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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR MARCH 16, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KELLY.
DUPEE FROM FAITH, COMMUNITY CHURCH AND COUNCILMAN TABATA BY WE'LL BE LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALL RISE WHEN YOU'RE READY, PASTOR LET'S PRAY.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BLESSING OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THIS GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING TO BE UPON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM THAT YOU WOULD DIRECT THEM BY THE POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM.
LORD IS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT EACH ONE OF US.
LORD, WE LIFT UP OUR COMMUNITY TO YOU AT THIS TIME, LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK, THAT YOU WOULD BRING HEALING TO THEM.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE THAT YOU WOULD BRING COMFORT FATHER FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, LORD, OUR FIRE AND POLICE.
GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM AS THEY KEEP US SAFE AND RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCIES AND CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU GOD, FOR WORKING IN OUR NATION.
THANK YOU LORD FOR WORKING IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEETING A MEMBER.
AND UPON THIS SPEEDING TONIGHT IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY AMEN.
SINCE CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
NOW IT'S A WOMAN DIAZ MAYOR PRO TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO RESIDENT CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? OKAY.
ONTO PRESENTATION TESTING TODAY,
[Certificate of Recognition to Brian Gutierrez for donating the publication of 500 "West Covina Police Department Annual Review" Books]
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.THE FIRST ONE, CAN I BRING UP MR. MR. BRIAN GUTIERREZ IS HE, THIS IS, UM, MR. GUTIERREZ GRACIOUSLY DONATED THE PRINTING OF 500 WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANNUAL REVIEW BOOKLETS.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK HIM AND HIS JOB AT SONY MUSIC FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION.
FOR THOSE WHO WANTED A HARD COPY ANNUAL REVIEW BROCHURES WILL BE HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW AND TAKE ONE CITY HALL REOPENS BROCHURES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY CLERK OFFICE IN THE LOBBY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY.
I KNOW THESE WERE VERY BEAUTIFULLY MADE.
UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST POLICE REPORT AND I KNOW SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WANTED THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UH, YES.
WELL, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO SUPPORT OUR, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THANK YOU FOR HONORING ME TONIGHT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY CONSOLE.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS BOOK CREATES AWARENESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IN ORDER TO CREATE TRANSPARENCY AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE PROSPEROUS EVERY DAY.
AND SO CITY OF WEST COVINA WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PRESENTATION.
[Certificate of Recognition to Brian Gutierrez for his efforts with CVS Health Corporation in bringing vaccination sites to West Covina]
THANK YOU.UH, BEFORE I PRESENT THE NEXT CERTIFICATE, I'D LIKE TO ALSO INVITE MR. THOMAS HEINZ OR HINZ HEINZ.
UH, HE'S A DISTRICT LEADER FOR CVS HEALTH CORPORATION.
UM, SO BEFORE I CONTINUE WITH BOTH, UH, THESE TWO HAS A BIG FACTOR I WANTED TO, UM, WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A VACCINATION SITE AT CAMERON PARK ON FEBRUARY 8TH, BUT LA COUNTY DECIDED NOT TO EXECUTE OUR MOU AGREEMENT, HENCE THAT DID NOT OCCUR, BUT THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER, BRIAN GUITARS, WHO REACHED OUT TO CVS AND WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM NOT JUST ONE VACCINATION SITE, BUT A TOTAL OF FOUR
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VACCINATION SITES IN WEST COVINA.AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL CITIES HAVE THIS AT THEIR LOCAL CVS.
SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE VACCINATIONS ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED.
SO BRIAN GUITARS, AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, EMAILING AND KEEPING UP WITH THE CORPORATE OFFICE AT CVS AND ENSURING THAT WE DO HAVE VACCINATION SITES HERE IN OUR CITY.
[Recognition of CVS Health Corporation for bringing vaccination sites to West Covina]
MR. THOMAS, AGAIN, THE DISTRICT LEADER FOR CVS HEALTH CORPORATION.WE WANTED TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR WORKING DIGITALLY DIGITAL, GENTLY TO SECURE FOR VACCINATION SITES HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE CONSTANT AND GREAT COMMUNICATION TO MR. GUTIERREZ AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IN REGARDS TO THE UPDATES OF THE CVS VACCINATION IN OUR CITY, WHICH ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED.
WE HAVE ALL SIDES OF THE CITY COVERED.
WE HAVE, UM, THIS AT THE EAST, NORTH, SOUTH AND SIDE OF OUR CITY, SO THAT THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT AND KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR WESCO BEING AROUND THE CITY OF WHAT'S GOING TO FOR THE CVS, KEEPING OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
WE'D LIKE A FEW WORDS FROM BOTH OF YOU.
SO ON HERE, WE'LL START WITH YOU AND THEN WE'LL END SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.
UH, AGAIN, UH, IT WAS CVS HAS COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT AS THE MORE VACCINATIONS COME OUT TO OUR DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, IT WAS CVS HAS CORPORATE OFFICE WHO HEARD OUR CONCERNS AND OUR DIRE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR SENIORS AND THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE COVID 19 HAD RESOURCES OR OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US UNAIDED.
AND I THINK CVS HAS CORPORATE CORPORATION AND THEIR CORPORATE TEAM OVER THERE FOR HELPING ASSISTING IN THE SHARING THAT MORE OF OUR LOCAL STORES IN WESTFIELD.
I HAD ACCESS TO MASS DONATIONS AND I THINK CVS CORPORATION FOR ALSO HAVING, UH, MR. HINES COMING OUT AND THEY WERE REPRESENTING CVS TONIGHT.
WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING TO SAY, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE ON THEIR PATH TO BETTER HEALTH, UM, SERVE OUR COMMUNITY LOCALLY.
AS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE CVS IS ON EVERY CORNER AND, UM, WE LOOK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, OUR PHARMACIST, OUR AND OUR CORPORATE OFFICE, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO ROLL IT OUT IN AS MANY STATES AS WE CAN UP TO 49, WE'RE IN 49 STATES AND EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN, UM, WE CONTINUE TO, UM, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PEOPLE ON THEIR PATH, TO BETTER HEALTH AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU GUYS CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL LIVES AGAIN.
SO THIS VACCINE IS AWESOME AS FAST AS IT ROLLED OUT.
AND WE'RE SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER IT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ONE QUESTION, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR CVS TO RESERVE VACCINATION FOR, UH, SENIORS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE? THEY DON'T HAVE LONG, LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORTATION.
THEY UTILIZE OUR DIALER RIDE THAT HAS TO STAY WITHIN OUR CITY.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO RESERVE VACCINATION FOR MOST NEED ARE VULNERABLE SENIORS? WELL, INITIALLY WE ROLLED OUT AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY HEARD IN THE NEWS, THE, UM, THE FEDERAL LONG-TERM CARE CLINICS THAT WE DID, THAT WAS A FEDERAL VACCINE, AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO USE IT FOR THE LONG-TERM CARE.
AND EVERYBODY IN EVERY CITY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR THAT.
AND WE'D BEEN DOING THAT, UM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS.
UM, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU, CAUSE I'M NOT THE ONE THAT ORGANIZES THE VACCINE.
I DON'T WORK WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
SO I, I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING THAT I CAN'T, BUT I WANT TO, UM, IF, IF YOU GUYS CAN CONTACT THE CORPORATE OFFICE, GO AHEAD AND CONTACT.
OH, I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THAT TODAY.
AND I TOLD THEM THAT CITY STAFF WILL SEND CVS INFORMATION ON WHICH, UH, SENIOR CENTERS, UH, LIVING IN ASSISTANT SENIOR CENTERS WHO ACTUALLY NEED RESONATION SITES AND CVS CORPORATION WILL REVIEW THAT AND HOPEFULLY HELP THE CITY SO WELL, THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, THERE IS ONE MORE PRESENTATION.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? OKAY, THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE A, FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, UM, SIMPLY WOMEN, BLANCA RUBIO.
SHE WANTED TO ALSO, UH, HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
SO HERE IS ONE FOR MR. BRIAN GUTIERREZ.
AND HERE IS ONE FOR TWO CVS HEALTH CORPORATION.
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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.HERE'S UH, MR. HINES, THOMAS, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT? SO BEFORE
[Additional Item]
MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT.UM, I LIKE TO SAY MY NEIGHBOR, MS. SHIRLEY B. CANNON PASSED AWAY IN HER HOME PEACEFULLY ON MARCH SIX, 2021, THOUGH.
SHE WAS VERY STRONG AT 88, HEALTHY DRIVING AROUND AND DOING MANY WONDERFUL THINGS.
SHE WAS UNFORTUNATELY TAKEN BY CANCER THAT HIT HER SO FAST AND UNEXPECTEDLY.
SHIRLEY WAS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT, VERY ACTIVE AND HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE WOULD COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, WILLING TO SHARE HER KNOWLEDGE GRACEFULLY WITH CLASS.
SHE TRULY CARED ABOUT WEST COVINA.
SHE WILL BE VERY MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
UH, MY KIDS, KIDS MISSED, UH, WOULD MISS HER COMING OVER TO CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS.
AND I, I WOULD TRULY MISS, UH, THE NEIGHBORLY LOVE AND CARE SHE PROVIDED.
UM, AT THE END, SHE DID SAY THAT SHE WAS READY TO GO TO SEE HER SISTER AND LOVED ONES WHO PREVIOUSLY PASSED AWAY BEFORE HER.
SO SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL AND TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED IN HER HONOR.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION IS, UM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.UM, OTHER THAN THAT ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? YOU HAVE 16 MAYOR 16.
THAT'S 20 IF I HAVE 20 OR MORE.
SO IT'S ONE SIX, CORRECT? YES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CAROLYN ARDEN FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT, FOLLOWED BY PEGGY MARTINEZ.
GOOD EVENING TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN ARNDT AND I'M WISHING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE PARTS OF THE LIFE OF SHIRLEY BUCHANAN.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND ED MOVED INTO WEST COVINA IN 1956.
WE MOVED INTO OUR HOME ACROSS THE STREET AND AROUND THE CORNER IN 1957.
SO WE HAVE HAD A LONG FRIENDSHIP.
THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, SEAN PATRICK AND LANAI SURELY RETIRED FROM WORKING AT THE LA.
WHEN HE ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HER HUSBAND RETIRED FROM LA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WORKED AS A DETECTIVE.
SHIRLEY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR CITY.
THAT'S WHY IT SHAKES WELLBEING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE JUST LEARNED FROM HER FAMILY THAT SHE HAD A THREE DRAWER METAL THAT'S BETTER METAL FILING CABINET THAT HAD ONE WHOLE DRAWER FILLED WITH DOCUMENTATION, NEWS, CLIPPINGS AND STATE ISSUED LETTERS.
PLUS OUR CITIES REPORTS DEDICATED TO THE BEAT KK CLOSURE 25 YEARS AGO, AND FORWARD SHE SOUGHT OUT MIKE MILLER EXPERTISE AS HE WAS MOST CLOSELY CONTRACTED CONNECTED TO WORKING TO GET THAT PROCESS COMPLETED.
THAT CONCERN HAS CONTINUED AS SHE HAS MONITORED THE FUTURE OF THE LANDFILL, WANTING TO IMPRESS, IMPOSE HER VISION ON PROVIDING A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
A SECOND DRAWER IN THAT FILING CABINET HAS BEEN RELEGATED TO STORING ALL OF THE PAPERWORK CONNECTED WITH THE WEST COVINA
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BASEBALL FIELD LEGAL DREAMS. IT WAS HER CONTENTION THAT EFA DEVELOPER WAS NOT WILLING TO BUILD A PLOT ON A PLOT OF LAND AS THEY DID NOT DEEM IT PROFITABLE.A GOVERNING ENTITY SHOULD NOT PURSUE THAT PROJECT.
AND SHE KEPT ALL OF THOSE RECORDS INDICATING THAT TO BE TRUE.
THE THIRD DRAWER IS A MYSTERY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ONE IS.
THEY HAVEN'T SAID SHE HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN OUR CITY'S FINANCES.
SHE SHARED THAT INTEREST IN SERVING AS TREASURER OF THE BOARD OF WEST COVINA IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
SHE USED THE WORDS THAT ED USED AS A DETECTIVE, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN AND WHO, AS SHE WAS TENACIOUS IN HER RECORD KEEPING AND KNOWING ALL THE DETAILS.
ALL OF THOSE RECORDS ARE GOING TO COME TO THE ARCHIVES AT THE WEST COVINA, UH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND PROBABLY IN 25 OR 50 YEARS, UH, BARBARA PRONUN WILL STEP FORWARD AND WRITE A BOOK AND INCLUDE ALL OF SHIRLEY'S WORK.
WHAT A LEGACY THAT WILL BE HER LAST EFFORT WAS TO PROMOTE COUNCILMAN COVID.
A GOOD FRIEND, LOYAL, CARING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND CONVENIENTLY IN SIZE, BUT ONE OF HER SON SAID SHE COULD ROAR LIKE A LION.
WELL, ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY PEGGY MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GUTIERREZ, EVEN CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SOMEBODY ASKED ME TODAY, BILL, WHY DON'T YOU YELL AT THE CITY COUNCIL ANYMORE? WELL, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I NEVER YELLED AT THE CITY COUNCIL OR YELLED AT A FEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED SOMEBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'VE NEVER BLANKETLY CONDEMNED THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
ANYWAY, UH, I, I AM PARTIAL TO THIS COUNCIL.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST COUNCIL WE'VE HAD IN YEARS, THE MOST QUALIFIED AND A LOT OF CRITICISM COMING DOWN, SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYTHING.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T CRITICIZE THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MUCH IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THEM, I BELIEVE IN YOU.
AND, UH, I SEE GOOD THINGS ON THE HORIZON FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW.
YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY READ AN, UH, ANOTHER MAJOR CITIES NEWSPAPER THIS WEEK THAT IT WAS AN OP-ED AND IT SAID, LOOK, WE ALL KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I CALL BS ON THAT EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW AND LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I WAS SITTING OVER THERE AND I, THE NEXT THING I KNEW A POLICE OFFICER WAS TAPPING ME ON THE SHOULDER, ASKING ME TO PUT MY MASK BACK ON.
SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE I WAS NOT WEARING THE MASK.
I INADVERTENTLY HAVE TAKEN IT OFF AND IT WAS ON THE SEAT NEXT TO ME.
SO THEN I FOUND OUT THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY NASTY THAT COMES TO THIS MEETING A LOT.
SHE HAS A REALLY NICE PUBLIC PERSONA, BUT SHE'S REALLY NASTY.
SHE WENT TO THE POLICE OVER THAT AND SHE'S SICK.
THE WEST COVINA POLICE ON ME AND THE HYPOCRISY KNOWS NO BOUNDS BECAUSE SHE WAS SITTING THERE THIS FAR FROM JEFFERSON TO RU AND OPENING HER MASCOT AND EXPOSING HER FACE.
EVERY TIME SHE TALKED OVER HER SHOULDER TO HIM AND JEFFERSON, WASN'T WEARING A MASK EITHER.
SO WHY ARE THE POLICE SICKED ON ME? AND THE PERSON IS SICK.
AND THE POLICE ON ME IS NOT FOLLOWING THE SAME RULES OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WEARING A MASK.
AND WHILE I'M AT IT, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO OVERBOARD,
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BUT I LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TOO.AND HE'S DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE, BUT ALL IN ALL, I, I, I THINK HE'S DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB, BUT HIS ONE MAJOR MISSTEP THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN, SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE IS HE CHOSE THIS PERSON TO BE THE MODERATOR OF THE LAST CANDIDATE FORUM.
SHE CHANGED THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORUM.
SHE MADE REQUIREMENTS THAT SHE DIDN'T ENFORCE ON ANYBODY ELSE.
UH, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE CANDIDATE WERE RE YOU KNOW, WHO SHE WAS REALLY AIMING HER SLINGS AND ARROWS AT.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY DESPICABLE THAT SHE CAN SIC THE POLICE ON ME FOR NOT WEARING MY MASK IF SHE'S NOT WEARING A MASK HERSELF.
AND THEN TO HER CHARACTER ON FULL DISPLAY, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, DAVID CARMONEY ALLOWING THAT PARTISAN POLITICAL GROUP, IT'S VERY CLEARLY PARTISAN, ALLOW THEM TO MODERATE A CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM.
SHE'S WHOLLY UNQUALIFIED FOR THAT.
SHE IS A BITTER PARTISAN, AND SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WAY.
AND I HOPE THAT, UH, NEXT CANDIDATE FORUM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY MUCH MORE QUALIFIED.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE MODERATOR, SHE WAS ANONYMOUS UNTIL THE NIGHT OF THE FORUM.
THEY SAID, WELL, SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
I THINK THEY COULD HAVE WENT FOR US MORE STELLAR, UH, MODERATOR, BUT THAT'S WHO THEY CAME WITH.
THAT'S WHO THEY BROUGHT TO REPRESENT THEM.
UH, JUST BRIEFLY TO, I WANT TO SAY ON THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT CHANGEOVER, UH, IT'S GETTING UGLY OUT THERE.
SOMEBODY WANTED TO BEAT ME UP AT THE PROTEST JUST NOW.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL LET THAT JUST, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT ALONE.
BUT, UM, I, I'M ENCOURAGED BY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
I, UH, AND WHEN I SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COUNCIL, I AM PARTIAL TO ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I LIKE ALL OF YOU, ACTUALLY, I DISAGREE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR DISAGREEMENTS AND SOME OF US ARE, UH, POLITICALLY NOT SO ALIGNED, BUT, UM, I'M THANKFUL YOU GUYS ARE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR THE CITY.
IT'S AMAZING TO ME, HOW BUSY MY WIFE IS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL JOB.
PEGGY MARTINEZ FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GUTIERREZ, FOLLOWED BY MARIA CUSTOMER DATA EVENING COUNCIL.
UM, TODAY I COME WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PONDERING IN MY MIND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL ANSWER THEM AND THEY ARE ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS OUT THERE.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, AS OF JULY 1ST, OUR CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GONE.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN CONTINUE.
IT'S A QUESTION THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PRESENTATION.
USUALLY AT THE END, I ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
SO ALL THESE QUESTIONS HE DOCUMENTS AND, UM, WRITES IT DOWN.
SO THEN I GUESS FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, THAT'S TRUE.
AND THAT WE WILL NOT ONLY HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR PROPERTY TAXES, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO PAY A FEE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IF THAT CONTRACT IS NULL AND VOID AFTER JULY 1ST, BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER BE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND SO IT IS CONCERNING TO ME.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS DECISION BEFORE JULY 1ST SO THAT YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MINDS AND NOT GO THROUGH WITH THIS.
IT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME AS, AS TRYING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS.
WE HONESTLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND THE COVID MONEY FOR THIS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S FOR.
OKAY? AND SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE GREAT CONCERNS FOR US, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING.
AND I HAVE TAKEN UP A THING TO DO AN INITIATIVE TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR, IF YOU GUYS DON'T CHANGE YOUR MIND.
SO I'M HOPING YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WILL END UP ON THE BALLOT.
WE WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO COLLECT SIGNATURES, WHICH WON'T TAKE
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LONG.AND I THINK LIKE, WE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING THEM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE AND WE EVEN HAVE YOUNG ONES OUT THERE NOW WHO REALLY DON'T WANT THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST LUDICROUS.
OUR CITY IS NOT SET UP FOR THIS TYPE OF A THING.
SO PLEASE, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT JUST LISTEN TO BUSINESS OWNERS.
WHO'S ACTUALLY SUPPORT BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE DO NOT WANT OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERIOD.
WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON IT.
AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING VERNON'S, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS ARE USING THE CITY OF VERNON TO MODEL BECAUSE THEY FAILED.
THE STATE DID NOT APPROVE THEM.
THEY'VE RAISED TAXES ON THEIR CITIZENS AND THEY STILL ARE.
THEY'RE JUST ALMOST AS BAD AS OFF AS US.
THEY'RE LIKE 11TH, WORST, AND WE'RE NINTH, WORST FINANCIALLY.
SO IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME USE THEM AS A MODEL BECAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
I, YOU KNOW, AND AS FAR AS NOBODY DISLIKES YOU AS PEOPLE, OKAY.
BUT OUR PROBLEM IS, AS YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE, YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH ANY OF US.
SO THEREFORE WE NO LONGER TRUST YOU BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COMMUNICATE TO US AND TELL US WHAT THE COST IS, WHAT THE PLAN IS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ON BOARD WITH IT.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE RESEARCHED IT FIRST AND PUT ON A BALLOT AND LET US VOTE, YOU KNOW, LET US HAVE A SAY, THIS IS OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE DID PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU TO RULE US.
THEY VOTED FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT OUR FEELINGS AND WHY, WHAT WE LIKE, WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR CITY.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE VOTED FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET VOTED OUT NEXT YEAR.
IT WILL, IT WILL HAPPEN JUST AS PEOPLE WHO GOT VOTED OUT LAST YEAR.
WHO DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM? IT WILL HAPPEN.
WE WILL WORK HARD TO VOTE THOSE OUT, WHO DON'T, WHO CONTINUE WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA.
BRIAN GUTIERREZ FOLLOWED BY MARIA.
CASTENEDA FOLLOWED BY BILL CAGLE.
MY NAME IS BRIAN GUITARS AND I'M A LONGTIME WESTFIELD RESIDENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE CITY CONSOLE FOR VOTING TO, UH, STOP THE CONTRACT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I ENCOURAGE THE VOTERS OF WEST COVINA AND THE RESIDENTS OF WEST GALENA TO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR ALL THE FACTS FROM CITY STAFF.
THE INFORMATION YOU'VE BEEN TOLD IS A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN MISLEADING.
UH, AND I ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST PHOENIX TO PLEASE BE PATIENT.
WHILE CITY STAFF PRESENTS THE FACTS LATER TONIGHT ON WHAT, HOW AND HOW IT WILL BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST SUBPOENA AND HOW AND HOW MONEY DOES NOT COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
IT DOES NOT BANKRUPT OUR CITY.
SO I ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST VENA WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
AND WE'LL WATCH YOU FROM HOME TO PLEASE, UH, LISTEN TO THE FACTS BECAUSE YOUR VOICES ARE IMPORTANT.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WAIT TILL YOU HEAR ALL THE FACTS FROM CITY STAFF, BECAUSE THERE'S NO, NO SUCH THING THAT YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK BECAUSE THE KIS RE BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY THE CITY STOPPED THE CONTRACT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
YOUR PUBLIC CALC IS STILL BEING PROTECTED.
AND THE WELLBEING OF YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH CONTINUES TO BE, UH, SUPPORTIVE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE CITY HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENSURE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IN ENSURING THAT OUR, THE VOTERS AND RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY HAVE A VOICE WHEN IT COMES TO A LARGE, LARGE, LARGE COUNTY, UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND I ENCOURAGE OUR VOTERS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME TO POLICE THIS INSTEAD OF FACTS, BECAUSE ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE CHANGE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE YOU PUT HERE HAVE VOTED IN YOUR BEST INTERESTS.
AND I CAN SAY THAT AS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT, THAT I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS MOVE BECAUSE IT ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I THANK THE CITY CONSOLE, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR BRINGING RESIDENTS AND ENSURING TRANSPARENCY LATER TODAY, THE RESIDENTS WILL HEAR FIRSTHAND HOW IT BENEFITS THEM.
AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE FACTS AND GET THE INFORMATION FROM CITY TO CITY FIRST, BEFORE MAKING ANY ASSUMPTIONS THAT ALLOWING MISINFORMATION HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
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I JUST ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS ONCE AGAIN, TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN FROM, FROM TODAY'S MEETING AND MOVING FORWARD THAT, AND REST ENSURE THAT YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH IS NOT IN JEOPARDY IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.AND THAT IF, IF THERE'S JUST SAY SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CITY SOMEHOW JUST COUNCILS A CONTRACT AND WE CAN NEVER GO BACK.
AND YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH IS AT RISK.
NO, IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
THERE'S SAFEGUARDS AND MEASURES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF ALL PEOPLE ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND, AND I COMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR SUPPORTING A, AN ACCOUNTABILITY MANAGER WHEN IT COMES TO ALLIE COUNTY.
HOW IN ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE WHEN IT COMES TO AN ITEM LIKE THIS, THE PEOPLE'S, HOW CAN I ENCOURAGE ONCE AGAIN, OUR VOTERS WHO ARE WATCHING HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME TO PLEASE LISTEN FROM, FROM CITY STAFF AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT YOU IN THE YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARIA CASTA, NEDA FOLLOWED BY BILL CAGLE, FOLLOWED BY RYAN SERRANO.
I NORMALLY DON'T COME AND PROTEST, BUT THIS TIME I AM HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR IDEA OF CREATING THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I REALLY QUESTIONED WHETHER YOU HAVE REALLY LOOKED INTO IT, WHAT IT WILL BRING TO US.
I DON'T SEE IT REALLY BEING A BENEFIT.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I DO FEEL THAT IT'S A LITTLE RECKLESS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, WHEN OUR CITY IS HURTING.
IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THAT DEPARTMENT.
THEN WE SHOULD USE THE FUNDS FOR OUR CITY RIGHT NOW TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES TO HELP NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, BUT LOOK AT OUR CITY AND NEED SOME UPGRADE AND GOING THROUGH THE APARTMENT, UH, HELP, UH, CREATE IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I KNOW IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO CREATE.
AND WHY ARE WE GOING TO RUN A RISK FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT GUARANTEE IS GOING TO WORK? I DON'T FEEL LIKE OUR CITY IS BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TO SUPPORT IT.
HAVE YOU ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT OUR STUDENTS? I WORK FOR A SMALL SCHOOL HERE IN WEST COVINA.
OUR CHILDREN ARE BENEFITED BY THE WAY THAT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING RIGHT NOW.
IF ONE OF OUR STUDENTS NEEDS EYEGLASSES, WE ARE ABLE TO REACH OVER TO THEM IN OUR CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED WITH READING GLASSES.
THEY NEED A DENTIST APPOINTMENT.
THEY DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE MONEY.
THEY DO THAT FOR THEM, AS WELL AS VACCINATIONS.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT VISITED OUR CAMPUS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SAID, THAT WE ARE A ROLE MODEL.
WHOA, WHAT A CAMPUS SCHOOL SHOULD BE.
WONDER IF YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT IN NOT JUST A SELF TROPHY TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS.
THERE'S MORE TO THAT THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO DIG DEEP INTO IT.
HERE WE ARE HURTING WITH A PANDEMIC.
WHY HAVE THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT? NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GIVE IT SOME TIME, WAIT SOME YEARS FROM NOW WHERE WE KNOW OUR EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND.
IF WE NOW, IF BY THEN WE HAVE THE MONEY TO REALLY GO INTO THIS, CREATE IT AND REALLY LIFT UP HIS FEET.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT SEE IT HAPPENING.
IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST CREATE, JUST SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS REALLY, REALLY THING.
WE ELECTED YOU TO TAKE CARE OF US, THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA OR BUSINESSES.
AND WE ASKED THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY LOOK BACK AT THAT.
YOU REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, REGARDLESS OF OUR FINANCIAL STATUS, REGARDLESS OF OUR GENDER, REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU SPEAK FOR US.
YOU ARE A VOICE YOU NEED TO REALLY, REALLY TAKE CARE OF US.
AND I LOOK AT ABOUT YOUR SELF.
OUR BEST INTEREST IS OUR CHILDREN DEPEND ON US.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SPRING OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE.
IF ANY, I THINK IT'S A RECKLESS THING IDEA.
WHAT? 50, $60 MILLION WE HAVE THAT MONEY.
NOW, BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN READING CLOSE TO BANKRUPTCY, YOU WANT TO HELP OUR CITY BE REALISTIC ABOUT IT.
HELP US NOW OWN UP, COME UP AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING AND BUYING A MAZZARATI
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HEY, WE BOUGHT THIS NOW, HOW DO WE PAY FOR THE REPAIRS? THE UPGRADES? OH, LET'S GET RID OF IT.WELL, HEY, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHY, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? IF IT DOESN'T GET OFF HIS FEET, HE CAN WORK.
IT IS THE CITY GOING TO TAKE THE DISC OUT OF THE COUNTY, GOING TO TAKE US BACK AND SAY, OH YEAH, COME BACK.
IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY.
NOT ONLY WOULD WE HAVE LOST THE MONEY TO OPEN IT UP, WE WILL LOSE THE MONEY COMING MORE OUT OF OUR POCKETS TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK WITH THE CITY.
WE RECEIVED THE BENEFITS THAT WE NEED.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.
GO FOLLOWED BY RYAN SERRANO, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESMAN.
WELL, MY NAME IS BILL CAGLE, LONG TIME, UH, WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
IN FACT, LONGER THAN I WOULD CARE TO ADMIT I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE WEST COVINA STARTING OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THE REASON THAT BECAUSE THE TIME IS NOT RIGHT, IN MY OPINION, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
I NOTICED ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS SHAKING HIS HEAD WHEN, UH, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, UH, STATED HOW MUCH HE THOUGHT IT WOULD COST.
WELL, I HAVEN'T HEARD HOW MUCH IT COSTS, SO I CAN'T SHAKE MY HEAD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHEN I BUY A PRODUCT.
AND I WAS IN BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS AND I WAS IN SALES FOR MANY YEARS.
SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUYING AND SELLING.
SO WHEN I BUY A PRODUCT, I ASK, HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING? AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS I'M WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE COST AND THE BENEFITS OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE.
I'M VERY OPEN TO, TO CHANGE AND TO GROWING, UH, AND LISTENING.
BUT I'VE NOT HEARD A DISCUSSION ON THE DIOCESE AS TO WHY WE NEED OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF BEEN SHOVED ON US.
SO, UM, AFTER WATCHING AND LISTENING, UH, DO DIFFERENT, UH, UM, SESSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I'VE, I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT THE LA COUNTY HEALTH, UH, SUPPLIES THAT I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF.
AND I WONDER MAYBE SOME OF YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE LEARNED WHAT SOME OF THESE, UH, SERVICES ARE.
UH, THERE ARE FIVE OF YOU ON THE DIOCESE THERE, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, YOU WILL ALL ELECTED INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE YOUR OWN VOICE INDIVIDUALLY TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION, NOT JUST TO BE GUIDED BY ONE PERSON.
AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, COVID VACCINES HERE IN, UH, IN, IN OUR GREAT CITY NOW.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I JUST WONDER WHY THE COUNCIL WAS, UH, ACTIVE IN GETTING OUR, UH, VACCINE HERE INSTEAD OF A COMMISSIONER HAVING TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE IT, WHOEVER GOT IT, UH, BUSINESSES GOING TO BE COMING BACK AND COVID IS GOING TO BE BEHIND US.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN BACK TO NORMALCY HERE SOON.
AND SO WE REALLY DON'T NEED A NEW, NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T EVER NEED ONE, BUT RIGHT NOW AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I JUST DON'T FEEL WE NEED IT.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHY WE NEED IT.
I, I HAVEN'T HEARD JUST TELL ME I'LL LISTEN.
SO THANK YOU, RYAN SERRANO FOLLOWED BY LC.
MESSMAN FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK CYCLE EVENING.
MADAM MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR HILDA.
SELISE, UH, TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT.
I WANT TO THANK THE APPROXIMATELY 80 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER ELECTED OFFICES WHO ATTENDED OUR VIRTUAL TOWN HALL.
THIS PAST THURSDAY, I DIRECTED THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PRESENT THIS MEETING IN RESPONSE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF CALLS AND EMAILS.
MY OFFICE RECEIVED FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS FOLLOWING THE WEST COVINA CITY, COUNCIL'S VOTE ON FEBRUARY 23RD TO CREATE ITS OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE UNABLE TO JOIN, THE RECORDING HAS BEEN POSTED TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DPH FOR PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND ANSWERING AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE FROM WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AS MANY LEARN DURING THE PRESENTATION, DPH OFFERS A MYRIAD OF SERVICES THAT GO BEYOND COVID-19
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MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF ALL 10 MILLION RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING WEST COVINA.ONE THING THAT WAS MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR IS THAT ANY NEW DEPARTMENT CREATED BY THE CITY TO TAKE ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST REQUIRES STATE APPROVAL, WHICH IS NOT GUARANTEED.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THAT UNTIL THE STATE RECOGNIZES ANY SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA WHILE THE PRESENTATION WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
IT IS CLEAR THAT MANY MORE QUESTIONS REMAIN.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE CITY LISTENS TO ITS RESIDENTS AND CHOOSES TO ENGAGE IN A ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT IS TRANSPARENT SO THAT IT CAN ANSWER THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN FROM RESIDENTS BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THIS HUGE UNDERTAKING, I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER SHARE THAT WEST COVINA CITY COUNCILS FOUR TO ONE VOTE DID NOT HINDER MY EFFORTS OF BRINGING SERVICE TO RESIDENTS.
IN FACT, THE U S DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WAS ABLE TO MEET MY REQUEST TO BRING BACK SCENES TO THE CITY'S VETERAN COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN LEGION, POST SEVEN 90 HASHTAG TEAM SOLIZ WAS ON HAND THESE PAST TWO SATURDAYS TO ASSIST AS NEEDED AND DISTRIBUTE MUCH NEEDED PPE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SEVERAL TRUSTED COMMUNITY SITES IN WEST COVINA, OFFERING THE VACCINE AND HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, INCLUDING EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CARE, MORE WEST COVINA, RITE AID, AND RECENT ADDITIONS FROM CVS.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ALSO MENTION THAT LA COUNTY HAS MOVED TO THE RED TIER.
AS OF YESTERDAY, RESTAURANTS CAN EASE INTO OPENING INDOORS.
MOVIE THEATERS CAN TURN ON THE LIGHTS.
AGAIN, CHILDREN CAN RETURN TO RECESS WITH THEIR CLASSMATES AND THOSE THINGS.
THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT DEFINE US CAN BEGIN TO RETURN.
I REMAIN COMMITTED TO MEETING THE PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, CITY STAFF, AND COUNCIL INCLUDED TO CONTACT MY EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FIELD OFFICE@NINEOHNINEFIVENINETHREETHREESIXSIXONEOREMAILFIRSTDISTRICTATBOS.LA COUNTY.GOV.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU.
UH, YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
OH, SEE, MASSMAN FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES FOLLOWED BY DANA SYKES.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME.
MESMAN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT SHIRLEY BUCHANAN FOR ALL SHE HAS DONE FOR THIS CITY.
NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION WAS, SHE WAS ALWAYS A VOLUNTEER EITHER TO COLLECT SIGNATURES, WALKING PRECINCTS, OR JUST PLAIN HELPING.
NOW, WHY IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR REGARDING THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? APPARENTLY STAFF AND MANAGEMENT DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THEY JUST WANT TO RAM IT DOWN OUR THROATS.
LIKE THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING ELSE.
WILL WE BE PAYING TWICE ONCE ON OUR TAX BILL AND THEN THROUGH THE CITY, OR IS SOMEONE, UM, SO SOMEONE CAN BE A BIG HERO.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY IN THE CITY WANT TO JOIN WEST COVINA? WE HAVE, UH, A RATING OF NINTH, WORST OUT OF 444 CITIES.
SO DON'T BLAME THE PAST COUNCIL.
AS I SEE THREE PEOPLE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, THEY SHOULD BE TAKING THE BLAME.
YOU CAN'T HANDLE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.
AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WAS DISCUSSING STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION WITH TECH TRANS TECH ENGINEERING SERVICES.
WE NO LONGER HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE HILL HAS, AND IT HAS, EXCUSE ME, IT HAS BEEN DONE BY CONTRACTORS.
ONE IS TRANS TECH TECH TO SAVE MONEY.
WELL, I WENT THROUGH THE WARRANTS LIST AND I FOUND THAT WE HAVE PAID OVER $959,000 FROM SEPTEMBER, 2019 TO OCTOBER, 2020.
AND WE ALSO PAID WILL THEM ENGINEERING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS PLUS NICHOLSON AND S UH, CONSULTING ENGINEER, PYRAMID, BUILDING ENGINEER,
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ROASTS ENGINEERING, OR ANOTHER 518,000, ALMOST $2 MILLION.IS THAT CHEAPER OR HAS ANY OF YOU EVEN LOOKED INTO IT? OKAY.
WAS THIS THE AMOUNT ON THE BUDGET OR WAS IT A PR AND IT WASN'T APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
JUST WONDERING WHY THE CITY MANAGER PICKED AN ENGINEERING COMPANY INSTEAD OF A MEDICAL COMPANY.
REMEMBER THE HEALTH ISSUE, IF APPROVED WILL HAVE TO BE PAID AS LONG ALONG BEFORE WE ARE ALL GONE.
IS IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO? I WOULD SAY NO, THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THIS THAN SELLING A HOUSE.
DON'T WRECK 110,000 PEOPLE'S LIVES AS THIS COUNCIL.
HASN'T PROVEN THAT IT CAN HANDLE WHAT IT HAS NOW.
SEX FOLLOWED BY DANA SEX FOLLOWED BY COLEEN ROSATI.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF.
I AM FREDERICK SYKES, RETIRED AND LAKE COUNTY, DEPUTY SHERIFF 42 YEAR RESIDENT AND FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY.
FIRST, I WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING.
SHOULDN'T BE KEN GREAT RESIDENT RATE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE PERFORM PROPER DUE DILIGENCE ON THE VICARIOUS LIABILITY RULE AND, AND, UH, WHEN PERSONS ARE ELECTED UNDER AN ALIAS.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT VICARIOUS LIABILITY IS, I SUGGEST ALL FIVE OF YOU TAKE A LOOK AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS WHEN THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT THE CENTER AND THE FIRST PRIORITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, THEN OUR DECISION-MAKERS HAVE BECOME CORRUPT.
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 2018 MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO TAX RESIDENTS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION VIA OUR VOTE.
HOWEVER, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS KEEP FINDING WAYS AROUND THAT LAW.
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WENT AROUND THE LAW TO CREATE A SPECIAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES RETIRE AT 50 YEARS OLD.
AND SOME OF THEM PROBABLY MOST OF THEM WHEN 90% OF THEIR SALARY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT IN JULY, 2020 TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY, WE HAD TO PAWN OUR CITY STREETS TO TRY TO GET 200, 4 MILLION TO TRY TO KEEP CITY HALL OPEN.
SO WITH THAT DEBT RESIDENTS ARE STUCK AND HAVE TO PAY THAT UP UNTIL 2045.
THAT'S THE PLAN AT THE MOMENT WEST COVINA IS MOSTLY A RESIDENTIAL WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY WITH THE AVERAGE INCOME OF AROUND 75,000 A YEAR.
MOST OF US WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK, SOMETIMES OVERTIME ON SATURDAYS.
I EVEN HAVE AN IMMIGRANT NEIGHBOR WHO WORKS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, BUT WHAT'S GIVEN THE CITY HALL IS ONLY OPEN FOUR DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WHY TO SAVE COST.
AND NOW THERE'S THIS NEW TAX IN THE FORM OF ESTABLISHING A WEALTH COVINA WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL, WITHOUT RESEARCH AND PLANNING WITHOUT MONEY BEING SET ASIDE, NO WAY TO EXPLAIN TO US THE COST TO ESTABLISH THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT COST TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT? NOT MUCH FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TO PAY THAT BILL, THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE RESIDENTS OWING INSTEAD OF APPROXIMATELY 270 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT NOW.
IT, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GO TO 600 MILLION THAT WE AS RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO PAY.
YOU ARE DOING THIS WITHOUT PERMISSION AND WE'RE STUCK.
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WE ASKED YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THE LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH DOESN'T CHARGE US AN ARM AND A LEG FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH.AND THIS IS ALSO A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO OUR GOVERNANCE.
IT PUTS THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR INTERESTS FIRST, PLEASE THINK ABOUT HOW WE NO LONGER HAVE A FIVE MAN TEAM THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY EVERY DAY.
BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT IS ALSO A PART OF PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS, THE AESTHETICS OF THE CITY.
WE NEED TO GET OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT.
HOW MANY POLICE AND FIRE OFFICERS DO WE STILL NEED TO ADEQUATELY SERVE AND PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
SO IT IS CLEAR BY HOW WE'RE UNDERSERVED, THAT WE CAN NOT AFFORD THIS EXPENSIVE ADVENTURE THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO ON.
SO PLEASE, UH, RECONSIDER WITH THE PEOPLE FIRST.
THANK YOU, DANA SYKES FOLLOWED BY CALLING ROSATI, FOLLOWED BY JIM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAYOR? MAYOR PRO TEM CASTIANO IS COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILMAN
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE BOTH ME AND MY HUSBAND TRIED TO CONTACT THE MAYOR, BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF THE CITY WHILE I COMMEND THE OUTREACH OF BRIAN CUTERA'S CONCERNING CVS.
DID YOU KNOW HE DID, YOU KNOW, HE WAS CONTACTING CVS.
WAS HE REPPING IN PRESENTING HIMSELF AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OR AS AN ARM OF OUR GOVERNMENT? MY QUESTIONS HAVE VALIDITY AND IN IS WHY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY'S LIABILITY.
I WAS ON A BOARD WHEN BRIAN A PRIDE APPLIED TO JOIN.
I HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY WITH HIM AND DIDN'T FEL FEEL HE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER VOTED TO BE HIS MENTOR VOWED TO BE AS A MENTOR.
SO I RELENTED AND VOTED TO ADD HIM TO THE BOARD.
UM, FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS HE WAS, UM, HELPFUL.
HE BROUGHT IN A COUPLE OF DONATIONS FOR OUR FUNDRAISER AND SEEMED TO BE A WORKING MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
THEN ON THE DAY OF A BOARD MEETING, I WAS CALLED BY OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND ASKED TO COME IN EARLY.
WHEN I ARRIVED, WE WERE GIVEN A, UM, SOLICITATION LETTER, BY THE WAY, THIS WAS FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE FOUNDATION.
WHEN I ARRIVED, I WAS GIVEN A SOLICITATION PENNED BY BRIAN ON THE, UM, ON THE ENTITY THAT WE RAISED THE MONEY FOR LETTERHEAD, NOT THE FOUNDATION LETTERHEAD.
HE WAS ASKING FOR MONEY FOR AN ENTITY.
WE DIDN'T FUND AND SIGN THE LETTER, BRIAN GUTIERREZ BOARD MEMBER.
HE USED OUR DONOR LIST TO SEND THAT LETTER OUT THE ENERGY AND THE CEO OF THE ENTITY HAD BEEN RECEIVING CALLS ABOUT THE LETTER FROM OUR DONORS WHO WERE CONFUSED AND WERE, UM, WONDERING IF IT WAS A SCAM.
THE, UM, LETTER HAD C HAD THE LETTER HAD NUMEROUS SPELLING, AS WELL AS GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES.
NOBODY KNEW OF THE SOLICITATION LETTER, BUT BRIAN, IF YOU EVER BEEN ON A BOARD, YOU DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE BOARD.
THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING, THE BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS MENTORING, BRIAN TRIED TO FOR HOURS TO GET HIM TO ADMIT THAT WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG AND THAT HE WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN.
HE WOULD NOT ADMIT TO BEING AN ERROR, NOR WOULD HE NOT W NOR WOULD HE VOW NOT TO DO IT AGAIN.
OUR NORMAL BOARD MEETINGS LASTED NEARLY TWO HOURS.
I WAS THERE FROM 7:00 PM, ACTUALLY 6:00 PM.
CAUSE IT HAD TO COME IN EARLY TILL OVER MIDNIGHT, TRYING TO GET HIM TO ADMIT THAT HE WAS WRONG.
WE FINALLY REMOVED HIM FROM THE BOARD.
I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE BRIAN HAS SPECIAL NEEDS HE'S UM, ON THE AUTISTICS SPECTRUM, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE NORMS AND THE PRACTICES, AND WE'RE PUTTING OUR CITY IN LIABILITY.
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IF WE ARE NOT CONTROLLING HIS ACTIONS, IT WORKED OUT WELL FOR YOU THIS TIME.AND YOU REALLY NEED, IF YOU, UM, LIKE MORE DETAILS, I CAN GIVE YOU NAMES, BUT YOU ARE PUTTING THE CITY IN LIABILITY AND LIKE WE HAVE MONEY TO BLOW.
AND, UM, WHILE I HAVE TIME, THIS IDEA OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS A CAPITAL S CAPITAL T CAPITAL U CAPITAL P CAPITAL, A KETTLE D DUMB, STUPID, NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO MONEY, BUT I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE NOT CONTENDED BEING NUMBER NINE.
YOU WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE AT THE WORST CITY IN CALIFORNIA.
HELENE WAS THAT HE FOLLOWED BY JIM
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE COLEEN ROSATI, ELECTED CITY, TREASURER MEMBER OF AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, PRESIDENT OF WEST COMMUNITY.
BEAUTIFUL ALONG WITH EDUCATOR AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR LOPEZ FOR ADJOURNING.
THIS MEETING ON BEHALF OF SHIRLEY BE COUNTING.
SHE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE FOR 45, HER DAUGHTER.
AND I STARTED IN BANKING WHEN WE WERE 20.
SHE WAS MY VOICE, A REASON, MANY TIMES MY CONFIDANT.
SHE ALSO SAT ON THE BOARD OF WEST COMING TO BEAUTIFUL.
AND, UM, I WAS SHOCKED BY THE NEWS.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WAS THAT ILL.
AND, UM, WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL.
WE'LL BE PLANTING A TREE IN HER HONOR WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
I HAVE A, UH, REALLY QUICK, MY DEAR FRIEND, JOHN HUGHES SAYS THERE'S TWO PEOPLE.
THERE'S ONES THAT ARE IRISH AND THERE'S ONES THAT WANT TO BE TOMORROW'S ST.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GREEN BEER OR AT LEAST SOME CORN BEEF AND CABBAGE.
UM, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I BROUGHT BEFORE YOU A FEW CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, CITY MANAGER, DAVE CARMONEY ADDRESSED THEM REGARDING THE CURRENT BUDGET AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING HELD FOR FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE AND IT WOULD BE AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK.
SO THANKS DAVE, FOR RESPONDING TO THAT AUDIT AND FINANCE, THERE WAS A QUESTION, UM, EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN WU.
YOU RESPONDED TO THAT AND THE RESIDENTS THAT APPLIED.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANTS THAT APPROACHED ME WITH THE QUESTION DID NOT FEEL THAT THEY GOT THEIR ANSWER COMPLETELY ANSWERED AS TO WHY IT TOOK SIX MONTHS.
SO IF EITHER THE CITY MANAGER OR COUNCIL CAN ADDRESS THAT AND GIVE THEM CLOSURE, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
UH, THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO REACHED OUT TO ME REGARDING THE TRAFFIC HIGH-SPEED RACING ON NOT ONLY LARK, ELLEN, WHERE I LIVE, BUT ON CAMERON AND I REACHED OUT TO THE CHIEF LAST TIME I WAS HERE WITH THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENT.
HE PUT UP A SPEED METER ON CAMERON, BETWEEN AZUSA AND HOLLENBECK OR SUSAN CITRUS, MAYBE.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK WEST COVINA PD FOR DOING THAT.
RESIDENTS FOLLOWED UP WITH ME AND SAID THEY HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN THE SPEEDS.
SO LOTS ABOUT A MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
THIS MONTH, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN THE FORMAT REGARDING THE MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL, YOU MAY BE UNAWARE OF THE DUTIES OF THE ELECTED CITY TREASURER.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU ORDINANCE TWO, TWO NINE, EIGHT, SECTION TWO, ONE SEVEN ONE DATED OCTOBER 4TH, 2016, WHICH STATES THE DUTY AND POWER OF THIS POSITION.
THEREFORE, THE DUTIES OF THIS OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER SHALL BE AS FOLLOWED TO REVIEW AND PRESENT MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN INVESTMENT STRATEGY, DISCUSSION, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INVESTMENT POLICY, TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND TO PERFORM OTHER DUTIES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ANY DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT SPECIFIED TO THE CITY TREASURER OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT SECTION TWO, ONE SEVEN TWO OF THE ORDINANCE, THERE WAS A STIPEND OF $150 APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
AT THAT TIME, THE CITY ORDINANCE TWO, FOUR, FOUR, TWO SECTION TWO, ONE SEVEN TWO STATES, THE ELECTED CITY TREASURER WOULD RECEIVE, UM, NO BENEFITS AND THAT WAS DONE IN 2018.
SO THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THIS POSITION IS PAID.
IT IS NOT, UM, I DIDN'T RUN OBVIOUSLY FOR THE $150.
I DID IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THE CITY'S FINANCES WERE.
AND I INTEND TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT
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WHILE I'M ELECTED.SO THE REASON FOR ME BRINGING THIS FORWARD IS TO, OH, I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME.
UM, IS THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE FORMAT ON HOW YOU'RE SEEING THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
AND THAT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY NAME IS ON THERE.
IF YOU NOT SEE IT SIGN, THEN THAT MEANS I HAVE NOT REVIEWED IT.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME SCRUTINIZING IT AND I WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD FINANCIAL INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, LASTLY, I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT A FEW OF THE PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS AN EDUCATOR IN SPECIAL ED.
A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS DEPEND UPON THOSE SERVICES.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS BY THE PARENTS THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEM.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO DO IT AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OUR FUNDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY HAS AN AN AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, STREETS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ANYWAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
UH, US SIMPLY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY B. CANNON AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING, UH, OR THE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, A COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED WEST COVINA NEIGHBORS, UH, WAS ACTIVE IN OPPOSITION TO MEASURE WC, UH, RECENTLY AND SURELY THE CANON WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THAT GROUP.
UH, SHE FELT THE TAX WAS WRONG.
AND, UH, WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT WAS AS, AS WERE ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT, SHE WAS ELDERLY OR INTERRUPT HER EIGHTIES AND FRAIL YET.
THAT'S A LOT OF WALKING FOLKS.
UH, AND SHE PUT DOOR HANGERS ON DOORS.
SHE TALKED TO LOTS OF PEOPLE AND DUE TO HER, UH, KEY SUPPORT, UH, AND OTHERS LIKE HER, UH, THE MEASURE WAS DEFEATED, UH, 88%, 20%.
AND I, I FEEL HER CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, INCLUDED, UH, PARTICIPATION IN OUR, UH, LITTLE GROUP MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS DURING THIS PROCESS, UH, SHE WAS KIND OF A, WHAT I'D CALL A VOICE OF WISDOM.
UH, SHE HAD, UH, BASICALLY, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING? AND SHE WAS, UH, VERY HELPFUL AND IN GUIDING THE PROJECT FORWARD, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN OUR ACTIVITIES.
AND IT'S REALLY SAD TO HEAR OF HER PASSING.
THANK YOU, MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY T THERESE GARCIA, MY GREENSPAN, A BRUIN, BUT KICKING FLORIDA GATOR.
AND IF ANY OF YOU FOLKS FROM, FROM THIS CUPCAKE CONFERENCE, CAN'T STAND THAT BELL.
YOU SURE DON'T WANT TO PLAY IN STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, THE STATE, AND WE WILL BE FULL OF THEM.
ANYWAY, I WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE SORRY ABOUT SHIRLEY.
HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT SHE'S IN A BETTER PLACE, ESPECIALLY THE CLERGY SHE'S IN A BETTER PLACE.
SHE WON'T GET SICK ANYMORE, OR HAVE ANY ACHES AND PAINS.
NOW I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE.
2 MILLION OF THEM IN CALIFORNIA FOR SIGNING A PETITION.
NOW IT'S THE BEGINNING OF OUR PROCESS.
AND UNLIKE TRUMP'S TWO IMPEACHMENTS THAT FAILED, WE ONLY NEED A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
WE DON'T NEED TWO THIRDS OF A MAJORITY AND THE PEOPLE WILL VOTE ON IT AND WE CAN GET A NEW GOVERNOR AND WE CAN OPEN UP THINGS.
NOW, THE LAST TIME WE RECALLED, THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST RECALL.
THERE WAS A GUY NAMED GRAY DAVIS, AND HE'S OUT THERE CRYING AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE MEDIA.
NOW HE'S KIND OF A MEDIA STAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING'S GOING RIGHT BECAUSE GAVIN NEWSOME WAS ON MSNBC TRYING TO SAVE HIS JOB.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO AFTER ALL? YOU CAN'T GET RID OF NANCY PELOSI, GET RID OF HER, HER PESKY NEPHEW.
HE'S NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE STATE.
HE'S DRAINING THE STATE, CHASING PEOPLE OUT OF THE STATE.
AND FLORIDA'S DOING WELL IN PLACES LIKE GEORGIA.
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GETTING OUR MOST PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES BECAUSE GOVERNOR GAVIN, NEWSOME'S CHASING THEM OUT.WHOA, WE ARE A BUSINESS HOSTILE STATE.
AND AFTER ALL, WHEN, WHEN YOU A BUSINESS HOSTILE STATE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE, THEY LEAVE.
NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A CONTROVERSY ABOUT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND I'M A BIG PERSON ON VOTING.
WHETHER WE HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR OR NOT.
WELL LET'S, MAYBE YOU SHOULD REFER.
IT'S CALLED A REFERENDUM, THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE PEOPLE.
I HOPE THAT PERSON THAT WANTS TO PETITION TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT SUCCEED.
SO THE PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON IT.
IF THEY VOTE FOR, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT.
IF THEY VOTED AGAINST IT, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
I REALIZED THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT THE BEST THING.
WHEN YOU HAVE A COUNTY CHAIR LIKE THAT BROAD HILL HELD US ELISE OR THAT, OR PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
YOU PROBABLY CAN MAKE SOME GOOD POINTS.
JUST POINT OUT THE BIMBOS AND BROADS THAT ARE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, RUINING THE COUNTY.
AFTER ALL, WE TALK ABOUT OPENING UP THINGS.
WELL, WHEN WILL THAT BROAD HELD SALISE OPEN UP THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE MEETING INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO ZOOM, ZOOM ON EVERYTHING.
NOW WE WANT THINGS THAT, THAT ARE TANGIBLE WELL, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, AS FAR AS THE VACCINATION I'LL GET A VIRTUAL VACCINATION INSTEAD OF A REAL ONE.
AFTER ALL THIS IS AN INVENTED DISEASE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY OFF BROADS LIKE JANICE AND HILDA, OR NURY MARTINEZ IN LA OR MONICA RODRIGUEZ TO GO CHEERLEAD FOR ABORTION.
THE DOCTORS HAVE TO PAY THEM OFF.
SO THEY HAVE TO INVENT A DISEASE TO HAVE THE CASH, TO PAY THEM.
NOW I DO WANT TO THANK ALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR PRAYERS, EXCUSE ME FOR REACHING.
AFTER ALL I WANT, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS REMEMBERING JESUS.
WE'RE COMING UPON PASSOVER AND HAPPY.
PASSOVER YOU SCAB RABBIS, JESUS CELEBRATED PASSOVER.
HE NEVER WENT ON AN EASTER EGG HUNT EVER.
HE NEVER ATE A SLICE OF HAM WHERE THEY EAT HAM AND YAMS FOR JESUS.
HE NEVER DID BACK FOR THE LADY WHO HAD THE BIBLE.
LET ME READ A COUPLE OF BIBLE VERSES FOR, FROM MY KING JAMES BIBLE VERSE CORINTHIANS FIVE YOU'RE GLORYING IS FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER FIVE, VERSE SIX.
NO, YE NOT IT A LITTLE LEMON LEBANON, THE WHOLE LUMP PURGE OUT.
THEREFORE THE OLD LEAVEN THAT YOU MAY BE A NEW LUMP AS ER 11, FOR EVEN CHRIST.
OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US.
WHY CELEBRATE EASTER FOR JESUS? HE NEVER DID.
AND THEN AS YOU READ ABOUT THE APOSTLE PAUL, HE CAME BACK TO JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER.
MAN, WE HAVE SOME REAL DUMB CHRISTIANS GOING INTO THIS WORLD ARE ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY THERESE GARCIA FOLLOWED BY HER MEN.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, BILL ROBINSON RESIDENTS, UH, BANKRUPT CITIES.
DON'T FOUND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS USING UNPLANNED UNFUNDED KNEE JERK FOOLISHNESS.
HOW MUCH IS THIS EFFORT GOING TO COST AND STAFF TIME, THE STAFF COULD BE DOING OTHER THINGS.
UH, WHEN I GO TO THE BATHROOM, WHAT IS THE REASON, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT GAMBIT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FIVE ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION.
THE REASON I'M ON RECORD AS THIS FAVORING, ANY COUNTY SERVICES, WHATEVER.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE RECENT MOVE BY COUNTY, BY COUNCIL TO COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.
WE MOST LIKELY WE WILL BE PAYING MORE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND GETTING LESS BY MOVING AWAY FROM POMONA INLAND VALLEY ANIMAL CONTROL.
AT LEAST THE COUNTY HEALTH BOONDOGGLE IS FULLY FUNDED AND ALREADY PAID FOR BY COUNTY TAXPAYERS, SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS RECENTLY PROVIDING ELECTRONIC TOWN HALL
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MEETING IS INCLUDED LONG SPEECHES, BUT TIME WAS PROVIDED TO ANSWER ONLY ABOUT 10% OF NUMEROUS QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.COUNTY EXPERTS GOT TIRED QUICK AFTER THEIR LONG SPEECHES AND STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED, UH, ON THE RECORD QUESTIONS THAT WERE TYPED INTO THAT BOX THERE'S STATE QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED HERE.
I ASK ABOUT THE, UH, COUNTY TIMELINE FOR THE ISSUED REGULATIONS.
THEY HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO THESE COUNTY QUESTIONS AND THE CITY NEEDS TO BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES WE HAVE NO REVENUE PROBLEM IN WEST COVINA.
AND TONIGHT IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE.
UH, COUNCIL EXPECTS US TO RAISE OUR SALES AND UTILITY TAXES TO PAY FOR DUPLICATE SERVICES LIKE CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS AND OUR NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MY GUESS IS THAT YOU WILL BE EXPLAINING FOOLY SHACKS ACTIONS TO A MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY JUDGE SOMETIME IN 2023.
UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT TWO YEARS LEFT OF FISCAL, UH, LIABILITY.
I MEAN, UH, FISCAL, UH, VIABILITY VIABILITY, UH, GIVEN A CHOICE, I'D RATHER SUPPORT THE EXISTING COUNTY FUNDED BOONDOGGLE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BOONDOGGLE RATHER THAN TRANSFER TO AN UNFUNDED UNPLANNED UNWISE, UH, CITY SPONSORED HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'LL JUST YIELD BACK MY TWO MINUTES.
THERESE GARCIA FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT SAYS THAT DR.
SANTA'S CHART AND STAFF ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR WEST COVINA IS HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
STAFF IS CREATING A ROADMAP OF REALISTIC AND PRAGMATIC IMPLEMENTATION STEPS.
THE RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THIS FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THE PLAN IS.
IT MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD A PLAN YET.
JUST SOME HYPOTHETICALS, PERHAPS AS MR. GUTIERREZ ALLUDED TO, WE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THIS STUFF'S PLANS THIS EVENING.
SO WE'RE WAITING AND LISTENING FOR SPECIFIC FACTS FOR A SPECIFIC PLAN OR THE SPECIFIC FINANCIALS.
WHAT ARE THE MOST RECENT UPDATES ON THIS FRAMEWORK? AND WILL THIS BE PUBLISHED ONLINE AND MADE AVAILABLE AND TRANSPARENT FOR RESIDENTS? THE AGENDA SAYS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE IS TO CREATE A PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR POSITION WITHIN THE CITY.
SO I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ACTUALLY, IS THAT STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED AS THE FIRST STEP, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A BLUEPRINT AS THERE ARE ONLY A FEW CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND MOST OF THOSE WERE CREATED DECADES AGO.
SO WHO SAYS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS? THAT'S ACTUALLY A REAL QUESTION.
UM, NOT A HIGH, NOT A, UM, UH, ANYWAY, MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THIS ISN'T STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED, THEN IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO PRIORITIZE GETTING A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR ON PAYROLL? WHICH MEANS ALSO A LONG-TERM PENSION OBLIGATION AS WELL BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT WILL THE DIRECTOR DIRECT IS THE INTENT FOR THE POSITION OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR TO ACTUALLY WORK ON DEVELOPING THAT FRAMEWORK IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SHOULD THAT BE THEIR ROLE? UM, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY WHAT LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTORS DO, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM SCRATCH.
SO IS THAT THE INTENT HERE? UM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GETTING SOMEBODY ON PAYROLL, CARVING OUT A POSITION, GETTING SOMEBODY ON PAYROLL, CREATING THAT PENSION OBLIGATION, UM, AND THE DIRECTOR DOESN'T HAVE A DEPARTMENT TO DIRECT TO DIRECT YET.
SO THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS WE'RE WAITING AND WE'RE LISTENING.
UM, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT PLAN.
SO THANK YOU, MEN FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE FOLLOWED BY J D
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GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE A SURGE ARRIVING AT THE BORDER WHERE ILLEGAL CHILDREN ARE COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY.
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN AND OUR VETERANS.
WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THE POPULATION OF AMERICAN SUFFERINGS? WHY ARE THE CRIMINALS AND OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO CORRUPT STEAL YOUR MONEY AND INCREASE YOUR TAXES AND THE COST OF LIVING WELL.
WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUFFER TONY WALL.
WHEN YOU AND MR. MALCOLM X JOHNSON WENT TO CHINA WITHOUT EXPLAINING WHY THE FUCK YOU WERE THERE, DON'T NEED TO ROB ME.
READ THE DEFINITION OF IDIOT TO SPONGE.
CHILDREN, IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT, SQUIGGLY PANTS.
THIS SQUARE PANTS TODAY HAS THE FLOOR.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE REGARDING AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPPRESSION, AFRICAN AMERICAN MINORITIES.
AND WE, THE PEOPLE MINORITIES SUFFERING AT THE EVIL HANDS OF CORRUPTION, CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LIKE JOSE LOUIS WEEZER FOR THE RECORD, LIKE, YEAH, THE LITTLE JUJU BOY WHO JUST RECENTLY GOING TO SERVE TIME AND PARK.
I'VE BEEN THERE, BUT NEVER IN DETENTION BECAUSE I GOT MY POLITICAL CORRECTION IN THE MATTER OF A FACT, BECAUSE I'M NOT JACK.
SO LET ME GO ON AND EXPLAIN THIS.
IN OTHER WORDS, CAN YOU HEAR THE RADIO TO GET OFF THE STREETS OF WEST COVINO AND MOVE INTO THE LUXURY $3,000 APARTMENTS WHO WILL BAIL ME OUT? NOT YOU NOT, YOU ARE
CAN YOU HEAR ME ON THE STREETS? CAN YOU HEAR ME ON THE COURT PRAYING FOR MY BROTHER
LET ME HEAR IT FROM THE CROWD.
I AM PROTESTING IN MY HOUSE, IN MY ARENA FOR THE WEST COVINA.
I KNEW WHAT THE CHILDREN TO MY GRANTEE, TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR A FREE EDUCATION.
MS. DOS, AS YOU SLEEP ON YOUR PHONE AND TEXT YOUR BOYFRIEND WHILE YO MAN VIDEO TAPES.
ME Y'ALL LOOK AT THE HOMELESS, LIVING ON OUR STREETS
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IN WEST COVINA BECAUSE THAT BITCH, BITCH, BITCH, RIGHT MAN, CAUSE ME TO BESARAH LOVE FOLLOWED BY JG FOLLOWED BY YUSEF ERA FINN.
UM, GREETINGS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 17 YEARS ON MY HOUSE.
UM, I DON'T TRUST ANYONE IN GOVERNMENT.
I'M NOT A MEMBER OF ANY PARTY.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT AFTER TODAY.
UM, ESPECIALLY DON'T TRUST CALIFORNIA, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS.
SORRY, GUYS DON'T TERRORIZE ME, BUT THAT'S JUST MY FEELING.
UM, AS FAR AS THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GOES, WE ALL KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TYRANNICAL.
THEY HAVE PERSECUTED BUSINESSES.
UM, I WISH WEST COVINA COULD HAVE ORGANIZED AGAINST THEM DURING THE TYRANNY.
UM, THEY'VE DONE SOME HORRIBLE THINGS, ESPECIALLY TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE BUSINESSES IN SOUTH PASADENA, UM, AND COVINA.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THE NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT PLAN.
UM, BUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS FULL OF CHARLATANS AND PRETTY MUCH CONTROLLED.
UH, SO WILL THEY STOP US? CAN WE AFFORD IT? I HAVE NO IDEA.
UM, I DO KNOW MY VP FROM THE EAST COAST CALLED ME AND SAID WHAT'S COVINA WAS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.
SO WHAT I NEED TO DO, WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WILL BE TO US.
UM, A MAYBE WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT.
UM, I WANT TO SEE IT BECAUSE I KNOW I'M REALLY UPSET WITH LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, AND ALSO YOU GUYS, WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE AT A MEETING, YOU GOT TO OPEN THE BATHROOMS, LIKE, COME ON, COME ON.
AND UH, HOPE THE PUPIL UP THERE.
DON'T CHASE ME OUT OF HERE WITH PITCHFORKS.
THAT'S IT J D FOLLOWED BY USE OF VERAFIN THE BATHROOMS ARE THAT BATHROOMS ARE OPEN SO YOU CAN USE THE RESTROOMS. MAYBE THEY WEREN'T THERE.
UH, YOU'VE HEARD, IT SAID THE BEST MAN FOR A JOB IS A WOMAN.
WELL, THAT CERTAINLY WOULD SURELY BE CAT.
AND SHE WAS, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW HER FOR A LONG, BUT SHE LEFT QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON ME.
I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I THINK SO MUCH BEEN SAID ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GUYS CAN SIT UP THERE AND NOT RESPOND TO IT, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
I DO WANT TO HEARKEN BACK TO DECEMBER.
I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST SECTION SECTION SESSION FOUR, UH, AS MR. WOODS, AS MAYOR, NOW I MAY BE MISTAKEN, BUT I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON STREET PAVING THAT NIGHT.
AND YOU RAISED A CONCERN OR LOGICAL OR INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS FROM YOU.
YOU ASKED, WELL, IF THIS METHODOLOGY THAT YOU'RE USING TO SURFACE AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THE HIGH GRADED STREETS, THE STREETS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE SERVICED, THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO STREETS? LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE FULL OF POTHOLES.
AND YOU WERE GOING DOWN THAT OBJECTORY OF LOGIC WHEN MR. WOO JUMPED IN AND SAID COST EFFECTIVE IT'S COST AND FUCKED UP.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT WAS THE END OF YOUR QUESTIONING WITH REGARDS TO WHY ARE YOU GOING TO RESURFACE FROM A SUICIDE CAMERON FROM A SUICIDE ALL THE WAY UP TO GRANDE, WHICH DOESN'T GET TRAVELED ANYWHERE AS MUCH AS EAST OR WEST, WEST OF A SUSA.
AND THEY RESURFACE THAT ENTIRE STREET, BUT YOUR STREET OVER THERE IN YOUR DISTRICT, I THINK YOU REFERRED TO IT AS YOUR CITY.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BUT OVER IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU ADMITTED THAT IT'S A MESS.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU FRONT OF MY HOUSE HAS THREE POTHOLES,
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THE INTERSECTION OF CAMERON AND LARK ALLEN, RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER THE DIP AND EVERY CAR THAT GOES OVER THAT AT A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, WHICH OUR TREASURER WAS REFERRING TO COMES DOWN AND PROBABLY DIGS A DEEPER IT'S BEEN OVERLOOKED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.AND THIS METHODOLOGY OF WE'RE GOING TO RESURFACE THE STREETS, THAT LEAST NEED IT BECAUSE THE MOST DAMAGED ONES HAVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGES.
THOSE LINES, AS THE PRESENTER SAID, ARE STRUCTURAL DAMAGES.
AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BE SUING THE LAST CONTRACTOR AS THE PERSON THAT DID THE PAVING.
ONE THING IS THAT THEY LEFT THOSE SAME STREETS LAST TIME AROUND.
AND THE REASON HE SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THEM IS BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGES AND THE BEAUTY OF IT.
HE SAID, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF WHEN WE'RE DONE THERE'S FUNDING.
SO CAN GO BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.
WITH THAT LOGIC, EVERYBODY ON THIS SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK, MY SIDE, IT'S NEVER GOING TO SEE THEIR STREETS, RESURFACED, EVERYBODY OVER ON WU'S SIDE D'ADDARIO SIDE.
DON'T SHAKE YOUR HEAD, MR. WOO.
YOU KNOW WHAT? HEY, I'M TALKING, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, SPEED SPEEDOMETER THAT THE TREASURER REFERRED TO BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDING THAT TAKES PLACE ON CAMERA AND, UH, AND, AND, AND LARC ALLEN AND ALL IN THAT VICINITY THAT WAS PUT OVER ON WEST, ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SUSA WHERE THEY DID THAT GREAT PAVING JOB.
YOU KNOW, THOSE NEON STOPLIGHTS, THEY'RE ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SUICIDE OVER THERE ON CITRUS.
NOW I'M NOT HERE TO BAD MOUTH.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'LL ASK THEM.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SIT AROUND WHILE I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
DOESN'T OPEN HER MOUTH AND REPRESENT HER DISTRICT AND NOT SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE WE ARE BEING INUNDATED WITH CAR RACING DAY AND NIGHT.
AND YOU GUYS KEEP INUNDATING OUR AREAS WITH YOUR LITTLE PET PROJECTS.
NEVER SEE YOU BRING THEM DOWN HERE TO CITY HALL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS WEEKEND.
I SAT IN WITH MY WIFE AND MY KID ON THE PORCH.
AND ALL WE SAW WAS ONE CAR AFTER THE OTHER.
AND THE RADIO'S BLASTING WITH WORDS THAT WOULD MAKE THAT MAN OVER THERE SEEMED LIKE A CHURCH GORE MAYOR.
MS. ROSARIO, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP FOR THE DISTRICT THAT YOU REPRESENT.
UH, SERGEANT ALARMS, UH, PLEASE STOP SERGEANT OF ARMS. THAT'S ENOUGH GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, THAT IS ENOUGH.
HELLO, MADAM MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.
I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU GOT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT I DO SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS WITH OTHER RESIDENTS.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NINE.
DO YOU MIND? I ASKED THAT WE STOPPED NEGOTIATIONS IN ANY EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY TO INSTALL AN LPR SYSTEM WITH COVINA.
NOW THERE'S VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT SYSTEMS LIKE THESE ACTUALLY REDUCE CURRENT CRIME.
WHY INSTALL SUCH A THING WHEN IT DOES NOTHING TO REDUCE CRIME OR POINT OF ORDER? I CAN'T HEAR.
YOU WANT ME TO, IS THAT READY? OKAY.
UH, THERE IS VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT SYSTEMS LIKE THESE ACTUALLY REDUCE CRIME.
WHY INSTALL SUCH A THING WHEN IT DOES NOTHING TO REDUCE CRIME, LPRS CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY INHERENTLY SOLVE.
FOR ONE, IT CAN CAUSE SUSPICION ONTO THE FUTURE PERSONS THAT DRIVE THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, PEOPLE THRIVE DRIVE THROUGH WEST COVINA ALL THE TIME.
MOST LIVE HERE, SOME DON'T THEY SHOULD.
WE BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T ARE, WHO DOESN'T ARE AUTOMATICALLY SUGGESTED SUSPECTED OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
NOW, IF YOU DRIVE A CAR YOU'RE LIKELY BEING TRACKED BY LPRS AT LEAST SOMETIMES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREAT SURVEILLANCE STATE.
WE ALL LIVE IN A, EVERYONE OUGHT TO HAVE A RIGHT TO PASS THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT BEING TRACKED.
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REVEALING A PERSONAL DETAILS ABOUT HOW THEY SPEND THEIR DAY AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS INSTALLED IN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND AN INVASION OF PRIVACY FROM THE ACLU QUOTE, NOR ENORMOUS DATABASES OF INNOCENT MOTORISTS LOCATION INFORMATION ARE GROWING RAPIDLY.THIS INFORMATION IS OFTEN RETAINED FOR YEARS OR EVEN INDEFINITELY WITH FEWER, NO RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT PRIVACY RIGHTS.
I KNOW THIS IS OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ALREADY, SO I HOPE THERE'S A SPIRITED DISCUSSION ABOUT INVASIONS OF PRIVACY AND WHETHER OR NOT LPRS MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER.
I REALLY THINK THAT THEY DON'T.
AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD, YOU MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A LARGER PROBLEM ALTOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER MAYOR.
UH, WHAT AN EVENING? UM, SO ON, SORRY.
YEAH, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS? AND I TOO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE, UH, FOLLOWUP WITH THE STREET PAVINGS IN REFERENCE TO OUR STREETS OR THE NEEDED STREETS AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO TRY TO BRIEFLY, UM, RESPOND AS I MAY, TO THE 19 SPEAKERS THAT SPOKE, UM, SEVEN OF WHOM, UM, SAID VERY NICE THINGS ABOUT SHIRLEY BUCHANAN COUNCIL.
WE ADJOURNING IN HER HONOR TONIGHT AND WE'LL LEAVE HER WITH THOSE THOUGHTS IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS.
UM, MR. ELLIOT TALKED ABOUT EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW, WHICH IS A FIRST PRINCIPLE THAT WE ALL AGREE WITH.
UM, EIGHT SPEAKERS TONIGHT, RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UM, WILL BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND WE WILL HAVE A REPORT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ANSWER, UM, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, THANK THE SPEAKER FROM HILDA SALISA DISTRICT OFFICE FOR BEING HERE.
UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT VICARIOUS LIABILITY, WHICH IS A LEGAL CONCEPT WITH WHICH I AM FAMILIAR.
AND, UM, WE, WE DO TRY TO CONDUCT OURSELVES UNDER OUR CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH DUE REGARD TO AVOIDING AND TRANSFERRING RISKS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
UM, IF I COULD SEIZE THE MOMENT TO SAY TODAY, I LOOKED AT THE CITY'S ANNUAL COST INDICATION REPORT.
WE'VE NOW BEEN ONE YEAR IN WITH THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY.
OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS REALLY WORKING.
AND, UM, I THINK WE WON'T HAVE REALLY GOOD DATA UNTIL WE'RE IN PROGRAM FOR MAYBE THREE, FOUR, CERTAINLY FIVE YEARS.
BUT I THINK, UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS ON OUR TO-DO LIST ARE REALLY, UM, PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS FOR THE CITY AND THE RISK MANAGEMENT CATEGORY.
UM, I SKIPPED OVER MR. SYKES AND I APOLOGIZE.
I, I DID SPEAK WITH HIM OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT A COUPLE OF THESE ISSUES REGARDING, UM, SURELY BE CANNON, ESPECIALLY, UM, WE CHANGING SUBJECTS.
WE ARE AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROP TWO 18 AND FOLLOW THAT STATE LAW VERY CAREFULLY, WHENEVER, UH, TAXES ARE CONSIDERED OR PROPOSED REGARDING THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, THE CITY KEPT THE TIME TERM, KEPT THE TENOR THE SAME AND DID AN INTEREST RATE REFINANCE, WHICH SAVED THE CITY NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS, SOME $52 MILLION.
SO I THINK IT WAS A GOOD TRANSACTION REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WE'RE FEELING NOW, UM, WITH PART-TIME WORKFORCE IN A SINGLE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, FAR MORE THAN A FIVE MAN TEAM.
WE'VE GOT SEVEN PART-TIMERS THEY'RE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE SCHEDULE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S A REAL BRIGHT SPOT AND SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY WELL FOR US.
UM, THE, THE CITY TREASURER ASKED ABOUT THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN, I THINK THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, BUT I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN PUBLICLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
UM, ONE OF OUR AUDIT FINDINGS THIS YEAR W THAT ACTUALLY WAS A PERTINENT COMMENT FROM OUR MANAGEMENT LETTER, WAS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO MORE TIMELY PROVIDE THESE MONTHLY TRANSACTION REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE NEED TO CORRECT THOSE AUDIT FINDINGS SO THAT WE DON'T GET THEM AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND THIS CHANGE THAT I'VE MADE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE REPORTS IS INTENDED TO SPEED THAT UP AND GET IT TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS MORE DIRECTLY AND MORE TIMELY.
SO YOU'RE NOW GETTING THOSE AS PART OF YOUR WEEKLY PACKETS, AND THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT CHANGE.
UM, AND REGARDING THE STIPEND, UM, I'D LIKE TO AFFIRM PUBLICLY THAT THE CITY TREASURER IS INDEED A VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY AND HER WORK IS APPRECIATED, UM, OR ISSUES, IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
UM, THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, FROM JD ABOUT THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO TRY AND SPEAK TO THAT JUST BRIEFLY.
WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE AND CITY WIDE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT
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APPLIES SCARCE RESOURCES, GAS TAX MONEY, MEASURE OUR MONEY MEASURE M MONEY TO OUR STREET SYSTEM BASED ON A PRIORITY SYSTEM.THE GOAL WOULD BE WE'D WANT TO HAVE THE CITY STREETS AT, AT A NUMBER 70.
SO IF OUT OF A SCALE OF ONE TO A HUNDRED, WE WANT ALL OF OUR STREETS TO GET US TO A 70.
I THINK IN THE LAST LOOK WE WERE AT A 67 OR 68, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD COMPARED TO SOME LARGER CITIES, LONG BEACH OR HUNTINGTON BEACH, SOME MUCH BIGGER CITIES WE'RE DOING, DOING QUITE WELL.
UM, THE TIME TO WEIGH IN AND SUGGEST WHICH STREETS WOULD COME TO THE HIGHEST ON THE LIST THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WILL BE THE NEXT TIME, THE CIPS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AT BUDGET TIME.
SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY THE MOMENT FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
AND I'LL LOOK INTO THE CONCERNS ABOUT POTHOLES IT'S BEEN RAINING THIS WEEK, WHICH ALWAYS TURNS INTO POTHOLE SEASON FOR US.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE WORTH TALKING TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE ABOUT THE SPEEDING AND THE CAR RACING QUESTIONS.
UM, YES, IF ASK ABOUT THE, UM, AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS AND THE PRIVACY ISSUES THAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION MIGHT CREATE AND ALL ASKED THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE CAPTAIN, UM, WHEN HE MAKES HIS REPORT TONIGHT TO SPEAK THAT AS HE, AS HE CAN.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, IN REFERENCE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, VACCINATION, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THE CITY DID PROACTIVELY TRY TO GET A VACCINATION SITE WITHIN OUR SET, OUR CITY, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
WE HAD A MOU AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY OF LA, BUT THEN THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO THE VACCINATION.
THEY ONLY DID THE TESTING CENTER.
UM, I KNOW, UH, THEY RE WE ALSO REQUESTED A MOBILE VACCINATION.
AND I ALSO AM AWARE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM CASTIANO HAS BEEN ALSO REACHING OUT, I BELIEVE, WITH FULL OR SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST BEHIND THE SCENES ON, ON THIS CASE, HE, UH, PAWNEE COMMISSIONER, UH, GUTIERREZ REACHED OUT TO CVS AND, UH, WAS ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT CITI HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR THE VACCINATION.
UM, CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, OKAY, I WANT TO SAY ONE THING IS OKAY.
I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A AGREE AND DO SO GREAT.
FOR OTHER ISSUE, IT'S SO QUIET.
I THINK THIS IS UNCALLED FOR, TO CALL FOR SOMEBODY'S DISABILITY OR THE ISSUE REGARDING AUTISM.
IT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL AS A NORMAL PERSON.
DEAL WITH THIS COUPLE OF WEEKS OR TWO MONTHS, KNOWING HIM AND TRIED TO HELP THE WINDOW.
VACCINATION JEWEL FOUND CB CVS TO US.
I CAN TELL HE HAS A PASSION TO HEAL ALL THE RESIDENT AND TO TALK ABOUT HIS PERSONAL MEDICAL.
I THINK IT'S UNCALLED FOR, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, OKAY.
EVERYBODY HAVE A DEAL, SOME DISABILITY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN US SERVE THE CITY.
SO WITH THE ACTION, SO HIS PASSION SERVICE LOVE.
SO I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND BRANCA.
TIERRA IS NICE PERSON IDEAL WITHIN FOR THESE COUPLE OF MONTHS AT FIRE OUT, HE'S REALLY LOVED TO CT AND REALLY WANT TO BRING COOL STUFF.
AND THEY'LL ANY RESULTS WAS I HOPE.
ANY OTHER RESIDENT, THEY WANT TO BRING THIS ANY RESOURCE.
NOT ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL, EVERYBODY SHOULD PITCHING TO HELP OUR CITY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP OUR SENIORS.
I THINK THERE'S HOW WE HERE FOR.
SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO SAY HE'S A VERY NORMAL PERSON.
IF I DO HIS BEST TO HELP THE CITY.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
ALL RIGHT.ONTO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, UM, WHICH SHOULD BE GIVEN BY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I DO HAVE A BRIEF REPORT THIS EVENING.
JUST A FEW SLIDES I WANTED TO SHARE.
UM, I THINK THE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE FREQUENTLY IN ATTENDANCE AT THESE MEETINGS IN THE COUNCIL, CERTAINLY AWARE AT, IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE STATE AUDITOR ISSUED A REPORT, UM, WITH SOME CRITICISMS, SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION AND REQUIRED A FIRST, A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN FOLLOWS STEP FOR STEP.
EACH OF THOSE FINDINGS OF THE STATE AUDIT AND HAS SOME MEASURABLE TIMELINES AND MILESTONES, UH, WITHIN WHICH THE CITY WILL BE ADDRESSING THOSE.
THE FINDINGS OF THE STATE AUDIT THAT REPORT IS NOW COMPLETE IN DRAFT FORM.
AND, UM, SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS OF THEIR TIME TO ASSIST WITH A COUPLE OF EDITS OF THAT.
THE DRAFT REPORT WE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AT THEIR MEETING ON THE 24TH OF MARCH, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A NEW BUSINESS, UH, RAILROADS.
I'M PROBABLY MISPRONOUNCING IT.
THE NAME IS A DERIVATION OF THE FAMILY'S LAST NAME.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO, SO LONG AGO THAT THE APPROVALS LAPSED
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AND THEY HAD TO GET IT APPROVED AGAIN, BUT THEY'RE NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS.WE WELCOME THEM TO THE COMMUNITY AND INITIAL REVIEWS.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, BUT I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEIR FOOD.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY THEY'RE IN BUSINESS.
UM, WE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT VACCINATION SITES AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S EFFORTS AND THANKED CVS PUBLICLY WHEN THEY WERE HERE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTICE THAT THERE'S FOUR CVS LOCATIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
WE'RE NOW DISTRIBUTING TO THOSE THAT ARE 65 AND ABOVE, UM, QUICKLY IT'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT TIER DOWN.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO SIGN UP AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE CVS WEBSITE.
THE COUNTY HAS MOVED, UH, INTO A RED TIER, WHICH IS BETTER THAN A PURPLE TIER.
WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESSES IS, UH, PERSONAL CARE, FITNESS FACILITIES, INDOOR MALLS, RESTAURANTS, MOVIE, AND MUSEUMS CAN NOW OPEN AT DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
THAT'LL BE A WELCOME NEWS TO OUR BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.
WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
AND THE BLANK SCREENS MEANS I HAVE NOTHING ELSE THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR BESIDES, UH, CONSENT ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, THAT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PULLED.IS THERE ANY OTHER CONSENT MADAM MAYOR LIKE TO PULL NUMBER TWO? ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO PULL FIVE AND SIX.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ONE THROUGH EIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SIX EMOTION.
I MAY A PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S ALRIGHT.
MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO I MOTION APPROVED, SAYS POINT OF ORDER.
MA'AM MAY I PLEASE CONFIRM WHO WAS THE SECOND? I'M SORRY.
[2) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-17 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PULLED BY COUNCILMANGOOD EVENING, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, FIRST OFF, UM, THERE'S THIS EMERGENCY ORDINANCE.
UM, WHY, WHY DID WE DECIDE TO PUT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR THROUGH THE CHAIR? UM, THIS IS A ROUTINE CONTINUATION OF A CITY DISASTER DECLARATION DUE TO THE GLOBAL COVID PANDEMIC.
WE'VE BEEN IN, UM, DISASTER RESPONSE MODE, HOPEFULLY SOON SEGWAYING INTO DISASTER RECOVERY MODE.
IT ENABLES THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR COSTS, INCURRED REASONABLE COSTS INCURRED IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THROUGH THE STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL FEMA SYSTEM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN THIS THING WILL CONCLUDE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOMENT, SO I RECOMMEND YOU APPROVE IT AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE BUSINESS.
SO NOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE MOVED INTO THE RED TIER, UM, WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA ABOUT TO RECEIVE $20 MILLION IN RELIEF FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE ON THE HORIZON.
THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER RELIEF BILL.
UM, I GUESS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, SHOULD ABDICATE THIS, THIS POWER, UH, TO, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER.
WHO'S AN UNELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WERE VOTED ONTO THE COUNCIL TO, UM, BE THE, BE THE, THE, THE CHECK AND TO BE THE ONES WHO CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS.
AND SO TO, TO GIVE AN EMERGENCY POWER, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE LOOKED ON LIKELY.
SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST, UM, WHY SHOULD WE CONTINUE, UH, CONSIDERING, UH, WHERE WE'RE MOVING AND AGAIN, WITH THE FEDERAL LEAF THAT HAS ALREADY, UH, GONNA COME THROUGH THROUGH THE CHAIR OF THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC IS UNIQUE IN MY EXPERIENCE, HAVING SERVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MY ENTIRE CAREER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE MEET AS A DISASTER COUNCIL WITH THE DIRECTORS OR CURRENTLY MEETING MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY WEEK AT 8:00 AM AND COMING UP WITH GOALS FOR THE INCIDENT ACTION PERIOD MONITORING COVID OUTBREAKS WITHIN THE CITY, TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR RESOURCES, UH, SECURING THOSE RESOURCES.
I THINK WE STILL ARE IN DISASTER MODE, AND I THINK IT'S A DELEGATED AUTHORITY THAT WE TAKE QUITE SERIOUSLY AND BEEN VERY JUDICIOUS WITH, WHICH IS WHY I CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND IT.
UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU, YOU USED THE, UH, AUTHORITY THAT, UM, YOU'VE BEEN
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GIVEN WITH THE, UH, EMERGENCY YEAH.UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT AUTHORITY WAS USED, UM, JUST WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, COULD YOU EXPAND ON WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR AGAIN, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PURSUE, UM, EVERY AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET COVID VACCINE.
UM, AT ONE POINT THIS WEEK, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH, UH,
AND THE DELIVERY SYSTEM HAS BEEN, UM, BEWILDERING AND SLOW.
I DID MAKE A COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THAT IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET VACCINE, WE'D STAND UP ONE AT CAMERON PARK SO FAST, THEY GOT A HEADACHE AND WE WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE EACH OF OUR 16 MUNICIPAL PARKS AND THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE.
I TOLD THEM THAT THE COST INCURRED TO RUN THAT THING AT ABOUT $1,500 A DAY WOULD BE COVERED BY THE CITY UNDER THIS DISASTER DECLARATION.
AND I THINK, UM, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET A COMMITMENT FROM, UH, COUNTY AUTHORITIES FOR THE VACCINE, I WOULD, I WOULD FUNCTION ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL SECOND ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER
COUNSEL, WOMAN DIAZ TOOK A RESTROOM BREAK.
WHEN SHE COMES BACK OUT, WE'LL GET HER VOTE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS NEAR LOPEZ V AUTO.
CAN WE CONTINUE? WELL, WE CAN CONTINUE.
[4) CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO ESTABLISHING LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT]
ALL RIGHT.SO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FOR GO AHEAD AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
I'VE ASKED PAULINA MIRALIS OF MY OFFICE TO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, PAULINE, IF YOU WOULD EVENING MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, THE ACTION TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS FOR, UM, TWO ORDINANCES.
ONE IS FOR THE EXEMPT POSITION FOR THE HEALTH OFFICER, AND ONE IS ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TO COUNTY CODE PROVISIONS.
UM, THESE ARE NECESSARY STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, CITY STAFF, ALONG WITH, UH, DR.
BAZIN MEDICAL CONSULTANT INNER-CITY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AS STATED THERE ARE MANY MORE STEPS BETWEEN TONIGHT'S ACTION ON THE TWO ORDINANCES AND THE STATE APPROVAL OF WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSAL CALL FOR A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK AT WAYS THE CITY COULD IMPROVE BETTER SERVICES THAT WERE MORE RESPONSIVE TO US.
COVINAS RESIDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC, THIS INCLUDING FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN PRACTICES THAT HAVE GREATLY ASSISTED IN ADDRESSING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS DRAWN INTO SHARP FOCUS AREAS OF RESPONSE THAT CAN BE IMPROVED, UM, INCLUDING IMPROVED COMMUNICATION, EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE VACCINE CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL DATA IN SCIENCE, UH, SCIENCE BASED HEALTH ORDERS.
UM, OUR, THE GOAL, UH, WAS COVINA IS TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND TAKE THESE LESSONS TO HEART IDENTIFYING WHAT CAN BE ADJUSTED NOW IN PLANNING TO DO IN PLANNING TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, WEST COVINA IS PRIORITY HAS BEEN WELL CONTINUED TO, UH, REMAIN TO PROTECT AND TO SAVE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WEST COVINA WANTS TO BE BETTER PREPARED, BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO US, COVINA NEEDS AND BRING NECESSARY RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AS STATED, UH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS A LARGE, VAST AREA WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, REGIONS IN THE, IN THE COUNTY, UM, WEST COVINA IS, HAS HAD A LOWER CASE RATE THAN MOST, UH, COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING US.
UM, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, BALDWIN PARK HAD UP TO 17.1%, UH, CASE RATE AMONGST THEIR POPULATION WEST COVINA IS 11.9.
UM, COVINA CITY OF COVINA IS 13.2.
UM, I'M ON TAPE 14.7 CITY OF POMONA, 15.7 LA 2016 0.6.
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LOWER ON OUR CASE RATES, UH, COMPARED TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES.UM, ANOTHER THING TOO IS, UM, THE COUNTY HAS STATED THAT, UM, WEST COVINA IS VACCINATION RATE AS FAR AS THE ALLOCATING RESOURCES, UM, IS VACCINATED AT 25.5% AS OF MARCH 8TH, 2021.
UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS BASED ON THEIR, UH, THE COUNTY'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
IT LISTS WEST COVINA IS POPULATION AS 86,215.
THE LAST TIME LESS GIVING US POPULATION WAS, UH, AROUND THE 80,000, THAT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES.
UM, SO THERE'S THIS DISCREPANCY IN THE POPULATION THAT THEY HAVE LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, IF WE WERE TO, UM, BASE IT ON OUR ACTUAL POPULATION FROM THE U S CENSUS DATA THAT LISTS THIS AS ONE OH FIVE, 105,100, AND ONE PEOPLE, OUR VACCINATION RATE DROPS DOWN TO 21%, UH, FOR THE MARCH EIGHT NUMBERS AND 15% FOR THE FEBRUARY 20TH NUMBERS, WHICH THEN PUTS WEST COVINA LOWER THAN THE COUNTY, AS FAR AS VACCINATION RATE OR PERCENTAGE, UH, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CITY'S PER, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1936, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA EXECUTED A ROSA OR ADOPTED A RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER, UM, THEREAFTER IN 1963, THE CITY EXECUTED THE HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT.
THAT ACTUALLY IS THE MECHANISM THAT PROVIDES, UM, OR THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES, UM, TO THE CITY, UM, UH, AND THE CITY OF ELECTRIC TO TRANSFER SERVICES.
SO THROUGHOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE ASKED THEM TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND TIMES WHEN WE'VE ASKED THEM TO, TO, UH, UH, WHERE WE'VE TOOK TAKEN SERVICES AWAY FROM THE COUNTY AND TRANSFERRED THEM, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE CITY, UM, THE TIMELINE.
SO THE ONLY ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TO THIS STATE WAS, UM, FEBRUARY 23RD, WHERE THEY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION IN URGENCY ORDINANCE TO STOP CONSENTING TO THE HEALTH.
UM, THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER ON MARCH 1ST, WE, UH, SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED CERTIFIED RESOLUTION AND, UM, URGENCY ORDINANCE TO THE COUNTY, NOTIFYING THEM OF THAT.
AND THEN JULY 1ST, 2021, WE WILL THEN BE STOPPED CONSENTING TO THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER.
UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITH THE COUNTY, THE HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT IS THE, UM, MECHANISM, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT IT'S A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, SO, UH, THE COUNTY AGREES TO RENDER PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, UM, OR THE AGREEMENT, UH, WAS IT ORIGINALLY FROM 63 TO 68? HOWEVER, IT DOES RENEW AUTOMATICALLY UNLESS OTHERWISE TERMINATED WITH 30 DAY NOTICE FROM, UM, THE END OF ANY FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE CITY AGREES TO PAY THE COUNTY FOR COSTS OF PERFORMING THOSE SERVICES, UM, AND, UH, BLESSED THE CITY CAN ELECT TO SELECT, COLLECT AND RETAIN ITS, UM, PERMIT FEES, UH, AND THEREAFTER PAY THE COST OF THE SERVICE.
SHOULD THE CITY DECIDE TO TERMINATE THAT AGREEMENT? WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, UM, A NOTICE BY MAY 31ST, 2021, UM, WHICH WOULD THEN MEAN JULY 1ST, 2021.
THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE SCENARIOS.
ONE THE CITY WOULD, UH, ESTABLISH, UM, UH, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVED BY THE STATE AND THE CITY WOULD START PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR, UM, NOT ONLY OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL SERVICES RELATED TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE SECOND SCENARIO IS IF THE STATE HAS NOT APPROVED, UM, OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY, UM, AS STATED IN THEIR LETTER AND DIMENSIONED IN THEIR TOWN HALL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES UNTIL, UM, THE STATE HAS APPROVED WEST COVINA IS LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO NOW WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, THE FOUR SECTIONS, UH, WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES, THE STRUCTURE, THE BUDGET AND PERSON.
SO NOW, UM, AS DO WE DID IN OUR FEBRUARY 23RD STAFF REPORT, UM, IN ORDER FOR THE STATE TO APPROVE, UH, OR CREDIT A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS MUST MEET THE MINIMUM ITEMS LISTED ABOVE, UM, WHICH, UH, INCLUDE THINGS LIKE COLLECTION TABULATION IN THE LAST ANALYSIS OF ALL PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS, HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, LABORATORY SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WHICH OBVIOUSLY INCLUDES FOOD INSPECTIONS.
UM, SO IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS, BUT THESE MUST BE, UM, NEED TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THE STATE TO APPROVE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE FOLLOWING, UH, IS A, UH, UH, OR CHART FOR THE WEST COVINA IS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, THESE ARE FUNCTIONS AND NOT POSITIONS
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THAT WILL MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.UM, WEST COVINA, HIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE WELL INCLUDE AN ADVISOR COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, AND INSTITUTIONS TO HELP GUIDE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY WOULD SERVE AS AN ADVISORY TO MAKE SURE THAT WEST COVINA IS MEETING ITS GOALS AND PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WOULD BE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND, UH, OUR HEALTH OFFICER, UM, THE SEVEN DIVISIONS INCLUDE SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND POLICY PROGRAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE WE GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THE SEVEN DIVISIONS AND, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD BE COMPRISED OF.
UM, SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL INCLUDE SERVICES THAT WILL INCLUDE SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INCLUDING, UH, RESOURCES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, UM, HAVING, UH, THE CITY'S OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR OWN, UH, DIVISION, UH, FOR SOCIAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS, WHICH WOULD OBTAIN MORE RESOURCES FOR, UM, OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL INCLUDE THE MOST, UH, THE MOST KNOWN SERVICES THE COUNTY PROVIDES, WHICH ARE THE RESTAURANT PLAN CHECK-IN INSPECTION SERVICES, HOTEL SPOT INSPECTIONS AS WELL, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, UH, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF THEIR FUNDS ARE OBTAINED THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE.
UM, ALMOST, UM, YOU KNOW, 70% OF THAT DOES COME FROM A STATE OR IN FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE REVENUES THAT THEY GENERATE FROM WEST COVINA BUSINESSES, UM, FROM THE TOWN HALL MEETING THAT THEY, UM, THEY HELD, THEY INDICATED THAT THESE WERE THE REVENUES, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION THAT THEY CREATE, UH, GENERATE FROM WEST COVINA, UM, IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE PERMIT AND SERVICE FEES.
UM, SO MUCH LIKE LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION RELY HEAVILY ON FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS.
THESE FIGURES ARE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONCE AGAIN, FEDERAL AND STATE TAKE UP A LARGE PORTION OF THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR LOCAL HEALTH, UM, DEPARTMENT.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE BUDGETED FROM, UH, THE OBTAIN FUNDS FROM FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, STATE FUNDING.
WE WOULD ALSO BE SEEKING GRANTS, UM, AND THEN ALSO REVENUES, UM, FROM, UH, FEES FOR SERVICE, FOR PERMIT FEES AND SERVICE FEES.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, SERVICES THAT COUNTY MENTIONED THEY PROVIDE AND THEIR FUNDING SERVICES.
SO MOST OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE FROM PERMIT FEES, UM, THAT ARE APPLIED TO THE, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL INSPECTIONS OR SERVICES.
UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, PASADENA HAS A POPULATION OF 140,000.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THAT, BUT THIS IS THEIR BUDGET.
SO THEIR BUDGET FOR THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS 15 MILLION.
THEY HAVE 98.3, EIGHT FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS.
UM, THEY DO ALSO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM LA COUNTY.
UM, SO THEY'VE RECEIVED, UH, LIKE ALL OF THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS GRANTS, UM, FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED 1.5, 1.3 MILLION FROM LA COUNTY FOR HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PERSONNEL.
UH, WE WILL HAVE LIKE MENTIONED IN THE ORG CHART, A HEALTH OFFICER, UM, AND THEN WE WOULD CONTRACT OUT TO CERTIFIED AND QUALIFIED STAFF.
UM, WE PRETTY, WE USE THIS, UH, SYSTEM FOR OUR BUILDING SAFETY ENGINE ENGINEERING DIVISIONS, WHERE WE CONSULT OUT WITH TRANSTECH.
THEY, UH, PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND IT'S A FEE FOR SERVICE MODEL, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A CITY STAFF REQUIRED.
UM, IT WOULD ALL BE DONE THROUGH A CONSULTANT THAT WOULD HAVE THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO CONDUCT THE NECESSARY INSPECTIONS, UM, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, ALSO AS IT'D BE CONSULTANTS, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ADDITIONS TO OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
UM, IT IS, IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WEST COVINA, UH, THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES DOES, UH, PAY INTO THE COUNTY FOR SERVICES, UM, APPROXIMATELY 31 MILLION OF WEST COVINA PROPERTY TAXES TO GO TO LA COUNTY, UM, LA COUNTY'S BUDGET ALLOCATES APPROXIMATELY 33% TO THEIR HEALTH AND SANITATION, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO ROUGHLY 10.2, 3 MILLION THAT IS CONTRIBUTED FROM WEST COVINA PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THE CITY WOULD BE SEEKING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION, A PEACEFUL RELEASE, AND WOULD BE SEEKING ALSO A TAX TRANSFER AGREEMENT, UM,
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TO RECOVER THE FEES OR THE MONIES THAT PRO WEST COVINA PROPERTY OWNERS PAY AS PART OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.SO AS MENTIONED, TODAY'S ACTION IS, UH, UH, THE TWO ORDINANCES.
UM, WE WOULD COME BACK FOR THE SECOND HERE IN A PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 6TH.
UM, WE WOULD BE PROCESSING THE HEALTH OFFICER POSITION THROUGH OUR HR COMMISSION.
UM, WE WOULD BE INCORPORATING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SECTION, UM, OR D YOU KNOW, UH, INTO THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET, NOT INCLUDING A BUDGET, BUT THE SECTION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INTO THE BUDGET.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS QUALIFICATION FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR STAFF, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, ADOPTION FEE SCHEDULE, UM, FOR OBVIOUSLY THE FEES AND SERVICES AT THE HEALTH OF WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE, UH, PROVIDING AND LASTLY, UM, STATE APPROVAL.
UM, I DID WANT TO GO BACK, SORRY TO THE BUDGET SLIDE.
UM, OR SO PART OF THE, UH, SERVICES STAFFING WILL BE COVERED EITHER THROUGH FEE SERVICE THAT, UM, THE INSPECTION FEES, THE PLAN CHECK FEES, OR THROUGH THE GRANTS, UM, AND FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE RECEIVED.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
UM, AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT DUBAI? UH, THANK YOU, PAULINA.
UH, SO, UH, I GUESS FOR FIRST, FIRST QUESTION, UM, ARE, ARE WE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS? UM, IF WE HAVE YET TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE, I THINK THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WILL START WORK, UM, DEVELOPING, UH, AS WE START WORKING ON FINALIZING OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE CAN START SEEING WHAT, UM, GRANTS AND FUNDS WE CAN GET AND WHEN WE CAN APPLY FOR THEM.
UH, SO, UH, ACCORDING TO THE LA COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER, UH, DR.
MUNTA DAVIS, UH, AND AS WAS STATED, UH, ALLIE COUNTY WILL NOT CHANGE ANY SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED UNTIL THE STATE RECOGNIZES THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AS AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEETING ALL REQUIREMENTS OF 17 CCR, 1276.
SO, UM, NOBODY BROKE MY WINDOWS ON MY CAMERA, UH, ORDER, SIR, ORDER POINT OF ORDER.
CAN WE HAVE THE POLICE LOOK INTO IT? THANK YOU.
SO, UH, SO PAUL, UH, I GUESS THE, THE, THE QUESTION, UM, IF WE HAVE YET TO BE CERTIFIED, UM, WILL WE BE ALLOWED TO DO THE, THE, THE, THE PIECEMEAL APPROACH, WHICH I'VE HEARD OF, OF STARTING OUR PERMITTING AND, UM, HEALTH INSPECTIONS WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE FEES FOR SERVICE, IF, UH, THE COUNTIES IS STILL GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THAT? OKAY.
UM, WELL, NOT THAT WE'RE COMPARING OURSELVES TO VERNON, BUT VERNON CURRENTLY IS DOING THE FOOD INSPECTIONS, UM, AND STILL UTILIZING SOME OF THE COUNTY SERVICES.
SO, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF VERNON, WHICH, UM, BEGAN DOING THAT IN 1986.
UM, BUT ACCORDING TO LA COUNTY, THEY, THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT CHANGE ANY SERVICES UNTIL THE STATE RECOGNIZES THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO HAVE WE CHECKED WITH THE STATE, UH, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO, WITHOUT BEING STATE CERTIFIED, UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO, TO TAKE THAT TASK ON? UM, AND IF THE COUNTY DOESN'T ALLOW US TO TAKE THAT TASK ON HOW MIGHT THAT CHANGE? UM, OUR, OUR TIMELINE FUNDING, IF I, IF I MAY THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMAN ABOUT BIKE, I COULD ASSIST
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WITH THAT BASED ON A QUOTE THAT I FOUND AND SHARED WITH EVERYONE.UM, IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE 19, WHAT YEAR IS IT? 1983 AGREEMENT.
UM, AND IT SPECIFIES IN THE EVENT THAT THE CITY ELECTS TO SET, COLLECT AND RETAIN ITS OWN PERMIT FEES, IT SHALL ALSO NOTIFY THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER AND SHALL THEREAFTER PAY THE COST OF THE SERVICE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH NINTH.
UM, SO WHEN, WHEN THIS AGREEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT ALREADY SPECIFIED THAT PROVISION THAT WE ALWAYS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INSPECTIONS TO, TO BRING THAT BACK.
THE THING, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, SO, SO THAT ACTUALLY LEADS TO MY NEXT THOUGHT.
UH, SO, UM, GOING TO, UM, COUNTY FIRE BECAUSE, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE THIS COMPARISON.
SO, UH, IN, IN 1992, UH, CITIES LIKE DIAMOND BAR WHO WERE ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH COUNTY FIRE, THEY, THEY GOT ABSORBED AND, AND BASICALLY THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, THEY, THEY PAY FOR THE COUNTY FIRE AND COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES.
NOW, ALL CITIES WHO WERE NOT PART OF COUNTY FIRE NOW MUST IF THEY WANT TO JOIN COUNTY FIRE, UH, PAY THAT FEE FOR SERVICE.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, UM, ONCE WE LEAVE COUNTY, SO LET'S SAY WE TAKE ON THE IDEA OF PERMITTING, UH, ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES.
AND LET'S SAY THIS ALBATROSS IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, RIGHT? TH TH THE COST TO DO THIS, UM, THE COST TO OUR BUSINESSES, THE COST TO THE OUTSOURCING IS, IS TOO MUCH.
UM, WOULD WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD NOW CHARGE US AS WELL, UM, TO RETURN AND HAVE THEM NOW DO THOSE SERVICES FOR US.
SO, AS RIGHT NOW, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE PROPERTY TAX, WOULD WE TO GO BACK NOW HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY TAX MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT BACK.
AS WE'VE SEEN ON THE SLIDES I WAS ASKING, SHE CAN ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, ALSO, AS WE SEEN ON THE SLIDES, WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE GENERAL FUND, A LOT OF THAT WAS FROM PERMIT FEES.
SO IF IT DOES GO BACK TO COUNTY, IT JUST, THE BUSINESSES PAY DIRECTLY TO THE PERMIT FEES DIRECTLY.
SO, YEAH, AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER, THERE ARE FEES THAT BUSINESSES PAY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, IN THE, UM, THE COUNTY ALLUDED TO THAT THEY GET AROUND HALF A MILLION IN REVENUES FROM WEST COVINA BUSINESSES OR INSPECTION FEES, SERVICE FEES, UM, THE $10 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY GETS, WE ARE, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT, WHERE THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED.
WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE TAKING AN AVERAGE PERCENTAGE THAT WERE ANTICIPATED TO 10 MILLION, HOW THEY ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL US THAT, UM, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO INVESTIGATE OR, OR WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND SEE WHERE FROM OUR AGREEMENT WHERE THAT MONEY GOES, UM, AND WHERE IT'S ALLOCATED TO, BUT THE BUSINESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOST COMMON THING, RIGHT? THE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS, THOSE ARE, UH, SERVICE FEES.
SO THOSE WOULD BE SOMETHING AS MAYOR PRO TEM CUSTODY OWNERS MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR EXISTING HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT SAYING THAT WE'LL TAKE THOSE ON.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL COLLECT AND, UH, RETAIN THE FEES FROM THOSE INSPECTIONS OR PLAN CHECKS OR SERVICES THAT WE, UM, WANT TO, UM, COLLECT THE FEES FROM.
SO GOING BACK TO THE CITY OF VERNON, SINCE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MODEL WHERE WE'RE STARTING WITH, UH, THEY, IN, IN 2013, THEY HAD TO PASS THREE MEASURES, UH, A UTILITY, UH, A UTILITY TAX, A PARCEL TAX, AND A BUSINESS LICENSE TAX TO RAISE THE NECESSARY FUNDS, UH, TO PRESERVE THEIR HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, IN 2017, THEY TRY TO PASS ANOTHER UTILITY USER TAX, UM, TO DEAL WITH THE BUDGET SHORTFALL AND FAILED.
UH, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, UM, WHAT, WHAT GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, THROUGH THE, THE PERMITTING, UM, TAKE IN ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF A, OF A HEALTH DIRECTOR AND, UH, THE, THE OTHER COSTS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT, LIKE I SAID, THE PLAN THAT WE, UM, THE CONSULTING PLAN WOULD BE FEE FOR SERVICE.
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IN ORDER FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE FEES WOULD HAVE TO COVER THE, THE, THE CONSULTANT FEES IT'S LIKE THEY DO RIGHT NOW.LIKE I MENTIONED, OUR BUILDING SAFETY AND ENGINEERING DIVISIONS, THAT'S THE MODEL WE HAVE, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING REVENUES AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW MUCH REVENUES, UM, IN THOSE DIVISIONS FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THOUGH, WE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE REVENUE.
EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN MUST GO BACK OUT.
IS THAT CORRECT REVENUE TO COVER? YES, CITIES CANNOT CHARGE MORE THAN THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
SO WE, THEY WOULD APPLY TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
SO IN A, IN A, IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE, THE COST FOR THE PERMITTING TO OUR BUSINESSES MAY DOUBLE, UH, WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, CURRENTLY CHARGES THEM.
UH, SO IS THAT A POSSIBILITY THAT THE COST TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD BE HIGHER? I'M NOT SURE WHO SAID IT WOULD BE DOUBLED.
UH, THE CHAIR, IF I MAY ANSWER CALIFORNIA STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WHEN CITIES ADOPT FEES, THEY HAVE TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE COSTS REASONABLY BORN IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS THE NEXT ACTION STEP THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER A FEE SCHEDULE.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE WILL IDENTIFY ALL THE COSTS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND SET THE FEES APPROPRIATELY.
WE THINK WE'RE PRETTY EFFICIENT.
WE THINK WE'RE IN THE CODE COMPLIANCE BUSINESS.
AND WHEN WE ENFORCE THE CODES, WE GET AN AWFUL LOT DONE, UM, AT, AT REASONABLE PRICES, OUR, OUR BUSINESSES NEED SERVICES AND WE'VE FOUND THEM WILLING TO PAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE AT OUR FEE SCHEDULES.
SO THEN, THEN WE WERE UNSURE IF THE COST TO OUR BUSINESSES WILL BE HIGHER.
I TAKING ON THIS TASK THROUGH THE CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD ASSUME THAT, THAT THEY WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THEY NOW ARE.
COUNTY FEES ARE TYPICALLY PRETTY HIGH.
THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME.
UM, I'M JUST, UH, MAKING THAT WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC QUESTION.
SO BASICALLY IT WOULD BE A BREAKEVEN SCENARIO BASED ON EVERYTHING WE JUST DISCUSSED.
I KNOW WHEN WE SET FEES, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE COSTS, REASONABLY BORN IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE AND MOST CITIES WHEN THEY DO FEE STUDIES, AND WE'VE GOT ONE ON OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN COMING, WE'VE ISSUING AN RFP AND WE'LL HAVE A EXPERT HELP US SET THOSE FEES.
PART OF THE COST REASONABLY BORN IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICE IS THE CITY OVERHEAD.
SOMETIMES DURING THOSE FEE STUDIES COUNSEL SET AN OVERHEAD RATE, 15.4%, WHATEVER THAT IS THE THIRD FLOOR OF CITY HALL, IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT COSTS OF SENDING OUT THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
BUT THAT'S A FUTURE STEP THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE SLIDES TONIGHT.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE FEE SCHEDULE BECAUSE ALL THE FEES YOU CAN HAVE TO BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE.
SO IN THAT WAY, I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO CHARGE OKAY.
I THINK THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I THINK THAT WE WANT TO CREATE A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND A FEASIBLE FEE TO HAVE ALL SMALL BUSINESS TO SURVIVE.
AND SO WHAT WE SAID OVER HERE WANT TO THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE AND A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND A FEE REASONABLE, I THINK MAYBE OKAY.
EQUAL OR LESS THAN COUNTY CHARGED.
WE HERE FOR, SO IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE SOMETHING SO EXPENSIVE.
AND THE BUSINESS CAN HELP FOR THAT.
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING ALL THE FEE CHARGE STILL NEED TO BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE.
AND THE, BY THE WAY, A PERMIT FEE PLAN, CHECK FEE, ALL THESE INSPECTION FEE IS SPEAKING.
CHOOSE A SMALL PORTION OF, UH, OUR FEE.
I THINK BASED ON YOU SHOW THE COUNTY.
IF PASADENA MAJORITY THE FEE, OKAY.
THE, THE, THE, THE BUDGET IS COMING FROM FEDERAL AND THE STATE.
AND I, MAYBE WE, LATER ON, WE CAN HAVE A DATABASE OUT TO KIND OF SHOW SOME SUNSHINE TO US.
WE DOING THIS AND OUR, HOW OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS THING WORK WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BUDGET OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
REVENUE AND RESOURCE TO THE CT AND PROVIDE A MUCH, MUCH BETTER SERVICE FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, COUNCIL WOMAN DOES WANT TO CHIME IN, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THE QUESTIONS.
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OKAY.UM, SO THIS AGENDA HERE IS BASICALLY ADDRESSING, UM, THE FIRST PART OF STARTING THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IS THAT WHAT, THIS IS WHERE WE START OFF WITH I'M READING HERE THAT THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO CREATE A PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR.
SO THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU IS TO CREATE A HEALTH OFFICER POSITION WITHIN THE CITY CODE AND TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE COUNTY HEALTH PROVISIONS.
IS THIS IS WHAT IS THIS GOING TO COST US TO CREATE THIS? IS IT GONNA COST US ANYTHING UNDER THIS PROPOSED MODEL? NO MONEY WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND ONCE THEY CREATE THIS PUBLIC DIRECTOR AND THIS COMMITTEE CALL IT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONCE WE CREATE THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS THAT THE TIME THAT, WHERE WE'D BE ABLE TO REQUEST OUR 10.2, $3 MILLION, THAT THE COUNTY CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT WOULD BE A FUNCTION OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.
SO, UM, GOING BACK, UH, THE, THE AUDIT REPORT, UM, SAID, ONE OF THE ISSUES OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WAS WE WERE NOT CHARGING ENOUGH, UM, FOR OUR WARE, UH, FEES AND OUR FREE SCHEDULE AND TO, UH, DO AN, UM, A REPORT SO WE COULD GET OUR FEES UP.
SO THE CITY OF VERNON, UM, ALSO HAD THE SIMILAR ISSUE WHERE THEY WEREN'T CHARGING ENOUGH, AND THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED TO TAP INTO THEIR GENERAL FUND.
SO W WHAT, WHAT GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET THE PERMITTING FEE? UH, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK COUNCILMAN WU MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DOESN'T, UH, DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CHARGE ABOVE COUNTY, BUT WHAT IF, I MEAN, THAT'S A REALITY THAT IT, THAT IT COULD.
SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO, TO SHOW THAT WE'RE WILLING TO RAISE OUR FEES TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THAT WITH A FINDING OF THE AUDIT THAT WE WERE NOT RIGHT.
NOT TO, UH, KEEP REPEATING MYSELF, BUT, UH, OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WE, I THINK HAVE, UM, ADOPTED COUNTY, A FEE SCHEDULE.
UM, SO WE'RE ALREADY UTILIZING THE SAME MODEL THAT WE WOULD BE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHERE IF WE KEEP THE FEES, THE COUNTY FEES THE SAME, UM, JUST AS WE DID, WE'RE USING THE SAME, UM, COUNTY FEES FOR OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY.
AND, AND HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY STAFF HOURS HAVE WE USED SINCE DECEMBER? CAUSE I, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT COSTS, SO, SO WE'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY ON, ON DEVELOPING THIS PLAN.
DO, DO WE HAVE THAT? HOW MANY STAFF HOURS, WHICH STAFF HAS CURRENTLY WORKED ON THIS? I DON'T THINK I'VE KEPT A THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT THE STAFF THAT'S WORKED ON.
THIS HAS BEEN PRIMARILY IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH THE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE KEPT A TALLY, BUT THE WORK IN THE PACKET THAT'S IN FRONT OF UNITED REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK EFFORT AND THE VOLUME AND WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
AND JUST TO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR COUNCILMAN TABATA BY YOU ASKED ABOUT THE AUDIT, MENTIONING THAT THE, UH, FEES WE WERE PREVIOUSLY UNDERCHARGING FOR FEES, UM, THAT WAS CORRECTED LONG BEFORE THE AUDIT REPORT WAS FINALIZED THROUGH, THROUGH THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT REALLY SPOKE TO, UM, THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
AND WHEN WE BROUGHT WHEEL DOWN ON AS OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY CONTRACTOR, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS CORRECTED CITY MANAGER ARE ALL OF OUR FEES, UH, IS I'VE, I'VE MET WITH YOU SINCE I'VE BEEN, UH, ELECTED, UH, ARE ALL OF OUR FEES UP TO THE LEVEL.
THEY NEED TO BE WELL THROUGH THE CHAIR.
ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN IS FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE A, UM, A FEE STUDY CONDUCT, A FEE STUDY.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES ARE IN, IN LINE WITH THE COST OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES, IT WOULD BE, WE TOOK THE, THE BIGGEST ONE.
FIRST WE TOOK, UM, BUILDING AND SAFETY AND THOSE HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BY COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S A MODEL THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING REALLY WELL.
THE OTHER CITY FEES FOR USE OF CITY FACILITIES,
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RENTALS OF THE GYMNASIUM, ET CETERA, WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY, WHICH HAS YET TO BE DONE.COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, I THINK WE ARE TO EMPHASIZE ON THE FEE SCHEDULE BECAUSE FEE SCHEDULE, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE IS WE WANT TO, LIKE, WE CHANGED TO OUR BEAUTY AND SAFETY FUND, MUCH LOWER TO MATCHING WITH WHAT COUNTY CHARGED.
WE DIDN'T CHARGE PEOPLE MORE, BUT WE CHARGE EQUALLY SIMILAR TO COUNTY CHARGE INTO THE COUNTY.
AND THE AREA AND, UH, REGARDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IT'S CHARGED FEE.
I THINK WE SHOULD CHARGE NO MORE THAN WHAT COME TO YOU.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL BE BY THE OKAY STUDY AND THE PRINT TO COUNCIL TO FINAL APPROVAL.
BUT MY POINT IS, THIS IS ONLY A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS NOT BASED ON PASA DINA.
SO I THINK WE WANT TO CLARIFY TO THE RESIDENT, UH, HOW WE CAN HAVE $15 MILLION AND THE, HOW IS OUR COST
HOW, LIKE, HOW CAN WE PAY HIM? SO MAYBE THAT'S A BASAL, WE COME OVER HERE.
AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE BECAUSE SINCE OKAY.
YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME, TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP OUR CT CURRENT AND FUTURE.
AND BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ALLOWED, WHILE WE DO IN BASE ZONE, WE HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN A YEAR.
SO IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE POLICY, WE DON'T HOPE OKAY.
UM, WE THEN OR PREPARE FOR FUTURE AND WE'RE GOING TO REGRET IT.
SO MAYBE BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE, SO WORRY ABOUT IS THE COSTS OKAY.
AND I KNOW THE MOST EXPENSIVE IS A TATA GROUP.
SO, AND THE BASED ON YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT IS FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT THE STATE REQUIREMENT OR THIS, THAT TERM, I KNOW MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU ALREADY HAVE A CABAL DOCTOR WANTING TO JOIN THE GROUP AND INCLUDING THE OKAY.
ADVISORY OR HEALTH COMMITTEE AND TO HELP, TO TEND TO LOOK INTO IS MOST OF THEM CAN ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE MEDICAL DOCTOR.
SO, SO WE WANT TO SEE, OKAY, HOW THEY WERE CALL CENTERS.
CAN YOU TELL US, OH, THIS SERVICE AND YOU WILL BE, FULL-TIME HELPING US.
WHY IS THE CULTURE OF THE CITY? WELL, ACTUALLY A SIMPLE NONE BASICALLY.
AND, UH, DO YOU DOING THIS BASED ON THE FUTURE GRANTEES AND LAND, CAN, CAN YOU KIND OF CHOSE HOW, IF WE DON'T PAY YOU BASE, BASICALLY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE TO PAY YOU TO $300,000.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY YOU A DIME YES.
UH, SO WE BASICALLY, UH, WOULD EVEN RIGHT NOW IS, UM, WHEN I'M WORKING ON THIS PROJECTS HERE, I'M DONATING MY TIME TO THE CITY.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, UM, IS THE OUTSOURCE MODEL.
SO WHATEVER MY, OUR COURSES, WHEREVER, ALL THE SERVICE THAT REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WILL BE ALL PROVIDE AID TO L WHATEVER IT REQUIRED IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, LAST TIME, UH, SO AT NO COST TO THE CITY, SO WE'LL PAY WHATEVER EXPENSES THAT IS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH ALL THE SERVICES.
OH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, PROFESSIONAL FOUNDER UNIVERSITY.
YOU RECRUIT AND THAT THEY WILL BE NO COST, OUR CT, NO CUSTOMER YOUR CITY.
SO OF COURSE THE ONE-YEAR THREE-YEAR AND FIVE-YEAR PLAN WILL BE BASICALLY START WITH THE FOOD SERVICE, BASIC FOOD SERVICE MODEL.
AND THEN WE'LL EXPAND HIS DEPARTMENT BASED ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN I FIFTH YEARS OR SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION.
THAT'S THE, AT LEAST THAT'S THE PLAN.
SO ORGANIZATION WITH ALL THE, WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STAFFING FOR YOUR TATTOOS, OKAY.
LET YOU ALREADY BASICALLY HAVE AN IDEA.
AND THEN YOU CAN, WHEN THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE, FOR THEM TO SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE PROFESSIONAL HELP WITH ALL THE AGENCY, INCLUDING THE MENTAL HEALTH.
I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CT.
THAT'S WHAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER UNTIL WE HAVE A, SOME TYPE OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GO OUT AND SALUTE FOR GRANTS AND DIFFERENT PROJECT BEAUTIES.
SO MANY GRANTS EVERYDAY I'M RECEIVING GRANT REQUESTS, BUT I JUST CANNOT GO OUT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M REQUESTING.
WHAT THE AUTHORITY, SO YOU CAN APPLY THE GRANT.
SO THE RESULT WILL COME TO US.
JUST BASED ON THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING, THEY CAN GIVE US A LOT, NOT GOING TO THE COUNTY, GO DIRECT TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE MONEY WE UTILIZE, ENJOY OUR CT.
AND I TALK ABOUT, I THINK PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SCHOOL.
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HAVE ANY OKAY.I KNOW THEY CURRENTLY PROVIDE ONLY THE NURSE.
SO WHAT'S YOUR SUGGESTION? WELL, I SUPPOSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CONCERN, MY CONCERN IS THAT THEY ONLY HAVE A CERTIFIED PUBLIC, UH, HEALTH NURSE HELP MANNING THE SCHOOL.
BUT IN OUR MODEL, I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THE PHYSICIANS JUST SAY, THE CITY COUNCIL HERE SHOULD HAVE A PHYSICIAN EMPTY HELL, ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE SAME THING WAS THE SCOOP BOARD.
THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE A PHYSICIAN AT THE REQUEST.
WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THE SCHOOL BOARD IN TERM OF HEALTH ISSUES.
IF WE KNOW THERE'LL BE NO COST TO THE SCHOOL, THIS COSTS, RIGHT.
SO BASICALLY OUR PHYSICIAN WELL MONITORED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE SCHOOL, YOU HAVE OTHER CHILDREN.
AND THE INTER ACTIVE TOGETHER, I THINK WE NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THEM AND PROVIDE OKAY.
TO THE SERVERS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T BRING, OKAY.
VIRUS AND BRING THE VIRUS BACK HOME, INCLUDING THE TEACHER TOO.
WELL, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
OUR COUNTY IS NECESSARY, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT
BUT IF WE HAVE A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MICRO PICTURE.
WE REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S SCHOOL AND SO FORTH.
SO IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE EMPTY ADVICE AND REACTIVITY, UH, MONITORING THE STUDENT ACTIVITY AND SO FORTH.
AND, UH, WE, THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDE THE I OKAY.
DENTIST, UH, CLASSES, BECAUSE WE, I KNOW A LOT OF CHILDREN MAYBE NEED SOME KIND OF RESOURCE.
UH, WE, HOW TO PUNK, CAN WE PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR THEM? WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES THROUGH THE STATE AND FEDERAL, ESPECIALLY THE STATE, ACTUALLY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE STATE.
I MEAN, IN THE UNITED STATES, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND THROUGH THE STATE, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WE CAN HELP TO BRING THEM THE MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION THAT WAY.
SO ARE WE, UH, WE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL HIRING PROCESS, WE FINISHED MY THING.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST IN MY TIME AND LET ME FINISH.
OH, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOUR TIME.
AND THEN WE'LL, CAN YOU ASK ONE QUESTION SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO.
ON THE, PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND BASICALLY STILL IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A VERY CLOSE, PERSONAL CONTACT TRACING AND THE SWABBING.
AND THEN THERE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO THE SCHOOL AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE CAN PROVIDE LED TO ONLY CALLING TEAM THE INDIVIDUAL, NOT SHUT DOWN THE CITY BECAUSE COUNTY, WHY NOT JUST SHUT DOWN THIS AREA, ALL THE PLACES AND DAMAGE EVERYBODY LIVES.
SO, SO WHY IS YOUR POLICY TO DOING THAT? OH YEAH.
IF WE NEED TO SWAP, TRACE AND MONITOR ALL THE STUDENT AND THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, AND ALSO PART OF THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INNOVATION CENTER.
FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THESE BUSINESSES, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS, WE, THE VENTILATION SYSTEM, UH, W YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO START PREPARING FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC.
AND WITHOUT THE PROPER VENTILATIONS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY IT'S MORE DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW, EAT IN THE TENT, GOES TO 10 OUTSIDE THAN IN A MUCH BETTER VENTILATION INDOOR, OR YOUR DEPARTMENT WILL CREATE SOME KIND OF ENGINEERING TO HELP THE SCHOOL AND HELP THE RESTAURANT TO HAVE A FUTURE.
AIR CONDITION CAN BASICALLY FILTER.
OTHERWISE WE SHOULD RESET SOME STANDARD, ACTUALLY, UH, THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ALREADY TAKE THE FIRST MOVE.
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD VENTILATION SYSTEM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DIE UNTIL NOW THE 25 TO 50% CAPACITY.
WELL, IF YOU BUILD ANYTHING, IS YOU DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING.
SO ARE WE NOT GOING THROUGH OUR NORMAL H R COMMISSION, UH, INTERVIEWING PROCESS, UH, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS AND HIRE A PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR, HAVE WE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION ON WHO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR AND WHO IS STAFFING? ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS AS MENTIONED, THE NEXT STEP IS TAKING THE HEALTH OFFICER POSITION TO THE HR COMMISSION.
UM, SO WE WILL BE DEVELOPING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION, UM, AND IT WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE HR COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
SO, CAUSE W W WHAT I JUST HEARD WAS WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO WILL BE RUNNING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH INTERNS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
AND WE WILL HAVE THIS VOLUNTEER SET UP FOR FIVE YEARS UNTIL WE CAN THEN GET GRANTS.
IS, IS, IS THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE?
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I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STAFF THAT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS AS THEY COME IN.SO THE, THE, THE DOCTOR DID, DID MENTION THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE COMPETITIVE GRANTS IF WE ARE NOT STATE STATE CERTIFIED.
SO, SO, SO AGAIN, IT IS, IS THE MODEL THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON USING A VOLUNTEER MODEL FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
AND, AND HAVING SAID THAT, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO ATTRACT THE HIGHEST LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AS, AS A FIVE YEAR VOLUNTEER? I THINK THERE'S ALSO THINGS IN OUR VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? SO YOU WANT TO INSERT, OKAY, Y'ALL ARE HELPING YOU PLEASE COME TO THAT.
WE WON'T BE SITTING ON A PHONE SO HE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION UNDER THE CITY MODEL, WE'LL BE OUTSOURCING.
SO, SO WHO, WHO PAYS FOR THE, THE OUTSOURCED I'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, ALL THE STUFF, AS FAR AS THE W I DON'T UNDERS YOU YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE IN WHAT, WHAT ROLE W W WHAT POSITION DO YOU HOLD IT IN THE CITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, OR WHOEVER THE ENTITY? SO WE, DEPENDING ON HOW THE CD GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHOEVER WANTS TO DO THE OUTSOURCING MODEL IN THIS CASE, I JUST THINK THIS FOR SOME OF MYSELF, BUT WHOEVER WANT TO DO THE ALSO OUTSOURCING MODEL SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES.
SO, WAIT, WHAT'S THEIR TITLE, THE TITLE, BUT THERE'LL BE JUST LIKE TRANS TECH, TRANS TECH CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO PROVIDE ALL THE OFFICE BUILDING AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
SO IN THIS CASES, COCO, A TRANSTECH MODEL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO THEN WE'RE OUTSOURCING TO, TO YOUR, YOUR COMPANY, SEVERAL GROUPS, WHOEVER GROUP THAT THE CITY WANT TO, UH, UH, RE RECRUIT.
SO, SO THEN IT'S GOING TO BE, SO, SO YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS, HAS PUSHED THIS MODEL ON US.
AND THEN NOW YOU ARE ALSO THE ONE WHO IS, WE ARE GOING TO CONTRACT WITH TO OUTSOURCE THIS.
THIS DOESN'T SEEM ABOVE, WELL, NO, THIS IS NOT CORRECT.
I OFFERED THE CITY THREE, THREE OPTIONS.
BASICALLY ONE MODEL IS THE BASIC MODEL.
THE OTHER OPTION IS WE WORK WITH THE LA COUNTIES C I MEAN, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, OR THE THIRD OPTION IS TO A FOOD SERVICE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT THERE'S A THREE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN, SO ON, ON, ON, ON ETHICAL GROUNDS, SHE, SHE DIDN'T YOU AND ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH YOUR GROUP, UM, REMOVE YOURSELF FROM BEING, BEING THE ONE THAT WE OUTSOURCED TO, WELL, THEN THERE'S LYFT, LYFT TO THE PRIORITY OF THE CITY.
I'M ASKING, I'M ASKING YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO GIVE US BACK OUR MONEY.
I THINK THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
I THINK THIS SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST? OKAY.
BASICALLY, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THIS, THERE'S ONLY WAY WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR.
AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND THEY'LL EVERYTHING WE PAY FROM THE PRIMARY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS FALLS ALL THE CITY, UH, POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS TO GO TO HR COMMISSION.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL DO AN RFQ FOR ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS.
AND THEN THE STAFF AND COUNCIL WILL SELECT WHO IS GOING TO GET OUTSOURCED TO ANYTHING THAT OCCURS.
HE USUALLY GOES THROUGH OUR PROCESS, A BID, IT GOES THROUGH IT, IT'S OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, AND I, I I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, THAT WE, WE TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY.
SO THAT MOVE FAILS TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I JUST, OR DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY, YOUR EMOTIONS, I'M SORRY.
I'M GOING TO LEAD YOU THROUGH YOUR MOTIONS UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS NOW.
I MEAN, UM, AND I AM GOING TO PERSONALLY GIVE MY, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH, UM, LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
UH, I, AS YOU KNOW, I DO WORK FOR THE CITY
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OF LOS ANGELES, AND I DO HAVE LA USD STUDENTS AT MY FACILITY.UM, AND THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE TIME, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ARE, WE'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CONSTANT CHANGES, THE, UM, INCONSISTENCY.
AND, UH, IT REALLY AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE.
THEY'RE IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS IN LOS ANGELES.
AND I JUST HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT LAST WEEK, BUT I WON'T GO IN DETAILS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE, I JUST WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CITY RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT WE GOT BEN GOING IN THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON OUR END.
UM, SO I GET TO ACTUALLY SEE IT FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THERE IN LA.
I KNOW CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE, UM, THERE IS, I MEAN, YOU COULD READ THE ARTICLE THAT THE THERE'S A BATTLE RIGHT NOW WITH THE STREET VENDORS, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PELVIC HEALTH, AND IF YOU SEE THEIR FEES, UM, BUT I, I WON'T GO IN DETAIL.
YOU CAN READ THAT THERE'S, IT'S A CURRENT BATTLE RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAD NO COMMENTS AND STUFF, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT THE SERVICES, WE CAN DO SO MUCH AND THE QUICK EFFICIENCY AND EVERYTHING, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS JUST, I JUST HAD A FRUSTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAST WEEK WITH MY FACILITY AT, AT WORK.
I'D LIKE TO SAY AS A RESIDENT OF LA COUNTY AND HAVING A SON IN, UH, LA COUNTY, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN WEST COVINA, THAT I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE STUDENTS OF WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT SCHOOL BOARD, UH, SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF THE SERVICES THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.
I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FIVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CITY LIMITS OF WEST COVINA AS WELL.
SO, UH, I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, MATTER MAYOR THAT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN EXTENT, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY, AND WE DO HAVE A FINE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEST COVINA.
ALI COUNTY, PUBLIC HEALTH LA COUNTY, LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS VERY WELL WITH BOYLE HEIGHTS.
AND I SEE THE DIFFERENCE WITH ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS I HAD.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S OKAY WITH WE, THE REASON WE OVER HERE, WE WANT TO BRING THE RESOURCE.
WE WANT TO BRING THE SERVICE OKAY.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO USING, UH, ANY OTHER TIES.
THINK OUT OF THE BOX, SEE, HOW CAN WE BRING THE RESULTS OF THE CT? WE WENT THROUGH ONE YEAR, VERY TOUGH IN OUR LIFETIME.
WE NEVER THINK WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE LAST YEAR AT HERE NOW.
AND HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE THIS, THE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN? HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE, OKAY.
THIS PANDEMIC JUST OVER, BECAUSE WE STARTED OPEN IT UP BECAUSE IF A COUNTY DON'T DO THE CHANGE, MAKE THEIR DEPARTMENT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SMALLER TO MAKE IT A MUCH MORE PERSONAL AND MUCH SWEEPED.
AND THE, UH, SERVICE, MEANING THE TRAYS AND SWAB.
AND THE, THIS PANDEMIC WERE HAPPENED REALLY QUICK, AND THIS IS GOING TO CREATE ANOTHER MAJOR.
THAT IS DISASTER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WAIT, LET ME FINISH PLEASE.
WE TRYING TO, WE TRY, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS.
IS WE TRYING TO HOPEFULLY OKAY.
OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN BRING IN $50 MILLION INTO OUR CITY CREATE A RESOURCE.
WE CAN CREATE, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.
ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DIVISION.
AND, UM, PRENATAL CARE DIVISION CHILDREN CARE DIVISION OTIS IS FUNDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL WHEN OUR OLDEST MONEY GO DIRECTLY OKAY.
TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE COUNTY.
AND THEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEREVER WE HAVE THE SERVICE FUND, THE COUNTY, IF THE COUNTY DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, I'M NOT TRYING TO QUIT THESE IDEAS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TOO BIG.
THEY ARE REALLY WORKING HARD, ONE TO SERVERS, BUT THAT IS, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE COUNTY IS, THE WORST COUNTIES SITUATION ON PANDEMIC IN, IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY, MANY DEATHS INCLUDING OUR CITY.
AND BECAUSE THEY JUST, THEY JUST CANNOT REACT FAST ENOUGH DUE TO THE COUNTIES.
POPULATION 11 MILLION AS THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
WE KNOW THIS IS VERY TOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
HOPEFULLY CAN BRING SOME RESULTS IN SOME OKAY.
WE WANT TO PUT OUR CHILDREN NOW, CHILDREN GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
HOW CAN WE PROTECT THEM? OKAY.
BASED ON WHAT COUNTY DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY WITH ALL THIS AND THAT WE CAN OPEN UP.
THE COUNTY TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
HOW CAN WE DO A VERY SWEEP? OKAY.
AND TRAYS AND SWAB TO MAKE SURE QUARANTINE, THE PERSON CAN WEED THE VIRUS.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE DENTAL OUTBREAK.
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OKAY.SO IN THAT WAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PANDEMIC.
WE ALLOW DOING THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET SHUT DOWN AGAIN AGAIN.
AND TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND USING, OKAY.
ANY SOURCE WE CAN GET AND TO GET A RESULT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SCHEDULE, A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL SIX CITY ATTORNEY.
WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU NEEDED TO SAY, AMOUNT OF MAYOR? THERE'S TWO MOTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO MAKE TONIGHT.
INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO 47, EIGHT.
AND THEN A SEPARATE MOTION WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO 47, NINE.
INSTEAD OF PUBLIC HEARING THAT ORDINANCE ON APRIL 6TH, THE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT.
SO MOVE, HOW SECOND WE'LL CALL MAYOR BEFORE ROLL CALL.
I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH TWO, THREE SIX EXEMPT POSITIONS OF DIVISION THREE PERSONNEL SYSTEM OF ARTICLE FIVE EMPLOYEES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY WU AND A SECOND BY DAY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT I MOVED TO, UH, AMEND THE MOTION TO, TO STATE THAT NO PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR POSITION CAN BE CREATED UNTIL A FULL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THAT POSITION IS MADE TO COUNCIL IN PUBLIC.
IS THERE A SECOND SEEING NONE MOTION DIES, ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NO, ON SOMEONE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM CUSTOMER
AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WANTED TO MENTION THIS EARLIER, UM, AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PRESENTATION POINTED OUT IS THAT EVEN THE, THE DATA THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDED, UM, THE TOWN HALL AND WHAT THEY'RE USING IS NOT EVEN OUR ACCURATE POPULATION, THEY'RE LISTING 86,000 IS OUR POPULATION.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE IS THAT IF THEY CAN'T EVEN GIVE US GOOD DATA ON OUR POPULATION, WHAT CAN WE RELY ON THE REST OF THE DATA? ALSO, UH, WHEN RYAN SERRANO CAME EARLIER, HE MENTIONED CAREMORE AND RITE AID ARE NEW VACCINATION SITES.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UM, THAT SPEAKS TO, UM, DISORGANIZATION.
UM, ALSO THEY CAN SPEAK TO WHERE THE $10 MILLION POINT POINT OF ORDER OR POINT OF ORDER, POINT OF POINT OF INFORMATION, POINT A POINT OF INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT RIGHT NOW ARE WE, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT DEBATE.
I WANTED TO THROW, THERE WAS A TIME FOR ONE MOMENT, GENTLEMEN, CITY ATTORNEY, WE'RE DOING ROLL CALL, HE'S COMMENTING AND WE'LL FINISH ROLL CALL.
AND NO, DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
I WAS SAYING TO CORROBORATE SOME BULLET POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE, UM, IF WE CAN'T EVEN RELY ON THE DATA AND THE COUNTY CAN'T SPEAK TO WHERE THE 10 MILLION GOES.
AND IN FACT, ON A CONFERENCE CALL I HAD WITH THEM, THEY, THE QUOTE I READ EARLIER, THEY WERE EVEN NOT EVEN AWARE, NOT EVEN AWARE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING BACK SERVICES.
MY RECOMMENDATION TO THEM IS, WAS TO GO BACK AND READ THE DOCUMENTS THAT EXIST.
THAT EXEMPLIFY THE HISTORY THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT STATIC.
IT HAS, AS THE SLIDE SHOWED, IT'S GONE BACK AND FORTH, UH, WITH MANY CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT, RIGHT? SO WITH THAT, I IS MY VOTE MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE.
AND THEN MAYOR, WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE SECOND ORDINANCE.
ARE YOU GOING TO READ IT FIRST OR DO I NEED THEM TO MOTION? I NEED A MOTION.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, I'M AFRAID, AND MATT ERIN'S SETTING THAT PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL SIX AND THAT WE'LL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL SIX, CORRECT.
WE HAD A MOTION FROM COUNCIL, WOMEN DIAZ.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL BEFORE ROLL CALL.
I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR SEVEN, NINE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THIS, EXCUSE ME.
I'LL START OVER ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR SEVEN, NINE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE TWO HEALTH CODE OF CHAPTER 13, HEALTH AND SANITATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE DIVISION ONE PUBLIC HEALTH OF TITLE 11 HEALTH AND SAFETY, INCLUDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS APPOINTED HERE TO AND DIVISION ONE PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES
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OF TITLE EIGHT CONSUMER PROTECTION BUSINESS AND WAGE REGULATIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE.I HAVE A MOTION BY DHEAS AND A SECOND BY CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT DUBAI B BEFORE I VOTED, LIKE TO COMMENT, UH, FIRST OFF THE LA COUNTY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, ACTUALLY HAS AN, AN OFFICE JUST DOWN THE LAWN.
UM, WE ARE A MEMBERS OF DISTRICT THREE, WHICH INCLUDES 13 CITIES.
SO THE, THE CLAIM OF 88 CITIES AND, AND TOO BIG, UH, I WISH, UH, DR.
BAZELL WOULD HAVE PRESENTED US WITH THE, THE FACTS ABOUT DISTRICT THREE AND THE SMALL 13 CITIES.
WE ARE A PART OF, I ALSO LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I VOTE, THAT WE STILL NOT HAVE NOT HAD A COST OUT OF STARTUP COSTS BEFORE WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY FEDERAL OR STATE GRANTS, UH, NOR HAVE WE HAD A COST OUT OF STAFF TIME THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED.
UH, I HOPE THAT WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO USE THE 20 MILLION COVID RELIEF MONIES ON ANY OF THIS.
UH, I, I WANT TO EVER COME AND OKAY.
TWO, SINCE EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME AND PEOPLE DO VOTE, SO I VOTE.
I CAN BE RESPECTFUL WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING.
WE DON'T INTERRUPT WHEN YOU SPEAK.
AND THEN AFTER WE'VE FINISHED, YOU HAVE YOU A CHANCE TO REBUTTAL.
I THINK THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT, RIGHT.
WE'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR THING, BUT PLEASE RESPECT ALL THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN THEY ARE SPEAK OKAY.
DON'T INTERRUPT BECOME A HARASSMENT BECAUSE YOU KIND OF STOP OUR MOMENTUM TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR BELIEF.
AND, UH, LET'S RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING, EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION AND THAT WE RESPECT THAT.
IF WE ARE DOING THIS SAME THING, TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, UH, THE, MY, MY VOTE IS YES.
MAY I APPROACH HIM CASINOS? YES.
MAYOR LOPEZ AUTO JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE.
NO INTERRUPTION OF COUNTY SERVICES WILL OCCUR.
SO JUST TO EASE PEOPLE'S EYES, BUT, UM, YES.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.WHY DO WE NEED TO SPEND $490,000 ON OUR CODE OR DARK ZONING CODES TO BE UPDATED? YOU'RE THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, ITEM FIVE TONIGHT IS, UM, THE SPENDING OF GRANT MONEY.
WE, WE APPLIED FOR AND WERE AWARDED A, UM, LOCAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING GRANT, A LEAP GRANT FROM THE STATE OFFICE OF HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THE CITY EMBARK ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE CODE UPDATE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LONG OVERDUE UPDATE OF THE CITY'S ZONING CODES, WHICH ARE FAIRLY ARCHAIC.
I THINK THEY WERE LAST ADOPTED IN 1975.
WE WENT OUT ONCE WE GOT WORD OF THE GRANT AND ISSUED AN RFP, WE HAD, UM, A PRETTY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
WE THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR YOU THE CLEAR, BEST BID, THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM DONE PROJECTS LIKE THIS FOR, UM, CITY OF IRVINE FOR THE CITY OF RIALTO.
UM, MOST RECENTLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THEIR STAFF ON THE PLANNING APPROVALS THAT WERE QUITE COMPLICATED FOR THE EMINENCE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITALS.
WE KNOW IF THEIR CHARACTER AND THEIR ABILITIES.
AND I THINK, UM, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE STATE GRANT, WE WOULDN'T BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BUT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GIFT.
AND I'M RECOMMENDING THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND, AND ALLOW US TO HELP GET THESE COATS, UH, MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO WITH ITS WITH ITS ZONING.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE UPDATING OUR CODES.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS THIS LEAP GRANT.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE LEAP GRANT? THAT
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I'LL JUST MENTION WHAT I FOUND OUT.IT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT IS, WELL, NUMBER ONE, IT'S AN ACCELERATED HOUSING PRODUCTION AND IT'S FACILITATES THE COMPLIANCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE CYCLE SIX OF RINA, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS A STATE GRANT THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DICTATE TO US HOW WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE OUR ZONING CODES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TELL US HOW WE WANT TO ACCELERATE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR? THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.
IT'S A WAY FOR THE CITY TO USE STATE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR CLOSURE CODES IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE ARENA NUMBERS ARE KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
CALIFORNIA HAS A HOUSING CRISIS AND ALL THE CITIES ARE KIND OF A TOP-DOWN APPROACH BEING BLANKETED WITH MORE AND MORE HOUSING LEGISLATION EVERY SINGLE YEAR IMPOSING ON THE LOCALS, THESE STANDARDS THAT NONE OF US LIKE AT THIS LEVEL, UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, I THINK THEY TURNED ALL THE
UM, AND, AND I DON'T THINK THIS TREND IS GOING TO LESSEN.
AND I THINK OUR CHALLENGE IS TO TRY AND FIND LOCAL WAYS TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT REFLECTS COMMUNITY VALUES AND, AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS A HARD ASSIGNMENT FOR THESE CONSULTANTS, BY THE WAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THEM OR THEY TO YOU, MISS MIGHT BE A GOOD MOMENT FOR THAT.
HOUSING IS A BIG HOUSING IS A BIG TOPIC IN CALIFORNIA.
DEFINITELY FULLY, FULLY AWARE OF THAT.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING WITH A K T G Y.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST IN-PERSON, UM, HEARING WITH US.
SO THIS IS A BIT INTERESTING MEALS, USUALLY TODAY'S IS SPECIAL CLASSES.
UH, YEAH, AS A CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, HOUSING LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AS PERS UH, JUST THE PERSONAL REFERENCE.
I, I, I LIVE IN, UM, INVOLVED IN THE CITY THAT I'M IN.
WE'RE DEFINITELY KEEP AWARE OF THESE, UM, THESE REGULATIONS AS WELL.
SO I KNOW IT FROM BOTH THE RESIDENT SIDE, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS SIDE.
UM, DO YOU LIVE IN WHAT'S UP? WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN? LONG BEACH? SO I'M, I'M ON THE, UM, UH, I'M ON THE, UH, BOARD OF THE LARGEST HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THAT'S LUCKY YOU HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT, UM, I MEAN, HOUSING IS, HOUSING IS COMPLICATED, IS COMPLICATED ENOUGH, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, UH, I, I STARTED OFF MY CAREER ACTUALLY WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IN 2004.
UM, STARTED WITH THE INTERN, UM, WENT UP TO ASSISTANT PLANNER, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK, UM, IN 2009 AND THEN, UH, WORK, UM, WITH THE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY SPECIFIC PLAN, UM, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2019.
UM, W YEAH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS, UH, WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS LEAP GRANT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE KIND OF UPDATED TO ENSURE THAT ESSENTIALLY THE CODE UPDATE ALSO MEETS, UM, THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVISIONS ARE UPDATED, UM, ADU.
I KNOW THAT MOST CITIES ARE GOING ALONG WITH THAT, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE UPDATED PRETTY FREQUENTLY AS WELL, TOO.
UM, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY AWARE OF THAT.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I'M JUST HAPPY TO KIND OF WORK WITH YOU.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN OUR, UM, IN OUR, UH, PROPOSALS WELL TOO, IS WE HAVE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM.
UM, THIS CODE WILL BE ESSENTIALLY THE IMPLEMENTING TOOL FOR, UM, THE, UH, FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
AND WE FEEL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEBSITE.
UM, THIS IS INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR, AS PART OF OUR PROPOSAL.
AND, UM, YEAH, JUST HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH UPDATING OUR CODES.
I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS GRANT THAT THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
AND THE GRANT BASICALLY TELLING ME, UM, IT'S LIKE GOING TO BUY ME A NEW CAR AND THE CAR DEALER SAYS, BOLA GONNA LEND YOU MONEY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BUY THE CAR.
AND I JUST, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
SO I'M, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE I HAVE.
SO AS FAR AS UPDATING OUR CODES, NO PROBLEM.
I LOVE IT, BUT I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THIS GRANT THAT, UM, THE STATE IS, UH, BASICALLY TELLING US WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO.
SO, ARE YOU CURRENTLY, UM, INVOLVING, I BELIEVE
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THERE WAS, UH, WE'RE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS TO BUILD LIKE 5,304 UNIT YOU MADAM MAYOR.IF I MAY, THAT THAT'S, WHAT'S CALLED THE RENA NUMBERS.
R H N A RE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, WELL, MY QUESTION WAS, DO THEY TAKE CONSIDERATION OF PARK SPACE? I KNOW LIKE CHINO HILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE WANTING THEM TO BUILD ALMOST 3000 HOMES, BUT A LOT OF IT STATE PARKS, DO THEY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING OUR CITY, WE HAVE PARKS, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD.
AND I KNOW THE, UM, FROM MY, FROM MY, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THIS PROCESS, UM, IS THAT ESSENTIALLY STATE, UH, ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES AN ALLOCATION TO THE REGIONAL AGENCIES.
UM, AND THEN, SO THE ALLOCATIONS, UH, MENDED, UM, ESSENTIALLY THROUGH, UM, THE SOUTH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS OR SCAG.
UM, AND, UH, WHEN THEY, I DON'T KNOW THE, UH, DETAILS OF HOW THEY ANALYZE THIS, BUT I KNOW THEY LOOK AT VACANT PROPERTIES, UM, OR VACANT, UM, LARGE PARKING, LOTS COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS AS A KEY, AS A KEY ONE THAT THEY LOOK AT, THEY LOOK AT VACANT, NON OPENED, NOT NON OPEN-SPACE DESIGNATED LANDS.
UM, HAVING WORKED ALSO FOR THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, PROTECTED HABITAT, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, THOSE ARE TAKEN INTO IT'S.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THOSE ARE THE AREAS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND, UM, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL.
UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE, BUT IT'S ALL, UH, UM, KIND OF DEVELOPED WITH OIL FIELDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THEY ALSO TAKE THAT INTO, INTO EFFECT WITH THEIR ALLOCATIONS AS WELL.
COUNCILMAN, JUST A QUICK, UM, SO I THINK YOUR ANSWER WAS THAT THEY DO TAKE OPEN SPACE AND BUILDABLE SPACE IN A CONSIDERATION, UM, GIVEN THE RENIN NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATED OVER FIVE GRAND, UM, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, WHERE, WHERE COULD WE PUT THAT? BECAUSE I MEAN, FROM MY VIEWPOINT, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT DIFFICULT PART WOULD BE TO CONVINCE DEVELOPERS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
BUT I BEING AN INFILL CITY, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE THAT MANY PLACES.
DO WE W WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE SAY? I MEAN, WHERE COULD WE ACTUALLY PUT THOSE UNITS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT, UM, THAT IS THAT ISN'T PART OF, KIND OF OUR SCOPE TO REALLY KIND OF FIGURE THAT OUT.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT WE'LL LOOK INTO.
UM, OUR, WE WILL BE WORKING, UM, WITH THE, UH, THE CONSULTANT THAT'S GOING TO UPDATE THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS PART OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
WE'LL NEED TO IDENTIFY ESSENTIALLY WHERE, UM, WHERE THOSE UNITS COULD BE, UM, BY A CODE PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAID MANDATE THAT THOU SHALT BUILD HERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY GIVE THE, UH, NOPE.
UM, SO BASICALLY YOU DOING THE ZONING AND THE CODE UPDATES.
SO INCLUDING THE SETBACK, INCLUDING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, INCLUDING THE ALLOWANCE, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET THEY CAN BUILD.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU AND THESE DO YOU HAVE THE, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE HEARING, OKAY.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH, YOU NEED TO DO IT, JESS WHO'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THE ITEMS, THE CODES WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING TEAM AND THEY DIDN'T BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FINAL APPROVAL.
SO WE SAID YOU HAVE THE APPROVAL WHILE YOU RECOMMEND IT, RIGHT? YES.
SO, SO TH TH THE BASE ON LEAD AN EYEWEAR PRESENT.
COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT, UH, W OKAY.
AND I WOULD PRESENT THEM AS A SCAG OF, UH, OKAY.
AND, UM, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ABOUT HOUSING.
AND, UH, THEY GIVE US A PRESENTATION K KIND OF STAY ONE, OR TO CHANGE A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE ONLY INTO THE MULTIPLE UNIT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY SCARY OKAY.
FOR US TO KIND OF, UH, CHANGING ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE BECOME A, THEY CAN PEEL MULTIUNIT.
SO, SO LET GO, IS THAT ONE OF YOU AGENDA IS, WAS STAY ONE TO FORCE INTUIT.
WELL, WELL, IT'S THE, UM, THE CODE THAT WE WILL BE THE CODE THAT WE'LL BE UPDATING ISN'T NECESSARILY THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY IT'S THE, THE ADU PROVISION, UM, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND WE WOULD, UM, BE WORKING WITH THE CITY WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT WHAT PARAMETERS THOSE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, WOULD FIT IN WITH STATE GUIDANCE.
SO WE WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT, UH, ABOUT THOSE PROVISIONS.
I, I HEARD THE FOUND THE, OKAY.
REPRESENTATIVE, THEY TALKING ABOUT, THEY WANT US TO LOSE AN OKAY.
SO MAKE DEVELOPER EASIER OKAY.
TO DEVELOP IS
AND FOR, UH, FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THAT
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ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THOSE WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO, UM, WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, UM, UH, AN ESSENTIALLY A MINISTERIAL MINISTERIAL ACTION.HOWEVER, UM, ONE THING THAT WE CAN ADD IN THAT, AND THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCED WITH BEING BOTH ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING FIRM IS OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT THE CODE CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE STATE HAS, UM, GRANTED, UH, HAS SAID THAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE VALID AND THAT CAN BE, CAN BE ENFORCED RATHER THAN ESSENTIALLY JUST KIND OF, UM, UH, UN UH, I GUESS, UH, SUBJECTIVE FINDINGS.
AND SO YOUR PROCEDURE WILL BE OKAY.
AND BASED ON SOME UPDATE CODE AND GO TO THE PUBLIC, I HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND LISTEN TO OUR RESIDENTS ON FEEDBACK, AND THEN SET UP SOME KIND OF A PROVISION AND THEN SEND TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO REVIEW, APPROVE, AND COME TO CITY COUNCIL FINAL APPROVAL.
ANYBODY LIKE TO MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM CUSTOM? LENO'S ALRIGHT.
[6) CONSIDERATION FOR GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2020]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST A REPORT THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO SUBMIT, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE THE STAFF TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME WHAT THIS IS, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, THIS IS, UM, A STATUTORILY REQUIRED IN YOUR REPORT, THE STATE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH, AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE THAT EVERY INCORPORATED CITY IN THIS STATE DO THIS EVERY YEAR BY APRIL 1ST.
SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THE DEADLINE, BUT NOT BY MUCH, UM, THIS JUST TRANSMITS TO THE STATE, HOW WE'RE FAIRING IN TERMS OF ALL OF THESE PRODUCTION GOALS.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S OUR, IT'S AN AUDIT REPORT THAT WE'RE, UM, STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO TURN IN.
IS THAT, DOES THAT HELP? DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND, UM, I GUESS THERE'S SEVEN ELEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE REPORTED, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS ABOUT HOUSING, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, AND IT WAS VERY DISTURBING TO ME AS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED, UM, THAT THERE'S 5,334 HOMES THAT THE STATE IS MANDATING THAT WE BUILD IN EIGHT YEARS.
AND I JUST, IT JUST, IT'S BOTHERSOME TO ME THAT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THESE HOMES? AND I MEAN, ARE WE JUST GOING TO STACK THEM UP? I MEAN, I JUST CAN IMAGINE HOW WEST COVINA IS GOING TO CHANGE.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT A HOTEL AND BHEKI, BKK GET READY.
WEST COVINA IS GOING TO CHANGE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC.
AND, UM, I MEAN, EVEN THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT HOMES, WE GOT VERY LOW INCOME HOMES.
WE GOT LOW-INCOME HOMES, WE GOT MODERATE HOMES.
I MEAN, THERE'S A BIG VARIETY.
AND I JUST, I CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO SUFFER IN WEST COVINA.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE STATE IS GOING TO MANDATE US TO PUT THESE HOMES.
I MEAN, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO STACK THEM? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM? SO THAT WAS JUST MY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I AM, I AM FOR BUILDING, HOWEVER, 5,334, I GUESS WE SHOULD FEEL LUCKY BECAUSE I GUESS HUNTINGTON BEACH HAS 11,000.
THEY HAVE TO BUILD SO, BUT, UM, I JUST, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OUR GENERAL PLAN WAS UPDATED IN 2016.
AM I RIGHT? SO, UH, WE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ENTITLED TEMPORARY WAY SURROUNDING THAT WILL BE, UH, DEVELOP AND FOR GENERAL PLAN FOR HIGH RISE.
AND MUCH OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO, OKAY.
I WAS, I WAS THE PERSON IN 2016 IN, SEE, JOANNE BEHIND ME JUST SAY YES.
I WAS JUST TESTING YOU SO YOU FALL ASLEEP OR NOT.
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OKAY.AND, UH, AND THEY GOT THE PKK.
THEY ARE NOT INCLUDING A JOE GENERAL PLAN.
THEY INCLUDING THE SPECIAL PLAN.
BECAUSE THEY ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT AZUSA.
WE HAVE SOME GENERAL PLAN AND OUR DOWNTOWN, AM I RIGHT? YES.
SO, SO ON WHY NOW? BASED ON, OKAY.
OUR SURROUNDING ON THE GENERAL PLAN, THEY KIND OF MAKE THE AREA BECAUSE HIGH INTENSITY OKAY.
BECAUSE WE PREFER OVER THESE RETAIL AND THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, THEN HOUSING.
SO I WANT TO KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL PLAN EVERY YEAR.
YOU KNEW WE PULLED TO THE STATE THAT WE ARE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW OUR GENERAL PLAN AND PUSHING WHILE WE APPROVE UPON.
SO WE CAN COMPLY IF WE DON'T OKAY.
COMPLY WHAT STAY WE DON'T, WE CANNOT MAKE 5,346.
WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCE? IT'S AN EIGHT.
UM, THERE A CHAIR THERE, SORRY.
WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU IF I MAY RESPOND.
UM, S JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THIS, FOR THIS PARTICULAR REPORT, THIS WAS FOR THE TWO, THIS IS FOR THE 2014, THROUGH 2021 PLANNING PERIOD.
AND FOR THIS PLANNING PERIOD, THE RENIN NUMBER IS EIGHT, 831.
YOU HAVE THE 31, IT'S NOT 5,000, 334 FOR THIS PLANNING PERIOD FOR THIS PARTICULAR REPORT THAT THE 5,334 IS FOR THE NEXT PLANNING PERIOD, THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT PLANNING PERIOD, WE DID HIRE A HOUSING CONSULTANT WAS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HELPING US WORK ON UPDATING OUR HOUSING ELEMENTS OR VAGINAL PLAN.
AND WE WILL BE STARTING COMEDIAN MEETINGS SOON.
BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE IS CONCERNED, WE, UPON SPEAKING TO JOHN DOUGLAS OR HOUSING ELEMENT CONSULTANTS, HE MENTIONED THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE TO INCREASE THE DENSITY IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DENSITY INCREASED IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND, AND IN, IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, UM, HOUSING IS ALSO ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS AS WELL.
SO THERE, THE RENA DOESN'T THE RENA NUMBER DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN.
WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR AREAS WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN POTENTIALLY BUILD THEM.
IF, IF THOSE AREAS ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THE FOLLOWING QUESTION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2014 TO 2021, WHEN YOU HAD THE ONE 800 HOUSES, WE HAVE THE BILL.
UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR 834 HOUSES.
WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ONE, 2014 TIL 2021.
WE NE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BUILD IT, BUT WE HAVE TO ALLOW FOR IT.
SO DURING THAT TIME, HOW MANY HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BASED ON GENERAL PIMPLE IN 2014 TO 2021.
AND AFTER THAT 2021 TO THE ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS, WE HAVE THE BILL 5,246.
WE HAVE TO MEET, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ROOM AND DESIGNATE AREAS IN OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE.
SO QUESTIONING WILL BE, I KNOW IT IT'S A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IN GENERAL PLANNING ISSUE, THE VINSON.
AND THAT PIONEERED THE HOUSING PROJECT AND, UH, IN THAT, INCLUDING OUR FUTURE, OUR CURRENT, BECAUSE BE, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE FEATURE SINCE IF THEY ARE, IF THEY'RE APPROVED, IF THEY ARE APPROVED, THE FUTURE WILL BE GOOD.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DO IT AS A HISTORY.
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THESE 5,346 IS VERY TOUGH JOB.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND THE LAND.
AND TO BUILD THEM MANY, MANY HOUSES.
W W WE KNOW WEST COVINA PREDOMINANT IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, AND I KNOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT.
ALL THE CITY IS VERY DIFFICULT.
PEOPLE WANT TO HANG ON WITH IT BECAUSE THEY LIKE THAT KIND OF STYLE.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS A, WILL BE A TOUGH FIGHT.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A ANSWER ABOUT CONSEQUENCE IF WE CANNOT FULFILL, OKAY, WHAT STAY WE'RE PANELIZERS BY TAKING AWAY OUR FUNDING OR SOMETHING, OR SEWERS, OR WHAT WELL, THROUGH THE CHAIR, BOTH OF THOSE LATTER TWO, UM, ITEMS, AND I THINK MAYBE A CAUTIONARY
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TALE WOULD BE THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A VERY BELLIGERENT ATTITUDE.THEY GOT SUED AND, AND, AND THE STATE'S GOING TO WIN.
I CAN TELL YOU, UM, FOLLOWING THIS SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND, AND SUBMIT THE REPORTS AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
UM, I TOTALLY DO NOT RECOMMEND THE BELLIGERENT APPROACH WANTED TO VENT.
THAT'S IT? I JUST THREW THE CHAIR.
IN ADDITION, WE, IF WE DO NOT HAVE A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN CERTAIN GRANTS.
CAN THEY CONSIDER AN ADU PART OF THAT? YES.
SO ADU CAN COUNT AS THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
IN OUR PART OF THIS REPORT DOES INCLUDE PERFECT.
SO YOU HAD MOVED THE MOTION COUNCIL, SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN, D A SECOND ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WILL.
I MAYOR PRO TIM KOSTELANETZ MAYOR LOPEZ.
I AM MOTION APPROVES FIVE, ZERO.
[9) CONSIDERATION OF LEASE PURCHASE OF AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER (ALPR) CAMERA SYSTEM]
ONTO THE DEPARTMENT, REGULAR MATTERS ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF LEASE PURCHASE.SO WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS UPDATE? CAPTAIN KEN PLUNKETT IS GOING TO MAKE JUST A TERRIFIC REPORT FOR US TONIGHT.
KEN PLUNKETT IS GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
I MIGHT AS WELL DO A MIC CHECK.
UH, I CAUGHT YOU WHEN YOU'RE FRESH, SO THIS WILL BE GOOD.
UH, I'LL MAKE THIS A SHORT TWO HOUR PRESENTATION IF WE SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE SOON.
UM, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UM, JESSE MON FROM FLOCK SAFETY.
HE'S OUR, UH, OUR SALES REP AND CONSULTANT IN THIS AREA.
UM, HE'S BEEN SUPER PATIENT, JESSE.
WE, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU STILL HANGING ON.
ARE YOU THERE? AND CAN YOU HEAR US? YES.
AND THE RESIDENTS WHO STUCK AROUND.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I KNOW YOU'RE ON ZOOM WATCH AND, UM, TONIGHT, UH, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL FOR THE ACQUISITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FLOCK SAFETY, AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, APL CAMERA SYSTEM, AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
LIKE, UH, OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.
WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY CRIME TO INCLUDE STOLEN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONALLY VEHICLES ARE MOST OFTENTIMES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTED CRIMES AND SERMS SERVE AS A MEANS TO IDENTIFY AND PROSECUTE POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, TASK TASKFORCE FOR REGIONAL AUTO THEFT PREVENTION, TRAP ESTIMATES.
UM, 1 BILLION WORTH OF VEHICLES ARE STOLEN IN LA COUNTY COUNTY ANNUALLY, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THESE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESEARCH THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA SYSTEM AND THROUGH OUR FINDINGS, BELIEVE THAT THE ADDITION OF THE FLOCK SAFETY ALP OUR CAMERA SYSTEM WILL HELP REDUCE AND DETER CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
REDUCE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SOLVING VARIOUS ADDITIONAL CRIMES REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME BRIEF BRIEF INFORMATION ON FLOCK.
UM, UH, FLOCK SAFETY COMPANY BEGAN IN 2017.
IT FIRST BEGAN PROVIDING SAFETY CAMERAS SYSTEMS TO PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESSES AND HOS, UM, THEIR, THEIR CAMERA SYSTEM BECAME POPULAR, UM, AS IT BEGAN TO, UH, TAKE AN EFFECT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY JOINED, UH, OFFERING, UH, THE CAMERA SYSTEMS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN 2018.
UM, GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE SLIDE NOW, PAULINA AND JUST HOLD THERE.
UH, THE MISSION OF THE FLOCK SAFETY COMPANY IS TO ELIMINATE NON-VIOLENT CRIME AND IS NOW LIVE IN OVER 1000 CITIES, 38 STATES AND OVER 500 POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE U S SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE FLOCK SAFETY ALP, OUR SYSTEM HAS PROVEN TO REDUCE AND DETOUR CRIME REDUCED CALLS FOR SERVICE AND PROVIDES A SCALABLE SOLUTION THAT DELIVERS ACTIONABLE EVIDENCE TO INCREASING SOLID SOLVABILITY AND CLEARANCE RATES FOR VARIOUS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
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THROUGHOUT JURISDICTIONS, WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN UTILIZED.UM, W WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS JUST SHOW A QUICK, THIS IS A PHLOX OVERVIEW VIDEO.
IT'S BETTER HEARING FROM THEM THAN IT IS FOR ME.
AND IT'S, IT'S A QUICK COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY, UH, INFORMATION.
SO PAULINA, IF YOU COULD PLAY THAT QUICK, RIGHT ON, RIGHT ON THE, UH, ON THE SCREEN, WE STARTED FIGHT TO ELIMINATE NON-VIOLENT CRIME, AND THAT'S BECAUSE 87% OF THE CRIME GOES UNSOLVED.
WELL, FOR US, IT'S NOT DUE TO A LACK OF TIME ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE.
IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF EVIDENCE.
SO WE ASK POLICE APPROXIMATION, WHAT IS THAT CRITICAL FACTOR THAT CAN HELP YOU SOLVE MORE CRIME? AND WE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN, LICENSED PLATES, I WOULD CRITICAL MISSING.
70% OF MAJOR CRIMES ARE COMMITTED WITH THE VEHICLE AND LICENSE PLATES, GIVE POLICE THE LEAD.
AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS TECHNOLOGY ON THE MARKET THAT COULD SOLVE THAT EVIDENCE GAP, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY WAS LARGE, VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK, BUT JUST DIDN'T FIT THE NEED.
WE SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS WITH SOLAR POWER, INTEGRATED CELLULAR AND MODERN ELECTRONICS.
IT MADE THE CAMERAS SMALL AND AFFORDABLE.
SO WE CAN PUT THIS POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY IN THE HANDS OF READY.
SO AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WHILE SAFETIES IN 36 STATES, I WILL WORK IN THE SEVERAL HUNDRED POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE HELPING THEM SOLVE FOR THE FIVE CRIMES.
NOW, PRIVACY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FLAG, AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO PROTECT PRIVACY OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
THE CONSUMER HAS ALL THE ACCESS TO THE DATA.
THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH JUST THE HOA BOARD OR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ENTIRE, WE MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR YOU TO PULL FOOTAGE IN THE EVENT THAT A CRIME OCCURS, BECAUSE OUR SOLUTION IS WEB-BASED ANY AUTHORIZED USER CAN LOG IN FROM A DEVICE THAT HAS INTERNET ACCESS.
ONCE INSIDE THE PORTAL, YOU SIMPLY USE OUR ROBUST FILTERING FEATURES TO EITHER FILTER ON DATE, TIME, VEHICLE ATTRIBUTES, OR EVEN PARTIAL PLATE NUMBER TO GET RIGHT DOWN TO THE EVIDENCE YOU NEED.
AND FELIX ARMED WITH FLOG FOOTAGE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW HAS THE ACTIONABLE EVIDENCE.
THEY NEED TO SOLVE CRIME, BUT CAMERAS CAN BE INSTALLED JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES LOCKE FROM OTHER AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS IS THAT WE LEVERAGE SOLAR PLUS BATTERY ALONG THE CELLULAR FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, ELIMINATING UPFRONT COSTS THE FLUX SAFETY LICENSE PLATE, READING CAMERA, AS IT CAME INTO, IT TAKES PICTURES OF ALL TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, BUT OUR CAMERA IS GOOD.
THE EXTRA STEP AND LOOK RIGHT THEN AND FIND FEATURES LIKE CODE A VEHICLE TYPE OF VEHICLE, MAKE A VEHICLE STATE OF THE LICENSE PLATE.
AND THESE IDENTIFIED FEATURES, WHICH WE CALL IT.
PEOPLE FINGERPRINT HELP OUR POLICE CUSTOMERS QUICKLY SORTED THROUGH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES TO FIND THE ONES THAT THEY NEED TO SOLVE THEM.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE BOX SAFETY CAMERAS IS THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM INSTALLATION, THE HARDWARE, ONGOING MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE UPGRADES, AS WELL AS THE CELLULAR SERVICE THAT PUSHES THE INFORMATION TO THE CLOUD SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FOOTAGE FROM ANYWHERE AT MINIMUM.
YOU CAN HAVE ONE CAMERA AT YOUR ENTRANCE.
IF YOU WERE TO HAVE 50 POUNDS, IT ENDS UP BEING $40 PER HOME.
EACH OUR MISSION IS STILL IN THAT NOW VIOLENT CRIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE CAN ONLY DO THAT BY WORKING WITH EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WE CAN HELP YOU MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY SAFER.
THAT VIDEO PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL.
UM, BUT I'M GOING TO, I GUESS, SAY IT ALL AGAIN.
UM, AS I CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION, UM, WHAT, WHAT FLOCK, UH, TECHNOLOGY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER APL, OUR SYSTEMS? UM, WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE, THE COMPANY STARTED OUT PROVIDING A CAMERA SYSTEMS TO HOS AND BUSINESSES, AND THEN CAME INTO THE POLICE WORLD.
UM, AND IT CREATES A, A GREAT NETWORK IN THE COMMUNITIES TO HELP SOLVE CRIME.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR PATENTED, UM, PROPRIETARY VEHICLE, FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH HAS INFRARED CAMERAS AND THINGS.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW FOR SOLAR INSTALLS.
THEY COME OUT AND INSTALL THE CAMERAS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A, WEB-BASED ALL THE INFORMATION GOES INTO THE CLOUD SERVER.
UM, SO THERE'S REALLY NO INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S, IT'S A SIMPLE SYSTEM TO USE AND ACCESS DATA AND IT'S, AND IT'S REASONABLY AFFORDABLE, UM, AT THE PRICE.
I JUST WANTED TO GET INTO SOME OF THE, WITHOUT BORING YOU WITH TOO MANY DETAILS, JUST GET INTO SOME OF THE, UM, THE CAMERA STUFF.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
UH, JESSE'S HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS TOO.
I DON'T WANT TO PROLONG THIS MORE THAN I HAVE TO, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED.
UM, BASICALLY THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE PHOTO THAT YOU SEE OF
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THE CAR.UH, EACH, UH, CAMERA THAT THAT'S PUT UP IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE TWO LANES OF TRAVEL IN A SINGLE DIRECTION OR LICENSE PLATES.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE SOLAR OR AC POWERED, UM, CAMERAS.
IT HAS THE PASSIVE INFRARED MOTION AND DETECTION WITH NIGHT VISION.
SO IT GIVES US THE BEST 24 HOUR, UM, OPTION FOR CAPTURING PLATES.
IT'S GOT AN EMBEDDED CELLULAR LTE CONNECTION, AND THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE PRICE.
IT TAKES STILL IMAGES, NOT LIVE VIDEO.
IT DOESN'T, IT'S CONSTANTLY JUST IT SENSES MOTION, AND IT'S TAKEN, TAKEN PICTURES AS THINGS MOVE BY, UM, LIKE TWO LANES PER CAMERA AND CAPTURE UP TO 45,000 PLATES PER DAY, UM, AT A GIVEN CAMERA SITE.
AND YOU CAN CAPTURE VEHICLE PLATES AT SPEEDS, UP TO A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AS THEY GO BY.
IS IT GOING IN THE SAME TRAFFIC OR CAN IT CAPTURE OPPOSITE? SO, SO YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO PUT IT WHERE IT'S GOING THE SAME.
UM, YOU KNOW, TH THE, THE VEHICLE CODE SAYS THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE TWO PLATES ON THEIR CAR, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S JUST ONE IT'S USUALLY IN THE BACK OF THOSE, THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE.
SO PUTTING IT, PUTTING IT FOR OPPOSITE LANES OF TRAVEL IS NOT GOING TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO COVER THAT STREET, IT'S A ONE-WAY IN EACH DIRECTION.
YOU'D WANT ONE IN EACH DIRECTION.
IT'S, IT'S FOCUSED TO CAPTURE THE BACK OF THE PLATE AND IT STILL CAN CAPTURE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S GRIDLOCK OR IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY TO A VEHICLE.
SO IT'S, SINCE IT'S MOVEMENT, IT'S ON MOTION.
SO AS THE CARS MOVE, IT'S, IT'S FLASHING, IT'S TAKEN PICTURES OF THAT, AND IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE, HOW THE CAMERA'S ZERO DOWN FOR THAT PLATE CAPTURE.
SO JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THEN, UM, THE, THE 30 CAMERAS WOULD THEN BE FOUR 15 STREETS IF WE GO BOTH DIRECTIONS, ROUGHLY.
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT TO FLOCK SAFETY AND THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FLAT PRIDES THEMSELVES ON THE EPIC DRIVEN INNOVATION, PROTECTING CUSTOMER'S PRIVACY, UM, FLOCK DOESN'T STORE, ANY PERSONAL DATA.
UM, THEY DETECT UNBIASED OBJECTIVE DATA THERE.
THEY'RE TAKING PICTURES OF THE CAR, UM, YOUR, YOUR LICENSE PLATE.
THERE'S NO, UM, PRIVACY OBLIGATION WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR AND YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE STREET, THERE'S NO PRIVACY FOR THAT.
UH, IT'S OUT IN PUBLIC, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CAMERAS ARE DETECTING UNBIASED INFORMATION.
THEY'RE CATCHING YOUR, YOUR VEHICLE INFORMATION AS IT GOES BY.
IT'S NOT FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.
UM, IN FACT, THE PHLOX SYSTEM HAS NO ABILITY TO DO PEOPLE SEARCHES IN THE SYSTEM.
LIKE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SEARCH CAPABILITIES IN A MINUTE, BUT THERE'S NO PEOPLE SEARCHABILITY.
THIS IS FOR, FOR VEHICLES, IT CAN DO BICYCLES AND IT CAN DO GOLF CARTS.
UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS IT'S FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR CATS CAPTURING LICENSE PLATES.
UM, IT'S NOT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE, IT'S NOT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE.
UM, AND THERE'S A SEARCH REASON FIELD REQUIRED WHEN, WHEN WE SEARCHED THE DATABASE TO GET GATHER INFORMATION FROM IT, THERE'S AN AUDIT TRAIL THAT'S, THAT'S MADE BY THE, BY THE USER, SO THAT THERE'S SEARCHABLE REASONS TO FIND OUT WHY THEY'RE IN THE DATABASE AND WHAT THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR, UM, CAMERAS ARE HYPER-FOCUSED TO CAPTURE LICENSE PLATE DATA.
LIKE WE SAID, NOT DESIGNED TO CAPTURE, UH, THE PEOPLE IMAGES, UH, CAMERA SOFTWARE HAS NO SURGICAL CAPABILITIES WOULD BE GONE OVER THAT.
ONCE THE, ONCE THE IMAGE IS TAKEN BY THE CAMERA, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY SHIPPED TO THE CLOUD.
SO THE FLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM USES THE SECURE AWS GOVERNMENT CLOUD.
IT'S THE AMAZON GOVERNMENT CLOUD.
IT'S ALL THE INFORMATION'S DUAL ENCRYPTED.
AS SOON AS IT'S CAPTURED, IT'S ENCRYPTED, AS IT GOES OVER.
UM, UH, THE FOOTAGE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OWNED BY US, UM, AND IT'S DELETED AFTER 30 DAYS.
SO IT GOES TO THE SERVER, IT SITS THERE FOR 30 DAYS, AND THEN IT'S ERASED.
UM, THERE'S NO, IT'S NOT A LONG-TERM RETENTION.
UM, IF WE NEED TO PULL DATA FROM THAT, THAT FOR EVIDENCE PURPOSES AND WE FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE CODE AND THE EVIDENCE BOOKING PROCEDURES TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE EVIDENCE.
BUT IT'S, OTHER THAN THAT, THE DATA THAT'S TAKEN ON THE CAMERAS IS, IS GONE IN 30 DAYS.
EVEN IF IT'S IN THE CLOUD, YEAH.
CLOUD'S NOT GOING TO STORE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS.
SO IT'S DATA THAT WE NEED TO USE IN A, IN A RELATIVELY QUICK TIME MANNER.
AND THAT'S FOR JUST THE RETENTION, THE FEAR OF, UH, STORING PEOPLE'S PERSONAL DATA AND WHATNOT.
SO THEY'VE COME UP WITH A 30 DAY RETENTION PERIOD, AND THEN IT ERASES, LIKE I SAID, IF WE NEED THE DATA AND WE FIND IT TO BE USEFUL AS A PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN AN INVESTIGATION, WE CAN THEN PULL THAT DATA.
AND NOW WE USE IT AS EVIDENCE, AND THEN WE FOLLOW
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THE, THE REQUIREMENTS TO RETAIN EVIDENCE.SO BASICALLY IT'S A GOOD LEAD, EXCUSE ME, IT'S A GOOD LEAD.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, SEE, JUST COMPLIANT AND, UH, DATA'S FULLY ENCRYPTED.
YEAH, JUST, UH, JUST A REAL QUICK, UH, MENTIONED ABOUT ARE THE APL L R UM, THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE KIND OF MANDATES, UM, WHAT INFORMATION YOU CAN GATHER AND HOW YOU GATHER IT, HOW YOU CAN STORE IT.
SO WE FOLLOW THAT, THOSE COMPLIANCE, UM, PARAMETERS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE CODE, UH, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT FLOCK WILL PRESENT TO THE CITY TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IT HAS THOSE CIVIL CODES RIGHT IN THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE BOUND BY THE CIVIL CODE TO FOLLOW THESE CODES AND PARAMETERS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH GATHERING THIS INFORMATION AND HOW WE STORE IT AND WHAT WE DO WITH THE DATA.
SO THAT'S, IT'S ALL UNDER CIVIL CODE.
WE ALSO, THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS OUR ALP, UM, ONLINE IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
LIKE OUR ENTIRE POLICY MANUAL IS YOU CAN JUST GO TO WEST COVINA, PD.ORG, UH, HIT THE ABOUT TAB RESOURCES, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON OUR POLICY MANUAL, AND YOU CAN VIEW OUR MANUAL.
I THINK PAGE TWO 80, IF YOU WANT TO REFERENCE IT IS WHERE THE ALP ARE.
UM, INFORMATION IS, UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE AT? SO I TRANSFERRED US TO THE SECURE CLOUD, AND THAT'S WHEN IT PUTS TOGETHER WITH THE LICENSE PLATE.
NOW, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CAMERA SYSTEM HAS, THEY'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER NOW WITH THE MAKE COLOR, UM, THE VEHICLE TYPE AND THE DATE AND TIME OF THAT CAPTURE.
SO THOSE ARE GIVEN US ALL SEARCHABLE FIELDS.
WHEN WE GO BACK INTO THE, THE CAMERA SYSTEM ON, WE CAN SEARCH BY, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE STORY.
THERE'S A, I WON'T TELL YOU THE NAMES OF THE AGENCIES, BUT THERE WAS A LOCAL CITY THAT HAD A, UH, UH, A FATAL HIT AND RUN.
UH, THEY CALLED THE NEXT CITY OVER, THAT HAS THE FLOCK SYSTEM.
THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE CAR AND, AND MAKE, MAKE AN ARREST, UM, WHICH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS BIG WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUSTICE TO A FAMILY.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE CRIMES WERE WHERE CAMERAS COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, SIGNIFICANT TO HELP US.
SO THIS WILL BE A, BE A GOOD PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE TRANSFERS, UH, I, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS, UH, UH, FBI NCAC HOTLIST REAL QUICK.
CAUSE THE CAMERA SYSTEM DOES CONNECT TO THE HOT LIST.
SO BASICALLY WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ENTERS A VEHICLE INTO THE SYSTEM, WE CALL IT IT'S, WE'RE ENTERING IT INTO THIS DATABASE.
IT'S BASICALLY A CLEARINGHOUSE OF INFORMATION FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, RIGHT? SO IF WE ENTER, WE COME AND TAKE A REPORT OR YOUR CAR WAS STOLEN.
UH, WE'LL ENTER THAT DATA INTO THE SYSTEM.
UM, THE FASTER IT GETS INPUTTED THE FASTER.
NOW WE CAN START UTILIZING THIS STUFF.
UM, OTHER THINGS WANTED, WANTED PERSONS IF, UH, THERE WAS A MURDER COMMITTED AND THE, A CAR WAS USED AND WE GET A PLATE OR WE GET A SUSPECT AND WE KNOW WHAT CAR THEY DRIVE.
WE CAN GET, WE CAN ENTER THAT PLATE DATA FOR A FELONY STOP, RIGHT? SO THE OFFICERS KNOW, HEY, THIS MAY BE AN ARMED AND DANGEROUS STOP IF YOU COME ACROSS IT ALSO MISSING PERSONS, AMBER ALERTS, SILVER ALERTS, THOSE TYPE OF ALERTS GO INTO THE HOT LIST SYSTEM.
AND, UM, THE F THE FLOCK SYSTEM BASICALLY BRINGS THAT HOT LISTING.
SO AS IT'S TAKEN PICTURES OF PLATES AND DROP IT INTO THE CLOUD, AND IT STARTS ANALYZING IT, IT'S STARTING TO NOW MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH THE HOT LIST.
SO THE TIME THAT THEY, THEY BELIEVE THAT FROM THE TIME THAT, UH, THE, THE CAMERA TAKES A PICTURE TO WHEN IT IDENTIFIES THE PLATE HIT TO WHEN DISPATCH GETS NOTIFIED IS BETWEEN ABOUT 10 AND 15 SECONDS.
SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY SIGNIFICANT TOOL.
SO SAY, UH, SAY WE PUT ONE, I DON'T KNOW, PICK A INTERSECTION IN THE CITY CAR DRIVES BY, IT GETS, IT PICKS UP ITS LICENSE PLATE AND IT, WITHIN 10 SECONDS, IT'LL TELL DISPATCH, HEY, THAT CAR WAS STOLEN OR THAT CAR WAS WANTED OR WHATNOT.
AND BASICALLY WILL GIVE US A DESCRIPTION.
HEY, HERE'S THE LICENSE PLATE, IT'S A GRAY HONDA.
AND IT WAS THE LAST SCENE GOING THIS WAY.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW WE CAN BUILD A NETWORK TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW THIS THING NOW THROUGH THE CAMERA SYSTEM.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT NEXT SLIDE, JESSE, ARE YOU GOOD UP TO THIS POINT? HEY, YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING, OKAY.
I PUT THIS SLIDE UP BECAUSE, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING FLAT.
WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS, UH, AZUSA PD, COVINA PD PD.
THEN I PUT THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE TEMPLE STATION, SAN DEMAS STATION, THE WALNUT STATION ARE ALREADY USING FLOCK.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A PROPOSAL IN THE WORKS.
I'M NOT GONNA MESS WITH THAT TOO MUCH, BUT I KNOW THE CITY OF LA WEDNESDAY WITH INDUSTRY SHERIFF'S STATION ARE LOOKING TO COME ON BOARD WITH FLOCK TO, SO WE'LL BASICALLY BE ENCAPSULATED WITH FLOCK SYSTEM, UM, WHICH WILL BE REALLY GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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UM, GO AHEAD.I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH TOO MUCH DATA, BUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DID CONDUCT AN ACCURACY TEST BETWEEN LPR CAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT LP LPR COMPANIES OUT THERE.
UM, BASED ON, UH, A LEGACY TECHNOLOGY THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING COMPARED TO THE FLUX IS DONE.
THE FLOCK WAS SAID TO BE 30% MORE ACCURATE WITH THE HITS THAT IT WAS PROVIDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF, UH, SOME SUCCESS STORIES.
I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY SAYS, HEY, W WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I COVERED THAT.
SO COVINA PD WENT LIVE, UH, WITH THE FLOCK SYSTEM.
AFTER TWO MONTHS, THEY REPORTED 22 ARREST IN 14 RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE.
IT WAS JUST BASED ON THE FLOCK ALERTS THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING.
AND ONE OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS, THE FOLLOW UP LED TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION, UM, AND ARREST REMADE, AND THEN INFORMATION WAS PASSED ON TO THE FBI TASK FORCE FOR FOLLOW-UP.
NEXT ONE, LET'S USE A PD, A AZUSA PD WITHIN THEIR FIRST MONTH OF GOING LIVE REPORTED 16 STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED.
UH, ONE WAS TIED TO A REPORTED MURDER, UH, HANDGUNS, THREE HANDGUNS, MULTIPLE FELONS ARRESTED.
UM, AND WHAT I WANTED TO NOTE, THIS WAS A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OUT OF AZUSA AND JUST THE BOTTOM PARAGRAPH, JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.
UH, THE FOOTAGE IS SECURELY STORED IN THE CLOUD AUTOMATICALLY BE ON A ROLLING BASIS.
AMARAS ARE NOT USED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND CONTAIN NO FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
AND THAT, THAT IS THAT'S THAT, THAT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S JUST GOOD TO SEE WHAT ANOTHER CITY IS REPORTING.
WE, UH, WE SHARE, UH, CAD AND RMS WITH HEMET.
UM, BUT I WANT TO, THESE ARE SOME AMAZING NUMBERS.
THIS, THIS REPORT FROM THEIR CITY CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER.
SO ABOUT FIVE MONTHS, UH, HEMET POLICE DEPARTMENT SAFELY RECOVERED 132 STOLEN VEHICLES AND MADE 119 ARRESTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CASES.
UH, THEY VALUED THE RECOVERY OF THE VEHICLES AT ABOUT 1.1, $5 MILLION.
OH, YOU CAN SEE FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENT STANDPOINT, THEY'RE SAVING PEOPLE A LOT OF, A LOT OF MONEY AND HEARTACHE.
UM, AND THEY JUST PUT A LITTLE BLURT WHEN A STOLEN CAR WANTED VEHICLE OR MISSING PERSON VEHICLE DRIVES BY ONE OF THESE CAMERAS.
EVERY HEMET PD OFFICER IN THE FIELD RECEIVES AN INCIDENT, NONE OF THE PATIENT AND DESCRIPTION, USUALLY WITHIN SECONDS.
UH, THESE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN A DIRECT STEP IN FIGHTING AGAINST CRIME AND INVALUABLE TOOL FOR THE CITY OF HEMET.
SO, UH, WHAT ARE WE WE'RE LOOKING AT? UH, WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU CONSIDER TONIGHT FOR, FOR APPROVAL.
UH, THIRD TO START WITH 30 FIXED CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, I BELIEVE COVINA IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 AZUSA, I THINK HAS 20 OR 22.
WE ARE, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY A MUCH LARGER CITY THAN BOTH OF THOSE CITIES.
UH, AND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SPREAD THEM OUT TO GIVE US THE MOST, THE BEST COVERAGE.
SO WE, UH, WE'RE MAKING A MAP WITH THE COMPANY, UM, AS SOON AS YOU GUYS APPROVE OR, UM, SEND US BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET WITH THAT COMPANY, UH, TO MAKE A MAP ON HOW THEY, HOW THEY ARE, UH, PUT OUT IN THE CITY BASED ON CRIME AND TRAFFIC FLOW, THINGS OF THOSE NATURE.
SO WE CAN BE MOST, UM, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE 30 CAMERAS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT IS THE CAMERA HARDWARE, THE MOUNTING EQUIPMENT, THE CLOUD HOSTING THE THROUGH LTE, THE HOTLIST INTEGRATION AND ALERTS, UNLIMITED USER LICENSE TRAINING, AND ONGOING SUPPORT, SOFTWARE UPDATES, CAMERA MAINTENANCE, AND A WARRANTY.
UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A TWO YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT TWO YEARS WOULD GIVE US A GOOD, UH, UH, TIME TO ASSESS THE, UH, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE, OF THE PRODUCT.
ALTHOUGH WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE PUT IT IN, UH, THE COST PER CAMERA PER YEAR IS $2,500.
IT'S BASICALLY A SUBSCRIPTION FEE.
THAT'S WHERE MOST, UH, TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES ARE GOING WITH JUST THE, THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FREE.
SO NOT THE BIG UPFRONT, AND THEN LITTLE AS YOU GO, UM, THERE'S A ONE-TIME INSTALLATION FEE FOR EACH CAMERA.
UM, THIS PROPOSAL COMES TO YOU AT NO COST TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER, UH, IF THE PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL, THE CITY WILL NEED TO CONSIDER GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO KEEP THEIR PROGRAM BEGINNING IN YEAR THREE.
SO IF, UM, IT CATCHES A RED FLAG ON A VEHICLE, HOW DO YOU GET NOTIFIED? SO, SO THE, UH, AS A CAMERA HITS, IT'LL SEND OUR DISPATCH AND NOTIFICATION THAT BOOM, YOU GOT A STOLEN CAR, SO IT IT'S GOING TO BE INTEGRATED IN OUR SYSTEM, OR AN ALERT WILL POP UP.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE AN APPLICATION THAT OUR DISPATCHERS WILL HAVE UP AND THEY'LL HAVE THE HIT IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN
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THERE'LL BE ABLE TO BROADCAST IT.UM, ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION, AND I MEANT TO, BY HAVING THESE AGENCIES AROUND US, I'LL HAVE THE FLUX SYSTEM, WE'RE ABLE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT SO THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS CAN SHARE DATA, RIGHT? SO THAT WE CAN, IF WE'RE DOING AN INVESTIGATION AND WE HAVE A CAR THAT GOES NORTH INTO COVINA FROM OUR CITY, WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE DATA AND CAPTURE THE CAR AS IT TRAVELED THROUGH COVINA AS WELL.
SO IT'S GIVEN US A BIG, A BIG SAFETY NET AROUND THE AREA OF BRINGING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UM, I KNOW IF WE HAD THIS, I KNOW THERE'S, WE DID HAVE THAT DEATH AND THE JUSTICE FOR GABBY.
IF WE HAD THIS, WE WOULD HAVE EASILY CAUGHT THE CRIMINAL JUST LIKE THAT.
UM, I'M PRETTY SURE IF THIS DOES PASS, THE FAMILY WOULD APPRECIATE THIS.
UM, I KNOW BECAUSE OF THAT INCIDENT, WE CREATED THE, UH, MAYORS TO FIGHT GANG VIOLENCE.
AND I WAS ON THAT MEETING LAST WEEK.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN I DID INFORM HIM THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR AGENDA.
COVINA DID MENTION, I BELIEVE, IS IT 30 TO 60% CRIME REDUCTION BECAUSE OF THE FLOCK SYSTEM? I'M NOT SURE THE WHOLE WHAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL, UM, BUT THEY HAVE THAT.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF MENTIONING THIS, I KNOW THE SURROUNDING CITIES, UM, IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PUTTING THAT IN THEIR CITY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE SURROUNDING CITY THAT COMES THROUGH HERE OR VICE VERSA, IF THEY LEAVE, THEY CAN EASILY CATCH THAT.
AND I, I THINK THIS IS, UM, THIS IS GREAT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, HIT AND RUN.
AND THIS ONE ALSO, YOU CAN UTILIZE IF RESIDENTS ON THEIR RING, THEY'RE THERE, THEY SEE A VEHICLE, OBVIOUSLY THE RING DOESN'T CATCH THE LICENSE PLATE, BUT THEN THEY, THEY'RE SEEING A NOTICE, A PATTERN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY ROBBED OR THE CADILLAC CONVERTERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY SEE A PATTERN OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO, DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO THAT? I MEAN, IF THEY MAKE A REPORT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS VEHICLE, CAN THEY, WHAT WE COULD DO IS WHERE THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE POSITIONED.
IF WE HAVE CRIME IN THAT AREA, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEARCH THOSE CAMERAS TO SEE WHO CAME AND WENT DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD AND BE ABLE TO WORK BACKWARDS.
SO IT DOES GIVE YOU A STARTING POINT, OR LIKE, UH,
UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION REAL QUICK, THAT I, THAT I FAILED TO AS WELL, UM, BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, HOS THEY CAN PURCHASE CAMERAS, UM, ON THEIR OWN.
IF THE HOA WANTS TO GET TOGETHER AND BUY CAMERAS FOR THEIR COMPLEX, OR LET'S SAY DIAMOND OUT THE PLAZA TO MAKE THEM BUY CAMERAS.
BUT IF THE PLAZA WANTED TO BUY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAMERAS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY GET A LOT OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC, THEY CAN PURCHASE THOSE, THEY COULD PAY FOR THEM.
SO IT'S NO COST TO THE CITY, BUT THEY COULD ALLOW US TO UTILIZE THEIR DATA AS WELL.
SO THEY COULD, IF, IF YOU'RE A PRIVATE PERSON AND YOU HAVE THE CAMERA SYSTEM, YOU CAN ALLOW YOUR OWN LOCAL PD TO ANALYZE YOUR DATA.
UM, BUT THAT DATA IS NOT GIVEN OUT.
IT'S KIND OF A PRIVATE THING BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PRIVATE PEOPLE IN THAT CITY, BUT IT DOES MAKE YOUR NETWORK GROW AND IT GIVES YOU A BETTER CAPABILITY AND, AND PEOPLE, IT'S A FEEL-GOOD THING.
PEOPLE ARE, ARE BUYING IN THERE, THEY'RE JOINING IN.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY, THEY HA HEY, WE'RE HELPING THE POLICE AND WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND, AND IT'S TO MAKE EVERYBODY SAFER.
AND SO I THINK, OKAY, I LIKE IT THAT IT CATCHES CRIMINAL QUICKER AND IT WARNS OTHERS TOO.
LIKE, DON'T MESS UP WITH COVINA.
CAUSE YOU MIGHT JUST GET CAUGHT ANY OTHER, UH, HAVE A QUESTION.
YEAH, I, I DID HAVE, UH, UH, ONE CONCERN AND I HAD SPOKEN WITH CHIEF BELL ABOUT IT IS, UM, THE, THE TYPE OF, UM, I GUESS, UH, EITHER, EITHER CRIMES ASSOCIATED TO THE LICENSE PLATE OR WARRANTS THAT WOULD, WOULD SET OFF THE ALERT.
SO AS I WAS READING THROUGH, UH, I KNOW WHEN I SPOKE WITH CHIEF BELL, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE BENCH WARRANTS FOR NOT APPEARING IN COURT FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE UNPAID PARKING TICKETS OR WHATEVER THE CASE.
UM, I MEAN, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THOSE DRIVING OUR STREETS AND, YOU KNOW, I EQUATED IT TO, UM, WHEN THEY STARTED, UM, DOING INSTANT REPLAY FOR OUR PASS INTERFERENCE, WHERE THEY WERE JUST ALL THE TIME.
AND SO YOU WERE PULLING POLICE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT.
SO, UH, I, I WANTED, UH, TO MAKE SURE, CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A CONCERN WHEN YOU FELL AS WELL, THAT, THAT, UM, IN THE CONTRACT IT'S REALLY DEFINED WHAT SETS OFF THOSE ALERTS.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY, I MEAN, PULLING POLICE, LIKE JUST CONSTANTLY.
UH, SO IS, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING, CAUSE IT WASN'T IN HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE.
SO WHAT, WHAT ALERTS WE'RE GOING TO GET, LIKE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO WANT THE STOLONS THE FELONY VEHICLES, THE AMBER ALERTS, THE SILVER ALERTS, THOSE MISSING PERSONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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BUT UH, IN TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES, LIKE IN ANOTHER CITY, THEY, THEY SAID WE'VE HAD, WE HAD SO MANY STOLEN LICENSE PLATE IT'S THAT WE HAD TO STOP PUTTING THOSE OUT.SO WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A, UM, A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPANY LIKE, HEY, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? ALL THE ALERTS THAT WE GET UP FRONT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCALE THAT DOWN IF, IF IT BECOMES OVERWHELMING FOR US, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE OFFICERS ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE DISCRETION, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE ALERT AND SAY, HEY, THIS GUY, THIS, THIS PLATE CAME BACK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS KIND OF WARRANT.
SO W WE HAVE TO DECIDE BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON THE CALL LEVEL, IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING WE CAN STOP AND CHASE.
AND THEN IT'S, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UM, AND IF IT'S A, IT'S A FOLLOW-UP FOR A DETECTIVE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GUY WHO'S GOT A WARRANT AND YOU NEED THEM FOR OUR CASE, WE'LL, THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AND FIND HIM.
CAUSE HE'S PROBABLY AT HIS HOUSE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY REGISTERED TO HIS CAR ANYWAY, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE IN YOU'RE.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA GENERATE A LOT OF MORE, BASICALLY, THESE ARE CALLS FOR SERVICE NOW, RIGHT? WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THE, HEY, HERE'S A STOLEN CAR DRIVING THROUGH YOUR CITY.
CAUSE WE WOULDN'T GET THAT ALERT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE CALLS FOR SERVICE AT FIRST, UNTIL WE GET A HANDLE ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE MESSAGE GETS OUT, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, DON'T COME THROUGH WEST COVINA.
CAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'S, THEY'RE CATCHING YOUR LICENSE PLATES AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING CRIMES IN THE CITY OR GOING TO JAIL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT WE DO WANT TO SEND A WOMAN TO.
UM, I GUESS MY, UH, I JUST, IT'S REALLY SAD THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE THIS WHEN GABBY WAS MURDERED TRAGICALLY ON EMAR NAZA AND I JUST THINK THAT LIKE MAYOR SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH THEM PRETTY FAST AND I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO, UM, MAKE OUR CITY SAFER.
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR, UH, AFTER THE TWO YEAR LEASE, WHAT HAPPENS.
SO W WE, WE HAVE, UM, ALREADY ALLOCATED SPECIAL FUNDING, UM, FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT THE COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED.
THIS MEETS A CRITERIA FOR THIS, FOR THE FEDERAL SPENDING OF THE MONEY.
WE'RE PAYING FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS BECAUSE IT'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY, BUT AS IT TRANSITIONED INTO A MAINTENANCE ITEM, NOW THAT IT'S REOCCURRING AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UP IN YOUR LEASE BASICALLY.
UM, IT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THAT SPENDING ANYMORE.
SO WE, AS A CITY AT THAT POINT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IF WE CAN'T AFFORD IT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE CAMERAS? YEAH.
WE'D HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IF, IF WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD IT, THOSE CAMERAS GO BACK BECAUSE THESE CAN'T BE PAPERWEIGHTS.
AND THAT'S WHY I PUT IT IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S THREE YEARS.
IT'S TWO YEARS REALLY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT NOW.
UM, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE'RE MAKING BUDGETS, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE PROCESS, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PIECE OF MONEY THAT IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU DECIDED TO KEEP IN THE CITY, THEN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN FOR AHEAD OF TIME ON A YEARLY BASIS, I'M HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND YOU'RE THRILLED TO PUT THE MONEY TOWARDS IT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM CASIANO.
I AM CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AFTER YEAR THREE, BUT WE DO RETAIN THE ABILITY TO RETURN THEM IF WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
I SEE THE PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS, CERTAINLY HOW WE, COULD WE BE SO CERTAIN THAT WE COULD TRUST AMAZON WEB SERVICES? DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
UH, AMAZON CLOUD IS BASICALLY THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERN GOVERNMENT, UM, STORAGE.
UM, IT'S ALL GONE TO, IT'S ALL GONE FROM AWAY FROM SERVERS IN THE BASEMENT.
LIKE WE STILL HAVE, UH, BUT IT'S GOING INTO THE, THE CLOUD STORAGE AND THAT'S WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING.
UM, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST, UM, SCRUTINIZED AND MOST SECURE CLOUD STORAGE AVAILABLE.
NOW IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S DUAL ENCRYPTED, IT'S ENCRYPTED GOING IN.
UM, IT, IT REQUIRES DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION TO GET INTO, WHICH MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO PROVE THAT WHO YOU ARE TWICE BEFORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO THIS, THE SECURITY MEASURES ARE THERE.
AND THAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR CLOUD SECURITY AT THIS TIME.
AND IS, IS THE NSA PART OF THE SYSTEM? UH, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE NSA'S TRACK RECORD OF NOT BEING FORTHCOMING WITH THE PUBLIC.
I JUST REMEMBER THAT, THAT THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS A LICENSE PLATE DATA, SO IT'S JUST PUBLIC IT'S
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IT'S PICTURES OF LICENSE PLATES.THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY ANY PROTECTED INFORMATION IN 30 DAYS, IT'S ROTATING OUT.
SO IT'S NOT BEING HELD UP THERE.
UM, ANOTHER AGENCIES SHARE DATA OR OF THEIR DIRECTION.
THEY HAVE TO SIGN IN AS WELL WITH A REASON.
WE WE'D SAY WE'D SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.
IF THEY HAVE THEY ACCESS ANY DATA IN THE SYSTEM LIKE WE ARE.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE TRAINING.
YOU GOTTA BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANY HAD TO COME OUT AND TRAIN US.
THE OFFICERS HAVE TO HAVE TRAINING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING INTO IT.
THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN THIS COMPANY HAS THAT AUDIT TRAIL TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT A REASON FOR YOUR SEARCH.
SO IF I'M SEARCHING THE DATABASE AND I WERE SIGNED UP TO CONNECT TO COVINA, I HAVE TO PUT THE REASON WHY, FIRST OF ALL, THE CONTRACT TELLS THE, TELLS THE SYSTEM, HEY, KEN HAS AUTHORIZATION TO GET INTO THIS DATA, BUT I STILL HAVE TO TELL IT WHY AND COMPLY WITH ALL THE, ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS TO WHY I'M SEARCHING THIS DATA.
IT HAS TO BE GOOGLE BECAUSE IT'S A GOVERNMENT PURPOSE.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A RESOURCE FOR INVESTIGATION.
SO I COULD, I COULD JUST PUT I'M INVESTIGATING A STOLEN PLATE, RIGHT.
SO IT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING IS THE, IS THE PLATE DATA.
SO TO ADD TO THAT, THERE'S ONE MORE POINT THERE CAN, UM, THERE IS NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN FLOCK, UM, AND, AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THESE LEGACY LPR VENDORS IS THEY CONNECTED TO THE DMV AND THEY GOT INFORMATION BACK ON THE OWNER AND THEIR LIGHT AND THEIR ADDRESS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
FLOCK HAS NONE OF THAT INFORMATION IN IT.
IT ONLY CONTAINS THE REAR PICTURE OF A VEHICLE WITH A LICENSE PLATE.
THAT'S IT? THE REST OF THE UTILIZATION OF WHAT FOX IS FOR, UM, IS, IS COMING FROM LAW, ENFORCEMENT'S INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITIES AND OTHER TOOLS.
THE QUESTION REGARDING, UH, ABOUT ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, I THINK ORIGINALLY YOUR PROPOSAL IS ONE YEAR PAID BY YOUR FOUR FEATURES AS SAYS.
AND, UH, WE THINK ABOUT WHY YOU MAY BE TOO FAST, FORWARD CD TURNAROUND.
WHY NOW WE ARE TURNING AROUND OUR OKAY.
BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC AND THE DISEASE ISSUE, SO WE REALLY NEEDED AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HELPING US TO PAY FOR IT IS, AND NUMBER THREE, THE THIRD YEARS, I THINK AFTER EIGHT, TWO YEARS LATER, I THINK WE MAYBE HAVE ABILITY.
SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, OKAY, I THINK THIS PROGRAM REALLY CAN HELP TO CT, TO TUBS A CRIME.
WHY? BECAUSE TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, ONE ALREADY INTRODUCED TO US SAY, HEY, THE MALE AT TIMES SAY, YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE THIS CAMERA.
LET'S SAY, IT'S NOT EVEN THESE HIGH TECH, UH, DAYS.
THEY TOLD US THEY ARE ALREADY THE, THE MA UH, THE MAYOR, EVERY CHANTELLE, WE TOLD US THEY, THE CRIME RATE DECREASED SO MUCH JUST BASED ON THEY SAY WE HAVE THIS CAMERA.
SO KIND OF TO CRIMINAL COME TO OUR CT.
AND APPLAUSE THE ONE THAT HAS THIS.
SO YOU BECOME A NETWORK BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT THEY'LL IN.
IF I HERE TODAY, AND IF WE CAN HAVE A NETWORK, I THINK IT WILL HELP US A BIG TIME.
SO, SO I THINK IT'S, I REALLY COULD HAVE CAVEAT ABOUT, WE DON'T TOUCH ABOUT OUR GENERAL FARM FOR TWO YEARS.
SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN AFFORD THIS BECAUSE THEY HELPING OUT.
SO LATER WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK HOME TO BRING MORE REVENUE TO THE CITY.
AND I PUT A CONFIDENCE TWO YEAR LATER, WE SHOULD HAVE ABILITY MUCH MORE VIBRANT AND THE, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN COME THROUGH.
WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, I'LL DO THE CT.
AND WHILE WE HAVE IS OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PRIMO RESULTS TO US.
SO, SO FOR LAND, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING SHE'S DONE THE, THE QUESTION OF THE CRITERIA, UM, HOW, HOW, HOW OFTEN CAN THE CRITERIA BE, BE CHANGED? IS IT, IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WHEN WE'LL GET ALERTS? YES.
SO THAT LIKE THE SEARCH CRITERIA IN THE SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS YOU COULD PUT IN GRAY CAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WILL GIVE US ALERTS, I MEAN, I, I THINK IF, IF WE FIND, WHEN WE FIND THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE REMOVED JUST FOR FEASIBILITY, UM, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT PRETTY MUCH CUSTOMIZE IT WHENEVER WE NEED TO.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS START OFF BIG AND, AND SEND US, SEND US EVERYTHING AND, AND SCALE IT DOWN.
CAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING IF YOU'RE MISSING IT.
BUT IF YOU HEAR IT, UM, THEN WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PLAY WITH AND SCALE BACK AND FORTH.
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EXCUSE ME.SO WE JUST, ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO WE COULD TWEAK THE SYSTEM AS WE GO ALONG IN, IN ANY WAY IN THAT REGARDS.
UM, AS FAR AS LIKE THE SEARCH CAPABILITIES IN THE, UM, F FLOCK IS A, IS A, IS A COMPANY THAT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO OUR CAD AND RMS WHEN THEY MAKE UPGRADES TO THE SYSTEM BASED ON FEEDBACK AND, AND THINGS JUST GET BETTER TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, AND THEN THEY GO, HEY, WE COULD, WE COULD SEARCH THIS.
UM, FLOCK MAKES THOSE UPDATES AND PROVIDES US THOSE UPDATES TO US AS PART OF THE SERVICE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE, HEY, I'M STUCK ON VERSION SIX.
AND UNTIL YOU PAY YOUR BILL, NEXT TIME YOU CAN GET VERSION SEVEN IT'S.
THESE UPGRADES ARE COMING TO THE SYSTEM JUST TO ENHANCE THE SYSTEM AND MAKE IT BETTER.
THE ONLY REAL CUSTOMIZATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IS LIKE, WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO, ABOUT DEVICE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT, HOW MANY ALERTS ARE WE GOING TO GET? WHAT ALERTS ARE COMING, RIGHT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S STORED IN THE, IN THE INFORMATION DATABASE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE ENTERING THE DATA.
EVERYBODY'S ENTERING THE DATA, THE HITS ARE THERE.
WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S VOICED AND WHAT'S NOT, THAT'S REALLY THE CUSTOMIZABLE PART FOR US.
AND IF ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW, TENDS TO BE SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE OR ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE.
UM, HOW FLEXIBLE WILL ACCOMPANY BE IN WORKING WITH US? LIKE, UM, LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY THERE'S A PRIVACY CONCERN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE NOT THINKING OF RIGHT NOW, OR THAT EMERGES LATE LATER WHERE WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO RECTIFY THAT.
I THINK THEY'D BE OPEN TO LISTEN TO, BUT YEAH, GO, GO AHEAD.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A AND WORK WITH THE POLICE FOUNDATION AND HAVE AN ETHICS BOARD THAT HELPS US NAVIGATE OUR TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES AT THE FOREFRONT OF, OF ETHICALLY DRIVEN, UM, POLICE AND COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS.
AND IT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE COMPANY.
UM, FEEL FREE TO LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU HAVE TIME.
UH, WE, WE WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF PRIVACY AND POLICE TOOL TECHNOLOGY.
UM, SO ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO PRIVACY, IF THERE'S A CONCERN FROM THE CITY, UH, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HEAR GOT IT.
THANK YOU, PRIVACY VERSUS SECURITY.
I'LL TAKE SECURITY IN A HEARTBEAT BECAUSE THIS IS OUT IN THE PUBLIC ANYWAYS.
AND SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING AD OUT IN PUBLIC IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO PRIVACY VERSUS SECURITY SECURITY.
I'LL TAKE THAT IN A HEARTBEAT, OTHER QUESTIONS.
I LOVE THAT OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES, I SUPPOSE, AT THE SAME TIME.
I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEWIS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOX BY NO COUNCILMAN, WILL I ANNOUNCE A WOMAN DIAZ? YES, THEY ARE PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.
AVIATO I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU, CHIEF BELL.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS, UH, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED CAMERAS.
I'VE ASKED FOR IT IN THE PAST, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS ACTUALLY DID OCCUR.
THAT ENDS THAT ANY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORTS.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
UH, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST OR, YEAH, I, I HAD ONE REQUEST.UH, I WANTED, UH, REQUEST, UH, IF THE PD COULD, UM, LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EXCHANGE ZONE, UH, REGARDING LIKE, UH, ONLINE, UM, SALES, LIKE THEY HAVE IN A WALNUT, UH, BALDWIN PARK.
IS THERE A KIT? I THINK I REMEMBER ASKING ABOUT THIS.
UH, WAS IT LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO? PERFECT.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUEST? NO.
DO WE NEED A SECOND? THANK YOU.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS? YEAH, I, I JUST, UM, WANTED TO SAY, UM, FOR, UH, SHIRLEY BUCHANAN, UH, UH, MAYOR, YOUR, YOUR WORDS AT THE BEGINNING, UM, WERE PHENOMENAL.UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BELIEVE IN ME
[03:55:01]
AND, UM, SHE WAS IN, UH, ACTIVIST AND VERY INVOLVED AND, UH, SHE WILL BE MISSED.AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I HONORED HER WITH SOME WORDS.
SO THEN THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING, UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN SECOND.