[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.