Sep 24, 2019 City Council Meeting 3pm

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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE MEETING

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN IS ABSENT.

ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the September 10, 2019, Meeting and the Agenda of the September 24, 2019, Meetings in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

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[ PRESENTATIONS: Oath of Office: Police Chief Michael Moulton Presentation: San Diego River Park Foundation Proclamation: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System - Free Ride Day Proclamation: German American Month Proclamation: Fire Prevention Week]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE FIRST ITEM DOWN BELOW AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SEATS.

I LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF, MICHAEL MOLTON, HIS WIFE, MICHELLE, TO JOIN THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE.

DOES HE? CHIEF CHIEF TO SEE YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU KIM.

THANK YOU.

IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME.

HI.

HI, MIKE MOULTON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNITED STATES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER DOWN HERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO SERVE.

I LIKE TO THINK OF MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY OR THEIR SPORT, SPECIFICALLY MY WIFE TO SHOW MY DAUGHTER.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORT AND SOMETIMES SACRIFICE ALLOWS ME TO DO.

I'M TRULY FORTUNATE TO COME INTO THIS ROLE WITH THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER.

I KNOW, I CAN SPEAK FOR THEM WHEN I SAY THAT.

YOU'RE ALL GOOD.

I'M ALSO VERY FORTUNATE TO INHERIT THE HIGHLY SKILLED AND DEDICATED MAN, SWORN NON-SWORN ALIVE.

THEY'RE COMMITTED TO MISSION AND COMBAT THE STAFF.

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.

I CAN SAY THIS, YOU MAY NEVER NEED US, BUT IF YOU DO, WE'LL BE THERE.

LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE IN ONE WORD, I WILL BE TOUGH ON CRIME, COMPASSION, RESPECT, PUBLIC SAFETY, TRUST AND COOPERATION.

YOU'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO NOURISHING GROWER RELATIONSHIPS AND IT'S TRULY MY HONOR.

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I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CHIEF ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS, SARAH , TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE WITH US ALL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THANK YOU.

SORRY THEY MANGLE YOUR LAST NAME MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.

HATMAKER THANKS.

AND THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING US BACK TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU.

YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WE WERE HERE IN JANUARY TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

UM, AS IT WAS FIRST AWARDED WHEN WE WERE AWARDED FUNDING FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY FROM THAT WAS FUNDING THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, A PROP ONE GRANT.

THIS IS A PLANNING GRANT AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA EARTH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE AND CAL POLY POMONA TO DO SOME PLANNING AROUND IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF FORRESTER CREEK AND THE WATERWAYS IN OKLAHOMA AND SEEING IF THOSE WATERWAYS CAN SERVE A ROLE IN INCREASING ACCESS TO RECREATION AND NATURE IN OKLAHOMA.

SO WE'VE NOW HAD A CHANCE TO DO A LOT OF THAT PLANNING AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND MR MAYOR.

UM, AS A REMINDER, THE PROJECT GOALS WERE TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE CITY OF EL CAHONE FOR RECREATION PARK DEVELOPMENT AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND TO COMPLETE A PLANNING THAT SUPPORTS FUTURE INVESTMENT IN OKLAHOMA.

SO WE WERE WORKING WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN OKLAHOMA TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN INCORPORATED A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY AS WELL AS FROM CITY STAFF AND OTHER LEADERS.

UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP INFORM A ROADMAP TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF FORRESTER CREEK IN THESE WATERWAYS AND ALCOHOL AND THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO IN THE FIRST COMPONENT THAT WE DID WAS AN OUTREACH AND EDUCATION COMPONENT WHERE WE WORKED TO, UH, WITH OUR EARTH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE.

WE DID A FREE FIELD TRIPS FOR 291 THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS TO COLLECT THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT PARKS AND WATER AND NATURE AND OKLAHOMA.

WE DID OUTREACH AT 64 DIFFERENT EVENTS LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACHED DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND COLLECTED, UM, 1,064 SURVEYS FROM THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE DONE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, ARABIC AND FARSI.

SO THERE IS LOT OF INFORMATION WE GOT FROM THOSE SURVEYS, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE THE MOST INTERESTING FOR WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET AT.

WHICH IS THAT THREE QUARTERS OF THE PEOPLE RECOGNIZED THESE CREEKS AS THEY PASS THROUGH BUT LESS THAN A THIRD KNEW THAT THEY CONNECTED TO A NATURAL WATERWAY.

SO IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A BIG POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING THE, UH, HEALTH OF THOSE WATERWAYS IF PEOPLE HAD A LITTLE BIT BETTER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON NATURE DOWNSTREAM.

WE ALSO, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS LIKE COMPLIMENTS TO STEWARDSHIP AND INCREASING AWARENESS IS PREVENTING THE TRASH FROM GETTING IN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO WE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT DIFFERENT UH, WASHINGTON CHANNEL, FORESTER CREEK AND BROADWAY CHANNEL, UM, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

AND THAT DATA IS GOING TO BE THEN TURNED OVER TO A CONSULTANT THAT'S GOING TO BE MAKING SOME FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT TRASH CAPTURE AND REDUCTION.

SO A COUPLE OF INTERESTING RESULTS FROM THOSE ASSESSMENTS WHERE THEY COLLECTED ABOUT 7,500 PIECES OF TRASH.

THEY SORTED AND WEIGHED ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS AND ATTRIBUTED THEM TO A SOURCE.

AND WHEN WE DID THAT, ABOUT 57% OF THE ITEMS CONTAINED PLASTIC, UM, 34 OR 38% OF THE ITEMS WERE RELATED TO FOOD AND DRINK CONSUMPTION.

UM, THE NUMBER OF PLASTIC BAGS DECREASED OUR SURVEYS IN THE FALL TO OUR SURVEYS IN THE SPRING BY 40%, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

UM, AND WE FOUND THAT THE WORST OF THE TRASH SPOTS WERE LINKED TO HOMELESSNESS, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE BORDERING THE CREEK AND ILLEGAL DUMPING.

AND THEN YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE I BROUGHT SOMEBODY FROM CAL POLY POMONA WHO WAS SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING TO DO RESEARCH TO MAKE SOME RECREATION RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THEY BROUGHT IN SOME OUTSIDE EXPERTISE IN CONVENING THE PUBLIC AND FACILITATING A PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PROCESS.

AND THAT WAY THEY COULD INCORPORATE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MAKE ABOUT HOW THESE CREEKS MAY SERVE TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NATURE AND RECREATION FOR OKLAHOMA.

AND THEY'VE NOW COMPLETED A LOT OF THAT RESEARCH AND PLANNING.

SO THEY'VE FINISHED A PLAN AND WE WANTED TO COME BACK AND HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT PLAN.

UM, THEY WORKED WITH THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE THAT WAS A VERY DIVERSE, AWESOME STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, NAMES THAT YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE ON THIS LIST,

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UM, AND THAT COMMITTEE BROUGHT A BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND FAMILIARITY WITH ALCOHOL AND THAT WAS REALLY INVALUABLE TO THAT PLANNING PROCESS.

THEY WORKED TO CONVENE FIVE MEETINGS WITH THAT STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE.

WE HAD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP THAT WAS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH ABOUT 150 MEMBERS THAT HAVE 150 PARTICIPANTS.

AND AGAIN, WE CONDUCTED THAT SURVEY THAT HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT ALSO HELPED TO INFORM THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT THEY WORKED ON.

SO THE OVERALL CONCEPTS OF THIS ACCESS PLAN THAT THEY CREATED ARE NOT GOING TO BE SUPER SURPRISING.

THEY'RE PLANNING PARKS AROUND PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING ROUTES NEAR SCHOOLS, PLANNING THEM IN WAYS THAT CONNECT TO THE CREEK.

AND I THINK THE THING THAT IS MAYBE, UH, ESPECIALLY UNIQUE TO THIS PLAN IS THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN CREATE HUMAN FLOW TO THE CREEK.

SO THAT DIAGRAM KIND OF HELPS TO SHOW THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF USABLE RIGHT AWAY ALONGSIDE A LOT OF THESE CREEKS.

SO A LOT OF THE WAY THAT WE INCREASE THAT IS BY DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE CREEKS AND INCREASING FLOW PAST AND OVER THE CREEK SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT AS OPPORTUNITIES TO ELEVATE AWARENESS.

THEY DEVELOPED A MAP BASED ON THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT PROVIDED SOME IDEAS OF ZONES WHERE THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS COULD GO.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST IDEAS OF CONCEPTUALLY WHERE THOSE THINGS WOULD BE MEETING THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN, NOT NECESSARILY PARTICULAR PARCELS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY STILL A PLANNING DOCUMENT.

UM, BUT THIS HELPED TO INFORM PLACES WHERE THERE WAS THE HIGHEST NEED AND OVERLAP SIGNIFICANTLY WITH A LOT OF THE WORK BEING DONE ALREADY BY CITY STAFF.

SO A COUPLE OF THE FEATURED, THEY IDENTIFIED SOME MINI PROJECTS.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO INTO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT KIND OF IDENTIFY WAYS THAT WE COULD START TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS SOME OF THESE LARGER CONCEPTS.

UM, THEY RECOMMENDED COLLABORATING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS.

THE, THE GROUPS IN PARTICULAR THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE WERE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND UH, WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THE, OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT TWO OR THREE EASILY IMPLEMENTABLE POCKET PARKS AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO SUPPORT THEM, UM, IDENTIFY ROLES FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, INTEGRATE THAT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ASPECT INTO THIS PLANNING PROCESS AND TO INTEGRATE THE FORESTER CREEK INFORMATION INTO THE K-12 CURRICULUM THAT THE SAN DIEGO RIVER PARK FOUNDATION AND OTHERS ARE ALREADY DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND IN DOING SO THIS WOULD HELP TO CREATE THAT CONNECTED LOOP SYSTEM OF PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING TRAILS AND, AND ACCESS.

SO THESE MINI PROJECTS COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A BENCH OR A PICNIC TABLE AND INTERPRETIVE SIGN, A MURAL, SOMETHING THAT IS EASY TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE OF THE SCALE.

IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED AS SOMETHING AS LARGE AND A BIG INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS MIGHT BE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOLICITING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

AND SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE'RE SHARING THESE RESULTS.

UM, THE ACCESS PLAN IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE IN ITS COMPLETE FORM, WHICH IS ABOUT A 300 PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO MEET WITH PEOPLE CASE BY CASE TO HIGHLIGHT PARTS OF THE PLAN THAT ARE MOST RELEVANT TO THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THE TRASH CAPTURE PLAN THAT I MENTIONED WILL BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR AND WILL BE SHARED WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF ALCOA AND THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE THESE COLLABORATIONS.

UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'VE ALREADY SECURED A COUPLE OF GRANTS FOR SOME SMALL MINI PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE STARTING, UM, THAT WE'RE STARTING NOW AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN EARLY 2020.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AND OPEN TO TALKING TO ANYBODY ABOUT ANY OF THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THIS? OF COURSE IT WAS, ARE YOU LAST TIME YOU CAME WE HAD SOME YOUNG MEN FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

YEAH, THEY GRADUATED OR THEY ARE THEY OFTEN YOU'RE GETTING NEW PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT? THEY ARE.

SO THE, WE WERE THE SENIOR PROJECT FOR THAT GROUP OF, UM, OF THE STUDIO, THE S THE MASTER'S PROGRAM.

SO THEY'VE NOW FINISHED THEIR SENIOR PROJECT AND THEY'VE ALL GONE OFF TO GET THEIR NEW JOBS AT THE, IN UP IN RIVERSIDE.

AND UM, WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH THE, THE STAFF AT THE CAL POLY POMONA AND HOPEFULLY, UM, ENGAGING THEM AGAIN IN THE FUTURE FOR ANOTHER PROJECT.

THERE'S REAL HARD WORK.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM WAS A PROCLAMATION

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I'D LIKE TO INVITE MTS, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, RON SCHUPP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

AND ROB, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THAT IF YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

UH, WHEREAS OCTOBER 2ND, 2019 MARKS, MTS FREE RIDE DAY SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL OFFER FREE RIDES ALL DAY LONG TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE AND RIDE THE AGENCIES, BUSES AND TROLLEYS AND THERE'S A LOT OF WAREHOUSES.

AND AFTER THAT I'LL, I'LL SKIP THAT AND LET YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

YEAH, WELL THANK YOU.

UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE.

IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE OVER THE YEARS TO WORK WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, BOB KELLEN.

HE'S A FANTASTIC REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR CITY AND ALL THINGS RELATED TO TRANSIT AND WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL A LOT, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT YOU BRING TO TRANSIT.

UM, FREE RIDE DAY WAS BORN LAST YEAR OUT OF, UM, OUR, OUR CEO'S, UM, UH, DESIRE TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP.

WE HAD EXPERIENCED RIDERSHIP DECLINES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT'S DUE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

BUT WE INITIATED A LARGE, UM, MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT CULMINATED IN FREE RIDE DAY LAST YEAR.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST CEOS WANT, WHAT'S YOUR GOAL, ROB, HOW MANY MORE WRITERS YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF FREE RIDE DAY.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, MAN, MAYBE 5%.

I THINK IF WE MEASURE IT FROM THIS YEAR TO THE SAME DAY, LAST YEAR, 5%, WELL WE GOT 17% INCREASE LAST YEAR.

I'M 53,000 MORE RIDERS AND IT REALLY IS DUE TO THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITIES.

UM, SO THE CITY OF EL CAHONE HELPED SPREAD THAT MESSAGE LAST YEAR TO GET PEOPLE ONTO TRANSIT.

IT HELPS CITIES ACHIEVE THEIR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS, WHICH ARE OUR MAJOR POLLUTERS, AND NOW INTO TRANSIT TO EXPLORE HOW TRANSIT CAN BE PART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, WE'RE DOING IT IN CONJUNCTION THIS YEAR WITH CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR DAY, WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND.

UM, IT'S ALSO RIDESHARE WEEK WITH SANDAG.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SYNERGY.

THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH US.

MY GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO GET 10% MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

SO 60,000 NEW RIDERS I WANT.

I'M INVITE YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND RIDE TRANSIT.

IT'S FREE ALL OVER.

NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT IS ALSO PART OF IT.

SO YOU CAN RIDE THE TROLLEY DOWN TO SANTA FE DEPOT, GET ON A COASTER AND TAKE A FABULOUS RIDE AND EXPLORE SAN DIEGO, UM, OUR GRATIS, UH, OF OUR TRANSIT AGENCIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU SIR.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

I FORGOT TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I WAS, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

EARLIER THIS SUMMER, MTS HAD A PROGRAM, I THINK IT WAS IN JUNE, WHERE ON TUESDAYS YOU COULD GET A REDUCED LYFT RIDE FROM A STATION TO YOUR FINAL MILE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE WITH US ON HOW THAT WENT? UM, THEY, THEY, THEY ALWAYS SELL OUT.

SO WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF COUPONS THAT, UM, THAT LYFT PROVIDED.

SO YOU ENTERED THE COUPON AND YOU GOT $5 OFF THEIR RIDE.

THEY LIMITED THAT TO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED EVERY TUESDAY, BUT EVERY TUESDAY WE SOLD OUT.

I SHOULD MENTION THAT LYFT IS A PARTNER AGAIN ON FREE RIDE DAY.

SO IF YOU NEED A, IF YOU NEED A RIDE TO A TRANSIT STATION, YOU CAN GET A, THERE'S A COUPON FREE RIDE DAY ARE YOU JUST ENTER THAT IN YOUR LYFT APP AND THEY'LL PICK YOU UP AND GIVE YOU $5 OFF YOUR TRIP TO A TRANSIT STATION.

SO THAT RIDE MIGHT BE FREE TOO.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THAT FIRST AND LAST MILE.

UM, A CHALLENGE TO FOR RIDERS, UM, BIRD IS ALSO A PARTNER.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN AND RIDE A SCOOTER, THERE'S A CODE FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A BIG, BIG EVENT, TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN GET AROUND TOWN WITHOUT A CAR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR GERMAN AMERICAN MONTH.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE OKTOBERFEST CHAIRMAN MIKE ANDERSON TO THE PODIUM.

MIKE? YEAH.

HI MIKE.

HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD, THANKS.

WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.

AND BEFORE YOU TELL US ALL ABOUT OKTOBERFEST, WE READ A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UH, WHEREAS OCTOBER 6TH IS GERMAN AMERICAN DAY IN THE UNITED STATES COMMEMORATING THE DATE IN 1683 WHEN 13 GERMAN FAMILIES LANDED IN PHILADELPHIA.

THESE FAMILIES SUBSEQUENTLY FOUNDED GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, THE FIRST GERMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE ORIGINAL 13 AMERICAN COLONIES.

SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 16 MILLION AMERICANS TRACE THEIR, AT LEAST PART OF THEIR ANCESTRY TO GERMANY.

AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND CELEBRATING GERMAN AMERICAN.

MONTHY TELL US WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S COMING UP.

WELL, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AS WELL.

LIKE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR.

I APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THE MAYORS.

UM, WE START THIS FRIDAY, IT'S OUR KICKOFF.

UH, SO WE GO THE 27TH

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UH, THE TIMES VARY, BUT UH, IT'S AN AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS.

BASICALLY.

WE WILL, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE JOINING US FOR OUR OPENING DAY PARADE ON THE 27TH, WHICH IS FRIDAY NIGHT AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AT SIX 30.

AND UH, SO WE KICK IT OFF FROM THERE.

WE HAVE ALL THE USUAL GERMAN BEERS, GERMAN FOOD, PASTRIES, UH, THE, THE BAND THAT COMES AND JOINS US EVERY YEAR FROM GERMANY.

I WAS WATCHING THEM ON FACEBOOK AS THEY WERE, UH, SAYING GOOD THE RISER GET YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD TRIP AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UH, AS THEY, AS THEY LEFT GERMANY THIS MORNING.

AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST REALLY TRIED TO KEEP IT VERY TRADITIONAL AND FAMILY ORIENTED.

AND UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE ALL THE GERMAN FOODS AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY TACOS OR CASEY DHEAS OR SUSHI OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST OUR DIFFERENT GERMAN FOODS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS THIS YEAR WE'RE, UM, IT'S VERY POPULAR IN GERMANY TO HAVE THE CHICKEN.

WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE, THE, THE RESOURCES TO, TO PREPARE IT THE WAY WE WANT IT TO.

SO WE ARE GIVING THAT A GO THIS YEAR.

I'M DOING JUST ON SUNDAYS AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN CROWD THAT WANTED A VEGAN.

SO WE GOT, WE'VE TESTED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VEGAN SAUSAGE THIS YEAR.

AND ACTUALLY I TASTED, IT'S NOT TOO BAD.

NOT AS GOOD AS THE REAL, BUT IT'S NOT TOO BAD.

SO IT'S FINE.

LUCY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THE GATE TO CNN.

GOOD.

DACA, UH, SHINAR LADO HOSAN NO, MY LEDERHOSEN.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SO YEAH, THE LADIES, UH, WHERE ARE THE DURING THOSE YOU, THE, THE KIND OF THE PEASANT DRESSES WITH THE APRONS AND THE KIND OF LOW CUT USUALLY.

UM, AND THEN THE MEN'S NET OR THE LATER HOSE IN LETTER LEATHER PANTS.

SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION AS THEIR WEBSITE OR PHONE NUMBER OR WE HAVE A, THE BEST THING IS TO DO EITHER OCTOBER FEST, DOT COM OR THE OKTOBERFEST IN ALCOHOL AND FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO COME THROUGH THE AMAR? I STUMPED ON THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE PROBABLY THREE TO 6,000 A DAY KNOW IT'S A TOTAL OF 66 DAYS.

A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, A LOT OF THEM ARE MEMBERS THAT GET IN FREE WORKERS.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE A QUITE A GROUP JUST JUST TO PUT IT ON.

BUT WE GET A GOOD SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, SOME OCTOBER FESTS ARE KIND OF LIKE CRAFT FAIRS, BUT THIS IS A REAL, REAL LIFE.

OKTOBERFEST WITH DRINKING BEER, DANCING TO THE GERMAN MUSIC AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

YUP.

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING GERMAN.

THEN WE HAVE 12 OR 13 DIFFERENT GERMAN BEERS ON TAP AND OF COURSE LIGHT.

AND UM, IF YOU, UH, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE GERMAN FOOD AND THE CRUISE AND UH, JUST YOU KNOW, MUSIC AND WE HAVE A RAFFLE PRIZE.

WE HAVE, UH, THAT HAS, OR WE HAVE A DAILY RAFFLE THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT.

THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, DOOR PRIZES, BUT OUR GRAND PRIZE DRAWN THE LAST SUNDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IS A ROUNDTRIP FLIGHT FOR TWO TO GERMANY.

SO $1 AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET A FLIGHT TO GERMANY FOR TWO.

SO I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR 25 YEARS THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT.

SO GOOD LUCK.

BUT WELL, I'VE SPENT SOME TIME IN GERMANY.

I'D TELL YOU THE FOOD AT THE ALCOHOL IN OCTOBER FEST IS ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC.

IT'S THE REAL DEAL.

WELL, WE TRY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CRITICS, SO IF WE START TO STRAY TOWARDS TOO MUCH AMERICANISATION SOME OF THE NATURAL BORN GERMANS WILL STEP IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, NINE NINE.

SO OKAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

BYE.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDERS.

I DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF THEM.

I'LL JUST LEAVE IT TO HAVE THOSE THINGS.

IF YOU COULD JUST, OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, WELL OUR LAST PROCLAMATION IS FOR LAST FIVE WEEKS, WE HAVE PRO PREOCCUPATION FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE FIRE CHIEF STEVE SWATY TO THE PODIUM.

CHIEF IS Y'ALL FIGHTING A FIRE NEAR WE, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER GUESTS FROM OUR UH, FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.

I WAS TIRED OF CHIEF SWEATY ANYWAY, SO I SAID HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING? HI, MY NAME IS LATIN NASH ON THE FIRE MARSHALL FOR HEARTLAND FIRE TO SWIM.

HE IS NOT AVAILABLE TODAY, SO I'M ACCEPTING.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

WELL WE'VE GOT A, DO YOU GET THE PROCLAMATION? YES, I DO.

THANK YOU.

SHOW EVERYBODY THAT PROCLAMATION.

I'M GONNA SAY, AH, WE'RE GONNA READ A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

WHEREAS FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY AND HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK FOR FIRE.

AND WHEREAS WITH THE SMOKE ALARM SALES, OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS MAY HAVE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO ESCAPE THE SAFETY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HOME ESCAPE PLAN, DRAWING A MAP OF EACH LEVEL OF YOUR HOME, SHOWING ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR DIFFERENT WAYS OUT AND TO PRACTICE IT WITH EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, INCLUDING VISITORS, TEACH CHILDREN TO ESCAPE ON THEIR OWN

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THEY SHOULD STAY OUT.

NEVER GOING BACK INSIDE THE HOME.

ANY OTHER WORDS OF WISDOM THAT YOU HAVE FOR US ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK? OH YES, I DO.

OKAY.

UM, I'LL GO HOME.

UH, OPEN HOUSE FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS OCTOBER 5TH FROM NINE TO 12.

IT'S OVER AT THE FIRE STATION SIX, WHICH IS ON LEXINGTON.

UM, WE WILL HAVE GAMES FOR CHILDREN.

WE WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS ON HOW TO SAFELY EXIT A ROOM IN CASE THERE WAS A FIRE.

WE WILL HAVE SOME DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE SUPPRESSION SIDE.

UM, WHAT ELSE? UM, A CPR RABY TEACHING HAND SPEED, CPR WITH THE EAST COUNTY CERT TEAMS GOING TO BE JOINING US AS WELL.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING AND PRACTICING OUR TWO WAYS OUT FROM A ROOM.

SO ANY ROOM YOU'RE IN, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TWO WAYS OUT OF THAT ROOM AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU'RE AT, JUST IN CASE THAT ONE PRIMARY ACCENT IS BLOCKED, YOU HAVE THAT SECONDARY EXIT.

FOR EXAMPLE WINDOW.

IF YOU'RE IN YOUR ROOM, I WILL ALSO HAVE A LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATION OF A CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE UM, TRYING TO TRAIN, UH, ADULTS AND CHILDREN TO KNOW.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR DOOR CLOSE IN THE EVENT THAT YOU'RE SLEEPING AND THERE'S A FIRE IN YOUR ROOM.

AND HAVING THAT BARRIER BETWEEN YOU AND THAT FIRE OR SMOKE IS THERE, HAS SAVED A LOT OF LIFE.

IT GIVES YOU EXTRA TIME TO GET OUT.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

SO SUPER WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT.

LET ME SEE THE SAY QUESTIONS, KAREN.

WELL, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING OUT THE FIRE BY MY HOUSE AND FLETCHER HILLS THIS AFTERNOON.

I THINK THAT'S THESE GENTLEMEN UP HERE.

OKAY.

THANKS A LOT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS A LOT.

WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

[ AGENDA CHANGES:]

STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA CHANGES, MR MAYOR? THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE AGENDA IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO ANOTHER MEETING A YET TO BE DETERMINED.

THANK YOU.

UM, COUNCIL.

ANY AGENDA CHANGES? ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA CHANGE GIVEN TO US BY GRAHAM.

MOVING.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

THAT BRINGS US

[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 THE TENANTS MAY REQUEST.

DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNSELOR WAS, DO YOU WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? HELLO? GREAT.

FOR THOSE, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT CONSENT ITEMS SIX JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UM, STAFF, DID YOU WANT TO PULL ANY OTHER CONSENT ITEMS? YES SIR.

ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON CONSENT ITEMS, STAFF, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO ME, UM, THE MONEY SITUATED THE FINANCIAL PART OF A NUMBER SIX? CERTAINLY MR SHANE WILL COME FORWARD, OUR FINANCE STRUCTURE TO EXPLAIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, THE RENEWAL OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE AS A PROCESS WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR THAT HAS TWO MAIN COMPONENTS.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE CITY COUNCIL IS DELEGATION TO THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNATE TO INVEST THE CITY'S FUNDS.

SECONDLY, TO ADOPT THE, OR RENEW THE INVESTMENT POLICY, WHICH SETS THE GUIDELINES UNDER WHICH WE CAN INVEST THAT MONEY.

UM, IT'S, UH, PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE AND SUCH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AS FAR AS INVESTING.

ARE YOU MEETING THE BENCHMARKS THAT YOU WANTED TO MEET WITH YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY SO FAR? OKAY.

WELL I'D SAY THAT NUMBER INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE NEVER AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE THEM TO BE, BUT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE SEEING, I THINK CONSISTENT WITH PROJECTIONS.

YES.

OKAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS I, I, I FORGOT TO MENTION, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UM, NUMBER FIVE OF THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND HOW THAT AFFECTED US FINANCIALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE CLAIRE, UH, MS MS DARKEN ADDRESSED THAT IN BASICALLY, SO WHILE, WHILE SHE'S COMING DOWN, UM, AS YOU RECALL, THIS WAS A, AN EFFORT TO INCENTIVIZE, UM, OUR HIRING OF POLICE OFFICERS.

IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN QUITE EFFECTIVE, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A BIT OF A SHIFT IN IT AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, PRIOR AND BEFORE MS

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM IS IT WAS TO INCENTIVIZE THE HIRING OF A BRAND NEW OFFICER, BUT ALSO A LATERAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW OFFICERS.

I THINK SHE'LL, SHE CAN TOUCH ON THAT IN A SECOND.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A FOCUS ON ATTRACTING LATERALS.

SO SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY A POLICE OFFICER FROM ANOTHER AGENCY USING THAT INCENTIVE TO BRING THEM OVER TO OUR AGENCY.

HOW MANY SWORN OFFICERS DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? UH, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS ARE FLUCTUATING ABOUT 108.

OKAY.

WHAT, WHAT'S THE, THE NUMBER THAT YOU WANT TO BE AT? SO WE FULLY STAFF, WE'LL HAVE 124.

ALL RIGHT.

OH, SO THAT'S GONE UP A LITTLE BIT SINCE.

YES.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF FILLING POSITIONS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE IN BACKGROUND AND PEOPLE, UH, PENDING START DATES.

RIGHT.

SO MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, UM, WHETHER THE HIRING INCENTIVE PROGRAM WAS, WAS WORKING IN THE WAY YOU HAD HOPED AND UH, WHAT WAS THE FINANCIAL COST TO THE CITY AS A RESULT? OKAY.

SO THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKED, UM, THERE'S TWO PARTS.

THE INCENTIVE IS ONLY PAID OUT UPON COMPLETION OF THE ACADEMY.

SO THAT'S ONE PORTION OF IT.

UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A DELAY WITH THE ACADEMY AND THE HIRE AND THE PROBATION, WE JUST PAID OUT THREE INCENTIVES FOR THE INITIAL GROUP.

UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 26 NEW HIRES AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS, UM, IN STATED, UH, BUT ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THOSE, UH, USE OF REFERRAL PROGRAM FROM THOSE ONLY FORWARD LATERALS.

THE SITUATION THOUGH HAS CHANGED WHEN WE DID, UM, BRING THIS PROGRAM FORWARD, OUR PAY WAS A LOT LOWER AND WITH OUR LAW LAST CONTRACT, WE'VE CAUGHT UP, UH, OUR BENEFITS INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENTICE LATERALS TO COME IN.

UH, PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEWER WORKFORCE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE LATERAL TO BRING IN MORE EXPERIENCE.

JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, ABOUT 50% OF OUR WORKFORCE, UH, FOR SWORN ARE LESS THAN 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

UH, JUST UNDER 40% HAVE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE.

SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACT WITH BETTER PAY AND BENEFITS, THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE LATERALS.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE, UM, EVEN WITH THE INCREASE IN PAY, WE STILL NEED THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

YEAH, I OF THOUGHT SO TOO, BUT I WANT THEM, YEAH.

WHERE IT'S STILL NOT A PI LIKE OTHER AGENCIES.

IT COUPA AS A FORM PLEASE.

UM, QUESTIONS ANYBODY SEES IS THE INCENTIVE ENOUGH? UH, WE ARE PRETTY COMPETITIVE WITH SOME AGENCIES, ALTHOUGH I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE REVIEWING THE INCENTIVE.

WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO.

WELL THE GOAL IS TO ATTRACT OFFICE OFFICERS WITH EXPERIENCE.

SO I THINK THE CHARGE IS, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND IF IT MEANS INCREASE THEN COME BACK AND ASK US FOR MORE MONEY BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

OKAY.

I AGREE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT WAS ALL I HAD.

UM, IF NOBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN TO UH, APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS. MOVED AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESSES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]

AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY, SEC SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OKLAHOMA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

COMMENTS REALLY INTO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT THE AMBERS 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 AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

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

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.

THE FIRST ONE IS ELAINE BRIGGS.

HI ELAINE.

WELCOME.

WELL I THANK YOU, UH, AFTERNOON TO ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PHIL, I MET YOU AT THE MAGNOLIA AND WELCOME.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.

THE FIRST IS AT THE END OF GILLESPIE FIELD RUNWAY, THERE IS A STONE SIGN THAT HAS BEEN PUT UP WITH THE WORDS GILLESPIE FIELD AND UNDERNEATH IT.

AND I TALKED TO GRAHAM.

HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT.

UH, I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT IT UP,

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SO ACROSS THE STREET IS THE NICE TAYLOR GUITAR SIGN WITH PLANTS AND ON THIS SIDE OF A QUIA MACA AND, AND MARSHALL IS THIS EYESORE AND IF I THINK IT BELONGS TO ELKA HOME, WHAT DOES EVERYBODY ELSE THINK? SO THAT'S MY FIRST ISSUE.

UH, MY SECOND ISSUE THAT I LIKE TO BRING UP IS THIS WEEK I USE THE WEBSITE TO UH, UH, PUT IN A PARKING VIOLATION WITH REGARD TO A HOUSE IN OUR STREET, WHICH IS A HOARDER HOUSE.

AND THERE'S BEEN, THERE WAS A TRAILER THAT WAS PARKED OUT THERE FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS LOADED WITH JUNK AND I TOOK PICTURES OF THE TRAILER AND I WAS GOING TO EMAIL THEM TO BOTH GARY AND TO CITY PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND I WAS USING MY IPAD TO DO SO EXCEPT THE IPAD WILL NOT ACCEPT THE PICTURES FROM THE IPAD.

IT GIVES YOU THIS ERROR MESSAGE, WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.

I TRIED DOING IT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEN I FINALLY GAVE UP AND JUST SENT IT WITHOUT THE PICTURES.

SINCE MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE USING THEIR IPHONES, IPADS, TABLETS, ANDROIDS AS THEIR MAIN COMPUTER.

I THINK MAYBE YOUR IT DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS SO THAT THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO HELP OUT THE CITY WITH OUR CONCERNS CAN DO SO.

THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR TAKE CARE OF THAT.

I CAN RESPOND TO A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS TOO.

SINCE SINCE MS. BRIGGS BROUGHT UP THE SIGN AT THE END OF GILLESPIE FIELD, I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.

IT DOES NOT, NOT OWNED BY THE CITY.

IT IS BEING UM, INSTALLED BY THE COUNTY OR BY GILLESPIE FIELD.

WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS CLEANER AND GETS ACCOMPLISHED.

IN TERMS OF THE UH, REPORTING PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE ARE AWARE THAT OUR PROGRAM IS ANTIQUATED.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY STAFF ACTUALLY MET THIS MORNING ALONG WITH THIS, THIS THE CITY MANAGER, UM, EVALUATING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL, A NEW APP, A NEW APP THAT WILL BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH A CELL PHONES AND IPADS.

AND COMPUTERS.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH STEVE.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I TRIED TO DO THE SAME THING ON MY IPAD.

UH, AND IT IS FRUSTRATING AND I STARTED GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC WHO WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT.

THIS NEW APP IS I THINK ON HALF'S FEATURE, SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, UH, IN WHICH I USED IT AND IT JUST KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY.

SO IT TAGS YOUR GEO COORDINATES INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DESCRIBE, IT'S THE THIRD DRIVEWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BLUE HOUSE ON THE TOP OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING.

IT JUST SAYS, HERE'S THE GEO COORDINATES, HERE'S A PICTURE, DO IT, A COUPLE OF SWIPES AND YOU'RE DONE.

SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE TO GETTING THAT TOUT TO THE PEOPLE OF EL CAHONE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU GRAHAM FOR THE ANSWER.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JIM , LEANNA, JIM AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF.

UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

THE CHIEF MOLTEN, I HAD THE PLEASURE BY ACCIDENTALLY RUNNING INTO HIS MOM AND ONE OF HIS BROTHERS BROTHERS HERE.

AND, UH, IT'S VERY NICE.

UH, EXCUSE ME.

UH, IN THE SAME VEIN, I HAD A PHONE CALL JUST BEFORE I CAME OVER HERE FROM MARCY FINDLEY WHO WORKED, VOLUNTEERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND LAST YEAR SHE WAS GIVEN A LUNCHEON AND UH, RECEIVED, UH, A WONDERFUL PLAQUE FROM THE CITY ALSO.

SHE'S DOING WELL LIVING IN FLORIDA WITH HER FAMILY.

SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST MENTION THAT THERE, UH, ABOUT, UH, DR BONNIE PRICE.

UH, SHE MENTIONED TWO MEETINGS AGO ABOUT GETTING A WOMAN ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH I'M ALL FOR NEXT YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN.

I THINK IT WOULD REALLY ADD A LOT TO THE CITY.

UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

I USE IT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY THE TROLLEY PARK IN THE LOT PARKING LOT AND GO WHERE I HAVE TO GO.

AND BEING A SENIOR, I GET A GREAT DISCOUNT.

UH, EXCUSE ME.

YOU KNOW, ALL IN ALL THE TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I SPEAK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL STAFF THAT WHEN I COME UP HERE AND I SPEAK, WE'RE IN THIS ALL TOGETHER.

I'M NOT HERE TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL, JUST AS A REMINDER.

OKAY.

UH, AND IT'S, UH, AND AS A MATTER OF TRUST, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS MUCH NEEDED RIGHT NOW NATIONWIDE, CITY WIDE.

I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS, UH, TALKING ABOUT, I JUST, JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT CAP.

OKAY.

UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE IN LITIGATION ABOUT CAP BECAUSE WE'RE JUST, SEEMS TO ME THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD JUST SAY WE'LL GO FOR THE 20, 30, WE'LL SAY, AND IF YOU FALL SHORT, SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THIS LITIGATION THING REALLY ISN'T NECESSARY.

I DON'T LIKE TO

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UH, AND THEN AGAIN ABOUT MY FAVORITE SUBJECT, UH, FORMS FOUR 60 AND 700.

AND EVERY TIME I SPEAK ABOUT THESE HERE, I DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE BACK.

AND IT'S A PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE TRANSPARENCY SO THAT PEOPLE, I KNOW IT HELPED ME OUT LAST YEAR WHEN I FOUND OUT CERTAIN THINGS, HELPED ME MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO I WANTED TO VOTE FOR.

OKAY.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM ANYONE WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT IT.

AND I WILL CONTINUE SPEAKING ABOUT IT, BUT SO WITH THAT I GUESS THAT SAYS MY TIME IS UP, BUT UH, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IT I WOULD.

I STILL THINK IT SHOULD BE PRESENTED SOMETIME AND VOTED ON ON.

AND THIS SHOULD BE ON THE WEBPAGE.

IT'S A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT SHOULDN'T BE.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? NO.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SURE.

OKAY.

THAT'S THAT THE HANDLER CARD, SIR, I HAVE, THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE HAD

[7. Administrative Hearing - Appeal by Alexandra Investments, Inc., dba Angelo's Towing & Recovery RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council conducts the Administrative Hearing; reviews the documents submitted; receives testimony from witnesses who have been identified on each party's list; and determines whether the City Manager's denial of a Special Operations License ("SOL") to operate a Police Department towing business should be upheld or overturned.]

IT'S CALLED LIKE A LONG ONE.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS.

[8. First Quarter Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2019-20 RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Appropriates carry-over funding of $2,863,130 from previously approved Capital Improvement Projects, capital outlay requests, and programs, to be expended in Fiscal Year 2019-20; Increases or modifies Fiscal Year 2019-20 appropriations in the net amount of $46,000, for additional needs, as detailed in the report.]

ITEM EIGHT IS THE FIRST QUARTER QUARTER BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 THROUGH 2020 STAFF, WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PLEASE? AS MR SHANE IS COMING TO THE DICE, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT HE'S ALSO OUR CITY TREASURER, WHICH WAS MORE APPLICABLE TO AGENDA ITEM SIX WHICH IS PULLED.

SO HI AGAIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AGAIN, MR MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

TODAY'S ITEM IS A ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION CONTAINING TWO ACTIONS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATION OF CARRYOVER FUNDING FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THE SECOND IS TO ADDRESS A FEW NEW EMERGING ISSUES THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IN JUNE.

THE FIRST OF THESE ACTIONS IS THE REAPPROPRIATION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT $9 MILLION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDING, UM, FROM LAST YEAR.

THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS FOR THE CONTINUING PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS RELATED TO CDBG AND HOME.

THIS IS THE FUNK, THE MECHANISM WE USE TO CARRY THESE BUDGETS FORWARD.

THE ANNUAL BUDGET INCLUDED NEW MONIES.

THESE ARE THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONTINUING PROGRAMS. THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTION ARE ITEMS THAT, UH, PERTAIN TO THE ACQUISITION OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

UM, WELL THE TIMING, UH, ANTICIPATED OF THE, THESE ACQUISITIONS DID NOT COINCIDE WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF A DEPARTMENT ORDERED 10 WIDGETS, THEY DID NOT BUDGET IT IN FYE 20 BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED IT TO COME IN IN JUNE AND IT DIDN'T SHOW UP UNTIL JULY.

THIS IS THE TOOL WE USE TO MOVE THE MONEY FORWARD INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO THERE ARE NO NEW APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO THIS PART OF THE UH, ACTION TODAY.

THE SECOND PART CONTAINS THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, THE FIRST OF WHICH AMENDS THE BUDGET FOR INCREASED SANDAG MEMBERSHIP FEES.

LAST YEAR, SANDAG MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $17,000 IN THE BUDGET.

WE ANTICIPATED A MINOR GROWTH IN THESE FEES AND IT BUDGETED 19 APPROXIMATELY $19,000 FOR THAT PURPOSE.

HOWEVER, WHEN THESE THE ASSESSMENTS WERE MADE AND INVOICED, THEY TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $35,000 WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT IS PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS ACTION IS AN INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY $16,000 FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

YEAH.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A SIMPLE RESTRUCTURING.

TYPICALLY WE INCLUDE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COSTS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

HOWEVER, AS THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS COMPLICATED THE TRANSPARENCY OF BOTH THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

WHAT THIS PROPOSES IS SEPARATING THESE INTO TWO SEPARATE BUCKETS FOR BETTER VISIBILITY OF EACH PROGRAM.

THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COSTS AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL JUST SIMPLY CREATES THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO SEPARATE THEM.

THE LAST ITEM PROPOSES ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT

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IT'S SPECIFICALLY WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY GROUPS IN SCHOOLS.

THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO DO THIS.

NOW I'D WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS TO WHOM THIS SUBSIDY WOULD BE EXTENDED.

THAT'S TO BE DECIDED BY AN ACTION TO CITY COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.

IT'S SIMPLY MAKING THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR WHEN THAT OCCURS.