[0:20] Good afternoon. Call the city council and successor agency to

[0:24] order. Madam Clerk. Would you please call the role? Councilmember

[0:28] Carol. Present. Council member Tisdell's absent, council member monos here,

[0:32] mayor pro time sheridan, Mayor McGee here. Madam Clerk. Do

[0:37] we have any request to speak on our closed session

[0:41] items? No, sir. Madam attorney, close session announcements. Thank you,

[0:46] Mayor. City Council has two items and the successor agency

[0:51] has one. So city council items, conference with real property

[0:54] negotiators pursuant to government code section 54956. 8. The parcel

[1:01] numbers are identified on the agenda. The negotiating parties are

[1:05] the city and GMB land LLC and Steve Galvez. The

[1:09] agency's negotiator or the city's negotiator is city manager Simpson

[1:14] under negotiation price in terms of payment. The second city

[1:18] council item is one potential case of anticipated litigation pursuant

[1:25] to the authority of government code section 549 56. 9D4

[1:29] initiation of litigation. The successor agency item is real property

[1:36] negotiations. Again, on the diamond stadium, the parcel numbers are

[1:40] identified on the agenda. The authority is government code section

[1:44] 54956. 8 agency negotiators are executive director Simpson executive director

[1:52] Buckley and myself parties are the successor agency, the storm

[1:58] in Golden State concessions and catering under negotiation price in

[2:03] terms of payment. Very good. Have you no other business

[2:07] in front of us? We will recess into closed session

[2:10] and then reconvene here at seven o'clock.

[1:53:49] Good evening ladies and gentlemen, call the city of Lake

[1:53:52] Osednor and their successor agency to order. We all please

[1:53:56] rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

[1:54:39] Madam Clerk, would you please call the role. Councilmember Carroll.

[1:54:42] President. Council member Tizdell Sapson, Councilmember Monos. Here. Mayor approached

[1:54:46] him, Sheridan. Here. Mayor Mickey. Here. That takes us to

[1:54:51] closed session report, Madam Attorney. Thank you, Mayor. The city

[1:54:57] council met at five o'clock to discuss two items in

[1:55:01] closed session. The first conference with real property negotiator pursuant

[1:55:06] to government code section 54956. 8. The agency negotiator, city

[1:55:13] manager Simpson, the negotiating parties, the city of Lake Elsinor,

[1:55:17] and the property owners GMB land LLC and Steve Galvez

[1:55:22] under negotiation price in terms of payment. There's no reportable

[1:55:26] action on that item this evening. Our second item conference

[1:55:30] with legal counsel concerning one potential case of anticipated litigation

[1:55:35] under the authority of government code section 54956. 9 paragraph

[1:55:40] D4 initiation of litigation. The city council provided the staff

[1:55:47] and city attorney to proceed with administrative remedies in connection

[1:55:51] with that case. The details will be available once action

[1:55:57] is commenced and that can be ascertained at City Hall.

[1:56:02] We do have one item of successor agency closed session.

[1:56:07] It is identified on the agenda under item 5. 1.

[1:56:12] We did not have time to get to that item

[1:56:14] yet. We are going to adjourn the city council meeting

[1:56:18] at the end this evening and continue the successor agency

[1:56:24] to close session. That announcement was made at five o'clock

[1:56:28] and the report will come at the conclusion of the

[1:56:30] successor agency closed session. That concludes my report. Thank you

[1:56:33] very much, Madam Attorney. That takes us to presentations and

[1:56:37] ceremonials. And I would like to invite our economic development

[1:56:41] director, Ms. Jean Gonzalez, up to the podium, and I

[1:56:44] will join her for the announcement of our business in

[1:56:47] action monthly spotlight. Thank you, Mayor.

[1:56:57] Well, thank you everybody for coming out tonight for our

[1:56:59] business and action spotlight. It's great to have you all

[1:57:01] here and attendance. We have a lot of exciting presentations

[1:57:08] to share tonight. And if I can, please ask Ms.

[1:57:10] Steyened to please join us up here with the mayor.

[1:57:13] So our business in action spotlight is a free monthly

[1:57:16] business awards recognition for our businesses here in Lake Elsinor

[1:57:21] that go above in the beyond the cold business each

[1:57:24] and every single day. And for the month of July,

[1:57:27] we're here to honor precision. Concepts and a little bit

[1:57:31] about precision concepts is that they have been a business

[1:57:34] here since 1994. They have grown from a very small

[1:57:38] locally owned shop into one of the most respected names

[1:57:43] and off - road motorcycle racing. Guys, that's who we

[1:57:47] are. You can clap for that. They specialize in championship

[1:57:55] winning motorcycles with their world - class suspension. The companies

[1:57:59] earned a reputation and innovation, precision and exceptional craftsmanship. They're

[1:58:05] expertly engineered suspension systems and race prepared motorcycles have helped

[1:58:11] writers capture more than 50 championships. From Score Baja competitions.

[1:58:17] Have you ever seen that? It's wild, you guys. To

[1:58:19] victories at Lake Elsinor's very own Grand Prix. Thank you.

[1:58:26] I like you. Decision concept and bodies, Lake Elsinor's identity

[1:58:30] as a premier extreme sport destination by supporting professional racers,

[1:58:36] recreational writers, and major off - road events. This company

[1:58:40] strengthens our communities'reputation as a hub for motocross and off

[1:58:45] - road racing while also attracting writers, enthusiasts from across

[1:58:49] the nation. Concepts precision concepts exemplifies our entrepreneurial spirit celebrated

[1:58:56] through our business and action program, and we congratulate precision

[1:59:00] concepts on its well - deserved recognition. And as part

[1:59:03] of the recognition, we offer them a free marketing video

[1:59:07] promoting our Lake Elsemar business. So with that, before we

[1:59:10] jump over to Ms. Diane Bell in the mayor, please

[1:59:13] roll the video. In the action sports, capital of the

[1:59:16] world like Elsinor, persisting content racing keeps the adrenaline a

[1:59:20] lot. Since 1994, this local powerhouse has been tuning and

[1:59:24] transforming off - road motorcycles with expert suspension upgrades, murder

[1:59:28] builds, and full bike crib. From weekend warriors hitting local

[1:59:31] trails to champion racers, Johneding Bajan Beyond. Resisting concept deliver

[1:59:36] the confidence, control, and performance writers need to push their

[1:59:39] limits. Right here at Lake Elsin. Visit decisioncons of racing.

[1:59:43] com today. On behalf of the city council, like to

[1:59:52] give this to you. And also like to remind everyone

[1:59:55] that no one wins a championship by themselves. And these

[1:59:59] are the type of folks that do something behind the

[2:00:02] scenes that you never see, and you never know. But

[2:00:05] that writer knows why he won. Do you want to

[2:00:09] say anything? Sure. She brought up the Lake Elsin or

[2:00:13] Grand Prix, just got a brag on my son, because

[2:00:16] he won the, oh gosh, Harvey Mushman race four times.

[2:00:30] So I'm going to take a photo? We got two

[2:00:35] of them.

[2:01:11] Our fire chief has been called away, so we are

[2:01:14] going to defer our second quarter statistical update until our

[2:01:18] next meeting. And we will move now to public comments

[2:01:22] on non - agendaized items one minute in length. Madam

[2:01:27] Clerk, do we have any requests to speak? Yes, I

[2:01:32] have several this evening. First is Nicole Daly. Naaman City

[2:01:40] of Residence, please. Push to talk. Okay. Nicole Daly, like

[2:01:48] LSMO resident. Good evening, Mayor McGee, members of the city

[2:01:51] council, staff and residents. As mentioned, my name is Nicole

[2:01:55] Daly of Ben A Lake Elsar resident for 37 years.

[2:01:58] And tonight I'm speaking on behalf of the Elsiedner Heights

[2:02:01] project team regarding recent concerns about the data center use

[2:02:04] referenced in our notice of preparation. So 2022, our team

[2:02:09] has worked closely with the city to identify a project

[2:02:11] that aligns with its goals and supports much needed infrastructure

[2:02:15] improvements in this part of the city. Choosing the right

[2:02:18] project for this site remains our top priority. To be

[2:02:21] clear, no data center project has been proposed. Rather, the

[2:02:26] potential data set our use was included in our notice

[2:02:28] as a secondary option to typical industrial uses. We did

[2:02:33] this to disclose it openly and early so that potential

[2:02:36] impacts could be looked at as part of our EIR

[2:02:39] process. We understand the community's concerns and they are exactly

[2:02:43] the issues that the environmental review process is designed to

[2:02:47] evaluate before specific project is considered. We are still in

[2:02:51] the early stages and expect the draft EIR to be

[2:02:54] released in the coming months. As our proposal takes shapes,

[2:02:58] we do intend to have community outreach and provide opportunities

[2:03:02] for feedback on whatever our project entails. And we will

[2:03:05] be getting feedback from the community at that time. In

[2:03:08] the meantime, I am available to answer any questions and

[2:03:11] happy to stick around. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Daly.

[2:03:15] Madam Clerk, next speaker. Our next speaker is Kimberly Davidson.

[2:03:19] Davidson. Good evening, Mayor McGee, members of City Council and

[2:03:26] City staff. My name is Kimberly Davidson. I'm a resident

[2:03:30] of Marietta. However, I am the president and CEO of

[2:03:33] the Lake Elsinor Valley Chamber of Commerce. And I am

[2:03:36] here to speak on behalf of Vectra and the Elsinor

[2:03:39] Heights project. Vectra has been a strong partner to the

[2:03:42] chamber and our community meeting with us regularly over the

[2:03:46] past four years. To better understand like Elsinor's needs and

[2:03:50] priorities. Our discussions have focused on community benefits, infrastructure, economic

[2:03:55] development, and the long - term welfare of our city.

[2:03:57] The project is still in the environmental review and evaluation

[2:04:01] phase with specialist carefully assessing its feasibility and appropriateness for

[2:04:07] Lake Elsinor. No approvals are being rushed. At the appropriate

[2:04:12] time, we look forward to helping share accurate information and

[2:04:16] ensuring that residents have opportunities to ask questions and provide

[2:04:19] input. Based on our experience with the development team, we

[2:04:23] are confident that they will engage openly and in good

[2:04:26] faith with the city of Lake Elsinor residents. Thank you.

[2:04:29] Thank you, Ms. Davidson. Next speaker, please. Our next speaker

[2:04:33] is Gianna Maskio. Hello, my name

[2:04:43] is Gianna Mastio, and I'm a proud citizen of Lake

[2:04:47] Elsanor. Thank you for allowing me to speak today, counsel.

[2:04:51] I'm up here today to discuss the proposed plan to

[2:04:53] build a data center in our city, also known as

[2:04:56] the Lake Elsinor Heights Industrial Project. I want to showcase

[2:05:00] my deep disapproval of this happening in our community. According

[2:05:03] to UC Riverside, data centers create substantial health issues from

[2:05:07] SMOG continually in waste fresh water and overpower electricity grids

[2:05:11] causing averages and higher bills for you and me. This

[2:05:15] would be a devastation to our lovely city. Say no

[2:05:18] to this proposal and do not build the data center

[2:05:20] in Lake Ossinor. Thank you. Thank you.

[2:05:32] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is RSLI Preciato.

[2:05:50] Hello, City Council. My name is Araceli Preciado. I actually

[2:05:54] did encounter and submit a submittal from a change. org

[2:05:58] petition that I had the community sign. We are totally

[2:06:03] against the data center in the city of Lake Osednor.

[2:06:06] You guys have come so far with how far we've

[2:06:09] gotten with what we've done with the leak. I know

[2:06:12] that you recently got an 8 million dollar grant to

[2:06:16] fix the water situation. I think that opening up a

[2:06:21] data center, even though it's perplexition number two on the

[2:06:24] plan. I think it's the wrong way to go. The

[2:06:28] Lake City of Lake Ilsinor residents do not deserve to

[2:06:32] be treated that way. It's an environmental hazard. Um. Pardon

[2:06:38] me. Um, there's water issues. We all know that the

[2:06:43] data centers do use up a lot of water. It's

[2:06:46] an environmental issue. I didn't, I don't know if you

[2:06:48] guys know, but there is actually a bald eagle over

[2:06:51] on the coyote, um, cove area. That habitates that area.

[2:06:56] So what are we going to do to our environment

[2:06:59] if we open up a data center. We know that

[2:07:02] there are lots of environmental issues. I think the city

[2:07:06] of Lake Olsenor and their motto is dream extreme. And

[2:07:10] this is just not with that program. Thank you, Arasali.

[2:07:14] Thank you. Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Kendall

[2:07:23] and Slace.

[2:07:34] Hi, good evening. My name is Candid Slace. You think

[2:07:38] everybody here at the council, especially Bob McGee, our mayor.

[2:07:41] I love this town. I'm a business. I own a

[2:07:44] business town. I try to help my fellow citizens and

[2:07:47] their animals. Some of you may not know the creek

[2:07:49] that flows from tough channel under grand avenue and through

[2:07:52] my property, this creek ultimately connects with McVicker channel that

[2:07:56] feeds water into Lake Yellsner. That's of course, if we

[2:07:59] get rain. I mean, seriously. I consider myself somewhat of

[2:08:02] a caretaker of that lake by keeping that creak of

[2:08:05] mom my property free of debris. This I do so

[2:08:08] that every drop of water can flow into that lake

[2:08:10] because we all know that water is precious resource and

[2:08:14] our lake needs every drop of water we can get.

[2:08:16] That lake saved our town during the holy fire and

[2:08:19] the airport fire. And each and every one of us

[2:08:23] to conserve water that precious lake as best as we

[2:08:26] can, which brings me here today. I don't normally come

[2:08:28] to these meetings mostly because of my help. But when

[2:08:30] I do it, it's because I need to speak up

[2:08:32] about something that I stand firm with conviction. This data

[2:08:36] center. Will consume ginormous amounts of water to power them.

[2:08:42] Go ahead and finish. Can I finish? Yes. Thank you.

[2:08:48] For those of you in the audience, we have one

[2:08:50] minute speaking at the very beginning. If you have something

[2:08:52] brief to share. And then three minutes at the end.

[2:08:56] Please continue. I would just like to just finish this

[2:08:58] and they'll be done. Our city managers and planners and

[2:09:01] council members have a responsibility to ensure that our precious

[2:09:04] lake is protected. I mean, after all, we spent millions

[2:09:06] of dollars on nanobubblers launch point and wealth stocking our

[2:09:09] fish. Why it's our dream extreme motto. Our city is

[2:09:13] a jigsaw puzzle with proper planning. I just questioned some

[2:09:16] of this. If an else and official is that is

[2:09:19] responsible for issuing a conditional use or permit or license,

[2:09:22] it doesn't matter if it's in the future now or

[2:09:24] whatever. Your guys'name will go into infamy. Okay. This thing

[2:09:29] will consume. Your responsible. You're responsible. So am I. Water.

[2:09:34] I have to protect. That goes down through my property.

[2:09:37] It's hard for me to do that. Okay. It is.

[2:09:41] And we all know that we need this. This is

[2:09:44] the largest natural lake here in California. I mean, waterfowl

[2:09:48] uses this as migration. If we allow this business to

[2:09:51] come and put a data center in here, for what.

[2:09:55] For what? Is it going to benefit us? Is it

[2:09:57] going to benefit your children? I heard somebody on the

[2:09:59] phone. You were on the phone with your children. Your

[2:10:03] children's children. We need to protect it. We need to

[2:10:07] protect it. And you guys are responsible. And so am

[2:10:11] I. I'm responsible because I let water flow through. I've

[2:10:16] spent literally tens of thousands of dollars to allow water

[2:10:19] to flow through to connect to a channel. For you

[2:10:22] guys to get the water free. I paid for that.

[2:10:25] You guys need to make sure that this multimillion dollar

[2:10:29] company or whoever does not sip the water not only

[2:10:32] for our town, wildemar. Canyon lake. South Corona, parts of

[2:10:40] minifi and Marietta. Thank you.

[2:10:52] Nick speaker, Madam Clerk. Our next speaker is Ace Vallejos.

[2:11:04] What do you mean, explodes? I'm here to talk about

[2:11:06] the mega warehouses. We were there. I think it's my

[2:11:09] third, fourth meeting I've been to. Still don't have a

[2:11:12] lot of questions answered. First of all, two large mega

[2:11:16] warehouses off of Baker Street. They're talking about, you know,

[2:11:20] they're not going to go down to Nichols Lake Street

[2:11:23] to go up north. And then they're going to go

[2:11:26] the other way. And then the other one is the

[2:11:28] zoning. They want to change the zoning of the property

[2:11:30] at the state. They said at the city's request. So

[2:11:34] the point is, is that, you know, the rezoning, the

[2:11:38] property is M2 and should be, if it's light manufacturing,

[2:11:41] I don't think anybody would have a problem with that.

[2:11:43] The mega warehouses of 700, 000 square feet and a

[2:11:46] million square feet is ridiculous. You know, we don't even

[2:11:49] know what's going in there. It could be, uh, ice

[2:11:53] center, could be a, I don't know, a prison. Could

[2:11:58] it be, uh, what else could it be. We don't

[2:12:01] know because they're not going to, they don't know. And

[2:12:03] then you take a look at the nickel's offering or

[2:12:06] on ramp, whatever you want to call it. RCTC hasn't

[2:12:08] even started to look at that. So the questions that

[2:12:11] need to be answered. And if the city is interested

[2:12:14] in changing the zoning, they should let somebody know about

[2:12:16] it. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Vallejo. Next speaker, please.

[2:12:25] Our next speaker is Emery. I'm sorry. MRE Doherty.

[2:12:40] Hi, my name is Emry. Uh, I'm here to make

[2:12:42] a quick comment about the proposed data center construction. Um,

[2:12:45] I think approving this would be a grave mistake. I

[2:12:48] am asking the city councillor to please consider a data

[2:12:52] center moratorium as other local cities like Paris have enacted

[2:12:58] in response to what comes with the construction of these

[2:13:01] data centers. As we've seen across the country, people's water

[2:13:05] supply is getting poisoned at rare forms of cancer emerging

[2:13:08] in various states like Ohio, Oregon, uh, South Carolina. I

[2:13:14] think this would be a grave mistake to approve. And

[2:13:19] so please consider that. Thank you. Thank you, Emily.

[2:13:30] Next speaker, please. Last speaker for one minute comment says

[2:13:33] Kim Cousins.

[2:13:44] Good evening. My name's Kim Cousins and I'm a resident

[2:13:46] of Lake Elsner for 36 years in our retiree. So

[2:13:50] good evening. Mayor McGee Council member City Council staff and

[2:13:55] our neighbors. Uh, based on the experience over the last

[2:13:58] four years working with Vectra has been an excellent developer

[2:14:01] who has engaged the city of Lake Gelsnor and the

[2:14:04] city council economic development subcommittee along with the city of

[2:14:08] Lake Alistair Management team and departments, including fire services, dialogue

[2:14:13] on appropriate use of their property. And has been very

[2:14:16] transparent and collaborative. Over those years with the plans that

[2:14:20] made multiple modifications to address not only the city of

[2:14:23] Lake Elsa requests, but also EVMWD and Riverside flood control.

[2:14:28] I am confident that vector's team will move forward in

[2:14:31] good faith. With the city of Lake Elsinor as they

[2:14:34] move through the development cycle over the next several months

[2:14:38] of not years. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr.

[2:14:40] President. Madam Clerk, no more speakers under that section? Correct.

[2:14:49] Very good then. We'll move now to our consent calendar.

[2:14:55] On our consent calendar. We have. Items 13. 1 through

[2:15:03] 1312. I would like to pull item 13. 5 for

[2:15:09] a staff presentation. And I believe the mayor Pro Tem

[2:15:12] wanted to pull item 13. 6. Now 13. 11. I'm

[2:15:17] sorry. 13. 11. Mr. Marlows? I'll make the motion on

[2:15:22] the remainder when it pops up. Very good. Any further

[2:15:26] discussion. Madam Clerk, did we have any speakers on any

[2:15:31] of those items? No, sir. Very good. Who have a

[2:15:35] motion from Councilman Romanos, a second from council member Carroll.

[2:15:40] Hearing no further discussion. Please record your vote.

[2:15:57] The items pass unanimously. That'll take us to item 13.

[2:16:02] 5. Requesting a staff presentation from Adam Gafari.

[2:16:15] Mr. Mayor, council members, Adam Goffyrati, assistant director of Lake

[2:16:19] and Community Operations tonight before you is an approval for

[2:16:23] water quality equipment for the lake. Um, and I'm going

[2:16:26] to run through a short presentation. If you have any

[2:16:28] questions at the end, I'll be able to answer them

[2:16:30] for you. Thank you very much, sir. So if you

[2:16:33] remember back in 2023, uh, city council approved our first

[2:16:37] lake management plan. And since then, we've been working through

[2:16:40] that plan. And from the beginning, this plan is a

[2:16:43] roadmap. We, every step of the way doing a little

[2:16:47] thing for the lake and seeing how the lake responds,

[2:16:50] um, so far we've done nano bubble pilot projects. We've

[2:16:54] done algeside treatments. Foss lock and then also working on

[2:16:57] our shoreline maintenance. Um, the next slide I'm going to

[2:17:00] review kind of what we've done with nano bubbles. So

[2:17:05] the first phase, which was installed in February of 2024,

[2:17:09] um, injects 500 pounds of oxygen in the lake each

[2:17:12] day. And the importance of this oxygen into the lake

[2:17:15] is it prevents the reloading of nutrients into the lake.

[2:17:19] And so if we have oxygen at the bottom of

[2:17:21] the lake, it kind of caps those nutrients. And when

[2:17:24] I talk about nutrients, it's phosphorus and nitrogen. And it's

[2:17:27] this phosphorus and nitrogen is what feeds the algae. So

[2:17:30] if we can cap that bottom will prevent that cycle

[2:17:33] of algae blooms every year. Our second phase, which was

[2:17:36] installed in October of 2024, included two barges. Now these

[2:17:42] second and third barges were much larger than our pilot.

[2:17:44] They injected each 2, 500 pounds of oxygen. So as

[2:17:48] of today, we're injecting about 5, 500 pounds of oxygen

[2:17:52] each day. Tonight, with your approval, we'll be installing two

[2:17:57] more barges. And the plan is to upgrade the pilot

[2:18:01] barge. So the pilot barge, as you remember, is 500

[2:18:04] pounds per day. We're going to upgrade that one to

[2:18:07] 5, 000 pounds per day. In addition to that, we'll

[2:18:11] also have the capabilities to inject ozone. Ozone is an

[2:18:14] amazing sanitizer and it'll help us fight those algae blooms.

[2:18:18] In addition, we'll do another barge. So tonight with this

[2:18:22] approval, it's 10, 000 more pounds per day in the

[2:18:25] lake. With total one, when we're done this year, we'll

[2:18:29] be injecting 15, 000 pounds of oxygen in the lake

[2:18:32] every day. Why 15, 000? Well, that's what the scientists

[2:18:35] have told us. We've done studies with a sediment core.

[2:18:39] We take core samples of the sediment in the lake,

[2:18:42] um, and five different locations and run studies. And the

[2:18:45] studies have shown that each day our sediment in the

[2:18:48] lake needs 15, 000 pounds of oxygen. So we're hitting

[2:18:51] that goal to night. We have moled here tonight, our

[2:18:56] vendor, um, great partner with the city, um, bail to

[2:19:00] answer some more questions for you tonight. But the, the

[2:19:03] schedule right now with your approval tonight will be able

[2:19:06] to meet a schedule with delivery in November and installation

[2:19:10] in this December. So by the end of this year,

[2:19:12] we'll be up to 15, 000 pounds of oxygen. Why

[2:19:17] Mollier, why an anable technology? Well, we started with that

[2:19:20] pilot. And initially when we installed that pilot, we see,

[2:19:23] we saw immediate increases and dissolved oxygen and also ORP.

[2:19:28] ORP is a measure of how much a body of

[2:19:32] water can clean itself. And so we have independent testing

[2:19:35] done that shows five different data sets that the nanobubble

[2:19:40] project is working the way it was supposed to. And

[2:19:42] that's why we're taking that next step and increasing our

[2:19:45] nanobubble project. In addition to that, um, LEAMS, which is

[2:19:51] our legacy system, our aeration system. Every year we calculate

[2:19:55] how that system is doing. This last year in 2025,

[2:19:59] we had the most nitrogen offsets in phosphorus offsets since

[2:20:03] that system was installed. So with our independent study and

[2:20:07] the LEAM study, it's proving that the nanobubble technology is

[2:20:11] working in our lake. I'm going to call up Chris

[2:20:16] Steffen, the global director of Molier to go over this

[2:20:18] next slide and talk about what Molier is doing and

[2:20:21] how they're a partner with this city. Thank you, Adam.

[2:20:30] Mayor, good to see you, counsel. Always good to see

[2:20:32] you. City manager Simpson. Thank you. Uh, honored to be

[2:20:37] here again and to have been a part of this,

[2:20:40] uh, long phased approach in your lake management plan. I

[2:20:44] just want to commend the council city manager and mayor

[2:20:49] how well you've executed on this plan and how well

[2:20:52] Adam and the team of executed on this plan, uh,

[2:20:55] to be able to put together a really well -

[2:20:58] rounded treatment, uh, for the lake. And then the monitoring

[2:21:02] that's been included on it to be able to bring

[2:21:04] the data back to make informed decisions, uh, Adam is

[2:21:08] presented some really good information there. Really simple graph that,

[2:21:11] that, uh, highlight here is just looking at prior to

[2:21:16] the nanomontable oxygenation systems being added to the lake for

[2:21:19] the years prior. You can see there was very little

[2:21:22] oxygen being measured in the center of the lake and

[2:21:25] the deepest part of the lake. And this is in

[2:21:27] a sand or a probe that's down near the bottom

[2:21:31] of the water body. Actually quite a way. It's from

[2:21:35] the near treatment of the nano bubble systems. Uh, but

[2:21:38] you can see prior to the nano bottles being introduced

[2:21:41] in October of 24. Very little dissolved oxygen down at

[2:21:45] the bottom of the lake causing those nutrients to come

[2:21:47] out of the sediments and causing these harmful algae blooms

[2:21:51] that had closed the lakes, uh, closed the lake previously.

[2:21:54] Since the nano bottle installation there in the phased approach

[2:21:57] that you guys have taken the folks have taken here

[2:22:00] on your team, uh, you can see just the consistent

[2:22:02] improvement in the dissolved oxygen levels away from the treatment

[2:22:07] systems in the center of the lake in the deepest

[2:22:09] part of the lake where it's most important where those

[2:22:12] nutrients actually typically settled because it's a bowl and they

[2:22:17] settle into that area. Great data has been captured here

[2:22:21] to, uh, really derive, uh, your plan and, uh, again,

[2:22:25] just how well your team is executed on it. You're

[2:22:28] not alone in this. Over half of the lakes in

[2:22:31] the United States are impaired. Half. Of the natural water

[2:22:36] bodies in this country are impaired. Yet you guys aren't

[2:22:40] alone in taking this challenge on and improving your lake

[2:22:44] and bringing the benefits to your community. There's a lake

[2:22:47] about 50 miles from here. Uh, there are cults of

[2:22:50] their board voted to approve three systems similar to the

[2:22:53] ones floating on the lake right now to be installed

[2:22:56] in April. Florida, we have a number of systems being

[2:22:59] installed in Florida right now. Georgia, there's a project that's

[2:23:04] being proposed and set for a decision in September to

[2:23:08] do a very large river in Georgia. Minnesota, Wisconsin, uh,

[2:23:14] a number of states in the Northeast have all committed

[2:23:17] to putting projects in. And actually, they've looked at what

[2:23:21] the success you've had as being innovators in this. Moliers,

[2:23:25] you know, is a Los Angeles - based company. We're

[2:23:27] about 100 people, 15 PhDs on staff. We're environmental engineering

[2:23:32] company at heart. We just happen to have invented a

[2:23:36] technology to be able to utilize oxygen and put it

[2:23:40] into water bodies. Right now we have over 10, 000

[2:23:44] installations in 55 countries around the world. And, uh, one

[2:23:48] of those is here at Lake Elsinor. We couldn't be

[2:23:51] more proud to be your partner and to see the

[2:23:53] success you've had with your lake restoration plan and to

[2:23:56] play a foundational piece to that. So I'm here to

[2:23:59] say thank you for your support, for your partnership. And

[2:24:03] it's been really truly an honor to work along with

[2:24:05] your staff and with you to execute on these plans

[2:24:08] that have brought such a great improvement to the lake.

[2:24:12] I look forward to your consideration on this agenda item

[2:24:15] tonight. But thank you again for the opportunity to work

[2:24:18] with you. Thank you, sir. And I think one of

[2:24:25] the most important things I want to talk about tonight

[2:24:28] is, uh, this has all been funded by federal appropriations

[2:24:32] that city staff working with our city manager, um, and

[2:24:36] our mayor and our council worked really hard with congressman

[2:24:38] Calvert's office, um, and so this is the first step

[2:24:41] in that eight million dollars that we got. And we're,

[2:24:43] we're not stopping there. We're continuing work with the original

[2:24:46] partners to look at more grants so that we can

[2:24:49] take the burden off the city. Um, my last slide

[2:24:53] tonight, uh, they always say a picture is worth a

[2:24:57] thousand words. So, uh, here's from 2015 all the way

[2:25:01] until December of 2025. You can see the drastic change

[2:25:05] in color in Lake Olsinor. Still a lot of work

[2:25:08] to be done, but we're very proud of the work

[2:25:09] we've done to today. And we're excited to see the

[2:25:13] lake next year when we got 15, 000 pounds of

[2:25:15] oxygen. Thank you. Any questions from

[2:25:25] my colleagues. Go first. Oh, just wanted to just step

[2:25:32] out and say, uh, thanks to staff for Adam, uh,

[2:25:36] you really took up the lead on this one. Genuinely

[2:25:39] appreciate that. I also want to go ahead and, um,

[2:25:42] you know, appreciate our city manager, Jason Simpson, uh, who

[2:25:47] backed this for a number of years, uh, we worked

[2:25:52] on this for far longer than most people recognize, uh,

[2:25:56] we got help from Senator Diane Feinstein before she died.

[2:26:02] We had help from Alex Padilla, Kim Calvert. There's been

[2:26:07] a number of other elected fish. This council approved a

[2:26:10] 1. 5 million dollar matching funds grant in order to

[2:26:13] get the first one just as a test pilot project

[2:26:15] that was totally out. Like we didn't know how it

[2:26:18] was going to work out quite frankly. We had some

[2:26:20] good ideas. We had some feelings, but we didn't know

[2:26:22] exactly how it was going to work out. And, um,

[2:26:24] I also want to go ahead and thank the residents,

[2:26:27] uh, for having faith in us to actually try something

[2:26:30] out and take a chance and take a risk. Because

[2:26:32] it could have very well not worked out. And we're

[2:26:34] seeing the results now. It's been fantastic. We went from

[2:26:38] an impaired body of lake that the California state of

[2:26:40] California said we could not allow bodies to touch to

[2:26:45] almost three consecutive years now where there's where there's almost

[2:26:48] undetectable levels of toxins in the lake, which is absolutely

[2:26:51] astonishing. It's a total turnaround. It's something that nobody said

[2:26:54] could happen. And, uh, so, uh, very proud of all

[2:26:58] of that. So thank you. And congratulations to everybody involved.

[2:27:08] Okay. Item 13. 5. I'll entertain a motion. You have

[2:27:16] a motion from the mayor protem. Second from Council Member

[2:27:19] Manos. Harry, no further discussion. Please record your vote. The

[2:27:28] item passes unanimously. Thank you gentlemen.

[2:27:39] That takes us now to item 13. 11. Mr. Mayor

[2:27:44] Pro Tem, what is your pleasure? Uh, staff report, please.

[2:27:47] Thank you, Bo. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh,

[2:27:51] Mayor Portem and council and city manager leadership. Thank you

[2:27:54] so much. My name is Bo Davis. I'm with the

[2:27:56] recreation department. And I'm excited here to present here about

[2:28:00] the successes of TC Sports Inc. and Rosetta Canyon Sports

[2:28:03] Park. And with those successes, we are before you asking

[2:28:07] for an additional 37, 600 dollars on the contract to

[2:28:11] cover the field maintenance budget increases. This increases primarily driven

[2:28:16] through the increased demand of the usage of that park.

[2:28:20] Uh, what the motion does not change as any of

[2:28:22] the management agreement or the usage or the allocation of

[2:28:26] the purpose of the mission of it. It just simply

[2:28:28] is increasing this line item. And just a little bit

[2:28:31] of history, right? We started this partnership with TC Sports

[2:28:34] Inc. in 2018 within our original contract renewed in 2024.

[2:28:39] And here in 2026, we're just, um, because the successes,

[2:28:42] we're looking at increased that line item and on the

[2:28:45] agreement, um, to cover the increased costs, uh, TC sports

[2:28:49] is a franchisee of trip crown sports. So they host

[2:28:51] triple crown tournaments here as well as numerous others. Uh,

[2:28:54] there's a rather large tournament this last week across multiple,

[2:28:59] uh, complexes. And I'd be happy to announce if you

[2:29:02] haven't heard our 16 new team from Lake Elsinor actually

[2:29:05] took, uh, the championship. So congratulations to those Dukes. The

[2:29:09] West Coast Dukes, the 16U. They have extensive national relationships

[2:29:14] and contacts. That's how, uh, they're so valuable as a

[2:29:17] partner. Um, in this, in this operation of Rosita Canyon

[2:29:21] sports bar. So they operate all the scheduling. The tournament

[2:29:24] development, the concessions, field maintenance. It's all under just one

[2:29:27] agreement. Um, and they do still actively coordinate with the

[2:29:30] local youth leagues and residents in HOAs to provide access

[2:29:34] at that facility. We all know Rosetta Canyon sports park

[2:29:38] is an amazing park. It's one of the greatest parks

[2:29:40] in the nation. Um, because of everything you can do

[2:29:43] there. From dog parks to championship level, uh, tournaments softball,

[2:29:48] baseball is played at that facility. Um, flag football, uh,

[2:29:52] tackle football competitive soccer. Uh, and like I said on

[2:29:56] August 22nd, uh, there will be a movie there with

[2:29:59] the HOA. So the current agreement again, it's 250, 000

[2:30:02] dollars to manage it and to take care of other,

[2:30:05] uh, miscellaneous items around there, the daily operations. They have

[2:30:09] an individual there from 6 a. m. to 10 p.

[2:30:11] m. every single day. And the field maintenance budget is

[2:30:14] when the tournaments there, because it requires four additional people,

[2:30:18] at least to be there to turn those fields over

[2:30:20] between games. They'll play eight, nine games on a field.

[2:30:24] From, you know, they'll be there at six in the

[2:30:25] morning. Prepping fields getting ready for the day. And then

[2:30:28] till 12, one o'clock in the morning, turning those fields

[2:30:30] over for the next morning's games, um, so they'll manage

[2:30:34] day to day. They manage the concession. They manage the

[2:30:36] tournament schedulings. Um, and then of course market and coordinate

[2:30:40] with our economic development to encourage business, encourage tourism here

[2:30:44] in Lake Elsinorm. So the one line item in that

[2:30:47] agreement. That's one chance that goes from 62, 400 to

[2:30:51] 37, or excuse me, to 100, 000, which is an

[2:30:53] increase of 37, 600 dollars So that's the item specifically.

[2:30:59] And it's again, driven by that rising demand, uh, by

[2:31:02] the field. So the growing term at volume, uh, it's

[2:31:05] all the fields. It's, it's nearly every single weekend. That's

[2:31:08] not rained out. Um, there's more field techs, more work

[2:31:11] that's needed when you have that kind of workload. If

[2:31:14] you had visited Rosetta this past weekend, this past week,

[2:31:17] it was just hammered. And in between every game, you

[2:31:20] see a number of individuals out there turning those fields

[2:31:22] over. It still is the most cost effective way to

[2:31:25] manage that park, to have those hours and the demand

[2:31:28] on those individuals. Um, it's still the most cost effective

[2:31:31] way versus, um, training and hiring and scheduling city staff.

[2:31:36] And it's, um, it's also paid for by the growth

[2:31:38] of those tournaments. The more tournaments, more revenue for those

[2:31:42] bookings. And it helps offset those costs to operate that

[2:31:44] part. Um, you know, listening to previous council meetings and

[2:31:49] knowing the history of Rosetta, a main theme has been,

[2:31:53] the residents need to have access to this, right? Like

[2:31:54] we, we want to make sure we know the intention

[2:31:56] of this facility is for driving that economic benefit through

[2:32:00] sports tourism, which is one of the biggest industries and

[2:32:04] tourism across the nation. But we still make a way

[2:32:09] for Lake Elsinor residents to utilize that field. So, um,

[2:32:13] I reviewed some of the scheduling over the last couple

[2:32:16] of years and I see regular practices and usage by

[2:32:19] legs, which is our girl softball organization. Um, I know

[2:32:22] I've spoken personally to presidents of other organizations baseball, Lake

[2:32:26] Elsan are literally specifically. There's just not that request there.

[2:32:29] Um, they, they're currently satisfied with a number of fields

[2:32:32] they have. And so they've not reached out to our

[2:32:35] knowledge and speaking with past presidents. Um, for those that

[2:32:39] field space, they've not needed it quite yet. Um, the

[2:32:41] agreement does give priority to local athletes whenever fields are

[2:32:44] not being used for tournament and competitive play. A TC

[2:32:48] sports in there, the caveat that legs receives one free

[2:32:51] tournament every year. And I proud to present that legs

[2:32:55] hosted one at three day tournament in May of this

[2:32:57] year. Um, and again, on the August 22, the Canyon

[2:33:00] Hills HOA will be hosting a football soccer movie in

[2:33:03] the park of the football soccer field. And just really

[2:33:05] want to make sure people understand that a field, there's

[2:33:07] 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. every single day.

[2:33:09] And so if you feel like the fields are locked,

[2:33:11] it is, it's a little bit of a safety, right?

[2:33:13] We've had an e - bike issue. People, you know,

[2:33:15] vandalizing things, letting dogs run on these artificial turf fields.

[2:33:19] So they do oftentimes lock them, but they have a

[2:33:21] representative around every day and they've repeatedly told us, you

[2:33:24] just go find that person working on the field, say,

[2:33:27] I want to get on this field and open up,

[2:33:29] they'll open up that field for you to get in.

[2:33:30] Now, when a team reserves it in the evening, similar

[2:33:33] to Canyon Hills, McVicker, sucomatic, any one of our numerous

[2:33:37] sparks, that team does have the right to that field

[2:33:40] in that evening. So, uh, when the teens and it's

[2:33:42] not booked, there will be a field always open for

[2:33:45] the public. Um, again, we see the booking records that

[2:33:48] it's being used by resident and local leagues. And it's

[2:33:51] still, the field allocation follows the intendant economic benefit while

[2:33:55] still giving priority to local athletes. Right. So that's, that's

[2:34:00] where we're at. Again, it's a regional economic engine. It

[2:34:04] sees more than 265, 000 people. You're some years eclipsed

[2:34:07] 300 and close to 500, 000 visits a year. Um,

[2:34:10] it has enormously helped the corridor there on central. Um,

[2:34:15] and we looked at some numbers and it's a net

[2:34:18] five million dollar increase revenue from 2016 to today. We've

[2:34:23] seen the retail growth. I've, I've contributed my tax dollars

[2:34:26] there. Uh, through raising canes and Chick - fil -

[2:34:29] A and Jersey Mikes. And of course, the in and

[2:34:31] out. Hopefully you've all enjoyed that. Uh, and I truly,

[2:34:35] we believe that that's all been driven. I see many

[2:34:38] times, uh, young women and boys and sports apparel coming

[2:34:42] out of, um, establishments. And it is still a part

[2:34:45] of the city's 2040 vision. The dream extreme 2040 plan

[2:34:49] to have a destination driven by tourism. And economic development.

[2:34:54] So again, so the fiscal impact and recommendation is simply,

[2:34:57] you know, the total contract will be 350, 000, the

[2:35:00] 250 management, 100 for the field maintenance, which is that

[2:35:03] increase of the 37, 000. So we're asking that council

[2:35:07] approves this motion, this recommendation to this amendment on the

[2:35:11] increase in the city manageable execute it, um, we'll go

[2:35:15] from there. If you have any questions. I do. My

[2:35:18] initial concern was that the contract was signed in February

[2:35:21] of 2024 and the field maintenance costs were 62, 400.

[2:35:26] And now it's been increased by more than 50 percent

[2:35:32] Can you speak to why it costs the increase has

[2:35:36] gone up so much. And what I would consider a

[2:35:39] relatively short amount of time. Yeah, I honestly, it's because

[2:35:42] of the park that the city built and it's the

[2:35:44] good partnership of TC sports ink. Sports tourism continues to

[2:35:49] grow. We get routine requests by new travel leagues. New

[2:35:53] travel teams. So there's more and more people and young

[2:35:55] women playing. It's gotten recognition from other national organizations. So

[2:35:59] the higher demand. I believe when that first contract was

[2:36:03] written and when it was approved in 2024, the idea

[2:36:05] is to, you know, play it a little bit slow.

[2:36:08] Start the number low. Figure out how things the chips

[2:36:11] are going to fall. We don't want to over, overextend

[2:36:13] ourselves to an extent. And we want to see how

[2:36:15] things play out. Now that things have played out really

[2:36:18] well, we need to officially increase that line item to

[2:36:22] be able to cover those costs. And in the contract,

[2:36:25] it does state. Like if, if the reduction, um, field

[2:36:28] reservations, then the reduction in staff. So we don't pay

[2:36:31] for these staff. We don't reimburse TC sports ink for

[2:36:34] these staff unless there is a tournament unless there is,

[2:36:37] um, field maintenance crews out there. So is it fair

[2:36:40] to say that the increases a result of more tournaments

[2:36:42] coming in? Yes, sir. That is, that is, we don't,

[2:36:45] uh, we don't pay for field maintenance for just regular

[2:36:47] practices. That's all covered under the management agreement. So as

[2:36:50] tournaments go in, and we've seen an increase in longer

[2:36:53] tournaments during the weeks, weekday tournaments. So it's, it's not

[2:36:56] necessarily, weekends a year, right? So you think, okay, that's

[2:36:59] a set number. But as the summers and these holiday

[2:37:03] tournaments, they'll begin on Thursday and on Monday. People were

[2:37:06] taking days off of school and work to accommodate some

[2:37:08] of these tournaments as well. So we're seeing an increase

[2:37:10] that too. Okay. That was my concern, Mayor. Thank you.

[2:37:14] Very good. Any other comments from my colleagues. You're in

[2:37:17] on it. It's time to entertain a motion. I'm unable

[2:37:22] to call it electronically. If you can voice your motion

[2:37:25] in second. I'll make a motion that we adopt staff

[2:37:27] recommendation to accept the contract changes. I'll second that. We

[2:37:30] have a motion and a second. Any further discussion. Hearing

[2:37:34] none. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye.

[2:37:37] Opposed. Hearing none, the item passes unanimously. That moves us

[2:37:43] now to our successor agency calendar items 14. 1 through

[2:37:49] 14. 5. Madam clerk, we have any request to speak

[2:37:54] on any of those items. No, sir. Very good. What's

[2:37:57] the pleasure of the agency. Move approval of the items.

[2:38:03] I will second that. We have a motion and a

[2:38:06] second. Any further discussion. Hearing none. Please record your vote.

[2:38:12] I guess we have the electronics back now.

[2:38:24] And the items pass unanimously. That takes us now to

[2:38:28] item number 16 business item 16. 1. Resolution directing the

[2:38:35] city clerk to transmit measure T to the city attorney

[2:38:39] for preparation of an impartial analysis of the November 3rd,

[2:38:45] 2026 general municipal election authorizing the filing of a written

[2:38:50] argument in favor of measure T and authorizing rebuttal arguments.

[2:38:57] Madam attorney, do we need to have a staff report.

[2:39:01] City clerk is prepared to provide one if you want

[2:39:04] it. I apologize, Madam Clerk. And before I, before I

[2:39:08] turn you loose, did we have any request to speak

[2:39:10] on the item. I do not. Very good. The floor

[2:39:14] is yours. Thank you. Good evening honorable mayor members of

[2:39:17] the city council. My name is Candace Alvarez. I'm the

[2:39:18] city clerk. Um, this item relates to measure T, which

[2:39:23] the city council previously placed on the November 3rd, 2026

[2:39:27] ballot to change the Office of City Treasurer from elective

[2:39:30] to a point of. Tonight's action is limited to the

[2:39:32] next election administration steps for the ballot measure. The measure

[2:39:37] is already on the ballot. So this item does not

[2:39:39] place the measure before voters again. Instead, uh, the requested

[2:39:43] action is to direct the city clerk to send measure

[2:39:45] T to the city attorney for preparation of the impartial

[2:39:48] analysis. Authorize the filing of an argument in favor of

[2:39:51] the measure and allow rebuttal arguments if an argument against

[2:39:54] the measure is submitted. Elections code section 9280 provides that

[2:40:00] the city attorney prepares the impartial analysis, which is limited

[2:40:03] to 500 words and printed before the arguments in the

[2:40:06] voter information materials. Under elections code section 9282, the city

[2:40:11] council or one or more members authorized by the city

[2:40:13] council may file a written argument for a city measure.

[2:40:18] And finally elections code section 9285 authorizes rebuttal arguments of

[2:40:23] up to 250 words. After city council direction has provided,

[2:40:28] staff will finalize the filings for the statutory deadlines. The

[2:40:34] impartial analysis and direct argument in favor are due to

[2:40:37] the county by August 17, 2026. And a rebuttal argument

[2:40:42] if one is needed would be due on August 27,

[2:40:45] 2026. Each filing is also subject to a public examination

[2:40:49] period under the elections code. The main policy choice tonight

[2:40:56] is whether the city council wants to file an argument

[2:40:58] in favor of the measure. And if so, whether you

[2:41:00] want the full council to sign it or just one

[2:41:03] or more designated council members. Authorized members may prepare and

[2:41:08] sign the argument and I may submit the argument without

[2:41:10] returning to city council for a second approval unless the

[2:41:13] council specifically wants that extra review step. Council action is

[2:41:18] permissive rather than mandatory with respect to filing a written

[2:41:20] argument. So if the council doesn't want to authorize an

[2:41:23] argument, no council sponsored argument will be filed. Although any

[2:41:27] individual voter, um, eligible to vote on the measure may

[2:41:31] still file an argument in his or her individual capacity

[2:41:34] subject to the elections code. Staff recommends adoption of the

[2:41:38] resolution directing the city clerk to transmit measure T to

[2:41:41] the city attorney for impartial analysis and authorizing the written

[2:41:44] argument and rebuttal arguments in favor of measure T if

[2:41:47] the council so desires. And if the council or one

[2:41:51] or more members wants to submit an argument, you will

[2:41:54] need to identify those members tonight. This concludes my report.

[2:42:00] I will go back to my seat so I can

[2:42:02] continue running the background. But I am available if you

[2:42:06] have any questions. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. We

[2:42:08] will speak slowly and allow you plenty of time. We

[2:42:16] had no request to speak on this item. So we'll

[2:42:18] bring it up to the dais. What is the pleasure

[2:42:21] of my colleagues? Council Romanos. I'll be happy to submit.

[2:42:24] A written argument in favor of, uh, the measure. I'll

[2:42:28] make the motion to that effect. Any other comments from

[2:42:32] my colleagues. Hearing none, we have a motion. Do we

[2:42:37] have a second. Second. We have a second from the

[2:42:40] mayor pro - temp. Any further discussion. Hearing none. Please

[2:42:47] record your vote electronically. In the item passes unanimously. Thank

[2:42:56] you, council member monos. That takes us now to public

[2:43:01] comments on non - agendaized items three minutes in length.

[2:43:07] Madam Clerk, do we have any requests to speak? I

[2:43:12] do. First is, Deborah Gold. Ms. Gold, name in city

[2:43:22] of residence, please. Hello, uh, city council. My name is

[2:43:30] Debra Gold and I'm a resident here in Lake Elsinor.

[2:43:34] I am concerned with the Elsinor Heights Industrial Project. And

[2:43:38] I oppose any data centers in or around our town.

[2:43:42] These data centers use a ton of water up to

[2:43:44] 15 million gallons per day. 1. 8 billion annually per

[2:43:48] the environmental and energy study institute. Their energy use is

[2:43:53] extremely high and it increases electricity. Prices for households in

[2:43:59] areas that have data centers. Uh, they also use a

[2:44:02] lot of fossil fuels with their backup generators which pollutes

[2:44:05] the air. The noise is a huge concern. The noise

[2:44:09] can be up to 96 decibels. Hearing protection is required

[2:44:13] for workers who spend eight hours in 85 decibels. This

[2:44:17] is 11 decibels higher and we would be experiencing this

[2:44:20] noise 24 hours per day. The light pollution is another

[2:44:24] concern. It messes with people circadian rhythm. It throws wildlife

[2:44:28] habitat development and migration patterns off per the environmental health

[2:44:31] project. Heat from these servers running creates heat islands increasing

[2:44:37] the surrounding temperature by approximately 3. 6 degrees in towns

[2:44:42] near data centers. Lakeyesner is already hot enough as it

[2:44:45] is. Contamination of soil and waterways is another concern. You

[2:44:49] guys are doing this wonderful lake cleanup and we're all

[2:44:52] so happy about it. We'd like to keep our waterways

[2:44:55] clean. It's not going to add any jobs beyond the

[2:45:00] initial construction or very few jobs. Pardon me. So it's

[2:45:04] not really going to be bringing that into town. Lake

[2:45:06] Elsinor is primarily a residential city putting a data center

[2:45:10] here will not only devalue the homes that the people

[2:45:12] here have worked so hard to be able to buy.

[2:45:15] But it will pollute the environment in which we are

[2:45:16] raising our families. We and our children deserve a quiet

[2:45:19] and peaceful environment destroying all that with a data center

[2:45:22] is wrong and unacceptable. Please amend the city's zoning ordinance

[2:45:27] is to prohibit any data centers in or around Lake

[2:45:29] Ilsinor. Thank you for your time. Thank you Mr. Gold.

[2:45:43] Next speaker, Madam Clerk. Our next speaker is Eulene Greenwood.

[2:45:54] Hello. Um, I would like to thank the city council

[2:45:57] for this opportunity to address you tonight. I'm in Greenwood.

[2:46:03] I grew up and worked in Orange County. And when

[2:46:07] I retired, my husband and I decided to come and

[2:46:10] retire here. And Lake Elsinor. We really loved the small

[2:46:14] town rural feel here in Lake Elsinor. Um, like many

[2:46:19] before me, I'm here to talk to you about the

[2:46:22] Ilsinor Heights Industrial Center. Um, I first found out about

[2:46:26] the industrial center, the plans for the industrial center from

[2:46:30] an email. And so I immediately went to the internet

[2:46:34] and did an internet search and that search took me

[2:46:37] directly to the city's website during which I found the

[2:46:43] notice of preparation. Um, that was prepared by the city

[2:46:47] planning department. I, like many others tonight, um, would like

[2:46:57] to express my concerns about a data center about this

[2:47:03] project. I know that there are two options for residential

[2:47:09] buildings, warehouses and or a data center. Large warehouses and

[2:47:17] data centers. Throughout our hillsides should not, in my opinion,

[2:47:22] be the vision that the city has for the city

[2:47:25] of Lake Elsinor. Large truck traffic such as semi trucks

[2:47:30] are not what we want to see driving through our

[2:47:33] city streets. Data centers use millions of gallons of water

[2:47:38] per year, increasing demand on local water supplies. And ultimately

[2:47:43] increasing the cost of our water. We have already been

[2:47:48] subjected to water restrictions in the past. This would only

[2:47:51] make it worse. Data centers also consume huge amounts of

[2:47:57] electricity, which will strain our electrical grid and ultimately increase

[2:48:01] our electric rates. This could potentially increase the likelihood of

[2:48:06] rolling blackouts. The proposed electrical substation for the data center

[2:48:13] will have huge power poles and overhead electrical lines. Again,

[2:48:19] this should not be, in my opinion, the vision that

[2:48:22] the city council has for our city. I'm opposed to

[2:48:29] the data centers for sure. And I would like to

[2:48:33] know how the residents will be notified so we can

[2:48:38] be part of the process, um, voicing our concerns in

[2:48:42] the future when, uh, this project continues down the road.

[2:48:48] I appreciate your time. Have a good evening.

[2:48:59] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Kaitlyn de los

[2:49:01] Reyes. If you. See me walking over the red wig.

[2:49:09] You did not. Okay. Decided to change it. Okay. Good

[2:49:16] evening Mayor City Council and members of the community. My

[2:49:20] name is Kaitlyn De Ausrelis and I grew up right

[2:49:22] here in Lake Astanor for my first day at Wayward

[2:49:25] Canon Elementary School until graduating from Temesco Canyon High at

[2:49:28] the storm stadium. The future of this community isn't an

[2:49:32] abstract policy debate to me. The city and its inhabitants

[2:49:36] raised me. And that's why I'm here today. Because I've

[2:49:39] deemed it my duty to protect that and those who

[2:49:42] mean something to me. I'm here to voice my opposition

[2:49:44] to option two of the Elsinor Heights Industrial Project. The

[2:49:48] proposed data center would be nearly 248, 000 square feet,

[2:49:53] more than twice at the size of the average data

[2:49:54] center in the United States. With a project of this

[2:49:57] skill comes series concerns. Modern AIDA centers consume enormous amounts

[2:50:03] of electricity. Some use as much power as 100, 000

[2:50:07] homes. And data centers could account for up to 12

[2:50:10] percent of all US electricity used by 2028. At a

[2:50:14] time when Americans are already paying higher utility bills, will

[2:50:18] us, the local citizens, ultimately bear those costs. Water is

[2:50:23] another concern. A medium - sized data center can consume

[2:50:26] up to 110 million gallons of water each year. Our

[2:50:31] own water district adopted a water shortage contingency plan just

[2:50:35] last year, expanding of water - intensive project during a

[2:50:39] time of increasing water uncertainty makes me question the priorities

[2:50:43] of those who created this proposal. Finally, we must think

[2:50:46] about the future. The international monetary fund estimates that around

[2:50:51] 40 percent of jobs worldwide could be affected by AI

[2:50:55] - driven automation, while technology can be beneficial. We should

[2:50:59] not ignore the long - term impact on working people.

[2:51:03] I want to be clear. I do not oppose artificial

[2:51:06] intelligence. I oppose putting corporate profit ahead of my community,

[2:51:12] our community. I want to leave you with one final

[2:51:15] thought. Each of you serves on this council because the

[2:51:18] people of Lake Al - Sonor entrusted you with our

[2:51:22] vote, their vote. Right now I live in Meninih. Um,

[2:51:25] public office is a position of office not entitlement. And

[2:51:30] with that comes accountability. Decisions that you make will be

[2:51:35] remembered by the people you represent. They will remember who

[2:51:39] stood up for this community and they will have the

[2:51:41] opportunity to decide whether you should continue to represent them.

[2:51:46] I ask you to remember that responsibility as you decide

[2:51:49] on the next steps of this very impactful project. I

[2:51:53] ask you to think beyond the short term economic promises

[2:51:56] and consider the long - term consequences for our residents,

[2:52:01] our children, our resources and our quality of life. I

[2:52:06] project, please reject option two. Thank you. Thank you.

[2:52:21] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Alexis Morelos.

[2:52:40] Good evening Mayor, Council Members, uh, my name is Alexis

[2:52:43] Morelos. I am a member of the Inland Empire DSA.

[2:52:48] Coming down from Reno Valley, um, like many other people

[2:52:52] here. I am here basically to tell you that when

[2:52:55] the time comes, consider, uh, the options for the Elsinor

[2:52:59] Heights Industrial Project. You're not even going to think about

[2:53:02] option too. You're not going to vote for the warehouse

[2:53:05] or for the, uh, data center, excuse me. And if

[2:53:08] I had it my way, I would ask that you

[2:53:10] even scrap the entire thing. I think everybody's pretty tired

[2:53:13] of warehouses, the traffic, the smog. I don't think that's

[2:53:17] going to happen. Um, and also there was actually a

[2:53:20] bit of a comical section in there talking about setting

[2:53:22] aside five acres, four residential, you know, like people are

[2:53:26] dreaming about living next to warehouse. But I'm also here

[2:53:33] to ask that the city council heavily consider and begin

[2:53:37] discussion of a data center moratorium. And afterwards, a ban

[2:53:43] on data centers. And this has to be a band

[2:53:46] both on large data centers and on small data centers.

[2:53:50] And we only need to look across the nation to

[2:53:52] understand why. We can look at one of the biggest

[2:53:56] data centers being developed in our neighboring state of Utah,

[2:53:59] the strato status center under Kevin O'Leary. This is something

[2:54:02] like 40, 000 acres of land. That is going to

[2:54:05] take up. It is going to consume more energy than

[2:54:08] the entire state combined. It is going to deplete the

[2:54:11] already drying up salt lake. And it's going to raise

[2:54:15] average temperatures by about eight degrees. Unless you like the

[2:54:18] heat wave, you know. Uh, in that case, you know,

[2:54:22] don't even think about it. Um, we can also look

[2:54:26] at the effects of smaller data centers. We can look

[2:54:28] at Virginia or they have clusters of smaller debt centers.

[2:54:32] Even then, residents there are seeing increases in their electricity

[2:54:36] rates of up to 200 percent. People are being priced

[2:54:39] out of their electricity. People are being asked to ration

[2:54:43] their water resources while the status center, this non -

[2:54:47] living thing is consuming more water. And basically taking up

[2:54:52] all the resources that we need to live. And so.

[2:54:58] I ask that you begin this moratorium. You look at

[2:55:06] the people around you and ask yourself if you want

[2:55:08] them angry at you. Uh, continuing on with these data

[2:55:14] centers. And I ask that you really consider the future.

[2:55:21] Of our water resources. Of our environment, our electricity. Thank

[2:55:26] you. Thank you.

[2:55:36] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Holly Jackson.

[2:55:55] Hello. I'm not entirely prepared, but I have done a

[2:55:59] little bit of research. And I feel like everybody has

[2:56:05] seen the data centers just popping up. Around the country.

[2:56:11] And it's very scary what it takes for powering them.

[2:56:17] Um, they consume lots and lots and lots of electricity,

[2:56:22] which generate a lot of heat and require a lot

[2:56:25] of water to cool them off. Um, and I think

[2:56:30] these numbers are in the millions of gallons. Um, I

[2:56:35] think it's at least one million gallons a day, um,

[2:56:39] which is roughly equivalent to 10, 000 people every day.

[2:56:44] Um, and these facilities do not just use the water.

[2:56:49] They also destroy it and poison it and make it

[2:56:51] unusable. Um, and I, I live in Temecula, but I

[2:56:58] just, um, I can't really stand the idea of people,

[2:57:06] um, around me having to suffer with that. Um, and,

[2:57:12] uh, I think it's really important to think about what

[2:57:17] happens to the people actually living near the data center.

[2:57:21] Not only is there water poisoned, um, but also surely

[2:57:26] the value of their homes is going to plummet, um,

[2:57:30] because of the draining noise, endlessly seeping out of them.

[2:57:36] Um, so I think it's important to understand that if

[2:57:41] this were to come to fruition, you are damning these

[2:57:46] people. Thank you.

[2:57:58] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Daniel Miller.

[2:58:09] Good evening. If I was here to ask you guys,

[2:58:12] if I was a contractor and I want to build

[2:58:14] 250, 000 homes, you'd want to have an impact study.

[2:58:18] You would tell me that it was going to impact

[2:58:19] your water supply, the electrical. The data center they want

[2:58:23] to put in is going to take out about the

[2:58:25] same amount of electricity is 250, 000 homes. We've had

[2:58:30] rolling blackouts here before without the homes. You've already, we've

[2:58:34] building new homes during Lake Elsinor. Just think 250, 000

[2:58:39] new homes pulling off the grid. The way this system

[2:58:42] works, they get priority. Look around the nation to see

[2:58:46] what happens. You make a contract with them. There are

[2:58:49] shell company within two years. There's a third company there

[2:58:52] that doesn't have to hold up to any contract that

[2:58:55] was signed at the beginning. They always tell you there's

[2:58:58] going to be 200 jobs. Then shortly after it, because

[2:59:01] in their natural company takes over it, they don't hold

[2:59:04] up to that. They get the unions to apply for

[2:59:08] it. And the union support it because they're told they're

[2:59:10] going to get these jobs. And then they don't get

[2:59:12] them. They get them for about three months and then

[2:59:14] they're like, go. And you guys will have no control

[2:59:16] over it. The data center is going to be equivalent

[2:59:19] to 250, 000 new homes on our electric grid. Is

[2:59:24] why don't you ask then that the grid be changed

[2:59:27] before you would even consider something like this. It's not

[2:59:30] only going to be 250, 000 homes on electricity, but

[2:59:34] for water, it'd be about 25, 000 homes. A few

[2:59:38] years ago, California had a water shortage. We were told

[2:59:41] we could only water our yard at a certain time.

[2:59:44] Right now we don't have that, but who says it's

[2:59:46] not going to happen again. Add again another 25, 000

[2:59:50] homes pulling water. And again, the way the contracts work,

[2:59:54] they get priority. So if there's rolling blackouts, we, the

[2:59:58] people with our electricity and maybe without water, and they're

[3:00:02] still working. Because right now their sister company up in

[3:00:06] Washington, DC are putting together that our federal government will

[3:00:11] vote on face recognition on your computer. They're saying they're

[3:00:16] calling it that save the children. So they want to

[3:00:19] recognize, they want to take our picture before you can

[3:00:21] even sign onto your phone or your computer to recognize

[3:00:25] that. That's what the data centers are. It's going to

[3:00:27] be to track us like hunger games in real time.

[3:00:30] And you're okaying it. You have people here who votes

[3:00:35] their voice their opinion. They're peaceful. Do you think they're

[3:00:38] going to be peaceful in a July summer if the

[3:00:41] water, no electricity? They're going to remember your face as

[3:00:45] may even know where you're at. And they'll become the

[3:00:47] peaceful protesters that happen in Seattle and Portland. Because if

[3:00:51] children don't have electricity or old people are not having

[3:00:54] electricity and their seniors are dying because of no water.

[3:00:59] That would be on your conscience. I don't know what

[3:01:01] kind of kickback they're going to give you, but can

[3:01:04] your conscience handle it when the people or without water

[3:01:08] and without power. And the contracts, they get to keep

[3:01:11] everything. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Miller.

[3:01:22] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Jimmy Flores.

[3:01:36] Good afternoon. Michael Smile. Bob, Timothy. Mr. Marlowe's Barbara. Good

[3:01:43] to see you again. You know, I want to thank

[3:01:47] you for having this meeting for the residents. We have

[3:01:53] locked that came out to express their thoughts. I had

[3:01:56] a pleasure calling your project manager today. His true answers

[3:02:00] don't come from Facebook. Two answers come from those that

[3:02:04] are in charge of the project. In interesting to find

[3:02:08] where the project was going. I was told next to

[3:02:11] the dump. Well, that's a nice location. But the real

[3:02:17] reason I'm here is that. In my lifetime as a

[3:02:20] residence in district five, I've learned that a lot of

[3:02:25] us will always come forward and explain the pros and

[3:02:29] cons. But the answers come from, in my opinion, subcommittees.

[3:02:36] For example, do we put wastewater in our lake. What

[3:02:40] do we do? We form a subcommittee, a reclamation task

[3:02:43] force, which I was subchair approved. Through the process and

[3:02:49] it ended up at the water control board. So the

[3:02:54] answer lies in many. Of these projects that come forth.

[3:03:00] In subcommittees and their input. So that they can put

[3:03:03] together the pros and cons of the data center. I

[3:03:09] believe that if you were to appoint from your district,

[3:03:14] a minimum to three of those opposed. Or four. And

[3:03:21] form this subcommittee, you're going to get the input from

[3:03:23] those who are mostly with the outcry. And you have

[3:03:29] a true answer of what your residence and those who

[3:03:32] elected you to office. What they're truly trying to tell

[3:03:36] you. So I'm here tonight to ask that if as

[3:03:41] we move forward, because the environmental impact report still incomplete.

[3:03:47] They haven't even done anything yet. But we're screaming. And

[3:03:50] I, and we have a right to. Because you are

[3:03:54] our electric officials. You decide our future. So I'm here

[3:03:58] to ask each of you to form a subcommittee. Give

[3:04:03] us an opportunity to view so that we can move

[3:04:07] forward with the true direction for our new city. We're

[3:04:11] growing gentlemen. We're going so fast that we don't know

[3:04:14] where to put the next stoplight. But. We know what

[3:04:19] we're doing. You've done an outstanding job. Michael, I'm proud

[3:04:24] of you. You're running again. And if I was in

[3:04:27] your district, I'd vote for you. Mr. McGee, you've done

[3:04:31] an outstanding job with your new homes on a mission

[3:04:33] trail. Traffic needs a little work, but Timothy, outstanding performance.

[3:04:39] Mr. Monols. I love you, man. You're good. But in

[3:04:45] reality, we have to listen to your residence. We live

[3:04:48] here. I selected a developers. When they build their houses,

[3:04:52] they're gone. And we have to live. They left behind.

[3:04:59] Subcommittee gentlemen. Form it. From all your districts. Bring forth

[3:05:04] the best and the worst. Thank you, Mr. Flores.

[3:05:14] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Jennifer Hem.

[3:05:26] Oh, no. My notes just close. Okay. We're going off

[3:05:28] the cup. Okay. Uh, I am a mother, a teacher

[3:05:32] and a resident in the city. I've been here for

[3:05:35] almost 25 years. And I've never been to a city

[3:05:38] council meeting, but the data center brought me here. Um,

[3:05:41] I understand that it's not necessarily coming, but we all

[3:05:46] fear that it's coming. And we all see it coming

[3:05:47] into many communities that went, it's not coming. And then

[3:05:51] it was there. Um, everybody else has spoken already about

[3:05:54] the water we know. You guys have worked. We just

[3:05:57] will listen to it approving a bunch of money to

[3:05:59] make our water situation better. So I feel like that

[3:06:01] would just be an asinine decision to undo all the

[3:06:05] work that you've done. So hopefully that alone is enough

[3:06:07] to drive you not to make that decision. However, um,

[3:06:10] I also emailed you guys a plethora of articles about

[3:06:13] how it affects the electrical grid and the health of

[3:06:16] the residents nearby, the toxins that come out, the air

[3:06:20] pollution, the noise pollution. People literally can't sleep with the

[3:06:24] noise, you know, and then they're suffering health consequences because

[3:06:27] of that. We live in a wonderful natural, beautiful area.

[3:06:31] And to see that thrown away for like one of

[3:06:34] the earlier gentlemen said, for what? For a thing over

[3:06:38] these people and the people that the children that I

[3:06:41] teach every day to tell them your life wasn't more

[3:06:44] important than the Almighty dollar in our city council, made

[3:06:47] that decision. I just can't see that. I have no,

[3:06:49] I've met some of you talked to some of you

[3:06:51] personally. And I hope that you would never make that

[3:06:53] decision. Um, I hope that you can stick to the

[3:06:55] promise that you made to dream extreme and your responsibility

[3:06:59] to care for this community, its land and its native

[3:07:03] inhabitants and its people and to vote no on that

[3:07:06] possibility. But more importantly to enact a moratorium and hopefully

[3:07:11] soon thereafter a permanent ban on any data center construction

[3:07:15] in our community.

[3:07:24] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Letitia Barron.

[3:07:38] I get eating mayor council members and residents of Lake

[3:07:41] Elsinor. If you can hear me. So I've done a

[3:07:47] little bit of research the last few weeks regarding the

[3:07:51] AI data centers. And you know, it was off the

[3:07:54] top of my head while I was getting coffee and

[3:07:56] I was realizing all the solar panels that are being

[3:07:58] put on the new homes. Uh, through the real estate,

[3:08:02] you know, every single house that's being is going to

[3:08:04] have a solar panels. So the AI data centers will

[3:08:07] be using the backup storage. I don't know if everybody

[3:08:09] knew this. From the power from all the new built

[3:08:13] homes and existing homes that have solar panels, that yes,

[3:08:16] the major tech companies such as Tesla said Red Renew,

[3:08:20] home and others are working to link residents solar panels

[3:08:24] with the home batteries into the virtual power plants to

[3:08:26] help supply and power and reduce the grids from the

[3:08:29] AI data centers. But does that mean to the residents

[3:08:33] and the consumers that have the solar panels is that

[3:08:36] your stored backup batteries that you guys get, you know,

[3:08:41] for your solar is going to be using at night

[3:08:44] to run their AI denusators. Okay. Just to let you

[3:08:48] know. Short - term effect on that, unfortunately is you

[3:08:55] get your base credits back for your solar panels. It

[3:08:57] reduces a straight on the grid long term effect. Fends

[3:09:02] grid upgrades, utilities must build heavier transmission lines for AI.

[3:09:06] These massive infrastructures are passed out to us consumers. Okay.

[3:09:11] Water prices will go up. Due to the builder with

[3:09:14] AI data center for our city infrastructure cost will add

[3:09:18] communities need to build new water treatment plants, pipeline storage

[3:09:22] systems to handle the facilities that use five million gallons

[3:09:26] of water a day. These multibiliant costs are passed down

[3:09:31] to the consumers. So just to let you know, the

[3:09:36] AI data center that's proposed is going to, to me,

[3:09:40] I don't know about everybody else will be a damaging

[3:09:43] effect. To like us more, to other cities around good

[3:09:48] old America. I'm also proposing as a resident, I'm helping

[3:09:55] Lake Elsin has the only. Not man - like it's

[3:10:00] a natural lake. I don't know why anybody has not

[3:10:05] put this as a historic landmark. They've done the buildings

[3:10:12] around, I guess, now the chimes, uh, some parks, you

[3:10:16] know, all around, but not one person. Has proposed for

[3:10:20] Lake Elstart to be a historic landmark. And I'm kind

[3:10:23] of surprised at that because of the history here. So

[3:10:27] I'm going to be nominating like gylsner as a historic

[3:10:30] landmark. Thank you. Thank you.

[3:10:40] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Dana Hamm.

[3:10:52] Hi. My name is Dana Hamm. I'm a resident Lake

[3:10:55] Elnor. I've been my entire life. I'm a current student

[3:10:58] in this town. I go to like Elsa in high

[3:11:00] school. And sorry phasing a little nervous. I've never spoken

[3:11:04] when I've argued before. But I'm also terrified at the

[3:11:09] prospect of growing up in a world where it not

[3:11:11] only is essentially impossible to move out and live on

[3:11:14] your land in a foregret in life at 18, 19,

[3:11:17] but also now possibly not being able to have clean

[3:11:20] drinking water and growing up with clean water and for

[3:11:25] our kids and our future generations and the rest of

[3:11:28] my life if we do this. Um, you know, that

[3:11:31] was my mom back then. I grew up with her

[3:11:34] telling me stop posting so much water, we're going to

[3:11:37] drought to which I would reply. We're always in a

[3:11:39] drought. So it seems sort of ridiculous. To be wanting

[3:11:46] or even considering. Something that would pollue our water in

[3:11:51] for our kids and for your kids and your grandkids.

[3:11:55] And like I said, generations to come. Um, that's pretty

[3:11:59] much it. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Harry.

[3:12:10] Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Christian Sandoval.

[3:12:23] You turned it off. There you go. Good to go.

[3:12:26] Okay. How's it going everybody? Um, thank you for having

[3:12:29] me here. Or, well, thank you for letting me be

[3:12:31] here actually. Uh, I'm going to keep it short and

[3:12:33] simple. Uh, we've heard a lot of the research. We

[3:12:36] heard a lot of the impact. I grew up in

[3:12:38] Wildmar my whole life. I now live in like Elsinor.

[3:12:42] And I'm going to be honest. I've seen a lot

[3:12:44] of great things come out of Lakeyesnor. I feel like

[3:12:47] as a kid, I wasn't really aware of some of

[3:12:50] those things. I kind of didn't really pay attention to

[3:12:52] those. But now as an adult, it's awesome seeing all

[3:12:55] these events on Main Street, the investment we're putting in

[3:12:57] there. The car show, that was awesome. Just the different

[3:13:02] businesses we have there going to bloom cough, getting that

[3:13:04] ice cream coffee drink. You know, probably has way too

[3:13:07] much sugar, but you know, that's a holder topic. Um,

[3:13:10] going to the different restaurants there, just seeing the great

[3:13:13] thing, the beautification by the freeway here. I mean, aside

[3:13:16] from the streetlight thing happening there, it's, it's really cool.

[3:13:20] Uh, and so what I've noticed is just a lot

[3:13:23] of community building, right? And I think going to the

[3:13:26] point of the data centers, right? The data centers are

[3:13:30] the undoing all of those beautiful things that we've been

[3:13:33] seeing. Just being here and seeing the presentation on the

[3:13:36] lake and seeing the impact seeing the pictures, like that's

[3:13:40] beautiful progress. And again, with all the research and the

[3:13:44] impacts that we've been listening to here, like, I feel

[3:13:47] like that undoes it. And so I think it just

[3:13:50] comes down to a matter of what do we value

[3:13:52] most? Is it going to be that community that you

[3:13:54] all have spent so much time cultivating here. Pridefully, as

[3:13:59] you guys should, right? That's the greatest things ever. Or

[3:14:01] if you're going to be chasing the revenue, the profit

[3:14:04] that might benefit us in a year for a year

[3:14:06] for a couple years, but in the long term, right?

[3:14:08] It's going to impact not us, but the generations after

[3:14:11] us. So I think taking that into consideration is key

[3:14:15] here. You know, I know it's just an optional or

[3:14:18] an alternative in this else in the plan that we've

[3:14:21] been addressing. But the research is there. The impact is

[3:14:25] there. We can either respect it or we can overlook

[3:14:28] it. And I think that's on you guys to reflect

[3:14:32] and really consider. I'm really proud of seeing the turnout

[3:14:34] we have here, especially the young folks still in school.

[3:14:38] Can we clap it up for them real quick. Having

[3:14:43] that civic pride is huge. And so I know you

[3:14:47] all seeing them here is a cool thing too. And

[3:14:49] so just we want to value that community that you

[3:14:52] all have spent so much time building and keep that

[3:14:55] in the forefront. We're making a decision. Thank you all.

[3:15:03] Next speaker, please. Our last speaker is Tarek Gadd.

[3:15:13] Good evening. I'm going to keep it brief. There's six

[3:15:16] points I want to share with you. Uh, some of

[3:15:18] it has already been recapped by the other members. Basically

[3:15:21] the homes of the proposed AI data center is obviously

[3:15:24] it's the water resource chain, which we in Southern California

[3:15:27] suffer a lot from special with the drought. The impact

[3:15:30] on the, uh, electricity price. Yes, I understand that the

[3:15:34] local utility is upgrading the circus here near Lake Elsied

[3:15:38] or with a new substation that's upcoming. However, the costs,

[3:15:41] unfortunately, will not be fully taken by the customers, such

[3:15:45] as the AI data center, but mainly by the customers,

[3:15:49] like the local citizens. Unfortunately, I have to chip in

[3:15:52] and contribute to that cost. Uh, the traffic, the increased

[3:15:56] traffic. Data centers require a lot of, uh, processing chips

[3:16:01] and the solicita hard drives that failed pretty often. Uh,

[3:16:05] fuel for their backup generators, et cetera, to kind of

[3:16:08] require a lot of increased traffics, batteries, best systems, all,

[3:16:11] etc. The noise pollution, the consistent humming that we hear

[3:16:15] about and at the other states. Uh, the microclimate heat

[3:16:19] surge. There's something called the heat dome. As far as

[3:16:21] we know that impact of AI data centers. They cold

[3:16:26] their equipment down, but the cranial effect heat dome that

[3:16:29] begins six miles out from the radius of the data

[3:16:31] centers. Locally, it may not be felt for the rest

[3:16:33] of Lake Elsinor. It may be felt. And the last

[3:16:36] point is that once one data center comes in, it

[3:16:39] doesn't stop. It's going to expand. And then the second

[3:16:42] one is going to pop up. Third one like popcorn.

[3:16:45] That's, that's the leak future that I'm worried about. Thank

[3:16:48] you for your time.

[3:16:58] Madam clerk, that was our last speaker? Yes, sir. Very

[3:17:01] good. Before we move on, I just want to let

[3:17:03] you all know that we appreciate your participation here tonight.

[3:17:07] And I'd ask you to wait until council comments because

[3:17:11] I believe each one of my colleagues is going to

[3:17:14] want to address what you had to say here this

[3:17:17] evening. So we do have a protocol to follow first.

[3:17:21] And that takes us now to city manager comments. Uh,

[3:17:24] the only comment I have is in addition to the

[3:17:26] presentations we saw tonight. The city received an award letter

[3:17:30] from California Department of Booty and Waterways that they are

[3:17:35] replacing our restroom floating restrooms on the lake. It's very

[3:17:40] good. We won that. With that, that's all I have.

[3:17:42] Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Madam attorney. No comments. Very

[3:17:46] good. Our treasurers here with us this evening. Mr. Castro.

[3:17:50] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening everybody. I want to

[3:17:53] thank you guys for being here this evening. We encourage

[3:17:56] members of the public to come out and speak out

[3:17:58] at these meetings. So thank you for being the best

[3:18:00] part of Lake Elsinor. And this is all what it's

[3:18:04] about. So thank you for being here this evening. Thank

[3:18:07] you Mayor. Thank you Mr. Treasure brings it up to

[3:18:12] the dais for council comments. Council member Carol. Yes. Thank

[3:18:16] you. So as the newest or yes newest council member

[3:18:21] here, I could tell you why I sit here. Uh,

[3:18:24] I sit here for, uh, to represent my family, uh,

[3:18:28] my friends. And certainly my neighbors. And if I wasn't

[3:18:34] to listen to my neighbors to not be doing an

[3:18:36] injustice to this position. And so your comments are not

[3:18:41] lost on me. I don't believe that they're lost on

[3:18:43] my colleagues up here. And so I thank you for

[3:18:45] being here. And I appreciate. Everybody speaking. Cause that, that

[3:18:50] is what we are, right? We're America. And so thank

[3:18:52] you. I really appreciate that. First slide. Congratulations to the

[3:18:59] Hanson family for bloom turning five years old. Downtown's an

[3:19:04] amazing, truly an amazing place. I think Bloom, you know,

[3:19:10] with their sugary drinks and great ice cream, it's a

[3:19:14] unique opportunity for families to gather. This is my family

[3:19:16] along with some members of the Hanson family. Just celebrating

[3:19:20] their five year anniversary. And so I just want to

[3:19:22] say thank you to them and to the community members

[3:19:24] standing up and opening up businesses here. And I would

[3:19:26] ask that everybody please support our local businesses, uh, especially,

[3:19:30] especially Bloom here on Main Street. Next slide, please. Um,

[3:19:36] my family is able to attend fast and loud. The

[3:19:39] exotic night. An amazing car show. I believe it's the

[3:19:43] last one of the summer. Truly it was an amazing

[3:19:47] unique opportunity for my kids to enjoy cars that you

[3:19:50] just don't really see around, uh, like you all so

[3:19:52] often. So, uh, really want to say thank you to

[3:19:54] city staff and all the sponsors. Hooking cleaver ranch, uh,

[3:19:58] especially for, you know, sitting there and talked about, uh,

[3:20:02] healthy meat and healthy beef that he grows up in

[3:20:04] Idaho and ships down here for all of our families

[3:20:06] to have a unique opportunity to eat a little bit

[3:20:09] healthier. Next slide, please. Uh, congratulations on the cave or

[3:20:15] the ice cave soft opening. I think they're actually now

[3:20:17] open, opened on Sunday, I believe. This is a unique,

[3:20:23] truly unique business here. It's ice skating rink with NHL

[3:20:25] size rank and then a mini rink adjacent to that.

[3:20:29] Again, this is amazing family that has decided to invest

[3:20:32] here. And like else, Noran, and I ask everybody to

[3:20:34] go out and support. Again, if it wasn't for local

[3:20:36] businesses and our neighbors out there, what would we have.

[3:20:39] Um, so please, uh, enjoy a nice evening ice skating

[3:20:43] cool off. It's wonderful inside. Latest and greatest technology and

[3:20:47] a unique opportunity to just spend some time with family

[3:20:49] and friends. Next slide. National night out is coming. Uh,

[3:20:53] it's going to be next week, August 4th, 6th to

[3:20:57] 8 p. m. and my family park McVicker Canyon Park.

[3:21:01] Meet all your first responders. Explore police fire and emergency

[3:21:04] vehicles. Enjoy free activities, games, and fun for all the

[3:21:08] ages. And connect with your neighbors and celebrate what makes

[3:21:11] our community strong. Uh, next slide. And then amazing. Actually,

[3:21:17] I'm super excited for this. Boosting the sand. This is

[3:21:19] literally going to be a concert on the sand at

[3:21:22] launch point. Uh, the concert starts at 5 p. m.

[3:21:25] I'm sorry, the gates open at 5 p. m. You're

[3:21:27] going to please, you're going to be able to enjoy

[3:21:29] Shani Wilson and Combs USA, a Luke Combs cover. Uh,

[3:21:34] so unique opportunity to sit there in the sand, look

[3:21:36] at our beautiful lake. Enjoy all the latest and greatest

[3:21:39] technology we've put out there. Um, and just a good

[3:21:42] opportunity to hang out. Um, so please come and join

[3:21:45] us August 8th. Next slide, please. And something truly amazing.

[3:21:52] This is, uh, the city actually put in for this

[3:21:54] grant. It was sponsored by Ken Calvert, Congressman Ken Calvert.

[3:21:58] So happy to announce that we were awarded a 25

[3:22:00] million dollar build grant for the interchange of central avenue

[3:22:04] in the 15 freeway. Highway 74, ascends you may know

[3:22:07] it. Uh, this is obligated by September 2030. It's already

[3:22:11] being studied. And as you can see here's the design.

[3:22:14] Um, so really thank you to Ken Calvert. Thank you

[3:22:16] to our community for, you know, speaking up and saying

[3:22:19] that this needs to be adjusted. And thank you to

[3:22:21] staff for going after this money and really giving us

[3:22:23] the opportunity to, uh, alleviate some of the traffic issues

[3:22:26] that we all face every day on our commutes to

[3:22:29] work and home. So with that, I say thank you

[3:22:32] guys. Thank you neighbors for being amazing. And thank you

[3:22:35] for making Lake also know what it is. Just, I

[3:22:38] think the best town. Certainly in California. So thank you.

[3:22:45] Thank you, council member. Councilman Romanos. Thank you honorable mayor.

[3:22:50] Uh, I'm going to start off tonight by thanking the

[3:22:53] members of the community who came out and showed up

[3:22:55] and had decorum. And you guys were polite. And you

[3:22:59] guys recognized that we're in a meeting setting. And you

[3:23:03] came and brought a motion. And you certainly said your

[3:23:05] peace. And, uh, I think that's a pretty special thing.

[3:23:10] It's easier to go ahead and hear your community when

[3:23:13] they're speaking to you, not shouting at you. So thank

[3:23:15] you for your decorum tonight. I'm going to go through

[3:23:18] a couple of points as kind of good news, bad

[3:23:21] news. All right. So the good news is, is we

[3:23:24] didn't improve a data center tonight. The bad news is,

[3:23:27] is we weren't considering a data center tonight. The good

[3:23:31] news is, is that, uh, we heard you guys. And

[3:23:35] I think I'll list all these points here in a

[3:23:37] moment. Uh, the bad news is, is that I think

[3:23:40] sometimes there's a disconnect between how local municipal governments work.

[3:23:45] And so I'm going to give you guys some points

[3:23:47] so that you understand a few items. Number one, this

[3:23:51] is not a city project. Okay. This is not an

[3:23:54] initiative that the city asked for or brought to the

[3:23:57] city. This is a property owner who wants to do

[3:24:01] something with the property. They want to change the zoning

[3:24:03] and then make a profit. Okay. And so what they're

[3:24:06] doing is they're studying, they're spending money and time and

[3:24:10] money and studies to go ahead and change the zoning

[3:24:12] and create as many uses as possible in order to

[3:24:15] create a profit on the property. We as a city

[3:24:19] are obligated to accept an application not accepted and approve

[3:24:23] it, but accept an application that's complete and consider it.

[3:24:28] And the city is also required to hire the professionals

[3:24:33] reimbursed by the applicant in order to go ahead and

[3:24:36] study the project in a third party way that's absolutely

[3:24:40] just independent. So we can get information about what the

[3:24:44] project is going to do to our community, how it's

[3:24:47] going to impact our community and whether or not it's

[3:24:50] something that this body as well as the planning commission

[3:24:54] will consider. And whether we think it's a good idea

[3:24:56] or not. We also act as in what's called a

[3:25:00] quasi judicial role. Okay. And that means that we almost

[3:25:04] have to be like judges. And unlike your congressman or

[3:25:08] unlike your state assembly people, we're not allowed to come

[3:25:11] out and say whether we're four or against something, especially

[3:25:15] as an appending application here within the city. To do

[3:25:18] so would mean, what's that? Yeah. Well, she'd be mad.

[3:25:22] That's our attorney. But also we could any decision that

[3:25:26] came out of this body could be challenged in court

[3:25:29] and judges could then overturn that decision. And then basically

[3:25:34] impose their own rules and regulations. And maybe approve the

[3:25:37] project that we didn't want or maybe deny a project

[3:25:41] that we said yes to. Okay. So we have to

[3:25:43] be kind of careful about the way we speak here.

[3:25:46] And we have in the way that we go ahead

[3:25:47] and convey information. I can speak to the project and

[3:25:50] provide information. I can't tell you what I think about

[3:25:51] it yet. Okay. And that's not me trying to be

[3:25:54] cagey or anything like that. That's the law. All right.

[3:25:58] A lot of people brought up some phenomenal points. Okay.

[3:26:02] Uh, power. There's not enough power to go ahead. And

[3:26:07] there's potential issues with that. Water. The city would never

[3:26:11] ever connect any type of project to our lake water.

[3:26:15] I don't know why that's out there. That's not what

[3:26:19] the project proposes. And it certainly isn't something that I

[3:26:22] think we'd even consider. Okay. So I think that needs

[3:26:26] to be kind of dealt with. The moratorium is only

[3:26:30] effective for a year. Okay. But we are going through

[3:26:35] a city update, a general plant update process. And we

[3:26:37] certainly can take this into consideration during that process as

[3:26:40] a matter of fact. So we can go ahead and

[3:26:42] regulate uses and effects. I'm not saying that we would.

[3:26:45] But any changes that we made right now, whether it

[3:26:47] was in passing a moratorium or changing anything in the

[3:26:51] general plant would not impact the project that's currently under

[3:26:54] application because they would, they would have applied before we

[3:26:57] made the changes. Okay. Uh, kickbacks. As far as I

[3:27:02] know, this developer is not involved with any type of

[3:27:04] donations to any of the council members. So I know

[3:27:08] I haven't received any. And I probably wouldn't take them.

[3:27:11] And if I did take them, if they exceed a

[3:27:13] certain dollar amount, I can't vote on the project. That's

[3:27:15] the law too. Okay. So there are no kickbacks. The

[3:27:19] subcommittee that would consider this project exists. It's called the

[3:27:22] planning commission. They consider it first. And then they make

[3:27:25] a recommendation to this council. That's their job. That's why

[3:27:28] they're appointed. And they do a phenomenal job of it.

[3:27:30] They will dig in and they will ask the tough

[3:27:33] questions. Uh, somebody mentioned making the lake of historic landmark.

[3:27:37] You can't do that. It would essentially go ahead and

[3:27:39] revert to a tribal cultural resource. But it's a great

[3:27:44] suggestion. I mean, kind of in okay suggestion, but, but

[3:27:48] it wouldn't work. You can't do that with lakes. Um,

[3:27:50] even if they're old lakes. Right. Even if they're natural

[3:27:53] lakes, you can't really do that. And again, people have

[3:27:57] noted, we're spending a lot of time and money trying

[3:27:59] to make the lake a nice place. Why, why would

[3:28:03] we connect it to the lake? That doesn't make sense.

[3:28:05] So, um, and quite frankly, as far as I know,

[3:28:09] the end user, no data center is in the region.

[3:28:12] Nobody has approached the city in terms of putting a

[3:28:15] data center here. This is a property owner who does

[3:28:18] not intend to build anything entitling the project, trying to

[3:28:22] go ahead and prepare it to sell it to somebody

[3:28:23] to go ahead and build something. It could be a

[3:28:25] lot of different things. And I can't even tell you

[3:28:29] whether or not I'm in favor of the zoning change.

[3:28:33] I mean, that's a question in its own right. So.

[3:28:36] So there you go. Uh, I think that there's, um,

[3:28:41] the reason why I go through all of that is

[3:28:42] just, uh, I think sometimes people read something, uh, they

[3:28:46] get passionate about it and scared. And I don't want

[3:28:49] you to be walking around scared. And I certainly don't

[3:28:51] want you to think that we're not sitting up here

[3:28:52] thinking about all these different things. And I appreciate all

[3:28:55] the information. We all, we all, we're all very familiar

[3:28:58] with a lot of the information. We're connected to. So,

[3:29:01] um, again, thank you for coming out tonight. Thank you

[3:29:04] for making your voices heard. Thank you for your decorum.

[3:29:08] Come on out when the project's being. And we will

[3:29:12] remember you. We'll remember the comments from this night, certainly.

[3:29:16] We've already taken public comments. I don't want to turn

[3:29:18] this into a debate and do a discussion. I can't

[3:29:22] really answer. I think I answered a lot of questions.

[3:29:26] Like, but we can talk offline. I'd be happy to

[3:29:28] do so. Okay. Uh, and with that, again, thank you

[3:29:31] again. We're going to go to slides now for myself.

[3:29:37] On Thursday. At 6. 30 p. m., we're going to

[3:29:41] have live at the lakefront perform. The second to last

[3:29:45] performance, and that is the 90 station pop rock hip

[3:29:49] hop. This group actually performs in Las Vegas. They're a

[3:29:53] big act, essentially. I expect this to receive a lot

[3:29:57] of attention. I'll be there as a matter of fact.

[3:30:00] So come on down to launch point. Uh, it's on

[3:30:02] Riverside drive. If you don't know the admission is very,

[3:30:06] very good free. It's absolutely free. It's affordable. It's affordable.

[3:30:10] This is our love letter to the people of Lake

[3:30:12] Elsinor. We certainly want you guys to have a good

[3:30:14] time. It kind of is starting to wrap up the

[3:30:16] concert series that we've been holding here at the city

[3:30:18] of Lake House. You've never been. You should definitely go

[3:30:22] bring a chair to sit in because it's out on

[3:30:24] the open lawn. Bring a chair to sit in, maybe

[3:30:27] a blanket. I think it'll be too warm for a

[3:30:29] blanket. Also you're dancing shoes. Be comfortable. Is it out

[3:30:32] on the grass and you will definitely have a good

[3:30:34] time. And if these guys are as good as I'm

[3:30:36] told, uh, it will be a wonderful evening. Thank you

[3:30:39] for the time, mayor. And with that, we'll see you

[3:30:42] next time. Thank you, council member of Pro Tem Sheridan.

[3:30:46] Thank you, Mayor McGee. Good evening, everyone. First, I want

[3:30:48] to echo what my colleagues have already said. I appreciate

[3:30:51] that everybody came out tonight and let us know your

[3:30:54] feelings about this. It is important that we hear from

[3:30:58] you. And so thank you for that. I won't reiterate

[3:31:02] what council member mono said, but I think he outlined

[3:31:05] it well. So I'll leave it at that. Uh, I'll

[3:31:09] go to my first slide. Uh, I am the representative

[3:31:12] from the council for the Riverside Transit Agency. The bus

[3:31:16] folks here in Western Riverside County. And I'm so glad

[3:31:20] there are people here tonight so I can let you

[3:31:23] know that you can ride the bus through the end

[3:31:26] of August for just 25 cents. And you may not

[3:31:30] know this, but the bus does go from Riverside County

[3:31:35] to Disneyland. So you can take a bus ride out

[3:31:39] the Disneyland. Full disclosure. It takes a minute or two.

[3:31:46] And it takes a minute or two to come back.

[3:31:49] But for a quarter, that's a pretty good deal. Also

[3:31:52] if you are 18 years old or younger, you can

[3:31:56] ride the bus for free through the end of 2027.

[3:32:00] It's a pretty good deal. We are very proud of

[3:32:04] what RTA has been doing over the last couple of

[3:32:06] years. I am an honored to be on their board

[3:32:09] of directors. I'm actually second vice chair this year. And

[3:32:12] it is just been a wonderful experience being on the

[3:32:16] board for the last couple of years. And I would

[3:32:18] urge you to ride the bus if you have the

[3:32:20] opportunity. You can bring it back to me. I do

[3:32:24] not have a slide on the Lakehouse North storm, but

[3:32:27] some of you may know that I am associated with

[3:32:29] the Lake Elsinore storm. It is the only minor league

[3:32:33] baseball team in Riverside County. And only one of 120

[3:32:39] cities across the country that have a minor league baseball

[3:32:42] team. We play a diamond stadium, games start at 605

[3:32:47] on Tuesday's Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. On Fridays all season

[3:32:54] long continuing through August and into September and Friday nights

[3:32:58] we'll have fireworks after the game. That game starts at

[3:33:01] 645. And then on Saturday, the game also starts at

[3:33:05] 645. I would urge you to come out and support

[3:33:08] the Lake Elsinor storm. We won the first half of

[3:33:11] the California League's South Division. So we are in the

[3:33:14] playoffs. So there will be an opportunity for us to

[3:33:17] win our fifth California League Championship this year, which was

[3:33:20] something that we'll be very proud of if we can

[3:33:22] get there. So again, I urge you to come out

[3:33:24] to Diamond Stadium, check out Lake Osedor Storm, baseball. It

[3:33:28] is a great time. It's an affordable time. And I

[3:33:31] guarantee your family will have a fun time. Finally, I

[3:33:35] just want to say thank you to my God's son

[3:33:40] and his new bride. And congratulations to them. They got

[3:33:44] married this past Saturday in upstate New York. And to

[3:33:49] Corey and to Emily, thank you for allowing me to

[3:33:53] participate in the wedding. And I hope you're having a

[3:33:56] great time. I love you both. And with that, I

[3:33:59] say thank you for the time, sir. So the Godfather

[3:34:03] was in New York. Yes, I was. Very well. First

[3:34:10] of all, thank you all for coming tonight and for

[3:34:14] bringing your passion. I know we've lost several people over

[3:34:18] the course of the night. Um, sometimes the meetings are

[3:34:21] boring. Um, sometimes you're not fully engaged. Or you have

[3:34:25] loved young ones that need to get home to bed.

[3:34:30] But, um, your message came through loud and clear tonight.

[3:34:33] One of the questions that I heard was, how do

[3:34:36] we get notified? How are we going to know? So

[3:34:39] here's how you know. What has happened right now is

[3:34:43] you have a notice of preparation of an environmental document.

[3:34:46] And so that's what's brought you here today. You're on

[3:34:50] alert that that is occurring. The applicant is now going

[3:34:53] to prepare with the help of a consultant. An environmental

[3:34:59] impact report that is going to address all of the

[3:35:02] things that our staff has asked them to address. If

[3:35:05] you send an email to our planning department indicating that

[3:35:10] you want to be kept on the mailing list. When

[3:35:14] the draft environmental document comes out, you will be notified

[3:35:19] that it is now ready for public review. And you'll

[3:35:22] be able to go on to our website and get

[3:35:25] your own copy. It's very important once that comes out,

[3:35:29] you have 45 days to respond in writing all of

[3:35:34] your concerns about the project. The applicant is then required

[3:35:39] to address every single comment. So the comment too big.

[3:35:44] There's no comment too small. And that is how you

[3:35:47] get your voice out. That draft document is then compiled

[3:35:51] into a final document and it will be presented to

[3:35:54] the council as part of a complete application and request.

[3:36:00] Now we heard from Chamber of Commerce past in Chamber

[3:36:05] of Commerce present that stated that these are great people.

[3:36:09] They're consultant is here today that says these are great

[3:36:12] people. Well, I don't know that. I've never met them.

[3:36:16] And quite frankly, if the environmental document comes back and

[3:36:21] they didn't listen to you, well, they're tone deaf when

[3:36:24] it comes to this community. So I want you to

[3:36:27] know that you have had an impact here this evening.

[3:36:31] And with that, I need to let you know that

[3:36:34] our work is not done here this evening. The council

[3:36:37] needs to recess back into closed session, excuse me, it

[3:36:41] is the successor agency. We have one more matter of

[3:36:45] business. So we're going to hit the gavel. We're going

[3:36:48] to go back upstairs. Some of you may have questions

[3:36:50] for us. If it's brief, we can answer it before

[3:36:54] we go upstairs. But again, we have more business to

[3:36:57] take care of. And so with that, Madame Eternity, do

[3:37:00] I need to make another announcement? No, you can adjourn

[3:37:02] the city council meeting and recess the successor agency. We

[3:37:06] are going to adjourn our city council meeting and recess

[3:37:09] the successor agency meeting back into closed session. Good night

[3:37:14] and thank you for your decorum. Hi, how are you?

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