Sep 15, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER. DEHOFF. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PIKUS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. EDMONDSON HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR MEDA. HERE AND MAYOR VOSS HERE. AND NOW WE HAVE A FEW GIRLS FROM THE POWAY GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE WHO ARE GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. SO COME ON UP, WHOEVER YOU ARE.

EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE. THIS WAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FACE OUR THREE. READY? BEGIN! 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. THANK YOU, LADIES. AND NOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. HOW FUN TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. THIS IS GREAT. WE'RE DOING A SPECIAL

[PRESENTATIONS]

I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE IS GOING TO MEET ME UP FRONT, BUT LET'S DO THIS.

YOU CAN TURN AROUND THIS WAY. THERE YOU GO. JEN. YOU CAN COME UP HERE TO. INDEED.

BEFORE WE GO, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF POWAY. THERE'S LOTS OF WHEREASES IN THIS, SO YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME. WHEREAS THE POWAY GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE, PGSL HAS PROUDLY SERVED THE POWAY COMMUNITY FOR 60 YEARS, PROVIDING GENERATIONS OF YOUNG ATHLETES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, COMPETE, GROW, AND BUILD LASTING FRIENDSHIPS THROUGH THE SPORT OF SOFTBALL. AND WHEREAS, FOR SIX DECADES, P L HAS DEMONSTRATED AN ENDURING COMMITMENT TO YOUTH, YOUTH, SPORTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG GIRLS, CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ATHLETES CAN BUILD CONFIDENCE, LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, SPORTSMANSHIP AND A LIFELONG APPRECIATION FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COMPETITION. AND WHEREAS I TOLD YOU THERE'S A LOT OF WHEREASES, THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE PGS REFLECTS THE EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION AND GENERATIONS OF VOLUNTEER COACHES, BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, SPONSORS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND TALENT IN SUPPORT OF POWAY'S YOUNG ATHLETES. MA. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF POWAY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS PLAY IN STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR POWAY'S CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE, COMPETE AND THRIVE IN ATHLETICS. JUST TWO MORE WHEREASES. WHEREAS, THE LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF POWAY AND THE PGSL REPRESENTS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING QUALITY RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT YOUTH SPORTS REMAIN AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE IN POWAY. AND WHEREAS, AS THE PGSL CELEBRATES ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE THE REMARKABLE HISTORY, POSITIVE IMPACT ON THOUSANDS OF PLAYERS AND FAMILIES, AND CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPIRIT AND STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE VOSS, MAYOR OF POWAY, ON BEHALF OF THE

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AUDREY! LETTUCE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LOOK AT. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THE CAMERAS. BACK CAMERA.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JEN SAY A FEW WORDS. ALRIGHT? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? ALRIGHT. SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING TIME FOR POWAY GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE IN 2025, OUR TEN U DIAMOND TEAM MADE HISTORY BY WINNING OUR LEAGUE'S FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. PLAYERS FROM THAT TEAM ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND IN THE COMING WEEKS, THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP PLAQUE IS GOING TO TAKE ITS PERMANENT PLACE AT THE AWBREY PARK SNACK SHACK. THAT SAME YEAR, WE CELEBRATED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AWBREY PARK SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND OUR 12 U. DIAMOND TEAM COLLECTED THE WESTERN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THEIR PLAQUE IS ALSO MOUNTED AT OUR SNACK SHACK, AND WE DIDN'T SLOW DOWN IN 2026. WE JUST WRAPPED UP ANOTHER INCREDIBLE ALL STAR SEASON WITH TWO DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, FIVE TEAMS QUALIFYING FOR THE USA SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT AND TWO TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE WESTERN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, OUR YOUNGEST PLAYERS JOINED THE FUN WITH OUR INAUGURAL SIX U LITTLE STARS ALL STAR TEAMS. PLAYERS REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR TEAMS ARE HERE TONIGHT AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU.

AND NOW WE BEGIN ANOTHER MILESTONE CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF POWAY GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE.

FOUNDED IN 1967, NONE OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAPPEN WITHOUT A COMMUNITY BEHIND US FOR THE DAY TO DAY SUPPORT THAT KEEPS OUR LEAGUE RUNNING. FROM SCHEDULING AND PERMITTING TO MAINTAINING AWBREY PARK AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND AND OPERATE THE NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM, WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK SARA BERRIGAN, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES RECREATION SUPERVISOR. FORD AND SCOTT WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND TYLER CONSTINE FROM FACILITY RESERVATIONS, WHO IS ALWAYS HELPING US OVER THERE IN THE OFFICE. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP SURROUNDING THE LAKE POWAY CLEAR WATER TREATMENT PROJECT. IN 2021, THE CITY HELPED US RELOCATE TEMPORARILY TO STORAGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. NOW, WE ARE THRILLED TO BE PREPARING TO RETURN TO A BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED LAKE POWAY SOFTBALL FIELD AND FOR THE COLLABORATION, ADVOCACY, AND COMMITMENT THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE. WE ESPECIALLY THANK AUDREY DUNHAM, CARRIE SANCHEZ, DAVE GROSH, ROBERT WEBER, JOHN MULLEN, JIM CUNNINGHAM, KAITLYN FRANK, AND MAYOR VOSS WITH A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MAYOR VOSS FOR HELPING US TO MAKE SURE THOSE SOFTBALL FIELDS STAY SOFTBALL FIELDS. YEAH. YEAH, GUYS. TONIGHT, WE ALSO HONOR THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED CREATE THE HOME OF PGSL MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF POWAY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD A VISION. POWAY GIRLS DESERVED THEIR OWN HIGH QUALITY PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL. THEIR GRASSROOTS EFFORT BUILT AUBREY PARK. TODAY, THOSE FIELDS ARE HOME TO MORE THAN 300 GIRLS AND TEAMS THAT ROUTINELY COMPETE AND WIN AT THE DISTRICT, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. WE ARE PROUD

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ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IN

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

FOR THOSE JOINING ONLINE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND NOW. IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE, PRESS STAR NINE NOW SPEAKERS WILL BE PROMPTED TO UNMUTE WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER IN HOUSE, CYNTHIA AND BILL COLLINS, CYNTHIA, SPEAKING FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. MAYOR VOSS AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES FOR BILL AND CYNTHIA COLLINS, AND WE OWN COLLINS FAMILY JEWELERS IN MIRA MESA, AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 48 YEARS, AND WE ARE MOVING TO POWAY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE HAVE PURCHASED A BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO BIG STONE LODGE, WHICH USED TO BE THE KOI POND STORE. AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF PROCESSING OUR PERMITS AND GETTING READY TO MOVE NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHILDREN HERE, HERE WHO BOUGHT HOMES IN POWAY, AND

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[CONSENT CALENDAR]

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OH, WELL THEN, NOW YOU'RE THE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON. THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER? DULL. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. EDMONDSON. I DEPUTY MAYOR AND MAYOR VOSS I

[9. An Ordinance Adopting the 2026 Engineering and Traffic Survey ]

GOOD EVENING. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE 2026 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY. THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE GIVES LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES THE AUTHORITY TO SET AND ENFORCE SPEED LIMITS. IN ORDER TO DO SO, AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY IS REQUIRED.

THAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR BRINGING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT. BUT OF COURSE THERE IS ANOTHER PURPOSE AS WELL AND THAT IS SAFETY. EXCESSIVE SPEED IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC ROADS. SPEED INCREASES CRASH RISK IN TWO WAYS. IT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING INVOLVED IN A CRASH, AND IT INCREASES THE SEVERITY OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY ALL ROAD USERS IN A CRASH. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPEED AND INJURY SEVERITY IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL FOR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS LIKE BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. WHILE WE MUST STILL USE DRIVER BEHAVIOR TO ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS, RECENT UPDATES TO STATE LAWS HAVE ALLOWED US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME STREET SEGMENTS AND REDUCE SPEED LIMITS. IN SOME CASES, AN APPROVED TRAFFIC SURVEY IS VALID FOR FIVE YEARS, CAN BE EXTENDED TO SEVEN YEARS OR 14 YEARS OF SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ARE MET. THE CURRENT SURVEY WAS COMPLETED IN 2019 AND ADOPTED IN 2020, SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO EVALUATE HOW WE STREET SEGMENTS AGAIN AND PREPARE A NEW SURVEY. STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, KIMLEY-HORN, THIS PAST YEAR TO COLLECT AND REVIEW DATA TO. TO PREPARE THIS TRAFFIC SURVEY, WE EVALUATED ROADWAY CONDITIONS, CONNECTING ROAD SPEED LIMITS, AND PAST CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY. ZACH MCFANN WITH KIMLEY-HORN IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT PRIOR TO THIS EVENING, THE TRAFFIC SURVEY WAS PRESENTED TO POLICE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON JULY 1ST AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE TRAFFIC SURVEY. GO FOR IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ZACH MCFANN WITH KIMLEY-HORN, AND I SERVE AS THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT. I'LL START BY TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT APPROACH. THIS PROJECT APPROACH FOLLOWED THE STANDARD ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY PROCEDURES AND PROCESS PER THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE AND THE CALIFORNIA MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, OR MUTCD. WE STARTED OUT BY REVIEWING THE. THE TYPICAL STANDARDS, LOOKING AT THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE, THE M, U, T, C, D AND ASSEMBLY BILL AB 43, 1938. THESE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR LOWERING SPEED LIMITS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS. WE THEN

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AND AGAIN, A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS. 55 TOTAL SEGMENTS 45 RECOMMENDING THE SAME SPEED AS THE 2019 ENTERS TEN SEGMENTS, RECOMMENDING A LOWER SPEED LIMIT FROM THE 2019 ENTERS, AS NOTED HERE. AND IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE 2026 ENDS FOR ALL 55 SEGMENTS. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, ADAM FENNIS. MY APOLOGIES IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME WRONG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ADAM AND I LIVE NEAR TWIN PEAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2026, THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, MY SON WAS CROSSING COUNTRY CREEK ROAD AT TERRA BONITA WHEN

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UNTIL TONIGHT. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM OTHER PARENTS WITH SIMILAR CLOSE CALLS HERE, AS WELL AS THE AT THE ESPANOLA IN TWIN PEAKS INTERSECTION, WHICH ISN'T IN A SCHOOL ZONE BUT IS ON MANY KIDS ROUTE TO SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE THE ENFORCEMENT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED, BUT DEPUTIES CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL CAN PUT IN PLACE PERMANENTLY, AND IT SHOULD REFLECT THAT OUR KIDS SAFETY COMES FIRST AHEAD OF DRIVER CONVENIENCE. SPECIFICALLY, I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THREE THINGS AS THE SPEED ORDINANCE COMES FORWARD. FIRST, EXTEND SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE LONG TIERRA BONITA PAST THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK TRAIL CROSSING THE MIDDLE OF THE RODEO GROUNDS. THE FULL DISTANCE ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW. SECOND, ENFORCE VISIBILITY RULES WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE BOOKS. CALIFORNIA'S DAYLIGHTING LAW PROHIBITS STOPPING STANDING OR PARKING WITHIN 20FT OF A CROSSWALK, SPECIFICALLY SO DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS CAN SEE EACH OTHER IN TIME. EVERY CORNER IS A CROSSWALK. UNDER THAT LAW, MARKED OR NOT. RIGHT NOW, CARS ROUTINELY SIT IN THAT ZONE NEAR THE STOP SIGNS BLOCKING THE EXACT SIGHT LINE OUR KIDS DEPEND ON TO CROSS SAFELY. THIRD, USE THE AUTHORITY UNDER ASSEMBLY BILL 382 TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 25 TO 20MPH IN OUR SCHOOL ZONES. NOW, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE STATE'S 2031 DEADLINE, NONE OF TONIGHT'S ASKS. FIX A DRIVER LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE, BUT THEY GIVE EVERY DRIVER LESS ROOM FOR ERROR. WHEN THEY DO LOOK UP AND THEY TELL POWAY FAMILIES THIS COUNCIL PUTS KIDS SAFETY FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT ON THAT ITEM. WE'LL NOW GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. MR. DORFF, THANK YOU. GOOD TALK THERE, ADAM. I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO COME OUT. I SEE HERE THAT WE'RE LOWERING SPEED LIMITS, INCLUDING IN FRONT OF TWIN PEAKS, WHICH IS NICE, AND TEN OTHER MAJOR STREETS. I'M ACTUALLY I'LL SKIP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT, JUST TEMPORARILY TO GET ITEMS BEFORE THE COUNCIL, MAYBE TRACY OR OR CHRIS, DOES THIS NORMALLY JUST GO THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THEN COME TO US? IS THAT TYPICALLY HOW THE PROCESS WORKS? YES. IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ITEM, A TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE EVALUATED, THEN THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE RAISED AS A AS A CONCERN. AND WE CAN PUT THAT ON A TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSED. AND THEN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN BRING THOSE TO CITY COUNCIL IF THEY REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. SOME OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED, LIKE RED CURB, MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT REQUIRE. THEY WOULDN'T REQUIRE GENERALLY COUNCIL APPROVAL. OKAY. AND I THINK WE HAD A TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE. THE LAST ONE WAS THE 1ST OF JULY. RIGHT. HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT FROM THE PUBLIC? NONE.

NOBODY ATTENDED THAT. OKAY. AND SO HOW IS THAT ADVERTISED OR HOW IS THAT NOTICED AT THAT MEETING? I CAN'T REMEMBER. WELL, IT'S NOTICED JUST LIKE EVERY CITY MEETING IS IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. THERE'S A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE THAT FOLKS CAN SIGN UP FOR. YOU GET DIRECT EMAILS. PIO DOES A GREAT JOB GETTING COMMUNICATIONS OUT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. KIOSK OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. OKAY, SO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES TO FIND INFORMATION ON. AND I SHOULD JUST SAY THEY, I ATTEND THOSE EVERY NOW AND THEN. THERE WAS NOBODY AT THAT MEETING. I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE MEETING THREE MONTHS BEFORE THAT, THIS PLACE WAS VERY, VERY FULL. THE AGENDA ITEMS DICTATE THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING.

GOT IT. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND TO GET A SCHOOL SIGNAGE ZONES EXPANDED, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GOES BEFORE THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DOES? HOW WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT? YES, WE WOULD TAKE THAT TYPE OF REQUEST IN FRONT OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND THEY WOULD EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA MUTCD. OKAY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO GATHER SIGNATURES? I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN TYPES OF SIGNAGE THAT DOES. IS THAT ONE OF THEM? SO SPECIFICALLY A TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN PROVISIONS. IT HAS TO BE TEN MILES AN HOUR

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TWO MOTORS GO OUT THERE AND ENFORCE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S HIGH INVOLVEMENT. SO WE FOCUSED ON WRITING CITATIONS FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS. 28 WERE JUST FOR SPEED ALONE. AND WE COORDINATED WITH THE SCHOOL TO HAVE EXTRA CONES, DIRECT PASSAGE, AS WELL AS HIGH VISIBILITY WITH CROSSING ZONES, LARGE BLOCKS, WALKING STUDENTS SAFELY WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. WE ISSUED VERBAL WARNINGS, AS WELL AS THE 54 CITATIONS, AND WE MADE SURE THAT THE BUS LANES WERE MOVING AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. WE MONITORED SPEEDS, AND IN THE 15 AND 25 MILE PER HOUR ZONES. AND WE ALSO INTERVENED A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO DO U-TURNS ILLEGALLY. OKAY. SO WE WERE VISIBLY OUT THERE. WE KNOW IT'S STILL A HIGH PEAK TIMES, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THE REST OF THIS WEEK. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. I KNOW FROM DISCUSSIONS, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT MIDLAND ROAD IN THAT AREA. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT THE ISSUE WAS SPEEDING, BUT IT WAS REALLY PEOPLE MAKING ILLEGAL TURNS OR NOT WATCHING STOP SIGNS. AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO DEAL WITH UNLESS THERE'S ENFORCEMENT ON THE GROUND REMINDING THE POPULATION OF THE RULES. OKAY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK THIS TO, BUT ONE OF ADAM'S QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WAS ABOUT DISTRACTED DRIVING. AND ONE THING THAT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IS HOW DO YOU OR HOW WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS DISTRACTED DRIVING? CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THAT? WELL, ONE THING I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH IS PUTTING OUT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EXPLAIN THAT DISTRACTED DRIVING IS MOSTLY CAUSED BY CELL PHONE USAGE. AND THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT HE GAVE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD PUT OUT A CAMPAIGN.

REMEMBER, CELL PHONE VIOLATION IS A TICKET. IT'S A VIOLATION. AND JUST WE CAN DO ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AND SIGHT MORE AND JUST GIVE MORE EDUCATION THAT THIS IS ONE A MAJOR CAUSE OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS. AND ONCE YOU CROSS THAT LINE OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK, ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOL ZONES. SO WE CAN PUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA NEXT DOOR, WE CAN DO A CAMPAIGN AND REMIND THAT DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A HUGE CAUSE OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS. OKAY, SO, SO GENERALLY PSA IS, ARE THE WAY TO WAY TO GO. OKAY. MAKES SENSE? OKAY. YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT SPEED AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SPEED AND FATALITY DIAGRAM. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IF THAT'S LIKE AN AVERAGE PERSON OR IF THAT CHANGES BY AGE IN TERMS OF THE SPEED, MAYBE NOT VERY HAPPY THING TO THINK ABOUT. I THINK THIS IS A IS A GOOD THING HERE.

I THINK WE'RE LOWERING A LOT OF THE SPEED LIMITS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP KEEP THE PLACE OR CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR STREETS SAFE. AND LET'S SEE. AND WE GOT THE PROCESS. OKAY.

SO THAT'S GREAT. I MOVE APPROVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PICUS. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DID READ THIS CAREFULLY, AND I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SPEED LIMITS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE LOWERED. AND I APPRECIATE SEEING THOSE MAPS AND. THANKS FOR THAT. AND I THINK IN CASE IT WAS NOT MENTIONED, ONE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THIS SPEED LIMIT STUDY TO BE APPROVED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A TICKET AND HAVE IT HOLD UP IN COURT AND ACTUALLY ENFORCE IT. SO IT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE DOING THAT. I LOOK THROUGH THE CHART VERY CAREFULLY ON PAGES SEVEN THROUGH 12 AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, LEARN SOMETHING FROM ALL THIS. AND ONE THING I DID SEE IS THAT POWAY HAS A MUCH LOWER ACCIDENT RATE THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. SO THAT'S THE COLUMN ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH. I MEAN, THEY

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COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON, JUST A COUPLE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, I APPRECIATE IT.

TRAFFIC SPEED WAS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE I HEARD FROM DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS THIS SPRING, SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. NONE TO INCREASE SPEED AND QUITE A FEW TO DECREASE SPEED BECAUSE CLEARLY THE DATA SHOWS THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I AM WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER ON A COUPLE ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT THAT WEREN'T REALLY PART OF THIS REPORT, SO TRAFFIC SAFETY IS CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY FOR ME. SCRIPPS POWAY PARKWAY I WAS GLAD TO SEE REDUCTIONS THERE. ANECDOTALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I GET A PULSE POINT ALERT, IT'S IN SCRIPPS PARKWAY IN THAT AREA. SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS REDUCTION HELPS, PARTICULARLY THE ONE WESTERLY TO COMMUNITY WHERE IT DECREASES TEN MILES AN HOUR.

THAT'S A BIG DECREASE. AND I HOPE I HOPE WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE. MY QUESTION IS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE CYCLISTS ARE IN THAT AREA, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. HOW ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE LIKE TEMPORARY SIGNS TO ALERT DRIVERS THAT IT'S THIS BIG DROP, ESPECIALLY THERE. I KNOW THE FIVE MILE, BUT HOW ARE THE BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE THAT PROBABLY PRETTY REGULARLY. SO HOW ARE WE ALERTING THEM? SO WE'LL HAVE COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AND GET THE, THE NEW SIGNS POSTED AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THE STRIPING ON THE PAVEMENT WITH THE NEW SPEEDS DESIGNATED AND I. CERTAIN AREAS WE COULD POSSIBLY DO SOME TEMPORARY SIGNAGE OR THE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN TO NOTIFY THEM. WE HAVE A TEMPORARY ONE THAT WE CAN MOVE TO IMPORTANT LOCATIONS WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A CONCERN AND CAN POST THAT TO, TO NOTIFY THEM, TO ALERT THEM. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY THERE BECAUSE WE CAN POST A NEW A NEW SPEED LIMIT. BUT IF THEY DON'T REALIZE IT'S A NEW SPEED LIMIT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING THE SPEED THEY WERE GOING BEFORE. SO I THINK IF WE CAN DO SOME TEMPORARY ALERTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH THIS IS ARE WE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO OUR SPEED ENFORCEMENT? I'M HEARING A LITTLE MAYBE BIT OF THAT FROM YOU. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO GO THE SPEED LIMITS IS TO ENFORCE OUR SPEED LIMITS. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS, THIS PARK AREA, WHAT WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY THERE? I THINK WE SHOULD COORDINATE AND DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE WOULD DO, I THINK NUMEROUS SAW RIGHT BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND THEN BE VERY VISIBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MOTOR UNITS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE THE SERIOUS ONES AND GIVING THE TICKETS AND WE'LL JUST HAVE EXTRA PATROLS. SO DEFINITELY WOULD COORDINATE AN OPERATION WHERE WE WOULD GIVE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND GIVE AMPLE TIME, PROBABLY A MONTH OR TWO, LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND THEN JUST HAVE HIGH VISIBILITY. AND THEN OF COURSE, START GIVING OUT THE TICKETS IF THEY VIOLATE. THANK YOU. YOU HATE TO BE THE BAD GUY THAT PROMOTES TICKETS. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS HOW WE GET PEOPLE TO OBEY LAWS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA, THIS MIGHT BE A JASON OR JULIE QUESTION. I HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONTINUALLY ASKING FOR THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG MIDLAND ROAD TO BE REDUCED TO 25 THE ENTIRE LENGTH. ARE WE LEGALLY BOUND TO

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AND CERTAINLY THE 25 MILE PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE AT THAT POINT. THE CHARACTER OF THE ROADWAY CHANGES NORTH OF THAT AND SOUTH OF THAT. AND SO OUR DATA DID NOT SUPPORT CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT NORTH AND SOUTH OF, OF THE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE 35 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION. THAT'S WHAT THE ROADWAY WAS DESIGNED FOR. SO WE THINK THAT THAT KEEPING IT AS IS IS APPROPRIATE. IF WE WERE TO ARTIFICIALLY LOWER IT, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE THOSE THOSE TICKETS WOULDN'T STAND UP IN COURT. RIGHT. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TO JUSTIFY THE SPEED LIMIT THAT WE'VE SET. AND THAT WORD WOULD GET OUT QUICKLY. AND PEOPLE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ENFORCED ENFORCEABILITY OF THE OF THE SPEED LIMITS. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. GOOD STUFF. I LOVE HEARING THINGS GET SLOWER. I THINK WE'LL ALL BE A LITTLE SAFER FOR THAT. ABOUT WHAT ADAM SPOKE ABOUT. I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR WHEN SCHOOL IS GETTING IN AND LETTING OUT, AND IT IS A NIGHTMARE, AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE CREATED BY THE PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL. ADAM, I HOPE YOU'VE TALKED TO THE SCHOOL AND ASKED THE SCHOOL TO REMIND PARENTS WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THERE. I FRANKLY, WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE. RED CURB ON BOTH SIDES OF TIERRA BONITA, SOUTH OF TWIN PEAKS, ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST. WHAT IS IT, COUNTRY SQUIRE OR WHATEVER THOSE ROADS ARE, BECAUSE I SEE PEOPLE PARKED ON THOSE CORNERS IN THOSE CROSSWALKS, TURNING, MAKING U-TURNS THERE. AND I'M SURPRISED WE DON'T HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THERE. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO THERE? RED CURBS ENFORCEMENT. IT'S JUST A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DONE THERE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK EVERYBODY'S COVERED.

EVERYTHING. ANYBODY GO BACKS? NO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DEHOFF AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY. WAIVE FURTHER READING AND SCHEDULE THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE OCTOBER 6TH, 2026, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE TITLE THE ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AND FOLLOW WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2026 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEHOFF, A COUNCIL MEMBER. PIKUS A COUNCIL MEMBER. EDMONDSON I, DEPUTY MAYOR MAITA I AND MAYOR VOSS I ITEM PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[10. Conditional Use Permit 26-0003, Development Review 26-0004 and Environmental Assessment 26-0003, a Request to Construct a Pump Station for the Poway Water Infrastructure Improvement Program Treated Water Facilities and Redundant Pipeline Project Located at 14409 and 14415 Lake Poway Road and Approve the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project ]

260003 A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A PUMP STATION FOR THE POWAY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. TREATED WATER FACILITIES AND REDUNDANT PIPELINE PROJECT LOCATED AT 14409 AND 14415 LAKE POWAY ROAD AND APPROVED. THE INITIAL STUDY MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECK FOR THE PROJECT. FOR THOSE JOINING ONLINE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM TEN, RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND NOW. IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE, PRESS STAR NINE. NOW, SPEAKERS WILL BE PROMPTED TO UNMUTE WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ASSOCIATE PLANNER MARY PISCITELLI WILL PRESENT THE ITEM ALONG WITH THE POWERPOINT.

WELCOME, MARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TONIGHT, WE ARE PRESENTING THE TREATED WATER FACILITIES, PROPOSED BOOSTER PUMP STATION AND REDUNDANT PIPE PROJECT. THE DECISION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC UTILITIES USE ON THE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PARCEL AT 14409 LAKE POWAY ROAD, WHICH IS THE WESTERN PARCEL THAT I'M CIRCLING WITH THE CURSOR OUTLINED IN YELLOW. ON THE MAP, THE PARCEL IS ZONED PRD ONE FOR

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FIGURE A ON THE MAP SHOWS THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECT FROM THE COMMISSIONING OF THE CLEAR WELLS PHASE ONE AND TWO, WHICH ARE IN OPERATION.

THE COMPLETION OF THE SEQUA INITIAL STUDY MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE TWF. INCLUDED IN THIS LARGER PROJECT IS THE RESTORATION OF THE LAKE POWAY SOFTBALL FIELD, WHICH HAS BEEN USED AS A STAGING AREA FOR CONSTRUCTION. THE SITE OF THE NEW BOOSTER PUMP STATION IS AT 14409 LAKE POWAY ROAD. CURRENTLY USED AS A PARKING LOT, THE PARKING LOT WILL BE PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED AND A 1950 SQUARE FOOT PUMP STATION BUILDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. THE BUILDING WILL HOUSE THE BOOSTER PUMP STATION EQUIPMENT. A BACKUP GENERATOR ADJACENT TO THIS BUILDING WILL BE HOUSED IN A SOUND ATTENUATED ENCLOSURE. THE PUMP STATION WILL BE SURROUNDED BY EIGHT FOOT TALL CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT WALLS ON THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST SIDES OF A NATURAL COLOR SPLIT FACE BLOCK WITH 24 INCH SQUARE SPLIT FACE. CMU PILASTERS THE EXISTING CMU BLOCK WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT SITE WILL BE RETAINED. THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE PUMP STATION IS INTENDED TO BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND COMPLIES WITH POWAY'S COMMUNITY DESIGN THEMES. THE STRUCTURE IS CONSTRUCTED OF CMU WITH METAL ROOFING PROVIDING WILDFIRE RESILIENCE. SINCE THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE, THE SINGLE STORY BUILDING WILL HAVE A RECTANGULAR FORM WITH A PITCHED ROOF. THE ROOFING WILL BE LOW GLARE. LOW REFLECTION METAL EXTERIOR WALLS WILL USE NATURAL STONE COLORS BY USING CMU WITH INTEGRAL COLORS. NO EXTERIOR WINDOWS ON THE PUMP STATION ARE PROPOSED. THE PROJECT WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH ENSURES THAT NOISE LEVELS DO NOT EXCEED 55 DBA DURING DAYTIME AND 45 DBA DURING NIGHTTIME. ONCE CONSTRUCTED AND COMMISSIONED, THE BOOSTER PUMP STATION WILL OPERATE ONLY AS NEEDED TO KEEP THE CLEAR WELL SUFFICIENTLY FULL TO MEET DEMAND IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE PROJECT WILL BE DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES BY ENCLOSING THE PUMP WITHIN THE BUILDING AND UTILIZING THE EIGHT FOOT TALL PERIMETER CONCRETE BLOCK WALL NOISE CONTROL FEATURES SUCH AS INTERIOR ACOUSTICAL PANELS, GENERATOR SILENCERS, ACOUSTIC LOUVERS, HIGHER SOUND TRANSMISSION, CLASS RATED DOORS AND ENCLOSURES, OR EXTERIOR NOISE BARRIERS WILL BE INCORPORATED AS NEEDED. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE CONSTRUCTION NOISE INCLUDE EXCESS INTAKE, MUFFLERS FOR ALL EQUIPMENT, HYDRAULICALLY OR ELECTRICALLY POWERED IMPACT TOOLS SUCH AS JACKHAMMERS TO AVOID NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH COMPRESSED AIR EXHAUST FROM PNEUMATICALLY POWERED TOOLS AND EXHAUST JACKETS ON TOOLS WHERE FEASIBLE, STATIONARY NOISE SOURCES WILL BE LOCATED AS FAR FROM ADJACENT RESIDENCES AS POSSIBLE. PURSUANT TO SEQUA AND BASED ON INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE FINAL DRAFT, I S, M D STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY

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MITIGATION MEASURES ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE M D TO REDUCE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, NOISE, TRANSPORTATION AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES BELOW A LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN PRESENTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM TO PROVIDE UPDATES. THE CITY HAS PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY, BACKGROUND AND STATUS ON THE PROJECT WEB PAGE, INCLUDING PHOTOS AND TIME LAPSE CONSTRUCTION VIDEO, A 500 FOOT BOUNDARY FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA, INCLUDING PROPERTIES FRONTING BOTH THE ROAD AND LAKE. POWAY ROAD FOR BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS, WAS UTILIZED FOR THE I, S, M AND 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW AND ALSO FOR THE NOTIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE POWAY NEWS CHIEFTAIN ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE PUBLIC INPUT, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION EA 26-0003. APPROVING THE INITIAL STUDY, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR SEQUA AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING CUP 26-0003 AND DR26-0004. THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I AND THE APPLICANT TEAM, ROBERT WEBER AND SHELBY BOX, ARE OF HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARY. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. SO I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA, YOU CAN GO FIRST THIS TIME. NOTHING, ANITA. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND FOR THE REGULAR UPDATES THAT WE GET ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE, IMPORTANT PROJECT, AND I THINK IT CANNOT BE SAID TOO OFTEN. AND IT'S EXCITING THAT WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING IN PHASE THREE. SO I LIKE, LIKE TO HEAR THAT. AND THE CITY GOT TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICANT PROCESS FOR DESIGN REVIEW. SO HOW'S THAT FEEL? BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD THAT WE WE PLAY BY OUR OWN RULES. I APPRECIATE THAT ESTHETICALLY IT WILL NOT LOOK LIKE A UTILITY BUILDING. IT WILL KIND OF KIND OF BLEND IN. ALTHOUGH THE HOMES AROUND THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. BUT THAT'S OKAY. IT'LL, IT'LL IT'LL BLEND IN, WHICH IS GOOD. I DIDN'T SEE IN YOUR REPORT OR IN OUR BINDERS HERE. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THIS MIGHT BREAK GROUND. AND WE STILL DO NEW WITH ALL OF THAT MID 2027 2027. OKAY. THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT FAR AWAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCILMEMBER PIKUS WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY ANITA SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT IT IS A HANDSOME BUILDING. SO GOOD JOB ON THAT. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS, AND I SEE THIS BIG CIRCULAR THING IN ALL YOUR OVERHEAD DRAWINGS. ARE WE BUILDING ANOTHER TANK? THE THAT'S THE FOREBAY TANK. AND THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE. THAT IS WHEN THE WATER AUTHORITY CLOSES THEIR VALVE UP NEAR BLUE SKY. WE NEED A PLACE FOR ALL THAT WATER TO GO. SO. AND THEN WE'LL PUMP OPERATE THE PUMP STATION TO PUMP THAT TANK OUT UP TO THE CLEAR WELLS. OKAY. SO BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S A SMALLER PROJECT THAN WHAT YOU'VE SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUILDING. WELL, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME MAGNITUDE. YEAH. BUT THE TANK IS MUCH SMALLER. ALL RIGHT. OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH. THAT'S I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING STARTED ON PHASE THREE OF OUR WATER STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. SO THANKS FOR THAT. OKAY, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER DORFF. I AGREE WITH ANITA. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AS PART OF OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY PROJECT. BEFORE I GET INTO TOO MANY QUESTIONS, SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE, I DID SEE THERE'S A BACKUP GENERATOR THERE. THOSE I BELIEVE HAVE TO CYCLE AT SOME FREQUENCY TO MAKE SURE THEY ACTUALLY WORK OR CLEAR OUT WHATEVER GUNK IS THERE. IS THERE A PLAN WHEN THAT IS HAPPENING TO TRY TO DO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE THINGS CAN BE A LITTLE NOISY. I HAVE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY NEAR MY OFFICE, SO THEY SOMETIMES DO THAT AND I KNOW IT. IS THERE A PLAN TO DO THAT WHEN RESIDENTS ARE NOT AROUND? YEAH, NORMALLY THEY

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I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT DOING IT LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR AT DINNER TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ONLY IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY. OKAY. WELL, IF. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE TO OPERATE. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ERIC IN THIS PUMP IS GOING TO BE OR ACTUALLY MAYBE MARY OR ERIC, I'M NOT SURE WHO THIS PUMP IS GOING TO BE OR THIS STATION IS GOING TO BE FEEDING RAMONA. RIGHT. AND AND GOING BOTH DIRECTIONS. IS THAT RIGHT? OR HOW IS THIS WORKING? THE PUMP STATION ITSELF WILL NOT FEED RAMONA. THE PUMP STATION WILL ONLY FEED OUR CLEAR WELLS.

WE WILL FEED RAMONA BY GRAVITY OUT OF OUR CLEAR WELLS. GOT IT. OKAY, SO WE CAN FEED THEM FROM OUR PLANT OR VIA THIS CONNECTION. BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CONNECTION TO THE WATER AUTHORITY. SO IF WE'RE TAKING WATER FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY, PRESUMABLY THEY WOULD BE AS WELL. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. WELL, THIS IS REALLY COOL. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS. I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.

GREAT REPORT. AND I AM STRUCK EVERY TIME WE HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS MASSIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THE GUTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD YEARS AGO TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, IT HAD BEEN THE CAN HAD BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD SO MANY TIMES BEFORE. IT WAS LONG OVERDUE. SO THE FOLKS THAT WERE ON THE COUNCIL BACK THEN, WE REALLY NEED TO TIP OUR HATS TO THEM, AND THE TEAM HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB SEEING THIS PROJECT THROUGH AND GETTING TO PHASE THREE NOW. PRETTY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DE HOFF, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 260003 AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING CUP 26-0003 AND DOCTOR 26-0003. THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? I APOLOGIZE, IT'S DOCTOR 26-000 FOR. IT'S A TYPO. I FORGIVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THAT ROLL CALL. VOTE CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER. HOLMES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PIKUS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. EDMONDSON I, DEPUTY MAYOR MAYEDA I AND MAYOR VOS. ITEM

[11. Amendment to Poway Municipal Code and South Poway Specific Plan to Prohibit Third Party Al Data Centers ]

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SOUTH POWAY IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, AND WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF LAND LEFT THERE. LAND IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS YOU CAN'T MANUFACTURE MORE OF ONCE IT'S CONSUMED BY A LOW EMPLOYMENT, HIGH INFRASTRUCTURE USE. WE DON'T GET IT BACK. A FACILITY THAT USES ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF POWER AND WATER WHILE EMPLOYING RELATIVELY FEW PEOPLE IS SIMPLY NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF POWAY'S REMAINING EMPLOYMENT LAND. AND I AM NOT WILLING TO WAIT UNTIL A BAD PROJECT IS SITTING ON THE COUNTER AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO BE. THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE POWAY HAS A SAY IN WHAT THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. BOTTOM LINE, LOCAL CONTROL MEANS MAKING THESE DECISIONS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE MAKES THEM FOR US. SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO COUNCIL'S COMMENTS. AND I WILL GO NEXT TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON, MY CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM. WELL, SOME OF WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY MIGHT BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT WITH WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ANYWAY BECAUSE I COME ON IT FROM A SIMILAR ANGLE, BUT I HAVE MY OWN LITTLE THOUGHTS ON IT AS WELL. SO JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE OR QUESTION ABOUT THE MERITS OF AI. I THINK PROBABLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE WATCHING IS USING AI EVERY DAY, AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO TO STOP THAT.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO PROTECT POWAY'S LIMITED LAND, WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES. AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, THERE IS ONLY ONE AREA IN POWAY WHERE A LARGE SCALE AI DATA CENTER WOULD GO, AND THAT'S THE SOUTH POWAY BUSINESS PARK. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AI DATA CENTERS IS THAT IT RUNS COUNTER TO CHAPTER FOUR OF THE SOUTH PARK SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH CALLS FOR USES IN THE BUSINESS PARK THAT PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. BUT CREATING LOCAL LONG TERM JOBS IS NOT A STANDARD THAT AI DATA CENTERS CLEARLY MEET. THE LIMITED LAND WE HAVE IN THE BUSINESS PARK, THE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT ENGINE OF POWAY MUST BE PRIORITIZED FOR BUSINESSES THAT BRING SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINED EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH TO POWAY. AI TECHNOLOGY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE RAPIDLY. AND I WOULD SAY DAILY, REALLY, WE NEED TO PUT POWAY IN A POSITION THAT ALLOWS US TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TRUE IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF AI DATA CENTERS IN THE COMMUNITY PROACTIVELY, RATHER THAN NEGOTIATING REACTIVELY. ONCE A DEVELOPER IS ALREADY AT THE TABLE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL UP HERE WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY EXERCISE LOCAL CONTROL.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE AGAIN, IS THIS IS A LAND USE POLICY THAT PROTECTS POWAY AND ITS RESIDENTS FROM A STRAIN ON ITS LIMITED RESOURCES AND ENSURES THE BEST USE OF OUR LAND.

COUNCILMEMBER DAYHOFF, THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. I GUESS MAYOR OF LOS ON THAT. SO I'VE RECEIVED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK FROM THIS AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN SPLIT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN FOLKS WHO SIMPLY WANT TO BAN AI OR THAT AI IS A USE ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT IS. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE THIS NOT GO FORWARD.

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AND THERE WERE ALL THESE TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, NONE OF THE STRATEGIC REGULATIONS BECAUSE THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY PASSED. AND WE WERE BRINGING IN THESE LIKE THE TOP EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME. AND I REMEMBER GETTING THE CALL. IT WAS LIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAYHOFF, YOU GOT TO BE AT THIS PLACE AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE CAN GET THE GUY IN THE ROOM TO TALK WITH US. AND STAFF DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THESE, YOU KNOW, TOP NOTCH REGULATIONS THAT BECAME THE LIKE THE MODEL FOR OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY AND POSSIBLY THE STATE. BUT DOING REGULATION LIKE THAT ON THE FLY IS REALLY BAD PRACTICE. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HAVE TO DO. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS, IS BASICALLY CUTTING THAT CUTTING THAT POSSIBILITY OUT.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET AN APPLICATION THAT COMES IN, HAVE AN EMPTY SPACE IN WHAT A, WHAT A AI DATA CENTER IS, AND THEN BASICALLY HAVE TO SCRAMBLE TO DEAL WITH ALL THESE MITIGATION REGULATIONS. AND MOST OF THE STUFF I SAW FROM THE COMMENTS WERE GREAT IN TERMS OF THE REGULATION. THEY REALLY HIT ALL THE HIGH NOTES IN TERMS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH WATER USAGE, HOW TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN YOU'VE GOT A DATA CENTER SITTING THERE SAYING, WE GET IN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE RULES SAY RIGHT NOW. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THE LETTER OF THE LAW IS. SO. ONE THING THAT REALLY MATTERS HERE AND WHY WE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT TYPE OF REGULATION RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REALLY DOESN'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR IT. I SAW THAT WITH THE THE BEST APPROVAL PROCESS, THEY WERE HAVING TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE TO GET THAT DONE. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE REALLY THEY'RE REALLY WORKED VERY HARD. THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF OVERHEAD. AND SO I SEE THIS AS A AS A BANDWIDTH BOTTLENECK, AS SORT OF A ROADBLOCK THAT STANDS IN OUR WAY OF PUTTING IN THE THE NEEDED REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN A TIMELY FASHION FOR THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. SO I THINK THE MOST PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION IS TO PRECLUDE THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY COMPLETELY. AND I THINK THIS ORDINANCE DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB OF THAT. I DO THINK IT ALSO THREADS THE NEEDLE APPROPRIATELY IN THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE BUSINESS PARK RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK THERE, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TO STEP ON THAT WITH AN OVERLY BROAD REGULATION THAT HAS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SO I THINK THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH

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BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY SOME DATA CENTER MIGHT HAVE A PROPOSAL TO COME ALONG THAT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE ALL THESE AMENITIES AND WE'VE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM. WE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, WE'LL LISTEN THEN. BUT FOR NOW, AS PETER SAID, WE HAVE TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS, GET SOME REGULATIONS IN PLACE BEFORE SOMEONE DROPS A PERMIT APPLICATION ON OUR DESK. AND SO, YES, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR.

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES SO QUICKLY AND SOMETIMES UNEXPECTEDLY. SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE SHORTSIGHTED TO ENACT A PERMANENT OUTRIGHT BAN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEAR FUTURE HOLDS OR WHAT FUTURE AI DATA CENTERS WILL LOOK LIKE. SO I MOVED TO AMEND ITEM 11 TO A FIVE YEAR MORATORIUM. AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS, WE CAN REEVALUATE AND RESTUDY THE SITUATION. HEARING NO. SECOND, THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ANYTHING FURTHER? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DE HOFF, I BELIEVE. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE POWAY MUNICIPAL CODE FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY, WAIVE. FURTHER READING AND SCHEDULE THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR OCTOBER THE 6TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND NUMBER TWO, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SOUTH POWAY SPECIFIC PLAN TO ADD AI DATA CENTER AS A SPECIFICALLY DEFINED USE THAT WILL BE PROHIBITED. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE TITLE THE ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AND CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA. AMENDING TITLE 17 ZONING OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT AI DATA CENTERS IN ALL ZONES. COUNCIL MEMBER DAYHOFF I COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS I COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON I DEPUTY MAYOR I MAYOR VOSS I ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO STAFF

[12. Award of Agreement to Landscape Structures Inc. for Poway Oaks Neighborhood Park Playground Renovation, Utilizing Cooperative Purchasing Contract #101625-LSI ]

SORRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE CONTRACT AWARD REQUEST FOR THE PLAYGROUND RENOVATION PROJECT

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DAYHOFF. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION STEVE. SO I HAVE A ACTUALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR UPGRADE TO THE TO THE PARK AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT A GREAT EFFORT. I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S EFFORT ON PARKS OVER TIME. I MEAN, I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID THE THE MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT OVER AT THE LAKE POWAY PARK. WE'VE DONE THOSE DOG WATERERS, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER STAND. AND NOW YOU CAN GET WATER FOR YOUR FOR YOUR PET AND ALL THE BATHROOM UPGRADES. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN OLD POWAY PARK AREA AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IN THE THE PANTHEON OF WHAT THE CITY DOES TO, TO HELP THE PARKS AND RECS COMMITTEE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE THIRD PART OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN POWAY, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS. AND IT'S RIGHT THERE. AND NEVER THINK THAT THE PARKS ARE EVER FORGOTTEN. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO WITH RELATION TO THIS, THIS FACILITY, ARE WE USING MATERIALS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PARKS SUCH THAT WE CAN HAVE LIKE INTERCHANGEABLE THINGS IF SOMETHING BREAKS, IT'S A LITTLE CHEAPER TO REPLACE. SO YES, THE PARKS ARE THIS PLAYGROUND THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE UP AT LAKE POWAY AND IN SEVERAL OTHER PARKS. AND YES, WE'LL HAVE SUPPLIES OF SOME OF THE LIKE THE SLIDES OR SOME OF THE INTERACTIVE PANELS THAT WE IF THEY GET DAMAGED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THEM. SO CONSISTENCY IS, IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE STRIVING FOR AS PART OF THIS PLAYGROUND RENOVATION. THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS NOTED, THERE IS A, A, AN EXPENSE, AND I THINK IT'S WORTH THE EXPENSE. BUT YOU DO WANT TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PUBLIC'S DOLLAR. AND SPEAKING OF THAT, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND WE HAD, IS THIS A SINGLE BIDDER PROJECT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS? SO WE'RE AWARDING THIS THROUGH THE SOURCEWELL CONTRACT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRE BID AS PART OF THAT VEHICLE WILL BE USING THAT AND THEN

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WAS THAT SOMETHING? AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I REFRESHED MY MEMORY ON THIS. IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE THERE WAS LIKE, AT SOME POINT THERE WAS THIS LARGER COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, I GUESS, BETWEEN A GROUP OF CITIES AND SORT OF LIKE WHAT WE OR THIS LIKE LARGER AREA TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. AND THEN THIS SOURCEWELL GROUP IS WHO WE PICK OUR, OUR SUPPLIER FROM. IS THAT SORT OF HOW IT WORKS? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE WAS A COMPETITIVE BIDDING COMPONENT TO THIS. YEAH. OKAY. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS, YOU LOOK AT A SINGLE BIDDER AND YOU GO, WAIT A SECOND, THAT'S SORT OF WHERE YOU'RE THE RED FLAGS GO UP AND I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BEING A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP. I ACTUALLY ALSO WAS READING THROUGH THIS.

I THINK THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE OWNED ORGANIZATION AS WELL. I WAS GOING THROUGH THE LITTLE DETAILS THERE KIND OF DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN. OKAY, I WILL SECOND THE APPROVAL OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER. EDMONDSON. YEAH, THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR AREA NEIGHBORS POWAY OAKS, WHISPERING TREE LANE, WHITE OAK WAY, OAK TREE LANE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS. IT'S SUCH A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE. AND TO SEE IT NOW, IT'S KIND OF A A, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS REALLY ELEVATING TO THE NEXT LEVEL I THINK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY DESERVES. SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE INVESTING THE MONEY IN THIS AND MAKING IT A PRIORITY.

SO THANKS TO THE CITY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR FOR DOING THAT. I THINK IT'S CLEVER THAT HAVING A LITTLE MEANDERING STREAM IN THE DESIGN AS A NOD TO THE LOCATION. I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. I LIKE THAT YOU ARE RESURFACING AND GIVING SOME UPGRADES UPDATES TO THE BASKETBALL COURT. I KNOW THAT'S A POPULAR SPORT, NOT JUST WITH KIDS BUT WITH ADULTS, SO I HOPE THAT CONTINUES TO GET SOME SOME GOOD USE. SO I WANT TO JUST THANK THE CITY FOR AGAIN, INVESTING IN OUR PARKS, WHICH IS THE THIRD RAIL KIND OF TO I THINK IT WAS PICAS POINT ABOUT WHAT MAKES THE CITY WORK AND RUN WELL AND A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. SO THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR. WHAT A GREAT LITTLE PARK THIS IS. IT'S TUCKED AWAY. I BET 90%, 95% OF POWAY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT'S THERE. BUT YOU GO IN THROUGH THE MEANDERING STREETS AND THERE IT IS, KIND OF TUCKED OFF IN THE CORNER. YES, I AGREE ABOUT STICKER SHOCK. JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO ME.

BUT THEN I REMIND MYSELF WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH AT LAKE POWAY AND HOW THAT IS JUST TREASURED BY THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT STEP AS WE REVITALIZE OUR PARKS. LOVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THEY'RE A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES POWAY SPECIAL. SO WE HAD A MOTION FROM MR. PIKUS. WE HAD A SECOND FROM MR. DAYHOFF TO AWARD THE AGREEMENT FOR POWAY OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PLAYGROUND RENOVATION PROJECT TO LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $528,953.44 AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER? DULL. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PIKUS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. EDMONDSON I DEPUTY MAYOR AND MAYOR VOSS, I ITEM PASSES. MOVING ON TO BIG STONE

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AREAS SUCH AS THIS PARCEL IN THE CITY SHOULD BE REEVALUATED, REEVALUATED FOR HIGHEST AND BEST LAND USE. WE BELIEVE BIG STONE LODGE PARCEL IS BETTER SUITED AS A PASSIVE PARK THAT COULD SERVE AS ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE AMENITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HONOR THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE SITE WITH DESIGN FEATURES THAT PRESERVE KEY REMNANTS OF THE HISTORY.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO DESIGN IT TONIGHT. REALLY, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE CITY TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ACQUIRE THE PARCEL FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, REMOVE THE PARCEL FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY LIST, AND DEVELOP PLANS FOR A PASSIVE PARK.

ACCORDINGLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH THE REPORT OUTLINING THE FOLLOWING.

THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY COULD PURCHASE THE PARCEL FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. IDENTIFY THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR SUCH A TRANSACTION. IDENTIFY LEGAL STEPS, IF ANY, FOR REPLACEMENT OF LIKE KIND PARCEL. PROVIDE A CURRENT INVENTORY OF PARCELS ZONED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO

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HELLO, MARIANA. I LIVE ON TUSTIN STREET IN POWAY. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE DEPUTY MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE OUR BIG STONE LODGE FINALLY SHOWING UP ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. EXCUSE ME. BEING CONSIDERED FOR ITS TRANSFORMATIONAL PHASE BACK INTO A PASSIVE PARK. PASSIVE PARK. THIS WAS DECLARED IN 2008 AND LISTED IN OUR CITY OWNED PARKLAND DOCUMENT AS A PASSIVE PARK. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT BACK PAPER SHOWS THAT LISTED THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR CITY SOLD THIS PARK SPACE TO THE POWAY HOUSING AUTHORITY. DESPITE PROTESTS FROM RESIDENTS. OUR MITIGATION FUNDS ACCOUNT CURRENTLY HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS FOR THE RETURN OF IT TO A PARK. IN 2020, WE HAD A ROBUST TOWN HALL MEETING ABOUT THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MEETING MINUTES WERE NOT PRESERVED BY THE CITY. THE ONLY FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS THERE WOULD BE NO NEW PARKS. AS RESIDENTS OF POWAY, SOUTH POWAY IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS ASKING FOR APPROPRIATE ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION OF BIG STONE, WHICH HAS BEEN DETERIORATING BEYOND REPAIR. BEHIND A RENTED FENCE FOR 23 YEARS, DEPUTY DEPUTY MAYOR MAITA HAS BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH POWAY FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO OUR CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT BIG STONE LODGE. SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE READY TO SUPPORT HER ORIGINAL REQUEST. PLEASE DON'T USE OUR BIG STONE LODGE AS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM SHOULD APPROPRIATELY BE A FOLLOW UP TO DEPUTY MAYOR MEHTA'S REQUEST, MADE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR, ALONG WITH THE REST OF POWAY. IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THIS CAN FINALLY HAPPEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL KICK THIS ONE OFF AGAIN. I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON, BECAUSE I THINK BIG STONE LODGE DESERVES ANOTHER LOOK. ANYBODY WHO HAS SPENT TIME ON THIS PROPERTY KNOWS IT'S SPECIAL, MAGNIFICENT OAK TREES THAT ARE PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND IT'S QUIET, SHADED AND IN MANY WAYS, OTHER THAN THE DERELICT BUILDING, REMARKABLY UNTOUCHED WHEN YOU STAND THERE, IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE POWAY GENERATIONS AGO, AND IT'S HAD QUITE A HISTORY. IN 1923, DANIEL STUCK AND HIS FAMILY BEGAN BUILDING THERE, MOVING GRANITE ROCK BY MODEL T TRUCK DOWN FROM THE END OF NEAR CARRIAGE ROAD. STARK AND DOCTOR HOMER HANSON HAD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING A RESORT COMPLEX CALLED CAMP BIG STONE. MAKE A GREAT SWEATSHIRT. I THINK IF ANYBODY'S LOOKING FOR AN ETSY IDEA. OVER THE YEARS, THE PROPERTY HAS HAD A REMARKABLE LIFE. CAMP BIG STONE NEVER CAME TO FRUITION, BUT AT VARIOUS TIMES THE SITE WAS HOME TO A GAS STATION, A MOTEL, A RESTAURANT CALLED TOPSY'S ROOST, THE POMERADO CLUB, AND ULTIMATELY RANDY JONES'S BIG STONE LODGE, KNOWN FOR BARBECUE, BEER AND PRETTY ROWDY TIMES. SO IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER VACANT PARCEL, IT'S A PLACE THAT'S BEEN PART OF POWAY STORY FOR OVER A CENTURY, AND WE DON'T HAVE MANY PLACES LEFT LIKE THAT. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US IS TO LOOK AT CREATING A PASSIVE PARK, PRESERVING THE TREES, THE SETTING, AND AS MANY OF THE REMNANTS OF THE SITE'S HISTORY AS POSSIBLE, AND GIVING PEOPLE A QUIET PLACE TO WALK, TO SIT AND EXPERIENCE A PIECE OF OLD POWAY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT A DECISION TO IGNORE OUR HOUSING OBLIGATIONS. WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF WE REMOVE THIS PARCEL FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY, WHAT REPLACEMENT OBLIGATIONS MAY EXIST, AND WHAT ARE THE PROPERLY ZONED SITES WE HAVE AND HOW AN ACQUISITION COULD BE FUNDED. WE TALK OFTEN AND A LOT ABOUT PRESERVING POWAY QUALITY OF LIFE.

SOMETIMES THAT MEANS ROADS, SOMETIMES IT MEANS PUBLIC SAFETY OR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SOMETIMES LIKE THIS, IT MEANS RECOGNIZING A SPECIAL PIECE OF LAND. WHILE WE STILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF BIG STONE LODGE SITE IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US PRESERVE IT FOR

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IN FACT, AT THE MAY 4TH, 2020 FIRST COUNCIL MEETING ON THE CITY'S REGIONAL HOUSING ELEMENT REVIEW, COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING DISCUSSION WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. I'M HAPPY TO BRING THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD WITH THE MAYOR, AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYEDA MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ACT AT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ITEM, AND THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE TO BRING THESE THINGS FORWARD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND TO YOU THAT ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IF YOU HAD APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS, I WOULD HAVE COSIGNED ON THIS INITIATIVE WITH YOU. AND SO MY OFFER STANDS FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET DONE IN THE CITY. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN FEELING FRUSTRATED, AND I WANT YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE TO LISTEN TO IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO BE A SUPPORT IF IT'S SOMETHING I AGREE ON. SO IT STANDS, OKAY.

AND IF THIS PARCEL DOES INDEED BECOME DESIGNATED FOR A PASSIVE PARK, IT WILL BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHO'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING GREAT TO DO TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT AND GUIDANCE. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA. HISTORY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS, SO I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY BEHIND BIG STONE LODGE. IN 1921, OLD POMERADO ROAD WAS PAVED FROM WHAT IS NOW CREEK ROAD TO ESCONDIDO. THIS BECAME HIGHWAY 395. IN 1925. CONSTRUCTION OF THE GAS STATION AND LODGE BEGAN. THIS ROADSIDE REST STOP BECAME KNOWN AS CAMP BIG STONE AND ALSO INCLUDED A RESTAURANT, A BAR, A DANCE HALL, CAMPGROUNDS, RENTAL CABINS, AND A STORE FOR CAMPING AND PICNIC SUPPLIES. LATER, THE STORE AND CABINS WERE SOLD OFF, AND THE RESTAURANT AND BAR WERE MERGED WITH THE DANCE HALL TO BECOME A WESTERN THEMED NIGHTCLUB. IN THE 1930S, ADMISSION TO THE DANCE HALL WAS A DOLLAR FOR MEN AND FREE FOR WOMEN. THE DANCE HALL FEATURED LIVE MUSIC AND CONTINUED INTO THE 40S AND 50S. IN 1991, IT WAS DESIGNATED A LOCAL HISTORIC HISTORIC SITE BY THE CITY IN 20. IN 2003, THE POWAY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACQUIRED THE SITE. IN 2005. A 135 PAGE HISTORIC EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED, AND COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE A PLAN TO RESTORE THE BUILDING AND CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF STAFF AND RESIDENTS. IN 2008, COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO FINALIZE PLANS FOR A PASSIVE PARK AND CUP. THEN, ON JANUARY 9TH, 2018, THE CITY SWITCHED GEARS AND DECIDED THAT BIG STONE LODGE WOULD BE A, QUOTE, GOOD AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITE. SINCE THEN, IT HAS SAT IN OUR RESIDENTIAL SITES INVENTORY LIST WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 29 UNITS OF HOUSING. IN 2020, A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP WAS HELD TO SOLICIT RESIDENT FEEDBACK, BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AFTER THAT MEETING. ON JUNE 19TH OF 2025, I TOURED BIG STONE LODGE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND AGREED THAT THE SITE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A PASSIVE PARK, BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD NOT BE RELEASED FROM THE HOUSING LIST UNTIL A REPLACEMENT WAS FOUND AT THE JULY 21ST, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING. I OBJECTED TO THE APPROVAL OF INTRACORP. S DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT REQUIRED EXCUSING THEIR OBLIGATION TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MOVING THOSE UNITS TO A NEW SITE. I ARGUED THAT IF SUCH A SITE EXISTED, IT SHOULD BE USED TO FREE BIG STONE LODGE INSTEAD.

SO I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOW IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING THIS HISTORIC SITE, AS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR DECADES, AND I HOPE THAT THIS TIME, THIS ATTEMPT WILL PRODUCE SOME RESULTS. COUNCILMEMBER PIKUS WELL, I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING I WAS PRETTY IGNORANT OF THE STORY OF BIG STONE LODGE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT, JENNY, FOR EXPLAINING IT ALL. AND MR. MAYOR AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM SHOCKED THAT WE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED THAT AS WORTH TEARING DOWN TO BUILD 29 LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS AND TO JUST TO ME, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, A MERE TEN YEARS AGO, WE WERE GOING TO THROW THIS AWAY. SO ANYWAY, SO YEAH, YOU CAN TELL THAT I'M

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I'M BEHIND IT ON THAT TOO. AND EVEN I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME BUCKS TO FIX IT UP, BUT LET'S THAT WOULD MAKE YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN OLD POWAY PARK, BUT IT IS PART OF OLD POWAY. SO LET'S DO THAT. AND YEAH, WE'LL FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT 29 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOMEWHERE. BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE REASON WHY WE'RE GOING TO JUST THROW THIS PLACE AWAY TO, TO PUT IT THERE. SO THANKS FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION. COUNCILMEMBER DORFF, THANK YOU. EXCELLENT ITEM TO BRING FORWARD. I REMEMBER WE HAD SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS HERE WHO ARE SETTING UP A JEWELRY SHOP RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THIS SITE IS. VERY COOL. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ACTUALLY THEY MIGHT EVEN IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS IF THERE'S A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SIT OUTSIDE. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I DO REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS NOT ON COUNCIL, I WAS PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO, I GUESS. AND I DO REMEMBER THIS COMING FORTH AS A DISCUSSION, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ARGUMENTS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A NEW THING ON THE COUNCIL SIDE TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO ARGUE, MARIANA, ABOUT SORT OF THE POLITICS OF THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS YOU HAVE ELECTIONS AND SORT OF VERY NARROW WINDOW TO BRING THINGS IN. I DON'T KNOW, FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM AN ELECTION. I GUESS EVERYTHING COULD BE POLITICAL. I WOULD LIKE TO AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I'VE ABOUT, I GUESS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OR WHENEVER THESE AGENDAS ARE POSTED, I GUESS A WEEK AGO. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THIS COMING FORTH THROUGH THE STANDARD COUNCIL PROCESS. AND THERE'S A STANDARD SET OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET THINGS ON THE AGENDA. AS ADAM KNOWS, THROUGH THE TSC TO THE COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET INITIATED ITEMS. AND IT'S SORT OF SOMETHING YOU LEARN. AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. IT WAS A, I THINK, REALLY GREAT FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMAN EDMUNSON TO PUT THIS FORWARD. I WILL LIKE TO HAVE A QUESTION, PROBABLY TO STAFF AND BE HELPFUL IF THEY COULD ANSWER THIS. THAT'S RELATED TO THIS BEING A HISTORIC SITE. AND SO I'M GOING TO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LIKE, DEMOLISH A HISTORIC SITE AND TURN IT INTO A PASSIVE PARK. IF THERE'S RULES THAT SAY WE CAN'T DEMOLISH A HISTORIC SITE OR WHAT THE PROCESS IS INVOLVED IN THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THE REPORT IS FOR THE FOR THIS ITEM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OKAY ON THAT. AND THEN I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDSON, TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO REMOVE THE BIG STONE LODGE PARCEL FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY LIST AND PREPARE THE PARCEL FOR A FUTURE PASSIVE PARK IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER? DEHOFF. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER EDMUNDSON I, DEPUTY MAYOR MEDA I AND MAYOR VOSS. ITEM PASSES.

[COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS]

APPARENTLY THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 61 YEARS, WHICH IS 30 YEARS LONGER THAN ALIVE. YOU CAN DO SOME MATH QUICK. AND I WAS OUT THERE HELPING TO REPRESENT THE CITY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS PIKUS EDMONDSON AND MAYOR VOSS. AS WE WERE STANDING ON TOP OF THE FIRE TRUCK, YOU KNOW, WAVING AT EVERYBODY. AND THERE WAS LOTS OF PEOPLE. AND IT WAS REALLY A GOOD TIME. AND I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY FUN. BUT LATER THAT DAY, I, I WENT TO GIVE A SHORT TALK AT THE LOCAL BRANCH OF SIWA FOR THEIR DAY OF SERVICE. AND SIWA IS A HINDU BASED INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION. AND I GOT TO SEE AL RUIZ, AND HE'S THE FLEET RESERVE COMMANDER. HE WAS THERE TO GIVE A TALK AS WELL. AND MINE WAS ACTUALLY SHORT, WHICH IS SURPRISING. AND IT WAS FOCUSED ON REMEMBERING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I THINK THE PHRASE I USED WAS THAT TIME ERASES THE LESSONS OF HISTORY THAT WE CHOOSE TO FORGET, WHICH IS IT WAS, I THINK, A COMMENT ON AGENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY

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SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED THE SESSION I WAS AT. SO VERY, VERY WELL DONE. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ROTARY FOR THE THE PARADE. AND THE VIEW FROM THE LADDER TRUCK IS SPECTACULAR, I HAVE TO SAY. SO THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WHO WAVED BACK AT US. DEPUTY MAYOR MEDA. I WENT TO THE OTHER WORKSHOP THAT THEY HOSTED ON ZONE ZERO, AND WE HAD A FULL HOUSE UNDER BRIAN AND JENNA'S LEADERSHIP, RESIDENTS WERE EDUCATED ON HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF SAVING THEIR HOMES FROM FIRE DAMAGE. THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY TRAINING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NEW HOME IGNITION ZONE VIP PROGRAM. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE. THEY ARE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER AN ONLINE WORKSHOP, SO IF YOU MISSED THE IN-PERSON ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MISS OUT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. ALSO, SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER AWARENESS MONTH, SO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES HELD THEIR SEPTEMBER MEETING AT THE SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK. WE GOT TO TOUR THEIR BEAUTIFUL LED THE LEED CERTIFIED WAREHOUSE AND LEARN ABOUT HOW FOOD INSECURITY IS BEING ADDRESSED IN OUR COUNTY.

WE ARE. ONE FOURTH OF SAN DIEGANS ARE AFFECTED. THEY ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS AT BOTH THE VISTA AND MIRA MESA WAREHOUSES. IT'S NOT HARD LABOR, SO THIS IS A VERY EASY WAY THAT WE CAN ALL HELP THEM IN THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THE HUNGRY. ALSO, A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARADE. THAT'S A COOL FIRE TRUCK. I GOTTA SAY, GETTING IT RIGHT ON TOP OF THE TURRET THERE. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, A LOT OF FUN. ALSO A PART OF THE PARADE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE. THE ROTARY PUTS ON A A BREAKFAST FOR ALL OF US IN THE GRILL UP PANCAKES WITH THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE RECIPE WITH JOHN LINGHAM. THEY'RE FLIPPING PANCAKES ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE ROTARY TEAM. IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE THERE AND GET TO VISIT WITH FOLKS. I WAS AT THE RIBBON CUTTING, THE CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTING FOR BACK NINE GOLF. REALLY COOL NEW PLACE. IT'S THIS VIRTUAL GOLF, HUGE SCREEN WITH CAMERAS ALL AROUND, AND IT TRACKS YOUR SHOT AND CAN TELL YOU YOUR SWING ANGLE AND YOUR ELEVATION AND SPIN AND ALL THIS. IT'S MIND BLOWING. LOVELY COUPLE THAT OPENED IT UP. THEY'RE OFF TO A BIG START. REALLY WORTH GOING TO CHECK OUT. A LOT OF FUN. DOESN'T MAKE REAL GOLF ANY EASIER, BUT IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO STOP BY THERE. FINALLY THE RODEO. YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THE RODEO. I AM STILL LOBBYING, BY THE WAY. I WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER MUTTON BUSTING CONTEST. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEM TALKED INTO IT YET, BUT I'M STILL WORKING ON IT, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. CHRIS. JASON, HONORABLE

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