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[Call to Order]
EVENING, EVERYONE.WELCOME TO OUR MARCH 2ND, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES, CHURCH, AND COUNCILMAN RUE WILL BE LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR GREAT LAND AND HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE ALSO REMEMBER THE WORDS OF SOLOMON OF ALL, UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE.
THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILD IT.
AND FATHERED IS THE SAME KING SOLOMON WHO SAID TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, LEAN, NOT UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
HE'LL DIRECT YOUR PATH FATHER.
WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE DO NEED YOUR HELP.
GIVE US WISDOM, GIVE US INSIGHT AND DIRECTION FOR EVERYONE IN AUTHORITY, IN OUR GREAT CITY.
GIVE THEM WISDOM FATHER THERE, EVERYTHING THE BE CONDUCTED TODAY.
FATHER BE ACCORDING TO YOUR PLANS AND PURPOSES FOR OUR GREAT CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GRANT WISDOM FATHER, NOT ONLY TO THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY, BUT TO OUR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS, OUR BUSINESS LEADERS, FATHER, WE SPEAK HARMONY AND PEACE OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FATHER.
AND IF THERE IS ANYONE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW HURTING BECAUSE OF A DEATH, A COVID RELATED DEATH, WE PRAY YOUR COMFORT ON THEM FATHER, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FATHER OF MERCY.
AND NOW FATHER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR GREAT SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN PAST IMPRESSIVE FATHER.
THEN A SACRIFICE THAT WE MAY BEING JOINED.
THESE FREEDOMS HELP US NEVER TO TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED AND OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND WE PRAY YOUR PROTECTION OVER THEM.
GOD BLESS WEST COVINA IN JESUS' NAME.
COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, HEIR MAYOR PRO TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO PRESENT TO BE ATTORNEYS OR ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
SO, UH, FOR PRESENTATIONS, UH, SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
[Presentation & question and answer with Senator Susan Rubio]
HAVE A PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE A ASSEMBLY WOMAN LIKE A RUBIO HERE.UH, WELL OUR REPRESENTATIVE, SO I'LL HAVE HIM JOIN UP AND HE COULD INTRODUCE HIMSELF WHILE WE GO TOWARDS OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.
GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION TO SOME, A REINTRODUCTION TO OTHERS.
I USED TO COVER THIS AREA A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR THE STATE SENATE, BUT NOW WE'LL BE COVERING IT FOR ASSEMBLYWOMAN, BLANCA RUBIO.
UM, SO IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, UM, CONCERNING WEST COVINA AND THE STATE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP ANY OF YOU AND THEN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WELL WE COULD BOTH STAY HERE, BUT
[Certificate of Recognition presented to teachers of San Jose Academy: Danny Woo and Giselle Arguello]
BEFORE WE DO THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. LEVY, SUN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, UM, TO THE FRONT AND, UH, INTRODUCE OUR UPCOMING PRESENTATION OF ACHIEVEMENT.AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, BOTH HERE AND ONLINE.
I'M THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.
ALSO PRESENT WITH ME TODAY IS OUR EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, UH, CHRISTIAN LUNA.
UH, SHE IS PART OF OUR AGENCY'S EDUCATION PROGRAM CALLED ECOHEALTH TONIGHT.
WE ARE PROUD TO JOIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA RECOGNITION OF THE 2020 PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.
NOW TO QUALIFY EDUCATORS MUST COMPLETE WHATEVER OUR AGENT'S CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS AND OR GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO IMPLEMENT OUR STANDARD SPACE SCIENCE CURRICULUM INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS OR SCHOOLS.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL EDUCATORS AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS AN EDUCATOR TO VISIT VECTOR EDUCATION.ORG, TO ENROLL IN ANY
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OF OUR CITIZENS SCIENCE PROJECTS HAPPENING THIS FALL.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE TEACHERS FROM WEST COVINA IN A RUNNING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHERS OF THE YEAR FOR THIS YEAR.
NOW FOR 2020, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHERS OF THE YEAR FROM WEST COVINA COMPLETED OPERATION MOSQUITO GRID.
MOSQUITO GRID IS ONE OF OUR CITIZENS SCIENCE PROJECTS, AND IT CAN BE COMPLETED WITH REMOTE LEARNING AND TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY FROM MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES.
NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE DANNY WOO.
AND
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP AS WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO I HAVE, WE HAVE CERTIFICATES FROM OUR AGENCY AS WELL, ZELLE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AND UM, I INVITE ALL TEACHERS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM CAUSE IT'S A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
THE STUDENTS, I DIDN'T KNOW, I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING TODAY.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE.
UM, I WORK AT A VERY AWESOME SCHOOL WITH, WITH, UH, JUST A COMMITTED STAFF AND, UM, I CAN'T BE HAPPIER AT, AT WHERE I, WHERE I WORK AT IN THAT SENSE WHERE I KNOW I'D HAVE PEOPLE WHO, UM, BACKERS BACK EACH OTHER UP AND MY PARTNER HERE AT MISSILE GLENDALE, LIKE, LIKE THERE'S A, I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PERSON TO WORK WITH.
UM, IN THAT SENSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SAN JOSE CHARTER IS AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL.
MY SON ACTUALLY GRADUATED FROM THERE.
SO IT'S A, YOU DO AMAZING JOB.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
THIS IS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
AND UH, AND THEN LET ME ALSO, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT FOR EQUAL HEALTH SECTOR EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SO HE COME UP AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN I HAVE OTHER CERTIFICATES AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, SO SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY FROM SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO.
SO THEY'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT AS WELL.
HERE'S ONE, YOU GUYS DO AMAZING JOB AND THEN HERE'S FOR DANNY.
AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CERTIFICATE.
UM, ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY, WOMAN, BLANCA RUBIO AND THE 48TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THESE CERTIFICATES AT DANNY WU FIRST.
AND JUST ON BEHALF OF BECOMING PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW
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SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, A CITY CLERK, UH, MANY SPEAKERS.DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS IN HOUSE AND WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS ON THE PHONE.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. JIM,
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO, UH, PULL ITEM NUMBER FIVE OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR DISCUSSION OF THAT ITEM IS ABOUT THE WHAT'S CALLED THE COMP COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CAFFER IN THIS DOCUMENT ON PAGE ONE OH THREE, THERE IS A NOTE 22 THAT IS TITLED COVID 19 AND THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING CONCERN FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF AUDIT JARGON.
THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING CONCERN IS THE MOST SERIOUS STATEMENT THAT CAN APPEAR IN ANY AUDIT.
IN SIMPLE TERMS, THERE IS DOUBT ABOUT THE CITY'S CONTINUED EXISTENCE, CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE.
I BELIEVE IT IS REMISS FOR THIS TO BE A CONSENT ITEM.
FURTHERMORE, IN THE DOCUMENT, UH, THERE ARE ALSO THREE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND TWO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES FOUND IN A SEPARATE RETURN, A REPORT CALLED, UH, INTERNAL CONTROL.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF AUDITS IN MY, UH, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND THIS RANKS UP THERE AS ONE OF THE WORST.
AND I, I THINK IT NEEDS THE SERIOUS ATTENTION TO THIS CITY COUNCIL AT A MINIMUM.
I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW WHAT MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE FINDINGS.
HERMAN FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY PETER.
DAN, WHAT IS ORAL AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION? THERE'S ONE EXHIBIT ONE REOPENING SCHOOLS PROTECTING THE BORDERS, SAVING AMERICA FROM SOCIALISM AND ANTI AMERICA.
AND WHO'S FIRST IN THIS COUNTRY WHO SHALL BE LAST AND FIRST IN THIS COUNTRY, WHILE IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE JUNKET PARTY WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, WHY? AND WHEN, WHEN TONY WU AND MR. JOHNSON, A FORMER COUNCILMAN MALCOLM, WHEN ON A CHINESE BUSINESS TRIP, WHAT THEY VIETNAM VET, WHERE DID THEY GO ON THEIR JUNKET TRIP? WAS IT FOR CHINA'S INTERESTS IN OUR POLITICS? WAS IT INTEREST IN WEST COVINA POLITICS WHILE THE TAXPAYER SHOULD KNOW WHERE WHEN AND WHY? TONY IN MY HAND IS MY INDICTMENT ALLEGATIONS THAT WEST COVINA IS CONSOLE MEN, UH, BECOME RACKETEERS, ABUSERS, WASTE, AND YORK TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
HERE'S A BUYING DYKEMAN MANI LAUNDRY, FALSE STATEMENTS UNDER 18 USC, 10 14, MR. WOOL MAYOR LEFT THE FOR THE RECORD ONE WEST COVINA CITY MANAGER.
NUMBER TWO FOR THE RECORD, DON'T FORGET IT HAS THE FBI'S NUMBER.
IF YOU WANT TO CALL AND TALK TO THEM, SIR, IN ADDITION TO THAT COUNCILMEN ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
AND IF I CAN COUNT RIGHT FROM LAST RECOGNITION, THERE ARE FOUR FUGS IN MY BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE NOW FOR INTERESTED IN HEART.
WHAT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT? WHAT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
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IS THIS THE FIRST AMENDMENT? THE FIRST AMENDMENT? YEAH.I'LL ADDRESS IT FOR YOU IN THIS MANNER.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? WHAT DOES FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN? WHAT DID DONALD J. TRUMP TO EXERCISE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT? WELL, I'LL DO IT ON HIS BEHALF.
IN MY OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE CHILDREN.
I LIKE TO FREE MYSELF FROM THE EGOTISTIC MANNERISM OF POLITICAL WARFARE AND SLAP THREATS.
MALICIOUS LIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BULLSHITTING OUR TAXPAYERS OF WEST COVINA, SMALL BUSINESSES AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN.
YOU HILDA EL SOLIZ, YOU RACKET CHAIRING OLD WOMAN NEED A FIRE.
BARBARA FART CAUSE WE'RE FART.
TIRED OF HER, RIGHT? FIU, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
YOU ARE PROTECTED BY THIS PODIUM, THIS ARENA THAT I CONTINUE TO STEER IN THE IDEA OF THE AMERICAN FIRST AMENDMENT.
SO AS LONG AS I'M AN AMERICAN TONY WOOL AND YOU MR. JOHNSON, VETERAN CORRUPTED LYING BAG OF, YEAH, I CAN'T USE ANY OTHER WORD NO MORE, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? IT'S NOT PROTECTED SPEECH ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR.
I CAME HERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING I COULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
HEY, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NOBODY.
I JUST WANT A CHANCE TO BE MYSELF.
OH, ON THE STREETS OF WEST COVINA, YOU DIDN'T KNOW ME, BUT YOU STILL DON'T LIKE ME.
YOU SAY YOU CARE LESS ALL I FEEL, BUT HOW MANY YOU SIT AND JUDGE ME.
WHEN HAVE YOU EVER WALKED THE STREETS OF WEST COVINA AND ACKNOWLEDGE A VETERAN, A HOMELESS HUMAN BEING ALL DARE YOU.
MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY PETER DAN FOLLOWED BY BIRDIE AS A PETIA MAKE SURE THAT GETS INTO THE RECORDS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN, UH, SOME, UH, ISSUES OF INVESTIGATION HERE AFTER ALL, IF UCLA EVER WANTS TO LOSE TO MISSISSIPPI STATE AWAY, THEY'LL HEAR LOTS OF THOSE BELLS.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN TAKE IT.
I GREENSPAN A BRUIN, BUT KICKIN, FLORIDA GATOR, AN ADVOCATE OF RECALLING GOVERNOR.
GAVIN OF COURSE, AFTER ALL HAVEN'T WE ENJOYED OUR BUSINESSES BEING CLOSED AND PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
WELL, GOVERNOR GAVIN HAS HIS NANCY, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL OUR MILLIONS? THE, OH, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY WINERY AND WINE.
AND ONCE WE GET THIS RECALL GOING, THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
THE GOVERNOR HAS A BLUE PENCIL AND THAT BLUE PENCIL CAN TAKE VETO ANYTHING OUT OF THE BUDGET.
AND IN THAT BUDGET OF WASTE, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WASTE.
WE HAVE UCLA FOOTBALL HAVE IN THE THREE YEARS, THEY'VE HAD A WINNING SEASON WHERE A $3 MILLION, $3 MILLION.
WE PAY CHIP KELLY TO LOSE GAMES.
WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT? $3 MILLION POOR PER YEAR.
PLUS ALL THE SUPPORTIVE STAFF THAT IS MONEY THAT COULD BE GOING TO HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES.
I'M IN A CITY THAT HAS NO HOMELESS PEOPLE.
IT MUST BE WONDERFUL THAT YOU HAVE NO HOMELESS PEOPLE, BECAUSE IF YOU CARED ABOUT THE HOMELESS, YOU WOULD GET RID OF THE WASTEFULNESS AND HAVE OUR MONEY TRANSFERRED LOCALLY OR HOMELESS SUPPORT
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SERVICES.EVERY TIME YOU SEE UCLA LOSING A FOOTBALL GAME, THINK OF THE LIGHT, STAN, LAUREL, LAUREL, AND HARDY, WHO WERE ALWAYS SAYING ANOTHER FINE MESS.
WELL, IT'S ANOTHER UCLA FOOTBALL LOSS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS AND HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES.
BUT I'M IN A CITY THAT HAS NO HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THE CITY BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND SO BUSINESS FRIENDLY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY HOMELESS PEOPLE.
IT'S YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN LA, YOU KNOW WHERE THE CITY LIMITS START, LOOK AT THE TENTS.
I MEAN, THEY CALLED WOODSTOCK TENT CITY.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD CALL LA TENT CITY WITH ALL THOSE DUMMY CRAFTS.
THEY HAVE, THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, AREN'T THEY? YES, YES, YES.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE THOSE SMALL BELL GARDENS AND MAY WOODS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEY DO HAVE THEIR CORRUPTION, BUT, AND THEY ARE PEOPLE GOING TO JAIL.
MITCHELL ENGLANDER WHO RAN FOR SUPERVISOR WILL BE RUNNING AROUND THE TRACK AT LOMPOC STARTING JUNE 1ST FOR THE NEXT 14 MONTHS.
UM, MR. WEEZER WILL PROBABLY REMAIN IN PRISON FOR LIFE.
HE'S THE BIGGEST DENIER, THIS SIDE OF ROD BLAGOJEVICH, AND IT'S TOO BAD.
BUT NOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO SPEND OUR MONEY BETTER.
AND WHEN WE RECALL THE GOVERNOR RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN, I HOPE I GOT IT FOR THE CAMERAS NOW.
I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE SEES IT OUT HERE.
WHEN WE RECALL THAT GOVERNOR AND GET A NEW GOVERNOR AND NEW GOVERNOR DAY WAS NICE.
I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WHEN ARNOLD BECAME GOVERNOR REPLACING GRAY DAVIS AND OF COURSE HIS HAIR GOT GRAYER AND GRAYER AS HE LOST HIS JOB ALL TOO BAD, ISN'T IT TOO BAD.
I DON'T HAVE ANY VIOLIN LESSONS UNDER MY BELT.
I COULD HAVE PLAYED MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU, BUT WHEN YOU GROW UP WITH AIR GUITARS, IT'S HARD TO BE AN AIR VIOLINIST.
WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO IT HAPPENING.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MONEY BEING BETTER SPENT AFTER ALL YOU GUYS DON'T LIKE TO WASTE MONEY.
DO YOU? WELL, MAYBE YOU DO WELL.
DOWNLOAD A PETITION@WWWDOTRESCUECATWENTYTWENTYONE.COM.
AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED ONE OF THE PETITIONS ALSO, I WANT TO THANK OUR PASTOR FOR GIVE US A PRAYER FOR ALWAYS REMEMBERING JESUS.
JESUS ACTUALLY HAS SOMETHING UNCOMMON WITH REVEREND JIMMY SWAGGART, HIS LAST VISIT TO THE BORDELLO.
WHAT'S THAT GREENSPAN? WELL, IT BOTH COME JUST ONCE.
DAN FOLLOWED BY BIRDIE AS A PAYDAY FOLLOWED BY J D WHAT'S UP COUNCIL.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN DO.
THAT'S REALLY POSITIVE FOR OUR BUSINESSES ON I'M HERE USING MY FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RIGHT.
SO THE ONE THING THAT I'VE SEEN LIKE DONE, UM, IS THE MOST RECENTLY DONE IN ALHAMBRA AND OTHER CITIES, UM, IS THAT, OH, HUMBER HAD AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO BASICALLY CAP THE PERCENTAGES THAT DELIVERY FEE, SERVICE DELIVERY, THIRD PARTY DELIVERY, UM, UH, SERVICES CAN DO TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT BASICALLY THEY KEPT IT WITH AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AND UNANIMOUS VOTE TO 15%.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY HELPED SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA.
UM, AND JUST BY DOING THAT, IT KIND OF INCENTIVIZES THE COMMUNITY TO EITHER NOT RELY ON THE DELIVERY SERVICES.
AND IT TAKES THE STRANGLE OFF OF THE BUSINESSES AS WELL, JUST BY BRINGING IT DOWN THAT 15%, UM, CITIES LIKE PASADENA HAVE DONE IT.
I KNOW WE LOVE THAT PASADENA COMPARISON.
SO, UM, LOS ANGELES, CITY AND COUNTY HAS ALSO DONE IT AND IT'S REALLY PROVEN TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES.
UM, I KNOW LIKE ALL OF YOU KNOW, THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES PROVIDE A SERVICE TO US MUCH GREATER THAN ANY PLATE OF FOOD.
I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO ON FACEBOOK, BUT I HAVE TO GO ON FACEBOOK TO REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I SEE ON BEST MESCALINE, A BUZZ, UM, AND HIS PIZZA OWNER AND EVERY, ALL THE OWNERS OF THE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES, THEY REALLY JUST STAND UP FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THIS IS A SIMPLE STEP THAT WE COULD TAKE TO REDUCING FROM 30% TO 15%.
THEY CHARGED ME LIKE SO MANY FEES.
LIKE I PAID FOR THE MEAL AND IT'S LIKE $10 ADDITIONAL FEE.
AND THEN THEY ASKED ME AT THE END, DO I WANT TO GIVE MONEY TO THE BUSINESS? AND I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHAT'S THAT $10 THEN? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEN I FEEL BAD WHEN I CLICK.
NO, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT, BUT I THINK THAT THIS CAN BE REALLY GOOD.
UM, THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT 60% OF SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE CLOSED BECAUSE OF COVID ARE NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED.
I THINK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, OUR GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US.
I REALLY HOPE THAT BUSINESSES CAN LOOK UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR LEADERS, AND BASICALLY, UM, AND SEE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'RE PROTECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECTED FROM THESE DELIVERY SERVICES THAT ARE VERY GREEDY AND, AND ARE JUST TRYING TO TAKE THE PROFIT
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FROM THEM.SO I THINK THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
I THINK THAT IF WE CAN OVERCOME ANY POLITICAL BARRIERS TO DO IT, IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP TO SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SPEND THEIR LIVES SERVING US IN OUR COMMUNITY.
DON'T WORRY, NO CONTROVERSY AT THIS PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO PLEASE AGENDA IS THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, I THINK WILL REALLY HELP.
AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BEHIND IT AND FOR CHANGE, WHICH COULD BE IN A SMALL BUSINESS.
SATURDAY'S LIKE ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE JUST REALLY WANT TO HELP.
UM, AND THEY LOVE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT.
SO I THINK THIS TO BRINGING IT DOWN FROM 30 TO 15%, I THINK IT'S A UNANIMOUS DECISION.
I'M GOING TO HOPE WE BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THIS VERDE FOLLOWED BY JD FOLLOWED BY RALPH GALVIN.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND BOY, I'VE GOT EXCITEMENT AND ALREADY I'VE GOT NOTHING ANYWAY.
CAUSE I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE BOMB PARK ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND UM, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, SOME OF US WHO PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO BOMB PARK.
AND THEN YOU DID THE SWITCHOVER TO POMONA.
WE HAD TO PAY AGAIN, SOME OF US GOT OUR CHECKS BACK.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU'RE OLD BY POMONA.
AND I KNOW THAT BOMBER PARKS STILL OWES US MONEY AS WHEN I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME TO FIGHT AGAINST POMONA VALLEY.
CAUSE I HAD ISSUES WITH THEM YEARS AGO WITH A DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND I WON AND THAT CONSOLE GOT THEM ON THE FIRST CONTRACT, WHICH BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
I'M KIND OF SURPRISED BECAUSE I CALLED THE MANAGER AT THE BALL PARK ANIMAL SHELTER TODAY.
I CALLED THE LICENSING DEPARTMENT IN DOWNEY TODAY.
WE'RE KIND OF SURPRISED THAT I GUESS I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH HIM JULY 1ST.
AND I TOLD THEM THEY CANNOT TAKE MONEY FROM THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA AFTER WE PAY THEM.
AND THEN WITHIN THE YEAR HAD TO PAY POMONA.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COUNCIL MEETING, TAKE PLACE WITH THE MANAGER OF BOND PARK AND WITH MARSHA, MY ADA, THE DIRECTOR, YOU CAN'T GET HER.
SHE'S ONE OF THE WORST DIRECTORS BECAUSE WHEN FRANK ANDREWS CAME HERE, HE'D BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET INTO WEST COVINA AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL WE GOT RID OF BUMP POMONA.
I BEGGED HIM TO BE HERE AND THAT CITY COUNCIL VOTED FIVE ZERO TO TAKE BALLPARK IN.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY ABOUT WEST COVINA.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED OUT HERE 48 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW WHO HE HAD TO DEAL WITH SAN GABRIEL HUMANE SOCIETY, THE BUTTER HOME AND THE WOODSIDE VILLAGE AREA, BRAND NEW TRACKS.
SO, YOU KNOW, DOGS GET LOST AND WE HAD TO GO AWAY TO SAN GABRIEL.
I COME HOME AND I TELL MY NEIGHBORS, OH, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE DOESN'T SAY AND GIVE THEM YOUR DUCKS AND SAN GABRIEL.
OH, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE, I'LL BE OVER THERE.
SO THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO FIGHT TO GET BALDWIN PARK IN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS PULLED OUT OF POMONA AFTER I BEGGED YOU GUYS NOT TO.
AND THEY ALL STOOD THERE EXCEPT FOR HER.
AND LLOYD WAS HERE, VOTED FIVE, ZERO.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS ANYWAY.
UM, SO I'M HOPING, AND I DID TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I WANT HIM TO FIND OUT BECAUSE NICOLE SAT THERE.
WHEN I SPOKE TO ALL OF YOU ASKING YOU NOT TO GO, UH, POMONA.
I TOLD HER, I WENT, I SAID GO.
THEY STILL ALWAYS MONEY WON'T PARK.
AND SHE GOES, WELL, I CAN ADD TO THAT BIRDIE.
AND WHAT DOES SHE DO? SHE LEFT US IN THE DUST.
HAD I KNOWN THAT NIGHT THAT HER FATHER IS SITTING BACK THERE TELLING ME, OH, BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE US COME BACK.
I'M THE ONE THAT GOT KIMONO OUT BACK THEN HAD I KNOWN THAT WAS HER FATHER.
I WOULD'VE TOLD ALL YOU GUYS, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? HER FATHER IS THE BIG SHOT.
SO SHE IN A WAY TURNED AROUND AND STABBED US WHEN SHE LEFT.
AND, BUT I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS CRAZY.
I'M HOPING THAT SOMEBODY GETS THE VOMIT, BUT I LIKE TO SEE A MEETING.
I DON'T CARE IF THE TOWN HALL MEETING, WE HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK BOND PARK.
WE NEED TOWN HALL MEETINGS AGAIN.
USE THE YOU THE CAMERA ON CENTER BECAUSE THERE'S QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK NOW I'M GETTING PHONE CALLS.
YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GO BACK TO REGULAR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND KNOW DISTRICTS.
AND I GO, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
OH, HI, BRIAN, BRIAN CALLED ME TODAY.
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TALK.A GENTLEMAN IN MY DISTRICT CALLED ME.
THE PAST GENTLEMAN IN MY DISTRICT HAD KNOWN FOR YEARS WOULD NEVER CALL ME.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WISH YOU LUCK AND I WISH YOU LUCK.
SO I'M HOPING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
AND MY SECOND PROJECT IS WE GOT TO GET MORE LAW.
ENFORCEMENT'S INTO CITY, WEST COVINA.
AND THAT SHOULD BE ALL YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES AND PUT SECOND ANIMAL CONTROL.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND UM, I'M GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS AND I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A CALL IN TWO WEEKS.
SO PLEASE SEND TO ME, GET MARSHA, MY ADA OUT HERE, THE DIRECTOR, GET HER OUT HERE.
SHE DON'T TAKE CALLS BECAUSE SHE'S NOT A PEOPLE PERSON.
WHEN, WHEN, IF I HAVE TO CALL YOU AND YOU'RE AVOIDING BY CALL, YOU NEVER CALL ME.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAY D FOLLOWED BY RALPH GARVIN, FOLLOWED BY MR. SHOEMAKER, YOUR NAME.
UM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.
CAUSE I KNOW AT ONE TIME IT WAS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A LADY OFFICER WHO HANDLED THAT, UH, THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
I'VE NOTICED THAT IT HAS EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY.
NOW I WOULD IMAGINE JUST GUESSING IT CONSISTS OF MAYBE THREE OR FOUR CODE ENFORCERS.
CAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY CARS I'VE SEEN OUT ON THE STREETS.
I BELIEVE I SAW A DIRECTOR COME TO THIS PODIUM AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.
I WOULD PROBABLY IMAGINE THAT HE WAS A SALARY SOMEWHERE IN THE SIX DIGITS.
RIGHT? UH, I'M SURE HE'S NOT POORLY PAID.
UH, WHEN DID THIS DEPARTMENT COME ABOUT? UH, WAS IT BUDGETED? WAS IT APPROVED DURING ONE OF THOSE NON-CONSENT APPROVALS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT? BECAUSE HONESTLY THEY HAVE NEW TACOMA TOYOTA TRUCKS WAS LIKE THREE OR FOUR OF THEM AND THERE'S A DIRECTOR.
I WOULD IMAGINE THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF CLERICAL.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE STILL UNDER THE POLICE AUSPICES, BUT THEY CERTAINLY SEEM LIKE A NEW CITY DEPARTMENT IN LIGHT OF YOUR EMERGENCY MEETING IN REGARDS TO DIVORCING FROM COUNTY AND TAKEN ON THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS COST TO THE CITY AND AS A RESIDENT.
AND I THINK THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE THAT WOULD AGREE WITH ME.
WE SEE A LOT OF EXPENDITURES FROM THIS, THIS CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A LOT OF EXPENDITURES.
AND BEFORE YOU EVEN CAME TO TO COUNCIL, UH, AND BEFORE OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER, HIS PREDECESSOR ANNOUNCED TO EVERYONE THAT WE WERE IN FINANCED, FINANCIAL STRAITS, WE WERE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. AND YOU ADMITTED THAT TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO EXPAND, LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW NEW DEPARTMENT TAKING ON A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF WHAT COMES IN THE FRONT DOOR GOES OUT AT TWICE, THE RATE WE'RE GOING TO BE BROKE, WE'RE GOING TO BE BROKE.
BUT HONESTLY, I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ROLE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE OUT HELPING THE POLICE DURING CAR ACCIDENTS? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE OBSERVED.
UM, THEY SEEM TO CONTROL TRAFFIC.
SO ARE THEY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? ARE THEY AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT? UM, I'VE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO MAYBE FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THE ILLEGAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE CITY AND OTHER AREAS THAT MAY NEED THE POLICE MAY NEED HELP WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SERVE A PURPOSE, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST SEEMS SO AMBIGUOUS TO ME THAT I'M, I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, MR. GALVIN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
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YOU'RE OUR NEXT SPEAKER.MAYOR TENDS TO BE COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M THE BALDWIN PARK RESIDENT.
AND YOU KNEW HIS BOARD MEMBER ON THE VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT.
THE VALLEY HONEY WATER DISTRICT SERVICES, 80 HOMES IN THE WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL DISTRICT AREA, ONE WATERING BALDWIN PARK FROM HER AVENUE TO POINT TO AVENUE AND FROM THE 10 FREEWAY TO PACIFIC AVENUE, I JUST WANTED TO HOP ON.
AND THE FIRST THING IS HAPPENING HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSARIO AND BRIAN FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN 2021 TO SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, THE ENTIRE BOARD
IF YOU CAN KIND OF LET ME TAKE OFF MY, OKAY.
YOU HEAR ME BETTER? MUCH BETTER.
SHOULD I START OVER? COULD YOU, DID YOU HEAR ALL THAT? OKAY.
SO I'M ALSO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU ARE CELEBRATING OUR 95TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
SOME EVENTS ARE BEING PLANNED AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SAVE THE DATE FOR A WATER AWARENESS THROUGH SET FOR FRIDAY, MAY 21ST, 2020 21 BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FROM THE WATER EDUCATION WATER LEARNERS COMMITTEE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN THE VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT SERVICE AREA, THE WATERS CALL IT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS PLANNING TO ATTEND A TWO OR FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.
SO MAKE IT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, D C W D.ORG UNDER THE NEW SPOTS SECTION.
IN ADDITION, OUR NEWLY UPDATED WEBSITE HAS A VARIETY OF FREE PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH YOUR KIDS.
AND IF YOU'RE A TEACHER LOOKING FOR ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR YOUR CLASSROOM, LIKE COLORING PAGES TOWARDS SEARCHES, WE ALSO HAVE WATER SEATING TIPS FROM, FOR SAVING TIPS FOR KIDS FOR THE HOME AND FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU MAY VISIT HTTP COLON SLASH FORWARD SLASH VC WG.ORG/
LAST I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL IN PERSON WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, BUT IF I COULD BE OF SERVICE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
I'LL BE EMAILING YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, MR. SHOEMAKER, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UH, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL, UH, REVIEW FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, AS I READ EVERYTHING I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR SAYING THAT ALTHOUGH WE'LL RECEIVE ABOUT 30 OR 40% OF OUR MONEY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE OTHER 60 TO 70% IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THAT.
ALSO, WHEN I LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS THAT SAYS WE WERE EXPECTING SOMEWHERE AROUND 15 MILLION IN SALES TAX AND WE'VE RECEIVED 5 MILLION, IS, IS THERE BEEN A BUNCH OF, UH, SALES THAT WOULD JUST BE IN OUR CITY THAT WOULD, OR IN OUR STATE THAT WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION IN TAXES THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE, UH, UH, WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE FUNNY NUMBERS TO SAY THE LEAST.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT, SO ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO, I'M WONDERING WHY THEY JUST DON'T PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT SAYS ON A YEAR-TO-DATE BASIS, IT SAYS, THIS IS HOW MUCH TOTAL REVENUES WILL RECEIVE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THIS IS THE EXPENSES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST GENERAL FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COME ABOUT AND ALSO FULL, UH, 20, 21 EXPECTED, UH, ONE OTHER LAST GUY, ONE OTHER ITEM IS, UH, THE PENSION BONDS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE AMOUNTS WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT 200, $4 MILLION AND HOW MUCH WENT TO CALPERS AND WHEN IT WENT TO COUNTERS.
SO THERE ISN'T ANY REVENUES BEING SHOWN THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS LAST, UH, MEETING.
UH, I DON'T RECALL A SITUATION WHERE A CITY COMMISSIONER, ESPECIALLY A PLANNING COMMISSIONER REFERRED TO A SITTING MEMBER OF THE CONSOLE, FLAT OUT CALLED HIM A LIAR.
MAYBE THEY'VE SAID THEY WERE MISLEADING OR NOT BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT TRUTHFUL, BUT THE PLAT COLUMN, A LIAR IS UNPRECEDENTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I LOOKED COMMISSIONERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE APPOINTED BY ONE PERSON, WORKED FOR THE CONSOLE
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AND WORKED FOR THE CITY, NOT, UH, NOT POLITICAL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THE PERSON WHO WAS CALLING OUR A COMPLIMENTER A LIAR.I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, MEETING HIM ANYWHERE HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IF, UH, WHICH BRIAN IS A BIGGER LIAR.
I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WOULD BE GUTIERREZ.
CAUSE ALL, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HIS CAMPAIGNS OVER THE YEARS AND YOU SEE THOSE, UH, THOSE THINGS THAT OCCUR.
ALSO, I JUST LIKE TO DIRECT THE PUBLIC AND I'LL BE FINISHED FOR THE NIGHT.
UH, THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE PUBLISHED OUT ON WHAT, ON FACEBOOK, ON WEST COVINA, INSIDER WEST COVINA FORUM IN WEST COVINA RESIDENCE.
THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SOME SERIOUS CHANGES AT THE SENIOR LEVEL OF OUR STAFF.
AND THAT TAKES CARE OF ME FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, VILLA FOLLOWED BY JAMES TOMA.
I'M A NIRVANA WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
UM, AFTER ASKING LAST WEEK FOR AN UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BKK I, I DID HEAR FROM CITY STAFF, I WAS STILL VIA EMAIL THAT QUOTE, THE CITY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY PARCELS HAVE NOT BEEN SOLD ON QUOTE AND THAT QUOTE, THE CITY IS NOT CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH THINGS TOTALLY ON QUOTE.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CLARIFY HERE PUBLICLY WHAT OPTIONS THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING WITH REGARD TO THE BKK LANDFILLS.
UM, THE CITY PARCELS, IF IN PULLING NO LONGER AN INTERESTED PARTY AND, UM, IS THE CITY NEGOTIATING WITH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES? I BELIEVE, UH, THE, UM, THE CITY WAS EXPECTING $13.5 MILLION, RIGHT? FOR THAT LAND, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, ANY INTENSE DEVELOPMENT AT THE BKK LANDFILL AREA IS POTENTIAL.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS A POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER.
YEAH, FOR YEARS, THE MAJORITY ON THE COUNCIL HAS PUSHED ALONG THE PROPOSAL, POLY DEVELOPMENT WITH LITTLE INTEREST IN LISTENING TO PUBLIC, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS AND THE PRESS RELEASE ISSUED LAST WEEK AFTER THE VOTE TO LEAVE LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, THE MAYOR IS QUOTED AS STATING QUOTE WEST COVINA WILL REMAIN FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ITS RESIDENTS, WORKERS, VISITORS, AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.
UNQUOTE, THE IRONY IS NOT LOST ON RESIDENTS.
THIS CITY HAS GIVEN TO PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS.
THAT BKK IS AN INDICATION OF HOW THE CITY'S PROPOSED HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HANDLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH MATTERS.
THEN WE, THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA ARE DOOMED.
THREE OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A HISTORY OF IGNORING AND TRYING TO SILENCE CONCERNS REGARDING BKK.
I'LL JUST SHARE A FEW FOR RAISING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HEALTH CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BKK.
I HAVE BEEN ALMOST FORCEFULLY REMOVED FROM THE PODIUM CALLED A DISPARAGING NAME, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BY COUNCILMEN WHO'S A CITY COMMISSIONER MADE TO ASK QUESTIONS MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I'VE BEEN CENSORED ALONG WITH 279 OTHER RESIDENTS FOR ASKING THE CITY TO VOTE AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH ST.
IF I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT BKK, I AM FORCED TO ASK IT MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT IS ANSWERED.
I HAVE TO CC ALL MY OTHER ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PAST YEAR I ASKED AT FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT THE INADEQUACIES OF THE GUEST MONITORING SYSTEM AT THE BKK MAN, FIVE TIMES WHEN THE QUESTION WAS FINALLY ANSWERED, COUNCILMAN RUTH SAID IT THAT THE LANDFILL GAS IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU HAVE THE LETTER THAT ANNOUNCES THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF REPLACEMENT OF THE LENTIL GAS MONITORING PROBES, PRECISELY BECAUSE THE GAS IS STILL THERE AND WILL BE WITH NO, NO END IN SIGHT.
AT ONE POINT, THE CITY STATED THAT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE PROPOSED AND POLI DEVELOPMENT AT BKK WOULD BE POSTED AND UPDATED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
THAT ALSO HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE.
THE CURRENT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE STILL STATES.
AND I QUOTE AT THIS TIME, THE CITY IS WORKING WITH ST.
POLI GROUP LLC, TOWARD THE SALE OF THE CITY PARCELS ON AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE DOES NOT PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES, A BETTER SOURCE OF INFORMATION REGARDING BKK AND SOME POLI TO END UP SEEING POLY DEVELOPMENT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S OWN PERSONAL WEBSITE.
YES, HERE'S HAS MORE ARTICLES ABOUT BKK AND OTHER CITY MATTERS THAN THE CITY'S
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OWN WEBSITE.AND HIS WEBSITE IS UPDATED REGULARLY.
THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE WAS POSTED ON JANUARY 28, 2021, BY THE WAY, MR. CARMEN ABEL'S ARTICLES ARE NOT PROPERLY CITED.
THE MAJORITY ON THIS CITY COUNCIL WOULD RATHER NOT DISCUSS THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
RATHER THEY WANT TO DISCUSS FANCY HOTELS AND COACHELLA LIKE CONCERTS.
THIS COUNCIL PUTS DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
IF YOU SERIOUSLY CARED ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU WOULD BE HANDLING THE BKK DEVELOPMENT MUCH DIFFERENTLY.
PLEASE ANSWER WHAT OPTIONS, WHAT OPTIONS THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING WITH REGARD TO THE BKK LENTIL.
THE CITY PARCELS IS SIMPLY NO LONGER AN INTERESTED PARTY IS THE CITY NEGOTIATING WITH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE TODAY ON THE FIRST TRY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GOOD EVENING.
I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, I COMMENTED ON THE CITY'S ILL-ADVISED ACTION LAST WEEK TO MOVE TO TERMINATE ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE CITY HAS NO PLAN TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND HAD NO COST ESTIMATES FOR THAT DECISION.
SINCE THEN THE MAYOR'S COMMISSIONER, MR. BRIAN GUTIERREZ HAS POSTED NUMEROUS TIMES ON WEST COVINA NEXT DOOR, FALSE STATEMENTS THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING A FAILED BREAK IN ATTEMPT, AND THAT I SENT MINORS TO TRY TO BREAK INTO HIS HOUSE.
THESE STATEMENTS ARE ALL FALSE.
THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR. GUTIERREZ AS A COMMISSIONER IN JANUARY AFTER HE WAS DEFEATED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE BUY IN THE NOVEMBER, 2020 ELECTION.
I EMAILED THE MAYOR THAT OUR COMMISSIONER WAS SPREADING LIES ABOUT ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HER RESPONSE WAS TO DENY ANY RESPONSIBILITY.
IRONICALLY, THE MAYOR TERMINATED HER PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER FOR PURPORTED PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT SHE HAD MADE.
I'VE NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. GUTIERREZ.
HE HAS NEVER ASKED ME IF I WAS EVER INVOLVED IN ANY ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN.
THE ANSWER IS OF COURSE, NO, THIS IS A FALSE ON A RESIDENT THAT THE MAYOR SHOULD NOT ALLOW FROM ANY CITY EMPLOYEE LET ALONE HER OWN COMMISSIONER WHO SERVES AT HER WILL THE CITY'S RULES OF CONDUCT FOR COMMISSIONERS STATES THAT NO COMMISSIONER SHOULD ENGAGE IN CONDUCT IN VIOLATION OF LAW.
DEFAMATION IS A VIOLATION OF LAW.
THE MAYOR'S COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENTS ARE FALSE.
I HAVE PROVIDED THE CITY WITH THOSE STATEMENTS AND HE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY WERE FALSE.
THE CITY RULES ALSO PROHIBITED COMMISSIONER FROM ENGAGING IN CONDUCT THAT INTERFERES WITH THE ABILITY OF ANY CITY EMPLOYEE TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES OR CREATES AN INTIMIDATING OR HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN A COMMISSIONER ATTACKS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THIS SAME FALSE STATEMENTS, ACCUSING HIM OF A CRIME, DOESN'T IT CREATE AN INTIMIDATING AND HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THE CITY'S POLICY REGARDING ETHICAL STANDARDS REQUIRES THAT EMPLOYEE CONDUCT TO BE QUOTE BEYOND REPROACH, BOTH ON AND OFF THE JOB.
THE CITY'S POLICY ALSO PROHIBITS EMPLOYEES FROM PROMULGATING INFORMATION CONCERNING CITY OFFICIALS THAT IS FALSE OR DISRUPTIVE TO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT OFFICIAL AUTHORIZATION.
SO DID THE MAYOR'S COMMISSIONER PUBLISH B'S DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS ABOUT A COUNCIL MEMBER WITH AUTHORIZATION? THE MAYOR'S COMMISSIONER IS NOW TAKEN TO ANOTHER FACEBOOK PAGE TO MAKE THESE SAME DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS.
THE CITY MANAGER HAS WRITTEN TO ME THAT HE'S REFERRING THIS MATTER TO ANOTHER CITY EMPLOYEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR INTENDS TO DO.
THE COMMISSIONER SERVES AT THE MAYOR'S SOLE DISCRETION AT, OR PLEASURE HAS THE MAYOR ASKED HER OWN COMMISSIONER WHAT BASIS HE HAS FOR MAKING THESE SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS ABOUT A RESIDENT AND HER OWN COLLEAGUE, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GIVE NO BASIS FOR THESE ACCUSATIONS AND I ASSURE YOU IT DOESN'T, THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT ARE HER VALUES IN DETERMINING WHO SHOULD REPRESENT THE CITY? I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MAYOR PRO TEM FROM THE CITY OF LA FUENTE, VALERIE MUNI.
UM, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? OKAY.
WE CAN HEAR YOU MAY APPROACH HIM.
UM, VALERIE MUNOZ MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF LA WEDNESDAY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I AM YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY APPOINTED BACK IN 2019.
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UM, I REPRESENT CITIES WITH NON PUMPING RIGHTS, WEST COVINA BEING ONE OF THEM AS WELL.AND ONE OF MY PLEDGES THAT I MADE DURING MY, MY, MY ELECTION FOR THE SEAT WAS TO ENSURE THAT I ALWAYS KEEP OUR CITIES INFORMED ON WATER CLEANUP EFFORTS.
I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE DICE TO SEE ME, AND ALSO WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A GENERAL UPDATE REGARDING THE WATER QUALITY, UM, AS THEIR DIRECTOR.
UM, MY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF UPDATE.
PERIODICALLY THE DEDICATED WAS CREATED BACK HERE BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATOR BACK IN 1993, PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO TACKLE ISSUES OF CONTAMINANTS NEEDED AQUIFERS.
THE SAN GABRIEL WATER BASED IN PROVIDES 90%, 92% OF THE WATER IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
AND OVER THE YEARS, UM, WITH THE COMBINED SIX, UM, OPERABLE UNITS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THE CLEANUP PROJECTIONS ARE ESTIMATED AT $1.3 BILLION TO REVIEW, REMOVE HARMFUL CONTAMINANTS FROM OUR LOCAL GROUNDWATER HAS OF TODAY OVER 81, TONS OF CONTAMINANT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND ARE THAT IS DUE TO EFFORTS OF THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY.
AND WE HAVE SECURED OVER $500 MILLION IN SEDIMENT, SETTLEMENTS FROM RESPONSIBLE, UM, AND ENTITIES TO HELP WITH THE CLEANUP EFFORTS, FINDING SOURCES, CONSISTENT STATE AT 3.7% LOCAL RESOURCES AT 9%, AND THEN FEDERAL 12% WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, UH, OVER 74%.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST INVITE YOU.
I KNOW ALL, UM, B OUR AGENCY HAS SENT OVER TO YOUR CITY MANAGERS TO THE CLERK THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING A, UH, WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY, SPECIAL UPDATE FOR CITY OFFICIALS.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE SAN GABRIEL WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY, AND HERE OF THE GREAT WORK WE DO HERE FOR ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, WE WILL BE HOSTING THIS UPDATE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 12:00 PM.
AND IT'LL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN ENJOY IT'S AN ONLINE WEBINAR AND TOPICS WILL INCLUDE BENEFITS OF EARMARKS FOR THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN CLEANUP.
UM, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY GUAM GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION UPDATES, AND ALSO PROP 68 FUNDING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER FOR A 30 MINUTE QUICK UPDATES FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
I HAVE INCLUDED MY CELL PHONE NUMBER ON THE INITIAL EMAIL TO, TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
UM, AND I WILL ALSO HAVE THE, OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
WE EMAIL THE ZOOM INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION.
UM, AGAIN LATER TOMORROW MORNING, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND I'M HERE AT YOUR SERVICE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT A LATER TIME.
WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER CALLING ROSATI EVENING, EVERYONE COLEEN ROSATI CITY TREASURER MEMBER OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT IN WEST COVINA.
AN EDUCATOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS COMING TO HIGH SCHOOL OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME REGARDING VARIOUS DECISIONS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
AND TONIGHT, I THOUGHT I'D TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WITH YOU.
AND HOPEFULLY ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS TO THEM REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
FIRST OF ALL, CITY FINANCES, A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED TO, UH, TO ME, WAS WILL THE CITY BE HOLDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS COMING UP AS WE APPROACH THE CITY BUDGET AND ITS PLANNING? AND IF SO, CAN YOU PLEASE PLAN THEM LATER THAN FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, EITHER BY ZOOM OR IN PERSON TO ALLOW RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PARTICIPATE? SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE, SECONDLY, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IN JUNE OF 2020, IT WAS NOTED THAT TERM LIMITS OF TWO RESIDENTS WHO SIT CURRENTLY ON THE COMMITTEE WERE ENDING.
I ASKED ABOUT THE POSITIONS AND IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR A RESIDENCE TO APPLY, THE HR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE POSTING THEM ON THE CITY WEBSITE, WHICH THEY DID DO APPROXIMATELY JUNE 11TH.
THERE WERE OVER 40 APPLICATIONS.
16 WERE WEST CAMINO RESIDENTS, 24 WERE NOT
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AT THE JANUARY, 2021 MEETING.THE SECOND ONE, I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL CHOSE THE MEMBERS TO SIT ON THAT AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY NO CHANGES WERE MADE.
SO THE QUESTION THAT WAS APPROACHED TO ME BY THE FOLKS THAT APPLIED SAID, WHY DID IT TAKE SIX MONTHS TO MAKE A DECISION? THEY FOUND THAT UNPROFESSIONAL, THEY FOUND IT DISRESPECTFUL TO THEIR TIME ONLY TO END UP WITH THE SAME FOLKS THAT WERE CURRENTLY ON THERE.
AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING A GREAT JOB.
BUT AS AN APPLICANT WHO TOOK THE TIME TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND TO WAIT SIX MONTHS WITH NO COMMUNICATION AS TO WHAT THE STATUS WAS, THEY FOUND THAT VERY INAPPROPRIATE.
SO I HOPE GOING FORWARD, WE CAN DO BETTER.
LASTLY, IS COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AS PRESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE OLDEST NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE CITY, AND WE HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB BEING RELEVANT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IN JUNE OF 2020, WE DID A VERY LARGE IMPACT PROJECT FOR A RESIDENT WHO NEEDED OUR HELP.
AND WE SUCCESSFULLY DID THAT FOR HIM.
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE DID CLEAN UP PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT VARIOUS PARKS.
IN OCTOBER, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT AT THE MALL IN NOVEMBER.
WE PARTNERED WITH HILDA SOLIZ, SUPERVISOR LISA'S OFFICE AND ADOPTED 10 FAMILIES AND GAVE THEM THANKSGIVING DINNERS.
WE CONTINUED TO DO OUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY TOUR, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND IT BROUGHT IN OVER 8,000 FOLKS ENGAGING IN THIS PROGRAM.
MY CONCERN IS THIS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND RESTRICTIONS ARE STARTING TO BE LIFTED, LIFTED, LET'S LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS ON THE 12TH OF DECEMBER, WE HAD THREE ACTIVITIES PLANNED.
AND SO FOLKS HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS ARE TRYING TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATION AND HELP YOU OUT BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT FOLKS CAN PARTICIPATE IN.
SO I SUGGEST THAT WE BE MORE MINDFUL EITHER WITH A GENERAL CALENDAR, THAT WE CAN PUT ALL OUR DATES ON SO THAT THERE'S NO OVERLAPPING SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT EVENT THEY WANT TO GO TO.
LET'S BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH THAT.
AND ON THAT NOTE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021 WEST COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL, WE'LL BE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL FASHION SHOW AND CHAMPAGNE, BRUNCH, AND WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE BIRTHDAY BASH FOR YEAR 99 IN FEBRUARY, PROBABLY THE THIRD WEEKEND.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO COME LAST MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY AND WISH WEST COVINA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NUMBER 98, FEBRUARY 17TH.
AND AS WE APPROACH THE CENTENNIAL, WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT COMING UP AND WE'RE EXCITED TO DO SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN AN IMPACT PROJECT, REACH OUT TO US COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL@GMAIL.COM.
AND I HOPE I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS ON THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED OF ME.
THANKS, DAVE, DOES THAT ENTER? SO THAT'S ALL OUR SPEAKERS MAYER.
UM, WELL, BEFORE I, UH, PASS IT TO CITY MANAGER TO RESPOND, I JUST WANTED TO LET MR. JAMES TOMA, THE MATTER THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH MY COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN TURNED INTO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HR TO LOOK INTO THAT BEING SAID, A CITY MANAGER MAY PLEASE RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BRIEFLY TRY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED THIS EVENING AND THANK PEOPLE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WAY.
UM, MR. GREENWICH IS WELL-VERSED ON THE CITY'S FINANCES AND PARTICIPATES ACTIVELY ON THE CITY'S FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEY DID RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND AUDITOR AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
HE MADE TWO COGENT POINTS TONIGHT AND ASKED KIND OF, UM, IN SUMMARY WHAT'S NEXT IN TERMS OF THE CITY FINANCES, LIKE TO BEGIN TO SAY THAT THE CITY'S TAKING QUITE SERIOUSLY, THE AUDIT REPORT BY THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND HAS RESPONDED IN A VERY TIMELY WAY AND SUBSTANTIVELY TO THE STATE AUDITOR FIRST WITH A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, WHICH ADDRESSED THEIR MAJOR FINDINGS.
AND THEN SECONDLY, THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT, WHICH IS DUE TO THE STATE AUDITOR IN JUNE IS THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN
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ADDRESSING WITH KEY MILESTONES, THE, UM, THINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO, UM, DIFFERENTLY AND BETTER TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF ITS FINANCES, THAT FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AT ITS MARCH 24TH MEETING.UM, MR. HERMAN, MR. GREENSPAN, UM, MENTIONED, UM, A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING THAT THE HOMELESS NEED BETTER SUPPORT SERVICES.
WE'VE ASKED OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND KEY MEMBERS OF THAT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND IT'S PART OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
SO I THINK WE'LL ADDRESS A NUMBER OF THOSE CONCERNS, PETER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS ABOUT BETTER SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES.
I HADN'T SEEN THAT ORDINANCE NOR I DON'T BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
IT WAS ADOPTED IN ALHAMBRA AND PASADENA CAPPING THE PERCENTAGES THAT A THIRD PARTY COULD CHARGE FOR DELIVERY SERVICES.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT THE ORDINANCE, YOU COULD SEND IT TO ME, THAT'D BE USEFUL IF NOT, I CAN CALL THE CITY MANAGER OVER THERE AND GET IT.
AND LIKE, JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, BIRDIE MADE A FEW POINTS.
MOST OF THEM ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.
UM, DOESN'T WANT TO PAY TWICE.
COULDN'T AGREE MORE AS A DOG OWNER, UM, BELIEVES THAT BALDWIN PARK OWES THE CITY MONEY.
WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH BOTH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ANIMAL CONTROL AND INLAND VALLEY ABOUT TRANSITION ISSUES.
UM, WE HAVEN'T RAISED THAT QUESTION AS TO IF BALDWIN PARK AND THE COUNTY OWES THE CITY MONEY.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF MANY THINGS.
AND ONCE, UH, ANOTHER TOWN HALL MEETING, WE DID HAVE REPRESENTATIVES AT THE LAST MEETING OR THE ONE BEFORE FROM THE ANIMAL CONTROL PEOPLE.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT, WE COULD CERTAINLY REQUEST THEM TO COME AGAIN.
IF THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, UM, J D ASKED ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT, WAS IT BUDGETED? IT CERTAINLY WAS.
IT'S A DIVISION WE'VE STOOD UP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
THEY'VE GOT, UM, ONE FULL-TIME MANAGER RUNS THAT UNIT AND AN ARMY OF PART-TIMERS.
WHEN I SAY ARMY, I THINK THERE'S SIX OR SEVEN.
IT'S JUST A NUMBER OF HOURS THAT, THAT THE BUDGET ALLOCATES TO THAT FUNCTION.
AND WE STAFF IT AND WE FILL IN ALL THE TIME SLOT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEY FOCUS ON, UM, VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING, THE PLANNING BUILDING STANDARDS OF THE CITY, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT PERMITS, AND WE GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT, IF THERE'S ILLEGAL CONVERSIONS, IF THERE'S A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ISSUES, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS HAS TURNED INTO BE A REAL BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE CITY.
I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH J D UM, SEPARATELY IN OFFLINE.
IF HE'S INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE BUDGET NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE CITY INCURS FOR COSTS FOR THAT FUNCTION, I THINK IT'S WORKING PRETTY WELL.
UM, RALPH MADE SOME POINTS ABOUT WATER AWARENESS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, UM, OWE HIM A RESPONSE TO THAT.
AND PERHAPS THERE'S NEED OF MORE PRESENTATIONS IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL OR IN A TOWN HALL SETTING ABOUT WATER AWARENESS.
WE DON'T THINK WE CAN IN CALIFORNIA EVER FORGET THAT MR. SHUMAKER ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S FINANCES.
UM, THE SALES TAX REPORTS, WE PUBLISH QUARTERLY AND I CAN SHARE THOSE.
UM, HE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCEEDS OF THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE 204 MILLION.
WE WERE RACING AGAINST A DEADLINE.
SO AS TO ISSUE THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, RATHER THAN MAKE A REQUIRED CALPERS PAYMENT BY THE END OF JULY LAST, UM, THAT 186 MILLION THAT WAS SENT TO CALPERS TOWARDS THE CITY'S UNFUNDED LIABILITY, THERE WAS WIRED IN UPON CLOSE OF THE TRANSACTION.
IT WENT DIRECTLY FROM THE BOND BUYERS TO THE, TO THE CALPERS, AND IT WAS A WIRE TRANSACTION.
AND BELIEVE ME, WE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES TO CONFIRM RECEIPT OF IT AND THEY, THEY DO HAVE IT, UM, THE OTHER PROCEEDS OF THE BOND, THE 186 MILLION OR SO THAT WENT TO CAL PERS.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER 17 MILLION OR SO THAT WAS SET ASIDE AS PART OF THAT TRANSACTION IN RESERVE, ASSUMING THE CITY COULD EVER FALTER AND NOT MAKE ONE OF ITS ANNUAL PAYMENTS, UM, MORE TYPICALLY.
CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE THE LAST PAYMENT THAT THE CITY OWES WE'D BASICALLY GET THE LAST PAYMENT FOR FREE.
WE KEPT THE TIME TERM WE KEPT THE 10 ARE THE SAME.
SO WE WEREN'T EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE DEBT AND WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
THERE WAS SOME MONEY SET ASIDE AS PART OF THAT TRANSACTION FOR WORKING CAPITAL.
THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY GETS EXPENDED.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BUDGETED IN ORDER TO BE, TO EXPEND IT.
UM, ONE POSSIBLE USE OF MANY MIGHT BE SOME OF OUR, UM, NEEDS IN THE FINANCE ARENA FOR A NEW FINANCE SYSTEM WOULD BE ONE GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT ON YOUR AGENDA TO LOOK AT.
UM, MS. ZAVALA ASKED ABOUT THE PARCEL AT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY SITE.
ARE WE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHERS ABOUT IT? NO.
OR REQUESTING PROPOSALS NOW? NO, WE'RE NOT.
AND CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS ARE, ARE VALID.
AND IF, AND WHEN WE RETURNED TO SOLICITING PROPOSALS AGAIN,
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OR SOME INTEREST WHERE TO REAPPEAR THAT ESCROW DID NOT CLOSE BY THE DEADLINE.WE'RE NOT IN CONVERSATION, WE'RE NOT MEETING ABOUT IT, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY PLACE THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA.
ANY PARTS OF THAT PUZZLE CHANGE? UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I OWE ANY FURTHER RESPONSE TO MR. TOMA, BUT THOSE COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT VIOLATION OF CITY POLICIES, HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT, OR ASPIRANT BEHAVIORS WOULD NORMALLY AND PROPERLY BE, UM, INVESTIGATED AS WARRANTED BY OUR HR DIRECTOR WHO REALLY HAS AN INDEPENDENT FUNCTION IN THAT REGARD.
UM, AND I, THAT HAS, UH, OCCURRED AND I DID RESPOND, UH, VIA AN EMAIL TO MR. THOMAS.
UM, I THINK IT WAS TODAY THAT I GOT BACK TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
UM, MAYOR PRO TEM MUNOZ OF THE CITY OF LA POINTY, UM, HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT GIVING US UPDATES ON THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY, UM, ACTIVITIES.
AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED, UM, TO THE TREASURER.
ROSATI ASKS, WILL THERE BE TOWN HALL MEETINGS REGARDING THE BUDGET? THAT'S OUR INTENTION TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AS WE DID, UM, LAST YEAR AND I BELIEVE THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WU HAS A COMMENT.
OUR TREASURER'S COLLEEN WAS ADI REGARDING WHERE WE SEE AND HEAR ME, IT'S ALL A MICROPHONE, RIGHT? YOU CAN HEAR ME.
SO I REVIEW EACH OF THEM APPLY ABOUT, OKAY.
OUR AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMISSIONER.
MOST OF THE DAY, I'M LOOKING FOR A REGULAR PAY, LIKE 40,000, 60,000.
I DON'T KNOW YOU, YOU SAW THE RESUME AND SOME OF THEM LOOKING FOR INTERNSHIP.
SO REALLY IT DOESN'T HAVE A LEMONY OF PEOPLE QUALIFY.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR PROFESSIONAL CAN HELP US BECAUSE MYSELF, I'M NOT A CPA.
WE NEED SOMEBODY IN THE GROUND.
SO WHAT I SEE WITH ALL THIS 30 MYSELF.
WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT? OKAY.
IT'S MAYBE I SOMETIMES USED TO AGREE WITH HIM, BUT HE'S STILL, I THINK HE'S AN ASSET TO THE, OUR CITY TO GIVE SOME OTHER SUBJECTION.
AND THEN MUSH MARSHALL SOLARIO PERSONALLY.
I THINK SHE'S A WOW, VERY QUALIFIED.
AND REALLY WE VIEW EVERYTHING.
I CANNOT FIND ANYBODY HAVE A RESUME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH WHY YOU THINK IS, IS REALLY GOOD, BUT I DID REVIEW EVERYTHING SO MYSELF, I NOMINATE.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
NEXT ON CITY MANAGERS REPORT.AGAIN, I JUST A COUPLE ITEMS I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THIS EVENING.
UM, FIRST I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION TODAY ON THE SHADOW ARCH PARK, THE NEW PLAYGROUND THERE, UM, IT'S TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY OF THIS YEAR FUNDING FOR THIS IS, UM, MEASURE A FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $339,000.
PARTS OF THIS PLAYGROUND ARE ACCESSIBLE.
THERE'S SOME MUSICAL FEATURES THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE FUN.
THE MAIN FEATURE IS A TOWER THAT WILL MAKE, UM, THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY GET TO THAT ELEVATION AND HAVE A VIEW OF THE BEYOND FUEL VERY HIGH.
AND SO WE THINK THAT'LL BE, UM, THERE'LL BE A FUN NEW PLAYGROUND.
WE TOOK RECEIPT OF FOUR NEW VEHICLES FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN PROPER EQUIPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, UM, WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF OUR SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM.
WE'RE NOW OFFERING A TAX PREPARATION FOR SENIORS.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARP FOUNDATION.
UM, AND THEY'VE GOT, UH, A FAIRLY INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PROVIDE A FREE TAX AID TO SENIORS FOR THOSE THAT, UH, INCOME QUALIFY AND THEY CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, BY CONTACTING, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER, WE LISTED THE PHONE NUMBER HERE, (626) 331-5366.
CLIENTS CAN REMAIN IN THEIR VEHICLE DURING THEIR TAX APPOINTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE ON THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE CAFFER AND IT WAS A BIT OF A MOMENT AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
UM, ONE OF THE PLACES TO LOOK IS ALWAYS THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY.
THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THE RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE ALWAYS USEFUL TO US.
THEY ALWAYS COME WITH STRINGS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE YOU TYPICALLY ALWAYS LOOK IN A MUNICIPAL BUDGET.
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LITTLE CHART SHOWS WHERE THE CITY HAS STOOD WITH ITS UNINSPIRED UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE.HISTORICALLY FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE DECLINE OF 15, 16.
THE CITY WAS SPENDING INTO THE RESERVES IN 16, 17, TOOK IT DOWN TO 14 MILLION, SPIN INTO IT AGAIN IN 1718, TOOK IT DOWN TO 11.9 MILLION, SPIN INTO IT AGAIN IN 1819, TOOK IT DOWN TO 9.8 YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR GREW THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED SIX 30, UH, LAST TO $12.5 MILLION.
SO KUDOS TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR BEING A VERY GOOD STEWARD OF THE CITY'S, UM, MONEY AND GETTING THAT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO 12.6 MILLION.
WE REMAIN IN THE PURPLE TIER WITH THE ACCOMPANYING, UM, RESTRICTIONS FROM LA COUNTY HEALTH.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR A MANAGER'S REPORT THIS EVENING.
COUNCILMAN'S ABOUT TO BUY, UH, ON THE, ON THE SHADOW, UH, PARK.
UH, I, I WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT WAS GOING TO BE, UH, AN INCLUSIVE, UH, PARK FOR, UH, ALSO HAVING SOME FEATURES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, PARTS OF THE PLAYGROUND OR ACCESSIBLE, NOT ALL OF THE PARTS, BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF THEM IT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN ENTIRELY ACCESSIBLE PARK THAT SOMETIMES COMES TO MIND.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD GOAL FOR US AS WE LOOK AT THESE PLAYGROUNDS GOING FORWARD FOR NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM CERTAINLY NO, FOR THE INCLUSIVE WE DO HAVE, UH, CAMERON PARK, BECAUSE I REMEMBER AS A COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER, WE MADE SURE TO DO THAT SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT FOR ALL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR ANYTHING AND WHEELCHAIR.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, ON THE, THE FUND BALANCE, UM, CAN, CAN YOU MAYBE SPEAK TO, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT LED TO THE INCREASE THAT'S DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT ITEM SO THAT THEY COULD DISCUSS IT? I WAS GOING TO PULL IT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, TABATA, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL AGENDA ITEM.WAS IT FIVE WITH FIVE OR SIX? FIVE.
AND, UH, AND THEN ANY OTHER COUNCIL, SIX MAYOR PRO TEM.
ANYONE ELSE? CAN YOU, YEAH, CAN, CAN I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON A FOUR? YOU WANT TO PULL NUMBER FOUR? YEAH.
SO ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? NOPE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ONE THROUGH SIX WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.
[4) CONSIDERATION OF SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21]
ONTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PULLS BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO LOTS OF BY.SO, UH, I, I HAD A QUESTION ON, UH, ON PAGE THREE OF THE REPORT, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT THE, UH, UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY, UH, IN THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, CAN, CAN YOU, UM, EXPLAIN TO RESIDENTS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE $186 MILLION THAT GOT WIRED OF THE 200, $4 MILLION.
AND SO, UM, IF I COULD GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE, THAT, THAT MONIES, AND IF IT'S, UH, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ONE TIME, UM, MONEY FOR PASSING THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE INVITE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO THE PODIUM.
IT'S GOING TO DIRECTORS NIGHT AT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO WE COULD JUST KEEP HER HERE THROUGH THESE VARIOUS QUESTIONS, PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A LONG NIGHT GET COMFORTABLE.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING
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ABOUT THE 205 MILLION IN PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.THAT'S ONE TIME, UM, MONEY THAT WAS NOT IN THE REPORTS.
I FACTORED, UM, THAT OUT OF THE SECOND QUARTER REPORT BECAUSE IT SKEWS ALL THE NUMBERS.
SO ON, ON PAGE THREE WITH, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE, THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
UH, AND SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, UM, FOR INSTANCE, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE 1.6 MILLION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT 1.6 MILLION IS THAT COMING FROM THE, THAT, UH, UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY, THE MONEY IS COMING, NOT FROM THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY, THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY WAS PAID THROUGH THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, RIGHT? NO, I, I, THERE WAS SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAD ALREADY GONE TO PRINT AND THERE WAS IN THE GENERAL FUND 11, ALMOST 12 MILLION THAT WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE SPENT.
I WOULDN'T CHARACTERIZE IT AS UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY MONEY.
JUST, JUST SO I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GRASP IT.
HAD THERE NOT BEEN THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, WE WOULD HAVE MADE THAT, UH, 11, $11.8 MILLION PAYMENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BUT BECAUSE WE, SO, SO, SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A, UH, LIKE A CASH OUT REFI ON A HOUSE, I GUESS, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT.
SO I, I REFINANCED MY MORTGAGE, THEN THERE'S MONEY.
I WOULD HAVE PAID TO MY MORTGAGE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY IT BECAUSE I DID THAT REFI.
AND THEN NOW I USED THAT LEFTOVER MONEY, UH, ON, ON THESE OTHER, UH, ITEMS. YEAH.
MY, UH, I BELIEVE IS 204 MILLION THAT WE EXACTLY FINANCE 200, 4 MILLION AS WELL.
IN TURN WE FIND, WE USE SAY CASH OUT.
SO MEANING A MONTY, THEY DID A CASH OUT, THEY GET A LOT OF $11 MILLION EXTRA.
WE ONLY APPROVED ONE THROUGH FOUR SO WE CAN LOAD THE PAYMENT FUND.
SO IT WOULD BE YOU, YOU REFI, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT MORTGAGE PAYMENT THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE THE REFI TOOK CARE OF IT.
AND THEN YOU TOOK THAT MONEY YOU WOULD HAVE SENT RIGHT.
ONLY CASH OUT, SO TO SPEAK AS THE MILLION WORKING.
ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR ITEM FOUR? UH, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND I'LL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY HI, COUNCILMAN WILL.
NOW IT'S A WOMAN D S I MAY APPROACH PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.
MOTION APPROVES FIVE ZERO ON TO
[5) CONSIDERATION OF COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT (CAFR) AND OTHER RELATED REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020]
ITEM FIVE.UH, SO I, I DID HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, FIRST ON, UH, PAGE A ONE OH THREE, UH, DURING THE CITY MANAGERS REPORT, UH, YOU, UM, WHERE IT SAYS, UH, THE AMOUNT OF 200, 4 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING, ALL, OR A PORTION OF ITS CALPERS OBLIGATION.
NOW YOU, DURING YOUR CITY MANAGER REPORT SAID, UM, WORKING CAPITAL, UH, AND HERE IN OUR CAFE, IT SAYS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY.
SO, UH, I GUESS, UH, MY, MY QUESTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, THAT, THAT SHOULD SAY WORKING CAPITAL, NO IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BOND DOCUMENT THAT WAS ISSUED, UH, CITY MANAGER.
THEN WHAT YOU SAID IN THE CITY MANAGER REPORT ABOUT THAT MONEY BEING, WORKING CAPITAL, AND THEN THE CA CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THERE.
I WAS RESPONDING TO A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN PROBABLY USED THE WRONG TERM, BUT WE'LL GO WITH ROBIN'S ANSWER, WHICH IS THE WORDING USED IN THE BOND DOCUMENTS.
SO, SO THEN CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKING CAPITAL VERSUS
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A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY? HOW DOES THAT, THAT CHANGE, UH, THE WAY THAT MONEY CAN BE USED? I CAN EXPLAIN THE DEFINITION OF WORKING CAPITAL IS SIMPLY ASSETS MINUS YOUR LIABILITIES.UM, AND THAT'S YOUR WORKING CAPITAL, SO BASICALLY FUND BALANCE.
UM, YEAH, SO, SO, SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE CITY MANAGER SPOKE ABOUT WORKING CAPITAL, HE, HE EXPLAINED IT JUST NOW THAT IT WAS, IT WAS RESTRICTIVE BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO NEED THE COUNCIL TO, TO GO AHEAD.
AND, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, IT WAS CHANGED THE LANGUAGE OR ALLOW FOR SOME, SOME SPENDING OF THAT MONEY.
WELL, THE COUNCIL CONTROLS THE PURSE STRINGS, SO ANY EXPENDITURES WOULD NEED TO, IT WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THEN THE PURCHASING OF WHATEVER WAS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL.
SO IT MAY BE A DISTINCTION WITHOUT THE KIND OF DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'RE IMAGINING, BUT IN ANY CASE, IT WOULD RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
IF WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER AN EXPENDITURE THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED AND UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION WOULD BE WORKING CAPITAL, AS ROBIN MENTIONED, DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
SO IT WAS NOT YET SPOKEN FOR, BUT AS DAVID MENTIONED, ONCE IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WE HAVE UP HERE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED HOW IT WILL BE USED.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER JUST MISSPOKE WHEN HE SAID WORKING CAPITAL, IT WAS DESIGNATED IN THOSE BOND DOCUMENTS IS TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, NOT YET DETERMINED WHAT PROJECT THAT WILL BE, THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE IN A SEPARATE FUND.
AND WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, WHEN WE DECIDE WHAT THE PROJECT MIGHT BE.
SO JUST, JUST IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, THIS IS, THIS IS A NEXT STEP.
ONCE WE GET THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S WORKING CAPITAL, Y IT CAN'T, IT CAN'T BE USED IN CERTAIN WAYS UNTIL IT GETS LABELED AS A, AS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
SO FROM MY READING, IT IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY TO ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO BE ABLE TO SPENDING.
WE DO NOT, AS STAFF HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THAT MONEY WITHOUT COMM, WE CAN ADD, INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN ANY BUDGET WITHOUT COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
NOW, UNDER, UNDER THE COVID EMERGENCY THOUGH, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU COULD MAKE EXPENDITURES THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT I GUESS IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD EXAMPLE.
UM, WHEN WE HAD THE NEED TO STAND UP THE AMBULANCES AND THE CARE AMBULANCE CONTRACT, THE PROCEDURES THOUGH, WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE RETURNED TO COUNCIL WITH THAT KIND OF A CONTRACT IMMEDIATELY FOR RATIFICATION AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE CARE AMBULANCE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A SEPARATE POOL OF MONEY THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FOR SOME PURPOSE THAT IS AN AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC, AND WE WOULD COME IMMEDIATELY BACK TO COUNCIL FOR, FOR RATIFICATION OF SUCH AN EXPENDITURE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED RIGHT NOW.
UH, I THINK JUST, UH, WHEN ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT, UM, POSSIBLY SKIPPING THE STEP FROM WORKING CAPITAL TO, TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS, IS ONE OF THE, THE AUDITORS WAS, UH, POINTED OUT THAT, UH, IT WAS NOT ADEQUATELY QUANTIFIED THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO, UM, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, A $1.6 MILLION, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UH, THERE, THERE WAS, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, UH, SAID FOR US TO LEAD, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOVEMENT.
AND SO I THINK JUST THE, THE CONCERN IS THAT, UM, WITHOUT THAT, THAT STEP, THAT, UM, WE, WE AREN'T PUTTING IN THE SAFE GUARDS,
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UH, FOR THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY.UH, SO IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING, YES, DEFINITELY.
I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO EVERYBODY HERE IN ALL OF THE PUBLIC OUT THERE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A $1.6 MILLION INCREASE WITHOUT COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
UH, BUT FROM THE STATE AUDIT REPORT, UH, THE, IT, UH, IT SAYS HERE DID NOT ADEQUATELY QUANTIFY THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES, UH, BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO AGAIN, THE, THE AUDIT REPORT SAYS THAT THE, THAT THE NUMBERS OR THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATE.
AND SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, HAS MADE SOME, UH, HAS APPROVED SOME SPENDINGS, UM, BUT AN OUTSIDE, UH, AGENCY HAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UH, I GUESS, A LACK OF LEGITIMATE, UH, COUNCILMAN ANALYSIS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCERN.
IS THERE A, A SPECIFIC QUESTION OR SPECIFIC SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS? YES, YES.
IS THERE A QUESTION DIRECTLY THAT YOU, YEAH, SO, SO JUST THE, THE, THE QUESTION WAS THAT IT, IT, IT, WASN'T WORKING CAPITAL IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AND I JUST, JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, A STEP CLOSER TO THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY.
IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE THROUGH THE CHAIR? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ANY STEP CLOSER TO SPENDING ANY OF THAT MONEY UNTIL IT APPEARS ON YOUR AGENDA, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE POINT THAT WAS WAIVED WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE AUDITOR'S FINDING, WHICH WAS REASONABLE.
THEY GAVE US A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS, I FORGET NINE OR 10 DIFFERENT ISSUE AREAS THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO TEND TO.
AND THEN THE BIG STEP FORWARD AFTER THAT IS THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN, WHICH TAKES EACH ONE OF THOSE IDENTIFIED AREAS AND COMES UP WITH SMART GOALS.
IS IT MEASURABLE? IS IT ACHIEVABLE? WHAT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
AND THAT FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN WILL GO TO THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH THE 24TH.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL COME TO THE COUNCIL.
AND FROM COUNCIL, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE STATE AUDITOR.
ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THAT FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN WILL ADDRESS.
THIS WILL SAY THAT FISCAL IMPACT SHOULD HAVE A TEMPLATE INSTEAD OF A BRIEFER SECTION ON THE FISCAL IMPACT SECTION OF YOUR STAFF REPORTS.
THAT WOULD BE A TEMPLATE FORMAT HASN'T BEEN DEVISED YET, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE TO-DO LIST WITHIN THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A VALID CONCERN AND IT'S BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? YEAH.
EVERYBODY SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
THE CLASS THAT HAVE FOUR HALF EMPTY.
AND SOMEBODY SEES HALF EMPTY AND SOMEBODY SEES HALF FULL.
I KNOW BASED ON I REVIEWED THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL FINANCIAL REPORT, I SEE THE INCREASE OF A FUND BALANCE OR THE RESERVE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS.
PREVIOUSLY WE ONLY DECREASING ALL RESERVE.
NOW WE INCREASE, I THINK, OKAY.
OUR FINANCE AND FINANCE DIRECTORS, YOU SHOW US TO COMPARE WITH ABOUT WHAT, OKAY.
UH, 17, 18 OR 18, 19, 19, 20, 20, 21, THE COMPARISON ABOUT, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A COMPARISON SO WE CAN SHOW TO THE RESIDENT, OKAY.
ARE WE TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE OUR WEEK? WE TURNED AROUND.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO A COMPARISON COMPARE WITH THE PREVIOUS.
NOW YOU HAVE THIS CURRENT ONE AND NOW WE MOVE INTO POTENTIALLY OKAY.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY, WE WANT TO SEE TO PREPARE THE NEW BUDGET, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO SEE THE COMPARISON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THROUGH THE CHAIR? IF I MAY MENTION THIS, AND MAYBE WE WENT BY IT TOO FAST IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT WE HAVE A SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF ROBIN AND OR PAULINA CAN PUT IT UP FOR US, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT COMPARATIVE IN TERMS OF UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND RESERVES FOR THE LAST, BECAUSE THERE'S A WATER AUDIT.
STATE AUDITOR, THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT OKAY.
AND WE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DECREASE.
AND THE, AND THE LATEST, QUIET WE ARE NUMBER NINE, BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE THE TREND OF DECREASED OUR
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FARM BALANCE OR RESERVE, OF COURSE WE HAVE, UH, WE WILL BE IN TROUBLE, BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE TURNING POINT TO, ARE WE GOING TO OKAY.SO, SO SHOW US THE PROOF, THE END THAT THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP TOO.
DESPITE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE TAKING SERIOUSLY FROM THE AUDIT REPORT, THEY DIDN'T KNOW YET THAT THIS GRAPH WOULD LOOK THE WAY IT DOES, WHICH I THINK IS OKAY.
UH, OUR KEY CURRENTLY HAS THE FLOOR, SO LET HIM POINT POINT, POINT OF INFORMATION, UH, MAYOR, UH, ARE WE IN, UH, IN THIS DISCUSSION DEBATE, OR IS THIS QUESTION FOR, FOR STAFF TIME? I'M JUST, I'M JUST MAKING A COMMENT AND KIND OF LIKE GOING KIND OF ANSWERING WHAT YOU WERE ASKING.
UM, POINT OF INFORMATION, MAYOR, UH, ARE WE, ARE WE GOING BY, BY ROBERT'S RULES? UH, FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE MEETING OR THE COUNCIL COULD ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS, CORRECT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT RECOGNIZE YOU, THEN YOU CAN SPEAK THOSE.
I WAS SAYING, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TURNING THE CORNER.
UM, AND IT, IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN IT HAS BEFORE.
SO DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, THAT REQUIRE, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS ALL THE TIME.
THIS, THIS IS PRETTY POSITIVE HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR LITTLE MINI PRESENTATION PLEASE? YES.
WE COULD ASK THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I COULD ASK THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO REVIEW IT.
SO THE CHART THAT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IN, UH, THE ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, I'VE BACK FIVE YEARS THROUGH THE AUDIT REPORTS.
UM, IT WAS 15 MILLION, 100,000, BASICALLY.
UM, IN 1516, WE SPENT DOWN THE RESERVES TO 14 MILLION, 116, 17 AND 1718.
IT WENT DOWN 11, ALMOST 12 MILLION IN 1819.
IT WENT DOWN AGAIN BELOW, UM, TO 10 MILLION.
AND THEN WITH THIS CURRENT FINANCIAL REPORT, IT INCREASED BY 2.7 MILLION ALMOST.
SO YOU CAN SEE EVERY SINGLE YEAR IT WENT DOWN 913,500 DOWN, 2 MILLION, 139 DOWN 2 MILLION, 100,000.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, IT WENT UP IN THIS LAST AUDIT REPORT.
SO I, I HAVE A FOLLOWING QUESTION SINCE I PUT THIS QUESTION UP.
BASED ON ONE NUMBER REGARDING THE ISSUE THEY BASE ON.
WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THE COLOR OF TIME TO JUNE 3RD YEARS? BECAUSE THEY MUST HAVE PHYSICAL YEARS OF THE NUMBER WE PROVIDE FOR THEM.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY PROVIDE THE LAST WILL BE 18 TO 19.
CORRECT? SO 18 AND 19 DAYS OF PBL MAJORITY, THEY'RE DOING THE BUDGET.
A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE STATE AUDITORS LOOKED AT WAS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS AUDIT THAT THEY DID IN 15, WHICH WAS MANY, MANY YEARS OLD.
AND, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE INFORMATION OF A 19 AND 20 MRI.
NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE IT DONE IRELAND BECAUSE NOT EVEN HAPPENING BECAUSE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO ON THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ASKED FOR THE STATE AUDIT, IT DELAYED OUR CITY AUDIT BECAUSE OUR AUDITORS DID NOT WANT TO ISSUE THIS REPORT UNTIL THEY READ THAT REPORT.
THE AUDIT FROM THE STATE AUDITED, THE NUMBERS ONLY TIER 18 AND 19.
SO SOLAR IS WHAT THEY BASE ON, WHETHER THERE'S A PREVIOUS, THE ONE WE ENDED UP TO $9 MILLION AND CONTINUE TO EAR DECREASE.
NOW, IF THEY ALL DID US AGAIN, THEY SEE WE ARE IN THE TURNING POINT BECAUSE WE FORMED BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING OVER HERE, AM I RIGHT? YES.
ANYBODY HAS FURTHER QUESTIONS COUNCILMAN, ABOUT DUBAI? SO I, I HAD, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, THE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THAT THE AUDIT FOUND.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES WAS IN, IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT, IT MENTIONED, UH, THAT, UM, THE D THE CITY DID NOT MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
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UM, THEY, THEY HAD FOUND, UH, SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW, UM, THAT THERE HAS BEEN HIGH TURNOVER.SO, UM, AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT HAS, UH, WHAT HAS STAFF DONE TO, UH, ADDRESS, UH, STAFFING? AND, AND IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN, UH, WHY, WHY THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TURNOVER IN FINANCE THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF INDICES OF THE CITY'S FISCAL HEALTH.
WE'VE JUST SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT ONE.
UM, THE CITY HAS POLICIES ABOUT HOW BIG THIS NUMBER SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND RESERVES, THE GFA WAY, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS A MINIMUM OF TWO MONTHS WORTH OF REVENUE IN THAT ACCOUNT.
UM, THE FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO STAFFING ARE, UM, WARRANTED.
I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED IN THAT DEPARTMENT AS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCRETE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN FORWARD IS TO, UM, GO THROUGH THE HR COMMISSION, CONSOLIDATE A COUPLE OF THOSE PISH POSITIONS INTO A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION.
AND WE GOT, UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THROUGH COUNCIL APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO HIRE AN ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO'S NOW CONCLUDED THAT RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND MADE AN OFFER.
SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PERSON OF A VERY HIGH CALIBER, UM, TO GIVE OUR DIRECTOR SOME MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THE CITY'S, UM, ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE IS ON ITS LAST LEGS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT QUITE SOON AS WELL.
YEAH, SO, SO, UH, WHEN, WHEN, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS BECAUSE, UH, IN THE, IN THE AUDIT, IT DID, UH, IN, IN THE STATE AUDIT FROM EARLIER, UH, IT FOUND THAT WE HAD NOT DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH CLEAR TIMELINES MONITORING AND REPORTING TO IMPROVE CITY LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH.
AND THE F I GUESS MY QUESTION IS NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, MADE THE DECISION TO PUSH FORWARD WITH CREATING OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, IS OUR STAFFING MODEL FOR FINANCE.
ARE WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UH, THE NUMBER OF STAFFERS THAT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE IN ORDER TO MEET, UH, THIS, UH, BRAND NEW DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE, UM, PLANNING TO PUT UP? UH, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, UM, HOW, HOW DID THE, UH, I GUESS THE CAUSE IS THE CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU KNOW, LEAD COUNSEL TO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO HOW DID THAT FIT IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THAT, UH, I BELIEVE ON MARCH 1ST, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT OUT FOR US.
UH, SO D DOES THAT, UH, MARCH 1ST LONG-TERM PLAN, UH, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERING TO US, UM, INCLUDE, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE STATE AUDIT REPORT RECOMMENDED TO RELATED, BUT DISTINCT STEPS.
ONE WAS THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, AND ONE WAS THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN HAS BEEN DRAFTED.
IT'S BEEN REVIEWED, IT'S CURRENTLY BEING MODIFIED, AND IT'LL BE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AT THEIR MARCH 24TH MEETING FROM THERE.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF THAT IS THE ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHICH IS ANY ITEM INVOLVING BUDGETING OR EXPENDITURES WILL HAVE TO HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT SECTION.
IT HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED YET WITH RESPECT TO ANY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN ARE WE ANTICIPATING INCREASING STAFFING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ORIGINALLY, UM, HAD AS A, AS A MODEL, UH, FOR OUR STAFFING, UH, CONSIDERING THE NEW DEPARTMENT, NOT WITH REGARDS TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT, UM, DURING THIS COVID TIME AND MY, UM, STAFF BEING OUT TO HOMESCHOOL, THEIR CHILDREN WENT OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED ME TO OVERFILL THOSE POSITIONS.
CAUSE THAT TOOK ALL MY ACCOUNTANTS OUT OF THE BUILDING.
A BASICALLY I WAS THE ONLY ACCOUNTANT LEFT AND, UM, WE HAVE, UM, OVERFILLED THOSE POSITIONS WITH TWO NEW PEOPLE.
AND, UM, I'M PLANNING ON CONTINUING THAT INTO, UM, THE NEW BUDGET YEAR.
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IT WAS MUCH NEEDED TO HAVE MORE ACCOUNTING STAFF AND, UM, EVEN WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT I'VE MADE WITH THE REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, THERE'S STILL SAVINGS.IT'S NOT AN INCREASE COUNCILMAN NORM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
UH, SINCE I'M A LITTLE BIT LONGER OVER HERE, SO I WENT THROUGH THE PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT AND THE TRUE, OKAY.
IT DID TURN AROUND ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS LIKE CRAZY.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE HAVE A NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND THEN WE CA AS IN QUESTION OVER HERE, OKAY.
DID, CAN I EVEN ANSWER? AND I WANT TO THIS BECAUSE THE MISMANAGEMENT FROM PREVIOUS OKAY.
SO WE HAVE ALL THIS ISSUE AND THAT'S WHAT THE FINANCE OKAY.
AND STAY AUDIT IS BASED ON 18, 19.
AND LET'S WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT PROBABLY IS UNBEARABLE.
AND EACH DEPARTMENT ALL HAVE A DEBT PACKAGE AND THE UNSTABLE PERSONNEL.
AND ESPECIALLY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, THEY CHANGED THREE, FOUR, FIVE DURING THE THREE YEARS.
I I'M, I'M TOTALLY LOSE COUNT BECAUSE EVERY TIME OKAY.
HERE THEN, THEN THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER INTRODUCED.
SO THIS IS YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
I SAY, HOLY MICRO, ANOTHER ONE.
SO WHY IS THE PREVIOUS ONE? SO IT'S DISAPPEAR.
IT DISAPPEARED LIKE, LIKE THIS.
SO, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OKAY.
OUR CURRENT TEAM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TWO, ALMOST TWO YEARS.
AND I KNOW YOU WORK SEVEN DAYS A LOT OF TIME, AND, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP US, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN GO, RETIREMENT IS ON THAT, BUT I SEE THE TENANT ARISE.
SEE THE, HOW WORK I SEE YOU BUILD THE SYSTEM.
COMPARE WITH THE PREVIOUS, WHAT I SEE THE PREVIOUS, OKAY.
SO-CALLED THE FINANCE DIRECTOR IS NOT EVEN QUALIFIED FOR LAND.
I CAN SEE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, SO, SO FOR THAT, THAT REALLY, REALLY CHANGE IMPROVEMENT.
LET'S WHY, UH, WHEN THE MANAGEMENT, IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU CHANGE YOUR NEW MANAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO IMPROVE.
AND THE STABLE OF A PROFESSION, NO STAFF IS IMPROVED.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CT FUTURE.
AND THERE ARE SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN SEE THE NUMBER 10 AROUND, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE DEDICATION OKAY.
AND FOR OUR STAFF ARE WORKING ON OUR, THIS VERY TOUGH, STRESSFUL TIME AND THAT WE CAN STILL TURN AROUND.
SO I REALLY CANNOT SAY MORE BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE MORE INCREASE OR OUR BANK BALANCE.
I WANT TO SEE MORE INCREASE OR HOURS.
AND I WANT TO SEE MORE OF OURS.
HOPEFULLY NOW WE DO SERVICE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO IN A MUCH MORE OKAY.
SO WE CAN PULL FROM THAT FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION TO COME.
SO, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THE, THE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES WAS ON, UH, OUR, UH, LACK OF, UH, HAVING A CONSISTENT, UH, PERSON WITH THE SEFA.
UH, THESE ARE, UH, EXPENDITURES, FEDERAL AWARDS, GRANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND AGAIN, IT, IT POINTED OUT TO THE, THE HIGH TURNOVER IN STAFF.
SO AGAIN, MUCH OF THE D THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, UH, IS, IS, UH, MUCH OF THE FUNDING COME, IS GOING TO COME THROUGH THROUGH GRANTS.
SO, UH, THIS, THIS MATERIAL WEAKNESS, UH, W UH, HOW HAS THE CITY MANAGER, UH, HOW, HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THAT, THAT WEAKNESS AND FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS, IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS.
UM, WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO FUND, UH, THIS NEW DEPARTURE.
I CAN ANSWER IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, SIR, WELL, I'M GOING TO LET ROBIN ANSWER, BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, WE ARE PRESENTING THIS EVENING THROUGH THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDITING FIRM, UH, RAM ROGERS ANDERSON, MALADY, AND SCOTT, AN UNMODIFIED CLEAN OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ANY ORGANIZATION.
THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO DIFFERENTLY OR BETTER.
AND THIS AUDIT REPRESENTS A CHANCE FOR US TO BE AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT, UM, UH, UH, A CLEAN OPINION IS, IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO HAVE ACHIEVED.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK ROBIN TO SPEAK TO THE QUESTION SUBSTANTIVELY.
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SO PREPARATION OF THE CFO, WHICH IS PART OF THE SINGLE AUDIT, UM, THE PERSON THAT'S BEEN DOING THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS, UM, I HAVE, UH, DRESSED, UM, IT'S A PERSONNEL ISSUE.I'VE ADDRESSED IT WITH THE NEW ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.
SO I, ALL OF THESE FINDINGS I'M, UM, THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO IS MAKE CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
UH, AGAIN, UH, I, I THINK THE CONCERN IS THESE, THESE ARE, UH, MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, UH, IN, IN STAFFING THAT THAT WAS, WAS FOUND, I GUESS, A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER IS, UM, HOW, HOW DO THE AUDITS, UM, INFORM YOUR, YOUR DECISION MAKING YOUR LONG-TERM PLANNING? I KNOW AS A, AS A, AS A FOOTBALL COACH, UH, I DO, WHAT'S CALLED SELF SCOUTING.
SO I HAVE SOME, SOME EXPERT COACHES OF MINE WATCH ALL OUR FILM, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE LIKE AN AUDIT.
AND THEY, THEY SHARE WITH ME WEAKNESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, TO THEN MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
SO FOR YOU, WHEN YOU GET THESE AUDIT REPORTS, UH, HOW DOES IT INFORM YOUR VIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION? I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF INDICES OF FISCAL HEALTH.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHAT, WHAT THIS FIRM HAS DONE IS PRESENTED FAIRLY THEIR OPINION OF THAT HEALTH.
AND THE OPINION THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US IS THE, IS THE VERY BEST OPINION THAT A CITY CAN RECEIVE FROM ITS AUDITORS.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE NOW IN THE WORLD OF NUMBERS, BUT IN THIS CITY HALL, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS VERY SAME AUDITING FIRM AND OUR FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT IN THAT MOMENT AS A LITTLE ROCKY, THERE WAS SOME SHOUTING GOING ON AND THE AUDITORS WERE OFFENDED AND THE AUDITOR'S LEFT.
UM, THAT ABSOLUTELY WASN'T THE CASE.
UM, LAST WEEK AT THE MEETING WITH THE FINANCE AND AUDIT, PROBABLY THE BEST FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING WE'VE HAD, AND WE, WE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL APPROACH.
I'M NOT SO SURE IT'S THEIR APPROACH THAT CHANGED, BUT MAYBE OUR, UM, DEALING WITH THE ISSUES HONESTLY, AND OUR RESPONSE TO THEM.
UM, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF TURNOVER.
I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE WAYS TO AVOID TURNOVER IS TO TREAT OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF COURTEOUSLY AND FAIRLY AND DECENTLY AND WELL, AND, UM, AND THANK THEM FOR ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS, IS CALLED FOR GIVEN THAT WE'VE MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY OUT OF THE WOODS, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DEFINITELY TURNED A CORNER.
AND WITH THIS REPORT, UM, OUR PUBLICLY EVIDENCING THAT WE'VE MADE REALLY GOOD GAIN IN THESE AREAS.
SO I WOULDN'T USE THIS AS A, UM, INDICTMENT OF THE CITY, BUT RATHER JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE CITY IS IN TERMS OF ITS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S A CLEAN OPINION AND IT SPEAKS WELL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING.
SO THEN YOU, YOU WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THE MATERIAL WEAKNESS THAT WE ARE, UH, SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED IN, IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, AND IN OTHER OTHER AREAS OF, OF CITY HALL, I KNOW ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, UH, TALKS ABOUT NO DOCUMENTATION, UM, LATE REPORTS, UH, AND TH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, SO AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO, WHO GETS THE AUDIT, UH, AND THEN LOOKS AT THE AUDIT WE GOT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I GUESS I I'M ASKING WHICH, WHICH SECTIONS OF THE AUDIT SHOULD, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE FOLLOW YOU? SORRY.
IT'S JUST, UM, THIS IS FOR KHAFRE, UH, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2020, CORRECT.
I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING A LOT OF DETAILED QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, YOU COULD MORE THAN WELCOME TO HAVE A MEETING.
I KNOW THAT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING AS WELL.
A LOT OF THE, UH, AUDIT FINDINGS, UH, THEY DID DISCUSS, AND THAT THEY, THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO, UM, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING AND GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO FORTH, INCLUDING OUR AUDIT FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IN REGARDS TO THIS JUNE 30TH, 2020, I MEAN, WE COULD GO ON, WE KNOW THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAD THAT MANY CHANGES.
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REMEMBER COMING IN WITH A FINANCE DIRECTOR PREVIOUSLY, AND I REMEMBER JIM GREENWICH HERE, UH, WHEN THEY WERE MAKING THE PRESENTATION AND SHE COULD NOT ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAD IN THE ACCOUNT, THE WHOLE AUDIENCE, THE WHOLE COUNCIL WAS JUST LIKE IN DISBELIEF.UM, SO THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS FINANCE DIRECTOR.
I KNOW OUR CURRENT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
IF YOU GO INTO OUR OFFICE, IT'S PILES ORGANIZE, UH, LOTS OF DOCUMENTS ON HER BOARD.
IT HAS ALL THE NUMBERS UP THERE.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE GENIUS E EQUALS MC SQUARED TYPE OF DEAL.
SHE HAS A LOT OF THINGS THERE.
I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD.
THEY ARE HAVING A, AN, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW FINANCE ASSISTANT TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
AND, UM, WITH HOPEFULLY WITH THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE TO ASSIST HER.
AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN AS WELL, THAT WE CAN FIX ALL THAT, BUT THIS IS FOR THE, UH, CAFFER FOR THE YEAR END, JUNE 30, MADAM MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD SAY A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE.
WELL, ARE WE GOING TO DEBATE THE MOTION, YOUR ATTORNEY? YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE DEBATE, THE MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
SO, UH, JUST, JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UH, MENTION, UH, AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, TO, TO THE CAFFER, UH, THE CAFFER DID STATES SOME MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, UH, THAT WHEN WE WERE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, A MAJOR PLAN ON FEBRUARY 23RD, UH, AGAIN, THE, THESE WERE NOT, UM, THESE WERE NOT AREAS THAT WERE, WERE DISCUSSED, OR EVEN WHEN ASKED ABOUT, UM, WERE RELAYED TO COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER NOT ADEQUATELY QUANTIFYING THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF OUR DECISION-MAKING.
AND SO QUESTIONS LIKE STAFFING, LIKE HOW MUCH STAFFING ARE WE GOING TO NEED IN FINANCE DEPARTMENT? HOW MANY, HOW MUCH STAFFING ARE WE GONNA NEED IN HR COSTS OF A, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR? UH, AGAIN, UH, THE, UH, AMOUNT OF, UH, MONEY THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE GOTTEN BACK FROM THE COUNTY OR NO MONEY GOTTEN BACK FROM THE COUNTY.
UH, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THIS THE CD MANAGER THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL, WE, WE COUNT ON THE CD MANAGER TO, TO BE HONEST WITH US, TO GIVE US NUMBERS AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF, UH, WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO THE, THE STEWARDS OF, OF THE MONEY AND, AND NUMBERS, NUMBERS ARE, ARE IMPORTANT.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, W WHEN WE ARE UP HERE ON THE DAYAS, UH, I, I'M ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I RECEIVED FROM, FROM RESIDENTS.
UH, I'VE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS, AND SO THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT JUST FOR ME.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE NOT FOR ME, THEY'RE QUESTIONS THAT RESIDENTS WANTED ASKED.
THEY WANTED THE CITY MANAGER TO RESPOND TO THEIR THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, IN THESE ANSWERS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF US, UH, ARE.
AND SO THIS IS WHY I'VE ASKED THESE QUESTIONS IN INDIVIDUAL MEETING WITH JUST ME DOESN'T SERVE THE PUBLIC WELL IT'S QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN ASK AT LEAST TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP TO PULL REPORTS, PULL CERTAIN NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY WON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THINGS.
IT CAN ALSO BE PUT IN AS A REQUEST, AS A PRESENTATION TO BE MADE, SO THEY CAN DISCUSS AND GO FURTHER WITH ALL THESE THINGS, BUT CURRENTLY, SO, SO, SO THE, THESE, UH, IT WAS AGENDIZED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE, UM, AGAIN, THE, THE QUARTERLY, UH, BUDGET AND, AND THE CAFFER, THEY WERE ON THE AGENDA.
I, UH, THERE WAS A FINANCE AND AUDIT MEETING.
SO I, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT, UH, THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING OF THE CITY MANAGER WERE, WERE GOING TO BE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT HE WOULDN'T JUST HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, BECAUSE ALL THE WAY WE WOULDN'T STAY HERE, ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA.
I MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO I MOTION APPROVES
[6) CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSIONS TO TRANSPORTATION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSPORTATION, INC.]
PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR POSED SOME CASIANOS PROCEED, PLEASE.UM, THIS, UH, LIKE TO, UH, DO WE HAVE MV TRANSIT AND ATTENDANCE AND B TRANSPORTATION, OR WE GOT KELLY MACDONALD
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HEARING COUNCIL KELLY MCDONALD'S IS GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT.I COULD IS THE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO HERE.
YOU'LL BE GIVING STAFF REPORT CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
OTHER SIDE OF, UH, CONCERNS, THE CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSIONS TO TRANSPORTATION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSPORTATION MV PROVIDES, UM, TWO, UH, TWO MODALITIES OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR US.
UH, THE FIXED FIXED ROUTE SHUTTLE IS ONE, UH, ELLA CONSISTS OF THREE ALIGNMENTS, RED, BLUE, AND GREEN LINE, AND, UH, ALL THE LINES, UM, COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES OF ROUTE.
AND THERE ARE 136 STOPS, UH, OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SIX 30 TO SEVEN.
UH, THE CONTRACTED ANNUAL OPERATING HOURS FOR THE SHUTTLE SERVICE ARE 11,650.
UH, FARE FOR, UM, FAIR FOR BOARDING IS $1 AND 50 CENTS FOR SENIORS.
THIS IS THE BLUE LINE, WHICH, UH, WHICH SERVICES THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY THAT RUNS COUNTER-CLOCKWISE RED LINE SERVES THE, UH, EASTERN PORTION RUNS CLOCKWISE.
THE GREEN LINE RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH AND SERVES THE, UH, SOUTHERN END OF THE, UH, CITY RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VALLEY INCENTIVES.
UH, DIAL RIDE RUNS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE 30 AND SUNDAY, EIGHT TO TWO 30.
IT'S A CONTRACTED ANNUAL HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE SERVICER 7,600 HOURS.
UH, UH, IT'S A DOLLAR PER BOARDING AND 50 CENTS PER BOARDING FOR SENIORS.
AND THE TRANSIT TRANSIT AGREEMENT WITH MV WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER, 2003, UH, EFFECTIVE MARCH 3RD, 2014.
TOTAL COST OF THE AGREEMENT WAS JUST, UH, UH, LESS THAN $5 MILLION.
THERE'S A PROVISION FOR TWO OPTIONAL ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS AWARDED ON A ONE-YEAR BASIS.
THE MOST RECENT WAS APPROVED IN, UH, ON MARCH 3RD, 2020.
THAT WAS THE SEXY SEX, UH, SECOND OPTIONAL YEAR.
AND DURING THAT DISCUSSION LAST YEAR, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE NEED FOR EVALUATION OF VARIOUS SERVICES OFFERED THE ALIGNMENTS, UH, DESTINATIONS, UH, RIDERSHIP.
UNFORTUNATELY, TWO WEEKS LATER DUE TO COVID, MUCH OF EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED DOWN, UH, CITY FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, WHILE TRANSPORTATION'S CONSIDERED A, AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WE MAINTAINED A STATUS QUO SERVICE AS HAVE OTHER NEIGHBORING AGENCIES THAT, UH, WE'VE SURVEYED.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP AS A RESULT OF, UH, OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE SHUTDOWN.
AND AGAIN, AS NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORING AGENCIES HAVE EXPERIENCED THE, A PLANNED EVALUATION HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
UM, WE STILL INTEND TO DO THAT, UH, AND REVIEWING RFPS THAT, UH, OTHER CITIES HAVE USED AND, AND HAVE RECEIVED METRO APPROVAL TO FUND THAT, UH, EVALUATION, UH, ACTIVITY.
ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, A RIDERSHIP, UM, WAS A CONCERN LAST TIME.
AND, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR'S REPORT PRESENTED THE 1819 FISCAL YEAR, UH, RIDERSHIP, UH, IN THIS REPORT, IT INCLUDED THE 1920 1920 FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, UH, SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT THREE.
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UH, THIS SLIDE IS UPDATED TO SHOW THE FIRST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF, UH, 2021.THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE DIAL RIDE, THIS SLIDE.
SO WE'D ASKED, UH, MV TO STAFF ACID MV TO PROVIDE A PROPOSAL FOR A MONTH TO MONTH EXTENSION.
UH, WE'D RECEIVED THREE OPTIONS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF, OF SERVICE STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THE THIRD OPTION, UM, FOR THE LOW LOWER RATES AND THE STATUS QUO, UM, STATUS QUO, UH, OPERATING HOURS, THE TOTAL SHOWN AT OUR ANNUALIZED AND MAXIMIZE IT, THE CURRENT CONTRACTED OPERATING HOURS, IES CITY'S INVOICE FOR ACTUAL OPERATING HOURS AT AN HOURLY RATE, THE SHUTTLE, WHICH IS A FIXED ROUTE, UM, AND RUNS ON A SCHEDULE OR RESULTS IN A PRETTY CONSISTENT COST.
THE DIAL RIDE IS DEMAND DRIVEN AND THE LESS DEMAND LESS THAN PLANNED DEMAND.
UH, YOU HAVE LESS THAN PLANNED EXPENDITURES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR.
YOU HAVE THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WHICH SHOW, UH, WHICH COMPARE THE, UH, CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS TO THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
AND IN EACH OF THOSE YEARS, THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN UNDER, SPENT THE COMMITMENTS THIS YEAR, SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND, UH, THROUGH, UM, THE LAST COLUMN FOR 2021 IS THROUGH 11 MONTHS OF THE, UM, AND THESE INCREASED RATES THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE EXTENSION WILL BE SUSTAINED BY THE, UH, ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS SUSTAINED BY THE APPROVED BUDGET THROUGH THROUGHOUT 2021, UH, WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
AND, UH, THE BALANCE OF THE EXTENSION WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 2021, UH, 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT IS A LEASE AGREEMENT, UM, MV, UH, LEASES SPACE ON THE, AT THE CITY YARD TO HOST A, UM, A MOBILE OFFICE AND PARK.
THE VEHICLES CITY IS RECEIVING 27.
WELL, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS $2,700 PER MONTH.
UH, THE AGREEMENT'S BEEN AMENDED TWICE ONCE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AT ANOTHER TIME TO COINCIDE WITH A TRANSIT AGREEMENT.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY IS RECEIVING $3,000 A MONTH AS PART OF THIS LEASE.
AND IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE EXTENDED ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE TRANS ROTATION, UM, AGREEMENT, THE OPTIONS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPTIONS TO EITHER ACCEPT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION.
THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO EXTEND THE TRANSIT LEASE AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSIT EFFECTIVE MARCH 3RD, 2021 ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM MV ARE HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU, KELLY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, AS FAR AS THE OPTION, NUMBER THREE, THE CHEAPEST ONE.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR'S COST? I'M SORRY, ASK AGAIN, PLEASE.
UH, TH THE CHEAPEST OPTION, UH, THE LOWEST REV RATE PER HOUR.
UM, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR'S COST? IS IT FLAT? HAS IT GONE UP IT'S IT'S ABOUT A 12% INCREASE.
SO IF WE COULD INVITE MB TRANSPORTATION UP, AS I MENTIONED LAST YEAR, MY CONCERN WITH, WITH THESE BUSES IS THAT THEY'RE GHOST BUSES OR PHANTOM BUSES.
EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY ONE, I CHEER WHEN I SEE ONE HEAD IN THEM, UM, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK MV TRANSPORT IF THEY COULD, UM, COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER ANALYZE NOT ONLY THE ROUTES, BUT THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY, IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING, I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER, UH, THAT'S W THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN OF, UH, OF THE EVALUATION OF THE ROUTES WAS INTENDED TO DO AND TO INFORM THE NEXT RFP.
AND WE INTEND, WE INTEND TO DO THAT.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY, UH, CONDUCT THAT EVALUATION.
UM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS I ASKED FOR THAT TO OCCUR A YEAR AGO, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED FOR THIS MONTH TO MONTH NOW, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
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THAT, WITH QUESTION IS AS FAR AS THE COST OF THE ANALYSIS, CAN WE USE FUNDS FROM, UM, MEASURE M TO, TO FUND THAT THIRD-PARTY ANALYSIS? YES.WELL, WE, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL PROP MONEY AS A RESULT OF, UH, SOME REPORTING THAT WAS DONE AND I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM MTA TO, TO USE THAT, THAT FUNDING FOR THIS.
I, AS I SAID, LAST YEAR, MY CONCERN IS JUST, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SPECIAL EARMARKED MONEY DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD JUST BE OKAY WITH BURNING IT BECAUSE IT IS TAX MONEY.
SO I REALLY WANT TO PUSH HARD FOR LET'S PUT SOME BRAIN CELLS TOGETHER AND LET'S REALLY PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE RESIDENT.
I DON'T THINK IT DOES ANYBODY IN THE CITY OF SERVICE TO JUST SAY, WELL, THERE IT IS.
WE'RE SPENDING YOUR MONEY ON BUSES.
AND LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, SOMETHING I LEARNED IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEIR USE.
I THINK WE STILL NEED TO POTENTIALLY FOCUS ON THAT.
AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK REALLOCATING, THESE FUNDS, MAYBE TO SUBSIDIZE UBER'S OR LIFTS OR WHATEVER, THAT'S LET THE MARKET SPEAK.
LET'S LET THE RESIDENTS ALLOW US HOW THEY WOULD BEST LIKE TO UTILIZE THIS TAX MONEY.
UM, THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN, BEEN CLOSED, DEFINITELY THAT THAT'S GOING TO SKEW THE WAY, UM, PEOPLE ACT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD STRIVE TO BE ADAPTIVE.
I MEAN, WHETHER IT'S IN PANDEMIC TIMES OR BACK TO REGULAR TIMES, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A GOAL OF SPENDING THESE TAX DOLLARS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE AND NOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO A VERY LONG TIMEFRAMES TO REASSESS AND CREATE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, DOING SOME MARKETING THROUGH, THROUGH EVENTS AS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE SCHOOLS AND SO FORTH.
BUT AGAIN, WE IT'S WENT DOWN, THEY DID TAKE IT TO THE DID MAKE IT TO THE SENIOR CENTER BEFORE IT SHUT DOWN.
AND, UH, SO THERE WERE EFFORTS MADE AND, AND THERE JUST WEREN'T OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND WITH, UH, WITH THE LOCKDOWN.
UH, WE, WE DID POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UH, POST POST ON THE, ON THE BUSES AS WELL.
MAYBE WE COULD ASK ATHENS AND COME UP WITH SOME OTHER IDEAS FOR HOW TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT WE'RE ASKING THESE THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE.
ARE THEY ACTUALLY HERE TODAY? YES, THEY ARE.
AND, UM, GENEVIEVE LIRA, WHO'S THE OPERATIONS MANAGER.
STEVE ALLEN IS THE GENERAL MANAGER.
OH, YOU CAN UTILIZE THE MICROPHONE INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND JUDY SMITH, WHO'S A REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT AS PEOPLE REPRESENT THE OPERATION CHECK PORTION OF IT, UH, COSTING WAS DONE THROUGH THE HEADQUARTERS IN DALLAS.
SO, UM, IF THERE OPERATION QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ANSWER THEM.
SO OUT OF YOU THREE, WHICH ONE WERE YOU HERE LAST YEAR? WHEN I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, YOU BOTH WERE HERE.
UM, WITH ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELORS, ESPECIALLY ME AT THAT TIME, CAUSE I'M PASSIONATE.
I USED TO TAKE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND I KNOW THE NEED.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SINCE THEN? WELL, UM, OUR PLAN WAS TO DO A LOT OF OUTSOURCING WITH SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, REACHING OUT TO SCHOOLS, REACHING OUT TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WHEN, AFTER WE HAD OUR MEETING, UM, THE NEXT WEEK WITHIN LIKE A FEW DAYS, WE WERE OUT AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SENIORS THAT WERE THERE.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SIGN UP A LOT OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THAT WERE UTILIZING THE SENIOR CENTER WERE, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT NOT JUST US, BUT THEIR OWN CITY.
UM, WE WERE HELPING THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, GATHER INFORMATION AND, UM, A WEEK AFTER WE DID THAT, THAT'S WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND WE WERE HIT VERY HARD, NOT JUST, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER WAS SHUT DOWN, BUT SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN, WHICH IMPACTED US GREATLY BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR RIDERSHIP IS DEPENDENT ON THE KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THE BUS TO SCHOOL TO BE CLOSER.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS
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THAT THAT HAPPENED.SO, SO OUR PLAN WAS TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH, UM, YOU KNOW, PASSING OUT FLYERS AT THE PARKS AND THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THESE THINGS, BUT WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN, WE REALLY HAD NO OTHER OPTION.
UM, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SERVICE BECAUSE WE ARE ESSENTIAL AND WE DO STILL HAVE REGULAR WRITERS.
WE DO, WE DO, WE DO STILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO USE, DIAL THE RIDE ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND THOSE CENTERS, THEY, THEY DON'T SHUT DOWN.
SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STAY SAFE AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, UM, ON OUR BUSES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
SO WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE SENIOR CENTER TO REOPEN.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR CHILDREN TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS OF OUTREACH AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND THAT WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE.
AND SO, UH, CAN YOU REMIND ME THE SHUTTLE AND DIAL RIDE? UM, SO THE SHUTTLE IS ONLY WITHIN WEST COVINA, CORRECT? YES.
AND THEN DID DIAL A RIDE WHAT'S THEIR PERIMETER OR WHAT ARE YOU? MILES OUTSIDE, BUT ONLY FOR MEDICAL THREE MILES OUTSIDE.
SO HAVE THEY BEEN UTILIZING, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS WITH THE VACCINATION? HAVE THEY BEEN UTILIZING THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE THE MAJOR VACCINATION IS IN POMONA IN LA YOU DON'T TRAVEL, TAKE OUR SENIORS THERE.
CAUSE I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION WITH FAMILY MEMBERS TO TAKE THEM RIGHT.
IF THE CITY WERE TO REQUEST US TO DO SO.
AND WE WERE TO BE ASKED TO SET SOMETHING UP THEN OF COURSE, YEAH.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRIMARILY, UM, JUST WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN WHAT'S WITHIN OUR CONTRACT, WHICH IS JUST PROVIDING SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY FOR ANY ESSENTIAL NEEDS, ANY NEEDS THAT THEY NEED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SERVICE THREE MILES OUTSIDE FOR MEDICAL.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, YOU TOUCHED ON THE STUDENTS, WHICH I'M, I'M GLAD YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WAS A KEY ELEMENT.
LIKE I SAID, I USE THE BUS AND I WAS YOUNG AND IT'S FULL, IT PASSED ME AND I WALKED 45 MINUTES TO MY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S A NEED, ESPECIALLY THOSE, UM, WHO NEEDS TO WORK AND DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, SO IT CURRENTLY STILL BEING OPERATED, CORRECT? YES.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE HAD PLANNED, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE, I THINK IT WAS THE SAME DAY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, DOING A TRANSIT FAIR.
WE TALKED ABOUT DOING, OR WE KIND OF PARK A BUS OUT AND THEN HAND OUT INFORMATIONAL FLYERS AND KIND OF JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUSH AND GET THE WORD OUT.
ALL THOSE THINGS CAME TO A HALT.
UM, WE WOULD STILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION WE'D LOVE TO PROVIDE.
AND WHAT CAN YOU DO TO EASE, UH, RESIDENTS FROM UTILIZING THESE SERVICES BECAUSE OF COVID FEAR, YOU KNOW, IT'S ENCLOSED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR VENTILATION IS, WHERE THE CLEANLINESS OR YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WON'T WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.
HOW DO YOU DO SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THERE? AND HOW DO YOU KNOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YEAH.
A LOT OF THAT, UM, CAN BE FOUND.
WE HAVE INFORMATIONAL, UM, NOTICES THAT WE PUT UP ON THE BUS, AS WE DO HAVE CLEANING LOGS, ALL THAT, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE, WE FOLLOW VERY STRICT GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC.
SO WE DO, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCE IN A BUS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIMITED, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, TAPED OFF SEATS.
SO THAT WAY PEOPLE AREN'T SITTING TOO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANDATORY MASKS BEING USED.
UM, WE HAVE WIPES AND DISINFECTANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE, IF THEY FEEL THE NEED TO HAVE IT.
UM, WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UM, OF THE CDC GUIDELINES AND REALLY MADE THEM OUR OWN BECAUSE WE DO TRANSPORT SENIORS AND THEY ARE, AS WE KNOW A VERY SENSITIVE, UM, GROUP.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM SAFE WHILE ON OUR BUSES.
AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR PRIORITY SINCE THIS PANDEMIC MAY SANITIZE.
MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY AND, UM, HIGH TOUCHPOINTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT REROUTING CAUSE I REMEMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS, I KNOW WHEN LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS THE BLUE BRA BLUE LINE THAT WAS EXTREMELY LOW.
SO THAT IS STILL OUR BIGGEST STRUGGLING LINE IS THE BLUE LINE.
UM, THAT ONE, JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE A, A CENTER OUT THERE THAT HAS MOVED, BUT THAT HAS BEEN OUR MOST STRUGGLING LINE.
UM, RED LINE WAS RIGHT ALONG WITH THE BLUE LINE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHUTDOWN OF THE MALL.
UM, THAT JUST REALLY WASN'T BRINGING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE ANYMORE.
BUT, UM, IN THE PAST MONTH WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF ABOUT A HUNDRED PASSENGERS.
SO I THINK WITH MORE VACCINES BEING PROVIDED, PEOPLE ARE FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFE TO COME OUT, UM, BECAUSE THEY FEEL MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTED, BUT YOU KNOW, THE MALL IS BACK
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OPEN NOW.SO, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE TO SEE A MORE STEADY TRENDS GOING UP AS VACCINES ARE BEING PROVIDED.
UM, OTHER COUNCILS HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE INSTAGRAM FOR, FOR THE SERVICE AS A PRIVATE COMPANY MV WE DO.
HOWEVER, FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE MANAGE.
WE DON'T MANAGE THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER INITIATING ONE AS, AS, UH, I MEAN YOU MENTIONED THE DIFFICULTY THIS YEAR OF OUTREACH.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE.
I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE CAUSE I THINK THAT'D BE SO EASY.
I MEAN, I COULD THINK OF A LOT OF IDEAS THAT, I MEAN, IF I WERE A DRIVER AND I JUST SAW EMPTY, I'D BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M PARKING RIGHT HERE.
I, I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS A REALLY POWERFUL TOOL.
AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS US TO LOOK INTO, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO.
UH, WE JUST WANT THE PERMISSION TO KIND OF WORK WITH THE CITY ON THAT.
DID, DID EITHER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I MEAN, GENEVIEVE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.
SO OUR, OUR PERSON ON THE GROUND, UH, IN WEST COVINA HAS BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM, UH, OUR COMPANY, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
UM, THIS CONTRACT IS MONTH TO MONTH AND, UH, I'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH KELLY ON, UH, SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES AND THINGS WE CAN DO A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULD, UH, THAT HE MAY BRING BACK TO YOU LATER.
BUT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO US OPENING BACK UP AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THE DATA WE NEED TO, TO DO, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE YOU THE BEST OPPORTUNITY, UH, IN TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CITY.
UH, WHEN I WALKED UP TONIGHT, I WAS LIKE A YEAR AGO, A YEAR AGO, THIS WENT REALLY FAST.
THIS PANDEMIC HIT US AND THIS, THIS YEAR HAS GONE BY REALLY FAST, BUT WE DO SEE SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, OPENING UP AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
THIS TIME WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE THOSE WHO, ESPECIALLY THAT MEDICAL OR COVID VACCINATION AND TESTING THEY'RE AS ARE ALL TAKING CARE OF THEM.
YES, WE, WE DO, WE DO OUR BEST.
WE HAVE GREAT DRIVERS WHO CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND THE PASSENGERS WHO'VE BEEN RIDING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO WE, WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I BELIEVE THE MAYOR ASKED IT, BUT, UH, SO YOU DID SAY THAT IF WE NEEDED, UH, TRANSPORTATION TO SOME OF THOSE MAJOR VACCINATION SITES, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR OUR SENIORS, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DONE THE CITY'S REQUEST.
I WONDER HOW THAT WOULD WORK BECAUSE I KNOW VACCINATION SITE, THE DRIVE TIME ONE YES.
YOU KNOW, TO TRAVEL AND THEN THE WAIT TIME TO, YEAH.
I MEAN THEY COULD, I COULD, IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR INTERRUPT THERE, UM, I THINK WE'LL AS PART OF WHAT I'M DISCUSSING OF JUST BEING CREATIVE, I WOULD SAY FOR, LET'S SAY A SPECIAL PROJECT LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD SORT OF OUR SENIORS, WE COULD TAKE THE MOST UNDER UTILIZED LINE AND TAKE IT OFFLINE THAT DAY IN FAVOR OF LET'S LOAD IT UP WITH SENIORS AND TAKE THEM TO WHEREVER THAT'S KIND OF CREATIVE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A SILLY ONE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT OF IT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT GETS MORE ATTENTION THAN THE ICE CREAM MAN COMING DOWN THE STREET, WE GO PLAY A LITTLE SONG.
NO, BUT THEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT'S THAT BUD? YEAH.
W WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT I HAVE OVERSIGHT, UH, WITH, UH, ARE LOOKING AT THOSE VERY, UH, SITUATIONS AND THE CHALLENGE AS YOU SPOKE ABOUT IS THE DRIVE TIME, THE WAIT TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO GET OUR SENIORS VACCINATED, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP THAT DRIVER THERE WITH THEM SO THEY CAN DO A DRIVE-THROUGH AND GET THEIR VACCINATIONS.
AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, I'LL CHECK, I'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE.
BUT I KNOW, UH, THE, UH, DODGER STADIUM WAS LOOKING AT AN EXPRESS LANE FOR SENIORS THAT WOULD BE, UM, COMING POTENTIALLY IN A GROUP TO, UH, GET THEIR VACCINATIONS.
UH, SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO, I DO LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM IN A SHUTTLE.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN, DO THEY ALLOWED A BUS OFF A SENIOR TO GO TO GET VACCINATED? OKAY.
NORMALLY NOW I SEE THE PICTURES, NOT IN A SINGLE CAR AND THE TWO-PERSON HUSBAND WALKS WE ARE WORKING WITH.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO BUS? YOU CAN.
WE TRY TO DO FOR THE BRIDGE QUAKE SENIOR.
AND THEN THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE SENIOR SUMMER SENIORS AT A MOBILITY ISSUE.
SO I DON'T KNOW YOUR BUS EQUIPPED SOME OF, UH,
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THE HANDICAP RAMP SO THEY CAN OKAY.THE ISSUE AND THE 10 WE HAVE TO ARRANGE.
TO THE SITE ALLOW WE BUS PEOPLE THERE.
SO, SO WE NEED TO SEE THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE NEED YOU THAT LOGISTIC.
SEE HOW WE DO IT IN THE SAME TIME.
YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIKE TREMBLE TOGETHERS.
WE ALLOW SOCIAL DISTANCE, ESPECIALLY SENIOR, AND WE WILL HAVE TO ON THE SHUTTLE, WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TAPED OFF SEATS AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE CAN TAKE SO THAT WE ARE SAFE, THAT WE KEEP THE SENIORS SAFE ON THEIR TRAVELS TO, AND FROM, UH, THE VACCINATION CENTER AND, OKAY, WELL, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
SEE IF WE CAN ADJUST QUICKLY, OKAY.
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING A LOT OF SENIOR LEAD BY THEMSELF AND REALLY DIFFICULT TO REGISTER THEMSELVES AND PLUS HAVE A TRANSPORTATION AND TO GET VACCINES.
SO IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING OKAY.
AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, SINCE WE DELIVER A LOT OF FOOD CAN FIND OUT, OKAY, WHO WANTED, WHO NEEDED.
AND THEY KIND OF HELP THEM TO GET VACCINATED.
AND, UM, LIKE WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW ON THAT VERY PROJECT.
AND, UH, I CAN GET WITH KELLY AND WE CAN GET, UH, SOME CONNECTION THERE AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY'RE GOING ABOUT, UH, GETTING THOSE, UH, NUMBER ONE, THOSE APPOINTMENTS KIND OF TOGETHER, RIGHT.
AND, UM, ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT HAVING AN EXPRESS LANE FOR, UH, THE, UM, FOR THE VACCINATION, UM, UH, SENIORS AT DODGER STADIUM.
SO ARE WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND GET THAT INFORMATION PULLED TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TO GET THEM.
BEST IDEA IS IF WE CAN GET A VACCINATION SITE IN WEST COVINA, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
I NEED TO TAKE OUR SENIOR TO THERE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE WHY NOW WE HIT THE OBSTACLE.
WE ALLOW THE COUNTRY HELP TO GIVE US THE SITE.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE A SITE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY DCO RESOLVED, BECAUSE WE CAN EASILY, WE'VE SEEN ONE MILES, THREE MILES, OKAY.
FIVE MILE TO PUT THEM AND TO GET THIS THING DONE IN NO TIME.
UM, BUT I, I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
UH, MASS TRANSPORTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CG.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A OVERALL TO SEE THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
AND IT MAY BE EVEN LYFT OR UBER.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF ALL TOGETHER TO KIND OF PUT THAT MAP AND IT WOULD BE TO DECIDE WHAT WILL BE THE BEST FOR THE CT, FOR THE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE.
AND IT IS SERVICE BECAUSE EXACTLY WE DO NOT WANT TO WASTE.
AND THE GUESTS, THE TAXPAYER ALL DAY KIND OF THING, I THINK IMPORTANT, WE CAN KIND OF PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THEN WE GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS.
SO, SO ANYWAY, AND THEN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW HOW SOON WE CAN GET, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO DO AMOUNTS TWO MONTHS AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT THE ROUTE.
CAN YOU SEE HOW TO BIGGEST, NO SENSE HOUSE? WE HAVE A VERY LINDSEY LAWSON SOUNDS OKAY.
SO BECAUSE IF ON SOMEBODY, NO ROW GOES SOUTH TO THE VALLEY.
WE HAVE A NOSA IN SOUTH TO HELP THE SOUTH SIDE TO COME NOSE.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OH, OKAY.
SO, SO, SO, SO, SO MAYBE, OKAY.
CREATIVE THINKING IS TRY TO FIND A MODE OR FUN.
COMMUNITY CENTER TO GO TO OUR SENIORS ENGINE.
SO WE MAYBE HAVE A, SOME ROUTE FOUR PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE INDEED WHEN WE HAVE THE PANDEMIC.
SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN YOU WANT TO COME OUT, WE CAN PROVIDE SOMETHING MUCH MORE EASIER FOR THEM TO TRAVEL BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW, WES, OKAY.
IF WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER IN CORTEZ, IT'S PRETTY FAR AND THE SAME THING IN SOUTH SIDE TOO.
BUT I SAW YOU OVER THERE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I WAS DEAD HELPING OUT TO GIVE OUT THE FIELD AND LAST YEAR, SO, SO I SEE YOU, YOU'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF SOME OF OUR RESIDENT AND I EVEN HAVE A STAFF TO DISCUSS WITH YOU AND THE RESIDENT WHILE WOULD IT BE EASIER.
THE MOST POPULAR THING UTILIZE BECAUSE THAT WAITING FOR YOUR BUS, I SAW IT IN FRONT OF A SENIOR CENTER, SO, OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ALL THIS KIND OF INFORMATION SO WE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER.
SO YOU GUYS CAN CANOE SERVICES AND THEN WE CAN GET A BEST OF THE SERVICE, UH, UTILIZE ALL THESE PROGRAMS. I KNOW THIS IS A FUNDER WITH STRICTLY FOUND A MAJOR M DISALLOWED, BUT STILL WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE MONEY.
AND I'M SURE THE, WHEN THEY DO THE EVALUATION, THEY'LL PROBABLY DO SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL ON, ON WHAT WE DO TODAY.
AND, UH, SO I'M SURE THAT'LL, THAT'LL WORK ITSELF OUT.
UM, WHEN KELLY GETS A, UH, ACTUALLY A VENDOR WHO WILL DO THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS, BUT WE'LL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THEM
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THROUGH THE PROCESS.MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE HOW SOON WE WILL HAVE THIS.
IN QUEEN TO SERVERS, MAYBE HE COULD AS ESTIMATION TIME.
WELL, IF, IF WE WANT TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD, WE, UM, CONCERNING ABOUT, UM, THINGS OPENING UP WOULD WANT TO SEE THINGS OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, I THINK.
AND, BUT IT IT'S IF THE COUNCIL'S, UH, UH, ALI, I UNDERSTAND.
WE WENT IN FOR THE OPEN UP, BUT BEFORE YOU OPEN IT UP, CAN WE DESIGN OR WALK ON SOME KIND OF, UH, OKAY, OKAY.
WILL BE EASIER FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE RATHER THAN WHEN WE, AFTER WE OPENED THAT, WE STARTED DOING THE SURVEY THAT WE HAD TO DELAY, BUT IF YOU CAN PREPARE, IT LOOKED LIKE, OKAY.
POSSIBLE GOING TO OPEN BECAUSE WE COME PUT TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW DOING THE FULL-TIME.
ARE WE GOING TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN? HOPEFULLY NOT, BUT THE POINT IS HOW WE KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
WOKE ON THE KIND OF, UH, PREPARE OUTREACH BEFORE.
AND, UH, REALLY HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING OPENED UP.
THEN WE CAN, RIGHT AWAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD UTILIZE, BECAUSE IF YOU WILL OPEN IT UP AND REALLY OKAY.
AND, UH, PEOPLE HAVE A CONFIDENCE AND HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE THIS VIRUS ANYMORE.
AND PEOPLE WILL COME OUT THAT REALLY WANT TO COME OUT.
SO, SO MANY, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAYBE WILL UTILIZE THIS SERVICE.
EVEN IF YOU DO OPEN IT UP, UM, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE BASED ON YOUR LINES EVERY YEAR, IT PROBABLY SHOWS THE SAME LINE BEING THE LOWEST RIDERSHIP.
SO YOU ALREADY HAVE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, SO THAT ALONE CAN ASSIST YOU IN CREATING SOMETHING THAT CAN SHOW.
I MEAN, WE KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE CITY, UH, THAT SHOWS MORE PEOPLE WILL BE POPULATING IN THAT AREA.
I, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE LAST STUDY THAT WAS DONE, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30 YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN WAS THE LAST STUDY DONE? UH, THE, THE LAST, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE LINE WORK LIONS WERE ABOUT, UH, 2001.
AND, AND A LOT HAS CHANGED TO 20 YEARS.
I MEAN, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS VERY YOUNG.
YOU DO KNOW WHAT'S UM, WHAT WERE HEAVY POPULATION AREAS OF THE CITY ARE THAT YOU CAN ALSO START AND UTILIZING TO CREATE SOMETHING AND I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CREATIVITY ON HOW, YOU KNOW, WE, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED LAST YEAR, HOW THE PERCEPTION OF THE BUS, UH, MANY PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE WHEN, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH COVID, IT'S EVEN WORSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE OF HOW TO EASE AND MAKE SURE NOT ONLY SAVING MONEY, BUT THAT ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED, IT GETS TO USE IT.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK A FAR WALK OR, YOU KNOW, DON'T EVEN BOTHER CAUSE IT'S A LONG, THE BUS STOP LOCATION.
SO THAT, THAT YOU GUYS CAN START ON THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT I KNOW IF WE DO HAVE THIS PUT OUT IN A YEAR, IF WE REVISIT THIS SCENARIO, LIKE THIS YEAR, I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SINCE THEN? BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE, THE DATA BEFORE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING NEXT TIME AROUND WHEN YOU COME TO THE COUNCIL TO PRESENT WITH A BUS STOP ROUTES, WE CAN MOVE WITH DEVELOPING A DRAFT RFP THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN OUTREACH COMPONENT.
UH, I'VE SEEN, SEEN SOME, SOME OF THOSE, UM, I THINK FROM THE RELEASE OF A, UH, AN RFP TO AN AWARD, THAT'S PROBABLY LOOKING AT PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, THE, UM, THE DURATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN OF THESE EVALUATIONS RANGE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, I'VE SEEN ONE GO UP TO A YEAR, BUT I'M THINKING WOULD FOUR TO SIX MONTHS WOULD PROBABLY SUFFICE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT.
AND IF WE COULD RELEASE THAT AND GET, UH, GET THE OUTREACH COMPONENT MOVING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD AND, AND IN ONE YEAR'S TIME, WHICH WILL PROBABLY GO QUICK AGAIN, LIKE TO SEE THIS BROUGHT UP, UH, TAKE, UH, GO FORWARD.
YOU ARE VERY GENEROUS ONE YEAR.
ONCE FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, I WANT TO TEAR IT DOWN TO THREE MONTHS.
WHEN YOU'RE TOO LONG OR GIVE US A SIX MONTH.
YEAH, I THINK THREE MONTHS, THREE MONTHS COME UP.
SO I THINK THREE MONTHS, UH, BUT, BUT OKAY.
WANT TO MOVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
FOUR MONTHS, TWO MONTHS, THE GENTLEMAN YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING SINCE YOU WERE HERE.
ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I'M A VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I REALLY THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN SEEN IN THE NEWS.
I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS THIS MORNING AND
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IN FLORIDA, THERE'S A RUSH OF SENIORS GOING TO EMPTY HOTELS, S SPRING BREAK, ALL SORT OF STUFF, VACCINATED, SENIORS THAT ARE GETTING OUT AND GETTING ABOUT, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MONTH TOO, OR AT LEAST BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, FOR SURE.IT WE'LL SEE SIGNIFICANT, I THINK INCREASES.
SO YOU DIDN'T HURRY UP TO GET A PLAN.
THREE MONTHS WILL BE TOO LONG.
YOU WANT TO MAKE IT SHORTER? WELL, HOPEFULLY THEN IN A MONTH OR TWO, ANYTIME YOU'RE READY, WE WAITED FOR YOU.
SO I MOVED A MOTION TO APPROVE PRIOR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR SENIORS.
CAUSE I KNOW WE REQUESTED COVID VACCINE IN OUR CITY AND WE WERE HOPING THAT WE WERE TO GET IT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO FOR MY CONTRACT IN NORWALK, THEY HAVE A VACCINATION CENTER IN THE CITY AND WE ARE DOING, UM, TRANSFERS FOR HER.
BUT LIKE JUDY SAYS, IT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT WITH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT LIKE SHE SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE GEARING TOWARDS, UH, A DRIVE THROUGH TYPE SITUATION, WHICH MIGHT MAKE IT A LOT EASIER IF WE CAN DO IT SAFELY, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND SO FORTH.
WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SHARE RIDE SHUTTLE BUSES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, VACCINATION SITE AND SO FORTH.
WHAT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF HAVING YOU RETURN? OH, I THINK THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN, BUT SEE, I WANT TO SAY ONE THING OVER HERE.
HE JUST SAY, NO WALK HAS A DESTINATION CENTER.
AND WE ARE BIGGER THAN NO ORG AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE, AND NOAH BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COUNTY OFFICE OVER THERE.
SO, SO I THINK WE NEED TO REQUEST.
EVEN THE BIG CTO, WEST COVINA.
SO YOU CAN SERVE THEM TO GET A VACCINE SO THEY CAN FEEL SAFE.
THEY COME OUT AND TAKE THEM OF YOUR BUS.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE MOST TWO MONTHS.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GIVE YOU A LONG CONTRACT.
I WILL SECOND THE MOTION AND UH, I I'M CONFIDENT WE COULD MAKE ALL THAT HAPPEN WITH PUTTING SOME BRAIN CELLS TOGETHER.
COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
SO WE HAVE DEPARTMENT REGULAR MATTERS, ITEM SEVEN,
[7) Update on City's Homeless Initiatives]
UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL OKAY, GOOD.EVEN THE MAYOR COUNCIL WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR AND AUDIENCE HERE TODAY WILL BE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THE HOMELESS ISSUES THAT WE FACE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
WE HAVE INVITED SOME OF OUR PARTNERS TO JOIN IN WITH US VIA ZOOM.
SO THEY WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING SOME INFORMATION.
AT THE END OF TODAY, THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY LIEUTENANT BRIAN DANIELS.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 20 YEARS.
HE'S GOT 23 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH OUR HOMELESS ISSUES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HE'S WELL VERSED IN IT.
SO HE WILL BE PRESENTING THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
BRIAN JONES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
HOPEFULLY I CAN, UH, PRESENTATION THAT HAVE MAYBE ENLIGHTENED SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
SO OUR HOPE STAFF HOPE STANDS FOR HOMELESS OUTREACH PARK'S ENFORCEMENT.
OUR HOPE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017 AND WE ESTABLISHED IT WITH TWO OFFICERS AND A SUPERVISOR TO OVERSEE THE PROCESS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE OFFICER, HIS NAME IS OFFICER LANG AND I STILL OVERSEE THE PROGRAM.
SO IN THE PAST 10 MONTHS THAT OFFICER LING'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS UNIT, HE'S OUTRAGED TO 1,153 HOMELESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HE'S MADE, UH, THAT MANY CONTACTS AND APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR ARRESTS MONTHLY AS WELL AS FOUR TO FIVE CITATIONS ISSUED ON A, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WELL, WE PULLED UP A MAP OVER FOR 2020, AND WE'VE HAD APPROXIMATELY 3,700 CALLS FOR SERVICE OR INCIDENTS RELATED TO HOMELESS.
AND IN THE MAP, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE'S, UH, SOME RED PINPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THOSE PINPOINTS ARE, UH, DESIGNATED AS, UM, UH, LIKE
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A THRIFT STORE LIKE GOOGLE WILL AND UH, SALVATION ARMY.AND WE DO SEE THAT THERE'S A, A LARGE TREND OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT ARE GOING TO THE GOODWILL CENTERS, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONDUCTING ILLEGAL DUMPING OR DUMPING OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS HOURS AND HOMELESS WILL GO FIND, UH, ITEMS TO TAKE AND THEY KIND OF TAKE IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, ALSO YOU'LL SEE ON THIS MAP, UM, THE HOTSPOTS ARE TYPICALLY THE AREAS THAT PROVIDE THE MOST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, UH, FREEWAYS OFF RAMPS, WHERE THEY CAN, UH, ASK FOR MONEY AS WELL AS, UH, UM, AND SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY CAN GET THROUGH LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE AND WHAT HAVE YOUR OWN GLENDORA.
SO SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED TO TRY TO HELP COMBAT SOME OF THE HOMELESS RELATED ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
ONE OF THEM IS THE, UH, LA HOUSING SERVICES AUTHORITY, WHICH IS LASA FOR AN ABBREVIATION AND OFFICER LINK PARTNERS UP WITH LASA EVERY TUESDAY.
AND THEY HELP PROVIDE RESOURCES TO, UM, GET HOUSING AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES WITHIN, UH, WITHIN A LOT OF PROGRAMS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VALID CALIFORNIA IDENTIFICATION CARD OR A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN A HOMELESS PERSON IS TRAVELING ABOUT EITHER THEIR PROPERTY STOLEN OR THEY LOSE THEIR ID.
SO WE'VE PARTNERED UP WITH DMV, GET THEM FREE VOUCHER SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR IDENTIFICATION SO THEY CAN KIND OF GET RESOURCES.
IT'S KIND OF A LENGTHY PROCESS TO TRY TO GET SOME RESOURCES, BUT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING UP WITH, UM, LHASA UNION STATION.
AND HERE ON THE LINE TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE, UH, UH, RAJI SHE'S A UNION STATION SUPERVISOR.
SHE CAN KIND OF ELABORATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT A UNION STATION DOES.
I CAN TOUCH BASE ON WHAT, WHAT SHE, UM, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO, UM, AS, AS I GET THROUGH THE POWERPOINT, UM, IT'LL, IT'LL TURN INTO SOME OF HER SLIDES THAT SHE HAS ADDED AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL BE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH SHOULD BE ON THE LINE AND, UM, THEN THEY CAN KIND OF FOLLOW UP AFTER ANYWAY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL TOUCH BASE ON A DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TERRY GRESHAM WHO WORKS WITH, UM, OFFICER LINK.
AND WHAT SHE DOES IS SHE, UM, REACHES OUT TO CALTRANS ELLIE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND EDUCATING THEM AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PREVENT SOME OF THE HOMELESS FROM CONGREGATING IN SOME SPECIFIC AREAS.
CITY YARD IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ASSETS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO ALL THE CLEANUPS OF THE ENCAMPMENTS WITHOUT THEIR SERVICES.
THEY, THEY ARE SUCH A TREMENDOUS HELP.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS IS A CALTRANS, UM, BECAUSE WITHIN THE CITY, OUR RESIDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE OFF-RAMPS AND THE ON-RAMPS ARE, THEY LOOK AT IT IN WEST COVINA.
SO THEY THINK IT'S WEST COVINA IS, UM, A TERRITORY TO, TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF.
HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE CASE, CALTRANS ON-RAMPS AND OFF-RAMPS.
AND, UM, SINCE OUR CITY IS CUT THROUGH WITH THE 10 FREEWAY, THEY HAVE TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF THOSE, UH, AREAS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY ARE PRETTY RESPONSIVE AND I'LL TOUCH BASE ON HOW AND WHAT THEIR, UM, RESPONSIVE TIMES ARE FOR ENCAMPMENTS.
SAME THING WITH THE LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH THEM AS WELL.
I FOLLOW UP ON WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND, UM, SO WHEN A PERSON THAT'S HOMELESS HAS TO GET INTO A HOUSING FACILITY OR TAKEN TO A LOCATION FOR TREATMENT DURING THE LAST YEAR WITH COVID, THEY HAVE TO HAVE COVID TESTING.
SO AT LOREAL PARK, AS WELL AS THE CA CAMERON PARK, UM, WE WOULD HAVE OFFICER LANG TRANSPORT OR HAVE LASSA OR UNION STATION TRANSPORT, THE INDIVIDUAL TO, UH, COVID TESTING.
AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN GET PLACED INTO A FACILITY.
PACIFIC CLINICS IS A VERY UNIQUE, UM, UH, SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM THE AGES OF 16 TO 25.
AND IN THE PAST YEAR THAT, UH, OFFICER LANG, UH, HAS BEEN OUTREACHING.
HE HASN'T DEALT WITH ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18, BUT
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BETWEEN AGES OF 18 AND 25, YOU CAN, THEY HAVE A DROPDOWN ON DROP IN CENTERS IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, WHERE IF SOMEBODY NEEDS ASSISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE AGES.AND IT'S WHETHER IT'S JUST A SHOWER, WHETHER IT'S FOOD, WHETHER IT'S A HOTEL VOUCHERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT'S A PACIFIC CLINIC WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND THERE'S NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED, YOU CAN DROP IN.
AND HE HAS TAKEN SOME, UH, SOME INDIVIDUALS TO THAT LOCATION AND, UM, HAVE THEM RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND I'VE DONE PERSONALLY, WAS OUTREACH TO SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO KIND OF EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP COMBAT, UM, HOMELESS FROM CONGREGATING IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES, AROUND THEIR BUSINESSES.
UH, I I'VE PERSONALLY TALKED TO SOME OF THE MANAGERS AT FOOD FOR LESS THAN DENNY'S, UH, THE GOODWILL.
UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE GOODWILL'S TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO, UH, COMBAT THE ILLEGAL DROP-OFFS OR THE, UM, PROPERTY, UM, WITHOUT BEING COLLECTED BY THE PERSONNEL.
UH, THE ONE OFF OF AZUSA AVENUE, WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT ENCLOSING THEIR TRASH RECEPTACLES, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER LOCATIONS, LIKE THE AUTO ZONE ACROSS THE STREET, ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF AZUSA AND 20 VERY SUCCESSFUL IN REGARDS TO, UH, NEW, ILLEGAL DUMPING, BECAUSE IT'S IN A VERY SECURE FACILITY.
SO WE'VE KIND OF GIVEN THEM SOME PICTURES AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP SECURE THOSE TRASH RECEPTACLES.
SO WE'VE PARTNERED UP WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO WIFI, BECAUSE A LOT OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CELL PHONES, THEY'LL HUNGRY EAT IN FRONT OF A LOCATION THAT HAS WIFI.
SO WE TALKED TO LIKE, DENNY'S WHERE THEY CAN COME UP WITH A CHANGE OF A PASSWORD FREQUENTLY, AND THEN THEY CAN JUST PLACE IT ON THE, ON THE TABLE FOR THE CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT WAY IT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGREGATION OUTSIDE THEIR BUSINESSES, SAME THING WITH, UM, ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, PUTTING A LOCKED, UM, PLATE OVER THE RECEPTACLE TO HELP PREVENT THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE ON, UM, ON THE LIST HERE IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH URGENT CARE CENTER.
UM, THEY HAVE ONE IN, UH, BASSETT AS WELL AS IN HACIENDA HEIGHTS AND IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL THERE FOR SOME MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE.
SO AS FAR AS, UM, PLACEMENTS IN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF HELPFUL WITH COVID BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME STATE ASSISTANCE, UH, FROM, UH, GAVIN NEWSOME WITH A PROJECT ROOM KEY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE STATE FUNDED THINGS THAT, THAT HE'S KIND OF PUSHED DOWN.
AND IN THE LAST, UH, YEAR WE'VE HAD, UH, 39 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED, UM, IN, INTO, UH, PRK PROJECT GRIMKE OR THEY'VE BEEN PLACED ON A WAITING LIST.
SO AS YOU SEE CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY REMAINING IN THE PROJECT ROOM KEY.
WE HAVE SIX THAT ARE ON A WAITING LIST THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY OUTREACH.
THAT OFFICER LANG HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN GET THEM PLACED INTO PROJECT ROOM KEY, WHICH IS UNION STATION AND LHASA SIX THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO PROJECT ROOM KEY HAVE BEEN, UM, MOVED ON TO MORE OF A PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THEY'VE COME UP WITH IS PHQ PROJECT HOME KEY.
IF, IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN PROJECT ROOM KEY, THEY GET TO MOVE ON TO PROJECT HOME KEY.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO THAT PRO PROGRAM FIVE HAVE BEEN IN TRANSITION FROM PROJECT ROOM KEY INTO A RECOVERY CENTER FOR, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS AND, UM, FIVE I'M SORRY, 11 OF THEM HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN THE PRO ACCEPTED TO THE PROGRAM, BUT ARE NO LONGER IN THE PROGRAM FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SEVEN WERE REFERRED, BUT THEY DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR PROJECT ROOM KEY.
AND ONE THAT WAS PLACED INTO PROJECT ROOM KEY WAS, UM, MOVED INTO A DOMESTIC HOUSE OF VIOLENCE SHELTER.
AND THEN APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER, UM, SHE HAD LEFT THE LOCATION.
SO THERE ARE SOME HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ENCOUNTER THAT DO HAVE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.
AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS REALLY WORK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, TO GET OFF OF THE STREETS AND INTO A, LIKE A RECOVERY PROGRAM.
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ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS, HAD THE CONVERSATIONS.YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER A LOT OF TIME WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH HOMELESS.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF RAPPORT BUILDING THAT GOES ON AND HE'S DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB ON, UM, OBVIOUSLY IDENTIFYING WHO'S HOMELESS IN OUR CITY, PROVIDING THE RESOURCES TO THEM, AND THEN KIND OF FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM AND TRYING TO BUILD THAT RAPPORT TO HELP GET THEM OFF OF THE STREET AND INTO SOME TYPE OF THE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, ONE OF THEM IS THROUGH AMERICAN RECOVERY CENTER.
HE HAD FOUR INDIVIDUALS LINED UP FOR THE DETOX CENTER.
THREE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, DID NOT SHOW UP ONE, DID SHE, UM, HAD MEDI-CAL, BUT IT WAS OUT OF COUNTY.
IT WAS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
SO THEY HAD TO, UM, BASICALLY REFER HER TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CROSS COUNTIES WITH MEDI-CAL.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON, UM, OUR MET, WHICH WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE CAN KIND OF ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT EVERY WEDNESDAY OFFICER LINK PARTNERS UP WITH LA COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OR THEIR MET TEAM, MENTAL EVALUATION TEAM AND PROVIDE SERVICES, NOT ONLY TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO HOMELESS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TH THERE HAS BEEN FIVE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED THAT DON'T QUITE MEET THE CRITERIA OF WHAT IS CALLED 55, 51 50 OF THE WELFARE AND INSTITUTION CODE.
THERE IS A CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO MEET, UM, TO BE PLACED ON A 72 HOUR EVALUATION.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL GET CALLS FOR SERVICE WHERE SOMEBODY IS SAYING, HEY, THIS PERSON'S NOT ACTING VERY RATIONAL.
CAN YOU GUYS GO CHECK ON THEM AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE.
AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ACT COMPLETELY RATIONAL.
NO, BUT THEY DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA.
SO WE CANNOT PLACE THEM ON A HOLD.
HOWEVER, WITH A CLINICIAN ASSIGNED TO US THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE GET TO DO FOLLOW UP AND TRY TO OUTREACH TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF IT'S RAPPORT BUILDING, UM, ONE WAS REPLACED, UH, UH, RE UH, SENT TO LA COUNTY AND THERE WAS A CONSERVATIVE SHIP, UM, TAKEN OVER WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ONE INDIVIDUAL, THREE OF THE, THREE OF THEM THAT ARE, ARE CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR CITY.
SO WITH THEM BEING IN CUSTODY, WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A DECREASE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY WERE READING.
SO SOMETIMES WE, WE TRY TO, WE DO OUR BEST TO OUTREACH TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, TO GET THEM THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED, BUT WE ALSO TAKE, UM, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TOO.
SO IF THEY'RE COMMITTING A CRIME AND WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE CRIMES, UM, AS THEY COME UP AND THREE OF THEM ARE, UH, ARE CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY.
ONE OF THEM I HEARD WAS UP TO FOUR YEARS.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A SERIOUS CRIME.
AND THEN ONE IS CURRENTLY AT A DEL NORTE PARK IT'S INDIVIDUAL.
I KNOW, UM, IN YOUR AREA, MR. UH, OR COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S ABOUT TO BUY THAT, UM, THAT, THAT YOU WERE TALKING TO WHEN OUR, ALL OUR SERVICE AREA LIEUTENANTS IN REGARDS TO HIM.
AND JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS PART OF PROJECT ROOM KEY.
HE WAS REMOVED FROM PROJECT ROOM KEY, AND OFFICER LANG HAD, UH, OUTREACH TO HIM AND WAS WORKING WITH HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND TRYING TO GET HIM ASSISTANCE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE COMMITTED.
WE DID TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, AND HE, HE WOULD HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT BEFORE FOR THOSE THOSE ISSUES.
UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
IT'S ABOUT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS AND TRYING TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH HIM BEING ON THE STREETS, WHERE HE REACHED OUT TO A FAMILY MEMBER AND A FAMILY MEMBER WAS ABLE TO GET THEM INTO SOME TEMPORARY HOUSING.
AND, UM, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE TRANSITIONAL.
THEY'LL GO INTO A HOUSING FOR A PERIOD.
TIME DOESN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE RULES OR WHAT GOES ALONG WITH THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN SOMETIMES WE'LL SEE THEM BACK OUT.
AND AGAIN, THE PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.
THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER TOPIC IN REGARDS TO PARKS, AND IT'S THE MARTIN VERSUS BOISE DECISION.
AND IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR US TO TAKE SOME ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND REMOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARK, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO HOUSING HERE FOR HOMELESS.
SO UNDER THE MARTIN VERSUS BOISE DECISION, IT KIND OF TIES OUR HANDS A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS TAKING SOME, UH, ENFORCEMENT ACTION WITH REMOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARKS.
SO ENCAMPMENTS, UM, THIS IS A HUGE, A HUGE, UH, ISSUE NATIONWIDE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UM, I'M GONNA, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES HERE IN WEST COVINA.
AND I'LL SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS BECAUSE PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS A CITY PROPERTY VERSUS LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL VERSUS CALTRANS, EVERYBODY'S GOT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROTOCOL THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.
SO I'LL START WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO WHEN WE ENCOUNTER, UM, AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S AN ENCAMPMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO, WE CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND REMOVE
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THE ENCAMPMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY.WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, TERRY GRESHAM WORKS REALLY WELL.
AND THEN AS WELL AS, UH, OFFICER LINK, UH, WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND, AND BUSINESS MANAGERS TO, TO TRY TO HAVE THEM EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ENCAMPMENTS.
WE'LL GO THERE, WE'LL STAND BY, WE'LL PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THEM.
SO IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE, UM, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM TO REMOVE THE ENCAMPMENTS AND GIVE NOTICE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE THERE.
WE DO PUT A TRESPASSING NOTICE ON FILE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE HABITUAL, REOFFENDERS THAT GO TO THE LOCATION.
SO AGAIN, WE FOLLOW UP WITH THE BUSINESSES TO, TO WORK WITH THEM AND IN REGARDS TO EDUCATING THEM ON WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH ENCAMPMENTS.
AS FAR AS CITY PROPERTY IS CONCERNED, WE DO HAVE A PROTOCOL IN PLACE, AND THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION FOR IT.
UM, IF THERE'S A SMALL ENCAMPMENT OR SMALL PROPERTY THAT IS BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, UM, WE CAN MARK THAT PROPERTY.
WE CAN MARK IT FOR A FEW, A FEW HOURS THAT WOULD, IF IT'S A SMALL ITEM OR A COUPLE ITEMS, WE CAN MARK IT, PHOTOGRAPH IT, AND, UM, LEAVE A NOTICE BEHIND SAYING THAT IF THIS PERSON DOESN'T COME GET THEIR PROPERTY BY SAY A THREE OR FOUR HOUR WINDOW, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL DO A SAFEKEEPING.
SO WE DON'T THROW THEIR PROPERTY AWAY.
WE'LL PLACE IT INTO A SECURITY, UH, UH, LOCKER, UM, AT OUR STATION.
AND THEN THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LEFT A NOTICE OF HOW TO RECOVER THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THAT THAT WAY THEY CAN GET THEIR PROPERTY BACK.
SAME SIMILAR PROCESS HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH LARGE-SCALE ENCAMPMENTS.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE SCALE ON CAMERA, OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE A PICTURE THERE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
SO IF, IF IT'S READILY IDENTIFIABLE AS TRASH, WE CAN DISPOSE OF TRASH, RIGHT.
BUT IF THERE IS PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT DOES HAVE VALUE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO MARK FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND REMOVE THEIR PROPERTY.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY THEIR HOUSING, THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THEM TO TAKE THEIR PROPERTY AND MOVE LOCATION.
RIGHT? SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO MAYBE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER, IF IT CREATES A SAFETY OR POSES A SAFETY RISK TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT TYPICALLY WE WILL ALLOW A LARGE-SCALE ENCAMPMENT UP TO 72 HOURS TO ALLOW THEM TO GET THEIR PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE STILL OUTSOURCING OR OUTREACHING TO THESE INDIVIDUALS TO TRY TO GET THEM ASSISTANCE IN THE MEANTIME.
SO WHEN, WHEN THEIR PROPERTY IS TAKEN, IT'S KEPT FOR UP TO 90 DAYS.
SO THEY HAVE 90 DAYS TO RECOVER THEIR PROPERTY.
WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, I I'VE SPENT, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM CURRENTLY UNDER COVID PROTOCOL.
THEY ARE NOT COMING OUT TO REMOVE ANY ENCAMPMENTS AT CORRECT.
SO THEY ARE NOT REMOVING ANY ENCAMPMENTS ON LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AREA, AS OF RIGHT NOW, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.
UM, CAUSE THAT'S, I ALSO, LA COUNTY PUBLIC FLOOD CONTROL IS CURRENTLY NOT REMOVING ANYTHING OR NOT CLEANING, NOT DOING ANYTHING OR NOT.
THEY'LL REMOVE LIKE GRAFFITI AND STUFF, BUT THEY'RE NOT REMOVING ENCAMPMENTS DUE TO COVID.
SO I DID SPEAK TO AN INDIVIDUAL YESTERDAY IN REGARDS TO THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING AN ISSUE ON, UM, WEST COVINA PARKWAY IN GLENDORA.
THERE'S A RESIDENT THAT HAS, UM, HAS EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ANYWAY.
SO THEY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE OPENING UP BECAUSE I ASKED THEM, I SAID, WELL, WHEN IS THIS GONNA, WHEN IS IT GONNA OPEN UP? SO WE CAN START, UM, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE OPENING UP SOON BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION OF THE COVID RATES.
UM, BUT I DO PLAN ON HAVING FOLLOW-UP TO THE LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, TRY TO TALK TO THE SUPERVISOR AND SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE OF A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT.
I MEAN, THE WORD SOON COULD BE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.
SO I I'D LIKE, UH, WELL, THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN, SO YES, PLEASE.
AND, UH, UN UH, TIMBO CITY, SHERIFF AND COUNTY, THEY HAVE ABOUT 15 KEVIN.
AND I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND I TRIED TO PLEASE THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE WAS THAT LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
SO MAYBE YOU HAD TO CHECK WITH Y OKAY.
AND THEY CAN DO IT AND WHY WE CANNOT DO IT.
YOU CAN TALK TO THE TIMBALES ETCD MANAGER.
BECAUSE IN MY OFFICE THERE WAS SOME, WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND DOING A LOT OF DEDICATION DOES ON THAT.
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THEY DO THE, SOME KIND OF OKAY.AND MAYBE IT'S THOSE 15 PEOPLE STARTING.
THEY DIDN'T HELP THEM TO FIND HOUSING.
BASICALLY THEY BP BECOME IN OTHER WAYS, THE DENTURE IN THE BUSINESS AREA AND STUDYING, SLEEPING IN THE PARKING LOT, THIS AND THAT.
SO, SO, SO I THINK THIS IS A WRONG WAY TO DO IT, TO HELP THEM OPEN THE STREET, NOBODY SWEEPED AND AROUND BECAUSE THIS DEAL IN THE STREET.
SO ANYWAY, MAYBE YOU CAN CHECK WITH TIMBO CT.
AND THE CITY MANAGER, UM, BRIAN COX.
AND THEN TALK TO HIM WHY YOU CAN DO IT AND WHY WE CANNOT DO IT.
AND IN REGARDS TO, UM, CALTRANS, UH, THEY HAVE A VERY SIMILAR PROTOCOL.
NORMALLY WHEN WE MAKE NOTIFICATION TO THEM, THEY'LL RESPOND WITHIN SEVEN OR THEY'LL RESPOND PROBABLY WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.
AND THEN THEY'D MARK IT FOR 72 HOURS.
AND THEY'RE REALLY RESPONSIVE IN COMING BACK TO ADDRESS THE, THE, UH, ENCAMPMENTS AROUND CALTRANS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY AND REMOVED QUITE A BIT OF, UM, ENCAMPMENTS LARGE-SCALE ACCOUNTANTS.
I KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, OFFICER LING.
SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME, I THINK, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE A MISUNDERSTANDING OF, UM, HOW ARRESTS AND CITATIONS ARE ISSUED WHEN IT COMES TO AN INFRACTION.
SO WE'LL GET A CALL SAYING THAT THERE'S A PERSON THAT MAY BE URINATING IN PUBLIC DRINKING IN PUBLIC SMOKING IN THE PARK OR, OR DEPRECATING, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND BY THE TIME THE OFFICER GETS THERE, PERSON'S NOT SMOKING OR DRINKING OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE ALCOHOL CONTAINERS AROUND THEM.
WE CAN'T JUST ISSUE A CITATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNLESS WE WITNESS IT OKAY.
FOR AN INFRACTION, HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO A MISDEMEANOR.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS COMMITTING A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE, THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE CITIZEN.
SO IF THE OFFENSE IS BEING COMMITTED, WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE, THEN THE CITIZEN HAS THE ABILITY TO SIGN A CITIZEN'S ARREST.
WE'LL TAKE THE, THE ARREST, AND THEN WE CAN PROCESS THE ARREST.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS A, A FELONY CRIME, THEN, UM, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE THEN WE CAN MAKE AN ARREST ON A FELONY CRIME.
SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD THAT THE OFFICERS WILL SHOW UP TO A LOCATION.
AND THEN THEY'LL LEAVE A LOCATION.
AND THERE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT AT LEAST IN THE LAST YEAR THAT MAYBE THE CITIZENS JUST AREN'T AWARE OF IS OUR JAILS WILL NOT TAKE, THEY WON'T TAKE CERTAIN, UM, OFFENSES IN THEIR, IN THEIR JAILS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES OFFICERS WILL GO OUT TO A LOCATION.
THEY WILL MAKE AN ARREST ISSUE, A CITATION, AND THEN THEY WOULD RELEASE THEM INTO THE FIELD.
SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE OFFICER WILL RESPOND OUT TO THE FIELD, DO NOTHING AND WALK AWAY, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS STILL WOULD HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT BASED OFF OF A CITATION THAT THEY RECEIVED.
SO THERE'S, AGAIN, THERE'S SOME CRIMES THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HOLD PEOPLE IN CUSTODY FOR.
CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF THE MISDEMEANOR ARREST? SO A MISDEMEANOR ARREST COULD BE POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF COCAINE, POSSESSION OF A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE, POSSESSION OF, UM, MARIJUANA IN LARGE QUANTITIES.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SOME DECRIMINALIZATION WITH DRUG RELATED, UH, THINGS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THERE'S A LOT OF MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES THAT COULD BE TAKEN PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE TO EITHER BE WITNESSED BY AN OFFICER, OR WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CITIZENS ARREST FOR, TO TAKE THAT PERSON INTO CUSTODY.
SO IN THAT CASE, IF A RESIDENT DOES CALL, CAUSE WE DO GET COMPLAINTS THAT RESIDENT SAYS, OH, THEY COME, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
SO IF SO THE RESIDENT THAT DOES COMPLAIN, THEY HAVE TO BE THERE AND INFORM YOU NOW IN REGARDS TO SAFETY IS NEEDED TO BE IN FRONT OF THEM, OR HOW DOES THEY, THEY CAN DO WHAT WE, WE DO A WITNESS, UH, ROLE BUYS, WHAT WE CALL IT.
AND TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE A WITNESS IN INSIDE OF OUR PATROL CAR AND THEIR IDENTITY WOULD BE SHIELDED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE WOULD ROLL BY, THEY WOULD IDENTIFY, YES, THAT'S THE PERSON I SAW AT THE OTHER PERSON.
THAT PERSON HIT THAT OTHER PERSON.
I WANT TO PLACE THEM UNDER CITIZEN'S ARREST SO THEY CAN STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, UH, THE CAR AT THE TIME.
BUT THEY'D WOULD HAVE TO APPEAR LATER IN COURT AS A WITNESS TO THE CRIME.
I'M GOING TO TOUCH REAL, REAL BRIEFLY ON, UH, HOMELESS FUNDING GRANT.
SO, UH, KELLY MCDONALD WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDING, BUT WE ARE PART OF THE FIVE CITIES, UH, GRANT THAT, UM, WE RECEIVED.
IT WAS AN 18 MONTH GRANT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE ACTUALLY LAST MONTH, HOWEVER, WITH, UH, COVID
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AND THE FUNDING, UH, WAS NOT ALL USED UP, THEY GRANTED THE EXTENSION TO THE END OF THE YEAR.AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR A HOUSING NAVIGATOR, WHICH IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND, UM, RAJI SH UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON THE NAVIGATOR.
THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, MOTEL VOUCHERS, WHICH WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, KELLY MCDONALD IN GETTING OUR VOUCHER PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE, UH, UH, HOTELS OR MOTELS THAT, UH, WE'LL TAKE A HOMELESS PERSON IN A HOTEL OVERNIGHT.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY STREET RE UH, STREET OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT.
I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY GRANT WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D BEEN PAYING THE QUALITY PERSON SALES TAX FOR THE MAJOR AGE.
AND I THINK FOR OUR CTE FOR PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS POSSIBLE, WE PAY $15 MILLION FOR THE MEASURE H AND LESS ONLY NUMBER WE HAVE FOR THE GRANT.
CAN WE, DO WE HAVE MORE GRANT WE CAN APPLY SO THEY CAN, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A, QUITE A LOT OF HOMELESS.
AND IF WE CAN GRANT GRANT W WE CAN HELP THEM OFF THE STREET.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, MEASURE H UH, WHICH WE ALL PAY INTO A VOTER SPECIAL TAX.
IN 2020, THEY RECEIVED $355 MILLION WITH INTEREST IT'S $373 MILLION, WHICH LASTS US, SPENDS $215 MILLION.
SO THAT GRANT, THAT IS FROM OUR MEASURE.
H THAT, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND SO OUT OF THAT MILL, I KNOW WE HAVE TO, THAT WAS THERE A 343,000, BUT THAT'S DIVIDED INTO FIVE CITIES.
SO HOW MUCH DOES WEST COVINA GET? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT BREAKDOWN AGAIN.
I REMEMBER THAT, BUT I JUST, I REMEMBER 300,000, BUT FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT IT WAS WEST COVINA, BUT IT'S DIVIDED INTO FIVE CITIES.
WELL, I GUESS DIVIDED BY FIVE THEN, UM, AND THIS IS FOR 18 MONTHS.
CONTINUE WHOLENESS AS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SAID.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A MEASURE H FUNDING? SO WHEN IT WAS, IT WAS PASSED BY, BY CITIZENS, UM, W WHAT DID THE, THE, THE TAX, UM, REQUIRE FOR US TO GET ACCESS? I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, SIR.
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT MAYBE, UH, KELLY MCDONALD COULD PROBABLY ANSWER FOR YOU.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT, UH, OUR RESIDENTS WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO BE AWARE OF.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR CONTACT NUMBER IS THERE, OR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE IS THERE, BUT UNDERNEATH THAT IS THE, UH, THE CITY APP FOR SERVICES WHERE THEY COULD REPORT A VARIETY OF TOPICS.
I MEAN, GRAFFITI, UH, HOMELESS, UH, ABANDONED VEHICLES, ALL THOSE THINGS.
I PUT THE, UH, THE PICTURE OF THE APP.
SO IT'S READILY IDENTIFIABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND IT'S THE GO REQUEST, WHETHER YOU HAVE A ANDROID DEVICE, OR YOU HAVE AN APPLE DEVICE, YOU CAN GO TO THE APP STORE.
IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND YOU TYPE IN, UM, UH, I THINK IT SAYS ABOUT A CITY APP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY JUST CLICK ON IT FROM THEIR PHONE.
AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO DOWNLOAD, REALLY EASY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.
AND, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE SUPERVISORS THAT OVERSEE THE APP GET, THEY CAN EITHER HAVE IT TO THEIR PHONE.
THEY CAN ALSO GET IT TO THEIR COMPUTER.
SO WHEN I RECEIVED THOSE, UM, THOSE LINKS, I IMMEDIATELY CAN ADDRESS IT WITH MY STAFF TO GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THOSE COMPLAINTS.
SO IT'S A REALLY USER FRIENDLY APP AND, UM, PRETTY, PRETTY RESPONSIVE AS WELL.
CAN YOU, UM, PROVIDE THIS TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY AND ALSO POSTED ON THE SITE ON OUR RESOURCES? UM, WE'RE, I'M SORRY.
OH, I MEAN, IT COULD, UH, BOTH THE CITY, WELL, THE POLICE AND CITY WEBSITE, UM, THE RESOURCE PHONE NUMBERS, SO THAT THE ONE ALSO PROMOTED OUT IF YOU CAN.
UM, I CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH OUR, UH, US INFORMATION OFFICER AND HAVE HIM DO THAT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
ARE WE GOING TO ALSO GET A POWER POINT? THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE EMAILED.
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AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY UNION STATION, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES, THEIR CONTACTS ON THEIR DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH IS ON THERE, UH, LOSSES ON THERE AS WELL AS, UH, LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND CALTRANS ALSO ON CALTRANS ON THAT LINK, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WEST COVINA IS, UH, UH, GO REQUEST APP.SO IF A RESIDENT DOES SEE SOMETHING ON CALTRANS PROPERTY, THEY CAN GO ON THERE AND MAKE THE SAME NOTIFICATION TO CALTRANS.
SO IT'S ANOTHER WEBSITE, UM, FEATURE THAT THEY CAN REPORT SOMETHING TO.
SO RAJI, UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF PASS IT OFF TO YOU.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE IT OR NOT, BUT, UH, UM, YOUR, YOUR SLIDES ARE UP.
IF YOU NEED ME TO JUST PUSH THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST LET ME KNOW.
CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES.
UM, EVERYONE, UM, AGAIN, MY, UM, THANK YOU OFFICER, UH, SERGEANT DANIELS FOR, FOR HAVING US, UM, AND, UM, TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING US, UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS RAJI
UM, SO I OVERSEE OUR, UM, OUR STAFF WHO ARE, UH, SERVING UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, UM, OF WEST COVINA.
UM, SO JUST, UM, A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF, UM, UNION STATION, OUR MISSION AND OUR VALUES.
UM, SO OUR MISSION IS, IS TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS BY FOCUS BY FOCUSING ON PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.
UM, WE HAVE SERVICES AND HOUSING, UM, SUPPORT SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT, AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF OUR, OUR VALUES, UM, AND THE WAY THAT WE WORK.
UM, WE CAN, I CAN'T SEE THE SLIDES.
SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, IT'LL BE A MAP OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY REGION.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR REACH AS AN AGENCY.
UM, UNION STATION IS THE SPOT THREE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, UM, THE CES LEAD AGENCY.
SO WE COORDINATE THE ENTIRE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, UM, IN, UH, UH, REGIONAL RESPONSE TO, UH, HOMELESSNESS.
UM, THIS HAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, CITY PARTNERS, UM, IN DIFFERENT ENTITIES, INCLUDING, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, DMH AND TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH YEAH.
UM, SO THESE ARE OUR, REALLY WHAT MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS, UM, FOCUS ON, UH, OUR OUTREACH, UM, SO THAT IN THE FIVE CITIES GRANT, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE GRANT FROM THE COG, UM, FALL UNDER OUTREACH SERVICES, WHICH I'LL GET INTO, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE PROVIDE, UM, SHELTER AS WELL AS BRIDGE HOUSING, UM, THAT HAS, THAT HAS SHIFTED IN THE, UM, IN THE, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I CAN, UM, I CAN ANSWER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW FOR OUR REGION.
UM, IN COVID TIMES WE PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, OUR, OUR HOUSING SITES ARE IN, UM, PASADENA, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, UM, AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO ASSIST, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, CLIENTS WITH, WITH BUILDING EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND, UM, INCREASING INCOME.
SO THE, THE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SERVICES THAT UNION STATION PROVIDES, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, SO IN WEST COVINA, UM, YOUR CITY HAS, UH, ACCESS AND ENTRY POINTS TO THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, UM, FOR SINGLE ADULTS, BUT ALSO THE FAMILY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM IS A COUNTY-WIDE SYSTEM AND IT'S, UM, ORGANIZED REGIONALLY.
SO IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS OF HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS.
UM, WE WITHIN UNION STATION, UM, WE, THE REGION, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, HOW'S THE SPOT THREE, UM, MATCHER.
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A PERSON WITHIN OUR AGENCY WHO SORT OF MONITORS THE QUEUE OF, UM, HOUSING AND THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING RESOURCES THAT COME ONLINE.UM, WHAT'S COVINA ALSO HAS ACCESS TO A MULTIDISCIPLINARY OUTREACH TEAM.
UM, SO THIS TEAM IS FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, THIS TEAM CONSISTS OF A LEAD, SO A MANAGER, A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIALIST, A MENTAL HEALTH, UM, A MASTER'S LEVEL, MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, AND A FORMERLY HOMELESS, UH, PEER ADVOCATE, UM, THIS TEAM, UM, SPECIFICALLY PARTNERS WITH, UH, USC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO PROVIDE STREET MEDICINE SERVICES.
SO THAT IS THIS TEAM, UM, COVERS WEST COVINA AS WELL AS MANY CITIES AROUND, AROUND WEST COVINA.
UM, AND THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED, UH, WITHIN 72 HOURS TO, UH, CONDUCT STREET-BASED OUTREACH AND HELP, UH, LINK FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES, UM, TO RESOURCES.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE, THE NEXT PROGRAM IS THE, IS, IS THE PROGRAM THAT SERGEANT DANIELS MENTIONED, UM, THAT'S FUNDED BY MEASURE H AND THAT'S THE FIVE CITY STREET OUTREACH PROGRAMS. SO, UM, THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST COVINA COVINA DORDY GLENDORA AND AZUSA.
SO AS A COHORT OF FIVE CITIES, UM, WE HAVE, UH, ONE FULL-TIME HOUSING NAVIGATOR PER CITY, UM, THAT CONDUCTS STREET-BASED OUTREACH AND HOUSING NAVIGATION, UM, IN THE CITY.
SO FOR WEST COVINA, THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR, HIS NAME IS, UH, CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A FIVE CITIES PROGRAM MANAGER WHO PROVIDES OVERSIGHT, UH, TO THIS PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO OUR, ALL OF OUR STAFF IN THE FIELD.
AND AS SERGEANT DANIELS MENTIONED, UM, CHRISTIAN IS CO LOCATED AT THE WEST COVINA, UM, LS, COVINA CITY HALL.
UM, SO HE'S IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, EITHER OUT IN THE FIELD OR BASED IN, BASED IN THE OFFICE FOR ACCESSIBILITY ALSO, UM, PART OF, PART OF OUR SERVICES IN WEST COVINA IS THE WEST COVINA MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER, UM, AND PROVIDES MOTEL VOUCHER ASSISTANCE TO, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NEED EITHER ANYWHERE FROM A, UM, YOU KNOW, A 72 HOUR CRISIS STAY OR OVERNIGHT STAY, UM, FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TO TEMPORARY STAYS UP UP TO TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN IN SOME CASES, EVEN SOME LONGER-TERM BRIDGE HOUSING, IF, UH, WE, IF OUR, UM, IF WE ENCOUNTER AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CONNECTED OR LINKED TO A, TO A PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCE, AND WE NEED, WE NEED TO BRIDGE THAT BRIDGE THAT TIME.
UM, AND CURRENTLY I THINK, I THINK WE'VE HAD FOUR, UM, FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, OR ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, THIS IS OUR NEWEST PROGRAM, THE COG MULTI-CITY SHARED NAVIGATION PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS FUNDED BY THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
UM, AND IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SIX DIFFERENT CITIES, INCLUDING WEST COVINA.
UM, IN THIS, UM, UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES, UM, AS WELL AS A RAPID REHOUSING, UH, COMPONENT, WHICH IS RAPID REHOUSING IS A PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, INTERVENTION THAT IS, UM, THAT IS FUNDED UNDER THIS, UNDER THIS GRANT.
SO WEST COVINA HAS, UH, FOUR, FOUR POTENTIAL RAPID REHOUSING SLOTS.
THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE, UM, THIS IS BASED ON FUNDING, UM, THAT NUMBER COULD ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE, TO BE MORE, UM, BASED ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED OVER TIME.
UM, AND WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIME HOUSING NAVIGATOR, UM, NAMED BEATRICE, UH, AND SHE IS, SHE SERVES THE SIX CITIES UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
UM, THERE ARE UNDER THIS, UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
THERE ARE ALSO ARE, UM, A COUPLE OF MOTEL VOUCHER NIGHTS THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A VISUAL THAT SHOWS THE, WHAT SERVICES ARE, UM, SORRY.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST THE VISUAL THAT SHOWS WHAT, WHICH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED, UM, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, DO YOU NEED ME TO GO FORWARD, OR I THINK YOU CAN GO FORWARD TO TWO, THREE THERE'S ONLY THREE SERVICES THAT'S PROVIDED HOUSING NAVIGATION, MOTEL VOUCHERS,
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AND RAPID REHOUSING AND ALL THE OTHERS BASIC NEEDS, OUTREACH CRISIS, BRIT, NONE OF THOSE RIGHT EMPLOYMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, CORRECT UNDER THESE, UM, UNDER THE FIVE CITIES AND THE COG MULTI-CITY SHARED NAVIGATION GRANT.UM, THOSE ARE THE SERVICES THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUTLINED, UM, IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE OTHER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE OTHER, UM, RESOURCES ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN WEST COVINA.
UM, AND I SHOULD, SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED OUTREACH.
UM, HAS ONE OF THEM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE SERVICES AREN'T AVAILABLE, THOSE ARE JUST NOT PART OF THE CONTRACT FOR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, AN ACCESS CENTER, UM, IS NOT PART OF, PART OF THE ACTIVITIES FUNDED UNDER ONE OF, UM, UNION STATION, UNION STATIONS, CONTRACT WITH WEST COVINA, UM, AND MOTEL, AND I'LL MAKE A DISTINCTION FOR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN MOTEL VOUCHERS AND CRISIS HOUSING SITES.
SO A CRISIS HOUSING SITE WOULD BE, UM, A SHELTER.
THIS IS COUNCILMAN TONY WALKER, AND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
BECAUSE I THINK THE ONLY THING WE'LL WORK, MY US, ME AS MYSELF AS A CITY COUNCIL FOR PAST FIVE YEARS.
AND I REMEMBER AS A PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEF.
WELL, WE'LL GIVE US A REPORT WHEN WE HAVE A JOINT VENTURE JOINT TASK.
BASICALLY WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE HOUR'S CT POLICE OFFICER, INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF, UH, MENTAL HEALTH.
AND, UH, WENT TO THE OLDER IN KEVIN.
WITH ABOUT, I THINK THAT TIME'S ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SOMETHING.
I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE.
WE HELPED THEM OFF THE STREET AND THEY HAVE A REPORT.
SOME OF THEM, WE HELPED THEM TO BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES OUT AND WE HELP THEM TO FIND THE HOUSING.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING LAST TIME I ASKED SUPERVISOR HERE DOES AT LEAST, OKAY.
WHY FOR FOUR PAIRS, FOUR YEARS, WE ONLY HAVE A TWO OUTREACH, LIKE THE TASK I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WALK.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THESE KINDS OF OUTREACH AND JOIN TASK.
AND, UH, OUR SERVICE STAFF AND TO, TO, AND INCLUDING COUNTY.
DIFFERENT AGENCY AND JOIN TAX TO HELP THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A MENTAL ISSUE PERSON.
WE HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE, REALLY, SOME PEOPLE REALLY NEED HELP.
NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO STAY ON THE STREET, BUT, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO HELP THEM OFF THE STREET.
SO THERE'S ONLY THE SOLUTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY COUNTY ONLY FOR MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY MEMORY ONLY DID IT TWO TIMES.
CAN WE DO IT MORE OFTEN SO WE CAN HELP THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LARGE-SCALE OPERATION THAT WE DID WITH LAST TIME.
I THINK THAT EVEN THE LARGE, THIS IS JUST JOINED WITH A SHERIFF.
JOEY WAS OUR CITY POLICE AND OUR STAFF COMBINED WITH OKAY, OKAY.
AND, UH, THEY W THEY BASICALLY, BECAUSE WE KNOW, WHEREAS IN KEVIN, SO WE BASICALLY, WE WENT AND THE POLICE CHIEF, FORMER POLICE CHIEF GAVE US OCD COUNCIL REPORT REGARDING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HELPED.
SOME PEOPLE DID, SOME PEOPLE ARREST DECIDED TO HAVE A WAR OR SOMETHING.
AND WE, I ONLY RECEIVED TWO TIMES MEANING, OKAY.
MY UNDERSTANDING ONLY VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND TASKS ONLY PERFORMED TWO TIMES COUNCILMEN.
WE, UM, WE, WE DO SEND A WEEKLY REPORT THAT FOR EVERY CONTACT WE HAVE ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE DO FOR OUR HOPE TEAM.
AND WHEN THEY'RE PARTNERED UP WITH, UM, UM, LASO OR UNION STATION OR DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, A QUESTION OVER HERE FOR YOU, THE OFFICER, OKAY.
HOW OFTEN YOU JOIN TASK WITH COUNTY WITH THE ONE I JUST MENTIONED, BECAUSE LAST TIME I ASKED THE SUPERVISOR, BECAUSE SHE SAID THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE, UH, PARTNERED UP WITH LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT LARGE SCALE, UH, OPERATION QUESTION IS WE SPENT, WE GIVE THEM THE $15 MILLION, UH, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO HELP THE HOMELESS OF THE STREET IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT REALLY WORKED BECAUSE I SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE, THEY HELPED OFF THE STREET, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCE COUNTY AS A RESOURCE.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO, SIR.
SOME OF THE TEAMS STOP, LIKE WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH SOME
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OF THE CHIEFS THAT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'RE GOING TO PUT DOWN SOME OF THESE TEAMS. I'M SORRY.AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT THAT PROCESS WORKS.
AND, AND AS WE GET BACK TO SOME NORMALCY, I THINK THAT IS THE WAY WE SHOULD GO.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE COVID THING, IT HAS BEEN PUT DOWN AND WE HAVE NOT RESTARTED IT YET.
I DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR YOU AS TO WHEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
BUT THOSE, THOSE SITUATIONS ONLY OCCUR TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE NEED TO DO IT MORE OFTEN, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK CHIEF.
YEAH, WE DO STOP WHEN I WAS IN THE LIBRARY WITH, OKAY, THE SUPERVISOR WHO DOES THE, THIS MEETING, I REQUEST, I SAID, IS IT WORK? CAN WE CONTINUE TO HELP? AND THE ANSWER IS NINE NOW FUNDING.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT, BUT EVERY TIME WE DO THAT, WE HAVE TO TAKE OFFICERS OUT OF THEIR ASSIGNMENT AND, AND DO IT.
SO SOME CITIES CAN'T READILY PUT THOSE OFFICERS IN THERE.
LIKE SOMETIMES WE CAN'T SEND SOMEONE THERE.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY ISSUE, BRING THE RESOURCE TO US.
I'M, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE NO RESOURCE.
WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED LEASE OFFICER.
HOPE TEAM FOR TWO PLAZA, ONE SUPERVISOR.
SO IN VERY, IN THIS BIG CT, OKAY.
120,000 WITH A 17 SQUARE MEYER.
AND, UH, BUT SUPPOSEDLY THEY HAVE A MORE RESOURCE TO HELP US TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
AND I, I, YOU SAY, LET, LET TASK IT WALK.
CAN WE HELP WITH, CAN WE QUICK? AND WE, WE QUITE COUNTY TO HELP US, UH, OKAY.
AND THE WORK TOGETHER IT'S REALLY HELPED.
SO I WAS HOMELESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR EVEN SOME ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CREWS AROUND, BUT IT'S REALLY A HUMAN TRAGEDY FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THAT CONDITION.
AND, AND I, AND I AGREE THAT THAT'S NOT A TEAM THAT'S JUST SITTING, WAITING THAT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK.
LIKE SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE GO OUT EVERY WEEK, THAT'S A SET TIME.
WE DO THAT READILY, THAT TEAM YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT IS PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TASK FORCE.
WHAT HAS TO BE PLANTED HAS TO BE PUT TOGETHER.
YOU BRINGING IN RESOURCES FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY PUT THAT TOGETHER.
BUT I AGREE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DOING MORE OF THAT.
YOU'LL PLEASE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE REQUEST SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, THIS KIND OF RESOURCE THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
WE JUST WANT MAYBE ONCE A MONTH.
WE CAN LOOK INTO ALL THOSE IN KEVIN TO PROVIDE HELP.
I KNOW IF WE DON'T PROVIDE HELP, WE CAN NOW REMOVE THEM IN THE PUBLIC.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROVIDE HELP FOR THEM.
AND RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT WEST COVINA THAT IT GETS TO DECIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, AZUSA COUNTY OR WHATEVER.
WE ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND AGREE THAT WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SOME AGENCIES ARE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE IN, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL START LOOKING AND TALKING ABOUT IN W W ONCE WE, UH, UH, GET SOMETHING TOGETHER, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT YOUR REPORT.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO DO THE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND PROVIDE SERVICE.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, HOW MANY AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT? IT JUST DEPENDS.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S IS THE BIGGEST AGENCY, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T.
UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE PARTNERING WITH A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES THAT TOUCH US, AZUSA, GLENDORA, POMONA, UM, YOU KNOW, SHERIFF'S THE COUNTY LOFT ONE DAY W WE, WE TRY TO DO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TRANSIENTS IN THAT AREA, THEY JUST GO FROM CITY TO CITY.
SOMETIMES THEY COME FROM FURTHER, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO WE CAN GATHER AT THAT MOMENT.
SO CHIEF BELVIQ WITH THIS, UH, BE SOMETHING, UH, TO, TO WRITE A MORE FORMAL GRANT, TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF TASK FORCE, UH, THAT YOU, YOU KIND OF HAVE IN MIND THAT WE CAN DO THIS KIND OF OUTREACH, UM, MORE OFTEN AS A, AS A, AS A FORMALIZED PRESENTATION IN ORDER TO GET THE PROPER FUNDING.
SO THAT WAY WE, WE CAN ACTUALLY LEAD ON THAT IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK INTO DOING THERE MAY BE SOMETHING OUT THERE ALREADY LIKE THAT? I'M NOT SURE, BUT, BUT I'M SORRY.
I CAN TOUCH BASE ON SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WERE DOING AND WHAT WE WERE PART OF.
AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH MEASURE H THEN PRIOR TO COVID, WE PARTNERED UP WITH, UH, POMONA AND AZUSA.
THEY HAD THE FUNDING, BUT, AND THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF, UM, OUTREACH FOR MULTIPLE CITIES, INCLUDING GLENDORA COVINA, WEST COVINA, POMONA, MONROVIA ELMANI, UM, THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE THAT I'M MISSING, BUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IS IN, IN REGARDS TO BRINGING OUTSIDE RESOURCES AND THEY WOULD BRING IN A COUPLE OFFICERS FROM EVERY AGENCY THAT WAS PARTICIPATING AND THEN THEY WOULD COME IN AND THEN THEY WOULD REACH
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OUT TO THE ENTIRE CITY FOR HOURS OUT UPON A TIME.AND THAT WAS HAPPENING ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO THAT WAS HAPPENING PRIOR TO COVID.
SO THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WE WERE PART OF, I WANT TO SAY FOR, WELL, OVER A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, WHERE WE WERE DOING THAT OUTREACH, OUTSOURCE OUTREACH, UM, WITH THAT CLOSE PROGRAM, IN ADDITION, WE DID DO THE, THE, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT WE PARTNERED UP WITH THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND WE DID THOSE THAT MASSIVE SCALE OUTREACH, UH, OKAY.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A FULL-BLOWN.
I THINK THAT, THAT YOU DO IT ONLY ONCE A BLUE MOON.
IT'S JUST LIKE A SHOW, BUT WE NEED TO CONSISTENTLY CONSISTENTLY OUTREACH TO THOSE HOMELESS OKAY.
BECAUSE YOU, YOU DO IT ONCE A BLUE MOON ONCE A YEAR, ONCE AT SIX MONTHS, IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, BUT IF WE CONSISTENTLY, OKAY, OKAY.
TWO IS SMALL SCALE, BUT WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
TO HELP US, WE DON'T HAVE A LAB.
THIS IS THE ONLY COUNTY I HAVE A MENTAL HOUSE.
CAN YOU HELP US TO KIND OF FIND A WAY FOR THEM AND THE SENTENCING OKAY.
TWO, EIGHT UNION STATION TO HELP US TO FIND A HOUSING.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF FIND ALL THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OFFICER LINK DOES.
HE DOES OUTREACH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND HE PARTNERS UP WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ONCE A WEEK.
HE PARTNERS UP WITH, DO WE HAVE A HOMELESS COUNT? HOW MANY WE HAVE AND THE WHEEL WE KNOW WE HAVE A REGULAR INTERVAL.
OR SOME OF A PANDORA WE'LL HAVE A, QUITE A FEW.
SO, SO, BECAUSE UNDER THE CHASE BUILDING, THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW OVER THERE.
AND, UH, SO W I THINK WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE A LOT OF REGULAR, SO HOW CAN WE HELP THEM UP THE STREET WHILE THEN, OKAY.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SERVICE RESISTANT TO OFFER SERVICES TO THEM.
THE LS THERE'S BEEN TIMES THAT I'VE GONE OUT PERSONALLY.
AND I WENT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY WILL JUST WALK AWAY FROM ME.
WE CAN, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING, THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO WALK AWAY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT OUR SERVICES.
SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WHAT WE CALL SERVICE RESISTANT, OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT OUR ASSISTANCE.
SO, SO IF WE CONSISTENT, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND SOMETIME WE OKAY.
IF WE CAN GET SOME COUNTRIES RESOURCE.
AND THE WE TO COME THAT HOW MANY HOMELESS? OKAY.
WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR COUNTY TO COUNT IT FOR US, I THINK WE SHOULD KIND OF OURSELF.
HAVE EVA, INCLUDING, UH, THE, THE, THE UNDERPASS.
A FREEWAY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
YOU, AS A COUNTY AREA, THAT'S COUNTED TO BELONG TO WEST COVINA.
HOMELESS POPULATION WE HAVE IN WEST COVINA.
SO WE COUNTED 200, 300, 150 75.
AND THEN WE CAN EASILY TO KIND OF HAVE A PLAN TO SEE HOW WE CAN ATTACK, APPROACH THIS ISSUE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE MISCONSTRUED.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SIR, WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, UM, THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE OFFERING SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE RESISTANCE, UH, TRANSIENT TYPE PERSONS.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL SAY NO 15 TIMES.
AND ON THE 16TH TIME, THEY'LL SAY YES.
AND THAT'S THAT CONSTANT, CONSISTENT.
EVERY TIME WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM, EVERY TIME WE GET A CALL, WE OFFER THEM SERVICE.
EVEN, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO SAY NO, OR WE ANTICIPATE, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, NO, WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE UNTIL THEY SAY, YES, THAT HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS TIMES.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT PROCESS TAKES A LONG TIME.
AND IT GIVES THE APPEARANCE THAT WEST COVINA IS NOT DOING ENOUGH, OR THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
WEST COVINA IS ONE CITY, BUT WHEN WE ASKED THOSE OTHER AGENCIES TO COME PARTNER WITH US, WE HAVE TO GO PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE HOMELESS ISSUES, JUST LIKE WE DO, EVERYONE'S FACING IT.
THAT'S BEEN SPARED FROM HOMELESS.
WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY WE PARTNER TOGETHER TO TRY TO SHARE THOSE RESOURCES, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE OFFICERS THAN WE DO, AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPARE MORE OFFICERS TO DO THIS.
AND SO WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A SLOW PROCESS, BUT IT'S A CONSISTENT PROCESS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER COMES ALONG, RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY A BIGGER TEAM WOULD HELP.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING THE ABSOLUTE VERY BEST WITH THE TEAM WE HAVE.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.I UNDERSTAND YOU TRY YOUR BEST.
I THINK THAT OUR TEAM IS DOING THEIR BEST, BUT WE STILL HAVE SO MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS REGARDING HOMELESS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE EVEN SCARED TO GET OUT THEIR HOUSE.
AND SO THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS.
BUT HOW CAN WE LET THE RESIDENT FEEL SAFE? OKAY.
AND THE BUSINESS FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE BEEN VIOLATE.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND, AND I UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WE ARE TRYING CONSISTENTLY DOING THAT, BUT WE NEED TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO SHOW OUR RESIDENTS.
SOME OF THE HOMELESS HAS BEEN HELPED AND HAS BEEN HELPED.
I MEAN, I'M ON THE ANNUAL REVIEW.
THEY DID HAVE A LIST, A HOMELESS SECTION ON THERE.
AND IT DID SAY OUT OF 2020 THEY'VE, UH, CONTACT 862, OR IT WAS 800, UH, HOMELESS.
AND THEN OUT OF THOSE NUMBERS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT WHO ACTUALLY ACCEPTED HELP.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE ONES WHO JUST, IT WAS, IT WAS A BREAKDOWN.
SO THEY DID HAVE THE, UH, UH, BREAKDOWN OF THE HOMELESS REPORT ON WITH THE CITY OF WEST, MAKE NO MISTAKE.
AND THIS AN ISSUE THAT WE CANNOT TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AS BEST WE CAN AND TRY AND GET THROUGH THIS.
I, YOU KNOW, I, IF I, IF I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, RIGHT.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.
UH, UH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION PLEASE.
OR DO YOU HAVE SOME, I'M STILL HERE.
HE LOVES TO HEAR THE REST OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE? YES, PLEASE.
I THINK WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT THE LAST SLIDE.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, AND I CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THESE SLIDES, UM, TO THE COUNCIL, UM, THAT THE, THE OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE OUTREACH SERVICES, UM, THROUGH UNION STATION IN WEST COVINA, UM, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER OUTREACH TEAMS, UM, THAT ARE CONNECTED.
I KNOW THERE WAS MENTION OF THE HOST TEAM WITH IT.
THAT'S WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO DEPLOY LASA, UM, HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT TEAMS, AS WELL AS THE MDT TEAMS. ALL OF THOSE ARE ALSO OUTREACH TEAMS, UM, IN ADDITION TO DMH HOME TEAMS, UM, AND THE STREET MEDICINE TEAM.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO WEST COVINA IN ADDITION TO THE CITY SPECIFIC, UM, HOUSING NAVIGATORS, UM, AND THE, THE NEWEST PROGRAM, THE COG PROGRAM, UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY IS BUILDING IN THE HOUSING RESOURCE THAT WAS MISSING FROM, UM, SORT OF FROM THE PREVIOUS, UM, PROGRAMS. SO I DO WANT TO RE REITERATE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR US, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS REAL PROGRESS AND THAT YOU'RE, THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS COMMITTED TO AND HAS MADE HAPPEN.
UM, AND IF WE, UH, UH, SERGEANT DANIELS, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OH, I THINK I, THERE, THERE WAS ONE MORE SLIDE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, GIVE YES.
UM, GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DATA.
UM, SO FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FROM THE 2020, UM, COUNT, UM, OKAY.
THE 20, 20 HOMELESS COUNT, UM, THERE ARE 125, UM, UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, THROUGH THE FIVE CITIES GRANT, UM, OUR TEAM OF FIVE, UM, FIVE STAFF HAVE OUTREACH TO MORE THAN, UM, AT THIS POINT MORE THAN 225 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE FIVE CITIES AND, UM, 74 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAJI COUNCIL? DOES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? UM, I'M THANKFUL THAT, UH, YOU ARE UNION STATION HAS AN OFFICE HERE IN CITY HALL, SO RESIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN JUST SWING BY HERE, THEY'RE LOCAL.
AND I WILL SHARE, UM, THERE IS THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS OUTREACH PORTAL.
UM, AND I CAN SHARE THAT WITH, UM, SERGEANT DANIELS, TOO, TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH CITY, WITH RESIDENTS, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO SHOULD NEED SERVICES, UM, WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT IS THE WAY TO DIRECTLY GET TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO US, UM,
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SO THAT WE CAN DEPLOY THE APPROPRIATE TEAM, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CITY'S NEEDS ARE, ARE BEING ADDRESSED.IS THAT PORTAL SEPARATE THEN THE LOSS OF PORTAL THAT RESIDENTS CAN ALSO PUT IN OR IS, IS IT THE SAME OR IS IT DIFFERENT? IT'S THE SAME PORTAL, UM, UNION, BUT UNION STATION, UH, COORDINATES OUTREACH FOR THE THING, THE ENTIRE THING, GABRIEL VALLEY REGION.
SO FOR, UM, FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THOSE, UM, OUTREACH REQUESTS COME DIRECTLY TO OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, WHOSE NAME IS DEBBIE MOTA.
UM, AND THEN SHE IS ABLE TO, BASED ON THE DETAIL OF THE NEED, UM, SHE'S ABLE TO DEPLOY AN APPROPRIATE TEAM AND THEN THAT WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS ACCESS TO MORE THAN JUST ONE TEAM.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT I MENTIONED THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE MEASURE H GRANT OR FROM THE COG GRANT, UM, THEY'RE FROM OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING, UM, WE CAN ALSO SEND TO, TO WEST COVINA.
UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF OUR OTHER TEAMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE OR THERE'S MAYBE A SPECIFIC MEDICAL NEED OR, OR OTHER NEEDS THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR SPECIALIZED TEAMS CAN ADDRESS.
UM, CAN NOT BE INCLUDED ON THAT SHEET THAT YOU HAVE.
I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO SEND MULTIPLE SHEETS TO RESIDENTS IF WE COULD JUST COMPRISE IT ALL IN ONE SHEET, ALL THE INFORMATION.
IF YOU CAN JUST SEND THAT TO ME.
I KNOW WE GOT IN THE, YOU SAID THE POLIO WEEKEND REQUEST COUNTY.
YOUR DEPARTMENT, OR THEY HAVE A PHOTO OF OUTREACH.
HOW SOON IF SOMEBODY REQUIRES HOW SOON YOU CAN SEND A TEAM OUT.
AND HOW OFTEN WE CAN REQUEST THAT.
UM, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN REQUEST, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYONE CAN MAKE A REQUEST, UM, AND, UH, YOU CAN REQUEST, UM, YOU CAN REQUEST HELP, UM, OUR, OUR SERVICES, UM, YOU KNOW, AS MANY TIMES, AS MANY TIMES AS YOU NEED, UM, USUALLY OUR, OUR TEAMS. UM, WE, WE WILL, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO OUR, OUR, WE AIM FOR A TURNAROUND TIME OF, OF 72 HOURS.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE OUR TEAMS, UM, 70 OR THREE BUSINESS DAYS, UM, TO ATTEMPT CONTACT.
UM, IF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE UNDERSTAND YOU MAY NOT HAVE, UM, AN EXACT, YOU KNOW, A NAME OR, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT STAY IN THE SAME LOCATION, AND YOU MAY JUST HAVE A CROSS STREET OR AN INTERSECTION OR TEAMS WILL GO BACK MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, TO, TO MAKE CONTACT AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT REQUEST.
UM, AND I KNOW I, I MAY STARTED TO ASK A QUESTION, SO I JUST WANTED TO TRUST THAT, OKAY, OH, SOMEBODY REQUEST OR CITY REQUEST FOR THIS OUTREACH FUND.
THE PORTAL FOR THE COUNTY TO HELP THREE-DAY
AND, AND SOMETIMES THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE, AS WE RECEIVED THE OUTREACH REQUEST, UH, OUTREACH REQUEST, UM, AND IT'S ASSIGNED TO A TEAM, UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE THAT SAME DAY, UM, OR IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD, IT COULD TAKE, UM, 72 HOURS.
SO WE JUST GIVE THAT RANGE OF TIME, UM, BECAUSE OUR TEAMS, WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO TEAMS SEVEN DAYS, SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK.
UM, BUT OUR TEAMS DO WORK ON, ON A PRETTY REGULAR SCHEDULE.
THEY'RE NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT OVERNIGHT, THEY'RE NOT OVERNIGHT TEAMS. UM, AND SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPACITY IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, A NINE ONE, ONE CALL WOULD BE.
YOU CAN'T ASK FOR UP, UM, WITH OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR TO CONFIRM THAT CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE, UM, AND THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ATTENDED TO THAT OUTREACH REQUEST.
SO I WOULD TAKE YOUR WOLF FORWARD.
I W WE WILL REQUEST YOUR HELP AND THE, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THREE DAYS I WILL SEND DAY, UH, WE CAN GET AN OUTREACH SO WE CAN HELP OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND HERE.
SO OBVIOUSLY I THINK SHE SAYS SHE CAN DO IT FOR US.
THEY DO HAVE AN OFFICE HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND WE DO WORK WITH THEM.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PEOPLE COMPLAINING IS THAT CAN NOTHING HAPPEN.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH THIS MEETING, UH, WITH THIS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE VIDEO TAPE AND THE OKAY.
WE ONLY NEED REQUEST SERVICES.
IS THAT OKAY? TO HELP OUT PEOPLE? OKAY.
NOW, LIKE WE CALL THEM PEOPLE, PEOPLE NEVER SHOW UP.
SO, SO IF SHE SAY SHE CAN DO THIS WITHIN THREE DAYS, I, I BELIEVE HER.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE, HAVE
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PEOPLE TO CALL.AND THE CO COUNTY, UH, CAN BE PSYCHO OFFICER.
AND THEN WE SEE THE, WE HAVE SO MANY HOMELESS, OKAY.
WE CAN HAVE A COUNTY TO HELP US BASED ON THE LADY TOURS.
UH, CORRECTION, I JUST GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, AS SERGEANT DANIELS MENTIONED, SO ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OUTREACH, UM, YOU HAVE A FULL-TIME OUTREACH STAFF IN THE CITY OF, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WHO MAY BE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING TO THE OUTREACH REQUESTS.
UM, UM, THE, THE PORTAL JUST ENABLES ACCESS, UM, TO, TO SEVERAL MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEAMS, JUST SO THERE'S, THERE'S MORE OUTREACH SUPPORT.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT OUTREACH, UM, WE CAN DEPLOY OUTREACH TEAM THAT DOES NOT, UM, THAT STILL MEANS THAT, THAT, UM, FOLKS IN WEST COVINA WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MAY, UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE, SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
UM, OVERNIGHT IT MEANS WE CAN START AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE, UM, PEOPLE IN, IN SERVICES.
UM, AND LIKE SERGEANT DANIELS MENTIONED THAT CAN BE, UM, THAT'S A PROCESS THAT CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN TAKE MONTHS SOMETIMES.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUTREACH, WHAT OUTREACH WILL LOOK LIKE THAT OUR TEAMS WILL, WILL BE OUT, UM, CAN COME OUT THERE AND WE'LL, AND WE DO PARTNER CURRENTLY WITH THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A PROCESS TO LINK TO SERVICES AND HOUSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE USED THAT, UH, PORTAL BEFORE.
AND I REMEMBER A RESIDENT USED IT BEFORE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WOULD COME OUT AND THEN, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL THERE RESIDENTS THINK THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE, BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW UP NOW, BECAUSE I REMEMBER, I THINK THIS WAS TWO YEARS AGO, WE COULDN'T FOLLOW UP.
AND SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING TODAY, IF THEY DO PUT IT IN THE SYSTEM, THEY CAN CALL BACK AND GET AN UPDATE.
UM, AND I BELIEVE IT'S AN EMAIL FEATURE, UM, TO CHECK IN, UM, JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE, THEY, THEY WILL RECEIVE A TICKET, UM, IN THEIR EMAIL THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS CONFIRMED AT THAT, THAT THEIR OUTREACH REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THAT, UM, IT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED UP WITH.
AND THEN, UM, I WILL, YOU KNOW, SERGEANT DANIELS HAS MY, HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ISSUES OR CONCERNS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WITH THE OUTREACH PORTAL, I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN, UM, THAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN DOWN.
UM, IF RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME.
SO IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENT, CAUSE NOT, NOT, THIS IS NOT POSTED WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE, SO YOU'LL HAVE DIFFERENT RESIDENTS LOOKING AT THE SAME THING, NOT KNOWING IF SOMEBODY ELSE REPORTED IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE 10 DIFFERENT RESIDENTS WHO CALLED IN OR PUT IN, DO THEY GIVE, DO THEY SHARE INFORMATION THAT THAT PERSON HAS BEEN REACHED CONTACT LIKE A BASIC HISTORY? SO THAT RESIDENTS DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, OR IS THERE SOME UPDATE? UM, SO OUR, OUR COORDINATOR CAN, CAN CONFIRM THAT, UM, CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE AND SOMETHING, IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR, FOR THE SAME PERSON OR PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, A RESIDENT MAY NOT, MAY NOT KNOW SOMEONE IS ALREADY IN SERVICES WITH UNION STATION.
UM, WE HAVE A, UM, THE HOMELESS, WE USE THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IT'S A DATABASE, UM, WHERE WE CAN, UM, WE CAN LOOK UP, UM, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, BASED ON CERTAIN INFORMATION, WE CAN LOOK INDIVIDUALS UP, UM, AND THEN WE CAN CONFIRM, UM, THAT THAT REQUEST HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO THERE'S A WAY, UM, I GUESS IF THE CONCERN IS AROUND DUPLICATION, UM, OR INEFFICIENCIES IN THAT WAY, UM, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM, UM, THAT OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR CAN CHECK, CHECK FOR THAT.
UM, I DO FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE HOMELESS, UM, HOMELESS NEEDS ID IDENTIFICATION ID FOR HELP YET WHEN YOU VOTE, YOU DON'T NEED IDENTIFICATION.
SO IF THE HOMELESS DOESN'T HAVE THAT, AND I DEALT WITH ONE WHO IS EXTREMELY PARANOID TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION, ARE THEY NOT GOING TO RECEIVE HELP BECAUSE THEY DON'T NOT HAVE ID? SO WE, UM, FOR PARTICIPATION IN UNION STATION, UM, SERVICES, WE DO NOT REQUIRE ID.
UM, THAT'S A SERVICE WE, WE HELP PROVIDE MANY HOUSING RESOURCES WILL REQUIRE, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR ID
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AS PART OF AN APPLICATION PROCESS.UM, SO OUR, OUR STAFF, OUR OUTREACH WORKERS ACTUALLY HELP INDIVIDUALS, UM, APPLY FOR, APPLY FOR AN ID, UM, APPLY FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, UM, AND GET A COPY OF THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE COMMON DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR HOUSING.
UM, WE DO NOT, UM, WE DO NOT TURN ANYONE AWAY, UM, FOR NOT HAVING DOCUMENTS.
WE, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK EXPECT THAT MOST, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WHO ARE UNHOUSED, UM, PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS ON THEM.
UM, SO YEAH, SO JUST MAKING THAT CLEAR THAT THERE THERE'S NO, UH, PRE PRE-REQUISITE, UM, FOR, FOR BEING PART OF UNION STATION SERVICES OR ACCEPTING SERVICES, UM, OUR STAFF HELPS WITH, WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
OKAY, CHARLES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE THERE? YES, I AM.
CHARLES IS FROM A DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
UH, THANK YOU, WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR LETTING ONE OF OUR CLINICIANS, UH, PARTNER WITH YOU AND DOING WORK WITH THE PATROL OFFICERS, HELPING PEERS, PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN A CRISIS, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP, UH, OFFICER LINK ONCE A WEEK WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TYPE OF SERVICES AND WORKING WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS EVENING TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M A STAND IN FOR ALL THE STARS THAT ARE OFF TONIGHT.
SO YOU OVERSEE ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN REGARDS TO NO.
I WORKED WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, CLINICIANS ASSIGNED TO THE 40 POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN LA COUNTY.
AND WE HAVE ONE CLINICIAN THAT WORKS WITH THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH WHAT'D YOU HAVE INFORMATION OF HOW MUCH, UM, MEASURE H MONEY GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH? NO, THAT'S, UH, YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH, SO THIS ELISA'S OFFICE, UH, AND SHE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH THE, UH, THE HOUSING FOLKS.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M PART OF.
SO, UH, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU DO AS A, I KNOW YOU SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, AND IS IT WITHIN THE FIVE CITIES? THE SAME? IS THIS PART OF THE MEASURE H OR THE NO, I, WELL, NO, THIS WAS AN INVITATION WE GOT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUST OUR MET TEAM.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY BECOME A BIGGER PIECE OF, IN TERMS OF THE HOMELESS.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY OF THAT.
SO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN YOUR CITY IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UH, NOBODY WAS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENING, CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL THIS.
UH, BUT THE HOME TEAM, H O M E IS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THEY COLLABORATE WITH ALL THE PLAYERS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY UNION STAGE.
AND THEY WORK TO HELP EXPEDITE ANY HOMELESS PERSON.
WHO'S WILLING TO HAVE SERVICES TO GET TO THE SHELTER OR MENTAL HEALTH OR MEDICAL OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, NO, THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOUR HELP.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT EVERYBODY FACES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT I WORK AT A PARK IN LA AND, UH, I'VE STILL SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE FOR YEARS THAT I WORKED FOR 15 YEARS.
UM, SO ON YOUR TERM, YOU SAID THEY JUST WORK WITH CITY.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HIS ROLE.
SO, UH, BASICALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH HAS ASSIGNED A CLINICIAN TO, UM, MULTIPLE CITIES TO PARTNER UP AND PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND THAT'S WHAT HIS AGENCY DOES IS THEY PROVIDE A CLINICIAN TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ONCE A WEEK AND THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEY TRY TO PROVIDE, UM, OUTREACH TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS.
SO WITH THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS AND REFUSE HELP OR SERVICES, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE IN A STATE THAT THEY CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE TODAY, UH, FROM
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SACRAMENTO ON DOWN.AND THAT IS THE WHOLE, UH, 51 50 CRITERIA GRAVELY, DISABLED DUE TO A MENTAL DISORDER.
AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE AN EASY ANSWER FOR THAT ONE.
IT'S IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT EVERYBODY DOES BELIEVE IS, UH, THEIR LIFE IS IN DANGER BECAUSE THEY ARE GREATLY GREATLY DISABLED.
IT USUALLY TAKES A, A GROUP OF PEOPLE, A GROUP OF OUTREACH WORKERS, UH, UH, UH, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN OF HOW THIS PERSON WILL GET HELP.
DID THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST, FOR ME THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE, UH, MOST FRUSTRATING PART IS WHEN I KNOW RESIDENCY, THE ONES WHO DON'T WANT HELP AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF MENTAL ILLNESS THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY DON'T MEET THE 51 51, THE 51 50 YEAH.
CRITERIA NOW IN REGARDS TO, WELL, I GUESS NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAW, WHERE DO WE STAND IN REGARDS TO LIKE INDECENT EXPOSURE, DEPRECATING.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY I SPEAK, I KNOW MY HUSBAND TOOK MY DAUGHTER.
THEY ATE AT, IN AND OUT HERE IN BALDWIN PARK.
AND THERE WAS ONE GENTLEMAN WHO THOUGHT HE HAD SPIDERS ON HIM AND REMOVED ALL HIS CLOTHES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESTAURANT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY MY HUSBAND TOOK MY DAUGHTER OUT, BUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE BECAUSE HERE AT OUR PARKS AS WELL.
UM, AND I SPEAK IN LA, WE HAVE THE MOST LAX, HOMELESS IS JUST HIGH.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO, OH, ACTUALLY WE DID HAVE ONE HERE IN WEST COVINA AT THE BUS STOP BECAUSE I DID HAVE A RESIDENT SHOW ME A PHOTO OF THIS LADY, PULLING HER PANTS DOWN AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE, OR, YOU KNOW, IN DECENT EXPOSURE.
I MEAN, WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE INDECENT EXPOSURE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS PRETTY MUCH UNSANITARY AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WELL, EITHER OF YOU CAN ANSWER.
SO FOR, FOR AN INDECENT EXPOSURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS FOR, UH, SEXUAL GRATIFICATION, IF SHE HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS AND SHE'S EXPOSING HERSELF, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO PROVIDE HER MENTAL RESOURCES AND IF SHE DOESN'T WANT THE HELP, SO H WOULD HAVE TO EITHER MEET THE CRITERIA OR TRY, WE'LL TRY TO OUTREACH TO A FAMILY MEMBER, TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET HER IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY TO TAKE CONTROL OF HER IS THE CRITERIA.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE FRUSTRATION PART BECAUSE I DID, I MEAN, I DID HELP A GENTLEMAN, UH, AT THE BUS STOP A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE STILL CONTACTS ME UNTIL TODAY.
UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM.
UH, I DO TO SOME FOLLOW-UP, BUT HE WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTED TO HELP.
AND, UM, HE WASN'T AT THAT STATE TOO.
I MEAN, HE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION PARANOID AND SO FORTH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT TOOK A WHILE AND I DID ASSIST HIM, BUT, YOU KNOW, W WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RAMPING UP RAMPAGING THROUGH OUR PARKS NAKED IN THE STREETS.
AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO SEE THAT HERE IN OUR OWN CITY AS WELL, SO WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO OBVIOUSLY FOR A 51 50 CRITERIA, THEY HAVE TO BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES, A DANGER TO OTHERS, OR GRAVELY DISABLED, LIKE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND AS FAR AS, UM, EVERY SITUATION IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.
SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU LIKE A, AN ANSWER FOR IT UNLESS I WAS OUT THERE DEALING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND HAD A LOT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UM, THE OFFICER SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
UH, SO, AND THE REASON I, I, I TALKED TO MY LAPD OFFICERS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE OF MENTAL ILLNESS EVERYWHERE.
UM, I MEAN, MIND YOU NOT JUST TALKING TO THEMSELVES OR, YOU KNOW, CURSING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SCARING THE LITTLE KIDS THAT WE HAVE AT THE PARKS.
UM, AND HE DID SAY THAT THEY'RE DOING NOT JUST IN DECENT EXPOSURE, BUT LEWD ACTS, YOU KNOW, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT I REMEMBER EARLY PDS OFFICER'S STUDY.
YOU, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT YOU'LL HAVE MORE NAKED PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGH THE PARKS, AND THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH WE CAN DO.
THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND WE CAN JUSTIFY IF THEY'RE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ACTING IRRATIONAL, THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TAKING THEIR CLOTHES OFF.
IF THEY'RE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PCP, THEY GET REALLY HOT AND THEY TAKE THEIR CLOTHES OFF.
SO AGAIN, EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE TO EVALUATE, IS THIS PERSON SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS? IS THIS PERSON SUFFERING FROM, UH, BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS? IS THIS PERSON BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF, UH, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL OR JUST ALCOHOL, OR THERE'S JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER UNLESS I WAS OUT THERE INTERACTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
YOU, I THINK RESONANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE ENFORCEMENT
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THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT USED TO OCCUR MANY YEARS IS NO LONGER THERE.SO I THINK THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PRODUCT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF IT IS OUR LAWS, UM, THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, CATCH AND RELEASE.
AND I, I, THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION PART ON MY END.
UH, DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? WAS THERE MORE PRESENTATION FOR THIS? UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, CHARLES? NO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND MOTION TO RECEIVE, UM, SERGEANT, WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT FOR THE HOME, UH, THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVEN'T READ THE REPORT, UM, THERE IS THE HOMELESS IN CALIFORNIA AUDIT STATE OUGHTA, UM, AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH, IN REGARDS TO HOMELESS IN CALIFORNIA.
AND I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY THEY ONLY DID FIVE COUNTIES.
I WANTED TO KNOW DO ANY OF, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY DIDN'T, UM, THEY DIDN'T REVIEW LA COUNTY, JUST KNOW, OKAY.
IF RESIDENTS DO HAVE A CHANCE TO READ IT, IT IS, UM, SHOCKING.
AND A LOT OF, I FIND IT IS THIS WHOLE HOMELESS SITUATION IS A STATE ISSUE.
UM, SO FOR THOSE WHO PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW, AND WE GO THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA, SO IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES HAD THE HAVE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION OF 211,000 PEOPLE, CALIFORNIA ALONE TAKES ON HALF OF THAT AT 108,000 PEOPLE.
AND SO CALIFORNIA HAS THE LARGEST HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE NATION.
LA COUNTY ALMOST TAKES ON HALF OF CALIFORNIA AS ALMOST ESTIMATED AT 43,854.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS, AND THIS IS NOW A CALIFORNIA STATE ISSUE.
I MEAN, CALIFORNIA, IT'S A HOMELESS PANDEMIC IN CALIFORNIA.
AND THEN I KNOW, UM, OR ONE OF YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT UP TO SACRAMENTO.
UH, THIS WOULD INCLUDE OUR STATE LEGISLATORS.
AND, AND IS THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY SAY TAKE IT TO STATE, UH, TO SACRAMENTO, OBVIOUSLY I WANTED TO TAKE IT TO SEE, UH, SACRAMENTO ON, IS THAT, DOES THAT GO THROUGH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS? YES.
I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN MADE WITH CHUCK, CHUCK LENNON WITH DMH.
NO, I SAID, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT THAT'S EVERYBODY FROM SACRAMENTO DOWN TO WEST COVINA THIS EVENING, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO, CAUSE IT'S SUCH A CHALLENGING, UH, ISSUE.
THERE'S THEY CAN'T, NOBODY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
SO EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT BRINGING IT UP THERE.
THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT VERY MUCH.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THE REPORT, IT'S A CALIFORNIA ISSUE.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE 50 STATES, CALIFORNIA TAKES ON HALF OF IT.
UM, FOR THOSE, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO READ THIS.
IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE SO THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE KEY ELEMENT.
THE STATE AUDIT DETERMINED THAT THE STATE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE, TO COORDINATE ITS EFFORTS, TO ADDRESS HOMELESS.
UM, EVEN HAVING ESTABLISHING HOME AS COORDINATING AND FINANCING COUNCIL, UH, HUD AWARDED $441 MILLION TO 44, WHEN THEY SAY COC, I KNOW THAT THEY MENTIONED IT'S CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UH, WE HAD THAT PRESENTATION EARLIER ABOUT OUR WEST COVINA, UM, TO COORDINATE FUNDING FOR SERVICE AND HOUSING TO ADDRESS HOMELESS IN CALIFORNIA, 58 COUNTIES.
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT THEY'RE GIVING IT TO THESE COUNTIES AND DIFFERENT COUNTIES ARE JUST DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY HAVEN'T PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
UM, THEY SAID FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS, THE STATE HAS STRUGGLED TO COORDINATE ITS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESS.
A STATE DOES NOT TRACK THE FUNDING IT PROVIDES TO COMBAT HOMELESS.
UH, THERE, I MEAN, I WISH WE DID A REPORT JUST ON THIS ALONE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS COULD SEE IS THIS IS WHEN THEY AUDITED FIVE COUNTIES.
UH, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SHOCKING INFORMATION.
AND OF COURSE I ALWAYS SAY IT STARTS FROM THE TOP DOWN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, MOTION AND RECEIVE, BUT I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE INVOLVE THE STATE LEGISLATOR.
WE INVOLVE, UM, OTHER CITIES TO BE PROACTIVE IN THIS AND TO WRITE TO THE STATE, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE WHAT COUNCIL REQUESTS.
UM, BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IF YOU READ THIS, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR PROVIDING THIS.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
FOR THE GENTLEMEN SAY, NOBODY KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
I, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN TRY GIVE THE RESULTS TO THE CT,
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UH, LET A CT TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE ISSUE.I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE CITY'S PAULA'S DUE TO THE, WE DON'T HAVE A RESOURCE.
SO IF, IF THEY CAN, IF THE SACRAMENTO OKAY ON THE COUNTY, THEN NOBODY KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
AND THE GO-TO THE OLDER, DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE ALL THE CT.
WE RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE OKAY.
TO THE, OUR LOCAL HOMELESS ISSUE TO TRY TO HELP THOSE HOMELESS, TRYING TO FIND SHELTER, TRY TO FIND, OKAY, WE SOLVE FOR THEM.
THE RCT DON'T HAVE THAT RESOURCE.
WE LINK OFF DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTH, ALL THESE PANDEMIC.
SO, SO IF, UH, IF A SACRAMENTO CAN THINK ABOUT A ALTERNATIVE WAY OF SEEING ALL OF THE BUGS TRUST YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT YOU CAN SUPERVISE HOW THIS MONEY GOES, GIVE US SOME RESOURCES.
SO THIS IS MY SUGGESTION ABOUT HOW WE DO IT, HOW WE TRY TO GET SACRAMENTO, THE POLICY TO DO ANYTHING I CAN GO INTO, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
EVERYTHING THE SAME, GIVE THE LOCAL CONTROL.
I DO AGREE TO A PORTION OF THIS.
UM, THERE'S A SAYING, BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
BUT TO WHAT EXTENT I KNOW BORDERS ARE OPEN.
UM, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH HOMELESS IN LA.
A LOT OF THE HOMELESS ARE NOT FROM HERE.
SO THEY'RE COMING FROM UTAH, OREGON.
I MEAN, I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM AND I'VE ASKED ONE OF THEM LIKE, WHY COME TO CALIFORNIA? AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? OH, BECAUSE THEY SAID, EVERYTHING HERE IS FREE.
SO, UM, IT'S, THEY JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS AT A BIGGER SCALE, BECAUSE IF CALIFORNIA TAKES ON HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE WHOLE UNITED STATES, THERE'S AN ISSUE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE LIKE A HOMETOWN OR SOMETHING.
I THINK OUR PO OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN ACTUALLY IN THAT IS TRUE.
UM, AND I HEAR, I SHOULDN'T EVEN SEEING THIS, BUT I KNOW WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING OUT, YOU KNOW, I HEARD THEY, UH, THE, UH, HOMELESS ACTUALLY GET SHUTTLED TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
SO WHENEVER THERE'S AN OLYMPICS HAPPENING, YOU NOTICE THAT THERE'S NO HOMELESS POPULATION.
THEY GO SOMEWHERE AND GUESS WHAT? UM, IT'S BEING SHIFTED HERE.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A WHITE SHUTTLE THAT WAS DROPPING OFF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND THEY'RE COMING FROM OUTSIDE CITIES.
SO THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LINE THE GOAL LINE BASICALLY SHIPPED DOWN OVER HERE.
SO, YEAH, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M S I'M ADDRESSING.
IT'S NOT JUST MOVING IT FROM CITY TO CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IF WE FIX IT HERE, IT'S THE SAME, MORE WILL COME IN OUR CITY.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL.
I WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO THE STATE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A STATE, IT'S A STATE ISSUE.
UH, I, I I'D LIKE TO ADD FOR THE RESIDENTS INTERESTED, UH, BOOK, UH, CITY OF INMATES.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN CALIFORNIA, IN LOS ANGELES SINCE THE 1880S.
UH, WE WERE THE CITY OF TRAPS.
SO WE WE'VE HAD, UH, THE MAJORITY OF, UH, THE US HOMELESS POPULATION, UH, FOR ABOUT 150 YEARS.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO A HISTORIC ISSUE.
AND, UH, I DO THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STRUGGLED OR 140, 150 YEARS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, LIEUTENANT DANIELS, THANK YOU.
THIS PRESENTATION, UH, IN THE WORK, UH, YOU AND OFFICER LING, UH, I CAN TELL YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY APPROACHED IT, UM, WITH THE CARE.
AND I HAVE MOVED, UM, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE, YOU WANT TO ASK AS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO, ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YUP.
I WAS GONNA JUST SAY THAT IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.
I MEAN, YES, IT'S BEEN HERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AS COUNCILMEN TABATA BY SAYS, BUT WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS.
AND THERE'S MORE ISSUES BESIDES, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DRUG ABUSE AND BECAUSE I'M DEALING WITH THIS PERSONALLY WITH, UM, SOMEONE I KNOW, UM, IT'S A DRUG PROBLEM.
WE HAVE A BIG DRUG PROBLEM OUT THERE, AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE STATE LEGISLATORS, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE IT'S JEOPARDIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SECOND, WE'VE GOT A FIRST, WE GOT A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCILMAN WU TO RECEIVE AND FILE A SECOND.
BYPRO MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER.
THEY ARE PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.
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REPORT ANY AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE.[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
NOW IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS.I DO WANT IT TO, WELL, OBVIOUSLY I MADE MY COUNCIL REQUESTS IN WRITING TO THE STATE, POSSIBLY HAVING THE OTHER CITY JOIN US TO RESOLVE THIS IN A BIGGER LEVEL.
UM, AND THEN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK INTO REDUCING AND CAPPING THE DELIVERY SERVICE FEES AS, UH, ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT MENTIONED.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO REQUESTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVES FORWARD.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUNCIL REQUEST.
UM, THIS, I GUESS THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
IS THERE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN? I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN.