City Council - Regular Meeting

Welcome everybody. It's that time. Go ahead and grab a seat. Ask our council to join us on the dis.

Our city clerk, Kathy Valdez, bring us to order with a roll call. The record shall reflect that all members are present. Our city attorney, Walter Chung, will bring us out of close session. The city council took no reportable action in close session today.

And we are very honored to have Boy Scout troop 747 here with us evening. Scout Kai Gil will lead us in the pledge of allegiance tonight. Scouts, all yours. Oh, everyone's already risen. Uh, all those in uniform, please salute. If not, please place your right hand over your heart. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Ready, begin. I pledge of 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. Two. Thank you. You may be seated.

Thank you very much, Scouts.

All right. To speak on an item on tonight's agenda, please fill out a speaker slip with the number of the item you'd like to speak on. Give it to the clerk secretary staff here at the dis. Speaker slips are available on the table just outside the city council chambers. For members of the public participating via Zoom, please use the raise your hand feature you'd like to indic to speak or press star 9 on your phone. We will announce when to raise your hand to indicate you'd like to make a comment on the specific item being discussed. Speakers will each have three minutes to address the council. Now, we're going to go to city manager John Connley for approval of tonight's agenda. Thank you, Mayor. We're removing item P2 from the presentation list. The ALS Association couldn't be here tonight, so uh otherwise the agenda remains unchanged. Thank you.

Very good. We have uh three remaining presentations. I'd like to invite the council to join me at the podium for those. All right. leadership academy and its many responsibilities and functions. Congratulations to the spring 2026 participants. Come on up as I call your name and remain standing so we can take a group photo. Now, we already had everybody uh have a little round of applause before and to facilitate our other business tonight. I'm going to call you up and we'll give one big round of applause once everybody has joined us. Uh, we have Mary Blasma, Rich Griner, Paul Krueger, Gail Martin, Chris Rainwaters, Jack Tunny, Dena Demarco, Yolanda Kenon Alvarez, Sandy Lea, Jenny Pie, Gabby Shy, and Donna Weatherington. Thank you.

Should we just go to the front? You want to? Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We should probably come up here. You want us to come up here? Okay.

Same thing as before, but it's easier because all the It's okay to go to the left, guys. All right. Now, it is our distinct pleasure to present a proclamation of commendation to San Diego Sheriff's Office Detective Evan Maldonado for his outstanding heroism and commitment to public service. Detective Maldonado, would you please come forward?

Whereas beginning in June 2025, Detective Alvin Maldonado spearheaded a complex investigation into a series of storage unit burglaries across North San Diego County, demonstrating exceptional diligence and investigative expertise. Whereas through meticulous investigation, Detective Maldonado dismantled a major theft operation, recovering over $1 million in stolen property, and remove multiple illegal firearms from the streets. Detective Maldonado uncovered a sophisticated scheme involving the use of stolen personal identifying information to fraudulently rent storage units for the purpose of concealing stolen property. And whereas over the course of the investigation, Detective Maldonado coordinated and executed numerous search warrants at storage units, residents, and associated locations, recovering firearms, ammunition, stolen mail, collectibles, electronics, tools, and other high valuable stolen items. Detective Maldonado's efforts led to multiple felony arrests, and the disruption of an organized network responsible for significant criminal activity within the region. Throughout the investigation, Detective Maldonado served more than a dozen search warrants, identified over 18 victims, and facilitated the return of hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen property to its rightful owners. Whereas, Detective Maldonado's tenacity, advanced investigative techniques, and unwavering commitment to justice significantly enhance public safety and exemplify the highest standards of law enforcement service. Now therefore, I as the mayor of the city of Vista and the members of our city council do hereby proclaim and commend Detective Evan Maldonado as a hero for his outstanding investigative work, dedication, and commitment to protecting our community. His actions reflect the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and public service.

You want to say anything? Captain, I apologize. I should have called you down and asked if you had any words that you wanted to say to further honor or embarrass Detective Maldonado. Any anything to add?

Well, I want to say thank you to you and your command staff here for uh bringing us opportunities to give commendations to our sheriff's uh deputies and uh sergeants, lieutenants, uh detectives, all those who deserve to be recognized. Thanks for giving us that opportunity. Now we have another great opportunity to recognize and is our great honor to present a proclamation commending Daniel Hopkins, fire rescue captain David Cortez, engineer Jeff Gazdika, I hope I said that right, and firefighter paramedic Brian Od McDonald for their outstanding heroism and commitment to public service. Would you please join us?

Okay, good. Let you guys show these off. And I've got two extras here. Chief, do you want to join us up here? And actually, uh, where where Oh, there he is. Very good. Okay. All right. Well, I I'm going to read this proclamation, then I'm going to let the chief give a little bit more uh information as I should have let uh the captain do here. Beginning in June Oop, that's sorry, wrong script. Here we go. On February 21, 2026, at approximately 11:49 a.m., North County dispatch received a 911 call reporting that a woman was being attacked by a swarm of bees. and the caller located three houses away was unable to safely approach due to the intensity of the swarm. Whereas crews from engine 122 arrived in less than six minutes and discovered the woman lying on her back lying in her backyard beneath a blanket covered in bees while the swarm remained active. Whereas Captain David Cortez, engineer Jeff Gazdika, and firefighter paramedic Brian McDonald dawn protected bee hoods and advanced to the patient while neighbor Daniel Hopkins attempted to subdue the bees with a garden hose. Whereas despite sustaining multiple beastings themselves, the firefighters were successfully extricate. They successfully extricated the patient from the immediate danger and transferred her for medical emergency care. While ambulance crew members Jacob Goran and Ryan Nalta of Oceanside Fire provided additional support, the patient was transported to Tri City Medical Center in critical condition. Whereas Mr. Hopkins, who regularly checks on his neighbor and assists her as needed, responded after hearing calls for help, and discovered her motionless, barely

able to speak, engulfed by bees. Mr. Dr. Hopkins was able to uh initially attempted to move the victim to safety was but was forced to retreat due to the aggressive swarm. He then retrieved a garden hose to help suppress the bees and when conditions allowed he returned to the victim's side covering her with a blanket and remaining with her until first responders arrived, demonstrating extraordinary courage and selflessness at great personal risk. Whereas Captain Cortez stated in his report, quote, "I firmly believe the actions of this neighbor helped save the lives of the patient as he protected her first and sacrificed his own well-being." Now, therefore, I, as the mayor and the members of the Vista Council, do hereby proclaim and commend Daniel Hopkins as a hero for his courage, compassion, and selfless actions during a dangerous and life-threatening emergency. The council further recognizes Captain David Cortez, engineer Jeff Gastika, firefighter paramedic Brian O'Donnell of Engine 122, and ambulance crew members Jacob Goran and Ryan Nalta of Oceanside Fire for their swift response, bravery, and exceptional commitment to saving the life of a Vista resident. Through their decisive actions and personal sacrifice, they exemplify the highest ideals of courage, community, and public service. You want

good evening. Uh this is amazing uh rescue. Uh Mr. Hopkins. Thank you for putting your safety on the line for a neighbor and it speaks volumes about us as a community that we look out for each other. You heard the cry for help where most people run away. Don't want to get involved. It's not my business. You took the initiative to investigate. You've looked out for your neighbor in the past. And so for those actions and the actions of the extraordinary uh department in which I'm very blessed to be able to lead and Oceanside's partnership, this was one of those outcomes that you always hope for that there's a positive outcome and everything fell in place for this rescue. And with that, I can't thank you enough for being engaged and being involved. And I can't thank you all, fire and EMS for outstanding jobs that you continue to do for us. Thank you very much. Take a picture. How are you doing?

Wonderful. And thank you to all of our firefighters, all of our Oh, yeah.

Okay. And our city clerk has some procedural items to cover.

Thank you, mayor. In accordance with the Brown Act, I'd like to announce that as result of convening simultaneous me meetings, the members of the Buena sanitation district will receive compensation of $147.75 for the district meeting pursuant to Buena Sanitation District Ordinance 2006-1. I would like to remind everyone that the Vista Municipal Code requires members of the public to order into quorum at the meeting and to conduct themselves in a courteous manner. The ordinance was adopted to allow for public input and input and to facilitate city business without disruption of the meeting. Applause is appropriate for listed items listed under the presentation portion of the agenda only, which we just had. Um, students wishing to receive credit for attending this evening's meeting must stay for a minimum of one hour. However, we ask that you stay for the completion of an item rather than leaving in the middle of a discussion. When you're ready to leave, you may ask one of the staff members at the back of the room to sign your paper. Thank you.

Thank you very much. That'll bring us to the oral communications opportunity this evening. Any member of the public may address the council on agency related matters that are not on the agenda by requesting to speak during this section of the agenda. If you're participating via Zoom, please use the raise your hand feature. Press star 9 at this time if you'd like to speak. The number of speakers he served during this segment is limited to 10. Any remaining speakers will be heard under the second oral communication opportunity if there are more than 10. Let's see. And we do have a number of public speakers. If I call your name, would you please go ahead and grab a seat in the front row here so that you're ready to speak when it is your turn. First up will be Don Renee, then Wendy Ching, then Fred, uh, looks like Venil, if you would go ahead and grab a seat up front. And, uh, Liz Santos, Purita Javier, and Cesar Javier, if you want to go ahead and come on up, grab a seat in the front row, too. We'd be grateful for that. Ren, Don Renee, is Don with us? There you are. Go ahead and turn that microphone back to face you and kind of talk close into it there. There you are.

Good evening, council mayors, Katie. Hi. Good evening.

Um, I am a homeowner on Breeze Hill Road Vista, uh, where I've resided since 2019, directly adjacent to the Vista detention facility. and I am submitting a letter in conjunction with my public comment to formally document a reoccurring public safety concern and to respectfully request action through this council's contract relationship with the San Diego County Sheriff's Office. This matter may be a uh California Highway Patrol issue. Not sure. Uh the Vista detention facility exits onto La Tortoga. On a recurring basis, vehicles blast down this two-lane 25 mph residential road 247. Pass my kitchen window by day. Lights and sirens past my bedroom window by night. Most recently 53 at 3:56 in the morning, 51 at 13:37, and when I started this letter, April 27th at 4:30 in the morning. Five of them. Um, just cars blowing down the street. I wish to be explicit. This is not a complaint about emergency response um speed. It I fully understand that normal speed limits do not apply during emergency response and I would never wish to delay that response by a single second. This is a question about routing. Hianda Drive, a commercial non-residential road, sits immediately to the north of the facility. uh vehicles turning north rather than south would do so without the need to bring full lights and sirens through a neighborhood of approximately a thousand sleeping people. So, I would respectfully ask um the sheriff's office to explain what operational reason, if any, determines the current southward routing because from where I live, non-residential alternative seems to be right there, one turn north. I would note that the county has already

demonstrated it understands the importance of controlled safe access at this complex. A dedicated protected entrance exclusively for the sheriff and court personnel, including judges and lawyers, sits at the corner of Breeze Hill and L Tortoga. That same thoughtfulness about access and safety has not been extended to the rest of the neighborhood. And at that same corner, the city of Vista has committed public funding to Breeze Hill Park following multiple neighborhood input meetings that I attended personally at which councilwoman Melendis was also present. The city has formally recognized this corner as a community gathering place. The ongoing high-speed vehicle travel past it warrants equal recognition as a safety concern. This concern is not speculative. Within a year or two of mine taking ownership at 2019, a a vehicle uh traveling at speed destroyed a stop sign at Breezeill and CVS entrance. Uh replacement paid at public expense and took out a mature palm tree entirely. I am aware that discussion exists regarding a possible future relocation of the Vista detention facility, and I respect the process if true. However, a year'slong planning horizon is not an answer to a safety problem that continues unressed. The adjustment I am requesting costs nothing and requires no construction. It is one turn in a different direction. I am respectfully requesting that this council through its contract relationship with the San Diego County Sheriff's Office ask Vista station to review and formalize dispatch egress routing protocols for vehicles exiting the detention center facility and considering directing all those vehicles north on Tahasianda Drive. provide a written explanation of what operational policy, if any, currently governs the direction of vehicles turning upon that facility. And finally, proving written

confirmation that this matter has been formally reviewed and that substantive response will be provided within 30 days. Thank you for your time. Thank you very much. Okay, up next is uh Wendy Choning. Can we get our technical issue addressed there? Good evening. With uh the Fourth of July just right around the corner, I was wondering if the city has any plans to crack down on the use of illegal fireworks this year. Indeed.

Do you um have anybody considered it? Because I know Oceanside and Carl'sbad are both cracking down this year, giving fines out and using drones and extra staffing for the time around Fourth of July.

So, the Brown Act doesn't allow us to have conversations about items that haven't been agendaized in advance. It does allow you to come and bring a concern. I'll make a comment later in the meeting to try and answer your question. Um and and I'll just briefly tell you that we we do have a task force comprised of our deputies. Uh but uh and this is something that this specifically focused on this. So we are taking that very seriously, but unfortunately we're not allowed to have a sort of a back and forth during the comment period. Okay. So it has been brought up though. Oh, absolutely. Yes, we're very

also wondering if uh Bringing Terrace has considered maybe using the drones instead of the fireworks like SeaWorld is going to be doing, I guess, pretty soon in the near future. And um also I thought of one thing more u just sitting here is I'm not a fan of roundabouts but the intersection of Pomelo and Hosienda is begging for one and don't know if there's any extra money in the cookie jar but it would sure be nice to have one there. That's it.

Thank you very much. Next up is Fred Vincel.

Thank you, city council. Thank you, mayor. Uh, I'm a Vista resident since 1981. I've been an adult tennis player my entire life. I turned 70. Um, I um I am talking I I bring to your attention the situation at Bringle Terrace Park. I love the tennis courts there. There's uh we now have four tennis courts. I uh appreciate that the city of Vista hosts four separate USA tennis teams, two men and two women's teams that play three seasons every year. That's about 20 home matches each season. For three season, that's about 60 home matches that Brendle Terrace hosts over those those uh seasons and those teams. I come today to speak about the viewing for spectators. Bringing Terrace really has none. The only option is for spectators to view these tennis matches standing on the hillside on the east side of the courts above the line of the tallest fence. On that east hillside, there is a windcreen that goes to the top of the chain link fence. that windscreen, even if you're standing, blocks the viewing of court number one. My request and my what I hope the city considers is the easiest answer is to remove the top half of that windscreen on the east side. Spectators can then at least bring their chairs and watch their family and friends play tennis for these USA matches. Um there's a second uh option which is a little more expensive where you would have the option to construct seated benches on that east slope outside of court one on the east side of

court one. uh a little more expensive and I'm sure much more involved with u uh the the dynamics and the the the foundations and such, but I just would consider and hope that the city council would consider at the very least removing the top half of the windscreen on the east side so that spectators can watch their friends and family play. I've been embarrassed uh when watching my own family members play tennis when visiting teams come and they don't they can't watch they can't see. So that's all I really want to talk about and I appreciate your time. I don't want to go over my three minutes. Uh anyway, thank you very much.

Thank you. Next is Liz Santos followed by Purita Javier.

Uh good evening Mayor. uh Franklin and council members. My name is Liz Santos. I am a neighbor from San Marcos and I stand before you tonight because land use Presidents in North County affects every one of us. My family and I, my family has deep roots here and I'm a proud graduate of SDSU and my nieces and nephews are alumni of Cal State San Marcos and Palmar College. We believe in being responsible stewards of our land, but I am here to share a cautionary tale of what happens when local control is used to mask a lack of transparency and the erosion of resident property rights. For over a decade, my family has navigated the situation where a neighboring city has maintained a continuous troubling administrative relationship with one specific developer. Despite 2012 resolution of redevelopment agency, the city that city has continued to authorize extensions of purchase agreements, some bearing signatures from top leadership as recently as 2022. These agreements and the resulting project plans which the city's continue to process provide uh purpose private improvements strictly over our real estate land at Barhamm and Twin Oaks. We have been consistent and clear we are not selling. Yet, we find ourselves in positions where administrative actions appear to favor a developer's timeline over a local family's established rights. The most concerning aspect is the management of the subdivision map act by administrating administratively allowing what we believe are incorrect

tenative parcel maps to retain active instead remain active instead of letting them expire. The city has created a pathway for third-party litigation against private land owners. Because these mapping issues were not corrected at the administrative level, we are now forced to defend our own land in court against a development team that cannot build their current design without our property. This is a systemic breakdown. When a city fails to follow its own rules, the burden falls squarely on the taxpayer resident. I urge Vista to ensure that your own planning process are never used to facilitate this kind of pressure. My private own private residents. Please look closely at the track record of those seeking entitlements in your city. A person's land is their legacy. If local control is to be regional value, it must protect the residents and not just the applicant. I am putting this on the record today. I see my time is up. Thank you. Next is Pura Javier followed by Cesar Javier. Would you like to take your six minutes all at once, the two of you? Yes. Okay. Give him six minute. Can you do that or just start it over again? Okay. No problem.

No problem. I am Pita Javier. Senior senior. See You can you can I cannot can I get her time sir? Oh yeah absolutely.

Thank you. Thank you uncle Sam. Thank you uh for this uh learning. We are here not to condemn anyone, not to point finger to anyone, but rather learn from the processes this uh governance of ours. We wish not to supplant this representative government or democracy but rather reinforced. My wife has been impacted by ceramic scale emission poison gas. When a ceramic pottery is molded, dried, it is baked in a facility we call kil or huge oven and the chemical change produces we call toxicity as described by CDC in its bulletin health bulletin 2020. We also found out that it should not be located constructed in a residential zone designated community. But as a lesson from the city of San Diego, the 11 elected officials, ignore, neglect, and point to air pollution control district. And so we went there as early as 2022. And you know what? They came to our

place and said, "Sir, we do not smell anything. We asked them, "Please, we offer our property so you could set up your smelling senses, including your sophisticated equipment." But they didn't. For 5 years, we seek help. For 5 years, they have neglected, ignored, and we fear that our life is on their hands. evidence. They neglect, ignore, didn't care about the victims of Tijuana River pollution where District 8 is a political jurisdiction of this city of San Diego. We come here again to beg. We come here in the hope that we could find a niche and able to offer to our city elected officials what to do, what the right thing to do because this impacts our life especially at our stage where aiding is fast. There is no challenge as we dig up that we are fighting unseen enemy. The thing we touch, the water we drink, the food we get are all unsafe but our health and safety. Sir, gentlemen, ladies, my fellow I think we have to work together and find something to resolve it. We love and we intend to prosper here in business because the owner of the

business go to the countryside for your air quality. The city of Sano is polluted. Everybody is our city.

Thank you very much. Okay. Now we're going to go to public speakers on Zoom. We'll start with Madison Rap on Zoom. Then we'll go to Becky Rap and then Judy String. Madison Rap.

Hi, thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight and thank you for listening to the public commenters here. I'd like to speak to an environmental issue that also affects our schools, which is the environmental hazardous waste of smoking and vaping. Vapes are hazardous waste. They contain lithium batteries that can spark fires in parks and trash systems. They contain nicotine, THC, and other chemicals that can leech into our soil and waterways. And because they are made of mixed materials, plastic, metal, and electronics, they are extremely difficult to break down or recycle. Our schools are on the front lines of this problem because every day administrators confiscate vape devices from students and sometimes they have hundreds at a time and they have to store them in boxes, often without clear guidance. That creates risks of fire hazards, chemical exposure, and liability. Schools are being asked to manage hazardous waste without standardized protocols or proper storage systems. But there is an opportunity here because many young people today care deeply about the environment. When they understand that vaping contributes to pollution, fire risk, and toxic waste, it changes the conversation. It becomes not just a health issue, but an environmental one. And that connection increases awareness and engagement. We can support clear citywide and regional protocols for safe disposal of eat products. We can explore partnerships with hazardous waste and recycling providers. And most importantly, we can invest in prevention, especially in these upper elementary and middle school classes, focusing on decision-m, long-term consequences, and peer-to-peer education. Let's make choices as a city to protect

not only public health, but to protect our environment as well. Thank you.

Next is Becky Rap followed by Judy String. Becky Rap. Becky Rap. Yes. Hello and good evening. My name is Becky Rap and I'm here today to ask the city to prioritize enforcement against illegal cratom and flavored tobacco sales happening openly across our neighborhoods. Our neighboring city, Oceanside, is actively enforcing the law. According to recent reports, Oceanside police and code enforcement seized more than 6,300 prohibited flavored tobacco and nicotine products during one operation alone. Under their municipal code, every violation can be treated as a separate offense, and each day the violation continues and create additional penalties. Businesses are reportedly facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines because Oceanside understands that enforcement matters. Meanwhile, in Vista, we have smoke shops selling flavored vapes, illegal nicotine products, extracts, and high potency substances with little to no visible enforcement. Our pen penalties are minimal, and many businesses simply treat the penalties as a cost of doing business. Is not harmless. Highly concentrated products are being described by the DEA as being stronger than morphine and are now being called the quote smoke shop heroin. The California Department of Public Health has already warned against these products and prohibited their sale for human consumption. Yet, cities still

lack local enforcement structure needed to truly address the problem. If enforcement requires stronger policies, then this council needs to act. When businesses violate the law, they should be held accountable while strengthening uh Vista's enforcement policies, increase penalties, and direct code enforcement to make this an urgent priority. Thank you for your time.

Finally, we have Judy String. Good evening, Vista City Council, and hello to Mayor Franklin. Uh, good luck in your election campaigns for supervisor, and hello to our scout scouts. I'm so grateful to see you there. My own son went into government because of his experiences in scouts. Good to have you here. I felt I should call in because May is older American month. And as an older American and a public health educator and a husband who is a pharmacist, I wanted to share with you the concern that was expressed by Stanford School of Medicine in a recent fact sheet they sent out. They are concerned about marijuana use by older adults because of their particular vulnerability to marijuana due to age related physiological changes including higher body fat and slower metabolism. And I'm only going to mention a couple. One is that marijuana use creates rapid heart rate and elevated blood pressure which can provoke heart attacks and angina and strokes. And marijuana use is known to cause dizziness and lightheadedness and this can impair balance significantly raising the risk of falls and deaths, fractures and injuries. Uh, I'm going to mention a third one, but I I just want those in attendance to know the reason why I bring this to your attention is that we do have marijuana storefronts in the city of Vista, and it can affect all the population in many different ways. Youth in some particularly scary ways, but I'm here on behalf of older adults. And just finally, but not inclusively, uh the respiratory problems that smoking and vaping marijuana can cause can lead to chronic brid bronchitis and can cause

respiratory infections and cancer. So I'm asking us to be especially concerned for those of us who are older adults who or who have older adults in our circle of interest. Thank you. Okay, that will close the opportunity for oral communications at tonight's meeting and bring us to our consent calendar. The recommendations on the following consent calendar will be enacted in one motion unless an item is removed from the calendar. Any member of the public may remove an item by submitting a request to speak card. The clerk secretary here at the dis or by using the raise your hand feature on Zoom or pressing star 9. Items removed from the consent calendar will be considered immediately upon the adoption of the calendar. We have eight consent items tonight and uh we have some requests to speak from the public that have pulled some items off including item C1, item C3, item C4, C5, C6, C7. Uh it looks like uh looks like Mr. Javier has pulled all the consent items tonight. Oh, looks like uh maybe C2 is still uh Mr. Did you want to speak on all of these items?

Okay, you do. Okay. All righty. Well, uh C2, approval of meeting minutes from last meeting is still Yeah, still on the uh uh consent agenda. So, uh, Council Member, Deputy Mayor Donald, motion to approve the remainder of the balance. Very good. Council member Fox. I'll second that. Okay. We have a motion to second. Please cast your votes.

Yeah. Now, uh, Mr. Javier, that that item is approved unanimously. Mr. Mr. Javier, we we do have a rule that requires you to speak to each subject. So, your comments will have to be relative to the subject matter. Is that that fair? Okay. So, item number one are recommendations of commissions, commissioners to commissions. Uh actually, our first speaker, and I apologize, Mr. Javier, if you just want to have a seat because I've got a few people that are three are going to speak right before you. We'll start with uh Teresa uh Relish Reichel. uh David Hanlin and then Janice Jones. If you want to come grab a seat in the front row, be ready to speak when it's your turn. I'd appreciate that. We'll start with Teresa Reichel.

Good evening. My name is Terresa Reichley and I am a member of the creation care ministry, the environmental ministry at St. Francis of a CC Parish here in Vista. And I'm calling to speak in support I'm speaking in support of your efforts to uh ban uh styrofoam uh products and also to eliminate single-use plastics. Uh this is a major concern of of our ministry of our community and we're working hard in our parish community to eliminate them. Um, but I'm I was thinking today, I'm not speaking so much on behalf of my parish community as about the young gentleman in the two rows behind me because the proliferation of microplastics is is damaging all aspects of our environment. And I think we have to ask ourselves, what do we want for our children, our grandchildren, and their descendants? And I think we have to begin to take action now so that we can can give them at least a step a step up in correcting uh this problem. And there are there are solutions to single-use plastics. The the water companies are already beginning to look at options and there are options available and we've been exploring options in our parish for the past several years. So, I encourage you to continue to pursue as quickly as possible for the sake of our children and and their grandchildren and and all of the kids to come to eliminate single-use plastic to continue to support the the ban on styrofoam products for their sake more even than ours. Thank you.

Thank you, David Hanlin. Then Janice Jones. Good evening, honorable Mayor Franklin and council members. My name is David Hanlin. I'm a proud product of Vista schools, a longtime vis teacher at Vista High School, and a member of the Creation Care Ministry at St. Francis of AceC Catholic Church here in Vista. Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening. I'm here tonight to respectfully encourage you to vote to ban single-use plastics at city events and to phase out styrofoam in our community. Each month, my Vista High School character leader students participate in beach and community cleanups. And what we consistently find is heartbreaking. Plastic bottles, forks, cups, straws, food containers, cigarette butts, and countless pieces of broken styrofoam scattered across beaches, wetlands, parks, streams, and storm drains. These materials do not disappear. They break apart into microlastics that pollute our oceans and waterways for many, many years to come. We also see firsthand the devastating impact this waste has on marine and bird wildlife. Sea turtles mistake floating plastic bags for jellyfish and die from ingesting them. Seabirds often consume small plastic fragments and styrofoam pieces, filling their stomachs with trash instead of food, leading to starvation and death. Marine mammals become tangled in plastic debris, suffering injury, infection, and drowning. Styrofoam is especially dangerous because it breaks into tiny pieces and nearly impossible to remove from the environment and are easily consumed by wildlife. As a teacher, I work with students who care deeply about the future of our environment. They want to live in a community that leads by example and takes meaningful action to protect our natural environment, wildlife, and public health. They understand that

small choices like reducing single-use plastics and styrofoam can create meaningful and lasting change. Many cities across California have taken action because they recognize that convenience today should not come at the expense of future generations. This issue is not political. It is about stewardship, responsibility, and caring for the community and natural world we have been entrusted with. I respectfully ask you to support policies that ban single-use plastics at city events and eliminate styrofoam use in our city. These actions would send a powerful message that Vista values environmental responsibility and is committed to protecting our natural, environment, wildlife, and future generations. Thank you so much for your time and for your service and consideration. Janice Jones. Apologize. I have to ask everybody to hold their applause during this portion of our meeting.

Good evening, Mayor Franklin, Council members. Uh Janice Jones, Vista resident, environmental commissioner. I couldn't say it any better than um our two previous speakers about the cause for concern about single-use plastics and styrofoam. Um, I just want to add that uh the the commission has brought forth a recommendation and I'm hoping that you will direct staff to bring that back and to take a deep dive into what expanding the polystyrene foam ban might look like. In 2021, the city did ban polystyrene foam from restaurant service, but it did not include retail sales. And it's just to me a logical next step that we would expand it to retail sales. Um and then also to consider including things like the the foam styrofoam coolers and other items. So um please direct the city council tonight to come back with a full report with options for the city and ways that we can best meet the needs of the city through this action. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Council Member Contrarus. Was that the end of the public comment? I think we have No, he didn't want to be he didn't want to be recognized on this for C3.

Awesome. Uh well, thank you so much um to the folks that came and and spoke um in regards to our environmental commission. It seems that our environmental commission um you all have been extremely active uh and the council and I am extraordinarily thankful for the number of volunteer hours that you've put in and the amount of effort that has been put in to uh give recommendations to the council. So, you know, I think it's we haven't had um a report back on our single-use plastic ordinance. Uh and there's been several recommendations that our environmental commission uh has done um that I I'm in favor of, you know, having more discussion. uh today wouldn't be the place to do that, but uh I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve uh this item and to place it um on a future uh council agenda for discussion.

Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Melendez. Yes. Thank you to the speakers and to the commission for your recommendations. I will second that item.

Okay, we have a motion to second. Please cast your votes. Okay, that motion passes unanimously and uh I'm going to ask the council to hold the motions for approval and entertain a motion to approve the remaining consent items on bonk after the speakers are finished. Okay, we only have one speaker requested to speak on each of the following items. Um okay, Mr. Javier, uh, you now have three minutes to speak about the agreement with Sitka Construction Group LLC for Adobe House driveway replacement project. We have acquaintance your honor with uh urban development and uh quite have knowledge about Sika which we learned from the uh workshop guideline implementation at the APCD. We mentioned this because it's all connected now with what the president think here. This is a shelter, a decent home and uh driveway is part of it. And uh I could only imagine that uh improving or replacing this uh driveway is something that uh opens a Pandora box. You know, water is a vital essential survival kit if I might say that. I might be debating but it is connected while we improve the physical shelter.

Why don't we do something for the first time for the first uh city to crop a policy and implement it constructing a catch basin or system something above or underground to catch the precious rainwater. Benis City, Italy historically has done this. And why can't Bista and other cities in the region or regionwide and not waste this precious survival fluid. That's my my my point and shall we say contribution as we traveled from San Diego city to here because we see what is missing in our consideration of five elements in urban planning. our environment, man, his shelter, the society and the circulation which we will be giving some deal here. Succeeding consent item. Sir, thank you. I hope that uh these things are lesson for us to contribution from us too as citizen of this great region of this great state and great republic and congratulation for your heading to a higher hierarchy of leadership sir. Thank you.

Thank you. But don't go anywhere. Wait a second. Uh Mr. Javier, you you requested to be heard on the hallway stop at the intersection of Longhorn Drive. Did you want to speak about that? I I can now while the while the stove is still hot, sir. Uh C4, C C5, and C7. So that

Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. Well, we'll have to do one at a time, but go ahead with the Longhorn uh intersection allway stop at Crystal Ridge. This is the forte of uh sandag the element of mobility and circulation. We have classmate here the fighting just karina contas a thinker and whenever she speaks the CEO would be blushing and doing like this. Pardon me. I have failed to tell the audience that she has been hitting me the bullsai so hard that they including uh mayor Mento my uncle this is engineering fit this is thinker's fit to provide the adequate efficient timely and effective effective solution to mitigate you know this circulation. I must tell you in my study in urban planning our professor says we have to mmic we have to follow what nature has created us circulation is just the distribution of food blood our circulatory system you know this this heavy traffic is in the joints the crisscross of all this blue and red and so yes for this we continue but we should be ready to make changes. If we have to put it in high gear, let's do it because this is the only way we could say that our uh uh planning and implementation is uh correct. Remember please that we all do this

physical development centered on human survival. We cannot erase the notion that American culture is big cars, fast cars, beautiful cars, fancy cars. And now the city of San Diego has passionately and uh I doubt if it's successful because they want us to ride a bike when we have already MTS where you could put that bike inside and go to your workplace, whatever. If you want leisure for the wealthy San Dieagans, we dedicate a park for them, a bike area where they could do all the exhibition, not in our street because of hazards. We have learned fatalities because of this biking on all these colorful I do not know what kind of standard uh bike lanes. DMB historically has already etched their engraved share a road. Why paint the road with all this? Why spend costly money where we could use that money to save the

That's the end of your three minutes on that. Did you also want to have three minutes to speak about the Oh, I'm sorry. Uh, Council Member O'Donnell had something to say on this one on C4. Yeah, thank you. So, just so the public is aware, this stop sign is actually led by students from Ranch. Mr. Javier, don't go anywhere.

I think you're going to be up next. So, uh, this is a resent request from students at Rancho Wana Vista High School as well as residents in the area. Um, it is not my first choice. Uh, however, I think it is necessary. It's right near a school. There's high foot traffic, especially during peak hours in the morning and in the afternoons. Uh, we did put in dedicated bike lanes in over there, which I see used all the time by the students. So, anything we can do to make that area more safe, I am four. Uh, for anybody questioning me, I live right off of Longhorn, so I understand the inconvenience that might cause the sum. But when you see how many students are crossing every single day, uh, it is very necessary. But what I would like to do at some point in the future, uh, is see how this stop sign is working and instead of have a stop sign there, potentially have a raised crosswalk, uh, in that area so that it alleviates any need to stop, but it still provides protection for people to come and go. So, uh, I'd just like to direct staff that some point in the future, in the far far future, after we have time to evaluate this, take a look at it, and I will wait till the end of the comments to, uh, to bring it all back on consent. Just want to let people know.

Okay. Mr. Javier, you requested to be heard on the allway stop at the intersection of North Drive and West Los Angeles Drive, and I uh, gave you some latitude on the last one, but I'm going to ask you to speak directly to the subject matter here. Mr. Javier, do you have comments that are rel relevant to North Drive and Los Angeles Drive always stop?

I I beg to lump up because uh you know these are engineerings and uh in in context value analysis my point here is let let it be done. No disagreement. However, we have to look at what we could reinforce. For instance, uh this catching of water in our city. The entry uh pardon me to debate a little, but this is part of the circulation. The uh entry of this storm drainage is Mr. Javier. Uh, I'm going to, uh, close your opportunity for comment on that item and I'm going to give you 3 minutes now to address the Wildwood Park restroom replacement park project. Um,

okay. Do you want to speak about the restroom project at Wildwood Park? Yes. Yes, sir.

Please do. Uh again parks is considered as respiratory gland and so this this projects to improve improve improve our parks is absolutely and uh suggested to be done fast done fast. That's only a dream because you know parks is an extension of our home. to enjoy life, breathe the clean air, drink the clean water, eat the clean food, and be safe. And so again, I would like to emphasize humbly craft a policy and implement again to catch the precious water because parks has a wide surface. Let us not waste water that is coming poured into the park. Please God help and I hope look forward that Vista would be the first city to implement such vital saving of God's creation rain water. Thank you. Don't go anywhere because you you asked to have three minutes to talk about the one-way stop at Orange Grove uh Avenue and Avalon Drive. Did you want to be heard on that item?

Uh sir, I already lump up. Oh, okay. That's fine. Did you want to be heard on the agreement with West Turf Landscape Management uh incorporated for parks and parkways and median landscape maintenance services? Uh all the same, sir. Thank you very much. Wanted to incorporate reinforce it with Thank you for your excellent comments. Thank you, sir. Appreciate that. Thank you, sir. Okay. Uh, Deputy Mayor, do you have a motion for the balance of the consent calendar on the balance of the consent calendar? Very good. Uh, Council Member Contrarus.

Yeah, I will second that and just say I'm in full support of C5, the hallway stop at the intersection of North Drive and West Los Angeles Drive. This actually met the warrants um for uh putting uh stop signs in and it's going to be a vast improvement for that area. So, thank you. Um, I'm ready to vote. Very good. We have a motion to second. Please cast your votes.

Okay. The balance of the consent agenda is adopted unanimously. That'll bring us to uh our one public hearing this evening. An amendment to the public employees retirement system contract. The public hearing is now open. If any members of the public wish to speak on this item, then we indicate so by using the raise their hand feature by pressing star9 or submitting a request to speak card. Speakers will be called upon after the presentation. Our human resources director, Natalie Jacobs, will introduce the item.

Thank you so much. Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor, members of the city council. So tonight's item is the required public hearing regarding the proposed amendment to the city safety contract with the California Public Employees Retirement System, also known as Kalpers. On June 24th, 2025, the city council approved a 4-year labor agreement with the Vista Firefighters Association and the Vista Chief Officers Association. Included in those labor agreements was a provision requiring that the city amend its contract with Kalpers to designate eligible employees within the fire prevention bureau as local firefighters pursuant to government code section 20434. As part of the required statutory process, the city council previously adopted a resolution on uh April 14th, 2026, declaring its intention to approve the amendment and setting tonight's public hearing. Tonight represents the second and final step to that process. Um, if the ordinance authorizing the amendment to the contract between the city of Vista and Kalpers is approved tonight, the amendment is anticipated to be effective on June 13, 2026. So, staff does recommend um the council to thank you for opening the hearing, close the hearing, hear any public testimony, and um approve the proposed ordinance tonight. That does conclude my presentation, and I am available for any questions. Very good. I don't see any requests for public comment on this item. So, we'll now go to Council Member Contress. Yeah. Thank you so much uh for all your work on this. Thank you to the council. Um and I'll go ahead and move to close the public hearing and adopt uh the new city ordinance ordinance. Thanks,

Deputy Mayor O'Donnell. I will second.

Okay. Have a motion to second. Please cast your votes. That motion is approved unanimously. Thank you very much. Our first discussion item tonight, one of three, is the update on the status of the Emerald Drive complete streets project CIP 8357. Any members of the public wish to speak on this item, they may indicate so by using the raise their hand feature by pressing start items or submitting a request to speak card here at the dis. Speakers will be called upon after the presentation. Our engineering division manager, Matt Adterbury, will introduce the item. Good evening, mayor and city council. I am Matt Adterbury, CIP Engineering Division Manager, and with me tonight is Daniel KS, um, capital project manager for the project. Tonight we'll be we will be providing information on CIP 8357, Emerald Drive complete streets project. The the presentation will provide a project overview, status update, funding review, and construction plan. The Emerald Drive complete streets project will transform Emerald Drive into a calmed, pedestrian, and bicycle friendly corridor. Improvements proposed are six new roundabouts at intersections with Emerald Drive and Timothy Place, Jonathan Place, Galbar Street, Chason Street, Ravine Road, and Silver Fox Lane. Complementing the roundabouts are proposed improvements consisting of ADA sidewalks and ramps, high visibility

pedestrian crossings, landscape medians, street lighting, bus pads, and bike lane striping. We we currently have 100% design plans that are shovel ready. Signatures of approval are expected by the city engineer, sanitation division, city of Oceanside, and the Vista Irrigation District within the next few months. We are in discussions with a property owner for right-of-way acquisition at the northeast corner of Emerald Drive and Ravine Road that will allow us to build one of the corner ramps. Discussions with the city of Oceanside for long-term maintenance of improvements that will be located within their rideway are ongoing. Also, there are two large SDG& transmission poles that need to be relocated and we are anticipating they will be complete they will complete that work by 2028. Total construction cost of this important safety project is estimated at $12 million. We currently have uh we currently only have $2.8 million budgeted. Therefore, we need an additional $9.2 million to complete the project. Of the $2.8 million budgeted, we received $850,000 from Congressman Leven's office for the design. We also received $2 million in April from Congressman Leven's office to start the construction phasing. Recently, staff met with Congressman Leven's office once again to request additional funding. After review of the phasing plan, Congressman Leven's office recommended a $3.5 million congressional earmark for fiscal year 2027. In addition to the earmarks, staff has been applying for multiple state and federal construction grants. In order to move the project forward with the construction component, we have

broken the project into phases. The phasing will initiate safety and also show progress for future earmarks, state and federal grant funding. This slide shows potential phasing and construction cost. However, this all depends on the amount of future funding we possibly might receive. Phase one is proposed to consist of two permanent concrete roundabouts and full intersection improvements at Timothy Place and Jonathan Street. Also included will be a temporary roundabout at Galbar Street to complement the two permanent roundabouts. The temporary roundabout is needed for safety. The temporary roundabout will consist of reusable recyclable materials. This phase is fully funded with an estimated cost of $2.8 $8 million. The next phases, possibly two to six separate phases, will all depend on future funding. With that being said, staff is hopeful that the project will be complete over the next 5 years. That completes the presentation and we are available for questions.

Very good. We have one public speaker on this item. That's Denise Beran. Evening, mayor and city council members. Um, I live on Emerald Drive and I have grown up in the area. I've lived on that road for over 30 years and I am in a full support of the uh complete street project. Um, however, I did want to come and speak today because we've been waiting for eight years and this is the first time that I've heard that the uh there's now a plan to start um implementing it in phases. I'm glad that um the focus is on the North Emerald Drive uh part of that corridor because that's where most of the speeding and accidents um have occurred over the past couple of years. We've um seen tons of, you know, crazy car accidents. I know recently we had a really big crash that caused multiple vehicles to catch on fire. So, I'm I'm just really um glad to hear that um we're now going to be able to see some some action. Um, I know a lot of our a lot of the neighbors are excited to to see these changes um be implemented and I just wanted to come and say thank you and um I really hope that um you know we you can um us as a neighbors whatever what if you need us to come speak some more or if you need us uh any I know that my one my only concern here is I know lately we've been seeing a lot of these oversized FedEx uh tractor trailer type trucks. So, I'm just a little bit curious on how they're going to navigate these um roundabouts. The one that's going on, the temporary one go on Galbar is right in front of me and my parents home. We live right next door to each other. So, um that's just one thing that I I I think that I'm just a little concerned that how that's going to come to play. I know that when we initially implemented some of the other roundabouts around town, there was some issues u with some um large trucks

navigating through them. So, um, I know that part of the road is a little bit more narrow. So, that was my my only question or concern on how that might, you know, come to play. Thank you so much. Thank you. And we'll close the opportunity for public comment on this item and we'll go to Council Member Melendez.

Yes. Thank you for your presentation. I'm really pleased that um we have some support uh financing support to start to move forward in construction. Uh thank you for the historical background as well. Uh this has been a long time planned project. This Emerald Drive uh complete streets project was on my desk when I was elected in 2020. And um you know the biggest barrier when I first got into office was how are we going to fund it? And so slowly through much advocacy, we were able to get our first um injection of $850,000 um and later received greater and greater awards um because it is a good plan. We know that this type of model is uh safety through traffic calming, through built infrastructure. This is the first time, however, I'm seeing some of these quick build temporary roundabouts included in this type of plan. Um, what is the potential for us to use this type of lower profile quick build temporary roundabout for the entire stretch? Why are we just introducing it into one location?

Biggest consideration is cost. So, anything that we build for temporary, it will have to um potentially take apart. And so that was we wanted to look at what the minimum we could do while still preserving traffic safety. Okay. And uh are there any drawbacks to these quick builds? I mean they are like a lower profile. I've driven through some of them in other cities. Um they seem to work okay. I have noticed that people tend to approach them a little bit quicker than a concrete build. Are there any concerns about if they're as effective? Uh full design would be more effective. Um but the temporary roundabout is accomplishing a lot of the things that we would hope for.

Okay. Um I think that this is really important to phase it through. I know that it always has been an option to phase approach. Um generally when we design projects um we're using standards like complete streets in order to get larger packages of funding. So, it's actually been more effective for us to, you know, not just peacemeal our infrastructure, right? We want to have full thoughtful uh designs. And so, this here um accomplishes that while also making sure that we can start to get the project done and get construction completed in a phased approach. So, I'm really appreciate all of staff's work on this. Um, thank you to, you know, our council for advocating, um, to our, uh, legislators for resources on this project. I want us to continue to do that. We still have a long ways to go and so I'll go ahead and make a motion to support the recommendations tonight. Thank you,

Deputy Mayor.

I'm happy to second it. Uh, want to thank uh, Council Member Melendez for her work on this as well as all the council members. I know that there's not a time I've met with Congressman Leaven and not brought up the Emerald Project as well because it's extremely important. Um, don't thank me. I mean, it's the community that's done so much hard work on this and to see that we're getting almost or or we're slated to get over $6 million towards this project is a huge accomplishment. Uh, and that just allows us to bring this forward. This is something I've heard about long before I was on the council. So, I think it's great to see how far it's come just in the last couple years even. And I look forward to this project getting done. Um, the only thing I would say it's it's kind of to echo the comments. I just want to make sure that the temporary roundabouts uh remain temporary and they're not a uh a band-aid to fix this over time. So, uh, whatever we do, I just want to make sure the funding is there to do it correctly. So, I appreciate all the work that's gone into it and I hope that we can continue getting more funding from the federal level uh, and maybe the county or see see whether grant funds are available. But appreciate the hard work in the presentation and thank you very much,

Council Member Contra. Yeah, I also want to say thank you to Council Member Melendez for um advocating uh and and helping us get funding um from Congressman Mike Leven. I want to thank him for um continuing to try and fund this project. It's it's incredibly important. And yes, thanks to the council for um keeping this as one of our major priorities. I I do have um a question. So the is this is a temporary roundabout different than a quick build roundabout or are they the same thing?

Uh I think they're just two terms. It's a wide range of different options when you look at temporary roundabouts. So um but this could be qualified as a quick build. Okay. Um, and in other cities that have a quick build roundabout, is their intention to keep it as a quick build or are they also keeping it using it as a temporary? I'm just curious.

We've researched several cities and um the results are wide ranging. Um, some cities have had it in for over 10 years, others just put it in, and some are putting it in as a temporary measure. So, it's a wide range of Okay. And what's the cost for a temporary quick build roundabout? We're looking around 50,000. Okay.

Intersection. That's significantly lower than how much a roundabout costs um by over $700,000 I would assume, right? Uh is there are we looking at doing temporary roundabouts as because this is going to be the first one in our city. So, is this something that we're looking at phasing in in other parts of the city or and this is going to be kind of like a pilot? One thing I would note on the 50,000 is it's for this project. Um, if we do it on other areas, we would have to take a lot more consideration. Um, it's a little bit sight specific, but did you have anything else to add? Yeah, kind of it kind of depends on the geometry. We would like to remove this temporary roundabout and install a permanent and also have that material to use somewhere else, but it really needs to fit the geometry of that other location.

Okay.

Yeah. So, one one of the things I mean I'm I'm fully supportive of this. This is something that has the Emerald corridor absolutely needs traffic calming. There's a lot of highdensity housing in that area, a lot of different schools, people walking, biking, driving. Um there's been a lot of accidents. I'm 100% in support of this. What I would like to see is if if this um temporary roundabout is something that could be utilized in a different location. I kind of would like to see just specifically if this one fits in any of the other intersections that maybe council has talked about traffic calming. So that way years down the road when we're able to put a uh a finalized uh roundabout and we remove this that we could have that council at that time look at hey can we put this temporary roundabout somewhere else and just kind of maybe have top five locations um so that that future council could have the information necessary to potentially make traffic calming um in another neighborhood that needs it. So, anyways, thank you so much. This I know this has been a lot of hard work. It's been a ton of community meetings. It's been a ton of planning and I'm glad that we're getting to uh putting shovels in the ground and putting some of this infrastructure in. So, thank you so much.

Okay, I think we had a motion to second there, right? Let's uh have a vote. Okay, that motion is approved unanimously. That'll thank you very much. That will bring us to our 2024 2026 city council goals update. If any members of the public wish to speak on this item, they may indicate so by using the raise their hand feature by pressing star9 or submitting a request to speak card here at the dis. Speakers will be called upon after the presentation. Our assistant city manager, Emldo, will introduce the item. Thank you.

Thank you, scouts.

That's all right. Sorry to break the We'll take about a 30 second recess here. By the way, there was a baby crawling around in the uh vestibule, which was super adorable. I didn't didn't hear the last minute of what you guys were talking about, so I was focused on the baby. Super cute. Did you see the baby? That was so cute. Okay, you got to compete with the baby.

Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor, and members of the city council. My name is Alerta, assistant city manager, and with me is London Adams, management analyst. Tonight, we will be present we will present an update on the 2024 through 2026 city council goals. This presentation reflects progress and updates made since the last council update, which occurred at the November 2024 goals update workshop. As a background, every two years, the city council conducts a goal setting workshop to determine the city's high priority goals for the next two years, which are then reflected in the city's operational and capital improvement plan budgets. The eight city council goals for the period of 2024 through 2026 are homelessness and housing, public safety, fiscal responsibility, a cleaner, more beautiful vista, climate and environmental responsibility, parks and recreation, economic development and traffic. Continue to enhance mobility safety, improve the flow of traffic for all forms of travel, reduce congestion, and improve our roads and sidewalks. A council workshop to discuss and set the goals for 2027 through 2029 will be held in early 2027. We'll begin with goal number one, homelessness and housing. Some recently there are a few recently completed items since the last workshop. The city established and opened Viste House in August 2025. a transitional housing program for transitional age youth aged 18 to 25 include this included property acquisition in October 2024 and an operator agreement with Urban Street Angel which was approved in March of last year. The city also implemented encampment resolution fund round three services in partnership with San Diego Rescue Mission providing outreach, housing navigation and stability services to 815 unduplicating

unduplicated clients. The Vista Housing Innovation Pilot Program was launched with towns people and successfully placed 45 households or 60 participants into shared housing. The Vista shared housing expansion services program was also approved to continue and expand shared housing services through towns people. This was approved in December 2025. There are several items that are ongoing or in progress under this goal which include the development of a senior rental subsidy program and provision of emergency rental assistance through the Vista emergency housing assistance program or VHAP-C2 in partnership with interfaith. Additionally, the implementation of affordable housing policies including ordinance 20ou 2023-3 density bonus law and inclusionary housing policy. supporting a pipeline of 54 affordable house affordable units 52 rental to ownership advancement of affordable housing projects on city-owned sites including 902 Vista Village a 63 unit permanent supportive housing project and 211 Palm drive 70 unit senior housing. Additionally, staff are pursuing um home key plus funding to expand interim and permanent housing opportunities as well as planning and coordination for a permanent navigation center in partnership with San Diego Rescue Mission. Also ongoing ongoing are monitoring and pursuit of federal, state and local funding to support homelessness initiatives, interdep departmental and inter agency coordination through the internal homeless working group, provision of fair housing and tenant landlord services through CSA San Diego County, including outreach, education and discrimination investigation, enforcement of Vista Municipal Code 9.20.020B 020b addressing encampments. 478 encampments have been resolved which

includes outreach efforts ongoing maintenance and monitoring of biological preserve overlay areas through bi-weekly coordination efforts with San Diego sheriffs and multi- different departments in the city and continued implementation of the housing element to reduce barriers and expand affordable housing opportunities through 2029. Moving on on to goal number two. There are several recently completed items and projects. The city established an educational scholarship program to provide financial support for higher education or vocational training. Public safety personnel scholarship program expanded by increasing funding through surplus cannabis revenue to support educational opportunities for public safety personnel, fire academy enrollment, and paramedic licensing through Palomar College, which has been a great partnership. We also had the reopening of Fire Station 3 on April 27th. The solar lighting project was also approved and this included installation of pilot lighting in the spring of last year and approval of the next phase. The city also opened a new sheriff storefront office by remodeling the existing building at 986 Vista Village which opened in October of last year. A cannabis revenue allocation policy was adopted. Staff also launched domestic violence educational campaign. We added a traffic deputy for DUI enforcement in fiscal year 2425 and expanded the vegetation management program in cooperation with Vista Fire Protection District, adopting an ordinance to established defensible space zones 01 and two for both vacant and improved properties. These updates strengthen wildfire prevention efforts, protect lives and property, and support homeowners in maintaining compliance with insurance standards.

Council also adopted the 2025 California Fire Code and wildland urban, excuse me, interface code with local amendments incorporating updated standards for battery energy storage systems, fire sprinklers, ground mounted solar arrays, and new home hardening and defensible space requirements to enhance wildfire resilience. These updates, effective January 1st of this year, ensure consistency with current building codes while safeguarding public health and safety. Also, recently, um, the council approved a new San Diego uh, sheriff's office gang detective at the April 28th city council meeting. ongoing and in progress. Uh public safety items under this goal include continuing to provide a scholarship program to help people under 25 years of age engage in proactive activities, which has been a very popular program, continuing to identify and address tree hazards, continuing to identify locations for installation of bike racks throughout the city. The fire prevention division also launched safe and sound, a smoke a free smoke alarm installation program, providing in-home fire safety education to Vista's most vulnerable residents, including older adults, individuals with limited financial resources and those living in older or high-risisk housing. The EMS division implemented a supply and medication inventory management program, streamlining first in first out inventory control to ensure medications remain effective and readily available, enhancing emergency response readiness readiness and patient care. Staff also purchased sim tables for firefighter suppression training and public education, providing interactive real-time fire behavior simulations that enhance tactical decisionmaking and community fire prevention demonstrations. These advanced training tools strengthen

emergency preparedness and help residents better understand fire safety and fire behavior, ultimately protecting lives and property. More ongoing items under public safety include um staff continue pursuing grant funding to support fire safety personnel training apparatus and equipment acquisition and workforce development programs for EMS and firefighter careers. These efforts strengthen recruitment pipelines, enhance operational readiness, personnel retention, and ensure the department remain equipped to protect the community. There is also ongoing expansion of fire prevention week openhouse events through October, welcoming the community to fire stations to foster stronger connections between residential residents and fire personnel. These events build public trust and encourage meaningful conversations about fire safety and emergency preparedness. These events are also very well attended, very popular, and always have um hundreds of community members that visit these sites. The Ignite Your Potential Empowerment Summit Summit was also introduced in the fall of 2024 in partnership with multiple agencies. This is an ongoing initiative designed to increase diversity and inclusion in fire service careers. The fire department initiated the purchase of three replacement Pierce triple combination pumper fire engines to maintain the department's 12-year equipment replacement cycle with delivery time to align with planned reserve engine retirements in fiscal year 29 and 30. There's also ongoing efforts to enhance San Diego Sheriff's Office programming which includes junior deputy rise above senior volunteers and community events. The renovation of the existing substation at Loan Park is also ongoing um to convert this into a community center. Goal number three, fiscal responsibility. Completed projects

include Amazon business. This is an established centralized Amazon portal for city purchases along with purchase rebate program through Amazon which is independent from the purchase card rebate program through JP Morgan. The city council also adopted year-end cannabis revenue policy and launched the budget book software in spring 2025. The city's finance system, Tyler Munis, is going through an upgrade and SAAS migration, including migration of all custom reports. This process will move items to the cloud-based software, which reduces IT cost. We also completed the general banking RFP, the new general banking partner with an emphasis on service level cost and good stewardship to the community. Staff held a public workshop analysis and online actuary consultant and held a long-term financial plan um last year which was presented to city council. Ongoing tasks include the annual recreation community services fee and policies updates which will next come to council on May 2026. Payment works AP automation phase 2 to include existing vendors and our finance system integration with a target date of se of summer 2026. We have ongoing investment management with a PFM investments which are included in your weekly update or weekly updates on a monthly basis. We continue to enhance cyber security through tests and training, ongoing efforts to obtain grants and city works upgrade which is our GIS ccentric platform for public asset lifestyle management and permitting. The target date to complete this is July 2026. Goal four is a cleaner, more beautiful vista. Staff launched an ash can program in partnership with I love a clean San Diego to reduce litter in high use areas.

We also staff also completed core public works maintenance activities including responding to over 1,000 street service requests removing 577 graffiti cases and performing ongoing street sweeping storm drain vegetation and infrastructure maint maintenance. Staff also hosted a coastal cleanup day and creek to bay cleanup event in partnership with I love a clean San Diego to support a community-based litter removal. Council also adopted an ordinance prohibiting food service providers from using expanded polystyrene or styrofoam containers with 15 businesses brought into compliance. Ongoing priorities include the expansion of the ashan program. Staff continued to look for different locations, seeking funding for upgraded recycling bins at city park and trail locations along with water refill stations. Engaging with community partners to host a more to host more cleaner litter cleanups. Engagement with businesses to enforce styrofoam ban and single-use plastic reduction. staff, a continued staff-led civil abatement task force in partnership with um community organizations, multiple departments including our sheriff's office, continuing the citywide street sweeping, routine pressure washing of city facilities, including downtown sidewalks, skate parks, and Santa Fe corridor with litter pickup program, the removal of graffiti citywide, including a including private property where accessible with appropriate approvals, and continuing partnership with CALR to improve improve the travel and gateway areas. Um, I included um our Access Vista app photo up on the screen um just to encourage folks to download the Access Vista app on their Android or iPhone and report a problem that you see out on the street which includes graffiti, potholes, shopping carts, you

name it. Anything you would like to report, we it gets directed to the appropriate staff and the response is fairly quick. At this time, I will hand the presentation over to management analyst London Adams from the city manager's office, who will provide an update on goals 5 through eight. Thank you, Alda. Goal number five, climate and environmental responsibility. Some projects included cool zone outreach directing the public to city, county, cool zones. Residential and business tree program was launched and expanded. 330 trees in 2024, 468 trees in 2025, and currently 310 trees promised in reserve for the 2026 program. City facilities including city civic center public works are operating with clean energy through clean energy alliance. The city secured seven Vista green businesses including Dr. Bronners, Solar Tube, Banana Deng, Vista Public Works, and the Vista Library, adding solar to the new Fire Station 3. The city hosted eight ebike trainings with over 140 participants in our ebike training and rebate program. The city also implemented a monthly environmental program e- newswsletter, and we also published the 2025 CAP monitoring report. during this time. Some additional completed efforts include um the successful cyclobia event in celebration of clean air day and active transportation, receiving a grant for pedestrian and bicycle safety for the California Office of Traffic Safety, also known as OTS, hosted an Arbor Day celebration in partnership with West Coast Arborous. The city earned 2025 Tree City USA recognition. The city implemented tree trio waste bins at city facilities to promote proper waste diversion. Replaced deteriorated storm drains storm

drain pipes citywide. There was construction of Boba Link Avenue, East Avenue and North Avenue storm drains and the construction of Montar storm drains. Some ongoing and in progress goals include supporting food security through CDBG public service providers including Meals on Wheels and Mama's Kitchen, continuing the Vista Green Business Network, and expanding outreach and participation in partnership with US Green Building Council California. consistently moni monitoring the climate funding tracking with San Diego regional climate collaborative participation participation in SandAG sustainable transportation systems program continuing ebike safety and training programs for 2026 mulching compost giveaway programs hosted monthly with EDCO increasing the urban forest canopy and seek funding to support improvements increase street and increasing street trees installing selling 102 EV parking stalls at city- owned facilities with state funding and that target date is going to be March 2027. Planting trees and installing irrigation along North Santa Fe corridor with pedestrian signals at East Washington Street and the target date for that would be June 2028. And continuing the residential and business tree giveaway program and the preparation of the 2026 climate action monitoring report. Goal six, parks and recreation. So completed projects include the weave park ribbon cutting in October of 2025. The expansion of the moonlight concert series, expansion of the Moonlight summer season musicals, additional programming at Linda Roads Neighborhood Center and Park, the expansion of pickleball courts at Bringle Terrace Park in Thibido Park, the tennis court conversion, parks and recreation master plan that

was approved at the city council meeting in December 9th, 2025. The wave waterpark needs assessment assessment completed and city approved of 3.5 million in improvements. Phase 1 and two tenant improvements at the senior center were completed January 29th, 2026. A contract with the county to support senior nutrition program implemented recreation and community service e newswsletter here at the city and new restrooms at Pala Vista Park and replacing the restrooms at LS Tan Park. Some ongoing and in progress goals for parks and recreation include continuing to contract with vendors to expand youth programs and enrichment programs, increasing pocket parks and green space in public rightway, improving trail system within public rightway and parks, improving sports fields throughout city parks. Improving restrooms in city parks, including maintenance. Improving playground equipment at city parks. Continuing to expand on adult youth programs via contract classes. Upgrading restrooms at parks, phase one completed with phase two pending to be completed in January 2026. Updating the planned trail system as part of the mobility element. The mural at Pala Vista Park and some pending park projects at um Bobier Breeze Hill Bringing Terrace improvements in Montagal. uh the West Los Angeles Drive Park at the target date um and the design and construction of summer 2027 and um the design and construct a new park at Aanita um de Bonito Huarez um target date fiscal year 2027 to 2028. Goal number seven is economic development. some um recently completed um projects within the school. Um the promoted business resources, news and

insights and economic development e newswsletter. Um the city launched a Vista business hub, implemented a cannabis equity program, established a downtown committee to recommend improvements for walkability, parking, and circulation in the Vista Village. The Vista Bucks programming established the AVO committee. AO Playhouse operator requests for proposals was completed during this time. Continued business openings and expansions, established short-term rental program and assisted transit occupancy tax and updated the Vista general plan to focus on economic development opportunities. Some ongoing and in progress for this goal would be continue to address issues in the public rightway for businesses. Continue to perform business walks, cares visits, and small business visits. Continue to participate and fund San Diego North economic development council and innovate 78. supporting business growth by partnering with San Diego Connect, continuing promotion of the Shop Vista and Vista Bucks programs, updating the Vista economic development strategy, also known as beds, and continuing the AVO RFP update to council that will be coming to the next meeting on May 26, 2026. The last goal for goal number eight is traffic and mobility. Um some completed projects during this time um installed GPSbased traffic preeemption um devices to reduce response times of fire apparatuses. The initial project of 110 intersections and 42 fire apparatus. Installed 168 speed humps on 48 of city council approved streets. completed the streets rehabilitation pavement overlay project fiscal year 2025 to 2026 which included 77 streets with zones 2 and four. Designed and completed bid

documents for the street slurry sale project for fiscal year 2026 to 2027 consisting of 33 streets in zones 1 and two. Installed 33 ADA pedestrian ramps at street corners. The Lada Deloma sidewalk project. Sidewalks are now installed installed on the north side of Lada Delma Drive between Eddie Drive and Merkantile Street. Completed construction of town site complete street sidewalks, roundabouts, bus shelters, and midblock pedestrian crossings on North Santa Fe. Designed and installed enhancements at four pedestrian crossings on South Santa Fe in the Po Santa Fe area. designed and constructed pedestrian crossings on West Fistaway and Cedar Road to provide bus stopped access and designed a sidewalk and drainage improvements on East Indian Rock at Nicole Drive. Some additional um completed efforts for goal 8 include designed and constructed traffic signals at East Fistaway and Franklin Street, North Melrose Drive and Ascot Drive, and um South Melrose and Dawson Drive. um installed protected bike lanes on major city streets, North Melrose Drive and South Melrose Drive, Sycamore Avenue, Vista Village Drive, North Santa Fe Avenue, East Boier Drive, Olive Avenue, and Taylor Street. Completed a comprehensive traffic safety plan adopted by city council in October 2025. Constructed roundabouts at the intersections of Bobiier Drive and Cali Jewels and Foothill Drive and Oak Drive. Designed sidewalks on the south side of Sunset Drive, east of South Melrose Drive. Constructed sidewalks and street improvements on Nevada Avenue and Lemon Avenue. Designed Emerald Drive complete streets project. Completed a preliminary feasibility study analyzing grade separation alternatives at the Vista Village Drive and Main Street Railroad crossings. Upgraded existing pedestrian

buttons to ADA compliance standards at six signalized intersections. And finally, completed fiber optic interconnect to nine traffic signals on North Melrose Drive, Emerald Drive, and Point Setia Avenue. for some ongoing and in progress for traffic and mobility. Um receiving a grant from the office of traffic safety for continuing the ebike training and safety program in 2026. Continuing to maintain pothole crack sale program, small small street paving and improvements and upgrades to street furniture. Continuing ongoing sidewalk maintenance, including innovation repairs. Proactively increasing Vista's pavement condition index PCI level to achieve and maintain a preventative maintenance state PCI 80 with a Vista currents PCI is 79.3. Design and construct pedestrian crossing improvements on Civic Center Drive and Pala Vista Drive to mitigate the impacts from the sprinter preventions of the traffic signal. construction of complete streets improvements on Emerald Drive and collaborate with North County Transit District NCTD on planning and feasibility for grade separation at the Vista Village Drive and Main Street Railroad crossing. Construct a sidewalk on Sunset Drive east of South Melrose and designing and constructing the North Santa Fe Avenue landscaping and pedestrian signal project. obtaining two grants from the state and SANDAG for a total of $88,000 plus a $52,000 city match to develop a citywide sustainable mobility active transportation plan. The plan development is in progress and the target date is summer 2027. Obtaining a 2.6 million federal grant plus a $289,000 city match to design and build a landscaped raised medium on East

Fista Way between Williamson Street and Taylor Street. And the target is fall and winter of 2027. Obtaining a $3.5 million SANDAG grant plus a $450,000 city match to design and build complete street improvements on West Bobby Drive between North Santa Fe Avenue and Westnap Drive, including roundabouts, bike lanes, pedestrian crossings, and street lights with a target date of fall winter 2027. Staff recommends city council receive the 2024 to 2026 city council update. There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the recommendation. Projects within without identified funding sources will be re revisited as initiatives advance. I will pass it over to Alda.

Thank you. We want to take a quick moment to thank all the departments for providing project information and updates. And of course, on behalf of all staff and the city manager, uh thank you to the mayor, deputy mayor, and city council for your leadership and support on these projects. This concludes staff's presentation. We are happy to answer any questions. Thank you very much. I don't see any speakers, so we'll start with Council Member Contrarus.

Thank you so much. Um this was a very comprehensive overview. Uh, you know, I'm very satisfied with the goals that we've come up uh with collectively for the council. Um, I just I I do have some questions. Um, regarding the ebike rebate and training uh program funding, how much funding do we have left? I would have to look to see what what's left.

Yeah, I just um you know, if you could send it the information my way, that would be great. I'm just curious about that. Um, one of the things that I I would love to see um here in the city of Vista is that we do look at some of our public rideway where it might be suitable to plant more native milkeed for the monarchs. Um, there's population collapse and whatnot with our struggling monarchs. Uh, but I think that would be great. Um, and then I just want to speak to the Vista Village Drive and Main Street. uh railroad crossing. This is a grade separation uh goal that I've had for a long time. Uh I'm very concerned about the gate downtime at uh these intersections here and particularly uh Vista Village intersection. Uh you know, we have a lot of first responders that cross through there. Um, I am 100% in support of public transit and trying to get to the goal of having 15minute headways, but I am very concerned about the gate downtime there. Uh, and I do want to report um to my council that uh I've made uh some aggressive moves as much as possible on North County Transit District to bring uh a spotlight onto this grade separation. And I was able to convince uh through a lot of advocacy the rest of the board to take a look at prioritizations for grade separations. And uh just as I suspected, uh the Vista Village drive grade separation uh for the train is actually number one for NCTD. It came out as the number one priority. Uh those priorities will be

shared with SANDAG and um I look forward to continue to try and get some more funding because we need to move from our conceptual uh map of this to a more engineering specific map. Uh so just know that I will continue to advocate for this and fight for this. It was in the paper. If anybody has any questions, uh you can read that article or you can ask me. Um, but I'm really thankful for the council uh that you have all been supportive of my efforts to push uh for some more funding and to prioritize the Vista Village grade separation. So, other than that, uh thank you so much and uh I think there's a lot of work that we've been able to accomplish. Thanks,

Deputy Mayor. Thank you. There's there's a quote day by day nothing changes but pretty soon when you look back everything is different and when I look at all the work that has gone in to this over the last two years all the things that we plan to accomplish in the future as well I think it's incredible what has been packed in to all of the stuff we've been able to do just in the last few years. So this report is phenomenal. Thank you for the updates on all of it. Um I I just want to give kudos. I know we all have things in our district but it was really important to get the stoplight on South Melrose. I know we just started the sidewalks on Sunset. uh the acquisition and the willingness of this council to purchase land so we could acquire Madak Wall is a huge huge win for our city. Uh so I'm just really proud of all those things and all the stuff that we've accomplished uh as our as our goals over the last couple years. Um speaking of Sandag, uh can we please get the Inland Rail Trail completed at some point? Uh continue working with them to to get that done. Um, and then, you know, as I've preached, yeah, as I've preached for the last three and a half years, uh, identify any available properties for sale for, uh, athletic fields for our youth. Uh, it is a desperate need that we have in this community all across the community. I, you know, I just spoke with Vista Little League the other day and there was 575 kids active in their league, but they turned down between 75 and 150 ch children and that can be devastating. And so, um, whatever we can do to try and, uh, mitigate and stop that from happening, I think that our community deserves it. And, uh, beyond that though, great job on this. Thank you to the council for all your hard work, and I'll look forward to future updates as well.

Council member Melendez.

Yes. And Deputy Mayor, I I appreciate the the quote, right? Day by day, um, nothing changes. It's your your dad vibes are showing, right? You're starting to get the dad wisdom about you. So, I appreciate that reflection. And it's not too often where we get to reflect on our council goals. I try to remember them when I'm reviewing items with the city manager. You know, I have to remind myself, how does this reflect back to our city goals? I try to hold my council members accountable. How does this reflect back to our city goals? So, um this is a a great reflection for us tonight. And thank you so much, um to you both and to our whole staff. I mean, you're really expected to be experts at everything and that's difficult to be because there's a lot of work that needs to be done and there's a lot of work that we've gotten done. I really want to highlight one of the top issues for me and for our community, which is homelessness and housing. It was a couple years ago when I was first elected. The goal was initially homelessness, but I really pushed and pushed for us to acknowledge housing as a big part of it. and look what we've been able to accomplish especially for our youth. The opening of the Vist House that has been tremendous um and a benefit to um those vulnerable youth in North County. No such other program exists. And so I'm really proud of us for being able to accomplish that and just moving along uh slowly this ship here. Um I also am you know I understand that this wasn't you know a comprehensive deep dive into every single program and one of the things you mentioned that I had uh uh championed a a great amount was the ash can program. Uh I see them out there the ash cans kind of in those populated areas where folks might have you know be leaving a bar want to have a cigarette folks waiting over near the transit station. And there's a couple of uh

pilot areas where we've been able to use these ash cans. I'd say they're working okay. You know, we are getting uh folks disposing their cigarette butts into the ash cans. So, it it is happening, but I still am seeing a lot of um cigarette butts littering the ground, which is just so painful and disgusting. I hate it. It's horrible. And I, you know, I I really have a hard time with with that part of um the keeping Vista clean and beautiful, right? Where um there's uh activity and behavior from the public that the city, you know, whether it's our infrastructure or our programming or our efforts, our policies, uh we try to make an effort um to address. Um, but this is a collaboration. We need the citizens and residents of Vista to be engaged on these issues as well. Um, so I just want to put that out there that uh we can uh supply the resources that are going to make a more beautiful city, but we all have a responsibility and I want to see more cigarette butts in those ash cans. Um, I do support uh providing more milkweeds to the monarchs. Thank you, council member, for bringing that up. And then the grade separation. Talk about really impressive and important infrastructure improvements. Uh there are so many cities now competing for grade separation. Uh it's like as soon as this is starts talking about it, other cities are like, "Yeah, we should do that too, right?" But uh they're already behind because we've been able to get all this funding. Um, so thank you for uh just keeping up with the speed of our ambition and everything that we want to do. I'm sure it is exhausting. I mean, it's 7:30. You've already had a long day. We need to get you out of here. We

have one more item. So, I'll I'll wrap up my comments and just say y'all are experts at everything. Um, we could not be doing this without you, but it is really really important for us to remember what our goals are. And I think that we have a really good set of goals. Um, of course I think we can hone in on them a little bit more, but very impressive amount of work that has been able to be done u between 2024 and 2026. So, thank you so much, Council Member Contra.

And you just had to bring up the Inland Rail Trail, didn't you? So, so I know I know, but here's the thing is um I was going to save this for my comments at the end, but since you brought it up, I just want to uh and I I already talked to city manager about my disappointment with the Inland Rail Trail. I've been extremely vocal um since I've uh had the honor to represent the city on Sandag about the the um rail trail and how long it's taken. Um, and I'm starting to get, you know, some more support from the other board members. Here's the bad news is that, um, I referenced, uh, at the last Sandag meeting a document dated May of 2022 that states and, and if you look it up in our website, it'll say phase 4 in final design. Well, apparently the final design has not been completed. They're not even to 60% design. So, what we did at our last budget um uh discussion in passing at at Sandag is we have now put almost a million dollars into the final design because we absolutely need to get there. And um the really disappointing part is that we are not able to maintain our state ATP funds because it's been delayed and it's not shovel ready yet. So we had to give the state back $1.7 million. And you know they're telling me, hey, this is so that we can maintain competitive for future ATP funds. And I have to say I don't know if the state's going to have those funds in the future. So there was no way for me to keep those funds because they're expiring. But what I did tell them is that this phase is

absolutely necessary because our city has put investments in making sure all modes of transportation are safe and we've put a lot of investments in our bicycle facilities. So, I have told Sandag, I I want to get them here so that we can have a community review of the Inland Rail Trail and we can maybe one day have this on our city goals as an update. Um, but I just wanted to let everybody know I'm very disappointed, but we will get to final design and I'm going to push it through as uh it's it's a huge priority of mine. So, sorry to give you that news. Thank you very much. Great work. Really proud of where our city is headed. We're in a great place fiscally. City looks good. We got a lot of work to do on homelessness. Got a lot of work to do. Continuing to clean up encampments and making sure that our city is clean and beautiful. But we have made a lot of progress and we want to acknowledge that, appreciate that. uh but also be cleareyed about all the work that we have in front of us. So, thank you very much. Appreciate all of our great staff and uh we'll be here bright and early start again tomorrow, right? Thank you. All right. Well, with that, I believe we have one item to go, right, of our capital improvement program. If any members of the public wish to speak on this item, they may indicate so by using the raise their hand feature by pressing star9 or submitting a request to speak card. Speakers will be called upon after the presentation. Our finance manager, Sarah Taylor, will introduce this item.

Good evening, mayor, deputy mayor, and city council members. Uh, presenting with me this evening is Matt Adterbury, an engineering division manager. The purpose of tonight's discussion item is to provide an overview of the city's capital improvement program, also known as the CIP. This presentation will highlight accomplishments completed during the current fiscal year, proposed news appropri proposed new projects for fiscal year 2026 27 and fiscal year 2728 and proposed new appropriations for ongoing projects. Any direction received tonight will be incorporated into the final CIP budget which will be uh which will return to council for adoption in June. The capital improvement program is a six-year planning document for infrastructure improvement projects and is updated every two years. The first two years include budget appropriations while the remaining four years are included for long-term planning purposes. The CIP budget process began with the city council goal setting workshop which helps guide development of the program. A city council workshop for the CIP was also held in November of last year and we are currently at the draft CIP city council discussion stage with final budget adoption scheduled for June 9th. Before before reviewing the proposed projects and prop appropriations, we would like to highlight several capital improvement projects completed during the current fiscal year. Some of which will overlap with what you heard uh in the previous presentation. Okay. So, fiscal year 2526 achievements. Uh, park improvements. We've got CIP 8338 Weey Park. This park was constructed with Native American drought tolerant landscaping, DG walking paths, and outdoor exercise equipment mounted

on concrete pads. Cost of construction was $587,000. Exercise equipment cost $235,000. State park funds, general funds, and park development fees funded this project. Notice of completion was filed at the county on October 20th, 2025. CIP 8351 Lan improvements. Improvements consisted of a picnic area including two tables. Uh added backend diagonal parking spaces in front of the park, increasing the available spaces to 11 including ADA stalls and a new pre-cast restroom consisting of four individual stalls outside handwashing station and drinking fountain. Shade sales are expected to be installed in July 2026. Cost of construction was $671,000 from state park grant funds and general funds. CIP 8398, the wave slide tower improvements. Uh improvements consisted of gel coating the interior of the slides and painting of the outside of the slides. During construction, it was determined that two structural saddles needed to be replaced and those were replaced last weekend. Cost of construction was $571,000 from park development fees. Moving on to public facilities, we've got CIP 8331, fire station 3 remodel. Essentially, this project consisted of a new fire station. Cost of construction was $12.5 million. Certificate of substantial completion occurred on April 9th, 2026. There was uh the fire station alerting system replacement project that occurred at fire stations 1 2 4 5 and six. CIP 8332, the Michigan Avenue parking lot. This site was converted from a residential single family home to a new downtown parking lot that generated 28

new parking spaces, including two ADA parking stalls. Cost of construction was $700,000. Notice of completion was filed at the county on April 30th, 2026. CIP8902, electric vehicle charging stations. This project installed electric vehicle charging stations at 10 different sites including Civic Center, public works, the Wave Water Park, Bringing Terrace Park, Sports Park, Breezeill Parking Lot, Shadow Ridge Park, Fire Station number six, Lu Duran Park, and the downtown parking lot. 102 electric vehicle charging station or charging stalls were installed. All sites have been commissioned except for the Wave, Shadow Ridge Park, Civic Center, and Public Works. The Wave and Shadow Ridge Park are waiting for final SDG& inspection, which is expected by July 2026. Civic Center and public works sites need to be energized by SDG&, which is anticipated by March 2027. Cost of construction was $3.3 million utilizing ARPA funding. Moving on to transportation and mobility. CIP 8225 and 8313 street rehabilitation uh constructed 44 lane miles of local and arterial streets. These streets now have a three-year no cut moratorum project was funded with transnet and SP1 gas tax. CIP 8239 CMP storm drain replacement project. uh 3,758 linear feet of deteriorated corrugated me metal pipe was replaced with reinforced concrete pipe. These pipes should last for over 100 years. Project was funded with ARPA. CIP 8913, the Boba Link storm drain project, a 1,859

linear feet of new reinforced concrete storm drain pipe was installed, thereby removing substantial surface flow across the frontages of residential homes. Project was funded with ARPA. CIP 8290 pedestrian mobility sidewalks. 2,816 linear feet of sidewalks were installed on Nevada Avenue, Lemon Avenue, East Indian Rock Road, West California Avenue, and Latoma. Project was funded with a federal earmark, transnet, and community development block grants from HUD. CIP 8294, the traffic signal interconnect. Project improved traffic coordination and reduce con congestion. Fiber optic cable was installed from West Fistaway to North Melrose Drive and along Pointia Avenue. Project was funded with traffic impact fees. CIP 8339 8358 Foothill Drive and Oak intersection improvements. This project was constructed with the roundabout on Bobier Drive and Caillou. Projects included roundabouts, ADA curb ramps, and pedestrian crossings. projects were funded by traffic impact fees, regional traffic congestion improvement plan fees and deferred street construction fees. CIP 8379 and 8340, the Vista Village drive and West Vistaway pedestrian crossing project. This project was constructed with the West Vistaway at Cedar Drive Improvement Project. Projects included uh protected bus stop, popouts, sidewalk, and ADA pedestrian ramps. projects were funded through the regional traffic congestion improvement plan fees. CIP 8378, the PO Santa Fe pedestrian improvements uh project installed flashing beacons and LED illuminated warning signs and project was funded with general funds and traffic impact

fees. CIP 8375, 8376, and 8377. The three traffic signal project traffic signals were installed at South Melrose Drive at Dawson, North Melrose Drive at Ascot, and East Vista Way at Franklin. Project was funded with general funds, traffic mitigation fees, and RTCIP fees. A number of sewer projects were also completed which included pipeline rehabilitation of 3,000 linear feet for the Vista sewer and 315 linear feet within the Buena sanitation district. Fat oil and grease abatement improvements were also comp completed at both the Raceway pump station and Buena Creek pump station. Additionally, at the Buena Creek at the raceway pump station included repairs to the emergency overflow basin and at the Buena Creek pump station, mechanical upgrades were completed to improve reliability and operations. Rehabilitation of Valisa failsafe outfall was also completed to support continued system redundancy and reliability. There are 14 proposed news new projects included in the fiscal year 2026-27 and 202728 capital improvement program budget. Detail sheets for each project are included in exhibit 2 of the staff report and provide additional information on project scope, funding sources, and proposed appropriations. Here we have the Breeze Hill Park phase one. Approximately $949,000 of park development impact fees are put forward towards this project. Phase one includes four pickle ball courts that will replace the courts being removed at Thibido Park. Installation of a soundwall to support the new courts is also proposed.

Next, we have the Bay Buav Vista Park. A little over $2 million of park development impact fees are proposed. Uh the project will include passive recreation and dog related activities and designated small and large dog parks, shaded picnic tables, bench seating, and a central open lawn. Next, we have the Bringle Terrace Park Improvements Phase One. $897,000 of park development impact fees are proposed for this project. Phase one includes the design and construction of a perimeter walking trail. Next, we have the downtown Vista plan. $100,000 from fiscal year 25 year end fund balance uh is being put forth to this project. Um, this project will further refine the concept plan, prepare preliminary cost estimates, and evaluate potential project phasing. Next, we have traffic signal at North Santa Fe Avenue and Anggeles Vista Drive. $750,000 from traffic impact fees is proposed. Now we we have the traffic signal at South Santa Fe Avenue and Santa Anita Drive. $750,000 is proposed for this project. Uh $275,000 is from traffic impact fees and 475,000 from RTCIP fees. Next, we have the drainage improvements at South Mills Drive and Sunset Drive. $500,000 from drainage fees is proposed for these improvements. There are seven new proposed sewer projects for the next two fiscal years. Six within Vista Sewer and one for Buena Sanitation District. These projects

primarily address capacity concerns and several were identified as part of the 2025 sewer master plan. The East Broadway project will replace and upsize approximately 1,400 linear feet of trunk sewer main located from South Citrus Avenue to South Santa Fe Avenue uh towards Veterans Park. This project is estimated at 2.8 million with 568,000 recommended to be appropriated for fiscal year 2728. The Hill Drive and Flower Lane project includes 1.6 6 million in recommended appropriations and will replace and upsize approximately 1,600 linear feet of trunk sewer main. The Maryland Drive and Olive Avenue to Melrose Drive project will replace and upsize approximately 2100 linear feet of trunk sewer main and is estimated to cost about 2.7 million with 524,000 recommended to be appropriated for fiscal year 2728. The North Melrose Drive project will replace and upsize approximately 3,500 linear feet of trunk sewer main from Copper Drive to West Vista Way. The estimated project cost is 5.3 million with just over 1 million recommended to be appropriated for fiscal year 2728. The North Santa Fe Drive project will replace and upsize approximately 1,000 linear feet of trunk sewer main from West Bier Drive to West Indian Rock Avenue uh road. And the project is just over 1 million and will be funded through Vista sewer fees. The Delpy Delpy Ditch sewer relocation project is the only new sewer project that is not related to capacity improvements. This project will relocate and reconstruct approximately 1500 linear feet of sewer main and associated manholes away from eroded banks of the

Delpi ditch. The estimated project cost is 1.9 million with 320,000 recommended for appropriation in fiscal year 2627 for design within the Buena Sanitation District. the Verona Hills Parkway and Savona Court project will replace and upsize approximately 1,200 linear feet of sewer main. The project total budget is approximately 1.3 million and will be funded from Buena Sanitation District sewer fees. In addition to the 14 proposed new projects, approximately 61 million in new appropriations are recommended for existing projects. There are 47 projects appropriated in previous fiscal years that are anticipated to be carried forward to fiscal year 2627. Of those 47, 24 projects include new appropriation requests. Uh the table on this slide summarizes the continuing projects by category and detail sheets for all ongoing projects requesting new appropriations are provided in exhibit 3 and a comprehensive list of all CIP projects can be found in exhibit 4 of the staff report. 2.4 million is recommended for parks projects. Here we have ongoing projects with proposed appropriations, parks and community services, total of a little over 2.3 million. Senior center, $160,000 uh from the general fund um to include park uh new parking area in the back adding four ADA parking stalls. Avanita Deonita Hores Pocket Park, a little over 1.2 million uh in park development fees are proposed to complete the project funding. Next, we have the Madagal Drive Park. Uh proposed is $380,000.

Um that will allow us to perform the design activities and that's and that's proposed with park development fees. Parket at New Haven and West Los Angeles Street. $32,000 is proposed in park development fees and that will complete the project funding. Bobby Drive Park. We have $214,000 of park development fees and that will assist us uh to start the design. Uh for public facilities, $100,000 is recommended to continue making ADA improvements at city facilities, including public parks. An additional 1.8 8 million is recommended for the renovation of the public works wastewater building, bringing the total project budget to 2.5 million. And additionally, 850,000 in federal earmark funding secured through Congressman Mike Leven's office is recommended for the homeless navigation center project. Next, we have transportation mobility. A little over $18 million is proposed. We have the PI the pavement and sidewalk management program $90,000 of transnet street rehabilitation construction and overlay bianial project little over 3.6 million of transnet street maintenance and slurry seal bionial program little over 2 million of transnet residential street rehabilitation construction and overlay 4.4 4 million of SP1 gas tax. California mandated trash cleanup M CMTC device installations just short of $3 million from the California mandated trash cleanup funds. Emerald Drive complete streets uh $2 million that's the federal earmark neighborhood traffic calming 130,000 of

general funds that will help us complete some studies and west drive complete streets 350,000 general funds and that will complete the project funding pedestrian mobility sidewalks 2.6 6 million of general funds, CDBG and transnet funding is proposed. Next, we have our sidewalk priority list. Top of the list, we have the North Indiana Avenue between East Orange Street and Washington Street. Project will install 333 ft of sidewalks on the east side of North Indiana Avenue. Street has existing curb and gutter and has a utility pole conflict. Project cost is estimated at $400,000 from CDBG funds. Next, number two on the list, we have West Los Angeles Drive between Aanita De Bonita Hores and North Santa Fe Avenue. Project will install 265 ft of sidewalks along the north side of West Los Angeles Drive from the liquor store at the corner of North Santa Fe Avenue to across the street from New Haven Park. Some street widening is required. Project cost is estimated at $400,000 from CDBG funds. Number three is Townsite Drive between East Indian Rock Road and East Fist away. Project will install 480 ft of sidewalks along the north side of Townset Drive from from the raised crosswalk at Neart Drive to across from Rainree Park. Project cost is estimated at $550,000 from CDBG funding. Fourth on the list is West California Avenue at West Los Angeles Drive. Project will install 1,600 ft of sidewalks along the west side of West California Avenue and portions of both sides of West Los Angeles from the railroad tracks near Swallow Drive to

North Avenue. Project cost is estimated at $775,000 from CDBG funds. Number five on the list is Bobiard Drive between Sports Parkway and Maribou Lane. Project will install 556 ft of sidewalks along the south side of Bobiard Drive from the new apartments being installed in the city of Oceanside to Maribou Lane. Existing concrete driveways will be preserved. project is estimated to cost only $300,000 from CDBG funding. A total of 22.9 million in new appropriations is recommended for Vista Sewer projects, all funded through Vista Sewer uh sewer fees. This includes two years of contributions to the Incena Wastewater Authority capital improvement program totaling 15.7 million. The Incina Wastewater Authority provides wastewater treatment services for six member agencies including the city of Vista and Buena Sanitation District. An additional 1 million is recommended for ongoing pipeline rehabilitation projects. And for the North Santa Fe Drive sewer project from East Drive to Washington Street, an additional 6.3 million is recommended, bringing the total project budget total to 7.7 million. For Buena sewer projects, 14.7 million in new appropriations is recommended, including $4.7 million for Insino Wastewater Authority improvements. Again, this is funded through Bueno sanitation district sewer fees. An additional 5.1 is recommended for the Green Oak Road project, bringing the total project budget to just over 10 million. And an additional 3.8 8 million is recommended for Buenyard improvements, bringing the total project

budget to 4.7 million. And finally, an additional 1.1 million is recommended for the Sycamore Avenue project under the 78 for a new project total of 1.3 million. This slide summarizes proposed appropriations by category for both new projects and continuing projects. Approximately 60% of the proposed appropriations are for sewer related projects which is typical and uh approximately 28% are related to transportation and street projects. This concludes the overview of proposed projects and appropriations for the capital improvement program. Any direction received tonight will be incorporated into the final CIP budget that will return to city council for consideration in June and staff is available for questions.

Deputy mayor,

great job. I don't have any questions. I think that this is very thorough and uh explains a lot. Um, one thing I noticed in our packet on the budget summary by category is that uh, Madagal Drive Park is not listed as a project that will be moving forward in the immediate future. I know the reason why, but I want the public to know the reason why. So, can we explain why it is not a priority despite the fact that we listed it as a top priority as far as parks are concerned? Or would you like me to take a moment to answer that? So, Prop 4 funding is not eligible to be applied for until June. And so, I will not argue with any of these projects because I don't believe delaying those projects uh is something that would be necessary. But I just want to make clear to staff that my priority is still securing as much funding as we can for grant funding uh and making sure that all monies are available so we can move this project forward as quick as we can uh as we had promised that we would do so. Um, but I just wanted my residents to understand that we are not not moving it forward, but there are millions of dollars potentially available through grant funding uh for this park project. So that is why it is not listed as a priority uh within the budget that we have set forth. Any follow-ups, city manager?

We are absolutely pursuing Prop 4 funding for Madagal Park. Awesome. Thank you. And just adding that 380,000 was added for like the design of the park to help us be more competitive in the grant applications. I love that. And I just want to be very clear. I am not upset. I just wanted to let the public know why it might be delayed. So, thank you, Council Member Contrus.

Yeah, thank you so much. Um, just want to point out that Weeve Park, there's always a ton of people utilizing the park and exercising. I think it's super cool. Um, I'm excited to see more improvements in that area for more park space. Uh, L Duran, the improvements have been just incredible. I think the outdoor handwashing station is like my favorite, especially after playing basketball. I can go and um and just wash my hands and I it seems like the materials used are going to be withstanding a lot of um different people using them. So, uh I think that's great. Uh I want to Oh, just with the sidewalk priority list, I really appreciate the prioritization. Um, as you can see, you know, my district is definitely in need of a lot of different, um, sidewalks. Uh, but I do want to draw attention to the council about, uh, a traffic signal at North Santa Fe Avenue in Angelus Vista Drive. This is in my district. This is on the way to Guahomi Park Academy. Um, I I wanted to see if the council would be open to reviewing a potential roundabout here instead of a traffic signal. I would like to um bring the community in on this discussion as well. Um, this is a a stretch of um road that, you know, people speed a lot on. Uh and in speaking to the city manager, there is uh the potential to put a roundabout here, but I you know, we would want to take a little bit more time to look at it. Uh so I will be advocating and hopefully uh other folks

um will agree that we should take a look at the best uh type of traffic control uh device here. And maybe that is a traffic signal and maybe it's also a roundabout. So, I'll be advocating for that. And I think that might be all my comments. I don't see any more scribbles that I put down. So, thank you so much. Yeah, this is great. And uh if you know the council could let me know if you would be amendable to um getting you know a conceptual design for a roundabout uh and kind of looking at that side by side um with the traffic signal to see you know at the end of the day which um mobility and traffic calming device would be the best there. Thank you

council member Melendez.

Yes. Thank you for this report. Um, so much work is being done and at a tremendous cost and I really believe that this is an exercise in public trust. So when uh residents are paying their sewer fees for decades, they do expect that we will deliver and ensure that their uh sewage is flowing freely and certainly it is. So I'm really grateful for this. We had our leadership academy earlier today and um we had some comments of folks that were very impressed by our sewer system. Um and it's only because of you as public servants that are willing uh to maintain that trust of the public and ensure that these dollars are being um appropriately spent. So I really appreciate that. I think that this is a fantastic list. I think that this list is smaller than years past. Um, we obviously have a lot of projects pending, so there's not a lot of new projects on this list. Um, but it sounds like we have opportunities for um, even securing more grant funding and uh, financing opportunities for many of these projects. Council member Contraras, I support you and your um, concept for a roundabout um, at the location you described. Um, we also heard a member uh a comment from the member of the public today who um in the same sentence said she did not like roundabouts but then requested one on her street. And I actually completely agree that at the intersection of Pomelo and Hienda, um that's a stretch that I think would be a great opportunity for one of these quick build pilot roundabouts that we haven't seen in the city of Vista. But if you drive through other cities, you'll see that they work perfectly fine. They're low cost, low profile. Um, this stop sign at Pomelo and Hienda,

I drive through it all the time and it operates like a roundabout anyways. People are just, you know, not me, I'm following the law, but everybody else is just California rolling through it. So, um I'm happy to bring that back with city manager to discuss, hey, we're being introduced new concepts, these like new technology, um these quick build roundabouts. Uh we hadn't seen that before tonight. So, now I'm inspired and I'm going to have to talk about it more. So, uh maybe there's appetite for my council here tonight to look at that uh lowcost quick build roundabout in those locations. Um I'm not sure what construction is best for uh was it the portion of Santa Fe that's a little bit more of a high-speed um wider road. So maybe like a full build is appropriate there. But Pomelo and Hosienda is like a little quiet neighborhood. So um yeah, that would be you know one of the things I would include here. But of course um we have to do our due diligence and follow all the steps. So I'll probably follow up with city manager later. But excellent work. Um, thank you for keeping the public trust and u maintaining these appropriations for us and this report.

Council member Fox, thank you. So, thank you to the staff for this wonderful report. Um, this is uh obviously it's it's a big chunk of change and so the the care that you've shown on shown on how you're allocating it and and making sure that you're going to all the different sources of funding possible to do that and everything shows a lot of responsibility and um for our finances. So, I really appreciate that. Um, uh, when it comes to the the Bringle Terrace Park improvements, um, I was just thinking as I was hearing that an opportunity to take another jab at Stan Sandag. So, I thought I'd take it as well that that we have a we have an opportunity here to potentially do the parks master plan study, approve, design, fund, and build that path system before the design phase is finished on. And I'm actually kind I think that's pretty interesting and uh I I just wanted to bring that to everyone's attention because that sounds funny. Um on the PE Buav Vista Park, which I you know always thought of as we part two. Um but so that was I had to look what that was when I was going through the report but uh I know that we had a a great partnership with the Seno tribe on the on the first phase of this and so um you know I'm hoping that we can definitely keep that that conversation that communication open. um and that partnership uh for this site as well. So, um I really appreciate that. Uh when it comes to the roundabouts, uh I don't know enough about those specific locations to say whether I would be supportive in the future of them, but I'm definitely supportive of having the conversation because then I can learn what more about those specific intersections. So, um not a problem there. Um, and and I know we had the this the the resident today talking about the uh Bringing Terrace tennis courts as well. I know that that was like we're we're one of the phases includes having a walking trail to the or walking path to the restrooms from

the pickle ball courts and I'm not sure if there's some sort of if that's close enough to like kind of lump together or something to look into. We're doing the trail now, so the seating issue will have to be looked into at a later time. Okay. Yeah. I was like I I knew that was one of the big priorities and I didn't see it on this, so I was like I can't remember where we were on that. So, thank you for the for the update on that. So, um cool. Yeah, that's all my all my comments for this. So, um thank you again for all all your hard work on this and I uh look forward to seeing all this stuff happen. Thanks,

Mr. Connley. I just want to confirm the council's okay with us evaluating a roundabout at North Santa Fe and Anggeles Vista. We can bring that back with some options and review it as with the council if you're all on board with that. That is the only one that hasn't weighed in. Um I'm open to having the discussion on North Santa Fe. I just I would want to know if it is in fact the best option there, what our fire department thinks. What are the plans for North Santa Fe 10, 20, 30 years out when we have more residents here in Vista. So, I think all of that should be taken into account, but I'm I'm open to the conversation. Council member Contrarus.

Yeah, and I I did want to lend my support to evaluating Pomelo and Hienda as well. Um, I appreciate the support to uh at least just take a look at which I I don't right now uh have a favorite uh for North Santa Fe, whether it's a roundabout or uh a traffic signal. I think anything is better than nothing right now. There's no way for people to cross. Um you either have to cross at Bo Beer uh and and North Santa Fe or you have to go to uh Taylor and North Santa Fe. It's a quite a big big stretch. Um but I I would love to see the concepts kind of side by side and also bring the community in to weigh in on it. Um, I think at the end of the day, uh, from what I know about these folks in my district in this area is that they really don't want to see a lot more cut through traffic in this area. And so, right now, the area lends itself, I think, well, to roundabout. Um, and I I think that potentially that's what the community might want to see, but I would love to just make sure that we're doing our due diligence, bringing people into the conversation and seeing uh how, you know, evaluating these two different um devices for, you know, what's most appropriate uh for this community. So, thank you so much. I appreciate it.

All right. Great work. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right, that'll bring us to the end of our agenda tonight. And we do have one more oral communication speaker, Joshua Tianda.

Hello, Mayor, uh, Mr. City Council. Um, I just want to kudos um um to your um efforts of to address homelessness and I know um personally uh uh where I work there was a homeless encampment. I'm glad um it was taken care of because it was bring it was right besides the Maros Plaza. So it was it was uh causing a lot of trash where where normally you don't have trash in there. But the kudos to taking care of that. But my my comments were to um uh see what we can do um to um to to mirror this San Diego's um uh um discrimination laws as to as to respect to um that the definition of anti-semitism because right now is the the pressing issue um you know like right now in you see it in in um nor um in the UK um here in in in Brooklyn what what just happened there's um it's not theoretical we've seen the rise of Jew hate and then and the city council have already adopted uh

their own the ordinance the the IRA definition in order to streng and what's significant is be um that the Jew Jewish population here in San Diego alone is a 100,000 um if you if you don't want just just to compare just to for comparison there's only 50,000 uh uh Jewish population in the whole country of Mexico. So we have a huge concentration of Jewish population here in San Diego County. So it it's not something that is relevant to us. So it's uh something that forward looking and just addressing discrimination um uh when it comes to um Isra Israeli identity and and Jewish identity is something that I would thank you very much. Okay, that'll bring us to the end of our meeting tonight in the council comments. Any comments from our city clerk's office? Okay, city attorney, city manager. Uh just one thing, mayor. Thank you. The uh National Public Works Week is coming up. The public works department is holding an open house this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. uh at their facility just off Taylor Street. Come learn more about their services, equipment, and dedicated teams that help keep Vista running safe every day. For more information, visit vista.gov/calendar. Thank you.

Very good, Council Member Fox.

Perfect. Thank you. Like to uh start with my my brand new series, uh things to do in District 2. I know. Uh Vista Historical Society is having their Hall of Fame lunch on May 16th from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the Gloria Eckllen Senior Center. Uh we have the San Diego Nights at the Vista Library on May 20th from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Um if you've been living under a rock and haven't heard of the Vista Strawberry Festival, uh that comes on May 24th on Sunday and I'll be uh hosting uh part of the Strawberry Film Festival that'll be taking place at the Film Hub. So uh come by and watch a short film. Uh on top of that, I'm also hosting a downtown plan town hall on Saturday, May 23rd from 10:30 to 12:00. Um, so come and hear the results that uh that the council approved out of the downtown committee and uh share your priorities and concerns with with that so that we can go into that having some public comment. So other than that, it's uh taco Tuesday and I love my wife Mina very much and I thank her for letting me serve. Thank you,

Council Member Melinda.

Yes. Well, thank you Council Member for that clever update. Um, I'm sad I'm going to miss the historical society event this Saturday. Um, but I hope everyone can make it. And I can't believe it's already Strawberry Festival. That's wild. Um, so I just have um a few updates. Uh, one is that this month it is Clean Energy Alliance uh 5year anniversary. So we are going to be selling celebrating that on May 28th. Um after our board meeting, we're going to have um a modest celebration um over at our um uh over at the uh oh my goodness pronunciation. Uh it's the Hedon de Lagoon. Uh and uh we're looking forward to that. I really appreciate all the staff and folks at CA for um just being really effective the past five years. Um and also this uh month we have Memorial Day coming up on the 25th and I just think that that's really important observation. Um we will be having um a number of observances here in Vista. I'm sure um mayor might be mentioning that, but I just want to uh acknowledge Memorial Day. Thank you,

Council Member Contrarus.

Yeah. Uh thank you so much to my council and to staff for doing uh a lot of hard work um and ensuring that we're always building a stronger community. Um and for those who want to participate in uh the trash pickup that happens every Wednesday with Guerrera Sanio um you can contact uh team founder and captain Hovita Sarafhin. uh she's on uh on Instagram. Um and also if you have a hard time uh reaching out and connecting, you can always uh reach out to me and I'll make sure to facilitate that connection. Um other than that, I hope everybody has a good rest of their night. Thank you,

Deputy Mayor Donald. Do my best to make this quick uh not to be outdowned by Council Member Fox. There's even more in District 4. Uh if if uh you all want to support a local business in District 4, tomorrow the Vista Chamber is hosting uh from 5:00 pm to 7:00 p.m. their mixer at Weir Beer. Please come out. They have great uh beverages. They have really good pizza. So come check it out. I want to wish all the moms out there a very belated uh or happy Mother's Day. Belated happy Mother's Day. Uh including my wife Ally. Uh a belated birthday to my son Jacob who just turned one. Uh the deputies and firefighters. You saw them recognized tonight. I want to thank all of them for the work and service they provide. The gentleman behind us over here in the in the room, thank you very much. Uh you do a great deal to keep our community safe every single day and the response time I get when I reach out to our captain or our deputies for whatever it is uh and our firefighters for that matter is always immediate and instantaneous. So, thank you for the work that you all do. Um congrats to all the graduates of the Vista Leadership Program uh that we celebrated this evening. Um and then aside from that uh there was a um Cal's meeting. So just a quick update from that uh they had a um panel presentation on life sciences uh and talked a lot about certain needs throughout the throughout the San Diego region. And one of the biggest needs that I've found, not just in this field, but when I talk to large companies uh throughout San Diego, is the cost of housing and the ability to get people to come live where they work. And many people actually have to commute even for Incena uh which is our water agency. You have people coming all the way from TmAcula or further just to work uh nearby. So uh good update on that. They are uh sponsoring 16 new bills. Um, but I am going to continue advocating for funding for housing or at least more accessibility to that funding that so it's made available funding for Prop 36

and local control at the city level. So, those are all my updates. Ally, I love you. Thank you for letting me serve in this capacity for our city. And I hope you all have a great night. All right. The city council would like to acknowledge the volunteers and the city staff who recently participated in the creek to bay cleanup event at West Buista Creek. 53 community volunteers worked alongside public works crews to remove 673 lbs of trash, 50 lbs of recycling. We appreciate their efforts to help keep Vista clean and beautiful. The city of Vista and Edco invites residents to take advantage of the free mulch and compost giveaway May 15, 16, and 17th from dawn to dusk at the vacant lot on Veil Terrace Drive at Williamson Streets while supplies last. This self-service event helps residents enhance their gardens with landscaping and free mulch and compost, which helps retain soil moisture, reduce weeds, and improve overall soil health. Participants should bring their own containers, gloves, and shovels. Commercial vehicles are not permitted. Open bed trucks must be covered with a tarp. City of Vista is offering free ebike training class on Saturday, May 16th from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Vista Civic Center. Classes include both classroom style instruction and practical hands-on training designed to help riders safely operate and navigate ebikes. As part of the program, participants who attend the training will receive a free helmet to ensure they have the proper protection while riding. Register online at vista.gov/ebikes. Thank you to my beautiful wife, Shauna, for waiting up for me and letting me serve our community. God bless you all. Have a good night.