[9:37] can

[13:08] go

[13:42] well

[14:29] and with your.

[14:29] >> All right.

[14:30] Good morning.

[14:30] I will now call the city

[14:31] council meeting of Tuesday

[14:34] SEPTEMBER first, 2026 to order

[14:35] Clerk Please call the roll.

[14:35] >> Thank you.

[14:36] Council PRESIDENT Council

[14:39] Member Campbell Council Member

[14:40] Whitburn here.

[14:40] Council Member Foster here.

[14:45] Council Member Von Wilpert

[14:45] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[14:49] here Council Member Be here

[14:49] Council Member Moreno.

[14:50] Council Member Ella Rivera and

[14:55] Council PRESIDENT LaCava.

[14:55] Present Also attending

[14:56] the meeting our Chief Deputy

[14:57] City Attorney Steve Lester

[14:59] Mirsky Independent Budget

[15:00] Analyst Charles Monaco Council

[15:01] Affairs Advisor in the Mayor's

[15:04] office Code Advisor and myself

[15:05] your city Clerk Diana Fuentes

[15:05] Thank you.

[15:06] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[15:06] Thank you.

[15:07] City Clerk.

[15:10] A quorum is now present.

[15:10] We will begin this morning with

[15:11] the land acknowledgment and

[15:12] the Pledge of Allegiance led by

[15:17] Council member Foster.

[15:22] We respectfully acknowledge

[15:23] that the culmination or

[15:23] the original inhabitants of

[15:27] the Unceded land now known as

[15:28] San Diego despite enduring

[15:28] the horrors of genocide and

[15:32] colonization, the community

[15:32] spirit remains unbroken.

[15:33] We honor the resilience of

[15:36] their ancestors who fought to

[15:37] protect their culture and land

[15:38] Today they carry their legacy

[15:41] forward ensuring that

[15:42] traditions continue to thrive

[15:43] and gratitude and strength we

[15:47] stand with the culmination

[15:48] connected to our past and

[15:50] committed to a thriving future

[15:50] .

[15:55] Please face the flag and begin

[16:00] allegiance to the flag and

[16:04] republic for which it stands

[16:05] One nation under GOD

[16:19] indivisible.

[16:20] >> All right, City Clerk and

[16:24] Mother Isabella, please go over

[16:25] how the public can offer their

[16:25] testimony.

[16:25] Thank you.

[16:26] I'd like to review and

[16:29] highlight the slide on

[16:29] the screen that reviews how

[16:30] the public can offer their

[16:31] public testimony during today's

[16:31] meeting.

[16:34] Please At the time allocations

[16:34] for proclamations and consent

[16:35] items for meeting management

[16:36] purposes the order can be found

[16:39] on the agenda summaries found

[16:40] online or at the table in

[16:41] the back of the room.

[16:41] If you are in person please

[16:43] complete a speaker slip located

[16:44] at the entrance of chambers and

[16:45] bring it to the front of

[16:45] the room.

[16:46] Council ambassadors are

[16:49] available to assist with

[16:49] speaker slips and questions.

[16:50] No further in-person testimony

[16:51] will be taken once the council

[16:54] begins Virtual testimony.

[16:54] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[16:55] All right.

[16:55] Thank you.

[16:56] We will now dispense with

[16:59] the approval of

[16:59] the proclamation items.

[17:00] >> Clerk Please proceed with

[17:00] public comment.

[17:01] Thank you.

[17:04] The public comment period for

[17:04] the proclamation items is now

[17:05] open.

[17:05] Each speaker will have one

[17:06] minute per item per person.

[17:09] If you'd like to speak on three

[17:10] or more items you will have a

[17:11] maximum of three minutes.

[17:11] The proclamation items being

[17:15] approved are items 3030 1s5

[17:15] hundred and 5a1 choice

[17:19] initiative if you can please

[17:20] come forward You'll be speaking

[17:20] on items 30 and 31 and Paul

[17:23] Krueger if you can come up to

[17:24] the front row to be ready to

[17:28] speak as well as Jill Weber

[17:28] thank you.

[17:33] >> On 30 Foundation for

[17:37] Developmental Disabilities 40

[17:37] is Happy Anniversary day My

[17:42] likes from the where as this

[17:42] emergency assistance

[17:46] scholarships affordable housing

[17:47] champions inclusion and

[17:52] independence includes the whole

[17:57] family Dear Foundation Happy

[18:02] anniversary You are GOD special

[18:02] angels here on earth love to

[18:07] all a number 31 I'm really

[18:08] excited about this one because

[18:12] I just spoke with the founder

[18:12] of the California Waves.

[18:16] He tells a really great story

[18:17] I'm hooked on girls baseball

[18:22] and it did start when I was a

[18:22] young girl.

[18:26] I was a tomboy between two

[18:27] brothers on their baseball team

[18:31] at least for a short period

[18:32] There were there was no girls

[18:32] team back then.

[18:36] So I'll say this Dear Padres

[18:41] MR. Group nerd, please consider

[18:42] sponsoring the waves Love to

[18:43] all It's going to be a great

[18:43] day.

[18:46] It was really it was It was

[18:51] really, really exciting to get

[18:51] to know the waves And so thank

[18:57] you Love to all again Thank you

[19:00] and call Krueger Here's being

[19:01] an item as 500 Please proceed

[19:05] Thank you.

[19:06] I just can't let this go

[19:07] without saying again that I

[19:07] think is a more appropriate

[19:10] time to do these commendations

[19:15] is before a meeting, after or

[19:16] on another day.

[19:20] But having said that I just

[19:21] wanted to offer my

[19:25] congratulations to owners and

[19:26] staff of Bandar Restaurant and

[19:30] where I've been familiar with

[19:31] since they opened and I was

[19:35] working downtown But I think

[19:35] there's more of a story and

[19:36] what they've done and what they

[19:37] really need to be acknowledged

[19:40] for is that they have stuck it

[19:40] out downtown in the worst of

[19:45] times and the block they're on

[19:46] was one not ten years ago a

[19:50] thriving full of shops and

[19:54] they're all gone and and our

[19:55] just stays there family

[19:59] operated just the kind of

[20:00] business that we need to be

[20:01] supporting and I want to thank

[20:04] them and thank you for

[20:05] recognizing thank you for that

[20:05] concluding comment.

[20:13] Jill Weber began Item 30 Hi,

[20:14] good morning.

[20:14] I'm city council members and

[20:18] community leaders on behalf of

[20:19] everyone at the Foundation for

[20:20] Developmental Disabilities I

[20:20] would like to express our

[20:23] gratitude to the city for

[20:27] proclaiming SEPTEMBER 15th as

[20:28] the 40th anniversary day.

[20:31] We are deeply honored by this

[20:32] recognition.

[20:32] 40 years is a significant

[20:33] milestone and this proclamation

[20:36] celebrates not only our

[20:36] organization's history but

[20:37] the countless individuals

[20:41] families, donors and community

[20:41] members who have made our

[20:44] mission possible over the past

[20:45] 44 scuse me.

[20:45] For decades since our founding,

[20:46] ftd has served our community

[20:50] with compassion, dignity and

[20:50] dedication.

[20:51] These 40 years we have

[20:54] witnessed tremendous growth and

[20:54] change.

[20:55] But our commitment to helping

[20:56] individuals with developmental

[20:59] disabilities has made

[21:00] consistent every success story,

[21:01] every life touched and every

[21:04] challenge overcome has been

[21:04] made possible through

[21:05] the support of this community

[21:08] We are especially grateful to

[21:09] the city for recognizing

[21:10] the importance of our work and

[21:14] being a valued partner in our

[21:14] efforts.

[21:15] This proclamation reminds us.

[21:15] Thank you so much.

[21:19] Appreciate you.

[21:20] >> Thank you.

[21:20] And Laurie Saldana, if you can

[21:21] please come forward your final

[21:22] speaker here in council

[21:22] chambers also speaking on item

[21:26] 31.

[21:31] >> Good morning Council.

[21:32] I just this is an amazing

[21:32] accomplishment.

[21:35] I had no idea that they had one

[21:36] of these national championships

[21:37] And I think it's a sign that

[21:40] women's sports the girls sports

[21:40] often get overlooked.

[21:41] So thank you council member for

[21:42] bringing this forward to

[21:45] acknowledge their incredible

[21:46] achievements.

[21:46] I think it's a good time also

[21:50] to recognize how the power of

[21:51] Title nine has transformed

[21:51] opportunities for girls and

[21:52] women.

[21:55] It's not just about sports.

[21:56] It's about everything in

[21:56] education.

[21:57] But it certainly has made a

[22:00] difference in I suspect in

[22:00] these young women's lives.

[22:01] They are too young to remember

[22:05] what a battle it was to get

[22:05] Title nine accomplished but it

[22:06] opened the doors for equal

[22:10] opportunity in all aspects of

[22:10] education And of course that

[22:11] meant in sports and athletics

[22:14] as well.

[22:15] So congratulations to these

[22:15] teams, to their coaches.

[22:19] And just like Ted Lasso this

[22:20] year is focused on women's

[22:20] football.

[22:24] I hope that they can find good

[22:24] sponsors and get the funding

[22:25] they need to continue their

[22:26] incredible success.

[22:28] Thank you.

[22:33] >> Thank you.

[22:34] >> There are no nobody with

[22:34] their hand raised in

[22:35] the virtual queues That does

[22:38] conclude public comment on

[22:38] proclamations.

[22:39] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[22:40] All right Thank you for

[22:40] the work with that will go to

[22:43] my council colleagues for

[22:43] comments questions and

[22:44] entertain a motion and we'll

[22:47] start with council member cam

[22:47] to you.

[22:48] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[22:48] I'll move approval of

[22:51] the proclamations starting with

[22:52] item number 30.

[22:52] It's an honor to recognize

[22:53] the foundation for

[22:56] Developmental Disabilities as

[22:57] it celebrates an incredible 40

[22:58] years of service to the San

[22:58] Diego community And especially

[23:01] I want to thank Jill and Ashley

[23:01] for being here today for

[23:02] helping us celebrate

[23:05] the important milestone.

[23:05] Since 1986 the foundation has

[23:06] worked to create greater

[23:07] opportunity and independence

[23:10] and inclusion for individuals

[23:10] with intellectual and

[23:11] developmental disabilities and

[23:14] their families And through

[23:15] emergency assistance,

[23:15] scholarships, affordable

[23:16] housing and other critical

[23:16] programs.

[23:20] The foundation has made a

[23:20] meaningful difference in

[23:21] the lives of thousands of San

[23:22] Diego And so on behalf of

[23:25] the Sandy city of San Diego,

[23:25] I'm proud to congratulate them

[23:28] on 40 years of service with

[23:29] Band Our Restaurant 30th

[23:30] Anniversary Day.

[23:30] I want to thank Councilmember

[23:31] Whitburn for bringing that

[23:33] forward Certainly a premier

[23:34] Persian restaurant in our

[23:35] community And I want to thank

[23:38] the Farahani family for their

[23:39] very good work here in

[23:39] downtown.

[23:43] But we know that Persians from

[23:44] all over San Diego County come

[23:44] to the Gaslamp to have food

[23:44] there.

[23:48] Certainly mine does as well.

[23:49] And last but not least I want

[23:49] to thank council member Ella

[23:53] Rivera for recognizing the San

[23:53] Diego wave and congratulate

[23:57] them on their sheer and utter

[23:58] dominance that they had this

[24:02] year And I totally agree with

[24:03] one of our public speakers our

[24:07] former assembly member

[24:07] Macedonia that they deserve far

[24:08] more recognition And again I

[24:11] thank Councilmember Yellow for

[24:12] Rivera for bringing it forward.

[24:12] And with that that concludes my

[24:13] comments.

[24:13] All right.

[24:14] Thank you, sir.

[24:16] So we have a motion by

[24:17] Councilmember Kemp here to move

[24:18] The proclamation will go next

[24:18] to council member Whitburn.

[24:21] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[24:22] Happy to support the motion to

[24:22] approve the proclamation.

[24:23] So I want to congratulate all

[24:26] of the organizations and

[24:26] individuals being honored

[24:27] recognized with proclamations

[24:28] this morning.

[24:31] I'm pleased to bring forward

[24:32] this morning's proclamation

[24:32] recognizing band our restaurant

[24:37] on its 30th anniversary and its

[24:38] founder is Chef Behrouz Farhadi

[24:40] and Saku Farahani appreciated

[24:41] the comments of Councilmember

[24:41] Carpio and I know we all feel

[24:45] that way.

[24:45] Since 1996 they have shared

[24:46] the traditions of Persian

[24:49] cuisine and hospitality with

[24:50] San Diego and built a beloved

[24:51] local institution downtown.

[24:54] Delighted to share this

[24:55] milestone to The Graduate,

[24:56] the Farahani family and

[24:59] the entire about our team 30

[25:00] years of success.

[25:00] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[25:01] right.

[25:01] Thank you Council members.

[25:04] So we have a motion by council

[25:05] member camp and the second by

[25:05] Council member Whitburn

[25:06] The move the proclamation will

[25:09] go next to council member Eli

[25:09] Rivera.

[25:09] >> All right.

[25:10] Thank you Council PRESIDENT And

[25:13] thank you to my colleagues for

[25:13] bringing forward

[25:14] the proclamations that they

[25:14] did.

[25:17] I'll circle back to those in a

[25:18] moment but I want to start by

[25:19] recognizing the California

[25:22] waves Um, such an incredible

[25:27] accomplishment.

[25:28] You made all of San Diego proud

[25:31] and doing that on a national

[25:36] and a national level in front

[25:37] of the whole country is just a

[25:41] really, really a thing that I

[25:42] hope you will hold with you for

[25:42] the rest of your lives because

[25:45] it's something to be so proud

[25:46] of.

[25:47] And before I say any more I

[25:47] want to make sure I name

[25:50] the folks who met me who

[25:51] accomplished all this because I

[25:55] know you did it as a team but

[25:55] you all deserve to hear your

[25:59] names specifically mentioned

[26:00] for this accomplishment.

[26:04] So and let me start with our 20

[26:04] 2612 and under national

[26:05] champions anyone from the 1200

[26:10] group if you want to stand up

[26:15] and this team was made up of

[26:21] average Sicilia, Isabella Cora

[26:25] Coral Riley Emerson Riley,

[26:25] Kelsey, Arianna, Arianna and

[26:29] Amelia.

[26:30] Congratulations and

[26:30] congratulations to your coaches

[26:35] Ken, Jason, Cara and Chris.

[26:35] What an amazing, amazing job

[26:36] you all have done.

[26:37] So congrats to our 12 and Under

[26:46] Champions And if our 14 other

[26:47] champions would like to stand

[26:55] up now and our 14 and unders

[26:56] include Brynn Bristol, Krista

[26:59] Gabby Isabella.

[27:00] Layla.

[27:00] Victoria.

[27:00] Zoe.

[27:01] Lyla.

[27:04] Chloe, Lily and Audrey.

[27:09] And we're coached by Cherise,

[27:09] Hugh and Noah.

[27:10] >> Congratulations to our 14

[27:13] other champions.

[27:17] >> And last but certainly not

[27:18] least our six other champions.

[27:22] >> If you'd like to stand up,

[27:27] Yuki Ava Elisa Sage Cassidy.

[27:31] Brianna Evie Peyton, Fatima,

[27:32] Peyton and Noelle.

[27:37] Congratulations.

[27:38] And to your coaches Tim Kellen

[27:38] and Marcus.

[27:38] Great job.

[27:44] We're so proud of all of you

[27:49] And I want to just to to share

[27:50] a little bit about the context

[27:50] for this.

[27:51] Where did this happen?

[27:54] This is a national

[27:54] championship.

[27:55] This happened with an

[27:58] organization baseball for all

[27:59] that is the largest girls

[28:00] baseball organization in

[28:00] the United States.

[28:04] And what I really appreciated

[28:04] is that baseball for all makes

[28:08] it clear that it's about more

[28:08] than just what happens on

[28:09] the field.

[28:10] It empowers girls to push their

[28:13] limits, lead in their

[28:14] communities and mentor one

[28:14] another.

[28:18] And I want you all to know that

[28:19] while there I'm sure there's

[28:19] athletes that you all look up

[28:22] to undoubtedly there are

[28:23] athletes who are now looking up

[28:27] to you and that's an incredible

[28:28] ,incredible thing to be proud

[28:28] of.

[28:29] It's also a responsibility my

[28:33] son is very into Spider-Man

[28:33] right now and so I am being

[28:36] inundated with the lesson that

[28:37] with great power comes great

[28:37] responsibility.

[28:38] You all obviously have

[28:38] the power.

[28:41] With that comes responsibility

[28:42] .

[28:42] But again thank you so much for

[28:46] for making San Diego proud for

[28:47] being the leaders that you are

[28:48] not just on the field but in

[28:48] your communities and making

[28:51] sure that that's an integrated

[28:52] into how you approach being

[28:52] student athletes.

[28:56] So congratulations again to our

[28:56] California waves.

[29:05] >> We're so proud of you And

[29:06] then thank you again to my

[29:06] colleagues for bringing forward

[29:10] the proclamations that they

[29:10] did.

[29:11] Very grateful to see those.

[29:16] I did want to just say thank

[29:17] you to our friends from our in

[29:20] your previous location right up

[29:21] the street from Cal Western Law

[29:25] School That was like a special

[29:25] place to get lunch.

[29:26] You know, when we weren't

[29:27] grabbing pizza from whoever was

[29:29] giving it to us for free that

[29:30] was that was a place where we

[29:31] could go get a really, really

[29:34] good meal.

[29:35] That was always a great treat.

[29:40] And so And your new place is

[29:40] beautiful.

[29:41] So thank you for staying

[29:44] committed to San Diego and

[29:45] congratulations for making it

[29:46] as long as you have because

[29:48] that is no small feat either.

[29:49] >> Thank you, Council

[29:49] PRESIDENT.

[29:50] All right.

[29:53] Thank you, Councilmember Rivera

[29:54] .

[29:54] >> We'll go next to council

[29:55] member Marino.

[29:58] Thank you and congratulations

[29:59] to California waves on all your

[30:00] achievements and

[30:04] congratulations on all

[30:04] the chief comments that you

[30:05] guys will have in the future.

[30:08] I know we have a very how

[30:13] should I say it's a very

[30:13] impactful group here.

[30:14] You guys are going to do

[30:14] tremendous things.

[30:17] You guys are already ready,

[30:18] dedicated and committed And so

[30:19] I look forward to seeing your

[30:22] guys's name on

[30:23] the Union-Tribune and all good

[30:27] things And so congratulations

[30:28] on Vendor for your 30th

[30:32] anniversary day.

[30:32] Thank you for everything that

[30:33] you guys have provided to

[30:37] the community and really

[30:37] appreciate your guys's

[30:38] commitment to the city of San

[30:38] Diego.

[30:43] I have comments on item s5a1

[30:44] which is Kevin Mattson Day and

[30:46] I want to also think

[30:47] Councilmember Foster for

[30:51] joining me in this proclamation

[30:51] .

[30:52] >> I believe he is here.

[30:52] Oh, there you are.

[30:56] Today we recognize MR. Mattson,

[30:57] a health care leader whose work

[31:01] has transformed access to care

[31:01] for families throughout San

[31:02] Diego County.

[31:06] MR. Mattson has more than 35

[31:07] years of leadership experience

[31:10] across federally qualified

[31:11] health care centers hospitals,

[31:12] medical groups, independent

[31:16] practice associations and

[31:17] health care management

[31:17] organizations.

[31:21] He earned a bachelor's of arts

[31:22] in business administration and

[31:26] accounting from Calderon, a

[31:26] state college preparing him for

[31:27] a career focused on

[31:30] organizational quality and

[31:31] financial stability.

[31:32] MR. Mattson joined San Ysidro

[31:35] Health in 2000 during a

[31:36] critical period when

[31:40] the organization faced

[31:41] the possibility of closure as

[31:45] part of a small three member

[31:45] leadership team, he played a

[31:46] pivotal role in stabilizing

[31:49] the organization and ensuring

[31:50] that essential health care

[31:53] services remained available to

[31:54] the community.

[31:55] Now before becoming PRESIDENT

[31:59] And chief executive officer,

[31:59] MR. Madsen served as senior

[32:00] vice PRESIDENT Overseeing

[32:04] operational responsibility.

[32:04] He's focused on quality growth

[32:08] and long term financials and

[32:09] stability.

[32:10] Now under his leadership listen

[32:10] to this you guys.

[32:14] San Ysidro health care grew

[32:17] from serving approximately

[32:18] 30,000 patients at three sites.

[32:21] That's a good number two

[32:22] serving more than 162,000

[32:26] patients throughout 52 clinics

[32:27] and program locations.

[32:32] Today San Ysidro Health

[32:35] provides nearly 900,000 visits

[32:36] annually and has become one of

[32:40] the largest community health

[32:41] centers in the nation.

[32:42] Now MR. Madsen also helped

[32:45] expand the San Diego program of

[32:46] all inclusive care for

[32:50] the elderly elderly.

[32:50] Now one of the largest and

[32:51] fastest growing pace programs

[32:54] in the United States now

[32:55] through strategic partnership

[32:59] and merging with organizations

[33:00] such as an Asthma Comprehensive

[33:04] Health Center Chaldean Middle

[33:05] Eastern Social Services and

[33:05] Mountain Health health He

[33:09] helped preserve health care

[33:10] access for vulnerable and

[33:14] deserving communities.

[33:14] His leadership ensures that San

[33:15] Ysidro health remains what he

[33:19] called a safety net to

[33:20] the safety net.

[33:24] MR. Madsen has also

[33:24] strengthened the Community

[33:25] Health Center movement

[33:28] nationally as a founding member

[33:29] of Advocates for Community

[33:29] Health.

[33:33] His leadership extends across

[33:34] California through his service

[33:34] with the California Primary

[33:39] Care Association Health Center

[33:39] Partnership of Southern

[33:43] California and Cal Peace.

[33:44] MR. Mattsson has been

[33:44] recognized by the San Diego

[33:45] Business Journal as a top

[33:48] influence maker ceo of the Year

[33:49] and cfo of the year.

[33:52] Now he also championed

[33:57] investment in San Ysidro Health

[33:58] with more With its more than

[33:59] 3200 employees through

[34:06] initiatives such as $25 by 2025

[34:06] living wage and company

[34:10] sponsored retirement benefits.

[34:11] What truly defines MR. Madsen's

[34:12] legacy is not only

[34:16] the extraordinary growth of San

[34:16] Ysidro health but his

[34:17] unwavering belief that every

[34:21] person deserves access to

[34:22] quality health care delivered

[34:26] with compassion and dignity.

[34:29] Now MR. Madsen, you're one of

[34:30] the greats and you gave access

[34:34] to people who didn't even know

[34:35] that they needed it.

[34:39] You delivered and you were so

[34:40] quiet about it.

[34:40] That's the other thing I've

[34:44] known you for so many years and

[34:44] you provided so much to so many

[34:45] families.

[34:48] So I want to thank you for your

[34:48] visionary leadership, your

[34:49] extraordinary service and your

[34:53] lasting contributions to San

[34:54] Ysidro health and the community

[34:54] it serves.

[34:57] So it is an honor to recognize

[34:58] him and to proclaim SEPTEMBER

[35:02] 1st, 2026 as Kevin Mattson Day

[35:02] in the city of San Diego.

[35:10] >> Thank you.

[35:11] >> If you would like to say a

[35:20] few words well I'd like to

[35:21] speak as it needs to be done.

[35:21] Thank you for the support from

[35:22] the city.

[35:25] We have some great partnerships

[35:26] throughout San Diego County,

[35:27] the city of San Diego, other

[35:29] cities.

[35:30] >> It's been the honor of my

[35:35] life to work at Cedar Health

[35:35] and serve the community.

[35:36] >> So thank you very much for

[35:49] the recognition.

[35:49] >> Thank you.

[35:50] All right.

[35:50] Thank you, COUNCILMAN Moreno.

[35:51] We'll go next to Councilmember

[35:53] Foster.

[35:53] Yes, Thank you.

[35:57] Council PRESIDENT And just

[35:58] congratulations to all of

[36:02] the proclamation recipients to

[36:03] the California waves.

[36:04] Congratulations on your

[36:07] achievement.

[36:08] Keep working hard to perfect

[36:12] your craft And you know we're

[36:13] not supposed to use that term

[36:17] Never but never let anyone tell

[36:18] you you can't.

[36:18] Yeah, right.

[36:24] Keep looking forward.

[36:30] Um, with that I would also like

[36:31] to comment on item as 5a1.

[36:35] >> I'm Kevin Madsen de.

[36:36] I just like to thank my

[36:38] colleague Councilmember Moreno

[36:39] for bringing forward this

[36:44] recognition for 26 years of

[36:44] leadership and service to San

[36:48] Jose Trail Health.

[36:49] We've seen the impact of that

[36:49] leadership directly in District

[36:50] four.

[36:53] We're starting to see to a

[36:53] health is continue to expand

[36:54] access to health care for our

[36:55] residents.

[36:58] That includes a new urgent care

[36:59] center that will soon open at

[36:59] the Jacobs Center.

[37:03] Give me families in our

[37:12] community a convenient place to

[37:12] receive urgent care.

[37:17] >> My apologies to be

[37:18] emotional.

[37:18] This is something that my

[37:21] community has been waiting on

[37:22] for probably 40 years to now

[37:27] have a place where a family is

[37:31] sick or a child is sick that

[37:31] needs urgent care, that has a

[37:32] place to go that doesn't have

[37:36] to drive to Claremont or down

[37:40] to Chula Vista but can drive

[37:44] right to the heart of District

[37:44] four.

[37:45] And that just speaks volumes.

[37:49] So thank you for that.

[37:49] This investment is also

[37:55] creating jobs.

[37:55] Seniors Cedar Health has

[37:56] already been out in our

[37:57] community recruiting for

[37:58] the new center with additional

[37:59] hiring opportunities coming as

[38:00] they continue to staff

[38:03] the facility.

[38:04] Kevin thank you for your years

[38:04] of service and for helping grow

[38:07] an organization that continues

[38:08] to invest in health opportunity

[38:13] and well-being of communities

[38:13] throughout San Diego including

[38:14] District four.

[38:19] Thank you.

[38:20] All right.

[38:25] Thank you, Councilmember Foster

[38:26] And not see anyone else in

[38:26] light.

[38:27] >> So I'll wrap up by thanking

[38:29] my colleagues for bringing

[38:30] these proclamations forward.

[38:30] Congratulations all

[38:31] the recipients the special

[38:34] congratulations of

[38:35] the California wave all three

[38:39] teams and a remarkable

[38:40] achievement you've done this

[38:40] year.

[38:41] I don't know that any region's

[38:44] ever going to be able to

[38:45] duplicate it except you guys

[38:49] because this is a remarkable

[38:50] town, a remarkable region that

[38:50] is not only to the individuals

[38:54] that play but also the coaches

[38:55] that take the time and

[38:56] the parents that support you in

[38:59] going forward.

[38:59] And I'm going to lay all

[39:00] the money that I have in my

[39:02] wallet right now that there is

[39:03] no one prouder today than this

[39:07] person city clerk D.A. Fuentes

[39:08] and Isabella.

[39:08] But I know all the parents.

[39:12] It takes a lot of committing it

[39:13] to deal with a traveling team

[39:14] that have the practice and

[39:17] the games and where they're

[39:18] going to play next and making

[39:19] that big trip to the East

[39:19] Coast.

[39:22] So again, congratulations to

[39:23] everybody at every level in

[39:23] this.

[39:27] So with that we have a motion

[39:28] by Councilmember Campo and a

[39:28] second by council member

[39:31] Whitburn.

[39:32] >> Please call the roll I'm

[39:33] sorry the voting system Please

[39:41] cast your vote That passes

[39:42] unanimously 7 to 0 with Council

[39:43] member Van Wilbert and Council

[39:46] member Campbell Absent.

[39:46] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[39:47] All right.

[39:47] Thank you.

[39:48] With that we will now take a

[39:48] pause for photos and we're

[39:51] going to start with Band our

[39:51] restaurant.

[39:56] So if you could come up and for

[39:56] the other two sessions follow

[39:58] Heidi she'll give you

[41:58] directions about

[46:06] okay.

[46:10] Okay.

[46:11] >> You can now proceed with

[46:12] the approval of the consent

[46:12] items.

[46:13] Are there any request to pull

[46:16] an item by council members Not

[46:16] seen any request with that

[46:17] clerk Please proceed with

[46:20] public comment.

[46:21] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[46:21] Please note each speaker will

[46:22] have one minute per item per

[46:22] person.

[46:25] If you would like to speak on

[46:26] three or more items you will

[46:26] have a maximum of three

[46:26] minutes.

[46:27] The consent agenda includes

[46:33] items 101 to 1 as 502 and it

[46:34] 504 joyce And if you can please

[46:36] come forward you'll have 100

[46:37] 101 and 504 so you'll have

[46:41] three minutes.

[46:42] Thank you.

[46:46] 100 The flat Iron litigation

[46:50] settlement I'm actually saying

[46:58] yes to $2,500,000 because

[47:03] the city delayed time ing of

[47:06] construction of two bridges and

[47:07] they're paying one.

[47:07] Well this isn't positive but on

[47:15] it's excuse me 1,500,000 and

[47:16] more from the general fund.

[47:20] I believe it is not possible to

[47:20] do an audit on a litigation

[47:25] settlement yet the list of

[47:25] cities delays to this project

[47:30] is long and includes

[47:30] the permits and approvals added

[47:35] project scope design revision

[47:36] funds owner furnished items and

[47:39] approvals owner closeout

[47:40] related item issues fail to

[47:44] make timely payments.

[47:45] I didn't see the name of

[47:46] the department anywhere I look

[47:49] through the back up I couldn't

[47:49] find it.

[47:50] But anyway I think somebody

[47:51] needs to look at this What

[47:53] happened?

[48:01] Thank you 1.1 Excuse me 101 for

[48:06] okay.

[48:07] Emergency due to raw sewage and

[48:08] so forth from t one to Mexico

[48:11] good news.

[48:12] I just read this last night San

[48:13] Diego county supervisors

[48:17] unveiled a new local initiative

[48:21] to design a united states side

[48:21] treatment center center system

[48:27] capturing raw sewage before it

[48:27] crosses the border.

[48:28] Isn't this good news?

[48:32] A big thank you to board Chair

[48:32] Larson.

[48:33] I hope that you say this right.

[48:36] Remember and Supervisor Paloma

[48:36] Aguirre and the rest of

[48:40] the board also a big thank you

[48:45] for the Clean Water Act lawsuit

[48:46] by Imperial Beach Chula Vista

[48:50] and the Port of San Diego.

[48:51] Thank you Port of San Diego

[48:55] Love to all And then lastly on

[48:59] s5o4 yes to authorize a First

[48:59] Amendment.

[49:00] Oh, I'm doing great.

[49:00] Yes.

[49:02] To authorize a First Amendment

[49:03] to nonprofit urban core of San

[49:08] Diego for storm water

[49:08] facilities maintenance services

[49:12] This is a great nonprofit.

[49:17] They serve as a bridge to a

[49:20] better life for young adults

[49:21] ages 18 to 26.

[49:26] Urban Core is looking for more

[49:26] youth to participate in their

[49:30] programs.

[49:31] Do you know someone who needs

[49:35] their support for a better life

[49:36] for ages 18 to 26 and then

[49:40] beyond in their life?

[49:41] Please let them know I got to

[49:45] speak with a gentleman from

[49:46] the Corps and he was so cool.

[49:49] Thank Paula Kruger for speaking

[49:50] on item 100 And I understand

[49:51] there's an image you'd like to

[49:54] share.

[49:59] Yes, we have.

[50:00] This is just the detail on

[50:04] the settlement The choice read

[50:05] I want to say I've heard you a

[50:09] couple of you express concerns

[50:09] about in very polite terms

[50:10] about the mayor's office and

[50:14] the fact that you don't have

[50:15] control over these kind of

[50:15] issues.

[50:18] But this is just incompetence

[50:22] and it's costing us 25 $2.5

[50:23] million five times the amount

[50:24] of the restrooms that were

[50:27] closed.

[50:28] If any of you worked in public

[50:32] in a private company like I did

[50:33] my whole life, people are

[50:37] accountable when things like

[50:37] this happen And week after week

[50:42] we come here and we read about

[50:43] these settlements and we as

[50:47] members of the public have no

[50:47] sense of whether anybody is

[50:52] ever held accountable for these

[50:52] kinds of lapses.

[50:53] It shouldn't happen.

[50:56] And when it does you need to

[50:57] speak about it.

[51:01] Thank you very much, Gloria

[51:02] Saldana if you can please come

[51:03] up And then after that is Ocean

[51:07] Eddie Ray lawyer speaking on

[51:10] items one on 1s5 of four and

[51:13] 100 I know you have a

[51:14] PowerPoint on the first item

[51:15] You'll have three minutes for

[51:15] all three items.

[51:18] Thank you.

[51:19] This has to do with

[51:19] the resolution that's been

[51:22] announced now for over 30 years

[51:23] and it's something that I

[51:24] actually was a litigant related

[51:27] to the Tijuana River Valley

[51:28] International Wastewater

[51:28] Treatment Plant.

[51:31] i was a plaintiff in

[51:32] the federal lawsuit trying to

[51:33] change the treatment capacity

[51:36] or treatment levels.

[51:37] Next slide please.

[51:38] Sea level rise is harming our

[51:41] coastal infrastructure and

[51:42] there are other items on this

[51:43] agenda that relate directly to

[51:46] these problems.

[51:47] This is a slide from the us

[51:47] Geological Survey.

[51:51] It shows very clearly that as

[51:52] the sea level rises it pushes

[51:53] groundwater upwards, it

[51:56] disrupts our buried

[51:56] infrastructure not just water

[51:57] and sewer but communications

[52:01] line gas lines And this is also

[52:02] harming in the two other river

[52:02] valley.

[52:06] Next slide please.

[52:07] And so this is from fema and

[52:11] I'll be showing more of these

[52:11] slides because they've updated

[52:12] their flooding area and

[52:15] the international treatment

[52:16] plant is in a known area of

[52:16] flood risk.

[52:20] So that adds to the problems.

[52:21] I know I only supposed to take

[52:22] it one minute per item So let's

[52:22] go back.

[52:25] And let me just say that I'm

[52:26] here on behalf of a group of

[52:26] people asking questions of

[52:30] experts about sea level rise.

[52:31] Meanwhile, you all are passing

[52:31] projects forward that are

[52:35] making it worse and you're

[52:35] dealing with it with

[52:36] the settlement of Condon

[52:39] Johnson That is a bridge

[52:40] facility right next to Midway.

[52:41] This is an area that is having

[52:45] severe impacts from sea level

[52:45] rise.

[52:46] So they were trying to build

[52:46] that bridge across the Mission

[52:50] Bay Channel and I don't know

[52:51] what your delays were that were

[52:55] causing the problems and I

[52:55] think we're all done with

[52:56] the slides for no thank you.

[53:00] But sea level rise is going to

[53:01] disrupt operations like this in

[53:02] the future And if you were not

[53:04] dealing with a you are adding

[53:05] costs and a financial burden

[53:06] not only to ratepayers for

[53:09] future infrastructure rates

[53:12] will be paying to offset these

[53:13] costs 35% increases in some

[53:14] cases but you'll also be

[53:17] burdening us with these payouts

[53:18] when you can't meet

[53:19] the obligations of your

[53:23] contracts And if it has to do

[53:23] with sea level rise you really

[53:24] need to address that.

[53:25] And that brings me finally to

[53:28] s5 Bill for the urban core of

[53:29] San Diego.

[53:29] These are young people who will

[53:32] be here likely long after many

[53:33] of us are gone.

[53:34] And so it's great that they are

[53:37] taking part in preventing

[53:38] the type of flooding damage

[53:41] that we saw affect choice

[53:42] Creek.

[53:43] It is the least advantaged

[53:43] people including these young

[53:47] men and women in the urban core

[53:47] who are the most impacted by

[53:48] decisions you are making now

[53:52] today that are putting future

[53:53] generations like these young

[53:56] men and women at risk in

[53:57] the future If you do not build

[53:58] in areas that do not require

[54:01] extraordinary efforts to keep

[54:02] them from flooding, you will be

[54:05] putting families in the future

[54:06] in hazardous situations.

[54:07] MR. Lee, chair of Land Use and

[54:10] Housing.

[54:11] So I approve of this and I just

[54:12] say make their job less

[54:15] important in the future and

[54:15] plan better.

[54:16] >> Thank you.

[54:20] Ocean Eddie Ray.

[54:21] >> Again, please come forward.

[54:24] You're speaking on item s502.

[54:31] >> Let's see.

[54:31] Good morning Council.

[54:32] My name is Ocean Eddie Ray and

[54:33] the publisher of lgbtq San

[54:36] Diego County News.

[54:37] I'm here to speak in support of

[54:37] s502.

[54:39] At the height of the aids

[54:40] crisis those living with hiv

[54:41] but in particular gay and

[54:45] bisexual men were not only

[54:46] dying they were being blamed

[54:46] for dying.

[54:50] Fear became policy.

[54:51] Stigma became law.

[54:51] And for 38 years those

[54:52] assumptions have remained At

[54:55] San Diego's code.

[54:56] But that is not the full story.

[54:57] San Diego's bathhouse is among

[55:00] the nation's best It's clean,

[55:01] professionally operated and

[55:05] comparable to a luxury spa not

[55:05] the shadowy dangerous

[55:06] stereotype often preserved in

[55:10] laws like these during the aids

[55:11] crisis and later during covid

[55:14] 19 and impacts local bathhouses

[55:15] ,lead and education testing

[55:15] and referrals.

[55:19] Yet the law treated them as

[55:20] threats even while they

[55:21] protected our community.

[55:21] That stigma still has

[55:25] consequences and most places

[55:25] bath house permits cannot be

[55:26] transferred.

[55:26] The laws are often so

[55:29] restricted that owners have

[55:29] legally adopted staff simply to

[55:30] pass the license on and keep

[55:34] legacy Institute Your time has

[55:34] concluded.

[55:35] Thank you for that concluding

[55:35] Thank you.

[55:39] i'm sorry the five minute time

[55:40] going to those participating

[55:40] remotely.

[55:43] Hector if you can please unmute

[55:44] or like to talk about the clean

[55:47] up and do you want to river

[55:48] that point You'll have one

[55:49] minute Please proceed.

[55:53] I think we should build a sand

[55:58] mine there in mine The sand

[55:58] from the till on a river

[55:59] because we're going to have to

[56:00] make the sewer plant their top

[56:03] notch and then we could set up

[56:07] a sand mine and make a fortune

[56:08] .

[56:08] The river sand There's top

[56:09] quality sand.

[56:12] We just have to clean it up

[56:12] from sewage but concrete and

[56:17] road bass and all sorts of

[56:17] applications we could use it

[56:18] for We could even transport it

[56:22] up to Del Mar and build that

[56:23] dam Would that sand It would

[56:27] save us a ton of money when we

[56:27] get around to building the dam.

[56:31] And then also District nine

[56:31] should not be in the council

[56:32] meeting today.

[56:35] We should be up in Sacramento

[56:39] pounding on the governor's door

[56:40] and make him sign

[56:41] the proclamation so we get

[56:45] the real money.

[56:45] That's where it's going to

[56:46] happen.

[56:47] That's the that's the stopping

[56:50] block of this whole thing.

[56:51] So we should quit having these

[56:54] meetings number nine and get

[56:55] your up to Sacramento and

[56:55] pound on his door.

[56:59] >> Your time has concluded.

[57:00] Natalie Raskin If you can

[57:00] please unmute and let me know

[57:01] which item or items you wish to

[57:06] speak to.

[57:07] Sorry I was last with

[57:08] the numbers I know I want to

[57:10] speak on the bathhouses

[57:11] the language that is used

[57:16] around many many things here in

[57:17] the city of San Diego has

[57:20] become a little out outrageous

[57:25] And we do in the state of fear

[57:26] want to place labels that makes

[57:30] other people feel comfortable

[57:31] and it's really overwhelming.

[57:32] And I think the more that it's

[57:35] talked about in the more open

[57:36] we discuss things about what is

[57:40] work, the less fear there is to

[57:41] have you know, with covid and

[57:45] now affordable housing.

[57:46] I feel like that's gotten a

[57:50] label a label on it.

[57:51] What we consider when we say

[57:55] homeless are the homeless

[57:55] population, mental health all

[57:59] of that has been lumped into

[58:00] this one big negative aspect

[58:04] and it affects me personally

[58:05] and my children And so I want

[58:06] to speak on being available to

[58:09] have more language about these

[58:10] words that create fear in our

[58:10] community.

[58:14] Thank you.

[58:15] >> Thank you.

[58:15] Next is Blair Beekman and for

[58:16] the record you are speaking on

[58:19] item s502 Blair Bateman If you

[58:20] can please unmute and let me

[58:23] know which item or items you

[58:24] wish to speak to.

[58:29] I Blair Beekman I wanted to

[58:33] speak to the chair on a river

[58:33] issue.

[58:36] I don't want to one place

[58:41] Please proceed.

[58:41] Thank you.

[58:42] Yes just the one item today I

[58:46] just wanted to comment that a

[58:46] county measure is coming

[58:47] through.

[58:51] I read in the newspaper to

[58:51] create some sort of treatment

[58:55] plant on the us side with using

[59:00] sales tax increases to pay for

[59:00] it.

[59:01] Good luck in that idea and that

[59:01] we can work on the pollution

[59:05] issues and good luck that we

[59:06] continue talking to Mexico that

[59:06] they can offer their own

[59:09] solutions to address pollution.

[59:10] Also sometimes difficult

[59:14] conversation to have but it's

[59:15] an important conversation to

[59:19] have and it'd be nice to be

[59:19] hearing dialog with Mexico on

[59:20] this stuff.

[59:20] They do have the ability to

[59:23] also build another plant.

[59:24] So good luck on those efforts

[59:28] Working on pure water issues

[59:28] any sort of dialog sand that

[59:33] can help with There are good

[59:34] facilitator, a dialog those

[59:38] things are clear with each

[59:39] other That's that's true

[59:39] working working out these

[59:42] issues.

[59:43] >> Thank you.

[59:44] Thank you Tony Your final

[59:44] speaker in the queue please

[59:46] unmute and let us know which

[59:47] item or items you wish to speak

[59:51] to.

[59:55] >> I will speak to s5o2 to

[1:00:00] the Tijuana sewer The continued

[1:00:01] state of emergency regarding

[1:00:02] raw sewage, solid waste and

[1:00:02] sediment coming from Do you

[1:00:06] want to please proceed?

[1:00:07] You have one minute and that's

[1:00:10] item 101 The declaring an

[1:00:11] emergency Thank you and support

[1:00:14] of item 121 Thank you to

[1:00:15] the work of Lori Saldana

[1:00:19] earlier Excellent presentation

[1:00:19] very informative And I do think

[1:00:20] that we need to be thinking

[1:00:24] about rising sea levels and

[1:00:24] their impact on some of

[1:00:27] the developments that we have

[1:00:28] going on in some of these areas

[1:00:29] and how that's going to be

[1:00:33] affecting our waste plants all

[1:00:34] of our septic all of the piping

[1:00:38] undergrounding that we have in

[1:00:38] some of these areas.

[1:00:41] But I'm definitely in support

[1:00:42] of item 1a1.

[1:00:42] Hopefully we can make good

[1:00:47] progress on that and thank you.

[1:00:47] >> Thank you.

[1:00:48] And that does conclude public

[1:00:49] comment on the consent agenda.

[1:00:52] All right.

[1:00:52] Thank you, City Clerk.

[1:00:53] I'm going to kick things off by

[1:00:56] moving the consent items and

[1:00:57] speaking to item as 5o2

[1:01:01] repealing the muni code

[1:01:02] regarding bathhouses.

[1:01:02] As many know I have prioritized

[1:01:06] cleaning up our council

[1:01:07] policies and municipal code.

[1:01:08] My staff came across this

[1:01:11] particular code section while

[1:01:12] researching another policy

[1:01:12] issue Once we thought it could

[1:01:16] not be unseen or ignored it was

[1:01:17] immediately evident to all of

[1:01:18] us This language does not

[1:01:21] reflect the values of who we

[1:01:22] are as a city On a pragmatic

[1:01:26] level we do not regulate these

[1:01:27] gathering places and this code

[1:01:27] is not in force.

[1:01:28] But that is not a reason to

[1:01:31] ignore it.

[1:01:31] More critically, this code

[1:01:32] reflects an offensive and

[1:01:35] outdated perspective of our

[1:01:36] lgbtq plus community.

[1:01:37] I want to state clearly and

[1:01:40] explicitly that I do not

[1:01:41] support this kind of language

[1:01:42] and I ask my colleagues to join

[1:01:45] me in repealing this section of

[1:01:46] the code.

[1:01:47] It reflects the kind of hateful

[1:01:47] rhetoric that has been leveled

[1:01:50] against our lgbtq plus

[1:01:51] neighbors for generations.

[1:01:55] I thank them for their bravery

[1:01:56] and strength in pushing back

[1:01:57] against homophobia every step

[1:02:00] of the way and claiming their

[1:02:01] rightful place in the open.

[1:02:01] Repealing this code section is

[1:02:05] a small signal of how far their

[1:02:06] advocacy and pride and fight

[1:02:10] has brought us as a society.

[1:02:10] Today's action is right and

[1:02:11] proper.

[1:02:15] And with that I'll turn it over

[1:02:15] to Council member Whitburn.

[1:02:16] Thank you very much.

[1:02:17] Council PRESIDENT I think it is

[1:02:20] worth noting that it is not one

[1:02:21] of the lgbtq council members

[1:02:24] bringing forward item as 502

[1:02:25] Council PRESIDENT Thank you for

[1:02:29] bringing forward the repeal of

[1:02:30] this language and thank you to

[1:02:30] your staff.

[1:02:34] I regularly tell my friends in

[1:02:35] the lgbtq community that they

[1:02:35] could be proud that we have

[1:02:36] such strong allies on this City

[1:02:40] Council.

[1:02:41] This is just another example of

[1:02:41] that.

[1:02:42] So thank you to those on this

[1:02:45] council those of the community

[1:02:46] who have spoken in favor of

[1:02:46] this as well.

[1:02:47] Happy to second the motion.

[1:02:47] All right.

[1:02:48] Thank you.

[1:02:50] Council member Whitburn With

[1:02:51] that will go next to Council

[1:02:51] Member Campion.

[1:02:52] >> Thank you.

[1:02:53] Council PRESIDENT Just briefly

[1:02:55] comment on se 5o2 on behalf of

[1:02:55] my family and my Uncle

[1:02:58] Francisco who died in 1992 from

[1:02:59] hiv aids.

[1:02:59] We appreciate you and your

[1:03:00] staff's work on this means a

[1:03:00] lot.

[1:03:04] Thank you.

[1:03:04] >> Thank you, sir.

[1:03:05] And council member Eli Rivera

[1:03:05] the Eagles residents want to

[1:03:08] thank you and your staff for

[1:03:13] the work But going through

[1:03:13] the municipal code to make sure

[1:03:17] that we're not just not keeping

[1:03:18] things on the books that don't

[1:03:19] need to be there but that

[1:03:22] shouldn't be there does take a

[1:03:23] lot of time and effort And I

[1:03:24] appreciate you all doing this.

[1:03:27] I know that in the past that we

[1:03:28] I think we we took an action to

[1:03:32] rescind the resolution that

[1:03:33] the city council had passed.

[1:03:37] Um, many, many, many years ago

[1:03:38] that did not reflect the values

[1:03:38] of the city today And that was

[1:03:42] meaningful to the community

[1:03:43] then I'm glad to see that we're

[1:03:43] doing this as well.

[1:03:46] Thank you, PRESIDENT All right

[1:03:46] .

[1:03:47] >> Thank you.

[1:03:48] Council member Ala Rivera not

[1:03:48] see anybody else in the light

[1:03:51] We have a motion by myself in

[1:03:52] the second by Council member

[1:03:53] Whitburn to move the consent

[1:03:55] item clerk Please call the roll

[1:03:56] I'm sorry the voting system

[1:04:01] Please cast your vote And that

[1:04:02] passes unanimously 7 to 0 with

[1:04:05] council member Bong Lippert and

[1:04:06] Council member Campbell absent.

[1:04:06] >> Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[1:04:07] All right.

[1:04:07] Thank you.

[1:04:10] City Clerk With that are there

[1:04:11] any comments from the mayor's

[1:04:11] office, council members, city

[1:04:15] attorney, independent budget

[1:04:15] analyst or city clerk not

[1:04:16] seeing or hearing any.

[1:04:20] We will now take up non agenda

[1:04:20] public comment.

[1:04:21] Council members respect and

[1:04:24] appreciate the public's input

[1:04:25] and are fully committed to

[1:04:25] protecting every participant's

[1:04:29] free speech right that Council

[1:04:29] and committee meetings.

[1:04:30] With that Deputy Clerk please

[1:04:34] proceed with public comment for

[1:04:38] all 2.79 Agenda Public comment

[1:04:39] is an opportunity for members

[1:04:39] of the public to comment on

[1:04:42] items that are not on

[1:04:42] the agenda but within

[1:04:43] the subject matter jurisdiction

[1:04:47] of the City Council.

[1:04:47] Each speaker will have two

[1:04:48] minutes.

[1:04:48] Please note if there are eight

[1:04:49] or more speakers on a single

[1:04:52] topic the maximum time for

[1:04:52] the topic will be 16 minutes.

[1:04:56] If you are in chambers please

[1:04:57] submit your speaker slip.

[1:04:58] If you are joining us virtually

[1:04:58] please raise your hand to speak

[1:05:01] by tapping the raise your hand

[1:05:02] icon or if you are a call

[1:05:05] participant Star nine We will

[1:05:06] begin in press and public

[1:05:10] comment with David Lombardi.

[1:05:14] >> Good morning everybody.

[1:05:15] I'm a resident long time in

[1:05:19] Mission Beach.

[1:05:20] I've had a neighbor that ran a

[1:05:24] for us next door and it brought

[1:05:25] to light the city's police

[1:05:29] policy of if they issue a

[1:05:33] warning they have to come back

[1:05:33] within 24 hours and witness

[1:05:37] the same infraction in order to

[1:05:38] write a citation.

[1:05:42] It makes the whole policy moot.

[1:05:42] They get nothing done.

[1:05:47] I had to live next to a frat

[1:05:47] house for six years.

[1:05:48] I took them to small claims

[1:05:51] court and I lost.

[1:05:52] The policy needs to change so

[1:05:55] that they can come back within

[1:05:55] 30 days.

[1:05:56] We're understaffed in

[1:05:56] the police department.

[1:06:00] They never come back within 24

[1:06:00] hours.

[1:06:01] So effectively there is no

[1:06:04] police enforcement of the noise

[1:06:05] policies and it's part of

[1:06:05] the code.

[1:06:09] So it's real simple.

[1:06:14] The kids know that that all

[1:06:15] they have to do is wait 24

[1:06:15] hours to have another party.

[1:06:19] If you extend that to 30 days

[1:06:20] then we'll have some

[1:06:20] enforcement.

[1:06:24] All you have to do is write a

[1:06:24] couple citations.

[1:06:25] The word will get out and get

[1:06:26] the money from the citations

[1:06:29] and we'll have an effective

[1:06:29] noise policy.

[1:06:30] That's what I'm hoping for.

[1:06:33] I, I brought a page which you

[1:06:34] all should have.

[1:06:35] >> I need your help.

[1:06:38] Authors I don't know.

[1:06:39] I can't get an appointment with

[1:06:40] MISS Campbell.

[1:06:43] I've tried 6 or 8 times.

[1:06:44] I'm getting no help in

[1:06:48] the community and this is my

[1:06:49] last step So I got to get some

[1:06:49] help here.

[1:06:52] If there's anybody that would

[1:06:53] like to help me get this, I'm

[1:06:54] also going to start a petition

[1:06:57] drive.

[1:06:58] You know, like I said, get in

[1:07:01] touch with the police and let's

[1:07:01] get something done.

[1:07:06] Boys.

[1:07:06] Okay.

[1:07:06] Thank you.

[1:07:07] Thank you.

[1:07:25] Enjoy Sanada, could you just

[1:07:30] pass me for just a moment,

[1:07:30] please?

[1:07:31] I really appreciate it.

[1:07:34] I blew it.

[1:07:35] I'm okay.

[1:07:35] Thank you so much.

[1:07:36] I appreciate that so much.

[1:07:39] Okay.

[1:07:40] At the last Rules Committee

[1:07:44] meeting due to time constraints

[1:07:45] I only had a minute I spoke in

[1:07:49] opposition to the Dark Money

[1:07:50] ordinance only because I

[1:07:54] disagree with the vision

[1:07:55] statement and I quote a San

[1:07:59] Diego that works for all San

[1:08:00] Diego and not just the wealthy

[1:08:06] and the powerful All but

[1:08:10] Abraham Lincoln, our PRESIDENT

[1:08:11] At one time said this Better

[1:08:15] angels of our nature would rise

[1:08:16] up and preserve unity end of

[1:08:16] quote.

[1:08:20] This is part of his first

[1:08:24] inaugural address in 1861.

[1:08:29] From that quote I like

[1:08:30] PRESIDENT Lincoln's two words

[1:08:37] preserve unity Council member

[1:08:42] Eli Rivera your work for all

[1:08:42] the people is very important.

[1:08:46] I believe your work affects

[1:08:47] preserving unity in San Diego

[1:08:50] like PRESIDENT Lincoln speaks

[1:08:55] of the Dark Money ordinance,

[1:09:00] the missions statement Steps

[1:09:01] are right on.

[1:09:05] It's just a vision statement

[1:09:06] that I oppose at the San Diego

[1:09:10] table that I speak of and where

[1:09:15] we do our shared conversations

[1:09:16] I include the wealthy and

[1:09:21] the powerful Dear Council

[1:09:22] member Elvia please reconsider

[1:09:25] your vision statement on this

[1:09:25] ordinance.

[1:09:26] >> I'd love to All Thank you.

[1:09:29] Joseph Rodriguez if you can

[1:09:30] please come forward After that

[1:09:32] is Paul Krueger and then Laurie

[1:09:37] Saldana.

[1:09:38] >> >> Good morning everyone.

[1:09:44] My name is Joseph Rodriguez.

[1:09:44] I am a descendant of the Rincon

[1:09:47] banner Louisiana Indians and

[1:09:48] North County San Diego.

[1:09:48] Um I'm also pursuing a master

[1:09:52] of social work at San Diego

[1:09:52] State University.

[1:09:53] This is my first city council

[1:09:56] meeting and honestly I'm

[1:09:57] excited about the engagement

[1:10:01] and participation here today.

[1:10:02] Today I do not bring any

[1:10:02] concerns but rather an

[1:10:06] invitation invitation to stay

[1:10:07] curious about San Diego's rich

[1:10:07] culture especially those of our

[1:10:11] indigenous brothers and

[1:10:11] sisters.

[1:10:12] I challenge us all to dream

[1:10:16] beyond the land acknowledgments

[1:10:16] and propose more ways to

[1:10:17] acknowledge indigenous history

[1:10:21] and their sacrifice, says As

[1:10:22] elected officials I hope you

[1:10:22] wake up every day imagining how

[1:10:26] we can give back to and protect

[1:10:27] indigenous communities.

[1:10:31] Please stay steadfast in your

[1:10:31] service to San Diego City

[1:10:32] residents and thank you for

[1:10:35] your time.

[1:10:35] Thank you.

[1:10:36] Paul Kruger I understand you

[1:10:37] have a PowerPoint image that

[1:10:42] you'd like to share.

[1:10:43] After that is Lori Saldana.

[1:10:44] If you can please come forward

[1:10:47] to the front row for better

[1:10:47] meeting management.

[1:10:48] >> Yes, thank you.

[1:10:52] This is just a portion of

[1:10:53] the front page story about

[1:10:57] the Barns Tennis Center lease.

[1:11:02] Um, I know that you're you make

[1:11:02] your best effort to hear what

[1:11:06] people are concerned about and

[1:11:06] I know some of you have

[1:11:07] expressed frustration about

[1:11:11] the refusal of voters to raise

[1:11:16] taxes or when we push back

[1:11:16] against fees.

[1:11:17] And I just want you to keep in

[1:11:20] mind that stories like this do

[1:11:21] more to undermine

[1:11:25] the credibility of our local

[1:11:26] government and to make people

[1:11:30] who would otherwise contribute

[1:11:34] to the financing of this city

[1:11:35] have significant second

[1:11:35] thoughts.

[1:11:40] You're aware of this?

[1:11:41] I think it's coming up tomorrow

[1:11:42] at the audit committee.

[1:11:45] I can't stress enough what tens

[1:11:46] of thousands of San Diegans

[1:11:51] must be thinking when they read

[1:11:51] that the Barnes Tennis Center

[1:11:55] pays $50 a month in rent that

[1:11:59] they make tens of millions of

[1:12:00] dollars in revenue And then in

[1:12:04] fact this lease was subject to

[1:12:05] revision.

[1:12:09] It did not have to go in in its

[1:12:10] current form for 30 years.

[1:12:13] The auditor said it could be

[1:12:14] amended both to recognize

[1:12:15] the new amenities and to make

[1:12:18] rent more equal to the money

[1:12:19] the property generates.

[1:12:24] So again we all live in our

[1:12:24] bubble.

[1:12:25] We all surround ourselves with

[1:12:28] our friends.

[1:12:29] We all have staff where we

[1:12:30] work.

[1:12:33] I can't stress enough my sense

[1:12:34] from reading social media that

[1:12:38] the income allowance of

[1:12:39] the department that allowed

[1:12:43] this to happen has real world

[1:12:44] consequences on people's faith

[1:12:48] in their government And this

[1:12:49] issue with leases is not new.

[1:12:54] >> So please thank you for that

[1:12:54] concluding sentence.

[1:12:55] >> Lori Saldana if you can

[1:12:57] please come forward And there's

[1:12:58] a PowerPoint as well.

[1:13:02] Yes, Thank you.

[1:13:03] So over the weekend the state

[1:13:06] legislature met in a weekend

[1:13:06] session and one of the urgent

[1:13:07] bills they approved has to do

[1:13:11] with a project that many of us

[1:13:12] are calling Midway thinking.

[1:13:16] Let's go to the next slide

[1:13:16] please.

[1:13:17] And this is another fema map

[1:13:21] similar to what I showed you

[1:13:22] earlier that has been updated

[1:13:23] as of a few months ago and now

[1:13:25] includes the Brown area.

[1:13:26] That red dot is the Midway

[1:13:30] Project proposed area and

[1:13:31] the Brown area is an updated

[1:13:31] flood risk assessment that

[1:13:35] shows that where people are you

[1:13:35] all are about to consider

[1:13:36] building housing and a sports

[1:13:39] arena.

[1:13:40] A venue is going to be more

[1:13:44] expensive to insure from flood

[1:13:44] with flood insurance because

[1:13:45] it's now been added to a flood

[1:13:49] hazard area.

[1:13:50] So why in the world would you

[1:13:50] ever put thousands of more

[1:13:51] people in homes and have a

[1:13:55] sports venue in an area that's

[1:13:55] already sinking?

[1:14:00] And let's go to the next slide

[1:14:00] please.

[1:14:04] The groundwater in that area is

[1:14:05] creating this flood hazard.

[1:14:06] Residents will have a hard time

[1:14:06] if they can't afford flood

[1:14:09] insurance.

[1:14:10] It will be more expensive.

[1:14:10] Higher insurance costs are not

[1:14:11] compatible with housing

[1:14:15] affordability.

[1:14:15] The construction just as with

[1:14:19] that recent lawsuit you just

[1:14:20] settled could be delayed

[1:14:21] because of these groundwater

[1:14:21] problems.

[1:14:25] Change orders due to flooding

[1:14:25] just as we've seen with

[1:14:29] the pure water program can go

[1:14:29] up.

[1:14:30] And these higher construction

[1:14:30] costs will interfere with

[1:14:31] affordability in the long run.

[1:14:33] Next slide, please.

[1:14:34] It's already happening.

[1:14:38] Flooding is already happening

[1:14:39] in incredible amount of

[1:14:40] billions of dollars of

[1:14:43] stormwater infrastructure are

[1:14:44] already identified but we don't

[1:14:45] have the funds for that.

[1:14:49] So all of these impacts public

[1:14:49] safety, contamination, air

[1:14:50] quality.

[1:14:53] Just like in the two on a river

[1:14:54] valley could happen as a result

[1:14:55] of building in that midway

[1:14:58] thinking area.

[1:14:59] Next slide I think I have one

[1:14:59] more.

[1:14:59] I do not.

[1:15:00] Okay.

[1:15:04] So that concludes my comments.

[1:15:04] >> Thank you.

[1:15:05] Thank you.

[1:15:08] That does include public

[1:15:09] comment here in council

[1:15:09] chambers.

[1:15:10] >> Excuse me.

[1:15:13] Going starting the five minute

[1:15:14] timer and going to those

[1:15:15] participating online we have

[1:15:18] seven speakers in the queue.

[1:15:19] Blair Beckman if you can please

[1:15:19] unmute.

[1:15:20] After that is Natalie Rush can

[1:15:23] back you up.

[1:15:24] >> All right we're we.

[1:15:25] We don't meet next week to

[1:15:27] continue my words from

[1:15:28] yesterday.

[1:15:28] There simply can be a long list

[1:15:31] of problems created because of

[1:15:32] 911 and it's ideas of continual

[1:15:32] war.

[1:15:33] I think the local level can be

[1:15:36] much be of much help to develop

[1:15:37] dialog and conversation in

[1:15:38] healing to more clearly

[1:15:41] understand the events of

[1:15:41] the day itself and why 911 was

[1:15:42] allowed to happen.

[1:15:46] Thankfully we are beginning to

[1:15:47] again better address this

[1:15:47] country's previous human

[1:15:48] rights, civil rights and best

[1:15:50] practices.

[1:15:51] Interestingly, local California

[1:15:52] governments and communities

[1:15:55] know how to gear up now know

[1:15:56] how to gear up towards

[1:15:56] practices of peace when our

[1:15:57] U.S. National level continues

[1:16:00] to go to war at this time in

[1:16:01] history.

[1:16:01] And believe it or not, we have

[1:16:04] also created an important new

[1:16:05] set of civil rights and civil

[1:16:06] protection policies for both

[1:16:06] immigration and technology for

[1:16:10] our local U.S. Communities.

[1:16:10] I hope San Diego can also take

[1:16:11] to heart we are creating best

[1:16:15] practices that local police

[1:16:15] departments previously running

[1:16:16] around with violent war

[1:16:20] policies from the possibly very

[1:16:20] fabricated events of the 911

[1:16:21] and wartime.

[1:16:24] Now have to better answer local

[1:16:25] elected officials and

[1:16:26] the everyday public and

[1:16:26] community and that local

[1:16:30] communities now work closely

[1:16:31] together and how to address

[1:16:31] de-escalation with the use of

[1:16:35] lethal force and hopefully more

[1:16:36] responsible less serious with

[1:16:36] future surveillance technology

[1:16:40] to conclude, we MAY also be

[1:16:40] starting to better consider

[1:16:41] that working towards

[1:16:44] the humanity and oversight of

[1:16:45] more open, cooperative

[1:16:45] participatory democracy can

[1:16:49] make more sense than overly

[1:16:50] focusing on this country as a

[1:16:51] representative a representative

[1:16:55] representative of republic as a

[1:16:55] decision making and

[1:16:56] policymaking of only a few

[1:16:59] representative elites in

[1:17:00] the past 20 years of this

[1:17:01] country has often brought a new

[1:17:04] level of harm and death to

[1:17:04] the everyday people of local

[1:17:05] communities.

[1:17:08] I hope this can provide some

[1:17:09] context and how to better

[1:17:09] consider our past and future in

[1:17:13] San Diego and across this

[1:17:13] country.

[1:17:14] Thanks for the meeting today

[1:17:18] and see you guys.

[1:17:19] Good luck in our upcoming work

[1:17:20] that we can all work on

[1:17:24] together as a community.

[1:17:24] >> Thank you.

[1:17:25] Thank you.

[1:17:25] Next is Natalie Raskin If you

[1:17:26] can please unmute.

[1:17:28] After that is back you wrap and

[1:17:32] then 7499 by Natalie Rafferty.

[1:17:33] >> I didn't get a chance to

[1:17:34] raise my hand for the girls in

[1:17:34] the sports.

[1:17:37] I don't know if they're still

[1:17:37] there.

[1:17:38] >> Coming from a girl who had

[1:17:42] to play baseball because there

[1:17:43] was an I was a Air Force brat

[1:17:47] so I didn't have they didn't

[1:17:47] have girls teams.

[1:17:48] I had to play with the boys And

[1:17:49] also coming from a collegiate

[1:17:52] athlete and a woman is a girls

[1:17:53] high school basketball coach I

[1:17:56] commend them and applaud them

[1:17:57] and hope they use that skill to

[1:18:01] move forward in life as I have

[1:18:02] now being in the position I am

[1:18:06] being in a team like that will

[1:18:07] build confidence in your

[1:18:07] ability to speak out when you

[1:18:11] need to speak out in that sense

[1:18:11] as well.

[1:18:12] Coming from a woman that has

[1:18:16] some sports methodology

[1:18:16] methodologies available that

[1:18:20] I'm trying to get my foot in

[1:18:21] the door, it still seems that

[1:18:22] women have a hard time reaching

[1:18:25] the same level as a man when

[1:18:26] there are ideas to bring

[1:18:30] revenue to this city.

[1:18:31] I have my son plays for mls

[1:18:35] next and I still can't seem to

[1:18:36] get my foot in the door because

[1:18:40] it seems either if I'm a woman

[1:18:41] or the ideas and the revolution

[1:18:45] innovation that I have has not

[1:18:46] reached the level to there

[1:18:50] under standings.

[1:18:51] So I know there are some of you

[1:18:54] up there that have sports

[1:18:55] connections.

[1:18:55] I'd like to put this in front

[1:18:59] of you and bring some revenue

[1:19:00] to the city.

[1:19:00] This is where I live.

[1:19:04] This is where my kids have born

[1:19:04] and raised and I am still out

[1:19:05] of 318.

[1:19:09] There are still 388 of these

[1:19:10] that have nowhere to go.

[1:19:13] NOVEMBER 30th me and my family

[1:19:17] one son has already left me.

[1:19:18] We are going to be homeless.

[1:19:19] I don't want to be in this

[1:19:19] trap.

[1:19:23] I have used in research and

[1:19:24] I've been studying A.I. And I

[1:19:27] think there are ways to bring

[1:19:28] more revenue into this city.

[1:19:28] It's just getting my foot in

[1:19:32] the door and being able to talk

[1:19:33] to somebody.

[1:19:33] We have 318 families that are

[1:19:36] going to be homeless on

[1:19:36] NOVEMBER 30th.

[1:19:37] Time has concluded.

[1:19:38] Thank you Becky Rapp If you can

[1:19:39] please unmute and after that

[1:19:44] will be 7499.

[1:19:44] >> Good morning.

[1:19:45] My name is Becky Rapp and I'm

[1:19:49] here today to ask the council

[1:19:52] to support California ab 2249

[1:19:53] and to reach out to

[1:19:54] the governor's office urging

[1:19:58] him to sign this important

[1:19:58] piece of legislation.

[1:20:02] When fornia passed Proposition

[1:20:03] 64, protecting children and

[1:20:03] youth was an important part of

[1:20:07] the framework.

[1:20:08] The goal was to make marijuana

[1:20:08] legal for adults while keeping

[1:20:12] children and young people

[1:20:12] protected.

[1:20:13] But experience has shown that

[1:20:17] the existing language regarding

[1:20:17] packaging and labeling that MAY

[1:20:18] appeal to children is not clear

[1:20:21] enough.

[1:20:22] >> ab two two four nine takes

[1:20:26] an important step forward by

[1:20:27] providing clear standards for

[1:20:28] what is considered attractive

[1:20:28] to children.

[1:20:32] It addresses cartoons, child

[1:20:33] oriented characters candy and

[1:20:37] dessert imagery and other

[1:20:38] designs that can appeal to

[1:20:38] young people.

[1:20:42] This bill is about making sure

[1:20:42] that products intended for

[1:20:43] adults are not packaged or

[1:20:47] labeled in ways that are

[1:20:47] designed to attract children.

[1:20:48] So I'm asking the council to

[1:20:51] recognize the importance of

[1:20:55] this legislation and support hb

[1:20:55] 2249.

[1:20:56] This bill gives California a

[1:21:00] clear and stronger way to do

[1:21:01] that.

[1:21:01] >> Thank you.

[1:21:01] Thank you.

[1:21:05] Nexus 7499I know you have

[1:21:09] materials to share.

[1:21:10] >> Please play the video.

[1:21:14] Thank you.

[1:21:15] >> Here on JUNE 15th I was hang

[1:21:15] gliding at Dockweiler State

[1:21:19] Beach in Los Angeles under

[1:21:19] the Dockweiler waiver that has

[1:21:20] been in place since 2017.

[1:21:24] The public has been able to

[1:21:24] hang gliding Dockweiler Beach

[1:21:25] for nearly ten years Under that

[1:21:29] waiver.

[1:21:29] A decade ago however hang

[1:21:30] gliding a while It was not

[1:21:31] allowed by the county of Los

[1:21:34] Angeles without use for

[1:21:34] membership.

[1:21:35] Fortunately that all changed

[1:21:38] due to a sequence of events

[1:21:39] that started right here in San

[1:21:42] Diego on JULY 24th, 2011.

[1:21:43] A female student named Shannon

[1:21:44] Hamby was taking lessons at

[1:21:47] Torrey through the city's

[1:21:47] concessionaire.

[1:21:48] She was under radio supervision

[1:21:51] when she was flown directly

[1:21:52] into the path of another

[1:21:52] student.

[1:21:53] She crashed and was badly

[1:21:53] injured.

[1:21:57] I was contacted by Shannon's

[1:21:58] lawyer and asked to testify as

[1:21:58] an expert witness and I did.

[1:22:02] My testimony in SEPTEMBER of

[1:22:03] 2014 was solid and the case was

[1:22:03] quickly settled in Shannon's

[1:22:07] favor for an undisclosed amount

[1:22:08] but ended up losing their

[1:22:11] insurance coverage.

[1:22:12] By NOVEMBER of 2014.

[1:22:12] I was retaliated against by

[1:22:16] your concession chair who

[1:22:17] conspired with you but in

[1:22:18] the spring of 2015 to have me

[1:22:21] expelled for my testimony which

[1:22:22] ended my ability to fly at all

[1:22:26] use for sites including Torrey

[1:22:26] Pines and Dockweiler.

[1:22:27] In early 2017 we met with newly

[1:22:31] elected Barbara Bree for help.

[1:22:32] Barbara Bree suggested a flight

[1:22:35] waiver to solve the problem but

[1:22:36] she never followed through.

[1:22:37] Joe Foulston I also spoke to

[1:22:40] the Los Angeles County Board of

[1:22:41] Supervisors.

[1:22:42] While Barbara Bree did nothing

[1:22:45] here in San Diego, Los Angeles

[1:22:46] Supervisor Janice Hahn stepped

[1:22:50] up and actually instituted a

[1:22:50] waiver.

[1:22:51] The first dockweiler waivers

[1:22:52] were issued to Joe Foust Frank

[1:22:55] Culver and myself.

[1:22:56] On JULY 26th, 2017 And we have

[1:23:00] flown under those waivers

[1:23:01] without incident.

[1:23:01] Ever since Barbara Barrie

[1:23:05] dodged the issue for the rest

[1:23:05] of her term until her failed

[1:23:06] mayoral bid in 2020.

[1:23:07] Joe LaCava has followed her

[1:23:10] lead throughout his entire

[1:23:10] term.

[1:23:11] Reactivate the Torrey Pines

[1:23:14] City Park Advisory Board and

[1:23:15] institute a Torrey Pines flight

[1:23:15] waiver now.

[1:23:19] Thank you.

[1:23:20] >> Thank you.

[1:23:20] That concludes your comments.

[1:23:24] And there's a timer.

[1:23:24] Next is Toni.

[1:23:28] If you can please unmute

[1:23:29] The five minute timer also did

[1:23:30] go off during the last speaker.

[1:23:34] There were five speakers and

[1:23:34] there were six speakers in

[1:23:35] the queue.

[1:23:35] There are now five.

[1:23:38] No other speakers will be taken

[1:23:39] .

[1:23:39] >> Please proceed.

[1:23:40] Just before I begin I just

[1:23:41] wanted to ask a clarifying

[1:23:43] comment.

[1:23:44] How would I send materials like

[1:23:45] the like the video that Bob

[1:23:48] Kozinski sent?

[1:23:49] >> How would I send that in And

[1:23:50] please please email us at City

[1:23:52] Clerk at San diego.Gov and we

[1:23:52] can give you all

[1:23:53] the information.

[1:23:54] >> Okay And do I have to send

[1:23:57] it in 24 hours ahead of time?

[1:23:58] >> It's two hours in advance If

[1:23:58] you can send us an email.

[1:24:01] You can go to San Diego dot gov

[1:24:01] slash participate as well.

[1:24:02] >> Okay.

[1:24:02] Thank you.

[1:24:03] Is it possible to restart my

[1:24:06] time?

[1:24:06] >> Please proceed.

[1:24:06] Thank you.

[1:24:13] I would like to uplift and

[1:24:14] double down on the voices that

[1:24:14] have spoken this morning

[1:24:15] especially that of Paul Kruger

[1:24:18] and Bob Kozinski.

[1:24:18] I think both incidents

[1:24:22] highlight cases where we have

[1:24:23] public case public parks or

[1:24:24] public facilities that aren't

[1:24:27] being managed properly and

[1:24:28] we're not getting the financial

[1:24:29] revenue that we should be

[1:24:29] getting.

[1:24:32] And in Brzezinski's case he's

[1:24:33] what he's asking for seems to

[1:24:34] be very fair.

[1:24:37] He's asking for more than a one

[1:24:41] word sentence saying hey, we

[1:24:42] looked into this.

[1:24:43] I asked my office and they said

[1:24:46] that there's nothing to this.

[1:24:47] It's it's he's asking for both

[1:24:48] an advisory board to be

[1:24:51] reinstated which those advisory

[1:24:52] boards are all volunteers

[1:24:52] anyway.

[1:24:56] So I don't see why that has to

[1:24:56] that had to be dissolved.

[1:25:00] And also the form that he's

[1:25:01] asking for to.

[1:25:02] That doesn't seem like a hard

[1:25:05] ask And he's been asking for

[1:25:06] these things for close to 20

[1:25:06] years And now Paul Kruger

[1:25:10] independently is talking about

[1:25:10] another case of corruption

[1:25:15] Where the city is is being

[1:25:15] grossly underpaid for a

[1:25:20] publicly owned facility that we

[1:25:20] should be getting way more

[1:25:21] money from And these types of

[1:25:25] issues where we're not our our

[1:25:30] financial astuteness is not

[1:25:31] being realized lead to the lack

[1:25:34] of public trust that makes

[1:25:35] people hesitant to pay

[1:25:36] the taxes that you want to

[1:25:39] raise in order to receive

[1:25:40] the revenue that we need to

[1:25:40] take care of the things we need

[1:25:41] to take care of.

[1:25:42] So let's be financially

[1:25:42] responsible.

[1:25:45] Let's take care of this stuff.

[1:25:46] >> Your time has concluded.

[1:25:46] Thank you Hector.

[1:25:47] If you can please unmute.

[1:25:49] After that will be Peggy

[1:25:50] Walker.

[1:25:50] >> All right.

[1:25:51] I'd like to talk about

[1:25:54] the leases to I read that

[1:25:54] article in the paper and about

[1:25:55] the tennis courts you're

[1:25:59] getting the super bargain.

[1:26:00] Why don't we just lease out

[1:26:03] the island to the homeless and

[1:26:04] they'll pay a hundred bucks a

[1:26:08] month for all the whole place?

[1:26:09] That would be equitable for all

[1:26:10] the homeless people that could

[1:26:14] just live on siesta Island and

[1:26:14] it would be great And then make

[1:26:15] double what The tennis courts

[1:26:17] are banned.

[1:26:18] You would actually cause

[1:26:22] revenue for the city and then

[1:26:23] before you guys do we should

[1:26:25] take all these leases There's

[1:26:26] probably 100 leases like that.

[1:26:27] This is not an isolated case.

[1:26:32] This is par for the course Bad

[1:26:33] like that Torrey Pines glider

[1:26:36] port The guy pays $4,000 a

[1:26:36] year.

[1:26:40] He's making a million bucks.

[1:26:41] Let's have an audit of that

[1:26:43] thing one day a week.

[1:26:44] Set aside council meetings all

[1:26:48] day to examine all the leases

[1:26:52] and the city has probably as a

[1:26:52] thousand leases and half of

[1:26:53] them are just probably just

[1:26:56] giving it away and there's no

[1:26:57] way anyone's going to vote for

[1:27:01] a tax increase for any thing

[1:27:02] man And it also let's shut down

[1:27:06] half the city bathrooms on

[1:27:07] the building you're sitting on.

[1:27:11] Times are tough, man Shut down

[1:27:15] half the bathrooms with pants.

[1:27:16] You'll save at least $500,000.

[1:27:17] Th's what they were talking

[1:27:20] about when the shut in ones

[1:27:21] down at the mission bay.

[1:27:22] So just think of the toilet

[1:27:26] paper you'll save You won't

[1:27:26] have to use that one to buy It

[1:27:30] won't have to clean it won't

[1:27:31] have to do whatever we have to

[1:27:31] do with it.

[1:27:32] But that'll be a great savings

[1:27:34] of money and you could

[1:27:35] implement that right tomorrow

[1:27:39] and shut it down, talk to

[1:27:40] the mayor and have to shut it

[1:27:41] down And then the mayor Is

[1:27:44] lawlessness down in Mission

[1:27:45] Beach Lawlessness.

[1:27:45] The boardwalk needs to be

[1:27:49] cleared out of all those guys.

[1:27:50] Drug cartels are selling stuff

[1:27:50] down there.

[1:27:54] They need to be cleared out now

[1:27:55] Your time has concluded.

[1:27:56] >> Peggy Walker and then Judy

[1:27:56] Strang for you.

[1:27:59] Walker please unmute.

[1:27:59] >> Thank you.

[1:28:00] Good morning.

[1:28:04] I came to a plateau and

[1:28:05] acknowledge the city's San

[1:28:05] Diego Association of

[1:28:09] Governments or sandag.

[1:28:13] They're a ward of the Sandy

[1:28:14] over $1 million as part of Prop

[1:28:18] 64 grant funding for their

[1:28:19] program titled San Diego

[1:28:20] Integrated Development and

[1:28:23] Cannabis Enforcement

[1:28:24] Initiative.

[1:28:28] This is a program associated

[1:28:29] with health and safety issues

[1:28:33] related to cannabis

[1:28:34] commercialization.

[1:28:35] This project is in cooperation

[1:28:38] with the San Diego Police

[1:28:39] Department and will integrate

[1:28:43] enforcement and youth

[1:28:44] development programs to enhance

[1:28:48] public safety and deliver

[1:28:49] prevention and mentoring

[1:28:50] services to youth and parents

[1:28:53] In San Diego.

[1:28:58] It happens that ironically

[1:28:58] the Board of Supervisors today

[1:29:03] just accepted a similar grant

[1:29:04] for $6 million for the county

[1:29:08] and the sheriff's department.

[1:29:11] The Board of Supervisors does

[1:29:17] this as it goes to allow 35 new

[1:29:18] businesses canvass businesses

[1:29:22] that are unwanted in rural

[1:29:22] areas.

[1:29:26] And those funds at 6 million

[1:29:27] awarded to the sheriff's

[1:29:31] department does signify

[1:29:32] significant public health and

[1:29:32] safety issues existing with

[1:29:36] the county.

[1:29:37] As a result of existing

[1:29:40] businesses let alone 35 new

[1:29:44] ones to be added I just wanted

[1:29:45] to say that these grants are

[1:29:49] helpful but I heads up As

[1:29:50] the county adds more businesses

[1:29:51] they will also mean more

[1:29:55] negative outcome harms and

[1:29:56] the need for more programs like

[1:29:59] these that are addressed in

[1:29:59] the Prop 64 funding.

[1:30:00] So thank you.

[1:30:04] Thank you.

[1:30:04] Judy Strang If you can please

[1:30:07] unmute Also if you raise your

[1:30:08] hand after the five minute

[1:30:08] timer we cannot take your

[1:30:09] testimony today but you can

[1:30:12] definitely send in comments to

[1:30:13] City Clerk at San diego.Gov.

[1:30:16] >> Judy Stratton Please unmute

[1:30:17] Excuse me.

[1:30:17] Good morning San Diego City

[1:30:18] Council.

[1:30:22] Thank you for this opportunity

[1:30:25] to share some thoughts I've had

[1:30:26] regarding these Prop 64 grants

[1:30:26] that you just heard about

[1:30:30] the one that you received at

[1:30:30] the city 1.1 million and

[1:30:31] the one that the county's

[1:30:35] sheriff department received for

[1:30:35] 5.9.

[1:30:40] i was very impressed with what

[1:30:41] the sheriff wanted to

[1:30:41] accomplish for

[1:30:45] the unincorporated area and I

[1:30:46] suppose for the nine contracted

[1:30:49] cities under their purview And

[1:30:50] of particular interest to them

[1:30:55] was the illegal pot market.

[1:30:55] And I wondered if there might

[1:31:00] be a nexus for the city of San

[1:31:00] Diego since so much of

[1:31:01] the illegal pot market is

[1:31:04] demonstrated through

[1:31:05] deliveries.

[1:31:05] And this city has taken on

[1:31:09] the task of understanding

[1:31:09] what's going on with deliveries

[1:31:10] where those deliveries are

[1:31:14] coming from and where they

[1:31:15] might be storing those

[1:31:15] properties in the city, those

[1:31:19] marijuana products in the city

[1:31:19] .

[1:31:20] And does anybody know?

[1:31:24] And I just would hope that we

[1:31:24] could get to the bottom of some

[1:31:29] of the illegal activities that

[1:31:30] go on in the city And now that

[1:31:30] we've always known about in

[1:31:34] the county and there could be

[1:31:34] some sort of cooperative effort

[1:31:35] your desire to do something or

[1:31:39] identify delivery seems like a

[1:31:43] first rate step and perhaps

[1:31:44] county could assist you because

[1:31:44] it is on there.

[1:31:48] Grant As well to understand

[1:31:49] about the illegal activities

[1:31:53] and put them out of business.

[1:31:54] However the county grant does

[1:31:55] say it has to be data driven at

[1:31:58] some data that always occurs to

[1:32:02] me is that wherever there has

[1:32:03] been permitted pot businesses

[1:32:07] there is an increase of illegal

[1:32:07] marijuana businesses.

[1:32:11] So yes, the lessons learned

[1:32:12] facilitating marijuana

[1:32:13] businesses makes things worse,

[1:32:13] not better.

[1:32:17] Thank you.

[1:32:17] >> Thank you.

[1:32:18] Next and our final speaker is

[1:32:21] Michael Schmidt.

[1:32:26] >> Well, good morning.

[1:32:27] Can you hear me?

[1:32:27] City clerk.

[1:32:27] Yes.

[1:32:31] Please proceed.

[1:32:31] >> Okay.

[1:32:32] Hey, good morning friend for.

[1:32:36] And welcome to you guys.

[1:32:43] I was going to report on

[1:32:44] the Twin Field View Drive and

[1:32:44] also a Dodge Charger.

[1:32:49] I've been seeing that pothole

[1:32:49] or really bad potholes around

[1:32:50] the whole area of all those

[1:32:53] drive and trying to get there.

[1:32:57] I don't know when they need to

[1:32:58] get it done as is possible and

[1:32:59] I hope you guys are having a

[1:33:02] great day without me.

[1:33:03] I'll probably see you next week

[1:33:06] for the other council meeting

[1:33:07] before my surgery though I MISS

[1:33:12] You guys for sure.

[1:33:12] >> Thank you Michael.

[1:33:13] That does conclude it on agenda

[1:33:16] public comment for today's

[1:33:17] meeting.

[1:33:17] >> All right.

[1:33:18] Thank you, City Clerk.

[1:33:18] And with that we will now

[1:33:21] adjourn for the noon recess and

[1:33:22] reconvene open session at 2

[1:33:22] P.M. Or shortly thereafter.

[1:39:55] >> And

[1:44:14] to

[1:46:13] go

[1:46:13] .

[1:46:14] >> Okay, folks, we're going to

[1:46:17] get started.

[1:46:18] >> Good afternoon.

[1:46:19] I will now reconvene the city

[1:46:19] council meeting of Tuesday,

[1:46:22] SEPTEMBER first, 2026.

[1:46:23] Clerk Please call the roll.

[1:46:23] Thank you.

[1:46:24] Council PRESIDENT Council

[1:46:27] member Campbell.

[1:46:28] Council Member Whitburn here.

[1:46:32] Council Member Foster.

[1:46:33] Council Member Ron Wilbur.

[1:46:37] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee.

[1:46:38] Council Member Can you hear

[1:46:39] Council Member Moreno Present

[1:46:42] Council Member Eli Rivera and

[1:46:43] Council PRESIDENT LaCava.

[1:46:43] Present also attending

[1:46:46] the meeting or Assistant City

[1:46:47] Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald

[1:46:47] Independent Budget Analyst

[1:46:48] Charles Monaco.

[1:46:51] Council Affairs Advisor in

[1:46:52] the Mayor's office Kota Sizer

[1:46:53] and myself your city clerk

[1:46:53] Diana Fuentes.

[1:46:56] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[1:46:56] >> All right.

[1:46:57] Thank you, City Clerk.

[1:46:59] We have one item on this if

[1:47:00] afternoon agenda It's an

[1:47:03] informational information item

[1:47:03] .

[1:47:04] This item was previously heard

[1:47:05] in environment but is so

[1:47:08] important we're going to do it

[1:47:09] again here.

[1:47:09] So with that clerk please

[1:47:12] introduce item 503 Thank you.

[1:47:13] >> Council PRESIDENT As you

[1:47:14] noted is an informational item

[1:47:17] Item s5o3 is El Nino

[1:47:18] preparations and 2026 annual

[1:47:22] Storm Water Department Update

[1:47:22] Public comment time for this

[1:47:23] item will be two minutes per

[1:47:27] person.

[1:47:28] If you'd like to speak on this

[1:47:28] item please be sure to submit

[1:47:29] your speaker slip to the front

[1:47:31] of the room or if you are

[1:47:32] participating online now's

[1:47:35] the time to raise your hand by

[1:47:35] pressing Star nine or the raise

[1:47:36] your hand icon.

[1:47:44] Thank you Council PRESIDENT Can

[1:47:45] we have those conversations

[1:47:47] outside chambers Because we can

[1:47:52] hear you up here.

[1:47:53] Yeah.

[1:47:53] All right.

[1:47:57] Staff I see you're starting to

[1:47:57] settle in.

[1:47:58] Please introduce yourselves for

[1:47:59] the record and let us know how

[1:48:02] much time you need.

[1:48:02] Good afternoon.

[1:48:03] Chris McFadden Chief

[1:48:07] Infrastructure Officer About 40

[1:48:08] minutes for the presentation.

[1:48:08] All right.

[1:48:09] Begin when you're ready.

[1:48:11] Good afternoon, council

[1:48:12] members.

[1:48:12] I appreciate the time today

[1:48:13] We're in front of you.

[1:48:17] This is much different.

[1:48:17] Typically stormwater does an

[1:48:18] annual report to environment

[1:48:21] committee to reflect back

[1:48:22] the work that we did

[1:48:23] the previous fiscal year and

[1:48:26] the work we have planned for

[1:48:27] the year to come.

[1:48:27] This is much different with a

[1:48:31] strong El Nino predicted this

[1:48:31] fall.

[1:48:32] We really coordinated early

[1:48:36] with the newly reformed Office

[1:48:37] of Emergency Services now under

[1:48:41] the fire department to bring an

[1:48:42] all hands approach to this.

[1:48:42] This involves every department

[1:48:46] in the city and also is a

[1:48:46] start.

[1:48:47] I really want to emphasize it

[1:48:48] emphasize that a start to

[1:48:51] the discussion we're having

[1:48:52] with the community and with

[1:48:52] the council members and this is

[1:48:56] really where we want to get

[1:48:56] input to make sure we get this

[1:48:57] right.

[1:49:00] We're here to increase

[1:49:01] awareness but also to receive

[1:49:02] input and how can we better

[1:49:05] communicate to the communities

[1:49:06] particularly to those ones that

[1:49:10] are most likely to be affected

[1:49:10] ?

[1:49:11] We can expect our

[1:49:12] infrastructure to be tested

[1:49:15] indeed and I can't emphasize

[1:49:16] enough the resources that we're

[1:49:20] going to go through.

[1:49:21] People looking early, preparing

[1:49:21] early, knowing if you're in a

[1:49:25] floodplain or not and looking

[1:49:26] at the resources available to

[1:49:30] you.

[1:49:31] I'm also Todd Snyder will go

[1:49:31] into detail on how we're

[1:49:35] leveraging the money that was

[1:49:36] actually restored in stormwater

[1:49:40] budget to deliver more dredging

[1:49:40] than we've ever done before.

[1:49:44] This is also a reminder however

[1:49:45] we still do have a $5 billion

[1:49:49] unfunded need in stormwater but

[1:49:49] we are really leveraging all

[1:49:50] the resources to bear.

[1:49:54] I really want to thank all

[1:49:55] the staff from Emergency

[1:49:56] Services Stormwater Department

[1:49:59] and indeed every department in

[1:50:00] the city for what we know is

[1:50:03] just a start for a continuous

[1:50:04] communication And with

[1:50:04] the efforts I know we will get

[1:50:08] through this storm together.

[1:50:09] I'll now turn it over to chief

[1:50:13] resending.

[1:50:13] Thank you, Chris.

[1:50:14] Council PRESIDENT, council

[1:50:17] members, members of the public

[1:50:18] thank you for your time as

[1:50:19] Christmas And this is a very

[1:50:22] important topic and we want to

[1:50:23] make sure that we provide as

[1:50:24] much information and also

[1:50:27] receive as much information as

[1:50:28] we can to ensure that our

[1:50:28] preparedness is is ready.

[1:50:32] As mentioned, this is

[1:50:33] the beginning of

[1:50:33] the preparation phase.

[1:50:37] I took over the position of

[1:50:37] the Office of Emergency

[1:50:38] Services about two months ago

[1:50:39] and in order for us to properly

[1:50:42] serve and receive information

[1:50:42] from all the different

[1:50:43] departments and coordinate we

[1:50:44] needed to ensure that

[1:50:46] the infrastructure of

[1:50:47] the office was capable of

[1:50:47] receiving information and then

[1:50:48] acting on it.

[1:50:52] So at this point we are we've

[1:50:53] moved forward but we're still

[1:50:54] at the beginning of what is

[1:50:57] going to be a marathon and not

[1:50:57] a sprint.

[1:50:58] This is going to be six months

[1:51:01] or more of constant vigilance,

[1:51:01] constant coordination, constant

[1:51:02] communication, identifying

[1:51:06] challenges and trying to

[1:51:07] overcome both prepare before,

[1:51:11] during and after any incidents

[1:51:11] .

[1:51:12] So we look forward to working

[1:51:13] with your offices as we have

[1:51:13] already.

[1:51:16] We would look forward to

[1:51:17] continue to do so to make sure

[1:51:18] that we are on the right track.

[1:51:18] I'm going to turn it over now

[1:51:24] to Dustin Ivers.

[1:51:25] >> Thank you, Chief Presenting.

[1:51:25] We're going to bring up

[1:51:26] Sebastian from the National

[1:51:29] Weather Service San Diego

[1:51:30] office for a brief on El Nino.

[1:51:33] Sebastian.

[1:51:38] >> Okay.

[1:51:43] >> Hello.

[1:51:43] All right.

[1:51:44] We're going to briefly touch on

[1:51:48] the Enzo phase that we're

[1:51:49] looking at Ends up being

[1:51:49] the phenomenon which drives El

[1:51:53] Nino And then Nina.

[1:51:54] So as many of you know, we're

[1:51:58] currently in an El Nino phase

[1:51:58] of the tropical equatorial

[1:51:59] Pacific which means the sea

[1:52:02] surface temperatures are much

[1:52:03] higher than average right now

[1:52:07] which entails a change in

[1:52:08] the atmospheric patterns and

[1:52:13] typically as seen in that

[1:52:13] diagram displayed above, we

[1:52:17] tend to get a more extended jet

[1:52:21] stream which is effectively

[1:52:22] the conveyor belt of storms.

[1:52:23] So when you have a more

[1:52:27] extended jet stream you can get

[1:52:27] more storms And the more storms

[1:52:31] that we have the higher

[1:52:32] the probability there is for a

[1:52:36] soaking atmosphere forever that

[1:52:37] can cause impacts here in

[1:52:41] the city.

[1:52:42] And just to take a look at

[1:52:46] the future forecast for El

[1:52:47] Nino, we're currently in and

[1:52:50] out Nino and advisory which

[1:52:51] which means that if anyone is

[1:52:55] still wondering whether El Nino

[1:52:56] is coming it's already here.

[1:52:57] But the anticipation is that

[1:53:00] the El Nino that the sea

[1:53:01] surface temperatures are going

[1:53:01] to continue to warm to

[1:53:05] the point where we're seeing

[1:53:06] almost a 70% chance for

[1:53:06] historic event by the time we

[1:53:14] get into winter and at least

[1:53:15] 90% chance for a very strong El

[1:53:16] Nino which has a pretty

[1:53:19] significant signal to give us a

[1:53:23] higher probability for above

[1:53:24] average rainfall whether that

[1:53:25] be many storms or whether that

[1:53:28] be a few storms that are highly

[1:53:32] impactful.

[1:53:32] All right.

[1:53:40] Thank you very much, Sebastian

[1:53:40] .

[1:53:41] Turn it over to Chief.

[1:53:45] Any.

[1:53:45] >> So in the beginning of

[1:53:46] the development of that

[1:53:50] structure we established a some

[1:53:51] working group which is made up

[1:53:55] of every city department.

[1:53:56] Currently approximately 80

[1:53:56] participants on a biweekly

[1:54:00] meeting to ensure that we are

[1:54:01] in alignment and making sure

[1:54:01] that there isn't a parallel

[1:54:04] path being taken during

[1:54:05] the preparation phase in order

[1:54:05] to to better refine what

[1:54:09] the gaps and the needs that

[1:54:10] were were identified by this

[1:54:10] working group, by this working

[1:54:14] group we developed nine sub

[1:54:14] working groups that are

[1:54:19] identified and these nine sub

[1:54:20] working groups have members

[1:54:20] from a variety of different

[1:54:21] departments and different

[1:54:24] divisions within the city.

[1:54:25] That has allowed for us to do

[1:54:29] cross-cutting work and arriving

[1:54:30] at some identified gaps

[1:54:34] identified funding needs

[1:54:34] identified procedures that

[1:54:39] either due to revision of

[1:54:40] the audit recommendations which

[1:54:40] does and will cover we've been

[1:54:43] able to address a lot of those

[1:54:44] concerns to make sure that we

[1:54:45] we are prepared and better

[1:54:51] prepared than last time.

[1:54:52] >> We'll break over to

[1:54:52] the objectives now So

[1:54:56] the objectives for the sub

[1:54:57] working group was to identify

[1:55:00] and analyze gaps in current

[1:55:01] capabilities and deliver clear

[1:55:05] actionable recommendations to

[1:55:06] resolve identified

[1:55:06] deficiencies.

[1:55:11] The second one is coordinate

[1:55:11] across city departments to

[1:55:12] develop integrated plans and

[1:55:15] procedures and propose policy

[1:55:15] enhancements that support

[1:55:16] citywide preparedness.

[1:55:19] The third one is design and

[1:55:20] implement a comprehensive

[1:55:20] public communications campaign

[1:55:23] that promotes personal

[1:55:24] preparedness, informs

[1:55:25] the community of the city's

[1:55:28] efforts in highlights available

[1:55:29] resources.

[1:55:33] Fourth, ensure that all

[1:55:33] projects, initiatives and

[1:55:34] communications are here to

[1:55:38] the city Policies and meet

[1:55:39] standards for accessibility,

[1:55:43] equity and inclusiveness.

[1:55:44] And fifth, enhance interagency

[1:55:44] collaboration by strengthening

[1:55:48] coordination with external

[1:55:49] partners including governmental

[1:55:49] agencies, NGOs, faith based

[1:55:52] organizations and community

[1:56:01] based organizations.

[1:56:02] >> The working group oversees

[1:56:03] nine different sub working

[1:56:07] groups So as we see Bissau, El

[1:56:08] Nino is here we see

[1:56:08] the forecast.

[1:56:11] We have the information coming

[1:56:12] from National Weather Service

[1:56:13] that there is a real threat out

[1:56:13] there.

[1:56:16] We've put together the citywide

[1:56:16] working group with every city

[1:56:17] department and office together

[1:56:18] and we have those five

[1:56:18] objectives.

[1:56:21] So we've separated out into

[1:56:22] nine different sub working

[1:56:22] groups to focus on very

[1:56:26] specific areas of preparedness.

[1:56:26] We have communications web page

[1:56:30] and mapping community

[1:56:31] engagement, sandbag planning

[1:56:31] evacuations which leads into

[1:56:35] the care and shelter components

[1:56:36] ,emergency access points,

[1:56:40] extreme temperature response

[1:56:40] emergency operations center

[1:56:41] logistics and finance debris

[1:56:44] removal shoreline and bay

[1:56:49] protective berms.

[1:56:50] So the working group right now

[1:56:50] in those nine different

[1:56:53] subgroups are working on 60

[1:56:54] different projects concurrently

[1:56:58] several of those projects align

[1:56:59] with audit recommendations from

[1:56:59] the JANUARY 2024 floods and

[1:57:02] that audit that came in JUNE

[1:57:03] 2025.

[1:57:04] So on this slide you'll see in

[1:57:07] the parentheses the recommended

[1:57:08] missions and the numbers that

[1:57:09] align from these projects but

[1:57:09] this is just an example of a

[1:57:12] few of them centralize this

[1:57:13] communication strategy El Nino

[1:57:14] preparedness public outreach

[1:57:17] emergency Operations center

[1:57:18] training and exercises for city

[1:57:22] leadership and staff areas

[1:57:22] specific emergency response

[1:57:23] playbooks, evacuation and

[1:57:27] sheltering coordination and

[1:57:28] coordination and planning with

[1:57:28] partner agencies like San Diego

[1:57:29] Gas and Electric, the county of

[1:57:32] San Diego and the American Red

[1:57:37] Cross amongst several others.

[1:57:37] >> In addition to working

[1:57:38] towards audit deliverables,

[1:57:42] we're also taking a know from

[1:57:42] after action reports from

[1:57:43] previous incidents that have

[1:57:47] happened in San Diego as well

[1:57:47] as the rest of the state and

[1:57:48] the country and taken best

[1:57:51] practices and lessons learned

[1:57:52] and incorporating them into

[1:57:52] the city of San Diego.

[1:57:53] Some of those projects are

[1:57:56] accessible River access points

[1:57:57] for swift water rescue teams.

[1:57:58] That way they have a clear

[1:58:01] access point to get to victims

[1:58:01] that could be in the flood

[1:58:02] danger zone.

[1:58:05] Winter Weather Workshop We're

[1:58:06] bringing in subject matter

[1:58:07] experts to provide information

[1:58:10] and resources to city staff.

[1:58:11] City response Tabletop

[1:58:11] exercise.

[1:58:16] So we're working on these 60

[1:58:16] different projects We need to

[1:58:17] validate and test them.

[1:58:20] Stress test these projects to

[1:58:20] ensure that we identify any

[1:58:21] gaps before we use them and we

[1:58:25] address those.

[1:58:26] So that's what that tabletop

[1:58:26] exercise will be.

[1:58:27] The emergency emergency

[1:58:30] operations center responder

[1:58:30] training we've already started

[1:58:31] with the emergency operations

[1:58:35] center responder orientation a

[1:58:35] couple of weeks ago and we'll

[1:58:36] continue with section specific

[1:58:40] training for those responders.

[1:58:40] Public sandbag distribution,

[1:58:41] extreme temperature response

[1:58:45] planning and critical vendor

[1:58:46] and contractor readiness

[1:58:54] assessment and then

[1:58:55] collaboration with the city's

[1:58:55] communications department as

[1:58:56] well as performance analytics.

[1:58:59] The working group has published

[1:58:59] the San diego.Gov/on your

[1:59:04] website and developed a El Nino

[1:59:04] preparedness education

[1:59:08] materials to provide residents

[1:59:09] with useful information and

[1:59:09] resources.

[1:59:10] Also sharing this information

[1:59:13] through digital platforms,

[1:59:14] fliers, handouts, news media

[1:59:14] and mailers in multiple

[1:59:18] languages and

[1:59:18] the communications Department

[1:59:19] is also developed a toolkit for

[1:59:22] council offices to help share

[1:59:23] El Nino preparedness

[1:59:27] information with constituents.

[1:59:28] >> So what we're doing is we're

[1:59:32] encouraging the public to stay

[1:59:32] ready.

[1:59:33] Preparedness is everyone's

[1:59:33] responsibility.

[1:59:37] We'd like everyone to visit San

[1:59:38] diego.Gov/ondina for more

[1:59:38] information on how to make a

[1:59:42] plan to build a kit to stay

[1:59:42] informed.

[1:59:43] I will now turn

[1:59:43] the presentation over to

[1:59:46] the Director of Stormwater

[1:59:47] department Todd Snyder.

[1:59:47] >> Okay.

[1:59:48] Thank you Dustin.

[1:59:51] I'm going to begin my annual

[1:59:52] Stormwater department update by

[1:59:52] highlighting some of the key

[1:59:53] communications that our

[1:59:56] Stormwater department carries

[1:59:57] out that build upon the work

[1:59:57] that you just heard about from

[2:00:01] os and City Communications.

[2:00:02] So just this week we mailed out

[2:00:03] more than 7000 informational

[2:00:06] fliers to properties that are

[2:00:07] located within federally

[2:00:08] designated flood hazard areas.

[2:00:10] Also called flood plains.

[2:00:11] So flooding can occur anywhere

[2:00:12] in the city but mapped

[2:00:16] floodplain areas are considered

[2:00:16] the highest risk locations.

[2:00:20] So the mailers that we sent

[2:00:21] were sent out to both

[2:00:22] registered property owners and

[2:00:22] the physical resident at

[2:00:25] the address and we amplified

[2:00:26] awareness with a press release

[2:00:27] that just went out yesterday.

[2:00:27] Mailers of course are also

[2:00:31] available on our website as

[2:00:31] well as city libraries and rec

[2:00:32] centers in both English and

[2:00:36] Spanish language.

[2:00:36] The mailers really emphasize

[2:00:37] two things of course

[2:00:40] the readiness component that oh

[2:00:41] you guys just spoke to but also

[2:00:41] connecting residents who live

[2:00:45] in flood plains with flood

[2:00:45] insurance resources.

[2:00:46] There's a number of other

[2:00:50] additional communications that

[2:00:51] we push out including sending

[2:00:55] mailers to repetitive loss

[2:00:55] notifications for neighborhoods

[2:00:56] that have experienced multiple

[2:00:59] damage claims in recent years.

[2:01:00] And we've also mailed out

[2:01:01] information to over 180

[2:01:03] properties who have private

[2:01:04] storm channel maintenance

[2:01:09] responsibilities themselves.

[2:01:14] >> >> I want to focus for a

[2:01:15] minute on these areas of

[2:01:15] highest flood risk in the city.

[2:01:19] >> As I mentioned, fema pushes

[2:01:19] out maps of our special flood

[2:01:22] hazard areas which are

[2:01:23] otherwise known as 100 year

[2:01:23] flood plains.

[2:01:24] So there's over 15,000 acres of

[2:01:27] Mount flood plain citywide.

[2:01:27] Importantly there are 7000

[2:01:28] parcels that actually have

[2:01:32] structures that are in these

[2:01:32] high risk zones.

[2:01:33] So we encourage everybody to

[2:01:36] know if they live in a high

[2:01:37] flood risk area by visiting

[2:01:38] the El Nino website that we

[2:01:41] just mentioned on their website

[2:01:42] you can link to fema's website

[2:01:43] where you can enter your

[2:01:46] address to see if your property

[2:01:47] exists and one of the highest

[2:01:48] risk flood areas.

[2:01:51] So if you live in a flood

[2:01:51] plain, one of the most

[2:01:52] important actions you can take

[2:01:56] is to purchase flood insurance

[2:01:56] federally backed mortgages And

[2:02:00] these zones require flood

[2:02:01] insurance But for properties

[2:02:01] that are owned outright or for

[2:02:04] renters, flood insurance is not

[2:02:05] required.

[2:02:05] Typical homeowners and renters

[2:02:09] insurance policies won't cover

[2:02:10] flood damage.

[2:02:10] So we encourage people to act

[2:02:13] now to purchase flood insurance

[2:02:14] because there is a 30 day

[2:02:18] waiting period.

[2:02:19] >> >> So the city has worked

[2:02:23] really hard over the last few

[2:02:24] years to secure discounts for

[2:02:25] any San Diego and who wishes to

[2:02:28] purchase flood insurance.

[2:02:29] Because of our efforts such as

[2:02:33] conducting public outreach and

[2:02:34] having a strong municipal code

[2:02:34] that limits new development

[2:02:37] within flood plain areas, we

[2:02:38] have qualified for Class seven

[2:02:39] status under the community

[2:02:39] rating system.

[2:02:43] So all San Diegans qualify for

[2:02:43] a 15% discount on their

[2:02:44] insurance premium.

[2:02:48] When purchasing and fip policy

[2:02:49] this is a benefit that's not

[2:02:51] necessarily available to all

[2:02:56] cities in the region.

[2:02:57] >> Okay, So now I'm going to

[2:02:58] transition to a status update

[2:03:00] and what has the city and what

[2:03:01] has the Storm water department

[2:03:02] been doing to maintain and

[2:03:02] upgrade our stormwater

[2:03:05] infrastructure over the last

[2:03:06] year?

[2:03:07] First of all as a reminder our

[2:03:10] drainage system is comprised of

[2:03:11] a number of different assets

[2:03:14] that are shown on this slide

[2:03:15] including 15 pump stations

[2:03:19] almost 70 miles of above ground

[2:03:19] storm channels, six miles of

[2:03:20] levees and more than 1000 miles

[2:03:23] of underground storm drain

[2:03:24] pipes and over 40,000

[2:03:24] structural components such as

[2:03:31] inlets outlets and clean outs.

[2:03:32] So I'm going to start by going

[2:03:33] through our efforts on this

[2:03:34] storm drain the underground

[2:03:40] storm drain system.

[2:03:40] So this year our goal is to

[2:03:41] inspect each and every drain

[2:03:42] inlet and clean out at least

[2:03:45] once per year.

[2:03:45] And we met that goal in fy 26.

[2:03:48] As you can see, we inspected

[2:03:49] and cleaned over 32,000 storm

[2:03:54] drain inlets between JULY and

[2:03:54] MAY of 2026.

[2:03:55] When we do these inspections,

[2:03:56] if there's debris that we can

[2:03:59] clean out by hand, we do that

[2:03:59] with our hand crews or if we

[2:04:03] need mechanical support from

[2:04:04] the vector trucks that you see

[2:04:04] on this slide.

[2:04:08] We schedule those for follow up

[2:04:08] cleaning.

[2:04:09] So in the month of JUNE since

[2:04:10] we got through our whole

[2:04:12] inventory in 11 months we went

[2:04:13] back and re inspected and re

[2:04:17] cleaned several of the more

[2:04:18] problematic areas that are

[2:04:19] known to accumulate debris.

[2:04:22] So those got an extra round of

[2:04:22] cleaning.

[2:04:23] From an upgrade perspective

[2:04:26] thinking about our capital

[2:04:27] improvement program we were

[2:04:28] successful in replacing one and

[2:04:31] a half miles of deteriorated

[2:04:32] pipe through a variety of

[2:04:36] different types of cip projects

[2:04:36] from the WiFi your funded

[2:04:37] projects through our low

[2:04:41] interest loan through work

[2:04:41] that's done by our in-house

[2:04:42] crews but also emergency

[2:04:43] projects that I'll talk about

[2:04:45] in a little bit.

[2:04:46] With support from the ecp

[2:04:46] department.

[2:04:50] In addition we responded to

[2:04:51] over 4000 service notifications

[2:04:52] related to our underground

[2:04:52] system and you can see

[2:04:54] the totals here broken out by

[2:04:59] council district despite

[2:05:03] responding to more than 4000

[2:05:03] service notifications, we have

[2:05:07] seen our backlog increase by

[2:05:08] almost 1500 in fiscal year 26.

[2:05:08] So what this means is that

[2:05:12] issues are coming into our

[2:05:13] department faster than we can

[2:05:14] address them with our existing

[2:05:17] staffing levels.

[2:05:18] So in general this is a

[2:05:18] reflection of the aging

[2:05:19] condition of our drainage

[2:05:22] system which just continues to

[2:05:22] to age over time.

[2:05:23] I mean these were put in

[2:05:26] decades ago a lot of these pipe

[2:05:34] systems looking ahead to fiscal

[2:05:34] year 27.

[2:05:35] We did start our new round of

[2:05:39] annual inspections and cleaning

[2:05:39] JULY 1st and we're starting

[2:05:40] from south to north within

[2:05:40] the city.

[2:05:43] So we've already completing

[2:05:44] completed the annual round of

[2:05:45] cleaning in the Tijuana River

[2:05:48] and the Choice Creek areas And

[2:05:49] we're moving on shortly to

[2:05:50] the San Diego Bay watershed.

[2:05:53] A couple newly implemented

[2:05:54] efficiencies I wanted to

[2:05:57] highlight We have a list of

[2:05:57] over 500 different locations

[2:05:58] that frequently very commonly

[2:06:01] need support from our vector

[2:06:02] trucks that mechanical

[2:06:02] cleaning.

[2:06:03] So we actually have a dedicated

[2:06:06] vector team that's just going

[2:06:07] and roving around those areas

[2:06:07] to ensure that they can be

[2:06:10] addressed more efficiently

[2:06:11] rather than getting to them

[2:06:12] when we get to them.

[2:06:16] We've also attached a dedicated

[2:06:16] vector truck team to our

[2:06:20] channel cleaning teams so that

[2:06:21] when the channels are cleaned

[2:06:21] out and dredged in these

[2:06:25] communities we're ensuring that

[2:06:26] all the drains and inputs that

[2:06:27] go into those channels are

[2:06:27] cleaned at the same time.

[2:06:30] So these are efficiencies that

[2:06:31] are improvements over how we've

[2:06:32] handled maintenance in years

[2:06:35] past.

[2:06:36] >> One of the most important

[2:06:40] things that the department has

[2:06:40] done over the past ten years is

[2:06:41] to develop drainage master

[2:06:42] plans for several of our

[2:06:45] watersheds.

[2:06:46] Choice Creek was the first plan

[2:06:49] that we worked on in 2018 and

[2:06:49] we've completed three

[2:06:50] additional plans since.

[2:06:54] So what a drainage master plan

[2:06:55] is is it helps us identify and

[2:06:58] prioritize where drainage

[2:06:59] upgrades and improvements are

[2:06:59] needed the most.

[2:07:03] The table here shows that a

[2:07:03] significant portion of our

[2:07:04] underground storm drain pipes

[2:07:08] do not have enough capacity to

[2:07:08] handle flows from a 100 year

[2:07:09] storm.

[2:07:12] So 100 year storm is the design

[2:07:13] standard where if we're going

[2:07:16] to build infrastructure today

[2:07:17] it's going to be built big

[2:07:17] enough to handle flows from 100

[2:07:18] year storm.

[2:07:21] You can see from the slide that

[2:07:21] drainage capacity is

[2:07:22] particularly lacking.

[2:07:26] Some of our older communities

[2:07:27] around San Diego Bay and Choice

[2:07:27] Creek in particular.

[2:07:31] The reality is that drainage

[2:07:32] infrastructure has not kept up

[2:07:32] with development.

[2:07:36] And so more paid services,

[2:07:36] buildings, roads mean more

[2:07:37] runoff is reaching these pipes

[2:07:41] than they were designed to

[2:07:41] handle.

[2:07:42] And so climate change is

[2:07:42] definitely not helping in this

[2:07:46] as well as sand storms are

[2:07:46] becoming bigger and more

[2:07:47] intense.

[2:07:47] So the message here is that

[2:07:50] independent of our maintenance

[2:07:51] programs maintenance is

[2:07:51] absolutely critical.

[2:07:52] But there is a certain amount

[2:07:55] of rain and intensity of rain

[2:07:56] that will overwhelm our system

[2:07:57] just based on capacity

[2:08:03] limitations.

[2:08:04] >> So I talked about capacity

[2:08:07] with capacity is not the only

[2:08:08] factor that causes risk.

[2:08:08] It's the condition of

[2:08:09] the system as well.

[2:08:13] The aging condition of our

[2:08:13] pipes.

[2:08:14] We know that certain pipe

[2:08:14] materials are more likely to

[2:08:18] fail based on corrosion and

[2:08:18] wear over time and that

[2:08:19] the highest risk pipe types are

[2:08:23] corrugated metal.

[2:08:23] So we've been making a

[2:08:24] concerted effort to replace as

[2:08:28] much of this corrugated metal

[2:08:28] pipe or icmp as possible.

[2:08:29] We've been using our WiFi alone

[2:08:33] since we're in the process of

[2:08:33] replacing about six miles of

[2:08:34] Samp citywide.

[2:08:37] But even after this investment

[2:08:38] we estimate that there's still

[2:08:40] another 20 miles of camp

[2:08:41] throughout the city that will

[2:08:46] need to be replaced.

[2:08:50] >> So the deteriorated samp has

[2:08:51] been the single largest factor

[2:08:52] contributing to an increase

[2:08:52] that we've seen in storm water

[2:08:56] failures such as sinkholes and

[2:08:57] failures.

[2:08:57] The map that showed on this

[2:09:01] slide shows more than 50

[2:09:01] emergency stormwater cip

[2:09:05] projects that we've undertaken

[2:09:05] across the city over the past

[2:09:06] five years.

[2:09:09] Close to 20 of these projects

[2:09:09] are in active construction and

[2:09:13] being managed by either the ecp

[2:09:14] department or our in-house

[2:09:18] crews in storm water.

[2:09:19] >> Over the past five years

[2:09:22] we've allocated $230 million to

[2:09:23] emergency stormwater caps.

[2:09:27] The chart here shows a sharp

[2:09:28] increase in emergency spending

[2:09:30] following the 2024 storms.

[2:09:31] But even last year which was a

[2:09:35] relatively average storm year

[2:09:36] we allocated over $40 million

[2:09:40] towards emergencies in the in

[2:09:44] fiscal year 27 budget We have

[2:09:44] earmarked $30 million in

[2:09:45] anticipation that there will be

[2:09:49] new emergency repairs that pop

[2:09:49] up.

[2:09:53] And just in the first two

[2:09:53] months of this fiscal year,

[2:09:56] JULY and AUGUST we've already

[2:09:57] declared six new stormwater

[2:09:57] emergencies.

[2:10:00] >> One of the strategies that

[2:10:01] we're implementing to reduce

[2:10:05] the cost of emergency skips is

[2:10:05] to perform as much of

[2:10:06] the repair work in-house as

[2:10:07] possible.

[2:10:10] So our in-house teams completed

[2:10:11] three emergency projects last

[2:10:11] year.

[2:10:12] And we'll be working on even

[2:10:18] more in fy 27.

[2:10:19] >> So now I'm going to

[2:10:23] transition to talking about our

[2:10:24] aboveground stormwater channel

[2:10:24] system.

[2:10:25] And as a reminder we do have

[2:10:27] about 70 miles of channel

[2:10:31] citywide.

[2:10:32] >> I'm really happy to report

[2:10:33] that the stormwater departments

[2:10:36] performing more channel

[2:10:37] maintenance than ever before

[2:10:41] prior to the 2024 flood

[2:10:41] emergency.

[2:10:42] The department was funded to

[2:10:42] maintain about four channel

[2:10:46] segments across about two miles

[2:10:46] each year.

[2:10:50] In fy 26 we maintain 30 channel

[2:10:51] segments across more than 11

[2:10:51] miles.

[2:10:55] A lot of our work is focused on

[2:10:56] keeping up with the maintenance

[2:10:57] that occurred after the flood

[2:11:00] emergency particularly in

[2:11:01] the Curious Creek area.

[2:11:01] And so it's really important to

[2:11:02] stay on top of this maintenance

[2:11:04] because it becomes easier to

[2:11:05] prevent significant vegetation

[2:11:06] regrowth and sediment

[2:11:09] accumulation.

[2:11:10] And I'll emphasize it's not

[2:11:11] just a one time cleaning.

[2:11:12] A lot of these channels

[2:11:14] especially the ones that have

[2:11:15] earthen bottoms have to be

[2:11:16] cleaned multiple times each

[2:11:19] year to really keep all

[2:11:23] the channels free of any debris

[2:11:24] .

[2:11:24] In addition to our proactive

[2:11:25] channel maintenance, we

[2:11:28] responded to 339 service

[2:11:29] notifications for our channels

[2:11:32] many of which relate to trash

[2:11:37] illegal dumping or encampments

[2:11:37] .

[2:11:42] >> Similar to the drain chart

[2:11:43] that I showed, this is

[2:11:43] the backlog of our channel

[2:11:44] issues.

[2:11:47] And so we responded to 339

[2:11:48] service notifications but we

[2:11:48] have continued to see our

[2:11:52] backlog increase again.

[2:11:53] This means the issues are

[2:11:53] coming in faster to us than

[2:11:59] we're able to resolve them.

[2:12:00] >> Looking ahead to fiscal year

[2:12:04] 27, we already started to

[2:12:04] execute a greatly expanded

[2:12:05] channel maintenance program

[2:12:06] this fiscal year.

[2:12:09] So in the month of JULY alone

[2:12:10] we've completed maintenance on

[2:12:13] 18 segments in four miles.

[2:12:14] In AUGUST we addressed another

[2:12:17] 11 segments and three and a

[2:12:17] half more miles.

[2:12:18] Most of our efforts have been

[2:12:21] focused in districts four,

[2:12:22] eight and nine.

[2:12:23] But we've also maintained

[2:12:25] critical channels in districts

[2:12:25] two and seven and we're

[2:12:29] planning to address critical

[2:12:30] areas and Sorento Valley in

[2:12:30] District one starting in mid

[2:12:31] SEPTEMBER.

[2:12:35] There's been a few factors

[2:12:35] critical to our success that

[2:12:39] have allowed us to expand so

[2:12:40] significantly.

[2:12:40] First of all we've been working

[2:12:41] very closely with multiple

[2:12:44] federal and state agencies to

[2:12:45] support expedited permitting

[2:12:45] requests.

[2:12:48] And we've been getting really

[2:12:49] excellent cooperation.

[2:12:50] I'm happy to report also with

[2:12:54] the additional $1 million in

[2:12:54] one time budget that was made

[2:12:55] available to storm water.

[2:12:58] We can have our crews out

[2:12:59] working overtime six days a

[2:13:00] week, 12 hours a day.

[2:13:04] And that has enhanced our

[2:13:04] efficiency really, really

[2:13:05] enormously.

[2:13:05] So the extra budget also allows

[2:13:12] us to enhance contract support

[2:13:12] .

[2:13:13] >> The next couple of slides

[2:13:13] I'm going to show you just give

[2:13:16] you a visual of where

[2:13:17] the channels are that we're

[2:13:18] maintaining for f y 27.

[2:13:21] So starting in the South you

[2:13:21] can see there's several

[2:13:22] critical channels in the San

[2:13:26] Isidro and Nestor areas.

[2:13:31] >> As I mentioned, a lot of our

[2:13:32] channel maintenance work is

[2:13:33] focused in the Choice Creek

[2:13:33] area.

[2:13:36] Several of these channels

[2:13:37] including those with Earth and

[2:13:37] Bottoms and South Crest

[2:13:41] Mountain View Encanto Skyline

[2:13:42] are going to be maintained

[2:13:42] multiple times during

[2:13:43] the fiscal year to stay on top

[2:13:49] of that vegetation growth.

[2:13:49] >> This line highlights several

[2:13:50] channels in the San Diego Bay

[2:13:53] San Diego River mission bay

[2:13:53] areas.

[2:13:54] And as I mentioned, Sorrento

[2:13:57] Valley is a key area that we're

[2:13:57] going to be moving into later

[2:14:02] this month.

[2:14:03] >> So every time we maintain a

[2:14:07] channel, what essentially we're

[2:14:07] doing is we're taking out

[2:14:08] wetlands from that channel.

[2:14:12] And according to maintain our

[2:14:12] environmental compliance we

[2:14:13] have to put that wetland

[2:14:17] function back somewhere else in

[2:14:17] the city.

[2:14:20] And so in fiscal year 26 we

[2:14:21] completed three mitigation

[2:14:22] projects that totaled more than

[2:14:22] 15 acres.

[2:14:23] This allows us to keep up with

[2:14:25] that expanded channel

[2:14:26] maintenance activity.

[2:14:27] We've got another three

[2:14:27] projects that are under

[2:14:31] construction and currently that

[2:14:31] will provide another eight

[2:14:32] acres.

[2:14:35] And then looking out over

[2:14:36] the next eight years or so we

[2:14:36] anticipate needing about 36

[2:14:40] acres of additional mitigation

[2:14:40] to keep expanding

[2:14:41] the maintenance program.

[2:14:45] And as a reminder, a lot of

[2:14:45] this construction work

[2:14:46] associated with wetland

[2:14:47] mitigation is funded through

[2:14:52] our environmental growth Fund.

[2:14:52] >> Okay.

[2:14:53] Similar to my slide about

[2:14:57] the capacity of our storm drain

[2:14:58] system, this slide shows some

[2:14:59] of the current conditions how

[2:15:02] much capacity to our

[2:15:03] aboveground channels have.

[2:15:07] The reality is only 17% of our

[2:15:10] 180 channel segments are

[2:15:11] designed to handle a 100 year

[2:15:11] storm.

[2:15:12] And you can think about a 100

[2:15:15] year storm as in simple terms

[2:15:16] if we get about an inch and a

[2:15:19] half to two inches of rain over

[2:15:20] a three hour period, that's a

[2:15:20] 100 year storm.

[2:15:23] Generally if we get two and a

[2:15:24] half to three inches of rain

[2:15:27] over a 12 hour period, that's

[2:15:27] 100 year storm.

[2:15:28] So those amounts don't seem too

[2:15:33] outrageous And it's important

[2:15:33] to note that some of our

[2:15:34] channels not only do they not

[2:15:35] convey a 100 year storm,

[2:15:37] they're only sized to handle

[2:15:38] say a two or a five year storm.

[2:15:42] So we can get intense rainfall

[2:15:43] of just an inch and see some of

[2:15:43] our channels starting to

[2:15:44] overtop.

[2:15:47] >> So a lot of times the thing

[2:15:48] is that flooding is always due

[2:15:51] to lack of maintenance but

[2:15:52] the capacity limitations are a

[2:15:52] significant factor.

[2:15:57] We are investing a lot of our

[2:15:57] WiFi dollars to upgrade and

[2:16:00] enhance some of our critical

[2:16:00] channel areas.

[2:16:01] This graphic here shows an

[2:16:04] example of just one of those

[2:16:05] investments we're making.

[2:16:06] This example is for

[2:16:09] the Hammerschmidt Channel and

[2:16:09] Skyline which is currently a

[2:16:10] 60% design.

[2:16:14] And we have another very large

[2:16:15] ship project in the works in

[2:16:16] the South Crest adjacent to

[2:16:19] Beta Street that we've been

[2:16:19] working very closely with

[2:16:20] Caltrans and fema to understand

[2:16:23] the parameters of what we're

[2:16:24] allowed to build since we're

[2:16:24] tying into their

[2:16:25] infrastructure.

[2:16:28] We're getting to a pretty good

[2:16:29] point In our approaching a 30%

[2:16:33] design milestone soon.

[2:16:35] >> So now I'll move on to our

[2:16:40] pump stations.

[2:16:41] >> The department performs year

[2:16:44] round maintenance of 15 pump

[2:16:44] stations, 24 interceptor

[2:16:48] stations, 54 diversion valves

[2:16:48] and six Typekit.

[2:16:49] Some of the significant

[2:16:50] improvements that were made

[2:16:53] last fiscal year We installed

[2:16:53] warning signs flood warning

[2:16:58] signs at pump Station see in

[2:16:59] the midway area.

[2:16:59] We replaced time gates at some

[2:17:02] of the areas in mission Beach.

[2:17:03] And really importantly we

[2:17:07] provided backup power to some

[2:17:07] of our biggest pump stations

[2:17:08] most critical pump stations

[2:17:09] each and that are along the San

[2:17:11] Diego River and Mission Beach

[2:17:16] areas.

[2:17:16] >> Looking ahead to fiscal year

[2:17:17] 27 so all of the electrical and

[2:17:21] mechanical component within our

[2:17:21] pump stations are on a regular

[2:17:22] inspection and maintenance

[2:17:26] frequency schedule.

[2:17:26] It's something that we do year

[2:17:27] round.

[2:17:31] And then one thing to highlight

[2:17:32] is Position l which is located

[2:17:35] on ncr de San Diego is

[2:17:36] undergoing emergency repairs

[2:17:37] and those repairs will be

[2:17:40] continuing through the rainy

[2:17:40] season.

[2:17:41] So we're coordinating closely

[2:17:45] with ecp in an emergency

[2:17:46] contractor to ensure that those

[2:17:50] flows will be handled from a

[2:17:51] capacity standpoint.

[2:17:51] Very similar story you're going

[2:17:52] to hear about our pump stations

[2:17:55] as our channels and our storm

[2:17:55] drains.

[2:17:56] 14 of our 15 stations are sized

[2:18:00] to convey something less than a

[2:18:00] 100 year storm.

[2:18:01] And that's not surprising when

[2:18:04] you consider that seven of

[2:18:05] the pump stations were built in

[2:18:08] the 40s and four were built in

[2:18:08] the 70s.

[2:18:09] So it's just not a piece of

[2:18:09] infrastructure that's been

[2:18:13] upgraded significantly in

[2:18:13] decades.

[2:18:18] We do have some enhancement

[2:18:19] planned from a capital

[2:18:19] improvement site for Pump

[2:18:22] Station d which is our largest

[2:18:23] pump station that services old

[2:18:23] town.

[2:18:24] So those are in design but

[2:18:26] currently we do not have funds

[2:18:30] for construction.

[2:18:31] >> Okay.

[2:18:31] Last major storm drain asset.

[2:18:34] I'm going to talk about our

[2:18:39] levees So I'm happy to report

[2:18:43] that the fiscal year 27 budget

[2:18:44] includes important new funding

[2:18:44] for the Stormwater Department

[2:18:48] to address work that is needed

[2:18:48] to secure permanent

[2:18:49] accreditation of the levees

[2:18:53] that exist along the San Diego

[2:18:53] River.

[2:18:54] Accreditation from fema and

[2:18:54] the Army Corps of Engineers is

[2:18:57] really critical for a couple of

[2:18:58] reasons.

[2:18:58] First, accreditation provides

[2:19:02] the city access to federal

[2:19:03] emergency assistance in

[2:19:03] the event of a catastrophic

[2:19:06] event that damaged or

[2:19:07] compromised the levee system.

[2:19:12] And then secondly, it basically

[2:19:13] prevents all the properties you

[2:19:13] see mapped in orange year from

[2:19:15] being mapped in the 100 year

[2:19:16] flood plain which would then

[2:19:17] kick in flood insurance

[2:19:20] requirements.

[2:19:21] So in 2025 we initiated a

[2:19:21] process to re accredit our

[2:19:25] levees because in 2011 they

[2:19:30] were downgraded to a downgraded

[2:19:30] to a provisional accreditation

[2:19:31] status.

[2:19:34] So we're going to use this new

[2:19:34] $1.9 million that's in our

[2:19:37] budget for fy 27 to start

[2:19:38] maintaining and repairing known

[2:19:38] deficiencies.

[2:19:42] To do land surveyors and

[2:19:43] engineering studies that are

[2:19:43] going to help us demonstrate

[2:19:44] the current capacity, capacity

[2:19:47] and condition of the system is

[2:19:48] and we're going to be working

[2:19:49] with oas to develop emergency

[2:19:52] response plans.

[2:19:52] And it should be noted that we

[2:19:53] have a much smaller and more

[2:19:57] recently constructed levee

[2:19:57] system that protects a single

[2:19:58] neighborhood in the Tier one

[2:20:01] River Valley area.

[2:20:02] >> Okay.

[2:20:03] So now I'll speak very briefly

[2:20:07] about a flood prevention

[2:20:07] program that's not managed by

[2:20:08] the storm water department but

[2:20:10] is critical to minimizing

[2:20:11] damage to city assets in

[2:20:12] the Mission Beach area.

[2:20:15] So each fall parks and Rec

[2:20:16] installs sand berms at Sandy

[2:20:21] beach areas along ocean Front

[2:20:21] and Mission Bay to prevent

[2:20:22] flooding of city assets.

[2:20:26] This work typically occurs in

[2:20:26] OCTOBER to get us ready for

[2:20:27] the King tide season in

[2:20:27] DECEMBER.

[2:20:30] But unfortunately Parks and Rec

[2:20:31] experienced a 40% reduction in

[2:20:35] their beach mechanized crew.

[2:20:36] That's going to impact how we

[2:20:36] go about setting up these berms

[2:20:37] in the first place and then

[2:20:40] repairing them after major

[2:20:41] storms.

[2:20:41] So the strategy is going to be

[2:20:45] to work to start work earlier

[2:20:45] this year, this month and

[2:20:46] SEPTEMBER.

[2:20:46] And that's going to require

[2:20:49] close coordination with

[2:20:50] the lifeguards to make sure

[2:20:50] we're maintaining safe beach

[2:20:51] access and passage around

[2:20:56] the berms throughout the season

[2:20:57] .

[2:20:58] So what happens when rain is in

[2:20:58] the forecast?

[2:21:02] This slide outlines what we

[2:21:02] call our storm patrol

[2:21:03] procedures prior to any

[2:21:07] forecasted storm.

[2:21:07] Representatives from multiple

[2:21:08] city departments convene.

[2:21:12] We discuss storm preparation

[2:21:12] and response roles and

[2:21:13] responsibilities, equipment

[2:21:13] availability and public

[2:21:17] communications.

[2:21:18] One of the things we're adding

[2:21:19] this year is better integration

[2:21:22] with the National Weather

[2:21:23] Service and experts at Scripps

[2:21:24] Institution of Oceanography to

[2:21:27] take advantage of the latest

[2:21:28] forecasting tools to give us a

[2:21:28] clearer picture as possible of

[2:21:32] what is expected with a given

[2:21:32] storm.

[2:21:33] But I'll caveat that even with

[2:21:36] that assistance it's really,

[2:21:37] really challenging to predict

[2:21:38] through forecasting where

[2:21:41] the heaviest storm cells are

[2:21:41] going to hit.

[2:21:42] But depending on the severity

[2:21:46] of the forecast you see in

[2:21:47] the bottom right of the slide

[2:21:47] that we trigger different

[2:21:50] levels of staffing and staff

[2:21:51] are really deployed to perform

[2:21:52] pre-storm inspections and

[2:21:55] cleaning of critical drain

[2:21:56] locations.

[2:21:56] This year we're going to

[2:22:00] provide training to an expanded

[2:22:01] pool of staff so we'll have

[2:22:02] even more eyes and ears out in

[2:22:06] the field doing inspections,

[2:22:06] looking at issues as it's

[2:22:07] raining.

[2:22:07] And then once it starts raining

[2:22:10] we enter storm patrol mode.

[2:22:11] And so essentially what this

[2:22:12] means is most of the crews and

[2:22:15] the transportation and

[2:22:16] stormwater department stop what

[2:22:17] they were doing and they start

[2:22:20] roving these different

[2:22:20] geographic areas you see

[2:22:21] reflected on the map.

[2:22:22] And we found that this is a

[2:22:25] very efficient way to triage

[2:22:26] and address flooding calls,

[2:22:26] downed trees, things like that.

[2:22:30] And then we could literally

[2:22:31] have hundreds of staff that are

[2:22:32] roving these different areas

[2:22:37] for a large storm event.

[2:22:38] >> And then for my last slide I

[2:22:39] wanted to highlight some of

[2:22:39] the efforts that are being

[2:22:42] spearheaded by our partners at

[2:22:42] Panda and Communications.

[2:22:46] Road closures is something that

[2:22:47] we've made an improvement on.

[2:22:48] It's been a centralized into a

[2:22:52] single app so all city

[2:22:53] employees are logging road

[2:22:53] closures in a systematic

[2:22:57] centralized way which is much

[2:22:58] more streamlined from how it

[2:22:58] was done previously.

[2:23:01] And then we're pushing that

[2:23:01] information out through our

[2:23:02] open data portal.

[2:23:06] We have a road closure website

[2:23:07] and we've integrated this

[2:23:07] information with Waze and

[2:23:11] Google Maps so residents who

[2:23:12] use those features can see

[2:23:12] the closures much more easily.

[2:23:16] And then of course the upgrades

[2:23:16] to the Get It Done app itself

[2:23:17] which make it much easier for

[2:23:21] the public to report issues to

[2:23:21] us.

[2:23:24] And then I'll close with just a

[2:23:25] reminder that the one stop shop

[2:23:25] where you need to go in to get

[2:23:26] prepared before, during and

[2:23:29] after a storm is this El Nino

[2:23:30] website hub that Dustin spoke

[2:23:33] to.

[2:23:34] So that does conclude our

[2:23:35] presentation.

[2:23:35] Of course we're available for

[2:23:38] questions.

[2:23:39] >> All right.

[2:23:40] Thank you for the presentation.

[2:23:40] Thank you.

[2:23:43] Everybody has participated in

[2:23:44] the working group.

[2:23:44] With that I'll turn it over to

[2:23:48] the office of the rba.

[2:23:49] All right.

[2:23:49] Thank you.

[2:23:50] Council PRESIDENT, council

[2:23:50] members.

[2:23:51] I'm going to turn this right

[2:23:52] over to Kim Desmond who is

[2:23:53] the director of our Division of

[2:23:54] Race and Equity to give some

[2:23:57] comments on equity implications

[2:23:57] for this.

[2:23:58] >> Thank you, Charles.

[2:23:59] Good afternoon.

[2:24:02] Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

[2:24:03] members of Council in

[2:24:04] preparation for El Nino

[2:24:08] the ideas the vision of recent

[2:24:08] equity has participated in

[2:24:09] planning committee

[2:24:13] conversations to provide some

[2:24:13] early equity implications to

[2:24:17] oas Mayor's office around

[2:24:18] the considerations for

[2:24:18] the storm.

[2:24:22] El.

[2:24:22] The comments that we're going

[2:24:23] to make right now it's actually

[2:24:27] in front of you and it's going

[2:24:27] to be in four categories.

[2:24:31] One is the context of operation

[2:24:32] in terms of preparation,

[2:24:32] mitigation response and

[2:24:33] recovery.

[2:24:37] So the first implication is

[2:24:38] around community engagement.

[2:24:42] As stated there are high flow

[2:24:43] risk throughout all council

[2:24:43] districts.

[2:24:47] So from an equity from a

[2:24:48] equality standpoint

[2:24:48] the implication is to

[2:24:52] continually host tailored

[2:24:53] workshops in engagement events

[2:24:57] to prepare all the residents

[2:24:57] throughout the city.

[2:24:58] So that's equal You want to do

[2:24:59] that throughout all districts.

[2:25:02] From a equity perspective

[2:25:07] historically in currently

[2:25:08] the inequities differ for d

[2:25:08] four, eight and nine

[2:25:09] specifically.

[2:25:11] And we want to be county in

[2:25:12] terms of the fact that these

[2:25:13] districts are still recovering

[2:25:15] from the 2024 floods.

[2:25:20] Therefore the approach around

[2:25:21] preparation and response is

[2:25:25] should differ namely the way in

[2:25:26] which you convene Organizations

[2:25:27] in trusted partners should be a

[2:25:31] clear focus not as in the 2024

[2:25:31] floods.

[2:25:32] Many of these organizations was

[2:25:35] on the ground in supporting a

[2:25:35] response strategy in actively

[2:25:40] currently still supporting

[2:25:40] recovery efforts.

[2:25:41] I really want to be clear there

[2:25:45] in that these are our trusted

[2:25:45] partners in at times these

[2:25:49] organizations entrusted

[2:25:50] partners can convey a message

[2:25:50] more effectively and

[2:25:55] efficiently continuously.

[2:25:55] And so from a equity

[2:25:56] perspective you want to be

[2:26:00] conscious of that in terms of

[2:26:00] what your community engagement

[2:26:01] strategy entails.

[2:26:04] That didn't rolls on to

[2:26:05] resources given the city's

[2:26:09] current budget and fiscal

[2:26:09] position.

[2:26:10] Any information about resources

[2:26:14] should be very clear in avoid

[2:26:15] ambiguity in regards to

[2:26:16] response and preparation.

[2:26:20] So we should clarify how

[2:26:24] the county MAY provide rental

[2:26:25] assistance if there an

[2:26:29] evacuation that is needed in

[2:26:29] the 2024 approach.

[2:26:30] The county did provide some

[2:26:33] temporary lodging options.

[2:26:34] And so in the event where

[2:26:39] there's an evacuation, be very

[2:26:39] clear about that.

[2:26:40] If you're going to provide

[2:26:44] vouchers to stay in other

[2:26:44] locations and so want to

[2:26:48] clarify that part and also in

[2:26:49] regards to resources being very

[2:26:53] clear and concise around what

[2:26:53] types of resources will be

[2:26:54] provided by the city.

[2:26:57] So if we're providing sandbags

[2:26:58] then being very clear about

[2:27:02] when we will provide access to

[2:27:02] sand for the sandbags.

[2:27:03] As it could be a barrier for

[2:27:07] folks to go in, locate sand at

[2:27:08] another location.

[2:27:11] So in other words, people

[2:27:12] should not be looking for how

[2:27:13] to get the clear resources

[2:27:16] during the emergency.

[2:27:17] So the equity implication is to

[2:27:18] be very clear and concise

[2:27:18] around what we're providing

[2:27:21] versus what we're not

[2:27:21] providing.

[2:27:22] In all these things are also

[2:27:26] notated in our auditor's

[2:27:26] finding of the storm that

[2:27:27] occurred in 2024.

[2:27:31] Last but not least it was

[2:27:32] referenced in the presentation

[2:27:36] But an equivocation includes

[2:27:37] being very clear about

[2:27:37] the development of

[2:27:41] the emergency response playbook

[2:27:41] for our organizations and

[2:27:42] trusted partners to support our

[2:27:46] efforts.

[2:27:47] We should be clear and concise

[2:27:47] around the area plan in those

[2:27:48] playbooks.

[2:27:51] Those planning playbooks could

[2:27:52] include identifying evacuation

[2:27:56] locations in ways where folks

[2:27:57] know where to go resource

[2:28:01] distribution and also recovery

[2:28:01] efforts.

[2:28:02] And so I understand that there

[2:28:06] are efforts in q to develop set

[2:28:07] playbooks starting from

[2:28:11] the fact that we know that

[2:28:12] these floods occurred in 84 in

[2:28:12] the 89.

[2:28:16] So that gives you a plan in

[2:28:16] place for where these plans

[2:28:17] could help you start out with

[2:28:20] plenty of information.

[2:28:21] And so our team kind of

[2:28:22] referenced that with making

[2:28:22] sure that these playbooks are

[2:28:25] concise of the public in such

[2:28:26] words understand that.

[2:28:30] So in that Gray recommends that

[2:28:31] storm water continue, we

[2:28:32] provide any maps in hydraulic

[2:28:35] models around these high risk

[2:28:36] areas around people in

[2:28:36] buildings to make sure that

[2:28:40] we're reiterating where and how

[2:28:40] things will occur.

[2:28:45] And I'll close with this in

[2:28:45] that from an equity perspective

[2:28:46] being conscientious that those

[2:28:49] districts before 99 are still

[2:28:50] in recovery.

[2:28:51] And so we want to be very

[2:28:53] meticulous with how we prepare

[2:28:54] ,recover or address any

[2:28:55] mitigations around resources.

[2:28:59] I am here and available for any

[2:29:00] comments in stand ready to

[2:29:03] support.

[2:29:04] >> All right.

[2:29:04] Thank you for those comments.

[2:29:08] Always very helpful.

[2:29:09] >> And with that Clarke, please

[2:29:10] go to public comments.

[2:29:10] Thank you.

[2:29:14] Council PRESIDENT Starting with

[2:29:15] Laura Saldana if you can please

[2:29:15] come forward.

[2:29:16] It is two minutes per person.

[2:29:19] I understand you have a

[2:29:19] PowerPoint.

[2:29:20] So please come forward And if I

[2:29:20] can ask the following

[2:29:23] individuals to please come up

[2:29:24] to the reserved seats in

[2:29:25] the front row.

[2:29:28] Troy Sonata Laurie Lipson,

[2:29:29] Charlotte Monica Hill and

[2:29:29] Cheryl Hernandez.

[2:29:33] You'll have two minutes.

[2:29:33] >> Please proceed.

[2:29:34] Thank you.

[2:29:35] Thank you gentlemen for

[2:29:41] the reports and I was married

[2:29:42] to a combat engineer and he

[2:29:45] used to talk about fighting

[2:29:46] the last war.

[2:29:47] And I think it's easy to look

[2:29:47] at Choice Creek and look at

[2:29:50] other places that flooded.

[2:29:51] And it's harder to look forward

[2:29:52] and figure out where is

[2:29:55] the next flood going to come

[2:29:56] from.

[2:29:56] And earlier today I showed a

[2:29:57] slide about groundwater

[2:30:01] intrusion And because a lot of

[2:30:01] the water that you are trying

[2:30:02] to plan for is not going to be

[2:30:05] visible from above.

[2:30:06] It's not coming from the rain

[2:30:07] is not coming from the surface.

[2:30:07] It's coming from below.

[2:30:10] And that groundwater because of

[2:30:11] sea level rise rise is pushing

[2:30:15] into these areas including

[2:30:15] the midway area which if you go

[2:30:16] to the next slide the reason

[2:30:19] I'm referring to it and many

[2:30:20] people are now calling it

[2:30:20] midway thinking those levees

[2:30:24] that are not accredited or all

[2:30:25] that stand in the way of

[2:30:26] flooding in an area that is now

[2:30:29] being discussed as future

[2:30:30] housing, why put people in

[2:30:33] harm's way and make these

[2:30:34] gentlemen's jobs more difficult

[2:30:35] if we know that that is a high

[2:30:39] flood area according to fema

[2:30:39] maps and now we've just been

[2:30:40] told those levees are not

[2:30:41] accredited that you're trying

[2:30:44] to bring them up to accredited

[2:30:44] status.

[2:30:45] Next slide, please.

[2:30:48] You mentioned emergency repairs

[2:30:53] in the Midway area.

[2:30:54] Midway Drive is already

[2:30:54] flooding.

[2:30:55] Let's this was from an earlier

[2:30:58] report.

[2:30:58] Let's go on to the next slide.

[2:30:59] Midway Drive is already

[2:31:03] flooding without a storm surge

[2:31:03] during king tides.

[2:31:08] One more slide.

[2:31:08] Oh, there we go.

[2:31:09] It didn't show this morning.

[2:31:12] There it is.

[2:31:12] Thank you, Kevin.

[2:31:13] That is from two weeks ago

[2:31:14] during King Tides without a

[2:31:16] drop of rain.

[2:31:17] We already have flooding So you

[2:31:21] gentlemen are doing your best

[2:31:22] to prepare based on what

[2:31:23] happened with choice and other

[2:31:23] floods last time.

[2:31:26] But this is the future.

[2:31:27] It is sea level rise.

[2:31:30] The water is coming at us from

[2:31:30] four directions.

[2:31:31] And I wish you the best in your

[2:31:32] planning and preparation

[2:31:35] because this is a situation

[2:31:36] where already and thank you.

[2:31:37] >> Thank you for that

[2:31:37] concluding comment Royce And

[2:31:43] yet it I was so looking forward

[2:31:47] to this after being watching

[2:31:51] the or being at

[2:31:52] the environmental Committee

[2:31:52] meeting.

[2:31:57] You all were fabulous At that

[2:31:58] meeting I was just riveted to

[2:32:01] what you said and that

[2:32:02] conversation that chair ilo

[2:32:06] Rivera had with some of you It

[2:32:07] was just absolutely we're ready

[2:32:11] as ready as we can be or we

[2:32:12] will be because I just felt

[2:32:16] that in that presentation and I

[2:32:20] feel it today and that

[2:32:21] PowerPoint is just terrific.

[2:32:25] So I love the power.

[2:32:29] I call him the powerhouse of

[2:32:29] the five preparation

[2:32:30] objectives.

[2:32:30] They're fabulous.

[2:32:34] I love the tool kit for

[2:32:35] the council offices to share

[2:32:38] information.

[2:32:43] >> Now Kim Desmond, you have to

[2:32:47] put a uniform on when this

[2:32:48] occurs and you have to be out

[2:32:52] there leading us for your area

[2:32:53] because it's going to be

[2:32:57] terrific that you're there And

[2:32:57] we have to prepare

[2:32:58] the residents that are in

[2:33:01] the weakest areas they're

[2:33:02] vulnerable.

[2:33:02] They need to know what

[2:33:06] the rescue plan is.

[2:33:07] They need to know just whatever

[2:33:11] you can gives to them.

[2:33:12] >> So let's see.

[2:33:13] And so I do want to speak to

[2:33:16] the public and say dear public,

[2:33:17] this is really up to you.

[2:33:21] Our city is going to do

[2:33:21] the best they can do for you.

[2:33:22] But this is really up to you.

[2:33:26] Our infrastructure here is in

[2:33:26] trouble so be prepared.

[2:33:30] There's a storm ahead.

[2:33:30] Make a plan.

[2:33:31] Build a kit.

[2:33:35] Stay informed dear public it's

[2:33:36] everyone's responsibility.

[2:33:36] We're in this together.

[2:33:40] We're going to do it and we're

[2:33:41] going to be a-okay.

[2:33:41] >> Love to all.

[2:33:42] Thank you.

[2:33:47] Next is Laurie Lipson.

[2:33:52] Hello City Council Laurie Lips

[2:33:53] Man Pronouns She her district

[2:33:57] three I have sat here in these

[2:33:58] chambers and heard you speak

[2:33:58] passionately about community

[2:34:02] yet you voted to increase

[2:34:02] funding for police and keep

[2:34:06] mass surveillance.

[2:34:07] You caved on parking and trash

[2:34:07] fees and you inadequately

[2:34:11] explained a sales tax increase

[2:34:12] to your constituents.

[2:34:16] All of these decisions reduced

[2:34:17] the funding for infrastructure

[2:34:17] and other services needed to

[2:34:20] build a caring and

[2:34:25] compassionate city.

[2:34:26] How is this providing safety to

[2:34:30] San Diego residents?

[2:34:31] Shame on the City Council for

[2:34:35] not prioritizing city

[2:34:35] infrastructure and putting

[2:34:36] preparedness on the backs of

[2:34:40] those most vulnerable.

[2:34:44] >> Good luck Charlotte.

[2:34:45] If you can please come forward

[2:34:51] and I'll ask if Monica Hill had

[2:34:51] out along with Landers Ricky

[2:34:55] friend Sotelo can all please

[2:34:55] come up to the front row?

[2:34:59] Please proceed when ready.

[2:35:00] >> As we prepare for

[2:35:00] the upcoming El Nino season and

[2:35:01] the possibility of heavy rain

[2:35:04] and flooding, I want to make

[2:35:05] sure that we learn from what

[2:35:06] happened during the 2024

[2:35:06] floods.

[2:35:09] Advocated heavily for proper

[2:35:10] mental health care for our

[2:35:10] flood impacted families.

[2:35:14] Then in I'll continue to do so

[2:35:14] today what I witnessed was

[2:35:15] the constant passing of

[2:35:18] the buck when families

[2:35:19] desperately needed mental

[2:35:19] health and substance use

[2:35:23] support agencies and individual

[2:35:24] those in positions of power had

[2:35:25] opportunities to coordinate

[2:35:25] care yet responsibility was

[2:35:28] pushed from one person and

[2:35:28] organization to another.

[2:35:32] That failure placed community

[2:35:33] advocates and frontline workers

[2:35:33] in situations that were outside

[2:35:37] of our scope because we were

[2:35:38] trying to fill gaps that should

[2:35:39] have already been addressed by

[2:35:39] the system.

[2:35:42] I'm not asking this time I'm

[2:35:42] demanding that we have a

[2:35:43] coordinated mental health

[2:35:44] response in place for the next

[2:35:46] crisis.

[2:35:47] During this rainy season season

[2:35:48] families impacted by flooding

[2:35:52] needs access to 24 hour mental

[2:35:52] health and crisis services,

[2:35:53] clear referral pathways,

[2:35:57] substance use support and

[2:35:57] trauma informed care.

[2:35:58] We need to know who is

[2:35:58] answering the call, who is

[2:36:01] responsible for coordinating

[2:36:02] the care and who is accountable

[2:36:03] When a family needs help,

[2:36:07] the families impacted by

[2:36:07] the 2024 floods experienced

[2:36:08] significant trauma and many

[2:36:12] continue to struggle with

[2:36:12] mental health and addiction

[2:36:13] related challenges.

[2:36:14] They deserve better then and

[2:36:17] they deserve better now.

[2:36:18] Mental health cannot be an

[2:36:18] afterthought to disaster

[2:36:19] response.

[2:36:21] The affected communities must

[2:36:22] be included in every step of

[2:36:22] the planning.

[2:36:26] We need a plan before the rain

[2:36:26] comes and after our families

[2:36:27] are already in crisis.

[2:36:29] Thank you.

[2:36:30] >> Thank you.

[2:36:35] Monica Hill.

[2:36:35] >> Hello.

[2:36:36] My name is Monica Hill and I'm

[2:36:40] here to represent District nine

[2:36:41] also District four and eight.

[2:36:45] I wasn't really prepared but

[2:36:46] I'm just going to give a little

[2:36:46] bit of what we're asking

[2:36:47] the city to include our

[2:36:49] communities in real planning

[2:36:50] and decision making to invest

[2:36:51] in long term solutions not just

[2:36:54] performative actions or more

[2:36:55] ballot measures to make sure

[2:36:59] vulnerable neighborhoods have

[2:36:59] what they need before, during

[2:37:00] and after disasters.

[2:37:04] Build trust by asking by taking

[2:37:05] action not just talking about

[2:37:06] it and just to collaborate on

[2:37:09] that.

[2:37:10] I live in constant fear that

[2:37:13] another flood can happen again

[2:37:14] .

[2:37:14] I experience anxiety, ptsd and

[2:37:15] for one thought of another a

[2:37:18] major disaster or rainstorm or

[2:37:23] flood brings everything back.

[2:37:24] One fear the uncertainty

[2:37:25] the feeling of not knowing what

[2:37:28] is going to happen or whether

[2:37:33] my family will be safe or not.

[2:37:34] With that last essay I ask that

[2:37:35] you bring our communities and

[2:37:36] our voices and our futures

[2:37:38] together We can make a

[2:37:39] difference.

[2:37:43] >> Thank you Herrera Hernandez

[2:37:43] .

[2:37:44] Afternoon.

[2:37:49] I know that on this I lived on

[2:37:49] Better Street.

[2:37:50] I know you guys know.

[2:37:53] I know you for once.

[2:37:53] You're just there.

[2:37:54] I'm here because of you Guys

[2:37:58] are not listening to us.

[2:37:58] You guys are calling this

[2:37:59] mayor.

[2:38:02] Say this Our super ninos coming

[2:38:02] to prepare ourselves.

[2:38:03] We are ready prepared

[2:38:03] ourselves.

[2:38:07] We have we went through it.

[2:38:08] 2018 and then 2024.

[2:38:09] In 2018 you guys said you were

[2:38:12] cleaning out their never seen

[2:38:13] you guys ones out there never

[2:38:16] seen you guys out there 28

[2:38:16] 2024.

[2:38:17] >> I'm disabled.

[2:38:21] I will I will work I would pay

[2:38:22] attention wherever I lived on

[2:38:26] better street never seen

[2:38:27] the county there when I was

[2:38:28] born They would show up when it

[2:38:30] wasn't.

[2:38:31] And I think it's time for you

[2:38:32] guys to start listening because

[2:38:33] it's going to happen again

[2:38:36] especially right down in South

[2:38:37] Chris I'm 38th to bursary if

[2:38:40] that that creek doesn't get

[2:38:41] dig down deeper the left side

[2:38:45] is going to happen again

[2:38:45] believe me.

[2:38:46] Listen to me is going to happen

[2:38:46] again If you guys don't get up

[2:38:50] on it before this this these

[2:38:50] storm start coming.

[2:38:51] You know we went through a lot.

[2:38:54] I've been through a lot.

[2:38:55] If you guys only knew my story

[2:38:59] I relapse.

[2:39:00] I almost committed suicide

[2:39:00] because of all this.

[2:39:04] I'm tired and disabled.

[2:39:05] I wish I could go out and work.

[2:39:09] It hurts me that I can't do

[2:39:10] that.

[2:39:10] But these people just because

[2:39:15] we're brown don't you know

[2:39:15] that?

[2:39:16] Think what happened in La Hoya?

[2:39:19] You guys jump Donnie right away

[2:39:20] .

[2:39:20] $20 million.

[2:39:21] I heard you guys fix it like

[2:39:21] that.

[2:39:23] How can we get Jean jump on our

[2:39:23] neighborhoods?

[2:39:24] Neighborhoods?

[2:39:24] We're not white.

[2:39:28] That's why I wear this Because

[2:39:28] I'm proud.

[2:39:29] I'm proud and I've changed my

[2:39:32] color.

[2:39:33] I'm not racist.

[2:39:34] But come on, you guys got to

[2:39:38] listen to us.

[2:39:38] I got a son and a daughter that

[2:39:39] I got to teach.

[2:39:42] They're old enough but I that's

[2:39:43] what's tearing me going.

[2:39:43] If not, I would be gone.

[2:39:47] I hope I am my neighbor.

[2:39:48] They passed away.

[2:39:48] Two neighbors have passed away.

[2:39:52] Thank you for all your remarks.

[2:39:52] Your time is included.

[2:39:56] Thank you so much Ricky After

[2:39:57] Ricky we all have friends that

[2:39:58] a lot of us are up there And

[2:40:03] Sandra Garcia see them beside

[2:40:03] me in the aisle.

[2:40:03] All right.

[2:40:05] Third quarter, please proceed.

[2:40:05] >> Yeah.

[2:40:09] Um, you you guys are asking us

[2:40:14] to prepare.

[2:40:15] >> We're already prepared.

[2:40:15] The thing is you guys are not

[2:40:16] prepared.

[2:40:19] You guys need to finish your

[2:40:20] work out.

[2:40:20] There are the creeks and

[2:40:21] the canals out there.

[2:40:23] There's still full of debris

[2:40:24] out there.

[2:40:24] So what's what's going on?

[2:40:25] How come you guys can't finish

[2:40:28] up out there?

[2:40:29] You guys are saying that we're

[2:40:30] going to have we're going to

[2:40:33] have the Super Nino coming up.

[2:40:34] Okay.

[2:40:38] Why don't you just finish what

[2:40:38] you're doing out there?

[2:40:39] There's still a lot of stuff

[2:40:42] out there that would help that

[2:40:47] would help a whole lot.

[2:40:48] Have you guys been out there to

[2:40:51] take a look?

[2:41:06] >> Anybody friends until Good

[2:41:07] afternoon council members I'm

[2:41:11] here today as the lead of

[2:41:12] the Southeast disaster

[2:41:12] community meetings at Jackie

[2:41:16] Robinson ymca.

[2:41:16] To date we've had over 120

[2:41:17] meetings.

[2:41:20] It's a lot you know.

[2:41:21] Thank you for the report today

[2:41:25] by this city staff our fire we

[2:41:25] appreciate you.

[2:41:30] I love my city but it's been

[2:41:31] two and a half years.

[2:41:35] We have to learn from what we

[2:41:36] did and did not do right.

[2:41:40] We can be better right now

[2:41:40] there's not one government

[2:41:41] entity that or know how many

[2:41:44] people are left with unmet

[2:41:44] needs.

[2:41:45] Answer that question How many

[2:41:49] still need to be made whole?

[2:41:50] No one could answer that

[2:41:54] question and we as a city with

[2:41:55] all this technology we don't

[2:41:55] know.

[2:42:00] So let's look at what we can do

[2:42:00] to be together.

[2:42:04] Start with not checking the box

[2:42:05] with this trusted partners that

[2:42:09] invest in those partners.

[2:42:10] Let's not just talk about it.

[2:42:10] Let's be about it.

[2:42:11] Let's really bring them into

[2:42:14] the discussion.

[2:42:15] Number two, this city does less

[2:42:18] than 4% in procurement Would

[2:42:19] diverse vendors That's a

[2:42:20] travesty because it does it

[2:42:23] fairly represent our city.

[2:42:24] So I'm going to ask you to

[2:42:25] question how many diverse

[2:42:28] vendors are part of emergency

[2:42:29] response for when we have to

[2:42:29] react?

[2:42:33] How many we need to be

[2:42:34] inclusive because those

[2:42:34] responders that fairly

[2:42:38] represent the community don't

[2:42:38] understand the community and

[2:42:39] when it comes time to response.

[2:42:43] Next we need a database

[2:42:44] yesterday So when it not when

[2:42:48] something happens it's the day

[2:42:49] it happens the database is

[2:42:53] ready to go because today I

[2:42:53] haven't heard that No one's

[2:42:54] talking about a centralized

[2:42:57] database from day one so that

[2:42:58] we know what happens when it

[2:42:58] happens.

[2:43:02] Wiretaps.

[2:43:03] So I thank you.

[2:43:04] Together we could do better.

[2:43:07] I love San Diego but like I

[2:43:14] said, let's do better.

[2:43:14] >> Thank you.

[2:43:14] Riverside Active.

[2:43:15] You know, we're thrilled to see

[2:43:16] the partnership with our

[2:43:20] planning process.

[2:43:21] Cortez But our power transfer

[2:43:21] requirement or whether us less

[2:43:24] aggressive okay When I start as

[2:43:25] member of council I hope you

[2:43:28] know that are members of

[2:43:29] the City Council Me number is

[2:43:30] where my side of things my

[2:43:33] activist communitarian funeral

[2:43:34] as primeros risk Artistas de la

[2:43:35] la la comunidad My name is I

[2:43:37] set out there and I am an

[2:43:37] active community member and was

[2:43:38] one of the first rescue

[2:43:42] rescuers at those floods

[2:43:47] Because if we all know as we in

[2:43:48] those you know my house was one

[2:43:49] of the houses that actually

[2:43:52] flooded Yeah I look at me by

[2:43:53] the end of the other and

[2:43:56] despite the fact that my house

[2:43:57] was flooded mi familia because

[2:44:01] I don't know we're desperado

[2:44:01] nationals my family and my

[2:44:07] house was open to all donations

[2:44:08] It a member of reserve

[2:44:09] commander client and we start

[2:44:09] community the yellow

[2:44:11] subdivision and this this area

[2:44:12] and we were open and we were

[2:44:15] giving away free hot meals and

[2:44:15] a place to be to all

[2:44:22] the survivors of that day

[2:44:23] continue almost as henlopen

[2:44:23] mutual mutual then withdraws

[2:44:28] and then crossover event

[2:44:29] There's nobody tales there are

[2:44:29] no podium was a single man We

[2:44:30] were doing this for a very long

[2:44:30] time.

[2:44:31] A lot of the survivors could

[2:44:34] not go to the hotels and we

[2:44:35] were there to support them.

[2:44:39] Convalescence General Paso When

[2:44:39] the emergency floods and

[2:44:44] natural disaster happen No

[2:44:45] Saddam was prepared.

[2:44:45] We were not prepared not

[2:44:48] anymore to keep we didn't have

[2:44:49] any equipment as he responded

[2:44:55] And even like that we were able

[2:44:55] to respond Our pocket animals a

[2:44:59] couple Now we still don't have

[2:45:00] any equipment as becomes

[2:45:04] the plan we hear of The plan is

[2:45:05] I you know preparation.

[2:45:05] We hear that there are

[2:45:09] preparation is better

[2:45:14] preparation packing is but

[2:45:15] the preparations are for who

[2:45:16] their community have already

[2:45:18] been This season has been under

[2:45:19] response to our community and

[2:45:22] our survival.

[2:45:23] Ours are still awaiting a

[2:45:27] response from the city disposal

[2:45:28] community.

[2:45:29] >> I was honorably parcel after

[2:45:32] all of this happened to a very

[2:45:33] vulnerable committee a

[2:45:37] community as well as a trauma.

[2:45:43] There was a lot of trauma in

[2:45:44] the Orlando Premier The parcel

[2:45:46] trauma that continues to hurt

[2:45:47] us like the first day when it

[2:45:48] all happened is small through

[2:45:51] strength It is very

[2:45:52] frustrating.

[2:45:56] Myra Sabine to see and to know

[2:46:01] Gentleman MR. Comunidad that

[2:46:02] all of our community is taken

[2:46:06] is very tired.

[2:46:07] It's a conservative middle.

[2:46:07] It's very tired.

[2:46:11] It's scared It get into a

[2:46:12] collaboration and it wants to

[2:46:13] work in collaboration.

[2:46:15] But I prepared to prepare

[2:46:16] itself.

[2:46:22] La Comunidad the community said

[2:46:22] You'll see me as my helps

[2:46:23] itself communities see to

[2:46:26] Mozilla polio the covenant not

[2:46:27] to stay but we still need

[2:46:28] the support of each one of you

[2:46:32] for this woman because we are

[2:46:32] human beings not almost

[2:46:33] invisible.

[2:46:38] We are invisible.

[2:46:38] >> It's almost only harmful but

[2:46:39] stressful to us.

[2:46:40] Controls and we are an example

[2:46:41] for future generations European

[2:46:45] women and I think guarantors

[2:46:50] that together in collaboration

[2:46:50] and collaboration.

[2:46:51] E ground of includes

[2:46:54] the Confianza and creating ways

[2:46:58] of trust Podemos diferencia we

[2:46:59] can make the difference e

[2:47:04] career and create wellness.

[2:47:05] You have me for a better city.

[2:47:05] Gracias.

[2:47:09] Thank you very much But you

[2:47:10] seem aggressive and you're

[2:47:15] Sandra Garcia Sounds like

[2:47:16] accessible from any one mental

[2:47:17] aware relative Supermarine

[2:47:18] Francis Cortez What a pleasure

[2:47:19] to see you.

[2:47:23] My name is Andrew Garcia and

[2:47:24] that has been a strategy before

[2:47:24] anything I want to share that

[2:47:29] it is very difficult to be here

[2:47:30] And so we're working with our

[2:47:33] tormentor just to remember

[2:47:33] the last the last floodings I

[2:47:37] felt a sense of fulfillment on

[2:47:38] the field Two years ago I was a

[2:47:39] victim of these floods but

[2:47:43] limited Gaza and lost my home

[2:47:44] Isla Muscat ido and the most

[2:47:48] miserable that I mean I lost my

[2:47:48] husband because they made Gaza

[2:47:49] the pillar of my house.

[2:47:53] Yeah let me let them say that I

[2:47:54] just aren't prepared by this

[2:47:56] predators and to do at my age

[2:47:56] as a senior citizen where we

[2:48:00] were trying to start our next

[2:48:01] life and life together, would

[2:48:09] you feel even if there are a

[2:48:10] lot ahead them beside me as a

[2:48:11] competitor that he passed away

[2:48:14] and I had to confront

[2:48:15] the reality that I have to do

[2:48:16] this all alone?

[2:48:20] I mean that is very difficult

[2:48:21] and my age this is very

[2:48:21] difficult stuff.

[2:48:28] >> You know, I remember But

[2:48:29] there's always competition as

[2:48:32] we know that will be individual

[2:48:33] Premier me emphasized

[2:48:33] the Oracle war I was a part of

[2:48:34] Europe and my age It is very

[2:48:35] difficult to start from

[2:48:36] the bottom all the way back up

[2:48:36] again.

[2:48:41] You meet pregnant day is that

[2:48:42] it must be a paradox but I look

[2:48:44] Paris that you are But I'm a

[2:48:44] grandmother and my question is

[2:48:49] are we really prepared for this

[2:48:49] storm?

[2:48:50] I am very scared.

[2:48:50] The point this is the toll

[2:48:54] the city imposed after all of

[2:48:54] that time which are

[2:48:55] the investors familiar to

[2:49:00] the animals and me a lot of our

[2:49:01] families are scared it on this

[2:49:05] and this is a protection I say

[2:49:06] what he recommended stay most

[2:49:08] but we need the protection and

[2:49:08] the security that we deserve.

[2:49:09] Not every I must And let me let

[2:49:10] me read Philip is that are you

[2:49:14] aware 40 were killed last

[2:49:14] family We shouldn't be scared

[2:49:15] of thinking oh is it going to

[2:49:16] rain?

[2:49:17] Forgive me We must all look

[2:49:21] innocent with a or b because we

[2:49:22] live something that cannot be

[2:49:26] forgotten.

[2:49:27] >> This was it.

[2:49:30] The graphic data after each

[2:49:31] house that was affected Una

[2:49:32] familia only historia there was

[2:49:32] a family.

[2:49:37] There was a story I knew

[2:49:37] the effective we feel in this

[2:49:38] state of Gaza years of

[2:49:43] sacrifice in our homes episode

[2:49:44] records to be there and people

[2:49:46] that are still there trying to

[2:49:46] reconstruct our lives.

[2:49:47] Yeah look can you not recommend

[2:49:50] a thing or keep it both ways?

[2:49:51] I don't want any other family

[2:49:57] to have to lose everything.

[2:49:58] Get it Must give it Well again

[2:50:02] actually we want that somebody

[2:50:03] should finally act Do this be

[2:50:03] in The rains are coming in

[2:50:05] Those letters and we remember

[2:50:06] You think you must have been

[2:50:09] under respuesta and we keep

[2:50:10] asking and waiting for

[2:50:10] responses This responsibility

[2:50:16] that responsibility a total and

[2:50:16] above all action this capital

[2:50:20] taken on this community actions

[2:50:21] that will actually protect our

[2:50:22] neighborhoods much of which you

[2:50:23] see addresses in your that does

[2:50:24] conclude public comment here in

[2:50:25] council chambers going to those

[2:50:29] participating remotely.

[2:50:29] We have eight people in

[2:50:30] the queue.

[2:50:30] Marissa while if you can please

[2:50:33] unmute you will have two

[2:50:33] minutes.

[2:50:34] Thank you.

[2:50:38] My name is Maria so while I MAY

[2:50:39] shout on a resident I am a

[2:50:43] flood survivor and I am

[2:50:43] president of Shelter was

[2:50:44] Shelter Resilience which is

[2:50:48] made up of flood survivors that

[2:50:48] were there to help each other

[2:50:49] when the city wasn't.

[2:50:53] I live on Beda Street one of

[2:50:53] the areas discussed today I

[2:50:57] survived the 2024 flood and

[2:50:57] nearly three years later our

[2:51:01] community still recovering.

[2:51:02] Today you are asking us to

[2:51:03] prepare for Nino But what we

[2:51:06] heard in this presentation is

[2:51:06] that you're not prepared.

[2:51:07] The city is not prepared.

[2:51:11] Our stormwater system is aging

[2:51:12] critical area still lacking

[2:51:12] capacity.

[2:51:15] Serious vulnerabilities remain

[2:51:16] Yet survivors are being told to

[2:51:17] prepare with sandbags sand

[2:51:21] evacuation plans and hotel

[2:51:21] vouchers.

[2:51:22] Those are emergency resources.

[2:51:26] They are not flood protection.

[2:51:26] A hotel voucher gives us

[2:51:27] somewhere to go After I leave

[2:51:31] my home it does not keep labor

[2:51:32] full of water out of my home

[2:51:35] And this is about priorities.

[2:51:36] For years the city has made

[2:51:37] choices about where to invest,

[2:51:40] what critical stormwater

[2:51:40] infrastructure has remained

[2:51:41] underfunded.

[2:51:45] We have a right to shelter

[2:51:45] safely and our own homes

[2:51:46] without the fear that rain is

[2:51:47] going to come in.

[2:51:50] We said we survived the flood

[2:51:51] once.

[2:51:51] We should not have to survive

[2:51:55] the city's failure again and we

[2:51:56] are demanding that impacted

[2:51:56] communities be included in

[2:52:00] the planning and decisions

[2:52:00] about our safety engage

[2:52:01] community.

[2:52:04] We haven't heard from you.

[2:52:05] We're still waiting.

[2:52:05] We're still waiting for

[2:52:06] responses.

[2:52:09] The city remains silent while

[2:52:10] you guys spend the money on

[2:52:11] other things and completely

[2:52:14] ignored survivors And we're fed

[2:52:14] up.

[2:52:15] We're tired or scared and we

[2:52:16] need answers from all of you

[2:52:19] Not just the mayor, from all of

[2:52:20] you council members up there.

[2:52:20] So it's time.

[2:52:23] Thank you.

[2:52:24] Thank you.

[2:52:25] Next is Courtney If you can

[2:52:28] please unmute.

[2:52:33] Thank you so much for

[2:52:34] the critical presentation.

[2:52:35] >> My name is Courtney Ball

[2:52:37] Tiki with the ymca of San Diego

[2:52:38] County.

[2:52:38] We appreciate this being

[2:52:39] considered by the full council

[2:52:42] and the mayor as this will take

[2:52:47] a regional response as shared.

[2:52:47] >> It's the start of a

[2:52:48] conversation and that's much

[2:52:51] appreciated.

[2:52:52] >> It's a signal that perhaps

[2:52:52] we're ready to do things

[2:52:56] differently in San Diego So

[2:52:57] many of us will never forget

[2:52:59] witnessing the 2024 floods and

[2:53:00] partners working on the ground

[2:53:04] together have looked at each

[2:53:04] other time and time again week

[2:53:05] after week for almost three

[2:53:09] years and said never again As

[2:53:10] community members today have

[2:53:10] shared their stories of

[2:53:14] survival, they shouldn't feel

[2:53:15] scared.

[2:53:15] We should all feel ready And

[2:53:19] the ymca stands ready by

[2:53:20] the good graces and honor of

[2:53:24] the community to be a part of

[2:53:25] the preparedness and response.

[2:53:25] We have locations in all of

[2:53:29] the potentially impacted areas

[2:53:29] and we look support

[2:53:30] the collaboration between

[2:53:34] community, the city, the county

[2:53:35] for a succinct emotional

[2:53:38] response.

[2:53:39] Thank you.

[2:53:39] Thank you Alexandra.

[2:53:42] If you can please unmute

[2:53:46] Alexandra I can unmute for you.

[2:53:56] There you go.

[2:53:57] Alexandra We're not hearing you

[2:53:57] here in council chambers.

[2:54:01] I'm not sure of the device that

[2:54:02] you're speaking into MAY be

[2:54:02] muted as well.

[2:54:05] We will need to move on to our

[2:54:06] next caller if you're not able

[2:54:06] to unmute properly.

[2:54:06] Hello?

[2:54:07] Can you hear me?

[2:54:11] Yes, Please proceed.

[2:54:11] Good afternoon, Council

[2:54:11] members.

[2:54:15] My name is Alexander Martin,

[2:54:15] the legal program manager for

[2:54:16] San Diego Coast Keeper thank

[2:54:20] you to the stormwater

[2:54:20] department for this

[2:54:21] presentation and for the work

[2:54:22] you're doing to keep our region

[2:54:25] safe and informed.

[2:54:25] Despite our efforts to stretch

[2:54:29] a limited budget and reinstate

[2:54:30] some funds, there still remains

[2:54:31] a massive $5 billion funding

[2:54:33] gap over the span of five years

[2:54:34] which is about to be tested by

[2:54:35] a very serious El Nino.

[2:54:38] As we heard today, the odds of

[2:54:39] a strong El Nino event this

[2:54:41] year are above 90% with

[2:54:45] projections showing sea surface

[2:54:45] temperatures 3 to 4 degrees

[2:54:46] above normal.

[2:54:47] This means atmospheric rivers

[2:54:51] in San Diego, the kind of

[2:54:51] the same kind of storm that

[2:54:54] flooded Choi's Creek in JANUARY

[2:54:55] 2024 and damaged a thousand

[2:54:59] homes in Shelton.

[2:54:59] We should assume the Cedar

[2:55:00] bring storms at least that

[2:55:04] severe and possibly worse.

[2:55:04] The numbers we heard from

[2:55:05] today's presentation are

[2:55:05] sobering.

[2:55:08] 15,000 acres of our city sit in

[2:55:12] high flood risk zones and only

[2:55:12] 17% of our channels are sized

[2:55:13] to handle a 100 year storm.

[2:55:16] $30 million allocated for

[2:55:17] fiscal year 2027 and we've

[2:55:21] already declared for

[2:55:22] emergencies this year which

[2:55:22] highlights the need for more

[2:55:23] funding.

[2:55:26] What we desperately need is

[2:55:27] storm water funding Ballot

[2:55:28] measure to fix this El Nino

[2:55:31] isn't going to wait until 2028.

[2:55:31] This is why we also need to

[2:55:32] think outside the box to better

[2:55:35] prepare for the upcoming El

[2:55:36] Nino storm event.

[2:55:36] We support the Storm Water

[2:55:40] Department's outreach efforts

[2:55:41] and partnership with nonprofits

[2:55:42] like Urban Core to prevent

[2:55:45] flooding and build more

[2:55:45] capacity.

[2:55:46] But this isn't going to fix all

[2:55:47] of our problems and we need to

[2:55:50] come up with a long term

[2:55:50] solution.

[2:55:51] With the recent cuts to think

[2:55:51] with funding which has become

[2:55:55] an even steeper uphill battle

[2:55:55] because people will keep

[2:55:56] showing up to fight for

[2:56:00] the storm water infrastructure

[2:56:00] our city needs.

[2:56:00] Thank you.

[2:56:01] Thank you Hector.

[2:56:04] If you can please unmute.

[2:56:05] >> All right, Hector here.

[2:56:09] I'll try not to do this spiel

[2:56:10] but one thing the city needs

[2:56:14] that map for the storm thing

[2:56:14] all this storm thing they're

[2:56:15] working on that was a great

[2:56:15] map.

[2:56:18] We need to direct the finance

[2:56:19] guy to get a map of all

[2:56:24] the leases in San Diego because

[2:56:25] all the leases are give us

[2:56:25] the money that we're not

[2:56:29] getting and treat it because we

[2:56:29] need money to do this storm

[2:56:33] drain problem to throw money at

[2:56:34] it.

[2:56:34] That would be one of those

[2:56:35] lease maps and all the city and

[2:56:38] will attack that like we're

[2:56:39] attacking storm drains.

[2:56:40] And then one thing the biggest

[2:56:43] thing I think is going to be

[2:56:44] Tijuana River.

[2:56:45] That thing's going to be a huge

[2:56:47] monster flood And we need to

[2:56:48] get the Homeland Security and

[2:56:53] Border Patrol to put a border

[2:56:53] wall right in the culvert of

[2:56:57] the center of the tech not

[2:56:58] technology but the sea.

[2:56:58] You want a river?

[2:57:01] We'll build the wall right

[2:57:01] there.

[2:57:02] It's like a strainer.

[2:57:05] We'll build three walls back to

[2:57:06] back every 20ft.

[2:57:06] It'll strain all the trash

[2:57:10] the you know, the cars that

[2:57:11] sofas probably dead bodies have

[2:57:16] been floating down the river.

[2:57:16] Who knows what's going to

[2:57:17] happen?

[2:57:17] That's one thing I definitely

[2:57:20] can do.

[2:57:20] And then riding on the trolley

[2:57:25] up north of pb, we're going to

[2:57:29] take the trolley north past

[2:57:30] the in and out burger up there

[2:57:31] Those engineered culverts,

[2:57:35] the concrete ones they're full

[2:57:35] of dirt.

[2:57:38] You know, I go, Wow, man, it's

[2:57:39] so it's more than half full of

[2:57:40] dirt and trees growing.

[2:57:43] Those have never been cleared

[2:57:44] So it's like the Rose Creek

[2:57:48] goes up there but somewhere

[2:57:49] around Rose Creek I think needs

[2:57:50] to be cleared too or it's going

[2:57:53] to flood.

[2:57:54] Maybe it'll flood it'll flood

[2:57:55] out some stuff in pb but

[2:57:58] nothing like in San Diego or

[2:57:59] you know in Logan Heights and

[2:58:03] all those places.

[2:58:04] So that's one thing I notice

[2:58:04] how it was full of dirt bad So

[2:58:08] good luck guys.

[2:58:09] >> You got to think guys doing

[2:58:10] a good job but you got a long

[2:58:10] way to go.

[2:58:11] Your time has concluded.

[2:58:13] Blair Brickman if you can

[2:58:13] please unmute the five minute

[2:58:14] timer Also consider four

[2:58:15] speakers in the queue.

[2:58:19] No additional speakers will be

[2:58:19] taken.

[2:58:19] >> Please proceed there.

[2:58:20] All right.

[2:58:20] Very Big Ben.

[2:58:22] Thanks a lot for this item.

[2:58:23] Thanks that you're making

[2:58:24] something open.

[2:58:27] We're and public You guys want

[2:58:28] to be working on this?

[2:58:32] You're making it clear you've

[2:58:32] heard a lot of voices today

[2:58:33] that says you guys aren't doing

[2:58:37] enough And hopefully by having

[2:58:38] this sort of item here today it

[2:58:42] can be a really important step

[2:58:43] that we can have more clear

[2:58:46] conversations with each other.

[2:58:51] Why are people from you know,

[2:58:52] Choice Creek area not being as

[2:58:57] well addressed as the people in

[2:58:57] The Hoya if that is an issue

[2:59:01] and that was mentioned today,

[2:59:01] what's going on?

[2:59:02] What's the differences?

[2:59:03] What are the subtle differences

[2:59:06] in that and how can those

[2:59:07] subtleties be better addressed

[2:59:11] towards equity?

[2:59:12] That's the stuff we need to be

[2:59:13] really working on and I hope

[2:59:15] we're going to be working on it

[2:59:16] in the next few months to

[2:59:16] really answer questions that

[2:59:20] things can be solved ahead of

[2:59:21] time instead of afterwards.

[2:59:25] So good luck in those efforts.

[2:59:25] It's really important that we

[2:59:30] are finding ways to address

[2:59:31] climate change.

[2:59:31] The Midway Rising project has

[2:59:32] made it really difficult for

[2:59:36] yourself as city government to

[2:59:37] talk more about sea level rise

[2:59:40] And Lori Saldana has done an

[2:59:40] awesome job to make more clear

[2:59:41] that we can talk about

[2:59:44] the issue in the future of

[2:59:45] the project No matter how it

[2:59:49] goes we should be able to talk

[2:59:50] about the issue and you guys

[2:59:50] aren't allowing that

[2:59:51] conversation to be open in

[2:59:51] public.

[2:59:55] You are allowing this subject

[2:59:55] to be open in public.

[2:59:56] Thank you and I hope it is a

[2:59:59] part of a trend that you guys

[2:59:59] can be just.

[3:00:03] The idea is to be open about

[3:00:03] the conversations.

[3:00:04] There are uncomfortable

[3:00:05] conversations but learning to

[3:00:08] have those conversations openly

[3:00:09] is so key to a good community a

[3:00:13] sustainable community and good

[3:00:14] luck in learning the skills to

[3:00:18] practice things openly when

[3:00:19] they're uncomfortable to talk

[3:00:19] about.

[3:00:20] >> Thank you.

[3:00:20] Thank you.

[3:00:21] Francine Maxwell if you can

[3:00:23] please unmute.

[3:00:23] Francine Maxwell Southeastern

[3:00:28] San Diego resident Hopefully we

[3:00:28] are also looking at small

[3:00:33] businesses that have jet skis.

[3:00:33] We have an opportunity in

[3:00:37] procurement to make sure that

[3:00:38] we love our firefighters but

[3:00:38] they're going to be over worked

[3:00:42] and we have small businesses

[3:00:43] that have jet skis that can

[3:00:43] assist with people being

[3:00:47] rescued because we know that

[3:00:47] they're going to be rescued.

[3:00:48] I would appreciate somebody put

[3:00:49] that on the agenda and there's

[3:00:52] a conversation so that you'll

[3:00:53] have an answer when

[3:00:53] the community ask Also a list

[3:00:57] that shares the shared duties

[3:00:58] of when there is a disaster.

[3:01:02] We have watched our

[3:01:02] firefighters go hard for

[3:01:07] the recent fires but again

[3:01:07] they're going to be called on

[3:01:08] to not only the rain but

[3:01:12] there's going to be other

[3:01:13] things that are occurring.

[3:01:14] If there is a paper that can

[3:01:17] show people this is what your

[3:01:18] state representative was for,

[3:01:22] this is what so that people can

[3:01:23] feel armed and educated so that

[3:01:23] they're not standing or sitting

[3:01:27] and crying to the wrong person

[3:01:28] and having to tell their story

[3:01:28] 3 or 4 times.

[3:01:32] Let's help do something really

[3:01:33] quickly and educate people and

[3:01:33] share what are the shared

[3:01:37] responsibility And this falls

[3:01:38] directly on the federal

[3:01:38] government.

[3:01:42] We have a lot of work that can

[3:01:43] do and we want to be very

[3:01:44] careful when we keep saying

[3:01:47] that these are the chosen

[3:01:48] organizations that we're going

[3:01:49] to talk to remind everyone that

[3:01:52] nobody wanted to sleep at

[3:01:53] Lincoln.

[3:01:53] But Lincoln stands ready.

[3:01:54] San Diego Unified stands ready

[3:01:57] Red Cross stands ready.

[3:01:58] But if you don't want to be

[3:01:59] there, let them tell you where

[3:02:02] they would want to go, where

[3:02:02] they want to be so that we can

[3:02:03] already have it prepared,

[3:02:07] written down, have everything

[3:02:07] already signed.

[3:02:07] We can do this.

[3:02:08] We are San Diego strong.

[3:02:12] If you want to be smart and

[3:02:12] talk to the right people no

[3:02:16] more just Oh that's their

[3:02:17] title.

[3:02:17] That's their title.

[3:02:18] No.

[3:02:18] Everyone roll up their sleeve.

[3:02:21] Let's get to work with Fresh

[3:02:22] innovative ideas and the people

[3:02:22] with boots on the ground.

[3:02:23] Thank you so much.

[3:02:26] Thank you Carlos, Maria and

[3:02:27] Crystal, if you can please

[3:02:31] unmute.

[3:02:31] Hello.

[3:02:36] Are you able to hear me?

[3:02:36] Yes.

[3:02:37] Please proceed.

[3:02:37] Hi.

[3:02:40] Thank you for welcoming me

[3:02:40] today.

[3:02:41] I my name is Crystal and I

[3:02:46] stand for all those people that

[3:02:46] were affected and continue to

[3:02:50] be affected by the generator

[3:02:51] any second 2024 flood that

[3:02:55] impacted our lives and

[3:02:56] continues to do so in many,

[3:03:00] many ways.

[3:03:05] For many this one incident or

[3:03:05] you know, previous ones from

[3:03:06] the past but this one being

[3:03:10] the greatest one that hit us It

[3:03:10] wasn't the only one that year

[3:03:14] alone.

[3:03:15] There was three other incidents

[3:03:19] that happened this year.

[3:03:19] I'm sorry.

[3:03:22] The first one was JANUARY 1st,

[3:03:23] 2026.

[3:03:23] Rarely did anybody hear about

[3:03:28] this because I was at smaller

[3:03:28] scale.

[3:03:29] But nonetheless for someone

[3:03:29] that has been through this

[3:03:33] traumatic event, it does

[3:03:34] something and you do And do you

[3:03:34] fear for your life?

[3:03:37] You fear for the life of your

[3:03:38] loved ones and you flee.

[3:03:42] So water was close to our knees

[3:03:43] and we evacuated as well as

[3:03:44] the second incident being

[3:03:48] FEBRUARY 16 of 2026 with

[3:03:48] similar effects of water

[3:03:49] rising.

[3:03:53] So we fled the scene.

[3:03:53] And the third event happening

[3:03:57] FEBRUARY 19th, 2026 this year

[3:04:02] alone And it was a panic mode

[3:04:03] But because of the previous

[3:04:06] experience we we sort of knew

[3:04:07] what to do But nonetheless it

[3:04:12] was a very traumatic event And

[3:04:12] many of us face that with

[3:04:16] little children and and we just

[3:04:17] had to leave evacuate our home

[3:04:17] everything we ever knew.

[3:04:21] And so unless you've been

[3:04:22] through this, you'd know that

[3:04:23] it's a very terrifying

[3:04:27] experience And you we so we

[3:04:28] hold you accountable And I need

[3:04:28] to make sure that the funds are

[3:04:31] being actively moving into

[3:04:32] engineering and not stalled in

[3:04:32] bureaucracy.

[3:04:37] That's what I have to say.

[3:04:37] >> Thank you.

[3:04:38] Thank you.

[3:04:47] Our final speaker is Amanda.

[3:04:47] >> I Can you hear me?

[3:04:48] Yes.

[3:04:48] Please proceed.

[3:04:49] Hi.

[3:04:51] I'm in the district seven.

[3:04:52] >> Well, you know, I had a

[3:04:56] little prepared thing to read.

[3:05:00] I'm furious at you guys.

[3:05:01] This is insane.

[3:05:06] I want you guys to imagine of

[3:05:10] the few people that were able

[3:05:11] at 2:00 on a Tuesday to come

[3:05:11] speak to you today.

[3:05:14] There's a thousand of them out

[3:05:15] there in San Diego.

[3:05:22] Three years later still waiting

[3:05:22] .

[3:05:23] I'm sorry.

[3:05:23] I'm just so angry.

[3:05:28] I thought we're being proactive

[3:05:28] this time.

[3:05:29] I guess that's good.

[3:05:32] I'm also curious about

[3:05:32] the local news Suppress

[3:05:33] the story Probably because

[3:05:34] the city told them to because

[3:05:36] it made them look bad because

[3:05:37] they weren't prepared.

[3:05:38] Glad we're at least preparing

[3:05:41] this time.

[3:05:42] I want to say I appreciate Lori

[3:05:46] Saldana and Blair for bringing

[3:05:46] up the Midway Thinking Project.

[3:05:47] I'm just sitting here listening

[3:05:51] and I'm like I cannot believe

[3:05:51] that they're going to try to do

[3:05:52] this again.

[3:05:56] And I understand you guys need

[3:05:56] to generate revenue to try to

[3:05:57] fix the problem, get more

[3:05:57] creative.

[3:06:01] Like Francine said, we are San

[3:06:02] Diego.

[3:06:02] We have community.

[3:06:06] We have hands.

[3:06:06] We have big hearts.

[3:06:07] You guys need doesn't just tuck

[3:06:08] your tail between your legs Say

[3:06:11] we don't have the money.

[3:06:11] We need community engagement.

[3:06:12] We need to hear what you guys

[3:06:12] need.

[3:06:15] We need everyone to roll up

[3:06:16] their sleeves, everyone to dig

[3:06:16] in.

[3:06:17] You guys need to get creative.

[3:06:18] You need to reach out.

[3:06:21] You need to be proactive if

[3:06:21] because like they're saying 90%

[3:06:22] chance of this is going to

[3:06:22] happen.

[3:06:24] We have a thousand families

[3:06:25] already suffering and going

[3:06:26] through that in our city.

[3:06:29] That's unacceptable.

[3:06:30] If this is coming it's going to

[3:06:30] be even worse.

[3:06:35] I hope that you guys are again

[3:06:35] took your tail between your

[3:06:36] legs.

[3:06:36] Be honest.

[3:06:37] Appreciate the transparency.

[3:06:39] Please reach out to all

[3:06:40] the community agencies and all

[3:06:41] the community groups that you

[3:06:44] can to make sure that this

[3:06:45] never happens again.

[3:06:45] >> Thanks.

[3:06:46] Thank you.

[3:06:48] If you'd raise your hand after

[3:06:49] the five minute time when you

[3:06:50] could definitely send in

[3:06:50] comments to City Clerk at San

[3:06:53] Diego Dot gov and those will be

[3:06:54] distributed to the council.

[3:06:54] Thank you.

[3:06:57] Council PRESIDENT.

[3:06:58] >> All right.

[3:06:58] Thank you, City Clerk.

[3:06:59] Again, this is an information

[3:07:02] item.

[3:07:02] No motions require.

[3:07:03] We'll turn over to the council

[3:07:03] members for questions and

[3:07:07] comments And I'm going to

[3:07:11] actually turn it over first to

[3:07:12] the chair of the Environment

[3:07:12] Committee, Councilmember Isla

[3:07:13] Rivera and then we'll go to

[3:07:16] Councilmember Campi are next.

[3:07:16] >> Thank you, council PRESIDENT

[3:07:17] And thank you for having this

[3:07:21] conversation in front of

[3:07:21] the full Council.

[3:07:22] In addition to the conversation

[3:07:22] we had in an environment

[3:07:25] committee definitely a kind of

[3:07:29] a conversation that is worthy

[3:07:30] of citywide discussion.

[3:07:30] Thank you again for

[3:07:35] the presentation.

[3:07:35] I will start by acknowledging

[3:07:36] what I acknowledge last time

[3:07:39] which is that a lot of work has

[3:07:40] been done and that work is

[3:07:44] important and leaves us in a

[3:07:44] better place than we were but

[3:07:49] obviously still with lots of

[3:07:49] questions to be asked.

[3:07:53] I want to make sure I also

[3:07:54] acknowledge some of the folks

[3:07:58] who spoke here today not just

[3:07:58] for the comments that were

[3:07:59] provided but for the work that

[3:08:03] was done not just the day of

[3:08:04] the flood but in the weeks and

[3:08:07] months and years since people

[3:08:08] spoke to us today who provided

[3:08:12] critical mentalealth support

[3:08:13] and advocated for additional

[3:08:13] mental health support.

[3:08:17] In a moment of crisis.

[3:08:18] Folks are here who made sure

[3:08:22] that the families with babies

[3:08:23] in their neighborhoods had a

[3:08:27] place to stay in the immediate

[3:08:31] aftermath of of the floods.

[3:08:32] >> There are folks who spoke

[3:08:33] who were key in convening not

[3:08:37] just community but bringing

[3:08:37] community and city officials

[3:08:41] together When city officials

[3:08:42] were not connecting with

[3:08:46] the community And that was

[3:08:46] critical work.

[3:08:47] And I appreciate you all so

[3:08:50] much for for doing that work

[3:08:51] And there's much more that

[3:08:53] could be named But I just want

[3:08:56] to say thank you for that.

[3:09:01] I think about I hear

[3:09:06] the presentation within

[3:09:06] the context of of what I saw a

[3:09:11] few years ago two and a half

[3:09:12] years ago and what I would have

[3:09:16] hoped to have seen and where we

[3:09:17] were which is community feeling

[3:09:17] abandoned, discarded and

[3:09:20] ignored not just in those

[3:09:21] moments but in the months and

[3:09:22] years that led up to that.

[3:09:25] Those moments and where we

[3:09:26] should be which is a place

[3:09:30] where the community especially

[3:09:30] in times of crisis and

[3:09:31] emergency feels loved and

[3:09:35] supported And I see the work

[3:09:39] that is being done and I, I

[3:09:40] appreciate it.

[3:09:41] >> But it also leaves me

[3:09:44] wondering if we're if we're

[3:09:45] doing the things that need to

[3:09:49] be done to fill that The gap

[3:09:50] that existed last time in

[3:09:54] the city seemed so unable to

[3:09:54] hear And it wasn't about

[3:09:59] machines showing up or even

[3:10:02] emergency responders showing up

[3:10:08] But like how people's human

[3:10:09] needs were being met in a time

[3:10:12] of crisis and the preparation

[3:10:17] that we do now not just to

[3:10:18] prevent any floods that can be

[3:10:22] prevented or mitigate flooding

[3:10:23] but to meet those human needs

[3:10:23] is going to be a direct

[3:10:26] reflection of our city's love

[3:10:27] for our community.

[3:10:28] And so with that in mind,

[3:10:32] there's a couple of questions

[3:10:33] that I want to ask it.

[3:10:36] First following up on something

[3:10:37] that we were asked last time

[3:10:38] and then some new ones.

[3:10:40] The first is we had a really,

[3:10:41] really important dialog from

[3:10:45] some community leaders at

[3:10:46] the Environment Committee

[3:10:46] meeting and I'm curious what

[3:10:49] was heard from the community in

[3:10:50] that public comment and from

[3:10:54] the comments from from from Kym

[3:10:55] that have been incorporated

[3:10:57] into our planning since that

[3:11:02] meeting.

[3:11:02] Yeah.

[3:11:03] Thank you.

[3:11:03] Thank you, sir.

[3:11:07] Yes, we have not only heard

[3:11:08] the comments that were made, we

[3:11:09] had an opportunity to meet with

[3:11:12] the Harvey Foundation.

[3:11:12] Oh yes.

[3:11:13] And discuss those further.

[3:11:17] It was a it was a good

[3:11:18] conversation And that also

[3:11:22] parlayed directly into our

[3:11:23] community outreach some working

[3:11:23] group and provided some

[3:11:26] deliverables, some working

[3:11:27] group members were some of them

[3:11:28] were there as well for that

[3:11:28] conversation to make sure that

[3:11:32] we have the point that led to

[3:11:33] some of the recommendations and

[3:11:36] needs that were not met

[3:11:37] identified so that we can start

[3:11:37] working on a process to to

[3:11:41] improve those and get those

[3:11:42] gaps filled to include coming

[3:11:46] up with a the contact

[3:11:47] information of all the actual

[3:11:48] the community leaders that we

[3:11:48] need to reach out to who are

[3:11:51] the people that are trusted in

[3:11:51] the communities that we can

[3:11:52] make sure that we can provide

[3:11:55] them with as much resources and

[3:11:56] information as we can?

[3:11:57] I can then if you want to

[3:12:00] elaborate on the supporting

[3:12:01] group.

[3:12:01] >> So one of the efforts of

[3:12:02] that sub working group for

[3:12:06] community engagement is we're

[3:12:06] working with each one of

[3:12:07] the council districts as well

[3:12:09] as an opportunity to get

[3:12:10] feedback from each one in areas

[3:12:10] that we can focus more on as

[3:12:11] well.

[3:12:14] So within that that starting

[3:12:15] point is we want to make sure

[3:12:16] that we have a tailored

[3:12:16] approach to each and every

[3:12:19] community.

[3:12:20] We don't want to make a one

[3:12:21] size fits all approach and go

[3:12:21] out there because that's

[3:12:24] obviously not going to work.

[3:12:25] We've seen that not work in

[3:12:26] the past several times before.

[3:12:28] So we want to team up with

[3:12:29] the community.

[3:12:30] We want to team up with

[3:12:30] the council districts and

[3:12:31] ensure that we're having a

[3:12:34] tailored approach to our

[3:12:34] community engagement.

[3:12:38] >> I appreciate that.

[3:12:43] One of the things that I saw

[3:12:44] last saw in in 2024 that that

[3:12:48] really concerned me and I think

[3:12:49] still echoes in the community

[3:12:53] was the feeling that the city

[3:12:54] was attempting to petition to

[3:12:58] to shift responsibility to

[3:12:59] community based organizations

[3:13:02] or nonprofit entities before

[3:13:07] accepting and kind of owning

[3:13:08] everything that they could own.

[3:13:09] And there is a big difference

[3:13:12] between sharing responsibility

[3:13:13] and shifting blame or shifting

[3:13:17] responsibility.

[3:13:22] And I'm curious to what extent

[3:13:22] there are internal

[3:13:23] conversations about what could

[3:13:24] have been done differently on

[3:13:29] that front.

[3:13:30] >> So one of the key components

[3:13:34] for us to step up the working

[3:13:34] group was to actually identify

[3:13:35] identify those audit

[3:13:38] recommendations and start to

[3:13:39] work carefully on ensuring that

[3:13:40] we have those that have been

[3:13:40] identified already as gaps

[3:13:44] during that response and those

[3:13:45] can be shored up for to ensure

[3:13:48] that that doesn't happen again

[3:13:49] in the future.

[3:13:49] So work the larger working

[3:13:53] group is looking at that larger

[3:13:54] audit picture and to making

[3:13:55] sure that our sub working

[3:13:58] groups are working to identify

[3:13:59] those gaps.

[3:13:59] >> So as I mentioned in our

[3:14:03] presentation we've we've

[3:14:04] addressed quite a few of them

[3:14:08] and we're still working on a

[3:14:09] few a lot of other ones that

[3:14:09] we're trying to get to that

[3:14:10] state where we can say we've

[3:14:13] shared that up and we feel

[3:14:14] confident with work that's been

[3:14:22] done something that is related

[3:14:27] to that and also was a a I

[3:14:28] think sense of frustration in

[3:14:32] the community that I didn't

[3:14:36] blame anyone for was not

[3:14:37] knowing who was in charge

[3:14:41] especially in the immediate

[3:14:42] aftermath of the flooding, not

[3:14:46] on an organizational chart

[3:14:47] necessarily but like who on

[3:14:48] the ground and who in

[3:14:55] practicality was in charge and

[3:14:55] that was a sense that folks had

[3:15:00] even when people with the title

[3:15:01] were in the room And now we

[3:15:06] have a city structure where

[3:15:10] there is no ceo with a ceo is

[3:15:10] the mayor.

[3:15:11] And so from a practical

[3:15:15] perspective, if disaster were

[3:15:19] to strike by the way of flood,

[3:15:25] who is in charge is that would

[3:15:29] depend during the response

[3:15:29] typically is going to be

[3:15:30] the incident commanders that

[3:15:31] are in charge of making those

[3:15:31] decisions on the ground that

[3:15:34] are strategy and tactics for

[3:15:35] search and rescue and

[3:15:35] operations.

[3:15:38] They would be in charge of that

[3:15:39] operation.

[3:15:39] So there's there's more than

[3:15:43] just the search and rescue

[3:15:43] component.

[3:15:44] Right.

[3:15:48] And so again, I think this is

[3:15:49] the part is is at a certain

[3:15:53] point someone else needs to get

[3:15:54] pulled in to the effort And

[3:15:57] that was the piece that was was

[3:15:58] missing.

[3:15:58] So there might be the person

[3:16:02] who is in charge of the thing

[3:16:02] that's happening directly in

[3:16:06] front of of the community or in

[3:16:07] that exact moment.

[3:16:08] But it is very obvious to

[3:16:08] everyone and involved that

[3:16:09] there needs to be other

[3:16:14] departments involved from that

[3:16:15] perspective who is who is

[3:16:19] quarterbacking the full

[3:16:20] operation?

[3:16:20] Yeah.

[3:16:21] So that would be me

[3:16:24] the director of the eoc is

[3:16:25] the coordinator of those types

[3:16:25] of responses to ensuring that

[3:16:29] we have the departments

[3:16:29] appropriately engaged,

[3:16:30] coordinating and collaborating

[3:16:34] on resources to ensure that we

[3:16:34] have a big picture response and

[3:16:35] you will have the authority to

[3:16:39] direct everyone in the city.

[3:16:40] Now that would be the head

[3:16:44] coach in your analogy which in

[3:16:45] the organizational structure of

[3:16:49] the city is as the mayor as

[3:16:49] the emergency manager for

[3:16:50] the city and what is

[3:16:51] the protocol for you being able

[3:16:54] to tell mayor excuse me

[3:16:57] the mayor in that situation

[3:16:58] that they need to bring in

[3:17:03] additional resources,

[3:17:03] additional departments to give

[3:17:08] you the authority that you will

[3:17:09] need in order to direct

[3:17:09] the resources where they need

[3:17:10] to go?

[3:17:10] Yeah, that's a great question.

[3:17:12] That's that's a coordination

[3:17:13] piece that happens at the eoc

[3:17:13] director level with the agency

[3:17:17] administrator Typically a sign

[3:17:18] on behalf of the mayor and that

[3:17:21] and those two basically one of

[3:17:22] the executive directors that

[3:17:22] would be there And that

[3:17:23] coordination is how we get

[3:17:26] the requested information and

[3:17:27] the explanation for the reasons

[3:17:27] behind whatever the resource

[3:17:31] request is final authorization

[3:17:32] even gets gets made at that at

[3:17:32] that level and then

[3:17:35] the authority gets bestowed

[3:17:36] back to the eoc director to

[3:17:36] make that happen.

[3:17:40] Thank you.

[3:17:41] And so maybe I don't know if

[3:17:45] this is for cota or Chris.

[3:17:45] What is the conversation at

[3:17:49] the executive level about what

[3:17:49] needs to be done differently

[3:17:55] Things that should have been

[3:17:55] done differently and will be

[3:17:56] done differently in the future?

[3:17:56] Sure.

[3:17:59] So Chris McFadden Chief

[3:18:00] Infrastructure Officer Well

[3:18:00] we've already developed with

[3:18:04] emergency off plus emergency

[3:18:05] management is that like you

[3:18:05] mentioned you're going to have

[3:18:08] she presented there as head of

[3:18:09] the eoc?

[3:18:12] We're also going to be rotating

[3:18:12] 24 hours.

[3:18:13] One of the chiefs other myself,

[3:18:17] Bethany Casey Rania Rolando to

[3:18:18] be basically their right arm

[3:18:22] person If there are resources

[3:18:27] they need to flex that they'll

[3:18:27] be able to have quick access to

[3:18:28] them.

[3:18:29] In addition to that, we'll also

[3:18:32] have a mayoral representative

[3:18:32] rotating through from a 24 hour

[3:18:33] operation.

[3:18:36] We're going to we've already

[3:18:37] identified people at least

[3:18:37] three deep.

[3:18:41] Just anticipation if you have

[3:18:42] to be 12 hour shifts you have

[3:18:43] someone who's going to backfill

[3:18:46] them to have that continuity of

[3:18:47] operations.

[3:18:47] So to answer your question from

[3:18:52] the eoc perspective, you're

[3:18:52] going to have the eoc director

[3:18:53] but you're also going to have

[3:18:54] one of the chiefs who's going

[3:18:56] to have direct contact with

[3:18:56] the mayor and also someone from

[3:18:57] policy in the aoc to have

[3:19:02] contact with the mayor but also

[3:19:02] be that liaison for council

[3:19:06] officers and council member at

[3:19:07] the point of the policy group

[3:19:08] here is to be the intermediary

[3:19:11] between eoc agency

[3:19:11] administrators and the council.

[3:19:12] I think a gap last time was

[3:19:16] folks did not know where to

[3:19:16] direct inquiries or requests or

[3:19:20] elevate community needs which

[3:19:21] resulted in essentially

[3:19:21] shopping around to whoever

[3:19:25] would pick up the phone which

[3:19:26] you know you're replicating and

[3:19:26] duplicating requests.

[3:19:27] It was chaos.

[3:19:30] And so the policy group will be

[3:19:31] council's main point of contact

[3:19:34] to elevate requests over to

[3:19:35] the eoc and the agency

[3:19:39] administrator back down.

[3:19:40] >> And to be clear, none of

[3:19:44] those processes and procedures

[3:19:45] were in place last time were

[3:19:45] they not implemented?

[3:19:50] I can speak to that.

[3:19:51] So no, these processes are

[3:19:55] standard operating procedures

[3:19:55] across emergency management

[3:19:59] through fema, nems Sims,

[3:19:59] the processes got hung up and

[3:20:03] not properly executed at the at

[3:20:04] the levels that they probably

[3:20:05] should have at the time.

[3:20:05] One of the things that we

[3:20:06] worked on and will be

[3:20:08] delivering to your staff and

[3:20:09] some of the other city staff is

[3:20:13] precisely some of that training

[3:20:14] to clarify what are the points

[3:20:14] of contact, who are

[3:20:15] the liaisons, What's how does

[3:20:18] that communication flow from

[3:20:18] the eoc to the joint

[3:20:22] information centers to you back

[3:20:23] to us, to the community?

[3:20:23] Back to us?

[3:20:24] That system exists and it's

[3:20:28] been shored up and bolstered

[3:20:29] now with our community

[3:20:29] communications department

[3:20:33] leading the leading the charge

[3:20:33] of havg a large group of

[3:20:35] people identified to be doing

[3:20:36] just that during

[3:20:41] the emergencies.

[3:20:41] Okay.

[3:20:42] I appreciate that.

[3:20:42] I think and I'm sure you all

[3:20:43] sense this from public comment

[3:20:46] today public comment, an

[3:20:47] environment committee and some

[3:20:47] of the conversations you've

[3:20:51] had, the experience of before

[3:20:52] are going to shape folks

[3:20:55] expectations and fears today

[3:20:56] and in the future And it raises

[3:21:00] the bar for what needs to be

[3:21:00] done in order to instill

[3:21:05] confidence because a community

[3:21:06] that is anxious that is

[3:21:09] responding from a place of

[3:21:10] trauma and not confident that

[3:21:14] the things that went wrong last

[3:21:15] time are not going to go wrong

[3:21:16] again.

[3:21:19] It's going to be more difficult

[3:21:20] to engage them and ensure that

[3:21:25] they're trusting of the city to

[3:21:29] provide information to and

[3:21:30] aren't looking somewhere else

[3:21:31] as the first resource resort

[3:21:35] because last time they what

[3:21:35] they were trained to see last

[3:21:36] time was that their city wasn't

[3:21:39] there for them when they needed

[3:21:39] them.

[3:21:40] And so I the relationship

[3:21:40] building piece is essential

[3:21:44] here and I know that that's not

[3:21:44] new information but I want to

[3:21:48] reemphasize it And the clock is

[3:21:49] ticking to shore those up

[3:21:54] before the first trains arrive

[3:21:55] .

[3:21:59] There was one point that pretty

[3:22:00] pretty in the weeds but I think

[3:22:01] it was an important one that i

[3:22:02] wanted to make sure I asked

[3:22:05] this in the up last time in

[3:22:05] terms of evaluating vendors

[3:22:10] what is being done to assess

[3:22:10] whether or not the if it's a

[3:22:11] vendor that's providing

[3:22:14] something that it's going to

[3:22:15] kind of require interaction

[3:22:16] with the community that they

[3:22:19] have the appropriate

[3:22:19] relationships and knowledge of

[3:22:23] the community to actually be

[3:22:24] able to deliver the thing that

[3:22:28] they're being paid to deliver.

[3:22:29] >> That's a good question.

[3:22:33] The vendor process follow city

[3:22:34] pass process for for vendor

[3:22:35] vetting and working through

[3:22:38] those those contracts and and

[3:22:39] pursuing contracting looks at

[3:22:40] looks through those We don't

[3:22:43] have a direct decision making

[3:22:44] on that But I can answer to you

[3:22:48] directly but I can find out for

[3:22:49] you.

[3:22:49] Okay.

[3:22:50] I don't want to speak for

[3:22:51] COUNCILMAN Foster but he is

[3:22:52] the expert on the purchasing

[3:22:57] and contracting front and that

[3:22:58] seems really important.

[3:23:02] This is in a we're not talking

[3:23:02] about just materials here in

[3:23:03] this sense.

[3:23:05] We're talking about services is

[3:23:11] resources that human beings are

[3:23:16] are in an emergency need of and

[3:23:16] the ability to understand how

[3:23:20] to deliver those is not

[3:23:21] necessarily something that our

[3:23:21] typical contracting process

[3:23:26] would account for but it is

[3:23:26] essential here and I hope that

[3:23:27] will be taken into account.

[3:23:28] Council PRESIDENT Thank you for

[3:23:30] being No, no This the only item

[3:23:31] on the agenda This is really a

[3:23:35] big deal.

[3:23:36] There's a lot of people out

[3:23:36] here that want to hear what we

[3:23:37] have to say about it.

[3:23:39] I'm going to turn the five

[3:23:40] minute three minute thing off

[3:23:41] and the thrust to you that

[3:23:42] you're going to be on point and

[3:23:44] focus on the conversation.

[3:23:44] But this is the best

[3:23:45] opportunity that we have in

[3:23:45] front of the media people

[3:23:49] watching to really talk about

[3:23:49] something.

[3:23:50] I know this is just the first

[3:23:54] of several conversation that

[3:23:55] we're going to have but I don't

[3:23:55] want to limit those of you that

[3:24:01] really want to dig in on this.

[3:24:01] So Councilmember Rivera, you

[3:24:02] still have the floor in case

[3:24:06] you're having other questions.

[3:24:07] I appreciate that.

[3:24:07] Council PRESIDENT I actually

[3:24:08] did want to turn it to Ken if I

[3:24:09] if I MAY.

[3:24:10] You provided your your

[3:24:10] comments.

[3:24:10] You've heard some of

[3:24:14] the community feedback, some

[3:24:15] questions I've asked Want to

[3:24:15] provide you an opportunity for

[3:24:18] any follow up questions or

[3:24:19] comments that you have based on

[3:24:23] what you've heard so far.

[3:24:25] >> I would say in terms of

[3:24:28] the comments just being very

[3:24:29] concise.

[3:24:33] We're approaching DECEMBER,

[3:24:33] we're in the window And so

[3:24:34] the implication has been just

[3:24:38] that be concise around

[3:24:39] the resources and also be

[3:24:39] deliberate with talking about

[3:24:44] the clear strategy in a way

[3:24:44] that's inclusive.

[3:24:45] It shouldn't be cumbersome,

[3:24:45] right?

[3:24:48] You have a lot of organizations

[3:24:49] that were actually very active

[3:24:50] in this conversation And so I

[3:24:53] would say from an equity

[3:24:54] perspective the time is now But

[3:24:55] recognizing how some of those

[3:24:58] relationships were kind of

[3:24:59] there's a lack of trust there

[3:25:00] with some of these

[3:25:00] organizations just to be very

[3:25:03] candid.

[3:25:04] So like you're trying to repair

[3:25:05] as is trying to partner And so

[3:25:08] I think that those are things

[3:25:09] that have to be clear in your

[3:25:10] strategy like how often are you

[3:25:14] going to hold these

[3:25:14] conversations location

[3:25:15] logistics wise?

[3:25:15] Are you doing teams meeting or

[3:25:18] you going to rec centers?

[3:25:19] So these things just feel a

[3:25:20] little bit ambiguous in terms

[3:25:23] of like the strategy part.

[3:25:24] So I think those are parts

[3:25:25] where outlining the implication

[3:25:29] is the whole the win in the how

[3:25:30] and then being clear around

[3:25:33] what are they convening around

[3:25:34] what plan are we all on

[3:25:34] the same play page.

[3:25:39] So those are the things why I

[3:25:39] pointed out the application

[3:25:40] around organizational

[3:25:43] engagement interest They

[3:25:43] partners Are they convening

[3:25:44] around talking about evacuation

[3:25:48] plans or we should situation so

[3:25:49] that I hope that answers your

[3:25:52] question Councilmember thank

[3:25:53] you I think I just have one

[3:25:57] other question and it it stems

[3:25:57] kind of from the entire

[3:26:02] conversation here because you

[3:26:03] have a you have a game plan

[3:26:07] right?

[3:26:07] You have a strategy that's

[3:26:08] built of best practices And I

[3:26:11] appreciate the diligence in

[3:26:12] trying to stay true to that And

[3:26:17] there are dynamics and or

[3:26:22] variables that can make

[3:26:23] implementation more or less

[3:26:26] difficult.

[3:26:32] And one of those variables is

[3:26:32] the historical context of

[3:26:33] the communities that we're that

[3:26:36] we're preparing with and

[3:26:41] the distrust that that

[3:26:42] community has of its government

[3:26:47] because of lack of investment

[3:26:47] or abandonment of that

[3:26:51] community in the past seems

[3:26:52] like such an important factor

[3:26:52] to keep in mind when we're

[3:26:56] preparing.

[3:26:57] >> And so this is an almost

[3:26:58] impossible question to ask but

[3:27:01] it feels like a really

[3:27:02] important one who who is

[3:27:02] directing that honest

[3:27:06] conversation within the city

[3:27:06] about what the current

[3:27:10] relationship is between

[3:27:11] the city and that community as

[3:27:16] we're preparing to you know, as

[3:27:17] we're preparing for different

[3:27:20] emergencies of any sort.

[3:27:21] Yeah.

[3:27:21] Thank you for that question.

[3:27:25] As it relates to El Nino

[3:27:26] preparation specifically we

[3:27:27] have in this community there's

[3:27:27] a working group community

[3:27:31] outreach and working group and

[3:27:32] the components that the people

[3:27:32] that are there have an

[3:27:36] incredible credibility.

[3:27:36] Well they have diverse

[3:27:37] experience direct community

[3:27:41] relationships from a variety of

[3:27:45] different city functions.

[3:27:46] Our recommendation is as we

[3:27:47] continue to do more and more

[3:27:50] outreach that all of our

[3:27:51] outreach efforts from your

[3:27:51] council offices, the mayor's

[3:27:56] offices, oas continues to

[3:27:56] funnel through that community

[3:28:01] outreach group because really

[3:28:01] the they're they're going to be

[3:28:02] the experts in knowing exactly

[3:28:06] what's the best way to deliver

[3:28:06] whatever the message is or

[3:28:07] receive the message the most

[3:28:12] appropriate way based on that

[3:28:13] community experience that they

[3:28:13] have.

[3:28:14] So to answer your question, be

[3:28:16] the community outreach some

[3:28:17] working group has the expertise

[3:28:21] put together to really

[3:28:22] understand and begin to do that

[3:28:22] outreach.

[3:28:23] So like we talked about, this

[3:28:26] is just the beginning of a lot

[3:28:27] of this work and that's going

[3:28:27] to include shoring up those

[3:28:31] relationships hopefully with

[3:28:32] familiar faces that are in

[3:28:33] these some working groups to

[3:28:37] improve the communication.

[3:28:37] Really the biggest thing for me

[3:28:38] at least in the communication

[3:28:41] that's coming to me not so much

[3:28:42] what I want to say this is

[3:28:43] important The safety component

[3:28:43] is important to safety

[3:28:47] messaging is important so that

[3:28:48] everybody understands But

[3:28:48] really what we need to hear,

[3:28:51] what we're missing and that's

[3:28:52] what I'm looking forward to

[3:28:53] hearing from the Community

[3:28:53] Outreach Sub Working Group

[3:28:55] Thank you.

[3:28:56] >> I'll just wrap up with this

[3:29:01] council PRESIDENT I can close

[3:29:02] my eyes and picture what I saw

[3:29:06] on JANUARY 22nd of 2024 and

[3:29:10] the days that followed And one

[3:29:11] of the things that stood out so

[3:29:12] much to me and my team was what

[3:29:15] we didn't see from the city

[3:29:20] that night And in the days that

[3:29:21] followed there are things that

[3:29:30] I, I saw that amaze me and and

[3:29:30] made me sad and mad.

[3:29:31] But the absence of the city in

[3:29:36] certain ways is something that

[3:29:37] just really stuck out as stood

[3:29:37] out to me.

[3:29:38] And when I think about what I

[3:29:40] want to close my eyes and see

[3:29:40] in the future if there are

[3:29:41] the disasters that cannot be

[3:29:46] prevented, it's a city that

[3:29:47] shows up and there is no

[3:29:51] confusion whatsoever in that

[3:29:51] neighborhood that it that that

[3:29:52] their city loves them and is

[3:29:55] there for them and they can

[3:29:56] feel that And I'm going to keep

[3:30:00] working on that piece.

[3:30:01] I, I just hope that that

[3:30:07] feeling is not lost in all

[3:30:07] the technical preparation for

[3:30:08] what is to come.

[3:30:08] Thank you.

[3:30:11] Got the resident All right.

[3:30:12] Thank you Councilmember Rivera

[3:30:12] We'll go next to Council member

[3:30:16] Campion Thank you Council

[3:30:16] PRESIDENT Thank you to

[3:30:17] the members of the public who

[3:30:18] spoke today both publicly in

[3:30:21] person and in virtually and

[3:30:21] thanks to our Office of

[3:30:22] Emergency Services and Storm

[3:30:26] Water and of course Fire rescue

[3:30:27] all of the departments that are

[3:30:27] coordinating the preparations.

[3:30:28] It's great to see that we have

[3:30:31] multiple departments working as

[3:30:32] a group covering everything

[3:30:33] from the evacuation,

[3:30:36] the sandbags to the debris

[3:30:37] removal, emergency access eoc

[3:30:38] logistics and updating us on

[3:30:41] how much more we've spent in

[3:30:41] the last two years to get

[3:30:42] things out of our storm

[3:30:43] channels that weren't removed

[3:30:46] beforehand.

[3:30:46] One point I raised during

[3:30:47] the briefing that we had this

[3:30:51] last week when you all informed

[3:30:52] me what was going on is that we

[3:30:53] should be we should be thinking

[3:30:56] more broadly about who can help

[3:30:57] us communicate with San Diego

[3:30:58] before and during an emergency.

[3:30:58] And I would strongly encourage

[3:31:01] us to coordinate with

[3:31:02] the Unified School District and

[3:31:03] all the local school districts

[3:31:07] because part of the strategy of

[3:31:07] communication is about trust.

[3:31:08] And I know that when families

[3:31:09] receive an email from a teacher

[3:31:12] or a principal they almost

[3:31:13] always read it And so we need

[3:31:13] to partner with those school

[3:31:14] districts on getting

[3:31:15] the messaging out and we can

[3:31:17] send emails and alerts and

[3:31:18] social media posts and of

[3:31:18] course we should.

[3:31:21] But schools are one of

[3:31:22] the strongest direct

[3:31:23] connections to parents and

[3:31:23] families to get that message

[3:31:26] out as quickly as possible.

[3:31:27] I would also like to see

[3:31:28] the preparedness information

[3:31:31] shared before the storm season

[3:31:32] particularly information about

[3:31:33] the sandbags and preparedness,

[3:31:36] the emergency alerts folks

[3:31:37] should know what app or website

[3:31:41] to trust in terms of

[3:31:42] the oncoming storm that would

[3:31:47] be here And of course if

[3:31:47] significant flooding occurs

[3:31:48] during school hours, how we are

[3:31:52] going to communicate to parents

[3:31:53] quickly on at the moment

[3:31:53] transportation disruptions

[3:31:57] whether it's school busses,

[3:31:58] whether it's the trolley.

[3:31:58] Sheltering in place evacuation

[3:32:02] if necessary.

[3:32:03] I also raise during

[3:32:04] the briefing that we should not

[3:32:05] limit our planning to what city

[3:32:08] develop departments can

[3:32:08] accomplish alone the sandbag

[3:32:09] distribution plan I know that's

[3:32:13] been a point of frustration in

[3:32:13] the past.

[3:32:14] We have city contractors and

[3:32:18] other private sector partners

[3:32:19] who can assist us with sand and

[3:32:20] equipment, transportation and

[3:32:20] distribution.

[3:32:24] i know you have already

[3:32:24] discussed that with various

[3:32:25] folks you know, companies that

[3:32:29] do significant business within

[3:32:30] the city not just with the city

[3:32:34] I think would want to step up

[3:32:35] as much as they can And so we

[3:32:36] need to call on those

[3:32:36] partnerships well before we

[3:32:40] need them And I think also set

[3:32:41] the expectation that we expect

[3:32:45] them to be part of the solution

[3:32:46] And it goes a long way with

[3:32:50] just setting an example as a

[3:32:51] community partner that folks

[3:32:56] whether it's you know, home

[3:32:56] improvement stores or big box

[3:33:01] stores or small businesses I

[3:33:01] know that they would be noticed

[3:33:02] by the community for their

[3:33:06] support And obviously there's a

[3:33:07] larger issue that goes beyond

[3:33:07] preparing for one El Nino

[3:33:11] the under investments or water

[3:33:12] infrastructure.

[3:33:12] For decades, as has been

[3:33:16] reported before, only 17% of

[3:33:17] city maintain channel segments

[3:33:20] are sized to convey that 100

[3:33:21] year storm.

[3:33:22] 14 out of 15 of our pumps are

[3:33:22] sized below that level and

[3:33:25] seven of the pumps date back to

[3:33:25] 1940.

[3:33:26] Those deficiencies have not

[3:33:30] impacted every community

[3:33:30] equally.

[3:33:31] Communities south of the eight

[3:33:31] have repeatedly experienced

[3:33:35] the consequences of

[3:33:36] the flooding and environmental

[3:33:36] hazards.

[3:33:37] And so the report that you

[3:33:37] provided us obviously shows how

[3:33:40] much more we ought to have, how

[3:33:41] much more ought to have been

[3:33:42] done there And there's no

[3:33:46] possible way to upgrade all of

[3:33:47] our systems to be able to

[3:33:48] withstand a dramatically

[3:33:48] forceful storm before the fall

[3:33:51] and winter.

[3:33:52] But I'm glad that we showed how

[3:33:52] much more has been done over

[3:33:53] the last few years and more

[3:33:56] attention and funding has been

[3:33:56] spent on that.

[3:33:57] So the immediate priority has

[3:33:58] to be saving homes and lives

[3:34:02] and communication out to

[3:34:02] the public.

[3:34:07] Is there part of the plan is

[3:34:08] part of the plan to have police

[3:34:08] officers and firefighters and

[3:34:09] lifeguards stationed

[3:34:12] appropriately in advance of

[3:34:13] rain falling in order to assist

[3:34:13] as much as needed?

[3:34:17] We always talk about overtime

[3:34:18] and overtime is overtime is

[3:34:19] something that matters to our

[3:34:23] budget Obviously and we always

[3:34:24] talk about keeping it down but

[3:34:29] when this type of rare event

[3:34:29] happens I think there's no

[3:34:34] resource that ought to be not

[3:34:34] used to protect people's lives.

[3:34:39] What's the plan right now?

[3:34:39] Yes.

[3:34:40] So we have thresholds that

[3:34:44] trigger the staffing of our

[3:34:45] lifeguards rescue swift water

[3:34:45] rescue teams.

[3:34:49] In addition, the technical

[3:34:50] rescue swift water rescue teams

[3:34:51] that we have within the fire

[3:34:55] department and then as well as

[3:34:55] anything that's beyond those

[3:34:56] staffing plans, we have

[3:34:56] the ability to reach out to

[3:35:00] Carlos Yes.

[3:35:01] And request state swift water

[3:35:01] rescue teams and then

[3:35:06] internally to the city If it's

[3:35:06] a really catastrophic event

[3:35:07] we'd still have our fema use

[3:35:08] our task Force eight which has

[3:35:11] the ability to also come to

[3:35:12] the assistance of the city.

[3:35:16] So as far as the ability to to

[3:35:17] staff up resources, we have a

[3:35:21] plan and we have the thresholds

[3:35:22] that are necessary to to do

[3:35:22] that.

[3:35:23] In addition, stormwater has

[3:35:26] thresholds themselves to also

[3:35:27] get those resources out to

[3:35:28] the field to identify any

[3:35:32] challenges down trees clogged

[3:35:33] drains anything that needs to

[3:35:34] be addressed before the rain

[3:35:38] really really gets here.

[3:35:38] >> Okay.

[3:35:39] We've talked a lot about a lot

[3:35:40] of departments in terms of

[3:35:44] police setting up emergency

[3:35:44] pathways for people to evacuate

[3:35:45] if necessary.

[3:35:46] That's part of this as well And

[3:35:49] as part of the plan of all of

[3:35:49] our evacuation plan.

[3:35:50] So our evacuation plan

[3:35:50] throughout the city of San

[3:35:51] Diego will go beyond just

[3:35:51] flooding.

[3:35:54] It goes fire, tsunami,

[3:35:54] earthquake.

[3:35:55] Obviously that one's a little

[3:35:59] harder to predict But we have

[3:36:00] evacuation plans associated and

[3:36:04] going through our systems of

[3:36:05] the technology that cpd has as

[3:36:06] the ability to activate

[3:36:10] evacuation orders.

[3:36:10] Those are all still in place

[3:36:11] and that includes police

[3:36:12] remaining behind if people

[3:36:15] evacuate their homes to make

[3:36:16] sure that intruders don't start

[3:36:16] to ransack people's homes that

[3:36:21] are empty.

[3:36:21] >> That includes that aspect of

[3:36:22] it too.

[3:36:22] I can't speak to San Diego pd's

[3:36:26] details on those plans.

[3:36:27] >> I know that that is part of

[3:36:28] the fire evacuation plan.

[3:36:29] I would hope it's part of

[3:36:32] the flood plan So okay.

[3:36:33] Thank you for pointing that

[3:36:33] out.

[3:36:34] Is there what sort of

[3:36:36] technological monitoring do we

[3:36:37] have to observe upstream storm

[3:36:42] drains backing up or at least

[3:36:42] as the water starts to rise

[3:36:43] before it comes downstream?

[3:36:48] Yeah, I thank you council

[3:36:48] members.

[3:36:49] So I will say very little

[3:36:49] technology.

[3:36:53] We do have a proactive flood

[3:36:53] forecasting model that's been

[3:36:58] deployed in the San Diego River

[3:36:59] watershed and that's been there

[3:37:00] for a number of years.

[3:37:00] So that gives us some advance

[3:37:04] warning hours in advance that

[3:37:05] we deploy our crews out there

[3:37:06] to close gates so that people

[3:37:09] don't drive through flooded

[3:37:09] roads.

[3:37:10] But it's really something that

[3:37:10] we don't have anywhere else in

[3:37:15] the city So we don't have that

[3:37:15] real time flood forecasting.

[3:37:20] It's basically static

[3:37:21] information from a planning

[3:37:21] standpoint When we do a

[3:37:22] drainage master plan that I

[3:37:25] mentioned or when we do a

[3:37:26] capital improvement project we

[3:37:31] have modeling information that

[3:37:32] can kind of predict inundation

[3:37:33] areas but it's not time to real

[3:37:37] time data.

[3:37:38] So it's static from that

[3:37:38] standpoint.

[3:37:39] So basically we're just going

[3:37:39] to have people watching

[3:37:43] particular creeks in particular

[3:37:44] storm drains to see if they're

[3:37:44] going to be getting filled up

[3:37:48] faster than normal.

[3:37:49] Yeah, that's right.

[3:37:49] And that one of the challenges

[3:37:50] that I tried to emphasize is

[3:37:51] it's really difficult to see

[3:37:54] where those really strong

[3:37:55] intense cells of rain are going

[3:37:56] to hit any more than an hour or

[3:37:56] two in advance.

[3:37:59] We're working with Scripps

[3:38:00] Institution of Oceanography on

[3:38:01] some of their newer tools to

[3:38:01] see if we can get better

[3:38:05] information.

[3:38:06] But it's a real challenge to

[3:38:07] predict, you know, is this

[3:38:07] going to hit in the north part

[3:38:08] of the city or the south?

[3:38:11] It's really hard to know more

[3:38:11] than a couple of hours in

[3:38:12] advance.

[3:38:12] Okay.

[3:38:12] All right.

[3:38:17] I appreciate you admitting that

[3:38:17] terrible fact but I know that

[3:38:18] we are going to do what we can

[3:38:22] do with what we got.

[3:38:23] My final point here we also

[3:38:27] need a specific plan for people

[3:38:28] who are particularly vulnerable

[3:38:28] during storms That includes

[3:38:29] individuals living at or near

[3:38:33] the riverbed and flood prone

[3:38:33] areas.

[3:38:34] Of course that should include

[3:38:35] partnerships with community

[3:38:35] organizations that conduct

[3:38:39] outreach, help people clear

[3:38:39] help clear people from

[3:38:40] dangerous areas before

[3:38:44] the rainfall begins and a

[3:38:45] contingency for safe sleeping

[3:38:45] and parking sites if those

[3:38:49] locations become dangerous.

[3:38:50] What outreach have we done at

[3:38:54] this point?

[3:38:55] Obviously we have a task force

[3:38:56] working group within the city

[3:39:00] and our departments where

[3:39:01] homeless services providers

[3:39:02] that are contracted to the city

[3:39:06] as well where are they on this

[3:39:06] plan?

[3:39:07] >> Thank you Council Member So

[3:39:11] we have a couple different

[3:39:12] staff working groups that are

[3:39:13] addressing those concerns.

[3:39:16] One is the emergency access

[3:39:16] points, some working group and

[3:39:21] their main objective is to

[3:39:22] ensure that there are clear

[3:39:22] access points for the swift

[3:39:23] water rescue teams.

[3:39:24] But part of that effort was

[3:39:27] also coordination with the San

[3:39:28] Diego River Park Foundation and

[3:39:29] Homeless Services.

[3:39:29] And while we're doing tours in

[3:39:33] those areas and making sure

[3:39:34] that Campmates and whatnot

[3:39:34] weren't interfering with those

[3:39:35] access area so there was a lot

[3:39:38] of outreach and coordination

[3:39:39] with the different groups that

[3:39:43] work within the River Park And

[3:39:44] as far as homeless strategies

[3:39:45] goes we also have them in our

[3:39:46] evacuation which goes into our

[3:39:50] care and shelter.

[3:39:51] So working group So we've been

[3:39:51] working with them every week

[3:39:55] meeting on the different

[3:39:56] sheltering options and ensuring

[3:39:56] that the facilities are ready

[3:40:01] to go at a moment's notice when

[3:40:02] we do need to do the sheltering

[3:40:02] aspects.

[3:40:06] Understood.

[3:40:07] Last point I brought up in our

[3:40:07] briefing and I'll just

[3:40:08] reiterate here outreach to

[3:40:12] faith communities It should be

[3:40:13] an important part of this given

[3:40:18] the resources they have in

[3:40:18] the willingness they have to

[3:40:19] support folks I know that's not

[3:40:24] typically is not typically one

[3:40:25] of the one of the parts of our

[3:40:25] community that we think of as

[3:40:26] partnering with the city on a

[3:40:30] lot of different issues But

[3:40:31] this has to be one of them.

[3:40:31] So I'll leave you with that and

[3:40:32] thank you for the extra time.

[3:40:34] Council PRESIDENT Thanks for

[3:40:35] your good work.

[3:40:35] >> All right.

[3:40:35] Thank you.

[3:40:36] Council Member Committee I'll

[3:40:39] go next to Councilmember Foster

[3:40:40] .

[3:40:40] Oh yes.

[3:40:40] Thank you.

[3:40:44] Council PRESIDENT Thank you

[3:40:50] staff for the presentation.

[3:40:55] I guess just in transparency I

[3:40:56] was not at the city of San

[3:41:02] Diego at the time of the floods

[3:41:02] in 2024 I was actually at

[3:41:08] the county of San Diego as we

[3:41:08] experienced the floods.

[3:41:13] So at that point I was serving

[3:41:14] as a chief of staff to

[3:41:15] supervisor Monica Montgomery

[3:41:24] Step So I don't know all of

[3:41:24] the I guess I'll say shortfalls

[3:41:25] or circumstances in some of

[3:41:30] the internal conversations that

[3:41:30] took place or from an intimate

[3:41:31] detail.

[3:41:35] I just got what I received

[3:41:36] second hand as we were dealing

[3:41:41] with Callaway as in all

[3:41:42] the different agencies that

[3:41:47] were involved.

[3:41:48] I guess just before I dive into

[3:41:52] this and in my apologies

[3:41:59] the gentleman that is I guess

[3:42:00] the in charge of os what's your

[3:42:00] name again?

[3:42:05] I'm sorry Assistant Chief

[3:42:05] Rogers And these are and if I

[3:42:06] understand correctly you were

[3:42:10] not the individual that was in

[3:42:15] charge during the 2024 floods?

[3:42:15] No sir.

[3:42:16] In fact I was part of

[3:42:17] the incident management team

[3:42:20] for the rescues.

[3:42:20] Okay.

[3:42:26] And I think now we have os

[3:42:26] under fire.

[3:42:32] Chief Logan, where was Oh yes

[3:42:33] in 2024 it was its own

[3:42:37] department.

[3:42:38] Okay.

[3:42:38] All right.

[3:42:43] And then just before I go in

[3:42:44] and we've talked quite a bit

[3:42:45] about outreach community

[3:42:45] outreach.

[3:42:49] I see we have Armand Harvey in

[3:42:49] the room.

[3:42:55] If I can just borrow you for a

[3:42:56] moment if you can help me to

[3:42:59] understand as we've gotten to

[3:43:05] this point, what type of

[3:43:06] involvement have you had city

[3:43:10] staff reached out to you?

[3:43:11] Have they been actively

[3:43:11] engaging?

[3:43:16] I'm trying to understand

[3:43:16] lessons learned and what took

[3:43:17] place as we were looking at

[3:43:22] putting this together As I come

[3:43:23] to this point, yes.

[3:43:24] >> The only thing that we have

[3:43:29] have so far was listen to

[3:43:29] the committee I've sat down

[3:43:30] with.

[3:43:30] Oh yes.

[3:43:35] But as far as the actual

[3:43:35] planning and involving

[3:43:36] community, we have not we have

[3:43:40] not sat down or been a part of

[3:43:41] that subcommittee or anything

[3:43:41] like that.

[3:43:45] We've only had one meeting so

[3:43:46] far where we where we address

[3:43:51] where some of the shortfalls

[3:43:52] were but haven't really dug in

[3:43:52] And that's one thing that we

[3:43:56] are looking forward to actually

[3:43:56] doing.

[3:43:57] Okay.

[3:43:57] So I'm hearing very little very

[3:43:58] limited.

[3:43:58] Yes.

[3:44:03] Engage me at this point with

[3:44:03] community at this point.

[3:44:04] Yes.

[3:44:04] Right.

[3:44:08] Okay.

[3:44:08] Thank you.

[3:44:09] And I guess just to to to

[3:44:13] start, one of the things that I

[3:44:18] did observe during the 2024

[3:44:18] floods and I think my colleague

[3:44:19] council member Ella Rivera

[3:44:23] touched on who's in charge And

[3:44:24] I think that was probably one

[3:44:29] of the most significant

[3:44:30] internal missteps.

[3:44:30] Yeah.

[3:44:36] If I can just be be be candid I

[3:44:41] mean and I'm still a little

[3:44:41] concerned because I think when

[3:44:47] we were introduced to Cal oh

[3:44:48] yes, they were very adamant and

[3:44:53] they said that your director

[3:44:54] who's who's over the emergency

[3:44:59] services that is your subject

[3:44:59] matter expert that is

[3:45:00] the person that's in charge

[3:45:05] doing a disaster And it's very

[3:45:05] critical because of

[3:45:06] the communication system and

[3:45:11] how everyone that's involved in

[3:45:16] a disaster communicates and I

[3:45:17] think there was a very, very

[3:45:17] big misstep in 2024 and having

[3:45:22] that clear understanding even

[3:45:23] if it is regards regarding

[3:45:28] the city requesting services

[3:45:28] from the county or the state

[3:45:33] those missteps cost us time and

[3:45:34] what this time causes us in a

[3:45:40] disaster potentially causes us

[3:45:41] slight more damage.

[3:45:46] Right And so I'll tell you

[3:45:46] where I am concerned is we are

[3:45:47] looking at putting this plan

[3:45:52] together and just my I guess

[3:45:53] I'll say limited knowledge of

[3:45:58] the city of San Diego and how

[3:45:58] it functions.

[3:45:59] You always hear me talk about

[3:46:04] administrative regulations and

[3:46:04] they are very, very important

[3:46:05] documents especially when you

[3:46:06] talk about a citywide effort

[3:46:10] because it's such a hierarchy

[3:46:10] It sets a standard who's in

[3:46:11] charge, how that communication

[3:46:16] works and it goes one step

[3:46:17] further it as a piece of

[3:46:18] accountability.

[3:46:22] So if there is a misstep if

[3:46:23] someone does not follow

[3:46:24] procedure, if someone goes out

[3:46:24] of line, if we have a mayor or

[3:46:29] staff that is in the operation

[3:46:30] center trying to dictate what

[3:46:35] is to take place and mitigates

[3:46:36] most of that And as I look at

[3:46:41] the hours it says we have

[3:46:41] administrative regulation 1.01

[3:46:42] It is titled Emergency

[3:46:46] Operations Procedures and

[3:46:51] the date is 12 2118 When I look

[3:46:56] at administrative regulation

[3:46:56] 1.02 it says use of

[3:46:57] the emergency operations center

[3:47:01] and is dated five 175 As I look

[3:47:06] at 1.03 titled Citywide

[3:47:07] Emergency Plans and Protocols

[3:47:11] it is dated eight 3118 My

[3:47:11] initial concern is that these

[3:47:16] are all quite outdated.

[3:47:22] We've had a series of floods

[3:47:23] 2024 was not the first flood

[3:47:28] but yet we have not sat down as

[3:47:29] we are going through this

[3:47:30] process and updated those

[3:47:35] regulations.

[3:47:35] So I am concerned that we have

[3:47:36] not sat down and taken our

[3:47:40] lessons learned Look at our

[3:47:41] internal policies and

[3:47:41] procedures when to update and

[3:47:46] correct these so that at least

[3:47:52] we understood what that

[3:47:52] communication process should

[3:47:53] be.

[3:47:57] Who's on first base, second

[3:47:58] base, third base, so on and so

[3:48:03] on And so that we are all

[3:48:08] operating on one accord So if

[3:48:09] someone can help me to

[3:48:10] understand why we have not done

[3:48:15] that and I think as

[3:48:16] the administrative regulations

[3:48:16] are your responsibility it

[3:48:21] seems cool you MAY be the best

[3:48:21] person to provide that type of

[3:48:26] insight.

[3:48:27] Yeah Councilmember I appreciate

[3:48:27] that.

[3:48:28] I can't answer for why for

[3:48:28] years passed in the previous

[3:48:33] leadership these hours weren't

[3:48:33] well just if I'm not asking

[3:48:38] about past I'm asking about

[3:48:39] 2024 how can we have not

[3:48:40] reacting to this And I think

[3:48:44] with the audit findings there's

[3:48:45] a significant number of them

[3:48:45] that looked at and recommend

[3:48:50] updating these policies,

[3:48:51] establishing the framework

[3:48:51] needed to get approval for

[3:48:56] the plans that has already has

[3:48:57] basically a draft form right

[3:48:57] now under the new leadership

[3:48:58] here we are going through

[3:49:02] the process of working on

[3:49:03] the official governing bodies

[3:49:04] things like the Disaster

[3:49:04] Council which is an existing

[3:49:08] municipal code to basically

[3:49:09] create a vetting body to

[3:49:10] approve these policies which is

[3:49:14] the vehicle in which these

[3:49:15] powers would be updated.

[3:49:15] So it's all work in progress

[3:49:16] right now.

[3:49:16] I hear you though that it's

[3:49:21] concerning that we have decades

[3:49:21] worth potentially outdated

[3:49:22] powers but that is something

[3:49:26] that through the audit response

[3:49:27] we are working on updating now.

[3:49:27] Okay.

[3:49:27] Thank you for that.

[3:49:32] And I just want to just stress

[3:49:33] my concern is we had a

[3:49:33] representative that started

[3:49:38] this meeting from the National

[3:49:39] Weather Service.

[3:49:39] I believe that's where

[3:49:44] the young person was from.

[3:49:45] And one thing that I found

[3:49:46] interesting is that in his

[3:49:50] statement he indicated that El

[3:49:51] Nino is here.

[3:49:56] It's not coming.

[3:49:57] It's not down the road.

[3:49:57] It's not six months out.

[3:50:02] It's here And we don't have an

[3:50:08] updated air or a hours.

[3:50:12] And so I'm just very, very

[3:50:12] concerned that one Number two,

[3:50:13] if you can help me to

[3:50:18] understand the area plans,

[3:50:19] where exactly are we at with

[3:50:24] those plans?

[3:50:25] So the area plan is one of

[3:50:26] the things the great things

[3:50:31] about the coming out of

[3:50:31] the fire rescue department is

[3:50:36] that we do risk management on a

[3:50:36] daily basis 100 times a day

[3:50:37] from small incidents all

[3:50:38] the way to the big Sorento

[3:50:38] fires either fire which could

[3:50:41] fire And the way we make those

[3:50:42] plans is based on risk

[3:50:47] management and risk analysis.

[3:50:48] So we utilize threshold scales

[3:50:48] to ensure that we understand

[3:50:53] what the risk is but we also

[3:50:54] take into consideration beyond

[3:50:55] just hey it's going to rain

[3:50:55] tomorrow.

[3:50:59] It's there's additional risk

[3:51:00] factors that need to be taken

[3:51:01] into place to make sure that

[3:51:02] we're making the right decision

[3:51:05] And at the end of the day that

[3:51:06] decision with coordinating with

[3:51:06] Chief Logan will be that

[3:51:10] decision within the fire rescue

[3:51:11] department to make

[3:51:12] recommendations as to what is

[3:51:12] the appropriate actions based

[3:51:17] on the thresholds Will analyze

[3:51:17] those.

[3:51:18] So I say all of that to say

[3:51:19] that those specific thresholds

[3:51:19] for every single watershed

[3:51:24] location in the city is in

[3:51:24] progress.

[3:51:25] We don't have all of them in

[3:51:28] place now So we're currently

[3:51:29] actively working on identifying

[3:51:30] a clear cut threshold decision

[3:51:35] making process that's more

[3:51:35] informed working with our

[3:51:36] National Weather Service and

[3:51:36] working with the Scripps

[3:51:40] Institution of Oceanography to

[3:51:41] really kind of give us a

[3:51:41] better, more accurate higher

[3:51:46] definition Look at those

[3:51:47] locations so that we can

[3:51:47] provide those thresholds which

[3:51:52] then will help us make those

[3:51:53] decisions leading up to an

[3:51:53] anticipated rainstorm.

[3:51:57] However, the two days to

[3:51:58] the rain storm is something we

[3:51:59] can definitely risk analyze.

[3:51:59] It's the rainstorm that you

[3:52:04] have about an hour to react to

[3:52:05] which is where immediate action

[3:52:05] plan that's got to be fluid and

[3:52:09] able to be adjusted and not set

[3:52:10] so strict into anticipated

[3:52:15] patterns because every single

[3:52:16] time is different.

[3:52:17] And so one of the benefits of

[3:52:17] us being under the fire from

[3:52:18] the fire department with

[3:52:21] the experience that we have is

[3:52:22] we do those just in time action

[3:52:22] planning which often deviates

[3:52:27] from what you thought was going

[3:52:28] to happen versus what you

[3:52:28] actually are presented with and

[3:52:29] still be able to make decisions

[3:52:30] in a short period of time.

[3:52:33] So I do think that we're better

[3:52:34] suited to do that now and I do

[3:52:35] think that we need to continue

[3:52:39] to evaluate those those

[3:52:40] thresholds that are better,

[3:52:41] more granular level which we

[3:52:41] are working to do that with

[3:52:42] the evacuations of working

[3:52:53] group I appreciate the detail.

[3:52:54] I think Chief Logan is the fire

[3:52:59] chief and I think we all have

[3:52:59] confidence that he will remain

[3:53:05] fluid to take care of any

[3:53:05] emergencies that come up.

[3:53:06] I guess what I'm looking at is

[3:53:10] is we have a presentation

[3:53:11] before us today where it's

[3:53:12] indicated we are preparing for

[3:53:16] El Nino.

[3:53:17] We are asking the public to be

[3:53:21] prepared And one of the items

[3:53:22] that is being presented is this

[3:53:27] specific plan per district that

[3:53:28] the way I understand and what

[3:53:28] was presented is these plans

[3:53:32] are going to be per district

[3:53:33] because each district is

[3:53:38] different different needs when

[3:53:39] will those plans be made

[3:53:39] available?

[3:53:44] What's the status of them Again

[3:53:45] ,I'm going back to timeline in

[3:53:46] execution When will we have

[3:53:51] something that we can even

[3:53:52] provide to the public to have

[3:53:52] an informed conversation to

[3:53:57] build that trust to show that

[3:53:58] we are moving in the right

[3:53:58] direction?

[3:53:59] That's where I'm trying to get

[3:54:03] to.

[3:54:03] Where are we at?

[3:54:04] So I think the plan now we

[3:54:09] don't have specific plans that

[3:54:10] we're not ready because we need

[3:54:11] to talk to the public as well

[3:54:11] because the people that have

[3:54:15] those experiences we MAY have

[3:54:16] some threshold, some analysis

[3:54:17] from the National Weather

[3:54:17] Service but we really do need

[3:54:21] to know from the communities

[3:54:22] that know this happens every

[3:54:22] time even though it MAY not be

[3:54:23] in your in your map.

[3:54:23] Right.

[3:54:26] So we need to have those

[3:54:27] communications so then we can

[3:54:28] then have a better more just as

[3:54:29] part of that high definition

[3:54:34] granular map that I'm talking

[3:54:35] about that actually has

[3:54:36] community community into it Not

[3:54:36] to cut you off I'm still not

[3:54:39] hearing a timeline.

[3:54:40] I just had MR. Harvey come up

[3:54:41] here and he said he had one

[3:54:44] conversation with you.

[3:54:45] You just said we need his input

[3:54:46] to put the plans together.

[3:54:46] Correct.

[3:54:49] But yet you had one

[3:54:49] conversation.

[3:54:50] This isn't a new topic.

[3:54:51] When are we going to have when

[3:54:55] are these plans going to be

[3:54:56] worked on?

[3:54:56] When are they going to be moved

[3:54:57] forward?

[3:54:57] When can I have something to

[3:55:00] see?

[3:55:01] They're actively being worked

[3:55:01] on now.

[3:55:02] Our hope is to get some form of

[3:55:07] a draft available for you all

[3:55:08] sometime in OCTOBER.

[3:55:09] I can't give you a date but

[3:55:09] the conversations that are

[3:55:10] going to happen with our mine

[3:55:13] and some of the folks other

[3:55:14] folks in the field are our are

[3:55:15] going to be happening leading

[3:55:15] up to that draft to be

[3:55:18] available to you sometime in

[3:55:19] OCTOBER.

[3:55:25] Okay.

[3:55:25] Thank you for that.

[3:55:31] I'm not sure that you you know,

[3:55:31] depending on how these

[3:55:32] the weather impacts things,

[3:55:37] what that timing looks like.

[3:55:38] So again, I'm just going to say

[3:55:38] I'm concerned.

[3:55:39] Right.

[3:55:41] I appreciate this update but

[3:55:42] I'm concerned that we are not

[3:55:47] moving obviously fast enough to

[3:55:48] to make sure we're meeting

[3:55:54] the needs right.

[3:55:55] One thing I don't want to do is

[3:55:55] you know, as you talk about 80

[3:56:00] people in a room right, that we

[3:56:01] end up in a position of

[3:56:01] analysis what do you call it

[3:56:05] Paralysis by analysis.

[3:56:06] Right.

[3:56:07] i want to make sure that we are

[3:56:07] are moving efficiently and

[3:56:08] trying to make sure that we

[3:56:15] meet those needs.

[3:56:16] The other thing that I I think

[3:56:19] I'm a little unclear on and you

[3:56:20] talked about the subgroups and

[3:56:26] you had a list I'm trying to

[3:56:27] find this slide but if you can

[3:56:35] help me to understand and

[3:56:41] subgroups items one through

[3:56:47] nine one thing that is item

[3:56:48] number eight and I don't know

[3:56:49] if there's a hierarchy here is

[3:56:54] just a just a list but as we

[3:56:55] are not in a per se moister

[3:56:59] situation I know in District

[3:57:00] four we still have issues in

[3:57:06] our creeks with debris and it's

[3:57:06] a constant issue.

[3:57:07] So if you can help me to

[3:57:12] understand as we are trying to

[3:57:13] work concurrently through all

[3:57:14] of the issues to be in a good

[3:57:18] place, how are we taking

[3:57:18] advantage of the time that we

[3:57:19] do have where we are not

[3:57:23] experiencing moisture rain?

[3:57:24] How are we utilizing

[3:57:30] the various folks in

[3:57:30] the subgroups say our

[3:57:31] homelessness division, our

[3:57:36] neighborhood policing division,

[3:57:37] our environmental services

[3:57:42] division, our stormwater

[3:57:43] department how are we utilizing

[3:57:48] those various resources in

[3:57:51] going into our creeks and one

[3:57:58] removing or trying to get our

[3:57:58] unsheltered in a better

[3:57:59] position to where they are not

[3:58:04] in the creeks to where you see

[3:58:05] all you know where you start to

[3:58:09] mitigate the debris,

[3:58:10] the sometimes you can go into a

[3:58:11] creek and you will see a

[3:58:11] village right?

[3:58:16] You will see a house or a

[3:58:17] mattress.

[3:58:17] You will see solar panels.

[3:58:21] You will see televisions, you

[3:58:22] will see lazy boys.

[3:58:23] You will see all of these

[3:58:23] different things.

[3:58:28] What are we doing now as we

[3:58:29] have the opportunity to go in

[3:58:29] and remove the debris and

[3:58:34] the vegetation so that if

[3:58:35] something does happen that we

[3:58:36] were not expecting that we were

[3:58:40] in a better place.

[3:58:41] >> So Councilmember I can speak

[3:58:42] specifically to the channel

[3:58:46] aspect that you're bringing up

[3:58:47] and maybe I'll ask my assistant

[3:58:48] deputy director Amanda Parra.

[3:58:48] She's in charge of coordinating

[3:58:52] all the channel cleanups and

[3:58:53] prioritizing where our crews

[3:58:53] are going and and calling in

[3:58:54] support from folks like urban

[3:58:58] core or Environmental Services

[3:58:59] Department to help address

[3:58:59] those encampment issues.

[3:59:03] I'll have her speak to

[3:59:04] the process that we go through

[3:59:05] because we are actively calling

[3:59:05] on all of those different

[3:59:11] resources across the city.

[3:59:12] I will say this at a high level

[3:59:12] when she's walking up here once

[3:59:13] we do the cleanings of a lot of

[3:59:16] these encampments, they

[3:59:17] repopulate very quickly And so

[3:59:17] that's why it's a constant

[3:59:18] cycle of needing to stay on top

[3:59:22] of it.

[3:59:23] >> Thanks.

[3:59:23] Good afternoon.

[3:59:24] The assistant Deputy director

[3:59:28] of stormwater operations as you

[3:59:29] touched on we are partnering

[3:59:29] with folks from esd as well as

[3:59:30] Urban forestry for a

[3:59:35] collaborative approach to

[3:59:35] tackle some of our our most of

[3:59:36] our high priority channel

[3:59:36] locations.

[3:59:40] Those are primarily been in

[3:59:41] District 489 What that looks

[3:59:41] like in terms of a

[3:59:42] collaborative effort in

[3:59:46] partnering with different

[3:59:47] resources is our channel team

[3:59:48] consists of 18 staff there

[3:59:51] working six hours, six days a

[3:59:52] week, 12 hour days.

[3:59:57] We've also consolidated some

[3:59:57] resources in-house and pulled

[3:59:58] an additional in-house vip team

[4:00:02] Again another team of 16

[4:00:02] resources to help facilitate

[4:00:03] the channel maintenance outside

[4:00:08] or ahead of the rainy season.

[4:00:08] In addition to that we're

[4:00:09] tapping resources from our

[4:00:10] drains inspection and cleaning

[4:00:10] crews.

[4:00:15] So after hours meaning from 230

[4:00:15] to 630 we have additional staff

[4:00:20] providing support to facilitate

[4:00:21] the additional channel

[4:00:21] maintenance removal of

[4:00:22] vegetation partnering with

[4:00:26] urban core as well to expedite

[4:00:27] tree removal.

[4:00:28] We're also working with urban

[4:00:28] forestry and high priority

[4:00:33] channel locations.

[4:00:34] If we can't if we're not able

[4:00:34] to get a contractor on board,

[4:00:35] we're partnering with Urban

[4:00:39] Forestry to expedite tree

[4:00:40] removal in specific areas as

[4:00:40] well.

[4:00:41] So it's definitely been an all

[4:00:44] hands on deck since for a while

[4:00:45] now but primarily ramping up

[4:00:51] efforts consistently ahead of

[4:00:52] the rainy season.

[4:00:52] So that has primarily expedited

[4:00:57] starting JULY first with

[4:00:57] the additional funding that has

[4:00:58] been allocated to us, we have

[4:00:59] been able to ramp up efforts

[4:01:03] significantly.

[4:01:04] That being said, we've been

[4:01:05] able to clear seven and a half

[4:01:05] almost eight miles of channels

[4:01:09] from JULY 1st up until August

[4:01:10] September 1st and we're

[4:01:15] actively working on identifying

[4:01:16] those locations, doing

[4:01:16] everything we can to keep

[4:01:21] vegetation clear, notify

[4:01:22] the communities of illegal

[4:01:22] dumping concerns, partnering

[4:01:28] with esd to work ahead of

[4:01:28] providing public notices to

[4:01:29] ensure that folks are getting

[4:01:30] the resources they need before

[4:01:30] we go in and do the channel

[4:01:33] clearing effort.

[4:01:34] So it's been a collaborative

[4:01:35] effort and we still have a lot

[4:01:35] of work to do ahead of us.

[4:01:40] We have 20 miles identified for

[4:01:40] this fiscal year but like I

[4:01:41] said we are making fantastic

[4:01:45] efforts and to date that

[4:01:49] consists of about 20 over over

[4:01:49] 30 segments of channels.

[4:01:50] We have 67 segments identified

[4:01:56] for this year our high priority

[4:01:56] channel locations.

[4:01:57] We've also plan to go back

[4:01:57] prior to rainy season those

[4:02:01] being the Alpha One Channel

[4:02:02] Beta and Birch all the way up

[4:02:03] to National Imperial.

[4:02:07] So the locations that districts

[4:02:08] 489 are aware of that have

[4:02:13] the flooding concerns that have

[4:02:14] high build up of trash maybe

[4:02:15] revegetation regrowth in those

[4:02:20] areas we're doing everything we

[4:02:21] can to make sure that we're in

[4:02:21] good shape going into OCTOBER

[4:02:22] 1st.

[4:02:22] >> Thank you for that.

[4:02:25] And what tools do you use to

[4:02:25] monitor this?

[4:02:26] Do you use any type of

[4:02:27] scheduling software that you

[4:02:31] guys have in place where we

[4:02:32] have things identified?

[4:02:37] Can can I don't know about my

[4:02:38] colleagues but if I can get a

[4:02:43] get a regular regular update

[4:02:44] What That's good really So we

[4:02:48] know what your anticipated

[4:02:49] workflow is and how often that

[4:02:55] you are going out to the creeks

[4:02:55] and doing the clearing.

[4:03:01] I think that would be helpful

[4:03:01] for my team.

[4:03:02] I do send my team out.

[4:03:03] I know that they are working on

[4:03:07] getting information over to you

[4:03:08] and they've identified some

[4:03:08] concerns on on the locations

[4:03:13] that we monitor on a regular

[4:03:13] basis.

[4:03:14] But I think that would be

[4:03:15] helpful to understand your

[4:03:19] workflow where your attention

[4:03:25] is being provided at any given

[4:03:26] point in time.

[4:03:27] I think that would be helpful

[4:03:27] at least for me as this is

[4:03:28] something that's very important

[4:03:31] to me.

[4:03:32] >> Yeah.

[4:03:32] Thank you.

[4:03:33] We're happy to follow up on it.

[4:03:33] Okay.

[4:03:35] Thank you.

[4:03:41] The other I just wanted to make

[4:03:42] sure as we talked about

[4:03:42] communication I think one of my

[4:03:43] colleagues talked about

[4:03:47] utilizing Senegal unified in

[4:03:52] conducting outreach to parents

[4:03:53] and so forth.

[4:03:54] But also I want to make sure

[4:03:59] that we are looking at our

[4:03:59] facilities, our libraries, our

[4:04:00] park and rec locations, making

[4:04:04] sure that we have

[4:04:05] the information available

[4:04:05] there.

[4:04:06] I think it should also be

[4:04:06] available in our police

[4:04:10] stations and southeastern

[4:04:10] Division things of that nature

[4:04:11] so folks can have access.

[4:04:12] One thing that I don't want to

[4:04:16] do and that's a concern to me

[4:04:17] is to think that everybody

[4:04:18] receives their information by

[4:04:22] digital communication.

[4:04:23] Right?

[4:04:23] I think if one thing that we

[4:04:24] have that we can all agree on

[4:04:29] is that when we talk about

[4:04:29] equity, right, one of those is

[4:04:30] access to Wi-Fi.

[4:04:31] So we need to make sure that we

[4:04:34] are doing the best that we can

[4:04:35] do to make hard copies

[4:04:36] available and to get that

[4:04:41] information out also with our

[4:04:42] partners right.

[4:04:42] We have Groundworks who's in

[4:04:43] our district that has quite a

[4:04:46] bit of work where I think they

[4:04:47] can help in getting certain

[4:04:53] things out there also and

[4:04:53] apologies my mind is just going

[4:04:58] Council PRESIDENT Also how are

[4:04:59] we handling things with

[4:05:05] development services or

[4:05:05] permitting process?

[4:05:06] Are we looking at how we are

[4:05:10] going to as we go into

[4:05:11] disasters shore up our

[4:05:16] permitting process making sure

[4:05:17] that we can expedite permits as

[4:05:17] needed?

[4:05:22] Also what are we doing with say

[4:05:23] the Army Corps of Engineers?

[4:05:24] What type of preemptive type

[4:05:28] work are we doing with that

[4:05:29] agency?

[4:05:29] I'm doing 2024.

[4:05:30] I know I had to work with

[4:05:35] Vargas's office to make sure

[4:05:36] that we have things teed up in

[4:05:36] regards to when their analysis

[4:05:40] or their review or permitting

[4:05:41] process is required.

[4:05:42] What steps are we taking to

[4:05:46] make sure that we can operate

[4:05:47] efficiently and not kind of be

[4:05:47] in a position where we have to

[4:05:52] stand there and look at

[4:05:53] everyone going through a

[4:05:53] disaster because we didn't get

[4:05:54] our permits or work with

[4:05:55] the appropriate agencies in a

[4:05:59] timely manner.

[4:05:59] Thanks Council Member So as I

[4:06:00] mentioned in one of my slides

[4:06:05] we have been we a couple months

[4:06:06] ago submitted a request to each

[4:06:06] of the regulatory agencies We

[4:06:10] need approvals from to get our

[4:06:11] maintenance done one of those

[4:06:12] being the Army Corps Coastal

[4:06:16] Commission you know regional

[4:06:17] Water Quality control Board,

[4:06:18] Fish and Game Fish and Wildlife

[4:06:18] the list goes on.

[4:06:23] So we submitted those expedite

[4:06:24] permitting requests basically

[4:06:24] letting them know here's all

[4:06:28] the areas that we want to

[4:06:29] maintain, here's our priority

[4:06:29] list.

[4:06:30] Please align your resources

[4:06:31] accordingly to quickly turn

[4:06:31] around these permits and

[4:06:35] approvals.

[4:06:35] I will say specific to the Army

[4:06:36] Corps of Engineers we were

[4:06:37] getting a little bit of a slow

[4:06:41] response from them so we

[4:06:41] elevated that immediately

[4:06:42] through our government affairs

[4:06:46] and engage Senator Padilla's

[4:06:47] office who immediately got

[4:06:47] responses back to us.

[4:06:48] We started to see staff

[4:06:53] response within literally two

[4:06:53] days of the senator's office

[4:06:54] reaching out all of the permits

[4:06:55] that we had expected.

[4:06:59] You to have in hand right now

[4:07:00] what we have in hand.

[4:07:00] So sometimes it does take that

[4:07:04] escalation and so we've been

[4:07:05] taking that approach through

[4:07:06] government affairs and have

[4:07:06] seen a turnaround in terms of

[4:07:10] responsiveness.

[4:07:11] I appreciate that And I guess I

[4:07:13] understand I'm trying to work

[4:07:20] through embassy work through

[4:07:21] colleagues at your level but I

[4:07:25] think cota I mean this instance

[4:07:26] i think we should be operating

[4:07:32] concurrently because I can tell

[4:07:37] you in 2024 any time we called

[4:07:38] our Congress members they

[4:07:44] answered the phone.

[4:07:44] Steve Padilla was at Lincoln

[4:07:45] having a meeting.

[4:07:50] They are there.

[4:07:50] They are willing to help.

[4:07:51] Our constituents are often you

[4:07:55] know, their constituents And I

[4:07:56] think sometimes we lag out of

[4:08:01] what we want to term

[4:08:02] professional courtesy where

[4:08:02] it's not personal, it's just

[4:08:07] business.

[4:08:08] We are here to do a job for our

[4:08:08] constituents and I think we

[4:08:09] need to run that concurrently

[4:08:14] and so I'd like to see us

[4:08:14] making sure that we are

[4:08:15] updating at that level as well

[4:08:20] on what our needs are.

[4:08:21] I mean that that takes that who

[4:08:22] takes it upon ourselves?

[4:08:25] What are we at Storm Water We

[4:08:26] briefed by all state and

[4:08:27] federal partners last week on

[4:08:31] our current preparation efforts

[4:08:31] .

[4:08:32] They have offered any

[4:08:33] assistance that we need moving

[4:08:33] ahead and we will continue that

[4:08:34] communicate that line of

[4:08:39] communication through the next

[4:08:40] six months as we get on.

[4:08:42] You know and previously in

[4:08:42] the 2024 storms it was

[4:08:43] the outreach we made to

[4:08:44] the federal government at that

[4:08:44] time one of the Biden-Harris

[4:08:47] administration that helped kind

[4:08:48] of open the you know, the gates

[4:08:49] for federal relief to come and

[4:08:54] disaster recovery aid to come

[4:08:55] down to San Diego.

[4:08:55] So yeah, those lines of

[4:08:56] communication I think at this

[4:09:00] point professional courtesy

[4:09:01] aside, we will make every act

[4:09:02] that we need to to make sure we

[4:09:03] are prepared and whatever

[4:09:03] pertinent regulations are

[4:09:06] handled.

[4:09:07] And then I think circling back

[4:09:07] to the conversation we had

[4:09:12] earlier about the lack of

[4:09:13] plans.

[4:09:13] Right.

[4:09:14] I know it's frustrating to have

[4:09:14] a physical copy of here's

[4:09:15] the plan for us.

[4:09:18] Here's the plan for how much I

[4:09:19] would have a community And I

[4:09:23] think that is why this campaign

[4:09:24] to get out there is so

[4:09:24] critical.

[4:09:25] The value and the benefit of

[4:09:25] the community engagement

[4:09:30] subgroup is that I know that I

[4:09:30] MAY not be the best messenger

[4:09:31] for a lot of the info that we

[4:09:32] want to communicate.

[4:09:35] I know it MAY not be a uniform

[4:09:36] either and it's whether it's a

[4:09:37] council member or a community

[4:09:37] based organization that

[4:09:42] community engagement subgroup

[4:09:43] that is intended to create that

[4:09:43] address book So I know who I

[4:09:44] can call to deliver that

[4:09:48] message.

[4:09:48] And so as we go through

[4:09:49] the next month or two to

[4:09:53] finalize the community specific

[4:09:54] plans, that doesn't mean that's

[4:09:55] when engagement starts.

[4:09:55] It will start now and it

[4:09:59] already has.

[4:10:00] We briefed each of your offices

[4:10:01] and have asked to collaborate

[4:10:01] with each of your offices

[4:10:02] through the communication

[4:10:02] subgroup.

[4:10:05] We're compiling that

[4:10:06] information now And so while we

[4:10:07] finalize the community specific

[4:10:12] plans, it was critical for us

[4:10:12] to get out that top line

[4:10:13] messaging of stay ready, be

[4:10:13] informed, make a plan.

[4:10:18] So I just want to throw that

[4:10:18] out there.

[4:10:19] >> Councilmember I appreciate

[4:10:19] that.

[4:10:20] And just in all transparency

[4:10:25] and to be candid, you know, I

[4:10:31] get a little frustrated.

[4:10:32] You know, the public comes in,

[4:10:36] you're talking 2024 floods and

[4:10:41] you can see the emotion I don't

[4:10:42] I don't think they will ever be

[4:10:42] the same.

[4:10:47] I don't know if I will when I

[4:10:48] when I went down 42nd Street in

[4:10:54] hurt And so one thing I will

[4:10:59] say that was really

[4:11:00] disappointing is when you hear

[4:11:00] the public come to this dais

[4:11:05] and they say city council, you

[4:11:06] are not answering the call.

[4:11:10] We can't tell you what to do.

[4:11:11] We can't tell you when to go

[4:11:16] into a creek that's operations.

[4:11:17] And so I say that if we are

[4:11:25] sincere about engagement then

[4:11:26] we need to do more than just in

[4:11:27] this room.

[4:11:32] We need to be out right.

[4:11:32] Ymca I think still has still

[4:11:38] has the meetings need to be out

[4:11:38] .

[4:11:39] We need to be truly engaged.

[4:11:43] I mean and so you know this is

[4:11:44] we received comment I don't

[4:11:45] ever see you know mayors

[4:11:50] representative representatives

[4:11:51] jumping to respond and address

[4:11:55] the concerns of the public And

[4:11:56] that's something that I think

[4:11:57] needs to needs to improve as

[4:12:01] well.

[4:12:08] The so talk a little bit about

[4:12:08] the debris removal.

[4:12:09] That's something as we are

[4:12:10] going through this planning

[4:12:13] phase that I will adamantly be

[4:12:14] pushing because as we take on

[4:12:20] the rainfall, if we have debris

[4:12:21] we're putting what is that good

[4:12:25] money on you know on that or

[4:12:25] whatever that phrase is We're

[4:12:26] not making progress.

[4:12:27] We're actually getting in our

[4:12:31] way And so I will be watching

[4:12:32] that quite closely.

[4:12:38] Lastly, I would like to make a

[4:12:42] request a couple of requests.

[4:12:42] One in regards to the area

[4:12:43] plans, I would like a

[4:12:44] commitment from the mayor's

[4:12:47] office that the office of Race

[4:12:48] and Equity will have an

[4:12:49] opportunity to review those an

[4:12:54] opportunity to conduct a full

[4:12:55] analysis and provide

[4:13:00] information not only for staff

[4:13:01] but also for the council in

[4:13:02] the mayor's office as well so

[4:13:06] that we can make sure that we

[4:13:07] are doing our due diligence,

[4:13:10] due diligence in approaching

[4:13:18] this from an equity perspective

[4:13:19] I think I kind of touched upon

[4:13:19] So So can I have that

[4:13:20] commitment?

[4:13:20] Yes COUNCILMAN, we have

[4:13:23] the commitment.

[4:13:23] Okay.

[4:13:24] Thank you.

[4:13:24] One thing just going back to

[4:13:25] dsd, the other thing that I

[4:13:26] also want to make sure that we

[4:13:29] are really making sure that

[4:13:29] we're bringing some

[4:13:34] accountability to the table as

[4:13:35] we have, you know, quite a bit

[4:13:40] of development happening in

[4:13:41] the city, quite a bit of

[4:13:42] projects that are taking place

[4:13:42] in the city.

[4:13:47] I want to make sure that we're

[4:13:48] also out addressing our piece

[4:13:53] our our inlets and things that

[4:13:53] are associated with those

[4:13:54] projects to make sure that they

[4:13:59] are in compliance, to make sure

[4:14:00] that we still are able to have

[4:14:04] the proper flow and things and

[4:14:05] water going into the storm

[4:14:10] system and keeping the debris

[4:14:10] out.

[4:14:11] What I do not want to see is

[4:14:12] those bumps, you know, not

[4:14:16] improperly or causing more

[4:14:17] flooding in certain things.

[4:14:18] I want to make sure that we are

[4:14:23] actively also making sure that

[4:14:24] we have some accountability

[4:14:24] with all of our construction

[4:14:28] projects as well.

[4:14:29] Also just make sure you guys

[4:14:34] address things like like oh

[4:14:34] right.

[4:14:35] That's a that's a that's a

[4:14:36] there's a major there So make

[4:14:40] sure you have bumps and make

[4:14:41] sure we're taking care of that

[4:14:42] as well because you will flood

[4:14:47] those folks out in case there's

[4:14:47] flooding There probably need to

[4:14:48] figure out what's an

[4:14:53] alternative location if things

[4:14:53] get out of hand depending on

[4:14:54] what the rain flow is, what

[4:14:58] the rainfall is.

[4:14:59] Right.

[4:14:59] Because then you will have a

[4:15:00] lot of people displaced there.

[4:15:05] So I just think there's quite a

[4:15:06] bit of a lot of work to do in a

[4:15:10] short period of time.

[4:15:11] The other thing just one more

[4:15:16] request if I can have Dre

[4:15:17] provided this document I know

[4:15:17] it's not as formal as you

[4:15:18] typically would with a written

[4:15:23] memorandum but if we can just I

[4:15:24] think it would be beneficial to

[4:15:24] MADAM Clerk if we can get this

[4:15:28] added to the item as far as

[4:15:29] backup because right now we

[4:15:33] have this I don't know

[4:15:34] the public has seen it but I

[4:15:35] don't want to lose track of

[4:15:36] this as we continue to have

[4:15:40] this conversation.

[4:15:41] So if we can get that added

[4:15:41] onto the supporting materials

[4:15:46] it would be greatly

[4:15:46] appreciated.

[4:15:47] I look forward to the continued

[4:15:52] conversations if you need

[4:15:52] anything anything from me I

[4:15:58] think I cannot stress

[4:15:58] the importance of sitting down

[4:15:59] with the Harvey Family

[4:16:04] Foundation and the Southeastern

[4:16:10] Disaster Response Team.

[4:16:10] They learned quite a bit while

[4:16:11] building the ship.

[4:16:15] I'll say.

[4:16:16] Right And one thing we know

[4:16:17] that we will run into where we

[4:16:21] have that collaboration right

[4:16:26] of way versus private property

[4:16:27] .

[4:16:27] Right.

[4:16:28] And they played a very, very

[4:16:28] significant role when it came

[4:16:33] to private property when

[4:16:34] the city said I can not cross

[4:16:34] that line.

[4:16:35] And so I think we need to think

[4:16:39] through this and make sure we

[4:16:40] have everything in place.

[4:16:40] I have confidence in

[4:16:45] the director of Purchasing and

[4:16:45] contracting right?

[4:16:46] We have a process in place for

[4:16:51] disaster for emergency

[4:16:51] contracts.

[4:16:52] We learned lessons with

[4:16:52] the fires We know how to set up

[4:16:58] as the contracts and to have a

[4:16:58] bench and to have a rolling

[4:16:59] process to select contractors

[4:17:02] to go out and deploy and take

[4:17:03] care of things that we need to

[4:17:04] take care of.

[4:17:09] So we got a lot of work to do.

[4:17:09] I appreciate the fire chief

[4:17:10] having the courage on

[4:17:15] the budget time to come and

[4:17:15] request some additional

[4:17:16] resources where we were able to

[4:17:21] provide almost $2 million in

[4:17:27] additional resources if I

[4:17:27] recall about 800,000 900,000 on

[4:17:28] ongoing offers for some El Nino

[4:17:33] things and Storm water and then

[4:17:33] the million dollars which you

[4:17:34] addressed in regards to

[4:17:38] overtime and being able to

[4:17:38] provide some relief there but

[4:17:44] got a lot of work to do and I'm

[4:17:45] telling you guys I am going to

[4:17:45] ask for schedules just even as

[4:17:50] you're planning this out when

[4:17:51] you talk about your timeline so

[4:17:52] you can put everything into a

[4:17:56] schedule, everything into a

[4:17:57] schedule for me that shows me

[4:17:58] you are doing your due

[4:18:02] diligence and you're crossing

[4:18:02] your t's dot your eyes and

[4:18:03] everyone has a place where they

[4:18:08] can go and see if they are

[4:18:08] meeting the call or failing.

[4:18:09] And so I think that's one tool

[4:18:13] that I think we need to see

[4:18:13] implemented in this process.

[4:18:14] So with that council PRESIDENT

[4:18:19] I believe that they're looking

[4:18:19] forward to the work that needs

[4:18:20] to be done.

[4:18:21] I'm here to help in any way I

[4:18:25] can but please get out to

[4:18:26] the community as quickly as you

[4:18:26] can.

[4:18:31] The community is they have

[4:18:32] their lived experience through

[4:18:32] this as well.

[4:18:37] One last thing popped in my

[4:18:37] mind that I'm concerned about

[4:18:42] We talked about permits.

[4:18:42] We're going through some

[4:18:43] significant litigation now

[4:18:47] based on the 24 floods.

[4:18:48] But one thing that came out of

[4:18:53] that we do have homeowners that

[4:18:54] are responsible for certain

[4:18:54] sections of storm water, creeks

[4:18:58] and so forth.

[4:18:59] I think as you develop those

[4:19:00] plans you need to make sure

[4:19:04] that they are informed on what

[4:19:05] they need to do in order to and

[4:19:06] the different steps that need

[4:19:10] to be made to do things.

[4:19:11] That's where that equity lands

[4:19:12] is going to come into play.

[4:19:12] Not everyone can afford a

[4:19:12] permit.

[4:19:17] Not everyone can afford to do

[4:19:17] certain things And so those are

[4:19:18] all the things we need to make

[4:19:19] sure that we take into

[4:19:22] consideration because you can't

[4:19:23] just throw your hands up and

[4:19:24] say I'm not going to worry

[4:19:24] about it.

[4:19:24] Right.

[4:19:28] It's something that we need to

[4:19:28] address and we should address

[4:19:29] it.

[4:19:29] Look forward to see what we can

[4:19:34] put to conversations with

[4:19:34] the county.

[4:19:35] The county stepped up in a big

[4:19:39] way $30 million plus in 2024

[4:19:39] not something that they

[4:19:40] typically do.

[4:19:40] I don't know if they'll be

[4:19:44] willing to do it again.

[4:19:45] I don't want to speak for them.

[4:19:45] Right.

[4:19:46] But that's why it's so

[4:19:50] important for us to get our

[4:19:50] stormwater system in

[4:19:51] the appropriate condition to

[4:19:52] handle the hundred year flood

[4:19:56] So we don't have to go to

[4:20:02] the county or another agency.

[4:20:03] We should be able to take care

[4:20:03] of our residents.

[4:20:04] So with that counsel present I

[4:20:08] think that will conclude my

[4:20:09] comments at this time.

[4:20:09] Thank you.

[4:20:10] All right.

[4:20:10] Thank you, Council member

[4:20:11] Buster.

[4:20:11] We'll go next to Councilmember

[4:20:12] Moreno.

[4:20:13] Thank you for the presentation

[4:20:14] and thank you to all

[4:20:15] the community members that came

[4:20:20] to provide their testimony and

[4:20:20] also to the aba for your

[4:20:21] recommendations.

[4:20:26] Residents in flood prone areas

[4:20:26] in my district have felt

[4:20:27] firsthand what climate change

[4:20:27] coupled with older

[4:20:32] infrastructure can do in parts

[4:20:33] of the city that were

[4:20:33] historically redlined.

[4:20:38] The devastation that I saw Bay

[4:20:38] Street is very difficult to

[4:20:39] overcome.

[4:20:39] I saw loss, frustration and

[4:20:44] anger on people's faces.

[4:20:45] Homes were destroyed, cars were

[4:20:45] dragged from their parking

[4:20:50] spots.

[4:20:50] People lost everything in

[4:20:51] the floods and this community

[4:20:55] needed immediate answers and

[4:20:56] assistance from the very start

[4:21:00] would happen in JANUARY 2024

[4:21:01] demands action from this

[4:21:01] administration to ensure that

[4:21:06] beach history is prioritized.

[4:21:07] The Beach History Channel and

[4:21:08] Storm Drain Improvement Project

[4:21:12] Capital Improvement Number

[4:21:12] 24011 Proposes Storm water

[4:21:19] infrastructure such as a pump

[4:21:20] station and levee to address

[4:21:20] the flooding.

[4:21:21] This this should be this

[4:21:25] administration's priority.

[4:21:26] The city must fund and execute

[4:21:26] this project in light of

[4:21:31] the devastation we've seen and

[4:21:32] what is to come with Super El

[4:21:32] Nino.

[4:21:33] I want to ask what is

[4:21:37] the current status of the Beta

[4:21:38] Street channel as 242011 and

[4:21:43] the storm drain improvement

[4:21:44] Project now Thank you Council

[4:21:44] members.

[4:21:45] So currently that project is in

[4:21:50] early phases of design and

[4:21:51] since that project essentially

[4:21:51] ties our local city of San

[4:21:52] Diego drainage infrastructure

[4:21:56] into infrastructure with

[4:21:57] Caltrans with the freeways one

[4:21:57] of the critical steps we've

[4:22:02] been going through over

[4:22:02] the last several months is to

[4:22:03] get Caltrans review on what can

[4:22:07] and cannot be tied into their

[4:22:08] system essentially.

[4:22:09] So they've done a red flag

[4:22:09] review, kind of highlighted all

[4:22:10] the things that we need to be

[4:22:14] looking at Now we have guidance

[4:22:14] for them which I think came to

[4:22:15] us by the end of MAY.

[4:22:20] We have we are our internal

[4:22:21] staff and stormwater plus our

[4:22:21] consultant engineers are

[4:22:22] working to advance the design

[4:22:25] because we now have a better

[4:22:26] sense of what's possible to

[4:22:27] build there.

[4:22:27] Like you mentioned a pump

[4:22:28] station, flood walls adding a

[4:22:32] new storm drain structure to

[4:22:33] the neighborhood that doesn't

[4:22:34] exist today.

[4:22:34] Those are all things that are

[4:22:35] being contemplated.

[4:22:38] So we're approaching probably

[4:22:39] by the end of this calendar

[4:22:43] year closer to a 30% design

[4:22:44] milestone which would be a good

[4:22:44] point for us to go out to

[4:22:45] the community to essentially

[4:22:49] say here's the type of system

[4:22:50] that we're looking to build.

[4:22:50] So that's kind of where we are

[4:22:55] in the project.

[4:22:55] A couple of other things are

[4:22:56] going on within a couple of

[4:22:57] months, a few months your city

[4:23:01] council see the second loan

[4:23:01] agreement with with yeah

[4:23:02] there's going to be an

[4:23:03] additional tranche of funding

[4:23:07] allocated to this project to

[4:23:07] ensure that it can keep

[4:23:08] progressing.

[4:23:11] This project will easily be

[4:23:12] over $100 million and so we're

[4:23:13] aggressively applying for grant

[4:23:17] funding to through fema and

[4:23:18] there's several grant

[4:23:19] applications that are pending

[4:23:19] that have been out there for a

[4:23:24] couple of years you know, to

[4:23:24] the magnitude of $40 million

[4:23:25] that we're trying to secure

[4:23:26] external resources to.

[4:23:30] We've passed a couple of

[4:23:31] the milestones with those

[4:23:31] grants So that's a good sign.

[4:23:32] But we still don't have

[4:23:33] certainty that that external

[4:23:36] funding will come in.

[4:23:36] Thank you.

[4:23:37] What sort of communication has

[4:23:37] there been to inform

[4:23:42] the community about capital

[4:23:43] improvement Project number

[4:23:43] 24011.

[4:23:43] Yeah.

[4:23:48] So as I mentioned we we need to

[4:23:48] be careful about understanding

[4:23:49] what it is we can build and we

[4:23:53] aren't getting to a point

[4:23:54] within the next few months

[4:23:55] where we will have a better

[4:23:55] sense of what that is.

[4:23:56] So we anticipate going out to

[4:24:00] the community soon with kind of

[4:24:00] a conceptual design for them to

[4:24:05] react to.

[4:24:06] Up to this point we haven't had

[4:24:07] that certainty to know what

[4:24:08] kind of systems will be allowed

[4:24:11] to be built again because

[4:24:12] there's so much complexity with

[4:24:13] fema and Caltrans and other

[4:24:13] agencies.

[4:24:14] We had to work that out first.

[4:24:18] So is it fair to say that there

[4:24:18] has been no communication with

[4:24:23] the community regarding regular

[4:24:24] street channel and storm water

[4:24:24] drain improvement project as it

[4:24:25] regards the p project?

[4:24:28] That's an accurate statement.

[4:24:29] Thank you.

[4:24:30] On this year's legislative

[4:24:30] platform I see direction to

[4:24:35] support funding opportunities

[4:24:36] for stormwater infrastructure

[4:24:36] repairs with the focus on

[4:24:42] historically disadvantaged

[4:24:42] communities.

[4:24:43] Does this include Baker Street

[4:24:46] See ip as 24011.

[4:24:46] I'm sorry can you repeat that

[4:24:52] first reference on this year's

[4:24:52] legislative platform?

[4:24:53] What we tell our lobbyists to

[4:24:59] basically lobby in Sacramento

[4:25:00] and dc there's direction to and

[4:25:04] I quote support funding

[4:25:05] opportunities for stormwater

[4:25:05] infrastructure repairs with a

[4:25:10] focus on historically

[4:25:11] disadvantaged communities.

[4:25:11] My question is does this

[4:25:17] include Baker Street crt as

[4:25:17] 242011 That definition this

[4:25:18] area of Baker Street definitely

[4:25:22] falls within that definition

[4:25:23] that you just cited.

[4:25:24] >> So I would say yes.

[4:25:24] Okay.

[4:25:25] And can that administration

[4:25:25] verify that?

[4:25:30] Yes, that's our belief as well.

[4:25:30] Councilmember, I don't know

[4:25:31] the status of federal and state

[4:25:32] your at this moment though And

[4:25:35] so I'll come from a government

[4:25:36] affairs of all the other words

[4:25:36] If you could let the community

[4:25:37] know please I thank you for

[4:25:41] the response as the chair of

[4:25:42] the audit committee and having

[4:25:42] personally witnessed

[4:25:43] the devastation it was

[4:25:47] important to me to have

[4:25:48] thorough understanding and

[4:25:49] documentation of what was

[4:25:53] lacking or insufficient during

[4:25:53] the JANUARY 2024 floods and

[4:25:54] know what the city can do

[4:25:55] differently to ensure that it

[4:25:59] doesn't happen again.

[4:26:00] Recommendation 1.1 in the audit

[4:26:01] report states that the mayor's

[4:26:01] office should work with City

[4:26:06] council, Office of Emergency

[4:26:06] Services, other relevant

[4:26:07] departments and stakeholders to

[4:26:12] develop a framework that

[4:26:12] clearly sets out the city's

[4:26:13] overall role in disaster

[4:26:17] response and recovery.

[4:26:18] In the audit it was shown that

[4:26:19] there was a lot of confusion in

[4:26:24] particular there was a lot of

[4:26:25] confusion about shelter what

[4:26:25] the city could offer, what

[4:26:30] the community expected which

[4:26:30] was specifically hotel vouchers

[4:26:31] versus shelter beds in a

[4:26:35] communal space.

[4:26:36] Have the city identified what

[4:26:37] kind of shelter options it

[4:26:39] could offer and the likelihood

[4:26:45] that it is needed?

[4:26:46] Yes, Councilmember.

[4:26:47] So the lead on sheltering

[4:26:47] throughout the region is

[4:26:52] the American Red Cross.

[4:26:53] So when there is an evacuation

[4:26:54] we reach out to our Red Cross

[4:26:54] partners and identify a

[4:26:58] location they have agreements

[4:26:58] with.

[4:26:59] Hundreds of facilities include

[4:26:59] schools, faith based

[4:27:04] organizations throughout

[4:27:05] the city and the county.

[4:27:09] The city of San Diego also has

[4:27:10] 13 identified city owned

[4:27:10] facilities that are ready to be

[4:27:11] utilized as city shelters.

[4:27:15] So if Red Cross our first call

[4:27:16] falls through or the capacity

[4:27:17] does not meet the need, then

[4:27:21] the city also has trained staff

[4:27:22] cots, equipment in 13 different

[4:27:22] locations that we can utilize

[4:27:23] for shelters.

[4:27:25] Thank you for that answer.

[4:27:32] I think it's safe to say that

[4:27:32] the city has not identified

[4:27:33] what kind of shelter options it

[4:27:38] could offer that the community

[4:27:38] and like I said, there was a

[4:27:39] lot of confusion about shelter.

[4:27:40] It was pointed out that Lincoln

[4:27:44] High was absolutely opened

[4:27:45] right away.

[4:27:46] I personally took a person to

[4:27:50] Lincoln High In that case this

[4:27:51] person did not need shelter.

[4:27:56] She needed medication and there

[4:27:56] wasn't even a person that spoke

[4:27:57] Spanish at Lincoln When I my

[4:28:02] personal experience there.

[4:28:03] So which leads me to a

[4:28:08] conversation about clear roles

[4:28:09] and responsibilities They were

[4:28:09] highlighted in the audit

[4:28:10] specifically for city

[4:28:14] departments but also agencies

[4:28:14] like the County of San Diego

[4:28:19] and the American Red Cross.

[4:28:20] The question of who was in

[4:28:21] charge I think kept on coming

[4:28:26] up just as a side note

[4:28:26] the Wednesday after the flood I

[4:28:32] personally went up to one of

[4:28:33] our directors at the time and I

[4:28:33] asked Can I have your cell

[4:28:34] phone?

[4:28:37] The person told me that they

[4:28:38] cannot give me their cell phone

[4:28:39] that I had to go through

[4:28:39] the proper lines of

[4:28:43] communication which was

[4:28:44] the mayor staff has the city

[4:28:45] Which leads to my question has

[4:28:49] the city worked with

[4:28:49] specifically the county in

[4:28:56] the event of an emergency?

[4:28:56] Have we touch base with

[4:28:57] the county to show them this

[4:29:01] document to let them give us

[4:29:02] their feedback?

[4:29:02] Has there been communication

[4:29:07] with the county?

[4:29:07] >> Yes.

[4:29:08] Council member So the county of

[4:29:09] San Diego as well as all

[4:29:13] the other jurisdictions that

[4:29:13] incorporated jurisdiction

[4:29:14] within the county of San

[4:29:15] Diego's operational area have

[4:29:18] been informed of our working

[4:29:19] group at the city of San Diego.

[4:29:20] I've been in contact with those

[4:29:21] different emergency managers.

[4:29:25] I've also been involved in

[4:29:25] the county of San Diego's El

[4:29:26] Nino task force which is their

[4:29:32] countywide response port

[4:29:32] preparedness training like

[4:29:33] we're doing at the city of San

[4:29:33] Diego.

[4:29:34] So I've been involved in their

[4:29:37] meetings there to have updates

[4:29:37] on what they're doing at

[4:29:38] providing updates on what we

[4:29:39] are doing as well.

[4:29:39] Wonderful.

[4:29:42] Thank you for that and that's

[4:29:43] very good to hear.

[4:29:43] I do want to recognize and

[4:29:44] thank Fire Rescue for

[4:29:48] implementing some of

[4:29:48] the recommendations sooner than

[4:29:49] the targeted implementation

[4:29:53] date listed in the audit.

[4:29:54] So thank you for this meeting

[4:29:55] and for all the work that has

[4:29:55] been put in.

[4:29:59] I want to conclude by

[4:30:00] emphasizing that communication

[4:30:01] in my opinion was what was very

[4:30:06] much lacking in the JANUARY

[4:30:11] 2024 floods and I want to

[4:30:12] emphasize how important

[4:30:17] communication a few things

[4:30:18] the emergency meetings that we

[4:30:19] had as a body I think they were

[4:30:23] a week out.

[4:30:24] I think they should be hours a

[4:30:27] day or two.

[4:30:28] That's one just communications

[4:30:33] internally And I think it was

[4:30:34] noted by my colleague council

[4:30:39] member Henry Foster that there

[4:30:40] was a lack of communication

[4:30:41] with the county and all of

[4:30:45] the needed all of

[4:30:46] the triggering points of an

[4:30:51] emergency the letter being sent

[4:30:51] to the county the county then

[4:30:52] sending the letter to

[4:30:53] the state, the state then

[4:30:53] sending it to the federal

[4:30:57] government.

[4:30:58] This is something that I, I, I

[4:30:59] you know, like I said,

[4:31:03] communication is key but

[4:31:04] there's also a language barrier

[4:31:05] communication especially with

[4:31:10] district eight.

[4:31:10] I can't emphasize enough how

[4:31:11] important it is to have Spanish

[4:31:16] speaking folks on the ground

[4:31:17] district And also this is I

[4:31:18] keep on saying this as an

[4:31:21] elected official for District

[4:31:22] eight and it sounds like it

[4:31:23] feels like nobody's listening.

[4:31:27] The digital divide is very

[4:31:27] extremely real.

[4:31:28] If we rely on the digital

[4:31:33] divide we will be at the same

[4:31:37] place where we landed in 2020

[4:31:38] for and a risk of information

[4:31:39] in times of an emergency is

[4:31:43] dire.

[4:31:44] It just proved to be

[4:31:48] devastating in in 2020 for

[4:31:49] communications in the flood

[4:31:49] plain dedicated in-person

[4:31:54] canvasing as I touch

[4:31:55] communities immediately

[4:32:00] immediately And I think

[4:32:00] the city must do better for

[4:32:01] their residents.

[4:32:02] So I will leave off with

[4:32:06] communications not only

[4:32:07] internally but also to

[4:32:12] the community Actually before I

[4:32:13] leave off I did want to state

[4:32:13] that if I'm not mistaken this

[4:32:18] administration brought a policy

[4:32:19] change in case of an emergency

[4:32:20] who would be in charge or if

[4:32:25] the mayor was outside of

[4:32:25] the country.

[4:32:26] It's my understanding that at

[4:32:26] this point it is the mayor

[4:32:31] the ceo and then the council

[4:32:31] president and then

[4:32:32] the emergency personnel Should

[4:32:37] an emergency head who will make

[4:32:38] the final decisions.

[4:32:39] I think those internal policies

[4:32:44] are very important and we

[4:32:44] should look into that.

[4:32:49] So with that, thank you for for

[4:32:50] the extra time and for

[4:32:51] the presentation.

[4:32:51] Thank you.

[4:32:52] Council member and I will go

[4:32:55] next to Council Member Weprin.

[4:32:56] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[4:32:57] Thank you for the presentation

[4:32:57] this afternoon.

[4:33:01] I appreciate the comments of my

[4:33:02] colleagues who spoke who

[4:33:03] represents some of the most

[4:33:06] heavily impacted areas from

[4:33:06] the 2024 storms.

[4:33:07] I'll be brief here.

[4:33:08] I want to take you through

[4:33:08] the steps that you are taking

[4:33:12] city wide including here in

[4:33:12] District three to coordinate

[4:33:13] and prepare your departments

[4:33:18] for the threat of flooding from

[4:33:18] elderly.

[4:33:19] So as Councilmember Campo

[4:33:24] referenced, people have died

[4:33:24] where the San Diego River has

[4:33:25] flooded Admission Valley.

[4:33:25] People have lived in

[4:33:29] encampments along the riverbed

[4:33:30] and didn't get out in time.

[4:33:30] There are fewer encampments in

[4:33:36] the riverbed now due to

[4:33:36] the city's recent efforts to

[4:33:37] move people from the riverbed

[4:33:38] to our safe sleeping sites.

[4:33:41] But there are still some people

[4:33:42] there and it will be important

[4:33:42] to prevent future tragedies

[4:33:47] among people who have no hope

[4:33:47] at all.

[4:33:48] I also appreciate a

[4:33:49] Councilmember Foster's question

[4:33:53] about the dangers of

[4:33:53] the unsheltered population

[4:33:54] living in the channels along

[4:33:59] with the refugees and

[4:34:00] the debris that can result with

[4:34:00] that.

[4:34:01] And I noted MR. Snyder's

[4:34:05] comment that when crews clean

[4:34:06] up those encampments, people

[4:34:10] rapidly repopulate those

[4:34:11] locations.

[4:34:11] We're seeing that in

[4:34:12] the downtown area as well.

[4:34:17] It drives home the point that

[4:34:18] we don't have enough other

[4:34:18] places for people to go.

[4:34:23] We've all heard the numbers 90%

[4:34:24] of the time when somebody asks

[4:34:24] for a shelter.

[4:34:28] But in the city of San Diego we

[4:34:29] don't have anywhere for them to

[4:34:30] go and we can't offer them a

[4:34:31] shelter or a safe sleeping site

[4:34:35] So they live in the channels

[4:34:36] with their possessions.

[4:34:36] It adds to the flooding risk or

[4:34:37] they live on the sidewalks with

[4:34:41] their possessions.

[4:34:41] Many of those folks want to go

[4:34:42] into a shelter or a safe

[4:34:43] sleeping site If only we have

[4:34:47] available for them.

[4:34:47] I do appreciate the fact that

[4:34:48] there has been planning to

[4:34:52] relocate people who are staying

[4:34:53] in the shelters or in the safe

[4:34:54] sleeping sites should they be

[4:34:58] subject to flooding.

[4:34:59] Beyond that I will also say

[4:35:00] District three has some of

[4:35:00] the oldest neighborhoods

[4:35:06] Obviously including downtown of

[4:35:06] the surrounding neighborhoods,

[4:35:07] the oldest infrastructure in

[4:35:07] San Diego.

[4:35:11] We saw in your presentation

[4:35:12] the cluster of emergency

[4:35:17] stormwater caps in District

[4:35:18] three, the high number of

[4:35:18] service notifications related

[4:35:23] to pipes and drain components.

[4:35:24] The trolley bays on

[4:35:25] the southern edge of downtown

[4:35:29] have been severely damaged in

[4:35:29] floods in recent years.

[4:35:30] I remember seeing cars floating

[4:35:36] in North Park after a heavy

[4:35:36] storm some five years ago so

[4:35:37] there have been issues in other

[4:35:40] neighborhoods around District

[4:35:40] three as well.

[4:35:41] Anyway, thank you very much for

[4:35:41] the preparations that are

[4:35:46] underway citywide including

[4:35:47] here in District three.

[4:35:47] Thank you.

[4:35:47] Council PRESIDENT.

[4:35:48] All right.

[4:35:48] Thank you Council my return

[4:35:49] we'll go next to Council

[4:35:54] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee Dinkins

[4:35:55] present I'm going to add to

[4:35:56] what I want Sure appreciate

[4:35:57] the presentation Maybe my

[4:35:58] biggest take away from some of

[4:35:59] my colleagues that that

[4:36:04] continues to sort of give me a

[4:36:05] little bit of unrest is not

[4:36:06] necessarily again, I think as

[4:36:06] Councilmember Bailey noted, all

[4:36:09] the technical components of how

[4:36:10] we would respond.

[4:36:10] I do appreciate seeing how

[4:36:11] that's all coming together

[4:36:15] The support groups and

[4:36:15] the discussions that are being

[4:36:16] had on how we're going to meet

[4:36:17] each of the needs up to any

[4:36:21] potential disaster.

[4:36:22] What I always go back to

[4:36:23] thinking is the human component

[4:36:27] of it and it feels like some

[4:36:28] how not just in how we draft up

[4:36:33] these plans but when you plan

[4:36:33] to go out into the community

[4:36:34] engage with folks I don't know

[4:36:35] that we can do so without

[4:36:38] honestly engaging that human

[4:36:38] component first.

[4:36:39] I don't know how to recommend

[4:36:40] that you capture that other

[4:36:44] than noting that it doesn't

[4:36:45] feel like it's captured today.

[4:36:46] So I think some of that it just

[4:36:50] starts with acknowledging

[4:36:51] the pain and suffering folks

[4:36:52] who have experienced it have

[4:36:56] gone through the simple fact

[4:36:57] that this is not just preparing

[4:36:57] for a storm but we are really

[4:37:02] that the city is focused on

[4:37:03] trying to protect people's

[4:37:08] lives and livelihoods.

[4:37:09] Yeah, you know that's I think

[4:37:09] just if there's a takeaway for

[4:37:14] me there it's it's somehow

[4:37:15] the city does need to do a

[4:37:15] better job of connecting on

[4:37:20] that front and I hope we get to

[4:37:21] a point where we actually

[4:37:22] figure out how to do so so they

[4:37:22] can present or I think it

[4:37:25] council PRESIDENT Pro tem not

[4:37:26] seeing anyone on the lights.

[4:37:32] I'll offer a few comments So

[4:37:32] first of all thank you for

[4:37:33] coming to doing a full

[4:37:37] presentation environment

[4:37:37] committee and repeating that

[4:37:38] again today and your

[4:37:43] willingness to hear an extended

[4:37:44] amount of comments and

[4:37:48] questions from my colleagues I

[4:37:49] thought it was really important

[4:37:50] This was kind of a golden

[4:37:51] opportunity for really to open

[4:37:55] up the conversation.

[4:37:56] I appreciate the issues they

[4:37:56] put on the table the responses

[4:38:01] that you already anticipated

[4:38:02] and your candor and what needs

[4:38:07] to be done next.

[4:38:08] Having watch as a civil

[4:38:08] engineer stormwater was

[4:38:09] something I was always going to

[4:38:14] pay attention to way before I

[4:38:14] got elected to office And so

[4:38:15] I've always paid attention I

[4:38:19] don't think I've ever seen

[4:38:20] the city more responsive, more

[4:38:20] reactive, more aggressive in

[4:38:26] being prepared than I've seen

[4:38:26] right now.

[4:38:27] Certainly what happened in 2024

[4:38:31] was quite a kick in the pants

[4:38:32] about that.

[4:38:37] But still this is tremendous

[4:38:38] and I don't think I can

[4:38:39] emphasize enough and I hope

[4:38:39] everybody realizes just moving

[4:38:44] into fire rescue I think it's

[4:38:44] such a game changer as you

[4:38:49] mentioned, Chief, that you are

[4:38:50] geared towards emergencies and

[4:38:50] incidents and how to react and

[4:38:54] that muscle memory all day

[4:38:55] long, every day, seven days a

[4:39:01] week is always there and I

[4:39:01] think that was the game changer

[4:39:06] that we really, really needed.

[4:39:06] So very much appreciate it.

[4:39:07] And you didn't really have a

[4:39:07] good foundation to work from.

[4:39:07] I think it's important to

[4:39:12] emphasize that So and I you

[4:39:13] know, I feel that bluntness

[4:39:18] about saying as I said,

[4:39:19] the Environment Committee and

[4:39:20] I've said it before despite how

[4:39:25] aggressive our preparations and

[4:39:25] how beneficial they'll be,

[4:39:26] they're not going to address

[4:39:26] the larger issues.

[4:39:30] And you know, again also to

[4:39:31] give a shout out to talk to

[4:39:31] you, I've never seen the city

[4:39:35] be more candid about the state

[4:39:36] of our stormwater, how small

[4:39:36] capacity our channels are that

[4:39:43] have homes and businesses right

[4:39:43] up against that which our storm

[4:39:44] drains.

[4:39:49] We think about the ones that

[4:39:49] are failing.

[4:39:50] We're talking about the ones

[4:39:50] with the capacity and the pump

[4:39:51] stations.

[4:39:54] The candor about that doesn't

[4:39:55] paint a very pretty picture.

[4:39:56] But when people say you're not

[4:40:00] having the conversations we are

[4:40:00] having the conversations And

[4:40:01] for those of you who came in

[4:40:02] today hoping that

[4:40:06] the experience and the trauma,

[4:40:07] the pain that you suffered and

[4:40:08] the trauma that you had from

[4:40:12] what happened in 2024, I don't

[4:40:13] know that you're going to walk

[4:40:14] away feeling much better

[4:40:18] because it's a lot of this is

[4:40:19] looking forward Where are we

[4:40:19] now?

[4:40:20] How are we preparing?

[4:40:20] There's still a lot of

[4:40:24] unanswered questions litigation

[4:40:25] kind of tie that ties up a

[4:40:25] little bit.

[4:40:30] But I think there is much more

[4:40:31] work to be done.

[4:40:31] I know my colleagues are really

[4:40:35] engaged in those conversations

[4:40:36] but most of the preparedness is

[4:40:42] not for you because there's not

[4:40:42] much else you can do given what

[4:40:43] your situation is, what

[4:40:48] the conditions are in your

[4:40:48] particular neighborhood.

[4:40:49] I think the preparedness is for

[4:40:53] a lot of other people who do

[4:40:54] who MAY not have thought that

[4:40:55] they were in flood conditions

[4:40:59] but MAY very well be if

[4:41:00] atmospheric rivers come in and

[4:41:01] go after their neighborhood

[4:41:06] with the same viciousness that

[4:41:06] happened in 2024.

[4:41:10] So there's conversation for all

[4:41:11] 1.4 million San Diego and going

[4:41:17] forward and the candor of even

[4:41:18] I think the capacity charge you

[4:41:19] were saying about the channels

[4:41:22] that's assuming they're clear

[4:41:23] that we've removed all

[4:41:23] the brush and any debris out

[4:41:24] there.

[4:41:28] Those are the capacities.

[4:41:29] Yeah, that's correct.

[4:41:29] That assumes a fully maintained

[4:41:30] condition.

[4:41:30] Okay.

[4:41:34] And I think also again just to

[4:41:35] continue with this line of

[4:41:35] candor that the $5 billion

[4:41:40] deficit is only our projections

[4:41:41] for the next five years And I

[4:41:42] think it'd be safe for me to

[4:41:47] say that none of that none of

[4:41:48] that is actually part of

[4:41:48] the conversation we're having

[4:41:49] today about the shortfalls.

[4:41:53] Maybe there's some pump station

[4:41:54] repairs, some emergency

[4:41:54] generators.

[4:41:59] You know, that's not what our

[4:42:00] stormwater game plan really was

[4:42:01] geared to because the deficit

[4:42:05] is so big and the need is is so

[4:42:05] great.

[4:42:06] But I also see a lot of

[4:42:11] pivoting and I think that's

[4:42:11] the good news and good is maybe

[4:42:12] even too strong a word but it

[4:42:16] is going in the right direction

[4:42:17] and is as you said some of

[4:42:21] these changes to increase

[4:42:22] the capacity are very, very

[4:42:27] expensive going forward and

[4:42:28] some of them will stretch

[4:42:29] engineering creativity to

[4:42:29] figure out how do we how do we

[4:42:33] do that given the proximity of

[4:42:34] the homes and businesses next

[4:42:35] to those in those channels?

[4:42:40] And then as you said, you know,

[4:42:41] I was a baby engineer when I

[4:42:42] did the floodplain mapping way

[4:42:46] back when and we saw

[4:42:46] the constraints that

[4:42:47] the freeway under crossings had

[4:42:51] And when you look at the bay

[4:42:52] and then you look at the under

[4:42:53] crossings and the freeways that

[4:42:58] really ties our hands about

[4:42:59] what we we can do but we must

[4:42:59] do something.

[4:43:03] Let me be very clear about

[4:43:03] that.

[4:43:04] A couple of us my colleagues

[4:43:09] covered so much ground.

[4:43:10] I again appreciate coming to

[4:43:10] investment committee and coming

[4:43:11] here to the city council.

[4:43:15] I also know it takes a lot of

[4:43:16] work to tackle items to bring

[4:43:16] forward And the one of

[4:43:17] the thing I didn't hear but I

[4:43:21] would encourage I didn't ask my

[4:43:22] colleagues about this I would

[4:43:22] actually ask you to speak

[4:43:27] directly to my colleagues in

[4:43:28] four, eight and nine and not

[4:43:28] wait till the next time you can

[4:43:32] talk at something.

[4:43:33] Not that these issues are not

[4:43:34] important.

[4:43:34] Councilmember We've been talked

[4:43:35] about District three.

[4:43:37] There's even a couple of things

[4:43:38] in District one and in all our

[4:43:39] districts but the impact on

[4:43:44] individuals and the impact on

[4:43:45] equity is great.

[4:43:49] It's not just about our raising

[4:43:50] are so concentrated in those

[4:43:51] districts and the nimbleness

[4:43:51] that three council members can

[4:43:55] get together and have those

[4:43:56] conversations I think it'd be

[4:43:56] worthwhile to engage them

[4:44:01] directly even before you come

[4:44:02] to the next environment or next

[4:44:07] to the city council meeting.

[4:44:08] I also wanted to emphasize

[4:44:09] again, Chief, you had a chance

[4:44:09] to emphasize because you kind

[4:44:13] of talked about it in an

[4:44:14] environment you talked a little

[4:44:15] bit about it and I think you

[4:44:19] described this as kind of step

[4:44:19] one.

[4:44:20] This was just to get our annual

[4:44:24] stormwater update but also to

[4:44:25] say we are now convinced about

[4:44:25] El Nino.

[4:44:30] We don't know where it's going

[4:44:31] to happen.

[4:44:32] We don't know when it's going

[4:44:32] to hit but it's going to be big

[4:44:36] And a lot of the questions I

[4:44:37] think my colleagues asked were

[4:44:38] really about maybe step two or

[4:44:38] step three.

[4:44:43] The I guess a temper First this

[4:44:43] is only the fourth council

[4:44:44] meeting.

[4:44:44] So since coming back from

[4:44:48] summer recess but just get a

[4:44:49] confirmation from you and I

[4:44:53] maybe forgot about that.

[4:44:54] You are also concurrently

[4:44:54] working on that next stage

[4:45:00] which is what happens when

[4:45:01] something hits And what is that

[4:45:05] agency response in terms of

[4:45:06] saving lives, telling people

[4:45:07] where to go, having resources,

[4:45:12] whether it's shelters or

[4:45:12] medical or places for pets

[4:45:18] everything we do in a wildfire

[4:45:18] that that will be kind of that

[4:45:19] next step in the conversation

[4:45:24] that will be much more

[4:45:25] important to engage with

[4:45:25] the community members whether

[4:45:26] they have a role where the city

[4:45:30] is doing on its own or however

[4:45:31] we're going to do that.

[4:45:31] So is that kind of what

[4:45:32] the next step is?

[4:45:35] Thank you customers And yeah

[4:45:35] that's exactly it.

[4:45:36] As mentioned when I when I took

[4:45:37] over the office in JUNE we

[4:45:42] identified the El Nino was

[4:45:42] going to be something that

[4:45:43] needed to be taken look at and

[4:45:44] the foundation of what was

[4:45:47] present didn't really have

[4:45:48] the opportunity for us to

[4:45:48] actually develop the work,

[4:45:49] develop the products, received

[4:45:53] the information, put it all

[4:45:54] into actionable plans And

[4:45:54] the last thing that I wanted to

[4:45:55] do was to just pay lip service

[4:45:59] without the ability to actually

[4:45:59] do something about it.

[4:46:00] And so all of a sudden working

[4:46:03] groups and 90 people in

[4:46:04] the working groups that are

[4:46:05] meeting every two weeks and

[4:46:08] then the all the different nine

[4:46:08] sub working groups are meeting

[4:46:09] almost definitely every week

[4:46:10] sometimes every day trying to

[4:46:14] get that established is what's

[4:46:15] led us to here And that's why

[4:46:15] we're calling this

[4:46:16] the beginning of

[4:46:17] the conversation because we're

[4:46:17] finally at the point where I

[4:46:20] think that we can actually have

[4:46:21] tangible good conversations

[4:46:21] with the community to make sure

[4:46:26] that we do continue.

[4:46:27] So but to your point, this work

[4:46:31] is kind of a spectrum and less

[4:46:31] more of a step one step two

[4:46:32] step three we're doing

[4:46:32] concurrent work.

[4:46:33] Some subcommittees are actually

[4:46:34] getting to the point where

[4:46:36] they've completed their mission

[4:46:37] and they're ready to actually

[4:46:38] begin another project.

[4:46:42] So there's some really good

[4:46:42] productivity happening.

[4:46:43] There's some other some working

[4:46:44] groups that are just starting

[4:46:48] off because of where we are.

[4:46:49] So but I'm hopeful that we have

[4:46:50] a good framework now that can

[4:46:50] be very efficient.

[4:46:54] Okay, great.

[4:46:55] Thank you for for updating that

[4:46:55] And I had another line I'm

[4:47:02] going to leave it.

[4:47:03] I want to thank everybody for

[4:47:03] operations that are said in

[4:47:04] the audience.

[4:47:05] Just were ready to step up in

[4:47:06] case there was any questions.

[4:47:06] Thank you for the update on

[4:47:07] the channels.

[4:47:12] I think it helps the community

[4:47:13] to hear six days a week, 12

[4:47:14] hour days trying to catch up

[4:47:18] What's the best way?

[4:47:19] I don't know that I heard my

[4:47:20] colleagues or in my colleague's

[4:47:21] article what's the gentleman

[4:47:24] came here I thought channel It

[4:47:25] doesn't seem like it's been

[4:47:25] touched yet What's the best way

[4:47:30] for the community to reach out

[4:47:31] is through the council offices.

[4:47:31] Is it through Get it done?

[4:47:32] I mean what's the best way?

[4:47:36] Yeah so we encourage reporting

[4:47:36] through get it done primarily

[4:47:37] because it's documented on both

[4:47:37] ends.

[4:47:41] The concern from the public is

[4:47:42] documented and then the city's

[4:47:43] response is documented.

[4:47:43] However, if you know you're not

[4:47:47] getting the response you want,

[4:47:47] you feel it's an urgent

[4:47:48] situation.

[4:47:49] We also can advise people to

[4:47:53] call issues into our emergency

[4:47:53] dispatch center (619)527-7500.

[4:47:59] That's for more of an emergency

[4:48:00] situation particularly during a

[4:48:01] rain event If something is

[4:48:01] observed and we need to

[4:48:04] dispatch a crew right out there

[4:48:05] but get it done is the best way

[4:48:06] We are reviewing those every

[4:48:11] day and it's factoring into all

[4:48:11] of our priorities.

[4:48:12] So that's what I would

[4:48:12] encourage.

[4:48:12] Okay.

[4:48:13] I don't know how my colleagues

[4:48:17] work What I tell folks is when

[4:48:17] you get that confirming email

[4:48:22] to forward it to my office so

[4:48:23] that we are aware and we can

[4:48:23] nudge if we think it really

[4:48:28] rises to that level going

[4:48:29] forward and we know how hard

[4:48:29] you guys are working.

[4:48:30] I mean that's that's really

[4:48:34] the hard part and I think I'm

[4:48:35] just going to start oh I guess

[4:48:36] the last thing I'm going to say

[4:48:40] I think the other heads up part

[4:48:41] of this because I can't

[4:48:42] remember whether it was earlier

[4:48:46] maybe it was earlier this year

[4:48:47] where I got a phone call from

[4:48:47] the mayor's office And I assume

[4:48:48] my colleagues due to the big

[4:48:51] storms are coming.

[4:48:52] This is what we're doing to

[4:48:53] prepare And then the big storm

[4:48:57] never came and I think that's

[4:48:58] one of the things that I think

[4:49:03] about with both Operation side

[4:49:04] You're only human and super

[4:49:05] human but you're only human And

[4:49:09] for the communities who say get

[4:49:10] that warning, get ready, it's

[4:49:10] going to happen and then it

[4:49:14] doesn't happen because mother

[4:49:15] Nature does what Mother Nature

[4:49:16] is going to do And I think that

[4:49:16] will be one of the other

[4:49:17] challenges is not to have that

[4:49:21] exhaustion going into another

[4:49:22] false alarm.

[4:49:22] I'm not going to do anything

[4:49:26] but to constantly stay vigilant

[4:49:26] .

[4:49:27] And so even when there is a

[4:49:28] quote it didn't happen the way

[4:49:33] we thought it did.

[4:49:34] We knew we were ready for it

[4:49:35] and we'll be ready the next

[4:49:35] time if and when it happens.

[4:49:40] So I'll wrap it there.

[4:49:41] It's been a long afternoon So

[4:49:42] again I thank you for your

[4:49:44] willingness I think to my

[4:49:45] colleagues for for really

[4:49:46] digging and taking advantage of

[4:49:51] the opportunity for this and

[4:49:51] we'll look forward to staying

[4:49:52] in contact.

[4:49:57] So Council PRESIDENT I would

[4:50:02] just like to request that you

[4:50:03] guys do come out to District

[4:50:03] four.

[4:50:08] I think you know the 2024

[4:50:08] floods.

[4:50:09] Armand I think I'm going to be

[4:50:14] in touch with you and also

[4:50:14] Jackie Robinson ymca.

[4:50:15] I think that's an established

[4:50:16] location where the community

[4:50:19] knows yeah.

[4:50:19] Councilmember That is

[4:50:20] absolutely the plan whether

[4:50:26] it's an established group or

[4:50:26] just us getting out of

[4:50:27] the habit of going to

[4:50:28] the normal town council or

[4:50:28] planning group we want to meet

[4:50:31] folks where they're at.

[4:50:32] >> So that is absolutely that

[4:50:33] commitment there.

[4:50:33] Okay.

[4:50:33] Thank you.

[4:50:34] All right.

[4:50:36] A good way to conclude on all

[4:50:36] this again.

[4:50:36] Thank you.

[4:50:42] All right.

[4:50:43] Again, as a reminder, this was

[4:50:44] an information item and no

[4:50:44] motion was required.

[4:50:47] We will now adjourn council to

[4:50:48] the next regularly scheduled

[4:50:49] council meeting on Monday,

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