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READY?[Call to Order]
WE HAVE, OKAY.WE'LL COME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IS DECEMBER 1ST BY NOW.
TONIGHT, OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF LEGION LED BY ME ALL RISE, PLEASE.
AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY IN THE MIDST OF SO MANY UNCERTAINTIES AROUND HIS FATHER, BUT WE REMEMBER THE WORDS, THE SHORT WORDS OF KING DAVID JEWISH KING OF ALL, WHO SAID THAT THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDORSED FOREVER.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR CONTINUED GOODNESS AND MERCY UPON OUR CITY WITH ANGER THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO US, HEAVENLY FATHER.
AND WE PRAY FOR THAT CONTINUANCE OF YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR MERCY.
KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE FROM THIS VIRUS.
AND THOSE THAT MAY BE SUFFERING THROUGH THIS CORONA RIGHT NOW, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THE HEALING OF THEIR BODIES.
WE PRAY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR PEACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE PRAY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR ANGELS OVER OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE PRAY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS ALL AROUND OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SOLDIERS.
WE THANK YOU FATHER, FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ALLOW US HERE TO BE MEETING THIS EVENING, EXERCISING THE RIGHTS THAT WE ENJOY IN AMERICA AND HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THE BUSINESSES DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME HELP THE PARENTS FATHER THAT NOW ARE NOT JUST PARENTING, BUT EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL.
GIVE THEM WISDOM, PATIENCE, AND FATHER GIVE WISDOM TO OUR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS.
FATHER IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS GIVE WISDOM TO OUR BUSINESS LEADERS, FATHER, WE THANK YOU AND WE BLESS YOU.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST COVINA.
THE LORD, MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU.
LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GRANDCHILDREN, HIS SHALOM HE'S NOW GRAND WISDOM FATHER TO ALL THOSE THAT CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF OUR CITY TONIGHT AND HELP US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER.
FATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF HARMONY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO THE HEART AND FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD.
AND IS THIS NCD CO ROCCO PLEASE? THAT EVENING? MAYOR COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S HERE.
BEN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING RIPOFF ON CLOSED SESSION, MR. MAYOR.
AND WE GO INTO OUR PRESENTATION.
[1. Certificate of Recognition for Pastor Kelly Dupee, Faith Community Church for annual turkey and food donation]
PRESENTATION IS RECOGNITION OF A PESTO KELLY JEWEL PAY ON THE FULL FACE.COMMUNITY CHURCH FOR THERE ANYWAY, TURKEY AND FOOD DONATION.
TALK ABOUT THE MAGNIFICENT CHARITY EVENT.
I WENT, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND UH, THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, 600, 700 TURKEY.
SO MAYBE THE HINT TO DESCRIBE TO US HOW IS ANYONE OKAY.
CHARITY TO HELP SO MANY FAMILY.
YOU, AND I THINK ELVIS CHANTER DIRECTOR OF, UH, YOUR CHURCH FOR THIS EVENT.
AND TELL US ABOUT HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS EVENT.
AND I WENT THERE, I SAW HUNDREDS PEOPLE OVER THERE.
PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP, DONATE TURKEY TONIGHT, FEEL AND CAN.
AND WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US? YES.
WELL, WE HAVE A GREAT TIME, UH, PUTTING, PASSING OUT BOXES TO PEOPLE IN OUR CONGREGATION.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK SOME, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK SOME AND THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, UH, NOVEMBER 18TH, WE GATHERED ALL OF THE BOXES AND TURKEYS.
AND UM, THEN ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, WE PASSED OUT 600 BOXES OF GROCERIES AND TURKEYS TO NEEDY FAMILIES.
WE CONNECTED WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO WEST COVINA, BASSETT AZUSA, UH, ROWLAND HEIGHTS, UH, ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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IN OUR AREA COVINA AND UH, MANY OTHERS BALDWIN PARK AS WELL.AND BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW WHO THE NEEDIEST FAMILIES ARE.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THOSE TO THE DISTRICTS AND BLESS, WE ESTIMATE THAT IT, UH, OUR EFFORTS, UH, FED ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A GREAT, UH, OUTPOURING OF GENEROSITY.
AND, UH, JUST WANT TO, UH, YEAH, IT JUST REPORT AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE GENEROSITY FOR EVERYONE THAT DONATED, UH, ELVIS CHEN DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AS, UM, OUR VOLUNTEER PROJECT DIRECTOR THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE'RE SORRY, WE CAN'T BE THERE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BUT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND JUST, UH, UH, YEAH, REALLY, UH, AFFIRM HIS LEADERSHIP BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, MYSELF AND OLDER, I THINK ALL THE CITY COUNCIL WENT TO THE, OKAY.
AND WE EVEN THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION AND WE MADE A SPEECH AND TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AND DURING THIS TOUGH TIME.
AND, UH, WE SOLD ALL THE TURKEY AND WE SAW ALL THOSE FEW AND, UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEED OF FAMILY.
AND WE HAVE A TWO CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
FOR THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE DEDICATION TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND ANOTHER ONE FOR ELVIS CHAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AS A DIRECTOR FOR THESE CHARITY EVENT.
IT WAS A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN WEST COVINA.
TO CERTIFICATE TO YOUR CHURCH.
AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND BE SAFE.
[2. Certificate of Recognition of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment donors:]
NEXT PRESENTATION.I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP OKAY.
BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC, BUT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE, OKAY.
SO MANY PEOPLE, UH, DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND OUR LOCAL RESIDENT AND GROUP.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CRASHING ABOUT HOW WEST COVINA HAS SO MANY, MANY, MANY OR PPE MASK GLOB TO DONATE AND TO GIVE AWAY TO NEED A FAMILY, INCLUDING OKAY.
AND THEY TELL THEM AND TILE OKAY.
THE CT, THE DEEPEST APPRECIATION THAT ALL THOSE 40 50 GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A DONEE FOR THIS PANDEMIC.
SO HERE I, I THINK I HAVE A CERTIFICATE, SO I HAVE MAYBE A ONE OFF, UH, UH, C AWC TO HELP ME.
BASICALLY, UH, AND JOE IS A SECRETARY OF, UM, OKAY.
CA WC CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, THEY BASICALLY, UH, HELP OUT A LOT OF THEIR MEMBERS FOR THIS PANDEMIC.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR DONATE SO MANY PPE.
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ONE BY ONE TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT TAKES SO MUCH TIME, BUT IT'S JUST ONE TO SHOW THE APPRECIATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
I THINK WE JUST SKIPPED, YOU CAN LATER ON KEEP TO EVERYBODY, BUT OKAY.
FOR THE PEOPLE SHOWING UP SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATE ONE BY ONE, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A PICTURE AND BY THE WAY, OKAY.
TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFE DISTANCE AND WE HAVE, UH, OKAY.
WE WANT TO GO TO WHICH ONE? OKAY.
WELL, WE HAVE OUR PRESIDENT OF A CAWC.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP GEMS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT SELENA.
JARED, TONY, OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, JAMES.
AND THAT THEY DONATE SO MANY OR PP.
AND SO MANY OF THE FOUNDING BASICALLY KEEPS YOU OUR SENIOR RESIDENT.
HERE IS A CERTIFICATE FOR THE CA WC FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
UH, CHARITY AND MAKE SURE OUR CITY RESIDENT IS SAFE.
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OKAY.UM, MR. MAYOR AND ALL THE CITY COUNCILS, UH, TH THIS IS, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE, CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA.
THIS IS OUR GREAT HONOR TO HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW THAT CORONAVIRUS IS TERRIBLE, BUT, UH, WE KNOW, UH, IN ENLARGE JESUS, EVERY ONE OF US, NO MATTER WHAT, THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN, WE ARE, THE ONE FAMILY.
SO WE BELIEVE WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE EACH OTHER CAN MAKE OUR CITY, MAKE A WEST COVINA, BETTER LIFE AND A BETTER CITY MAKE OUR BLACK SAUCE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS GEMS. OKAY.
I KNOW YOU DONATE ABOUT WHAT 10,000, RIGHT? OKAY.
SHORTCHANGE, YOUR 20,000 MASS UTD DELIVER TO THE CT AND THE CT HELP YOU TO DONATE TO THE HOSPITAL AND YOU WANT QUICKLY SAY SOMETHING, ARE YOU OKAY? UH, IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO BE INVITED.
I'M A RESIDENT HERE OVER 15 YEARS IS OUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT, THE CITY HALL AND THE SUPPORT THE MAYOR.
AND, UH, UH, JAMES IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENT LIVE ON THE HILLSIDE AND, UH, WE NEED SOME SENIOR MEAL PROGRAMS, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN DONATE SOME MONEY.
AND THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE, I THINK, UH, MAYBE CC, YOU WANT TO COME UP.
WE GOT OUR SISTER CITY FOR HARBIN.
AND THEY'LL SEE, WE EVEN HAVE OUR SISTER CT FROM CHINA SHIPPED.
YOU WANT TO SAY QUICKLY ABOUT OUR SISTER, CITY MAYOR REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN WEST COVINA AND THE WAY THEY WANT TO HELP OUT.
UM, CC PRESET IN THE OFTEN LOSS OF THE EASTER OVERSEA CHINESE ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HONORED TO BE RE REPRESENTED TO GET THE AWARD.
I WILL FOLLOW ALL THINGS TO HARVEY MAYER, HAVING GOVERNMENT.
AND I HOPE IN THE FUTURE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, THE WHOLE CITIZENS SAFE AND WE TOGETHER TO FIGHTING CRIMINAL REMEDIES.
I TRUST WE MUST HAVE A GOOD FUTURE.
WE WENT TO HEARTBEAT LAST YEAR, JANUARY WITH THE OKAY.
UH, DEDICATION TO HEART BEING WITH THE SNOW AND ICE FESTIVAL.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE, OUR SISTER CITY MAILED TO GIVE US OKAY.
THE INVITATION THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE MYSELF AND LLOYD WENT TO HARBIN, AND IT'S A MAGNIFICENT, BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND HOPEFULLY THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
WE CAN INVITE OUR MAYOR FROM HARBIN TO VISIT OKAY.
WEST COVINA AND HOPEFULLY, OKAY.
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS PROGRESS, PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE REPRESENT WEST COVINA? OKAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE 3000.
UH, NEXT ONE WILL BE, WELL, I THINK WE ALREADY DO YOU WANT TO GEMS? YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE AGAIN? OH, YOUR WIFE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE ANOTHER 20,000 AND UH, MAYBE MAYBE SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 20,000 MASKS SHIPPED FOR OVERSEA TO WEST COVINA, AND I KNOW IT'S DIRECT.
AND I KNOW IT COSTS A LOT OF YOUR MONEY, BUT WE CITY REALLY APPRECIATE HELPING SO MANY, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, MR. PENN, YOU ARE THE PERSON ON MY FACEBOOK.
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AND EVERYTHING OKAY.SO I REMEMBER YOU AND YOUR WIFE SHOW UP, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? UH, OKAY.
AND IS THIS THE LAST ONE? OKAY.
WELL, LISA, YOU DONATE A 250 MAIL TO OUR HOSPITAL.
I KNOW YOU OWN THE RESTAURANT, BUT I KNOW YOU SUFFER A LOT FOR YOUR RESTAURANT BUSINESS, BUT YOU STILL DONATE 250 MILL TO QUEENSVILLE VALLEY AND THE ABOVE A HUNDRED MIL TO OUR CITY FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND I THINK NOBODY KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS THE HERO, HELP OUR CT IN THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE A MALE.
AND THEIR LUNCH IS VERY DELICIOUS.
I THINK ALL THE POLICE AND FIRE TOLD ME AND THE FOOD IS SO GOOD.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A MORE FUN, YOU WILL, HOPEFULLY WE WILL PAY FORWARD.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW.
UH, UT DIVA AND, UH, I THINK I WENT TO YOUR HOME TO PICK IT UP RIGHT.
YOU DONATE, UH, IN 95, IT SHIPPED FROM SHANGHAI, FOUND A 3M MANUFACTURER AND, UH, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PACKAGE AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T STEAL IT.
AND, AND WE, WE SAVED 2000 ORIGINALLY IN 95 AND WE GET 1002 QUINZEL VALLEY AND 1002 KEISER.
IT'S LIKE, GO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I THINK YOU DELIVER TWO TIMES TO MY HOUSE SO FAR I CAN GET TO THE CITY.
AND I THINK DELAYED AT, DURING THE WEEKEND, SUNDAY, SOMETHING WHEN THE CITY IS NOW OPEN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THOSE OKAY.
WELL, WHAT ELSE, ANGELA, IS THERE A WAY, LIKE THE REST THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO THEM PLEASE? OKAY.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY RECEIVED, UH, THE P OKAY.
THE CERTIFICATE OTHERWISE, AND JOE, PLEASE WE'LL PRESENT THE CT AND PROVIDE ALL THIS TO THEM.
AND THEY SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE CT AND OUR RESIDENT REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE.
AND, UH, NO, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE.
[3. Certificate of Recognition of Envision Motors, donation to the Senior Meal Program.]
LAST PRESENTATION I WANT TO INVITE.THE BIG, THE BIG DEALER WAS A BIG CHECK.
I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
UH, THEY ARE OUR NUMBER ONE TAX PAYER.
BASICALLY THEY, THEY ARE THE NEW DEALER FOR ALL.
WHEN I WAS ENVISIONED, THEY PURCHASE BASIC EVERYTHING LAST YEAR.
THREE YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, TIME FLEW BY SO FAST.
AND THEY HAVE A, MERCEDES-BENZ ALL THE OKAY.
AND BASICALLY HAS ALL OUR MORE POPULAR CAR IN WEST COVINA AND THEY BASICALLY, I HOPE DOING GOOD.
I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST, BUT SAME TIME THEY PRINT A CHECK.
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WANT TO HELP OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW OUR SENIOR Y NOW REALLY NEED A LOT OF HELP AND THAT IS WHY WE TRY TO HELP.
AND THE COLLECT AND HAVE PEOPLE TO DONATE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HELP OUT, NO MATTER IF $10, $20 FIND IT ALL DOLLARS SOUTHERN DOLLARS, BUT FOR YOU.
AND TO DONATE $5,000, REALLY, REALLY AMAZING.
I WONDER, THANKS WHERE HE'S IN THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, FOR THE CHECK AND BY THE WAY, WHO IS THE REAL CHECK?
YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE? YOU WANT US IN THE MIDDLE? OKAY.
UH, YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS OKAY.
WHAT'D YOU DO? AND PULL THE NET FOR THE NEXT DONATION.
THEY CAN STILL BUY ANOTHER CHECK.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DONATE $500 TO OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.
AND HERE WERE PRESENTED COUNCIL WITH THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
AND I WILL PRESENT A SENIOR AND THEY WILL LOVE YOU DEARLY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, LET ME SEE, WHAT'S THIS.
OH, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE FACE CHURCH.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME? OKAY.
UH, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT SINCE YOU'RE HERE.
SINCE YOU ARE ALL A DEALER, MAYBE YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
PEOPLE CAN SHOP LOCAL, CAN UNDERSTAND.
YOU WILL SET UP AND MAYBE CAN EXPLAIN TO US YOUR FUTURE WHILE YOU WANT TO DO.
MY NAME IS SIMON SATURDAY AND I'M THE PRESIDENT CEO OF ENVISION.
WE OWN, UH, MANY STORES AND WE HAVE FOUR STORES IN WEST COVINA RIGHT HERE.
UH, WE GOT THE MERCEDES STORE, THE AUDI TOYOTA AND THE CHRYSLER JEEP.
WE OWN STORE, NOT HIS OWN AS WELL.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A VERY WELCOME, UH, BUSINESS VENTURE FOR US RIGHT HERE.
THAT PROBABLY THE FIRST MONTHS I GOT A LEAN AND UH, MR. MAYOR, YOU SHOWED UP TO MY OFFICE AND YOU GET TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OR ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO FOR US, WE'RE WE'RE THERE FOR YOU.
SO WE'RE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PARTY CITY.
WE WERE GOING TO GROW HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE ADVENTURE AND GREAT BUSINESS.
I REMEMBER YOU WANT TO SHOW IT.
I REMEMBER YOU WANT TO SHOW US SOME AMAZING CHRISTMAS GIFT TO OUR CT.
WE GOT IN THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT, SOMETHING KIND OF PUT OUR CITY ON THE MAP THAT WILL CREATE A LOT OF GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE FOR OUR FUTURE.
YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD TO DO IT? YOU EXPLAINED TO US, I GUESS
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AS YOU SEE, THIS WOULD BE THE, THE BUILDING WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT IN WEST COVINA.IT'S JUST WILL BE THE LARGEST TOYOTA STORE.
THAT'S WHAT GENERATES WELL OVER $400 MILLION, 11 YEARS.
SO CERTAINLY IT WILL HELP THE CITY AND HELP US.
AND SHE SAYS REVENUE AND TAXES.
NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A HOTEL IT'S BIGGER THAN MONGO, BIGGER THAN OKAY.
SO MEANING THIS IS THE CORNER OF SOUZA AND TEMPORARY WAY.
AND TO MAKE EVERYBODY, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE FREEWAY.
IT IS SET UP LIKE, I THINK YOU EXPLAINED WHY IS THE JEWELRY BOX SOMETHING, PARDON ME? THE JEWELRY BOX.
WHEN PEOPLE THEY CALL IT, SHOWCASE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CAR FROM ALL THE OLD DIRECTION AS WELL FROM THE FREEWAY WHERE WE VERY GOOD.
THE INVESTMENT, PUT YOUR MONEY TO YOUR MOUTH TO INVEST IN WEST COVINA.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.
AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CARS, SELF ON THIS CAR LOT.
AND THAT WILL BRING A LOT OF SALES REVENUE TO OUR CITY.
FOUR WERE REALLY WELL INTO INVESTING OUR CITY.
SIMON, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON? THANK YOU.
SO SAY, YOU ASSUME, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT CHECK.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE POINT THAT YOU WANT.
YOU WANT US TO KEEP THE CHECK THAT YOU WANT TO CHECK FOR NEXT TIME? YEAH.
LET LOPEZ, HEY, YOU WANT TO HIRE ME? THE, YOU LOPEZ WILL BE THE MAYOR'S.
SHE MAY BE NEAR THAT CHECK FROM YOU.
AGAIN, SYDNEY, LOVE YOU FOR THE DONATION.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
OKAY.ARE WE GOING TO MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION? OKAY.
AND HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TONIGHT? YEAH.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY RAY.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, UH, BILL ROBINSON, RESIDENT.
UM, I'M TIRED OF LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY, UH, IGNORANT AND INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE.
UH, TIRED OF LIVING 10 MONTHS UNDER MARSHALL LAWS.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH JUSTIFICATION IS VERY THIN FOR, UH, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, TONIGHT.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL A MORE CREDIBLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
UM, THERE'S A NEWSLETTER CALLED IMPRIMIS, UH, BY, UH, IT'S PUT OUT BY HILLSDALE COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN.
AND, UH, YOU COULD GET ON THEIR LISTS BY, UH, CALLING, UH, (800) 437-2268.
OR THE EMAIL IS IMPRIMIS@HILLSDALE.EDU.
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UM, AGAIN, THE, THE, TO GET ON THE LIST, UH, ONE 804, THREE SEVEN, UH, 2268, W UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF, OF, UH, HE SAYS THEY PRODUCED A, ONE OF THEM WAS SIX MONTHS AGO.IT'S TITLED FOUR MONTHS OF UNPRECEDENTED GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE.
UH, THAT COULD BE RETITLED NOW 10 MONTHS OF UNPRECEDENTED GOUT, GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE.
AND, UH, LAST MONTH, UH, THEY RELEASED A SENSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE ANTI COVID STRATEGY.
THE AUTHORS OF THESE ARE, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GIVE ALL THEIR CREDENTIALS, IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS.
HEATHER MCDONALD, A J D FROM STANFORD LAW SCHOOL, UH, J BUT TO CHARA, HE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND A PHD IN ECONOMICS, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE CO-AUTHORS, UH, MEDICAL EXPERTS MET AT BAR GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UH, CAME UP WITH A, A GREAT BARRINGTON DECLARATION.
IT'S ONLINE@WWWDOTGBFORGREATBARRINGTONDECLARATION.ORG.
IT HAS THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES, UH, MANY, MANY, UH, MANY OF THE SIGNATURES, A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
UH, BUT THE INFOTAINMENT, UH, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LIVING UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF INFOTAINMENT, UH, INFORMATION THAT'S MISGUIDED, AND A LOT OF OUR, OUR COUNTY GUIDELINES.
I MEAN, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH DOCTORS THAT ARE SOCIAL WORKERS.
THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MEDICINE AND, AND WE HAVE MISGUIDED AND INEXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP.
UH, IT'S TAKEN HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO BUILD THIS COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO BE PROTECTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
UH, THE MAYOR WAS QUOTED TODAY AS SAYING, EVERYBODY'S IN TROUBLE.
WE NEED TO HAVE OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.
UM, I MEAN, I HARDLY AGREE THE, AND, AND THE, THE MISGUIDED, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, WERE RECEIVING AN ACCURATE UPON IS, IS HURTING THE COUNTRY, UH, THE BUSINESSES, WHEN THEY COLLAPSE GO BANKRUPT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK.
IT'S GONNA, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE DECADES TO, UH, AND THE KIDS, THEY NEED TO BE IN A CLASSROOM WITH A TEACHER, UH, UH, EDUCATION BY VIDEO SCREEN.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER, I'M JUST A RESIDENT, BUT, BUT I'VE BEEN THROUGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW WHAT W WHAT EDUCATION WORKS.
AND, AND, UH, I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE THAT I NEVER HAD TO SIT THROUGH A VIDEO SCREEN, A LECTURE CLASSROOM.
ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE, I'VE GOT A MINUTE LEFT.
UH, IT SAYS BLUE STATE OFFICIALS INVOKE SCIENCE TO JUSTIFY YET ANOTHER ARBITRARY SET OF GUIDELINES AS TO WHICH BUSINESSES COULD START UP AGAIN AND WIN.
BUT EVEN WITH OFFICIAL REOPENINGS MANY CUSTOMERS WILL BE, UH, LONG RELUCTANT TO RESUME THEIR NORMAL HABITS.
THANKS TO UNINTERRUPTED FEAR-MONGERING, FEAR-MONGERING ON THE PART OF THE MEDIA, THE EXPERTS AND ELECTED LEADERS.
UH, THERE'S A QUOTE IN HERE, UH, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE, UH, THE GREAT BARRINGTON, UH, WEBSITE AND SIGN THAT DECLARATION.
UH, I THINK I CAN FINISH WITH THIS.
THE POLITICIAN'S IGNORANCE ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF ECONOMIC LIFE WAS STUNNING AS WAS THEIR HYPOCRISY, EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT, AND MEDIA PUNDIT, LECTURED AMERICANS ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN INDEFINITE LOCKDOWN HAD A SECURE QUOTE, ESSENTIAL JOB, NOT ONE OF THEM FEARED HIS EMPLOYER WOULD GO BANKRUPT.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING LED BY PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T CARE WHETHER OUR BUSINESSES GO BANKRUPT OR NOT.
AND WE, WE SHOULDN'T JUST SIT PASSIVELY BY AND
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LET IT HAPPEN.RAY VARGAS FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT.
I'VE BEEN A WEST COVINA RESIDENT FOR 14 MONTHS ALREADY, AND, UH, IT'S GOTTA BE AS GOOD IN IT'S BAD HERE.
UH, I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, LLOYD JOHNSON.
UM, I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, UH, QUALITY ENFORCEMENT, A GENTLEMAN CALLED MYELIN AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, UH, ROBERT RAMIREZ.
UH, THEY SINGLED ME OUT, MY FAMILY, UH, RACISM, HARASSMENT TRAINING INTIMIDATE ME, UH, AND THEN HE COMES TO MY HOME WITH ATTITUDE, PERSONALITY.
UM, BUT THE BIGGEST THING I SEE IS, UH, THE RACISM WITH MYELIN, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL LLOYD JOHNSON.
HE'S BEEN IN MY RESIDENT THREE TIMES ALREADY, UH, FOR, UM, ALL THE VIOLATIONS.
AND, UH, HE'S SEEN ALL THESE VIOLATIONS WERE BOGUS.
SO, UH, MY LYNN WROTE ME A DISMISSAL LETTER AND BROUGHT IT TO MY HOME.
I MEAN, MY DAUGHTER IS 16 YEARS OLD AND SHE COULD HAVE WROTE A BETTER DISMISSAL LETTER THAN WHAT HE DID.
I MEAN, UH, BECAUSE, UH, HE'S BEEN VERY RUDE AND, UH, JUST HARASSING US.
HE GOES BY THE HOUSE, VIDEOTAPING MY KIDS.
UM, UH, WHAT IS THAT? UM, ROBERT RAMIREZ WITH ANOTHER GUY IN THE VEHICLE THEY'RE PASSING BY MY HOME.
MY HOBBY IS A CLASSIC CARS, 1930S, FORTIES AND FIFTIES.
I GOT A BRAND NEW RV ON MY LOT, 2019.
I'VE GOT A BRAND NEW, SUBURBAN, I GOT BRAND NEW CARS AND WHATNOT, AND I GOT OLD CARS.
HE WANTS TO QUESTION ME, WHERE DO I GET ALL THIS FROM? WHY DO I GOT ALL THIS? THAT'S MY BUSINESS.
UH, SHE WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND SERVICES.
UM, WE GOT FIVE GIRLS AND TWO BOYS.
AND, UH, MY WIFE TAKES CARE OF KIDS.
I RUN THE WEST COAST DIVISION FOR CHIQUITA BANANA AS THE MANAGER OF THE WEST COAST.
I WENT AT MIDNIGHT AND I'M HOME BY 12 IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, BUT I'M TIRED, UH, OF THIS GENTLEMAN MYELIN.
AND I EMAILED HIM AND I SENT HIM MESSAGES.
HE DOESN'T RESPOND, YOU KNOW? AND WHEN HE DOES RESPOND, HE RESPONDS WITH AN ATTITUDE.
I'M TIRED, YOU KNOW, SHUT UP A BIT.
YOU KNOW, HE APPROACHED MY HOUSE ONE TIME.
HE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE FOR 30 MINUTES.
WHEN I CAME WALKING OUTSIDE, HE GOT OFF HIS CAR.
HE THINKS HE'S A POLICE OFFICER.
HE THINKS HE'S THE FBI OR WHATEVER.
HE SITS IN THE DAMN CAR WITH AIR CONDITIONER ON AND WHATNOT.
WHY DON'T HE COME AND HAVE THE DECENCY AND KNOCKING MY DOOR, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, HE COMES THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND HE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF.
I'M THE CITY MANAGER AND HERE'S MY CARD OR WHATNOT.
THIS, I SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HE GOES, ALL THESE BANNERS, THESE BANNERS, YOU HAVE UP, YOU GOT TO TAKE THEM DOWN.
MY DAUGHTER, SHE JUST WENT TO NORTH CAROLINA.
YOU KNOW, I HAD BANNERS OUT THERE.
I GOT AMERICAN FLAGS HANGING OUT THERE AND WHATNOT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MY RIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, HE'S VIOLATING MY RIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS APPOINTED HIM, YOU GUYS NEEDED HIM.
YOU GUYS TOOK THEM FROM LAQUINTA.
YOU GUYS BROUGHT THEM HERE TO WEST COVINA.
HE'S JUST HARASSING PEOPLE, HARASSING US FOR PETTY THINGS.
I GOT A CAR TRAILER BECAUSE I HOLD MY CAR IS MY CLASSIC CARS.
SO I GOT A CAR TRAILER PARKED RIGHT IN MY FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY.
THEY PASS BY, THEY TOOK A PICTURE AND I GOT, I GOT, I GOT ALL THE PICTURES AND HE SAYS, $1,500 VIOLATION.
THE TRAILER IS ON MY PROPERTY.
MY TRASH CANS WERE ON MY PROPERTY, MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, HE HAS HIS TRASH CANS IN THE FRONT OF HIS GARAGE.
PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET, THEY GOT THEIR TRASH BINS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES, IN THE LEDS AND WHATNOT.
ALSO MY, UH, PICKUP TRUCK WAS STOLEN
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JULY 13 ON MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY.AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THERE WAS ABANDONED HOUSE WITH DRUGS AND GANG MEMBERS AND WHATNOT HANGING OUT THERE.
THE PD NEVER WANTED TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
I GOT ALL THOSE GUYS OUT OF THERE FROM BALDWIN PARK AND SUSA ME AND MY BROTHERS AND MY NEPHEWS.
NOW THERE'LL BE PROBLEMS. I'M PATROLLING NORTH VINCENT RIGHT THERE.
I'VE TALKED TO, UH, JOHNSON ALL THE TIME.
WE WILL TRY TO INVESTIGATE BY YOUR COMPLAINT, BUT I NEED YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND COUNSEL PEOPLE STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING.
GARY, STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESMAN COUNCIL MAKES MORE.
UM, SO TONIGHT I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, FIRST ONE, TONIGHT YOU HAVE DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION ON YOUR AGENDA.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT NUMBER THAT WAS, BUT I THINK IT'S NEAR THE TOP, UH, IN THAT YOU HAVE A STAFF REPORT THAT DOES NOT LIST WHAT ACTUALLY DESTRUCTING.
SO YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT, THE DESTRUCTION OF A LOT OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, GRANTED PROBABLY WITHIN THE LEGAL ASPECT OF IT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALLOWED IS THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED.
I BELIEVE IT'S TWO WEEKS TO REVIEW THAT DOCUMENT, WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE, THE CITY DID NOT PUBLISH THAT INFORMATION IN THAT STAFF REPORT.
SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE OR GET RID OF IT.
PRETTY TOUGH AS A RESIDENT TO STAY ON TOP OF SOME OF THE SHENANIGANS THAT GO ON HERE AT CITY HALL WHEN THEY HAPPEN.
UM, WHEN YOU GUYS DON'T LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING RID OF.
SO WHAT YOU'RE HOLDING, THE TWO THINGS I PASSED OUT ARE TWO RANDOMLY PULLED AND SEARCHED THROUGH THE HISTORY, UH, PREVIOUS DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION, STAFF REPORTS.
AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE THEY HAVE A QUITE EXTENSIVE LIST OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING DESTROYED.
WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME TRANSPARENCY HERE.
SO TONIGHT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS OR THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO REVIEW, AND CAN'T SEE, YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS IT, UH, IS ACTUALLY READY FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE A DECISION ON, UH, I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO PROVIDE YOU A LIST OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE DESTRUCTED SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND MAKE A DECISION IF THEY WANT TO COME AND REVIEW, UH, THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THE REVIEW PERIOD OF 14 DAYS.
SO I ASK THAT YOU PULL THAT, I ASK THAT YOU NOT MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ON THAT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IS CONSISTENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MID NINETIES, WHICH IS WHAT ONE OF THESE STAFF REPORTS WITH OUR CITY CLERK, JANET BARRY WAS STILL HERE.
SO THIS GOES BACK 20 PLUS YEARS OF HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, ONLY ALLOWING IT WHEN WE SEEN THE LIST.
UH, SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLUDED TO TONIGHT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TONY, YOU, UH, YOU'RE IN THE PAPER QUOTED TODAY ABOUT WANTING TO START OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE THE IDEA.
UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH OURSELVES, UM, A LITTLE MORE INDEPENDENCE FROM LA COUNTY.
I FIND IT IRONIC THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO LA COUNTY FIRE, UH, OR THE POSSIBILITY IS THERE, BUT WE WANT TO GO TO OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAUSE WE DON'T WANT LA COUNTY TELLING US WHAT TO DO.
IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, THE IRONIC NESS OF THAT.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE ISSUE I HAVE IS PASADENA HAS A $15 MILLION BUDGET FOR THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
YOU GUYS GAVE 12% TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE LAST YEAR EACH AND THAT HASN'T BEEN RESCINDED.
SO MAYBE IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME MONEY TO DO A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, OH, BUT WE DID GO BACK AND ASK THE EMPLOYEES THAT DIDN'T GET RAISED TO GIVE MONEY UP FOR SIX MONTHS, ALL OF THEM.
AND, BUT WE JUST PASSED A ENERGY EFFICIENCY THING FOR $3 MILLION.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY THERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A CASHFLOW PROBLEM OR NOT.
ONE OF THE REASONS CITY FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT OF MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE MEDICAL OFFICIALS, EVEN IF WE PARTNER WITH OTHER CITIES AND TRUST ME, I WANT ALL THE HORSE, SMALL BUSINESSES OPEN.
I THINK THAT THE RULES THAT THEY PUT OUT ARE ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GETTING INFECTED ENOUGH FROM OUTDOOR DINING.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S CRAZY.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE GETTING MORE INFECTED FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED, LIKE PROTESTS AND OTHER STUFF.
SO I I'M IN SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND I THINK OUR BUSINESSES NEED TO STAY OPEN.
I THINK WE MAKE AS A CITY, WITHOUT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I THINK WE MAKE THE DECISION TO LET OUR BUSINESSES STAY OPEN.
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THE POWER TO DO THAT.WE ARE OUR OWN MUNICIPALITY AND I THINK WE MAKE THAT DECISION.
YOU GUYS, AS A COUNCIL, LET'S STEP UP, MAKE A DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY OPEN.
AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE 20%, 30%, WHATEVER IT IS, WE DON'T NEED A HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.
LET'S SAVE OURSELVES SOME MONEY AND LET'S SAVE OURSELVES SOME HEADACHE AND LET'S FIND OUT IF WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, DUE TO SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MISMANAGEMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO IF WE CAN MANAGE OUR MONEY BETTER, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE HAD IT.
UM, AND BEFORE I LEAVE, UH, SHOEMAKER'S NOT HERE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I WON'T BE HERE NEXT WEEK.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL BE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE PROBABLY SHUT DOWN.
UM, BUT UH, I WISH YOU THE BEST.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR LAST MEETING.
I HAVE ONE MORE, BUT I WISH YOU THE BEST.
UM, YOU'VE SERVED YOUR YEARS, AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH YOU.
AND I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
UM, BUT I WISH YOU THE BEST SHOEMAKER'S BEEN ON THERE FOR TWO YEARS, JESSICA, I'M SURE YOU'RE LISTENING.
UM, IT SHOULD BE A FUN NEXT TWO YEARS, THOSE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYONE'S GOING TO LOVE THEM FOR ONE DAY.
AND AFTER THAT, JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT YOU UP JUST LIKE, UH, JUST LIKE WE ALL DO.
I HOPE YOU HOPEFULLY STAY INVOLVED.
HOPEFULLY JESSICA STAYS INVOLVED AND UH, I WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST HAVE A GREAT DAY GUYS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS LCMS MEN FOLLOWED BY JIM GRIFFITH, MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME.
MESMAN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WANTS TO GET RECOGNITION FOR 41 DONATING DONATIONS WHILE YOU'RE STILL MARRIED.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO GET SHORTER? I GOT A CALL FROM A WEST COVINA RESIDENT AND HE SAID TWO DOWN THREE TO GO REGARDING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH REVIEW.
WE WERE THE 17TH WE'RE CITY, A 543 CITIES IN THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA.
AND THAT WAS ON OCTOBER, 2019.
WE HAVE NOW SLIPPED TO NINTH, WORST RUN CITIES.
THIS IS NOT SAYING MUCH ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF WITH SUCH A SHARP DECLINE, ANOTHER AND WE'LL BE NUMBER ONE.
I THINK THIS CITY NEEDS A LOT OF HELP AND FAST ITEM.
IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME IF WE NEED TO PROVE THAT WE HAVE TO RUN THE CITY.
BEFORE WE ADD A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ADDING MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND JUDGING FROM THE PAST REPORTS WE ARE GETTING, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER.
SO SHOW SOME PROOF BEFORE YOU TAKE MORE ON MORE RESPONSIBILITIES ITEM, NUMBER SIX REGARDING THE BUILDING AND SAFETY CONSULTANTS THAT WERE TO REPLACE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN HAVING A STAFF AS ANYBODY QUESTIONED.
IS THIS BEING COST EFFECTIVE? WE ARE NOT ONLY PAYING TRANS TECH, BUT WE'RE PAYING WILL THEM A PYRAMID BUILDING AND ENGINEERS AND NICHOLS CONSULTING ENGINEERS WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE OVERSIGHT.
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CITY AS EITHER LEFT, FIRED OR RETIRED, THIS COUNCIL SEEMS TO BE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH EMPLOYEES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WANT THEIR OWN PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE QUALIFIED OR NOT.
THEY HAVE REMOVED OUR MANAGER, THE POLICE CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF, THE CITY ATTORNEY, JUST TO NAME A FEW, WE HAVE AT LEAST FIVE OR MORE CASES GOING TO THE SUPERIOR COURT.
THIS IS COSTING THE CITY, A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH IN SEPTEMBER, WE SPENT 40 OVER $48,000 FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES, LAWSUITS.
WE ALSO PAID $26,000 SO FAR FOR THE FIRES CHIEFS LAWSUIT, WHICH IS STILL ONGOING.
THERE WAS A 374,000 SETTLEMENT PAID TO BICEP AND 360,000 PAID TO LARSON.
AND O'BRIEN FOR LEGAL SERVICES.
NO WONDER WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND AND THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA NEED TO KNOW SINCE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A NEW INVESTIGATOR ON COUNCIL, I HOPE THAT SHE CAN FIND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND STOP ALL THESE LAWSUITS.
THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MISTAKES
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HIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS MADE.AND MAYBE IF THEY HAD TO PAY THE BILL, THEN IT WOULD PUT A STOP TO IT.
IN TODAY'S SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE, THE MAYOR STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE CITY COULD FIND, UH, FUNDS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE FORGOT THERE WAS A 12% RAISE FOR BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE.
YOU HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME, BUT YOURSELF AND THE STAFF, WHEN WE HAD NO MONEY, THE CITY MANAGER SAID HE COULD FIND THE MONEY AS HE FOUND THE MONEY.
MAYBE THIS WOULD HELP MAGNIFYING GLASS.
I LIKE THE COUNCIL TO REFER TO THIS DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED, WHICH IS A CHART OF THE LAST SIX YEARS EXPENDITURES, UH, AS WAS ALREADY STATED, WEST COVINA.
HIS FINANCIAL STATUS HAS DETERIORATED.
UH, TWO YEARS AGO, THE CITY WAS RANKED 17TH WORST IN THE STATE.
AND NOW THE CITY IS RANKED NINTH THAT HAPPENED UNDER THIS CITY COUNCILS WATCH TODAY, THE STATE AUDITOR HAS PUBLISHED A REPORT THAT STATES WEST COVINA, INEFFECTIVE, FISCAL MANAGEMENT THREATENS ITS ABILITY TO MEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES.
YOU MAY WONDER WHY THE CITY HAS GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE IN SIMPLE TERMS. THE ANSWER IS THAT EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN RISING RAPIDLY EVERY YEAR.
THEY HAVE INCREASED 30% IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OF 6% A YEAR.
REVENUE IS ACTUALLY BEEN GOING UP TO EVEN THOUGH THE CITY TALKS ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY, IT'S BEEN GOOD.
HOWEVER YOU NOTICE THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU SPEND 2% MORE THAN YOU TAKE IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO GO BROKE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CITY IS GOING.
THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY SOURCES FOR THIS PROBLEM.
AND I HAVE TO SAY ALMOST ALL OF THE PENSION COSTS ARE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE AND POLICE, BUT 95% OF IT BECAUSE OF THEIR PENSIONS ARE EXTREMELY RICH.
THEY ACTUALLY GET A HUGE RAISE EVERY YEAR, JUST IN PENSIONS EXPENDITURES THAT THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THEM MUCH MORE THAN A SALARY INCREASE.
SECOND, THE CITY HAS NOT MANAGED THIS BUDGET EFFECTIVELY.
THE AUDITOR POINTED OUT MANY CASES, PRIMARILY FIREFIGHTER OVERTIME, AND AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, LEGAL EXPENSES, HUGE OVERDRAFTS EVERY YEAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT.
THAT'S TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT, TERRIBLE OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
I HAD PERSONALLY SPOKE ON THIS.
HE SHOWED 12 TIMES OVER THE LAST FIVE.
WHAT THE CITY DID DO WAS LAY OFF THE LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY AND SAVED A FEW PENNIES AND SIMULTANEOUSLY GAVE PEOPLE WHO MAKE HUGE SALARIES AND HUGE BENEFITS.
A HUGE RACE DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING MY RECOMMENDATION ON THIS SUBJECT IS THAT YOU HAVE A MECHANISM TO DEAL WITH THIS STATE AUDIT.
IT'S CALLED A FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THE CITY HAS CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE THAT MEET COMMITTEE MEET THAT'S THEIR JOB TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO ASK THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE TO GIVE YOU ALTERNATIVES ON WHAT TO DO WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE CITY ISN'T DOING IT.
UH, AS THE STATE AUDITOR SAID, YOU'RE GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO BROKE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO BANKRUPT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT JUST FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET BECAUSE IN EFFECT YOU HAVE NO WHEREWITHAL TO DEAL WITH THE REAL ISSUE.
AND I PLEASE I'M IMPLORING YOU STOP DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
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NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW SMITH FOLLOWED BY LESLIE LIFERAY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
I'M MATTHEW SMITH FROM FNS FOOD SERVICES.
UM, WE, UH, OWN TAMALE STREET, SCOOP STREET AND BUN STREET.
AND I THINK A LOT OF YOUNGER WITH THOSE SITES, BUT IT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF FNS.
UM, WE'RE ON CHANNEL 11 NEWS THIS MORNING AND MY PARTNER, UH, SPOKE TO THEM IN REGARDS TO THE IDEA OF OUR OWN, UH, LOCALLY BASED OR REGIONALLY BASED HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND I WANTED TO COME PERSONALLY TONIGHT TO, UH, ENCOURAGE THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND, UM, UH, A COUPLE THINGS THAT, THAT EVERYBODY MAY NOT KNOW ARE THOSE.
SOME OF YOU MAY, UM, THE BUSINESSES AND ON GLENDORA WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE CITY.
THE CITY OWNS A PARKING LOT AND THE CD CAME UP AND PUT BARRICADES IN US TREES FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES, FNS FOOD SERVICES.
WE SPENT $2,000 ON BENCHES, TABLES, CHAIRS, ET CETERA.
SO, AND THE CITY ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS THERE TO DISCUSS WHAT THE NEEDS WERE.
AND THEY HAD ACTUALLY TWO MEETINGS WITH, SO THE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE BUSINESSES ARE VERY GOOD.
YOU GUYS CAME IN, GOT BARRICADE, GIVE US PERMISSION TO SEE IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND WE CAME UP AND PAID FOR THE OTHER EXPENSES FOR IT.
UM, SO WE, I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY WANNA ENCOURAGE, WHAT'S BEEN MENTIONED, LET ME SHOW YOU SOME CHALLENGES OF WORKING WITH LA COUNTY AND THERE'S LOTS OF THEM.
UM, WE DID A BUILD-OUT WITH, THROUGH LA COUNTY FOR SCOOP STREET AND WE HIRED AN ARCHITECT AND LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR RULES.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS THEIR CONSTRUCTION RULES AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS COINCIDE.
SO YOU NEED TO, TO, TO GET BOTH PARTIES TOGETHER, COMPROMISE, DISCUSS IT, COSTS MONEY TO REDO ARCHITECTURE PLANS.
AND WE, ME AND MY PARTNER WILL NEVER EVER DO A BUILD OUT, UH, AGAIN, WORKING WITH LA COUNTY OR A CITY BECAUSE IT, IT, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO.
WE MAY BUY A RESTAURANT OR AN ICE CREAM PLACE, WHATEVER, AND COME IN BEHIND IT.
WE'LL NEVER DO ANOTHER BUILDUP.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE DIDN'T OPEN TAMALES STREET FOR NINE MONTHS WHEN COVID HAPPENED.
ALL THE HEALTH INSPECTORS GOT POOLED, SORRY, GOT PULLED OFF OF, UM, NEW RESTAURANT OPENINGS.
WE PAY NINE MONTHS OF A LEASE AND WE, WE COULDN'T EVEN OPEN THE FRIDGE FACILITY.
UM, WE GOT TICKETED FOR KARAOKE NIGHT.
THE BUSINESS PICKED UP FRIDAY NIGHTS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CITED BY LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPLOYMENT FOR, UM, HAVING THIS FOR OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
I'M NOT SURE THEY SENT US A TO THE, THEY WOULDN'T GIVE US A TICKET BY HAND.
WE'VE ALREADY PAID IT AND NOW WE'RE APPEALING IT.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE THE HEALTH INSPECTOR STARTED DOING OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
IF YOU GUYS CAME TO US AND SAID, IT'S TOO LOUD, YOU CAN'T MEET WHATEVER IT IS IS NOT FOOD-RELATED, BUT WE GOT CITED FOR IT.
AND SO TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT WHO HAD AN OUTDOOR GUITARIST AT THE TIME.
SO MY, MY POINT ISN'T A COMPLAINT.
CAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME? IF WE HAD OUR OWN HEALTH INSPECTORS, CITY HEALTH INSPECTORS, ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED UNDER ONE ROOF.
I COULD GO TO THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING COMMISSION COULD BE TALKING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE TO, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THIS BUILD-OUT HAPPENS.
UM, UM, WE COULD GET YOU GUYS TO COME OUT ON FRIDAY.
I USED TO FACE CONVERSATIONS AND SAY, GIVE ME ONE MORE INSPECTION FOR TAMALE STREET SO WE CAN OPEN UP AND NOT PAY NINE MONTHS AGO WHILE IT SITS EMPTY.
UM, WE CAN ALSO, UM, I'M ON KARAOKE ON SOMETHING LIKE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW HOW BIG THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IN LA COUNTY.
THOSE DISCUSSIONS DON'T HAPPEN THERE.
THERE, THERE IS NO FACE TO FACE.
I CAN'T GO TO A TABLE AND SAY, HEY, TALK TO THEM ABOUT OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
I NEED ONE INSPECTION TO OPEN UP A RESTAURANT.
CAN YOU FREE SOMEBODY UP? THOSE CONVERSATIONS JUST DON'T HAPPEN.
SO WE PAY $5,000 A YEAR FOR THE THREE SITES.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF RESTAURANTS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE FEASIBLE UNDER THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, AND FOR FNS SIDE OF THINGS, WE'RE JUST, UH, ENCOURAGING TO YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THAT CONCEPT.
AND IT, IT, IT COULD BE A DEFINITE WIN-WIN BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP IS GOOD BETWEEN BUSINESS AND THE CITY FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRY,
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BUT WE'RE, WE'RE FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ENTITY TO DO SERVICES FOR THE STATE AND KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND DO ALL THIS STUFF WE ALL TALK ABOUT.GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COSTUME.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT WEST COVINA FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
I REPRESENT THE WEST COVINA SENIOR SOFTBALL GROUP.
WE MEET TWICE A WEEK, MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
WE'RE JUST A GROUP OF GUYS GET TOGETHER AND PAIR UP AND PLAY SOFTBALL.
THAT'S NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE CAMERON PARK AND THEY'RE USING CAMERON PARK.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON SATURDAY, I WENT BY AND I SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF THE PLAYERS.
WHAT CITY ARE YOU FROM? ONE TEAM WITH ALISHA? THE OTHER TEAM WAS FROM YORBA LINDA.
THAT WAS JUST THE TWO TEAMS ON THE FIELD.
THE OTHER TEAMS ARE WAITING TO PLAY AFTER THIS, THESE TWO TEAMS. I WENT BY ON SUNDAY.
WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE WE? THIS TEAM FROM ONE FROM SANTA MONICA.
I DON'T WANT US FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH.
THIS WAS EVERY, EVERY FRIDAY, EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THEY'RE MAKING TRASH THAT WE CLEANED UP ON MONDAY AND NOTHING'S BEING DONE WEEK AFTER WEEK.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT, NO WAIVER.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO GET HURT, THE CITY IS LIABLE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN NEW IT WHENEVER THEY WANT TO DO.
MIKE IS MY CONTACT AND HE'S LOOKING INTO IT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM TIME AND SEE IF SOMETHING HAS DONE TO SOMETHING I'VE DONE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE ALL THE SENIORS WILL.
WE CAN ALL GET IN HERE, BUT I'LL BRING 100 GUYS DOWN HERE FROM THE CITY AND YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
CAUSE THIS, THIS WAS RIDICULOUS.
THEY USING OUR CITY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T USE THEIR OWN CITY.
AND THAT WAS BEING DONE AND THIS TOO.
I LIVE BETWEEN ON CAMERON, BETWEEN
LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS AND THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HERMAN FOLLOWED BY BRYANT ABOUT BYE-BYE
TROUBLING IS KNOWING THAT NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR CITY, BUT A MAJORITY OF CITIES HAVE FAILED THE TRUST OF THE PUBLIC
W UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE CAREFUL YOUR LANGUAGE? WELL, LANGUAGE HERE IS NOT THE ISSUE BECAUSE I'M PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
WELL, AT TIMES THERE MIGHT BE UNPLEASANT SHARP ATTACKS ON THE GOVERNMENT, 42, USC, 1983.
AND I WILL DEMONSTRATE THE BAIN KNACK AND THE BROWN ACT TOOL, ITS FULL CAPACITY.
WHETHER YOU LIKE MY DELIGHTFUL WORDS OR NOT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF NOT WEST COVINA, BUT YOUR EVERY FUCKING CITY, DO YOUR JOBS AND PROTECT OUR WORKERS.
THE GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR HIS BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESSES AROUND WEST COVINA, YOU FAILED.
WHY HAVE YOU FAILED? BECAUSE YOU FOLLOW THE SAME FUCKING DIRECTION LIKE ERIC SADIE AND THAT STUPID ASSHOLE FROM SAC NEWSOME.
I HAVE NO CHOICE TO SHOUT IT UP.
I GOT FIVE MINUTES AND NO, PLEASE INTERRUPT ME.
WHERE DOES IT SAY TO BE RESPECTFUL AND THE COLOR OF THE LAW WHERE UM, WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE OVER HERE.
I KNOW AMERICA IS DON'T SWEAR.
THE REASON WHY I SWEAR IT, CAUSE I'M FUCKING TIRED OF THIS FUCKING SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE SET UP WHAT? THOSE STUPID BITCH BOARD SUPERVISORS, FIVE OF THEM, FIVE OF THEM AND THE UNITED STATES VERSUS BAGDASARIAN.
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I WILL GIVE THE SIDE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.NEVER IN THE HISTORY HAS THE BLACK PERSON, YOU KNOW, UH, I CALL YOU A MIKE.
OKAY? I WON'T YOU THREE TIMES.
I HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND YOU CONTINUE TO GET TO, IF YOU BE RESPECTFUL, I WILL LET YOU FINISH.
BUT IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT IN, SO MY ALL DAY AND MY RESIDENT, I CANNOT DO IT PLEASE.
WHY IS IT BEING MISLED OF THIS LEADERSHIP? SAME LEADERSHIP, WHICH HAPPENED DOWNTOWN IN LA WHEN MAYOR ERIC MERCEDES.
SO WE'LL CALL PAYER PAYMENT CHAN OVER THOUSANDS.
IF NOT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO CREATE A HOMELESS SITUATION.
THAT'S SO HORRIBLE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
DO WE HAVE A MAN AND A WOMAN AND ESPECIALLY A VETERAN SWEEP.
FUCKING GODDAMN SIDEWALK IS FREE.
I DON'T WANT TO UTILIZE, I FIRST AMENDMENT MY FREE SPEECH THREE THIS TIME.
SO PLEASE HAVE HER OFFICERS STEP BACK BECAUSE I TAKE THAT AS A THREAT.
TAKE IT AS A THREAT OFFICER SIZE.
PROTECTING CRIMINALS AND CORRUPTION.
THESE ARE WHAT? THE OFFICIAL LA CASE NUMBER TWO 20 ZERO
I MADE A BUNCH OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM, I COULDN'T REALLY FLAWLESS.
YOU WANT ME TO BE SILENT? YEAH.
NOT JUST ON YOU, YOU OR YOU, BUT ON EVERY POPULATION OF, YOU KNOW, FACTS.
SO WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KATHERINE BARKER? EVERY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS DONE TO CORRECT THEIR LIVES.
TIRELESSLY TO BARBARA FERRAR, SHUT HER ASS OFF AND MOVE HER FORWARD.
SCIENCE TAKE CONTROL VACCINATE.
THE PEOPLE WANT TO BE FASCINATED.
WE ALL COME TO SEE THE CONSOLE.
IT'S BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
UH, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY PUBLIC COMMENTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE LAND AND THE NATIVE PEOPLES TO WHOM THIS LANG BELONGS AS ITS ORIGINAL CARETAKERS.
THIS IS THE LAND OF THE TONGUE OF THE NATIONS AND THEY'RE STILL HERE.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION AND JUSTICE.
WE COMMIT TO WORKING TOWARD THE HEALING OF THE GENERATIONAL TRAUMA THEFT AND DISPOSSESSION NATIVE PEOPLES HAVE FACED AND CONTINUE TO FACE.
THE RELEASE OF THE STATE'S AUDIT IS A SOBERING REMINDER AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ACKNOWLEDGING, BUT NOT THE TYPE OF GENERAL.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT OFTEN PASSES FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT AND SERIOUS MINDED POLICYMAKERS KNOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS TO BE INTENTIONAL, TO BE SPECIFIC, TO NAME PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MADE UP OF SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, RELEVANT TIME-BASED GOALS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE ANALYSIS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE COMBINED RESULTS OF OUR ACTIONS TO ENSURE SUCCESS.
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF SWEARING IN AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF WEST COVINA.
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TO SERVE DURING A TIME WHEN FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IS NECESSARY IN 1991, TIMOTHY NOSTER PRESENTED WHAT WE KNOW AS THE LIPID NOSTER MODEL OF COMPLEX CHANGE.THE LIPID NOSTER MODEL IDENTIFIED SIX CATEGORIES THAT MUST BE PRESENT IN ORDER FOR COMPLEX CHANGE TO OCCUR SUCCESSFULLY VISION CONSENSUS, SKILLS, INCENTIVES, RESOURCES, AND AN ACTION PLAN.
IF ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES IS MISSING, THE ORGANIZATION FAILS.
IT IS WITH THIS MODEL IN MIND THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
ACCORDING TO NOSTRILS, THE LACK OF A VISION LEADS TO ORGANIZATIONAL CONFUSION.
WHAT IS THE VISION? THIS COUNCIL HAS ARTICULATED TO STEADY CITY STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM PRIORITIES SET FORTH BY THIS CHAMBER? THE VISION IS THE WHY IT IS OUR TRANSPARENCY.
IT IS THE BASE FOR EVERY DECISION.
IT CREATES THE REASON FOR BUY-IN FOR CONSENSUS, WITHOUT THE TRUST THAT IS BUILT THROUGH OUTREACH AND CONSENSUS, THIS COUNCIL WILL BE UNABLE TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS THE STATE AUDITOR HAS RECOMMENDED.
WHAT CONVERSATIONS DOES THIS COUNCIL PLAN TO HAVE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS? HOW MUCH WORK DOES THE COUNCIL PLAN TO DO IN THE PUBLIC EYE TO REGAIN THE TRUST OF RESIDENTS IS THIS COUNCIL PREPARED FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY? WILL WE HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO DEMAND DATA BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? DOES THIS COUNCIL HAVE THE SKILL TO MOVE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SAME DIRECTION? DOES THIS COUNCIL HAVE THIS TOUGHNESS AND SKILL TO STAND UP TO PUBLIC PRESSURE AND SPEAK TRUTH TO RESIDENTS, TO THE UNIONS, TO CITY STAFF, TO EACH OTHER, OR ARE OUR INCENTIVES SOMEPLACE ELSE? WHAT DRIVES THIS COUNCIL? WHAT ARE OUR INCENTIVES FOR SITTING ON THAT DIET? ARE WE DRIVEN TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA OR HOUR OR HOUR ON INCENTIVES TIED TO SPECIAL INTEREST? WHAT TRADE-OFFS HAVE WE CHOSEN TO MAKE? WHAT TIME HAVE WE GIVEN TO STAFF, TO RESIDENTS TO THIS CHAMBER IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS? BECAUSE WHILE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MILLIONS MORE IN THE BUDGET, WE CAN DEDICATE THE TIME ON TUESDAY NIGHTS DEDICATE THE TIME READING OUR STAFF REPORTS DEDICATE THE TIME TO CREATE SMART GOALS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, DEDICATE THE TIME TO OUTREACH, TO RESIDENTS AND BUILD A NARRATIVE AND ACTION PLAN TOGETHER.
WHILE THIS AUDIT WAS INDEED SOBERING, IT WAS MADE EVEN MORE SO BY WHAT I READ THIS MORNING IN THE MIDST OF A FINANCIAL CRISIS, IN THE MIDST OF CONTEMPLATING LOSING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE COUNTY, WE FIND OURSELVES DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WHY? WELL, OUR SCIENTISTS COME TO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS.
WHAT WILL WE DO IF THEY WERE TO SAY WHERE TO SHUT DOWN? WHY? WHEN, WHERE, WHY? WHEN A VACCINE SEEMS IMMINENT, ARE WE HAVING STAFF WASTE THEIR TIME INSTEAD OF CREATING THE PLAN TO SOLVE THE ISSUES PRESENTED BY THE AUDIT? WE NO LONGER NEED SELF-SERVING PATS ON THE BACK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH LOVE.
SARAH WE'LL COME BACK, COME UP.
SO I JUST CAME HERE TO COMMENT ON 11 AND 12 AND 11 IS THE PARKS.
I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T CLOSE THEM DOWN AGAIN.
I KNOW LA COUNTY IS TYRANNICAL.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE F WORD TO GET MY POINT ACROSS.
CAUSE MY DAD WOULD SMACK ME UPSIDE THE HEAD, BUT I DO AGREE, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO FIGHT THE COUNTY OF LA.
I GET, WE CAN'T SET UP A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I CAN'T COMMENT ON A LOT OF THINGS IN HEALTHCARE BECAUSE OF MY JOB, BUT WHATEVER YOU GUYS CAN DO TO FIGHT, TO KEEP SMALL BUSINESS IN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, MAYBE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT WE GOTTA TRY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN EACH OTHER'S FACES, SO IT'S FINE.
AND, AND NUMBER 12, UM, DEFINITELY WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO FIGHT.
AND DON'T GO TO LA COUNTY FIRE BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS CRAP WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW
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WITH THE LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT, I'M TELLING NO, NO MORE FEDERAL MONEY.
I, AND ONE MORE THING THAT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME IS YOU GUYS IMMEDIATELY VOTED ON LIKE DUI CHECKPOINTS TO ME.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS THE NEXT CHECKPOINT GOING TO BE IN DUI THEN IT'S LICENSES.
AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR LICENSE AND MAYBE CAN'T, BY THE WAY, DON'T, DON'T TERRORIZE ME.
CAUSE I HAVE A LICENSE INSURANCE AND ALL THAT, BUT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT REALLY WORK HARD TO TRY TO DO THAT.
WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THEY'RE GOING TO DEMAND WITH FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.
SO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE YOU GUYS JUST OKAY.
THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER MAYOR.
THIS IS ALL THE EXCITEMENT WE HAVE TONIGHT.
JAY D YOU WANTED DO SOME OVER HERE TO SAY SOMETHING.
WHEN HE COMING, I IN TROUBLE BE CAREFUL HIGH WISHFUL IT.
YOU'RE UP TO BAT AFTER TODAY'S REPORT AND I'M SURE YOU READ, YOU'RE PROBABLY WISHING YOU CAN GO NEXT TIME AROUND FOR THAT MAYORSHIP.
BUT SPEAKING ABOUT THAT A REPORT, I HAVE A QUESTION.
ARE WE TRYING TO GO BANKRUPT? I'M NOT THAT BRIGHT, HONESTLY, BUT I CAN READ.
AND I READ THAT WE'VE USED UP HALF OF THE RESERVES, A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESERVES, $10 MILLION.
50% OF OUR RESERVES HAS BEEN SPENT.
IT TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF MISMANAGEMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS MISSING.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON MAYOR BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL AT LEAST ADDRESS THIS REPORT TONIGHT.
I THINK THIS IDEA OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LIKE MR. BRENNAN SAID, IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S LIKE THE ROY JONES, MIKE TYSON FIGHT IT'S EXHIBITION.
YOU CAN'T DO IT IN BETWEEN TONIGHT.
AND WHEN WE CALL IT IN TO THIS COVID EPIDEMIC, BECAUSE IT PROBABLY WON'T BE AN, UH, AN ADD TO IT.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF GRAND STANDING.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE ENTICEMENT FROM SMALL BUSINESS TO WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN DURING THIS EPIDEMIC.
NO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN WEST COVINA IS GOING TO COME TO THE RESCUE.
THAT'S NOT A REALITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
SO I HOPE I STILL GOT TWO 58, HOLD ON, WILL A LAWN.
I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING READY TO THROW ME OUT.
BUT HONESTLY, AS I STARTED OUT, I'M THINKING THAT COUNCIL, NOT CITY, NOT THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS STAFF AFTER ALL, THEY'RE THE ONES RUNNING THE CITY, BUT YOU'VE BEEN CHARGED WHO THE VOTE, THE VOTERS OF WEST COVINA TO LOOK OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS, THOSE TO VOTE.
SO YOU REALLY NEED TO STEP UP BECAUSE I THINK THIS REPORT HAS BEEN INDICATED, THE RESONANCE, CERTAINLY THOSE THAT HAVE COME DOWN HERE, MS. POETRY'S, MR.
AND ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE COME UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH.
YOU GUYS ARE TURNING THE CITY UPSIDE DOWN AND YOU'RE NOT TELLING ANYBODY WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED OF THE 12% HERE IN THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S GOTTEN OLD, BUT YOU'VE MADE ALL THESE CHANGES.
YOU FAILED TO TELL THE RESONANCE WHY IT'S COME BACK TO BITE YOU IN THIS REPORT.
THIS REPORT CLEARLY INDICATES THAT ALL THOSE ACTIONS THAT YOU TOOK AND YOU DENIED RESONANCE OR REASON FOR TAKING IT ARE NOW CITED ON THIS REPORT.
AS MISMANAGEMENT BY CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.
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AT LEAST BE HONEST WITH THE RESIDENTS AND PROVIDE SOME, BECAUSE HONESTLY, I FEEL THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE JUST BESIDES BEING UP TO THEIR, THEIR NECK IN THIS COVID RESTRICTIONS, THEY'RE REALLY TIRED OF ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO AT LEAST ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE.WE HAD AN AUDIT COMMITTEE, YOU COMPLETELY DEFUNCT THAT COMMITTEE.
IT HAS A MET YOU INSTEAD OF USING IT AS SOME SORT OF A LAUNCHING PAD TO CREATE A REPORT THAT WOULD HAVE SATISFIED WITH THE STATE ASKED FOR AND WHAT THIS BODY HAD.
I OFFERED TO PROVIDE YOU, SHUT THEM DOWN.
I KNOW YOU SIT THERE AND YOU GET TIRED OF HEARING US, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST COMING FROM US.
IT'S COMING FROM THE STATE NOW.
AND IT IS ALMOST A CARBON COPY OF WHAT THE RESIDENTS TOLD YOU.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE OVER COMMUNICATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PARTICIPATION.
I KNOW THAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAVE SURGERY YESTERDAY, SO I WAS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
MAYBE WE RESPOND SOME OF THE FIRST ONE IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
TO THE GENTLEMEN TALKING ABOUT SOME KIND OF HARASSMENT, SO MAYBE WE CAN CHECK INTO IT.
AND THEN SOME KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
STEVE TALKING ABOUT THE DOCUMENT AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THE LAST.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, OKAY.
ALTHOUGH DINING THING WITH THIS IS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR CAMERON PARK.
A DREAD TO SENIOR DAY, WHY WE ALLOW SOME OUTSIDER TO USE THE CAMERON PARK.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD TRY SOME OF THE ISSUE.
UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, YES, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND AS YOU'VE NOTED, MAYOR, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
THERE'S ALSO IN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH I BELIEVE IS NUMBER 11.
UM, WHICH TALKS ABOUT PARK USE.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS BROUGHT UP AND WE DO HAVE A FULL REPORT ON THAT.
AND I THINK WE'LL, UH, I THINK THERE ARE PARTICULARLY TALKING ABOUT ONE GROUP.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO USE THEIR EGO USING.
I THINK THERE IS THE PROBLEM IS HOW WE ENFORCE IT.
THE PEOPLE EQUALLY USING OUR PARK WITHOUT PERMISSION.
I THINK THAT IS OUR GENTLEMEN.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE CAN HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO EXPLAIN LATER ON.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME OF, UH, THE EXPLANATION.
AND I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION MISINFORMATION AND PLUS SOLVE THE DATA IS TO FIND A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, WE ARE WILLING TO SEE HOW TO IMPROVE.
IF UNDER STAY AND HAVE OUR LOCAL RESIDENT.
THEIR SPEECH OF, BUT GO AHEAD.
UM, AS WAS NOTED, UM, THE AUDIT REPORT WAS RELEASED TODAY AND, UM, IT DOES HAVE SOME FINDINGS AND AS YOU'VE NOTED MAYOR, IT DID LOOK BACKWARDS IN TIME TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT GENERAL FUND REVENUES HAVE ACTUALLY INCREASED THIS YEAR, LARGELY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE, UH, LEASE REVENUE BOND, WHICH, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE CITY'S PENSION OBLIGATION COSTS.
I KNOW MR.
UM, BUT THE CITY THAT NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS THROUGH THAT ACTION THAT THE CITY TOOK WAS A $52 MILLION IN SAVINGS.
IS, IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE CAN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO KIND OF EXPLAIN SCISSORS.
SHE HAS ALL THE DETAIL IS THAT POSSIBLE CAN HAVE A, YOU TO KIND OF A, MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A REBUTTAL WITH EXPLANATION, INCLUDING ALL THIS DATA.
FROM THE CITY POINT OF VIEW, FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, SINCE YOU ARE THE PROFESSIONAL AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR US, I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO HELP OUR CITY CLEAN UP ALL THE HISTORY, CLEANING UP ALL THE BAD THING BEFORE AND IN GREEN THE NUMBERS.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF CLARIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ADDRESSED SOUND LIKE THEY TAKING ABOUT THIS.
ALL THE NEW POLICY, BUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IS FROM PREVIOUS.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US A GO AHEAD.
YOU'RE SPEAKING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE STATE AUDIT.
SO THE STATE AUDIT CAME OUT TODAY.
IT DID HAVE SEVERAL FINDINGS IN IT.
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LOOKING LIKE YOU SAID, BACKWARDS IN TIME.AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SENTENCED IS A 17, 18 TO 18 AND 19, RIGHT.
SO PART OF THE 1819, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, I MEAN, THEY WENT WAY BACK TO LIKE 2015, 2015.
IN SOME OF THE CONTRACTS AND STUFF, 2015 FITTINGS BEFORE MY TIME, I DIDN'T GET ELECTED HERE AT THE END OF 2015.
AND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THEY, WE HAD SOME, I DISAGREE WITH SOME OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THEY PUT FINDINGS IN THERE THAT I FEEL HAVE, WE'VE TAKEN A CITY MANAGER AND I'VE TAKEN CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR, AND I'M LIKE THE PURCHASING AND THEY HAVE A NEW NUMBER.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TALKING ABOUT OUR RESERVE INCREASE.
NO, OUR RESERVES HAVE DECREASED DECREASE OR YOU SAY INCREASE, I BELIEVE I SAID REVENUE, MAYOR OR REVENUE.
AND HOW ABOUT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE ABOUT RESERVE TWO BASED ON THE REPORT? ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I CALLED THE STATE, UM, YESTERDAY, AND I TALKED TO THE PRINCIPAL AUDITOR THERE, LINE NESTLE AT THE, UM, STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
AND I ASKED HIM WHY WE SLID FROM 17 TONIGHT AND THE BIGGEST REASON.
AND, AND I SHARED THAT WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LEDDY BEATO, UM, THAT, UM, THEY WAIT THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
THERE'S LIKE 10 RISK CATEGORIES AND THEY, THEY, BUT THEY'RE WEIGHTED.
SO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES GOING DOWN IS WEIGHTED 30% WHERE SOME OF THE OTHERS MAY BE 10% OR 5%.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON THAT IT'S GONE DOWN IN THE, IN, IT HAS GONE DOWN, HOWEVER, UM, AFTER ISSUING THE BONDS THIS YEAR, UM, AND HAVING THAT SAVINGS WE EXPECT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2021, THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLENISH SOME OF THOSE RESERVES AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUAL THING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
WE NEED TO REALLY WORK ON REPLENISHING THOSE RESERVES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A CITY MANAGER AND I, AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE WORKING ON A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN WITH THE FINDINGS.
UM, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TOTALLY TO READ IT WORD FOR WORD.
I ALREADY HAD SEEN A DRAFT, SO I KIND OF KNEW WHAT WAS IN IT ALREADY.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE ISSUING A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY JANUARY 31ST.
SO, UM, IT'S GOT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.
THEY WANT TIMELINES WHEN CERTAIN THINGS, WHAT OUR PLAN IS TO FIX CERTAIN THINGS.
WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING IT WHEN IT WILL BE DONE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE, UH, OVER THE NEXT, AT LEAST SEVERAL MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RE OKAY.
TO THE IMPROVEMENT, UH, BY SOME OF THE FINDINGS.
I THINK THERE'S ALL THE, OKAY.
IS SOMETHING IS HEALTHY FOR US TO LOOK INTO NOT ONLY OKAY.
THE HISTORY BY THE SAME TIME, HOW WE LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO CORRECT.
MISTAKE AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO CUT THE EXPENDITURE AND CONTINUED TO SEE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR RESEARCH.
SO MAYOR, UH, WHEN I SAW THAT AUDIT REPORT, I DID SEND YOU A QUICK EMAIL BECAUSE I DID WANT TO EXPLANATION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THESE RESIDENTS THAT I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY HIT, OH, THIS CURRENT COUNCIL, THE REPORT IS 2018, 2019.
UM, THAT WAS BEFORE OUR TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE CAME IN SWEARING IN ON 2018, WE STARTED 20, UH, 2019.
UM, A LOT OF THE THINGS IT TOOK MANY PREVIOUS YEAR, PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, UM, THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS HAS BEEN BRINGING IT DOWN.
UH, WE CAN'T FIX IT OVERNIGHT.
AND THEN I KNOW I DID SEND YOU AN EMAIL TO PREPARE, UM, A REPORT IN REGARDS TO THE AUDIT AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED OUT SOON TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THAT.
AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF THINGS, BUT, UH, THANK YOU.
GIVE ME A POTENT, I THINK NO MATTER IS FROM THE PREVIOUS OR CURRENT, IF THEY HAVE A MISTAKE AND WE HAVE TO CORRECT IT, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO PREVIOUS TIME, OUR TIME, NO MATTER WHAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE PLUGIN AND THE FACED APARTMENT AND FIX THE PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT FOR THE HEALTHY OF, UH, OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, WE NEED TO LOOK INTO DETAIL.
I THINK THERE'S ONE, WHERE'S THE ONE.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT COUNCIL WANT.
I THINK WE HAVE A TRUST IN YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR SUCH A LONG, LONG TIME, AND I KNOW YOU REALLY WORKING VERY HARD, EVEN WEAKEN AND TRY TO HELP US.
SO LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENT AND TO TRY TO WORK ON A POLICY AND THE SYSTEM.
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OKAY.I TH I THINK THE POINT, THE POINT IS, DOES INCLUDE A RESIDENT, NO MATTERED THE CRITICISM.
AND I THINK THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM THAT WE NEED TO ACCEPT THOSE CRITICISM.
AND CONTINUE TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT AND THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME INPUT AND THE, BUT WE CAN HAVE A, SOME OKAY.
KIND OF A LEASE OUT TO WHAT WE CAN DO AND THIS AND THAT AND HOW WE CAN DO CUT OUR EXPENDITURE.
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY TALK A LOT IS ABOUT OVER TIME AND TO TALK ABOUT PENSION.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE NEED TO ADDRESS HOW IT MCCAIN APPROACH ALSO IS VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE.
BUT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE WE DON'T DO A WE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO, TO WISDOM MONEY.
BUT I THINK THIS IS WIGGLE TO LEAVE FOR THE NEXT TIME TO IN MORE DETAIL, BUT PLEASE, OKAY.
KIND OF A, WE PREPARE FOR ALL THIS, WHAT THEY'RE FINDING AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE AND SEND TO THE PUBLIC.
HAVE EVERYBODY TO INSPECT AND WE VIEW AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY FINANCE.
I THINK WE WILL, NO MATTER WHAT.
I THINK ALL THE CTE IN THIS PANDEMIC.
AND THEN YOU HAVE EXPENDITURE EXPENSES TO CONTINUE.
IT IS VERY TOUGH CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK I HAVE A CONFIDENCE.
ON OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY ON FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE CAN HELP US OVERCOME.
AND ANY OTHER CITY COMES ON ONE TO ADDRESS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF THE THINGS IN THIS REPORT REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST.
NOT REALLY UNDER OUR WATCH, BUT AS OUR MAYOR SAID, DESPITE THAT WE'RE HERE WILLING AND READY TO MEET THAT HEAD ON AND CONTINUE FIXING WHAT WE'VE STARTED TO FIX.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, UM, TO MAKE COVINA THE GREAT CITY THAT IT WAS.
UNDER THE IMPROVEMENT, WE, WE REALLY RESPECT OUR STAFF.
ABOUT HOW HARD YOU GUYS WALKING.
TRY TO IMPROVE THE TEAM, BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AS, OKAY.
IS ALL A RESIDENT, NO MATTER HOW THEY CRITICIZE.
THEY WILLING TO INPUT, SPEND TIME, REVIEW EVERYTHING JIM'S OVER HERE, EMAIL EVERYTHING, AND TRY TO HELP OUT.
TO SEE EVERYTHING AGAIN, WE NEED TO CONTINUE OKAY.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT WE WILL OVERCOME.
JUST, JUST, UH, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES.
I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
YOU MAKE, I THINK EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, I THINK, OR I HOPE OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS MAKE THE CITY BETTER.
SO DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED FROM WITHIN I VIEWED THE REPORT EARLIER TODAY THAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE A BALL FROM THE CITY.
WHY IS THAT? SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, JESSICA, YOU WERE WONDERING WHY THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE A REBUTTAL.
THAT'S WHAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN WILL BE.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND I, UH, WERE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT REVIEWED THAT DRAFT REPORT.
UM, WE HAD TO CLARIFY ANY, WHAT WE CONSIDERED INCONSISTENCIES ARE MISTAKES ARE ANYTHING THAT THEY WERE MISINFORMED ABOUT THAT WE COULD CLEAR UP AND THEY CHANGED DITCH, MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE REPORT, BUT OUR, UM, TIME FOR REBUTTAL OR, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND TO SET UP, LIKE I SAID, TIMELINES, AND WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO.
AND WHEN IT WILL BE DONE AND THE STATE, WE WILL HAVE TO CHECK BACK IN WITH THEM EVERY SIX MONTHS AND, AND TELL THEM WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS.
IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE PREPARE THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, SIT IT ON THE SHELF AND WAIT FIVE MORE YEARS FOR THE AUDITORS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
BECAUSE I'M AWARE OF THE PROCESS OF HOW ALL THIS WORKS, THAT CORRECTIVE PLAN AND THE SIX MONTH.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE USUALLY YOU HAVE THE INITIAL INTERVIEW, THEY GIVE YOU SOME CONCERNS AND THEY PREPARE THEIR FINAL REPORT.
THEY GIVE YOU ABOUT 10 DAYS TO RESPOND AND USE THAT RESPONSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE THINGS YOU AGREE UPON.
USUALLY THE RESPONSE ON YOU DON'T AGREE WITH IS INCLUDED IN THE FINAL REPORT OR NOT
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THE CORRECT.THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, DID WE MISS A DEADLINE ON RESPONDING SCENE OR HAVE THEY JUST FIXED PROCESS OR DID WE CHOOSE NOT TO DO A RESPONSE AND MOVE ON TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN? WE DID RESPOND TO THEM AND THEY MADE THE CHANGES TO THE REPORT.
AND THAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT GROUP THAN WAS HERE LAST TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THE PREVIOUS PROCESS WAS, UM, DONE DIFFERENTLY.
I ONLY KNOW WHAT OCCURRED HERE YEAH.
WITH THIS AUDIT, JUST FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THE DETAILED PLAN AND SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE AND THE SAME TIME I KNOW WHAT THE CTY IS, MAKE SURE OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS HEALTHY.
AND, UM, YOUR CONFIDENCE, RIGHT.
SEE, HEY, I WILL SEE THE TREASURES, VERY CONFIDENCE ABOUT OUR, HEY, YOU FEEL CONFIDENCE SPEAKING TO, I SEE ALL THEIR, EVERYTHING AND COMING WHAT HAPPENED.
I THINK OUR CT IS DOING GREAT.
UH, WE ARE GOING, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A MORE RESPONSE FROM SOME OF THE ISSUE? UH, DON'T FORGET.
REGARDING THE CAMERON PARK WE WANT OKAY.
AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MISUSE OKAY.
SO, SO ANYWAY, WE CHECK INTO IT.
I BELIEVE, UM, THAT TOPIC WILL BE COVERED IN ITEM NUMBER 11.
I THINK THAT REALLY CONCLUDES MOST OF THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE RAISED, UH, MAYOR AND, AND IF YOU'RE OKAY.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
THEN WE MOVED TO OKAY.UH, JUST GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS TONIGHT.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS A SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, WHICH, UH, TOOK PLACE LAST SATURDAY.
UM, IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, THAT PARTICIPATED.
IT REALLY DOES, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FREQUENT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
PARTICULARLY DURING THESE, UH, MORE DIFFICULT TIMES.
THIS IS ABOUT THE SIXTH YEAR THAT THE CITY'S PARTICIPATED IN THIS AND IT, IT GROWS EVERY YEAR IN SUCCESS.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE GOT THREE UPCOMING TOY DRIVES.
UH, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THE NEED IS HIGH AND THIS IS A FIRST TOY DRIVE.
UH, IT'S DONE A SPARK OF LOVE.
UH, THEN NEXT TOY DRIVE IS ONE THAT, UH, ASSEMBLY WOMAN, UH, RUBIO IS, UH, SPONSORING.
AND THEN THE THIRD TOY DRIVE IS A DETROIT DRIVE, WHICH IS HOSTED BY THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE, UH, CANINE TOY DRIVE.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS AGAIN, REINFORCING THE CONCEPT OF SHOPPING LOCAL, NOT JUST ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, BUT YEAR ROUND.
AND WE, UH, CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MAYOR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.AND I REMEMBER COUNCILMAN CASIANO WANTED TO PUT A NUMBER SIX AND I WILL APPROVE NUMBER EIGHT AND, UH, TO DISCUSS, OKAY.
YOU WANT TO HAVE ONE? SO, UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU'LL BE ON THE POLL.
YOU WANT TO PUT ANYTHING? YOU WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? WHICH ONE? I'LL PUT NUMBER THREE.
AND WHICH ONE? 10? NO, 11, NO.
10 AND 11 IS NOT A CONSENT CALENDAR LIST.
CAUSE THEN CANNON TONIGHT WHEN TONIGHT, SO YOU'RE GOING TO POST THREE.
COUNCILMAN CASIANO PUT NUMBER SIX AND I PUT NUMBER EIGHT, SO, OKAY.
WHO'S GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
CONTENT CALENDAR ONE, TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO ROCO, PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER.
I WITH A, NO ONE FOR MAY I APPROACH TIM LOPEZ.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE]
WOO MOTION APPROVED FIVE ZERO BESIDE THE NUMBER FOUR IS A FOUR ONE.[01:40:01]
OKAY.AND LET'S GO TO CONSENT CANDIDATE NUMBER THREE.
CONSIDERATION OF A DESTRUCTION DOCUMENT.
WELL, FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DOCUMENTS WOULD BE, UM, DESTROYED.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW, LIKE THE YEARS, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE THE RETENTION, WHICH I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DESTROY THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, UM, WHICH YOU DO LIST ON YOUR CODE.
I BELIEVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING TO BE DESTROYED IN THIS STAFF REPORT.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS, UH, FOR THE MAYOR COUNCIL TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW THE RETENTION SCHEDULE AND DESTROY DOCUMENTS AS NEEDED.
OUR DIS UH, UH, RETENTION WAS ACTUALLY UPDATED IN 2018.
SO THAT WHAT WAS REFERENCED IS A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED, BUT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT IS THE NEW RETENTION SCHEDULE, WHICH WAS UPDATED IN 2018.
AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO IS ALLOW DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW STATE LAW, GET COM UH, AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, UH, FOLLOW, EXCUSE ME, FOLLOW STATE LAW AND DESTROY DOCUMENTS IN A STREAMLINED PROCESS.
WITH THAT, I KNOW WE RECEIVED, UM, LIKE PREVIOUS AGENDAS AND STUFF THAT CAME IN.
WOULD IT BE SIMILAR WHEN THAT DAY DOES OCCUR? WE'LL DO SOMETHING.
WE WOULD NOT GO TO COUNCIL WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
SO WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO LET, WE WOULD NOT BE GOING TO COUNCIL TO DESTROY DOCUMENTS ANY FURTHER.
WE WOULD BE DOING THEM AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SIGNING OFF ON IT, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND MY OFFICE AS THE OVERSEER OF THE DOCUMENTS.
BUT I MEAN, THE, THESE SAMPLES THAT WE WERE GIVEN IN TODAY, AND I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS LIKE DATED IN 2014, CORRECT.
WHEN THAT DAY COMES, WILL YOU BE DOING THE SAME THING? NO, WE WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL.
WELL, WAS THIS GIVEN TO COUNCIL BACK THEN? YES.
THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNCIL BACK THEN.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE RETENTION SCHEDULE REQUESTED AT THAT TIME WHEN THE RETENTION SCHEDULE WAS UPDATED IN 2018, THAT LANGUAGE WAS NO LONGER IN THE RETENTION SCHEDULE.
UM, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY, AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
SO THE RETENTION SCHEDULE DOES HAVE THE DATES OF EVERYTHING THAT IS WHEN WE'RE ALLOWED TO DESTROY DOCUMENTS.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T SEE IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING TO BE DESTROYED AT THIS TIME.
BUT AT THAT TIME WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT, WILL THAT BE SHOWN AND WILL THAT BE GIVEN TO BE SHOWN, TO BE SEEN MR. MAYOR, MR. MARWICK? WE, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF WHEN WE DO DECIDE TO DESTROY THE DOCUMENTS, WE CAN PROVIDE A LIST TO COUNCIL MAYBE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT OR JUST PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE WEEKLY CITY MANAGER UPDATE.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WAS DESTROYED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MS. OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
THAT MOTION APPROVED FIVE, ZERO, THEN
[6) CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY CONSULTANT SERVICES WITH TRANSTECH]
WE MOVED TO, OKAY.I DID NUMBER SIX, LIKE A COUNCILMAN CASSANDRA.
WELL, I'D LIKE BRING TRANS TURNED UP AND HAVE THEM GIVE, GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL.
I MAY VERY BRIEFLY, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS THEY'RE COMING UP.
UM, JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, UH, THAT STAFF WENT THROUGH, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THE CITY DID CIRCULATE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR NEW BUILDINGS SERVICES.
UH, WE RECEIVED SIX PROPOSALS FROM, UH, HIGHLY QUALIFIED FIRMS. THOSE PROPOSALS WERE REVIEWED BY STAFF.
UM, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE DECIDING FACTOR WAS REALLY COST EFFECTIVENESS.
UH, TRANSTECH DOES CURRENTLY PROVIDE SERVICES, UH, FOR US IN THE, UH, CITY ENGINEERING REALM AND PUBLIC WORKS REALM.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE BY HAVING THEM ALSO PROVIDE BUILDING SERVICES.
UM, BUT WE DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.
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HERE AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARENS TECH, UH, TO, TO GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION.HONORABLE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I FIRST WANT TO WISH YOU GUYS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND ALSO HOPE THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS YOUR LOVED ONES ARE, ARE ALL HEALTHY AND WELL DURING THIS TIME.
UM, ON BEHALF OF TRANSTECH, WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES.
I'M MELISSA TO MERCY, AND I'M ONE OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS FROM CAL POLY POMONA, CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE BACKGROUND.
AND I AM, I HELP FACILITATE OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH ME TODAY.
I HAVE AHMAD ON, SORRY, OUR CONTRACT PRINCIPAL, AS WELL AS DENNIS.
AND WE ARE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WE DID PREPARE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY HIGHLIGHT OF OUR PROPOSAL.
AND REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT TRANS STICK.
WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN OFFER IN THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
SO I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THE PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE AN EXPERT FIRM.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER 50 AGENCIES CURRENTLY, UM, IN A BROAD RANGE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES, INCLUDING BUILDING AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS CITY ENGINEERING.
WE'RE KNOWN IN OUR INDUSTRY FOR BEING COST-EFFECTIVE AND HAVE A VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CUSTOMER CARE APPROACH TO EVERYTHING THAT WE FACILITATE AND DO IN OUR CLIENT'S CITIES.
WE HAVE EXTENSIVE REGIONAL AND LOCAL ACTS, LOCAL EXPERIENCE, SPECIFICALLY LOCAL AREA TO WEST COVINA, AS WELL AS IN LA COUNTY.
IN FACT, WE ARE ALSO UNDER CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY AS ONE OF THEIR QUALIFIED FIRMS PROVIDING BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES TO THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AS WELL.
MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS DO SERVE ON VARIOUS ICC COMMITTEES, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS.
AND WHAT'S UNIQUE IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY NOW DURING THIS PANDEMIC TO REALLY HAVE AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO VIRTUAL SERVICES IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO CITIES IN THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES IN MANY OF OUR CITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE ALSO, UH, PROVIDE FIRE PLAN CHECK SERVICES.
UM, MAINLY WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO DO IS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ELECTRONIC ONLINE PLAN CHECK REVIEW PORTALS FOR CLIENTS CITIES.
AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS IS FOR APPLICANTS THAT COME IN, THEY CAN EASILY, IF COUNTER IS CLOSED OR CITY HALL IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO ONTO A VIRTUAL CALENDAR, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
AND IN REAL TIME HAVE A FACE-TO-FACE COUNTER MEETING WITH THEIR PLAN CHECKER DIRECTLY RIGHT THEN AND THERE THEY'RE ABLE TO GO OVER ALL OF THE PLAN, REVIEW ITEMS IN DETAIL, GO OVER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO BE, TO STREAMLINE AND THE PROCESS.
AND WE FOUND THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE DEMONSTRATES THE CITY IS THERE TO HELP THE APPLICANT GET TO THAT FINAL PERMIT, GET TO THAT CONSTRUCTION FOR THEIR PROJECT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER CARE AND TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IS INTERTWINED WITH TRANSTECH AND WITH SERVICES OF BUILDING AND SAFETY.
A LOT OF THE TIMES BUILDING AND SAFETY IS THE FIRST INTERACTION AND APPLICANT HAS WITH THE CITY.
SO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS THE UTMOST IMPORTANT, AND WE START BY WORKING WITH APPLICANTS EARLY ON IN THEIR PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, UM, TO STREAMLINE THEIR PLANS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PLANS ARE EFFICIENT TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE CORRECTIONS, WE PROVIDE DETAILED LISTS OF CORRECTIONS, INCLUDING REFERENCING THE CODE.
IF THERE IS A NON-COMPLIANCE ISSUE AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANTS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
AND THEN OVERALL, REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT HELPS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CITY IS THERE TO HELP.
AND IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS ALLOWS THE APPLICANT TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT MUCH SOONER AND ALLOWS OUR INSPECTION TEAM TO GO OUT AND BE ABLE TO PROPERLY INSPECT THAT PROJECT.
ALSO, ALL OF OUR TELEPHONE CALLS, EMAILS ARE RETURNED WITHIN 24 HOURS.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN OUR SAME DAY RESPONSE MOTTO.
UM, AND REALLY OUR GOAL IS TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
AND WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO ENHANCE THE CITY'S IMAGE, PUBLIC TRUST AND REPUTATION TO BE THE MOST DESIRABLE CITY TO LIVE AND CONDUCT BUSINESS.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO GO OVER BRIEFLY.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A FIRM PROVIDE A DUAL ROLE WHERE IT'S BUILDING AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ENGINEERING, YOU KNOW, SETTING THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVALS FOR BOTH OFFSITE AND ONSITE IMPROVEMENTS ALLOWS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE COORDINATION, INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION.
WE HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF WEST COVINA ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, AND WE FREQUENTLY INTER INTERFACE WITH
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THE BUILDING AND SAFETY SIDE AS WELL.UM, DURING THE BUILDING PLAN CHECKS FOR ONSITE AND OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY INVOLVE PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENTS.
OUR TEAM CAN COORDINATE THESE QUICKLY AND THESE EFFORTS SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND OVERALL HAVING A DUAL ROLE LEADS TO OVERALL COST EFFICIENCY BECAUSE OF THE FAMILIARITY WITH BOTH SIDES, IT RESULTS IN MORE EFFICIENT AND QUICKER TURNAROUND TIMES AND IS A MORE COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS THE OVERLAP OF THE PLAN CHECK AND PERMIT ISSUANCE PROCESS WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE TRANSTECH TEAM UNDER THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SAME VIRTUAL ASPECTS AND ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS WHERE IT'S SIMPLY A LINK THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH IT TO HAVE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, WHERE APPLICANTS SIMPLY CLICK ON THE LINK SCHEDULE THE AVAILABLE TIMES AND THEIR INTERFACE DIRECTLY WITH A PLAN REVIEW AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US FOR COMPLEX PROJECTS THAT MAY, UH, REQUIRE ELECTRICAL PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, UM, ENERGY STRUCTURAL PLAN REVIEW.
WE'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET THOSE EXPERT PLAN, REVIEW PEOPLE ON THAT CALL AND RESOLVE THE ITEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
SO IT REALLY ELIMINATES A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION THAT SOMETIMES APPLICANTS MAY HAVE DURING THAT PROCESS.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A QUICKER PLAN REVIEW TURNAROUND TIME.
UM, ALSO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR EFFORTS OF THE VIRTUAL CAPABILITIES ON THE BUILDING AND SAFETY SIDE WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE INSIGHT MAGAZINE THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
UM, I HAD PROVIDED THE ARTICLE FOR YOU AS REFERENCE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DID DO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WHERE WE DID IT VIRTUALLY.
IT WAS RIGHT WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND THOSE EFFORTS WERE ALSO RECENTLY, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN THE INSIGHT MAGAZINE.
UM, REALLY W WE'VE REVISION OUR SERVICE AND STAFFING APPROACH FOR US CUSTOMER SERVICE, RESPONDING TO THE APPLICANTS, PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE TO THE CITY, ALLOWING THOSE APPLICANTS TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, TO GO THROUGH THE INSPECTION PROCESS IN AN ENJOYABLE WAY IS OUR GOAL.
SO OUR STAFFING STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION IS REVISION WITH THE GREATEST RESPONSIVENESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE CITY RESIDENTS DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR PRESENCE IS ON A, AN ACCESSIBILITY IS ON A FULL-TIME BASIS TO THE CITY AGAIN, USING OUR VIRTUAL BUILDING AND SAFETY COUNTER CALENDAR, AS WELL AS IN-PERSON.
AND WE ARE EXCITED, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE THAT THIS TRANSITION THAT WE'VE DONE IN MANY OF OUR CITIES DOING WHAT WAS ONCE AN IN-PERSON SERVICE DURING THE PANDEMIC TO VIRTUALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS IN MANY, THE CITIES THAT WE SERVE.
SO SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WE HAVE A DUAL ROLE RESPONSIBILITY, WHERE WE ARE THEIR CONTRACT CITY ENGINEER, AS WELL AS THEIR BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES PROVIDER, OUR CITY OF ALHAMBRA, CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CITY OF COMMERCE, CITY OF SOUTH EL MONTE.
WE ALSO ADDITIONALLY PROVIDE BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES FOR CITY OF DOWNEY, SOUTH PASADENA BELL AZUSA MONTEREY PARK, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
AND WE HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTED, SOME VARIOUS LARGE COMPLEX BUILDING AND SAFETY RELATED SERVICES.
AND ANOTHER THING IS WE DON'T SEE OURSELVES AS JUST A CONSULTANT JUST TO BUILDING AND SERVICE BUILDING AND SAFETY OR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, WHICH REALLY SEE OURSELVES AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT WE CALL CBE COMMUNITY BENEFIT ENHANCEMENT, AND IT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITIES THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT WE WILL SUPPORT THE CITY.
WE WILL HOST YOUTH WORKSHOPS, WE'LL GET INVOLVED WITH HELPING, YOU KNOW, UM, INFLUENCE STUDENTS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN STEM, ET CETERA.
SO THESE TYPES OF SERVICES OR THESE TYPES OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT ENHANCEMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER TO THE CITY AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OR WEST COVINA.
AND FOR US, REALLY, THE BIGGEST THING IS OUR REFERENCES.
WE'VE INCLUDED REFERENCE LETTERS FROM MULTIPLE CITIES THAT I HAD LISTED EARLIER THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING SERVICES TO, UM, BY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS CITY MANAGERS.
UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THEM AND MY TEAM AND MYSELF.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, DESPITE, UH, WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY COOL THAT YOU OFFER VIRTUAL SERVICES AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT DESPITE THAT, IF AN APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO BRING, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANS IN PERSON, UH, ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU PLANNING ON STAFFING SOMEONE HERE AT STEADY CITY HALL? ABSOLUTELY.
LET ME, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY REFER TO DENNIS AND ALI WHO CAN FURTHER OR AHMAD TO FURTHER EXPLAIN OUR STOCKING LEVELS PHYSICALLY AT ALL.
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GOOD EVENING.UM, OUR APPROACH IS TO MAINTAIN THE SAME STAFFING LEVEL AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRANSITION TEAM ON TOP OF THE EXISTING STAFFING LEVEL.
WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO KIND OF EVALUATE THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES IN PERSON AS WELL.
SO THE VIRTUAL SERVICES ARE IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON SERVICES ABOUT THE PLANS, UH, THAT THAT'S GOOD, BUT, UH, WOULD YOU GUYS COMMIT TO KEEPING THE PLANS IN HOUSE IN THE BUILDING? ONE THING THAT, THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT IN OTHER CITIES SOMETIMES WHEN THE LEAVE THE BUILDING IS THAT, UM, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN, THEY COULD GET FORGOTTEN IN A TRUNK, LOST, PUT ON WHATEVER.
UH, WOULD YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO DO THAT? KEEP EVERYTHING HERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS MOVE WOULD, UM, HAVE, YOU KNOW, BOTH BUILDING AND SAFETY AND ENGINEERING.
CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN ALL HERE UNDER OUR ROOF? SO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF THE PLANS, TYPICALLY THE MORE SIMPLE PLANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWED IN HOUSE, UM, WITH THE ADVENT OF THE ELECTRONIC PLAN, REVIEW PORTAL OR PLATFORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT.
A LOT OF THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE BECAUSE IT'S VIRTUAL AND A LOT OF THE EXPERTISE IN THOSE PLANS, THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING ENGINEERS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, THOSE ARE PROBABLY BEST USED OFF, UM, CITY PROPERTY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO DO THAT FOR THE CITY.
WE CAN PROVIDE A LOT MORE, UM, EXPERTS, UM, AT A, AT A VERY, UH, CHEAPER RATE, NOT HAVING THEM ALL STAY HERE IN THE CITY.
SO A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY HERE AND WAIT FOR A STRUCTURAL PLAN.
HE CAN BE OFF-SITE AND REVIEW THOSE AT ANY TIME, BUT WE WILL KEEP A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PLANS ONSITE.
UM, THE, WHAT WE SEE WITH ELECTRONIC, UH, PLAN CHECK PORTALS IS THAT THE, THE HARD COPY PLANS THAT GET SUBMITTED ARE REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS ELECTRONICALLY, AND THE CONVENIENCE PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT AT ANY TIME THEY CAN SUBMIT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, CAUSE THAT PORTAL IS ALWAYS OPEN.
SO THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL, BUT DEFINITELY I WOULD LIKE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SUBMIT ON PAPER TO, TO HAVE THEM CHECKED HERE.
OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL OBVIOUSLY IS EFFICIENCY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT PROMISE IN THE PAST AND IT WASN'T ALWAYS DELIVERED DEF DEFINITELY.
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.
UM, I EVEN I'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES, UM, WHEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ME.
UM, SO WE, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY, FAIRLY PROFESSIONALLY.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF SPEED THAT THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THE QUEST TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN HOUSE I'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IS REALLY A STRONG EFFORT TO TRY TO, AND THEN YOU TOUCHED ON THIS IN THE PRESENTATION, UH, APPROVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN OVER THE COUNTER.
CAUSE I'VE ALSO HEARD, UM, NOT TOO EFFICIENT STORIES ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST.
SO WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT APPROVALS OVER THE COUNTER? SO ONCE AGAIN, HAVING A, UH, A VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT CALENDAR ALLOWS FOR ACCESS TO A PLAN CHECKER, UM, THAT CAN BE EITHER IN HOUSE OR VIRTUALLY.
UM, SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE OR WORRY ABOUT THE CITY BEING OPEN.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, OVER THE COUNTER PLAN REVIEW FROM THEIR OFFICE OR FROM THEIR HOUSE.
SO OUR, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO PROVIDE QUICK, EFFICIENT CUSTOMER FRIENDLY SERVICES.
UM, WE DO IT VERY SUCCESSFULLY IN A LOT OF SURROUNDING CITIES AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT APPROACH TO THE CITY AS WELL.
I W I WOULD BE HOLDING YOU GUYS TO THAT BECAUSE I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT BEFORE.
AND SOMETIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, I GET STORIES THAT COME BACK TO ME ABOUT JUST SOMETIMES THE ANSWER BEING FLAT OUT.
NO, WHEN THE ANSWER IS NOT SO MUCH, NO, BUT A CREATIVE APPROACH.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU GUYS DO TO REALLY MAKE THE ANSWER YES.
TO BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND BUILDERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I ACTUALLY, I SPEAK ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT.
UM, IN BUILDING A SAFETY, WE'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE ARE OUR ANSWERS ALMOST NEVER KNOW IT'S, THIS IS THE WAY YOU CAN GET IT DONE.
SO OUR JOB IS TO HELP CUSTOMERS FIND THAT WAY TO GET IT DONE.
THE BUILDING CODE, ACTUALLY DOESN'T EVER SAY, YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING.
IT SAYS, IF YOU DO IT, YOU HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.
AND OUR JOB AND OUR APPROACH IS TO HELP CUSTOMERS KIND OF USHER THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO THIS ON A DAILY BASIS, SO WE'RE EXPERTS AT IT.
AND OUR JOB IS TO GIVE THEM THAT OUR EXPERTISE AND HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, REACH THEIR GOAL OF OBVIOUSLY BUILDING SOMETHING OR OBTAINING THE PERMIT.
UM, AND WELL, I'LL HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY STAFF, BUT, UM, WOULD
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ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS? RIGHT.ANY OTHER QUESTION FROM THE, OKAY.
I THINK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY CARE THE MOST, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE COST.
HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST TO HAVE THIS DONE? OKAY.
COST AND HOW MUCH BETWEEN THE CT.
CALL CT TO PAY? YOUR GUY WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE OR VERY GOOD PRICE.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING OKAY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY FAIR AND VERY OKAY.
SO I THINK THERE'S A TWO THING.
AND I THINK I ALWAYS SEND OKAY.
A SUBJECTION FROM OUR LOCAL CONTRACTOR.
TO SEND UP, WHY IS THIS OBJECTION? THAT WHAT KIND OF OBSTACLE YOU WENT THROUGH BEFORE AND HOW TO IMPROVE? OKAY.
COMPANY WAS A NEW POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET THE SERVICE.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAY, I HAVE TO PLAN, CHECK, AND, UH, HOW YOU CAN MEET WITH THEM SO THEY CAN DO ALL THE CORRECTION THEN.
YOU CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE THAN BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE TIME IS THE MONEY, ALL THE BUILDER FOR THE CONTRACTOR FOR ALL THE PROJECTS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THING HAPPENED.
SO AT THE SAME TIME, THE INSPECTION OKAY.
HOW THE INSPECTION CAN WORK WITH.
AND, UH, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLAINANT IS BEFORE, WELL, WE HAVE IN-HOUSE.
IF WE, BEFORE THREE O CLOCK, WE MAKE ALL OKAY.
THE NEXT DAY I WILL, CTE INSPECTOR WILL SHOW UP.
SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW FAST, HOW GOOD.
AND THE PROMISE NOW YOU CAN SERVE.
AND, UH, OUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUR BUILDER, OUR RESIDENT WHEN THEY NEED THAT INSPECTION.
I JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO I THERE'S MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EFFICIENT SERVICES.
I THINK W WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE PROVIDE EFFICIENT SERVICES? I'M JUST ASKING YOU OKAY.
AND, UH, IF PEOPLE, OKAY, MAKE A REQUEST, ARE YOU GOING TO, CAN YOU SHOW OUR NEXT DAY? ABSOLUTELY.
OUR, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO DO NEXT DAY INSPECTIONS.
SO NOT GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, OR NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE SHY OFF STAFF.
W W YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE OVER A HUNDRED STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS, IS TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE APPLICANTS SO THAT, UH, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO DO NEXT DAY INSPECTIONS.
WHY'S THE LATEST HOURS THEY CAN ODOR SO THEY CAN GET A NEXT DAY INSPECTION.
TYPICALLY WHAT'S WORKS BEST FOR US.
UM, THE CITY CLOSES TYPICALLY AROUND FIVE, FIVE 30.
UM, WE LIKE OUR INSPECTORS TO SCHEDULE THEIR INSPECTION ROUTES, TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.
SO YOU MIGHT BE, HAVE THE PROS THAT THE WALL IS THE LAST HOURS FOR PEOPLE TO REQUEST NEXT DAY.
FOUR O'CLOCK, FIVE O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK.
SO, SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND IF YOU EXIST AT TIME, MAYBE YOU DON'T GET NEXT DAYS BECAUSE, SO YOU NEED TIME TO BOOK.
AND, AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC IS IMPORTANT.
UH, TYPICALLY ON THE PERMIT JOB CARD, IT GIVES THAT INFORMATION.
AND SO, SO YOU PROMISE IT CAN BE NEXT DAY IN THE, MAYBE BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK, IF THEY ALL CLOCK, YOU SAY FOUR O'CLOCK AND IT'S FEASIBLE FOR YOU.
FOUR O'CLOCK, FOUR O'CLOCK SEEMS REASONABLE.
IT GIVES US TIME TO, OH, WE WILL POST OKAY.
BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK YOU CAN SERVE THESE.
SEND THE INSPECT THE NEXT DAY.
HOW ABOUT FRIDAY? I BEEN TO FRIDAY, IF A PEOPLE.
FRIDAYS, CAN THEY DO VIRTUE WAS USING SOUR CT NOW OPEN.
ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN FRIDAY? WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED OPENING AN EXTRA DAY, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO LEAD, THEN IT WILL BE MONDAY.
SO THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER THING WILL BE WHEN YOU SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT.
AND THEN WILL YOU SEND THE SAME INSPECTOR? WE SIM PROJECT, OTHERWISE THE PROBLEM THAT'S CONTINUING TO ISSUE WHERE YOU WILL.
AND THEN NEXT INSPECTOR COME IN THERE WHERE EMO INSPECTION WILL MAKE OKAY.
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AND THEN THE PEOPLE, SWEETIE DON'T KNOW WHO TO FOLLOW TOO, BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY YOU SHOULD BE CONTINUE.SO WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO ME THAT THAT GOES BACK TO MANAGEMENT? UM, IT, IT'S UP TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO MAKE SURE THAT CONTINUITY WITH INSPECTORS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INSPECTORS, UM, IS HAPPENING.
SO I'VE BEEN BUILDING OFFICIAL.
WELL, I'VE HAD MORE, MULTIPLE BUILDING INSPECTORS, AND WE HAVE MEETINGS ABOUT CONTINUITY.
HOW ARE YOU MAKING THIS CALL? HOW ARE YOU MAKING THIS CALL WHEN YOU LEAVE? I, I TRAIN MY BUILDING INSPECTORS.
WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOU PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE BACK.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU LEAVE IS, IS DETAILED AND CONCISE.
SO ANYBODY W YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS, YOU CAN'T SEND THE SAME INSPECTOR.
UM, SOMETIMES AFTER, AFTER HE'S BEEN THERE, YOU HAVE TO SEND A DIFFERENT INSPECTOR AND HE HAS TO HAVE HIS COMMUNICATION TO THE NEXT INSPECTOR.
SO W WE, WE HAVE MEETINGS, INTERNAL MEETINGS, UM, DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS TO DISCUSS, UNDERSTAND.
I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THE CONTINUITY IS OKAY THERE.
BECAUSE THE PROBLEM, A LOT OF THE TIME FOR THE, OKAY, THE HOMEOWNER OR FOR THE BUILDER IS YOU SEND THE INSPECTOR SHOW UP THE, WRITE DOWN THE INSPECTOR WITH ALL THE CORRECTION.
AND NEXT TIME WHEN ANOTHER INSPECTOR COME UP, WENT OVER THERE AND THEN THEY, WE SPEC EVERYTHING.
AND THAT IS THE MAJOR ISSUE, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE A ALWAYS, OKAY.
THE SAME THING IF THEY ALREADY HAVE BEEN INSPECT BY YOUR COMPANY.
IT'S LIKE YOU ONLY HAVE THREE LEFT AND THE NEW IN SPANISH SHOW UP, THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER 22 PAGES.
SO HE COULD SCALE HOW TO HAVE A HOME.
SO THIS IS THE COMPLAINT COMING FROM.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE RECEIVED, WHAT THE COMPLAINT YOU HAVE TO AVOID, POTENTIALLY THIS ISSUE.
YOU CANNOT HAVE NO CONTINUITY.
I SEE THAT AS A MANAGEMENT ISSUE.
AND IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTINUITY BETWEEN INSPECTORS AND THE COMMUNICATION IS THERE.
SO I TAKE THAT PERSONALLY, EVERY INSPECTION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING CODE, EVERY INSPECTION IS DONE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
SO I SEE THAT AS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THOSE INSPECTORS COMMUNICATE WITH, WELL, I REMEMBER WE TALK ABOUT THE PREVIOUS OKAY.
THEY TALKING ABOUT, THEY EVEN CALLED ONLINE REQUEST OKAY.
FOR INSPECTION OR THIS AND THAT.
AND THEN YOU CAN SERVERS OKAY.
I'LL SUE YOU THROUGH YOUR VIRTUE.
BECAUSE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TIME'S MONEY FOR A LOT OF HOMEOWNER BECAUSE THE WEATHER AND THIS AND THAT DELAY, HE WOULD DO THAT MORE THAN ONE WEEK.
UM, SO TO, SO, SO IF, IF, IF WE CAN DO IT FOR EXAMPLE, FRIDAYS A DAY, OKAY.
OF COURSE POSSIBLE THE COST WILL BE HIGHER DUE TO, OKAY.
YOU WANT TO REQUEST SOMEBODY TO WALK ON THE WEEKEND, BUT WHERE YOU PROVIDE THESE KINDS OF SERVERS LED SO-CALLED, UH, THEY JUST WANT TO GET IT THROUGH.
SO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO CONSTRUCTION, IT'S A ONE DAY OR TWO, ANOTHER LAYER TO ANOTHER LAYER TO NOW LAYER.
IF ONE LAYER DELAY THAT EVERYTHING DELAYED AND THE DENSE SUN, YOU CANNOT FINISH YOUR PROJECT.
SO WHY YOU HANDLE THIS SITUATION? WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH STAFF TO SEE IF, IF INSPECTIONS WILL BE REQUESTED ON FRIDAYS AND, OR POSSIBLY WEEKENDS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT'S UM, FOR US, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVERTIME WE'D HAVE TO PAY.
WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH STAFF TO SEE IF THAT'S OKAY.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF THIS IS REQUEST FOR WEEKEND INSPECTION DUE TO SOME ISSUE, OKAY.
POSSIBLE THE CHARGE WILL BE HIGHER.
LIKE ALL THE TIME IT'S, AS LONG AS THE BUILDER ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR WHAT, IF THEY NEED A SERVICE THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY THE OVERTIME SO THEY CAN SAVE THEIR PROJECT IN THE DUE TIME, DUE TO THE LAYER, TO ANOTHER LAYER, THE CEMENT TRUCK, THIS AND THAT, NOT LAY THERE.
IF WE DON'T DO THIS TIME, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A DELAY FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OR EVEN LONGER.
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD UNDERSTAND DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY HAVE A LOT OF VISUALLY SURPRISED, BUT TIMES THE MONEY.
SO, SO CAN YOU COME AND DATE IT? YES, WE CAN.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF BROKEN PROMISE BEFORE, SO I HOPEFULLY DON'T BRO.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE IN OTHER CITIES, TYPICALLY IT'S IN THE FEE SCHEDULE, IF AN APPLICANT WANTS TO PAY FOR OUT OF A BUSINESS HOUR INSPECTION WEEKEND, UM, SOMETIMES PROJECTS LIKE, UM, GROCERY STORES.
THEY WANT TO DO A CONSTRUCTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND THEY NEED INSPECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'LL COORDINATE THAT WITH THEM.
AND LET ME PUT THAT YOU HAVE SOME CASES, OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR INSPECTION.
UM, I KNOW I DID SEE A REPORT WITH THE, UH, VIRTUAL APPOINTMENTS.
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THEY, DO YOU ALSO TAKE, CAN THEY DO ONLINE APPOINTMENTS FOR INSPECTION AS WELL, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO CALL IN OR MAKE? I ACTUALLY PREFER ONLINE, IT HELPS, UM, KIND OF COORDINATE THE EMAILS THAT GO TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.UM, THE, THE MOST COMMON WAY IS FOR PEOPLE TO CALL INTO A HOTLINE.
WE FIND THAT IF WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT CALENDAR ON, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UM, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO ORGANIZE THE INSPECTION.
AND WOULD THE INSPECTION DOCUMENT BE LOADED ONLINE AS WELL FOR THE PERSON TO SEE AS WELL AS THE INSPECTOR, THE INSPECTION DOCUMENT, LIKE THE REQUEST FORM.
SO EVERYTHING AND I MEAN, IN REGARDS TO CONTINUALLY, UM, CAUSE I HAD ISSUES A FEW YEARS AGO AS WELL.
UM, IF AN INSPECTOR COMES AND LIST ALL THESE THINGS YOU NEED TO CORRECT.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY ANOTHER INSPECTOR COMES, THEY, THEY CORRECTED EVERYTHING, BUT NOW THE NEW INSPECTOR FINDS SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE HAVING.
AND THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE.
HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING I TAKE VERY PERSONALLY, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY OR IT'S US, OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COORDINATED.
I'VE ACTUALLY HAD IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS AN INSPECTOR, YOU GO ON A, I'VE BEEN, I WAS AN INSPECTOR FOR 13 YEARS AND I WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT INSPECTORS.
SO I OCCASIONALLY YOU CAN'T CATCH EVERYTHING.
AND ANOTHER INSPECTOR WILL GO AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, HERE'S A MAJOR SAFETY ITEM THAT MAY HAVE EITHER CHANGED BETWEEN INSPECTIONS OR OVERLOOKED.
UM, AND THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN TELL THEM FIX AND MOVE ON? YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER INSPECTION WE'LL CAP.
WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT BEFORE FINAL INSPECTION.
THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT.
AND THE KIND OF THE BUCK ENDS WITH ME ON TRAINING, EVERYBODY TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND COMMUNICATE.
AND, UH, UH, I THINK STAIRCASE, THE COMPLAINT FOUND THE PREVIOUS.
AND, UH, CUSTOMER SERVERS WITH COURTESY.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES BACK TO JUST SHOWING UP THERE, LIKE I'M THE BOSS, YOU TO KISS MY RING.
SO, SO I, I THINK THE ANTI TWO IS PAPRIKA POTENTIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A POWER.
AND, UH, THE CONTRACT TAIL HOLE ON ONE.
SO SCALE BALL, YOU'RE GOING TO OKAY.
DISAPPROVE THIS ON THAT AND CREATE MORE PROBLEM FOR THEM.
HAVE YOU MAKE SURE YOU ARE INSPECT TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TO, UH, OUR CT.
I CAN TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT.
SO I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO DO, UH, MOST OF THE HIRING OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS AND OUR PLAN CHECKERS.
I, I LOOK FOR A PERSONALITY FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
I ALWAYS SAY I HIRE A PERSONALITY AND THEN I CAN EITHER TRAIN THEM, UH, THE TECHNICAL STUFF, BUT I CAN'T TRAIN A PERSONALITY.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE HIRE, UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF THE STAFF THAT I HAVE AND, AND WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
COUNCILMAN CASIANO YOU HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK CITY STAFF SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I, I I'M OKAY.
ON THAT ONE THING I W TWO THINGS I WANT TALK ABOUT IS ESPECIALLY GIVEN, WELL, THE HISTORY FROM WHAT YOU'VE HEARD AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD BE TWO CONTRACTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TWO THINGS.
IF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREE WITH ME, UH, ONE WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AS A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT, AS OPPOSED TO TWO YEARS.
AND ALSO, AS FAR AS THE FEE SCHEDULE, I LIKE A FLAT PERCENTAGE BETTER THAN, THAN THE SECOND OPTION BASED ON TIME AND MATERIALS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A FLAT 40% THAT YOU LISTED KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON MONTHLY BUILDING DIVISION REVENUES.
UM, I WANT TO BE FAIR TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND BUILDERS, AS WELL AS TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING THE WORK.
THAT'S WHY I'M REQUESTING A FLAT 40% ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO REQUESTS WHEN I FELT FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREE.
HOW DO YOU THINK? ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
I JUST, W W W YOU UNDERSTAND, WE TRY TO TRY YOU AT THE CENTER.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE IN-HOUSE.
WE SEE, WHICH ARE MORE FEASIBLE, BUT IF YOU GOT DO IN SUCH A GOOD JOB, OKAY.
NOBODY'S SENDING EMAIL, CALLING US, LIKE YELLING AT US.
AND THEN YOU GUYS DOING GOOD AS CT, YOU HAVE A REVENUE.
I DON'T THINK WE, WHERE WE PASS YOU.
WE PLACED YOU WITH ANYTHING WE WANT TO CHANGE.
WHY FIX IT? SO, SO, SO JUST, YOU GOTTA HAVE TO PERFORM.
SO THE THING IS, IS, OKAY, YOU GOT KIND OF AGREE
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WITH COUNCILMAN CASIANO IS ONE YEAR AND 40%.WELL, FIRST WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US AND ABSOLUTELY TO THE ONE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE HONORED TO, UM, SERVE YOU.
YOU KNOW, OUR FEE STRUCTURE IS, IS STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL STAFF LEVEL AT THE CITY.
SO WHAT WE WOULD REQUEST IS IF WE COULD GO BACK, SEE WHAT IS THE BEST SERVICE APPROACH TO MEET THAT REQUEST AND COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL OF HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS IT IS, IS IT'S TWO PERMIT TECHNICIANS, TWO INSPECTORS, TWO AND A HALF INSPECTORS, A BUILDING OFFICIAL.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF ACTUAL PHYSICAL STAFF THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE CITY FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S HOW OUR FEE STRUCTURE IS CALCULATED COMPARED TO A LOT OF THAT, WE SERVE A LOT OF THE CITIES AND NEARBY AS OUR FEE IS A VERY COMPETITIVE, UM, WE ARE TYPICALLY THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE, UM, IN OUR INDUSTRY, UM, AS LEADERS IN BUILDING AND SAFETY.
AND THERE'S NO WAY IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN BRING IT BACK AND SEE HOW WE DO IT, BUT IT, BECAUSE WE CAN APPROVE TONIGHT.
IF YOU ACCEPT SOME OF THIS, THEN WITH WE, I, WE, WE CAN CHECK ALL COUNCIL, BUT IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IS SOMETHING IS A GOOD TOO.
YOU CANNOT MAKE EVEN BETTER OFFER.
AND IT GAVE YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SEE HOW THIS FEASIBLE OF ALL THE CALLS.
AND WE WANT TO SEE HOW GOOD IS THE SERVICE.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IS OPPORTUNITY FOR
AND THE BEAUTY AND SAFETY IS SPEAKING TO, WE PUT A BIG TRUST IN YOU.
SO I'LL DO THINK, I MEAN, FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM LEVEL OF STAFF AND CHILL.
WE WANT TO GO SERVICE IS
YOU CAN'T DO BACK 40% WITH YOUR CURRENT OVER, OKAY.
A CITY MANAGER AND SENIOR MANAGER.
THEY WERE THE ONLY PROPOSER TO COME UP WITH HIS LIGHTING SCALE.
AND FRANKLY, THE SLIDING SCALE MAKES THE MOST SENSE, BOTH FOR THEM AS THE CONTRACTOR AND US AS THE CITY.
UM, I THINK, AS I MENTIONED ORIGINALLY, THEIR PROPOSAL WAS THE MOST COST COMPETITIVE WITH THE CURRENT STRUCTURE.
SO THEY HAVE A, UH, COST SPLIT OF 50% OF REVENUE UP TO $150,000 A MONTH IN BILLING.
UH, 40% IS THE RATIO THAT I KNOW THAT COUNSEL IS REQUESTING.
THAT RATIO APPLIES WHEN TOTAL REVENUES ARE BETWEEN 150,000 AND $250,000.
AND THEN IT DROPS TO 35%, UH, IF WE GENERATE MORE THAN $250,000.
SO THERE'S KIND OF IS VERY COMPETITIVE.
SO HE'S KIND OF LEVEL, SO, SO MINIMAL, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A PROJECT.
THEY NEED TO PAY FOR THEIR MINIMUM FOR THEIR STAFFING.
SO WHEN WE GET MORE AND THEY GO LOWER, SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH AND CT HAVE, UH, UH, GOOD AND GOOD REVENUE TOO.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WAY, AND THEY GO TO CITY VI.
SO, SO, SO IT'S FOUR 50, 40, 35, UH, BASED ON IF WE HAVE GOOD BUSINESS.
SO I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
A FEE SCHEDULE, UH, WITH, UH, SO WE WANT TO INQUIRY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHORTCHANGE YOU.
WE HAVE THE POLICE MR. AND FIRE AND THE FULL SERVICE THAT CURRENTLY.
YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC, WE, WE, WE LOST A LOT OF REVENUE, SO, SO WE TRY TO FIND A WAY, BUT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NUMBER ONE AND THE FEE SCHEDULE.
SO I COULD, I COULD BE FLEXIBLE WITH THAT AS OUR MAYOR SAID, I MEAN, AND YOU GUYS HEARD THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
WE, WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, BUT I WANT TO BE FAIR TO YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
AND AS WE HAVE EMPHASIZED, WE CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH.
WE REALLY NEED EFFICIENCY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND, UH, MAKING EVERYONE HAPPY AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
WE DO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST SEVERAL GOOD PROJECTS COMING THROUGH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FEE SCHEDULE PROBABLY GET TO THE HIGHER LEVELS.
I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THAT.
KEEP THIS FEE SCHEDULE, BUT, UH, MAKE THE, UH, INITIAL TERM FOR ONE YEAR.
SO, SO SEE, WE'RE NOT TOO TOUGH.
WE NOT TRY TO ESCAPE YOU A LIFE.
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FOR BOTH SIDES.NOW YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR STAFFING AND PROVIDE GOOD SERVICE AND SOME TIME TO CT.
CAN I HAVE A REVENUE TO PAY THE BILL? OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS A WIN-WIN, BUT, UH, I THINK SOME OF THE, UH, BUILDER TALKING ABOUT WHO'S IN CHARGE, SO WE NEED SOMEBODY, UH, PUTTING IN CHARGE.
WELL, WHO IS ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, THE INSPECTOR WHO IS PUTTING IN CHARGE AND THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL THIS PERSON AND GET IT DONE.
AND SO THEY'D HAVE TO COME TO US.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME TO US, YOU IN TROUBLE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLE ALREADY, SO, OKAY.
TRIED TO MAKE THE CUSTOMER HAPPY.
HEY, HAPPY CUSTOMER, HAPPY LIFE.
AND THIS IS WHY WE TRY TO DO OKAY.
AND TO TRIED TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE COME TO OUR CT TO SPEND MONEY AND WE NEED THAT.
SO, AND OTHER THAN THAT, ANY OTHER, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
MAY, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY THE CURRENT TERM, UM, IN SECTION 4.1 OF THE CONTRACT IS FOR TWO YEARS WITH A TWO YEAR EXTENSION.
UM, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THE INITIAL TERM WOULD BE FOR ONE YEAR, OUR CONTRACTS TYPICALLY HAVE EXTENSIONS IN THEM AS THE COUNCIL.
WE CAN GIVE YOU THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
WHEN ONE YEAR EXTENSION WILL
SO ONE YEAR'S CONTRACT AND A ONE YEAR EXTENSION, UH, SPEAKING TO YOU, YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
SO YOU JUST LIKE CONTINUE TO DO IT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, NOBODY WILL OKAY.
SO, SO WHY A ONE YEAR EXTENSION AND A 15 DAY TERMINATION.
SO MANY, WHAT IF YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU PROMISE? SO 15 DAY WE COULDN'T TERMINATE.
I THINK THIS HAS ON YOUR CONTRACT ALREADY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS, SO COMPETENCY, TONY.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LIKE OUR SERVICE.
THAT RESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE INVESTING, I CT, YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU SOLD A TOYOTA.
TODD'S GOING TO BUILD A BIG BUILDING.
RIGHT? SEE, SEE, PEOPLE HAVE A COMPETENCY.
I WILL SAY TO YOU, THEY WANT TO BRING OKAY.
AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM SPEND THE MONEY AND TO HOPEFULLY MORE REVENUE TO OUR CITY.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE WENT OTHER THAN THAT.
DO I HAVE ANY, OH, ADAM, RIGHT? NO, ADAM.
AND, UH, YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU? I THINK I KNOW ALMOST.
SOMEBODY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO.
JUST SAY YOU JUST WANTED TO GET OVER WITH SO HE CAN GO HOME.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, MR. MAYOR.
UH, TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MAIL PROTEIN THAT HE OKAY.
WE APPROVE WITH THE CONTRACT IS ONE YEAR AND A ONE YEARS.
EXTENSION AND THE 15 DAYS ALREADY THERE.
AND THEN THE FEE SCHEDULE WE KEEP FOR UC.
WE NOT LET TOUGH AS A SALESPERSON.
DO TOUGH BARGAIN, BUT OKAY, WELL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER.
[8) CONSIDERATION OF DISPOSITION OF AGENCY ASSETS #28 AND #29 (LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN) (APNs; 8735-001-933, 8735-001-934) TO M&A GABAEE]
WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA WOULD BE NUMBER EIGHT IS FROM ME.I THINK THIS IS, UH, A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE AND THE EAST CONTINUE TO COMING BACK OKAY.
AND I THINK THIS IS BACK IN 2012.
UH, ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
CAN GIVE US A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THIS DEAL'S ABOUT.
AND CAN WE, HOW CAN WE GET ALBO THIS PREVIOUS CONTRACT AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND, UH, AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING IS REALLY, UH, VERY, VERY TOUGH FOR US.
UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE CAPABLE.
NO, WELL, YOU WANT TO PRESENT IT AND THEN WE DECIDE WITH ONE TABLE OR NOT.
THE ITEM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS, UM, THE, YOUR APPROVAL SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL, UH, TO NEGOTIATE, UM, DRAFTING NEGOTIATE, AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION
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AGREEMENT WITH, UM, M AND A DEBATE FOR THE SALE OF AGENCY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY ASSETS.UM, WE TITLED THEM THE WATERS, UH, WATER TANK ASSETS.
SO THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE UP HERE, IF YOU CAN SEE BLEW UP THERE.
UH, AND SO AS PART OF THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, THESE PROPERTIES WERE LISTED TO BE, UM, SOLD.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE, THESE PARCELS.
UM, AS I SAID, THEY'RE PART OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, THEY'RE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ASSETS.
AND SO IN DECEMBER OF 2015, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT DICTATED WHAT HA WHAT HAD TO OCCUR WITH THE PROPERTIES AND APPROVAL FOR THE FINDING OF COMPLETION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
SO THAT ALLOWED THE AGENCY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, IMPLEMENTING THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, IN 2017, UH, M AND A GOOD BAY REACHED OUT TO THIS SUCCESSOR AGENCY INDICATING INTEREST TO DEVELOP TWO ADJACENT PARCELS THAT THEY OWN 707 50 PADS.
AND AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, THEY WANTED TO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO, OR WANTING TO PURCHASE THE, UH, WATER TANK ASSETS, UM, THAT THE, FROM THE AGENCY SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT.
UM, IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR, 2017, UM, WE ENTERED INTO AN ENA WITH M AND A DUBAY, UH, SIX MONTHS LATER, UM, WE ALLOWED, UH, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ALLOWED TO, UM, THE NAA TO EXPIRE.
UM, STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO PURSUE, UM, CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH DUBAY WITHOUT AN ENA FOR THE SALE OF THE WATER TANK ASSETS.
UM, SINCE THEN THE AGENCY, UM, AGENCY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH M AND A DEBATE TO SELL THE WATER TANK ASSETS SO THAT THEY CAN PURSUE DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR PADS.
UM, AND THEN DUE TO CHANGES IN REDEVELOPMENT DISILLUSION LAW, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, ENTER INTO AN UPDATED ENA FOR THOSE, THE SALE OF THOSE ASSETS.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, GABBY HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST TO PURCHASE THE WATER TANKS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THEIR PADS.
SO, UM, IN 2006, THE AGENT FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, UM, ENTERED INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT 2006 PSA, UM, IN WHICH THE AGENCY SOLD MNA CUBBY, WHAT THE PADS WE CALL NOW 707 50 PADS, AND THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO A COMMERCIAL RETAIL OR OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PADS.
UM, PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, UM, UH, DOES REQUIRE, UH, USE OF THE WATER TANK ACIDS FOR GOOD BAY TO BUILD WATER SYSTEM ON THE, THE PATENT.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE AGENCY RETAINED OWNERSHIP, UH, GOOD BAY WAS, UH, HAS, OR IS ALLOWED TO BUILD THE WATER TANK SYSTEM ON THE AGENCY ASSET.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH M AND A DEBATE FOR THEM TO PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PADS ON, UM, PURSUANT TO THE 2006 PSA.
UM, OH, THE SALE OF THE WATER TANK ASSETS THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, UM, WILL ALLOW THE BAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT ON THE TWO ADJACENT PADS.
SO THIS IS A TIMELINE OF THE 2006 PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS, IT WAS EXECUTED IN JULY, 2006, UM, THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'LL GET INTO, UM, THAT THEY HAD TO PROVIDE.
SO ONE OF THEM WAS THE MIDDLE OF A PRECISE PLAN.
UM, THEY ALSO HAD TO START, UM, GRADING BY A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND THEN IN 2000 THERE WAS A TERM OF, UH, POWER OF TERMINATION IN THE PSA THAT DID EXPIRE IN 2011.
AND THAT WAS THE TIME THAT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES WE WERE GETTING, UM, ELIMINATED.
UM, SO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, FEBRUARY, 2000, UH, 12 RDAS GO AWAY.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN ASSETS HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS UNTIL 2015, WHEN WE GOT APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO SOME OF THE OBLIGATIONS FOR PURSUANT TO THE 2006 AGREEMENT, UM, IS COMPLETING A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON THEIR PADS.
UM, AND I THINK I WILL LET BRUCE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HOW THIS ENA WILL HELP MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
YES, THE ENA IS A, UH, AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN, UH, PROPOSED BETWEEN, UH, M AND A DUBAY IN THE CITY, UH, CITIES, UM, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UH, IN ORDER TO POSITION M AND A DUBAY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WATER TANKS IN PLACE
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THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE TWO PROPERTIES, THE 707 50 PADS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING, UM, ESSENTIALLY VACANT AND IDLE SINCE 2007, UH, LEAVING, UM, THE CITY WITH NO INCOME FROM THOSE PROPERTIES, NO BUILDING PERMIT FEES, THAT WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF A MILLION DOLLARS.UH, AND THIS IS TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD.
UH, IT IS, UH, VERY ESSENTIAL.
IT DEMONSTRATES THAT M AND A DUBAY, UH, DESPITE FIRST SUFFERING FROM THE GREAT RECESSION BACK IN OH EIGHT OH NINE, 2010, UH, RIGHT AFTER THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTIES AND BEGAN TO, UH, GRADE THEM, UH, AND THEN DEALING WITH THE DISSOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT CAME ALONG WITH THAT, IT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE BACK, UM, ON TRACK TO GET THE PROJECTS DONE, UH, TO DO, UH, AT, UH, PROPOSED AT THIS POINT, UH, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, PROJECT THAT IS FRANKLY VERY ATTRACTIVE AND WE'LL BE AN ASSET FOR THE CITY.
AND ENA IS, UH, THE PRE PRIMARY FIRST STEP TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, AT THIS POINT, UM, FROM THERE, IT WOULD, UH, BE A MATTER OF NEGOTIATING THE ACTUAL PURCHASE PRICE BASED ON A FAIR MARKET VALUE AS A APPRAISAL, AND, UM, GETTING THE WATER TANKS IN PLACE WITH THE, UH, UH, WORK ESSENTIALLY BEING DONE BY, UH, SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS. SO IT'S, IT'S A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM NOW FOR, WELL OVER A YEAR, ALMOST TWO YEARS TO GET THINGS ROLLING AND IT'S, IT'S PICKING UP STEAM AND, UH, THEY'RE EXCITED AND, UH, THIS IS A POTENTIAL, VERY GOOD, UM, UH, PROPOSAL PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S TWO OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
WE CAN EXECUTE THE ENA, AS BRUCE MENTIONED, WILL, UM, HELP US IN MOVING THE 707 50 PAD PROJECT FORWARD AS WELL, OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT WOULD LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD.
SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EMILY QUESTION.
SO, UH, THE SECOND OPTION YOU LISTED JUST TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE PUBLIC OF CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS AND NOT UPDATING THE ENA, WHAT IS THE RISK OR DOWNSIDE OF THAT? COULD YOU EXPLAIN, PLEASE? THERE'S A LEGAL, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, RISKS THERE BASED ON CALIFORNIA'S A NEW AMENDMENT, UH, THIS LAST YEAR OR TWO, THE SURPLUS LAND ACT, UH, THAT WOULD CAUSE THE CITY, UH, TO HAVE TO, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, BREACH ITS CONTRACT WITH M AND A DUBAY BY HAVING TO, UM, UH, OFFER THE PROPERTY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT, UH, QUALIFIES UNDER THE, UNDER THE ACT.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT IT MAY, UM, TO, UM, PUBLIC AGENCIES FOR OTHER USES, UH, SUCH AS POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, PARKLAND, THAT SORT OF THING, UH, THAT, UM, WOULD CREATE A TREMENDOUS CONFLICT POTENTIALLY WITH M AND A DEBATE WITH THEM BEING ABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT WITH THEM, BEING ABLE TO, UH, DO THEIR PART OF, UH, THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, NOT BEING ABLE THEN TO DO ITS PART.
SO THERE IS A TIME SENSITIVE ELEMENT TO THIS THAT IT BE ACCOMPLISHED HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
OTHERWISE I WANT TO FOLLOW UP.
2006 WHEN I WAS TO CHOOSE OTHER THOUSAND 20, SO BASICALLY IT'S 14 YEARS AGO PROJECT AND I, MY UNDERSTAND, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS BASICALLY DALE, DALE TO PROPERTY LESS VARIABLE IS ALWAYS SO BACK IN 2006 TO THE CHARLES COMPANY, AM I RIGHT? NO, IT WAS SOLD TO EMANATE BAY.
NO, I THINK THE CHARLES COMPANY, RIGHT.
THESE ARE THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE SOLD.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE CHARLES COMPANY? A EMINENT DEBATE? OKAY.
WHAT DID THE MOTHER COMPANY, OR, OR WHAT, WHAT DO WE DIFFERENTIATE
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BETWEEN THESE TWO COMPANY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS.THE COMPANY THAT IS THE GENERAL PARTNER OF M AND A BAY IS SAND CORE, OR I THINK IT'S SAND COURT.
SO, SO, SO, SO EMINENT DEBATE.
ON THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2006? YES.
AND THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL THEY SOLD TO THEM THROUGH, AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY TRIED TO BUILD AN OFFICE BUILDING.
THEY WANT TO AN OFFICE BUILDING.
THEY WANT TO BUILD AND THEY NEED TO BUILD WHAT WAS IN TWO YEARS.
AND THEY NEED TO BUILD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS LAND THAT NEED TO PUT THE WATER TANK.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE TANK NEED USE.
SUPPLY, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR BUILDING, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL IN 2006 APPROVAL AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL SUPPLY THE, ON THE TOP OR THE APPROVE.
CLUBHOUSE OR FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
SO THAT'S WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ENTIRE SITUATION AND EMINENT DEBATE NEED TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ROW.
SO ALL THIS IS ON THE CONTRACT AND THEN TO FINISH WITHIN TWO YEARS, AM I RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED, WHY NOW? 2020, WE STILL COMING BACK THAT OUR, THIS I'M VERY YOUNG WHEN I WAS IN 2006.
I THINK, I THINK WE ALL, UH, CAN REMEMBER THE BUBBLE BURSTING ON NOT JUST THE HOUSING MARKET, BUT ALSO THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING MARKET AS WELL.
BUT I MEAN, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT PROPERTY SAT THERE UNDEVELOPED FOR YEARS, HERE'S A CHANCE TO GET IT DEVELOPED.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET A TIMELINE.
WALK US INTO IT AND HOW WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT US TO SELL TO THEM, BUT WHAT KIND OF CREDIBILITY THEY HAVE IN 2006, THEY SHOULD VIEW.
BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO, THEY SAY, THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH UP INSTEAD, HAVE A CREDIBILITY FOR THEM TO FULFILLED WHAT THEY PROMISE, BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN, HOW CAN THESE TIMES YOU WILL HAPPEN? A STATISTICS, THE WORRY I HAVE.
UM, THERE'S A, UH, A CERTAIN, UM, WASTE THAT WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A CERTAIN, UM, EXCITATION ON THEIR PART THAT WE PICK UP WHEN WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM AND DISCUSSING THIS WITH THEM.
THERE ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES TO WORK THROUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH.
AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING RIGHT ALONG, TRYING TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS, TO DISCUSS WITH THE CONTRACT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH THEM BEFORE NOW, EXPIRE.
NOW THIS IS FOR PURCHASE OF A SEPARATE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT, UM, IF THE PARTIES COME TO AN AGREEMENT, IT MOVES FORWARD.
IF IT, IF THEY DON'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITHIN 180 DAYS, THE ENA WILL EXPIRE AND THEY WILL BE SITTING THERE WITH THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT WATER TANKS.
SO BASICALLY THIS LAND IS DESIGN, BUILD A WATER TANK IT'S IT WAS CALLED THE WATER TANK PROPERTY.
IT WAS INTENDED TO ALLOW BAY TO DEVELOP THE WATER TANK SYSTEM ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO WHETHER IT WAS UNDERSTANDING WATER TANK IT'S FOR THIS SO MANY, THESE COUPLE OF YEARS, I SIT AS COUNCIL SEAT.
IT'S BEEN BRING BACK TO US AGAIN.
AGAIN, WE GOT IN THIS WATER TANK IS WATER TANK AND IT'S LIKE, NEVER GO AWAY.
WE HAVE TO SELL TO THEM SO THEY CAN BUILD A WATER TANK.
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? YEAH.
THERE, THE DEVELOPMENT, THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO DO ON THEIR PADS REQUIRES WATER.
THERE'S NO WATER SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FOR ANY PROJECT UP THERE.
SO THEY DO HAVE TO FIND WATER FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT UP THERE.
AND SO, UM, THIS PIECE OF PARCEL OR PROPERTY WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO WATER UP THERE IN 2006 CONTRACT WHEN THIS APPROVED BY THE PREVIOUS 2006, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, LED ALREADY, OKAY.
THIS HAD TO SELL TO THEM FOR THE WATER TANK.
SO IN THAT WAY, THEY CAN BUILD THEIR PROJECT.
THE LAN IN 2006, COUNCIL SOLD TO THEM SO THAT THE, UM, PROJECT COULD HAVE WATER.
THEY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THERE TO BE WATER TANKS AVAILABLE BESIDE THEM.
THAT WOULD NOT ONLY SERVICE THEIR PROPERTIES, BUT THEY HAVE TO BUILD THEM AND PAY FOR THEM TO, UH, SERVICE OTHER PROPERTIES OF THE AGENCY UP THERE, AS WELL AS THE INTENDED CLUBHOUSE
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AND GOLF COURSE.SO, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S FRANKLY, A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY AT THIS POINT, THE CITY'S NOT PAYING FOR ANY OF THAT.
UH, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S ON THE DEVELOPER TO DO IT, AND THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO IT.
ARE THEY GOING TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURES, THAT PREVIOUS CONTRACT REQUESTS? YES.
AND THEN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A TEASED WITH THIS CONTRACT? AGAIN, LAST TIME IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAVE NO TEETH IN 2006.
THAT'S PART OF THIS WHOLE NEGOTIATION IS GETTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO GIVE THE CITY BACK ITS TEETH.
AND THEY'VE AGREED TO THOSE TERMS, UM, PROVISIONALLY, DEPENDING UPON THE ENA AND GOING FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS PAD.
SO CURRENTLY WE STUCK, WE HAVE A NO TEAS, NO JOEY DICTION TO DO ANYTHING CURRENTLY.
UM, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING ON THOSE LOTS.
WE CAN'T MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING.
HOWEVER, WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND, UH, UH, APPEARS TO BE AGREED IN PRINCIPLES AND AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL SALES AGREEMENT, TO RENEW THE TEETH FOR THE CITY, TO GET THEM TO DO THE PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND HAVE, UH, INDICATED THEY WILL AGREE TO PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES FOR.
SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT PREVIOUS IN 2006, THE PROJECT IS THE OFFICE BUILDING.
AND ARE THEY GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WHAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL APPROVED? NO, NO HELL NO.
THAT, THAT PENCILED OUT FROM WHAT I COULD SEE AT ABOUT $185 MILLION AND DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS, UM, GOING TO, UH, BE WORTH THEIR, UH, INVESTMENT.
UH, SO THIS PROJECT PENCILS OUT AT ABOUT A QUARTER OF THAT.
OH, THEY DO TO THE SIDE DUE TO THE ECONOMY.
SO WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, I BEG YOUR PARDON.
UH, THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT NOW? UH, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, BOTH ON BOTH OF THE, UM, PADS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE, THAT, UM, WILL BRING IN, UM, BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES AND, UM, WILL BE AN ASSET FOR THE CITY.
SO BASICALLY WE LAU WE THEN HAVE THIS SMALL PARCEL, THE WATER TANK.
AND THEY CAN APPEAL THE WATER TANK.
THEN THE POVERTY WAS STAY DAVE.
WELL, HOWEVER, I I'M SORRY, WHAT IF WE DO NOT SELL THIS WATER TANK LAND TO DAN TO PUT A WATER TANK AND THEY CAN APPEAL BOTH OF, UH, THE PAT BATES.
THEY HAVE NO WATER THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN POSSIBLE THE CT NINE COMPLIANCE TO ALLOW THEM TO DO IT ON, I THINK, 2006 CONTRACT, EVEN THEY ALREADY EXPIRED.
WE CAN'T MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE WORK WITH THEM TO, TO GET THE AGREEMENTS BACK IN PLACE SO THAT THE CITY HAS TEETH AND CAN GET THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE PREVIOUS, UH, CONTRACT EXPIRE FOR TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING, FOUR YEARS AFTER 2006 OR 2010 CONTRACTS STILL ENFORCED THE, UM, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT HAS SOMETHING CALLED A POWER OF TERMINATION IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A BREACH OF THE CONTRACT BY THE DEVELOPER.
THE CITY HAD THE RIGHT TO, UM, WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, FALL IN QUITE PHI IS FILED FIVE YEARS FROM THE BREACH, HAD THE RIGHT WAIST BREACH A BREACH OF THE CONTRACT.
DO YOU KNOW THE TIME IT FAILING TO DO ONE OF THE THINGS TEND TO TIME WITHIN 11, 2012, 2011, 2011 DURING THE TIME REDEVELOPMENT WAS GETTING ELIMINATED STATEWIDE.
SO AT THAT POINT, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, UH, UH, DIDN'T WANT TO APPARENTLY BUY BACK THE PROPERTY.
BUT WHAT WE'VE TALKED WITH, UH, M AND A DUBAY AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT IS, UH, AMENDING THE CONTRACT, THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT TO RE INSERT THAT PROVISION OR MAKE IT REVALIDATE THAT PROVISION TO GIVE THE CITY THE ABILITY, IF IT CHOOSES IN THE EVENT OF A BREACH BY THE DEVELOPER, NOT MEETING ITS, UM, UH, REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE TO BUY THE PROPERTY BACK FOR THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE, PLUS ANY HARD, UM,
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UH, ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT THEY HAVE EXPENDED THAT'S THE PROVISION.SO WE HA WE JUST THOUGHT WE HAVE A TASTE.
AND IS THAT INCLUDING THE TWO POVERTY THEY OWN OKAY.
ARE ONLY FOR BOTH, BOTH PUBLIC, INCLUDING THE WATER TANK.
WE, WE, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE, ALSO THEY WANT TO DEVELOP RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A TEASE TOO, IF THEY DON'T DO A WEEKEND REQUEST THEN TO SELL BACK TO US.
SO, SO WHAT THE EAR, HOW MANY YEAR WE HAVE, WELL, WE CAN DO, AND WE HAVE FIVE YEARS FROM A BREACH, BUT YOU CAN ALSO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UM, WAIVING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO IF THERE IS A BREACH, SIMPLY EXERCISE, YOUR POWER OF TERMINATION INDICATES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PURCHASE IT IF THEY DON'T.
SO, SO BASICALLY IS WHAT THIS IS BASED ON YOUR SUBJECTION OR YOUR METHOD IS HOW THE CT FINALLY TAKE BACK THE CONTROL.
BECAUSE WHEN THE CONTRACT EXPIRED PASTEL KIND OF IN-FORCE ANY KIND OF LIMBO AND THAT WE CAN NOT FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING.
THEY CAN SAY WE DON'T ALLOW THEM TO PUT A WATER TANK.
THERE IS THE DEFAULT FOR THE CITY.
THIS IS TO GET THE CITY BACK IN CHARGE.
SO ANY CONSOLE HAVE OTHER QUESTION? NO.
SO, UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO, WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANOS, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER SHUMAKER.
WOO MOTION APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
MAKE SURE THAT ENA WE HAVE THE TC.
AND THIS TIME WE WANT TO ENFORCE MAKE SURE THE CITY IN CONTROL, UNA ALLOWS FOR US TO GET THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT AND IT WILL HAVE TO USE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF 2020 UPDATE TO THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM]
AND WE MOVED TO THE NEXT AGENDA WOULD BE NUMBER 10.AND, UH, WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS, UH, YES.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL HERE FROM FRANCE TECH, UH, O CON UH, TO PRESENT, UH HE'S WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING GROUP AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UH, PRO TERM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING AND PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, 2020 UPDATE.
UH, THE UPDATE IS PREPARED BY NICO'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
I'M HERE VERY PRESENTED FROM NC MS. KATRINA SHE'S WITH US TODAY AS WELL.
UH, PAYMENT, UH, MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS A PLANNING LEVEL TOOL, WHICH HELPS TO PRIORITIZE ROADWAY, REHABILITATION, AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, UH, BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS AND CERTAIN STATE FUNDS PROXY.
EVERY CITY IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
EVERY THREE YEARS PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR RATING THE PAYMENT CONDITIONS, ESTABLISHING A CONSISTENT PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SCHEDULE AND EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAINTENANCE TREATMENT STRATEGIES.
PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ANSWER TYPICAL QUESTIONS SUCH AS WHAT IS THE CITY'S EXISTING CONDITION OF THE CITY STREETS.
HOW WILL THE CONDITION OF THE CITY'S MEETINGS STREETS RESPOND OVER TIME UNDER EXISTING FUNDING LEVELS? WHAT MAINTENANCE AND REHAB STRATEGIES EXIST TO IMPROVE CURRENT STREET CONDITIONS AND QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS A PLANNING TOOL AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ENGINEERING JUDGMENT BEFORE MAKING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, NECESSARY FIELD ENGINEERING REVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED AND PROJECT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PREPARED.
AS PART OF PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, EACH STREET
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SEGMENT IS EVALUATED BY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS AND A CONDITION RATING NUMBER CALLED PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX IS ASSIGNED.THIS IS A NUMBER BETWEEN ZERO TO 100 ZERO ZERO, MEANING POOR FIELD STREET AND 100 MEANING EXCELLENT CONDITION STREETS.
CURRENT PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 68, UH, IS, UH, SHOWING IS IT'S IN A GOOD STREET CATEGORY.
APPROXIMATELY 93% OF ALL STREETS IN THE CITY NETWORK ARE EITHER GOOD OR FAIR CONDITION STREETS.
CITIES' CURRENT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, CITIES CURRENT PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 68 IS TWO POINTS HIGHER THAN THE STATE STATEWIDE AVERAGE PAYMENT AVERAGE.
UH, NEXT ONE, FEW SLIDES SHOWS SAMPLE PICTURES, SHOWING DIFFERENT PAYMENT CONDITIONS.
THIS ONE IS A 100 PCI SHOWING A RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED STREET IN.
THIS STREET IS PCI PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 60, WHICH IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
YOU CAN SEE SOME LONGITUDINAL CRACKS.
UH, THIS ST SEGMENT IS IN CONDITIONAL 41, WHICH IS IN, UH, COST OF POOR CONDITION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSIBLE CRACKINGS AND SOME LOAD RELATED CRACKS ARE FORMED.
AND THIS IS THERE'S FINALLY AN EXAMPLE OF A FAILED STREET WITH A PCI OF FIVE OUT OF 100.
IT'S A FAILED STREET AND YOU CAN SEE ALLIGATOR, WE CALL IT ALLIGATOR CRACKINGS LIKE, UH, UH, STRUCTURAL RELATED.
UH CRACKINGS UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, IN ESTABLISHING A CONSISTENT, UH, MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION STRATEGY, UH, WE TAKE THREE STEPS, UH, IN, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PROGRAM, THE FIRST ONE, VERY IMPORTANT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, UH, THIS TREATMENT APPLICABLE TO GOOD AND FAIR CONDITION STREETS.
AND TYPICALLY, UH, WE APPLY SLURRY SEAL, CRACK SEAL AS PART OF THIS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
IT IS APPLICABLE TO GOOD, GOOD CONDITION STREETS.
AND EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS CYCLE, UH, IS RECOMMENDED THE SECONDLY PAYMENT REHABILITATION AND RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, WHICH USUALLY INCLUDES ASPHALT GRIND AND OVERLAY.
UH, THIS TREATMENT INVOLVES REMOVING THE TOP LAYER OF THE ASPHALT AND REPLACING WITH A NEW ASPHALT LAYER BASICALLY.
AND THE THIRD FINALLY IS THE FULL RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS A VERY COSTLY TREATMENT METHODS, WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO FIELD STREETS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, PR UH, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE IS A COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT APPROACH, UH, IN DEVELOPING A WORK PROGRAM WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, IT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN COMBINATION OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS SLURS, YOUR CRACK SEAL, AND ALSO COMBINATION OF, UH, ASPHALT REHABILITATION, SUCH AS GRIND AND OVERLAY, UH, TO BE EFFECTIVE, UH, ST.
SEGMENTS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE RANGE OF FAIR TO GOOD RECEIVED REQUIRED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
UH, THIS IS A TYPICAL, UH, CHART, UH, SHOWING PAYMENT CONDITION VERSUS THE PERCENT OF PAYMENT LIFE.
IT BASICALLY SHOWS THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, UH, IN THE COST, UH, FROM THE, UH, LOW, UH, LOW COST PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON GOOD, UNFAIR CONDITION STREETS TO HIGHER COST OF, UH, RECONSTRUCTION ON, UH, FIELD STREETS.
BASICALLY THERE'S AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE PAYMENT.
A CITY'S PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED BY DIVIDING THE CITY INTO 12 MAINTENANCE, UH, ZONES.
UH, THE INTENTION ON THIS IS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS BY MINIMIZING THE CONSTRUCTABILITY AND THE MOBILIZATION COSTS BY FOCUSING ON TOP OF THE AREAS.
THIS IS THE REPRESENTATION OF THE MAINTENANCE ZONES, THE 12 SONGS AT THE CITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, UH, HIS STRATEGY WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON A 10 YEAR MAINTENANCE CYCLE.
UH, THE, THIS STRATEGY INCLUDES THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING SCENARIOS AND THIS, UH, STRATEGY INCLUDES TRUE TRADITIONAL PAYMENT REHAB TREATMENTS, INCLUDING BOTH SLUR SEAL, CRACK SEAL, AS WELL AS ASPHALT GRIND AND OVERLAY.
UH, ALTHOUGH THE FUNDING IS 10 YEARS, UH, THE FOCUS IS TO ESTABLISH EVERY THREE YEARS AND UPDATE OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE INTENT IS, UH, TO REVISE THIS PROGRAM WITHIN THREE YEARS AND BASED ON THE AVAILABLE CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS, COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND, UH, MAKE AN UPDATED PRESENTATION.
SO CURRENTLY WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDING SCENARIOS, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FUNDING SCENARIO THREE,
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WHICH IS ON THE FIRST, UH, THE FRONT LOADED SCENARIO, WHICH INCLUDES A 9 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN $2.5 MILLION EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER FOR A TEN-YEAR PROGRAM.AND THE GOAL, UH, IS TO USE THE, UH, RESERVE FUNDS, INCLUDING GAS TAX MEASURE AND MEASURE ARE IN THE FIRST YEAR AS PART OF THE FRONT LOAD.
AND THEN 2.5 MILLION EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS FOCUSING ON THE GAS TAX.
UM, THIS STRATEGY INCREASES THE PCI IN THE FIRST YEAR FROM 68 TO 72, AND THEN, UH, GRADUALLY, UH, DECREASES TO 60 AT THE END OF THE YEAR 10.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, UM, I KNOW THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE NAMES ON THE SCREEN FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SEE THE PCI FIVE, WHICH IS THAT'S THE WORST.
SO THAT'S FRANCISQUITO AVENUE, UM, FROM BROADMORE AVENUE TO CALIFORNIA AVENUE.
AND THE SECOND WORST IS ALL WITH STREET, FROM PRICE DALE AVENUE TO, UM, FRAN DALE AVENUE.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PAVEMENT RESURFACING PROGRAM, UM, AND THEY ARE IN THE ZONE OF FIVE AND SIX.
SO WHEN YOU, UM, WHEN YOU WERE FIGURING OUT WHICH ZONES TO DO FIRST, IS IT BASED ON NEED OR JUST RANDOMLY, HOW DID YOU DECIDE BASICALLY EVERY YEAR, THE FOCUS IN, ON ONE PARTICULAR ZONE? SO WHAT HAPPENS IS DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING LEVEL EVERY YEAR AT A GIVEN YEAR, IT SIGNAL A PARTICULAR ZONE WOULD BE FOCUSED IN, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, IT FOCUSED ON, UH, MAINTENANCE ZONES, 10 AND 11, UH, AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE 10 AND 11 WILL BE DONE IN 2026, 2027.
THAT'S THE NEXT CYCLE? UPCOMING SOUTH.
SO BASICALLY IT SAYS CONTINUOUS CYCLE EVERY YEAR, AT LEAST ONE OR TWO, DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING LEVEL, UH, THAT'S THE APPROACH WE ARE TAKING THE INTENT IS NOT NECESSARILY FOCUSING THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE THE WAY CONSTRUCTION WORKS IS IF YOU FOCUS ON A TARGETED AREA, WE CAN MINIMIZE THE MOBILIZATION COSTS AND INCREASE THE CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCIES BY BASICALLY FOCUSING ON A CERTAIN AREA SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN MINIMIZE THEIR MOBILIZATION, THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL BY FOCUSING ON PARTICULAR PART OF THE CITY, BASICALLY.
SO WHEN YOU, UM, HANDLE THE LOW LEVELS OF LIKE PCI FIVE AND 41, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAVED ALMOST TO PERFECTION, CORRECT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S DIFF YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STREETS HAVE DIFFERENT ISSUES.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST.
SO IN S ESTABLISHING A EFFICIENT PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THE GOAL IS ALWAYS FOCUSING ON GOOD AND FAIR STREETS.
FIRST, THE REASON WHY IS IT COSTS MUCH LESS TO APPLY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TREATMENTS, SUCH AS SLURRY SEAL, CRACK SEAL, AND REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS ASPHALT GRIND AND OVERLAY, WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO GOOD AND FAIR STREETS IN A FAILED OR POOR STREETS WHILE WE CALL THEM, WHICH IS PCI, LESS THAN 40, THOSE STREETS ARE ALREADY FAILED.
THE RECONSTRUCTION COST IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY LIES IN THE GOOD AND FAIR CONDITION STREETS SO THAT IF HE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE STREETS IN THAT ZONE, AS MUCH TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT CONDITIONED STREETS BASICALLY CAN REMAIN IN THAT ZONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE MAINTENANCE COST AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, BUT NOT INCREASING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WHICH IS THE RECONSTRUCTION.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THE FAILED AND POOR STREETS WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE NEGLECTED? NO.
UH, THEY WOULD BE STILL PART OF THE PROGRAM.
BUT THE MAIN INTENT, THE FOCUS IS ON A GOOD, FAIR, AND THEN POOR STREETS.
AND THEN THE NEXT PRIORITY WOULD BE ON THE LOWER, WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU ONLY FOCUS ON THE GOOD AND FAIR STREET, THEN THERE'S NO MORE FUNDING FOR THE POOR AND A FAILED STREET.
HENCE THAT STREET WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEGLECTED.
IT WOULD STILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM, BUT MAYBE WILL THEY BE FIXED? YEAH.
DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE ADDRESSED AND EVALUATED, BUT BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, IT
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WOULD BE BASICALLY TREATED ON THE SYSTEM.IT'S CERTAIN SCORING CRITERIA BECAUSE THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS IS BASICALLY THE CITY USES STREET SAVER PROGRAM.
AND IT SAID, MATHEMATICAL EMPIRICAL APPROACH, BASICALLY.
SO BASED ON THE VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, THE SYSTEM WOULD TAKE IN ALL THE DATA FROM THE VISUAL OBSERVATION, AND IT WOULD CALCULATE MATHEMATICALLY AND OPTIMIZES BASIC THE RESULTS.
AND EVERY YEAR THE SYSTEM TELLS US, BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE THIS FUNDING LEVEL AVAILABLE, THIS IS THE TREATMENT STRATEGIES.
AND THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT YOU WANT TO BE FOCUSING ON TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT COST RATIO IS AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SYSTEM CHANGE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THOSE STREETS ARE WHERE I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THOSE STREETS DO FALL UNDER FAILED AND POOR.
AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE NEGLECTED.
YOU WOULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS.
AND, UH, WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE OVERALL REVIEW.
THAT'S THE ONLY ANALYSIS, BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THEY ONLY, THEY FOCUS ON THE GOOD AND FAIR AND SPEND IT ON THAT IT WOULD STILL BE PART OF THE SYSTEM.
SO THE, THOSE STREETS WOULD DEFINITELY BE PART OF THE SYSTEM.
CAN THE SYSTEM BE CHANGED TO FOCUSING NAN? ABSOLUTELY.
THE PRIORITIES CAN BE CHANGED ON THE CITY.
I THINK I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
BECAUSE, UH, THE COST IS VERY IMPORTANT, THE COST FACTOR.
SO, SO IF, UH, SOME OF THIS TREE CAN DO THE PREVENTION, YOU WILL REDUCE THE COST BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO HOTEL, WE, UH, REVAMPED BASICALLY CAUSE A LOT OF MONEY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A, WHAT IS COMING FROM RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? YEAH.
BASICALLY RECONSTRUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES MORE COSTLY THAN GRIND AND OVERLAY AND GRIND.
AN OVERLAY IS APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES MORE COSTLY THAN THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS SLURRY SEAL, CRACK SEAL.
SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THE COST IS SIGNIFICANT.
I UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, YES.
IT WILL BE BETTER THAN WITH CONSTRUCTION.
IF WE CAN MAKE SURE ALL THOSE STREAK AND KIND OF A FIX WITH THE PREVENTION, SO HE WILL LAST LONGER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT STREET TO STREET.
THAT COSTS WAY TOO MUCH MONEY AND PLUS NOT SUFFICIENT EFFICIENT.
AND YOU WONDER, AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, MR. MAYOR, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
UH, THOSE TREATS THAT ARE REALLY BAD PCI.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A NEGLECTED.
UM, BUT LET ME, LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
IF, IF A MILE OF A STREET IT'S AT THE RECONSTRUCTION CATEGORY.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT COSTS $2 MILLION TO FACE A MILE OF A STREET, WHICH HAS ALREADY FAILED, THAT WILL BE $2 MILLION FOREVER.
BUT THOSE TREATS THAT ARE ON THE CURVE, THEY'RE BEGINNING TO FAIL OR THERE ARE FAIR, BUT THEY'RE FAILING.
THEY COST SAY 300,000, $400,000 FOR A MILE, YOU KNOW, TO DO GRIND AND OVERLAY.
IF YOU DON'T CATCH THE CURVE OF THE MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, THEY'RE GOING TO JUMP TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE PMP PRIVATE MANAGEMENT PLAN TOOL TO OPTIMIZE OUR SCARCE DOLLARS TO THOSE TREATS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO FAIL.
SO THAT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE LOCALIZED AREAS, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT MAY BE, UM, A SHORT SECTION OF THE STREET THAT HAS BEEN ALLIGATOR, YOU KNOW, DUE TO RAIN OR WHATEVER THAT CAN'T BE AT ADDRESS.
YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, WE WILL PRIORITIZE THOSE LOCATIONS AND WE'LL DO IT.
BUT FOR THE MAJOR STREETS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A LONG SECTION OF FAILURE, OFTENTIMES IT IS FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO GAS TAX OR, UH, SB ONE OR SOME OF THE MORE STAIRS FUNDING.
AND, UM, AND WE CAN MEET, CAN DO THOSE UNDER SEPARATE PROGRAMS BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK FROM THE PRESENTATION AND WHAT YOU JUST STATED, IT IS A COST FACTOR, COST FACTOR, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN MAJOR M A MAJOR, A MONEY.
OTHERWISE MONEY WILL BE WASTED, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THIS CERTAIN BUDGET.
SO, SO IN NO WAY, WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS THE COST FACTOR? THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS
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HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT, WHICH ONE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SURE TO STREET IS WALKING BY THE SAME TIME.RIGHT? ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PMP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMPUTERIZED AND SOFTWARE, UH, AIDED IS WORST.
FIRST IS NOT, IS NOT THE CRITERIA.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO EXPAND YOUR DOLLARS.
THERE'S TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO FAIL SO THAT YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS AND MILLION.
BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE 17 SQUARE MILE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STREET AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE FOR EACH ONE.
WHAT IS THE COST FACTOR AND WHY IS THAT EFFICIENT WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE? OTHERWISE WE RUN THE MONEY BY THE WAY.
SO THE CYCLE IS, UM, FOR EACH ZONE, IS IT EVERY 12 YEARS, EVERY 12 YEARS, WE YOU'RE CLOSE TO A MICROPHONE, SIR.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THINGS DON'T GO TO FAILURE.
BUT WHAT I WILL SEE HERE IS THAT WHEN THE 12TH YEAR COME AGAIN WITH THAT SAME LOCATION, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIX THE GOOD AND FAIR, WHICH AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE NEGLECTING THE, THE FAILED AND POOR.
SO I, IF I MAY MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, THOSE STREETS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ADDRESSED THROUGH THE, THIS PROGRAM.
AS, UH, AHMAD HAD SAID, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO SEEK A SPECIAL FUNDING ONE-TIME FUNDING BECAUSE THE CURRENT ANNUAL FUNDING THAT WE GET, THE PRIMARY SOURCES ARE A GAS TAX, WHICH WE GET ANNUALLY AS WELL AS MEASURE EM AND MEASURE OUR MONIES FROM THE COUNTY.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO SEEK OTHER ONE-TIME FUNDING, SUCH AS A BLOCK GRANT FUNDING OR SPECIAL FEDERAL FUNDING TO DO THOSE TYPES OF STREETS.
UM, WE WANT TO DO THOSE STREETS AS, AS HAS BEEN STATED, BUT, UM, FOR EVERY ONE MILE THAT WE DO HAVE STREETS THAT ARE FAILED.
IT GOES, UM, TAKE AWAY RESOURCES FROM DOING FIVE OR SIX MILES OF ANOTHER STREET.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO NOT DO THOSE.
WE JUST NEED TO SEEK OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FAILED STREETS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, THE PCI FIVE VERSUS PCI 41.
WHY IS THAT ONE A LOWER RATING? WHEN VISUALLY IT LOOKS NICER AND BETTER THAN A PCI, 41
THOSE ARE REALLY LIKE HAIRLINE, SMALL CRACKINGS.
AND THAT REPRESENTS THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE ON THE SUBGRADE, WHICH CERTAINLY ADDRESSES SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE PAYMENT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SOME ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION.
SO ALTHOUGH THE PICTURE MAY NOT REPRESENT THE SITUATION CLEARLY, UH, THOSE SMALL CRACKS, WE CALL IT ALLIGATOR CRACKING.
THAT'S A FAILED, UH, CONDITION ON THE, ON THE ASPHALT.
THAT'S WHY IT IS IN A, UH, POORER CONDITION THAN THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS IN 41, A PCI 40.
AND WOULD YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAILED OR POOR STREETS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CURRENTLY HAS? UH, YES.
SO ON, ON SLIDE, UH, ONE OF THE SLIDES, IT SHOWS 93% ON, UH, UM, THAT IT SHOWS A NETWORK PCI OF 68.
UM, BASICALLY THERE'S A PIE CHART.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART, UM, 6.7%, YES, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PIE CHART.
SO THE YELLOW CATEGORY, WHICH IS POOR BETWEEN 20 TO 40 PCI, UH, THAT'S 6.7% OF THE OVERALL STREET NETWORK WHERE THE VERY POOR AND FAILED IS, IS A VERY MINOR, UH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE 0.0 0.4%.
SO ON THE, IN OTHER WORDS, BASICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT GOOD AND FAIR STREETS, WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES, THE ONE WE MENTIONED DURING PRESENTATION, THEY CONSIST OF 93% OF THE OVERALL STREET NETWORK.
IS THIS IS A RECEIVE THEM FILE OR THIS APPROVAL, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEKING APPROVAL MAYOR, UH, FOR RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE.
UH, UH
SO THE CYCLES, IS IT FOR 10 YEARS OR IS IT FOR A 10 YEAR CYCLE? WELL, IT'S, UM, EIGHT
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THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE 10 YEARS LONG, BUT THEY DO GET UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS, WHICH I KNOW IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.UM, SO WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS IF OUR BUDGET CHANGES IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT ALLOCATING MORE MONEY TO, UH, ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. SO IT IS A TEN-YEAR PROGRAM, BUT IT DOES GET REEVALUATED EVERY THREE YEARS.
UH, IF NONE, ANY OTHER QUESTION, UH, THE WAY DO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, OF PROMOTION? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO ROCO, PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
MAKE OUR STREET BEAUTIFUL AND THE LAST LONGER OKAY.
[11) REVIEW OF PARKS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AND FIELD USE POLICIES]
UH, WE MOVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11.FACILITY AND A FUEL USE POLICY.
WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? I WAS EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, THIS REPORT IS TO DISCUSS, UH, OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND FIELD USE POLICIES.
UM, DUE TO THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FIELD, NETFLIX FACILITIES HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN AN UNAUTHORIZED USE.
UM, WE HAD RESIDENT UP COMPLAINING TODAY ABOUT IT AT CAMERON PARK.
SO LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS EASE RESTRICTIONS FOR OUTDOOR USE BY YOUTH TEAMS THAT FOLLOW SOCIAL DISTANCE GUIDELINES.
THE LAW, THE GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR INNER SQUAD PLAY IN PRACTICE, BUT NOT GAMES WITH OPPOSING TEAMS. THAT IS WHERE THE MAJOR CONFLICT HAS BEEN COMING UP WITH US, RENTING OUR FIELDS AGAIN, AND LETTING THE LEAGUES USE THE FIELDS.
AGAIN, INNER SQUAD IS JUST GAMES BETWEEN YOUR OWN TEAMS AND TEAMS ARE OBVIOUSLY PUSHING THE LIMITS WITH THAT AND TRYING TO BRING IN OTHER TEAMS AND DO FRIENDLIES AND TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THAT'S THE THING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UM, GET AHOLD OF AND MAKE SURE USERS ARE USING OR ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND NOT DOING THAT.
SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND MAKE SURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND TRAVEL TEAMS ARE FOLLOWING THOSE.
SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE, OKAY.
WE PRIORITIZE, WE PRIORITIZE FIELD USE.
WE PRIORITIZE FIELD USE WITH OUR SPORTS, UM, TO OUR LOCAL YOUTH LEAGUES FIRST THAT ARE MEMBERS, OUR WEST COMMUNITY SPORTS COUNCIL.
THIS COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF TEAMS THAT MEET THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.
THEY MUST'VE BEEN VOTED IN BY MAJORITY OF ORGANIZED ORGANIZATIONS IN ATTENDANCE AT A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING PROVIDED PROOF OF RECOGNITION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AS A FIVE OH ONE C3 ORGANIZATION.
51% OF MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
UM, THEY MUST PROVIDE LIABILITY INSURANCE WITH THE CITY.
ADDITIONALLY INSURED HAVE FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS WITH NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL RECORDS UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE CITY AND ADHERE TO ALL THEIR, THEIR, ALL THEIR BYLAWS.
UM, IN RETURN, WHAT WE DO AS A CITY IS WE ALLOW THE LEAGUES TO USE THEIR, THEIR FACILITIES FOR LEAD PLAYING THINGS AT NO COST IN RETURN.
THEY MAINTAIN THE INFIELD SNACK BARS, UM, GENERAL AREA OF THE PARK AND WORK ON KEEPING THEIR FACILITIES.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CURRENTLY ARE IN SPORTS COUNCIL AND THE FIELDS THAT THEY USE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO ONE BY ONE, BUT, UM, THAT'S THERE.
THE OTHER FACILITY WE HAVE A USE AGREEMENT FOR IS MAVERICK PARK.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN AGREEMENT WITH MAVERICK BASEBALL ACADEMY AND, UH, THAT, THAT AGREEMENT IS FROM SEPTEMBER, 2016 TO SEPTEMBER, 2021.
THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INCLUDE, UH, THE CITY AND, AND, AND, UH, MAVERICK BASEBALL ACADEMY WILL DETERMINE FACILITIES WITH THE WEST COVINA RESIDENTS, GIVEN PRIORITY AND TEAM SELECTION AND PUBLIC USE ANY ALTERATIONS OF ANY KIND TO THE FACILITY OR GROUNDS MUST BE APPROVED IN ADVANCE IN WRITING BY THE CITY AT THE SOLE EXPENSE OF MBA.
MBA SHALL MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES AT, AT ABOVE CURRENT CONDITION.
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
UM, MAVERICK WILL ALSO SUBMITS A QUARTERLY DONATION TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION.
SO WE GET ABOUT $10,000 ANNUALLY FROM THEM.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS A BIG HELP FOR OUR YOUTH LEAGUES.
THEY, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE USE TO MAINTAIN, UH, ANY ISSUES THAT SHOULD ARISE.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH A SNACK
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BAR WINDOW BROKEN THINGS THAT THE LEAGUES JUST CAN'T MAINTAIN MORE OF A INFRASTRUCTURE THING.SO THE $10,000 DONATIONS FROM THIS ORGANIZATION IS DEFINITELY HELPED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN BY MAVERICK, BUT THEY ALSO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAINTAINING THE FIELD DONE UPGRADES OF, UH, LED LIGHTS, BULLPENS, UH, YOU NAME IT, THEY'VE DONE IT.
SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNER AND HELPED WITH THAT.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING MORE ACCESS TO THE LOCAL YOUTH LEAGUES AT THE FIELD AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THE SPORTS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ALSO RENT OUT THE FIELDS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
UM, THE FIELDS THAT WE SHOWED ON THE FIRST ARE ON THE SECOND SLIDE.
YOU KNOW, THOSE USUALLY ARE NOT RIGHT AT MOST LEAGUES, WANT THE FIELD SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, THEY PRACTICE GAMES, EVERYTHING ALL AT THEIR ONE LOCATION.
SO THOSE ARE NOT RENTABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PAUL VIEW PARK, WHICH IS A SMALLER LITTLE LEAGUE THAT WE DO RENT OUT ON A COUPLE OF NIGHTS A WEEK, AND THEY PARTNER TOGETHER ON MAINTENANCE.
BUT, UM, OUR OTHER FACILITIES SUCH AS SHADOW OAK AND FRIENDSHIP PARK ARE RENTED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE CHARGE A FLAT RATE FOR FIELD USE AND WE CHARGE FOR LIGHTS AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO RENT OUT OUR GYMNASIUM.
SO CAMERON PARK IS RENTED OUT VERY REGULARLY.
IT'S OUR BIGGEST, OUR BIGGEST, UM, EARNER LET'S, AS WE SAY.
AND, UH, THAT CAN BE USED FOR VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL.
I MEAN, WE'D EVEN DO FOOT SAUL OR INDOOR SOCCER IN CERTAIN OCCASIONS AS WELL.
BUT MAJORITY OF USE IS BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
UM, ALL, ALL RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE NOT IN COVID, CAMERON IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND PEOPLE CAN WALK IN AND GET INFORMATION AND DO THAT CURRENTLY WITH THE STATE OF EVERYTHING, WE ARE TAKING PHONE CALLS, RETURNING CALLS, AND THEN DOING THINK EVERYTHING, ONLINE PAYMENTS, UM, APPLICATIONS, INSURANCE, EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTACT THE CITY.
WE CONTACT THAT CONTACT, UH, EXCUSE ME, CONTACT THEM BACK AND GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND, AND HANDLE BUSINESS THAT WAY.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE REVENUE WE'VE MADE THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PRE COVID, THE GYM DID VERY WELL OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR ANNUALLY BALL FIELDS.
WE USUALLY GENERATE AROUND 28 TO 25,000, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY AT THE FIELDS.
UM, THIS BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE AT A BALL FIELD WHERE, UH, A RENTER CAME IN, MOUNT ALL GUIDELINES, TURNED IN ALL THEIR PAPERWORK, PAID ALL THEIR FEES AND DID THAT, BUT THEY PUSHED THE INNER SQUAD, YOU KNOW, THE INNER SQUAD, UH, TERM.
AND THEY PUSHED THAT TO WHERE THEY WERE DOING.
FRIENDLIES SCHEDULES WERE GOING OUT.
OTHER TEAMS WERE COMING IN AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE FIELD BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS TEAMS ARE FOLLOWING SOCIAL GUIDELINES AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE THEM OUT THERE.
WE'D RATHER HAVE CONTROL GROUPS OUT THERE THAT ARE FOLLOWING SOCIALLY GUIDELINES, FOLLOWING SOCIAL GUIDELINES.
THEN, UM, ROW GROUPS BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE WILL HAVE CITY DOING DAMAGE AND CAUSING THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
IN ADDITION, UM, LESS THE FLOOR TALKED ABOUT GAMES GOING ON AT CAMERON PARK THIS WEEKEND.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF OUT AT THE PARK TO TRY TO ADDRESS WHO'S OUT THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, THEY AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY AREN'T BOOKING WITH US.
SO WE ARE GOING OUT AND GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND WORK WITH PD AND ADVANCE AND, AND TO SEE IF WE CAN CATCH WHO THAT IS AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY EITHER HANDLE THE PROCESS PROPERLY OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT USING OUR FACILITIES.
AND I'LL OPEN UP TO SOME QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE AN OLD KNIFE FOR YOU.
THE, HAVING THE KIDS, THE PEOPLE COME OUT, THE PARKS, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THE RESTRICTION IS NOT GOING TO STOP THEM.
EVEN WHEN I DRIVE TO OTHER CITIES, THEY'RE THERE, THEY UTILIZE IT.
THEY PLAY, THEY DON'T ADHERE TO THE COUNTY RULES, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE AT THAT LEVEL.
SO, UM, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW HOW ARE THE SPORTS COUNCIL MAINTAINING THE FIELD SNACK BAR AND BUILDING, AND HOW OFTEN, AND WHAT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS THE CITY AT THE FIELD IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WHAT WE MAINTAIN IS MAINLY THE OUTFIELD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BIG TICKET ITEMS, ROOFS, UH, ROOFS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE LEAGUES THEMSELVES ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE SNACK BAR.
THEY MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE COUNTY.
THEY HANDLE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT ON THE INSIDE.
UH, THEY HANDLE THE INFIELDS IN FIELD IRRIGATION, UM, DIRT, DIRT PER SE.
LIKE WE ACTUALLY DO NOT PROVIDE THEM MUCH MATERIAL, UH, AS STATED BEFORE, IF THERE'S A MAJOR ISSUE THAT THEY CAN NOT HANDLE, WE DO STEP IN AND HELP WHERE WE CAN.
SO THE LEADS ARE HANDLING THEM PRETTY MUCH YEAR ROUND, WHETHER THEY'RE IN SEASON OR NOT, AND TAKE CARE OF, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE CARE OF THOSE FACILITIES.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, SOCCER, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE NEW SOCCER COMPLEX AND THEY'VE BEEN FANTASTIC.
THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING ABOUT $30,000 A YEAR ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN THE TURF.
THERE THAT'S MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET.
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THAT AND, AND USE THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ISSUES RUN IN IS SOME OF THE BIGGER, UH, CIP ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ARE FROM THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES.SO THEY'RE GETTING UP THERE IN YEARS AND EVEN THE LEAGUES HAVE DONE THE BEST THEY CAN TO MAINTAIN THEM.
SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN NEED OF REPAIR.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OVER THE YEARS, DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGETARY SITUATIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE.
SO, UM, DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? UH, YES.
I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ON THE CHART.
I SEE THAT THERE'S TWO SEPARATE WEST COVINA NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE.
IS THAT, SO WE HAVE TWO, THEY JUST HAVE THE SAME NAMES OR IS IT TWO SEPARATE OR IS THAT ONE, LET ME MAKE SURE.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING TO BE A NATIONAL THERE AT DEL NORDI PARK WAS COMING TO NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE THAT WE HAVE EIGHT SPORTS.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A MISTAKE.
SO WE ONLY HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN.
BASKETBALL IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF SPORTS COUNCIL.
SO WE, WE DON'T, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE HAVE LEAGUES THAT RENT THE GYMNASIUM, BUT THEY ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH SPORTS COUNCIL.
AND WHY DOESN'T CITY OF WEST COVINA RUN OUR OWN LEAGUES? UH, WE DID USE TO RUN OUR OWN LEAGUES IN THE PAST.
WE HAD A, UH, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS CALLED LITTLE SHOTS AND, YOU KNOW, A NUMBERS KIND OF TRENDED DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE LOSING NUMBERS AND THEN DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, PROGRAMS WERE CUT BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, BESIDES MAVERICK BASEBALL ACADEMY, DOES THE OTHER LEAGUES ALSO DONATE TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF FACILITIES CURRENTLY? NO OTHER LIENS DONATE TO THE FOUNDATION AND HAS THOSE, THE LEAGUE'S FEE INCREASE.
WE HAVEN'T AS STATED BEFORE, AS STATED BEFORE WE HAVE NOT, WE DO NOT ANY MEMBER OF SPORTS COUNCIL.
UM, IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN RECOMMENDATIONS OF MAYBE A PASS THROUGH FREE PASS, THROUGH FEE OR REGISTRATION LIGHTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN A DIRECTION THAT, THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO GO, BECAUSE I KNOW AT WORK, WE ACTUALLY CHARGE LIKE A $5, UM, PORTION THAT GOES FOR REFURBISHMENT FEES.
SO THEN IN CASE WE NEED TO REFURBISH OUR FIELDS OR ANYTHING, THAT IT GOES BACK TO THAT, BUT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE COMMUNITY FUNDS TO FIX ALL THE OTHER PARKS, BUT IT'S REALLY, UM, MAVERICK BASEBALL ACADEMY.
WHO'S KIND OF PUTTING IN THAT, INTO THAT, RIGHT.
MAVERICK IS THE PRIMARY DONOR.
UM, WHEN WAS, UH, RATES AND FEES LAST UPDATED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES? OUR FEES ARE, ARE UPDATED ANNUALLY WHEN IT COMES TO NEW FEE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SUBMIT THEM AND SOMETIMES COUNCILS FOR IT.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE FEES YOU'RE DISCUSSING NOW, LIKE THE REGISTRATION FEE AND THINGS FOR THE SIDE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE NOT, UM, APPROACHED OR, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, NOT, NOT DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS COMMUNITY SERVICE FEES, WE BASE OUR FEES ON MARKET VALUE.
SO WE HAVE A FLEXIBILITY AND WE TRY TO GAUGE HOW MUCH USAGE WE HAVE, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO RECOVER WHATEVER COSTS WE CAN NOT PAY A SINGLE DIME MEMBERS OF SPORTS COUNCIL DO NOT PAY A SINGLE DIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A MOTHER, I HAD, CAUSE I REMEMBER I DID A FIT LEAGUE, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE YOUTH COUNCIL LEAGUE.
AND I KNOW THESE, UM, YOUTH LEAGUES, THEY'RE PRETTY PRICEY.
I MEAN, THEY'RE LIKE ONE 4,200 AND YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK, FIX IT AND FUNDRAISE AND EVERYTHING.
SO THESE DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND I DO REMEMBER WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNGER, WE WENT TO JUST BALDWIN PARK CAUSE LIKE 50 BUCKS DIDN'T EVEN IN MY CITY, $50 FOR THE FULL PACKAGE.
UM, BUT IT CONCERNS ME THAT THEY CHARGE ALL THESE FEES.
UH, ACTUALLY WE LEAVE OUT THE FAMILY WHO JUST WANTS RECREATION, WHO DOESN'T WANT, THEY JUST WANT SOMETHING OUT AND THERE'S, IS THERE ANYTHING FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WANT RECREATION EACH WELL, THE CITY NO LONGER OFFERS ANYTHING, BUT EACH LEAGUE HANDLES THAT DIFFERENTLY.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, I'M NOT 100% PAWS, BUT MOST LITTLE LEAGUES, IF SOMEBODY HAS FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, CAN'T MAKE IT, THEY WILL ACCEPT THEM AND GET THEM INTO THE LEAGUE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SPONSOR THAT OR WHAT THEY DO ON THAT.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS, OTHER THAN THE, THE LEAGUES THAT COME IN AND RENT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO LONGER A RECREATIONAL LEAGUE.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TENDED TO, YOU KNOW, THERE SEEMS THERE SEEMS TO BE A TREND OF TRAVEL, TRAVEL SPORTS, UM, A LOT OF TRAVEL TEAMS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DECIDE, HEY, I DON'T LIKE THIS LEAGUE.
I'M GOING TO GET 11 KIDS AND I'M GONNA START UP A TEAM.
I THINK THERE'S NUMEROUS FACTORS OF WHY LEAGUES ARE CHANGING.
BUT THE TREND WE WERE SEEING AND TALKING TO NEIGHBORING CITIES, EVEN TODAY, BEFORE TALKING TO THIS REPORT, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS FOR RECREATIONAL LEADS JUST SEEM TO BE TRENDING IN A DOWNWARD, A DOWNWARD CYCLE, ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONIC.
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UM, WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE USAGE WITH A WEST COVINA SPORTS COUNCIL LEAGUES VERSUS THE AVAILABILITY OF A USE FOR PUBLIC AND OPEN PERMITS? WELL, AS STATED BEFORE, UM, MOST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, SOCCER, THERE'S 1500 KIDS IN SOCCER AND THEY BASICALLY HAVE TWO SOCCER FIELDS.SO THEY USE THE FIELD SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, PRETTY MUCH 12 MONTHS A YEAR.
UM, BASEBALL LEAGUES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEY, EACH FACILITY IS BASICALLY USED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
IT'S SIX DAYS OF SIX DAYS OF FIELD PLAY.
AND THEN ONE DAY OF REST FOR THE FIELD TO KEEP THE FIELD IN GOOD CONDITION OR TRY TO KEEP THE FIELD IN GOOD CONDITION.
THAT BEING SAID IN SPORTS COUNCIL, BEFORE COVID, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, WE WERE WORKING ON A LOTTERY SYSTEM WHERE WE WOULD ALLOCATE FIELD SPACE FOR SIX MONTHS, GIVE OUT THE FIELD SPACE AND THEN RENT EVERYTHING THAT'S LEFT AFTER THAT, THE CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT SOME LEAGUES, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DOWN 150 KIDS.
SO THAT'S THINGS THAT SPORTS COUNCIL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CONTROLLING TRYING TO PUT RULES AND REGULATIONS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAN BE AVOIDED.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FAIRNESS BECAUSE I DO SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME LEAGUES ARE, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY ONLY HAVE 50 KIDS, BUT THEY WANT TO USE THE FIELD THREE DAYS A WEEK VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A TEAM THAT HAS 200 KIDS, YOU KNOW, BEING EQUAL.
SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE, LIKE I SAID, FRIENDSHIP AND SHADOW OAK PARK, SHUTTLE PARK, WE DO GIVE TO SOCCER AND FOOTBALL.
LIKE I SAID, WE GIVE YOU, WE GIVE YOU SPORTS COUNCIL PRIORITY.
SO THOSE ARE TWO LEAGUES THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW IN NUMBERS.
LIKE I SAID, SOCCER, THERE'S NEVER, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'RE NEVER ENOUGH SPACE.
IT'S NEVER ENOUGH SPACE, UM, THAT AND WITH THEIR NUMBERS AND THE LIMITED SPACE THAT COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.
I KNOW BASEBALL IN GENERAL, I'VE SEEN A DECLINE.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLDER AGE DIVISION, CAUSE I RUN SPORTS.
THAT'S THE HARDEST, UM, TO BRING IN, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST LEVEL IS NOT AS HIGH ANYMORE.
SO WE DO SEE A DECLINE IN THAT.
IS THERE A DECLINE ON, UM, THE NUMBERS? DO YOU KNOW THE CURRENT NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE? LIKE HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS FOR BASEBALL? WE SEEN A DECLINE IN NUMBERS THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, SOME LEAGUES WERE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN AND SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO WERE AS HIGH AS 1100 AND THEY'RE DOWN TO 600, 600 TOTAL.
WELL, NO, THAT'S THAT'S UM, THAT'S, WALROD THAT'S PONY PONY BASEBALL USED TO HAVE A HIGH OF 1100 AND NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 600 PARTICIPANTS.
SO THERE'S BEEN A DECLINE THERE.
EACH LEAGUE, EACH LITTLE LEAGUE HAS SEEN A DECLINE SOCCER THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE FOOTBALL THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE THERE'S BEEN INCREASES THERE.
UM, BASKETBALL WAS STEADY AT 450 KIDS AND THAT WAS ALWAYS REALLY POPULAR.
SO, UH, BASEBALL HAS BEEN THE PRIME AREA WHERE THINGS ARE CHANGING, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANNA PLAY BASEBALL.
I REALLY THINK IT'S A TREND OF GOING TO, TO TRAVEL.
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING LEAGUES AND GOING TO TRAVEL BASEBALL.
I KNOW THE LITTLE KIDS, IT'S USUALLY JUST RECREATION.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THE NEIGHBORING CITIES IS WHERE PEOPLE REGISTER.
UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS CITIES RUN THEIR OWN LEAGUES VERSUS THOSE WHO DON'T? I CANNOT, I CAN'T GIVE YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT WE DID LOOK INTO IT TODAY.
RE RE REACHED OUT TO BALDWIN PARK, POMONA, UM, LAVERNE SAN DEMONS.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEEING A DECLINE IN THEIR RECREATIONAL SPORTS AS WELL.
MOST ARE RUNNING T-BALL, T-BALL SOME BASEBALL, BUT VERY, VERY LITTLE TEE-BALL FLAG FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.
UM, QUESTIONS, ARE YOU SURE? I THINK YOU HAVE A MORE, YOU, THIS IS YOUR SPECIAL, WELL, I MEAN, MY ONLY THING, MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, THE UPKEEP OF THESE FACILITIES, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE IF THERE'S A BROKEN RENDER OR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDINGS AND THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL COSTS ARE.
IF YOU DO THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THESE LEADS PROVIDE IS THAT EQUIVALENT TO THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW SPORTS GENERALLY SPEAKING SPORTS, MAKE MONEY, UM, COMPARED TO LIKE CULTURAL CLASSES OR ANYTHING.
UH THAT'S I SEE IT EVERYWHERE.
SO SPORTS IS A MONEYMAKER, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET LIKE ANYTHING, LIKE EVEN A DOLLAR, A DOLLAR PER REGISTRATION, PER KID THAT GOES TO THE CITY FOR JUST LIKE REFURBISHMENT FEE OR JUST FOR THINGS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FEE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SOMETHING REASONABLE, SOMETHING FAIR SO THAT WE CAN ALSO SUSTAIN OUR FACILITIES.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE OUTDATED, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THINGS ARE BROKEN, WE, YOU KNOW, INCUR THE COSTS AND, AND BY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, ONLY ONE LEAGUE DONATES ALL THE OTHERS DOESN'T WE DON'T GET ANY AND LET ME CORRECT THAT.
LIKE I SAID, A LOT DONATE TIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TO GIVE THE WESTERN PETER BRUINS.
I HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT AS WELL.
THERE ARE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SPORTS THAT ARE TURF THAT IMPACT THE TURF A LOT WEST COVINA BRUINS, THEY JUST WENT OUT AND DID ALL
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THE MANPOWER, RECEDED, CORTEZ PARK, ROPE IT OFF THEMSELVES.WE HELP THEM WHERE WE COULD, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT.
WE DON'T DO THAT PER SE, BUT WE HELP WHEREVER WE CAN.
BUT THERE ARE ANOTHER LEAGUE THAT DID THAT.
SO IT'S NOT, YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING OVER THERE.
AND THE LEAGUES AND THE LEAGUES DO WORK ON THEIR OWN FIELDS.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL DOING THAT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CASH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WEST COVINA, BRUINS AND WESTMINSTER SOCCER EVER SINCE THEY GOT THE NEW FACILITY, THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT.
I MEAN, TO ME, 30,000 IS A LOT THERE'S CORTEZ PARK FOR THE BOOLEAN WAY.
UM, SO DOES ALL THE LEAGUES TAKE CARE OF THE ONLY PARKS THAT THEY UTILIZE? THEY ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE OTHERS, JUST THE PARKS.
THEY UTILIZE CERTAIN PARKS, CERTAIN FIELDS ARE KIND OF, THERE IS A DISPARITY.
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF.
I MEAN, WE, WE BOUNCE ALL KINDS OF THINGS AROUND SPORTS COUNCIL, SPORTS.
COUNCIL'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M THE OLD MAN OF THE BUNCH I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT SPORTS COUNCIL HAS BEEN HERE, I THINK SINCE THE MID NINETIES, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BYLAWS WERE PASSED IN 2000 AND I'M JUST AN ADVISOR ON THAT BOARD.
BUT, BUT UM, WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE PUTTING OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER, JOINING LEAGUES TOGETHER, PUTTING RESOURCES TOGETHER OF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MAVERICKS BASEBALL ACADEMY AT PALM VIEW PARK HAS, HAS TURNED THAT PARK AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
THEY PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME INTO THAT PARK AND THE LEAGUES ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND DOING THAT.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, TO BACK UP ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE ABOUT THE FEES AND THINGS.
WHEN THE FEE SCHEDULE COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR, WE'RE ASKED ABOUT FEE, YOU KNOW, FEE IDEAS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT BACK INTO THE FEE SCHEDULE.
IT COULD BE A REGISTRATION FEE OF A DOLLAR TO $5, A PARTICIPANT TO EACH LEAGUE, OR IT CAN BE A MINIMUM COST FOR LIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN BRING BOTH OF THOSE TO THE COUNCIL AND THEN COUNCIL CAN DECIDE THERE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
CAN YOU WORK ON THAT THEN? WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE IT PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND PUT IT IN THE FEE SCHEDULE.
UH I'LL KNOW, CITY COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTION? FOLLOW UP? NO.
YOU KNOW, SHE ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE, BUT I HAVE SOME KIND OF, I CAN JUST RECEIVE AN EMAIL FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE FRIENDSHIP PARK.
THE PERSON, UH, MATTHEW COMPLAINING ABOUT NOVEMBER 28TH.
AND 29, THEY HAVE A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.
GOING ON AT THE FRIENDSHIP PARK.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THAT.
WE DO HAVE IT RENTED OUT, BUT THIS WILL BE LIKE THE SAME ISSUE OF THE GROUP AT SHADOW PARKS.
SO WE'LL FIND OUT WHO WAS THERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING GUIDELINES, THEN WE WON'T LET THEM USE THAT FACILITY ANYMORE.
UH, DOING A WEEKEND, WE SHOULD HAVE ANY PEOPLE PLAYING OVER THERE, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE HOW, UH, WHY WE SAYING CONTROL AND THE PEOPLE THAT JUST SHOW UP AND UH, OKAY.
AND THAT CREATED AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE POG PRIORITIES FOR OUR RESIDENT TO USE BECAUSE WE PAY TAXES.
AND THEN WE SHOULD BE POWERING TO USE THE SPACE, BUT I UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, EACH OF, UH, UH, OKAY.
THE, THE LEAGUE, THEY HAVE A DEBT ON HOMETOWN.
AND ENCOURAGE MORE CHILDREN OKAY.
AND OF COURSE AFTER PANDEMIC, OKAY.
WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IS ANY WAY WE CAN GET OLD THIS PARK AND THE OLDEST FACILITY BE UTILIZE.
FIRST PRIORITY IS ALL RESIDENT, OUR CHILDREN.
AND THEN WE GO TO OUTSIDE, SEE HOW THEY WANT TO USE.
BUT I THINK A PRIORITY IS OUR, OUR TAX PAYER, OUR RESIDENT TO UTILIZE.
AND, UH, MY, MY, MY REQUEST AND REGARDING, OKAY.
AS A PROFESSIONAL, AS A MAYOR, PROTEIN, NUTTY, UH, LOPEZ, BEATA.
TALKING ABOUT OTIS THING, I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF HELP OUT, CAN SET UP SOME KIND OF POLICY WORK WITH OUR CITY STAFF TO MAKE HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE ROUNDED.
AND THE, UH, THE, THE POINTS, I THINK THE PEOPLE CONCERN IS WHO CAN USE THIS SPACE TO, THEY HAVE A SPECIAL, DO THEY HAVE A PRIVILEGE? IS THAT FAIRNESS FOR EVERYBODY TO USE THE SPACE? I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CREATE A FAIRNESS FOR EVERYBODY ALL HAVE A CHANCE.
I THINK THE, I THINK THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT.
THEIR COMPLAINT IS SAY, HEY, THIS IS MY POG.
I THINK THIS IS SOME ISSUE WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT.
ARE WE TALKING JUST DURING THE PANDEMIC OR AFTER THE PANDEMIC? BECAUSE I DO THINK SOME OF THESE ISSUES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE LET RENTERS BACK OUT THERE AS OUR HOPE WAS THAT WOULD BE US HAVING MORE CONTROL OUR USERS BEING THERE.
WE WERE HOPING THESE WOULD BE BACK AND MORE ACTIVE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
UM, AS WE SEE IN THE CASES WHERE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IT MORE OF A POLICY DURING I THINK BOTH.
WHY NOW? WE DON'T KNOW WHEN PANDEMIC WOULD BE YET.
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TO HAVE SOME KIND OF POLICY TO KIND OF, UH, CONTROL THE SITUATION WE HAVE, WHERE PEOPLE JUST USE WITHOUT ANY REGARD.SECOND THING IS THE FUTURE, OUR POLICY OF FAIRNESS FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO USE.
I THINK WHY WE SEE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ORANGE FAILED.
REGARDING THE SOCCER FIELDS THAT PEOPLE WHO'S USING IT AND WHO CAN USE OKAY.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE WITH THE FAIRNESS THAT EVERYBODY, IF THEY CAN APPLY MAY BE OKAY.
AND WE CAN HAVE FAIRNESS FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY.
JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, TO BE CLEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR EXAMPLE OF ORANGEWOOD PARK.
WE HAVE NEVER RENTED ORANGE PARK AND THE LEAGUE, WHICH IS MORE THAN 51% OF RESIDENTS TAKES PRIORITY AND THEY TAKE EVERY SECOND THERE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE LOOKING TO MAKE TIME AVAILABLE TO RENT OUT AT THAT FACILITY FOR ANY SPARE TIME FOR ANY, ARE THEY TAKING ENTIRE TIME, MONDAY? THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY NEED AND THEY COULD PROBABLY SIGN UP ANOTHER THOUSAND KIDS.
WE DO NOT, YOU KNOW, SOCCER'S, WE HAVE LOTS OF BASEBALL FIELDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SOCCER FIELDS.
WELL, IT'S VERY OFTEN I'LL SAY THE BKK AGAIN, BILL 10 OVER THERE.
AND IF YOU DRAW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR FOOT YEAH.
THE SOCCER COMPLEX HAS ALWAYS DO WELL.
WE CAN HAVE ALL OUR CHILDREN PLAY DEAD.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT QUOTE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, ARE WE LOOKING TO CHANGE OUR POLICY COMPLETELY AND SAY, HEY WES, CAN YOU SOCCER? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS TIME.
AND WE'RE GOING TO RENT SOME OUT TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
ARE WE JUST, ARE WE STICKING WITH SPORTS COUNCIL COMES FIRST? YEAH.
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE.
ANY PLACES IN THE CTY W W WHAT WE DO HAVE WEST CAN BE THE SOCCER COULD USE THAT TOO.
LIKE WE DO LET THEM USE SHUTTLE WITH THEM.
NO, THIS IS, THEY NEED A HUGE, THAT I KNOW COVINA.
THEY HAVE THEIR SOCCER FIELDS FOR, FOR RENT.
I THINK HOW MANY, SIX OF THEM, RIGHT.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL HAVE ANY ISSUE? DO WE HAVE A FOR BASE BY ONE MORE QUESTION, AS FOR BASEBALL, UH, THE FIELDS, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS TO PERMIT THOSE OUT IN GENERAL? DEFINITELY.
AND MY, YEAH, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE USAGE OF OUR LITTLE LEAGUES.
IF THEY ARE PROPERLY USING THE FIELDS OR ARE THEY OVERUSING IT BECAUSE IF THEY ARE OVERUSING IT, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THESE PERMITS.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY ADULT BASEBALL LEAGUES? WELL, TO GIVE YOU, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIELDS FOR ADULT BASEBALL.
BASICALLY OUR FIELDS ARE UP FOR 12 YEARS OLD EXCEPT FOR MAVERICK, BUT MAVERICK HAS PROGRAMMED OUT 95% OF THE TIME.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING YOUTH THAT PLAY ON THAT SIZE FIELD.
THEY'RE THE ONLY ADULT BASEBALL FIELD HERE IN THE CITY THAT I'M AWARE OF AS THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND DEL NORTY PARK, BUT THOSE ARE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
SO ALL THERE ARE LEAGUES THAT PLAY IN THE CITY, BUT THEY ARE RENTED THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HANDLES THAT.
SO THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, HE PLAYED, UH, WHAT THAT'S, THAT WAS LESS THE FLOOR HE PLAYED.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF SENIORS THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALL SOCIAL GUIDELINES THAT PLAY INNER SQUAD GAMES ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS, WHERE WE'RE AT AGAIN AT CAMERON PARK AT CAMERON PARK.
TECHNICALLY THAT'S AN ASSAULT THAT COULD BE, YES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY LEAGUE.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S THERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY DO NOT HAVE TEAMS. THEY DO.
THEY DO LIKE A PICKUP, THE PICKUP.
AND WE DON'T WANT A HUNDRED SENIOR COME OVER HERE.
IF THEY WERE DOING IT, BUT THAT'S THE CASE.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN VERY GREAT AND FOLLOWED ALL SOCIALISTS.
HEY, DID HE EXERCISE? THEY NEED TO HAVE ACTIVITY NOTHING WRONG ABOUT THAT.
UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I'M COMPARING YOUR RATES AND FEES WITH, YOU KNOW, US, THE CITY, CITY OF LA.
I KNOW YOUR BALL FIELDS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
SO I GUESS WE'LL DISCUSS FURTHER WHEN YOU COME UP WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL BRING THE FEES BACK.
UH, DO I HAVE, THIS IS WE SEE ON FILE AT THIS IS WE SEE ON FIRE, RIGHT? SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE SEE THEM FIRE AND MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM LOPEZ, VIEJO? I, I, THE EMOJI APPROVED FIVE, ZERO, THEN WE MOVED
[12) REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FROM MAYOR WU TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES.]
TO LAST ITEM NUMBER TOW.SET UP OUR INDEPENDENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THEY HAVE A THREE OPTION WE CAN EXPLORE.
THE FIRST THING IS WE CAN TALK TO OKAY.
ON THE PASADENA'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SEE IT AS A FEASIBLE BECAUSE THEY ALLOW THE OUTDOOR DINING.
AND THEY SIMILAR SIZE OF OUR CT AND THEY IN ST.
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SIMILAR LOCATIONS, SO HOPEFULLY CAN A LITTLE BIT MORE FEASIBLE TO OUR NEEDS.I THINK I TALKED TO, UH, OKAY.
I'LL THE CT AND THE OTHER CT MAY, OR THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED.
THE LOCAL CONTROL LOCAL NEEDS VERY NEEDED.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POEM PARK MALES.
ALSO CITY MAYOR, THEY, THEY ALL WANT TO EXPLORE ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WHY? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A REGIONAL, OKAY.
AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU WERE ALLOWED TO COSTS BECAUSE ALL THE CT, JOANNE, SO IT'S NOT A WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OUR EASTERN GABRIEL VALLEY HEALTH, THE REGION HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND SERVE OUR REGION.
AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDING, OKAY.
UH, IN JOINT VENTURE WITH OUR HOSPITAL, I TALKED TO QUEENSVILLE VALLEY AND I TALKED TO KAISER AND THEY ARE INTERESTED TOO.
SO I THINK WE AS THE HOSPITAL.
AND, UH, WITHOUT ALL THE CT, JOANN, IT REALLY CAN LOWER THE MAJOR COST.
UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK INTO OKAY.
AND WE ALL THIS JOIN PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER TO SERVE OUR REGION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR NUMBER OURS OKAY.
SITUATION IS DIFFERENT THAN ENTIRE COUNTY.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE CAN SET UP THE POLICY BY POSSIBLE MEDICAL TATTOO FROM QUEENSVILLE VALLEY, AS THE DIRECTORS OKAY.
OR CANCER TO HELP US TO MAKE SURE.
AND OUR LOCAL RESIDENT, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, OUR LOCAL BUSINESS CAN BE SERVED BY JANUARY IS NO-CODE, LOW-CODE NEED NOT BY BASICALLY CURRENTLY IS A ONE POLICY FIT ALL BECAUSE WHY NOT COUNTING SO BIG AND THEIR, THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUEST IS, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE NO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NO MATTER HOW YOUR SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DUE TO, WE HAVE NO LOCAL OKAY.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL DATA.
AND OUR COUNCIL WORK TOGETHER AND THEIR HELP TO HAVE ALL HOURS OF THE CT AND THE OLDEST BETTY SERVICE AGENCY TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO HELP OUT, TO GET RID OF THIS PANDEMIC, TO REALLY SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW WE HAD A GENTLEMAN HERE EARLIER, UM, AND I KNOW HE, HE ALREADY LEFT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I SHARE HIS FRUSTRATION ALONG WITH MANY PEOPLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE ME, I WORK IN LA.
SO THE CONSTANT CHANGES AND HEARING THE, UM, HIP HYPOCRISY OF DO WHAT I SAY, NOT WHAT I DO.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I SHARE HIS FRUSTRATION MINUS THE EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.
CAUSE I KNOW CHILDREN DO WATCH THIS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE FRUSTRATION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF ERRORS.
WE SEE THESE STATS AND NUMBERS, BUT LIKE AT MY FACILITY, I'VE HAD A STAFF TEST FALSE POSITIVE, AND THEY STILL COUNT IT.
UM, I DID SEE A DATA THAT HAD STATS THAT SHOWED, UM, THE LAST PLACES THAT PEOPLE VISITED BEFORE CONTRACTING COVID AND IT SHOWED SUPERMARKETS WAS RATED NUMBER ONE AND RESTAURANTS WAS RATED NUMBER 16.
SO THAT THERE'S ALL THESE CONCERNS.
AND I SAID STATED BEFORE THAT COMMUNITY, EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT AND ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL.
AND EVEN WORKING IN LA, SOME PARTS OF OUR WORK AREA HAS LIKE A HIGHER COVID ISSUES AND WE DON'T, BUT WE ALL GET PUNISHED OR WE ALL GET PUT IN ONE, UM, ONE SCENARIO.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE PUT OUR CITY.
SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED FOR OTHER CITIES WHO DON'T COMPLY.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING RESPECTFUL.
WE'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS, THREE MEASURES, BUSINESSES PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY.
SO I AM LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, TO SEE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
AND THESE ARE JUST LOOKING AT OPTIONS WERE JUST, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TELLING US WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
AND I MEAN, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO 10 AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER CAGGIANO.
AS DISCUSSED, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES AND GET MORE TRACTION.
I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF INTEREST.
I ALSO GOT A NOTIFICATION THAT BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT VOTED TO OPPOSE LA COUNTY'S OUTDOOR DINING BOUND.
SO IF, UH, IF THE COUNCIL AGREES WITH ME, I'D LIKE TO JOIN BEVERLY HILLS IN, IN, UH, REQUESTING
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PLACE, UH, UH, PLACE IT ON THEIR AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 8TH TO DISCUSS THIS AGAIN, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF DISSATISFACTION.WE NEED AS A COUNTY TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE GAINED SO MUCH TRACTION FOR THIS EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONSIDERATION.
MA'AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE HARDLY ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU FITS EVERYTHING, IT DOES IT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALL BEEN THROWN INTO THE SAME BASKET, YOU KNOW, AND I LOOK AT THE OUTDOOR DINING, YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE AROUND AND SEEN ALL THE OUTDOOR DINING AND YOU SEE HOW EVERYBODY EVERYBODY'S SEPARATED, RIGHT? THEY KEEP DOING MORE SOCIAL DESTINIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE RESTAURANTS THAT MAY NEVER OPENED UP AGAIN, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, THAT I'M REALLY FOR THAT.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK TO OTHER CITIES AND FIND OUT IF WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER, THEY, YOU SAY NEIGHBOR VALLEY, BUT I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME AND DATE, THE MOVE FORWARD.
SO IT SURE IT MAY NOT HELP US AT THIS MOMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FOR THE FUTURE, IF WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING SET UP NOW SHOWING THE FUTURE, WHEN IT COMES AROUND AGAIN, WHO KNOWS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS.
AND THEN JESSICA, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR YOU WANT TO HAVE A JESSICA.
I HOPE THAT THEY ALSO LOOK INTO, I KNOW WE ARE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE REGION, DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
AND I KNOW THEY ALL, THEY'RE NOT ALL ADHERING AND DOING THE SAME THING IN SAN DIEGO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OUTDOOR DINING.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE ALL THE ANGLE.
AND I TH JESSICA, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, YOU TO EXPLORE MORE LOCAL CONTROL BECAUSE I JUST FIND IT OUT RIDE 10 MILES WAY AND FREELY AT RESTAURANTS YET OUR BUSINESSES ARE BEING PUT, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO WATCH, I AM WAKING UP, UH, JESSICA, YOU CUTTING, AND NOW WE CAN BUILD IT.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND? OH, THAT'S TRUE.
YOU WANT TO TRY IT AGAIN? OH, I WAS JUST SAYING, IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT YOU COULD LITERALLY FIVE, 10 MINUTES DOWN THE FREEWAY FROM US WHILE OUR BUSINESSES ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THE, THE ID, UH, REGIONAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WHAT WE CAN DO TO STAY OPEN.
I HELP
IS THERE ANYTHING WE DO TO HELP THEM GET FOUND THAT THE CLARA ACTUARY CITY FROM CO I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING TO HELP THEM.
I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE, HOW WE CAN FIND A WAY TO HELP OUR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OKAY.
OF OUR RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN KIND OF A JOKE AROUND HERE, THERE, BUT STILL GET SHUT DOWN.
AND, UH, THEY, THE PROBLEM IS THIS, OKAY.
THEY COME TO YOU ONE DAY TO DO THIS.
AND THEY COMPLY WITH A QR CODE IS A PETITION WITH SIX FEET APART AND SPEND ALL THE MONEY AND THEN
SO THEY SPEND THE MONEY, PUT THE 10 AND PUT THE OKAY FOR NURTURE, PUT THE, OKAY.
A HEATER AND THEN SAY, NO, YOU CAN SHUT DOWN.
AND I UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WE ALL DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT OKAY.
EVEN WE SAY, OKAY, WE ARE AGAINST COUNTY.
WE WILL WANT TO OUTDOOR DINING.
BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY WILL CENTEL INSPECTOR AND FIND OUR RESTAURANT, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
THEY ALREADY HAVE SO MANY RESTAURANT LIKE MATTHEW, JUST SAY HIS RESTAURANT BEEN FINE.
$500, ANOTHER RESTAURANT, QUITE A FIELD.
THEY CALL HIM ME THIS AMERICAN TO HELP.
THEY FIND ME WITHOUT DOG KARAOKE.
THEY DON'T LIKE IT TO JUST FIND YOUR, FIND YOUR BOX AND IN THIS TOUGH, TOUGH TIME, IT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE RESTAURANT.
AND, UH, HAS BEEN FINED BY THE COUNTY.
SO IT'S ALSO, THE ISSUE IS EVEN WE SAY, OKAY, WE WANT YOU TO OPEN, BUT HOW WE STOP THE COUNTY INSPECTOR COMBO HERE IN POST, ALL THOSE FINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION? UH, I DON'T.
I THINK THEY'RE ALL VERY VALID POINTS.
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TOM AND I TALKED EARLIER TODAY AND I KNOW THAT HE AND HIS OFFICE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A MEMO AND WE DO, UH, WE'LL GET SOMETHING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.OH, YOU CAN SEE FIVE CITY COUNCIL AGREE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
I THINK ALL THOSE CT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ALL FEEL THE PAIN THAT THEY ALL UNDERSTAND.
COUNCILMAN CASIANO CO-HEAD AND, UH, PIGGYBACKING ON, ON FINES, I WANTED TO, UH, ASK MARK TO ASK THE COUNTY, OR JUST IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, UH, THE OWNER OF TAMALE STREET AND THE REST, I MENTIONED THAT HE WAS FINE FOR OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
UH, I WAS UNAWARE THAT THE COUNTY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FIND THEM OVER MUSIC.
IS THAT, DO THEY HAVE THAT? UH, I WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, I HAD NOT HEARD THAT EITHER UNTIL MATH, SO I'M NOT SURE UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY, BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I THINK THERE'S NOT, I THINK WE SHOULD HELP THEM RECOVER THAT.
I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THEY SHOW UP A DEFINE AND THAT YOU HAVE TO APPEAR AND THEY THINK ABOUT YOU DON'T APPEAR AND THEY WERE POCKETED FIND YOUR BUCKS.
SO, SO THIS IS A, ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT COME OVER HERE.
AND SO ALL THESE KINDS OF CURVEBALL OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS HOW WE SO FRUSTRATED AND LET'S QUIET.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I TALKED TO THE, ALL THE MALE, EVERYBODY, THE FULL THING, INCLUDING MYSELF, IS THE COST.
HOW MUCH WE CALL SERVICE? CAN WE AFFORD IT? BUT WITH WHAT I'M SAYING ORIGINAL WITH ALL THE CDP PITCHING AND DON'T FORGET.
ALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE INCOME TO ME FEE THIS FEE.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S SUSTAINABLE BY HIS OWN FEE.
AND, UH, BUT THE THING, HOW WE SET IT OUT WITH PERSONNEL, THAT WILL BE BASICALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOSPITAL.
ALL THOSE MEDICAL SERVICE H OKAY.
NTT TO KIND OF HELP OUT AND TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING.
A MEDICAL FACILITY TO, TO TELL US OUR HOUSE.
I THINK THIS IS A, WHAT WE TRYING TO DO BY ANYWAY.
I THINK WE CAN SEE THE FIVE ZERO.
THEN WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE ROLL CALL BECAUSE THIS IS A HOW THE CONSOLE REQUESTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE, EVERYBODY ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND WE WANT, OKAY.
LOOK INTO ASAP BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE ASK US ABOUT HOW FAST OKAY.
SO WE NEED TO GET THESE THINGS ROLLING ASAP.
IF I COULD GET THEIR SUPPORT FOR WHAT I MENTIONED ABOUT BEVERLY HILLS, BEVERLY HILLS WANTS TO PUSH BACK ON THE COUNTY TOO.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AGAINST THAT.
JUST JESSICA, NO AGAINST EITHER.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S AGAINST THE CONCEPT.
IT CUT OUT ON ME, YOUR QUESTION AND PUSHING BACK AGAIN, UH, OR JOINING BEVERLY HILLS AND PUSHING BACK ON THE COUNTY TO RECONSIDER THE OUTDOOR DINING BAN.
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE APP AT SEVEN OR NEW SEMINARY WHILE EVEN FOR SALE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE QUESTION PURPOSES, POLICE AND FIRE, ONE OF OUR MAIN SOURCES OF CUTTING IN AND OUT, JESSICA YOU'RE CUTTING IN AND OUT.
YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CELL TOWER.
I WAS JUST SAYING THAT GOVERNOR NEWSOME ANNOUNCED ANOTHER DEFERRAL OF SALES TAX FOR BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO AFFECT THE CITY'S INCOME, INABILITY TO PAY FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
AND SO I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THAT.
UM, SO LET'S START IN WITH THE FIRST ONE WITH, UH, DIARRHEAL CASIANO COUNCILMAN CASIANO REGARDING SUPPORT.
BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCIL AGAINST, UH, COUNTY W ABOUT PENDING.
AND THE SECOND THING IS, UH, UH, OKAY.
SHAMECA YOU WANT TO SEND A LETTER TO AGAINST COVER NEWS AND REGARDING,
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UH, THE ISSUE ABOUT SALES TAX? CORRECT.WHY YOU WANT THE LETTERS ABOUT, UM, I BASICALLY, THAT WAS THE DEFERRAL OF SALES TAX IMPACT, NUDIE WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING ABILITY TO PAY THEIR OWN BILL AND FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE POLICE AND BUYER.
UM, DO ANY COUNSEL AGAINST, OKAY.
LET YOU SHOOT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE IF, IF, UH, OKAY.
COVER THE NEWS AND DOING THAT, WE HAVE NO SALES TAX, THIS IS 26% OF OUR INCOME, SO OKAY.
WE AGAIN, TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE SALES TAX.
SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A REVENUE TO PAY OUR BILL.
SO WE WILL SUPPORT JESSICA SHOEMAKER, COUNCILMAN SHOEMAKER.
WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE LATCHES.
SO CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY AND CITY MANAGER, YOU GUYS, YOU GOT GET IT? YES.
SO WE HAVE A TOOL LETTER TO SEND OUT, I SUPPOSE, THE BEVERLY HILLS ONE TO AGAINST GOVERNOR NEWSON REGARDING THE FOLLOW OF A SALES TAX.
AND WE ALREADY APPROVED FIVE, ZERO, TWO REQUEST, AND THAT WE WANT TO DIS UH, DONE A S A P BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY CAN SURVIVE.
NOT ONLY THE RESTAURANT, A LOT OF BUSINESS SUFFERING BIG TIME RIGHT NOW.
DID HE GO BACK TO THE MORE, I DON'T THINK, OKAY.
50% IS CLOSE AND THEN AFTER PANDEMIC, HOW MANY WILL COME BACK? SO WE NEED TO REALLY PROACTIVE.
AND JUST ONE RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT HIS STEM IDEA.
IF WE DON'T DO IT RIGHT NOW TO DO IT BEFOREHAND, HOW ABOUT NEXT PANDEMIC? BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER THING WE'RE COMING OUT IN THE HORIZON.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT OR TO, TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
TO MAKE THE THING HAPPEN ASAP AND AGAIN, CONSOLIDATE WITH ALL THE CT, TALKING TO ALL THE CITY MANAGER AND THE WORK ON THE, OKAY.
IF ON DELL WE SEE, OKAY, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? AND THE CTO ATTORNEY LOOK INTO ECOLOGY TO MAKE THE TEAM BREAK AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY.
AND WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA WILL BE THE AP ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, THIS LAST TIME, GOING TO SAY A B ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
AND WE HAVE A NUMB BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
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COUNCIL COMMENT, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING NOW? OKAY.NOW I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, ACTUALLY.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
IT'S A FOLLOWUP REQUEST OR THE GOVERNING IS, AND THAT IS, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE WENT OUT TO RFP FOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET STATUS ON THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOW IN DECEMBER, THE SESSION STARTS NEXT MONTH.
WE DON'T HAVE A LEGISLATIVE PLAN IN PLACE OR PRIORITIES OR WHAT WORK WE WANT TO BE DONE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE STATUS.
AND THE CT AZIZA, THE CITY MANAGER AND PAULINA, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST? I KNOW A LITTLE BIT IN AND OUT, BUT I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND HE WANTS A STATUS REPORT.
WE DID GO OUT TO RFP AS, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER INDICATED, UM, UH, PULLING, UH, DOES HAVE THOSE PROPOSALS.
WE HAVE STARTED REVIEWING THEM.
UM, DID WE GET FOUR OR FIVE PROPOSALS? DO YOU RECALL? I DON'T REMEMBER OFF HAND.
OH, BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT BACK? YES, WE DO.
WE ARE REVIEWING THEM AND WE WILL BRING AN ITEM FORWARD.
AND JESSICA, ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING AND CONTINUE STAYING SAFE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE, THERE'S AN ADJOURNMENT.
IF ERR, IF HE COULD, WHAT I MISS ON, ON THE, UH, THE AUTUMN OF PAGE FOUR? WELL, THE ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY OF, I THINK I'VE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT.
WE VIEW PARKINSON ALREADY DONE.
AND THE REQUEST CONSIDERATION FOR ME, THIS MEETING.
AND A CITY COUNCIL COME, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
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WHAT, WHAT ELSE? WELL, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT THING.I JUST RECEIVED RIGHT NOW AND A FINAL REQUEST.
THE MEETING, THE MEMORY OF A DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
AND SHE WILL BE MISSED BY FAMILY AND FRIEND.
I WANT TO SEND THE CD CONDOLENCE TO HER FAMILY AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS A, A BIG LOSS OF ALL HER PAST.
AND UH, I HAVE TO, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS A, IT'S A MAYOR.
SO, UH, IN JANUARY 19, UH, MAYOR PROTON, THAT WILL BECOME THE MAYOR.
YOU HAVE A SEAT OVER HERE, UH, HOST A SHOW, BUT DURING THIS ONE YEAR, SINCE THE LAST YEAR'S OKAY.
AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A PANDEMIC.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUY.
AND, UH, WENT THROUGH THIS VERY TOUGH YEAR AND THEN WE ALLOWED, OKAY.
IS I DON'T THINK I CAN BE SMOOTH.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.
I'M VERY DEMANDING WHILE YOU GUY TO MAKE THE THING HAPPEN.
I WANT TO THE PRESENTATION, I WANT A CERTAIN WAY.
I, BECAUSE I LIKE TO DEMO IN THE DETAIL.
I LIKED EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT OKAY.
IF I AM MAKING TOO MUCH DEMAND.
JUST LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO DO THIS AND THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENT.
WELL BEAR WITH ME FOR THIS WHOLE YEAR.
IT WAS A, SO-CALLED A TONY'S SHOW.
SO SOME PEOPLE DOESN'T LIKE THE SHOW.
BUT NO MATTER WHAT I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENT, NO MATTER THEY CRITICIZE US.
IT IS ALL THE BUSINESS OF THE PUBLIC.
ANYBODY, YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY, BUT WE ARE DOING OUR JOB.
WE TRY OUR BEST AND TO DO OUR JOB.
SO IN CONCLUSION, I REALLY WANT TO THANK OKAY.
ALL THE, OUR CALI AND THE CITY STAFF AND THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYBODY, AND EVEN MY POLICE OFFICE OVER HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HERE TO PROTECT US.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THIS FOR, UH, LUCKY LOWEY JOHNSON NOW.
SO, UH, AS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
I WALK OVER HERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND OKAY.
I KNOW IN NOT DECEMBER 15 YET, SO I WILL TALK MORE ON DECEMBER 15, BUT HERE, SINCE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I CONTACT THE OKAY.
SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
AND, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO A GYM? OKAY.
BE SAFE AND KENAI, UH, MEETING A GERM.