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Post date: Initial: Hillcrest Business Association Board of Directors Meeting Public Meeting ~ December 11, 2018, 5pm Joyce Beers Community Center 1230 Cleveland Ave., San Diego CA 92103 Agenda 1.

1 Post date: Initial: Hillcrest Business Association Board of Directors Meeting Public Meeting ~ December 11, 2018, 5pm Joyce Beers Community Center 1230 Cleveland Ave., San Diego CA Agenda 1. Call to order and introductions T. Daiber-Hirst 2 minutes 2. Public comment (2 minutes per speaker) (information) 8 minutes 3. President s report (information) T. Daiber-Hirst 5 minutes 4. Executive Director s report (information) B. Nicholls 5 minutes 5. Consent agenda (action) a. Approval of minutes from November b. Approval of financials from October R. Bedrosian 5 minutes 6. Executive committee items G. Younger 10 minutes a. Letter concerning city scooter policy (action) 3 7. Beautification Committee items a. Letter concerning sidewalk repair (action) 4 b. Support for EMRA regarding rainbow crosswalks and expression of preferred location (action) 8. Special Event Committee items a. Discussion concerning Farmers Market permit (action) T. Daiber-Hirst 10 minutes R. Bedrosian 10 minutes Adjourn Attachments: 1. Minutes from October Financials from September Hillcrest Business Association 3737 Fifth Ave. #202, San Diego, CA p:(619) f: (619)

2 Post date: Initial: Beautification (T. Daiber-Hirst) Executive (T. Daiber-Hirst) Special Events (R. Bedrosian) Marketing (B. Casey) 2018 Standing Committees: Hillcrest Business Association 3737 Fifth Ave. #202, San Diego, CA p:(619) f: (619)

November 14 th 2018 Minutes Board Members in attendance: Tina Shirley, Colleen Cavalieri, John Husler, Dalour Younan, Tami Daiber-Hirst, Glenn Younger, Paul Smith, Jeff Jackson, Charles Kauffman,

3 November 14 th 2018 Minutes Board Members in attendance: Tina Shirley, Colleen Cavalieri, John Husler, Dalour Younan, Tami Daiber-Hirst, Glenn Younger, Paul Smith, Jeff Jackson, Charles Kauffman, Brian Casey Board Members Absent: Ryan Bedrosian, Jessica Baro Staff in attendance: Benjamin Nicholls, Jonathan Lopez, Mary Joseph Public in attendance: Patrick Santana, Jason Weiz, Brittany Baily T. Daiber-Hirst called the meeting to order and introductions were made. T. Daiber-Hirst gave the Presidents Report welcoming new board members to the table. She announced that Jonathan Lopez had joined the team as Place Making Program Manager. She reported that he will be managing subscription programs, member services, and cleaning contractors. She reported that Cecelia resigned from the board a few weeks ago. B. Nicholls gave the Executive Director s Report asking members to refrain from having any contact with E. Reynoso concerning matters that relate to the HBA. He reported that Nightmare on Normal Street was a big success and HBA is currently tabulating the numbers. Staff are ramping up for Hillcrest Taste n Tinis and Shop Hillcrest For the Holidays. T. Daiber Hirst presented the consent agenda including the minutes from October and financials from September 2018 o Motion: approve the consent agenda. (Paul Smith, Jeff Jackson). Motion passes unanimously.

4 T. Daiber-Hirst presented the Nomination to the Uptown Community Parking District Board reporting that as Cecelia was our representative to the Uptown Community parking District, and she has resigned from the board, we need to appoint a new representative. The HBA appoints business seats to the parking district board. Paul has agreed to step up and represent the HBA. o Motion to appoint Paul Smith to the board. (Paul Smith, Jeff Jackson). Motion passes unanimously. T. Daiber-Hirst gave a report concerning University Ave. medians. SANDAG is moving forward with its bikeway designs for University Ave. between 10th and Normal Street. The proposals include adding a protected bikeway between the sidewalk and the parking area, converting much of the street parking to diagonal, installing new street trees on the sidewalks and removing the existing pop-out gardens, slimming the medians and adding new trees, adding a mid block crosswalk in the block between Vermont and Richmond. T. Daiber-Hirst gave a report concerning new staffing B. Nicholls reported on the financials for Pride Block Party, CityFest, and Nightmare on Normal Street Save the date for December 13, for Taste n Tinis! The meeting Adjourned

5 Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. A/R Aging Summary As of October 31, 2018 Current > 90 TOTAL Broadway San Diego David Larson Dr. Bronners Gioia's Room Hillcrest Ace Hardware MatchMG 1, , Miller/Coors 5, , Phildaelphia Insurance Sash Bags Stoli Group USA 4, , Urban Mo's Village Hat Shop Windemore Court H&A TOTAL 11, , , Page 7 of 7

6 ASSETS Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. Balance Sheet Current Assets Checking/Savings As of October 31, 2018 Oct 31, Comerica - Checking 131, PayPal Total Checking/Savings 132, Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable 13, Total Accounts Receivable 13, Other Current Assets SBEP City Fees & Services 16, MAD Receivable 27, City Fest Prepaid/Recevable Farmers Market Receivable 8, Prepaid Expense 4, NightmareonNormal Prepaid/Rcvbl 25, Commission for Arts Grant Rcvbl 23, Tech. Assistance/Acctg. Rcvbl. 1, Taste N Tinis Prepaid/Rcvbls. 1, Total Other Current Assets 107, Total Current Assets 253, Fixed Assets Office Furniture & Equipment 21, Accumulated Depreciation -21, Total Fixed Assets 0.00 TOTAL ASSETS 253, LIABILITIES & EQUITY Liabilities Current Liabilities Accounts Payable Accounts Payable 6, Total Accounts Payable 6, Other Current Liabilities BID Assessment -2, Page 1 of 7

7 Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. Balance Sheet As of October 31, 2018 Oct 31, SBEP Advance 17, Sales Tax Payable Deferred Revenue 6, Payroll Liabilities FUTA Payable 3.09 Vacation Payable 2, Total Payroll Liabilities 2, Total Other Current Liabilities 23, Total Current Liabilities 30, Total Liabilities 30, Equity Unrestricted Net Assets 195, Net Income 27, Total Equity 222, TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 253, Page 2 of 7

8 Income Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual July through October 2018 TOTAL Oct 18 Budget Variance Jul - Oct 18 Budget Variance CityFest 25, , , , , Farmers Market 12, , , , , , SBEP 2, , , , MAD 12, , , , , , BID 6, , , , , , Hillcrest Map , , Technical Assistance/Acctg , , Nightmare on Normal Street 36, , , , , , Taste 'N Tinis , , , , Banner Space Pride of Hillcrest/Block Party 9, , , , , Other Income Hillcrest Security Subscription , , Hillcrest Steam Cleaning , , Total Income 107, , , , , , Expense Personnel Salaries 15, , , , , , Employer Taxes - Federal 1, , , , , Employer Taxes - State Health Insurance 3, , , , , Workers Comp Insurance Total Personnel 19, , , , , , Operating Rent Office Space 2, , , , Storage , Accounting 1, , , , Audit 5, , , , , Equipment Purchase , , Intern/Consultant , , , , Bank & Credit Card Charges Repair/Maintenance/Cleaning , , Office Supplies , , Postage and Delivery Printing/Photocopy , , Dues/Subscriptions Staff Development Meetings , Page 3 of 7

9 Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual July through October 2018 TOTAL Oct 18 Budget Variance Jul - Oct 18 Budget Variance Legal , , , Telephone & Internet , , Parking/Mileage Depreciation Technical Assistance D & O / Liability Insurance , , , Total Operating 12, , , , , , Neighborhood/Outreach Promotion CityFest 3, , , , , Promotion/Marketing/Campaigns , , , , , Taste Taste 'N Tinis , , , , Banners , , Web Site Communications Business Mixers/Open House Newsletter 2, , , , Farmer's Market , , , Hillcrest Map 5, , , , , Pride Flag Project , Pride of Hillcrest/Block Party -3, , , , , Nightmare on Normal 29, , , , , Total Neighborhood/Outreach Promotion 38, , , , , , Physical Improvements Hillcrest Sign Utilities/Maint Security 5, , , , , Security Subscription 2, , , , Steam Cleaning Subscription 1, , , Street Cleaning 4, , , , , , Sidewalk Improvements 4, , , , , Dumpsters , , Tree & Flower Maintenance 4, , , , , , Tree Light Repair , , Lighting Canopy/Projects , , Contingency , , , , Total Physical Improvements 23, , , , , , Total Expense 93, , , , , , , , , , , Page 4 of 7

10 Income Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. Profit & Loss by Class July through October GENERAL 220 SPECIAL EVENTS 410 BID CONTRACT 510 MAD 610 SBEP TOTAL CityFest , , Farmers Market , , SBEP , , MAD , , BID , , Technical Assistance/Acctg , , Nightmare on Normal Street , , Pride of Hillcrest/Block Party , , Other Income Hillcrest Security Subscription 6, , Hillcrest Steam Cleaning 2, , Total Income 10, , , , , , Expense Personnel Salaries 25, , , , , Employer Taxes - Federal 1, , , Employer Taxes - State Health Insurance 5, , Workers Comp Insurance Total Personnel 33, , , , , Operating Rent Office Space 4, , Storage 1, , Accounting 2, , , , Audit 5, , Equipment Purchase 2, , Bank & Credit Card Charges Repair/Maintenance/Cleaning 2, , Office Supplies 1, , Postage and Delivery Printing/Photocopy 1, , Dues/Subscriptions Meetings Page 5 of 7

11 Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, Inc. Profit & Loss by Class July through October GENERAL 220 SPECIAL EVENTS 410 BID CONTRACT 510 MAD 610 SBEP TOTAL Legal 1, , Telephone & Internet 2, , Parking/Mileage D & O / Liability Insurance 4, , Total Operating 29, , , , Neighborhood/Outreach Promotion CityFest , , Promotion/Marketing/Campaigns 3, , , Taste Banners 1, , Business Mixers/Open House Newsletter , , Farmer's Market , , Hillcrest Map 7, , Pride Flag Project 1, , Pride of Hillcrest/Block Party , , Nightmare on Normal , , Total Neighborhood/Outreach Promotion 13, , , , Physical Improvements Hillcrest Sign Utilities/Maint Security , , Security Subscription 6, , Steam Cleaning Subscription 2, , Street Cleaning , , Sidewalk Improvements 1, , , , Dumpsters , , Tree & Flower Maintenance 5, , , Total Physical Improvements 15, , , , Total Expense 93, , , , , , Net Income -83, , , Page 6 of 7

COUNCILMEMBER CHRISTOPHER WARD M E M O R A N D U M DATE: September 19, 2018 TO: FROM: Mayor Kevin Faulconer Councilmember Chris Ward SUBJECT: Regulation of Dockless Scooters in San Diego In response

12 COUNCILMEMBER CHRISTOPHER WARD M E M O R A N D U M DATE: September 19, 2018 TO: FROM: Mayor Kevin Faulconer Councilmember Chris Ward SUBJECT: Regulation of Dockless Scooters in San Diego In response to a request made by Committee Chair Chris Cate, three dockless vehicle companies made presentations at today s Public Safety & Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting. Specifically, representatives from Bird, Lime, and Razor presented on strategies and commitments their companies have made and will make to ensure the safety of San Diegans with the advent of shared dockless scooter vehicles. I appreciate Councilmember Cate s leadership to activate this dialogue and further the opportunity to make sure San Diegans feel safe on our sidewalks and streets. Along with him I have had the occasions to meet with representatives of these companies and underscore our expectations of safe operations, deterrence of nuisance, and other issues. I have supported the opportunity presented by scooters to help transform how we think about transportation, making the first and last mile connections much easier than we could have imagined even a year ago. However, irresponsible and illegal behavior by some have caused a major public safety hazard and concern for many residents. It is my understanding you are meeting with the companies to establish rules and agreements for continued operations. Thank you; this is important and overdue, and I hope agreements will be able to incorporate these ideas: Require indemnification of the City, business improvement districts, and community organizations from liability of claims from scooter operations. Require proof of insurance by companies that sufficiently covers potential claims of users and those infringed by users or vehicles. Require all riders to acknowledge, at the initiation of every ride, state and local laws that govern where it is legal to ride (e.g. not on sidewalks), the limitation of scooters to one rider only, that the user is the person identified by the driver s license used to

13 establish the account, obeying traffic signals, signs, and flow of traffic as any other vehicle, and other common infractions. Establish a customer rating system to track instances of user violations so that some reasonable frequency of infractions could lead to the suspension or prohibition of a rider s ability to rent. Provide technology that allows users to report dangerous behaviors, and consider mechanisms for citations issued by San Diego Police Department (SDPD) to be communicated to companies, for incorporation to the customer rating system. Provide incentives to users to properly park scooters after their ride, and warnings to users about the proper locations to park once ride is complete. Work with City staff to designate preferred parking zones, with a preference to onstreet parking spaces where possible, as well as no ride and no parking zones where appropriate. Limit scooter speeds to 8 mph on the Mission Beach, Mission Bay, and La Jolla Boardwalks, and other geographic areas or multimodal pathways as identified in the future. Develop a real-time user alert or mechanical intervention to compel compliance with no ride or slow zone areas, and forbid ending rides in no parking zones. Provide the City and SDPD current information of where and how much scooter usage is occurring, at least quarterly, or in a digital format which can be updated in real time. Ensure that scooters with dead or low batteries are retrieved in a timely manner. Establish ambassador teams with sufficient personnel who can provide active education to the San Diego community about safe scooter use. Establish a permit and fee structure, consistent with best practices under development in other cities, to improve revenue opportunities for city infrastructure, enforcement, and management. Establish reasonable, expeditious deadlines to comply with expectations of the agreement, with penalties of noncompliance including potential discontinuation of operations. Meanwhile, it is imperative in the City that we provide signage on the safe operation of scooters in areas where ridership is highest, especially Downtown, and partner with stakeholder organizations such as the Port of San Diego and San Diego Tourism Authority on strategies to influence safe usage among tourists. The City has set aggressive goals to make our streets safe and accessible for everyone and to increase access to and utilization of alternative transportation. Creating a framework to safely allow the advancement and integration of new transportation technology is critical to the success of meeting these goals.

14 I look forward to working with you on this important issue. CC: Hon. Mara W. Elliott, City Attorney Hon. Chris Cate, Chair, Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee Jessica Lawrence, Director of Council Affairs, Office of the Mayor Kris McFadden, Director of Transportation & Storm Water

15 Hillcrest Business Association 3737 Fifth Avenue, Suite 205 San Diego, CA Benjamin Nicholls, Executive Director December 12, 2018 The Honorable Kevin L. Faulconer Mayor of San Diego City Hall, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA Dear Mayor, The Hillcrest Business Association represents over 1300 businesses in the Uptown area of the San Diego. As the city s oldest business association, we know how important having well-maintained sidewalks is for the health of our businesses and our community. The HBA strongly urges the Mayor and his staff to pursue several recommendations made in the Office of the Independent Budget Analyst (OIBA) report of November 7, 2018: Review of Proposed Changes to the City s Sidewalk Maintenance Policy. We d like to highlight several compelling recommendations: Inspection The city s Traffic & Storm Water (TSW) department should notify property owners when inspections will occur so that they can be present. TSW inspectors use spray paint to mark any sidewalk pavement that needs repair. ADA/CASp audits performed for business licensing should include sidewalk inspection. Better Tone for Communications The verbal tone of TSW s Notices should be more helpful and less threatening towards property owners. Focus should be generating participation from property owners rather than emphasizing issues of legal liability. Clear Deadlines Establish a 60-day time limit for property owners to repair damaged pavement after owners have been notified and pavement needing repair has been identified. Repair and Payment Options TSW s notification letter should present repair options to owners: 1) Private Contractor or 2) City- Hired Contractor. TSW s notification should give owners a general cost estimate per-square-foot for expected repair costs should the City perform the repair. Owners should be offered payment options (in full or payment plan, with option for having the cost assessed to next property tax bill/bills). Cost over $150 should allow payment using installments over time (see Minneapolis example: ). PAGE 1

16 Pre-approved Vendors TSW should vet a list of licensed contractors who are pre-approved for sidewalk repair work, as is done in other U.S. cities. Pre-approved concrete contractors should be allowed to perform basic pavement replacement (i.e., without modification to existing sidewalk plan) with minimal or no permits/fees. This list of pre-approved concrete contractors should be supplied to property owners in TSW s initial notification letter to make repairs independently; or owners given the option to take part in competitively-bid sidewalk contract repair made through by TSW (per San Francisco practice). Enforcement The City should add sufficient staffing to perform inspection and enforce all sidewalk repair work. Cost Containment We agree with the OIBA s recommendation that the responsibility for sidewalks should remain with property owners except where damage is the responsibility of the City (under the criteria currently in use by TSW: e.g., subsidence, city tree damage, City utility cuts, fronting city property, etc). City policy should seek to streamline TSW s repair process, make it more affordable, and make it a matter of course that property owners take quick action when notified of sidewalk damage on their property. We agree with OIBA s assessment that the City taking responsibility for all sidewalks will increase the City s liability costs without making progress towards reducing the amount of broken sidewalks. The only way to achieve meaningful improvement in sidewalk conditions is to clarify the process for repair, expand the number of vendors who perform this work, bring costs of permitting and contracting down, set reasonable timelines and billing processes, and establish a clear understanding among property owners that they have both an interest and an obligation to maintain their sidewalk in good condition. Respectfully, Board of Directors, Hillcrest Business Association PAGE 2

Agenda 1. Call to order and introductions T. Daiber 2 minutes

Agenda 1. Call to order and introductions T. Daiber 2 minutes Post date: Initial: Hillcrest Business Association Board of Directors Meeting Public Meeting ~ March 14, 2017, 4pm Joyce Beers Community Center 1230 Cleveland Ave., San Diego CA 92103 Agenda 1. Call to