Sep 01, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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I WILL CALL THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER DAYHOFF HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PICUS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR MAEDA HERE. AND MAYOR VOSS, I AM HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR MAEDA, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

AND NOW PLEASE JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. WE ARE A NIGHT OF

[PRESENTATIONS]

THESE RESOURCES REALLY REFLECT THE INVESTMENT THAT ALL OF YOU MAKE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GIVES US THE TOOLS AND THE MEANS TO GO OUT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS THAT WE'RE AN ISO CLASS ONE ORGANIZATION. THERE'S ONLY A FEW DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY AND A FEW HANDFUL THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT HAVE THAT DESIGNATION. A LOT OF THE ASSESSMENT IS ON OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR FIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITIES, BUT A PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT IS THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS GET SOME CREDIT, THAT THEY DO A LOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD WATER RESERVOIR. WE GOT GOOD WATER PRESSURE, OUR HYDRANTS, AND THEY SUPPORT US TO GO OUT AND FIGHT FIRES. SO THANKS. YEAH. GOTTA GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS BEING IN POWAY, GEOGRAPHICALLY, WE'RE WEDGED BETWEEN TWO OF OUR LARGEST FIRE AGENCIES, AGENCIES, SAN DIEGO CITY AS WELL AS SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THEY STAFF SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSETS AND RESOURCES OUT THERE. AND THEN BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO POWAY AND HELP US

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SO THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GOING INTO WHAT THEY SEE. A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE GETTING THOSE ALERTS EVEN BEFORE 911 EVEN ACCESSED. AND THEN ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR INTELLIGENCE IS THE FIRES. THERE'S TWO KING FIXED WING AIRCRAFT THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT STANDS FOR FIRE INTEGRATED REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM. AND THEY'LL FLY OVER OUR FIRES. THEY'LL PROVIDE HIGH DEFINITION IMAGING. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAP THE PERIMETER OF OUR FIRE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FIRE PROJECTION MAPS AS WELL. LOOK AT HOTSPOTS WHERE EMBER CAST IS, AND THEN ALL THAT INFORMATION IS THEN IMMEDIATELY DOWNLOADABLE INTO OUR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT OUR BATTALION CHIEFS ARE USING TO MANAGE LARGE SCALE DISASTERS. SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY SEASON THIS YEAR FOR THE COUNTRY. WE ARE ABOUT 70% AHEAD OF OUR NATIONAL TEN YEAR AVERAGE, SO WE'VE BURNED 7.5 MILLION ACRES HERE.

THAT'S BEEN MAINLY, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEEN HIT REALLY HARD.

SO WASHINGTON, OREGON, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEVADA HAS BEEN HIT REALLY HARD WITH WILDFIRES.

WE'VE. BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME FIRES IN CALIFORNIA. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE ACTIVE FIRES UP IN THE MONTEREY COUNTY AREA. BUT TRADITIONALLY, HISTORICALLY, OUR FIVE YEAR AVERAGE IN CALIFORNIA, WE BURN ABOUT 560,000 ACRES. AND TO DATE, SO FAR, WE'RE ONLY AT 260,000 ACRES. BUT BUT WE ARE STILL HAVE NOT EVEN ENTERED THE PEAK OF OUR FIRE SEASON. TYPICALLY, FALL OCTOBER IS OUR BUSIEST SEASON. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WITH THIS SUPER EL NINO WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO COME FIRST. IS IT GOING TO BE THE SANTA ANA WINDS OR IS IT GOING TO BE SOME STORM AND SOME PRECIPITATION, WHICH WILL REALLY HELP OUR FIRE SEASON. BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SANTA ANA WINDS EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF EL NINO SEASONS IN THE PAST. THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR, EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF FIRES OCCUR IN CALIFORNIA AND 90% OF THOSE FIRES ARE KEPT AT TEN ACRES OR LESS. 1% OF THOSE FIRES GROW TO 300 ACRES OR BIGGER, AND THEN 1% OF THOSE 1% OF FIRES GROW INTO CATASTROPHIC EVENTS THAT AFFECT COMMUNITIES AND TURN INTO URBAN CONFLAGRATIONS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE SAW DURING THE FIRES AND THE FIRES HERE IN POWAY. I WASN'T AROUND FOR THE 67 FIRE, BUT I WAS HERE IN 2003 FOR THE CEDAR FIRE, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS THE LARGEST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY. AND I REMEMBER AT THE TIME WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD NEVER SEE FIRE CONDITIONS LIKE THAT AGAIN. BUT SURE ENOUGH, FOUR YEARS LATER, THE WITCH FIRE OCCURRED. AND THAT WAS EVEN MORE DEVASTATING TO POWAY.

MORE DAMAGE, MORE DESTRUCTION. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE IN POWAY IN THE FRONT LINES FOR BOTH OF THOSE FIRES. AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE HOW IT IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR, BUT WHEN WE ARE REPOPULATING OUR CITIZENS BACK INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, I WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THESE FAMILIES REACTIONS WHEN THEY WENT HOME TO SEE THEIR HOMES DESTROYED. I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS TRULY HEARTBREAKING. I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE FOCUSING SO MUCH ON ON PREPAREDNESS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THE CEDAR FIRE HAS BEEN ECLIPSED MANY TIMES OVER IN THE PAST 20 YEARS. SO IN 2017, THE THOMAS FIRE IN SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA COUNTY BECAME THE LARGEST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY. A YEAR LATER, THE MENDOCINO COMPLEX

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SO THIS IS A SIMPLE FIX THAT RESIDENTS CAN DO TO THEIR HOMES. SIMPLE THINGS LIKE JUST CLEANING THE DEAD LEAVES AND DEAD FUEL OFF THEIR ROOFS, CLEANING OUT THEIR GUTTERS, LIMBING UP THE TREE SO THEY'RE NOT TOUCHING THE HOUSE, NOT TOUCHING THE ROOF, REMOVING THE VEGETATION FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE CREATE A NONCOMBUSTIBLE BARRIER SO THAT IF AN EMBER LANDS IN THAT VEGETATION AND IT STARTS A FIRE IN THE TREE OR IN THE BUSHES, THAT'S NOW NOT GOING TO SPREAD TO YOUR SIDING, IT'S NOT GOING TO SPREAD TO YOUR EAVES AND THEN BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN. WE ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO DOWNLOAD, ALERT SAN DIEGO TO AND REGISTER THEIR, THEIR NUMBER AND THEIR INFORMATION IN THERE. THAT WAY, THEY'LL RECEIVE EMERGENCY ALERTS IF THERE'S SOMETHING AN EMERGENCY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS JUST PROTECT THAT WILL SEND THEM EVACUATION INFORMATION OR

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AND THAT'S WHY GENESTEIN, WHICH IS SET UP A COUPLE PUBLIC EDUCATION WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY NIGHT, THURSDAY NIGHT, WE'LL BE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE HOPE WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT SO WE CAN ARM THEM WITH INFORMATION, AND THEN THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO THEIR PROPERTIES. BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ZONE ZERO, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ENFORCED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN TO GET COMPLIANCE THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND THAT'S HOW WE EMPHASIZE MOST OF OUR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMS. AND THEN THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE ON ON WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS. I JUST WANT TO LIST SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OUR CITY HAS DONE AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK ON. SO WE ADOPTED OUR SAFETY ELEMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAY HERE AT CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC WORKS DID AN AMAZING JOB MANAGING OUR HAZARDOUS TREE MITIGATION GRANT, AND THAT EFFORT SIGNIFICANTLY REINFORCED ONE OF OUR MAJOR EVACUATION ARTERIES HERE IN THE CITY. IT ALSO REMOVED A LOT OF THOSE DISEASED AND DYING TREES, WHICH CAN BECOME FUEL IN A WILDFIRE SITUATION. WE'VE ALSO, WITH OUR LAST FIRE CODE ADOPTION HERE IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE WERE ABLE TO ALIGN OUR PMC ORDINANCES ALONG WITH THE STATE REGULATIONS. ALSO, JENNA IS WORKING WITH COUNTY OES TO UPDATE THE COUNTY'S HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AND THEN OUR FIRE SAFE COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE 2027 UPDATE TO OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF OUR OUR AGENCY PARTNERS ON SOME REGIONAL PROJECTS. SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON, SOME FUEL MODIFICATIONS AND TREATMENT PROJECTS ALONG HIGHWAY 67, AS WELL AS SCRIPTS POWAY PARKWAY, AS WELL AS WE'RE RESEARCHING AND LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING AND LOCATIONS TO SECURE SITES FOR HILO PODS. SO WHICH WILL BE DIP SITES FOR THE HELICOPTERS? THEY CAN REFILL THEIR TANKS WITH WATER, GET QUICKER TURNAROUND TIME WHEN THEY'RE FIGHTING FIRES IN POWAY. BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, MOST OF OUR EFFORTS REALLY RESIDE AROUND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH. SO JENNA PUTS ON A SERIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WORKSHOPS HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE SOME BIGGER EVENTS.

WE WE PUT ON TO LIKE PICNIC WITH THE CHIEF OPEN HOUSE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 10TH UP OVER AT OUR TRAINING TOWER, AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR AT OLD POWAY PARK. WE ALSO OFFER FREE HOME IGNITION ZONE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR FIRE INSPECTOR, KRISTEN HOLDEN, SHE STARTED THAT WE STILL GET INVITED OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS PROPERTIES. SHE'LL WALK THE PARCELS AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BETTER HARDEN THEIR HOME AND FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT PROGRAM OUT WITH OUR VIP PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND PREVENTION. AND SO JEN IS TRAINED UP 15 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, AND THEY'RE NOW IT'S JUST A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US TO GO OUT AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, A LITTLE BIT MORE REACH FOR OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO FAR, WE'RE THERE ABOUT 28 ASSESSMENTS PER MONTH, AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WAITLISTED THAT ARE NOT SCHEDULED, THAT ARE WAITING. AND SO IT JUST SHOWS THAT THERE'S A THERE'S A LARGE APPETITE FOR THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE LAST, LAST THING IS A FIREWISE COMMUNITY. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE THREE ESTABLISHED FIREWISE COMMUNITIES HERE IN POWAY. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS A. NEIGHBORS CAN WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE. AND THEIR EFFORTS TO PUT TOGETHER SOME MITIGATION EFFORTS ON THEIR PROPERTIES. AND IF THEY CAN APPLY AND GET DESIGNATED WITH THE STATE AS A

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SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WELL, NOW THERE'S A FIRST BUT WELL DESERVED GREAT REPORT BOTH ON WILDFIRE EXCUSE ME, AND THE EL NINO POSSIBILITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. JUST TO

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WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK THAT PEOPLE HAVE? IS IT FROM FLOODING? IS IT FROM TREES HITTING THEM ON THE HEAD? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM? I THINK I THINK IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING. SO, YOU KNOW, FLOODING, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE FLOODING, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE OUT TRAVELING THE ROADS. SO WE WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, SHELTER THEM IN PLACE IN A LOT OF AREAS. BUT CERTAINLY WIND, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH DOWNED TREES, DOWNED POWER LINES, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALL RISK, ALL HAZARD AGENCY. SO THESE ARE ALL THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH POTENTIALLY IN A FLOODING AND STORM SITUATIONS. AND WE HAVE SOME VULNERABLE AREAS OF OUR CITY AS WELL. SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SOMETIMES LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT TO THESE INSPECTIONS, TALKING ABOUT FIRE RISK, DO YOU GUYS EVER LET THEM KNOW THERE COULD BE SOME ISSUES IN AN EL NINO OR FLOOD RISK? OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WITH THAT WITH REGARDS TO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE TREES FALLING DOWN, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FIRES THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE. SO FAR, OUR HOME IGNITION ZONE CONSULTATION HAS REALLY BEEN EMPHASIZED STRICTLY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS. THAT'S OUR BY FAR OUR LARGEST TARGET THREAT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR FOCUS MORE FOR PREPARING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL. SO WE'VE IMPROVED OUR RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD OUR FIREFIGHTERS DOWN IN A SITUATION DOWN IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO IN LOGAN HEIGHTS, AND THEY PERFORMED DOZENS OF RESCUES AND STILLWATER SITUATIONS. SO SINCE THEN, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES FOR ALL OF OUR APPARATUS, ROPE BAGS FOR THROW BAGS, BE ABLE TO RESCUE VICTIMS. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED PADDLE BOARDS, ONE FOR EACH STATION THAT WE CAN THROW ON THE RIGS. AND THAT WHEN WE START GETTING THESE IN THESE WEATHER PATTERNS, WE START ADDING THAT EQUIPMENT TO THE APPARATUS. WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED OUR STARTING OPERATING GUIDELINES. WE IMPROVED. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TRAINING WITH OUR CREWS. SO WE'RE WE'RE READY TO RESPOND AND, AND PERFORM ANY RESCUES WE NEED TO MITIGATE ANY TYPE OF SITUATIONS. THAT'S GREAT. I THINK I REMEMBER SEEING THE AWARD CEREMONY, I THINK FOR A COUPLE OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR, FOR DOING THOSE RESCUES IN SAN DIEGO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY WERE STRETCHED THIN. SO THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A COUPLE OF SESSIONS COMING UP FOR FOR ZONE ZERO, IS IT ZONE ZERO PREPAREDNESS ON THE EIGHTH AND THE 10TH? AND THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S GOING TO IS THAT GOING TO REALLY JUST COVER THAT'S GOING TO COVER WILDFIRE AND AND TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO, TO BASICALLY ADJUST TO THOSE NEW RULES. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. JEN IS GOING TO BE TEACHING THE CLASSES. SHE HAS THE CURRICULUM. BUT YEAH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ZONE ZERO REGULATIONS ARE.

AND THEN WE'RE, I'M SURE, GIVE CERTAIN TIPS AND WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY CAN DO AROUND THEIR PROPERTY TO CONFORM TO ZONE ZERO. THAT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT RESOURCE, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THAT, BECAUSE ZONE ZERO IS ON A MAP. YOU KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS YOU KNOW ABOUT 500 MILES AWAY, YOU KNOW, DREW ON A LITTLE MAP AND SAID, THIS IS WHERE ZONE ZERO IS. BUT LAST I CHECKED, WILDFIRES REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT THAT MAP SAYS. SO ATTEND THAT. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO CATCH FIRE, YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP AND I THINK WE ARE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS REALLY GREAT AND INFORMATIVE. COUNCIL MEMBER PECOS. PETER SAID EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON. YES, JUST A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I AM. GREAT PRESENTATION. IT'S SO REASSURING TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON IT, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO REASSURING TO HEAR THE COORDINATION BETWEEN FIRE SHERIFF, OUR CITY SERVICES.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WE'VE DONE SANDBAGS IN THE PAST, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT OF RAIN THIS YEAR. HOW ARE WE MAYBE RAMPING UP FOR THAT? AND HOW DO PEOPLE FIND OUT QUICKLY ABOUT THE SANDBAG AVAILABILITY? SO NOTWITHSTANDING THE SUPER EL NINO PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, JUST DURING NORMAL WINTER EVENTS, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE PREPARING

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TWO MORE THINGS. YOU MENTIONED THE HOME ASSESSMENTS AND HOW THERE'S A BIG DEMAND FOR THOSE.

A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKLOG. DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH EVERYBODY BY THE TIME THEY NEED IT? I THINK WE'RE JUST CHIPPING AWAY AND YEAH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM ALL SCHEDULED AND COMPLETED. BUT JUST TO REITERATE, THESE ARE JUST VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENTS.

WE'RE GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'RE NOT GOING IN THERE AND DOING INSPECTION. OKAY. YEAH.

GOTCHA. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST DO A SHOUT OUT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS THAT GENISTEIN DOES. THEY'RE AMAZING. THEY'RE GREAT. CHOCK FULL OF INFORMATION. ZONE ZERO IS A SUPER HOT TOPIC. IT'S COMING UP. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. AND THIS IS A REALLY GREAT CHANCE FOR EVERYONE TO REALLY GET THE FACTS AND NOT HEARSAY ONLINE. AND SO YOU'LL GET THE STRAIGHT SCOOP FROM JENNA. SO THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR MELINA. COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS. REALLY STRUCK BY SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT YOU HAD. 90% OF FIRES ARE EXTINGUISHED UNDER TEN ACRES. I THINK THAT STAT ALONE SPEAKS A LOT TO THE CHANGES SINCE 2003 AND 2007. YOU KNOW, THOSE FIRES, YOU WONDERED ARE THEY GOING TO GET THERE? YOU KNOW, GOSH, IT'S MOVING AT NIGHT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIGHT THEM AT NIGHT. NOW WE'VE GOT THE NIGHT VISION HELICOPTERS. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE PROGRESS AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES. WE ARE ALL VERY FORTUNATE FOR THAT. AND ONLY 1% GROW TO BE OVER 300 ACRES. ANOTHER REMARKABLE THING, AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE COLLABORATION AND QUICK MOVEMENT TO ADDRESS THE FIRES. ONE OTHER STAT THAT STRUCK ME 90% OF OUR CITY IS IN A HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE. COULD I GET THAT CORRECT? STUNNING. REALLY STUNNING. AND YET, I'M ALSO SURPRISED THAT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WOULD BE IN THE HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE, GREEN VALLEY, VAL VERDE, A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THERE. IT'S NOT. HOW'S THAT HAPPEN? THERE ARE SO MANY TREES. NOT ALL IN THE BEST CONDITION IN THE WORLD. SEEMS WRONG, BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING. NO, WE WERE WE WERE NOT PRIVY TO HOW THE STATE DEVELOPED THEIR MAP. BUT WE ASSUME IT'S THROUGH PAST FIRE BEHAVIOR, LOOKING AT TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, LOOKING AT FUEL, LARGE OPEN FUEL BEDS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. BUT WE THINK THAT WE CAN BE MORE GRANULAR WITH OUR RISK MODELS AS WELL. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME TECHNOLOGIES AND SOME DATA TO TRY TO TARGET OUR RISK AND OUR MITIGATION EFFORTS IN THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. YEP. AWESOME. SHOUT OUT TERRY SORENSEN NECK. THEY PLAY A ROLE IN THE CITY BEING PREPARED, MENTIONED ONCE MORE DATES AND TIMES OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE COMING UP. THAT'LL BE SEPTEMBER 8TH, NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:30 P.M. HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND THEN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH SAME TIME, 6:30 P.M. PERFECT. THANK YOU. FINAL POINT YOU MENTIONED, SINCE THE THE WATER EVENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'VE GOTTEN FLOTATION DEVICES THROUGH THAT BAGS, PADDLE BOARDS, OTHER ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. WHO PAID FOR THAT? THAT WAS OUR CITY OUT OF OUR CITY BUDGET, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. AND AND THAT COMES DOWN TO ALL OF YOU, TO ALL OF YOU INVESTING IN THE TOOLS FOR, FOR US TO GO OUT AND

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SO BRIAN, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PRESENTATION OF THE EVENING. THIS BOWL ROAD ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY SAY THAT TEN TIMES FAST. JULIE PROCOPIO, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL KICK OFF. SO GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. SO WE ARE ONE MONTH AFTER LAUNCHING OUR NEW ROAD ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND WE'RE JUST 14 DAYS INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY MONITORING AND REFINING THE SYSTEM AND USING REAL TIME DATA AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO MAKE THESE REFINEMENTS. SO WITH THIS ACTIVE PROJECT UNDERWAY, WE HAVE INVITED ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS EXPERT JASON STACK, WHO'S PRESIDENT OF STC TRAFFIC, WHO WILL BE DESIGNING THE UPCOMING POWAY ROAD PROJECT TO EXPLAIN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. ALSO HERE TONIGHT, OUR CITY ENGINEER, TRACY BEACH, WHERE WE'LL SHARE SOME SPECIFIC UPDATES ON THE ROAD PROJECT AND THE REFINEMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. AND THEN FINALLY, JASON WILL WRAP IT UP WITH A ROADMAP TO BRINGING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO POWAY ROAD AND THE ASSOCIATED BENEFITS. SO, JASON. THANKS, JULIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY AND ADAPTIVE OPERATIONS. GOING TO TEST THIS CONTROLLER NOW. AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. MY NAME IS JASON STACK. I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS NOW. WE STARTED OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY RECENTLY IN JULY. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND OUR FIRST TASK ORDER IS THE IS THE ARTERIAL CORRIDORS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS ON THE ARTERIALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE TOPICS OF THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE PURPOSE AND NEED WHY WE NEED THESE SYSTEMS AND THE PURPOSE THAT THEY SERVE, THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE TO IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS, THE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS PYRAMID, WHICH KIND OF GIVES AN OVERVIEW IN A IN A EASY TO DIGEST WAY OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS AND THEN NEXT STEPS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO HERE'S A MAP OF THE CITY. POWAY HAS, YOU KNOW, ITS TRAFFIC DYNAMICS.

THERE'S THE 15. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THIS MAP IS THE 15 LOCATED ON THE WEST. AND AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY LOCATED ON THE EAST. AND LIKE MOST AREAS, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO AND FROM THE FREEWAY. SO YOU HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT WILL COMMUTE TO THE FREEWAY IN THE MORNING AND BACK HOME IN THE EVENING. AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE AT POINTS EAST TRAVELING THROUGH POWAY ALSO TO GET TO THE FREEWAY, SOME OF THAT PEAK PERIOD TRAFFIC THAT OCCURS TRYING TO GET TO THE FREEWAY IS, IS EXACERBATED BY SCHOOL TRAFFIC, WHERE YOU HAVE A REALLY HEAVY TRAFFIC HIT AT ABOUT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH THE SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULE, WITH THE DROP OFFS AND PICKUPS AND, AND IN THE CITY, YOU HAVE ABOUT 56 TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO MANAGE. SO HERE'S A PROFILE OF THE TYPICAL TRAFFIC PATTERN ON AN ARTERIAL HERE IN POWAY AND THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY OR EVEN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE. THE BLUE AREAS ON THIS PROFILE REPRESENT THE PEAK PERIOD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THE GRAY AREAS REPRESENT THE TIMES IN BETWEEN THOSE PEAKS AND THE RAMP UP TO THE PEAK, AND THEN THE RAMP DOWN FROM THE EVENING PEAK. AND THEN THE PURPLE AREAS ARE WHEN THERE ISN'T MUCH TRAFFIC AT ALL. WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH THE SYSTEMS AND THE OPERATIONAL APPROACHES IS TO MANAGE THE THE TRAFFIC DURING THE PEAK PERIODS AS BEST WE CAN. THAT'S REALLY WHEN DEMAND IS HIGH AND WE HAVE A

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THOSE ARE ACTUALLY WHAT TURN THE SIGNALS GREEN, YELLOW AND RED. THE SERIES OF PICTURES ALONG THE BOTTOM ARE OF THE FIBER OPTICS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE IN THE CITY. AND THE ONE ON THE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT IS THE IS THE NEW TYPE OF SWITCHING EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY INVESTED IN FOR THAT HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATIONS. SO THE APPROACH IS TO LEVERAGE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S IT'S ABOUT GOING FROM MORE OF A REACTIVE TO A PROACTIVE APPROACH. WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY WITH THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF TRAFFIC IN THE IN THE CITY, THE APPROACH PREVIOUSLY, AND THIS IS KIND OF A HISTORIC THING. YOU WOULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT TRAFFIC SIGNALS ONE AT A TIME, ASSOCIATED WITH A CIP PROJECT OR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. IT WAS RARE THAT YOU DO SOMETHING CITYWIDE. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPROVING THE ARTERIALS CITYWIDE ON A PRIORITY BASIS. IT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER. THIS HIGH TECHNOLOGY STAFF IS LIMITED. THE EXPERTISE IN SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS IS LIMITED. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES PEOPLE, STAFF AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THE INFORMATION AT THEIR FINGERTIPS TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, HOW THEY'RE OPERATING, DETERMINE IF THEY'RE HEALTHY, AND THEN RESPOND. THE WAY THAT IT'S DONE TRADITIONALLY IS YOU MIGHT GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, MAYBE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND THEN YOU'D CALL YOUR MAINTENANCE MAINTAINER AND THEY'D GO OUT AND THEY'D DIAGNOSE IT. A LOT OF THAT CAN HAPPEN EFFICIENTLY IN THE OFFICE THROUGH THESE SYSTEMS, AND YOU HAVE A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT, SAFETY, EFFICIENCY, SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MOVE TRAFFIC IN AN EFFICIENT WAY. SO HERE IS THAT THAT PYRAMID THAT I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER KIND OF GIVES A SIMPLIFIED LOOK AT THOSE SYSTEMS THAT I SHOWED IN THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE IN THE CABINET. AND THE COMMUNICATIONS REALLY AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM IS WHAT WE HAVE OUT IN THE FIELD.

THAT'S THE DETECTION, THE LOOPS IN THE PAVEMENT, VIDEO DETECTION THAT YOU MIGHT SEE ON A MAST ARM. AND AGAIN, THAT'S FEEDING INFORMATION INTO THAT COMPUTER THAT'S RUNNING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLER. AND AS YOU MOVE UP THE PERIOD, THE PYRAMID, THE YOU HAVE THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THAT COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THE FIELD TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE HIGH TECH OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT WITH THE ADAPTIVE OPERATIONS. SO OUT IN THE FIELD ON ITS OWN, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS CAPABLE OF TURNING THE SIGNALS GREEN,

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SO HERE WINCHESTER ROAD IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. THESE ARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE WE TYPICALLY ANALYZE BASED ON.

BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT FROM THE STREET. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT TRAVEL TIME IMPROVED. IT WAS REDUCED. THE NUMBER OF STOPS WERE REDUCED, AND AND THE SPEED WAS INCREASED.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE MEASURES THAT WILL BE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND HOW THE ADAPTIVE SYSTEM HERE IN POWAY PERFORMS. AND, AND THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER ONES ALONG WITH THOSE.

AND SO FROM A, FROM A BENEFIT STANDPOINT, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE TERMS, WE WANT MORE GREENS AND REDS. WE WANT TO STOP WHERE WE'D EXPECT TO STOP LARGER INTERSECTIONS. WE, WE DON'T WANT TO STOP AT THE SMALLER INTERSECTIONS IN BETWEEN. WE WANT TO MANAGE PEAK PERIOD CONGESTION TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN. AND IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE.

HOW IS THE SYSTEM WORKING? NOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO ANALYZE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THAT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH A NEW BASELINE WHEN THAT SYSTEM IS IMPLEMENTED. HOW DO THE ARTERIALS WORK AFTER THE SYSTEM IS IMPLEMENTED? WELL THAT'S THE NEW BASELINE. WE CAN MONITOR THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM'S CONTINUING TO OPERATE AS PLANNED. AND IF WE SEE ANY FLUCTUATIONS IN THAT, WE CAN REACT TO THAT AND THEN ADDRESS IT AND TRY TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE ESTABLISHED OPERATIONS. SO WE'VE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON A ROAD, AS IT WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE FARM DEVELOPMENT. THIS INCLUDES EIGHT INTERSECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS AT SUMMERFIELD LANE AND THEN RUNNING EAST AND SOUTH DOWN TO TWIN PEAKS ROAD IN EARLY JULY. WE STARTED WITH THE BASIC COORDINATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. BASIC COORDINATION RELIES ON FIXED SCHEDULES AND HISTORICAL DATA TO PREDICT WHEN A GROUP OF VEHICLES WILL ARRIVE AT A SIGNAL AND SET SCREEN TIMES BASED ON THAT SCHEDULE. STARTING THE BASIC COORDINATION ALLOWS TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CORRIDOR TO LINK TOGETHER TO CREATE A GREEN WAVE DESIGNED TO OPTIMALLY SERVE THE HEAVIEST TRAFFIC VOLUME ALONG A ROAD. THE BASIC COORDINATION IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO TRAVEL AT THE SPEED LIMIT THROUGH MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS WITHOUT STOPPING FOR A DESIGNATED PERIOD BEFORE THE BASIC COORDINATION. ALL THE SIGNALS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR WERE RUNNING IN THE FREE MODE, AS JASON MENTIONED, MEANING THAT IF A VEHICLE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION WITH A ROAD AND THERE WERE NO VEHICLES DRIVING WITHIN SIGHT, THEIR VEHICLES WOULD BE DETECTED AND THE SIGNAL WOULD TURN GREEN RELATIVELY QUICKLY. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS FEELS GOOD FOR DRIVERS TO BE IMMEDIATELY SERVED AT A LIGHT, IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SERVE THE OVERALL TRAFFIC, THE COMMUNITY, OR EVEN THAT PARTICULAR DRIVER DURING PEAK PERIODS. RUNNING IN A FREE MODE CAUSES A HIGHER VOLUME OF VEHICLES ALONG A ROAD TO HAVE TO STOP MORE OFTEN FOR CROSS TRAFFIC, CAUSING OVERALL LONGER TIMES ON A ROAD, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY ALSO AFFECT THAT DRIVER AS THEY'RE TRYING TO DRIVE ALONG A ROAD. EXCUSE ME, CORRIDOR. THE ADAPTIVE PROGRAM STARTED ON JULY 27TH. UTILIZING ADAPTIVE PROGRAMING MEANS THE SIGNALS NOW DETECT THE PRESENCE OF VEHICLES FROM CAMERAS AND ADJUST THE SIGNAL GREEN TIMES ACCORDINGLY. THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO BE ITERATIVE, SO IT WILL IMPROVE

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WE'RE NOW ABOUT A MONTH SINCE THE ADAPTIVE PROGRAMING STARTED, AS JULIE MENTIONED, AND DURING THAT TIME SCHOOL HAS STARTED, WHICH MEANS AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE TRAFFIC TEAM IS MONITORING THE CORRIDOR VERY CLOSELY, BOTH OBSERVING THROUGH THE ONLINE PROGRAM AND DRIVING THE CORRIDOR AND WATCHING THE INTERSECTIONS FOR PERIODS OF TIME. WE ARE FIELDING RESIDENTS FEEDBACK ON THE SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THEY EITHER CALL IN OR EMAIL THROUGH THE TRAFFIC HELPLINE, THE POWAY CLICK FIX APP, OR WHEN THEY EMAIL YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN FORWARDING THOSE EMAILS TO STAFF SO THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO THOSE CONCERNS. OVERALL, THE SYSTEM IS PROGRESSING AS WE ANTICIPATED. THE NEW SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LEARN TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.

MOST OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED FROM RESIDENTS ARE FROM DRIVERS APPROACHING A ROAD WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A LONGER WAIT TIME, TYPICALLY 30 TO 90S AT AN INTERSECTION, THAN THEY DID WHEN THE SIGNALS WERE IN THE FREE MODE. THIS WILL HAPPEN AS IT ALLOWS THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME, WHICH IS ON A ROAD TO CONTINUE ALONG THE CORRIDOR. WE HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, HOWEVER, TO TRY AND IMPROVE THE SYSTEM FOR DRIVERS. THE MIDDAY SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED SO THAT IT'S NOW IN THE FREE MODE AGAIN. SINCE THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON A ROAD AT THAT TIME, WE'VE EXTENDED THE POTENTIAL GREEN TIMING FOR LEFT TURNS FROM ESPANOLA ROAD TO VALLE VERDE NORTH FOR THE MORNING SCHOOL TRAFFIC, AND WE'VE EXTENDED GREEN CAPABILITIES ON A SIMILAR ROAD AT DEL POIGNANT AND HIGH VALLEY ROAD INTERSECTION. TO HELP REDUCE THE NORTHBOUND BACKUP WE EXPERIENCE FROM THAT INTERSECTION DOWN TO TWIN PEAKS. DUE TO THE MORNING DROP OFF AT POWAY HIGH SCHOOL. THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE DATA PROVIDED TO US FROM THE ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE COMPANY SYNCHRO GREEN.

THEY COLLECTED THIS DATA ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, AND IT SHOWS THE CYCLE LENGTHS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE BLUE LINE SHOWS WHAT THE TYPICAL CYCLE LENGTHS WOULD BE UNDER BASIC COORDINATION, TYPICALLY 100 AND 20S OR 100 AND 10S, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE DAY. THE GREEN LINE IS THE ADAPTIVE CYCLE LENGTH. THIS IS AN ITERATIVE BASED ON. IT'S VERY ITERATIVE AS YOU CAN TELL, BASED ON VEHICLE DEMAND. THE PINK IS THE ADAPTIVE CYCLE LENGTH AVERAGES. FROM THIS YOU CAN SEE HOW ITERATIVE THE ADAPTIVE PROGRAM MAKES THE SIGNALS. DEPENDING ON THE VEHICLE DEMAND. AT THAT MOMENT, THE DATA CERTAINLY SEEMS TO INDICATE NOT A LOT OF DEMAND BEFORE SCHOOL, BUT DEFINITELY A LOT OF DEMAND AROUND THE SCHOOL.

PEAK TIMES 745 TO 8:30 A.M. AND 315 TO 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AS WELL AS BETWEEN 430 AND 5:00.

AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRAM AND THE CORRIDOR TO ENSURE IT IS OPERATING CORRECTLY, AND I WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM THE FROM THE PUBLIC AS WE PROGRESS WITH THE SYSTEM. THANKS, TRACY. AND SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR POWAY ROAD. WE'VE WE'VE INITIATED THE ASSESSMENT, COLLECTING DATA, LOOKING. OPENING UP THE CABINETS, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CABINETS ARE OPERATING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE, THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK, EVALUATE IT, AND, AND THEN DEVELOP THE BASE PLANS FOR THE ADAPTIVE OPERATION THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE CITY'S CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. ONCE WE GET TO THAT PLACE AND REVIEW IT WITH STAFF, WE'LL MOVE ON TO IMPLEMENTATION. AND AND WE'LL DO THE CODING IN THE CENTRAL SYSTEM DOWN ON THE STREET. AND THEN WE'LL OBSERVE THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND MONITOR IT, FINE TUNE IT IF NEEDED, AND THEN IT'LL BE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SERIES OF CORRIDORS. SO POWAY ROAD IS THE PRIORITY. PHASES TWO AND THREE ARE ANTICIPATED TO RUN TOGETHER. AND THEN PHASE FOUR WOULD BE THE REST OF THE CORRIDORS IMPLEMENTATION. AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. FASCINATING. PETER, WE'LL START WITH YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION THERE. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU BASICALLY DO AN ENTIRE CORRIDOR AT ONCE. IS, IS THAT CORRECT? TO BASICALLY GET EVERYTHING TO SYNCHRONIZE? IS THAT WHAT IT'S WHAT AM I PICKING UP ON THAT? RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THAT IS THE TYPICAL APPROACH IS TO HANDLE A CORRIDOR. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE TWO CORRIDORS THAT GO LIKE THIS, DO THEY INTERACT WITH

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AND THEN BASICALLY THE ROADS ARE CLEAR. IS THERE GOING TO BE A TRANSITION TIME BETWEEN THOSE, OR IS IT FAST ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO KNOW THAT IT'S THINKING IT'S A SCHOOL TIME BECAUSE IT WAS A SCHOOL TIME, YOU KNOW, THREE DAYS AGO AND NOW THERE'S NO TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE ARE WAITING LIKE ON A SIDE ROAD OR HOW QUICKLY IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE? OR SO THE SYSTEMS ARE ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF LEARNING THE HISTORIC TRAFFIC PATTERNS KIND OF KNOWS WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO EVEN BEFORE IT GETS THERE, BASED ON THE PLANS THAT IT WAS RUNNING FOR WEEKS PRIOR. IF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SCHOOLS GOING TO OPEN UP JUST LIKE IT IS NOW, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A HIGH INFLUX OF TRAFFIC, WE WOULD WANT TO WATCH THE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEHAVING THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD. IF IT'S NOT BEHAVING LIKE WE THINK IT SHOULD, WE CAN GIVE IT A NUDGE. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH A PATTERN THAT IT CAN WORK WITH SO THAT THE ADJUSTMENTS AREN'T SO SIGNIFICANT. THEY'D BE SMALLER ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY. SO THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT LOOK AT IT. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO, THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO SEE THE PATTERN TO LEARN THE PATTERN. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SCHOOL YEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PATTERN IS MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT'S MULTIPLE YEARS OF SEEING THE THING BEFORE IT CATCHES IT RIGHT OR GETS IT RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION. SO I'M HOPING STAFF WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THIS AROUND THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN SCHOOL IS IN AND OUT THAT YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I PRESUME YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS, RIGHT? YEAH. WE ALWAYS PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHEN SCHOOL IS STARTING. TRUST ME, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, BETWEEN THE SHERIFF. WE'RE WE'RE ALWAYS WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WATCHING. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. JUST A SORT OF HIGHER LEVEL QUESTION.

WHAT IS THIS COST? WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS FOR THIS WHOLE SYSTEM, THE 56 LIGHTS. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. I THINK WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COST WILL BE. SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BRING BACK MORE INFORMATION AS WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER THAT. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF OUR CONTROLLERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. AND USUALLY THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE COST IS UPDATING THE CONTROLLERS. AND SO THAT'S REALLY A REALLY GOOD, GOOD THING. AND SO WHAT JASON WILL BE DOING IS HE WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR SYSTEMS, SEEING WHAT ITEMS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL UPGRADES, WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD. SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ADVANCED DETECTION, RIGHT. BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU HAVE A GOOD DETECTION RIGHT AT THE SIGNAL, BUT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE SIGNAL. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT PLATOON OF CARS IS COMING. SO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DETECTION IS OPERATING PROPERLY AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH

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COUNCILMEMBER PIKUS. PETER SAID EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON I KNOW HE DIDN'T SAY EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. I HAVE JUST A FEW THINGS. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS FOR FOR MANY YEARS, AND I HESITATE TO USE THE WORD GIDDY, BUT I'M KIND OF GIDDY THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THIS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT HAVE COME UP, ESPECIALLY ON POWAY ROAD AND SOME OTHER OUR OTHER ARTERIAL ROADS. AND IT'S PROBABLY GOOD WE'RE STARTING WITH A ROAD WHICH DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY TRAFFIC ISSUES. SO WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF LEARNING WITH THE ROAD. SO JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. AND EVEN JUST A MONTH INTO IT, I THINK YOU'RE ALREADY LEARNING A LOT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU STILL HAVING THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING. AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW IT'S HAPPENING AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO MY QUESTION IS TO KIND OF PICK UP WHERE PETER LEFT OFF. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SEASONAL TRAFFIC WITH SCHOOLS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE THE FIREWORKS, HIGH SCHOOL GAMES.

PCPA. IS THERE ANY WAY TO CAN YOU PROGRAM INTO THE SYSTEM? THESE THINGS ARE COMING UP SO THAT IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT LEARNING WHEN. IT'S KIND OF TOO LATE TO LEARN THAT. YEAH. SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO REGULARLY. WE, WE SET UP A, WHAT WE CALL A SPECIAL EVENT PLAN. AND OKAY, 4TH OF JULY IS A, IS THE KIND OF HOLIDAY THAT WE, WE TYPICALLY ENCOUNTER WHERE WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN ALL AT ONCE TO SEE THE WORKS AND THEN THEY'RE ALL LEAVING AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH PLANS. AND ONCE THOSE PLANS ARE ESTABLISHED, THE ADAPTIVE SYSTEM CAN WORK WITH THE VARIATIONS. IF THE IF THE FIREWORKS WERE, YOU KNOW, DELAYED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LATER IN THE NIGHT, THE ADAPTIVE SYSTEM WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT SEEING THE TRAFFIC. SO IT WOULD KICK IN RIGHT WHEN THE IT'S SEEING THE TRAFFIC. AND THAT THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE APPROACH THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW. GRADUATION IS ANOTHER ONE. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SIDE STREET TURN SIGNALS AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN LEARNING, BUT I PERSONALLY HAVE EXPERIENCE WHERE THE MAIN TRAFFIC ON A SPELL ROAD IS WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL ON A SIDE STREET, BUT THERE IS NO ONE AT THE SIDE STREET WANTING TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. IS THAT ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED, OR IS THAT JUST PART OF THE NATURAL SYSTEM? WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THAT. I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT ON A COUPLE INTERSECTIONS, AND THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT ISSUE MIGHT BE, BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN WE GET THAT FEEDBACK AND SOMEBODY TELLS US TIME OF DAY WHAT DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING AND THEY'RE COMING FROM SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF HELP TRY AND PINPOINT WHAT THE ISSUE IS TO SUMMERFIELD ANY TIME OF THE DAY. PERSONALLY, I'VE EXPERIENCED IT THERE. GOT IT. SO THAT IS ONE I HAVE ALSO SEEN WHERE SOMEONE WILL JUST RUN THE LIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED OF WAITING AND THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND, BUT I'VE SEEN IT MORE THAN ONCE. SO IT WAS NOT ME. NOT ME. I'M A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEN SIGNALS GO OUT BECAUSE WE SEE THAT THERE'S A FLASHING RED.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE'S A FLASHING RED LIGHT.

DOES THIS SYSTEM DECREASE THOSE INCIDENTS OR MAKE IT EASIER TO ADDRESS WHEN THAT HAPPENS? I KNOW IT HAPPENS FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT IS THERE ANY CORRELATION OR ANY. WELL, BOTH. IT CAN POTENTIALLY DECREASE THE INCIDENCE. AND IT CAN ALSO TELL US THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE BY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD HAVE THE SYSTEM HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE PROMPT. WHEN A SIGNAL GOES INTO FLASH PROMPT, WHOEVER IT IS, WE IDENTIFY AS BEING THE PERSON THAT NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN ADDRESS IT. SO THE DURATION OF THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS WOULD BE REDUCED BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE SIGNALS REMOTELY AND SEE THE SUBSYSTEMS WITHIN THE CABINET, WE'RE ABLE TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF THOSE. WE KNOW IF THEY'RE AGING, IF THEY'RE OPERATING PROPERLY, WE CAN GET DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTICS FROM THE SYSTEM. SO THE NUMBER OF TIMES IT WOULD ACTUALLY GO INTO FLASH BECAUSE OF A FAULT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SHOULD ACTUALLY BE REDUCED EITHER BY THE USE OF THE SYSTEM. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. ESPECIALLY AS WE GET TO POWAY ROAD WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC. CAN WE JUST TALK

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OKAY, FANTASTIC. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PRELUDE TO WHAT WE CAN EXPECT ON POWER ROAD AND THE OTHER ARTERIAL ROADS. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. SO THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR BENITA JASON, THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM, ARE THEY STORING ANY DATA? THEY ARE NOT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. A COUPLE INSIDE BASEBALL QUESTIONS. YOU TALK ABOUT THE CENTRAL SYSTEM.

WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? CITY HALL. IT'S ACTUALLY THE NEW SYSTEM HAS A CLOUD CAPABILITY TO WHERE IT CAN BE SPOOLED UP ON SERVERS. AND WHO IS YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING, WE'LL ADJUST IT. WHO'S WATCHING IT IN REAL TIME? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE LITTLE GNOMES IN THE ROOM THAT ARE. THAT WOULD BE ME. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO LUNCH? I'M DRIVING THE CORRIDOR A LOT OF TIMES AT LUNCH, BUT I'M ABLE TO SEE AT MY DESK THROUGH THE CAMERAS. AND IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, I ALSO, AS JASON MENTIONED, GET NOTIFIED IF THERE IS ANY FLASHING RED OR CERTAIN INCIDENTS. I WILL GET AN EMAIL TO BE NOTIFIED OF ISSUES GOING ON. THANK YOU. MORE INSIDE BASEBALL. HOW FAR CAN THE CAMERA SEE? THESE CAMERAS CAN SEE FAIRLY FAR. THE. THE PURPOSE OF THE DETECTION CAMERAS IS TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC, LOOK AT THE APPROACH OF THE ROAD. WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS POINT IT UP TOO HIGH, BECAUSE THEN IT'D BE LOOKING AT THE SUN OR MORE SUN WOULD GET IN THERE AND IT WOULD CAUSE GLARE AND SYSTEMS NOT DESIGNED TO. IT'S MEANT TO LOOK AT THE ROAD. SO YOU POINT IT DOWN ON THE ORDER OF 300 TO 500FT, DEPENDING ON THE APPROACH. SO A FOOTBALL FIELD, SOMETHING ROUGHLY. OKAY, THANKS. ONE OF THE STATS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES UPGRADED 170 CONTROLLERS TO 2070 CONTROLLERS IN 47 LIGHTS THAT IF I DO MY MATH RIGHT, THAT'S ABOUT 44 CONTROLLERS PER INTERSECTION. EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. YEAH. OUR TERMS IN IN TRAFFIC, THERE ARE SO MANY THEY CAN GET TO BE CONFUSING IT. THAT'S THE MODEL OF THE CONTROLLER. SO THE OLD CONTROLLER WAS MODEL TYPE 170. AND THEN THE NEW GENERATION OF CONTROLLERS MODEL TYPE 2070. SO IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL QUANTITY. IT'S JUST A TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK YOU WERE DOING WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, IT REALLY PAYS NO ATTENTION TO HOW LONG IT TAKES A PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS THE STREET. IT DOES IN A IT KNOWS HOW LONG THE PEDESTRIAN HAS TO CROSS ACROSS THE STREET. THAT'S A FIXED TIME. WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I THINK OUR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING TIMES ARE SET UP TO ALLOW POSSIBLY THE SLOWEST PERSON ON EARTH TO GET ACROSS THE STREET, AND THEY'RE THREE BLOCKS UP. BY THE TIME THAT COUNTDOWN TIMER GETS TO ZERO AND THE LIGHTS GO BACK TO GREEN FOR THE CROSSING TRAFFIC, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT PART OF THE DEAL RIGHT NOW, BUT IS THERE TECHNOLOGY COMING DOWN THE PIKE? BECAUSE I SEE AN AWFUL LOT OF TRAFFIC SITTING, WAITING FOR SOMEBODY THAT RAN ACROSS TWO MINUTES AGO. YEAH, I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU. THESE ARE. GUIDELINES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE BY THE CALIFORNIA MANUAL

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WHAT WE USED TO DO HAVE BACK WHEN I STARTED WAS I THINK IT WAS FIVE FEET PER SECOND. THEN IT GOT DOWN TO FOUR FEET PER SECOND. NOW IT'S 3.5FT PER SECOND. SO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE ALLOW TO THE PEDESTRIANS HAS INCREASED. AND IT'S A STANDARD. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK AROUND. BUT OPTIMISTICALLY THERE IS TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN DETECT PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK AND ON THE CURB RETURN AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR PATH RIGHT NOW THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS DESIGNED TO EXTEND THE TIME.

IF THEY TAKE TOO LONG, NOBODY'S ACTUALLY GONE AS FAR AS TO REDUCE IT, REDUCE IT. BUT I HAVE I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE SOONER. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST MAP THAT YOU SHOWED, AND SOME INTERSECTIONS WERE MARKED, I THINK, IN MAROON AND SOME WERE BLUE. AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN THOSE INDICATIONS. COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DO ATMS IMPLEMENTATION. YEAH THAT ONE. SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE MAP THAT THAT IS THE INTERFACE OF THE CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND THE BLUE INDICATES THAT IT'S ONLINE COMMUNICATING, BUT IT'S OPERATING FREE. OKAY. AND THE RED INDICATES THAT IT SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING, BUT IT'S NOT COMMUNICATING. AND THEN I THINK THAT THERE'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER COLOR IN THERE, MAYBE GRAY, WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF. AS I GO THROUGH THE I THINK MY FINAL QUESTION SLASH COMMENT, RAMONA, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS, I THINK, THE FASTEST GROWING RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE COUNTY. POWAY, BY CONTRAST, IS ONE OF THE SLOWEST, IF NOT THE SLOWEST GROWING RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE BEING IMPACTED HEAVILY BY TRAFFIC COMING DOWN THE HILL FROM RAMONA AND THAT IS FULL OF ROAD.

THEY EITHER GO NORTH TO BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE 15 TO GO NORTH, OR THEY COME DOWN POWAY ROAD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE 15 TO GO SOUTH. WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT, IF ANYTHING, OF ALL OF THOSE CARS COMING THROUGH? RAMONA? I MEAN, WILL THIS MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE? IT WILL MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. THAT'S THE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY SYSTEMS ARE SO VALUABLE IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT. WE WE CAN'T WIDEN THE ROADWAY ANYMORE. WE'RE AT OUR, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM RIGHT OF WAY. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS USE THESE SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO GATHER THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE CAN GATHER, ANALYZE IT, CRUNCH IT, AND GET REAL TIME ADJUSTMENTS OUT ON THE STREET TO BETTER MANAGE AND OPERATE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND KEEP THAT TRAFFIC MOVING. IT'S NOT A SILVER BULLET. IT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO TO KEEP UP WITH THAT KIND OF DEMAND. BUT THIS IS REALLY THE THE ONE THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM A ROADWAY OPERATIONS PERSPECTIVE, A PERMANENT RED LIGHT COMING DOWN THE HILL FROM RAMONA. YEAH, THAT'D BE ONE WAY TO DISCOURAGE OR A WALL. JASON. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION BY THE TEAM. EXCITING FOR WHAT'S COMING ON AS WELL. TRACY, I'M SURE YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THE MESSAGES THAT I'VE LEFT ABOUT. DAMN IT.

I'M SITTING ON SUCH AND SUCH ROAD. THERE ARE NO CARS GOING ONE WAY. AND I'M SITTING HERE ALONG WITH TEN OTHER CARS. BUT I HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN YOU TO GET IT DIALED IN WITH ALL OUR EXPERTS. SO THANK YOU. I KNOW WE DO HAVE A SOMEONE WITH A PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RATHER THAN NOW. SO THANK YOU. WELL, YEAH, GO AHEAD. TRACY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY? THE BEST, THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? THE BEST WAY FOR ME WOULD BE A DIRECT EMAIL TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS, TBEACH@POWAY.ORG. AND AS MUCH DETAIL THEY COULD POSSIBLY GIVE OF WHERE, WHERE, WHAT INTERSECTION THEY'RE AT, WHERE THEY'RE HEADED. IF IT'S A LEFT TURN, RIGHT TURN, EASTBOUND, WESTBOUND, WHATEVER IT IS TIME OF DAY THAT THEY'RE

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SHE'S MOVING ON UP, AND HER REPLACEMENT AND MCMASTER IS HERE. WE'LL MEET HER IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT, CLAUDIA, WE HAVE LOVED HAVING YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALWAYS AVAILABLE. WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH AND WISH YOU THE BEST GOING FORWARD. BUT NOW YOU BETTER MAKE A KICK REPORT. I PROMISE I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FOLLOW THE TWO PEOPLE BEFORE ME. SO THE CITY OF POWAY IS A VERY COVETED POSITION FOR ANY SHERIFF'S CAPTAIN. AND ONE OF THOSE REASONS IS BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY, POWAY IS THE SAFEST CITY IN THE COUNTY AND ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE STATE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE IMMUNE TO CRIME. WE STILL HAVE CRIME IN POWAY. AND AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE AN AVERSION FOR IT, I DO. AND I DON'T EVEN LIVE IN POWAY. I HATE IT WHEN I HEAR THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED, WHETHER IT'S A COLLISION OR E-BIKE ISSUES OR ILLEGAL CAMPERS OR BURGLARIES. SO BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I SHARE YOUR CONCERN AND I HAVE AN AVERSION FOR IT AS MUCH AS YOU DO. IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN POWAY THAT RECEIVED SOME ATTENTION FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHO REACHED OUT TO US JUST SHARING THEIR THEIR CONCERN AND EXPRESSING NATURALLY SOME FEAR AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING ABOUT IT? SO WE GOT TOGETHER, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NORTH POWAY AREA REACH OUT TO US AND JUST WANTED US TO HEAR THEM OUT, TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON, TO ASK WHAT WE WERE DOING AS A PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY TO, TO BE PRESENT, TO RESPOND, TO LISTEN. AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY STARTED EMAILING US AND WITH THE SUPPORT FROM OUR CITY OFFICIALS, FROM THE MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE NORTH, THE DISTRICT TWO, ANITA EDMONDSON AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE ENDED UP PUTTING TOGETHER HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEETING HERE LAST THURSDAY AND INVITED THE COMMUNITY FROM NORTH POWAY. IT INCLUDED OUR STONE CANYON AND GREEN VALLEY AREA, AND WE JUST WANTED TO HEAR THEM OUT. WE WANTED TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD REGARDING OUR OPERATIONS, AND WE DISCUSSED WAYS TO INCREASE THEIR SECURITY.

WHAT CAN THEY DO AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP US HELP THEM? I KNOW IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO BY THEMSELVES TO INCREASE SECURITY AND NOT SOLELY RELY ON US. ABSOLUTELY. OUR PRIORITY IS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO MAKE IT SAFER? WE TALKED ABOUT SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WELL, POWAY IS SAFE, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO LOCK MY DOORS OR I'M JUST GOING DOWN THE STREET TO GRAB GRAB A HAMBURGER. I DIDN'T SET UP MY ALARM. SO THESE ARE TIMES THAT BURGLARS ARE GOING TO FIND CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHERE WE ARE TARGETED BY BIG ORGANIZATIONS, CRIME ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT JUST FOCUSED IN POWAY, BUT THIS IS A REGIONAL AND FRANKLY, A NATIONWIDE ISSUE. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS IS THE SOUTH AMERICAN THEFT GROUP, WHICH IS A SOPHISTICATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT TARGET DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE NATION. IT'S VERY CYCLICAL, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE POWAY HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES. AND NATURALLY, LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE AFRAID. IS, IS MY HOUSE THE NEXT TARGET? HOW DO I PROTECT MY KIDS OR MY GRANDKIDS? SO IN THE CONVERSATION ON THURSDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED. ACTIVATE YOUR SECURITY SYSTEMS, LOCK YOUR DOORS, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SOMEONE'S HOME, YOU KNOW, REQUEST VACATION CHECKS WHEN YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF TOWN. DON'T POST YOURSELF IN A YACHT IN ITALY TO TELL THE WORLD WHAT'S GOING ON. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE SAID, GET TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND LET'S START A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS START WITHIN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES, YOUR YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU FIGURE OUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. YOU FIND A CAPTAIN WHO IS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE TO HOST THESE MEETINGS, AND THEN YOU INVITE LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND DURING THAT TIME, WE SHARE ABOUT ANY CRIME TRENDS, ANY INCREASE IN CERTAIN CRIME AREAS OR WHAT IT IS. WE DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST COMMERCIAL DISTRICT HERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO POWAY TO SHOP, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD A LADY RECENTLY WHO HER CAR WAS BROKEN INTO AND THEY STOLE HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT OF JEWELRY AND

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IF YOU GUYS SEE A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, CALL IT IN IN. MY DEPUTIES WILL GO OUT THERE. IF YOU SEE A SUSPICIOUS PERSON, IF THERE'S A SOLICITOR THAT YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE, AN IDLING CAR ON A STREET AND YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE IT, THINGS THAT WILL HELP GENERATE A CALL FOR US, AND WE'LL SEND DEPUTIES OUT TO INVESTIGATE. AND THAT'LL GIVE US LEGAL JUSTIFICATION TO CONTACT SOMEONE THAT PERHAPS SOMEBODY JUST SITTING IN THEIR VEHICLE MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST GO UP AND IN CONTACT SOMEONE. WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN OUR EXTRA PATROLS. SO WHEN I GET JUST LIKE TRACY SAID, EMAIL ME DIRECTLY. BUT IF I GET AN EMAIL OF A RESIDENT WHO SAYS, YOU KNOW, I, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED FOR, LET'S SAY A TRAFFIC ISSUE, SOMEBODY SPEEDING. USUALLY I SEND AN EMAIL TO MY STAFF, MY DEPUTIES, AND SAY, HEY GUYS, DURING YOUR REGULAR PATROLS, CAN YOU PLEASE PLAY A LITTLE CLOSE ATTENTION AT, YOU KNOW, SAINT ANDREWS AND CHECK IT OUT, SHOW SOME PRESENCE, TAKE ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION IF NECESSARY.

THE SAME FOR E-BIKES OR THE SAME FOR ANY ILLEGAL CAMPERS. IF WE NOTICE SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN LIVING OUT OF THEIR RV PARKED SOMEWHERE. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE. AND TRULY, POWAY IS A COMMUNITY, A VILLAGE THAT WATCHES OUT FOR EACH OTHER. BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO DO SO, TO COMMUNICATE WITH US. AND OBVIOUSLY NOW CAPTAIN MCMASTERS IS GOING TO TAKE OVER, BUT SHE WILL PICK UP RIGHT WHERE I LEFT OFF. YOU GUYS ARE BEING LEFT IN GOOD HANDS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT YOU GUYS WILL DO IT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS SPEAK UP, THAT YOU GUYS REPORT, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK TO THE SAFEST CITY IN THE COUNTY, WHICH I'M HOPING IT'S NEXT MONTH. BECAUSE IF WE WENT FROM THE 11TH SAFEST CITY IN THE STATE TO THE SEVENTH, I CAN'T LEAVE THIS CHAIR AND DROP. IT SHOULD BE INCREASING TO NOW THE SIXTH OR THE FIFTH CITY IN THE STATE. BUT IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR. THANK YOU GUYS. I DON'T WANT TO CRY, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANKS. LET'S DO IT AGAIN, PETER. THANK YOU. CLAUDIA, I THINK THE THE CITY IS MUCH SAFER WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AT THE SHERIFF'S. AND I THINK EVERYBODY APPRECIATES THAT. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT REMINDER OF, YOU KNOW, ONE PART OF THAT TRIANGLE OF SAFETY THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SHERIFF'S, THE CITY AND THE THE RESIDENTS ALL WORKING TOGETHER. AND I THINK PEOPLE DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE THEMSELVES SAFER. AND SOMETIMES I, I GET IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK THAT CRIME CAN HAPPEN TO YOU UNTIL IT DOES. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE HEARING ABOUT FOLKS COMING FROM LOS ANGELES TO DO TAGGING, YOU KNOW, DOWN A LITTLE SOUTH OF OLD POWAY PARK. AND YOU'VE GOT THAT GREAT PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE THE PICTURES AND YOU HAVE THAT DATABASE TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE. AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOES.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SOME OF THE BASICS, THE LOCKING YOUR DOORS, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND KEEPING AN EYE OUT. AND I THINK IF WE IF WE DO THAT AND WE HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION, THEN WE CAN MAINTAIN OURSELVES AS THE SAFEST CITY PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE. AND SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND THANK EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC FOR THEIRS FOR WORKING TOGETHER. COUNCILMEMBER PECOS, THIS TIME PETER DID NOT SAY EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY, SO I'LL START BY SAYING, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT I HEAR YOU'RE ON TO BETTER THINGS OR BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. AND WE'LL PROBABLY SAY THE SAME ABOUT YOU IN THE NET IN A FEW YEARS. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. I WILL START BY SAYING THAT I FOUND THE MOST INTERESTING THING YOU SAID TONIGHT WAS ABOUT CALLING IN TIPS. AND YOU DO HAVE A POINT IS THAT YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, ROLL UP TO SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. YOU NEED PROBABLE CAUSE. AND IF SOMEBODY CALLS IT IN, YOU'RE GIVING THEM AN EXCUSE TO DO THAT. SO PLEASE DO THAT. COULD YOU GIVE OUT YOUR NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT 911? BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE ON EVERYBODY'S PHONE.

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SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. COUNCILMEMBER EDMONDSON. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE BRIEF. SO LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S DOES AN AMAZING JOB KEEPING US SAFE. AND THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB HERE IN THE CITY AND TAKE THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. AND LIKE FIRE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS, WE NEED TO DO OUR PART AS WELL.

AND YOU TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE GROUP OF NEIGHBORS WHO CAME TOGETHER. THEY RALLIED VERY QUICKLY, AND WE RALLIED VERY QUICKLY WITH THEM. AND THEY'RE FORMING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP, AND THAT'S REALLY EXEMPLARY. AND SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY ELSE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR CRIME TO TO FORM A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP. SO IT'S BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE AND DO THAT. SO I ENCOURAGE OTHER NEIGHBORS TO DO THE SAME. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING CAPTAIN DELGADO'S PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS REALLY A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE CONTINUED LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP THAT POWAY ENJOYS. AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT POWAY IS THE SAFEST CITY IN THE COUNTY AND NUMBER SEVEN IN THE STATE. CLAUDIA HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE, THOROUGH, THOUGHTFUL TO THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THAT DURING HER TIME, EVEN TODAY HERE. AND THE EXAMPLE OF OF THE RECENT MEETING. SO HER COMMITMENT TO SAFETY IN POWAY HAS REALLY BEEN REMARKABLE. SELFISHLY, WE HATE TO SEE YOU GO, BUT WE KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE WAITING FOR YOU. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER FOR HAVING YOU HERE DURING YOUR TENURE, AND YOU'VE SET A HIGH BAR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP IN POWAY, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER LEGACY TO LEAVE. SO BEST WISHES TO YOU.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA. MY COMMENTS AREN'T ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AS MUCH AS THEY ARE ABOUT CAPTAIN DELGADO. CLAUDIA, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS WASN'T JUST A JOB TO YOU. YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL INTO SERVING POWAY. YOU HAVE ALWAYS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR US. THERE WAS ONE WEEK WHERE I GOT 54 VOICEMAILS FROM SOME STRANGE MAN THAT I'D NEVER MET, AND THEY WERE DISTURBING ENOUGH THAT MR. HAZELTINE CALLED IN CAPTAIN DELGADO TO INVESTIGATE. NOW, AFTER LISTENING TO MAYBE FIVE OF THOSE MESSAGES, I WAS DONE. BUT SHE PERSONALLY LISTENED TO ALL 54 OF THOSE STUPID MESSAGES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WASN'T A THREAT TO MY SAFETY. AND YOU MIGHT THINK THAT I GOT SOME SPECIAL TREATMENT THERE, BUT NO, SHE THIS IS JUST THE LEVEL OF CARE AND DEDICATION THAT SHE SHOWS TO EVERY CASE. AND AS A RESULT, I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT PRAISE FROM THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP EVERY DAY WITH A SMILE AND SHOWING US WHAT A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT LOOKS LIKE. I THINK BOTTOM LINE IN ALL OF THIS IS IF YOU LOVE IT, LOCK IT.

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THOSE WITH LARGE DOGS, NOT ONCE. WE HAVE A LARGE DOG. HE'S A BABY, BUT HE HAS A BARK THAT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOING TO EAT YOU. I KNOW THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS NOW DOING A FREE ADOPTION THING BECAUSE THEY'RE OVERCROWDED. YOU WANT TO GET A LARGE DOG? THERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. VACATION CHECKS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO OFFERS A HOME ASSESSMENT THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND TELL YOU WHERE YOU'RE VULNERABLE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO CUT SOME BUSHES BY THE FRONT DOOR SO IT CAN BE SEEN AND LIT AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND ONE MORE THING SOLICITORS COME TO THE DOOR ALL THE TIME, AND MY WIFE HATES TO ALLOW ME TO ANSWER THE DOOR BECAUSE SHE KNOWS I'M GOING TO SAY, DO YOU HAVE A POWAY SOLICITOR'S LICENSE? THEY NEVER DO. POWAY SOLICITORS LICENSE REQUIRES A BACKGROUND CHECK. THEY SAY, OH, WELL, WE'VE GOT A BUSINESS LICENSE IN POWAY. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. A POWAY SOLICITOR'S LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR SOMEBODY TO COME TO YOUR DOOR AND OFFER TO SELL YOU SOMETHING. JOSHUA'S PEST CONTROL. THEY'RE OUT ALL THE TIME. THEY SHOULD HAVE A SOLICITOR'S LICENSE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF. SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WISDOM FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HOME IS SAFE. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU LOVE IT, LOCK IT. CLAUDIA, WE LOVE YOU. I WISH WE COULD LOCK YOU UP HERE AND KEEP YOU. YOU'VE BEEN TERRIFIC. JUST AWESOME TO WORK WITH. WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED, NANNETTE.

YOU'VE GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP TO THE TASK. SO. CLAUDIA.

THANK YOU, AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THAT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL NOW

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. I WISH I'D BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE THEM MYSELF. I LIVE IN THE SUMMERFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S BEEN A VERY ROCKY ROLLOUT. EVEN EXITING THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING COMPARED TO WHEN IT WAS IN THE FREE MODE. I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO LEAVE THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ROUTE AT THIS POINT. DOWN RIOS, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN THE CASE ACTUALLY FOR MANY YEARS. IT WAS ALWAYS MUCH EASIER TO LEAVE AT A SPOLA. THE TRAFFIC DETECTION SYSTEM CHANGED ALONGSIDE THE PROGRAMING AS WELL. I FOUND THE LOOP DETECTORS TO BE MUCH BETTER AT ACTUALLY OBSERVING THE TRAFFIC. THERE ARE TIMES DURING THE DAY WHERE IT APPEARS TO NOT EVEN DETECT MY VEHICLE, AND TIMES AT NIGHT WHERE THE CAMERA CLEARLY DETECTS MY HEADLAMPS COMING UP SUMMERFIELD BECAUSE THE ROAD DOES SLOPE UPWARDS AND I'M ABLE TO ACTUALLY CATCH THE LIGHT FROM FURTHER DOWN IN THE EVENING THAN I AM, EVEN GET IT TO OBSERVE ME DURING THE DAYTIME. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A NO RIGHT TURN ON RED. THE LONG WAIT TIMES ARE REALLY MAKING THAT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO JUST WAIT. IT'S IT'S A KIND OF A BLIND CORNER COMING AROUND. AND SO THERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST RUNNING THE, THE RIGHT HAND TURN. WE HAVE A VERY SHORT YELLOW PERIOD NOW AT THAT LIGHT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE

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[CONSENT CALENDAR]

[COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS]

AND IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROJECT THAT GOES THROUGH THE LOCAL PROCESS WITH LOCAL CONTROL AND A SACRAMENTO SPECIAL. AND I'VE ACTUALLY REFERENCED THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I WAS AWARE OF IT. I PAY ATTENTION TO THESE THINGS, AND THE SITE IN QUESTION IS ON CARRIAGE ROAD. IT'S AN EIGHT ADU ADDITION ONTO AN EXISTING MULTIFAMILY, SORRY, MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IS BASICALLY A BUNCH OF TINY HOMES THAT ARE BEING DROPPED ONTO A PARKING LOT. AND UNDER STATE LAW. SO SPECIFICALLY SB 1211, THEY CAN DO THAT. SO SEQUA IS BYPASSED COMPLETELY. AND IF YOU GUYS RECALL IN THE NEWSPAPERS, THIS IS SORT OF PART OF WHERE THE HOUSING ARM IN SACRAMENTO LEVERAGED THE LABOR ARM TO GUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL WING TO GET A LOOPHOLE PUT INTO SEQUA THAT ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN. AND AS PART OF THAT LAW, PARKING CONCERNS ARE EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION IN THE MINISTERIAL PROCESS AND PUBLIC. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS PARKING WILL NOW GO ONTO THE STREET ONTO IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ACROSS THE STREET THERE. AND PUBLIC NOTICE IS ALSO EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN IN THIS PARTICULAR RULE. SO IT'S FORBIDDEN BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY TAKEN EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE A DISCRETIONARY DECISION AND ELIMINATED IT AND MADE EVERYTHING INTO OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS, YOU CAN JUST BYPASS THEM. AND, AND YOU DON'T GET ANY NOTICE, YOU DON'T GET ANY, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY LEARNING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. AND THE, THE THING IS.

WHEN SACRAMENTO DOES IS SEE SACRAMENTO SPECIALS DON'T REQUIRE THAT YOUR PROJECT NECESSARILY BE NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT OR, OR TRANSIT CENTER. I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME THAT BECAUSE SOME OF SACRAMENTO'S RULES ABOUT THESE PROJECTS REQUIRE SOME OF THE MOST

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AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP. SO I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS THE PROBLEM HERE, AND IT'S A PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WHO SITS IN A CHAIR UP HERE, THEY HAVE TO KNOW AND REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HANDS. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE ANY HOPE OF MAKING GOOD POLICY, YOU REALLY GOT TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE SITS THE DEVELOPERS, AND THIS IS THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, IF THE PEOPLE HERE DON'T KNOW THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO EAT OUR LUNCH. SO WHAT YOU REALLY CAN DO, OR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE IS IT WAS A BUNCH OF THINGS. AND ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A LOT ABOUT, AND THAT'S ON THE PALI ROAD SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH WAS PUT TOGETHER BY A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT REALLY SET UP A, A FRAMEWORK, AN ALTERNATIVE THAT DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN FOLLOW. THAT GIVES THEM A CHOICE BETWEEN LOCAL CONTROL AND A SACRAMENTO SPECIAL. BECAUSE SACRAMENTO SPECIAL IS A REALLY ATTRACTIVE. THEY'RE INCREDIBLY PROFITABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THAT DO THEM. AND SO IT'S I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. AND ACTUALLY, A, IT'S COMMENDABLE THAT THE CITY DID THIS, YOU KNOW, SO LONG AGO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY PROTECTED PALI ROAD THUS FAR. THERE ARE PLACES OUTSIDE OF POWAY ROAD. AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES IS THAT THE COUNCIL BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS. AND SOMETIMES THAT INVOLVES WHAT LOOKS LIKE COMPROMISES. BUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT IT, IT JUST PRETTY BAD. AND SO THESE FOLKS HERE ON CARRIAGE ROAD, IT'S HARD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE THOSE EFFECTS THE BEST WE CAN. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A HAPPY THING, BUT IT'S THE, THE, THE SAD REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE WITH LOCAL CONTROL. MR. WELL, THANKS FOR GETTING ME REALLY ANGRY, PETER. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S THE APARTMENT BUILDING THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ARCO OR SOMETHING, OR I THINK IT'S DOWN. IT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S NEAR THERE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK I HEARD ABOUT THAT. BUT AGAIN, I'M SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE WERE PROHIBITED FROM FINDING OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. BUT THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. ON A HAPPIER NOTE, YESTERDAY I PLAYED GOLF AT THE FOR THE CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR THE FROSTED FACES FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT TAKES CARE OF OLD DOGS AND CATS AND LETS YOU KNOW, FOSTERS THEM AND TAKES CARE OF THEM AND GIVES THEM MEDICAL CARE AND ADOPTS THEM OUT IF YOU WANT. SO IF YOU WANT A BIG DOG, THAT'S KIND OF OLD. FROSTED FACES FOUNDATION.ORG IS YOUR GROUP. I HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE.

THE SILENT AUCTION FOR A TWOSOME AT FAIRBANKS RANCH GOLF COURSE, WHICH I TELL YOU, I COULDN'T IMAGINE THE GARDEN OF EDEN EVEN LOOKING ANY BETTER THAN THAT PLACE. SO IT WAS PRETTY FINE. AND THEN I WON THE RAFFLE FOR ANOTHER TWOSOME. SO NOW TWO OF MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO PLAY GOLF WITH ME SOMEDAY AT FAIRBANKS RANCH. SO THAT WAS ONE TWO. AND FOLLOWING UP FROM EARLIER PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, THE SEPTEMBER 11TH IS COMING UP NEXT FRIDAY. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE, YOU KNOW, OUR NATION HAS CHANGED. AND ONE THING I DO TO OBSERVE THAT DAY IS I MAKE THAT MY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DAY. I GO OVER MY EMERGENCY PLAN, CHECK MY SUPPLIES, MAKE SURE MY GENERATOR WILL START ON THE FIRST POLE. AND THAT'S MY WAY OF OBSERVING THAT DAY. AND IF YOU WANT TO ALSO WORK ON YOUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN, WE HAVE TERRY SORENSEN FROM P NECK RIGHT BACK THERE AND JENNA STEIN OVER THERE. YOU CAN ASK HER ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT. THE DAY AFTER ON THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER IS THE POWAY PARADE.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE. AND FINALLY, MONDAY IS LABOR DAY MARKS THE END OF SUMMER.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE AND HAVE OUR BARBECUE OR GO TO THE BEACH OR WHATEVER.

SO IMPORTANT DAY. BUT TAKE A MOMENT TO REALIZE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK TO MAKE THIS SOCIETY WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO THE EXCITING JOBS, THE BORING JOBS, THE GLAMOROUS JOBS, THE MUNDANE, YOU KNOW, EVERY JOB IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE OUR SOCIETY FUNCTION THE WAY IT DOES. SO

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WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED. CLAUDIA. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.