Council’s 2019 To-Do List

Well, the election is over. Silva won, Sebourn lost.  Zahra won in District 5. The circle of political life turns once more as light falls on a new day in Fullerton.

Now that all the sign waiving, sign stealing, and empty-promise making is done, let’s take a look at the problems these poor fellows signed up to solve.

We’ve listed 100 discussion items in 27 different categories that likely need to be addressed in the next year. Feel free to add your own.

Here’s hoping Fullerton voters elected people who are intelligent, responsible, and accountable.

1. Council Vacancy Appointment/Special Election
2. Major Organizational Change at the Police Department
   • Hiring a New Police Chief
   • Hiring Two New Police Captains
3. Police Department Reputation and Morale Management
   • ex-Sargent Corbett Criminal Trial (on duty)
   • ex-Chief Hendricks Criminal Trial (not on duty)
   • Captain Oliveras Criminal Trial (not on duty)
   • ex-officers Cicinelli and Wolfe Civil Trial (on duty)
   • Open and Anticipated Civil Trials
     • False Arrest and Defamation (Laguna Cops)
     • False Arrest and Civil Rights (Wildstar Arrest)
     • The Other Ones (there are more, just don’t have links for you)
   • Citizen Oversight of Police Department
4. Infrastructure Management
   • Roads and Bridges, $100,000,000 shortfall
   • Water Lines
   • Impact of HSR and Transportation Center
5. Water Rate Hike
6. Hunt Library Sale/Long Range Plan
7. Property Rezoning/Higher Density Development
   • Developer Fee Reorganization
   • Form Based Code (Downtown Core and Corridors-Lite)
   • Kimberly Clark Sale/Re-purpose
8. New Permanent Fire Chief
9. Labor Negotiations
10. Lawsuits Not Related to The Police Department
    • City Liability
      • Traffic Accidents (this is most of them)
      • Public Injury (parks, sidewalks, etc.)
      • Employment/Discrimination (we’ve only heard rumors)
    • Land Use/Consent Decree/Compliance
11. Downtown Gameplan
    • Paid Parking
    • Business Improvement District (BID)
    • Conditional Use Permit (CUP) / Administrative Restaurant Use Permit (ARUP) revisions
    • Code Enforcement
12. West Coyote Hills
13. City Attorney Rebid
14. City Wide Overnight Parking
15. FJC Football Stadium
16. CSUF “Collegetown” Expansion
17. Homelessness
    • Fullerton Shelter
    • Anti-Camping Code Enforcement
    • Church-Run-Shelter Code Revisions
    • County-Wide Permanent Supportive Housing Project
18. The Budget
    • Sales Tax
    • Parcel Tax
    • Utility Tax
    • Outsourcing
      • Police
        • Jail
        • Patrol
        • Dispatch
        • Other Services (Parking, etc.)
      • Fire
        • North County JPA
        • County Fire
        • Paramedic/Ambulance Contract
      • Library
        • County
        • Private
      • Parks
        • Public-Private Partnership
        • Sale/Joint Use Agreements (i.e. School District)
      • Public Works
      • Water Utility
        • Sale to Private Ownership
        • Contract for management
    • CALPERS Participation
    • Long Term Staffing Plan
19. Brea Dam Lease
20. Street Cars
    • Harbor to Disneyland
    • Transportation Center to CSUF
21. Marijuana
    • Illegal Dispensary Closures
    • Continuing Code Enforcement
    • Municipal Code Revisions to Allow Use
22. Water and Drought Management
    • OCWD Participation
      • North Basin Plume
      • Poseidon
      • Additional aquifer extraction/recharge
    • MWD Participation
      • Twin Tunnels Participation
      • Long Term Water Rate Purchases
      • Colorado River Curtailment
23. Hillcrest Park Phase 2 and 3
24. Address Chronic Leak Culture
25. Property Sales/Use
    • Basque Yard
    • Others
    • Redevelopment Wrap Up
26. Fox Theater Parking Structure
    • Periphery Property Sale/Use
    • Parking Structure Building and Funding
27. Mills Act