[0:02] Interesting. Hurry now. Okay.
[0:03] Good evening, everyone. I
[0:03] m
[0:04] going to call tonight
[0:04] s
[0:06] Temecula City Council meeting
[0:08] to order at six pm Welcome.
[0:08] It
[0:09] s nice to see everyone here
[0:11] this evening. Tonight
[0:12] s
[0:12] invocation. We
[0:13] re going to
[0:14] invite up Sylvester Scott.
[0:16] Welcome this evening and then
[0:16] flag salute. We
[0:17] re going to
[0:20] have the Boy Scouts of America
[0:23] Troupe won 48 come up and do
[0:33] our flex sleep, so join us.
[0:36] Although merciful GOD Although
[0:38] hard, mighty in powerful.
[0:42] Although most kind father These
[0:43] servants have gathered together,
[0:45] turning to the Plicating by
[0:49] threshold. Desire and buying
[0:50] endless bounty is from my great
[0:54] assurance. They have no purpose.
[0:56] Save thy good pleasure. They
[0:57] have no intention save service
[1:01] to the world of humanity. Oh
[1:02] GOD make this assembly to
[1:04] radiance. Make the hearts
[1:07] merciful. Confirmed the
[1:09] bounties of the Holy Spirit.
[1:11] And, then with the power from
[1:14] heaven. Bless them with
[1:18] heavenly minds. Increase their
[1:19] sincerity. So that was all
[1:21] humility and contrition. They
[1:24] MAY turn to buy kingdom. And be
[1:26] occupied with service to the
[1:29] world of humanity. MAY each and
[1:30] one each one become a radiant
[1:34] candle. Made each one become a
[1:37] billion stars. MAY each one
[1:39] become beautiful and color and
[1:40] redolent of fragrance and the
[1:43] Kingdom of GOD. All kind father.
[1:50] For thy blessings. Considering
[1:51] not our shortcomings. Shelter
[1:56] us. Under the eye protection.
[1:59] Remember, not our sins. Hell s
[2:04] with my mercy. We are weak.
[2:08] That was mighty We are poor.
[2:08] Bell aren
[2:12] t rich. We are sick.
[2:14] How are the physician? We are
[2:21] needy. Now our most generous Oh
[2:22] GOD and hours without
[2:24] Providence. There are the
[2:28] powerful There are the giver.
[2:52] The art the beneficent.
[2:57] Everyone, please rise. Even
[3:00] uniform salute the flag. If not
[3:01] put your right hand over your
[3:04] heart. Join me in the Pledge of
[3:08] Allegiance. Ready begin. I
[3:09] pledge of allegiance to the
[3:12] flag of the United States of
[3:14] America and to the Republic for
[3:17] which it stands One nation
[3:19] under GOD, indivisible with
[3:19] liberty and justice for all.
[3:28] Two. Thank you very much. MADAM
[3:30] City clerk. MAY we please have
[3:32] the roll call. Yes Council
[3:34] member Alexander here, Council
[3:35] member Brown Here Council
[3:38] office here. Mayor shrank. I
[3:38] m
[3:42] here, Stuart. Thank you very
[3:42] much we
[3:43] ll move into
[3:45] presentations are first
[3:46] presentation this evening is is
[3:48] by David Preciado of I
[3:48] d Bailey
[3:50] regarding our city
[3:51] s annual
[3:52] comprehensive financial report.
[3:56] Welcome. Thank you. Alright, so
[3:59] good evening. My Name is David
[4:00] prosciutto you might have had
[4:01] David Showalter on the docket
[4:02] there at some point, but I
[4:02] ve
[4:04] been here on his behalf. He was
[4:07] in an arc in an accident can be
[4:10] here. However. I was the audit
[4:10] manager overseeing the
[4:14] financial statement audit. Um
[4:16] So are our responsibility as
[4:18] the auditor was to express an
[4:20] opinion as to whether or not
[4:22] the financial statements were
[4:24] presented fairly part of our
[4:25] audit included the
[4:27] consideration of the city
[4:27] s
[4:28] internal controls for the
[4:30] purpose of determining our
[4:31] audit procedures and not to
[4:34] provide Ah assurance concerning
[4:37] those internal controls. Um in
[4:40] the audit process. We gather
[4:42] evidence from inquiries with
[4:45] staff verification with third
[4:47] parties vouching transactions
[4:51] to supporting documentation and
[4:51] performing analytical
[4:53] procedures. So basedn The
[4:54] evidence that was gathered
[4:58] during the audit. We issued a
[4:59] unmodified opinion over the
[5:01] financial statements and this
[5:03] is a clean opinion and is the
[5:03] highest level of assurance that
[5:08] we can provide. So Ah. The
[5:08] auditor
[5:10] s report also contains
[5:12] a emphasis of matter Paragraph
[5:14] So, This paragraph draws the
[5:15] reader
[5:16] s attention to the
[5:16] implementation of a new
[5:19] accounting standard. Uh so this
[5:22] standard is related to leases.
[5:24] So the impact of the standard
[5:26] on the city
[5:26] s financial
[5:28] statements is included as a
[5:29] footnote disclosure, so that
[5:29] s
[5:32] footnote number 18. Uh um, our
[5:35] opinion Within the auditor
[5:36] s
[5:36] report is not affected with
[5:39] regards to this matter, so we
[5:40] still have a clean unmodified
[5:44] opinion. Um So moving on here.
[5:44] There
[5:47] s certain balances within
[5:49] the financial statements that
[5:51] are derived from estimates, so
[5:53] those balances are related to
[5:53] the city
[5:56] s pension and other
[5:57] post employment benefit
[6:01] liabilities and are both based
[6:03] upon valuations from actuaries,
[6:05] So. These balances are
[6:07] sensitive based upon the inputs
[6:07] that the actuaries are are
[6:11] using. Ah So, for example, the
[6:13] discount rate if it moves up or
[6:16] down 1%. It could have a huge
[6:19] difference on the net pension
[6:21] liability or liability. So.
[6:23] That relationship has been
[6:24] disclosed as a separate
[6:25] footnote, so that
[6:27] s footnote
[6:28] Number nine for the city
[6:29] s
[6:31] pension and footnote, number,
[6:33] 14 for other posts and claim
[6:34] other post employment benefit
[6:38] liabilities. Um So moving on
[6:41] here. There were no corrected
[6:42] or uncorrected misstatements
[6:44] identified during our audit,
[6:45] and there were no disagreements
[6:46] with management during the
[6:50] course of the audit. All city
[6:51] staff were extremely
[6:51] professional during the entire
[6:54] audit. They were super helpful
[6:56] and were a huge part in the
[7:00] success of the audit. Um To
[7:01] conclude I on behalf of my
[7:01] Bailey. I
[7:03] d just like to thank
[7:04] you all for allowing us to
[7:06] serve as your auditor and we
[7:08] look forward to serving in the
[7:12] future and That concludes my
[7:13] remarks. Okay so nervous
[7:15] appeared. Well you could
[7:17] everyone behind you was
[7:18] thoroughly enthralled with the
[7:21] drawing the auditors, you kids.
[7:22] I mean it
[7:24] s the best. Now. We
[7:25] Appreciate you, David, and that
[7:26] and the team and we appreciate
[7:29] the finance team as well. Are
[7:31] there any questions or comments
[7:35] for Okay. You got off easy
[7:36] tonight. Take care. Thank you.
[7:39] Thanks. Okay. We
[7:39] ll go ahead
[7:41] and move to our annual joint
[7:42] meeting in City Council in the
[7:43] Planning Commission. We
[7:43] re
[7:44] going to actually reschedule
[7:46] this item for a future meeting.
[7:47] And. We
[7:49] ll move into our board
[7:50] and commission reports and
[7:50] we
[7:52] ll go ahead and start with
[7:54] Community Services Commission
[7:55] chair. Sizemore Europe. Good
[7:56] evening, Mayor Schlink Mayor
[7:58] pro tem Stewart and City
[8:00] Council members. I am Kathy
[8:01] Sizemore! I am the chairperson
[8:04] for the Community Services
[8:04] Commission. We are Commission
[8:06] of five. We have our newest
[8:08] commissioners Ernest Castro. We.
[8:10] Have you on hawks Jeff
[8:11] Kingsburg. Gary Audie is our
[8:14] vice chair and myself. The
[8:16] purpose of our commission is to
[8:18] review and make recommendations
[8:19] on topics related to the parks
[8:21] and rec element of the general
[8:22] plan and to provide parks and
[8:24] rec services and programming
[8:26] for the community. Next slide.
[8:27] Our Last meeting was on Monday,
[8:30] FEBRUARY, the 13th We approved
[8:33] the action minutes for the
[8:35] JANUARY 9th meeting. We also
[8:38] had a presentation from Stacy
[8:39] Fox in public works on some
[8:41] playground equipment and safety
[8:43] servicing projects. We have
[8:44] some really fun upgrades and
[8:46] remodels come into some of our
[8:48] parks in 2023 1 of the items
[8:51] that all of our commissioners
[8:52] Very complimentary about and
[8:54] recognized was the
[8:54] accessibility and inclusion
[8:56] that is involved in these
[8:56] Parker models. It
[8:57] s really
[8:59] Going to be really be something
[9:03] else. We also had a very
[9:05] thorough discussion of our
[9:06] community of our commissions.
[9:09] Mission. Um. What We were were
[9:10] organized to do and our
[9:12] priorities. We talked a lot
[9:13] about what our priorities are
[9:15] going to be in our vision for
[9:17] the upcoming year and we are
[9:19] looking forward to sharing that
[9:20] with you at our annual meeting,
[9:22] which will be on MARCH 14th.
[9:24] And. I did want to include
[9:25] something that just keeps
[9:27] coming up meeting after meeting
[9:28] all of our commissioners are
[9:31] just very involved in all the
[9:32] elements of community services
[9:33] and something that keeps coming
[9:36] up is just accolades for the
[9:37] staff. Just good experiences
[9:38] with the staff and all the
[9:39] different events and services
[9:41] that we participate in. We will
[9:42] be having our next meeting,
[9:43] which will be on Monday, MARCH
[9:47] 13th. Thank you. Thank you very
[9:47] much. Cheers, Sizemore. We
[9:48] ll
[9:49] move on to our planning
[9:53] Commission chair, Truly Trejo.
[9:55] Hello. I have a short report
[9:57] tonight. We met a couple weeks
[10:00] ago I on FEBRUARY 15th. Um, for
[10:03] revocation of a c p. And
[10:06] tomorrow night we meet at six
[10:07] pm to, um, hear information on
[10:09] a resolution. So. That
[10:09] s all I
[10:12] have tonight. Thank you thank
[10:12] you very much. We
[10:13] ll go ahead
[10:16] and move on, Um to our Public
[10:17] Traffic Safety Commission and
[10:20] chair Carter welcome. Mr Mayor,
[10:25] City Council. Can you chair Can,
[10:31] You, Turn on your mic. Start
[10:33] again. Good evening, Mr Mayor,
[10:36] Council members and city staff.
[10:39] Public safety traffic. Public
[10:41] Traffic Safety Commission
[10:42] consists of five commissioners
[10:43] Commissioner Ackerman myself as
[10:47] the chair David Maddox is the
[10:50] co chair j. J, James Richardson
[10:51] and Bradley Sullivan. We meet
[10:53] the fourth Thursday of each
[10:54] month where we review and make
[10:56] recommendations to the council
[10:58] on topics related to speed
[11:00] zones. Stop signs signals
[11:02] pavement market markings.
[11:03] Traffic design and engineering
[11:05] along with other items as
[11:07] directed. Our Last meeting was
[11:09] FEBRUARY 23rd last week last
[11:13] Thursday. Our first item on the
[11:14] agenda. Jennifer Hennessy, the
[11:16] director of finance, conducted
[11:17] an annual budget engagement
[11:19] session designed to engage
[11:20] commission members early in the
[11:25] development of the 23 24 annual
[11:26] operating capital Improvement
[11:28] Program budget process. We were
[11:30] given an opportunity to provide
[11:32] feedback to support programs,
[11:33] projects and events which the
[11:35] council will review during
[11:36] their upcoming budget workshop
[11:39] in MAY. This was just a
[11:42] receiver and file item which we
[11:45] received and filed. Uh, item
[11:48] number two on our agenda. City
[11:49] staff provided a thorough stop
[11:52] control analysis regarding the
[11:54] feasibility of implementing
[11:55] always stop controls in
[11:57] pedestrian crossings and peole
[11:59] Street and Main Street to
[12:00] address concerns of excessive
[12:02] speeding and lack of pedestrian
[12:05] crossings. The recommendation
[12:07] from staff was to recommend to
[12:09] the City Council to adopt a
[12:10] resolution establishing those
[12:13] multi way steps controls at
[12:15] that intersection and also have
[12:16] staff implements striped
[12:19] pedestrian crosswalks.
[12:22] Commission voted 50 to approve
[12:22] the staff
[12:23] s recommendation, and
[12:23] that
[12:24] s all we had any questions.
[12:28] Any questions? Thank you
[12:29] Alright? Appreciate you? Thank
[12:31] you s. Okay, our public
[12:33] safety report brought to you
[12:34] this evening by Chief Creator
[12:36] welcome Good Evening Mayor
[12:37] Council members, staff and
[12:40] community members. A little bit
[12:41] different. Look on the report
[12:41] that I
[12:42] m doing this month. It
[12:43] s
[12:44] a new year and we
[12:45] re turning
[12:47] the page. This report goes
[12:48] through Operation prevention,
[12:48] training and emergency
[12:50] management. I
[12:52] ll give you the
[12:54] breakdown for last year or last
[12:58] month in JANUARY 2023. The
[12:58] calls ran in the city of
[13:02] Temecula. Total of 828 calls
[13:06] ran in the city. 66 of those
[13:10] were traffic collisions. 586
[13:12] for medical related calls, Um
[13:15] nine fires in the city and a
[13:16] bunch of ringing alarms while
[13:20] false alarms. Um So breaking
[13:21] that down. I know that we do
[13:22] have a ringing alarm ordinance
[13:24] in the city. But. You could see
[13:26] that still holding that too.
[13:27] That is good for us at the Fire
[13:30] department. And. We appreciate
[13:33] the city support. Um in that
[13:36] ordinance next page. Here. You
[13:38] can see what you
[13:39] re running, Uh,
[13:39] stations are running in each
[13:45] district. Station 90 to 95 84
[13:49] 12 and 73 then Corresponding
[13:50] under the station and yellow is
[13:53] a number of calls ran. Out of
[13:53] those stations in the city
[14:00] limits. Next page. Moving on to
[14:03] fire prevention. Uh, Plan
[14:05] checks and reviews or still
[14:09] really busy 529 for last month.
[14:12] New construction inspections
[14:14] 395 anyone spec shins 3 59,
[14:15] which are mandated by the state
[14:19] of California. And. Then we had
[14:21] 27 folks come in to our counter
[14:24] for public inquiries. Next page,
[14:29] please. Alright r t. C c
[14:31] program of volunteers here in
[14:33] the city did 210 training hours.
[14:38] They received two applications
[14:38] have one new volunteer in the
[14:41] program. They had six volunteer
[14:45] meetings and to training events
[14:47] cpr Aid program. We had four
[14:49] classes. Stop bleeding program.
[14:52] We had one course. Ah
[14:53] healthcare provider bls program
[14:55] cpr in the city. We had one and
[14:57] that was a research for a city
[15:00] employee. And, then our heart
[15:03] our Heart Saver First Aid
[15:05] program. We had three courses
[15:06] in the city. The real highlight
[15:09] here. Is a Great Oaks high
[15:12] school. We did a hands on cpr
[15:13] and stop the bleed training
[15:17] there. With t c sd Aquatics
[15:20] Temecula Valley Hospital in the
[15:20] bio Inland Valley Medical
[15:24] Center. Ramona Valley Hospital
[15:27] and the school district. So. We
[15:32] were able to teach 1600. Kids
[15:34] and adults at the school on the
[15:36] importance of cpr and how to do
[15:38] it properly and also our stop
[15:40] The Bleed program, which has
[15:42] been on the forefront, I think
[15:43] You know locally with with some
[15:44] of the mass shootings we
[15:45] ve had
[15:46] people want to know this stuff,
[15:47] and I think it
[15:49] s good that our
[15:50] community knows that. So here
[15:51] s
[15:53] some pictures from that event.
[15:55] Um, I think it was well
[15:56] attended. You can see the stop
[15:58] the bleeding the hands on cpr
[16:00] being done. And on the big
[16:02] screen there in the gym. That
[16:02] s
[16:06] given instructions as well.
[16:13] Next page. For emergency
[16:15] management in JANUARY, the
[16:16] local has admitted mitigation
[16:17] plan is working its way through
[16:19] the Planning commission. It is
[16:20] currently at Cal os for
[16:25] approval. Um Mercy manager
[16:26] attended pdo class and media
[16:29] relations. Ah, the emergency
[16:31] operation plan is still pending
[16:33] Approval to be placed on the
[16:36] city Council to be adopted. And.
[16:37] You could see where we are on
[16:41] our grants and claims.
[16:41] Community presentations to and
[16:44] then we have a backpack program
[16:46] for having a go bag at home in
[16:48] the essentials that you would
[16:50] need in case of emergency. So
[16:51] yourself sufficient for 24
[16:53] hours. 320 of those have been
[16:56] distributed year to date. The
[16:58] last storms were in management
[17:01] watch and at normal level. Can
[17:06] we go back to slide, please.
[17:08] One thing I want to do? We had
[17:12] a survivor of cpr. Where, um
[17:13] Our firefighters were directly
[17:16] involved in saving a life and i
[17:18] want to invite Stephanie natter
[17:19] here and her husband, Dylan to
[17:21] come up and share their story.
[17:23] If you would. I think it
[17:23] s
[17:25] important to see that chain of
[17:28] survival from our 911?
[17:29] Dispatcher given instructions
[17:33] to Dealing over the phone to
[17:34] our firefighters showing up and
[17:35] giving excellent care. To the
[17:38] hospital. Being able to save
[17:39] her life, so I
[17:40] ll let her share
[17:43] her story. Thank you. Welcome.
[17:45] Thank you. Thank you and good
[17:46] evening. Thank You, too. Chief
[17:47] Creator for giving me this
[17:49] opportunity to share my story.
[17:52] My name is Stephanie Natter.
[17:56] And on SEPTEMBER 20th 15th.
[18:00] 2022 at 10 34 am I died? I
[18:00] m 39
[18:02] years old. With. No prior
[18:05] health conditions. I played
[18:07] sports all my life growing up.
[18:10] And I stayed active. And. My
[18:15] heart just stopped. I went into
[18:16] cardiac arrest. I didn
[18:16] t have a
[18:19] heart attack. Many people know
[18:20] the difference. But. Some of
[18:21] you MAY not, And I
[18:22] d like to
[18:26] share the difference. The,
[18:26] American Heart Association
[18:27] States. Heart attack occurs
[18:29] when the blood flow to the
[18:32] heart is stopped. Heart attack
[18:34] is a circulation problem.
[18:37] Cardiac arrest occurs when the
[18:39] heart malfunctions and stop
[18:42] speeding unexpectedly. Cardiac
[18:43] arrest is an electrical problem.
[18:46] That morning was just like any
[18:48] other morning. I got my kids
[18:50] ready for school made my
[18:53] husband breakfast, and I went
[18:54] upstairs and laid back in bed.
[18:57] I was on the phone with my best
[18:59] friend who is an er nurse.
[18:59] We
[19:02] re catching up about. The
[19:03] previous days and sharing
[19:06] stories. I made an instagram
[19:07] post of my son
[19:07] s water polo
[19:09] game the night before. And. My
[19:13] heart just stopped. I stopped
[19:16] responding to Jill. And she
[19:16] immediately knew something was
[19:18] wrong. She heard me take my
[19:22] last breath. And immediately
[19:23] conferenced my husband in on
[19:26] the phone call. Coincidentally.
[19:29] He was downstairs with no
[19:30] meetings to attend for work,
[19:32] and it was able to come up to
[19:37] our bedroom. He came up and
[19:38] found me laying in our bed
[19:43] lifeless in blue. And at that
[19:44] point, he knew he had to do
[19:49] something. He put me down on
[19:54] the floor and call 911. He was
[19:56] led for nine minutes doing
[19:58] chest compressions by the
[20:01] dispatcher until help arrived.
[20:04] At that point engine 96 92
[20:08] arrived at our home. And they
[20:10] took over chest compressions. I
[20:13] was shocked six times by an a d
[20:14] and received an I o port in my
[20:19] shin After 30 minutes, I
[20:21] regained a pulse and was
[20:22] transporte Temecula Valley
[20:26] er. Once. I arrived there. I
[20:28] coat it again. And received
[20:30] four more shocks. And was
[20:35] intubated. A few hours later, I
[20:37] was moved to icu. Where I coded
[20:42] again. Against cpr was
[20:43] administered and I was brought
[20:47] back. At that point I was put
[20:51] on 100% life support. For five
[20:54] days. After five days I woke up
[21:00] with No broken ribs. No
[21:01] neurological disorders deficits.
[21:07] And, no motor skill issues. I
[21:11] was alive and able Because of
[21:13] cpr done by my husband and the
[21:17] first responders. After day 10
[21:20] at day 10 I was discharged and
[21:24] walked out of the hospital. A
[21:25] couple of weeks after being
[21:28] home. My family, close friends
[21:30] and I were able to reunite.
[21:35] With 96 92. As well as the
[21:38] dispatcher. And. We
[21:38] re able to
[21:43] think them And hug them. Ensure
[21:46] gratitude for The role that
[21:49] they played. Each member of
[21:50] that crew was vital in my
[21:53] survival. And necessary that
[21:59] day. Hmm, a few of the medics
[22:02] even told me that Their
[22:03] outcomes aren
[22:04] t always this way
[22:06] and that they have never had a
[22:07] survivor be able to hug or
[22:11] thank them. That Day will
[22:14] forever be special for me. I
[22:15] m
[22:16] grateful to my best friend for
[22:18] the intuition and sense to hear
[22:20] something that was wrong. I
[22:20] m
[22:22] grateful for my husband, who
[22:24] was home and started cpr
[22:29] immediately. I am grateful. For,
[22:30] the experienced and
[22:32] knowledgeable medics. That came
[22:35] to my home. I
[22:36] m grateful for a
[22:37] hospital that is close by and
[22:41] our town. That Also gave
[22:42] amazing care and we
[22:43] re
[22:46] compassionate to my family. I
[22:48] am grateful for the skilled
[22:50] nurses and doctors as well. I
[22:51] m
[22:52] grateful to be here and to be
[22:54] able to share my story to share
[22:56] the awareness. And educate
[23:01] people. About saving people
[23:02] s
[23:03] lives with the cpr How
[23:06] important it is. I
[23:06] m grateful
[23:08] to be able to be a mom to my
[23:09] two kids and to be able to
[23:11] share my story with you guys
[23:13] today. I
[23:15] d like to acknowledge.
[23:19] 96 They are now extended family.
[23:21] They
[23:23] re here today supporting
[23:27] me and as well as my husband.
[23:29] They saved my life and the
[23:33] chain of survival works. Heroes
[23:34] are just ordinary people who
[23:36] know what to do. You never know.
[23:39] When the first responder is
[24:14] going to be you. Thank you.
[24:15] Stephanie. Thank you for
[24:17] feeling comfortable enough to
[24:18] share that story with us and
[24:21] and, um And admit I
[24:21] m holding
[24:22] back tears when you start
[24:24] talking about your Children and
[24:25] your family and things like
[24:27] that, and how important um,
[24:28] community is to each and every
[24:31] one of us so Thank you? We
[24:31] re
[24:32] glad and fortunate that you
[24:32] re
[24:33] here with us this evening. So
[24:37] thank you. That concludes my
[24:39] report. Thank you very much
[24:44] chie creator. Okay only
[24:47] uplifting public comments this
[24:47] evening, folks. We
[24:48] ll move into
[24:50] public comments for non agenda
[24:51] items. MADAM City clerk. Do. We
[24:54] have any public comments this
[24:55] evening, Mr Mayor. We have
[24:56] several public comments on
[24:58] agendas, items and non agendas
[24:59] items, So we
[25:00] ll take non
[25:01] agendas items at this time.
[25:03] Each speaker is limited to
[25:04] three minutes. The rules are
[25:05] provided for in the printed
[25:07] agenda. The. First speaker is
[25:10] Kathy Sizemore to be followed
[25:20] by Joseph Komarovsky. Welcome.
[25:23] Thank you. Good evening. Mayor
[25:25] Schwank Mayor Pro tem Stuart
[25:26] City Council members and our
[25:28] executive staff, But most
[25:29] importantly, residents of
[25:32] Temecula. I am Kathy Sizemore.
[25:33] I am the incoming District
[25:35] Committee chair for the talk
[25:36] about scouting District of Boy
[25:39] Scouts of America serving youth
[25:39] and adults in southwest
[25:42] Riverside County. But tonight.
[25:43] I
[25:45] m here as an Assistant Scout
[25:46] master for Temecula Boy Scout
[25:48] Troop 1 48 chartered by the vfw
[25:51] post 40 89 I am a privileged to
[25:53] be attending this meeting
[25:54] tonight with scouts from
[25:56] Temecula Strip 1 48. They
[25:56] re
[25:58] all working on the citizenship
[26:00] in the community Merit badge.
[26:01] And over the past eight weeks,
[26:02] These scouts have learned what
[26:04] it takes to be a good citizen
[26:08] in their community. Including
[26:10] what their rights, their duties
[26:12] and their obligations are as
[26:13] citizens of our city. They
[26:14] ve
[26:15] discovered what our city is
[26:15] known for, and they
[26:16] ve learned
[26:17] a little bit about Temecula is
[26:20] history. We have also learned
[26:21] about some local issues, and
[26:21] we
[26:23] ve had a very engaging
[26:25] discussion about the future
[26:26] Temecula Skatepark and they
[26:28] shared with me some of their
[26:30] ideas about potential action
[26:31] supports opportunities in our
[26:33] city. As part of their mayor
[26:35] badge. They will be completing
[26:37] eight hours of community
[26:38] service, benefiting a local
[26:40] nonprofit in our city. Tonight.
[26:41] They had the opportunity to
[26:43] meet with Mayor Swink to
[26:44] Tourist City Hall and learned
[26:47] about local government. Serving
[26:49] all youth, Both boys and girls
[26:52] scouting with Boy Scouts of
[26:52] America is thriving in Temecula.
[26:59] In 2022 867. To make it a youth
[27:02] participated and b s a programs
[27:04] which includes, um are 15
[27:06] scouting units. We have packs
[27:08] troops and we have fire Police,
[27:09] Highway patrol and medical
[27:10] explorer posts here in the city.
[27:15] Last year, 44 Temecula Scouts
[27:15] achieve scouting
[27:16] s highest rank
[27:17] of Eagle scout. Just a sample
[27:19] of some of the scouting Eagle
[27:20] Scout projects We
[27:22] ve had
[27:23] benefiting Temecula
[27:24] organizations and we did a al
[27:27] Box and five birdhouses for
[27:29] migratory birds for the Rose
[27:30] Haven heritage Rose Garden. We
[27:34] also had an Eagle Scout. Create
[27:35] six composting containers for
[27:38] the Rose Garden. Temecula
[27:39] Valley Unified School District,
[27:40] st, Thomas and st Catherine
[27:41] s
[27:43] Church are just some of the
[27:45] beneficiaries and Temecula of
[27:46] Eagle Scout projects last year.
[27:47] I want to say thank you to
[27:49] mayor shrank for meeting with
[27:51] our scouts tonight and helping
[27:52] each of these scouts be
[27:54] prepared to be better citizens
[27:54] in future leaders in their
[27:59] community. Thank you. The. Next
[28:01] speaker is Joseph Kamburov ski
[28:02] to be followed by Jim
[28:13] McLaughlin. Welcome. Greetings
[28:13] I
[28:14] m Joseph Komarovsky and, yes,
[28:17] uplifting comments only. I
[28:20] first want to thank the City
[28:21] Council and city staff and i
[28:22] want to congratulate Mr Calvez
[28:23] for winning your race, Mr Brown
[28:26] for winning your race, Mr
[28:26] Schwank for getting voted in
[28:29] Mayor. Mr Stewart and Mrs
[28:30] Alexander for hanging in there
[28:31] and thank you all for serving
[28:34] our wonderful city. Um. I
[28:35] m I
[28:35] m
[28:35] on I
[28:37] m here tonight on behalf
[28:39] of neighborhood drop in on a
[28:40] fellow board member PRESIDENT,
[28:41] Vice, PRESIDENT Adam and Alex
[28:43] are back there with me. Um, we
[28:45] are as what we would say, and
[28:47] skater and server terms very
[28:48] stoked at what
[28:49] s on your
[28:51] consent. Um, you know, calendar
[28:52] tonight, the consultant
[28:56] agreement for a new skate park.
[28:57] Um. Yes, and we
[28:59] re very pleased
[29:01] and were greatly appreciative
[29:03] of your efforts. Remember me
[29:05] and Adam met with Zach Year and
[29:06] a half ago. And we didn
[29:07] t know
[29:08] what to expect. When. We said,
[29:10] we really need a new skate park
[29:12] and then he had me at. I was
[29:14] thinking about doing something
[29:15] like Prince Park and I was
[29:16] stunned and it showed me the
[29:18] depth and breadth of, um Our
[29:21] mayor. Um that that is an
[29:23] amazing skate park. And, So. I
[29:23] think you
[29:24] ll be pleased that
[29:27] you chose chosen Spohn Ranch as
[29:28] a potential designer or does
[29:29] the designer for the Skate Park?
[29:34] Um Yes. And what else do I got?
[29:42] Let me see. I think I think
[29:42] that
[29:45] s about it. Um Thank you
[29:47] so much, Everybody. Thank you.
[29:48] Next speaker. The next speaker
[29:50] is Jim McLaughlin to be
[29:55] followed by Bob Cal. Welcome
[29:57] good evening Council members,
[29:58] City staff and citizens. My
[29:59] name is Jim McLaughlin. I
[29:59] ve
[30:01] been a resident of two macular
[30:03] for about 15 years I attended
[30:04] the last City council meeting
[30:05] two weeks ago because I hadn
[30:05] t
[30:06] been in a while and I was
[30:07] interested in getting to know
[30:09] the new kids on the block. I
[30:09] wasn
[30:10] t that long ago that Mayor
[30:12] Schwank was the new kid on the
[30:13] block, and so I was kind of
[30:16] checking him out to the most
[30:16] interesting part of the meeting
[30:17] for me was the last discussion,
[30:19] the one about putting a vote
[30:20] for term limits on the ballot
[30:21] Now on that issue. I don
[30:22] t feel
[30:23] strongly. Either way. I know
[30:25] there are compelling narratives
[30:26] for both sides. I listened to
[30:27] the discussion and there was
[30:28] little real pushback at first,
[30:30] a phrase uttered more than once
[30:30] was. Well, I don
[30:32] t have a
[30:33] problem with it shrank when we
[30:34] went last and brought up his
[30:35] arguments against her term
[30:36] limits, and I found those he
[30:38] had some pretty valid points
[30:40] after his comments. So. I
[30:41] thought Okay, now I know a
[30:41] little bit more about Mayor
[30:44] Swang. 20 also acknowledge his
[30:45] belief that if it were put on
[30:47] the ballot today, people would
[30:50] vote in favor of term it term
[30:51] limits Following his comments I
[30:53] heard council member office
[30:53] referred to that comment that
[30:55] people would vote in favor and
[30:56] that that was all he needed to
[30:58] hear. I think that was a direct
[31:00] quote. I have two problems with
[31:02] that one is it sounds like you
[31:02] weren
[31:04] t even considering the
[31:04] mayor
[31:05] s arguments. You cherry
[31:06] picked what you would agree
[31:07] with your point of view and
[31:10] dismissed the rest. Second, you
[31:11] believe that
[31:11] s what
[31:11] s popular
[31:13] is more important than what
[31:13] s
[31:14] best as in. Well, if that
[31:14] s
[31:16] what the people want. We should
[31:17] give it to them. I think most
[31:18] would agree that that
[31:18] s not
[31:20] always a good idea. It
[31:20] s
[31:22] certainly no way to lead In a
[31:23] representative form of
[31:24] government. We elect people to
[31:27] do the work of studying the
[31:28] issues considering the validity
[31:30] and merit of the alternative
[31:31] alternatives and then to choose
[31:31] what
[31:33] s best. I know from
[31:34] personal experience that
[31:35] putting yourself in a
[31:36] leadership position for there
[31:39] to be any hope of being
[31:40] effective, requires self
[31:42] reflection and growth, which is
[31:44] often very uncomfortable, but
[31:44] it
[31:47] s also high leaders are
[31:47] forged. It
[31:48] s humbling and I
[31:50] find humility to be an
[31:52] admirable quality in a leader.
[31:53] I wish you well, I really do
[31:54] all of you and I. Thank you for
[31:57] your attention. Thank you next
[31:59] speaker. The. Next speaker is
[32:00] Bob Cal to be followed by Dario
[32:07] Bianchi. Welcome. Hello there,
[32:12] Um I have a couple of things to
[32:13] say, Um Sheriff Bianco has been
[32:15] under attack by the state
[32:16] dictators and I
[32:17] d like to ask
[32:19] that there be a resolution in
[32:22] behalf of him support him and
[32:23] instead of the investigation,
[32:27] this, uh This, um, crazy
[32:29] investigation that people are
[32:31] putting upon him. Uh and And if
[32:31] you don
[32:33] t know it, it is crazy.
[32:38] So please have a resolution to
[32:40] support Chad Bianco in in in
[32:42] fighting the state on this.
[32:44] Appreciate it if you did that.
[32:44] It
[32:45] s like anything is that I
[32:46] don
[32:47] t know how the governor can
[32:50] have such power. But Hmm today.
[32:53] He, um, scheduled an end to
[32:53] Covid so we don
[32:55] t have any
[32:57] covered anymore. No emergency?
[32:59] No. Nothing to worry about.
[32:59] Yeah, that
[33:01] s what the governor
[33:03] says. Yeah. So having said that
[33:04] we used to have a we used to
[33:06] meet over here once a month.
[33:08] Our club. And. I like to do
[33:11] that again if we can do that,
[33:14] so I would like to Somebody
[33:15] could have resolution or a
[33:18] motion or something to Allow
[33:19] non profits or other groups,
[33:22] too. Have that room across the
[33:24] way Conference center. Um,
[33:25] Since there is no state of
[33:29] emergency anymore. A little
[33:30] history. Um, well, oh, a friend
[33:33] of mine. Ah or any Huntington
[33:33] s
[33:37] beach. They just passed a flag
[33:37] law either just allowing
[33:39] official flags. I know this
[33:42] comes up later in the item, 12,
[33:44] but, um An old friend of mine.
[33:46] He used to be a state senator
[33:48] and Assemblyman. They just made
[33:50] it so that only official
[33:52] American state flags can be
[33:53] flown. So. You can
[33:54] t have a
[33:55] Confederate flag. You can
[33:56] t
[33:58] have the the any kind of weird
[33:59] flag up there. You just have.
[34:05] Normal flag. Um In the in the
[34:08] state in our state. We have 58
[34:10] counties. We have 480 cities
[34:13] with, uh most of them will
[34:14] probably over 400 having less
[34:18] than 100 100,000 people. Um 120
[34:20] over MARCH charter cities.
[34:24] Charter cities have a
[34:27] Embellishment to them that they
[34:29] How the power over municipal
[34:29] affairs. There
[34:30] s a question on
[34:31] that, and I
[34:32] d like you to look
[34:36] at YouTube. Home rule in
[34:36] California cities, It
[34:36] s put
[34:38] them on the league of Cities.
[34:38] It
[34:38] s the best thing I
[34:40] ve ever
[34:42] seen on it, Um, talks about the
[34:44] power of a general city like
[34:47] you have here in the power of a
[34:48] charter city and what the
[34:50] charter City has a lot more
[34:52] power against the state. The
[34:54] dictatorship of the state.
[34:54] Thank you very much Thank you.
[34:57] Next speaker. Next speaker is
[35:05] Dario Bianchi. Welcome. Thank
[35:10] you. Good evening. Um, so let
[35:11] s
[35:13] start to be non David. Since
[35:16] there is division in this
[35:19] country and very concerned
[35:20] about that, okay, and to do so
[35:22] we have to talk about one of
[35:26] the most divisive. Issue today.
[35:27] For the last five years at
[35:30] least. Critical theory is part
[35:36] of a system of Marxist related
[35:37] social terrorists developed by
[35:42] academics. That is at least a
[35:44] defamatory claim that America
[35:47] is systematically racist. Okay?
[35:50] I know something about that My
[35:50] wife, She
[35:51] s African American,
[35:56] okay? The perceptive critical
[35:57] race theory have now burst
[36:02] outside. The University and
[36:03] permeate our corporation,
[36:04] government military and
[36:09] especially our school. Under
[36:14] the guise of code words such as
[36:16] equity, anti racism, inclusion
[36:16] inflation, leftist today
[36:20] prome Critical race theory
[36:21] perceptive through American
[36:26] institutions. They profoundly
[36:28] radical elements of critical
[36:30] race terrorist springs from
[36:33] Marxist segment of the academic
[36:35] left alongside Other extreme
[36:40] school of thought. According to
[36:41] critical race theory. All
[36:42] Western civilization,
[36:43] especially America is infused
[36:44] to the court with white
[36:50] supremacist. So my idea would
[36:53] be this We have the ready
[36:55] Commission race equity.
[36:58] Diversity inclusion. I suggest
[37:00] to the City Council to change
[37:02] the race equality. In diversity.
[37:07] There will be fair. There will
[37:11] be non divisive. Because equity
[37:12] and inclusion is divisive to us.
[37:17] To my family. To the American
[37:18] people, So I
[37:19] m asking you to
[37:22] take a stand on this and do not
[37:24] divide the United states as
[37:25] much as we are already. Thank
[37:30] you. Thank you Next speaker.
[37:31] That concludes in person
[37:34] comments I do have to email
[37:35] comments and we still have time
[37:37] in the 30 minutes, so we
[37:37] ll go
[37:39] ahead and read those two
[37:41] comments into the record. The
[37:45] first is from Rick Reese, and
[37:47] it was also submitted verbatim
[37:54] by Rich Handy. This. Commentary
[37:55] regards multiple topic, So
[37:55] let
[37:57] s get directly to the
[37:58] points on FEBRUARY 28th. The
[38:00] governor is scheduled to end
[38:02] the Covid 19 State of emergency
[38:03] for California if the city of
[38:05] Temecula still has an emergency
[38:07] resolution, in effect due to
[38:10] the very likely Wuhan, China
[38:12] originated. Covid 19 virus lab
[38:13] leak caused pandemic. The now
[38:15] is the time to retire or vacate
[38:17] this emergency resolution. Our
[38:18] city needs a return to normalcy
[38:21] and an end to this indefinite
[38:23] and seemingly forever state of
[38:24] emergency just as a point of
[38:26] order, it has become very
[38:28] apparent that past references
[38:29] to this lab creative lab
[38:31] created pandemic as the China
[38:33] virus actually have a lot of
[38:34] truth. The Technical Chinese
[38:36] Communists have earned this
[38:37] distinction. Let them bear the
[38:38] burden of this truth with no
[38:39] apologies on America
[38:40] s part.
[38:42] Next in regards to item 12. It
[38:43] is imperative for the City
[38:46] Council to stand up for local
[38:47] control of city zoning and to
[38:49] push back against the sp nine
[38:52] and sb 10 paragraph by
[38:53] Sacramento, much like a
[38:54] totalitarian political borough,
[38:56] the governor and the
[38:57] Legislature seizing local
[38:59] control and centralizing that
[39:00] power and Sacramento City
[39:01] councils have become little
[39:02] more than rubber stamps for
[39:03] Sacramento
[39:04] s edicts. The
[39:06] Council should also emulate
[39:07] cities like San Marcos del Mar
[39:09] Renter Center, Margarita and
[39:13] many others by supporting the
[39:14] brand wing Mendoza tripartisan
[39:15] Land use initiative. Please do
[39:17] not waver to Sacramento by
[39:20] Falling for their planned and
[39:21] promoted accessory dwelling
[39:22] units. Sacramento
[39:22] s paragraph
[39:24] is a dystopian attempt at bad
[39:25] urban planning that utilizes a
[39:28] cookie cutter approach to all
[39:28] of California
[39:29] s geographically
[39:32] and culturally diverse cities
[39:34] and communities. If anything
[39:35] this politburo like approach to
[39:38] urban planning is in reality,
[39:39] anti diversity. Their scheme
[39:40] seeks Top down conformity of
[39:41] communities that are as
[39:43] different as the desert. Is to
[39:44] the mountains and as different
[39:46] as a beach community is to our
[39:48] wine country. Lastly, in
[39:50] regards to business item number
[39:51] 14 concerning a ballot measure
[39:53] to establish city Council term
[39:55] limits. This should indeed move
[39:56] forward to the voters. Yet
[39:58] there also seems to be the need
[39:59] to properly define what
[40:00] constitutes a city Council term
[40:02] of office if a vacancy occurs
[40:05] and is filled by a council
[40:06] appointee to fulfill the
[40:08] remaining 44 months in office,
[40:10] should this 44 months. Count as
[40:11] a full term or shouldn
[40:12] t even
[40:13] shorter term of office of say,
[40:15] two years minus one day be
[40:16] considered as a partial term
[40:18] that qualifies the number 23
[40:19] more full terms. These
[40:21] potential wrinkles need to be
[40:23] addressed. If. This has not
[40:25] already been considered in the
[40:26] council needs to further
[40:27] deliberate otherwise, the
[40:28] council member in theory could
[40:30] serve a less than four year
[40:31] partial term than be elected
[40:32] and re elected to end up
[40:35] serving 14 15 or close to 16
[40:37] years in office. Thank you for
[40:38] your time and attention and
[40:41] godspeed to the Chinese people.
[40:46] And, then the last, um Comment
[40:48] emailed in is from Polly
[40:51] Steinbeck. Women are regularly
[40:52] getting drugged and local
[40:54] Temecula bars and the owner
[40:55] should be looked into. I would
[40:57] like to submit a public comment
[40:57] on this matter to the City
[41:00] Council. Mr Mayor. That is all
[41:03] of the in person and emailed
[41:05] comments for non agendas items
[41:06] and we
[41:08] ll take the items. The
[41:09] comments on agenda items at
[41:12] that time. Correct. Correct.
[41:15] Thank you okay? Moving on to
[41:16] our city council reports to any
[41:17] of my colleagues have anything
[41:17] they
[41:20] d like to report out. Yes.
[41:26] Council member Brown Yeah. I
[41:29] just wanted to highlight that
[41:31] MARCH 1st Tomorrow starts
[41:31] Women
[41:33] s History month, So,
[41:33] You
[41:34] re invited. Everyone is
[41:37] invited to come out MARCH 9th
[41:41] at six pm to hear the council
[41:44] chambers to hear the
[41:44] commissioner
[41:45] s proclaim. MARCH
[41:45] is women
[41:47] s history month and
[41:47] there you was received
[41:50] presentations. And, then also
[41:53] hear from speakers that will
[41:53] raise awareness to women
[41:54] s
[41:55] history month as well as speak
[41:58] to some of the work that still
[42:00] needs to be done in regards to
[42:04] gender equality. Thank you?
[42:05] Thank you very much. Council
[42:09] member, Alexander Alrighty.
[42:10] Well. Thank you so much first
[42:12] to the Sheriff department. I
[42:14] had a, uh, another ability to
[42:16] go on a ride along over the
[42:17] weekend. This time I was able
[42:19] to go with the metro team again.
[42:20] Mostly probably weren
[42:21] t here.
[42:22] The last meeting, so I try to
[42:23] go on these things about
[42:24] quarterly every couple of
[42:27] months just to get a feel as to
[42:27] what? Uh what
[42:28] s going on here
[42:30] in the city with our here in
[42:31] old town and in different areas
[42:32] and see if there
[42:32] s any gaps
[42:35] that MAY be I can see where we
[42:37] can kind of fill in together.
[42:38] So. I just I had a great ride
[42:40] along I was even able to I had
[42:42] the opportunity to go down and
[42:44] see the police station right
[42:46] here, right next here to City
[42:48] Council, um to City Hall, and
[42:49] it was wonderful and it was
[42:50] just good to see that these
[42:53] guys have a place to kind of
[42:55] start and stop from its kind of
[42:56] close to home somewhere to be
[42:58] able to detain the individuals
[42:59] until they can get the
[43:00] paperwork done, So. I just want
[43:01] to say thank you to staff for
[43:04] getting that done. Great job to
[43:04] everybody for putting that all
[43:05] together. It was really good,
[43:06] and I believe it
[43:07] s really going
[43:10] to help our public safety
[43:12] overall that also being said We
[43:14] had a probably one of our first
[43:16] in a while Public Traffic
[43:18] Safety commission meetings with
[43:21] myself, Um, Mr Carter and, um,
[43:22] Mr Maddox as well Commissioners
[43:24] and it was and also I think you
[43:26] were in there as well, right?
[43:30] Yeah, the two of us we, myself
[43:32] and Cinnamon City City Council
[43:34] member Alphas. We were able to
[43:36] have the conversation as to how
[43:37] to move forward with this
[43:38] commission and really all of
[43:39] them moving forward with how
[43:41] the City Council and the staff
[43:42] can work together, so I just
[43:44] want to thank you both for
[43:45] coming in and speaking with us.
[43:47] Just look forward to having
[43:48] more meetings and just giving
[43:49] like we spoke about more goals
[43:51] as to how everything is going
[43:51] to be structured with the
[43:55] commission. Ah, the last bit. I
[43:55] guess I
[43:57] m Just going to ask a
[43:58] city manager? I don
[43:58] t know if
[43:58] it
[44:00] s a better time now or later.
[44:01] I know somebody during comments
[44:02] had asked about the state of
[44:04] the city or the city emergency
[44:06] for the state. Where. Do we
[44:07] fall on that if do we fall
[44:09] under the state is that get
[44:13] canceled? Cover 19. Temecula is
[44:15] not under a state of emergency.
[44:17] Okay. Thank you very much and
[44:17] that
[44:18] s all. Yeah, I think
[44:18] that
[44:20] s all I have. Thank you.
[44:22] Thank you very much. Nothing
[44:23] else from any of my colleagues
[44:24] and I have nothing this evening,
[44:24] so we
[44:27] ll move on to our consent
[44:28] calendar. All matters listed
[44:29] under consent are considered to
[44:31] be routine and all will be
[44:32] enacted by one roll call vote.
[44:33] I. Don
[44:34] t number one is a waive
[44:36] reading of title and text of
[44:38] all ordinances and resolutions,
[44:40] including included in the
[44:41] Agenda Item two has approved
[44:44] action minutes of FEBRUARY 14th
[44:46] 2023 Item, number three is
[44:47] approved list of demands Item
[44:48] Number four, is approved First
[44:50] amendment to agreement with
[44:51] proactive Fire Design and
[44:53] Consulting Inc for Fire
[44:54] Department Plan Review Service
[44:57] for fiscal year 2022 2023 I.
[44:57] Don
[44:59] t Remember five, is
[45:00] approved Consultant Agreement
[45:01] with Community Works Design
[45:04] Group for the Ronald Reagan
[45:08] Sports Park skatepark pw 22-76
[45:10] is approved Agreements for on
[45:11] call excavation, backfill and
[45:12] grading maintenance services
[45:15] for fiscal year 2023 through
[45:17] 2028. Number seven is approved
[45:20] increase to the professional
[45:21] services contingency
[45:22] authorization for the Margarita,
[45:26] a recreation center project tw
[45:29] 17-21 and Item. Number eight is
[45:31] approved plans and
[45:31] specifications and authorized
[45:32] solicitation of construction
[45:35] bids for the Mary Phillips
[45:36] Senior Center Outdoor
[45:39] Recreation Project p w 22-8.
[45:41] And item number nine is except
[45:43] improvements and file notice of
[45:45] completion for the Senate
[45:46] gratuitous pedestrian bicycle
[45:48] Trail extension and
[45:52] interconnect Project pw 08-04.
[45:55] I will entertain a motion and a
[45:55] second motion to approve second.
[45:58] Okay. We have a motion in the
[46:08] second. Let us vote. Okay and
[46:10] that passes 50 before recess
[46:13] and move on to our Temecula
[46:14] Community Services district
[46:15] meeting. We do have an addendum
[46:16] to the agenda and I
[46:17] d like to
[46:18] hand it off to our city
[46:20] attorney at this time for a
[46:22] brief staff report. Yes, Mr
[46:24] Mayor and members of the City
[46:26] Council. Um, as you know, the
[46:27] city experienced some very
[46:29] heavy rains over the weekend,
[46:30] and there were a couple of
[46:32] places where there were some
[46:36] substantial damage to storm
[46:37] drains and two roadways. The
[46:38] Brown Act normally requires
[46:41] that all items be listed on the
[46:43] agenda except in emergency
[46:44] situations such as this, so
[46:48] staff is recommending that you
[46:49] Adopting a motion that would
[46:52] add an agenda item to the
[46:53] agenda as a late action item
[46:55] finding that the need to take
[46:59] immediate action to repair
[47:01] these storm damages is requires
[47:03] immediate action and that that
[47:06] issue came to the attention of
[47:06] the city after the agenda was
[47:08] posted. And that
[47:09] s authorized
[47:12] by government code section
[47:13] 54954.2. So that would be the
[47:15] initial action that you take.
[47:17] And then I. Think. After that
[47:18] Mr Thomas will explain what has
[47:19] occurred. And. Then. There
[47:20] s a
[47:21] resolution providing for the
[47:25] emergency work to be done. Okay.
[47:26] Any questions of staff from
[47:29] council members right now. Okay?
[47:31] Um, I
[47:33] ll entertain a motion to
[47:36] that item to the agenda. Second
[47:38] No a motion first and then a
[47:39] second motion. Okay. Okay, so
[47:40] we have emotion in a second.
[47:49] Let us vote. Okay that passes
[47:51] 50, and now we can come to that
[47:52] island and I will turn it over
[47:54] to our public works Director
[47:56] Pat Thomas. Thank you mayor
[47:57] shrink so the events that
[47:59] occurred over the weekend where
[48:01] we had we found a couple of
[48:02] sinkholes and a few locations
[48:04] where storm drains are located.
[48:06] One of those is on Margarita
[48:08] Road just north of salon away
[48:10] on the west side of Margarita
[48:11] Road, and we we
[48:11] ve televised
[48:12] that storm drain have found
[48:13] that the storm buried actually
[48:14] did collapse and so will need
[48:15] to replace a portion of that
[48:17] storm drain. There
[48:18] s actually a
[48:20] road closure in place at that
[48:20] location right now, so that
[48:21] s
[48:23] one of the areas that is
[48:26] included, and the second area
[48:29] is at the eastern and of
[48:31] Santiago Road, where where it
[48:32] ends, basically from from in
[48:32] Ezra, there
[48:34] s a storm drain
[48:35] that again crosses Santiago
[48:37] Road that collapsed with the
[48:38] rains that needs to be repaired
[48:40] and replaced. And so we
[48:41] re
[48:45] asking the council to adopt a
[48:46] resolution declaring these
[48:48] emergency condition to exist
[48:49] and exempting us from the
[48:50] bidding requirements so that we
[48:52] can move forward with directly
[48:54] repairing and replacing the
[48:55] storm drains so that concludes
[48:57] staff report. Okay, Thank you
[48:58] any questions of staff on this
[49:01] item? Nope. Okay. No questions
[49:03] Mr City Attorney. Do we need to
[49:04] read the resolution. We, don
[49:05] t
[49:06] Okay, so I
[49:07] ll entertain a
[49:09] motion to motion and a second
[49:12] to approved. Sorry. I can
[49:12] t
[49:13] motion and a second let us vote.
[49:22] Okay. I
[49:24] m not seeing anything.
[49:24] I don
[49:24] t think anyone saying
[49:25] anything on our screens. There
[49:31] we go. Okay and that passes 50.
[49:33] Okay. Thank you, everyone for
[49:36] Indulging us on that item. Okay.
[49:38] I will recess the Temecula City
[49:39] Council meeting and turn it
[49:41] over to PRESIDENT Stewart for
[49:44] the Community Services district
[49:46] meeting and I will open the
[49:48] Temecula Community Service
[49:49] district meeting. MADAM
[49:50] Secretary, Please note. We
[49:50] re
[49:51] all still her. Do we have any
[49:54] public comments. Alright, so
[49:54] we
[49:56] re onto our consent calendar,
[49:58] which is item number 10
[49:59] approved action minutes of
[50:03] FEBRUARY 14th 2023. Some of the
[50:04] second Kid
[50:05] s been moved and
[50:14] seconded. Please vote. Alright
[50:16] that passes, 50 director
[50:18] reports. Nothing tonight
[50:22] Perfect. General manager.
[50:23] Nothing further, Mr PRESIDENT,
[50:26] Right. So anything from the
[50:29] board members? Nothing. I will
[50:29] adjourn this meeting till the
[50:32] next one. Okay. And with that
[50:32] I
[50:35] m going to reconvene the
[50:35] Temecula Public Financing
[50:36] Authority. MADAM City clerk.
[50:38] Please note. We are all still
[50:39] here. Do. We have any public
[50:41] comments? Okay, we
[50:42] ll go ahead
[50:44] and move on to consent item 11
[50:45] approved action minutes of
[50:47] FEBRUARY 14th 2023, i
[50:47] ll
[50:49] entertain a motion to approve
[50:51] motion second Okay. We have a
[50:52] motion in a second. Let us vote.
[51:02] Okay in that passes. 50
[51:03] executive directors report
[51:04] nothing and I, MR. Chair Thank
[51:05] you board of directors anything?
[51:07] Okay. We
[51:09] re gonna head and
[51:13] adjourn the tp. A meeting to
[51:16] our tech Macula City council
[51:17] meeting and we have a public
[51:19] hearing for item number 12.
[51:21] Adopt Ordinance amending title
[51:23] five and 17 of the Temecula
[51:25] municipal Code pertaining to
[51:27] massage establishment accessory
[51:28] dwelling units. Carwash
[51:29] flagpole. Height limits
[51:31] conditional use permits parking
[51:33] garage standards. Open Space
[51:34] zoning designation live
[51:35] entertainment, alcohol,
[51:36] beverage manufacturer and
[51:37] active and passive recreation
[51:41] and find that this ordinance is
[51:41] exempt from the California
[51:41] Environmental Quality Act
[51:43] sequel pursuant to Seek. What
[51:44] guidelines section 15061 b
[51:48] three That was a lot will have
[51:53] a staff report, please. Good
[51:54] evening, Mr Mayor, Council
[51:57] members. Money is Mark will be
[51:57] presenting this item for you
[52:00] today. As you mentioned this is
[52:04] lr 22-0182 amending titles five
[52:06] and 17 of the Temecula
[52:07] Municipal Code a little bit of
[52:08] background that Temecula
[52:10] municipal code as originally
[52:12] adopted in 1990 since its
[52:13] adoption that Temecula City
[52:14] Council has periodically made
[52:16] amendments to various sections
[52:18] of the code to improve its
[52:19] clarity, correct discrepancies,
[52:19] improved processes and
[52:21] implement state law. This
[52:23] proposed ordinance would amend
[52:25] title five business license and
[52:27] regulations and title 17 Zoning
[52:29] Temecula Municipal Code. Little
[52:30] bit of the history of the
[52:31] ordinance. This ordinance was
[52:33] presented to the Planning
[52:35] Commission Municipal Code
[52:35] maintenance subcommittee on
[52:38] NOVEMBER 2nd of 2022. And. This
[52:40] item was presented to the full
[52:42] Planning Commission on NOVEMBER
[52:45] 16th 2022 resolution number
[52:47] 22-34 was adopted, Recommending
[52:47] City Council approved the
[52:50] ordinance. Staff presented the
[52:51] City Council General Plan
[52:54] update ad hoc subcommittee on
[52:55] JANUARY, 24th and staff briefed
[52:58] the mayor and remaining council
[52:59] members individually on
[53:00] FEBRUARY, 14th and FEBRUARY
[53:01] 16th. Everyone
[53:03] s seen this. So
[53:05] jump right into the changes.
[53:05] There
[53:06] s a few of them, starting
[53:09] with Title five. Specifically
[53:10] dealing with massage
[53:10] establishments and the
[53:12] exemptions to them. This would
[53:13] clarify that massage
[53:15] establishment that chair
[53:16] massage businesses are only
[53:18] exempt from the maximum number
[53:22] of massage establishments and
[53:22] no conversion of chair. Massage
[53:23] businesses are permitted a new
[53:24] massage business license would
[53:27] be required. And for operations
[53:28] of this obviously massage
[53:29] establishments. It would
[53:31] require all massage businesses
[53:33] to establish and maintain a
[53:34] dedicated telephone physically
[53:36] located at the business and is
[53:37] capable of dialing out
[53:41] specifically to 911. Jumping
[53:44] into title 17 are open Space
[53:45] Conservation district would
[53:47] modify the open space
[53:48] conservations only designation
[53:49] definition to include passive
[53:51] recreational uses and limit
[53:53] profit profit generating
[53:54] activity to unlimited term for
[53:55] the schedule of permitted uses
[53:58] for open space and open space
[53:58] conservation zoning
[53:59] designations. We
[54:00] re going to
[54:02] include bicycle paths as a
[54:03] permitted use, and we
[54:04] re going
[54:05] to clarify that communication
[54:06] and microwave installations are
[54:08] not permitted in any open space
[54:13] zoning designation. Title 17
[54:13] continues for our definitions.
[54:14] We
[54:15] re going to consolidate
[54:16] guesthouse and secondary
[54:18] dwelling unit with that of the
[54:19] accessory dwelling unit, or 80
[54:21] you and expand that definition
[54:24] of a d you to include any
[54:24] efficiency unit and
[54:25] manufactured home in accordance
[54:26] with state law. We
[54:28] re going to
[54:29] add definitions for recreation
[54:31] uses active and recreation uses
[54:31] passive and we
[54:32] re going to
[54:34] modify the definition of
[54:35] alcoholic beverage manufacturer
[54:37] to include the accessory use of
[54:38] a single food truck at their
[54:40] location, subject to the
[54:41] requirements of Riverside
[54:42] County Ordinance number 580 and
[54:46] the Temecula Municipal Code.
[54:48] All right title, 17 continued
[54:49] for our approved specific plans.
[54:49] We
[54:50] re just going to update the
[54:52] numbers of the adopted specific
[54:54] plans to include uptown
[54:54] Temecula and the Altair
[54:56] specific plans. And then for
[54:58] our schedule of permitted uses
[55:00] for pdo is number four in pdo
[55:00] 10. We
[55:02] re going to implement
[55:06] the requirement of ordinance
[55:06] 2022-6 there Live Entertainment
[55:08] Ordinance. This was previously
[55:08] passwords implementing it for
[55:14] these two pos. Title 17
[55:15] continued for a residential
[55:15] districts. We
[55:16] re going to
[55:18] remove the guesthouse as an
[55:18] approved residential accessory
[55:21] Use 80 us will be used in this
[55:23] place and for residential
[55:24] accessory structures. We were
[55:24] removed Guesthouse and the
[55:26] associated note from the table
[55:28] 80 years will be used instead.
[55:30] And for the schedule permitted
[55:32] uses for pdo number two, We
[55:36] removed Guesthouse and
[55:37] secondary dwelling unit and add
[55:37] a d u is an approved by right
[55:41] accessory use. Right. And for a
[55:41] t u standards we
[55:43] re going to
[55:43] require all utility equipment
[55:45] such as window heating or
[55:46] cooling devices be screened
[55:48] from public view, and then it
[55:49] would incorporate the
[55:51] requirement of a b 3 45, which
[55:52] is the separate conveyance of
[55:55] the u. S. For. Our. Conditional
[55:57] use permits were going to
[55:58] require all establishments that
[55:59] have a c u p that includes the
[56:01] on site consumption of alcohol
[56:03] to physically post their c u p
[56:04] to include conditions of
[56:09] approval on site. Right for a
[56:10] supplemental development
[56:10] standards. We
[56:11] re going to
[56:12] clarify that the existing
[56:15] separation from a car wash and
[56:17] residential property is to the
[56:18] residential property line,
[56:20] inclusive, inclusive of all
[56:21] vacuum equipment. Air
[56:22] compressors. Any motors are
[56:22] pretty much anything that makes
[56:25] noise. And then we
[56:25] re going to
[56:27] implement parking garage
[56:28] standards. These are safety
[56:30] standards dealing with lighting,
[56:31] visibility, signage, fencing
[56:36] and not design guidelines. Okay
[56:38] flagpoles. We have two sections.
[56:38] We
[56:39] re going to be amending for
[56:41] our flagpole height limit.
[56:42] There was a discrepancy in the
[56:44] code. We had one The reference
[56:46] to 75 ft flagpole height limit,
[56:48] in one reference to 50. We
[56:48] re
[56:49] correcting that and we went
[56:54] with the 50 ft height limit. So
[56:56] for our planning and zoning
[56:57] approval authority. We
[56:58] re gonna
[56:59] require all modifications, all
[57:00] modification applications to a
[57:03] c. You go before a public
[57:04] hearing for consideration, then
[57:06] for our schedule of permitted
[57:07] uses for commercial office and
[57:08] industrial uses. We
[57:08] re gonna
[57:09] correct a reference for adult
[57:11] business. This doesn
[57:12] t change
[57:13] adult businesses at all. We
[57:13] re
[57:15] simply changing a reference of
[57:17] the citizenry can go to the
[57:17] right section. That
[57:21] s it. So
[57:22] our secret determination staff
[57:23] has determined that the
[57:24] proposed ordinance is
[57:26] categorically exemp. From, the
[57:27] California Environmental
[57:29] Quality Act Sequa to pursuant
[57:31] to title 14 Chapter three
[57:32] California Code of Regulations
[57:36] section 15061 b three Staff
[57:38] recommendation is that staff
[57:39] recommended the City council
[57:41] introduced and read by title
[57:43] only the proposed ordinance.
[57:43] I
[57:44] m available for any questions.
[57:48] All, right. Thank you for the
[57:49] presentation. Any questions. Um,
[57:52] Stuart. Um. So. Have we ever
[57:53] had a flagpole higher than 50
[57:55] ft in the city of Temecula. We
[57:58] do south End of town by the 76
[57:59] the jack in the box at the end
[58:01] down there that one is well in
[58:03] excess. Um. This would not
[58:04] require any Flagpole that is
[58:06] above that height limit to be
[58:08] taken down, modified in any way
[58:09] it would be considered legal
[58:10] nonconforming and could exist
[58:11] in perpetuity as long as it
[58:12] s
[58:15] maintained. Okay. Any other
[58:16] questions? I have a couple of
[58:17] questions. Thank you so much by
[58:19] the way for the presentation.
[58:20] Of course. Okay. So when I
[58:21] think mine was kind of the same
[58:22] thing with the flagpole because
[58:23] I know that over there, I
[58:24] believe it
[58:24] s a garrison flag.
[58:25] That
[58:26] s on that flagpole in
[58:30] itself. Um I. Guess. Just why
[58:32] are we making it lower? Is
[58:33] there any specific reasons?
[58:34] Because I. Look at it. Just,
[58:37] you know once we get lower on
[58:37] anything, it
[58:37] s hard to bring it
[58:39] back up to you know, maybe if
[58:40] somebody wants to come in and
[58:43] put in 75 ft flag. No, we are.
[58:44] There was no reason we went
[58:45] with the conservative of the
[58:47] two numbers and that was it was
[58:50] a discrepancy and we went with
[58:51] that. Okay. Is there. I can add
[58:54] a little bit too that, um
[58:55] Typically everything we do. We
[58:57] like to analyze the heck out of
[59:01] it and have this very, you know,
[59:02] articulated justification, And
[59:04] in this case, there was just
[59:05] Two separate allowances in the
[59:09] code, and we picked 50 ft to be
[59:10] reasonable. Um, if the council
[59:13] would like to raise that lower,
[59:15] it said, no limit. I mean
[59:15] that
[59:16] s really up to the council.
[59:17] We just had a discrepancy in
[59:19] the code, and we needed to
[59:21] clarify it. So. We chose 50 ft.
[59:23] We thought that was reasonable,
[59:24] and that
[59:24] s really it. Thank you.
[59:26] Is that something that we want
[59:28] to have a conversation about,
[59:29] Maybe just leaving it because
[59:30] there was some people that you
[59:31] know if it
[59:33] s 75, the max We can
[59:34] just leave it. I. Don
[59:34] t think
[59:34] it
[59:35] s really hurting anybody And
[59:37] what? How awesome to be able to
[59:39] see the American flag at 75 ft
[59:39] up. That
[59:41] s what I say So. I
[59:41] know what you
[59:41] re you
[59:41] re
[59:44] gentleman thought is I like 75
[59:49] ft. I like no limit. Amen.
[59:51] Build a fire. I like if they
[59:53] can put 500 ft flagpole. Let
[59:53] s
[59:55] do it. Okay. Should we should
[59:56] we do it, Luke said. We could
[59:59] do no limit. I mean, no limited.
[1:00:03] You might have some issues with
[1:00:06] the faa with put that in the
[1:00:06] resolution, I don
[1:00:07] t have a
[1:00:08] problem with it. I mean it.
[1:00:10] Clearly it was just picking a
[1:00:11] number and that
[1:00:11] s fine.
[1:00:16] Absolutely. 75 75. Well. I mean
[1:00:17] no limit is better than and if
[1:00:17] we
[1:00:19] re going to be better than
[1:00:21] we should be better than Well.
[1:00:22] What
[1:00:26] s your thought? 75 or
[1:00:27] Lucas. No limit problematic or
[1:00:30] do we have to have it looks
[1:00:31] like, uh, it
[1:00:31] s it
[1:00:31] s hard to say,
[1:00:33] but, yeah, no limit probably
[1:00:35] would end up causing some
[1:00:36] problems somewhere along the
[1:00:40] line, so I think 75 more than
[1:00:42] reasonable that
[1:00:42] s extremely
[1:00:43] high maintenance over 75 years
[1:00:46] to be. Yeah, you need
[1:00:47] helicopter at a certain point
[1:00:47] you
[1:00:49] re gna have to put lights
[1:00:50] on it. You know Warren aircraft
[1:00:52] and things like that, So. Okay,
[1:00:52] I
[1:00:54] m 75 with me. Okay. We
[1:00:55] re
[1:00:56] good with that, Um, I just got
[1:00:59] a couple of just just from my
[1:01:00] understanding Also. So with the
[1:01:02] massage parlors and we we know
[1:01:05] obviously this has been an
[1:01:07] ongoing thing. Why? Why, do you
[1:01:10] Are? We going to specifically
[1:01:11] Keilar Ordinance to the massage
[1:01:12] parlor for a phone. Is there
[1:01:14] anybody else who has to have
[1:01:15] that same thing or like having
[1:01:17] a phone in there? Or what does
[1:01:17] that look like? It was
[1:01:19] primarily because of the
[1:01:20] enforcement actions going on
[1:01:21] throughout the city. There was
[1:01:23] times when the police code
[1:01:24] enforcement building and safety
[1:01:26] fire would show up during
[1:01:28] normal hours of operation and
[1:01:28] the business would appear
[1:01:30] closed and there was no way to
[1:01:32] physically reach them inside.
[1:01:33] Their contact number would
[1:01:34] bring to a cell phone or
[1:01:36] business line, not at the
[1:01:37] location and they could just
[1:01:38] they were not home. So. This
[1:01:40] way. We can have that the phone
[1:01:41] inside ringing and we know that
[1:01:41] they
[1:01:42] re going to physically be
[1:01:43] there. There
[1:01:44] s also a safety
[1:01:47] issue for any business involves
[1:01:47] physical contact between people
[1:01:49] do we ever do we have that with
[1:01:51] other other other, Um
[1:01:52] Organizations or businesses as
[1:01:55] well to be able to have that in
[1:01:57] there as well to proposing it
[1:01:59] for for these massage
[1:02:01] establishments. There was an
[1:02:02] actual, very specific incident,
[1:02:03] where a gentleman went to
[1:02:05] cardiac arrest and no one in
[1:02:07] the facility had a phone. So.
[1:02:10] We have a very specific reason
[1:02:12] for for requiring it in this
[1:02:13] circumstance so we hadn
[1:02:13] t
[1:02:15] analyzed any other business
[1:02:17] type. Just massage
[1:02:18] establishments. Okay, alright
[1:02:19] and my last one, and I
[1:02:19] m done
[1:02:21] just it was brought up about
[1:02:22] the a. D. U. S, if you can do
[1:02:25] me a favor and just kind of
[1:02:26] discuss what that is in detail.
[1:02:30] Ah! How did the state in itself.
[1:02:32] Do they have any control over
[1:02:34] that? Um why are we doing Why
[1:02:34] are we doing what we
[1:02:36] re doing?
[1:02:37] Well, yes. So going back to
[1:02:40] just a few years ago, Eight eu
[1:02:44] laws started to be issued by
[1:02:45] the state Legislature.
[1:02:48] Essentially. Those laws Make 80
[1:02:50] us by right use within the city
[1:02:52] of Temecula. So anyone who has
[1:02:55] a home can do an 80 You state
[1:02:56] dictated that and that
[1:02:56] s that
[1:02:56] s
[1:02:58] the law of the land. So what
[1:02:58] we
[1:03:00] re doing here tonight is is
[1:03:04] not in any way. Um, uh,
[1:03:05] changing or attempting to
[1:03:07] circumvent or anything to do
[1:03:10] with the primary laws that make
[1:03:13] a tus permitted uses. What
[1:03:13] we
[1:03:15] re doing is clarifying in
[1:03:17] the code. Um, so over time that
[1:03:22] the code has Ah had definitions
[1:03:24] for guesthouse and accessory
[1:03:25] dwelling unit and efficiency
[1:03:28] unit and Granny flat and second
[1:03:31] home and all these different
[1:03:33] definitions for what is
[1:03:35] essentially the same thing. So
[1:03:35] what we
[1:03:37] re proposing is to take
[1:03:38] all those individual
[1:03:39] definitions and just call them
[1:03:41] 80 us. Part of that is required
[1:03:43] by the state. But we took it a
[1:03:45] little further to capture all
[1:03:46] of the other definitions that
[1:03:47] we want, You know all the other
[1:03:49] designations that we want to
[1:03:51] create a consistent definition
[1:03:53] for, um and and that does a
[1:03:55] couple of things it also it
[1:03:56] makes it the code easier to use
[1:03:58] for the public. They can
[1:03:58] t get
[1:03:59] what am I doing a granny flat,
[1:04:01] or am I doing a guest house or
[1:04:02] my doing an 80 you It
[1:04:03] s all the
[1:04:05] same thing effectively is all
[1:04:06] the same thing, so it makes it
[1:04:09] easier. It makes it easier for
[1:04:11] staff to administer, and it
[1:04:13] also allows staff and the city
[1:04:15] to get credit under our arena
[1:04:17] numbers at the state when an 80
[1:04:18] you is created because we have
[1:04:19] as you all know Rena numbers
[1:04:21] and we need to make progress
[1:04:25] towards the satisfaction of
[1:04:26] those. And. We need
[1:04:26] them to be actually defined as
[1:04:27] an 80 you in the code for us to
[1:04:30] be able to tell the state and a
[1:04:31] d u was created here and we get
[1:04:32] credit for it. It
[1:04:33] s called the
[1:04:33] Guesthouse If it
[1:04:34] s called this
[1:04:36] that or the other thing, Um, we
[1:04:37] will be much harder for us to
[1:04:38] get credit for it. So. That
[1:04:38] s
[1:04:39] another reason we wanted to
[1:04:41] just make everything that is an
[1:04:44] 80 you Defined as an a d u Okay?
[1:04:47] All right? I do have one
[1:04:49] question on the I d. You are
[1:04:50] manufactured homes currently
[1:04:51] allowed in single family zoning.
[1:04:54] They are and as an a d you they
[1:04:57] would be as well. Is there a
[1:04:58] minimum square foot requirement.
[1:05:00] It is the minimum of an
[1:05:01] efficiency unit. I believe it
[1:05:03] s
[1:05:04] 125 square feet, but I could
[1:05:04] get back with you the exact
[1:05:08] answer. And just pertaining to
[1:05:10] this specific ordinance if
[1:05:11] approved a manufactured home
[1:05:13] and be approved as an ado,
[1:05:14] Currently it is separate than a
[1:05:16] do you you have to get a permit
[1:05:17] for manufactured home on a
[1:05:18] single families own property
[1:05:21] rather now, just being a d u
[1:05:23] under one umbrella right now,
[1:05:24] state law allows the
[1:05:25] manufactured home. We
[1:05:25] re just
[1:05:26] updating our code to reflect
[1:05:28] that so they could come in
[1:05:29] right now, with a manufactured
[1:05:30] home as an 80 you under state
[1:05:34] law. Thank you. Okay. Any more
[1:05:36] questions? Alright. Seeing,
[1:05:37] then this is a public hearing,
[1:05:37] so we
[1:05:39] re gonna open the public
[1:05:40] hearing for comments. MADAM
[1:05:42] City clerk. Do. We have any
[1:05:43] public speakers? Yes, we have
[1:05:46] one in person comment and then
[1:05:48] one emailed. Comment in person.
[1:05:50] Comment is from Bob Cal. Okay.
[1:06:00] Welcome. Hello. Um. I came here
[1:06:02] with the idea that this was on
[1:06:03] the bus bill that had all this
[1:06:06] new stuff in it, And I came to
[1:06:09] understand that it is actually
[1:06:14] changing certain items in in
[1:06:14] the bill or the the law. The
[1:06:16] Ordinance, and I just looked at
[1:06:18] how many items around here and
[1:06:18] there
[1:06:21] s uh well, let me see.
[1:06:21] There
[1:06:23] s a lot and it goes from
[1:06:28] the one 19 items. From
[1:06:29] everything from flagpole
[1:06:32] Heights, too. To 80 years for
[1:06:34] the uses the thing that caught
[1:06:37] my eye caught The Eye of Rick
[1:06:43] Review wrote something on this.
[1:06:43] It
[1:06:44] s uh, it was it
[1:06:45] s time to
[1:06:48] really stand up as every city
[1:06:49] in California should do against
[1:06:51] the state mandate. If you don
[1:06:52] t
[1:06:52] stand up now. What mandate,
[1:06:54] will they Put down on this next
[1:06:59] Um This. This changes the law
[1:07:02] in here to to governance code
[1:07:05] section 65 852. Point to as the
[1:07:10] same as Mhm. To me amended from
[1:07:11] time to time, so it doesn
[1:07:12] t
[1:07:14] actually give you any power at
[1:07:14] all. You
[1:07:15] re just rubber
[1:07:16] stamping something that state
[1:07:17] is telling you to do. So why
[1:07:19] are you even voting on it? Why
[1:07:21] are you here? If. You
[1:07:22] re if
[1:07:22] you
[1:07:22] re not if you
[1:07:24] re if you
[1:07:28] have to vote on on this 80 you
[1:07:29] then Because. You
[1:07:29] re you
[1:07:29] re
[1:07:30] gonna MISS Funding or you
[1:07:31] re or
[1:07:35] you
[1:07:35] re going to have the state
[1:07:35] Come in as I
[1:07:35] ve been told. Well,
[1:07:36] why not? Two of you Just say no.
[1:07:40] To this particular piece of it.
[1:07:42] And. The three. Pass it and it
[1:07:43] still passes. I don
[1:07:44] t want it
[1:07:48] to pass, but I think you have
[1:07:49] more power than you think.
[1:07:49] There
[1:07:52] s other studies in this
[1:07:53] state that would do that are
[1:07:54] standing up against these
[1:07:57] mandates. These dictates the
[1:07:59] what will they dictate Netflix?
[1:08:05] I just want to know. Um You
[1:08:06] Know Section three on Page
[1:08:06] three. It
[1:08:07] s. It
[1:08:08] s already in
[1:08:09] there, and it
[1:08:09] s It
[1:08:11] s every
[1:08:14] Conservationists in this In
[1:08:15] this room, including myself.
[1:08:16] I
[1:08:16] m a conservationist, believe
[1:08:20] . Um environmental
[1:08:21] findings The City Council
[1:08:24] hereby finds that this
[1:08:25] ordinance is exempt. From the
[1:08:28] requirements of the California
[1:08:28] Environmental Quality Act
[1:08:30] pursuant to title 14 of the
[1:08:33] California Code of Regulations.
[1:08:35] It actually supersedes itself.
[1:08:37] How can it Law one law
[1:08:38] supersedes another without a
[1:08:39] court case going on. There
[1:08:39] s
[1:08:41] got to be some fight back here
[1:08:41] if you don
[1:08:42] t fight back,
[1:08:42] somebody
[1:08:43] s got to fight back to
[1:08:44] other cities that are staying
[1:08:47] up against this. This law. Um I
[1:08:49] hope that you stand up against
[1:08:51] the two or at least you put a.
[1:08:52] Few of you Stand up and say, I
[1:08:52] don
[1:08:54] t want to support this
[1:08:55] particular thing. I understand
[1:08:55] that there
[1:08:56] s a lot of other
[1:08:57] things in this ordinance that
[1:08:58] are good. I don
[1:08:58] t think it
[1:09:01] should have been put in all in
[1:09:01] one ordinance should have
[1:09:04] broken out. Just my opinion. Go
[1:09:08] back to the charter City idea.
[1:09:10] You have in that ability to
[1:09:12] stand up against municipal
[1:09:14] codes at the state level if you
[1:09:17] created a charter city You have
[1:09:18] as much power or more power
[1:09:21] than the state does. That power
[1:09:24] came from a law at 18 59.
[1:09:28] Excuse me 18 79 20 years of
[1:09:29] state controlled the cities
[1:09:30] until the city
[1:09:30] s took the state
[1:09:34] back. So. I just recommend that
[1:09:38] You When. You look at this boat
[1:09:39] knowing that particular item.
[1:09:41] You can feel the rest just on
[1:09:42] the rest. Oh, and by the way,
[1:09:46] when you have a flagpole,
[1:09:46] there
[1:09:47] s plenty of flight both
[1:09:50] bigger than 50 ft where I live.
[1:09:54] But In the law. I noticed that
[1:09:54] already it
[1:09:55] s codified as single
[1:09:57] flag of the United States of
[1:09:58] America because you can fly a
[1:10:00] flag. Okay. You can fly a, uh,
[1:10:04] American flag. And two of the
[1:10:05] following flags shall be
[1:10:07] allowed per parcel or center.
[1:10:08] Okay. So we
[1:10:08] re talking about,
[1:10:12] you know, um City property or
[1:10:14] public property or private
[1:10:14] property. I don
[1:10:15] t know is it
[1:10:17] say? I don
[1:10:19] t know if it means
[1:10:20] the public property or private
[1:10:24] property. Anyway, um, so the
[1:10:25] state of California or any
[1:10:26] other state of the United
[1:10:29] States. So If I want to fly a
[1:10:31] Mississippi flag? I can fight
[1:10:34] flam Mississippi flag. The
[1:10:37] Hawaiian flag, a Alaskan flood.
[1:10:37] Um, maybe somebody
[1:10:39] s here from
[1:10:41] out of town. You, get another
[1:10:42] country to it. Red China.
[1:10:46] Etcetera. A minister Haliti or
[1:10:47] official flag of other
[1:10:53] countries. Flags of national An
[1:10:53] internationally recognized
[1:10:54] organizations and corporate
[1:10:55] flex. Something
[1:10:55] s wrong with
[1:10:57] that law. Thank you. Thank you
[1:11:02] Next speaker. And. That was the
[1:11:04] only income it speaker and then
[1:11:06] we have one. Email comment from
[1:11:09] Jessica Christopher. I believe
[1:11:11] it is as to item number 12. I
[1:11:12] believe it is unconstitutional
[1:11:14] for the state to tell local
[1:11:15] government what zoning we
[1:11:17] should have. I understand the
[1:11:18] difficulty that opposing sb
[1:11:21] nine and sb 10 posed to our
[1:11:22] coffers. I think the work
[1:11:23] around that is presented is
[1:11:25] likely the best that can be
[1:11:26] done, But I don
[1:11:28] t like section
[1:11:31] 15 17.23 point 050 e two The
[1:11:33] parking limitations, maybe an
[1:11:34] excellent way to minimize the
[1:11:36] impact of these two horrible
[1:11:37] bills. In the long run, I
[1:11:38] believe it would benefit the
[1:11:40] city to fight these bills. Sb
[1:11:41] nine, being the worst of the
[1:11:45] two And section 19 see flags
[1:11:47] number two, a single flag of
[1:11:48] the United States of America
[1:11:50] and two of the following flags
[1:11:52] shall be permitted per parcel
[1:11:54] or center sections. A b c d.
[1:11:56] Even though this is I believe
[1:11:58] geared to business. I think it
[1:12:00] is unacceptable and an attack
[1:12:01] on freedom of speech. A company
[1:12:03] should be encouraged to fly the
[1:12:04] United States flag and it
[1:12:06] should be above others but to
[1:12:08] say what other flags and how
[1:12:11] many are unacceptable. Item
[1:12:12] number 14 concerning a ballot
[1:12:13] measure to establish city
[1:12:16] Council term limits. I want to
[1:12:17] commend City Council members
[1:12:18] Alexander Cafes and Stewart for
[1:12:19] hearing the city
[1:12:20] s people and
[1:12:21] voting for this. I would only
[1:12:22] say that if someone is
[1:12:24] appointed to an open City
[1:12:25] council seat that it be
[1:12:27] clarified and minimize so that
[1:12:28] they serve the least amount of
[1:12:30] time possible. Mr mayor. That
[1:12:30] s
[1:12:32] all the comments that we have
[1:12:34] on this item. Okay. Fantastic.
[1:12:36] Um, Mr City Attorney Do. You
[1:12:39] need to read the ordinance.
[1:12:40] Actually, I do not starting on
[1:12:42] JANUARY 1st of this year, the
[1:12:43] state Legislature passed a law
[1:12:44] saying we don
[1:12:45] t have to read
[1:12:48] the titles so long as the city
[1:12:50] has the ordinance on its
[1:12:51] website and online so everybody
[1:12:53] can read it so Fantastic big
[1:12:55] change from But we
[1:12:57] ve had to do
[1:12:58] in the past. Okay. I appreciate
[1:12:59] that. Alright. I
[1:12:59] ll entertain a
[1:13:00] motion to approve item number
[1:13:04] 12. So moved second motion a
[1:13:07] second. Let us vote City clerk.
[1:13:08] Quick question for you if there
[1:13:09] is something from this item
[1:13:11] that I want to sustain from or
[1:13:12] just give a reason for doing
[1:13:15] that is now the time. Okay. Can
[1:13:20] I do that? Mayor. Absolutely Go
[1:13:20] ahead. So. Um I
[1:13:21] ll tell you I
[1:13:21] m
[1:13:23] going to be totally honest
[1:13:24] these things as I looked at him
[1:13:26] over the last week are a couple
[1:13:29] of days. Um, I was able to dig
[1:13:30] in today. Having some
[1:13:31] individuals come from the our
[1:13:34] city and the area. Rick Reese
[1:13:36] brought some stuff up. Um.
[1:13:37] Everybody should know where I
[1:13:39] stand as far as state control.
[1:13:41] I have never wanted the state
[1:13:42] s
[1:13:43] control here. We actually had a
[1:13:45] meeting today as far as having
[1:13:46] the state
[1:13:46] s control come into
[1:13:47] our city, and I
[1:13:48] m quite sick of
[1:13:49] it, and I
[1:13:49] m going to I have
[1:13:51] been standing and I will stand
[1:13:53] as a city Council member. No
[1:13:54] matter What that this is our
[1:13:55] city, and we know what
[1:13:56] s best
[1:13:57] for our city and for our
[1:14:00] housing. Coming from what the
[1:14:02] count of the The comments came
[1:14:03] today. I understand what
[1:14:03] they
[1:14:05] re saying, because if we
[1:14:08] continue to Oh, allow this
[1:14:10] stuff and the language to come
[1:14:12] into our city. We are We are
[1:14:14] basically giving a thumbs up.
[1:14:15] My staff doesn
[1:14:16] t excellent job.
[1:14:18] Um And. So I want to thank you
[1:14:19] guys for all you
[1:14:20] re doing, but
[1:14:22] I will be sustaining or I will
[1:14:23] sustain from nine just because
[1:14:25] I feel as a council member. I
[1:14:26] would need more information in
[1:14:28] order to be able to move
[1:14:29] forward to give that a good
[1:14:32] thumbs up or thumbs down. But
[1:14:33] for everything else. I
[1:14:33] d like
[1:14:36] to go and say yes to your gonna
[1:14:37] abstain from item number nine?
[1:14:39] Yes. Kid, I get a point of
[1:14:44] clarification. Absolutely. Um
[1:14:49] Okay. So Luke Is this not Just
[1:14:51] a cleanup in language. This is
[1:14:51] not. We
[1:14:52] ve already approved all
[1:14:55] this stuff correct. Yeah. I
[1:14:57] mean if it comes to 80 us to
[1:14:58] use our it
[1:15:00] s in state law. So,
[1:15:01] Regardless of what our
[1:15:03] municipal code said. 80 use are
[1:15:04] allowed. This is just to like I
[1:15:07] said. This is just a
[1:15:09] definitional thing. So, so
[1:15:09] consistency and definitions.
[1:15:11] This argument has already been
[1:15:11] done. We
[1:15:13] re just changing the
[1:15:14] wording to make it simpler and
[1:15:16] more understandable. To the
[1:15:19] public. Yes. That and so we can
[1:15:20] get credit at the state. Farina
[1:15:21] got it. I just wanted to make
[1:15:22] that clear. It
[1:15:22] s it seems like
[1:15:24] people have the wrong
[1:15:26] impression that somehow we
[1:15:26] re
[1:15:28] pushing through a dus when
[1:15:28] that
[1:15:31] s already been done, so
[1:15:33] Okay. Thank you councilor would
[1:15:37] like to to abstain from Okay?
[1:15:38] Yeah, and I think that you know,
[1:15:42] some of this stuff is the the
[1:15:43] elicit a certain reaction when
[1:15:43] we
[1:15:44] re just trying to clean this
[1:15:45] up to make it easier on staff
[1:15:47] and easier on the community, So
[1:15:50] okay, entertain a motion to
[1:15:51] approve item number 12. Some of
[1:15:53] Second Okay, so we have the
[1:15:55] motion in a second. Let us vote.
[1:16:07] Okay. So that passes 50, with a
[1:16:10] noted abstentions. Okay. We
[1:16:10] re
[1:16:13] moving on to the business
[1:16:15] section of our calendar. We
[1:16:16] have remember 13, which is
[1:16:19] review fiscal year 2023 24
[1:16:20] budget policies and priorities
[1:16:20] and I
[1:16:22] ll go ahead and pass this
[1:16:24] over to director Hennessy for a
[1:16:27] staff report. Thank you. Good
[1:16:27] Evening Mayor, City Council
[1:16:30] members. The item before you
[1:16:32] Tonight is an agenda item that
[1:16:33] we do each year at the
[1:16:35] beginning of our budget process.
[1:16:36] Um, I
[1:16:38] ll provide a brief
[1:16:40] background will do a budget
[1:16:40] process overview. I
[1:16:41] ll give you
[1:16:42] the key highlights of the
[1:16:43] current year
[1:16:44] s budget, and then
[1:16:44] we
[1:16:46] ll review some budget
[1:16:48] priorities and budget policies.
[1:16:50] That have been previously set
[1:16:53] by prior councils. So each year
[1:16:55] at the beginning of our budget
[1:16:57] process, we bring this item to
[1:17:00] you. It is in accordance with
[1:17:04] our government Finance Officers
[1:17:05] Association best practices and
[1:17:08] what it includes is basically
[1:17:09] increasing the engagement of
[1:17:11] the council commissions in the
[1:17:11] public throughout the budget
[1:17:14] process. Do, a financial policy
[1:17:18] review. I use of other forms of
[1:17:21] communication, so they want an
[1:17:22] increase in videos and social
[1:17:24] media and the like throughout
[1:17:27] our budget documents and then
[1:17:28] do strategic planning process.
[1:17:30] Uh and we have that outlined in
[1:17:33] our budget document and as well
[1:17:34] as include performance measures.
[1:17:35] They are now mandatory. The
[1:17:36] City is always included them,
[1:17:41] but they are now mandatory as
[1:17:41] part of this program. Um and
[1:17:42] the city has incorporated to
[1:17:43] these requirements into our
[1:17:46] process. Each year. In JANUARY,
[1:17:49] We begin our budget process by
[1:17:51] reviewing the current year
[1:17:52] revenues and expenditures and
[1:17:54] then we also update our five
[1:17:55] year financial projections. And.
[1:17:58] Then in FEBRUARY. We. Bring to
[1:17:59] you the council, the mid Year
[1:18:01] Budget Update for the current
[1:18:03] year and then we kick off the
[1:18:03] next year
[1:18:05] s budget and Capital
[1:18:07] Improvement program process. Um,
[1:18:10] during the months of MARCH and
[1:18:12] APRIL staff develops the
[1:18:13] proposed annual operating
[1:18:16] budget and c I p And then
[1:18:16] that
[1:18:17] s presented to the council
[1:18:19] at the Budget Workshop in MAY,
[1:18:23] and that is your opportunity to
[1:18:23] review the proposed budget and
[1:18:25] c, I p and then provide any
[1:18:26] comments or changes that you
[1:18:26] d
[1:18:28] like to see incorporated into
[1:18:29] the adopted budget, which was
[1:18:31] presented at the first meeting
[1:18:33] in JUNE of each year. And then
[1:18:35] throughout the remainder of the
[1:18:38] year, JULY through DECEMBER, um,
[1:18:39] finance works with departments
[1:18:41] to do ongoing analysis
[1:18:43] reviewing budget actuals for
[1:18:45] both revenues and expenditures
[1:18:46] and identifying any adjustments
[1:18:49] that would be needed to be made
[1:18:53] at the future Mid year process.
[1:18:55] Um budget adjustments for
[1:18:56] existing funding can be made
[1:18:57] administratively throughout the
[1:19:00] . But any additional
[1:19:01] appropriations or new funding
[1:19:04] must be approved by council.
[1:19:06] There are several key
[1:19:07] deliverables throughout the
[1:19:08] budget process, the first of
[1:19:09] which is the preliminary budget,
[1:19:11] and this is an internal
[1:19:13] document that contains all of
[1:19:15] the departmental requests
[1:19:15] that
[1:19:16] s developed in the MARCH
[1:19:17] APRIL time frame, and then
[1:19:18] that
[1:19:19] s presented to the city
[1:19:22] manager who reviews that and
[1:19:22] then makes his recommendations
[1:19:23] into what we call the proposed
[1:19:26] budget. And the proposed budget
[1:19:27] is what is presented at the MAY
[1:19:30] budget workshop. To, the
[1:19:32] council and then finally, the
[1:19:34] adopted budget is presented
[1:19:36] again in the first meeting in
[1:19:37] JUNE, as I mentioned and then
[1:19:40] also part of the budget process
[1:19:42] that happens currently, and
[1:19:43] FEBRUARY and MARCH are the
[1:19:44] budget engagement sessions that
[1:19:45] are held with each commission
[1:19:47] and board, which you heard
[1:19:48] earlier tonight. Last Week We
[1:19:50] met with the Public Traffic
[1:19:50] Safety Commission, and tomorrow
[1:19:52] we meet With another commission.
[1:19:57] So shifting gears to give you
[1:19:58] the budget highlights. This was
[1:20:01] as of the mid year budget that
[1:20:03] was provided in FEBRUARY. Um,
[1:20:03] we
[1:20:04] re focusing right here on
[1:20:06] the General Fund, which is the
[1:20:06] city
[1:20:08] s primary operating fund.
[1:20:10] And on this slide. You can see
[1:20:11] that our revenues are expected
[1:20:13] to exceed $111 million this
[1:20:15] year. The book of which comes
[1:20:19] from sales tax. And then on the
[1:20:23] chart here, the black line
[1:20:24] reflects revenues and the blue
[1:20:26] bars reflect expenditures. And
[1:20:26] what
[1:20:29] s notable here is that the
[1:20:30] revenues exceed the
[1:20:31] expenditures each and every
[1:20:33] year, indicating that we are
[1:20:34] structurally balanced. Um not
[1:20:36] only in the current fiscal year,
[1:20:38] but for the next five years
[1:20:39] through our projections, and
[1:20:40] then you can also see in the
[1:20:42] black lion there that it levels
[1:20:45] out between fiscal year 22 23
[1:20:50] next fiscal year. And that is
[1:20:52] anticipation of a potential
[1:20:53] economic contraction or really,
[1:20:55] just leveling out of our of the
[1:20:57] majority of our revenue sources
[1:20:58] which are tied to the local
[1:21:03] economy. Expenditures of the
[1:21:04] General fund will total a
[1:21:06] little over 93 million for this
[1:21:08] fiscal year, the book of which
[1:21:10] is dedicated towards public
[1:21:12] safety with our police and fire
[1:21:13] contracts, noted there and then
[1:21:15] public works makes up 20%. And
[1:21:17] that includes not only the
[1:21:20] public works staffing, but also
[1:21:21] several contractual services,
[1:21:22] um, approved earlier tonight as
[1:21:25] an example. And, the
[1:21:25] administration
[1:21:26] s 14% community
[1:21:28] development, 9% and then non
[1:21:33] departmental is is 1%. And.
[1:21:34] Then this slide illustrates
[1:21:37] what the available fund
[1:21:37] balances within the General
[1:21:41] fund. So at the end of the
[1:21:41] current fiscal year, it
[1:21:41] s
[1:21:43] projected to reach $37.1
[1:21:49] million. And of that 37 point
[1:21:50] 1,000,018 37.0.6 million is
[1:21:52] dedicated for the reserve for
[1:21:55] economic and certainty. And 4.6
[1:21:56] million for the secondary
[1:21:58] reserve, and both of those are
[1:22:00] reserved levels that are set by
[1:22:01] budget policy, and we
[1:22:01] ll
[1:22:02] discuss that in a little while,
[1:22:03] Um, But it
[1:22:05] s important to note
[1:22:07] that those reserves have never
[1:22:11] have never been tapped into, um
[1:22:11] throughout the city
[1:22:11] s history
[1:22:12] that I
[1:22:16] m aware o. Not That
[1:22:17] leaves about 13 million in
[1:22:20] available fund balance. And.
[1:22:21] One item to note on the chart,
[1:22:23] so the fund balance is
[1:22:24] reflected in the blue bars and
[1:22:26] then the black line reflects
[1:22:30] the Levels of reserve funding
[1:22:31] and then the yellow diamond
[1:22:33] reflects the desired level of
[1:22:35] reserve funding. So We are
[1:22:37] meeting our reserve are desired
[1:22:39] level of reserves each year
[1:22:39] throughout the five year
[1:22:42] forecast, as well as historical
[1:22:45] And the drop in fund balance
[1:22:47] between fiscal years 21 22 the
[1:22:51] current fiscal year. Relates to
[1:22:52] a recently adopted budget
[1:22:54] policy related to our debt
[1:22:55] strategy. Pay down, which I
[1:22:56] have a few slides coming up
[1:22:57] that illustrates where we are
[1:23:01] on that. And. Then we have our
[1:23:03] five year capital improvement
[1:23:06] program. Um, currently we have
[1:23:07] 106 separate projects totaling
[1:23:11] a little over $801 million. Of
[1:23:11] that there
[1:23:14] s 518 Million yet to
[1:23:16] complete with 283 million
[1:23:19] already completed. And we break
[1:23:21] out our capital improvement
[1:23:23] program into different
[1:23:24] categories. Circulation
[1:23:25] infrastructure parks and rec
[1:23:27] and then started which is also
[1:23:28] affordable housing. So our
[1:23:30] total c I. P again is little
[1:23:36] over $801 million So budget
[1:23:38] priorities are determined, Um
[1:23:40] Through or they linked to our
[1:23:41] strategic plan known as the
[1:23:42] Quality of Life Master Plan and
[1:23:45] the q. L m, p, As, you know,
[1:23:46] recently updated to include 1/7
[1:23:50] Corps value. So. We have all
[1:23:52] seven core values identified
[1:23:53] throughout the budget document.
[1:23:56] In, the form of performance
[1:23:57] measures and capital projects
[1:24:00] all linked back to a specific
[1:24:02] core value. And that is how we
[1:24:03] ensure that the application of
[1:24:05] our resources are in line with
[1:24:06] the city
[1:24:09] s core values. There
[1:24:09] s
[1:24:11] several tools that we utilize
[1:24:13] when we start to build the
[1:24:15] operating budget in the capital
[1:24:16] Improvement program budget, the
[1:24:18] first of which are carry overs
[1:24:19] from the prior year. So what
[1:24:21] that includes the city programs
[1:24:22] or projects that were started
[1:24:25] in the previous fiscal year
[1:24:25] that maybe weren
[1:24:26] t completed.
[1:24:27] We ensure that the funding for
[1:24:29] those projects are carried over
[1:24:30] into the new fiscal year. So
[1:24:32] that we can bring those
[1:24:35] projects to completion. And,
[1:24:36] then we do. Um every every so
[1:24:38] often we do community
[1:24:39] satisfaction surveys and we
[1:24:41] received that feedback from the
[1:24:43] community and that helps
[1:24:45] influence what programs and
[1:24:46] projects are most important to
[1:24:47] the community and were
[1:24:49] scheduled to do another one
[1:24:50] next fiscal year to reach out
[1:24:52] to the community. And. Then we
[1:24:54] do the board and commissioned
[1:24:57] feedback as I mentioned before
[1:24:57] and then we
[1:24:58] ll incorporate that
[1:24:59] feedback into the proposed
[1:25:00] budget that will come forward
[1:25:03] to you in MAY. And then a
[1:25:05] variety of departments have
[1:25:06] program and services Master
[1:25:08] plans, so the programs and
[1:25:08] projects that are identified in
[1:25:10] those master plans are weaved
[1:25:12] into the either the operating
[1:25:13] budget or the capital
[1:25:15] Improvement Program budget,
[1:25:16] whichever is, um most relevant.
[1:25:18] And. Then. Finally the
[1:25:20] different City Council policies,
[1:25:23] which will review next So the
[1:25:25] budget and fiscal policies.
[1:25:27] Policies are part of the annual
[1:25:29] operating budget, and they are
[1:25:31] adopted each year in JUNE.
[1:25:33] There are several policies that
[1:25:35] impact the development process
[1:25:36] of the budget, which will
[1:25:38] highlight here. Um, one of
[1:25:40] which is the fund balance and
[1:25:45] reserve policy. The Measure s
[1:25:46] appropriation policy priorities,
[1:25:48] contingency planning, and then
[1:25:49] the debt or liability paid out
[1:25:54] strategy. So the fund balance
[1:25:55] and reserve policy. Uh, we have
[1:25:57] a few charts or a few slides
[1:25:59] here that illustrate the
[1:25:59] different components of fund
[1:26:03] balance. Um, the fund balance
[1:26:06] is the accumulation of savings
[1:26:08] year to year when revenues
[1:26:09] exceed expenditures. And they
[1:26:10] made it
[1:26:11] s made up of four
[1:26:12] primary components, the first
[1:26:15] of which is the reserve for
[1:26:16] economic uncertainty, and this
[1:26:19] reflects 20% of the general
[1:26:23] fund operating expenditures.
[1:26:24] The Secondary reserve
[1:26:27] represents 5% of the General
[1:26:28] fund operating expenditures.
[1:26:31] And, then the third category is
[1:26:33] a signed fund balance, so this
[1:26:34] is a portion of the fund
[1:26:35] balance that
[1:26:36] s committed to
[1:26:39] future obligations. So capital
[1:26:39] Improvement Program projects
[1:26:42] are the primary example. There.
[1:26:43] And, then finally available
[1:26:46] fund balance, So that is the
[1:26:47] uncommitted, remaining balance
[1:26:49] left within the general fund
[1:26:51] after accounting for those
[1:26:55] other three categories. So. The
[1:26:57] available General Fund balance
[1:26:57] or it
[1:26:58] s also sometimes called
[1:27:01] the unassigned fund balance.
[1:27:03] Councils previous councils have
[1:27:05] said the appropriation
[1:27:06] priorities for these funds, Um
[1:27:06] it
[1:27:07] s important to consider that
[1:27:10] these are one time funds, so
[1:27:11] the appropriation priorities
[1:27:12] reflect that, so the first
[1:27:16] priority would be to spend any
[1:27:18] available fund balance on
[1:27:19] public safety equipment or non
[1:27:23] recurring programs. Second
[1:27:25] would be to, uh, deposit the
[1:27:27] funds into asset management
[1:27:28] reserves and asset management
[1:27:29] reserves are separate funds
[1:27:33] that are set up somewhat like
[1:27:33] savings accounts where it
[1:27:35] accumulates funds so that when
[1:27:37] an asset such as a vehicle or a
[1:27:38] large piece of equipment when
[1:27:40] that reaches the end of its
[1:27:41] useful life, the funds are
[1:27:43] there to replace that asset.
[1:27:46] The third priority is Capital
[1:27:47] improvement projects. The
[1:27:49] fourth is the reduction of
[1:27:51] unfunded liabilities related to
[1:27:53] the Calpers pension. Or open,
[1:27:54] which stands for other post
[1:27:57] employment benefits. And then
[1:27:58] the fifth is reduction or
[1:28:03] avoidance of city debt. Ah,
[1:28:07] measure s when it was passed in
[1:28:08] 2016 became effective in 2017
[1:28:11] and the council at that time
[1:28:13] adopted these appropriation
[1:28:15] guidelines for the spending of
[1:28:17] measure us, the first of which
[1:28:19] is public safety. The, Second
[1:28:20] is asset management and then
[1:28:22] capital improvement projects
[1:28:24] and then finally, community
[1:28:25] services or general services.
[1:28:26] And you can see from the page
[1:28:28] chart here. The majority of the
[1:28:31] funding for measures is going
[1:28:32] towards capital projects
[1:28:35] currently, um, but when we
[1:28:36] appropriate when we appropriate
[1:28:38] measures in the budget, we
[1:28:40] first ensure that public safety
[1:28:41] is fully funded. Uh and then
[1:28:44] our asset management. And then
[1:28:45] capital projects and then
[1:28:46] community services. So. We
[1:28:47] follow these appropriation
[1:28:48] guidelines when we
[1:28:48] re building
[1:28:50] the budget document. And then
[1:28:52] as time goes on, and the cost
[1:28:54] of public safety and community
[1:28:55] services increases that will
[1:28:57] leave less and less over time
[1:29:02] for capital projects. We also
[1:29:03] have a policy for contingency
[1:29:06] planning. And. Basically. This
[1:29:09] lays out the, um the use of our
[1:29:10] secondary reserve. So when
[1:29:10] there
[1:29:12] s a one time event, such
[1:29:15] as a state mandated payment or
[1:29:18] natural disaster, we would tap
[1:29:20] into the secondary reserve
[1:29:22] first and fully exhaust that
[1:29:23] reserve before utilizing the
[1:29:23] reserve for economic
[1:29:27] uncertainty. And for ongoing
[1:29:28] fiscal constraints. So an
[1:29:30] example of this would be if we
[1:29:33] lost a major business that was
[1:29:35] a major sales tax generator. Um,
[1:29:39] we would utilize the secondary
[1:29:41] Reserve first before using the
[1:29:41] reserve for economic
[1:29:42] uncertainty, But there
[1:29:43] s a
[1:29:44] limitation to only use those
[1:29:46] reserves for a two year budget
[1:29:49] cycle, so that would give the
[1:29:51] city enough time to reduce its
[1:29:53] itsxpenditures in rehab in
[1:29:54] reaction to the loss of that
[1:29:57] revenue item. And then, as I
[1:29:58] mentioned earlier, the city
[1:29:58] s
[1:30:00] never tapped into its reserves,
[1:30:01] either through the great
[1:30:03] recession or through Covid.
[1:30:07] Recently. And the last policy
[1:30:08] that a highlight here is the
[1:30:10] one that was just adopted in
[1:30:11] DECEMBER, and it
[1:30:12] s our debt
[1:30:14] liability, pay down strategy
[1:30:15] and the goal that was adopted
[1:30:18] is to have the city become debt
[1:30:20] free in a seven year timeframe.
[1:30:24] Um. We will do this by
[1:30:25] utilizing available fund
[1:30:27] balance in combination with the
[1:30:28] pension trust balance and any
[1:30:31] future savings that the payoff
[1:30:33] of these debts create. And. It
[1:30:35] will become a snowball effect
[1:30:37] where all the savings will be
[1:30:38] incorporated into the next
[1:30:38] year
[1:30:40] s pay down strategy. And
[1:30:43] we have four main types of debt.
[1:30:45] We had a loan on this on this
[1:30:46] building here. The Civic Center
[1:30:50] loan. Alone on the Margarita
[1:30:51] Recreation center that
[1:30:51] s
[1:30:52] currently under under
[1:30:54] construction. And. Then we have
[1:30:56] two unfunded liabilities, one
[1:30:59] for pension and one for open,
[1:31:00] which is basically retiree
[1:31:02] health that was offered, um
[1:31:02] many, many years ago to city
[1:31:06] employees. And you can see the
[1:31:06] annual outstanding amounts
[1:31:07] there as well as the annual
[1:31:12] payments. And this is what the
[1:31:15] plan includes, as far as the
[1:31:18] payoff schedule, Um to date, we
[1:31:19] have paid off the Civic Center
[1:31:21] loan at 12.9 Million. We
[1:31:21] ve
[1:31:23] paid off the mrc loan at five
[1:31:24] million. And we
[1:31:26] ve put 7.25
[1:31:30] million towards our Unfunded
[1:31:32] liability for pension. Uh. This
[1:31:35] is another way to illustrate
[1:31:36] that so annual savings. Um, you
[1:31:36] know, we
[1:31:39] ll start around 1.6
[1:31:41] Million. But by year eight. We
[1:31:42] will be saving on an annual
[1:31:43] basis a little over eight
[1:31:47] million. And, then, as the
[1:31:48] natural attrition of these
[1:31:49] debts occur, that number will
[1:31:52] come down. Um. But today
[1:31:53] through the measures that we
[1:31:53] ve
[1:31:55] done since DECEMBER. Is,
[1:31:56] illustrated by the Black line
[1:31:59] here, and it shows that we at
[1:32:01] this point in time, have paid
[1:32:04] off both loans. And a portion
[1:32:05] of our pension obligations so
[1:32:07] we have By next year because
[1:32:09] that will be four fiscal year
[1:32:13] we will have $3 million In
[1:32:15] savings on an annual basis and
[1:32:17] then next year, the plan is to
[1:32:19] pay off the open so that black
[1:32:22] line will continue to increase
[1:32:27] and increase as time goes on.
[1:32:28] There
[1:32:29] s also some fiscal policy
[1:32:30] metrics that are included in
[1:32:32] the budget policies that we
[1:32:33] would like, um, for for your
[1:32:35] input on tonight whether to
[1:32:37] keep these at this level or
[1:32:39] whether or not you would
[1:32:40] suggest any changes. Um, so I
[1:32:42] mentioned are reserved for
[1:32:43] economic uncertainty. It
[1:32:43] s
[1:32:47] currently set at 20% of
[1:32:47] operating Expenditures.
[1:32:51] Secondary Reserve is set at 5%.
[1:32:52] Capital Improvement projects
[1:32:54] threshold is $30,000 or greater,
[1:32:56] Um, and it has to have a long
[1:32:57] term lifespan will be non
[1:33:02] recurring. And. Then. We have
[1:33:03] staffing metrics related to
[1:33:05] police and fire are fire
[1:33:07] staffing. Metric is four
[1:33:07] firefighters per engine or
[1:33:10] truck. Police staffing as
[1:33:12] stated in the general plan is
[1:33:17] one officer per 1000 people.
[1:33:20] And. Then we have thresholds
[1:33:23] related to what qualifies as
[1:33:26] being, um, an asset to Add to
[1:33:28] the asset replacement fund and
[1:33:29] for fleet and equipment. It
[1:33:30] s
[1:33:32] any item that is over $10,000
[1:33:33] and has at least a three year
[1:33:36] lifespan. And for technology
[1:33:37] equipment. It
[1:33:38] s anything over
[1:33:39] 5000 with a three year lifespan.
[1:33:43] And. Then. We have a separate
[1:33:46] policy that relates to the
[1:33:47] pension trust contribution. So
[1:33:50] each year after we closed the
[1:33:52] books we are eligible to put in
[1:33:55] 30%. Of our general fund
[1:33:58] operating surplus. Um, limited
[1:33:59] to $2 million per year. That
[1:34:00] s
[1:34:01] currently how the how the
[1:34:06] policy reads. And. Then. We
[1:34:07] have signature delegation
[1:34:08] authorities in the budget
[1:34:10] policies as well the city
[1:34:10] manager
[1:34:11] s contract and
[1:34:12] agreement signing authority
[1:34:15] currently stands at 100,000, as
[1:34:17] well as his settlement
[1:34:19] authority and then the
[1:34:20] emergency authority is
[1:34:22] unlimited. Um and that waves
[1:34:23] the public works bidding
[1:34:24] requirements, and we saw that
[1:34:25] as the added agenda item
[1:34:31] tonight. So its staff
[1:34:32] recommendation to have the
[1:34:34] council affirm the city
[1:34:35] s core
[1:34:37] values and budget priorities as
[1:34:39] well as the budget policies and
[1:34:40] fiscal policy metrics. Thank
[1:34:40] you and I
[1:34:42] ll Be available for
[1:34:43] any questions you might have.
[1:34:44] All right? Thank you very much.
[1:34:45] Okay. I
[1:34:46] ll go ahead and open it
[1:34:49] up for questions. Council
[1:34:49] member, Alexander Anything
[1:34:51] council member Van Mayor part.
[1:34:53] Tim Stewart. Yes. Go ahead.
[1:34:55] Okay. So could you go back to
[1:34:59] the slide that has the fire
[1:35:01] contract costs on there,
[1:35:01] because it
[1:35:01] s very deceptive
[1:35:04] when they look at that $11
[1:35:05] million, it looks like we
[1:35:05] re
[1:35:09] paying our fire. Incredibly
[1:35:09] cheap and so I
[1:35:11] d like to the
[1:35:13] public to actually have
[1:35:14] clarification on that. Correct.
[1:35:16] Um, let me get to that slide.
[1:35:22] Yes, we We reflect once I get
[1:35:25] there. We reflected the city
[1:35:25] s
[1:35:28] cost for that. I think it
[1:35:28] s
[1:35:29] this one? Yeah. So fire is
[1:35:31] shown here at 11.2 Million, and
[1:35:33] that reflects the costs that
[1:35:34] are charged by the county to
[1:35:39] the city. Um. The county of
[1:35:41] Riverside has a structural fire
[1:35:43] tax credit that is collected
[1:35:44] through everybody
[1:35:45] s property
[1:35:47] tax bills. That money goes to
[1:35:49] the county and the county
[1:35:51] applies the tax credit first
[1:35:53] and builds us the remainder. So
[1:35:54] the tax credit in this fiscal
[1:35:55] year is between nine and $10
[1:35:58] million. So the true overall
[1:36:00] cost of the fire department is
[1:36:03] closer to 20 to $21 million. So.
[1:36:06] Thank you for? I neglected to
[1:36:06] clarify that so thank you for
[1:36:10] that. Okay. Anything else? Not
[1:36:12] questions, counselor. Alphas
[1:36:13] anything? Nothing. Okay,
[1:36:14] Fantastic And thank you again
[1:36:15] for the presentation, and we
[1:36:16] all had one on ones and
[1:36:18] subcommittees on that. So we
[1:36:18] ve
[1:36:21] seen it many, many times. So
[1:36:22] Good stuff ok at this time ago
[1:36:25] and entertain a motion to
[1:36:25] approve. Oh. I
[1:36:26] m sorry. Um. Do
[1:36:27] we have any public comments on
[1:36:31] this item? No. We don
[1:36:31] t have
[1:36:33] any public comments on this
[1:36:35] item. Okay, Thank you. Um we
[1:36:35] ll
[1:36:36] go ahead and entertain a motion
[1:36:37] to approve. I would like to
[1:36:41] have a little discussion first.
[1:36:46] Of course. Yes. Okay, So, um I
[1:36:49] For reasons a couple more
[1:36:52] agenda items away. Um I think
[1:36:55] we need to start a separate
[1:36:59] Fund for a police station or
[1:37:04] public safety. Um ah.
[1:37:07] Infrastructure. And So ah, And
[1:37:10] while we have these years that
[1:37:12] because if if and when we do
[1:37:13] build a police station, I don
[1:37:14] t
[1:37:16] want to have debt. I want to
[1:37:18] build it for cash, So I want to
[1:37:19] build a fund now, while we have
[1:37:23] the money To, uh, to be able to
[1:37:25] do that, to be able to say, you
[1:37:25] know, we
[1:37:27] ve got the 10 million
[1:37:28] or 15. Whatever it takes to
[1:37:30] build that station. I want to
[1:37:33] be able to, um To have that
[1:37:34] built up and and because I
[1:37:34] don
[1:37:36] t want to put any more debt
[1:37:39] on the city are the citizens
[1:37:43] and so, um I would like to see
[1:37:48] a line item for, uh, a public
[1:37:53] safety infrastructure. Um, you
[1:37:53] know, we own all our fire
[1:37:53] stations. In fact the one we
[1:37:53] don
[1:37:54] t own where we have a
[1:37:55] separate fund Right now we
[1:37:55] re
[1:37:56] building up to buy that when
[1:37:59] the state makes it available,
[1:38:04] So. We have a very robust Fire
[1:38:07] infrastructure, but we have
[1:38:07] literally nothing for police
[1:38:09] other than the new station
[1:38:10] that
[1:38:12] s here in city Hall. Um,
[1:38:14] so I would like to see a fund.
[1:38:20] Um For that. Okay, Fair enough.
[1:38:21] Anyone else think conversation.
[1:38:21] I
[1:38:22] ll. Just add onto that, you
[1:38:22] know it
[1:38:23] s thinking about you
[1:38:25] know how these items are a
[1:38:25] little They
[1:38:26] re tied together,
[1:38:27] obviously, but I do think it
[1:38:27] s
[1:38:29] I Appreciate you bringing that
[1:38:31] for now? Um, because the
[1:38:32] earlier we get on that the
[1:38:34] easier it is on staff and, um
[1:38:36] and if we do go down the road,
[1:38:37] the conversation and I
[1:38:38] ve been
[1:38:39] thinking about, um, you know,
[1:38:40] some funding sources, and I
[1:38:42] think you know, we could look
[1:38:44] to s r o share with tv, usd and
[1:38:45] And. Maybe. That
[1:38:46] s the funding
[1:38:48] source for for something like
[1:38:50] this to to reinvest back in the
[1:38:52] city, So okay, um Thank you
[1:38:55] anything else? No. Okay, so we
[1:38:57] have a motion and a second. Do?
[1:38:57] We. Don
[1:38:58] t think we did
[1:38:59] entertain a motion in the
[1:39:02] second? Promotion I
[1:39:03] ll second.
[1:39:15] Okay, let us vote. Mine didn
[1:39:15] t
[1:39:18] populate. Looks like not
[1:39:18] everyone
[1:39:21] s coming up on the
[1:39:22] screen Council member Brown.
[1:39:23] Are you in the affirmative. Yes.
[1:39:30] Okay. So that passes 50. Okay.
[1:39:31] Thank you. Everyone will move
[1:39:33] to item number 14 is adopted
[1:39:34] resolution submitting to the
[1:39:36] voters a ballot measure that
[1:39:37] proposes to establish term
[1:39:39] limits for City council members
[1:39:41] and maybe have a staff report.
[1:39:43] Please MADAM City clerk. Yes,
[1:39:45] Mr Mayor. Um and we have a
[1:39:46] slide presentation that will go
[1:39:50] ahead and put up. So we are
[1:39:55] back two weeks later with the
[1:39:56] proposed resolution and
[1:39:58] ordinance Next slide, please.
[1:40:00] So as a reminder this city
[1:40:01] Council gave us direction under
[1:40:04] government code section 36 50
[1:40:06] to be which actually permits
[1:40:09] the city Council to go ahead
[1:40:11] and proposed by initiative
[1:40:11] proposal to limit the number of
[1:40:13] terms a member of the City
[1:40:15] Council MAY serve on the city
[1:40:17] Council. Um and any of these
[1:40:19] proposals to limit the number
[1:40:23] of terms. They are applicable
[1:40:26] prospectively only and they
[1:40:26] don
[1:40:27] t become operative unless
[1:40:29] the electors of the city at a
[1:40:30] regularly scheduled election,
[1:40:32] go ahead and pass that so next
[1:40:34] slide, please. So again. The
[1:40:37] four points that we need to be
[1:40:39] aware of. Is that the City
[1:40:42] Council in fact, can propose an
[1:40:43] initiative. The proposal is not
[1:40:45] effective until voted upon and
[1:40:47] passed by the residents by a
[1:40:49] majority. The proposal must be
[1:40:51] on a regularly scheduled
[1:40:53] election, and it is again
[1:40:54] prospectively not retroactively.
[1:40:59] Next slide, please. So, the
[1:41:02] City Council on FEBRUARY 14th
[1:41:04] 2023 went ahead and gave staff
[1:41:05] direction to the council did
[1:41:08] wish to have term limits for
[1:41:09] City council members. The
[1:41:12] proposal was to have a term
[1:41:14] limit of three terms four years
[1:41:17] per term for 12 year total. The
[1:41:20] council was fine with breaks in
[1:41:21] the service as long as the 12
[1:41:22] year total was a lifetime limit.
[1:41:26] And. The Council went ahead and
[1:41:27] proposed placement on the
[1:41:32] NOVEMBER 2024 ballot. Two items
[1:41:32] that weren
[1:41:33] t discussed on
[1:41:37] FEBRUARY 14 2023 was
[1:41:39] appointments versus election
[1:41:40] and partial terms. So, the city
[1:41:42] attorney, and I went ahead and
[1:41:43] included standard language
[1:41:45] addressing the two items
[1:41:46] included in the proposed
[1:41:48] ordinance for City Council
[1:41:49] consideration, Of course the
[1:41:50] City Council tonight can give
[1:41:52] us direction otherwise. Next
[1:41:55] slide, please. Now what you
[1:41:58] will see there is on the very
[1:42:00] last sentence, but we have
[1:42:02] incorporated is standard
[1:42:04] language from other cities that
[1:42:07] address partial terms and
[1:42:08] appointments versus election.
[1:42:09] So. What we have mentioned is
[1:42:12] if any person is appointed or
[1:42:15] elected to a partial term of
[1:42:16] office of two years or less
[1:42:18] that the term shall be shall
[1:42:19] not be counted towards the
[1:42:22] three Term limits. So in other
[1:42:24] words, if you have occupied the
[1:42:26] seat for two years or less,
[1:42:28] regardless of whether it is an
[1:42:28] appointment, or regardless of
[1:42:30] whether it is an election, it
[1:42:31] will not count towards the term
[1:42:35] limits. And again That is
[1:42:35] pretty standard language. Next
[1:42:38] slide, please. So for next
[1:42:40] steps. Um, what we will be
[1:42:41] asking is that the City Council
[1:42:44] go ahead and adopt the proposed
[1:42:45] resolution regarding term
[1:42:47] limits. We will go ahead and
[1:42:49] notify the Riverside, Riverside
[1:42:50] County registrar of voters that
[1:42:52] we will have a local ballot
[1:42:55] measure on the NOVEMBER 2024
[1:42:58] ballot we will in the summer of
[1:43:00] 2024 when we consolidate our
[1:43:01] General municipal election. We
[1:43:03] will also consolidate the local
[1:43:05] ballot measure election at that
[1:43:05] time, the term limit measure
[1:43:08] will be voted upon by the
[1:43:11] residents of Temecula in
[1:43:12] NOVEMBER 2024. If, a majority
[1:43:14] of the voters pass it. The
[1:43:16] measure will go into effect, 10
[1:43:17] days after the City Council
[1:43:18] declares the results of the
[1:43:21] NOVEMBER 5th 2024 election.
[1:43:22] Typically. That
[1:43:23] s after a 30
[1:43:24] Day canvas period, so it
[1:43:25] s at
[1:43:26] that first meeting in DECEMBER.
[1:43:28] Where we declare our results
[1:43:31] and then it would be effective
[1:43:33] 10 days after so that concludes
[1:43:33] Staffs presentation, and we
[1:43:34] re
[1:43:35] happy to ask any answer any
[1:43:37] questions or take any further
[1:43:39] direction that you would like.
[1:43:40] Okay. Thank you any questions
[1:43:41] of staff from City Council? I
[1:43:43] have one question just popped
[1:43:44] up. Actually. I know we had a
[1:43:46] good discussion about this
[1:43:47] earlier. I. Guess my question
[1:43:50] is Since a term limit is, I
[1:43:54] guess, two years and above,
[1:43:54] right? What if somebody was to
[1:43:55] do let
[1:43:56] s say six months or a
[1:43:58] year How many times. Can they
[1:44:00] do that. So if we have somebody
[1:44:02] that comes in, for instance,
[1:44:02] let
[1:44:03] s say they get appointed
[1:44:04] for a year and then let
[1:44:05] s say,
[1:44:06] maybe GOD forbid the next time
[1:44:08] they get sick or something
[1:44:09] happens. Do we also want to put
[1:44:10] a limit on how many times they
[1:44:11] can come back within that
[1:44:12] shorter amount of time of the
[1:44:15] two years. Does that make sense?
[1:44:22] Um. It does we? That seems like
[1:44:23] a very rare occurrence so far
[1:44:23] in this city
[1:44:24] s history, we
[1:44:25] ve
[1:44:27] pretty much just had a vacancy
[1:44:28] occurs because the council
[1:44:29] member is appointed to higher
[1:44:31] office where there might be a
[1:44:32] resignation of Stewart
[1:44:33] s. We
[1:44:33] haven
[1:44:35] t had the experience, nor
[1:44:38] am I aware of cities that
[1:44:39] routinely have an experience
[1:44:40] with multiple appointments of
[1:44:43] the same person. If the council
[1:44:44] would like to give us direction
[1:44:45] on that we
[1:44:46] re happy to take it.
[1:44:46] And that
[1:44:47] s the thing I
[1:44:47] ve never
[1:44:48] heard of that. I
[1:44:50] m just saying,
[1:44:53] like the there you go like the
[1:44:54] what if, And so what if we just
[1:44:55] put it in there and just say
[1:44:56] Okay, this is maybe you can do
[1:44:59] one of those and or whatever we
[1:45:00] decide. Don
[1:45:01] t. I don
[1:45:01] t see the
[1:45:01] need and we don
[1:45:02] t have to. I
[1:45:03] just thought of it. I was like,
[1:45:04] I just want to make sure we
[1:45:05] re
[1:45:06] covering all bases. I
[1:45:06] especially if you
[1:45:07] ve got a
[1:45:09] really qualified candidate like
[1:45:10] a gene Wonderlic to be able to
[1:45:12] come in and fill that gap until
[1:45:14] the next election cycle. Why,
[1:45:16] not keep using them. I mean or
[1:45:18] her So, for instance, Maybe I
[1:45:18] m
[1:45:19] Just not explaining myself,
[1:45:20] Right? So. Let
[1:45:21] s say I get
[1:45:22] appointed for a year. Okay, Um
[1:45:27] and then I come back in and I
[1:45:28] get elected because I I was I
[1:45:30] did that great of a job and
[1:45:31] then I get sick and then so I
[1:45:33] like I have to take myself off
[1:45:35] the dais because of whatever
[1:45:36] illness or whatever that MAY be,
[1:45:38] And, then I want to run again.
[1:45:39] Like. How is are we? Are? We
[1:45:41] okay with that to let them
[1:45:42] continue to run, And if we are,
[1:45:42] it
[1:45:44] s fine. I just want to just
[1:45:48] take a look at that. So okay
[1:45:48] running, then just keep running.
[1:45:50] I. Just. Want to make sure that
[1:45:50] we
[1:45:52] re covering all bases so we
[1:45:53] can
[1:45:54] t cover. Obviously, every
[1:45:55] situation that ever comes up.
[1:45:56] But if it
[1:45:56] s less than two years,
[1:45:57] and that
[1:45:58] s what we decide on. I
[1:45:58] think that
[1:45:59] s totally fine.
[1:46:01] Sounds good. Okay. Any other
[1:46:03] questions of staff. Okay. If,
[1:46:05] Not. Are there any public
[1:46:06] comments on this item? There
[1:46:07] are no public comments on this
[1:46:08] item. We did have public
[1:46:10] comments that were incorporated
[1:46:12] on this item from previous
[1:46:12] comments. Alright, we
[1:46:13] ll go and
[1:46:14] entertain a motion and a second.
[1:46:17] I will motion second. Let us
[1:46:31] vote. Council member brand.
[1:46:31] It
[1:46:33] s not working. Is it in the
[1:46:36] affirmative, affirmative. Okay,
[1:46:37] that passes 50. Thank you,
[1:46:39] Everybody. All right, moving on
[1:46:40] to our departmental reports.
[1:46:42] These are all receiving file
[1:46:44] will move to our items for
[1:46:45] future agendas. Item, number
[1:46:46] one is considered creation of
[1:46:48] ad hoc subcommittee to discuss
[1:46:50] to make the police department
[1:46:51] at the request of Mayor pro Tim
[1:46:55] Stewart. Alright MISTER Mr
[1:46:57] Mayor. We have several public
[1:47:01] comments on all of these and we
[1:47:04] do have a total limit of 15
[1:47:06] minutes. So can we go ahead and
[1:47:08] here just from all four
[1:47:10] speakers at this point that are
[1:47:13] in person? Um. If that is the
[1:47:13] mayor
[1:47:14] s. Well, That Seems a
[1:47:17] reasonable okay. Um. So at this
[1:47:19] point, I will go ahead and
[1:47:22] again. All the speakers have
[1:47:24] Three minutes each, so we
[1:47:24] ll
[1:47:26] have Laurel Lamont to be
[1:47:32] followed by Briana Mason. Hi so
[1:47:32] I
[1:47:36] m just here to encourage vote
[1:47:37] for yes to place affordable
[1:47:38] housing rent control on the
[1:47:43] agenda. Going forward. I don
[1:47:44] t
[1:47:47] see us taking any extreme
[1:47:48] action to help renters right
[1:47:51] now. Obviously I show up for
[1:47:53] attainable homeownership often.
[1:47:55] And all things housing. We
[1:47:56] re
[1:47:57] drowning out here, and there
[1:47:58] s
[1:48:01] no sense of urgency and I know
[1:48:02] city staff is designed to
[1:48:04] advise you because you can
[1:48:05] t
[1:48:06] know everything if you need to
[1:48:07] borrow some housing books have
[1:48:10] plenty I can lend out. Um, but
[1:48:10] you can
[1:48:11] t know everything. So,
[1:48:13] you have to rely on city staff.
[1:48:15] Please do not take it to a
[1:48:16] subcommittee. Please Do not let
[1:48:18] it go to a subcommittee to sit
[1:48:21] for a year. We Need Renters
[1:48:23] need action Now we need we
[1:48:23] re
[1:48:25] long out before ever owning a
[1:48:26] home here if ever going to be
[1:48:29] able to own a home here and
[1:48:29] there
[1:48:30] s no home security and
[1:48:31] rent There
[1:48:32] s no home security
[1:48:35] in it. We
[1:48:36] ve created the access
[1:48:39] to the lesser earning workforce
[1:48:41] in the employment we have not
[1:48:44] built for those employees. We
[1:48:46] need some housing, security
[1:48:48] housing security is exists in
[1:48:49] affordable housing, rent
[1:48:49] control. That
[1:48:50] s a start. Let
[1:48:51] s
[1:48:53] please put it on the agenda.
[1:48:53] Let
[1:48:55] s not push it to a
[1:48:59] subcommittee. Your staff is not
[1:49:00] recognizing Erin Adams told me
[1:49:02] in an email when the concerts
[1:49:04] happened that you know where I
[1:49:05] live was a choice. It
[1:49:06] s not a
[1:49:09] choice. We have an affordable
[1:49:12] overlay zone for a reason. We
[1:49:12] don
[1:49:14] t have equitable housing
[1:49:15] within your pretty pre planned
[1:49:17] communities. I
[1:49:17] ve seen it
[1:49:17] before. I
[1:49:19] m saying it again.
[1:49:19] We
[1:49:21] re not included. We
[1:49:21] ve been
[1:49:23] excluded. We weren
[1:49:24] t
[1:49:27] incorporated in the design.
[1:49:28] Let
[1:49:29] s talk about the start.
[1:49:29] Let
[1:49:31] s give us housing security.
[1:49:31] Let
[1:49:33] s put it on the agenda and
[1:49:33] then let
[1:49:35] s start talking about
[1:49:38] attainable home ownership and
[1:49:39] equitable opportunities in
[1:49:40] existence of housing. And home
[1:49:43] ownership. That
[1:49:44] s my public
[1:49:47] comment. Thank you. Thank you
[1:49:49] next speaker. The. Next speaker
[1:49:53] is Brianna Mason. Welcome.
[1:49:55] Hello. Um, I
[1:49:56] m going to
[1:49:57] introduce myself as a person to
[1:50:00] you before I make a demand. I
[1:50:01] m,
[1:50:03] a longtime resident of Temecula.
[1:50:03] I
[1:50:04] m, also resident in the old
[1:50:06] town to make low affordable
[1:50:07] housing. I
[1:50:10] m, a single mother
[1:50:10] to a disabled child. I
[1:50:10] m a
[1:50:12] caregiver to my 88 year old
[1:50:15] grandmother. Um. I
[1:50:16] m in social
[1:50:16] work I
[1:50:18] ve actually served for
[1:50:19] child protective services here
[1:50:22] for seven years in Temecula if
[1:50:22] you
[1:50:24] ve had Children or
[1:50:25] grandchildren, and this goes
[1:50:27] out, and I
[1:50:27] ve probably service
[1:50:29] their classmates helped their
[1:50:31] parents to get over obstacles.
[1:50:33] Mental health issues. Substance
[1:50:36] abuse. Um Currently I work
[1:50:37] under grant for the Office of
[1:50:39] victims of crime, So. I
[1:50:39] m
[1:50:40] helping our community members
[1:50:42] who are victims of various
[1:50:43] crimes, domestic violence,
[1:50:46] things like tha. Um. I want to
[1:50:47] empower members of our
[1:50:49] community and I need to start
[1:50:50] with myself. I
[1:50:51] m Very nervous
[1:50:52] right now, So I apologize, but
[1:50:55] I need to start with myself. Um
[1:50:57] no one gets into social work
[1:50:59] for the money. We all know that
[1:50:59] And. I
[1:51:01] m not rich in money, but
[1:51:02] I am rich and how I care for
[1:51:05] others and how I care for my
[1:51:06] community. My special needs son
[1:51:08] and I currently live in a
[1:51:10] roughly 500 square foot, one
[1:51:12] bedroom apartment. And. We soon
[1:51:13] MAY not be able to afford even
[1:51:17] living there. I represent a
[1:51:18] social class who It
[1:51:19] s taking
[1:51:20] care of our Children, but also
[1:51:23] taking care of our parents and
[1:51:26] our grandparents. Excuse me.
[1:51:27] And. We
[1:51:28] re doing the best we
[1:51:32] can. With an economy that is
[1:51:33] working against us. It is no
[1:51:37] longer Good for us to even go
[1:51:38] to college. What is the point.
[1:51:40] We come out with student debt.
[1:51:41] And then we can
[1:51:42] t even afford a
[1:51:43] home in the community we
[1:51:43] ve
[1:51:45] grown up in So I
[1:51:46] m asking that
[1:51:50] you add Rent control and
[1:51:52] affordable housing. Please.
[1:51:52] We
[1:51:53] re begging you. We are not
[1:51:55] here with our hands out asking
[1:51:57] for anything. We are just
[1:51:59] asking to be able to live here
[1:52:01] and we are not And a social
[1:52:05] class right now. We are too
[1:52:06] rich for assistance. But, we
[1:52:09] are 24 poor to afford a home
[1:52:14] here to rent here. Please help
[1:52:20] us. Please help us. Thank you.
[1:52:22] Specter here. The. Next speaker
[1:52:23] is Brian Nash to be followed by
[1:52:31] Daniel Kit. Welcome. How
[1:52:32] s it
[1:52:32] going? Um? I
[1:52:33] m not gonna top
[1:52:36] that. Thank you for being so
[1:52:37] honest about all of this, Um
[1:52:40] Jessica You said a few minutes
[1:52:40] ago. It
[1:52:42] s nice that the police
[1:52:46] have somewhere Close to home
[1:52:47] that they can spend, um, you
[1:52:49] know, between work and home in
[1:52:52] regard to the police station.
[1:52:52] That
[1:52:53] s what these guys are
[1:52:57] asking for as well. Um, so
[1:52:57] let
[1:52:57] s talk around control. Got
[1:52:59] an m b a from a top school.
[1:52:59] I
[1:53:02] ve spent my career in
[1:53:02] financial services. I
[1:53:03] understand investments as well
[1:53:05] as anybody in this room. I get
[1:53:07] why rent control feels like
[1:53:07] something that
[1:53:08] s challenging.
[1:53:09] Something to bury in a
[1:53:11] subcommittee. Something to do
[1:53:14] away with this quickly and
[1:53:15] quietly as possible, but
[1:53:16] investments sometimes takes
[1:53:18] formal ways We might not
[1:53:20] necessarily consider By
[1:53:21] imposing rent controls you
[1:53:27] invest in our communities. You.
[1:53:28] Invest our small businesses.
[1:53:29] Hell even in the mega
[1:53:30] corporations that make up a lot
[1:53:33] of this area. Simply by helping
[1:53:34] to provide all ready and
[1:53:35] willing workforce proximal to
[1:53:38] the people that they serve. We
[1:53:39] already see the downsides of a
[1:53:41] lack of run control. You
[1:53:43] literally just saw it. People
[1:53:45] are traveling from all over the
[1:53:46] place to work jobs that can
[1:53:46] t
[1:53:48] cover their bills. While.
[1:53:48] There
[1:53:50] s some that MAY happily
[1:53:52] boast about driving from GOD
[1:53:53] knows where in California to
[1:53:57] for a job. Who does that now?
[1:53:58] The math just sometimes doesn
[1:53:58] t
[1:54:02] work. So. What happens? Workers
[1:54:03] drop out of the labor force,
[1:54:05] and we all feel it. This means
[1:54:07] it takes longer for any of us
[1:54:09] to get anything done. How. Much
[1:54:11] productivity are each of us
[1:54:12] losing every single week
[1:54:14] waiting just a simple extra
[1:54:15] couple minutes a day at
[1:54:19] Starbucks or wherever As, the
[1:54:21] man who took the man with the
[1:54:23] yellow hat on his spirit Quest
[1:54:24] in curious George, Very monkey,
[1:54:27] Christmas, sai. It
[1:54:27] s about
[1:54:29] time. Time is an investment.
[1:54:31] None of us think too much about
[1:54:31] But it
[1:54:33] s super important. More
[1:54:34] time means more gets done,
[1:54:35] which is good for all of us.
[1:54:35] It
[1:54:37] s good for Temecula. Let
[1:54:38] s
[1:54:39] also talk briefly about
[1:54:40] Temecula, as young people were
[1:54:42] aware of the brain drain that
[1:54:43] happens after kids graduate
[1:54:44] from high school around here or
[1:54:45] maybe even a couple of years of
[1:54:47] tuition Free college. Wouldn
[1:54:47] t
[1:54:49] be rad if we actually attracted
[1:54:52] them to stay. And build
[1:54:53] businesses or careers locally,
[1:54:54] something that we have failed
[1:54:56] miserably at forever. And all
[1:54:58] it takes is actually making the
[1:55:01] area remotely affordable. But
[1:55:02] again. I know investing. I know
[1:55:03] what people want to see? So
[1:55:05] here we go. Rent control can
[1:55:07] mean $5200 per year per person
[1:55:10] per commuter. Imagine what the
[1:55:11] people could do with that.
[1:55:13] Think of the benefits to say
[1:55:14] all down Temecula restaurants.
[1:55:16] The Economic benefit is
[1:55:17] undeniable if you wish to look
[1:55:18] beyond a handful of wealthy
[1:55:21] investors. So before we bury
[1:55:22] rent control in some nebulous
[1:55:23] committee. I think it
[1:55:23] s
[1:55:24] important that we actually
[1:55:25] consider the trade off that
[1:55:26] will lack around control
[1:55:28] actually has on the growth of
[1:55:30] Temecula. I believe it
[1:55:30] s worth
[1:55:33] serious consideration. Thanks.
[1:55:34] Thank you next speaker are last
[1:55:36] in person speaker is Daniel Kit.
[1:55:51] Welcome. Good Evening. City
[1:55:52] Council members, Mr Mayor Mayor
[1:55:54] Pro tem and city staff. Thank
[1:55:55] you for giving me this
[1:55:57] opportunity to speak with you
[1:55:58] this evening regarding the
[1:56:00] formation of the ad hoc
[1:56:00] committee to form a standalone
[1:56:03] fire department. My name is
[1:56:03] Daniel Kit and I
[1:56:05] m, one of the
[1:56:06] deputy district vice presidents
[1:56:07] representing Cal fire. I f f
[1:56:09] local to 881 in the Riverside
[1:56:11] district. In my day job as we
[1:56:12] call it. I
[1:56:13] m, an engineer
[1:56:15] paramedic assigned to our
[1:56:16] county hazardous materials team
[1:56:19] in Winchester. I wanted to take
[1:56:20] this opportunity to speak on
[1:56:23] the behalf of the 50 plus local
[1:56:24] +281 members we represent in
[1:56:27] the Temecula City contract. Cal
[1:56:29] Fire, Riverside County fire and
[1:56:31] local to anyone have enjoyed a
[1:56:31] positive, prosperous
[1:56:34] relationship with the city of
[1:56:35] Temecula for decades. Temecula
[1:56:37] contract is our flagship
[1:56:38] schedule a contract in this
[1:56:41] unit and in the state. In 2000
[1:56:42] at the direction of the City
[1:56:43] Council working with Cal fire
[1:56:45] local to it. 81 and Cal Fire
[1:56:48] management. Temecula is one of
[1:56:50] the first cities in Riverside
[1:56:51] County to add paramedics for
[1:56:52] the protection of his residence.
[1:56:56] In 2005, Riverside County, The
[1:56:58] City Council approved and was
[1:57:00] the first contract in Cal fire
[1:57:02] Riverside County Fire to have
[1:57:04] industry standard for o l s
[1:57:07] municipal staffing on all city
[1:57:07] fire engines. This brought the
[1:57:10] city in line with industry
[1:57:12] standard for als municipal
[1:57:13] staffing on all city fire
[1:57:16] engines. All. This was achieved
[1:57:17] through the local control that
[1:57:19] the City Council has
[1:57:21] Cooperative fire protection is
[1:57:22] the biggest benefit of
[1:57:23] contracting with Cal Fire,
[1:57:25] Riverside County Fire At any
[1:57:27] given time 24 hours a day
[1:57:29] Temecula is able to call on any
[1:57:31] of Cal fire. Riverside County
[1:57:33] fires 82 advanced life support
[1:57:35] paramedic engine companies. A
[1:57:37] trunk of a truck companies, six
[1:57:39] urban search and Rescue Task
[1:57:41] force is a full time staff os
[1:57:43] type one hazmat team over a
[1:57:45] dozen wild land fire engines
[1:57:46] and the largest aerial
[1:57:48] firefighting fleet in the world,
[1:57:48] including tankers and
[1:57:51] helicopters. Heavy equipment
[1:57:52] such as Dozers and potentially
[1:57:53] dozens of firefighting hand
[1:57:56] crews. All of this is thanks to
[1:57:57] your the City council
[1:57:58] s
[1:57:59] dedication to the citizens of
[1:58:01] Temecula and the Professional.
[1:58:01] Firefighters sworn to protect
[1:58:04] them. In addition to all the
[1:58:06] services above the five fire
[1:58:07] stations serving the city of
[1:58:08] Temecula are integrated part of
[1:58:11] this community. Whether it be
[1:58:12] dinner with a firefighter fire
[1:58:15] station tours. High school
[1:58:16] career Expos or the Fire
[1:58:17] Explorer program for use
[1:58:19] interested in pursuing a career
[1:58:20] in the fire service. The
[1:58:21] members of the Cal Fire,
[1:58:23] Riverside County Fire and local
[1:58:25] 281 or 100% committed to the
[1:58:27] citizens of Temecula. Our local
[1:58:28] to 881 Professional
[1:58:29] firefighters are some of the
[1:58:31] best in the world and I would
[1:58:32] put them up against any fire
[1:58:35] department any day. In closing.
[1:58:36] I would like to again. Thank
[1:58:37] you for your time and for
[1:58:39] letting me speak to you this
[1:58:40] evening that Temecula City
[1:58:42] Council has time and time again
[1:58:44] shown its commitment to public
[1:58:45] safety and its dedication to
[1:58:46] Cal fire Riverside County fire
[1:58:48] and we look forward to that
[1:58:49] continued relationship. Thank
[1:58:53] you. Thank you. MADAM City
[1:58:54] clerk there anymore speakers,
[1:58:56] Mr Mayor. We do not have any
[1:58:57] other in person speakers. I
[1:59:01] will say I have a number of
[1:59:03] email comments so that emails
[1:59:07] received from Uh Mark Darcy in
[1:59:09] regards to the fire item and
[1:59:13] the emails received from Sarah
[1:59:16] Patton. Tammy Meyer, Lorne
[1:59:19] Fournier Martha Howard,
[1:59:20] Jennifer, Cornelius, Atlanta
[1:59:23] Salyer and Melissa Bourbon is
[1:59:23] regarding the affordable
[1:59:25] housing rec control measure.
[1:59:28] They will all be put into the
[1:59:28] record. Okay? I appreciate that.
[1:59:31] Okay Well, now move into item
[1:59:32] number one, which is considered
[1:59:34] creation of ad hoc subcommittee
[1:59:35] to discuss to make a police
[1:59:36] department at the request of
[1:59:38] the airport. Tim Swart. You.
[1:59:41] Now have the floor. Okay, so
[1:59:44] basically I had a great meeting
[1:59:46] with Sheriff Bianco on this
[1:59:48] issue, and a couple of things
[1:59:50] came out of it. He clarified
[1:59:54] that Um. Our officers do not
[1:59:58] have to leave. Macula if they
[2:00:00] promote, which is was a big
[2:00:03] sticky point for me. I I
[2:00:04] understand that was a policy of
[2:00:06] the previous sheriff. And so,
[2:00:07] um, I didn
[2:00:08] t realize that the
[2:00:10] current sheriff does not have
[2:00:11] that policy in place. So that
[2:00:15] was a huge thing for me. Um,
[2:00:17] also, he expressed. He totally
[2:00:19] supports the idea of us having
[2:00:20] our own police station in in
[2:00:24] Temecula. And. He
[2:00:25] s got. He
[2:00:27] just built a police station in
[2:00:29] a group of Valley, so that was
[2:00:31] very encouraging to hear that
[2:00:32] cost, and that
[2:00:33] s why I wanted
[2:00:37] to, um, put it in our budget
[2:00:38] thought of a police station
[2:00:41] within the city of Temecula. Um
[2:00:42] So. I
[2:00:42] m. I
[2:00:43] m literally
[2:00:44] withdrawing the idea of
[2:00:46] starting our own pd, but I want
[2:00:50] to push forward the idea of
[2:00:51] bringing our sheriff
[2:00:51] s officers
[2:00:55] inside our city limits. Ah. I
[2:00:55] feel That
[2:00:56] s something that we
[2:01:01] need to do as a city to show
[2:01:03] our, um dedication to public
[2:01:07] safety and, um and instead of
[2:01:08] having a commuter police force
[2:01:10] will have a police force that
[2:01:11] actually exists within the city
[2:01:15] of Temecula. So. That
[2:01:15] s. That
[2:01:15] s
[2:01:16] where I
[2:01:18] m going with that, as
[2:01:18] far as I
[2:01:19] m concerned, I
[2:01:20] ve
[2:01:22] talked to San Diego p. D
[2:01:26] lieutenant, and he was talking
[2:01:27] about the Incredible Um uh,
[2:01:28] Time that they
[2:01:29] re having with
[2:01:32] attrition down in San Diego
[2:01:35] that they have, literally even
[2:01:37] if they filled their academy up
[2:01:39] and every single guy passed,
[2:01:41] they would still go negative
[2:01:44] every year as far as how many
[2:01:46] officers are terming out, you
[2:01:49] know injury, um So I don
[2:01:49] t want
[2:01:51] the city to be in that kind of
[2:01:53] a situation. So. That
[2:01:53] s that
[2:01:54] s
[2:01:54] something i
[2:01:54] m. I
[2:01:55] m thinking I
[2:01:55] don
[2:01:55] t want to. I don
[2:01:57] t want to
[2:01:57] go down that route because
[2:02:00] recruitment Is going to be a
[2:02:03] lot harder than first
[2:02:04] anticipated, and that was
[2:02:05] something sheriff Bianca
[2:02:07] pointed out, and I was able to
[2:02:10] verify with several other
[2:02:10] agencies. So, Um there
[2:02:10] s is
[2:02:12] just a huge struggle right now
[2:02:13] to get anybody to want to do,
[2:02:17] Um Policing work. So, um so I
[2:02:18] m
[2:02:21] in favor of keeping our shares
[2:02:23] but keeping them inside our
[2:02:26] city limits by building a
[2:02:28] police station, creating
[2:02:31] ownership, creating. Um, um
[2:02:32] Just a better sense of public.
[2:02:37] Um Appreciation and or
[2:02:39] ownership, so That
[2:02:40] s Where I so
[2:02:40] I
[2:02:42] m literally going to remove
[2:02:45] the idea of creating our own pd,
[2:02:48] But I want to kind of shift
[2:02:49] into the police station model.
[2:02:54] Okay? So. Is that a wholesale
[2:02:55] removal of this? Yes. You want
[2:02:58] to modify it to anything? Are,
[2:02:59] you good with the current
[2:03:01] public safety subcommittee we
[2:03:04] have handling this. I mean, I.
[2:03:04] Don
[2:03:04] t think I
[2:03:05] m on it, but I
[2:03:09] would I would want I think a
[2:03:10] separate subcommittee city
[2:03:13] manager? What would you Say
[2:03:17] about this. Yeah, we have a We
[2:03:21] have a dedicated And this this
[2:03:22] probably, um will be in
[2:03:23] conflict with what you just
[2:03:26] said. But. We have a dedicated,
[2:03:37] um Had hock subcommittee. Is
[2:03:39] that the surplus lands, public
[2:03:41] safety ad hoc and in reading
[2:03:46] the description The
[2:03:48] subcommittee will work with
[2:03:50] staff to evaluate and discuss
[2:03:50] the city
[2:03:53] s public safety
[2:03:54] operations, opportunities for
[2:03:56] efficiencies and other related
[2:03:57] matters. This includes
[2:03:58] evaluating alternatives to the
[2:03:59] police base of operations
[2:04:00] located at the South West
[2:04:04] Station. Um And I Think Mayor
[2:04:05] Pro tem. That
[2:04:07] s what you
[2:04:07] re
[2:04:07] you
[2:04:09] re asking for your correct
[2:04:09] You
[2:04:11] re not currently listed on
[2:04:13] that council members, Alexander
[2:04:16] and cafes are assigned to that
[2:04:17] subcommittee, So I think that
[2:04:20] would be something the council
[2:04:21] needs to discuss. I don
[2:04:21] t know
[2:04:24] that you need to solve that. At
[2:04:26] this moment. But. If this
[2:04:27] becomes an agenda item in two
[2:04:28] weeks. Ts something that
[2:04:29] you
[2:04:31] re going to need to Think
[2:04:34] about if we want to assign
[2:04:36] something completely different,
[2:04:38] or if stew you want to replace
[2:04:41] somebody on that ad hoc
[2:04:41] subcommittee that
[2:04:42] s also
[2:04:44] available to the subcommittee.
[2:04:44] But. We
[2:04:45] re going to be looking
[2:04:47] for council direction if this
[2:04:52] goes forward Mhm. So So. Do. I
[2:04:54] have to bring it back again Or
[2:04:56] can we take it from here and
[2:04:59] put it right on the agenda
[2:04:59] recommendation Barring Peter
[2:05:00] telling me we can
[2:05:02] t do this.
[2:05:05] This is more you Mayor Pro tem
[2:05:09] Clarifying your future agenda
[2:05:10] item, not the actual agenda
[2:05:10] item itself, So. I
[2:05:11] m
[2:05:12] comfortable as long as you
[2:05:13] re
[2:05:13] clarifying for your colleagues
[2:05:15] benefit What. It is that
[2:05:15] they
[2:05:17] re voting on this evening.
[2:05:17] What. It is they
[2:05:19] re not voting
[2:05:20] on this evening and then voting
[2:05:22] up or down If you want to see
[2:05:23] this? Come back in two weeks.
[2:05:23] I
[2:05:25] m comfortable. In
[2:05:29] clarification. What were you We
[2:05:32] would be voting on is bringing
[2:05:36] this back as only a discussion
[2:05:40] and a police station model
[2:05:41] versus a, um stand up p d. Okay.
[2:05:44] And and and let
[2:05:44] s just assume,
[2:05:44] let
[2:05:45] s play this out. Let
[2:05:46] s that
[2:05:47] this gets approved and it gets
[2:05:50] on the agenda. We can have the
[2:05:51] discussion about it
[2:05:52] s just
[2:05:53] appropriate for this current
[2:05:53] subcommittee. And if we
[2:05:54] d like
[2:05:56] to make changes, and we could
[2:05:58] do so at that time, right, so
[2:05:58] we don
[2:05:59] t necessarily have to
[2:06:01] create anything new. We. Don
[2:06:01] t
[2:06:02] we already have the
[2:06:03] infrastructure in place, so
[2:06:05] Okay? I think we
[2:06:06] re good, but I
[2:06:08] want to open it up to any
[2:06:10] questions of the balance of the
[2:06:11] council if anyone
[2:06:12] s insured, Mr
[2:06:15] Mayor Pro tem. I do, um You had
[2:06:16] mentioned earlier in the
[2:06:18] meeting, and I think it can
[2:06:18] t
[2:06:20] get lost in this conversation
[2:06:22] as it has your voting and you
[2:06:24] want to bring stuff back. It
[2:06:24] s
[2:06:25] a little confusing, but I think
[2:06:26] the mayor pro tem has kind of
[2:06:30] like a two Really two things
[2:06:31] that are connected.
[2:06:33] Interconnected. One is the ad
[2:06:35] hoc and the discussion on a
[2:06:37] police station. And. Then,
[2:06:37] There
[2:06:40] s a correlating financial
[2:06:41] policy. City Council policy
[2:06:43] related to that action. I would
[2:06:45] envision both of those being
[2:06:48] part of any future staff report
[2:06:48] for this council
[2:06:49] s discussion.
[2:06:52] Indirection. That makes sense,
[2:06:52] doesn
[2:06:53] t it would have to be.
[2:06:57] Yeah. So, Mr mayor for
[2:06:58] clarifying purposes, your
[2:06:59] motion that you would be voting
[2:07:01] up or down is whether or not to
[2:07:03] consider the creation of an ad
[2:07:06] hoc subcommittee to discuss the
[2:07:07] Temecula sheriff
[2:07:08] s station and
[2:07:10] any related funding mechanisms.
[2:07:13] Would you like to see that on a
[2:07:18] future agenda? Yes, okay. So
[2:07:21] entertain, So we have a motion
[2:07:21] motion second it and let
[2:07:22] s vote.
[2:07:33] Council member Brown. Are you
[2:07:33] in the primitive affirmative.
[2:07:39] Thank you. Okay and that passes
[2:07:39] 50, and we
[2:07:41] ll see that in two
[2:07:43] weeks. Okay item number two is
[2:07:44] considered creation of ad hoc
[2:07:45] subcommittee to discuss
[2:07:47] Temecula Fire department at the
[2:07:48] request of council member cafes.
[2:07:51] You have the floor. So when i
[2:07:53] initially proposed this about a
[2:07:55] month or so ago, my initial
[2:07:57] thought was working alongside
[2:07:59] Cal fire on strike teams and
[2:08:00] different assignments. I always
[2:08:02] thought that Cal fire deserve
[2:08:03] more. And when I mean my
[2:08:04] dessert more. I mean, I believe
[2:08:06] that they deserve more pay, and
[2:08:08] they deserve more Time off Cal
[2:08:09] fire compared to a lot of
[2:08:10] municipal departments work more.
[2:08:12] And they aren
[2:08:13] t compensated for
[2:08:14] the work that they do. So when
[2:08:16] I proposed this, my initial
[2:08:16] thought was that
[2:08:17] s what I
[2:08:18] wanted for Cal fire and that
[2:08:18] s
[2:08:19] what I wanted for our
[2:08:20] firefighters here in the city
[2:08:22] of Temecula, But after doing my
[2:08:24] own research of my own do
[2:08:26] diligence. I realized that that
[2:08:29] is something that Necessary
[2:08:29] Let
[2:08:31] s above Temecula City
[2:08:32] councils around of authority,
[2:08:32] and I
[2:08:33] ve come to the conclusion
[2:08:36] that Cal fire and more
[2:08:37] specifically, Riverside County
[2:08:38] fire provides the best fire and
[2:08:40] emergency services to the
[2:08:41] residents of Temecula and
[2:08:43] therefore I will not be moving
[2:08:45] forward with my request for
[2:08:47] subcommittee for Temecula Fire
[2:08:50] Department. Okay. Thank you
[2:08:52] very much, noted. Okay. Item
[2:08:54] number three. Consider Rent
[2:08:55] Control Ordinance for
[2:08:56] affordable housing at the
[2:08:57] request of council members,
[2:09:00] Stuart, you have the floor. All.
[2:09:03] Right. So this is really
[2:09:04] something that I just wanted to
[2:09:07] daylight. And I I
[2:09:08] m. I really
[2:09:11] want to ask our city manager?
[2:09:15] To come back and give a report
[2:09:18] on what rent controls and what
[2:09:21] does affordable housing. Look
[2:09:24] like inter macula from from our
[2:09:25] investment, you know, because
[2:09:27] we have invested a lot of money
[2:09:30] in the city of Temecula. Uh, in
[2:09:32] affordable housing, and so and
[2:09:35] what did the covenants look
[2:09:37] like on the actual managers of
[2:09:40] the buildings and the property
[2:09:43] owners, and so I? For me it was
[2:09:47] more just to clarify. What is
[2:09:49] in place right now, so because
[2:09:49] you can
[2:09:50] t talk about something,
[2:09:51] if you don
[2:09:51] t know the answer,
[2:09:51] and that
[2:09:52] s and that
[2:09:53] s what I
[2:09:55] feel like. You know the
[2:09:57] discussion was going on is, you
[2:10:00] know MISS Lamont wants
[2:10:05] something. And I need to know
[2:10:07] what and I need the public to
[2:10:09] know what we can and what we
[2:10:09] can
[2:10:12] t do. And. So, I. I
[2:10:12] m just
[2:10:14] asking us to have our city
[2:10:16] manager. Or whoever he assigns
[2:10:19] to come back and explain how
[2:10:23] the covenants Ah, on, um, the
[2:10:26] affordable housing. And. What
[2:10:26] s
[2:10:28] in the pipeline. What do we
[2:10:30] have? What? How?Re we
[2:10:32] affecting this community who
[2:10:34] who basically feels faceless.
[2:10:35] How, are we addressing their
[2:10:38] needs? At a city level with
[2:10:39] because I know we
[2:10:39] re doing a
[2:10:40] lot, but I don
[2:10:41] t think the
[2:10:42] public knows we
[2:10:42] re doing a lot
[2:10:45] so I would like to have that
[2:10:48] report. Just the daylight, all
[2:10:50] the information just so when
[2:10:51] you know when we talk about
[2:10:53] rent control We
[2:10:54] re going to
[2:10:55] find out. We already have it,
[2:10:58] But I want that to come from
[2:11:01] the city manager talking about
[2:11:03] exactly what? What we have in
[2:11:05] place already and Um So. That
[2:11:05] s
[2:11:07] what I
[2:11:08] m, asking the council to
[2:11:10] Take. This a little farther.
[2:11:10] Alright, I
[2:11:12] ll open up for any
[2:11:15] quick questions from balance of
[2:11:15] the council. Um, So. I
[2:11:15] m not
[2:11:18] seeing any So in instead you
[2:11:19] re
[2:11:20] asking, you know, not for rent
[2:11:22] Control ordinance, but a
[2:11:23] presentation on that
[2:11:23] s what I
[2:11:24] m
[2:11:25] asking affordable housing and
[2:11:28] right. Okay. Um I mean that
[2:11:29] seems reasonable and I know
[2:11:29] we
[2:11:30] ve done them past meetings,
[2:11:32] and I know, I
[2:11:32] m even ready
[2:11:33] Commission has seen him as well.
[2:11:35] But. It
[2:11:36] s definitely something
[2:11:38] that it wears on your heart.
[2:11:39] When you hear these stories,
[2:11:41] and and I think it
[2:11:41] s important
[2:11:44] that we communicate that back
[2:11:45] to the community, so I would
[2:11:48] certainly support that, and Um.
[2:11:48] I guess I
[2:11:50] ll make the motion
[2:11:53] motion so emotions you consider
[2:11:53] So actually, Mr Mayor, You
[2:11:53] don
[2:11:55] t need to have a motion on
[2:11:58] that and what I heard from
[2:11:59] mayor pretension. Frank Stewart
[2:12:01] is that he is pulling that item
[2:12:03] and instead directing the city
[2:12:05] manager to go ahead and bring
[2:12:09] back a presentation. Okay? And.
[2:12:09] That
[2:12:12] s even cleaner process.
[2:12:13] Okay, fantastic. Doesn
[2:12:13] t work
[2:12:13] since you
[2:12:14] re since you
[2:12:14] re
[2:12:15] voting isn
[2:12:17] t working. Okay? And.
[2:12:18] Last item is Adam for is
[2:12:19] considered the process for
[2:12:20] placement of future agenda
[2:12:22] items at the request of myself.
[2:12:25] So, um You know when I first
[2:12:27] came onto council, Um, you know
[2:12:29] there was this. This feeling of
[2:12:31] you would have to communicate
[2:12:33] with your colleagues, right? I
[2:12:34] remember sitting, you know for
[2:12:36] the first First few meetings
[2:12:38] and sort of understanding that
[2:12:39] the dynamics of what it
[2:12:39] s like
[2:12:41] to work with the team and, um
[2:12:42] and if there were some things
[2:12:44] that I wanted to bring forward
[2:12:45] and and I would I would reach
[2:12:47] out to another council member
[2:12:49] and and and say, Hey, I
[2:12:50] ve got
[2:12:51] this idea, you know? Would you
[2:12:54] mind co sponsoring this with me
[2:12:55] in bringing that forward? Um
[2:12:56] and that worked, You know, I
[2:12:58] think that was six or
[2:12:59] historically, the unwritten
[2:13:02] rules and we we we had to come
[2:13:03] into an age is a city and
[2:13:04] create policy, and I think it
[2:13:04] s
[2:13:04] important that we did create
[2:13:08] the Policy, but but I see some
[2:13:09] problems with it, and I think
[2:13:11] Um, if we could have this
[2:13:12] discussion at the council level,
[2:13:13] we could address some of them,
[2:13:15] Um, you know, and and just
[2:13:17] really not to go too deep into
[2:13:20] this, But, um, you know,
[2:13:20] oftentimes we can start with
[2:13:23] our city manager like that.
[2:13:23] That
[2:13:23] s important relationship
[2:13:25] that we have, so we should work
[2:13:28] with that, Um, we do have many
[2:13:29] subcommittees. And. Um. We
[2:13:30] heard the nefarious, you know,
[2:13:32] send it to a subcommittee thing,
[2:13:34] and I see the exact opposite of
[2:13:35] that we can spend valuable time.
[2:13:39] Looking at things through the
[2:13:40] subcommittee. There
[2:13:40] s various
[2:13:43] other avenues for bringing
[2:13:46] items to to To an agenda. The
[2:13:48] most important is trying to
[2:13:49] build consensus right and
[2:13:51] obviously not building
[2:13:51] consensus with everyone. But if
[2:13:52] I want to bring something
[2:13:54] forward, I want to have a
[2:13:56] conversation with at least one
[2:13:57] other colleague and say, Hey,
[2:14:00] um, you know, What. Do. You
[2:14:01] think about this, You know. Am
[2:14:02] I in the right lane. And you
[2:14:03] might say, yeah, that
[2:14:04] s what I
[2:14:05] could doodle stop, or you might
[2:14:06] be like, Okay. That
[2:14:06] s that
[2:14:07] s
[2:14:08] normal. Um So. That
[2:14:09] s really
[2:14:10] the conversation I want to have
[2:14:11] about this? We
[2:14:12] re having folks
[2:14:13] come to the podium and say, I
[2:14:14] want you to do this? I want you
[2:14:15] to put an item on and we
[2:14:15] re
[2:14:17] sort of reacting to that We
[2:14:17] re
[2:14:19] spending a lot of time on these
[2:14:21] future agenda items and we have
[2:14:23] an infrastructure in place to
[2:14:26] handle a bulk of this. These
[2:14:27] asked, so I would just ask that
[2:14:29] we place this on the future
[2:14:30] engine item, we can have the
[2:14:33] discussion and tighten up. Our
[2:14:34] council policy at a future
[2:14:36] meeting. So with that That
[2:14:36] s my
[2:14:36] motion, I
[2:14:37] ll entertain a secon
[2:14:39] Okay. We have a second Let us
[2:14:45] vote. Affirmative. Yeah. We
[2:14:46] have a one man. Let
[2:14:46] s see. Yeah.
[2:14:52] Okay, and that fastest 50. Okay.
[2:14:54] Thank you everyone. City
[2:14:55] managers report. Um, Yeah, MR.
[2:14:56] Mayor. I just have a kind of
[2:14:59] want to do a quick commercial
[2:15:01] here. We don
[2:15:03] t often talk about
[2:15:04] a business incubator. The City
[2:15:06] of Temecula has a business
[2:15:07] incubator. It
[2:15:08] s located over on
[2:15:09] the West side. It
[2:15:10] s doing
[2:15:11] amazing things and something we
[2:15:16] refer to it as t v e two.
[2:15:17] Temecula Valley Entrepreneur
[2:15:17] exchange, So I
[2:15:18] m just going to
[2:15:20] do a quick little commercial
[2:15:21] for those that aren
[2:15:22] t familiar
[2:15:23] with what goes on there. You
[2:15:27] can see on this slide here, um,
[2:15:29] just like shark tank. We do
[2:15:31] quick pitch competitions where
[2:15:35] we coach folks that are
[2:15:37] according investment into a
[2:15:38] idea. Entrepreneurial spirit.
[2:15:39] You can see there
[2:15:39] s an in
[2:15:41] person event there on APRIL
[2:15:43] 12th from 11 30 to 1. Next
[2:15:48] slide, please. Um. We also
[2:15:49] cater to veterans and I know
[2:15:51] this is very important and so
[2:15:52] you can see there. There
[2:15:53] s a
[2:15:56] list of sessions supporting our
[2:15:57] veterans population and
[2:15:59] starting a business
[2:16:02] understanding your market
[2:16:02] economics. Financing your
[2:16:05] venture. Um a number of classes
[2:16:06] and opportunities. Next slide,
[2:16:09] please. Here
[2:16:10] s another list of
[2:16:12] just some random programs that
[2:16:13] we picked that are coming up
[2:16:16] and the next couple of weeks
[2:16:17] marketing campaign strategy.
[2:16:19] These are this is free advice.
[2:16:23] This is free business advice
[2:16:24] taught by legitimate business
[2:16:26] owners that know their their
[2:16:27] stuff. How to do business with
[2:16:29] the city of Temecula. If you
[2:16:29] re
[2:16:33] interested, how to become one ur Valued contractors and
[2:16:35] so attend a session on MARCH
[2:16:39] 16th next slide. And. Lastly.
[2:16:39] Here
[2:16:40] s some other practical
[2:16:42] programs that are being offered
[2:16:44] later in MARCH, whether it
[2:16:45] s
[2:16:46] ocean certification or
[2:16:48] employment law, just a lot of
[2:16:50] really great programs. Mary is
[2:16:51] our incubator manager over
[2:16:51] there. She
[2:16:52] s doing a great job.
[2:16:54] I know I send all the updates
[2:16:56] to the City Council, but for
[2:16:58] the general public and for our
[2:16:58] business community, it is a
[2:17:03] hidden gem. That sometimes
[2:17:03] forgotten that it
[2:17:04] s available
[2:17:06] and out there. So with that, Um
[2:17:07] I appreciate the opportunity to
[2:17:09] show that this evening, Okay
[2:17:11] thank you very much. Mr City
[2:17:12] manager, Mr City attorney.
[2:17:14] Anything this evening. I have
[2:17:15] nothing further. GOD. Darn it.
[2:17:16] i was looking forward to
[2:17:18] hearing you Talk a little bit.
[2:17:21] I do have a long list of topics
[2:17:22] I could Okay. No. All, Right.
[2:17:23] Thank you, sir. Okay with that
[2:17:23] we
[2:17:25] ll go ahead and move to our
[2:17:27] adjournment if we could put up
[2:17:29] a quick slide. Um, this is Ted
[2:17:30] Hoffman. He is the mayor pro
[2:17:33] tem of the city of Norco. And,
[2:17:35] sadly, Ted passed in his sleep
[2:17:38] just a few days ago. We We have
[2:17:40] served. Many of us has served
[2:17:43] with Ted over the years. Um and
[2:17:47] he is a gem. He was a gem. Um.
[2:17:50] He was obviously a value to
[2:17:51] regional leader. The time I
[2:17:52] served with him on Arte. He
[2:17:54] always had poignant questions
[2:17:55] and very thoughtful comments.
[2:17:57] And. He always did what he
[2:18:00] thought was best for Norco and
[2:18:01] the citizens of Riverside
[2:18:04] County. So with that we will be
[2:18:05] adjourning are meeting this
[2:18:07] evening in memory of Ted
[2:18:07] Hoffman MAY arrest in peace,