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HomeMy WebLinkAboutecomments_exportCity Council Meeting Meeting Time: 07-14-20 17:00 eComments Report Meetings Meeting Time Agenda Items Comments Support Oppose Neutral City Council Meeting 07-14-20 17:00 35 22 16 2 0 Sentiments for All Meetings The following graphs display sentiments for comments that have location data. Only locations of users who have commented will be shown. Overall Sentiment City Council Meeting 07-14-20 17:00 Agenda Name Comments Support Oppose Neutral 1. 20-0293 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING EMERGENCY ORDER 002-D-2020 (EFFECTIVE JULY 10, 2020) OF THE CHULA VISTA DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORIZING CITY BOARD, COMMISSION, AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO OCCUR IN SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES, EXPANDING ALLOWED ACTIVITIES AT CITY PARKS AND TRAILS, AND UPDATING FACE COVERING REQUIREMENTS TO CONFORM WITH COUNTY AND STATE STANDARDS 1 0 1 0 2. 20-0290 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA RATIFYING EMERGENCY ORDER 005-2020 ISSUED BY THE CHULA VISTA DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020) AND EXTENDING THE CITY'S EVICTION MORATORIUM ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 3489-A) THROUGH JULY 31, 2020 10 9 0 0 7. 20-0276 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING A MINISTERIAL PERMIT PROCESS TO ALLOW BUSINESSES ALONG THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN E AND G STREETS TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH: 1) SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUEUING AREAS; 2) SIDEWALK CAFÉS; AND/OR, 3) CURB CAFÉS 3 2 0 0 8. 20-0280 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING THE WEEKLY WEEKEND CLOSURE OF THIRD AVENUE FROM E STREET TO CENTER STREET FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 15, 2020 - JANUARY 15, 2021 2 2 0 0 11. 20-0287 PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED for July 14, 2020 1 0 1 0 14. 20-0257 CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON THE NOVEMBER 2020 BALLOT, RELATED TO BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELECTED CITY ATTORNEY, VOTE-BY-MAIL ELECTION PROVISIONS, ELECTED OFFICIAL SUSPENSION REGULATIONS, AND OTHER VARIOUS REVISIONS 4 2 0 0 16. 20-0277 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CERTIFYING THE NECESSITY OF APPOINTING A CALPERS RETIREE WITHIN 180-DAYS OF RETIREMENT, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 7522.56 AND 21224 1 1 0 0 Sentiments for All Agenda Items The following graphs display sentiments for comments that have location data. Only locations of users who have commented will be shown. Overall Sentiment Agenda Item: eComments for 1. 20-0293 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING EMERGENCY ORDER 002-D-2020 (EFFECTIVE JULY 10, 2020) OF THE CHULA VISTA DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORIZING CITY BOARD, COMMISSION, AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO OCCUR IN SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES, EXPANDING ALLOWED ACTIVITIES AT CITY PARKS AND TRAILS, AND UPDATING FACE COVERING REQUIREMENTS TO CONFORM WITH COUNTY AND STATE STANDARDS Overall Sentiment Delia Dominguez Cervantes Location: Submitted At: 2:02pm 07-14-20 FACT: Bordertowns are experiencing a higher rate of covid-19 infection.I know of at least 3 persons who live in Tijuana and were hospitalized in Chula Vista due to Covid.Some of my grandchildren’s college friends cross daily to visit family in Tijuana. JUST to Visit! A realtive manages apts in San Ysidro & some of the tenants who had Covid cross the border multiple times a week.One tenant brought active Covid in-laws to stay w/them & a few days later were hospitalized. A Walmart greeter I met lives in Tijuana says some family members have Covid & face coverings are rarely worn & certainly not required.The spouse of an elderly relative crosses the border at least once a week.You might ask why?He says because he can. Where is the Essential Requirement to Cross the Border?Why are you NOT elevating the concern of Cross Border Traffic?To add insult to injury our leadership went silent when it came to the marches/mass gatherings.Some of our local leadership violated their own orders, issued idle citation threats about face coverings, no follow-through, let alone abide by them. Where were all the free Covid-19 testing sites to encourage protesters to easily & quickly get tested?It was your responsibility to reach out to them or be complicit to the rise in Covid-19.The Covid-19 safety information/direction coming from our leadership is conflicting.Do as I say Not as I Do philosophy? You are not serious about Covid-19 containment until you do something about the Cross Border Traffic! Agenda Item: eComments for 2. 20-0290 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA RATIFYING EMERGENCY ORDER 005-2020 ISSUED BY THE CHULA VISTA DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020) AND EXTENDING THE CITY'S EVICTION MORATORIUM ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 3489-A) THROUGH JULY 31, 2020 Overall Sentiment Indigo Machado Location: Submitted At: 2:08pm 07-14-20 An extension of the moratorium is vital for the safety of Chula Vista and its residents. The pandemic has put an enormous financial strain on renters, and without protection, many of these people will either lose their housing or be forced to find new sources of income at an incredibly dangerous time. An extension will not only protect countless people from financial disaster, but will also protect them from health risks involved with homelessness and/or working in the service industry. Elizabeth Magana-Espinosa Location: Submitted At: 11:33am 07-14-20 I think it would be unconscionable to not extend the moratorium on evictions through July. we have a little under 1/5 of the population still unemployed, and many people haven't been able to secure the same work that they had before the pandemic - they are making less. If these families are evicted, the landlords won't easily find new tenants anyway, there's no reason to allow the evictions to happen. There needs to be protections for families, and a plan put in place for a long-term program to alleviate the pressure in the community. Allison Estaris Location: Submitted At: 10:20am 07-14-20 I ask that you support extending the eviction moratorium ordinance. Our society puts profit over people. This pandemic has proven that the lives of those that are low income are not valued. Many people have lost their jobs or are forced to put their lives at risk for the sake of profit. I ask that you extend the eviction moratorium until there is some stability in our community. For landlords that rely on rental units to supplement income, there should be a plan to pause payments as well. Jules De Guzman Location: Submitted At: 10:15am 07-14-20 We cannot allow people to be evicted amidst a pandemic! Advocate for safety and the right for people to have a home. Let’s not allow Covid and homelessness to expand. This temporary solution is bare minimum, and further action to aid the community should be considered as well, but in the meantime, pass this!!! Ken Eby-Gomez Location: Submitted At: 8:34am 07-14-20 Pass the resolution. Allowing evictions is a gift to landlords that increases covid cases and increases homelessness, neither of which residents, Chula Vista or the region can afford. Jewell Karinen Location: Submitted At: 1:53am 07-14-20 Strongly urge you to pass this resolution. This action must be followed up with a further extension of the eviction moratorium through the end of 2020, and a long-term plan for rent and mortgage forgiveness. According to your data, 40% of Chula Vista's housing is rental units and 44% of renters are rent-burdened, paying more than half of their income toward rent. People are choosing between losing their homes and putting food on the table. Please save lives and extend the eviction moratorium. If you don't act with urgency, you are choosing to put people on the street. You are choosing to put all Chula Vista community members significantly more at risk for COVID. In addition to it being immoral, it will be considerably more expensive for the city to provide services for an increased population of unhoused people. You can prevent this expense EASILY by taking urgent steps keep people in their homes now. According to the Chula Vista homeless resource website, there are no shelters for the general homeless population. It appears that the city of Chula Vista already relies heavily on San Diego County and nonprofit organizations to provide for our unhoused community members. If you do not extend this eviction moratorium and put a long term plan into place to help renters stay in their homes without accruing massive debt to their landlords, be prepared for a long and expensive battle towards getting people back into stable housing. Choose safety and humanity for our community. sergio vergara Location: Submitted At: 10:54pm 07-13-20 I hope cv extends the moratorium and introduces a long term plan for rent and mortgage forgiveness as well as extending the moratorium until years end since almost 1 in 5 people in CV are unemployed and 44% of renters pay more than half their income to rent alone see https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/south- county/national-city/story/2020-04-09/south-bay-cities-pass-bans-on-evictions-for-people-impacted-by-covid-19 Hayley Aguilar Location: Submitted At: 10:00pm 07-13-20 Not only do I support extending the eviction memorandum through July, but I believe the city must support a long term plan for the rest of the year and implement a rent forgiveness program due to the unforeseen financial burdens caused by COVID-19. Eric Espinosa Location: Submitted At: 8:23pm 07-13-20 I think it would be unconscionable to not extend the moratorium on evictions through July. we have a little under 1/5 of the population still unemployed, and many people haven't been able to secure the same work that they had before the pandemic - they are making less. If these families are evicted, the landlords won't easily find new tenants anyway, there's no reason to allow the evictions to happen. There needs to be protections for families, and a plan put in place for a long-term program to alleviate the pressure in the community. Morgan Clark Location: Submitted At: 2:44pm 07-13-20 Please extend the eviction moratorium through July. About about 16% of Chula Vista residents are currently unemployed. That's 45,000 people in the City of Chula Vista, not to mention their families. Allowing landlords to evict them during a pandemic is unconscionable. I am aware that landlords will say they cannot make their rent if evictions are frozen, however, they would not make rent if they evicted their tenants either. If a landlord cannot make their mortgage, they lose an investment that allows them to make money without working; if a tenant cannot make their rent, they lose their homes. In addition, the city needs to create a longer term plan to extend this moratorium through the end of the year and create a program for rent forgiveness. If someone is unemployed from March through August, they will not be able to simply come up with 6 months of back rent. At the median rent in Chula Vista, which is $1,850, that's $11,000. You encouraged people to "make a payment plan" with their landlords, but 44% of Chula Vista residents already spend half or MORE of their paychecks on housing. The bottom 60% of Americans cannot cover an emergency $1000 expense without taking out a loan or using credit cards. Please, think of our city's most vulnerable residents when voting on this decision. Landlords will survive without their investments. Evicted people very realistically may not survive without a home during a pandemic. Agenda Item: eComments for 7. 20-0276 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING A MINISTERIAL PERMIT PROCESS TO ALLOW BUSINESSES ALONG THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN E AND G STREETS TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH: 1) SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUEUING AREAS; 2) SIDEWALK CAFÉS; AND/OR, 3) CURB CAFÉS Overall Sentiment Stuart Robinson Location: Submitted At: 8:57am 07-14-20 The right thing to do when businesses need all the help that the City can provide in order to let them stay viable. Allowing outside seating may be their only salvation. ronald trotter Location: Submitted At: 6:11pm 07-10-20 Please pass this resolution in a time when all businesses are trying to survive. This seems to be a huge help. Katia Callahan Location: Submitted At: 8:06pm 07-09-20 Our local restaurants need our support. A lot of them they don't have a patio . This will allow them to stay in business. You have done an amazing job in our City. Agenda Item: eComments for 8. 20-0280 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING THE WEEKLY WEEKEND CLOSURE OF THIRD AVENUE FROM E STREET TO CENTER STREET FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 15, 2020 - JANUARY 15, 2021 Overall Sentiment Cristina Hernandez Location: Submitted At: 5:55pm 07-14-20 Comment received from Katia Callahan at 5:47pm on 7/14/2020: Is very important for restaurants to do this Thank you Patricia Pollack Location: Submitted At: 6:01pm 07-11-20 Many of the restaurants on 3rd Avenue are small and are limited to the number of customers they can serve and still meet social distancing requirements. Indoor dining has been shut down by our Governor and many of these small restaurants do not have outdoor space. I support closing 3rd Avenue to traffic so that they can utilize the street to serve more customers. Agenda Item: eComments for 11. 20-0287 PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED for July 14, 2020 Overall Sentiment Grace Sardina Location: Submitted At: 11:37am 07-14-20 Columbus Day originated as a celebration of Italian heritage. In 1892, following a lynching in New Orleans that murdered 11 Italian immigrants, President Harrison declared Columbus Day a national celebration. The proclamation was part of a wider effort to placate Italian Americans and ease diplomatic tensions with Italy. Italian Americans were struggling against discrimination, so celebrating Columbus was a way for them to be accepted in the mainstream. In 1937, Columbus Day became a holiday across the US. Since 1971, it's been celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October. Columbus Day has since remained a celebration of Italian pride. That still deserves its place with or without Columbus. Changing Columbus Day to Indigenous people’s day is insulting and degrading to the Italian immigrants that fought to be here. A day created to celebrate Italian heritage should remain just that. You can remove statues but you cannot take away our accomplishments, contributions and celebrations. We matter in this country as much as any other group. Indigenous peoples day is August 9th. Native American day is November 27th. If Columbus Day is to be changed, it should remain Italian Heritage Day! We kindly request the statue from Discovery Park to be given to the Order Sons & Daughters of Italy. We will place it in Italian American historical museums for future generations to learn what Columbus meant to Italian Americans for so long and our fight to become proud Americans. Agenda Item: eComments for 14. 20-0257 CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON THE NOVEMBER 2020 BALLOT, RELATED TO BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELECTED CITY ATTORNEY, VOTE-BY-MAIL ELECTION PROVISIONS, ELECTED OFFICIAL SUSPENSION REGULATIONS, AND OTHER VARIOUS REVISIONS Overall Sentiment Margaret Baker Location: Submitted At: 6:34pm 07-14-20 I am writing on behalf of South Bay People Power in support of Agenda Item #14. We request that you vote in favor of placing the proposed city charter changes, specifically Sec. 602, Part D, on the Nov 2020 ballot. Expanding participation on City boards and commissions to all Chula Vista residents reflects our goals of increased community engagement and will be another step toward realization of our vision as a Welcoming City. We ask you to take this important action tonight to help achieve Chula Vista governance for all its residents. Thank you. Bryan Felber Location: Submitted At: 5:45pm 07-14-20 I am the Chair of the Charter Review Commission, here to answer questions, if possible and if any, and if this doesn't go too late, Carolyn Scofield Location: Submitted At: 3:50pm 07-14-20 I am writing in support of Agenda Item #14 and to urge you to approve the proposed charter amendments for placement on the November 2020 ballot. The items related to the board and commission membership qualifications are particularly important to support our Welcoming City vision and goals, especially to increase civic engagement. Allowing all our residents to serve our community through membership on boards and commissions provides them with an active voice in our city’s concerns. Our community gains an expanded and diverse population of talented people to serve. Please approve Agenda Item #14, consideration of potential charter amendments for possible placement on the November 2020 ballot. Thank you. Theresa Acerro Location: Submitted At: 8:10pm 07-09-20 Also should consider placing as SD is doing a proposal to form an independent Civilian Police Review Board with subpoena powers another amendment to disqualify developers, political consultants, or anyone who does or plans to do business with the city or make requests for zone or other changes from the city from contributing to candidates for office or running for the city council Agenda Item: eComments for 16. 20-0277 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CERTIFYING THE NECESSITY OF APPOINTING A CALPERS RETIREE WITHIN 180-DAYS OF RETIREMENT, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 7522.56 AND 21224 Overall Sentiment Leah L. Location: Submitted At: 7:55pm 07-14-20 Carol hayes - Are unanimously support bringing the city manager back to take care of the marijuana cannabis store appeals