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[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

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COUNCIL MEETING.

WE CONTINUED THE WHOLE REMOTE MEETINGS WHILE THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER CONTINUES TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS.

THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ABOUT TODAY'S AGENDA.

AS WE DID IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME AND THEY WILL BE READ AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

DURING THIS MEETING, COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE VOTE OF THE ITEM.

COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF ALCOHOL'S WEBSITE, UNDER AGENDAS AND MINUTES, GO TO VIDEO STREAMING AND YOU'LL SEE A BUTTON AND SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS.

THE MEETING IS CALLED THE ORDER, AND I WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, GENTLEMEN, WHEN I CALL ON YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT, UM, MAYOR WELLS, DEPUTY MAYOR ORTIZ.

I'M HERE.

THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

I SEE.

HE STATED HE'S HERE, BUT HIS MIC, HIS MICROPHONE IS MUTED.

OH, WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS.

RIGHT? READY? BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the May 26, 2020, Meeting and the Agenda of the June 9, 2020, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS WITH GERMAN OF THE MAY 26TH, 2020 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JUNE 9TH, 2020 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNSELING AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.

I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN, A REMINDER BY THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS EARLY, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE RECEIVED ON TIME AND THEY CAN BE READ BEFORE THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

[ PRESENTATIONS: Commendation: Deputy Director of Community Development, Building and Fire Safety Official - Dan Pavao]

WE'RE AT PRESENTATIONS.

WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ACCOMMODATION FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING AND FIRE AND SAFETY OFFICIAL DAMP OF OUT.

IS DAN HERE? HI, I'M HERE.

HI, CANNOT BELIEVE YOU'RE RETIRING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

33 YEARS.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

DAN IS SO WELL LIKED BY EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AND SINCE SUCH A GREAT JOB.

AND DAN, UM, WE HAVE A COMBINATION FOR YOU.

I'M GONNA READ THAT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I EMBARRASS YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE.

DAN PAVAL HAS BEEN ENSURING THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF ALCOHOL'S PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES, RESIDENCES.

SINCE HE BEGAN WITH THE CITY OF EL CAHONE AS AN ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTOR IN MAY OF 1987, HE ADVANCED THE VARIOUS POSITIONS, INCLUDING FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST, SUPERVISING BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND EVENTUALLY THE BUILDING AND FIRE SAFETY OFFICIAL AND FIRE MARSHALL.

AND WHEREAS DAN HAS OVERSEEN THE RENAISSANCE OF ALCOHOL BY MANAGING QUALITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED ALCOHOL FROM NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, SUCH AS THE MAGNOLIA TRAILS AND PARK ROW TO COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, LIKE THE HAMPTON AND MERCEDES BENZ.

AND WHEREAS DAN IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

HE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE STATEWIDE, CALIFORNIA BUILDING OFFICIALS, ORGANIZATION, PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL AND SERVING IN NUMEROUS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS.

AND WE'RE ASKED DAN ALSO BELIEVES IN EDUCATING FUTURE BUILDING INSPECTORS AND WAS PART OF THE ADJUNCT TEACHING STAFF AT SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHERE HE HAS TAUGHT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

THEREFORE I BUILT THE WELLS AROUND THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HERE BY RECOMMENDING GRADUALLY DAMP A VAL ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.

WE WERE STAYING IN GOOD HEALTH AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE YEARS TO COME SIGN THIS NIGHT, THE, OF JUNE, 2020.

CONGRATULATIONS, DAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HOW MANY JUST WALKED IN AND HAVEN'T REALLY GOT THE PRIZE.

IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.

I HAVE NOTHING BUT GRATITUDE OF THE YEAR THEY'VE GIVEN ME.

I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY THAT, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAID THE DAN HAS COME OUT TO THEIR PROPERTIES AND PERSONALLY HELPED THEM THROUGH A

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DIFFICULT SITUATION, WHETHER IT BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY OR, UM, THE OLDER PERSON THAT COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY ANYMORE, OR JUST SOME CHALLENGING PROBLEM THAT DAN HELPED THEM WALK THEM THROUGH IT AND NOT JUST TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO, BUT, BUT REALLY GUIDED THEM THROUGH THAT AND, AND ACTED AS AN ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND DAN, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT FROM SOMEBODY IN YOUR POSITION.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M SURE SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE UNDER, UM, UNDER MAINTAIN PROPERTIES THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TO US AND LET US HELP YOU GET THROUGH THE MAZE OR GETTING THEM CLEANED UP AND BROUGHT RIGHT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND YOU'VE DONE A STELLAR JOB IN DOING THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I HOPE YOUR REPLACEMENT WILL, UH, CONTINUE ON THAT PATH AND TO FORWARD THESE PROPERTIES THAT NEED TO BE ATTENDED TO, AND, UH, LET US, UH, ENCOURAGE THEM THROUGH OUR EFFORTS TO BRING THEM BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND YOUR UNDYING DEDICATION, DEDICATION TO THE CITY.

AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

SURE.

THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN EASY JOB, BUT YOU MADE THE CITY LOOK A LOT BETTER DURING THE TENDERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AMEN.

BUT THEY ALSO SAID IT.

YEAH, YOU'VE JUST DONE A GREAT THE SAME TIME.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE IN WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND I THINK INSTRUCT THE RIGHT BALANCE.

YEAH.

THOSE TWO.

SO I APPRECIATE ON YOUR SKILL IN THAT AREA.

THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, LIKE I SAY, I, I REALLY, UH, THANK THE CITY OF ALCOHOLISM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY EMPLOYMENT HERE THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE A FAMILY, THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OWN A HOME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT MY PLAN WITH THE CITY SAYING I'M VERY GRACIOUS FOR ALL THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE YEAR.

IT'S, I'VE WORKED HERE.

IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAN.

THANKS TAN.

ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE, WE HAVE.

ALL RIGHT, DAN, THANKS A LOT.

YOU SURE HAVE HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE SURE APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

WE'RE MOVING ONTO AGENDA CHANGES.

STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES MR. MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES RECOMMENDED FOR THE AGENDA.

HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS? NOPE.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN, UM, THAT BRINGS US THE

[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.]

CONSENT ITEMS. THE CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LIST OF BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST A DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNSEL COUNSELORS DO IS TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. STAFF.

HOW ABOUT YOU? ALL RIGHT.

SO SORRY.

EMOTIONALLY CREW, THE CONSENT ITEMS. IS THAT GOOD? UM, SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THESE, BUT, UM, FIRST AND SECOND AND, UM, MAYOR WELLS, MAY I HAVE YOUR VOTE? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR TASTES.

YES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HENDRICK.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS WELL.

ALL

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

RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US A PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S STILL TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET IN A 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 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE AT A PARTICULAR TIME.

THE ADAM'S HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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

ANGELA, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR.

WE JUST RECEIVED ONE COMMENT AND IT'S FROM MR. DAVID CHENOWITH AND HE WRITES, UH, MY NAME IS DAVID CHENOWITH AND ALCOHOL AND IS MY HOMETOWN.

I MAKE A PRACTICE OF READING OUR CITY'S PUBLICLY RELEASED SB 1421 DOCUMENTS POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, TRANSPARENCY PAGE.

THESE DOCUMENTS SHOW CLEARLY THAT TO ANY CASUAL

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READER THAT ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING PROGRAM HAS FAILED US AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR DECADES.

THEREFORE I HAVE THE FOLLOWING QUESTION AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR BOTH MAYOR WELLS AND CITY MANAGER, MITCHELL.

UM, WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS TO BAN THE USE OF CHOKE HOLES, STRANGE HOLES AND ALL FORMS OF CARDIO RESTRAINED BY THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT MUST DECLARE A WARNING BEFORE DISCHARGING ANY WEAPON ON OF ANY KIND TO ESTABLISH THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE A DUTY TO INTERVENE.

WHENEVER ANOTHER MEMBER OF ECP VIOLATES THE LAW ECP, POLICING OR ECP PD TRAINING TO VAN DISCHARGING, ANY WEAPON OR ANY KIND OF MOVING VEHICLES TO REQUIRE COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING BY THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA OF ANY AND ALL USE OF FORCE FOR THE 2019 20

[12. FY 2020/2021 General Fund Budget Discussion RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council considers updated information related to the City of El Cajon's Fiscal Year 2020/2021 budget and provides feedback to City staff on various proposals.]

A BUDGET.

AND THEN YOU'LL PRESENT SOME PRELIMINARY FIGURES FOR THE 2020 21 GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

UM, I'LL, I'LL CONCLUDE TODAY'S PRESENTATION WITH PRESENTING SOME POLICY DISCUSSION ITEMS, AS WELL AS SOME BALANCING BUDGET BUDGET OPTIONS FOR THE 2021 BUDGET.

AND THEY WILL BE, UM, ENGAGING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SOME FEEDBACK, WHICH WILL HELP US PREPARE A BUDGET FOR PRESENTATION AT THE JUNE 23RD COUNCIL MEETING.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, AS WELL AS FOR THE LAST, THE PREVIOUS 14 YEARS.

THIS GRAPH ALSO BREAKS DOWN STAFF BY POLICE SHOWING A BLUE FIRE SHOWN IN RED AND AN OTHER OR MISCELLANEOUS OR NONPUBLIC SAFETY SHOWN IN THAT THE GREEN COLOR.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A RATCHETING DOWN OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND AS A REFLECTION OF THE GREAT RECESSION.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN 2008, THROUGH 2012, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STAFF.

AND IT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT NUMBER REALLY HASN'T CREPT BACK UP.

A LOT OF CITIES AS THEIR BUDGETS GOT BETTER.

UM, STAFFING LEVELS WENT BACK UP TO AT LEAST MAYBE NOT PRE-RECESSION, BUT, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RECESSION BEFORE THE HEAVY REACTION.

AND WE NEVER DID THAT.

YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT'S REFLECTED IN A SECOND TO YOUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

I'M ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS DECLINED BY ABOUT 13% AND OUR NON-SAFETY STAFF HAS DECLINED BY 36%.

SO WE'RE DOING THE SAME AMOUNT OF STUFF WITH JUST A LOT MORE EFFICIENCIES, A LOT LESS INDIVIDUALS DOING THAT.

I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT YOU'LL SEE A FLUCTUATION OF FIRE STAFF.

IT GOES FROM, YOU KNOW, 43 UP TO, I BELIEVE UP TO I'M 58 AND THEN 61 PART OF THAT IS THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS FUNDING OUR PARAMEDICS THROUGH AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT WE WERE COLLECTING MONEY FROM PARAMEDIC TRANSIT.

WE NO LONGER HAVE THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO WHEN THAT ENDED, THOSE POSITIONS SHIFTED TO THE GENERAL CLUBS.

SO THAT EXPLAINS WHY THERE'S AN INCREASE IN FIRE STAFF.

ALTHOUGH OUR NUMBER OF FIRE EMPLOYEES HAS NOT INCREASED DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE AS OF RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT $49 MILLION ON OUR RESERVES OR GENERAL RESERVES, AND THEY'RE SPLIT INTO DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY THAT HELP US KIND OF KEEP THINGS, ORDER SEPARATED.

WE HAVE ONE, YOU CAN SEE THE AREA IN BLUE, THAT'S OUR 20% OPERATING BUDGET, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY YOUR ULTIMATE SAFETY NET.

AND IF YOU REALLY DIP INTO THAT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME BIG PROBLEMS GOING ON.

THAT'S I WOULD ONLY ANTICIPATE EVER USING THAT IN THE EVENT OF MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE.

SO WE NEED TO REBUILD LOTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THERE JUST ISN'T MONEY ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY OR AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, SIX POINT $5 MILLION.

AND THEN WHATEVER WE HAVE A SURPLUS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WE JUST KIND OF CARRY THAT OVER AS IS UNENCUMBERED OR UNDESIGNATED RESERVES OF 18 POINT $7 MILLION.

SO THAT'S KIND OF IN MY MIND, THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AS OUR DISCRETIONARY AND OUR RESERVES, UM, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE SITTING AT $49 MILLION THAT IT GIVES STAFF A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE EVENT OF A BAD EXPERIENCE OR A BIG SEWER LINE BREAK OR SOMETHING WHERE CASH IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE.

SO, UM, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT CONTEXT OF HOW MUCH WE REALLY, IN OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES, I'M GOING TO SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE.

IT SHOWS ACTUALLY THE SAME THING, BUT OVER A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE,

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UM, THROUGH A LOT OF FISCAL DISCIPLINE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND BY NOT.

AND I MADE THAT REFERENCE TO WE'VE KEPT OUR STAFFING LEVELS FLAT, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THOSE RESERVES TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THAT RESERVE GROWTH IS IN THAT, UM, GREEN AREA, WHICH IS THE, UH, OR THE PURPLE AREA, WHICH IS THAT ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

SO BEFORE I TURNED, THAT WAS SOME CONTEXT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST STAFFING LEVELS GENERALLY OR ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE FROM THE COUNCIL? NO.

OKAY.

SO I SAW SOME HEAD SHAKES, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. SHANE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR PROJECTIONS AND THEN, UH, FORECAST SOME THINGS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT'S YOUR SHAME.

OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION I HAVE TODAY REPRESENTS MORE OF AN UPDATE THAN ANY NEW NEWS.

SO I'LL TRY TO BRIEF BRIEF AND BRING US TO THE ISSUE OF TODAY.

THIS FIRST SLIDE IS A PROJECTION OF OUR FYE 20 OR CURRENT YEAR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY PROJECTING JUST A TAD OVER $75 MILLION FOR THE YEAR.

THAT IS APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT $2 MILLION UNDER BUDGET.

UH, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE CATEGORIES HAVE OVERPERFORMED, UH, THEIR BUDGET A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN, IN THOSE REGARDS.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO, UH, NEGATIVE NUMBERS, WHICH REPRESENTS THE TWO REVENUE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN THE HARDEST HIT BY THE COVID-19, UM, EPISODE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR THE HOTEL TAXES DOWN AS ONE COULD ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATE WITH DECREASED TRAVEL, UM, SALES TAX IS DOWN MOST SIGNIFICANTLY.

THAT'S BEEN OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM.

UM, THAT NUMBER IS A COMBINATION OF TWO EVENTS.

AND THIS IS WHERE I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF NEW INFORMATION.

THAT IS THE COMBINATION OF A REFLECTION OF DECREASED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF.

BUT ADDITIONALLY, THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS THE EFFECTS OF A, AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF MARCH, THAT PERMITTED THE DEFERRAL OF SALES TAX.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS THAT AFFECTED DIFFERENT SIZED BUSINESSES.

UM, SOME OF WHICH COULD DEFER IT TO THE END OF JULY.

SOME OF THEM COULD DEFER THEIR SALES TAX FOR UP TO A YEAR.

UH, THE PROBLEM THIS HAS CREATED FOR US IS AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME FOR US MONITORING THIS CRUCIAL REVENUE SOURCE, WE'VE KIND OF GONE DARK A LITTLE BIT ON QUALITY INFORMATION ON HOW TO ASSESS OUR CONDITION ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THE EFFECT OF, UH, THE DEFERRAL ISSUE, UH, THIS SHOULDN'T IMPACT THE TOTAL REVENUE WE COLLECT OVER THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR TOGETHER, BUT IT WILL AFFECT WHICH YEAR WE RECEIVE IT, WHETHER IT'S THE CURRENT YEAR INFORMATION OR CURRENT YEAR REVENUE OR NEXT YEAR'S REVENUE.

SO WHAT IT HAS DONE IS MADE THE CURRENT YEAR LOOK A LITTLE WORSE AND IT MAKES NEXT YEAR LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR SLIDES, MR. SHANE, IF I COULD INTERRUPT REALLY FAST, UM, WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL COUNCIL, WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR BROADCAST RIGHT NOW.

UM, I I'D RECOMMEND WE JUST PAUSE FOR A MINUTE.

SORRY TO CUT MR. SHANE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, MID SLIDE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROBABLY PAUSE LET'S GET THE IT FIXED AND WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK.

THAT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S FINE.

FIVE MINUTES.

GIVE US FIVE MINUTES RECESS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO TURNS OUT OUR EQUIPMENT'S FUNCTIONING, UH, OUR, THE SERVER THAT WE GO THROUGH TO BROADCAST THEIR EQUIPMENT'S NOT WORKING.

WE CAN'T RECONNECT.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ON A FACEBOOK LIVE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE'RE REDIRECTING OUR BROADCAST TO THAT.

UH, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ALL OF, UM, THE RECORDING UP TO THIS POINT WILL BE ON OUR RECORDING.

SO IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, SEE THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING.

SO, UM, I DON'T WANT TO RESTART OVER THE ENTIRE THING.

I HEARD IT, IT KICKED OUT DURING THIS, DURING THE PRESENTATION.

SO THE ONLY THING, UH, OF SUBSTANCE OF MISSING WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH CAN BE HEARD.

AND THEN THE BEGINNING OF THE, UM, BUDGET STAFF REPORT, IF, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL, I'D RECOMMEND, I JUST SORT OF INTRODUCED THAT BUDGET STAFFORD COURT AND HAVE MR. SHANE BEGIN FROM WHERE HE STARTED.

CAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT.

SO IS THAT OKAY WITH THE COUNSELOR? WOULD YOU

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LIKE US TO GO DEEPER? OKAY.

I'M SEEING SOME THUMBS UP.

OKAY.

SO, UH, AS YOU RECALL, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REALLY TO BE A, A CONTINUATION OF LAST COUNCIL MEETINGS DISCUSSION ABOUT A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK, AND THEN TO PREVIEW NEXT WEEK OR NEXT COUNCIL MEETINGS PRESENTATION, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER IF YOU WISH TO ADOPT IT AT THAT TIME OR, OR, UM, AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.

SO, UM, THE STAFF REPORT INCLUDES A TWO GRAPHS, I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

ONE HAS TO DO WITH OUR STAFFING LEVELS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, THAT GRAPH WILL SHOW THAT OUR, UH, STAFFING LEVELS HAVE REMAINED PRETTY CONSTANT.

UH, IN FACT, WE'RE PROBABLY AT A, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT ABOUT A 15 YEAR LOW IN TERMS OF STAFFING LEVELS.

ALSO, UH, OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVE IS VERY HEALTHY RIGHT NOW ABOUT $49 MILLION.

AND THE STAFF REPORT INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT POTS THAT MAKE UP THAT GENERAL FUND RESERVE BALANCE.

SO WITH THAT, MR. SHAYDA TURNED THE TIME BACK OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN SOME PROJECTIONS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL.

SO TO CATCH US UP, UM, AND UPDATE US ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT, UH, CONVERSATION.

UM, THIS SLIDE IS A PROJECTION OR A SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN REVENUES TO COME IN JUST A HAIR OVER $75 MILLION.

THAT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT $2 MILLION UNDER THE BUDGET.

UH, WE'VE HAD STRONG PERFORMANCE IN MOST REVENUE CATEGORIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TWO CATEGORIES AFFECTED MOST BY THE COVID-19, UH, CRISIS, UH, TRANSIT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, OR THE HOTEL TAXES DOWN AS ONE WOULD EXPECT MOST SIGNIFICANTLY OUR, UH, OUR SALES TAXES, WHICH ARE DOWN QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT $6 MILLION FROM BUDGET.

HOWEVER, THERE'S TWO BIG FACTORS ARE DRIVING THAT DECLINE.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A REFLECTION OF THE REDUCTION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS A RESULT OF THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

BUT ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT IN THOSE NUMBERS.

THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF A, AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AT THE END OF MARCH, WHICH GAVE MANY BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA, THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO DEFER THEIR SALES TAX IN SOME CASES TO THE END OF JULY, IN SOME CASES AS MUCH AS 12 MONTHS, UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THAT HAS DONE FOR US AT THIS CRITICAL TIME WHERE REVENUES ARE DECLINING AND WE MOST NEED TO MONITOR THEM.

UM, WE'VE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION WE'RE RECEIVING.

UM, HOWEVER, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAD TO RUN WITH AN ESTIMATE AND THOSE THAT ESTIMATE IS REFLECTED IN THESE BALANCES.

WHAT THIS SAYS EFFECTIVELY DONE IS REDUCE REVENUES AND INCREASED REVENUES FOR THOSE DEFERRALS.

THEORETICALLY, IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE TOTAL SALES TAX.

WE RECEIVE OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD THIS YEAR OR NEXT, BUT IT WILL AFFECT IN WHICH YEAR WE RECEIVE THIS, MOVING OUR ATTENTION TO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

WE ANTICIPATE EXPENDITURES TO TOTAL 78 POINT $3 MILLION AT FISCAL YEAR END WELL THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $600,000 UNDER BUDGET WHEN TAKING VIEWED ALONGSIDE PROJECTED REVENUES, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A YEAR END SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT $3 MILLION.

UM, JUST A REMINDER, THERE IS THE IMPACT OF THE DEFERRALS IN THERE.

UM, AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR WE ANTICIPATE REVENUES TO TOTAL, APPROXIMATELY 74 POINT $1 MILLION.

THIS IS ANOTHER $1 MILLION APPROXIMATELY DOWN FROM WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN HERE.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE WHERE THIS IS MOST, UH, PROMINENTLY FELT IN THAT IS IN SALES TAX, WHICH WE'RE ANTICIPATING BE DOWN APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT $4 MILLION.

AND HERE AGAIN, THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT REALLY IS BECAUSE OF THE DEFERRAL SITUATION.

BEFORE WE GET INTO NUMBERS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, A COUPLE OF DISCLAIMERS, UM, AS A RESULT OF FALLING REVENUES, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT HAS TAKEN, UH, MULTIPLE MEASURES IN TRYING TO MITIGATE THIS IMPACT AND INCLUDED IN THE NUMBERS YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, UH, INCLUDE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING

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HOLDING VACANT DURING THE COURSE OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE'VE INCLUDED NO NEW VEHICLE PURCHASES FOR NEXT YEAR.

A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EVENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED EITHER REDUCTION IN SCOPE OR CANCELLATION.

WE'VE USED, UH, THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND BALANCE TO FUND SOME ONE TIME EXPENDITURES RATHER THAN USING OPERATING REVENUES.

WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH AN OUTSIDE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, WE'VE SUSPENDED THE APARTMENT AND SPECTRUM PROGRAM, AND WE'VE REDUCED STAFFING AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS A RESULT, PLUGGING THOSE CHANGES INTO OUR BUDGET.

WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT A DRAFT EXPENDITURE BUDGET TOTALING, APPROXIMATELY 77 POINT $6 MILLION.

THIS BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT $3 MILLION LESS THAN THE FYA 20 BUDGET.

AND WHEN VIEWED ALONGSIDE PROJECTED REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR, IT STILL LEAVES US WITH A BUDGETARY SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT $6 MILLION.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE DISCUSSION FOR TODAY, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MITIGATION MEASURES.

AND FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND BACK OVER TO MR. MITCHELL, THANK YOU MR. SHANE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SO, SO I DON'T, SO I HAVE SOME, SOME IDEAS THAT STAFF HAS, I'VE INCLUDED SOME IDEAS THAT STAFF HAS DEVELOPED.

THESE ARE MORE POLICY OPTIONS, AS YOU, AS YOU SAW.

UM, WE ARE AT ABOUT A THREE POINT $6 MILLION DEFICIT AS REMINDER THAT WAS AT ONE POINT A LITTLE OVER $8 MILLION.

UM, I HAD STAFF GO BACK AND, UH, BY, BY CUTTING BUDGETS, BY BEING CREATIVE AND DEFERRING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF COSTS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DOWN TO THAT THREE POINT $5 MILLION.

BUT AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF THE OTHER CUTS THAT WE COULD GET TO OUR BIGGER POLICY DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THOSE ITEMS. UM, SOME OF THEM, I HAVE A STRONGER RECOMMENDATION THAN OTHERS.

SOME OF THEM I'M ACTUALLY ACTUALLY NOT RECOMMENDING AT ALL, BUT I WANT TO DO INCLUDE THEM BECAUSE IT GIVES A SENSE OF, OF WHAT, WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF FINDING BUDGET FIXES.

AND THEN, UM, I TURN THE TIME OVER TO THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON SOME AREAS THAT THEY THOUGHT, UM, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OR AREAS THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT US TO FOCUS ON BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, WE'LL THEN COMPILE THOSE CONCEPTS INTO OUR FINAL BUDGET, WHICH WE'LL PRESENT AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO AT THE, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE TALKED, WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF, UM, INCREASING REVENUE AND THERE'S REALLY A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO THAT.

ONE IS THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON DOING THAT, TRYING TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL THIS PAST YEAR IN DOING SO, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A REAL BIG FIX FOR, UM, THE BUDGET.

IT HAS AS AN INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, BUT YOU DON'T SOLVE BUDGET DEFICITS WITH, UH, BRINGING IN ONE BUSINESS TO THE CITY.

UM, BUT WE THINK THERE ARE SOME CITY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOME LEASE OR RENTAL REVENUE.

UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD HAS SOME SURPLUS SPACE, AND WE THINK THERE'S A WAY TO PUT THAT OUT ONTO THE MARKET FOR SOME LEASE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME FREEWAY FRONTAGE, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EIGHT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD, WHICH COULD GENERATE REVENUE AS WELL.

CITY OF LEMON GROVE RECENTLY, UM, IS WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.

THESE CONCEPTS, ALTHOUGH GENERATE REVENUE DO TAKE A WHILE TO, UH, FIND THE RIGHT PARTNERS CONSTRUCT, UH, ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS, GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, WHICH ACTUALLY WILL TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.

SO THEORETICALLY WE WON'T SEE THESE BENEFITS OF THESE REVENUES UNTIL, UM, BEST, BEST CASE SCENARIO.

ABOUT HALF YEAR THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

UM, A WHILE AGO, STAFF PRESENTED THIS CONCEPT WHERE SOME CITIES HAVE RE UM, REDUCED THEIR REQUIREMENT TO GO THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL WILL EVENTUALLY SEE THESE THINGS ANYWAY.

AND THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME FELT THAT IT WAS PROBABLY PREMATURE TO DO THAT ONE WAY TO EXPEDITE THESE REVENUES, UM, WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY WAIVE THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY, OR AT LEAST GOING THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS FOR APPROVAL FOR CITY PROJECTS.

UH, AS LONG AS THESE PROJECTS WITHIN BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, THROUGH THE LEASE PROGRAM.

AND AT THAT TIME, ANY ZONING ISSUES CAN BE BROUGHT UP.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT THAT IS AN OPTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL COULD DO TO HELP

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EXPEDITE REVENUES INTO THE COFFERS.

IF WE WERE TO, UH, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO DIRECT US TO EXPLORE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND A SUNSET CLAUSE ON THAT.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE IN PERPETUITY, BUT IT WOULD BE DURING THIS FISCAL EMERGENCY, UM, WHILE PREPARING THIS AGENDA REPORT, UH, MANAGEMENT STAFF WORK WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS, UM, UM, UH, PLEASED TO SAY THAT ALL FIVE OF OUR LABOR GROUPS RECOGNIZE THE FISCAL POSITION THAT THE CITY IS IN RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THE WILLINGNESS TO GIVE UP NEXT YEAR'S CO THEIR NEXT YEAR'S COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

IF THAT IS NEEDED BY THE CITY, IN ORDER TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET, THIS CONCESSION WOULD SAVE, WE ESTIMATE UP TO ABOUT $700,000, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THIS UP OVER THE TERM OF THE, UM, LABOR AGREEMENTS, WHICH WE'RE IN YEAR FOUR OF A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'D HAVE TO PUSH THOSE COSTS OFF TO A LATER DATE.

ANOTHER IDEA THAT'S, UM, CONTEMPLATED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS AN IDEA OF A VOLUNTARY FURLOUGH PROGRAM.

UH, THERE ARE ARE MORE AND MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GIVING THEIR EMPLOYEES MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF CREATING A LIFE WORK BALANCE.

THIS WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO TAKE A TIME OFF WITHOUT COMPENSATION, WITHOUT PAY, UM, MORE THAN, UM, THEY CURRENTLY ARE ALLOWED TO, WHICH WOULD REDUCE OUR OVERALL PAYROLL EXPENSES WHILE GIVING EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TIME OFF, TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO IN EXCHANGE FOR NOT RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR THAT TIME.

UH, WE THINK THAT THAT DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM COULD SAVE UP TO $200,000.

UM, ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT STAFF EXPLORED IS THIS AS A NOTION OF BROWNING OUT, ONE OF OUR SIX FIRE APPARATUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN SERVICE, AND WE WOULD, WE, THE OPTION THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IN THE STAFF REPORT IS TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE GO UNFILLED.

ONCE EVERY ONCE ON AN AVERAGE OF EVERY THREE DAYS, WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD SAVE A LITTLE UNDER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, $425,000.

AND, UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR SERVICE DELIVERY.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FIREFIGHTER PER CAPITA, UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CALL VOLUME PER ENGINE COMPANY, WE'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTY.

SO TO DO THIS WOULD BE A DIRE MEASURE, BUT I WANTED THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS AS AN OPTION FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IF THEY FELT THE NEED TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO PRESENTED AN IDEA OF AN EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM.

UH, WE HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CLOSE TO RETIREMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM.

THE CITY WOULD OFFER A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO RETIRE SOONER THAN THEY HAD ANTICIPATED.

AND THIS PROGRAM WOULD SAVE MONEY BY EITHER NOT FILLING THOSE POSITIONS OR, UM, IN THE CASE OF PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS, WHICH HAVE TO BE FILLED, WE WOULD HIRE THEM AT A LOWER, UM, SOMEONE'S RETIRING AT TOP STEP.

WE WOULD FILL IT AT THE LOWEST STEP AND A STEP, AND THERE WOULD BE SOME SAVINGS REALIZED BY THAT PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHAT WOULD DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY THAT PROGRAM WOULD SAY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT PROGRAM.

WE THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN DOING THAT, UH, ALMOST NEAR THE END OF THESE IDEAS.

UH, ONE OF, A LOT OF OUR TRAINING THAT WE PAY FOR, OR THAT THAT COMES THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET IS ACTUALLY REIMBURSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICALLY, A LOT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING IS REIMBURSED BY THE STATE.

SO I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND REDUCING THAT TRAINING BECAUSE THERE IS, UM, REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONFERENCES THAT STAFF ATTENDS THAT THE CA THE COUNSEL ATTENDS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, CURTAIL A LOT OF THOSE CONFERENCES THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE WILL HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER THIS YEAR.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TRAINING THAT, THAT STAY IN THE BUDGET.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ANYTHING THAT ISN'T EITHER REIMBURSED OR HIGHLY REQUIRED, THAT WE CUT OUT OF THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING BUDGETS, UM, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, THE NEXT PROGRAM IS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN REDUCING THE CDBG PARTICIPATION OR THE CDBG FUNDING IN THE CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM.

WHAT THIS HAS DONE IS IT'S REALLY SHIFTED COSTS BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER ENDING THIS PROGRAM THAT WOULD SHIFT MORE MONEY BACK INTO CDBG PROGRAMS. IT WOULD SAVE ABOUT $50,000, BUT THIS IS, AS A REMINDER, THIS PROGRAM IS, IS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS LINK PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY VALUABLE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AND HELPS OUR APARTMENTS,

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UH, RAISE THE STANDARD IN THOSE FACILITIES.

UH, THE NEXT, THE LAST ITEM THAT IS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT HAS TO DO WITH OUR CONCERN, THAT THERE ARE SOME CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY'S NINE 11 SYSTEM.

UH, THERE ARE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT A LOT OF OUR CARE FACILITIES ARE CALLING NINE ONE, ONE FOR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS.

THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE HEAVY ABUSERS OF THIS PROGRAM.

WE HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM, UH, TO NO AVAIL.

WE THINK THAT IF COUNCIL GAVE US SOME DIRECTION TO WORK ON A FEE WHERE WE WOULD CHARGE FOR A SURPLUS CALLS OR CALLS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE NON-EMERGENCY, THIS WOULD EITHER REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR COSTS, OR IT WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, HELP THESE COMPANIES CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL AND FIND OTHER WAYS TO FUND THEIR NEEDS.

UM, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON THIS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE TENNCARE FACILITIES IN THE CITY AND HELP DEVELOP A PROGRAM AND A POLICY THAT THEY COULD LIVE WITH.

AND THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD BRING THAT PROGRAM BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT WE THINK THAT SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD EITHER REIMBURSE THE CITY UP TO $60,000 ANNUALLY OR SAVE THE 60, THE CITY $60,000 IN EXPENSES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY INCURRING BY GOING TO SURPLUS CALLS.

UM, THE LAST, THE LAST CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL IS TO RELY ON THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE BALANCE TO FILL A PORTION OR ALL OF THE SHORTFALL THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

WE THINK THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR THE STRATEGY, BUT WE WOULD CAUTION THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT A SOURCE THAT CAN GO BACK TO YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND IF THIS WERE TO BE UTILIZED AND THE ECONOMY TO, TO RE WORK TO RETURN, WE'D RECOMMEND REPLENISHING THAT FUND AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY COULD TO GET US BACK AND HELP THE SITUATION.

SO THOSE ARE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, AND SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT WE'VE PRESENTING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON HOW YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH FINISHING THE BUDGET.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOUR COMMENTS, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY.

I'VE GOT A COMMENT OR MR. MITCHELL, CORRECT.

JUMP IN.

SO I THINK HE MIGHT BE ON MUTE, BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YEAH.

FEEL FREE TO, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

UH, MR. SHANE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, UH, BUDGET SHORTFALLS AT LIKE 3.5 MILLION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOR NEXT YEAR? UH, THAT ONE.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3.6 MILLION TO FILL SOMEHOW.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

AND, UH, YOU MENTIONED ON AN EARLIER SLIDE, YOU THOUGHT THE DEFERRAL FROM THIS YEAR WOULD BE MADE UP IN A FOLLOWING YEAR.

UH, AT SOUNDS IF I HEARD THAT, RIGHT, IT'S, THERE'S NO LOSS OF REVENUE DUE TO CLOSURE OF TEMPORARY CLOSE TO THE BUSINESS.

DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? OR WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE WILL BE ACTUALLY LOSS OF SALES NEXT PERIMETER? UM, THAT'S ALREADY FACTORED INTO THESE NUMBERS, SALES TAX, AND TOTAL FELL OFF FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY AS A RESULT OF THIS.

I, IF I RECALL IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SIX TO $7 MILLION BETWEEN THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF AND COMBINED.

OKAY.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW.

UM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UM, ACTUALLY I'LL WAIT ON THIS.

I UNDERSTAND IT ALL, BUT I'LL JUST GO THROUGH EACH ITEM A LITTLE BIT LATER.

GREAT.

YEAH.

UM, GRANT, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE, UH, LABOR GROUPS OFFER TO, UM, SUSPEND THEIR COLAS.

HOW MUCH DOES THAT CHANGE? THE, THE, UM, THE PICTURE, UM, THAT SAVED THAT WOULD SAVE ABOUT $700,000.

HOWEVER, THAT THAT DOLLAR FIGURE DOES DROP A LITTLE BIT, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY POSITIONS GO UNFILLED.

SO IF THERE'S POSITIONS UNFILLED, WE'LL GET THE SAVINGS ON THAT SIDE, BUT WE WILL GET IT THROUGH THE COLA.

BUT, UM, SO IF WE HAVE OTHER EARLY, SOME UNEXPECTED EARLIER RETIREMENT THROUGH A PROGRAM THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT $700,000, UH, RIGHT NOW, ROUGHLY

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ELIMINATE TRAVEL.

HOW MUCH DID YOU EXPECT TO SAVE FROM THE, UM, WE THINK THAT WE COULD CUT OUT IF WE WERE TO ELIMINATE OTHER TRAVEL, WE COULD PROBABLY CUT $120,000 OUT OF THE BUDGET THAT WAY.

OKAY.

UM, GREG HERE, UH, REGARDING THE EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM.

SO DOES A CITY BUYING AN ANNUITY? YEAH.

IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE? THAT WOULD BE ONE OPTION.

PROBABLY THE OPTION THAT, THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR HEALTH BENEFITS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY SOMEONE DID CHOSE TO RETIRE EARLY.

AND SO THOSE WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THE FISK.

THAT WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE.

UM, WE'VE DONE A SURVEY OF STAFF THAT ARE CLOSE TO ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE, AND THAT SEEMED TO BE THE OPTION THAT WAS MOST PREFERRED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN, UM, I'LL JUST BRING IT BACK TO DISCUSSION AMONGST THE CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, GRANT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS JUST REALLY SOME DIRECTION ON THIS, RIGHT, GREG, IF THERE WAS, IF THERE, UH, AN IDEA THAT YOU LIKED AT THE COUNCIL LIKED, OR DIDN'T LIKE, IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT CAUSE THEN WE CAN REFLECT THAT IN THE BUDGET.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF YOU REALLY WANT US TO FOCUS ON, UM, AN EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL DO THAT AND WORK ON THAT.

IF, IF CRIME COULD BE MULTI HOUSING, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO, TO ELIMINATE RIGHT NOW, THEN WE'LL IGNORE THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF DIRECTION.

ALMOST A THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN ON, ON EACH OF THESE MEASURES WOULD BE USEFUL TO US.

I THINK THE PAY FOR THE NINE 11 ABUSE IS A GOOD IDEA IF THEY'RE ABUSING IT THAT EXTENT, BECAUSE IT COSTS US A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE THAT RUN OUT THERE.

WE KIND OF MAKE I'M ONE MORE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN THE FEE FOR NINE 11 ABUSE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF A, A PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE SOME STANDARDS, UM, TO PUT FOR SOME MEDICAL STANDARDS.

SO IF THEY CALL FOR A LIFT ASSIST, IF THEY CALL NINE ONE, ONE FOR A LIFT ASSIST OR SOMEONE FELL, THAT'S NOT A NINE ONE, ONE EMERGENCY, AND MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME CONTRIBUTION FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES THAT ARE GOOD, HAVE GOOD STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO KIND OF, UH, BE THE VOICE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL FOR.

JUST SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MEDICAL STANDARDS, SO WE'RE NOT CAUGHT IN A WELL ON MY OPINION, THIS AND THAT TIT FOR TAT KIND OF THING HERE.

YEP.

I AGREE ON THE NINE ONE, ONE ABUSE FEE.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PEOPLE.

SHOULDN'T BE USING US WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.

THERE THERE'S ACTUALLY EQUIPMENT TO LIFT PEOPLE UP AND GET HIM BACK ON THE BED.

NO, THE OTHER THING WOULD BE THE VOLUNTARY FOR A LITTLE PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA BECAUSE WITH, UH, WITHOUT THE INTERACTION OF THE PEOPLE WITH A NINE ONE HOUR WITH A COVID 19 PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL DISTANCE TEEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED AS MANY PEOPLE, OR MAYBE YOU COULD EVEN HAVE THEM WORK FROM HOME.

UM, MAYBE THAT WOULD SAVE SOME MONEY IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH, MAYBE THEY COULD MAYBE REDUCE THEIR HOURS A LITTLE BIT, BUT BEING A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT RIGHT.

UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE COLORED BAR GRAPHS ON IT, ON THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE? I KEEP GOING BACK ONE THERE.

SO LET'S SAY WE KEEP THE 15.8 MILLION AT 20% BECAUSE WE MIGHT NEED THAT FOR A GOOD BOND RATING.

FOR INSTANCE, IF WE GO FOR PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THAT RESERVE FOR OBLIGATION, CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO INCREASE AT LEAST IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO REALLY WE'VE GOT THE TOP TWO LEVELS, WHICH IS 25.2 MILLION.

AND THAT REPRESENTS YEARS OF CARRY OVER AND SOME ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

SO TO ME, THAT'S KIND OF THE POOL THAT I'M WORKING WITH 25.2 MILLION.

YEAH.

I'VE HEARD AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO, OKAY.

SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH ALL

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THE IDEAS ON IT.

SO A 3.5 IS WHERE WE STAND NOW AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IDEAS TO EITHER SHRINK THAT BY INCREASING REVENUE OR SHRINK THAT BY REDUCING EXPENSES.

UM, SO HERE'S MY BULLET POINT.

THOUGHTS, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.

I LIKE IT.

I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD THAT MIGHT TAKE A YEAR TO ACTUALLY SHOW SOME REVENUE, BUT IT'S A GOOD LONGTERM REVENUE PRODUCER.

IT ALLOWS US TO ADVERTISE CITY EVENTS, WHICH PEOPLE SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND THE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC IS GREAT.

IT COULD BE RIGHT THERE.

WE'VE GOT SOME PROPERTY RIGHT BY THE KIA AT THE JOHNSON AVENUE EXIT.

I LIKE THAT IDEA.

THE EMPLOYEE CONCESSIONS.

I APPRECIATE WHAT THE LABOR GROUPS HAVE DONE, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ASK FOR THE CONCESSIONS FROM THEM.

I MIGHT NEED TO ASK FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THIS RECOVERY WILL BE.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON CONCESSIONS AND UH, KEEP THE MORALE UP, KEEP THE, UM, KEEP THE PEOPLE FROM FLEEING TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS BECAUSE THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CITY STAFF IS TREMENDOUS.

UH, THE FIRE STAFF, I'M NOT TOO KEEN ON THAT, UH, FOR THE REASONS MR. MITCHELL SAID ON PER CAPITA CALLS AND THINGS, UH, MY LAST INTEREST REALLY IS THE NINE 11 ABUSE HAVING GONE ON A RIDE ALONG A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I PERSONALLY WITNESSED AN ABUSE OF THIS.

I BELIEVE IT CAN ACCOUNT FOR AS MUCH AS 10% OF THEIR TOTAL CALLS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY A GREAT IDEA.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR YOUR STEP REDUCTION, UH, THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFICULT THING TO LIVE WITH.

YEAH, I AGREE.

I AGREE.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO GO RIGHT NOW OR WE'RE SO BUSY WITH FIRE FIRE CALL ALREADY.

I THINK MY FINAL TAKEAWAY WAS TO TAKE EVEN 3.5 MILLION OUT OF A RESERVE OF 25.2 MILLION IS NOT REASONABLE AT THIS.

WELL, STEVE, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

UH, MAN, I, I SPECIFICALLY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE ASKING THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO GIVE UP THEIR CAUSE RIGHT NOW.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE MAY, WE MAY GET THERE IN A YEAR OR TWO.

HOPEFULLY NOT, BUT LET'S SAVE THAT FOR A TIME WHEN OR MORE DIRE STRAIGHTS.

DOES EVERYBODY AGREE WITH THAT? OR IF THEY HAVE A FALL, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT UP, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ASK HER FROM EVERY PLACE WE CAN GET IT TO GET US THROUGH THIS PERIOD.

AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT WELL, I THINK THAT'S ON THE BACK FOR THEM.

YEAH.

THAT'S GREAT.

GRANDMA HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, EMPLOYEE CONCESSIONS.

DID I HEAR YOU SAY DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT THE WHATEVER CONCESSIONS ARE MADE WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE UP AT THE END OF A YEAR TIMEFRAME? DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? OR DID IT CLEARLY MENTION THAT? WELL, I, I MENTIONED THAT, SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

SO CAUSE THEY'RE CONTRACTOR, WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY BOUND TO PAY THIS.

SO THE ONLY WAY TO, TO, TO NOT INCLUDE THEM IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WOULD BE TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING.

AND I, I I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT PART OF OUR PRE-NEGOTIATIONS AS PART OF THIS WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EXPECTATION THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE PAID OUT OVER THE PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT.

UM, ALSO IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO PURSUE THIS, I WOULD RECOMMEND IF REVENUES AND ENDED UP BEING FAR BETTER OR EXCEEDING OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT WE MAKE CA UH, THE EMPLOYEES WHOLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE, WE WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO PAY IT.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE'D BE KICKING THE, CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND PAINT IT LATER.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD IF THERE I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE PULLING THE FUNDING FROM THEM RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE SHOULD, IF THEY WANT TO OFFER THAT DOWN THE ROAD.

WELL, WE HAVE A BETTER, UM, IDEA OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ECONOMICALLY WITH REGARD TO A RECESSION.

UH, THEN WE CAN REVISIT IT THEN, BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.

THE VOLUNTARY FURLOUGH PROGRAM.

I THINK STEVE MENTIONED IT, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA.

I'D BE OKAY WITH

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TRAINING, UM, TRAVEL, CUTTING THAT.

AND THEN, UM, AS EVERYONE SAID, THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, THE LEASING, THE SPACE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD AND, AND, AND THIS, UH, SIGNAGE, IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, AS WELL AS THE D FOR A NINE 11 ABUSE, WHICH YOU ARE, WHICH WE ALREADY DISCUSSED IN GRAHAM, THE EARLIER TIRE PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY.

RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S, YES.

WE'LL BE FORCING PEOPLE.

IT IS VOLUNTARY.

YEAH.

THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

ALRIGHT.

WELL, GREAT.

I THINK YOU'VE KIND OF GOT THE FOX OVER THERE.

DID YOU NEED MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS, MATT, OR DO YOU THINK, NO, I THINK THAT THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, THESE, THESE ARE KIND OF THINGS AROUND THE EDGES.

WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN, UH, WHEN WE PRESENT THE BUDGET IN TWO WEEKS, IT'LL PROBABLY SH FOR EXAMPLE, CUTTING OUT $120,000 PROBABLY WON'T BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE PURSUING AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH A, UM, AN EARLY MIDYEAR, UM, CONSIDERATION.

WE BE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT PROBABLY BRINGING THE BUDGET BACK, UM, IN OCTOBER, CAUSE WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF REALLY WHAT THE ECONOMY DID AT, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.

AND IT'LL HELP US PROJECT OUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE REVISITING THE BUDGET SOONER THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY, AND WE WOULD REFLECT THOSE BIGGER CHANGES IN THAT BUDGET.

BUT, UM, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, I THINK WE'LL PURSUE THE THINGS THAT, THAT WERE DISCUSSED TODAY AND, UH, NOT PURSUE THE ONES THAT WERE NOT.

SO I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH FEEDBACK, BUT ONE THING I DON'T SEE IS, IS THE CUTTING, UM, OF THE COST OF SOME OF THE EVENTS.

SO WE WE'VE ALREADY, I MEAN, WE ALREADY INCLUDED THAT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET CUTS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.

SO WE'RE SCALING BACK.

SOME OF THE EVENTS LIKE HOT, FAST, 4TH OF JULY, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE MUCH SMALLER THIS YEAR.

CAUSE WE WON'T BE DOING THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY.

WE'LL JUST BE DOING FIREWORKS SHOW.

UM, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING ELIMINATION OF AMERICAN MAIN STREET IN 20, 21 NEXT YEAR, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A VERY SMALL EVENT.

WE DON'T THINK IT WILL COST MUCH, BUT IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH OUR ZIP CODE.

SO ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, SO ZERO NINE ZERO TWO ZERO TWO ZERO, OUR ZIP CODE.

WE'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ON THAT SUNDAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.

SO WE'RE PLANNING ON SOMETHING SMALL FOR THAT, BUT, UM, AMERICA MADE SURE IT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE EVENT AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE YEAR TO FOREGO IT I'M LESS AND LESS, THE NUMBERS LOOK BETTER, MIDYEAR BUDGET.

THEN THE COUNCIL COULD RECONSIDER THAT DOESN'T THAT KIND OF CORRESPOND ALSO WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OR THE GOVERNOR OF, OF NOT HAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER.

WE'LL HOPE HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR, UH, OUR MAY 20, 21, WE WILL BE OVER THIS.

UM, BUT YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW IF HAUNT FEST CAN EVEN HAPPEN BASED ON, UH, WHERE THE STATE'S AT, SO, OKAY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF, BUT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TO SAVE SOME MONEY, CORRECT.

AS LONG AS WE DON'T, UM, IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE SPEAK ABOUT THESE THINGS FOREVER AND I THINK IT'S A BIG PART OF WHO WE ARE.

AGREED.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS BEFORE THE STAFF TAKES IT BACK TO WORK ON IT AND BRING IT BACK TO US NEXT WEEK? I'M SATISFIED.

OKAY, GREAT.

YOU DON'T NEED ANY KIND OF A VOTE ON THIS TO YOU.

JUST SOME FEEDBACK AND SOME DIRECTION REALLY QUICK.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE MENTIONED IT, BUT UM, I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THE CRIME FREE MOLDY HOUSING PROGRAM.

UM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE MADE A COMMENT ON THAT.

OH YEAH.

I, I AGREE WITH IT.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE LOVE TO LAW BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY WORTH THE MONEY.

ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH THAT? NO, I AGREE WITH IT.

YOU'RE RIGHT ON.

GREAT.

THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT THOUGH.

THAT'S GOOD THERE.

WE SHOULDN'T LEAVE IT OUT.

OKAY.

[13. Coronavirus Relief Fund Subgrant with County of San Diego RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, authorizing approval of the Coronavirus Relief Fund Subgrant Agreement between the City and the County of San Diego, authorizing the City Manager to execute said agreement, and providing feedback regarding the recommendation allocation of CARES funds.]

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MINUTE AUSTRALIA REPORT AND THAT'S UM, ITEM 13 FOR THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND SUB GRANT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND STAFF.

PLEASE INTRODUCE US TO THANK YOU MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, IN MARCH, UH, CONGRESS PASSED AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE CARES ACT, UH, WHICH BASICALLY DISTRIBUTED MONEY FROM WASHINGTON TO THE STATES AND FROM

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THE STATES TO THE VARIOUS COUNTIES AND IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WAS THE, OBVIOUSLY THE RECIPIENT OF SOME OF THESE FUNDS AND THE COUNTY DECIDED TO, UM, UH, PORTION THOSE FUNDS BASED UPON THE, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION OF ALL THE CITIES THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT A ONE POINT $8 MILLION, UH, CARES ACT FUNDS FOR ELK HOME.

SO BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UH, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THAT AGREEMENT AND, UH, USE THOSE FUNDS.

ALL THE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.

SO THE TIMEFRAME IS A VERY SHORT, UM, STAFF HAS SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO USE THESE FUNDS AND SEEKS COUNCIL'S INPUT AND DIRECTION, UM, ON SANE.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE WOULD USE $100,000 TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR ITS FOOD PROGRAM THAT WAS INITIATED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, PLUS ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EXTEND THAT PROGRAM IN THE SAME MANNER THAT IT'S BEEN OPERATING.

SO THAT'S 200,000, ANOTHER 100,000 WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO COVER ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO COVID.

UM, ANOTHER 100,000 WOULD BE FOR TELE TELECOMMUTING OR TELEWORK ENHANCEMENTS, UM, 75,000 FOR HALL IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE, UH, ONGOING SOCIAL DISTANCING TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC IN A MORE RESPONSIBLE WAY.

UM, HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS STAFF IS PROPOSING ALMOST A 1.2 MILLION, UH, FOR OUR OWN LOCAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAM TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, SEVERAL OF THE TRENCHES OF, UH, FUNDING THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HAVEN'T REALLY GONE TO WHERE EVERYBODY WAS EXPECTING THEM TO GO.

UM, WE THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN CHANGE THAT AND TRY AND REACH SOME OF THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO SOME OF THE IDEAS WE HAVE IN THIS RESPECT, UH, WERE TO, UH, MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY STIMULUS MONEY FROM ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, UM, ARE NOT A FRANCHISE SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE OF A NATIONAL COMPANY.

UH, OFTENTIMES THOSE, UH, THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE PARENT COMPANY, UM, FOCUS ON BUSINESSES THAT ARE SALES TAX, GENERATING BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY LOCAL WORKERS.

SO THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TOSSING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD HOLD BACK $200,000 AS A RESERVE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO FUND SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I HAD MENTIONED AND, AND OF COURSE THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAM.

SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS SEEKING SOME, UM, IDEAS AND DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND THEN DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE PROGRAMS, UH, USING THE CARERS MONEY FOR THEM.

AND, UM, TO THAT END, UH, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

AND WITH THAT I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT BEING A EX AUTOMOBILE DEALER.

I KNOW DURING THESE TIMES WHEN A CAR CIV, WHICH IS THEY ARE THE ONGOING COST OF LORING, THE INVENTORY THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR HUTS AND RUN ANYWHERE FROM 30,000 TO 80,000, $90,000 A MONTH.

AND MAYBE WE HAD SOME BUSINESSES THAT NEEDED A LITTLE HELP AND PAYING SOME OF THOSE COSTS, THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OF THESE CAR DEALERS TO MAJOR SALES TAX CENTERS IN THE CITY.

WELL, I HAD AN IDEA OF A WAY THAT WE COULD DO THIS FAIRLY, THE HARD PART ABOUT ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE HAVING YOU MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO.

AND FRANKLY, IF, IF, UH, IF YOU MAKE IT SOME KIND OF A CHECK BOX TYPE SITUATION OR ANYBODY WHO, UH, MEETS THE CRITERIA CAN GET A CHECK, WE CAN BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GIVING CHECKS OF $50 BECAUSE A MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT DOESN'T GO A LOT OF WAYS BETWEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO PUT TOGETHER A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT, NOT POLITICAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, TWO OR THREE MEETINGS WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE APPLICATIONS.

AND, UH, MAYBE THE STAFF COULD, COULD WHITTLE THOSE DOWN TO A HUNDRED OR LESS, AND THEY COULD, UH, DECIDE WHO GETS, WHO GETS WHAT BASED UPON

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THE NEED THAT THEY'RE READING THAT I'M SUGGESTING, UH, PEOPLE THAT FROM MAYBE FROM THE CHAMBER, UM, FROM SOME OF THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLE LIKE I WAS THINKING LIKE DOUG WELLFORD WHO, UH, WAS OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE CITY VERY WELL.

UH, I'M OPEN, I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS, BUT I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT A GROUP OF FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE THAT COULD MEET AND JUST MAKE, UH, DECISIONS BASED UPON, UM, APPLICATIONS WITHOUT, WITHOUT A LOT OF, UH, UH, HEAVY HANDED CRITERIA THAT, THAT CUTS PEOPLE AND IT CUTS PEOPLE OUT AND, AND SOMETIMES INADVERTENTLY MAKES BAD DECISIONS OR THOUGHTS.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE EAST COUNTY CHAMBER HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY DOWN, UH, SINCE COVITZ STARTED, UH, GIVING RESOURCES.

SO THEY'RE IN REAL CLOSE COMMUNICATION, ESPECIALLY WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE STRUGGLING AS WELL AS THE EDC.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN, UM, RECEIVING A LOT OF, UM, COMMUNICATION FROM BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE REGION AND THEY'VE BEEN COUNSELING THEM ON PPP LOANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE EQUIPPED AND THEY HAVE THEIR EAR TO THE GROUND.

THEY'VE HAD THEIR EAR TO THE GROUND SINCE THIS STARTED.

THEY KNOW THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO REACHING OUT TO THEM WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD PLACE TO START WITH SUGGESTIONS ON CRITERIA, OR MAYBE EVEN SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO PUT ON THIS, UH, A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE FOR THE COMMITTEE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF BILL STEVE, ANY OBJECTIONS.

WELL, I WOULD INCLUDE FRANCHISES SITTING IN AN OFFICE RIGHT NOW, THE FRANCHISE DOOR.

WE HAVE NO FUNDS TO OFFER TO OUR FRANCHISEES.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, I AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT, INSTEAD OF HAVING RULES WHERE YOU CHECK A BOX AND SAY, OH, WELL, I'M A FRANCHISE.

SO I DON'T, I DON'T QUALIFY YOU, YOU HAVE A GROUP OF, OF FIVE OR SEVEN LOCAL PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING OUT FOR EVERYBODY AND CAN MAKE HUMAN DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.

YEAH.

I THINK THE STAFF'S THOUGHT IS IF YOU ARE A PART OF A LARGE NATIONAL CORPORATION THAT HAS ACCESS TO FUNDS, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A, UH, A LOCAL FAMILY THAT OWNS A FRANCHISE.

SURE.

THAT THE HOME DEPOT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE POSTAL ANNEX.

YES.

UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROTECT OUR REVENUE SOURCES.

I THINK, AS YOU MENTIONED, BILL, UH, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THESE CAR DEALERS, HOTELS, PEOPLE THAT, THAT GENERATE THE MONEY THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR ALCOHOL.

YOU KNOW, THE PPP LOAN ESSENTIALLY WAS TWO MONTHS OF PAYROLL, BUT THERE WERE A BUNCH OF OTHER COSTS THAT PERHAPS SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES IN HER THAT ARE NOT REIMBURSED FOR THAT COULD PUT THEM ON THE EDGE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GROW OR REBOUND CAR DEALERS.

AS BOB MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, UH, CARRYING EXPENSES ON INVENTORY IS NOT COVERED BY A PPP LAW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO, UH, LET'S REALLY FOCUS ON OUR SALES TAX GENERATORS AND ALSO ELECT TO AT LEAST MENTION AT THIS SAME TIME THAT WE GIVE AN EAR TO A WOMEN OWNED AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.

THIS IS, THIS IS THE TIME, UH, IN OUR SOCIETY.

WHEN WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PRESS RESET ON HOW WE NORMALLY LOOK AT THINGS.

AND SO MAYBE THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD GET AN EXTRA BOOK, EVEN IF THE GRANT IS ONLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THE BIG SALES TAX GENERATORS, BUT THOSE THAT PERHAPS HAD OVERLOOKED UNDER NORMAL CHANNELS.

I AGREE LOOK INCLUDING MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.

I KNOW THE CAL DENE COMMUNITIES, VERY LARGE AND ELKA PHONE.

UM, AND I THINK THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND, UM, THEY'D HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS WITH REGARD TO INCLUDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR MAYBE EVEN MINORITY, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO VINCENT GRAHAM, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT DIRECTION OF PUTTING THAT KIND OF A GROUP TOGETHER? I THINK WE'D HAVE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION.

I THINK WE KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO GO, SO I, I WOULD AGREE.

GREAT.

SO THEN YOU JUST SEE AN, A, UM, EMOTION FOR US TOO.

UM, YES.

A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO, UM, SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

OKAY.

SOMEBODY LIKES TO MAKE THAT MOTION, SAY IT AGAIN.

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TAKE ONE OF THE SECOND ONE IS A FIRST AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU, ANGELA.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND BEFORE I CALL FOR YOUR VOTE, THERE ARE NO COMMON CARDS FOR THIS ITEM EITHER.

UM, BUT MAYOR WILSON, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR TASTES.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTES.

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

ITEM 14 IS MY ACTIVITY REPORT AND IS AS, AS REPORTED ITEM

[15. Legislative Report]

LATINAS, LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

AND IT IS AS REPORTED.

UH, VINCE, DID YOU CLARIFY ANYTHING ON THAT OR? UM, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.

UM, I WILL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, UH, SOME LEGISLATION, UH, BE INTRODUCED THAT, UM, I WOULD SAY STRONGLY CURTAILS, THE ACTIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS, I'LL BE INCLUDING THAT IN THE REPORT IN FUTURE MEETINGS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCIL SHOULD BE COGNIZANT OF.

YEAH.

I THINK WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE KEPT, UH, VERY AWARE OF, OF ALL THE DIRECTION OF THAT THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT US VERY DIRECTLY.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CANDIDATE.

HOW ABOUT YOUR REPORT AS STATED COUNCIL MEMBER RECALL AS STATED COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL HOW'S REPORTED DEPUTY MAYOR ORTIZ AS REPORTED.

THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNCIL REPORTS TODAY.

THERE ARE NO GENERAL INFORMATION I ASKED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.

I AM 20

[20. Urgency Ordinance and Standard Ordinance to Temporarily Eliminate the Need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council first adopts Ordinance No. 5100, An Urgency Ordinance Amending Sections 12.09.030 and 12.09.060 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Temporarily Eliminate the Need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining in the City and, if adopted, requests the City Clerk to read the ordinance by title; following the adoption of Ordinance No. 5100, approve the introduction of Ordinance No. 5101, An Ordinance Amending Sections 12.09.030 and 12.09.060 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Temporarily Eliminate the Need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining in the City and, if approved and introduced, requests the City Clerk to read the ordinance by title.]

AS A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE.

HE INTRODUCED AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AND STANDARD ORDINANCE TO TEMPORARY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SIDEWALK DINING.

AND I WILL ASK STAFF, TELL US ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU WILL RECALL THAT YOUR LAST MEETING AND DISCUSSING THE CURRENT SITUATION RELATED TO THE, UH, CORONAVIRUS AND, UH, COVID-19 DISEASE THAT IT COINCIDED WITH THE LOOSENING OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDERS TO ALLOW DINE-IN SERVICES BY RESTAURANTS PROVIDED THAT EACH COMPLIANT WITH STATE REG STRICT RIGOROUS REGULATIONS TO PROTECT WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS.

IT WAS DURING THAT DISCUSSION THAT THE COUNCIL POINTED OUT THAT MANY RESTAURANTS DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE TO MEET THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENTS, ALLOWING THEM TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR DINING SERVICES, WITHOUT SUCH SERVICES.

MANY RESTAURANTS WILL FACE CHALLENGES AND KEEPING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR CONTINUED OPERATIONS.

THE DIRECTION GIVEN TO THE CITY MANAGER WAS TO FIND A WAY AND COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO ASSIST THESE TYPES OF RESTAURANTS BY TEMPORARILY ALLOWING THEM TO UTILIZE SPACE ON THE CITY SIDEWALKS OR IN THE CITIES RIGHTS OF WAY.

CITY MANAGER, WORKING WITH BOTH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, K A DEPARTMENTS CAME UP WITH AT LEAST ONE QUICK AND EASY SOLUTION, AND THAT WAS TO TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR, UM, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND, UH, AS A CONDITION FOR ISSUING AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, BY ELIMINATING THIS REQUIREMENT, APPLICANTS CAN MORE EASILY ADMINISTRATIVELY, UM, UH, PROCESS THEIR APPLICATION.

THAT'S A NEED OF THE USE OF, UH, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, INCLUDING THE TIME THAT'S TAKEN, UH, FOR NECESSARY PUBLIC HEARINGS.

IT ALSO ELIMINATES A COST TO PAY FOR THE NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, AT BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FURTHER ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THESE BUSINESSES BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE TWO ORDINANCES DRAFTED TO TEMPORARILY TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A UNDER CHAPTER 1209.

THE FIRST IS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE, WHICH ONLY REQUIRES ADOPTION AND READING BY TITLE AND GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

THE SECOND, UH, IT FOLLOWS OUR NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR, UH, ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE.

AND THIS ONE CAN BE INTRODUCED TODAY WITH THE CITY CLERK, READING THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE.

THEN IT WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU FOR SECOND READING ADOPTION, UH, AND APPROVAL AT YOUR MEETING.

IN TWO WEEKS, THAT ORDINANCE WOULD THEN GO INTO EFFECT 30 DAYS FOLLOWING ADOPTION, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EFFECTIVE JULY 23RD.

I'M RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE BOTH ORDINANCES.

AND THE REASON IS IS THAT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE CAN TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND BE APPLIED TO APPLICATIONS AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

THOSE IN MAKING APPLICATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THE 23RD OF JULY WOULD NOT NEED TO WAIT FOR THAT SECOND ORDINANCE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND ORDINANCE, WHICH IS ARGUABLY PROCEDURALLY STRONGER, CAN THEN BE ADOPTED AT YOUR NEXT MEETING IN A LATE ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE URGENCY ORDINANCE ON THE 23RD ON THAT DATE, THE 23RD OF JULY, WHILE BOTH

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ORDINANCES MAKE IDENTICAL CHANGES TO CHAPTER 1209, THE SECOND ORDINANCE INCLUDES A REPEAL OR CLAUSE TO REPEAL THE URGENCY ORDINANCE SO THAT NO FURTHER ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE NECESSARY.

I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MORGAN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM MORGAN ON THIS? IS THERE ANY WAY TO DO IT? UH, THEY CAN APPLY AND DO IT START DOING IT RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE HAVE AN URGENCY URGENCY ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

SO IF IT'S ADOPTED BY A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE, THEN WE CAN START THE PROCESS.

NOW STAFF WILL HAVE TO BE READY FOR THAT, BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY.

CORRECT.

NOW, FAST REACT TO THAT.

I THINK WHERE IT WILL TAKE IS JUST SIMPLY A FILING FOR AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND IT PROBABLY WORKS DEPARTMENT REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT PROCESS UNDER CHAPTER 1209 ALREADY.

I CAN START TOMORROW.

OKAY.

AND WHY WOULD WE NEED THE SECOND ORDINANCE? THE FIRST ONE, BASICALLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET STARTED? WELL, THE URGENCY ORDINANCE IS TO TAKE OF A THREATENED PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN.

UH, ONCE THAT GOES AWAY, UH, WE, WE, UH, LOSE THE URGENCY SO TO SPEAK, BUT ALSO FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT, IT, IT MAKES IT A STRONGER ORDINANCE BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOUR AGENCY ORDINANCE RUNS ITS COURSE FOR THE FIRST 45 DAYS, THE NEW ORDINANCE WILL TAKE EFFECT AND, UH, REPEAL THAT ONE AND CONTINUE ON TO UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THE SIDA? NO.

COMMON COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, SIR.

RIGHT.

THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTIONS OR THOUGHTS.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT KIND OF SOLUTION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

YUP.

MORGAN, CAN WE MAKE YOU A ONE MOTION FOR BOTH OF YOU? TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS? I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.

CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE ORDINANCES PLEASE.

OKAY.

THEN ON THE FIRST MOTION, WHEN SOMEBODY LIKES TO MAKE A MOTION, THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.

SO I CAN, UM, MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WILL READ THE TITLE.

IT'S AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 12.0 9.03 AND 12.0 9.06 OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE TO TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SIDEWALK DINING IN THE CITY.

OKAY.

NOW THERE'S A SECOND PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

SO WE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT MOVE ADOPTION.

IT'S ACTUALLY INTRO INTRODUCTION, BUT WE UNDERS YEAH.

THANK YOU.

UM, MAYOR WILL'S HERE VOTE.

YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THE TITLE FOR THAT ORDINANCE IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 12.0 9.03 AND 12.0 9.6 0.06.

OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE TO TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SIDEWALK DINING IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

THERE IS NO READING OF SECOND ORDINANCES.

[23. CLOSED SESSIONS:]

WE ARE NOW CLOSED SESSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO RECITE THE TITLE AND LEAVE THIS IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU.

THE MAYOR, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO CLOSED ON TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS SECOND IS A CLOSED SESSION FOR CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE 49 FIVE 6.91 POTENTIAL CASE.

THE MEETING WILL BE, UH, HELD TELEPHONICALLY.

UM, AND WE WILL RETURN TO THE FACEBOOK LIVE FACEBOOK MEETING ONCE WE'VE CONCLUDED.

ALRIGHT, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THE CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANGELA, UH, MAYOR? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

GOOGLE.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

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YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE IS GENERAL GOOD CLOSE SESSION.

WE'D BE BACK VERY QUICKLY.

YEAH.

MORGAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN.

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON THE ITEMS THAT HAPPENED IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU.

MARY WELLS CITY COUNCIL MET MEN CLOSED SESSION ON TWO ITEMS ITEMS 21 AND 22.

THE FIRST WAS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED.

UH, AND, UM, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN IT WAS PERFORMED.

AND I AM 22.

IT WAS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA AND DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORTING.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN, THAT REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL, ALCOHOL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THIS RIGHT HERE.

THERE WE GO.

SO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS NINTH DAY OF JUNE, 2020 IS A UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2020 AT 3:00 PM.

THANK YOU.