[6:10] can not

[7:51] All right.

[7:51] >> Good morning everyone.

[7:52] We're going to get the council

[7:53] hearings started.

[7:55] We've got five council members

[7:59] here and ready So if you could

[8:00] take your seats and settle down

[8:01] or take your conversations

[8:05] outside of chambers we have All

[8:09] right.

[8:10] Let's get this public hearing

[8:10] underway.

[8:11] Good morning.

[8:14] I will now the call the city

[8:14] council meeting of Tuesday

[8:15] FEBRUARY 10th, 2026 to order.

[8:19] Clerk please call the roll.

[8:19] Thank you.

[8:20] Councilmember Campbell

[8:20] Councilmember Whitburn,

[8:24] COUNCILMAN Foster Council

[8:28] member Von Wilpert Council

[8:29] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee here

[8:32] Council Member Campo

[8:33] Councilmember Moreno Present

[8:37] Council member Ella Rivera and

[8:38] Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[8:39] present Also attending

[8:39] the meeting our Chief Deputy

[8:43] City Attorney Laura Easton,

[8:43] independent budget analyst

[8:44] Charles Mollica and myself your

[8:47] city clerk Diana Fuentes.

[8:48] Thank you.

[8:48] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[8:49] Thank you.

[8:50] City Clerk We will begin this

[8:51] morning with the land

[8:52] acknowledgment and the Pledge

[8:53] of Allegiance led by council

[8:57] member Moreno.

[8:57] Please stand.

[8:58] We respectfully acknowledge

[9:02] that the culmination are

[9:02] the original inhabitants of

[9:03] the Unceded land now known as

[9:06] San Diego.

[9:07] Despite enduring the horrors of

[9:08] genocide and colonization,

[9:11] the Kumia spirit remains

[9:11] unbroken.

[9:12] We honor the resilience of

[9:12] their ancestors who fought to

[9:16] protect their culture and land.

[9:17] Today they carry their legacy

[9:21] forward ensuring that

[9:22] the traditions continue to

[9:22] thrive in gratitude and

[9:25] strength.

[9:26] We stand with the coming nation

[9:27] connected to our past and

[9:30] committed to a thriving future

[9:31] .

[9:31] >> Please face the flag Put

[9:32] your hand over your heart and

[9:32] repeat after me.

[9:35] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[9:40] of the United States of America

[9:41] and to the Republic for which

[9:45] it stands One nation under GOD

[9:45] ,indivisible with liberty and

[9:49] justice for all.

[9:50] >> All right, Clark, please go

[9:54] over how the public can offer

[9:55] their testimony.

[9:56] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[9:56] How it was light on the screen

[9:59] that reviews how the public can

[9:59] offer their public testimony

[10:00] during today's meeting.

[10:00] Please note the time

[10:01] allocations for proclamations

[10:04] and consent items for meeting

[10:04] management purposes are one

[10:07] minute per item maximum of

[10:08] three minutes for three items

[10:08] or more.

[10:09] The order can be found on

[10:12] the agenda Summary found online

[10:13] or at the table in the back of

[10:13] the room.

[10:14] If you are in person please

[10:15] complete a speaker slip located

[10:17] at the entrance of chambers and

[10:18] bring it to the front of

[10:18] the room in the clear box.

[10:22] Council ambassadors are

[10:22] available near the entrance of

[10:23] chambers and can assist with

[10:27] questions and speakers Lips No

[10:27] further in-person testimony

[10:28] will be taken once the Council

[10:32] begins virtual testimony.

[10:33] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[10:33] All right.

[10:33] Thank you.

[10:34] We will now dispense with

[10:34] the approval of

[10:37] the proclamation items Clerk.

[10:38] >> The public comment period

[10:39] for the proclamation items is

[10:42] now open each speaker will have

[10:42] one minute per item per person.

[10:46] If you would like to speak on

[10:46] three or more items you will

[10:47] have a maximum of three

[10:47] minutes.

[10:48] The proclamation items being

[10:50] approved are items 30 through

[10:51] 33 and item 503.

[10:55] We do have quite a number of

[10:56] speakers so if I can please

[10:56] call your names you can come up

[10:57] to the yellow reserved seats in

[11:00] the front row of chambers in

[11:01] order to make sure you can make

[11:02] your way up to the speaker

[11:02] podium.

[11:05] Joshua Dunn Please come up to

[11:06] the microphone.

[11:10] After that we have Cecil

[11:11] Shelton, Chevelle, Newell Tate,

[11:15] Jonathan j.

[11:20] Shelby, Samuel Merrill, Jason

[11:20] Shaw, Charlotte Schaller.

[11:21] My apologies.

[11:25] Can DiCenzo if you can all

[11:25] please come up to the front

[11:25] row?

[11:28] Joshua you'll have a minute.

[11:32] >> Please proceed when ready.

[11:33] This right here is okay.

[11:34] Thank you for that.

[11:34] Good morning.

[11:37] Council PRESIDENT, council

[11:38] members and community members.

[11:39] My name is Joshua Dunn and I'm

[11:42] honored to speak today on

[11:43] behalf of County Supervisor

[11:43] Monica Montgomery.

[11:47] Step in support of this Black

[11:47] History Month proclamation

[11:51] taking moments to uplift and

[11:52] remember black history is vital

[11:53] in continuing the collective

[11:57] healing Some might say that

[11:58] there is no need to reflect and

[11:58] meditate on black history.

[12:01] Many of us know that when we

[12:02] stop remembering we

[12:02] historically repeat our

[12:03] offenses.

[12:07] This is why we must continue

[12:07] now and forever to speak about

[12:11] the travesty of slavery that

[12:11] racist foundations that some

[12:12] systems still stand on today

[12:15] and the need to continue to

[12:16] fight for equitable

[12:17] distribution and opportunity

[12:17] and gain.

[12:21] Let us today recommit ourselves

[12:22] to the unfinished work of

[12:22] justice.

[12:26] Let us do so with the armor of

[12:26] faith and open hands towards

[12:30] our many brothers and sisters

[12:31] black, white, Latino, Chicano,

[12:32] Asian, lgbtq plus persons with

[12:36] disabilities and all those who

[12:36] stand with freedom.

[12:37] >> Thank you for those remarks.

[12:44] Next is Cecil or Cecil.

[12:44] Good morning.

[12:45] Thank you for allowing me to

[12:46] speak this morning to all our

[12:49] council members especially MR.

[12:50] Foster for including us as we

[12:50] see constantly currently in

[12:54] this environment there's a

[12:54] constant attack on our

[12:55] communities.

[12:59] I just want to make sure that

[12:59] there are opportunities for our

[13:00] voices to continue to be heard.

[13:03] This is the inclusion part of

[13:04] the inclusion that's so

[13:07] important.

[13:08] And I've been here over 30

[13:08] years.

[13:09] I've first time I've been

[13:12] invited to come down here to

[13:12] speak on behalf of not only

[13:13] myself, my community but also

[13:17] Phi Beta Sigma fraternity Inc.

[13:18] As well as my source here as

[13:19] well too from Zeta.

[13:22] It's already incorporated.

[13:23] So as part of that Dino family

[13:23] I want to say thank you for

[13:24] the opportunity to come down

[13:27] here.

[13:27] Thank you for this proclamation

[13:28] and including us in this

[13:29] opportunity in San Diego.

[13:32] It's not many of us but there's

[13:33] enough of us.

[13:34] So I'm very thankful to be here

[13:36] And for this proclamation.

[13:36] >> Thank you.

[13:41] Thank you, Chevelle.

[13:42] >> Good morning Chevelle new

[13:42] multi district director of

[13:46] Senator Akilah Weber Pearson on

[13:47] the senator's behalf I'd like

[13:47] to thank you all for bringing

[13:51] this proclamation forward on

[13:52] the 100th anniversary of

[13:52] celebrating Black History

[13:52] Month.

[13:56] This month exists because for

[13:57] far too long the contributions,

[13:58] achievements and sacrifices of

[14:01] black Americans were ignored,

[14:01] erased or deliberately

[14:02] distorted.

[14:05] This month is not about

[14:06] separating history.

[14:07] It is about telling the full

[14:07] truth.

[14:10] Black history is American

[14:11] history and it is essential to

[14:15] understanding who we are as a

[14:16] nation and who we strive to be.

[14:19] Proclamations like this matter.

[14:20] It is not just about

[14:21] remembering the past.

[14:24] It is about shaping the future

[14:25] .

[14:25] They tell black children that

[14:26] their history is worthy of

[14:29] honor.

[14:30] So on behalf of Senator Webber

[14:30] Pearson, I want to thank

[14:34] Council member Henry Foster for

[14:35] reaching out to our office as

[14:35] well and for bringing this

[14:36] proclamation forward.

[14:39] And I encourage all San Diego

[14:40] kids to take this month to

[14:41] really reflect on what is

[14:41] happening.

[14:44] >> Thank you.

[14:44] >> Thank you, Jonathan.

[14:53] Jerry Shelby It's my here.

[14:54] >> Hi.

[14:54] Uh.

[14:55] On behalf San Diego Black Art

[14:58] Cultural District we like to

[14:59] think the city of San Diego and

[14:59] our partners are seeing us for

[15:03] creating space for black art

[15:03] artists.

[15:04] Culture and history are

[15:04] recognized and valued and

[15:07] affirmed.

[15:07] Black History Month is not only

[15:08] a time to honor where we come

[15:12] from but to recognize

[15:12] the living history being

[15:13] created right now.

[15:13] The Exhibit One Source

[15:17] mainstream's Pan-African Unity

[15:18] through Art reflects the truth

[15:18] that while African disparity is

[15:22] vast and diverse, we are

[15:23] connected by shared roots

[15:23] resilience and creative

[15:24] expression.

[15:26] Events like this matter because

[15:27] representation affirms

[15:28] belonging and belonging

[15:31] strength community strengthens

[15:31] community.

[15:32] These works preserve culture

[15:36] spark dialog and remind us that

[15:37] black history is not separate

[15:37] from civic life.

[15:41] It is foundational to it.

[15:42] As we reflect this month.

[15:42] We continue to support black

[15:45] artists on our collective story

[15:46] and commit to unity, equity and

[15:47] cultural preservation beyond

[15:50] FEBRUARY.

[15:51] >> Thank you so much for your

[15:51] time.

[15:52] Thank you.

[15:52] Our next speaker is Samuel

[15:53] Merrill.

[15:55] Samuel, you have you have time

[15:56] ceded to you If you can please

[15:57] raise your hands.

[16:00] Yolanda Kelley, please raise

[16:00] your hand.

[16:01] Thank you, Cheryl Cyprian.

[16:01] Thank you.

[16:04] And Sylvia Romero.

[16:05] Thank you.

[16:06] You will have four minutes.

[16:09] Please proceed.

[16:09] Thank you.

[16:10] Good morning, council members.

[16:14] My name is Samuel Merrill.

[16:15] I'm the vice chair of San Diego

[16:15] Bay Pack Foundation.

[16:18] And I'm also a board member of

[16:19] the city's Go Rebecca Players

[16:23] Association.

[16:24] As we recognize Black History

[16:25] Month, I want to take a moment

[16:28] to reflect on where is this

[16:29] hour of this observance matters

[16:30] especially here in the city of

[16:33] San Diego.

[16:34] Black history is deeply woven

[16:35] into the fabric of American

[16:38] history.

[16:38] It is foundational.

[16:39] It is a history marked by

[16:42] resilience service and a

[16:43] continued commitment to making

[16:47] our communities stronger even

[16:47] in the face of significant

[16:48] barriers.

[16:52] The progress we've made in

[16:53] civil rights, public service,

[16:57] education and community

[16:57] advocacy exist because people

[17:01] chose perseverance over despair

[17:02] and action over silence.

[17:06] Here in San Diego, black

[17:07] residents, leaders and city

[17:08] employees have played a vital

[17:11] role in shaping the city from

[17:12] serving our neighborhoods and

[17:16] youth to contributing to public

[17:17] safety, infrastructure, culture

[17:18] and civic engagement.

[17:21] Their impact is quiet but

[17:22] deeply meaningful.

[17:26] These contributions remind us

[17:27] that leadership and change

[17:27] often come through everyday

[17:35] service and dedication.

[17:36] >> Black History Month is also

[17:40] an opportunity for reflection.

[17:41] It encourages us to listen, to

[17:42] learn and to recommit ourselves

[17:45] to diversity, equity and

[17:45] inclusion.

[17:46] When we acknowledge lived

[17:46] experiences and honored

[17:50] contributions, we help create a

[17:51] city where people feel valued

[17:51] and that's dimensions that

[17:55] strengthens trust in our

[17:56] institutions and one another.

[18:00] As we move forward let us be

[18:01] more than a commemoration of

[18:01] the past.

[18:02] Let it be a reminder of our

[18:05] city's possibility to continue

[18:06] building a San Diego where

[18:06] opportunity is accessible.

[18:10] Voices are respected and

[18:10] contributions are recognized

[18:14] across our communities.

[18:15] Thank you for taking this time

[18:16] to honor Black History Month

[18:19] and for your continued service

[18:20] to the people of San Diego.

[18:23] And with a quote from James

[18:24] Baldwin History is not

[18:24] the past.

[18:28] It is the present.

[18:29] We carry our history with us.

[18:31] We are our history.

[18:34] >> Thank you.

[18:40] >> Thank you, Jason.

[18:41] >> I don't know if I'm supposed

[18:41] to be speaking for Charlotte or

[18:42] whoever you guys called but

[18:45] it's really that's why I've

[18:45] been called worse this morning,

[18:46] so it's fine.

[18:49] I just wanted to thank City

[18:50] Council.

[18:50] I'm Jason Shelley.

[18:51] I just wanted to say thank

[18:51] the City council for

[18:54] acknowledging Black History

[18:55] Month.

[18:55] I believe it's super important.

[18:56] I would be remiss if I didn't

[18:59] say DR. Carnegy Watson, a

[19:00] member of the Omega Sci fi

[19:01] Fraternity Inc. In which I am a

[19:04] new initiate of that fraternity

[19:04] is responsible for Black

[19:08] History Month, started off as

[19:09] History Week.

[19:09] I think it's important to

[19:10] remember the past They talk

[19:11] about if we don't remember our

[19:13] past we're doomed to repeat it.

[19:14] And I think it's also important

[19:15] to remember that on our fire

[19:18] department it wasn't until 1951

[19:19] that African-Americans and

[19:23] others were allowed to work

[19:27] outside of Station 19 of 36 in

[19:27] Ocean View.

[19:28] And so we're not talking about

[19:28] 2 or 300 years ago.

[19:31] We're talking about something

[19:32] very recent.

[19:33] The Jackie Robinson of our fire

[19:33] department is still alive today

[19:37] and he'll be honored multiple

[19:37] times this month.

[19:38] We've we've only had three

[19:40] African-American fire chiefs

[19:41] since 1889.

[19:41] It's not a slight on anything

[19:42] but I think it's important that

[19:45] we keep these things in

[19:46] the forefront of our minds so

[19:46] that we can continue to improve

[19:49] on the legacy that we're trying

[19:50] to create.

[19:50] >> GOD bless you.

[19:54] Thank you, Ken.

[19:55] Now if I can have the following

[19:56] people please come to the front

[19:56] row.

[19:59] Wesley Kendra Wesley Quite,

[19:59] quite.

[20:00] Kendra When has into one?

[20:04] Tracy When Laura Garza glasses

[20:09] and Natasha Salgado If you can

[20:10] all please come up to the front

[20:10] row Please proceed when ready.

[20:11] >> Thank you.

[20:14] Yes Good morning My name is Ken

[20:14] Descends.

[20:15] I'm the treasurer of San Diego

[20:18] County Engineering Council and

[20:19] I'm proud to say that we have

[20:20] been celebrating National

[20:24] Engineers Week in San Diego for

[20:24] 75 years and every year

[20:29] the city of San Diego and

[20:29] the county of San Diego have

[20:30] given us a proclamation for

[20:33] national engineers Week This

[20:36] year it's FEBRUARY 22nd to

[20:37] the 28th We celebrate with an

[20:42] awards banquet to recognize his

[20:42] companies and projects and

[20:46] people that further

[20:47] the engineering process in in

[20:47] San Diego.

[20:51] But we also have education

[20:52] programs for the for the youth

[20:56] in our our community also we

[20:56] have engineers day at the mall

[20:57] we have math counts.

[21:01] We are encouraging all

[21:01] engineering societies to

[21:06] participate in our engineers

[21:07] week and we want to thank you

[21:10] the City for honoring us this

[21:11] week FEBRUARY 28th to the 22nd

[21:11] To the 20 eighth.

[21:15] >> Thank you.

[21:15] Thank you, Wesley.

[21:20] Wesley, you have time ceded to

[21:21] you by Alexandra Honor

[21:21] Alexander.

[21:22] Thank you so much.

[21:22] You'll have two minutes.

[21:25] Please proceed.

[21:26] >> Good morning, Council

[21:26] members.

[21:27] I'm Wesley Clark.

[21:27] I'm the director of Business

[21:28] Quarter, Hansman said to

[21:30] the icc in District nine.

[21:31] With me is my daughter

[21:31] Winifred.

[21:34] I want to thank the city

[21:35] council for recognizing

[21:35] the Lunar New Year.

[21:39] My family is of Chinese descent

[21:40] but we came from Vietnam.

[21:41] My parents and my parents came

[21:44] here after the Vietnam War and

[21:45] my grandparents in the mid 80s

[21:46] opened a little shop in

[21:49] the Heights so that there today

[21:50] that little store helped

[21:51] provide an income for my family

[21:54] and help put food on the table

[21:55] for my aunts and uncles through

[21:55] college and basically help them

[21:58] live the American dream.

[21:59] Fun fact my grandparents

[21:59] landlord at the time was

[22:03] the Honorable Tom Hall who was

[22:04] the first Asian-American

[22:06] elected to a city council here

[22:07] in 1963.

[22:12] Today City Heights is home to

[22:12] many of our cities aapi

[22:17] residents and businesses and

[22:18] who also hosts the Lunar New

[22:18] Year.

[22:22] I want to wish all of you and

[22:23] the city Council a lucky,

[22:23] healthy and prosperous year.

[22:26] The horse.

[22:27] >> Thank you so much.

[22:28] Thank you.

[22:31] Kendra when Kendra you have

[22:32] time ceded to you by Silvia

[22:33] Ramirez if you can please raise

[22:33] your hand.

[22:36] Thank you.

[22:37] You'll have two minutes.

[22:37] Please proceed.

[22:38] Good morning.

[22:38] Honorable council members My

[22:41] name is Kendra Angling and I am

[22:41] the economic development

[22:42] coordinator at City Heights

[22:43] Community Development

[22:45] Corporation and MISS Vietnam

[22:46] San Diego of 2024.

[22:50] So my strongest childhood

[22:51] memories live in City Heights.

[22:52] Every Saturday my dad would

[22:56] wake my brother and me up and

[22:56] say to Carrie Gong load us into

[23:00] our Toyota van and drive us to

[23:01] City Heights.

[23:01] Our first stop was always

[23:05] eating fresh going our way of

[23:06] enemies Chinese fried snack and

[23:09] gesso which is Thai tea from a

[23:10] local Vietnamese restaurant.

[23:11] My teeth would turn slightly

[23:14] orange every time I would drink

[23:15] the Thai tea.

[23:15] And my dad would always make

[23:19] fun of me every time I smiled.

[23:20] For so many families city

[23:20] Heights and that or Lunar New

[23:24] Year are where our roots and

[23:25] traditions come together.

[23:25] Thank you.

[23:29] Honorable council members for

[23:30] supporting our community.

[23:30] Happy Lunar New Year, Hopper.

[23:33] Happy Lunar New Year And I

[23:38] thank you.

[23:46] Cutting to I seem to want Good

[23:47] morning members of the City

[23:51] council.

[23:52] My name is Jacinta Wong and I'm

[23:53] honored to be here as a board

[23:56] member for the Chinese

[23:57] Consolidated Benevolent

[23:57] Association of San Diego and

[24:01] the House of China as well as a

[24:02] proud member of the San Diego

[24:06] aapi Coalition.

[24:06] Thank you for recognizing

[24:07] the Lunar New Year a

[24:07] celebration observed by many

[24:11] communities here throughout our

[24:11] city.

[24:12] This year we welcomed the year

[24:12] of the fireworks which

[24:16] symbolizes strength, resilience

[24:16] and forward momentum qualities

[24:20] that I believe resonate deeply

[24:21] with many of our communities in

[24:21] this moment in time.

[24:26] The Lunar New Year is a time of

[24:26] renewal and reflection.

[24:27] Rooted in honoring family

[24:30] tradition and the promise of

[24:31] new beginnings, this

[24:32] recognition affirms the value

[24:35] of the cultural inclusion and

[24:36] the many communities that

[24:36] contribute to San Diego's

[24:40] strength and vitality.

[24:41] On behalf of the organizations

[24:42] I represent, we wish you and

[24:45] all San Diego and a year filled

[24:46] with health, prosperity and

[24:46] unity.

[24:47] We hope everyone will join us

[24:51] for the upcoming Balboa Park

[24:51] and downtown Chinese New Year

[24:52] fairs this month.

[24:53] >> Thank you for that

[25:00] concluding comment Tracy.

[25:00] >> Good morning City Council

[25:01] members.

[25:04] My name is Tracy Wang Honored

[25:05] to be here today on behalf of

[25:06] the office of Assemblymember

[25:06] DR. Darshana Patel.

[25:10] Thank you for this proclamation

[25:10] Recognizing the Lunar New Year.

[25:11] This year being the year of

[25:14] the horse the year I was born,

[25:15] the year of the horse

[25:16] symbolizes perseverance, high

[25:19] energy and good fortune values

[25:20] We hope that will guide and

[25:20] uplift our communities.

[25:25] Senior County Senior The city

[25:25] is incredibly diverse and that

[25:26] diversity is one of our

[25:26] greatest strengths.

[25:29] It is so important that we

[25:29] honor and celebrate the many

[25:30] cultures that make up our

[25:31] communities and continue to

[25:34] create welcoming spaces where

[25:34] families can spend meaningful

[25:35] time together.

[25:36] These moments of connection our

[25:39] traditions are passed down,

[25:40] relationships are strengthened

[25:40] and a sense of belonging is

[25:41] built.

[25:44] This proclamation allows our

[25:45] community to honor heritage and

[25:45] rich history history in a

[25:46] meaningful way.

[25:49] Happy New Year.

[25:50] >> Happy Black History Month

[25:50] and Jack McNamee.

[25:50] Thank you.

[25:53] Thank you.

[25:58] >> Laurin Curtis.

[25:58] >> Good morning.

[25:59] Honorable council members, city

[26:00] attorney and staff.

[26:03] My name is Lauren Bell, Sita

[26:03] Garces and I'm here with

[26:04] the San Diego Asian Pacific

[26:05] Islander Coalition representing

[26:08] over 50 plus Asian and Pacific

[26:08] Islander serving organizations

[26:12] across San Diego County to say

[26:12] happy Lunar New Year and Happy

[26:13] Black History Month.

[26:13] What a beautiful thing it is

[26:17] for our communities to come

[26:18] together to be able to share

[26:19] our histories, our cultures and

[26:22] traditions with each other.

[26:23] One of the best ways to do that

[26:23] is to come to our community

[26:24] events and celebrations.

[26:27] Let's support our

[26:28] organizations, our artists, our

[26:28] small businesses.

[26:31] I'm telling you we're

[26:32] celebrating for over a month

[26:33] and beyond So we welcome you to

[26:34] come to so many places across

[26:36] San Diego County.

[26:37] We had our very first convoy

[26:37] rising over the weekend a

[26:41] historic moment in the convoy

[26:41] district.

[26:42] That shows how powerful it is

[26:45] in these moments and times when

[26:46] we come together and celebrate

[26:46] each other.

[26:47] So with that and to share in

[26:50] that spirit I just want to

[26:50] share with our own Filipino

[26:51] language to add to that

[26:51] celebration.

[26:55] Mobile High Ang Lahat.

[26:56] >> Long live all of us and

[26:59] happy Lunar New Year.

[27:04] >> Natasha Salgado And you're

[27:05] speaking on items 32 and 30 so

[27:08] you'll have two minutes one

[27:08] minute per item.

[27:09] Please proceed.

[27:09] Perfect.

[27:10] Thank you.

[27:13] Good morning Council members.

[27:13] My name is Natasha Salgado and

[27:14] I serve as the Vice PRESIDENT

[27:15] Of Programs and Strategic

[27:18] Initiatives with City Heights

[27:18] Development Corporation.

[27:19] It is an honor to stand before

[27:22] you today representing a

[27:23] community that is both deeply

[27:24] diverse and profoundly

[27:24] connected.

[27:27] Our organization is proud to

[27:28] recognize both Black History

[27:28] Month and Lunar New Year two

[27:31] meaningful observances that

[27:32] reflect the cultural richness

[27:33] that defines our neighborhoods

[27:33] and strengthens strengthens

[27:36] the spirit of city heights.

[27:37] This Black History Month we

[27:37] honor the vibrant black culture

[27:41] that continues to shape our

[27:42] community through connection,

[27:42] cultural pride and lasting

[27:46] contributions of our black

[27:46] entrepreneurs, artists,

[27:47] advocates and leaders.

[27:50] Our black communities across

[27:50] the across the country not only

[27:51] enriches the cultural diversity

[27:52] in communities like City

[27:55] Heights but also drives

[27:56] innovation, expands economic

[27:56] opportunity and reinforces

[28:00] community and belonging that

[28:01] makes our neighborhoods so

[28:01] strong.

[28:02] As we welcome the Lunar New

[28:05] Year, we celebrate a time of

[28:05] renewal, resilience and hope

[28:06] while recognizing

[28:06] the Asian-American and Pacific

[28:10] Islander communities whose

[28:10] traditions small businesses and

[28:11] multigenerational leadership

[28:14] continue to shape the social

[28:14] and economic fabric of

[28:15] the community of city heights.

[28:19] Their legacy is reflected in

[28:20] the thriving corridors family

[28:20] owned enterprises and cultural

[28:21] traditions that bring vibrancy

[28:24] to our community.

[28:25] While these celebrations hold

[28:25] distinct histories, they share

[28:28] a common thread The power of

[28:29] culture preserves perseverance

[28:30] and collective belonging.

[28:33] Both serve as important

[28:34] reminders that the strength of

[28:35] city heights lies in the people

[28:37] who uplift one another and

[28:38] continue to contribute to a

[28:41] shared vision for the future.

[28:42] Thank you for your continued

[28:43] partnership in recognizing and

[28:46] celebrating the communities we

[28:47] are honored to serve and for

[28:48] your commitment to fostering

[28:51] neighborhoods where every

[28:52] culture is valued and every

[28:53] resident has the opportunity to

[28:53] thrive.

[28:56] Thank you.

[29:01] >> Tree limb And then if I can

[29:02] also have Greg Woods, Cassandra

[29:05] Wong and Ling Xu all come up to

[29:09] the front row.

[29:14] Please proceed already.

[29:14] >> Good morning.

[29:15] My name is Tre Lu.

[29:16] I'm a board director for

[29:16] the Vietnamese American Youth

[29:19] Alliance or Via.

[29:19] It's a mouthful.

[29:20] I know.

[29:21] Today I stand here with

[29:24] the support of the Vietnam San

[29:24] Diego Court and staff

[29:25] representing something very

[29:28] simple but yet very powerful.

[29:29] For 21 years

[29:30] the Vietnamese-American Youth

[29:30] Alliance has brought our

[29:33] community together through San

[29:34] Diego's largest that festival

[29:34] not just to celebrate culture

[29:38] but to pass it on, to share it

[29:39] and maybe to have some fun in

[29:43] our beer garden Doing so Vida

[29:44] has become a bridge a bridge

[29:48] between generations, between

[29:49] cultures, between where we come

[29:49] from and who we are beginning

[29:53] becoming.

[29:53] This proclamation recognizes

[29:54] the city's commitment to that

[29:57] culture and on behalf of via

[29:58] accept this proclamation with

[29:59] deep gratitude but also with

[30:02] responsible.

[30:03] And so with that in mind we

[30:04] invite you all to join our

[30:07] festival on FEBRUARY 20th 21st

[30:07] and 22nd at Liberty Station

[30:11] because your support gives us

[30:12] the bricks with which we use to

[30:14] build this bridge and build we

[30:18] shall.

[30:22] >> Thank you Greg Woods Hello.

[30:27] I'd like to thank the city

[30:27] Council and especially

[30:30] Councilmember Foster in

[30:31] the fourth District office for

[30:32] continued support of the Black

[30:32] History Month celebration.

[30:36] I remember when those a time

[30:37] when we did not do this but

[30:40] they've consistently over years

[30:41] have invited public employees

[30:42] and citizens to participate in

[30:45] this And this is something that

[30:46] we can't take for granted

[30:47] anymore When we look at like in

[30:47] Florida where public

[30:50] institution ins are prohibited

[30:51] from using words like black

[30:52] woman or dui in their public

[30:55] announcement at the risk of

[30:56] losing public funds, this is

[31:00] just important that to me and

[31:01] I'm sure all of us that you

[31:02] guys are still standing up

[31:06] strong and and toeing the line

[31:06] and recognizing Black History

[31:07] Month and the value of it.

[31:08] Thank you.

[31:13] Cassandra I'd like to thank

[31:14] the members of City Council for

[31:18] recognizing the Lunar New Year.

[31:19] My name is Cassandra Wong and

[31:23] I'm the principal of Chinese

[31:23] School of San Diego.

[31:24] Today we gather as a community

[31:27] to honor one of the most one of

[31:28] the world's most cherished

[31:32] traditions the Lunar New Year.

[31:33] This year we welcome the year

[31:33] of the horse.

[31:34] In Chinese culture the horse is

[31:37] more than a symbol speed and

[31:37] strength.

[31:38] It represents perseverance,

[31:42] vitality and the courage to

[31:42] move forward no matter

[31:43] the obstacles.

[31:46] It is a time to celebrate our

[31:47] diversity, honor our cultural

[31:47] heritage and strengthen

[31:51] the bonds that make our

[31:52] communities vibrant and

[31:52] resilient.

[31:56] As we celebrate this special

[31:57] day, let us carry the spirit of

[31:57] the horse into our daily lives

[32:01] Moving forward with confidence

[32:02] lifting each other up and

[32:02] building a community where

[32:06] every person can thrive.

[32:09] As we celebrate our 100th

[32:09] anniversary this year,

[32:10] the Chinese School of San Diego

[32:14] wishes you and your loved ones

[32:15] a year filled with happiness,

[32:19] health and excluding Chai ling

[32:24] zoom Good morning Your Honor to

[32:29] be here.

[32:30] I'm a board chair with the San

[32:34] Diego Chinese School.

[32:35] We are a nonprofit organization

[32:38] founded in 1997 is now about

[32:42] over 100 700 students.

[32:43] So our mission is to provide

[32:46] nurturing and stimulating

[32:47] learning environment for

[32:51] students to acquire skills of

[32:51] comprehension, communication

[32:52] and reading and writing in

[32:56] Mandarin Chinese to instill

[32:56] the awareness of their Chinese

[33:01] heritage creating a programs to

[33:01] introduce Chinese characters to

[33:06] community and to promote mutual

[33:06] understanding between different

[33:10] ethnic groups.

[33:11] I would like to appreciate

[33:15] the office of the Council

[33:16] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Kelly to

[33:20] invite me here to ring the Year

[33:24] of the Horse was a proclamation

[33:25] of the City Hall.

[33:25] >> Thank you.

[33:26] Thank you.

[33:29] That does conclude public

[33:30] comment here in council

[33:31] chambers going to those

[33:34] participating remotely I have

[33:35] started the five minute timer

[33:35] starting with Blair Beckman If

[33:38] you can please unmute and let

[33:39] me know which item or items you

[33:43] wish to speak to All of

[33:44] the items You'll have three

[33:44] minutes.

[33:48] Please proceed.

[33:48] Thank you.

[33:49] i won't need three minutes.

[33:50] I'll just need one minute.

[33:53] Thank you or really good public

[33:53] comment today.

[33:54] It was just nice to listen and

[33:57] learn and everybody public

[33:58] comment was really interesting

[34:02] for myself today.

[34:03] Thank you for your proclamation

[34:07] items today and everybody who's

[34:08] attended the meeting this

[34:09] morning and it was nice to be

[34:12] around.

[34:13] I need it right now in my life

[34:16] and I think we all do and a

[34:17] good affirmation of what we can

[34:18] be doing in San Diego.

[34:18] >> Thank you.

[34:21] Thank you.

[34:22] That concludes public comment

[34:26] on the proclamations.

[34:26] All right.

[34:27] Thank you, city Clerk And thank

[34:28] you to everyone that took

[34:28] the time to come down and

[34:29] speak.

[34:31] We'll turn it over to my

[34:32] council colleagues for

[34:32] questions, comments and

[34:35] entertain a motion and we'll

[34:36] start out with council member

[34:36] Henry Foster.

[34:40] The third Thank you Council

[34:44] PRESIDENT.

[34:45] I'd like to provide comments

[34:48] briefly on items 3031 and 32

[34:52] First starting with item 30

[34:53] Black History Month, I want to

[34:54] first sincerely thank my

[34:57] colleagues Council PRESIDENT

[34:58] Pro Tem Lee Councilmember Isla

[35:02] Rivera Councilmember Moreno and

[35:03] Mayor Todd Gloria for bringing

[35:04] this proclamation forward with

[35:07] me today I speak with deep

[35:08] pride and a full heart to

[35:09] present this Black History

[35:12] Month proclamation And this

[35:13] year is especially meaningful

[35:17] because we are making marking

[35:18] 100 years of Black History

[35:18] Month 100 years of

[35:19] intentionally telling

[35:23] the stories that were too often

[35:23] left out, overlooked or erased

[35:27] Black history Month began in

[35:28] 1926 as History Week created

[35:32] by DR. Carter g.

[35:33] Woodson to ensure that black

[35:33] contributions to this country

[35:36] were recognized and remembered.

[35:37] And today that mission and

[35:37] purpose is still relevant

[35:41] because black history is

[35:42] American history.

[35:46] >> It is a history of not only

[35:47] resilience but also one where

[35:48] we celebrate the brilliance

[35:51] leadership, creativity and

[35:52] innovation In San Diego Black

[35:56] history lives in our

[35:56] neighborhoods, our families,

[35:57] our churches, our small

[36:01] businesses and our culture.

[36:01] Black history lives strongly in

[36:02] District four and across

[36:06] Southeast of San Diego in

[36:07] the various neighborhoods I

[36:10] celebrate this month proudly

[36:11] and unapologetically, I had

[36:12] the pleasure of visiting

[36:16] Bayview Baptist Church and they

[36:17] have a very what I call

[36:20] significant Black History Month

[36:24] agenda And First Sunday I just

[36:25] have to say and I'll paraphrase

[36:29] my good friend Pastor Brooks he

[36:30] said This month we get to

[36:34] celebrate, celebrate blackness

[36:35] and everything is black, black,

[36:39] black and more black.

[36:44] And so there you go right.

[36:48] >> So with that I would like to

[36:49] see a couple of my minutes so

[36:50] we can share a short video from

[36:54] DR. Lee Shay Sharp Collins

[36:54] Assembly member for California

[36:55] 79th District and member of

[36:59] Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

[36:59] Incorporated and that will be

[37:00] followed by Diamond Brandon for

[37:04] his spoken word presentation As

[37:04] we continue to honor Black

[37:13] history and excellence, I hi I

[37:19] am Assembly member DR. Laiss\

[37:24] Sharpe Collins and I am here to

[37:26] support the resolution that's

[37:26] coming before the City Council

[37:31] in honor of Black History Month

[37:36] 2026 marks 100 years of a

[37:39] acknowledging the rich history

[37:44] and culture and also

[37:45] the resilience of black people

[37:47] within this country the history

[37:52] of black people across

[37:55] the United States is something

[37:56] that folks are trying to erase

[37:57] and don't want to teach

[37:58] The true story about

[37:59] the overall struggle and how

[38:00] blacks have gotten to this

[38:01] country.

[38:02] I want you to know that being a

[38:03] person of color, being a black

[38:08] African-American is something

[38:08] that so many of us are

[38:11] extremely proud of.

[38:12] >> Everything that we've done

[38:12] in this country should continue

[38:13] to be celebrated, to continue

[38:14] to be elevated and also

[38:14] acknowledged.

[38:15] The work that we have done has

[38:16] continued to provide

[38:17] the overall support for

[38:17] diversity, equity, inclusion

[38:18] and access.

[38:18] Black history is everybody's

[38:19] history and as I've always told

[38:20] people for as long as I am

[38:20] black I am historic.

[38:24] I am a part of history.

[38:25] So as long as you are black you

[38:27] were also historic.

[38:32] So I'll remember who you are,

[38:33] where you've come from, how you

[38:34] have contributed to today's

[38:35] society When no one understand

[38:35] that you stand on the shoulders

[38:39] of so many so many people who

[38:43] have come before you and there

[38:43] will be others that will stand

[38:43] on your shoulders right after

[38:43] you.

[38:44] So this resolution that is

[38:48] coming forth today is something

[38:48] that is truly needed especially

[38:52] in the trying time when you

[38:53] have the administration that's

[38:56] doing everything it can to

[38:57] continue to acknowledge black

[38:58] history, the history that is

[39:02] true just and right the history

[39:11] of blacks in this country And

[39:33] it's a wonderful one.

[39:34] >> And I can also project I'm

[39:37] very loud I know My apologies.

[39:38] >> No, it was it was muted over

[39:38] here.

[39:39] Try it again.

[39:41] Try it again.

[39:46] >> Okay.

[39:46] Hello?

[39:47] That was my mistake.

[39:47] I have no worries.

[39:51] Happy Black History Month.

[39:51] Wonderful.

[39:56] So I am going to share a little

[39:57] spoken word If you like what

[39:57] you hear you can snap.

[40:01] I know they like quiet chambers

[40:05] to wave your hands but I hope

[40:06] that whoever this message is

[40:07] for that it reaches you and it

[40:11] carries you to whatever journey

[40:11] you are on and empowers you to

[40:15] live in your purpose.

[40:19] We began what a week seven

[40:19] small days to hold a

[40:22] civilization's worth of

[40:23] brilliance seven polite boxes

[40:24] to check off before returning

[40:27] to business as usual.

[40:28] But our history has never fit

[40:32] inside of margins, never felt

[40:33] the clocks or waited to be

[40:33] approved.

[40:37] >> Black history was not born

[40:37] small.

[40:42] It was forged hammered out in

[40:43] survival carry forward by

[40:46] people fighting to breathe

[40:46] despite the world's hands

[40:47] around their throats holding

[40:51] hostage their air.

[40:52] I come from a lineage that

[40:56] turned chains into language

[40:57] that built Saro into song and

[40:57] stitched prayers into

[41:01] blueprints and called it

[41:02] freedom across from Harriet who

[41:06] trusted the sky more than

[41:07] the law and turned the North

[41:10] Star into a roadmap for escape

[41:11] from Sojourner who stood in

[41:12] the face of denial and made

[41:16] truth their worst nightmare

[41:16] from Ida who sharpened her pin

[41:20] into shake piercing through

[41:21] America's lies With everywhere

[41:25] written she restored our faith

[41:25] .

[41:26] I come from the brilliance of

[41:30] W.E.B. The Fire of Malcolm

[41:30] the moral thunder of Martin,

[41:34] the worn hands of Ella who

[41:35] taught me that movement survive

[41:39] when power is realized and

[41:40] individuals not idolized in one

[41:44] eye a scene from Fannie Lou's

[41:45] where your body and unbreakable

[41:49] will from Septimus classrooms

[41:50] where reading became rebellion

[41:50] and balance became our

[41:54] breakthrough.

[41:54] I come from ancestors who built

[41:58] universities from dust families

[41:59] fracture and futures from faith

[42:04] alone And even now I am still

[42:04] building.

[42:08] >> I am the artist who will use

[42:09] their words to give home to

[42:10] truth whose voice will bellow

[42:14] in activism when silence is

[42:14] the safer thing to do and when

[42:18] I am in doubt Mina piano

[42:19] thunders in my chest Baldwin

[42:23] dares me to see myself clearly

[42:28] and Toni reminds me our story

[42:29] is not decoration it is

[42:29] doctrine.

[42:33] I am the air to stolen genius

[42:34] the architect behind traffic

[42:38] lights blood banks, surgical

[42:39] tools and modern medicine

[42:39] The brilliance that built this

[42:44] world while being told we did

[42:46] not belong in it.

[42:56] I am the athlete who refused to

[43:10] perform quietly who turned

[44:11] fields into battlegrounds of

[44:12] coaches who bit me, eased race

[44:13] fist and reminded the world

[44:14] that black bodies are not

[44:14] props.

[44:15] We are prophecy.

[44:16] I am Lee's defiance and

[44:17] Serena's dominance.

[44:18] I turn arenas into alters

[44:18] performance into resistance

[44:19] that bars into mountains and I

[44:24] will take another black body.

[44:24] Excellent.

[44:25] And that's the climate I am

[44:25] the student who sat down so

[44:25] others could stand tall

[44:25] The child who marched before

[44:25] knowing the cost The young one

[44:26] who refuses inheritance steeped

[44:26] in injustice and chooses

[44:26] instead to rewrite the rules.

[44:26] I am the organizer

[44:26] the caregiver, the mutual aid

[44:27] When systems collapse under

[44:27] their own neglect the one

[44:27] knocking on doors long after

[44:27] hope fails Then because

[44:27] the work my people begin still

[44:28] has work to do.

[44:28] Black history is not behind me

[44:28] It is the breath in my lungs,

[44:28] the drums in my steps,

[44:28] the prayers in my elders mouths

[44:28] dreams and my children's hands

[44:29] 100 years after it was named

[44:29] and I am still naming myself

[44:29] still defining freedom still

[44:29] daring to believe that some day

[44:29] this country will become

[44:30] everything it pretends to be.

[44:30] And I'm not asking for

[44:30] permission.

[44:30] I'm reclaiming what was always

[44:30] mine.

[44:31] I am excellence without apology

[44:31] resistance shaped by love I am

[44:31] imagination sharpened by

[44:33] purpose.

[44:34] I am the descendant of people

[44:38] who survived the unimaginable

[44:38] and still chose to build, to

[44:42] love, to lead.

[44:43] So let this be more than

[44:47] remembrance Let it be reckoning

[44:48] Let it be return Let it be

[44:52] responsibility Because black

[44:53] history is not a chapter It is

[44:56] a living force And inevitable

[45:01] truth And I and we are all

[45:02] the reclamation.

[45:02] >> Thank you.

[45:30] Yes I'm Thank you for that

[45:35] diamond Um, just quickly before

[45:35] I move on, I just want to do

[45:39] some quick acknowledgments.

[45:39] I'd like to acknowledge our

[45:44] very own queen mother, Kathleen

[45:45] Harmon for being here with us

[45:49] today to talk about her journey

[45:50] and her fight.

[45:54] >> It is truly endless.

[45:57] I also like to thank all of

[45:58] the divine nine that came to to

[46:02] speak and to represent.

[46:03] We'd like to thank our assembly

[46:06] member, our Senator, our

[46:07] supervisor and I know Secretary

[46:12] of State is here with us today.

[46:13] I'd also like to thank Chief

[46:16] Logan for being here.

[46:17] I see we have the executive

[46:21] director from the San Diego

[46:21] Urban League.

[46:22] And lastly I just want to

[46:26] acknowledge someone that I see

[46:26] in the room my good brother

[46:30] Herman Collins.

[46:31] If you would please stand so we

[46:34] could acknowledge your presence

[46:35] .

[46:36] For those that don't know

[46:40] Herman Collins had

[46:41] the privilege to serve in

[46:44] the District four office as

[46:45] the chief of staff to

[46:45] the legendary George Stevens.

[46:49] Thank you for coming out and

[46:49] thank you for everything that

[46:50] you continue to do for our

[46:53] community.

[46:54] So again, just thank you so

[46:55] much and I'll leave you with

[46:58] this.

[46:59] As it was said, we've had three

[47:00] black fire chiefs in the city

[47:03] of San Diego since its

[47:04] inception.

[47:07] We have not had not one black

[47:08] chief of police and I'm not

[47:12] going to rest until we make

[47:16] sure that that happens.

[47:17] >> So with that I will move on

[47:18] to National Engineers Week.

[47:21] Thank you for sharing.

[47:26] Uh, I also want to comment on

[47:27] National Engineers Week Council

[47:27] PRESIDENT Thank you for

[47:30] bringing forward this

[47:31] proclamation Recognizing

[47:32] National Engineers Week

[47:32] engineers play a foundational

[47:35] role in advancing innovation,

[47:36] solving complex challenges and

[47:39] applying science and technology

[47:40] in ways that improve daily

[47:40] life.

[47:41] Their work often happens behind

[47:45] the scenes but the impact is

[47:45] lasting and shapes systems and

[47:46] opportunities across

[47:46] generations.

[47:49] And I would be remiss if I did

[47:50] not take a moment to especially

[47:51] especially during Black History

[47:54] Month to bring recognition to

[47:55] acknowledge the National

[47:56] Society of Black Engineers.

[47:59] Nesbit has been instrumental in

[48:00] supporting black engineers and

[48:00] scientists, helping create

[48:01] pathways, mentorship and

[48:05] community in fields where

[48:05] representation has been has not

[48:09] been equitable during Black

[48:10] History Month it's important we

[48:10] recognize and uplift

[48:14] organizations like Nesby that

[48:15] both honor the legacy of black

[48:15] engineers in stem but also

[48:19] actively invest in the next

[48:20] generation.

[48:22] Lastly, I'd like to speak on

[48:23] item 32 as we recognize

[48:24] the year of the Horse.

[48:24] I would like to thank Council

[48:28] PRESIDENT Joe Carver, Council

[48:32] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Ken Lee and

[48:32] Council member Shawn Ella

[48:32] Rivera for recognizing

[48:33] the importance of this

[48:33] celebration.

[48:37] The lunar year is a is a deeply

[48:48] meaningful tradition for

[48:51] millions of people across many

[48:52] cultures and communities

[48:53] reflecting the traditions,

[48:54] histories and values that so

[48:59] many families carry with them

[49:04] across district four in

[49:04] communities throughout San

[49:09] Diego.

[49:11] Many families welcome the Lunar

[49:11] New Year as a time of

[49:12] reflection, tradition and

[49:12] connection.

[49:14] I appreciate the opportunity to

[49:17] recognize and honor cultures

[49:17] and histories that continue to

[49:18] shape our shared community.

[49:18] >> And with that I will move

[49:19] the proclamations.

[49:19] All right.

[49:20] Thank you, Council member

[49:20] foster So we have a motion by

[49:21] the council member to move

[49:21] the proclamation item so we'll

[49:22] go next to Council PRESIDENT

[49:22] Pro Tem Lee then Council

[49:22] PRESIDENT And I'll go ahead and

[49:23] second the proclamations agenda

[49:24] and I'm going to focus on

[49:24] speaking to items 30 and 32.

[49:25] First off I'm honored to join

[49:25] my colleagues council members

[49:26] foster Moreno and Isla Rivera

[49:26] as well as Mayor Gloria in

[49:27] proclaiming this FEBRUARY as

[49:30] Black History Month in our

[49:31] city.

[49:31] Thank you to Councilmember

[49:32] Foster for sharing

[49:34] the background of black History

[49:35] Month which has now been

[49:36] commemorated for over 100 years

[49:40] and through the founding of

[49:40] the Association for the Study

[49:41] of African-American Life and

[49:41] History.

[49:45] DR. Woodson and fellow scholars

[49:46] worked to correct the exclusion

[49:46] and misrepresentation of

[49:49] African-American contributions

[49:50] and the broader American

[49:50] narrative.

[49:51] And as Councilmember Foster

[49:54] declared, Black history is

[49:55] American history.

[49:55] Each FEBRUARY Black History

[49:59] Month gives us the opportunity

[50:00] to uplift and reflect on

[50:00] the history, culture,

[50:04] sacrifices and immeasurable

[50:04] contributions of black

[50:05] Americans through art

[50:06] throughout our nation's history

[50:09] and here in our own communities

[50:09] .

[50:10] Well, it's been 100 years.

[50:11] I think we find ourselves in a

[50:14] moment when the foundations of

[50:14] our country's history are being

[50:15] intentionally erased or hidden,

[50:18] vulnerable and marginalized

[50:19] communities continue to face

[50:20] injustice and the values of

[50:24] diversity, equity and inclusion

[50:24] are constantly being

[50:25] challenged.

[50:25] We must acknowledge that

[50:29] the work continues and

[50:29] therefore our commitment to

[50:30] equity, justice and

[50:31] the preservation of historical

[50:34] truth requires ongoing effort.

[50:35] I think as many have shared in

[50:38] the audience and we'll share up

[50:39] here on this dais Black History

[50:40] Month is both a celebration of

[50:43] achievement but also a reminder

[50:44] of the continuing struggles for

[50:45] freedom, dignity and equality.

[50:48] And as the city it allows us to

[50:49] reaffirm our shared

[50:50] responsibility when it comes to

[50:53] protecting truth, democracy and

[50:54] inclusive storytelling.

[50:55] So to all those celebrating

[50:58] happy black history Month on

[50:59] item 32, I want to thank

[51:03] Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

[51:04] council members Isla Rivera and

[51:04] Councilmember Foster for

[51:07] joining me in proclaiming

[51:08] FEBRUARY 17th 26 through

[51:12] FEBRUARY 5th, 2027 as the year

[51:12] of the horse in the city of San

[51:13] Diego.

[51:16] Next Tuesday the moon will be

[51:17] going through its new moon

[51:18] phase and bringing with it a

[51:21] new year for more than 2

[51:22] billion people around the world

[51:23] including Chinese, Vietnamese,

[51:26] Korean, Japanese and other

[51:27] Asian and Asian-American

[51:27] communities.

[51:31] As someone of Chinese American

[51:32] descent but whose parents were

[51:32] born in Vietnam and in Burma

[51:36] this is certainly a holiday

[51:36] that has been celebrated by my

[51:37] family and many others

[51:40] throughout our region.

[51:41] And for many of those families

[51:42] it's one of the most important

[51:45] holidays.

[51:46] It's a time to gather, to

[51:47] reunite, to celebrate and

[51:47] welcome what is hopefully a

[51:50] prosperous new year in San

[51:51] Diego.

[51:51] Lunar New Year has been

[51:55] celebrated for over a century

[51:55] dating back to the 19th century

[51:56] and the formation of

[51:56] the region's first Asian

[51:59] Asian-American communities.

[52:00] If you follow the Chinese

[52:00] zodiac, this new year is

[52:04] represented by a fire horse

[52:04] bringing bold action, growth

[52:05] and forward momentum.

[52:09] People born in horse years are

[52:10] believed to be hardworking,

[52:10] warm hearted and independent.

[52:14] A shout out to our chief of

[52:15] policy in the district office

[52:15] Anjali Hoyos, who certainly

[52:18] shares these characteristics.

[52:19] While 2025 was the year of

[52:20] the Wood Snake which

[52:23] represented a time to reflect

[52:24] to shed what didn't serve us

[52:25] and to strategize the year

[52:28] the fire horse is associated

[52:29] with passion, ambition and

[52:33] social shifts encouraging

[52:34] decisive action while also

[52:34] reminding us to remain grounded

[52:35] as impulsiveness can be a

[52:38] challenge.

[52:39] Although this year is beginning

[52:40] with continued unrest and

[52:40] instability within our

[52:44] communities and abroad,

[52:44] the year of the horse reminds

[52:45] us that even in turbulent times

[52:48] opportunities for evolution,

[52:49] progress and positive change

[52:49] remain.

[52:52] I want to thank all

[52:53] the organizations who work year

[52:54] round to recognize and uplift

[52:57] the Asian-American native

[52:58] Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

[52:58] community.

[52:59] This past Sunday the convoy

[53:03] area which I have the honor to

[53:03] represent hosted its first ever

[53:04] convoy rising Lunar New Year

[53:08] celebration And my family and I

[53:09] had the opportunity to attend.

[53:10] I want to take a moment to

[53:12] thank our Arts and Culture

[53:13] Commissioner Dennis Dizzy Dawn

[53:14] and the Joan Foundation, Lauren

[53:16] Garcia of Social artistry She's

[53:17] here today and the entire Up to

[53:21] you cafe team for their

[53:22] collective effort to present a

[53:26] beautiful community moment with

[53:26] some of the best line dancing

[53:27] presentations that we've ever

[53:31] seen in the San Diego region.

[53:32] We also have a number of

[53:33] organizations that are here in

[53:33] attendance today.

[53:35] You heard from some of them

[53:36] during public comment so I

[53:37] won't name all of them but many

[53:38] of them are hosting Lunar New

[53:40] Year celebrations throughout

[53:41] this month and throughout

[53:42] the city and they range from

[53:42] downtown to City Heights from

[53:46] Liberty Station to Pebble Park

[53:47] and many more.

[53:48] And so to those who MAY not

[53:51] have had an opportunity to

[53:51] celebrate this holiday, I would

[53:52] encourage you to support these

[53:55] local events.

[53:56] Bring red envelopes or they'll

[53:56] provide you some at them.

[53:59] Just bring some cash and you

[54:00] get to feed some lucky lions in

[54:01] the hopes that it will bring

[54:02] you and your family a happy,

[54:05] healthy and prosperous year

[54:05] ahead.

[54:06] With that I will wish everyone

[54:06] a happy lunar New Year.

[54:10] Took Monomoy Senior in quite a

[54:11] stunning pile up.

[54:13] Thank you.

[54:14] >> All right.

[54:14] Thank you.

[54:18] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem.

[54:19] >> So we have a motion by

[54:20] Councilmember Foster and a

[54:20] second by council PRESIDENT Pro

[54:23] Tem Lee to move approval of

[54:24] the proclamation items will go

[54:24] next to council member Moreno.

[54:27] Thank you.

[54:28] I have comments on item number

[54:31] 30 and 33.

[54:32] Item number 30 is recognizing

[54:36] Black history month in the city

[54:37] of San Diego.

[54:38] I want to thank council members

[54:41] Foster Lee Yellow Rivera and

[54:42] Mayor Gloria for joining onto

[54:42] this proclamation and

[54:46] presenting the black History

[54:46] Month Proclamation.

[54:47] This month we honor

[54:51] the leadership and cultural

[54:51] impact of black communities

[54:52] that are often achieved in

[54:55] the face of adversity.

[54:56] The story of our nation cannot

[55:00] be told without acknowledging

[55:01] the central role black

[55:01] Americans have played in

[55:05] shaping our economy,

[55:06] strengthening democracy,

[55:07] governance and most importantly

[55:11] advancing civil rights for all.

[55:11] Their legacy continues to

[55:15] inspire programs and unity in

[55:16] our communities And I I'm very

[55:20] happy that we are celebrating

[55:20] this day today.

[55:24] Moving on to item 33 is so

[55:25] local, so locally I I'm honored

[55:25] to stand before you to

[55:29] recognize and celebrate a truly

[55:30] special establishment that has

[55:30] helped shape the city of San

[55:34] Diego's creative culture and

[55:34] environmental future.

[55:39] And that's so so local.

[55:39] >> Founded in 2013 in the heart

[55:43] of Barrio Logan Community So

[55:44] Loca is a sustainable fashion

[55:48] studio that embodies innovation

[55:49] ,care and community.

[55:49] It's a woman minority owned

[55:54] business proudly led by

[55:54] co-founder Gloria Rodriguez

[55:59] both in ski who's here in

[55:59] the in the audience with us and

[56:03] Manny Brzezinski whose vision

[56:03] and leadership have made a

[56:04] lasting impact here in San

[56:08] Diego and beyond.

[56:09] For the past 13 years so Loca

[56:10] has been a force in San Diego

[56:12] sustainable fashion movement

[56:13] through hands on education in

[56:18] sewing mending upcycled and

[56:18] conscious consumption.

[56:19] They have transformed the way

[56:23] thousands of San Diego think

[56:24] about their clothing over

[56:24] the years.

[56:28] So Loca has educated more than

[56:28] 2500 students diverting

[56:32] thousands of pounds of textile

[56:33] from local landfills,

[56:33] revitalizing traditional

[56:37] textile art and creating a

[56:42] replicable replicable model for

[56:42] sustainable fashion education

[56:43] that has gained national

[56:43] recognition.

[56:47] So local also built meaningful

[56:48] partnerships with schools,

[56:52] libraries, non-profits and

[56:53] community organizations

[56:53] throughout our state city

[56:56] fostering economic opportunity

[56:57] ,creative entrepreneurship and

[57:01] accessible sustainability

[57:02] education particularly for

[57:03] historically underserved

[57:06] communities.

[57:07] Beyond all of this, so Loca is

[57:08] an integral part of Barrio

[57:11] Logan's culture and creative

[57:12] essence.

[57:12] They contribute They contribute

[57:16] to the neighborhood's identity

[57:17] as a center of art, innovation

[57:18] and environmental leadership

[57:21] And they do so with heart

[57:22] purpose and deep community

[57:22] roots.

[57:27] So FEBRUARY 13th marks So

[57:30] Locker's 30th anniversary 13

[57:31] years of celebrating love for

[57:31] our planet, our community and

[57:35] the value of caring for

[57:35] the items we already own.

[57:39] It's my honor to proclaim

[57:40] FEBRUARY 13th, 2026 as a local

[57:44] day in the city of San Diego.

[57:45] And congratulations to

[57:45] the whole team.

[57:46] And thank you for your

[57:49] incredible work here in

[57:50] the city of San Diego.

[57:50] Moving right along to the year

[57:54] of the horse, I want to say

[57:54] happy Lunar New Year.

[57:58] I surely will be wearing my red

[57:59] on Tuesday making sure that

[58:03] the year of the horse is a good

[58:04] one and and that and happy

[58:07] national Engineers Week.

[58:08] And just congratulations to all

[58:12] the proclamation recipients

[58:13] today.

[58:13] That concludes my comments.

[58:14] Thank you.

[58:14] All right.

[58:15] Thank you council member.

[58:15] And we'll go next to

[58:18] Councilmember Eli Rivera.

[58:18] >> All right.

[58:19] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[58:22] Let me start by thanking

[58:23] everyone who's here today to

[58:27] recognize and be recognized.

[58:28] I I'll start with Black History

[58:28] Month.

[58:32] Thank you, Councilmember Foster

[58:33] for including for allowing us

[58:37] to join you in proclaiming

[58:38] every 2026 to be Black History

[58:38] Month.

[58:42] It was it's already been so

[58:43] well said Why this is so

[58:46] important.

[58:47] So I did want to just add a

[58:51] couple things.

[58:52] I always like to look at

[58:53] the way that the Association

[58:53] for the Study of

[58:56] African-American Life and

[58:57] History talks about this month

[58:57] and what it means in

[59:01] the particular moment that

[59:01] we're in.

[59:02] And I think there were some

[59:05] words in on their website that

[59:06] I'm really spoke to me and it's

[59:10] the final paragraph which says

[59:11] to understand the modern world

[59:12] especially in nations where

[59:12] black people as form a

[59:15] significant population, one

[59:15] must grapple with the impact

[59:16] that the public observances

[59:19] have had on the past and

[59:19] the present.

[59:20] This year when we are

[59:21] commemorating the 250th

[59:21] anniversary of the United

[59:24] States Independence, it is

[59:25] important to tell not only an

[59:26] inclusive history but an

[59:26] accurate one.

[59:30] We have never had more need to

[59:31] examine the role of Black

[59:31] History Month and when than we

[59:35] do when forces weary of

[59:35] democracy seek to legislate and

[59:39] seek to use legislative means

[59:40] and book bans to excise black

[59:40] history from America's schools

[59:44] and public culture.

[59:44] Black history value is not its

[59:45] contribution to mainstream

[59:46] historical narratives but its

[59:49] residents in the lives of black

[59:49] people.

[59:53] Thank you for bringing up who

[59:54] you brought up today.

[59:55] COUNCILMAN Foster, thank you

[59:55] for the role you are playing in

[59:58] black history in this city.

[59:59] Thank you to all the elected

[1:00:03] officials who participated in

[1:00:03] it.

[1:00:04] I think obvious but also worth

[1:00:08] noting that our state

[1:00:08] legislators, our county

[1:00:09] supervisor and secretary of

[1:00:09] state black women who are

[1:00:12] demonstrating black excellence

[1:00:13] on a daily basis in incredibly

[1:00:18] important roles of leadership.

[1:00:18] And then Diamond, thank you for

[1:00:19] the very powerful words that

[1:00:21] were shared.

[1:00:22] >> I will just say that in

[1:00:27] the moment that we are in it is

[1:00:32] incredibly important for me at

[1:00:32] least to draw inspiration from

[1:00:33] people from people who have

[1:00:36] overcome great adversity

[1:00:37] adversity.

[1:00:37] And there was a line in

[1:00:42] Diamond's poem I think she said

[1:00:42] of people who survived

[1:00:45] the unimaginable unimaginable

[1:00:46] and chose to build and to love.

[1:00:51] And if that lesson that that is

[1:00:52] possible in all moments no

[1:00:56] matter how terrible it MAY seem

[1:00:57] that that lesson is not

[1:00:57] important right now that I

[1:01:01] don't know when it would be.

[1:01:01] So again, thank you for

[1:01:02] allowing me to join you in this

[1:01:05] proclamation and I hope this

[1:01:10] month is as joyous and

[1:01:11] impactful as as it is it should

[1:01:11] be.

[1:01:15] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[1:01:16] Thank you for joining allowing

[1:01:20] me to join in recognizing year

[1:01:20] of the Horse.

[1:01:22] It's one of I love I love my

[1:01:25] district and I love City

[1:01:26] Heights being in my district

[1:01:27] And one of the reasons I love

[1:01:30] that is the way that we come

[1:01:30] together as diverse communities

[1:01:31] and recognize different

[1:01:35] celebration and folks who maybe

[1:01:39] ever been exposed to certain

[1:01:40] celebrations and um and growing

[1:01:45] up kind of just seeing through

[1:01:49] the divides and recognizing

[1:01:49] that joy is joy and

[1:01:50] appreciating when another

[1:01:53] people are finding a moment to

[1:01:54] celebrate their history, their

[1:01:58] heritage and that will play out

[1:02:03] over the next um over the next

[1:02:04] several weeks in our community

[1:02:08] and across the city And I very

[1:02:08] much appreciate that and I

[1:02:09] appreciate every time I have an

[1:02:12] opportunity to be invited in to

[1:02:13] those spaces and be part of

[1:02:13] the celebration.

[1:02:17] Um and then last but not least

[1:02:18] I just can't help but kind of

[1:02:22] reflect on um the power of

[1:02:26] Black History Month and

[1:02:27] the recognition of Year of

[1:02:28] the Horse in this moment in

[1:02:32] time again when the history of

[1:02:32] this nation's diversity is

[1:02:36] attempted to be erased when

[1:02:41] the idea itself that we cannot

[1:02:42] celebrate one another, we

[1:02:42] cannot celebrate our

[1:02:46] backgrounds, our histories, our

[1:02:51] heritage um when that is being

[1:02:52] attempted to be imposed upon us

[1:02:55] and that and the ideas that

[1:02:55] celebrating those things and

[1:02:56] recognizing our history is

[1:02:56] un-American.

[1:03:01] I very much appreciate that we

[1:03:01] are using this space and these

[1:03:05] chambers to show the exact

[1:03:06] opposite that the exact

[1:03:06] opposite is true.

[1:03:07] So thank you again to my

[1:03:10] colleagues for the recognition

[1:03:11] of of everything that we are

[1:03:15] celebrating today And thank you

[1:03:15] to everyone in the community

[1:03:16] for being here and being part

[1:03:16] of this.

[1:03:17] Thank you.

[1:03:20] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[1:03:20] Thank you.

[1:03:21] Council member Ella Rivera

[1:03:21] talking about perseverance and

[1:03:24] overcoming challenges.

[1:03:25] >> Welcome to Chambers

[1:03:25] Councilmember Yvonne Wolpert

[1:03:29] Thank you very much.

[1:03:30] Council PRESIDENT Thank you to

[1:03:30] my colleagues.

[1:03:31] I apologize for being late.

[1:03:34] You MAY have heard there was an

[1:03:35] overturned trailer and a police

[1:03:36] stand off on the 15 Freeway So

[1:03:38] I have been in there for about

[1:03:38] two hours.

[1:03:39] We are here.

[1:03:40] The freeway is still shut down

[1:03:43] so please avoid 15 if you can

[1:03:43] but everyone is safe.

[1:03:47] So thank you everybody for

[1:03:48] the wonderful proclamations as

[1:03:49] usual with item 30.

[1:03:52] Thank you for my colleagues in

[1:03:53] bringing forth Black History

[1:03:53] Month.

[1:03:54] It's an incredible month that

[1:03:57] we have to continue to

[1:03:58] recognize given that

[1:03:59] the federal administration is

[1:03:59] trying to take our history

[1:04:00] down.

[1:04:03] Black history is American

[1:04:03] history and the contributions

[1:04:04] of African-Americans have

[1:04:04] helped shape the social

[1:04:07] cultural and civic fabric of

[1:04:08] our country and city.

[1:04:08] I could not have said it better

[1:04:09] than Diamond.

[1:04:11] Your poem was absolutely

[1:04:12] beautiful And here in San

[1:04:13] Diego, black leaders advocate

[1:04:17] educators and families continue

[1:04:18] to strengthen our communities

[1:04:18] and inspire future generations.

[1:04:22] I am proud to say all my

[1:04:22] colleagues in recognizing

[1:04:23] FEBRUARY's Black History Month

[1:04:24] and honoring the lasting impact

[1:04:26] of African-Americans San Diego

[1:04:27] and beyond And many of us who

[1:04:28] celebrated this Saturday

[1:04:30] morning for the women of Color

[1:04:31] War Breakfast I saw MS..

[1:04:32] Harman there and many other

[1:04:32] leaders.

[1:04:33] It was a beautiful occasion And

[1:04:35] i look forward to celebrating

[1:04:36] every year.

[1:04:37] And item 30 happy national

[1:04:40] Engineers Week engineers are

[1:04:41] our problem solvers Return our

[1:04:45] ideas into reality Designing

[1:04:46] the bridges we cross the water

[1:04:46] systems we rely on the clean

[1:04:47] energy we're building and

[1:04:48] the technologies that keep our

[1:04:50] communities safe and connected.

[1:04:51] City Engineers Your work

[1:04:51] touches every part of our daily

[1:04:55] lives often behind the scenes

[1:04:55] And this week we celebrate all

[1:04:56] of you who use your creativity

[1:05:00] precision and public spirited

[1:05:00] innovation to build a stronger,

[1:05:01] more resilient future for all

[1:05:01] of us.

[1:05:04] So I'm wondering if there's

[1:05:05] the city engineers with us

[1:05:05] today can we please get around

[1:05:13] robots?

[1:05:14] >> Thank you.

[1:05:15] And item 32 year the horse

[1:05:18] happy lunar New Year.

[1:05:19] Thank you to my colleagues for

[1:05:20] bringing this proclamation

[1:05:21] forward as well as we welcome

[1:05:23] the year of the Horse we

[1:05:24] celebrate a symbol of strength,

[1:05:24] resilience and forward

[1:05:25] momentum.

[1:05:28] Wishing everyone a year filled

[1:05:28] with good health, prosperity

[1:05:29] and new opportunities.

[1:05:30] I'm looking forward to

[1:05:33] celebrating this year as I have

[1:05:34] last year as well and hopefully

[1:05:35] I'll get the feed Lucky Dragons

[1:05:37] with a council who are looking

[1:05:38] again.

[1:05:38] It was a great of great event.

[1:05:39] Finally an item 31.

[1:05:42] Chief McFarland, I'm very, very

[1:05:43] honored to be celebrating your

[1:05:44] retirement today although very

[1:05:47] sad to see you're leaving

[1:05:47] the city today.

[1:05:48] It is my honor to recognize

[1:05:52] Chief Charles Checkbook Farland

[1:05:52] for a remarkable career

[1:05:53] dedicated to protecting

[1:05:56] the people of San Diego.

[1:05:57] For more than four decades he

[1:06:00] has served as a helicopter

[1:06:01] pilot and the other 40 years in

[1:06:01] the fire service Chief

[1:06:02] McFarland has demonstrated

[1:06:06] extraordinary leadership,

[1:06:06] professionalism and commitment

[1:06:07] to public safety Since joining

[1:06:08] the San Diego Fire Rescue

[1:06:11] Department, he has helped lead

[1:06:12] one of the nation's premier

[1:06:12] municipal fire aviation

[1:06:15] programs strengthening our

[1:06:16] ability to respond quickly and

[1:06:17] effectively to wildfires,

[1:06:20] emergency and rescue

[1:06:20] operations.

[1:06:21] His focus on safety, advanced

[1:06:21] training, operational

[1:06:25] excellence has not only

[1:06:25] protected our residents but has

[1:06:28] also supported the firefighters

[1:06:29] and first responders who rely

[1:06:30] on these critical resources.

[1:06:33] Chief McFarlane's expertise is

[1:06:34] recognized nationwide and his

[1:06:35] work has helped shape

[1:06:35] the future of public safety.

[1:06:38] Aviation far beyond our city.

[1:06:42] As you MAY recall in 2003 we

[1:06:43] experienced one of the worst

[1:06:43] wildfires in California history

[1:06:47] and we lost over 500 homes

[1:06:48] because we did not have

[1:06:48] the aerial apparatus that we

[1:06:49] have today.

[1:06:52] And so thank you very much.

[1:06:53] Achievement haaland As we saw

[1:06:56] last year in JANUARY when we

[1:06:56] had five fires and we used

[1:06:59] aerial apparatus on every

[1:07:00] single one it's a huge game

[1:07:00] changer for our city and it's

[1:07:04] one of Chief McFarlane's last

[1:07:04] services to our city.

[1:07:05] He did fly all the way to

[1:07:09] Virginia and flew back with our

[1:07:10] latest helicopter all the way

[1:07:10] across the country.

[1:07:14] So we appreciate you very much

[1:07:14] ,sir.

[1:07:15] I would love to invite you to

[1:07:16] come up and invite Deputy Chief

[1:07:16] o'Donnell to come up and say a

[1:07:28] few words.

[1:07:28] >> Council PRESIDENT Lacob and

[1:07:29] City Council members and

[1:07:32] council member Vaughn Wolpert

[1:07:33] Thank you very much for

[1:07:34] the recommendation recognition.

[1:07:37] It's been a true honor.

[1:07:38] I'm humbled to be here today

[1:07:39] and I want to thank the my

[1:07:42] colleagues that are in

[1:07:42] the audience.

[1:07:43] Fire Chief Logan and his

[1:07:44] command staff and all the men

[1:07:47] and women of our operations and

[1:07:47] all the fire department.

[1:07:48] It's it's been an honor beyond

[1:07:51] belief to serve the city.

[1:07:52] And I want to thank all

[1:07:53] the other departments I got to

[1:07:53] work with to make all this

[1:07:56] happen.

[1:07:57] And the support I had from

[1:07:57] the four fire chiefs they kind

[1:08:01] of gave me free rein to do a

[1:08:01] lot of things.

[1:08:02] So sourcing helicopters and

[1:08:06] doing a lot of things to save

[1:08:06] the city money.

[1:08:07] So it's been a true honor and I

[1:08:08] need to say thank you to my

[1:08:10] wife Cindy, who I've been

[1:08:10] married to since I was 18 years

[1:08:11] old.

[1:08:11] Without her support I never

[1:08:12] could have done this.

[1:08:17] So thank you very much.

[1:08:22] I'm not going to look at you.

[1:08:23] >> So just to add on to the to

[1:08:24] the proclamation the great job

[1:08:27] that lays out Chuck's career.

[1:08:28] I wanted to I'm sorry.

[1:08:28] i'm Steve Long, deputy chief of

[1:08:29] special operations.

[1:08:32] So I'm the chief for Chuck

[1:08:32] McFarland.

[1:08:33] But I've always said Chuck

[1:08:33] doesn't really have chiefs or

[1:08:36] bosses.

[1:08:37] He has collaborators And so

[1:08:38] that's what I've been for

[1:08:38] the past couple of years.

[1:08:42] Chuck has been the foundation

[1:08:43] of our air operations program.

[1:08:46] He has innovated this program

[1:08:47] and on a selfish point for this

[1:08:47] patch and for this city we have

[1:08:51] the Premier air operations

[1:08:51] firefighting element in

[1:08:52] the nation and that's due to

[1:08:56] him on a local level.

[1:08:56] Chuck has always been the guy

[1:08:57] for Cal Fire for us forestry

[1:09:02] for local law enforcement.

[1:09:02] Chuck is the aviation guy that

[1:09:05] everybody calls on a state

[1:09:06] level.

[1:09:07] He's run committees for fire

[1:09:07] scope.

[1:09:11] He's part of Cal Chiefs which

[1:09:11] has been instrumental

[1:09:12] throughout the state on a

[1:09:12] national level.

[1:09:16] He's worked with the ifc,

[1:09:17] the Forest Service to implement

[1:09:17] their their air to air

[1:09:21] operations programs And on an

[1:09:22] international level I've

[1:09:22] actually been with Chuck when

[1:09:26] he was propositioned by other

[1:09:27] companies to come and teach

[1:09:27] aerial firefighting in France

[1:09:31] and in Greece.

[1:09:31] Who gets that?

[1:09:32] Who gets that opportunity?

[1:09:33] So on that level I just wanted

[1:09:36] to say Chuck, thank you for

[1:09:37] your service to the city.

[1:09:38] Thank you for everything you've

[1:09:38] done for us.

[1:09:40] We are the premier organization

[1:09:41] because of you.

[1:09:41] Chuck retires on FEBRUARY.

[1:09:44] Friday, FEBRUARY 13th which we

[1:09:45] know Chuck was probably bland

[1:09:45] but he is amazing.

[1:09:49] He will be missed.

[1:09:49] But the one thing about Chuck

[1:09:50] that we've all seen is when

[1:09:54] it's when you need them he's

[1:09:54] there.

[1:09:55] It's sometimes at some point in

[1:09:56] the conversation when something

[1:09:58] is trying to be figured out

[1:09:59] especially in the fire

[1:10:00] department or in special

[1:10:00] operations a lot of times it

[1:10:03] ends up with as anybody called

[1:10:03] Chuck.

[1:10:04] >> So thank you, sir.

[1:10:04] Thank you.

[1:10:12] Thank you.

[1:10:13] Thank you very much And thank

[1:10:13] you.

[1:10:14] And Chief Logan, I know you're

[1:10:17] here as well.

[1:10:17] Is there anything else you'd

[1:10:18] like to add or We haven't

[1:10:18] covered?

[1:10:19] We haven't covered.

[1:10:19] Okay.

[1:10:20] All right.

[1:10:22] Thank you very much for all of

[1:10:22] your work.

[1:10:23] I appreciate you so much and

[1:10:24] thank you Council PRESIDENT For

[1:10:27] the time and I'm glad to be

[1:10:27] here.

[1:10:28] >> Glad you make it.

[1:10:32] All right, everybody.

[1:10:33] All my colleagues have spoken

[1:10:34] so I had a few words to kind of

[1:10:36] begin to wrap this up.

[1:10:37] All thank you to my colleagues

[1:10:41] for bringing these various

[1:10:41] proclamations and the eloquence

[1:10:42] of your words as well as those

[1:10:46] who spoke today on a variety of

[1:10:46] the proclamations.

[1:10:47] You know, this is such a unique

[1:10:51] opportunity in chambers to

[1:10:52] really recognize a number of

[1:10:52] organizations events, cultural,

[1:10:56] individual who are retiring in

[1:10:57] a very, very special way.

[1:11:00] And I'm so honored that we

[1:11:01] continue that proud tradition

[1:11:01] here at council.

[1:11:06] I'll speak to a couple of items

[1:11:06] No surprise 31 National

[1:11:10] Engineers Week It's certainly

[1:11:11] one of my favorite

[1:11:11] proclamations of the year as we

[1:11:15] recognize week of FEBRUARY 22nd

[1:11:16] through 28th is National

[1:11:17] Engineers Week in the city of

[1:11:17] San Diego highlighting those

[1:11:20] who have work impacts every

[1:11:21] part of our daily lives

[1:11:22] The transformative work done by

[1:11:25] engineers across the city and

[1:11:26] the country continues to shape

[1:11:27] safer and more resilient

[1:11:30] communities for generations to

[1:11:30] come.

[1:11:31] Engineers develop systems and

[1:11:34] solutions from the roads we

[1:11:35] drive on to the invisible

[1:11:36] infrastructure that supports

[1:11:39] our city Without the dedication

[1:11:40] and precision of an engineer

[1:11:41] none of it would be possible.

[1:11:44] Your hard work and expertise

[1:11:45] keeps everyone safe and able to

[1:11:46] rely on the systems that serve

[1:11:46] us all.

[1:11:49] To all the City of San Diego

[1:11:50] engineers and those who are

[1:11:51] joining us in chambers today

[1:11:53] from various city departments

[1:11:54] from one engineer to another

[1:11:58] thank you for your service And

[1:11:59] I also want to welcome Chief

[1:12:03] Community Service Services

[1:12:03] officer and city engineer

[1:12:04] Ronnie Amen.

[1:12:04] And engineering and Capital

[1:12:09] projects Director Lee Sutton to

[1:12:17] make their remarks Rania

[1:12:22] Goodman good morning.

[1:12:23] Good morning.

[1:12:23] Council PRESIDENT And members

[1:12:24] of the City Council.

[1:12:25] Thank you council Presidents

[1:12:27] for bringing forward this

[1:12:28] proclamation, recognizing

[1:12:32] National Engineers Week.

[1:12:32] On behalf of our entire

[1:12:33] engineering team as the city

[1:12:37] engineer we truly appreciate

[1:12:37] the acknowledgment of this

[1:12:38] important work being done

[1:12:42] across our city.

[1:12:42] Engineering is more than

[1:12:43] technical expertise in my

[1:12:47] humble opinion It's a public

[1:12:48] service from designing and

[1:12:52] maintaining road infrastructure

[1:12:52] hours to delivering major

[1:12:53] capital improvement projects.

[1:12:57] Our engineers work every day to

[1:12:58] ensure public safety resiliency

[1:13:01] and long term sustainable Lee.

[1:13:02] I'm proud of the dedicated

[1:13:03] professionals who serve

[1:13:07] the communities with

[1:13:07] innovation, integrity and

[1:13:08] accountability.

[1:13:12] Thank you for your continuous

[1:13:12] support of our infrastructure

[1:13:13] investments and for recognizing

[1:13:17] the engineer who helped keep

[1:13:18] our cities strong and moving

[1:13:18] forward.

[1:13:18] Thank you.

[1:13:22] Council PRESIDENT.

[1:13:23] >> All right.

[1:13:23] Thank you, Lee.

[1:13:24] Lee Oh yeah.

[1:13:27] Life is good.

[1:13:28] >> And I'll close those remarks

[1:13:28] speaking to those in high

[1:13:32] school or even entering

[1:13:32] college.

[1:13:33] I'm very proud of engineering

[1:13:37] as an incredibly important

[1:13:37] career path No matter who you

[1:13:38] are, no matter what your

[1:13:41] background are.

[1:13:42] It is a way to serve the public

[1:13:43] and provide community service

[1:13:46] and have an excellent job.

[1:13:47] So I would hope that people

[1:13:50] that are not discouraged by

[1:13:51] some of the rhetoric that we

[1:13:52] hear.

[1:13:55] We need engineers in every

[1:13:56] aspect of engineering to

[1:13:56] continue the good work that our

[1:14:00] predecessors did that our

[1:14:01] current engineers are doing

[1:14:01] every day.

[1:14:05] And come up and sign up for

[1:14:05] the city of San Diego.

[1:14:06] >> We're a great place to work.

[1:14:10] So with that let me move on to

[1:14:10] 32 year of the horse.

[1:14:11] I join my colleagues in

[1:14:15] celebrating the year of

[1:14:16] the Horse in the city of San

[1:14:16] Diego.

[1:14:17] Lunar New Year holds deep

[1:14:19] significance bringing together

[1:14:20] friends and family in

[1:14:20] celebration of reflection and

[1:14:21] renewal marking the beginning

[1:14:24] of a new year 2025 as you

[1:14:24] heard, was the year of the Fire

[1:14:28] Horse which symbolizes

[1:14:28] confidence, amplifying honest

[1:14:29] intentions and engagement being

[1:14:33] born in the year of the Horse

[1:14:33] myself.

[1:14:34] I hope to bring forward these

[1:14:38] expectations with me into

[1:14:38] the Lunar New Year and I wish

[1:14:39] you all happy Lunar New Year

[1:14:43] filled with happiness,

[1:14:43] prosperity and good health.

[1:14:47] And I'll close with item 30

[1:14:47] Black History Month.

[1:14:52] My colleagues were so eloquent

[1:14:52] as well as the public so I'll

[1:14:56] offer this thought in this time

[1:14:57] that we are facing for those

[1:14:57] who purport to be national

[1:15:01] leaders in these conversations

[1:15:01] that are running so scared

[1:15:06] about our history that seek to

[1:15:06] ignore it, to seek not to learn

[1:15:10] from it, that seek to embrace

[1:15:11] it does not make us a great

[1:15:11] country.

[1:15:15] We are a great country when we

[1:15:15] acknowledge that the bad in

[1:15:16] the case of the bad experiences

[1:15:20] of the past that we learn from

[1:15:21] them, that we acknowledge them,

[1:15:22] that we say them out loud every

[1:15:25] day so that we can move

[1:15:25] forward.

[1:15:26] And we do that also by

[1:15:26] celebrating the very good

[1:15:30] moments of who we are as a

[1:15:30] country.

[1:15:31] So to those who want to be a

[1:15:35] community leaders, let's

[1:15:35] embrace who we are as a country

[1:15:36] acknowledge, learn and continue

[1:15:39] to move forward.

[1:15:40] Every American from the past

[1:15:43] who are living today and

[1:15:44] the next generations deserve no

[1:15:44] less.

[1:15:49] >> So with that I will close

[1:15:49] our shout out to the Chief

[1:15:53] McFarland for your service over

[1:15:54] the years.

[1:15:55] >> With that we have a motion

[1:15:58] by Councilmember Foster and a

[1:15:58] second by Council PRESIDENT Pro

[1:15:59] Tem Lee to move

[1:16:00] the proclamation clerk Please

[1:16:04] call the roll I'm sorry

[1:16:05] the voting system Please cast

[1:16:13] your vote That passes

[1:16:13] unanimously 6 to 0 with

[1:16:14] Councilmember Campo,

[1:16:14] Councilmember Whitburn and

[1:16:17] Councilmember Campbell absent.

[1:16:18] >> Thank you, Council

[1:16:18] PRESIDENT.

[1:16:19] Okay, we're not done with

[1:16:19] proclamations.

[1:16:22] We're going to pause for some

[1:16:22] photos and we're going to start

[1:16:23] with item 30.

[1:17:49] Black History Month

[1:17:50] .

[1:19:09] Anything for a second

[1:20:24] and then

[1:22:16] and and and and

[1:22:51] and

[1:23:24] and

[1:25:25] and

[1:26:55] and and and

[1:28:21] and

[1:30:58] and and and

[1:33:05] and and so there was.

[1:33:06] All right, we're going to wait

[1:33:09] for that one council member to

[1:33:10] return before we get on with

[1:33:15] the rest of the morning and

[1:33:25] then our two council members

[1:33:28] Thank.

[1:33:40] Yeah well all right we'll get

[1:33:41] on with the rest of the council

[1:33:45] agenda for the morning session

[1:33:45] before we proceed with

[1:33:49] the approval of the consent

[1:33:50] agenda we will first return

[1:33:53] item 5o1 and item 60.

[1:33:58] Back to staff per their request

[1:33:58] .

[1:33:59] So are there any requests to

[1:34:03] pull any other item by council

[1:34:03] colleagues not seen any

[1:34:04] request?

[1:34:07] Clerk Please proceed with

[1:34:08] public comment on the consent

[1:34:08] agenda.

[1:34:09] >> Thank you.

[1:34:12] Council PRESIDENT Park Krueger

[1:34:13] If you can please come forward.

[1:34:15] >> You're speaking on item s

[1:34:16] 500.

[1:34:20] I see him coming up to the door

[1:34:21] .

[1:34:33] Paul Krueger There we go.

[1:34:34] >> And just to note as you

[1:34:35] speak up it's one minute per

[1:34:37] item per person.

[1:34:38] If you would like to speak on

[1:34:39] three or more items you'll have

[1:34:40] a maximum of three minutes.

[1:34:40] The consent agenda includes

[1:34:45] items 1050 58 103 110 sw 505

[1:34:46] four with as I one and 60

[1:34:47] returned to staff Please

[1:34:50] proceed on writing with just

[1:34:50] one minute.

[1:34:51] All I can say is that I'm

[1:34:55] extremely disappointed This is

[1:34:56] the first time we're learning

[1:34:56] about this settlement from

[1:35:01] the Council This is an issue of

[1:35:01] extremely important public

[1:35:02] discussion.

[1:35:05] Like a Wilson this is a $10

[1:35:06] million settlement for alleged

[1:35:10] wrongdoing by a police officer

[1:35:15] who provided these perpetrators

[1:35:15] with large paddles to beat

[1:35:16] these children and a fire

[1:35:20] department volunteer who

[1:35:20] allegedly didn't report

[1:35:25] witnessed child abuse.

[1:35:26] These these first of all these

[1:35:29] settlements It's been two

[1:35:29] months since we made this

[1:35:30] settlement and closed session.

[1:35:34] The city attorney for some

[1:35:35] reason must think I'm I'm an

[1:35:39] opponent's counsel refuses to

[1:35:40] explain why you didn't report

[1:35:43] out this settlement And most

[1:35:44] importantly two of you voted

[1:35:45] against this settlement.

[1:35:49] COUNCILWOMAN Moreno and

[1:35:49] COUNCILWOMAN Campbell.

[1:35:53] Please all of the explain to

[1:35:54] the public why you voted

[1:35:55] the way you did.

[1:35:55] >> Thank you.

[1:35:56] Thank you for that concluding

[1:35:58] comment There are no other

[1:35:59] public speakers hearing council

[1:35:59] chambers going to those

[1:36:03] participating remotely starting

[1:36:03] with Michael Schmidt.

[1:36:04] Michael, did you want to speak

[1:36:07] on the consent agenda or on non

[1:36:12] agenda public comment?

[1:36:14] Michael Schmidt I cannot unmute

[1:36:20] for you There should be a pop

[1:36:25] up that came up I will have to

[1:36:25] move on to the next speaker

[1:36:29] Blair Beekman If you can please

[1:36:30] unmute and let me know which

[1:36:31] item or items you wish to speak

[1:36:34] to.

[1:36:34] My pleasure.

[1:36:35] Beekman I'd like to speak to

[1:36:43] items 5254 and 102 items one,

[1:36:43] two, three and 124 and one

[1:36:44] away.

[1:36:44] >> Thank you.

[1:36:45] Please proceed.

[1:36:47] You'll have three minutes.

[1:36:47] Okay.

[1:36:47] Thank you.

[1:36:52] Where Beekman To first speak to

[1:36:59] items 108 and 103 Um 108 is a

[1:37:02] new commissioner for uh

[1:37:03] the Commissioner for

[1:37:04] the Convention Center.

[1:37:08] Um, that's exactly right.

[1:37:09] >> I'm sorry if I got the title

[1:37:09] there.

[1:37:13] Uh uh for the director.

[1:37:13] Yeah.

[1:37:17] We're really trying hard to

[1:37:18] work on convention center

[1:37:18] issues.

[1:37:22] Uh, fix it Repairs.

[1:37:23] There's a whole bunch of work

[1:37:24] that can be done.

[1:37:24] A holistic approach, I hope.

[1:37:28] Take accountability is a part

[1:37:28] of that process.

[1:37:29] I've always been saying if you

[1:37:32] are good tech accountability to

[1:37:33] visitors and they understand

[1:37:37] that I think that's building

[1:37:38] the best friend San Diego we're

[1:37:38] trying to look for and it's

[1:37:42] important work tech

[1:37:43] accountability Good luck in

[1:37:43] making an open and clear

[1:37:47] process of community

[1:37:47] participation for all of us

[1:37:52] That builds community harmony

[1:37:53] and friendships to go on to

[1:37:57] items 103 item about uh uh

[1:38:02] commission funds uh fund a

[1:38:02] commission that works on

[1:38:06] funding issues.

[1:38:07] Thank you for that commission

[1:38:07] and their reporting.

[1:38:08] It sounds like an interesting

[1:38:12] commission that reports on city

[1:38:12] funds and their practices.

[1:38:13] Thank you.

[1:38:17] That always bring that to

[1:38:17] council.

[1:38:18] I hope we can bring more

[1:38:18] commission reports to council

[1:38:19] in the future.

[1:38:22] Thank you.

[1:38:23] Item one of four is Police

[1:38:23] Association Lateral and

[1:38:27] Recruitment Incentive programs.

[1:38:28] My goodness gracious Have you

[1:38:31] guys been learning that with

[1:38:32] all the we've been bringing

[1:38:32] down violent crime a lot in

[1:38:36] local communities least deaths

[1:38:41] of of of citizens people of

[1:38:41] the cities is actually rising

[1:38:45] since George Floyd's incident

[1:38:46] Are you guys clear on that So

[1:38:50] these lateral recruitment moves

[1:38:51] although helpful we have to be

[1:38:51] very mindful of it and I hope

[1:38:55] we're having good safeguards in

[1:38:56] place for the process that we

[1:38:56] can't just hire anyone.

[1:39:00] We have to really mind and note

[1:39:01] what we're hiring and what that

[1:39:05] process is about.

[1:39:06] Um we have to be mindful of Our

[1:39:10] police are working at this

[1:39:10] time.

[1:39:11] I know that can be separate

[1:39:12] from my good luck that we we

[1:39:15] are prepared best practices

[1:39:16] that we are headed in a time of

[1:39:16] war.

[1:39:20] We really have to practice

[1:39:20] peace.

[1:39:21] Good luck in those efforts.

[1:39:22] And finally about pure water

[1:39:25] issues I as important as it is

[1:39:26] that we're working towards, you

[1:39:30] know, community participation

[1:39:31] on the future of water board

[1:39:34] issues, the council has to be

[1:39:35] more clear how much pure water

[1:39:36] is adding to water rate

[1:39:39] increases overall.

[1:39:40] And just to be clear and

[1:39:41] accountable on that subject, it

[1:39:42] isn't a gotcha moment.

[1:39:45] It's offering best practices

[1:39:45] for ourselves that we're

[1:39:46] building the pure water system.

[1:39:50] Well so good luck that you're

[1:39:50] open and accountable your time

[1:39:54] and concluded 8700 if you can

[1:39:57] please unmute after that is

[1:39:58] 7499 and then 1384 and 700 if

[1:39:59] you can please let me know

[1:40:03] which item or items you wish to

[1:40:03] speak to.

[1:40:04] >> Yes, thank you.

[1:40:11] 5256 and 101 in 1 or 2 please.

[1:40:12] >> You'll have three minutes.

[1:40:16] Please proceed.

[1:40:16] Thank you so much.

[1:40:17] Heads up.

[1:40:18] First of all I MAY There's a

[1:40:21] chance I'll get a knock on

[1:40:21] the door for maintenance in my

[1:40:25] apartment and I MAY have to

[1:40:26] just You write out when I'm

[1:40:26] speaking.

[1:40:30] So it just a chance it might

[1:40:30] happen.

[1:40:34] Okay, So on 5253 these are all

[1:40:39] pure water and I guess to pure

[1:40:44] water I'm on board finally I

[1:40:44] think about a year and a half

[1:40:49] ago and I'm really, really

[1:40:49] excited about the historic

[1:40:54] project that this is is looking

[1:40:54] forward to fruition on it.

[1:40:58] It is And I looked at the aoc

[1:41:02] report and there is some and

[1:41:03] underrepresentation especially

[1:41:06] I think on the company on

[1:41:07] number 50 and I will see this

[1:41:12] again later I have a concern

[1:41:12] regarding the San Diego County

[1:41:13] Water Authority and their

[1:41:17] system quality and

[1:41:17] the collaboration and

[1:41:22] relationship between all parts

[1:41:23] of that Now on 54 the Point

[1:41:27] Loma wastewater treatment plant

[1:41:31] and permits and so forth.

[1:41:35] Wow This is just so crucial And

[1:41:36] I'm following it pretty

[1:41:36] closely.

[1:41:41] The history of it and where

[1:41:42] we're headed And it looks like

[1:41:45] at the end of 26 here there

[1:41:46] will be a deadline that that we

[1:41:50] will have to meet on that

[1:41:55] the permit issue.

[1:41:55] So it's probably more

[1:41:56] complicated than that but I'm

[1:42:00] just holding my breath on that

[1:42:00] and actually saying a prayer.

[1:42:03] So yes, I'm 55 for the East

[1:42:04] parking but I did want to say

[1:42:08] that this is the contract in

[1:42:09] the eoc.

[1:42:09] There's under-representation

[1:42:10] there.

[1:42:13] I know somebody that worked at

[1:42:14] East Parking for years and he

[1:42:18] really felt comfortable there

[1:42:23] and spoke well of it on Yes to

[1:42:28] 56 which is Highland Software,

[1:42:28] a city clerk.

[1:42:29] I didn't have a chance to

[1:42:33] really get into the backup

[1:42:33] well.

[1:42:34] But the one thing that really

[1:42:38] doesn't work for me in our

[1:42:43] system is the public comment.

[1:42:43] I just cannot work with that at

[1:42:47] all on any computer and I think

[1:42:48] that's because how you say that

[1:42:52] related and the other thing I

[1:42:52] have concern with and it

[1:42:53] doesn't really I think relate

[1:42:57] to you the city tv and getting

[1:42:58] into the archives and doing

[1:43:02] the replay on yes to 100

[1:43:02] the contract on the hydrogen

[1:43:06] sulfide odor control every time

[1:43:10] I see a cost of ten figures it

[1:43:11] just catches my breath

[1:43:15] Chemicals chemicals, chemicals

[1:43:16] We can't live with them and we

[1:43:17] have to be careful because they

[1:43:20] can really hurt us.

[1:43:21] So using less chemicals can be

[1:43:25] cost effective yet never at

[1:43:25] the cost.

[1:43:26] >> My apologies Your time has

[1:43:30] concluded and for public

[1:43:30] comments you can also just

[1:43:33] email them to City Clerk at San

[1:43:34] diego.Gov If you're having

[1:43:34] problems with the web form 7499

[1:43:43] if you can please unmute Bob

[1:43:48] because this guy here like to

[1:43:49] speak on items 5556 and 103

[1:43:55] minutes please proceed.

[1:43:56] Item 56 Highland Software.

[1:43:57] Last night a friend and I

[1:43:59] watched the 2004 film version

[1:43:59] of Manchurian Candidate

[1:44:00] starring Denzel Washington and

[1:44:03] Meryl Streep.

[1:44:04] The atrocities in that version

[1:44:04] resulted from a business

[1:44:08] referred to as Manchurian

[1:44:08] Global which operated in

[1:44:09] concert with elements of

[1:44:13] the United States government.

[1:44:13] I mention this because I

[1:44:14] continue to see the city using

[1:44:17] relationships with private

[1:44:18] businesses to subvert citizens

[1:44:18] rights.

[1:44:19] We saw that with the red light

[1:44:23] cameras run by a private

[1:44:23] business back during

[1:44:24] the Sanders administration.

[1:44:25] Fortunately that particular

[1:44:28] practice was stopped by Mayor

[1:44:28] Filner.

[1:44:29] But similar examples exist to

[1:44:29] this day.

[1:44:33] For years now citizens had to

[1:44:34] go to the website at Highland

[1:44:37] cloud.Com in order to access

[1:44:38] the agendas for this meeting.

[1:44:39] Since my recent comments on

[1:44:41] this I do now see that this

[1:44:42] current city council agendas on

[1:44:43] the city clerk's website so

[1:44:47] thank you to City Clerk Fuentes

[1:44:47] for fixing that.

[1:44:48] But all of the previous agendas

[1:44:49] and public comments continue to

[1:44:52] be provided only via Highland

[1:44:52] cloud.Com.

[1:44:53] I'm not opposed to an outside

[1:44:57] business being hired to perform

[1:44:57] services for the city but those

[1:44:58] services should services should

[1:45:02] not require citizens to

[1:45:03] interact with or do business

[1:45:03] with those outside businesses.

[1:45:06] Item 55 is parking.

[1:45:07] As I mentioned in a previous

[1:45:11] comment, the parking business

[1:45:12] has had an unfortunate history

[1:45:12] of not accepting cash payments

[1:45:13] for parking in our city parking

[1:45:16] structure.

[1:45:16] Fortunately Darnell from ace

[1:45:17] Management has made provisions

[1:45:21] to accept cash and I do thank

[1:45:22] him for that.

[1:45:22] But that provision needs to be

[1:45:26] specified in this contract to

[1:45:27] protect any citizens rights to

[1:45:30] operate independently of any

[1:45:31] private financial institution

[1:45:32] or credit card business.

[1:45:35] I want to hear from this

[1:45:36] council whether that provision

[1:45:37] is in this item or not.

[1:45:40] Finally, it's an insult that

[1:45:41] you limiting citizens to one

[1:45:42] minute per item when you spent

[1:45:42] most of this morning on your

[1:45:45] own P.R. Photo opportunities.

[1:45:46] >> Shame on this council.

[1:45:50] Thank you.

[1:45:50] Next is phone number ending in

[1:45:51] 1384.

[1:45:58] If you can please unmute 1384.

[1:45:59] >> Thank you.

[1:46:03] Ernie Castro La Hoya Senior

[1:46:04] resident Please review all

[1:46:04] the items.

[1:46:04] >> Okay.

[1:46:05] Please proceed.

[1:46:08] You'll have three minutes.

[1:46:08] Yeah.

[1:46:13] Ernie Casco, a senior resident

[1:46:13] pilot concerning all the items

[1:46:17] in poor city Council decisions

[1:46:18] including Torrey Pines Board

[1:46:19] report It is FEBRUARY 10th.

[1:46:23] Your lease holder is currently

[1:46:23] blocking me out of the airport

[1:46:24] completely under threat of

[1:46:28] violence forcing residents to

[1:46:28] finally legal contract to use

[1:46:29] Torrey Pines Motor Park.

[1:46:32] It is well documented.

[1:46:33] The complaint is on your desk

[1:46:37] and it needs to stop today.

[1:46:37] Your leaseholder claims to be

[1:46:38] doing his job that nobody

[1:46:39] complained or stopped them.

[1:46:41] What is your job?

[1:46:42] Todd Gloria and Joe LaCava to

[1:46:43] protect our constitutional

[1:46:46] recreational rights and

[1:46:47] freedoms.

[1:46:47] It's time to stop the war and

[1:46:51] control over Torrey Pines

[1:46:52] Glider for Cash Cow Purse Your

[1:46:53] leaseholders access pass and

[1:46:57] waiver conflicts of residents

[1:46:57] and free pilots Constitutional

[1:47:01] recreational rights and

[1:47:01] freedoms.

[1:47:02] Fighting over employment,

[1:47:03] money, power, profit and

[1:47:06] control of the glider port.

[1:47:07] This needs to end.

[1:47:11] I reported serious allegations

[1:47:12] directly to your office and San

[1:47:12] Diego police most recently

[1:47:16] the city Council real estate

[1:47:17] assets department while under

[1:47:17] threat of violence.

[1:47:21] I have been paying your

[1:47:21] leaseholder that refuses to

[1:47:22] provide a copy of the Access

[1:47:26] Pass and waiver in question.

[1:47:27] The truth is also coming out at

[1:47:31] University Community Planning

[1:47:31] Group.

[1:47:32] Where are the police reports

[1:47:32] for the victims who have been

[1:47:33] damaged?

[1:47:36] Why haven't you taken action

[1:47:37] when you have a proven legal

[1:47:37] solution on your desk?

[1:47:41] It's time to stop the crime.

[1:47:41] Revise the permanent

[1:47:45] reinstatement of the Torrey

[1:47:46] Pines Advisory Board and

[1:47:46] implement the proposed San

[1:47:50] Diego Recreational waiver as a

[1:47:51] proven solution to the dispute.

[1:47:55] I challenge City Council to

[1:47:55] come up with a better legal

[1:47:59] solution that's proven and

[1:47:59] ready to go.

[1:48:00] It's a win for City council

[1:48:00] liability.

[1:48:04] It restores our recreational

[1:48:05] rights and freedoms for years

[1:48:05] to come.

[1:48:08] It's the best decision that

[1:48:08] the City Council could make.

[1:48:13] >> Thank you.

[1:48:13] Thank you.

[1:48:14] That does conclude public

[1:48:15] comment but I would like to

[1:48:15] note for the record

[1:48:18] the potential appointments and

[1:48:19] reappointment that are on

[1:48:20] the agenda this morning.

[1:48:20] I don't want to wait as a

[1:48:21] potential appointment of Carlos

[1:48:23] Gortat to the San Diego

[1:48:23] Convention Center Corporation

[1:48:24] Inc Board of Directors.

[1:48:26] Item 109 is a potential

[1:48:27] reappointment of Joseph Anthony

[1:48:28] Bustamante and Nicole Hower to

[1:48:32] the Citizen's Equal Opportunity

[1:48:33] Commission and item as 504 is a

[1:48:33] potential appointment of Lydia

[1:48:36] Bartell to the San Diego

[1:48:37] Convention Center Corporation

[1:48:38] Board of Directors.

[1:48:38] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[1:48:41] All right.

[1:48:41] Thank you.

[1:48:42] With that we'll turn it over to

[1:48:43] my council colleagues Questions

[1:48:46] Comments Entertain a motion and

[1:48:46] we'll start with council member

[1:48:47] Von Wolpert.

[1:48:50] >> Thank you very much And I

[1:48:51] wanted to say thank you to

[1:48:52] everyone who's being appointed

[1:48:52] today to serve on our boards

[1:48:53] and commissions.

[1:48:55] Thank you Carlos for your

[1:48:56] continued service on

[1:48:56] the Convention Center board.

[1:49:00] I do hope that you will join

[1:49:01] the call to leverage the new

[1:49:04] funding we have with Measure c

[1:49:05] to maybe have a long term bond

[1:49:06] or something that we can

[1:49:09] actually, you know, provide

[1:49:10] long term relief for

[1:49:11] the infrastructure of

[1:49:11] the convention center.

[1:49:12] But thank you for your service.

[1:49:14] It's very exciting.

[1:49:18] And also on item 100, I'm very

[1:49:19] excited to be able to point out

[1:49:22] something that very rarely

[1:49:23] happens up here on this dais is

[1:49:24] that we are approving a

[1:49:28] contract with substantial cost

[1:49:28] savings from the previous

[1:49:29] contract.

[1:49:33] This is for our water system to

[1:49:33] make sure that we can have

[1:49:34] drinkable and clean water in

[1:49:37] this new contract estimated at

[1:49:38] about 27% cost savings to

[1:49:41] the city per gallon for

[1:49:42] hydrogen peroxide and 17% per

[1:49:47] dry ton cost savings for

[1:49:47] ferrous chloride.

[1:49:48] And so that is just huge news.

[1:49:49] I know that the party has been

[1:49:52] working on this for a while To

[1:49:52] reduce cost is something we

[1:49:53] never see and everyone say

[1:49:56] thank you very much for this

[1:49:57] great work on it and let us

[1:49:58] know how we can continue to

[1:50:01] leverage it in bulk buying any

[1:50:02] whatever you did to do this.

[1:50:02] Thank you.

[1:50:03] So congratulations on this

[1:50:06] great work and I will move

[1:50:07] the consent agenda.

[1:50:07] >> All right.

[1:50:07] Thank you.

[1:50:08] Council member Von Wolpert We

[1:50:11] have a motion to move

[1:50:11] the consent agenda which does

[1:50:12] not include item 60 or 5 or

[1:50:12] one.

[1:50:15] We'll go next to council member

[1:50:15] Foster Yes, thank you.

[1:50:20] >> Council PRESIDENT I will

[1:50:25] second the consent agenda but

[1:50:25] just a couple of comments.

[1:50:29] I am one of four I know we

[1:50:33] talked about this cota in

[1:50:34] regards to recruitment

[1:50:34] retention.

[1:50:38] This does directly speak to

[1:50:39] the concerns that continue to

[1:50:39] come from this council

[1:50:43] regarding overtime But also I

[1:50:44] just want to make sure that we

[1:50:48] are doing everything we can to

[1:50:49] budget appropriately you know

[1:50:50] having things come in after

[1:50:53] the fact.

[1:50:54] As we know processes have

[1:50:57] started in place I this year

[1:50:58] only as good as the information

[1:50:59] that we get at the time as we

[1:51:00] are going through

[1:51:00] the development process.

[1:51:03] So just just want to reiterate

[1:51:03] the importance of making sure

[1:51:04] we're getting accurate

[1:51:08] information and and folks are

[1:51:08] projecting accordingly.

[1:51:13] I'm also in regards to item

[1:51:17] s500 you know this item

[1:51:18] authorizes a $10 million

[1:51:22] settlement and just following

[1:51:23] the recent 30 million

[1:51:24] settlement regarding Noah

[1:51:27] Wilson together these cases

[1:51:27] represent 40 million in

[1:51:31] liability in the short time

[1:51:36] frame $40 million in a matter

[1:51:36] of weeks.

[1:51:37] Not only does this represent a

[1:51:38] growing financial risk to

[1:51:41] the city but also highlights

[1:51:42] the need for reform and a

[1:51:42] culture change within our San

[1:51:48] Diego Police Department today

[1:51:52] the City of San Diego since

[1:51:56] 2017 has spent roughly $100

[1:51:56] million in San Diego Police

[1:51:57] Department litigation and

[1:52:01] settlements.

[1:52:02] And that's very concerning as a

[1:52:06] liability fund is supported by

[1:52:10] the general fund And with that

[1:52:11] code if I can have a commitment

[1:52:15] from the mayor's office, I

[1:52:16] would formally request that

[1:52:20] risk And Senegal pd docket an

[1:52:21] item at the budget and

[1:52:25] government or Budget and

[1:52:26] Government Efficiency committee

[1:52:30] to bring an item to have a

[1:52:31] public conversation about these

[1:52:34] settlements going back to 2017

[1:52:34] and also would like to know

[1:52:35] what steps we are putting in

[1:52:39] place to mitigate these types

[1:52:43] of litigations and misconducts

[1:52:43] .

[1:52:44] Can I have that commitment from

[1:52:45] the mayor's office?

[1:52:45] Yes.

[1:52:46] Councilmember will likely also

[1:52:48] work with city attorney's

[1:52:49] office to make sure what we're

[1:52:50] discussing is allowed under to

[1:52:53] close session matters.

[1:52:54] But yes you have the commitment

[1:52:55] to docket something a budget

[1:52:56] with risk and Seneca Police

[1:52:58] Department Thank you.

[1:52:58] I appreciate that And that

[1:53:03] concludes my comments and I can

[1:53:04] take that as a second.

[1:53:04] Yes.

[1:53:04] All right.

[1:53:06] So we have a motion by

[1:53:07] Councilmember Von Wolpert and

[1:53:08] second by Councilmember Foster

[1:53:08] to move the consent items which

[1:53:11] again do not include item 60 or

[1:53:11] 501.

[1:53:12] We'll go next to Councilmember

[1:53:16] Eli Rivera.

[1:53:16] Thank you.

[1:53:17] Council PRESIDENT.

[1:53:19] I'll start with item 100

[1:53:20] Actually I appreciate

[1:53:21] Councilmember Von Wilpert

[1:53:24] bringing this up a couple of

[1:53:25] years ago I believe we had a

[1:53:26] contract come to us for

[1:53:33] chemicals used for water and

[1:53:34] there was a conversation at

[1:53:38] that time about the way in

[1:53:39] which it seemed as though

[1:53:43] the pandemic and the war in

[1:53:44] Ukraine were continuously being

[1:53:48] used as excuses by companies

[1:53:48] that we depend on to in my

[1:53:49] opinion gouge the city for for

[1:53:53] essential items.

[1:53:54] It is not a choice as to

[1:53:57] whether or not we treat our

[1:53:58] water or our wastewater And it

[1:54:02] seemed very much like the city

[1:54:03] was being taken advantage of.

[1:54:06] I've actually pointed to these

[1:54:07] chemicals as examples of some

[1:54:12] of the costs that the city has

[1:54:12] seen significant increases in

[1:54:13] in conversations with committee

[1:54:17] members in explaining why

[1:54:22] the budget has grown in some of

[1:54:22] the ways that it has.

[1:54:23] There's other reasons as well

[1:54:23] for sure.

[1:54:26] But this was an example of a

[1:54:27] thing that we needed to pay for

[1:54:28] that had significantly increase

[1:54:31] in cost And I share

[1:54:31] Councilmember Rommel

[1:54:35] appreciation that we've dug in

[1:54:36] and worked harder to negotiate

[1:54:41] a better price for San Diegans

[1:54:41] .

[1:54:42] So I just want to express my

[1:54:42] appreciation for that.

[1:54:46] I want to say congratulations

[1:54:47] to MR. Cota for your

[1:54:48] reappointment, the convention

[1:54:51] Center Corporation Board of

[1:54:51] Directors.

[1:54:55] Obviously you bring a a wealth

[1:54:55] of experience.

[1:54:56] That's not my way of calling

[1:55:00] you old.

[1:55:01] That's just my way of

[1:55:01] recognizing that you've seen

[1:55:05] some things and you've been at

[1:55:05] the convention Center for some

[1:55:06] very important changes,

[1:55:10] especially as it relates to how

[1:55:10] the workers at the convention

[1:55:13] center are treated and ensuring

[1:55:14] that they're treated with

[1:55:15] the dignity that they deserve

[1:55:18] and receive the pay that they

[1:55:19] deserve as well.

[1:55:20] So thank you for that work.

[1:55:24] I will now pivot to to item 500

[1:55:28] as well.

[1:55:29] >> I will start by saying that

[1:55:33] I don't think there is a single

[1:55:37] thing that I have heard as a

[1:55:38] council member that has been

[1:55:42] more horrifying and

[1:55:42] disappointing to me as a leader

[1:55:43] in this as a person who is

[1:55:47] charged with a responsibility

[1:55:48] of leadership in this city,

[1:55:49] then the details of this

[1:55:52] lawsuit I believe that our most

[1:55:56] sacred duty is to protect our

[1:55:57] young ones and the city,

[1:55:58] the county, the rock church and

[1:56:01] the community as a whole failed

[1:56:02] in that duty and we failed.

[1:56:02] Arabella McCormick and her

[1:56:06] young sisters.

[1:56:07] I'm going to read some of

[1:56:08] the detailed details of

[1:56:08] the reporting because I think

[1:56:11] it's extremely important that

[1:56:12] we do not run from these

[1:56:12] details as horrifying as they

[1:56:16] are.

[1:56:17] And this is from kpbs aids

[1:56:20] reporting Arabella was reported

[1:56:21] just 40 pounds when sheriff's

[1:56:25] deputies arrived at

[1:56:26] the family's Spring Valley home

[1:56:26] in AUGUST 2020 to a report of a

[1:56:30] child in distress.

[1:56:30] McCormick, just 11 years old at

[1:56:31] the time, died shortly after

[1:56:35] from heart failure.

[1:56:35] Her young her sisters both

[1:56:36] appeared younger than their

[1:56:40] ages due to underdevelopment

[1:56:40] they suffered from re re

[1:56:44] feeding syndrome a phenomenon

[1:56:45] identified following World War

[1:56:49] two when prisoners of war were

[1:56:49] provided with food after a

[1:56:50] prolonged period of starvation

[1:56:51] and subsequently died from

[1:56:54] cardiac failure they had to be

[1:56:59] nourished gradually they were

[1:57:00] hospitalized and receive

[1:57:00] treatment that saved their

[1:57:00] lives.

[1:57:03] >> Thank GOD.

[1:57:04] >> In addition to her role at

[1:57:05] the Rock Church, the girl's

[1:57:08] adoptive mother Latisha

[1:57:09] McCormick also volunteered as a

[1:57:09] crisis intervention specialist

[1:57:13] for the San Diego Police

[1:57:13] Department.

[1:57:14] >> But Couric's parents

[1:57:14] the girl's adoptive

[1:57:18] grandparents Stanley and Adela

[1:57:19] Tom also volunteered with

[1:57:23] the Department to add to

[1:57:23] the horror.

[1:57:24] The legal complaint alleges

[1:57:27] that McCormick worked alongside

[1:57:28] a San Diego police officer who

[1:57:29] visited the family's home and

[1:57:32] witnessed the parents

[1:57:33] prohibiting the girls from

[1:57:33] eating food And when they did

[1:57:34] force them to chew their food

[1:57:37] very slowly.

[1:57:38] That officer was alleged to

[1:57:39] have given her friend paddles

[1:57:44] to be used on the young girls

[1:57:45] and set up apart again.

[1:57:46] That officer was alleged to

[1:57:47] have given her friend paddles

[1:57:52] to be used on the young girls.

[1:57:57] >> There are no words or amount

[1:57:58] of money that can make amends

[1:57:59] for the way Arabella and her

[1:57:59] sisters were failed.

[1:58:03] I support the settlement

[1:58:03] because it is what

[1:58:04] the representatives of

[1:58:04] the surviving victims believe

[1:58:08] because the representatives of

[1:58:08] the surviving victims believe

[1:58:09] the money paid by the city will

[1:58:10] help ensure the girls have

[1:58:13] the security they need to heal

[1:58:13] from the hardship from

[1:58:14] the abuse and loss of their

[1:58:17] eldest sister.

[1:58:17] My sincere hope is

[1:58:18] the settlement and

[1:58:21] the settlements of the other

[1:58:22] institutions involved will help

[1:58:23] provide the surviving victims

[1:58:23] the resources necessary to

[1:58:26] overcome what has been

[1:58:27] inflicted upon them.

[1:58:31] And I am so, so sorry that

[1:58:32] nobody came to their aid

[1:58:36] earlier.

[1:58:37] >> It is also important for us

[1:58:38] as a city and for all San Diego

[1:58:42] to ask what is being done to

[1:58:42] prevent anything like this from

[1:58:43] ever happening again?

[1:58:46] So cota just and this is

[1:58:47] rhetorical right now but I do

[1:58:51] mean this.

[1:58:52] What steps are the mayor and

[1:58:52] the chief taking to ensure

[1:58:56] the culture and practices of sd

[1:58:57] pd prioritize the protection of

[1:58:57] children?

[1:58:58] Before the unwritten rules of

[1:59:01] protecting their own.

[1:59:02] And finally in a moment when

[1:59:06] the city is roiled in a

[1:59:07] conversation of the way

[1:59:11] resources are allocated, we

[1:59:11] must acknowledge that this $10

[1:59:12] million settlement plus

[1:59:13] the settlement with the family

[1:59:15] of Keno Wilson puts the city at

[1:59:16] over $40 million paid out on

[1:59:20] settlements in just the last

[1:59:21] couple of months triggered by

[1:59:25] the acts and failures to act by

[1:59:26] the San Diego Police Department

[1:59:30] which resulted in the deaths of

[1:59:35] two minors babies.

[1:59:35] >> Things must change.

[1:59:36] They must change because our

[1:59:40] sacred duty to our young ones

[1:59:41] demand that they change.

[1:59:41] They must change because

[1:59:42] the values of justice and

[1:59:45] safety demand it and things

[1:59:46] must change because we

[1:59:47] literally cannot afford for

[1:59:49] them not to.

[1:59:50] So thank you, Councilmember

[1:59:54] Foster for your comments and

[1:59:55] making the request that you

[1:59:55] did.

[1:59:55] I think that's an incredibly

[1:59:59] important conversation And when

[2:00:00] it comes to the financial

[2:00:04] stewardship of the city and

[2:00:04] cota, I do very much hope that

[2:00:08] the council and the public will

[2:00:09] have an opportunity to hear

[2:00:13] the ways in which again we can

[2:00:18] know that action is being taken

[2:00:19] to do everything in our power

[2:00:23] to ensure that something like

[2:00:24] this never happens again.

[2:00:25] And I say that with

[2:00:25] the humility of knowing that we

[2:00:28] cannot control for the acts of

[2:00:29] all people and people do

[2:00:33] terrible, terrible things.

[2:00:34] But what I also know is it is

[2:00:39] completely not okay for people

[2:00:43] wearing the badges of this

[2:00:44] city, the seal of this city to

[2:00:47] fail children in the way that

[2:00:48] these children were failed.

[2:00:48] >> Thank you.

[2:00:53] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:00:53] >> All right.

[2:00:54] Thank you.

[2:00:54] Councilmember Eli Rivera.

[2:00:57] We'll go back to Councilmember

[2:00:58] Yvonne Wolpert And thank you

[2:00:59] council PRESIDENT For the time

[2:01:02] And I usually don't speak on

[2:01:03] pending litigation because as a

[2:01:03] former deputy city attorney I

[2:01:07] understand the need to let

[2:01:07] the city attorney's office

[2:01:08] speak for this.

[2:01:12] But I do want to in this case

[2:01:12] talk about the settlement with

[2:01:16] our Abella surviving younger

[2:01:17] sisters.

[2:01:17] The entire city county, Rock

[2:01:21] Creek Church even a charter

[2:01:22] school failed these little

[2:01:22] girls.

[2:01:23] There were charter school

[2:01:27] teachers in her home twice a

[2:01:31] week every week for five years

[2:01:32] who didn't report this abuse.

[2:01:35] The county investigators from

[2:01:36] cps who were charged with

[2:01:36] protecting her didn't report

[2:01:39] this abuse.

[2:01:40] And one of the San Diego police

[2:01:41] officers who's named in this

[2:01:49] lawsuit contributed to this.

[2:01:50] >> As I told my colleagues in

[2:01:50] closed session, I have used all

[2:01:51] the political pressure I have

[2:01:54] to make sure that this officer

[2:01:55] no longer has a badge or a gun.

[2:01:56] I understand she has due

[2:02:00] process rights and they are

[2:02:00] going through her.

[2:02:01] But every single week I have

[2:02:01] called on the police department

[2:02:04] to get her off the force every

[2:02:05] week with her due process

[2:02:05] rights.

[2:02:06] I'm not trying to get ahead of

[2:02:08] that.

[2:02:09] She's no longer being able to

[2:02:10] use her badge or her gun is my

[2:02:13] understanding And they're going

[2:02:14] through the process now to

[2:02:15] complete their investigation.

[2:02:18] But I do have a request going

[2:02:22] forward in cases such as this

[2:02:23] which are completely egregious,

[2:02:24] which are not life and death

[2:02:24] decisions in the middle of

[2:02:27] the night when one emergency

[2:02:28] this was a long term case of

[2:02:28] abuse.

[2:02:32] I think it is incumbent upon

[2:02:33] the police department to act

[2:02:33] quicker.

[2:02:36] They do not need to wait for a

[2:02:37] civil case or a criminal case

[2:02:41] to come down to do their own

[2:02:42] internal investigation into

[2:02:46] conduct this egregious.

[2:02:47] This officer could have had her

[2:02:50] badge and gun removed years ago

[2:02:50] .

[2:02:51] >> So I'm hoping that

[2:02:52] the police department going

[2:02:55] forward will take actions

[2:02:56] sooner when conduct like this

[2:02:56] emerges.

[2:03:00] Understanding Poobah

[2:03:01] understanding everyone's due

[2:03:02] process rights that is fine.

[2:03:02] But we do need to protect

[2:03:05] the public.

[2:03:06] The county will also be

[2:03:07] settling this lawsuit.

[2:03:10] Rock Creek Church will also be

[2:03:11] set in a lawsuit.

[2:03:11] The charter school will be

[2:03:12] settling this lawsuit and these

[2:03:18] poor young girls who survived.

[2:03:19] The money they're getting is

[2:03:19] never going to fix this.

[2:03:23] But a holistic society failed

[2:03:24] These little girls and I will

[2:03:25] continue to use every part of

[2:03:28] the pressure I can to make sure

[2:03:29] that we do better going

[2:03:29] forward.

[2:03:29] So thank you.

[2:03:30] All right.

[2:03:33] Thank you Council member

[2:03:33] Wolpert.

[2:03:34] We'll go back to council member

[2:03:34] Ella Rivera, the Council

[2:03:37] PRESIDENT.

[2:03:38] >> I just wanted to say thank

[2:03:39] you council rebuttal for those

[2:03:42] comments and the request that

[2:03:43] you just made and

[2:03:46] the commitment that you've made

[2:03:51] because that part I think is is

[2:03:56] it's really really bothered me

[2:03:56] that idea that someone could

[2:04:00] could keep the uniform on And I

[2:04:01] don't know how to look folks in

[2:04:02] the face in the community and

[2:04:05] say that they can trust us and

[2:04:09] trust officers if it is

[2:04:10] the belief and understanding of

[2:04:15] the community that this sort of

[2:04:15] thing can happen and and you

[2:04:19] get to keep your badge.

[2:04:20] So I think it's incredibly

[2:04:24] important and I appreciate your

[2:04:25] comments and your commitment to

[2:04:25] stay on this.

[2:04:29] That's all.

[2:04:30] >> Council PRESIDENT All right.

[2:04:30] Thank you.

[2:04:34] Council member Ella Rivera Not

[2:04:34] see anybody else in the lights?

[2:04:35] I will thank Council member

[2:04:38] Foster Council member Eli

[2:04:39] Rivera and Council member

[2:04:40] Wolpert for their comments on

[2:04:44] this horrific item and save my

[2:04:44] comments that the member of

[2:04:48] the public was asking for a

[2:04:53] different time and place I will

[2:04:54] Some of the items that were

[2:04:58] mentioned by the public during

[2:04:58] public comment on the consent

[2:05:03] items one individual questions

[2:05:03] that have been asked They have

[2:05:04] been answered.

[2:05:07] I know you don't like those

[2:05:11] answers but your recreational

[2:05:12] waiver that you've introduced

[2:05:13] over and over again has been

[2:05:16] thoroughly vetted and rejected

[2:05:17] by the city.

[2:05:18] I know you don't agree with

[2:05:21] that but I feel like we have

[2:05:22] done our job for the good work

[2:05:26] for the good folks at pd.

[2:05:27] I think you've done a very good

[2:05:27] job of not only bringing these

[2:05:31] multiple items on consent

[2:05:31] really on the verge of

[2:05:35] completion of the biggest

[2:05:36] infrastructure project the city

[2:05:40] is ever going to do and I never

[2:05:41] thought coming into office how

[2:05:41] many times I would have to

[2:05:42] remind people why we're doing

[2:05:45] pure water.

[2:05:46] But thank you for that good

[2:05:46] work.

[2:05:47] We're still under the Council's

[2:05:50] authorized action so we're

[2:05:51] under budget on that and I

[2:05:55] think pd has done its job in

[2:05:56] terms of disclosing how pure

[2:05:57] water affects our our water

[2:06:02] rates.

[2:06:03] You need you need to listen in

[2:06:07] when we have those unpleasant

[2:06:07] conversations and raising water

[2:06:08] rates.

[2:06:08] But I think there's been a lot

[2:06:12] of disclosure.

[2:06:12] I'll conclude on an upbeat note

[2:06:13] or hopefully upbeat I don't

[2:06:16] want all three which is

[2:06:17] updating Council policy 000

[2:06:20] dash 26 City funds Commission

[2:06:21] reports.

[2:06:21] I want to thank the Treasurer

[2:06:22] Parks and Recreation

[2:06:23] the library department for

[2:06:26] working with my office to bring

[2:06:27] this Council policy up to date

[2:06:27] and provide the additional

[2:06:31] information to the public on

[2:06:32] the use of these funds and

[2:06:32] endowments.

[2:06:36] And with that we have a motion

[2:06:36] by Councilmember Van Wilpert

[2:06:37] and a second by COUNCILMAN

[2:06:38] Foster to move the consent

[2:06:41] items which do not include

[2:06:41] again item 16 s501.

[2:06:44] Clerk Please call the roll I'm

[2:06:45] sorry the voting system Please

[2:06:57] cast your vote and get it now

[2:06:58] that passes unanimously 620

[2:06:58] with Councilmember Campo,

[2:06:59] Councilmember Whitburn and

[2:07:02] Councilmember Campbell absent.

[2:07:03] Thank you.

[2:07:03] All right.

[2:07:04] We've had a very busy moment.

[2:07:07] Morning.

[2:07:08] But we still have a few things

[2:07:08] to do.

[2:07:09] So are there any comments from

[2:07:12] the mayor's office City council

[2:07:12] members, city attorney,

[2:07:13] independent budget analyst or

[2:07:16] city clerk?

[2:07:17] >> City clerk?

[2:07:17] My apologies.

[2:07:21] I'll be quick But I did just

[2:07:21] want to make an announcement

[2:07:22] that our upcoming community

[2:07:23] listening session part of

[2:07:26] the city clerk's ongoing part

[2:07:26] of my efforts, part of my

[2:07:27] ongoing efforts to connect with

[2:07:30] residents and gather feedback

[2:07:31] through our public engagement

[2:07:31] survey.

[2:07:32] Please join us on Thursday,

[2:07:35] FEBRUARY 19th, 2026 at 5:30

[2:07:36] P.M. At the Terrace and

[2:07:36] Recreation Center.

[2:07:40] This session will be held

[2:07:44] in-person and on zoom at San

[2:07:44] diego.Gov/listening listening

[2:07:45] visit San Diego slash city

[2:07:46] clerk to take the survey and

[2:07:48] stay informed.

[2:07:49] Together we can strengthen

[2:07:50] communication, expand access

[2:07:50] and help shape the future of

[2:07:53] our city.

[2:07:53] With that being said, any of

[2:07:54] our appointees that came in

[2:07:58] today please go to the rear of

[2:07:58] the chambers and a member of my

[2:08:02] staff will be there to complete

[2:08:03] your oath of office before you

[2:08:03] leave for today.

[2:08:04] Thank you and congratulations.

[2:08:07] All right.

[2:08:08] Thank you, City Clerk.

[2:08:08] I'll make a comment as well.

[2:08:12] One of one that the public and

[2:08:16] my colleagues will hear often.

[2:08:20] Last year Sacramento passed

[2:08:21] Senate Bill 707 which made a

[2:08:21] number of amendments to

[2:08:24] the Brown Act.

[2:08:25] They fall essentially into two

[2:08:29] buckets one bucket It required

[2:08:32] compliance by JANUARY 1st of

[2:08:33] 2026 And I want to thank

[2:08:33] the city clerk and the office

[2:08:34] of the City Clerk for taking

[2:08:37] care of those items.

[2:08:38] So we're in compliance with

[2:08:38] that.

[2:08:39] There is a second bucket that

[2:08:42] required compliance by JULY

[2:08:43] 1st, 2026.

[2:08:47] It speaks to not only

[2:08:48] the languages in which

[2:08:51] the agenda has to be published

[2:08:52] but it also talks about how we

[2:08:53] compare public comment from

[2:08:56] those who are in person versus

[2:08:57] those that are participating

[2:08:57] remotely.

[2:09:01] And while I think the city

[2:09:02] clerk has done a remarkable job

[2:09:02] of trying to balance how we

[2:09:05] take that public comment and

[2:09:06] doing what I think is an

[2:09:10] excellent job.

[2:09:10] Sb 707 says Yeah, we're going

[2:09:15] to change that and has set a

[2:09:15] much different bar that we have

[2:09:19] to now comply with.

[2:09:20] We will have the first

[2:09:20] conversation about what that

[2:09:25] means to us as a city of city

[2:09:25] council operations in chambers

[2:09:29] at the Rules Committee on

[2:09:30] FEBRUARY 18th That will only be

[2:09:30] an informational item to

[2:09:34] introduce what the sb seven

[2:09:39] seven means and some initial

[2:09:39] ideas looking for public

[2:09:40] feedback and of course feedback

[2:09:43] from the committee members.

[2:09:44] But ultimately we will have to

[2:09:45] adopt changes to the role of

[2:09:49] council prior to JULY 1st in

[2:09:52] order to be compliant with sb

[2:09:53] 707 and how it amended

[2:09:53] the Brown Act.

[2:09:57] See no one else in the lights.

[2:09:58] We will now take up the morning

[2:09:59] discussion agenda.

[2:10:01] Clerk Please introduce item as

[2:10:02] five vote to Thank you Council

[2:10:05] PRESIDENT Items 502 is

[2:10:06] the request for an extension of

[2:10:08] the construction contract

[2:10:09] number of k 21 1961 db three

[2:10:13] with Bartek Pipeline

[2:10:13] incorporated for

[2:10:14] the construction of the Sewer

[2:10:17] and Water Group 812 Replacement

[2:10:17] project.

[2:10:21] Six votes are required pursuant

[2:10:21] to Charter section 99.

[2:10:22] If you'd like to speak on this

[2:10:23] item please be sure to submit

[2:10:25] your speaker slip to the front

[2:10:26] of the room in the clear box or

[2:10:27] for participating remotely.

[2:10:28] Now is the time to raise your

[2:10:30] hand by pressing Star nine or

[2:10:31] the raise your hand icon.

[2:10:32] >> Thank you, Council

[2:10:32] PRESIDENT.

[2:10:32] All right.

[2:10:35] Thank you.

[2:10:35] Given the hour I don't want to

[2:10:36] make the assumption.

[2:10:37] Is Council interested in a

[2:10:39] presentation and are you

[2:10:40] interested in waiving

[2:10:44] the presentation?

[2:10:44] >> I'm happy to waive

[2:10:45] the presentation.

[2:10:48] Okay.

[2:10:49] Thank you.

[2:10:49] Remain there for any questions

[2:10:50] or comments.

[2:10:50] Actually, why don't you

[2:10:52] introduce yourselves or

[2:10:57] the record just so we know what

[2:10:57] happened?

[2:11:01] I can do the cut.

[2:11:02] >> I'm Catherine Dunker,

[2:11:03] assistant deputy director with

[2:11:06] Engineering Capital Projects

[2:11:07] Department.

[2:11:08] Here with me is Danny Girardi,

[2:11:12] also assistant deputy director

[2:11:12] with Engineering and Capital

[2:11:16] Department in the Construction

[2:11:17] branch.

[2:11:17] >> All right.

[2:11:18] Well thank you for the good

[2:11:21] work to bring this item forward

[2:11:22] and being available for any

[2:11:23] questions But Clerk please

[2:11:23] proceed with public comment.

[2:11:26] >> There is no public comment

[2:11:27] here in council chambers going

[2:11:31] to those participating remotely

[2:11:31] .

[2:11:32] Michael Schmidt Would you like

[2:11:36] to speak on this item?

[2:11:41] >> I'm I'm want to speak for

[2:11:41] the non agenda so I we'll come

[2:11:42] back to you guys.

[2:11:42] I'm sorry.

[2:11:43] No worries.

[2:11:44] Blair Big Ben, if you can

[2:11:49] please unmute.

[2:11:49] >> Hi.

[2:11:50] Blair Brickman, thank you for

[2:11:50] this item.

[2:11:53] Thank you for the efforts of

[2:11:54] sewer infrastructure work It's

[2:11:54] always really important

[2:11:59] especially at this time in our

[2:11:59] lives in San Diego.

[2:12:00] >> Thank you.

[2:12:00] Thank you for the words of

[2:12:03] counsel of Chair LaCava

[2:12:08] PRESIDENT LaCava stating that

[2:12:08] the broad conversations you

[2:12:12] have had on pure water issues

[2:12:13] are Comment more on the subject

[2:12:13] later.

[2:12:14] Thank you for his words on

[2:12:17] the subject also thank you.

[2:12:18] >> Okay.

[2:12:18] Thank you so much.

[2:12:19] That does conclude the public

[2:12:23] comment on this item.

[2:12:23] All right.

[2:12:24] Thank you.

[2:12:24] City clerk will turn it over to

[2:12:25] council members to catch

[2:12:27] comments entertain a motion and

[2:12:28] I'll move the staff

[2:12:29] recommendation to get things

[2:12:29] started.

[2:12:32] Can I get a second?

[2:12:33] Council member Eli Rivera not

[2:12:36] seen anyone else on Council

[2:12:41] member Foster Thank you.

[2:12:45] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:12:50] Just a quick question I guess

[2:12:51] when we talk about the delays,

[2:12:54] can you help me to understand

[2:12:55] the reason behind the delays a

[2:13:00] little Oh more And we normally

[2:13:04] come in way earlier before your

[2:13:05] contract expires as part of our

[2:13:09] effort to abandon sea remains

[2:13:10] in the canyon, private

[2:13:14] properties behind the houses We

[2:13:15] have to investigate to make

[2:13:19] sure there is no active lateral

[2:13:20] connected to the main that we

[2:13:23] are abandoning behind

[2:13:24] the houses.

[2:13:25] Recently the contractor

[2:13:29] observed water in the manhole

[2:13:33] which means that there could be

[2:13:34] still active laterals connected

[2:13:35] to the main that we are

[2:13:38] abandoning.

[2:13:39] So we had to request for a

[2:13:40] direct docket and I would like

[2:13:43] to thank Council member LaCava

[2:13:43] for approving this.

[2:13:47] This extension is primarily to

[2:13:52] give us pd and City staff to

[2:13:53] investigate to ensure

[2:13:54] additional serve active service

[2:13:57] laterals.

[2:13:58] If there is then if there is an

[2:13:59] active service ladder we need

[2:14:02] to investigate prepared

[2:14:03] the design for that realignment

[2:14:04] of sewer lateral that we call

[2:14:08] we plum basically you know

[2:14:08] installing a new sewer lateral

[2:14:13] connect to the properties as

[2:14:13] the sewer system and we

[2:14:18] connecting that that lateral to

[2:14:18] the new main in the street.

[2:14:19] So that requires also

[2:14:23] coordinating the work with

[2:14:24] the property owner We had to

[2:14:28] prepare the design and process

[2:14:29] a we agreement to ensure that

[2:14:29] we're installing the lateral

[2:14:33] power plan and also to make

[2:14:34] sure that the owner understands

[2:14:37] that the lateral will be turned

[2:14:38] over for them for future

[2:14:38] maintenance.

[2:14:42] Thank you And thank you for

[2:14:43] that.

[2:14:43] I guess my follow up question

[2:14:44] would be how is it that we do

[2:14:46] not understand our current

[2:14:51] conditions on site And we we do

[2:14:52] have a televising report and it

[2:14:56] was part of our presentation we

[2:14:57] have today the Bison report.

[2:15:01] We do have as builds but

[2:15:01] unfortunately this active this

[2:15:06] laterals are not shown, they're

[2:15:06] not documented.

[2:15:07] We have asked builds for

[2:15:10] the existing water existing

[2:15:11] sewer sewer main behind

[2:15:12] the properties and each lateral

[2:15:15] for each home has been

[2:15:16] accounted.

[2:15:20] >> However there could be some

[2:15:21] We're just assuming that there

[2:15:21] could be lateral connections

[2:15:25] that we're not submitted for

[2:15:25] review and approval and we

[2:15:26] wanted to make sure those are

[2:15:30] addressed and property to be

[2:15:31] connected to the sewer mean so

[2:15:35] we can complete the project,

[2:15:36] abandon the sewer main and you

[2:15:40] know we we have the director

[2:15:41] from field can you help me to

[2:15:45] understand is it's my

[2:15:45] understanding that yes we

[2:15:49] always as we as we monitor our

[2:15:50] projects that close out we do

[2:15:54] have as builds which should be

[2:15:54] accurate And also it's my

[2:15:55] understanding before we as we

[2:15:59] are doing installation of

[2:16:00] piping that there is an

[2:16:04] inspection process before pipes

[2:16:05] are per se covered And in just

[2:16:09] as we talk about overall

[2:16:09] process because so can you help

[2:16:10] me to understand how we do not

[2:16:13] have accurate information

[2:16:14] regarding our current

[2:16:14] conditions?

[2:16:18] Thank you COUNCILMAN Foster

[2:16:19] This is Myrna Dayton, assistant

[2:16:19] director for Engineering

[2:16:23] Capital Projects And this is

[2:16:24] one of these unusual cases

[2:16:28] there have been a lot of

[2:16:28] unforeseen laterals that have

[2:16:32] we're not talking entered

[2:16:33] The laterals unfortunately are

[2:16:37] not usually televised and we

[2:16:38] actually have laterals attached

[2:16:39] to laterals So we're not

[2:16:43] allowed to abandon.

[2:16:43] So we had to do some extra

[2:16:44] testing that required dui's per

[2:16:48] homes and we still have one

[2:16:49] more lateral that we're not

[2:16:52] sure where it's coming from.

[2:16:52] So hence we need the extension

[2:16:56] to be able to wrap it up.

[2:16:57] All right.

[2:16:57] Understood.

[2:16:58] Sounds like there's just some

[2:16:59] more work that needs to be done

[2:17:01] as we are.

[2:17:03] I'll put this under q aq c

[2:17:06] category as we are conducting

[2:17:07] or completing our projects and

[2:17:10] making sure we have accurate

[2:17:11] information right because it

[2:17:11] makes me want to think we

[2:17:12] shouldn't have released

[2:17:15] retention or done certain

[2:17:16] things if we are not getting

[2:17:16] the appropriate documentation

[2:17:17] on the back end.

[2:17:20] So All right.

[2:17:21] Thank you.

[2:17:21] That concludes my question.

[2:17:22] All right.

[2:17:22] Thank you, sir.

[2:17:25] Not see anyone else in light?

[2:17:26] We have a motion by myself and

[2:17:27] the second by council member

[2:17:27] Eli Rivera to move the staff

[2:17:30] recommendation.

[2:17:31] >> The clerk Please excuse me.

[2:17:31] Please call the roll.

[2:17:32] I'm sorry The process And

[2:17:46] please cast your vote.

[2:17:47] >> Council member Yellow River

[2:17:48] I'm not sure if your system's

[2:17:48] working or not.

[2:17:51] Thank you.

[2:17:55] >> That does pass unanimously

[2:17:56] 620 with Councilmember Campo,

[2:17:56] Councilmember Wilburn and

[2:18:00] Council member Campbell.

[2:18:00] >> Absent.

[2:18:01] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[2:18:01] All right.

[2:18:02] Thank you.

[2:18:05] So in terms of meeting

[2:18:06] management, I want to do a time

[2:18:06] check.

[2:18:07] There's only six of us here.

[2:18:07] Yeah.

[2:18:09] So it's six of us here.

[2:18:10] We need five for quorum.

[2:18:11] As you know, I want to do a

[2:18:14] time check.

[2:18:14] It's 1215.

[2:18:15] There are people in

[2:18:16] the audience that are patiently

[2:18:19] waiting for non agenda public

[2:18:20] comment.

[2:18:20] I definitely want to get to

[2:18:21] them.

[2:18:24] Do we want to kick remote till

[2:18:24] at the end of this afternoon

[2:18:28] session because you have other

[2:18:29] obligations thinking we would

[2:18:29] be wrapped up at noon right

[2:18:33] okay so we'll take up non

[2:18:33] agenda public comment for those

[2:18:37] of you that have been patiently

[2:18:38] waiting in chambers and for

[2:18:39] those who want to offer non

[2:18:42] agenda public comment remotely

[2:18:43] we will do it at the end of

[2:18:47] the afternoon session.

[2:18:48] I hope that does not cause any

[2:18:48] inconvenience.

[2:18:52] So with that the council

[2:18:52] members respect and appreciate

[2:18:53] the public's input.

[2:18:53] Our fully committed to

[2:18:54] protecting every participant's

[2:18:57] free speech rights at council

[2:18:57] and committee meetings.

[2:19:01] Clerk Please proceed with

[2:19:02] public comment for those that

[2:19:02] are in chambers right now.

[2:19:05] Thank you.

[2:19:05] Pearl 2.7 on general public

[2:19:06] comment is an opportunity for

[2:19:07] members of the public to

[2:19:09] comment on items that are not

[2:19:10] on the agenda but within

[2:19:11] the subject matter jurisdiction

[2:19:11] of the City Council.

[2:19:14] Each speaker will have two

[2:19:14] minutes.

[2:19:15] The following speakers are

[2:19:19] Sandy If you can please come up

[2:19:20] to the podium after that is

[2:19:21] Paul Krueger and then Jason

[2:19:24] Moore if you can please come up

[2:19:25] to the yellow reserved seats at

[2:19:26] the front.

[2:19:28] Sandy you'll have two minutes.

[2:19:31] >> Please proceed.

[2:19:36] >> All right.

[2:19:36] Hello again.

[2:19:40] This will be my fifth and final

[2:19:43] two minute presentation and a

[2:19:44] total of ten minutes regarding

[2:19:48] unconstitutional allocated

[2:19:49] express activity areas for

[2:19:53] artist which violate our First

[2:19:53] Amendment free speech rights.

[2:19:57] I hope I'm not spinning my

[2:19:58] wheels here deluding myself

[2:20:02] that what I do here can

[2:20:02] possibly make a difference but

[2:20:03] to not make a choice is still a

[2:20:03] choice.

[2:20:07] So I choose to commit to at

[2:20:12] least try and again I am gladly

[2:20:12] to make myself available for

[2:20:17] any constructive input identity

[2:20:17] We all express ourselves and

[2:20:18] identify as someone sometimes

[2:20:22] that identity comes from our

[2:20:26] job passion or our beliefs but

[2:20:26] we are all human as artists We

[2:20:31] are entertainers, painters,

[2:20:32] jugglers, musicians, magicians,

[2:20:36] escape artist human statues and

[2:20:37] bubble artists all of which are

[2:20:37] covered under the First

[2:20:40] Amendment For us to express

[2:20:41] public parks, squares and other

[2:20:45] public areas are meant to be

[2:20:45] enjoyed by everyone.

[2:20:46] This includes the right to

[2:20:47] express our freedom of speech

[2:20:50] and First Amendment following a

[2:20:51] common rule of not hurting

[2:20:55] ourselves, the equipment or

[2:20:55] anyone else.

[2:20:59] San Diego should take pride in

[2:21:00] and its local talent songs have

[2:21:04] been written about buskers

[2:21:05] The Rubberband Man by

[2:21:09] The Spinners Chicago Saturday

[2:21:10] in the Park which I will now

[2:21:11] finish with a little ditty I

[2:21:12] hope you don't mind my out of

[2:21:14] tune goes like this slow motion

[2:21:19] ride or flies the colors of

[2:21:24] the day He a brown man still

[2:21:28] can tell stories his own way

[2:21:33] Listen children all is not lost

[2:21:36] All is not lost Oh no no Thank

[2:21:39] you.

[2:21:49] Thank you Paul Kruger.

[2:21:54] >> Oh, thank you.

[2:21:55] I'd like to thank the three

[2:21:55] council members for comments

[2:21:59] about the supplement And again

[2:22:00] I so respect you COUNCILWOMAN

[2:22:04] Moreno, but I wish we could

[2:22:05] hear from you on this.

[2:22:05] I'm here to talk again about

[2:22:09] parking and about my

[2:22:14] disappointment with a lack of

[2:22:14] action of those of you who

[2:22:19] oppose paid parking in assuring

[2:22:19] that the public has a forum to

[2:22:23] speak out.

[2:22:24] It appears to me that based on

[2:22:25] the compromise that the mayor

[2:22:28] made with the council president

[2:22:29] and Councilmember Rivera that

[2:22:33] this issue is dead as far as

[2:22:34] this council goes unless one of

[2:22:37] you is who opposes it is

[2:22:38] willing to bring it up again

[2:22:39] And now any action rests with

[2:22:42] is a political somewhat

[2:22:43] political situation with

[2:22:51] Richard Bailey and Shane Harris

[2:22:51] .

[2:22:56] And I want to say that it's

[2:22:57] important for us to call out

[2:23:01] misstatements when they occur

[2:23:02] And I have spoken several times

[2:23:05] about the mayor's misstatements

[2:23:10] that this money is somehow a

[2:23:11] dedicated stream of funding for

[2:23:12] improvements in Balboa Park And

[2:23:15] I know COUNCILWOMAN Von Wilpert

[2:23:16] you referred to that and I

[2:23:20] believe you were completely

[2:23:20] misled And the mayor did it

[2:23:24] again yesterday when he said

[2:23:25] this program provides a

[2:23:26] dedicated funding stream for

[2:23:27] above ballpark operations and

[2:23:32] maintenance something that

[2:23:33] we've lacked for decades.

[2:23:37] Let's all be very clear when we

[2:23:38] talk about that this money goes

[2:23:42] to the general fund that it's

[2:23:42] destination.

[2:23:46] This money does pay for

[2:23:47] the line items related to

[2:23:48] the park but it's fungible.

[2:23:51] Somebody taught me that word.

[2:23:52] It's fungible money.

[2:23:56] It goes to every general fund

[2:23:56] payment.

[2:23:57] We should not forget that

[2:23:57] comment.

[2:24:01] Thank you Jason Moore Good

[2:24:01] afternoon.

[2:24:05] >> Council PRESIDENT LaCava And

[2:24:06] Council members.

[2:24:06] I just wanted to briefly note

[2:24:07] that this morning I submitted a

[2:24:11] ballot proposal to City Clerk

[2:24:14] pointis under City policy

[2:24:15] 000-21.

[2:24:16] From what I understand it'll be

[2:24:19] sent to the rules Committee

[2:24:20] consultant and then sent to

[2:24:24] the appropriate rules committee

[2:24:25] body which based on a

[2:24:25] CliffsNotes version of it It's

[2:24:29] a 3.75% to four and one quarter

[2:24:34] percent surcharge on ride share

[2:24:35] rides originating within

[2:24:35] the city limits.

[2:24:38] So I believe it will go to

[2:24:39] the Active Transportation

[2:24:40] Infrastructure Committee which

[2:24:40] is headed by Councilmember

[2:24:44] Whitman and then also joined by

[2:24:45] Councilmember Foster the third

[2:24:48] with Von Wilpert and Lee.

[2:24:49] I just wanted to note that

[2:24:50] because I'm sure you get a lot

[2:24:50] of submissions in your inbox

[2:24:53] and I wanted to make sure that

[2:24:54] there was at least myself here

[2:24:57] to say that I did send it in.

[2:24:58] I also I did submit that in a

[2:25:02] slightly alternative nexus cost

[2:25:03] based recovery format to

[2:25:04] the mayor's office a couple of

[2:25:04] Fridays ago which turned out to

[2:25:08] be quite the Friday from what I

[2:25:08] understand.

[2:25:09] I think it will be much easier

[2:25:12] to pass on a general NOVEMBER

[2:25:13] ballot because it will require

[2:25:16] a simple majority as opposed to

[2:25:17] a two thirds majority And I

[2:25:18] also believe that legal

[2:25:21] challenges would be substantial

[2:25:22] too arguing that simple ride

[2:25:22] share rides are somehow

[2:25:27] producing a cost for the city

[2:25:31] whereas people then just going

[2:25:32] to the grocery store and doing

[2:25:32] normal things then would also

[2:25:33] supposedly be incurring costs

[2:25:36] to the city.

[2:25:37] So I just wanted to let you

[2:25:38] know that I did submit that and

[2:25:39] I appreciate the time to be

[2:25:41] able to tell you that.

[2:25:42] So have a wonderful day.

[2:25:42] Thank you.

[2:25:46] That does conclude non agenda

[2:25:46] public comment for today's

[2:25:47] meeting in person.

[2:25:48] >> All right thank you City

[2:25:51] clerk As I mentioned a few

[2:25:52] moments ago we will defer

[2:25:55] remote non agenda public

[2:25:56] comment until the end of this

[2:26:00] afternoon's session and with

[2:26:01] that we are now adjourned for

[2:26:05] the noon recess and reconvene

[2:26:06] in open session at 2 P.M. Or

[2:26:07] shortly thereafter.

[2:26:24] Clerk Please call the roll.

[2:26:25] >> Thank you.

[2:26:25] Council PRESIDENT Council

[2:26:29] member Campbell Council Member

[2:26:30] Whitburn here.

[2:26:33] Councilmember Foster Beer

[2:26:38] Council Member Van Wilbur

[2:26:39] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[2:26:43] Council Member Campo Member

[2:26:44] Moreno Council Member Shawn

[2:26:48] Ella Rivera and Council

[2:26:49] PRESIDENT LaCava present Also

[2:26:50] during the meeting our Sin City

[2:26:53] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald

[2:26:53] Independent Budget Analyst

[2:26:54] Charles Mollica Council Affairs

[2:26:57] Advisor in the Mayor's office

[2:26:58] Curtis Iser and myself for City

[2:26:58] Clerk Diana Fuentes Thank you.

[2:26:59] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[2:27:02] Thank you City Clerk.

[2:27:03] Quorum is now present.

[2:27:03] Before we start today's meeting

[2:27:07] I want to remind everyone about

[2:27:08] the city's practices and

[2:27:08] procedures for public comment

[2:27:09] at city council meetings

[2:27:12] The city welcomes public

[2:27:13] participation at our City

[2:27:13] Council meeting speakers MAY

[2:27:17] address the Council during

[2:27:17] public comment and also in

[2:27:18] connection with a specific item

[2:27:21] of business on the agenda.

[2:27:22] However, the city must make

[2:27:23] sure that no one person or

[2:27:25] group of people disrupt

[2:27:26] the meeting in a way that

[2:27:27] prohibits other speakers from

[2:27:27] expressing their ideas and

[2:27:30] opinions.

[2:27:31] Excessive yelling and screaming

[2:27:32] or speaking beyond once a lot

[2:27:33] of times are examples of

[2:27:35] behavior that disrupt

[2:27:36] the meeting.

[2:27:36] So to make sure that everyone

[2:27:37] here has an opportunity to

[2:27:40] address the council I will look

[2:27:41] an individual or individuals if

[2:27:42] I think their conduct becomes

[2:27:45] disruptive.

[2:27:46] If the disruption continues I

[2:27:46] will rule the individual out of

[2:27:49] order and issue a warning If

[2:27:50] disruption continues further I

[2:27:51] will declare a recess so we can

[2:27:51] restore order.

[2:27:54] At that point I will direct

[2:27:55] the individual to leave

[2:27:56] chambers if the individual

[2:27:59] refuses to leave, police will

[2:28:00] escort the individual out of

[2:28:00] the building.

[2:28:01] If we have to repeat this

[2:28:04] process of warning and

[2:28:05] recessing in meeting all

[2:28:05] members of the public will be

[2:28:06] excused from the Council

[2:28:08] chamber credentialed media will

[2:28:09] be allowed to remain.

[2:28:10] Once again we have these

[2:28:10] practices and procedures to

[2:28:14] protect the rights of other

[2:28:14] speakers who wish to address

[2:28:15] the Council and to allow

[2:28:18] the Council to conduct

[2:28:23] the public's business to

[2:28:23] the city.

[2:28:24] It doesn't have a particular

[2:28:27] requirement to do so.

[2:28:27] >> 331.

[2:28:29] Okay.

[2:28:35] So first as a reminder we are

[2:28:35] trailing virtual or remote non

[2:28:39] agenda public comment from this

[2:28:40] morning session.

[2:28:41] We will be hearing virtual non

[2:28:44] agenda public comment at

[2:28:45] the end of this afternoon

[2:28:45] session.

[2:28:49] We're going to make a slight

[2:28:49] change in the order of

[2:28:54] the items and we are going to

[2:28:55] start with item 331 because as

[2:28:58] you see we only have five

[2:28:59] council members on the dais and

[2:29:03] so we're going to defer

[2:29:04] the items that require six

[2:29:08] votes until a six council

[2:29:08] member shows up or at least six

[2:29:09] council members show up.

[2:29:15] So if staff four item 331

[2:29:16] The fiscal 2025 annual

[2:29:17] Comprehensive Financial Report

[2:29:21] effectually known as Act four

[2:29:21] could kick off

[2:29:22] the conversation.

[2:29:26] And with that I step on your

[2:29:26] toes.

[2:29:27] City Clerk Please introduce

[2:29:27] item 331.

[2:29:30] You did a beautiful job

[2:29:31] introducing it Council

[2:29:31] PRESIDENT.

[2:29:33] I know 331 is the fiscal year

[2:29:34] 2025 Annual Comprehensive

[2:29:35] Financial Report the cfr.

[2:29:39] If you'd like to speak to this

[2:29:40] item please be sure to submit a

[2:29:40] speaker slip here in council

[2:29:41] chambers to the front of

[2:29:44] the room in the clear box.

[2:29:44] Or if you're participating

[2:29:45] remotely starting nine or

[2:29:46] the raise your hand icon please

[2:29:48] press it at this time.

[2:29:49] >> Yeah I like to be a matter

[2:29:50] of right here.

[2:29:53] I like my staff will speak with

[2:29:53] you over there.

[2:29:54] >> Thank you.

[2:29:54] Yeah.

[2:29:55] All right.

[2:29:58] Staff, please introduce

[2:29:59] yourselves for the record and

[2:29:59] let us know how much time you

[2:30:00] need for the presentation And

[2:30:02] thank you for taking it out of

[2:30:03] order.

[2:30:03] Of course.

[2:30:04] My name is Jeff Keel and

[2:30:04] the chief accountant in

[2:30:07] the Department of Finance.

[2:30:07] I'm here with William Wiseman,

[2:30:08] a financial operations manager.

[2:30:12] Also here is Kathy Ly,

[2:30:13] the partner with Crowe llp And

[2:30:16] we need about 1010 to 12

[2:30:16] minutes for the presentation.

[2:30:17] All right, Begin when you're

[2:30:17] ready.

[2:30:17] Okay.

[2:30:21] We are here to present

[2:30:21] the fiscal year 2025 Annual

[2:30:22] Comprehensive Financial Report.

[2:30:26] The Act for the faa is prepared

[2:30:30] based on accounting standards

[2:30:31] established by a Governmental

[2:30:32] Accounting Standards Board for

[2:30:35] all state and local government

[2:30:36] entities are required to follow

[2:30:36] these standards for consistency

[2:30:37] and comparability to other

[2:30:40] governments.

[2:30:41] The main users of this document

[2:30:41] are investors and rating

[2:30:42] agencies.

[2:30:45] This document helps the city in

[2:30:46] issuing bonds, commercial paper

[2:30:49] and other financing mechanisms

[2:30:50] .

[2:30:50] Rating agencies develop credit

[2:30:51] ratings based on information in

[2:30:55] the act for and the document

[2:30:56] also provides a starting point

[2:30:56] for the book.

[2:30:59] I'm sorry to interrupt you.

[2:31:00] >> Can you keep your voice down

[2:31:01] so we can't break the law here?

[2:31:02] They prevent me from being up

[2:31:07] to come up here.

[2:31:08] >> Turn this up and you can

[2:31:08] speak on the item.

[2:31:09] So I'm sorry to interrupt.

[2:31:09] Please continue.

[2:31:12] Yeah.

[2:31:13] And the document also provides

[2:31:13] a starting point for the budget

[2:31:14] development process.

[2:31:17] The actor is very different

[2:31:18] from the budget monitoring

[2:31:18] reports.

[2:31:21] These are the financial

[2:31:21] statements as of JUNE 30th,

[2:31:22] 2025.

[2:31:22] It is a backward looking

[2:31:25] document that provides a

[2:31:26] snapshot of the city's finances

[2:31:27] as well as critical disclosures

[2:31:30] that supplement those numbers.

[2:31:30] Management is responsible for

[2:31:31] the monitoring and internal

[2:31:32] controls over financial

[2:31:32] reporting.

[2:31:35] The city has put into place

[2:31:35] many controls to reduce

[2:31:36] the risk over financial

[2:31:39] reporting such as multiple

[2:31:40] reviews based on materiality,

[2:31:41] checklists, department

[2:31:44] directors certification as well

[2:31:45] as certification from

[2:31:45] the Disclosure Practices

[2:31:46] Working Group dpw.

[2:31:49] The actor is made up of three

[2:31:49] sections.

[2:31:50] The first section is

[2:31:51] the introductory section which

[2:31:54] includes the letter of

[2:31:54] transmittal.

[2:31:54] The Yellow Team.

[2:31:55] The other team provides details

[2:31:56] about the city.

[2:31:59] Major accomplishments and

[2:31:59] economic trends that have

[2:32:00] happened within the fiscal

[2:32:00] year.

[2:32:04] This section also includes a

[2:32:05] certificate of achievement for

[2:32:05] excellence in financial

[2:32:06] reporting for fy 24.

[2:32:09] Making this the 11th

[2:32:09] consecutive year for the city

[2:32:10] has received this honor.

[2:32:13] Our department has submitted

[2:32:14] the fy 25 offer to give away

[2:32:17] for consideration of this award

[2:32:18] .

[2:32:18] Next is this financial section

[2:32:19] which includes the city's

[2:32:23] external auditors opinion.

[2:32:24] The management discussion and

[2:32:24] analysis or mdna financial

[2:32:28] statements and no disclosures.

[2:32:29] The and details material

[2:32:33] variances within the government

[2:32:33] wide statements.

[2:32:34] The third section is

[2:32:34] the statistical section which

[2:32:38] provides data to help users

[2:32:38] assess the city's economic

[2:32:39] condition.

[2:32:39] The data includes financial

[2:32:43] trends revenue and debt

[2:32:44] capacity, demographic

[2:32:44] statistics and economic

[2:32:48] information.

[2:32:49] >> The city had two new Gadsby

[2:32:53] standards that were implemented

[2:32:53] for fy 25.

[2:32:54] The first one our major

[2:32:54] implementation for this year

[2:32:58] was Gadsby Statement number 121

[2:32:58] for compensated absences.

[2:32:59] This was a change in how we

[2:33:02] value our compensated absences

[2:33:03] balances.

[2:33:03] There's no change in

[2:33:04] the disclosure just how

[2:33:07] the liability balance is

[2:33:08] calculated Prior to

[2:33:08] implementation our compensated

[2:33:12] absences was comprised of

[2:33:12] annual leave and compensatory

[2:33:13] time off.

[2:33:13] Under the new standard we also

[2:33:16] pick up annual leave department

[2:33:17] discretionary leave, parental

[2:33:18] leave and earned sick leave as

[2:33:21] well as defined contribution

[2:33:21] pensions associated with these

[2:33:22] with these amounts.

[2:33:26] This helps kind of capture

[2:33:26] the total liability to to

[2:33:27] the employee and standardize

[2:33:31] reporting between entities.

[2:33:31] This was a statement that was

[2:33:32] implemented retrospectively

[2:33:35] which required a restatement at

[2:33:36] the beginning of the fiscal

[2:33:36] year.

[2:33:39] So that restatement was 18.1

[2:33:42] million in governmental funds

[2:33:43] and 4.5 million for business

[2:33:43] type funds respectively.

[2:33:46] And that can be seen in note 22

[2:33:51] of the act for the second

[2:33:51] statement implemented this year

[2:33:52] was Gadsby statement number 1

[2:33:53] or 2 for certain risk

[2:33:56] disclosures a Gadsby number 1

[2:33:57] or 2 requires disclosure of

[2:33:57] certain risks that could impair

[2:34:01] the city's ability to borrow to

[2:34:02] provide services or meet

[2:34:02] financial obligations.

[2:34:06] These are going concern types

[2:34:06] of risks typically where you

[2:34:10] have concentration of risk in a

[2:34:11] primary employee or something

[2:34:12] that would materially impact

[2:34:15] the city's ability to receive

[2:34:15] resources to provide government

[2:34:16] services.

[2:34:20] So this is did not have an

[2:34:21] impact on financial reporting

[2:34:22] this year but is something that

[2:34:22] we'll need to continue to

[2:34:25] evaluate it through throughout

[2:34:26] the course of the year as facts

[2:34:27] and circumstances become known

[2:34:30] as well as during our expert

[2:34:31] prep process.

[2:34:35] >> So to give some general

[2:34:35] major fund highlights

[2:34:39] the consolidated general Fund

[2:34:39] ended the year with a balance

[2:34:40] of 414.6 million That includes

[2:34:44] emergency reserves of 107.6

[2:34:45] million and stability reserves

[2:34:45] of 99.5 million.

[2:34:49] The water and sewer funds were

[2:34:50] were pretty stable.

[2:34:50] The water fund ended with a

[2:34:54] total net position of 2.3

[2:34:55] billion which represented a

[2:34:57] decrease of less than 1%

[2:34:58] compared to 2.24.

[2:35:01] The sewer fund ended with a net

[2:35:02] position of 2.8 billion which

[2:35:03] represents an increase of about

[2:35:08] 1% over f y 24.

[2:35:09] Our external external auditor

[2:35:12] Crowe completed their audit on

[2:35:13] DECEMBER 17th and found no

[2:35:14] significant deficiencies and no

[2:35:15] material weaknesses in internal

[2:35:17] controls.

[2:35:18] It was a clean audit opinion.

[2:35:19] That concludes our presentation

[2:35:22] and we will pass it over to

[2:35:23] Cathy Ley, a partner with Crowe

[2:35:23] for their part of

[2:35:27] the presentation.

[2:35:36] >> I Pelley got the money too

[2:35:40] but I've got a replay there.

[2:35:41] >> All right.

[2:35:41] Again, if you could announce

[2:35:45] your names for the record.

[2:35:50] >> Good afternoon again.

[2:35:51] For the record my name is Cathy

[2:35:51] Lai and I'm the lead audit

[2:35:52] partner from Crowe on the City

[2:35:55] of San Diego Audit.

[2:35:56] Pleasure to be with you here

[2:35:56] today.

[2:35:57] I've also had Joseph Ajayi.

[2:35:59] He's our lead senior manager on

[2:36:00] the audit to accompany me for

[2:36:01] today's presentation.

[2:36:04] I've got a brief presentation

[2:36:04] established here for you to do

[2:36:05] today.

[2:36:05] >> First I'll cover the audit

[2:36:09] objectives to remind

[2:36:09] the Council what we were

[2:36:10] engaged to perform for

[2:36:10] the city.

[2:36:11] Second, I'll cover the audit

[2:36:14] results and then third I'll

[2:36:15] wrap up with the required

[2:36:15] communications.

[2:36:18] So first up with respect to our

[2:36:19] engagement objectives, Crowe

[2:36:19] was hired by the city to

[2:36:23] express an opinion on whether

[2:36:23] or not those financial

[2:36:24] statements for the city as a

[2:36:25] whole are fairly stated in

[2:36:28] accordance with generally

[2:36:28] accepted accounting principles.

[2:36:29] We conducted our audit as

[2:36:32] auditors in accordance with

[2:36:33] generally accepted auditing

[2:36:34] standards as well as government

[2:36:34] auditing standards.

[2:36:38] Those are our responsibilities

[2:36:38] that also report important to

[2:36:39] note managements

[2:36:42] responsibilities.

[2:36:43] Management is responsible for

[2:36:43] the fair presentation of

[2:36:44] the financial statements in

[2:36:47] accordance with generally

[2:36:47] accepted accounting principles.

[2:36:48] They're also responsible for

[2:36:49] the internal controls over

[2:36:51] financial reporting as well.

[2:36:52] Moving on to our audit results

[2:36:57] I'm pleased to report that we

[2:36:57] have issued an unmodified

[2:36:58] opinion.

[2:36:58] Essentially our opinion states

[2:37:01] that the financial statements

[2:37:02] are fairly stated in accordance

[2:37:03] with generally accepted

[2:37:04] accounting principles And so if

[2:37:07] that statement is unmodified

[2:37:07] it's actually excellent news.

[2:37:08] It's the highest level of

[2:37:11] assurance.

[2:37:12] I'll go ahead and move on to

[2:37:13] our required communications.

[2:37:16] Our auditing standards required

[2:37:16] to cover certain areas with

[2:37:17] those charged with governance

[2:37:18] And the first one is in

[2:37:20] relation to significant

[2:37:21] accounting policies.

[2:37:21] We have reviewed those policies

[2:37:25] and disclosed in footnote one

[2:37:26] of the financial statements and

[2:37:27] believe them to be neutral,

[2:37:27] clear and consistent with prior

[2:37:30] year and have no report on that

[2:37:31] matter.

[2:37:34] Second is management's judgment

[2:37:35] and accounting estimates.

[2:37:35] Certainly every set of

[2:37:36] financial statements include

[2:37:37] estimates.

[2:37:39] A great example of that would

[2:37:40] be your postretirement health

[2:37:41] care benefits or your pension

[2:37:44] liabilities Management utilizes

[2:37:45] actuaries to come up with

[2:37:45] estimates which is very common

[2:37:49] in this area.

[2:37:49] We have reviewed the estimates

[2:37:50] and we have no comment in that

[2:37:50] area.

[2:37:54] On the next slide here and well

[2:37:55] had already alluded to this

[2:37:59] the city is required to look at

[2:38:00] new accounting standards that

[2:38:00] are issued by the Governmental

[2:38:03] Accounting Standards Board

[2:38:04] every year And this year they

[2:38:07] issued two standards Gadsby 1a1

[2:38:07] and 1 or 2 related to

[2:38:08] compensated absences and

[2:38:09] certain risk disclosures.

[2:38:12] We've reviewed management's

[2:38:13] implementation of those

[2:38:16] standards and believed them to

[2:38:17] be in accordance with generally

[2:38:18] accepted accounting principles.

[2:38:21] On the next slide here except

[2:38:22] with with respect to

[2:38:22] the implementation of the new

[2:38:26] accounting standard, we did not

[2:38:27] note any material corrected or

[2:38:28] uncorrected misstatements to

[2:38:31] bring to your attention today.

[2:38:32] And then last but not least, we

[2:38:33] did not note any of these items

[2:38:36] that are listed here on

[2:38:36] the slide.

[2:38:37] In fact it was quite

[2:38:37] the opposite.

[2:38:38] Manager was very cooperative

[2:38:38] throughout our audit and we

[2:38:41] certainly appreciate their

[2:38:42] cooperation during that time.

[2:38:42] And then last but not least i

[2:38:46] did want to confirm that Crow

[2:38:47] is independent of the city of

[2:38:47] San Diego which is obviously

[2:38:48] very important to our role as

[2:38:51] your independent auditors.

[2:38:51] Without I'm happy to address

[2:38:52] any questions you might have.

[2:38:56] All right.

[2:38:56] Thank you for both

[2:38:57] presentations.

[2:38:57] We appreciate the good work

[2:39:00] that you do and

[2:39:01] the independence and with what

[2:39:01] you do it.

[2:39:02] So Clark, please proceed with

[2:39:03] public comment.

[2:39:06] Tangela if you can please come

[2:39:09] up to the podium for item 331.

[2:39:10] You will have to speak on

[2:39:10] the other one too, right?

[2:39:11] Yes.

[2:39:14] You'll get to speak on each

[2:39:14] item.

[2:39:15] >> Good morning everybody.

[2:39:15] I just want to commend the city

[2:39:18] of people under GOD as

[2:39:19] the church of the head of

[2:39:19] the of the nation.

[2:39:20] I just want to say hello,

[2:39:20] everybody.

[2:39:23] Thank you.

[2:39:24] Good to see you.

[2:39:25] Hopefully we can get everything

[2:39:25] back in order on this

[2:39:26] information right here.

[2:39:29] Always do Was faithful, always

[2:39:29] do was righteous always do what

[2:39:33] continues to produce love.

[2:39:33] Okay.

[2:39:34] Whatever is going on in

[2:39:35] the financial situation is

[2:39:38] forgiven through GOD They've

[2:39:42] they've held GOD's funds

[2:39:43] captive so they starving

[2:39:44] the people having been able to

[2:39:44] give me the opportunity to

[2:39:47] assist and assist the people

[2:39:48] like I need to I'll be speaking

[2:39:48] on about the matter here

[2:39:52] shortly but I'm here today to

[2:39:56] take my city my seat in this as

[2:39:56] the head of GOD's church and to

[2:39:57] continue to do good things for

[2:40:01] the city of San Diego and to be

[2:40:02] honest about all my financial

[2:40:02] and all of my ways under GOD I

[2:40:05] shall be faithful under

[2:40:06] the faithful act of receiving

[2:40:11] things through great faith.

[2:40:11] I have done what I have done

[2:40:12] because GOD led me through that

[2:40:13] way not to get over on

[2:40:15] the people but to capture

[2:40:16] the people who are in high

[2:40:20] seats demanding treacherous

[2:40:21] ways on my people to make funds

[2:40:21] off of them.

[2:40:22] I have proof of it.

[2:40:25] I've been very honest.

[2:40:26] I'm honest in my ways.

[2:40:27] I've turned it over and

[2:40:28] hopefully by that honesty I can

[2:40:30] remain who I am as a trustee of

[2:40:31] the city of the of the nation

[2:40:34] of of the nation of the United

[2:40:35] States of America.

[2:40:39] I am your servant not the one

[2:40:39] above your And I'm just want to

[2:40:40] let you all know that I'm here

[2:40:44] to be let that be known today

[2:40:45] If your analyze your if you're

[2:40:49] analyzing your funds correctly

[2:40:49] then GOD knows always be

[2:40:53] faithful.

[2:40:54] >> Thank you.

[2:40:54] That concludes public comment

[2:40:55] here in council chambers going

[2:40:58] to those participating remotely

[2:40:58] We currently have two speakers

[2:40:59] in the queue Blair Beckman If

[2:41:03] you can please unmute Blair

[2:41:08] Beckman.

[2:41:08] There you go.

[2:41:09] Hi.

[2:41:09] Yeah, All right.

[2:41:10] Take a minute there.

[2:41:10] All right.

[2:41:13] Perfect man.

[2:41:14] Thanks a lot for this item.

[2:41:17] You better the more I am

[2:41:18] yesterday talking about it.

[2:41:22] You still have to continue to

[2:41:23] work on They have to be out

[2:41:24] ready to go by mid APRIL I

[2:41:27] think Um yeah.

[2:41:28] And so I talked yesterday in

[2:41:29] the importance of looking for

[2:41:33] career solutions for coming

[2:41:37] back can use and this is kind

[2:41:38] of put a perspective on that I

[2:41:41] think I was talking about open

[2:41:42] who only has a deficit and debt

[2:41:46] larger than San Diego in

[2:41:46] the state of California of

[2:41:47] local city so you guys are

[2:41:51] pretty similar and in your

[2:41:51] budget situations at this time

[2:41:55] Oakland made it a really

[2:41:56] important point to still be

[2:41:57] able to fund it Social services

[2:42:01] that was pretty high on

[2:42:02] the list of how they had to be

[2:42:02] working on on working on their

[2:42:03] budget issues.

[2:42:06] So much so that they were

[2:42:06] willing to take a cut in their

[2:42:07] credit rating.

[2:42:10] You know And so I've been

[2:42:11] asking yourselves what can be

[2:42:11] creative answers?

[2:42:15] Well can we can we work towards

[2:42:16] the more creative answer to

[2:42:20] that this time in San Diego

[2:42:20] That's what Oakland did And

[2:42:21] that's how I mean that's

[2:42:25] the kind of tough decisions I

[2:42:26] don't hope we have to be that

[2:42:29] drastic but it is about

[2:42:30] creative solutions.

[2:42:34] It does have to be some tough

[2:42:34] decisions that have to be made

[2:42:35] And then I feel we can put

[2:42:39] things off for a few years.

[2:42:40] We don't have to say everything

[2:42:41] has to be done in a year

[2:42:44] deficit wise We can we can pass

[2:42:48] it out over time And I think

[2:42:49] those are important factors to

[2:42:50] consider with this sort of item

[2:42:53] losing a credit rating is hard

[2:42:54] but maybe can that be a

[2:42:58] creative answer to work towards

[2:42:58] solutions for very difficult

[2:43:03] questions at this time And

[2:43:04] learning how to get that is

[2:43:08] important and being honest like

[2:43:09] that with the parking here you

[2:43:09] got to be honest with

[2:43:13] the public how your time is

[2:43:13] going.

[2:43:14] We thank you.

[2:43:17] Thank you Zoom user and then

[2:43:17] 74997 room user if we can

[2:43:22] please unmute or I is so Henry

[2:43:22] a GOD is going to forgive a

[2:43:26] sore but the trust train is

[2:43:27] rolling into town with the vice

[2:43:30] PRESIDENT Looking for fraud

[2:43:31] they compared the California

[2:43:35] fraud make in the Somali guys

[2:43:36] in Minnesota look like a

[2:43:36] kindergarten class.

[2:43:41] There's rapid fraud all the way

[2:43:41] through the systems.

[2:43:45] The NGOs in San Diego stop

[2:43:46] paying them money, Open up

[2:43:47] the books they need to see

[2:43:50] their books.

[2:43:54] 111,000 people fraudulently

[2:43:55] made up stories but the pe

[2:43:56] loans and other loans their

[2:44:00] food stamp illegal aliens

[2:44:02] paying those guys money So

[2:44:07] the Trump train is rolled out

[2:44:08] with with the vice PRESIDENT.

[2:44:09] He's looking for all these

[2:44:12] different fraudulent monies and

[2:44:17] GOD forgive us but the jail

[2:44:17] they're not GOD's jails.

[2:44:18] They're the feds.

[2:44:23] So all you guys that got your

[2:44:23] name on these programs check

[2:44:27] the list of the guys that

[2:44:27] they're abiding already.

[2:44:28] They got the names of all these

[2:44:31] people that had fake businesses

[2:44:32] and collected all the money and

[2:44:36] they're coming after they're

[2:44:37] probably already still working

[2:44:41] for NGOs that are working in

[2:44:41] San Diego.

[2:44:42] You know, once they get

[2:44:43] the Money Pit they got

[2:44:47] different angles.

[2:44:47] Even the Somali guys in San

[2:44:51] Diego are definitely suspects.

[2:44:52] Those guys are tribal.

[2:44:53] They figure out one guy knows

[2:44:56] there's the million bucks.

[2:44:57] It's all through out our books,

[2:44:57] man.

[2:44:58] No wonder we're in debt trying

[2:45:01] to you know, because you're

[2:45:01] giving away the money left and

[2:45:02] right.

[2:45:06] So anyway, let's see what else.

[2:45:06] Okay.

[2:45:10] J.D. Vance I'd call them up and

[2:45:11] get the books out and let them

[2:45:14] see the books without having to

[2:45:14] subpoena them.

[2:45:15] It makes you look a little more

[2:45:16] honest.

[2:45:20] Yeah.

[2:45:20] So thanks for taking my call.

[2:45:21] Thank you.

[2:45:23] Second warning.

[2:45:24] >> Okay.

[2:45:25] 7499 If you can please unmute

[2:45:32] after that 1384 7499 Bob

[2:45:36] because you ski here every time

[2:45:37] I hear about budget issues I am

[2:45:38] reminded that the Torrey Pines

[2:45:42] glider port business was

[2:45:46] documented as bringing in $1.4

[2:45:46] million every year over a

[2:45:47] decade ago.

[2:45:51] That's how long ago that they

[2:45:54] were documented as bringing in

[2:45:55] $1.4 million That was in I

[2:45:59] think 2010 and you can imagine

[2:46:00] with inflation it's a lot more

[2:46:01] than that Now that was on a

[2:46:04] freely piece of our city land

[2:46:05] free lease.

[2:46:09] Now the city turned around and

[2:46:10] decided to charge them some

[2:46:10] pittance.

[2:46:13] I think it's something like

[2:46:14] $3,000 a year now but they're

[2:46:18] still bringing in that much

[2:46:19] money and probably more with no

[2:46:22] oversight.

[2:46:23] And yet Joe LaCava refuses to

[2:46:27] reactivate the free Torrey

[2:46:28] Pines City Park Advisory Board

[2:46:32] which would help the city

[2:46:33] understand what's going on at

[2:46:33] that glider port and oversee

[2:46:34] the operations at that glider

[2:46:37] port.

[2:46:38] So what is Joe LaCava trying to

[2:46:42] hide in his district that he

[2:46:46] refuses to allow any citizen

[2:46:47] oversight through something

[2:46:47] like the Torrey Pines City Park

[2:46:48] Advisory Board?

[2:46:51] It's it's an obvious question

[2:46:56] and a lot of people are

[2:46:57] starting to wonder about it.

[2:47:00] Thanks for your time and 1384

[2:47:05] if you can please unmute 1384.

[2:47:06] >> There you go.

[2:47:09] Ernie Casco Senior resident

[2:47:10] pilot at Torrey Pines Glider

[2:47:14] part former assistant flight

[2:47:15] director Torrey Pines Glider

[2:47:15] Part complaint is on your desk.

[2:47:20] Allow and this crime to

[2:47:20] continue is a violation of your

[2:47:21] oath of office and automatic

[2:47:25] forfeiture of your chair.

[2:47:25] However, we have a proven

[2:47:26] solution known as the San Diego

[2:47:30] Recreation No waiver that would

[2:47:30] end the dispute.

[2:47:31] This would effectively split

[2:47:35] the town of school operation

[2:47:35] from public recreational free

[2:47:36] flight.

[2:47:36] The way we would stop

[2:47:40] the illegal mandatory access

[2:47:40] pass a waiver in question Your

[2:47:44] city leaseholder would pay for

[2:47:45] their own insurance that is

[2:47:48] required by law and pays our

[2:47:49] oversight as needed for public

[2:47:49] safety.

[2:47:54] If you're retracting or

[2:47:54] rejecting the San Diego

[2:47:55] recreational waiver, it's time

[2:47:59] for transparency to stop

[2:47:59] the corruption within your own

[2:48:00] within your own administration.

[2:48:03] I should not be forced to sign

[2:48:04] a waiver when city liabilities

[2:48:05] are already covered by

[2:48:08] California recreation laws.

[2:48:09] The proposed San Diego

[2:48:13] recreational waiver only serves

[2:48:13] as a second certificate

[2:48:17] ensuring city liabilities are

[2:48:18] are not or you're not liable.

[2:48:22] Which includes pilot rating

[2:48:23] skills needed to fly safely

[2:48:27] which is recognized globally.

[2:48:28] It's time to stop the crime by

[2:48:29] revising the permanent

[2:48:33] reinstatement of Torrey Pines

[2:48:33] Advisory Board and

[2:48:37] implementation of the proposed

[2:48:38] San Diego recreational waiver

[2:48:39] as a proven solution that ends

[2:48:43] the dispute.

[2:48:43] I challenged City Council to

[2:48:44] come up with a better legal

[2:48:48] solution that secures city

[2:48:48] liability, restores

[2:48:49] recreational freedom and

[2:48:52] addresses victims and witnesses

[2:48:53] who have been damaged and

[2:48:54] assaulted by within a timely

[2:48:54] fashion.

[2:48:58] It's a win for city council

[2:48:58] liabilities restores our

[2:48:59] recreational rights and

[2:49:02] freedoms for years to come.

[2:49:03] If you're going to want me to

[2:49:07] walk away you get at least

[2:49:08] address the victim and

[2:49:08] witnesses who have been

[2:49:11] assaulted and damaged.

[2:49:12] >> Thank you.

[2:49:13] That concludes public comment

[2:49:13] on this item.

[2:49:16] All right.

[2:49:17] Thank you, City clerk.

[2:49:17] We'll turn it over to council

[2:49:18] members questions, comments

[2:49:19] entertain a motion and we'll

[2:49:21] start with the chair of

[2:49:22] the audit committee.

[2:49:22] >> Councilmember Moreno thank

[2:49:23] you and thank you for

[2:49:26] the presentation At the JANUARY

[2:49:27] 21st Audit Committee meeting I

[2:49:31] asked a series of questions

[2:49:32] directed to the independent

[2:49:35] auditor cro and also city

[2:49:35] staff.

[2:49:36] I don't want to re ask all

[2:49:37] those questions so I'll

[2:49:40] reference that committee.

[2:49:45] But part of what I did bring up

[2:49:46] was the city of San Diego San

[2:49:46] Diego accurately depositing

[2:49:50] revenue into correct accounts

[2:49:51] and how that impacts our

[2:49:55] internal control if it impacts

[2:49:56] internal control failures.

[2:50:00] It was answered there.

[2:50:00] I was happy with the answer but

[2:50:05] I also want to take

[2:50:06] the opportunity to thank our

[2:50:09] financial management.

[2:50:10] I think staff continues to do a

[2:50:11] great job at producing the act

[2:50:14] for each year and I greatly

[2:50:15] appreciate the commitment you

[2:50:19] guys have to ensuring this

[2:50:19] document is is complete and

[2:50:20] accurately reflects

[2:50:23] the financial conditions of

[2:50:24] the city and that Thank you

[2:50:24] also to cro.

[2:50:25] I think we had a robust

[2:50:29] conversation in the committee.

[2:50:29] Please reference it.

[2:50:30] But with that I would like to

[2:50:34] move to receive and file

[2:50:34] the report.

[2:50:35] >> Thank you.

[2:50:35] All right.

[2:50:35] Thank you.

[2:50:39] Council member Moreno So we do

[2:50:39] have a motion.

[2:50:40] We'll go next to Council member

[2:50:40] whitburn Thank you.

[2:50:44] Council PRESIDENT I'm happy to

[2:50:44] second and Councilmember

[2:50:45] Moreno's motion and I just want

[2:50:48] to congratulate the finance

[2:50:53] team on the award received for

[2:50:54] the last fiscal year the year

[2:50:57] that ended JUNE 30th 2020 for

[2:50:57] for the Certificate of

[2:51:01] Achievement for Excellence in

[2:51:02] financial reporting awarded by

[2:51:03] the Government Finance Officers

[2:51:06] Association, the City has

[2:51:07] received that award for a

[2:51:07] number of years consecutively

[2:51:11] now which speaks highly of your

[2:51:12] team And I just want to

[2:51:15] congratulate that.

[2:51:16] Thank you.

[2:51:16] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[2:51:17] Thank you Council Member So we

[2:51:21] have a motion by Councilmember

[2:51:21] Moreno and the second by

[2:51:22] Council member Whitburn to

[2:51:25] receive and file the first

[2:51:26] the 2025 annual Comprehensive

[2:51:27] Financial Report.

[2:51:31] Since this topic comes up, how

[2:51:32] many years of clean audits and

[2:51:35] clean act first have we had Now

[2:51:36] it has been a number of years.

[2:51:36] I don't know exactly but it's

[2:51:40] been it's been at least 5 or 6.

[2:51:40] Okay.

[2:51:41] Thank you very much.

[2:51:45] It's good to be reminded.

[2:51:45] Okay with that.

[2:51:46] Oh, Councilmember Yvonne

[2:51:49] Wolpert sorry.

[2:51:50] Thank you.

[2:51:50] I just want to thank

[2:51:51] the auditor for being here as

[2:51:54] well to also independently

[2:51:55] state that we are getting clean

[2:51:56] audits from Europe from cro And

[2:52:00] I want to thank our Department

[2:52:00] of Finance for the excellent

[2:52:01] work in doing all of this.

[2:52:04] It's a very hard budget to

[2:52:05] balance and to see and so thank

[2:52:06] you for your work and thank you

[2:52:07] also for the clean audit and

[2:52:09] thank you to the audit

[2:52:09] committee for thoroughly

[2:52:10] reviewing this before I got to

[2:52:10] council.

[2:52:11] But I appreciate everyone's

[2:52:14] work.

[2:52:14] All right.

[2:52:15] See no one else in the lights

[2:52:19] We do have a motion by

[2:52:20] COUNCILMAN Moreno Second hand

[2:52:20] smoke turned to receive and

[2:52:23] file the 2025 for.

[2:52:26] >> Please call the roll clerk

[2:52:27] as the voting system.

[2:52:31] >> Please cast your vote That

[2:52:35] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with

[2:52:36] Councilmember Campo and

[2:52:36] Councilmember Campbell absent.

[2:52:40] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[2:52:40] right.

[2:52:41] Thank you City clerk with that.

[2:52:42] So we'll go back to the regular

[2:52:44] order.

[2:52:45] >> clerk Please introduce item

[2:52:45] 330.

[2:52:48] Item 330 is a state revolving

[2:52:49] fund loan to the city of San

[2:52:49] Diego sewer system for

[2:52:53] the Alvarado Trunk Sewer Phase

[2:52:57] four Project package a six

[2:52:57] votes are required pursuant to

[2:52:58] count two Charter Section 99 If

[2:52:59] you are here in Council

[2:53:02] chambers and wish to speak to

[2:53:02] this item please submit a

[2:53:03] speaker slip to the front of

[2:53:04] the room in the clear box of

[2:53:07] your participating remotely

[2:53:07] Star nine or the raise your

[2:53:08] hand icon Thank you.

[2:53:12] All right staff I see As you're

[2:53:13] settling in please introduce

[2:53:14] yourselves for the record and

[2:53:16] let us know how much time you

[2:53:17] need for your presentation.

[2:53:18] Hello Council PRESIDENT Council

[2:53:19] members Thank you for having us

[2:53:19] today.

[2:53:21] My name is Kevin Warner.

[2:53:22] I'm a financing coordinator

[2:53:23] with the Department of Finance.

[2:53:26] To my right I have Jose

[2:53:26] Pantalone.

[2:53:27] She's the assistant director of

[2:53:27] Department of Finance.

[2:53:31] Also on the phone we have Adam

[2:53:31] Jones who is the public

[2:53:35] utilities department finance

[2:53:36] deputy director.

[2:53:36] He's on the Zoom.

[2:53:40] We need about seven minutes for

[2:53:40] our presentation.

[2:53:41] All right.

[2:53:41] When you're ready.

[2:53:41] Thank you.

[2:53:44] This presentation is for

[2:53:44] the state revolving fund loan

[2:53:45] to the City of San Diego sewer

[2:53:48] system for the Alvarado Trunks

[2:53:53] to face for a project package a

[2:53:54] for a little bit of background,

[2:53:54] the Clean Water State Revolving

[2:53:59] Fund or srf as it's commonly

[2:54:00] known, offers low cost loans to

[2:54:01] help local agencies affordably

[2:54:03] construct wastewater projects

[2:54:04] throughout the state.

[2:54:04] This program is administered by

[2:54:08] the State Water Resources

[2:54:09] Control Board.

[2:54:09] The program offers low interest

[2:54:13] rate options for loans and

[2:54:14] favorable repayment terms.

[2:54:15] The city regularly submits

[2:54:17] applications for a standalone

[2:54:18] projects that meets eligibility

[2:54:18] requirements.

[2:54:22] The state has recently limited

[2:54:23] loans to $50 million per

[2:54:28] project for the Alvarado Trunk

[2:54:29] Sewer Phase four package.

[2:54:29] The project will increase sewer

[2:54:32] capacity by replacing outdated

[2:54:33] trunk sewer infrastructure.

[2:54:37] The city can receive a srf loan

[2:54:37] up to $50 million.

[2:54:38] Now full disclosure we have not

[2:54:39] gone out to bid yet for this

[2:54:42] particular project so we are

[2:54:43] asking for the full amount of

[2:54:45] the srf loan for $50 million.

[2:54:50] The this project has been

[2:54:51] included in the intended use

[2:54:55] plan and the construction loan

[2:54:56] is estimated to start at

[2:54:59] the end of fiscal year 2026 or

[2:54:59] at the beginning of fiscal year

[2:55:00] 2027 and is estimated to be

[2:55:03] completed by the end of fiscal

[2:55:04] year 2029.

[2:55:04] The current interest rate for

[2:55:09] these srf loans is 2.2% that

[2:55:09] the rate that rate is set by

[2:55:13] the state water Board based on

[2:55:14] a benchmark of 50% of

[2:55:14] the interest rate on

[2:55:15] California's average general

[2:55:18] obligation rate obtained by

[2:55:19] the state Treasurer.

[2:55:20] The loan will have a senior

[2:55:23] Lean position.

[2:55:24] Principal repayment begins

[2:55:25] after construction is done and

[2:55:27] we will have a 30 year

[2:55:28] repayment term.

[2:55:31] We estimate the cost for a $50

[2:55:32] million loan to be $2.3 million

[2:55:32] annually.

[2:55:33] I would like to note though

[2:55:36] that interest rate and debt

[2:55:37] service is subject to change

[2:55:37] based on when the loan is

[2:55:40] finalized.

[2:55:41] The existing loan and bond

[2:55:42] obligations of the sewer system

[2:55:44] require the sewer system to

[2:55:45] meet certain additional debt

[2:55:46] affordability tests when

[2:55:46] entering into a new debt

[2:55:50] obligation under

[2:55:50] the anticipated language in

[2:55:51] the loan agreement.

[2:55:54] The sewer system will be

[2:55:55] required to maintain a senior

[2:55:56] debt service coverage ratio of

[2:55:59] 1.2 times outstanding maximum

[2:56:00] annual debt service an

[2:56:01] aggregate debt service coverage

[2:56:04] ratio of 1.1 times outstanding

[2:56:04] maximum and annual debt

[2:56:05] service.

[2:56:08] The loan is supported by

[2:56:13] currently approved rates.

[2:56:13] So for a proposed action we are

[2:56:14] asking for the authorization

[2:56:18] for the mayor to implement

[2:56:18] the srf Loan.

[2:56:19] Authorize the city to pledge

[2:56:22] net revenues for this from

[2:56:23] the Sewer Revenue Fund for this

[2:56:24] loan and authorize the cfo to

[2:56:27] create a new fund and

[2:56:28] appropriate an expense for this

[2:56:28] particular project.

[2:56:31] And with that that concludes

[2:56:32] our presentation.

[2:56:32] >> We're open for any

[2:56:33] questions.

[2:56:33] All right.

[2:56:34] Thank you for the work.

[2:56:34] Bring us forward in

[2:56:36] the presentation And with that

[2:56:37] please proceed with public

[2:56:37] comment.

[2:56:38] >> Tangela if you can please

[2:56:41] come forward.

[2:56:47] >> Oh yeah we'll go in front of

[2:56:47] my.

[2:56:48] >> This is very necessary for

[2:56:51] the Fluor companies to have

[2:56:52] what they need so they can

[2:56:52] continue to keep it clean for

[2:56:56] everybody here in San Diego.

[2:56:56] Main focus is water, food,

[2:56:57] housing those things.

[2:57:01] So maybe you don't think they

[2:57:05] need so much but anything that

[2:57:06] has to do with waterfront um

[2:57:07] until I figure out what's going

[2:57:10] on and retract it all and give

[2:57:14] it to the people freely.

[2:57:15] >> Kind of like that concludes

[2:57:16] public comment here in council

[2:57:16] chambers Glad those

[2:57:19] participating remotely.

[2:57:20] >> Blair Beckman If you can

[2:57:24] please unmute.

[2:57:24] All right.

[2:57:25] Yeah.

[2:57:27] Hi there.

[2:57:32] We can hear me.

[2:57:33] Thank you for this item.

[2:57:33] Thank you.

[2:57:37] That how can relate to a pure

[2:57:38] water issue.

[2:57:39] I bet you had a lot of pure

[2:57:42] water items lately and you had

[2:57:43] Environment Committee to really

[2:57:44] review how the pure water

[2:57:47] program is doing.

[2:57:48] Review the late JANUARY

[2:57:49] Environment Committee meeting

[2:57:52] on pure water issues that seems

[2:57:57] to relate to really good luck

[2:57:58] how you can address this issue

[2:58:01] and to be talking to Tijuana

[2:58:02] about pure water issues versus

[2:58:06] decolonization for their future

[2:58:06] as well.

[2:58:11] >> Thank you.

[2:58:11] Thank you.

[2:58:11] My apologies.

[2:58:12] That concludes with a comment.

[2:58:13] All right.

[2:58:13] Thank you.

[2:58:16] City Clerk.

[2:58:16] I'll turn it over to my council

[2:58:17] colleagues Questions, comments

[2:58:21] Entertain a motion and not see

[2:58:21] anybody under the lights.

[2:58:22] I'll make the motion to move

[2:58:25] with the staff recommendation.

[2:58:26] Just a couple of questions.

[2:58:27] This will be fully ensconced in

[2:58:30] the sewer and water rates and

[2:58:31] pd Right.

[2:58:31] This does not affect

[2:58:32] the general fund.

[2:58:35] Is that correct?

[2:58:39] Yes, that is correct.

[2:58:40] >> This would be just authority

[2:58:40] pledge.

[2:58:41] Okay.

[2:58:41] And I think we recently got a

[2:58:44] five year projection and this

[2:58:45] was anticipated in that

[2:58:45] projection.

[2:58:49] So it is correct And these are

[2:58:49] the thank you for pursuing this

[2:58:54] at significantly below what

[2:58:54] the private market interest

[2:58:55] rates would be for that.

[2:58:59] So thank you for the good work

[2:58:59] That's very much appreciated.

[2:59:03] So again I'll move

[2:59:04] the recommendation.

[2:59:04] >> We'll go to Councilmember

[2:59:08] Von Walbert.

[2:59:08] Thank you very much for

[2:59:09] the work and the presentation.

[2:59:12] I do have one question since

[2:59:12] the project has not yet been

[2:59:16] bid so don't we usually vote on

[2:59:17] these after we have an awardee

[2:59:21] a construction awardee

[2:59:21] Councilmember This this

[2:59:22] authorization is for the loan

[2:59:26] agreement So the state requires

[2:59:26] us to have this ordinance

[2:59:30] approved in order to enter into

[2:59:31] the loan agreement And it's

[2:59:35] ideal of the contract has been

[2:59:39] awarded exactly in conjunction

[2:59:40] with the loan.

[2:59:40] But typically what happens is

[2:59:41] we in this scenario we would

[2:59:45] likely execute this loan by

[2:59:46] the end of this fiscal year if

[2:59:50] any amount needs to be adjusted

[2:59:50] for the loan.

[2:59:51] We have that ability to do it

[2:59:54] with the state after we

[2:59:55] received the bids on

[2:59:55] the contract and if any changes

[2:59:56] need to be made we have that

[3:00:00] ability to do that.

[3:00:00] But yes, as Kevin noted

[3:00:04] the loan is maxed out at 50

[3:00:05] million at this point and

[3:00:09] understood So then once

[3:00:09] the loan is executed we have

[3:00:10] the money and we go out to bid.

[3:00:11] Will we then have a chance to

[3:00:14] vote on the actual award of

[3:00:15] the contract and know who

[3:00:16] the contractor is and all of

[3:00:18] that?

[3:00:19] I think we have Adam Jones here

[3:00:22] to answer the questions on that

[3:00:23] .

[3:00:23] >> Thank you.

[3:00:24] Councilmember Adam Jones,

[3:00:25] Deputy director of Finance for

[3:00:28] Public Utilities is correct

[3:00:29] that if the contract I believe

[3:00:32] is over $30 million it will

[3:00:33] need to come back to city

[3:00:33] council.

[3:00:34] I do know that there has been

[3:00:36] some streamlining measures that

[3:00:37] have happened since then but I

[3:00:38] believe the threshold is $30

[3:00:38] million.

[3:00:41] So in the event the amount is

[3:00:45] above $30 million it will come

[3:00:45] back to council for approval

[3:00:46] before we enter into

[3:00:50] the construction contract.

[3:00:50] >> Okay.

[3:00:51] And this is not part of pure

[3:00:51] water, correct?

[3:00:52] That is correct.

[3:00:54] Okay.

[3:00:55] Then it is a lower threshold so

[3:00:56] it will go back to council.

[3:00:56] Okay.

[3:00:56] All right.

[3:00:57] Thank you.

[3:00:59] I will do the second Second

[3:00:59] Yes, please.

[3:01:00] >> Thank you.

[3:01:03] Councilmember Von Wilpert.

[3:01:03] And you won't pull the money

[3:01:04] until you actually advance

[3:01:08] the design and get ready to go

[3:01:08] out to bid, right?

[3:01:09] That is correct.

[3:01:09] Okay.

[3:01:13] I all right.

[3:01:14] So and see no one else in

[3:01:14] the light We have a motion by

[3:01:15] myself and the second by

[3:01:16] Councilmember Yvonne Wolpert to

[3:01:17] move the staff recommendation

[3:01:18] Please call the roll After

[3:01:19] the voting system please cast

[3:01:28] your vote That passes

[3:01:29] unanimously 7 to 0 with

[3:01:29] Councilmember Kemp You and

[3:01:30] Councilmember Campbell absent.

[3:01:30] Thank you.

[3:01:33] Council PRESIDENT.

[3:01:34] All right.

[3:01:34] Again, thank you for the good

[3:01:35] work with that clerk Please

[3:01:38] introduce item 5 or 5 items 5

[3:01:39] or 5 is a second Amendment to

[3:01:40] the as needed landscape

[3:01:43] architectural Services

[3:01:43] agreement with Schmitt Design

[3:01:46] Group Inc Contract number

[3:01:47] h1667146 votes are required

[3:01:52] pursuant to California to

[3:01:52] Charter section 99 I really

[3:01:56] want to say California today If

[3:01:57] you're here please submit your

[3:01:58] speakers up to the front of

[3:01:58] the room in the clear box or if

[3:02:01] you're participating online

[3:02:02] now's the time to raise your

[3:02:02] hand.

[3:02:03] Star nine of the raise your

[3:02:04] hand icon Thank you Council

[3:02:06] PRESIDENT All right, As you

[3:02:06] settle in, please introduce

[3:02:07] yourselves for the record and

[3:02:08] let us know how much time you

[3:02:10] need.

[3:02:11] We'll need about ten minutes.

[3:02:11] All right.

[3:02:11] Okay.

[3:02:15] Hello.

[3:02:16] >> Good afternoon.

[3:02:17] My name is Perry to Amazon with

[3:02:17] the Engineering and Capital

[3:02:20] Projects Department.

[3:02:21] I'm here with project officer

[3:02:22] to Darren Genova, also with Ian

[3:02:24] C.P.

[3:02:25] We are coming to you to request

[3:02:26] approval of a Second Amendment

[3:02:29] to the as needed agreement with

[3:02:30] Schmidt Design Group for

[3:02:31] the Buyer Park Development

[3:02:34] project.

[3:02:39] Oh yes.

[3:02:40] >> Here's a summary of our

[3:02:40] requested actions with approval

[3:02:44] the as needed agreement would

[3:02:44] be extended by three years and

[3:02:48] would add $300,000 capacity

[3:02:51] 263,221 Of that 300,000 would

[3:02:52] be allocated to Schmidt Design

[3:02:53] which would provide for

[3:02:56] services during construction

[3:02:57] such as reviewing our revise

[3:02:58] construction submittals

[3:03:00] monitoring progress and

[3:03:05] providing as built plans.

[3:03:06] >> The location is in San

[3:03:10] Ysidro and the scope includes a

[3:03:11] play area for kids a skate park

[3:03:15] picnic areas, shade structures

[3:03:16] ,a dog park, bathroom security

[3:03:19] lighting, walking trails,

[3:03:20] onsite parking and 14 acres of

[3:03:24] habitat restoration.

[3:03:25] So here's I'd like to just give

[3:03:26] a brief history of the project

[3:03:29] the scope I just described was

[3:03:30] for the entire buyer park

[3:03:30] development.

[3:03:34] When we completed 90% design

[3:03:34] the project was split into two

[3:03:39] phases due to available free of

[3:03:39] funding.

[3:03:40] We progressed with phase one

[3:03:43] while pursuing funding for

[3:03:43] phase two.

[3:03:44] We started construction on

[3:03:47] phase one and we plan to finish

[3:03:47] up this summer.

[3:03:48] >> Knock on wood we have since

[3:03:51] secured additional funding and

[3:03:52] we were given the go ahead for

[3:03:52] phase two.

[3:03:56] If this action is approved we

[3:03:56] will finish up phase two design

[3:03:57] and hopefully put it out to bid

[3:04:00] late this year so we can start

[3:04:01] construction the following

[3:04:05] spring.

[3:04:06] So here is a summary of

[3:04:06] the Design services schedule a

[3:04:10] task for this as needed

[3:04:11] agreement was issued to submit

[3:04:12] design in 2017 for the buyer

[3:04:15] Park General Development Plan.

[3:04:18] In MARCH of 2022 we executed

[3:04:19] the First Amendment to extend

[3:04:22] the contract until MARCH of

[3:04:23] 2026 to move forward with

[3:04:23] the construction of Phase one.

[3:04:27] After splitting the project

[3:04:28] into two phases we will begin

[3:04:30] construction on phase two after

[3:04:31] the completion of Phase one.

[3:04:32] >> As for funding we are

[3:04:35] working with the Parks and Rec

[3:04:36] Recreation Department to be

[3:04:39] fully funded by JULY 1st.

[3:04:40] And now I'll turn it over to

[3:04:43] Darren Genova to talk about

[3:04:44] amendment number two and

[3:04:44] the progress.

[3:04:45] The good news on that we've

[3:04:50] made on phase one.

[3:04:51] >> Good afternoon.

[3:04:52] Darren Genova Project Officer

[3:04:55] to Engineering and Capital

[3:04:55] Projects.

[3:04:56] >> So why are we here?

[3:05:00] The contract with Schmidt

[3:05:01] Design Group expires in MARCH

[3:05:04] and we still have about 3 to 4

[3:05:04] months remaining of

[3:05:05] construction of phase one.

[3:05:09] So we need the ongoing support

[3:05:09] for that subsequently as we are

[3:05:13] wrapping up on work on phase

[3:05:14] one we are getting ready to

[3:05:18] move forward on phase two.

[3:05:18] And so we do need

[3:05:19] the consultant to be on board

[3:05:22] in order to finalize those

[3:05:23] plans for phase to complete

[3:05:24] permitting for that and get

[3:05:25] them ready to advertise for

[3:05:30] construction of phase two.

[3:05:31] >> So what has been completed?

[3:05:35] We want to highlight some of

[3:05:36] the progress that's already

[3:05:36] been made on phase one.

[3:05:37] You can see the image on

[3:05:40] the left shows the undeveloped

[3:05:41] site prior to construction.

[3:05:41] On the right you can see

[3:05:45] the large promenade that

[3:05:46] bisects the play areas Two

[3:05:50] large playground spur separated

[3:05:51] for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12.

[3:05:55] One of the really great

[3:05:56] features on the right side you

[3:05:59] can kind of see it peeking out

[3:06:00] of the photo is a fairly large

[3:06:00] rock climbing wall.

[3:06:01] It's going to be a really

[3:06:03] interesting, really unique

[3:06:03] feature in one of our

[3:06:08] playgrounds.

[3:06:08] >> There's also two picnic

[3:06:09] areas with shade structures You

[3:06:10] can see in the background there

[3:06:13] of the image.

[3:06:14] Those are providing picnic

[3:06:17] opportunities for families near

[3:06:18] the playground and also in

[3:06:19] phase two get constructed.

[3:06:22] You could see the in

[3:06:22] the background with the green

[3:06:23] erosion fencing That is where

[3:06:27] the ball fields will be

[3:06:28] constructed in phase two.

[3:06:28] Also in phase one already

[3:06:32] completed our Ampitheater

[3:06:32] seating walls that kind of

[3:06:33] match the strata of the geology

[3:06:36] out there as well as 80% of

[3:06:41] the walkways.

[3:06:42] >> Here's some more images of

[3:06:44] what's been completed so far in

[3:06:45] phase one.

[3:06:46] We also have a campfire ring on

[3:06:50] the image on the left You can

[3:06:50] see off of that meandering

[3:06:51] walkway a little area meant to

[3:06:55] emulate sort of an informal

[3:06:56] area for school groups or Boy

[3:06:59] Scouts Girl Scouts to get

[3:07:00] together and appreciate nature.

[3:07:04] There's lighted basketball

[3:07:04] courts you can see on the left

[3:07:05] hand image in the background.

[3:07:09] We've also completed 80% of

[3:07:09] the utility work and

[3:07:10] the irrigation is set to be

[3:07:14] completed in MARCH which will

[3:07:15] be a big milestone to get us

[3:07:15] plants in the ground and get

[3:07:19] ready to construction up on

[3:07:19] phase one.

[3:07:23] So what's remaining planting

[3:07:24] completion of the public art

[3:07:25] furnishings and energizing

[3:07:28] utilities?

[3:07:33] >> >> Finally, one more image

[3:07:33] we would share of the skate

[3:07:33] park.

[3:07:34] I don't know if I mentioned

[3:07:36] that the skate park is also one

[3:07:37] of the big amenities getting

[3:07:38] constructed in phase one large

[3:07:41] really cool skate park at

[3:07:42] the top of the hill with that

[3:07:42] central promenade and staircase

[3:07:48] leading up to it.

[3:07:53] >> For the eoc requirements

[3:07:54] the original contract again was

[3:07:54] $3 million.

[3:07:57] We are requesting $300,000 to

[3:08:01] finish out the plans for phase

[3:08:02] two and complete the services

[3:08:02] of phase two.

[3:08:06] The contract had a goal of 20%

[3:08:10] current slb participation was

[3:08:11] at 10% although we should note

[3:08:12] that the prime consultant

[3:08:16] Schmidt design was an slb when

[3:08:16] the contract was signed

[3:08:17] originally in 2017.

[3:08:20] And with that that brings their

[3:08:21] percentages quite a bit higher.

[3:08:25] They lost that certification in

[3:08:26] 2023 but up until then their

[3:08:26] parties participation was much

[3:08:29] higher.

[3:08:34] >> So to summarize again

[3:08:35] the actions we are requesting

[3:08:35] is the Second Amendment to

[3:08:39] the as needed agreement with

[3:08:40] Schmidt Design Group to extend

[3:08:41] the contract an additional

[3:08:44] three years to get us through

[3:08:45] phase two completion of phase

[3:08:46] two of by Year Park as well as

[3:08:53] authorizing $263,221 to be used

[3:08:54] for those services as well as a

[3:08:55] little bit extra capacity for

[3:09:03] future needs approval of these

[3:09:03] actions will allow us to

[3:09:04] complete construction support

[3:09:05] for phase one as mentioned and

[3:09:08] also final design permitting

[3:09:08] construction support on phase

[3:09:09] two.

[3:09:11] Phase one is set to be

[3:09:12] completed this summer and phase

[3:09:13] two with approval of this

[3:09:16] amendment would proceed to

[3:09:17] final permitting and

[3:09:17] advertisement of

[3:09:20] the construction contract

[3:09:20] within 2020 six.

[3:09:21] >> Phase two is expected to

[3:09:25] take approximately 24 months to

[3:09:25] complete from award of

[3:09:29] the construction contract.

[3:09:30] >> And that concludes our

[3:09:30] presentation.

[3:09:34] Thank you.

[3:09:34] All right.

[3:09:35] Thank you for the good work and

[3:09:36] the presentation.

[3:09:36] Clerk Please proceed with

[3:09:38] public comment.

[3:09:39] >> Tangela if you can please

[3:09:43] come up to the microphone.

[3:09:48] >> I'm here to speak on

[3:09:48] anything that I do not and have

[3:09:53] not been given information

[3:09:53] about.

[3:09:54] I've been held in for

[3:09:54] the people who I've been

[3:09:58] dealing with has had all

[3:09:59] the information about what I am

[3:09:59] to do, what I how am I supposed

[3:10:00] to do it?

[3:10:00] And I've held that information

[3:10:01] for me.

[3:10:03] So they're putting in defaults

[3:10:04] on my end because they never

[3:10:04] gave me the responsibility bank

[3:10:05] never gave me

[3:10:08] the responsibility of what is

[3:10:09] bad they are supposed to be

[3:10:09] doing as a trustee and he did

[3:10:12] not tell me about these certain

[3:10:13] things that I was supposed to

[3:10:14] be doing because he was holding

[3:10:17] the trustee account knowing

[3:10:17] that I didn't know exactly what

[3:10:22] to do And so I just want to

[3:10:23] like I say he's ratifying

[3:10:23] the Second Amendment.

[3:10:26] You know, I want to extend

[3:10:27] the contract with us Bank and I

[3:10:28] want to come into First

[3:10:28] Amendment under GOD with great

[3:10:32] faith and recover and also

[3:10:32] redeem my account that they

[3:10:36] just try to cut off again.

[3:10:37] And I want to speak about that

[3:10:41] on on here because I have

[3:10:41] the U.S. Bank Trust an

[3:10:42] investment account under GOD

[3:10:46] and they just tried to defuze

[3:10:46] it this morning because they

[3:10:47] had to bank loads of trucks

[3:10:48] dropped off with money this

[3:10:50] morning because I struck stock

[3:10:51] market two days ago on my

[3:10:55] account and I got 5050 50,000

[3:10:59] on 126 plus on the other and a

[3:10:59] 6000 on the 6000 plus on

[3:11:03] the other.

[3:11:03] I will always turn in my

[3:11:04] financial information.

[3:11:05] I've turned in my financial

[3:11:05] information.

[3:11:08] I've been scammed by about four

[3:11:08] banks Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank

[3:11:12] Green Dot, National Bankers

[3:11:13] Association mba.

[3:11:17] I've been scammed by Navy

[3:11:17] Federal All of them did a scam.

[3:11:22] They all took me as a deposit

[3:11:23] knowing that they were going to

[3:11:23] file the fdic and commit a

[3:11:27] fraud and take the take

[3:11:28] the government GOD's money so

[3:11:32] that I couldn't assist in a

[3:11:32] abate of the people that needed

[3:11:33] to help the most which is

[3:11:37] the poor And like I said as I

[3:11:37] am disabled under accommodation

[3:11:41] this shall be changed under

[3:11:42] the 504f rules or that I did

[3:11:43] not add up to it but I'm

[3:11:43] recovering my account and I'm

[3:11:46] here to do what today under GOD

[3:11:47] and all things go.

[3:11:48] >> Thank you for that Including

[3:11:51] our work I of the five minute

[3:11:52] time we're going to those

[3:11:52] participating remotely Blair

[3:11:54] Beekman If you can please

[3:11:59] unmute I thank you.

[3:12:02] Blair Beekman Thanks a lot for

[3:12:02] this item.

[3:12:07] >> Um I guess this is part of

[3:12:08] the park system idea is that

[3:12:12] Councilperson Marie has been

[3:12:13] trying to do that That needs

[3:12:17] help I guess would be the lead

[3:12:17] .

[3:12:18] I suppose there'd be a park or

[3:12:22] two more that she wants put

[3:12:22] into place and inspire Park

[3:12:23] would be the lead example I

[3:12:27] would imagine so Good luck.

[3:12:28] This is going well and I know I

[3:12:31] can be a bit anecdotal in my

[3:12:32] words but I try to make

[3:12:32] connections between different

[3:12:36] items that can be related and

[3:12:36] that's my word.

[3:12:39] Your previous items for this

[3:12:44] particular item I in the past

[3:12:45] few years you know starting

[3:12:49] with Memorial Park you had a

[3:12:50] new way to talk about Memorial

[3:12:51] Park lighting issues that you

[3:12:54] started talking about.

[3:12:55] You know you have to deal with

[3:12:56] the lighting issues of the park

[3:13:00] and then you turned it into

[3:13:00] sports lighting issues and that

[3:13:01] became a subject of

[3:13:05] conversation that to me almost

[3:13:06] became something of a dog

[3:13:06] whistle when you couldn't talk

[3:13:10] exactly about the surveillance

[3:13:10] tech involved with sports

[3:13:11] lighting but you were trying to

[3:13:14] allude very quietly and

[3:13:15] politely and it was a bit

[3:13:19] uncomfortable and I felt that

[3:13:20] was taking over

[3:13:20] the conversation.

[3:13:21] I don't know if that could have

[3:13:24] been my own mistake On how to

[3:13:25] better understand the item how

[3:13:26] you were talking, how you were

[3:13:29] trying to address it but you

[3:13:30] are talking about sports field

[3:13:31] lighting for other parks too

[3:13:34] and in your memo or the pilot

[3:13:38] park you say working on page

[3:13:39] two you're working on security,

[3:13:40] lighting and sports lighting

[3:13:43] multipurpose turf fields, a

[3:13:44] whole bunch of other items.

[3:13:44] Thank you.

[3:13:47] That you say security lighting

[3:13:48] If we just clear with each

[3:13:49] other that we're having

[3:13:49] conversations about our park

[3:13:53] use and the future of security

[3:13:53] lighting that's taking place,

[3:13:57] you know, and that you're

[3:13:58] building back the conversation

[3:13:59] and that the goal of life at

[3:14:02] this time in our local

[3:14:03] community.

[3:14:03] >> Thank you Zoom user if you

[3:14:07] can please unmute.

[3:14:08] That's why I took my license

[3:14:11] back in.

[3:14:12] Hello Good good good.

[3:14:16] Good afternoon.

[3:14:17] >> Can you hear me okay?

[3:14:18] Yes we can hear you have two

[3:14:18] minutes.

[3:14:19] Please proceed with your

[3:14:21] comments.

[3:14:21] >> Okay.

[3:14:22] Excellent.

[3:14:23] Well I timed it so it should be

[3:14:23] perfect.

[3:14:23] Okay.

[3:14:26] Thank you for having me And

[3:14:26] have a heart this Valentine's

[3:14:27] Day I have a poem I would like

[3:14:30] to read to all of the city

[3:14:31] council We're talking about non

[3:14:32] agenda public comment that time

[3:14:35] has not come.

[3:14:36] When that comes you can raise

[3:14:36] your hand.

[3:14:37] It will be after the conclusion

[3:14:40] of this item that concludes

[3:14:40] public comment on this item

[3:14:41] Council PRESIDENT Thank you.

[3:14:41] All right.

[3:14:42] Thank you.

[3:14:45] City Clerk We'll turn it over

[3:14:45] to the council members

[3:14:46] questions, comments and and

[3:14:49] entertain a motion Turn first

[3:14:50] to Council member Moreno Thank

[3:14:54] you for the presentation.

[3:14:55] >> I remember that Bear Park

[3:14:59] was promised to San Ysidro

[3:15:00] residents more than 30 years

[3:15:00] ago.

[3:15:01] So for decades the community

[3:15:05] waited simply for this project

[3:15:05] to break ground.

[3:15:09] Today we're no longer talking

[3:15:09] about promises.

[3:15:10] We're actually talking about a

[3:15:14] park that is near completion

[3:15:14] And that is amazing.

[3:15:19] I just I want to just pause and

[3:15:19] and let that sink in.

[3:15:25] We've had now a total of four

[3:15:25] parks that have been fully

[3:15:29] funded in District eight.

[3:15:33] This was an open lot where

[3:15:34] residents were promised a park

[3:15:36] many moons ago that was never

[3:15:41] delivered to them And that's

[3:15:42] not even talking about

[3:15:42] the parks that we've

[3:15:43] refurbished which is a whole

[3:15:47] nother positive note on what's

[3:15:51] happening in the park system

[3:15:52] particularly for District eight

[3:15:56] as was mentioned, phase one of

[3:16:00] Beier Park is approximately 80%

[3:16:00] complete with full construction

[3:16:01] scheduled to be completed this

[3:16:04] summer.

[3:16:05] Community, as I'm sure you guys

[3:16:09] know is is very eager and would

[3:16:10] love to have a celebration a

[3:16:10] community celebration to

[3:16:14] commemorate that achievement.

[3:16:15] Major amenities such as

[3:16:19] the Skate park play areas,

[3:16:20] picnic shelters and basketball

[3:16:24] courts are already

[3:16:25] substantially completed And I

[3:16:29] will say that the stronger

[3:16:30] lobbying I've ever received was

[3:16:30] from the skater kids of San

[3:16:35] Ysidro or Cesar Solis Park

[3:16:35] which is my local park where I

[3:16:39] take my daughter is always just

[3:16:40] completely packed and I know of

[3:16:44] people that come from other

[3:16:45] parts of District eight just to

[3:16:45] go skate there.

[3:16:49] So this skating facility is

[3:16:49] absolutely going to be very

[3:16:54] well received.

[3:16:54] You didn't show The View but

[3:16:58] The View is just spectacular.

[3:16:59] I don't think there's another

[3:17:00] maybe Keep Sessions is a close

[3:17:03] but that view is going to be

[3:17:04] amazing And I would be remiss

[3:17:07] if I didn't think Casa Familia

[3:17:08] are our local nonprofit there

[3:17:09] in San Ysidro who has been

[3:17:12] steadfast to get this park to

[3:17:13] come to fruition And also I

[3:17:18] often am very critical of

[3:17:18] the mayor's office and of

[3:17:23] the mayor and this is one of

[3:17:23] the things that I commend him

[3:17:27] on him and I very much align

[3:17:28] when it comes to parks while in

[3:17:29] the mayor's office is doing a

[3:17:32] fantastic job I keep on pushing

[3:17:33] certain audit showed that we

[3:17:37] need to push more and I think

[3:17:38] this is an example of of how we

[3:17:38] need to continue to push more

[3:17:42] in residents need to continue

[3:17:42] to ask us for more especially

[3:17:46] when it comes to the Prop 68

[3:17:47] funding which this park will

[3:17:51] receive.

[3:17:51] So this contract amendment is

[3:17:52] critical to maintaining

[3:17:55] momentum by extending

[3:17:56] the contract and increasing

[3:17:57] capacity the city's going to be

[3:18:00] able to advertise via park face

[3:18:01] to this summer with

[3:18:04] construction anticipated to be

[3:18:05] completed in the summer of

[3:18:05] 2028.

[3:18:06] I think I've said enough.

[3:18:09] I'm just overjoyed that this

[3:18:14] park is going to just actually

[3:18:15] happen which I'm very excited

[3:18:15] about.

[3:18:19] So I'm very proud to move this

[3:18:20] item forward and take another

[3:18:21] step towards fully delivering

[3:18:24] by our park for the San Isidro

[3:18:24] community.

[3:18:25] So that was a motion council

[3:18:29] PRESIDENT And that concludes my

[3:18:29] comments.

[3:18:30] >> Thank you.

[3:18:30] All right.

[3:18:30] Thank you.

[3:18:31] So we do have a motion by

[3:18:32] COUNCILMAN Moreno to move

[3:18:34] the staff recommendation and I

[3:18:34] think Councilmember Foster had

[3:18:38] his finger up first.

[3:18:39] So we'll give the second to

[3:18:43] Councilmember Foster and not

[3:18:44] see anybody else on the line.

[3:18:50] >> We sir we have most of my

[3:18:51] Councilmember Moreno second by

[3:18:52] Councilmember Foster to move

[3:18:52] the staff recommendation.

[3:18:58] Please call the roll clerk.

[3:18:58] I'm sorry The voting system

[3:18:59] Please cast your vote And that

[3:19:03] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with

[3:19:03] Councilmember you and

[3:19:04] Councilmember Campbell absent.

[3:19:05] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[3:19:08] All right.

[3:19:08] Thank you.

[3:19:09] And I think I've seen staff

[3:19:09] with bigger smiles on their

[3:19:11] face And this afternoon well

[3:19:11] deserved.

[3:19:16] Well done.

[3:19:17] >> All right.

[3:19:17] As a reminder we took public

[3:19:18] non agenda public comment in

[3:19:22] person this morning so now we

[3:19:23] will go to virtual non agenda

[3:19:26] public comment They said I

[3:19:27] would be able to do it I just

[3:19:28] want to be that's what they

[3:19:29] made me turn it in earlier

[3:19:31] report because they lied to me

[3:19:32] and said it was no action this

[3:19:33] morning which is a violation of

[3:19:36] my rights to be able to do

[3:19:37] today this morning that I would

[3:19:37] be able to do it.

[3:19:38] That's why I went back there

[3:19:40] and put it on there.

[3:19:41] But I have to put in this

[3:19:42] motion under GOD so that I can

[3:19:43] do what I have to do and go

[3:19:45] home.

[3:19:46] Okay.

[3:19:46] We took in-person knowledge,

[3:19:50] knowledge and public comment

[3:19:51] and speak to them very nicely.

[3:19:51] Okay sir I understand

[3:19:55] downstairs would not let me

[3:19:56] come in here to stop me from

[3:19:56] being able to free myself Right

[3:20:00] now we're putting in my

[3:20:00] preamble and I have a right to

[3:20:01] put in my solvent solvent

[3:20:04] solvent.

[3:20:05] Can you come right here And you

[3:20:06] can not stop me from being able

[3:20:09] to do it?

[3:20:10] Yes I can, sir.

[3:20:11] I'm saying you're breaking

[3:20:11] the law.

[3:20:12] I'm not breaking the law, sir.

[3:20:14] I'm not going to have this

[3:20:15] conversation spoken with them

[3:20:15] to go and say it now.

[3:20:16] >> So what are you talking

[3:20:18] about?

[3:20:19] Why would you come over here

[3:20:20] and come right here and tell me

[3:20:20] that's what I would be doing?

[3:20:24] You don't remember that We can

[3:20:24] take some stuff and you could

[3:20:25] definitely call in virtually to

[3:20:26] knowledge in a public comment

[3:20:28] Or we can take your comments

[3:20:29] that are written down and we

[3:20:30] can distribute to the council

[3:20:33] That is all that we can do,

[3:20:34] sir, because it wouldn't be

[3:20:34] fair to everybody else.

[3:20:35] I will need to continue

[3:20:37] breaking the law.

[3:20:38] >> We can have you call in

[3:20:42] virtually This is only virtual

[3:20:42] or remote.

[3:20:43] >> I don't know right here.

[3:20:47] I know I'm asking for an

[3:20:48] accommodation under disability

[3:20:48] that I have to be here in

[3:20:51] person under the ada.

[3:20:52] I'm asking what the final form

[3:20:53] because it's not causing any

[3:20:56] hardship to anyone that you

[3:20:56] change your policies under

[3:20:57] the United States.

[3:21:00] 88 I'm asking you to allow me

[3:21:01] to do it because online is not

[3:21:06] appropriate for me because I'm

[3:21:06] just able to do it on in person

[3:21:10] And if you fail okay stop.

[3:21:11] Make your trip.

[3:21:11] Okay stop.

[3:21:12] Make your two minute comment

[3:21:13] and let us get on with the rest

[3:21:15] of the meeting.

[3:21:16] >> This is your third warning

[3:21:17] and you're not warning me.

[3:21:17] I'm just being honest.

[3:21:18] I'm being good today.

[3:21:20] Okay?

[3:21:21] You know I'm in here putting in

[3:21:21] an amendment right now.

[3:21:22] This is what it is.

[3:21:25] I'm going to play it for you

[3:21:25] one second.

[3:21:26] Just one minute because you

[3:21:26] didn't tell me I was going to

[3:21:29] get ready So I put mine on and

[3:21:30] I'll be here because I have to

[3:21:31] check my phone because I was

[3:21:34] trying to burn out my battery.

[3:21:34] >> I'm here putting it right

[3:21:35] here.

[3:21:35] My name is Tangela Bonner In

[3:21:38] the name of Jesus I deny myself

[3:21:39] and come here in the name of

[3:21:40] Jesus and under the Church of

[3:21:43] God is the Holy See one and

[3:21:46] the owner of Tantalus be one

[3:21:47] one at Icloud.Com and the owner

[3:21:51] of Tangela A.K.A Orange Juice

[3:21:52] and the Son of GOD Tangela So

[3:21:54] here I am I will be putting in

[3:21:59] this motion to the Congress of

[3:22:00] the United States the PRESIDENT

[3:22:01] Of the United States, to

[3:22:06] the nation and to the people as

[3:22:11] the head of GOD's church I

[3:22:12] minister to the people

[3:22:12] California Government Code

[3:22:21] Section 54950 and enacting this

[3:22:22] chapter the legislator finds

[3:22:22] and declares that the public

[3:22:26] commissions, boards and

[3:22:27] councils and the other public

[3:22:31] agencies in this state exist

[3:22:32] only to aid in the conduct of

[3:22:35] the people's business.

[3:22:36] It is the intent of the law

[3:22:40] that their actions be taken

[3:22:41] openly and that their

[3:22:41] deliberations be conducted

[3:22:45] openly And GOD is not a

[3:22:46] business to the people of this

[3:22:46] state.

[3:22:49] Do not yield their sovereignty

[3:22:54] to agencies which serve them.

[3:22:55] The people in delegating

[3:22:56] authority do not give their

[3:23:00] public servants the right to

[3:23:04] decide what is good for

[3:23:05] the people to know and what is

[3:23:06] good for the people to not know

[3:23:09] Have a right to know all

[3:23:10] the information insist on

[3:23:11] remaining in form so that they

[3:23:14] MAY retain control over

[3:23:14] the instrument that they have

[3:23:15] created For this chapter shall

[3:23:18] be known as the rules and Brown

[3:23:19] Act.

[3:23:23] We understand the power to do

[3:23:24] everything in a state without

[3:23:25] accountability to make laws to

[3:23:29] execute and to apply them to

[3:23:29] impose and collect taxes and

[3:23:34] levy contributions to make war

[3:23:38] or peace to form treaties a

[3:23:39] later time has included what we

[3:23:43] are now going to knowledge in a

[3:23:43] public comment virtual starting

[3:23:44] of the five minute time we're

[3:23:47] hearing in council chambers we

[3:23:48] currently have ten speakers in

[3:23:49] the queue starting with Becky

[3:23:49] Rapp.

[3:23:53] If you can please unmute Becky

[3:23:53] Rapp.

[3:23:53] Good afternoon.

[3:23:57] My name Are you leaving

[3:23:58] the room and I'm here Are you

[3:24:01] leaving Becky If you can wait

[3:24:01] one second.

[3:24:05] Yes it does not make okay

[3:24:06] gentlemen, take them out and I

[3:24:24] will leave So Becky, please

[3:24:24] proceed.

[3:24:28] >> Okay.

[3:24:29] Thank you.

[3:24:29] Good afternoon.

[3:24:30] My name's Becky Rapp and I'm

[3:24:30] here to talk about

[3:24:33] the marijuana tax revenue and

[3:24:33] accountability.

[3:24:34] San Diego has raised marijuana

[3:24:38] taxes yet the city continues to

[3:24:39] shortfall in projected revenues

[3:24:39] and faces ongoing budget

[3:24:43] deficits before asking

[3:24:44] residents or other sectors to

[3:24:44] pay more.

[3:24:47] The public deserves a clear

[3:24:48] answer to a basic question Are

[3:24:49] we actually collecting

[3:24:52] the taxes already owed?

[3:24:53] Marijuana remains largely a

[3:24:57] cash based industry fee that

[3:24:57] relies heavily on

[3:24:58] self-reporting.

[3:24:58] That creates real challenges

[3:25:02] for transparency and

[3:25:03] enforcement.

[3:25:03] How does the city verify that

[3:25:04] all sales are being reported

[3:25:07] accurately And if businesses

[3:25:08] are not paying what they owe

[3:25:09] are penalties and back taxes

[3:25:12] being fully collected and

[3:25:12] counted towards the budget?

[3:25:17] When an industry is cash heavy

[3:25:17] and oversaturated it becomes

[3:25:18] far too easy to sell out

[3:25:21] the front door and the back

[3:25:21] door.

[3:25:22] The city should also take an

[3:25:23] honest look at whether

[3:25:25] the marijuana market in San

[3:25:26] Diego is over licensed and

[3:25:27] oversaturated which strains

[3:25:31] enforcement resources and

[3:25:31] undermines revenue.

[3:25:32] San Diego cannot rely on a cash

[3:25:36] only self-reporting industry to

[3:25:37] help balance its budget without

[3:25:37] oversight and that means

[3:25:41] regular public audits,

[3:25:42] transparent reporting on unpaid

[3:25:42] taxes and penalties

[3:25:46] demonstrating to the public

[3:25:47] that marijuana taxes are being

[3:25:50] fully collected, enforced and

[3:25:51] accounted for.

[3:25:51] >> Thank you.

[3:25:52] Next is Terry and Scully If you

[3:25:56] can please unmute.

[3:25:57] After Terry and Blair and then

[3:26:00] Madison please proceed.

[3:26:01] >> Hello.

[3:26:01] Good afternoon.

[3:26:02] My name is Terry and Scully.

[3:26:02] I'm a planning group member, a

[3:26:05] parent and a community

[3:26:06] volunteer with school programs

[3:26:07] that serve youth especially

[3:26:10] those in need.

[3:26:11] Since we've completed the first

[3:26:12] semester of the school year

[3:26:15] already and we have begun

[3:26:16] the second semester, we have a

[3:26:16] good understanding of our needs

[3:26:17] of our young people.

[3:26:20] We recognize as the indications

[3:26:21] of mental health struggles of

[3:26:22] our students and hopefully

[3:26:25] the most severe form of mental

[3:26:25] health struggles student

[3:26:29] suicide ideation, personal

[3:26:30] mental health resources have

[3:26:34] been written more robustly into

[3:26:35] the school district's budget

[3:26:38] budgets These days it will take

[3:26:39] these dedicated resources and

[3:26:40] commitment from everyone at

[3:26:43] school and in the community

[3:26:44] including the decisions made at

[3:26:45] the city council level.

[3:26:49] Now more than ever we need

[3:26:49] the City Council to make a

[3:26:50] commitment to youth.

[3:26:54] We need enforcement of our laws

[3:26:54] against tobacco stores, vape

[3:26:55] shops and marijuana

[3:26:55] storefronts.

[3:26:59] Who's selling flavored products

[3:26:59] which is against your laws and

[3:27:04] the state's students need clear

[3:27:04] messages from all levels of

[3:27:05] city government regarding how

[3:27:08] to best handle problems that

[3:27:09] are not short term solutions.

[3:27:13] An example of such a message?

[3:27:17] Drugs are never the answer not

[3:27:17] alcohol, not tobacco, not

[3:27:22] vaping, not marijuana or abuse

[3:27:23] of prescription drugs.

[3:27:23] This would show your commitment

[3:27:27] to prevention and to our youth.

[3:27:28] Perhaps an example of this

[3:27:32] commitment would be the removal

[3:27:33] of marijuana billboards around

[3:27:33] the city.

[3:27:37] Thank you for hearing my

[3:27:37] concerns this afternoon.

[3:27:38] >> Thank you.

[3:27:38] Next is Blair Beckerman.

[3:27:42] If you can please unmute after

[3:27:42] that Madison and Michael

[3:27:43] Schmidt.

[3:27:43] >> blair Okay.

[3:27:46] Thank you.

[3:27:47] Beekman.

[3:27:47] Thanks for the meeting today.

[3:27:51] Thank you for the patience you

[3:27:52] had with the public.

[3:27:52] Speaker I felt he actually

[3:27:56] asked in very legal terms and

[3:27:57] you guys responded nicely and

[3:28:01] really patiently.

[3:28:02] Thank you for that.

[3:28:03] I hope that he was escorted out

[3:28:06] today that he can be it can be

[3:28:06] safe for him to leave and he

[3:28:10] can be okay.

[3:28:11] He has the skills to practice

[3:28:16] the process here and I hope we

[3:28:16] can.

[3:28:17] It takes a lot of effort to how

[3:28:18] how to practice it and good

[3:28:21] luck that he can be willing to

[3:28:21] want to work within our

[3:28:25] practices and that way we all

[3:28:26] can be open to trying to work

[3:28:26] together.

[3:28:30] It takes effort and time to

[3:28:30] thank Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[3:28:34] for his patience with myself

[3:28:35] that I am a little broad and

[3:28:35] anecdotal.

[3:28:39] He does ask for specifics and I

[3:28:40] try to offer those specifics

[3:28:44] and it's nice to go back and

[3:28:45] forth figuring out that middle

[3:28:45] ground between us.

[3:28:49] >> Thank you And our continued

[3:28:49] efforts to find that.

[3:28:50] I wanted to comment that Paul

[3:28:54] Krueger offered some really

[3:28:55] important public comment

[3:28:55] earlier today at the light

[3:28:56] session.

[3:28:59] I in person session that really

[3:29:00] impressed me that he said

[3:29:04] parking is simply going to

[3:29:05] the general fund issues that

[3:29:05] he's been saying that for

[3:29:08] months now We have to be really

[3:29:09] honest and clear how government

[3:29:10] asks the community about our

[3:29:13] issues.

[3:29:14] I think the same things are

[3:29:15] take accountability.

[3:29:18] You know it's a practice we

[3:29:19] have We're at a time and a

[3:29:20] place to practice that more

[3:29:24] easily and clearly and more

[3:29:24] trusting and to not fear it.

[3:29:28] And so good luck.

[3:29:28] We do that together.

[3:29:29] It's really important to hear

[3:29:33] good information between each

[3:29:33] other and to have good back.

[3:29:37] That's how you do public safety

[3:29:38] .

[3:29:38] That's how you build best

[3:29:42] practices and how to community

[3:29:42] Good luck.

[3:29:43] We really are working towards

[3:29:47] those efforts and thanks for

[3:29:47] everyone's efforts today.

[3:29:48] >> Thank you.

[3:29:52] Thank you.

[3:29:52] Next is Madison if you can

[3:29:55] please unmute after that is

[3:29:56] Zoom user and then 30 Suri.

[3:29:57] >> All right thank you for

[3:30:01] the opportunity to speak today.

[3:30:01] I'm a mother of young children

[3:30:02] and like many parents when I

[3:30:06] buckle my kids into the car I

[3:30:06] assume that the road around us

[3:30:09] is reasonably safe But

[3:30:10] the science on cannabis

[3:30:11] impaired driving tells us that

[3:30:14] assumption is becoming harder

[3:30:14] to make.

[3:30:15] A major review published just

[3:30:16] this month in the journal

[3:30:19] Current Addiction Reports

[3:30:19] examined the most recent

[3:30:20] research on how cannabis

[3:30:24] affects driving.

[3:30:24] The findings were clear and

[3:30:25] consistent cannabis products

[3:30:29] containing thc impair driving

[3:30:29] performance.

[3:30:33] This isn't speculation or

[3:30:34] outdated data It's based on

[3:30:35] controlled experimental studies

[3:30:38] conducted over the last five

[3:30:38] years.

[3:30:39] The review found that

[3:30:43] impairment occurs quickly most

[3:30:44] strongly within the first hour

[3:30:47] after use and can last 4 to 5

[3:30:48] hours after inhalation During

[3:30:51] that time drivers show reduced

[3:30:52] reaction time impaired

[3:30:57] attention and poorer lane

[3:30:57] control skills that are

[3:31:01] critical to preventing crashes

[3:31:02] Even more concerning

[3:31:02] participants in these studies

[3:31:06] often felt ready and willing to

[3:31:07] drive shortly after using

[3:31:07] cannabis despite objective

[3:31:11] evidence that their driving

[3:31:11] ability was impaired.

[3:31:12] In other words, people don't

[3:31:16] reliably perceive when they are

[3:31:16] unsafe to drive the risks

[3:31:20] increase further when cannabis

[3:31:21] is combined with alcohol.

[3:31:22] The review found additive

[3:31:25] effects meaning the impairment

[3:31:26] is worse than either substance

[3:31:26] alone.

[3:31:30] This combination significantly

[3:31:31] amplifies danger on the road as

[3:31:35] access to high potency cannabis

[3:31:36] products expands.

[3:31:37] Our policies must keep pace

[3:31:40] with the science protecting

[3:31:41] public safety especially

[3:31:44] children, pedestrians and other

[3:31:45] drivers requires a system to

[3:31:49] measure impairment levels from

[3:31:49] cannabis use which

[3:31:50] unfortunately doesn't exist

[3:31:50] yet.

[3:31:54] This could be something you

[3:31:55] could look into for our road

[3:31:55] safety.

[3:31:55] Thank you.

[3:31:56] Thank you.

[3:32:00] Zoom user if you can please

[3:32:00] unmute.

[3:32:01] After that there 24 and then

[3:32:03] Judy Strain.

[3:32:04] >> All right.

[3:32:04] Hello everyone.

[3:32:05] I hope I can lighten the mood.

[3:32:08] That was a lot.

[3:32:09] I'm not here to cause any

[3:32:10] problems and I really just hope

[3:32:13] I can make your day better.

[3:32:14] My name is Eve and I would like

[3:32:15] to read you a poem that we

[3:32:15] wrote.

[3:32:18] Have a heart this Valentine's

[3:32:19] Day.

[3:32:23] Roses are red, violets are blue

[3:32:23] .

[3:32:24] We are San Diego And just like

[3:32:24] you.

[3:32:25] We are seniors, disabled

[3:32:29] families with kids just trying

[3:32:29] to get by.

[3:32:30] Moved into our rv's when

[3:32:32] the rents got too high.

[3:32:33] We are drowning in tickets We

[3:32:34] can't afford to pay or pay

[3:32:38] the gas to drive to barracks

[3:32:38] each day.

[3:32:39] You knock at three and give us

[3:32:42] a fright.

[3:32:43] We want just want respect not

[3:32:43] to be ticketed at night.

[3:32:48] Please don't take our RVs and

[3:32:48] put us in the streets.

[3:32:51] Please don't take our food.

[3:32:52] We too need to eat.

[3:32:53] We are San Diegans just like

[3:32:56] you.

[3:32:57] It's no crime to be poor for

[3:32:58] our children's futures.

[3:33:01] Have some compassion.

[3:33:02] We implore We ask you to listen

[3:33:02] and treat us true.

[3:33:06] What if this happened to your

[3:33:07] family?

[3:33:07] Could you put your foot in

[3:33:11] the other's shoe?

[3:33:11] I just would like to tell you

[3:33:12] our demands.

[3:33:16] We would like no ticketing for

[3:33:16] nighttime parking If designated

[3:33:20] lots are unreasonable or

[3:33:20] inaccessible for an individual

[3:33:24] rv resident Number two no

[3:33:25] excessive fines for parking

[3:33:25] citations.

[3:33:29] We can't afford to pay.

[3:33:29] Number three no more poverty

[3:33:30] toes of our vehicle homes.

[3:33:34] Number four nothing about us

[3:33:34] without us.

[3:33:37] Number five It really would be

[3:33:38] great if we could have a seat

[3:33:41] at the table to delegate.

[3:33:42] You know I'm in the trenches

[3:33:43] every day living in my little

[3:33:46] travel trailer and I've lived

[3:33:47] outside.

[3:33:47] I've eaten out of trash cans.

[3:33:51] I slept on the streets under

[3:33:51] stairwells and I came back from

[3:33:52] all of that.

[3:33:53] And now I'm being ticketed and

[3:33:56] criminal for living in my

[3:33:57] little 13 foot scamp.

[3:34:00] All I want to do is see my

[3:34:01] daughter and be with her.

[3:34:02] That's all I want to do.

[3:34:02] Thank you for your time.

[3:34:06] We also made you homemade

[3:34:06] valentines so thank you and I

[3:34:10] hope you enjoy them.

[3:34:11] Thank you.

[3:34:11] 1384 If you can please unmute

[3:34:12] after that duty string and then

[3:34:17] zoom user Hi.

[3:34:18] >> Ernie Casco Senior Lawyer

[3:34:20] Resident Pilot Torrey Pines

[3:34:26] Airport plant is well

[3:34:26] documented.

[3:34:30] We had a pretty good flow in

[3:34:30] San Diego recreational waiver

[3:34:31] that would end the dispute.

[3:34:35] If you're rejecting the San

[3:34:36] Diego recreational waiver Joe

[3:34:36] LaCava it's time for

[3:34:40] transparency to stop

[3:34:41] the corruption within your own

[3:34:41] administration.

[3:34:45] Your leaseholder is caught.

[3:34:46] It is illegal to turn our

[3:34:46] freedom into a privilege for a

[3:34:50] license and a fee under any

[3:34:50] terms, circumstances or

[3:34:51] conditions.

[3:34:54] I should not be forced to side

[3:34:55] a leaseholder waiver when your

[3:34:59] city liability is already

[3:34:59] covered by California

[3:35:00] recreational laws.

[3:35:04] The proposed San Diego

[3:35:04] recreational waiver only serves

[3:35:05] as a second certificate

[3:35:09] ensuring the city is not held

[3:35:14] liable which includes a pilot

[3:35:15] tree rating skill needed to fly

[3:35:19] safely which is recognized

[3:35:19] globally.

[3:35:20] The San Diego recreational

[3:35:23] waiver stops the city

[3:35:24] leaseholder internal corruption

[3:35:28] by revising the permanent

[3:35:29] reinstatement of the Torrey

[3:35:33] Pines Glider Port Advisory

[3:35:34] Board as a proven solution that

[3:35:38] is needed for oversight and

[3:35:38] public safety.

[3:35:39] That ends the dispute.

[3:35:43] The San Diego recreational

[3:35:43] waiver secures city

[3:35:44] liabilities, restores

[3:35:48] recreational freedom and

[3:35:48] addresses the victim and

[3:35:49] witnesses who have been damaged

[3:35:53] and assaulted within a timely

[3:35:53] fashion.

[3:35:54] It's a win for city liability

[3:35:57] Restores our recreational

[3:35:58] rights and freedoms for years

[3:35:58] to come.

[3:36:02] And then at least the best

[3:36:03] vision the city council and you

[3:36:07] can make Joe LaCava If you want

[3:36:08] me to walk away while you

[3:36:11] blatantly rob America City

[3:36:12] Council is still liable and

[3:36:13] needs to address the victim.

[3:36:17] And witnesses who have been

[3:36:17] damaged and assaulted.

[3:36:21] >> Thank you.

[3:36:22] >> Next is Judy Strang if you

[3:36:23] can please unmute.

[3:36:26] There is also six speakers in

[3:36:27] the queue when the five minute

[3:36:28] timer concluded there's four at

[3:36:28] this time.

[3:36:31] No additional speakers will be

[3:36:31] taken.

[3:36:34] Judy Strang Then zoom user then

[3:36:34] 7499.

[3:36:35] >> Yes, hello.

[3:36:39] Good afternoon San Diego City

[3:36:39] Council.

[3:36:40] Thank you for your kindness to

[3:36:44] those of us who are speaking to

[3:36:44] you today.

[3:36:45] It didn't go unrecognized by

[3:36:45] me.

[3:36:49] I wanted to add to

[3:36:50] the proclamations that FEBRUARY

[3:36:54] is American heart month and

[3:36:55] that the county yesterday just

[3:36:59] proclaimed their Love Your

[3:36:59] Heart campaign something

[3:37:00] they've done for the last 15

[3:37:03] years and they tried to make

[3:37:04] available blood pressure and

[3:37:07] pressure measuring machines to

[3:37:08] people especially those in

[3:37:09] particular need.

[3:37:13] They point out that heart

[3:37:13] disease remains the leading

[3:37:14] cause of death in the United

[3:37:18] States and in Mexico and

[3:37:18] the second leading cause of

[3:37:19] death here in San Diego County.

[3:37:23] And the numbers of people

[3:37:23] involved here in San Diego

[3:37:27] County help with heart disease

[3:37:28] has risen over the last year.

[3:37:32] They point out that unfortunate

[3:37:33] this greatest burden of heart

[3:37:37] disease is carried by our black

[3:37:38] residents.

[3:37:42] And it's important to remember

[3:37:43] that one of the very important

[3:37:47] conditions of conditions that

[3:37:51] causes heart disease is smoking

[3:37:52] and vaping.

[3:37:53] American Heart put out in their

[3:37:57] journal yesterday this

[3:37:57] information Smoking and vaping

[3:37:58] cannabis poses significant risk

[3:38:02] to cardiovascular their health

[3:38:02] with studies showing that

[3:38:03] chronic use reduces blood

[3:38:07] vessel function to a level

[3:38:08] comparable to tobacco smoking

[3:38:12] cannabis insulation regardless

[3:38:12] of the method is associated

[3:38:13] with increased heart rate blood

[3:38:17] pressure artery stiffness.

[3:38:18] They firmly share this

[3:38:21] information regarding the value

[3:38:22] of good help heart health.

[3:38:26] This map Thank you zoom user if

[3:38:31] you can please on mute and then

[3:38:32] 7499 and our last speaker is

[3:38:32] Christine.

[3:38:36] >> Thanks for taking my call

[3:38:36] Henry here.

[3:38:37] That was a touching poem by

[3:38:38] that homeless lady Man that was

[3:38:40] very cool.

[3:38:41] Yeah.

[3:38:41] Think of public safety and

[3:38:42] parks.

[3:38:45] I wonder if you guys could

[3:38:46] install dog drinking fountains

[3:38:46] and all the new drinking

[3:38:50] fountains you have Because a

[3:38:51] lot of the parks now are

[3:38:51] the older parks The dogs drink

[3:38:56] out of the human drinking

[3:38:56] fountains.

[3:38:57] They get up there and start

[3:39:00] Licking Island and stuff and

[3:39:00] everybody has dogs.

[3:39:01] The county has those dog

[3:39:05] drinking fountains down below

[3:39:05] the water goes in them, push

[3:39:06] the button and the dogs can

[3:39:10] drink out of there.

[3:39:11] That'd be kind of a good thing

[3:39:11] to Future Park Maybe the buyer

[3:39:15] park can get some of those dog

[3:39:15] drinking parks.

[3:39:20] And also I wonder, you know,

[3:39:20] Mission Bay Park was made by

[3:39:23] guys after World War Two.

[3:39:24] We diverted the San Diego River

[3:39:28] and made a big channel and made

[3:39:28] a huge park.

[3:39:29] It's all man made.

[3:39:32] How about if we take

[3:39:33] the Tijuana Open sewer and make

[3:39:37] that the sand You see, dro Bay

[3:39:42] Park will slip a big canal

[3:39:43] right into the ocean and

[3:39:47] emulate Mission Bay Park right

[3:39:47] .

[3:39:48] And sand you see draw down

[3:39:48] there.

[3:39:48] It'll be great.

[3:39:51] We give a lot of the land to

[3:39:52] those guys that live in San

[3:39:52] Isidro.

[3:39:53] They'll work it.

[3:39:56] They'll dredge it out because

[3:39:57] it's a mess, man All the sand

[3:39:58] in there we use for concrete

[3:40:01] we're looking for gold down

[3:40:02] there and we'll name the will

[3:40:06] name the thing in the middle

[3:40:06] instead of Fiesta Island.

[3:40:07] Hopefully they'll name it

[3:40:11] Island name for a cultural

[3:40:11] thing instead of the island.

[3:40:15] It'll be Islands.

[3:40:16] Well, it's sand and they can do

[3:40:20] dirt bikes and it would be

[3:40:21] beautiful down there.

[3:40:22] The real estate would go like

[3:40:25] crazy, you know that would be a

[3:40:26] jewel 30 years from that better

[3:40:29] part.

[3:40:30] We could do that in three years

[3:40:31] if you really got it together

[3:40:34] and did it anyway.

[3:40:35] Have a good day but goodbye.

[3:40:35] Thank you.

[3:40:38] 7499 If you can please unmute

[3:40:39] and then our final speaker will

[3:40:41] be Christine.

[3:40:42] 7499.

[3:40:51] My apologies Bob Kozinski here

[3:40:52] During this morning session MR.

[3:40:56] Casco again asked about

[3:40:56] the implementation of a waiver

[3:40:57] at the Torrey Pines Glider port

[3:41:01] and Joe LaCava replied

[3:41:01] something to the effect that

[3:41:02] the city rejected that waiver.

[3:41:06] Wow.

[3:41:07] When did that happen?

[3:41:07] Joe LaCava Was there a city

[3:41:08] council meeting about

[3:41:11] the glider part waiver that I

[3:41:11] missed and exactly who rejected

[3:41:12] that waiver?

[3:41:16] Joe LaCava Did this council

[3:41:16] hold some kind of a backdoor

[3:41:17] meeting or communication in

[3:41:21] violation of the Brown Act?

[3:41:21] Is there a shadow government

[3:41:22] making these decisions behind

[3:41:25] our backs?

[3:41:26] Let the record show that

[3:41:27] the County of Los Angeles has

[3:41:30] been using a hang gliding

[3:41:31] waiver at Dockweiler State

[3:41:31] Beach since 2017.

[3:41:35] That will be a decade next

[3:41:35] year.

[3:41:36] In fact both MR. Casco and

[3:41:37] myself have flown under those

[3:41:40] dockweiler waivers and we've

[3:41:41] both written our proposed

[3:41:42] Torrey Pines waivers patterned

[3:41:45] exactly after that highly

[3:41:46] successful dockweiler waiver.

[3:41:46] The Dockweiler waiver was

[3:41:50] approved by the Los Angeles

[3:41:51] County Legal Department back in

[3:41:51] 2017 and our proposed Torrey

[3:41:55] Pines waivers are almost word

[3:41:56] for word identical to it.

[3:42:00] But somehow Joe LaCava

[3:42:00] announces today that

[3:42:01] the proposed Torrey Pines

[3:42:05] waivers have been quote unquote

[3:42:05] good.

[3:42:06] How did that happen?

[3:42:09] Joel LaCava Where is the record

[3:42:10] of this city council rejecting

[3:42:14] a Torrey Pines waiver and which

[3:42:14] council members voted for or

[3:42:15] against that waiver?

[3:42:19] Joe LaCava You, Joe LaCava know

[3:42:20] the answers to those questions.

[3:42:24] You know that there is no

[3:42:24] record of such a rejection

[3:42:25] because it never happened.

[3:42:29] Instead you Joe LaCava has just

[3:42:29] pocket vetoed that proposed

[3:42:30] waiver because it's not aligned

[3:42:34] with your own agenda to keep a

[3:42:37] private business in 100%

[3:42:38] control of our public city

[3:42:38] park.

[3:42:42] Are you the Manchurian

[3:42:43] Candidate in San Diego?

[3:42:47] Joe LaCava.

[3:42:52] Your comments And that

[3:42:52] concludes an agenda Public

[3:42:56] comment for this meeting.

[3:42:57] >> Thank you.

[3:42:58] We will now adjourn Council to

[3:42:58] the next regularly scheduled

[3:43:01] council meeting on Monday

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