, SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO WORKED WITH US ON THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS A DOG.
CAN STEVE? YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC REALIZES, UH, THE VOLUME OF CALLS IN OKLAHOMA.
IT'S PRETTY HIGH, ISN'T IT? SOMETHING AROUND 13,000 HIGHER, 14, 15, 16, 16,000 A YEAR, CALLS THROUGH FOUR STATIONS IN OKLAHOMA.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY OVER A HUNDRED CALLS A DAY FOR ALL THE STATIONS.
THAT'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, ADRENALINE, A LOT OF UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN.
SO BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF CALLS, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM.
JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, UM, I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY CAN ATTEST TO HOW STRESSFUL THE JOB IS.
AND IN THE UNITED STATES WE HAVE SICK CARE.
IT MEANS WE GO TO THE DOCTOR OR A MENTAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN PROFESSIONAL WHEN WE'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR FIREFIGHTERS SERVING US DON'T HIT ROCK BOTTOM.
UM, SO, UH, AND I THINK SOME OF THE HEADLINES THAT WAS FROM LA COUNTY, THE CAPTAIN THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE.
SO, UM, I, I CAN'T, UH, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT TWO OF YOUR COLLEAGUES STEPPED OUT RIGHT WHEN THE PRESENTATION WAS HAPPENING.
SO THERE'S A PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF THE UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
I, I JUST WANT TO, I'LL SAY THAT I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I HAVE A SON WHO FOUGHT THE SPECIAL FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AND THERE WERE 90 GUYS IN HIS PLATOON AND SINCE THEY'VE COME HOME, 10 OF THOSE GUYS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE PAST, UH, TWO YEARS.
AND IT'S, I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEM TENDS TO BE THAT PEOPLE THAT DO THESE KINDS OF JOBS AND SEE WHAT YOU SEE ALSO HAVE TO INTEGRATE BACK WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO THOSE KINDS OF JOBS AND DON'T SEE THAT KIND OF THING.
AND I THINK IT CAN MAKE PEOPLE FEEL VERY ALONE.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS, UH, PROGRAM HELPS A LITTLE BIT AND THAT, UH, IT ENCOURAGES OUR CITY AND EVERY OTHER CITY TO TAKE THIS PROBLEM MORE SERIOUSLY AND PROVIDE MORE SOLUTIONS.
SO THANKS FOR BEING PART OF IT.
AND I HAVE A DOG, WHICH ALL OF OUR, OUR PROBLEMS COULD BE RIGHT THERE.
THERE ARE NO COMMISSION REPORTS TODAY.
[13. ACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF MAYOR WELLS: SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) Board of Directors; SANDAG – Audit Committee; League of California Cities, San Diego Division; Heartland Fire Training JPA – Alternate; LAFCO.]
IS MY ACTIVITIES REPORT.UM, I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, UH, MY ACTIVITY REPORT.
I WENT TO, UM, ONE OF THE FACILITIES THAT THAT IS TREATING OR TAKING CARE OF THE UNDOCUMENTED MINOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE COME UP FROM MEXICO OR CENTRAL AMERICA AND HAVE NO BUDDY WATCHING AFTER THEM.
AND AS YOU REMEMBER THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL.
PEOPLE HAVE, UH, UH, I THINK TRIED TO MAKE A LOT OF POLITICAL HAY ABOUT IT.
SO IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO GRASP WHAT WAS REAL AND WHAT WAS NOT.
I, YOU'RE HEARING THAT THESE PLACES LIKE CONCENTRATION CAMPS THAT CHILDREN ARE IN CAGES AND IT'S A, IT'S INHUMANE.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THEM.
UM, I DO HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY IN MENTAL, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN MENTAL HEALTH FOR SINCE 1988 AND I HAVE A DOCTORATE IN THAT'LL HEALTH AND I'VE WORKED A LOT WITH GROUP HOMES FOR KIDS, SO I'M NOT UNFAMILIAR WITH THOSE PLACES.
AND WHAT I SAW WHEN I WENT THERE WAS THAT THE KIDS WERE HAPPY THAT THEY WERE, UM, BEING HANDLED IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY.
THEY WOULD BE HANDLED IN A WAY THAT REALLY MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS FOR GROUP HOMES AND FACILITIES THAT I'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.
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THE STAFF WAS, UH, INVOLVED.THEY WERE EAGER, THEY WERE, UM, EXCITED TO BE DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
BUT OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A SHOW JUST FOR ME.
SO I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SEVERAL OF THE KIDS THAT, NOT THAT THEY CHOSE, BUT THAT I CHOSE, PULLED THE KIDS ASIDE AND TALK TO THEM.
AND WHAT I GOT WAS A, UH, I WAS VERY CONFIDENTLY COULD COME OUT OF THAT, UH, TELLING YOU THAT THE CHILDREN WERE BEING WELL CARED FOR, THAT THEY, UM, WERE HAVING LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED WITH EXTENDED FAMILIES OR TRY TO BE REUNIFIED WITH THEIR PARENTS.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF SAD STORIES, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I, UH, I WALKED AWAY FROM THAT WHOLE TRIP FEELING THAT WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT AT LEAST THE FACILITY THAT IS IN OUR CITY IS, UH, BE HELD TO VERY HIGH STANDARDS THAT THE KIDS ARE BEING WELL CARED FOR AND THAT NOTHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING.
SO I WANTED TO REPORT THAT ALL BACK TO YOU CAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, THIS WAS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, SO THANK YOU.
UM, I'M 21 IS OUR LEGISLATIVE REPORT AND, UH, VINCE, DO YOU HAVE A LEGISLATIVE REPORT TODAY? UM, YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON A COUPLE OF THINGS BRIEFLY.
UM, ON AUGUST 19TH, UH, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AB THREE 92, UM, I'VE REPORTED ON THAT IN THE PAST.
AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF AB THREE TWO WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE STANDARD FROM REASONABLE QUOTE UNQUOTE REASONABLE TO QUOTE NECESSARY.
THIS WOULD HAVE FORCED OFFICERS TO QUESTION THEIR OWN ACTIONS DURING SPLIT SECOND DECISION MAKING ENCOUNTERS.
IT WAS OPPOSED BY THE POLICE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WHO WAS SUCCESSFUL, UH, DURING A NUMBER OF HEARINGS AND NEGOTIATIONS AND THE BILL RETAINS THE REASONABLE STANDARD AND AVOIDED THE NECESSARY STANDARDS.
SO THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING IN TERMS OF HOW THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS PREFER TO BE JUDGED BY THEIR ACTIONS.
UM, AND, BUT THERE ARE OTHER BILLS MOVING THROUGH, UH, THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM, UH, TO SEE IF, IF, UM, ANOTHER ATTEMPT IS MADE TO RAISE THE STANDARD.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THE STANDARD REMAINS AS IS AND IN FACT, WHAT THREE 92 DOES IS BRING THE LAW IN LINE WITH TWO SUPREME COURT DECISIONS FROM THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES.
SO IT DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE.
IT BASICALLY ALIGNS CALIFORNIA LAW WITH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS FROM THE PAST.
SECONDLY, SB FIVE IS A BILL DESIGNED, UH, TO REINTRODUCE A VERSION OF REDEVELOPMENT.
I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THIS.
IT'S THE BILL THAT USES E RAF FUNDS FOR FUNDING AS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UM, IT'S IN THE ASSEMBLY NOW WILL PROBABLY BE APPROVED BY THE ASSEMBLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND MOST LIKELY SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
I'LL BRING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THAT.
[14. ACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS:]
ALL RIGHT, REC ACTIVITIES REPORT.MR BOB MCCALL AS REPORTED DEPUTY MAYOR STEVE GLOBAL
IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WAS A REVIEW OF STORN WASTEWATER REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT AS DESIGNED, I BELIEVE ABOUT A YEAR AGO OR SO, OR LATE 2018 FOR 2.6 MILLION AND IT CAME IN, THE ACTUAL COSTS CAME IN AT 2.3 MILLION.
SO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WHEN THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORST STAFFS WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE DONE, THEY FOUND THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVED AND THEY SAVED THE TAX PAYERS OF ALCOHOL AND OVER $340,000.
UH, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MEETING ON THE 27TH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT AS REPORTED.
SO I, THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNSELOR REPORTS TODAY.
[20. GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:]
HAVE 26 IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND[21. ORDINANCES: FIRST READING]
IT WAS A FIRST READING TO AMEND CHAPTER 2.24 OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CODE STAFF.WOULD YOU DO THIS FOR US PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION IN A PRIOR MEETING WHERE THE UH, STAFF INDICATED IN THE VETERAN'S COMMISSION INDICATED THAT THEY PREFERRED TO GO TO A VETERANS COALITION AS OPPOSED TO COMMISSION.
UM, AND IN THE CITY COUNCIL ENDORSED THAT CONCEPT.
SO WE PREPARED THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE VETERANS
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COMMISSION FROM OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.IN DOING SO, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT WERE NO LONGER BEING USED OR FUNCTION OR NO LONGER FUNCTIONING OR BEING, UM, UH, THERE WERE NO MEMBERS WERE NO LONGER BEING SOLICITED.
THAT WAS THE, UH, THE COMMISSION, UM, ON ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
SO AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARE REMOVING THE VETERANS COMMISSION, I'VE PROPOSED THAT WE ALSO REMOVE THOSE TWO COMMISSIONS FROM OUR CODE.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE? ANGELA? ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO CARDS.
THEY'RE ALL RIGHT WITH SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN TO REMOVE THE THREE COMMISSIONS MOOD.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENTS.
AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SIR, I WILL RECITE THE TITLE PLEASE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.24 OF TITLE TWO OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE TO ELIMINATE THE VETERANS COMMISSION COMMISSION ON ARTS AND CULTURE AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
THERE ARE NO SECOND READINGS OR ORDINANCES TODAY AND WE
[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]
ARE NOW CLOSED SESSION.OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAD US IN THE CLOSED SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE, UM, UH, RECESSING INTO CLOSED SESSION ON THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON 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 SEAN INVENT VS CITY OF ALCOHOL.
THE SECOND IS A CLOSED SESSION FOR CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FOUR NINE FIVE 6.8 THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT TWO 50 EAST LEXINGTON AVENUE AND KNOWN AS THE LEXINGTON SENIOR AT LEXINGTON AVENUE SENIOR APARTMENTS.
UH, THE NEGOTIATING PARTIES, UH, FOR BOTH THE UM, ONE SIDE AND THEN THE S THE AGENCIES OR AUTHORITY SIDE ARE, ARE LISTED IN THE, UM, AGENDA UNDER NEGOTIATION WOULD BE A PRICE IN TERMS FOR AN EXTENSION OF A LEASE OF THE AUTHORITIES PROPERTY.
AND THE THIRD IS ANOTHER COUNCIL, A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR IN A SUBDIVISION D OF OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FOUR NINE FIVE 6.9.
THE NAME OF THE CASE IS CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN VERSUS CITY OF ALCOHOL.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT IS A JUMBLE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A SHORT TIME THAT THERE'S THE MEETING.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MET AND CLOSED SESSION ON THREE ITEMS. AND ITEM 28 THE CITY COUNCIL HEARD A REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND ITEM 29, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO ITS REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS.
AND ITEM 30, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HEARD A REPORT ON THAT ITEM.
THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN, THE RAILROAD JOINT MEETING OF THE ELK ON CITY COUNCIL AND OKLAHOMA HOUSING AUTHORITY HELD THIS 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2019 IS A JUROR TILL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2019 AT 3:00 PM THANK YOU.