City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good evening. Tonight's closed session has been canceled. The council will convene a regular session at 6 PM. Thank you.

To order, it was still 6 o'clock, and it says 6-0-1. Meeting number 3-1-0-1. Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

The record will reflect that all members are in attendance, with the exception of Councilmember Gallagher, who is absent this evening.

Thank you. Next, we have our presentation of colors, invocation, and pledge of allegiance by American Legion.

Would you please remove your covering for the prayer? Almighty God in heaven, thank you for this day and thank you for this opportunity to serve you by serving others. Please come to us now and bless this event with energy, enthusiasm, kindness, and compassion as we make our plans to go forward in service. As always, we lift up in prayer our men and women in uniform from the past, the present, and the future. We beseech you, Lord, please infuse our leaders in Washington and Sacramento with wisdom and compassion. Guide their missions and grant us all peace. Lord, for these gifts and for all the many blessings you bestow upon us each and every day, we all say in unison, amen.

Amen.

Colors!

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Please join us with the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. 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. Amen.

with the Star Cards.

Are there any veterans or sons and daughters of veterans in the audience today? If there are, would you please come forward? Either veteran or son or daughter of a veteran served in, recently, Korea, World War II, World War I, probably not. But grandparents, maybe. I'd like to present each of you with a star card. These cards represent flags that were retired, and we went and made stars, and we also have a message on those flags as well. And I'd like to read that message one time to everybody, pass out one of these cards to everyone. And again, these cards represent flags that's been retired. And I want to read what it says in the back. I was once part of the American flag. I flew over America, the land of the free, because of the brave. I can no longer fly the sun, and the wind have caused me to be tattered and torn. Please carry me as a reminder that you are not forgotten.

Thank you.

And so can you just tell us your name What member of your family actually served, whether it was military, Navy, Army, Air Force, whatever?

My name is Audra Blackner. My grandfather served in World War II for the Army Air Force. And my dad served in the Army in Korea.

Is that why you're calling me? You, sir? I'm Israel. I served in the Marines. And I served in the Iraq War.

In the Iraq War. OK. You, ma'am?

My name is Charlotte . My dad served in the Navy as well as my brother.

Great. And you? My grandfather served in the Marine Corps in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

We missed your name.

My name's Eric Johnson. Sorry. OK. Dad Johnny there.

Any relation to that guy? Yeah. You?

Josh ,, United States Navy.

OK. Manny ,, the Marine Corps. Marine Corps.

Mike .

I know you guys are all proud of what your relatives have done for the country. We want to thank you for making it known to us that you have relatives that serve the country, as we all are proud to be part of the American dream, the American way. So thank you for participating, and thank you for that which you presented to us tonight. You all may be seated. Give them a hand, please.

Color Guard, carry colors. Right face.

All right, you may be seated. Thank you. Johnny, you ready to go? All right. Next, we have our presentation portion of tonight's agenda. We have one presentation, which is the recognition of the Blue Bowie Family Swim School, 70th anniversary. Long time here in Tustin. So I'm going to read the proclamation, then I'm going to bring Johnny, you, and Cindy, if you want, and Eric to come down, say a few words, and we'll take a picture with you. So the proclamation reads, whereas since 1956, Blue Buoy Swim School has provided generations of families with exceptional swim instruction, water safety education, and a welcoming environment. And whereas Blue Buoy Swim School is committed to excellence through its highly trained instructors, state-of-the-art swim training facilities, specialized swim areas, and dedicated adult swim class programs designed to meet the needs of swimmers at every age of development. And whereas Blue Buoy Swim School has cultivated a legacy of excellence by mentoring swimmers who have achieved the highest levels of competitive success, including eight United States Olympians. And whereas Blue Buoy Swim School actively supports water safety awareness through its participation in community events and partnerships. And whereas Blue Buoy Swim School's longstanding commitment to community service and family wellness has earned numerous recognitions, including being named Tustin's Small Business of the Year. and whereas Blue Buoy Swim School continues to make a lasting impact on the Tustin community. Now therefore, the City Council of the City of Tustin, California does hereby recognize Blue Buoy Swim School for its outstanding dedication to swim education and water safety. If any or all of you would like to say something, the podium is yours now. We'll come down and take a picture afterwards. Yeah.

I just wanted to thank the council, Christopher, the beautiful bouquet they sent to the pool. It was amazing. We love our city of Tustin. We are so, so blessed to be a part of it. And in so many ways, it means so much to us to be recognized by all of you.

Thank you.

Thank you. It's been such an honor. We're so grateful to be part of this community. I've lived here when I was born in 1948. Dad was in the Marine Corps. We were back and forth across the country, but this was always home. I graduated from Foothill High School in 1966 and have been part of Blue Boy since that following summer. This is the start of my 60th year. So it's, again, such an honor to be so interwoven with so many facets of the community. We've taught every one of the council members, children, We've taught members in the, what do you call this group?

The esteemed staff.

The guys that make things happen, and many of you in the audience. But again, it's just such an honor. We appreciate it. We look forward to many, many more years of working with the community. And thank you. Thank you for this recommendation.

Thank you very much.

Let's go down and take a picture, guys.

See some of you next Thursday morning I guess I should mention, just to kind of wrap that up, and Johnny just mentioned it, but next Thursday at 8 a.m. at Blue Boys Swim School is the world's largest swim lesson, so you can be at the pool at, I think, 7.30 and participate and hop in the pool and learn some water safety techniques there. Okay, next we're going to move on to public input. At this time, any member of the public may address the council on matters which are not on this evening's agenda, provided the matter is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council. If any members of the public who are participating through Zoom wish to address the council, please raise your hand, and if you're calling in, please press star nine to raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, any request to speak?

Yes, Mr. Mayor, we have three in person. The first one is Dr. Ahuja.

Okay, and while Dr. Ahuja is coming up, I'm going to note for the record that the council did receive one written correspondence from the Ferrer Housing Foundation, which has been posted on the city's website and made available to the public for review. Doctor?

Good afternoon. Honorable Mayor Lombard, members of the City Council, Manager Schindler, Chief Sean Tullius, I'm Gurpreet Ahuja. I am chief of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at CHOC, the Rady Children's Health System of Orange County, formerly known as CHOC, to all of us here. But I come here today as representing the board of directors of Groundswell, which was formerly known as Orange County Human Relations Council. And I've had the opportunity to come here on their behalf for several years now. The fact that two of the organizations that I have been closely associated with have changed their names over that period, it will give you some sense of how long I've been here. So with that, I'm here to thank you on behalf of Groundswell to recognize the city of Tustin's commitment to connecting with the diverse members of the community with the goal of ensuring inclusion, safety, and opportunity for all of Tustin's residents. Groundswell, as you might know, is a nonprofit organization that supports your efforts towards inclusiveness and equity and also connects your efforts with other cities across Orange County to create a web of goodwill and harmony that fully values and leverages our county's diversity, helping your residents realize their full potential. Groundswell partners with Tustin and other neighboring cities to promote civil discourse, to support cities, schools, and corporations with educational programs as they navigate sensitive issues related to intergroup relations, access, and injustice, and to respond to conflicts as well as promoting connectedness and compassion. As a pediatric surgeon, I'm particularly passionate about optimizing our children's chances of success in life. We helped communities find a better way to resolve conflicts by engaging over 100 trained mediators to provide mediation services for Orange County residents. We launched the OC Bridging Initiative to create spaces where people from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints come together to build understanding, reduce polarization, and strengthen our shared sense of community. We continue to provide our Bridges safe and respectful school program designed to support school communities in building cultures rooted in belonging, empathy, and student voice. The bond between Tustin and Groundswell has been strong for years. And on behalf of our organization, I would like to express our gratitude for your City News program participation, which helps to fund many of the activities that I previously highlighted. Partnership like the one between Tustin and Groundswell provides hope, promotes compassion, supports our economy's continued growth, keeps our neighbors and residents safe, and co-creates a community of belonging. To honor our partnership and to thank you, I am pleased to present on behalf of our organization to Mayor Lombard the Groundswell Community 2025 Certification and to celebrate connectedness and compassion as our common governing principles. So thank you, Mayor Plumbart and members of the City Council. Really appreciate this opportunity. I'm very grateful. Thank you very much.

All right, thank you for your comments. Madam City Clerk.

Our next speaker is Louise Anderson. And after that, we will have Leslie.

It's too long. I just want to make it short and sweet and get my point across. Good evening, mayor and council members. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be here tonight. My name is Louise Anderson, and I'm here tonight to speak about a three-year-old dog named Hermes and what his story reveals about OC Animal Care. Hermes entered the shelter on May 10, 2026. After reportedly being found in an abusive situation, his mouth was gagged with a handkerchief He was frightened, traumatized, and in desperate need of patience, understanding, and rehabilitation. Instead, he entered a stressful shelter environment where fearful dogs are often surrounded by other fearful dogs, loud barking, and constant confinement. Five days after arriving, a volunteer was able to approach Hermes through the kennel. Hermes sniffed the volunteer's arm, gently licked the volunteer, and calmly accepted treats through the bars. When another dog barked, Hermes retreated. He did not escalate. He did not attack. He displayed fear, not aggression. I have videos documenting these interactions, and I would welcome the opportunity if anyone would like to observe the videos. I have also posted Hermes' videos on Nextdoor. His Instagram post alone has 4,000 views and over 2,500 likes. Yes, Hermes was euthanized on May 29 after spending less than three weeks in the shelter. According to OC Animal Care's own published statistics, those are the statistics that I just gave you, I'm not going to go through them, but there is a discrepancy of 172 dogs. 5,048 dogs were taken in, 4,076 dogs were recorded with whatever outcomes and 172 dogs there's a difference of 172 dogs. That discrepancy raises important questions about transparency and reporting. And it is one reason the public deserves a complete explanation of how decisions are made when dogs like Hermes are euthanized. OC Animal Care states that it evaluates dogs over time to distinguish fear from aggression, and that behavioral euthanasia is reserved for dogs. that pose a severe safety risk. If that is the standard, then I'm asking why Hermes was not given more time to recover from the trauma he experienced before entering the shelter. Why was a dog who showed the ability to interact gently with people not provided additional behavioral support, rehabilitation, or greater rescue outreach? My concern extends beyond Hermes, OC animal, Care is a beautiful facility, but a beautiful building does not guarantee good outcomes. The public deserves transparency regarding behavioral euthanasia decisions, meaningful review of shelter practices, and leadership that understands the difference between a dangerous dog and a traumatized dog. Hermes cannot speak for himself. The video's showing.

I think you're starting to wrap it up, but your time's up. So if you could just wrap it up. OK. Thank you.

OK.

You can finish without just me cutting you off.

I said, all I want to say is Hermes cannot speak for himself. But he was not a dog beyond help. He should have been helped. And he was a beautiful dog. He was a lab shepherd mix. There's another dog there that I'm concerned about. Her name is Butterscotch. She was found by a family. The family had her for a week. She could give paw. She was gentle. She was potty trained. They took her to OC. She's on the rescue list and going through the same outcome that Hermes did. I don't understand this, because she was with a family who spoke highly of her when they took her to the shelter. Something needs to be done.

Thank you for your comments.

OK.

Thank you. Madam City Clerk, next speaker, please.

Mr. Mayor, as a point of parliamentary inquiry, if I understand it correctly, it's not proper to comment now. But can I comment on that during council comments later on? Absolutely, yes. Thank you. I'll intend to do that. Madam City Clerk.

Mayor, the next speaker is Leslie. And then we have one speaker request on Zoom. OK. Thank you.

Mayor, city council, hello. Welcome. I'm here again. My name is Leslie. I'm a resident of Tustin. And I'm here to continue my opposition of the flock system software being used in Tustin. But today is going to be different because I actually have five packets for each of you. And this is with findings and articles and responses of the flock system in other cities and other states. It is a work in progress, so it will be updated, and I'm committed to doing that for the upcoming months. And while this was a lot of work to do in four months, I still feel like there's still a lot that we have to do to work together. And so what I would like for each of you is to take one and read through it and then consider giving feedback or critique on it. Or you don't have to. It's entirely up to you. And each packet will have instructions in the front and then a questionnaire in the back and then my contact information. And if anyone else is interested in knowing if they want to reach out or if they're concerned about this issue as well, I have set up a separate email. And you can reach out to noflocknoc at yahoo.com. Thank you.

Thank you. Madam City Clerk, online, I guess.

Yes, our next speaker is John Gray.

okay i wanted to spend the time today to read one of the reviews from the enhanced health group rehab place um just to get a sense of what some of these people are also experiencing in there this place is an absolute fraud piece of trash i'm currently here in treatment and come under false pretenses of them not being 420 friendly, which is smoking marijuana. Yet every single group, people are smoking weed, selling weed, and selling Subinox, which is apparently a medication for opium addiction. I guess some of these people are taking it recreationally. This place is likely going to be the reason I relapse. Besides my two house managers, Jessica and Mark, who have been my saving grace in keeping me grounded to recovery, every other staff member, including administrators, have not shown one ounce of care TO ANY OF MY CONCERNS. WHEN I VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE SMOKING WEED IN THE GROUP ROOMS AND ON THE PREMISES, I HAVE ADMINISTRATION TELLING ME, WELL, WEED WILL BE EVERYWHERE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I CAME HERE TO GET SOBER, YET EVERY SINGLE DAY I AM IN PROGRAM, MY CRAVINGS INCREASE. I GET TO FURTHER AWAY FROM MY RECOVERY AND SOBRIETY ROOTS. MY BOYFRIEND SOLD HIS PHONE TO PAY FOR OUR PREMIUMS AFTER NICK FROM ADMISSION SPECIFICALLY SAID THERE WOULD BE NO WEED, YET GET HERE AND GO TO THE PROGRAM AT THE CENTER And there is weed everywhere. People are smoking weed everywhere, offering my boyfriend and I weed every other second, including telling my boyfriend he should hit the weed and they won't tell me his girlfriend. And those are in quotations. We have advocated many times to every staff about our concerns, asking about a transfer. And the only solution that is given to us is to move houses, where a house is the only place we feel safe, where weed is nowhere to be found, seen or smelt, to do telehealth. This place is absolutely disgusting Disgrace to Recovery. There was another recent post. I'm not going to read the whole thing, but I am going to point out that it mentions that there are 20 homes. So the conclusion I'm coming from this is they're taking 20 houses worth of people and shipping them Monday through Friday to that office building. These are people who are smoking weed and drugs. And what I'm asking from the police side is to enforce some of the things that are under purview. If they're selling marijuana, if they're selling drugs, these are crimes, plain and simple. Other ones are minor, but they're still a nuisance to the community. They're walking from Sycamore, the driveway, right across the street and not bothering anyone. to cross the intersection even though jaywalking is no longer illegal they're purposely walking into oncoming traffic this is the majority of them not just one or two people um so that is what i'm asking of the police when i'm asking of code enforcement there is a large gopher infestation a pocket gopher infestation it's been there for two years they completely ignore it what is going to take to get that resolved are they going to start because they can start chewing the wires for the We have spent a lot of money in the city to have the streetlight synchronization and those gophers can chew through those wires. They can create holes underneath the road. They've been going unchecked for two years. A lot of these trees are also close to the sidewalk now. Mr. Gray, you're three minutes is up. If you could wrap it up, please. All right. So that's what I'm asking is that this is taken seriously because every location is... There's nothing I can do, and all these are nuisance behaviors that can be sued upon by the city and can be fined by the city, and I ask that they do so. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Madam City Clerk, any other requests to speak?

No, Mr. Mayor.

Anybody in the room? Okay, we're going to move on to the consent calendar, items 1 through 11. All matters listed under the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion without discussion. Public input for the consent calendar. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak form if you have not already. If any members of the public who are participating through Zoom wish to address the council on items one through 11, please raise your hand. And I have requests to pull item seven by Councilmember Nielsen. Items nine and 11 by Councilmember Schnell. Any other requests to pull items? I'll take that as a no. Do I have a motion to, oh, I'm sorry. We'll do public input. Any requests to speak?

No, Mr. Mayor.

No. Nobody online?

No.

Okay. Do I have a motion for the balance?

So moved.

Second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Council Member Nielsen?

Yes.

Council Member Feene?

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tem Chanel?

Aye.

Mayor Lombard?

Aye.

Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you. Next, we'll move on to item number seven. That was pulled by Councilmember Nielsen, which is the declare to intent to vacate Enderly Center Drive instead of public hearing. Councilmember Nielsen.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a couple of things to clarify on this. There is obviously some concern by some residents and have talked to a couple of them. And I just want to clarify for those in the public and If Mr.. Grisso is here. You can also verify that this information is correct, but basically the understanding on the road in question is that Enderley Family Trust owns actually the land that that road sits on and that we actually have a transportation easement in order to utilize that road. And they have actually asked for it to be vacated. So it's their property and they've asked for it to be vacated. So I just wanted to make that clear because there's lots of rumors flying around in some of the neighborhoods there. And so I just wanted to set the record straight on that particular issue. But I do have another question for Mr. Grisso, if you've got him. You can come up for a second.

Mr. Grisso?

Good evening.

How are you? I'm good. Good. So, I know we've done some traffic studies in that area, getting some information that the intersection of Yorba and 17th Street has some issues with the westbound left turnpocket during rush hour, that it's not really great, and that some of the residents south of Enderley basically use Enderley Center Drive as kind of a pass-through for that. Is that verified by your traffic studies, do you think? Or do you think that's unfounded?

Yeah, so we took a look at, on two different occasions, back in 2020, 2021, when we were looking at RHNA numbers for the entire city. We did a housing overlay traffic study that looked at Enderley Center as a site that could potentially at some day be rezoned for additional housing. We revisited that site when this development popped up. And then as the redevelopment continued in discussion with city staff and the Enderly Family Trust requested vacation of Enderly Center Drive, we asked them to do a traffic analysis specifically looking at Enderly Center and 12 intersections related to everywhere from 17th and the 55 and throughout the surrounding area. That study essentially showed that the way the traffic engineering world works, they look at level of service. Level of service is a grade through A through E or F, kind of like a report card. How is the intersection? How is traffic movements working through? So regionally is a county. We are a very urbanized area, a lot of traffic on our streets all the way through Orange County. The county as a whole and every city surrounding us, including Tustin, operate all of our intersections on major thoroughfares at a level D, a level of service level D. That means there is congestion. That means there's traffic. That means some days, peak hours, it's difficult to get through there. what the study showed for interleave specifically is there no change in that service level with or without the development and so as we stand today as staff and a recommendation to vacate interleave center we're confident now and we looked out all the way through 2045 with our traffic planning and modeling we don't anticipate a significant impact or any change in level of service as you have it currently set today okay great thank you for that and so residents can be assured that uh

The traffic that they're experiencing now will be the traffic that they'll experience after the development's completed.

That's a fair statement.

Okay. Well, thank you very much. That's all I have, and I will move the item, Mr. Mayor.

I have a motion. I'll second that motion. Further discussion?

Just a note, and I won't delve into too much, but I appreciate Council Member Nielsen bringing this up. Just as a reminder to anybody who's watching this, this is setting a public hearing. So there'll be a full chance to air these out at that public hearing in September. I will say, just as we go forward, as a reminder to folks, because there's a whole lot of misinformation out there And I think all of us have tried. The city has tried. The developer has tried to get out correct information. But as a reminder, this got rezoned to 413 residential units, which I don't think was a great idea. But the project that's proposed is 100 residential units. And it keeps the heart of Enderly Center in place as a new revitalized center, Campo at 17th. Zoves will be there. It has a lot of the same qualities that we that we remember because I think the other thing is over the years it has faded. We've seen fading tax revenue from there indicating lagging sales and so this revitalization is going to help keep that retail center there and allow some homes to be built but a lot fewer than it's zoned for and as long as this project moves forward it could be a successful project but it's still zoned so that somebody else could come in if this project didn't work out with even more homes 413 and the traffic study that Mr. Grisso mentioned analyzed the traffic patterns for that 413 homes and I think continued retail which PROJECT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT PROBABLY ISN'T REALISTIC TO IT PROBABLY ISN'T REALISTIC TO MAKE IT WORK BUT THAT WAS THE MAKE IT WORK BUT THAT WAS THE PARAMETERS OF THE STUDY. PARAMETERS OF THE STUDY. SO WE'LL SEE A LOT LESS EVEN SO WE'LL SEE A LOT LESS EVEN THAN WHAT WAS STUDIED. THAN WHAT WAS STUDIED. JUST A REMINDER THIS IS JUST A JUST A REMINDER THIS IS JUST A START BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE START BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A RETAIL KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A RETAIL CENTER. CENTER. THERE'S GOING TO BE ONLY 100 THERE'S GOING TO BE ONLY 100 HOMES ON THE SOUTH

Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Council Member Nielsen? Yes. Council Member Fink? Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Chanel? Aye. Mayor Lombard? Aye. Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you.

Thanks, Mike.

Next, we have item number nine. That was pulled by Mayor Pro Tem Schnell, and it's the exclusive negotiating agreement with Tessin Legacy Mixed Use LLC for approximately a 52-acre site within the Tessin Legacy-specific plan area.

Mayor Pro Tem. Sure. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I need to recuse myself since my company has an existing economic relationship with the Almquist Companies. All right. Thank you.

I will move the item, Mr. Mayor.

we have a motion oh i'll second and we have a second i just want to make a comment about this as we go forward um it's got a 24-month exclusive negotiating agreement uh period with a six-month extension and i appreciate uh staff's work to try to uh get that uh to an end line and i appreciate that in fact the timeline actually built out by the developer is If you add those all together, it's 17 months. And so I would just say, as we go forward, there's a longer period than is probably called for or necessary. So I would just encourage the developer, and I know staff will work quickly. I'd encourage developer Dan Almquist and the Almquist company really want to get this done. So I would just encourage them to move faster on this point and not even take up that entire 24-month period. And when we get to that extension period, unless there's something really dramatic, I wouldn't anticipate an extension would be appropriate. So let's get it done in 24 months. And I know if folks are listening, I just want to make sure that that message is conveyed.

Appreciate that. Thank you for the discussion. Madam City Clerk.

Council Member Nielsen?

Yes.

Council Member Feek? Aye. Mayor Lombard? Aye. Motion passes 3-0.

Thank you. All right, next we have item number 11, which was pulled by Mayor Pro Tem Schnell as well, and it's the City Council Liaisons to Tustin Unified School District.

Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you. Well, I wanted to just take a moment to thank you, Mr. Mayor, for asking me to join you on this very important committee as a liaison. I mean, there's really nothing more important than public safety. And school safety is a big component of that. I've been a big proponent of looking for ways that we can partner with the school, do more, be better to ensure that our kids, when they go to school, they come back safely. There are a number of items that both the mayor and I have been working on over the past couple of years, as well as with staff and with the chief of police. And a couple of those things are we've added some additional police patrols for the upcoming school year. So there will be additional police that will be able to patrol schools. Also, I've been working behind the scenes with staff on a memorandum of understanding. which will allow the Tustin Police Department to get access to the cameras outside, not indoor, not inside the schools, but outdoors of the schools that will allow police to respond more effectively in the event there is some type of an active event or an active shooter event. And then thirdly, very happy to see, and it's been the first time in four years, that the police is actually collaborating with Tustin Unified School District on active shooter training. It really speaks to the closeness that Tustin Unified and the city council has been working on. And I'm very happy to see that something like that happened. So again, glad to be a liaison and to continue the discussions on ways that we can work more closely with Tustin Unified to do more and enhance the safety for students. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

All right, thank you. Was that a motion? I'll second it and say thank you to Council Member Fink for sort of doggone boning this issue. We do have a lot of policies and projects that we're working with the school board, and it's good to have liaison and elected level dialogue, so thank you for bringing that up. Further discussion? Yeah, Council Member Fink.

Yes, thank you, Mayor, and I appreciate that, and I appreciate that we're standing this up. I know, I think Irvine's been doing this with TUSD, and I think it's very important, all the reasons that Council Member Schnell mentioned. I think that's critical but we've got so much in common with Tustin Unified that we are tied at the hip to the school district and that's good as a product of Tustin Unified schools I think that's I really want us to make sure that we're listening directly, and that the school board is listening directly to what each other is saying. So I'm very happy to see this. We've got a lot to partner with them on. We've got the Heidemann Park that is in progress. And that can be a model for parks at schools throughout the city. When I was growing up, my local park was the school playground and not the local park. And I think that's true for a lot of people. When kids come through Tustin Unified and they're out in the world, whether they're at our parks or whether they're working summer jobs or they're going to college and coming home, It's critical that we're connected to them. And I know that as the school district works on its development down in the legacy and the new potential new school district headquarters, that's important to understand where they're coming from. So I'm really glad that we're standing this up and making sure that we're each listening to each other.

All right. Further discussion? Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Council Member Nielsen? Yes. Council Member Fink?

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tem Chenault?

Aye.

Mayor Lombard?

Aye.

Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you. Next we'll move to our public hearing items on the agenda tonight. We have three of them. The first is item number 12, which is adoption of 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan. We'll open the public hearing and bring Water Services Manager Mike Chandler up for a PowerPoint presentation. I guess this is for items 12 and 13 together. Is that right? Okay. Do I need to open the public hearing for item 13, then, too?

That one will be opened separately as soon as this item is voted upon, you'll open the public hearing for the next item.

OK.

Good evening, thank you for allowing me to speak tonight. My name is Mike Chandler, I'm the Water Services Manager with the City of Tustin. And tonight's presentation is related to two separate items for public hearing, which is items 12 and 13. The two items are the Urban Water Management Plan and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan, together within the same document, but are required to be adopted as a standalone items. The purpose of tonight's public hearing is to discuss and allow questions or comments in regards to the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Urban Water Management Plan and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan was made available for public review back in May. The urban water management plan is a comprehensive document that presents an evaluation of the city's water reliability over a 25-year horizon. This document integrates supply portfolios, demand projections, and reliability assessment all into one. Within the Urban Water Management Plan is a section labeled the Water Shortage Contingency Plan, which is a structured guide for how the city responds to water shortages. Urban Water Management Plan requirements. The Urban Water Management Plan is required to be updated and submitted to the Department of Water Resources every five years. This process consists of public notification, a public hearing, and adoption. It also requires the urban water management plan and the water shortage contingency plan to be adopted as separate documents. Once adopted and finalized, it's required to be submitted to DWR by July 1st. Some key elements within the urban water management plan. The urban water management plan is a regionally focused plan. Retailers and wholesalers align assumptions, utilize shared demand modeling, and coordinate drought response. So some of these key elements are listed here as water use, water supply, water service reliability and drought risk assessment, and of course the water shortage contingency plan. The city's reliability assessment is developed by comparing projections of demand, forecast of supply capability, long-term assessment from 2026 to 2050, and drought risk assessment based on five consecutive dry years. Little overview of the water use and supply. So projections were based on the 2025 Orange County water demand projection model. Over the last five years, we have seen some fluctuations in water use, mostly due to the regional drought conditions, followed by a record-setting wet year. Overall, we have witnessed a slight decrease in water demand. 2025 importer water supply figures were a bit elevated due to the PFAS treatment facility construction. Some key findings within the 2025 urban water management plan. The city's supply capabilities are sufficient for a drought lasting five consecutive years. The city has 25-year water service reliability under an average year, single dry year, and five consecutive drought years. Groundwater supply is projected to meet a notable share of water demand over the next 25 years. The city has reliability in local sources, regional groundwater projects, and storage. So this leads us to the other part of the water SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN WHICH IS WITHIN THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS A STRUCTURED GUIDE ON HOW THE CITY RESPONDS TO A WATER SHORTAGE CONDITION AND IS REQUIRED TO BE ADOPTED AS A STAND ALONE DOCUMENT. PLANNING FOR WATER SHORTAGES CAN HELP THE CITY MAINTAIN RELIABLE SUPPLIES AND REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF SERVICE OR SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS. The city already operates under permanent water restrictions and the water code requires key elements to be included within this water shortage contingency plan, which are six standard shortage levels, response actions and communication protocols. So in summary, the draft urban water management plan and the Water Shortage Contingencies Plan satisfy all Urban Water Management Plan Act requirements. The draft plans were prepared in coordination with regional agencies. Notification requirements were completed and plans were posted for public review prior to tonight's public hearing. Submission is on track to meet the July 1st, 2026 deadline. So tonight's recommendations are to adopt the 2025 urban water management plan and adopt the 2025 water shortage contingency plan. And with that, I'll open it up to questions.

Thanks, Mike. Do we have questions for staff before I take public comments? Everybody's got questions. I'm going to start with Councilmember Nielsen.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Very kind. This is a little offbeat. Sorry about that. So I know this is a lot of work. So first of all, I want to thank staff for doing this Herculean task of putting this together every five years. I know it's a lot of work. So thank you, first of all, for doing that.

Absolutely.

Second of all, I know that one of the challenges for our water enterprise system is what's on the future, what's going to happen, what is government regulation going to do to us next, one of those being contaminants, as we found with PFAS. So just was wondering if we have any sort of contaminants that we see through other government agencies that may be coming down to us that we need to worry about for the future.

No, the projections are projection. Now that we're kind of through the construction of PFAS plant, that's up and running, the projections for us are mostly groundwater that we're going to be able to produce. We don't see any more foreseen treatment process we have to put in place for any production. So it's showing pretty stable.

Okay, yeah, well, GWRS does a good job of refilling that. Right. Okay, thank you very much. Sure.

Council Member Fee? Thank you, Mayor. I just have two kind of housekeeping questions, but I want to make sure that it's out there. One is, it's the 2025 plan. I asked this of Mr. Gris the other day, but could you explain why we're doing this? Why is 2025 instead of 2026?

So this happens in five year increments. So they take all the data from 2020 to 2025. We basically have a six month grace period to kind of prepare it, get it out to the public for comment, and then present it to you guys for adoption.

And it's the information gathered in last year, not going forward for this year. Correct. And then the second is, could you highlight As I understand, we're pretty much in line with the 2020 report. Are there any major changes from the last five-year plan?

Are you talking the whole urban water management?

On both of those.

No, it's pretty consistent. We're basically looking out an extra five years, right? So we're on the next five-year increment. So we're looking out an extra five years. And we were stable the last time. We're stable this time. We're relying on mostly the ongoing projects, the groundwater sources that we now have recovered. and the outlook is stable.

Yeah, thank you. I'll echo my thanks for the work in putting the plan together and just the efforts for the water services team, especially in getting the PFAS treatment plant up and allowing us to get most of our water from the groundwater again. I appreciate everything that's going on in the water department. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just two questions. One is, so the projections that you end up doing with water shortages, does this take into consideration water that would be required in a fire emergency?

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, they look at everything. And that's the top priority is fire response and being able to maintain that supply.

Okay, and then the second question would be, you know, we have a water fund and the projections in both five and 25 years are those taking into consideration the amount of money that we have in our water fund and in the event we had some type of outlier wildfire event that we have enough reserves to actually adequately cover the funding in our water reserve.

You know what, that might be a better question for my director to answer.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Mike. Neither one of these reports specifically address fire preparedness from water utilities perspective. This is a regional planning document that looks at normal operating conditions. Part of our exercise and part of our pre-planning and our work in coordination with our partners, including OCFA, is always looking at the possibility and the mitigation efforts related to response and being able to provide water at our hydrants. And we go through a very robust and kind of process for making sure that our reservoirs are full, especially when we move into high wind events, fire season. And we go through that process. This item tonight doesn't specifically address that. And then as we're planning from, you mentioned our water fund. As we're planning for our water fund, we're always looking at those revenues. We're always looking at that planning document, our reserve fund. MAKING SURE WE'RE IN A GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION TO RESPOND TO MAKING SURE WE'RE IN A GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER IS PUT IN FRONT OF WHATEVER IS PUT IN FRONT OF US.

US. IS THERE A SEPARATE REPORT IS THERE A SEPARATE REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR FIRE SAFETY REGARDING WATER FOR FIRE SAFETY AND FIRE VENTS THAT WE'LL ALSO AND FIRE VENTS THAT WE'LL ALSO RECEIVE HERE?

RECEIVE HERE? WE DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC WE DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC REPORT ON THAT CONCEPT. and look at an opportunity to bring something back.

Okay. I mean, the reason I just bring it up is I live in Peters Canyon. That's my district, and it's in the very heart of the updated fire zones. So I just want to make sure that there's adequate water in those areas that could be most greatly impacted by a wildfire.

Understood. And a point of clarification, we have two service areas in Tustin, Irvine Ranch, or two partners, water partners. So Irvine Ranch Water District does provide water. water service. So we will gladly partner with them and make sure we can report back.

Great. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Okay, this is a public hearing, so we're going to take public input. Mike, I think you're good. Thank you. Thank you. Both Mikes. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak for them, and if you're participating through Zoom, please raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, any request to speak?

No, Mr. Mayor.

Anybody in the room? All right, we'll close the public input. We'll close the public hearing. Any further discussion? I will entertain a motion as well. I'll make a motion, Mr. Mayor.

Second.

We have a motion and a second. Further discussion? Okay, Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Councilmember Nielsen? Yes. Councilmember Fink?

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tem Chanel?

Aye.

Mayor Lombard?

Aye.

Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you. Next, we have item number 13, which is the adoption of 2025 Urban Water Management Plan. I'm going to open the public hearing. And move to public input. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak form. And if you're participating through Zoom, please raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, any request to speak?

No, Mr. Mayor.

Anybody in the room? I will close public input, close the public hearing, bring it back to the council. I'm assuming there's no discussion. I'll entertain a motion. Move the item. Second. Motion and a second. Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Council Member Nielsen? Yes. Council Member Feek?

Aye.

Mayor Perch and Schnell?

Aye.

Mayor Lombard?

Aye.

Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you. Next, we have item number 14, which is tentative parcel map 2022-161, subdivision 2026-0002, to subdivide one existing 4.43-acre parcel at 1421, 1451, and 1481 Edinger Avenue into two parcels. I'm not going to read the rest. I'm going to open the public hearing and bring Principal Planner Ray Berrigan up for a presentation.

Thank you, Mayor Lombard, members of the council. As you stated, the project before you is specific plan amendment and a request for approval of a specific plan amendment and tentative parcel map at the addresses you just described. The project site is approximately 4.4 acres and is located in the northwest corner of Red Hill and Edinger Avenue. The site is zoned specific center use specific plan and has a planned community commercial business land use designation. The site is surrounded by general office uses to the south and west, commercial uses to the east, and the city yard and railroad right of way to the north. The specific plan is divided into four key planning areas that allow for a range of uses. And the site overlaps the planning area number three, or technology center, as shown in green on the map on the right. And Planning Area 4, or the Commercial Center Planning Area, shown in red on the map on the right. In November of 2024, the Planning Commission approved a new automated self-serve car wash, and building permits were issued in December of 2025, and construction for the car wash is currently underway. It should be noted that there is no development proposed in part to the project before you tonight. The application includes two parts. The first is a tentative parcel map that would subdivide one legal parcel into two parcels. And because of the subdivision, the specific plan amendment is required to realign the affected planning area boundary line that transects the property with the new parcel line. And the specific plan amendment also includes minor edits to text and graphics within the specific plan. The boundary line between planning areas 3 and 4 currently align with the existing tax assessor boundary line that transects the project site. The new parcel line that would be created through the subdivision would not align with the current planning boundary lines of the specific plan. And as a result, the planning area line needs to be revised. This slide highlights the existing and proposed boundary lines between the planning areas. As stated earlier, minor text and graphic amendments to adequately describe and illustrate the revised attributes and boundaries of each planning area are included in your packet by reference. On May 12, 2026, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt Ordinance 1577 for this specific plan amendment, and also that the City Council approve the tentative parcel map subject to the conditions of approval. It should also be noted that the project complies with all relevant state laws and was reviewed pursuant to CEQA. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Ordinance 1577 by title only, approving the specific plan amendment, and Resolution 2631, approving the subject tentative parcel map to subdivide the project site. And that concludes my brief presentation. I'm here to answer any questions, and also the applicant's representatives are here should you have any questions for them. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Berrigan. Before I open public input, do we have any comments from council? No question? Okay. Thank you, Ray. No open public input. And if any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak for them. And if you are participating through Zoom, please raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, any requests to speak?

Yes, Mr. Mayor, we have one on Zoom, John Gray.

Okay. Okay.

I just had a quick general question. On one of the diagrams that were shown, it seemed like the lines on previous and existing were just modified a little bit to be straight. Does that have anything to do with like old zoning maps or drawing it by hand or surveying it in person? Or is that just something I see that isn't there?

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Any other requests to speak?

No, Mr. Mayor.

Anybody in the room? No. Okay, I'll close public input and close the public hearing and bring it back to the council for questions, comments, and discussion.

I'll make a motion, Mr. Mayor.

We got a motion and a second. I'll come to you in a second. Ray, can you answer that question? Was it just draw by it with crayons or was it something more than that?

No, the planning area lines were, they followed a tax assessor parcel line. So as you can see, it kind of goes in and out. So we're just aligning it with the new parcel line. Thank you.

Council Member Fink. I had something of that question and didn't want to take it, but I wanted to make sure it got answered, so that's all I have.

Thank you. All right, we have a motion and a second. Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Council Member Nielsen. Yes. Council Member Fink.

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tem Chanel.

Aye.

Mayor Lombard.

Aye.

Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you. With that, we'll move to our regular business portion of the agenda. We have one item tonight, which is amendment number two to employment agreement with city manager. Mr. City Attorney Dave Kendig will provide a verbal report. That's correct.

My government code section 54953 requires a verbal summary of a proposed final action on the salary or fringe benefits of a local agency executive. before the city council takes a final vote on the action. This is that summary. Item 15 on this evening's agenda would amend the city manager's base salary from the current annual salary of $328,036 to $354,286.40 annually, effective on June 8th. With that, the recommended action is to approve amendment number two to the employment agreement with Aldo Schindler in the form attached to the agenda report. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.

Any questions for council? All right, I'm gonna move to public input. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak for them, and if you are participating through Zoom, please raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, any requests to speak on this item?

No, Mr. Mayor.

Anybody in the room? Okay, we'll close public input, bring it back to the council for further discussion, or I'll entertain a motion as well. I'll make a motion. Motion. Do I have a second?

Second.

Motion and a second. Any discussion? Okay. Madam City Clerk, roll call, please.

Council Member Nielsen. Yes. Council Member Fink.

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tem Schnell.

Aye.

Mayor Lombard.

Aye.

Motion passes 4-0.

Thank you. Next, we'll move to other business. Mr. City Manager, do you have a report tonight?

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. REGARDING A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE TUSTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEIDEMAN SCHOOL PROJECT HAS STARTED. PHASE ONE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER. THE CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WILL BE PHASED TO COINCIDE WITH THE ACTIVITY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL HOURS. FINAL PHASE AND THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION WILL OCCUR IN THE SUMMER OF 2027. I also want to recognize and congratulate Lieutenant Robert Nelson on graduating from the California Police Chiefs Executive Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University. Lieutenant Nelson's accomplishment reflects his commitment to professional excellence and continued service to our Tustin community. That concludes my updates.

Thank you, sir. Mr. City Attorney, do you have a report tonight?

Just briefly note that there was no closed session meeting this evening. Other than that, no additional report.

Thank you. Bring it back to the council for our reports. Councilmember Nielsen.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So on Friday, June 5th, I attended the Tustin Area Men and Women of the Year Awards. And as usual, some just awesome nominees to honor our volunteers in this community. So it was, I'm sure, a hard choice. by the existing board that makes that decision. And they awarded, first time I'm aware, a married couple for Man in One of the Year, which is Jeff and Kelly Myers, who were nominated by Tustin Area Council for Fine Arts. And Kelly Myers I've known for years and years. She was actually one of my daughter's first dance teachers when she was about six or seven. I've known her for a long time. She's been very involved with TACFA and also with doing some work with a nonprofit that basically does rehab through dance. So it's very good, both her and her husband. So great, great volunteers. And as always, great choice. But we have many, many great volunteers in this town. So we're very, very fortunate and lucky. And also, after that, of course, is the great chili cook-off. I'm trying to remember back when the first one I went to. And no, that wasn't with Columbus Tustin either. But it was. It's been a while, and it's continued to grow and grow in popularity. And it's nice to see everybody out on a Sunday. And the nice part about the Chili Cook-Off, besides the chili and everything else that you can do there, is just you get to see people that maybe you haven't seen for a while that are in town, and you're not in their immediate circle, and you get to visit with them. And so that's always great. So I was helping the Lions pour beer. I was not tasting. I just poured beer. That's all I did. So I just want to make that clear. But it was great to see everybody out, everybody having a good time out there. And that's the extent of my report. I think I ought to end with the chili cook-off. So thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you.

Council Member Fink? Thank you, Mayor. I'll begin with where Council Member Nielsen ended, which is at the chili cook-off. I was happy to be at the cook-off kick-off. And then at the wrap-up, I missed some of the intermediate part of the day as I was taking care of my daughter while my wife was pouring beer. And so lots of beer being poured, lots of chili being eaten, and lots of chili being eaten out of compostable cups with compostable tasting spoons. And so really thank the Parks and Recreation Department for stepping up, trying to address the waste that we produced during that event and getting good replacements. As I've heard, nobody even noticed. And we've diverted. a whole bunch of waste from the landfills. And also new beer cups that I think are compostable. So a lot of good progress on that. So thanks to the Parks Department for that. I want to acknowledge the Tustin High School 60th anniversary class reunion that took place on June 5th at Tustin High School, and they planted a tree. I was supposed to attend. I was planning on attending. I was trying to attend, and I got caught up in my day job at a hearing that dragged on and on and on and ended up having to miss the event. And I was connecting with the coordinator of that throughout, but wasn't able to make it. But I did want to recognize what the class of night the city of Towson high school in 1966 their reunion at Towson high school and planting a tree and keeping that tradition going there. I on Thursday of last week was attended the Orange County waste commission meeting. I serve on that commission and it was sort of a wrap up all the cities have approved the waste Um... And two things to note in terms of what's coming up, concerts in the park, Wednesdays at Pepper Tree Park through the end of July. I should be there tomorrow night. And then Thursday, on the third Thursday of the month, is the Sunset Markets. So I'll be there as well this coming Thursday. I should have a little booth there. If you've got questions, comments, anything you want to talk about, I'll be there to talk about Tustin or anything else you want to at that event. I just want to acknowledge and appreciate Leslie talking about the flock cameras. I'm looking forward to looking at that information. Also appreciate Louise Anderson. We've gotten some questions about this, and we adopted the animal care contract. And I had a chance to visit there. I won't belabor this, because she had to leave, and I'll talk to her. But they do tell us that they do not euthanize animals there unless there's a medical reason for it. So we'll continue to look into that. And just to let everybody know, there is a community outreach committee for the animal care department. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT WITH SURE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT WITH MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM EACH MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM EACH SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT. SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT. AND THE NEXT MEETING ON THAT IS an oversight or advisory board for that. There is an existing committee. And so I want to make sure that that's active and doing its job as well. So that's not to interrupt people who bring their concerns here, but want to make sure that people know there is an oversight body. And I want to look in to make sure that it's working well. I'll just note, I've talked about this before. And so I just want to keep talking about the fact that we can reinvest in our community. And I was looking at some things that other cities are doing. And I'll note, in the city of Anaheim, They're buying up hotels on Beach Boulevard in a Beach Boulevard revitalization project and turning them into very supportive housing. There are means for us in Tustin to take money that we have available for short-term uses to invest it in our community and be able to turn that around to return those funds back as well as create better opportunities here in the city. So I would hope that we continue to look at those opportunities. Other cities are doing it. We shouldn't be left behind. And the last thing I want to say with the American Legion here, and I know they have mostly dispersed. But tomorrow would have been my brother's 63rd birthday. And he served in the United States Army in Germany in 1983 to 1985. So not a son or daughter of a veteran, but a brother of one. And it reminded me to look back. great-grandfather George Michael Kaler and his brother Michael George Kaler, yes, those were the names, served in the 17th infantry of the 17th Iowa infantry during the Civil War. So appreciate everybody who served and made me think of both of those during the presentation. Thank you. That's all I've got.

Thank you.

Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. June 3rd, I had the honor of speaking to Scout Troop 2778. I brought five bright young minds here and let them sit in the dais. They had, I think, a pretty fun time. They asked some very insightful and thoughtful questions, and hopefully they were inspired to either volunteer in their community or maybe someday one of those five, I think it was actually five young ladies, one of them may sit here on the dais and serve the the great city of Tustin. On June 17th, I am doing a tour of the OC Sanitation Headquarters. Unfortunately, Council Member Gallagher is not here. I know he's been kind of pushing, prodding me to do that. I will take ample photos and some videos, and I will send them to confirm they actually did finally go to the OC Sanitation Headquarters. Also wanted to wish everyone a happy belated Flag Day and just a little bit of history. So Flag Day, as we know, commemorates the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777. And the Second Continental Congress established an official unified flag for the nation. So what I did not know is that there really was not a specific star pattern. So they came out as clusters, circles, rows. And it wasn't until 1818 that they established some rules, some guidelines to create the flags. And then in 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed an act of Congress to officially designate June 14 as National Flag Day. So again, we are very honored. I'm blessed to live in this great country and have this beautiful flag represent all the goodness in this, again, in America. And then last fun fact is that new stars are officially added to the field on the 4th of July. So as states come in, again, they add the star on the 4th of July. And then last but not least, I wanted to wish everyone, whether you're a dad, a granddad, a very happy Father's Day. It's this Sunday. So again, may you be fetid. And may your children surround you with lots of hugs and love and everything else. Free golf time. And that concludes my report.

Thank you. I also want to give staff kudos for a very successful chili cook-off. The little bit of different layout this year that was... I think we've kind of optimized the footprint, and I look forward to seeing that come back again next year. And we just keep getting better each year with details, so thank you so much for all the hard work that went into that. That was on June 7th, of course. And then on June 10th, I had an OCFA Budget and Finance Committee meeting, and we continue to sort of dig in on some of the finances. OCFA's in really good shape, and try to see how we can use those resources to upgrade infrastructure, including stations and engines. So in a good position. Between all that, I happened to take a trip up Big Bear Mountain, and I stopped through Redlands. And if you've been to the city of Redlands, it's kind of a, I would say, parallel city to the city of Tustin. It's a historic town that got cut in half by a freeway and had some hard times. But they were really doing a revitalization in the Old Town area, including a lot of public art. And public art is something that I used to talk about, but I'm thankful to staff and Public Art Commission for forwarding public art throughout town. It's kind of fun to look at what used to be a blank wall and is something nice. So I'm going to continue to work with that commission to identify opportunities, including sending some pictures that I took in the city of Redlands like a crazy person on the side of the road. And then we skipped over item four tonight. And I wanted to just take a moment kind of underscore what that meant. We terminated a two and a half year, over two and a half year local emergency related to the North Hanger fire. And on November 6, 2023, a Monday, we went to sleep and there were two hangers. And we had a newly minted acting city manager who was assured by the council and the mayor at the time that nothing could happen while she was acting city manager in a sleepy town like Tustin. And that acting city manager tried to get a hold of the mayor in the middle of the night. And he was somewhere. I don't know. Had to send a police captain over to get him. But the next 24 days were managing one of the biggest fires seen in Southern California structurally in history. And the interface of the city of Tustin And the Department of Navy and OCFA and Tustin PD, of course, and local law enforcement and first responders was unprecedented. And Nicole, you did just a tremendous job in those first hours, those first days, and throughout the last two and a half plus years, managing a very complex and difficult situation that had the city step in again in an unprecedented manner and spend a lot of our community's resources because it was the right thing to do. But it's been difficult. And so I just wanted to say thank you for all the effort that you have done and the rest of the staff. I know any staff members in here were part of that. If you weren't with the city, you were watching from afar, but you came here because our staff did such a wonderful job managing that crisis. So thank you, Nicole. Thank you to the rest of the staff for that. If you want to clap for Nicole, you should clap for Nicole. And obviously, the local emergency as of tonight has been terminated. That doesn't mean that the work around the north hangar is done in any sense. We are engaged with the Navy, as we've been talking about, on long-term planning for the 85 acres, including what's left of the hangar. I'm going to plug publicly something like a national monument and just throw it out in the ether and hope that federal dollars come flooding our way for that. But we'll see. All right, with that, I'm going to move to upcoming events. We've already mentioned some of these, but the next concert in the park is tomorrow night at Peppertree Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. It's the 90s Rock Show Band. And then the next day on Thursday, June 18th in Old Town from 5 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. is the next Sunset Market, as Councilmember Fink mentioned. And then next week, Thursday, June 25th, we're having the celebration for the 250th anniversary of American freedom in Tustin. And we have a field of honor dedication ceremony. I know most staff is already aware of this, but if anybody else is looking, watching us and isn't aware, we're going to have 250 flags, as was mentioned by Mayor Pro Tem, planted in the field at Veterans Sports Park. And it's a nice testament to our nation's history and our veteran history. history in tustin and how important that is for our future as well 4 p.m thursday june 25th at veterans sports park with that i'm going to move to adjournment the next meeting is scheduled for tuesday july 7th at 2026 for the closed session meeting at 4 30 p.m and the regular business meeting at 6 p.m thank you have a good night