[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.