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Welcome, everyone, to the Board of Board Commissioners December meeting, and I want to thank you all for coming this afternoon. It's good to see you. Clerk, would you please call the roll. Thank you. Please respond when I call your name. Castellanos. Here. Malcolm. Here. Amor. Deymor. Oh, I'm sorry. Here. Deymor. Here. Naranjo. Here. Or Tassen. Here. Zuckett. Thank you. Thank you very much. I would like to ask our incoming chair.

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Chairman, next year, Rafael Castellanos to lead us in the pledge.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you very much.

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Mr. General Counsel, can we please have a closed session report out?

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Yes, thank you, Chairman Malcolm.

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During the closed session, the board considered that the items in the closed session agenda and took no reportable action.

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That concludes my report.

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Thank you very much.

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District Clerk, do we have any announcements?

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Yes, thank you.

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For anyone who's online and having difficulty

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providing public comment, please call our main phone line at 619-686-6200,

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and someone will be able to help you.

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As required by the Brown Act and directed by the Board of

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Port Commissioners, I am reporting that on today's agenda is an item

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I'm taking final action to amend the employment agreement for the President's CEO for the San Diego Unified Port District that will modify his salary.

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Additional information can be found in the staff report prepared for this item.

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Additional agenda-related materials were received by the board for the following items.

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8, file 2020-0365 authorizing issuance of a non-appealable coastal development permit for coral tree replacement program at public parks.

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Number 19, redevelopment of East Harbor Island, number 20, file 2022-0408, Mitsubishi cement corporation, and file 2025, file 2020-0029 reviewing consideration of the proposed Board agenda for January 10th, 2023.

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Additionally, staff requests that the board consider the following item to be continued.

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Item 20 file 2022-0408 Mitsubishi cement corporation.

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That concludes my comments.

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Thank you very much.

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We're now on to public comments and I just want to mention you just heard our district clerk.

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We are going to be pulling from the agenda the Mitsubishi item.

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As such, we're not going to be taking public comment under that item, but recognizing that many of you here are here to talk about that.

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I want to give people that are present in opportunity to speak. So we're going to allow you to go right now under public comment and to make your comments.

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Also, we've received a number of voicemails for the Mitsubishi item that is going to be pulled.

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Those voicemails will be heard at a time we bring Mitsubishi back.

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However, we have some voicemails that are speaking to general public comment, and

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we will play, I believe it's actually one voicemail.

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So, but we don't want to silence you, we want to give you an opportunity.

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So, we're just changing the time at which it's going to happen in the meeting.

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because we will not have the item coming later and quite frankly, I just want to say right

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now a lot of the reason we're doing that is in response to what we've heard from the

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public, we do hear you, we want to give the parties time to further meet with the community

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to talk about it, to determine if it may go forward but I just want you all to know the

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The reason why the item is being pulled today is because we've heard you and the Port of San Diego we do believe in very robust public outreach and we do believe in listening to the community that's our history here at the port.

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And so I want you to know that you were heard and that's the response the item is not going to go today but you will still have an opportunity to speak with that I am going to open up the agenda for public comment and I would ask the district clerk.

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All the public speakers that we have, that we're going to speak on Mitsubishi, which is going to be pulled from the agenda, we want to give them the opportunity now.

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I'm going to be limiting, I know at the number of speakers, we're going to be limiting to two minutes per person.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Chairman.

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First, we have Sharon Cloudward, followed by Austin Marshall.

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Good afternoon, Chair Malcolm, commissioners. My name is Sharon Cloud, and I'm president of the San Diego Working Waterfront. The tenants are aware of the project and support Mitsubishi's efforts and are eager to see the Port continue commitment to maritime. Let's not forget that during 2008, when we had the recession, as well as our recent pandemic, it was our maritime and ship repair businesses that kept us afloat, so we must not forget that in those days.

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jobs. We need to sure that we have contracted tenants versus spot cargo. We have more control

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of our destiny by having contracted tenants where you have a lease with them. So that's

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why we're encouraging you to move forward with the lease. The San Diego Working Waterfront

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understands the concerns of the community and supports Mitsubishi pursuing discussions

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with the community to ensure that we keep this project on the forward front. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We have Austin Marshall followed by Raymond Lieber.

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Good afternoon, Chairman and Malcolm and commissioners.

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Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today.

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My name is Austin Marshall.

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I'm the president and CEO of Mitsubishi Smith Corporation.

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Thank you for removing our item from today's agenda.

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After meeting with community members over the past several months, we wanted to take additional

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time to engage with the community more directly and in a more substantive way.

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And it's what I'm here today with my full team.

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We have technical, community, legal support point right back here that had been working

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with us for quite a while on this project.

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To express our intentions both to this board and to the community.

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Mitsubishi is a good company and we believe with the right amount of effort and determination,

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this project can be a win for the poor and a win for the community.

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We have a long track record of being a good neighbor and a long beach with a clean state

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the poor operation where we pride ourselves on innovation. And while we would have the same

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operation here, we understand that not everyone has had long enough to realize what we have done

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or what we could do in San Diego. Prior to our lease coming before this body for support,

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we admit to be she are committed to having a robust discussion with the community to establish

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understanding and commitments that we will be a good neighbor with a clean operation, not only with

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the port, Thailand's, but also to neighboring communities.

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Thank you again for allowing me this opportunity to speak to you.

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Thank you. Now we have Raymond Leba, followed by Meli Morales.

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Good afternoon, Chairman Malcolm, respected commissioners.

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I want to thank you for the opportunity that I can speak today in support of the MCC project.

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I represent approximately 700 long show workers.

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I am the president of the International Longshore Women and

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Warehouse Engineering and San Diego Local 29 with our offices in National City.

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We are pretty much stoked with the MCC's project.

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We respect them because they are not only concerned with the community and

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and the impact that the project will have on the community,

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but they're also concerned about the workers.

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I worked on the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal since June of 1965.

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I've seen many, many changes there,

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and I agree with Sharon Coward,

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we need to get least tenants to continue to develop.

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The only deep water port on the west coast,

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the Port of San Diego, to its full potential.

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We feel that the metropolitan cement endeavor

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Whatever it would be a good fit for the poor San Diego, not only for the 700 long show

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workers that represent, but as you all know there is a building shortage in the city

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of San Diego and the outlying communities.

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I think this is a footprint that's going to be established because along with cement will

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come lumber, gravel, sand, and building will boom again in San Diego.

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We have a serious housing shortage, it will bring good paying jobs not only to the long

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industry, but to the body of itself, several of our members resided in the body of.

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I think it's a good fit, they're concerned about, you know, short power, green, the environment,

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as are we, the residents living in the community, but we're on the terminals day in and day out,

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so we know exactly how they feel. We're excited about it, and when this project comes to the next

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agenda. I stand with my 700.

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Workers in support of it. Thank you.

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Thank you. I have Mellie Morales, followed by Maria Lopez.

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Chairman in the board, and Mellie Morales with the Environmental Health Coalition.

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EFC believes all people have the right to live in a clean and safe environment, regardless

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of their zip code, and that's not yet the reality for Barriologan and National City. Many have

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made great efforts to be here today to advocate for their right to life, and I ask them to stand

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up now to be acknowledged for the work they do on the front lines to secure health equity

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in our region. Thank you. We stand with those online as well 27 local regional and state organizations

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who signed on to our letter of opposition to MCC, 275 people who emailed you and 600 people

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who signed our 2020 position asking you to reject MCC. Heavy duty diesel emissions from

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port activities are a major reason why they are bearing a disproportionate pollution burden.

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MCC's project would exacerbate diesel death zones in Barriologian and National City with at least

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four thousand and up to ten thousand five hundred additional truck trips.

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We know California's existing environmental policies protect white non-Latine residents

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at the expense of BIPOC communities like ours, breathing a high concentration of air pollution

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with more associated adverse health effects.

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We need the port to go beyond what is required to do what is necessary.

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You play an outsized role in determining health outcomes for Barriologian, National City,

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and the region as a whole.

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MCC has not worked to disrupt the system of environmental racism.

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At no point in over five years of the port has had a conditional agreement with MCC has

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either entity worked with community stakeholders to address potential impacts.

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MCC's proposal was unacceptable to the community members and the port board in 2020 and it's

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unacceptable today.

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A approval of their project would violate the approved goals, objectives and intent of the

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maritime clean air strategy and community emissions reduction plan.

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environmental justice communities are doing the work. They deserve bodily autonomy and self-determination.

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MCC has had more than their fair share of your time in our community of rejects MCC.

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Don't let them come back.

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Thank you. Now we have Maria Lopez, followed by Brenda Minchacha.

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Minchacha.

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Gracias por su atención y su comprensión de estar aquí.

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Thank you very much, my name is María López and I'm going to talk about the issue that has not been

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given. I am a mother of three children, I have lived in the neighborhood for 30 years and I have

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seen how once again the city of San Diego has implemented projects and posts that

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put the health of us and residents in danger. I want to ask you the

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Puerto, porque siempre tienen que ser los otros aquí en el barro de Logan que escogen

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para poner sus empresas, porque somos nosotros quienes tenemos que lidiar con esas acciones

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cuantos de nuestros hijos tienen, tienen que correr el riesgo de desarrollar enfermedades

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respiratorias y no poder estar a gusto en nuestro hogar.

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los quiero decir a ustedes el puerto ya basta rechazando el proyecto de mis

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subichis y no vuelvan a contemplar no estamos hablando de una cuenta de

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unas cuantas personas esto afecta a todos mis vecinos a mí y a mis hijos por

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años no quiero regresar a decirles por favor rechazen a mis subichis otros proyectos

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similarities, que solo piensan en sus bolsillos y no en la gente, muchas gracias, que les

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me necesito.

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Hi, my name is María Rita Lopez, and I'm going to speak to you about a theme or about

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a subject on your agenda.

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I'm the mom of three children, and I've lived in Barrio Logan for 30 years.

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In those 30 years, I have seen how other parts of the city of San Diego have implemented

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and policies that put our health, the health of our residents in danger.

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I want to ask the port, why does it always have to be us?

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Why is it always us that have to deal with these actions?

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How many of our children are going to have to run the risk of getting sick with respiratory illnesses

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or not being able to live comfortably in our homes?

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I want to tell the port enough already, please reject the Mitsubishi project, and please

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don't consider it again.

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We're not talking about just a few or a handful of people.

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This is affecting all of my neighbors, it's affecting me, it's affecting my children, and

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and it's affected us for years.

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I don't want to have to say again or ask again, to please reject Mitsubishi and other similar projects that are only around profit about money about what you can put in your pockets and not our people. Thank you.

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Thank you. Now we have apologies.

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We have Brenda Mentaka, followed by Ashley Valentin. Hi, my name is Brenda Mentaka and I am a resident of

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about your login, I will be speaking on the item.

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I'm here today to ask the Port of San Diego

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to reject the Mitsubishi cement corporation

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and the negative effects it will bring to our community.

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To think that the port is even considering

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of sending as many as 10,500 heavy diesel polluting

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truck trips, a month into a neighborhood

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that already faces high rates of respiratory illnesses

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such as asthma in the entire county is unacceptable.

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The Port of San Diego must commit and honor the MCAS that it passed last year.

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It emphasizes to reduce and replace polluting drugs by 2030,

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which this proposal clearly does not meet its criteria.

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I ask once again to the Port of San Diego and everyone here to completely roll out the proposed

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Mitsubishi cement plant corporation and stand with the community that for

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generation has had has had to endure with environmental racism and its

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policies. Thank you. Thank you. Ashley Valentine, followed by Lindsay

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Hello, my name is Ashley Valentin and I was born in race in Logan Heights.

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I will be speaking on a non-agenda item. For the longest time, I have normalized

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the physical emotional and mental effects of environmental racism on community members, loved ones,

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and myself. Many of the limited yet sacred green spaces in our community is not enough to protect

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us from the presence of the Interstate 5 Coronado Bridge and the distal trucks that come into the community.

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As a result, the effects of air pollution and how it is affecting youth and elders right now is

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visible in our everyday lives. My little sister and I find it very difficult to breathe or enjoy the two

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parts in our community due to the horrible air quality. We are struggling to survive

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and consume with the aftermath of having these developments in our home. Instead of protecting

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my neighborhood from the potential of more diesel trucks coming into our community,

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I should be at my dorm studying for my midterms this week. Our community did not ask for these

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developments in our home nor the health issues. Therefore, just as my elders and past community members

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have been urging to clean air in our community, I'm here to urge you to reject the MCC proposal

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and any similar proposals in the future.

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If we do not have the port or other allies

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investing cleaning the air in our community,

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just as our past and present generations

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who are struggling to breathe,

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our future generations will also be negatively impacted.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We have Lindsay Wynn followed by Dr. Alberto Polito.

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Hi, my name's Lindsay Wynn and I'm a resident of Barrio Logan.

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I appreciate you taking the time today

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to listen to our pleas and hopefully officially

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put an end to the development of the MCC project.

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As somebody who works from home, not far from the proposed development of the plant,

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the current lack of air quality is already a constant issue.

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We all know that the statistics that Barrio-Loguerre residents are up to 95% more likely to develop

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cancer than the rest of the United States, and we are in the top 5% of the most polluted

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areas in California.

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As somebody with a genetic condition that exacerbates my respiratory health, a condition

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that claimed both my father and my brother, it's obviously in my invested interest and

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And that of our children elderly that this project is laid to rest.

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Beyond this project, I hope you take away with deep sincerity this community's commitment

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to people over profits and our prosperity over pollution.

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I also encourage you to be on the right side of history here and work with us,

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not against us, to find better and more sustainable solutions for the port.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Dr. Alberto Polito, followed by Valerie James.

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Good afternoon, Port. My name is Alberto Pulido. I am professor in Chair of Ethnic Studies

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and Co-Chair of the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center in Logan Heights. One of

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my critical roles as an educator in Museum Vice Chair is to honor our history and our

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communities in Logan Heights and the borderlands. We know that Logan Heights was a thriving

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multi-athlete community in the 1950s. We know that Keltrans decided to run a

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freeway through our community along with a bridge that wiped out 75% of our

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community.

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We know that a drunk driver by the name of Richard Sipolio killed four of our friends and family. Seriously injured six and traumatized an entire community by flying off the Coronado Bay Bridge that emits countless emissions into our beloved Chicano Park with Cal Trans and the CHP failing to respond. We know that hundreds of semi-trucks enter our community daily spewing their daily diesel toxins. The most recent on August 9, 2019, even a trail of destruction.

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We know that in October of 2021, the Assault Ship Boham Richard burned for five days in our bay unabated as it spewed toxins in the air and impacting on our residents.

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And now in 2022, you want to allow a cement factory to continue in this pattern of destruction, ignoring the healthy safety and human dignity of our people.

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So, well, Port, I say Yavasta, stop the destruction and the bullying and keep the

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midsubilies out of our communities.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We have Valerie James, followed by Julie Corales.

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Hello, everyone. My name is Valerie Hymes.

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I'm here with the Toronto Park Museum and Cultural Center.

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I'd like to echo my mentor, Prof. Bullido Sentiments and all of my friends who

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have and will continue to speak today.

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I'm here to urge you all to reject the Mitsubishi proposal that allows the

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corporation to reside in the community of Logan.

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If you claim that you have heard our concerns,

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I urge you to follow through with action

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in support of the people.

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You may see this community and think it's a perfect dumping

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ground to place your junkyards, cement companies, freeways,

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bridges, and more, but I see this community

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in icy beauty, resilience, and strength.

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I see this community in icy people and families that

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have persevered through your systems of oppression

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and environmental racism, despite the health disparities they experience that are ultimately

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an effect of those strategies of harm and displacement.

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And despite it all, the community is still here.

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I see people who have and will continue to live, breathe, and resist.

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So again, I urge the Port of San Diego to reject the Mitsubishi proposal and listen to the

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Kumunidad that is chanting outside as we speak, because we will continue to use our voice and

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power no matter what for generations to come. Lastly, I'd like to say Variosi Mitsubishi

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know. Thank you.

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Thank you, Julie Corales, followed by Margarita Moreno.

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Hello chair and

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commissioners. Thank you so much for having us here. We appreciate your time. My name is

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Julie Corales. I am a resident of Barrio Logan. I wear many hats in the community. I'm here

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today to speak to you as the chair of the Barrio Logan Community Planning Group.

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On November 16th of this year, Mitsubishi came and presented to our group.

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Many concerns were raised by our board members about the number of trucks and the increase

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of pollution to the community that is already heavily impacted.

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The community planning group collectively and individually have been working for years

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to improve the health disparities in our community.

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We've worked to create and enforce the truck route.

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We've spent many hours in countless meetings to update the community plan to once and for

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all separate industry from sensitive uses.

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We've advocated to influence the MCAS and the SERP, and this project as it is today

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is a slap in the face of all that work.

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Any increase to trucks throughout the community is detrimental, but considering up to 150 a

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day is unfathomable to us.

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Our board voted 11 to 2 to reject the MCC project, and I quote, to reject the MCC project and

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to urge the port to do so as well, because it does not include requirements for zero emission

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vehicle trucks. It does not comply with the MCAS and in the spirit of environmental justice

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for communities who have suffered tremendously from environmental racism." I think it's worth

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noting that the two nay votes were from two people that I admire and respect that who are not

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residents. They are in industry seats on the board. As a resident who lives on Beardsley,

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I continually see trucks drive off the freeway and head to the port. I've seen kids walking

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to Monarch and Perkins manoeuvre around them on their way to school. I've seen my sons

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asthma flare up on high traffic days. I've had trucks rumble by my house at 4am and

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wake my entire family, you know, rouse an infant awake. So this is highly impactful to us.

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So as chair of the planning group, as an activist, as an activist, as a mother, I ask you

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to please reject this project and do not bring it back. Thank you.

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Thank you, we have Margarita Moreno, followed by Alicia Sanchez, Buenas tardes y nombres margarita

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Moreno.

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El día de hoy, a nombre de mi comunidad, pido a los comisionados del puerto, que ya no considere

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para ningún negocio que contamine, porque no se están dañando a la comunidad cercana

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saque al puerto, que somos nacional siri, siri, perdón y barriologan. Tengo entendido

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que Mitsubishi quiere poner un negocio de cemento y ni siquiera tienen un plan a largo

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corto plazo que no contaminen y dicen que van a poner camiones que sean eléctricos.

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No queremos más negocios que contaminen, así que les pedimos que no aprueben este tipo

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de negocio. Piense más en la salud de los que estamos expuestos a la contaminación y no

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en las ganancias.

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anteriormente ya habíamos dicho que no queríamos este negocio nacional

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siri y por eso ahora parece la solicitud para el permiso aquí en

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barrio logán pero no nos vamos a cansar de pelear por nuestros derechos y

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tener un aire limpio y salud para nuestras familias. Gracias.

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hoy en el nombre de mi comunidad,

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las comisiones de la puerta, no considera nada más,

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que contaminan las comisiones que vivan hacia la puerta,

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como la ciudad de la Nación y la Lógana.

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Yo entiendo en que Mitsubishi quiere poner un diseño de disminución,

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y no tienen una plana de reducción,

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sino que, a lo largo o a lo largo,

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estas comisiones o para poner en electricidad o cruzos.

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We don't want any more businesses that contaminate and that's why we ask that you not approve these types of businesses.

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Please think more about the health of those who are exposed to contamination than about profits.

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Before we had said that we no longer want this business in national city.

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y es que continuamos a ver este solicitación o este request para este tipo de

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business en Batiologan, pero no vamos a ir a la pieza y no vamos a ir a la pieza

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para nuestros derechos a tener cleaned air y la salud.

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Gracias.

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Gracias a todos, por la información.

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Tenemos 18 más speakerslips y una más live online.

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Cómo te quiero dar una idea de dónde estamos.

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El siguiente speaker es Alicia Sanchez,

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volvido por Silvia Katzada.

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Hola, polinesios.

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Buenas tardes.

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Mi nombre es Alicia Sanchez,

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soy residente de Nación Alcili

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y promotora de EHC.

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También estoy en el Comité a veces 17.

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Yo estoy aquí para pedirles a ustedes

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comisionales del puerto,

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que no otorren un permiso para operar a mi ceviche.

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Porque de ese, así lo único que ocasionaría

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es más contaminación. Ya con la que tenemos es más que suficiente, el mi comunidad pasan

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diariamente camiones a bases de diesel y esto es un problema para nuestra salud, pues

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sabemos que el diesel es un tóxico que respiramos día a día y ocasiona enfermedades respiratorias

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y asma. En un alto porcentaje tanto en barrio logán combinación al cine. Así que les solicita

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esperamos que no le den permiso a mi

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ceviche para operar en barrio

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logan.

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Esperamos contar con su apoyo para que

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no se sale en nuestra comunidad más

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empresas contaminantes.

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Gracias.

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Good evening.

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My name is Alicia Sanchez, resident of

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National City, an EHC promoter and

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also a member of the AB617 committee.

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I'm here to tell you commissioners of

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the port that please do not grant

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permitido por Mitsubishi para operar.

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Porque el único que hace es más contaminación.

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Y ya tenemos más de suficienta de contaminación.

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En mi comunidad, Dalí, Diesel Trucks pasará.

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Y es ya un gran problema de la presidencia.

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Porque sabemos que Diesel es una de las grandes toxas

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que nos quedamos en cada día y que nos causa respetorio de illnesses como asma

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para un muy grande percentage de la residencia de Batilogan,

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y de la ciudad nacional.

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Y eso es por eso que nos vamos a preguntar.

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To please not give permission to Mitsubishi to operate in Vatio Logan. We really count on your support, so that no more of these types of businesses will be installed. None of these polluting businesses will be installed in our neighborhoods. Thank you. Thank you, we have Sylvia Katzada, followed by Zach Gomez.

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Good afternoon board our commissioners. First of all, I'd like to thank each one of you for respecting the time and the voice

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that we have as a community, and happy holidays.

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We forget about that sometimes.

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My name is Sylvia Calzada, a long time resident

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of the City of National City,

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and a member of the AB617 Portside Community Steering Community.

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As a strong advocate in healing and protecting

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the health and wellness of our Portside Environmental Justice

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communities, I urge you to not approve the request

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for business operations to Miss Fishy cement court, also known as MCC.

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The climate action plan was adopted with a strong purpose to decrease greenhouse gas

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emissions 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2050.

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Miss Fishy heavy-duty vehicles would not only bring more pollution and traffic congestion

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to our neighborhoods but it will delay achieving state G.S.G. reduction targets. Also, there's a lack of

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willingness to collaborate and transcend in the best interest of our communities who have been

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affected for decades by pollution. It will not improve public health, it will not protect the

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environment, and it will not help San Diego residents be healthy, safe, and thriving.

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As a patient with asthma, I urge you to deny permission to operate for Mississippi

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system and court.

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Thank you for your time.

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Thank you.

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I have Zach Gomez, followed by Father Brad Mills.

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Good afternoon, poor commissioners.

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Chair, pollution is racial violence and environmental racism, whether you believe it or

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We are here on native Kumi Island to tell you, poor commissioners, to reject MCC, which is the Mitsubishi cement corporation and not allow toxic concrete chemicals and fumes from thousands and thousands of heavy diesel trucks that also ruin the physical infrastructure of the streets and that you, you don't put our families health, the three schools, two parks at risk and the west side of national cities.

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where four generations of my family reside.

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Race, income, zip code, these determine if you have access to clean air and water,

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and a healthy environment, as well as who suffers most from climate crisis.

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People of color and low income communities throughout the United States are more likely to live near polluters

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and are also more often impacted.

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Our communities already breathe more diesel, polluted air than 90% of the state.

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This puts us at greater risk for chronic headaches, asthma, and other respiratory illnesses in cancer.

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And to remind you all part of your leadership oath, as a valued and integral member of your team,

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you will make decisions based on our values and will resist making decisions based strictly on your own comfort and security.

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You will put the needs of others, others first and use your authority

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to serve those in your care.

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You will continue to grow your self-awareness

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and abilities as leaders.

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I'm very sure you, Mr. Chair,

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will not allow this project in affluent Coronado, would you?

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You don't have to sell out of Brown communities,

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reject MCC once and for all,

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because pollution is racial violence

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and environmental racism.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, I have Father Brad Mills,

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followed by Father Scott Santa Rosa.

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Good

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afternoon, Chairman Malcolm and the rest of the commissioners.

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Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

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So I'm a social pastor of our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Barrio Logan.

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And every weekend, thousands of folks come to our parish for Sunday Mass.

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And as we presented this issue, as we made the community where we gathered 630 letters

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from first years who have expressed concern about this proposal and how it would affect the community.

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How would it affect the community?

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We had the health of the community. And yesterday happened to be a very important day for our community. It was the feast of our Lady of Guadalupe, the biggest celebration of the year at our parish. And I made all the celebration and prayer and community building a large group of people came over here and had a prayer vigil last night, in which various people expressed their concerns.

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express the desire to be to be listened to and as a Catholic priest I also stand

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with my community who I walk with and their desire to be listened to to have

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all their concerns listen to particularly in this matter which will affect the

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health of so many so thank you for your time. Thank you and we have Father Scott

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That's Santa Rosa, followed by council member Jack Schew.

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Good afternoon, my name is Father Scott Santa Rosa,

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and I am the pastor of our Lady Bellalupe Parish in Logan Heights,

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where I work with my brother Priest Brad.

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I speak on behalf of my parishioners who live in Barrio Logan,

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and on behalf of myself and the entire 15 to 1800 people

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who come every weekend and pray at our church

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and who call Logan Heights and Barrio Logan their spiritual home.

431
00:36:29,860 --> 00:36:37,160
I thank you for this opportunity to speak, and I think those of you with whom I had correspondence earlier this week.

432
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:45,580
We love our city. We do want business here. We are not against Mitsubishi Perse,

433
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:53,840
we are against contaminated air. As I say, in my opinion, peace and yesterday's union tribune,

434
00:36:53,840 --> 00:37:03,300
what Mitsubishi is proposing feels like once again progress will come at the cost of the good people of Barrio Logan and Logan Heights.

435
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:11,540
I applaud the maritime clean air strategy which you recently passed providing goals for 2030.

436
00:37:12,460 --> 00:37:23,440
I ask the Board of Port Commissioners you to hear our voices to require companies like Mitsubishi who want to do business in our neighborhood and in our port.

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to not only hear our voices, but to ensure that their practices will not further damage our air.

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Which, as we know, is among the most polluted in the state.

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00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:42,000
We will do our part, we are doing our part, we are lifting our voices.

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We ask you to do your part to make sure our voices are heard and heated

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00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:59,540
So that we can feel positive about any future businesses coming to our neighborhood and to our port something we do not yet feel with the MCC proposal.

442
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Thank you for your time.

443
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:03,640
Thank you.

444
00:38:03,780 --> 00:38:11,640
I have council member Jack Schew followed by Dean Mike Tamayo.

445
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My apologies.

446
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:14,360
Good afternoon.

447
00:38:14,900 --> 00:38:16,280
My name is Jack Schew.

448
00:38:16,380 --> 00:38:18,280
I'm a council member in the city of La Mesa.

449
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:25,340
First, Mr. Chairman, Malcolm, thank you for accommodating all the members of the public here and being flexible.

450
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,600
It's great to have that flexibility in these governing bodies.

451
00:38:30,060 --> 00:38:31,020
Well, I was lucky.

452
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:42,940
I know your commissioner, Norano, and she was able to arrange a tour for me with your vice president or strategy and policy job.

453
00:38:42,940 --> 00:38:51,880
And I got to ride in one of your patrol boats through the bay, through the harbor, and I got to see all kinds of great stuff.

454
00:38:52,880 --> 00:39:08,040
I heard the progress that this commission is making towards things like electric tug boats, electric cranes, moving ahead to reduce not only greenhouse gas emissions, but cleaning the air within our bay.

455
00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:12,940
So, you know, I follow this stuff. I'm on the air pollution control district. I'm on

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00:39:12,940 --> 00:39:18,560
Sandex, so I'm following what each governing body is doing. And I'm pretty impressed by

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this commission. You guys are moving ahead. You're making progress. I wish sometimes other

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00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:30,600
bodies would do similar kind of progress. Like moving ahead with a goal of having all electric

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trucks or non-cluding trucks going to the port. Not 50 years from now, not 25 years from now,

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00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:48,600
but 5 or maybe by 2030. That's to go you guys have said, and that's great. All I can say though

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00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:58,120
is moving ahead with something like the MCC would reverse all that. 150 diesel trucks going in and out

462
00:39:58,120 --> 00:39:59,860
to win the work.

463
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:13,400
That's already suffering from air pollution. We're virtual work. So that's not progress. Progress is not measured in that way. That's going backwards. Thank you so much. Thank you.

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We're urging the Board of Port Commissioners to end generations of environmental racism

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by rejecting MCC's proposal.

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Diesel emissions are responsible for 84% of the cancer risk associated with air pollution

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00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:52,980
in Barrio Logan and National City. According to the EPA, residents in these neighborhoods have a

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00:40:52,980 --> 00:40:59,520
higher risk of developing cancer from air pollution than 93% of the entire nation.

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00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:07,160
Children in Barrelogan and National City experience double the ER visits

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00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,920
then for asthma than the county average.

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00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:14,320
I could sit here and give you a laundry list of facts,

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which you already know the facts, the evidence is clear.

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00:41:19,620 --> 00:41:23,320
I'm here to plea for and give a voice to the children,

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00:41:23,980 --> 00:41:27,720
elders, mothers, and fathers who can't be here today

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00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:31,640
because they're making ends meet or because they're too sick to attend.

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00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:37,220
Unlike many of us here today, they don't have the opportunity to exercise their right

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00:41:37,220 --> 00:41:43,380
to oppose this proposal and stand for the right to clean air, to health, and to equity.

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These may not be your own children, grandchildren, mothers, or fathers.

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But what if they were?

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What would you do?

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You get to sleep at night knowing that the decision you make forward will affect the future of these lives, so please do the right thing.

482
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:08,680
Thank you, Annika Perez, followed by B. Mitt Miller.

483
00:42:09,540 --> 00:42:11,140
Mitt Miller, my apology.

484
00:42:16,550 --> 00:42:21,850
Hello everyone and board members. I just want to thank you for giving me the chance to speak up here.

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00:42:22,530 --> 00:42:30,650
I am Monica Perez and I am a PhD student at SDSU and I am here to talk against the Mitsubishi proposal.

486
00:42:31,150 --> 00:42:39,030
I am originally from Orange County and LA County and what is happening here is so similar to what is happening in LA as well in the port of Long Beach.

487
00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:42,930
And I just wanted to point out that there's more than just environmental racism.

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It's a continuation process and proposals of having this.

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But how much do you value the life of people in Barrelogan and National City?

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00:42:52,830 --> 00:42:57,850
Mothers, fathers, children, et cetera, that are being affected by air pollution.

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00:42:58,410 --> 00:43:02,490
There is this false narrative that it would provide jobs across the region, which is a

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00:43:02,490 --> 00:43:03,710
way to shield the truth.

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00:43:03,970 --> 00:43:10,410
And the truth is that we are done with big corporations coming back after black, brown, lower income

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00:43:10,410 --> 00:43:11,630
and indigenous communities.

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And I just want to end with that.

496
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I hope you can all realize that this is all about corporate greed.

497
00:43:17,430 --> 00:43:22,370
And that you are sacrificing human health who are affecting everyone across in this community.

498
00:43:22,570 --> 00:43:29,630
And so I want to say, please consider with ethical rights of what you're trying to decide for this community.

499
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And so thank you.

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Thank you.

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00:43:32,730 --> 00:43:36,930
We have the new middle miller followed by Franco Garcia.

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00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,500
Good afternoon chair and commissioners.

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00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:50,520
My name is V. Miller Miller and I'm a volunteer member of San Diego 350.

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00:43:51,540 --> 00:43:56,640
I'm speaking today to oppose the Mitsubishi cement corporations project for the port of San Diego.

505
00:43:57,620 --> 00:44:08,000
In 2020, the board unanimously voted to reject their proposal and gave port staff a strong and clear directive to develop clear and measurable ZEV truck requirements.

506
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:14,580
Based on presentations, MCC and the port, they have not made these changes.

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00:44:14,580 --> 00:44:19,920
The current proposal does not comply with the Ports Maritime Clean Air Strategy.

508
00:44:20,620 --> 00:44:28,440
The approved purpose of the MCAS is health equity, approval of the MCAS project, I mean

509
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:37,720
the MCC, excuse me, perpetuates health inequality and environmental racism, invalidating the

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00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:40,580
purpose and community efforts behind the MCAS.

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00:44:40,580 --> 00:44:46,560
The health hazards that already exist in the port are well established.

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00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:51,260
The surrounding communities already have the highest level of dangerous air pollution

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00:44:51,260 --> 00:44:52,140
in the state.

514
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:59,820
To allow this project to move forward is reckless, irresponsible and shows intentional

515
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:16,580
Disregard for the safety of the surrounding communities. I was happy to hear that this item was pulled. Please take the time needed to make sure that all future projects protect the surrounding communities. Thank you for your time.

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00:45:17,420 --> 00:45:22,960
Thank you, we have Franco Garcia followed by Lisa Felix.

517
00:45:25,700 --> 00:45:28,220
Good afternoon, board commissioners, chair.

518
00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:30,220
My name is Jose Franco Garcia.

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00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:32,920
I'm the policy director with Environmental Health Coalition.

520
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,400
I just wanted to say thanks to everybody who came out here today

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00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,880
and is supporting us standing up for communities.

522
00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:42,440
I know the issue was pulled off of the agenda, but we hope that

523
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:45,440
if it were to come back, we would be back here again,

524
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,700
but we hope we really don't have to deal with this again.

525
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:55,960
because many of us were here on Zoom in 2020 when we told Mitsubishi to come back with when the

526
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,800
port did that and stood up for communities and said, you know, come back with a plan that

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00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:04,160
has zero emissions that reduces the impact that it would have on the community. And we're getting

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00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:08,260
clear signs that they're not interested in being a good neighbor by coming back with a plan that

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00:46:08,260 --> 00:46:12,660
really doesn't do these things. That doesn't stand out for the commute, doesn't go to zero emission

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00:46:12,660 --> 00:46:19,220
vehicles does not have any consideration for our children and families and has not communicated

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00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:23,500
with the community about what would be a good plan that they could do so we hear right now that

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00:46:23,500 --> 00:46:27,920
they're you know saying they could possibly have a plan they could do something to do that they've

533
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:32,320
had that opportunity and it hasn't come up so that we need to reject that now straight out and get

534
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:37,420
that out of the way uh we you know we're here with residents from body of Logan from national city

535
00:46:37,420 --> 00:46:42,480
with people from the faith community out there earlier we had people from education and from different

536
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,600
and entities throughout the region

537
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:46,040
because we're all here united.

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00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:48,740
As you heard, there was over 600 letters

539
00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:50,160
collected in the faith-based community

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00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,440
with our Lady Guadalupe.

541
00:46:52,060 --> 00:46:53,520
I know that commissioners received

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00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:56,100
over almost 300 letters from community members

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00:46:56,100 --> 00:47:00,240
and back in 2020 over 500 people united to defeat this

544
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:03,020
because we like the direction that the port is going

545
00:47:03,020 --> 00:47:03,580
in many ways.

546
00:47:03,580 --> 00:47:05,920
Last year when we were united on MCAS,

547
00:47:06,300 --> 00:47:07,500
that's the direction we need to go

548
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:08,800
and that's the future that we see

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00:47:09,140 --> 00:47:10,580
for the community members that live

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00:47:10,580 --> 00:47:12,380
and breathe this air every day.

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00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,660
That's what we need to see and work together that way.

552
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:16,640
And this proposal, what's coming forward,

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00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:18,260
the type of neighbor that Mitsubishi is,

554
00:47:18,580 --> 00:47:19,580
does not move us that way.

555
00:47:19,780 --> 00:47:21,580
It moves us backwards, so we need to reject it now,

556
00:47:22,020 --> 00:47:22,840
and we appreciate that.

557
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:23,240
Thank you.

558
00:47:24,180 --> 00:47:26,040
Thank you, have ladies, Chef Felix,

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00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,380
followed by Philip Petrie.

560
00:47:30,020 --> 00:47:31,520
Hi, my name is Lysha Felix.

561
00:47:31,900 --> 00:47:33,820
I'm a fourth year at UCSD,

562
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:36,560
and I am a pre-medicine advocacy intern

563
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:38,880
for San Diego pediatricians for clean air.

564
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:44,580
Barrio Logan is home to many with the majority being Hispanics and whites followed by Black

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00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:45,800
and African Americans.

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00:47:46,580 --> 00:47:50,660
In the medical field, there's known that Hispanics are twice as likely to visit the emergency

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00:47:50,660 --> 00:47:53,920
department for health complications related to asthma.

568
00:47:55,140 --> 00:48:00,860
Additionally, Hispanic children are 40% more likely to have detrimental effects related to

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00:48:00,860 --> 00:48:02,380
asthma that can be lethal.

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00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:09,660
With a cement warehouse, there could be an increase of 4,000 to 10,500 more diesel polluting

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00:48:09,660 --> 00:48:15,340
truck trips a month polluting the air in California and putting us at risk, especially those

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00:48:15,340 --> 00:48:21,060
who live near ports, warehouses, and busy roads. Researchers have found greater risk of cancer

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00:48:21,060 --> 00:48:27,140
development for African Americans from hazard air pollutants, including those that the Mitsubishi

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00:48:27,140 --> 00:48:28,480
plan would provide.

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00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,900
Heavy duty trucks are the largest source of smog forming, pollution in California,

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00:48:33,900 --> 00:48:38,660
and emit nearly 40% of the state's diesel set.

577
00:48:39,060 --> 00:48:42,360
We don't want this Mitsubishi project to become part of our community.

578
00:48:42,740 --> 00:48:43,100
Thank you.

579
00:48:43,740 --> 00:48:49,160
Thank you, Philip Petrie, followed by the Kwanisha parks.

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00:48:54,340 --> 00:49:00,140
Yes, good afternoon, and I want to thank the port commissioners for the opportunity to speak for

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00:49:00,140 --> 00:49:01,200
all of us to testify.

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00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,240
My name is Phil Petri, I'm the coordinator of the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice,

583
00:49:08,260 --> 00:49:11,540
and I'm here to make two points about the Mitsubishi plant.

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00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:19,580
I live in normal heights, and the Demille's Italian restaurant there on Adams is being knocked

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00:49:19,580 --> 00:49:24,220
down, or the plant is probably to knock it down and put up a high rise building.

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00:49:24,220 --> 00:49:30,980
And that's getting signs up all over people's yards, especially in the wealthier part

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00:49:30,980 --> 00:49:32,780
of normal heights north of Adams.

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00:49:33,740 --> 00:49:39,880
So I would like to propose maybe that you move the cement plant to that demilies site and

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00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,060
see what happens.

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The unfortunate truth is, of course, that all neighborhoods are not treated equally, and

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00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:49,460
that is just fundamentally wrong.

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00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:59,660
My second point is that as a person of faith, and I believe that all persons of faith must be concerned with oppression.

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All types of oppression, political oppression, but also environmental oppression. When pollution

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00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:17,300
is already high in a neighborhood like Barrio Logan and National City, and then a proposition

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00:50:17,300 --> 00:50:24,940
is put forward that will increase that pollution. That is a form of oppression, and it is quite

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00:50:24,940 --> 00:50:31,360
frankly wrong. So I urge you to oppose this Mitsubishi cement plant. Thank

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00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:38,180
you. Thank you. We have Dekuisha Dekuisha Parks followed by Rachel Lopez.

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00:50:44,630 --> 00:50:49,330
My name is Dekuisha Parks and I want to thank you for your time. I

599
00:50:49,330 --> 00:50:54,290
represent the Instagram page Environmental Justice period now and rather than

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00:50:54,290 --> 00:50:58,670
working on my finals and application for graduate school I'm here supporting

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00:50:58,670 --> 00:50:59,350
Viral Logan.

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00:51:01,090 --> 00:51:05,330
Did you know that the Environmental Justice for All Act, which is currently in Congress

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00:51:05,330 --> 00:51:10,830
and amended recently, under that, what Mississippi she's doing is illegal.

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00:51:11,710 --> 00:51:18,910
You cannot continue to perpetuate racist federal practices for your own financial gain.

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00:51:19,390 --> 00:51:23,370
That makes you guilty of environmental racism, and there will be accountability.

606
00:51:23,370 --> 00:51:33,630
I stand here a transfer student at SDSU in veteran from Oklahoma trying to do my part to raise awareness for infractions of the environmental justice for all acts.

607
00:51:34,230 --> 00:51:35,170
Enough is enough.

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00:51:36,590 --> 00:51:45,490
This methodology of growth does not invest in burial Logan. It does not invest in the 2030 plan for the future and it does not invest in global climate.

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00:51:45,610 --> 00:51:49,050
In the global climate crisis, we are all connected to.

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00:51:49,050 --> 00:51:53,630
Everyone is entitled to clean air, water, and an overall environment.

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00:51:54,270 --> 00:51:54,670
Thank you.

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Thank you.

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00:51:56,810 --> 00:52:01,610
We have six more in-person speakers and one online to let you all know where we are.

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We have Rachel Lopez, followed by Nguyen, by Tui Nguyen.

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00:52:10,570 --> 00:52:11,570
Hi, good afternoon.

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00:52:12,870 --> 00:52:19,350
My name is Rachel Lopez, and I'm here to oppose the proposal for a cement mega warehouse

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00:52:19,350 --> 00:52:22,150
by a Mitsubishi cement corporation in Barrio Logan.

618
00:52:22,850 --> 00:52:25,090
I am currently a resident of North Park

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but I actually grew up in San Antonio, Texas

620
00:52:27,610 --> 00:52:30,610
and I've been proud to call San Diego my home

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00:52:30,610 --> 00:52:33,870
the past four years but I have to be honest and say

622
00:52:33,870 --> 00:52:36,310
I was really saddened and angry to learn about

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00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:39,770
the long and lengthy history of environmental racism

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00:52:39,770 --> 00:52:42,890
in San Diego specifically in Barrio Logan

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00:52:43,210 --> 00:52:44,190
and National City.

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00:52:45,870 --> 00:52:47,910
I'm a resident of North Park right now

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00:52:47,910 --> 00:52:53,910
and I'm also the Director of Science at San Diego Coast Keeper, who is an organization

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00:52:53,910 --> 00:53:00,430
that protects our local waters and waterways, and we also sign on to a letter of opposition

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00:53:00,430 --> 00:53:05,270
for this proposal. I also sit on the Environmental Action Committee at the Port of San Diego,

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00:53:05,870 --> 00:53:11,730
so I am deeply aware of the great projects that are possible with the port, but I was extremely

631
00:53:11,730 --> 00:53:15,350
disappointed to hear about this proposal and that it was possibly being considered.

632
00:53:16,070 --> 00:53:24,790
The zip code 92113, as we have heard, has such high rates of asthma hospitalizations.

633
00:53:25,170 --> 00:53:26,930
And it's truly troubling.

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00:53:27,510 --> 00:53:33,450
And I would just like to ask everyone here in this room, would you be okay with this

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00:53:33,450 --> 00:53:34,450
project in your neighborhood?

636
00:53:35,290 --> 00:53:39,330
Because this is something that really only happens in brown and black neighborhoods.

637
00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:43,290
This is something that would never happen in a predominantly white neighborhood.

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00:53:43,290 --> 00:53:48,910
Would you be okay with your child breathing in the same air that would bring that we'd be brought about by this

639
00:53:48,910 --> 00:53:51,990
Mitsubishi projects. I don't think so.

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00:53:53,450 --> 00:53:53,970
So

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We all have the human rights to a clean environment and clean air. Please do not continue this proposal

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00:53:59,170 --> 00:54:08,690
Listen to the community and stop environmental violence and racism. Thank you. Thank you. We have by Tui Nguyen followed by Rita Clement

643
00:54:10,090 --> 00:54:13,830
Hello, my name is V. Nguyen. I'm actually the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics

644
00:54:13,830 --> 00:54:17,830
California Expert Committee on Environmental Health, so I'm very lucky to have that role

645
00:54:17,830 --> 00:54:23,630
and also part of San Diego Peterson Clean Air. And so, I'm a frontline pediatrician as

646
00:54:23,630 --> 00:54:27,490
well, I practice in the South Bay. Actually, a group in Chulivism, Benita, so go barons,

647
00:54:27,950 --> 00:54:31,230
was very lucky, went to Boston, trained in the Harvard system, Harvard Medical School,

648
00:54:31,410 --> 00:54:35,170
Mass General, and convinced a, I married a green guy from Jersey and convinced him to come

649
00:54:35,170 --> 00:54:36,310
back to San Diego to raise our kids.

650
00:54:36,790 --> 00:54:37,990
So we've been back about 15 years.

651
00:54:38,590 --> 00:54:40,870
And so I don't think I need to tell Native San Agans,

652
00:54:40,930 --> 00:54:42,690
we're a pretty special place San Diego.

653
00:54:44,110 --> 00:54:46,190
My family's super conservative, super liberal,

654
00:54:46,270 --> 00:54:47,810
we have both ends of the spectrum,

655
00:54:48,390 --> 00:54:49,270
and but we're a community.

656
00:54:49,570 --> 00:54:51,070
And so the way I practice medicine,

657
00:54:51,070 --> 00:54:53,710
as I always think to myself, what would I do with my kid?

658
00:54:53,930 --> 00:54:54,790
And it always sets me right.

659
00:54:55,410 --> 00:54:57,090
And so I'm a frontline pediatrician,

660
00:54:57,210 --> 00:54:59,470
I'm actually working asthma quality metrics for over a decade.

661
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:29,500
I have to call the high risk of mathematics. I have to make sure they're on the controllers. I still have to work urgent care, even though at my age I'm like middle career. So at night when the kids are really sick and they're coming for the asthma attacks, I'm the one that stabilizes them. And I'm so back pretty well and keep them alive until transport comes. And so it's really simple. This plant is going to make my job harder. It's going to make my patients more sick. And so in the end of the day, just the way I take care of my kids, the kids of Barrio Logan and National City, because I take a lot of care of kids in National City, it's going to make my job harder.

662
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:31,880
And so I'll tell you what I've done.

663
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:35,680
I've talked this up in the regional asthma meeting

664
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:40,980
amongst 170 pediatricians and asthmaologists in Southern California.

665
00:55:40,980 --> 00:55:42,960
And everyone's really confused, like why would this even happen?

666
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:45,640
I spoke at a San Diego Regional asthma meeting,

667
00:55:45,980 --> 00:55:47,720
same thing, and other 50 doctors,

668
00:55:47,720 --> 00:55:49,260
and everyone's like, why is this happening?

669
00:55:50,660 --> 00:55:52,160
And I actually got invited back to Harvard.

670
00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:53,400
I got to speak, which is really cool.

671
00:55:53,580 --> 00:55:55,000
They actually asked me to return.

672
00:55:55,060 --> 00:55:55,540
I said, I'm good.

673
00:55:55,620 --> 00:55:56,420
I'm going to stay in San Diego.

674
00:55:56,420 --> 00:55:59,340
and they're like, why is this happening?

675
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,100
So I think in terms of medical community,

676
00:56:01,460 --> 00:56:03,100
pediatricians, allergists, we're all kind of confused

677
00:56:03,100 --> 00:56:04,240
why this is good for anyone.

678
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:05,700
And so I'll keep on showing up

679
00:56:05,700 --> 00:56:06,960
because guess what, pediatricians

680
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,020
we're not just little adult internist,

681
00:56:09,060 --> 00:56:10,920
we're pretty persistent and I'll keep on coming.

682
00:56:11,180 --> 00:56:11,520
Thank you.

683
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:16,420
Thank you, have Rita Clement followed by David Lawlam?

684
00:56:24,290 --> 00:56:26,230
Good afternoon, poor commissioners.

685
00:56:26,490 --> 00:56:27,770
My name is Rita Clement.

686
00:56:28,530 --> 00:56:31,210
I'm a volunteer with San Diego 350.

687
00:56:31,210 --> 00:56:36,330
a climate change organization fighting for clean air.

688
00:56:36,970 --> 00:56:38,630
I reside in Chula Vista.

689
00:56:39,790 --> 00:56:44,090
The Port Commissioners approved the Maritime Clean Air Strategy

690
00:56:44,090 --> 00:56:47,690
to strengthen health inequality plans

691
00:56:47,850 --> 00:56:51,550
and to attempt to end environmental racism.

692
00:56:52,310 --> 00:56:55,550
Based on the information provided by Port Stat

693
00:56:55,550 --> 00:56:59,230
and the Mitsubishi cement corporation

694
00:56:59,230 --> 00:57:01,870
in multiple meetings and presentations.

695
00:57:02,730 --> 00:57:07,510
The proposal does not meet any zero emission vehicle truck

696
00:57:07,510 --> 00:57:15,130
requirements to meet the maritime clean air strategy goal to transition

697
00:57:15,130 --> 00:57:27,170
to 100% ZEV by 2030 nor the interim goal of 40% ZEV by June 30th, 2026.

698
00:57:27,170 --> 00:57:41,430
In fact, the representative from Mitsubishi stated that Mitsubishi's cement corporation has no control over their customers who happen to be the diesel trucks.

699
00:57:41,430 --> 00:57:50,170
We ask that Mitsubishi-Sumag Corporation use their influence to incentivize the development

700
00:57:50,530 --> 00:57:57,030
and manufacture of electric trucks to meet the requirements of the maritime clean air

701
00:57:57,030 --> 00:57:57,950
strategy.

702
00:57:58,650 --> 00:58:06,230
Barrio Logan Children, if twice the number of emergency room visits due to asthma, this

703
00:58:06,230 --> 00:58:08,030
is a well-known fact.

704
00:58:08,030 --> 00:58:16,090
We are asking all court commissioners to reject this Mitsubishi cement corporation proposal.

705
00:58:17,940 --> 00:58:23,200
Thank you, we have David Lalum, followed by Rosalia Sandival.

706
00:58:26,690 --> 00:58:27,990
Hello, thank you for your time.

707
00:58:30,410 --> 00:58:31,650
My name is David Lalum.

708
00:58:31,790 --> 00:58:39,650
I'm a retired environmental science professor at San Diego State for 11 years and I am speaking

709
00:58:39,650 --> 00:58:43,730
being largely in opposition to this proposal.

710
00:58:44,830 --> 00:58:49,670
I don't know how to follow the previous amazing speakers and the wonderful things that they've

711
00:58:49,670 --> 00:58:54,290
already said, except to just add a couple of short things.

712
00:58:54,730 --> 00:59:03,290
First of all, after the previous proposal and after the fact that cement production is 8%

713
00:59:03,290 --> 00:59:08,810
of global greenhouse gases, I feel like Austin Marshall, MCC, need to

714
00:59:08,810 --> 00:59:18,710
We've really worked to gain our trust before anyone would consider such a proposal in this neighborhood, this highly impacted neighborhood.

715
00:59:20,350 --> 00:59:26,910
We don't need one more PM-10 or PM-2.5 particle in the air of Barrio-Logan.

716
00:59:28,030 --> 00:59:32,890
You commissioners need to make a commitment that you're going to reduce that.

717
00:59:32,890 --> 00:59:50,290
And if you can come honestly with Austin, Marshall, and MCC and say, look guys, we have a proposal we're going to put in this facility and it's going to reduce the emissions that I believe you would have this community support.

718
00:59:50,830 --> 00:59:58,830
If you can't do that, then you should follow your own maritime strategy, not issue an exception and say no to this proposal.

719
00:59:58,830 --> 00:59:59,970
I really think it's that...

720
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:26,120
I encourage you to think outside the box. You could switch to biodiesel or dimethyl ether and greatly reduce emissions and then do something else to maybe make up the difference and make a credible case that hey, we are actually reducing the emissions and having MCC. But you're going to have to find a new way of working with the community to make that happen. Otherwise, no go. Yabasta, thank you.

721
01:00:27,100 --> 01:00:33,640
Thank you, we have Rosalia Sandival followed by our last in-person speaker, Emmett Farrell.

722
01:00:42,730 --> 01:00:44,290
Hello, good afternoon, everybody.

723
01:00:45,210 --> 01:00:50,110
My name is Rosalia Sandival, and I am a catechist at our Lady of Waterloo Bay Church.

724
01:00:50,530 --> 01:00:54,690
I am also an educator at Hoover High School, which is located in City Heights.

725
01:00:56,070 --> 01:00:58,930
I want to thank you for giving me the privilege to speak here today.

726
01:00:59,910 --> 01:01:05,250
As a person of Catholic faith, this issue is important to me because I value the sanctity

727
01:01:05,250 --> 01:01:05,710
of life.

728
01:01:06,630 --> 01:01:12,350
I also believe that it is our responsibility and our duty to care for and to protect

729
01:01:12,350 --> 01:01:14,390
our planet, our common home.

730
01:01:15,810 --> 01:01:21,210
Although I'm not a resident of Logan Heights or Barrio Logan, I do visit the area often.

731
01:01:22,030 --> 01:01:23,250
My family lives there.

732
01:01:23,810 --> 01:01:28,310
I go to church at Elidia Wata-Lupé, and as I already mentioned, I'm also a catechist there.

733
01:01:28,310 --> 01:01:42,120
It is critical and imperative that as a community, as brothers and sisters, we help each other out when we see that something is happening in our community that could affect our quality of life.

734
01:01:42,660 --> 01:01:48,860
When I became a member of an organization called a faith that does justice, I was introduced to two words I had never seen together.

735
01:01:50,060 --> 01:01:51,100
Environmental racism.

736
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:54,100
What is this? What is environmental racism?

737
01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:59,940
environmental racism is when policies and activities of governments, corporations, educational

738
01:01:59,940 --> 01:02:04,720
institutions, and other powerful entities that either intentionally or unintentionally

739
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:13,140
result in people of color and or low income, people being exposed to greater environmental

740
01:02:13,140 --> 01:02:13,720
hazards.

741
01:02:18,860 --> 01:02:27,600
In case you didn't already know, Barrio Logan is a community that is affected by a high

742
01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:28,140
by pollution.

743
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:32,560
If Mitsubishi goes through with their plans to build,

744
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:36,740
diesel truck traffic will increase by 50%.

745
01:02:37,540 --> 01:02:41,640
Given the facts, we would like to invite and ask Mitsubishi

746
01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:44,420
and the Board of Commissioners to come together and create

747
01:02:44,420 --> 01:02:46,240
dialogue with us so we can address these areas

748
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,320
of concern and ultimately give us a voice.

749
01:02:48,940 --> 01:02:51,320
After all, this is our community.

750
01:02:54,980 --> 01:02:56,540
I was born and raised.

751
01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:58,180
I'm going to get a wrap up, please.

752
01:02:58,180 --> 01:03:03,360
I'm sorry, I was born and raised with a belief that we should be silent and today I just wanted to

753
01:03:04,020 --> 01:03:09,940
Send my voice say and just invite everybody to speak up. I'm also a big believer that we can all get what we want

754
01:03:09,940 --> 01:03:13,280
I believe that the union can the union workers can get more work

755
01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:19,600
I believe that Mitsubishi can be here if they work with us and work towards having a cleaner more safe environment for our neighborhoods

756
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:26,980
I believe our communities will get clean air and I also believe that the commission will work with us so that we can create this change that we want

757
01:03:26,980 --> 01:03:28,060
Thank you so much.

758
01:03:28,380 --> 01:03:29,280
Thank you.

759
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:34,360
We have Emmett Barrow, followed by our online speaker, David Flores.

760
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:37,020
Good afternoon.

761
01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:40,920
Commissioner Malcolm and Chair Malcolm in the commission.

762
01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:42,700
Thank you for the opportunity to speak.

763
01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:45,580
I hope you continue to speak with us.

764
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:49,400
Members of the community as we're doing here today to be at the table.

765
01:03:50,200 --> 01:03:51,480
I stand as a Catholic priest.

766
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,740
A member of the Catholic diocese of San Diego.

767
01:03:54,740 --> 01:04:04,440
I'm also a member of the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice and we cannot be neutral in the face of this proposal.

768
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:12,380
That's the reason we're here. For us, this is a moral and it's a spiritual matter because it has to do with people's lives and people's health.

769
01:04:12,380 --> 01:04:18,920
And so, I ask you to continue to listen to us as members of the community.

770
01:04:19,380 --> 01:04:26,860
As I understand the proposal from Mitsubishi cement corporation, it is an direct opposition

771
01:04:26,860 --> 01:04:34,140
to the maritime clean air strategy which has its purpose to work for health equity.

772
01:04:34,620 --> 01:04:37,480
To me, this is totally the opposite of health equity.

773
01:04:38,820 --> 01:04:52,460
Just a few weeks back in November, we heard the COP27 in Egypt speak to us and tell us that we must do all that we can to reduce and then replace fossil fuels.

774
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:59,500
even more, otherwise we're going to face even more devastating climate.

775
01:05:01,300 --> 01:05:10,440
Disruction that we are already seen at the cost of human life and property. On Tonya Gutera's,

776
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:16,460
the Secretary of the United Nations told us that we are nearing the point where we will

777
01:05:16,460 --> 01:05:23,000
not be able to go backwards. We're running out of time. So I would insist with you the

778
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:29,300
members of the Port Commission to ask Mitsubishi if they're going to bring a business to not

779
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:33,420
That put the profits of business over people's health and people's lives.

780
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:39,180
So if they can go as some people have suggested other means, especially electric, we would

781
01:05:39,180 --> 01:05:40,460
be in a pool of all of that.

782
01:05:40,780 --> 01:05:44,100
So thank you very much for the opportunity and I hope you continue to bring us to the table.

783
01:05:45,620 --> 01:05:46,280
Thank you.

784
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:49,700
Now we have our remote speaker, David Flores.

785
01:05:53,650 --> 01:05:54,010
Thank you.

786
01:05:54,150 --> 01:05:56,630
Good afternoon, Chair Malcolm and Port Commissioners.

787
01:05:57,270 --> 01:05:58,430
My name is David Flores.

788
01:05:58,430 --> 01:06:06,870
I am the Director of Policy for County Supervisors Noravarius, who asked me to read her comment letter today.

789
01:06:07,950 --> 01:06:13,090
Dear Chair Malcolm and Board Commissioners, as the California Air Resources Board or

790
01:06:13,090 --> 01:06:18,890
CARB member for the San Diego Region, Chair of the San Diego Air Pollution Control District,

791
01:06:19,450 --> 01:06:24,590
and Vice Chair of the County Board of Supervisors, I am providing comment on the Mitsubishi cement

792
01:06:24,590 --> 01:06:28,870
corporation, bulk cement warehouse, and loading facility project.

793
01:06:29,910 --> 01:06:35,230
I am disheartened that with the Port of San Diego's adoption of the Maritime Clean Air

794
01:06:35,230 --> 01:06:41,650
Strategy, this project has presented does little to advance the goals of the MCAS, which,

795
01:06:41,810 --> 01:06:45,450
as the document states, its intent is health equity.

796
01:06:46,270 --> 01:06:51,270
With no commitments from NCC for zero-mission trucks, this project is completely unacceptable

797
01:06:51,270 --> 01:06:55,250
to introduce into the port side environmental justice community.

798
01:06:55,830 --> 01:07:02,150
Carb has identified the port side environmental justice community in the AB617 program for a reason

799
01:07:02,610 --> 01:07:06,150
to reduce exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution.

800
01:07:06,990 --> 01:07:11,490
For three years, the community steering committee and residents have been working with port staff

801
01:07:11,490 --> 01:07:13,790
to advance strategies to reduce exposures.

802
01:07:14,230 --> 01:07:18,050
There has been a collaborative spirit to advance together on ways to transition

803
01:07:18,050 --> 01:07:20,210
high-emissions impacts and improve public health.

804
01:07:20,210 --> 01:07:25,530
This single project, as it stands, makes it seem to the community, the CSC, the body

805
01:07:25,530 --> 01:07:30,150
of the community planning group, and to CARB, like the port does not intend to make any

806
01:07:30,150 --> 01:07:34,650
commitment for health equity, and therefore it's not serious about creating a balance between

807
01:07:34,650 --> 01:07:38,210
economic prosperity and environmental and racial justice.

808
01:07:38,930 --> 01:07:43,910
In 2020, CARB adopted the advanced clean truck regulation that will require manufacturers

809
01:07:44,450 --> 01:07:48,150
of medium and heavy-duty trucks to begin selling the remission vehicle.

810
01:07:48,150 --> 01:07:54,330
At CARB, we will be adopting an advanced clean fleet regulation, which, as you know, identifies

811
01:07:54,330 --> 01:07:59,970
that any new drapes drugs added to the registry on January 1, 2024 have the beans at them.

812
01:08:00,490 --> 01:08:03,850
I implore the port of San Diego members of the board to do the right thing.

813
01:08:04,430 --> 01:08:08,470
As a neighboring member of the Barrio Logan and West National Fleet Portside community,

814
01:08:09,110 --> 01:08:14,570
the board must include in its analysis and lease conditions for this project a strategy and

815
01:08:14,570 --> 01:08:19,670
commitments to ensure an increasing number of zero emission heavy duty trucks to service

816
01:08:19,670 --> 01:08:25,250
the facility and meet the goals of the MCAS, the port side SERP and CARBS ACF.

817
01:08:25,950 --> 01:08:31,570
I invite the port to connect with CARBS staff on the ACF regulation with questions on

818
01:08:31,570 --> 01:08:36,070
free transitions, infrastructure investments and to request additional assistance on what

819
01:08:36,070 --> 01:08:39,090
else we can do together to create true health equity.

820
01:08:39,650 --> 01:08:39,930
Thank you.

821
01:08:39,930 --> 01:08:40,050
Thank you.

822
01:08:41,570 --> 01:08:42,310
Thank you.

823
01:08:42,430 --> 01:08:43,750
That concludes public comment.

824
01:08:45,070 --> 01:08:46,330
Thank you very much.

825
01:08:46,490 --> 01:08:50,370
I again want to thank everyone who came here today.

826
01:08:51,670 --> 01:09:00,210
Although you all know that the item is being pulled in any event at the Port of San Diego, we believe in robust community dialogue.

827
01:09:00,970 --> 01:09:05,270
And that's the reason why you have all gotten to speak today.

828
01:09:05,270 --> 01:09:10,710
And I want to assure all of you that we take all of your comments very seriously.

829
01:09:10,970 --> 01:09:18,270
We listen to you, we read all letters that we get, and we want you to know that we encourage this kind of community dialogue.

830
01:09:18,730 --> 01:09:26,170
Now, we have an incoming chairman, Commissioner Castellanos, who's going to be chair of this board next year.

831
01:09:26,630 --> 01:09:30,910
He has asked me to make some comments, and I'm going to allow that at this time.

832
01:09:32,690 --> 01:09:42,670
Thank you, Chairman, and I also did check with the General Counsel this item, typically if folks are allowed to speak for non-agenda public comment, we're not allowed to respond.

833
01:09:43,230 --> 01:09:48,390
In this case, we have not yet voted to remove the item from the agenda, so I believe my comments are proper.

834
01:09:49,590 --> 01:09:52,350
I want to thank everyone as well who's come down.

835
01:09:53,610 --> 01:09:59,930
I want to assure everyone that at the Port of San Diego where I have now served as a

836
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:08,880
Commissioner for almost 10 years. Our commitment to environmental justice to clean air to be in a good neighbor is not just talk.

837
01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:15,140
We were one of the first ports in the country to adopt a climate action plan in 2013.

838
01:10:16,180 --> 01:10:27,580
We adopted the maritime clean air strategy last year under Chairman, then Chairman Zoukette's leadership, and we have already committed to investing $65 million.

839
01:10:27,580 --> 01:10:31,760
in dollars in electrification efforts at the port of San Diego.

840
01:10:32,820 --> 01:10:37,580
Electric cranes, electric yard tractors, electric pork lifts,

841
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:43,580
other electric cargo handling equipment at the first all electric tugboat in the country.

842
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:51,400
I know that this commission is very, very serious about this.

843
01:10:52,180 --> 01:10:55,260
And I know how important this is to the community.

844
01:10:55,260 --> 01:11:01,300
I've served on the Barrio Logan Planning Group since its inception in 2014.

845
01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:05,100
I have been there the entire time and I have been listening.

846
01:11:06,140 --> 01:11:13,320
I also have a very personal perspective when it comes to industry and environmental

847
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:13,860
justice.

848
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:15,780
I did not grow up in a port side community.

849
01:11:16,500 --> 01:11:23,880
I grew up in a mining town where everyone who I knew, everyone in my immediate family,

850
01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:25,460
They were all minors.

851
01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:29,420
They all worked in the mines, operated heavy equipment,

852
01:11:29,660 --> 01:11:32,260
some of them worked underground, including myself.

853
01:11:34,460 --> 01:11:37,380
I know what it's like to work in industry.

854
01:11:38,360 --> 01:11:41,860
What it meant to my family was not just the air

855
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:45,600
that we had to breathe, that was not good.

856
01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:48,780
And I used an inhaler myself until I was 25 years old.

857
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:54,080
I couldn't wrestle in junior high because of my asthma.

858
01:11:55,500 --> 01:12:01,780
But that job, those jobs brought my family out of poverty.

859
01:12:03,590 --> 01:12:08,350
It allowed me to save money so that I could go to college,

860
01:12:08,670 --> 01:12:12,190
and I wouldn't be sitting here today if it wasn't for that opportunity.

861
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:17,820
This is not normal heights.

862
01:12:19,180 --> 01:12:21,520
This is a port, a deep water port.

863
01:12:22,020 --> 01:12:24,340
These are not simple decisions.

864
01:12:25,540 --> 01:12:28,800
We have to balance maritime commerce

865
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:36,420
with public health. The mission of our Maritime Clean Air Strategy is health equity for all.

866
01:12:37,460 --> 01:12:44,160
Mitsubishi, the mission of our Maritime Clean Air Strategy is health equity for all.

867
01:12:46,220 --> 01:12:54,320
I strongly encourage you to sit down with the community and take the time that it takes to open up

868
01:12:54,320 --> 01:13:05,280
your project with full transparency, what you're proposing, what you can do, what you cannot do in a very, very detailed and transparent way.

869
01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:11,860
And that you take the time to do that, as well as you can, as authentically as you can.

870
01:13:12,100 --> 01:13:18,420
And I appreciate that the faith leaders who came here today, Father Scott Delarosa, thank you for your calls this week.

871
01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:23,580
You asked me not to call you father, but that's like working in the White House and not calling the President and Mr. President.

872
01:13:23,580 --> 01:13:29,280
it. It's impossible when you're a Catholic. I encourage you to host those discussions.

873
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:38,240
Work hard at it. See what can be done. See if you can get the support of the community.

874
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:44,640
And if you can do so and if you can come back with a plan with a project that achieves the

875
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:50,160
goals that we are trying to achieve, then you will get a hearing if I'm elected chairman

876
01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:58,220
today. But there is a lot of work that needs to be done. A lot of work that needs to be done.

877
01:13:58,360 --> 01:14:00,120
And those are all of my comments. Thank you, Chairman.

878
01:14:05,780 --> 01:14:12,920
Thank you, Chair. Vice Chair Castellanos, future Chair Castellanos. Again, I want to thank you all for coming.

879
01:14:13,780 --> 01:14:19,340
It may not be normal from a day like this, but I know there are members of the faith community here.

880
01:14:19,340 --> 01:14:25,280
I want to recognize the season we're in, and I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas.

881
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:29,240
I want to wish you happy holidays, and I, again, want to thank you for coming here.

882
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:31,140
Thank you.

883
01:14:33,110 --> 01:14:36,490
Chairman, I think we'll need a motion on the docket changes, please.

884
01:14:37,570 --> 01:14:38,270
Thank you.

885
01:14:40,070 --> 01:14:42,830
Can I please have a motion on the docket changes?

886
01:14:43,770 --> 01:14:44,470
So moved.

887
01:14:51,360 --> 01:14:52,500
We have a motion.

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01:14:54,060 --> 01:14:56,980
And we have a motion by Commissioner Castellanos.

889
01:14:56,980 --> 01:14:59,840
We have a second by Commissioner Tasson. Let's please.

890
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:01,180
Motion

891
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:15,320
passes unanimously. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Moving along, we are to board committee reports. I believe we have an audit oversight committee report. Commissioner Narano.

892
01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:23,000
Chairman, we have also non agenda public comment.

893
01:15:35,380 --> 01:15:46,440
Yes, we do have non agenda public comment. Those were the comments on the docket change. We do have a few non agenda public comments. Okay, backing up for

894
01:15:46,440 --> 01:15:52,100
just a quick moment. We have a couple other public comments. Apologies. I'll call

895
01:15:52,100 --> 01:15:56,120
the in-person. First and that's Paul Krueger.

896
01:16:01,820 --> 01:16:03,980
Thank you. Paul Krueger. I live in

897
01:16:03,980 --> 01:16:08,080
Thomas. In my comments today are really anticlimactic because I didn't know that

898
01:16:08,080 --> 01:16:13,620
this item was on the agenda. But I just want to point out to you something I've

899
01:16:13,620 --> 01:16:18,200
seen a couple of times including today when I went to look at the top flight

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01:16:18,200 --> 01:16:24,720
location. There's a serious problem with homeless encampments. I don't know if you're aware on North

901
01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:34,020
Harbor across from the solar plant especially at that bathroom and when we have thousands of people

902
01:16:34,020 --> 01:16:40,440
coming off airplanes and going on that street to their location it is not a pretty sight for San Diego.

903
01:16:41,420 --> 01:16:45,260
Today I saw it was not bad today probably because of the rain but

904
01:16:45,260 --> 01:16:55,140
But four months ago, the entire area from the bathroom towards the airport for, say, a quarter

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01:16:55,140 --> 01:17:01,340
mile, those benches were completely covered with people who didn't have parts with items

906
01:17:01,340 --> 01:17:05,240
and they had tents and blankets all over.

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01:17:05,780 --> 01:17:09,900
And the bathroom was filthy, unusable dumpster.

908
01:17:09,900 --> 01:17:14,960
I actually sent photos to the poor commission and I didn't ever receive a response.

909
01:17:15,340 --> 01:17:21,440
That's not important, but I just want to, I am imagining it's on your radar.

910
01:17:21,940 --> 01:17:30,060
I just hope perhaps you make a habit of driving by every couple weeks and take a look at what's

911
01:17:30,060 --> 01:17:30,940
going on down there.

912
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:31,880
Thank you.

913
01:17:33,160 --> 01:17:33,860
Thank you.

914
01:17:33,960 --> 01:17:35,860
And now we have a few voice mails to play.

915
01:17:35,860 --> 01:17:36,640
Hello,

916
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:55,400
my name is Danielle Wilson, and I'm the Action Equity Coordinator at San Diego

917
01:17:55,400 --> 01:17:56,040
350.

918
01:17:57,000 --> 01:18:01,440
I'm calling in today about a non-agenda public comment.

919
01:18:02,260 --> 01:18:09,180
I'm calling an opposition to Miss Lee, she's the Med Corporation and the pollution that

920
01:18:09,180 --> 01:18:13,540
it would bring to be effective communities around the port.

921
01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:19,340
One thing that environmental health coalition has made very clear through their campaign

922
01:18:19,340 --> 01:18:25,760
that against this polluting corporation is that this same project would not be considered

923
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:34,100
in Coronado. I would say why is that, but we're all very well aware of why we would not

924
01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:44,840
add 300 plus diesel trucks trafficking through Coronado and why we are quite, or why the

925
01:18:44,840 --> 01:18:49,060
report is quite helpful considering a proposal like that for communities like

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01:18:49,060 --> 01:18:55,180
Barrio Logan, the answers environmental racism, and that these communities that

927
01:18:55,180 --> 01:19:04,400
already have a higher risk of developing cancer than 93% of the nation, that support

928
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:12,620
them as the phone, and that they value, if this project were to go into place, it would be

929
01:19:12,620 --> 01:19:19,320
very clear that profit is being valued over the health of our communities and I'm here

930
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:25,780
to say that these communities are not disposable. That's already been burdened by far too

931
01:19:25,780 --> 01:19:35,600
much pollution in their homes, in their parks, in their schools and that adding another industry

932
01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:40,400
includes processing these absolutely atrocious and should not even be considered by this

933
01:19:41,080 --> 01:19:43,560
for administration. Thank you for your time.

934
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:50,200
Good afternoon, Chairman Malcolm and Port Commissioner.

935
01:19:50,480 --> 01:19:53,240
Thanks to the opportunity to speak during non-agenda item.

936
01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:55,120
My name is Dennis DuBard,

937
01:19:55,380 --> 01:19:57,300
and as a former member of a major tenant

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01:19:57,300 --> 01:19:59,580
of the Port operating in the Maritime Arena.

939
01:20:00,240 --> 01:20:26,280
I'll understand first hand the challenges and obstacles tenets base when it comes to balancing operations and being a good neighbor to the surrounding communities. I am calling in support of Mitsubishi Submit Corporation's proposed project and giving them the opportunity to work with community stakeholders to address their concerns. This is a project that will benefit all concerned. We just need to find a path to make it happen. Thanks again, and all the best.

940
01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:26,860
Hello,

941
01:20:31,080 --> 01:20:31,860
my name is Chelsea Woman.

942
01:20:32,300 --> 01:20:43,380
I'm a Logan Heights resident, and I'm calling to speak on a non-agenda item in the part of the environmental health coalition's voice to request the rejection of the need to be seen as corporations presence on the portrait communities.

943
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:55,040
Portrait communities already struggle with commercial vehicles contributing to carbon emissions, including the Logan Heights area, but we also struggle with minimal access to the technical base from within our communities.

944
01:20:56,200 --> 01:21:05,540
consider prioritizing the presence of local community access to existing alongside the day and not just making more accessible and available to most possible businesses in mind.

945
01:21:06,440 --> 01:21:11,660
Part of our session is black and brown and indigenous people as a lack of access to natural resources.

946
01:21:12,460 --> 01:21:17,700
We also need to do as much as we can to support the ecology of the waterways that we occupy and often take for granted.

947
01:21:17,700 --> 01:21:24,840
As the place that one's Harvard State Marine Life, it may not be commercial vehicle, yachts

948
01:21:24,840 --> 01:21:25,260
and worship.

949
01:21:26,100 --> 01:21:31,340
It takes other lives and other perspectives and consideration and decision-making, choices

950
01:21:31,340 --> 01:21:36,060
of health and sustainable life, including decisions on expanding and developing alongside

951
01:21:36,060 --> 01:21:36,440
today.

952
01:21:37,020 --> 01:21:37,440
Thank you.

953
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:48,940
That concludes public comment.

954
01:21:49,220 --> 01:21:49,600
Okay.

955
01:21:49,860 --> 01:21:50,360
Thank you.

956
01:21:50,580 --> 01:21:55,240
Now on to Board Committee Reports, Commissioner Neurano.

957
01:21:55,240 --> 01:22:01,560
All right. Thank you chair. So the audit oversight committee met on December 1st.

958
01:22:02,280 --> 01:22:07,020
Moss Adams presented the results from the fiscal year 2022 audited financial statements and

959
01:22:07,020 --> 01:22:12,680
single audit and reported that they issued an unmodified opinion in that no internal control findings

960
01:22:12,680 --> 01:22:17,420
over financial reporting were noted. The audit committee recommended the board accept and filed the

961
01:22:17,420 --> 01:22:21,820
results. This item will also be presented in graded detail today to the board for action.

962
01:22:21,820 --> 01:22:26,760
Presentations from staff include an audit plan status update from Jane Mascherenna,

963
01:22:26,840 --> 01:22:30,360
assistant port auditor, and at the ex-haul line update from Mark Gilding,

964
01:22:30,500 --> 01:22:33,400
our port auditor, and concluding the presentation with Mike Arendt,

965
01:22:33,640 --> 01:22:37,080
department manager of financial services, presenting the financial update

966
01:22:37,080 --> 01:22:39,980
to the committee highlighting positive revenue trends for the district.

967
01:22:40,520 --> 01:22:44,100
And there was also announcement of the new AOC public committee member,

968
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:47,700
Mohamed Idris-Dwarri, going to the next slide.

969
01:22:52,730 --> 01:22:57,190
of coming out of I'm some interest at the next OSCE meeting in March 2023 will include

970
01:22:57,190 --> 01:23:03,230
a review of the 2023 committee work plan orientation of the new AOC members, the OPA

971
01:23:03,230 --> 01:23:07,730
status report for year to date and the annual external auditor engagement letter in that

972
01:23:07,730 --> 01:23:08,450
concludes my report.

973
01:23:10,210 --> 01:23:11,850
Thank you, Commissioner Noronho.

974
01:23:11,990 --> 01:23:15,510
Now we have a report from Vice Chair Castellanos.

975
01:23:16,730 --> 01:23:26,070
Thank you chair, giving a report on the final environmental advisory committee meeting of the year, which took place last week.

976
01:23:26,290 --> 01:23:28,810
We received presentations on the following topics.

977
01:23:29,170 --> 01:23:37,490
First, Cory's charity, a form report employee presented the results of remasters thesis which involved collecting and analyzing bird data in San Diego Bay.

978
01:23:38,170 --> 01:23:45,490
Bird survey data was used collected by port studies and a citizen science application called E-Bird to understand population trends.

979
01:23:45,490 --> 01:23:47,730
for a number of bird species around San Diego Bay.

980
01:23:48,470 --> 01:23:50,390
Her findings revealed habitat changes,

981
01:23:51,150 --> 01:23:54,070
have both the positive and negative impact on different bird species,

982
01:23:54,330 --> 01:23:58,030
and that the port should expect a substantial increase in bird observations as the result

983
01:23:58,030 --> 01:24:00,170
of establishing a wetland at Pond 20.

984
01:24:01,430 --> 01:24:07,350
Paula Sylvia, program director of aquaculture and blue technology provided an update on the Sunken Seaweed Pilot Project.

985
01:24:07,350 --> 01:24:09,870
The port has been working with Sunken Seaweed for over four years,

986
01:24:10,330 --> 01:24:13,890
assisting them to test a variety of native seaweed species for culinary uses,

987
01:24:13,890 --> 01:24:17,010
and bioremediation potential for stormwater runoff.

988
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:29,640
Renee Yarmie, program director maritime sustainable development, provided an update on the advancements of electrification and clean freight initiatives at the port's maritime facilities.

989
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:37,420
These initiatives progress to zero emission goals and objectives of the maritime clean air strategy across several emissions source areas.

990
01:24:38,240 --> 01:24:42,920
And finally, the committee received a master planning update from the planning department on three ongoing efforts.

991
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:48,240
the National City Balance Plan, the Port Master Plan update, and the Senate Bill 507 Trustlands use plan.

992
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:48,860
Thank you, Chair.

993
01:24:50,340 --> 01:24:51,700
Thank you very much.

994
01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:58,320
Now we're on to Commissioner Reports, and I believe Commissioner Noranho, you have a couple of reports for us.

995
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:05,320
Thank you, Chairman. I will start off with the AB 617. So, at the November 10th, the Community

996
01:25:05,320 --> 01:25:10,020
Emissions Reduction Program, MCAS, and Lamentation Subcommittee meeting. Port staff engaged

997
01:25:10,020 --> 01:25:14,680
with members of the Subcommittee to discuss ideas to better communicate results of technical

998
01:25:14,680 --> 01:25:19,860
analysis, such as the Port's Health Risk Assessment. The Port was joined by staff from the California

999
01:25:19,860 --> 01:25:23,880
Air Resources Board to provide explanations regarding methodologies and results presented

1000
01:25:23,880 --> 01:25:28,520
entered in the part's HRA as well as CARB's regional air talks risk modeling.

1001
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:33,000
It is the attempt of the board to develop a reader friendly document to better communicate

1002
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:36,500
these results so that all audiences can comprehend the information.

1003
01:25:37,260 --> 01:25:41,920
Also on November 15th, steering committee meeting the Mitsubishi cement corporation provided

1004
01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:46,580
a presentation on the proposed VOLX cement warehouse and loading facility project at the

1005
01:25:46,580 --> 01:25:48,120
board's 10th Avenue Marine Terminal.

1006
01:25:48,540 --> 01:25:52,760
Although I did not participate in this portion of the meeting, the community steering committee

1007
01:25:52,760 --> 01:25:56,720
members voted to submit a letter to the board on the project, which is submitted via

1008
01:25:56,720 --> 01:26:02,100
email to us on November 22nd. And that concludes my A.V. 6.7.

1009
01:26:03,660 --> 01:26:11,720
Okay, let's go to the next one. So following our board meeting back in November 16th, I was

1010
01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:19,280
invited to participate on the panel about zero mission shipping and how ports can look

1011
01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:20,740
like for that work for people.

1012
01:26:21,060 --> 01:26:27,060
So at this forum, I was able to discuss these initiatives

1013
01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:30,060
with Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithia.

1014
01:26:30,860 --> 01:26:34,500
Also met great advocates, California Transportation

1015
01:26:34,500 --> 01:26:37,560
Commissioner Joe Liu and many others,

1016
01:26:38,060 --> 01:26:40,880
discussing initiatives and how we can work together,

1017
01:26:41,320 --> 01:26:45,140
not just statewide, but nationally, to go above and beyond

1018
01:26:45,140 --> 01:26:47,240
and to make sure we're tackling the climate crisis

1019
01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:50,960
at reports. And that concludes my report.

1020
01:26:51,720 --> 01:26:53,480
Thank you, Commissioner Narono.

1021
01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:58,320
We now have a report, a tree planting event, a Commissioner Castellanos.

1022
01:26:59,420 --> 01:27:03,560
Thank you, Chair. On November 30th, I got to participate and

1023
01:27:03,560 --> 01:27:09,000
make comments at a tree planting event at Cesar Chavez Park in Barrio Logan.

1024
01:27:09,240 --> 01:27:14,860
It was a great time. You see there we had a bunch of kids from Perkins Elementary.

1025
01:27:15,600 --> 01:27:24,600
20 trees were planted, this was part of a cal fire, state of California grant together with the urban core.

1026
01:27:25,300 --> 01:27:28,860
Which as you know, does a lot of work for the poor and others here locally.

1027
01:27:28,860 --> 01:27:33,780
They have a great program to help give skills to young people out of high school.

1028
01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:41,320
In this case, that includes urban, arbor science, tree science.

1029
01:27:41,320 --> 01:27:45,220
And it was a great event in a great project.

1030
01:27:46,860 --> 01:27:48,780
20 flowering trees were planted.

1031
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:53,480
These trees will help not just beautify the park, but also capture greenhouse gas emissions.

1032
01:27:53,800 --> 01:27:59,020
And they have a cooling effect and also, of course, their shade tree.

1033
01:27:59,200 --> 01:28:03,000
So it was a really, really nice event at a great park.

1034
01:28:03,240 --> 01:28:07,600
And as the Duke of Alderama Commissioner Emeritus would say, it was a win, win, win.

1035
01:28:07,920 --> 01:28:08,200
Thank you.

1036
01:28:08,200 --> 01:28:08,540
Thank you.

1037
01:28:09,580 --> 01:28:14,560
Thank you, Commissioner Castellanos, so we now have a Chula Vista update from Commissioner

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01:28:14,560 --> 01:28:15,180
Ann Moore.

1039
01:28:15,820 --> 01:28:16,140
Yes.

1040
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:16,820
Thank you.

1041
01:28:17,080 --> 01:28:20,920
I'm very pleased to be able to give this update today.

1042
01:28:21,320 --> 01:28:26,860
The Chula Vista Bay Front Project or the Rita Project has been something that has been

1043
01:28:26,860 --> 01:28:30,320
a goal or vision for the City of Chula Vista for about 20 years.

1044
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:32,040
And here we are today.

1045
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:43,120
It is actually the Rita project is on time and on schedule and is due to open as scheduled in May of 2025.

1046
01:28:44,100 --> 01:28:54,920
The groundwork is just about done as you can see in these pictures and the cranes are up and there will be more cranes soon to the site and soon we'll start seeing structures.

1047
01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:59,140
The one structure that you do see here, I thought was particularly interesting.

1048
01:28:59,440 --> 01:29:04,940
It is the tower, which is the central part of the hotel.

1049
01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:12,340
And that actually provides the stability to the building if there was an earthquake.

1050
01:29:12,900 --> 01:29:21,620
So it's quite a massive structure and according to Rita, it's actually the largest structure that they have actually ever built.

1051
01:29:21,620 --> 01:29:32,580
So everything is going really great on the Rita Project and can't wait for the next phase to actually start seeing structures of pop-up. Thank you.

1052
01:29:33,980 --> 01:29:39,840
Thank you Commissioner Moore and I will tell you is somebody who commutes home by the scrant every day.

1053
01:29:40,320 --> 01:29:44,920
Seeing those three cranes there and seeing that structure go up is incredibly exciting.

1054
01:29:46,260 --> 01:29:52,340
So, I have a report, the Imperial Beach Peer Enhancement Project, which is a long-time

1055
01:29:52,920 --> 01:29:57,800
capital improvement program project that's been on our books for quite some time.

1056
01:29:57,800 --> 01:29:59,980
and we've

1057
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,940
We've done some initial work, we've painted the peer, we've done some repair work, and now we're to the fun part. We're actually building structures on the peer. One of which is a shade structure, mid-peer, and we're going to do some cable railing around that. But the shade structure is unlike any shade structure I have ever seen. I've been on a lot of California peers. It actually is art merging with function. It's a structure where the underneath looks like.

1058
01:30:29,940 --> 01:30:34,660
water looking underneath and you see a shark swimming through and whether you're

1059
01:30:34,660 --> 01:30:37,600
looking at it from underneath or there's a drone above you can see the shark

1060
01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:43,280
swimming through it. It's really quite unique. It's fun. The community is very

1061
01:30:43,280 --> 01:30:49,160
very excited. An Imperial Beach that the pier is you know kind of an iconic part of

1062
01:30:49,160 --> 01:30:53,900
the community. A lot of people go out there. A lot of people kind of look at it as

1063
01:30:53,900 --> 01:30:58,180
part of the classic Southern California theme of Imperial Beach. So the community

1064
01:30:58,180 --> 01:31:02,840
is really excited and thankful to the port of San Diego for doing this improvement.

1065
01:31:03,560 --> 01:31:10,180
But that's not all. There's more. We actually have a third part, third phase,

1066
01:31:10,420 --> 01:31:15,540
which right now is unfunded, but I'm going to be looking around for money, digging under my desk.

1067
01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:23,520
And that will be another larger shade, shade structure closer to the beach in actual 40-foot wings out on the pier.

1068
01:31:23,520 --> 01:31:27,480
and Commissioner Casson will remember we had a certain mayor way, way back

1069
01:31:27,480 --> 01:31:32,400
that wanted to build wings on the pier and we are going to make that a reality.

1070
01:31:33,140 --> 01:31:38,540
This is a picture of it. This is supposed to look like coming up

1071
01:31:38,540 --> 01:31:41,840
and seeing a surfboard above coming up to the surface of the ocean.

1072
01:31:42,660 --> 01:31:46,720
And it's just a really exciting improvement.

1073
01:31:47,080 --> 01:31:51,440
Again, the community is fired up. We're going to have some furniture underneath as well.

1074
01:31:52,680 --> 01:31:58,980
And the way we look at it is the peer is part of the Port of San Diego we want to make it the best peer in California.

1075
01:31:59,320 --> 01:32:12,920
So that's the goal and the community is 100% behind it, but I want to thank my colleagues for way back when allocating money to the CIP program to make something like this, something that really means a lot to the community or reality.

1076
01:32:13,460 --> 01:32:19,740
And that is my report. Do we have any other commissioners wishing to make comment at this point?

1077
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:21,760
Okay.

1078
01:32:29,420 --> 01:32:32,800
Moving right along, we are now to special recognition.

1079
01:32:40,080 --> 01:32:42,520
Good afternoon, Chair Malcolm, commissioners,

1080
01:32:42,880 --> 01:32:46,340
President Steveson, and General Counsel Russell. I'm Cheryl Smith,

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business and community partner with the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Department,

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presenting December's special recognition where we recognize and celebrate the backgrounds

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and different cultures of the Port's diverse employees during the winter months.

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Next slide please.

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A few celebrations are highlighted here and featured in our lobby.

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Las Posadas is a religious festival celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American and Hispanic countries.

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It commemorates the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe refuge.

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Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday celebrating the rededication the second temple in Jerusalem.

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The celebration stems from what was believed to be a miracle as there was only enough oil to burn the menorah's candles for one day during the rededication.

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Each night during Hanukkah, a new candle is added to the menorah after the sun sets.

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Christmas is one of the most important Christian holidays that celebrates the birth of Jesus.

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It's also cultural importance to those who do not actively practice the Christian faith.

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Kwanza is a week-long celebration for African-Americans based on West and Southeast African-Harvest Festival traditions.

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For celebrated in 1966, each of the seven days represents principles of history, values,

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family, community, and culture.

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Other celebrations to learn about, but not shown include Bodhi Day.

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This Buddhist holiday commemorating the day that the historical Buddha experienced enlightenment

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is traditionally celebrated on December 8th.

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The Winter Solstice on December 20th worst is known as Yul to those practicing the pagan and wickenface.

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the day marks the longest night of the year and return of the sun.

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Often celebrated by lighting a uelog and decluttering your space and

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lastly, Boxing Day on December 26th, originated in what is now the United Kingdom.

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Traditionally on this day, the donation box for the poor kept its churches was distributed into the community.

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We wish all poor employees and their loved ones a happy holiday season.

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I'll now hand it off to Amanda Ebera.

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Thank you.

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Good afternoon. My name is Amanda Ibarra, and I am an associate environmental specialist. Today, I am thrilled to share with you about the Ridgeways Rail release that took place last month. On November 18th, 2022, Port South accompanied the Living Coast Discovery Center and their partners to release endangered Ridgeways rails into the Tijuana Estuary. Since 2000, the Port has supported a propagation program for this endangered bird in partnership with the Living Coast

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Discovery Center. Through this program, the LCDC breeds captive birds, raises the chicks,

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and releases them into local wetlands. This recent release of two chicks and one adult was

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the last of the season. Before the birds were released, they were subject to a full physical,

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including comprehensive length and weight measurements, blood draws, banding, and physical exams as shown

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here. This information provides valuable data about the long-term health of the

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rail population and ensures that the birds are healthy and ready to find their

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new home in the wild. Studies done with the University of Idaho have also looked

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at their physical characteristics and health of the released rails which has

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helped LCDC to improve their care of the birds. This past year in particular,

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LCDC's hard work has paid off and they have seen increased survivability in the

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wild. Next slide please.

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This video shows the exciting moment that the rails were released.

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Vice President Jason Giffin and I had the distinct pleasure of releasing two of the birds

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into the Tijuana River estuary. Please play the video.

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Since the program is beginning,

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the LCDC has released 937 rails into the wild and studies have shown that the populations have been

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and increasing the past few years.

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The Board is proud to partner with this program

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as they continue to improve and refine their techniques

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and provide critical support to this endangered local bird.

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This release event was truly an amazing experience to witness

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and the sight of the rails flying into their new habitat

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is one I will always remember.

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Thank you for supporting this program

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and I encourage everyone to keep an eye out for a Ridgeway's rail

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on your next hike or trip to the local salt marshes.

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Now over to Chief Fernandez.

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Good afternoon, Chief.

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Good to see you.

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Good afternoon, sir.

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Good afternoon, Chelmalkham,

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Port Commissioners, President CEO,

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Stuyveson and General Counsel Russell.

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My name is Magda Fernandez.

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I am the Chief of Police and the VP of Public Safety.

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I am honored to stand before you

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to recognize Officer Christine Sparry

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For her dedication to public service, her duties as a Harbor Police Officer and

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additional duties she has taken on at Harbor Police and at the Dispatch Communication Center.

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On November 9th, officers' ferry was selected and recognized among the best of the best auto theft recovery officers and deputies in San Diego County by the San Diego Auto theft advisory committee.

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This award is a very unique one, as there are no nominations submitted.

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Officers and deputies are selected and

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recognized solely based on their investigative work and

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the number of out-of-theft recoveries and arrests they make in a calendar year.

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2021, Harbor Police had 72 recoveries.

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Officers varied, contributed greatly to those recoveries.

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In 2021, in the state of California, over 194,000 vehicles are stolen.

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This number equates to one vehicle every three minutes, being stolen.

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The total value of stolen vehicles is $1.7 billion.

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Of these thefts, 57% of these vehicles were stolen out of Southern California.

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San Diego ranks second among Southern California counties.

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We are very proud of Officer Sparry for her hard work and vehicle theft investigations

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are very frequently in complex.

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They lead to a rest of subjects, not just for vehicle thefts, but for other sophisticated

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and violent crimes.

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However, in addition to this award, Officer Sparry was recently recognized for her contributions

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to the Harbor Police Department by the Executive Leadership Group.

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Officer Sparry demonstrates the port's core values of teamwork and courage.

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She holds multiple collateral duties within the department, along with her normal patrol

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duties.

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This includes handling of major traffic accident scenes as a traffic collision reconstructionist.

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She oversees the department's automatic external

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All of these individual accomplishments are indicative of her dedication to the court's core values. However, the best demonstration of Officer Sparry exemplifies these court values of teamwork and courage is her willingness to work as a harbor police dispatcher in addition to her regular duties. This has greatly assisted in lowering the work and stress load of our dedicated dispatcher.

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team. She has sacrificed many hours of her off-duty time to work in dispatch essentially executing

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the jobs of a full-time police officer and a full-time dispatcher. Officer Sparry has done this

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out of her own desire to help not only the department but also her co-workers. I would personally

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like to commend Officer Sparry for her incredible work and contributions to the port of San Diego

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and the Harbor Police. Thank you, Officer Sperry.

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And I turn the mic over to Mr. Stytheson.

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And before he does that, I just want to say, Officer Sperry,

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you are an incredible example of the department

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and of the port of San Diego.

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We're very proud of you.

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We want to thank you very much for your efforts.

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Thank you.

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And you can say a few words.

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It's been a pleasure.

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I'm on my 21st year with the department.

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You know, a lot of dedication I've always wanted to be a cop was first agency that gave me that opportunity to do it.

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As she said, we're a team and we got to stick together.

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You know, I didn't hire on as a dispatcher, but our dispatchers are our lifeline.

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So to be able to go up there and help them and give them the opportunity to have a little time off is an honor.

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And again, harder please couldn't do it if we didn't act as a team.

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And again, thank you all for your support. I really appreciate it.

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We got a great age to see and I hope to see it thrive throughout her leadership in the years.

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I got three years left and I'm going to make them the best I can.

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But thank you everybody, I really appreciate it.

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Okay, I think you chaired commissioners and I want to take a moment and tell you about an

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amazing story of success at the Port of San Diego.

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I'd like to recognize Sean Sumner, Vice President of Business Operations for 20 years of service

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at the port. Sean's unique and as he started as an intern in the HR department when he first got here.

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I don't know the story behind it all but apparently he couldn't hold the job here at one place

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in the port so he's had ten positions to four different departments and this served in various

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capacities all the way from intern temporary employee, limited employee, full-time employee,

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Jack of all trades employee.

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Once Shawn joined the real estate department, and as I see the work that the real estate

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department does now, I don't know how he did this, but he earned his jurisprudence

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doctorate degree from University of San Diego.

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Shawn has worked on many, many projects here at the Port Career.

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I'll just hit a couple of highlights ranging from Bay Tour operator landings, North Embarcadero

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visionary Lanefield Spring Hill Suites at Intercontinental the Shell Portside

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Pierce on communities Gaylord Pacific which is currently under construction

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just to name but a few. Sean's here with his wife Maria Son Dominique and his

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mother Fran so on behalf of the port Sean thank you for outstanding amazing

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service we look forward to the next 20 years and hopefully you'll hold at least you

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You know, not as many jobs over the next 20 years, but who knows, right?

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And so I'd like to offer you an opportunity to speak and then we'll ask your family to join us up there and take a picture.

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Great, thank you very much Joe for the present CEO Stives and for the kind words.

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And for the opportunity to address you all today, feeling a little bit nostalgic, I really do want to thank you for the opportunity to speak in front of you on my 20 years of service.

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and thanks to my family, my son Dominic, my wife Maria, my mom Fran. Unfortunately my

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mother-in-law was not feeling well so she can't be here today but my mother-in-law

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the rain is also a huge part of our family. My family is the reason that I can show

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up to work every day and give this job everything I have. I thank them for their

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constant love, support and encouragement. I had no idea when I started as an

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intern in September of 2000 that I'd be standing before you here today. As a

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years have flown by, I've had the great honor and privilege of working with some of the best commissioners,

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staff, tenants, and communities as we saw earlier today anywhere in the world.

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I've been monitored by, mentored by talented.

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Executive directors, inspired by my peers, including the ELG, impressed by my teams and motivated

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by the variety and opportunity of developing here on San Diego Bay. Looking back on my time

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here in particular, I'm thankful for our former CEO, Randa Kniglio, who elevated media

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and executive. Our former director of real estate, Karen Wyman, who taught me everything I needed

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to know about ground up commercial development. Karen Portius, Michelle Corbin, and Delgia

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departmenter for taking a chance on me back in 2000.

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LT Jim Hutzelman, Irene McCormick,

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and Rita Bandagov for the opportunity

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to work with some talented creative people

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in marketing and communications.

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Yes, I'm going through my jobs here at the port.

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And Bruce Hollingsworth, also a former port CEO

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who took an interest in my career

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and always made me feel as though my voice mattered.

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And many others at all levels of this organization,

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you know who you are, who may not have realized just how

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profoundly they have influenced me.

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And lastly, you know, the port is a great place to work.

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The life I've built here has been shaved in no small part

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by what the port has given to me.

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So in closing, I think the board and the commissioners

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for their commitment to public service,

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we know how hard you all work.

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It's an incredibly challenging job.

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Joe, to you specifically for your leadership support

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and trust in me.

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Tom, for the exceptional team, you have assembled.

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Mark, for the partnership and all things audit.

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Tony, Ken and Y-Lean, for being the kind of directors

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to make it easier for me to sleep at night.

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And all of the support staff here, not the least of which is our dedicated clerk's office,

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Commissioner Services and IT, as we all know, can't have a board meeting without them.

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And thanks again for this opportunity, and I look forward to continuing to serve you in the years to come.

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I'll be ready for a present report, can you call?

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Okay, moving on to the president's report.

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Thank you chair, good afternoon chair, commissioners.

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Next slide, please.

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Port of San Diego has been busy in its vital role as a strategic port of the United States.

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These operations are critical to our national security and support the men and women who

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serve on behalf of the nation.

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The 834th Transportation Battalion and the Military Service Deployment Distribution Command

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returned to the port's 10th Avenue Marine Terminal in mid-November through early December,

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discharging 721 cargo units that originated from Busan, South Korea.

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The cargo included rolling stock, containers, military

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humvees, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and one Abrams.

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Special thanks to the maritime operations team

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for ensuring the success of these operations.

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Next slide, please.

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Many of our port team had a busy week during November 14 to 18,

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as opposed to every other week that they're very busy.

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It was the 14th annual Blue Tech week put on by TMA Blue Tech,

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and the port was a sponsor.

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Staff participated in several panels during the week and also conducted water side tours with several of our partners who were in town for the event highlighting many of our blue economy, economy initiatives.

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A Money Harbor Police Department and Planning Department hosted a water side tour with Nicole LeBuff, Assistant Administrator for NOAA's Ocean Service, Carl Goldman, Director of NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System, and Clark Anderson Director of Southern California Ocean Observing System.

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Throughout the week, Margaret Plaro, Renee Yarmie, and Billy Marsh spoke on panel spanning

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building capacities for blue tech innovation to ports as key players and sustainable blue

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shipping into advanced maritime security technologies.

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I'm Friday the staff hosted Kendra McDonald's CEO of Kendra's Ocean Super Cluster and Mario

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Diaz from the local Canadian Consulate on Waterside tour.

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Lastly, the staff attended the first inaugural Ocean Summit in San Francisco, which was sponsored

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by the Builders Initiative in STGE Ventures.

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The event brought together diverse...

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This convening of participants spending industry executives, innovators, and leaders to propel innovation in advance of capital investment across and beyond the ocean system. The event was a huge success before to come. Next slide, please.

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Underfront, I think several people attended

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underfront, great success this year after more than a year of preparation,

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first time since 2019, attracting thousands of people in

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Barca D'Aro, Renaport South. The event included free community

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stage and featured several top name performers,

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Gwen Stefani, Kings of Leon, and the Zach Brown Band.

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Several Port Tennis directly partnered with the Festival

1296
01:50:43,030 --> 01:50:50,650
Organizer, including tenants in Seaport Village, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Old Town Trolley, and Ace Parking.

1297
01:50:50,930 --> 01:50:56,070
Well done and thanks to everyone's work to make this a success, especially parks and

1298
01:50:56,070 --> 01:51:01,390
recreation, Harbor Police, developmental services, guest experiences, and general services.

1299
01:51:02,110 --> 01:51:08,250
Special shout out is extended to Sophia and Erica for their extraordinary efforts.

1300
01:51:10,410 --> 01:51:11,450
And next,

1301
01:51:13,560 --> 01:51:18,820
on December 3, 2022, 11 Harbor Police Officers participating in the annual shop

1302
01:51:18,820 --> 01:51:25,620
of the COP event which started in 1994, Harbor Police picked up 11 kids at Perkins Elementary

1303
01:51:25,620 --> 01:51:29,960
School and took them to see world where they were treated to breakfast, a dolphin encounter,

1304
01:51:30,300 --> 01:51:31,820
show, and learn history of the program.

1305
01:51:32,500 --> 01:51:37,580
They even got the meat officers who were participating in the program as kids.

1306
01:51:38,700 --> 01:51:43,220
After breakfast, and presentation is seen where all the kids were transported by police

1307
01:51:43,220 --> 01:51:48,180
caravan to target where they were provided with a $200 gift card to purchase Christmas

1308
01:51:48,180 --> 01:51:53,480
gifts, HPD finished the day by hosting a barbecue for the participating kids and their parents.

1309
01:51:54,060 --> 01:51:57,980
Special thanks to HPD for representing the port in this very meaningful event.

1310
01:51:58,400 --> 01:51:59,480
This concludes my report.

1311
01:52:00,220 --> 01:52:03,120
Thank you for that great report, President Stivocent.

1312
01:52:03,120 --> 01:52:11,220
We are now on to approval of the minutes for the November 8 meeting and November 16 meeting and at this point

1313
01:52:11,220 --> 01:52:14,000
It would be appropriate for a motion got

1314
01:52:16,430 --> 01:52:20,570
a motion by commissioner or task and I believe that was second by commissioners to get

1315
01:52:21,470 --> 01:52:22,290
What's vote?

1316
01:52:27,580 --> 01:52:28,720
One more vote

1317
01:52:31,530 --> 01:52:39,250
motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you and setting speed records here two hours in. We are two consent

1318
01:52:40,310 --> 01:52:40,970
So

1319
01:52:40,970 --> 01:52:45,990
So I do have a number of recusals.

1320
01:52:46,330 --> 01:52:49,850
I believe Commissioner Tassin, you are planning to recuse an item four.

1321
01:52:50,930 --> 01:52:52,510
Nine and 14.

1322
01:52:52,990 --> 01:52:54,850
Yes, correct, yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1323
01:52:55,370 --> 01:53:00,030
I'm recusing myself on item four because I used to consult with Reader Development.

1324
01:53:00,790 --> 01:53:05,090
And I'm recusing myself on item nine and 14 because I own Semprostock.

1325
01:53:05,090 --> 01:53:11,930
Okay, and Commissioner Daniel Moore, you are also planning to recuse on item 14.

1326
01:53:12,390 --> 01:53:12,990
That's correct.

1327
01:53:13,190 --> 01:53:18,670
I'm recusing on item 9 and 14 because my former law firm represented SDG&E.

1328
01:53:19,210 --> 01:53:24,050
And I'll also be recusing on 19 because my former law firm represents top goal.

1329
01:53:25,470 --> 01:53:29,230
Okay, so, 14 and 19.

1330
01:53:30,690 --> 01:53:36,790
Okay, so what I would propose, well, 19 is in consent, okay.

1331
01:53:37,370 --> 01:53:45,790
So I would propose that we have a motion for all items except for 4, 9, and 14.

1332
01:53:46,490 --> 01:53:47,030
So moved.

1333
01:53:50,780 --> 01:53:51,900
Oh, yes.

1334
01:53:55,420 --> 01:53:57,850
Oh, I am sorry, okay.

1335
01:54:01,880 --> 01:54:04,960
Okay, so I am very sorry.

1336
01:54:05,100 --> 01:54:06,920
I didn't have that down here, Commissioner Noronho.

1337
01:54:06,920 --> 01:54:11,360
I'm going to try and figure out the logistics here,

1338
01:54:14,600 --> 01:54:19,560
item 10 and item 14, item 12, okay.

1339
01:54:20,120 --> 01:54:25,420
And on item 10, is this a question that you had that you'd like to pose now or do you

1340
01:54:25,420 --> 01:54:28,830
actually want to pull, okay?

1341
01:54:29,010 --> 01:54:29,590
Why don't we do that?

1342
01:54:33,660 --> 01:54:40,780
Yeah, I just have a clarifying question on agenda item 10 for the TOP on the section for

1343
01:54:40,780 --> 01:54:44,220
worker qualifications, responsibility for agents and contractors.

1344
01:54:44,220 --> 01:54:49,860
The question I have is about who from the district will be reporting.

1345
01:54:50,620 --> 01:54:55,600
I've heard reports from other cities that have the same language that usually there

1346
01:54:55,600 --> 01:54:59,940
There isn't clear on who reports I wanted to see if-

1347
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:09,920
If staff can direct me on who would be responsible and reporting, and recording for that section 10.

1348
01:55:29,770 --> 01:55:49,110
Commissioner, are you speaking to the contractor language? Yeah, the worker, yeah, worker qualifications responsible for agents and contractors and some contractors. So when we get information who would be, they would be reporting to us or who would be. Yeah, just a question on.

1349
01:55:49,110 --> 01:55:57,150
And because we're in the language is, you know, we're making sure we're getting the information who's performing the work.

1350
01:55:57,370 --> 01:56:12,150
And so I just a clarifying question on who from the district or department will be responsible to follow up on that just because in other cities that they have this language, but there isn't certainty on who's actually doing the reporting.

1351
01:56:12,790 --> 01:56:14,910
So I just wanted to know who would be doing that.

1352
01:56:27,550 --> 01:56:34,170
Commissioner typically in these types of agreements the you know all of the

1353
01:56:34,170 --> 01:56:39,350
correspondence goes to the director of real estate as the signatory for the

1354
01:56:39,350 --> 01:56:45,270
for the district so that information would go to would be addressed to the

1355
01:56:45,270 --> 01:56:48,290
director of real estate and then we would distribute it as needed from there.

1356
01:56:48,650 --> 01:56:52,090
Okay so the tenant would report to the real estate department on that. That's

1357
01:56:52,090 --> 01:56:57,530
correct. Okay that's it that's it that's my question. Okay thank you so I think I

1358
01:56:57,530 --> 01:56:59,270
I have figured out the logistics.

1359
01:56:59,850 --> 01:57:07,310
If I could have a motion on all consent items, except for 4, 9, 12, and 14.

1360
01:57:07,970 --> 01:57:08,310
So move.

1361
01:57:09,770 --> 01:57:10,130
Okay.

1362
01:57:10,470 --> 01:57:15,370
We have a motion by Commissioner Castellano, the second by Commissioner Tasson.

1363
01:57:15,910 --> 01:57:17,330
Let's please vote on those items.

1364
01:57:39,050 --> 01:57:39,990
Motion passed unanimously.

1365
01:57:41,050 --> 01:57:44,630
Okay, if I could now have Commissioner Tasson leave the days.

1366
01:57:44,630 --> 01:57:44,790
Yes.

1367
01:57:48,790 --> 01:57:54,570
Well, Commissioner Moore is voting on item 4 and item 9. Yeah.

1368
01:57:57,880 --> 01:57:59,740
Yeah, on 4. Okay, on 4.

1369
01:58:00,040 --> 01:58:00,220
Okay.

1370
01:58:03,070 --> 01:58:08,950
So, if I could now have a motion, Commissioner Erkassen has left the room. If I could have a motion on item 4.

1371
01:58:09,510 --> 01:58:09,810
So, move.

1372
01:58:12,130 --> 01:58:16,410
Okay. We have a motion by Commissioner Kassano. Second by Commissioner Moore. Let's take the vote.

1373
01:58:19,430 --> 01:58:20,610
Motion passed unanimously.

1374
01:58:20,610 --> 01:58:29,230
If I could now you are not yeah, you're gone for now. Okay, so now if you could leave Commissioner

1375
01:58:30,270 --> 01:58:30,670
more

1376
01:58:37,500 --> 01:58:40,740
Sure, welcome you will be missed. I don't think Rafael could pull this off

1377
01:58:41,760 --> 01:58:45,840
Right, I'm sitting here hopelessly confused, so I'm just like

1378
01:58:49,170 --> 01:58:55,190
Okay, if I could now have a motion on commissioner on item nine and

1379
01:58:58,470 --> 01:58:58,870
14

1380
01:59:00,430 --> 01:59:00,950
So moot.

1381
01:59:02,810 --> 01:59:04,910
I do have public comment on 14.

1382
01:59:05,530 --> 01:59:07,290
Okay, we'll take the public comment now.

1383
01:59:08,950 --> 01:59:09,650
Thank you.

1384
01:59:09,790 --> 01:59:12,950
We have a live comment from Daniel Hadari.

1385
01:59:13,170 --> 01:59:13,730
She's online.

1386
01:59:26,370 --> 01:59:28,570
She seems to have fallen offline.

1387
01:59:29,690 --> 01:59:30,510
I don't see her here.

1388
01:59:35,690 --> 01:59:36,450
So don't comment.

1389
01:59:36,510 --> 01:59:36,850
She's laughing.

1390
01:59:36,970 --> 01:59:37,590
Okay, all right.

1391
01:59:37,750 --> 01:59:42,110
So a motion on 9 and 14, please.

1392
01:59:52,600 --> 01:59:53,260
Thank you.

1393
01:59:53,440 --> 01:59:55,560
On a motion by Commissioner Costiana

1394
01:59:55,560 --> 01:59:58,820
on us in a second by Neuron, who motion passed unanimously. Thank you.

1395
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,250
Commissioner, if you would leave the day us now, and if we could have Commissioner Moore back for item 12, you know, I'm not refusing just, I'm just going to abstain. Oh, I think you had a question on 10, you weren't recusing on 12. No, I'm sorry, then a motion on item 12. Oh, and we need Commissioner Moore back for that. So let's have Commissioner Moore back.

1396
02:00:39,330 --> 02:00:40,990
And I guess we could take a motion.

1397
02:00:40,990 --> 02:00:45,250
commission on 12, yeah, right.

1398
02:00:45,890 --> 02:00:47,810
And then Commissioner Moore will have to leave again.

1399
02:00:49,250 --> 02:00:50,090
So moved.

1400
02:00:51,630 --> 02:00:52,230
So

1401
02:00:57,090 --> 02:01:01,090
we have a motion by Commissioner Castellanos.

1402
02:01:01,410 --> 02:01:01,730
Second.

1403
02:01:02,110 --> 02:01:03,030
Second by Zucat.

1404
02:01:03,650 --> 02:01:04,490
What's vote?

1405
02:01:11,660 --> 02:01:14,140
Motion passes with Commissioner Neuronho abstaining.

1406
02:01:15,340 --> 02:01:18,020
Commissioner Moore, if you would please leave the day us again.

1407
02:01:18,300 --> 02:01:20,400
I think I've handled this very clumsily actually.

1408
02:01:20,400 --> 02:01:21,320
So, yes.

1409
02:01:33,340 --> 02:01:40,680
Commissioner Moore has left the room. I believe, if my math is correct, we have 14 left, is that right?

1410
02:01:41,680 --> 02:01:45,260
I think item 14 is the only one we have not voted on.

1411
02:01:48,220 --> 02:01:48,540
We did.

1412
02:01:52,130 --> 02:01:54,050
Okay. Then we're done.

1413
02:01:55,130 --> 02:01:58,370
So let's have the commissioners back. See you spoke way too soon.

1414
02:02:04,580 --> 02:02:09,640
I've got the baton ready to give the Commissioner Castellanos, right now would be fine.

1415
02:02:32,500 --> 02:02:35,160
When I practice that five times at home, it went so much better.

1416
02:02:38,510 --> 02:02:43,010
Okay, on to item 18, auditor's report.

1417
02:03:04,790 --> 02:03:08,330
All right, good afternoon commissioners, this is Mark Yolting, port auditor.

1418
02:03:09,110 --> 02:03:13,710
Today I am here to present the audit results along with Moss Adams.

1419
02:03:13,710 --> 02:03:18,530
These results were presented at the December 1st Audit Oversight Committee,

1420
02:03:18,790 --> 02:03:23,630
and the committee recommended the board accept and file the external auditors report

1421
02:03:23,630 --> 02:03:30,850
on the audit of the district's financial statements and single audit for year-ending June 30 of 2022 today.

1422
02:03:31,630 --> 02:03:38,030
This was a first-year audit with our new firm that also happened to have a new and large GASB 87 implementation as well.

1423
02:03:38,030 --> 02:03:43,090
So, I would like to thank finance staff for all the hard work and the positive results

1424
02:03:43,090 --> 02:03:44,690
you are about to hear from Moss Adams.

1425
02:03:45,270 --> 02:03:48,810
With that, I will pass it over to Olga Darlington, partner Moss Adams.

1426
02:03:49,130 --> 02:03:49,430
Thank you.

1427
02:03:51,960 --> 02:03:53,280
Good afternoon, commissioners.

1428
02:03:56,040 --> 02:03:57,220
I'm Olga Darlington.

1429
02:03:57,460 --> 02:04:00,580
I'm a partner with Moss Adams to county and advisory firm.

1430
02:04:01,080 --> 02:04:05,880
Today was me as met Dean Stale who was a senior manager and that might right hand on the

1431
02:04:05,880 --> 02:04:07,060
audit engagement.

1432
02:04:07,060 --> 02:04:13,240
As was mentioned, this is the first year for our firm to perform an audit, and anytime

1433
02:04:13,240 --> 02:04:18,860
an entity changes auditors, it's a big undertaking, so I want to acknowledge the port staff,

1434
02:04:19,220 --> 02:04:24,840
not only in finance and accounting, but throughout the organization that have answered our questions

1435
02:04:24,840 --> 02:04:30,240
throughout the audit and have been very helpful in getting the audit to the finish line.

1436
02:04:30,720 --> 02:04:36,620
Today I have some very brief remarks on the results of the audit to present to you.

1437
02:04:36,620 --> 02:04:42,580
So, if we could progress to the next slide, and actually the next slide is the punch line.

1438
02:04:43,080 --> 02:04:47,700
And that slide summarizes the auditory reports that we have issued.

1439
02:04:48,220 --> 02:04:52,280
The first one is being the unmodified opinion on the financial statements.

1440
02:04:52,700 --> 02:04:56,480
Unmodified in a counting lingo means it's a clean bill of health.

1441
02:04:56,760 --> 02:04:57,660
So it's a good report.

1442
02:04:57,920 --> 02:04:59,540
It's a good scorecard.

1443
02:04:59,540 --> 02:04:59,960
That is...

1444
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:28,640
That's exactly what you want. That means the financial statements are presented in accordance with US gap and are materially correct. Also, we issued additional compliance reports. One, on internal controls over financial reporting. That report does not have any findings on internal controls over financial reporting. If we had identified any weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the processes over financial reporting,

1445
02:05:28,640 --> 02:05:31,460
those would have been reflected as a finding in the report.

1446
02:05:31,760 --> 02:05:33,240
So once again, another clean report.

1447
02:05:33,780 --> 02:05:39,860
And the final report is the compliance over federal awards that the

1448
02:05:39,860 --> 02:05:40,660
ports received.

1449
02:05:40,880 --> 02:05:44,620
So this is federal money that's spent during the year by the port on its programs.

1450
02:05:45,260 --> 02:05:50,560
We are required to perform an audit with spelled out compliance requirements.

1451
02:05:51,320 --> 02:05:55,920
And that report is once again an unmodified opinion on a major program that was identified

1452
02:05:55,920 --> 02:05:56,900
for testing.

1453
02:05:56,900 --> 02:06:00,820
So, all in all, very clean reports, very positive results.

1454
02:06:01,620 --> 02:06:07,300
On the next slide, I have just a quick summary of a few areas of audit embassies.

1455
02:06:07,480 --> 02:06:13,700
These are the areas that we perform, that we spend most of our audit effort and spend

1456
02:06:13,700 --> 02:06:15,360
most of the time during the audit.

1457
02:06:16,220 --> 02:06:21,820
Internal controls is a very important aspect of any entity, particularly when it pertains

1458
02:06:21,820 --> 02:06:26,040
is to accurate financial reporting, to its IT system,

1459
02:06:26,240 --> 02:06:28,200
to its revenue collections and billing,

1460
02:06:28,500 --> 02:06:31,840
to its accurate disbursements of cash

1461
02:06:31,840 --> 02:06:33,560
and management of its finances.

1462
02:06:33,920 --> 02:06:37,560
So we do look at internal controls very closely

1463
02:06:38,140 --> 02:06:41,240
and make sure there's no gaps in those internal controls

1464
02:06:41,720 --> 02:06:46,740
that ensure not only accurate reporting at the end of the year

1465
02:06:46,740 --> 02:06:49,380
in the annual comprehensive financial report,

1466
02:06:49,380 --> 02:06:53,320
but also throughout the year in the management reports that are presented to

1467
02:06:53,320 --> 02:06:59,960
management and to the commissioners. Another big area of the audit that we

1468
02:06:59,960 --> 02:07:05,600
perform significant amount of testing on is the capital assets area. As you know

1469
02:07:05,600 --> 02:07:10,220
there is a big CIP program construction and programs. There's a lot of projects

1470
02:07:10,220 --> 02:07:15,380
that are going on at the courts. Many, many dollars invested in those projects so

1471
02:07:15,380 --> 02:07:20,660
So we make sure that there is internal control surrounding monitoring of those projects as

1472
02:07:20,660 --> 02:07:24,780
they go along as well as the dollars that are being capitalized as part of the project

1473
02:07:24,780 --> 02:07:26,640
are accurately recorded.

1474
02:07:28,200 --> 02:07:33,900
On the next slide is the highlight of the audit, particularly for this year, is the new

1475
02:07:33,900 --> 02:07:40,740
leasing standard that was implemented by the port in 2022 that had significant impact on

1476
02:07:40,740 --> 02:07:42,040
the financial statements.

1477
02:07:42,040 --> 02:07:49,920
These new accountants standard required all of the agreements, lease agreements in place

1478
02:07:49,920 --> 02:07:56,420
that the port has, and there are many, that in the past were being recognized in revenue

1479
02:07:56,420 --> 02:08:01,340
on the periodic, periodic basis based on billings to the tenants.

1480
02:08:01,780 --> 02:08:07,480
Now what the standard required is to estimate the total amount that will be collected over

1481
02:08:07,480 --> 02:08:12,160
the term of the agreement, discounted to the present value and recorded as an asset on

1482
02:08:12,160 --> 02:08:18,900
the financial statements. So as a result, if you compare current year balance sheet to

1483
02:08:18,900 --> 02:08:24,440
prior year balance sheet before the restatement was made, the size of the balance sheet essentially

1484
02:08:24,440 --> 02:08:30,460
doubled for that one specific line item on the financial statements. I didn't mention before

1485
02:08:30,460 --> 02:08:35,360
the restatement and that specifically relates to the fact that in order for the financial statements

1486
02:08:35,360 --> 02:08:40,800
to be comparative. The Board had to restate its originally presented results for fiscal

1487
02:08:40,800 --> 02:08:46,320
year 2021 to reflect the implementation of that standard and as a significant disclosure

1488
02:08:46,320 --> 02:08:52,280
is included in those financial statements to hopefully be helpful to the readers of the

1489
02:08:52,280 --> 02:08:54,840
financial statements on all the changes that have been reflected.

1490
02:08:56,300 --> 02:09:03,240
On the next slide, we have some communications that we are required to provide to you by the

1491
02:09:03,240 --> 02:09:08,380
auditing standards which we follow in performing the independent audits and

1492
02:09:08,380 --> 02:09:12,180
math will provide us. Thanks Olga. Next slide please.

1493
02:09:14,960 --> 02:09:15,840
The first bullet point

1494
02:09:15,840 --> 02:09:19,120
there is a quick reminder and the auditors responsibilities are

1495
02:09:19,120 --> 02:09:26,420
responsibilities under the ACPA auditing standards. We've been engaged to form and

1496
02:09:26,420 --> 02:09:30,680
express an opinion on the financial statements as prepared by management. We're

1497
02:09:30,680 --> 02:09:34,460
also required to perform the audit in the court and with generally accepted

1498
02:09:34,460 --> 02:09:39,860
auditing standards and government auditing standards because you undergo your annual single audit.

1499
02:09:41,060 --> 02:09:48,100
The audit was performed in accordance with the plan scope and timing that were regionally communicated to the audit oversight committee.

1500
02:09:49,360 --> 02:09:54,100
Significant accounting policies are summarized in note 1 in the financial statements.

1501
02:09:55,120 --> 02:09:59,980
There are happy to report there are no disagreements with management or difficulties encountered during the call.

1502
02:10:02,420 --> 02:10:07,840
There was no consultation with other independent auditors. We were required to communicate that

1503
02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:13,120
in case we were identifying any kind of opinion shopping, and we're not aware of any during the course of our audit.

1504
02:10:15,660 --> 02:10:21,020
And consideration of fraud and financial statement audit, we performed a number of procedures to look for fraud.

1505
02:10:21,800 --> 02:10:29,460
The purpose of our audit is not to audit for fraud, but we do procedures to enhance the potential for us identifying any.

1506
02:10:29,460 --> 02:10:32,960
We're happy to report there were no identified fraud during the course of our audit.

1507
02:10:34,560 --> 02:10:35,380
Next slide, please.

1508
02:10:39,040 --> 02:10:39,140
All right.

1509
02:10:39,280 --> 02:10:45,340
We're required to disclose to you some of the more significant disclosures included

1510
02:10:45,340 --> 02:10:46,320
in the financial statements.

1511
02:10:47,720 --> 02:10:52,740
These are significant due to the size of the account, the nature of those accounts.

1512
02:10:53,220 --> 02:10:57,520
You'll see there, note one includes the type, the nature of the organization.

1513
02:10:57,520 --> 02:10:59,960
and note three talks about your capital assets,

1514
02:11:00,880 --> 02:11:02,100
which Olga touched on.

1515
02:11:02,760 --> 02:11:05,040
Note four talks about long-term debt.

1516
02:11:05,500 --> 02:11:09,140
Note five talks about your defined benefit pension plan.

1517
02:11:09,780 --> 02:11:12,640
Note nine leases and note 10 commitments and contingencies

1518
02:11:12,640 --> 02:11:16,280
which are typically items not included in your balance sheet,

1519
02:11:16,420 --> 02:11:18,500
but nonetheless our commitments or contingencies.

1520
02:11:19,600 --> 02:11:23,060
As part of the audit, we look through your policies

1521
02:11:23,060 --> 02:11:26,120
and we're happy to report that policies were applied

1522
02:11:26,120 --> 02:11:31,000
consistently, the only new policy which Olga mentioned was the adoption of the gas

1523
02:11:31,000 --> 02:11:37,200
B87 announcement and the policies that were put in place as a result of that.

1524
02:11:38,080 --> 02:11:38,700
Next slide please.

1525
02:11:42,550 --> 02:11:47,390
All right. As with most audits, there we potentially

1526
02:11:47,390 --> 02:11:52,330
proposed adjustments throughout the engagement. There were no actual adjusting

1527
02:11:52,330 --> 02:11:57,050
journal entries proposed and recorded by management during the courts of our

1528
02:11:57,050 --> 02:12:03,170
audit. There are two entries which management did identify listed there and they were not

1529
02:12:03,170 --> 02:12:10,410
recorded due to the immateriality of them, both relate to the GASB 87 adjustment. Next slide,

1530
02:12:10,550 --> 02:12:10,650
please.

1531
02:12:15,380 --> 02:12:18,620
And this, I won't go through all these, but this list, the new standards that will

1532
02:12:18,620 --> 02:12:25,200
be adopted in the coming years, somehow greater effect than others depending on transactions

1533
02:12:25,200 --> 02:12:27,360
questions and circumstances at the port.

1534
02:12:28,480 --> 02:12:29,460
Next slide please.

1535
02:12:32,360 --> 02:12:36,540
And I would like to highlight one item that Matt mentioned

1536
02:12:36,540 --> 02:12:40,480
that I think is significant is that there were no audit

1537
02:12:40,480 --> 02:12:42,500
adjustments as a result of our audit.

1538
02:12:42,920 --> 02:12:46,580
So as independent auditors were required to audit financial

1539
02:12:46,580 --> 02:12:49,460
statements that are representation of management

1540
02:12:50,020 --> 02:12:52,920
and management does state that very seriously.

1541
02:12:53,380 --> 02:12:55,720
So the numbers that we were presented were accurate.

1542
02:12:55,720 --> 02:12:58,600
We didn't identify anything that needed a required

1543
02:12:58,600 --> 02:12:59,880
in adjustment or change.

1544
02:13:00,880 --> 02:13:05,540
Material change for that, so I just wanted to acknowledge

1545
02:13:05,540 --> 02:13:09,800
the efforts of the port finance and management team and leadership.

1546
02:13:10,280 --> 02:13:12,920
Once again, cooperating with us during audit,

1547
02:13:13,440 --> 02:13:15,240
changing auditors is challenge.

1548
02:13:15,760 --> 02:13:16,960
And we ask a lot of questions.

1549
02:13:17,560 --> 02:13:20,760
And we go outside of the finance department.

1550
02:13:20,940 --> 02:13:22,780
We talk to project managers, we talk to legal,

1551
02:13:22,940 --> 02:13:23,960
we talk to environmentalists.

1552
02:13:23,960 --> 02:13:25,560
so we really tried to cover a lot of ground

1553
02:13:25,560 --> 02:13:29,080
and everybody was very helpful and responsive

1554
02:13:29,080 --> 02:13:31,200
to our questions and helped us ensure

1555
02:13:31,200 --> 02:13:32,980
that the audit progressed on time.

1556
02:13:34,820 --> 02:13:36,520
That concludes our presentation.

1557
02:13:38,940 --> 02:13:40,380
And Mark, nothing else?

1558
02:13:42,730 --> 02:13:43,930
No, nothing else, Chairman.

1559
02:13:44,330 --> 02:13:45,870
Okay, well I want to thank you.

1560
02:13:46,030 --> 02:13:47,830
I want to thank our auditors.

1561
02:13:48,490 --> 02:13:50,790
Certainly having an unmodified opinion

1562
02:13:50,790 --> 02:13:54,350
and no changes is certainly welcome

1563
02:13:54,350 --> 02:14:00,470
and it speaks to, as you have said, the excellent financial staff that we have here, Bob,

1564
02:14:00,730 --> 02:14:06,550
thank you very much to you and your staff on another excellent job compiling our financials.

1565
02:14:07,250 --> 02:14:13,910
It really is a, it's a hallmark of an excellent agency that can have this kind of result on an audit.

1566
02:14:14,070 --> 02:14:16,930
Especially an agency as large and as complex as a port of San Diego.

1567
02:14:17,870 --> 02:14:23,730
I would open the floor to any comments from or questions from my fellow commissioners.

1568
02:14:26,950 --> 02:14:36,430
Okay. I did have one question. On the GASB 87 where we are now listing on our financials,

1569
02:14:37,190 --> 02:14:43,370
the present value of future lease income. And I think I read somewhere that that was

1570
02:14:43,370 --> 02:14:49,270
at the minimum, the minimum annual rent. So where tenants are paying above minimum annual

1571
02:14:49,270 --> 02:14:55,330
rent, we're still just using minimum manual rent, which would tell me that that is an under estimation

1572
02:14:55,330 --> 02:14:57,630
of the actual income that will come in.

1573
02:14:57,870 --> 02:14:59,970
That is correct, does the undergrig-

1574
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:28,780
It requires to incorporate into that calculation of a receivable, only known payments which would be fixed payments. So anything that's above that, that's percentage of rent or any kind of variable that will be in addition to the built rents that are fixed and will be recognized in those periods. Is there a note in the statement that says that, you know, most of our income is percentage rent, you know, which in almost every case is above the minimum annual rent.

1575
02:15:28,780 --> 02:15:31,280
So, I'm just wondering if there's a note in the financials on that.

1576
02:15:32,140 --> 02:15:38,000
The note does mention that percentage rent is not included in the calculation of the receivable.

1577
02:15:38,780 --> 02:15:47,500
Okay. And then finally, just a question, I believe, so you are discounting that future cash flow to present value.

1578
02:15:48,000 --> 02:15:50,040
What discount rate are you using?

1579
02:15:50,040 --> 02:16:03,260
So the standard requires to use the borrowers or the less seized incremental borrowing rate which for most entities that we audit that rate is not stated in the agreement.

1580
02:16:03,700 --> 02:16:09,740
So for the calculation at the port, incremental borrowing rate was used.

1581
02:16:09,940 --> 02:16:11,200
And what rate is that?

1582
02:16:11,660 --> 02:16:14,100
I believe it was 3.5%.

1583
02:16:14,100 --> 02:16:14,820
Okay, so,

1584
02:16:16,960 --> 02:16:21,600
okay, and you would call that an industry standard more or less?

1585
02:16:21,840 --> 02:16:22,640
More or less.

1586
02:16:22,820 --> 02:16:26,860
It's fairly consistent with other similar entities that we have seen,

1587
02:16:26,860 --> 02:16:32,040
although it does vary based on the borrowing rates that the entities are able to get

1588
02:16:32,040 --> 02:16:33,440
and the type of debt that they issue.

1589
02:16:33,980 --> 02:16:43,200
Okay, and then, so we have that new asset on the books, and it's been a long time.

1590
02:16:43,200 --> 02:16:51,040
It's been 35 years since I've been in accounting class, but I believe we need to have a corresponding liability on the other side.

1591
02:16:51,460 --> 02:16:57,400
What is the liability to lease-ink future lease income?

1592
02:16:57,840 --> 02:17:09,080
Sure. So under government auditing standards, the other side of the entry is actually deferred in flow of resources, which is not exactly a liability, but acts like a liability.

1593
02:17:09,080 --> 02:17:12,440
So it's a future resources that will be received over time.

1594
02:17:13,160 --> 02:17:16,480
So it's stated on its own.

1595
02:17:16,700 --> 02:17:20,020
It's inflow from future least receivable.

1596
02:17:20,620 --> 02:17:23,640
And it will be amortized on straight line basis

1597
02:17:23,640 --> 02:17:25,120
into revenue into future.

1598
02:17:25,200 --> 02:17:25,420
OK.

1599
02:17:25,940 --> 02:17:27,140
Well, thank you.

1600
02:17:27,280 --> 02:17:29,040
And again, congratulations to our team.

1601
02:17:29,220 --> 02:17:30,780
Mark, congratulations to your team.

1602
02:17:30,880 --> 02:17:32,580
Really an outstanding result.

1603
02:17:33,990 --> 02:17:34,900
Thank you for the time.

1604
02:17:36,020 --> 02:17:36,180
OK.

1605
02:17:36,460 --> 02:17:38,500
Here are another comments.

1606
02:17:38,500 --> 02:17:40,040
We will move on to.

1607
02:17:40,680 --> 02:17:41,140
That Chairman.

1608
02:17:41,480 --> 02:17:44,460
Just to confirm that we have no public comment.

1609
02:17:44,460 --> 02:17:44,860
Oh, thank you.

1610
02:17:44,920 --> 02:17:47,580
Also, there's a resolution accepting the report.

1611
02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:48,620
Oh, OK.

1612
02:17:51,970 --> 02:17:53,850
OK, we've got a motion in a second.

1613
02:17:54,410 --> 02:17:55,730
Let's have the vote, please.

1614
02:18:10,200 --> 02:18:11,900
More vote.

1615
02:18:12,680 --> 02:18:13,320
I'm missing some.

1616
02:18:13,400 --> 02:18:13,520
Oh.

1617
02:18:15,020 --> 02:18:18,140
Motion passes unanimously with Commissioner Costiana's excuse.

1618
02:18:18,860 --> 02:18:22,800
OK, moving on to item 19, redevelopment of East Harbor Island.

1619
02:18:22,800 --> 02:18:23,700
I

1620
02:18:59,830 --> 02:19:00,830
think you can commence.

1621
02:19:01,670 --> 02:19:02,210
Thank you.

1622
02:19:02,450 --> 02:19:04,470
Good afternoon, Chair Malcolm, commissioners.

1623
02:19:04,790 --> 02:19:07,650
My name is Tony Gordon, and I am the ports director of real estate.

1624
02:19:08,470 --> 02:19:11,310
At the table for this item are James Hamill, and Adam Meyer,

1625
02:19:11,870 --> 02:19:14,150
from the real estate department, Wineline Menowies,

1626
02:19:14,690 --> 02:19:17,310
from the development services department, and Rebecca Harrington,

1627
02:19:17,750 --> 02:19:19,090
from the office of the general council.

1628
02:19:20,050 --> 02:19:23,490
Also participating in today's presentation are representatives

1629
02:19:23,490 --> 02:19:27,530
from Topgolf, Callaway Brands Corp, including President and CEO,

1630
02:19:27,530 --> 02:19:32,070
Chippewer, Matt Smith, Scott Wettling, and Tiffany Bush.

1631
02:19:33,570 --> 02:19:38,370
Today, staff and top golf will be giving an overview of the proposed top golf project

1632
02:19:39,030 --> 02:19:44,450
as well as an update on our approach to funding needed infrastructure and public realm improvements

1633
02:19:44,450 --> 02:19:45,590
on East Harbor Island.

1634
02:19:46,330 --> 02:19:46,990
Next slide, please.

1635
02:19:48,630 --> 02:19:53,230
Staff seeks feedback from the board on the proposed project and recommends that the board

1636
02:19:53,230 --> 02:19:59,270
Authorized staff to commence environmental review and accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

1637
02:20:02,920 --> 02:20:29,980
This slide shows an aerial of the East Harbor Island redevelopment site. This site has long been occupied by multiple rental car operations and has been a focus of redevelopment efforts for many years. Situated across from the airport with spectacular views of downtown, the highest invest use is clearly not overflow parking for rental car operations and more commercial in nature. Early redevelopment efforts for East Harbor

1638
02:20:29,980 --> 02:20:37,020
The Harbor Island recognized that a key to the successful redevelopment of the East Basin is a use that will draw people to the area.

1639
02:20:37,680 --> 02:20:40,120
We believe that top golf is that type of use.

1640
02:20:40,860 --> 02:20:47,320
Development of a major attraction like top golf on East Harbor Island will catalyze additional hospitality projects.

1641
02:20:47,600 --> 02:20:55,980
Currently being entitled through the Port Master Plan update and bring thousands of people to the island supporting existing tenants and prospective tenants alike.

1642
02:20:55,980 --> 02:21:01,660
Based on the board's direction in 2020, the Draft Poor Master Plan updates specifically

1643
02:21:01,660 --> 02:21:05,760
contemplates commercial development such as Topgolf on East Harbor Island.

1644
02:21:06,920 --> 02:21:11,720
Topgolf is a local company with a strong track record and the right partner for this project.

1645
02:21:12,440 --> 02:21:17,220
Topgolf has been committed to this project since participating in the early redevelopment

1646
02:21:17,220 --> 02:21:22,100
solicitation for the site and they are party to an exclusive negotiating agreement with

1647
02:21:22,100 --> 02:21:25,460
the port because they recognize the site's tremendous potential.

1648
02:21:26,180 --> 02:21:30,240
Now I will turn the presentation over to Chip Brewer, Topgolf Calloway Brands, Corps

1649
02:21:30,240 --> 02:21:31,180
President and CEO.

1650
02:21:36,750 --> 02:21:40,910
Good afternoon, Chairman, commissioners and exec officers of the port.

1651
02:21:41,130 --> 02:21:42,270
Thank you for having us today.

1652
02:21:43,570 --> 02:21:44,290
I'm Chip Brewer.

1653
02:21:44,430 --> 02:21:47,890
I'm CEO of Topgolf Calloway Brands and it's a pleasure to be with you.

1654
02:21:49,710 --> 02:21:56,110
Calloway Golf, now called Topgolf Calloway Brands, has a proud heritage as a San Diego

1655
02:21:56,110 --> 02:22:03,730
company. It's our corporate headquarters in our home. And as you probably know, Southern California

1656
02:22:03,730 --> 02:22:10,250
is effectively the Silicon Valley of golf equipment with most of the major equipment OEMs

1657
02:22:10,900 --> 02:22:18,370
based here in the research operations in headquarters. Our company is a long-term leader in this space

1658
02:22:18,370 --> 02:22:20,570
in a proud contributor to the community.

1659
02:22:21,910 --> 02:22:29,930
We were founded in Carlsbad in 1982 by Ely Calaway, went public in 1992 with a market

1660
02:22:29,930 --> 02:22:36,870
cap of about $250 million, and we now approach about $4 billion in revenues with just a little

1661
02:22:36,870 --> 02:22:38,530
over $4 billion in market cap.

1662
02:22:39,710 --> 02:22:46,190
We have 30,000 global employees and more than 700 local employees at our corporate headquarters.

1663
02:22:46,190 --> 02:22:52,390
our proposed harbor island top golf would come close to doubling our local

1664
02:22:52,390 --> 02:22:58,130
employee base. In addition to our economic impact as a company we have a

1665
02:22:58,130 --> 02:23:03,410
proud tradition of giving back to our community. A few examples are as we're a

1666
02:23:03,410 --> 02:23:08,450
founding partner of ProKids San Diego the first tea a nonprofit organization

1667
02:23:08,450 --> 02:23:12,990
that helps underprivileged youth. We're also strong supporters of the

1668
02:23:12,990 --> 02:23:15,510
military, and other local charities.

1669
02:23:16,630 --> 02:23:19,490
And recently, Calaway was named the North County

1670
02:23:20,370 --> 02:23:24,110
philanthropic councils, 2021 Corporate Award winner.

1671
02:23:25,530 --> 02:23:27,890
Our company has been a long-term leader

1672
02:23:27,890 --> 02:23:30,010
in the Gulf equipment space.

1673
02:23:30,890 --> 02:23:33,430
And iconic products, such as the Big Bertha driver

1674
02:23:33,430 --> 02:23:35,330
and epic drivers, were invented here.

1675
02:23:37,730 --> 02:23:40,350
We're still this, but now we're a lot more as well.

1676
02:23:41,150 --> 02:23:50,170
We've grown into an athletic apparel business as well, and the Southern California brand Travis Matthew is one of ours.

1677
02:23:51,050 --> 02:23:56,470
And more recently, a leader in the golf entertainment market.

1678
02:23:57,210 --> 02:24:01,170
For more than 10 years, we had a minority investment in top golf.

1679
02:24:01,830 --> 02:24:06,630
In March of 2021, we merged with top golf effectively in acquisition.

1680
02:24:07,490 --> 02:24:12,330
This business is now transforming our company and the sport of golf.

1681
02:24:13,130 --> 02:24:16,450
It's a unique entertainment venue that appeals to everyone.

1682
02:24:17,430 --> 02:24:22,030
A company that is diverse, young, energetic, and growing.

1683
02:24:22,930 --> 02:24:27,710
Both golfers and most importantly, non-golfers love top golf.

1684
02:24:28,830 --> 02:24:33,650
The customers and the team that operate the venue match the community where they exist.

1685
02:24:33,650 --> 02:24:40,550
nearly one half are female. They're ethnically diverse, young, and old, but

1686
02:24:40,550 --> 02:24:47,470
primarily young. Its locals on date night were celebrating family birthday

1687
02:24:47,470 --> 02:24:54,030
parties, plus its numerous tours and corporate events. It's an organization with

1688
02:24:54,030 --> 02:24:59,930
a great culture and associates that love their jobs and engaging guests but

1689
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:07,220
We also understand ethics and compliance. It's a consumer experience is very unique, and

1690
02:25:07,220 --> 02:25:12,680
our venues are often the anchor tenant in new developments and a key part of impressive

1691
02:25:12,680 --> 02:25:18,260
projects such as the Baltimore Harbor Project, the redevelopment of El Segundo's municipal

1692
02:25:18,260 --> 02:25:22,400
golf course, and MGM's complex on the strip in Las Vegas.

1693
02:25:24,770 --> 02:25:26,730
Top golf is such an important part

1694
02:25:26,730 --> 02:25:31,430
part of our company in such an important factor in the future of golf that we recently

1695
02:25:31,430 --> 02:25:38,310
changed their corporate name from Calloway Golf to Topgolf Calloway Brands. Topgolf will

1696
02:25:38,310 --> 02:25:44,350
be the largest portion of our business very quickly, and looking at the US only, it will

1697
02:25:44,350 --> 02:25:51,090
be larger than traditional golf in the next few years. We will have 86 venues opened globally

1698
02:25:51,090 --> 02:25:56,750
by the end of this year, and we'll be opening 11 own venues as well as two to three franchise

1699
02:25:56,750 --> 02:26:04,710
international venues each year for this foreseeable future. As mentioned, the venues are a key

1700
02:26:04,710 --> 02:26:11,110
part of tourism and the development projects in north to south coast to coast in the U.S.,

1701
02:26:12,350 --> 02:26:19,670
and internationally from Dubai to Bangkok to Australia. We have the expertise and the financial

1702
02:26:19,670 --> 02:26:26,510
real strength to open and operate these successfully, and all the locations are important to us and their communities.

1703
02:26:27,650 --> 02:26:32,770
However, this San Diego Harbor Island project would be an emotionally important one to us.

1704
02:26:33,450 --> 02:26:34,270
This is our home.

1705
02:26:34,730 --> 02:26:41,630
We love San Diego, and this would be a flagship for us, and we also believe it would add value to the city that we call home.

1706
02:26:42,490 --> 02:26:49,230
Thank you for the ability to address you today in the consideration of this project, and I'd like to turn it over to my team to tell you more about the project.

1707
02:26:56,000 --> 02:27:01,060
Thanks, Chip, and good afternoon to the Board President, Chairman, and to the Board Commissioners.

1708
02:27:01,300 --> 02:27:02,840
For the record, I'm Matt Smith.

1709
02:27:03,300 --> 02:27:06,180
I am the Senior Director of Real Estate on behalf of TopGolf.

1710
02:27:06,960 --> 02:27:08,960
Thank you for the opportunity to be in front of you today.

1711
02:27:10,160 --> 02:27:15,580
A key phrase that Chip stated earlier, I just want to tear off of, which is a unique,

1712
02:27:16,120 --> 02:27:19,200
entertainment venue that appeals to everyone.

1713
02:27:20,080 --> 02:27:20,520
Next slide.

1714
02:27:21,720 --> 02:27:27,640
At Topgolf, we see that as one of our true statements behind us.

1715
02:27:28,250 --> 02:27:30,740
As a leader in the entertainment retail space,

1716
02:27:31,240 --> 02:27:36,400
we view ourselves at the intersection of the Game of Golf, along with social gatherings.

1717
02:27:37,100 --> 02:27:48,640
We focus on bringing everyone together to have a great social experience by enjoying and learning and playing the Topgolf Games, which is centered around the Game of Golf.

1718
02:27:49,560 --> 02:27:56,240
In the evolution of Topgolf, that's exactly how the idea was basically evolved.

1719
02:27:56,720 --> 02:28:01,800
A couple of brothers that lived in the UK just really had a passion for the Game of Golf

1720
02:28:01,800 --> 02:28:10,160
and really wanted to capitalize on new ways to engineer and basically develop a business around the Game of Golf.

1721
02:28:11,480 --> 02:28:14,920
Over 20 years ago that idea became Topgolf.

1722
02:28:14,920 --> 02:28:19,140
As the idea became on short over to the United States,

1723
02:28:22,160 --> 02:28:26,580
we looked at basically capitalizing upon that idea

1724
02:28:26,580 --> 02:28:30,060
and fostering what was becoming top-dolph.

1725
02:28:30,740 --> 02:28:34,200
And today, as Chip mentioned, we've got over 85 venues

1726
02:28:34,200 --> 02:28:38,140
and as of this Friday, we will open up our 86th venue

1727
02:28:38,920 --> 02:28:41,960
across the United States and our 86th venue

1728
02:28:41,960 --> 02:28:44,600
was actually going to be in Glasgow, Scotland.

1729
02:28:45,620 --> 02:28:49,040
Since we are awarded the development rights in 2019 alone,

1730
02:28:49,400 --> 02:28:52,060
when I was first before you, we've since

1731
02:28:52,060 --> 02:28:55,060
doubled that venue count to arrive at that count today.

1732
02:28:56,460 --> 02:29:02,160
But aside from the top-gall venues, we have additional businesses

1733
02:29:02,160 --> 02:29:03,520
under the top-gall flag.

1734
02:29:04,880 --> 02:29:06,720
Namely, just a couple of highlights,

1735
02:29:06,960 --> 02:29:09,000
top tracer is basically the technology

1736
02:29:09,000 --> 02:29:16,260
of ball tracking technology that you see on golf telecast and through the business of

1737
02:29:16,260 --> 02:29:20,980
top golf we actually are able to license that and actually provide that not only in the

1738
02:29:20,980 --> 02:29:26,860
venues as additional enjoyment of the game of top golf but we also license that out to local

1739
02:29:26,860 --> 02:29:32,100
driving ranges and local golf courses. Swing suites we will talk a little bit and have some

1740
02:29:32,100 --> 02:29:38,820
pictures to that effect but it's basically demonstrating a new spin on transforming simulator

1741
02:29:38,820 --> 02:29:41,940
style golf. Next slide.

1742
02:29:45,000 --> 02:29:49,240
As far as the top golf proposed project for Harbor Island,

1743
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we see that just as a description of the venue itself, it is a large, our largest

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02:29:56,900 --> 02:29:59,980
prototype of our venues that we build across the United States.

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State. It's a three-floor facility of about 70,000 square feet. It has a full service restaurant

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02:30:07,240 --> 02:30:15,360
and bar. It has dynamic event space for corporate, nonprofit, and social gatherings. But outside

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02:30:15,360 --> 02:30:22,020
of the venue itself, Topgolf will be working with Port Staff to make a contribution toward

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02:30:22,020 --> 02:30:24,260
with the East Harbor Island infrastructure,

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as well as the iteration of demonstrating

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02:30:28,680 --> 02:30:31,620
a collaborative community benefits commitment.

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02:30:32,520 --> 02:30:32,860
Next slide.

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The local economic impact of a top golf project

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02:30:40,240 --> 02:30:42,320
and I do emphasize the local aspect

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is that from the construction of the project,

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we look to employ about 325 jobs in the construction industry.

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A lot of those subcontractors and contractors

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will be locally based.

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02:30:53,720 --> 02:30:58,380
to generate in the neighborhood of $17 to $20 million in labor income.

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Once they hand the keys over to the top golf operations team,

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we look to employ over 500 local associates,

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and that'll also generate significant labor income for the market.

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As far as visitation of a top golf,

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we're looking on our highest volume venues,

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we annually have over close to half a million visitors each year.

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next slide.

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I would next like to invite Scott Wetterling. He's our director of

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development and design to talk about a this proposed venue for Harburn.

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Thank

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you, Matt. Good afternoon everyone. As Matt said, I'm just got Wetterling Director of

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Real Estate Development. I just wanted to take a moment to show everyone the

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venue that we are proposing to bring to Harburn Island. At the time of our

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other large California market style venues such as Ontario and El Segundo

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02:31:58,100 --> 02:32:03,600
were being finalized. Our internal design team wrapped up our design of our latest

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premiere market concept and turn away referred to as top-goff prime. Next slide,

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please.

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Here's a concept rendering of what we refer to the T line or we're

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looking the downtown San Diego skyline. The prime venue at Harbor Island will

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consist of three floors, each with 34 individual hitting bays per floor and

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02:32:26,600 --> 02:32:28,940
and giving us a total of 102 hitting bays.

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Next slide, please.

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What we are showing here is a concept rendering

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of two hitting bays and the iconic views

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of downtown San Diego.

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Some are in a concept to Boeing lane

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that we all grew up top off allowed

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up to six players per bay.

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Our furniture layouts are set up here

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for two individual parties or groups,

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02:32:51,480 --> 02:32:53,440
but they are dynamic and can be rearranged

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to accommodate larger groups.

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02:32:56,200 --> 02:32:57,840
At top off, every one of our bays

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includes complimentary clubs for all of our players and there are no attire or shoe requirements.

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Talk while pride to self-improviding everything you need to enjoy the game,

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removing investment barriers for our guests. Next slide please.

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There are two other prime style

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venues that have just opened up this year. The following slide are actual photos from these venues

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in the Baltimore Harbor area and Renton, Washington. Next slide please.

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The main interior space

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is consistent seating area service by our full size

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commits commercial kitchen, common social game,

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and well-adored virtual swing simulators.

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Next slide, please.

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What you see here is our first and second-level stores.

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All three of our levels have guest-facing service bar

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and roll-up door that promote a mixture

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of indoor and outdoor spaces.

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Next slide, please.

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Our top-off prime venue are the only ones

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02:34:02,320 --> 02:34:05,620
that come with three virtual hitting-based simulators,

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commonly referred to as swing suites. In addition to golf games, our scene layers run a variety of

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02:34:11,200 --> 02:34:15,880
other entertaining games and sports such as virtual baseball and football games as well as a

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personal favorite of mine, zombie dodgeball. Next slide please.

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Our event spaces are located on the

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second and third levels. These spaces can be sectioned off to different sides depending on the side

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02:34:28,990 --> 02:34:32,830
and the event types that our players need. Next slide please.

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The rooftop terraces are popular with

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02:34:38,610 --> 02:34:40,630
players as a meet-up location for social

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02:34:40,630 --> 02:34:42,250
outing for friends or meeting up with

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colleagues after work. Next slide please.

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Our second-level terrorist is just a

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02:34:49,570 --> 02:34:51,470
smaller extension of our outdoor terrorist

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02:34:51,470 --> 02:34:54,050
spaces and meet-up that allow you to meet

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02:34:54,050 --> 02:34:56,770
up with friends and family. Next slide please.

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The lower level

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The outdoor patio come with a variety of yard-style games such as Cornhole or Connect4. Our outdoor patio and second and third-level terraces are all set up to promote an integrated social environment. There are currently no coverage charge of your feed of any kind for our players to enjoy these spaces.

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I'm sorry, if

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I please.

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As to wrap it up, just one quick illustration of basically superimposing that prototype that

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02:35:28,460 --> 02:35:33,280
Scott just discussed on the eastern end of the East Harbor Island project.

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And just in general to recognize that the public access space would be an iterative process

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with port staff to make sure that the connections to say like the Spanish trail as well as

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this liberator way would be maintained so that all means of pedestrian access, bike access,

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vehicular access is maintained.

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02:35:58,280 --> 02:36:04,040
The next slide will be essentially the request to play a video, which essentially embodies

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02:36:04,580 --> 02:36:09,480
the description of the business of Topgolf, the prototype of the building that we just discussed,

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and also to understand how Topgolf operates the business as well as operates in the community.

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please please play the video this is not a ball it's an opportunity for 100

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million fans across the globe because when you take a swing with top golf you

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02:36:28,740 --> 02:36:35,460
don't just make contact make a connection wherever this ball lands it makes the

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world a little smaller and brings us all closer together top golf shops top

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02:36:42,100 --> 02:36:50,620
golf rocks and top golf changes the game no really we literally changed the game see inside top

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02:36:50,620 --> 02:37:00,920
golf is magic well technically it's a lot of technology but it does this and this and this

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02:37:01,410 --> 02:37:10,700
you're all getting a $500 top golf it's really a lot of fun you see top golf changes

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02:37:10,700 --> 02:37:17,130
lives. It breaks down barriers and builds up communities.

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Even though Topgolf

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does all these things, we really only do one thing. Topgolf turns moments into

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02:37:26,380 --> 02:37:32,000
meaningful connections. So when people ask what's inside a Topgolf ball, we say

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this isn't a ball, it's an opportunity to make a connection.

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All right, thank you

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for that opportunity. Next slide and I would like to introduce our director of

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02:37:52,410 --> 02:37:55,950
charitable and community initiatives, Tiffany Brush.

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02:37:57,450 --> 02:37:58,210
Thank you, Matt.

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02:37:58,450 --> 02:37:59,170
Hello, commissioners.

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It is an absolute pleasure to be with you today.

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Thank you for the opportunity to address you.

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We, at Topgolf, are, of course, really, really proud of what happens once a venue joins

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02:38:09,490 --> 02:38:10,870
the community, like seeing Diego.

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Next slide.

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We partnered with the community in a number of ways, first with our youth play at Forward

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Program.

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The youth play forward program exists to invite all charities that support youth, empowerment, leadership, and mentorship, as well as high school golf teams that can come in Monday through Thursday, open until close, completely complimentary.

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So groups like that might come to mind that would take advantage of this would be boys and girls club and some other traditional groups, but here in San Diego, there are local nonprofits like the urban street angels that we would love to have out for some enrichment experiences and for some unique experiences.

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is they might not be exposed to otherwise.

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Next slide.

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We also passionately support the American heroes

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that protect our country, that protect our neighborhoods,

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02:38:59,410 --> 02:39:03,170
our homes and our families, through a military discount

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for active duty, military, and veterans,

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like Matt Smith, who has served in the US Army for 11 years.

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So thank him for his service.

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And as well as healthcare workers, teachers,

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First responders get 20% off of all of our memberships, and we invite them on our other community initiatives as well through Fultz of Honor and Bunkers and Baghdad.

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Next slide.

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We have national partners, longstanding national partners, including Make a Wish, which we have to date raise over $3 million granting wishes for individuals and bringing joy to their families as well as Bunkers and Baghdad Fultz of Honor and various urban league chapters.

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This year, we invited and welcomed two new nonprofit organizations to our family.

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The first is Special Olympics, which exists to create athletic opportunities for individuals

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02:39:55,270 --> 02:39:59,290
with developmental and disabilities and

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02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:07,500
So we are proud to share that every single one of the top golf venues will have a Special Olympic Athlete team.

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So the San Diego top golf Special Olympic team that will go on to compete in the USA games and then hopefully the international games as well.

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We also, just this morning, announced an expansion of the support of Calaway, of the first T as trustee supporters across all top golf venues in the U.S.

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and what we're expanding programs there.

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A lot of our, for Leant to be in a lot of our charitable work happens in our local community,

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02:40:35,800 --> 02:40:42,020
so if you'll go on to the next slide, there's some examples of what we do in the community

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are that each of our venues has a budget to support a local community, but we create a culture

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of volunteerism.

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So all 500 of those employees that will bring on to the harbor venue will be rallied around

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giving back to their communities, whether they are providing resources to local food banks,

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02:41:03,960 --> 02:41:10,120
parks, cleanup, cheering you on at your next fun run. Our teams really enjoy getting together

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and we support a culture of volunteerism for every single one of our employees.

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We also use that budget locally if you'll go into the next slide in a lot of different ways.

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So if we had time and you ever want to dive into all of the different ways that we support our

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local communities across our 86 venues.

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There's a lot of examples, but I want to share a couple.

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Today with you, we'll go with the top one, Latin Golfers Association is a group that

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we partner with out of Los Angeles.

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They provide our venues so they can have clinics for Latino women and girls to learn the game

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of golf.

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We're helping them expand into new markets, Texas being the very next one.

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As you can see on the list, San Francisco Pride, Black Fathers Foundation, the Trevor Project.

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And then Harmony Schools is a school system in Dallas that provides elevated education resources to individuals and

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families that fall below the poverty line.

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We found out that these individuals had never had a field trip.

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So they've never had an enriching experience to go to the zoo or to go to the ballpark.

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and we funded their very first field trip, celebrating their academic accomplishments and had them out for a field trip in which we will continue to do and hope to do in San Diego as well.

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We just want to thank you again for having us today. It has been an absolute pleasure, commissioners, and thank you for considering us.

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02:42:39,460 --> 02:42:40,100
I

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can move on to the next slide, please.

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For some quick background on the process that has led to today's item,

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at the July 12, 2022 board meeting,

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SAP presented a proposed development configuration of East Harbor Island,

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provided an update on the analysis of various funding options for the necessary public infrastructure.

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Staff received direction from the board to move forward with the proposed development configuration

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to continue analyzing potential funding options for the public infrastructure

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and to return to the Board for Preliminary Project Review and authorization to

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02:43:23,670 --> 02:43:27,710
Commence Environmental Review once Topgolf provided the Samelles pursuant to the

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exclusive Negotiate Agreement. Next slide please.

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Since the July Board meeting

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staff selected RSG and their sub-consolent web associates as the consultant for

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02:43:42,340 --> 02:43:47,300
determining a developer fair share fee program for the public infrastructure and

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02:43:47,300 --> 02:43:51,100
potentially assisting in developing a community facilities district or

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02:43:51,100 --> 02:43:52,780
or program if necessary.

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RSG and web associates have extensive experience

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in developing master plans, cost estimates,

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02:43:59,220 --> 02:44:02,160
and financing plans such as community facilities districts

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and developer impact fees.

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RSG and web are currently in the process of working

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on phase one of their analysis, which is developing a fair share

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02:44:11,140 --> 02:44:13,880
of fee study for the future developments at East Harbor Island

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to participate in necessary public infrastructure

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and public realm costs.

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Once the study is complete, staff will return to the board to discuss the results and seek for the direction.

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Depending on the results of the study and the future board direction, staff may move on to phase two,

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which would be developing a phase development plan, and potentially a community facilities district,

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or similar funding mechanism if needed.

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Next slide, please.

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So for reference, this is the conceptual development configuration that was presented to the board at the July board meeting.

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Due to the discovery of a fault line at East Harbor Island, the configuration has top

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golf facilities shifted to the eastern portion of East Harbor Island along the Liberator

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Way.

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Additional development parcels are shown, west of top golf, and on the other side of Liberator

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Way is proposed park and promenade space. Top golf has since provided staff with the remaining

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02:45:11,420 --> 02:45:15,780
semiddles pursuant to their exclusive negotiating agreement, which includes their draft project

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description for the proposed top golf facility and the community benefits package detailing

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02:45:20,580 --> 02:45:25,000
the different community benefits the project will provide, which top golf has presented today.

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Next slide please.

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As for the next steps for top golf and the remainder of East Harbor Island, if the board

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authorizes the staff to commence environmental review on the top golf facility, the first

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02:45:38,940 --> 02:45:41,220
step will be starting the secret process for top golf.

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Then next year, the PMQ EIR certification is expected to go to the board and then staff

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plans to engage a consultant to help with the preparation of an RFP for the remaining

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development parcels at East Harbor Island.

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The PMPU would then need to be certified by the California Colso Commission, which then

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would be followed by the SQL document and non-appealable CDP for top golf to go the

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board for certification.

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Next slide please.

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Staff would like to note that the board's receipt of the preliminary project review today

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and an authorization to commence environmental review is the start of the entitlement process

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for the project is not an approval of the project.

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After the entitlement process.

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After the secret document is completed, staff will return to the board for its consideration

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of whether to certify the secret document and only after such certification may the

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board approve the project.

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Staffs to recommend today, recommendation today is for the board to adopt a resolution authorizing

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staff to commence environmental review and accordance with the California Environmental

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Quality Act for the development of the Topgull Facility at East Harbor Island.

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That concludes our presentation, staff and representatives from Topgull would be available

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for questions.

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Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you for that staff report. Thank you to Topgolf for your comprehensive presentation.

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If there are any initial comments or questions, you can make them now. Otherwise, we do have public speakers. So if there's no questions.

1970
02:47:13,900 --> 02:47:19,860
Okay. Okay. So we'll do the public speakers first and then we have a number of I believe recorded calls as well.

1971
02:47:19,860 --> 02:47:21,320
Yes, thank you.

1972
02:47:22,440 --> 02:47:28,140
We have one person who requested to speak live, but I do not see her online.

1973
02:47:28,500 --> 02:47:35,880
So I'm going to call Danielle Hadari if you'd like to speak please do, hop online or call

1974
02:47:35,880 --> 02:47:38,040
in and we'll get you speaking.

1975
02:47:38,520 --> 02:47:44,520
Now I'll take the in-person speakers, Sharon Cloudard had to step away but wanted to make

1976
02:47:44,520 --> 02:47:47,840
note that she put her speaker slip in in favor.

1977
02:47:47,840 --> 02:47:53,040
the next is Francisco Peña, followed by Christopher Holland.

1978
02:48:08,740 --> 02:48:13,180
Good afternoon commissioners, my name is Francisco Peña, and I work for the Southwest

1979
02:48:13,180 --> 02:48:18,960
Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters here in San Diego, representing over 65 Carpenters

1980
02:48:18,960 --> 02:48:24,240
here in San Diego County, and we are in favor of this project, Topgolf Harbor Island.

1981
02:48:24,380 --> 02:48:31,920
This will create over 250 construction jobs generating over $15 million for local Carpenters

1982
02:48:31,920 --> 02:48:38,340
and apprentices. Plus this will create many new opportunities for apprentices with then not just

1983
02:48:38,340 --> 02:48:44,060
carpentry trade but every construction trade which will be building the future of our beautiful

1984
02:48:44,060 --> 02:48:49,760
city here in San Diego. So I moved to a past this project. Thank you.

1985
02:48:51,360 --> 02:48:54,520
Thank you. I have Christopher Allen followed by Javier

1986
02:48:54,520 --> 02:48:54,620
Thank you so much for your

1987
02:48:56,900 --> 02:48:59,060
Synfiso. My apologies on the

1988
02:48:59,060 --> 02:48:59,720
pronunciation.

1989
02:49:01,020 --> 02:49:01,600
Good afternoon.

1990
02:49:02,000 --> 02:49:02,640
Name's Chris Allen.

1991
02:49:02,960 --> 02:49:03,500
With the Southwest,

1992
02:49:03,800 --> 02:49:04,040
Mountain State,

1993
02:49:04,040 --> 02:49:05,280
three new council carpenters.

1994
02:49:05,900 --> 02:49:07,520
Let's cut this down to meet

1995
02:49:07,520 --> 02:49:07,880
and potatoes.

1996
02:49:08,600 --> 02:49:10,920
I heard jobs that people get to

1997
02:49:10,920 --> 02:49:11,920
make a living wage.

1998
02:49:12,500 --> 02:49:13,740
Be able to put food on the table

1999
02:49:13,740 --> 02:49:14,900
and keep a roof over their head.

2000
02:49:15,520 --> 02:49:17,520
I heard people coming in to this

2001
02:49:17,520 --> 02:49:23,860
city over 500,000 people per year and I heard revenue for the city of San Diego.

2002
02:49:24,520 --> 02:49:29,560
I urge you to pass this. It's a great project. It creates community wealth. Thank you.

2003
02:49:30,180 --> 02:49:36,320
Thank you. We have Javier Centizo, followed by Jesse Garcia.

2004
02:49:44,750 --> 02:49:49,070
Good afternoon. My name is Jesse Garcia. I'm with the Southwest Carpenter.

2005
02:49:49,070 --> 02:49:55,330
representing over 65,000 correction Frank 65,000 men and women here in the

2006
02:49:55,330 --> 02:49:59,930
county of San Diego. First of all, I'd like to thank Chip and the top golf team for

2007
02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:05,820
So, the other commitment to the community, to labor by selecting a responsible local contractor

2008
02:50:05,820 --> 02:50:14,120
here in San Diego was an outstanding representation of what they built here. So,

2009
02:50:17,700 --> 02:50:19,000
Southwest Carpenters

2010
02:50:19,000 --> 02:50:24,880
encourage your support of the top of Harbor Island Project, which would create over 500

2011
02:50:24,880 --> 02:50:31,060
direct and indirect permanent jobs that will result in a total annual economic output of

2012
02:50:31,060 --> 02:50:36,800
over 50 million dollars and to add that top golf will provide a premier destination

2013
02:50:36,800 --> 02:50:40,700
for corporate, charity, group entertainment, and the community as a whole.

2014
02:50:40,840 --> 02:50:41,720
You guys seen that video?

2015
02:50:42,160 --> 02:50:45,300
If you have not been in a top golf, it's amazing.

2016
02:50:45,740 --> 02:50:47,440
It's such an amazing experience.

2017
02:50:47,980 --> 02:50:50,900
Even if you're not even a golfer, you'll have such a great time.

2018
02:50:51,280 --> 02:50:55,100
We are extremely supportive of today's action and urge your consideration to move forward.

2019
02:50:55,420 --> 02:50:55,640
Thank you.

2020
02:50:56,780 --> 02:50:57,580
Thank you.

2021
02:50:57,580 --> 02:51:02,960
now we have Paul Krueger followed by 18 voicemails you

2022
02:51:06,130 --> 02:51:07,290
know I drove down there

2023
02:51:07,290 --> 02:51:12,170
today and when I saw this spot and I thought how important it is to have a

2024
02:51:12,170 --> 02:51:17,050
park I wanted to come and tell you that and listening to this presentation

2025
02:51:17,050 --> 02:51:22,210
today has made me even more adamant that this is not the right project for this

2026
02:51:22,210 --> 02:51:28,990
area you know there was a comment made about the parking lots that the

2027
02:51:30,310 --> 02:51:38,110
highest and best use is clearly not a parking lot, it is clearly not a driving range.

2028
02:51:39,470 --> 02:51:45,250
Throughout the city of San Diego we're building more and more apartments and we have no infrastructure.

2029
02:51:45,870 --> 02:51:49,550
We are not building new parks, we are not building new playgrounds.

2030
02:51:49,910 --> 02:51:56,990
This area is the perfect area to expand parks and recreation for San Diego.

2031
02:51:56,990 --> 02:52:06,550
against. There couldn't be a worse location in my estimation for a driving range than

2032
02:52:06,550 --> 02:52:14,350
Harbor Island. Mira Mesa, Cerento Valley, Kerney Mesa are all excellent locations. I

2033
02:52:14,350 --> 02:52:20,410
think they'd be great there. This is the people's land. This is the people's port.

2034
02:52:25,870 --> 02:52:26,750
This is

2035
02:52:26,750 --> 02:52:31,590
some ways, but what we lack really are passive places for people to sit and play.

2036
02:52:32,030 --> 02:52:35,910
You have a bike path that goes right all the way past there.

2037
02:52:36,010 --> 02:52:37,110
It's a perfect location.

2038
02:52:37,790 --> 02:52:42,330
And with one exception, there's not really a place other than to stop and sit on a bench.

2039
02:52:44,180 --> 02:52:52,550
In my last couple of sends, I just like to make sure that you please take into account the

2040
02:52:52,550 --> 02:52:58,550
the importance of the proper use of port district Thailand's when you consider what you're

2041
02:52:58,550 --> 02:53:01,050
going to do with this property. Thank you so much.

2042
02:53:03,620 --> 02:53:12,340
Thank you. And now we will play the voicemails. And just to note, I still have not seen Miss

2043
02:53:14,320 --> 02:53:16,680
Hadari return online to speak.

2044
02:53:22,720 --> 02:53:29,440
I am calling in regards to Ida 19 on the agenda for the December 13 meeting. My name is Adam

2045
02:53:29,440 --> 02:53:33,440
and Colton, or San Diego resident, and CEO of Highlead Inc.,

2046
02:53:33,440 --> 02:53:36,060
a fitness apparel company headquartered here in town.

2047
02:53:36,860 --> 02:53:39,620
On behalf of myself and the entire Highlead team,

2048
02:53:40,400 --> 02:53:43,380
we encourage your support of top golf harbor island,

2049
02:53:43,840 --> 02:53:46,520
which would attract thousands of new visitors

2050
02:53:46,520 --> 02:53:49,120
to our city and generate new economic benefits

2051
02:53:49,120 --> 02:53:52,480
to our poor community, provide an affordable,

2052
02:53:53,000 --> 02:53:54,680
tech-driven, entertainment experience

2053
02:53:54,680 --> 02:53:56,520
that appeals to a wide audience

2054
02:53:56,520 --> 02:54:11,360
and for the significant number of draft and indirect jobs. Top Golf is committed to all San Diego communities in the form of community partnerships and by providing an amazing platform that enables more of our youth to experience all that the port has to offer.

2055
02:54:11,840 --> 02:54:17,040
We are extremely supportive of today's action and urge your consideration. Thank you so much.

2056
02:54:17,040 --> 02:54:17,740
Hello.

2057
02:54:21,680 --> 02:54:27,840
This is Allison Eragon, Director of Development at ProKids RST San Diego, calling on behalf

2058
02:54:27,840 --> 02:54:29,540
of item number 19.

2059
02:54:30,640 --> 02:54:37,720
I am calling because ProKids and top balls have very aligned missions, which is to grow

2060
02:54:37,720 --> 02:54:39,700
the game and make it accessible for all.

2061
02:54:40,420 --> 02:54:41,660
We do this in different ways.

2062
02:54:41,900 --> 02:54:47,800
ProKids for RST San Diego are mission is to challenge underserved use to excel in life by promoting

2063
02:54:47,800 --> 02:54:50,540
in character development, life skills and values

2064
02:54:50,540 --> 02:54:56,920
through the game of golf, but we do have that shared vision

2065
02:54:56,920 --> 02:54:59,900
that anyone should be able to access.

2066
02:55:00,000 --> 02:55:06,820
The game. And there are many ways that we're looking forward to partnering together. One is a big one, being

2067
02:55:08,040 --> 02:55:15,480
pro-cissist members, being able to experience gameplay, which is very important for keeping kids engaged and excited about the game,

2068
02:55:16,040 --> 02:55:25,900
and have the top golf experience during non-peak time. And then having our name there at the site would be huge for us

2069
02:55:26,740 --> 02:55:33,080
just so that anyone who is having the health growth experience can learn that

2070
02:55:33,080 --> 02:55:39,020
health growth is bigger than just the place that is a brand that believes in

2071
02:55:39,020 --> 02:55:44,940
giving back to the games and the future of it. It also helps support in our

2072
02:55:44,940 --> 02:55:50,880
fundraising efforts for our two sites in city heights and ocean sites by allowing

2073
02:55:50,880 --> 02:55:55,460
us to host events with funds that would directly support the kids and programs

2074
02:55:55,460 --> 02:56:01,000
that we have here, including an after-school learning center, a scholarship program, a college

2075
02:56:01,000 --> 02:56:05,100
and career, a past program, and a golf and life skills program.

2076
02:56:05,740 --> 02:56:12,380
Thank you very much, Popslaw, if you're awesome, and thank you everyone for letting us

2077
02:56:12,380 --> 02:56:14,460
call in and for hearing from us.

2078
02:56:15,320 --> 02:56:19,780
Golf can really change your life, and the kids here are a testament to that, so thanks a lot.

2079
02:56:23,240 --> 02:56:29,160
Number 19, I'm Bill Walton, chairman of San Diego Sport Innovators, SDSI.

2080
02:56:29,620 --> 02:56:34,240
We're a business development organization in San Diego focused on the sport, active

2081
02:56:34,240 --> 02:56:35,520
and healthy living industry.

2082
02:56:36,020 --> 02:56:38,460
We help create jobs, companies and business.

2083
02:56:38,980 --> 02:56:43,960
I'm sad and sorry that I can't attend in person, so I'm here virtually to express my support

2084
02:56:43,960 --> 02:56:46,460
for top golf's Harvard Island proposal.

2085
02:56:47,120 --> 02:56:52,100
I trust that the board has done its homework and knows what an amazing experience top golf

2086
02:56:52,100 --> 02:56:54,300
provides to all of its consumers.

2087
02:56:54,700 --> 02:56:56,780
The success and effect they've had in Las Vegas

2088
02:56:56,780 --> 02:57:00,240
is what we can expect here with projected visitors

2089
02:57:00,240 --> 02:57:03,760
in excess of 500,000 people annually.

2090
02:57:04,140 --> 02:57:06,900
Certainly this fits nicely into our joint efforts

2091
02:57:06,900 --> 02:57:09,600
to remain a top tourism destination

2092
02:57:09,920 --> 02:57:12,620
and represents yet another great opportunity

2093
02:57:12,620 --> 02:57:15,220
to experience while visiting San Diego.

2094
02:57:15,700 --> 02:57:18,760
I'm equally enthusiastic about top golf commitment

2095
02:57:18,760 --> 02:57:20,740
to all San Diego communities

2096
02:57:20,740 --> 02:57:26,940
in the form of partnerships and providing an affordable tech-driven and all-inclusive platform

2097
02:57:26,940 --> 02:57:32,840
that enables more of our youth to experience all that are important waterfront have to offer.

2098
02:57:33,320 --> 02:57:39,720
The sport-active and healthy living industry here in San Diego drives over $5 billion in direct

2099
02:57:40,420 --> 02:57:48,700
economic impact. TopGolf is a major global enterprise with 20 million annual users at 81 facilities.

2100
02:57:48,700 --> 02:57:55,560
Topgolf will be a terrific addition to our San Diego community and create over 250 construction

2101
02:57:55,560 --> 02:58:02,840
jobs generating more than $15 million in annual wages and more than 500 direct and indirect

2102
02:58:02,840 --> 02:58:09,280
permanent jobs that will result in a total annual economic output of over $50 million.

2103
02:58:09,700 --> 02:58:14,760
In conclusion, this is an excellent use of the Harbor Island site and a positive decision

2104
02:58:14,760 --> 02:58:20,420
by the ports will be welcomed by all San Diegans in universally acknowledged as a proposal

2105
02:58:20,420 --> 02:58:25,220
that is good for all of us. Thank you and I look forward to seeing all of you at the newest

2106
02:58:25,220 --> 02:58:28,560
top golf location at our Harbor Island.

2107
02:58:34,180 --> 02:58:37,700
Hello there. My name is Bob Reef. I'm calling in support

2108
02:58:37,700 --> 02:58:43,680
as a top golf other island proposal. I could not find the ID number anywhere so I helped

2109
02:58:43,680 --> 02:58:45,300
of my feedback reaches you.

2110
02:58:45,820 --> 02:58:47,060
As I said, I am in support.

2111
02:58:47,620 --> 02:58:48,680
My name is Paul Briefe.

2112
02:58:48,880 --> 02:58:53,880
I'm the Executive Editor of San Diego Sports Innovators.

2113
02:58:55,020 --> 02:58:59,400
It's the SI business development organization that's focused

2114
02:58:59,400 --> 02:59:03,160
on the sport and active lifestyle industry here in San Diego.

2115
02:59:03,380 --> 02:59:06,500
We have an economic impact of a little over five billion dollars

2116
02:59:06,500 --> 02:59:11,220
a year and we represent 42,000 employees

2117
02:59:11,220 --> 02:59:12,880
in this healthy living space.

2118
02:59:12,880 --> 02:59:16,840
I'd just like to say that I think this is an excellent utilization of the space.

2119
02:59:17,120 --> 02:59:18,720
It's obviously a tourist attraction.

2120
02:59:18,960 --> 02:59:21,540
It should bring in half a million visitors, fantastic.

2121
02:59:22,500 --> 02:59:27,560
It also provide a lot of jobs, 500 jobs, approximately, an economic impact over a $15 million

2122
02:59:28,040 --> 02:59:28,280
plus.

2123
02:59:29,180 --> 02:59:33,780
But my support really is around the community aspects of what the proposal does.

2124
02:59:34,520 --> 02:59:36,960
Christine Topgolf and Ross Vegas, it's really amazing.

2125
02:59:37,480 --> 02:59:37,980
It's affordable.

2126
02:59:38,460 --> 02:59:39,200
It's tech-based.

2127
02:59:39,540 --> 02:59:40,340
It's all inclusive.

2128
02:59:40,580 --> 02:59:41,340
And it's really fun.

2129
02:59:41,340 --> 02:59:44,920
So I think there's been excellent years in public lands and I hope that the

2130
02:59:44,920 --> 02:59:49,000
Port Commissioner stay clear to grant the proposal. Thank you for listening.

2131
02:59:53,380 --> 02:59:58,560
Hi, good morning. My name is Brian Pollard. I run a non-profit in

2132
02:59:58,560 --> 02:59:59,760
So I'll teach you in the end of the year.

2133
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:04,360
Local call, the urban collaborative project, and I'm speaking regarding item 19.

2134
03:00:06,750 --> 03:00:31,050
Thank you, the chair and commissioners for allowing me to provide some input. Into the top golf. Effort is currently being considered. We want to thank top golf for engaging with us to explore how we can expand access to the game of golf and enhance the coastal access for our youth and families in this underserved community. Some of whom.

2135
03:00:31,050 --> 03:00:35,390
with never seen outside of the working waterfront.

2136
03:00:35,990 --> 03:00:40,890
Topgolf's commitment to working with regional organizations throughout San Diego will make

2137
03:00:40,890 --> 03:00:47,170
sure that all of San Diego's have better access to quality family entertainment and opportunity

2138
03:00:47,170 --> 03:00:51,190
to experience the sport and the opportunities for coastal recreation.

2139
03:00:52,270 --> 03:00:59,510
We strongly encourage you to support item 19 for all of San Diego and for us especially

2140
03:00:59,510 --> 03:01:01,690
and be underserved communities.

2141
03:01:04,340 --> 03:01:07,000
Thank you very much for the opportunity to chime in.

2142
03:01:07,280 --> 03:01:09,360
And again, I want to stress our support

2143
03:01:09,360 --> 03:01:11,980
for the top-off effort.

2144
03:01:12,820 --> 03:01:15,340
We can't wait until it gets open.

2145
03:01:16,840 --> 03:01:19,560
Thanks so much and happy holidays.

2146
03:01:20,240 --> 03:01:20,560
Thank you.

2147
03:01:24,600 --> 03:01:26,960
Item number 19.

2148
03:01:27,940 --> 03:01:29,700
Hello, my name is Gloria Sanchez.

2149
03:01:29,960 --> 03:01:32,400
I'm a resident of San Diego, born and raised.

2150
03:01:32,400 --> 03:01:39,740
Pro kids, first T. of San Diego encourages your support of top golf harbor island which

2151
03:01:39,740 --> 03:01:45,680
would expand the port's recreational offerings and provide a premier destination for corporate

2152
03:01:45,680 --> 03:01:47,780
charity and group entertainment.

2153
03:01:48,540 --> 03:01:53,760
Top golf is committed to all San Diego communities in the form of community partnerships and by providing

2154
03:01:53,760 --> 03:01:59,600
an affordable tech-driven and all-inclusive platform that enables more of our youth to experience

2155
03:01:59,600 --> 03:02:01,180
all that the port has to offer.

2156
03:02:01,180 --> 03:02:04,600
My daughter, Ava, has been a pro-kid member for two years.

2157
03:02:05,160 --> 03:02:10,780
Topgolf Harbor Island would help continue to provide use more golf opportunities in San

2158
03:02:10,780 --> 03:02:17,740
Diego, especially the underrepresented, and the possibility for topgolf to market and

2159
03:02:17,740 --> 03:02:20,540
financially support pro-kids in the future.

2160
03:02:22,500 --> 03:02:26,420
We are extremely supportive of today's action and urge your consideration.

2161
03:02:26,900 --> 03:02:27,340
Thank you.

2162
03:02:27,880 --> 03:02:29,740
Again, this is for item 19.

2163
03:02:29,740 --> 03:02:30,840
My

2164
03:02:34,460 --> 03:02:43,880
name is John Sarkeesian. I'm the industry chairman of San Diego sport innovators. I'm calling to support the top golf facility at Harbor Island.

2165
03:02:44,660 --> 03:02:51,380
Top golf aligns and supports with the sports and active lifestyle of San Diego and San Diego golf industry.

2166
03:02:51,960 --> 03:03:02,140
Top golf successfully integrates technology, social interaction, entertainment, and being physically active for our community and visitors to San Diego.

2167
03:03:02,140 --> 03:03:05,060
It is the right use in the right location.

2168
03:03:05,680 --> 03:03:06,060
Thank you.

2169
03:03:09,410 --> 03:03:11,070
Good afternoon, Board Commissioners.

2170
03:03:11,210 --> 03:03:14,890
My name is Josh Klein, Vice President of Policy with the Downtown Senegal Partnership,

2171
03:03:15,470 --> 03:03:20,890
calling in support of a agenda item number 19, but over 400 members from around the region,

2172
03:03:21,110 --> 03:03:26,250
the Downtown Senegal Partnership focuses our advocacy efforts within the urban core on

2173
03:03:26,250 --> 03:03:30,710
projects and issues that promote the economic development and cultural vitality of downtown

2174
03:03:30,710 --> 03:03:31,230
San Diego.

2175
03:03:31,230 --> 03:03:36,850
go. Encourage your support of Topgolf Harbor Island, a transformative and interactive project

2176
03:03:37,090 --> 03:03:41,710
to activate our Bayfront in ways that will enhance public access and bring much needed

2177
03:03:41,710 --> 03:03:47,470
revenue to San Diego and our working waterfront. With a project total annual economic output

2178
03:03:47,470 --> 03:03:53,610
of over $500 million, this project will provide a premier destination for corporate charity

2179
03:03:53,610 --> 03:03:58,330
and group entertainment. We are extremely supportive of today's action and we encourage your support

2180
03:03:58,330 --> 03:03:59,690
today. Thank you very much.

2181
03:04:03,070 --> 03:04:19,190
Hello, my name is Julie Dillon. I am calling in support of item number 19 on your agenda today. It's number 2022-0361. It's the top golf facility on Harbor Island.

2182
03:04:19,730 --> 03:04:28,510
I would ask for your support of this project. It will help San Diego create jobs.

2183
03:04:28,510 --> 03:04:31,010
and also more visitors.

2184
03:04:31,610 --> 03:04:34,730
But most dear to my heart is that I serve on the Pro Kids

2185
03:04:35,450 --> 03:04:37,230
First-T Board of Directors.

2186
03:04:37,530 --> 03:04:41,150
And this would be a wonderful opportunity for our students

2187
03:04:41,150 --> 03:04:45,210
to be able to go play golf down on the waterfront.

2188
03:04:45,510 --> 03:04:49,870
It would be a wonderful advantage for them

2189
03:04:49,870 --> 03:04:51,550
and we hope that you will support it.

2190
03:04:51,790 --> 03:04:52,070
Thank you.

2191
03:04:52,070 --> 03:04:52,750
There's

2192
03:04:56,110 --> 03:04:59,970
a comment from Kathy O'Leary-Kerry and John Keeer.

2193
03:05:10,840 --> 03:05:24,120
We urge you to immediately terminate the redevelopment plan of a portion of east harbor island by the top

2194
03:05:24,120 --> 03:05:30,760
This is the taking of our tide lands for a select group when our tide lands are

2195
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meant to be for the benefit of the public. Please manage our public trust

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03:05:35,920 --> 03:05:41,760
lands for the benefit use and enjoyment of the public. Thank you for the

2197
03:05:41,760 --> 03:05:43,540
opportunity to comment.

2198
03:05:48,330 --> 03:05:51,410
Hi my name is Cam Stevens. I'm the owner of San Diego

2199
03:05:51,410 --> 03:05:58,830
golf reservations here in San Diego. I'm calling to encourage support for item 19 Topgolf

2200
03:05:58,830 --> 03:06:07,390
Harbor Island. I'm a huge fan of golf. Topgolf visited many of their different locations throughout

2201
03:06:07,390 --> 03:06:16,310
the United States. It's been a huge boost for golf and getting beginners involved in it. I have not

2202
03:06:16,310 --> 03:06:22,450
talk to one person that didn't love it. As well as I know a lot of people who work

2203
03:06:22,450 --> 03:06:31,270
there and love working for Topgolf also. My I guess the main point for you is

2204
03:06:31,270 --> 03:06:35,850
is San Diego is such a wonderful city. We've got the beaches, we've got the zoo,

2205
03:06:37,010 --> 03:06:43,970
Lago land, SeaWorld, the gas lamp, all these different great locations and one of

2206
03:06:43,970 --> 03:06:49,330
things that goes on looked a lot of the times as the amount of great golf we have in San

2207
03:06:49,330 --> 03:06:57,670
Diego with Torrey Pines, Naviara, LaCosta, Madera, all these great golf courses and then

2208
03:06:57,670 --> 03:07:06,570
you throw in the fact that all the golf manufacturers are here in Calaway and Taylor made and it's

2209
03:07:06,570 --> 03:07:15,050
really a golf mecha that goes unlooked by a lot of people and bringing top golf to

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03:07:15,050 --> 03:07:22,870
San Diego. I think it might be the first one in California, first or second, would really

2211
03:07:23,570 --> 03:07:25,990
continue to add and build that.

2212
03:07:28,520 --> 03:07:32,640
Build the name of golf in San Diego. We're so thankful

2213
03:07:32,640 --> 03:07:37,860
to have had the US Open at Torrey Pines and having top golf, especially right there by

2214
03:07:37,860 --> 03:07:43,040
the airport and everybody driving in and seeing it will just remind people what a great town.

2215
03:07:43,720 --> 03:07:50,080
San Diego is for all all the reasons I mentioned before so anyways definitely encourage you

2216
03:07:50,080 --> 03:07:54,040
to support the top golf project. Thank you.

2217
03:07:59,660 --> 03:08:03,060
I hope that I'm a few board numbers on gender

2218
03:08:03,060 --> 03:08:08,760
number 0361. Good afternoon board commissioners my name is boy that I'm a few and I serve as a city center

2219
03:08:08,760 --> 03:08:13,220
business improvement district manager. The city center big consists of 54 blockers with 900

2220
03:08:13,220 --> 03:08:17,740
businesses in the core of the downtown San Diego area. We're excited for the development of

2221
03:08:17,740 --> 03:08:21,720
a top golf in our region. Not only will this entice local smaller on the county and terms alike,

2222
03:08:21,920 --> 03:08:26,480
but this project was also a great diversify our downtown region in the recreational sector.

2223
03:08:27,520 --> 03:08:32,980
I try to keep people of all ages and families to downtown San Diego. Having a golf will create

2224
03:08:32,980 --> 03:08:37,960
ways of economic benefits throughout the downtown region, boosting our tourism economy and bringing

2225
03:08:37,960 --> 03:08:42,360
the new regular crowds. We're extremely supportive to the election and urge your consideration.

2226
03:08:42,860 --> 03:08:43,180
Thank you.

2227
03:08:49,240 --> 03:08:52,580
Hello, this is Michael Brower calling. I'm the Chief Financial Officer.

2228
03:08:53,240 --> 03:08:58,680
Received a Sineva Medical here in San Diego. And I'm a long time Dan Diego native,

2229
03:08:59,160 --> 03:09:04,740
born and raised in Chulvista. I've been involved in consumer products business my entire career.

2230
03:09:05,480 --> 03:09:09,720
I was very pleased to have built a number one putter company in South Dakota,

2231
03:09:09,720 --> 03:09:12,300
Callaway Golf about a decade ago.

2232
03:09:12,880 --> 03:09:17,440
I'm calling regarding item 19, the top golf project,

2233
03:09:17,860 --> 03:09:21,720
and calling in favor of having the Port Commission

2234
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approve the access to be able to put a top golf

2235
03:09:28,080 --> 03:09:29,220
in the Harbor Island.

2236
03:09:30,020 --> 03:09:32,560
We think it will bring our community

2237
03:09:32,560 --> 03:09:36,940
not only a nice tax economic benefit,

2238
03:09:36,940 --> 03:09:45,540
but it'll provide great recreational fun support and and and the ability to for everyone to

2239
03:09:45,540 --> 03:09:54,180
develop social skills and learn a great sport called golf. Again, I'm here to the

2240
03:09:54,180 --> 03:09:59,360
report, item 19, the top golf approval for Harbor Island.

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And I'm happy to respond to any additional questions the committee might have, my cell number is seven, six zero, eight, eight, nine, three, six, one, nine. Thank you for all you do for our community. Thank you.

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03:10:16,480 --> 03:10:32,780
This is for item 19 regarding top golf. Hi, my name is Mitch Doubt Director of golf here at Pro Kids First East San Diego. Just wanted to speak on behalf of the organization and the possibilities of getting this top golf approved here in San Diego.

2243
03:10:32,780 --> 03:10:39,540
ago. I currently run with my team a golf and life skills foundation serving

2244
03:10:39,540 --> 03:10:44,160
underserved youth and teaching golf and life skills and truly believe that

2245
03:10:44,160 --> 03:10:49,340
bringing this top golf to San Diego would enhance the possibilities of getting

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03:10:49,340 --> 03:10:54,300
our kids out for different opportunities whether it be through the youth play

2247
03:10:54,300 --> 03:11:00,400
at forward program offered by top golf giving access to this facility and I

2248
03:11:00,400 --> 03:11:03,720
I believe free, which is amazing Monday through Thursday,

2249
03:11:04,320 --> 03:11:08,320
as well as supporting our program with fundraising ideas,

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marketing opportunities, using the large TVs in the program,

2251
03:11:12,500 --> 03:11:16,340
as well as the continued support that Calloway brings

2252
03:11:16,340 --> 03:11:20,300
to all the first-tea organizations across the country

2253
03:11:20,300 --> 03:11:22,480
and specifically to ours here in San Diego.

2254
03:11:23,520 --> 03:11:27,260
Just advocating for this and I hope this is heard today

2255
03:11:27,980 --> 03:11:33,800
And best of luck getting this approved, we are in big support here and think it would be great for our community.

2256
03:11:34,480 --> 03:11:35,540
Once again, have a great day.

2257
03:11:36,460 --> 03:11:38,900
And this is regarding item 19. Thank you.

2258
03:11:42,430 --> 03:11:43,850
Good afternoon. My name is Patrick.

2259
03:11:44,090 --> 03:11:51,010
I'm a resident of San Diego. I'm calling with regards to item 19 top golf.

2260
03:11:52,510 --> 03:11:59,510
So I wholly endorse this idea of putting the top golf in in the harbor island area.

2261
03:11:59,510 --> 03:12:08,130
I think we need a draw in that area to attract tourism and some revenue.

2262
03:12:09,210 --> 03:12:17,270
I would imagine this could also go into require some hiring so we get some jobs out of it too.

2263
03:12:17,810 --> 03:12:20,590
So I'm all in favor of it.

2264
03:12:21,330 --> 03:12:22,250
Appreciate your time.

2265
03:12:23,490 --> 03:12:26,570
Hope you folks vote appropriately.

2266
03:12:27,070 --> 03:12:27,270
Thank you.

2267
03:12:27,450 --> 03:12:27,570
Bye-bye.

2268
03:12:27,570 --> 03:12:28,510
Hi,

2269
03:12:31,800 --> 03:12:38,820
my name is Rip Ripito and I'm calling on item, agenda item 19 for today's meeting.

2270
03:12:40,370 --> 03:12:49,320
We are always excited to hear and to be able to support any activity on the Bayfront

2271
03:12:49,320 --> 03:12:57,380
that will enhance not only public access, but create opportunities for tourists and locals

2272
03:12:57,380 --> 03:13:05,120
I would like to be able to enjoy the Bayfront and to be able to create benefits for our

2273
03:13:05,120 --> 03:13:07,760
community and especially on the Bayfront.

2274
03:13:08,760 --> 03:13:16,240
So as we all continue to look at opportunities, I encourage you to evaluate this item and

2275
03:13:16,240 --> 03:13:21,760
to weigh the needs of our community as well as the benefits that this may provide.

2276
03:13:21,760 --> 03:13:37,640
And we want to continue to support all of our community partnerships and find ways of creating platforms that enable people here locally in our visitors to be able to experience our destination at a high level.

2277
03:13:38,000 --> 03:13:40,300
Thank you very much. Have a great day.

2278
03:13:40,300 --> 03:13:41,140
Good

2279
03:13:44,820 --> 03:13:52,180
afternoon. I'm Sean Clancy, the general manager at the Sheraton San Diego, and I'm calling

2280
03:13:52,180 --> 03:14:00,620
regarding item 19 on the port agenda related to top golf. I want to call on behalf of the Sheraton

2281
03:14:00,620 --> 03:14:08,640
San Diego team and let you know we are extremely supportive of top golf. We're really excited about

2282
03:14:08,640 --> 03:14:15,880
how top golf will activate the East Basin and provide harbor island with a vibrant new programming

2283
03:14:15,880 --> 03:14:22,340
opportunity. We really think it's going to activate the Bay Front in a very exciting way

2284
03:14:23,000 --> 03:14:30,200
and it'll be a premier entertainment activity for groups, leisure guests and locals,

2285
03:14:30,200 --> 03:14:37,940
always public access. It's really well timed with our renovation and transformation of the Sheraton

2286
03:14:37,940 --> 03:14:46,400
San Diego as we continue to improve the guest rooms, meeting space, public spaces and food and

2287
03:14:46,400 --> 03:14:51,840
beverage outlets. This is going to be a vital transformation of Harbor Island and one that we're

2288
03:14:51,840 --> 03:14:59,880
very excited about. It will bring over 500,000 new guests and visitors to Harbor Island, which is

2289
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So we're very excited about the opportunity to welcome top golf to Harbor Island in very supportive of the opportunity for them to join us. Thanks so much for your support and have a great day. Thank you.

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03:15:21,010 --> 03:15:32,270
Good afternoon. I'm calling about item 19, Top Golf Harbor Island. My name is Stephanie Benvenito. I'm the Vice President of Public Affairs at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, representing 2500

2291
03:15:32,270 --> 03:15:35,190
number of businesses and approximately 300,000 jobs

2292
03:15:35,190 --> 03:15:38,970
region-wide were very supportive of top golf harbor island and

2293
03:15:38,970 --> 03:15:41,870
very excited to see it before the court commission today.

2294
03:15:42,430 --> 03:15:45,410
We believe that this is going to bring much needed revenue to

2295
03:15:45,410 --> 03:15:49,510
San Diego and to our working waterfront by elevating an incredibly

2296
03:15:49,510 --> 03:15:52,870
exciting new opportunity for affordable tech-driven

2297
03:15:52,870 --> 03:15:53,490
entertainment.

2298
03:15:54,470 --> 03:15:58,270
We are very, like I said, very excited to come forward and

2299
03:15:58,270 --> 03:15:59,290
urge your support today.

2300
03:15:59,650 --> 03:16:00,450
Thank you very much.

2301
03:16:03,360 --> 03:16:05,580
Thank you. That concludes public comment.

2302
03:16:06,500 --> 03:16:10,160
Thank you very much and thank you for members of the public for commenting.

2303
03:16:10,580 --> 03:16:15,700
We are now on to Commissioner comments and I recognize Commissioner Ann Moore.

2304
03:16:17,200 --> 03:16:24,560
Thank you. First of all, I have to say I think this is a great project, but I did have a couple questions.

2305
03:16:25,520 --> 03:16:32,240
First of all, can you address the questions or the comment made about having parks?

2306
03:16:32,240 --> 03:16:40,920
Can you maybe show the plan and show how the plan overall fits and where there's a park so?

2307
03:16:51,440 --> 03:16:58,670
James Hamilton for the record should be slide 30 conceptual development configuration.

2308
03:17:02,100 --> 03:17:03,060
There we go.

2309
03:17:05,330 --> 03:17:09,770
So can you explain kind of show how that all fits together there?

2310
03:17:10,210 --> 03:17:16,390
Yes, so in the conceptual development configuration, obviously you have top golf on the east side

2311
03:17:16,390 --> 03:17:23,370
of East Harbor Island along the Barrier Way with two development parcels which would

2312
03:17:23,370 --> 03:17:28,810
be subject to a future RFP. And then on the other side of the Liberator Way where you

2313
03:17:28,810 --> 03:17:36,390
see all of the green space, that would be the public realm and I think Leslie can describe

2314
03:17:36,390 --> 03:17:38,270
a little further as it relates to the PMQ.

2315
03:17:38,270 --> 03:17:42,060
It was an issue here for the record.

2316
03:17:43,420 --> 03:17:44,880
Happy to help out James.

2317
03:17:45,720 --> 03:17:53,300
So the area that I believe you're referencing, when we, for direction going back 2019-2020,

2318
03:17:53,420 --> 03:17:59,440
we made sure we reserved the prime portions of this sub-district for public space.

2319
03:17:59,720 --> 03:18:06,120
So that area James was describing waterward of liberator lay amounts to roughly 11 acres.

2320
03:18:06,580 --> 03:18:12,040
The total for the sub-district is at 17 acres of recreation open space.

2321
03:18:12,360 --> 03:18:13,340
Okay, that's fantastic.

2322
03:18:13,560 --> 03:18:19,460
So that green area and how it sweeps is all going to be open space, public park, all of that.

2323
03:18:19,740 --> 03:18:20,020
Exactly.

2324
03:18:20,560 --> 03:18:20,960
Okay, great.

2325
03:18:21,360 --> 03:18:23,700
And then while you're here, that's very good that you're here, Leslie.

2326
03:18:24,120 --> 03:18:25,500
I could question for you.

2327
03:18:25,940 --> 03:18:29,040
I see that there's like a, it looks like a promenade area.

2328
03:18:29,380 --> 03:18:33,880
And I wanted to see, I know this is just a conceptual plan.

2329
03:18:33,880 --> 03:18:42,520
but I think the plan, the idea, is that that promenade area would meet to the requirements of our Board Master Plan update?

2330
03:18:43,440 --> 03:18:51,300
Correct. We, per board direction, looked at this whole sub-district holistically to ensure that the public promenade,

2331
03:18:51,300 --> 03:18:55,280
waterfront promenade was a consistent width, and I'll look at that dimension for you in a second.

2332
03:18:55,280 --> 03:18:58,760
and also that there was continuity of design

2333
03:18:58,760 --> 03:19:02,720
and that the roadways and all of those public spaces

2334
03:19:02,720 --> 03:19:06,140
fit together to create that space.

2335
03:19:07,100 --> 03:19:07,560
Okay, great.

2336
03:19:07,820 --> 03:19:09,960
And then I think one of the beauties

2337
03:19:09,960 --> 03:19:13,340
of having more of a holistic plan

2338
03:19:13,340 --> 03:19:14,880
when you're looking at an area

2339
03:19:15,250 --> 03:19:17,240
is that you can look at it

2340
03:19:17,510 --> 03:19:19,420
the entire area and decide

2341
03:19:19,420 --> 03:19:24,160
which would be the best places for more public access,

2342
03:19:24,160 --> 03:19:26,740
as public realm, public parks, and so on.

2343
03:19:27,340 --> 03:19:31,180
Because I noticed in the plan for top golf,

2344
03:19:31,640 --> 03:19:34,780
there doesn't seem to be a lot of area

2345
03:19:34,780 --> 03:19:37,620
where there's like a public realm actually on the site.

2346
03:19:38,240 --> 03:19:40,340
Looks like the majority of the areas

2347
03:19:40,340 --> 03:19:42,900
taken up by the golf course and the parking lot.

2348
03:19:43,920 --> 03:19:48,280
So, but what I find encouraging is that there is

2349
03:19:48,280 --> 03:19:52,240
that, you know, promenade that sweeps around.

2350
03:19:52,240 --> 03:19:59,820
and also that we're going to be looking also at, on a broader level, a community facility.

2351
03:20:04,480 --> 03:20:29,340
That could potentially perhaps create other areas that the project would pay for that would be off site but that would be in other areas like the park, open space area. So they don't have to have public realm over a lot of open space necessarily on their site that we can see that it's, you know, we can put it in other areas.

2352
03:20:29,340 --> 03:20:34,780
in the district. Is that pretty much what the idea is?

2353
03:20:34,840 --> 03:20:37,840
Because I don't see a lot of public realm here.

2354
03:20:38,540 --> 03:20:42,700
Yeah, I think based on that board direction dating back,

2355
03:20:43,780 --> 03:20:47,060
the approach to this district was to make sure we created that balance.

2356
03:20:47,520 --> 03:20:50,760
So when we brought forward development configurations for

2357
03:20:50,760 --> 03:20:52,660
your consideration and to receive your direction,

2358
03:20:53,100 --> 03:20:55,940
it was to make sure we reserve those public spaces,

2359
03:20:55,940 --> 03:21:01,140
and then reserve northward of Liberator Way areas that could be developed for commercial

2360
03:21:01,140 --> 03:21:06,420
recreation uses. So we program those uses into the Port Master Plan update. I'm giving

2361
03:21:06,420 --> 03:21:12,020
us that flexibility to build hotel rooms, attractions such as top golf, and to create

2362
03:21:12,020 --> 03:21:17,800
that synergy between both the commercial development needed to generate those revenues to then provide

2363
03:21:17,800 --> 03:21:22,480
that public infrastructure and help activate that space. And to answer your question, the

2364
03:21:22,480 --> 03:21:24,680
The promenade was required at 20 feet in width.

2365
03:21:26,020 --> 03:21:27,300
So there's 20 feet there?

2366
03:21:28,220 --> 03:21:31,120
The promenade that we're showing is a 20 foot width.

2367
03:21:31,560 --> 03:21:33,740
OK, and that's a standard that would be required

2368
03:21:33,740 --> 03:21:35,140
under the port method plan update.

2369
03:21:35,160 --> 03:21:37,780
Yes, the PMP under then for the entire set district.

2370
03:21:38,180 --> 03:21:39,400
OK, well, fantastic.

2371
03:21:39,620 --> 03:21:41,040
Thank you for answering those questions.

2372
03:21:41,040 --> 03:21:44,480
And again, I think this is a great project.

2373
03:21:44,640 --> 03:21:46,880
And it's a great example of looking

2374
03:21:46,880 --> 03:21:51,600
at an area holistically instead of just a particular project

2375
03:21:51,600 --> 03:21:56,560
I've been looking at the bigger area and sort of balancing the different uses.

2376
03:21:56,920 --> 03:21:59,220
So I think this is a really great example.

2377
03:21:59,420 --> 03:21:59,920
So thank you.

2378
03:22:03,340 --> 03:22:04,860
Thank you, Commissioner Moore.

2379
03:22:06,120 --> 03:22:07,160
Commissioner Tassen.

2380
03:22:07,480 --> 03:22:08,300
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

2381
03:22:08,980 --> 03:22:11,560
I'm going to piggyback on Commissioner Moore's comments.

2382
03:22:12,040 --> 03:22:14,160
I too think this is a great project.

2383
03:22:14,820 --> 03:22:21,020
But I think it's important too, and I'm not surprised that Port staff will work out having

2384
03:22:21,020 --> 03:22:22,500
the kind of open space here.

2385
03:22:22,500 --> 03:22:34,400
But, you know, the comments Mr. Krueger made earlier today, you know, I take to heart and, you know, when we talk about open space and having recreational areas on port tidalands.

2386
03:22:35,500 --> 03:22:40,480
That's a great comment. It's a great suggestion. It's something that we need to have.

2387
03:22:41,500 --> 03:22:46,060
I'd like to ask staff, can you just remind me how many parks do we have?

2388
03:22:46,060 --> 03:22:55,080
27 parts around the port to high lands in all the five member cities, right?

2389
03:22:55,420 --> 03:23:00,340
In some areas that are economically disadvantaged, 22, thank you Joe.

2390
03:23:00,640 --> 03:23:01,800
Oh, sorry.

2391
03:23:01,900 --> 03:23:02,840
Joe, we need five more.

2392
03:23:04,640 --> 03:23:09,400
But the point is, is that we have beautiful park lands all around.

2393
03:23:10,020 --> 03:23:12,100
This is going to add more green space.

2394
03:23:12,640 --> 03:23:14,480
This is a well thought out project.

2395
03:23:14,480 --> 03:23:16,980
I think it's in the right place for it.

2396
03:23:17,580 --> 03:23:20,620
I'm supportive of Mr. Chairman, and if we're done with public comment,

2397
03:23:20,880 --> 03:23:24,760
I'd like to put a motion on the floor to move staff's recommendation.

2398
03:23:26,080 --> 03:23:26,600
Second.

2399
03:23:27,720 --> 03:23:29,360
We have a motion in a second.

2400
03:23:29,560 --> 03:23:31,160
Subject to further comment.

2401
03:23:35,520 --> 03:23:36,640
Commissioners, you can't.

2402
03:23:36,800 --> 03:23:38,780
I'll piggyback on the piggybacker.

2403
03:23:39,260 --> 03:23:45,760
I appreciate Commissioner Moore bringing up the open space,

2404
03:23:45,760 --> 03:24:13,860
and I was going to say the same thing to Mr. Gruber about the notion that we don't have enough passive public spaces and parks in the port tidalins that may be true in cities, but I don't think it's, I don't think you could objectively say that it's just thinking about even other places on Harbor Island, Spanish landing shelter island.

2405
03:24:13,860 --> 03:24:19,840
And again, these are all areas and this area in particular has no residences within walking distance.

2406
03:24:20,300 --> 03:24:28,980
So the notion of just doing a gigantic park here doesn't seem the place to do it,

2407
03:24:29,000 --> 03:24:33,540
especially given the balance that staff articulated in the number of,

2408
03:24:33,560 --> 03:24:41,360
what did you say, 14 or 17 acres here, 17 acres around here of that passive open space

2409
03:24:41,740 --> 03:24:43,700
on the most prime waterfront parcel.

2410
03:24:44,240 --> 03:24:59,600
I think this checks those boxes and I just have to say those, I don't know if you can put up those views from these areas with downtown in the background both daytime and nighttime.

2411
03:25:00,660 --> 03:25:30,640
You know, that's going to be really special, and I don't think that's something that would come especially at night if it were, quote, just a park. It's going to be pretty special. With all that said, I didn't, if I didn't see it in your presentation, I apologize, but process wise. And I assume it would be if this ultimately goes through this process and we get into lease negotiations. When is the time when we together codify assessment?

2412
03:25:30,640 --> 03:25:50,320
essentially commitments with respect to community engagement and operational agreements consistent with what everybody's intentions stated here are about how to use this facility for the entire community and not just paying customers a prime time and on Saturday night.

2413
03:25:55,360 --> 03:26:01,480
We would intend to work those details out during the lease negotiations.

2414
03:26:02,040 --> 03:26:07,920
We intend to move into term sheet negotiations in parallel with the sequel process and environmental

2415
03:26:07,920 --> 03:26:08,340
review.

2416
03:26:09,000 --> 03:26:13,020
So those will be being processed while we're processing environmental review and intend

2417
03:26:13,020 --> 03:26:18,620
to have an approved term sheet that would codify those specifics to prior to certifying

2418
03:26:18,620 --> 03:26:19,240
the EIR.

2419
03:26:19,240 --> 03:26:38,600
Okay, so just to I think you've heard it before from a number of commissioners and want you to hear it again that, you know, this is I support the project wholeheartedly, I think it's, I think it's a great addition and and it has to have that

2420
03:26:38,600 --> 03:26:51,480
a specific, not just commitment or plan, but requirement to have that, you know, be

2421
03:26:51,480 --> 03:26:58,260
not just a fantastic place for conventioneers and corporate events, but for San Diego

2422
03:26:58,260 --> 03:27:03,040
Junior Golf, San Diego High Schools, San Diego Nonprofit Organizations.

2423
03:27:03,980 --> 03:27:10,900
And as we've talked before, I think it's a natural, I think it matches up nicely with

2424
03:27:10,900 --> 03:27:16,820
what I assume to be more of your prime time for those other clients versus day time

2425
03:27:16,820 --> 03:27:24,600
hours, and especially during the summer when I think could be a lot of win-win wins.

2426
03:27:24,980 --> 03:27:27,900
So anyway, I just want to keep that at the front burner.

2427
03:27:27,920 --> 03:27:32,700
That's not what we're talking about today, but it is coming and that's certainly on my mind.

2428
03:27:32,700 --> 03:27:34,440
So, thank you and I support this.

2429
03:27:36,570 --> 03:27:37,790
Thank you, commissioners, you can't.

2430
03:27:37,930 --> 03:27:38,950
Commissioner Cassanos.

2431
03:27:39,790 --> 03:27:44,130
Thank you, Chair, and thank you, staff, and thank you to the top golf team and

2432
03:27:44,130 --> 03:27:47,690
to all of the members of the public who gave public comment.

2433
03:27:49,490 --> 03:27:55,950
It's not a secret that when this project was first proposed as part of our RFP for

2434
03:27:55,950 --> 03:27:58,250
East Harbor Island, I was skeptical.

2435
03:27:58,930 --> 03:28:03,350
I was skeptical that this was the right project on this site.

2436
03:28:03,350 --> 03:28:10,610
It was bigger at the time, it's been scaled back as far as the footprint, I just wasn't sure.

2437
03:28:11,010 --> 03:28:15,050
And so, thank you Commissioner Moore and the Commission for

2438
03:28:15,540 --> 03:28:21,450
doing additional due diligence about the whole site and the configuration and

2439
03:28:22,510 --> 03:28:27,790
balancing various uses including the open space, the public realm,

2440
03:28:27,790 --> 03:28:36,130
a what should be a great new waterfront park with incredible views of the

2441
03:28:36,130 --> 03:28:41,310
skyline where you don't just have to go over to Costa Rica or island prime and

2442
03:28:41,310 --> 03:28:43,190
buy stuff to enjoy that view.

2443
03:28:47,600 --> 03:28:51,780
We hear a lot of public comment a lot about the

2444
03:28:51,780 --> 03:28:57,020
Tideland's trust and the Tideland's and the public trust and public land and the

2445
03:28:57,020 --> 03:29:04,520
people, and the longer I'm on this commission, the more I think when I hear those comments,

2446
03:29:04,920 --> 03:29:08,780
which people, who is the public?

2447
03:29:10,500 --> 03:29:18,820
I've never talked about a project with anyone at the port, about the port stakeholders,

2448
03:29:19,120 --> 03:29:24,100
members of the public that has got so much interest as this project.

2449
03:29:24,840 --> 03:29:35,760
And I'm not a golfer, I've never been to a top golf, I worked at the municipal golf course in high school, and I used to shag the balls and the driving range, clean the golf cars.

2450
03:29:36,600 --> 03:29:39,100
It wasn't a sport that I grew up with.

2451
03:29:40,360 --> 03:29:42,160
That was my exposure to the sport.

2452
03:29:44,380 --> 03:29:47,860
The kids where I grew up, we weren't golfers, we weren't skiers.

2453
03:29:49,640 --> 03:29:54,680
We used to sneak on to the golf course with our BMX bikes at night and jump off the sand traps.

2454
03:29:54,680 --> 03:29:59,880
this project.

2455
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:29,060
It has so much interest from all kinds of folks. And I run with all kinds of folks, different types of people, not just any select group. I heard one of the members of the public that this is for a select group. I, I, it's been a lot of time with all sorts of different types of people. I'm what's called a code switcher in that I've had the good fortune of coming from a background and then having the privilege and the opportunity to go and get an education.

2456
03:30:29,060 --> 03:30:34,660
and making it in the American dream.

2457
03:30:35,920 --> 03:30:39,140
And so I've had a lot of exposure to a lot of different kinds of people.

2458
03:30:39,380 --> 03:30:43,520
This project has interest from all sorts of kind of people.

2459
03:30:44,060 --> 03:30:48,680
Working class people, professionals, blue collar, white collar,

2460
03:30:49,140 --> 03:30:52,680
all sorts of demographics, incomes, you name it.

2461
03:30:54,700 --> 03:30:56,380
We've got 34 miles of coastline.

2462
03:30:57,180 --> 03:30:59,480
We've got thousands of acres of land.

2463
03:30:59,480 --> 03:31:06,440
and we've got 22 public parks, we're creating more parks that are on the way to incredible

2464
03:31:06,440 --> 03:31:08,080
new parks on the Chulis de Bay front.

2465
03:31:09,700 --> 03:31:11,180
Give the people what they want.

2466
03:31:12,860 --> 03:31:17,620
We have to balance, even if I don't know if I'll ever go to a top golf, maybe I'm sure

2467
03:31:17,620 --> 03:31:18,040
I will.

2468
03:31:20,540 --> 03:31:27,200
But there is a tremendous demand for people to come and be entertained at a venue that could

2469
03:31:27,200 --> 03:31:29,820
to bring half a million people a year to the Port of San Diego,

2470
03:31:32,810 --> 03:31:34,370
half a million people a year.

2471
03:31:34,450 --> 03:31:35,710
That's what you call activation.

2472
03:31:37,610 --> 03:31:41,270
They come, there's a waterfront park.

2473
03:31:42,030 --> 03:31:45,270
They see the waterfront park, we activate it

2474
03:31:45,270 --> 03:31:47,570
with some little kiosk and coffee or whatever,

2475
03:31:47,890 --> 03:31:50,590
some boat launches, a little craft, the, you know,

2476
03:31:51,130 --> 03:31:51,570
watercraft.

2477
03:31:52,730 --> 03:31:55,630
That's the business that we're supposed to be in at the Port of San Diego

2478
03:31:55,630 --> 03:31:58,470
is bringing all kinds of people to the Port of San Diego

2479
03:31:58,470 --> 03:32:00,490
I go to enjoy the waterfront, enjoy the views.

2480
03:32:01,770 --> 03:32:12,010
It's not just for a select group of people who want to quasi-privatize public land for their passive use.

2481
03:32:13,270 --> 03:32:15,870
That's what is really going on here.

2482
03:32:16,590 --> 03:32:17,870
We have passive parks.

2483
03:32:18,850 --> 03:32:23,910
The consultants tell us that they're not activated, we need to activate it and we need to bring more people down.

2484
03:32:23,910 --> 03:32:31,910
this is a use that some may not like, but a lot of people love this project.

2485
03:32:33,190 --> 03:32:38,690
I put a post on LinkedIn, what do you all think about this project?

2486
03:32:38,990 --> 03:32:41,690
That was it in an article, to the Union Tribune article.

2487
03:32:42,990 --> 03:32:44,510
It was nuts, not even close.

2488
03:32:45,610 --> 03:32:49,750
Forty-one thousand impressions, six hundred and something likes,

2489
03:32:49,750 --> 03:32:56,300
A ton of comments, people of all kinds, that's a project that people want.

2490
03:32:57,340 --> 03:33:04,000
And if we balance it with open space, public realm, and are also able to do other uses,

2491
03:33:04,000 --> 03:33:05,700
then that's a project that I cannot support.

2492
03:33:06,220 --> 03:33:10,760
So I am supportive of the motion, and those are my comments, Chair.

2493
03:33:12,320 --> 03:33:13,700
Thank you, Commissioner Cassius.

2494
03:33:14,980 --> 03:33:20,980
Seeing no other speakers, as usual, going last means that there's no

2495
03:33:20,980 --> 03:33:25,820
not much left to say after my brilliant colleagues have had their say, but I'll find some words

2496
03:33:25,820 --> 03:33:35,360
anyway. So I want to start where Rafael left off. This is an incredible activation element

2497
03:33:35,360 --> 03:33:41,280
for the Port of San Diego. Now, when the comment was made that the, and I wrote it down, the

2498
03:33:41,280 --> 03:33:49,620
port, what we lack is passive places for people to live and play. Quite frankly, that did

2499
03:33:49,620 --> 03:33:54,820
it shocked me because being around this place as long as I have 12 years but growing

2500
03:33:54,820 --> 03:34:01,720
up in San Diego around the port, I know that the port of San Diego has literally miles

2501
03:34:02,360 --> 03:34:07,800
and miles of passive parks. On Shelter Island, on Harbor Island, we have parks downtown,

2502
03:34:08,240 --> 03:34:14,180
we have parks in Coronado, Thailand's Park is one of my favorites. People forget that

2503
03:34:14,180 --> 03:34:19,600
my city Imperial Beach, the port of San Diego has been granted by state lands to be

2504
03:34:19,600 --> 03:34:26,800
we have three miles of beach and in front of that beach we built a couple

2505
03:34:26,800 --> 03:34:34,040
parks. We have a lot of passive areas and it's interesting that when we

2506
03:34:34,040 --> 03:34:39,520
started on this whole holistic planning effort a long long time ago when my

2507
03:34:39,520 --> 03:34:46,180
hair was darker than it was now one of the interesting observations that was

2508
03:34:46,180 --> 03:34:52,720
made very early on, is that our parts, our passive parks, they all kind of look the same.

2509
03:34:53,040 --> 03:34:56,520
You know, they're all one level, they're all grass, they've got some benches.

2510
03:34:57,300 --> 03:34:59,980
You know, certainly a lot of a lot of places.

2511
03:35:05,300 --> 03:35:29,980
I see families camping out and on the beach and they're having fun and there's a lot of space there. What top golf is is, I look at it actually as a form of public realm. Certainly it's public entertainment. But I was kind of wrestling, OK, is it driving range, the right thing on the right.

2512
03:35:29,980 --> 03:35:38,840
poor tidalands. I had never been to a topgolf. So I said, you know, I owe it to this project. I should

2513
03:35:38,840 --> 03:35:45,520
actually see it, feel it, touch it and look at it. And I made a trip out to Las Vegas. I went to

2514
03:35:45,520 --> 03:35:54,260
the topgolf out there. And what I saw while some may call it a driving range, it really wasn't a

2515
03:35:54,260 --> 03:36:01,360
driving range. It was this multi-modal entertainment zone and being a golfer

2516
03:36:01,360 --> 03:36:06,880
myself and walking all the cues. I didn't actually see very many golfer's but

2517
03:36:06,880 --> 03:36:13,880
what I did see is I saw a lot of people of all stripes from all parts of life

2518
03:36:13,880 --> 03:36:19,280
having fun at this venue and I actually saw because I saw a picture here. I saw an

2519
03:36:19,280 --> 03:36:24,140
an individual that was disabled, that rolled himself up and actually was hitting balls.

2520
03:36:24,880 --> 03:36:26,140
It was wonderful.

2521
03:36:26,500 --> 03:36:29,280
It was really eye-opening to me.

2522
03:36:29,920 --> 03:36:34,320
I really realized at that moment what we're really talking about here is we're talking

2523
03:36:34,320 --> 03:36:42,100
about a public, public entertainment activation area that happens to incorporate golf into

2524
03:36:42,100 --> 03:36:44,440
it, but it's so much more than that.

2525
03:36:45,100 --> 03:36:47,340
I had the opportunity to eat in a restaurant.

2526
03:36:47,340 --> 03:36:52,420
I had the opportunity to go into the sports bar, I got a full tour, I saw all the corporate

2527
03:36:52,420 --> 03:36:58,220
suites, I was in a word incredibly impressed by the operation.

2528
03:36:59,720 --> 03:37:05,480
And I would mention at this point, the reason why I call it a form of public realm is because

2529
03:37:05,480 --> 03:37:10,580
when you walk into top golf, you don't need to pay to go through a turn style to get in.

2530
03:37:10,580 --> 03:37:15,520
And anyone can walk in that building, anyone can go upstairs.

2531
03:37:16,060 --> 03:37:20,480
They have tables and bars and chairs and places to eat.

2532
03:37:20,900 --> 03:37:26,240
You could order a glass of water and just sit there and look at the vistas from a different

2533
03:37:26,240 --> 03:37:31,680
level out to San Diego Bay without paying $1 to be in that facility.

2534
03:37:32,660 --> 03:37:39,500
So to me, when I saw it, I was absolutely convinced, notwithstanding the fact that it's going

2535
03:37:39,500 --> 03:37:45,260
to bring $500,000 a year, it's going to bring jobs, it's going to bring commerce, which

2536
03:37:45,260 --> 03:37:51,520
by the way is one of the four enumerated areas of the Port Act is commerce.

2537
03:37:52,220 --> 03:37:56,100
And I would just mention to people because I've kind of heard it as a theme today that

2538
03:37:56,100 --> 03:38:00,920
we're taking public land, the greedy port is taking public land and we're giving it the

2539
03:38:00,920 --> 03:38:01,700
private developers.

2540
03:38:02,540 --> 03:38:08,140
Well, let me tell you all something, chapter 8, the very introduction to the coastal act

2541
03:38:08,140 --> 03:38:14,980
chapter 8 that deals with ports talks about ports as economic zones that is the primary

2542
03:38:14,980 --> 03:38:20,280
reason the legislature enacted the Port Act in the first place.

2543
03:38:20,640 --> 03:38:26,840
We are called out to provide economic benefit to the community and how do you all think

2544
03:38:26,840 --> 03:38:28,980
that we pay for our 22 parks?

2545
03:38:30,000 --> 03:38:37,380
We pay for it by creating economic benefit and using that money to invest back into the

2546
03:38:37,380 --> 03:38:44,220
community. And we use it to mitigate and to buy clean, clean energy and electrify the

2547
03:38:44,220 --> 03:38:49,700
port and do many, many things to provide a lot of public benefit to the millions of

2548
03:38:49,700 --> 03:38:56,280
people that live in San Diego. So, this is a long way of saying that I think that we've

2549
03:38:56,280 --> 03:39:04,380
come a long way since that SOIQV in 2016, where we had all over McMillan respond that

2550
03:39:04,380 --> 03:39:07,680
And ironically, now that we found an earthquake fault, we couldn't build that anyway.

2551
03:39:08,460 --> 03:39:14,120
You know, considering that we've got an earthquake fault through here, I actually can't imagine

2552
03:39:14,120 --> 03:39:18,820
a better use for this land than what we're doing right here.

2553
03:39:19,020 --> 03:39:21,380
So I want to thank our staff.

2554
03:39:21,860 --> 03:39:28,980
I want to thank Topgolf for hanging in there for what's it been six years and really coming

2555
03:39:28,980 --> 03:39:30,540
with a very strong proposal.

2556
03:39:30,540 --> 03:39:35,880
I'm looking forward to see the additional community benefit package that we're going

2557
03:39:35,880 --> 03:39:37,220
to have in this project.

2558
03:39:37,840 --> 03:39:44,460
I think that it is going to be a natural attractor and is actually going to help the hotels

2559
03:39:44,460 --> 03:39:46,100
that we're going to build right next door.

2560
03:39:46,220 --> 03:39:49,240
I think there's going to be an nexus and a synergy there.

2561
03:39:49,920 --> 03:39:55,440
I see, as was said before, as Commissioner of Alderama would say, I see a real win-win-win

2562
03:39:55,440 --> 03:39:59,260
here, and I couldn't be more pleased with where we ended up.

2563
03:39:59,260 --> 03:39:59,980
on-

2564
03:40:00,000 --> 03:40:21,820
This property that used to be a rental car facility and is going to be a really revitalized, very active, very fun zone on the board. So thank you again. Those are my comments. Are there any other commissioners wishing to make comments at this point? Okay. Well, I think we have a motion on the floor. So I'm just going to I'm going to call the question myself. Let's put up the vote.

2565
03:40:31,190 --> 03:40:34,990
Thank you. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner D more excused.

2566
03:40:38,760 --> 03:40:39,400
Thank you.

2567
03:40:44,570 --> 03:40:45,910
Moving on to

2568
03:40:45,910 --> 03:40:48,410
item 21.

2569
03:41:57,060 --> 03:41:59,300
Go ahead and put your presentation staff.

2570
03:42:08,960 --> 03:42:09,560
Is this working?

2571
03:42:10,480 --> 03:42:14,620
Good afternoon, Vice Chair Cassianos, commissioners. My name is Tony Gordon.

2572
03:42:14,880 --> 03:42:19,820
I am the ports director of real estate. I am joined at the table by Sean Sumner, Vice President

2573
03:42:19,820 --> 03:42:25,040
of Business Operations, Bob D'Angeles, Port CFO, and David Jones from the Office of the General

2574
03:42:25,040 --> 03:42:30,460
Council. Today's presentation will include a status update on efforts to reach agreement

2575
03:42:30,460 --> 03:42:37,600
on a new baseline rate in scope of services pursuant to the municipal services agreements or MSAs

2576
03:42:37,600 --> 03:42:41,300
with the cities of Chulavista and National City. Next slide please.

2577
03:42:43,950 --> 03:42:45,430
Staff recommends that the board

2578
03:42:45,430 --> 03:42:51,550
direct staff to continue MSA negotiations with the city of Chulavista for an additional 60 days

2579
03:42:51,550 --> 03:42:57,650
and if an agreement is reached to return to the board thereafter with a proposed amendment

2580
03:42:57,650 --> 03:42:59,350
to the agreement with Chulavista.

2581
03:42:59,750 --> 03:43:00,130
Next slide.

2582
03:43:03,060 --> 03:43:04,580
We'll start by providing some background

2583
03:43:04,580 --> 03:43:07,280
on what a municipal service agreement is.

2584
03:43:07,580 --> 03:43:10,140
Port member cities provide municipal services

2585
03:43:10,140 --> 03:43:12,800
such as fire, police, emergency medical

2586
03:43:12,800 --> 03:43:14,980
and lifeguard on Port Tylands.

2587
03:43:15,740 --> 03:43:17,580
The scopes and rates for these services

2588
03:43:17,580 --> 03:43:20,620
are memorialized in a municipal services agreement.

2589
03:43:21,320 --> 03:43:23,420
Cities are reimbursed for services provided

2590
03:43:23,420 --> 03:43:26,660
to non-tax paying properties such as parks and roads,

2591
03:43:26,660 --> 03:43:30,100
but not for services provided to tax paying properties.

2592
03:43:30,640 --> 03:43:33,620
The port currently has MSAs with all five member cities.

2593
03:43:33,960 --> 03:43:34,380
Next slide.

2594
03:43:36,410 --> 03:43:39,370
This slide shows a summary of the MSA with Chula Vista.

2595
03:43:40,050 --> 03:43:43,170
The current MSA commenced on July 1st, 2020,

2596
03:43:43,510 --> 03:43:45,290
and goes through June 30th, 2030.

2597
03:43:45,990 --> 03:43:48,770
The MSA includes two baseline reset dates

2598
03:43:48,770 --> 03:43:52,750
on July 1st, 2022, and July 1st, 2025,

2599
03:43:53,110 --> 03:43:55,850
prior to its expiration with negotiations

2600
03:43:55,850 --> 03:44:00,290
regulations on a new baseline rate to commence six months prior to the reset date.

2601
03:44:01,190 --> 03:44:07,370
The current reimbursement rate in effect July 1st, 2022 is approximately $1.1 million,

2602
03:44:07,670 --> 03:44:13,170
which reflects a 3% increase that took effect on July 1st, 2022.

2603
03:44:14,270 --> 03:44:19,530
Pursuant to the agreement, either party may terminate the agreement with six months written notice to the other party.

2604
03:44:20,290 --> 03:44:28,250
Staff has been negotiating a new rate in good faith with the City of Chulavista but has been unable to reach agreement to date.

2605
03:44:28,810 --> 03:44:37,510
City staff has indicated that they believe an increase in the reimbursement rate is warranted and has requested additional time to continue negotiating with the district.

2606
03:44:38,150 --> 03:44:48,650
This would require an amendment to the MSA as the current language states that if the board does not approve a new baseline rate and scope of services honor before January 1st,

2607
03:44:49,730 --> 03:44:57,710
the rate in effect will remain in place until the next baseline reset date in 2025, subject to 3% annual increases.

2608
03:44:58,190 --> 03:44:58,710
Next slide.

2609
03:45:01,170 --> 03:45:31,150
This slide shows a summary of the MSA with National City. The current MSA commenced on July 1, 2021, and goes through June 30, 2030. The MSA includes two baseline resets on July 1, 2022 in July 1, 2025, with negotiations on a new baseline rate to commence six months prior to the reset date. The current reimbursement rate in effect July 1, 2022 is approximately 1.3 million, which reflects a 3% increase that took up

2610
03:45:31,150 --> 03:45:33,170
effect on July 1st, 2022.

2611
03:45:33,890 --> 03:45:37,430
Pursuant to the agreement, either party may terminate the agreement with six months

2612
03:45:37,430 --> 03:45:38,770
written, notice the other party.

2613
03:45:39,510 --> 03:45:43,990
Staff has spent several months negotiating the new baseline rate in scope of services with

2614
03:45:43,990 --> 03:45:47,350
national city staff but has been unable to reach agreement to date.

2615
03:45:47,930 --> 03:45:52,050
The city has indicated that they will not pursue further negotiations with the district

2616
03:45:52,050 --> 03:45:58,370
and therefore, pursuant to the current agreement, the existing rate will remain in effect subject

2617
03:45:58,370 --> 03:46:03,490
to 3% annual increases until the next baseline reset date in 2025.

2618
03:46:04,270 --> 03:46:04,650
Next slide.

2619
03:46:06,600 --> 03:46:11,260
In terms of next steps for the City of Chulavista, staff recommends that the board direct

2620
03:46:11,260 --> 03:46:17,440
staff to continue baseline rate negotiations with the city for the next 60 days and, if

2621
03:46:17,440 --> 03:46:21,500
successful, bring back an amendment to the MSA for the board's consideration.

2622
03:46:22,300 --> 03:46:28,580
Staff has made considerable progress in negotiations with Chulavista and believes that we can reach

2623
03:46:28,580 --> 03:46:33,480
agreement on a new rate in scope of services with an additional 60 days to negotiate.

2624
03:46:34,020 --> 03:46:39,240
If, however, we are unable to reach agreement in the next 60 days, the existing rate in

2625
03:46:39,240 --> 03:46:45,140
scope of services would remain in place subject to 3% annual increases until the next baseline

2626
03:46:45,140 --> 03:46:46,900
reset date in 2025.

2627
03:46:47,860 --> 03:46:53,140
For National City, since City staff expressed no interest in continuing negotiations, no

2628
03:46:53,140 --> 03:46:58,140
further action is required, and the existing rate and scope will remain in place subject

2629
03:46:58,140 --> 03:47:04,200
to three percent annual increases until the next baseline rate, baseline reset date in 2025.

2630
03:47:04,700 --> 03:47:10,060
Next slide, please. This brings us back to the staff recommendation as shown on the screen.

2631
03:47:10,800 --> 03:47:14,520
This completes our presentation. Staff's available for questions.

2632
03:47:15,600 --> 03:47:17,780
Thank you very much. Do we have any public comment?

2633
03:47:18,880 --> 03:47:26,080
We have no public comment. Okay. Let's open it to Commissioner comment. Commissioner Zucat.

2634
03:47:26,080 --> 03:47:29,060
Thank you, Trevor.

2635
03:47:29,420 --> 03:47:32,640
Malcolm, Sean, congrats on your 20 years.

2636
03:47:32,640 --> 03:47:36,160
That was a cool ceremony, good to see your family, congrats.

2637
03:47:37,240 --> 03:47:46,960
Appreciate staff's work on this item over the months, years, that we've been working on this.

2638
03:47:49,940 --> 03:47:53,080
Trying to bring some continuity to these agreements.

2639
03:47:55,540 --> 03:47:58,420
I'm fine with the recommendation on

2640
03:47:58,420 --> 03:48:01,660
Chula Vista, which both parties well

2641
03:48:01,660 --> 03:48:05,980
in continuing to search for an agreement

2642
03:48:05,980 --> 03:48:07,920
and have that given take

2643
03:48:07,920 --> 03:48:10,240
and appreciate both sides continuing to work

2644
03:48:10,240 --> 03:48:11,860
and the representation by staff

2645
03:48:11,860 --> 03:48:15,740
is that everybody is working so good with that.

2646
03:48:16,440 --> 03:48:18,160
With respect to National City,

2647
03:48:18,300 --> 03:48:20,560
I wanted to make some comments

2648
03:48:20,560 --> 03:48:28,820
And I wanted to set the stage that, based on the data that the cities provide to the

2649
03:48:28,820 --> 03:48:36,520
port in terms of the number of calls for service, for fire, slash EMS, and police services.

2650
03:48:36,980 --> 03:48:44,320
And their overall police budgets yields some really consistent data.

2651
03:48:44,320 --> 03:48:49,280
So, not talking about port calls, just talking about each city, their city-wide numbers.

2652
03:48:51,560 --> 03:48:58,780
So, four of the five cities, Imperial Beach, Chulvesta, Coronado, National City, as part

2653
03:48:58,780 --> 03:49:06,200
of their municipal services agreement, received money from the port for police calls.

2654
03:49:06,200 --> 03:49:15,180
the city of San Diego doesn't because they used to but in this latest reset they did not

2655
03:49:15,180 --> 03:49:19,180
because port staff with the sport of this board convinced them that there's a mutual aid

2656
03:49:19,680 --> 03:49:23,840
relationship there with harbor police and so city of San Diego is not included in this

2657
03:49:23,840 --> 03:49:30,020
data that I'm about to share but if you look at the average cost per police call in Imperial

2658
03:49:30,020 --> 03:49:32,740
It will be, it's $391 per call.

2659
03:49:33,640 --> 03:49:43,040
In Coronado, it's $390 per call, in National City, it's $457 per call, and in Chula Vista, it's $563 per call.

2660
03:49:43,800 --> 03:49:55,040
So it's remarkably similar across those cities for police calls, is to what it costs the cities in terms of their municipal budgets to provide those services.

2661
03:49:55,040 --> 03:49:59,940
on the fire side, which is now all five members cities, because San Diego obviously has an image.

2662
03:50:00,000 --> 03:50:11,160
Let's say related to fire and EMS services. It's also quite a tight range. Imperial Beach is

2663
03:50:11,160 --> 03:50:21,120
a bit of an outlier in terms of its only costs about $877 per fire police call. The other

2664
03:50:21,120 --> 03:50:29,160
cities are between $128,800 per police call. So not quite as tight of range as the police

2665
03:50:29,160 --> 03:50:34,800
service calls, but for the fire calls, it's still remarkably similar, even though those

2666
03:50:34,800 --> 03:50:38,960
cities are all wildly different in terms of size and geography and everything else.

2667
03:50:40,420 --> 03:50:50,020
Now, when we get to the port, the non-paying port tidalins calls, which is what the cities

2668
03:50:50,020 --> 03:50:53,380
agreed would be, what is reimbursed.

2669
03:50:53,880 --> 03:50:58,180
All of the MSAs have the very specific language that this agreement covers reimbursement of the

2670
03:50:58,180 --> 03:51:05,440
the cost of police fire, emergency medical services to be provided by the city upon the districts

2671
03:51:05,440 --> 03:51:10,640
tidalins and property within the city's limits which do not generate ad-vlorium tax revenues

2672
03:51:11,220 --> 03:51:15,540
as depicted on exhibit one, incorporated by reference, et cetera.

2673
03:51:15,780 --> 03:51:20,560
So in other words, each of these cities have agreed that that's the areas we're talking about.

2674
03:51:20,560 --> 03:51:28,840
So, the port asked the cities for their call data within those non-paying port tidalins.

2675
03:51:29,360 --> 03:51:35,540
And the three cities that have a new agreement, that's Imperial Beach, San Diego National City,

2676
03:51:36,420 --> 03:51:38,500
the numbers are quite consistent.

2677
03:51:39,240 --> 03:51:45,220
What Imperial Beach charges the port essentially per police call is $430,

2678
03:51:45,220 --> 03:51:51,620
dollars compared to 391 that they were charging the rest of the city, and there's some reasons

2679
03:51:51,620 --> 03:51:52,600
for that variation.

2680
03:51:53,240 --> 03:52:02,500
Coronado, same thing, $429 per police call to port versus $390 for citywide, and again

2681
03:52:02,500 --> 03:52:03,960
there's rationale for that.

2682
03:52:04,600 --> 03:52:09,760
On the fireside, San Diego is $1800 per call in the city.

2683
03:52:11,300 --> 03:52:20,660
$1857 for a port call, Coronado, $1,724 on the city wide side, $1,873 on the port side.

2684
03:52:20,940 --> 03:52:27,480
Imperial Beach, there's a little bit of a difference, $877 on the city side, $1266 for port calls.

2685
03:52:28,140 --> 03:52:34,800
But again, they're all still within the realm, and there are differences that we all recognize in specific cities to do that.

2686
03:52:35,540 --> 03:52:42,620
But here's national city's numbers under the current agreement, under the current $1.3 plus million that they're getting.

2687
03:52:43,220 --> 03:52:51,960
They charge or they represent based on their data that it's $457 per call in the city of national city.

2688
03:52:52,320 --> 03:52:55,220
But in the port titlands, it's $9,200.

2689
03:52:55,960 --> 03:52:58,160
So it's 20 times the amount.

2690
03:52:59,900 --> 03:53:07,240
and in for fire service calls that cost $1475 in the rest of the city they're charging the

2691
03:53:07,240 --> 03:53:20,600
port $36,271 per call. The City of National City reported based on their calls for service

2692
03:53:20,600 --> 03:53:27,560
that they provided to the port staff, the port staff identified 17 calls on an annual basis for

2693
03:53:27,560 --> 03:53:37,900
fire EMS in 80 calls in the port tightlands on non-paying tightlands for police calls.

2694
03:53:40,290 --> 03:53:45,840
So this is just a gigantic disparity to put the disparity in other way.

2695
03:53:46,220 --> 03:53:54,000
We pay national cities $616,000 to run 17 fire EMS calls in the port.

2696
03:53:54,000 --> 03:53:59,240
Coronado has 71 calls and they only get $132,000.

2697
03:54:00,540 --> 03:54:06,820
So, these aren't just slight variations, these are huge outliers.

2698
03:54:09,820 --> 03:54:14,060
The agreement that National City sign requires, quote,

2699
03:54:14,300 --> 03:54:17,920
meet and confer regarding fair and appropriate cost and service standards,

2700
03:54:18,500 --> 03:54:23,920
taking into account the actual documented costs of providing the services.

2701
03:54:25,020 --> 03:54:38,740
And so, staff, you've come today reporting that you are, quote, unable to reach an agreement with the City of National City, and that, quote, City staff, I'm assuming you're referring to National City staff does not intend to pursue further negotiations.

2702
03:54:41,650 --> 03:54:44,830
So can you tell me about what the negotiations were?

2703
03:54:45,350 --> 03:54:50,890
Did national city make a proposal, did they provide, for instance, on the fire side?

2704
03:54:51,640 --> 03:54:59,970
Is there an explanation as to why their current MSA amount reflects what they actually-

2705
03:55:00,000 --> 03:55:03,400
We spend for Fire and EMS services, same question on police.

2706
03:55:08,380 --> 03:55:33,380
Good afternoon, commissioner Tony Gordon for the record. All I'll take a crack if this initially. So the negotiations with the city of National City staff, primarily with their city manager. On the police side, we did collect calls for service data, although it's worth noting that the data was just not quite as robust as we've seen.

2707
03:55:33,380 --> 03:55:39,600
in with some of the other member cities and don't necessarily know that more granular

2708
03:55:39,600 --> 03:55:47,220
data was available. But we did have data that was provided and did a cause for service

2709
03:55:47,220 --> 03:55:55,800
calculation. The city also provided supplemental data about a concept about proactive patrolling

2710
03:55:55,800 --> 03:56:05,420
that we analyzed, but ultimately we're unable to agree on what a proper reimbursement amount

2711
03:56:05,420 --> 03:56:06,780
would be for police.

2712
03:56:07,340 --> 03:56:14,640
On the fire side, the data provided, we did receive the calls for service data, but

2713
03:56:14,640 --> 03:56:18,460
really didn't get too far beyond that.

2714
03:56:18,460 --> 03:56:46,420
That we explored several different concepts related to this risk reduction approach that the city manager had presented to staff as an alternate way to look at the cost of providing fire and EMS services to the Thailand's but ultimately we're not able to reach agreement on a methodology that both parties felt accurately reflected the cost of the fire and EMS services.

2715
03:56:48,600 --> 03:56:53,260
And Sean Sumner for the Record Vice President of Business Operations, I mean, just for the

2716
03:56:53,260 --> 03:56:58,880
add to Thomas Point, there's just a wide philosophical gap, I think, between where national

2717
03:56:58,880 --> 03:57:03,840
city is today and where we are today, which is really trying to get a handle on the calls

2718
03:57:03,840 --> 03:57:07,720
for service and what the actual baseline rate should be based on that call.

2719
03:57:07,860 --> 03:57:11,940
And then, as was done in, I believe, the Coronado negotiation and the San Diego Negotiation

2720
03:57:11,940 --> 03:57:18,320
to look at what line items are appropriate to include in the budget and which calls for

2721
03:57:18,320 --> 03:57:18,980
service go where?

2722
03:57:19,180 --> 03:57:24,280
The calls for service are inherently subjective, but collectively with the other cities we've

2723
03:57:24,280 --> 03:57:28,220
been able to come to some understanding of what we all think the calls for service could

2724
03:57:28,220 --> 03:57:28,420
be.

2725
03:57:29,080 --> 03:57:32,180
So, there's not a lot of depth that we've seen yet.

2726
03:57:32,340 --> 03:57:36,760
It's more of a philosophical difference between staff and national city at this point, national

2727
03:57:36,760 --> 03:57:40,920
city staff at this point, and of course, we would welcome any more information they have

2728
03:57:40,920 --> 03:57:44,660
have been to help inform us, but we don't have that in front of us today.

2729
03:57:45,500 --> 03:57:51,780
So do we have a proposal from National City with a proposal with a number on it?

2730
03:57:51,980 --> 03:57:52,940
No, we don't have a proposal.

2731
03:57:53,380 --> 03:57:53,620
Okay.

2732
03:57:54,440 --> 03:57:57,960
And based on your recommendation, it sounds like you don't think, in fact,

2733
03:57:58,220 --> 03:58:01,520
National City staff has represented that one is not forthcoming.

2734
03:58:02,760 --> 03:58:03,300
That's right.

2735
03:58:03,940 --> 03:58:04,200
Okay.

2736
03:58:04,200 --> 03:58:12,860
So, you know, I guess that's just a little troubling, again, just a few more

2737
03:58:12,860 --> 03:58:20,400
examples, 17 calls in National City getting 16, pardon me, $616,000 of reimbursement,

2738
03:58:22,140 --> 03:58:28,840
217 calls run in Imperial Beach for fire in M.S., getting $275,000.

2739
03:58:28,840 --> 03:58:35,480
So 15 times the calls getting less than half of the reimbursement.

2740
03:58:35,780 --> 03:58:38,860
So, I mean, again, these are not shades of gray, this is like,

2741
03:58:41,000 --> 03:58:45,920
you know, and here's the, here's the problem.

2742
03:58:46,200 --> 03:58:57,570
This is reimbursement, this is not, well, this is reimbursement under, under state law and common sense,

2743
03:58:57,570 --> 03:59:04,470
And under these agreements signed by the cities, this is to reimburse them for the services they provide on the non-paying port title.

2744
03:59:04,670 --> 03:59:26,690
And so, I think this commission has, as recently as last month with our CIP restructuring where we both guaranteed more money to all five cities, and in part based on the testimony of national city representatives,

2745
03:59:26,690 --> 03:59:45,270
made clear that to the extent we wanted to do more for cities, particularly those arguing that they need more have been left out in the past that we would do that, and we specifically change the CIP change in a way to explicitly preserve that.

2746
03:59:45,270 --> 03:59:59,930
We had the National City Balance Plan item where I and other councilmember commissioners specifically talked about our desire to get going on that funding, which is not just

2747
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:29,960
$10 million, but tens of millions of dollars. And I, if such an action were before me, I would be inclined to support a lot of money going into that plan, which is overdue in the near future. So this is not about money. MSAs are not the place to, as has been articulated by the city manager of National City, you know, to make up for

2748
04:00:29,960 --> 04:00:32,900
for past perceived wrongs.

2749
04:00:32,940 --> 04:00:35,440
It's the place to in a good faith way,

2750
04:00:36,160 --> 04:00:37,900
based on the agreement they signed,

2751
04:00:38,500 --> 04:00:40,240
to have an exchange with the port

2752
04:00:40,240 --> 04:00:43,000
about what they reasonably need to recover

2753
04:00:43,000 --> 04:00:46,520
to provide these services on the non-paying port tidalins.

2754
04:00:47,680 --> 04:00:49,880
And so, you know,

2755
04:00:52,410 --> 04:00:53,910
I don't know how else to say it,

2756
04:00:54,510 --> 04:00:57,490
but it's sort of not cool, I mean,

2757
04:00:57,690 --> 04:01:02,690
because it creates these just completely out of whack

2758
04:01:02,690 --> 04:01:22,430
disparities with other cities that, you know, as a commission, we need to think about all five of our member cities, not just ours, not just other people's but all of them, and we've got this nice sort of consistency going, and then we've got this outlier, which is 20, 25 times out of wax.

2759
04:01:22,430 --> 04:01:46,030
So, under the agreement, they get to do exactly what they're doing, which is to, essentially, these are my words, not staffs, but, you know, to basically not negotiate and say, we'll just, we'll just let this number that we are either choosing not to defend or can't defend, and we're just going to let that go at 3% through 2030.

2760
04:01:46,750 --> 04:01:56,990
that is what the agreement said, and then we've all got, you know, bad nuclear options, which I'm not suggesting we go there, but it's just sort of not cool.

2761
04:01:57,310 --> 04:02:11,430
And I wish there would be more of a holistic view as to if cities have needs, we have demonstrated time again that we will go there with big funding.

2762
04:02:11,430 --> 04:02:18,010
And I just don't, it's unfortunate it's happening at the MSA level.

2763
04:02:18,170 --> 04:02:22,890
So I'm going to move staff's recommendation with respect to Tula Vista and those are my comments.

2764
04:02:25,880 --> 04:02:28,060
Okay, thank you, Commissioner Zuckett.

2765
04:02:28,640 --> 04:02:33,600
We also have a motion on the floor for the Tula Vista MSA.

2766
04:02:35,020 --> 04:02:36,460
Third, second to that motion.

2767
04:02:38,140 --> 04:02:40,860
Okay, Commissioner Moore seconding that motion.

2768
04:02:40,860 --> 04:02:46,920
I'm going to just put that on hold for a moment and allow other commissioners to comment.

2769
04:02:47,460 --> 04:02:49,020
Are there commissioners in Toronto?

2770
04:02:52,460 --> 04:03:00,200
Thank you chair and thank you commissioners for sharing your perspective and I just want

2771
04:03:00,200 --> 04:03:06,600
to say staff you know just thank you for the update and thank you for the continues

2772
04:03:06,600 --> 04:03:11,920
meetings you've had and the negotiations have been going on I think a year now specifically

2773
04:03:11,920 --> 04:03:37,200
since I've been on with my city, but I do want to share just my concern that after a year of negotiations and good faith that we couldn't come up with an agreement where my city, the port can agree on a new baseline rate in scope of services that funds than necessary public safety to protect our Thailand's.

2774
04:03:37,200 --> 04:03:42,710
So the City of National City, sorry, is that for all of them?

2775
04:03:45,240 --> 04:03:47,540
I believe with the Commissioner has a long team.

2776
04:03:48,100 --> 04:03:48,700
All right, yeah.

2777
04:03:49,160 --> 04:03:54,740
Okay, so recently our City of National City received a

2778
04:03:54,740 --> 04:03:58,540
comprehensive study that was done for our police and fire and emergency services.

2779
04:03:59,000 --> 04:04:02,660
It was done by the Center for Public Safety Management.

2780
04:04:03,140 --> 04:04:06,200
I don't know if that study was shipped to you all, but that it was an actual

2781
04:04:06,200 --> 04:04:13,580
over a blessed workshop that we did on November 16th at City Hall and that also included so Citywide and

2782
04:04:13,580 --> 04:04:16,220
also included our Port Highlands.

2783
04:04:16,820 --> 04:04:20,280
What I could say in high level summary with that study and

2784
04:04:20,280 --> 04:04:26,920
field is that police and fire are underfunded and lack the resources to fulfill their missions.

2785
04:04:27,440 --> 04:04:30,740
That places the property and lives at risk.

2786
04:04:30,740 --> 04:04:45,100
So, we are a notice that we are not adequately funding these resources where placing pork property and lives at risk with knowledge that we are doing so, and that harm will cause is foreseeable.

2787
04:04:45,840 --> 04:04:55,440
And so, I respect commissioners who can't go into the map and looking at, there's a disparity with the national city.

2788
04:04:55,440 --> 04:04:59,900
And I would love to say, yes, that the spirit is working so well for us, but it's we're

2789
04:05:00,000 --> 04:05:29,420
We're underfunded. This has this industrial property. If anything were bad to happen, I mean, there's incidents that happen, but the Navy shipfire, I could tell you our national city firefighters were there fighting that every day. And they are telling me that what it takes to do anything that at that level and our property and the fact that we do not have the adequate funding is a concern. And so, um,

2790
04:05:29,420 --> 04:05:41,040
And we are different, all the member cities are different, and so, you know, in about an hour or less than an hour, we're going to have a new administration at our city hall.

2791
04:05:41,580 --> 04:05:57,460
And I really want to direct staff to also continue these negotiations, just like we're doing with Cholavista to also do it with National City in 60 days, because we actually have these comprehensive studies for fire, police and emergency services.

2792
04:05:57,460 --> 04:06:01,060
And that can help with the data that I know you guys were waiting.

2793
04:06:01,680 --> 04:06:07,480
But we can use that to help understand how are these resources underfunded?

2794
04:06:07,700 --> 04:06:11,180
How do we answer a lot of these questions that Commissioner Sukette brought up?

2795
04:06:11,240 --> 04:06:15,680
Because this is the reality that's happening in my city.

2796
04:06:16,060 --> 04:06:22,480
And so that's why I want to direct you all to come back in 60 days along with Chila Vista on the MSA for National City.

2797
04:06:23,460 --> 04:06:27,560
Thank you, Commissioner Aronho, Commissioner Cassianoff.

2798
04:06:27,840 --> 04:06:28,540
Thank you, Chair.

2799
04:06:29,900 --> 04:06:31,000
And thank you, commissioners.

2800
04:06:32,340 --> 04:06:38,080
Staff, not that I don't trust your calculations, commissioners who kept.

2801
04:06:38,820 --> 04:06:45,940
But is commissioners who kept accurate in his calculations?

2802
04:06:45,940 --> 04:06:53,240
questions? Sean Sumner for the record. Yeah, a review looked pretty consistent, pretty accurate.

2803
04:06:53,920 --> 04:06:58,200
Because it's basically taking the math from the city's budget, its respective budgets,

2804
04:06:58,320 --> 04:07:02,580
and dividing them by the number of calls. And we have both citywide calls and we have

2805
04:07:02,580 --> 04:07:08,860
padents calls. Now, one could argue about and should, we should be discussing what the

2806
04:07:08,860 --> 04:07:13,760
non-tax versus tax allocations are for calls for service. But city has, cities have one point

2807
04:07:13,760 --> 04:07:18,780
do you, staff had one point of view, the truth is probably somewhere negotiated there in.

2808
04:07:19,440 --> 04:07:21,340
But the math is generally right, yes.

2809
04:07:21,660 --> 04:07:24,460
Have you seen the study that Commissioner Neuronho is referencing?

2810
04:07:24,880 --> 04:07:27,200
I have not, I don't believe staff has seen it.

2811
04:07:29,240 --> 04:07:41,500
Commissioner Neuronho, does that study indicate what a properly funded call for service for policing should be?

2812
04:07:41,500 --> 04:07:49,020
Yeah, it provides, it goes into details about the current status of our police fire and emergency service in the city.

2813
04:07:49,400 --> 04:07:58,580
It also includes our property and actually has recommendations to address plans on not just for call for service, but having appropriate resources.

2814
04:07:58,960 --> 04:08:09,760
And so I think it's a good data point to understand what the port can do on our end on the amount of resources to protect our port islands.

2815
04:08:10,540 --> 04:08:22,780
Does it have a number for what an adequate what a cost there are numbers down there are actually numbers and so I think that with the city manager and the city staff can work with port to

2816
04:08:22,780 --> 04:08:36,460
divide those numbers up because I know it was like I said citywide so you know divide on the property and what that numbers will look like is there actually really is really good data points there.

2817
04:08:37,540 --> 04:08:42,960
I'd love to see the report if it could be shared with staff and the commissioners.

2818
04:08:43,060 --> 04:08:45,540
I'd like to see what that number is.

2819
04:08:47,480 --> 04:08:53,500
Would be helpful to have that data point as far as what that sort of a level cost is.

2820
04:08:54,160 --> 04:08:58,020
I think that would be helpful, very helpful, obviously those numbers.

2821
04:08:59,820 --> 04:09:05,040
Could you repeat some of those numbers commissioners who kept it's how many times more?

2822
04:09:07,440 --> 04:09:12,920
On the police side, it's 20 times more.

2823
04:09:13,060 --> 04:09:17,580
It's $457 per call versus for the rest of the city.

2824
04:09:17,880 --> 04:09:25,340
But according to the data, National City represents that it costs $9,163 for

2825
04:09:25,340 --> 04:09:27,060
a police call in the Port Tylands.

2826
04:09:27,600 --> 04:09:32,360
For fire, it's $1475 per call throughout the city.

2827
04:09:32,360 --> 04:09:41,960
but it's 25 times that at 36,271 for what they're charging for the non-tax paying

2828
04:09:41,960 --> 04:09:43,660
tightlands fire AMS calls.

2829
04:09:47,940 --> 04:09:55,630
Okay, so it'd be interesting to see the study and if you could please look at that and

2830
04:09:56,330 --> 04:09:59,430
obviously that it's hard to

2831
04:10:00,000 --> 04:10:08,800
Square, but I'd appreciate that. Thank you. Staff will do that. Thank you, Commissioner Castellanos, Commissioner Moore.

2832
04:10:10,880 --> 04:10:31,240
Yeah, just real quick. I think Commissioner Nauron who I think you're suggesting that they continue to negotiate with the port with respect the MSA. And I guess that would allow the port to take a look at that study. I don't know if that's something that the port has seen so far.

2833
04:10:32,260 --> 04:10:33,600
No, we have not seen it yet.

2834
04:10:34,040 --> 04:10:40,500
Okay, so it seems to me that that does make sense so that there's time for the port

2835
04:10:40,500 --> 04:10:46,300
to analyze the data that's provided, because I think at the end of the day we all want

2836
04:10:46,300 --> 04:10:55,460
to do its fair, right, so I think maybe allowing that same 60 days now it seems to make sense.

2837
04:10:57,660 --> 04:11:01,280
Okay, so thank you, Commissioner Moore.

2838
04:11:01,520 --> 04:11:03,280
You were going right where I was going to go.

2839
04:11:04,720 --> 04:11:10,460
First, I want to say it seems like I've been dealing with this,

2840
04:11:10,600 --> 04:11:16,460
is chair for most of my chairmanship with respect to,

2841
04:11:16,580 --> 04:11:19,470
you know, been difficult for the cities and I understand there's

2842
04:11:19,470 --> 04:11:25,590
extend awaiting circumstances and cities have had a lot going on and now there is political

2843
04:11:25,590 --> 04:11:31,270
changes at the city. About six months ago, I told the cities, you know, it's going to

2844
04:11:31,270 --> 04:11:38,150
be heard this year in December. And for whatever reason, we're not quite there, but maybe we're

2845
04:11:38,150 --> 04:11:38,910
getting closer.

2846
04:11:41,030 --> 04:11:47,130
With respect to commissioners and cats, numbers and calculations, I'm not

2847
04:11:47,130 --> 04:11:52,110
not going to presume to dispute them, it seems like staff is an agreement with those numbers.

2848
04:11:53,130 --> 04:12:00,530
What I will say is that having read the Attorney General's opinion, there are other methodologies

2849
04:12:01,210 --> 04:12:02,790
other than calls for service.

2850
04:12:02,990 --> 04:12:07,010
Not the calls for service is in a very important metric and the metrics you bring up, I think,

2851
04:12:07,370 --> 04:12:08,270
are quite compelling.

2852
04:12:09,070 --> 04:12:16,950
I will say that, but there are other methodologies for one making sure you're providing

2853
04:12:16,950 --> 04:12:23,210
adequate services necessary to protect Thailand.

2854
04:12:24,010 --> 04:12:44,210
So, with that being said, and I don't want to give numerous examples here, but I do think that it is completely fair that if a member city is saying that they want to work more, that they have a report, that a new mayor has now come in and wants to take a fresh look at it,

2855
04:12:44,210 --> 04:12:56,150
What I would ask respectfully, the maker of the motion is if you would consider modifying your motion to include both National City and

2856
04:12:56,150 --> 04:13:06,310
Chulavista to give staff the time to work with both cities to thoughtfully work through the numbers and come back to us in 60 days.

2857
04:13:06,310 --> 04:13:08,330
And if that would be something that you might consider.

2858
04:13:09,030 --> 04:13:14,910
Absolutely, and based on Commissioner Aronho's comments, I was thinking the same thing.

2859
04:13:15,230 --> 04:13:21,970
I made that motion based on what I understand National City staff is represented to the

2860
04:13:21,970 --> 04:13:27,890
port at the table, but if that is, I'm all for it.

2861
04:13:28,050 --> 04:13:33,970
I'm asking for a friendly amendment, absolutely, so I would amend my motion to include National

2862
04:13:34,370 --> 04:13:43,730
but I would take it a step further, which is given, as you quoted the language of this, if there's not an agreement, you have to come back to us.

2863
04:13:44,170 --> 04:13:50,630
Do you want to give it 90 days? I'm not trying to extend it, but given the holidays and stuff, or do you want to keep the time pressure on?

2864
04:13:50,770 --> 04:14:03,310
I'm happy that we can have this every other month here, but I just wonder if I just wonder if it might be more sensible to shoot for 60, but put 90 in the motion just to give you a little room.

2865
04:14:05,570 --> 04:14:11,430
So I would amend the motion to 90 days, both to list a national city, and thank you.

2866
04:14:11,930 --> 04:14:16,070
Thank you, commissioners, who can't, does the seconder of the motion agree to that?

2867
04:14:16,350 --> 04:14:17,250
Yes, I do.

2868
04:14:17,630 --> 04:14:23,950
I can say from the chill of this perspective, they do intend on making sure that this is resolved

2869
04:14:23,950 --> 04:14:25,450
within a 60-day period.

2870
04:14:26,050 --> 04:14:27,630
But 90 days, how could that hurt?

2871
04:14:28,230 --> 04:14:28,950
So I agree.

2872
04:14:29,150 --> 04:14:29,910
Do I hear 120?

2873
04:14:30,830 --> 04:14:40,130
Okay. So we have an amended motion. We have a seconder that has agreed to the amendment. Is there any further discussion?

2874
04:14:40,930 --> 04:14:45,830
Chair, can we just clarify because the recommendation was we don't reach an agreement. We don't necessarily come back.

2875
04:14:46,170 --> 04:14:51,130
So I just wanted to clarify how we to come back in that time frame.

2876
04:14:53,020 --> 04:14:58,500
I missed that nuance.

2877
04:15:01,040 --> 04:15:29,420
I think coming back would be appropriate given the discussion today and I think it would be good idea. I think the reality is that the contracts automatically default to the 3% increase, so that's happening anyway, you know, theoretically any city could ask to come before the board in any event, but I think we're just trying to put a little bit of time leverage on here. So yeah. I think that would be a good idea. Yeah.

2878
04:15:32,400 --> 04:15:35,460
Yeah, Commissioner Cassen, did you have a comment you wanted to make?

2879
04:16:02,630 --> 04:16:03,110
Thank

2880
04:16:46,310 --> 04:16:49,830
you, Commissioner Cassen, do we have any other comment on this?

2881
04:16:51,150 --> 04:16:58,910
Okay, hearing none, I believe because Commissioner Cassen is joining us remotely, we're going to have to vote manually.

2882
04:16:59,770 --> 04:17:00,910
So can we please call the vote?

2883
04:17:01,410 --> 04:17:03,810
Thank you, please vote when I call your name, Costiana.

2884
04:17:04,170 --> 04:17:06,170
Could the motion be repeated?

2885
04:17:06,170 --> 04:17:07,210
This

2886
04:17:09,640 --> 04:17:15,460
is a motion to direct staff to continue negotiations with both journalists and national city and

2887
04:17:16,420 --> 04:17:25,260
Reach agreement and and or well and report back to the board for nine for 90 days 90 days. Yeah

2888
04:17:25,740 --> 04:17:34,980
Uh, I vote yes. Thank you. Malcolm. Yes, say more. Yes, do you more? Yes, Naranjo? Yes, or Tassen?

2889
04:17:41,940 --> 04:17:45,180
Okay, moving smartly long.

2890
04:17:45,180 --> 04:17:47,860
We are on item 22.

2891
04:17:50,540 --> 04:17:53,180
Son outdoors phase two.

2892
04:18:03,780 --> 04:18:04,600
Good afternoon.

2893
04:18:04,920 --> 04:18:06,580
Chair Malcolm, commissioners.

2894
04:18:07,000 --> 04:18:07,780
My name is Tony Gordon.

2895
04:18:08,040 --> 04:18:09,380
I'm the port's director of real estate.

2896
04:18:10,360 --> 04:18:13,780
At the table for this item are Amber Jensen.

2897
04:18:13,780 --> 04:18:16,720
and Adam Meyer from Real Estate, Michelle Chan,

2898
04:18:17,220 --> 04:18:19,260
from the Development Services Department,

2899
04:18:19,880 --> 04:18:23,140
and Rebecca Harrington from the Office of the General Counsel.

2900
04:18:24,360 --> 04:18:26,300
Emerson Prosser from Sun Outdoors

2901
04:18:26,300 --> 04:18:28,000
and Greg Mueller from Tucker Sadler

2902
04:18:28,000 --> 04:18:29,880
will also participate in this presentation.

2903
04:18:30,700 --> 04:18:32,720
This presentation will provide an overview

2904
04:18:32,720 --> 04:18:35,080
of the proposed expansion of the Sun Outdoors,

2905
04:18:35,500 --> 04:18:38,080
San Diego Bay RV Resort in Chulavista.

2906
04:18:38,680 --> 04:18:40,860
Pursuant to the RV Resort lease,

2907
04:18:40,860 --> 04:18:45,360
These, son and the port are parties to an exclusive negotiating agreement for the development

2908
04:18:45,360 --> 04:18:51,180
of additional RV stalls and amenities on parcel S3 of the Chula Vista Bayfront master plan

2909
04:18:51,720 --> 04:18:55,320
located immediately to the south of the existing RV resort.

2910
04:18:56,020 --> 04:19:00,800
This project will be an exciting addition to son's world class RV resort in Chula Vista

2911
04:19:00,800 --> 04:19:05,680
in a great addition to the Chula Vista Bayfront which is currently undergoing an unprecedented

2912
04:19:05,680 --> 04:19:06,660
revitalization.

2913
04:19:06,660 --> 04:19:17,620
Sun has proven to be an excellent partner capable of executing a high-end development project on the Bay, and we're excited to be partnering with them once again to expand on a great operation.

2914
04:19:18,160 --> 04:19:19,480
Now I'll turn the presentation over to Andy.

2915
04:19:30,860 --> 04:19:31,640
Thank you, Tony.

2916
04:19:32,620 --> 04:19:45,600
Staff is recommending the Board of Doctor Resolution authorizing staff to commence environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act for the Sun Outdoors RV Resort Phase 2 project at the Chula Vista Bay Front.

2917
04:19:45,600 --> 04:19:46,800
Next slide, please.

2918
04:19:54,500 --> 04:19:56,700
This is an overview of the Chula Vista Bay Front.

2919
04:19:57,100 --> 04:19:59,980
Sound Outdoors has a lease with the district to operate a-

2920
04:20:06,520 --> 04:20:29,840
The list commenced on September 16th, 2019, and terminates on September 16th, 2085. As shown on the map, the existing RV Park is located at 825 E Street and is approximately 19 acres. Parcel S3 is located directly to the south of the existing RV Park and is the proposed Phase 2 site. Next slide, please.

2921
04:20:29,840 --> 04:20:30,880
In

2922
04:20:38,590 --> 04:20:49,530
early 2021, Sun Outdoors completed the RV park improvements, which included the construction of an RV park with a combination of RV stalls and park model stalls known as the phase one project.

2923
04:20:50,250 --> 04:20:53,790
In accordance with the terms of Sun Outdoors lease, the district and

2924
04:20:53,790 --> 04:21:04,410
sign negotiated an exclusive negotiating agreement, or ENA, to develop additional RV stalls and associated amenities on parcel S3 of the Chulavista Bayfront Master Plan.

2925
04:21:04,410 --> 04:21:11,350
Partial S3 is directly to the south of the Phase I project site and is referred to as the Phase II project site.

2926
04:21:12,010 --> 04:21:12,790
Next slide, please.

2927
04:21:16,620 --> 04:21:27,520
Sun Outdoors has satisfied all requirements of the ANA to date and has been diligently working with District staff and the City of Chulavista on developing a project description for the Phase II project.

2928
04:21:27,520 --> 04:21:31,400
The city has collaboratively worked with the district staff and

2929
04:21:31,400 --> 04:21:36,320
Sun Outdoors to refine the project description and are supportive of the project description as presented today.

2930
04:21:37,360 --> 04:21:44,700
The Phase 2 project is an extension of Sun Outdoors Phase 1 project and is estimated to cost $15 million.

2931
04:21:45,720 --> 04:21:56,140
Sun Outdoors has collected market data from the North American Camping Reports, as well as their own proprietary database to determine market demand for additional RV sites.

2932
04:21:56,140 --> 04:22:02,940
The data has proved that the demand for additional RV sites is greater than the supply that's causing the need for expansion.

2933
04:22:03,720 --> 04:22:06,940
The Phase II project includes the following project elements.

2934
04:22:07,520 --> 04:22:14,400
In RV Park with an additional 90 spaces, which are a combination of 78 RV stalls and 12 park models,

2935
04:22:15,220 --> 04:22:23,140
guest amenities and maintenance buildings, an air-strain food truck, a pool and spa, roadway and circulation improvements,

2936
04:22:23,940 --> 04:22:30,760
Utility, drainage, landscaping, and lighting installation, habitat restorations of seasonal wetlands, and parking.

2937
04:22:32,320 --> 04:22:38,360
Representatives from Son of Dores and Tucker Sadler will provide a more detailed overview of the Phase 2 project in a few moments.

2938
04:22:39,380 --> 04:22:40,000
Next slide, please.

2939
04:22:43,180 --> 04:22:47,000
Stakeholder Outreach was conducted for the Phase 2 project prior to today's meeting.

2940
04:22:47,920 --> 04:22:52,020
Stakeholder Outreach included meetings with the Wildlife Advisory Group or WAG,

2941
04:22:52,020 --> 04:22:56,840
the Bayfront Cultural and Design Committee, or BCDC, and the Disability Community.

2942
04:22:57,500 --> 04:23:02,060
The WAG met at a publicly noticed meeting on October 26, 2022.

2943
04:23:02,760 --> 04:23:07,800
Members of the WAG asked some clarifying questions regarding the proposed palm trees in the Phase 2 project.

2944
04:23:08,300 --> 04:23:11,540
Requested that Sun Outdoors continue monitoring the palm trees for

2945
04:23:11,540 --> 04:23:16,500
raptor nesting and perching and to inform the WAG if any raptors are observed in the palm trees.

2946
04:23:17,560 --> 04:23:22,900
The BCDC held it publicly notice meeting at the City of Chulavista on November 10, 2022.

2947
04:23:23,560 --> 04:23:28,220
The BCDC determines that the Phase 2 project meets the applicable provisions of the Chulavista

2948
04:23:28,220 --> 04:23:29,520
Bay Front Design Guidelines.

2949
04:23:31,200 --> 04:23:37,360
Finally, stakeholders from the Disability Community met on November 16, 2022, where Son Outdoors

2950
04:23:37,360 --> 04:23:40,840
and Tucker Sadler presented an overview of the Phase 2 project.

2951
04:23:42,980 --> 04:23:47,180
Participants inquired about the following project components in terms of ADA compliance.

2952
04:23:47,440 --> 04:23:52,320
The overall site layout and mobility throughout the site for the disabled community, whether

2953
04:23:52,320 --> 04:23:56,860
all the showers, bathrooms, pool furniture, and convenience are accessible to the disabled

2954
04:23:56,860 --> 04:23:57,460
community.

2955
04:23:58,140 --> 04:24:01,820
And finally, whether the bed heights in the ADA park models will have enough clearance

2956
04:24:01,820 --> 04:24:05,940
for a hoier lift to be underneath the bed and not be too high to transition in and out

2957
04:24:05,940 --> 04:24:06,060
of.

2958
04:24:07,020 --> 04:24:11,020
Simon Tucker, Sadler, walked the members through a site layout of the Phase 2 project

2959
04:24:11,020 --> 04:24:16,180
and explained that the entire RV park, including all the showers, bathrooms, laundry facilities,

2960
04:24:16,820 --> 04:24:19,900
pool, spa, and outdoor furniture are all ADA compliant.

2961
04:24:20,540 --> 04:24:21,100
Next slide, please.

2962
04:24:24,080 --> 04:24:28,360
Should the board authorize staff to commence environmental review of the Phase 2 project?

2963
04:24:28,740 --> 04:24:32,760
Next steps will include commencement of the sequel and coastal review process.

2964
04:24:33,360 --> 04:24:45,000
Upon completion, staff will take the SQL document, the PMPA, and CDP to the board for consideration, and seek permission from the board to file the PMPA application with the California Colston Commission.

2965
04:24:46,000 --> 04:24:51,400
Staff's anticipating the Phase 2 project may be able to rely on a diminimus PMPA at this time.

2966
04:24:52,200 --> 04:24:59,360
The Coastal Commission staff will process the PMPA application, and finally the Coastal Commission will consider and

2967
04:24:59,360 --> 04:24:59,760
make a funnel.

2968
04:25:02,920 --> 04:25:12,620
I will now turn the presentation over to Emerson Prosser from Son Outdoors and then Greg Mueller from Tucker Sadler to walk you through the phase two project in more detail. Thank you.

2969
04:25:20,670 --> 04:25:36,570
Hi, I'm Emerson Prosser with the goes up. All right. Emerson Prosser, vice president of development with some communities and before Tucker Sadler talks, just really wanted to express our gratitude to be here a second time around.

2970
04:25:37,550 --> 04:25:43,910
the park itself phase one is absolutely beautiful and I don't know if anybody

2971
04:25:43,910 --> 04:25:48,550
if everybody here has had an opportunity to come tour our facilities but if not

2972
04:25:48,550 --> 04:25:55,850
we would love to extend that. A big big part of the reason we want to move

2973
04:25:55,850 --> 04:26:02,410
forward with phase two is just how tremendously popular it has been. I believe

2974
04:26:02,410 --> 04:26:05,810
We've three of the four weekends last month.

2975
04:26:05,890 --> 04:26:08,930
We ran over 98% occupancy in November.

2976
04:26:09,330 --> 04:26:15,630
That is tremendous for us and we don't do that necessarily at all of our parks.

2977
04:26:16,170 --> 04:26:20,650
And this is just a great facility and it's a compliment to the location.

2978
04:26:21,250 --> 04:26:23,090
It's just absolutely beautiful.

2979
04:26:24,050 --> 04:26:30,310
This facility also has one of the highest return from guests.

2980
04:26:30,310 --> 04:26:35,430
So most guests have come multiple times, which again is a testament to the location.

2981
04:26:36,350 --> 04:26:39,710
And I think we just truly happy to continue the relationship.

2982
04:26:39,970 --> 04:26:46,950
It's been very strong, working with the staff and everyone has just been a wonderful relationship and we look forward to continuing.

2983
04:26:47,490 --> 04:26:48,370
So thank you very much.

2984
04:26:53,900 --> 04:27:04,720
Chairman and commissioners, thank you for allowing me to speak today for the record Greg Miller, Tucker Seller, architects representing the sound outdoors with the new design.

2985
04:27:06,800 --> 04:27:07,480
So,

2986
04:27:14,340 --> 04:27:35,460
the expansion of Phase I, which is true with this is, gives an opportunity to really capitalize on what the port schools are, providing access to the Bayfront, not just to locals, not just regionally, but throughout the United States and internationally, to the RV world that travels around.

2987
04:27:35,460 --> 04:27:39,360
This is a phenomenal site, and as you've heard, has great success.

2988
04:27:40,200 --> 04:27:42,420
The other great thing is that we've got park models.

2989
04:27:43,040 --> 04:27:47,520
Park models are there for people who can't afford to buy an RV, but

2990
04:27:47,520 --> 04:27:51,720
have the opportunity to stay and experience the park and

2991
04:27:51,720 --> 04:27:57,600
experience the nature center and all the wonderful things that the two of us at Bayfront has to offer.

2992
04:27:58,220 --> 04:28:03,660
As you can see, the roadway is connected at the turnabout, and

2993
04:28:03,660 --> 04:28:16,680
And it does provide access back and forth to both sides of the parts of the amenities will be open to both sides of the expansion as well as the current operations next slide, please.

2994
04:28:20,870 --> 04:28:35,470
We are using the same architectural style that we have in phase one, so the part is cohesive, so the same materials for the architecture on the building, right at the entry, which is very similar to the welcoming building that we have currently.

2995
04:28:36,090 --> 04:28:38,030
at the RV park.

2996
04:28:38,870 --> 04:28:41,310
You can see on the lower asymmetric,

2997
04:28:41,310 --> 04:28:43,290
you can see that the roadway going in

2998
04:28:43,290 --> 04:28:46,470
and the juxtaposition between the two buildings.

2999
04:28:47,190 --> 04:28:48,190
Next slide, please.

3000
04:28:54,160 --> 04:28:54,480
There we go.

3001
04:28:56,280 --> 04:28:57,700
One of the things that we're doing with the,

3002
04:28:58,540 --> 04:29:00,420
with this is that we are going to close

3003
04:29:00,920 --> 04:29:03,980
the connection between E and F.

3004
04:29:04,420 --> 04:29:06,160
We did do a traffic study on this

3005
04:29:06,160 --> 04:29:09,480
to make sure that we have not caused any problems

3006
04:29:09,480 --> 04:29:15,660
systems within the system that we are not overloading any of the intersections, in fact,

3007
04:29:15,780 --> 04:29:20,400
we actually decrease numbers because of the fact that this is an RV park versus what

3008
04:29:20,400 --> 04:29:22,360
was proposed there before and studied before.

3009
04:29:23,200 --> 04:29:28,600
The portions of the sewer and water systems that will be placed on site will become private.

3010
04:29:29,180 --> 04:29:33,260
We will be taken care of by some communities that you are seeing in red and blue.

3011
04:29:34,740 --> 04:29:44,900
As the connection points are on from F and then run to E Street and connect both phases together and also provide services to the nature center.

3012
04:29:45,300 --> 04:29:46,360
Next slide, please.

3013
04:29:50,420 --> 04:29:59,980
Just a closer view of the welcome center which will have showers and laundry facilities for our guests and some of the-

3014
04:30:00,000 --> 04:30:20,040
Some small little sundries for them. It will house the staff as well and meeting space for the staff. Extra storage as we were short on storage on the first phase. We'll give us a little bit more storage and maintenance facilities to maintain the facility at a high level of which it deserves. Next slide, please.

3015
04:30:26,440 --> 04:30:35,380
This will actually be an air streamer. It will not be a food truck, which is shown in this rendering. Unfortunately, it was rendered with this food truck, but it will be.

3016
04:30:35,380 --> 04:30:41,000
an air stream so it is more of an RV, purposes of doing that was to keep it in

3017
04:30:41,000 --> 04:30:45,820
context with the RV world and using something that is associated with the

3018
04:30:45,820 --> 04:30:51,860
RV, we thought it would be a unique way of providing the food outlet on this side

3019
04:30:51,860 --> 04:30:58,040
of the facility versus a permanent building. You're looking at the pool, the pool has

3020
04:30:58,040 --> 04:31:04,020
spas as well as pool which are fully accessible to anyone who is disabled and

3021
04:31:04,020 --> 04:31:08,360
And then we have bathrooms and showers, outdoor showers at the pool area, as well as

3022
04:31:08,360 --> 04:31:11,040
the cabanas for shade on this area.

3023
04:31:11,760 --> 04:31:12,320
Next slide please.

3024
04:31:18,680 --> 04:31:22,840
Just a quick little close-up of the rest of the facilities and the screening that we're

3025
04:31:22,840 --> 04:31:29,120
doing for the pool equipment, we also use a sound attenuation wall, which actually, if

3026
04:31:29,120 --> 04:31:34,120
you go to phase one and you stand right next to it, you can't even hear the machine is turning

3027
04:31:34,120 --> 04:31:35,920
on at the pool area.

3028
04:31:36,020 --> 04:31:38,240
So it does a very good job of deflecting the sound.

3029
04:31:38,240 --> 04:31:39,280
Next, please.

3030
04:31:43,240 --> 04:31:49,000
Landscape wise, we've been working with WAG to come up with a landscape palette that stays below 20 feet.

3031
04:31:49,700 --> 04:31:58,540
So any type of plant that we do pick to stay below 20 which is the Raptor nesting height that they like.

3032
04:31:58,720 --> 04:32:07,660
So we're trying to stay away from that and provide a landscape palette that is congruent with what the nature center needs.

3033
04:32:08,340 --> 04:32:09,460
Next slide, please.

3034
04:32:12,740 --> 04:32:14,280
And actually, I'm going to turn this back over to Amber.

3035
04:32:15,320 --> 04:32:15,580
Thank you.

3036
04:32:22,420 --> 04:32:23,160
Thank you, Greg.

3037
04:32:24,100 --> 04:32:27,980
Staff would like to note that the board receiving the preliminary project presentation

3038
04:32:27,980 --> 04:32:34,920
and authorization to commence CEQA today is just the beginning of the entitlement and CEQA process for the Phase 2 project

3039
04:32:34,920 --> 04:32:37,600
and is not an approval of the Phase 2 project.

3040
04:32:38,280 --> 04:32:42,580
Once the CEQA document, PMPA, and appealable CDP are complete,

3041
04:32:42,580 --> 04:32:49,520
staff will return to the Board for its consideration, which at such time the Board will then make a decision on the Phase 2 project.

3042
04:32:50,600 --> 04:32:57,860
Therefore, staff is recommending the Board authorised staff to commence environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act,

3043
04:32:58,100 --> 04:33:02,460
for the Son Outdoors RV Resort Phase 2 at the Chulavista Bay Front.

3044
04:33:03,280 --> 04:33:04,980
This concludes staff's presentation.

3045
04:33:05,380 --> 04:33:09,200
Staff and representatives from Son Outdoors and Tucker Seidler are available for questions.

3046
04:33:09,680 --> 04:33:09,920
Thank you.

3047
04:33:09,920 --> 04:33:10,900
Thank

3048
04:33:13,870 --> 04:33:20,310
you. Do we have any public comment? No. We have no public comment. Okay. Do we have any commissioner?

3049
04:33:20,990 --> 04:33:29,350
Commissioner Moore. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. I'm very excited about this project.

3050
04:33:29,510 --> 04:33:37,470
I think it's it's great. It's really a testament to the to the success of the existing RV park now as well as a

3051
04:33:37,470 --> 04:33:41,170
a testament to the future success of the Chulavista Master

3052
04:33:41,170 --> 04:33:41,930
Bay Front Plan.

3053
04:33:42,750 --> 04:33:48,310
It's not every day that you can get an expansion of an use

3054
04:33:48,760 --> 04:33:50,990
that's been there for a very short period of time.

3055
04:33:51,810 --> 04:33:54,690
And I think we know the operator,

3056
04:33:54,950 --> 04:33:59,130
we know the tenant, the developer, we know what quality work

3057
04:33:59,130 --> 04:33:59,910
they do.

3058
04:34:00,130 --> 04:34:04,490
And I think, again, that's really great to be able to continue

3059
04:34:04,490 --> 04:34:08,490
to work with that operator, that tenant.

3060
04:34:09,110 --> 04:34:16,790
I think for me too, it's very exciting because the use that this is replacing, this use

3061
04:34:16,790 --> 04:34:23,410
is actually less intense and actually has a lower profile than what is under the existing

3062
04:34:23,410 --> 04:34:25,110
plan right now.

3063
04:34:25,390 --> 04:34:33,150
So I think that, again, is just strengthens the beauty of the plan in that respect.

3064
04:34:33,150 --> 04:34:40,170
I did have a couple things that I wanted to ask, and that is I wanted one to make sure,

3065
04:34:41,050 --> 04:34:46,230
understand that there was a traffic study done, but I know Persequa, you know, you analyzed for VMT,

3066
04:34:46,490 --> 04:34:51,110
but what I'm really interested in, I'd like to make sure that we do a circulation plan.

3067
04:34:52,110 --> 04:34:58,110
So, or not a circulation plan, but we look at the circulation, making sure that there's adequate

3068
04:35:03,200 --> 04:35:29,980
So I wanted to make sure that that's part of, not necessarily part of CEQA, but that's something that's brought back to us with the project. And I believe there's already traffic study done. So I'm probably sure that it's mostly probably already complete. The other thing is, I'm wondering if instead of the trailer, maybe we can do an alternative design that basically looks at putting a structure there instead of a trailer.

3069
04:35:29,980 --> 04:35:36,720
I'd like to see something, you know, a beautiful structure that somewhat matches the structure

3070
04:35:36,720 --> 04:35:40,780
that is in the original first phase of the project.

3071
04:35:42,120 --> 04:35:44,200
As an architect, I always wanted to design a structure.

3072
04:35:46,020 --> 04:35:49,200
No, we would consider an alternative.

3073
04:35:49,720 --> 04:35:55,400
We did look at the air stream as an opportunity to do something that would be constructed

3074
04:35:55,400 --> 04:36:02,460
website and similar to some of the park models. But yes, we will take a look at doing something

3075
04:36:02,460 --> 04:36:07,360
similar size. They'll say similar size to what it is, but a permanent structure. We'd be

3076
04:36:07,360 --> 04:36:11,740
welcome to doing that. Okay, and something that kind of mirrors the look of the property across

3077
04:36:11,740 --> 04:36:15,760
the way. And you know, I'm not sure where the other commissioners feel about that, but maybe

3078
04:36:16,860 --> 04:36:22,660
doing, you know, both, you know, making sure the EIR, the environmental document,

3079
04:36:22,660 --> 04:36:27,860
and it analyzes the permanent structure as well as a trailer and that maybe you come

3080
04:36:27,860 --> 04:36:31,980
back and you show us the two and that we can take a look at it.

3081
04:36:32,420 --> 04:36:38,400
And then also I wanted to commend, I know that this company that you have worked with

3082
04:36:38,400 --> 04:36:43,300
the Nature Sent Living Coast Discovery Center and I have to say I appreciate that.

3083
04:36:43,720 --> 04:36:48,840
I think there are great amenity also for your guests as well.

3084
04:36:48,840 --> 04:36:55,080
and so I would encourage and that you continue to work with the Living Coast

3085
04:36:55,080 --> 04:37:01,020
Nature Center and I'm wondering if I can get some type of commitment now that

3086
04:37:01,020 --> 04:37:04,460
there would be some level of continuing to work with the Nature Center.

3087
04:37:07,420 --> 04:37:12,840
They've been good partners. We have spoken on a regular basis and see no

3088
04:37:12,840 --> 04:37:16,500
reason why we would not continue that partnership with them. Okay great all right

3089
04:37:16,500 --> 04:37:20,080
super. Thank you very much. That's all the comments that I have.

3090
04:37:20,260 --> 04:37:23,720
Commissioner Moore, your comments sounded suspiciously like a motion.

3091
04:37:24,160 --> 04:37:34,040
I think I'm ready for that. So I would like to move the recommendation of staff, which is

3092
04:37:34,980 --> 04:37:40,460
adopt a resolution of authorizing staff to commence environmental review and to add

3093
04:37:40,460 --> 04:37:46,300
to that that there also be a circulation study prepared and that the plan

3094
04:37:46,300 --> 04:37:54,920
incorporate a version that shows a structure instead of a trailer and I think

3095
04:37:54,920 --> 04:37:56,560
that that would be fine for now.

3096
04:37:57,800 --> 04:38:02,960
I'll second that. Okay we have a motion and we have a second by Commissioner

3097
04:38:02,960 --> 04:38:07,940
Castellanos. The motion was by of course Commissioner Ann Moore. Any further

3098
04:38:07,940 --> 04:38:16,480
comment. Okay, I just want to say thank you as well. Awesome design. Very exciting. Looking

3099
04:38:16,480 --> 04:38:21,340
forward to seeing this open it. Well, looking forward to the environmental report and studying

3100
04:38:21,340 --> 04:38:24,380
it. Alright, let's vote.

3101
04:38:29,150 --> 04:38:33,610
I'm sorry. We're looking for this. Were you looking for the motion

3102
04:38:39,030 --> 04:38:47,170
Okay, and it looks like we've lost Commissioner or Tassen from online so you all can vote using the voting software.

3103
04:39:02,040 --> 04:39:05,040
Okay, we are in the home stretch.

3104
04:39:05,800 --> 04:39:08,400
Motion passes unanimously with commissioners.

3105
04:39:09,020 --> 04:39:10,000
Commissioner or Tassen.

3106
04:39:10,380 --> 04:39:12,420
Oh, I think we're missing a vote, aren't we?

3107
04:39:12,660 --> 04:39:13,440
Oh, we are.

3108
04:39:14,540 --> 04:39:15,120
Oh.

3109
04:39:20,500 --> 04:39:22,440
Maybe I should do that via roll call.

3110
04:39:22,600 --> 04:39:23,200
My apologies.

3111
04:39:24,240 --> 04:39:27,360
Could I do it via roll call so I can get commissioner Deymor's vote in.

3112
04:39:28,580 --> 04:39:29,160
My apologies.

3113
04:39:29,380 --> 04:39:30,620
Please vote when I call your name.

3114
04:39:31,180 --> 04:39:31,620
Costiano's.

3115
04:39:31,840 --> 04:39:31,960
Yes.

3116
04:39:32,520 --> 04:39:32,860
Malcolm.

3117
04:39:33,160 --> 04:39:33,400
Yes.

3118
04:39:33,680 --> 04:39:34,100
A. More.

3119
04:39:34,320 --> 04:39:34,540
Yes.

3120
04:39:34,880 --> 04:39:35,260
Deymor.

3121
04:39:35,520 --> 04:39:35,720
Yes.

3122
04:39:36,120 --> 04:39:36,560
Naranjo.

3123
04:39:36,820 --> 04:39:36,980
Yes.

3124
04:39:37,220 --> 04:39:37,620
Duquette.

3125
04:39:37,900 --> 04:39:38,040
Yes.

3126
04:39:38,200 --> 04:39:39,020
Motion passed unanimously.

3127
04:39:39,740 --> 04:39:41,460
Commissioners are test and excused.

3128
04:39:42,920 --> 04:39:43,360
Okay.

3129
04:39:43,360 --> 04:39:51,300
Okay, rounding the final curve, item 25, I'm sorry, item 23,

3130
04:39:54,200 --> 04:39:56,380
I was at the finish line.

3131
04:40:05,040 --> 04:40:13,480
Chair and commissioners, I'm going to do a quick introduction on this item, as it relates to a specific CEO action item.

3132
04:40:14,580 --> 04:40:33,060
Last year, as part of my goals for you that I provided to you, one of those was to review the port procurement process looking for efficiencies effectiveness and DEI enhance our DEI capabilities.

3133
04:40:33,960 --> 04:40:47,600
So, I immediately turn to Port Auditor Yielding and ask for his help on this project and he accessed on call with KPMG to help us with the project.

3134
04:40:48,080 --> 04:40:53,260
We then followed up a little bit later with Black and Beach to do some additional benchmarking type things.

3135
04:40:53,500 --> 04:40:56,560
And so, the staff is here to present the results on that.

3136
04:40:58,040 --> 04:40:58,960
Over to you, Matt.

3137
04:40:58,960 --> 04:41:04,880
That, thanks Joe, good afternoon Chairman Malcolm, commissioners, President and CEO of

3138
04:41:04,880 --> 04:41:06,740
Stuyvesant and General Counsel Russell.

3139
04:41:07,340 --> 04:41:09,860
I'm Matt Earl from the Court's Procurement Services Department.

3140
04:41:10,380 --> 04:41:14,520
I'm here today with the Court Auditor and Mark Ealeen and with Simon Cahn from the Office

3141
04:41:14,520 --> 04:41:20,020
of the General Counsel to present to you staffs recommended updates the Board of Court Commissioners

3142
04:41:20,020 --> 04:41:22,820
policies 110 and 640.

3143
04:41:23,700 --> 04:41:28,900
Throughout the course of this presentation I will refer to these policies as DPC 110 and

3144
04:41:28,900 --> 04:41:29,960
the BPC 640.

3145
04:41:32,310 --> 04:41:33,110
Next slide.

3146
04:41:35,770 --> 04:41:43,770
By way of background, established in 1981, BPC 110 is the principal policy for the

3147
04:41:43,770 --> 04:41:49,570
administration of contracts, agreements, goods and grants, and originally established

3148
04:41:49,570 --> 04:41:56,210
in 1963, BPC 640 is the district's principal policy governing the adjustment and settlement

3149
04:41:56,210 --> 04:41:59,610
of claims either against or on behalf of the district.

3150
04:41:59,610 --> 04:42:04,650
I will now turn the presentation over to Port Auditor Mark Gildon for a few comments.

3151
04:42:14,040 --> 04:42:14,180
Right.

3152
04:42:14,440 --> 04:42:15,200
Hello, commissioners.

3153
04:42:15,280 --> 04:42:16,320
Mark Gildon, Port Auditor.

3154
04:42:16,540 --> 04:42:21,240
I'm here today to briefly highlight an observation and recommendation completed during

3155
04:42:21,240 --> 04:42:23,520
the FY22 audit plan year.

3156
04:42:24,400 --> 04:42:28,200
The audit was performed by the Office of the Port Auditor in conjunction with the accounting

3157
04:42:28,200 --> 04:42:29,180
firm KPMG.

3158
04:42:30,200 --> 04:42:38,160
Beginning with the observation, between July 2020 and June of 2021, approximately 55

3159
04:42:38,160 --> 04:42:46,940
75% to 65% of all of our non-construction contract solicitations required board approval,

3160
04:42:47,380 --> 04:42:54,240
which is a higher percent when compared to KPMG's peer-leading practices and benchmarking

3161
04:42:54,240 --> 04:42:55,660
of other public entities.

3162
04:42:56,300 --> 04:43:01,660
As the current process requires a majority of agreements to require board of court commissioners

3163
04:43:01,660 --> 04:43:07,820
approval, this potentially could result in delays, longer cycle times required for

3164
04:43:07,820 --> 04:43:10,680
contract execution and staff resources.

3165
04:43:11,640 --> 04:43:15,760
The audit recommended management perform a review of BPC 110

3166
04:43:16,040 --> 04:43:19,120
and perform an analysis on the most recent year

3167
04:43:19,340 --> 04:43:23,900
or a few years of solicitations to determine monetary threshold

3168
04:43:24,220 --> 04:43:28,780
which would lead to approximately 20% of all solicitations

3169
04:43:28,960 --> 04:43:30,640
to require board approval.

3170
04:43:32,040 --> 04:43:36,340
The proposed changes management is about to cover in my opinion

3171
04:43:36,340 --> 04:43:41,720
and sets a threshold that properly incorporates productivity, efficiency,

3172
04:43:42,300 --> 04:43:46,880
considers inflation since 2013 and benchmarking of local peers.

3173
04:43:47,600 --> 04:43:53,020
At the same time, management's response balances risk to the district and

3174
04:43:53,020 --> 04:43:58,360
sets a threshold that does not materially increase the port's overall risk profile.

3175
04:43:58,960 --> 04:44:04,660
And ensures the most material contracts continue to receive for consideration and approval.

3176
04:44:04,660 --> 04:44:07,760
Thank you, and I will hand a presentation back to Matt.

3177
04:44:17,500 --> 04:44:17,840
Thanks, Mark.

3178
04:44:19,020 --> 04:44:31,940
Analysis reveals that between the January 2021 meeting, in this meeting today, a span of two years, approximately 34 fewer agenda items would have needed board approval at the recommended board thresholds.

3179
04:44:33,120 --> 04:44:38,200
The staff time required to process an agenda varies widely depending on the type of agenda presented.

3180
04:44:38,200 --> 04:44:43,440
An agenda for an amendment to a service agreement for a change order to a construction contract

3181
04:44:43,440 --> 04:44:49,200
isn't overly time consuming, but when you get to as needed agreement agendas, where upwards

3182
04:44:49,200 --> 04:44:54,780
of 20 firms are being recommended, the staff time necessary to draft review and approve increases

3183
04:44:54,780 --> 04:44:55,500
substantially.

3184
04:44:56,320 --> 04:44:59,960
The analysis reveals that a BPC-110 will be related to justice.

3185
04:45:00,000 --> 04:45:03,140
The agenda takes more than 30 hours of staff time to prepare.

3186
04:45:05,450 --> 04:45:20,370
Taking the number of agendas that would not have needed board agenda referenced previously, over the last two years reveals a time savings of over 1,000 hours over that same time span, or 510 hours per year of staff time saved.

3187
04:45:22,740 --> 04:45:29,800
In addition to this calendar year, at the recommended board action thresholds, as much mentioned, the percent of agreements needing board action

3188
04:45:29,800 --> 04:45:36,960
would reduce from 46% to 27% bringing us much closer to the recommended 20% of

3189
04:45:36,960 --> 04:45:41,840
agreements needing board authorization by KPMG. Next slide.

3190
04:45:44,200 --> 04:45:44,980
There are several

3191
04:45:44,980 --> 04:45:50,100
key recommended changes to BPC 110. The first key change is an increase to the

3192
04:45:50,100 --> 04:45:55,240
board authorization threshold. The board authorization threshold is the level

3193
04:45:55,240 --> 04:46:00,360
at which when services or goods needs exceed this amount authorization by the board

3194
04:46:00,360 --> 04:46:06,040
is required. Staff will continue to compete and need below this level, but only the

3195
04:46:06,040 --> 04:46:10,300
items that exceed the new recommended Board Authorization Threshold will be presented to

3196
04:46:10,300 --> 04:46:18,010
the Board. The Board Authorization Threshold is recommended to be increased from $175,000

3197
04:46:18,380 --> 04:46:26,050
to $500,000. As shown on the table on the slide, the recommended increase is consistent

3198
04:46:26,050 --> 04:46:31,270
with other local public agencies as revealed in the benchmarking efforts conducted by

3199
04:46:31,270 --> 04:46:33,230
of lack of beach management consulting.

3200
04:46:35,230 --> 04:46:37,610
All service and purchase agreements and amendments

3201
04:46:37,610 --> 04:46:39,110
not requiring board authorization

3202
04:46:39,590 --> 04:46:42,110
will continue to be reported to the board monthly

3203
04:46:42,470 --> 04:46:44,270
in the monthly modification report

3204
04:46:44,270 --> 04:46:46,050
contained in the weekly information

3205
04:46:46,050 --> 04:46:50,530
to the board memorandum package as required by BPC 110.

3206
04:46:55,000 --> 04:46:55,360
Next slide.

3207
04:46:57,420 --> 04:46:59,440
The next key change is a slight expansion

3208
04:46:59,440 --> 04:47:02,400
of the existing authority to delegate indemnity.

3209
04:47:03,260 --> 04:47:05,520
Currently, the executive director and general counsel

3210
04:47:05,520 --> 04:47:10,920
are authorized to identify other public agencies and educational institutions on service

3211
04:47:10,920 --> 04:47:13,840
agreements that would not otherwise require board action.

3212
04:47:14,680 --> 04:47:19,860
The recommended change would add not for proper organizations to this list and expand the

3213
04:47:19,860 --> 04:47:24,160
authority to also include grant agreements that would not otherwise require board action.

3214
04:47:25,700 --> 04:47:30,760
As an example, today the board was required to approve an indemnification of the county

3215
04:47:30,760 --> 04:47:35,440
of San Diego on a pastor grant from the federal government that would no longer be

3216
04:47:35,440 --> 04:47:38,400
required with this recommended change to BPC-110.

3217
04:47:42,090 --> 04:47:47,550
The next key change is related to the authority to issue service agreement amendments in construction

3218
04:47:47,550 --> 04:47:51,130
contract change orders on board authorized contracts and agreements.

3219
04:47:52,030 --> 04:47:55,590
It has recommended this authority to be increased as shown on the slide.

3220
04:48:02,630 --> 04:48:03,050
Next slide?

3221
04:48:08,580 --> 04:48:14,240
The next key change to BPC-110 is an increase to the competition thresholds for services

3222
04:48:14,240 --> 04:48:14,660
and goods.

3223
04:48:14,660 --> 04:48:23,760
The services competition threshold is recommended to be increased from $90,000 to $125,000 and the

3224
04:48:23,760 --> 04:48:29,120
goods competition threshold is recommended to be increased from $25,000 to $40,000.

3225
04:48:30,960 --> 04:48:36,300
The competition threshold is a level where when goods or services needs exceed these amounts

3226
04:48:36,580 --> 04:48:38,420
the competitive process is required.

3227
04:48:38,420 --> 04:48:44,680
By a competitive process, we're referring to a request for bids, request proposals, request

3228
04:48:44,680 --> 04:48:47,320
for qualifications among other options.

3229
04:48:49,960 --> 04:48:54,960
The current services threshold was established in 2013, and the good threshold was established

3230
04:48:54,960 --> 04:48:55,940
in 2011.

3231
04:49:00,560 --> 04:49:06,800
Final key change, the final key changes to BPC 110 are what we consider to be administrators

3232
04:49:06,800 --> 04:49:07,960
in clarifying in nature.

3233
04:49:08,780 --> 04:49:14,120
Some of these changes are adding language, strengthening the districts commitment.

3234
04:49:14,120 --> 04:49:18,520
to utilize in small businesses for a positive economic impact to the region,

3235
04:49:19,300 --> 04:49:24,920
adding clarifying language to the existing process for single and sole-source

3236
04:49:24,920 --> 04:49:29,940
procurements, and the overall outline format of the policy is updated.

3237
04:49:32,160 --> 04:49:32,620
Next slide.

3238
04:49:34,880 --> 04:49:38,120
Finally, there is one recommended change to BPC 640.

3239
04:49:39,240 --> 04:49:43,140
It is recommended the language authorizing staff to accept indemnification

3240
04:49:43,140 --> 04:49:47,120
and limitation of liability provisions in technology service agreements,

3241
04:49:47,420 --> 04:49:51,780
be removed from BPC 640 and added to BPC 110,

3242
04:49:52,260 --> 04:49:54,260
where other indemnity provisions were done.

3243
04:49:56,000 --> 04:49:57,040
Next slide.

3244
04:49:57,040 --> 04:49:59,960
the, I apologize to this is a, I apologize, I apologize, I apologize.

3245
04:50:21,190 --> 04:50:35,250
Thank you for the presentation. Do we have any public comment? No, we have no public comment. Okay. Do we have any Commissioner comment? Don't be shy.

3246
04:50:40,750 --> 04:50:41,790
No Commissioner comment.

3247
04:50:45,840 --> 04:50:47,680
Happy to move staff recommendations.

3248
04:50:50,840 --> 04:50:54,320
second. We have a motion and what's that a second motion around?

3249
04:50:54,540 --> 04:50:54,680
Correct.

3250
04:50:55,560 --> 04:50:56,000
Okay.

3251
04:50:58,360 --> 04:51:02,620
Do we have any comment on the motion? Let's vote.

3252
04:51:08,630 --> 04:51:09,970
I know that was a lot tougher than

3253
04:51:09,970 --> 04:51:10,850
you thought it was going to be.

3254
04:51:11,170 --> 04:51:14,130
The motion has been in the end, so it's going to be a short task next piece.

3255
04:51:16,090 --> 04:51:21,130
Good move, putting it at the end of the agenda. Very strategic.

3256
04:51:21,130 --> 04:51:26,410
Okay. Okay. On to item 24.

3257
04:51:44,870 --> 04:51:52,130
Oh, there isn't. Okay. I'm in. Okay. I'm announcing the item.

3258
04:51:53,470 --> 04:52:01,590
This is on board officers for next year. I see we have three public comments. Yes. Wow.

3259
04:52:01,810 --> 04:52:06,850
Okay. I believe I've ever seen public comments on this item before. Okay. Let's let's take

3260
04:52:06,850 --> 04:52:07,950
Hello,

3261
04:52:22,700 --> 04:52:26,960
my name is Christina Christian-Jones, my pronouns are she heard, and I'm calling

3262
04:52:26,960 --> 04:52:29,160
you in regards to agenda item 24.

3263
04:52:30,380 --> 04:52:35,520
Dear Sheriff Malcolm and Board of Board Commissioners, I am writing to offer my perspective

3264
04:52:35,520 --> 04:52:40,960
in the Board for the following slate of commissioners to serve the incoming officers for the Board

3265
04:52:40,960 --> 04:52:42,940
of Commissioners for 2023.

3266
04:52:42,940 --> 04:52:51,160
where I feel like the honor of a shared person, standing at I'm home as vice-chairperson and then yell more as Secretary.

3267
04:52:52,080 --> 04:53:04,840
Before her role at Court Commissioner, Commissioner Moore has sat on board the advisory committees and is a member of community service organizations that have worked towards parties for justice and equality for all black people.

3268
04:53:05,460 --> 04:53:09,920
This demonstrates her ability to fulfill their responsibilities as Secretary.

3269
04:53:10,720 --> 04:53:17,080
Commisioner Rwanko's experience as that precarious 2022 has been amazing and exciting for community

3270
04:53:17,080 --> 04:53:21,840
members like my folks to see and demonstrate parability to fulfill the responsibilities

3271
04:53:22,140 --> 04:53:23,060
of vice-chair.

3272
04:53:23,880 --> 04:53:31,000
Commisioner Kasiano's experience as vice-chair demonstrates his ability to fulfill the responsibilities

3273
04:53:31,000 --> 04:53:31,520
of chair.

3274
04:53:32,580 --> 04:53:37,640
California is in an exciting time for the governing parties have the opportunity to push back

3275
04:53:37,640 --> 04:53:42,940
against anti-black racism, push back against heroes on politics, or black

3276
04:53:42,940 --> 04:53:47,100
Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian communities are fitted against each other.

3277
04:53:47,680 --> 04:53:51,660
It is so exciting to see the poor leadership get closer to modeling and

3278
04:53:51,660 --> 04:53:57,300
governing body spaces, the solidarity, people from marginalized communities who

3279
04:53:57,300 --> 04:54:02,360
live in San Diego County, have to want another industry. In the interest of

3280
04:54:02,360 --> 04:54:06,980
fairness and representation, I encourage the Board of Commissioners to support the

3281
04:54:06,980 --> 04:54:13,420
historical traditions and officer rotations between South-Based cities and San Diego, Marvogin

3282
04:54:13,420 --> 04:54:14,400
for the upper slave.

3283
04:54:14,900 --> 04:54:16,460
Thank you and enjoy your day.

3284
04:54:21,550 --> 04:54:25,010
Hello, Chairman Malcolm and Board of Board Commissioners.

3285
04:54:25,750 --> 04:54:27,270
My name is Dallas Vanosa.

3286
04:54:27,950 --> 04:54:35,110
I'm calling on behalf of Communication Workers of America, the Oklahoma 9509, calling in

3287
04:54:35,110 --> 04:54:40,710
for agenda item number 24, Regulation Electing Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and

3288
04:54:40,710 --> 04:54:44,890
Secretary of the Board. I want to offer my support for the following

3289
04:54:44,890 --> 04:54:49,530
play of commissioners to serve as incoming officers for the board of board

3290
04:54:49,530 --> 04:54:51,250
commissioners for 2023.

3291
04:54:51,250 --> 04:54:51,530
three.

3292
04:54:52,970 --> 04:54:55,050
Prophecy of the annual shareperson,

3293
04:54:55,550 --> 04:54:57,430
standing around full by shareperson,

3294
04:54:57,710 --> 04:54:59,010
Daniel Moore, secretary.

3295
04:55:00,000 --> 04:55:17,480
In the interest of fairness and representation, I encourage the Board for commissioners to support the historical tradition of officer rotations between South A city and San Diego by voting for the above lake. Thank you very much. Have a great chairman.

3296
04:55:20,840 --> 04:55:31,600
Malcolm and Board of board commissioners. My name is Steven Gell. I'm calling on behalf of San Diego 350 regarding agenda item 24.

3297
04:55:31,600 --> 04:55:35,760
for the resolution electing the officers of the board,

3298
04:55:35,960 --> 04:55:38,520
Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary.

3299
04:55:39,800 --> 04:55:43,880
And I think it's important for the purposes of fairness

3300
04:55:43,880 --> 04:55:47,460
and representation to follow the historical tradition

3301
04:55:47,460 --> 04:55:50,940
of rotations between South-Based Cities and San Diego.

3302
04:55:51,880 --> 04:55:57,320
Therefore, I urge you to vote for Rafael Castellanos

3303
04:55:57,320 --> 04:56:04,280
as chairperson, sanding it on, ho, as vice-chairperson, and Danielle Moore, as secretary.

3304
04:56:05,100 --> 04:56:06,820
Thank you for considering my wishes.

3305
04:56:09,120 --> 04:56:09,460
Thank you.

3306
04:56:09,580 --> 04:56:10,860
That concludes public comment.

3307
04:56:11,480 --> 04:56:12,100
Thank you.

3308
04:56:12,700 --> 04:56:15,520
All right, board, let's say you,

3309
04:56:19,070 --> 04:56:19,810
Mr. Zouquette.

3310
04:56:20,730 --> 04:56:31,010
Chair Malcolm, I'm happy to be the first to thank you and congratulate you for your service

3311
04:56:31,010 --> 04:56:35,130
as chair, it will not be an adequate thank you.

3312
04:56:35,710 --> 04:56:37,670
No, I will not accept another year, though.

3313
04:56:37,990 --> 04:56:38,170
Yeah.

3314
04:56:39,690 --> 04:56:40,830
I don't know.

3315
04:56:43,510 --> 04:56:46,190
Those accolades will come over the next couple of weeks,

3316
04:56:46,370 --> 04:56:49,730
but I just want to thank you so much for your service.

3317
04:56:49,870 --> 04:56:55,170
I think a lot of people know that the port

3318
04:56:55,170 --> 04:56:57,530
is a very chair driven organization.

3319
04:56:57,530 --> 04:57:25,690
I didn't know until I was chair just how much work it was and I think those of us who have done it know it and you have just worked your tail off this year you are a true professional in your dealings with everybody of this organization including your colleagues and staff and the public and everybody else and it's just been a real pleasure watching you.

3320
04:57:26,530 --> 04:57:30,590
I do wish you could do it for many more years,

3321
04:57:30,590 --> 04:57:33,390
but that would make me unpopular.

3322
04:57:33,770 --> 04:57:38,250
So I, but I just really want to thank you for this year.

3323
04:57:40,170 --> 04:57:40,790
Thank you.

3324
04:57:40,990 --> 04:57:42,810
Yeah, my wife would come hunting for you.

3325
04:57:43,030 --> 04:57:43,550
Yeah, yeah.

3326
04:57:44,070 --> 04:57:45,650
But thank you, I really appreciate that.

3327
04:57:45,690 --> 04:57:48,510
Yeah, and it is a rich tradition here at the port

3328
04:57:50,350 --> 04:57:55,550
of having such a strong chair, essentially,

3329
04:57:55,690 --> 04:58:00,430
And I think it is one that has served the port well, and it's a tradition that I support.

3330
04:58:01,450 --> 04:58:07,370
Another tradition I support is the regular rotation of our officers.

3331
04:58:08,570 --> 04:58:18,670
And that means that next up is Rafael Castellanos, and speaking of true professionals at the port.

3332
04:58:20,430 --> 04:58:28,430
and a person with endless talents and energy despite a lot going on in his life.

3333
04:58:28,630 --> 04:58:32,330
Thank you so much for your service, Rafael. Thank you for being willing to do this this year,

3334
04:58:32,830 --> 04:58:38,110
assuming you get the votes today. And I just want to thank you in advance.

3335
04:58:38,110 --> 04:58:43,370
And so my motion to be to appoint Rafael Castellano-Sis-Chair,

3336
04:58:43,810 --> 04:58:48,730
St. Nirono, as Vice Chair and Daniel Moore, as Secretary

3337
04:58:48,730 --> 04:58:51,310
for the 2023 year.

3338
04:58:52,650 --> 04:58:55,730
OK, we have a motion from Commissioner Zucat.

3339
04:58:57,010 --> 04:58:57,710
We have a second.

3340
04:59:21,510 --> 04:59:25,890
So hearing no second, the motion dies for lack of a second.

3341
04:59:28,410 --> 04:59:31,350
So do we have another motion?

3342
04:59:31,350 --> 04:59:32,150
I'm

3343
04:59:57,560 --> 04:59:58,200
sorry, Chair.

3344
05:00:00,000 --> 05:00:29,300
Can I try to make the same motion? Of course, yeah. Okay. I would like to make a motion for the next chairperson for 223, Rafael Castellanos, nominate myself for vice chair and down on more for Secretary. Okay. We have a motion on the floor. Is there a second? Okay. We have a motion and we have a second. There any comments to the motion?

3345
05:00:35,140 --> 05:00:35,700
Hearing none.

3346
05:00:36,260 --> 05:00:37,080
Let's please vote.

3347
05:00:57,720 --> 05:01:02,600
Motion passes with Commissioner or Tassen excused and Commissioner Custin on this abstaining.

3348
05:01:05,820 --> 05:01:06,220
Okay.

3349
05:01:06,440 --> 05:01:14,740
Congratulations to the officers for 2023 and moving on to our final item, item 25, which is

3350
05:01:14,740 --> 05:01:19,060
the review and consideration of the draft proposed Board Agenda for next month.

3351
05:01:19,600 --> 05:01:22,040
I'm happy to say I wasn't prepped on this at all.

3352
05:01:27,540 --> 05:01:32,260
We have a motion from

3353
05:01:34,820 --> 05:01:39,320
Commissioner Castanas, we have a second from Commissioner Moore,

3354
05:01:42,390 --> 05:01:43,150
any comments?

3355
05:01:43,490 --> 05:01:43,770
Let's vote.

3356
05:01:49,080 --> 05:01:49,380
Okay.

3357
05:01:51,340 --> 05:01:51,840
Thank you.

3358
05:01:52,000 --> 05:01:52,780
Motion passed you, man.

3359
05:01:52,980 --> 05:01:54,200
So the Commissioner passed an excuse.

3360
05:01:56,100 --> 05:01:59,860
So before I close the meeting, I just want to thank you all.

3361
05:02:00,580 --> 05:02:02,840
It's been a pleasure working with you all.

3362
05:02:03,080 --> 05:02:07,200
You guys are amazing, awesome, talented individuals.

3363
05:02:07,960 --> 05:02:11,720
Each one of you bringing something incredible to the board.

3364
05:02:11,720 --> 05:02:13,220
It really has been a true pleasure.

3365
05:02:13,220 --> 05:02:15,000
I will have more to say later on that.

3366
05:02:16,120 --> 05:02:18,180
I also want to thanks staff.

3367
05:02:18,380 --> 05:02:20,880
I want to thank the people of this organization,

3368
05:02:21,460 --> 05:02:24,520
Joe, from the top, on down to every single staff member.

3369
05:02:25,040 --> 05:02:27,660
I started the year talking about the people of the court

3370
05:02:27,660 --> 05:02:29,120
and how people make a difference.

3371
05:02:29,120 --> 05:02:32,620
you guys have certainly proved it and then some.

3372
05:02:33,200 --> 05:02:35,200
I am really, really grateful.

3373
05:02:35,780 --> 05:02:37,760
We get to sit up here and we get to push buttons

3374
05:02:37,760 --> 05:02:42,160
but the lion share majority of the work happens

3375
05:02:42,160 --> 05:02:45,660
with you all and what awesome work you guys do.

3376
05:02:45,840 --> 05:02:49,240
I could not be more happy and really just

3377
05:02:49,240 --> 05:02:52,440
excited about the staff and the prospects going forward.

3378
05:02:53,220 --> 05:02:55,980
With that, there are no other comments.

3379
05:02:55,980 --> 05:03:00,660
Get to use this the last time, meeting adjourned, there you are.