[11:41] then

[14:52] the change is ready.

[14:52] >> All right.

[14:53] Good morning.

[14:53] I will now call the Special

[14:54] City Council meeting on

[14:56] Wednesday, MAY 20th, 2026 to

[14:57] order Clerk Please call

[14:57] the roll.

[14:58] >> Thank you.

[15:01] Council PRESIDENT Council

[15:02] Member Campbell Council Member

[15:02] Whitburn here Council Member

[15:07] Foster You're Council Member

[15:07] Ron Wilber Council PRESIDENT

[15:12] Pro Tem Lee Council Member Can

[15:16] you hear COUNCILMAN Moreno?

[15:17] Council Member Ellen Rivera and

[15:17] Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[15:20] present also attending

[15:21] the meeting or Assistant City

[15:22] Attorney Michelle Garland

[15:22] Independent Budget Analyst

[15:26] Charles Mollica Council Affairs

[15:26] Advisor in the Mayor's office

[15:27] Curtis Iser and myself your

[15:28] city clerk Diana Fuentes Thank

[15:28] you.

[15:30] Council PRESIDENT All right,

[15:30] Thank you.

[15:31] With that a quorum is now

[15:32] present So Clerk please go over

[15:35] how the public can offer their

[15:35] testimony.

[15:36] >> Thank you.

[15:36] I'd like to highlight the slide

[15:37] on the screen that reviews how

[15:39] the public can offer their

[15:40] public testimony during this

[15:41] evening During this morning's

[15:44] meeting the order can be found

[15:45] on the agenda summary found

[15:45] online or at the table in

[15:46] the back of the room.

[15:49] If you're in person, please

[15:50] complete a speaker slip look at

[15:50] the entrance of chambers and

[15:51] bring it to the front of

[15:51] the room.

[15:54] Council ambassadors are

[15:54] available near the entrance of

[15:55] chambers and can assist with

[15:56] questions and speakers Lips no

[15:58] further in-person testimony

[15:59] will be taken once the council

[16:00] begins Virtual Testimony Thank

[16:03] you Council PRESIDENT All

[16:03] right.

[16:04] Thank you.

[16:04] With that we will now proceed

[16:05] with the approval of

[16:08] the consent agenda and request

[16:09] to pull an item off the consent

[16:09] agenda.

[16:13] Not seen any such request.

[16:14] >> Clerk Please proceed with

[16:14] public comment.

[16:15] Thank you.

[16:17] Council PRESIDENT We do have

[16:18] one speaker here.

[16:22] It's item 600.

[16:22] Item 600 is on the consent

[16:23] agenda.

[16:23] Jeffrey Shuter, if you can

[16:26] please come forward.

[16:26] You'll have one minute.

[16:27] Please proceed.

[16:27] Thank you.

[16:31] Council members, I just wanted

[16:32] to say I appreciate

[16:32] the thoughtful compromise that

[16:36] was reached at the MAY 7th

[16:36] meeting.

[16:37] I think it's put it in a place

[16:41] where we can proceed forward at

[16:42] sandag with determination of

[16:42] what the transit stops will be

[16:45] for sb 79.

[16:46] The only thing I will say is a

[16:50] lot of the debate revolved

[16:54] around proposition that there

[16:55] are 48 additional bus stops and

[16:58] that should have been included

[17:02] in the sb 79 map.

[17:03] We have actually gone through

[17:03] in detail what those arguments

[17:08] were and submitted it as a

[17:08] public comment today So you

[17:09] don't have to listen to we go

[17:12] through all five pages of it

[17:13] and I just hope that people

[17:13] look at that.

[17:16] And one of the things that's

[17:17] important is sb 79 is a transit

[17:21] oriented development bill.

[17:21] It's not a general housing bill

[17:22] And if the goal of this is to

[17:26] push development in the single

[17:27] family neighborhoods, we have

[17:27] other tools for that.

[17:28] >> Thank you.

[17:31] Thank you.

[17:31] >> Start the five minute time

[17:32] recording of those

[17:33] participating remotely starting

[17:34] with heck.

[17:39] Hector if you can please unmute

[17:39] .

[17:40] >> Thanks for taking my call.

[17:44] I think we should ignore this

[17:45] bill 79 Bill State law You guys

[17:49] are ignoring the federal laws

[17:50] and the immigration guys so why

[17:54] should we our city is big

[17:54] enough to determine our own

[17:58] zoning laws right now in

[17:59] Claremont that up on Claremont

[17:59] Drive there's like a four story

[18:03] a new right off in a great

[18:04] neighborhood And for some

[18:08] reason that slipped in.

[18:08] We are ignorant and all that

[18:12] stuff happened but we're big

[18:13] enough to just ignore the bill

[18:17] and move on with our own zoning

[18:18] laws like we had in the past.

[18:21] They seem to be working pretty

[18:22] good and there's poverty.

[18:23] There's also enough housing

[18:26] being built.

[18:27] Here's just people that can't

[18:30] afford them because there's

[18:31] 100,000 illegal aliens living

[18:32] in our county and when they

[18:35] leave it's going to lower

[18:36] the rent for a lot of people.

[18:40] So if we go that rapid

[18:40] deportation plan that Trump's

[18:44] going to come come through with

[18:45] after he takes over Cuba, he's

[18:46] going to turn hopefully

[18:49] the time has concluded.

[18:50] Next is 8700.

[18:54] If you can please unmute.

[18:55] Thank you, Joy.

[18:59] Senator Yes two phased in

[19:04] implementation prior to broader

[19:05] implementation plus exemptions

[19:10] exemption of areas outside of

[19:10] one mile walk from Cody Jodi

[19:14] stop this is from me just to

[19:14] add thought to it.

[19:18] Please look at the end.

[19:19] Look for our application.

[19:20] Please look at the ministerial

[19:24] process and projects.

[19:24] The word ministerial is used a

[19:25] lot.

[19:29] Ministerial public input.

[19:29] None No public hearings or

[19:34] neighbor No vacations are

[19:34] required and the timeline is

[19:38] fast and predictable so please

[19:42] use your due diligence on sb 17

[19:43] nine process.

[19:43] It's a big deal.

[19:48] It's an important deal and I

[19:48] appreciate all of your work on

[19:49] all levels so up to all thank

[19:49] you.

[19:53] >> This item did receive one

[19:53] comment in favor and one

[19:54] comment in opposition b r e

[19:55] comment form which has been

[19:57] distributed to the council and

[19:58] that concludes public comment

[19:58] on the consent agenda.

[19:59] All right.

[20:01] Thank you City Clerk Without

[20:02] turning over to my council

[20:03] colleagues questions comments

[20:03] entertain a motion and we'll

[20:04] start with council member

[20:06] Lipman.

[20:07] Thank you very much.

[20:08] Council PRESIDENT I will move

[20:08] the consent agenda.

[20:10] This is the second reading of

[20:11] this item so I'll be brief.

[20:12] At the first reading I proposed

[20:15] amending the ordinance to

[20:16] reflect that the bus corridors

[20:17] on Park Boulevard and

[20:20] University Avenue at Alcohol

[20:21] Boulevard long stretches of

[20:22] which fall within my district

[20:25] should be included as qualified

[20:26] transit oriented development

[20:26] stops.

[20:27] Thank you to my colleagues for

[20:30] working with me on that.

[20:31] We ultimately removed specific

[20:32] language calling out specific

[20:35] stops leaving get to said that

[20:36] to determine I supported that

[20:36] outcome.

[20:37] I do want to be clear about

[20:39] where I stand.

[20:40] I believe that those corridors

[20:41] do qualify and my office will

[20:45] be communicating that directly

[20:46] to said that get happy to move

[20:49] the consent agenda.

[20:50] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[20:50] right.

[20:51] Thank you Council members we

[20:52] have Council member Whitburn

[20:54] moving in The consent agenda

[20:54] will go to Council member

[20:58] Foster Yes, thank you Council

[20:59] PRESIDENT I was not here for

[21:03] the last hearing.

[21:07] I do understand this is a

[21:08] second reading but if I can

[21:08] have some clarification as to

[21:12] why that change was done based

[21:17] on what I reviewed of

[21:17] the hearing it seemed like

[21:21] there was sound legal, a sound

[21:22] legal determination between

[21:23] planning and the city

[21:26] attorney's office in regards to

[21:27] the language that they

[21:27] originally developed.

[21:31] So can you explain to me what

[21:31] impact this actually has or

[21:34] what was it How this

[21:35] determination came about and

[21:40] why we landed here?

[21:44] And this is and also I'm asking

[21:45] because if I recall

[21:46] the original draft of

[21:50] the ordinance I believe as you

[21:54] highlighted or indicated what

[21:59] the bus stops were there was

[22:00] also the next line indicated

[22:04] that whatever sandag way

[22:05] the state bill is written, it's

[22:09] my understanding that sandag is

[22:10] the agency that will determine

[22:10] what those routes are and

[22:11] certain things And I thought

[22:14] there was another line that

[22:14] said the maps weren't done.

[22:15] As soon as sandag completes

[22:19] their maps and their routes

[22:19] then we would incorporate their

[22:20] determination At the end of

[22:23] the day.

[22:24] So can you explain to me

[22:25] overall what took place, how

[22:28] we're here?

[22:29] I will probably leave it to

[22:30] your council colleagues to

[22:34] explain, you know,

[22:34] the viewpoints and the debate

[22:35] that occurred at the council.

[22:38] However, what I will say is

[22:39] that the amendments that were

[22:44] made at council staff is

[22:44] supportive of because they have

[22:45] little effect moving forward.

[22:48] Staff had always planned to

[22:49] defer to the sandag map is that

[22:50] is what is specifically

[22:53] required by the state statute.

[22:58] >> Okay so that last so that

[22:59] last point that you made that

[23:03] the law does state that at

[23:03] the end of the day sandag does

[23:07] have that authority and that is

[23:08] how we would proceed as we are

[23:13] developing said plan, correct?

[23:13] Yes, that that is correct.

[23:14] We as the professional staff do

[23:17] community and coordinate with

[23:18] other agency staff and have

[23:22] been coordinating closely

[23:22] throughout this process.

[23:23] The maps that were presented

[23:27] was what our understanding was

[23:27] of the interpretation of

[23:28] the statute consistent with

[23:29] other agencies that we had

[23:32] coordinated with.

[23:32] But again Sendek has not yet

[23:33] released that map so I still

[23:36] cannot tell you with 100%

[23:37] certainty what that will look

[23:37] like.

[23:38] But what I can tell you is

[23:41] whatever it looks like is what

[23:42] city staff will incorporate.

[23:42] Okay.

[23:43] Thank you.

[23:47] And if I recall I'll turn to my

[23:48] colleague Councilmember Campo.

[23:49] I believe there was a line

[23:51] there was a point in

[23:51] the hearing where you

[23:56] essentially said the same

[23:56] thing.

[23:57] >> Is that correct?

[23:57] Well, I asked that question and

[23:58] they confirmed it.

[24:01] So yes, I was getting at

[24:02] the point that you're

[24:02] absolutely pointing to okay,

[24:03] thank you so much which is

[24:04] which is why I supported

[24:05] the motion.

[24:06] Okay.

[24:06] Thank you.

[24:09] I will conclude there and I

[24:09] will second the motion.

[24:10] >> All right.

[24:10] So thank you, sir.

[24:14] And if I can Heidi, I just want

[24:15] to thank you for your position

[24:22] in in proceeding in accordance

[24:23] with the statute and

[24:24] the provisions that will allow

[24:28] us to really take a look at

[24:29] areas to make sure that we are

[24:33] trying our best to account for

[24:33] any unintended consequences and

[24:34] what's in the best interest of

[24:37] the public.

[24:38] >> So thank you for your

[24:39] approach to this to this item.

[24:43] Thank you.

[24:43] All right.

[24:43] Thank you.

[24:44] So again, we do have a motion

[24:45] by councilmember and second by

[24:47] Councilmember Foster and will

[24:48] go to council PRESIDENT Pro Tem

[24:49] Lee take out the PRESIDENT Just

[24:51] to keep it simple, I

[24:52] unfortunately missed the first

[24:55] hearing on this item as we had

[24:55] our first budget town hall that

[24:56] evening in the community But

[25:00] just want to share my

[25:01] appreciation to my colleagues

[25:01] for I know this considerable

[25:05] amount of time was spent to try

[25:06] to work things out that evening

[25:06] and thank you to the team as

[25:09] well Given the timeline that we

[25:10] have to get this implemented

[25:10] and will share my support.

[25:14] >> Thank you.

[25:14] Sounds good and I'll see

[25:15] anybody else in the lights.

[25:18] I will also express my thanks

[25:23] to everyone despite some of

[25:23] the comments we heard that

[25:28] night and I've heard in other

[25:29] places sb 79 has very specific

[25:33] language and options for local

[25:33] jurisdictions and how to

[25:34] implement them.

[25:37] What we're doing is exactly

[25:38] implementing what sb 79 allows.

[25:42] It also had to be done under a

[25:43] very a bit of a compressed

[25:43] timeline.

[25:47] So I want to thank everyone

[25:47] that made this morning special

[25:48] hearing possible.

[25:52] Apparently how you calculate

[25:53] calendar days is critically

[25:53] important.

[25:57] And today was the magic day to

[25:58] both have the second reading

[26:02] and get it in place on our city

[26:03] books before the JULY 1st

[26:03] turnaround time.

[26:06] So thank you everyone.

[26:07] Thank you to my colleagues for

[26:08] making time for a special

[26:12] meeting on a Wednesday morning

[26:12] and clerk and my staff and just

[26:16] losing it and just everybody

[26:17] who made this possible.

[26:18] So with that we have a motion

[26:20] by Council member whitburn,

[26:21] the second by Council member

[26:22] Foster To move the consent

[26:22] agenda.

[26:23] Clerk Please call the roll I'm

[26:24] sorry the voting system Please

[26:34] cast your vote That passes

[26:35] unanimously 6 to 0 with Council

[26:35] member Ella Rivera Council

[26:38] Member Cantley I mean sorry

[26:39] Council member Van Wilpert and

[26:40] Council member Campbell absent.

[26:40] All right.

[26:41] Again thank you.

[26:43] Everybody is going to work Make

[26:44] this possible With that clerk

[26:47] please introduce item 601 Item

[26:48] 601 is the Transnet Local

[26:51] Street and Roads Program 2027

[26:52] Regional Transportation

[26:52] Improvement Program Artist

[26:55] Development and Fiscal Year 20

[26:56] 2720 2031 Program of Projects.

[27:01] If you'd like to speak on this

[27:01] item and you're here in council

[27:02] chambers now is the time to

[27:03] submit your speaker slip to

[27:06] the front of the room in

[27:06] the clear box.

[27:07] As a reminder no additional

[27:07] speakers will be taken in

[27:10] chambers once we go to virtual

[27:11] comments And now's the time If

[27:15] you're in virtual participation

[27:16] to raise your hand by pressing

[27:16] the raise your hand icon or

[27:17] star nine Thank you Council

[27:20] PRESIDENT All right Thank you.

[27:21] As a brief reminder, this was

[27:22] one of the items that was on

[27:25] the Monday afternoon docket

[27:26] that we canceled due to those

[27:30] unique circum stances and

[27:30] tragic circumstances of

[27:31] the day.

[27:35] We found a little bit of time

[27:36] to schedule it for this morning

[27:36] so I appreciate staff's

[27:40] patience in rescheduling this.

[27:40] So with that introduce

[27:41] yourselves for the record and

[27:42] let us know how much time you

[27:44] need.

[27:45] Good morning Council PRESIDENT

[27:45] And council members.

[27:46] My name's Naomi Chavis

[27:46] Transportation Department

[27:49] Interim director.

[27:50] Joining me today is Patrick

[27:51] uct, interim deputy director

[27:54] And we will need ten minutes

[27:55] for this presentation when

[27:55] you're ready.

[27:56] The item before you today

[27:59] includes the development of

[28:00] the 2027 Regional

[28:00] Transportation Improvement

[28:04] Program commonly known as

[28:05] the aatip as well as an update

[28:09] to the fiscal year 2027 to 2031

[28:09] program of projects.

[28:13] This item was direct docketed

[28:13] due to committee being

[28:14] adjourned and needs a signed

[28:15] resolution by JULY 1st.

[28:18] The Aatip is a multibillion

[28:18] dollar multi-year program of

[28:19] transportation projects that is

[28:22] managed by sandag and

[28:23] the Transnet revenue

[28:23] Allocations included in

[28:26] the aatip are based on

[28:27] the fiscal year 2027 proposed

[28:28] Transnet budget.

[28:32] With this I'll turn it over to

[28:33] Patrick to go over

[28:33] the presentation.

[28:34] >> Thank you.

[28:36] Naomi and good morning Council

[28:37] PRESIDENT LaCava and members of

[28:38] the City Council.

[28:42] This and presentation will

[28:43] first go over an overview of

[28:47] the Transnet Local Streets and

[28:47] road formula funding.

[28:51] Before diving into the fiscal

[28:51] year 26 status of Transnet

[28:54] funds then we will take an

[28:55] outlook on the 27 to 31 five

[28:55] year revenue forecast that

[29:00] sandag puts out once a year.

[29:03] And then we will have a look at

[29:03] the 2027 proposed Transnet

[29:04] budget and the specific project

[29:08] allocations that are being

[29:08] proposed.

[29:09] And we're ending this

[29:12] presentation with a overview of

[29:13] any budget adjustments that

[29:14] were processed in the current

[29:14] fiscal year using

[29:18] the appropriation ordinance.

[29:18] The chance that funding comes

[29:22] from a half cent local sales

[29:23] tax that is administered by

[29:24] sandag to fund local

[29:27] transportation projects

[29:28] consistent with the Regional

[29:29] Transportation Improvement

[29:29] Program.

[29:32] As the graph on the right side

[29:35] of the slide shows 29.1% of

[29:36] the net annual Transnet

[29:37] revenues are set aside for

[29:37] the local streets and road

[29:41] formula funds.

[29:41] This revenue gets distributed

[29:42] to 19 local jurisdictions of

[29:46] which the city of San Diego is

[29:47] one of them and receives a

[29:48] proportionate allocation of

[29:51] roughly 41% of the total

[29:51] funding.

[29:52] The Transnet Ordinance and

[29:56] sandag board Policy 31 require

[30:00] and required to spend at least

[30:00] 70% of the funding on

[30:04] congestion relief projects and

[30:04] no more than 30% on maintenance

[30:08] activities and about 1% on

[30:08] the program.

[30:09] Administration projects that

[30:13] receive Transnet funding must

[30:14] be programed into Aatip as a

[30:14] requirement to receive

[30:18] the funding and unlike the city

[30:19] of San Diego, the aatip is on a

[30:23] two year budget cycle and in

[30:24] fiscal year 2027 we are moving

[30:27] from the 2025 to the 2027

[30:27] aatip.

[30:32] >> This table shows an overview

[30:33] of the city's estimated revenue

[30:37] projections as well as our

[30:37] actuals and expenditures for

[30:38] fiscal year 2026 and to last

[30:42] for years of actuals.

[30:45] We started the fiscal year with

[30:46] a $40 million fund or cash

[30:47] balance that was at sandag

[30:50] which means these are budgeted

[30:51] Transnet funds but we haven't

[30:52] spent them down yet and

[30:56] Transnet funds get reimbursed

[30:56] to the city of San Diego at

[30:57] the same pace as we spent them

[31:00] And the Transportation

[31:01] Department in collaboration

[31:02] with the Department of Finance

[31:05] Process Monthly reimbursement

[31:05] requests equal to our actuals.

[31:09] We're projecting to have a

[31:10] disbursements by the end of

[31:14] this fiscal year in an amount

[31:15] of $49 million that would bring

[31:20] down our fund balance to 31.1

[31:23] million anticipating 48.1

[31:24] million of additional revenues

[31:28] this fiscal year That would be

[31:29] a decrease of 2% compared to

[31:32] the beginning fund balance This

[31:33] fiscal year And our goal is to

[31:34] continuously decrease our fund

[31:37] balance at sandag and through

[31:38] proper fund management and

[31:43] prioritization of the Transnet

[31:43] fund expenditures and decrease

[31:47] that fund balance even more.

[31:48] In this chart we can see how

[31:52] effectively our 19 local

[31:53] jurisdictions in San Diego

[31:57] spend their Transnet allocation

[31:57] .

[31:58] >> The graph shows that in

[32:02] comparison shows the annual

[32:03] Transnet revenue in comparison

[32:07] to the cash balance that

[32:08] the local jurisdictions hold a

[32:11] value of 100% would equal a

[32:16] cash balance of equal to the at

[32:16] the current fiscal years

[32:20] revenue And as you can see

[32:21] the city of San Diego has

[32:24] the third lowest cash balance

[32:25] with a 101% compared to their

[32:28] fiscal year 26 revenue.

[32:33] And this and charge we can see

[32:34] the five year Transnet revenue

[32:35] forecast that gets updated by

[32:38] sandag once a year and it is

[32:43] categorized by the required

[32:44] split between administration

[32:44] maintenance and congestion

[32:48] relief and funding is allocated

[32:48] via the budget development

[32:49] process.

[32:49] At the beginning of each fiscal

[32:53] year but it is important to

[32:54] note that sandag receives

[32:55] actual revenue on a monthly

[32:58] basis and some years budget

[32:59] adjustments might be required

[33:02] at the end of the fiscal year

[33:07] for fiscal year 2027

[33:07] the Transnet revenue is

[33:11] estimated to be $49.1 million

[33:12] followed in the required split

[33:13] between maintenance, congestion

[33:16] relief and administered Nation

[33:17] .

[33:19] We are proposing to allocate

[33:20] 14.6 4.6 million to maintenance

[33:21] activities that are related to

[33:25] street division 34 where 70%

[33:26] will be allocated to congestion

[33:30] relief activities of which 79%

[33:31] will go to the Capital

[33:35] Improvements program and that

[33:36] is also included in Attachment

[33:37] a and c on that report to

[33:40] Council.

[33:41] And 21% are our congestion

[33:45] relief activities that do not

[33:46] meet the capital threshold.

[33:46] >> On the next slide we will

[33:50] take a deeper dive into

[33:51] the allocation that will go to

[33:55] the chp So 14.8 million is

[33:55] proposed to go to street

[34:00] resurfacing of which 13.7

[34:01] million is for the in-house

[34:01] mill page project.

[34:05] 3.5 million will go to El

[34:09] Camino Rialto via De la Valle

[34:10] 3.2 million goes to the Choice

[34:10] Creek to Bayshore Multi-Use

[34:14] Path Project which is coded

[34:15] under the bike facilities asset

[34:18] type.

[34:19] 2.6 million goes to new

[34:20] walkways specifically to

[34:24] college Meridian to Judy

[34:24] McCarthy sidewalk.

[34:28] And 1.3 million to traffic

[34:28] signals point 4 million to

[34:32] normal street promenade.

[34:36] >> This slide shows all transit

[34:37] budget adjustments that have

[34:38] been processed using

[34:38] the current fiscal year

[34:41] appropriation ordinance and

[34:42] that require a programing

[34:43] update in the current article.

[34:47] It can also be found on

[34:47] attachment number b.

[34:48] Please note that Attachment b

[34:49] was updated in the backup

[34:52] document and in the resolution.

[34:53] These are all even budget swaps

[34:57] with a net zero budget increase

[34:58] in our projects to prioritize

[35:01] Transnet spent down.

[35:06] So this brings us to our last

[35:07] slide which is a summary of

[35:07] what this action is asking

[35:08] the council for.

[35:12] So this action requests

[35:15] the authority to develop

[35:16] the 2027 aatip and to program

[35:17] transmit budget adjustments as

[35:20] outlined in an Attachment c

[35:20] program.

[35:21] The next five years of revenue

[35:25] forecasts as outlined in

[35:25] Attachment a and make any

[35:29] programing changes triggered by

[35:30] the use of the current fiscal

[35:31] year appropriation ordinance as

[35:35] outlined in Attachment b.

[35:35] For your reference we also

[35:40] included a list of all Transnet

[35:41] funded projects as of quarter

[35:41] three in Attachment b of this

[35:45] item sorry in attachment d of

[35:45] this item.

[35:49] This concludes our presentation

[35:50] and we are happy to answer any

[35:51] questions.

[35:51] >> All right.

[35:52] Thank you for the work and

[35:54] the presentation this morning.

[35:54] Clerk Please proceed with

[35:59] public comment.

[35:59] Jeff Tutor if you can please

[36:04] come forward.

[36:04] You'll have two minutes.

[36:05] Please proceed.

[36:09] I should add very much of that.

[36:10] The other thing that caught my

[36:10] eye is there was an emphasis on

[36:13] the statement that the cash

[36:13] balance was ratio being

[36:14] particularly low relative to

[36:18] the rest of the county.

[36:19] I would be interested if

[36:22] somebody in the council is to

[36:23] and what the significance of

[36:24] that ratio is and whether

[36:27] there's actually any policy

[36:28] levers that need to be changed

[36:32] in order to change that.

[36:33] The typical understanding is

[36:33] you get money from transit

[36:37] transit and then you spend it.

[36:38] So it seems like just sort of a

[36:39] pass through.

[36:39] But if there is something

[36:42] that's of interest there I'd be

[36:42] interested to know as well as

[36:43] the public.

[36:47] Thank you.

[36:48] >> Thank you.

[36:48] At the five minute time ago one

[36:51] of those participating remotely

[36:52] we have three speakers in

[36:52] the queue.

[36:53] So with Hector if you can

[36:55] please unmute please.

[36:56] >> All right.

[36:56] Thanks for taking my call.

[37:00] I know a few years ago you guys

[37:00] spent millions of dollars to

[37:01] look at all the streets and

[37:05] determine what street needed

[37:06] the best, how they repaved

[37:10] the streets and don't don't

[37:10] allow sandag to do that any

[37:11] more.

[37:15] Don't pay millions to look at

[37:15] the streets.

[37:16] Hire the Boy Scouts and

[37:20] the Girl Scouts to go around.

[37:20] They always do it with their

[37:21] parents anyway When they're

[37:24] going to school they can know

[37:25] where all the streets are, all

[37:29] the communities and pay them

[37:29] instead of $2 million for a

[37:33] computer that scans the streets

[37:34] .

[37:34] They know where the streets

[37:35] Everyone knows where

[37:38] the streets are But how

[37:39] the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts

[37:43] pay them instead of a contract

[37:43] kind of shady deal that

[37:44] the city does normally.

[37:48] >> But just go direct, have

[37:49] direct sandag do not study

[37:53] the streets no more.

[37:54] We know the streets and we'll

[37:58] work with the Boy Scouts and

[37:59] the Girl Scouts.

[37:59] They'll get a badge on your

[38:00] thing and will actually pay

[38:03] them money that the That's my

[38:03] idea.

[38:03] Thanks a lot.

[38:04] Thank you.

[38:08] Next is 8700 If you come please

[38:10] unmute.

[38:10] >> Ladies 700.

[38:16] Thank you Joy.

[38:17] Assume you have a program

[38:21] transmit money while sales tax

[38:21] revenue share zero.

[38:25] Thank you everyone.

[38:29] So on the budget just three

[38:29] items I definitely like

[38:34] maintenance activities in

[38:34] question on that How much how

[38:39] many how much is deferred and

[38:44] sidewalks Yeah traffic signals

[38:45] are so important and especially

[38:49] regarding dangerous

[38:50] intersections And the gentleman

[38:54] that just spoke in the chambers

[38:55] I thought that was interesting

[38:55] too.

[38:56] I didn't understand it probably

[39:00] like he doesn't all of you but

[39:00] the low cash balance policy

[39:05] levels change question there So

[39:06] that's the best I can do on

[39:06] this this morning.

[39:10] So thank you for the meetings.

[39:10] Have a beautiful day.

[39:14] Love to all.

[39:15] Thank you.

[39:15] Next is Blair Beekman your

[39:17] final speaker in the queue?

[39:22] So now time Thank you.

[39:22] Good morning.

[39:26] We're between the two items on

[39:27] my mind for this item I wanted

[39:31] to offer up as starts of

[39:36] consideration with our this

[39:36] been funded by Transnet dollars

[39:40] I wanted to offer a reminder

[39:41] that with there's a serious

[39:46] question of a bus fare increase

[39:46] is coming up that sandag

[39:47] transit money that this comes

[39:51] from can be a way to help

[39:56] mitigate bus fare costs for a

[40:02] short term in and how do you

[40:02] train the name of the to hold

[40:06] on hold on my comment being

[40:07] screwed up here I'm not

[40:12] disappointed a quickly after

[40:12] that can someone turn that

[40:17] person off?

[40:18] >> We don't have any concern Oh

[40:21] did something is is is is is

[40:22] bouncing back and forth here so

[40:26] I just wanted to quickly offer

[40:27] that as just a note and it's

[40:28] hard to think and work on

[40:31] the bus fare situation and

[40:32] transit dollars how they can be

[40:36] used to offer quickly you know

[40:37] this is money that can be used

[40:42] for the future of surveillance

[40:43] tech on our street lives with

[40:44] the incidents that happened a

[40:47] few days ago please keep while

[40:48] is making a really big push it

[40:48] sounds like that he's going to

[40:53] want more help for tech and

[40:53] surveillance tech and I don't

[40:54] think that's the answer.

[40:57] >> I think we have to go really

[40:58] slow on that and really ask

[40:59] the question how do we better

[41:02] coordinate our human

[41:02] communication and our and our

[41:07] social laws that dictate how

[41:08] we, you know, work that sort of

[41:12] crime situation something stop

[41:13] them from working that

[41:13] situation.

[41:14] And I think it was a human

[41:18] communication error and our and

[41:18] our societal values that we

[41:23] couldn't work more clearly and

[41:24] we don't need more tech Please

[41:25] we don't Thank you for that

[41:25] concluding statement And that

[41:29] does conclude public comment

[41:29] for this item.

[41:29] All right.

[41:30] Thank you, city clerks.

[41:31] I'll turn over my colleague's

[41:31] questions, comments and

[41:35] entertain a motion and I will

[41:36] kick it off If nobody else

[41:40] wants to get on the customer

[41:40] with her.

[41:41] Thank you.

[41:41] Council PRESIDENT Sure.

[41:42] Thank you to staff for

[41:44] the presentation.

[41:45] Great to see these funds being

[41:46] used that for projects that

[41:49] make the public right of ways

[41:50] safer and more desirable for

[41:51] pedestrians and bicyclists such

[41:55] as by using new walkways and

[41:56] bicycle facilities that will be

[42:01] installed also very pleased to

[42:01] see $400,000 in transit funds

[42:06] going toward finishing

[42:06] the Noble Street Private Art

[42:07] Project at Hillcrest.

[42:08] I can tell you the community is

[42:11] very excited for that product

[42:12] to open.

[42:12] I'm grateful that these funds

[42:16] will help us get their feature

[42:17] and I would like to thank

[42:17] everybody from

[42:18] the Transportation Department

[42:21] for all the hard work on

[42:21] creating this highly

[42:22] anticipated public space a

[42:23] cultural destination So happy

[42:27] to make a motion to approve

[42:27] the staff recommendation.

[42:28] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[42:29] All right, Thank you.

[42:32] Council member Whitburn.

[42:33] I'll jump in and second

[42:34] the motion.

[42:34] So we have a motion by

[42:37] Councilmember Lipman to second

[42:38] by myself.

[42:41] Do you want to make the second?

[42:42] Okay, Well we'll go to council.

[42:46] I'll keep on the second and

[42:47] then we'll go to Councilmember

[42:47] Foster for questions.

[42:51] Thank you.

[42:52] I think one I just want to

[42:54] thank you Council PRESIDENT

[42:55] Thank you staff for

[43:00] the presentation that we've had

[43:01] some very I guess pointed

[43:06] conversations about paving and

[43:07] transportation And I just want

[43:11] to say thank you for the work

[43:12] that you guys have done.

[43:16] We've went to a 43% commitment

[43:16] for District 49 and I just want

[43:17] to say thank you.

[43:21] You have you are continuing to

[43:22] proceed with that policy

[43:28] decision in that determination.

[43:29] And so I just want to say thank

[43:29] you because that is a shift in

[43:32] philosophy and making sure that

[43:33] we receive the investment in

[43:34] our typically historically

[43:37] under under resource

[43:38] communities.

[43:39] I also would like to say I do

[43:42] appreciate my good friend

[43:43] George Anthony.

[43:49] I just want to bring him up.

[43:49] I do still appreciate getting

[43:50] his emails every time I see him

[43:54] I do read them myself but he is

[43:54] doing a great job at

[43:59] identifying those really poor

[44:00] conditions and getting our

[44:00] minimum pay folks out there.

[44:01] So I also want to say thank you

[44:04] for that as I often tend to be

[44:05] very critical of of our efforts

[44:10] and how we are investing in our

[44:10] under-resourced community.

[44:15] So I just wanted to say that

[44:15] what we're getting with our

[44:16] millennial team I love to see

[44:21] the numbers numbers moving in

[44:21] the right direction Again I

[44:22] will say I am all for us

[44:27] bringing as much as we can in

[44:27] house.

[44:28] I know we have our issues and

[44:32] challenges out of the yard and

[44:32] so forth that we still need to

[44:33] get our arms around But I am a

[44:37] full supporter of looking at

[44:37] how we can continue to grow our

[44:38] in-house paving program because

[44:43] I still feel we will be more

[44:43] competitive than outsourcing.

[44:44] So I do I do want to thank you

[44:48] for that.

[44:49] The one thing that does trouble

[44:50] me is the term bicycle

[44:50] facilities.

[44:54] i mean I brought this up in our

[44:55] our briefings but can you as we

[45:00] are in the financial scenario

[45:01] that we are in I know we've

[45:01] made some changes with our

[45:05] mobility department so far.

[45:06] So I think we are kind of

[45:06] winding things down.

[45:07] But you can you explain what's

[45:11] in this actually in this line

[45:11] item for bicycle facilities

[45:12] Because I think there's an

[45:13] immediate interpretation that

[45:16] this is the bike lanes and

[45:17] we're continuing to invest in

[45:18] just bike lanes which is

[45:22] driving, you know, a lot of

[45:23] contentious conversations in my

[45:24] community.

[45:24] So if you can shed some light

[45:28] as to what that term is, what's

[45:29] included in what that actually

[45:29] accounts for.

[45:30] Of course first of all, thank

[45:30] you for your words of

[45:31] appreciation.

[45:34] Councilmember Foster And in in

[45:35] this budget the $3.1 million

[45:35] for bicycle facilities that's

[45:40] where the choice Creek to

[45:41] Bayshore project and there are

[45:41] other grant funds available for

[45:45] this project and it is

[45:46] scheduled to go into

[45:46] construction this coming year.

[45:47] >> Okay.

[45:50] Thank you for that.

[45:51] And again, as I have asked you

[45:52] you know, I know it's a term

[45:53] that we use but I think it

[45:57] would it's always good when we

[45:58] can get some clarification in

[45:59] detail So folks just don't

[46:01] think it's we're just

[46:02] continuing to invest in bike

[46:03] lanes as we are going through

[46:03] our financial challenges.

[46:07] So thank you for that And I

[46:07] will be supporting the item

[46:08] that concludes my comments.

[46:08] Thank you.

[46:09] All right.

[46:09] Thank you.

[46:10] Councilmember Foster.

[46:13] Not seeing anyone else on

[46:14] the lights.

[46:14] I will add my thanks to

[46:15] the work that you do every year

[46:19] to bring this item forward and

[46:19] clarify You know, I'll add

[46:24] inspired by the public comment

[46:25] that the three days gone past

[46:26] and prior administrations had a

[46:31] different philosophy Let money

[46:31] sit in buckets that we were

[46:36] receiving and not spending.

[46:37] You know at the end of the day

[46:37] what the public wants us to do

[46:38] if we have the funds let's go

[46:41] out and get the work done and

[46:41] so I'm I've been around long

[46:42] enough at City Hall to know

[46:43] that that pivot I think is an

[46:47] extraordinary measure.

[46:48] We have the money let's put

[46:48] the money to work as

[46:49] efficiently and thoughtfully as

[46:53] possible given the balance

[46:54] between congestion relief and

[46:59] maintenance to be a little

[46:59] protective of our smaller

[47:04] cities, projects cost a lot of

[47:05] money and the allocation that

[47:06] the smaller cities get is not

[47:09] enough in one year to actually

[47:10] do those bigger projects And so

[47:11] they have to save up year after

[47:11] year after year to get enough

[47:14] money to actually build

[47:15] the bigger projects.

[47:15] So it is somewhat

[47:16] understandable why their ratios

[47:20] are much different than ours.

[47:21] We're a big city.

[47:22] We have plenty of projects that

[47:26] we can tackle in our cip so

[47:26] that's exactly what

[47:27] transportation is doing.

[47:32] So I very much appreciate

[47:33] putting that money to work and

[47:34] i know our residents do as well

[47:38] So with that we have a motion

[47:39] by Councilmember Whipper and a

[47:39] second by myself to move

[47:40] the staff recommendation

[47:40] forward.

[47:48] Please call the roll I'm sorry

[47:48] the voters and please cast your

[47:54] vote And that passes

[47:54] unanimously 6 to 0 with Council

[47:55] member Eli Rivera Council

[47:59] member on the opening Council

[47:59] member Campbell Absent Thank

[48:00] you Council PRESIDENT All

[48:00] right.

[48:01] >> Thank you.

[48:05] So that concludes this very

[48:05] short docket this morning.

[48:10] We will now adjourn Council to

[48:10] the special closed session

[48:11] meeting today, Wednesday, MAY

[48:16] 20th, 2026 at 10 A.M..

[48:16] So I'll see everybody in about

[48:17] 20 minutes.

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