From: David Garcia
To: Public Comment
Subject: NATIONAL CITY FIRST: MANDATE IMMEDIATE PORT FEE SURCHARGE. WE ARE OWED THIS FUNDING Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 8:03:17 AM
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Dear City Leadership,
I submit this urgent public comment to demand that the City of National City finally exercise its full authority to secure the funding we are rightfully owed from the Port of San Diego.
For too long, the Port's heavy industrial activity has burdened our infrastructure and impacted our residents' health, and the current arrangements simply do not cover the true cost. This is an unacceptable financial burden on our taxpayers.
The Proposed Fee and Estimated Revenue
The City must implement a $5.00 Cost-Recovery Surcharge per unit on the existing Rail/Truck Transfer Fee (RTTF) for every vehicle processed at the National City Marine Terminal.
Estimated Annual Volume: 400,000 vehicle units.
Estimated Annual Revenue: $2,000,000.
Mandate: Fund Permanent FRANC Expansion for National City The entire annual revenue of $2,000,000 must be dedicated to establishing a perpetual operating budget for the FRANC (Free Rides Around National City) zero-emission shuttle service.
This is not a negotiation; it is a declaration of National City First policy that directly funds a core service:
We Demand Compensation: The Port pays the cost of its local impact, delivering a permanent, stable $2 million to the city treasury.
We Demand Efficiency: This funding guarantees the expansion of FRANC into a reliable, free, city-wide transit network, dramatically reducing pollution-causing traffic and wear on our roads.
We Demand Control: The City takes control of its own mobility future, ensuring residents have the most efficient way to travel—paid for by those who cause the burden.
It is time to stop subsidizing Port operations with our local quality of life. The money is there. The cause is just. We are owed this funding to serve our people.
We expect the Council to act immediately and decisively to implement this surcharge.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Garcia Ozua, PhD
Development Economist
garciaozua.com
From: Alexander Gutterud
To: Clerk; Shelley Chapel
Subject: National City Regular Council Meeting (12/2/2025) Written Public Comment Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 1:52:30 PM
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Dear Mayor,
You are facing five lawsuits in the San Diego Superior Court. There are three lawsuits for public records you have failed to produce or have destroyed, one lawsuit for violating the Open Meeting law, and one lawsuit for a declaratory judgment that the City Council can restore the neighborhood at Orange Street and Sweetwater Road to residential and low-to-moderate density. You have the power to end the litigation by releasing the requested public records and agreeing that you have the power to restore the land at Orange Street and Sweetwater Road to residential and low-to-moderate density.
You complain that we have filed too many public records requests, but that is because every time we ask for a public record that should be readily available, you demand that we file a written public records request. There have been 893 public records requests filed in National City; our requests are a tiny fraction of those.
We are not the only victims of your violations of the public records law. The Environmental Health Coalition had to sue you to obtain fuel project records. We hear the same refrain from other citizens: National City refuses to honor the public records law. What the public must come to understand is that your refusal to turn over public records is really part of a continuing cover-up of your misdeeds. This applies to your text messages. Remember, Mayor, you testified falsely that you did not turn over the text messages on your phone because they were with the IT Department, yet this testimony was immediately shown to be false by the IT head.
There is something more troubling than all of this. It appears you are receiving benefits from vendors and developers. Your Assistant lives in a $1.3 million home in Bonita, has a house in Florida, drives a classic Jaguar, and may even have another home in Lake Havasu and a boat there as well. How is that possible?
Mayor, for the good of the City, you need to resign.
This written public comment is made on behalf of Micaela Polanco.
Best regards,
Alexander Gutterud, Esq.
Associate Attorney
AGUIRRE & SEVERSON, LLP
501 W Broadway, Ste. 1050
San Diego, CA 92101
Office (619) 876-5364, Ext. 3
[email protected]
From: Alexander Gutterud
To: Clerk; Shelley Chapel
Subject: National City Regular Council Meeting (12/2/2025) Written Public Comment Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 2:04:30 PM
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Good evening,
My name is Sandra Scheller, and I am here to give testimony that there is something profoundly wrong and troubling about how you, Mayor Morrison, is governing National City.
My life has been spent reminding people of the terrible atrocities committed against the Jewish community in Europe in the 1930s. One of the most important lessons was that official misinformation and propaganda were built on half-truths and lies.
Mayor Morrison, you are not telling the truth about the public nuisance project. You are attacking my friends Mica and Louisa for having the courage to stand up and fight against this terrible project. You are sponsoring hateful attacks on them, two women owners of a cemetery that serve the people of National City. You have your goons attacking them on social media and in public comments. When they tried to resolve the differences, you failed to even attend the mediation session.
You have corrupted two of your colleagues on the Council, who blindly support your overreach. Your assistant improperly touched and body shamed a devoted National City employee, and you did nothing to help the victim. Instead, you joined in an orchestrated charade in which your assistant filed a grossly false claim against the City, asserting she was the victim when she was the culprit.
Mayor, this is only a partial list of your indiscretions. Will you release the public records you have withheld? Will you allow your Assistant to be disciplined? Will you restore the neighborhood at Orange and Sweetwater roads to residential low to moderate zoning?
This written public comment is made on behalf of Sandra Scheller.
Best regards,
Alexander Gutterud, Esq.
Associate Attorney
AGUIRRE & SEVERSON, LLP
501 W Broadway, Ste. 1050
San Diego, CA 92101
Office (619) 876-5364, Ext. 3
[email protected]
From: [email protected] on behalf of eSCRIBE.Admin To: Tonya Hussain
Subject: Public Comment Received
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 12:44:52 PM
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User Ted Godshalk has enter the following comment(s):
Please pull this item and ASK this question for our complete understanding: What is the maximum amount that each of these contract extensions may cost the City of National City next year?
for Amendments to Extend Terms of the On-Call Consultant Agreements for City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) in Regular City Council Meeting 12/2/2025 6:00:00 PM Please log into eSCRIBE to review the submitted comment(s).
From: [email protected] on behalf of eSCRIBE.Admin To: Tonya Hussain
Subject: Public Comment Received
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 12:55:30 PM
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User Ted Godshalk has enter the following comment(s):
Please pull this item and ASK this question for Clarification and MORE INFORMATION:
Where is the Sewer Pump Station covered under this contract LOCATED? There is no address in the staff report.
for Awarding a Contract to A. Vidovich Construction, Inc. for the Storm Water Pump Station Enhancements Project, CIP No. 25-11. in Regular City Council Meeting 12/2/2025 6:00:00 PM
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From: Amada Rojas
To: Public Comment
Subject: Public Comment-Opposition to Appeal for Proposed Recycling Center Date: Sunday, November 30, 2025 9:31:13 PM
Attachments: Public hearing comment.pdf
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To Mayor Ron Morrison, Council Members, and City Staff, Please consider my attached Public comment on Oppostion to Appeal the Planning Commission Denial of Conditonal Use Permit of Proposed Mobile Recycling Center at 1240 E Plaza Boulevard, National City. Thank You
Respectfully,
Amada Rojas
From: COPAO SanDiego
To: Public Comment
Cc: Clerk
Subject: 12/2 Public Comment Item 12.1 Staff Reports
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 1:47:38 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Morrison and Councilmembers
On behalf of the Council of Philippine American Organizations (COPAO), I am writing in support of the five-year renewal of the operating agreement between the City of National City and American Golf Corporation for continued operation of the Las Palmas Municipal Golf Course. The facility is the only 9-hole golf course in South County and provides a low-cost recreational and educational venue for a sport that may be otherwise unaffordable for most economically disadvantaged individuals.
Over the years, COPAO and our Filipino constituents have benefited from being able to host cost-effective charity tournaments supporting many organizations at Las Palmas. Additionally, children from local schools are able to access this affordable course to hone in on their individual and team based skill development training. Golf is a pastime enjoyed across generations and all over the world. This activity is especially important to seniors as National City is becoming an aging blue zone community.
We are pleased to hear the staff recommendation to maintain operations with American Golf Corporation. The local AGC staff are attuned to the needs of the community having built long standing relationships with members and who also live within the area. We hope that another five-year term will lend to strengthening this asset for the City and the region. We look towards increasing opportunities of engagement for the benefit of the public good at Las Palmas Municipal Golf Course and encourage a unanimous vote in favor of this agreement.
Sincerely,
Joe Mazares, Chair
Council of Philippine American Organizations (COPAO)