[8:36] and

[10:45] I can get started.

[10:51] Good morning.

[10:52] I will now call the City

[10:52] Council meeting of Tuesday JUNE

[10:53] 16th 2026 to order Clerk Please

[10:57] call the roll.

[10:57] >> Thank you.

[10:58] Council PRESIDENT Councilmember

[10:59] Campbell Councilmember Whitburn

[11:04] Councilmember Foster here

[11:05] Councilmember Bong for Council

[11:05] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[11:09] Councilmember You Councilor

[11:10] Moreno Councilmember Ella

[11:15] Rivera and Council PRESIDENT

[11:16] LaCava.

[11:16] A quorum is now present.

[11:21] We will begin this morning with

[11:22] the land acknowledgment and

[11:22] the Pledge of Allegiance led by

[11:25] Council member Moreno Thank

[11:25] you.

[11:32] Please stand.

[11:32] We respectfully acknowledge

[11:38] that the culmination or

[11:39] the original inhabitants of

[11:39] the Unceded land now known as

[11:44] San Diego despite enduring

[11:45] the horrors of genocide and

[11:45] colonization, the Kumi spirit

[11:46] remains unbroken.

[11:50] We honor the resilience of

[11:51] their ancestors who fought to

[11:52] protect their culture and land.

[11:57] Today they carry their legacy

[11:57] forward ensuring that their

[11:58] traditions continue to thrive

[12:02] in gratitude and strength.

[12:03] We stand with the culmination

[12:04] connected to our past and

[12:09] committed to a thriving future.

[12:09] Please raise the flag Put your

[12:10] hand over your heart and repeat

[12:10] after me.

[12:15] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[12:16] of the United States of America

[12:20] and to the Republic for which

[12:21] it stands One nation under GOD,

[12:22] indivisible with liberty and

[12:23] justice for all.

[12:30] Eloquent as please go over how

[12:35] the public can offer their

[12:35] testimony.

[12:36] Thank you.

[12:36] Council PRESIDENT I'd like to

[12:37] highlight the slide on

[12:38] the screen that reveals how

[12:38] the public can offer their

[12:41] public testimony during today's

[12:42] meeting.

[12:42] Please note the time

[12:43] allocations for proclamations

[12:43] and consent items for meeting

[12:47] management purposes The order

[12:48] can be found on the agenda

[12:49] Summary found online or at

[12:49] the table in the back of

[12:49] the room.

[12:54] If you're in person please

[12:55] complete speakers with these

[12:56] complaints because I've looked

[12:56] at the entrance of chambers and

[12:57] bring it to the front of

[12:58] the room in the clear box.

[13:00] Council ambassadors are

[13:00] available near the entrance of

[13:01] chambers and can assist with

[13:02] questions and speakers lips no

[13:06] further into person testimony

[13:07] will be taken at once

[13:07] the Council begins Virtual

[13:08] testimony.

[13:08] Thank you Counsel Present All

[13:11] right.

[13:12] Thank you.

[13:12] So we will begin this morning

[13:13] by dispensing with the approval

[13:17] of the proclamation items Clerk

[13:18] Please proceed with public

[13:18] comment.

[13:18] Thank you.

[13:19] The public comment period for

[13:20] proclamations is now open.

[13:21] Each speaker will have one

[13:22] minute per item per person.

[13:23] If you would like to speak on

[13:23] three or more items you will

[13:27] have a maximum of three

[13:28] minutes.

[13:28] The proclamation items being

[13:32] approved are items 3332 and as

[13:32] 503.

[13:33] If I can have Jacob Lewis

[13:34] Edwards please come forward to

[13:38] the microphone.

[13:38] And then after that is Joyce

[13:39] Zenyatta.

[13:44] And then after that we have

[13:44] Samuel Merrill, Stephen Lynn

[13:49] Lundy, Ronnie Gillett and

[13:50] Johnny.

[13:50] If you can all please come up

[13:51] to the front row in the yellow

[13:52] reserved seats.

[13:55] Jacob you're speaking on item

[13:55] 3031 and 32 so you'll have

[13:56] three minutes.

[14:00] Please proceed.

[14:01] Good morning men and women of

[14:02] our city council and everybody

[14:02] in council chambers.

[14:06] Thank you for allowing me

[14:07] standing in front of you today

[14:07] to speak.

[14:11] Proclamation days are very

[14:12] important that are to recognize

[14:17] days of recognition.

[14:18] >> This is a city This is a

[14:22] country of the melting pot for

[14:23] the people by the people.

[14:24] I would like to address our

[14:28] African American friends,

[14:28] neighbors, loved ones,

[14:34] community members that

[14:35] African-American folk were done

[14:39] horribly wrong in past history

[14:40] and that needs to be recognized

[14:44] for what's going on in our

[14:45] country though is unjust for

[14:45] everybody.

[14:49] I spoke in front of city

[14:54] Council a couple months back

[14:55] and I posted it on YouTube.

[14:56] If you look up Jacob Edwards

[15:00] speaks on YouTube and you will

[15:05] see that short clip Since that

[15:06] speech what has occurred is

[15:10] very concerning.

[15:11] Our country had been hijacked

[15:16] hijacked by the Italian mafia

[15:16] and we allowed that in our

[15:17] country.

[15:22] Chinese espionage was on it

[15:23] the entire time from the jump

[15:27] and they have capitalized on it

[15:28] and they are positioned and

[15:28] ready to take over our

[15:32] government and our country.

[15:33] The deal they made with

[15:37] the Federal Reserve families to

[15:38] declare their debt to

[15:39] the Chinese is very disturbing

[15:42] to eliminate the best of

[15:43] the best in our country.

[15:47] So their best of the best can

[15:48] come in taking our country

[15:48] over.

[15:53] >> This is being covered up.

[15:57] Some are going along with this

[15:57] .

[15:58] Some who are aware are too

[16:02] afraid to confront and running

[16:03] from it.

[16:07] I encourage everybody and

[16:08] anybody that can please stand

[16:08] up.

[16:12] We stand up for ourselves.

[16:13] We stand up for each other and

[16:17] we stand up for our country and

[16:18] it's time to do so.

[16:19] Ladies and gentlemen, thank you

[16:22] for allowing me to speak in

[16:23] front of you And uh, GOD bless

[16:24] the city of San Diego.

[16:28] GOD bless the United States And

[16:29] I will be speaking again.

[16:34] >> Troy Senator, if you can

[16:34] please come forward.

[16:35] You're speaking items 30 and

[16:37] it's 503 so you'll have two

[16:37] minutes.

[16:38] Please proceed.

[16:40] I think you have 30 Jewish

[16:41] American Heritage Month.

[16:45] The Jewish people have existed

[16:46] for over 3000 years coming from

[16:51] all races, backgrounds and

[16:51] countries across the world.

[16:56] Perhaps there is only one

[17:00] family tree growing on our

[17:01] beautiful earth.

[17:04] Then we could say one people

[17:05] one family one world.

[17:10] Love to all the members of that

[17:10] beautiful family tree.

[17:10] All right.

[17:18] As five over three Juneteenth

[17:19] 2026 date perhaps the roots of

[17:23] the family tree that I just

[17:27] spoke of for the Jewish people

[17:28] are the roots of freedom for

[17:32] all peoples.

[17:33] Just imagine how strong that

[17:38] tree would be, how beautiful

[17:42] that tree would be with all

[17:43] family members living in

[17:43] freedom And that coming from

[17:47] the very roots of that tree.

[17:51] When I Googled the movie Roots

[17:52] an image of a young black boy

[17:57] with heavy manacles on his

[18:01] wrist appeared It wasn't

[18:02] the manacles that stood out to

[18:06] me it was the piercing look of

[18:07] struggle and suffering in his

[18:11] eyes that looked out at me.

[18:12] And it was really, really tough

[18:16] for me to keep my look into his

[18:17] eyes.

[18:17] Love all of you.

[18:21] Thank you very much for coming.

[18:22] Sorry for your struggles but

[18:26] we're together and we're doing

[18:26] it okay.

[18:27] >> Love to all.

[18:27] Thank you.

[18:31] Samuel Merrill.

[18:32] You have Johanna Harriet.

[18:35] Please raise your hand.

[18:36] >> Thank you.

[18:36] Oh, Jonathan.

[18:40] Sorry.

[18:41] >> You'll have two minutes on

[18:41] items.

[18:41] 5 or 3.

[18:42] Please proceed.

[18:42] Thank you.

[18:46] Good morning, Council members.

[18:46] i am Samuel Merrill.

[18:50] As we celebrate Juneteenth, we

[18:51] honor a defining moment in

[18:52] American history the day when

[18:55] the last U.S. The last enslaved

[18:56] African-Americans learned of

[18:56] their freedom.

[19:00] Juneteenth reminds us that

[19:01] freedom today is freedom denied

[19:04] and that progress often comes

[19:05] only through persistence,

[19:06] sacrifice and struggle.

[19:10] Today as a city we acknowledge

[19:11] that historical inequities

[19:14] helped shape many of

[19:15] the disparities we continue to

[19:16] see in our communities.

[19:16] We have recognized

[19:20] the importance of pursuing

[19:20] equity in our policies and

[19:24] budgeting decisions and our

[19:25] investments in communities that

[19:26] have too often been overlooked

[19:29] Where progress has been made.

[19:30] The work is not complete.

[19:34] Juneteenth is not only a

[19:34] celebration of black heritage,

[19:35] resilience and achievement.

[19:38] It is also a call to action.

[19:39] It reminds us that justice and

[19:43] equity are ongoing pursuits

[19:44] that require a commitment and

[19:44] accountability.

[19:45] As we reflect on

[19:48] the significance of Juneteenth,

[19:49] let us celebrate how far we

[19:53] have come, where we made and

[19:54] committed to the work that lies

[19:54] ahead.

[19:55] I mean this observance

[19:58] encourage us to continue

[19:58] pursuing justice, expanding

[19:59] opportunity and building a city

[20:03] where equity is a reality for

[20:03] all.

[20:04] >> Thank you.

[20:04] Thank you.

[20:06] Next we have Steven Lundy for

[20:11] item 31.

[20:12] >> Good morning City Council

[20:12] Chambers.

[20:13] I would like to thank

[20:14] the Council and particular

[20:17] council members Whitburn and

[20:17] Capello for their sponsorship

[20:18] of the proclamation recognizing

[20:22] the sunnier Scottish Highland

[20:22] Games and gathering plans for

[20:23] its 50th holding of

[20:27] the Highland Games in San Diego

[20:27] and Sydney County.

[20:30] The Games as you refer to it as

[20:31] similar to Seven Rings Circus

[20:31] with several events and

[20:32] competitions running

[20:32] concurrently.

[20:36] The competition is are heavy

[20:37] athletics where various classes

[20:38] and athletes are throwing heavy

[20:42] things for distance or height

[20:42] whether it be a hammer

[20:43] the Panama stone, a corn sheaf

[20:47] and of course the caber where a

[20:47] perfect score is given for

[20:48] turning in line and the caber

[20:49] at 12:00 Street in front of

[20:50] the thrower.

[20:50] The origins of the Scottish

[20:54] Athletics is before the modern

[20:55] Olympics Highland dancing

[20:59] dancers compete in classes of

[21:00] age and proficiency.

[21:00] They perform a highland fling

[21:04] with arms like a Gloria Stag

[21:05] The sword dance over crossed

[21:06] swords to celebrate a victory

[21:09] in battle.

[21:09] The show entries are all

[21:10] trousers another celebration

[21:13] kicking of them down trousers

[21:14] after the act of prescription

[21:15] was lifted.

[21:15] >> Thank you for that

[21:16] concluding sentence.

[21:19] I'm sorry it is one minute but

[21:20] if you have written comments

[21:20] you can definitely give them to

[21:21] my staff and they can pass it

[21:24] around for the council to

[21:24] continue reading them.

[21:25] Thank you.

[21:26] Would you like to leave here?

[21:30] Ronnie Gilet You have people in

[21:30] your time.

[21:34] Stay and.

[21:35] >> Jenny Yes I would like to

[21:39] call Jennifer sitting for me

[21:40] for our large community and

[21:40] then Berlin.

[21:43] >> Thank you.

[21:43] You'll have three minutes.

[21:49] Please proceed.

[21:49] >> Good morning.

[21:52] Think guests It Officials.

[21:53] Community leaders, clergy

[21:57] members, friends and members of

[21:58] the Asian community On behalf

[22:04] of our community I want you to

[22:05] listen Really Just think of

[22:08] the responsable community of

[22:09] village clergy or the me or mom

[22:11] who do la Community action on

[22:12] behalf of all of our community.

[22:13] It is my great honor and

[22:17] privilege to welcome you to

[22:17] this special Asian launch

[22:23] celebration Or don't do local

[22:24] communities that are weak and

[22:24] learn to know in a most

[22:28] privileged casual sweat lap you

[22:29] have the asset Celebration

[22:32] Special Gym where you put in

[22:32] one Asia.

[22:33] Today we gather not only to

[22:35] celebrate the history, culture,

[22:36] resilience and contribution of

[22:41] the Asian people but also to

[22:42] recognize an individual who

[22:45] with the leadership service and

[22:46] dedication of positively impact

[22:52] countless lives in our

[22:53] community.

[22:53] >> Also genius Summary We need

[22:56] no social map to celebrate Le

[22:57] Soir Le coutu le resilience

[23:05] contribution Asia simple will

[23:07] connect a person new leadership

[23:08] new service in the development

[23:11] of an impact positive Xu Lin on

[23:12] behalf of the percent do not

[23:15] call community First I would

[23:16] like to express our sincere

[23:17] gratitude to the members of

[23:20] the City Council community

[23:21] organization, volunteers,

[23:25] sponsors and all those who work

[23:25] tirelessly to make this

[23:26] celebration possible.

[23:31] >> To the you are expecting me

[23:32] and not with sincere gratitude.

[23:35] Oh my GOD You can say municipal

[23:36] or organization communautaire

[23:46] or the been involved or partner

[23:47] are to say I saw we lost ground

[23:49] We said celebration possible

[23:50] what we should chant the most

[23:50] important diversity

[23:52] the language eligible to know

[23:52] your communautaire de la ville

[23:53] de son your support demonstrate

[23:55] the value of diversity

[23:55] inclusion and community

[23:56] partnership in the city of San

[24:00] Diego.

[24:01] We specially thank the City

[24:01] Council for recognizing

[24:05] the contribution of the Asian

[24:05] American community and for

[24:06] providing opportunities that

[24:10] strengthen unity among all

[24:16] people newcomers particularly

[24:17] among conserved municipal

[24:17] people.

[24:21] Our work on la Contribution de

[24:21] la Community Asian American

[24:26] warfare the supporting taking

[24:27] of force unity outward to less

[24:29] it while your commitment to

[24:30] honoring cultural heritage and

[24:30] preserve destroys traditions

[24:35] and values that enrich our

[24:35] city.

[24:40] Volcanic ash alone no rain No

[24:41] no Patrimoine cultural and

[24:41] attribute appraisal will

[24:46] destroy La Traditionnelle value

[24:50] key are she's not going will

[24:50] Today we are especially proud

[24:54] to honor pathogenic sida as an

[24:54] ambassador of the San Diego

[24:55] Asian community Osuji know some

[25:01] particular must hear Durand

[25:04] Omar's opus still Johnny Oxy

[25:05] the Ambassador de la community

[25:06] icn de San Diego This

[25:08] recognition reflects years of

[25:09] faithful leadership, community

[25:10] service and unwavering

[25:14] commitment to helping others

[25:15] set locally sourced reflect

[25:19] design need to leadership

[25:20] fidelity do service

[25:24] communautaire Dunga Azuma Costa

[25:25] Villa Azuka Pasteur Do you see

[25:28] that as serve not only as

[25:29] spiritual leader but also as a

[25:30] mentor advocate and bridge

[25:34] builder with our community?

[25:35] Pastor Johnny Oxytocin

[25:38] witnessed remarkable leader

[25:47] Spiritual command

[25:47] The difference about his shall

[25:48] do not only percent do not a

[25:52] community glass ashram diploma

[25:53] did no good swami or two We

[25:54] acquire all plantation Esquire

[25:54] to ease dedication Many

[25:57] families have found

[25:57] encouragement, guidance and

[26:02] hope Yes is leadership reminds

[26:02] us that you influence is

[26:07] measured not by titles but by

[26:07] service.

[26:08] He has consistently

[26:11] demonstrated compassion,

[26:12] integrity and a genuine desire

[26:20] to uplift or death.

[26:20] So leadership not our pelikula

[26:21] very top influence.

[26:22] This means your Palm Pilot

[26:23] quality public service

[26:28] eloquence to multimode Raila

[26:29] compassion and integrity This

[26:32] your sincere deal really Azuka

[26:33] says If all can foresee la will

[26:33] assure us singular

[26:38] communication our who is the la

[26:38] collaboration avec some did our

[26:40] community do some is efforts

[26:41] have threatened relationship

[26:42] within the Asian community and

[26:45] fostered collaboration with

[26:45] the broader San Diego community

[26:50] as ition.

[26:51] We take pride in our heritage a

[26:55] heritage mark by courage,

[26:55] perseverance, faith and freedom

[27:02] are Takai I some here do not

[27:03] editors and heritage more

[27:05] capable guys love perseverance

[27:10] love what La de la Libert\

[27:11] least what I see corny this

[27:14] strongly popular German art

[27:15] history continues to inspire

[27:15] people around the world and

[27:20] today we celebrate those values

[27:21] through the example of leaders

[27:26] like Passage on You See that

[27:26] tells you that today We thank

[27:29] you for your dedication, your

[27:29] vision and your commitment to

[27:34] serve to serving GOD's people

[27:34] in our community is also

[27:35] unassailable.

[27:38] >> Several articles will exempt

[27:39] the leader Telco Louis Pasteur.

[27:45] DR. John Yuxi the doctor said

[27:46] the osuji know for what mission

[27:49] what we did, what we vision

[27:50] evoking engagement with service

[27:51] you pep did you it do not

[27:53] according to your work as live

[27:54] a lasting impact and this honor

[27:55] as ambassador of the standing

[27:58] ovation community is both

[27:58] well-deserved and deeply

[27:59] appreciated.

[27:59] >> Thank you for that

[28:04] concluding comment.

[28:05] >> I'll let you finish

[28:05] translating that concluding

[28:06] comment.

[28:06] Okay.

[28:09] What I will say in a point you

[28:10] have issued on air a I do do

[28:14] la community I seen this San

[28:17] Diego airplane my military a

[28:18] pro forma appreciate thank you

[28:18] so much.

[28:19] Thank you very much Merci

[28:22] beaucoup.

[28:23] >> Thank you.

[28:23] Next is Johnny.

[28:23] Johnny.

[28:24] Oh, that was you.

[28:26] Okay.

[28:31] Maximilian Schmidt, you are

[28:32] speaking on items s503 item 32.

[28:38] >> Item 31 and item 30 You'll

[28:38] have three minutes to speak on

[28:43] all of those items.

[28:48] Hi.

[28:51] I just wanted to talk about

[28:52] item 30 Jewish American

[28:57] Heritage Month on the Masonic

[28:57] lodges down the street have a

[29:02] the star of David on it and

[29:03] also the Seal Solomon And for

[29:07] me having a whole month on

[29:11] where this is celebrated is

[29:12] already impressing on me

[29:13] because I'm being targeted by

[29:16] Freemasons And so that's hard

[29:17] for me as a Christian because I

[29:18] feel like I'm already being

[29:21] persecuted And for the Haitian

[29:22] Flag Day I'm just out here

[29:23] making points that I think

[29:26] someone has to make if no one

[29:27] else is going to make them.

[29:31] Um, Haiti is widely considered

[29:32] one of the most corrupt

[29:32] countries in the world and

[29:33] their people are some of

[29:36] the poorest and the is

[29:37] the poorest country in

[29:41] the Western Hemisphere And I

[29:42] like I'm just curious how for

[29:42] the we celebrate Jewish

[29:47] American heritage Month and

[29:47] Haitian Flag Day I wish we

[29:48] could celebrate I think

[29:52] the people from Haiti are some

[29:53] of the friendliest people.

[29:56] Some of them are my neighbors

[29:57] But I wish we could separate

[30:01] the flag from the people

[30:02] instead of having Haitian Flag

[30:06] Day Maybe on Haitian Heritage

[30:06] Day.

[30:07] And the reason why is because I

[30:11] used to live in a third world

[30:11] country in Namibia, Africa and

[30:16] I visited the slums and I know

[30:16] what it's like to walk around

[30:20] that area And I volunteered

[30:21] there And I think there's

[30:22] people in Haiti who MAY feel

[30:26] oppressed by the Haitian flag

[30:27] where the government is rich

[30:28] and the government has all

[30:28] the money.

[30:30] I think it's actually been

[30:31] considered state capture what's

[30:35] going on in Haiti and I'm just

[30:36] here to make the point.

[30:36] Having a flag that's that

[30:40] celebrates the most corrupt

[30:41] government in the world and

[30:41] the poorest country in

[30:45] the world due to the government

[30:46] corruption where the government

[30:46] sitting fine in Haiti and

[30:47] they're flying the flag over

[30:50] their mansions.

[30:51] And I just wanted to say I wish

[30:54] we got Haitian Heritage Day,

[30:59] not Haitian Flag Day And again

[30:59] separate the people from

[31:04] the country and I think a lot

[31:05] of people in Haiti MAY even see

[31:09] more freedom in the American

[31:09] flag than the Haitian flag of

[31:10] the people actually in Haiti

[31:14] And I just wanted to say for

[31:18] the other for Juneteenth Day

[31:23] and I have no comment on that.

[31:24] And for the Scottish Highland

[31:28] Games Day, um when I think of

[31:33] Scottish heritage I think of

[31:34] how I'm being persecuted by

[31:38] the Masonic Lodge for being a

[31:38] Christian And I honestly think

[31:42] of the Scottish Rite and again

[31:43] I have two things that resemble

[31:44] Freemasonry and then a Haitian

[31:48] Flag Day resembling a corrupt

[31:48] government.

[31:49] >> I'm oppose I oppose then

[31:53] that does confuse your time

[31:53] allegedly.

[31:54] Andre, if you can please come

[31:55] forward you'll have two minutes

[31:56] speaking on items 30 and that's

[32:01] 503 32 I'll add the minute and

[32:05] add that to your time So so you

[32:05] guys in your proclamations it's

[32:06] interesting how much time we

[32:09] spend on this and then how much

[32:10] time we spend on doing

[32:11] the business that needs to be

[32:11] done like with consent throwing

[32:14] all these things you know and

[32:15] you know one thing one vote and

[32:19] all that and you know it just

[32:19] feels like you guys want to get

[32:20] through business, you know, and

[32:24] make these times seem like

[32:24] everything is all right.

[32:25] And you know, Max had a really

[32:28] good point about the Haitian

[32:29] flag and celebrating that

[32:34] because that could be seen by

[32:34] some individuals as something

[32:38] that is like an enslavement.

[32:39] I mean I'm starting to see

[32:39] the American flag is kind of an

[32:43] embarrassment because of all

[32:44] the things that happen in our

[32:48] nation and the enslavement that

[32:49] happens with the people.

[32:53] And that's why even with

[32:53] Juneteenth it's like, you know,

[32:57] nobody's free.

[32:58] I mean we can celebrate these

[32:58] things because nobody should be

[33:02] enslaved But you know, as as a

[33:03] mass as a group, as all of us

[33:07] we are being enslaved because

[33:07] if you look at what's happening

[33:08] across the world, I mean people

[33:12] are, you know, suffering.

[33:12] I mean they're just trying to

[33:16] survive and then, you know,

[33:17] the government's here to put

[33:18] you in all these programs and

[33:21] it's like a prison cell that

[33:22] you guys put people in and you

[33:26] create dependance and the need

[33:27] for you know, people to come

[33:31] and get services But then you

[33:32] don't even really provide

[33:32] the services that need to be

[33:35] you guys take our money and you

[33:36] racketeer with it.

[33:37] It's really sad and it's like

[33:38] you know behind all of these

[33:41] proclamations there's so much

[33:42] more that needs to be talked

[33:44] about And that's why Ephesians

[33:45] 511 is so important because

[33:46] we're in a spiritual battle and

[33:49] we have been since

[33:50] the beginning of time And for

[33:51] those of you that believe you

[33:54] should really see that and

[33:55] that's why we're not supposed

[33:55] to engage with this spiritual

[33:59] works the works of spiritual

[33:59] darkness but we're rather to

[34:00] approve them.

[34:04] And so sometimes that means

[34:04] saying things that people

[34:05] aren't going to like hearing.

[34:06] But I feel like when we are

[34:09] celebrating Jewish heritage,

[34:10] you know, we don't talk about

[34:14] the things like you know that

[34:15] in the Talmud you know, a three

[34:18] year old plus one day is able

[34:19] to consent to having sex that's

[34:24] pedophilia that Moyles will go

[34:24] in and orally copulate also

[34:29] known as rape boys who have

[34:29] been circumcised And that's

[34:30] actually a satanic ritual to

[34:34] the blood of a child like that.

[34:38] And it's just sad that that can

[34:39] happen in front of so many

[34:39] people.

[34:40] I mean this is why the abuse of

[34:43] children continues because

[34:43] people brush stuff like this

[34:44] under the rug And Israel is a

[34:48] pedophile sanctuary.

[34:49] It's a place where people can

[34:53] go and not have any you know,

[34:53] accountability for children.

[34:57] And again, America is

[34:58] the biggest consumer of child

[34:58] porn.

[34:59] It gets distributed across all

[34:59] over.

[35:02] I mean you guys have had

[35:03] officers that have you know,

[35:06] are being charged with that So

[35:07] thank you for that remark.

[35:11] >> Sidney Cooper Jr After that

[35:12] we have Jason Shanley If you

[35:13] can please come up to

[35:16] the yellow reserved seats

[35:17] Sidney to the microphone and

[35:18] Jason Shanley up to the hill

[35:21] reserved seats.

[35:21] >> Please proceed.

[35:22] I just wanted to thank you for

[35:23] the acknowledgment of

[35:26] Juneteenth the Cooper Family

[35:26] Foundation.

[35:27] The gentlemen spoke before

[35:30] about Juneteenth and its

[35:31] importance in its history and I

[35:31] don't want to go over that but

[35:32] I would like to say something

[35:35] about my mother and father and

[35:35] being in southeast San Diego

[35:36] and wanting to celebrate

[35:37] Juneteenth coming from

[35:40] the South there's pretty much

[35:41] three pillars to

[35:41] the celebration.

[35:45] One is healing the community,

[35:46] bringing the community together

[35:46] in education.

[35:47] Part of that education is going

[35:50] to be honoring the people who

[35:50] came before us.

[35:54] That was part of the enslaved

[35:55] people the Emancipation

[35:56] Proclamation then all the way

[35:59] through Jim Crow and

[36:00] segregation and coming together

[36:01] as a community to heal.

[36:04] Just wanted to thank

[36:05] the council for having me and

[36:05] my family here

[36:06] The acknowledgment of

[36:08] Juneteenth and

[36:09] the accomplishments of all

[36:09] Americans and making this day

[36:14] become a national day because

[36:14] that was the really vision of

[36:18] my father's making Juneteenth a

[36:19] national holiday.

[36:19] We've been celebrating

[36:20] Juneteenth for over 55 years

[36:25] ever since I was a little kid

[36:26] And I went to the point with my

[36:26] heart.

[36:26] So thank you so much.

[36:27] Thank you for that.

[36:27] Thank you, Mark.

[36:28] Thank you for the time.

[36:28] >> Thank you.

[36:32] Jason Chandler Yeah, I'm Jason

[36:33] Shelly I'm just speaking

[36:34] because I have the ability to

[36:36] and I think it's important to

[36:37] exercise rights when we have

[36:37] them.

[36:38] Very grateful for City Council

[36:41] remembering Juneteenth.

[36:42] What I was thinking about on my

[36:43] way down here was people

[36:46] toiling and not understanding

[36:47] that freedom was around

[36:48] the corner And what I was

[36:51] thinking to myself and maybe to

[36:51] remind leaders and people that

[36:52] MAY be struggling for a

[36:55] particular cause I think it's

[36:56] important to remember that

[36:57] sometimes the freedom has come

[37:00] and we just haven't the message

[37:01] hasn't been delivered yet.

[37:02] And so to me it was a silver

[37:06] lining in Juneteenth that

[37:06] freedom was always available.

[37:07] It's just that people just

[37:07] didn't know.

[37:10] And so I just wanted to

[37:11] encourage everybody to see it

[37:11] through.

[37:12] Thank you for all that you do

[37:15] Thank you for continuing to

[37:15] remember these things and I

[37:16] hope that we can get to

[37:17] the point at some point where

[37:20] we realize that to be little

[37:20] celebrations of people that are

[37:25] here in America try to enjoy

[37:25] what they enjoy I think is a

[37:26] disservice to the things that

[37:27] we fought for.

[37:29] So thank you for everything.

[37:30] >> Thank you for remembering

[37:31] Juneteenth.

[37:31] GOD bless.

[37:31] Thank you.

[37:34] That does conclude public

[37:35] comment here in council

[37:35] chambers going to those

[37:39] participating remotely.

[37:40] We have one person in the queue

[37:44] right now Blair Beekman If you

[37:45] can please unmute and let me

[37:45] know which item or items you

[37:46] wish to speak to.

[37:49] All right.

[37:50] We're Beekman.

[37:53] I wanted to speak to item 3032

[38:00] and ask the 5 or 3.

[38:00] >> Please proceed.

[38:01] Actually please do not proceed.

[38:05] We do have Robin Todd also that

[38:06] wanted to speak on this.

[38:09] Robin Todd, I'll be coming back

[38:14] to you for your speaking on

[38:23] items 503 You you'll have one

[38:24] minute Please proceed.

[38:24] Good morning City Council.

[38:25] My name is Robin Todd.

[38:29] I'm a field representative for

[38:29] Assemblymember DR. Sharp

[38:32] Collins of the 79th Assembly

[38:32] District.

[38:33] I'm here today to thank

[38:36] the city to San Diego City

[38:36] Council for recognizing

[38:37] Juneteenth JUNE 19th as a day

[38:41] of reflection and celebration.

[38:42] It serves as a reminder of

[38:43] struggles and sacrifice where

[38:46] our ancestors is but also a

[38:47] source of enormous pride in

[38:52] the Brazilian.

[38:52] Let us use this opportunity to

[38:56] celebrate our history and and

[38:57] strength, achievements and

[38:57] contributions of our ancestors.

[38:58] Thank you again for bringing

[39:03] this forward.

[39:13] >> And then Lauren Cobbs.

[39:13] Hello everyone.

[39:14] My name is Lauren Cobbs and

[39:18] the founder of sd Melanin and I

[39:19] just want to say thank you for

[39:22] your support and providing

[39:23] space for national Juneteenth

[39:27] celebrations here in San Diego

[39:28] .

[39:28] So we've been creating

[39:29] experiences for our community

[39:33] to celebrate Juneteenth since

[39:34] 2018 and we're just really

[39:38] honored and really blessed to

[39:38] be able to provide this And

[39:39] thank you for the support of

[39:40] Juneteenth.

[39:43] Thank you.

[39:44] Thank you.

[39:44] That does now include public

[39:45] comment here in council

[39:45] chambers.

[39:47] So during the five minute timer

[39:52] Blair Beckman if you can please

[39:52] unmute again and you'll have

[39:53] three minutes.

[39:57] Please proceed.

[39:57] >> All right.

[39:58] We're Beakman again.

[40:00] I traveled out to Cooma this

[40:01] week and I'll be staying here

[40:08] and so my zoom MAY be off and

[40:08] on sometimes and that be why

[40:11] it's happening It it's the case

[40:12] but it's really nice here by

[40:15] the way Very nice mineral ponds

[40:16] they have here for swimming

[40:17] It's really interesting Human

[40:21] park I wanted to comment I

[40:24] guess I had three items to

[40:25] start with Item 32 in

[40:27] the middle of Haitian flag Day

[40:32] An interesting item to have.

[40:33] Thank you.

[40:34] I think we all can very much

[40:36] respect what Haitian culture

[40:41] adds to our world basically and

[40:42] thank you for public comment to

[40:47] question the Flag Day itself.

[40:48] But interestingly I think that

[40:49] Flag Day in the very least can

[40:52] be able having it here can at

[40:53] least allow us to ask those

[40:53] questions that were asked today

[40:57] and in that sense we can have a

[40:58] more open broad conversation

[41:01] and thanks for

[41:02] the conversation.

[41:06] We had other items 5 or 3

[41:11] Juneteenth 2026 day Thank you

[41:11] for this and for the history

[41:12] lesson I learned today.

[41:16] It was it was explained very

[41:17] nicely how to consider a sense

[41:21] of freedom even when yeah

[41:21] there's freedoms available even

[41:22] when we don't think we have

[41:26] them And it's nice that we

[41:26] acknowledge that that we can

[41:31] work for a sense of what our

[41:32] better selves are and a look

[41:35] how we can find that and how

[41:36] that relates to the Jewish

[41:40] American Heritage Month.

[41:41] We're at an important time in

[41:41] San Diego and across

[41:45] the country how to address our

[41:46] relationship between Israel and

[41:50] the Middle East and and what's

[41:54] that relationship with America

[41:55] And I think we're learning and

[41:59] San Diego important lessons

[41:59] over things like the ira

[42:04] contract that was recently

[42:04] the item we had yesterday at

[42:09] Council on Somali issues.

[42:09] >> People are being feeling

[42:10] fearful of their own belief

[42:14] systems and need help And I

[42:15] hope in San Diego we can learn

[42:18] to take that is not flattery

[42:19] but a real process of working

[42:23] together towards answers And I

[42:23] hope people with the ira issues

[42:24] can be open to suggestions and

[42:28] ideas and that we build it as a

[42:29] form of democracy.

[42:33] >> You know in San Diego and I

[42:34] know that it's uncomfortable to

[42:38] people of the Jewish faith

[42:38] right now to work towards

[42:39] the concepts that are called

[42:40] democracy because it often

[42:43] involves a lot of good Muslim

[42:44] ideas and Muslim input.

[42:47] >> But I hope that that's our

[42:48] that's a good point here in

[42:49] America what we can do together

[42:53] and that I think can give great

[42:53] examples to Israel for

[42:54] the future what we can do well

[42:57] here together in this country.

[42:58] So I hope we work on ira things

[43:02] work on its language is needed

[43:02] as a poor community.

[43:03] >> It also has concluded

[43:08] Kathleen Lippert, if you can

[43:08] please unmute and then Judy

[43:11] Strong Thank you.

[43:12] >> Good morning, Counsel.

[43:13] It is important to recognize

[43:16] all groups have members who are

[43:17] I'm sorry what items are items

[43:18] that you want to speak to?

[43:21] >> Oh 3031 And that's final

[43:22] three.

[43:22] >> Okay.

[43:22] Thank you.

[43:26] Please proceed.

[43:27] >> It is important to recognize

[43:27] that all groups have members

[43:30] who are unethical and immoral

[43:31] but there are always good

[43:35] people within those groups.

[43:36] Jews have contributed greatly

[43:37] despite contributions

[43:41] representing a very small

[43:44] number of their population 40%

[43:45] of Nobel laureates in

[43:50] economics, 26% in physiology

[43:51] but 24 in physics.

[43:54] DR. Ito for Eckert though was

[43:54] one of the most important

[43:55] the Hungarian born Jewish

[43:56] Holocaust survivor.

[43:59] She became renowned

[43:59] psychologist, celebrated for

[44:04] her expertise on trauma,

[44:04] recovery and resilience for

[44:05] those suffering from ptsd Of

[44:09] all origins, her philosophy

[44:10] from which we all can benefit

[44:14] was that suffering is

[44:14] inevitable.

[44:15] Victimization is a choice.

[44:19] She asserted that people can

[44:20] heal by letting go of hatred.

[44:24] She died this last APRIL.

[44:25] >> Her memoir The Choice is her

[44:29] journey from Ashridge to find

[44:30] freedom in her mind And it is a

[44:31] powerful message for all of us

[44:39] today regarding s five o three

[44:40] Juneteenth I agree with

[44:41] the earlier comment that it is

[44:41] important to recognize

[44:44] the rights we have and

[44:44] celebrate reminders to

[44:49] telegraph those rights.

[44:50] >> Sometimes we are not aware

[44:51] of them, sometimes we make

[44:55] false assumptions and so

[44:55] clarifying the record is indeed

[45:00] important And regarding I am 31

[45:01] five decades of Scottish

[45:05] heritage tradition music but

[45:06] Scottish contributions were

[45:10] also for us philosophers

[45:11] discoveries Adam Smith,

[45:12] Alexander Graham Bell James

[45:16] Kurt Maxwell, Robert Burns.

[45:17] Lois Robert Louis Stevenson.

[45:18] Sir Walter Scott That was it.

[45:22] And James Clerk Maxwell All of

[45:23] us all of our individual

[45:27] populations have such

[45:28] remarkable people like these.

[45:32] We should never broad brush

[45:33] each other.

[45:33] It is an unfair It's very

[45:34] unfair.

[45:34] Okay.

[45:34] Thank you.

[45:38] That's all I want to say.

[45:39] >> Thank you, Judy.

[45:40] Strange if you can please

[45:43] unmute.

[45:43] >> Good morning.

[45:44] I'm just speaking to item 31.

[45:49] Thank you.

[45:50] Felt as a strain by marriage

[45:53] that I had to salute also

[45:54] the Scottish tradition of

[45:55] dancing and singing and having

[46:00] a good time.

[46:01] They are deeply known for their

[46:01] fierce patriotism and the rich

[46:06] storytelling and they are

[46:06] famous for an adventure.

[46:07] One was mentioned previously

[46:11] that I also would add

[46:12] the telephone by Alexander

[46:12] Graham Bell the television by

[46:18] John Logie vide and penicillin.

[46:18] My husband the pharmacist

[46:22] reminds me discovered by Sir

[46:23] Alexander Fleming and of course

[46:24] the steam engine that changed

[46:28] the West developed by James

[46:28] Watt.

[46:29] Thanks for this opportunity to

[46:30] call attention to the mix of

[46:34] people we have across

[46:34] the United States that come

[46:35] from countries that have

[46:39] wonderful traditions that

[46:40] enriched us all when they

[46:41] brought them here to America.

[46:41] >> Thank you.

[46:42] Thank you.

[46:46] That does include public

[46:47] comment on the proclamation

[46:47] thanking us for that.

[46:48] >> All right.

[46:48] Thank you for the carcass.

[46:49] I'll turn it over to my council

[46:51] colleagues for comments and

[46:51] entertain a motion.

[46:52] >> We'll start with Council

[46:53] member Campbell Thank you.

[46:55] Council PRESIDENT I would first

[46:56] like to make a motion that we

[46:56] pass all the proclamations I'd

[47:01] like to speak about item 30 as

[47:06] five of three and item 31

[47:07] briefly on item 31 since I am a

[47:07] Campbell a huge clan in

[47:12] Scotland even though I married

[47:12] the name I am just delighted

[47:17] with being a Campbell And so I

[47:18] want to thank you for that

[47:24] proclamation and enjoy

[47:24] the Highland Games.

[47:25] I'd like to speak also on

[47:25] Juneteenth.

[47:29] It's so important that we

[47:30] remember forever that day.

[47:35] This reminds me of Passover.

[47:36] We Jewish people celebrate our

[47:37] liberation from Egypt Slavery

[47:42] back thousands of years when

[47:42] Moses led us out of slavery And

[47:47] I, I think of the of

[47:48] the spiritual go down Moses I

[47:54] think of the connection between

[47:55] black people and Jewish people

[47:55] and there were many black

[48:00] people who actually are Jewish.

[48:06] And I'm just so honored that we

[48:06] are celebrating Juneteenth And

[48:12] let us never forget that day

[48:12] ever.

[48:13] A thousand years from now let

[48:14] us all celebrate Juneteenth.

[48:18] It's so important to remember

[48:23] And I also want to speak on

[48:23] item 30.

[48:24] Jewish American Heritage Month

[48:24] was last month in MAY but we

[48:29] had so many breaks that we were

[48:29] able to give this proclamation

[48:30] at that time.

[48:35] This is a time when we honor

[48:36] the Jewish-American community

[48:37] which has been in America since

[48:40] the very beginning of our

[48:41] nation.

[48:46] Judaism teaches us nothing of

[48:47] what that person spoke of.

[48:48] That is a lie and that is

[48:52] completely anti-Semitic and

[48:53] wrong and incorrect.

[48:59] The Jewish religion teaches us

[48:59] that we are all one people all

[49:00] of us.

[49:07] Shamar I Israel on an oil here

[49:10] of Israel The Lord is one

[49:10] The Jewish people brought

[49:11] the concept of one GOD to

[49:16] the world.

[49:16] It is our responsibility as

[49:17] Jews and as all of us to care

[49:22] for our communities and to

[49:22] uplift each other.

[49:23] When a Jewish synagogue in

[49:27] Patchway was targeted in 2019

[49:28] resulting in one woman who had

[49:28] died from her injuries and

[49:33] three other people injured, all

[49:34] the San Diego residents of all

[49:34] backgrounds and faiths came

[49:39] around the Jewish community and

[49:39] helped including the Muslims.

[49:45] And last month our city in our

[49:45] city three men were murdered at

[49:46] the Islamic Center of San Diego

[49:50] in a hate crime just because

[49:51] they are of the Muslim

[49:51] religion.

[49:52] This is so wrong.

[49:57] And remember that Judaism is a

[49:58] religion not a race.

[50:02] All races contain Jewish people

[50:03] .

[50:03] It is an ancient ancient

[50:04] religion and it is religion

[50:08] that respects all of our

[50:09] brothers and sisters and

[50:09] teaches us that everyone is a

[50:15] brother and sister.

[50:15] The Golden Rule All of these

[50:21] things came from Judaism and we

[50:22] support our Muslim brothers and

[50:27] sisters and I want to say that

[50:28] you should not conflate

[50:32] the Jewish people of America

[50:32] with Israel.

[50:33] We have nothing to do with

[50:38] the political system or

[50:39] the problems in Israel.

[50:39] We are Americans and we believe

[50:44] in the separation of church and

[50:45] state And I believe if they did

[50:45] that they'd be better off.

[50:51] But that's my opinion because

[50:51] I'm an American and that's what

[50:52] we practice here.

[50:55] I think I'm about six seventh

[51:00] generation and we go way

[51:01] further back to So let us not

[51:07] forget that American Jews are

[51:07] American than American Blacks

[51:08] are American.

[51:13] We are all Americans and we are

[51:13] living we are living our

[51:14] freedom.

[51:15] So thank you so much for all of

[51:19] these proclamations.

[51:19] Remember that hate prejudice,

[51:25] hate speech has no place in

[51:25] this city.

[51:31] Thank you.

[51:31] All right.

[51:32] Thank you, council members.

[51:33] And we do have a motion by

[51:34] Council member Campbell to move

[51:37] the proclamation items forward

[51:38] And we'll go next to

[51:39] Councilmember camp You Thank

[51:39] you council PRESIDENT Second

[51:40] the motion and thank you

[51:43] members of the public for their

[51:44] participation today and for

[51:44] coming down to City Hall.

[51:45] I'm proud to join my colleagues

[51:46] in recognizing Jewish American

[51:49] heritage Month and celebrating

[51:50] the countless contributions of

[51:51] Jewish Americans who made our

[51:51] city and our country an amazing

[51:55] place.

[51:56] Council District seven is home

[51:56] to vibrant Jewish communities,

[51:57] particularly in Del Cerro.

[52:01] We have three important

[52:02] congregations Temple Emanuel

[52:02] out of East County and

[52:06] Congregation to Earth Israel

[52:07] and soon moving to San Carlos

[52:07] is Temple Beth Jacob as well

[52:08] And of course these

[52:11] institutions help strengthen

[52:12] our neighborhoods through

[52:13] worship and education,

[52:13] community service and cultural

[52:14] leadership.

[52:18] And I just want just four of

[52:18] many, many Jewish institutions

[52:19] around our city.

[52:20] They're doing amazing work And

[52:24] so I'm very proud to bring that

[52:25] forward with my colleagues.

[52:25] I'm also proud to join

[52:26] Councilmember Whitman in

[52:30] recognizing San Diego Scottish

[52:31] Highland Games.

[52:31] They celebrate the many

[52:32] individuals and organizations

[52:33] who help put that longstanding

[52:35] tradition together and make it

[52:36] possible here in San Diego and

[52:37] members of the public who said

[52:41] all of the contributions of

[52:42] Scotland and Scottish people to

[52:42] the world events like these

[52:43] bring people together and

[52:43] strengthen community

[52:48] connections and highlight

[52:48] the rich cultural diversity

[52:49] that makes San Diego such a

[52:49] special place.

[52:50] So I want to thank everyone

[52:51] involved for their dedication

[52:54] and volunteerism and continued

[52:55] contributions to our city.

[52:55] And I'd like to finally thank

[52:56] my colleagues for bringing

[52:57] forward the proclamation for

[53:00] Juneteenth as we honor

[53:01] the resilience and achievements

[53:01] and enduring contributions of

[53:02] African Americans while

[53:06] reflecting on the significance

[53:06] of freedom and the ongoing

[53:07] pursuit of equality.

[53:08] Even to today, the members of

[53:08] the public who are here today

[53:12] said it better than I could.

[53:13] But I do definitely want to

[53:14] thank in particular the Cooper

[53:15] family for their longstanding

[53:17] recognition of this tradition

[53:18] well before governments

[53:19] recognized it here in San Diego

[53:19] and across our country.

[53:20] So I thank them in particular.

[53:24] Finally just recognizing this

[53:24] day helped ensure the lessons

[53:25] of the history continue to

[53:26] inform our efforts to build

[53:29] the inclusive future that I

[53:30] know we all want and are all

[53:30] trying to achieve.

[53:31] >> So thank you very much

[53:32] Council PRESIDENT And I

[53:32] conclude my second.

[53:36] All right.

[53:37] >> Thank you sir.

[53:37] So we have a motion by Council

[53:38] member Campbell second by

[53:42] Council member Carpio to move

[53:43] the proclamations and with that

[53:43] will go to Council member

[53:44] Whipper Thank you Council

[53:47] PRESIDENT Thank you to Council

[53:48] PRESIDENT PRESIDENT Lee and

[53:49] Councilmembers Foster Brito and

[53:49] Isla Rivera bringing forward

[53:52] the proclamation recognizing

[53:53] Juneteenth 2026 day we

[53:54] celebrate the resilience

[53:54] contributions and enduring

[54:00] legacy of black Americans here

[54:00] in San Diego across our country

[54:01] as we honor this important day

[54:05] and reflect on our history, we

[54:06] also reaffirm our commitment to

[54:07] advancing opportunity, equity

[54:12] and justice for all.

[54:12] And thank you to council

[54:13] members Foster de la Rivera for

[54:13] bringing forward

[54:14] the proclamation ordering

[54:17] Haitian flag Day San Diego's

[54:18] Haitian community is a vital

[54:19] and vibrant part of the fabric

[54:23] of our city today we celebrate

[54:24] not only a flag but a legacy of

[54:24] resilience and pride and

[54:30] incredible contributions to our

[54:31] shared hope.

[54:31] I'm pleased to join

[54:32] Councilmembers Cabo Carpio

[54:36] Ariela Rivera recognizing

[54:36] Jewish American Heritage Month.

[54:37] It's an opportunity not only to

[54:38] celebrate the Jewish

[54:38] communities contributions to

[54:42] the community but also to

[54:42] reflect on the importance of

[54:43] protecting religious freedom,

[54:47] diversity and human dignity At

[54:48] a time when anti-Semitism

[54:48] continues to rise.

[54:49] It is important that we stand

[54:50] with our Jewish community that

[54:53] against hatred in all of its

[54:54] forms.

[54:54] And finally happy to join

[54:58] Councilmember Carpio and

[54:59] Councilmember Campbell in

[55:00] bringing forward San Diego

[55:04] Scottish Highland Games Day

[55:05] recognizes an organization that

[55:06] has spent more than five

[55:06] decades celebrating Scottish

[55:11] culture and traditions and

[55:12] heritage in our region.

[55:12] Since its a corporation in 1974

[55:17] the San Diego Scottish Highland

[55:17] Games has grown into one of

[55:18] the region's largest cultural

[55:19] festivals bringing together an

[55:23] average of 17,000 attendees

[55:24] each year.

[55:24] As we heard earlier from

[55:28] Stephen Laddie, the Chieftain

[55:29] of the San Diego Scottish

[55:30] Highland Games, the festival

[55:30] celebrates many aspects of

[55:36] Scottish heritage and

[55:36] tradition.

[55:37] Here's what ran out before he

[55:37] had a chance to finish his

[55:38] remarks but he did provide

[55:41] the rest of his comments to us

[55:42] up here.

[55:43] It goes on to say that quote

[55:47] For education purposes we have

[55:48] whiskey tasting for education

[55:48] purposes.

[55:53] I'm sure where you will learn

[55:54] how the water at the peat

[55:54] flavors, the barley and how

[55:55] eating a different previously

[56:00] used oak barrels changes

[56:01] the notes and the aromas of

[56:01] the grain.

[56:05] So if you're interested in

[56:06] attending for educational

[56:06] purposes, this year's Highland

[56:10] Games will take place on

[56:10] Saturday, JUNE 20th and Sunday

[56:11] JUNE 21st at Bishop Valley

[56:11] River Park.

[56:12] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[56:12] All right.

[56:17] Thank you Council member

[56:17] Whitburn Not anybody else

[56:18] Council member Isla Rivera

[56:22] Thank you.

[56:23] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[56:24] Before I speak to some of

[56:28] the specific proclamations I

[56:28] want acknowledge why a couple

[56:29] of them are here today rather

[56:30] than last month.

[56:34] Council member Campbell alluded

[56:35] to this as well.

[56:39] We postpone two of these

[56:39] proclamations out of respect to

[56:40] make room for the community to

[56:45] grieve after the shooting of

[56:45] the Islamic center And so to

[56:51] our Jewish and Asian

[56:51] communities.

[56:52] I appreciate your patience,

[56:52] grace and understanding your

[56:57] willingness to wait so we can

[56:58] hold space for another group's

[56:58] pain reflects the values that

[57:03] we aiming to honor here today.

[57:04] And I think that there is a

[57:09] thread that I see in in

[57:09] the Haitian flag

[57:10] the Proclamation Jewish

[57:11] American Heritage Month

[57:11] Proclamation and Juneteenth

[57:15] Proclamation and that's that

[57:16] liberation is not given through

[57:16] words alone.

[57:21] It's one and it takes work.

[57:22] Haitian Flag Day marks

[57:22] the birth of a flag that was

[57:23] stitched together by people who

[57:27] refuse to remain in chains

[57:28] The people who wage the only

[57:28] successful slave revolution to

[57:31] founded free nation and built

[57:32] the first black republic in

[57:32] the world.

[57:33] Their freedom was not granted

[57:34] to them.

[57:38] They took it And that same

[57:38] spirit I'm proud to see it

[57:44] growing here in San Diego and

[57:44] in my district which is home to

[57:45] a growing Haitian community

[57:46] whose faith, resilience and

[57:46] contributions are making our

[57:50] city stronger.

[57:51] I want to say thank you to

[57:52] leaders like Pastor Johnson who

[57:56] carry that legacy forward in

[57:57] our neighborhoods and show so

[57:57] much support for other

[57:58] communities as well.

[58:02] Jewish American Heritage Month

[58:02] honors the people my people

[58:03] whose own story begins with

[58:08] liberation and who carry an

[58:08] enduring commitment to repair

[58:09] what's broken in the world.

[58:13] That part of that heritage is

[58:14] the part that I hold closest

[58:15] and takes pride in and has

[58:20] demonstrated itself in multiple

[58:21] ways throughout the years from

[58:25] Ruth Ginsburg and her long

[58:26] successful fight to expand

[58:26] the promise of equality to

[58:32] women to the Freedom Summer in

[58:33] 1964 where two young Jewish

[58:33] activists Andrew Goodman and

[58:37] Michael Schwerner were murdered

[58:38] in Mississippi alongside their

[58:39] black colleague James Chaney

[58:39] for the work of registering

[58:43] black Americans to vote.

[58:44] They did side by side in

[58:45] the same cause fighting for

[58:50] liberation and freedom and

[58:50] America.

[58:55] Well, thank you for your

[58:56] comments about making this

[58:57] about Jewish American Heritage

[58:57] Month.

[58:58] That's what this is about.

[59:02] But then also the country Jews

[59:03] here in America and

[59:07] the contributions that are made

[59:08] .

[59:08] And finally I'll turn to

[59:09] Juneteenth which might be

[59:10] the most powerful reminder of

[59:14] all of that notion that

[59:14] liberation is not given through

[59:15] words.

[59:19] The Emancipation Proclamation

[59:20] was historic and necessary, but

[59:21] a proclamation is words and

[59:25] words on a page in outbreak

[59:26] The Chains of For more than

[59:26] two years after it was signed,

[59:27] people in Texas remained

[59:32] enslaved until troops reached

[59:33] Galveston and did the work of

[59:33] carrying that freedom into into

[59:38] the world and enforcing it.

[59:38] Freedom declared is not

[59:39] the same as freedom delivered.

[59:44] This is the tension woven into

[59:44] our nation since its founding

[59:45] The space between the promises

[59:50] that were written on paper and

[59:51] the freedom the people are

[59:51] actually living.

[59:52] We declare that all people are

[59:55] created equal while millions

[59:56] were held in.

[1:00:01] Closing that gap has been an

[1:00:02] ongoing effort and it has

[1:00:03] required people willing to do

[1:00:03] the work.

[1:00:07] So with all three of these

[1:00:08] proclamations they certainly

[1:00:14] are a reason to celebrate but

[1:00:14] they're also a reason to

[1:00:20] recommit to the work of freedom

[1:00:21] .

[1:00:21] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[1:00:22] All right.

[1:00:22] Thank you, Council member La

[1:00:23] Rivera.

[1:00:23] We'll go next to Councilmember

[1:00:24] Moreno.

[1:00:25] Thank you.

[1:00:25] I'd like to take this

[1:00:26] opportunity to congratulate all

[1:00:27] the recipients of proclamations

[1:00:31] today.

[1:00:32] I do have comments on item as

[1:00:36] 5o3 which is Juneteenth 2020

[1:00:36] sixth day.

[1:00:42] It's an honor to join council

[1:00:43] member Foster Council member

[1:00:47] Ella Rivera and Council member

[1:00:48] Lee in recognizing an important

[1:00:53] moment in our nation's history

[1:00:54] and also to reflect on

[1:00:54] the significance of Juneteenth.

[1:00:59] Juneteenth reminds us of

[1:01:00] the perseverance and resilience

[1:01:00] of the black community and also

[1:01:01] the long struggle to ensure

[1:01:05] that freedom and equal rights

[1:01:06] were not only promised but

[1:01:06] actually made a reality.

[1:01:11] We honor those who continue to

[1:01:12] advocate for justice even after

[1:01:16] emancipation was declared.

[1:01:17] Recognizing that progress often

[1:01:22] requires more than the passage

[1:01:23] of a law, One of the lessons

[1:01:24] Juneteenth teaches us is that

[1:01:29] policy is not enough.

[1:01:29] Meaningful change requires

[1:01:30] implementation, accountability

[1:01:34] and enforcement.

[1:01:35] And as public servants we have

[1:01:36] a responsibility to ensure that

[1:01:41] the commitments we make are

[1:01:41] carried out in a way that

[1:01:42] delivers real results for

[1:01:46] the communities that we serve.

[1:01:47] I'm proud to recognize

[1:01:47] Juneteenth and the ongoing

[1:01:53] contributions of the Black

[1:01:54] community to our city, to our

[1:01:54] state and to our nation.

[1:01:59] I did see sd Mellon here Women

[1:01:59] of Color Wore and the Cooper

[1:02:00] Family Foundation.

[1:02:05] I have been a strong supporter

[1:02:06] of the Cooper Family Foundation

[1:02:11] that will be celebrating its

[1:02:11] would you say 50th anniversary

[1:02:16] over the 55 year anniversary

[1:02:20] JUNE 20th at Memorial Park in

[1:02:20] District eight.

[1:02:21] I do want to tied in with our

[1:02:22] budget that we just passed.

[1:02:26] Every single year we allocate

[1:02:27] funding to Juneteenth

[1:02:32] celebration because I recognize

[1:02:33] the importance that that

[1:02:33] celebration has not only to

[1:02:38] the to the black community but

[1:02:39] also to the District eight

[1:02:40] community just in general.

[1:02:44] I think if MR. Sidney Cooper

[1:02:45] were to go out and go out this

[1:02:45] Saturday he would just be blown

[1:02:49] away by by community coming

[1:02:50] together and also by the fact

[1:02:55] that you guys still give out

[1:02:56] free lunches to kids.

[1:02:57] That is powerful and profound

[1:03:01] and all the family activities

[1:03:02] that are free and are available

[1:03:07] to the residents.

[1:03:08] So tying it back to the budget

[1:03:09] this council did restore hcf

[1:03:13] funding So we will be there one

[1:03:13] more year.

[1:03:14] >> And thank you guys for what

[1:03:14] you do.

[1:03:19] I know it is a it is a quite

[1:03:19] quite a event, right?

[1:03:24] It's a lot.

[1:03:25] So thank you for what you do

[1:03:26] and and for what a lot of folks

[1:03:30] in this room do and I'm sorry

[1:03:31] if I didn't recognize you but

[1:03:32] Cooper families And so I will

[1:03:36] always uplift the event.

[1:03:37] But with that council PRESIDENT

[1:03:42] I am happy to support

[1:03:43] the motion before us today.

[1:03:43] >> Thank you.

[1:03:44] All right.

[1:03:44] Thank you.

[1:03:45] Council member Randolph will go

[1:03:45] to Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem

[1:03:47] Lee then Council PRESIDENT And

[1:03:52] thank you to my colleagues for

[1:03:53] a number of recognitions today.

[1:03:54] Starting off with Jewish

[1:03:54] American Heritage Month I do

[1:03:57] want to thank my colleagues

[1:03:58] especially Councilmember Rivera

[1:04:03] and Council member Campbell for

[1:04:04] taking a moment to move this

[1:04:05] recognition Given

[1:04:05] the circumstances of the last

[1:04:10] month and still taking this

[1:04:10] opportunity to recognize our

[1:04:11] Jewish American community here

[1:04:15] in San Diego.

[1:04:15] Thank you for the recognition

[1:04:20] of the Haitian Flag Day as well

[1:04:20] .

[1:04:21] And Council member Whitburn,

[1:04:26] you had me at Educational.

[1:04:27] Thank you for that and best

[1:04:27] wishes as you put on

[1:04:31] the Scottish Highland Games.

[1:04:33] I'll speak to items 5 or 3 and

[1:04:33] I'm honored to join

[1:04:34] Councilmembers Foster Moreno

[1:04:37] and Rivera to proclaim

[1:04:38] Juneteenth in the city of San

[1:04:38] Diego and recognize this

[1:04:42] important moment in our

[1:04:43] nation's history.

[1:04:43] We all know the history of why

[1:04:47] Juneteenth has come to be and I

[1:04:48] think what it serves to this

[1:04:52] day is a reminder of the path

[1:04:53] to liberation even when delayed

[1:04:54] can be achieved through

[1:04:54] the enduring power of

[1:04:58] resistance and resilience and

[1:04:59] the recognition of Juneteenth

[1:05:03] as a federal holiday in 2021

[1:05:04] certainly represented an

[1:05:05] important acknowledgment of a

[1:05:05] chapter of American history

[1:05:09] that has too often been

[1:05:09] forgotten not forgotten but

[1:05:10] perhaps overlooked.

[1:05:15] And I think we especially need

[1:05:16] to think now.

[1:05:16] County Supervisor Monica

[1:05:20] Montgomery for helping to bring

[1:05:21] this forward at that time to

[1:05:22] ensure that the city of San

[1:05:22] Diego also recognized

[1:05:25] Juneteenth as an official

[1:05:25] holiday to the stage and

[1:05:26] invites us to celebrate

[1:05:30] the strength, leadership and

[1:05:30] countless contributions of

[1:05:31] black Americans reminds us that

[1:05:32] history has to be recognized

[1:05:35] and learn from And it's a

[1:05:36] challenge I think to this day

[1:05:40] for us to grapple with

[1:05:41] the pains of that history and

[1:05:46] to also make amends not just as

[1:05:46] a society, as a country but

[1:05:47] also in the ways that we can

[1:05:51] here at the city of San Diego.

[1:05:52] So certainly I look forward not

[1:05:55] only to celebrating Juneteenth

[1:05:56] with many of you but to

[1:05:57] continue using that as an

[1:06:01] opportunity to remind of

[1:06:02] the continual work when it

[1:06:02] comes to delivering justice

[1:06:07] within our communities.

[1:06:08] Thank you Council for All

[1:06:08] right.

[1:06:08] Thank you.

[1:06:09] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[1:06:11] We'll go next to Council member

[1:06:12] Foster Yes thank you.

[1:06:16] >> Council PRESIDENT And just

[1:06:17] thank you to my colleagues for

[1:06:22] all of the proclamations and

[1:06:26] the recognition you know,

[1:06:27] Jewish American Heritage Month.

[1:06:28] Just thank you for being in

[1:06:32] this forward Again, as you have

[1:06:33] heard from my colleagues, you

[1:06:37] know, with the time that we are

[1:06:38] in, I think we need to do

[1:06:41] everything we can to uplift and

[1:06:46] to celebrate once the heritage

[1:06:51] culture and things of the sort

[1:06:52] And thank you to the Jewish

[1:06:56] American community for all

[1:06:57] their contributions to this

[1:06:57] city of San Diego.

[1:07:02] Asian flag Day.

[1:07:02] I'm proud to bring this

[1:07:03] proclamation forward along with

[1:07:04] my colleague council member

[1:07:09] Sean Isla Rivera.

[1:07:10] But I just want everyone to

[1:07:12] understand this is about

[1:07:13] recognizing a day rooted in

[1:07:18] freedom, rooted in unity, in

[1:07:19] the belief that dignity belongs

[1:07:22] to everyone.

[1:07:27] And I must say I'm a little

[1:07:28] appalled that we have to hear

[1:07:32] comments about bringing an item

[1:07:36] such as Haitian flag Day to be

[1:07:37] recognized.

[1:07:41] And so I just want to make sure

[1:07:42] that with the Haitian community

[1:07:43] just thank you for everything

[1:07:47] that you do your contribution

[1:07:47] to the city of San Diego and

[1:07:51] thank you for continuing to

[1:07:52] share your culture to to share

[1:07:56] what unity is, how important it

[1:08:00] is to unify as a people and to

[1:08:01] make sure our future

[1:08:05] generations understand

[1:08:06] the significance and understand

[1:08:10] the traditions, the practices

[1:08:10] of one's culture.

[1:08:11] So thank you for that

[1:08:15] Juneteenth 2026 Day Thank you

[1:08:20] to the Cooper family for

[1:08:21] everything that you do And I'll

[1:08:24] say this there in District

[1:08:25] eight there's a reason they're

[1:08:25] in District eight.

[1:08:27] That's where we were allowed to

[1:08:32] live.

[1:08:33] So I want to make sure everyone

[1:08:34] understands that as we talk

[1:08:37] about these significance of

[1:08:38] Juneteenth And I'm a young man

[1:08:42] then I've said this before on

[1:08:43] this dais that attended Hampton

[1:08:46] University for five years every

[1:08:51] day every day I saw

[1:08:56] the Emancipation Oak.

[1:08:57] Every time I go back to this

[1:09:05] day I go to that location and I

[1:09:06] remember my time at Hampton.

[1:09:10] >> I remember what I learned

[1:09:11] about the importance and

[1:09:14] the significance of that Oak

[1:09:15] tree And here we are today to

[1:09:20] continue to celebrate.

[1:09:21] And for me this is about

[1:09:24] resolve.

[1:09:25] This is about taking a moment

[1:09:29] to celebrate black greatness,

[1:09:30] to celebrate that no matter

[1:09:35] what has happened to us, no

[1:09:35] matter what we continue to go

[1:09:39] through, we can take time out

[1:09:40] to celebrate us, to look at

[1:09:44] each other and say I love you.

[1:09:44] Things will get better.

[1:09:49] We will make sure things get

[1:09:50] better because no one's going

[1:09:54] to take better care of us than

[1:09:54] us.

[1:09:55] So thank you for those

[1:09:58] continued efforts.

[1:09:59] Thank you for continuing to

[1:10:03] reflect on the significance of

[1:10:04] the black community to

[1:10:08] the success of the city of San

[1:10:09] Diego.

[1:10:09] It's one of the reasons we

[1:10:10] established the San Diego Black

[1:10:13] Arts and Culture District.

[1:10:14] I truly believe there would be

[1:10:18] no San Diego if it were not for

[1:10:18] the contributions of black

[1:10:22] Americans to the City of San

[1:10:22] Diego.

[1:10:23] So thank you so much.

[1:10:23] Let's continue to celebrate.

[1:10:27] But let's also make sure we

[1:10:32] have a lot of work to do Also I

[1:10:37] just have to to close with

[1:10:37] this.

[1:10:38] And I would need just a little

[1:10:39] more time when that alarm goes

[1:10:44] off.

[1:10:45] The past few months have been

[1:10:49] very, very difficult.

[1:10:53] We have seen hate and we have

[1:10:58] seen it consistently.

[1:10:59] And one thing that we cannot do

[1:11:02] and one thing that we must not

[1:11:07] do is fall subject to

[1:11:08] the divisiveness and the hate

[1:11:12] that is coming from

[1:11:13] the PRESIDENT Of the United

[1:11:17] States and the White House.

[1:11:18] We cannot allow that to happen.

[1:11:21] That is not San Diego.

[1:11:22] When we talk about progress,

[1:11:26] the civil right the Civil

[1:11:27] Rights Act of 1964 is under

[1:11:31] attack.

[1:11:32] It is under continued attack.

[1:11:39] The Voting Rights Act of 1965.

[1:11:40] If you hear what is being said,

[1:11:44] it is being said people of

[1:11:44] color.

[1:11:48] They do not want us to vote.

[1:11:53] We cannot force subject to this

[1:11:54] rhetoric and this hate coming

[1:11:58] to this Dyess or coming to give

[1:11:58] comment and to have

[1:12:03] the audacity to tell a culture

[1:12:03] that they should not celebrate

[1:12:07] their flag.

[1:12:07] That is wrong.

[1:12:12] We start every meeting in this

[1:12:13] chambers during the Pledge of

[1:12:17] Allegiance with all of its

[1:12:18] flaws that the United States of

[1:12:24] America has.

[1:12:28] >> We were founded on what I

[1:12:29] feel is one of the most

[1:12:30] probably the most egregious

[1:12:38] acts in this world.

[1:12:39] We are still feeling

[1:12:45] the impacts today.

[1:12:46] >> We are 5% of the population

[1:12:49] in the city of San Diego but we

[1:12:50] make up 30% of the homeless

[1:12:51] population.

[1:12:55] I have our board of trustees

[1:12:55] here today.

[1:12:56] Sharon Whitehurst Payne with

[1:12:57] San Diego Unified School

[1:13:02] District.

[1:13:03] She has to fight every day to

[1:13:07] get the resources to get

[1:13:08] the attention that our young

[1:13:11] students need to learn how to

[1:13:16] read and write.

[1:13:17] We were told we had no business

[1:13:19] understanding how to read and

[1:13:24] write.

[1:13:25] >> To this day we just went

[1:13:28] through a $6 billion budget and

[1:13:28] we have to fight to keep

[1:13:29] libraries open.

[1:13:33] Why are we fighting to keep an

[1:13:37] institution where we learn,

[1:13:37] learn how to read, learn how to

[1:13:41] write, learn how to prepare our

[1:13:42] young folks to be successful in

[1:13:45] this very, very challenging

[1:13:46] world that we call the United

[1:13:47] States of America.

[1:13:51] And I know we are here to

[1:13:52] celebrate.

[1:13:53] We're going to do a flag

[1:13:56] raising for Juneteenth.

[1:13:56] I'm going to be out at

[1:13:57] the Cooper Family Foundation.

[1:14:01] I invite everyone to the city

[1:14:01] of San Diego, the county of San

[1:14:02] Diego Come and celebrate

[1:14:08] Juneteenth.

[1:14:08] Come and celebrate Black

[1:14:10] Independence Day and come and

[1:14:16] understand what it looks like

[1:14:16] when we love on one another

[1:14:21] when we celebrate family, when

[1:14:22] we can take all that bad and

[1:14:26] set it to the side for the day

[1:14:26] and say we are good people.

[1:14:31] We are a value we have

[1:14:31] contributed to this United

[1:14:35] States of America.

[1:14:36] And I think it's something that

[1:14:40] we all need to continue to

[1:14:40] strive.

[1:14:41] And I will say this and I

[1:14:45] appreciate the proclamation but

[1:14:46] some time has passed where

[1:14:50] the state of California took

[1:14:51] some time out to put together

[1:14:54] the reparations task force.

[1:14:55] It was groundbreaking work.

[1:14:59] It set the path forward.

[1:15:03] But we need to make sure that

[1:15:04] we not only look at that

[1:15:05] document that we don't only sit

[1:15:09] here and acknowledge days such

[1:15:13] as Juneteenth or the Haitian

[1:15:13] Flag Day.

[1:15:17] We need to do more.

[1:15:18] We need to take action.

[1:15:20] And we need to actually correct

[1:15:25] the harm.

[1:15:26] And everyone needs to

[1:15:30] understand that and hear that.

[1:15:34] And again, we need to fight

[1:15:35] hate.

[1:15:39] Hate has no place No place in

[1:15:40] this city of San Diego.

[1:15:44] And no one should feel that

[1:15:45] they are unsafe based on

[1:15:49] the color of their skin or

[1:15:50] their religious beliefs and who

[1:15:50] they are.

[1:15:54] But we must be respectful so we

[1:15:54] can agree to disagree.

[1:15:58] But we must be respectful.

[1:15:59] And so with that council

[1:16:03] PRESIDENT That will conclude my

[1:16:04] comments.

[1:16:04] Again, thank you for everyone

[1:16:05] to the public for coming out.

[1:16:08] Let's make sure we take some

[1:16:09] time out to celebrate all these

[1:16:13] significant proclamations and

[1:16:14] let's be the best San Diego

[1:16:14] that we can be.

[1:16:18] Let's not fight each other.

[1:16:18] Let's embrace our diversity.

[1:16:23] Let's embrace our culture.

[1:16:27] Be truly want this to be

[1:16:31] the greatest city.

[1:16:32] We must do better.

[1:16:37] We must must do better.

[1:16:37] And we must open our arms and

[1:16:41] we must receive our brothers

[1:16:41] and sisters.

[1:16:42] And we must celebrate each

[1:16:46] other.

[1:16:46] And we must uplift and support

[1:16:47] each other.

[1:16:50] So thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[1:16:51] .

[1:16:51] >> I will conclude there.

[1:16:52] All right.

[1:16:52] Thank you, sir.

[1:17:01] You asked for more time.

[1:17:04] >> I give you three minutes

[1:17:05] Used used up very, very well.

[1:17:09] >> All wrap things up.

[1:17:10] Thank you to my colleagues for

[1:17:10] bringing forth these

[1:17:13] proclamations that celebrate

[1:17:14] who we are as San Diego and

[1:17:15] the diversity that makes our

[1:17:18] city special.

[1:17:19] And to those of you who showed

[1:17:20] up for the first time perhaps

[1:17:23] the only time and spoke from

[1:17:24] the heart about a proclamation

[1:17:28] that meant something to you

[1:17:29] whether it's your nationality,

[1:17:30] your belief, your cultural

[1:17:30] heritage.

[1:17:32] Thank you for taking the time

[1:17:33] to come out and share your

[1:17:34] thoughts or feelings with us

[1:17:37] this morning.

[1:17:38] So with that we have a motion

[1:17:39] by Councilmember Campbell and a

[1:17:42] second by council member come

[1:17:42] here to move the proclamations.

[1:17:43] Clerk Please call the roll.

[1:17:43] Thank you.

[1:17:44] Council PRESIDENT I'm sorry

[1:17:45] The voting system Please cast

[1:17:56] your vote and that passes

[1:17:57] unanimously 7 to 0 with council

[1:17:59] member Marnie, one of Oprah and

[1:17:59] Councilmember Campbell absent.

[1:18:00] >> Thank you, Council

[1:18:00] PRESIDENT.

[1:18:01] All right.

[1:18:01] Thank you.

[1:18:03] With that we will now pause for

[1:18:04] photos and we will start with

[1:20:05] sw 503 Juneteenth 2026 Day

[1:24:12] and then

[1:27:15] All right as a friendly rule

[1:27:15] reminder to our colleagues

[1:27:16] we're going to go to do

[1:27:16] the consent item.

[1:27:20] Some of the items require six

[1:27:20] votes.

[1:27:21] I'm not telling you how to vote

[1:27:23] but we need to hold There's

[1:27:24] only six of us left.

[1:27:28] So if there's any no pressure

[1:27:32] But we do We need to have at

[1:27:33] least six votes six individuals

[1:27:37] here with the possibility of

[1:27:37] the votes not telling you how

[1:27:38] to vote.

[1:27:39] So we will now proceed with

[1:27:42] the approval of the consent

[1:27:42] items.

[1:27:43] Are there any requests to pull

[1:27:43] an item?

[1:27:47] Yes, there are.

[1:27:48] >> There is item If we could

[1:27:51] get a presentation on item as

[1:27:52] 5a1 the proposed fiscal year 27

[1:27:53] rec center fund Budget

[1:27:57] opportunity Fund budget and

[1:27:57] 2025 complete outside report

[1:27:58] please.

[1:28:02] Okay So we'll do the consent

[1:28:02] items and then we'll hear here

[1:28:06] that item next not see any

[1:28:07] other requests.

[1:28:07] Clerk Please proceed with

[1:28:12] public comment on the consent

[1:28:12] item.

[1:28:13] Think on the remainder of

[1:28:13] the consent item.

[1:28:14] Thank you.

[1:28:17] Council PRESIDENT If I can have

[1:28:18] Jacob Lewis Edwards please come

[1:28:18] up to the front.

[1:28:21] After that we have Maximillian

[1:28:22] Schmidt allegedly Audra and

[1:28:26] then Anthony Dang Joyce

[1:28:27] Kenyatta.

[1:28:27] Claudia Rodriguez.

[1:28:31] Jocelyn Estrada and Sherry

[1:28:31] Jones.

[1:28:32] If you can all please come

[1:28:35] forward to the front row that

[1:28:36] would really facilitate meeting

[1:28:36] management.

[1:28:39] Now you're speaking on three

[1:28:40] items Jacob so you'll have

[1:28:44] three minutes 5121 Please

[1:28:44] proceed.

[1:28:44] Thank you very much.

[1:28:45] I'd like to start by thanking

[1:28:49] our council one again Campbell

[1:28:50] for comments about the anti

[1:28:53] Semitic rhetoric in chambers

[1:28:54] that are free speech is

[1:28:58] important and we have the right

[1:28:59] to speak out against such

[1:28:59] rhetoric.

[1:29:03] Thank you to her for that and

[1:29:04] thank you for Council Foster's

[1:29:08] comments.

[1:29:09] He couldn't have said it any

[1:29:09] better.

[1:29:12] I was that was amazing how he

[1:29:17] put that.

[1:29:18] No I'm going to speak up on

[1:29:22] the consent agenda items.

[1:29:22] All these agenda items we go

[1:29:23] over are very important.

[1:29:27] However I think that we could

[1:29:28] put agenda items forth to

[1:29:31] confront some serious stuff.

[1:29:32] It was years ago my mom's

[1:29:37] brother Danny Tyler's position

[1:29:38] at the Department of Homeland

[1:29:38] Security was hijacked by

[1:29:42] the Italian mafia that led to

[1:29:42] them hijacking our federal

[1:29:47] government and the agencies.

[1:29:48] I was encouraging the Costa

[1:29:48] Nostra over a year ago.

[1:29:51] Please hand the keys back.

[1:29:52] This could be your demise as

[1:29:56] well that a foreign country or

[1:30:00] adversary could capitalize on

[1:30:01] this And that was what was

[1:30:01] transpiring the entire time.

[1:30:03] Chinese espionage was on it

[1:30:08] from the jump for what's going

[1:30:13] on now, what it's led to is

[1:30:13] genocide.

[1:30:17] The Federal Reserve families of

[1:30:18] China a lot of money to settle

[1:30:22] their debt.

[1:30:23] They cut a deal with China that

[1:30:26] they can't take our government

[1:30:27] and our country over And upon

[1:30:32] that agreement to eliminate

[1:30:36] profiles of folks the Chinese

[1:30:37] do not want the best to

[1:30:37] the best of our country So

[1:30:41] their best of the best can

[1:30:42] swoop in.

[1:30:45] It's completely unacceptable.

[1:30:46] We stand up for ourselves.

[1:30:50] We stand up for each other and

[1:30:51] we stand up for our country.

[1:30:52] I want you to check out

[1:30:56] the YouTube clip this posted

[1:30:57] under Jacob Edwards speaks for

[1:30:58] I spoke right here at this

[1:31:03] microphone.

[1:31:04] What has transpired since

[1:31:05] the deal that the Federal

[1:31:08] Reserve families cut with

[1:31:08] the Chinese?

[1:31:09] It's completely unacceptable in

[1:31:13] this country I take the coast

[1:31:14] to coast for would even agree

[1:31:15] and I, I think I still

[1:31:18] encourage them to step back,

[1:31:19] fight with us and let's all

[1:31:23] work together was work together

[1:31:24] that the Chinese should not

[1:31:24] overthrow our government, take

[1:31:27] our country over Genocide is

[1:31:28] completely unacceptable in this

[1:31:28] country.

[1:31:34] We stand against it that

[1:31:35] everybody needs to work

[1:31:39] together, fight for ourselves,

[1:31:40] fight for each other and fight

[1:31:40] for our country.

[1:31:45] I say GOD bless San Diego and

[1:31:46] GOD bless the United States of

[1:31:46] America.

[1:31:49] >> Think I'm supposed to speak

[1:31:50] in public comment but I'm going

[1:31:51] to refrain And you all have

[1:31:54] Maximilian Schmidt You're

[1:31:59] speaking on items 100 106 and

[1:32:04] 107 Hi.

[1:32:04] >> I researched approval of

[1:32:08] the fiscal year 27 San Diego

[1:32:09] Tourism Marketing District

[1:32:16] Report of Activities and $5,656

[1:32:17] million of our tax dollars are

[1:32:21] being used to try to encourage

[1:32:22] support develop tourism in San

[1:32:27] Diego And I just wanted to say

[1:32:27] that nowhere do they support

[1:32:32] maybe Christian tourism because

[1:32:32] i know San Diego has a long

[1:32:37] history of Catholic missions

[1:32:37] and beautiful Christian

[1:32:42] churches all across San Diego

[1:32:43] and I thought maybe we're going

[1:32:47] to have a Jewish Heritage Month

[1:32:48] and a Haitian Flag Day and

[1:32:52] Juneteenth.

[1:32:53] Maybe we could do something for

[1:32:57] Christianity instead Everyone

[1:32:58] talks about hate speech and

[1:32:58] the and the truth is they're

[1:33:02] trying to tie the word

[1:33:03] Christian into the word hate

[1:33:04] speech by calling us white

[1:33:08] Christian nationalists And I'm

[1:33:08] supposed to be and they're

[1:33:09] going to probably call me

[1:33:10] nationalist just because I said

[1:33:12] I don't support Haitian Flag

[1:33:13] Day because it's the most

[1:33:18] corrupt country on in

[1:33:18] the entire Western Hemisphere

[1:33:22] thus has the poorest people's

[1:33:23] population in the Western

[1:33:24] Hemisphere And then we have a

[1:33:28] whole day commemorated they

[1:33:29] said for thousands and

[1:33:29] thousands of years.

[1:33:30] Let us commemorate the Haitian

[1:33:33] flag on this special day.

[1:33:34] And it's also I'm sorry it's

[1:33:37] the communist government too

[1:33:38] And I feel like there's

[1:33:38] communist elements to San

[1:33:44] Diego's on to San Diego to for

[1:33:44] example a neural linguistic

[1:33:48] programing has become a problem

[1:33:49] And I hate to say that but it's

[1:33:53] true On the San Diego trolley

[1:33:54] every time the trolley makes an

[1:33:55] announcement it uses neuro

[1:33:58] linguistic programing to try to

[1:33:59] read my mind and make me

[1:33:59] nervous.

[1:34:03] It does that because someone

[1:34:04] who did pagan rituals and

[1:34:04] became telepathic is actually

[1:34:09] controlling the trolley.

[1:34:10] They'll even slam on the brakes

[1:34:10] or accelerate in conjunction

[1:34:15] with my movements and they can

[1:34:16] do that because the third eye

[1:34:16] is real and it's called camping

[1:34:20] out in someone's consciousness

[1:34:20] so they can literally access

[1:34:21] your consciousness and

[1:34:26] the trolley driver can drive

[1:34:27] the car and it's called

[1:34:27] standardization.

[1:34:28] He can slow it down and speed

[1:34:29] up my movements and in

[1:34:31] the trolley intercom So I'm

[1:34:32] just saying $56 million that

[1:34:37] we're spending on tourism.

[1:34:37] Meanwhile we've got the roots

[1:34:38] of communism are starting to

[1:34:41] grow out of San Diego from

[1:34:42] everything from public transit

[1:34:42] to walking down the street and

[1:34:46] buildings making bizarre high

[1:34:47] pitch noises thanks to your

[1:34:47] actions.

[1:34:52] So $56 million is hard earned

[1:34:53] money from that you're taking

[1:34:53] from property tax and cannabis

[1:34:57] tax from the people of San

[1:34:58] Diego You're taking out $56

[1:34:58] million and you're trying to

[1:35:02] say we want to increase tourism

[1:35:03] almost no transparency.

[1:35:03] >> The report Meanwhile there's

[1:35:08] communism going on in San Diego

[1:35:08] Next is allegedly order You're

[1:35:12] speaking on several items 5101

[1:35:13] or 2 One of I want to wait 191

[1:35:14] ten and it's 501 You'll have

[1:35:14] three minutes.

[1:35:19] >> Please proceed.

[1:35:20] Yeah.

[1:35:20] I find it interesting that

[1:35:24] talking about pedophilia is

[1:35:30] considered anti-Semitic and

[1:35:31] hate speech and being a victim

[1:35:35] of a pedophile for nine years

[1:35:40] That's like me talking about It

[1:35:41] is hate speech against Bert

[1:35:45] Dickerson who did that to me

[1:35:46] And it's like not a problem

[1:35:51] that those things happen

[1:35:51] because those are very true

[1:35:56] What I spoke about They do oral

[1:35:57] suction on babies who have been

[1:36:03] circumcised and how to have sex

[1:36:04] with a child a little girl who

[1:36:07] is three years old And one day

[1:36:12] if they can give consent And so

[1:36:13] it's like hateful for me to say

[1:36:13] those things.

[1:36:18] Yes, I hate pedophilia.

[1:36:19] I do as a victim because it

[1:36:20] continues and there is no

[1:36:24] justice because of things like

[1:36:25] this being buried and it being

[1:36:26] considered hate speech that I

[1:36:29] talk about it And

[1:36:36] Jewish-Americans go to Israel

[1:36:36] because of the sanctuary for

[1:36:41] pedophilia And there's so much

[1:36:42] pedophilia that has been

[1:36:42] exposed But it's like

[1:36:48] acceptable.

[1:36:49] Everybody accepts it And it's

[1:36:49] like for people who have

[1:36:50] children.

[1:36:53] But it's so concerning to me

[1:36:54] that you would say it's hateful

[1:37:00] for me to talk about that when

[1:37:00] I think we should to protect

[1:37:01] your children from things like

[1:37:05] that happening.

[1:37:06] It happened to me in a daycare.

[1:37:07] I was taken to this house every

[1:37:12] day where this man would abuse

[1:37:18] me and I called him on

[1:37:18] the phone at the police station

[1:37:23] when I was 12 years old and got

[1:37:23] him to admit it and nothing

[1:37:24] happened because the judge said

[1:37:30] that if when I said he said

[1:37:31] what do you think should

[1:37:31] happen?

[1:37:31] >> I said you know what?

[1:37:32] I think he should go to jail

[1:37:33] for a year.

[1:37:35] That sounded like a really long

[1:37:36] time as a 12 year old And he

[1:37:41] said that he would be worse off

[1:37:42] if he went to jail.

[1:37:43] Yeah, he probably did Good Then

[1:37:47] he won't abuse any more

[1:37:47] children like he continues to

[1:37:48] do for the last 30 something

[1:37:53] years because of like this.

[1:37:54] >> And for those of you have

[1:37:59] children shame on you for

[1:38:00] calling that hate speech

[1:38:05] because I feel like that is

[1:38:06] hate speech to victims for

[1:38:11] going Why is this acceptable?

[1:38:12] >> Why can people stand in a

[1:38:13] crowd of people and watch a man

[1:38:17] a little boy's spit it a clap

[1:38:23] and celebrate it all that comes

[1:38:24] off of this kind of evil and

[1:38:29] that is why we are supposed to

[1:38:30] repent but not go into it and

[1:38:31] accept it and like brush it

[1:38:35] under the rug when we have

[1:38:36] children and we just basically

[1:38:40] play Russian roulette with them

[1:38:46] and these people run rampant

[1:38:47] because of this our time is

[1:38:48] supported.

[1:38:53] >> Anthony Doing your speaking

[1:38:54] on item 100 you have a minute?

[1:38:55] >> Please proceed.

[1:38:55] Thank you.

[1:38:55] Good morning.

[1:38:59] My name is Anthony Dana.

[1:39:00] >> I'm the Climate Action

[1:39:00] Campaign.

[1:39:01] We're building an affordable

[1:39:02] 100% clean and reliable energy

[1:39:05] future so you can already pay

[1:39:06] the highest electricity rates

[1:39:10] in the nation of $0.45 per

[1:39:10] kilowatt hour which is more

[1:39:11] than two times the national

[1:39:12] average with a typical monthly

[1:39:16] bill of over $300 for a single

[1:39:17] family home heating squeezed by

[1:39:22] the affordability crisis at

[1:39:23] every corner as you need to

[1:39:24] support a general rate case

[1:39:28] request yesterday afternoon

[1:39:28] requesting 3.8 billion starting

[1:39:29] in 2028.

[1:39:30] If approved this would add an

[1:39:34] extra $22.48 per month on

[1:39:34] the average family's gas and

[1:39:40] electric bill.

[1:39:41] That is almost an additional

[1:39:41] $270 a year Every single family

[1:39:46] would be handing over to

[1:39:47] Jeannie.

[1:39:48] That's exactly excuse me that's

[1:39:48] exactly why today's energy

[1:39:52] affordability and

[1:39:53] accountability resolution

[1:39:53] matters And we hope that

[1:39:54] the full council can pass this

[1:40:00] resolution.

[1:40:00] >> Thank you, Joyce.

[1:40:01] Other please come forward.

[1:40:02] You'll have three minutes to

[1:40:02] speak on 101, two, four.

[1:40:05] One, two, 31251502.

[1:40:06] Please proceed.

[1:40:06] Thank you.

[1:40:09] Just quickly thank you for

[1:40:10] the dignity of listening.

[1:40:16] It was very beautiful.

[1:40:16] Very beautiful.

[1:40:17] Okay, I have a bunch of them

[1:40:22] and they're not going to be in

[1:40:22] order.

[1:40:22] Sorry about that.

[1:40:23] Most of them are so on 100.

[1:40:28] Well this is exciting.

[1:40:29] Ten bills addressing utility

[1:40:29] affordability.

[1:40:34] I mean this is a happy moment

[1:40:34] or what And for DR. Campbell

[1:40:40] because she spoke of the cpu

[1:40:41] you see an affordability on

[1:40:41] the rates It's changing folks

[1:40:46] There's an article in the u-t

[1:40:47] on that I forgot to bring it

[1:40:48] and read it but there's changes

[1:40:52] happening in the cpu, see which

[1:40:53] is going to really help

[1:40:58] affordability on rates for

[1:40:59] the labor agreement with meaa

[1:41:00] and the union the good faith

[1:41:04] negotiate ation process.

[1:41:05] I love those words So a big

[1:41:06] thank you for the excellent

[1:41:11] leadership of Michael Jacquet

[1:41:11] and the rest of his team.

[1:41:17] They're absolute really

[1:41:17] important and what they do is

[1:41:23] so it just helps all of us.

[1:41:23] So along with that labor item

[1:41:24] there's one, two, three and as

[1:41:27] five of five which is deputy

[1:41:33] city attorneys and the afscme,

[1:41:33] it's a long wording there.

[1:41:34] I want to say to everybody

[1:41:40] the unions I love you, we need

[1:41:40] you.

[1:41:41] You're just a part of our

[1:41:45] the fabric of our city.

[1:41:46] You're a powerful force.

[1:41:46] So now that your process is

[1:41:51] coming to a close, we need you

[1:41:52] to jump on board in another

[1:41:52] way.

[1:41:53] You need to help us with our

[1:41:58] budget and all other areas.

[1:41:59] We really need your help to

[1:41:59] help us figure out with our

[1:42:04] priorities and where we're

[1:42:04] heading with that.

[1:42:05] Okay.

[1:42:05] Thank you.

[1:42:06] Thank you and love you for that

[1:42:09] extra help on one of those

[1:42:09] seven the tmd the last time

[1:42:10] they presented to us and they

[1:42:15] talked about storytelling I

[1:42:15] just loved it.

[1:42:16] I couldn't believe that tmb

[1:42:20] uses storyteller for their

[1:42:21] marketing tool so I really like

[1:42:21] the tmd.

[1:42:27] We're a tourist community and

[1:42:28] we really rely on them so I

[1:42:28] thank them very much.

[1:42:31] And then on 5502a big yes to

[1:42:31] the c p p.

[1:42:37] S funding for cd4 That's an

[1:42:37] underserved community.

[1:42:43] We are doing better.

[1:42:44] Hey folks, this is life right

[1:42:49] here And isn't it beautiful And

[1:42:50] we're doing it together And I

[1:42:51] am so honored to be here with

[1:42:56] you celebrating the miracle

[1:42:57] that life itself is Love you

[1:43:04] all Claudia Rodriguez This

[1:43:04] can't be the last.

[1:43:07] >> You'll have one minute.

[1:43:08] >> Please proceed.

[1:43:08] Thank you.

[1:43:09] Good morning.

[1:43:09] Honorable council members.

[1:43:14] My name's Claudia Rodriguez

[1:43:15] Blonsky and I'm a resident and

[1:43:15] small business owner in Barrio

[1:43:19] Logan in District eight Oh.

[1:43:19] I runs a local sustainable

[1:43:20] fashion studio on Logan Avenue

[1:43:24] where we teach sewing,

[1:43:24] celebrate local culture and

[1:43:25] create handmade garments that

[1:43:30] tell stories of our community

[1:43:30] Visitors to center You will

[1:43:31] find our way to our businesses

[1:43:32] like ours and when they do it

[1:43:32] matters.

[1:43:36] Currently I'm currently part of

[1:43:37] a 2026 cohort for the San Diego

[1:43:42] Tourism accelerated Program

[1:43:42] which gives us real tools to

[1:43:43] grow and connect with our wider

[1:43:43] audience.

[1:43:48] This program exists because of

[1:43:49] tmd funding allocated to

[1:43:49] the tourism authority.

[1:43:55] I urge the city to approve

[1:43:55] the Team Dee's proposed budget

[1:43:56] It supports not just the big

[1:44:00] hotels but small business

[1:44:01] communities rooted businesses

[1:44:01] That makes you worth visiting.

[1:44:03] Thank you.

[1:44:03] >> Thank you.

[1:44:09] Jocelyn Estrada Hello.

[1:44:16] Good morning Honorable

[1:44:16] COUNCILMAN.

[1:44:17] My name is Joseph Estrada in a

[1:44:18] resident and business owner in

[1:44:23] District four I only cut some

[1:44:24] cake and dessert This is called

[1:44:24] We've cut out microns in water

[1:44:28] and investments in attracting

[1:44:29] visitors to San Diego directly

[1:44:29] benefit local businesses like

[1:44:30] me.

[1:44:34] Not only do we benefit from

[1:44:34] the visitors who come and spend

[1:44:35] money, we also feel supported

[1:44:39] by the tourism industry itself

[1:44:40] .

[1:44:40] We're currently a part of

[1:44:41] the County Tourism Authority

[1:44:42] accelerator program and that

[1:44:45] program among other efforts is

[1:44:46] made possible because of

[1:44:47] the tourism marketing district

[1:44:52] funds that are allotted to San

[1:44:53] Diego Tourism Authority.

[1:44:53] So I hope that the city

[1:44:54] approves of this proposed

[1:44:57] budget to keep bringing

[1:44:58] the tourists and Diego and

[1:44:58] supporting our local small

[1:44:59] businesses like myself.

[1:44:59] Thank you.

[1:45:03] Thank you.

[1:45:04] And Sherry Jones also one of

[1:45:09] the other good morning council

[1:45:10] members How many mystery Jones

[1:45:14] and I'm a resident and business

[1:45:15] owner in District four and

[1:45:15] the co-founder co-founder of

[1:45:16] Black Eagle, a nonprofit

[1:45:20] dedicated to connecting

[1:45:21] residents and visitors with

[1:45:21] the black with black owned

[1:45:22] businesses, cultural events and

[1:45:23] community experiences

[1:45:26] throughout any accounting over

[1:45:27] the past decade Black Bendigo

[1:45:31] has grown into a platform that

[1:45:31] reaches nearly 50,000 community

[1:45:32] members and visitors while

[1:45:35] helping to spotlight more than

[1:45:36] 600 black owned businesses to

[1:45:36] our region.

[1:45:37] We are currently participating

[1:45:40] in the annual tourism Authority

[1:45:41] Accelerator program which is

[1:45:42] helping us better understand

[1:45:42] how to connect visitors with

[1:45:48] rich culture experiences, small

[1:45:48] businesses and communities and

[1:45:49] makes indigo such a special

[1:45:54] destination Investment into

[1:45:54] attracting visitors will

[1:45:55] benefit local businesses and

[1:45:56] organizations like the ones we

[1:45:59] support when visitors come to

[1:46:00] our city they spend money at

[1:46:01] local restaurants, shops,

[1:46:02] hotels, attractions and events.

[1:46:07] We appreciate the city and

[1:46:07] continue a partnership within

[1:46:08] tourism and help you.

[1:46:12] >> Thank you.

[1:46:13] >> Thank you.

[1:46:13] That does include public

[1:46:14] comment here in council

[1:46:15] chambers Are the five minute

[1:46:15] timer going to those

[1:46:16] participating remotely starting

[1:46:16] with Slurpee?

[1:46:17] >> Come in if you can please

[1:46:23] let me know.

[1:46:23] >> All right.

[1:46:24] But clarification please let me

[1:46:28] know which item or items you

[1:46:28] wish to speak to.

[1:46:37] >> Yeah I have several 5101 or

[1:46:38] 2 123124125107I think And then

[1:46:43] ask 500 thinking I have three

[1:46:43] minutes Please proceed.

[1:46:44] >> Yeah Thank you.

[1:46:49] I'm going to the first item

[1:46:54] item 100 Senate bills according

[1:46:55] Addressing Utility

[1:46:55] Affordability Accountability

[1:47:01] I'm hopeful this item you know

[1:47:01] it's good that it's doing well

[1:47:02] Address the future of community

[1:47:06] energy and that even though

[1:47:07] we've had recent conversations

[1:47:08] community energy is still about

[1:47:08] ten years away really

[1:47:13] functioning well in San Diego.

[1:47:14] Can we start making the steps

[1:47:14] now and just make that a

[1:47:18] regular conversation in our

[1:47:19] energy dialog?

[1:47:19] >> I hope we can do that.

[1:47:24] You will all feel better I

[1:47:25] think by doing that and to go

[1:47:29] on to item 1 or 2 Council San

[1:47:30] Diego County detention

[1:47:30] facilities this was an item

[1:47:35] brought to committee a few

[1:47:35] weeks ago.

[1:47:36] Councilperson Whitburn actually

[1:47:36] asked to be nice questions

[1:47:40] about that item.

[1:47:41] I hope that's being better

[1:47:42] addressed as there is a

[1:47:46] significant number of deaths

[1:47:47] happening in our county

[1:47:47] detention facilities each year.

[1:47:48] What are we doing to address

[1:47:52] that?

[1:47:53] It has to be worked on.

[1:47:53] Santa Clara has been having

[1:47:58] similar problems.

[1:47:59] Can we put our two minds

[1:48:00] together to work on these

[1:48:00] things?

[1:48:01] We should be able to come up

[1:48:04] with solutions and good luck

[1:48:09] how we can Going on two items

[1:48:09] 1033104 These are tentative

[1:48:10] agreements with employee

[1:48:14] associations I've said

[1:48:15] previously it MAY be too late

[1:48:15] now I hope you can still

[1:48:16] consider the idea that you can

[1:48:21] actually take some very small

[1:48:21] pay cut whatever small pay cut

[1:48:27] you take as employees of

[1:48:27] the city and city council.

[1:48:28] Perkins It just is that concept

[1:48:32] of building trust with

[1:48:33] the community and good faith

[1:48:34] efforts And I hope you guys

[1:48:38] want to consider life in those

[1:48:39] terms And I think it would open

[1:48:40] up a better way to look at

[1:48:44] the budget issues So I hope I

[1:48:44] hope that's a consideration And

[1:48:45] believe it or not Oakland

[1:48:50] they're having trouble with

[1:48:51] their employee issues more than

[1:48:51] San Diego So they're not

[1:48:52] absolutely perfect in how they

[1:48:56] work.

[1:48:56] We're looking at in creating a

[1:48:57] compromise with Oakland issues

[1:49:02] as well I want to fight about i

[1:49:02] learned in Oakland over time

[1:49:08] issues if we are a Department

[1:49:08] of Transportation to work on

[1:49:09] traffic citation issues that

[1:49:10] can greatly reduce the amount

[1:49:14] of effort that's put in by

[1:49:14] the police department currently

[1:49:15] in Oakland any way on traffic

[1:49:20] citation things they put in a

[1:49:21] large percentage of what we're

[1:49:21] taking on that gridlock how you

[1:49:22] can work on that if it's in a

[1:49:25] different department of

[1:49:26] Transportation if that can help

[1:49:27] with overtime issues And you

[1:49:33] conclude the issue about our

[1:49:33] counterparts in Vancouver is

[1:49:34] missing a lot of council

[1:49:35] meetings like today also and

[1:49:38] it's becoming a bit hurtful.

[1:49:39] I really missed her voice and

[1:49:44] found a little voice at

[1:49:44] the time of the shooting

[1:49:45] issues.

[1:49:45] I need their voices and good

[1:49:46] look how you can appear more

[1:49:46] open.

[1:49:49] Thank you.

[1:49:50] Thank you.

[1:49:54] Next is 244461 Phone number

[1:49:55] 4461 please on you and let me

[1:49:56] know which item or items you

[1:50:00] wish to speak to.

[1:50:01] I for item one seven You'll

[1:50:02] have one minute.

[1:50:06] Please proceed.

[1:50:06] >> Hi.

[1:50:07] I'm a product in San Diego.

[1:50:08] My name is David and I wanted

[1:50:09] to add my support to

[1:50:13] the approval of this year's

[1:50:14] work with the tmd, the tmd as

[1:50:14] the sole source of funding to

[1:50:18] market San Diego and keep us at

[1:50:19] the top choice for travelers

[1:50:19] when they decide where they

[1:50:20] want to spend their vacations.

[1:50:25] Also for events at&t provides

[1:50:25] all of the important marketing

[1:50:26] funds that help drive hotel

[1:50:26] room nights.

[1:50:31] So since sending will benefit

[1:50:32] from at&t investment through

[1:50:33] the top, the stronger tourism

[1:50:37] is the stronger San Diego is.

[1:50:37] >> Thank you.

[1:50:37] Thank you.

[1:50:38] Next is Mark Neville.

[1:50:41] If you come please unmute Mark

[1:50:42] Neville.

[1:50:42] >> Thank you.

[1:50:47] And this is for item 107.

[1:50:47] Thank you.

[1:50:48] Please proceed.

[1:50:48] Good morning.

[1:50:49] Honorable Council members.

[1:50:53] My name is Mark Neville.

[1:50:53] I'm the ceo of Sports San

[1:50:54] Diego, the nonprofit group

[1:50:58] charged with recruiting,

[1:50:58] supporting and hosting tourism

[1:50:59] driving sports events to our

[1:50:59] community.

[1:51:04] On behalf of our board of

[1:51:05] directors I respectfully urge

[1:51:08] your approval of the fiscal

[1:51:08] year 2027 tmd report of

[1:51:09] Activities and

[1:51:10] the authorization of related

[1:51:14] expenditures.

[1:51:15] As a nonprofit organization

[1:51:15] with no other city funding

[1:51:16] mechanism, tmd support is

[1:51:21] essential to everything we do.

[1:51:22] It is what made possible this

[1:51:22] week's nascar San Diego weekend

[1:51:27] and what brought Manchester

[1:51:28] United, the New Zealand All

[1:51:28] Blacks and scores of other

[1:51:29] world class tourism driving

[1:51:33] events to our destination.

[1:51:33] There's also what sustains

[1:51:34] beloved annual traditions like

[1:51:38] the Holiday Bowl and the Rady

[1:51:39] Children's Invitational.

[1:51:39] These events don't just fill

[1:51:40] hotel rooms.

[1:51:44] They support jobs, create tax

[1:51:44] revenues and fuel small

[1:51:45] businesses, restaurants, local

[1:51:51] attractions and our broader

[1:51:52] economy.

[1:51:52] I certainly hope the council

[1:51:53] will vote favorably.

[1:51:53] Thank you for that concluding

[1:51:54] sentence.

[1:51:55] Kathleen Lippert, if you can

[1:51:56] please unmute and let me know

[1:51:57] which item or items you wish to

[1:52:01] speak to.

[1:52:07] 50 and and 50502.

[1:52:07] >> Please proceed.

[1:52:13] You have two minutes.

[1:52:14] I'm sorry I'm burning something

[1:52:14] on the stove.

[1:52:15] I'm going to have to come back

[1:52:15] and apologize.

[1:52:19] Okay.

[1:52:20] Well your final speaker But you

[1:52:20] can always send in comments

[1:52:21] That doesn't include public

[1:52:22] comment on the consent agenda.

[1:52:22] >> All right.

[1:52:28] I hope that's okay.

[1:52:29] So with that I'll turn it over

[1:52:30] to my colleagues for any

[1:52:35] questions.

[1:52:36] Comments Entertain a motion And

[1:52:36] now there we go Councilmember

[1:52:37] Yellow again.

[1:52:40] We'll start off with you.

[1:52:40] Thank you.

[1:52:40] Council PRESIDENT.

[1:52:45] I will start by moving approval

[1:52:46] of the consent agenda.

[1:52:49] Um and just thank you for your

[1:52:50] partnership.

[1:52:56] Um, on our resolution, um, I'll

[1:53:02] keep it short since we're front

[1:53:03] and long.

[1:53:03] >> Thank you, Council

[1:53:04] PRESIDENT.

[1:53:04] All right.

[1:53:05] Thank you, Chair So we have a

[1:53:05] motion by council member Eli

[1:53:07] Rivera to move the consent

[1:53:08] items except for 5 or 1 which

[1:53:09] will be heard next.

[1:53:13] And I'll go ahead and I guess

[1:53:14] second the motion to move

[1:53:18] the consent items.

[1:53:19] Just a couple of comments on my

[1:53:20] part.

[1:53:20] I want to thank you council

[1:53:24] member Gloria for bringing

[1:53:24] the resolution on item number

[1:53:25] 100.

[1:53:30] The city support of these bills

[1:53:31] and our collective advocacy

[1:53:31] with our nonprofit partners

[1:53:32] including Climate Action

[1:53:35] Campaign make sure that we have

[1:53:36] a stronger voice in Sacramento.

[1:53:36] We are furthering

[1:53:37] the conversation around utility

[1:53:40] affordability and lowering

[1:53:41] the bill for San Diegans.

[1:53:45] Then item 1 or 2 I've always

[1:53:46] had a question in the back of

[1:53:46] my mind about Prop 172 and why

[1:53:50] we have to spend our dollars

[1:53:51] given how much the county gets

[1:53:56] for public safety and based on

[1:53:57] the old Prop 172 But I'll leave

[1:53:58] that for another day.

[1:53:58] So with that not for anybody

[1:54:01] else in the life we have a

[1:54:02] motion by council member Eli

[1:54:02] Rivera.

[1:54:03] We have a second by myself to

[1:54:07] move the consent items except

[1:54:07] for 5 or 1.

[1:54:11] >> Clerk Please call the vote

[1:54:12] I'm sorry the voting system

[1:54:12] Please cast your vote and that

[1:54:20] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with

[1:54:21] Council Member Final Operating

[1:54:21] Council Member Campbell.

[1:54:22] Absent Thank you Council

[1:54:22] PRESIDENT All right.

[1:54:26] Thank you for that and

[1:54:27] congratulation to our three

[1:54:30] arias We got the memo used on.

[1:54:31] And with that we'll invite

[1:54:34] staff to come up and make a

[1:54:40] presentation on 5 or 1.

[1:54:41] But first let me have the city

[1:54:41] clerk introduce that item.

[1:54:42] Thank you.

[1:54:46] Council PRESIDENT Item 5a1 was

[1:54:47] put on the consent agenda and

[1:54:50] it is the proposed fiscal year

[1:54:50] 2027 Recreation Center Fund

[1:54:51] Budget Opportunity Fund budgets

[1:54:54] and 2025 come play outside

[1:54:54] report Thank you Council

[1:54:55] PRESIDENT If you'd like to

[1:54:59] speak on this item please raise

[1:55:00] your hand or submit a speaker

[1:55:00] slip now.

[1:55:01] >> All right with that please

[1:55:01] introduce yourselves for

[1:55:04] the record and let us know how

[1:55:05] much time you need.

[1:55:05] >> Thank you.

[1:55:06] My name is Sarah Rizzo.

[1:55:07] I'm the deputy director with

[1:55:10] the Parks and Recreation

[1:55:10] Department.

[1:55:11] With me today is Salom\

[1:55:11] Martinez, our program equity

[1:55:12] manager.

[1:55:13] And we will need eight minutes

[1:55:14] please.

[1:55:14] All right.

[1:55:14] When you're ready.

[1:55:15] Thank you.

[1:55:15] Good.

[1:55:16] Good morning.

[1:55:18] Today we're here to present

[1:55:19] the proposed fiscal year 2027

[1:55:23] Recreation Center Fund budgets

[1:55:23] as well as the Opportunity Fund

[1:55:24] budget and an overview of

[1:55:25] the 2025 complete outside

[1:55:28] report.

[1:55:29] The Department has 62

[1:55:30] recreation center funds one for

[1:55:34] each recreation center in

[1:55:34] addition to one for

[1:55:35] the Therapeutic Recreation

[1:55:36] Services Program and our Age

[1:55:39] Well services program.

[1:55:39] We also established an

[1:55:40] opportunity fund in 2022

[1:55:45] through Council policy 700 Dash

[1:55:45] 48.

[1:55:46] Recreation center funds are

[1:55:46] special revenue funds that are

[1:55:49] designated to enhance program

[1:55:50] offerings across

[1:55:51] the communities as well as

[1:55:55] community events and minor

[1:55:55] maintenance projects.

[1:55:56] They supplement basic

[1:55:59] recreation services offered

[1:56:00] through the general fund.

[1:56:01] They are developed each year in

[1:56:04] the fall by department site

[1:56:05] supervisors with input from

[1:56:06] community recreation groups or

[1:56:09] in the absence of a community

[1:56:10] recreation group.

[1:56:10] They provide they seek input

[1:56:11] from the public attending their

[1:56:14] facilities either through

[1:56:15] programs passing by or through

[1:56:18] community events.

[1:56:19] >> The proposed fiscal year

[1:56:24] 2027 budget has a range varying

[1:56:25] from 23,000 up to a high of

[1:56:27] just under 1 million with our

[1:56:28] average at $154,000.

[1:56:32] These variations occur based on

[1:56:33] the amount of activity

[1:56:33] occurring at a recreation

[1:56:34] center the size and the amount

[1:56:37] of space they have available to

[1:56:38] permit and or program as well

[1:56:38] as the number of parks and

[1:56:42] facilities in the community in

[1:56:42] which they are permitting

[1:56:47] budget revenue generates from

[1:56:47] program registration fees

[1:56:48] either through cost recoverable

[1:56:51] contract services or through

[1:56:52] minor fees charged for staff

[1:56:52] led programs.

[1:56:56] In addition to the permit fees

[1:56:57] that I mentioned earlier.

[1:56:57] In addition they receive

[1:57:00] contributions through

[1:57:01] the Opportunity Fund on an

[1:57:01] annual basis and MAY do

[1:57:02] fundraising through community

[1:57:05] events.

[1:57:06] Expenses go directly towards

[1:57:07] recreation programing.

[1:57:07] As I mentioned, contract

[1:57:10] service providers, jerseys,

[1:57:11] trophies, equipment supplies,

[1:57:15] mat etc..

[1:57:16] Special events They go towards

[1:57:20] vendors, supplies, equipment.

[1:57:21] And again those minor

[1:57:21] maintenance projects such as

[1:57:23] gym floor resurfacing field

[1:57:28] maintenance, renovation etc..

[1:57:29] This year we are anticipating

[1:57:30] having an ending balance in

[1:57:33] fiscal year 26 of just over

[1:57:34] $9.7 million.

[1:57:38] We project revenue in fiscal

[1:57:39] year 27 of just over $5.4

[1:57:39] million.

[1:57:43] This year we did identify

[1:57:44] $555,000 in opportunity funds

[1:57:48] to allocate which is a 38%

[1:57:49] increase from last year And we

[1:57:53] are proposing to expend just

[1:57:54] over $9.5 million collectively

[1:57:58] across all recreation center

[1:57:58] funds.

[1:57:59] The slide shows a glimpse of

[1:58:02] how recreation center funds

[1:58:03] have bounced back from

[1:58:03] the pandemic.

[1:58:07] You'll see on the far left that

[1:58:08] was our pandemic year in which

[1:58:08] we didn't spend or generate

[1:58:12] much funding.

[1:58:13] And we are currently at a point

[1:58:14] where we have exceeded our

[1:58:17] pre-pandemic revenue and

[1:58:21] expenditure thresholds.

[1:58:22] >> The opportunity fund

[1:58:27] allocation process that Leslie

[1:58:27] mentioned earlier the fiscal

[1:58:31] year 2027 available funds for

[1:58:31] allocations $555,000.

[1:58:34] That's a 38% increase from f y

[1:58:35] 26 and is a direct result of

[1:58:36] the fee increases that took

[1:58:39] place in APRIL of 2025.

[1:58:40] In addition to the donations

[1:58:40] from the Carmel Valley

[1:58:44] Recreation Center Fund of

[1:58:45] $25,000 and the Canyon Side

[1:58:48] Recreation Center Fund of

[1:58:49] $10,000, the Opportunity Fund,

[1:58:49] as I mentioned, is governed

[1:58:53] through council policies 700

[1:58:54] dash 48.

[1:58:54] Each year the department

[1:58:57] nominates six department staff

[1:58:58] to form a committee.

[1:58:59] And this year we added our San

[1:59:02] Diego Parks Foundation co-chair

[1:59:02] to participate in this process.

[1:59:07] They review the policy,

[1:59:07] the budgets, the proposals,

[1:59:08] the methodology, historical

[1:59:11] recommendations from

[1:59:11] the council and they analyze

[1:59:16] through a scoring matrix a

[1:59:16] scoring system based on

[1:59:17] the available funds of each

[1:59:21] recreation center, the proposed

[1:59:22] budgets, the proximity of that

[1:59:25] recreation center to a

[1:59:26] community of concern whether it

[1:59:27] being directly in a community

[1:59:30] of concern or servicing a

[1:59:31] community of concern and if

[1:59:32] there's an aquatic facility in

[1:59:35] the area that also shares

[1:59:36] within those recreation center

[1:59:36] funds.

[1:59:40] In addition per recommendation

[1:59:40] from Council District nine, we

[1:59:41] also require that recreation

[1:59:44] center funds requesting a fund

[1:59:45] from an allocation from

[1:59:49] the Opportunity Fund spend

[1:59:50] their budget down about down to

[1:59:50] $5,000 because that allows for

[1:59:54] the opportunity fund to spread

[1:59:55] to more facilities and or

[1:59:56] provide a larger budget.

[1:59:59] This year the Opportunity Fund

[2:00:03] Committee was able to identify

[2:00:03] 14 sites eligible for

[2:00:04] allocation with a target of

[2:00:08] providing each of them a budget

[2:00:08] of $85,000.

[2:00:12] This is an increase from last

[2:00:13] year where you'll see we were

[2:00:16] able to allocate 11 sites a

[2:00:20] budget of $65,000 and the year

[2:00:21] prior ten sites a budget of

[2:00:24] $50,000 And our inaugural year

[2:00:25] six sites received $84,000.

[2:00:26] So in total since

[2:00:30] the opportunity fund was

[2:00:31] established, 15 sites that

[2:00:31] would be included in this

[2:00:35] upcoming budget for fiscal year

[2:00:35] will have benefited from

[2:00:38] the opportunity funds receiving

[2:00:43] over $1.7 million.

[2:00:44] I will add the Department has

[2:00:44] taken a multi-pronged approach

[2:00:48] to establishing funding sources

[2:00:48] for sites in underserved

[2:00:53] communities whether that be

[2:00:54] through the opportunity fund,

[2:00:55] through grants and through our

[2:00:58] philanthropic partners and

[2:00:58] salemi.

[2:00:59] We'll talk more to that shortly

[2:01:00] on the complete outside funding

[2:01:02] that helps support programs

[2:01:03] across the city.

[2:01:04] Here are the 14 sites that are

[2:01:08] proposed to receive opportunity

[2:01:08] funding.

[2:01:09] Azalea, Stockton.

[2:01:12] Cesar Solis Penn Athletic.

[2:01:13] Willie Henderson.

[2:01:13] Collina Del Sol Park de La

[2:01:14] Cruz.

[2:01:17] Skyline Hills Mountain View Bay

[2:01:18] Terraces Choice Lake City

[2:01:23] Heights South Crest and Encanto

[2:01:23] .

[2:01:24] The slide will show you their

[2:01:24] opportunity Fund score.

[2:01:26] The higher their score,

[2:01:27] the higher their financial

[2:01:27] need.

[2:01:28] And again those other factors

[2:01:29] whether they are residing in a

[2:01:32] community of concern and if

[2:01:32] they have an aquatic facility

[2:01:37] those also boost points and

[2:01:37] you'll see that budget baseline

[2:01:38] of $85,000.

[2:01:42] There are some sites here that

[2:01:42] are anticipated to receive hud

[2:01:43] funding this fiscal year.

[2:01:47] The committee still felt that

[2:01:47] it was important to continue

[2:01:48] providing these opportunity

[2:01:51] fund allocations to those sites

[2:01:52] in the event that the hud

[2:01:53] funding is pulled for any

[2:01:56] reason.

[2:01:56] And with that these are

[2:02:01] the actions that we are

[2:02:01] requesting of the Council this

[2:02:02] year.

[2:02:06] And I will hand it over to

[2:02:07] Salemi to go over the complete

[2:02:07] outside report and then we'll

[2:02:12] take any questions you MAY have

[2:02:12] .

[2:02:13] Thank you.

[2:02:13] So this year I'm just going

[2:02:14] over a quick summary of

[2:02:17] the complete outside program

[2:02:18] that we offered in 2025 and our

[2:02:19] accomplishments.

[2:02:22] This program began I began as a

[2:02:23] part of the mayor for Mayor

[2:02:24] Todd Gloria Summer for all of

[2:02:27] us initiative.

[2:02:27] This program targets youth in

[2:02:28] historically underserved

[2:02:31] communities and aims to provide

[2:02:32] equitable access to a variety

[2:02:33] of recreational activities and

[2:02:37] events for all to attend.

[2:02:37] Since the inception of

[2:02:38] the program we're proud to

[2:02:40] announce that we've reached

[2:02:41] over 208,000 youth adults and

[2:02:45] seniors over the past five

[2:02:45] years.

[2:02:50] Programing participation and

[2:02:51] funding has fluctuated as seen

[2:02:51] on the table below.

[2:02:54] And that's just due to

[2:02:55] the changes in programing

[2:02:56] that's being offered or

[2:02:56] the funding available year

[2:03:00] after year to be able to have

[2:03:00] those programs.

[2:03:01] This year we had less level of

[2:03:04] camps and less deep sea fishing

[2:03:05] trips which resulted in lower

[2:03:05] participation.

[2:03:09] But overall we did see an

[2:03:09] increase in funding from

[2:03:13] contributors in 2025

[2:03:13] programing.

[2:03:14] And our goal every year is to

[2:03:15] increase participation and

[2:03:17] funding as much as possible.

[2:03:18] I'll just ask for an additional

[2:03:19] three minutes.

[2:03:22] Thank you.

[2:03:23] The complete outside programing

[2:03:23] events are supported through a

[2:03:24] combination of city funding

[2:03:27] grants and donations.

[2:03:28] We appreciate all funders that

[2:03:29] help support this program

[2:03:32] including the San Diego Parks

[2:03:33] Foundation, the county of San

[2:03:33] Diego feeding San Diego San

[2:03:37] Diego Foundation and our own

[2:03:38] local San Diego P.D. Prevent

[2:03:43] Drowning Foundation and the c e

[2:03:43] k Foundation.

[2:03:46] In 2025, more than 2.1 million

[2:03:47] in contributions were utilized

[2:03:50] to support the complete outside

[2:03:51] programs and this was across

[2:03:52] all of our historically

[2:03:52] underserved communities.

[2:03:56] Since the inception

[2:03:56] the department has received

[2:03:58] over 9.5 million in total

[2:04:03] contributions.

[2:04:04] >> The next slides here will

[2:04:05] just go over a brief summary of

[2:04:08] what those programs look like

[2:04:08] and the attendance

[2:04:09] participation.

[2:04:12] So so far we've expanded

[2:04:12] the programs in 2025 to 36

[2:04:13] recreation centers and for

[2:04:17] aquatic facilities during

[2:04:18] the month of MAY through

[2:04:18] SEPTEMBER which are peak summer

[2:04:22] months with the target

[2:04:22] investment in council districts

[2:04:23] four, eight and nine.

[2:04:24] But we did expand to council

[2:04:27] districts three and seven as

[2:04:27] well.

[2:04:27] The primary focus for

[2:04:28] the programing was based on

[2:04:31] documented gaps in access to

[2:04:32] recreational enrichment

[2:04:32] opportunities.

[2:04:33] And our staff actually works

[2:04:36] alongside the site supervisors

[2:04:37] to determine where the need is

[2:04:38] to enhance their programs as

[2:04:41] needed.

[2:04:45] So overall we've reached over

[2:04:46] 54,476 participating FTEs

[2:04:50] through 1418 programs that were

[2:04:50] offered in total.

[2:04:51] >> So here you'll see and I

[2:04:54] won't go over all of these but

[2:04:55] you'll just see an overview of

[2:04:55] all the programs that were

[2:04:56] offered.

[2:04:59] So kudos to all our staff that

[2:05:00] work day in and day out over

[2:05:00] the summer to put on these

[2:05:01] programs.

[2:05:04] But you'll see high level this

[2:05:05] this is over the last five

[2:05:05] years the attendance at

[2:05:09] participation numbers for our

[2:05:10] day camps, our specialty camps,

[2:05:10] nature camps, team nights and

[2:05:14] left to right you'll see

[2:05:17] the numbers from 2021 to 2020

[2:05:18] 1225 and how the program has

[2:05:22] grown.

[2:05:23] As mentioned we see some of

[2:05:24] the fluctuation in the amount

[2:05:27] of specialty camp specialty

[2:05:28] camps are.

[2:05:28] These are the gymnastics,

[2:05:32] the karate, the stem, the drone

[2:05:33] programs that you'll see that

[2:05:33] are being offered out in your

[2:05:34] communities.

[2:05:37] And we saw a reduction in

[2:05:38] the level out camps which

[2:05:38] dropped the participation.

[2:05:42] Nature camps are offered by

[2:05:42] the staff.

[2:05:43] They the this program rotates

[2:05:46] around year after year to

[2:05:47] different communities to be

[2:05:48] able to offer every community

[2:05:52] the opportunity for nature

[2:05:52] based programing and field

[2:05:53] trips.

[2:05:53] The teen night programs are

[2:05:54] always really great.

[2:05:57] Thanks to the staff They work

[2:05:57] diligently to coordinate all of

[2:06:01] the activities for youth ages

[2:06:02] 13 to 17.

[2:06:02] Overall a really great program

[2:06:03] in partnership with the San

[2:06:06] Diego pd or free food is

[2:06:07] offered activities, games,

[2:06:11] sports and field trips.

[2:06:12] And we were able to increase

[2:06:12] numbers in our teen

[2:06:16] participation from 3500 last

[2:06:20] year to a little over 4200 this

[2:06:21] year.

[2:06:21] >> In addition, you'll see our

[2:06:25] parks after dart program that

[2:06:26] just kicked off this summer as

[2:06:26] well.

[2:06:29] Again, another very successful

[2:06:30] program that we are offering at

[2:06:31] five locations.

[2:06:35] This is every Thursday, Friday

[2:06:35] and Saturday from 5 to 8.

[2:06:38] Total of 99 events that were

[2:06:42] offered last year with three

[2:06:42] over 36,000 participants.

[2:06:45] We did go from eight weeks to

[2:06:46] seven weeks only because we had

[2:06:46] to adapt the program with

[2:06:50] the school schedule that got

[2:06:50] out earlier.

[2:06:51] It ended later.

[2:06:51] But overall a very great

[2:06:55] successful event and we haven't

[2:06:55] been out.

[2:06:56] We encourage you to come out.

[2:06:57] Free meals for the kids

[2:07:00] community resources and all

[2:07:00] kinds of youth activities and

[2:07:01] entertainment as well.

[2:07:05] We saw an increase in aquatic

[2:07:05] programs with our free Learn to

[2:07:06] Swim program and free swimming

[2:07:09] that was offered at a park

[2:07:10] after dark locations such as

[2:07:11] City Heights Memorial.

[2:07:14] We have our beloved movie in

[2:07:15] the Parks event that also

[2:07:16] kicked off this summer with a

[2:07:16] lot of great events that are

[2:07:19] being enhanced by the San Diego

[2:07:19] Parks Foundation as well.

[2:07:20] So we appreciate their

[2:07:23] contribution contributions.

[2:07:24] And although I did say that we

[2:07:25] did see a reduction in deep sea

[2:07:28] fishing trips, we did identify

[2:07:29] other funding to be able to

[2:07:29] bring back those programs this

[2:07:33] year as well.

[2:07:33] With that said, that's just a

[2:07:34] brief overview.

[2:07:37] We invite you to read the full

[2:07:38] report to see all the great

[2:07:39] details of the programs that

[2:07:39] we've offered.

[2:07:42] But our commitment to provide

[2:07:43] equitable access to enjoyable

[2:07:44] and fulfillment recreation

[2:07:44] opportunities for our residents

[2:07:47] will continue.

[2:07:48] Our efforts include expanding

[2:07:49] programing opportunities and

[2:07:52] types of programs, reassessing

[2:07:53] community needs through

[2:07:57] feedback, seeking additional

[2:07:58] funding resources and grants.

[2:07:58] Our community recreation needs

[2:08:02] assessment should be coming out

[2:08:03] in the next month or two and

[2:08:04] we'll take the recommendations

[2:08:07] and the results from that

[2:08:07] assessment and be able to put

[2:08:08] those into action moving

[2:08:09] forward in this next year

[2:08:12] including how to allocate those

[2:08:13] fundings moving forward.

[2:08:13] So with that that's the end of

[2:08:17] my presentation and we open it

[2:08:18] up to any questions that you

[2:08:18] MAY have.

[2:08:19] Thank you.

[2:08:19] All right.

[2:08:22] Thank you for the presentation

[2:08:22] And clerk please proceed with

[2:08:23] public comment.

[2:08:27] >> I do not see any speaker

[2:08:28] slips here in council chambers.

[2:08:28] Yeah, okay.

[2:08:32] Come to the microphone.

[2:08:32] I think it was in the consent.

[2:08:33] Yeah.

[2:08:35] Another paper Because it was a

[2:08:35] We'll get it from you.

[2:08:41] >> Yeah, we'll get it.

[2:08:42] >> We don't need another one.

[2:08:43] Since it was pulled from

[2:08:45] consent, right?

[2:08:46] >> Yeah.

[2:08:46] One minute please for a minute.

[2:08:50] So I'd like to know because

[2:08:51] there's these camps and

[2:08:55] children are, you know,

[2:08:56] engaging in different things

[2:08:59] here I would like to know what

[2:09:00] you guys are doing to ensure

[2:09:01] that you're not hiring

[2:09:05] pedophiles because not all

[2:09:05] pedophiles are labeled as sex

[2:09:09] offenders at this point because

[2:09:10] they have not been convicted

[2:09:10] and they walk around in suits

[2:09:15] and look like everyday people

[2:09:15] and they go where children are.

[2:09:20] And so I mean in schools

[2:09:21] they're hiring instructional

[2:09:24] aides down in San Isidro and

[2:09:25] hiring that from the parents

[2:09:26] And there's children It's like

[2:09:29] happening during nap time And

[2:09:30] because it's being hidden

[2:09:34] there's children who are scared

[2:09:34] to take naps but yet there's no

[2:09:35] other victims.

[2:09:38] So I just would like to know

[2:09:39] what checks and balances you

[2:09:40] guys are doing to make sure

[2:09:40] that you're not putting

[2:09:44] children in danger Again, I was

[2:09:45] at a daycare and it was

[2:09:48] the woman's son that does

[2:09:53] things in public Comment here

[2:09:54] in council chambers by those

[2:09:54] participating remotely.

[2:09:57] Beekman You'll have one minute

[2:09:58] to speak to item as 501 Hi.

[2:09:58] >> Thank you.

[2:10:03] Pleasure beekman Thanks for

[2:10:04] the words of Dora She's

[2:10:07] described your life a lot

[2:10:07] recently on previous items.

[2:10:11] Thank you for those efforts and

[2:10:12] what can be doing to address

[2:10:12] the issue she's talking about

[2:10:20] for this item I am interested

[2:10:21] It was originally a committee a

[2:10:22] few weeks ago.

[2:10:23] It's now here or within this

[2:10:26] past month I guess it's now

[2:10:26] here.

[2:10:27] I'm interested in the rec

[2:10:31] center portion and the funding

[2:10:36] ideas I I've talked a lot about

[2:10:36] .

[2:10:37] You know I think there's been

[2:10:37] some really heavy conversations

[2:10:38] going about on about the future

[2:10:41] of biometric tech in our rec

[2:10:42] centers But it's been a quiet

[2:10:42] conversation.

[2:10:46] How is that conversation going?

[2:10:47] And I just wanted to remind you

[2:10:47] does that be a part of these

[2:10:51] funding questions and how can

[2:10:51] we be more clear that we can

[2:10:55] talk openly about biometric

[2:10:56] tech and it shouldn't be a

[2:10:56] fearful subject.

[2:10:57] It's a matter of fact part of

[2:11:01] our everyday lives Now we have

[2:11:01] to be more open and clear.

[2:11:02] >> Good luck How you can can be

[2:11:03] Thank you.

[2:11:05] That doesn't fit your time And

[2:11:06] that concludes public comment

[2:11:06] on this item.

[2:11:07] >> All right.

[2:11:09] Thank you City Clerk.

[2:11:10] So with that we'll turn it back

[2:11:11] to our council colleagues for

[2:11:14] questions, comments are and

[2:11:15] entertain a motion and we will

[2:11:16] start with Council member

[2:11:19] Moreno Thank you and thank you

[2:11:20] for the presentation.

[2:11:20] >> I want to start off by

[2:11:24] saying that Parks and Rec is

[2:11:25] one of my most favorite

[2:11:29] departments and also by saying

[2:11:33] that we very much associate

[2:11:34] with the Parks and Rec in all

[2:11:35] their activities.

[2:11:36] We were just at Parks after

[2:11:38] Dark on Friday.

[2:11:39] We got there an hour late and

[2:11:43] my daughter didn't get to get a

[2:11:48] what is it called a wristband

[2:11:48] because they were all out which

[2:11:49] she was sad But this is exactly

[2:11:53] what we want right?

[2:11:54] Kids engaged and climbing

[2:11:54] walls.

[2:11:58] So kudos to that.

[2:11:59] Can you quickly explain what

[2:12:01] the opportunity fund is and why

[2:12:06] it was created?

[2:12:07] Yes, Thank you for

[2:12:07] the question.

[2:12:08] The Opportunity Fund is a

[2:12:08] special revenue fund that

[2:12:11] collects revenue via permit

[2:12:12] fees and it was created to help

[2:12:16] expand equitable programing and

[2:12:17] access in our underserved

[2:12:17] communities.

[2:12:21] Thank you.

[2:12:22] >> And how does the money get

[2:12:26] allocated?

[2:12:26] Excuse me?

[2:12:30] Each year the Department

[2:12:31] nominates a committee of

[2:12:31] department staff.

[2:12:32] They're nominated via their

[2:12:35] division deputy directors.

[2:12:36] This year we had six department

[2:12:40] staff comprising of various

[2:12:41] analysts through the department

[2:12:41] an area manager, district

[2:12:45] manager, park ranger and we

[2:12:46] also invited our sanogo Parks

[2:12:49] Foundation co-chair to join

[2:12:50] the process this year.

[2:12:50] Got you.

[2:12:51] So this was the director

[2:12:55] the deputy director who got to

[2:12:55] choose the Opportunity Fund

[2:12:58] committee, the deputy directors

[2:12:59] nominated staff from their

[2:13:00] division and who ultimately

[2:13:03] chose somebody Somebody was

[2:13:03] nominated.

[2:13:08] So who chose the nominees?

[2:13:08] The deputy directors and

[2:13:09] ultimately our program equity

[2:13:14] manager approved the slate.

[2:13:14] >> Okay.

[2:13:14] Approved the slate.

[2:13:18] I'm very disappointed.

[2:13:22] Wanted to see that in the list

[2:13:23] of 15 parks and rec centers

[2:13:23] that are to receive opportunity

[2:13:27] funds only Caesars Sillies and

[2:13:30] South Crest Park in District

[2:13:31] eight are receiving funds this

[2:13:34] year in District nine five

[2:13:38] parks are receiving a total of

[2:13:38] 243,000 this fiscal year last

[2:13:42] year for Parks and Dean and

[2:13:45] nine received 160 in district

[2:13:46] for seven parks were allocated

[2:13:50] a total of 242,000 Last year

[2:13:53] they received about $157,000.

[2:13:57] How much opportunity funds did

[2:13:58] District eight receive this

[2:14:02] year?

[2:14:20] Don't answer that part 55,000

[2:14:24] for Caesar Solis and 13,929 for

[2:14:28] South Crest.

[2:14:29] I'll do the math right here

[2:14:33] 55,000 for Caesar Solis And how

[2:14:33] much?

[2:14:37] 55,008 14 and 13,009 29 I'll

[2:14:38] put 13,000 since I didn't get

[2:14:42] that So roughly around 70

[2:14:43] something thousand dollars.

[2:14:43] >> Does that sound equitable to

[2:14:47] you when District eight

[2:14:51] received about $75,000 compared

[2:14:54] to the 250,000 that d nine and

[2:14:55] d four received this year?

[2:14:56] And let me point to you that

[2:14:59] last year District eight only

[2:15:00] received $49,000 in opportunity

[2:15:07] funds while d nine received 160

[2:15:08] and d four received 157 So I

[2:15:12] ask you again does that sound

[2:15:13] equitable to you Now I

[2:15:14] appreciate your concern and

[2:15:15] bringing that to our attention.

[2:15:17] The committee focuses on

[2:15:18] the scoring matrix and again

[2:15:19] sites that have higher revenue

[2:15:22] fund balances I'm sorry

[2:15:23] Recreation Center fund balances

[2:15:26] have more funding available to

[2:15:27] put towards programing So when

[2:15:31] they set a baseline of $85,000

[2:15:31] as a budget for a recreation

[2:15:32] center fund, those were

[2:15:36] the sites that had a fund

[2:15:37] balance less than 84th out

[2:15:41] $85,000 excuse me.

[2:15:42] So per se it was not a council

[2:15:45] district focused decision.

[2:15:46] It was based on the available

[2:15:46] funding they had got.

[2:15:50] You All of these are

[2:15:51] communities of concern that

[2:15:52] we're talking about and they're

[2:15:55] not being treated equitable And

[2:15:56] that's why I'm bringing this

[2:15:56] up.

[2:15:57] It's not fair that my

[2:16:00] communities continue to be left

[2:16:00] behind yet again when there are

[2:16:01] programs such as

[2:16:05] the opportunity Fund to help

[2:16:09] get equity back a park and rec

[2:16:09] .

[2:16:10] So you're saying that

[2:16:13] the reason that District eight

[2:16:13] did not receive funds is

[2:16:18] because it's fund balance in

[2:16:22] each park and rec was not

[2:16:22] expended?

[2:16:23] >> Why are these parks in

[2:16:26] District eight not spending

[2:16:27] their funding?

[2:16:27] >> Yeah, that's a great

[2:16:28] question.

[2:16:31] As I mentioned earlier we have

[2:16:32] multiple funding sources that

[2:16:33] are supporting the expansion of

[2:16:36] equitable programing across our

[2:16:37] underserved communities and

[2:16:40] that includes the 2.1 million

[2:16:41] we just discussed and come play

[2:16:44] outside funding which about 1.8

[2:16:45] million came from the San Diego

[2:16:45] Parks Foundation.

[2:16:49] And so we've seen a growth in

[2:16:49] our fund balances across a lot

[2:16:50] of the underserved communities

[2:16:53] because the San Diego parks

[2:16:54] Foundation has began to

[2:16:55] contribute and pour so much

[2:16:58] funding into supporting a lot

[2:16:59] of the primary programing

[2:16:59] that's going on at these

[2:17:00] facilities.

[2:17:03] So because Parks After Dark was

[2:17:04] out Silver Wing they did not

[2:17:05] receive funding.

[2:17:08] That's what you're telling me.

[2:17:09] They do have grant funding

[2:17:13] source as well as funding from

[2:17:13] the San Diego Parks Foundation

[2:17:14] that help support their

[2:17:15] programs such as their day

[2:17:16] camps, their nature camps as

[2:17:21] well as their enhanced programs

[2:17:22] and services that are being

[2:17:22] offered as well.

[2:17:27] I also heard yourself say that

[2:17:28] there's fund balances that are

[2:17:31] not being expended which to me

[2:17:32] was absolutely shocking.

[2:17:36] That was extremely shocking.

[2:17:36] Montgomery Waller, also known

[2:17:37] as Lucky Waller has been

[2:17:41] requesting a scoreboard for

[2:17:41] their baseball field.

[2:17:42] Lucky Waller has a very long

[2:17:45] history.

[2:17:46] It was the first baseball

[2:17:47] league in the South Bay.

[2:17:51] They contacted my office and

[2:17:54] there's an invoice of $34,000

[2:17:54] that they sent to me regarding

[2:17:58] their scoreboard.

[2:18:02] Montgomery Waller has a total

[2:18:03] of $302,000 And once again I

[2:18:04] ask why was this funding not

[2:18:08] expended Memorial at Memorial

[2:18:08] Park the San Diego American

[2:18:12] Memorial Little League can't

[2:18:13] play baseball because their

[2:18:18] their field isn't leveled and

[2:18:18] bleachers and dugouts don't

[2:18:23] have covers And yet I'm being

[2:18:24] told that they're not.

[2:18:25] These park and RECs are not

[2:18:28] expending their funds So that

[2:18:28] to me is just mind boggling.

[2:18:32] I hear you when you say that

[2:18:33] there are other funds that are

[2:18:34] being received in these park

[2:18:37] and rec facilities but I don't

[2:18:38] think that should be a

[2:18:39] deterrent for spending

[2:18:42] opportunity funds in this

[2:18:43] community In the in my

[2:18:43] community for instance,

[2:18:47] oftentimes we have been left

[2:18:48] behind for many years in many

[2:18:52] administrations and it's going

[2:18:53] to take a lot it's going to

[2:18:54] take more funding and it's

[2:18:57] going to take more focus and

[2:18:58] more money.

[2:18:58] And I've shared with my

[2:18:59] colleagues that it's going to

[2:19:02] take more money for us to get

[2:19:02] back on the same track to have

[2:19:05] programing as other communities

[2:19:06] ,as other park and rec

[2:19:10] communities.

[2:19:11] >> Did you guys know about

[2:19:12] the Little League?

[2:19:15] Montgomery Waller requesting a

[2:19:20] a scoreboard at the tune of

[2:19:24] $34,000 and with a $300,000

[2:19:25] budget why was that not spent

[2:19:25] out?

[2:19:29] I unfortunately just learned of

[2:19:30] that in the recent weeks and we

[2:19:31] prepared these budgets several

[2:19:34] months ago.

[2:19:35] So this is definitely something

[2:19:35] we can consider for use

[2:19:36] the Montgomery Waller funds to

[2:19:39] support that scoreboard And I

[2:19:40] just think that the way

[2:19:40] the process the way that this

[2:19:44] is being handled is not

[2:19:44] equitable.

[2:19:45] I haven't gotten a good

[2:19:49] explanation as to why

[2:19:50] opportunity funds are being

[2:19:54] expended at such a I don't I

[2:19:54] can't do math as fast as I

[2:19:55] could speak And the percentage

[2:19:59] that District aid is receiving

[2:20:00] in an opportunity funds is just

[2:20:03] I would be doing a disservice

[2:20:04] to my constituents if I didn't

[2:20:08] stand up and say I'm not going

[2:20:08] to vote for this.

[2:20:09] This is absolutely not

[2:20:09] equitable.

[2:20:12] This is not what the intention

[2:20:13] was for these opportunity funds

[2:20:14] And I would call to question

[2:20:17] the committee that is being

[2:20:18] formed and how they're choosing

[2:20:23] oftentimes I understand this is

[2:20:23] the process but I will tell you

[2:20:26] on the record this process is

[2:20:27] absolutely flawed especially

[2:20:32] when a council member knows

[2:20:32] more about what the communit

[2:20:33] what the park and rec needs

[2:20:37] than what the director needs.

[2:20:38] That to me is just it's

[2:20:51] shocking My my residents would

[2:20:55] greatly appreciate for their

[2:20:56] funding allocations to their

[2:20:59] park and RECs and District

[2:21:00] eight so residents in my

[2:21:01] community are able to enjoy

[2:21:04] much more quality programing in

[2:21:05] parks near their neighborhoods.

[2:21:08] We don't want to drive past

[2:21:09] the 94 We don't we don't want

[2:21:14] to go and have a movie you know

[2:21:15] to go have any type of

[2:21:18] programing to have oil painting

[2:21:19] or whatever the cases I

[2:21:23] strongly disagree with

[2:21:24] the decision that has been

[2:21:26] presented because District

[2:21:27] eight deserves way more than

[2:21:28] what the city of San Diego is

[2:21:28] giving it with the opportunity

[2:21:32] funds And I would urge my

[2:21:33] colleagues to send this back to

[2:21:35] staff and to fix this So it's a

[2:21:40] more equitable it's more

[2:21:41] equitable the District eight So

[2:21:41] thank you.

[2:21:45] COUNCILMAN Moreno, before you

[2:21:46] wrapped your comments, Andy

[2:21:46] Fields on the line you might

[2:21:49] want to hear his comments and

[2:21:50] then respond and thank you

[2:21:54] Council PRESIDENT And thank you

[2:21:55] COUNCILMAN Moreno for your very

[2:21:55] important comments.

[2:21:59] Yes, our department is aware of

[2:21:59] the issues that you've

[2:22:00] described both at Memorial and

[2:22:04] at Lucky Waller.

[2:22:04] We've been working with

[2:22:05] the Memorial Little League in

[2:22:06] fact on that very scoreboard.

[2:22:06] The main problem with

[2:22:09] the scoreboard is that

[2:22:09] the scoreboard itself lacks a

[2:22:13] ability to use your cell phone

[2:22:14] to activate it.

[2:22:14] So one of the things working

[2:22:15] with the Little League on is

[2:22:18] how we can get that corrected.

[2:22:19] We don't know if it's a full on

[2:22:20] replacement of the entire

[2:22:20] scoreboard but we're in

[2:22:24] the process of determining that

[2:22:24] now and that's where we think

[2:22:25] some of the fun balance that's

[2:22:29] available with Memorial be very

[2:22:29] helpful to achieve that

[2:22:30] replacement.

[2:22:30] So we are actively working on

[2:22:34] that as well And Lucky Waller,

[2:22:34] we understand those concerns

[2:22:38] and what a significant piece of

[2:22:39] the action there is is that we

[2:22:40] need to actually establish some

[2:22:43] capital projects to address

[2:22:44] various issues with

[2:22:44] the existing lighting system as

[2:22:48] well as addressing the area

[2:22:48] around the recreation center

[2:22:53] including the play areas.

[2:22:54] So we are aware of those issues

[2:22:58] to the recreation center funds

[2:22:59] are continuing to be an area of

[2:23:00] resource for us to address

[2:23:04] these long needed repairs.

[2:23:05] You're absolutely right about

[2:23:05] that and you have our

[2:23:06] commitment to will do what we

[2:23:10] can to spend those moneys down

[2:23:10] so that we can be very much

[2:23:11] more in line with

[2:23:15] the methodology.

[2:23:15] Now question was raised earlier

[2:23:16] about who serves on

[2:23:16] the committee and what

[2:23:20] the committee methodology is.

[2:23:20] The methodology is truly based

[2:23:21] on how much money is available

[2:23:25] to spend in each of

[2:23:25] the different communities that

[2:23:26] are historically underserved.

[2:23:27] It just happens There's been

[2:23:30] more money that's been

[2:23:30] accumulated in the District

[2:23:31] eight locations when compared

[2:23:35] to the others but that's also

[2:23:36] part of a long term trajectory

[2:23:36] to push the opportunity Fund

[2:23:41] into all of the areas and get

[2:23:42] all of them up to where they

[2:23:45] can actually achieve some of

[2:23:46] the very outcomes that you're

[2:23:47] seeking to achieve here.

[2:23:47] So please know that we're all

[2:23:51] in as far as trying to address

[2:23:52] this and to fix this as best we

[2:23:52] can.

[2:23:53] And we do have our apologies on

[2:23:56] any missed communication or

[2:23:57] misunderstanding.

[2:23:57] We are as MR. Roscoe mentioned

[2:24:01] in a transitionary period

[2:24:02] misere So we'll be assuming

[2:24:06] the leadership role for

[2:24:07] the southern parts of San Diego

[2:24:08] in the near future and that's

[2:24:08] as a result of some of

[2:24:12] the budgetary changes that are

[2:24:13] being implemented currently.

[2:24:14] But we would love to be with

[2:24:14] your office and have further

[2:24:18] discussions to together solve

[2:24:18] these many problems that have

[2:24:19] been outlined today.

[2:24:19] Thank you.

[2:24:22] Thank you.

[2:24:23] Thank you for that.

[2:24:24] And I just I just want to close

[2:24:28] by saying I heard a few things

[2:24:28] here.

[2:24:29] I heard that my community is

[2:24:30] not receiving opportunity funds

[2:24:34] this year because one we don't

[2:24:34] have they get too much

[2:24:40] nonprofit funding And

[2:24:40] the second one that I heard was

[2:24:45] we haven't formulated I don't

[2:24:46] want to call it a capital

[2:24:46] improvement project but we

[2:24:50] haven't formulated a needs

[2:24:51] assessment and that's why you

[2:24:52] guys did it know that

[2:24:57] Montgomery Waller needs a

[2:24:57] scoreboard and it hasn't worked

[2:25:00] for years yet they're sitting

[2:25:01] on $300,000 So this is staff

[2:25:06] not being prepared to to to

[2:25:07] spend all the funding that a

[2:25:11] park and rec has.

[2:25:12] Once again my issue with this

[2:25:17] is my community is very much in

[2:25:17] need.

[2:25:18] We very much need programing at

[2:25:23] our park and that is why I

[2:25:24] fight tooth and nail every

[2:25:24] single year to make sure that

[2:25:28] we get the funding.

[2:25:29] This is not equitable and

[2:25:34] the way that you guys are

[2:25:35] scoring these parking racks is

[2:25:35] not equitable either.

[2:25:40] So like I said I would request

[2:25:41] and I would ask my colleagues

[2:25:46] to please send this back and

[2:25:47] find that it would be fine if

[2:25:47] it was one year.

[2:25:52] It's one year We messed up.

[2:25:52] >> That's fine but this is two

[2:25:53] years now that district has

[2:25:54] been left behind and I'm not

[2:25:54] going to stand for it.

[2:25:57] So that concludes my comments.

[2:25:58] >> Thank you.

[2:25:58] All right.

[2:25:59] Thank you.

[2:26:03] COUNCILMAN Moreno between Andy

[2:26:04] and Kota JUNE is typically

[2:26:04] budget.

[2:26:09] We do a lot of budgets.

[2:26:10] How do we address the concern?

[2:26:10] I don't see anybody else

[2:26:11] jumping the lights.

[2:26:15] I think there's some level of

[2:26:15] support here.

[2:26:16] >> I think looking forward we

[2:26:17] can absolutely go back to

[2:26:21] the committee that select

[2:26:22] the opportunity fund

[2:26:22] allocations to maybe

[2:26:23] incorporate more council

[2:26:23] feedback and take it maybe

[2:26:26] outside of just the department

[2:26:27] .

[2:26:27] I applaud the Parks Rec

[2:26:28] Department for bringing in an

[2:26:29] external philanthropic partner

[2:26:33] to help score but I think a

[2:26:34] council perspective would also

[2:26:34] be helpful.

[2:26:35] These are the dollars that fund

[2:26:38] much of the summer programing

[2:26:39] at all rec centers in all of

[2:26:40] your districts And so we do

[2:26:41] need to move ahead with some

[2:26:45] action before the end of this

[2:26:46] fiscal year.

[2:26:46] So we have maybe two weeks

[2:26:47] left.

[2:26:51] I do caution against going back

[2:26:52] to the committee to reallocate

[2:26:53] the funds because I don't think

[2:26:57] that process would be able to

[2:26:58] be done in time prior to JULY

[2:26:59] 1st when these funds would be

[2:27:03] necessary And and Councilmember

[2:27:04] ,I completely understand your

[2:27:05] concern here And I realize that

[2:27:05] the dollar amount proposed in

[2:27:10] this current allocation is far

[2:27:11] less than what d four and 9

[2:27:14] A.M. I sure as well you are

[2:27:15] going into that fy 27 with $1.2

[2:27:16] million in total funds which is

[2:27:21] both which is more than both d

[2:27:21] four and nine Hence I think

[2:27:22] that the lower allocation now

[2:27:26] because staff didn't spend it

[2:27:27] how do I look at ad8 residents?

[2:27:28] How do I look at a kid at

[2:27:29] the Montgomery Memorial and

[2:27:32] tell them you can't play

[2:27:33] baseball because staff didn't

[2:27:37] spend the money?

[2:27:38] You just said we have $1.2

[2:27:39] million.

[2:27:39] I hope the little leagues are

[2:27:44] listening to this and I hope

[2:27:44] all the news is listening to

[2:27:45] this as well.

[2:27:45] This is really, really, really

[2:27:49] making me angry.

[2:27:50] >> There's no justification to

[2:27:55] this member is 100% of

[2:28:00] the opportunity fund allocated

[2:28:01] the projected amount?

[2:28:07] Yes Thank Well actually

[2:28:08] Councilmember Eli Rivera on

[2:28:13] the lights and see what

[2:28:14] thoughts you might have.

[2:28:19] >> Yeah I think there's a I get

[2:28:20] similarly frustrated we don't

[2:28:21] get money out the door in

[2:28:25] the kicking we get this

[2:28:25] conversation all the time We

[2:28:26] create equity policies and in

[2:28:31] those policies on paper don't

[2:28:32] result in equity on the ground.

[2:28:36] It makes us look like we are

[2:28:43] just full of it and and when we

[2:28:43] start talking to communities

[2:28:44] about it they're talking about

[2:28:48] having programs for their kids

[2:28:49] and we start talking about a

[2:28:49] very cool policy that we

[2:28:50] passed.

[2:28:51] They look at us like we're on a

[2:28:51] different planet and that's

[2:28:54] because we kind of are They

[2:28:55] care about what's happening in

[2:29:00] their communities not about

[2:29:00] the people that we're pushing

[2:29:06] around on the dais So there's a

[2:29:07] policy part of this

[2:29:07] conversation.

[2:29:08] There's an operations part of

[2:29:11] this conversation.

[2:29:12] We're not going to change

[2:29:13] the policy here on the fly

[2:29:18] the quickest lever to pull is

[2:29:19] on the operation side.

[2:29:20] And I guess what I'm trying to

[2:29:24] understand is hearing

[2:29:25] Councilmember Moreno's

[2:29:25] frustration with knowing that

[2:29:28] there's on sitting in an

[2:29:35] account and that being

[2:29:35] the reason for the lack of

[2:29:36] investment or at least part of

[2:29:41] the reason for the lack of

[2:29:42] investment it would come via

[2:29:42] the opportunity fund Most

[2:29:46] important thing to do in this

[2:29:47] moment it would seem is to get

[2:29:48] the money out in a way that

[2:29:52] provides the intended benefit

[2:29:53] to the community.

[2:29:54] So I I'm trying to be careful

[2:29:58] here because it's it's District

[2:29:58] eight that we're talking about

[2:29:59] that is the primary impact of

[2:30:00] community.

[2:30:02] But again we've had moments

[2:30:09] where in District nine similar

[2:30:10] situation that is incredibly

[2:30:10] frustrating So I don't know if

[2:30:15] you have thoughts on how to

[2:30:16] speak to the immediate

[2:30:16] frustration that I'm hearing

[2:30:21] which is getting the money out

[2:30:26] the door so that the community

[2:30:27] can feel that benefit.

[2:30:27] Yeah let's get the dollars out

[2:30:28] the door.

[2:30:28] Councilmember And so I think

[2:30:33] the task for Parks and Rec is

[2:30:34] to figure out what our work

[2:30:35] plan is to get these dollars

[2:30:35] out quickly so we don't end up

[2:30:40] in the same situation next year

[2:30:41] where you don't get

[2:30:41] the opportunity funds because

[2:30:42] you have too much fund balance.

[2:30:43] So it looks great on paper that

[2:30:46] you're walking it out by 28

[2:30:46] next year with a high fund

[2:30:47] balance.

[2:30:47] But what does that actually

[2:30:48] mean for your residents?

[2:30:51] And so I think the task for

[2:30:52] Parks and Rec maybe prior to

[2:30:53] the start of the fiscal year is

[2:30:53] what the financing and work

[2:30:57] plan is for each of the rec

[2:30:57] centers.

[2:30:58] I think you have 7 or 8 in your

[2:30:59] in your district on how to

[2:31:03] spend those dollars down and

[2:31:04] what the programing and

[2:31:04] activities look like for so you

[2:31:05] can communicate them out to

[2:31:10] your residents a pen to paper

[2:31:11] get the dollars out the door.

[2:31:12] I want to say one more question

[2:31:12] on that.

[2:31:12] Right.

[2:31:15] There's a communication piece

[2:31:16] of this as well Whether it's

[2:31:21] whatever district is is is

[2:31:21] benefiting from opportunity

[2:31:26] fund resources If if they're

[2:31:27] not getting out for one reason

[2:31:28] or another, we need to know

[2:31:33] that because it allows us

[2:31:33] the opportunity to work with

[2:31:38] you to say well here are a

[2:31:39] whole I would I would imagine

[2:31:40] that if you asked any of us on

[2:31:44] the dais ways to get dollars

[2:31:45] out the door for opportunity

[2:31:50] fund eligible expenses we could

[2:31:51] come up with a long list very

[2:31:51] quickly to long list pretty

[2:31:56] quickly but we can't do that if

[2:31:57] we don't know that that's that

[2:31:57] that's happening.

[2:31:58] And so that communication piece

[2:32:02] is just incredibly important.

[2:32:07] So I will ask it in the future

[2:32:08] if this issue is arising much

[2:32:09] sooner rather than later

[2:32:16] because the last thing it

[2:32:16] should be doing is impacting

[2:32:17] scoring in the next year

[2:32:18] because to to remembering this

[2:32:20] point that does start it like

[2:32:21] pushes an inequitable domino

[2:32:26] forward and are producing

[2:32:27] inequitable results in

[2:32:27] the ground for a program that

[2:32:28] was designed to do the exact

[2:32:32] opposite Thank you counsel

[2:32:33] PRESIDENT All right.

[2:32:33] >> Thank you, sir.

[2:32:34] We'll go back to Councilmember

[2:32:35] Moreno Thank you.

[2:32:38] I would ask staff to go back

[2:32:39] with this opportunity fund and

[2:32:44] find a more equitable way to

[2:32:45] disburse the funding.

[2:32:45] That is a request I'm making

[2:32:46] and it was brought to my

[2:32:49] attention as we were doing

[2:32:50] the proclamations by the Cooper

[2:32:50] family that staff at Memorial

[2:32:56] is not allowing them to hook up

[2:32:57] to water and or and electricity

[2:33:03] for a free bubble machine.

[2:33:03] We have $1.2 million sitting in

[2:33:09] dea coffers that just it's just

[2:33:10] the math is not happening And

[2:33:14] so that would be my request is

[2:33:15] I think we have one more what

[2:33:15] next week's meeting and that

[2:33:20] this be brought back and that

[2:33:21] the committee find a way their

[2:33:21] city staff right and they work

[2:33:26] for you we could politely ask

[2:33:27] them to come together and find

[2:33:27] a more equitable way to

[2:33:28] disperse to opportunity funds.

[2:33:33] Thank you.

[2:33:34] Thank you Council member I'll

[2:33:35] go back now Go to Councilmember

[2:33:38] Foster.

[2:33:38] >> Yes, thank you.

[2:33:39] I'm council PRESIDENT And I do

[2:33:43] appreciate my colleagues

[2:33:44] comments and concerns but I

[2:33:50] also do understand fund balance

[2:33:50] and continuing to to receive

[2:33:56] funds where we are not

[2:33:57] deploying state funds.

[2:34:02] And so I think what would

[2:34:02] really be I think the main

[2:34:08] cause of the heartburn is why

[2:34:08] are we not expending funds and

[2:34:14] having an acceptable response

[2:34:14] to that Because the purpose of

[2:34:15] establishing this opportunity

[2:34:16] fund was to make sure

[2:34:21] communities were able to

[2:34:21] program and have the resources

[2:34:26] and utilize the facilities for

[2:34:27] their needs.

[2:34:27] >> And so I think number one,

[2:34:28] we need to make sure that we

[2:34:32] answer that question What is

[2:34:33] the plan moving forward?

[2:34:33] How are we going to expend

[2:34:34] those funds and how we are

[2:34:38] going to have the appropriate

[2:34:39] timeline associated with that?

[2:34:44] And I think that's really at

[2:34:45] the heart of what she is

[2:34:45] indicating because if we're

[2:34:50] just want to leave fund value,

[2:34:51] if we're just going to leave on

[2:34:52] balances, no one will get

[2:34:56] the benefit of and the intent

[2:34:57] of what the opportunity fund

[2:34:57] is.

[2:34:58] So I think I would request that

[2:35:02] as we move forward and just

[2:35:03] even as we appreciate what

[2:35:04] comes back or potentially what

[2:35:04] could come back, I think we

[2:35:08] need to put this in as part of

[2:35:09] our budget monitoring process

[2:35:10] and highlight this specifically

[2:35:14] because even with District four

[2:35:15] we have a big uncertainty on

[2:35:15] hud funding.

[2:35:20] Right to say hey, we don't even

[2:35:20] know if we MAY get it.

[2:35:21] It MAY get both x, y and z.

[2:35:22] So I think this uncertainty and

[2:35:25] again I'll go back to

[2:35:26] the federal level that is

[2:35:27] creating a lot of the concern

[2:35:31] and issues that we are falling

[2:35:31] into.

[2:35:32] And so I think if we can put

[2:35:33] this into our monitoring

[2:35:34] process and highlight this to

[2:35:38] make sure that we are truly

[2:35:38] meeting the intent that we can.

[2:35:39] I would also ask the ipa, I

[2:35:43] think the ipa should kind of

[2:35:44] use the if we can utilize

[2:35:44] the Department of Race and

[2:35:49] Equity to further dive into

[2:35:50] this to look at the concerns

[2:35:50] that were brought up in regards

[2:35:56] to panel of this elections.

[2:35:57] What's on the table is we are

[2:36:01] looking at in having these

[2:36:02] discussions and looking to

[2:36:02] allocate the dollars

[2:36:08] accordingly I think accordingly

[2:36:09] I think if we can utilize

[2:36:09] the office of the idea as well

[2:36:10] to be a part of this and to

[2:36:13] work with city staff, I think

[2:36:14] we will hopefully see some

[2:36:15] progress and be in a position

[2:36:19] to move things forward.

[2:36:20] My concern of course would be

[2:36:25] just as my colleagues concern

[2:36:25] is we have the dollars

[2:36:26] allocated.

[2:36:26] We went through our budget

[2:36:27] discussions but making sure

[2:36:31] that we get these dollars

[2:36:31] allocated and deployed without

[2:36:37] any further delay as a whole.

[2:36:38] So I think that's my my desire.

[2:36:44] I don't mind, you know, if we

[2:36:44] are going to bring this back

[2:36:45] next week.

[2:36:49] Council PRESIDENT I think that

[2:36:50] would be your call is you do

[2:36:50] run the docket but I think

[2:36:56] the main question that needs to

[2:36:56] be answered is how are you

[2:36:57] going to deploy the fund

[2:36:58] balance that has been sitting

[2:37:01] in I don't know almost always

[2:37:02] been sitting for Right.

[2:37:03] Which I which I would agree

[2:37:08] That is very, very difficult to

[2:37:09] take if we are not moving those

[2:37:10] funds and if there are issues

[2:37:13] just even conveying conveying

[2:37:20] the issues to to the offices so

[2:37:20] that folks are informed they

[2:37:21] can try to help find a

[2:37:26] resolution and know how to

[2:37:26] communicate with constituents.

[2:37:27] Right.

[2:37:27] Those are great.

[2:37:32] Why is it why is it

[2:37:33] the councilmembers obligation

[2:37:34] to go out and explain to

[2:37:34] constituents which she she has

[2:37:37] no sign authority on the fund

[2:37:38] balance?

[2:37:38] She truly hasn't She can't put

[2:37:39] a contract in place.

[2:37:40] You can't there's so much that

[2:37:43] she cannot do but yet she needs

[2:37:44] to go out and explain to her

[2:37:45] constituents why this has been

[2:37:48] sitting for two years or

[2:37:49] whatever that case MAY be.

[2:37:50] So I just think one of those

[2:37:53] things we need to clean up

[2:37:54] operations and make sure we are

[2:37:55] moving forward in meeting

[2:37:55] the intent of what

[2:38:01] the opportunity fund is.

[2:38:07] Charles, do you want to jump in

[2:38:08] before I go to to Councilmember

[2:38:13] Foster's question Correct me if

[2:38:14] I'm wrong the opportunity fine

[2:38:18] If a zero sum then there is x

[2:38:19] number of dollars and going to

[2:38:20] figure out how to allocate

[2:38:20] them.

[2:38:21] So for District eight to get

[2:38:24] more funding district 49 will

[2:38:25] have to give up some.

[2:38:26] So if there is going to be a

[2:38:30] motion to ask for a

[2:38:31] reallocation I want that from

[2:38:32] the council members.

[2:38:32] I want equity.

[2:38:38] I want equity and opportunity

[2:38:38] funds of 2027.

[2:38:39] That's what I'm asking.

[2:38:39] i'm just I figure how we get

[2:38:40] there.

[2:38:42] So District 49 would have to

[2:38:43] give up some money to get a

[2:38:46] bigger allocation for District

[2:38:47] eight So to bring it back for

[2:38:53] that purpose I would need to

[2:38:53] hear from the two of you

[2:38:54] because you're the two that are

[2:38:55] going to be affected by that

[2:38:59] and I hate to have that

[2:38:59] question.

[2:39:00] It is a zero fund so that's how

[2:39:01] you have to puzzle it out And

[2:39:04] I'm sorry Council PRESIDENT But

[2:39:10] if I MAY that that sounds like

[2:39:10] Hunger Games.

[2:39:11] That sounds like you're putting

[2:39:16] us in a position to have a

[2:39:22] conversation amongst ourselves

[2:39:23] where I'll simply put I don't

[2:39:23] have a fund balance that is

[2:39:28] that significant.

[2:39:29] And so I think city staff needs

[2:39:34] to come back and determine how

[2:39:35] they are going to be more

[2:39:35] efficient and resolve

[2:39:39] the outstanding outstanding

[2:39:40] issues and to to take care of

[2:39:45] expanding the dollars.

[2:39:46] I don't I'm not in a position

[2:39:51] to say hey, I'm going to give

[2:39:52] something up where I didn't

[2:39:53] create the situation And

[2:39:57] clearly there's dollars that

[2:39:58] need to be deployed Sounds like

[2:40:03] an operational concern.

[2:40:04] Our acknowledge it was an awful

[2:40:10] thing for me to ask but I'm

[2:40:11] thinking about what can be done

[2:40:12] in a week or two and if I might

[2:40:16] be there's some larger

[2:40:17] questions that I'll speak to

[2:40:17] and perhaps the pro tem will

[2:40:22] speak to but you to know we

[2:40:23] need this done by JULY 1st for

[2:40:23] the start of the new fiscal

[2:40:28] year We can target maybe JUNE

[2:40:28] 20th 9th or JUNE 30th by us a

[2:40:29] little bit more time to meet

[2:40:30] both the councilmembers

[2:40:30] concerns and an understanding

[2:40:34] that yes it is zero sum And so

[2:40:35] I think spending more time with

[2:40:39] the other officers that MAY be

[2:40:40] impacted but trying to maybe

[2:40:41] buy us another week to put

[2:40:41] together a more holistic

[2:40:42] package.

[2:40:46] So hopefully talking to the end

[2:40:47] of the month rather than next

[2:40:48] week I think is a better path

[2:40:48] if possible.

[2:40:48] Okay.

[2:40:52] I think what we saw in

[2:40:53] the budget my apologies for

[2:40:54] the program but some of

[2:40:57] the creative thinking in terms

[2:40:57] of legal interpretations about

[2:40:58] funding where we can get

[2:40:59] funding that MAY make

[2:41:03] the conversation a little bit

[2:41:04] easier.

[2:41:05] I do not know if there is any

[2:41:05] opportunity there but for

[2:41:10] everybody But are thinking cap

[2:41:11] thought and look things a

[2:41:12] little bit differently I'll

[2:41:12] have more comments but let me

[2:41:16] go to council PRESIDENT Pro Tem

[2:41:16] Lee Thank you for your

[2:41:17] patience.

[2:41:17] >> Thank you PRESIDENT I

[2:41:22] actually I thank you customer

[2:41:23] Marina for bringing this topic

[2:41:23] off of consent to have this

[2:41:24] discussion because I think it's

[2:41:27] easy for us to see these come

[2:41:27] and go each year without

[2:41:28] actually looking into

[2:41:34] the specifics and Councilmember

[2:41:35] Foster's point I understand

[2:41:35] that I think one gets this a

[2:41:36] zero sum game So at the end of

[2:41:39] day there's only a limited

[2:41:39] number of funds that are

[2:41:40] allocated into opportunity

[2:41:40] funds.

[2:41:44] But I think the feedback that's

[2:41:45] coming back isn't who needs to

[2:41:46] give up what it's that the if

[2:41:51] the calculations based off of

[2:41:52] something that's off to begin

[2:41:52] with then the problem is only

[2:41:53] what it is because it's now

[2:41:58] been identified or if it was

[2:41:58] calculated differently no one

[2:41:59] would be losing money just

[2:41:59] would it be calculated

[2:42:03] differently And I think that's

[2:42:04] all that's all I think

[2:42:04] the discussion needs to be at

[2:42:07] this point is is some kind of

[2:42:08] understanding that fund

[2:42:09] balances just because they've

[2:42:09] been sitting there unspent

[2:42:14] should account against

[2:42:15] the community If there's a

[2:42:15] reason why those funds should

[2:42:20] be spent and I don't know what

[2:42:20] the solution to that is, I will

[2:42:21] note that when you look at when

[2:42:25] you look at the rec center

[2:42:26] funds across the chart and you

[2:42:27] look at the ones based on

[2:42:27] the lowest amount of revenue

[2:42:31] that's collected from

[2:42:32] recreation programing that sort

[2:42:32] of matches up pretty heavily

[2:42:37] with the list of rec centers

[2:42:38] that receive Rec Center

[2:42:38] Opportunity Fund funding as

[2:42:42] well.

[2:42:42] There's got to be some way to

[2:42:43] correlate that and not just

[2:42:48] base it off of balances if that

[2:42:49] would make some sense.

[2:42:50] Another thing I would note is

[2:42:53] that this is an interesting

[2:42:54] conversation because I think in

[2:42:55] each of our communities

[2:42:56] especially in parks surrounding

[2:42:59] rec centers, some of the older

[2:42:59] ones often have playground

[2:43:00] equipment and other things that

[2:43:04] are falling apart and we're

[2:43:05] often scrounging for a couple

[2:43:06] thousand dollars here or there

[2:43:10] to fix a couple of things And

[2:43:11] then yes, it is very difficult

[2:43:11] to go look at a chart like this

[2:43:15] and find that there's tens of

[2:43:16] thousands if not hundreds of

[2:43:17] thousands of dollars sitting in

[2:43:21] a fund that isn't utilized

[2:43:22] the spark an entire memory of

[2:43:22] mine I was at the literally

[2:43:26] closing day in Mesa where they

[2:43:27] literally have the city's get

[2:43:32] it done link on a qr code at

[2:43:32] their snack shop to remind

[2:43:33] every person buying something

[2:43:37] to report that a set of shell

[2:43:38] states shades have been out of

[2:43:39] commission for the better part

[2:43:42] of the entire season and they

[2:43:43] get everyone to submit requests

[2:43:44] thinking that's going to be

[2:43:47] taken care of And those are

[2:43:48] the kinds of things where I

[2:43:49] think we're usually trying to

[2:43:52] find funding elsewhere to

[2:43:52] resolve.

[2:43:53] So for me beyond this

[2:43:58] discussion I think there's an

[2:43:58] opportunity to think about how

[2:43:59] we approach this in the next

[2:43:59] year.

[2:44:00] I also would really benefit

[2:44:03] from understanding how

[2:44:04] the actual budgets are

[2:44:04] determined per rec center fund

[2:44:05] and how those budgets are being

[2:44:09] allocated because they're very

[2:44:09] different.

[2:44:10] There are some that have a huge

[2:44:11] amount in terms of programing

[2:44:14] funds that exceed

[2:44:15] the programing revenue that's

[2:44:15] being received And so this year

[2:44:19] we're actually spending down

[2:44:20] balances across the entire city

[2:44:21] by a couple million dollars But

[2:44:21] I don't imagine that's

[2:44:25] sustainable And so I'm trying

[2:44:26] to understand what does that

[2:44:26] mean in a year or two when

[2:44:30] those balances aren't going to

[2:44:30] support that level of spending?

[2:44:31] Are we heavily subsidizing

[2:44:32] recreational programs at

[2:44:36] the moment And we're going to

[2:44:36] find ourselves in a tough spot

[2:44:37] in two years.

[2:44:38] That's something that stuck out

[2:44:38] to me.

[2:44:41] There are some rec center funds

[2:44:42] that have a huge amount being

[2:44:43] allocated towards maintenance

[2:44:46] and others had a very little

[2:44:47] and again so and some that have

[2:44:48] a huge amount for contingency

[2:44:51] or other expenses I think those

[2:44:52] kinds of details actually would

[2:44:56] help us in individual rec

[2:44:57] centers because again we get

[2:44:57] these requests from community

[2:44:58] members and sometimes for

[2:45:01] simple little things And I

[2:45:02] think we need to be able to

[2:45:03] understand where to point them

[2:45:03] towards in terms of

[2:45:07] opportunities to get things

[2:45:07] fixed in the city.

[2:45:08] We've all talked about how

[2:45:13] wonderful it is to build new

[2:45:13] parks and playgrounds and

[2:45:14] whatnot but there's a lot in

[2:45:15] the city and a lot in each of

[2:45:17] our districts that is in

[2:45:18] disrepair that needs to be

[2:45:19] taken care of and that we're

[2:45:22] seeing funding sitting around

[2:45:22] does certainly hurt.

[2:45:23] So that was my $0.02.

[2:45:23] Thank you.

[2:45:27] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:45:27] All right.

[2:45:28] Thank you.

[2:45:28] We'll go back to Councilmember

[2:45:29] Eli Rivera.

[2:45:29] All right.

[2:45:29] Thank you.

[2:45:32] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:45:33] So one of the things that we

[2:45:37] did during this past this I

[2:45:38] guess current fiscal year that

[2:45:38] was meant to grow the Pie for

[2:45:41] Opportunity Fund was require

[2:45:42] that the lease holders of

[2:45:47] the polo fields pay $100,000 to

[2:45:47] be used specifically for

[2:45:52] opportunity funds that as I

[2:45:53] understand it is not included

[2:45:53] in the allocations for this

[2:45:54] year that payments supposed to

[2:45:56] come in JANUARY?

[2:45:57] That's correct.

[2:45:57] Is there a reason why we

[2:46:02] wouldn't be able to apply and

[2:46:02] I'll look to the aba on this

[2:46:03] don't want to be responsible

[2:46:05] here but if we know we're

[2:46:06] getting $100,000 in JANUARY why

[2:46:10] we wouldn't be able to bank on

[2:46:11] that and use that so that we're

[2:46:15] not battling each other for rec

[2:46:15] centers.

[2:46:20] I mean I'm thinking Stockton

[2:46:20] Rec Center is the one that

[2:46:22] comes to mind for me and that

[2:46:23] one is really benefited from

[2:46:27] this Senior Services Financial

[2:46:33] literacy Zouma classes, youth

[2:46:33] programing And this is in a

[2:46:37] community that that rec center

[2:46:42] was starved for resources to

[2:46:43] the point of of you know like

[2:46:43] really kind of like barely

[2:46:46] having a pulse.

[2:46:47] Opportunity Fund has revived

[2:46:51] the rec center and

[2:46:52] the community is it is one of

[2:46:56] the few places where they can

[2:46:57] be where they can feel safe and

[2:47:02] and enriched their they've gone

[2:47:02] on hikes together.

[2:47:06] It's a beautiful, beautiful

[2:47:07] thing.

[2:47:07] And the idea that we're going

[2:47:10] to be pulling funds from one

[2:47:11] program that does something

[2:47:12] like that to ensure that other

[2:47:16] kids in this city have access

[2:47:16] to the resources they should

[2:47:17] have.

[2:47:17] If there's any way to avoid

[2:47:20] that, I'd like to do that

[2:47:20] especially if we know that

[2:47:21] there's money coming in during

[2:47:25] the next fiscal year.

[2:47:25] Yeah.

[2:47:26] In response to your question,

[2:47:26] Councilmember in general, if

[2:47:27] there's a reasonable

[2:47:30] expectation that dollars will

[2:47:31] be coming in the door it is

[2:47:31] fine and appropriate to budget

[2:47:35] those as you are preparing your

[2:47:36] final budget which you already

[2:47:37] have which is essentially

[2:47:40] allocated dollars towards that

[2:47:44] MAY or MAY not kind of allow

[2:47:45] for cash flow needs but those

[2:47:46] would be a specific kind of

[2:47:49] departmental questions on when

[2:47:50] dollars would be out the door.

[2:47:50] And as I understand it,

[2:47:51] the issue with the doors are

[2:47:52] not going out the door fast

[2:47:53] enough right now.

[2:47:58] So I would want any specific

[2:47:59] allocation to be informed by

[2:48:00] the department and the council

[2:48:01] officers expectation of what

[2:48:01] the needs are.

[2:48:04] But if you have a reasonable

[2:48:05] expectation that dollars will

[2:48:08] be coming in allocating to them

[2:48:08] at this point makes sense.

[2:48:09] >> Yeah.

[2:48:10] So I guess what I what I would

[2:48:13] say is this because I think

[2:48:14] this is where Councilperson

[2:48:15] Pro-Tem was going what would

[2:48:15] the math look like?

[2:48:17] What was the scoring look like

[2:48:17] if the dollars had gone out

[2:48:18] the door?

[2:48:19] Like I think we all agree that

[2:48:22] they should And then once we've

[2:48:23] answered that question or

[2:48:27] either way if there's resources

[2:48:32] that we know are dependable I

[2:48:33] was really glad when that

[2:48:37] happened.

[2:48:38] That was I think a really good

[2:48:38] example of again of leaning

[2:48:41] into the things that San Diego

[2:48:42] takes a lot of pride in but

[2:48:45] don't necessarily isn't

[2:48:46] necessarily benefit everyone

[2:48:47] across the city and making it

[2:48:50] work for the folks who often

[2:48:56] are left behind so if that's if

[2:48:57] we can figure out problem one

[2:48:57] first which is how are these

[2:48:58] dollars going to go out

[2:49:00] the door, then we can then make

[2:49:06] sure that with the any reassess

[2:49:06] amount of scoring that would be

[2:49:07] taken those dollars being out

[2:49:10] the door that there's resources

[2:49:11] there to support it so that you

[2:49:14] know districts that have

[2:49:15] objectively been funded in an

[2:49:20] equitable way in the in

[2:49:21] the past don't again end up in

[2:49:24] a situation where we're

[2:49:25] battling each other for those

[2:49:25] funds.

[2:49:25] Thank you.

[2:49:26] That is great point that we do

[2:49:29] have that funding coming in

[2:49:29] JANUARY.

[2:49:30] I will caution each year we

[2:49:34] budget the opportunity fund

[2:49:34] based on the dollars we've

[2:49:38] collected in the year prior.

[2:49:42] And so if we utilize

[2:49:43] the $100,000 in fy 27 that will

[2:49:46] be the 100,000 less will have

[2:49:47] for fy 28.

[2:49:51] Granted we haven't utilized

[2:49:52] that funding yet but I just

[2:49:52] want to make sure that that

[2:49:53] that's clear But we could

[2:49:57] certainly look to utilize an

[2:49:57] all or part of that funding as

[2:50:02] part of reanalyzing the fy 27

[2:50:03] Opportunity Fund allocation And

[2:50:07] I do want to state that as Andy

[2:50:07] mentioned earlier with

[2:50:08] the merge of the Community

[2:50:08] Parks two division and

[2:50:10] the Citywide Recreation

[2:50:11] Services Division there'll be

[2:50:12] more oversight and connectivity

[2:50:16] as an awareness of what's going

[2:50:17] on across both of those

[2:50:20] divisions now that they'll

[2:50:20] become one and there will be

[2:50:21] more oversight in

[2:50:21] the expenditure of

[2:50:24] the recreation center funds.

[2:50:25] I will add that in the spring

[2:50:26] of this past year we

[2:50:30] established a team that is

[2:50:31] working directly with each of

[2:50:31] the center directors across

[2:50:34] the department for this exact

[2:50:35] reason as to ensure that they

[2:50:36] are looking at their budgets,

[2:50:39] their spending, their budgets,

[2:50:39] their expanding, their

[2:50:40] programing based on community

[2:50:41] feedback And this was also in

[2:50:44] anticipation of the community

[2:50:45] recreation needs assessment

[2:50:46] that we will be receiving this

[2:50:46] summer.

[2:50:49] We want to be as prepared as we

[2:50:49] can be to ensure that our very

[2:50:50] green recreation center

[2:50:54] directors are ready to launch

[2:50:55] programing based on what that

[2:50:55] community feedback was.

[2:50:58] And so you do have my

[2:50:59] commitment that we will be

[2:51:00] monitoring closely expenditures

[2:51:03] of these funds so that they are

[2:51:04] going to the purpose that

[2:51:05] they're intended to serve and

[2:51:08] that is programing for

[2:51:08] the community.

[2:51:09] >> Thank you.

[2:51:10] So maybe maybe we need a motion

[2:51:13] right before we do and take a

[2:51:15] two minute pause maybe.

[2:51:39] Yeah.

[2:51:40] I like to avoid surprising

[2:51:44] people Give it a go.

[2:51:45] Councilmember Eli Rivera Oh

[2:51:46] right.

[2:51:52] So I'm to do my best here on

[2:51:53] the fly.

[2:51:57] >> Um, brace yourselves Now we

[2:52:02] can't just return this to staff

[2:52:02] ,but I want to be specific

[2:52:03] about what we're asking for to

[2:52:04] come back.

[2:52:06] I think that's the part because

[2:52:07] it needs to come back.

[2:52:08] I think the thing that we want

[2:52:12] is a plan for how fund balances

[2:52:17] will be spent If a an

[2:52:24] assessment of the scoring if

[2:52:24] the fund balances were to have

[2:52:29] been spent down in the way that

[2:52:29] we agree they should have been

[2:52:34] And then I, I think we should

[2:52:35] be tapping into those polo

[2:52:35] fields funds.

[2:52:39] I understand that it's

[2:52:39] different than the way that

[2:52:40] the other funds have flowed

[2:52:44] into into the opportunity fund

[2:52:48] But we're we're far from we're

[2:52:49] far from overflowing

[2:52:49] the coffers of of of our rec

[2:52:53] centers.

[2:52:54] So I think if we have those

[2:52:55] things in place when the item

[2:52:58] comes back we'll be in a place

[2:52:59] where we can get to

[2:53:00] the resolution that I think we

[2:53:03] all want.

[2:53:04] Does that work as a motion for

[2:53:04] you Council PRESIDENT So I

[2:53:08] think that's direction to

[2:53:08] the staff and my suggestion is

[2:53:09] we just returned this to staff

[2:53:13] and re docket it probably on

[2:53:13] JUNE 29th.

[2:53:14] I want to make sure that

[2:53:17] Councilmember Moreno could

[2:53:18] attend that But you have

[2:53:19] sufficient direction others MAY

[2:53:23] have others But again there's a

[2:53:23] two week window to actually get

[2:53:24] something that can be approved

[2:53:28] and maybe not totally fixed

[2:53:28] because I think there's a

[2:53:29] larger conversation I'll have

[2:53:32] some additional facts as well

[2:53:33] But I think you have enough

[2:53:34] direction of what and

[2:53:37] COUNCILMAN Moran, I see kind of

[2:53:38] nodding your head as well.

[2:53:41] >> All right.

[2:53:42] >> So we're not actually having

[2:53:43] a motion on the table.

[2:53:43] We'll just return it to staff.

[2:53:47] Can I get a verbal commitment

[2:53:47] and that Yes, Councilmember,

[2:53:48] you have our commitment.

[2:53:48] Okay.

[2:53:51] And then Charles, do you do win

[2:53:52] Is there anything else that

[2:53:56] would accompany the use of

[2:53:57] those funds that would need to

[2:54:01] be docketed adjacent to this

[2:54:01] item in order to pull

[2:54:02] the levers necessary to make

[2:54:06] that possible?

[2:54:07] I don't believe so at this

[2:54:08] time, Councilmember If there is

[2:54:11] I'll certainly work with

[2:54:11] the administration and staff to

[2:54:12] make sure know I'm looking for

[2:54:13] problem to make sure it ends up

[2:54:15] being docketed.

[2:54:16] Thank you.

[2:54:16] Against PRESIDENT.

[2:54:17] All right.

[2:54:17] Thank you.

[2:54:18] So we'll go to council member

[2:54:20] whitburn Thank you.

[2:54:20] Council PRESIDENT Certainly

[2:54:21] happy to go in this direction.

[2:54:25] However, districts 894 want to

[2:54:25] handle it.

[2:54:29] I would say you know

[2:54:30] understanding that there's a

[2:54:30] broader concern around getting

[2:54:34] the expenditure is out the door

[2:54:35] and perhaps taking a look at

[2:54:39] how things are scored If we do

[2:54:40] run into a challenge getting

[2:54:44] something across the finish

[2:54:44] line I don't see the District

[2:54:49] eight is going to go through a

[2:54:49] you know, a billion plus

[2:54:58] dollars right away But more

[2:54:59] power to you if you do.

[2:55:00] But getting getting to my point

[2:55:03] I would I would be supportive

[2:55:03] somewhere along the way of just

[2:55:04] allocating $100,000 in general

[2:55:08] fund to make up the gap from

[2:55:09] what you otherwise would have

[2:55:16] been allocated had what's that

[2:55:16] ?

[2:55:17] >> Okay.

[2:55:17] Well all right.

[2:55:18] So maybe there's a whole nother

[2:55:18] issue there But I mean we

[2:55:21] could, you know, do some

[2:55:22] allocation for the general fund

[2:55:26] to make up equity gap there if

[2:55:27] we ready to but at least I

[2:55:28] would be supportive of that So

[2:55:28] yeah.

[2:55:31] All right Thank you Council My

[2:55:32] term will go back to council

[2:55:32] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee They get

[2:55:36] to follow up questions just ask

[2:55:36] one is that the final budget

[2:55:37] action that the council took

[2:55:38] there were restorations of

[2:55:41] course to a number of rec

[2:55:41] centers.

[2:55:44] Is that did that impact

[2:55:45] the budgets that ultimately are

[2:55:49] seen here Presumably the 20

[2:55:50] hours in addition that number

[2:55:51] of rec centers would adjust

[2:55:54] the programing availability and

[2:55:54] expectations for revenue and

[2:55:55] expenditures?

[2:55:58] I just don't know to

[2:55:59] the positive or to

[2:55:59] the negative.

[2:56:00] Yes, Thank you for

[2:56:00] the question.

[2:56:03] We do have some of the sites

[2:56:04] that are receiving reduced

[2:56:05] hours that we are currently

[2:56:08] working with our department

[2:56:08] director on how we can

[2:56:09] potentially utilize these funds

[2:56:13] if if at all within Proposition

[2:56:14] 26 to support the operations of

[2:56:14] those locations.

[2:56:18] But oh yeah I don't mean that

[2:56:18] in particular.

[2:56:22] I know that idea was brought up

[2:56:23] and I for 1 A.M. Not a huge fan

[2:56:24] of use utilizing the existing

[2:56:27] funding.

[2:56:28] i mean some rec centers across

[2:56:28] the city don't have fund

[2:56:33] balances to utilize for ours.

[2:56:33] Others might be utilized for

[2:56:34] programing in other ways etc.

[2:56:37] So I yeah I, I don't think that

[2:56:38] was the goal but in the final

[2:56:41] budget we did restore hours at

[2:56:42] a number of rec centers and so

[2:56:43] I assume that changes

[2:56:46] the budget assumptions because

[2:56:47] these were put together prior

[2:56:47] to the final budget being

[2:56:51] adopted.

[2:56:51] And so I think that's

[2:56:52] the question is how does that

[2:56:56] change some of these numbers at

[2:56:57] the end of the day given that

[2:56:58] they're already a little bit

[2:56:58] out of date I assume because we

[2:57:01] already adjusted the hours at I

[2:57:02] believe it was like nine rec

[2:57:05] center across the city?

[2:57:06] Yeah.

[2:57:06] If they're sites with reduced

[2:57:07] hours they won't be generating

[2:57:10] the revenue If they don't have

[2:57:10] the additional programing

[2:57:11] taking place because of

[2:57:11] the reduced hours which means

[2:57:12] they won't have those

[2:57:15] expenditures going out

[2:57:15] associated with those programs.

[2:57:16] Right.

[2:57:16] So were these with these

[2:57:17] budgets built off of

[2:57:20] the proposed budget with

[2:57:20] reduced hours?

[2:57:20] No.

[2:57:21] These budgets were built prior

[2:57:24] to the general fund budget

[2:57:25] season and Council PRESIDENT

[2:57:29] Pro Tem if I MAY jump in just

[2:57:30] real quick when it comes to

[2:57:31] the Recreation Center fund and

[2:57:35] the opportunity Fund, a great

[2:57:35] deal of that money is derived

[2:57:36] from permit revenue permit

[2:57:39] revenue is primarily sourced

[2:57:39] from the rental of rooms and

[2:57:40] from the rental of fields And

[2:57:44] honestly most of the permit

[2:57:44] revenue that we see is focused

[2:57:49] on the field rentals and so as

[2:57:49] the field rentals are not

[2:57:50] affected by recreation center

[2:57:54] hours of operation we do

[2:57:55] anticipate that the recreation

[2:57:55] centers will still be excuse me

[2:57:58] the fields will be able to

[2:57:59] generate enough revenue to be

[2:58:00] able to keep what we think is

[2:58:00] going to occur and

[2:58:03] the opportunity fund within

[2:58:04] the same general range that

[2:58:05] it's been over the last several

[2:58:08] years.

[2:58:09] If we had closures of fields

[2:58:09] and things like that and I

[2:58:13] think we would see a bigger

[2:58:13] challenge in front of us with

[2:58:14] respect to the generation

[2:58:18] potential of permit revenue.

[2:58:19] Thanks.

[2:58:19] Got it.

[2:58:19] Thank you.

[2:58:20] Any and then I assume that

[2:58:22] means what little revenue was

[2:58:23] being generated by room rentals

[2:58:24] that was definitely impacted by

[2:58:28] closure.

[2:58:29] Was that that final impact

[2:58:29] scenario not assumed here?

[2:58:32] Okay.

[2:58:33] And then my last question is

[2:58:34] around special event budgets.

[2:58:36] Each of these rec centers have

[2:58:37] special events funding

[2:58:37] budgeted.

[2:58:38] Is that largely to support

[2:58:42] events at the rec center itself

[2:58:42] is putting on or are they ones

[2:58:43] that they are doing at times in

[2:58:46] partnership with the community

[2:58:47] ?

[2:58:48] And I mentioned this and if you

[2:58:48] remember at Stanley Rec Center

[2:58:50] we had a discussion two years

[2:58:51] ago about a an annual OCTOBER

[2:58:55] Fest event held as a support

[2:58:56] for local schools that

[2:58:56] ultimately that was being

[2:58:57] supported as a sponsored event

[2:59:01] through the rec center for a

[2:59:01] number of years and then

[2:59:02] suddenly was not and they

[2:59:03] canceled because permit fees

[2:59:04] suddenly went through the roof.

[2:59:05] That's that's where I'm looking

[2:59:09] to understand how special event

[2:59:10] budgets fill in the gap there

[2:59:10] as well.

[2:59:11] Don't have to answer all that

[2:59:14] now but I just want to flag it

[2:59:15] as something that we might

[2:59:16] follow but certainly be happy

[2:59:16] to have a follow up discussion

[2:59:17] with you on that.

[2:59:19] Thank you.

[2:59:20] >> All right.

[2:59:21] I don't see anybody else in

[2:59:22] lights so I'll be brief in my

[2:59:28] comments.

[2:59:29] This is the kind of stuff I

[2:59:29] love a tiny red flag that opens

[2:59:32] up a conversation that

[2:59:33] everybody thinks it's just kind

[2:59:34] of a routine business And we do

[2:59:34] this every year so let's just

[2:59:37] pass it every year.

[2:59:37] I do want to thank the two of

[2:59:38] you.

[2:59:39] I want to thank Andy for

[2:59:42] jumping in And as a quick

[2:59:43] reminder, Opportunity Fund is

[2:59:46] just a few years old.

[2:59:47] It was built from scratch.

[2:59:51] I think some of the things that

[2:59:52] were discussed today at least

[2:59:56] to me shows that maybe it's

[2:59:56] time to relook at

[2:59:57] the opportunity Fund.

[3:00:01] I took a quick glance at

[3:00:02] the policy and it's pretty

[3:00:03] broad in its scope when it as I

[3:00:07] compare it to 800 dash 14 four

[3:00:08] see ip that's incredibly

[3:00:10] detailed with what the matrix

[3:00:11] is and what the priorities are

[3:00:15] And I imagine for my colleagues

[3:00:16] that when they look at what

[3:00:20] the budget is they don't

[3:00:21] actually know where that money

[3:00:21] is being spent, not that it

[3:00:22] hasn't been allocated or

[3:00:25] budgeted correctly or

[3:00:26] appropriately but I think it

[3:00:27] leaves a lot of questions and

[3:00:30] questions lead to more

[3:00:30] questions and concerns going

[3:00:31] forward.

[3:00:31] So the department might want to

[3:00:35] think about how to communicate

[3:00:35] better of if for a recreation

[3:00:39] center this is what the funding

[3:00:40] is, what that funding is being

[3:00:41] spent on because I suspect

[3:00:41] somewhere in a deeper

[3:00:45] spreadsheet that information is

[3:00:45] actually sitting there whether

[3:00:46] it's programing or a capital

[3:00:49] improvement or a maintenance

[3:00:50] ongoing maintenance And that

[3:00:54] might answer a lot of questions

[3:00:54] in advance of an item like this

[3:00:55] coming forward.

[3:00:59] But I do want to recognize that

[3:01:00] this is something new that we

[3:01:00] tried.

[3:01:01] It was a problem.

[3:01:05] We recognized everybody in Lima

[3:01:06] And to create this program, can

[3:01:06] the Opportunity Fund be

[3:01:09] expanded as or more dollars

[3:01:09] that can be shifted from

[3:01:10] recreation centers and higher

[3:01:15] opportunity areas are things

[3:01:16] that I think we ought to be

[3:01:16] looking at in the year ahead,

[3:01:19] not in the next two weeks but

[3:01:20] going forward.

[3:01:25] So with that as a reminder this

[3:01:25] is being returned to staff.

[3:01:26] I anticipate that will docket

[3:01:29] this on Monday, JUNE 29th to

[3:01:34] hear the feedback from

[3:01:35] the department that was offered

[3:01:36] by Councilmember Moreno,

[3:01:39] Councilmember Eli Rivera and I

[3:01:40] think the other council members

[3:01:44] as well so that we can meet our

[3:01:45] budgetary deadlines and get

[3:01:45] this docketed.

[3:01:48] So JULY 1st everybody knows

[3:01:48] what kind of funding they have

[3:01:49] available So you have a little

[3:01:52] bit of work ahead of you.

[3:01:53] Thank you very much for your

[3:01:54] ongoing effort and thank you

[3:01:57] Kota for helping us navigate

[3:01:57] this going forward.

[3:02:01] All right.

[3:02:06] So that concludes if 501 are

[3:02:07] there any mayoral council city

[3:02:08] attorney, independent budget

[3:02:11] analyst or city Clerk Comments

[3:02:12] not seeing anybody lights Thank

[3:02:16] you for that Given the hour we

[3:02:17] will take non agenda public

[3:02:17] comment for those individuals

[3:02:21] in person and we will take

[3:02:26] remote comments starting at

[3:02:26] the 2:00 session.

[3:02:27] So just the in-person non

[3:02:30] agenda public comment I was

[3:02:31] respect for people that sat

[3:02:32] patiently and waited and will

[3:02:36] take the remote and virtual

[3:02:36] call in at 2 P.M. Without

[3:02:40] the council members respect and

[3:02:41] appreciate the public Someone

[3:02:41] are fully committed to

[3:02:42] protecting every participant's

[3:02:44] free speech rights at Council

[3:02:45] and committee meetings.

[3:02:46] Clerk Please proceed with

[3:02:46] the in-person public comment.

[3:02:50] Again deferring the virtual

[3:02:51] public comment until the 2:00

[3:02:51] session.

[3:02:54] >> Thank you Pearl 2.7 Public

[3:02:54] comment opportunity for members

[3:02:55] that are here in chambers to

[3:02:59] speak as noted those will be

[3:03:00] trailed for the virtual join

[3:03:03] Senator Maximillian Schmidt and

[3:03:04] allegedly Audrey if you can

[3:03:05] please come forward Joe you'll

[3:03:05] have two minutes.

[3:03:08] Please proceed.

[3:03:13] >> There there has been a lot

[3:03:13] of good fighting in these

[3:03:14] chambers lately.

[3:03:18] Each agenda item had a purpose

[3:03:18] and a focus unique to it

[3:03:22] Whether it was budget trash

[3:03:23] fees, parking fees, hate crimes

[3:03:27] and more.

[3:03:28] Yet in my opinion something is

[3:03:33] missing Something that brings

[3:03:37] the beautiful tapestry.

[3:03:38] Thank you Council member Ito

[3:03:41] Revere together as one Yes

[3:03:46] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.

[3:03:47] Words do matter So in my

[3:03:51] opinion we need the words of a

[3:03:56] new vision for San Diego a

[3:03:56] noble vision for the great

[3:03:56] city.

[3:04:00] We want to become.

[3:04:05] This would be the kickstart we

[3:04:06] need for the boldness we need

[3:04:10] to unravel and solve.

[3:04:14] What is not working at our city

[3:04:15] Structural core.

[3:04:20] Dear Public you are all of you

[3:04:25] all of us at the very top of

[3:04:26] our city's organization chart.

[3:04:30] Let's work together as one to

[3:04:35] create a noble vision for our

[3:04:35] beautiful city.

[3:04:36] Now it's been a absolutely

[3:04:39] beautiful morning.

[3:04:40] >> Thank you everybody and love

[3:04:51] to all Maximilian Schmidt in

[3:04:52] California.

[3:04:56] Every year there are hundreds

[3:04:57] of suicides and thousands of

[3:04:57] overdoses.

[3:05:01] And I want to open Pandora's

[3:05:02] box that a lot of them are due

[3:05:06] to the lie that human beings

[3:05:07] cannot read and other human

[3:05:08] beings mind and that there's an

[3:05:12] underground genocide going on

[3:05:12] against normal white Christians

[3:05:17] like myself that's been going

[3:05:18] on since the time of Christ and

[3:05:18] it's called Zeus.

[3:05:22] It's song where I live in a

[3:05:22] city owned and city operated

[3:05:27] homeless shelter and I go to a

[3:05:28] city operated library to look

[3:05:28] for jobs and then I take

[3:05:32] the city operated trolley in

[3:05:32] between places and everywhere I

[3:05:37] go there is something reading

[3:05:38] my mind for example say like um

[3:05:38] you have to like I'm thinking

[3:05:42] of using the restroom right now

[3:05:43] like someone will stand behind

[3:05:43] me saying that the second I

[3:05:46] think of using the restroom

[3:05:47] looks like Oh I just checked

[3:05:48] out a book from the library or

[3:05:52] something and they'll say like

[3:05:53] what book you checked out Or

[3:05:53] even if if the person can't see

[3:05:57] it they'll say um also all

[3:05:57] sorts of disturbing things

[3:06:01] basically trying to make you

[3:06:02] subconsciously paranoid all

[3:06:05] the time And it's coupled with

[3:06:06] buildings making high pitch

[3:06:07] noises all the time throughout

[3:06:10] the day It's called a noise

[3:06:10] campaign noise harassment and

[3:06:11] people are being depopulated

[3:06:15] under the table underground in

[3:06:16] America and especially patriots

[3:06:19] like myself who kind of found

[3:06:20] themselves stranded in liberal

[3:06:20] cities.

[3:06:21] I'm from northern Kentucky,

[3:06:21] southern Ohio.

[3:06:24] I'm just a normal average

[3:06:25] person who was living homeless

[3:09:55] and

[3:09:55] All right, good afternoon.

[3:09:56] I will now reconvene the City

[3:10:01] council meeting of Tuesday,

[3:10:01] JUNE 16th excuse me 2026.

[3:10:02] Clerk Please call the roll.

[3:10:02] Thank you.

[3:10:08] Council PRESIDENT Council

[3:10:08] Member Campbell Yea Council

[3:10:09] Member Whiteman Sure.

[3:10:13] Council Member Foster Council

[3:10:19] Member Von Wilpert Council

[3:10:19] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee there

[3:10:24] Council Member Can you hear

[3:10:25] Council Member Moreno Present

[3:10:29] Council Member Eli Rivera and

[3:10:29] Council PRESIDENT LaCava

[3:10:36] Present Oh sorry Also attend

[3:10:37] the meeting or Assistant City

[3:10:41] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald

[3:10:42] Independent Budget Analyst

[3:10:43] Charles Mollica Council Affairs

[3:10:44] Advisor in the Mayor's office

[3:10:47] Co-Designer and myself for City

[3:10:48] Clerk Diana Fuentes Thank you

[3:10:49] Council PRESIDENT Thank you.

[3:10:49] A quorum is not present.

[3:10:50] We will start this afternoon

[3:10:54] session with our trailed non

[3:10:54] agenda public comment from this

[3:10:55] morning As a reminder we took

[3:10:59] in-person non agenda public

[3:11:00] comment at the end of our

[3:11:01] morning session so now we will

[3:11:04] hear the trail virtual portion

[3:11:05] so Clark please proceed with

[3:11:06] virtual non agenda public

[3:11:06] comment.

[3:11:07] >> Thank you.

[3:11:11] Thank you Council PRESIDENT I

[3:11:12] am starting the five minute

[3:11:12] timer and going to those

[3:11:13] participating remotely as you

[3:11:17] know please be sure to speak on

[3:11:18] items that are not on

[3:11:18] the agenda but within

[3:11:19] the subject matter jurisdiction

[3:11:23] of the City Council.

[3:11:24] >> Becky Wrap if you can please

[3:11:24] unmute.

[3:11:28] Good afternoon.

[3:11:29] My name is Becky Rock and today

[3:11:30] I'd like to recognize and thank

[3:11:31] city attorney for her for her

[3:11:34] office and her office for

[3:11:35] taking action against

[3:11:36] the illegal sale of marijuana

[3:11:40] products at two San Diego smoke

[3:11:40] shops On APRIL 30th the city

[3:11:41] attorney announced that her

[3:11:47] office had secured a temporary

[3:11:47] restraining order against

[3:11:52] Miramax to smoke, smoking and

[3:11:52] prime smoke be requiring them

[3:11:53] to stop selling marijuana

[3:11:54] products without the licenses

[3:11:58] required by state law And

[3:11:59] the San Diego Municipal Code

[3:12:03] one of those stores Prime Smoke

[3:12:04] and Vape is located near my

[3:12:05] home And as a resident I

[3:12:09] appreciate the city's efforts

[3:12:09] to address illegal activity in

[3:12:10] our neighborhoods.

[3:12:14] However, as of today, just six

[3:12:15] weeks after the APRIL 30th

[3:12:15] enforcement action, these

[3:12:21] products still appear to be

[3:12:21] advertised in the store

[3:12:22] windows.

[3:12:22] My concern goes beyond illegal

[3:12:27] marijuana sales as many of

[3:12:28] these smoke shops including

[3:12:29] crime smoke and we are openly

[3:12:32] selling flavored tobacco and

[3:12:33] kratom which California has

[3:12:38] also prohibited brightly lit up

[3:12:39] signs are posted on their

[3:12:40] Windows advertising using

[3:12:40] illegal products.

[3:12:44] True enforcement means

[3:12:45] addressing all of the laws that

[3:12:46] are being violated The business

[3:12:46] of selling illegal marijuana

[3:12:50] illegal flavored tobacco or

[3:12:51] illegal kratom Those violations

[3:12:51] should be investigated enforce

[3:12:56] consistently.

[3:12:57] I encourage the city to build

[3:12:58] on the city attorney's efforts

[3:13:02] by increasing inspections and

[3:13:03] providing regular updates to

[3:13:04] the public on compliance If

[3:13:09] laws continue to be broken

[3:13:09] the permits need to be revoked.

[3:13:10] Please send a message that our

[3:13:15] city will no longer tolerate

[3:13:15] these illegal sales.

[3:13:16] >> Thank you.

[3:13:16] Thank you.

[3:13:18] Next is Kathleen Lippert.

[3:13:25] >> If you can please unmute.

[3:13:26] Thank you for letting me speak.

[3:13:31] i really am still struggling

[3:13:31] with Councilmember Foster's

[3:13:32] comments this afternoon.

[3:13:37] I thought they were divisive

[3:13:43] and continuing to focus on ways

[3:13:44] on for reparations instead of

[3:13:49] moving forward keeps us mired

[3:13:50] in the divisiveness that we are

[3:13:50] already in.

[3:13:55] Also blaming the city's deficit

[3:13:56] for conservatives, radicals and

[3:13:57] this administration instead of

[3:14:01] taking responsibility and

[3:14:02] spending on things like zero

[3:14:07] carbon goals, equity and

[3:14:08] flooding that occurred because

[3:14:08] the city diverted maintenance

[3:14:12] not because of climate change.

[3:14:13] The failure to enforce public

[3:14:14] health laws such as public

[3:14:19] drinking, smoking and drug use

[3:14:19] already on the books continue

[3:14:20] to erode community trust and

[3:14:25] increase the city's looking

[3:14:25] more like a third world country

[3:14:26] rather than a beautiful, clean

[3:14:31] and safe city at once was

[3:14:32] originally created Unions

[3:14:37] originally created to serve

[3:14:38] the public now have become self

[3:14:38] serving.

[3:14:43] They are not helping

[3:14:44] the public.

[3:14:44] In fact they are a detriment

[3:14:48] and a barrier to public have

[3:14:49] the public being able to be

[3:14:50] served by their elected

[3:14:50] leaders.

[3:14:54] They have way too much

[3:14:55] influence.

[3:14:55] Unions continue to oppose

[3:14:56] school choice when parents want

[3:15:00] the choice of schools that's

[3:15:01] tailored for their children.

[3:15:02] And despite global effort to

[3:15:07] modernize slavery is widespread

[3:15:11] and still at 167 countries

[3:15:12] the first country to denounce

[3:15:13] slavery was Great Britain.

[3:15:13] The second was America.

[3:15:17] Yet these are the only two

[3:15:17] countries that continue to be

[3:15:21] persecuted for ever having

[3:15:22] allowed slavery in the first

[3:15:22] place.

[3:15:23] People of color were not only

[3:15:29] the only humans traffic

[3:15:29] the British occupied and ruled

[3:15:30] over I thank you Your time has

[3:15:30] concluded.

[3:15:31] Blair Beakman if you can please

[3:15:38] I'm you all right there?

[3:15:38] Beakman Thank you.

[3:15:42] Yeah, I wanted to comment from

[3:15:42] yesterday.

[3:15:43] I am really hopeful about

[3:15:48] the initiative about you know,

[3:15:49] working on what's happening

[3:15:54] with our Somali community And

[3:16:00] so I'm interested how we will

[3:16:01] be working together to ask

[3:16:02] people who are promoting a way

[3:16:06] of thinking and believe how

[3:16:07] they can limit that, how they

[3:16:08] can bring their words to a

[3:16:13] different place in asking

[3:16:13] questions And that is a real

[3:16:19] serious problem that I want to

[3:16:20] be able to address How do we

[3:16:21] address policy without going at

[3:16:24] each other's throats Basically

[3:16:25] And that takes work from all of

[3:16:31] us And yeah I, I hope we can we

[3:16:32] can get there.

[3:16:32] It takes a lot of practice and

[3:16:36] I want to I'm just

[3:16:37] understanding how to possibly

[3:16:38] better practice those things.

[3:16:43] It takes patience and it takes

[3:16:43] really wanting to listen to

[3:16:44] both sides And Detroit Senator

[3:16:49] who was thinking about ideas of

[3:16:50] real hate after the events of

[3:16:50] the Islamic shooting incidents

[3:16:55] I was amazed and impressed by

[3:16:56] the calmness and wisdom of

[3:17:01] the imams from San Diego And I

[3:17:02] listened to an a man from Texas

[3:17:03] at the same time who was

[3:17:06] speaking on the issues at

[3:17:07] the shooting and they offered a

[3:17:08] real sense of peace and just

[3:17:12] ask for patience how to address

[3:17:12] things.

[3:17:13] And it was really helpful for

[3:17:18] myself And I learned important

[3:17:19] lessons that maybe Joyce and I

[3:17:19] can talk to imam of the San

[3:17:24] Diego Islamic Center and get

[3:17:25] his understanding on how to

[3:17:25] address such things.

[3:17:26] We need that more in San Diego

[3:17:30] We don't need hyperbolic

[3:17:31] behavior and language and we

[3:17:35] have to learn ways to really

[3:17:36] hear both sides and come up

[3:17:37] with progressive answers.

[3:17:37] >> How do we do that?

[3:17:37] Thank you.

[3:17:40] Thank you.

[3:17:41] Next is a phone number ending

[3:17:42] in 5935.

[3:17:50] If you can press star six to

[3:17:50] unmute 5935.

[3:17:57] Brother Steve Star six to

[3:18:08] unmute I'll come back to you

[3:18:12] Peggy Walker if you can please

[3:18:17] unmute.

[3:18:18] Thank you.

[3:18:18] Good afternoon.

[3:18:19] Because this is Pride month I

[3:18:19] came to call attention to

[3:18:23] multiple studies showing lgbtq

[3:18:23] youth use intoxicating

[3:18:29] substances as at significantly

[3:18:29] higher rates than their

[3:18:33] straight peers and are twice as

[3:18:34] likely to use marijuana.

[3:18:35] This high prevalence points to

[3:18:40] the susceptibility of this

[3:18:41] vulnerable population to

[3:18:41] negative substance use outcomes

[3:18:44] to administrative research

[3:18:45] finds a higher proportion of

[3:18:50] lgbtq young people use cigarets

[3:18:51] and e-cigarettes highlighting

[3:18:55] persistent disparities in

[3:18:56] tobacco use among this group as

[3:18:56] well.

[3:18:57] Due in part to targeted

[3:19:01] marketing by the tobacco

[3:19:01] industry tactics adopted by

[3:19:06] the marijuana manufacturers as

[3:19:07] well National substance use

[3:19:12] prevention data Further shows

[3:19:13] 56% of lgbtq youth used alcohol

[3:19:17] in the past year including 47%

[3:19:22] under age 21 and 1 in 3 used

[3:19:22] marijuana.

[3:19:26] >> Disturbingly, national data

[3:19:27] shows higher substance use

[3:19:27] rates have increased the risk

[3:19:32] of suicide attempt by lgbtq

[3:19:36] youth compared with their peers

[3:19:37] according to research

[3:19:38] harassment and discrimination

[3:19:41] of the lgbtq individuals.

[3:19:42] Increase of stress leading to

[3:19:46] higher rates of youth substance

[3:19:47] use putting them at greater

[3:19:48] risk of addiction and related

[3:19:53] mental health concerns.

[3:19:53] And this data emphasizes that

[3:19:57] widespread commercialization of

[3:19:58] marijuana and other addictive

[3:19:58] products continues to harm

[3:20:03] young people across the board

[3:20:03] as especially vulnerable youth.

[3:20:08] While promises of protection

[3:20:09] have failed in light of all

[3:20:12] this, I urge you to rethink

[3:20:13] drug policies that allow

[3:20:18] widespread availability of high

[3:20:19] potency thc and harm all youth.

[3:20:23] >> Your time has concluded

[3:20:23] going back 59355935.

[3:20:32] Press star six to unmute I

[3:20:33] think I'm reading that right

[3:20:38] yes 5935 star six to unmute

[3:20:38] fortunately if you can hear me

[3:20:39] we will have to move on to

[3:20:43] other callers.

[3:20:49] Star six To unmute you are not

[3:20:54] on mute and we cannot hear you

[3:20:55] here in council chambers and I

[3:20:56] can unmute for you remember

[3:20:57] the welcome to give written

[3:21:02] comments to the Council Madison

[3:21:07] If you can please unmute I

[3:21:08] thank you.

[3:21:08] Good afternoon City Council

[3:21:09] members.

[3:21:12] Yesterday I spoke about

[3:21:13] California's new air tool that

[3:21:14] helps identify marijuana

[3:21:17] packaging that MAY appeal to

[3:21:18] children.

[3:21:18] I think that development

[3:21:19] highlights something important

[3:21:23] technology can be used to

[3:21:23] better protect public health

[3:21:24] and safety.

[3:21:27] If regulators are willing to

[3:21:28] use artificial intelligence to

[3:21:28] help identify problematic

[3:21:32] packaging, perhaps we should

[3:21:33] also explore how new

[3:21:33] technologies can support

[3:21:36] enforcement efforts against

[3:21:37] cannabis retailers that violate

[3:21:37] the law.

[3:21:41] Many San Diegan have heard

[3:21:42] concerns about retailers

[3:21:42] selling unapproved or illegal

[3:21:46] products including products

[3:21:47] that MAY not have undergone

[3:21:47] required testing or that are

[3:21:50] sold outside of approved

[3:21:51] channels.

[3:21:51] Effective enforcement is

[3:21:55] essential because rules only

[3:21:56] protect the public when they

[3:21:56] are actually followed and

[3:22:00] enforced.

[3:22:01] I encourage the city to think

[3:22:04] creatively about how technology

[3:22:05] and data can help identify

[3:22:06] patterns of noncompliance,

[3:22:10] improve inspections, support

[3:22:10] investigations and make

[3:22:14] enforcement resources more

[3:22:14] efficient.

[3:22:15] Air should never replace human

[3:22:16] judgment, but it MAY help

[3:22:19] regulators focus attention

[3:22:20] where problems are most likely

[3:22:20] to exist.

[3:22:24] As a mother of three young

[3:22:25] children, my concern is that

[3:22:26] when products with intoxicating

[3:22:29] effects are sold in our

[3:22:30] communities we should be doing

[3:22:30] everything we can to ensure

[3:22:34] businesses are following

[3:22:34] the rules and that youth are

[3:22:35] protected from exposure and

[3:22:39] access to the state's new ai

[3:22:40] tool shows that innovation can

[3:22:43] be used in service of public

[3:22:44] safety.

[3:22:44] I hope San Diego will continue

[3:22:48] looking for ways to use

[3:22:49] available technology to

[3:22:49] strengthen oversight, improve

[3:22:50] accountability and protect

[3:22:53] young people.

[3:22:54] Thank you.

[3:22:55] Thank you.

[3:22:57] 7499.

[3:23:05] If you can please unmute 7499.

[3:23:06] >> Bob Kozinski here.

[3:23:10] First bravo to Kathleen

[3:23:10] Lippert.

[3:23:11] This council's earlier flowery

[3:23:14] speeches about Juneteenth

[3:23:15] freedom and equal rights would

[3:23:16] indeed be admirable if this

[3:23:19] council itself wasn't denying

[3:23:20] freedom and equal rights to

[3:23:21] your own citizens right here in

[3:23:25] your own city, in your own time

[3:23:25] and under your own noses.

[3:23:26] Every member of this council

[3:23:30] knows that citizens are being

[3:23:30] arbitrarily discriminated

[3:23:31] against At the Torrey Pines

[3:23:34] Glider port by your

[3:23:35] concessionaire and an

[3:23:35] organization calling itself

[3:23:35] Youth.

[3:23:39] But this council and you Joe

[3:23:40] LaCava allow your glider port

[3:23:41] operator to deny equal rights

[3:23:45] to any citizens that day or use

[3:23:45] the disguise they don't like

[3:23:46] for any reason.

[3:23:49] Does this city or this city

[3:23:50] council make any effort at all

[3:23:54] to ensure that youth isn't

[3:23:54] expelling people out of

[3:23:55] discrimination or retaliation

[3:23:59] or for any other unjustified

[3:23:59] reasons?

[3:24:00] No you don't.

[3:24:03] Yet each of you postured here

[3:24:04] today as if you really cared

[3:24:04] about people being abused in

[3:24:08] this city and this country.

[3:24:08] The proof is there.

[3:24:09] You don't.

[3:24:12] Just yesterday on JUNE 15th,

[3:24:12] 2026 I spent another day hang

[3:24:13] gliding at the Dockweiler hang

[3:24:17] gliding site in Los Angeles

[3:24:17] near lax.

[3:24:18] Myself and dozens maybe

[3:24:22] hundreds of others have been

[3:24:23] able to fly at that site since

[3:24:23] 2017 when the county of Los

[3:24:27] Angeles reviewed Uber's

[3:24:28] predatory expulsion practices

[3:24:31] and determined that the county

[3:24:32] of Los Angeles would not allow

[3:24:32] citizens to be arbitrarily

[3:24:36] barred from public recreational

[3:24:36] lands.

[3:24:37] So in 2017 the County of Los

[3:24:41] Angeles implemented Dockweiler

[3:24:41] waiver which has been

[3:24:42] successfully in place for

[3:24:42] nearly a decade.

[3:24:46] Yet what do you do in San Diego

[3:24:46] ?

[3:24:47] You make flowery speeches about

[3:24:47] Juneteenth rather than taking

[3:24:50] the actions that you could take

[3:24:51] right here in your own city.

[3:24:52] Some of you also feel the need

[3:24:56] to grandstand and rail against

[3:24:56] our PRESIDENT While you don't

[3:24:57] even do your own job right here

[3:25:00] in San Diego.

[3:25:01] This problem was solved in just

[3:25:02] a few short months by

[3:25:02] the county of Los Angeles, but

[3:25:05] it has gotten completely

[3:25:06] unresolved and even ignored

[3:25:06] here in San Diego.

[3:25:10] Shame on you, Joe Lacob.

[3:25:11] Shame on you, Todd Gloria And

[3:25:12] shame on this entire city

[3:25:15] council.

[3:25:15] >> Your time has concluded and

[3:25:16] that concludes on agenda public

[3:25:17] comment virtually for today's

[3:25:19] meeting.

[3:25:20] All right, City clerk.

[3:25:21] Some of you MAY have noticed

[3:25:24] that our typical screens remain

[3:25:25] blank So we're going to take a

[3:25:26] couple of minutes and do a

[3:25:29] reboot of a system that

[3:25:29] hopefully will clear that

[3:25:30] problem.

[3:27:11] So bear with us

[3:29:12] and

[3:30:24] then thank you for your

[3:30:24] patience.

[3:30:25] We are back online.

[3:30:25] All right.

[3:30:29] Just getting ready for JULY

[3:30:30] 1st.

[3:30:30] Thank you to the Wizards that

[3:30:32] figured that out.

[3:30:37] >> All right.

[3:30:38] Just because today is a day we

[3:30:41] will be changing the order of

[3:30:41] items on today's docket and we

[3:30:45] will start with item 333 and

[3:30:46] phase f8-1.

[3:30:51] We will then hear items s5o4,

[3:30:54] then 330 and 331.

[3:30:59] At the end we'll come back for

[3:31:03] a pfa minutes and pfa non

[3:31:04] agenda public comment at

[3:31:04] the end.

[3:31:08] So with that clerk please

[3:31:09] introduce the City Council and

[3:31:09] the Public Facilities Financing

[3:31:13] Authority related items.

[3:31:14] >> Item 330 through three is

[3:31:14] the authorization for

[3:31:15] the Public Facilities Financing

[3:31:17] Authority of the City of San

[3:31:18] Diego Senior Water Revenue

[3:31:21] Bonds Series 2026 a preliminary

[3:31:25] official statement and item one

[3:31:25] is the approval of the form and

[3:31:26] authorization of

[3:31:26] the distribution of

[3:31:30] the preliminary official

[3:31:30] statement and authorization of

[3:31:31] the execution delivery and

[3:31:34] distribution of the official

[3:31:35] statement in connection with

[3:31:36] the issuance and sale by

[3:31:36] the Public Facilities Financing

[3:31:40] Authority of the City of San

[3:31:40] Diego its 2026 senior water

[3:31:41] revenue bonds.

[3:31:45] This item is not subject to

[3:31:45] the mayor's veto.

[3:31:46] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[3:31:46] All right.

[3:31:46] Thank you.

[3:31:47] I see staff is starting to

[3:31:50] settle in.

[3:31:50] When you're ready please

[3:31:51] introduce yourselves for

[3:31:54] the record and let us know how

[3:31:54] much time you need for

[3:31:55] the combined presentation.

[3:31:55] >> Thank you.

[3:32:00] Good afternoon.

[3:32:01] Council PRESIDENT And members

[3:32:01] of the City Council.

[3:32:02] Jose Padilla, assistant

[3:32:03] director with the Department of

[3:32:04] Finance and presenting with me

[3:32:05] today Marisol Wilder, Venus

[3:32:09] financing Coordinator.

[3:32:09] Jasmine and Jasmine Mellon

[3:32:10] finance analyst from

[3:32:11] the Department of Finance.

[3:32:14] And Rhett Butler, Chief Deputy

[3:32:14] Deputy City Attorney.

[3:32:18] We also have Adam Jones from

[3:32:19] Public Utilities and soon from

[3:32:25] a municipal advisor and our

[3:32:25] bond counsel Diane Quan from

[3:32:26] Hawkins del Lynwood

[3:32:28] participating remotely.

[3:32:28] You'll need about 10 to 12

[3:32:29] minutes.

[3:32:29] All right.

[3:32:30] When you're ready.

[3:32:32] Thank you.

[3:32:33] The city council previously

[3:32:36] approved the issuance of

[3:32:37] the 2026 a water bond and all

[3:32:40] relevant legal documents via

[3:32:41] ordinance in MARCH 2026.

[3:32:41] And the authority also took

[3:32:46] similar action in FEBRUARY 2026

[3:32:46] with a resolution.

[3:32:51] Before I turn it to Marisol on

[3:32:51] the specifics of the requested

[3:32:54] actions, I'd like to note first

[3:32:54] that these bonds do not impact

[3:32:58] the city's debt ratios.

[3:32:59] The water bonds are governed by

[3:33:00] financial metrics specific to

[3:33:03] the utility including debt

[3:33:04] service coverage and liquidity

[3:33:08] or cash flow metrics.

[3:33:09] Second, the water utility bonds

[3:33:09] were put on a negative outlook

[3:33:14] last year by two rating

[3:33:14] agencies Fitch and Moody's.

[3:33:18] Just earlier this morning we

[3:33:18] received ratings on the 2026

[3:33:22] senior water revenue bonds.

[3:33:23] Moody's has downgraded

[3:33:23] the ratings of the senior water

[3:33:27] revenue bonds from Double-a to

[3:33:28] to Double-a three and changed

[3:33:32] the outlook from negative to

[3:33:33] stable.

[3:33:33] They cited reduction in

[3:33:34] the water, utilities, liquidity

[3:33:38] and debt along with and debt

[3:33:38] ratios.

[3:33:42] Sorry They cited the water

[3:33:43] utilities, liquidity and

[3:33:43] coverage issues along with

[3:33:47] uncertain ability to raise

[3:33:48] rates to maintain adequate

[3:33:52] liquidity as reasons for this

[3:33:52] downgrade.

[3:33:53] We expect Fitch to release

[3:33:53] their ratings later this

[3:33:54] afternoon.

[3:33:56] Staff will distribute a

[3:33:57] detailed memorandum on

[3:34:01] the readings including rating

[3:34:01] actions on the outstanding

[3:34:02] water bonds and loans in

[3:34:03] the coming days.

[3:34:07] And now I will turn it over to

[3:34:07] Marisol to go over the fiscal

[3:34:08] impact and the preliminary

[3:34:14] official statement based on

[3:34:15] estimated market conditions as

[3:34:15] of MAY 20th 2026.

[3:34:19] The Vivendi financing plan

[3:34:19] includes approximately 140

[3:34:23] million and new money proceeds

[3:34:23] .

[3:34:24] The estimated true interest

[3:34:27] cost for the new money bonds is

[3:34:28] approximately 4.42%.

[3:34:29] Debt service is expected to be

[3:34:33] about 3.6 million in fiscal

[3:34:33] year 27.

[3:34:34] If I take it interest only

[3:34:37] payment thereafter

[3:34:37] the anticipated debt service is

[3:34:41] approximately 8.4 million

[3:34:42] annually through fiscal year

[3:34:42] 57.

[3:34:43] Refinancing component

[3:34:45] The refinancing component is

[3:34:46] expected to generate

[3:34:47] significant savings with an

[3:34:50] estimated net present value

[3:34:51] savings of 8.9% and total

[3:34:52] estimated savings of

[3:34:56] approximately 32.3 million.

[3:34:56] The debt service coverage ratio

[3:35:01] is estimated at 1.41 times in

[3:35:01] fiscal year 26 and is projected

[3:35:06] to increase to 2.17 times in

[3:35:10] the five year projection period

[3:35:10] .

[3:35:11] This slide summarizes

[3:35:11] the estimated sources and uses

[3:35:15] of funds.

[3:35:15] Overall the transaction is

[3:35:18] expected to generate

[3:35:19] approximately 475 million in

[3:35:19] bond proceeds.

[3:35:20] These funds will primarily be

[3:35:24] used for three purposes

[3:35:25] repaying outstanding commercial

[3:35:25] paper funding water system

[3:35:29] capital improvements and

[3:35:29] refunding outstanding water

[3:35:30] revenue bonds.

[3:35:31] A relatively small portion will

[3:35:34] cover cost of issuance.

[3:35:35] As with all financing

[3:35:35] estimates, these figures remain

[3:35:37] subject to change based on

[3:35:42] market conditions.

[3:35:43] >> Regarding the time line with

[3:35:46] council approval of the post we

[3:35:47] expect to release the documents

[3:35:48] to the market in the next few

[3:35:52] days and price the bonds about

[3:35:52] two weeks from now on JULY 1st.

[3:35:53] The bonds are anticipated to

[3:35:57] close on JULY 14th 2026.

[3:35:57] These dates are estimates and

[3:36:01] MAY be adjusted if necessary.

[3:36:06] >> The literary the preliminary

[3:36:07] official statement is intended

[3:36:08] to provide information that an

[3:36:08] investor would consider

[3:36:12] material in making an informed

[3:36:12] investment decision and

[3:36:13] includes the terms of

[3:36:13] the bonds.

[3:36:16] The Financing Plan.

[3:36:17] Security for Repayment.

[3:36:17] Financial and Operational

[3:36:21] Information about the water

[3:36:22] system Applicable risk factors

[3:36:26] and expected credit ratings.

[3:36:31] This slide with the pertinent

[3:36:32] information contained in

[3:36:32] the preliminary official

[3:36:36] statement on the water system

[3:36:37] and the city overall that an

[3:36:41] investor would need to consider

[3:36:41] such as water system service

[3:36:45] area facilities, water supply

[3:36:46] capital improvement program,

[3:36:50] financial operations and five

[3:36:50] year projections.

[3:36:51] Also included is information on

[3:36:55] climate change investments,

[3:36:55] labor relations, insurance,

[3:36:59] pension and litigation.

[3:37:00] The p o.

[3:37:04] S also lists risk factors that

[3:37:05] investors MAY consider in their

[3:37:05] purchase of the bonds.

[3:37:09] The posted grab's risks related

[3:37:10] to the water system and risks

[3:37:11] related to the bonds themselves

[3:37:16] and other risks.

[3:37:17] And finally there are

[3:37:18] appendices contained in

[3:37:18] the document that provide

[3:37:21] additional information for

[3:37:22] the bondholder.

[3:37:22] These include summaries of

[3:37:27] principal legal documents

[3:37:27] the form of bond counsel's

[3:37:28] approving opinion,

[3:37:31] the continuing disclosures

[3:37:32] certificate and information

[3:37:33] regarding the book entry only

[3:37:33] system used for the bonds.

[3:37:36] The document will continue to

[3:37:37] be updated as needed until it's

[3:37:41] released to the market.

[3:37:42] Now let's turn it over to Brett

[3:37:42] to briefly describe

[3:37:46] the disclosure process.

[3:37:50] Thank you and good afternoon.

[3:37:51] As you are familiar from your

[3:37:52] securities responsibility

[3:37:56] disclosure responsibility

[3:37:56] trainings in the past.

[3:37:57] This all stems from

[3:38:00] the Securities Disclosure

[3:38:01] Ordinance that was adopted in

[3:38:01] mid 2000s.

[3:38:05] It requires the establishment

[3:38:06] of the Disclosure Practices

[3:38:07] Working Group or ewg.

[3:38:11] The composition of that group

[3:38:15] is the ceo Director of Finance

[3:38:16] ,Chief Financial Officer, City

[3:38:20] Attorney, the dca for finance

[3:38:21] and Disclosure And then we have

[3:38:22] outside general Disclosure

[3:38:22] counsel.

[3:38:25] The dpw then established as

[3:38:26] part of the disclosure

[3:38:30] ordinances requirements

[3:38:30] the disclosure controls and

[3:38:35] procedures or controls and as

[3:38:36] part of the controls and

[3:38:40] the process the mayor, city

[3:38:40] attorney and cfo provide

[3:38:41] certifications regarding

[3:38:45] the policy to the marketing

[3:38:46] document that there are no

[3:38:46] material misstatements or

[3:38:50] omissions within the document.

[3:38:50] >> Next slide please.

[3:38:55] So at the beginning the process

[3:38:55] involves solicitation from

[3:38:56] numerous departments that will

[3:39:00] contribute material information

[3:39:00] to the book.

[3:39:04] P d d of treasurer etc. You can

[3:39:05] see the list there.

[3:39:09] All of those directors of those

[3:39:10] departments will provide

[3:39:10] certifications as to

[3:39:11] the accuracy and completeness

[3:39:14] of the information that they

[3:39:14] provide.

[3:39:15] We also review publicly

[3:39:19] available sources.

[3:39:20] The s goes through multiple

[3:39:24] iterations as it's developed to

[3:39:25] make sure that we are telling

[3:39:25] the story to the market

[3:39:29] accurately and completely.

[3:39:29] And then ultimately

[3:39:34] the financing group and each of

[3:39:34] those contributing departments

[3:39:35] will certify to dpw g that

[3:39:39] the process was followed and

[3:39:39] that the content is as it's

[3:39:40] required to be accurate and

[3:39:40] complete.

[3:39:46] Next slide please.

[3:39:47] It was the post that was sent

[3:39:51] to you was approved, reviewed

[3:39:52] and approved by the dpw g.

[3:39:56] You have received along with

[3:39:57] the Disclosure Responsibilities

[3:39:57] memorandum that I sent along

[3:40:01] last week certifications from

[3:40:02] the Mayor, the city attorney

[3:40:05] and the cfo.

[3:40:06] Along with that memorandum it

[3:40:10] sets forth all of your as

[3:40:11] council members your legal

[3:40:14] obligations and it could

[3:40:15] provide some guidance as to how

[3:40:16] you're to meet those

[3:40:19] obligations And also it

[3:40:20] contains all of those

[3:40:21] individual certifications from

[3:40:24] departments.

[3:40:25] And as was said before, Mirasol

[3:40:29] stated the updates will be

[3:40:30] provided if and when they occur

[3:40:34] and if they are material.

[3:40:34] And so with that we'll go to

[3:40:35] the last slide.

[3:40:38] And this is what you're being

[3:40:39] asked to do to approve the form

[3:40:40] and authorize the pos here

[3:40:40] today.

[3:40:51] Thank you.

[3:40:51] That concludes

[3:40:52] the presentation.

[3:40:52] Yes.

[3:40:52] All right.

[3:40:55] Thank you for the work and for

[3:40:56] the presentation, please.

[3:40:56] Clerk Please proceed with

[3:41:00] public comment for these two

[3:41:00] items.

[3:41:00] >> Thank you.

[3:41:01] We'll proceed with public

[3:41:02] comment on both items.

[3:41:02] Maximilian Schmidt If you can

[3:41:07] please come forward.

[3:41:11] Then after that will be

[3:41:15] allegedly addressed.

[3:41:16] >> You'll have two minutes for

[3:41:17] these items.

[3:41:17] Please proceed.

[3:41:17] Hi.

[3:41:21] I just wanted to make my voice

[3:41:25] heard here and use my First

[3:41:25] Amendment right to say that I,

[3:41:26] um.

[3:41:29] I know this is only an

[3:41:30] information agenda, but I want

[3:41:35] to say that I, um I'm opposed

[3:41:39] to the city investing our tax

[3:41:40] dollars period.

[3:41:41] Um, no matter how they invest

[3:41:45] them even if they get $150

[3:41:46] million aggregate total of new

[3:41:49] money And I want to question

[3:41:50] the cfo, the mayor and

[3:41:54] the financing group as to

[3:41:59] the reason I'm opposed to them

[3:42:00] is because I believe there

[3:42:04] could be chances for collusion

[3:42:04] and market manipulation among

[3:42:05] Masonic brothers inside

[3:42:10] the market and on city council

[3:42:14] taking our tax dollars to

[3:42:15] invest to invest with.

[3:42:19] And the reason why is because I

[3:42:20] have reason to believe that

[3:42:24] the same people who are on are

[3:42:28] running the water system and um

[3:42:29] could be Masonic brothers with

[3:42:34] the city council and I believe

[3:42:37] that um is can cause collusion

[3:42:38] and I believe that more

[3:42:39] attention needs to be drawn

[3:42:43] towards um the City council and

[3:42:48] the people in the market um and

[3:42:48] the water system they're not

[3:42:52] total strangers to each other.

[3:42:53] Um, they MAY know each other

[3:42:57] quite well and I can see how

[3:42:58] there could be market

[3:43:03] manipulation where if I'm if I

[3:43:04] want to start investing my

[3:43:04] money I feel uncomfortable If

[3:43:07] there is Masonic brothers, um,

[3:43:08] playing around with the market

[3:43:09] investing money in the market

[3:43:12] and I, I wanted to say that

[3:43:12] maybe we should not allow

[3:43:17] Freemasons to invest in

[3:43:18] the market because they're

[3:43:18] telepathic and that could cause

[3:43:19] an unfair advantage.

[3:43:22] >> Your time has concluded

[3:43:22] allegedly.

[3:43:23] Try If you can please come

[3:43:24] forward You'll have two minutes

[3:43:31] for both items.

[3:43:32] >> Uh, I do appreciate Max.

[3:43:33] He does have a little bit of a

[3:43:36] different way of presenting

[3:43:37] things but what he is saying is

[3:43:40] true There is manipulation in

[3:43:41] the market and things like

[3:43:41] that.

[3:43:42] So you guys want to kind of

[3:43:45] dismiss people but if you

[3:43:46] listen to things that they're

[3:43:50] saying you might pick a

[3:43:50] pointers that would bring you

[3:43:51] back over center of what

[3:43:55] the person is saying Because

[3:43:59] you know the problem is is that

[3:44:00] it's interesting that we're

[3:44:01] always getting into debt for

[3:44:02] the basic necessities of things

[3:44:05] that need to be provided.

[3:44:06] You know, the government should

[3:44:09] have been put in place for us

[3:44:10] to have like those basic things

[3:44:14] like water, electricity and you

[3:44:15] know, just the freedom of

[3:44:19] movement and things like that.

[3:44:20] But what happens is is that you

[3:44:21] guys look at it as a business

[3:44:24] so you buy and you sell water,

[3:44:24] you know and it's like we go

[3:44:28] into debt trying to provide it.

[3:44:29] We can't even keep up with

[3:44:29] the infrastructure.

[3:44:32] I mean look at this storm $5

[3:44:33] billion that we need for storm

[3:44:33] infrastructure.

[3:44:37] That's that's a disgrace And so

[3:44:38] it's like, you know, when

[3:44:38] the government gets into doing

[3:44:42] things in a business manner,

[3:44:42] they're looking at revenue and

[3:44:46] making money and not really

[3:44:47] just making sure that we have

[3:44:47] these things.

[3:44:51] That's why it's awesome to be

[3:44:52] out in an unincorporated area

[3:44:53] where you can have your own

[3:44:53] water and you don't have

[3:44:56] the city or in some, you know,

[3:44:57] municipality or corporation

[3:45:00] coming in and putting fluoride

[3:45:01] and chlorine and lye and all of

[3:45:05] these things like you guys do

[3:45:06] you know we're able to just

[3:45:07] from the ground drill get

[3:45:11] the water and be able to you

[3:45:11] know, provide for our families

[3:45:15] in that way.

[3:45:16] But it's like when

[3:45:16] the government weaponizes

[3:45:17] things And that's the problem

[3:45:20] is that things should be benign

[3:45:21] And on the surface it looks

[3:45:21] that way.

[3:45:24] But when you weaponize

[3:45:25] something against the people

[3:45:26] that's where corruption comes

[3:45:29] in And so it's unfortunate that

[3:45:30] we have to be in debt just for

[3:45:35] things like water sewer as I in

[3:45:35] the five minute time we're

[3:45:36] going to those participating

[3:45:39] remotely starting with

[3:45:40] Christine Wellborn if you can

[3:45:41] please on mute Are you speaking

[3:45:42] on both items or just one of

[3:45:51] them?

[3:45:52] Christine while we're on hold

[3:45:52] on one second.

[3:45:57] I do see that you are speaking

[3:45:58] We do not hear you here in

[3:46:09] council chambers.

[3:46:09] Hello.

[3:46:14] I'm muted or you're muted.

[3:46:14] We can't hear any of

[3:46:18] the presentation through Zoom

[3:46:19] or over the phone.

[3:46:23] We are working on it If you can

[3:46:24] give me your comments.

[3:46:24] That's all I was calling about.

[3:46:25] Thank you.

[3:46:28] Thank you.

[3:46:29] Blair Beckman if you can please

[3:46:38] on All right we're Beekman Same

[3:46:42] thing I was not able at all to

[3:46:43] hear the presentation I'm

[3:46:43] surprisingly I'm able to speak

[3:46:47] a comment time on on the senior

[3:46:48] water plant issues and I

[3:46:52] couldn't hear the presentation

[3:46:53] I can just offer good luck and

[3:46:57] how we now my timer okay my

[3:46:57] timer starting.

[3:46:58] Good luck how we can address

[3:47:02] water or bond issues clearly I

[3:47:06] think we have to yes I

[3:47:06] understand.

[3:47:07] One minute.

[3:47:07] One second please.

[3:47:11] I'll be 10s I I understand that

[3:47:11] we have an obligation to

[3:47:17] practice quality, you know,

[3:47:18] building I think we have to

[3:47:21] really acknowledge for some

[3:47:21] people it's more difficult to

[3:47:22] pay for services than other

[3:47:26] people and how we work on that

[3:47:27] and consider that what we can

[3:47:28] be doing and help in some way.

[3:47:29] You're talking about that on

[3:47:30] this item.

[3:47:34] Thank you.

[3:47:35] Thank you.

[3:47:35] We are going to do one more

[3:47:44] test before we proceed.

[3:47:44] >> Test test.

[3:47:48] Can somebody hear me on

[3:47:48] the panel?

[3:48:08] If I'd test test, test Now can

[3:48:24] you hear Test now?

[3:48:27] No, We are having technical

[3:49:09] difficulties with the audio

[3:49:10] test Test.

[3:49:14] Can you hear now?

[3:49:14] Test Test.

[3:49:36] I see the mic working testing

[3:49:41] the test Test 123.

[3:49:43] I do see the mic going up and

[3:50:07] down Just getting confirmation

[3:50:07] .

[3:50:08] Test, test, test, test, test.

[3:50:15] One, two, three, test, test.

[3:50:44] >> Now it's gone Well and we

[3:50:45] have our tests that process in

[3:50:46] place for JULY 1st that we can

[3:50:46] run through.

[3:50:48] We do see the microphone is

[3:50:59] going up and down.

[3:51:06] You can hear I'm getting

[3:51:06] reports that it can be heard.

[3:51:10] >> I'm just going to go to one

[3:51:11] of our speakers online,

[3:51:11] Kathleen Lippert, can you

[3:51:16] confirm if you can hear

[3:51:20] Kathleen the pick anyone you

[3:51:50] all right Test test.

[3:51:54] Can you hear test test.

[3:51:58] I don't see you're going You

[3:52:05] still hear it again, I'm

[3:52:06] getting different reports for

[3:52:07] different people.

[3:52:12] It's hard Can't be Olympic And

[3:52:26] you and you okay.

[3:52:44] Test test, test, test.

[3:52:48] One, two, three, test, test.

[3:52:49] One, two, three.

[3:53:06] Okay, test One, two, three,

[3:53:07] test.

[3:55:08] One, two, three

[3:56:19] .

[3:56:20] Thank you for your patience For

[3:56:21] those that are on Zoom we are

[3:56:22] trying to resolve the technical

[3:56:22] difficulties.

[3:58:23] If you can hear me

[4:00:12] test user please unmute test

[4:00:17] user please on you see I can

[4:00:18] hear you.

[4:00:18] Thank you.

[4:00:22] My apologies again for

[4:00:23] the technical difficulties.

[4:00:35] >> We are ready to continue.

[4:00:35] All right.

[4:00:41] We're back up and operating So

[4:00:42] with that we will turn it over

[4:00:42] to council member questions and

[4:00:43] comments on both items and then

[4:00:48] take separate motions from

[4:00:48] the two.

[4:00:49] So anybody want to take this

[4:00:54] off or you want me to count

[4:01:00] the number is over there.

[4:01:01] Thank you, PRESIDENT All right.

[4:01:05] I want to make sure that I

[4:01:06] understood some of the comments

[4:01:11] at the beginning, the downgrade

[4:01:11] that was mentioned.

[4:01:15] What are the practical

[4:01:16] implications of that for

[4:01:21] the city?

[4:01:22] Thank you Council Member First,

[4:01:23] the downgrade was specific to

[4:01:28] the water utility so any

[4:01:29] impacts would be only on

[4:01:29] the water utility, not

[4:01:30] the general fund bonds of this

[4:01:34] who bonds in terms of practical

[4:01:35] impacts typically So in this

[4:01:40] case the bonds that we are

[4:01:41] selling in two weeks are still

[4:01:41] going to be in the category

[4:01:46] They were downgraded from 2 to

[4:01:46] 3.

[4:01:52] We could see some impact on

[4:01:52] the interest rate or the cost

[4:01:53] of borrowing.

[4:01:53] It's it's hard to quantify

[4:01:59] exactly how much but in based

[4:01:59] on my discussion with them this

[4:02:04] bill advisor worst case there

[4:02:10] could be an impact of about

[4:02:10] five basis points or.05 percent

[4:02:16] that's that's give or take but

[4:02:16] also to get more context as we

[4:02:17] know the interest rates are

[4:02:21] determined the date of pricing

[4:02:21] and there are several factors

[4:02:22] that determine our final

[4:02:27] borrowing rate depending on how

[4:02:28] many other bonds are available

[4:02:28] for sale that day.

[4:02:29] What are the demand conditions

[4:02:33] Macroeconomy conditions,

[4:02:33] geopolitical conditions.

[4:02:34] So in that context of this

[4:02:39] rating downgrade qualitatively

[4:02:44] could is a relatively minor and

[4:02:51] potential impact.

[4:02:51] Got it.

[4:02:51] Okay.

[4:02:52] I appreciate that.

[4:02:57] Well with that in mind I will

[4:02:58] move approval of the staff

[4:03:02] recommendation Council

[4:03:03] PRESIDENT All right.

[4:03:07] >> We have a motion on item 333

[4:03:08] the staff recommendation by

[4:03:08] Councilmember de la Rivera.

[4:03:09] I will go ahead and second and

[4:03:13] I just want to follow up on his

[4:03:14] question.

[4:03:15] Well, the thing that I think

[4:03:15] you were thinking but didn't

[4:03:19] actually say that if there is

[4:03:19] if everything else is stable

[4:03:20] except for that five basis

[4:03:25] points, this is still the right

[4:03:26] thing for us to do at this

[4:03:26] time.

[4:03:27] Yes, that is correct.

[4:03:31] Okay.

[4:03:32] Just want to double check that

[4:03:33] both in terms of new bonds as

[4:03:34] well as refunding the old bonds

[4:03:37] that is correct.

[4:03:37] Okay.

[4:03:38] Thank you for that.

[4:03:38] So with nobody else on

[4:03:42] the lights we do have a motion

[4:03:43] by council member Eli Rivera

[4:03:44] and second by myself to move

[4:03:47] the staff recommendation on

[4:03:48] item 333 please call the roll

[4:03:50] I'm sorry the voting system

[4:03:56] Please cast your vote that

[4:04:02] passes unanimously 8 to 0 with

[4:04:03] council member Von Wilpert

[4:04:03] upset.

[4:04:04] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[4:04:04] right.

[4:04:05] Thank you.

[4:04:05] We will now adjourn as the city

[4:04:08] council and convene at

[4:04:09] the Public Facilities Financing

[4:04:10] Authority to vote on the Public

[4:04:10] Facilities Financing Authority

[4:04:15] item Council member I'll work

[4:04:19] on your motion again and I will

[4:04:19] second again.

[4:04:20] So we have a motion by council

[4:04:23] member Eli River and the second

[4:04:29] by myself to move pfa item for

[4:04:30] one with that clerk please call

[4:04:30] the roll aside the voting

[4:04:37] system please cast your vote

[4:04:38] and that passes unanimously 8

[4:04:39] to 0 with Council member Von

[4:04:44] Wilpert Absent.

[4:04:45] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[4:04:46] right, Thank you and thank you

[4:04:46] to staff for the work and

[4:04:50] taking that item early.

[4:04:50] So with that clerk please

[4:04:55] introduce item 504 Item 5o4 is

[4:04:56] the amendment to the salary

[4:05:00] ordinance for fiscal year 2027.

[4:05:01] If you are here and wish to

[4:05:02] speak to that item please

[4:05:02] submit your speakers up to

[4:05:06] the front of the room And if

[4:05:06] you're here virtually please be

[4:05:07] sure to raise your hand by

[4:05:08] pressing Star nine or the raise

[4:05:10] your hand icon.

[4:05:11] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[4:05:11] All right.

[4:05:17] Thank you.

[4:05:17] So when you get a chance to

[4:05:18] settle in, please introduce

[4:05:20] yourselves for the record and

[4:05:21] let us know how much time you

[4:05:33] need So good afternoon.

[4:05:33] Council PRESIDENT Council

[4:05:34] Members I'm Julie Roscoe,

[4:05:35] director of Human Resources and

[4:05:40] with me here today is Abby Dahl

[4:05:41] ls Deputy Director for Human

[4:05:41] Resources.

[4:05:42] Also with us today is Code

[4:05:45] Advisor from the mayor's office

[4:05:46] Rolando Chavez Chief Financial

[4:05:46] Officer Tom Brady from the city

[4:05:51] Attorney's office, Cornell

[4:05:52] Allen from Risk Management who

[4:05:53] will be joining us virtually.

[4:05:54] We have Christy Davis here from

[4:05:57] Personnel.

[4:05:58] She's here in person and and

[4:05:58] Sally Ruby and Luis Mateos from

[4:05:59] the Department of Finance who

[4:06:02] will also be joining virtually

[4:06:03] We are here today to present

[4:06:04] the amendment to the fiscal

[4:06:07] year 2027 salary ordinance.

[4:06:08] Our presentation will take

[4:06:13] approximately seven minutes And

[4:06:13] with that I'll turn it over to

[4:06:14] Jared Belts who will watch

[4:06:15] the presentation.

[4:06:18] Thank you.

[4:06:19] So as a reminder we we let you

[4:06:24] know that on MAY 19th we will

[4:06:25] be returning with an amendment

[4:06:26] to the salary ordinance once

[4:06:26] we've reached agreement with

[4:06:29] our recognized employer.

[4:06:30] In addition, we have now

[4:06:31] reached agreement with our

[4:06:31] Municipal Employees Association

[4:06:32] or Deputy City Attorneys

[4:06:36] Association and Local 127 So

[4:06:37] we're going to walk you through

[4:06:38] the changes as a result of

[4:06:42] the implementation other than

[4:06:42] we'll use for fiscal year 27

[4:06:43] and then also for

[4:06:44] the unrepresented and then with

[4:06:48] an update for the automobile

[4:06:49] loan for the accessory use that

[4:06:54] were reached that you approved

[4:06:54] earlier this morning for Natca

[4:06:58] Local 127 for fiscal year 27

[4:07:01] there's a 2% general wage

[4:07:02] increase effective JULY 1 to

[4:07:03] 2026 for any abc and Local 127

[4:07:07] There's also an equity

[4:07:08] adjustment one equity

[4:07:08] adjustment of 1.5% effective

[4:07:12] JULY 1st, 2026 for the Deputy

[4:07:13] City Attorney classification

[4:07:16] The dca two grade of that

[4:07:17] classification and to address

[4:07:22] the cost saving issues of our

[4:07:23] concessions and cost saving

[4:07:24] measures for those increases

[4:07:24] for general salary increases

[4:07:29] and the equity adjustments for

[4:07:30] the 83 and 127 the three at

[4:07:30] recognized implementations

[4:07:34] agreed to implement an unpaid

[4:07:35] mandatory furlough of 40 hours

[4:07:38] which is effective JULY 1st of

[4:07:39] 2026.

[4:07:39] There are some exceptions to

[4:07:40] that There are all dispatcher

[4:07:44] classification and nine

[4:07:45] classifications within

[4:07:46] the Environmental Services

[4:07:46] Department are excluded from

[4:07:49] the mandatory furlough program

[4:07:49] .

[4:07:50] There's also additional 46

[4:07:51] classifications that were

[4:07:55] permitted the opportunity to

[4:07:56] vote to opt out of

[4:07:57] the mandatory furlough program.

[4:07:57] Any of those employees who did

[4:08:01] not participate in

[4:08:02] the mandatory furlough program

[4:08:03] in exchange of not having this

[4:08:06] 40 hours will not receive

[4:08:06] the 24 hours of discretionary

[4:08:07] leave in lieu of that of

[4:08:08] the hourly nonstandard

[4:08:11] employees are not are excluded

[4:08:12] from the mandatory furlough

[4:08:12] program.

[4:08:16] We are still in good faith

[4:08:17] negotiations with our local 145

[4:08:21] local 96 and we recognize

[4:08:22] the employer in his actions

[4:08:23] once we have reached agreement

[4:08:26] with those recognized employer

[4:08:27] organizations we will return

[4:08:28] again to amend the salary

[4:08:28] ordinance to update the salary

[4:08:31] tables based on those

[4:08:31] agreements for our

[4:08:32] unrepresented employees.

[4:08:36] Now that we have reached

[4:08:41] agreement with mta for

[4:08:41] the general salary and wage

[4:08:42] increase, the Mayor is making

[4:08:42] recommendation of a 2%

[4:08:42] effective the last day of

[4:08:46] the fiscal year on JUNE 30th of

[4:08:46] 2027.

[4:08:47] The reason for that is

[4:08:47] unrepresented employees are not

[4:08:51] participating in the mandatory

[4:08:51] furlough program.

[4:08:52] So the 2% general salary

[4:08:53] increase which is proposed to

[4:08:56] address connection issues will

[4:08:57] not go into effect until

[4:08:59] the last day of the fiscal year

[4:09:04] on 27.

[4:09:05] There are some exceptions for

[4:09:05] underrepresented as well

[4:09:06] The city attorney is

[4:09:09] recommending for unrepresented

[4:09:10] deputies city attorney

[4:09:10] classification that they

[4:09:11] receive the same salary

[4:09:15] increase consistent with those

[4:09:16] that are received by the Deputy

[4:09:16] City Attorney Association

[4:09:20] represented employees for

[4:09:21] fiscal year 27 which means they

[4:09:24] would get the 2% JULY 1st of

[4:09:25] 2026.

[4:09:25] The interim classifications

[4:09:26] which include intern, legal,

[4:09:30] intern and senior legal intern

[4:09:30] is not recommended to receive a

[4:09:33] general salary increase for

[4:09:34] fiscal year 27.

[4:09:35] Also we have unrepresented and

[4:09:39] unclassified sworn police and

[4:09:40] fire department employees.

[4:09:41] It's recommended that their

[4:09:44] salary increases be consistent

[4:09:45] with those reached by any

[4:09:50] approved mou for Poway and 145

[4:09:50] respectively.

[4:09:51] That's based on the fact that

[4:09:51] they supervise those

[4:09:54] individuals.

[4:09:55] Also there's an exception for

[4:09:55] the police chief and the fire

[4:09:56] chief.

[4:09:58] It's recommended that they

[4:09:59] receive the 2% increase with

[4:10:00] the other end represented on

[4:10:03] the last day of the fiscal year

[4:10:04] to be in line with the other

[4:10:04] chief officers that are

[4:10:08] unrepresented as well.

[4:10:08] The Marine safety captain is a

[4:10:09] classified and represented

[4:10:14] sworn lifeguard classification

[4:10:14] and it's recommended that they

[4:10:15] receive the salary increase

[4:10:18] consistent with those received

[4:10:19] by any approved local 96 mou

[4:10:23] which has not occurred yet.

[4:10:24] Those are the wages.

[4:10:25] Another update to the salary

[4:10:28] ordinance as well as

[4:10:29] modification to the automobile

[4:10:30] allowance Based on input from

[4:10:33] the city council the mayor does

[4:10:33] regular recommendation for an

[4:10:34] exception to Exhibit f for

[4:10:36] fiscal year 27.

[4:10:37] The mayor will not provide a

[4:10:38] monthly automobile allowance to

[4:10:41] the Chief of staff and deputy

[4:10:42] chief of staff.

[4:10:42] With that we'd like to

[4:10:46] acknowledge the work from all

[4:10:47] the departments that

[4:10:48] participate in the salary

[4:10:48] ordinance including

[4:10:49] the Department of Finance,

[4:10:52] Department of Information

[4:10:52] Technology, our office,

[4:10:53] the Office of the City

[4:10:53] Attorney, the office of

[4:10:56] the ada, the personnel

[4:10:56] department and the risk

[4:10:57] management department.

[4:10:58] With that that concludes our

[4:10:58] presentation and we're

[4:11:02] available for any questions

[4:11:02] that you MAY have.

[4:11:03] >> Thank you.

[4:11:03] All right.

[4:11:04] Thank you for the presentation.

[4:11:07] I believe the office of

[4:11:07] the City attorney has a

[4:11:08] correction.

[4:11:08] >> For the record.

[4:11:11] Thank you, Counsel.

[4:11:12] PRESIDENT Our office discovered

[4:11:13] a minor minor typographical

[4:11:17] error in the ordinance which we

[4:11:17] will correct after the meeting

[4:11:21] And Tom Brady will explain

[4:11:22] more.

[4:11:22] >> Yes.

[4:11:23] Good afternoon.

[4:11:26] On page six, section eight of

[4:11:27] the ordinance there's a

[4:11:30] reference to the unclassified

[4:11:31] service that needs to be

[4:11:32] changed to the classified

[4:11:38] service That's all.

[4:11:38] All right.

[4:11:39] I'll leave it to my colleagues

[4:11:42] that they have any questions

[4:11:43] But with that clerk please

[4:11:43] proceed with public comment.

[4:11:44] Thank you Council PRESIDENT If

[4:11:47] we can have Maximilian Schmidt

[4:11:48] please come forward.

[4:11:49] Then after that is allegedly

[4:11:56] addressed Hi.

[4:12:01] >> I just wanted my First

[4:12:02] Amendment right to be to speak

[4:12:07] on this item to be heard And I

[4:12:08] wanted to say that I'm opposed

[4:12:11] to the salary increases and I

[4:12:12] believe that there's problems

[4:12:16] in the city that I'm small

[4:12:17] salary cut from the city

[4:12:21] employees could really help

[4:12:21] with.

[4:12:22] I'm homeless and I walk every

[4:12:23] day from the 12th imperial

[4:12:26] subway stop to the Alpha

[4:12:27] Project Bridge shelter and on

[4:12:31] that walk there's so much trash

[4:12:31] where you literally have to

[4:12:32] kick through it And this is

[4:12:33] every single day and you could

[4:12:36] pay someone the minimum wage to

[4:12:37] just pick up the trash and it

[4:12:40] really wouldn't be too

[4:12:41] expensive Or you could put

[4:12:41] trash cans on that street and

[4:12:42] if we don't have enough money

[4:12:45] for it, maybe a small solid

[4:12:49] maybe a small decrease in

[4:12:50] salary could allow us to get

[4:12:51] enough money for that.

[4:12:51] And also I wanted to say

[4:12:54] something else concerning

[4:12:55] the salary increase to

[4:12:56] the Environmental Services

[4:12:56] Department.

[4:12:59] Some people MAY call this a

[4:13:00] conspiracy but in California

[4:13:05] there's actually a ten year

[4:13:06] plan laid out to try to

[4:13:09] subsidize subsidize green

[4:13:14] energy even more to try to

[4:13:15] increase taxes on the people of

[4:13:18] California to try to make them

[4:13:19] intentionally more poor by

[4:13:20] increasing property tax,

[4:13:24] increasing sales tax and to

[4:13:24] intentionally take the money

[4:13:29] from the people in this giant

[4:13:30] plot to create to make

[4:13:33] Americans actually poorer.

[4:13:34] And they MAY say we want to

[4:13:35] subsidize green energy to try

[4:13:37] and help the planet.

[4:13:38] We're sorry that your taxes

[4:13:39] went up but the truth is what

[4:13:42] if they're overexaggerating

[4:13:43] the climate to try to raise

[4:13:47] taxes to try to bring in

[4:13:48] tyranny, to try to bring in

[4:13:48] the new world order to try to

[4:13:51] create a one world government,

[4:13:52] why would they do that?

[4:13:52] Because evil exists And if

[4:13:56] they've done a pagan ritual to

[4:13:57] make them telepathic, there

[4:13:57] could be Satan could be

[4:13:58] commanding them to make a one

[4:14:01] world government and do that

[4:14:02] allegedly If you can please

[4:14:10] come forward.

[4:14:11] >> They are overexaggerating it

[4:14:15] Max.

[4:14:16] You're right about that.

[4:14:16] Oh my gosh.

[4:14:17] I thought you guys said 27

[4:14:17] minutes.

[4:14:20] I was like we're in a listen to

[4:14:20] this for 27 minutes.

[4:14:24] I really was like wow.

[4:14:25] So thank you for doing that

[4:14:25] Quickly Any who with salaries

[4:14:29] it's like of course everybody

[4:14:30] wants a raise.

[4:14:30] >> Right?

[4:14:33] And it used to be on like

[4:14:33] the merits of what you did in

[4:14:37] your job and like how your

[4:14:38] excelling in your going above

[4:14:39] and beyond like what you need

[4:14:43] to do to make sure that you're,

[4:14:44] you know, doing your job well

[4:14:45] And now it's just like in a

[4:14:48] group you know what?

[4:14:49] Screw it.

[4:14:49] Let's just give them all a

[4:14:50] raise.

[4:14:50] That's what happens.

[4:14:51] And it's unfortunate because

[4:14:54] people like Max or you know,

[4:14:54] whoever it's like they're

[4:14:55] homeless and they're just

[4:14:56] trying to survive And it's like

[4:14:58] your money's going to go to

[4:14:59] give somebody else a raise.

[4:15:00] They're going to be able to go

[4:15:03] get their yacht you know, pay

[4:15:03] payment on their Ferrari, you

[4:15:07] know, or just their home Right

[4:15:08] .

[4:15:08] >> That has more than just

[4:15:12] the tent size, you know, space

[4:15:13] that you gave people intensity.

[4:15:14] I mean good thing for those

[4:15:17] lawsuits, right?

[4:15:17] Leslie?

[4:15:18] I know federal lawsuits doesn't

[4:15:21] look good but anyway, yeah,

[4:15:22] let's give people raises,

[4:15:22] right?

[4:15:23] >> And as a group let's just do

[4:15:27] it like all of you guys Like

[4:15:27] let's just go ahead and give

[4:15:30] you another $100,000, right?

[4:15:31] I mean because at some point it

[4:15:31] would be nice if you guys were

[4:15:34] like Listen, we really care

[4:15:35] about the people in our

[4:15:36] community and we're willing to

[4:15:36] take a pay cut.

[4:15:40] I'm willing to you know, say

[4:15:40] that I don't need to go get

[4:15:41] Starbucks today and I'm willing

[4:15:44] to give that back to the people

[4:15:45] that I represent that I'm

[4:15:46] sitting here and saying and I'm

[4:15:49] making their lives better.

[4:15:50] Oh, will you have people come

[4:15:51] in And again you guys walk over

[4:15:54] these people when you leave

[4:15:55] here at night I mean not like

[4:15:56] during the day like if we leave

[4:15:59] in the next like couple of

[4:16:00] hours you're not going to see

[4:16:00] them.

[4:16:01] >> But when it becomes

[4:16:05] nighttime and they're there we

[4:16:05] just walk right over them.

[4:16:06] But good thing you guys got a

[4:16:09] raise or whoever in the you

[4:16:10] know city is good.

[4:16:15] >> It's good start of the five

[4:16:16] minute time we're going to

[4:16:17] those participating remotely.

[4:16:17] >> Blair McMahan if you can

[4:16:25] please unmute all right We're

[4:16:26] big fan and thank you for this

[4:16:28] item here.

[4:16:29] >> I'm an experienced about

[4:16:33] thinking I don't have an

[4:16:34] experience in how to think and

[4:16:37] think about issues of savvy

[4:16:37] ordinance issues how how that

[4:16:42] balance can be So but I'm

[4:16:47] trying to learn and I'm I'm

[4:16:48] definitely trying to learn to

[4:16:52] respect that you know salary

[4:16:52] rate increases for city

[4:16:53] employees is important and it's

[4:16:56] definitely morale boosting.

[4:16:57] I've been listening to Oakland

[4:17:01] items lately and my gosh, they

[4:17:02] want to like have their

[4:17:06] employee pay for their own

[4:17:07] health care and retirement

[4:17:07] fund.

[4:17:11] Can you imagine in that I mean

[4:17:12] I heard that and I was just

[4:17:13] like that is going to cause

[4:17:16] the morale issue And I was

[4:17:17] surprised, you know, so they

[4:17:22] really have to they're doing

[4:17:22] their things to have to tighten

[4:17:23] up their budget too.

[4:17:26] And they're asking their

[4:17:27] employees to pay the bill to

[4:17:27] foot the bill.

[4:17:31] Wow.

[4:17:32] So I think that's a little

[4:17:36] strong And and I think there's

[4:17:37] ways they're trying to figure

[4:17:41] out ways to work that out.

[4:17:41] But guess what?

[4:17:42] Guess why they're doing it

[4:17:42] Because they want their social

[4:17:45] services and the people their

[4:17:46] community to have the social

[4:17:50] services they need And that I

[4:17:51] hope can be incentive for

[4:17:55] yourselves to understand what

[4:17:56] we're really what really being

[4:18:00] worked on in Oakland and

[4:18:01] the belief system involved And

[4:18:05] it really takes dedication.

[4:18:06] >> I mean we're we are a very

[4:18:10] slick, large efficient city and

[4:18:11] i just hope we learn how to

[4:18:15] take practices to heart of and

[4:18:16] practice the heart and good

[4:18:16] luck how we can be doing that

[4:18:20] The salary ordinance items and

[4:18:20] such as the explanations I've

[4:18:21] described before Thank you

[4:18:24] Thank you.

[4:18:25] That does include public

[4:18:29] comment for this item I All

[4:18:29] right.

[4:18:30] >> Thank you City Clerk I'll

[4:18:31] turn it over to my colleagues

[4:18:35] for any questions, comments and

[4:18:35] entertain a motion and we'll go

[4:18:39] again to Councilmember Eli

[4:18:40] Rivera, the council PRESIDENT.

[4:18:45] I'll move approval All right.

[4:18:47] And council PRESIDENT Pro tem

[4:18:48] leave now for a second.

[4:18:49] All right.

[4:18:49] So we have a motion by council

[4:18:53] member Eli Rivera, a second by

[4:18:53] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[4:18:58] to move the staff recommends

[4:18:58] motion.

[4:18:59] I'll just thank you for

[4:18:59] the good work and clerk Please

[4:19:00] call the roll.

[4:19:01] I started the voting system.

[4:19:15] >> Please cast your vote That

[4:19:16] passes unanimously 6 to 0 with

[4:19:20] council member Von Wilpert,

[4:19:21] Council member Whitburn and

[4:19:22] Council member Campbell Absent

[4:19:23] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[4:19:23] right.

[4:19:24] >> Thank you and thank you for

[4:19:27] the work.

[4:19:31] And with that please introduce

[4:19:32] item 330.

[4:19:32] >> Item three 30 is to

[4:19:33] authorize the award and

[4:19:37] execution of a sole source

[4:19:37] contract with Adam Air

[4:19:38] Solutions Inc.

[4:19:41] Six votes are required pursuant

[4:19:41] to Charter section 99.

[4:19:45] If you'd like to speak on this

[4:19:46] item please be sure to meet

[4:19:47] your speakers up to the front

[4:19:47] of the room or if you're

[4:19:50] participating remotely now's

[4:19:51] the time to raise your hand by

[4:19:52] pressing Star nine or the raise

[4:19:52] your hand icon.

[4:19:56] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[4:19:56] All right.

[4:19:56] Thank you.

[4:19:57] This is another one of those

[4:19:59] direct docketed items because

[4:20:00] 80 I did not meet So with that

[4:20:01] staff as you settle in please

[4:20:04] introduce yourself for

[4:20:05] the record and let us know how

[4:20:06] much time you need.

[4:20:06] >> Good afternoon.

[4:20:10] Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

[4:20:10] members of the Council.

[4:20:11] My name is Patrick, our interim

[4:20:14] Deputy director with

[4:20:15] the Transportation Department

[4:20:15] And with me today is Chelsea

[4:20:19] Glacier's Deputy director with

[4:20:20] the Transportation Department.

[4:20:20] Our presentation takes about

[4:20:21] five minutes.

[4:20:24] All right, when you're ready.

[4:20:28] Item 330 is a direct docket to

[4:20:29] the city council like you just

[4:20:29] mentioned Due to

[4:20:30] the adjournment of the MAY 80th

[4:20:33] committee and requests

[4:20:34] the authority to award and

[4:20:35] execute a ten year sole source

[4:20:36] contract with Adam Ice

[4:20:41] Solutions Inc.

[4:20:42] Our presentation will begin

[4:20:42] with an overview of the current

[4:20:46] contract and look ahead to

[4:20:47] the proposed new ten year

[4:20:47] agreement.

[4:20:48] We will then discuss

[4:20:51] the factors that led to

[4:20:52] the city to pursue a sole

[4:20:52] source procurement approach

[4:20:53] before providing a deeper

[4:20:56] overview of the dot maps.

[4:20:57] Application is functionality

[4:21:01] and a critical role It plays in

[4:21:01] supporting the city's project

[4:21:02] delivery.

[4:21:02] The current five year agreement

[4:21:07] was execu rated in 2021 and is

[4:21:07] set to expire this month.

[4:21:10] The contract has a total value

[4:21:14] of $649,000 or about $130,000

[4:21:15] annually.

[4:21:15] The proposed new agreement

[4:21:20] would establish a new ten year

[4:21:23] contract with an annual cost of

[4:21:24] $125,000 for the first five

[4:21:27] years and $145,000 for

[4:21:28] the remaining five years for a

[4:21:31] total contract value of 1.35

[4:21:31] million.

[4:21:32] As shown on this table in

[4:21:36] the slide, why is this

[4:21:41] agreement being proposed as a

[4:21:42] sole source contract?

[4:21:42] Dot maps is a proprietary

[4:21:46] software owned and licensed

[4:21:46] exclusively by Adam Air making

[4:21:51] it unavailable through any

[4:21:51] other vendor.

[4:21:52] Over the past several years

[4:21:55] the platform has become deeply

[4:21:56] integrated into the city's

[4:21:57] business processes, data

[4:22:00] structures and connected

[4:22:01] systems serving as a critical

[4:22:02] tool for project delivery and

[4:22:05] service coordination.

[4:22:06] Today approximately 1000 city

[4:22:11] users rely on dot maps to

[4:22:11] perform the daily work

[4:22:12] replacing the platform which

[4:22:15] requires significant

[4:22:15] redevelopment extensive

[4:22:16] customization.

[4:22:20] Staff retraining and complex

[4:22:20] data migration efforts

[4:22:24] resulting in substantial cost

[4:22:25] operational disruption and

[4:22:26] implementation risk.

[4:22:30] Given the software's proven

[4:22:30] performance mature integrations

[4:22:31] and importance to maintaining

[4:22:35] service continuity.

[4:22:35] Continuing with the existing

[4:22:36] platform is the most practical

[4:22:40] and cost effective option.

[4:22:41] The proposed ten year agreement

[4:22:44] also provides long term

[4:22:45] operational stability,

[4:22:46] predictable costs and a reduced

[4:22:49] risk for the city.

[4:22:50] With this I hand it over to

[4:22:51] Chelsea to go over the dot maps

[4:22:54] application in more detail.

[4:22:55] >> Good afternoon.

[4:22:59] As you all know this is our

[4:23:00] citywide project coordination

[4:23:00] system.

[4:23:04] It helps do project

[4:23:05] coordination as well as be a

[4:23:05] project finder.

[4:23:09] We have internal facing

[4:23:10] application as well as a public

[4:23:14] facing application like Patrick

[4:23:15] mentioned, we integrate data

[4:23:15] from a number of city sources

[4:23:19] throughout the development

[4:23:20] services engineering capital

[4:23:24] projects, transportation,

[4:23:25] public utilities, stormwater

[4:23:25] special events and external

[4:23:29] utilities.

[4:23:30] There was extension extensive

[4:23:34] customization and the end

[4:23:34] result is being able to see

[4:23:41] everything on one on one map.

[4:23:42] The reason why this matters is

[4:23:43] because the city of San Diego

[4:23:46] has a strong commitment to both

[4:23:47] our street preservation

[4:23:51] ordinance as well as well as a

[4:23:51] one tick policy.

[4:23:52] From an internal perspective

[4:23:55] this map identifies those

[4:23:56] conflicts and opportunities to

[4:23:59] coordinate very early in

[4:24:00] the process.

[4:24:00] By doing that it saves money,

[4:24:04] time and resources that don't

[4:24:09] end up as real time conflicts

[4:24:10] While people are trying to

[4:24:11] excavate from a public facing

[4:24:15] perspective.

[4:24:15] It has improvements to our

[4:24:19] customer experience including

[4:24:20] being able to see this

[4:24:24] information real time on a

[4:24:25] public facing map If you're a

[4:24:26] resident as well as some

[4:24:29] notifications and options that

[4:24:30] you could be you know, put in

[4:24:34] your address, make a little box

[4:24:35] around it.

[4:24:35] And any project that's going to

[4:24:39] be coming up in your area, it

[4:24:40] will notify you ahead of time

[4:24:40] to minimize disruptions.

[4:24:44] So in general these this is an

[4:24:44] extremely important platform

[4:24:48] for the city And I will pass it

[4:24:53] back over to Patrick.

[4:24:53] Thank you, Chelsea.

[4:24:54] That concludes our

[4:24:54] presentations.

[4:24:58] We are happy to answer any

[4:24:58] questions.

[4:24:58] All right.

[4:24:59] Thank you very much for

[4:24:59] the presentation.

[4:25:02] Clerk Please proceed with

[4:25:03] public comment.

[4:25:03] >> Thank you.

[4:25:04] Maximilian Schmidt If you can

[4:25:04] please come up to

[4:25:08] the microphone after that is

[4:25:08] allegedly Audra and then Troy

[4:25:16] Senator.

[4:25:22] >> Hi My name is Mark Schmidt

[4:25:23] and I just want to say that I'm

[4:25:27] being persecuted by Freemason

[4:25:28] and I don't know if it's

[4:25:29] because I'm Catholic if if it's

[4:25:31] because I do grassroots

[4:25:32] activism or what but I've also

[4:25:36] done a lot of act activism

[4:25:37] against Freemasonry especially

[4:25:41] in Washington dc and to give a

[4:25:42] special award to a software

[4:25:46] company is a um hurts my

[4:25:47] feelings in a way because

[4:25:51] computer software is one of

[4:25:52] the way ways that um Freemasons

[4:25:55] target me where if I'm looking

[4:25:59] at my phone and let's just say

[4:26:00] i'm sending someone a text

[4:26:05] message on my phone as I send

[4:26:05] the message a voice will come

[4:26:10] out of my phone on harassing me

[4:26:10] and it's state sponsored

[4:26:14] harassment via I and via

[4:26:15] computer softwares and

[4:26:19] Freemasons can do that They can

[4:26:20] target people with ai and I

[4:26:24] feel like on that just it's

[4:26:25] just unfortunate that we're

[4:26:29] giving the special award to

[4:26:30] this software company when we

[4:26:34] don't talk about maybe nowhere

[4:26:35] in public is that even found on

[4:26:39] the Internet that Freemasons

[4:26:44] used not only media and tv to

[4:26:45] try to brainwash people to be

[4:26:46] liberals but if you do lots of

[4:26:49] grassroots activism um against

[4:26:50] Freemasonry they'll even use

[4:26:54] technology to harass you And um

[4:26:58] it's becoming a problem And

[4:26:59] unfortunately it's sad to say

[4:27:03] that communism exist in America

[4:27:04] and they're using ai to do it.

[4:27:09] Um they're also telepathic like

[4:27:09] from doing human sacrifices in

[4:27:10] the Masonic Lodge So they also

[4:27:14] can say your thoughts out loud

[4:27:14] and mess with you

[4:27:18] telepathically But ai is also

[4:27:19] being used to target patriots

[4:27:19] and it's a problem.

[4:27:22] >> Thank you.

[4:27:32] >> Allegedly Andre Air is

[4:27:37] definitely going to be used for

[4:27:37] the New World Order and

[4:27:38] bringing in the antichrist.

[4:27:38] We'll get into that later

[4:27:42] However Ah this is very

[4:27:43] dangerous and I keep talking

[4:27:47] about it because of course

[4:27:47] there's a monopoly on this type

[4:27:48] of software so it's like you

[4:27:49] have to go and get a single

[4:27:52] source procurement for it.

[4:27:52] They're the only ones that

[4:27:57] provide it and you know it's

[4:27:57] like air is very dangerous.

[4:27:58] The people that create it even

[4:28:01] talk about that how it can be

[4:28:02] weaponized, how it hallucinates

[4:28:03] I mean it can give you false

[4:28:06] information And to say that

[4:28:07] the customer experience is

[4:28:11] better because of it I highly

[4:28:12] doubt that because it's like we

[4:28:15] you can call in and talk to a

[4:28:16] lot even to the police and it's

[4:28:20] like you could tell I need to

[4:28:21] speak to this department and it

[4:28:22] will tell you that apartment

[4:28:26] doesn't exist And then you call

[4:28:26] in and then you speak to like

[4:28:27] an actual technician and

[4:28:27] they're like Yeah, let me

[4:28:30] transfer you.

[4:28:31] So all I'm saying is like let's

[4:28:32] not sugarcoat it and act like

[4:28:36] this stuff is like going to be

[4:28:36] beneficial.

[4:28:37] I mean on the surface it looks

[4:28:40] good because it's like yeah it

[4:28:40] makes things easier but how

[4:28:41] many jobs are people losing

[4:28:45] because you are taking away

[4:28:45] their ability to, you know, do

[4:28:49] that part of the job Like

[4:28:50] whatever information that it's

[4:28:51] collecting.

[4:28:51] I'm not sure where my notes are

[4:28:55] on that And you know, just

[4:28:55] making sure that I mean because

[4:29:00] that's what happens people to

[4:29:01] say oh, it's not going to take

[4:29:01] any jobs.

[4:29:02] It's going to make things

[4:29:02] easier.

[4:29:04] We're going to save money.

[4:29:05] You know, in reality it's going

[4:29:06] to cost us a buttload of money.

[4:29:07] It's going to take all our

[4:29:10] power, our fresh water because

[4:29:10] these data centers need our

[4:29:14] fresh water while we get our

[4:29:14] sewage back.

[4:29:15] How cool is that And the fact

[4:29:19] that it's we're giving our data

[4:29:20] to people like BlackRock and

[4:29:23] Vanguard again it's like we

[4:29:24] worry about these corporations

[4:29:25] and but it's like you guys

[4:29:28] willingly are giving all of

[4:29:28] this information about very

[4:29:29] critical stuff to people that

[4:29:33] have nefarious intentions.

[4:29:36] >> So what would you and yada

[4:29:41] if you can please come forward

[4:29:41] .

[4:29:42] Okay First of all I want to go

[4:29:46] to work for Chelsea in

[4:29:46] transportation.

[4:29:50] She gets five stars for helping

[4:29:51] me this afternoon And of course

[4:29:54] I love transportation All

[4:29:54] around.

[4:29:55] So thank you.

[4:29:55] Okay.

[4:30:00] So yes to the Adam Air I

[4:30:05] contract ten years is okay yet

[4:30:05] I am sure with tech

[4:30:10] exponentially speeding up that

[4:30:10] tech services will need to be

[4:30:14] updated every moment.

[4:30:15] That's an exaggeration but I

[4:30:19] know you understand that.

[4:30:24] So Adam I owns the platform

[4:30:24] that the city has customized

[4:30:29] and to be honest with you I

[4:30:29] love this item.

[4:30:30] It makes such a difference when

[4:30:31] you talk to the department

[4:30:34] That's handling it because she

[4:30:35] got me to see just absolutely

[4:30:38] the whole big picture of it and

[4:30:39] it's pretty darn wonderful.

[4:30:43] So let's see here.

[4:30:44] I don't want to MISS Out here.

[4:30:48] So I did that Excuse me What?

[4:30:52] Why It matters Six items Mac

[4:30:53] minimizes I think it's a good

[4:30:57] minimize integrated public

[4:30:58] facing internal facing and

[4:30:58] saves money.

[4:31:02] We'll take that any time we can

[4:31:03] get it So and they have this

[4:31:07] wonderful thing called conflict

[4:31:07] ordination.

[4:31:08] I hope I got that right,

[4:31:09] Chelsea But anyway it reminds

[4:31:12] me of when I was a therapist

[4:31:13] and the pharmacies weren't

[4:31:17] gathering everything together

[4:31:18] so that everybody knew what

[4:31:18] prescriptions were going to

[4:31:19] this one person that I was

[4:31:22] handling as a client.

[4:31:23] So now this thing this conflict

[4:31:26] ordination brings all of it

[4:31:27] together So projects are not,

[4:31:28] you know, bouncing all over

[4:31:32] the place and not coordinating

[4:31:32] with other kind and causing

[4:31:33] conflict and risk.

[4:31:34] So Chelsea I think that's

[4:31:37] pretty fabulous On that

[4:31:38] underrepresentation in Latino

[4:31:42] female in a and I science

[4:31:49] computer and sales no for that

[4:31:50] concluding including that they

[4:31:50] said they filed it thank you

[4:31:51] thank you that took five minute

[4:31:52] timer has started Blair Beckman

[4:32:01] if you can please unmute Blair

[4:32:05] Brickman I can hear me for you

[4:32:05] .

[4:32:06] >> Hi there.

[4:32:07] Beckman Can you hear me?

[4:32:10] Yes, Please proceed.

[4:32:11] >> Thank you.

[4:32:11] Sorry about that.

[4:32:12] Hi.

[4:32:12] Thank you.

[4:32:12] Yeah.

[4:32:15] Put this item I noticed

[4:32:18] the mighty words one more time

[4:32:19] that this is a ten year

[4:32:20] contract and I just been seeing

[4:32:23] those words a lot is how you

[4:32:24] been doing the contract process

[4:32:24] lately?

[4:32:28] I'm a bit concerned by that.

[4:32:29] >> It's a long, long time and

[4:32:33] I'm just questioning It's as a

[4:32:36] way to practice.

[4:32:37] I think five years is a lot

[4:32:38] more reasonable and it's

[4:32:38] certainly a long time.

[4:32:42] It's well a five year contract.

[4:32:43] i like the ten year contract

[4:32:47] idea in that it describes

[4:32:48] the concepts of planning in and

[4:32:52] how a ways that we really plan

[4:32:53] out our future and how we

[4:32:57] create ourselves.

[4:32:58] I think it's very good for that

[4:32:58] and I wish it.

[4:33:01] Council We talked a lot, lot

[4:33:05] more and more broad terms of 5

[4:33:06] to 10 years and 2 to 5 years.

[4:33:07] We have to do everything on

[4:33:11] the fly and just at the spur of

[4:33:12] the moment and it gets kind of

[4:33:15] tiring and it makes

[4:33:16] conversations limited Overall

[4:33:16] we lack depth in how to talk

[4:33:20] about how to see a larger

[4:33:21] picture and making choices and

[4:33:24] decision making.

[4:33:25] So I like that these contracts

[4:33:29] are at a ten year point at some

[4:33:30] and in some ways these types of

[4:33:34] contracts are usually reserved

[4:33:34] for military it's my

[4:33:35] understanding.

[4:33:38] >> And so you get a sense of

[4:33:39] it's conservative value and

[4:33:39] nature and you know,

[4:33:44] predictions and tendencies.

[4:33:44] >> So in a way it's good.

[4:33:48] I'm just a bit worried about it

[4:33:49] overall but I like the idea

[4:33:53] that we can talk in more a

[4:33:54] broader sense about our long

[4:33:54] term planning for our

[4:33:58] communities.

[4:33:59] How can we do that more here at

[4:33:59] the everyday level in council

[4:34:00] meetings?

[4:34:03] I hope we can do that or that's

[4:34:04] just all my thoughts and

[4:34:04] feelings on this item.

[4:34:07] Thanks for your patience.

[4:34:08] >> Thank you.

[4:34:08] That does conclude public

[4:34:09] comment on this item.

[4:34:09] All right.

[4:34:12] Thank you.

[4:34:13] City Clerk We'll turn it over

[4:34:13] to council for questions

[4:34:14] Comments Entertain a motion and

[4:34:16] we'll start with council member

[4:34:17] Campbell Thank you so much.

[4:34:18] >> Just just to see if I have

[4:34:22] this correctly, I remember a

[4:34:22] few years back when we didn't

[4:34:27] coordinate these things and we

[4:34:27] ended up having one utility

[4:34:28] tearing up the street another

[4:34:32] coming in week later tearing it

[4:34:32] up again.

[4:34:33] And what this does is makes

[4:34:37] that much better.

[4:34:38] We coordinate all the tearing

[4:34:41] up to try to occur at one time

[4:34:41] So when we fix the street

[4:34:45] afterwards it stays fixed.

[4:34:46] So this has helped tremendously

[4:34:46] and I really appreciate it.

[4:34:49] Unfortunately this is the only

[4:34:50] company that provides that but

[4:34:54] unfortunately in that some

[4:34:55] times most of the time

[4:34:55] competition brings a decrease

[4:34:59] in price.

[4:35:00] However this price is very

[4:35:03] reasonable a 1.35 million over

[4:35:04] a ten year period for all this

[4:35:05] software.

[4:35:08] So I am very happy to make

[4:35:09] the motion that we accept

[4:35:09] staff's recommendation.

[4:35:13] Thank you.

[4:35:13] All right.

[4:35:14] Thank you.

[4:35:14] Council members, we do have a

[4:35:15] motion by Councilmember

[4:35:16] Campbell to move the staff

[4:35:19] recommendation and not oh

[4:35:20] Councilmember Whitburn jumps in

[4:35:21] there with a second on

[4:35:22] the motion not seeing anybody

[4:35:26] on the lights.

[4:35:27] We have a motion by council

[4:35:28] member Campbell to move

[4:35:28] the staff recommendation

[4:35:31] seconded by Council member

[4:35:32] Whitburn.

[4:35:32] >> The Clerk Please call

[4:35:33] the roll I'm sorry at

[4:35:33] the voting system please cast

[4:35:41] your vote that passes unanimous

[4:35:42] 8 to 0 with Council member Von

[4:35:42] Wilpert absent.

[4:35:43] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[4:35:46] right.

[4:35:46] Thank you.

[4:35:46] Step out.

[4:35:47] I'll do it.

[4:35:50] Okay.

[4:35:51] >> So with that please

[4:35:55] introduce item 331 Item 331 is

[4:35:55] the second amendment to the as

[4:35:59] needed to transportation

[4:36:00] Engineering Services agreement

[4:36:03] with Kimberly Hawn and

[4:36:03] Associates h1869856 votes are

[4:36:08] required pursuant to Charter

[4:36:08] section 99.

[4:36:09] If you'd like to speak to this

[4:36:10] item please be sure to raise

[4:36:13] your hand by pressing star nine

[4:36:13] or the raise your hand icon.

[4:36:14] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[4:36:14] right.

[4:36:15] Thank you.

[4:36:18] And I see staff you've settled

[4:36:18] in.

[4:36:19] Please introduce yourselves for

[4:36:20] the record and let us know how

[4:36:22] much time you need.

[4:36:27] All right.

[4:36:28] We five minutes should be good

[4:36:28] for us.

[4:36:29] My name is Carrie Purcell.

[4:36:29] Good afternoon.

[4:36:32] Council PRESIDENT, Council

[4:36:32] members.

[4:36:33] We're happy to be here today.

[4:36:34] My name is Carrie Purcell.

[4:36:36] I'm a deputy director with

[4:36:37] Engineering Capital Projects

[4:36:38] Department Program Project

[4:36:42] Development Division.

[4:36:43] And with me today is Michael

[4:36:43] Ramirez.

[4:36:44] He's a senior civil engineer.

[4:36:47] Our our section is responsible

[4:36:47] for managing the as needed

[4:36:51] engineering agreements with for

[4:36:52] our department.

[4:36:53] We're here today to ask for

[4:36:57] council approval to be able to

[4:36:57] approve a Second Amendment to

[4:37:02] our housing to transportation

[4:37:03] with Kelly Horne and Associates

[4:37:05] for an additional 36 months.

[4:37:06] We also have staff available

[4:37:10] from the project teams If there

[4:37:11] are project specific questions

[4:37:12] related to the project tasks

[4:37:12] that are being extended for

[4:37:15] time.

[4:37:16] So with that I would like to

[4:37:17] turn it over to Michael Ramirez

[4:37:21] to give you the details of that

[4:37:21] request.

[4:37:21] >> Thank you.

[4:37:22] Thank you, Carrie.

[4:37:23] My name is Michael Ramirez,

[4:37:23] Senior Civil Engineering with

[4:37:26] the engineering Capital

[4:37:27] Projects.

[4:37:27] I will be presenting the item

[4:37:28] 331.

[4:37:32] Like Carrie mentioned is a

[4:37:33] Second Amendment to an extended

[4:37:34] transportation contract with

[4:37:36] Kimberly and Horton Associates

[4:37:36] .

[4:37:37] >> This request is to authorize

[4:37:41] a Second Amendment to extend

[4:37:41] the contract duration for

[4:37:42] additional 36 months from

[4:37:46] the 24 months that was approved

[4:37:47] to the Firstst Amendment.

[4:37:47] This would be a total of 60

[4:37:48] months from the original

[4:37:51] contract execution.

[4:37:52] It is a no cost time extension

[4:37:55] to complete to test out of

[4:37:55] the eight tests that were

[4:37:56] approved from the First

[4:38:00] Amendment.

[4:38:00] A little background.

[4:38:04] The original contract was

[4:38:05] executed on AUGUST 23rd, 2019

[4:38:08] for an amount of $5 million

[4:38:09] with a five year duration.

[4:38:12] There were a total of 22 test

[4:38:13] every issue during those five

[4:38:13] years.

[4:38:14] A First Amendment for a no cost

[4:38:18] time extension was executed on

[4:38:19] AUGUST 2nd, 2024, which

[4:38:22] extended the duration of eight

[4:38:22] test for an additional 24

[4:38:23] months.

[4:38:28] As previously mentioned, this

[4:38:28] contract meant the Second

[4:38:29] Amendment would add an

[4:38:29] additional 36 months needed to

[4:38:33] complete to the test.

[4:38:34] Out of the eight tests that

[4:38:35] were approved from the First

[4:38:36] Amendment, the new expiration

[4:38:40] would be AUGUST 2020 nine.

[4:38:41] >> So the first project is

[4:38:47] the Kensington.

[4:38:48] During the first case it is

[4:38:50] located in District nine

[4:38:51] Mid-City.

[4:38:51] The scope includes a

[4:38:52] replacement of sewer and storm

[4:38:53] drains along with access way

[4:38:59] within the Kenyon.

[4:39:00] >> During the design phase,

[4:39:00] additional environmental

[4:39:01] requirements and coordination

[4:39:02] efforts resulted in additional

[4:39:04] scope including preparation of

[4:39:05] traffic control, revegetation

[4:39:06] plans and additional biological

[4:39:10] survey efforts.

[4:39:10] The project schedule as

[4:39:11] expected was extended due to an

[4:39:12] ongoing environmental review

[4:39:15] Regulatory agency permitting

[4:39:16] easement acquisition and court

[4:39:17] and Caltrans encroachment

[4:39:21] permit processing.

[4:39:21] The project requires

[4:39:22] environmental mitigation and

[4:39:23] entitlement processing that are

[4:39:27] associated with the impacts of

[4:39:27] sensitive upland and wetland

[4:39:28] vegetation including

[4:39:29] the preparation of mitigated

[4:39:33] negative declaration Site

[4:39:33] development permit.

[4:39:34] Updates to technical

[4:39:34] environmental studies and

[4:39:38] completion of resource agc

[4:39:39] permitting which is currently

[4:39:42] anticipated through JUNE 2027.

[4:39:43] The other project is the Black

[4:39:48] Mountain Reservoir Spillway.

[4:39:49] It's located in District five.

[4:39:49] The project scope is the design

[4:39:53] and construction of an osha

[4:39:54] compliant access stairway which

[4:39:55] includes a chain link fence as

[4:39:56] well as alteration to a gate

[4:40:02] and ladder.

[4:40:02] The design was completed last

[4:40:03] year and the project is now

[4:40:04] ready for construction.

[4:40:08] We will need this consultant

[4:40:09] through the construction phase

[4:40:11] and as with preparation until

[4:40:12] summer 2027.

[4:40:13] As you can see on the screen

[4:40:18] the equal opportunity this this

[4:40:18] was subject to a 20% voluntary.

[4:40:24] The achieved goal achieved we

[4:40:25] achieved the 25% participation

[4:40:30] which is above the goal.

[4:40:31] >> Just to reiterate this

[4:40:35] request is to authorize a

[4:40:36] Second Amendment to extend

[4:40:39] the contract duration for

[4:40:40] additional 36 months For me for

[4:40:40] the 24 months that was approved

[4:40:41] in the First Amendment.

[4:40:44] For a total of 60 months from

[4:40:45] the original contract duration

[4:40:45] to complete the two tests

[4:40:49] discussed in this presentation

[4:40:50] .

[4:40:50] >> At this time we welcome any

[4:40:51] questions you MAY have.

[4:40:51] Thank you.

[4:40:52] All right.

[4:40:52] Thank you for the presentation.

[4:40:55] Deputy Clerk Please proceed

[4:40:56] with public comment.

[4:40:56] Thank you.

[4:40:57] Council PRESIDENT We'll begin

[4:41:02] with in-person public comment.

[4:41:02] Maximillian will be followed by

[4:41:05] allegedly order to be followed

[4:41:12] by Dawson to.

[4:41:18] I just want to say that I'm

[4:41:19] opposed to the Second Amendment

[4:41:19] as needed Transportation

[4:41:23] engineering Services agreement

[4:41:24] with Kimberly Hawn Associates.

[4:41:25] And the reason I'm the reason

[4:41:30] I'm opposed to it is because I

[4:41:36] have reason to believe that on

[4:41:36] that city Council are

[4:41:42] Freemasons and I'm opposed to

[4:41:42] free Masons on being involved

[4:41:47] with any of my tax dollars

[4:41:47] period.

[4:41:48] I do not want Freemasons

[4:41:53] handling my tax dollars and

[4:41:53] the reason why is because

[4:41:54] Freemasons are also persecuting

[4:42:00] me on believe it or not I'm not

[4:42:01] crazy But when I walk down

[4:42:05] the street on people say my

[4:42:06] thoughts out loud and I believe

[4:42:07] it's state sponsored because at

[4:42:11] the homeless shelter which is

[4:42:12] owned by the city I will also

[4:42:13] get harassed there on I'm not

[4:42:16] going to say if staff are

[4:42:17] involved at the library where

[4:42:22] the librarians are paid on with

[4:42:23] our tax dollars I get harassed

[4:42:24] by librarians on the trolley

[4:42:29] where the trolley intercom is

[4:42:30] paid is ran with our tax

[4:42:30] dollars.

[4:42:31] I get harassed on the trolley

[4:42:31] and I get her out of

[4:42:35] linguistics which is constantly

[4:42:36] reading my mind and people are

[4:42:37] constantly holding over my head

[4:42:41] that they can read my mind And

[4:42:42] I came in city council and city

[4:42:42] council exposed to me that they

[4:42:47] could read my mind and and

[4:42:48] harass me with it.

[4:42:48] It's called neuro linguistics

[4:42:52] and everywhere I go I seem to

[4:42:53] get harassed by people reading

[4:42:58] my mind And it's Freemasons

[4:42:59] doing it And I oppose On

[4:43:05] the Freemasons handling our tax

[4:43:06] our tax dollars And maybe when

[4:43:06] everyone voted and elected

[4:43:11] the council to office they

[4:43:11] didn't know that they're

[4:43:12] Freemasons.

[4:43:12] But I'm here to expose to

[4:43:13] the world that San Diego City

[4:43:17] Council are all Freemasons.

[4:43:17] >> Thank you.

[4:43:18] That does conclude your time

[4:43:28] allegedly order Jennifer did

[4:43:29] you admit that your employees

[4:43:35] are incompetent and you guys

[4:43:35] can't make sure that you're not

[4:43:36] ripping up the street twice

[4:43:40] without a That is interesting

[4:43:41] because obviously your project

[4:43:41] coordinator and finder needs to

[4:43:46] be because we don't need people

[4:43:47] to do that we need to replace

[4:43:52] their jobs with I love it to

[4:43:57] two tasks are going to take an

[4:43:58] extra 36 months right That's

[4:43:58] interesting.

[4:44:04] How much more is going to be

[4:44:05] needed to complete one task in

[4:44:09] 48 months Feel like we're going

[4:44:10] to come back in like, you know,

[4:44:15] 20 months and be like listen,

[4:44:16] we need more time.

[4:44:16] We need more time.

[4:44:21] This is storm and sewer right?

[4:44:22] Those things are not a

[4:44:23] necessity I don't think I mean

[4:44:23] we don't treat it like it

[4:44:24] right?

[4:44:28] I mean we need $5 billion storm

[4:44:28] stop.

[4:44:29] I think that's terrifying to

[4:44:32] think about.

[4:44:33] I mean and we have El Nino in

[4:44:33] the wings.

[4:44:38] You guys ready for this?

[4:44:39] What are we going to do?

[4:44:40] How many people are we going to

[4:44:44] sue this time for being like

[4:44:45] you guys aren't prepared right?

[4:44:45] Make some money, make some

[4:44:49] revenue for the city.

[4:44:50] Right Because we're not

[4:44:51] prepared So those people who

[4:44:56] are too.

[4:44:56] I mean they should have been

[4:44:57] right.

[4:44:57] It doesn't matter if you guys

[4:44:58] take this money and put it

[4:44:58] elsewhere.

[4:45:01] I mean because you got your

[4:45:01] environmental reviews, you know

[4:45:02] all those things the permits,

[4:45:08] all the things that you guys

[4:45:08] require getting in your own way

[4:45:09] of providing what you need to

[4:45:09] provide.

[4:45:13] >> How weird is that?

[4:45:14] It's interesting when you see

[4:45:15] the way the government works it

[4:45:21] like intentionally cut its own

[4:45:22] nose off to save its face Like

[4:45:26] it's like And yet we're giving

[4:45:26] people raises.

[4:45:26] I love it.

[4:45:27] We're so good.

[4:45:28] I mean if you want to make

[4:45:32] money and racketeer get into

[4:45:33] the government.

[4:45:33] >> Thank you for those

[4:45:33] comments.

[4:45:37] Joyce On the other Thank you

[4:45:43] Kevin.

[4:45:44] Good to see you up there.

[4:45:44] Okay.

[4:45:48] So yes to the Second Amendment

[4:45:49] with Kimberly Horn on

[4:45:54] the service agreement.

[4:45:55] When I look at these eeoc

[4:46:00] reports, I'm amazed when I see

[4:46:04] as I did on this 114 that's 14

[4:46:05] sub contracts.

[4:46:11] Isn't that amazing to think of

[4:46:11] how many pieces are needed for

[4:46:17] a project So thank you for

[4:46:17] mentioning the eeoc item.

[4:46:18] I really appreciate that I

[4:46:23] rarely hear that.

[4:46:24] So I'm just getting back real

[4:46:29] quick on many subcontractors

[4:46:30] and it just amazes me when we

[4:46:36] begin to think of with the time

[4:46:36] frame and time is so crazy.

[4:46:40] I'm dealing with time right now

[4:46:41] .

[4:46:42] It's crazy And all these pieces

[4:46:47] that have to fall into place to

[4:46:47] transportation projects and all

[4:46:48] projects really but it just

[4:46:52] blows me away how we can bring

[4:46:53] those pieces together for

[4:46:54] collaboration, coordination and

[4:46:58] get it done.

[4:46:59] I don't get it.

[4:46:59] Thank you so very much.

[4:47:00] So on the underrepresentation

[4:47:05] we've got Latino and female in

[4:47:05] management and financial

[4:47:10] African-American, Latino and

[4:47:11] Asian in professional I that

[4:47:11] was the eeoc.

[4:47:17] I could not find a workforce

[4:47:18] report and they didn't allude

[4:47:18] to it in the eeoc report so I

[4:47:19] couldn't find it in the back up

[4:47:23] and it might have been buried

[4:47:23] somewhere.

[4:47:24] But anyway I kind of MISS

[4:47:24] Seeing the workforce report

[4:47:29] anyway, it was a great day.

[4:47:29] Thank you everybody for

[4:47:30] participating.

[4:47:34] We're in this together and

[4:47:35] we're getting it done One step

[4:47:36] at a time.

[4:47:41] Love to all Thank you.

[4:47:41] That concludes in-person public

[4:47:42] comment for virtual public

[4:47:46] comment I've started the five

[4:47:46] minute timer in council

[4:47:47] chambers.

[4:47:47] We will now turn to the virtual

[4:47:49] queue in which there is one

[4:47:57] participant requesting to speak

[4:47:57] .

[4:47:58] Larry Beekman please begin.

[4:47:58] All right.

[4:48:02] We're Big Ben Thanks for this

[4:48:02] item.

[4:48:03] It's like some honest good work

[4:48:08] for it.

[4:48:09] It's it's working on our storm

[4:48:10] drain issues it sounds like and

[4:48:14] we really need it and thank

[4:48:14] you.

[4:48:14] It'll be helpful.

[4:48:20] I was really seriously reminded

[4:48:21] of budget time, you know, in

[4:48:25] people's complaints you know

[4:48:25] working on storm sewer issues,

[4:48:26] the needs of people power and

[4:48:31] people smarts and just putting

[4:48:32] their heads together and coming

[4:48:37] up with solutions.

[4:48:37] You have some good solutions

[4:48:38] here that will take a lot of

[4:48:39] funding dollars and you're

[4:48:43] going to come through and do

[4:48:43] some nice things.

[4:48:44] These are big project things to

[4:48:45] me I'm trying to consider what

[4:48:49] are the day to day things that

[4:48:50] can just help facilitate, you

[4:48:50] know, a good thinking process

[4:48:55] for all of us And when we get

[4:48:56] stuck there can be ways to move

[4:48:56] forward.

[4:48:57] You did that today with a few

[4:49:01] items earlier that you know

[4:49:01] certain practices that you

[4:49:02] couldn't move forward with

[4:49:07] things and there was just ways

[4:49:08] to continue to ask Well yeah we

[4:49:08] can do things possibly Let's

[4:49:12] bring that out And how do we do

[4:49:18] that more regularly And with

[4:49:19] for instance stormwater issues

[4:49:19] if and when they come up

[4:49:23] Because I know previously I

[4:49:24] would just get stuck sometimes

[4:49:25] and like well we just got to

[4:49:30] continue the same old same old

[4:49:30] And I felt really stupid with

[4:49:36] that And but you know you know

[4:49:36] I want to be figuring that

[4:49:43] better now and so I guess I

[4:49:43] mentioned at this time what is

[4:49:44] our day to day smarts to work

[4:49:48] out of our usual routines and

[4:49:53] to really do something good and

[4:49:54] good luck.

[4:49:54] >> How we can be thinking and

[4:49:55] doing that with stormwater is

[4:49:59] Thank you.

[4:50:00] Thank you.

[4:50:01] That concludes our comment on

[4:50:01] item 331.

[4:50:05] All right.

[4:50:06] Thank you Deputy Clerk There is

[4:50:07] no storm water or a storm

[4:50:07] drainage in this item so just

[4:50:12] clear that for the record I

[4:50:13] will turn over to council

[4:50:14] members questions comments

[4:50:14] entertain a motion will go to

[4:50:16] council member Aiello were

[4:50:17] there All right thank you

[4:50:22] Council PRESIDENT I appreciate

[4:50:23] the presentation.

[4:50:27] I think one question I do want

[4:50:33] to ask though is looking at

[4:50:34] the first part the continuing

[4:50:35] improvements and the staff

[4:50:35] report.

[4:50:39] It says the consultant's task

[4:50:44] was executed on AUGUST 23rd and

[4:50:49] is currently set to expire on

[4:50:49] AUGUST 23rd 2026 to

[4:50:50] the original project based on

[4:50:50] it has to be completion of

[4:50:52] design by DECEMBER 20th For

[4:50:59] however, the project schedule

[4:51:00] was delayed for a number of

[4:51:01] reasons or extended and I'm

[4:51:04] trying to understand on

[4:51:05] the front end how difficult it

[4:51:11] was to anticipate the reasons

[4:51:11] why we are extending Nothing

[4:51:17] here seems say nothing but very

[4:51:22] few of these things seem

[4:51:23] surprising so why not just have

[4:51:28] a timeline that better matches

[4:51:29] what we expect the timeline to

[4:51:29] actually be?

[4:51:35] Yeah so I think when what

[4:51:36] happens is during design is

[4:51:36] more information becomes

[4:51:37] available and as you that

[4:51:41] information becomes ground

[4:51:41] truth then the design gets more

[4:51:42] refined, the project gets more

[4:51:43] refined And so some of

[4:51:47] the assumptions can move

[4:51:47] around.

[4:51:48] But I would defer to

[4:51:48] the project management team to

[4:51:50] get more detail on the specific

[4:51:50] project.

[4:51:56] >> Thank you.

[4:51:57] Good afternoon everyone.

[4:51:58] My name is needs to be around

[4:52:03] senior civil engineer as it was

[4:52:03] noted in the presentation this

[4:52:04] project is located in

[4:52:09] the Canyon Environmentalist

[4:52:09] area which is required

[4:52:10] extensive environmental and

[4:52:16] also we are close to I-5 That

[4:52:17] requires a permit from

[4:52:17] Caltrans.

[4:52:18] In addition to that when we

[4:52:22] started the project we started

[4:52:22] a high level.

[4:52:23] We required at various

[4:52:28] technical study to define

[4:52:28] the scope of work which helps

[4:52:29] us to understand what needs to

[4:52:34] be built.

[4:52:35] That is why it took a long time

[4:52:35] to do that.

[4:52:36] Originally when we started

[4:52:40] the project the information

[4:52:41] that we have was enough to

[4:52:46] initiate it but thereafter we

[4:52:47] did more work, more research

[4:52:53] and put into a detail of

[4:52:53] the project.

[4:52:54] That is why you'll see more

[4:52:54] amendment thereafter because we

[4:52:58] know more about the projects I

[4:53:03] think is not five right?

[4:53:08] Pardon me You said it's near

[4:53:08] five.

[4:53:09] This is your five and your five

[4:53:13] like the Caltrans encroachment

[4:53:14] you mentioned the project is

[4:53:15] close to eight which is

[4:53:20] requiring encroachment.

[4:53:21] I think I understood all of

[4:53:21] that.

[4:53:22] I guess what I'm trying

[4:53:25] understand is again I

[4:53:26] understand that it's

[4:53:26] complicated.

[4:53:27] I understand that there are

[4:53:31] there but there's a lot that's

[4:53:32] going into this.

[4:53:32] What I'm not understanding

[4:53:33] necessarily is how that was

[4:53:38] unanticipated.

[4:53:38] We knew it was in a canyon.

[4:53:39] We knew it was environmentally

[4:53:39] sensitive.

[4:53:40] We knew that it would likely

[4:53:44] involve working with like I'm

[4:53:44] trying to understand that

[4:53:49] the gap between what was

[4:53:55] projected to be the timeline

[4:53:56] and what is actually and what

[4:53:56] was actually the timeline and

[4:53:57] how much of that was actually

[4:54:01] unforeseeable because if it's

[4:54:02] foreseeable why aren't we

[4:54:02] building that into the timeline

[4:54:07] on at the beginning?

[4:54:08] That's a very good question and

[4:54:08] here's why this matters.

[4:54:14] There's like one

[4:54:14] the expectations that are set

[4:54:15] on the status with

[4:54:16] the expectations that are set

[4:54:16] on the day yesterday conveyed

[4:54:23] out to the community and it

[4:54:23] just feels like there's a

[4:54:24] better way to to discuss these

[4:54:26] things on the front end so that

[4:54:33] we're not constantly explaining

[4:54:33] why things are taking longer

[4:54:34] than they expect than they are

[4:54:44] expected to take And a perfect

[4:54:45] answer to that question I just

[4:54:45] I think it's a fair question

[4:54:51] Raise the yes, I think there

[4:54:51] are assumptions made at

[4:54:52] the early phase of design

[4:54:56] the pre design phase and we

[4:54:56] have timeframes we assume for

[4:54:57] certain environmental reviews

[4:55:01] permitting mitigation.

[4:55:02] But what can happen is there's

[4:55:03] sort of accumulation of all of

[4:55:08] a sudden not often but

[4:55:08] unanticipated like now you will

[4:55:09] have this impact.

[4:55:09] So you have to define

[4:55:14] the number of of what that

[4:55:15] impact is and so that it kind

[4:55:15] of creates a multiplier a

[4:55:19] little bit in terms of pushing

[4:55:20] out the time.

[4:55:20] So I don't think it happens on

[4:55:21] all projects but in these

[4:55:25] particular projects where you

[4:55:26] have these different factors

[4:55:26] like the various natural

[4:55:31] resources in environmental

[4:55:32] reviews and Caltrans they sort

[4:55:32] of all work together to add

[4:55:36] time Sometimes it's kind of

[4:55:37] like the best way I can

[4:55:38] describe it but it's probably

[4:55:38] goes better.

[4:55:38] Okay.

[4:55:42] And is there not another way to

[4:55:54] do this though?

[4:55:55] I don't know if there's another

[4:55:55] way to do it.

[4:55:56] I mean I guess I would defer to

[4:56:00] the design teams They accept a

[4:56:01] project with certain

[4:56:01] assumptions made, right?

[4:56:02] Here's the scope.

[4:56:06] Here's where it is and then

[4:56:07] they work out what they

[4:56:08] anticipate to be the time

[4:56:12] frames for these different

[4:56:12] items with Caltrans or

[4:56:13] environmental permitting and do

[4:56:18] their best to capture that.

[4:56:19] And that's part of what when

[4:56:20] you have a consultant to help

[4:56:20] refine the project and

[4:56:24] the design of the project then

[4:56:25] you're going to tease out some

[4:56:25] of these elements where you're

[4:56:29] going to have to assume things

[4:56:30] and then sometimes you can't

[4:56:31] always you just can't predict

[4:56:36] what's going to be the time

[4:56:36] frame.

[4:56:37] Sometimes I think that's what

[4:56:41] it comes down to.

[4:56:42] Okay well I won't belabor

[4:56:47] the point.

[4:56:51] I, I just feel like in the year

[4:56:51] 2026 with the amount of

[4:56:52] information that we have,

[4:56:57] the knowledge we have,

[4:56:58] the experience we have we

[4:56:59] should be getting better at

[4:57:03] predicting these things not

[4:57:03] worse And I'm not sure that

[4:57:04] we're getting better.

[4:57:08] So I hope that we can find a

[4:57:09] better answer to whether or not

[4:57:10] there's other ways ways of

[4:57:14] doing things Um in the future

[4:57:14] because this is it's just it's

[4:57:15] not a good way of building

[4:57:19] trust and it doesn't seem like

[4:57:20] a particularly good way of

[4:57:25] delivering what residents

[4:57:25] expect.

[4:57:26] Again, I know there's always

[4:57:31] unforeseen issues that arise

[4:57:36] whether or not they're

[4:57:36] unforeseeable is a different

[4:57:37] question and whether or not we

[4:57:38] can factor at least some of

[4:57:41] that in on the front end to

[4:57:41] create realistic expectations I

[4:57:42] think is an important thing to

[4:57:46] wrestle with The standard order

[4:57:47] of business that we just

[4:57:48] routinely extended and extend

[4:57:49] and extend and all of us should

[4:57:53] just expect that except that I

[4:57:54] think that's the part that I'm

[4:57:59] just less accepting of at this

[4:57:59] point.

[4:58:00] With that I will move approval.

[4:58:01] Council PRESIDENT Thank you.

[4:58:02] Okay we have most of my from a

[4:58:05] regular of to move a staff

[4:58:05] recommendation I'm going to

[4:58:06] jump in with my big mouth

[4:58:09] wonder the storm drains in

[4:58:09] there so I spoke incorrectly

[4:58:10] what I'm guessing is I didn't

[4:58:14] actually hear that this project

[4:58:14] is taking longer.

[4:58:19] You have a panel of as needed

[4:58:20] consultants on board and as you

[4:58:25] identify projects you decide

[4:58:26] which project to find to which

[4:58:26] as needed.

[4:58:31] The duration of that as need a

[4:58:32] consultant doesn't necessarily

[4:58:36] line up with the project need

[4:58:37] and so someone MAY make it.

[4:58:37] That's correct.

[4:58:38] That is correct.

[4:58:41] So we're conflating

[4:58:42] the contract of an as needed

[4:58:47] basis with this particular

[4:58:47] contract.

[4:58:48] Now someone did make a decision

[4:58:52] going this Fern's only got a

[4:58:53] couple of years left and we

[4:58:54] think this project is going to

[4:58:55] get done in a couple of years

[4:58:57] Or do we likely have consultant

[4:58:58] team so much?

[4:58:59] Let's go ahead and give that

[4:59:03] anticipating that we probably

[4:59:07] will need a time extension $0 I

[4:59:08] think council like for $0 going

[4:59:08] forward.

[4:59:09] So it's that decision to award

[4:59:15] this project to this as needed

[4:59:15] or to this consultant that if

[4:59:18] the glitch as opposed to this

[4:59:19] project taking longer than one

[4:59:19] would guess because I'm you

[4:59:23] didn't say it so I'm assuming

[4:59:24] this project's probably taken

[4:59:25] as long as storms or excuse me

[4:59:29] sewer projects in Kenyon's take

[4:59:30] That's what I'm kind of kind of

[4:59:33] guessing so I don't That helps

[4:59:33] you, sir.

[4:59:34] But I think that's where

[4:59:38] the problem lies is should we

[4:59:39] have gone with this consultant

[4:59:39] for this project?

[4:59:43] >> Yeah, I just I think what's

[4:59:44] the original project Based on

[4:59:44] anticipated completion of

[4:59:47] design by DECEMBER 24th.

[4:59:48] So there's components of this

[4:59:51] that are in the staff report

[4:59:52] that is speaking to when

[4:59:53] certain things should have been

[4:59:53] done.

[4:59:57] There's so I probably am

[4:59:58] conflating certain components

[5:00:02] or aspects of this but we also

[5:00:06] you know there's there's

[5:00:07] certain deadlines that are

[5:00:12] built into the staff report

[5:00:13] that doesn't feel like we're I

[5:00:13] call them deadlines because

[5:00:14] once I put a date down for

[5:00:16] something I considered a

[5:00:17] deadline and I don't disagree

[5:00:21] with that So but I'll be happy

[5:00:22] to Second thought We have a

[5:00:23] motion by Councilmember Eula

[5:00:23] Rivera in a second by myself so

[5:00:25] maybe my comments weren't so

[5:00:26] helpful.

[5:00:27] So with that I will go to

[5:00:30] Councilmember Foster.

[5:00:31] Yes, Thank you, Council

[5:00:32] PRESIDENT And I do appreciate

[5:00:35] your your approach in trying to

[5:00:41] provide some clarification But

[5:00:42] I think what I will add is that

[5:00:42] the utilization of the city

[5:00:45] contracts and this issue that

[5:00:46] we receive when you talk about

[5:00:50] task orders being issued and

[5:00:50] time extension not a new

[5:00:51] conversation it has been going

[5:00:55] on for years and I wish

[5:00:56] the city attorney would step in

[5:01:00] and do a full analysis and make

[5:01:00] sure that we are doing things

[5:01:01] appropriately because I think

[5:01:05] we are abusing that tool just a

[5:01:05] little excessively out of a

[5:01:09] matter of convenience.

[5:01:10] I will say the other side of

[5:01:14] this is and I would agree when

[5:01:18] we talk about the items that

[5:01:23] are identified as potential

[5:01:23] delays, I would agree that

[5:01:24] those are things that we should

[5:01:28] have known and anticipated.

[5:01:29] But also if we are talking

[5:01:33] about I mean I did not look up

[5:01:34] the specifics of the project

[5:01:37] but if we were supposed to have

[5:01:38] something done in 2024 I would

[5:01:42] ask are we monitoring and

[5:01:43] holding our consultants

[5:01:47] accountable?

[5:01:47] Are we looking at managing this

[5:01:52] appropriately and using

[5:01:52] the tool of errors and

[5:01:57] omissions insurance to hold

[5:01:57] them accountable as we are

[5:02:02] doing business?

[5:02:03] And so I think those are things

[5:02:06] that we need to continue to

[5:02:07] look at, discuss and review and

[5:02:11] make sure that just as we are

[5:02:12] held accountable for getting

[5:02:16] work done, I want to make sure

[5:02:17] that we are holding our

[5:02:20] consultants and our contractors

[5:02:21] accountable.

[5:02:22] If they are to hit a date they

[5:02:23] should have a darn good reason

[5:02:25] for not hitting that date And

[5:02:26] most of the folks that we do

[5:02:30] work with are very, very

[5:02:31] familiar with the I'm going to

[5:02:35] say current conditions as they

[5:02:36] go out and do the business that

[5:02:40] they do, We tend to repeat

[5:02:40] the utilization of our

[5:02:45] consultants quite often and so

[5:02:45] I think that's something that

[5:02:46] we need to look at especially

[5:02:47] as we are looking at the gap

[5:02:49] with our ip and getting done

[5:02:50] what we need to get done.

[5:02:54] So I think there's some overall

[5:02:54] management improvements that

[5:02:55] need to be made to drive our

[5:02:59] costs down and to hold folks

[5:03:00] accountable so we can deliver

[5:03:04] what we need to deliver.

[5:03:04] Thank you.

[5:03:05] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[5:03:06] Well said.

[5:03:06] I'm not seeing anybody else in

[5:03:07] light.

[5:03:08] We have a motion by council

[5:03:09] member Eli Rivera and a second

[5:03:10] by myself to move the staff

[5:03:13] recommendation.

[5:03:14] Deputy clerk please call

[5:03:14] the roll.

[5:03:18] Thank you.

[5:03:18] Council PRESIDENT I have set up

[5:03:19] the voting system.

[5:03:31] Please cast your vote.

[5:03:32] The item passes unanimously

[5:03:35] with Council District five

[5:03:35] absent.

[5:03:36] All right.

[5:03:37] Thank you and thank you to

[5:03:40] staff.

[5:03:41] We will now adjourn as the city

[5:03:42] council and reconvene as

[5:03:45] the public facilities Finance

[5:03:46] Authority to vote on the Public

[5:03:50] Facilities Finance Authority

[5:03:50] item.

[5:03:51] There is just one item We will

[5:03:54] proceed with the approval of

[5:03:55] the Public Facilities Financing

[5:04:00] Authority minutes is just

[5:04:00] the minutes.

[5:04:01] Clerk Deputy Clerk Please

[5:04:04] proceed with public comment on

[5:04:05] the Public Facilities Financing

[5:04:05] Authority minutes The public

[5:04:09] comment period for the Public

[5:04:09] Facilities Financing Authority

[5:04:10] minutes is now open.

[5:04:14] Please note each speaker will

[5:04:15] have one minute per person.

[5:04:16] The minutes being approved are

[5:04:19] for the meetings of Tuesday

[5:04:22] NOVEMBER 18th 2025 Tuesday

[5:04:23] FEBRUARY 24th 2026.

[5:04:27] Tuesday, APRIL 21st 2026.

[5:04:28] We will begin with in-person

[5:04:31] public comment.

[5:04:41] Maximilian Schmidt Total Hi.

[5:04:46] >> I first came to City Council

[5:04:47] just to make my voice heard

[5:04:47] because I'm being targeted and

[5:04:48] persecuted.

[5:04:50] I believe for being Catholic by

[5:04:51] telepathic Freemasons who can

[5:04:55] read my mind And I never would

[5:04:56] have thought in a million years

[5:05:01] that the state trolley

[5:05:01] the state homeless shelter in

[5:05:02] the state library and

[5:05:03] the buildings downtown that are

[5:05:06] persecuting me that my

[5:05:07] persecution would lead into

[5:05:07] city council who also

[5:05:12] persecuted me of neuro

[5:05:12] linguistics.

[5:05:13] And I wanted to say I brought

[5:05:13] up this statement before I

[5:05:16] think on the minutes by

[5:05:16] persecutory of neuro

[5:05:17] linguistics they exposed to me

[5:05:20] that they're Freemasons and

[5:05:21] that they're telepathic and

[5:05:22] they've done pagan rituals and

[5:05:25] that their religion is actually

[5:05:25] paganism and Freemasonry And I

[5:05:30] believe that they have an

[5:05:31] unfair advantage over

[5:05:31] the common man because they're

[5:05:34] telepathic and they can use a

[5:05:35] third eye to camp out in

[5:05:39] people's consciousness and know

[5:05:40] exactly what they're thinking.

[5:05:40] I think in the minutes there

[5:05:41] should be an asterisk on who's

[5:05:44] a Freemason and I believe that

[5:05:45] to give up their advantage.

[5:05:45] >> Thank you for your comments.

[5:05:56] Next up is allegedly order

[5:05:57] holding people accountable.

[5:06:01] You guys are funny.

[5:06:02] Yes with minutes sewer water,

[5:06:06] sewer bonds.

[5:06:07] You know, I'm a little

[5:06:08] concerned that we're, you know,

[5:06:09] going into debt and wasting

[5:06:12] this money when you guys aren't

[5:06:13] keeping up with

[5:06:13] the infrastructure the way that

[5:06:14] you should.

[5:06:17] So it's like you know, I mean

[5:06:18] we're just going to continue to

[5:06:22] get further into debt by

[5:06:26] utilizing these bonds And

[5:06:27] that's what's so funny.

[5:06:27] I mean for like with these

[5:06:28] types of things like let's go

[5:06:31] into debt for that but like you

[5:06:32] know all the other stuff like

[5:06:32] Todd Gloria, Megan his music

[5:06:36] videos and stuff like that

[5:06:37] where the money's there.

[5:06:37] You know what I mean?

[5:06:41] Like it's just very sad to see

[5:06:42] the things that take place with

[5:06:42] again the bare necessities of

[5:06:46] what we need and where you

[5:06:50] know, we're paying to even, you

[5:06:51] know, talks of fire water.

[5:06:52] I mean we're being given back

[5:06:55] our own sewage like these are

[5:06:56] things I never thought that

[5:06:59] would like be taking place.

[5:07:00] And again, all while data

[5:07:01] centers and lithium mining

[5:07:03] takes our fresh water Make that

[5:07:07] make sense.

[5:07:08] Thank you.

[5:07:09] That concludes in-person public

[5:07:09] comment.

[5:07:12] We have no speakers in

[5:07:13] the virtual queue.

[5:07:14] That concludes public comment

[5:07:17] on the public facilities

[5:07:17] financing minutes although

[5:07:22] there is nobody here.

[5:07:22] We will take public comments

[5:07:27] from the council members Any

[5:07:27] questions or comments anybody

[5:07:28] wants to make a motion to move

[5:07:32] the minutes are council member

[5:07:32] Campo Thank you sir and

[5:07:38] the second by Council member

[5:07:39] Campbell So we have a motion by

[5:07:39] Council member Campion and

[5:07:40] second by Council member

[5:07:42] Campbell to move approval of

[5:07:43] the Public Facilities Finance

[5:07:43] Authority minutes The Clerk

[5:07:46] Please call the roll outside of

[5:07:47] the voting system please cast

[5:07:55] your vote.

[5:08:00] The item passes unanimously

[5:08:01] with Council District five

[5:08:01] absent.

[5:08:02] All right.

[5:08:05] Thank you Deputy Clerk We will

[5:08:06] now take up the Public

[5:08:09] Facilities Financing Authority

[5:08:10] Non Agenda Public Comment

[5:08:11] The Public Facilities Finance

[5:08:15] Authority members respect and

[5:08:16] appreciate the public's input

[5:08:16] and are fully committed to

[5:08:19] protecting every participant's

[5:08:20] free speech rights at

[5:08:21] the Public Facilities Finance

[5:08:25] Authority meetings.

[5:08:25] Deputy Clerk Please proceed

[5:08:26] with public comment on

[5:08:30] the public facilities financing

[5:08:30] Authority per rule 2.7 Non

[5:08:31] Agenda Public comment as an

[5:08:35] opportunity for members of

[5:08:36] the public to comment on items

[5:08:36] that are not on the agenda but

[5:08:37] within the subject matter

[5:08:40] jurisdiction of the Public

[5:08:41] Facilities Financing Authority.

[5:08:43] Each speaker will have two

[5:08:44] minutes.

[5:08:44] If you are in chambers please

[5:08:45] submit your speaker slip If you

[5:08:48] are joining us virtually please

[5:08:49] raise your hand to speak by

[5:08:49] tapping the raise your hand

[5:08:50] icon or if you are a call in

[5:08:53] participant Star nine We will

[5:08:54] begin with in-person public

[5:09:05] comment allegedly under Joe no

[5:09:06] one's here.

[5:09:11] We're still here And I'm saying

[5:09:11] okay I'm saying come on Joe.

[5:09:15] You know any who Yes, there is

[5:09:19] a very big concern with public

[5:09:20] utilities and these data

[5:09:20] centers.

[5:09:24] So community power they

[5:09:25] couldn't hold their meeting

[5:09:25] because they didn't notice it

[5:09:29] properly This last time but

[5:09:30] they were getting ready to talk

[5:09:31] about their you know, keeping

[5:09:35] the power on for these data

[5:09:35] centers which I don't know what

[5:09:36] data centers are talking about.

[5:09:37] I'm not sure if it's like

[5:09:38] the fusion center or what need

[5:09:39] to find out more about that.

[5:09:40] But while our power goes out as

[5:09:44] the community will keep

[5:09:45] the data centers on, does that

[5:09:48] not concern anybody that we're

[5:09:49] going to pay extra to keep a

[5:09:50] data center running while

[5:09:56] the people have no power?

[5:09:56] Is that right?

[5:09:57] That's that should be

[5:09:58] concerning, isn't it?

[5:10:01] I mean because this is where

[5:10:01] we're headed again taking our

[5:10:05] freshwater while we get our

[5:10:06] sewage with what you call pure

[5:10:10] water and then taking our power

[5:10:11] so our power can go out in our

[5:10:11] homes.

[5:10:15] >> Say somebody has like an

[5:10:16] oxygen tank.

[5:10:16] I don't know.

[5:10:17] Hopefully they have a generator

[5:10:20] circuit it to But as long as

[5:10:21] our data centers are running

[5:10:24] we're good right?

[5:10:25] How much more are we going to

[5:10:26] have to pay to make sure that

[5:10:26] happens?

[5:10:26] And then with all these

[5:10:29] electric vehicles and whatnot,

[5:10:30] you know what I'm saying?

[5:10:34] Like we're already told you you

[5:10:35] can't use your ac The power

[5:10:39] grid is at its max capacity but

[5:10:39] we bring in the data centers.

[5:10:40] So do you guys want to

[5:10:44] sacrifice the people for data?

[5:10:48] >> I would like to know are you

[5:10:49] guys going to stand in the gap

[5:10:50] for the people and make sure

[5:10:54] that these data centers are not

[5:10:54] priority over the people?

[5:10:58] I appreciate you Joe, for

[5:10:59] actually like recognizing that

[5:11:00] this is an issue where all

[5:11:03] the rest of the robots are

[5:11:04] sitting here like that's not a

[5:11:04] problem.

[5:11:05] I mean it doesn't matter for

[5:11:08] your kids right, Right, right,

[5:11:09] right.

[5:11:12] >> Thank you for that comment.

[5:11:13] That does conclude in-person

[5:11:14] public comment And we have no

[5:11:17] raised hands in the virtual

[5:11:17] queue.

[5:11:18] That concludes public

[5:11:19] facilities financing authority

[5:11:22] non agenda public comment.

[5:11:22] All right.

[5:11:23] Thank you Deputy Clerk We will

[5:11:24] now adjourn as the public

[5:11:27] Facilities finance Authority

[5:11:28] and reconvene as the City

[5:11:28] Council.

[5:11:31] With that we will now adjourn

[5:11:32] Council to the next regularly

[5:11:35] scheduled council meeting on

[5:11:39] Monday JUNE 22nd, 2026 at 10

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