[0:26] >> We're going to begin just one minute, please. Thank you. Good afternoon.

[1:10] The September 15th, 2026, 4th, PM regular meeting

[1:13] of the Coronado City Council is called to order.

[1:15] I apologize for being a little bit late.

[1:17] Clerk please call the roll.

[1:19] >> Let the record reflect that all council members

[1:20] and agency members are present.

[1:22] >> Thank you before we begin I want to announce that

[1:25] our special closed session meeting that took place today.

[1:27] at three o'clock, has no public report out.

[1:31] In the future, when we have a report out, we will

[1:32] give it at the beginning of our regular city council meetings.

[1:35] So we will begin today with the Pledge of Allegiance.

[1:38] Please stand if you would like for the pledge. Thank you. begin.

[1:45] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

[1:48] States of America and to the Republic for which it

[1:52] stands one nation under God indivisible with

[1:56] liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone.

[2:02] We're going to begin today with item three on our

[2:04] agenda, which is the Nazni Swift Lane program update.

[2:09] I'd like to invite Captain and our CEO, Lauren

[2:11] Jacobi, to provide a presentation. Thank you. Good afternoon, sir.

[2:16] >> Good afternoon, sir. And thank you very much, Mayor and City Council

[2:20] Members, for having me out today.

[2:21] It's a real pleasure to come up and see everybody.

[2:24] Our time together is coming to a close.

[2:26] This is my change of command.

[2:27] We'll be coming up on December 10th.

[2:29] So more to follow, but there'll be invitations to come, for sure.

[2:33] So I want to spend a couple of moments and talk

[2:34] about the Swift Lane, the Biometric Swift Lane

[2:37] program that we have going on here at North Island.

[2:40] So there's been much public comment lately, and so

[2:42] I want to have an opportunity to tell you what's going on

[2:44] exactly where we sit with this program, the pros

[2:47] and some of the growth areas, and what we see is the future. So slide please. Oh, yeah, sorry.

[2:54] You told me that beforehand, so thank you. Okay.

[2:57] All right, so this is really a traffic reduction.

[2:59] effort, one of three that we have in North Island.

[3:01] So we use the TIP program, the Transportation

[3:05] Center program, and that's to increase van pool

[3:07] and public transportation use, and we've certainly

[3:09] seen some positive impact from that program.

[3:12] We also, we received the Sandeg Plaza Tier Diamond

[3:15] Award in 2025 and 2026 for sustainable transportation solutions.

[3:21] So those are things that I would say get around

[3:23] the edges of some of the challenges with

[3:25] transportation on the base on North Island.

[3:28] But you know the real things that we need to do is

[3:30] increase efficient and safe throughput at the gates.

[3:34] So the Biometric Swift Lane Pilot Program is an

[3:37] innovation program that's designed to do just that.

[3:40] But I want to give you some background on how we

[3:42] got here and where we're going.

[3:44] So this was not a big Navy like research, like,

[3:48] you know, program of record, you know, that has,

[3:50] you know, decades of development behind it.

[3:53] So this was a swift moving pilot program

[3:57] originally started through the Defense Innovation Commission.

[3:59] unit and then transition to Naval Act.

[4:01] So those are kind of the Navy's Innovation Centers.

[4:04] They provide, you know, seed money for innovative

[4:06] efforts across the Navy.

[4:09] So I would call us a fail-fast innovation effort.

[4:13] So not being a mature program.

[4:14] And so if we're going to, you know, if we were to

[4:16] wait for six, eight, ten years for the Navy to

[4:19] like fund this program, right, chances are along

[4:21] the way, like those tens of, those programs tend

[4:23] to get cut, right, and not actually produce outcomes.

[4:26] So we elected to jump on the train, to try to go.

[4:29] to address concerns that people have had within

[4:31] the community for decades about traffic.

[4:35] So the enrollment is open to anyone with the base access.

[4:38] So I get this question a lot.

[4:39] So that's active duty, civil service, dependents, retirees, veterans, contractors.

[4:44] So anybody that can get into the base has the

[4:46] option to use this program.

[4:49] So what we found is that the access is about twice

[4:52] as fast as what I'll call a legacy lane, so an ID card scan lane.

[4:57] So the numbers are about 600 cards.

[4:59] cars per hour through the Swift Lane and about 325

[5:02] if you're rolling down the window stopping the car

[5:04] and scanning the ID.

[5:05] So that's a great outcome.

[5:09] Right now there's four lanes of 10 lanes that are using the biometrics. Swift Lane.

[5:15] So it's not a huge program.

[5:17] I think people see that front gate and they see

[5:18] four of those main lanes but the all the lanes at

[5:21] Ocean Gate and Carrier Gate you know are available

[5:24] to let cars in.

[5:26] So only 40% of our lanes are dedicated to this program right now.

[5:29] So that's during the peak traffic times, 4 of 10.

[5:33] So the main gate, this is how it works.

[5:34] And this is a picture here.

[5:35] So the lanes are labeled 1 to 5, left to right.

[5:40] So the first lane, lane 1, that's the one that's

[5:42] dedicated to legacy ID cards. scans, right?

[5:45] So two through five are the ones that are dedicated to biometrics.

[5:49] As you drive up, the facial recognition software

[5:51] matches with what's called our DBIT systems.

[5:54] So that's the system that says, yes, this person

[5:56] has a valid ID card, he gets access.

[5:59] drop arm will automatically raise and the vehicle

[6:01] does not have to stop.

[6:02] So what we tell people is travel about five miles

[6:04] an hour and don't tailgate.

[6:06] And then as long as the gate's up, you can

[6:08] continue on through, which is great.

[6:10] And then the security forces that man the gate

[6:12] will turn around drivers and passengers.

[6:14] you're not if you're not enrolled.

[6:16] So you know we're enforcing that and I'll talk a

[6:18] little bit about why we're doing that.

[6:20] But one of the common things that we get is that

[6:22] you know people see those those lanes are open and

[6:24] you know they're frustrated because lane one is is

[6:27] full that's because lanes two through five are moving so quickly.

[6:30] They're processing traffic much, much faster that

[6:33] we have under the legacy system.

[6:35] So it's high efficiency, and one of the big

[6:38] takeaways for the Navy is that, you know, we can save manpower, right?

[6:43] So in the legacy...

[6:44] Legacy a year ago, every morning at that main

[6:47] gate, we were putting 15 sailors out there to

[6:49] check IDs and to maintain security.

[6:52] In the future, it looks like we're going to be

[6:54] able to do that same work with only three sailors.

[6:56] So one, check and IDs, and then two.

[6:59] one sailor for two swift lanes so lanes two and

[7:02] three will have one sailor lanes four and five

[7:04] we'll have one sailor and so that that will enable

[7:07] us to save money but also for the members of the

[7:10] public and also for sailors they're going to be

[7:13] getting through faster so it's kind of a a

[7:14] win-win, but certainly the Navy Installations

[7:17] Command is really interested in, you know, the

[7:20] savings that they get.

[7:23] So one of the common questions I get is, well, how

[7:25] can we're not, you know, offering backup ID card scanning at those? biometric lanes.

[7:30] Well, because one of the key enablers for this is manpower savings.

[7:34] If I have to put one sailor at every lane to scan

[7:36] IDs as a backup, then you lose that manpower savings.

[7:40] So as part of this pilot program, I'm trying to,

[7:42] we're trying to develop the the procedures and

[7:45] make sure that you know we can safely execute this with manpower savings.

[7:50] The big takeaway obviously for members of the

[7:51] community and our sailors is that time savings.

[7:54] So just for an example looking at the data it

[7:57] takes about 12 to 14 seconds per car for somebody

[7:59] to drive up, roll down their window, and then get going again.

[8:03] If we have two centuries per lane, it takes about

[8:05] 8 to 10 seconds.

[8:07] Interestingly, we found that if we have three

[8:09] centuries lined up at each lane, it takes about 10% longer.

[8:13] So we found that what we had to do is that is,

[8:14] been doing in the past was actually causing us to

[8:16] slow down, which is a little bit counterintuitive.

[8:18] The biometrics, you can see there, down to about

[8:20] six seconds per car, so really, really quick.

[8:24] And the data collection that we're doing, we have

[8:25] a rich body of data here, about 250 scans last week month.

[8:30] So that allows us to continuously look at the data and improve.

[8:34] So how to enroll you can go to the North Island

[8:36] Visitor Center and I put a there's a link in here

[8:39] if you want to go directly to that.

[8:41] Seven o'clock in the morning till 3.30 during hot

[8:43] weather we don't want to.

[8:44] don't have air conditioning that building.

[8:45] I know it's a problem.

[8:47] But we've had to truncate the hours a little bit,

[8:48] but it looks hopefully like we're past that.

[8:51] The first and third weekends of the month we are

[8:53] open from 11 to 4 on Saturday and Sunday.

[8:56] No appointment necessary in two minutes of processing time.

[8:59] So you walk in and grab that for any person that's

[9:02] authorized to come on the base.

[9:03] So we made it pretty easy.

[9:05] For the commands and just, you know, counsel for

[9:07] your awareness, we do schedule meetings with the command.

[9:10] So they invite us to come out to the aircraft carrier.

[9:13] We'll come out on site with an IPA.

[9:14] and register folks in mass.

[9:16] We are actually looking as the Abraham Lincoln

[9:17] comes back, we're sending the iPad out there.

[9:20] So when those sailors come back, we're going to be

[9:23] able to do that right away.

[9:24] And as the families come in for the return to home

[9:25] port celebration, we'll have it there so we can

[9:28] register folks on site.

[9:29] All you need to bring is your smiling face and

[9:31] your access card or your debits card.

[9:34] So a pretty easy process.

[9:35] We've made it really smooth and really slick.

[9:39] If you have minors, I get this question a lot.

[9:42] There's a pre- and right.

[9:44] portal that you can go to, you'll get a QR code,

[9:47] you email it to the website that's listed here,

[9:49] and then all you got to do is drop by the visitor center.

[9:52] That only take it two minutes.

[9:54] If you want to take a little bit longer, you can

[9:56] show up on site.

[9:56] All you need is the social security number and we'll get your...

[9:59] your child in there and register them on site.

[10:02] That will take you all the five minutes, so it's

[10:03] still a pretty efficient and fast process.

[10:07] Okay, so some of the limitations, it's not perfect.

[10:09] Like I talked about it, is a pilot innovation program.

[10:12] There are still things that we're working on, and we acknowledge that.

[10:14] So every person in the vehicle needs to be enrolled.

[10:18] So with your typical military ID card, you have an escort privilege.

[10:21] Anybody in your car can get in with you escorting them.

[10:24] That is not yet enabled, which is a high priority

[10:26] for us to get that enabled.

[10:28] So we know that's the case.

[10:29] a limiting factor and we're working on that.

[10:32] In purchase and registration, I would love to use

[10:34] the pictures already on your ID card.

[10:37] There's a bunch of system and policy limitations.

[10:39] We've solved one of the policy limitations and now

[10:42] we need to do some experimentation to see if the

[10:44] pictures on the ID card are actually of sufficient

[10:46] quality to allow current state of the art

[10:50] biometric systems to be used.

[10:52] But that would mean that we wouldn't need people

[10:54] to enroll, they would just be automatically enrolled.

[10:57] So that is a big growth area and that will be our focus on.

[10:59] for the next phase.

[11:01] Also not effective for motorcycle riders.

[11:03] Most motorcycle riders have a you know just a

[11:05] little cut out in their helmet but that that's

[11:07] something we'd like to experiment with and see if

[11:08] it's possible to make that biometric system work

[11:12] with motorcycle riders in the future.

[11:14] >> No quick. Did you have a question? Councilmember I did.

[11:18] >> One question one statement for I became recently

[11:21] aware that we have a lot of Taxicrab drivers or

[11:25] Uber drivers that get special privileges that go

[11:27] register are they able to register for this or no

[11:29] because they don't have real cat cards?

[11:32] >> They would be. Yeah.

[11:33] So anybody that has like a debits card?

[11:35] So debits cards is not real cat cards.

[11:37] Anybody with base access, right?

[11:39] So even like caregivers, we will give.

[11:41] So if you love in the base, you have a family, and

[11:43] you're like, hey, I've got a...

[11:44] babysitter or after hours like caregiver and they

[11:47] get a year-long pass they go through the same

[11:49] background check but they will get a card that

[11:51] looks like a cat card flip sideways yep and and

[11:54] and they'll have the same barcode and everything

[11:56] and access limitations that they're they can do,

[12:00] but yes, they can still come and utilize the same system. Great question. Thank you.

[12:05] That's the first time I've got that question.

[12:06] That's a good one. Thank you both.

[12:10] Okay, so we know that there are limitations and

[12:12] we've cued this up for software and hardware upgrades.

[12:14] and we are fighting for more dollars.

[12:16] But the more success we show, the more money we're going to get.

[12:19] OK, so challenges in next steps.

[12:21] So expanding enrollment is a challenge.

[12:23] So I think, and this has been part of the public

[12:25] feedback that I've got, there's a lot of people that are enrolled.

[12:29] So they're kind of queuing up there and they're

[12:31] going to that first lane and it's creating a backlog.

[12:34] So I am doing all hands, press.

[12:37] I just sent a note to all the COs to really

[12:41] strongly encourage them to have all their people enroll.

[12:44] So I don't, I'm not in operational control or

[12:47] administrative control of most of the people on my

[12:49] base, except for the people assigned specifically to my staff.

[12:52] So I've told all my staff that belong to the base

[12:55] that they're going to get enrolled.

[12:57] So I've done that.

[12:57] I've encouraged the other commanding operations.

[12:59] officers to make that same expectation for the

[13:03] civil service personnel and their sailors.

[13:06] I can't force them to do that but I've highly

[13:07] encouraged them to do that.

[13:09] We're looking at what other elements that I can do

[13:11] legally to drive more people to enroll.

[13:14] But we have seen a significant uptick in

[13:16] enrollment because people are seeing the lines of

[13:18] the backup on that first lane and they're seeing

[13:21] everybody else Like roll through so we're seeing

[13:23] an uptick and I think this is you know some of the

[13:26] challenges are just adapting to a new system So I

[13:28] do expect that the amount of traffic in that first

[13:31] lane will decrease significantly. Also late merging.

[13:35] So many folks are waiting until the very, very end game.

[13:38] The way is almost Alameda and then trying to crush

[13:40] into that first lane, especially when we went down

[13:44] to, you know, the first lane.

[13:44] you know, only one lane at the main gate of ID card checking.

[13:47] There were a lot of people that did get the word.

[13:49] It's hard to communicate with people sometimes.

[13:52] And so that was a problem.

[13:54] We've seen less of a problem now that we've had a

[13:56] few days of that kind of coming through the system.

[13:59] You know, I go out there every morning and I watch

[14:01] the behavior of people and it is getting better.

[14:05] Some folks who are not enrolled and don't want to

[14:07] enroll have started going to Ocean Gate and Carrier Gate now.

[14:10] So that is helpful.

[14:11] So I'm hopeful that some of the issues that we

[14:14] that we talk about.

[14:14] we saw last week are probably going to help.

[14:18] Last Wednesday was a big traffic day, but I will

[14:20] say that there was two accidents on top of the big enforcement day.

[14:26] So I think the data for last Wednesday was a little bit dirty.

[14:29] Just because we had so many other things happening

[14:31] at the same time.

[14:32] But I think a lot of people were kind of blaming

[14:34] that on the Swift Lane.

[14:36] I'm not sure the 10% increase, you know, of Swift

[14:39] Lane Gates was the real cause of that.

[14:41] I think there were a lot of things that played into it.

[14:43] So, in fact, And certainly I think we have better

[14:45] data in the last few days of runtime that we've had.

[14:50] So like I said, the use of existing database ID

[14:54] card photos would allow us to not have that in-person registration requirement. So that's a...

[14:59] a huge focus for us.

[15:01] If we can get that process, then nobody has to

[15:03] physically come in and enroll, which will

[15:05] automatically increase compliance, I think, with

[15:08] my desire and make this go a little bit more smooth.

[15:12] The escorting privileges and motorcycle that's

[15:14] just more things that will smooth this out.

[15:17] And then we've had a couple times where the system has gone down.

[15:20] So there's a bunch of dependencies here with, you

[15:23] know, the NIMI security database called debits.

[15:25] Anytime that crashes, we can't use Swift Lane, so

[15:28] that creates a little bit confusion sometimes we

[15:30] made collapsible signs so that the signs can kind

[15:33] of taco in so you can't read them.

[15:36] So when the Swift Lane is not in function then

[15:38] we'll close the Swift Lane signs and that's the

[15:40] indication visual indication that it's open to

[15:42] everybody and we also send our at-home which is

[15:44] our text message based system to let folks know

[15:47] that we're not using the Swift Lane right now.

[15:51] It's been pretty reliable, but you know that's

[15:53] something that we always want to strive for is higher reliability.

[15:57] Actually, I will go back.

[15:58] So one thing I will talk about...

[15:59] an issue for reliability is this system is over 90% reliable.

[16:04] Like I even took some leave and I had a, you know,

[16:06] grew a beard and I kept my glasses on with purpose

[16:08] and I was still able to go through and recognize me.

[16:10] So folks, if they're complaining that they're not

[16:12] being seen by the system or not not being

[16:14] recognized, then please have them come in to the

[16:16] visitor center because there's something wrong there.

[16:19] I mean, the system works very, very reliably.

[16:21] If you get a new ID card, we do need to re-scan

[16:23] you into the system, but if people are seeing

[16:25] issues where they're not being recognized, that is not normal.

[16:28] The system is very reliable.

[16:29] very very high fidelity and highly reliable.

[16:31] So something's going on, we'll pull the data logs

[16:33] and we'll fix the glitch, 100%.

[16:36] With that, those are my main talking points.

[16:38] I wanted, you know, really to let the council know

[16:40] that this has our attention.

[16:42] You know, I want to acknowledge that there's been,

[16:44] you know, having to do that.

[16:44] hasn't gone 100% you know smoothly that's a little

[16:47] bit expected you know when you have a

[16:48] developmental system if this doesn't work if this

[16:52] system you know fails you know and loses funding

[16:56] then really you know frankly ladies and gentlemen

[16:58] like we're going to go back to to where we have been for decades.

[17:02] And so, you know, we want to go all in and do as

[17:04] much as we can to develop the system to address

[17:07] the concerns that the members of Coronado have had

[17:09] for, you know, really for decades about traffic.

[17:12] So this is the innovative process to get us there.

[17:14] and there's going to be some learning along the

[17:16] way and I'm excited to partner with the city to

[17:18] kind of keep this innovation going.

[17:20] So pending any questions that you might have for

[17:21] me I'd love to take your... Councilmember Stewart.

[17:25] >> For the public, if you have to get a new ID, you have a...

[17:29] kicks you out of the Swift.

[17:30] So you have to go back in and re-register. I learned that.

[17:34] The other thing is, I'm wondering if, until you

[17:37] get to this use of existing, just like you're

[17:39] doing for the Lincoln, if it's possible to have

[17:41] somebody go over with an iPad to some of these

[17:43] commands and say, hey, we're coming to your

[17:45] command on this day if you want to come on down

[17:47] and get it done.

[17:48] We don't have to pull over at the shack and do that. Yes, ma'am.

[17:52] >> So we're doing that.

[17:54] So we're going out.

[17:55] We've done, I don't have the number here, dozens

[17:57] of commands so far, right?

[17:59] And so we're waiting to get the invite.

[18:02] And so, but I've, you know, we put that out there

[18:03] that we will make ourselves available.

[18:05] And so we have gone and done the on-site

[18:08] enrollment for commands, for many commands.

[18:13] >> Think that many. that most of the people have registered on base? I'm just curious.

[18:17] >> Yeah, we have about 25,000 people who have

[18:19] registered over the last like year.

[18:22] Most days, we have about 24,000 people coming in the gate.

[18:27] But people transfer, right? I mean, it.

[18:29] So we don't know exactly, right?

[18:31] Because we can't match from our security system to

[18:35] our manning system to like see what the overlap is.

[18:39] There's no bridge between the two, unfortunately.

[18:42] But there's a lot of people that's registered. That's great.

[18:44] >> The other question for you is the use of existing ID?

[18:48] I mean, how far do you think, how long do you

[18:49] think that's going to be until they can figure it out?

[18:51] I mean, I'm looking at my picture and it's kind of scary.

[18:54] I'm thinking, I don't know that that would actually work.

[18:56] >> Yeah.

[18:57] >> So, I'm going to try to go to the slide.

[18:59] will answer your question.

[19:00] So we are hopeful that here in the next steps,

[19:07] yeah, using existing ID card photo.

[19:09] So yeah, when you have your ID photo, everybody in

[19:13] the system has the there are one ID card photo.

[19:16] What we might find is that it's not high enough

[19:18] fidelity, but there will definitely be people who

[19:20] maybe got their photo taken a long time ago, and

[19:23] we might find out that, hey, if your photo is over

[19:26] about five years of age, maybe it doesn't tend to

[19:28] work, or maybe if find out that we're that we

[19:30] switch to using the existing photos and like you

[19:33] specifically aren't working so now we got to fix

[19:35] you know your one case but maybe it works for 95%

[19:38] of people so we we don't really know how accurate

[19:42] it's going to be yet So this is part of the experimentation. Yeah, for sure.

[19:48] >> Thank you. Any other questions from council members?

[19:51] Just to be clear, though, isn't everything done

[19:53] there at the visitor center?

[19:55] I mean, for instance, if I have to go in to get a

[19:57] new access debits card, and I need a new picture,

[20:00] the picture took four seconds. It's right there.

[20:03] And then if I have to re-register for Swift, it's

[20:04] just, it's all, they get the same pre-book help us

[20:07] and it's, that's right.

[20:08] I found it to be super efficient.

[20:12] I wanted to, uh, one.

[20:14] acknowledge that we're going to be sad to lose you on December 10th.

[20:18] Obviously I am getting to know the Exo and think

[20:20] he seems wonderful and I appreciate all the kind

[20:22] of words you say about him but I'll just say this

[20:24] from my personal point of view and any council

[20:27] member or city manager any can speak for them to

[20:29] But from my personal point of view, over the last

[20:32] three different commanding officers, we've had a

[20:36] very good relationship at the city with all three of them.

[20:39] But to a certain extent, and this is no knock on

[20:41] any of them, and it's more of a compliment to you, I think.

[20:44] is that it seems that even with those three all

[20:47] having a good relationship with the city or with

[20:48] myself, I think that it's actually been

[20:50] progressing to even a better relationship along the entire time.

[20:54] So I thank you very much for that and you're

[20:55] always willing to communicate and have a great

[20:58] attitude with working with them. us.

[20:59] I know it can be difficult and you know there are

[21:02] issues at times but I really appreciate your

[21:05] service and thank you so much for it.

[21:06] >> Yes sir well thank you I mean you know for me and

[21:08] my family like we've always felt welcome here in

[21:10] Coronado and you know that that family feel of

[21:13] this location makes it really easy for you.

[21:14] for me to do my job because this is, as I look up

[21:16] here, I, you know, I know the names, I know the

[21:18] backgrounds, I know the faces of every person up

[21:20] here, and that makes it really easy to come in.

[21:22] Sometimes have those hard conversations that we

[21:23] need to have, sir, so thanks for your vote support.

[21:27] I'll make sure to tell Monty.

[21:29] my previous commander about the kind words that you said.

[21:31] >> I saw a bomb at F-45 a couple days ago, so I told

[21:34] you I'll tell him. Yeah, okay. Councilmember Danny. Yes, ma'am.

[21:39] >> First one is, you're absolutely right if

[21:41] somebody's ID doesn't work properly, just to show

[21:44] you what's going on.

[21:44] mine has worked perfectly, I've had no problems.

[21:46] My husband's did and then it stopped working twice

[21:49] and they figured out he had to get a new one.

[21:51] It was something with the strip.

[21:52] Something wasn't working properly but they fixed it immediately.

[21:56] So and it did exactly as as Councilmember Stewart said.

[21:59] The system when it didn't let him, that was the

[22:02] obvious thing, there was something wrong in the recognition.

[22:04] So that system's working.

[22:05] It did exactly what you wanted.

[22:06] It was immediately fixed.

[22:08] And I want to give you all more credit than you gave yourselves.

[22:10] Not only has the Navy been the Sandag platinum. winner in 2425.

[22:16] You've been the winner every year I've been doing

[22:18] it since it started.

[22:20] So give yourself a little bit bigger, Pat on the back.

[22:23] >> Okay, yes ma'am, thank you.

[22:24] Well, I'll make sure I'll update the slide too. No, thank you.

[22:27] Thank you, Ms. Downey.

[22:29] >> Any other questions with the captain?

[22:31] All right, thank you so much, sir. Appreciate you. Thank you, Mayor.

[22:37] Moving forward to the consent calendar, Council

[22:40] Member Purvis, are there any items from the consent calendar?

[22:44] You'd like to move off of it or anything else?

[22:46] a regular agenda you'd like to move on to the consent calendar?

[22:50] >> Yes, Mayor. I'd like to move item 8c resolution to extend a

[22:54] local emergency declaration in the city of

[22:57] Coronado due to impacts from cross-border water pollution.

[23:00] >> Thank you. Are there any objections from other council members?

[23:04] We'll move item 8c to the consent calendar.

[23:08] Are there any other items that other council

[23:09] members would like to discuss on the consent

[23:10] calendar at this time?

[23:12] Are there any members of the public who would like

[23:14] to address council on the consent calendar?

[23:15] We will be getting to regular general public

[23:17] comment in just a moment. Okay, seeing none.

[23:21] Can we please vote on the consent calendar?

[23:22] Oh we need a motion.

[23:24] >> I move approval of the consent calendar with the

[23:25] addition of item HC.

[23:27] >> With the addition of item 8C.

[23:28] >> And second that motion?

[23:30] >> Thank you so much.

[23:31] Motion made by Council Member Downey.

[23:32] Seconded by Council Member Stewart, please vote.

[23:36] >> Motion carries. Voting aye.

[23:38] >> All righty, thank you with disposing of item four on our agenda. The consent calendar.

[23:43] We will move forward to item five, which is as our

[23:46] regular public comment, oral communications.

[23:49] Each person wishing to speak before the City

[23:51] Council on matters not listed on the agenda.

[23:53] Please come up to the podium to address the City

[23:55] Council, give your name and limit comments to three minutes.

[23:57] Clerk, do we have registered speakers to begin?

[23:59] >> We do have four registered speakers.

[24:01] First is Mila Albertson.

[24:03] >> Thank you. Good afternoon, Mila.

[24:06] >> Good afternoon.

[24:07] >> Sorry, I wasn't here last time.

[24:09] But I sent my comments to those who were being

[24:12] affected by one of the issues.

[24:15] First, I want to.

[24:16] to thank the EMTs who came to my house at midnight

[24:21] on the fourth when my husband collapsed and needed

[24:26] to be taken to the emergency room where he was

[24:29] treated there, moved into an emergency room.

[24:31] ICU then moved irregular and kept there until last Tuesday.

[24:36] He's doing okay now, it's still more checking to

[24:39] be checked, but the EMTs were wonderful.

[24:42] I wanted Jason to know that and I'll like that. that.

[24:47] I do have one issue.

[24:49] I'm wondering where our red curbs are that we are

[24:52] going to paint red around the curbs to keep people

[24:57] from parking too close to intersections.

[25:01] because I have now seen close to several accidents

[25:06] happening because no one can see because of the

[25:10] cars on the corners.

[25:12] This issue was discussed at a previous city council.

[25:16] Council meeting, and I would love to see that project get underway.

[25:21] I don't know what's happening, but more and more

[25:24] people are parking right on the corner blocking

[25:29] anybody turning either direction.

[25:33] You can't see, you don't know, and I'm afraid

[25:36] we're going to have a really bad accident sometime soon. That's it. Thank you.

[25:42] >> All right. Thank you, Mrs. Soperson.

[25:44] And please give jigs our best and wish him well with his recovery.

[25:48] All right, next speaker, please.

[25:50] >> Next, we have Glenn Reynolds.

[25:53] >> Hi, good afternoon.

[25:54] >> Good afternoon. Good afternoon, I'm Carolyn Reynolds with Coronado Cab, Coronado Livery.

[25:59] Just wanted to, um, Say thank you for the Swift Lane.

[26:05] We find ourselves in a position to be one of the

[26:10] primary folks and the industry to take folks on and off bases.

[26:14] And the drivers very much appreciate it.

[26:16] it and we'd love to have a day when I could bring

[26:18] a lot of drivers in and maybe get them all signed up.

[26:22] One thing is perhaps don't wear your sunglasses

[26:24] that might slow it down.

[26:28] We were just hoping to perhaps get a meeting with

[26:32] our city manager sometime in October.

[26:35] There's lots going on in the transportation

[26:38] industry with autonomous vehicles, new round-trip

[26:41] fees at the airport if you want to access the

[26:44] airport for drop-off and pickup.

[26:48] We are so appreciative and thankful and see the

[26:51] wisdom of our city in keeping local control.

[26:54] The city of San Diego struggles greatly because

[26:57] they don't have the control that this city has to do that.

[27:01] manage its own roadways and the public services that are here.

[27:07] We find ourselves in a position of being a

[27:09] gatekeeper, if you will.

[27:11] We know who belongs, who doesn't belong, we

[27:15] receive calls from Hawaii. hotels and others.

[27:18] If folks are losing items and we're the ones

[27:21] picking them up, we can get that wallet back to

[27:24] the gentleman at the hotel del yesterday who left

[27:27] his wallet in the car.

[27:28] We are committed to to seeing that the citizens,

[27:33] especially those perhaps who just need a cab to go

[27:37] a few blocks, are going to be able to receive that ride.

[27:41] That's something you don't see in other parts of our county.

[27:45] So in order to update where we are.

[27:49] We love the opportunity to speak with our manager,

[27:52] perhaps look at our own city code, what's

[27:54] happening there if there need to be some tweaks

[27:57] here and there to make it to help us remain

[27:59] relevant and being able to continue service.

[28:03] Also wanted to mention that we have the ADA

[28:06] service that we offer special rates for our local

[28:09] folks that need those ADA vans.

[28:12] Thank you so much. Appreciate it.

[28:13] >> I thank you for being here and I think many of the

[28:15] council members I don't know.

[28:16] Certainly, Council Member Downey has told me in

[28:17] the past, and I also have heard very nice comments

[28:20] about the personal service, so we appreciate it. Thank you. Next speaker, please.

[28:24] >> Next we have Robbins Kelly.

[28:33] >> Afternoon.

[28:34] >> Robbins Kelly. Mayor Duncan.

[28:37] Members of the council, city manager friend.

[28:40] As another busy summer winds down, I would like to

[28:43] suggest that the city take a moment to really look

[28:45] at our downtown and our community.

[28:49] Things have gotten a little out of hand. outdoor dining.

[28:53] As a city we have encouraged outdoor dining, but

[28:56] there are rules, number of seats, placement of tables.

[29:00] Many establishments far exceed the total of

[29:03] allowed seats and where the tables are placed.

[29:07] One restaurant is now using red plastic extensions

[29:09] and chains to mark off what they feel to be their

[29:14] space, pushing past the allowed space from the

[29:18] building and blocking the sidewalk to pedestrians.

[29:22] When did city sidewalks and alleys become extra

[29:26] space for ice machines and propane tanks?

[29:31] When major projects are approved, don't they

[29:34] include plans for placement of trash dumpsters?

[29:37] The alley behind Blanco and the former law of

[29:40] Anita now houses six dumpsters and two propane storage tank cages.

[29:47] Is that even safe because the cars come back into it?

[29:52] With the recent approval of yet another ice cream

[29:55] store in the former retail space at 1303 Orange

[29:58] Avenue, this brings more questions.

[30:02] All the trash has to go out the front door as

[30:05] there is no alley access.

[30:08] The trash is to be transported on our city

[30:11] sidewalks around the corner to the dumpsters in the alley.

[30:17] Parking is a long-standing issue.

[30:19] Recent projects have eliminated on-site parking. parking, moving off-site.

[30:25] A friend told me that they went to Nighthawk and

[30:27] tried to valet park, only to be told, there was none available.

[30:32] What does that say?

[30:34] Adequate parking, which is...

[30:37] interesting because I attended the design review

[30:39] planning commission meeting and you will be seeing

[30:43] the parking plan for 1303 and the owner's

[30:48] representative was more than happy to assure the

[30:52] commissioned that there is plenty of parking.

[30:55] There is always parking there.

[30:57] >> Okay.

[30:58] >> It's time of the city to start enforcing the rules

[31:01] that it already has in place.

[31:03] Working to close the loopholes that some are using

[31:05] to skirt down to the downtown specific plan.

[31:09] It's time to hire a code enforcement officer.

[31:12] Not only to work in our downtown, but our community as well.

[31:17] Once your project is signed off, is there any

[31:20] follow-up, unless the neighbors are willing to

[31:22] turn in their neighbors, nothing is done.

[31:25] Coronado has long been reactive.

[31:28] It's time to become proactive. Thank you.

[31:32] >> All righty, thank you.

[31:33] I appreciate your comments. Next speaker?

[31:35] >> Our last registered speaker. is Rebecca Mutla.

[31:43] >> Afternoon. Good afternoon. I'm Rebecca Motla from 64 Spindiger Way.

[31:50] Good afternoon Mayor Duncan, council member, city

[31:52] manager, friend, city staff, consultants and residents residents.

[31:56] As a member of the Baha'i faith community of South

[31:58] Bay, San Diego, I come this afternoon to present

[32:01] you with a letter from the Baha'is of the United

[32:03] States in honor of the 250th anniversary of the

[32:06] Declaration of Independence, which we're celebrating this year.

[32:10] This is a moment of reflection for some and a

[32:14] moment of uncertainty for others.

[32:16] Over our history, citizens of labor to give

[32:18] expression to the ideals listed in that unique document.

[32:23] Freedom, equality and justice.

[32:25] Yet many are now exhausted, disillusioned, and

[32:28] apathetic amid the polarization and conflict that

[32:31] has become a part of the atmosphere of public

[32:34] life, both in the nation at large, and even communities like Coronado.

[32:38] Our last local election was fraught with unseemly

[32:41] personal attacks and accusations.

[32:44] Some blame goes to conflict entrepreneurs, found

[32:47] across all media who glorify and provoke conflict for personal gain.

[32:53] Unfortunately, those narratives obscure a

[32:55] widespread desire to transcend division.

[32:59] But this trying time can become an inflection

[33:01] point and constructive efforts begin to take shape.

[33:05] Let us see through our differences and recognize

[33:07] the sincere, fair-minded souls who long to contribute.

[33:13] Looking at the people around us, we may have

[33:15] assumptions about what they believe, what they

[33:17] want, what they think about us.

[33:19] But more than we realize, there is in the hearts

[33:22] of most people not just the ones who we feel comfortable.

[33:25] comfortable with, goodwill and integrity, sincere

[33:28] concern for others, especially for our young

[33:30] people, and the desire to overcome difference and

[33:33] find a path forward.

[33:35] This message, a common endeavor realizing the

[33:38] promise of America, is an invitation for thoughtful conversation.

[33:43] In this time of challenge, we need spaces where we

[33:45] can pause, reflect, and listen to others with openness and goodwill.

[33:51] We hope this message can inspire such

[33:52] conversations in homes and neighborhoods.

[33:55] in faith communities and civic settings like this,

[33:58] so that we can move forward together.

[34:01] The Baha'is believe the United States and its

[34:03] communities have a destiny to play in the

[34:05] elevation of all humanity.

[34:08] Abdul-Bahalha, one of the central figures of our

[34:10] faith, said in 1912 when he traveled from coast to coast.

[34:15] Quote, ellipsis, let this American democracy

[34:19] become glorious and spiritual degrees, even as it

[34:22] has aspired to material degrees, and render this justly government victorious.

[34:27] Confirm this revered nation to upraise the

[34:30] standard of the Oneness of Humanity, to promulgate

[34:33] the most great peace, to become thereby most

[34:36] glorious and praiseworthy among all the nations of the world. end quote.

[34:42] It is through a return to our founding principles

[34:44] detailed in the Declaration of Independence and

[34:46] our original national motto, E.

[34:48] Plurbus Unum, out of many one, that we can start

[34:52] to achieve that destiny.

[34:54] Should anyone else say that?

[34:55] in the audience or at home with a copy of this letter.

[34:58] You can find it on Baha'i. U.S.

[35:00] and I provided a copy for you all.

[35:02] I hope you'll have a good look at it.

[35:03] It's only four pages long.

[35:05] Thank you for your attention this afternoon.

[35:07] >> All right. Thank you for your comments.

[35:08] Is there any other members of the public who

[35:10] didn't have any questions?

[35:10] a chance to register.

[35:11] I'd like to address counsel.

[35:12] So please come forward. Good afternoon.

[35:21] >> Good afternoon. My name is Jamie Tegel Burgos and my husband,

[35:27] Chander Burgos and I live at the entrance of the

[35:31] main gate for the base.

[35:34] We are in the Glenn Curtis house that we restored

[35:36] several years ago and so we are right at the east of lane.

[35:42] So I'm first of all I just want to I keen because

[35:46] this morning before work I was reading I think

[35:50] Econada news and I saw that there was going to be

[35:52] a presentation in Swift Lane and I thought I'd

[35:54] better finish work early and get down the City

[35:56] Council meeting because I wanted to give my input.

[36:00] and I thought this would be a good way to do it.

[36:04] I just wanted to say, first to Captain Jacoby, you

[36:07] are doing a wonderful job.

[36:09] I've seen it with my own eyes, where I live.

[36:12] You will be missed.

[36:14] And I do appreciate everything.

[36:15] Every time I've reached out, it's always been quite helpful.

[36:21] And I'm very grateful for the efforts for the swifling.

[36:28] And I do think it's going to be successful.

[36:30] But I just want to give my feedback to the city

[36:32] council and to Captain Jacobi's here today.

[36:38] I'm fully aware of the weighing the, you know, the

[36:42] financial benefit of less manpower at the gate.

[36:47] and that against, you know, being a good neighbor

[36:50] and the rollout of the program.

[36:53] And so, it's been a little bumpy the last couple weeks.

[36:57] I don't, I'm not on social media, so I don't know

[36:58] when anyone else has said, so that's one thing.

[37:00] I'm here, but I, you know, I have a great interest

[37:06] because I'm in that quadrant and I have, I still

[37:09] have a, I have one in college, but I have one in

[37:12] seventh grade still, you know, who's with her

[37:14] friends and they're always on the trampoline.

[37:15] the front and it's been kind of rough with all

[37:17] that traffic for the kids and safety in particular

[37:21] in crossing the street.

[37:23] I barely could cross the street the other day

[37:24] because it was just so backed up and I'm not

[37:26] talking early in the morning, I'm talking really random time.

[37:30] And so I was so my husband who's an engineer and I

[37:34] have been looking and trying to figure out why is

[37:38] it backed up on these off times and I'm talking

[37:42] backed up several blocks down third all the way

[37:45] down to down Alameda to the point where I can't

[37:47] get in my driveway or get out of my driveway.

[37:49] So I have been parking two to three streets back Alameda. So J.H.

[37:56] even I the other day because I just couldn't know

[37:58] I couldn't get in and out.

[38:00] I got you know for work and the kids and just it's just impossible.

[38:05] So and I do unfortunately have those driveways

[38:07] actually a driveway on 3rd and a drive on Alameda

[38:09] that literally go into the traffic.

[38:12] So last ditch effort I back my car.

[38:15] in the last few days into my driveway to get it

[38:17] out because they just can't get out.

[38:19] So what I've noticed was off hours.

[38:21] There's buses that are idling, stuck, MTS buses.

[38:26] My trash did not get picked up last Wednesday.

[38:28] Unfortunately, the trash delivery trips.

[38:30] couldn't pick it up.

[38:32] Kids couldn't cross the street, I couldn't cross.

[38:35] The loud music because the cars are just sitting

[38:37] there for so long.

[38:38] I saw several Uber and Lyft drivers stuck in it.

[38:42] And then of course unfortunately people trying to

[38:44] get in the base are yelling.

[38:45] honking at each other as well as unfortunate in the motorcycles.

[38:49] Since now I understand they can't go through the

[38:51] swift lane that's causing all their idling and

[38:53] then I got the bullhorn last Saturday from the the

[38:58] Navy police and the guys at the Century Guy.

[39:00] because it was so backed up, they decided to open

[39:04] all the swift lanes.

[39:05] I know you're aware of this.

[39:07] And to let the traffic in, the non-swift lane to

[39:12] the left go to the right. So anyhow.

[39:15] I'm trying to really get out is that I think if

[39:19] the non-Swiss left lane on the left or left lane

[39:23] one Was moved maybe to lane five or four because

[39:26] what's happening is everybody who's trying to go

[39:28] left into Coronado from there the residents,

[39:32] school events, I don't know if they're going to

[39:34] water polo stuff or the Dell or wherever they're going from there.

[39:37] A lot of people don't turn left on orange when

[39:38] they come in off the bridge.

[39:39] They go down to Alameda, they make a left.

[39:41] They're all stuck and they can't make a left

[39:44] because the lane one is backed up because it's a non-swift lane.

[39:49] So and then you look to the right as you

[39:51] mentioned, you know, it's open.

[39:53] But if the non-slifling were in lane five, I got

[39:57] to give my husband credit, he's the engineer, he

[39:58] came up with this, he thought, whoa, the non-swain lane

[40:00] for playing is in lane five, then that backup

[40:04] would be in lanes two and three on Alameda, I mean on third.

[40:09] >> So you would be straight, you know, real quickly

[40:10] because you're quite a bit over time. But I agree. No, it's okay.

[40:13] I appreciate your concerns.

[40:15] Are there any other conclusions in addition to

[40:18] that swift lane when you just mentioned

[40:19] potentially changing you want to share with us

[40:21] before you wrap up?

[40:25] >> No, actually you got down to the bottom of it.

[40:28] If we can move the non-swiwain to the lane five or

[40:31] four for you guys.

[40:33] That would open up lane two and three and we

[40:35] wouldn't have that awful backup.

[40:38] It's really strange hours and I want to give

[40:41] credit to Navy police officer Jay Wiggins who kind

[40:45] of took the time to talk to me because I actually

[40:49] went out and I was just like it went on for about

[40:51] three hours it was just too much I just gonna

[40:54] believe it so please thank you so much and reach

[40:57] out to me or I'll reach out to you guys and I'm

[41:00] happy to to and thank you City Council for listening. You're welcome.

[41:04] But thank you so much. Thank you.

[41:06] >> Thank you.

[41:07] >> I'm sorry my mic was off but thank you as well for

[41:09] coming in and sharing. Appreciate it.

[41:11] Are there any other members of the public?

[41:13] A final chance for public comment today and on agenda items?

[41:16] Okay, seeing them, we'll go ahead and close regular public comment.

[41:18] Are there members of council?

[41:19] We are going to do a regular report out on a day

[41:21] as well, but is there any comments now that any

[41:24] council members would like to share?

[41:25] I have two very, very brief ones following on to

[41:29] one of the comments.

[41:30] comments that was made about the fire department.

[41:33] I received a letter today that was Chief Summers

[41:37] probably received it as well was also addressed to

[41:40] him but it's it's really nice we we get a lot of

[41:43] complaints and rightfully we should that's how we

[41:45] find out out about problems and fix them on

[41:46] council and work with the city manager as she

[41:49] implements changes and resolutions to fix things,

[41:51] but it is also nice to hear the compliment.

[41:54] So I'm just going to read a couple parts of this letter.

[41:57] As longtime residents of the K's, we've always

[41:59] heard of our Coronado fire department.

[42:00] department as being headed and shoulders above

[42:03] other departments, but fortunately he had never

[42:05] needed them personally personally.

[42:08] That changed in August when my husband, while

[42:11] working in the garage, began to fill off and came

[42:13] upstairs to take a break a few minutes later. later.

[42:16] He said I need to go to the hospital, something

[42:18] I've never heard from him in 45 years and he asked

[42:20] me to call 911.

[42:21] As I was on the phone, I could hear the siren

[42:23] start and station 37 was there within minutes.

[42:28] The ambulance from station 36 arrived at the to moments later.

[42:32] I want to read the whole latter.

[42:33] I just want to share some other quick parts of it.

[42:35] We wish we could remember all of their names

[42:37] because they were so skilled and compassionate.

[42:40] She goes on to use words like great communication, very reassured.

[42:46] things were done quickly.

[42:48] The crew handled it like it was nothing.

[42:51] They safely got him down the stairs and loaded up

[42:54] and it goes on and on to talk about this

[42:57] successful resolution acknowledging that they

[42:59] don't all end that way.

[43:00] way, but they are just very, very grateful for the

[43:03] stellar care provided by the Coronado the Fire Department.

[43:06] So I just wanted to say thank you, Chief, and

[43:07] please share that with the members of the department.

[43:12] The other very brief announcement I just wanted to

[43:14] share is because I hadn't heard of it.

[43:15] I don't think many people have and it's coming up

[43:17] very soon at the Coronado Senior Center hosted by

[43:22] many groups including by the city, the seniors,

[43:25] the Cornado Senior Association, Safe Harbor

[43:28] Coronada, the Coronado Community Foundation.

[43:30] and Sharp is a senior social day dedicated to

[43:34] Coronado seniors on Tuesday October 6th at the

[43:37] Speckles Center from 2 to 4 with music, food, games, etc.

[43:42] And there's going to be a free movie screening at the Cornado Village.

[43:45] theater after that for exclusively for seniors

[43:48] over 60 at 5 p.m.

[43:51] so please spread the word if you can and in your

[43:53] city update are you going to mention anything

[43:54] about the senior center center so the one other

[43:57] thing I just want to mention about the senior

[43:58] center is the speckles center I believe that's

[44:01] where the air conditioning went down.

[44:02] We have been talking about trying to expedite

[44:04] ensuring that that is repaired.

[44:05] There was a park, there was some back order,

[44:07] unfortunately, during the heat wave.

[44:09] But if anybody asks you about that, please know

[44:11] that we're hoping to have that remedied very

[44:13] quickly and hopefully maybe be able to.

[44:15] senior day on October 6th.

[44:18] All right, Councilor Downey.

[44:20] >> I'm just wondering are you going to address the

[44:22] cameras and the traffic monitoring in your update?

[44:27] Would if you don't I would so that's all I wanted.

[44:31] >> All righty, thank you.

[44:32] So we will go ahead and close our public comment

[44:34] and also for council members as well, unless

[44:36] anybody else has anything.

[44:38] Okay, seeing none we'll move on to item six on our

[44:40] agenda, which is the city manager report.

[44:43] >> All right. Thank you Mayor Duncan.

[44:45] members, members of the community.

[44:47] And I will start with the item that Council Member Downey queued up.

[44:52] So we had received quite a few comments this

[44:55] morning, including by members of the Dice, here

[44:58] about what are these cameras going up around town?

[45:00] And so I just wanted to share this out.

[45:03] We did put a social media post out this morning,

[45:05] but this is an annual traffic counting activity

[45:08] and it is us doing this.

[45:10] So beginning today, September 15th, our city

[45:13] contractor, National Data and Serving, services.

[45:15] is deploying a combination of the tube counters

[45:18] that run along the ground that you drive over to

[45:20] count cars, as well as the video traffic counters around town.

[45:26] They will be up for three consecutive weeks,

[45:28] various locations, and every year of the city,

[45:30] group of cameras will take about three days to set

[45:32] up and take down and we should have everything all

[45:35] the data collected by the end of September.

[45:37] So if you see those cameras and I think there's

[45:38] one on the 500 block of H that I particularly

[45:41] received comments about those are city cameras

[45:43] those are put up legitimately to help us on the city

[45:45] understand traffic so we can evaluate you every

[45:48] year how traffic is changing.

[45:50] >> And one of the things that came up this morning

[45:51] because coincidentally when it's pointed at your

[45:54] house as a council person the entire block wanted

[45:56] me to come explain what I was doing and so the

[45:59] question is now after recognizing it, when we saw

[46:02] the Fifth Avenue had on the ground measures.

[46:09] I figured out what it was.

[46:10] But I don't think the public understands, and

[46:12] nobody in my block understood, that it was high

[46:14] enough that it wasn't.

[46:15] looking into my house or my neighbors.

[46:18] It was actually going above all the houses and

[46:20] trying to get fifth because I'm halfway through.

[46:22] So I'm assuming that's correct that they are so high.

[46:24] They're not at the level seeing anybody's houses.

[46:27] >> It's way above it. That is correct.

[46:28] Councilmember we are not looking at houses.

[46:30] were getting a higher view of the streets overall. Yeah, thank you. And also apologies.

[46:35] This is something we like to put out proactively

[46:37] so people don't have to wonder.

[46:38] So we'll build that into next year's work plan.

[46:41] So we put this information out in advance.

[46:43] Yeah, thank you for that.

[46:44] Okay, so thank you.

[46:45] Thank you, Ms. Holian.

[46:46] I do have a few other updates.

[46:48] So if I have the next slide, please.

[46:50] The first is in early September, there was an

[46:53] article in the Coronado Times and we received some

[46:56] communications about findings of mosquitoes that

[46:59] were trapped, that were tapped.

[47:00] tested positive for the West Nile.

[47:03] And so I just wanted to share a little bit of

[47:05] information about what's happening with respect to

[47:07] coordination between the city and the county.

[47:09] So as everyone may know the county, they're the

[47:11] ones that have the responsibility for a vector control. So pests.

[47:16] etc., fallinter, and they do year-round

[47:18] monitoring, surveilling, and some treatment is needed.

[47:21] Typically, their work is very much under the radar.

[47:23] It is not something you're seeing, but because

[47:26] there were three mosquitoes that were trapped that

[47:28] tested positive, they sent out, I think, about 15 years

[47:30] 1,500 letters across the city in the affected parts of town.

[47:35] So they have increased their surveillance,

[47:36] testing, and inspections, looking at standing

[47:40] water, potential breeding sites in particular.

[47:42] And these efforts will continue through September and October.

[47:45] based on the surveillance findings.

[47:47] We haven't heard of any more positive testing and

[47:51] we are the second bullet we are in better

[47:54] coordination now with them as they're hearing things.

[47:58] And I want to point out finally that for research

[48:00] sources, really if you go on their website as well

[48:03] as if you received a letter it talks a lot about

[48:04] what you can do in your home, look at standing

[48:06] water of course, try to make sure that your home

[48:09] is sealed, that screens are in proper conditions

[48:12] so you don't have insects entering your home, and

[48:14] then also personally think of that.

[48:15] about long sleeves, clothing, as if it is well a

[48:18] repellent if you want to wear that.

[48:20] But we recommend here's a phone number on the screen.

[48:22] If you have further questions you want to report

[48:24] something, please reach out to the county.

[48:26] And as we hear more and there's something to

[48:27] share, we will share it out.

[48:29] But I wanted to let you know that we're of it, we

[48:31] will have increased monitoring here in Coronado

[48:33] for the next couple of months and the county,

[48:36] excuse me, is the main resource for this.

[48:38] >> Quick question, before you move on.

[48:40] So I believe it is the county, but maybe next time

[48:43] you speak with them you can check or I'll check as well.

[48:45] But I've noticed where there's water in the

[48:48] gutters, there's been somebody there checking on

[48:51] it just, and I've never really seen those people

[48:53] there until this last month.

[48:54] So I'm pretty sure it's the county vector control

[48:56] checking on, is there larvae there or whatever.

[49:00] And hopefully for me, I was wondering if they're

[49:02] checking on where is it coming from?

[49:04] Because like a lot of people in Cornado are kind

[49:05] of confused because somewhere from up to the

[49:06] street somehow, there's like water in front of a

[49:08] lot of the gutters in their house, in front of their houses.

[49:11] They don't know where it comes from.

[49:12] But it has to be from a neighbor, I guess, somewhere. But anyways.

[49:15] I'd be interested and I'll certainly ask them.

[49:17] I haven't yet, but I usually am rushing off to

[49:20] somewhere, but I see them out there checking the water.

[49:23] >> It's likely the activity, but yeah, next time we

[49:25] communicate, we can ask them about what can we

[49:27] experience in town with their surveillance or

[49:29] they're looking in government.

[49:30] where are they looking I think so but we can we

[49:33] >> can maybe what to those inspectors also maybe if

[49:35] they have any identification factors sure as we

[49:38] know people are in our gutters but I appreciate it

[49:41] >> thank you absolutely thank you yes yes some of

[49:44] that water is coming from overwatering of people's lawns.

[49:47] So it might be a reminder since we're at a period

[49:49] where there is West Niles in some standing water

[49:52] that you help yourself and your neighbors if you

[49:54] identify and let people know they're overwatering

[49:56] going into the gutters because that's one in this

[49:59] time when we know there's no rain.

[50:01] That's one of the likely places.

[50:02] >> Yeah, yeah, I mean it definitely is.

[50:03] I mean, no doubt about it, especially as we get

[50:05] through this heat period with this until it

[50:07] subsides to be extra, extra careful. Would be great.

[50:10] And one other thing I just notice, I'll just

[50:12] mention the two things that I do, and I've seen as

[50:13] some people in social media say it. One is that.

[50:15] don't park your car tires right up against your

[50:17] curb, and it impedes the water, and also things

[50:19] catch on the tires.

[50:21] And then also, either if you have somebody who

[50:23] does it, or if you don't, or maybe you have a

[50:25] neighbor who doesn't, if you can, people are

[50:28] raking the stuff out of the gutters, even

[50:29] sometimes just leaving it.

[50:30] letting it dry, but to keep it from kind of being a breeding ground.

[50:33] All righty, thank you.

[50:35] City manager, I think you were still going.

[50:35] >> Great extra tips there.

[50:36] Thank you, Mayor Duncan. Next slide, please.

[50:39] And then second, just want to share on a broad

[50:41] brush stroke some of the work we're doing for El Nino.

[50:44] We talked about this bit.

[50:45] at the last meeting.

[50:47] But we continue, this is very top of mind.

[50:49] I think this is in the media consistently.

[50:52] We are, of course, very concerned with our

[50:55] topography and how we operate naturally, being at

[50:58] sea level, being surrounded by water.

[51:00] So just three top line points, things we're working on.

[51:04] We are working on operational readiness.

[51:07] This is something that is part of our annual work

[51:10] plan, but we have coordinated with the National

[51:12] Weather Service and appreciation to Chief Summers.

[51:15] for bringing someone down to City Hall last week

[51:17] to really talk to us and make sure on a staff

[51:19] level we have a strong understanding of the

[51:21] indicia and the effects of El Nino so to really

[51:24] strengthen our understanding of what to look and what to expect.

[51:28] Our internal EOC coordination, that is a point of progress.

[51:30] for the city of Coronado.

[51:32] We have very much been built and been thinking

[51:35] about self-sufficiency in Coronado being ready to

[51:39] help and serve Coronado.

[51:40] With that said, there's always rooms for

[51:42] improvement and again outstanding chief summers

[51:45] and Chief Connolly, as well if she's standing I

[51:47] want to mention in the fire department, takes this very seriously.

[51:50] So we're always looking at our plans, how do we

[51:52] upgrade, how do we refine our response plans, how

[51:55] do we tailor them?

[51:56] So that's something on a very active work.

[51:59] The next one is our mayor in city council members,

[52:01] if the community didn't know, our mayor and

[52:04] council are very engaged in this is in well, as well.

[52:06] So they do an annual training, we're going to get

[52:08] that scheduled for you again as a reminder for

[52:10] your role in a disaster and emergency, what you'll

[52:13] be doing and and how you can be.

[52:15] very helpful from a policy perspective and a communications perspective.

[52:19] So thank you in advance for attending that.

[52:22] Our storm response capabilities, we continue, I

[52:25] reference this to level up on our sandbag

[52:29] distribution planning that is always a big event

[52:31] when we do that around town.

[52:34] So how does our locations work?

[52:36] How do we work with when we're sequencing the

[52:38] release of those sandbags, et cetera, what we can

[52:40] do to make that very effective and make sure it's

[52:42] shared equitably around town as well.

[52:45] Road intersection closure planning, I'm really

[52:48] proud of the advances we've had in this, rather

[52:50] than being ad hoc, which we've been at times.

[52:53] So, we have an issue, let's figure it out.

[52:55] We now have a classification system, we've got

[52:58] protocols, we have a way that we can tailor the system

[53:00] the response for what's happening on scene and a

[53:03] really great communication guidelines around that too.

[53:09] The third bullet point under this one we do have

[53:11] some real improvements in our systems what we have to offer.

[53:14] One is Parker Punt Station.

[53:15] is up and running.

[53:17] So we had took over operation, I want to say a

[53:20] month ago or so.

[53:22] So we're now operating the new Parker.

[53:24] The project is ongoing as we dismantle the old

[53:26] Parker and we'll get everything buttoned up on the

[53:29] surface now looking to be early November for that.

[53:33] But that's that's great because we're going to

[53:34] have a reliable pump station online.

[53:37] This is very good.

[53:38] We're also at five points.

[53:39] We're working on a temporary drainage system and

[53:42] you know kudos to Leon First, the director of public health.

[53:45] services and engineering for that innovation this

[53:47] year that will be new and different.

[53:49] So we're able to really toggle on and off very

[53:51] quickly a response because as we know the tides

[53:54] come up and we've got volumes of rain, these

[53:56] intersections can feel quickly and so having that

[54:01] mitigation measure in place is going to be wonderful.

[54:04] Next one, appreciation to SDG&E.

[54:07] There's a switch at first and a.

[54:08] It's that big green box by the entrance lane into the ferry landing.

[54:14] They've now ripped it up.

[54:15] that updated it, it's now waterproof.

[54:18] So even if we do tend, it's a very low-line point,

[54:20] we tend to have water pooling, but it's waterproof two years ago.

[54:24] We had water inundation, it blew, and we lost

[54:26] power to the area.

[54:28] And so that's a real positive here.

[54:30] And then finally here on this list, not saying

[54:33] this is a comprehensive list, but just some points

[54:35] that are a direct response to challenges we've

[54:38] experienced is we've purchased a set of movable

[54:41] barricades so we can do hard intersection closures.

[54:44] Sometimes when we would try to have flooding we

[54:46] would either have to man the intersection with a

[54:47] police officer or we would have a frames and it

[54:51] would work to let people know but it wouldn't

[54:53] really prevent traffic from going through flooded

[54:55] areas and creating waves and other externalities

[54:58] and so now with these these barricades we can drop

[55:01] them in place and deploy them as needed and it's

[55:03] really going to prevent damage to adjacent

[55:06] properties as well as save our safety resources.

[55:09] We don't need to have for instance five officers

[55:11] at five points trying to keep that button down.

[55:14] So a lot of an We've been thinking hard about this.

[55:17] And then finally, and then I'll move on.

[55:19] Just coordination with the regional partners is tremendous.

[55:22] And the Navy, thank you so much for staying.

[55:25] Have always been wonderful partners and always

[55:27] saying, what can we do?

[55:28] How can we share resources and show up with them? for the community. So that's great.

[55:33] And then a final thing before I move on is just a

[55:35] plug at your next meeting.

[55:38] I have planned for a discussion on emergency communications coming back.

[55:42] This is an item that came up after The threat of tsunami had happened.

[55:48] It didn't really result in anything happening

[55:50] here, but it raised enough questions and Council

[55:52] Member Stewart had brought a policy to forward to

[55:55] want to really talk about our mass communication

[55:57] systems as well as our hard infrastructure to help us communicate.

[56:01] So that is we've been very diligent working on

[56:04] that continuously and it's to the point we're

[56:06] ready to share that with the community and I'm

[56:09] we're very excited again kudos to our safety

[56:12] partners in the back who've done a ton of work on

[56:13] this so I plan on that being October October 6th,

[56:16] barring any other thing coming up to Burden Fat,

[56:18] but just again, want the community to know that

[56:20] this is top of mind for us.

[56:22] We work on this consistently and you're going to

[56:24] be hearing more and more information as we go forward.

[56:27] Okay, so I, and I think I have one more on slide please.

[56:32] community awareness, so kind of just reflecting

[56:34] what I just said, our project Coronado page will be a source.

[56:38] We've had tips on there for a long time, so we

[56:40] encourage everyone, check it out, just refresh

[56:42] yourself, think about what you can do now with a longer horizon.

[56:45] and until maybe rains are here.

[56:49] And follow us on social media, Facebook,

[56:51] Instagram, we'll be sharing information, and stay tuned.

[56:53] We will be talking about this all fall and look forward to that.

[56:57] Okay, and then I don't have a slide for this, but

[56:59] I did want to spend, I've just.

[57:00] a few moments talking about the odor issue that we

[57:03] had last Thursday and just to kind of share how

[57:07] the city responded where things are and so we were

[57:11] receiving reports coming into our dispatch around

[57:13] an odor and it ends up up being the report being

[57:16] it was like island-wide.

[57:18] We were hearing it about in the village all the

[57:20] way down to the case and so I appreciate again the

[57:24] partnership we had several points of contact with

[57:26] the Navy talking about is there something

[57:28] happening there that could be creating it.

[57:30] Our fire department does have air monitoring

[57:33] equipment that they deployed in certain areas to

[57:36] see, do we have detectable levels of anything

[57:39] that's airborne that could harm our community, and

[57:42] we had negative readings from that.

[57:45] up even calling the Coast Guard because we were

[57:48] hearing reports there may have been something in

[57:49] the ocean that can affect it.

[57:51] And I can say today it's not been identified.

[57:54] So we do not know the source of the odor on Thursday.

[57:57] However, I am proud that we did coordinate very well. well.

[58:01] We did what we could do as a city and there's

[58:04] still additional work in investigation happening.

[58:06] So I just wanted to let people know that the

[58:08] overall sequence of events on that and we continue

[58:10] to explore and figure out what exactly happened.

[58:15] >> your Imperial Beach report the same?

[58:18] I mean I'm just curious because everybody smelt it

[58:20] up and down the entire city.

[58:21] >> I did not hear I will look and no I'm seeing heads shaking no.

[58:24] >> No.

[58:25] >> Okay yeah thank you.

[58:27] >> Okay and with that that concludes my presentation.

[58:29] Thank you Mayor Duncan.

[58:31] >> Thank you very much.

[58:32] Appreciate the report out.

[58:34] So we'll move on to item 8 which is 8a I should

[58:38] say which is our council report.

[58:40] It's on interagency assignments and if we have

[58:44] anything else on board commission and advisory

[58:46] committee reports which is listed as number nine

[58:48] we could also do that now as well so are there any

[58:51] report out so start with council member steward

[58:54] >> please thank you highlight for me last week was

[58:59] the 25th anniversary of 9-11 hosted by our fire department.

[59:05] It is always a moving ceremony.

[59:07] I kind of fight back tears, especially with the bagpipe.

[59:10] I think it really kind of hits.

[59:12] And it's just a good reminder for everyone.

[59:15] that what our first responders are prepared to do every day.

[59:21] Also yesterday on a different note I attended Cal

[59:25] Cities at the San Diego Food Bank.

[59:28] You may know that September is Hunger Awareness Month.

[59:32] And so I had the opportunity to visit and learn

[59:35] more about what they were doing.

[59:37] I've been there before with students, but it was

[59:39] established in 1977 so they're coming up next year

[59:43] on their 50th anniversary, which was was really

[59:46] fun to hear about.

[59:47] They're getting excited about it.

[59:48] But I think just some quick facts for us to

[59:50] remember is that one in four people are nutrition

[59:53] insecure in San Diego County and the San Diego

[59:56] Food Bank serves over 400,000 people each month.

[1:00:00] and they support more than 450 non-profits who

[1:00:04] also provide food to meet the need.

[1:00:08] They are literally the food safety net for San

[1:00:12] Diego County, and I had the privilege of packing

[1:00:16] bags of apples for about 45 minutes for seniors.

[1:00:19] It was a lot of fun to participate.

[1:00:23] And next week, Council Member Purvis and I'll talk

[1:00:27] maybe about this, too.

[1:00:28] We're headed to Anaheim for the annual CalCIS.

[1:00:32] conference along with our city manager so we're

[1:00:35] really looking forward to that and I also wanted

[1:00:37] to announce that I was appointed this past week to

[1:00:41] serve as the vice chair for the Cal City's

[1:00:44] Environmental Quality Policy Committee. committee.

[1:00:46] And I think what's really important about this is

[1:00:48] having a Coronado representative is really

[1:00:52] important for our region.

[1:00:53] So I'm really looking forward to this appointment.

[1:00:57] >> All right, do you think you're the report out?

[1:00:58] Any other council members? Councilmember Purvis?

[1:01:01] >> Yes, very briefly, I think all of us were at the

[1:01:04] 9-11 ceremony last week, and 25 years seems like

[1:01:09] it was just yesterday.

[1:01:11] And I walked down that morning and opened my

[1:01:12] dishwasher, I had done it in the same kitchen 25 years ago.

[1:01:15] And I remember that feeling.

[1:01:17] And just thank you to our community for all who came out.

[1:01:20] It was a beautiful ceremony.

[1:01:22] Cal Cities next week, interesting enough, there'll

[1:01:24] be a resolution that the Housing Committee, policy

[1:01:28] committee, will be considering.

[1:01:30] was put in at the last minute and it's regarding local control.

[1:01:34] So I'm starting through that now and have a

[1:01:36] meeting on Thursday and we'll be voting on a resolution.

[1:01:39] And I'm assuming all of us are wanting as much

[1:01:42] local control as we can get.

[1:01:44] But I will send any information I want to.

[1:01:45] have prior to that vote to you and if they have

[1:01:47] comments I'd love to hear them.

[1:01:49] And there was no wastewater this month but we are

[1:01:52] signed off on Sarah and has been delivered so

[1:01:55] we're good for the next 40 years. So thank you.

[1:01:58] >> Council Member Fleming.

[1:02:00] >> Yeah, briefly, just echo what's already been said

[1:02:04] about the 9-11 remembered ceremony.

[1:02:07] That was amazing, very touching.

[1:02:10] September 12th, I just wanted to put a shout out to Cade.

[1:02:15] Day, annual fundraiser to support suicide

[1:02:20] awareness and provide scholarships to welders.

[1:02:23] It was at McPease again, a great event.

[1:02:26] And then September 14th, I participated in a

[1:02:30] meeting with the National League of Cities.

[1:02:32] I'm on the Military Communities Council.

[1:02:34] The focus of that, the discussions were primarily

[1:02:37] on affordable housing for military personnel, also providing local transportation.

[1:02:45] options for servicemen and women that in

[1:02:50] particular that don't have an automobile and and

[1:02:54] then also a discussion about upcoming NLC City

[1:02:59] Summit which is in National this year in November. Thank you.

[1:03:03] >> Thank you. Council Member Downey, do you have anything today?

[1:03:06] >> I do. As I pointed out in my report in the agenda, I had

[1:03:11] the National League of Cities Environmental Energy

[1:03:17] Natural Resources Committee meeting and our

[1:03:19] committee approved the resolution that we've now

[1:03:22] put forth for the National League to take for our

[1:03:25] policy in regards to continuing to encourage the

[1:03:28] federal government to support the efforts to get full funding.

[1:03:30] for the IBWC plan as well as to encourage Mexico

[1:03:34] to build their facilities.

[1:03:37] But what was interesting for the first time in all

[1:03:39] the years, we now have a new member on the

[1:03:43] committee from another city in San Diego.

[1:03:45] who showed up and was unaware how long we've been doing this.

[1:03:49] I was unaware that it was Coronado that pushed it to be there.

[1:03:52] So I got to educate that person after the meeting.

[1:03:55] And she said, why are we the only ones here?

[1:03:56] I said, that's a question I've been asking for a long time.

[1:03:59] So both of us have decided.

[1:04:00] especially since I'm leaving, at least for a

[1:04:02] little while, the council, that there is no reason

[1:04:04] every city couldn't have somebody on this subcommittee.

[1:04:08] So that'll be my action for the next couple of

[1:04:10] months to talk to every city to say, why don't you have somebody?

[1:04:13] Because you do not have to be the problem.

[1:04:15] primary representative from your city to the

[1:04:18] National League, it could be anybody else as long

[1:04:20] as you're an elected councilperson. So that's great.

[1:04:23] We'll have several more people helping to put the

[1:04:25] word out how important this is to our region.

[1:04:28] >> Awesome. Thank you very much.

[1:04:30] interesting to think about, there should be some

[1:04:34] way probably even though I speak about it at

[1:04:36] Sandag, you speak about National League, various

[1:04:38] League of Cities, different things, to maybe we

[1:04:41] even put out something in writing maybe after our

[1:04:43] quarterly report or something to various...

[1:04:45] stakeholders in all the cities.

[1:04:47] We have been fortunate that the Congress members

[1:04:49] from San Diego have also been supportive but I do

[1:04:52] find the more information the better because even

[1:04:54] when we put it out sometimes like very like almost

[1:04:56] immediately there after I'll be getting the same

[1:04:57] questions that we just address from people I get

[1:04:59] it everybody doesn't watch it.

[1:05:00] our meetings and everybody doesn't read everything.

[1:05:03] So I appreciate you doing that. Thank you.

[1:05:06] I, two quick sort of serious things and then one

[1:05:09] more happy thing I guess, one is I do appreciate

[1:05:13] Mark and mentioning Kade's Day, the anti-suicide.

[1:05:15] awareness event where it's a serious event but

[1:05:18] also it's fun with the cornhole tournament and

[1:05:20] everything and our friends Megan Keller and Brian

[1:05:23] is well working on that issue especially with all

[1:05:25] the the suicides related to kids in military which

[1:05:28] is and our bridge issue of course so I do think

[1:05:31] that was a great event and very well attended by

[1:05:34] our community, so I appreciate their showing up

[1:05:37] for that and participating in raising funds.

[1:05:41] The other thing I want to try, of course, the RFIR

[1:05:43] Department's ceremony on 9-11.

[1:05:45] 11 is really meaningful.

[1:05:46] I like that it's small and local and it's not

[1:05:49] about a big splash and flash and it is very meaningful.

[1:05:53] Also it was the first time later on that afternoon

[1:05:56] on 9-11 that Graham Memorial hosted a non-denominational memorial service.

[1:06:00] us at the church, which also I felt was very meaningful as well.

[1:06:06] So maybe that'll become part of our tradition as

[1:06:09] well, because there's quite a few personal

[1:06:11] experiences that occurred in our community from

[1:06:13] people on 9-11, probably all of us.

[1:06:15] us have various people we know who either didn't

[1:06:19] make it and fortunately we have somebody who was

[1:06:21] probably the most injured person that actually

[1:06:24] made it who's a resident of Cornado who was in the

[1:06:27] Pentagon when it was hit and As you know, I

[1:06:31] probably know, burned over within half his body

[1:06:32] and heart stopped twice along the way of recovery,

[1:06:35] multiple and multiple other things.

[1:06:37] So it's really his message is to make sure we

[1:06:40] don't forget about it with all of the people that

[1:06:43] were not alive back then.

[1:06:45] from when it happened and try to remember the

[1:06:47] lessons of our community and our country coming together afterwards.

[1:06:52] Then on a more fun, happy note, I just had a few

[1:06:57] brief pictures I just wanted to share.

[1:06:59] So, um, We had, just coincidentally, I saw an

[1:07:04] email from the U.S.

[1:07:04] Conference of Mayors from FIFA saying you could

[1:07:07] apply for soccer balls for your community.

[1:07:10] If you think your community would like to

[1:07:12] celebrate the World Cup and FIFA and if they're

[1:07:15] going, an active community. I applied.

[1:07:17] As a city manager knows, I didn't hear anything

[1:07:19] for a couple months.

[1:07:20] Then on the day before the last World Cup game, we

[1:07:23] had 200 soccer balls arrive.

[1:07:26] And they were put in my office here at City Hall.

[1:07:29] And they were in my office.

[1:07:31] uninflated but we managed to get them all inflated

[1:07:33] and as council knows we gave away a group of them

[1:07:35] when we opened the new dog park at the K's but

[1:07:38] over the last week it was something that was

[1:07:39] really nice I was able to go to Village Elementary

[1:07:42] and meet with the fifth graders and go out there

[1:07:44] mess around with them a little bit.

[1:07:46] and leave those, you know, 50 or 60, whatever it

[1:07:48] was, soccer balls with them.

[1:07:50] I was able to go to Christchurch Day School for

[1:07:53] their flagpole ceremony and do the same thing and

[1:07:55] also to Sacred Heart yesterday and do this the same thing.

[1:08:00] really the reason I kind of wanted to bring it up today.

[1:08:04] Because also after the Sacred Heart ceremony

[1:08:07] yesterday that's shown there, I did, and I think

[1:08:10] they would love to have others to it as well, at

[1:08:12] Christchurch Day School, they have a thing called

[1:08:13] master class, where they just take any...

[1:08:15] you know, a person from the community who's

[1:08:17] willing to talk about how they got to where they

[1:08:19] are and what they do.

[1:08:20] So for me, obviously, it was being mayor and city

[1:08:22] council member with you all and a little bit about

[1:08:24] my career as an attorney before that.

[1:08:26] But something that I really realize that sometimes

[1:08:29] we forget because we think we have spend all our

[1:08:30] times kind of working on problems and sometimes

[1:08:33] looking at you know social media or talking and I

[1:08:36] know it's election season so the one thing that I

[1:08:39] really realized doing this was afterwards people

[1:08:43] reach out in some of the comments comments while I

[1:08:45] was there, but afterwards people reach out, often

[1:08:47] not the ones I don't know.

[1:08:48] I mean, often it is the ones I don't know.

[1:08:50] And they say that it means something for us as

[1:08:52] office holders to spend time with them.

[1:08:54] It's not so much us personally, you know, even

[1:08:56] though I think we all think we try to do a great job.

[1:08:59] And generally, I think we all do.

[1:09:00] but it's, they say it means something to the kids,

[1:09:03] be able to talk to council members and to talk to

[1:09:06] the mayor and know them.

[1:09:08] So that was just sort of spiritually or whatever invigorating for me.

[1:09:12] And I also just wanted to thank the schools in

[1:09:15] general because because I've noticed an uptick

[1:09:17] from the schools, and I think all of you on

[1:09:19] council today in the city manager received an

[1:09:21] invitation for the Coronado Robotics Academy Grand

[1:09:24] opening on Friday, September 25th at 5 o'clock.

[1:09:28] And I think it is, been a little bit of disconnect maybe.

[1:09:32] We obviously don't have influence over them.

[1:09:33] We're not trying to control them or anything, but

[1:09:35] to honor or respect them and to celebrate our

[1:09:38] youth and their activities with the schools I

[1:09:40] think is a great thing.

[1:09:41] I wanted to let all of you know, especially

[1:09:43] Councilmember Downey, I will be out of town on the Twitter.

[1:09:45] 25th, so whoever, hopefully will have some

[1:09:47] representation at that robotics event.

[1:09:51] But I wanted to thank FIFA and the U.S.

[1:09:53] Conference of Mayors and the schools and the

[1:09:54] people in the community and all the teachers and

[1:09:57] the kids for having this happen. That's it.

[1:10:01] Thank you very much.

[1:10:02] And we, unless anybody else has any other

[1:10:04] reporting or comments, we can move on to, um, and

[1:10:09] I guess, I guess also one other thing.

[1:10:11] I, of course, I had a Sandag Board of meeting, of

[1:10:13] course, I had a Sandag Executive Committee

[1:10:14] meeting, of course, I had an executive committee

[1:10:15] meeting, of course, I had a pollution control

[1:10:16] district board meeting, air pollution control

[1:10:18] district planning and policy meeting as well, but

[1:10:21] on the phone with the EPA and the IBWC on things

[1:10:23] that you hope have announcements in a week and it

[1:10:26] takes two months, but I'll save like the longer report.

[1:10:30] of those for the next meeting when there's a

[1:10:33] little bit more information to share.

[1:10:36] All right, so let's move on to item 8B, which is

[1:10:39] consideration of up to two members to serve on the Civil Service Commission.

[1:10:43] We're going to consider appointment again.

[1:10:45] up to two members from the submitted applications

[1:10:47] to serve on the Civil Service Commission.

[1:10:50] I really appreciated everybody who applies.

[1:10:52] I previously served on there and was chair as well.

[1:10:54] And it's an important commission that I think a

[1:10:56] lot of people don't know about because it's more

[1:10:58] deals with our employees rather than that. in the public.

[1:11:02] But we'll have the city clerk to call the names of

[1:11:05] the individuals who've submitted applications.

[1:11:08] Each individual will have up to three minutes to

[1:11:10] state their interest and qualifications.

[1:11:12] And I believe we received a letter from one of the applicants today.

[1:11:15] Maybe I'll read that letter if he is not here and

[1:11:19] Lewis hit of his Addressing us, but why don't we

[1:11:22] go ahead and see if anyone's here to address this please.

[1:11:24] >> Thank you mayor is Frank Carson at the meeting

[1:11:28] >> Afternoon, sir.

[1:11:29] >> Thank you for being here I'll be brief from mayor and council.

[1:11:34] I applied for this mostly because I wanted to

[1:11:37] diversify my skill set.

[1:11:39] As you see my resume, I work for the Studio Chula

[1:11:42] Vista right now as the Parks and Recreation Director.

[1:11:45] I actually started here in the city of Coronado as

[1:11:49] a lifeguard's instructor, my very first city job

[1:11:52] in the early 90s a long time ago.

[1:11:54] I don't want to date myself too much.

[1:11:57] I have tried to give back to Coronado being a resident here.

[1:12:00] I partnered with Council Member Purvis twice and

[1:12:03] did a public presentation with Council Member

[1:12:05] Steward talking about parks and access to that.

[1:12:10] I have a long career in public service not only locally but internationally.

[1:12:16] serving in Guatemala for a year as a volunteer.

[1:12:19] Something that I look forward to doing and I would

[1:12:22] be really interested in serving on this commission.

[1:12:24] >> All right, thank you for your comments real quick

[1:12:26] before you step away.

[1:12:26] Are there any questions for the applicant from council members?

[1:12:30] Okay, Stan, thank you, sir. We appreciate it.

[1:12:34] >> Thank you, Mayor. The next applicant is Marco Cromarty.

[1:12:43] >> Good afternoon.

[1:12:43] >> My honor to be here. Came to Coronado.

[1:12:47] about 15, 16 years ago after serving 30 years in the Navy.

[1:12:52] I have a passion to serve others and I served my

[1:12:56] Navy for 30 years like the good captain in the

[1:12:59] naval aviation side of the house and when I brought in the Navy

[1:13:02] retired from the Navy.

[1:13:03] I went to the Port of San Diego for 10 years, got

[1:13:05] to serve the region, really felt like I was doing

[1:13:09] something contributing to the community that now I call home.

[1:13:13] And now I'm at a point where I seize I'm trying to

[1:13:18] seize an opportunity to contribute to the

[1:13:21] community that I live in.

[1:13:23] I've been in the case for the last 10 years and love it.

[1:13:27] I love the city of Coronado and I feel like my

[1:13:30] background puts me in a position to where I can live

[1:13:32] can contribute to help the city and help the

[1:13:35] employees and try to make this place one of the

[1:13:39] best places that folks want to work for.

[1:13:41] And so I'm honored to be considered and look

[1:13:45] forward to serving if I'm also offered the

[1:13:47] opportunity and I'm welcome.

[1:13:49] I'm open to any questions that you may have. Thank you sir.

[1:13:53] Are there any questions?

[1:13:54] >> Councilmember Downey, did you have one?

[1:13:55] >> I didn't. I had meant to ask the city manager before we

[1:13:59] started this so after we're done with this individual.

[1:14:02] So before we vote, can I have her say something? Of course.

[1:14:06] >> All right, thank you, sir.

[1:14:07] We appreciate you being here.

[1:14:09] They have one other.

[1:14:10] Did you want to ask a question now or after I read Dean's letter?

[1:14:13] >> Go ahead and read Dean's letter so that we can do all that.

[1:14:16] >> So we have a total of three.

[1:14:17] three applicants I believe correct so the two

[1:14:19] gentlemen who just spoke and then one other is

[1:14:21] Dean Echneroth Jr. I'm writing to address you with

[1:14:24] regard to an open position on the Coronado City of

[1:14:26] the whole Service Commission and my interest to

[1:14:28] serve there upon normal propriety would have me

[1:14:31] before for you with these comments.

[1:14:33] Unfortunately, it is a Tuesday night and our

[1:14:35] weekly Coronado print deadline has me unavoidably detained. My apologies.

[1:14:39] Throughout my 36-year career here at the Cornado

[1:14:42] Eagle and Journal, I've had a front receipt to

[1:14:44] everything that has occurred in our town.

[1:14:45] This experience provides me with the wide and deep

[1:14:47] pool of knowledge and local history that has me

[1:14:49] uniquely qualified to serve the city of Coronado

[1:14:51] as this is an important phrase to serve the city of Coronado.

[1:14:56] That is my guiding light and volunteering to fill

[1:14:57] one of the open positions on our Civil Service Commission.

[1:15:00] The Civil Service Commission plays a vital role.

[1:15:02] role in maintaining a merit-based professional and ethical workforce.

[1:15:06] But the success of that is 100% dependent upon

[1:15:08] interested and invested members of our community

[1:15:11] who are willing to volunteer, all with a focus on

[1:15:14] fostering accountability and excellence in government operations.

[1:15:17] With an educational background in philosophy and

[1:15:19] it's focused on ethics, I pride myself on strong

[1:15:22] ethical grounding and the ability to make objective well-reasoned decisions.

[1:15:25] I also bring to the table more than three decades

[1:15:27] of experience running a business in Coronado with

[1:15:30] all the exposure to the unique challenges that are brought in

[1:15:32] part and parcel of navigating employee-employee relationships in California.

[1:15:36] I'm always available to discuss on my background

[1:15:37] dedication and problem-solving skills aligned with

[1:15:39] the needs of the Civil Service Commission.

[1:15:41] Okay, all righty, so we have the three applicants.

[1:15:45] Councilman Downey, do you want to ask your

[1:15:46] question at this time?

[1:15:47] >> Yes, it wasn't a question for the public.

[1:15:50] We're so appreciative of the three individuals that applied.

[1:15:53] This commission is not very well understood and

[1:15:55] it's so important to have the city function.

[1:15:57] So I wanted to get into the record and so the city

[1:15:59] manager will explain a little bit about what it does.

[1:16:02] Sometimes it's very busy.

[1:16:03] Sometimes they don't have to meet for months.

[1:16:05] So if you could.

[1:16:06] >> Absolutely. Thank you. Council Member Downey.

[1:16:09] Yeah, so the Civil Service Commission is actually

[1:16:12] codified in our municipal code.

[1:16:14] You can find a description of it in Chapter 2.4.

[1:16:17] And really its primary mission is to administer

[1:16:21] our civil service rules.

[1:16:23] So we have a civil service classified service,

[1:16:25] there's a set of rules, and these community

[1:16:28] volunteers make sure that we are abiding by them.

[1:16:32] So the typical work, well first I'll read the

[1:16:34] mission statement and this is set forth in their

[1:16:36] work plan that's presented to you annually.

[1:16:39] So the mission of the Civil Service Commission is

[1:16:41] to ensure equitable, transparent and merit-based

[1:16:44] management of the city's workforce through oversight.

[1:16:47] site of position classification, recruitment,

[1:16:49] employee performance, and adherence to civil service regulations.

[1:16:53] So they're making sure they're looking at our job

[1:16:55] specifications, they're looking at our classification.

[1:16:58] Any changes we want to make goes to the Civil Service Commission.

[1:17:01] So we have another service.

[1:17:02] of eyes looking at it.

[1:17:03] So that's the bulk of the civil service work.

[1:17:06] And in addition, they can serve as a body

[1:17:08] considering disciplinary appeals if there was that process.

[1:17:13] And so in a nutshell, it's what they do.

[1:17:14] Making sure they're looking out for employees and

[1:17:16] that word administering your civil service rules correctly. Thank you.

[1:17:21] >> Thank you.

[1:17:21] >> Thank you for that explanation.

[1:17:23] And we definitely have had appeals that have come

[1:17:24] before them, so that's a very serious issue.

[1:17:27] So we really appreciate super qualified people

[1:17:30] applying for the position.

[1:17:31] Are there any members of that?

[1:17:32] the public who would like to address council on

[1:17:34] the applicants or the process?

[1:17:37] Okay, seeing none we'll go ahead and go to council

[1:17:39] member discussion and then we'll if there's no

[1:17:42] discussion we can move on to voting.

[1:17:45] I think I will do a quick comment.

[1:17:48] I really appreciate three applicants came in today

[1:17:50] as well as Mr. Eckenroth.

[1:17:51] I think all three are qualified.

[1:17:53] I'd honestly be happy with all three of them if we had three openings.

[1:17:57] So I'm certainly happy to move forward to choose

[1:18:00] two at this time.

[1:18:02] And I guess what I would encourage is whoever is

[1:18:04] the one that is not appointed to please leave

[1:18:07] their resume with us on file and be willing to

[1:18:09] consider taking an appointment in the future to

[1:18:13] either this commission or another commission if

[1:18:15] it's a commission that they would desire to serve

[1:18:17] on because we do regularly have openings in the

[1:18:19] need for good people.

[1:18:21] Are there any comments or discussion by anyone at this time? Councilmember Stewart?

[1:18:25] >> Yes, I just wanted to make note that I had not

[1:18:29] seen Marco Cromati in person, but we had spoken on

[1:18:34] the phone several times in 2024 following the

[1:18:38] storm when he was with the port because I was

[1:18:40] stressed over the amount of trash in our bay and

[1:18:44] he was able to immediately deploy the their marine

[1:18:48] debris skimmer, which it's a boat that goes out and picks up.

[1:18:52] But the thing that really impressed me most was he

[1:18:55] picked up the phone and called me multiple days in

[1:18:57] a row to make sure of what was happening, what I

[1:19:00] was seeing, because I If some of you know, I

[1:19:03] paddle quite a bit of the bay, pretty much most of

[1:19:06] it, from the lows out to Point Loma.

[1:19:11] So I'm aware of what's happening on our bay, and

[1:19:15] so I just really appreciate it.

[1:19:17] that follow-up and it was so impressive so it's

[1:19:19] really nice to see you in person.

[1:19:22] And then of course, Frank, I really, we had an

[1:19:26] opportunity to be on a panel discussion thrown

[1:19:29] together and your background is similar to mine.

[1:19:32] line as I start as a lifeguard working in high

[1:19:35] school and through college and also as a teacher

[1:19:39] because you don't make enough money to, you have

[1:19:41] to work multiple jobs.

[1:19:43] And then I will, before I became a teacher, of

[1:19:45] course, I was a park ranger.

[1:19:47] I enjoyed sitting on that panel with you.

[1:19:50] And Dean Eckenroth, I've known for decades, and

[1:19:53] we're just, we're so blessed that all three of

[1:19:57] these people stepped up to offer service. I'm just...

[1:20:02] you know, in awe of their resumes and their

[1:20:05] commitment to the city.

[1:20:07] And again, I echo your sentiments, Mayor Duncan.

[1:20:11] And so when we get ready to vote, you know, I have

[1:20:14] some reasonings for maybe why I went.

[1:20:17] select one or the other and the one that isn't selected.

[1:20:19] I hope that they will definitely come back and

[1:20:22] serve with our city.

[1:20:24] I'm excited for that. Thank you.

[1:20:27] >> Thank you Councilmember Stewart or the other comments?

[1:20:30] Alrighty, with that, let's move on to voting.

[1:20:34] Again, we have three applicants for two positions.

[1:20:37] City clerk will call each applicant's name.

[1:20:40] Please raise your hand for up to three applicants on this round.

[1:20:43] Then on the next round, you can vote for no more than that.

[1:20:47] to yes council members purpose they ask us to

[1:20:50] >> differentiate between what term one for the

[1:20:53] one-year term and one for can we vote that way

[1:20:57] this and just do one vote I think we can I don't

[1:21:01] >> really see a problem with it We did it before so

[1:21:03] >> that the person that got, if we get it down to

[1:21:05] that, we look at how many voted for each, and if

[1:21:08] we have one that got five, then one to get four,

[1:21:10] the people with the most got the longer term.

[1:21:12] >> Yeah, I think that, and that is agreed upon with

[1:21:14] me that that's the procedure, if that's okay with counsel.

[1:21:17] the other issue would be if for some reason we

[1:21:20] have a tie with the two, which I don't see how we

[1:21:23] will, well if you can vote for, I guess

[1:21:25] theoretically, yes, we could.

[1:21:26] But if we have a tie, then we'll just re-vote for

[1:21:28] which one gets the two year.

[1:21:30] And I'm sure, since there's five of us, that will determine.

[1:21:32] minute with the majority for one.

[1:21:35] So okay so let's go ahead and go along with that

[1:21:37] so please clerk go ahead and call the names and

[1:21:40] you can vote for up to three in this round.

[1:21:43] >> Frank Carson for five votes.

[1:21:47] Marco Cromarty, five votes.

[1:21:51] Dean Eckenroth, five votes. All right. You're all qualified.

[1:21:59] >> I know you probably were thinking a couple times in the past.

[1:22:02] I'm like, you know, you don't have to vote for

[1:22:03] everybody the first time.

[1:22:04] This time I'm very happy to.

[1:22:05] >> You have to.

[1:22:06] >> So, okay, so let's go to the next round.

[1:22:08] This time, council members, please count your

[1:22:10] votes as you vote and please only vote for up to two applicants.

[1:22:14] >> Frank Carson. One vote. vote.

[1:22:18] Marco Cromartie, five votes.

[1:22:22] Dean Eckenroth, four votes.

[1:22:26] So that is one vote for Frank Carson.

[1:22:30] Five votes for, er, yeah, five votes for, yeah.

[1:22:32] five votes for Marco Cromarty and four for Dean Eckenroth.

[1:22:35] >> Okay and according to the procedures we agreed on

[1:22:37] then that would mean I believe Mr. Comarty would

[1:22:40] get the two-year term.

[1:22:42] Mr. Eckenroth would get the one-year term and we

[1:22:46] thank you so much.

[1:22:47] for coming in and please we hope you come back one

[1:22:50] more time and we have a question for our city

[1:22:51] >> attorney actually a clarification from the city

[1:22:54] clerk I believe the terms are extended yes I just

[1:22:59] >> wanted to clarify we have two terms opening one

[1:23:01] would term or expire at the end of this year, we

[1:23:05] would have the option to automatically appoint

[1:23:07] them for another three years and basically give

[1:23:09] them a three and a quarter year term.

[1:23:13] And then the second term available is through the

[1:23:15] end of 2027, both or eligible for additional terms.

[1:23:20] >> So for the first one you mentioned, you don't need

[1:23:21] anything from us on that right now.

[1:23:23] Would you like us to vote that we want that one to

[1:23:24] be automatic if we do?

[1:23:26] Okay, so what can we add?

[1:23:28] So I'll go ahead.

[1:23:28] I'm going to make the motion then, which is the

[1:23:31] motion to do the two appointments.

[1:23:32] the way I described with the additional provision

[1:23:36] that you describe that we will automatically

[1:23:38] extend the term of the person on the one-year or

[1:23:40] less than one year term that is at the end of this year.

[1:23:43] >> I think that's a problem though because that means

[1:23:46] that person would have five years so maybe the

[1:23:47] person that got the five votes to get that because

[1:23:50] the person who had the one year was originally the

[1:23:52] person that only got four votes so I think we'll

[1:23:54] have to re-vote if we do that or not we can just

[1:23:56] leave but I'm just saying it seems a little okay

[1:23:58] >> no I'm happy go ahead Kirk I'm happy to take to

[1:24:02] amend the motion, their friendly amendment to have

[1:24:04] it reflect that so that Mr. Cromartie would be the

[1:24:09] one who receives the term that currently ends at

[1:24:11] the end of the year but we're going to vote in

[1:24:13] this motion to approve to automatically extend

[1:24:15] that with Mr. Rack and Roth having the other term

[1:24:18] >> which is two years now and then he could come back

[1:24:21] >> and get reappointed absolutely absolutely I second

[1:24:24] that thank you Councilmember Fleming for the

[1:24:26] second with those clarifications and explanations

[1:24:29] which I appreciate will please vote

[1:24:34] >> Motion carries all voting aye.

[1:24:36] >> All righty, I do not see any further items on our

[1:24:41] agenda today so we can go ahead if there's no

[1:24:43] other comments by council and adjourn the meeting.

[1:24:46] All right, thank you. Meeting is adjourned.

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