Jan 10, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

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TO ORDER. PLEASE TAKE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL HERE.

MAYOR BLACKBURN PRESENT.

ALL FOUR OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

DR. BHAT-PATEL, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? AND CITY ATTORNEY.

ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

I HAVE TO READ THIS.

IT SAYS THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY PROVIDING COMMENTS AS PROVIDED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AS REQUESTED, UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

ALL OTHER NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.

NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING DURING THE BUSINESS SECTION OF OUR MEETING, STARTING WITH THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS WILL HELP MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND THAT THIS CHAMBER IS A PLACE WHERE ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOMED AND RESPECTED.

WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES.

TO BE FAIR, I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THE 3 MINUTES AND I ASK THE CLERK TO TURN OFF THE

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IF THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC REASON THAT I THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN 3 MINUTES, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERK IS AWARE OF IT.

CLERK PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.

LARRY WEINBERGER.

READY. GOOD EVENING.

I'M LARRY WEINBERGER, AND I HAVE A PLACE HERE ON STATE STREET IN CARLSBAD.

I LOVE CARLSBAD, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU DO.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE ON THE BOARD AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND DOING A VERY FINE JOB OF IT, I MIGHT ADD, AS WELL.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ONE MAJOR THING THAT YOU COULD ALL AGREE WITH WHICH HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY, AND THAT IS THE SAFETY AT OUR RAILWAY CROSSING, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

IT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION WHERE THE GATES ARE NOT BEING USED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INSTALLED TO PROPERLY PREVENT ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING AT THESE PEDESTRIAN RAILWAY CROSSINGS. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT MANY, BUT THE ONES WE DO HAVE AT CARLSBAD VILLAGE, AT GRAND, AT TAMARACK ARE THE SCENE OF ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE BEING HURT, MAIMED, INJURED AND KILLED.

AND THESE ARE NOT SUICIDES.

SUICIDES, I'M SURE, ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO PREVENT, BUT ACCIDENTS ARE.

AND I THINK THAT YOUR CHARGE AS BEING THE CITY OFFICIALS, PROTECTING ALL OF US, PROTECTING PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, PROTECTING TOURISTS, THAT COME HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.

AND I URGE YOU TO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE, SUCH AS THE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THINGS LIKE GATES, SAFETY GATES FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT TRAIN STATIONS AND GET THESE GATES INSTALLED.

AND IF YOU CANNOT GET THAT DONE WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, GET THE GRANT MONEY SO IT DOESN'T COST THE CITY AND US TAXPAYERS ANY MORE MONEY, THEN I THINK THAT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE.

IN ANY EVENT, THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE CANNOT BE SECOND TO ANYTHING.

IT'S PARAMOUNT AND WHETHER YOU BOND IT SO IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE IMMEDIATELY OPERATING BUDGET AND PAY IT OUT OVER MANY YEARS.

IT'S REALLY NOT EVEN AN ISSUE.

IT'S IT'S A COST THAT MUST BE SPENT.

WE NEED BETTER SAFETY.

TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING HURT AT THESE CROSSINGS.

AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION, OUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T CONTINUE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PIERRE CROCHET VINYL.

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MRS. BURKHOLDER, YOU ARE A FRAUD.

YOU ARE A HARD LINE REPUBLICAN, BACKED AND FUNDED BY THIS PARTY.

YOUR PROGRAM ONLINE, AS FUZZY AS IT IS, CONTAINS REPUBLICAN CATCHPHRASES, AND YOU VOW TO FIGHT ULTRA LIBERAL POLITICIANS.

YOU PROMISE TO BRING THE CULTURAL WAR TO OUR SCHOOLS IN CARLSBAD.

THE LAST THING WE NEED HERE.

STILL AS A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT, I RECEIVED NUMEROUS VERY MISLEADING FLIERS FROM YOU POSING AS A DEMOCRAT MADE TO CONFUSE AND DECEIVE ME.

THESE FLIERS INDICATE IN VERY FINE PRINTS, AD PAID BY CITIZENS FOR THE BETTER EAST COUNTY, WHICH IS IN FACT A REPUBLICAN PAC.

AT THE TOP IN VERY LARGE LETTERS, YOUR FLIERS READS CARLSBAD DEMOCRATIC GUIDE AND BELOW ARE CANDIDATES COMMITTED TO PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN CARLSBAD.

THEN YOU PITCH YOUR PICTURE NEAR THE ONE OF TASHA BURNER HORVAT, A DEMOCRAT WHO DEFEATED YOU AS A REPUBLICAN IN 2020 AND MAKE BELIEVE YOU ARE ENDORSED BY HER AS WELL AS BY OTHER DEMOCRATS LIKE DAVID NEWSOM.

WE NEED HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY.

THIS LEVEL OF DECEPTION IS UNPRECEDENTED IN CARLSBAD.

YOU ARE A DISGRACE, MRS. BURKHOLDER. AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS, I HAVE BEEN DUPED BY YOU.

YOU SHOULD RESIGN.

YOU PRETEND TO HAVE BEEN A DECORATED SECRET AGENT AND OTHER THINGS.

BUT WHAT CAN WE BELIEVE WHEN YOU LIED RIGHT IN OUR FACE? AND WHAT TRUST CAN WE PUT IN ANYTHING YOU WILL TELL US OR DO? YOUR ACTIONS ARE VERY DESTRUCTIVE FOR THE TRUST WE SHOULD HAVE IN THIS COUNCIL.

IF LYING AND CHEATING WINS.

MRS. BURKHOLDER.

PATRICE SMERDU YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PATRICE SMERDU.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THERE'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN ACROSS THE STREET AT LAGUNA. I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE VISITED BEFORE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IS TURNING 40 YEARS OLD TODAY.

EXCUSE ME. NOT TODAY. ON MARCH 1ST.

THE GARDEN WAS RENAMED FOR MY FATHER, HAROLD E SMERDU, DUE IN 2006, AND ALTHOUGH HE HAD JUST PASSED AWAY BEFORE THAT HAPPENED, HE DID KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE RENAMED FOR HIM. AND HIS COMMENT WAS, WELL, WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO DO THAT? BUT THE REASON IS THE REASON WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE IS BECAUSE DAD TALKED ABOUT IT OVER A CUP OF COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR, AND SIX MONTHS LATER WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY GARDEN.

SINCE THAT TIME, THE SMERDU GARDEN HAS HOSTED HUNDREDS OF CITY [INAUDIBLE] THIRD GRADERS FOR A SCAVENGER HUNT.

WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A LOCAL GIRL SCOUT TROOPS BRONZE AWARD WITH AWARDS HANDED OUT BY AT THE TIME COUNCILMAN BLACKBURN, IF YOU REMEMBER, KEITH.

WE'VE ALSO DONATED EXCESS PRODUCE TO A FARM STAND THAT THE MAGNOLIA SCHOOL HAD FOR RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR THEIR OWN SCHOOL GARDEN.

AND WE DONATED EXCESS PRODUCE TO THE CARLSBAD CITY SENIOR CENTER.

WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL STUDIES WITH UCSD AND SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

THERE'S MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT I COULD MENTION, BUT I'VE ONLY GOT 3 MINUTES AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY.

I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY GARDENS. I NOTICED THAT COMMUNITY GARDENS CONTINUE TO BE A TOP PRIORITY AMONG THE MOST SUPPORTED IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

AND THEY'RE ALSO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW, OVER 400 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR A PLOT IN OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS.

WE NOW HAVE THREE GARDENS AND ONE MORE LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE HORIZON.

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I WANTED TO THANK MR. CHADWICK FOR HIS WEEKLY EMAIL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

IT WAS A LIFESAVER, AND EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE IT UP, WE CONTINUE TO REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING IT EVERY WEEK.

THANK YOU. TOM [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THIS NEW YEAR, WHICH, BY THE WAY, MARKS 35 YEARS OF OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH FUTTSU IN JAPAN. YOU WILL NOTICE THE NICE LITTLE CALENDARS THAT THEY SENT TO US WITH THE PICTURES OF FUTTSU.

THIS ONE AND THE FIRST TWO MONTHS IS WITH MOUNT FUJI IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND THE LITTLE WHITE STATUE YOU SEE IS THE GODDESS OF MERCY.

VERY IMPORTANT IN THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR NATION OF JAPAN AND OUR NATION OF AMERICA. SO 35 YEARS ACTUALLY ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH WILL MARK THAT PARTICULAR DAY.

WE ARE ALSO PLEASED THAT WE JUST HEARD THAT THEY WILL BE SENDING A DELEGATION OF STUDENTS HERE, FIVE STUDENTS AND TWO CHAPERONS ON.

LET ME SEE. THAT'S GOING TO BE JUNE 15TH THROUGH THE 23RD.

SO I'D LIKE TO MENTION TO EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN GIVING HOMESTAYS TO THESE CHILDREN. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING CONSIDERED FOR A HOMESTAY FOR THESE FIVE DAYS, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CARLSBADAMBASSADORS.ORG AND YOU WILL SEE A PLACE ON THERE WHERE IT SAYS, JOIN ME AND YOU CAN GIVE US A NOTE AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP.

SECONDLY, WE'RE SENDING OUR STUDENTS THERE ON JUNE 15TH AND THE 23RD, AND THEY'RE SENDING THEIR STUDENTS HERE ON AUGUST 22ND THROUGH THE 27TH, 22ND THROUGH THE 27TH OF AUGUST IS THE HOMESTAY THAT WE'LL NEED.

AND ALSO THAT'S THE JOIN US PART ON THE WEBSITE.

SO MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE CARLSBADAMBASSADORS.ORG AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARADING THEIR BRIGHT AND SHINY FACES BEFORE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH SPEAKER.

THE REMAINING SPEAKERS CAN BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

WILL CHRISTINE WRIGHT PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT OUT OF CONCERN ABOUT A LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY TEN CITIES BELONGING TO SANDAG.

THE LETTER ASKS FOR SANDAG BOARD, THE SANDAG BOARD TO RECONSIDER THE CURRENT METHOD OF VOTING, WHICH IS A WEIGHTED SYSTEM, AND ALLOWS THREE CITIES TO ESSENTIALLY CONTROL SANDAG, LEAVING SMALLER CITIES LIKE CARLSBAD WITH LESSER INFLUENCE ON IMPORTANT MATTERS.

THE LETTER ASKS SANDAG BOARD THE SANDAG BOARD TO REVERT BACK TO A MORE REPRESENTATIVE VOTE WHERE EACH CITY GETS ONE VOTE COUNTED EQUALLY AND GIVES A BALANCE TO OUR COUNTY.

CURRENTLY, CARLSBAD IS ONE OF THE MANY CITIES WHERE OUR VOTE COUNTS LESS THAN THREE OTHER CITIES USING THIS WEIGHTED SYSTEM.

I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER DATED JANUARY 5TH, 2023, WHICH ASKS THIS ISSUE BE PLACED ON THE JANUARY 13TH AGENDA.

I CONTACTED THE SANDAG CLERK AND THE LETTER IS DUE TO BE PRESENTED JANUARY 27TH.

WITH THE URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE, I ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SELECTED TONIGHT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF SANDAG OR THE MAYOR SIGN THIS LETTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF AGREED.

OUT OF 19 TOTAL CITIES, TEN OF THOSE CITIES, NOT INCLUDING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, IS A MAJORITY ON THE BOARD HAVE SIGNED THE LETTER, WHICH UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR 23.5% OF THE POSSIBLE VOTE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THESE TEN CITIES WHO SIGNED THE LETTER SO FAR ARE A MAJORITY OF POSSIBLE VOTES 19 BUT ONLY ACCOUNT FOR THIS SMALL PERCENTAGE UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

IF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA VOTE IN AGREEMENT, THEIR VOTES COULD DENY THIS REQUEST.

IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT, THEREFORE, TO GET OUR CITY'S SIGNATURE ON THIS LETTER TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.

IF THIS REQUEST FAILS, THIS COULD COST THE CARLSBAD TAXPAYERS.

UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM, OUR OWN MONEY TO PAY FOR PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT JUST THOSE THREE CITIES, FOR EXAMPLE.

THE ISSUE IS COMPLICATED FURTHER BY THE FACT THAT OUR GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO LAW BILL AB 805, AUTHORED BY LORENA GONZALEZ, REPRESENTING HER CURRENT DISTRICT OF CHULA VISTA, WHICH FAVORED THE CURRENT WAITED SYSTEM.

THIS HORRIBLE STATE LAW ESSENTIALLY ENSURED CARLSBAD AND OTHER CITIES WILL HAVE MORE

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HOWEVER, COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER GASTELUM OF DEL MAR AND OTHERS ARE REQUESTING FROM SANDAG A ONE YEAR TIMEOUT TO ORGANIZE A PERMANENT FAVORABLE SOLUTION TO CITIES WHO ARE UNFAIRLY TREATED. I'M HOPING THAT OUR COUNCIL AND OUR UNNAMED CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO SANDAG WILL CONSIDER HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS AS OUR VOTE AND FUTURE.

THE REMAINDER OF THE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED UP AT THE END OF OUR MEETING.

NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

WE HAVE THREE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THEM? NO. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.

SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT ONE I WOULD LIKE UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM CITY MANAGER.

I'D LIKE TO BRING ITEMS NUMBER.

MAYOR, I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO DO TEN, 11, 12 AND 13 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. SO IT'LL BE AFTER FOUR OR FIVE AFTER FOUR.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

SO, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE FISCAL YEAR 23-24 FUNDING PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS CDBG, AS WELL AS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ACTION PLAN MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DIRECTOR MANDY MILLS, ALONG WITH OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, NICOLE PIANO JONES. LADIES, GREAT.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER CHADWICK.

AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CDBG.

AND I'M GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO NICOLE PIANO-JONES TO START THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. DIRECTOR MILLS.

AND CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. I'M NICOLE PIANO JONES.

I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MAKING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

AND NICOLE, COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP? OH, SURE. THANK YOU.

YOU GOT IT. AS WAS MENTIONED, THE ITEM I'M PRESENTING IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S FOR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, WHICH IS ABBREVIATED TO CDBG.

AND THIS ITEM IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE FUNDING PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24.

[1.A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments]

THAT IS THE FIRST. AND THE SECOND IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 AMENDED ACTION PLAN.

[1.B. Discuss Solid Waste update]

OTHER REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE DEADLINES, WHICH I WILL TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2013, 2023 24 FUNDING PLAN.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.

WE ESTIMATE APPROXIMATELY 476,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS A 5% DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR FUNDING.

FUNDING IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES PROGRAMS CARRIED OUT BY NONPROFITS THAT ASSIST LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

ADMINISTRATION AND FAIR HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES OVERALL COMPLIANCE OF THE PROGRAM, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FACILITIES.

YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THERE'S A FUNDING CAP ON THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE ADMIN AND FAIR HOUSING CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE RESTRICTED AT 15% OF THE ANNUAL GRANT.

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AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDING INTO THESE CATEGORIES UP TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED.

AND AFTER TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE FUNDING PLAN INCLUDE RELEASING THE 2023-24 APPLICATIONS, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO AGENCIES FOR ABOUT FIVE WEEKS.

THEN THE CDBG ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN A DRAFT DOCUMENT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT IN THE APRIL TO MAY TIMEFRAME AND THEN CONCLUDING WITH A PUBLIC HEARING BACK HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL TENTATIVELY IN MAY.

SO MOVING ON TO THE SECOND ITEM OF THIS REPORT.

THIS IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 AMENDMENT TO OUR ACTION PLAN.

AND SO THIS PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN MAY OF 2022.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 996,122 ADDITIONAL CDBG DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF PROGRAM INCOME THAT WE'VE EARNED ON THE CITY'S RESALE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESALE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SOME UNSPENT FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS.

AND BECAUSE THESE FUNDS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DECISION MAKING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS BACK IN MAY, IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO CONDUCT A NEW PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD AND HEARING WHICH IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM DOES HAVE STRICT REQUIREMENTS REGARDING EXPENDITURE RATIOS AND STAFF HAS PREPARED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT REQUIREMENT. SO HERE ARE THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET THOSE EXPENDITURE

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

WE EVALUATED EXISTING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FIRST AND DETERMINED THERE TO BE SEVERAL VIABLE OPTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

STAFF RECOMMENDS FUNDING UP TO THE CAPS PERMITTED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY AND ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY AS WELL.

AND WITHIN THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FUNDING BE ALLOCATED TO THREE EXISTING SUB RECIPIENTS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.

I'LL ADD THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO RECEIVE CITY GENERAL FUNDS FOR THEIR

[2.G. CONSIDER PURCHASE – PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1500 SW 6TH AVENUE TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSFORMATION PARK: (Contact: Jason Riddlespurger, Director) Seller: Fields Cyrus M Jr - $182,000.00 plus closing costs This item considers the purchase of land located at 1500 SW 6th Avenue, a 0.15-acre tract of land out of the original town of Amarillo, Block 48, Lot 10, 11 & 12, Potter County, Texas and authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract and any other necessary documents.]

AND SIMILARLY WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS IF AWARDED TO PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, THAT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR CITY STAFF IN THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THEN WITHIN THE HOUSING AND FACILITIES CATEGORY, FUNDING IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO EXISTING SUB RECIPIENTS FOR TWO EXISTING PROJECTS AND ONE NEW PROJECT.

THE EXISTING PROJECTS ARE FOR CASA DE AMPARO AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR THEIR SHELTER EXPANSION PROJECT, AND THE FUNDS FOR THE NEW PROJECT ARE FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO ADDRESS SOME IMMEDIATE FACILITY NEEDS AS A RESULT OF A RECENT FIRE.

AND THE REMAINING BALANCE IN THAT CATEGORY IS BEING PROPOSED FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESALE PROGRAM.

AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CDBG PROGRAM AND ADOPT TWO RESOLUTIONS.

THE FIRST IS APPROVING THE FUNDING PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24 AND AUTHORIZE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY.

THE SECOND IS APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 AMENDED ACTION PLAN AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL TO HUD AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THOSE ACTIVITIES.

AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY NONPROFIT MEMBERS ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC WILL BE LIMITED TO 3

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I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.

SO I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

NO QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DID YOU HAVE ONE? REBECCA NUSSBAUM.

I'M SORRY IF YOU WERE WAVING.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS REBECCA NUSSBAUM AND I SERVE AS A CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER. SO I AM ONE OF THE WE ARE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NICOLE HAD ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBED THAT WILL BE RECEIVING SOME WOULD COULD POSSIBLY BE RECEIVING SOME ADDITIONAL OF THE CDBG FUNDS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE A A HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES MEETS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CDBG PROGRAM OF PREVENTING AND REDUCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS BEFORE THEY BECOME HOMELESS WHO ARE AT IMMINENT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

AND YET THE DEMAND IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET.

WE RECEIVED ABOUT HALF OF OUR ASK FROM LAST YEAR, AND SO THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO SERVE UP TO 20 HOUSEHOLDS OF OF CARLSBAD RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT IMMINENT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.

IT IS PROVEN THAT PREVENTION IS REALLY MOVING UPSTREAM TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS FROM EVEN HAPPENING. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL FOR REALLY PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS IN REGARDS TO HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND HOMELESSNESS RESOURCES IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

IT'S REALLY A MODEL CITY FOR SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY AFFIRMATION OF THIS AMENDMENT AND IN FAVOR OF THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR CARLSBAD RESIDENTS.

I'LL JUST ALSO ADD THAT THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS HAS STATED THAT FOR EVERY TEN HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE HOMELESS, THAT ARE HOUSED, 13 BECOME HOMELESS.

SO THERE'S WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE GROWING NEED AND THE GROWING POPULATION OF THE GROWING HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT IS HAPPENING.

AND SO PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS REALLY ALLOW US TO STEM THAT TIDE AND PREVENT FOLKS FROM MOVING INTO THAT SPIRAL OF HOMELESSNESS BEFORE IT STARTS.

[3.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8038: (Contact: Brady Kendrick, Planner II) This item is a public hearing and first reading to consider an ordinance rezoning a 5.35 acre tract of unplatted land to change from Agricultural District to Moderate Density District and a 3.35 acre tract of unplatted land to change from Agricultural District to General Retail District, all in Section 183, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Randall County, Texas plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways. (VICINITY: Georgia St. and S.W. 58th Ave.; APPLICANT/S: Che Shadle for Llano Construction Company LLC)]

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, MS. ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. WHEN YOU FIRST ASKED, I WASN'T READY.

I DIDN'T HAVE MY QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT I DO NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THE ADJUSTMENT FIGURE.

THE $996,122.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMES FROM THE RESALE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THAT INCLUDES EARLIER THIS YEAR AS WELL AS PENDING ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR US? THANK YOU. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.

SO WE HAVE SOLD SEVERAL OF OUR UNITS.

SO WE HAVE AN ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED YEAR TO DATE FROM THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE WRITING THIS REPORT, ONE WAS ABOUT TO BE SOLD, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE SOLD.

SO WE WERE ESTIMATING WHAT THAT TOTAL IS GOING TO BE TO GET US TO THE FULL FISCAL YEAR PROGRAM INCOME. GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS JUST ABOUT THE ADDITION TO THE SHELTER THAT IS OPERATED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING LA POSADA IS THE ONE SHELTER FACILITY ACTUALLY IN CARLSBAD, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EXPANSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG AND THAT THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. COULD YOU LET US KNOW WHAT'S IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS HAPPENING? SURE. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT RIGHT NOW, COMMUNITY CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ACTUALLY OUT RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S OPEN THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY.

SO THEY'RE SEEKING ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FIRMS TO ACTUALLY START WITH THE DRAWING FOR THE EXPANSION.

SO ACTUALLY PUTTING PEN TO PAPER AND ACTUALLY GETTING DRAWING, THE PREVIOUS AMOUNT THAT HAD BEEN ALLOCATED WERE REALLY FOR STUDIES THAT WAS TO KIND OF DETERMINE

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SO ACTUALLY GOING TO THE NEXT PHASE.

SO IN OUR AGREEMENT, WE WOULD HAVE PRETTY STRICT MILESTONES AND GUIDELINES AND EXPENDITURE DEADLINES THAT THEY'D HAVE TO MEET.

GREAT. SO SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OUR STAFF WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.

AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO IS KIND OF BEEN ASSIGNED THIS TASK TO KIND OF BE ALMOST LIKE A SHEPHERD TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND THEY HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING REGULARLY TO MOVE THIS ALONG. WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN BEEN COMING FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT STARTING TO ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COMMENTS? GO AHEAD. JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT.

I'M REALLY EXCITED. I KNOW THAT NOT EVERY CITY HAS A HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS FOCUS LIKE WE DO WITH A DEPARTMENT WITH STAFF IN THAT DEPARTMENT TO DO THIS WORK.

SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS VERY STRONG STRUCTURE AND THAT WE HAVE THE PROPORTIONS WHERE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF NEEDED, WHETHER IT'S HIGHER.

HAVING FOUND THIS ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE OR LOWER BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTING A 5% CUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN CDBG FUNDS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE THIS PROFESSIONAL STAFF DOING THIS GREAT WORK. THANKS. MOTION, PLEASE.

MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASS THIS UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

NEXT, I'M GOING TO TAKE ITEMS TEN, 11, 12 AND 13 NEXT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO RATHER QUICKLY.

SO LET'S TAKE ITEM NUMBER TEN NEXT, PLEASE.

ROBERT WINSTON.

GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I'M ROBERT WINSTON.

I'M HAPPY TO BE PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD AND I RESIDE IN DISTRICT THREE AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION FOR ALL OF 2022.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE.

AND I'M HERE SIMPLY SEEKING YOUR VOTES TO REAPPOINT ME.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT OTHERWISE I'LL LIMIT MY COMMENTS TO THAT. THANK YOU.

AND ITEM NUMBER TEN IS THE MAYORAL DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE APPOINTMENTS OF FIVE MEMBERS TO THE PARK AND REC COMMISSION.

ART LARSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.

MY NAME IS ART LARSON. I'VE LIVED IN CARLSBAD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME.

AND I'M ONE OF THE FINALISTS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.

LAST WEEK I SENT YOU SOME INFORMATION ON MY BACKGROUND, WHICH I HOPE YOU'LL FIND HELPFUL . IN THAT SUMMARY I INCLUDED THE FACT THAT I'VE SERVED ON THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE. BOTH OF THOSE EXPERIENCES, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE ON ON THOSE BOARDS AND GIVEN IT AND GIVEN ME BACK AN OPPORTUNITY THAT GIVE BACK TO THE TOWN THAT I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1985.

THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, MY WIFE AND I, WE'VE USED CARLSBAD'S PARKS AND POOLS TO HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TRAINING FOR NUMEROUS CARLSBAD, 5000 RACES AND EVEN A CARLSBAD TRIATHLON. AND THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE TRIATHLON WAS A SWIMMING LEG OF THE RACE WAS ABOUT A MILE AND THE RUNNING PORTION WAS A 10-K.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE WHILE BACK AFTER OUR SON WAS BORN, OUR ATTENDANCE AT LOCAL SPORTS

[3.C. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8039: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Assistant City Manager) This item is the discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Amarillo, Texas, Drainage Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2023”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.]

LIKE MANY CARLSBAD PARENTS, OUR CHILD WAS A REGULAR VISITOR TO THE MONROE STREET POOL FOR SWIM LESSONS, AN AREA PARKS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS FOR SCORES OF BASEBALL, SOCCER AND BASKETBALL GAMES. AT CARLSBAD HIGH, OUR SON DISCOVERED LACROSSE AND WAS ON THE SCHOOL'S

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HIS LOVE OF THAT GAME CONTINUES AS HE NOW SERVES AS ASSISTANT COACH OF UC IRVINE'S LACROSSE TEAM. I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES THE LIFELONG POSITIVE IMPACT SPORTS PROGRAMS AND RELATED FACILITIES PROVIDE.

IF APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, I INTEND TO DRAW UPON THESE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MORE THAN 40 YEARS IN THE WRITING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERIENCE. SOME OF THAT EXPERIENCE INCLUDES MAJOR THEME PARKS.

ATTRACTIONS AND EVEN A WORLD'S FAIR.

THOSE JOBS DROVE HOME THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS THAT PRODUCED SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR DESTINATION ATTRACTIONS.

THOSE INGREDIENTS ARE CLEANLINESS, SAFETY, REGULAR MAINTENANCE, VALUE AND COMMUNICATIONS. IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE THE ROLE OF A COMMISSION MEMBER IS TO ASK GOOD QUESTIONS OF THOSE IN CHARGE AND LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC'S INPUT AND MAKE SPOT VISITS TO THE PARKS, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS.

PARKS AND RECREATION REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT OUR TAXPAYERS SPEND EACH YEAR IN THE BUDGET.

AND I THINK THAT THE.

THAT WARRANTS A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS TO AS A COMMISSIONER.

WELL, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIONS I WOULD TAKE IF A.

DEBORAH RESINAS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M DEBORAH RESINAS.

I AM AN APPLICANT FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION POSITION.

I'M A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.

SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN RECREATION ADMINISTRATION.

I ALSO AM A PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

PREVIOUSLY, I SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT UP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION PROGRAMS SERVE AS A MODEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE SUCCESS OF A PARK AND RECREATION PROGRAM IS ROOTED IN THE FOCUS OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL USE AND ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

I AM INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND I APPRECIATE SOME CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

AMY ALLIMAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS AMY ALLIMAN.

I WAS APPOINTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION IN 2016, OCTOBER OF 2016, AND I ALSO SERVE AS THE PARKS AND REC REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, WHERE I BELIEVE WE'RE TAKING UP PARKS AND REC TOMORROW AFTERNOON I BELIEVE.

IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO ME TO SERVE, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, WHEN EVERYBODY THE CITY PARKS AND REC, EVERYBODY WENT THROUGH SOME REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES.

BUT I THINK PARKS AND REC IN CARLSBAD DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

WE KEPT THINGS CLOSED AND WE HAD TO PARKS AND REC WAS ABLE TO OPEN AND OFFER PROGRAMS WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO DO SO.

MY FAMILY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.

MY SON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO DID SWIMMING AT ALGA NORTE.

I'VE BEEN THRILLED DURING THE TIME TO WORK ON SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.

THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK IS EXCITING TO SEE COME TO FRUITION.

THE MONROE STREET POOL REBUILD HAS BEEN VERY EXCITING AND I'M EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE STAGECOACH COMMUNITY GARDENS, WHICH I THINK WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TODAY.

ON BRINGING THOSE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN SOUTH CARLSBAD.

CARLSBAD OFFERS SOME MANY TOP PROGRAMS CHRISTMAS AT THE RANCH, THE RECENT FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM PARKS AND REC, SO PHENOMENAL TO THE CITY AND REALLY KEEPS OUR CITY OUT IN THE FOREFRONT COMPARED TO MANY OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE LIVED IN. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

I'VE BEEN A CARLSBAD RESIDENT FOR 11 YEARS, GOING ON 12.

I'M AN ATTORNEY.

I GOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK AT A FIRM IN CARLSBAD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS A LOT BETTER THAN A COMMUTE DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH TODAY'S WEATHER.

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WE HAVE USED THE PARKS AND REC FOR THE 11 YEARS WE'VE BEEN HERE.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN TO EVERY PLAYGROUND AND SWING SET, PROBABLY WORKING ON EVERY DOG PARK. I'M VOLUNTEERING.

MY SON IS WORKING ON EAGLE SCOUT, SO I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BOY SCOUT TROOP.

750 WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE PARKS.

WE DO TRAIL CLEANUPS, WE DO EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS.

I'M PROBABLY GOING TO COME TO THE CITY OR MY SON'S GOING TO COME TO THE CITY SOON, HOPEFULLY TO TALK ABOUT HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT.

WE DO CAMPING, WE DO HIKING, WE DO EVERYTHING OUTDOORS.

IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THE CITY THAT HAS GIVEN OUR FAMILY AND THIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH.

THERE ARE SEVERAL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES HERE, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THAT. I WILL SHARE ONE LAST THING, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS CARLSBAD HAS ABOUT 67 MILES OF TRAILS, NOT COUNTING OPEN SPACE.

OUR FAMILY AND PART OF OUR TROOP IS GOING TO DO THE 52 WEEK OR 52 HIKE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR. AND OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY HIKE.

HOPEFULLY I'LL EVER BE ONE OF THOSE AGAIN ONCE IT STOPS RAINING.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS, IT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO DO THIS IS CALL ON THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DO NOT NEED A SECOND.

SO AS SOON AS THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.

OKAY. I'LL START WITH DISTRICT THREE.

SURE. THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO SAY REALLY BRIEFLY THAT ONE OF MY MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR WILL BE RECOMMENDING SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, HEADS UP ON THAT.

BUT FOR MY RECOMMENDATION, IT WILL BE AMY ALLIMAN.

AND ROBERT, JUST STAY TUNED.

BUT YES, AMY ALLIMAN, I'LL BE GOING AHEAD AND RECOMMENDING YOU.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ONE WILL BE DISTRICT ONE.

HI. YES, THANK YOU.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE MARK BARTELS.

HE'S A CARLSBAD YOUTH LACROSSE COORDINATOR AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC'S DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BRING SOMETHING NEW TO THE TABLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERISM.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MY THREE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT WINSTON.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MY SECOND ONE IS DEB RESINAS.

SORRY, WE'VE BEEN CALLING YOU [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND MY LAST ONE IS SHELLEY SANDER.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 11.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 11? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER MAYOR.

PLEASE CALL. ALISHA LAFFERTY.

SPEAKERS. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE MAYORAL DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE APPOINTMENTS OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. HI.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU ALL AND SEE YOU AGAIN.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE.

ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY IF I CAN.

I AM AN ARCHITECT LIVING HERE AND WORKING IN CARLSBAD.

HAVE DONE SO FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW.

THE I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ON BECAUSE BEING AN ARCHITECT, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING REAPPOINTMENT.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

DID YOU SAY ONLY ONE SPEAKER ON THIS? THANK YOU. START WITH DISTRICT THREE, PLEASE.

YES. I'LL BE RECOMMENDING JOE STEIN FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DISTRICT ONE, PLEASE.

YES. ALICIA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I WILL BE RECOMMENDING YOU FOR SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND MY SELECTION IS REAPPOINTMENT OF PETER MERZ.

PLEASE VOTE.

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ITEM NUMBER 12 WILL BE THE SELECTION OF THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, PETER COLE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS PETER COLE.

I RESIDE IN THE AVIARA AREA.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MY CASE FOR SELECTION OF ONE OF THE FIVE OPEN SEATS ON THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

MY QUALIFICATION.

I'M A VERY LOGICAL PERSON.

MY DECISIONS ARE BASED ON FACTS, NOT EMOTIONS.

I ALWAYS SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

BASED ON MY PROFESSION.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE TRAFFIC CONTROL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.

THAT THE CITY DEPLOYS.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE LB LPR CAMERA PROGRAM.

I SERVED 11 AND A HALF YEARS ON THE TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION IN ENCINITAS.

I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS REAPPOINTED FOUR TIMES.

DURING MY TENURE, I SERVED AS CHAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL FOR OVER 14 YEARS WITH ALMOST 7000 HOURS OF SERVICE.

I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HEADACHES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY E-BIKERS.

RIGHT. IT MADE A LOT OF GOOD SENSE TO ME THAT THE CITY DECLARED A TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY.

RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION OF ALL RIDERS SHOULD IMPROVE THINGS.

I DO FEEL THAT EDUCATION NEEDS TO CARRY OVER TO ADULTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS, WHEN THEY VIOLATE TRAFFIC LAWS.

KIDS, TEENAGERS WILL IMITATE THEM.

ONE MORE THING.

WHEN I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT I AM A FINALIST, I STARTED TO GATHER MINUTES FROM THE MOST CURRENT MEETINGS.

THUS, IF I'M APPOINTED, I WILL REVIEW THEM IN THE PROGRESS SO I CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I THANK YOU AGAIN.

WE'LL START. START WITH DISTRICT THREE, PLEASE.

SURE I'LL BE RECOMMENDING.

PETER COLE SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU SERVING.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DISTRICT ONE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. I WILL BE RECOMMENDING PETE PENSEYRES BE REAPPOINTED TO THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, AND I'LL MIMIC WHAT DR.

BHAT-PATEL SAID EARLIER.

DIANE, JUST HOLD ON.

HOLD TIGHT. THANK YOU.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I STILL HAVE THREE TO MAKE, BUT I HAVE A DISCREPANCY IN MY NOTES, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL CONTINUE.

YES. CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

I'LL GIVE A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE CONFUSION AT THE LAST MINUTE.

ONE OF THE CANDIDATES I SELECTED CHOSE NOT TO TO PARTICIPATE.

SO. SO SORRY.

THAT'S WHAT MY CONFUSION WAS.

SO FOR MY APPOINTMENTS WILL BE REAPPOINTMENT OF DIANE PRUE.

PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD NEWLANDS.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND MY THIRD ONE IS VERNEESE GARCIA.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AND ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13.

THIS WILL BE THE MAYORAL BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.

RECOMMEND CYNTHIA NORELL PLEASE VOTE.

MAYOR WE HAVE ONE.

SPEAKER OH, I'M SO SORRY.

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS SUZANNE STEVENS.

I'VE BEEN A CARLSBAD RESIDENT FOR 29 YEARS AND A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE CITIZEN'S ACADEMY, WHICH IS WHAT PROMPTED ME TO APPLY AND PUT MY APPLICATION IN FOR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS. MY BACKGROUND.

I HAVE I'VE BEEN 20 YEARS A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR A MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY. WE SELL DIAGNOSTIC TEST PRODUCTS.

RAISED TO TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS HERE IN CARLSBAD HAVE LEFT OUR LITTLE TOWN HERE WAY BACK WHEN AND STILL LOVE IT NOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY.

I'VE BEEN A ROTARY MEMBER FOR FIVE YEARS AND I KNOW I'M NEW.

I WOULD BE VERY NEW TO THIS COMMISSION, BUT IT WOULD BE A START TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. I HOPE TO BE CONSIDERED, AND I WOULD DEFINITELY BRING A LOT OF DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND CONTRIBUTE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

I HOPE TO BE CONSIDERED.

THANK YOU. MY APPOINTMENT SELECTION IS CYNTHIA NORRELL.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

IN THE OLD DAYS, WE WOULD HAVE THREE OPENINGS FOR A COMMISSION AND WE'D GET THREE APPLICANTS AND IT WAS SO EASY.

NOW WE HAVE TEN OR 12 APPLICANTS FOR ONE OR TWO OPENINGS, AND SOME OF THESE RESUMES ARE UNBELIEVABLY GOOD.

SO IF YOU WEREN'T SELECTED, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T THINK YOU'RE A GOOD SELECTION.

IT JUST MEANS WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN A LOT OF GREAT ONES.

SO PLEASE BE PERSISTENT.

PLEASE APPLY AGAIN.

PLUS, WE HAVE HOW MANY? I THINK WE HAVE LIKE 11 DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN.

SO FOR ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH ARE WORK PLANS FOR THE PARK AND REC COMMISSION, THE SENIOR COMMISSION AND THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION IS A JOINT PRESENTATION BY OUR RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER, MICK CALARCO, RECREATION AREA MANAGER, MARGARET HAMER, AND OUR PARK PLANNER, MICHAEL TULLY.

TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT COMMISSION'S FISCAL YEAR 23 WORK PLANS.

TO BEGIN WITH. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT STAFF SUPPORTS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, THE SENIOR COMMISSION AND THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.15.020 REQUIRES THAT EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION PROVIDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS APPROVAL AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN AND A SUBSEQUENT REPORT OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO EACH COMMISSION WORK PLAN, A MISSION STATEMENT, THE COMPOSITION OR ROLE AND GOALS AND TASKS.

SEVERAL TASKS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2122 WORK PLANS ARE EITHER IN PROCESS RECURRING OR THEY'RE ONGOING.

THE COMMISSIONS HAVE CARRIED FORWARD THOSE TASKS TO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2223 PLANS.

I AGAIN, MY NAME IS MICK CALARCO.

I'M THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

AND THIS EVENING WILL BE JOINED BY CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL LUNA.

ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT WORK PLAN.

THE REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ATTACHMENT A TO THE RESOLUTION.

THAT RESOLUTION OUTLINES THE STATUS OF THE WORK PLANS, GOALS AND TASKS.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8040: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Assistant City Manager) This item is the discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Amarillo, Texas, Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, New Series 2023”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.]

THE COMMISSION ACCEPTED THE UPDATED WORK PLAN AND RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PLAN. THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS WHILE SUPPORTING A CULTURE THAT EMBRACES CHANGE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION IS DESCRIBED IN CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.36.

GOALS AND TASKS ARE DETAILED IN ATTACHMENT B TO THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET THIS EVENING. GOAL ONE ADVISE CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.

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GOAL TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY, VISIBILITY AND ENGAGEMENT.

THE COMMISSION HAS THREE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

GOAL THREE BROADEN OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

AND THERE ARE TWO TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH GOAL THREE.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE, RECREATION AREA MANAGER MARGARET HAMER.

[3.E. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8041: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Assistant City Manager) This item is the discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Amarillo, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2023”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such certificates of obligation.]

I AM THE LIAISON FOR THE SENIOR COMMISSION, AND OUR CHAIRPERSON IS HERE THIS EVENING.

CHAIR KATHY RANGES.

THE SENIOR COMMISSION MET ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022, AND COUNCIL APPROVED THEIR CURRENT WORK PLAN. THE REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS IN THE ATTACHMENT AND OUTLINES THE STATUS OF THE WORK, PLANS, GOALS AND TASKS.

ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 STAFF ASSISTED COMMISSION'S MEMBERS WITH THE PREPARATION OF AN UPDATED PLAN.

COMMISSION ACCEPTED THE UPDATED WORK PLAN AND RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PLAN.

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION IS TO CHAMPION AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES WELLNESS, VITALITY AND EDUCATION THAT LEADS TO A VIBRANT QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE COMPOSITION IS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 2.38 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.

GOALS AND TASKS ARE DETAILED IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE RESOLUTION.

GOAL ONE DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF ADULTS 50 PLUS.

THERE ARE THREE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

GOAL TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN.

TWO TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

GOAL THREE IS CREATE ADULTS 50 PLUS OPPORTUNITIES AND COLLABORATIONS BEYOND THE

[3.F. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-10-23-2: (Contact: Cody Balzen, Economic Development Specialist) This item considers a resolution designating certain areas as Neighborhood Empowerment Zones and adopting guidelines and criteria within Neighborhood Empowerment Zones, pursuant to Texas Tax Code, Chapter 312, establishing the boundaries thereof and other matters relating thereto; providing a savings clause; providing a severance clause and an effective date.]

AND GO FOR IS TO INCREASE SOCIAL INCLUSION, ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY AND MINIMIZE ISOLATION.

WE HAVE FOUR TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

I'D NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE, MICHAEL TULLY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M STAFF LIAISON MICHAEL TULLY FOR THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND I'M JOINED HERE BY CHAIRPERSON KATHLEEN STEINDLBERGER.

ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT WORK PLAN AND THE REPORT OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ATTACHMENT A TO THE RESOLUTION WHICH OUTLINES THE STATUS OF THE WORK, PLANS AND GOALS.

ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2022.

STAFF ASSISTANT COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WITH THE PREPARATION OF OF THE UPDATED PLAN, THE COMMISSION ACCEPTED THE UPDATED WORK PLAN AND RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PLAN.

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER ON MATTERS RELATED TO EROSION PREVENTION AND PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT OF THE CARLSBAD SHORELINE.

EXAMPLE THE TOTAL CELLS AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND TO STUDY THE BEST MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE BEACHES FOR THE SAFETY AND OPTIMUM OF THE PUBLIC ENJOYMENT.

THE COMPOSITION IS DESCRIBED IN CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 93, DASH 178 AND TWO IN 2003. DASH 120.

GOALS AND TASK. THE ASSOCIATED TASK ARE DETAILED IN ATTACHMENT B TO THE RESOLUTION.

GOAL ONE GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL SHORELINE PRESERVATION AND BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECTS.

THREE TASKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

GOAL TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES TO BE ENGAGED AND WORK TOGETHER ON PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL BEACHES.

FIVE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL AND THERE ARE FIVE.

THERE IS A $5,000 COST FOR SECOND BEACH CLEANUP EVENT.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY, THE BEACH CLEANUP EVENT HAPPENS ON THE NORTHERN BEACH IN THE NORTHERN BEACH AREA, STRETCHING FROM PINE AVENUE TO RUDY CHATEAU, WHERE WE HAVE A.

VIA A LATERAL LATERAL ACCESS AGREEMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION FROM PINE AVENUE SOUTHWARD TO THE BORDER OF ENCINITAS. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MANAGES THAT AREA AND ACCEPTING THE TERM OUR DEVELOPMENT. NEXT TASK.

GOAL THREE PARTICIPATE IN OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL BEACHES.

FOUR TASK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

GOAL FOUR, TRI-ANNUALLY REPORT ON THE PROGRESS IN COMPLETING OF THE GOALS AND TASK OF THE WORKPLAN. ONE TASK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.

I'D NOW LIKE TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MIC CALARCO TO INTRODUCE OUR CHAIRPERSONS.

SO YES, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF FIRST INTRODUCING CHAIR MICHAEL LUNA, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WITH A FEW WORDS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED.

MY NAME IS MIKE LUNA.

I'VE SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I'VE BEEN ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION NOW FOR SIX YEARS.

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ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK DURING THE LAST YEAR, BRINGING BACK NORMALCY AND HAVING IN-PERSON PROGRAMING AND EVENTS FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AND ENJOY.

THE COMMISSION HAS STAYED TRUE TO THE MISSION STATEMENT PROMOTING COMMUNITY HEALTH WELLNESS WHILE SUPPORTING A CULTURE THAT EMBRACES CHANGE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS.

THE GOALS OF THE COMMISSION HAVE CHANGED LITTLE AS IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE MAINTAINED STATUS QUO THROUGH ADVISING CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL, AS WELL AS LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AT MEETINGS AND THROUGH INTERACTIONS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, THE NEW WORK PLAN AND TACKLE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE RECENT VOTER APPROVED MONROE STREET POOL IMPROVEMENTS AND WORKING TOWARDS THE COMPLETION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. THANK YOU ALL.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, CHAIR LUNA.

NEXT, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING CHAIR KATHY REGIS OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE SENIOR CENTER AND SENIOR ACTIVITIES WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE WORKPLAN.

MARGARET MC AND THEIR HARDWORKING STAFF HAVE CONTINUED AND EXPANDED SENIOR ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. VIRTUAL HYBRID AND AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ARE POPULAR. I STOPPED BY THE SENIOR CENTER YESTERDAY AND FOUND THAT THE STAFF WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A LARGE TURNOUT FOR THEIR FIRST PLATED LUNCH AND THE STAFF WAS JUST AS EXCITED ABOUT THE CONCERT IN THE COURTYARD AS WERE ALL OF THE ATTENDEES.

I URGE THOSE OVER 50 TO REVIEW THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SENIOR CENTER WEBSITE AND SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE MONTHLY SEASIDE INSIDER TO STAY INFORMED OF SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ROSS VENEGAS, GARCIA AND SANDERS FOR THEIR TIME AND SUPPORT.

WE WILL MISS THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND LIVELINESS OF COMMISSIONER MEEHAN, AND I WANT TO THANK HER HUSBAND, SHERM FOR SHARING HER WITH THE CITY.

SENIOR COMMISSION MEETINGS CAN BE WATCHED ON THE CITY TV CHANNEL, USUALLY THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 3:00 PM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR RENGAS.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KATHLEEN STEINDLBERGER, CHAIR OF THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.

HI. THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR PRONOUNCING MY NAME CORRECTLY.

I TRIED. THANK YOU.

TO MAYOR BLACKBURN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M HERE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION 2023 WORK PLAN APPROVED BY OUR COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2022.

THE PEOPLE OF CARLSBAD LOVE OUR BEACHES.

PEOPLE MOVE HERE, VISIT HERE, VACATION HERE, RECREATE HERE, SURF HERE.

BECAUSE OF OUR BEACHES, THE BEACHES BENEFIT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COUNTLESS WAYS.

OUR COMMISSION'S MISSION STATEMENT ASKS THAT WE ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS RELATED TO EROSION PROTECTION OF OUR BEACHES.

OUR BEACHES ARE CURRENTLY BEING INUNDATED WITH LARGE WAVES, STORMY CONDITIONS THAT ARE DEPLETING MUCH OF OUR SAND.

WAVES AT HIGH TIDE ARE PUSHING ROCKS ACROSS LOW LYING PORTIONS OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND SANDY BEACHES TO RECREATE ON ARE BEING ARE BEING LOST WITH EACH WINTER STORM.

WHAT CAN WE DO? OUR COMMISSION WILL FOCUS ON WAYS TO PROTECT OUR COAST BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

SOME OF OUR OWN CITY POLICIES MAY NEED TO BE REFOCUSED ON PROTECTING OUR SANDY BEACHES AS OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

STUDIES SHOW THAT SEAWALLS AND OTHER HARD ARMORING AND PROTECTION STRUCTURES AND ROCK REVETMENT ACTUALLY SERVE TO CAUSE LOSS OF SANDY BEACHES, NOT PROTECT IT.

WE MUST CONTINUE TO REEVALUATE OUR CURRENT POLICIES REGARDING ARMORING ON OUR SHORE.

WITHOUT OUR SANDY BEACHES, WE HAVE DECREASED TOURISM AND REVENUE.

WITHOUT SAND ON OUR BEACH, WE'VE LOST OUR SHARED AND MOST CHERISHED NATURAL RESOURCE IN CARLSBAD. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR BEACHES FOR YEARS TO COME.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION WORK PLAN AND OUR GOALS FOR 2023, AND I DO WANT TO REALLY THANK STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB HELPING US FULFILL OUR WORK PLAN IN THE PAST YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2023.

THANK YOU. AND NICK, DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE SLIDES? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THANK YOU. MORE SLIDES COMING.

ME A COUPLE MORE. ANYWAY.

SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS EVENING, THE COMMISSIONS AND STAFF AND BEYOND.

OBVIOUSLY, THE COMMISSIONS AND STAFF WILL FOCUS ON THE ACTIVITIES LISTED IN THE APPROVED WORK PLANS.

YOUR RECOMMENDED ACTION FOR THIS EVENING IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ACCEPTING THE FISCAL

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AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF WOULD BE PLEASED TO TAKE THEM OR THE COMMISSION CHAIRS. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? QUESTIONS? DR.

BHAT-PATEL. YES, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO, OF COURSE, ALL THE CHAIRS FOR BEING HERE AND TO OUR STAFF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO WITH THESE COMMISSIONS.

I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE WORK PLANS AND I'LL START WITH PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, I KNOW WE'RE CONSTANTLY ASKED WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO GROW OUR PARKS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES? AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DOES THAT FALL UNDER THE TASK FOR ONE A, I KNOW IT SAYS ADVISE CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND THEN A IS FOCUS ON PROGRESS AND IMPACT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN WITHIN THAT PURVIEW.

I BELIEVE SO, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO DEFER OR MAYBE INVITE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR KYLE LANCASTER TO THE PODIUM, AND HE CAN FURTHER, FURTHER EXPLAIN.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES. COUNCILMAN BHAT-PATEL THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

AND IN PARTICULAR, THE FOCUS THIS YEAR WILL BE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN UPDATE, AND THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION RECREATION COMMISSION HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF FEBRUARY FOR A DRAFT PRESENTATION, THEN TO COUNCIL IN MARCH. SO THAT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS.

OKAY, GREAT. AND JUST ONE OTHER PIECE I THINK I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS AS WE, YOU KNOW, GROW, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN OUR CITY, I KNOW WE'RE ALMOST BUILT OUT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH AND HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND THEN OF COURSE, VETERANS PARK I KNOW THE CHAIR HAD MENTIONED THAT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD JUST WOULD IT FALL UNDER ONE OF THESE? I KNOW I SAW IN SOME OF THE OTHER WORK PLANS THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY IN CASE. YES, MA'AM.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT ALSO FALLS WITHIN GOAL NUMBER ONE, AND IN PARTICULAR, NOT ONLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN UPDATE, BUT ALSO THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

AND AS WAS REFERENCED BY COMMISSIONER ALEMAN EARLIER, WE ARE IN FACT, GOING TO A SECOND MEETING OF THAT GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TOMORROW TO DISCUSS PARKS STANDARDS.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO SENIOR COMMISSION, AND THEN I HAVE ONE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION AS WELL.

SO FOR THE SENIOR COMMISSION, I KNOW WHEN I HAD TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO HAD APPLIED, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, I KNOW THEY HAD MENTIONED OUR INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMING, AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE THAT WOULD FALL INTO THIS PARTICULAR WORK PLAN.

AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW AS WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES.

IT'S SHIFTED QUITE A BIT.

AND SO JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW HOW THAT LOOKS.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS BUILD INTO THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN.

SO WHEN WE LIST THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN, INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN AND THEY ARE COMING BACK.

IT'S BEEN A SLOW RETURN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THEY'VE THEIR TEENS TEACH TECH IN MANY OF OUR INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE BACK.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

I KNOW THAT WAS DEFINITELY A FAVORITE I HAD HEARD ABOUT FROM A LOT OF FOLKS, WHETHER IT WAS GRANDPARENTS OR GRANDCHILDREN.

I DEFINITELY HAD.

I HEARD THAT FROM BOTH SIDES.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND THEN FOR BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION, I JUST HAVE TO SAY IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS INCORPORATED INTO IT.

THERE WAS A LOT, AND CLEARLY BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, A DISAPPEARING COASTLINE, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT WAS ON HERE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT.

I KNOW I SIT ON THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP AND I DID NOTICE MENTION OF THAT HERE AND THAT THERE ARE UPDATES MADE WITH REGARDS TO THE MINUTES AND INFORMATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, I KNOW THERE ARE USUALLY PROJECTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SHARED THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTY.

DO WE TEND TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS OR IS IT JUST PROVIDING THEM WITH THE MINUTES AND PROJECTS? WE DO SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND WE WELCOME THEM TO WE

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AND THEN ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS A SPECIAL PROJECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP WITH SANDAG, WE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I THINK AND I WOULD JUST SAY AND UNDERSCORE AND HIGHLIGHT AS CARLSBAD, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT PONTO IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT SUFFERS FROM NOT HAVING ENOUGH SAND.

AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AT THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP IS HOW DO WE REPLENISH THAT AREA.

I KNOW IT'S IN THE PIPELINE, BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS THAT COMES UP, I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET A FEW MORE EYES ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY UP TO YOUR DISCRETION, BUT JUST KIND OF PUTTING A PLUG IN THERE THAT I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE THEY'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF AND BE ABLE TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, AS STATED, THAT IS STATE OF CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT.

BUT WE DO ADVISE AND CHAT AND DO TALK, DISCUSS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON THOSE

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AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO FUNDING AS A CITY, RIGHT? LIKE WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN MONEY FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE WITHIN THE CITY. SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED SO THAT ANY OF THE RESOURCES BEING UTILIZED.

THEY ALSO CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S BEING USED AND ALSO IF THAT'S BENEFITING US.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER IF I MAY ALSO ADD TO YOUR POINT, WE'LL BE BRINGING ITEM TO YOU IN FEBRUARY FOR THE REGIONAL BEACH SAND PROJECT NUMBER THREE, AND THAT WILL BE AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR FUNDING ON THE PLANNING PHASE AND A PASSES RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM THAT FUNDING. SO MOST DEFINITELY WE DO INCORPORATE THOSE REQUESTS TO THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

THAT ITEM WILL GO TO THEM ON FEBRUARY 7TH AND THEN IT'S TARGETED.

GO TO YOU THE VERY NEXT WEEK ON FEBRUARY 14TH.

PERFECT. YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AND I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL IT OUT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE OTHER OTHER PIECE THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IS AND I THINK YOU ALL HAD HAD TALKED ABOUT IT HERE, WAS JUST WITH REGARDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.

SINCE THIS I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS OBVIOUSLY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE'RE SEEING THESE EFFECTS. OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU EVERYONE, FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR.. YOU OFFERED THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK FOR OTHER COMMISSIONS? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR.

NO. YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE, SIR.

THAT WAS A. WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

YES, PLEASE. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK, COORDINATING WITH THE COMMISSIONS AND TO THE COMMISSION CHAIRS.

IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR THEM TONIGHT.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS WHEN THEY COME AND PRESENT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS AND EVERY COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY HAS, INCLUDING CARLSBAD TOMORROW, THOSE VOLUNTEERS PUT IN SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT CARLSBAD.

IT'S YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE ALL DO ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND YOU WANT TO GIVE SO MUCH BACK.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SO MUCH RICHER BECAUSE OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM.

AND THEN ON THE WORK PLANS, I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT ALL THE WORK PLANS HAVE SOME KIND OF ELEMENT OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION.

SO WORKING WITH OTHERS, WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT SANDAG WAS ALSO MENTIONED, BUT ALSO INTERNALLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

I SAW ON THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION WORK PLAN SOME DETAIL ABOUT WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND MARINE SCIENCE CLUBS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND THE GREAT POLICIES THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT ASPECT AND MAKING THAT A MAJOR PART OF YOUR WORK.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION, PLEASE.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ADOPTION OF ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS IN ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

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THANK YOU. ON TO NUMBER SIX, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND NUMBER SIX IS AS OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, JASON HABER MAKES HIS WAY.

IT IS THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATE.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M JASON HABER, CITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.

THIS ITEM PRESENTS THREE STEPS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY'S 2023 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO ADVOCATE FOR TWO CITY SPONSORED LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND FUNDING FOR SPECIFIED CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND TO RECEIVE REPORTS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET ON STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET ACTIVITY.

AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO STAFF.

I'M GOING TO START WITH A BIT OF A LOOK BACK AND TOUCHING ON THE REPORTS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET IN 2022.

AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE STATE ENJOYED A $94 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS LAST YEAR, WHICH ALLOWED THE LEGISLATURE AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE ONE TIME SIGNIFICANT ONE TIME INVESTMENTS IN SEVERAL OF THEIR KEY PRIORITIES, INCLUDING CLIMATE ACTION, HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. THERE WERE JUST OVER 2300 MEASURES INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR AND ABOUT 1400 OF THOSE ADVANCED THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR CONSIDERATION, EITHER TO ADOPT OR VETO, SIGN OR VETO.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, OVER 1100 BILLS WERE TRACKED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BY CITY STAFF AND OUR STATE LOBBYISTS.

AND IN THE LAST YEAR, THE CITY POSITIONED SPECIFICALLY ON 19 PIECES OF LEGISLATION DETERMINED TO BE MOST SIGNIFICANT TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF EITHER IMPACTING OUR OPERATIONS, CITY FINANCES, LEGAL ISSUES OR ISSUES RELATED TO LOCAL CONTROL.

AND WE SAW AN 84% SUCCESS RATE IN TERMS OF THE OUTCOMES WE WERE SEEKING ON THOSE BILLS OR BEING ABLE TO INFLUENCE AND GAIN AMENDMENTS TO THOSE BILLS THAT WERE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.

LAST YEAR. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SECURE A $5 MILLION APPROPRIATION IN A STATE BUDGET EARMARK. THANKS TO OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER TASHA BERNARD HORVATH.

TO BENEFIT THE CITY'S VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK PROJECT.

AND WE ALSO SAW TWO BILLS THAT THE CITY SPONSORED BECOME LAW AGAIN, AB 1672 AND AB 1682, WHICH WERE AUTHORED AGAIN BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER BERNARD HORVATH, AND BOTH OF WHICH DEALT WITH REGULATIONS AND OPERATIONS CONCERNING OUR CITY POOL LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH LIFEGUARDS. LOOKING TO THE CURRENT YEAR, A BIT OF A SNAPSHOT ON THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR. THE LEGISLATURE RECONVENED LAST WEEK AND TODAY THE GOVERNOR RELEASED HIS FISCAL YEAR 23-24 BUDGET PROPOSAL IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY.

WE'LL SEE THE LAST DAY FOUR BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE 2023 SESSION.

HEADING INTO THE END OF MARCH AND THROUGH APRIL 10TH, THE LEGISLATURE WILL GO ON A SPRING RECESS.

WHEN THEY RETURN, A MID-APRIL THROUGH THE END OF MAY, THOSE BILLS WILL BE PROCEEDING THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, GOING THROUGH VARIOUS POLICY COMMITTEES FOR CONSIDERATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES IN EARLY MAY.

THE GOVERNOR WILL PRESENT HIS MAY REVISION TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROPOSAL, AND HIS BUDGET MUST BE SIGNED OR THE BUDGET MUST BE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ON JUNE 30TH, BY JUNE 30TH.

AGAIN, MID-JULY THROUGH MID-AUGUST, THE LEGISLATURE GOES ON A SUMMER RECESS AND THEN WHEN THEY RETURN IN AUGUST, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS WE GO BACK INTO POLICY COMMITTEES.

WITH SEPTEMBER 14TH BEING THE LAST DATE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS BILLS AND OCTOBER 14TH BEING THE LAST DAY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN OR VETO BILLS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

LOOKING AT THE ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP, CURRENTLY, ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ANTHONY RENDON WILL REMAIN AS THE SPEAKER UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHRIS WARD OUT OF SAN DIEGO IS HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE SPEAKER PRO TEM.

HE'LL BE A KEY MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE.

OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, TASHA BERNER HORBATH HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIR OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVEYANCE COMMITTEE FOR THIS YEAR.

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ON THE SENATE SIDE, SENATE LEADER TONY ATKINS OF SAN DIEGO HAS ANNOUNCED HER COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS ALREADY, AND SENATOR BLAKE SPEAR, WHO REPRESENTS CARLSBAD, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU SEE LISTED ON THE SLIDE HERE.

GOING BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT AND RELEASE OF HIS STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL.

A COUPLE NOTABLE ITEMS I'LL JUST MENTION.

WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO A FULL ANALYSIS OF THAT, BUT I EXPECT LATER THIS WEEK THAT COUNCIL WILL BE RECEIVING A FULL ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM OUR BPG, OUR STATE LOBBYISTS.

IT'S NOTABLE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED TO CLOSE A $22.5 BILLION BUDGET GAP THIS YEAR WITH PROGRAM DELAYS AND CUTS TO STATE PROGRAMS RATHER THAN TAPPING INTO STATE RESERVES. AND HE'S IDENTIFIED THE BUDGET PRIORITIES WHICH CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED IN A ROBUST WAY THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE.

THOSE PRIMARILY FOCUS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION, HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, CLIMATE CHANGE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.

WITH THAT I'LL JUST MENTION, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS, BUT YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT WE DID INCLUDE A MONTHLY REPORT FROM OUR NEW FEDERAL LOBBYISTS.

CARPI AND CLAY, THE CITY ENGAGED CARPI AND CLAY AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND THEY WILL BEGIN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE BEGINNING AS SOON AS THAT SUBCOMMITTEE RECONVENES.

AND AS WE GO FORWARD, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN DC AND HELP US ENGAGE AND GET MORE VERSED IN FEDERAL ADVOCACY, BOTH ON A POLICY LEVEL AND FUNDING, KEEPING US APPRIZED OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND HELPING US GO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM APPROVAL AND IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS BORN OUT OF CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 39, WHICH LAYS OUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM AND IS FURTHERED THROUGH RESOLUTION 2019, DASH 137 THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019, ESTABLISHING THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE AND ASSIGNING AS ONE OF THE DUTIES OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

THE PLATFORM LAYS OUT SEVERAL POLICY POSITIONS THAT ENABLE CITY STAFF AND OUR LOBBYISTS TO GO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WHEN LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND FUNDING PROPOSALS COME FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO GET THAT DIRECTION IN THE EVENT THAT THINGS COME UP THAT ARE NOT LAID OUT IN THE PLATFORM, WE DO RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR SPECIFIC DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD IF IT'S DEEMED NECESSARY AND RELEVANT TO THE CITY'S INTERESTS.

SO ONCE THIS LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE CONDUCTS ITS ANNUAL REVIEW, ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PLATFORM ARE THEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE CHANGES AS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, STAFF AND THE LEGISLATIVE AND OUR LOBBYISTS CONSULT WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY ORGANIZATION, GET THEIR INPUT, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH THEN REVIEWS AND MAKES THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO STAFF AND THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE ARE BOTH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU SEE PROPOSED IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE RESOLUTION.

AND ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT DOCUMENT MIRROR THE CITY GOALS AND FOCUS AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN YOUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING A LOT OF OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ADVANCE AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. MOVING ON TO THE FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE'LL BE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THROUGH THE COUNCIL EACH YEAR.

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR IT, FOR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS TO REQUEST STATE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND EARMARKS.

AND SO THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT ARE BOTH IN NEED OF FUNDING AND APPEAR TO BE ALIGNED WITH STATE PRIORITIES, EITHER THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OR GENERALLY THROUGH THE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE AND MOST SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR

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YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF TEN PROJECTS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE BEING A MULTI YEAR EFFORT TO PURSUE FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR BASED ON AVAILABILITY AND THE PRIORITIES, AGAIN OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

AND THIS LIST, I SHOULD JUST SAY, IS NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER.

IN FACT, IT'S IN REVERSE ALPHABETICAL ORDER, BUT IT'S THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED INCLUDE UTILITY, UNDERGROUNDING, STAGECOACH PARK, COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT, SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION AND SHORELINE PRESERVATION INITIATIVES, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING BICYCLE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

LOWERING THE RAILROAD TRACKS THROUGH THE VILLAGE.

THE MONROE STREET POOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT, MERKEL RESERVOIR SOLAR PROJECT, THE EXPANSION OF POSADA GUADALUPE HOMELESS SHELTER SITE ACQUISITION AND DESIGN FOR FIRE STATION SEVEN AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.

AND FINALLY HIGHLIGHTING TWO STATE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR SUPPORT AND DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

THE FIRST TO PURSUE A NEW LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES WHO MIGHT BE SUFFERING THIRD PARTY HARASSMENT.

AND SECOND, TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR STATEWIDE ELECTRIC BICYCLE RIDER SAFETY TRAINING AND LICENSING.

YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET WE'VE PROVIDED A DETAILED SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE RELATED TO ITEM ONE AND FEEL LIKE THAT IS AN INITIATIVE THAT'S READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE CURRENT YEAR. THE SECOND ITEM IS STILL MORE IN A BIT OF A CONCEPTUAL PHASE, AND GIVEN THE LEGISLATION PASSED LAST YEAR REQUIRING THE CHP TO DEVELOP A SAFETY TRAINING CURRICULUM, IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT THIS WILL BE A DEVELOPMENTAL YEAR AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATELY PURSUED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND HAVE PLACED THE PROPOSED ACTION ON THE SLIDE AS WELL.

AND I WOULD JUST INVITE COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA, ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, TO FILL IN AT THIS POINT, IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING OR YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. I'M GLAD TO ADD A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER.

SO THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS IS NOT VERY OLD.

IT WAS FORMED WITH THE HELP OF COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND AND REALLY THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WAS CROSS-REFERENCED THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

SO WHEN I JOINED TWO YEARS AGO, HAVING WORKED PREVIOUSLY AT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND HAVING 20 YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND, I CAME IN AGGRESSIVELY AND KIND OF LIKE COMBED THROUGH THE PLATFORM.

WE TOOK SOME THINGS OUT AND PROPOSED SOME NEW THINGS, BROUGHT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND AND HAD THAT PASS THIS PAST YEAR.

THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR, 2021, JANUARY 2021.

IN JANUARY 2022, WE LOOKED AT THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WITH A KIND OF MORE MODERNIZED LENS OF WORKING WITH STAFF AND HAVING STAFF KIND OF ADD SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND CHANGING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ENCOMPASSING THE CURRENT NEEDS OF STAFF AND BEING INCLUSIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR, WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AGAIN, WE DID ADD SOME KIND OF NEW LANGUAGE REGARDING SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY, BUT MOST OF OUR LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WAS ALREADY UP TO DATE.

IT REALLY WAS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT WE COULD WORK WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION WITH OUR CONTRACT LOBBYISTS.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

I MEAN, WE HAD THIS EXCELLENT FOUNDATION AND STAFF HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH AT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.

WHEN WE MEET, WE HAVE OUR STAFF PERSON, JASON HABER, WHO JUST GAVE THE REPORT.

WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REPRESENTED, AND WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT LOBBYISTS WHO UP TILL NOW HAVE BEEN AT STATE, STATE, THE STATE FOCUSED ONES.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THE FEDERAL ONES YET TO TO REPORT TO US.

WE ALSO INVITE THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO COVER CARLSBAD AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO COME PRESENT TO US EVERY SINGLE MEETING, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH MONTHLY. THAT HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE HEAR THE LATEST AND GREATEST RIGHT AWAY.

[3.H. CONSIDER AWARD – PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR 9TH STREET TRAIL PARKING LOT PROJECT: (Contact: Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation) Award to: Geospatial Data, Inc. - $56,600.00 This item considers the award of a professional services agreement for the development of construction documents for the 9th Street Trails Parking Lot project. This item will be funded with grant funding received from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEO, YOU CAN YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON.

YOU CAN WATCH THEM ONLINE LIVE OR YOU CAN YOU CAN WATCH VIDEOS OF PAST MEETINGS ANY TIME. SO THOSE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

I WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE.

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AND WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THOSE WAYS MOSTLY PRETTY ALIGNED.

SO IN ADDITION TO GOING THROUGH BILLS AS THEY CAME UP AND TAKING POSITIONS ON THEM WITH THE ADVICE OF STAFF AND THE ADVICE OF OUR CONTRACT LOBBYISTS, WE WORKED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT HAD BEEN PASSED, AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUR FEEDBACK LIVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE HERE.

MR. HABER WAS ALSO REALLY GREAT AT SCHEDULING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES TO COME SPEAK TO OUR GROUP ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING THAT WOULD AFFECT CARLSBAD AND ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME GIVE AND TAKE AND A CONVERSATION WITH THOSE FOLKS.

SO THAT WAS HELPFUL.

WITH REGARD TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT PASSED, THIS IS A STARK THING.

WE HAD TWO LAWS PASSED THAT WERE SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

WE'RE NOT THAT BIG OF A CITY, AND THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SO I HOPE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT AND IT REALLY HAS A LOT OF A LOT TO DO WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR CONTRACT LOBBYISTS AND OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS WHO UNDERSTOOD OUR POINT OF VIEW.

AND WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE FORWARD THE OUR BILL.

AND THAT'S MOSTLY ASSEMBLYMEMBER TASHA BERNER HORVATH, WHO WAS ABLE TO CARRY BOTH BILLS.

WE HAVE TWO BILLS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW THAT THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY, TWO IDEAS FOR BILLS. AND AGAIN, IT'S IT'S NOT EASY TO PASS THEM.

SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TWO FOR TWO.

WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE 100% SUCCESS RECORD IN OUR FIRST YEAR.

BUT BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. HABER. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ALL THE ALL THE FOLKS WHO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS WHO SPEAK UP AND AND STAY ENGAGED WITH THOSE LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.

WE HEAR A LOT IN THE NEWS ABOUT THE STATE FORCING CITIES TO DO CERTAIN THINGS OR OR EVEN OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CITIES AREN'T ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

AND THROUGH THE MECHANISM OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, WE ARE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND AND SPEAK BACK AND ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IT WASN'T JUST THE $5 MILLION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FROM THE STATE, BUT ANOTHER $3 MILLION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN FOR VETERANS PARK.

SO A LOT OF GREAT WORK WAS DONE.

IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL.

I'M CAUSING MR. HABER TO CHOKE BECAUSE HE'S ALL EMOTIONAL, IS CRYING NOW.

SORRY, BUT IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT YEAR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH WITH THE COUNCIL.

SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAD A REALLY GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR AS A LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I, I KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM PRETTY MUCH INSIDE AND OUT, SO I CAN TALK WITH YOU ABOUT ANY OF IT. THANK YOU.

ANY SPEAKERS. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMENT. DR.

BHAT-PATEL I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND OF COURSE COMMENTS AT THE END, BUT I CAN GO AFTER COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER FOR QUESTIONS.

I KNOW MR. HABER, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS EARLIER, AND THIS IS IF YOU HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'S ON PAGE 48 OF 94 AND I AM REFERENCING LETTER UNDER LAW ENFORCEMENT LETTER E AND LETTER I.

I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY BECAUSE IT SAYS SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES AS JUVENILES.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLARITY AROUND THAT, SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF IF THEY ARE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT AGE GROUP, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AND I DON'T, I KNOW WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ADD ALL OF THAT, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT, OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIMES TO STRENGTHEN PENALTIES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ANY SORT OF LIKE MENTAL HEALTH OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.

I'M PULLING UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM E RIGHT HERE.

LETTER E YEAH.

YES LETTER E.

AND YOU HAD RAISED THIS IN A BRIEFING.

I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE DO HAVE SOME ALTERNATE LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD PROPOSE TO CLARIFY THAT ISSUE.

IN CONSIDERING THAT IN THIS CASE, THE IDEA SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES AS INDIVIDUALS.

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AND WE CAN PUT SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN TO CLARIFY THAT, TO LIMIT THOSE JUVENILES THAT ARE INDICATED THROUGH THE PENAL CODE TO BE CAPABLE OF COMMITTING A VIOLENT CRIME.

SO IF THAT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY AND YOU WANT TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT AS SUCH, WE CAN WRITE THAT IN RIGHT HERE AND SEE HOW THAT LOOKS FOR THE COUNCIL, OR ONLY IF IT WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, YES, I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU INCORPORATED THAT INTO YOUR ANSWER.

I HAD QUESTIONS AROUND.

DOES THIS MEAN THAT IF SOMEBODY HAD COMMITTED A CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME AS A JUVENILE, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRENGTHENING PENALTIES FOR THAT.

BUT THIS WAS THE INTENT WAS ACTUALLY TO STRENGTHEN PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT CRIMES WHEN THEY ARE JUVENILES WHILE THEY'RE JUVENILES.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT.

AND YES, THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY.

AND THEN ONE OTHER ONE WAS LETTER I, AND THAT WAS AROUND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR PARTICIPATING IN A COORDINATED EFFORT TO DISRUPT THE USE OF PUBLIC ROADS AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING LOTS.

TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM A FIRST AMENDMENT STANDPOINT AND ALSO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH THE MANY COALITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT IT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY OF THAT. THANK YOU.

YES, THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE INTENT.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY PROBABLY HERE FOR SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, PERHAPS A PARENTHESES AT THE END.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM I HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN TO LIST AS EXAMPLES, STREET TAKEOVERS OR SIDESHOWS OR RACING EXHIBITIONS AND EXPRESSLY THOSE THAT ARE NOT EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITIES.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THOSE WERE MY TWO QUESTIONS, AND THEN I JUST HAVE COMMENTS.

THANKS. DR.

BHAT-PATEL, PLEASE START WITH THE COMMENTS.

WAS OUR OTHER QUESTIONS.

OKAY, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

AND I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL FOR BRINGING UP THOSE TWO AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THEM ON THE SLIDE.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DO IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, IS TO WORDSMITH THESE THINGS. AND SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE SAME ONES.

AND SO I KIND OF WANTED TO EXPLAIN HOW I UNDERSTOOD THEM.

THE E IS VERY TIMELY.

THE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES AS JUVENILES BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD RECENTLY.

HOMICIDES COMMITTED BY UNDER 18 YEAR OLDS.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT HAS BEEN VERY STRONG, THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY ALMOST 18 YEARS OLD WOULD WOULD BE TREATED.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

ACCORDINGLY, LIKE ALMOST 18 AND COMMITTED A SUPER VIOLENT CRIME SLASH HOMICIDE.

SO THAT THAT WAS THAT PART OF IT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT.

AND THEN FOR THE FOR I.

THE DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ROADS AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING LOTS.

THIS PREVIOUSLY WAS WORDED DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE AT OUR LAST MEETING. AND WE WERE I ACTUALLY DIDN'T LIKE THE USE OF THE WORD THAT WAS IN THERE, WHICH WAS SIDESHOW.

AND APPARENTLY SIDESHOW IS A TERM THAT IS USED TO DESCRIBE RACING EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE WITH FAST CARS DO DONUTS AND TRICKS AND DRIVE REALLY FAST.

AND WE WANTED TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE KINDS OF EVENTS.

SO WE ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK WITH.

DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OTHER THAN SIDESHOW BECAUSE THAT WASN'T A FAMILIAR TERM TO ME.

TO DESCRIBE THAT EVENT.

SO IF THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO WORD IT, I THINK MAYBE EVEN JUST SUGGESTING WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A BETTER, BETTER WORDING FOR THOSE CONCEPTS THAT I JUST SHARED, KNOWING THE INTENTION BEHIND THEM, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY VOTE ON THOSE AMENDMENTS RIGHT NOW, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO WHAT YOU SAID, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COSGROVE INCIDENT.

[3.I. CONSIDER AWARD – PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR REPLACEMENT OF COLLAPSING STORM SEWER IN TERRACE DRIVE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN STREET, WALLACE BLVD, HAGY BLVD, AND PORT LANE: (Contact: Kyle Schniederjan, Director of Capital Projects & Development Engineering) Award to: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. - $604,900.00 This item considers approval of professional engineering services agreement for the added design and construction phase services for the replacement of the collapsing storm sewer in Terrace Drive and additional construction phase services for the reconstruction of the Western and Wallace/Hagy/Port corridors in Amarillo. This item will be funded with a combination of Proposition 1 voter approved bond proceeds and drainage utility revenues.]

AND I AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK THINKING ABOUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ACCIDENTS, ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS BY LIKE FOUR OR FIVE YEAR OLDS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

THAT'S WHERE I WAS GETTING AT, RIGHT.

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BUT THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S ACCIDENTAL OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT, THAT IT DOESN'T END UP, YOU KNOW, PENALIZING THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

BUT DEFINITELY, IF SOMEBODY HAS INTENT AND THEY'RE GOING AFTER SOMEONE 100%, THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND THEN I THINK I THINK MR. HEBER HAD INCORPORATED LANGUAGE THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH.

SO IF FOLKS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, IT'S IT'S A VERY SIMPLE FIX.

IT'S LITERALLY JUST SAYING COMMITTED BY JUVENILES, WHICH JUST CLARIFIES THE LANGUAGE.

AND AND THAT WAY, IT'S NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ANY ROOM FOR IT BEING AMBIGUOUS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER OTHER ONE, I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAD A SUGGESTION FOR I AS WELL, RIGHT? MR. HARPER.

YES. THE SUGGESTION WAS JUST TO ADD A PARENTHESES AT THE END AS AN EXAMPLE.

YOU KNOW, AS AS PART OF A STREET TAKEOVER SIDESHOW OR RACING EXHIBITION SO THAT IT DELINEATES SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AS OPPOSED TO SOME TYPE OF EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY WHICH YOU REFERENCED AS BEING.

AND THOSE THOSE THREE ARE THE SPECIFIC ONES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY ANYWAYS. RIGHT. LIKE IT WOULDN'T PROHIBIT US FROM LET'S JUST SAY IF SOMETHING ELSE POPS UP, WE COULD ALWAYS AMEND AND ADD.

YES. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED LEGISLATION INTRODUCED THIS YEAR THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

SO WE WOULD BE DIRECTLY REFERENCE TO TO LEGISLATION THAT THAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR.

OKAY, GREAT.

AGAIN, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE, BUT I LOOK TO THE OTHERS FOR THOSE CHANGES.

AND THEN WHENEVER, MAYOR, YOU'D LIKE ME TO MAKE COMMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY.

DR. BHAT-PATEL, START WITH COMMENTS.

SURE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND I KNOW THAT, MR. HABER, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE JUST LIKE A SMALL PART IN THE BEGINNING OF JUST BEING ABLE FOR US TO MAKE THIS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WAS REALLY CLUNKY AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR STAFF AGREED AND I WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS REVAMP THAT MR. HABER TOOK ON AND MADE IT LOOK SO MUCH MORE IT'S SO MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE. I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR PUBLIC AS WELL.

SO OF COURSE, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT ALSO IT JUST MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON CERTAIN ISSUES AND OF COURSE, MAKING SURE THAT, OF COURSE OUR STAFF CAN ALSO KNOW WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING CERTAIN LEGISLATION AS WELL.

IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY BUSY YEAR LEGISLATIVELY, WHETHER IT'S AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING AS A CITY.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE AT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S ON A COMMITTEE OR NOT. BUT I KNOW AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND THE DIVISION PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT I'LL BE INVOLVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

THANK YOU. MR. COSTA. YES.

THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE I SHARED A LOT OF MY COMMENTS BEFORE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A REALLY GREAT YEAR.

AND COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL MENTIONED SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIVISION.

SO I KNOW SHE WILL BE VERY INVOLVED WITH LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.

AND I'M ON THE STATEWIDE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES BOARD, REPRESENTING ALL CITIES THAT ARE SPEAKING UP TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ABOUT THE CITY PERSPECTIVE AND DOING THAT KIND OF PUSH BACK THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH WITH SOME OF THE OVERREACH. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF CARLSBAD THIS YEAR AT THAT LEVEL AND ALSO HAVING NEW FEDERAL LOBBYISTS THAT WE HAVE NOT YET MET, BUT READ ABOUT THEM AND AND READ THEIR REPORT IN THE STAFF REPORT TODAY IN THE AGENDA PACKET.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

THANKS. MS..

BURKHOLDER, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND KNOW IN OUR BRIEFING I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THAT YOU WERE KEEPING US INFORMED ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT'S HAPPENING 160 BILLS, $5 MILLION PER CURE TO 84% IMPACT.

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, I DON'T LIKE THIS AND IT'S SOMETHING SACRAMENTO HAS DONE AND WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE IT'S A MANDATE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I GOT THEM ALL ANSWERED IN BRIEF.

THANK YOU. MOTION, PLEASE.

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AND IT WAS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY LETTER E AND LETTER I SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD 2023 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

SECOND, AND I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE SLIDE TO COME UP SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE MORE TIME AND REVIEW THOSE CHANGES.

AND I THINK THAT WELL CAPTURES THE CONVERSATION.

SO. AND JASON, IS IT? I CAN READ IT BACK ONE LAST TIME.

JUST REALLY QUICKLY, CAN WE JUST.

IS IT PUBLIC SAFETY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT I DIDN'T MISSPEAK.

LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO NOT PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU. SO ITEM E WOULD BE REVISED TO READ SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED BY JUVENILES AND ITEM.

I WOULD BE REVISED TO READ SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR PARTICIPATING IN ANY COORDINATED EFFORT TO DISRUPT THE USE OF PUBLIC ROADS AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING LOTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS PART OF A STREET TAKEOVER SIDESHOW OR RACING EXHIBITION. IN A SECONDED.

YES. PLEASE VOTE.

PASS THIS UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THERE'S THERE'S ONE MORE MOTION.

OH, YES, GO AHEAD.

SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TWO CITY SPONSORED STATE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

BEFORE WE GO ON TO NUMBER SEVEN, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT IF HE COULD SPEAK ON AN ITEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE WHO COULDN'T HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE CONVERSATION. OUR POLICY IS IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDIZED ITEM, YOU MUST SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CLERK BEFORE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM BEGINS.

THE ONLY TIME WE TAKE SPEAKERS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AGENDIZED ITEM IS IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ONLY CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.

AND ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, SIR.

AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS THE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S FIRST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP, MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS A JOINT PRESENTATION BY OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, DAVID GRAHAM, ALONG WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER,

[3.J. CONSIDER APPROVAL – CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 FOR REPLACEMENT OF COLLAPSING STORM SEWER IN TERRACE DRIVE, FROM COUGAR DRIVE TO MAYS AVENUE, AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN STREET, WALLACE BLVD, HAGY BLVD, AND PORT LANE: (Contact: Kyle Schniederjan, Director of Capital Projects & Development Engineering) Award to: J. Lee Milligan - Original Award: $10,417,305.95 Previous Change Order: ($ 1,001.25) Change Order No. 2: $ 2,094,161.21 Total Award: $12,510,465.91 This item considers the approval of a second change order to the construction contract for the Reconstruction of Western Street, Wallace Blvd, Hagy Blvd, and Port Lane project; to address additional construction items on Western Street, Wallace Blvd, Hagy Blvd, and Port Ln; and to construct storm sewer repairs in Terrace Drive, from Cougar Drive to Mays Avenue. Utilizing the contractor already on-site will allow for the coordination of work and minimize impacts to traffic. This item will be funded with a combination of Proposition 1 voter approved bond proceeds and drainage utility revenues.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TODAY'S ITEM IS THE CULMINATION OF WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR WORKFORCE, OUR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. AND WE'RE QUITE PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH JIM SIMON FROM RSG, WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN USING ECONOMIC STRATEGIC ACTIONS AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MATT SANFORD, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. OOP.

SORRY. THANK YOU, DAVID.

SO, JUST TO PROVIDE A BIT OF BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT HERE, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS A LONG LEGACY OF DOING GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK.

I STILL KNOW QUITE A FEW OF THE PREDECESSORS WHO HAVE HELD THIS ROLE, STILL DOING GREAT WORK AROUND THE COUNTY.

NOTABLY GOT THEIR START HERE IN CARLSBAD.

HOWEVER, IN 2020, COVID 19 OBVIOUSLY HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN

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THE CITY COUNCIL RAPIDLY RESPONDED WITH THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE, OR ERRI, THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE THE AD HOC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WAS LATER MADE INTO A STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE STAY SAFE STAY OPEN CAMPAIGN TO REALLY ASSIST SMALL CARLSBAD SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEEDED TO OPERATE SAFELY.

$250,000 TO SUPPORT TOURISM WHEN IT WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

A SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER, THE CVA AND VISIT CARLSBAD.

AND REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

A LOW INTEREST SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM THAT DISTRIBUTED $2 MILLION TO ROUGHLY 90 TO 90 CARLSBAD BUSINESSES.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEFAULTS TO DATE, AND THEY'VE BEEN REPAYING AS SCHEDULED AND RESPONDING TO OVER 800 BUSINESSES TO INQUIRIES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS JUST BUSINESSES DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR WHAT WAS GOING ON.

SO WE WERE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

BUT BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD A DISPARATE IMPACT ON DIFFERENT

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AND WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME, WE SUPPORTED ROUGHLY 85 COMPANY PROJECTS WITH $1.4 BILLION IN GROSS RECEIPTS REPORTED, 100 MILLION IN SALES TAX GENERATED, $49 MILLION IN LOCAL INVESTMENT REPORTED.

THAT'S THE MONEY THAT THEY WERE PUTTING INTO THEIR GROWTH AND EXPANSION HERE.

AND ROUGHLY 11,400 JOBS THAT WERE EITHER RETAINED OR CREATED.

SO WE WERE REALLY HARD CHARGING ON ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT FRONTS HERE.

AND WHAT WE REALIZED AS WE WENT FROM RECOVERY TO REVITALIZATION AND GROWTH, AGAIN, WAS THAT WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY DOING THINGS IN A COORDINATED FASHION.

WE HIRED A CONSULTANT CITY TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE.

AND THEY FOUND THAT THE LACK OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN MEANT THAT WE WERE BEING VERY REACTIVE AS A CITY, DOING GREAT WORK, BUT OFTENTIMES JUST KIND OF PLAYING A GAME OF WHACK A MOLE, HITTING THINGS AS THEY CAME UP AND HAVING A AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN WOULD ALLOW US TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND MORE FORWARD LOOKING.

AS A RESULT, THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $100,000 OUT OF THOSE ERRI FUNDS TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE CONTRACTED WITH THE RSG GROUP, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, ON OCTOBER 11TH, THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS APPROVED, WHICH INCLUDES THE GOAL OF ECONOMIC VITALITY, WHICH THIS PLAN SUPPORTS.

AND AS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, ON OCTOBER 17TH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN BE TAKEN TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL.

AND WITH THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JIM SIMON, WHO IS A THE PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL FOR RSG GROUP, OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JAMES SIMON WITH RSG.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OF THE CONTENT OF THE SPECIFIC OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE TO GO ABOUT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

SOME OF THE SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL FINDINGS THAT WERE DONE IN THE MARKET STUDY.

SOME OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THERE'S FOUR GOALS AROUND THE STRATEGY AND THEN THE OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH THAT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT DAVID WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. THE PROCESS BEGAN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO WHERE WE PULLED IN A THERE HAD BEEN AS AS MR. SANFORD MENTIONED, SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH THAT HAD DONE BEEN DONE PRIOR TO THIS EFFORT AND GOING ON. SO WE TRY TO LEVERAGE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WORKED WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, RESIDENT WORKFORCE COMMUNITY, AND HAD A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES, SOME OF WHICH WERE MOSTLY LISTENING SESSIONS AS THEY KIND OF DEVELOPED.

WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING, WE DID A WE BROUGHT ON OUR THIRD PARTY ECONOMIST, THE CONCORD GROUP, BASED OUT OF NEWPORT BEACH, WHO CONDUCTED A REAL ESTATE MARKET STUDY TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC AND REAL ESTATE IMPACTS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL ECONOMY.

AND LOOK AT HOW CARLSBAD'S POSITIONED ACCORDINGLY.

AND FROM THAT DEVELOPED STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ANALYSIS. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW YOUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.

IT DOESN'T QUITE CALL IT OUT THAT WAY, BUT YOU IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF WHERE YOU'RE DOING WELL, THINGS THAT THAT YOU HAVE SOME CHALLENGES ON AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE. AND THOSE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS SORT OF COALESCE AROUND FOUR THEMES THAT YOU'LL HEAR AS YOU AS YOU SEE THIS PRESENTATION ROLL OUT.

WE THEN BROUGHT THAT BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OVER THE MONTHS AROUND THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN FINALLY GOT APPROVAL IN OCTOBER TO BRING IT TO YOU TONIGHT.

STAFF HAS ALSO LOOKED AT THIS AS WELL, SO.

I MENTIONED THE MARKET STUDY THAT WAS DONE.

THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE INFORMATION STAFF HAS THE FULL MARKET STUDY ITSELF.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HERE IN CARLSBAD.

WE'RE IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION AS A RELATIVELY RESILIENT LOCAL ECONOMY.

WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING OBVIOUSLY A WONDERFUL LOCATION, STRONG JOB MARKET, HIGH, VERY HIGH JOBS TO HOUSING RATIO IN THE COMMUNITY, A MIX OF JOBS AS WELL AS HOUSING PRODUCT, WHICH CREATES A VERY DYNAMIC LOCAL ECONOMY AND ONE IN WHICH THAT I THINK EVEN AS WE HEAR ABOUT THAT OUR WORD LATER THIS YEAR, THERE'S A SENSE THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE RESILIENT TO THAT MAYBE OTHERS THAT ARE SUCH AS MORE TOURISM SOLELY FOCUSED OR RETAIL SOLELY FOCUSED.

THIS ECONOMY IS MUCH MORE VIBRANT THAN THAT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY AROUND LIFE SCIENCES, CLEAN TECH AND TECHNOLOGY, THOSE SECTORS THAT HAVE REALLY BLOSSOMED IN

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WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE COME IN FROM LOS ANGELES AREA AS WELL AS SAN FRANCISCO COMING INTO THIS MARKET AS THOSE OTHER MARKETS HAVE BEEN EITHER BUILT OUT OR EXPANDED ELSEWHERE.

AND IT'S ATTRACTING A LOT OF TALENT TO THE REGION AND IS BRINGING JOBS INTO THE REGION AS WELL. SO THERE HAS BEEN OUTFLOW OF RESIDENTS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HOUSING COSTS TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY. THAT'S NOT A PHENOMENON THAT'S CERTAINLY UNIQUE TO CARLSBAD.

THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE LA BASIN AND THEN THE SAN DIEGO BASIN.

SO THAT'S A COMMON FACTOR.

THERE HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY SOME IMPACTS OF SOME INDUSTRIES, BUT MANY HAVE BOUNCED BACK.

THE OFFICE MARKET, WHILE A LOT OF OFFICE MARKETS ARE STILL SORT OF IN A STATE OF WAIT AND SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENS TO USE OF OFFICE SPACE AND THE PLACE OF WORK AND HOW WE WORK IS STILL RELATIVELY STRONG, RELATIVELY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT VACANCY RATE, I SHOULD SAY.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMPETITION REGIONALLY AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THE REGION.

THINGS INITIATIVE SUCH AS INNOVATE 78 HAVE DONE A GREAT THING TO REALLY CAPITALIZE AND BENEFIT THE BRAND THAT CARLSBAD HAS AND NORTH COUNTY HAS THAT ARE BRINGING PEOPLE IN TO THIS AREA OF COUNTY AND COMPETING WITH NOT ONLY SAN DIEGO BUT REASONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE ATTRACTIVE REAL ESTATE CONDITIONS FROM A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT. ANYWAY, I MENTIONED THE COMPONENTS OF OF THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY.

WE TALK ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY, THE SUMMARIZE THE MARKET STUDY, SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND HOW THEY WOULD TOOK PLACE, GAVE IT A LITTLE CITY PROFILE AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

THIS SUMMARIZES THE THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

IT WAS A PRETTY TIGHT TIME FRAME.

WE ORIGINALLY WERE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE PRIOR TO THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, AND SO WE HAD SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE DURING THE SPRING.

SOME OF THOSE OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID WERE VIRTUAL EVENTS WITH RESIDENT STAKEHOLDER REALLY FOCUSED ON BOTH FROM THE RESIDENT AS WELL AS THE WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION.

WHAT WAS SOME OF THE IMPACTS AND REALLY STRUCTURED AS A LISTENING SESSION, SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT AS WELL ATTENDED AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, STOOD TO VERY MUCH SHOW UP INTO THE STRATEGY.

ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS A RESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT LIKE THE NEEDS FOR HOW WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND STARTUP BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND NOT TO FORGET PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED, WHO HAPPEN TO BE IN THE CITY, WHO STILL WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD.

AND YOU'LL SEE ELEMENTS OF THAT IN THIS STRATEGY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE TWO VIRTUAL COMMUNITY BUSINESS WORKSHOPS THAT TOOK PLACE, AS WELL AS TWO IN-PERSON BUSINESS WORKSHOPS THAT TOOK PLACE LATER.

THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW WITHIN THE CITY THEN TOOK PLACE AROUND JULY, AND THEN THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FIVE MEETINGS WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, ENDING IN OCTOBER. THE FOUR STRATEGIES, THE FOUR GOALS THAT ARE IN THE STRATEGY ARE KIND OF OUTLINE ON THIS SLIDE HERE.

I'VE MENTIONED ONE ALREADY, WHICH IS SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS.

90% OF THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES YOU HAVE IN THE CITY ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE 50 EMPLOYEES OR LESS. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING NEVER TO FORGET.

IT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE JOBS ARE OFTEN CREATED, AS WELL AS BUSINESSES THAT GROW HAVE BECOME BIGGER.

AND WE'VE SEEN GREAT EXAMPLES OF THAT HERE IN CARLSBAD HISTORICALLY.

DEVELOP AND ATTRACT A TALENTED WORKFORCE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME LEGACY AND HISTORY AND SUCCESS IN DOING THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, YOUR WORKFORCE IS WHAT'S BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THIS REGION.

THOSE ESPECIALLY THE LIFE SCIENCES IS.

AND IT WAS ONE EXAMPLE.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FOSTER THE GROWTH OF OF OF EVERYONE FROM YOUTH INTO THE WORKFORCE, INTO THOSE FIELDS AS WELL AS PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION AND FINDING CARLSBAD AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LOCATE BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE FOR TALENT WHERE THAT IS.

A GROW AND SUPPORT KEY INDUSTRIES, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY LEVERAGE PLACEMAKING AND ENGAGEMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGY.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THOSE HERE AS WE GO THROUGH IT.

SO ONE EXAMPLE UNDER THE LET'S SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER HOW TO WORK THE SLIDES HERE IS UNDER THE SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS HERE THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT IS I MENTIONED INCREASE ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORT FOR WOMEN, MINORITY, VETERAN AND DISABLED OWNED BUSINESSES.

SO YOU KNOW, REMEMBERING THAT, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURS TAKE ALL FORMS AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO JUST LOOK AT AS A MONOLITH, BUT THINK ABOUT ADAPTING OUR PROGRAMS TO MEET THE VARIED NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS LIKE ALL COMMUNITIES.

AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR ITSELF IS GOING TO STRUGGLE WITH. BUT AS WE CHANGE AND ADAPT HOW WE WORK AND FROM GOING TO A PLACE OF WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK INTO AN OFFICE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND FOR MANY OF THOSE THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE CASE. WHAT'S THAT, NORM? AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE EFFECT ON THE WAY CARLSBAD DOES BUSINESS AND THE WAY

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SO IT WILL BE CLEARLY AN IMPACT ON THINGS LIKE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES AND THE LIKE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AGILE AND CAN PIVOT AND BE IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE NEEDS THOSE NEEDS ARE AS THEY ARISE.

I MENTIONED THE WORKFORCE AND THE TALENT POOL, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY VERY CRITICAL.

A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE IS ENHANCING THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CITY AND PARTNERING WITH K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S PIPELINES OF TALENT THAT ARE COMING IN LOCALLY WITHIN THIS REGION THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE NEW JOBS THAT ARE COMING IN, ARE GETTING EDUCATED IN THAT, AS WELL AS CREATING MORE DIGITALLY CONNECTED CITY THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER TOOLS THAT WE USE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE ACCESSED ON THINGS LIKE SMARTPHONE DEVICES AND THE LIKE.

A LOT OF THESE ARE STRATEGIES THAT CROSSED OVER AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT. CITIES HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST STRATEGY, AS YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP AND COMPLEMENTARY WORK WITH SOME OF THE PRIOR WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THIS CITY.

SOME OF THE KEY INDUSTRIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS ASSIST BUSINESSES IN GROWING INTO THOSE TECH LIFE SCIENCE, CLEAN TECH, SPORTS, INNOVATION AND DESIGN SECTORS OF THAT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT AND BALANCING THE NEEDS BETWEEN BOTH THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUSINESSES THAT TYPICALLY HAVE LOWER WAGES.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN EQUITY ISSUE THERE AROUND THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, BOTH WITHIN THE VISITORS THAT ARE COMING IN TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THOSE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE FULL TIME.

AND THEN FINALLY ENCOURAGE PLACEMAKING AND ENGAGEMENT.

THIS, AGAIN, IS TALKING ABOUT PROMOTING OUR SUCCESSES AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CARLSBAD CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS TO OFFER, AS WELL AS ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.

THIS IS THE THINGS THIS COULD BE THINGS SUCH AS BUILDING UPON SUCCESS OF COMMUNICATION EFFORTS WITH THE CITY TO REALLY PROMOTE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. SO NOT JUST USING SOME OF THOSE SAME SOCIAL PLATFORMS AND THE LIKE THAT WE USE ALREADY IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT'S GOING WELL, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND BENEFIT FROM SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD.

NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO STAFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WRAPPING UP, YOU ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC ACTIONS WHICH ARE HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN ITSELF.

TONIGHT, YOU WOULD BE APPROVING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY THE ROADMAP, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND GET THERE SOMEHOW.

AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HIT SNOW.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO THROW THOSE CHAINS ON.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE ABOUT.

THOSE ARE THE DEFINED AND TACTICAL ELEMENTS WHICH WE WILL BE UPDATING REFINING BASED UPON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT AND PRESENTING ANY BUDGETARY RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND FUNDING IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLANS AND PRIORITIES. ESSENTIALLY, THOSE STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE A LIST OF IDEAS THAT WILL ANNUALLY WE'LL REPORT OUT OR REVISE, CHANGE AND UPDATE BASED UPON THE CONDITIONS THAT WE SEE. SO WITH THAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING.

SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT TO RECEIVING ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT REGARDING THOSE STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND WILL ANNUALLY BE REPORTING ON PROGRESS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS TO FOSTER A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT ECONOMY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

SPEAKERS. YES.

WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.

KIM SIDORIAK.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

KIM SIDORIAK, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VISIT CARLSBAD.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE'VE JUST WRAPPED UP CALENDAR YEAR 2022, WHICH FOR TOURISM IN CARLSBAD WAS A VERY STRONG YEAR. OUR HOTEL PERFORMANCE IN 2022 EXCEEDED 2019 FIGURES AS IT RELATES TO AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM.

SLIGHT DECREASE IN TERMS OF OCCUPANCY.

THOSE ARE THE THREE KEY MEASURES THAT WE WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF HOTEL PERFORMANCE.

LOOKING AT THOSE FIGURES AS IT RELATES TO TAX REVENUES INTO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S GENERAL FUND, AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM INCREASES ARE GOOD NEWS.

OVERNIGHT, HOTEL GUESTS PAY THOSE TAXES AND THEN THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO SALES TAX BY EATING, SHOPPING AND PLAYING.

AS DURING THEIR VISIT TO CARLSBAD.

BUT AS THE TOURISM INDUSTRY LEARNED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, JUST LIKE MANY INDUSTRIES, WE CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.

A STRONG 2022 DOES NOT DICTATE A STRONG 23, 24, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL, WE NEED TO BE THINKING LONG TERM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE

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AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

I WAS REALLY GLAD TO BE PART OF THE PLAN FROM THE VISIT CARLSBAD STANDPOINT, I KNOW MANY OF THE TOURISM RELATED BUSINESSES AND VISITOR SERVING BUSINESSES LENDED THEIR INPUT IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN.

SO ALL FOUR GOALS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE PLAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN TOURISM AND HOW IT EVOLVES INTO THIS NEXT CHAPTER.

FROM SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, VISITORS WANT TO EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF PLACE. THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE LOCAL HOOD.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE SAME STORES THAT THEY HAVE AT HOME.

RIGHT. SO ABSOLUTELY, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO.

SUPPORTING WORKFORCE, MANY WORKFORCE AND HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM EMPLOYEES DID LEAVE THE INDUSTRY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MANY DESTINATIONS ARE FACING.

SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A KEY COMPONENT HERE.

AND THEN AS A KEY INDUSTRY IN CARLSBAD, SUPPORTING ONE OF THESE KEY INDUSTRIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TOURISM.

AND THEN FINALLY, PLACEMAKING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

OF PARTICULAR INTEREST FROM THE TOURISM PERSPECTIVE IS THIS PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF THE ARTS COMMISSION AND UTILIZING PUBLIC SPACE AND BRINGING PEOPLE OUT TO ENJOY WHETHER THAT BE ARTS RELATED OR EVENTS.

WE KNOW THERE'S DEMONSTRATED RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS LONG TERM TOURISM SUCCESS.

SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CHRISTINE DAVIS.

HI THERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE DAVIS AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CVA.

CVA'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE CORE PURPOSE IS TO LEAD THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF CARLSBAD VILLAGE BY PROMOTING AND ENHANCING ITS BUSINESS, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY VITALITY, MAKING IT A PREMIER DESTINATION.

WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH HUNDREDS OF BUSINESS OWNERS IN CARLSBAD VILLAGE.

HAVING THE STRONG SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, AS WE DO, HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. I KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN WEATHERED THE PANDEMIC STORM BETTER BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S GUIDANCE, THE RESOURCES AND LEADERSHIP.

THAT'S WHY CVA IS VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS PLAN DEALS WITH RECOVERY MARKET PRESSURES AND IS DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND CHANGE AS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CHANGE.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE PLAN'S FOUR MAJOR STRATEGIC GOALS.

SPEAK RIGHT TO MY HEART AS A CHAMPION FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

ONE IS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL COLLABORATORS, SUPPORTING THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN CARLSBAD.

ONE TACTIC WITHIN THAT GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

AND THIS, AS DAVID AND MATT BOTH KNOW, IS HUGE TO ME.

THIS WOULD BE SO IMPACTFUL FOR THE BUSINESSES IN OUR VILLAGE.

IT WOULD HELP CREATE AND THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD.

OF COURSE, IT WOULD HELP CREATE SUCCESS STORIES OF HOW CARLSBAD ELEVATES SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKES IT EASY TO BECOME A BUSINESS OWNER.

AND THAT'S WHAT CARLSBAD SHOULD BE KNOWN FOR.

ANOTHER GOAL OF THE PLAN IS TO ENCOURAGE PLACEMAKING AND ENGAGEMENT.

AGAIN, SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

CVA RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY AND IMPLEMENTED WHAT I CONSIDER A SPECTACULAR BANNER PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

WE EXPANDED IT, BUT THAT IN THE VILLAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, IMPLEMENTED HOLIDAY LIGHTING.

BOTH OF THESE THINGS REALLY ENHANCE THE SENSE OF PLACE AND COMMUNITY MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE, AND THAT REALLY HELPS OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE.

SO AGAIN, THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED.

THANK YOU. BRETT SCHANZENBACH.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

BRETT SCHANZENBACH, CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND CEO.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENGAGED IN IT OVER TIME AS IT WAS BEING DEVELOPED AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT AFTER IT WAS APPROVED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

I THINK THE TWO ELEMENTS THAT SPEAK TO ME MOST FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STANDPOINT WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND CREATING THAT KIND OF A BUSINESS FRIENDLY PLACE WHERE INNOVATION CAN THRIVE.

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WE THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY.

THE CHALLENGES OF TALENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES.

AND I THINK THIS PLAN DOES LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN HELP WITH THOSE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD IN PARTNERING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN IMPLEMENTING AND EXPANDING THOSE AND BRINGING THOSE TO FRUITION INTO LIFE TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TO CONTINUE THE AMAZING RUN THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS HERE IN CARLSBAD.

THE WHOLE PLAN IS VERY THOROUGH.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO VET IT A TINY BIT WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT.

SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT IT TONIGHT AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND DR.

BHAT-PATEL, YOU ARE ON THE LEGISLATIVE I'M SORRY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR THE IMMENSE WORK ON THIS.

AND THE SPEAKERS, OF COURSE.

VISIT CARLSBAD, CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER FOR BEING SO INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

THIS AS AS YOU ALL HAD MENTIONED, THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD COME INTO EXISTENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND I THINK NOW HAVING THE STANDING COMMITTEE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT PART, INTEGRAL PART OF CARLSBAD. AND FOR US, IT JUST MADE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSTANTLY EXISTING WHERE WE COULD HAVE THAT CONSTANT CONVERSATION AND THE PUBLIC COULD ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION IN THE PROCESS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME AND I WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT OUR STAFF WAS EXCITED AND WAS TAKING CHARGE ON THAT WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A WORK, A STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED US, HEY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE DID THAT.

AND NOW THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. I THINK IT REALLY HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR INDUSTRY CLUSTERS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DIVERSIFY OUR REVENUE STREAMS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A CITY, THAT THIS WILL BE KIND OF LIKE THAT, ALMOST LIKE OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, RIGHT? LIKE HAVING THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THAT AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

THE FOUR GOALS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WERE FROM A RIGOROUS CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD NOT ONLY WITH THE KEY PLAYERS BUT ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU SAW.

AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW DYNAMIC IT CAN BE.

I KNOW MS. DAVIS MENTIONED THIS, BUT IT EVERYTHING CAN CONTINUOUSLY SHIFT, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE INDUSTRIES SHIFT, AS WORKFORCE CHANGES AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING WORKFORCE AND ATTRACTING THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS HEARING WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL IN 2018 THAT WE WERE SEEING DIFFICULTIES THEN, AND NOW IT'S DEFINITELY MUCH, MUCH HARDER.

AND AS WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT YOUNG, YOUNG TALENT AND WORKFORCE BEING ABLE TO TAP INTO OUR OWN TALENT BY PARTNERING WITH OUR SCHOOLS, THE K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS IS SO ESSENTIAL BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WE'RE BUILDING OUR OWN TALENT AND ALLOWING FOR THEM TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE BACK INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THE ONE OTHER COUPLE OF OTHER PIECES THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND THEN I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU ALL, IS THAT THE GOAL 3.4 WAS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I HAD ASKED FOR SPECIFICALLY.

IT WAS AROUND OR NOT GOAL 3.4, BUT IT WAS UNDER THREE AND IT WAS 3.4, BUT AROUND BALANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED DURING THE PROCESS.

AGAIN, I WAS TOLD, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO BRING IN OUR BUSINESSES, TOURISM, ETC., THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY ESSENTIAL THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS FIRST IN THAT PARTICULAR SUBSECTION, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING THOSE NEEDS AND THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, I KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS COMES WITH A PRICE TAG AND THE BUDGETING PROCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, OF COURSE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY WITHIN OUR MEANS. THIS IS, OF COURSE, A WORKING DOCUMENT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW WE ALL ARE BEING MINDFUL OF THAT AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR OWN

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AND THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

NO QUESTIONS. CLOSING STATEMENTS.

MS. BURKHOLDER.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS I THINK CARLSBAD HAS GOING FORWARD IN 2023 IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN CARLSBAD.

IF WE LEARNED ANYTHING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM.

I REMEMBER WHEN I OPENED MINE, I DIDN'T HAVE A RESOURCE.

I KNOW HOW TO DO THERAPY, BUT NOBODY TAUGHT ME HOW TO OPEN A BUSINESS, RIGHT? YOU DON'T LEARN THAT IN CLASS.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THE PLAN MIXES IN PRIORITIES, COST APPROXIMATIONS, LEAD DEPARTMENTS, DELIVERABLES. SO IT'S A VERY ACCOUNTABLE FORWARD PLAN AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S A WIN FOR WORKERS, BUSINESSES AND REVENUE SOURCES FOR OUR CITY.

SO I THINK ANY TIME YOU PARTNER WITH VISIT CARLSBAD, THE CHAMBER AND CVA, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY FINE PRODUCT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN STRATEGIC PLANS FOR CITIES, FOR DEPARTMENTS, FOR BUSINESSES.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK FROM WHICH YOU WORK SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND CHECK WITH YOUR VALUES AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE WORKING PROACTIVELY AS WAS SAID AND NOT REACTIVELY.

ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT REMINDED ME THAT WE ALSO NEED TO STAY RESPONSIVE TO OUR TIMES.

SO I APPRECIATED THE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ON SOME OF THE TACTICAL ACTION ITEMS, STRATEGIC ACTION ITEMS. I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF VOTE FOR MY TWO FAVORITES OF THE FOUR GOALS.

THEY'RE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE FIRST ONE BEING THE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ONES, BECAUSE I TOO AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND STARTED MY OWN.

I'M A SOLOPRENEUR AND STARTED MY OWN COMPANY 12 YEARS AGO HERE IN CARLSBAD.

AND ALTHOUGH I DID TAKE CLASSES ON HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND HOW TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR THROUGH MY MBA PROGRAM, IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT IN PERSON AND YOU'RE NOT JUST LISTENING TO THEORY AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S GUIDEBOOK.

SO HAVING ASSISTANCE, HAVING THE SBDC OR HAVING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WERE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I LOVE THAT THERE ARE THESE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TALKS ABOUT IN THIS PLAN THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CHAMBER, CVA, THE VISIT CARLSBAD, BUT ALSO WITH THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, SBDC AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING OVERLAPPING WORK AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS HERE IN TOWN, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RETAIN THEM SO THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE ARE CONTINUALLY MET AS BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK.

I THINK HAVING THE STRUCTURE AROUND THE WORK IS REALLY, REALLY KEY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I SUPPORT THIS.

DR. BHAT-PATEL.

NO OTHER COMMENTS. JUST THANKS.

THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

WHEN I MEET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, I JOKINGLY.

BUT IT'S NOT ALL A JOKE.

I SAY I WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR VERY SELFISH REASONS.

ONE IS THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

TWO, THEY PROVIDE JOBS TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE REVENUE TO THE CITY.

SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK FOR PARKS AND BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND BETTER ROADS, I HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON THAT.

SO PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE BUSINESSES REALLY DO HELP US PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO IT.

AND BRETT, THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT YOU DO WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MOTION, PLEASE. SURE, SO I WILL.

THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS.

ONE IS GOING TO BE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. I'LL TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.

SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE TO DIRECT STAFF TO EVALUATE, REVISE AND UPDATE THE DRAFT STRATEGIC ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY BUDGETARY RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND.

VOTE PLEASE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE LEG STRETCH BREAK, AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 7:30.

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I'M CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER EIGHT.

CITY MANAGER, PLEASE INTRODUCE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR. NUMBER EIGHT IS DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO VACANCY AND CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS TO FILL A VACANCY.

MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY WILL BE OUR CLERK SERVICES MANAGER, FAVI MEDINA, AS WELL AS OUR LEGISLATIVE AND CONSTITUENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, SHEILA COBIAN.

LADIES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU TODAY TO DECLARE THE EXISTENCE OF A CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO VACANCY AND CONSIDER OPTIONS.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN FORFEITED HIS DISTRICT TWO SEAT FOR CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 13, 2022, UPON BEING SWORN IN AS MAYOR.

HIS FORFEITURE CREATED A VACANCY.

CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.04.11083 REQUIRES THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE THE EXISTENCE OF THE VACANCY AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.

IF THE VACANCY IS DECLARED WITH MORE THAN ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN 25 MONTHS REMAINING IN THE TERM, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT A PERSON TO FILL THE VACANCY OR CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY.

THE CITY COUNCIL MUST DETERMINE WHETHER TO FILL THE VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT OR BY SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF THE DECLARATION OF VACANCY.

IN THIS INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE JANUARY 24TH, 2023.

IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED FOR OFFICE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, A PERSON MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD AND A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY INTEND TO RUN FOR.

IN THIS INSTANCE, DISTRICT TWO, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICABLE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE THOSE BOUNDARIES THAT WERE IN EFFECT WHEN THE VACATING COUNCILMEMBER WAS ORIGINALLY ELECTED.

THEREFORE, THE NEWLY REDRAWN DISTRICT TWO WOULD NOT BE.

THOSE BOUNDARIES WOULD NOT BE USED TO DETERMINE DISTRICT RESIDENCY.

THOSE DO NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024.

AS MENTIONED, AFTER DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO VACANCY, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY EITHER CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION OR INITIATE THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION.

THE RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FOUR WOULD NEED TO BE ADOPTED.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO BEGIN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY EITHER PROCEED USING THE APPLICATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS SIMILAR TO THAT USED TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE VACANCY IN 2021.

ALTERNATIVELY, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER APPLICATION IN INTERVIEW PROCESS AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN ON JANUARY 24TH, 2023, WITH THE PROPOSED APPLICATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BASED ON THE DIRECTION RECEIVED TONIGHT.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO FILL THE VACANCY BY SPECIAL ELECTION, THE SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD OCCUR ON THE NEXT REGULARLY ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATE.

NO LESS THAN 114 DAYS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF THE VACANCY.

IN THIS INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER SEVEN, 2023 FOR VACANCIES DECLARED AFTER NOVEMBER 13, 2022.

THE ESTIMATED COST PROVIDED BY THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE FOR HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $275,000 TO $475,000.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO FILL A VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE DECLARATION OF VACANCY TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT. THE PERSON SELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY MUST MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OFFICE.

TO REPRESENT A COUNCIL DISTRICT, A PERSON MUST RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT AND BE A REGISTERED VOTER IN THAT DISTRICT.

FOR DISTRICT TWO, THE APPLICABLE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE THOSE FROM THE VACATING COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS ELECTED, NOT THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

FOR DISTRICT TWO, THE NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, ONCE AGAIN APPROVED BY THE INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, DO NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024.

THE APPOINTEE WOULD HOLD THE OFFICE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED.

THE APPOINTEE WOULD BE INELIGIBLE TO SEEK ELECTION FOR THE SAME OFFICE UNTIL ONE YEAR AFTER THE APPOINTMENT ENDS.

AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITHIN THE 45 DAYS OF THE DECLARATION OF VACANCY, THEN THE CITY COUNCIL MUST CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO BEGIN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY EITHER PROCEED USING THE APPLICATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS, MOST RECENTLY USED TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE VACANCY OR DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN ON JANUARY 24TH, 2023, WITH A PROPOSED APPLICATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED AT THIS MEETING.

THE APPLICATION USED FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE VACANCY

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THOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INCLUDED STATEMENTS SUCH AS I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF I APPOINTED THAT I'M APPOINTED, I WILL FILE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCLUDED A FORM 700.

IT ALSO INCLUDED THE I'M AWARE THAT THIS APPLICATION IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF APPOINTED TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL SEAT FOR A TERM ENDING IN THE NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022 ELECTION, I WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR THAT SEAT IN THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS ALSO INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT TO ATTACH A RESUME OR PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY, COMPLETE THE FPPC FORM 700, AND IT CONTAINED EIGHT FILL IN THE BLANK SECTIONS.

THE INTERVIEW PROCEDURE USED FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE VACANCY WAS OUTLINED BY THE CITY CLERK STAFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT MEETING.

THE PUBLIC WAS THEN ALLOWED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT USING THE STANDARD PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS.

CITY CLERK STAFF THEN CALLED EACH APPLICANT IN THE ORDER THE APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED.

THE APPLICANTS WERE GIVEN 3 MINUTES FOR OPENING REMARKS.

2 MINUTES FOR EACH OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED QUESTIONS AND ONE MINUTE FOR CLOSING REMARKS. THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

CITY CLERK STAFF WAS THE TIMEKEEPER, AND SINCE THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT, THE CITY CLERK WOULD STOP THE INTERVIEW IF THERE WERE ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES. THE QUESTIONS ASKED IN THE INTERVIEW WERE CREATED FROM QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

TOPICS WERE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY RESIDENTS.

A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION WAS ALSO CREATED TO ILLUSTRATE THE APPLICANT'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS. ALL QUESTIONS WERE REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

APPLICANTS HAD 2 MINUTES TO ANSWER EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE ASKED TO ALL CANDIDATES BY CITY CLERK STAFF.

WHAT POLICIES DO YOU FEEL WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE IN BALANCING THE NEED FOR GROWTH WITH MAINTAINING THE COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S ROLE SHOULD BE IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS? WHAT POLICIES WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO ENSURE CARLSBAD'S COASTLINE CAN BE ENJOYED BY RESIDENTS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME? DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS ADMITTED MANY TOPICS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED.

HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE WHERE TO FOCUS GIVING YOUR LIMITED TIME IN OFFICE? AND THE LAST HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.

A LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER IN YOUR DISTRICT HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION SEEKING APPROVAL FOR A GAS STATION WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE AS PART OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.

THE GAS STATION IS AN ALLOWABLE USE SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE GAS STATIONS TRAFFIC, HEALTH AND SAFETY, LAND USE AND ESTHETIC IMPACTS.

ANALYSIS HAVE CONCLUDED THE GAS STATION WOULD NOT CREATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS IN THESE AREAS OF CONCERN.

HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT MAKING A DECISION ON THE LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNERS APPLICATION? AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF ALL INTERVIEWS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS EMAILED THEIR TOP THREE APPLICANTS TO CITY CLERK STAFF.

A RECESS WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK STAFF CALCULATED THE RESULTS.

CITY CLERK STAFF DISPLAYED THE CITY COUNCIL EMAILS RECEIVED.

THE TOP CANDIDATE WAS VOTED UPON AND APPOINTED.

THE TOP CANDIDATE WAS SWORN IN AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND USES THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE MOST RECENTLY USED TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE VACANCY.

STAFF IS PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE AND MEETING PROCEDURE OUTLINE.

THE FIRST DEADLINE WOULD BE THE APPLICATION PERIOD, AND THAT WOULD BE FROM JANUARY 12TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND.

AT THE FEBRUARY 14TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT 5 P.M., APPLICANTS WOULD BE PROVIDED TIME TO INTERVIEW.

IF APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT MADE AT THAT MEETING AND NEED TO CONTINUE, APPOINTMENTS CAN BE CONTINUED OR INTERVIEWS COULD BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING.

A TENTATIVE TIME AND DATE COULD POSSIBLY BE FEBRUARY 15:03 P.M..

IN THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE THERE WAS A STIPULATION STATING THAT COUNCIL DESIRED THERE TO ONLY BE A 4 TO 4 AND A HALF HOUR MEETING.

SO IF THAT WERE THE CASE, FOR US TO RECEIVE MANY APPLICATIONS AND THERE NEEDING TO BE MORE TIME, A POSSIBILITY OF THAT SPECIAL MEETING COULD BE THAT DATE.

THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE FOR DECIDING ON AN APPOINTMENT WOULD BE FEBRUARY 24TH.

THAT IS THE 45 DAY DEADLINE.

IF AT THAT TIME COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD HAVE TO BE CALLED. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION ONCE AGAIN IS TO DECLARE THE EXISTENCE OF A CITY COUNCIL

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IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO CALL FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION, THE RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FOUR WOULD NEED TO BE ADOPTED.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO BEGIN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY EITHER PROCEED USING SIMILAR APPLICATION OR APPOINTMENT PROCESS WAS RECENTLY USED TO FILL A DISTRICT ONE VACANCY OR DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN ON JANUARY 24, 2023, WITH A PROPOSED APPLICATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED AT THIS MEETING. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SPEAKERS? YES, MAYOR.

WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.

JEN. EXCUSE ME.

[INAUDIBLE] SINCLAIR.

HELLO. HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.

NORMALLY, I WOULD ALWAYS ADVOCATE TO HAVE VOTES, BUT I THINK THAT GOING AN ENTIRE YEAR WITH ONLY FOUR PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA.

SO THAT WOULD LEAVE OPTION TWO OR THREE.

I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR D ONE, WHICH WAS OPTION TWO, AND I FOUND IT KIND OF CONFUSING AT THE END OF THE PROCESS.

THE PROCEDURE SAID THAT WAS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MEETINGS LAST YEAR, SAID THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL WRITE IN THEIR TOP FIVE CANDIDATES AND INCLUDE THEIR NAME AND THE ORDER THEY WISH TO RANK THEIR TOP FIVE CANDIDATES, WITH NUMBER ONE BEING THEIR FIRST PREFERENCE. AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO DO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

BUT THEN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS THAT THEY EMAILED THREE, THE TOP THREE PEOPLE, AND THEN THEY RECESSED TO CALCULATE THE RESULTS.

SO NOBODY KNEW HOW IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE, HOW THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OF WHO THEY PICKED. SO I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE A MORE TRANSPARENT PROCEDURE AND MAKE ONE UP FOR THIS AND NOT USE THE SAME ONE THAT WAS USED FOR DISTRICT ONE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

HOPE NELSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN.

MAYOR BLACKBURN.

WOW. CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS HOPE NELSON.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE CURRENTLY OPEN D2 CITY COUNCIL SEAT.

FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS THE DISTRICT I RESIDE IN AND HAVE SINCE THE YEAR 2000.

THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER BACK TO OCTOBER 2019 MAY REMEMBER ME SPEAKING REGARDING THE COUNCIL SEAT LEFT VACANT IN DISTRICT ONE.

AND AT THAT TIME AND IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, BEING IN FAVOR OF AN ELECTION.

THEORETICALLY, I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE A PROPONENT OF THE ELECTION PROCESS.

BUT THEORY DOESN'T ALWAYS SERVE US BEST.

WHICH IS WHY I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO APPOINT THE D2 SEAT.

HERE'S WHY.

YOU'LL REMEMBER THE CITIZEN PETITION IN OCTOBER 2019 WAS DONE IN TIME TO PUT THE ELECTION IN MARCH 2020 ON A NON SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT AT A COST OF LESS THAN $20,000.

THAT'S 8% OF THE LOW END COUNTY QUOTE OF 275,000.

AND ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY, THE COST COULD RUN ALL THE WAY UP TO 475,000.

THAT'S ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE AN ELECTION, THE CITIZENS IN D TWO WOULD BE LEFT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION FOR AT LEAST TEN MONTHS.

IF YOU APPOINT, REPRESENTATION WOULD BE DETERMINED NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 24TH, WHICH IS YOUR 45 DAY REQUIREMENT AND EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS SOONER FOR D TWO TO BE REPRESENTED. LAST.

THE REALITY IS AN ELECTION MEANS CANDIDATES WILL RAISE FUNDS AND RUN CAMPAIGNS FOR WHAT ENDS UP BEING ONLY A ONE YEAR TERM ON CITY COUNCIL.

THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH TO ASK OF ANYONE, AND ON ITS FACE SEEMS ABSURD TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.

IT ALSO BODES OF A SMALL, MAYBE MINUSCULE TURNOUT OF VOTERS.

I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, CONSIDERING THE COST TO OUR CITY, THE VALUE TO D2 OF HAVING REPRESENTATION SOONER AND THE ACTUAL TERM THE REPRESENTATIVE WILL SERVE, WE ALL BENEFIT BY A VOTE FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

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I REVIEWED EXHIBIT SIX DEALING WITH THE PROCEDURE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A VERSION OF A RANKED CHOICE VOTE, BUT HONESTLY IT LOOKED MORE LIKE A GAME OF POKER AND IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PROMOTES. SO I ASKED IT.

EXCUSE ME. SO I ASKED THAT THIS ALSO BE REVIEWED IN DETAIL AND ADDED TO MAKE A TRUE RANKED CHOICE. VOTE, VOTE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHRISTINA MCGOLDRICK.

CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK REGARDING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MCGOLDRICK AND I HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER AND TAXPAYER IN CARLSBAD, DISTRICT TWO FOR SEVEN YEARS.

I'M ALSO A MOTHER TO THREE SONS AND ATTEND THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ON COLLEGE BOULEVARD.

ACCORDING TO THE RECENT PDI ELECTION DATA, DISTRICT TWO HAS 18,699 REGISTERED VOTERS.

THIS IS 16% OF CARLSBAD'S TOTAL POPULATION IN APPROXIMATELY 9344 RESIDENCES.

DISTRICT TWO IS A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF ALL AGES COMPRISED OF CITIZENS, RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES. IT INCLUDES A THREE MILE STRETCH OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD, WHERE FOUR SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED, WITH OVER 2500 STUDENTS GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SENIOR LIVING CENTERS OPEN SPACE PRESERVES THE CARLSBAD SAFETY TRAINING CENTER, THE MCCLELLAN PALMER AIRPORT AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT SERVE ALL OF CARLSBAD. LASTLY, IT INCLUDES MULTIPLE ARTERIAL ROADS THAT ALLOW RESIDENTS, COMMUTERS AND VISITORS TO EXIT THE FREEWAY AND TRAVEL SOUTH TO CARLSBAD.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN A RECENT TRAFFIC SURVEY ESTIMATED OVER 60,000 CARS TRAVELING ON EL CAMINO REAL THROUGH DISTRICT TWO IN 24 HOURS, FAMILIES HAVE CHOSEN TO SPEND THEIR HARD EARNED DOLLARS TO LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND IN CARLSBAD, BECAUSE IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY RAISE A FAMILY.

IT OFFERS SAFETY, SECURITY AND SUCCESS.

THIS IS WHY DISTRICT TWO REQUIRES REPRESENTATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT DELAY. IF A SPECIAL ELECTION CAN COST UP TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, THIS IS NOT A COST CONSCIOUS DECISION DURING A TIME WHEN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS STATED THAT IT IS FACING A DEFICIT. IT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED STATEWIDE THAT THE VOTER TURNOUT FOR SPECIAL ELECTIONS IS LOW, WITH 20 TO 30% TURNOUT.

WHILE A SPECIAL ELECTION ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

ACCORDING TO CITY DOCUMENTS, EARLIEST DISTRICT TWO SEAT COULD BE FILLED IS NOVEMBER 2023. DISTRICT TWO CANNOT AFFORD TO GO 11 MONTHS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL. HAVING A DISTRICT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION FOR THAT LONG ONLY HURTS CONSTITUENTS. IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG VOICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT INTERRUPTION BECAUSE THERE ARE CRITICAL ISSUES AND PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ONES RELATED TO THE E-BIKE STATE OF EMERGENCY TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY ISSUES AND DEVELOPER PLANS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT CAN ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE VOTERS AND RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT TWO.

TONIGHT, I AM ASKING ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, NUMBER TWO, B OR C, SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BEGIN WORKING QUICKLY TO FILL THIS ANTICIPATED VACANCY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I CONCEDE THE REST OF MY TIME.

CARRIE SIGMAN.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTIONS.

MY NAME IS CARRIE SIGMAN AND I RESIDE IN DISTRICT TWO AS WELL.

AND I AGREE WITH THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS THAT AN APPOINTMENT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR OUR DISTRICT TO GET SOME REPRESENTATION MUCH SOONER THAN LATER.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW ONE ITEM IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED.

I KNOW THAT LONG TIME AGO MICHAEL SCHUMACHER WAS APPOINTED ON THE COUNCIL AND HE WAS REQUIRED TO RUN FOR ELECTION IN THE NEXT TERM BASED ON THE RULES AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN LAST YEAR YOU HAD PETER NORBY, WHO WAS NOT ALLOWED TO RUN FOR ELECTION AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING WHOEVER YOU APPOINT TO RUN FOR ELECTION BECAUSE THEY WOULD HOLD OFFICE FOR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS AND WOULD HAVE SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PERSON THAT YOU DECIDE TO APPOINT TO BE ALLOWED TO RUN FOR OFFICE AFTER THAT.

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THANK YOU. TJ CHILDS.

HELLO, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I PUT THIS UP A LITTLE BETTER.

I'VE KIND OF HAVE A QUESTION IN.

IT'S MORE SO FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

IS THERE AN OPTION FOR A HYBRID WHERE WE COULD APPOINT SOMEBODY FOR A YEAR AND THEN HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION? IN THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION IS, IF WE HAVE THE SITUATION IN THE FUTURE, ARE WE ABLE TO SAY DISTRICT TWO, IF MR. BLACKBURN HAD WON, COULD WE PUT PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FROM DISTRICT TWO ON THE LAST BALLOT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THAT CITIZENS GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE? SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THOSE WERE ALLOWED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ELECTION LAW. MR. CHILDS, GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU DON'T GET TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT I DO.

SO I WILL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED.

OKAY, THEN I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND A HYBRID WHERE WE APPOINT SOMEBODY AND THEN CONSIDER AND I HAVE A THIRD QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY, IS THE COST OF A SPECIAL ELECTION, IS THAT BASED ON MAIL IN BALLOTS OR IS THERE A CHEAPER WAY TO RUN THE ELECTION? THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, I GET TO ASK THE QUESTION, SO PLEASE ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

DO YOU WANT ME TO START? SO WITH REGARD TO THE CHEAPER WAY, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE ELECTIONS CODE FOR SOME ALL MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS, BUT IT APPLIES TO CITIES THAT ARE SMALLER THAN CARLSBAD.

SO STAFF DID LOOK TO SEE IF THAT WAS AN OPTION FOR US, BUT IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

WITH REGARD TO THE IF SOMEONE RUNNING FROM A SAFE SEAT IS ON THE BALLOT, CAN WE HAVE A BACKUP CANDIDATE IN THE EVENT THAT PERSON WINS? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROVISION IN THE ELECTION CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT.

AND OF COURSE, UNTIL THE PERSON WINS, THERE WOULD NOT BE A VACANCY TO FILL.

AND AND ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PAPERWORK THAT GOES INTO RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE. SO THAT MIGHT DETER ANYONE FROM DOING THAT.

WITH REGARD TO THE I THINK WAS THE LAST QUESTION WHETHER WE COULD ALLOW THE PERSON TO ELECT. IS THAT THE RIGHT? THE WAY I INTERPRET IT IS CAN WE APPOINT SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE APPOINTED UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND THEN WHOEVER GOT ELECTED WOULD FULFILL THAT? OTHER THAN THE COST? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO ENTERTAIN IN A HYBRID LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT.

AND SO OUR OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO BE DIRECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SUCH A, YOU KNOW, BRING SUCH AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BACK TO YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON. AND ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WAS WHEN ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PAST WAS ELECTED OR APPOINTED, HE WAS ALLOWED TO THEN RUN.

AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS APPOINTED AND WAS NOT ALLOWED TO RUN. WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE? YES. AT THE TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL SCHUMACHER WAS APPOINTED, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE DID NOT HAVE A PROHIBITION IN IT FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS APPOINTED, BUT THE MUNICIPAL CODE HAS SINCE BEEN AMENDED AND IT NOW HAS A PROVISION IN IT THAT INDICATES IF SOMEONE'S APPOINTED THEY CAN'T RUN FOR A YEAR AFTER THEIR APPOINTMENT ENDS.

SO AGAIN, THE COUNCIL COULD OF COURSE CHANGE THAT, BUT OUR OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO BE DIRECTED TO BRING BACK SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS.

MS.. BURKHOLDER.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO DIRECT TO SEE IF WE COULD CHANGE THAT TO THE HYBRID OR EVEN TO THE LAST POINT YOU WERE MAKING, THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO IMPEDE OUR TIMELINE HERE ON EVEN A NOVEMBER ELECTION, BECAUSE WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU NEED TO GET UP AND RUNNING, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT SITTING AROUND.

SO TIMEFRAME WISE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? SO TYPICALLY AN ORDINANCE, GETTING IT DRAFTED AND THROUGH THE PROCESS IT MIGHT TAKE DEPENDING ON WHAT WE GET DIRECTED TO DO, MAYBE 30 TO 60 DAYS TO BRING IT TO YOU HAVE TO BE ADOPTED.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY POSSIBILITY TO HAVE IT TAKE EFFECT RIGHT AWAY. BUT IF THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY FOR IT TO TAKE EFFECT RIGHT AWAY, IT TAKES EFFECT IN 30 DAYS. SO YOU COULD BE BURNING MAYBE 90 DAYS.

IN THE MEANTIME, OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE WOULD BE IN EFFECT AND YOU WOULD BE MANDATED AT THAT POINT TO CALL AN ELECTION.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS. ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT THE TOP THREE VERSUS TOP SIX.

CAN YOU ADDRESS WHAT HAPPENED AND ALSO DESCRIBE, AGAIN, THE PROCEDURE, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

AND FROM WHAT I SAW, IT WAS EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT AND EVERYTHING WAS SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC. AT THE SAME TIME THAT I SAW IT, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE SEPARATELY.

I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP ALSO ON TRANSPARENCY, ANOTHER MECHANISM OF TRANSPARENCY THAT I DIDN'T SEE ADDRESSED THERE, WHICH WAS THAT COUNCIL DID NOT SPEAK TO ANY OF THE CANDIDATES ONCE THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED.

SO ANYWAY, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THOSE TRANSPARENCY MEASURES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANKS. SURE.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WHEN THE ACTUAL MEETING TOOK PLACE, IT WAS VIRTUAL AND INITIALLY COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED STAFF TO HAVE IT IN PERSON.

ALL INTERVIEWS BE DONE IN PERSON, AND I BELIEVE AT THE TIME THERE WAS A MEETING WHERE WE CAME BACK TO IN PERSON.

THEN WE ENDED UP GOING BACK TO VIRTUAL.

SO THAT KIND OF CHANGED OUR PROCEDURE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THE VIRTUAL FORMAT.

WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE TOP THREE WERE ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE NEW PROCESS.

AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS NOT ONLY PUBLISHED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THAT INTERVIEW MEETING, BUT ALSO IT WAS READ OUT LOUD TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE RECORD, AND IT'S IN THE VIDEO.

ANYONE WANTED TO WATCH THAT.

JUST OUTLINING THE PROCESS THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE THAT NIGHT.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VOICED AND WRITTEN AND AS WELL AS I THINK YOU ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE METHOD AND HOW IT TOOK PLACE.

THERE WAS A DESCRIPTION OF REGARDING THAT IN THE PROCEDURE ITSELF THAT DID INDICATE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO LIST THEIR TOP CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE AND WOULD BE EMAILED TO THE CITY CLERK, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND PROJECTED THAT ON TO THE SCREEN SO EVERYONE COULD SEE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE EMAILS THAT COUNCIL SENT OVER TO STAFF INDICATING WHO WAS THE COMMON PERSON IN ALL OF THOSE EMAILS THAT WERE RECEIVED.

IN THAT CASE, PETER NORBY'S NAME BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT WAS THE NAME THAT WAS SELECTED TO FIRST BE VOTED UPON, AND IT HAPPENED TO PASS WITH THAT VOTE.

SO TO CLARIFY, COUNCIL SENT THREE NAMES RATHER THAN SIX BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE PROCEDURE BASED ON OUR VIRTUAL MEETING AND OTHER CHANGES THAT WERE BEING MADE.

AND THOSE RULES WERE CLARIFIED TO THE PUBLIC AND PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA PACKET AS WELL AS READ OUT LOUD. AND THEN COUNCIL EMAILED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

I REMEMBER THIS, I'M JUST REPEATING IT OUT LOUD FOR PEOPLE.

WE EMAILED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

WE HAD NO IDEA, NO VISIBILITY AND TO ONLY CITY CLERKS THAT MADE IT VERY FAIR.

IT WAS LIKE A SECRET BALLOT.

WE SUBMITTED THE NAMES AND THEN THE DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? NO. ONLY BECAUSE SECRET BALLOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

NO. SORRY.

NO WRONG WORD.

WRONG WORD. WE EMAILS, WE EMAILED, WE EMAILED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THOSE RESULTS WERE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN WHEN WE ALL CAME BACK FROM THE RECESS, FROM THE BREAK. AND STAFF HAD HIGHLIGHTED ONE PERSON'S NAME THAT OCCURRED IN ALL OF THE FOUR COUNCIL VOTES, THE FOUR LISTS THAT CAME FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN WE VOTED ON THAT PERSON AND THAT WAS PETER NORBY AND HE BECAME THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

IF WE HAD NOT HAD ONE PERSON ON ALL THE LISTS, HOW WOULD WE HAVE DONE THE THE VOTING? HOW WOULD THAT HAVE COME OUT IN CASE WE GO THROUGH THAT AND IT COMES OUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE PERSON ON ALL THE LISTS.

TRY TO SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IF ONE PERSON DIDN'T APPEAR ON ALL THE LISTS, YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE LIST.

SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION AND YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU GOT A MAJORITY VOTE TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE MEMBERS THAT DID APPEAR ON THOSE ON THOSE LISTS.

I'M SORRY. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR VOICE.

SO COUNCIL WOULD HAVE CHOSEN MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT OCCURRED THAT APPEARED MORE THAN ONCE

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ANOTHER ONE. AND IN THE END, IF WE COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WE COULDN'T.

WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE, RIGHT? IMAGINE IF WE WERE DEADLOCKED AND WE COULDN'T DECIDE.

I READ IN THERE AND I REMEMBER FROM LAST TIME THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION IF WE COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND VOTE ON AN APPOINTMENT, WE WOULD BE KICKED OVER TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION PROCESS.

RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY.

SO IF WE TRY TO GO THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND FIND CONSENSUS OR SOMEWHAT OF A CONSENSUS VOTE ON A MAJORITY VOTE, THEN IF THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, WE COULD STILL HAVE THAT PLAN B OF A SPECIAL ELECTION, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD COST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 275,000 AND 475,000, WE BELIEVE.

RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT A PERFECT PROCESS, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE TRIED OUR UTMOST TO BE TRANSPARENT. AND THEN CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE RULE WAS ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT SPEAKING? I REMEMBER THAT WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD.

WE ALL AGREED THAT WE WOULD NOT SPEAK TO ANYBODY WHO HAD APPLIED ONCE THEY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION. THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE WAS A CONSENSUS TO NOT DO ANY TYPE OF FOLLOW UP OR ISSUE COMMENTS RELATING TO ANY OF THE APPLICANTS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS WAS FAIR.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROVIDED AS A STIPULATION IN THE PROCESS.

RIGHT. I RECALL WE SAID, DON'T CALL US.

DON'T TALK WITH US. WE CAN'T TALK TO YOU, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED TO HAVE ANY KIND OF CONFLICT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION.

WE ALL AGREED TO DO THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO THAT COULD BE IF WE WERE TO REPEAT A SIMILAR PROCESS, WE COULD INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS.

AND TO THE POINT OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT STATES THAT SOMEBODY WHO WAS APPOINTED WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR ELECTION FOR ONE YEAR.

IT'S ONE YEAR. RIGHT.

THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN FOR ELECTION BASICALLY IN THE NEXT UPCOMING ELECTION FOR THAT SEAT.

RIGHT. IT'S FOR THE SEAT THAT THEY WERE APPOINTED TO.

RIGHT. RIGHT. SO WHAT I RECALL IS THAT THE WE AT THAT TIME HAD A MUNICIPAL CODE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE IDEA HAD ORIGINALLY COME FROM THERE.

AND THEN THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED IT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL AGREED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE WHERE WE WOULD NOT ALLOW AN APPOINTEE WHO HAD NOT EARNED THE PEOPLE'S VOTE, WHO HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY FOUR PEOPLE TO THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT INCUMBENT ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE THE THAT STATUS AND VISIBILITY AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE AN INCUMBENT ADVANTAGE TO RUN FOR OFFICE NEXT TIME THE ELECTIONS CAME AROUND.

SO I STILL AGREE THAT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND THAT THAT'S A GIFT GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL WHEN SOMEONE IS APPOINTED AND NOT EARNED.

SO I THINK THAT OUR PROCESS WAS VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. DR.

BHAT-PATEL? YES, THANK YOU.

I THINK MOST OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED.

JUST ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION.

I KNOW THERE WAS A POINT MADE AROUND RANKED CHOICE VOTING, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHAT WE UTILIZED, IF THAT WAS NECESSARILY RANKED CHOICE VOTING OR IF IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE AS FAR AS LIKE THE COMMON NAME.

SO IT'S SLIGHTLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE VOTING ITSELF.

I THINK IF THAT HADN'T BEEN THERE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CLEAR ACROSS THE BOARD TO START OFF WITH.

SO I THINK TO TO ANSWER IT EVEN FURTHER, AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA HAD ALSO MENTIONED IS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAD AGREED OR THE MAJORITY WELL, ALL OF US AGREE ON ONE NAME.

AND LET'S JUST SAY THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE THAT HAD ONE PARTICULAR NAME OR TWO PEOPLE THAT HAD ONE PARTICULAR NAME.

WE WOULD THEN GO THROUGH AND BASICALLY ADD UP THOSE POINTS FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY FALL ON THAT SPECTRUM IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAS THE MOST WELL, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POINTS AND WHO BUBBLES TO THE BUBBLES TO GARNER THE MOST SUPPORT.

YEAH, BASICALLY.

OKAY, GREAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAVE COMMENTS.

[02:55:01]

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO START WITH THE COMMENTS.

WE WRESTLED A LOT WITH THAT QUESTION ABOUT SHOULD THE APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER BE ABLE TO RUN? AND ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS WAS WHAT MS..

ACOSTA JUST TALKED ABOUT, GIVING SOMEBODY AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF BEING THE INCUMBENT.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT WAS, IF WE APPOINT SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE DOING A SPECTACULAR JOB, WHAT A BUMMER.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, TOO BAD YOU DON'T GET TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR CHANCES WITH A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE.

WE WRESTLED WITH THAT.

THEY'RE BOTH REALLY GOOD ARGUMENTS AND WE ENDED UP LANDING ON THE THE THEY CANNOT RUN.

THIS IS A LITTLE FEW PEOPLE MORE ARE DIFFERENT WILL BE ON THE COUNCIL MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT IT AND TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE.

BUT IT WON'T APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR APPOINTED CANDIDATE.

I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY LAST TIME, BUT I THINK THERE'S A FEW THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE STREAMLINED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

RATHER THAN US ASKING PRE DESIGNATED QUESTIONS.

I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THAT THOSE QUESTIONS BE PART OF THE APPLICATION AND THEY CAN WRITE THEIR ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN READ THEM ALL AT OUR LEISURE.

THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE COUNCIL AND GIVE AN ORAL PRESENTATION.

I JUST WROTE DOWN 4 MINUTES AND FOR NO REASON I PICKED FOUR.

BUT THEN THE CANDIDATES CAN GIVE THEIR 4 MINUTES OF THE REASONS OF AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS OF WHY THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES SELECTED.

I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TOP THREE NAMES, NOT FIVE.

I DID LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE ALL AGREED NOT TO HAVE ANY PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CANDIDATES ONCE THEY'VE APPLIED.

AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING TO MAKE THIS DECISION RATHER THAN GOING ADDING IT TO A MEETING, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT.

THIS COULD LAST A LONG TIME, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN WE'RE TIRED AFTER A SIX HOUR MEETING.

SO THOSE WOULD BE MY MY THOUGHTS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INPUT ON THAT.

DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE.

I CAN RESPOND TO YOURS.

AND THEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE MY OWN COMMENTS AS WELL, SO I THINK I'D BE OPEN TO ASKING THE QUESTIONS IN WRITING.

WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR ANSWERS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY WOULD BE PRESENTING TO US REGARDLESS AND HOPEFULLY SHARING WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT.

I DO KNOW I HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION, I BELIEVE DURING BRIEFING SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE IF WE NEEDED TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION, WE COULD WE COULD ASK THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STILL APPROPRIATE.

I THINK CITY ATTORNEY WE COULD STILL ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS IF WE DIDN'T ASK STANDARD QUESTIONS OF ALL THE APPLICANTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THESE ARE YOUR RULES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GREAT.

YOU GUYS WANT TO VOTE ON PERFECT.

I'M FINE WITH THE TOP THREE AS WELL.

AND I THINK AGREEING NOT TO HAVE ANY OUTSIDE CONVERSATIONS ONCE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE MAKES IT A MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS PART OF THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION. SO I'M AMENABLE TO THE CHANGES.

THE I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I TOO THINK THAT GIVEN OUR, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND ALSO JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING MORE OF AN EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ACTUAL REPRESENTATION, I TO WHEN WE HAD A DISTRICT ONE VACANCY HAD ADVOCATED TO HAVE A VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE'S VOICE WAS REPRESENTED AT THE TIME.

THAT WAS A LONGER VACANCY AND ALSO A SHORTER ELECTION TIME FRAME.

RIGHT NOW, THIS ELECTION WOULD TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

THE COST IS ALSO ASTRONOMICALLY HIGHER.

IT'S ABOUT ALMOST TEN TIMES THAT OF WHAT WE HAD BACK THEN.

AND SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AND I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, AFTER SEEING OUR PROCESS THIS LAST GO AROUND, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HOPEFULLY ALL FOUR OF US WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO AGREE ON SOMEONE AND HAVE SOMEBODY SEATED HERE BEFORE THAT 45 DAY DEADLINE. SO I DO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

[03:00:01]

WE JUST NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON, HOPEFULLY.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHANGES THAT WERE MENTIONED, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD, AT LEAST IF THE OTHERS DO TOO, WITH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ANOTHER QUESTION CAME TO MIND, JUST AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT KIND OF WRAPPING UP MY THOUGHTS, AND IT WAS ABOUT INVOLVING THE RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS.

I REMEMBER THAT.

AND I SAW IN THE SLIDES THAT THE RESIDENTS OF D ONE WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT TOPICS THAT WERE OF INTEREST TO THEM THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE APPLICANTS RESPOND TO.

DO WE HAVE THAT AT ALL BUILT INTO OUR TIMELINE? I KNOW WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE.

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SOLICIT TOPICS OF INTEREST FROM D 2 RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE THEM IN THIS PROCESS? THAT ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

IF THEY CHOSE TO GO WITH THIS PROCESS AS WELL, IS WHAT QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY COUNCIL AT THE LAST APPOINTMENT PROCESS, WE CAN PUT THOSE INTO THE APPLICATION.

OR WERE YOU WANTING TO SUBMIT NEW QUESTIONS AND ALSO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR ME IS THE TIMELINE.

I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE D2.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING IF WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO VOTE ON THIS SHORT TERM, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS TWO YEAR COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO ENGAGE THEM.

IT'S JUST HOW DO WE DO THAT? THE LAST TIME THEY DID SEND IN THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK EMAIL BOX.

AND THEN WHAT WE DID WAS SYNTHESIZED THEM INTO LIKE THEMES AND PROVIDED THOSE.

AND ALSO AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL DIRECT QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED OF THE CANDIDATES, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HR DID VET THOSE TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS TO ASK OF APPLICANTS.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THE WRITTEN APPLICATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EASY. AS FAR AS I MEAN, WE COULD IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.

WE COULD PROBABLY BUILD IN LIKE A WEEK TO RECEIVE TOPICS FROM RESIDENTS.

OKAY. OKAY.

THAT'S HELPFUL TO SEE THE TIMELINE AGAIN.

YEAH. IF THERE IS A WAY TO INCORPORATE DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO.

AND THEN AS FOR THE WRITTEN ANSWERS TO THE TWO QUESTIONS VERSUS THE VERBALLY ASKED AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD DO SOME KIND OF HYBRID.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE IN HIRING PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE A REALLY GOOD WRITTEN RESPONSE AND THEY TAKE TIME.

MAYBE THEY HAVE PEOPLE HELP THEM WITH THEIR WRITTEN RESPONSES.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE RESPOND TO QUESTIONS LIVE, EVEN IF THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE, I THINK YOU GET A BETTER SENSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO REASON AND AND UNDERSTAND A QUESTION AND PRESENT.

SO I DEFINITELY AM INTERESTED IN MAYBE MIXING IT UP.

SO MAYBE WE CAN DO TWO AND TWO OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME WITH THE INTERVIEWS, BUT I ALSO SEE THAT SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE ONLY ANSWERING WRITTEN QUESTIONS, IT MAY NOT BE ALL THEIR WORDS.

THEY MIGHT BE GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE OR THEY MIGHT BE TAKING HOURS TO ANSWER A QUESTION AND NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED.

SO IF WE COULD PROVIDE, MAYBE I THINK WHAT WE DID LAST TIME WAS WE PROVIDED IN THIS IN THE STAFF REPORT OR SOMEHOW WE PROVIDED THE APPLICANTS THE QUESTIONS WE WERE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM LIVE SO THEY COULD PREPARE FOR THEM.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THEY WERE MADE A PART OF THE STAFF REPORT LAST TIME, SO THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE BEING ASKED, BUT THEY DID ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN PERSON.

YES. AND IT WAS THE CLERK THAT ASKED EACH QUESTION OF EACH APPLICANT.

RIGHT. RIGHT. I UNDERSTOOD.

I REMEMBER THAT THE CITY CLERK, FOR TIME REASONS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY EXCELLENT AS WELL, THAT WE HAD THE CITY CLERK ASK THE QUESTIONS.

SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR IF WE COULD DO SOME KIND OF HYBRID WITH WITH MAYBE A COUPLE WRITTEN ANSWERS AND A COUPLE OF VERBALLY ADDRESSED QUESTIONS.

AND THEN MY MY OTHER BIG POINT WAS INVOLVING TWO RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

MS. BURKHOLDER, THANK YOU.

SO I'M FINE WITH TOP THREE NAMES.

NO CHEMO AFTER THE APPLICATION IS RECEIVED WITH US AND THE APPLICANTS.

[03:05:05]

ORAL PRESENTATION IS ALL GREAT AND GOOD.

FISCAL CONSERVATIVISM I THINK IS KEY IN THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, AS WAS STATED BY THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT THIS WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO THAT'S NOT A REALLY GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA, I DON'T BELIEVE THE QUESTIONS FOR D ONE MATCH, THE QUESTIONS FOR D TWO, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL CREATE THE QUESTIONS FOR D TWO SO THAT WE COULD GET THE APPLICATION PROCESS OUT AND THEN HAVE PUBLIC INPUT FOR COUNCIL'S FOUR QUESTIONS FOR D TWO FROM THE PUBLIC COME IN AND STREAM IN AS WE ARE STILL COLLECTING APPLICATIONS AND THEN PRESENT THOSE TO THE APPLICANTS AT THE MEETING.

SO THAT WOULD BE THEIR ORAL RESPONSE.

IT WOULD BE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE FIELDED BY RESIDENTS.

I THINK THAT MIGHT SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT, AND FOR THAT REASON I WILL BE SUPPORTING AN APPOINTMENT.

I'M CONCERNED WITH THE COLLECTION OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH THE TIMELINE.

I THINK THAT THE FOUR OF US HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY LONG ENOUGH TO PRETTY MUCH ANTICIPATE WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE GOING TO BE.

AND THEY SHARE NOT JUST DISTRICT TWO, BUT I THINK THE WHOLE CITY AND I'LL THROW SOME IDEAS OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY IS GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, OPEN SPACE GROWTH AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRAFFIC.

I THINK THAT BETWEEN THE FOUR OF US, WE CAN PRETTY MUCH ANTICIPATE WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE. WE'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS WHETHER AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR JUST A COMMUNITY MEMBER. SO I THINK THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME REASONABLE QUESTIONS BETWEEN US AS FAR AS ASKING QUESTIONS.

I. I WAS PREFERRING WRITTEN ONES, BUT I CAN COMPROMISE AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA CAN ASK THE ONE QUESTION SHE CHOOSES TO ASK AND ASK THEM OF ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS ABOUT THESE CHANGES AND THEN I'LL TRY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT FITS EVERYBODY'S NEEDS.

DR. BHAT-PATEL. GREAT.

THANK YOU. I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS, I THINK HAVING THE CITY CLERK ASK IS THE MOST NEUTRAL.

SO I'D PREFER THAT IF WE DO END UP HAVING ANY ASKED QUESTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF US ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WITH REGARDS TO I TOO WANT US TO INVOLVE FOLKS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMELINE AS WELL.

SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE DO SO? I DID APPRECIATE, COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER, WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP, MAYBE, AND IT'S MAYBE A HYBRID OF WHAT THE MAYOR AND YOU BROUGHT UP IS IF WE COME UP WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN WE KIND OF HAVE THE ABILITY TO THEN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FEASIBLE, THOUGH.

I WANT TO ASK IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THIS TIMELINE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS JANUARY 24TH WAS THE SOONEST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE FOLKS COME IN.

I'M GUESSING WE WOULDN'T MEET THAT TIMELINE.

WE WOULD THEN COME BACK WITH AN APPLICATION PROCESS ON THE 24TH AND THEN POST THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR WHEN THEY WOULD COME IN.

AND I'M GUESSING IT WOULD BE TWO WEEKS POST THE 24TH.

YEAH, IT WOULD CONDENSE THE TIMELINE.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD THEN MEAN THAT WE HAVE IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 14TH ENDS UP BEING IF WE DID THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD END UP WITH FEBRUARY 14TH BEING THE MEETING WHERE WE WOULD TALK ABOUT AN APPOINTMENT.

AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION, WE HAVE TEN DAYS TO MAKE THAT DECISION BEFORE IT GETS FORCED TO A SPECIAL.

IS THAT ACCURATE? CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING OR SUGGESTING IS FEBRUARY 15TH.

IF YOU LOOK AT FEBRUARY 15TH, WE WOULD PROPOSE HAVING A FOLLOWING MEETING THE FOLLOWING DAY TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS.

OKAY. YES, BUT WE ONLY HAVE THAT TEN DAY TIME FRAME TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT.

YEAH. UNDERSTOOD.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS I'M.

I'M NOT. I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT WE'LL HAVE A FULL OR AT LEAST A FULL COUNCIL AVAILABLE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

CAN YOU CLARIFY? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.

GOT IT. GOT IT.

SO. SO THEN THAT LEAVES US WITH MAKING SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS

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SO THAT THEN MEANS THAT WE DEFAULT TO HAVING SOME QUESTIONS ALREADY PUT TOGETHER THAT WE WOULD PUT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC.

I'M GUESSING WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT.

THEN IF YOU GUYS WERE TO IDENTIFY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION, WE COULD UPDATE THE APPLICATION TOMORROW AND HAVE IT READY TO GO OUT ON THURSDAY. OKAY.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING.

I MEAN, BASED ON ALL OF THE FEEDBACK, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.

AND I SEE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WANTING TO SPEAK.

GO AHEAD. THANKS. I HAVE MY HAND RAISED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THERE.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

I'M TALKING ABOUT DOING THINGS CONCURRENTLY.

RIGHT. SO WE WOULD DECIDE ON QUESTIONS FOR D TWO THAT GO ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME THEY SOLICIT FROM RESIDENTS IN D TWO OR WHEREVER.

IF IT'S CITYWIDE THEY SOLICIT.

SO IT'S HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE GIVEN OUR TRUNCATED TIMELINE, BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT PUBLIC, THAT THOSE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS STARTING FROM THE GET GO, IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE AND IT WOULD THEN HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT FEBRUARY 14TH MEETING. GOTCHA.

MR. ACOSTA. OKAY, SO I.

I JUST WANT TO ASK WHAT IS POSSIBLE? WHAT IS POSSIBLE? CAN WE FIT THESE? WHAT CAN WE FIT IN? HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT TWO THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS COUNCIL PERSON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR COUNCIL PERSON? IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO SOME SURVEYS OR OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM CAN PUT SOME SOMETHING OUT THERE JUST TO KIND OF GATHER FEEDBACK AND MAYBE WE COULD PRESENT THOSE? THE DAY THAT WE DO OUR APPOINTMENT.

WELL, IN THE PAST, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE LAST PROCESS, WE DID COLLECT THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE CITY CLERK INTERNET EMAIL BOX AND ALL THOSE COMMENTS WERE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

SO IT WAS PART OF THAT STAFF REPORT.

SO IF ANYBODY WISHES TO MAKE COMMENTS OR MAKE SUGGESTIONS, THEY CAN EMAIL THOSE IN AND THAT WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD FOR THE STAFF REPORT THAT COMES FORWARD FOR THE APPOINTMENT ON FEBRUARY 15TH, IF IT TAKES PLACE AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.

AND OF COURSE THAT WILL PUBLISH A WEEK IN ADVANCE.

SO IT GIVES PEOPLE EVEN MORE TIME TO LOOK AT WHATEVER COMES IN.

OK OK. GREAT.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE THEN TO HAVE WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON THE APPLICATION LIKE WE DISCUSSED? AND ALSO LIVE QUESTIONS THAT INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.

IS THERE ANY TIME TO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK FROM DH TO RESIDENTS AND PUT IT INTO.

OUR CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEW PROCESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE CALLING IT INTERVIEWS, BUT THE DECISION PROCESS, I GUESS IT COULD BE TREATED AS CORRESPONDENCE FOR YOU TO REVIEW AS PART OF THE STAFF REPORT.

AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, AND ALL THE APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ALSO.

SO WE COULD ASK A GENERIC QUESTION LIKE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM DISTRICT TWO NEIGHBORS OVER THE PAST APPLICATION PERIOD OF TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? AND ANY CORRESPONDENCE THAT COMES IN BETWEEN NOW AND THAT POINT WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO REVIEW.

AND BEGINNING NOW.

SO WE'LL BE COLLECTING ANY INFORMATION THAT COMES IN BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY 15TH.

CAN YOU PULL UP THE.

THE EXISTING QUESTIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? DON'T WE HAVE A KIND OF A GENERAL? GO BACK. DISTRICT ONE SUBMITTED MAIN TOPICS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED.

HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE WHERE TO FOCUS GIVEN YOUR LIMITED TIME IN OFFICE? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.

I JUST HAD FORGOTTEN THAT.

WE JUST SAW THAT SLIDE A FEW MINUTES AGO.

SO I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS HAVING DISTRICT TWO WILL SUBMIT TOPICS TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THAT WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE CAN ASK A QUESTION LIKE THAT.

AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL THAT IF ANYONE'S GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, IT SHOULD BE THE CITY CLERK'S STAFF.

SO I'M HEARING THAT THE CITY CLERK WOULD ASK THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION.

DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS SUBMITTED MANY TOPICS, AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONE QUESTION THE CLERK OFFICE WOULD ASK OF EVERY SINGLE APPLICANT.

I WOULD BE I WOULD LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF COMPROMISES WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOESN'T TAKE TOO

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AND WE CAN STILL DO THE WRITTEN QUESTIONS, AS THE MAYOR SUGGESTED.

I WOULD RATHER KEEP IT SIMPLIFIED.

BUT WHILE YOU'RE TALKING, I'M SEEING HEADS NODDING, SO I THINK I'M OUTNUMBERED.

DR. BHAT-PATEL YEAH, AND I THINK I THINK THIS WAY IT TAKES THE BURDEN OFF OF YOU ALL.

THIS MEANS THAT THE APPLICANTS THEN HAVE TO READ THE FEEDBACK THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, AND THEN THEY CAN DECIDE HOW THEY'D WANT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

SO I THINK THAT WAY IT KIND OF TAKES AWAY THAT.

AND I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE A MOTION, SEE IF THERE'S.

GOING TO LEAVE PART OF IT OUT, THOUGH.

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU FILL IN THE REST BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ON A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 15TH.

WE WILL HEAR FOUR MINUTE ORAL PRESENTATIONS, PLUS THE QUESTION AS AS DESCRIBED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. WE'LL MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THREE.

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS ONCE THEIR APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, AND WE CAN ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS DURING THEIR FOUR MINUTE ORAL PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS, ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE CANDIDATES WILL BE ASKED BY STAFF IF I MISSED ANYTHING. IF I MAY ASK.

WE WOULD ALSO NEED SOME QUESTIONS TO ADD TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS IF WE WANTED THE APPLICATIONS TO GO OUT THIS WEEK.

YOU WANT TO BRING UP THE APPLICATION? WE DO HAVE ONE MARKED UP IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

YES, PLEASE. MS. ACOSTA. WERE YOU GOING TO BRING UP THAT THAT VERY SAME.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

THESE ARE THE GENERIC QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON HERE CURRENTLY THAT WERE USED FOR THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION PROCESS.

EXCUSE ME. PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.

PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT OR PAST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING ANY SERVICE ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES WITH PRIVATE OR PUBLIC AGENCIES.

PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU WISH TO BE APPOINTED TO CITY COUNCIL.

ARE YOU RELATED TO EMPLOYED BY OR AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY OF CARLSBAD STAFF MEMBERS? IF YES, PLEASE LIST MEMBER NAMES.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH AS A COUNCIL PERSON IF APPOINTED? PLEASE GIVE EXAMPLES OF USING COLLABORATION TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL.

WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THEM? AND LASTLY, THERE'S A SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS.

YOU'RE BUSTING OUT.

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? MS. ACOSTA.

I THINK THAT. IS THAT THE EXACT SAME APPLICATION FROM LAST TIME? YES. YES.

WE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

I THINK THAT THAT IS GREAT.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY APPLICABLE TO THIS THIS PROCESS THIS TIME.

IS EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH THAT? OKAY. SO NOW DESCRIBE HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME TO THE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE STAFF GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEN FORM ONE OR MAYBE TWO QUESTIONS. I PREFER ONE.

JUST THAT. JUST THAT ONE.

JUST THAT ONE QUESTION THAT WAS SHOWN AND ANY COMMENTS COMING IN FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL BE MADE PART OF THE STAFF REPORT.

OKAY. OH, PERFECT.

DON'T. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME REPEAT ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S MY MOTION.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

NOT YET. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID CATCH IT.

SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 15TH.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS, 4 MINUTES PLUS THE 1 D2 QUESTION.

AFTER SOLICITING TOPICS AND COMMENTS FROM D 2, TOP THREE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BEGIN THE VOTING PROCESS.

NO CONTACT AFTER APPLICATIONS, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ALLOWED AND USING THE APPLICATION

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THAT'S THE MOTION AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED.

SO PLEASE VOTE TO CLARIFY.

CAN WE VOTE ON THAT BEFORE WE DECLARE THE EXISTENCE OF A VACANCY? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON THAT.

GOOD QUESTION. OKAY.

THAT'S TRUE. WE SHOULD DECLARE THE VACANCY BURST.

SO MOVE.

ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

DISTRICT TWO VACANCY.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. WE GOT A LITTLE DISTRACTED.

OF COURSE. NO WORRIES. AND THEN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE BY THE MAYOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

IT PASSES. I'M EXHAUSTED FROM THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

CITY MANAGER. WELL, THIS IS THE INTERESTING ONE.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR CLERK SERVICES MANAGER IN MEDINA, WHO WILL GO AHEAD AND BRING UP I BELIEVE YOU HAVE YOUR SLATE AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND POP THAT UP.

RIGHT. AND FOR THE EASE OF FOLLOWING THIS, WE HAD MET PREVIOUSLY WITH THE MAYOR TO ASK WHAT HIS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOR THE VARIOUS POSITIONS.

THE MAYOR SUBMITTED THESE TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND AGAIN, FOR EASE OF READING AND CONVENIENCE, WE PUT THEM ALL BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND NOW BECOMES THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS WHERE IT'S UP TO YOU, MAYOR, TO KIND OF CONDUCT.

EACH ONE WILL REQUIRE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE LAID THESE ALL OUT FOR THE EASE OF FOR COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO EASILY TRACK. NOW IT IS TWO SLIDES.

SO I THINK WE'RE AT LEAST ONE SLIDE SCROLLING DOWN.

AND I DO WANT TO MENTION AGAIN THE HIGHLIGHTED PROVISION WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT EXIST AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND NOT FILLING AT THIS TIME IS A SHORT EXPLANATION.

I FELT LIKE I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A JIGSAW PUZZLE, TRYING TO PUT PEOPLE INTO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS INTO THE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS THAT, NUMBER ONE, THEY'D BE BEST SUITED FOR, BUT EQUALLY ONES THAT I BELIEVE THAT THEY WANT.

SO THIS IS NOT ETCHED IN STONE.

SO IF I IF I PUT YOUR NAME ON SOMETHING YOU'RE TOTALLY NOT INTERESTED IN, PLEASE SPEAK UP. WE CAN MOVE ANYTHING AROUND AS AS THE COUNCIL CHOOSES.

SO I'LL START WITH MY MY FIRST MOTION WILL BE DR.

BHAT PATEL AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK SO.

AND THEN IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK UP RATHER THAN ME ASKING EACH TIME, JUST JUST SAY SOMETHING OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT ONE IS SANDAG, BECAUSE IT'S GENERALLY THE MAYORS OF THE CITIES.

I NOMINATED MYSELF AS THE PRIMARY SANDAG REPRESENTATIVE.

GO AHEAD. OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.

I KNOW FOR SANDAG SPECIFICALLY, WE GET I MEAN, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS.

I THINK OUR COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE COUNTY, IS VERY ENGAGED ON THIS.

AND GIVEN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY, I PERSONALLY WOULD FEEL IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO HAVE A FULL COUNCIL TO MAKE THIS DECISION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. YES, I DO THINK THAT THE SANDAG APPOINTMENT AND I THINK THE WATER AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT ARE TWO OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT REGIONAL APPOINTMENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE. AND I THE SANDAG ONE, ESPECIALLY BEING IN THE NEWS SO MUCH RIGHT NOW, I WOULD

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WE JUST LAID OUT A PROCESS TO APPOINT SOMEBODY SO THAT WE HAVE A FULL COUNCIL AND I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE FULL COUNCIL TO SET THE PERSON FOR SANDAG.

MS. BURKHOLDER SO I SEE THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

I THINK IF WE WAIT FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO HAPPEN, WE'RE LEAVING OUR REPRESENTATION ABSENT AT SANDAG MEETINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TIME WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO SPEND AND SPEND AND SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS.

AND AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I RAN ON OPPOSING THE MILEAGE TAX.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO APPOINT THE MAYOR AS IS TRADITIONAL AND AND PROTECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND NOT BE ABSENT FROM THIS CRITICAL GOVERNING BODY.

THANK YOU. I GUESS I WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT ALL OF THESE COMMITTEES ARE ARE IMPORTANT. AND IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ON ONE, THEN HOW DO WE SAVE ONE IS LESS IMPORTANT, WHETHER IT BE A WATER AUTHORITY OR TRANSIT OR OR INCINERATION.

SO MY POINT IS, I THINK THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY.

BUT ALSO WAITING IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS AND I THINK IT WAS CHRIS WRIGHT SPOKE ABOUT IT IS THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE RIGHT NOW.

WE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY, WHO HAS ELECTED US TO REPRESENT THEM AND TO SAY AT A TIME WHEN SANDAG IS GOING TO DISCUSS WHETHER THE SMALL CITIES LIKE CARLSBAD ARE GOING TO HAVE ANY SAY IN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.

I THINK IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T DELAY THIS BECAUSE THAT I WANT TO SAY FROM MEMORY THAT THAT CONVERSATION AT SANDAG IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN TWO WEEKS OR A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS.

SO MY ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT WE SHOULD NOT WAIT.

AND IF WE DID WAIT, THEN ARE WE GOING TO WAIT ON ALL OF THE ASSIGNMENTS? AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION UNTIL 90 OR 45 DAYS DOWN THE ROAD. SO THE MOTION WAS FOR ME TO FILL THE SANDAG POSITION, AND I THINK I HEARD A SECOND. DID I? SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY. IT'S A 2 TO 2 DEADLOCK.

NOW, UNDERSTANDING WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE GOING TO VOTE.

SO UNDERSTANDING THAT IT CAME OUT A 2 TO 2.

I'LL ASK FOR THE VOTE A SECOND TIME, SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION AT SANDAG.

YES. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MILAGE TAX WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT THE RESIDENTS OF CARLSBAD BECAUSE WE DO TRAVEL QUITE A BIT TO WORK IN BACK.

AND I DON'T WANT TO NOT BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TO.

TO SUPPORT 72% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE REGION WHO DON'T WANT THE MILAGE TAX.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A VOICE OF VOICE ON THAT BOARD SO THAT WE'RE SHOWING PEOPLE IN CARLSBAD THAT WE DO SUPPORT THEM AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE TAXED MORE FOR TRAVELING ON THE ROADS THAT THEY HAVE TO USE TO GO TO WORK AND COME HOME, TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SOCCER GAMES, ETC..

MR. COSTA THANK YOU.

I DO THINK THAT THIS THE SANDAG APPOINTMENT PARTICULARLY HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS TO IT. SANDAG IS WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW, AND I DO WANT US TO BE AT THE TABLE, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT I HAVE THE SAME POINT OF VIEW ON SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES. AS OUR MAYOR AND I, I KNOW IN THE PAST I HAVE PUT MYSELF FORWARD TO, TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE ON SANDAG.

I DO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND OBVIOUSLY LEGISLATION AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT WORK, BUT I AM NOT PUTTING MYSELF FORWARD THIS TIME.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW ALIGNED I AM WITH WITH OUR MAYOR FOR THIS TIME.

AND I'M JUST NOT I'M NOT READY TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR FOR THIS APPOINTMENT.

I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING IF COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL IS INTERESTED.

I THINK THAT I WOULD AM MORE ALIGNED WITH HER PHILOSOPHY ON SANDAG.

ARE YOU INTERESTED? I WOULD NOMINATE YOU TO PUT YOU FORWARD FOR THIS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED ON AS AN ALTERNATE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, SO DEFINITELY AM APPRIZED OF THE ISSUES. HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT WAITING FOR THAT FIFTH MEMBER WOULD ALLOW FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

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SO FOR ME, FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, I'VE MENTIONED IT TO QUITE A FEW FOLKS.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE WEIGHTED VOTE THAT SPECIFICALLY IS NOT WITHIN THE UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS LEGISLATED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY EVEN CONTROL.

IT WOULD BE MORE OF A SYMBOLIC NATURE OF US ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A RESOLUTION.

AND THEN THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A STATE LEGISLATOR THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WANT TO TAKE ON THAT TO CHANGE IT.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THOSE TWO, I TOTALLY HEAR YOU AND I GET IT.

AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION.

I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MUCH CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS, WHETHER IT'S AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR BOARD MEMBERS ON OTHER OTHER BOARDS THAT I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE EVERYONE'S VOICE BEING HEARD.

AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I VOTED THE WAY I DID PREVIOUSLY.

MS.. BURKHOLDER YES, I THINK THAT THE FINAL POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT OUR MAYOR HAS 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH WE COULDN'T PUT THREE OF US TOGETHER TO EQUATE TO THAT AS FAR AS THE EXPERIENCE GOES.

SO I THINK THAT REALLY MATTERS IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WHAT THE INTENTION OF THAT BOARD IS.

AND ALSO I GO BACK TO 72% OF PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT THIS AND THAT DOESN'T MATTER, THAT THAT ISN'T A POLITICAL ISSUE.

IT IS A 72% OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.

SO. SO WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALIGN WITH HIM, I WONDER IF YOU ALIGN WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT DON'T WANT THAT.

SO ANYWAY, FOR THOSE REASONS, I AM GOING TO BE SUPPORTING YOU FOR SANDAG.

OKAY, SO WE'LL DO THE VOTE AGAIN, SEE WHERE IT LANDS.

AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE IDEA.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS TURNING INTO THE SPEAKER OF CONGRESS KIND OF VOTING, BUT MY ARGUMENT AGAIN IS NOT ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT SANDAG, IT'S THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR VOICE IS HEARD.

AND THAT'S TRUE THAT IT IS A LAW ABOUT THE VOTING.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING.

THEY'RE DISCUSSING A RESOLUTION THROUGH THE OF THEMSELVES TO HAVE FAIR VOTES, RATHER, AND THEY'RE GOING TO IMPOSE IT ON THEMSELVES.

THAT'S THE DISCUSSION.

AND I DON'T WANT CARLSBAD TO BE ABSENT FROM THAT DISCUSSION.

SO LET'S TAKE THIS VOTE AGAIN AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER THOUGHT.

SO PLEASE VOTE. REMAINS 2 TO 2.

SO HERE'S MY MY COMPROMISE.

I JUST CAN'T TURN TO OUR RESIDENTS AND SAY WE.

WERE VOTED TO REPRESENT YOU, BUT ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT TO SANDAG VOTING POLICY THAT WE CHOSE NOT TO.

SO HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT MIGHT MAKE IT SO.

YOU HAVE FIVE MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.

PUT ME IN AS A 45 DAY PLACEHOLDER AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A FIFTH COUNCIL MEMBER, THEN WE CAN VOTE FOR FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON WHO'S GOING TO BE THE SANDAG REPRESENTATIVE. BUT I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME FACING THE PUBLIC AND SAYING, YOU VOTED US TO REPRESENT YOU. AND ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS CARLSBAD HAVING A VOICE ON SANDAG, WE CHOSE NOT TO.

AND EVEN IF WE HAD ME JUST IN THERE FOR 45 DAYS AS A AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF CARLSBAD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND BEST THING.

BUT IT WOULD BE FAIR TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION.

SO THAT'LL BE MY MY COMPROMISE MOTION.

I JUST I APPRECIATE THE THE ATTEMPT AND KIND OF MOVING FORWARD AND AND TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SANDAG BOARD NOW.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND KIND OF FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THEY'VE DEADLOCKED.

SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.

AND I HEAR YOUR ARGUMENTS AND I HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

AND I HIGHLY RESPECT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND AND YOUR YOUR COMMITMENT TO BEING A GREAT COUNCIL PERSON. I JUST FEEL LIKE I, I WOULD WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE ALL FIVE HERE.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WE'RE FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD THE SIMILAR DISCUSSION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? VOTE ON THE COMPROMISE.

IT'S STILL 2 TO 2. CARLSBAD WILL NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION AT SANDAG UNTIL WE TAKE ANOTHER VOTE IN 45 OR SO DAYS.

THE NEXT ONE IS NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.

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BHAT-PATEL IS THE PRIMARY.

CAN I DO THE PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE? IS ONE VOTE OR DO WE HAVE TO GO DOWN EACH ONE SEPARATELY? YOU CAN TRY AS ONE VOTE.

I'M SORRY. YOU CAN TRY AS ONE VOTE.

OKAY. MY.

FOR NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.

DR. PATEL.

AND FOR THE ALTERNATE COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ONE IS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE IS DR.

BHAT-PATEL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AS THE ALTERNATE.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

BUENA VISTA LAGOON, JPC WILL BE BLACKBURN AS THE PRIMARY AND DR.

BHAT-PATEL AS THE SECOND PRIMARY.

THIS IS TWO PRIMARIES, AND I JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER, I KNOW THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.

I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU WOULD RATHER SERVE ON THAT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU IF YOU WANTED TO. BECAUSE IT'S IN MY DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATE THAT OLIVE LEAF, AND I WILL ACCEPT THAT.

OKAY. GREAT. OKAY.

SO MY PROPOSAL THEN IS CHANGED TO BLACKBURN AND BURKHOLDER ON BUENA VISTA LAGOON.

PLEASE VOTE. AND I SECOND.

THANKS. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LIAISON IS COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

AN ALTERNATE IS BLACKBURN.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS ACOSTA AND BURKHOLDER.

MAY I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT? I KNOW, I KNOW.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME SINCE I WENT THROUGH THE SCHOOLING SYSTEM HERE AND MY I HAVE A YOUNG SON WHO WILL BE GOING THROUGH THIS.

I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMMITTEES TO WORK ON SINCE I REPRESENT ALL FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO JUST WANTED TO SEE IF EITHER OF THE TWO THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

TOTALLY. NO HARD FEELINGS IF YOU DON'T, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE MY OWN CASE FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. ARE YOU WILLING TO STEP ASIDE? I'+D REALLY LIKE TO STAY ON THIS ONE.

I ALSO REPRESENT ALL FOR YOU, AND I HAVE THE ONLY TWO DISTRICTS THAT REPRESENT ALL FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMITTEE BE THAT PLACE WHERE WE COORDINATE AS A CITY WITH ALL FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IN THOSE MEETINGS, WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FROM EACH OF THOSE FOUR.

SO I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR HAVE THE THE COUNCIL PERSON ACTUALLY BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I ALSO PUT MY DAUGHTER THROUGH THE SCHOOLS HERE, AND I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE CARPOOL TRAFFIC LINES AND A LOT OF THE ISSUES AROUND WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS HERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON THIS ONE, BUT I'D LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME AS YOU DID THE PAST TWO YEARS.

OKAY. COMMENTS.

MS.. BURKHOLDER YES, I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH RELENTING THAT TO DR.

BHAT-PATEL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I APPRECIATE IT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS COUNCIL MEMBERS ACOSTA AND BHAT-PATEL.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

NEXT ONE IS ENCINO WASTEWATER AUTHORITY.

THERE WILL BE TWO PRIMARIES AND ONE ALTERNATE.

THE PRIMARIES WILL BE BLACKBURN AND BURKHOLDER, WITH THE ALTERNATE IS ACOSTA.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ONE IS LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

I HAVE PRIMARY AS COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA AND ALTERNATE COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH, JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER AS PRIMARY AND BLACKBURN AS THE ALTERNATE SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. AND FINALLY, IS LEAGUE.

I'M SORRY. CITY COUNCIL, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

THAT'S TWO MEMBERS.

I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ACOSTA AND BURKHOLDER.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

WELL, THERE IS ONE MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.

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SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

WITH A LITTLE STUMBLE AT THE BEGINNING.

WE GOT THROUGH THAT PRETTY EFFICIENTLY.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S IT, I THINK, BECAUSE WE TOOK THE OTHER ONES OUT OF ORDER.

SO WE ARE COMPLETED.

SO CLOSING STATEMENTS WILL START WITH DR.

BURKHOLDER. MAYOR, WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC SPEAKERS LEFT.

OH, YES. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I WROTE A BIG NOTE TO REMIND MYSELF.

THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THE SPEAKERS.

KATHY PARKER.

SOCORRO ANDERSON.

DON CHRISTENSEN.

COURT STAFF AND FELLOW CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS DON CHRISTENSEN.

I LIVE AT 3715 LONGVIEW DRIVE.

I AM A LONG TIME DECENTRALIZED, RENEWABLE ENERGY ADVOCATE.

I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

ALTHOUGH THIS EVENING I SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF, NOT FOR THE COMMITTEE.

RECENTLY I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PARTS OF THAT WITH YOU.

IT READS A NEW TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THAT HAS COME UP IS LOCAL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION. OUR CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE STARTED WITH CARLSBAD, SOLANA BEACH AND DEL MAR. IT HAS BEEN GROWN.

IT HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE ALL THE CITIES ALONG THE 78 CORRIDOR, AND BY 2024, THE ALLIANCE WILL BE THE 10TH LARGEST COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA WITH 270,000 ACCOUNTS.

SDG&E AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE QUESTION THE QUESTION IS WHO IS GOING TO GENERATE THE ELECTRICITY? ONE OPTION IS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE PATH OF OUR INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY MONOPOLY THAT TYPICALLY BUYS ENERGY FROM MAJOR PLAYERS THAT HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO BUILD LARGE SCALE WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS.

THESE PROJECTS REQUIRE VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY EXPENSIVE EXTENSION CORDS, ALSO KNOWN AS TRANSMISSION LINES, TO GET THE POWER TO WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY USED.

ANOTHER OPTION IS TO DO WHAT MAKES SUSTAINABLE SENSE AND GENERATE AS MUCH LOCAL ELECTRICITY AS FEASIBLE BY TURNING ROOFTOPS, PARKING LOTS AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED LIABILITIES INTO ASSETS BY INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS.

LOCAL JOBS AND LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ARE CREATED IN THE PROCESS.

OUR INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY MONOPOLY WILL CONTINUE TO EARN 10% FOR BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S NEEDED OR NOT.

THEY WILL SIMPLY HAVE REDUCED INCOME BECAUSE FEWER TRANSMISSION LINES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE NEEDED.

CARLSBAD HAS SHOWN LEADERSHIP IN THE PAST BY ITS EARLY SUPPORT OF SEAWATER DESALINATION AND THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE.

CARLSBAD CAN NOW SHOW LEADERSHIP IN THE FUTURE BY SUPPORTING DECENTRALIZED SOLAR ELECTRIC PRODUCTION.

SHORT OF TIME, SO I JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY VISION, ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH READS BUILD ON THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES TO EMERGE AS A LEADER IN GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.

PURSUE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PARTICULARLY ON SUSTAINABLE WATER, ENERGY, RECYCLING AND FOODS.

I SIMPLY ASK THAT COUNCIL CONTINUES TO LEAD.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

EXCUSE ME. I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

THERE WERE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.

OKAY, MS.. BURKHOLDER, YOUR FIRST.

WELL, CONSIDERING I JUST GOT MY LIST OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT I WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT.

I WENT TO THE VILLAGE VOICES THIS MORNING.

REALLY GREAT EVENT WHERE WE GET TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE VILLAGE.

AND TOMORROW I THINK A NUMBER OF US MAY BE GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EVENT.

SO WE WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT SERVING THE PUBLIC.

BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COOPERATION TONIGHT.

BUMPY, LITTLE START.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE GOT THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU, MS.

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I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR GRACIOUSNESS AND FOR PARTICIPATING AND COLLABORATING AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR CARLSBAD.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

SO START OF THE YEAR, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE MEETINGS.

THE WATER AUTHORITY THAT I WAS JUST APPOINTED TO HAS ITS MEETING ON THURSDAY, SO I ALREADY HAD IT MAYBE TENTATIVELY ON MY CALENDAR JUST IN CASE.

SO I'LL BE GOING TO THAT ON THURSDAY.

AND I KNOW CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, I'M NOW THE ALTERNATE.

SO THAT MEETING IS ALSO COMING UP ON THURSDAY SO WE COULD SWITCH OFF AND YOU HAVE THAT ONE NOW. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU.

DR. BHAT-PATEL. YES, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND I KNOW YESTERDAY WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY.

SO JUST A THANK YOU TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO TO PROTECT US AND KEEP US SAFE.

I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THE POLICE AWARDS TOMORROW, SO IT'S VERY TIMELY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE OWE A LOT TO HIS LEGACY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING HIS LEGACY ON MONDAY.

AND FOR MY POLICY COMMITTEES, I DO HAVE ORIENTATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP.

THIS WEEK ON THE 12TH, THE SEARS SPECIAL BOARD MEETING IS ON THE 12TH AS WELL.

AND THEN I'M HOSTING OFFICE HOURS, OF COURSE, ALL THE TIME.

DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T REACH ME OTHERWISE.

IT'S JUST THAT'S THE TIME THAT I DEFINITELY WILL BE AT MY PHONE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND.

AND THEN I'M ALSO JUST WANTING TO PUT OUT THERE THAT I'M HOSTING PERSONALLY A DONATION DRIVE FOR MOMS AND BABIES.

SO YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT ON ANY OF MY SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND IF YOU WANT TO DONATE, YOU TOTALLY CAN.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PASS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO ME AT THE END.

CITY MANAGER. NOTHING TO REPORT.

CITY ATTORNEY.

NOTHING FOR ME. THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK. NOTHING.

OKAY. BROWN ACT REQUIRES THAT WE ANNOUNCE ANY TIME THERE MIGHT BE THREE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ONE PLACE.

AND THAT MIGHT BE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11TH, AT 2:00 PM.

CITY OF CARLSBAD ANNUAL POLICE AWARDS CEREMONY AT THE SAFETY TRAINING CENTER 5750 ORION STREET, CARLSBAD.

AND TONIGHT, IT'S WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE LEARNED OF THE PASSING OF THREE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE PAST HOLIDAYS.

WITH THIS IN MIND, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF MEMORY OF THESE THREE RESIDENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS PATRICIA MEEHAN.

SHE PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 26TH.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AND SERVED AS BOTH THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.

PATRICIA WAS DEDICATED CARLSBAD SENIOR CENTER VOLUNTEER AND A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE CARLSBAD NEWCOMERS CLUB AND OF HER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. ALSO, GERRY [INAUDIBLE], ALSO KNOWN AS MR. CARLSBAD, PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 20TH.

GERRY AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO CARLSBAD IN THE 1960S AND WAS INVOLVED IN MANY CARLSBAD ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ROTARY CLUB, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

GERRY WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE CARLSBAD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR IN 1973 AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE] ESCOBEDO. ESCOBEDO PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 19.

[INAUDIBLE] WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HER FAMILY ARRIVED IN CARLSBAD IN 1943 AND RAN THE LOLA'S SEVEN UP MARKET AND DELI, ONE OF THE CITY'S LONGEST RUNNING BUSINESSES.

[INAUDIBLE] WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING THE FIRST BARRIO FIESTA IN 1991 AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE CARLSBAD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR IN 1995.

SO I'LL BE ADJOURNING TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF PATRICIA MEEHAN, GERRY [INAUDIBLE], AND [INAUDIBLE] ESCOBEDO.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.