VISTA CITY COUNCIL (CC) BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT (BSD) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC)
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE VISTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SA) JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY (JPFA)
CITY OF VISTA
WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 1, 2022
The March 1, 2022, Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista was called to order by Mayor Ritter at 2:01 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 200 Civic Center Drive, Vista, California.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT
Mayor Judy Ritter, Deputy Mayor John Franklin,
Joe Green, Corinna Contreras, Katie Melendez
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT
Patrick Johnson City Manager
Darold Pieper City Attorney
Amanda Lee Assistant City Manager
Justin White Sheriff’s Captain
Ned Vander Pol Fire Chief
Kathy Valdez City Clerk
John Conley Community Development and Engineering Director Kevin Ham Economic Development Director
Kuna Muthusamy Public Works Director
Dolores Gascon Human Resources Director
Mike Sylvia Finance Director
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Green led the Pledge of Allegiance.
DISCUSSION
D1. 2022-2024 CITY COUNCIL GOAL SETTING (CC)
City Manager Patrick Johnson introduced the workshop facilitator, Peter Stark, of Peter Barron Stark Companies.
Mr. Stark led the City Council through a series of exercises, asking the City Council to identify the following:
• Over the last year(s), what has gone well or right?
• What are the opportunities or areas that, if improved, would take the City of Vista’s reputation/image/quality of life to an even higher level?
Mayor Ritter called for public comment:
• Carol Jefferies shared her opinion about the need for more parks and recreation programs, facilities, and amenities, as well as improved communication, disabled services, walkability, and traffic.
• Jim Riggenbach shared his opinion that the current City Council goals are inadequate, lack climate issues, Fire EMS, and infrastructure, and that the City should not be building a parking lot on Michigan or have a goal of hiring more deputies. • Cipriano Vargas shared his opinion about how to solicit feedback from the community in this process, reducing language barriers, addressing potholes and litter, and improving digital connection.
CONSOLIDATED MINUTES
MARCH 1, 2022
2 •Rachel Beld, Vista Chamber of Commerce, asked the City Council to include a commitment to implementing the Vista Economic Development Strategic Plan.
Mr. Stark organized the items identified by the City Council into categories, reviewed them, and asked the City Council to identify their top priorities.
After hearing each City Councilmember’s priorities for strategic goals, Mr. Stark facilitated the City Council’s identification of the following goals for 2022-2024:
1.Homelessness and Housing
2.Public Safety
3.Fiscal Responsibility
4.A Cleaner Vista
5.Climate and Environmental Responsibility
6.Parks and Recreation
7.Economic Development
8.Traffic: Continue to improve the flow of traffic for all forms of travel, reduce congestion, and improve our roads and sidewalks
Deputy Mayor Franklin suggested that staff provide an update to the City Council on one goal each month, rather than providing an update on all goals every six months.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Ritter adjourned the meeting at 4:21 p.m.
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Kathy Valdez, City Clerk