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OKAY.

SO

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WELCOME

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

THERE, RIGHT TO THE ELKHOUND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE CONTINUE HOLDING REMOTE MEETINGS WHILE THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER COULD HE CONTINUES TO BE IN FACT, DUE TO THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC BY OUR CITIZENS, THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

AS WE HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, PUBLIC, THEY ALSO 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 OKLAHOMA WEBSITE, UNDER AGENDAS AND MINUTES, GO TO VIDEO STREAMING AND YOU WILL SEE A BUTTON TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS.

THE MEDIA IS NOW CALLED THE ORDER, AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

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

I'M HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDRICK COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDRICK YOU'RE MUTED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

MR. MCCLELLAN, YOU ARE MUTED AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WOULD YOU ALL, THEN PLEASE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH BEET AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.

READY? BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG STATES SINCE AMERICA, AMERICA STANDS STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE CITY CLERK POSTED

[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the June 23, 2020, Meeting and the Agenda of the July 14, 2020, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]

ORDERS OF A GERMAN OF THE JUNE 23RD, 2020 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 14TH, 2020 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.

I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN, REMIND THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS EARLY WWW.CITY OF EL CAHONE, THAT US AT CITY OF ELK OR HOME THAT US TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE RECEIVED ON TIME.

THEY CAN READ BEFORE THEY CAN BE READ BEFORE THE AD IS APPROVED.

WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ON

[ PRESENTATIONS: Proclamation: Parks & Recreation Month Proclamation: Noah Blucher]

TODAY'S AGENDA.

AND THE FIRST ONE I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN INVITE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION, FRANK CARSON, TO SHARE A VIDEO WITH US WHERE I ASKED JULY IS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH PARKS AND RECREATION MAKE LIVES AND COMMUNITIES BETTER NOT ONLY IN JULY, BUT ALL YOUR LAW PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, OR BUILD HEALTHY, ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE, PROVIDING INCLUSION, RECREATIONAL SERVICES, FOR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED, AND ALSO IMPROVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL RESIDENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CALLED UPON ALL ALCOHOL RESIDENTS TO FULLY UTILIZE AND ENJOY THEIR LOCAL PARKS TRAILS, OPEN SPACE FACILITIES AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE'RE ASKING CELEBRATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE CITY OF COLUMN AND OBSERVANCE OF JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH BY VISITING YOUR LOCAL PARK OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING RECREATION PROGRAMS. NOW, THEREFORE I BILL WELLS, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALCOHOL, YOU'VE GOT THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY, 2022 BE PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA SIGN.

THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY, 2020.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S ALL YOURS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, I ACTUALLY INVITED OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR ON MALA ALLUDE TO, TO ALSO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.

SO HOPEFULLY MALO, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF AND SHOW EVERYBODY YOU HAVE IT IN HAND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, AND I ACTUALLY ASKED THEM ALL TO BE HERE SPECIFICALLY TODAY BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF THE MANY OUTSTANDING PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKING IN PARKS AND RECREATION.

UH, HE IS SPECIFICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RONIT PARK AND RECREATION CENTER, AS WELL AS OUR SPORTS PROGRAMMING.

UH, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A SMALL GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SEND MALO W WHEN HE GOES BY AND SOME OTHER STAFF, TWO DIFFERENT TRAININGS, ONE WAS IN DENVER, ONE WAS IN WASHINGTON, D C, BUT IT WAS REALLY CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY OUTDOORS, BUT CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY WITH NATURE.

AND MOLLY LEARNED A LOT OF STRATEGIES, HOW TO ENCAPSULATE THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, MOST RECENTLY HE APPLIED FOR, UM, WITH A LOT OF SOME HELP,

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BUT HE, IT WAS HIM, IT WAS HIS LEAD THAT HE DID THE SAN DIEGO GRANT, UH, AND IN TERMS OF THE SHARED STREETS.

SO IF YOU GO AROUND RONIT PARK TODAY IN THE MONTH OF JULY, YOU'LL SEE THESE BARRICADES AROUND IT AND THIS TO EXPAND THE PART TEMPORARILY ON SHARED STREETS WITH STUDER, WALKING, MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SAFER ENVIRONMENT, UH, AND MOST TAKING A LEAD ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YOU'LL BE ROLLING OUT AND YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING MOST LIKELY ABOUT THAT.

UM, MALO, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS? YEAH.

SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

YOU KNOW, I ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT, UH, DO ALL THIS GOOD WORK TO MAINTAIN THIS HEALTHY COMMUNITY, UM, UH, PROVIDING SERVICES TO EVERYBODY HERE.

SO, UH, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU MALA.

I KNOW THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY'S USED TO A LOT OF VIDEOS WHEN I DID PUT A BRIEF VIDEO TOGETHER.

IT KEPT ON COMING OUT, UM, LIKE SKETCHY WHEN I TESTED IT OUT, LIKE IT WOULD TRIP A LOT OR DOING A COUNCIL MEETING VIA ZOOM.

SO I OPTED IN, I SWITCHED UP TO DOING IT JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

ONE OF IT WAS FEATURING MALO.

ONE IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF LOT OF, MOST OF OUR CORE SERVICES, WHICH ARE DANCE, CHEER, TOMLIN, GYMNASTICS, YOU SPORTS ARE SO IN PROGRAM PRESCHOOL PROGRAMMING, AFTERSCHOOL ARTS AND CRAFTS, ACTIVE ADULTS, OUR SCOOTER SKATE AND BMX AREAS, UM, INCLUSION.

SO WE DO PROVIDE INCLUSION ASSISTANCE, ONE ON ONE AIDE PER FEDERAL GUIDELINES, SUCH SOMEONE, UM, NEED THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, OUR DAY CAMPS AND ALSO PROVIDING PARTNER ACCESS.

THESE ARE ALL WHAT WE RECOGNIZE AS OUR CORE SERVICES.

SOMETHING THAT WE RECOGNIZED, ESPECIALLY IN THIS LAST SPRING WITH COVID-19 IS THE NEED TO REDEPLOY OUR SERVICE.

UM, IN ONE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS REDEPLOY OR REC SQUAD, BUT ALSO CREATE A VIRTUAL REC CENTER.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY SCREENSHOTS OF A FEW OF THE VIDEOS THAT OUR REC TEAM OR PARTS OF OUR TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER.

WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER OVER 50 VIDEOS.

UM, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL SEE ME DOING THE CLOUD WALK AND ONE OF THEM, BUT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF SEARCH FOR IT ON YOUTUBE, BUT, UM, THEY'VE DONE THIS TO CREATE PART OF OUR VIRTUAL REC CENTER, BUT KEEP OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGED DURING THIS VERY UNIQUE TIME.

UH, ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED, UM, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT ON A NATIONAL SCALE WAS HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDEPLOY OUR RICK SQUAD.

AND WE SEE THIS GREAT ARTICLE FROM KAREN PHARMA AND HERE, UH, THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO, UM, KAISER PERMANENTE.

THEY JUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BE A PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SPONSOR THESE PROGRAMS. UH, SO THE IMPORTANT WASN'T REALLY ON THE GENERAL FUND TO OFFER THIS, BRINGING MORE PARTS TO THE PEOPLE.

AND THAT WAS REALLY OUR INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS PAST SPRING AND BEGINNING TO SUMMER, UH, YOU DO, YOU KNOW, A PARKS AND RECREATION ALSO PUTS ON, UH, OR WE'RE STARTING PARTNERS.

AND YOU SEE, HERE ARE OUR PUBLIC WORKS STREET CREW RIGHT HERE HELPS OUT GREATLY DURING OUR JULY 4TH, PRETENDING ON THE STREETS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE LIMITED PUBLIC GATHERING AS BEST WE COULD FOR OUR JULY 4TH FIREWORKS.

AND THESE ARE SOME FAMILIES WALKING IN.

I ASKED THEM FOR PERMISSION TO SAY, CAN I GET YOUR PERMISSION TO USE YOUR PHOTO AND USE IT IN A PRESENTATION? AND THEY SAID, YES.

UM, SO OVERALL THAT, THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I WANTED TO END THE PRESENTATION WITH THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, FRANK.

THANKS PAULA.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

UM, FRANK, I JUST, CAN YOU, BEFORE YOU GO, COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S OPEN AND WHAT'S NOT NOW WITH THE RESTRICTIONS WE'VE ACTUALLY KEPT, UM, ALL OF OUR REC CENTERS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF ACCESSING THE RESTROOMS. ALL OF OUR PARK RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN OPEN THROUGHOUT OUR DOG PARK, NEVER CLOSED.

WE NEVER CLOSED OUR INFORMAL SKATE AREA AT RYNETTE PARK.

SO THAT'S ALL OPEN.

UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP OUR PLAYGROUNDS CLOSED RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF OUR ACTIVE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THAT WE DO HAVE.

SO LIKE OUR ADULT FITNESS AREAS AT WELLS PARK AT BILLBACK PARK, UM, WE ARE ALLOWED TO OFFER SPORTS CAMPS.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR YOUTH LEAGUES, LIKE AYA ASO, LITERALLY TO OFFER UP TO ONE TO 12 RATIO, UH, AND THEY CAN DO A SPORTS CAMP TYPE OF SET UP FITTING THOSE COUNTY GUIDELINES.

UM, THAT PASSIVE RECREATION IS STILL VERY MUCH OPEN, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE SET UP AT A PARK AND PUT A JUMPER THERE, WHICH WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT YET.

WE'RE HOPING TO GET THERE NEXT MONTH.

HOW ABOUT SWIMMING? WOULD YOU ACTUALLY OFFER SO MANY? UM, SO LAST ONE IS OPEN.

UM, IT IS 1245 TO TWO 15, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS, 12 TO THREE.

AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING THE COUNTY GUIDELINES, WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO OFFER PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS.

SO WE ARE OFTEN TIED TO SOME LESSONS.

WE ALSO OFFER SWIM TEAM FITTING THE COUNTY GUIDELINES, BUT WITH LIMITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND WE'RE OFFERING SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE MEMBERS

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OF THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.

GREAT.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALRIGHT, GOING ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION AND THAT IS TO RECOGNIZE NOAH BLUNT SHIRT.

WHO'S JORDY FP OF ZOOM.

OKAY.

NO.

ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.

GIVE ME A SECOND THERE.

I'M TRYING TO PROMOTE WHY, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR. GLOBAL COME AND TAKE OVER, AND HE'S GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY, AND I'LL PASS IT OFF TO YOU, STEVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, ARE WE ABLE TO GET NO ALL THERE'S? NO.

HOW ARE YOU DOING NO, YOUR WAY OF NOAH.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING IN A SCOUT UNIFORM AND EVERYTHING WAY TO GO YOUNG MAN, WELL, COUNCIL AND OTHER PEOPLE ATTENDING.

OBVIOUSLY, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD K KELLY, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING FOR FORM OF GUIDING HANDS.

LET US KNOW ABOUT NOAH AND HIS WORK ADVOCATING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CLIENTS OF AND GUIDE AGAIN.

NO, HIS MOM HAS WORKED FOR HOME AND GUIDING HANDS FOR 35 YEARS.

AND AS PART OF HIS, UH, SECOND CLASS BOY SCOUT TROOP THREE 47, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.

HE WROTE A LETTER AS PART OF HIS CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION MERIT BADGE AS PART OF THE EAGLE SCOUT PROCESS.

AND SO HE DECIDED TO WRITE A LETTER TO SENATOR BRIAN JONES, UH, ADVOCATING FOR SOME OF THE CLIENTS AT HOME, A GUIDING HAND.

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.

UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED CUTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

AND THESE WOULD BE FOR CUTS OR FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE MILA'S MOM WHO WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE DAY TO DAY SUPPORT FOR THESE CLIENTS WHO ARE HELPED BY THEM.

AND SO FOR MANY OF THESE CLIENTS, OR PERHAPS THESE WORKERS LET KNOW HIS MOM ARE THE ONLY FAMILY THAT SOME OF THESE CLIENTS HAVE HOME AND GUIDING HANDS.

SO FOR NOAH TO TAKE TIME TO WRITE YOUR STATE SENATOR ABOUT THIS PREDICAMENT THAT THESE, UH, DESERVING INDIVIDUALS ARE IN, UH, THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT, QUITE A, UH, A VOICE FOR A YOUNG MAN, JUST 12 YEARS OLD.

SO, UH, IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE VALUE OF THE SCOUTING PROGRAM.

UH, NOAH'S PARENTS FOR THE PROGRAM AND NORA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.

SO NOAH, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE EL CON CITY COUNCIL, WE HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND APPLAUD YOU NOAH BLEACH FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME AND GUIDING HANDS.

YOU TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO CONTACT SENATOR BRIAN JONES TO ADVOCATE AGAINST PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO THEREFORE, UH, THE MAYOR, BILL WELLS TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND YOU'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING AND DEMONSTRATING THAT EVERYONE HAS A VOICE AND CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO NOAH, CONGRATULATIONS, WE APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

WE'RE GOING TO GO YOUNG, MAN, MR. NAN, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I JUST KIND OF REALLY PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU AND, UH, HOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS? UM, I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT MY MOM'S WORK TO GET CLOSED AND SHUT DOWN.

CAUSE THE GUYS THEY WOULD HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO AND THE WORKERS THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY TO THEM.

IT'S UM, THAT'S A GOOD LESSON TO LEARN MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

OFTENTIMES THE FIRST ONES TO GO, UNLESS PEOPLE STAND UP AND FIGHT, THEY GET TAKEN AWAY.

GOOD FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

YOU BET.

HEY NOAH, COME BACK AND GIVE US A UPDATE LATER AND TELL US WHAT HAPPENED WITH ALL THIS OR YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO WIN YOUR CASE, RIGHT? I THINK SO.

HAVE YOU HEARD BACK FROM ANYBODY YET? UM, NO, NOT REALLY.

IT TAKES TIME.

OKAY.

JUST KEEP IN TOUCH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL AND HE'LL LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, KNOW IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UH, DEFENSIVE SPENDING CUTS.

WE MAY ENGAGE YOU TO FIGHT FOR US ON OTHER FRONTS AS WELL.

RECREATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, WE MIGHT

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HAVE SOME MORE WORK FOR YOU TO DO SO.

GIVE WHY WE SHOULD PUT OUT THE AGENDA, UH, WRITING A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR TO SUPPORT NOAH AND HIS EFFORTS.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

UM, ALRIGHT.

THANKS NOAH.

MR. MITCHELL, DO YOU NEED, UH, DO YOU NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA? CAN YOU JUST DO THAT FOR US? I THINK WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.

NO NEED FOR THE AGENDA.

OKAY.

LET'S ANYBODY ASK THE OBJECTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

NO, WE'RE GOING TO JOIN THE FIGHT WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.

THANKS FOR COMING.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

WE'RE OUT.

THE AGENDA CHANGES A STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES, MR. MAYOR? WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.

HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP? NOPE.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE ARE CONSENT

[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.]

ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS AND ROUTINE MATTERS AND ACTED BY ONE MOTION.

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

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

HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO.

ANGELA.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEMS? WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEMS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. IS THAT GOOD? MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR ORTIZ? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RESIST TO

[ 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.]

PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN, REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN STILL SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS BY THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT THIS TIME.

ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME.

THE ENEMAS HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA, WHOEVER CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS? HE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY.

THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS OFF TODAY'S AGENDA.

WE ARE NOW

[12. Public Hearing and Resolution to Adopt the City of El Cajon Sewer Tax Roll Fees Report for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the Public Hearing and receives testimony; Closes the Public Hearing; Determines if a majority protest has been received; and (if not) Adopts the next Resolution, in order, to: Determine the lack of majority protest; Overrule objections to the report; Accept the City of El Cajon Sewer Tax Roll Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Fees report, which identifies by parcel number, each parcel of real property receiving sewer services and the amount of sewer charges for each parcel for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, as required by the California Health and Safety Code section 5473, et seq., pertaining to collection of sewer charges on the tax roll; Direct the City Clerk to file the report with the San Diego County Auditor; and Direct the City Finance Department to file a certification of the sewer service charges with the San Diego County Auditor.]

PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO CONSIDER ITEM 12 IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY ALCOHOL SEWER TAX FEES REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021.

I'LL ASK STAFF, TELL US ABOUT THIS, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR TWO PRESENTERS ON HIS ITEM.

I'M YASMIN ARIANO.

OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WILL BE THE, THE LEAD ON THIS.

AND THEN SHE'LL BE TURNING SOME TIME OVER TO BLAKE BERENGER.

UH, ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATES, CIVIL ENGINEERS HAS BEEN THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS TRANSITION.

SO WITH THAT IS ARIANA.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN? OKAY.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

HONORABLE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND YES, THEY'RE NOT A YANNO ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ON MAY 12TH.

THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED IT.

THE RESOLUTION THAT PROVIDED THE OVERALL LOWEST COST OPTION TO BUILD SEWER SERVICES ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY TAX RULE.

WE'RE HERE, DID THEY NOT TO REPLACE THE COST SAVING ACTION TAKING BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 12TH, BUT RATHER 2% FOR ADOPTION, THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA TAX ROLL FEES REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, 2021.

THIS REPORT IDENTIFIES BY PARCEL NUMBER EACH PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY RECEIVING SEWER SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF SEWER CHARGES WHERE EACH PARCEL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN 2021 ADOPTION OF THIS REPORT PROVIDES THE CITY THE ABILITY TO COLLECT STORE CHARGES ANNUALLY AS A LINE ITEM ON THE ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX BILL FROM A VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

DURING THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND A SUMMARY OF THE RECENT EFFORTS MADE UP TO DATE TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS OF THE UPCOMING CHANGE.

BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TEAM.

OH, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

AGAIN, THERE WE GO.

SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON WASTEWATER BILLING SINCE 2019,

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OUR CORE TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IT AND OUR CONSULTANT FIVE AND ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS THAT HELPED, UM, STUFF ENVELOPES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BILLINGS, UH, WERE MAILED IN A TIMELY FASHION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE COULD NOT HAVE, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM.

NOW THAT I'VE INTRODUCED YOU TO THE TEAM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AFTER COUNSEL'S SELECTION OF THE BILLING METHOD LAST MAY, THAT ALLOWED FOR THE 2% REDUCTION ON THE ALREADY APPROVED SEWER RATE INCREASE OF 11% FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SCREEN, I JUST WANT TO YOU A FEW, A LITTLE BACKGROUND FROM THE LAST TWO MONTHS FOR DURING THE MONTH, DURING THE MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE AND BE FIVE PER THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA SEWER TEXTBOOK TO SEWER TAX ROLL FISCAL YEAR 2020, 2021 REPORT INFORMATION FROM THIS REPORT WAS UTILIZED TO GENERATE THE NOTICES THAT WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, INFORMING ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY AS REQUIRED BY OUR, BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE PERTAINING TO THE COLLECTION OF SEWER CHARGES ON THE PACS RULE.

SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? THE SWORD CHARGES ARE SENT TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR PRIOR TO AUGUST 11TH.

DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST STUFF, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO GENERATE HANDBILLS FOR SOME PROPERTIES OWNED BY PUBLIC ENTITIES, SUCH AS THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CALTRANS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SOME PROPERTIES THAT HAVE CONDOMINIUM OVERLAYS FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WITH MASTER METERS ON THEIR PROPERTIES TO BE MAILED ON SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS THE SAME MONTH THAT TAX BILLS WILL BE MAILED BY COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TAX COLLECTOR.

THIS PAYMENTS WILL BE DUE ON NOVEMBER AND IN APRIL.

AND THEN WE'LL START THE PROCESS AGAIN ON APRIL, 2021, TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2022.

SO MAIL THE NOTICES TO PUBLIC PROPERTY OWNERS AGAIN AND HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN IN JULY OF 2021, TO ACCEPT THE NEW REPORT.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE UP TO DATE? SO I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE SOME OF THE GREAT EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DONE FOLLOWING THE MAY 12TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS CHANGE AND HOW IT WILL STREAMLINE THE BILLING PROCESS TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS.

I WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THIS OUTREACH EFFORTS.

THE FOLLOWING METHODS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AND I IDENTIFIED BY APPROACH.

SO FIRST WE'D LIKE TO LET THE GRAPHICS GRAPHICS WORK, CREATE IT, BUT TO GRAPHICS, WE CREATED STANDARDIZED BRANDING BRANDING ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS TO BE USED IN FLYERS VIDEOS, DIGITAL ADS, WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND SPANISH.

THEN WE GO INTO VIDEOS, 32ND VIDEOS RECREATED IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND SPANISH.

THIS LANGUAGE SPECIFIC VIDEOS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON A SCROLL AT THE TOP OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE, BILLING WEBPAGE ON THE CDS YOUTUBE ACCOUNT AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO, UM, IT'S OUR, IT'S A SAMPLE OF OUR ENGLISH VIDEO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY THAT FOR YOU.

ATTENTION, CITY OF ALCOHOL AND SEWER CUSTOMERS, SEWER BILL JUST GOT EASIER.

STARTING JULY 1ST, 2020 SEWER BILLS WILL BE COLLECTED AS PART OF THE PROPERTY TAX INVOICE.

THIS MEANS FEWER BILLS TO TRACK AND MORE PAYMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COUNTY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A 2% REDUCTION FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RIGHTS, VISIT CITY OF ALCOHOL AND DOT U S FORWARD SLASH SEWER FOR MORE DETAILS AND SEWER BILL LOOK UP TOOL.

OKAY, SO NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR WEBSITE, MANY WEBPAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE WE DESIGN IT AND AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

SO OUR SEWER PAGE WAS REDESIGNED FOR EASIER NAVIGATION BY CREATING NEW SITE LINKS TO PAGES WITH VISUAL BUTTONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE GIS LOOKUP TOOL AT GIS.

THIS, THIS TOOL WAS BUILT TO ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO SEARCH BY ADDRESS BY ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER OR SEWER ACCOUNT NUMBER TO RETRIEVE BILLING INFORMATION, OUR SEWER BILLING WEBPAGE.

IT WAS FOUR WITH ADDITIONAL AND VISUAL BUTTONS TO REDIRECT CUSTOMERS TO NEWLY CREATED PAGES, INCLUDING PROPERTY OWNERS, RENTERS

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THE SEWER.

I CAN LOOK UP TOOL THE PAYING ONLINE PAY BY PHONE PAY BY MAIL AND PAN PERSON.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PAGE THAT WAS CREATED WITH TWO CATEGORIES, THE PASTORAL TRANSITION AND THE SOAR BILLING PRIOR TO JULY 1ST, 2020, THIS ETHIC CUES ARE UPDATED AS ARE UPDATED EVERY DAY.

OUR STAFF RECEIVES ADDITIONAL INQUIRIES, YET EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, TELEPHONE, VOICEMAIL, AND COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEN WE HAVE OUR NOTICES.

YES, I'VE SENT MULTIPLE NOTIFICATIONS TO CUSTOMERS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE NOTICE OF THE SEWER BUILDING TRANSITION, PUBLIC HEARING, AND TAXABLE CHARGES.

IT WAS CENTRAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS ON JUNE 23RD, 2020.

WE ALSO HAVE SEPARATE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT TO ENTITIES THAT HAVE MULTIPLE OWNERS WITH ONE MASTER METER AND WHERE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO BREAK DOWN THE SEWER BILL WITHOUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS CONDOMINIUMS, MOBILE, HOME PARKS AND AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.

AS WITH THE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.

THIS NOTICE INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT SEWER BILLING, TRANSITION, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEWER CHARGES ENTITIES WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE TO ALLOW THE CITY TO THE TREATMENT.

IF THIS ENTITY WILL BE PLACED ON FUTURE TAX ROLLS OR CONTINUE TO BE HANDLED, THIS NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ON JULY 7TH OF 2020.

THE BILL NOTICES WE WERE CREATED FOR AGENCIES AND PROPERTIES.

AS I MENTIONED A FEW SECONDS AGO THAT DO NOT RECEIVE A TAX BILL THAT'S WITH LANDLORDS OR TENANTS.

THIS NOTICE INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOAR BILLING TRANSITION, THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE SWORD AND THE SOURCE CHARGES.

THIS NOTICES WERE SENT ON JULY 6TH OF 2020.

AND YOU NOTICE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PRINTED AND THE GAZETTE ON THAT JULY ON JULY 2ND AND JULY 9TH OF 2020, WE ALSO HAVE, AS WE WERE BILLING UPDATE TO BE PRINTED IN THE AUGUST, 2020 GATEWAY PUBLICATION, WE HAVE EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS THAT ARE SENT TO ALREADY TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR THEM TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WE ALSO, WE SENT A PO A POSTCARD ON JULY 9TH, INFORMING THE RESIDENTS THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY WILL BE HELD, WAS HELD ONLINE AND ALSO PROVIDED A REVISED SEWER WEBSITE ADDRESS WITH A DIRECT LINK TO THE CITY'S SEWER WEBPAGE.

WE HAVE ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE UPDATED GRAPHICS AND VIDEOS AND INFORMATION WAS PLACED INTO DIFFERENT CITY PLATFORMS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT WE REACHED OUT, UM, THREE FACEBOOK POSTS REACHED OUT A TOTAL OF 7,292 FACEBOOK USERS.

WE HAVE THE THREE VIDEOS THAT US THIS AFTERNOON IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND ARABIC HAD A TOTAL OF ALMOST 2,500 VIEWS.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO TWITTER TWEETS THAT ENGAGED 39 USERS.

AND WE HAVE OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT THAT REACHED 258 USERS.

WE HAVE OUR DIRECT CONTACT AND THIS IS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRIES RECEIVED, UM, BY FULLER.

AND, UM, THIS ACTUALLY THE INQUIRIES WE HAVE, UH, WE PUT THEM IN TWO PIE CHARTS TO, UH, EXPLAIN THE TYPES OF CALLS WE RECEIVED.

SO THE FIRST PIE CHART, IT SHOWS THE NUMBER, THE CATEGORIES OF CALLS THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO WE HAD 284 CALLS.

WE HAD 87 EMAILS AND 31, UM, TEXT MESSAGES FOR A TOTAL OF 402 CONTACTS.

AND THEN THE SECOND PIE CHART, WE HAVE THOSE BROKEN BY CATEGORIES, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUT OF THE 402 CONTEXTS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS ONLY SEVEN EXPRESS CONCERN WITH THE PASTORAL TRANSITION.

AFTER WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSITION AND THAT ACTUALLY, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD POINT TO TRANSFER THE PRESENTATION, OUR WASTEWATER EXPERT, MR. BLAKE BERENGER.

AND SO BLAKE IS GOING TO TAKE IT ON FROM HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE NAIR AND DISTINGUISHED CITY COUNCIL.

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I'M BLAKE BERENGER.

UM, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH SHARING SOME OF THE POSITIVE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, THROUGH PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.

UH, PEOPLE ARE HAPPY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A SEPARATE SEWER BILL.

UM, MANY, IF NOT ALL, ARE HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE RATE REDUCTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVED.

UM, MANY ARE VERY SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH EASIER IT, IF IT IS, THEN THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND HOW STREAMLINED THE PROCESS WILL BE.

UH, OWNERS ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE SENT SEPARATE NOTIFICATIONS TO THEIR TENANTS SO THAT THEIR TENANTS DON'T THINK THEY'RE JUST RAISING RENT FOR NO REASON.

UM, OWNERS ARE ALSO HAPPY THAT THIS PROCESS WILL EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATE LATE FEES FOR SEWER BILLS, AS WELL AS LIENS THAT HAPPEN ON PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF THE SEWER BILLS.

AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR WEBSITE UPDATES AND OUR NEW TOOLS AND, UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AFTER THEY'VE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS.

AND WE HAVE CALLS WITH THEM FEEL WELL EDUCATED.

ALL RIGHT.

SO AS FAR AS THE CALCULATIONS GO FOR THE ASSESSMENTS, OUR METHODOLOGY HAS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED THE ANNUALIZED AND FIXED RUNNER.

AVERAGE CHARGES ARE STILL BASED ON THE ACTUAL CONSUMPTION FOR ACCOUNTS, THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE BILLING PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2021 WILL BE BASED ON THIS CONSUMPTION, FIXED RENT, OUR AVERAGES AND FIXED VERNER AVERAGE ACCOUNTS.

WE'LL HAVE THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO BIMONTHLY MONTHLY WINTER PERIODS OCCURRING FROM NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, 2019 THROUGH MARCH OR APRIL, 2020, JUST AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN CONSUMPTION BASED ACCOUNTS WILL NOW BE CHARGED BASED ON THE SIX BY MONTHLY WATER READS OCCURRING FROM APRIL, 2019 THROUGH MARCH, 2020.

THE CALCULATION THE EQUATION HAS SHOWN UP ON THE SCREEN.

AND IT BASICALLY IS THE WAY IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN WITH THE BIMONTHLY FIXED BURNER.

AVERAGE TIMES THE RATE PLUS THE BIMONTHLY BASE MULTIPLIED BY SIX, AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY FIXED WINNER ACCOUNT WILL HAVE A BIMONTHLY EFFECTIVE CHARGE OF $108 AND 13 CENTS WITH THE UPDATED RATES, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF $600 AND 48, UH, $648 AND 78 CENTS ANNUAL CONSUMPTION ACCOUNTS.

WE'LL HAVE THE ANNUAL CONSUMPTION MULTIPLIED BY THE RATE PLUS 12 TIMES THE MONTHLY BASED CHARGE THIS YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR ONLY THE ASSESSMENT INCLUDES A PRORATED CHARGE TO CLOSE OUT THE FISCAL YEAR 1920 BILLING PERIOD.

THIS PROBATION CHARGE IS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE LAST FREE DATE BUILT FOR EACH ACCOUNT PRIOR TO JULY 1ST, 2020, THE AMOUNT IS CALCULATED AS THE BIMONTHLY FIXED WINTER AVERAGE OR ANNUALIZED CONSUMPTION, BROKEN DOWN TO A BUY MONTHLY CHARGE, THEN MULTIPLIED BY THE SEWER RANK AND ADDED TO THE BIMONTHLY BASED CHARGE.

THEN THIS ENTIRE TOTAL IS MULTIPLIED BY THE FRACTIONAL NUMBER OF DAYS OUT OF A STANDARD 61 DAY CYCLE.

THIS IS THE STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE USED FOR ANY BILLING, UM, OF ACCOUNTS THAT ARE OPENING OR CLOSING AND HAVE A SMALLER THAN STANDARD BILLING PERIOD.

UM, AGAIN, THIS NEW, THESE NEW RATES INCLUDE THE 2% REDUCTION TO THE 11% INCREASE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR JULY 1ST DOWN TO 9%.

THE RATE STUDY BROKE DOWN THIS 11% INCREASE TO BE A 15% INCREASE ON THE BASE CHARGE AND A 10% INCREASE ON THE VOLUME METRIC CHARGE FOR TRANSPARENCY.

THE 2% REDUCTION APPLIED TO THESE CHARGES, UM, AND AS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND MAY WAS TAKEN EVENLY ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THE BASE CHARGE IS ONLY A 13% EFFECTIVE INCREASE AND AN 8% INCREASE ON THE VOLUME METRICS CHARGE, HUH? CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED IN THE MARCH MEETING WHERE SEWER BILLING OPTIONS WERE

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BROUGHT TO COUNCIL ABOUT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT PAY HOS FOR SEWER.

THESE CONCERNS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND FOR YEAR ONE, THE CITY WILL BE PRODUCING HANDBILLS FOR THESE HOS WHERE THE HOA HAS A MASTER WATER METER.

AND THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUAL METERS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS BY THE BROADER DISTRICT.

THE BILLINGS WILL ESSENTIALLY BE THE SAME AS THEY HAVE JUST ONCE A YEAR WITH THE HOS.

A LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL OF THE HOA WITH A REQUEST TO FILL OUT AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WE'VE ADDED SO THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER ASSESSMENT ON HOW TO TRANSITION THESE HOS TO TAX ROAD BILLING IN YEAR TWO, SITTING STAFF IS WORKING ONE ON ONE WITH APPROXIMATELY 60 HOS TO ENSURE THAT THIS, UH, YEAR TWO TAX ROLL BILLING TRANSITION HAPPENS FAIRLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

STAFF HAS INCLUDED THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT FROM ALONG WITH THE STAFF REPORT FROM THE TIME THIS REPORT WAS FINISHED AND THE LETTERS WERE SENT TO THE AFFECTED PARTIES, 11 PROPERTY OWNERS MADE VALID REQUESTS FOR VIEW OF THEIR SPECIFIC SITUATION.

CITY STAFF FOUND THE WATER USAGE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY UNCHARACTERISTIC OF THE PROPERTY.

EXAMPLES OF THESE INCLUDE, UH, PROPERTIES WITH MAJOR LEAKS, UH, VACANCIES OR THE REFILLING OF POOL DURING THE PERIOD THAT WE WERE BILLING FOR.

THIS IS A NORMAL PROCESS THAT HAS REGULARLY OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED ON EXCEPTIONS OUTLINED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE CALCULATIONS WERE ALTERED FOR THE 11 IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES AND THE UPDATED LIST HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS ADDENDUM, NUMBER ONE TO THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.

AND AT THIS TIME WE WISH TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ENHANCE THE STREAMLINING AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SEWER BILLING PROCESS.

AND WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

IT'S A VERY THOROUGH JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS GREAT.

OKAY.

UM, ABDUL, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED TWO PROTESTS LETTERS AND, UM, WE RECEIVED NINE WEB COMMENTS AND, UM, I CAN READ THOSE FREEZER.

SO THE PROTEST LETTERS, UH, ONE IS FROM ABDULLA PAULOS AND IT READS AND YOUR NEW NOTIFICATION REGARDING MOVING THE SEWER BILLING TO PROPERTY TEXTS BEGINNING JULY ONE, 2020.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE IN THE SEWER COSTS.

AND THAT, THAT THE ANNUAL CHARGE FOR MY PROPERTY WILL BE $837 90 CENTS COMPARING THIS NEW CHARGE OF EIGHT 30, SEVEN 90 WITH THE ALL TIMES HIGH AMOUNT OF $116 91 CENTS.

YOU ARE CHARGING ME NOW EVERY TWO MONTHS, A TOTAL SEVEN OH ONE POINT 46 PER YEAR.

I FIND THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE OF 20% USING THE SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO PROPERTY TAX WILL COST YOU MUCH LESS THAN WHAT THE COMPANY THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS ABRUPTLY WAS CHARGING YOU ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS CIRCULAR NOTIFICATION.

I KINDLY ASK YOU TO PRESENT THIS CLAIM OF MINE, TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 14, 20, 20 AS AN OBJECTION TO THIS HIGH CHARGE INCREASE.

THE SECOND PROTEST LETTER IS FROM, UM, MICHAEL OVER BAUER AND HE WRITES, I AM AGAINST THE CHANGING OF THE FEE STRUCTURE OF THE SEWER BILL AND SHIFTING TO THE PROPERTY, TEXAS.

THE STATEMENT OF SAVING 2% ON THE BILL BY USING THE PROPERTY.

TEXAS CAN ALSO BE GAINED BY JUST CHARGING US JUST ONCE A YEAR, PUTTING THE SEWER BILL ON THE TEXAS, CALLING IT A TEXT NEXT, YOU WILL BE HAVING THE TRASH COMPANY, PUT THEIR CHARGES ON OUR TAXES LIKE SAN DIEGO.

THE PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO WERE RECENTLY TOLD THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO START CHARGING FOR THE SERVICES THAT WERE ON THEIR TAX BILLS.

AND THE CITIZENS WERE GETTING FREE SEWER AND TRASH BECAUSE THEY FORGOT THAT THEIR TAXES WERE RAISED TO COVER THESE EXPENSES.

IT IS JUST HIDING THE COSTS ARE, AND THE COSTS ARE GOING ON THEIR PROPERTY, TEXAS.

I AM AGAINST PUTTING MORE FEES ON MY PROPERTY,

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TEXAS.

THIS SHOULD TAKE A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO DO THIS ACTION.

AND THE NINE COMMENTS RECEIVED VIA THE WEBMASTER ARE, AND THE FIRST THREE WERE SENT EARLY ENOUGH THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THEM.

AND I AM MISS DIANA CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

BUT THE FIRST, UH, CON COMMENT IS FROM MR. BARRY BARTEK.

AND HE WRITES, UH, THE LETTER SENT TO ME WITH MY JULY BILL STATES THAT THE SEWER BILLING IS BEING MOVED TO THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS.

AND THE RATES ARE NOT BEING INCREASED.

IT FURTHER STATES THAT THE RATE WILL ACTUALLY BE DECREASED BY 2%.

MY CURRENT USAGE IS NINE UNITS AT 65 POINT 27 PER TWO MONTHS.

THIS COMES TO A TOTAL YEARLY COST OF THREE 91 62.

THE ANNUAL AMOUNT SHOWN IN THE LETTER IS 477 POINT 15.

THE USAGE RATE WAS ALSO INCREASED FROM NINE UNITS TO 9.5 UNITS.

AT 9.5 UNITS, ANNUAL COST SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR, 13 POINT 38.

EVEN AT THE 9.5 USAGE RATE.

THIS IS STILL A 15 POINT 43% INCREASE, NOT A 2% DECREASE.

IT IS VERY DISTURBING THAT THE RATES ARE BEING INCREASED WHILE BEING TOLD THEY ARE NOT CHANGING.

PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS WHILE NOT PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNSEL FOR RATIFYING MY REAPPOINTMENT TO THE GILLESPIE FIELD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

THAT WAS MR. BARTOK'S COMMENT.

UM, THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ROBERTA GIMBLETT AND IT SAYS ATTENTION MEN, GARY KENDRICK, GIVEN COVID OUTBREAKS.

IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA DECIDED NOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING SEVEN, 14, 20, 20, BUT RATHER TO VIDEO STREAM.

HOWEVER, SINCE THE PUBLIC CAN NOT BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, IT APPEARS THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL BE MAKING ON, ON LATERAL DECISIONS, WHICH IMPACT PROPERTY OWNER'S FINANCES.

I DO NOT WANT YOU TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF DECISION FOR ME, ESPECIALLY ONE, WHICH GIVES THE CITY THE RIGHT TO ATTACH ALL SEWER BILLS TO MY PROPERTY TAX.

AS A FLETCHER HILLS PROPERTY OWNER OF 20 PLUS YEARS, AND A RETIRED SENIOR CITIZEN ON A FIXED INCOME, I HAVE TO CAREFULLY MONITOR BUDGET MY MONTHLY EXPENSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE RELATED TO MEDICAL EXPENSES ANTICIPATED OR ANTICIPATED, THEREFORE ATTACHING ALL SEWER BILLS TO MY PROPERTY.

TAXES CREATES YET ANOTHER STRESSFUL FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, WHICH I CANNOT HANDLE.

PLEASE PERMIT ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PAY MY SEWER BILLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NOT ON MY PROPERTY, TEXAS.

NEXT COMMENT FROM RICHARD FISHER, HE WROTE IN REGARDS TO THE COMPANY THAT WAS DOING THE STORE BILLING PRIOR, IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHY WAS THERE NOT AN EFFORT TO SEEK OTHER COMPANIES TO DO THE BILLING LIKE THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST INSTEAD OF JUMPING TO PUT THE BILL ON OUR PROPERTY TAX BILL, UH, NEXT COMMENT.

AND WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THERE FROM REBECCA POLLACK, RUDE.

SHE WRITES, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 12, WHICH WOULD SHIFT THE CITY SEWER BILLING TO THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL UNTIL YOU HAVE DETERMINE HOW BEST TO PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE ACCURATE BILLING RATE FOR OWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS CAN NOT RELY ON THE LACK OF INFORMATION THE CITY HAS REGARDING HOW TO BUILD UNIT OWNERS AND HOS AND WILL NOT KNOW WHETHER A RENTER IS LIVING IN THE UNIT, OR IF THE OWNER OF THE UNIT UNTIL A UNIT WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR A SEWER BILL THAT IS GENERATED BY A TENANT.

THANKS FOR HEARING MY CONCERNS.

NEXT COMMENT FROM NORMA .

I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 12, WHICH WOULD SHIFT THE CITY SEWER BILLING TO THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RULE.

LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED A PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT UPDATE POSTCARD MAILING FROM THE CITY, WHICH OUTLINED A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS FROM YOUR FIRST MAILING.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I LIVE ON PROPERTY THAT HAS A SEPTIC SYSTEM, AND I AM NOT A SEWER CUSTOMER.

SO I'M WONDERING WHY I GOT A MAILING WHEN I DON'T PAY FOR SEWER AT THAT ADDRESS, UNTIL YOU HAVE DETERMINED HOW BEST TO PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH AN ACCURATE BILLING PROPERTY OWNERS CAN NOT RELY ON THE LACK OF INFORMATION THE CITY HAS REGARDING HOW TO BUILD PROPERTIES, WHICH DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE CITY SEWER SERVICES.

AND WE HAVE FOUR MORE COMMENTS FROM MIKE ARMSTRONG.

HE WRITES ON BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 12, WHICH WOULD SHIFT THE CITY SEWER BILLING TO THE COUNTY

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PROPERTY TAX ROLL ON MAY 12TH.

THE CITY COUNCIL REVERSED THEIR VOTE AND VOTED TO SHIFT THE SEWER BILLS TO A PROPERTY TAX RULES, WHICH WITH THE FOLLOWING MOTION MOTION BY MCCLELLAN SECOND, BY GLOBAL TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ZERO FIVE, ONE 20 TO PLACE SEWER BILLING ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY TAX ROLL AND TO SUSPEND THE COLLECTION OF A PORTION OF APPROVED WASTEWATER RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON THE NEW SEWER BILLING SYSTEM AND THE AVAILABILITY TO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS, OTHER THAN TEMPORARY PAPER BILLING FOR HOS AND TENANTS, THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE OPTION FOR RATE PAYERS TO MAKE BIMONTHLY PAYMENTS AND THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY, AS A REALTOR, WE KNOW THAT PLACING THE SEWER BILLS ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT PROPERTY BUYERS, MAKING LESS AFFORDABLE FOR THEM TO FINANCE A PURCHASE OF A HOME OR OTHER PROPERTY.

IN THE CITY.

WE SENT THE CITY COUNCIL, A BREAKOUT OF THE COST.

A LENDER NEEDS TO REVIEW BEFORE THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR A HOME LOAN, WHICH SHOWED THAT A BUYER WOULD HAVE TO EARN A HIGHER ANNUAL INCOME SINCE ALL CHARGES ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL, PROPERTY TAXES, SCHOOL BONDS, SEWER BILLS, ET CETERA, ARE FACTORED IN WHEN UNDERWRITING A LOAN.

THANKS FOR HEARING MY CONCERNS.

AND LET ME SEE NEXT IS FOR ROBERT CROMER ON BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON COUNCIL ITEM 12.

THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT TWO WEEKS AGO TO PROPERTY OWNERS SAID THAT DECISION WAS MADE AS OF JULY ONE.

THE CITY WILL CHANGE THE BILLING SYSTEM, BUT IT FAILED TO LET RATE PAYERS KNOW THAT THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO PROTEST THE CHANGE.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW, WHICH REQUIRES TAXPAYERS TO BE TOLD THEY CAN PROTEST AND HOW TO PROTEST A CHANGE IN THEIR TAX OR FEE BILLING RATE PAYERS HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL CONFUSING MAILINGS REGARDING THE CHANGE TO THE SEWER BILLING, WHICH INCLUDE ONE.

THE FIRST RATE PAYER NOTICE INCLUDED THE RATE OF PROPERTY OWNER WOULD PAY IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 20, 2021, BUT DIDN'T MENTION THAT IT INCLUDED THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND MAY AND JUNE, 2022, THE NEW TEXT, RIGHT? A PART OF THE NEW RATE PAYER NOTICE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFICATION UPDATE THAT WAS RECEIVED LAST WEEK AS RATE PAYERS TO PAY FOR SEWER SERVICE THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, IF RATE PAYERS ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY FOR MAY AND JUNE SEWER BILLINGS, THE PAYMENT AMOUNT IN THE FIRST MAILING SHOULD BE REDUCED.

AND THE NEW NOTICE CONTRADICTS THE FIRST ONE, THREE, THE TENANT NOTICE, UH, PAGE THREE OF FIVE OF TODAY'S AGENDA WILL REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNER TO COLLECT SEWER PAYMENTS AND MAY VIOLATE THE STATE STATE'S RENT CONTROL STATUE.

WE CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE SEWER BILLING CHANGE AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE RATE PAYERS THE OPTION TO RECEIVE A PAPER BILL.

SO THOSE THAT CAN NOT AFFORD THE BURDEN OF AN ANNUAL PAYMENT ON THEIR BILL ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO PAY THEIR BILLS BY MONTHLY.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY CONCERNS.

I HAVE TWO MORE AND IF YOU JUST EXCUSE ME, I RECEIVING, I BELIEVE ONE MORE.

YES.

UM, THE NEXT ONE IS FROM FOBBING REGARDING ADDING THE SEWER BILL TO OUR PROPERTY, TEXAS WILL IT NOW INCREASE SUDDENLY WITHOUT US KNOWING QUESTION MARK AND COMMON NUMBER NINE IS FROM MR. MIKE OVERPOWER, WHICH PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A, A LETTER.

I WAS GOING TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAMING, BUT WITHOUT AUDIO, IT IS USELESS.

I SENT A LETTER IN OBJECTING TO THIS SHIFT, TO THE PROPERTY, TEXAS.

IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LETTER THAT THERE WOULD BE A SAVING BY THIS SHIFT.

BUT IF YOU WERE TO BUILD ONCE A YEAR, YOU WOULD SEE SIMILAR SAVINGS, PLEASE DON'T CONVERT OUR SEWER BILL TO A TAX.

I KNOW YOU WILL CALL IT A SERVICE FEE, BUT SINCE IT'S ON THE TAX BILL, IT IS A TAX.

YOU, UM, YOU WILL NEED A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO DO THIS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FLYERS LOBBYING FOR THIS NEW TAX.

AND THE LAST COMMENT THAT WAS JUST SUBMITTED, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S A BLANK COMMENT.

THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

UM, YEAH, IT HAS BEEN AND GRAHAM, UH, SEVERAL, SEVERAL ISSUES BROUGHT UP.

ONE OF THEM SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A RECURRING ISSUE WITH PEOPLE FEELING LIKE WE HAD SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A, A COST SAVINGS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A COST INCREASE IF YOU COULD, UM, ADDRESS THAT.

AND THEN GRAHAM, UM, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS OR MORGAN COULD ADDRESS THE CONCEPT OF THIS BEING ATTACKS AND REQUIRING A TWO THIRDS VOTE AND WHETHER IT IS A TAX FOR NOT A TAX

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AND WHY.

AND, UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

SO I'D LOVE TO GET QUESTIONS.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OF STAFF, THEY, WE COULD NOT, OH, ARE WE ANSWER THESE TWO FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION AND THEN, UH, MORGAN, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THE SECOND QUESTION.

SO, UM, AS YOU RECALL, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THROUGH A RATE INCREASE, UH, RATES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO THERE WASN'T ANTICIPATED RATE INCREASE OF ABOUT 11% THAT WAS AFFECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO EFFECT STARTING JULY ONE, THE, THE PROPOSAL TO PUT THE BILLING VIA THE TAX WILL ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO REDUCE THAT 11% TO A 9%.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THE BILLS WOULD GO DOWN, THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO GO UP.

THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO NOT HAVE TO INCREASE THAT BY AS MUCH.

AND AS YOU RECALL, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE COSTS THAT WE WERE, UM, IMPOSING ON OUR RATE PAYERS WAS COSTS THAT WE DON'T THEY'RE THEIR FIXED COSTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WHO TREATS OUR SEWAGE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS WERE JUST PASSING ALONG THOSE FEES THAT WE WERE GOING TO EXPERIENCE FROM THEM.

SO, UM, THAT EXPLAINS THAT, AND IT'S JUST REALLY BAD TIMING WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S THREE ITEMS, ALL CONFLATING AT THE SAME TIME.

SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S LIKE SUPER CONFUSING OR WE HAVE, WE THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, WAYS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC THAT COULD EXPLAIN THAT BETTER.

OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S BEEN EXPLAINED PRETTY WELL? LIKE I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAQ, IT DOES, IT DOES HIT THAT TOPIC.

UM, I KNOW A LOT OF ARE ON THE 402 CON UH, CALLS THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED.

UM, IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT'S BEEN A COMMON QUESTION.

SO WE'VE, I THINK WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT ON THAT.

UM, AS A REMINDER, THIS WILL BE IN AN ITEM THAT YOU SEE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING TO PUT SOMETHING ONTO THE TAX ROLL.

MORGAN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY THAT'S NOT A TAX IN A SECOND, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL SEE EVERY YEAR.

BUT AS PART OF THAT, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO, TO REMIND THE, UM, RATE PAYERS OF THE RATE INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN 2019.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO EDUCATION ON THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THANKS.

SO MORGAN MORGAN, DO ANY, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH THE NEXT QUESTION? I SURE WILL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, THIS IS JUST A METHOD OF SIMPLY COLLECTING THIS, THE PROPERTY RELATED FEES, WHICH IS A SURCHARGE, UM, UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW, BEFORE YOU CAN INCREASE A PROPER PROPERTY RELATED FEE, WHICH IS NOT BY DEFINITION OF TEXT, YOU MUST HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU DID THAT LAST YEAR AND YOU SET FEES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

YOU STARTED LAST YEAR AND THEN THIS YEAR, AND THEN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, I THINK WE'LL FOLLOW, UH, OH, WE'LL BE INCREASES.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, AND RECALL YOU REDUCE THIS YEAR IS INCREASED BECAUSE OF THE IDEA OF GOING ON THE TAX ROLL AND JUST PLACING IT ON A TAX RULE DOES NOT MAKE IT A TAX CONTRARY TO WHAT MR. HO UH, OVERPOWER IT'S ALLEGED IN HIS COMMENT.

UM, IT JUST, AGAIN, AS A SIMPLY A METHOD TO COLLECT THE FEE AND CHARGED IT, YOU STARTED OUT DOING YEARS AND, AND YEARS AGO BY MAILERS, YOU'VE CHANGED IT, UH, OVER TIME TO, UH, HAVING, UM, HELIX WATER DISTRICT, BILL IT ON OUR BEHALF TO HAVING US GO BACK TO MAILERS ON A BIMONTHLY BASIS.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE TAX BILL, UH, AS A MEANS OF COLLECTION.

OKAY.

OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

UM, MORGAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, WHY TODAY IS NOT A PROP TWO 18 HEARING AT WHAT A PROP TWO 18 HEARING IS? SURE.

THE, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THIS HEARING IS REQUIRED SIMPLY FROM, UM, UH, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE PROCEDURES TO PLACE IT ON THE TAX ROLL.

SO, AS GRAHAM MENTIONED, WE WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING EACH YEAR TO CONFIRM, PLACING IT ON THE TAX ROLLS.

THERE'LL BE A REPORT THAT'S PREPARED AND, UH, UH, NOTICES WILL BE, UM, LEGALLY ONLY REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER STAFF IS, IS, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THE MAILING PROCESS TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO THEY WILL BE SEEING THIS GOING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT THE PROP TWO 18 PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU ARE USING FOR, UM, INCREASING THESE, THIS TYPE OF FEAR CHARGE.

AGAIN, THAT HAPPENED WAY BACK IN, UH, 2019, WHEN YOU APPROVED THE FIVE YEARS WORTH OF, UH, OF, OF CHARGES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SHORT SHORTFALL THAT WAS COMING IN THE SEWER, UH, ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT.

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SO THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES IN THE CITY.

THESE ARE TWO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT PROCEDURES.

UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE TAXES, UH, IN THE FUTURE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT ANY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE MAJORITY PROTEST HEARING.

AND THIS IS A MAJORITY OF PROTEST, BUT IT'S NOT A PROTEST ON THE CHARGES.

IT'S JUST THE METHOD OF COLLECTING.

AND THERE'S A COMMENT THAT SAID, UH, HEY, THIS IS A POTENTIALLY A PROBLEM FOR CALIFORNIA RENT CONTROL LA, AND THAT THIS IS INCREASE IN RENT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? YEAH, I, I DON'T, I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE AND WE NEVER WANT, WE DON'T HAVE RENT CONTROL HERE IN THE CITY OTHER THAN WHATEVER, UH, EXECUTIVE ORDER MIGHT APPLY.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT EXECUTIVE ORDER MIGHT'VE ADDRESSED THAT, BUT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE LOCAL RENT CONTROL.

UH, UTILITY CHARGES ARE SOMETIMES CONSIDERED RENT BY THE LANDLORD, BUT I DON'T THINK LEGALLY THEY ARE RENT.

THERE'S SIMPLY A PASS THROUGH CHARGE TO A TENANT AND WOULD NOT BE, UH, IN MY OPINION, WOULD NOT BE, UM, CREATING ANY KIND OF AN INCREASE IN RENT AND VIOLATES ANY OF THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME OTHER QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL.

ALRIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, GRAHAM, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE REACHED OUT, UM, TALKED ABOUT BEING ON FIXED INCOMES AND TALKED ABOUT WISHING THEY COULD PAY THEIR BILL MONTHLY, COULD SOMEBODY FROM OUR ORGANIZATION, CONTACT THEM, EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW THEY CAN PAY THEIR BILL MONTHLY IF THEY, WE DO.

AND WE CAN DO THAT.

WE'LL REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MADE THAT REQUEST.

AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO PAY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO THE CITY.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT WITH HOS, UM, SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND, UM, MOBILE HOME PARKS RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT.

WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE TYPES OF CUSTOMERS.

AND DO WE STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE WITH UTILITIES? I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT, MOST OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED YET.

SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE EXHAUSTED THOSE FUNDS.

RIGHT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE VOTE.

MAYOR WELTER VOTE PLEASE.

YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR ORTIZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOOGLE.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

WASHINGTON CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

YEAH, I KNOW WE JUST CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT ANGELA JUST WENT MAKE, DID WE MISS ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO GET THEIR COMMENT? NO MORE COMMENTS, SIR.

OKAY.

THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DETERMINE THE MAJORITY PROTEST IS HAPPENING, BUT YOU SEE THAT IT'S NOT, OH, I WOULD ADOPT THE NEXT RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT LACK OF MAJORITY PROTEST OH, OVERRULE OBJECTIONS TO THE REPORT, EXCEPT THAT ELOCON SEWER TECH'S ROLE FOR 2021 DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO FILE A REPORT WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY AUDITOR AND DIRECT THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE.

WE HAVE MOSTLY HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MAYOR WELTER VOTE PLEASE.

YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

YES.

SOUNDS UM, WERE THERE ANY MORE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WE ACTUALLY, WE SEE THE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA, UM, TO THE CITY CLERK RIGHT AFTER WE ENDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE OPEN COMMENTS.

SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW, THE OPEN PUBLIC.

UM, I THINK WE JUST TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE READ IT.

THANK YOU.

THIS COMMENT IS FROM, UM, MR. DAVID GENOA AND HE WRITES, UM, OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE SERVED ALCOHOL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT

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PATROL OFFICERS ENGAGED OUR PUBLIC WITHIN SIX FEET WITHOUT WEARING FACE COVERINGS OR ANY FORM OF PPE.

IN EACH CASE, IT APPEARED THE OFFICERS WERE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH COMPLAINANTS WITNESSES AND HOMELESS RESIDENTS.

IN EACH CASE, SOME OFFICERS WERE FACE COVERINGS AND SOME DID NOT.

THIS RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR PORTRAYS AN UNPROFESSIONAL AND DANGEROUS DEPARTMENT BY THE ELCA HOME POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE LEADERSHIP APPROACH.

OUR CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEFS CHOSE FOR COMBATING THE CORONAVIRUS 19.

WHEN WILL OUR ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPECT OUR ALCOHOL AND RESIDENTS ENOUGH TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS? THAT'S THE END OF THE COMMENT, SIR? THANKS.

OKAY.

UM, MOVING

[13. CARES Business Grant Program RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Approves the proposed CARES Business Grant Program and directs staff to open the application period; and Authorizes the acceptance, appropriation, and expenditure of CARES Act funding as detailed in the report.]

ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM 13 IS REGARDING THE CARE'S BUSINESS GRANT.

JEFFREY, TELL US ABOUT THIS PLACE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RYAN VEGAS.

I'M A MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND TODAY I'LL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO THE CARES BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO AT THE JUNE 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN PRESENTATION COMING.

HERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT.

SO, UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT $8 MILLION OF CARE FUNDING TO THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.

THIS CAME BECAUSE, UH, COUNTY DISTRIBUTED CARES ACT FILING INTO THE CITIES OF THE COUNTY THAT DID NOT RECEIVE DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AT THE JUNE 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO DIVIDE THIS, THESE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY.

SO $275,000 WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE EFFORTS.

200,000 WOULD GO TO THE FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAMS. 1.16, $5 MILLION WOULD GO TO ECONOMIC SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 200,000 WAS RESERVED FOR ANY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THE ABOVE PROGRAMS. SO THE 1.16 $5 MILLION IS ACTUALLY THE BASIS FOR VICARIOUS FUNDING, OUR CARES BUSINESS BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

AND LATER, ACTUALLY IN JUNE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPROVED ADDITIONAL CARE'S FUNDING AND DISTRIBUTED THAT TO ALL CITIES IN THE STATE.

AND SO FROM THIS SOURCE AND RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT $3 MILLION.

AND SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO ADD THAT TO THE CARE'S BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH BRINGS TOTAL OF THE PROGRAM TO ALMOST TWO POINT $5 MILLION.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW, WHILE ALL BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED BY COVID-19 STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT THE NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT WERE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN AS A RESULT OF THE HEALTH EMERGENCY WERE MOST LIKELY, MOST EFFECTED.

AND SO SAP RECOMMENDS TO ALLOCATE 70% OF THE LARGEST PORTION OF THESE FUNDS TO NON ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES.

AND THEN 20% WOULD GO TO THE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT REMAINED OPEN THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC, BUT THEN EXPERIENCED MORE THAN A 50% DROP IN SALES.

AND THEN THE REMAINING 10% WOULD GO TO RESTAURANTS.

AND THE MAXIMUM AWARDS THAT ARE SHOWN ARE IN PLACE.

UM, SO THAT, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY AIMED AT SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES, THAT WOULD BENEFIT, UM, FROM THIS, FROM THE SIZE OF AN AWARD.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE PROGRAM BALANCE IS COMPETING GOALS OF HELPING AS MANY BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING MEANINGFUL AMOUNTS.

SO IF HYPOTHETICALLY, THE MAXIMUM ORDER OF MAXIMUM AWARDS WERE GIVEN, THEN THERE'D AT LEAST BE 113 BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE HELPED.

UM, BUT IF THE AWARDS ARE ADJUSTED TO THIS WOULD GO MUCH HIGHER, OF COURSE.

ALRIGHT.

SO STAFF RESEARCHED SIMILAR PROGRAMS AND RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS TO ENSURE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESSES IN ALCOHOL, BUT ON A BIGGER SCALE, THE ALCOHOL ECONOMY.

SO BUSINESSES SHOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE PHYSICALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

THEY POSSESS THE CITY ISSUED BUSINESS LICENSE WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 19TH OR EARLIER.

THIS IS THE DATE OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH STARTED THE EMERGENCY.

AND WHEN BUSINESSES HAVE SHUT DOWN, UH, THE OWNER MUST RESIDE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE BUSINESS MUST HAVE BETWEEN TWO AND 25 EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO MARCH 19TH, UM, BUSINESSES WHERE THERE'S

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A BUSINESS OWNER, PLUS ONE EMPLOYEE WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S AN EYE DOCTOR AND HE HAS HIS BUSINESS, SO HE WOULD BE THE OWNER AND THEN HIS ONE EMPLOYEE WOULD BE THE RECEPTIONIST THAT WOULD QUALIFY TOO AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO THE BUSINESSES MUST NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF ANY ZONING BUILDING OR CODE VIOLATIONS AS OF MARCH 19TH.

SO THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY TO STIMULATE THE OUTCOME ON ECONOMY.

AND THEN ALSO THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNDS IS TO, SO THAT BUSINESSES CAN USE IT TO REHIRE EMPLOYEES, THEY OVERDUE RENT OR UTILITIES PAY OFF ANY DEBTS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS RELATED EXPENSES THAT AROSE OUT OF THE COVID-19.

SO FOLLOWING STAFF DIRECTION AFTER THE JUNE 9TH MEETING, OR EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL DIRECTION, UM, STAFF FORMED A BUSINESS GRANT COMMITTEE MADE UP OF, UM, LEADERS AND INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA AND APPLE WAS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THIS COMMITTEE IS REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSE DIVERSITY WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.

SO THERE'S, UM, THERE'S MEMBERS FROM THE MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITY, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, FAITH BASED LEADERS.

WE HAVE LATINA, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS AND FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS.

SO IT'S A REALLY DIVERSE CROWD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSISTING TO HELP, TO SELECT RECIPIENTS AND THEN ALSO, UH, AWARD AMOUNTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO BUSINESSES.

UM, THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS GOING TO BE BRIEF.

IT'S GOING TO OPEN TOMORROW, UM, JULY 15TH AND IT WILL GO FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO WEEKS.

AND ON THE 31ST, UH, THE REASON FOR THE SHORT PERIOD IS THAT ALL FUNDS ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE SPENT BY SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO SINCE THE CITY, SINCE WE ARE USING FUNDS FROM BOTH THE COUNTY, AND THEN ALSO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS FOR WHEN THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE SPENT BY IT.

SINCE WE COMBINED THEM INTO ONE TO MAKE A BIGGER, UH, FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS GRANT.

UM, THEREFORE THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO, TO HAVE THE DEADLINES FOR FUNDS TO BE SPENT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO WITH THAT, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROPOSED CARES BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO TO OPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE CARES ACT FUNDING AND SEE, TELL THEM TO REPORT.

AND IT'S TIME.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, RYAN WOULD AGREE REPORT.

IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

COOL.

SO YOU EXPLAINED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

HOW WILL THE CITY GET THE WORD OUT? SO, UM, WE ALREADY MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

UM, LAST WEEK WE SENT OUT, SO TAPPING INTO THE, UM, THE BUSINESS RESPONSE COMMITTEE.

UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY THE EMAILS WE SENT OUT EMAILS TO BUSINESS OWNERS ANNOUNCING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERING THIS ITEM TODAY.

AND SO WE ALSO CREATED AN EMAIL THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR THIS IT'S CARES GRANT AT CITY OF ALCOHOL UNDER US.

AND WE'VE ALREADY, AFTER HAVING SENT OUT THAT INFORMATION LAST WEEK, WE'VE ALREADY GOT AN INFLUX OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE DONE A SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING ABOUT IT TOO, AS WELL.

AND THEN OUR PARTNERS IN, UH, UM, THE BUSINESS GRANT TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO THE O'CONNELL AND BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE ALSO HELPED TO SPREAD THE WORD TOO AS WELL.

SO CAN YOU GIVE US THE EMAIL ADDRESS AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY CARES GRANT AT C A R E S AND THEN GRANT G R A N T AT CITY OF ALCOHOLISM.

GOT US.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A BUSINESS RESPONSE NETWORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

DOES THAT MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR MANY OF THE BUSINESSES TO PUSH THIS OUT? YES, WE HAVE THE, UM, THE EMAILS FOR ANY, ANY BUSINESS THAT HAS A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THIS GRANT.

WE'D HAVE THEIR EMAIL AS WELL, TOO.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT WAY TOO.

AND SO THAT WAS ONLY LAST WEEK.

AND DO YOU THINK THAT COVERS AT LEAST HALF OF THE BUSINESSES IN OKLAHOMA, THAT CONTRACT LIST? UM, IT, THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT LAST WEEK, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2000 EMAILS THAT HAD GONE OUT.

AND THEN EVEN WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF ALREADY HAD 20 TO 30 EMAILS COMING IN TO THIS, TO THIS EMAIL.

AND I WAS RESPONDING TO A GOOD HANDFUL OF PEOPLE TOO, AS WELL.

UM, WHAT WILL BE THE COMMITTEES PROCESS IF THEY RECEIVED MORE THAN WELL, IN YOUR EXAMPLE, 113 WOULD GET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.

WHAT IF YOU GET A 300 APPLICATIONS, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR DECIDING WELL, SO, UH, UM, ON THE APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY FILL THEM OUT, UM, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE REQUESTING WHATEVER AMOUNT THAT THEY REQUEST AND THEY'LL ALSO BE,

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UM, TO BE DECLARING OR STATING WHAT THEY INTEND TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR.

WHEN WE ACCEPT APPLICATIONS HERE AT CITY HALL, WE'LL JUST ASSURE THAT THEY'RE FILLED OUT FOR COMPLETENESS AND THEN IN EARLY AUGUST, AND WE'LL BE RE WE'LL BE SENDING THESE, THE APPLICATIONS OUT, THE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THEN CONVERSATIONS WILL BE HAD, SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT LEVELS FUND LEVELS ARE TO GO OUT TO THE BUSINESSES.

SO THIS HAS TO MOVE FAST BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GONNA DECIDE IN EARLY AUGUST, THAT ONLY GIVES THEM THREE WEEKS TO NOTIFY AND SPEND THE MONEY.

RIGHT.

UM, MY FINAL QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE GRANT APPLICATION FEE? SO THE GARRETT GRANT APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GOING LIVE TOMORROW MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.

UM, THEY'LL BE ON THE BANNER ON THE TOP OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHERE THE COVID LINCOLN HAD BEEN LOCATED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TO THE HOME PAGE.

UM, WHICH EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN THIS, IN THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE IN THERE.

UM, AND THEN ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THE FORMS THAT ARE THE ATTACHMENTS THAT THEY'LL NEED TO SEND IN EVERYTHING IS THERE AND WITH A LINK TO THE APPLICATION TOO, AS WELL.

SO TO REPEAT FOR ANY LISTENERS, IT'S LOOK FOR THE BANNER.

OKAY.

THE TALK OF CITY OF EL CAHONE.US, CORRECT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

UM, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ANGELA? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? THE MINUTES WERE RECEIVED, SIR? ALL RIGHT.

SO, WELL, THE GREAT, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE GOT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

THAT'S MAKING DECISIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY.

I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO A GOOD JOB AND I'M LOOKING FOR EMOTION AND A SECOND, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CARE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, DIRECT STAFF TO OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE APPROPRIATION EXPENDITURE OF CARE, ACT FUNDING AS DETAILED IN THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR OR TASTES.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

GREAT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ALL ABOUT, OKAY.

THE LAST ADMINISTRATOR REPORT ITEM 15 IS AN UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATURE REPORT AND I WILL ASK OUR ASSISTANT.

SO YOUR MANAGER, MR. MAGGIO, TELL US ABOUT THIS.

ABOUT 14 MARRIOTT, MISS.

OH, I GOT, I GOT OVEREXCITED VINCE.

I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT THAT I SKIPPED AHEAD.

OKAY.

14.

[14. Update on City of El Cajon's Homeless Strategies RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives a report about homeless programming in the City and directs staff to execute draft agreements with The Salvation Army and Home Start, Inc., for the provision of rapid re-housing services.]

OKAY.

THE SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, I AM 14 IS AN UPDATE OF THE SEASON HOMELESS STRATEGY.

AND I'LL ASK THE STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

BEFORE I, I TOUCHED ON THAT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TAG ON SOMETHING RELATED TO THE LAST AGENDA ITEM HAVING TO DO WITH HELPING OUR BUSINESSES.

AS YOU RECALL, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A POLICY THAT ALLOWS US TO ISSUE A, A NO FEE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT FOR RESTAURANTS TO OPERATE OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESTAURANT WALLS, INTO THE SIDEWALK OR PARKING LOTS.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR IMPLEMENTED A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CLOSES A LOT OF BUSINESSES.

I HAIR SALONS AND GYMS AND MALLS WITH INTERIOR STORES, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, STAFF LEVEL EXTEND THE COUNCIL'S POLICY OF THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT.

THE NO FEE TEMPORARY PERMIT TO APPLY TO THOSE BUSINESSES IS AS WELL.

SO IF A HAIR SALON WANTS TO MOVE OUTDOORS IN THEIR PARKING LOT, THEY WOULD JUST SIMPLY APPLY FOR THAT, NO FEE TO U P AND M AND WE'LL APPROVE THAT RIGHT AWAY.

SO, UH, JUST ONE OF THE, LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON HELPING BUSINESSES BESIDES JUST THE LOAN PROGRAM OR THE GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, SO THIS NEXT AGENDA ITEM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 HAS TO DO WITH UPDATING THE CITY, UM, COUNCIL ON HOMELESS STRATEGIES.

UH, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, REALLY THE PURPOSE IS KIND OF THREEFOLD.

WE'RE GOING TO VERY BRIEFLY TOUCH ON A SUMMARY OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE OR HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.

WE WANTED TO QUICKLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE CARES ACT FUNDING PROGRAMS IN, IN HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO PRESENT, OR THAT WE WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, AS PRIORITIES RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS WITH THE TWO AGREEMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS YOU RECALL, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2017, A SERIES OF PROGRAMS REALLY AIMED AT TRYING TO FIND HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS AND ALSO TO, UH, HELP

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ALLEVIATE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY, UM, HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS.

AND CANTONMENTS.

SO SINCE 2017, IMPLEMENTING THE HOUSING CONNECTIONS PROGRAM WITH CRISIS HOUSE AS OUR SERVICE PROVIDER AND THE AWAY THAT WHOLE PROGRAM WITH THE SALVATION ARMY, WE'VE ABLE TO BEEN ABLE TO FIND HOUSING FOR 179 INDIVIDUALS, MOSTLY CHRONIC HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS FINDING THEM PERMANENT HOUSING.

UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, HOUSED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS THROUGH SHELTER PROGRAM.

UH, WE'VE CLEANED UP THROUGH THE ECLT NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAM OVER 200 POUNDS OF OUR 200 TONS OF TRASH.

SINCE LAST YEAR, OUR WONDERFUL EAST COUNTY TASK FORCE HAS ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT WE NEVER COULD ENGAGE THEM.

AND THEN THROUGH OUR CITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM, UH, SINCE JUST JANUARY, WE'VE PICKED UP 21.8 TONS OF TRASH, 89, A BANG, AND THEN SHOT IN CARTS AND WORKED ON PROJECTS SUCH AS HILLSIDE PARK AND GETTING IT READY FOR SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AND IN CLEARING OUT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN THAT PART THAT WERE A BUDDING A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE IN ACCOMPLISHING US MOVING ON TO, UM, WELL, AS YOU RECALL, THE CITY RECEIVED ABOUT $800,000 IN AN INITIAL CARES ACT COVID-19, UH, FUNDING.

AND THAT WAS REALLY AIMED AT HELPING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING, UM, IMPACTS OF, OF COVID-19.

SO WE ALLOCATED A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS A UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OUR RENTAL PROGRAM, THOSE MONIES HAVE BEEN ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT ALLOCATED.

WE, UH, ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL SHELTER BEDS THROUGH TLC, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT FOLKS INTO HOTELS, MOTELS THROUGH A HO MOTEL HOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT HOMESTART HAS BEEN ABLE TO ADMINISTER FOR US.

THOSE FUNDS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING FULLY EXPENDED AT THIS POINT.

AND SO AS WE GET MORE, UM, CARE ZACK MONEY, WE MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS. SO MOVING ON TO OUR 2020 FOCUS, YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR, AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS LOOKED AT HOW WE WANT TO, UH, ALLOCATE FUNDS INTO THE FUTURE.

DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SIT WITH SOME OF THE SAME PROGRAMMING? DO WE WANT TO SHIFT SOME THINGS? AND SO, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE LAST THREE MEETINGS IS ONE THAT, UH, THE TASK FORCES ARE IMPORTANT.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EAST COUNTY TASK FORCE FINANCIALLY.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, SUPPORT THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL TASK FORCE THROUGH, UH, GOING TO ATTENDING MEETINGS.

UH, THE CITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN MY MIND IN THE CITY COUNCIL AGREES.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE EMERGENCY SHELTERING THROUGH E CTLC, WHICH HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER FOR THE MANY YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANING, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO HONE THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE'LL FINISH OUT OUR CARES AT PROGRAMS UNTIL THOSE FUNDS EXPIRED.

TWO OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE, UM, I'LL START WITH THE OTHER ONE IS WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS EXIST OUT THERE THAT WE'RE JUST UNAWARE OF.

UM, AND SO WE JUST, WE DIDN'T KNOW.

AND THE OTHER THING COUNCIL REALLY WANTED TO CONTINUE SOME SORT OF AN ACTIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM.

AND WHEN I SAY ACTIVE OUTREACH, MORE THAN JUST SITTING IN AN OFFICE, WAITING FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO CONTACT THEM, BUT US HAVING SOMEONE GO OUT ON THE STREETS, WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WORK WITH OTHER HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND REALLY ACTIVELY REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING OR THAT THAT MAY NEED HELP AND SOLICIT THEIR ASSISTANCE OR REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THEM.

UM, AND AS PART OF THAT OUTREACH PROGRAM, THERE WOULD BE A VERY ROBUST REHOUSING PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE POTENTIAL PLAYERS WERE.

WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE RELEASE A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, NOT A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, BUT JUST TELL US WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING THE CITY OF EL CAHONE WITH.

AND SO WE PUT THAT OUT ON THE STREET THAT WE CALL IT AN RFI.

IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE INDICATED THAT WE HAD MONEY AVAILABLE.

WE RECEIVED EIGHT DIFFERENT RESPONSES.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECEIVED ONE, UM, THAT SAID, WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING A PARKING LOT, UH, SHELTER.

AND, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT READY TO DO IT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO,

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BUT WE WANT YOU TO KEEP US IN MIND.

SO WE HAVE, WE HAD SOME TYPES OF RESPONSES LIKE THAT.

UM, UH, SALVATION ARMY PUT INTO RESPONSE, A CRISIS HOUSE SAID THEY WERE INTERESTED, A HOME STARTS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED.

WE HAD SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING US SOME SERVICES.

SO BASED ON THOSE RFI RESPONSES, THERE WERE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH CRISIS HOUSE, AND HOMESTART THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SOME SORT OF OUTREACH AND REHOUSING PROGRAM, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT CRISIS HOUSE HAD BEEN DOING FOR US OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, BECAUSE THE RFI DIDN'T ASK FOR A LOT OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION, WE SPECIFICALLY SOUGHT SOME VERY DETAILED INFORMATION FROM BOTH CRISIS HOUSE.

AND HOMESTART ABOUT THAT OUTREACH PROGRAM.

WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW MUCH THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD COST, HOW THEY WOULD ALLOCATE MONEY TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE RECEIVED INFORMATION BACK ONLY FROM HOMESTART AND WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT INFORMATION WE RECEIVED.

SO BASED ON THE RFI RESPONSE, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS WE FOCUS OUR $210,000 ON SPECIFICALLY TWO PROGRAMS. ONE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE SALVATION ARMY FOR THE WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, HOMESTART AND ALLOCATE $200,000.

YOU CAN HIT THE NEXT SLIDE, RIGHT? WHO'S OPERATING THIS POWERPOINT.

HERE WE GO.

UH, WE WORKED WITH HOMESTART ALKIE $200 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THEM TO RUN THE, UM, OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE $60,000 FOR AN OUTREACH SPECIALIST, SPECIALIST, $90,000 FOR, FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE, AND THEN $50,000 FOR OTHER OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT WILL INCLUDE, UM, STAFFING THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT OPERATION OR THAT OUTREACH SPECIALIST WILL WORK TO FIND, UH, APARTMENTS TO RELOCATE HOMELESS INTO AND HANDLE ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

SO THOSE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT WHERE WE THINK OUR, UM, MAKES SENSE.

SO WITH THAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ENTER AT LEAST, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME.

WE'D ACTUALLY REQUEST YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO FINALIZE THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH THE SALVATION ARMY AND I'M HOPE START.

AND THEN WE CAN, UH, ENTER INTO THOSE AGREEMENTS AND GET THESE PROGRAMS RUNNING.

SO WITH THAT, UM, STAFF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IS THE HOME PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH CRISIS HOUSE AND THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR PROGRAM.

VERY, VERY SIMILAR, VERY SIMILAR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, ANGELA.

ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? YES, SIR.

WE RECEIVED ONE COMMON CARD AND IT IS SUBMITTED BY HOMESTART AND IT COMES FROM LAURA, UH, TRUCK CREDI BIASES, C O CHRIS SCHILLING, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND LAUREN POLY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND THEY RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR WELLS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR CURRENT HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH PROPOSAL, AS WELL AS YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND SERVING VULNERABLE AND UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS OF OKLAHOMA.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR CURRENT CARES ACT CDBG RESULTS, WHICH NOW INCLUDES 78 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BEING SHELTERED AND RECEIVING CASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH OUR MOTEL ASSISTANT PROGRAM AND 15 HOUSEHOLDS BEING PREVENTED FROM ENTERING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION, THROUGH OUR IN KIND PARTNERSHIPS, WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 1000 NONPERISHABLE MEALS PER WEEK TO THOSE STAYING IN THE MOTELS AND OTHER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS OF EAST COUNTY.

WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT STREET-BASED OUTREACH MODEL WE ARE PROPOSING WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON REDUCING ON SHELTERED, HOMELESSNESS AND ALCOHOL, WHILE CONTINUING TO POSITION OKLAHOMA AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN SUPPORTING EVIDENCE BASED HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.

WE WANT TO THANK GRAHAM MITCHELL AND HIS STELLAR TEAM FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR PROPOSAL AND THEIR CONSTANT PROFESSIONALISM.

AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA TO HELP THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, OBTAIN THE SERVICES AND PERMANENT HOUSING THEY DESPERATELY NEED.

THAT'S THE END OF THE COMMENT? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT LETTER AND A GREAT UPDATE, ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE 15 FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T GO BECOME HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF THAT INTERVENTION PROGRAM.

THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT THAT'S GOOD WORK COUNCIL.

ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? OKAY.

OKAY.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION THEN,

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EXCEPT THEIR COMBINATION, RIGHT? FAREWELL TO VOTE PLEASE.

YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR ORTIZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

OKAY.

[15. Legislative Report RECOMMENDATION: This is an informational item only. No action is required at this time.]

ALL RIGHT.

NOW VINCE, THE MOMENT WE WAITED FOR THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT, WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAYOR, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE SO ENTHUSED BY THIS.

UH, I'M NOT SURE YOU WILL BE ENTHUSED WHEN I'M DONE WITH IT.

UM, BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT HERE.

UM, SO GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A LIGHT YEARS AGO, UM, THE LEGISLATURE STARTED ITS WORK BY THE INTRODUCTION OF 2,500 BILLS.

UM, THEY THEN, UH, COVID UH, LOCKDOWN HAPPENED IN MARCH AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, LOWER THAT NUMBER DOWN TO THE BILLS THAT WOULD CONSIDER TO AROUND 500.

UM, THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD.

THE COMPOSITION OF THE BILLS IS NOT SO GOOD.

UM, THEY CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO ERODE AWAY AT, UH, THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CONTROL ITS OWN LAND USE.

UH, THIS, THIS IS A RECURRING THEME.

WE'VE SEEN IT A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.

SO I'M ONLY GONNA HIT A COUPLE OF THEM.

YOU HAVE THE FULL REPORT WITH THE ONES THAT, THAT, UH, BOTH YOUR STAFF AND THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ARE KEEPING A PARTICULAR CLOSE EYE ON.

SO, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE ONES THAT ARE, WE FEEL ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.

UM, THE FIRST IS, UM, SB SEVEN 93.

THIS IS A CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR.

UM, IT'S THE ONE THAT, UH, SEEKS TO PROHIBIT ALL FLAVORED TOBACCO, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MENTHOL CIGARETTES, UH, BUT ALSO EXEMPTS HOOKAH TOBACCO.

SO THIS IS THE, EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE SAW LAST YEAR.

UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ARE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE PROCESS.

SO THERE ARE YOU'RE IN COMMITTEE, UM, OR ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING AMENDMENTS.

SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO IMMINENT APPROVAL OF THEM AS THE WAY THEY ARE.

UH, THE NEXT ONE WHICH DOES GET INTO THE LAND USE ISSUE IS AB 1279.

THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.

UM, IT, IT SEEKS TO REQUIRE THAT A CITY ALLOWED BY, RIGHT, NO, NO CONDITIONAL PERMITTING WHATSOEVER, BUT BY RIGHT, FOUR UNITS PER PARCEL IN A LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL ZONE, UM, AS LONG AS ALL OF THOSE UNITS ARE OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE EARNING THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

THE SECOND, THE B SIDE TO THIS, UH, PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS IT ALSO REQUIRES THE CITY TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURSED COMMERCIAL ZONES OF UP TO 40 UNITS PER QUARTER ACRE.

NOW, IN SOME CASES ON SOME SELECT CASES, I WOULD ARGUE THIS COULD BE GOOD, BUT AS A BLANKET MANDATE FROM SACRAMENTO, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE IN EL CAHONE, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY KNOW OUR UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS IS NOT GOOD.

IT'S JUST A BLANKET MANDATE.

SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THESE TYPE OF, UH, PIECES OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

UM, THE NEXT ONE IS AB 31 OH SEVEN, WHICH IS A BIT OF A COMPANION PIECE TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.

AND THERE'S SOME TALK OF COMBINATION OF COMBINING THE TWO OR WORKING OUT THE DIFFERENCES.

SO IT'S ALL ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT THIS AGAIN REQUIRES A CITY TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN COMMERCIAL ZONES.

IF 20% OF THE HOUSING ARE DESIGNATED AS AFFORDABLE WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS.

SO AGAIN, IT WOULD BE MORE, MOST LIKELY WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS A CONDOMINIUM TYPE SITUATION WITH OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT QUALIFY IN ONE OF THE LOWER INCOME CATEGORIES.

UM, THE NEXT, THE NEXT SERIES.

UH, WELL, LET ME, LET ME GO WITH, UH, AB 2122.

UH, THIS AGAIN IS A REPEAT OF SIMILAR LEGISLATION FROM PAST SESSIONS AND IMPOSES A PENALTY OF $30,000 FOR UNLICENSED COMMERCIAL CANNABIS OPERATIONS.

UM, THAT I THINK IS A GENERAL POSITIVE IN TERMS OF THE POLICIES THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS WANTED TO, UM, FOLLOW WITH REGARD TO CANNABIS, ILLEGAL CANNABIS OPERATIONS, AND HOW CANNABIS IS DEALT WITH IN THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.

UH, THIS WOULD BE A POSITIVE, I THINK, UM, THE NEXT, UH, FEW YOU THAT I WANT TO MENTION ARE THE LAST THREE.

I'LL SAY I'LL MENTION ALL REACTIONS TO CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT OR POLICE, UH, HOW THE POLICE CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS POLICE POLICIES.

UH, THE FIRST IS AB 66, UH, BANS THE USE OF TEAR GAS AND ESTABLISHES MANDATORY STANDARDS IN THE USE OF LESS LETHAL FORCE OR WEAPONS.

AGAIN, THIS IS VERY BROAD.

SO AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S A TACTICAL USE OF TEAR GAS IN, IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY BARRICADED OR, OR IT'S HOLDING SOMEBODY IN A KIDNAP SITUATION WHERE THE POLICE MAY, UH, DEPLOY TACTICALLY A TEAR GAS ON A SMALL SCALE, IT'S NOT MENTIONED

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IN THE LEGISLATION, WHETHER THAT, THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITED IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT'S SO BROAD.

SO I WOULD LOOK FOR THIS, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO RECEIVE SOME AMENDMENTS, BUT I WOULD ALSO LOOK FOR IT TO BE APPROVED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

UM, THE NEXT ONE IS AB 1196, WHICH OUTLAWS THE USE OF THE CAROTID RESTRAINT.

I SHOULD MENTION THAT OUR POLICE CHIEF HAS ALREADY AS A MATTER OF POLICY, UM, UH, PROHIBITED THAT, UH, ON THE OKLAHOMA POLICE FORCE, UH, THIS WOULD SIMPLY BE A LAW THAT PROHIBITS IT STATEWIDE.

AND LASTLY, UH, WOULD BE SB SEVEN 31, WHICH, UH, DOES, DOES IT SEVERAL THINGS IN SOME CIRCUIT, CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ELIMINATES THE IMMUNITY PRIVILEGES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

UM, TYPICALLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DO HAVE, I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME TYPE OF IMMUNITY AND DOING THEIR JOBS.

AND EVEN IF THEY, UH, UM, ARE BROUGHT TO TRIAL, UH, THEY'RE DEFENDED BY THEIR ORGANIZATION IN THIS CASE, UH, THAT THAT TYPE OF IMMUNITY WOULD BE LIFTED IN THE CASE OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

UM, IT ALSO PROHIBITS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CERTAIN SPECIFIC CRIMES EARLIER ON IN THEIR LIVES FROM BECOMING, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD, I WOULD LOOK FOR THIS ONE ALSO, PERHAPS WITH SOME AMENDING, UH, TO BECOME LAW AT THE END OF THE SESSION, THE SESSION, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU.

AND I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THE SESSION, UM, WAS MEANT TO RESUME, UM, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

UM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, SOME, UH, OUTBREAK OF COVID AMONGST THE STAFFERS AND SOME LEGISLATORS.

AND SO THEY ARE STILL ON RECESS AND LOOK TO TRY AND RESUME THE SESSION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

LESS LOADS HAS BETTER.

VINCE, WOULD YOU SEND ME A, UH, WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN DOWN TO MY EMAIL? I MIGHT HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT.

YES, I WILL DO THAT.

YEAH.

VINCE I'D LIKE THAT TOO.

OKAY.

I'LL SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESSES AND ACTUALLY, UH, VINCE, AS, AS YOU'RE, ESPECIALLY THIS, THIS YEAR AS YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS REGULAR UPDATES BY EMAIL WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

OKAY.

I'LL DO THAT.

THANKS, BEN.

GOOD JOB.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY.

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

ITEM 16 IS MY ACTIVITIES REPORT.

UH, WE'RE AT A ACTIVITY REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NOW START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AS REPORTED MCCLONE AS REPORTED

[19. COUNCILMEMBER STEVE GOBLE SANDAG – Board of Directors – Alternate; SANDAG Public Safety Committee – Alternate; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA – Alternate; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee; MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board) – Alternate; East County Advanced Purification JPA - Alternate.]

GLOBAL, UH, AS REPORTED.

AND I HAVE A COMMENT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, WANT TO DO IT NOW, OR AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, BEING FLEXIBLE WITH OUTDOOR AREAS FOR BUSINESSES.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT CITY ASSETS IN TERMS OF BEAUTIFUL PARKS AND, UM, MEZZANINES AND, AND PROMINENCE AND THINGS.

WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER, UH, LETTING BUSINESSES THAT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE PARKS.

THAT COULD BE AN EXERCISE CLASS, UH, THAT COULD BE SUPPORT GROUPS THAT COULD BE ARTISTS.

UH, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T FEASIBLY MEET IN A PARKING LOT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT A GREAT ASSET IN CITY PARKS TO BE ABLE TO LET THEM DO THAT.

AND, UH, I'D ENCOURAGE STAFF TO CONSIDER THEM AS PART OF THE OUTREACH PROCESS AND PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL, CHURCHES AS WELL.

YES.

CREDIT.

YEAH.

PHILIPS TO COUNSEL.

WE, WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY OF POWAY IS ACTUALLY HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW EVENING TO TALK, TO CONSIDER SOME POLICIES AROUND THAT.

WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF WATCH WHAT POWAY IS LOOKING AT, AND IF THERE'S SOME VALUE, WE'D BRING THAT BACK.

I DON'T THINK, I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SOME POLICY CHANGES.

OUR MUNICIPAL CODE WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT WITHOUT, UM, SOME, SOME COUNCIL INPUT.

CERTAINLY.

CAN YOU, COULD YOU EXPLORE THAT SADLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TIME TO EXPLORE ALL THESE MEN, THESE METROS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVING THIS WAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

ALL RIGHT.

ON TO ACTIVITY REPORT OF MR. ORTIZ AS REPORTED.

ALL RIGHT, THERE ARE NO JOINT COUNCIL REPORTS TODAY.

THERE ARE NO GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.

THERE ARE NO FIRST OR SECOND READINGS OF ORDINANCES ON TODAY'S AGENDA, AND THERE ARE NO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. AND SO WE ARE AT THE ADJOURNMENT, THE REGULAR JOINT MEDIA THEY'LL CALL THE CITY COUNCIL ALCOHOL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ALCOHOL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY, 2020 IS A JUROR UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 AT 3:00 PM, WHERE

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I ASSUME THAT WE WILL ALL SEE YOU AGAIN BY ZOOM MEETING.

AND I'M HOPING WE CAN ALL SEE YOUR FACES IN REAL LIFE SOMETIME VERY SOON.

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY BE SAFE OUT THERE.

THANK YOU.