[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.
[21:25] 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.
[28:48] 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.
[3:22:54] 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.
[4:17:31] 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