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APRIL, BUY OUT VOCATION THAT BYPASS UNWELL.
OTHER THAN HAVING TO, AS YOU ARE AUTHORITY, OVERALL AUTHORITIES ASK, WE ASK YOUR WISDOM TO BE UPON OUR CITY COUNCIL, THAT THEY MAY CARRY OUT YOUR WILL IN GUIDING OUR CITY.
WE RECEIVED THEM AS A GIFT FROM YOU, LESS THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR CITY.
SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AMONG US THAT WE MIGHT WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO SERVED THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO SERVE OUR CITY, MAN.
OKAY, WELL, I DELETED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT'S ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ PRESENT MAYOR PRO TIM.
CASTELLANO'S YOUR MAYOR LOPEZ, VIENNA, NOTHING.
[Proclamation for Telecommunications Week]
FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS.INVITE PFIZER, MARY RODRIGUEZ HERE.
I DO THAT EVERY YEAR DURING THE 2ND OF APRIL IT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL AND THE PUBLIC FAITH COMMUNITY.
OUR HONOR, THIS EAT LONG EVENT INITIALLY SET UP IN 1981 BY THE ANDERSON OF THE CONTRACT POSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
CALIFORNIA IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND THANK THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO SERVING ALEC.
IT IS A WEEK THAT SHOULD BE SET ASIDE SO EVERYONE COULD BE MADE AWARE OF THEIR HARD WORK.
WE WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A PROCLAMATION LIKE I ARE.
YOU READ RIGA'S GROUP, BUT WE'RE MIGHTY OPS ALL VOLUME AS OR DISPATCH FROM JANUARY 20, 20, 19,845, NINE AND 51,900 ON A TOTAL OF 71,000.
I, OUR DISPATCH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, 9,400 VOLT OR REZ, THE FALLS, EVEN ARTIFACT, DISPATCH OFFICERS.
THOSE IN PARK FOREST, 8,317 CALLS SERVICING OUR RESIDENTS.
THESE CALLS INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM STOLEN VEHICLES, PETTY THEFT, GRAND THEFT, LOUD PARTIES, FIREWORKS ALSO TO VIOLENT CRIME, SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ROBBERIES, AND CALLED INVOLVING WEAPONS.
IN ONE SHIFT, YOU MIGHT ANSWER A NINE 11 CALL FOR AN ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE AND THE NEXT A BABY'S NOT BREATHING.
THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON TO WHAT YOU MIGHT GET.
WHEN WE ANSWER OUR CALLS, WE ALSO KEEP TRACK OF THE POLICE UNITS IN THE FIELD.
AS THEY CONDUCT TRAFFIC STOPS OR CONTACT STOPS, WE HAVE CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE POLICE VIA RADIO ASSESS, ASSISTING THEM.
IF THEY GO INTO PURSUIT, ASCERTAINING OF PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE CONTACTING HAVE WANTS OR WARRANTS.
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OUR UNITS ARE AT ALL TIMES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.AT THE END OF WATCH, JOB DEMANDS, MAD MULTITASKING SKILLS TO SAY THE LEAST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, WE STAFF THREE DISPATCHERS AT A TIME TO HANDLE OUR WHOLE CITY.
OUR TR OUR SHIFTS ARE 12 AND A HALF HOURS LONG, EITHER DAY WATCH OR NIGHTWATCH.
WE WORK WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, BIRTHDAYS.
WE MISS FAMILY EVENTS AND THAT'S TOUGH SOMETIMES, BUT WE HAVE CREATED OUR OWN LITTLE, SECOND FAMILY AND IT WORKS.
I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO THIS CRAZY JOB.
THE WASHOUT RATE FOR TRAINING IS MORE THAN 50%.
I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO DO THIS JOB FOR THE PAST FEW DECADES, MUCH LONGER THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD.
I'M HONORED AND PROUD TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE THIS CRAZY GROUP OF DISPATCHERS.
THERE ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING WOMEN THAT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED FOR FAR TOO MANY YEARS, BUT WE MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
AND WE CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? I CONCUR, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YEAH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ALL THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CALL NINE ONE ONE, THEY'RE THE FIRST RESPONDERS THERE TO ANSWER YOUR PHONE CALLS.
SO I KNOW IT DOES TAKE A MENTAL TOLL, SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I DO REMEMBER, UH, THAT I THINK, I BELIEVE ALL OF THE DISPATCHERS AT ONE TIME WHEN THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WITH A WALKER THAT YOU ALL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS REALLY NICE.
SO THERE WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN THAT LIVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, HE WAS VISITING, I THINK A NEIGHBOR AND LEFT HIS WALKER JUST OUT.
AND SOMEBODY CAME BY AND STOLE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND SO THE GIRLS ON DUTY THAT DAY, UM, DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO BUY HIM A WALKER.
AND SO WE JUST, UH, DONATED MONEY AND BOTTOM-UP WALKER AND THEY SURPRISED HIM AND THEY, THEY DELIVERED IT.
AND THAT THE FACE THAT WAS PRICELESS, IT WAS HEARTWARMING.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, AND WE'RE HONORED TO GIVE YOU THIS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATION WEEK A PROCLAMATION.
[Proclamation for Donate Life Month]
SO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS FOR DONATE LIFE MONTH.WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MS. NANCY JOLLY ONE LEGACY VOLUNTEER AMBASSADOR TO THE FRONT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MENTION MISS NANCY JOLLY IS A DONOR GRANDMOTHER, UH, DONOR AUNT, AND A RECIPIENT AUNT.
SHE HAS ALSO BEEN THE DONATE LIFE.
ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR TO THE DMV IN OUR CITY IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL DON'T DONATE LIFE MONTH, THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2021 IS HEREBY PROCLAIM, DMV DONATE LIFE MONTH IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND IN DOING SO, WE'RE ENCOURAGE ALL CALIFORNIANS TO CHECK YES, ONLINE WHEN APPLYING OR FOR, OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD AT THE DMV.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING, ANYTHING TO SAY? YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO ON THERE AS WELL? I WILL TURN AROUND BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO ALSO SEE MY PICTURES.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY NEPHEW, MY OLDEST NEPHEW, HIS NAME IS LLOYD AT 41 YEARS OLD.
HE COULD NOT RECOVER FROM MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW MADE A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DECISION THAT HE WOULD BE AN ORGAN DONOR.
MY NEPHEW LLOYD SAVED THE LIVES OF FOUR PEOPLE THROUGH ORGAN DONATION.
THE STARTED ME ON MY PATH FOR MY PASSION FOR GETTING CORRECT INFORMATION OUT, AN ORGAN EYE AND TISSUE DONATION.
LLOYD WAS ABLE TO HAVE A KIDNEY GIVEN TO A MAN THAT WAS BLIND FROM DIABETES, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER AND LIVE A FULL AND WONDERFUL LIFE WITH A NEW KIDNEY.
HE ASKED IF HE COULD MEET MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW AND HE ASKED, MAY I TOUCH YOUR FACES? SO I KNOW WHAT MY DONOR LOOKED LIKE.
MY SISTER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE HEART RECIPIENT THAT SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SON'S HEART FOR SAVING MY LIFE.
THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER KAITLIN KAITLIN.
AT 18 MONTHS OLD, WE SAVED A HEAD INJURY.
AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY SWEET KAITLIN.
HER SITTER IN A RAGE, THREW HER TO THE FLOOR OR SIT OR HAD AN
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ARGUMENT WITH HER HUSBAND AND TOOK IT OUT ON A CRYING 18 MONTH OLD.MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS SO BRAVE.
THIS HAPPENED 11 YEARS AGO, AND CAITLIN SAVED THE LIVES OF THREE PEOPLE.
CAITLIN'S ONE OF CAITLIN'S KIDNEYS WENT TO A 44 YEAR OLD MAN WHO COULD NOT HAVE A FULL, HAPPY LIFE.
MOST OF HIS DAYS WERE SPENT IN BED.
HE COULD NOT PLAY WITH HIS CHILDREN.
HE WROTE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LETTER TO MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW THANKING THEM FOR THE ABILITY HE HAD TO ONCE AGAIN, PLAY OUTSIDE WITH HIS CHILDREN.
WE KNOW THAT KATELYN'S LIVER WENT TO A NINE MONTH OLD AT THAT TIME.
AND THE LETTER THAT CAME SAID SHE WAS DOING BEAUTIFULLY.
KAITLYN'S HEART WAS FLOWN TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
IT WAS FLOWN THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DONOR OR NO RECIPIENT HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO THROUGH MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE, KAITLYN'S HEART FOUND AND NINE MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL WHO ONLY HAD TWO TO THREE DAYS, SORRY FOR THE SWITCH.
BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THESE PICTURES.
SOPHIA TURNED 12 IN SEPTEMBER.
SHE IS A GIRL SCOUT, AND SHE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO PURCHASE COOKIES, I HAVE NEVER PAID $10 A BOX FOR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES BECAUSE OF POSTAGE, BUT I WILL GLADLY DO IT.
AS LONG AS SHE'S A GIRL SCOUT, I WILL PAY THAT EXTRA MONEY FOR THOSE WONDERFUL COOKIES.
SOPHIA AND HER FAMILY CAME TO CALIFORNIA AND WE HAD THE VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER AND HER FAMILY IN THE MAGICAL PLACE THAT WE HAVE HERE CALLED DISNEYLAND.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FAMILY TIME, SHOW THIS LITTLE PICTURE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY GREAT NIECE, VICTORY AND APPROPRIATE NAME FOR HER.
WHEN SHE WAS BORN A YEAR AGO, SEPTEMBER, SHE WAS NOT GROWING PROPERLY.
COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY IN THE BEGINNING, THANK GOODNESS FOR WONDERFUL DOCTORS AT LOMA LINDA, THEY FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS IN NEED OF A HEART TRANSPLANT.
HER LITTLE LIFE ON EARTH WOULD NOT BE VERY LONG.
IF SHE DIDN'T GET THIS TRANSPLANT, THIS TRANSPLANT VICTORY, A MIRACLE HAPPENED.
SHE WAS ONLY ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST FOR FOUR DAYS AND A WONDERFUL HEART RECIPIENT WAS FOUND FOR HER.
SHE TURNED ONE THIS PAST SEPTEMBER.
SHE IS DOING BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL.
NOW HERE IS WHERE LIFE IS SO INTERESTING AND I'M NOT ONE THAT BELIEVES IN COINCIDENCES.
MY FIRST, THE FIRST ORGAN DONOR I TALKED ABOUT WAS MY NEPHEW.
LLOYD VICTORY IS LLOYD'S GRANDDAUGHTER.
SO MY NEPHEW WAS A DONOR, HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, OUR RECIPIENT.
I AM ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR ADULT TIMEOUT.
IF YOU BECOME ANGRY, PLEASE WALK AWAY.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ELSE ANGRY, INVITE THEM TO WALK AWAY.
IF MY GRANDDAUGHTER, IF THAT ADULT HAD WALKED AWAY, KATELYN WOULD STILL BE ALIVE WITH US TODAY.
IF YOU EVER HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE.
I WILL STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PINK DOT ON YOUR LICENSE, PLEASE CONSIDER IT.
YOU COULD BE SOMEONE'S HERO SOMEDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THOSE WHO GAVE AND THOSE WHO RECEIVED, AND WE ARE HONORED TO, UH, PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION, DMV DONATE LIFE MONTH, AND WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY WATCHING WILL ALSO DONATING CLICK YES, AS WELL.
SO HERE WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WISE WORDS AND FOR THOSE PHOTOS AS WELL.
DO YOU THINK YOU HONORING ALL OF THEM?
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THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO CAME FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH,[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
OR NOW ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, CAN THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT? OKAY.UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.
IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
ADDITIONAL DUE TO THE CURRENT AND ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE BEING ACCOMMODATED VIA TELEPHONE CALL REQUESTED BY FIVE 30 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? MAYOR? WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON AND ONE ON THE PHONE.
IS BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN CITY COUNCIL? MY NAME IS BILL ELLIOTT WHEN I WAS A BOY, MY FATHER WAS THE PASTOR OF AN ALL BLACK CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
WE WERE THE ONLY WHITE FAMILY IN THE CONGREGATION, OR THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOWED US A LOT OF LOVE.
SOME OF MY FIRST FRIENDS WERE THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
AND THOSE LESSONS, THOSE EARLY LESSONS PROVED TO BE PIVOTAL DEFINING MOMENTS IN MY OWN LIFE TOGETHER.
WE SANG SONGS OF LOVE AND TOLERANCE AND RESPECT, RED, BROWN, YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE.
THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT.
EVEN BACK THEN, THE MESSAGE WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT ADMIRED REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR VERY MUCH.
AND HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED IN OUR FAMILY.
I REMEMBER A SMALL BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAIT OF HIM HANGING ON THE WALL.
IN MY DAD'S STUDY TODAY, I HATE GROUP CALLING THEMSELVES CHANGE WEST COVINA CLAIMS PREMISES ARE GUILTY OF WHITEWASHING.
THIS ICON OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
OUR OWN FAMILY IS VERY DIVERSE, DIVERSE.
MY WIFE AND I ARE AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE AND OUR FAMILY IS MADE UP OF WHITES, BLACKS, ASIANS, LATINOS, STRAIGHTS, GAYS LEFT, RIGHT ATHEISTS AND PEOPLE OF FAITH.
WE DO NOT TOLERATE RACISM OR BIGOTRY IN OUR HOME OR IN OUR PRESENCE.
I APOLOGIZE TO THE MAYOR FOR THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I COULD NOT ALLOW HATE SPEECH GOING CHALLENGED.
THEY SHOCKED THIS COMMUNITY AND WAS HURTFUL.
THEN COUNCILMAN WOUND, HIS WIFE AND THE WOLF FAMILY, HARD TO BELIEVE THIS PERSON IS A SOCIAL SERVICES.
RETIREE VOTING IMMIGRANT PERSON OF COLOR WHO NEVER BOTHERED TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WOULD DARE TO SMEAR A FELLOW IMMIGRANT BY USING MINIMUM.
I AGREE AND MOCKERY DOUBLE STANDARDS AND HYPOCRISY A BOUND.
AND THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO WILL SURELY DEFEND AND MINIMIZE THIS UGLINESS NOT ONE SINGLE SOLITARY PERSON ON THE LEFT IN THIS CITY HAS PUBLICLY CONDEMNED THIS GIRL ATTACK ON COUNCILMAN WU, NOT ONE, NOT JAMES OR MINERVA, NOT FRED OR DANA, NOT ANGIE OR SUE OR JOHN OR STEVE OR JAY OR DON OR PETER OR YUSIF, EVEN HILDA, SUSAN OR GRACE.
DANA SYKES, PUBLICLY EXCORIATED COMMISSIONER, BRIAN GUTIERREZ OVER HIS DISABILITY.
WHILE HER HUSBAND, OUR FORMER MAYOR, WHO'S A PERSON OF COLOR AND A RETIRED COP SAT THERE.
BRIAN WAS RECENTLY HARASSED AND STALKED AT HIS OWN HOME BY PETER DN AND THIS, UH, SMILING GROUP OF HATERS OVER AT WEST CHANGE WEST COVINA.
IS THIS WHAT WE'VE BECOME CALM? PETER BLAKE WAS WHITE PEOPLE FOR SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS, BUT IRONICALLY, OUR FAMILY IS VERY LIKELY, MUCH MORE DIVERSE THAN HIS OWN.
HE CLEARLY HATES HIS WHITE GRANDFATHER, A US SERVICE MAN FOR HAVING SEX WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.
PETER CONSUMES THE MILK AND HONEY OF THE AMERICAN PROMISE WHILE AVOIDING ANY LONG SUFFERING IN THE RICE PATTIES OF VIETNAM, WHERE HE COULD BE.
HE BASHES AMERICA IN THE NAME OF DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, WHEN REALLY
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HE JUST HAS GRANDDADDY ISSUES.SO WHAT'S THE GOLA CHANGE WEST COVINA TO RUN ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN.
WHITES ARE ALREADY A MINORITY IN WEST COVINA.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THERE ARE NO WHITE PEOPLE SERVING ON OUR CITY COUNCIL OR SCHOOL BOARD.
IS THIS THE DIVERSITY THAT CHANGED WEST COVINA.
BRIAN KABAKA BY REINFORCES THE BELIEF THAT RACIST WHITE PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME FOR ALL SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST FEEL LIKE TO BE A KID IN HIS CLASSROOM WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE WHITE REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRST DISTRICT JUST WENT FROM AN AMERICAN LOVING HERO TO AN AMERICAN HEADING ZERO, MR. TABATA BY DISAVOW RACISTS CHANGE WEST COVINA TONIGHT, RED, BROWN, YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE.
THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT.
APOLOGIES FROM JB AND DANA ARE IN ORDER WITHOUT HESITATION DELAY OR EQUIVOCATION BECAUSE WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS WEST COVINA, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION TONIGHT THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND SO ANY COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL SAVE IT DURING, UH, OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, SESSION.
SO THIS IS JUST PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES THOSE THIS EVENING.
PATRAS FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER THINGS DRIVE ME NUTS.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONE TONIGHT.
UH, ITEM 16, THE MAYOR'S REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS.
MY EMPLOYER DID THIS FROM WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
AND THROUGH THE YEARS WE KEPT ADDING FINGER ADDING WHO GOT FINGERPRINTED.
ULTIMATELY WE DID EVERYBODY FROM A VOLUNTEER, EVERY EMPLOYEE GROUP AND THE ELECTEDS.
WHY NOT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ELECTEDS, I, IT WAS JUST THE SIDED TO DO THAT.
AND THAT WAS DONE BEFORE I LEFT.
AND IT WAS NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO SERVE, BUT IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND THERE WOULDN'T BE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
WHEN I WAS PROCESSED AS A COMMISSIONER, I WA I EXPECTED IT AND I WASN'T AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD BE SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY HERMAN.
THE RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN, WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON IT.
A VOTE IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING.
UM, SOMETIMES WE CHANGE OUR MINDS.
SOMETIMES WE WITHDRAW OUR CONSENT.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A BETTER CANDIDATE THAT WAS NOT AROUND BEFORE, BUT WE SHOULD DECIDE.
AND AS ON KNX, MAYOR, TONY WU SAYS ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.
AFTER ALL HEARING THAT I WENT OUT AND SIGNED THE RECALL PETITION BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI, SPOILED BRAT NEPHEW, GAVIN NEWSOME NEEDS TO GO, YEAH, NANCY, I'M GETTING RECALLED.
WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHAT A SPOILED BRAT.
HE'S NEVER HAD TO GO OUT AND WORK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOCKED DOWN AND HE OPENS UP THE PRISONERS AND UNLOCKS THE PRISONS FOR THEM SO THEY CAN COME ROAM THE STREETS WHILE WE'RE LOCKED DOWN IN OUR HOMES AND OUR 12 THINGS.
AND THEN, WELL, YOU DON'T GO OUT TO EAT, BUT WHAT DOES HE DO? HE GOES IN AND DINES AT THE FRENCH LAUNDRY RESTAURANT WITH THE LOBBYISTS.
THERE'S ONE SET OF RULES FOR US.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES FOR HIM AT DICK HAD GOVERNOR OF OURS.
I'M JUST TIRED OF PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, BUT WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE WANT.
WELL, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE BALLOT AND HOPEFULLY WE GET RID OF HIM AND HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR DAY.
WE GOT RID OF GRAY DAVIS, WORST FUCKING GOVERNOR.
WHILE NOW WE'VE GOT GAVIN GOVERNOR GAVIN.
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TURN, TURN THE MICROPHONE OFF.LETTING YOU KNOW LANGUAGE, PLEASE.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ON THE BALLOT, I DO WANT IT.
THERE'S AN ISSUE I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GO OVER.
EVER SINCE THE CHIEF, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME BY AND HE SAID, FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE BASICALLY NEEDS TO BE REBUILT.
NOW WE CAN GO SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG IF YOU WANT, OR YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING.
I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH A FIREFIGHTER, SOMEONE IN FLORIDA, WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND HE, HE WOULD, HE TOLD ME AFTER HE RETIRED, HE SAID, SOME AREAS WERE GOOD ON SALARIES.
AND SOME AREAS WERE GOOD ON EQUIPMENT, BUT YOU NEVER HAD THE MAYOR, AN EXECUTIVE MAYOR, NOT A MAYOR COUNCIL FORM, BUT AN EXECUTIVE MAYOR SEPARATE FROM THE COUNCIL WHO WAS GOOD FOR BOTH SALARIES AND EQUIPMENT.
WELL, NOW IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR A FIRE STATION.
YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY BITE THE BULLET AND PERHAPS RAISE A SALES TAX INCREMENTALLY, MAYBE AN EIGHTH TO A QUARTER OF A CENT AND HAVE JUST ONE PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST WEST COVINA AS COUNCIL OR THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
PERHAPS THE TREASURER WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE I REALLY TRUST BECAUSE SHE'S WORKING IT FOR FREE.
AND AFTER ALL, SHE'S BEING HONEST ABOUT YOUR DEPLORABLE FISCAL CONDITION AND YOU, YOU VOTE ON IT.
AND IF THEY APPROVE IT, YOU REBUILD THAT STATION.
AND IF THEY DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB, MAYBE THE PEOPLE GIVE YOU SOME MORE MONEY TO DO OTHER STUFF BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SWEEPING IT UNDER THE RUG.
AND SPEAKING OF VOTING ISSUES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE VOTED ON I'M AIRING TO TOUCH AN AGENDA ITEM.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST IT.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON IT.
I'M VERY BIG ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
OUR GOVERNMENT ARE WHETHER YOU JOIN A UNION OR NOT, NOT HAVING A CARD CHECK AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGN AND ENTER AN AVOIDS THE VOTE.
HEY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WANT A CAR CHECK SYSTEM WITH THE UNIONS, WHY DON'T WE TRY IT WITH THE RECALL? FIRST YOU GET 2 MILLION SIGNATURES AND GOVERNOR GAVIN'S OUT OF OFFICE.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
AND THEN NOW CONSIDER LOOKING AT CARD CHECK WHERE YOU SIGN A CARD TO HAVE A UNION WITHOUT HAVING A VOTE.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING A CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IT SHOULDN'T BE DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE GIVING SOMETHING CALLED A REFERENDUM TO THE VOTERS.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PETITION IT.
YOU REFER THE MATTER TO THE VOTERS.
IF THEY VOTE CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU WANT, YOU ABIDE BY THEIR WISHES.
AND IF THEY HAVE YOUR OPINION, GOOD GOING, YOU CONVINCE THEM NOW AS SMART AS THE COUNTY, SOME OF THE BEST ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT ON YOUR SIDE AT BROAD BELT, THIS ELISE THAT BIMBO JANICE HAHN, WHO THINKS MONEY GROWS ON TREES.
SHE GOT MAD AT ME AT A SUPERVISOR MEETING BECAUSE I HELD UP SOME GLOVES, BUT I'M ONLY TELLING THE TRUTH.
YES, SPOKES IT'S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE ON THINGS.
NOT FOR A BUNCH OF POLITICIANS, SKIP THEIR FEET.
THANK YOU, JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY HARMON FOLLOWED BY JIM GRITCH.
I WONDER IF MR. ELLIOT'S COMMENTS APPLY TO COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ WHO SENT A 1,525 WORD TIRADE TO A RESIDENT THAT INCLUDED.
WE LAUGHED ABOUT A BUNCH OF OLD WHITE GUYS CONVINCING LATINOS TO HATE ON ME.
YOU DEMAND THAT SHE APOLOGIZE, BILL.
AND HE'S UP HERE TALKING ABOUT DIVISION.
THE BALKANIZATION OF WEST COVINA HAS BEGUN.
OUR THIRD DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE TOLD THE PERSON LIVES IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT THAT SHE ONLY REPRESENTS THE THIRD DISTRICT.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START? BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE HANDLED IN THIRD DISTRICT.
AND OUR MAYOR TOOK CARE OF THEM.
ALSO, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WE HAVE, BECAUSE ALL SHE CAN TALK ABOUT IS HER LANDSLIDE VICTORY.
WELL, LAST TIME I CHECKED WHEN 60% OF THE VOTERS VOTED AGAINST YOU.
THAT'S NOT A LANDSLIDE CONSTANTLY BRINGING UP.
WHEN DID THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, ABOUT HOW STEVE BENNETT LIED ABOUT HER OVER AND OVER
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AND OVER AND THEN GOES, WHAT A SMALL MAN.SHE TALKS ABOUT MY HUSBAND, ASKED HIM IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO REBOOT, MOVE HIS SIGNS.
YOU MARIE ANTOINETTE, LET THEM EAT CAKE.
YOU CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL YOURSELF.
KIND OF FUNNY IS WHEN THE SIGN CONTROVERSY CAME UP, THE PICTURE THAT WAS SHOWN WAS OF THE HEIGHTS, NOT SOUTH HILLS PLAZA.
YOU DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HEIGHTS AND SOUTH COAST PLAZA, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY NOT.
CAUSE THAT WAS THE PICTURE OF THOSE POSTS ON FACEBOOK.
WHEN SHE BLASTED STEVE BENNETT FOR HAVING A SIGNS UP IN A LOCATION THAT SHE HAD FULL RIGHTS, EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS.
MY HUSBAND DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH ONE PROMINENT MEMBER OF YOUR HATER PAGE.
AGAIN, TOO GOOD TO SPEAK TO THE REST OF US.
THEN SHE MENTIONS YEAH, LOSING BOTHERED HIM.
HE WAS NEVER A SERIOUS CAMP PAINTER OR SERIOUS CANDIDATE TO BEGIN WITH.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT A PERSON DOES AND WHO PERSON IS? IF YOU'RE BOTHERED BY IT, THAT'S WHO YOU ARE, NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND SO FAR YOU'RE NOT DOING MUCH OF ANYTHING.
THINK THEN SHE'S SO PROUD OF HER FAMILY.
HOW THERE IS NOT ONE DROP OF ELLIOT BLOOD RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN I GOT MARRIED, GOD SAID WE'RE ONE.
MY COMMITMENT TO WIN A SEAT ON THE CITY CONSOLE OVERSHADOWED, ALL THE OPPOSING CANDIDATES NOTICE HOW TO WIN.
NOT SIR MENTIONED, WALKED TO EVERY PRECINCT AND KNOCKED ON EDDIE ON EVERY DOOR.
THEN WHY IS IT TAKING THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE MAYOR TO GET THINGS DONE RELATED TO GRAFFITI AND HOMELESSNESS IN OUR DISTRICT.
WHEN ABOUT START SERVING, NO, THEN GOES YOU ENJOY BASHING WOMEN.
DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL POWERFUL? PROBABLY KNOW MORE THAN THE PERSON WHO'S ALWAYS BASHING IMMIGRANTS AND SAYS THAT, UH, HE LOST HIS BUSINESS BECAUSE OF IMMIGRANTS COMING IN WHO CHARGED LESS THAN HE DID.
YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I CHARGE $129 AN HOUR TO CLEAN THE DRAIN OUT.
AND THESE PEOPLE CAME IN AND WOULD DO IT FOR $59 AND THEN TELLS THE PERSON, PLEASE DON'T CONTACT ME ANYMORE.
AND THEN ENDS IT ALL BY SAYING, I WISH YOU WELL.
I MEAN, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, I GUESS THAT MAKES THESE COMMENTS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.
THESE SHOW AN IMMATURITY AND A LACK OF ABILITY TO LEAD AND ARE OUTRAGEOUS.
IF SHE WROTE THESE, IT IS OUTRAGEOUS FOR ANYBODY IN YOUR POSITION TO SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.
1,525 WORDS, IT SHOWS AN ABILITY OR ANGER THAT SHE CAN'T CONTROL.
AND SHE'S A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
THANK YOU, CARMEN FOLLOWED BY JIM.
WHO SHOULD YOU CONDEMN? IS THAT UNBEARABLE, PUSSY AND POOCH.
IT'S A NAME OF A PLACE WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR DOG.
AND I WAS CRITICIZED BY THE MAYOR AND SOME COLLEAGUES HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T TRUST OR BELIEVE IN YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND OR VOICE WHAT'S IN YOUR TONE BECAUSE PEOPLE GET OFFENDED OR THEY MISCONSTRUED IT TO MEAN SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT IT MEANT TO BE.
RIGHT? MR. ATTORNEY WARNING QSC IN 1983,
AND WHAT ABOUT THE BROWN ACT? WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO TUCKER CARLSON FOR RECORD.
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TUCKER CARLSON SAID FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS UNDER ATTACK AND THAT'S TRUE.FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS UNDER ATTACK.
WHEN I LEFT THIS FACILITY, I WAS ATTACKED AT NIGHT.
I WAS HERE ON THE 16TH ON A TUESDAY MEETING WHEN SOME VANDALS WHO HATE ME SO MUCH, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT SITS UP ON TOP THERE LOOKING ON MY BACK THAT ONE TIME THREATENED ME AT THE PODIUM, ATTACKED ME PHYSICALLY AND THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF YOU STOOD THERE DOING NOT ONE GOD DAMN THING ABOUT IT.
I GOT THE FLOOR, MY HOME, MY DOMAIN, AND I RULE THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHEN I'M AT THE PODIUM.
SO TALK TO HER CARL SINCE IS CORRECT.
POLITICALLY REGARDING GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, THE REPUBLICAN WAS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS GOOD WORK FOR FIGHTING COVID IN FLORIDA.
WELL, ON BEHALF OF MR. RON DESANTIS, FUCK YOU HATERS.
EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE REGARDING THREE 10.
WRITE THE NUMBER DOWN FOR SEVEN SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, SIX, FIVE, FBI.
I CALLED YOU IN REGARD TO THE HATE CRIME REGARDING VANDALISM AND HATE AGAINST A NIGGER LIKE ME AND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WATCH SOME CRIMINALS, NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY, BUT MENTALLY DURING A COVID CRISIS, WENT OUT AND DESTROYED MY HOME AND MY VEHICLE AND ALMOST KILLED ME WHEN I WAS DRIVING 80 MILES AN HOUR TO GET HOME FROM THIS MEETING THAT NIGHT AS MY CAR SWERVED INTO OTHER TRAFFIC, BUT THE MAYOR LEFT THE LOPEZ DOESN'T FUCKING CARE.
FOR THE RECORD, BE AWARE, ESPECIALLY THE GENTLEMEN UP THERE IN THE BLUE SHIRT THAT PHYSICALLY CAME DOWN HERE AND THREATENED ME WHILE TONY WOO WAS THE MAYOR.
SO THE REASON I'LL TELL YOU WHY I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT A POLITICAL INSTITUTION OF OUR SOCIETY.
THAT DEPENDS ON FREE SPEECH, BUT THE FUNCTION OF FREE SPEECH UNDER OUR CONTROL.
WE, THE PEOPLE WE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT RULES, BUT THE PATTERN OF PRACTICE, AS YOU HEARD, MS. DIAZ, HIS HUSBAND UP THERE ARGUE IN FRONT OF ME THAT WEEK THAT IT HAPPENED.
HE APOLOGIZE WHY YOU MEANT IT.
AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE, IT'S NOT A THREAT, BUT YOU TOOK IT TO ME OUT THERE AND FOUGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
NOW I'M SCARED TO COME THESE MEANINGS AREN'T YOU, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SCARED CAUSE I FUCK WHAT YOUR HOMES THEY FUCK WITH YOUR VEHICLES.
IF YOU'RE NEXT, JIM,
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE, UH, FINANCE SONATA COMMITTEE IS OFFICIALLY FUNCTIONING AGAIN.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD, UH, ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS WHERE IT DID NOT FUNCTION AND ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, IS A FISCAL RE RECOVERY PLAN THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT PROCESS WHERE, UH, THE COMMITTEE WAS ALLOWED TO SUGGEST CHANGES TO THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
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UH, THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.UH, THERE IS, UH, IT HASN'T HAPPENED A WHOLE LOT IN OUR HISTORY AND IT'S NICE TO SEE IT HAPPENING NOW.
AND OF COURSE THE LAST PART OF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME BEFORE, WHICH IS, I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS ITEM UNDER CONSIDERATION AND REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, IT'S BECOMING IRRITATING TO ME THAT IMPORTANT ISSUES, UH, STILL APPEAR ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, THEY NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT IN PUBLIC.
THANK YOU, GEORGE OGDEN FOLLOWED BY EMMYLOU, FOLLOWED BY J D MY WRITING, MY WRITING.
AND I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE CITY WEST COVINA VETERANS.
I HAVE, OH, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE HERE WITH ME.
WE'RE HERE BASICALLY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, ON THE 17TH, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING AN EVENT AT THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BACK.
UH, TONY, WHEN YOU WANT IT TO RE-ESTABLISH BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT WERE TORN DOWN BY THE GOVERNMENT, SHUT DOWN.
MANY PEOPLE LOST A LOT OF MONEY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE VFW? WE HAD TO PAY BACK MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAD $268,000.
I HAD TO LOAN THEM MONEY TO KEEP US GOING.
WE'RE NOT LIKE ANOTHER BUSINESS WHERE THEY LOST THEIR FUSE TO OUR BUSINESS, WHICH WE ALSO LOST.
BUT THESE FOLKS HERE WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO PUT, TO REESTABLISH.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING BACK AND I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO, DID YOU PASS THE, OR TALK TO THEM? WE HAVE A BIG STACK FOR EVERYBODY.
ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO LET THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEN TAKE OFF WITH IT.
AND THANKS FOR PUTTING MY NAME DOWN ON THE CAR.
MY NAME IS YVONNE DIAZ AND I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I RESIDE HERE IN WEST COVINA AND I'VE GROWN UP HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
UM, OUR, OUR EVENT THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE IS A POP-UP EVENT.
AND WE HAVE, UH, 40 PLUS VENDORS AND DIFFERENT, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND THIS ALSO BRINGS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTSIDERS TO COME TO OUR CITY.
WE ALSO WENT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AROUND AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FLYERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED, UM, AND THERE, AND THEN WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR THEM.
SO THIS IS THE FLYER IT'S GOING TO BE APRIL 10TH, FROM 12 TO FOUR 30.
EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME.
SHE'S ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT IT TO FORMALLY INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR EVENT.
AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY IF THE WEATHER PERMITS AND LOTS OF FUN, UM, FOOD AND ACCESSORIES, DIFFERENT VENDORS, BUT FAMILY EVENT.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY CLERK AND SHE CAN COME TO US.
AND THEN THE REST OF YOU CAN HAVE IT OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EMMYLOU OR GOLD DDS AND J D FOLLOWED BY JD.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW ASKS FOR MY COMMENT TODAY.
UM, APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, AND I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY TO ASK FOR A CITY POET LAUREATE POSITION TO BE CREATED.
UM, POETRY IS AN IMPORTANT OUTLET FOR INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO FIND IT HARD TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN OTHER MEDIUMS, WHICH YOU CAN REALLY HELP YOUNG PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND EXPAND THEIR IMAGINATION AND PROCESS THEIR EMOTIONS AS WELL.
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PANDEMIC, WE'VE SEEN THAT MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL THROUGH A WEBCAM AND THEY CAN'T SEE THEIR FRIENDS.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY ISOLATED AND SOMETIMES ALIENATED FROM EACH OTHER.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THIS COULD REALLY HELP THEM COPE, HELP THEM EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN NEW WAYS.
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I THINK THAT HAVING A POET LAUREATE POSITION COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE THE CITY IT'LL SHOW THAT THE CITY VALUES POETS POETRY AND THEIR CREATIVE GIFTS, AND IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.UM, SO YEAH, JUST CONSIDER CREATING THAT POSITION.
UM, ALSO WE SHOULD INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR GOVERNMENT BY ENSURING LANGUAGE EQUITY.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS, THERE ARE ABOUT 21,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING, UM, 41% SPEAKING, SPANISH AND 33.3% SPEAK CHINESE AND 9.8% SPEAK TO GOLDOC.
UM, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL DEMOCRACY, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS INFORMED AND CAPABLE OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO PUT OUT.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER TO TRANSLATE CITY PRESS RELEASES AND THOSE LANGUAGES, AT LEAST, AND MORE IF WE CAN.
UM, ALSO, UM, I SIDE COMMENT, I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY ADULTS WILL SPEND TO DISCOURAGE A GROUP OF YOUTHS FROM BEING ACTIVE IN POLITICS.
UM, MS. DIAZ, I AM ACTUALLY A CONSTITUENT, UM, ACTUALLY YOUR CONSTITUENT, I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO RESPOND TO YOUR HUSBAND'S EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT, DISPARAGING CHANGE WEST COVINA, A YOUTH GROUP THAT HAS EMPOWERED MORE ABOUT A THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THIS CITY.
IT HAS FOSTERED COMMUNITY AS IT HAS EMPOWERED YOUNG PEOPLE.
I'VE SEEN IT TO CARE, REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.
J D FOLLOWED BY SPITFIRE RAMIREZ.
UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, WITH REGARDS TO IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
NOT SURE WHY THEY WERE OVER CLOSED COMPLETELY AND ONLY GIVEN ACCESS THROUGH VIRTUAL, UH, PARTICIPATION WHILE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION WAS ABLE TO MEET, BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS OR IS ABLE TO NOW THE WEB, UM, IN PERSON SOMETIMES IT'S FAR MORE OKAY.
SO I WAS WONDERING IS WILL, IS THERE, OR WILL THERE BE SOON A TARGET TO OPENING THAT UP, SEEING THAT THE COVID RESTRICTIONS HAVE NOW LESSEN? UM, AND I GUESS THAT APPLIES TO INCREASING THE ATTENDANCE HERE AT CHAMBERS.
WE HAVE ONE MORE IN HOUSE SPEAKER BEFORE WE GET TO MS. RAMIREZ.
THAT'S A USE OF VERAFIN HE? HI, MY NAME IS YUSIF.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
I JUST WANT TO GO AND TALK ABOUT EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT THAT JUST HAPPENED MY RESIDENT DISTRICT THREE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE MY CITY COUNCIL, WOMAN, AND YOUR HUSBAND JUST DENIGRATED A GROUP OF KIDS.
AND, UH, MY GOOD FRIEND, PETER AND INAPPROPRIATELY DISCUSSED HIS FAMILY HISTORY.
AND SO I'M ASKING YOU, IF YOU AGREE, YOU STAND BY THOSE COMMENTS AND IF YOU DO, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED AND EMBARRASSED OF YOURSELF.
CHANGE WEST COVINA STARTED OUT AS A GROUP, UM, THAT ADVOCATED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND MANY MORE, AND WE'VE GROWN AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CULTIVATE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
YOUR HUSBAND HAS TIME AND AGAIN, AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING DELIBERATELY AGGRESSIVELY SPOKE TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND, AND SO, I MEAN, ALL OF YOU HERE UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, HE HAS NO CREDIBILITY WHATSOEVER.
NOTHING THAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH IS, IS GOOD FOR THIS CITY AT ALL, BUT YOURS, UH, YOU'RE HIS WIFE AND YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND YOU GOT A LOT OF POWER UP THERE AND YOU'RE MY CITY.
COUNCILMAN, PLEASE DON'T CONDONE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND HEARING LUNCH, MR. RAMIREZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF?
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THERE YOU GO.I THINK SHE HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AND SHE ENDED UP HANGING UP.
SHE, THE ONLY, SHE WAS THE ONLY, UH, OVER THE PHONE SPEAKER.
IS IT SOMETHING YOU COULD QUICKLY GRAB HER ON IF SHE CALLS BACK? I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
SO THEN I GUESS WE CAN, UM, UNLESS ANY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, THEN WE'LL GO OFF TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, IF YOU COULD RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, MARIN COUNCIL, I'LL DO MY BEST.
UM, FIRST TO BEGIN TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT TOOK THE TIME TO COME TONIGHT AND SPEAK AND WITH APOLOGIES TO THE ONE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TRYING TO CALL AND REMOTELY, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM BACK.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT, UM, ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, JERRY POULTRIES SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT THE MAYOR RAISED TONIGHT FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS ON THE COUNCIL.
YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER AND DECIDE THAT AND GIVE US DIRECTION.
BUT, UM, THAT'S IN THE, IN THE PROCESS AND IN THE SYSTEM, UM, MR. GRITCH HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE IS FUNCTIONING AND MADE MENTION OF THE FACT THAT THE, UM, FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN IS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND WE, UM, GOOD DIDN'T INTEND TO NOT HIGHLIGHT THAT.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF, OF CITY BUSINESS.
WE DO HAVE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, AND I THINK EVERYTHING THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS, BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HIS COMMENTS AND, AND THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE TO REVISE THAT.
I THINK IT'S A BETTER DOCUMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, THANKS TO THE VFW FOLKS FOR HELPING TO GET SMALL BUSINESSES BACK.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IN A MINUTE OR TWO, UM, NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.
I DON'T BELIEVE, I MEAN, LOU THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT UP OR THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT, UM, I'LL BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEY CAN DIRECT, UM,
MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE OPENED UP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY.
WE'VE GOT SOME PHYSICAL BARRIERS IN THERE THAT MAKE THAT EASIER AND WE'VE GOT, UM, THOSE WERE OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WERE INITIALLY IN THE FIRST WAVE, UM, VACCINATED IN THE CITY HALL.
WE HAVE NOT YET CONCLUDED OUR ROUND.
WE DIDN'T COME ELIGIBLE UNTIL I THINK A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN CITY HALL ARE GOING TO GET SECOND SHOTS, UH, THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK.
IT'S MY INTENTION THAT WE OPEN UP CITY HALL CITY COMMITTEES, UM, BY THE 1ST OF MAY.
AND I THINK WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO DO THAT.
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PUBLIC, UM, ATTENDANCE AT THAT ZOOM MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT THIS WEEK.
NONE OF THE MEMBERS ARE EVEN GOING TO BE PRESENT IN CITY HALL.
WE'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE STAFFING OF THAT, THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE SHOTS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY SETBACKS, BUT WE'RE, I'M HOPING TO REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT CITY HALL ON MAY THE FIRST.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE THE CALLER BACK ON THE LINE IF YOU WOULD WISH.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE.
FIRST OF ALL, I AND MANY OTHERS ARE PRAYING FOR THESE WONDERFUL MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS FROM PRIESTS PRECINCT THREE.
THEY ARE OFFICER DEREK SHOVAN AND HIS OFFICERS.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, DEREK SHOVAN DIDN'T KILL GEORGE FLOYD, KARMA, KARMA, KARMA, AND DRUG OVERDOSE KILLED GEORGE FLOYD.
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THIS CAR, SHE HAS ATTORNEYS, A FLOYD ATTORNEY, AND THOSE ARE, UH, JERRY BLACKWELL AND, UM, BEN CRUMP.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISBARRED A LONG TIME AGO.
THESE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A BUNCH OF MONEY HUSTLING PIMPS.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL TO POVERTY, HIGH CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS, A HOLOCAUST EPIDEMIC.
IT'S NOT JUST IN LA, BUT NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND NATIONWIDE I'M WITH COVINA BETTER BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT'LL ALL SPILL OUT FROM LOS ANGELES INTO WEST COVINA.
MY QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL THESE BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHILE WE HAVE A MONUMENTAL HUMAN DEGRADATION WITH AN EMINENT DANGER OF AN INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSED.
NOW THESE COUNTRIES THAT WE ARE GETTING GREAT MONEY TO, THEY ARE AFGHANISTAN.
WE ARE SENDING THEM $4.8 BILLION BILLION, ISRAEL, $3.3 BILLION
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JORDAN, 1.7, $2 BILLION EGYPT, 1.4, $6 BILLION, IRAQ, $960 MILLION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GRAB EVERY CRIMINAL CORRUPTED SELF-SERVING NARCISSISTS, POLITICAL ASSHOLE, AND ALL THEIR HOUSING AGENCIES AND PUT THEM ALL ON THEIR STREETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES, UH, WITHOUT A CELL PHONE AND NO POLICE PROTECTION.
NOW I WOULD LIKE YOU ALSO TO LOOK AT THESE TWO WEBSITES ON YOUTUBE.
THEY ARE ONE LOCAL OFFICIALS GIVE UPDATE AFTER ATTEMPT TO CLEAR HOMELESS.
NEXT NUMBER TWO IS LAPD DECLARES, CITY WIDE, TACTICAL ALERT, UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AT ECHO PARK.
AND, UM, NOW I SPEAK BY A RAMIREZ, HAVE BONES TO PICK WITH BOTH THE LA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GIVE THEM THE ROYAL BOOT FOR THEY HAVE PERPETUATE AND BROUGHT ABOUT THIS HOMELESS POVERTY, HIGH CRIMES, UM, CRISIS.
NOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT, I AM HOMELESS BY DESIGN.
I WENT TO ECHO PARK ON THREE 2321, UM, AT ABOUT EARLY EVENING BECAUSE I HAD NO MONEY.
I'M ANGRY BECAUSE WE AS HOMELESS WOMEN, HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE SUBJUGATED TO ALL FORMS OF ABUSES.
I TRUSTED THIS CRIMINAL ASSHOLE, MIKE GREENSPAN, WHO'S A THIEF.
AND HE SPOKE EARLIER, OFFERED ME TO HAVE MY MAIL DELIVERED TO HIS HOME ALONG WITH A FEW OF MY HOMELESS, UM, BEDDINGS.
AND I TRUSTED HIM TO HOLD MY PERSONAL HOMELESS THINGS.
WELL, I LEFT TWO MESSAGES ABOUT A MONTH LATER AND I ASKED HIM TO MEET ME AT TWO AT A CERTAIN PLACE TWO TIMES.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS IN THE HANDS OF THE LAPD AS OF TWO MONTHS.
NOW, I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF MY MAIL NOR MY PROPERTY.
THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE CRAP THAT WE AS HOMELESS WOMEN AND GOOD PEOPLE IN DOOR.
HAVING SAID THAT, UM, THUS, I SLEPT AT ECHO PARK ON MARCH 23, UH, TO GO EAT BECAUSE I HAD NO MONEY.
THE NEXT DAY I WOKE UP AT 6:30 AM IN THE MIDST OF A MEDIA FRENZY.
UM, EVERYBODY WAS GIVING INTERVIEWS.
ALL THE, THE MEDIA WAS, UH, THROUGHOUT ECHO PARK THEN TOWARDS THE EVENING, GUESS WHO I SEE WHEY SPINS ARE? AND I TOLD WAVE SPINDLER ABOUT, UM, MIKE GREENSPAN AND WHAT HE DID TO ME.
SO HE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE ME THERE AND NOR DID I EXPECT TO SEE HIM THERE.
UM, AND HE, IT WAS STILL DAYLIGHT AND HE GOT TO WITNESS ALL THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED, UM, AT ECHO PARK.
NOW, UM, AGAIN, THERE WAS A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, I OFFERED TO GO TO JAIL THAT NIGHT WHEN THE LAPD SHOWED UP IN THE COVER OF DARKNESS.
WHY? BECAUSE WE ARE BEING BOUNCED AROUND AND I DO NOT BLAME THE LAPD FOR A GOD KNOWS.
WE HAVE BOUNCED AROUND LIKE DOGS EVERYWHERE.
SO I DECIDED THAT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO CLEAR OUT THE WHOLE ENCAMPMENT.
WELL, THEY TURNED OUT AND THEY CHASED IT.
AND SO THEY ALLOWED US ANOTHER DAY.
WELL, I S I SAID, WELL, IF THEY CAN OFFER ME A GOOD HOTEL, I'LL LEAVE THE NEXT DAY.
SO ON THURSDAYS, MITCHELL FARRELL MADE ALL THESE PROMISES AS JACKASS, MITCHELL FERRELL, AND, UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, SHE'S, UH, GAVIN NEWSOME HOMELESS ARE MY MARK REALLY THOMAS, UM, RAMIREZ THAT'S TIME.
UM, DID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, BYE-BYE MY MIC IS NOW IS MIKE'S NOT, OH, IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO WE CAN TURN IT OFF IS THAT MINE IS ON THE ENTIRE TIME MINE STAYS ON.
UM, SO, UH, I WANNA TO MAKE SURE, UM, WHEN, WHEN I, WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WAS A, UH, A
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PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN SPEAK, BE HEARD AND NOT WORRIED ABOUT BEING ATTACKED.UH, I'M AN ELECTED, UH, PEOPLE ELECTED ME AND AS AN ELECTED, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CRITICISM, UH, CRITICISM ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA CRITICISM FOR RED RESIDENTS ON MY VOTE AND THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED AND IT'S TO BE, YOU KNOW, WELCOMED BECAUSE THEN ELECTED, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REFLECT, ASK YOURSELF THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND EVEN WITH THE PERSONAL ATTACKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FRUSTRATION OF A RESIDENT AND THOSE PERSONAL ATTACKS SOMETIMES OCCUR.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM AN ELECTED, BUT PRIVATE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA SHOULD FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME INTO THIS CHAMBER AND BE SAFE.
A GROUP LIKE CHANGE WEST COVINA IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORKED TO IMPROVE THEIR CITY.
THEY, THEY ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND THIS CHAMBER IS NOT A CHAMBER MEANT FOR THEM TO BE ATTACKED AND CRITICIZED NOR ANY ROUNDS.
SO I MEANT TO BATA BY IN REFERENCE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK.
SO UNLESS IT'S A REFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION, PLEASE ANSWER, BUT HERE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS OUTSIDE, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT POLICE OR STAFF OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IS OPEN.
AND THOUGH YOU SEE THINGS THAT I DISAGREE WITH STILL BECAUSE IT IMPEACHES THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE DO SO, UH, MADAM, MADAM MARIN, THIS IS A TIME FOR A BRIEF RESPONSE.
SO, UH, UH, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE, UH, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH, UH, ALSO A FIRST AMENDMENT, RIGHT? DOES NOT TAKE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
TO, TO CRITIQUE, UH, THAT PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
IT IS INAPPROPRIATE, INAPPROPRIATE, OR PRIVATE RESIDENTS TO BE ATTACKED.
AND THIS CHAMBER AND APPROPRIATE IS NOT ILLEGAL, BUT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE.
[CONSENT CALENDAR (Part 1 of 2)]
UH, ONTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM THREE AND ITEM SEVEN AND SEVEN.SO SHE MERIT WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, MAY I GIVE A MANAGER'S REPORT BRIEFLY? OH, YES.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
MANAGERS ARE QUALITY.I PROBABLY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT.
UM, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF.
I KNOW ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES HAS BEEN TO REACH OUT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO OUR SENIORS IN OUR HOME BOUND SENIORS.
THEY ASSISTED MORE THAN 50 SENIORS, UH, WITH THE VACCINATION BY APPOINTMENT PROGRAM, THEY ARRANGED FOR MV TRANSIT TO HELP PROVIDE RIDES, TO GET PEOPLE TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF PUBLICLY.
NEXT ITEM WAS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US THIS LAST WEEK WE GOT WORD OF THE CITY WAS APPROVED FOR, UM, SOME $3.1 MILLION IN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION MONIES, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.
UM, THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL, UM, UM, HELP IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY BASED ON THREE MAIN PILLARS, TRAFFIC EDUCATION, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, THE ENGINEERING PIECE IS REALLY CRITICAL HERE, AND WE'LL PUT THAT MONEY TO VERY GOOD USE.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF A SENATE BILL THAT, UM, STATE SENATOR RUBIO, UM, IS WORKING THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE FORESTS, UM, SENATE BILL FOUR 31.
THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF, UM, LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
A COUPLE OF THEM WERE CREATED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE 1911 ACT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE NOW IN CALIFORNIA FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS.
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY A VOTER REFERENDUM, UH, INTENDED TO HELP WITH STREET PROJECTS.
UM, CITIES OVER THE YEARS BEGAN TO USE IT FOR ASSESSMENT DISTRICT VEHICLE.
IT, IT PUTS SOME HANDCUFFS AROUND THE ABILITY TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR ELIGIBLE PURPOSES.
AND THIS SB FOUR 31 WOULD ALLOW US TO USE MONIES COLLECTED UNDER THOSE 1911 ACT DISTRICTS TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE 1972 ACT.
IT'S JUST A BROADER RANGE OF CHOICES THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE WHEN, WHEN IT GETS TO BE BUDGET TIME.
AND I THANK HER FOR HER EFFORTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I WANTED TO TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT CITY TREE TRIMMING.
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CONCERNS AT CITY HALL ABOUT THE TREE TRIMMING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OLIVE TREES ON AZUSA TURNS OUT THOSE TREES ARE QUITE DISEASED, SYSTEMICALLY, DISEASED.AND SO THEY HAD TO BE SEVERELY PRUNED.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE HIM ALIVE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN THEM DOWN TO THE GROUND LEVEL YET, BUT, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
AND SO WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE LACK OF, UM, LACING THAT YOU'D NORMALLY SEE WHEN WE TRIM A TREE, UM, THOSE WERE IN BAD SHAPE AS IT TURNED OUT.
SO, UM, WE WERE RESPONDING TO A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS AND DISCOVERED SOME THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW.
UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT FEELS GOOD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO CALL ON THEIR CELL PHONE OR USE A BOX PHONE ON THE WALL TO GET AN OFFICER TO COME OUT.
AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE GETTING OUR CITY OPERATIONS BACK.
I WANTED TO MENTION SOME WEST COVINA BUSINESSES THAT ARE REOPENING.
UM, WE ARE, UM, ELIGIBLE NOW UNDER THE COUNTY PROGRAM, BEING IN THE ORANGE TIER TO, UM, ALLOW, UH, RESTAURANTS AT 50% CAPACITY BARS, OUTDOOR ONLY WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, UM, GROCERY STORES AT 75% INDOOR CAPACITY AND FITNESS FACILITIES AT 25% CAPACITY, UM, 25%.
ISN'T GREAT, BUT IT'S WAY BETTER THAN NOTHING.
AND I THINK THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ARE ABLE TO GET SOME CUSTOMERS BACK WILL APPRECIATE THAT, UM, FURTHER UPDATES ABOUT BUSINESSES, MOVIE THEATERS AT 50% OR 200, WHICHEVER IS FEWER AND PERSONAL, COMPARE IT, PERSONAL CARROT.
UM, SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF CAPACITY.
THE LAST SLIDE I WANTED TO LEAVE WITH YOU WAS A PHOTO TAKEN TODAY OF THE ROOF DECK AT CITY HALL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING LATER TONIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THAT PUBLIC HEARING, KEEP THIS SHOT IN MIND.
THESE, UM, LIGHT STANDARDS IN, UM, SUPPORT STANCHIONS ARE COMPLETELY DECREPIT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING SOME SOLAR PANELS TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE ENERGY THAT THEY CREATE.
BUT, UM, THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR US AND I WANTED TO, UM, SHARE THIS THOUGHT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT CALENDAR (Part 2 of 2)]
ONTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL? OKAY.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, ONE THROUGH 10 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE AND SEVEN I'LL SECOND BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, I'M GOING TO READ, UH, THE ORDINANCE TITLE FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR SEVEN SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING ARTICLE 10, PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS OF CHAPTER 19 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC PLACES, AND ADDING DIVISION THREE CONTRACTING FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS TO ARTICLE SEVEN PURCHASES AND SALES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, UH, BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS, AND A SECOND BY IDEAS COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY OUR COUNCILMAN WU ART COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO MOTION APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-25 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY]
UM, TWO ITEM NUMBER THREE PULLED BY A COUNCILMAN TABATA BY PROCEED.UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, UH, MS. MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, ON THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, UH, WHEN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT STATES IS THAT, UM, WE ARE STILL UNDER THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION IN ORDER TO GET, UH, FUNDS, UM, BACK.
UH, I I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT, WHAT THE LAW STATES, BECAUSE UNDER THE, THE STATE WE ARE DECLARED UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, SO DOESN'T THAT ALREADY COVER US THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY, UM, UNDER OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM, WE ARE AN INSTRUMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE REQUIRED AS AN INDEPENDENT CITY TO HAVE A COUNCIL DECLARED, UM, LOCAL EMERGENCY, WHICH FREES UP OUR ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM TODAY, AS THE COUNCIL'S AWARE WE'VE BEEN USING FOLDED TECHNOLOGIES TO DO COVID TESTING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
NOW AT CAMERON PARK, SINCE FEBRUARY THE FIRST, LITERALLY WE'VE BEEN OFFERING THE SERVICE, WE WERE IN COMMUNICATION TODAY WITH
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPROVED THAT.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE AGAINST THAT.
I THOUGHT I WAS EXECUTING THAT DISASTER THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT ME TO.
AND, UM, THE FACT THAT WE CAN CLAIM EXPENDITURES LIKE THAT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE RECOVERY FROM IT, I THINK, WELL JUSTIFIED THIS ACTION I RECOMMENDED AGAIN.
AND, UH, AT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, RE REMOVING YOUR, UH, EMERGENCY POWERS? UM, IS IT, IS IT ONCE THAT THE STATE HAS TAKEN US OUT OF THE EMERGENCY
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OR, UM, ONCE WE GET TO YELLOW TIER OR, UH, JUNE 15TH, UH, IF, IF THE TIER SYSTEM IS REMOVED, UM, JUST AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO THINK, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT LANDMARK ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THE MILESTONE THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS WHEN WE, AS A, AS A CITY, AS A COUNTY, AS A STATE TRANSITION FROM DISASTER RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER RECOVERY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'LL BE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE STILL IN DISASTER RESPONSE MODE AND THESE AUTHORITIES ARE, ARE RARE AND THEY'RE PRECIOUS, AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT.AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CITY THAT HASN'T CONTINUED TO RESOLUTION.
I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT WE'D HAVE TO BEAR THE COST OF OUR DISASTER RESPONSE INDEPENDENTLY OUT OF OUR SCARCE RESERVES.
I JUST WILL RETURN THIS OR LET IT LAPSE.
UM, AS SOON AS I BELIEVE IN MY JUDGMENT THAT WE'RE BEYOND DISASTER RESPONSE AND WELL INTO DISASTER RECOVERY IN A NORMAL DISASTER, YOU KNOW, A NORMAL DISASTER, LIKE A HURRICANE OR AN EARTHQUAKE OR A FLOOD, UM, YOU'RE TALKING DAYS OR WEEKS NOT MONTHS, THIS IS A COMPLETELY UNUSUAL EVENT.
I HOPE WE NEVER GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN, BUT, UM, BUT HERE WE ARE, AND, AND WE'RE STILL IN DISASTER RESPONSE MODE.
SO, UM, IN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR PROCESS OF MAKING A DECISION, LIKE THE DECISION YOU MADE TODAY, UM, ARE THERE OTHER STAFF THAT YOU'RE CONFERRING WITH, UM, BEFORE MAKING THESE DECISIONS? OR IS THIS, UM, SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU'RE KIND OF DOING ON YOUR OWN? WELL THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IT'S OBVIOUSLY ON THE VERY, VERY FRONT LINES IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OUR FIRE CHIEF HAS BEEN REALLY REMARKABLE AT GETTING THE CITY APPROVED AS AN EMPIRE, A POINT OF DISTRIBUTION ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE VACCINE AND ELIGIBLE TO DISTRIBUTE IT.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RESPONSE THAT WE GAVE.
I MENTIONED EARLIER TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, GETTING OUR WORKFORCE VACCINATED.
SO IN THIS CASE, UM, CHIEF, CAPELLA AND I WERE ON THE PHONE, UM, THIS AFTERNOON, MORE TIMES THAN I WOULD CARE TO ADMIT TO YOU ABOUT HOW QUICKLY WE COULD GET THAT DONE AND HOW WE COULD, UM, MARKET IT.
SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING, UM, FOR THAT ONE, UM, I DIDN'T CONSULT THE CHIEF OF POLICE, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T IMAGINE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AGAINST IT EITHER.
I'M SURE HE'S ALSO EQUALLY SUPPORTIVE.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING DONE AND WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO MEDIATE YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR MEETINGS WITH THE CHIEFS, AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE ALLOWING YOU TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS MOTION TO BE APPROVED IS ANY ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND.
YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THIS.
SO, SO AFTER THE MOTION IS SECOND, IT USUALLY, UH, WE'RE WE'RE TO PARLIAMENTARIAN OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, YOU CAN DISCUSS IT, THE MOTION IT'S UP TO THE BODY.
SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW US TO DISCUSS THE MOTION? THE SAME DISCUSSION WERE KIND OF LONGING UNNECESSARILY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO DISCUSS.
WELL, I PREFER THE ROLL CALL PLEASE, BECAUSE THE S YOU DO THE SAME THING REMOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER
COUNCILWOMAN, D S I MAY I PRO TIM KOSTELANETZ ALRIGHT.
MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, FULL BY COUNCILMAN.
UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD DURING, DURING THE, THE COUNCIL MEETINGS IS THAT THERE'S, UM, THERE, THERE HASN'T BEEN A CLEAR, WHEN IS QUESTIONING STAFF AND WHEN IS DISCUSSION.
AND SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONFLICT IN TERMS OF INTERRUPTION.
SO CAN, SO CAN YOU MAYBE CLARIFY, SO, SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A MEETING THAT RUNS A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE SMOOTHER WITH WITH, OKAY.
MATTER, MATTER TIP, TYPICALLY, IF YOU PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, YOU'RE GOING TO ASK STAFF FOR A REPORT.
IF THERE IS A REPORT, UNLESS THERE'S JUST A, A QUICK QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED ONCE, ONCE THAT'S ADDRESSED, YOU CAN HAVE DISCUSSION, HAVE THE MOTION A SECOND, TAKE THE ROLL CALL, OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL FOR DISCUSSION AFTER THAT.
IF THE ITEM STILL NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, IT'S UP TO THE BODY.
THIS IS CONSENT CALENDAR AS A ROUTINE MATTER.
THERE MIGHT JUST BE ONE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW SOMETHING.
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IT'S TYPICALLY BULLET QUESTION, BATH REPORT, IF NECESSARY COMMENT ON IT, MOTION DISCUSSION.IF YOU NEED IT MORE, IF NOT, JUST TAKE YOUR ROLL CALL AND YOU'RE DONE WITH IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I WAS DOING IT, SO
[7) CONSIDERATION OF WEST COVINA FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.SO ON THE FISCAL, UH, FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN, UM, MY QUESTION IS FOR, UH, NUMBER SIX, UH, PREPARE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT EVALUATES BOTH THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT SPENDING DECISIONS.
UH, SO, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, NUMBER SIX, UM, W WHEN, WHEN DID THIS BECOME PART OF, UH, OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN? WHEN, WHEN, WHEN DID THAT DECISION GET MADE, UH, TO HAVE THIS AS A, AS AN OBJECTIVE TO ME, SITTING DOWN THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY RESPOND, UM, THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN WAS, UM, INDICATED BY THE WORK OF THE STATE AUDITOR.
THEY INFORMED, UM, THE CITY IN DECEMBER OF 19, THAT WE'D BEEN SELECTED FOR AN AUDIT UNDER THEIR HIGH-RISK PROGRAM.
AND THEY SEE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD THE CITIES, UM, PATHWAY.
IT MEANS OF, OF GAINING STABILITY.
THE CHART IDENTIFIES THE STATE AUDITOR OBJECTIVES, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, ET CETERA.
AND THE STATE AUDIT ARE FINDING HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, PREPARE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT EVALUATE BOTH THE SHORT TERM AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT SPENDING DECISIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A PART OF THIS FINDING FROM THE, FROM THE STATE, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THEY DID ASK US, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE GIST OF THIS, THE HEART OF THIS PLAN TO COME UP WITH ACTION STEPS, TO GET US THERE AND TO PUT DATES TO IT, AND THEN TO ASSIGN STAFF BY WHICH THEY'LL DO IT.
THIS IS A PLAN WHICH WE ARE INTENDING REQUIRED TO SUBMIT BACK TO THE STATE, UM, IN JUNE OR JULY OF THIS YEAR, I THINK JUNE, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO BE AHEAD OF THAT DEADLINE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR PLAN, AND THIS HAS BEEN A PART OF IT, UM, FROM THE DAY IT WAS WRITTEN.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO FROM DECEMBER, 2019, ONE OF OUR ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WE WERE AWARE OF WAS TO CREATE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL ANALYSIS PLANS FOR ANY MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WOULD IMPACT SPENDING.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS PLAN WASN'T WRITTEN UNTIL MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME ON IT.
AND IT'S ALSO BEEN REVIEWED BY THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL AUDITORS, BUT IT WASN'T EVEN WRITTEN UNTIL MARCH.
AND ONE OF THE KEY PIECES HERE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE AUDITORS ON THAT COMMITTEE GIVING OF THEIR TIME.
THEY OFFERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND TO HELP DEVELOP A TEMPLATE THAT WILL BE USED FOR US AS PART OF CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORTS, UM, THAT HASN'T BEEN TURNED IN YET OR REVIEWED, OR ARE COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED.
SO, UM, I WOULD NOT PORTRAY THIS AS SOMETHING WHICH IS PAST DUE, BUT RATHER A WORK, WHICH IS IN PROGRESS.
AND THE MILESTONE DATE THAT WE SAY ON NUMBER SIX IS THAT WE WILL, UM, PREPARE THAT TEMPLATE BY AUGUST OF THIS YEAR BY AUGUST OF 2021.
THAT'S IT, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, APPRECIATE FOR ALL THIS.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO AGAIN, WE'LL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER
I MAY TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO I MOTION TO APPROVE HIS FIVE ZERO ONTO PUBLIC HEARING
[11) CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION, LEASE PURCHASE, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENERGY SYSTEMS UPGRADES PROJECT]
ITEM, NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION LEASE PURCHASE, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENERGY SYSTEM UPGRADES.THE MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS THE CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION LEASE PURCHASE, RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENERGY SYSTEM UPGRADE PROJECT, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR, OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENERGY SYSTEM UPGRADES PROJECT, THERE WILL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION OF STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
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EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, THE KEY REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALLIANCE WHO ARE GOING TO APPROACH THE DIETH AND GIVE A VERY BRIEF AND SUCCINCT POWERPOINT AS THEY'RE WALKING UP.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM TO SAY THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOLLOWING A PUBLIC PROPOSAL PROCESS AND INTERVIEWS AND, AND SELECTION.
THE APPROVAL IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, GAVE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE SOME AGREEMENTS.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT BETTER INTEREST RATES AND DIFFERENT BANKS, BUT THE PROJECT CHANGED JUST ENOUGH.
I WANTED YOU TO GET A LAST LOOK AT IT.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. BRAD CHAPMAN FROM ALLIANCE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
CITY MANAGER, HONORABLE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK AGAIN.
I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO HIM CAUSE I'M PROBABLY GONNA SCREW IT UP.
SO AS, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, THE PROJECT ITSELF REALLY HASN'T CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH ON WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND DO.
UM, OUR TRUSTED PPA PROVIDER, UH, FOR YEARS, UM, FOR WHATEVER IS GOING ON, HAD A HARD TIME GETTING A PPA RATE THAT WE WERE REALLY SATISFIED WITH.
SO WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER.
UH, HE REQUESTED THAT WE TRY TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND FIND OUT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING BETTER WE COULD OFFER THE CITY AND WITH, UH, WITH ADI WHO, WHO CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK, UM, WE WENT OUT AND DID A KIND OF A NATIONWIDE SEARCH.
AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY FOUND WAS A BANK THAT WAS WILLING TO FINANCE THE SOLAR, WHICH SO IN THE CITY'S CASE, THIS WORKS OUT BETTER BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO OWN THE SOLAR FROM DAY ONE.
THE INTEREST RATE IS LOWER THAN WHAT THE PPA PROVIDER WAS WILLING TO DO ON HIS RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE YOU PAYING IT OFF IN FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS LESS THAN THE PPA.
SO IT'LL BE PAID OFF LESS IN 10 YEARS.
SO YOU'LL REALIZE MORE SAVINGS AND ACTUALLY JUST THE SOLAR PORTION GOING FROM A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO A FINANCE, SAVES THE CITY, AN EXTRA $3 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO AGAIN, AND I'LL GO THROUGH IT VERY FAST IF YOU GO TO THE SCOPE MATRIX.
WHY? SO AGAIN, HERE'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
YOU'LL SEE, ON THE LEFT, THAT'S ALL THE CITY FACILITIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, UH, EITHER LIGHTING, MECHANICAL LIGHTING AND OR MECHANICAL AND BUILDING CONTROLS AND SOLAR TO PAY FOR ITSELF WITHOUT ANY GENERAL FUND OR CAPITAL OUTLAY FROM THE CITY.
AND THEN ACROSS THE TOP IS THE ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURE THAT WE'LL BE DOING AT SAID FACILITY.
SO IN THIS THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT CITY FACILITIES, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, BRAND NEW HPAC EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S MUCH NEEDED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING RETROFITS THAT COME WITH 10 YEAR WARRANTIES PLUS AN EXTRA 1% STOCK FOR THE CITY.
SO IF THERE ARE BURNOUTS OR ANYTHING, THE CITY WILL HAVE STOCK NEW CONTROLS.
UH, THIS WILL ALLOW CITY STAFF TO MONITOR BUILDINGS REMOTELY AND MAKE CHANGES VIA, VIA AN IPHONE OR A SMART TABLET.
SO THE CITY FROM A OPERATIONAL EXPENSE, ISN'T SITTING OUT, SENDING OUT CITY EMPLOYEES EVERY TIME THERE'S A COMPLAINT CALL FROM STAFF.
WE'LL BE DOING REDOING ROOFS AT TWO FACILITIES, AND THEN, UH, APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER A MEGAWATT OF SOLAR, WHICH WILL INCLUDE YOUR PARKING STRUCTURE RIGHT OUT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO RIP OUT ALL THAT WOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN A NICE NEW SOLAR ARRAY WITH BRAND NEW LIGHTING UP THERE.
AND THEN HERE'S THE QUICK LAYOUT.
SO YOU'LL SEE CAMERON PARK, YOU'LL SEE THE CITY YARD WITH COVERED PARKING, THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH WILL HAVE THERE'S YOU SEE YOUR ROOF OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN, UH, UH, SOLAR, OR I'M SORRY, TRANSFORMERS AT TWO SITES.
AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS GIVE BETTER POWER SUPPLY.
SO THERE'S NOT THE OUTAGES OR THE INTERNET.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE FLUCTUATION YOU'LL SEE THE TRANSFORMERS ACTUALLY ARE, ARE LONG PAST.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHY EDISON IS PROBABLY OUT HERE SO OFTEN TAKING CARE OF THOSE AT A SHADOW OAK.
I BELIEVE THAT I PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT AT HIS SHADOW OAK.
WE'LL BE DOING, UH, A LIGHTING RETROFIT, INSTALLING ALL BRAND NEW LIGHTS, AS WELL AS PUTTING IN A, UH, A BATHROOM.
AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK, UH, KIND OF YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES, HOW MANY CARS YOU'D BE REMOVING FROM THE ROAD, UH, TREES THAT YOU'D BE SAVING, THINGS LIKE THAT ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE.
WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE LAST TIME IS, IS AGAIN, THERE'S NO CAPITAL OUTLAY FROM THE CITY.
THIS IS ALL PAID THROUGH SAVINGS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S THE OFFSET OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE PAYING
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.SO IF WE SAY, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE YOU $1 AND WE SAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, 50 CENTS, THEN WE ARE ON THE HOOK TO WRITE THE CITY, A CHECK FOR THAT 50 CENTS.
AND AS YOU SAW BEFORE, LAST TIME, THERE WAS ROUGHLY A FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS, BUT BECAUSE REDOING THE SOLAR AND GETTING A BETTER INTEREST RATE, WE'RE NOW GOING TO RECOGNIZE ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN PROJECT, OR I'M SORRY, BRINGING PROJECT AMOUNT, SORRY.
YOU SAW $11 MILLION IN PROJECT SAVINGS AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ALMOST $15 MILLION IN PROJECTS.
IT, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A BUSY NIGHT, SO HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T GO TOO FAST, BUT I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I CAN GO BACK IF YOU WANT.
DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO THEN THE, THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION HAD THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT, ABOUT 3.2 MILLION, AND THIS, THIS IS NOW SEVEN AND A HALF.
K CAN YOU JUST MAYBE EXPLAIN THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY FOR ME? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, SO LAST TIME, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY, YOU LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS REALLY IN OUR WORLD.
SO THERE'S WHAT THE, THE, THE BANKS AND, AND THE STATE CALLS ENERGY PROJECT, THAT IS YOUR, YOUR LIGHTING, YOUR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, UH, YOUR COOL ROOFS THINGS.
AND THEN THE SOLAR IS RENEWABLE.
SO A LOT OF TIMES IN A PUBLIC AGENCY, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TAX CREDITS OR SELLING THE, THE TA THE, UH, THE RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS WE DO, WHAT'S CALLED A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
SO WHAT THAT IS IS SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA OWN THAT SOLAR FOR 30 YEARS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU TWO TO BUY POWER FROM THAT SOLAR, BUT IT'S A LESSER AMOUNT THAN WHAT THE UTILITY, WHAT WE DID IS WE WORKED WITH A BANK THAT IS GOING TO FINANCE THAT NOW.
SO THAT'S, SO INSTEAD OF OF DOING A PPA, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THE REAL AMOUNT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S AT SEVEN AND A HALF NOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO OWN THAT, BUT WE HAVE A BUYER AND I'M GOING TO WORK VERY DILIGENTLY WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER AND YOUR STAFF.
ONCE THAT SOLAR IS UP AND OPERATIONAL, WE HAVE A BUYER OR REFINERY IN TORRANCE.
WHO'S GOING TO BUY THOSE RECS FROM THE CITY, WHICH IS KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN THIS MARKET AS A PUBLIC AGENCY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING IN A REVENUE STREAM FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, HOPEFULLY AS LONG AS WE'RE OPERATING AND DAVID AND I ARE AROUND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THOSE WRECKS BACK.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU SEE IN THE PRICE.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE LIGHTING, AND THIS MIGHT BE A CITY MANAGER QUESTION, THE LIGHTING AT WALMART RADO RESTROOMS WAS THAT ADDRESSED FOR THIS? I KNOW IT'S VERY POOR LIGHTING, AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN I HAVE.
UM, I'M GOING TO ANSWER, AND WHEN I GET IT WRONG, I'M GOING TO TRUST MR. BRAD TO, UM, TO CORRECT ME.
THE PROJECT SCOPE HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL WAS VERY INTERESTED IN UPGRADING LIGHTING.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT, FIRE STATION ONE IS PROBABLY ON THE VERGE OF BEING NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL.
AND THIS PROJECT IDENTIFIES THAT AS ONE OF THE PROJECT PIECES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE THAT ONE AS A DEDUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE IN THIS PROJECT, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND ENERGY SAVINGS AND OTHER LIGHTS ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING THE PARK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND SWITCH OUT AS MANY, UM, SAFETY AND SECURITY LIGHTS IN THE PARKS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE THOSE ARE FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE TO DO, AND YOU GET A GOOD ENERGY GAIN AS A RESULT OF IT.
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE ABLE AT THIS MOMENT TO PROMISE THE BALL FIELD LIGHTINGS, BECAUSE THOSE DON'T RUN AS MUCH, NOR IS THE SAVINGS IS GREAT, BUT WE THINK WE CAN GET ALL OF THE PARKS, ALL THE PARKS IN A TRY, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AS IN INDOOR RESTROOMS AS WELL, FOCUSING ON THE OUTDOOR SAFETY LIGHTING AND THEN THE INDOOR, UM, CONVENIENCE LIGHTING AS WELL.
HE AND I HAVE TO DO SOME CHANGE ORDER WORK FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENTION, SOME IDEAS, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK DILIGENT, COUNCILMAN WOOD.
WHAT I'M SAYING? I THINK THE TWO LOCATION POSSIBLE.
WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AND THEY MAY BE MOVED THERE TO ALL THE PARK.
I THINK WHY IS THE STATION ONE? WE POSSIBLE WE WANT TO REBUILD IT.
SO WE, DIDN'T NO POINT TO SPEND MONEY.
PULL THE ENERGY SAVING OR THE SOLAR PANEL, ANOTHER ONE CITY YARD.
AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING ON THE CDO.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE THAT THING INTO THE OKAY.
IT WILL COST SO MUCH MONEY FOR THE POWER BILL.
I THINK LIKE YOU SAY THAT WE CAN MOVE, OKAY.
MAYBE SOME OF THESE FALL, THE 16 POUNDS, INCLUDING THE BIG, THE DREAM.
THAT WE CAN, BECAUSE WE PAY THE UTILITY NO MATTER WHO OPERATED, WE STILL PAY THE UTILITY.
SO I THINK THAT NEED TO, I THINK IT'S THE MEDIA INSTALLERS RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU CAN INSTALL ALL THESE ENERGY SAVING LIGHTING FOR ALL THE PARKS, BECAUSE YOU SEE THE LIGHT IS COST A LOT OF MONEY, JUST THE POWER, BECAUSE THEY STILL USING THE OLD TECHNOLOGY.
SO I THINK IT JUST THAT YOU SAY THE MANAGER, THE PROACTIVE INTO THE 16 PARK AND YOU DO IT.
WELL, I WILL WORK WITH, WITH MR. CARMONEY DILIGENTLY.
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I MEAN, THERE'S, IF IT CAN BE DONE, WE WILL DO IT.IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF CREATIVE IDEAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
I, I WANT TO COMMITMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO APPROVE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVED THIS LAST TIME LAST YEAR.
AND SO, SO WHEN ARE YOU CHANGING SOMETHING? SO WE WANT TO REAPPROVE AGAIN, UH, I REALLY WANT TO PULL INTO THE 16 PARK, INCLUDING BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR, IT'S A MAJOR.
ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURE, BECAUSE THE POWER BILL FOR THE 16 PARK, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AND A PLUS ANOTHER LIGHTING.
IT'S NOT REALLY SAFE FOR OUR RESIDENT IN NIGHTTIME.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SECURITY LIGHT, AND YOU'RE TALKING JUST THE PATHWAY AND SECURITY LIGHTS AND INCLUDING ALL THE, MAYBE OKAY.
THE, THE, THE, UH, BASEBALL FIELDS, ALL THAT KIND OF LIGHT, CAN THAT BE IN CHANGING TO THE ENERGY SAVING SO THEY CAN, THE, THE PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE WITH BALLPARKS IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T RUN AS MUCH BALLPARK LIGHTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS OF THOSE.
SO THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SIT DOWN, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF IDEAS.
THERE'S SOME FEDERAL GRANT THINGS OUT THERE, AND THERE'S SOME MONEY, AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT IN THIS.
CAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE EVER CHANGING TARGETS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY MANAGER, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
OR MAYBE WHAT A LOT OF CITIES WILL DO.
IT'S LIKE A TWO FACED APPROACH, RIGHT? WE'LL DO ONE, WE'LL WAIT FOR SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS TO COME IN AND THAT CAN GENERATE ENOUGH SAVINGS WHERE WE CAN COME BACK AND THEN DO DO THE REST.
SO THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO, I WANT TO SIT DOWN AND, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOUR CITY MANAGER.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN FIT ONE PARK IN, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE MAD THAT THEY'RE PARKED, DIDN'T GET FIXED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT STAFF AND I WILL WORK ON DILIGENTLY.
THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE 16 PARKS.
AND I THINK THAT'S DOABLE BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS OKAY.
AND HAVE A LOT OF OUR EXPENDITURE WITH ALL THE POWER BILL, BUT LET, I THINK THE SAVING WITH JUSTIFY BECAUSE THE PART YOU SEE THE LIGHT.
BUT YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE 16 PARKS WITH SPORTS LIGHTS.
AT FOUR OR FIVE, ALL THE 16 POP, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A SECURITY, LIGHT LED LIGHT.
LIKE A MALE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A THING TO BE, WELL, I WILL, I WILL.
THE MINUTE YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT, THAT BATHROOM WILL GET DONE.
NO, WE WANT ALL THE BATHROOMS AND ALL THE HELP AS WELL.
WELL, WE HAVE A FIGHT DISTRICT, SO WE WANT TO FIGHT THESE THREE OOP.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN WE, INCLUDING THE PARK LIGHT, INCLUDING THIS CONTRACT, WE MOVED THE MOTION, INCLUDING, OKAY.
WE CAN, WE, CAN WE PLACE, I NEED TO, UM, I CAN, I, CAN, I WANT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WANT, IF ANYBODY HERE, WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PRIOR AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY IS THERE ANY IN THE PUBLIC WHO HAS, WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM THERE? I RECEIVED NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
SO NOW I CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS HEARING, AND THEN WE CAN ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
SO BECAUSE WE CAN, WE MOVE STATION ONE AND A CDR.
AND THEN WE PLACED THESE TWO INTO ALL THE PAUL SECURITY ALLY, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SPOKE PLAQUES WE HAVE.
SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING THIS CONTRACT.
THEY NEED TO, INTO THE ENERGY SAVING BECAUSE I RAN OUT, I THINK WE PAY WAY TOO MUCH FOR THE JUST POWER BILL.
WITH CITY MANAGERS, I DO AGREE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO APPROVE THIS.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT ONE, WE SEE THAT NONE OF THE PARKS HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
WELL WE CAN DO WHAT'S SECOND CDR.
DOES THAT STAND FOR SOMETHING? UM, FIRE STATION ONE AND THEN CDR.
HUH? WHAT WAS THE SENTENCE? FIRE STATION ONE IN THE CITY YARD.
SORRY THAT Y'ALL THE SELLER SELLER.
YOU WANT TO INSTALL THE
WE WANT TO REBUILD THEIR PLACE.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO POINT TO PUT THE OLD PLACE WITH A, WITH A BUNCH OF ENERGY SAVING INVESTMENT.
SO MAYBE DO NO SCOPE OF WORK AT CITY YARD.
YOU JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO INSTALL SOMETHING AND THEN THERE'S MOVEMENTS AND THEN IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AFTER YOU HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO IN THESE PROJECTS, CAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF THE, OF THE, OF THE SCOPE OF WORK AT CITY YARD.
UM, SO THERE'S NO BREAKDOWN THERE, BUT THERE MIGHT WELL, SO YOU'VE GOT CONTROLS ON SOLAR THERE.
SO WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT WE CAN DO IS, IS, IS WE'VE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THIS LEGISLATION WHERE, WHERE
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BASICALLY, IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED, BECAUSE IT'S DESIGN BUILD, WE CAN MOVE A LOT OF THINGS.SO, SO WHAT I CAN DO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW IS, IS, IS I CAN WORK WITH DAVID.
I CAN, I CAN GO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT ANSWER.
IF I MAY, IT'S A CONTRACT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT.
AND A CONTRACT IS A SERIOUS THING.
A DEDUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE IS PRETTY EASY.
I TELL HIM WE'RE NOT DOING IT AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT.
THAT'LL GIVE US AN OFFSET BY WHICH I COULD DO AN ADDITIVE ALTERNATIVE.
I THINK WITH RESPECT TO THE SOLAR PANELS, RIGHT? THE CITY YARD, ALL HE REALLY WANTS IS AIRSPACE TO PUT ANIMALS.
SO I NEED TO FIND HIM SOME OTHER GROUND ON WHICH WE CAN PUT THOSE PANELS TO CREATE THE ENERGY AND SELL THE CREDITS.
BUT I THINK THIS IS THE KIND OF THING.
WE CAN WORK OUT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PARK, THE PARKING LOT, AND YOU CAN PUT ON THE PARKING LOT AND ON THE PARK.
AND YOU HAVE SOME SHADE THAT'S ON THE TOP.
YOU CAN PUT SOLAR PANEL, JUST LIKE OLDEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OLDER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY PARK WITH A PARKING LOT.
SO YOU CAN BUILD THE SHADE OVER THERE AND CENTER.
I THINK WE JUST DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE PLATE.
IT DOES WASTE OF MONEY AND WHISTLED.
SO THEN MY QUESTION IS, OH, WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE SOLAR PANEL CONTRACTING.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT PROJECT.
WELL, THE PROJECT, OR DO WE NEED A TABLE TILL WE GET THE FINALIZED BREAKDOWN? NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A TABLE.
TWO, INCLUDING THE FLEXIBILITY, INCLUDING OKAY.
ALL THIS ENERGY LIFE, INCLUDING THE, OKAY.
AND THEN, THEN WE CAN, WE CONSIDER IT TO SITE.
WE CAN PUT IN A PARKING LOT OF THE HOUR, 16 PUGS.
WE CAN BUILD THE SHEA AT THE SAME TIME, PUT A SOLAR PANEL ON THE TUB.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF PLACES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE.
WE HAVE THAT FLEX OLDERS IS MY MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO BE APPROVED.
SO THEN I'LL SECOND THAT, OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL.
DON'T NEED TO READ THAT ONE, RIGHT? OKAY.
COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH TIM
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
[12) CONSIDERATION OF APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) NO. 20-07, SLIGHT MODIFICATION NO. 20-01 AND SUBCOMMITTEE FOR DESIGN REVIEW NO. 20-36 AT 1208 S. HOLLENCREST DRIVE.]
ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF AN APPEAL OF THE DECISION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO SEVEN, SLIGHT MODIFICATION NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO ONE AND SUBCOMMITTEE FOR DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER 20 DASH 36 TO ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,644 SQUARE FOOT.
SECOND STORY ADDITION, A 654 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORY, AND A 952 SQUARE FOOT, THREE CAR GARAGE TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TWO CAR GARAGE AND A FIVE 20 SQUARE FOOT BALCONY TO THE EXISTING 4,344 SQUARE FOOT.
TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT 12 ZERO EIGHT SOUTH HOLLAND CREST DRIVE A CITY CLERK.
CAN YOU VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR.
SO AT THIS TIME I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, SLIGHT MODIFICATION AND SUBCOMMITTEE DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATION.
THERE WILL FIRST BE A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL AND THEN OPPOSE.
FINALLY, THE APPELLANT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A REBUTTAL TO ANY TESTIMONY RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
THERE WILL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION OF STAFF REPORT.
UM, THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
OUR PLANNING MANAGER, JOANNE BURNS WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
OUR BULL MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF ALL-IN BECK.
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOLLAND CREST DRIVE, JUST SELL EASE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH CASA GRANDE DRIVE AND HOLLENBECK STREET.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL ON THE NORTH EAST WEST, AND THE SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS TO THE CELL.
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE PROJECT EXCEEDS THE 25% THRESHOLD FOR THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE.
A SLIGHT MODIFICATION IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE, THE PROJECT EXCEEDS THE 25 FOOT MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT BY TWO FEET AND SUBCOMMITTEE DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL ADDITIONS THAT IS VISIBLE FROM
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THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.THE ITEM WAS INITIALLY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTED THE STEP, UM, DIRECTED THE APPLICANT TO INSTALL STORY PULSE AS SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ALSO PROVIDE A LINE OF SIGHT VIEW TO ENSURE THAT VIEWS AT THE S THAT THE ADDITION WOULD NOT BLOCK VIEWS FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO JUST EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE, RIGHT ALONG HERE ON JANUARY 26 TO 2021, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING IN THE WHICH DEEP I DIDN'T COMMISSION AT THAT TIME THAT THIS IS NOW THE NEW PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME DIRECTED STAFF TO RESEARCH IF A CONDITION OF APPROVAL COULD BE INCLUDED TO PREVENT THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADU.
AND IF THE GARAGE HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOR AREA RATIO CALCULATION, UM, THAT'S COUNTED TOWARDS THE MAXIMUM UNITS.
SYS STAFF DID DO THE RESEARCH AND PRESENTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH FINDINGS FROM ON SET ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021 IN SHORT B EIGHT, UM, A CONDITION OF APPROVAL CANNOT BE ADDED OR HEADBUTTING THE PROPERTY FROM CONSTRUCTING AN ADU IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF STATE LAW THAT PREVENTS THIS FROM HAPPENING.
AND WE DID LOOK THROUGH THE CODE AND THROUGH PREVIOUS, UM, PROJECT APPROVALS AND FOUND THAT IN FACT, THE GARAGE DOES HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE MAX TO THE FOUR AIR RATIO CALCULATION.
WHEN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE, THE, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUBSTANCE, WE APPROVED THE PROJECT WITH AN ADDED CONDITION THAT THE WINDOWS ON THE NORTH, I'M SORRY, THE WINDOWS ON THE SOUTH EAST BE FROSTED.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED OR ONE WITH COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, DISSENTING AN APPEAL WAS THEN FILED BY ARLA
PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE APPEAL, STAFF DID REACH OUT TO THE APPLICANT TO SEE IF THEY WERE WILLING TO FROST THE S THE NORTH WEST WINDOWS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT'S WAS NOT DUE TO THE DUE, UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY FELT THAT THE COMMISSION MADE THE CORRECT MOTION IN THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ANY PRIVACY ISSUES IN THAT TO THE WINDOW WAS THE WINDOW ON THAT SIDE WAS NECESSARY, OR, OR THERE TO PRESERVE THEIR VIEWS ON, ON THE, ON THE FEBRUARY 23RD PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
ALTHOUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ALTHOUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT DIRECT THE APPLICANT TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF ADDITION, THE APPLICANT DID REDO REVISE THE DESIGN TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF IT, OF THE ADDITION, OR A TOTAL OF 81 SQUARE FOOT ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND 224 SQUARE FOOT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO THE DESIGN OR THE HOUSE SIZE WAS REDUCED FROM SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE TO 7,160, WHICH REDUCED THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA RATIO FROM 32.2% 30.9%
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IN WHICH THE MAXIMUM, AGAIN, THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE IS, OR A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.AND THAT'S 25% CUP THRESHOLD IS 5,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE PROJECTOR.
THE FIRST FLOOR EDITION IS 654 SQUARE FEET IN THAT IS, UM, LOCATED, UM, N THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION AREA RIGHT ALONG HERE IN THAT IS THE FIRST FLOOR.
ADDITION IS DIRECTLY BELOW THAT THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION IS 1,644 SQUARE FEET, AND THEY ARE, THE APPLICANTS IS PROPOSING TO ALSO REMOVE AN EXISTING TWO CAR GARAGE, WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG THIS AREA RIGHT ALONG HERE IN A ARE REMOVING THAT TWO CAR GARAGE AND REPLACING IT WITH A THREE CAR GARAGE THAT EXTENDS FORWARD.
THE PROJECT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, THIS WINDOW WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THE RED.IS, IS THE WINDOW THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE FROSTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THESE WINDOWS ALONG THE REAR OR NORTH EAST SIDE, UM, ARE THE WINDOWS BE THE APPLICANT OR THE APPELLANT FEELS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROSTED? I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, WHEN THE APPEAL WAS FILED, STAFF DID REACH OUT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO MADE THE MOTION, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, WHICH IS FUNNY COMMISSIONER LEWIS, WHO MADE THE MOTION, WHO MADE THE MOTION AND ADDED THAT CONDITION.
AND IT, ACCORDING TO COMMISSIONER LEWIS, HIS INTENTION WAS NOT TO REQUIRE THE WIND BEES WINDOWS ALONG THE REAR TO BE FROSTED THIS, THIS ONE, UM, BATHROOM WINDOW RIGHT ALONG HERE.
AND THIS IS THE, SHOULD BE THE LANGUAGE FOR THE ADDED CONDITION, WHICH IS THE ADDITION OF A FRUGAL F UM, WRITTEN IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 21, THE SECOND FLOOR BATHROOM WINDOW ON THE SOUTH EAST SHALL BE MADE OF FROSTED GLASS PREVENT VISIBILITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE, IN THE RE IN THE RESOLUTION, THE WORDS WERE LEFT OUT.
SO THIS, THIS SHOULD BE THE WORDS OR THE LANGUAGE.
THE SECOND FLOOR BATHROOM WINDOW ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE SHALL BE MADE OF FROSTED GLASS TO PREVENT VISIBILITY AND WITH THE APPLICANTS OR THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL APPLICATION.
I BELIEVE THAT THE LANG THE REVISED LANGUAGE THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE, OR THE APPELLANT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS ON THE NORTHWEST SHALL BE MADE A FIXED FROSTED GLASS TO PREVENT VISIBILITY.
UM, I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS HEARING IS A DE NOVO HEARING, AND IT'S IN THE CITY.
COUNCIL'S PURVIEW IS NOT LIMITED TO WHAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE APPEAL LETTER.
HERE IS THE FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS.
THE AREA BOX IN A RED IS THE LOCATION OF THE ADDITION ALONG THE FRONT AND ALONG, UM, THE REAR OR BIDE B THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE IS 27 FEET.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO BUILD THE ADDITION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HEIGHTS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE.
THERE IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS LIGHT MODIFICATION REQUIRING A HEIGHT SURVEY, BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION TO VERIFY THE HEIGHTS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE.
AND ALSO DURING FRAMING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE ADDITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HEIGHTS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, IF, UM, THIS,
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UH, DECK RIGHT OR BALCONY, RIGHT ALONG HERE, THE EXISTING, THE, THE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A BALCONY OR DECK, UM, WHICH IS THE AREA WHERE THE AIR, THE POINTER IS ON.THE PROPOSED ADDITION, UH, HAS LARGE EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE PROPOSE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN BECAUSE IT HAS GRAY, UH, GRAY SHADE, UM, COLORED ON CRUDE, DOUBLE VINYL SIDING.
THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE WIND.
THESE ARE THE WINDOWS THAT THE OUT THAT THE APPELLANTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROSTED.
THIS IS THE ADDITION RIGHT ALONG HERE, AND THIS IS AN, UH, E THE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE IS THE NEW BALCONY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED LITTLE ALONG THE SIDE ADDITION IS RIGHT ALONG THIS AREA HERE TO INVESTIGATE, UM, YOU IMPACTS, I ASKED THE APPLICANT, UM, IF I CAN DO A SITE VISIT AND HAD THEM SET UP A TALL LADDER, AND I WENT ON ON THE TOP OF THE LADDER AND TOOK PICTURES AT APPROXIMATELY THE AREA WHERE THE, UH, DISH, THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION WOULD BE LOCATED.
SO THE VIEW ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE IS THE VIEW LOOKING ALL FROM THE EXISTING DECK, WHICH IS WHERE THE EXISTING BUILDING PAD IS LOCATED, LOOKING TOWARDS THE APPELLANT'S PROPERTY.
AND THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS A THAT I TOOK FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER, APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE PROPOSED ADDITION, SECOND FLOOR ADDITION IS GOING TO BE LOCATED LOOKING TOWARDS THE APPELLANT'S PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE APPELLANT'S PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
AND THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM THE SUBJECT, UM, PROPERTIES, SECOND FLOOR BALCONY.
TH THIS IS THE EXISTING BALCONY AND USE FROM THE EXISTING BALCONY TOWARDS THE APPELLANT'S PROPERTY.
THESE ARE EXISTING VIEWS, AND THIS IS THE EXISTING, UM, THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, IS THE EXISTING VIEW FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING PAD, LOOKING TOWARDS THE PROPERTIES OR HOMES ACROSS HOLLY AND CRESTS.
AND THIS IS THE VIEW THAT WOULD LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW.
UM, YOU'RE AFFORDED PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I TUCK WHEN THE STORY OF PULLS HER UP.
I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AFTER THE FEBRUARY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE APPLICANTS DID REMOVE THE STORY POLES, UM, BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS, UM, DUE TO HIGH WINDS IN THE EXPECTED, UM, MARCH STORM.
SO THIS, THESE ARE THE STORY POLES, A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STORY POLES, AND IT'S LOCATED ON TOP OF THE GARAGE, THE WAY THE STORY POLES WERE CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN A, IN A BOX AT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
SO THE ADDITION WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE STORE THEN HOW THE STORY YOU PULL UP HERE APPEARS BECAUSE OF, OF THE WAY THE ROOF IS.
SO INSTEAD OF THEM BUILDING, UM, PUTTING UP THE STORY POLES AND, AND SHOWING THE
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EAVES AND THE, THE, UM, SLOPE OF THE ROUGH, INSTEAD OF THEY, THEY JUST BOXED, THEY JUST CREATED A BOX AROUND ON TOP OF WHERE THE ADDITION IS APPROXIMATELY GOING TO BE LOCATED.SO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE STORY POLE IS AT 27 FEET.
SO THIS, THE, THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH ON THE, ON THE LEFT IS TAKEN FROM HIM, UM, IN FRONT OF JUST IN FRONT OF THE PROJECT SITES, DRIVEWAY.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT ALONG HERE IS TAKEN FROM, FROM HOLLAND BETH SPREET.
UM, FROM THIS AREA YOU'RE AWARE I HAVE THE POINTER ON, IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, UM, RIGHT ALONG HERE IS ALSO TAKEN FROM ALL IN CREST, RIGHT FROM, FROM THE SIDE, FROM AROUND THIS AREA, OR A STORY PULL PHOTOGRAPHS, AND THAT THE STORY, THE FRAMING, AND THE, THE AREA WHERE THE STORY PULLS ARE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE WAS TAKEN FROM PASA GRAZI DRIVE, UM, IN, UH, UM, UH, ALONG THE AREA WHERE THE POINTER IS IN THE BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPH IS, IS TAKEN FROM SOUTH HILLS DRIVE ALONG THIS AREA, ALONG THE AREA WHERE THE POINTER IS LOCATED.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT STAFF PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE FEBRUARY MEETING WERE A LIST OF PREVIOUS EPS THAT WERE APPROVED SINCE 2016.
AND WE HAVE, WE WE'VE APPROVED, UM, A HANDFUL OF OBJECTS REQUIRING A CEP SINCE 2016, IN MANY OF THESE HOMES THAT WERE APPROVED, WHERE WE'RE SIMILAR IN FLOOR AREA RATIO IN COMPARISON TO THE PROPOSED, UM, EACH FLOOR AREA RATIO IS LISTED ON THE LAST COLUMN AND THE PROPOSED, UM, PROJECT DETAILS ARE HIGHLIGHTED OR ARE LISTED IN BOLD AT THE BOTTOM.
I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, OR 1436 SOUTH ALPINE DRIVE, UM, FROM THIS LIST IS THE CLOSEST TO THE PROJECT SITE, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET, 1400 FEET AWAY.
UM, SOUTH OF THE PROJECT SITE OR TEEN 55 QUEEN SUMMIT DRIVE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1700 FEET AWAY SOUTHWEST OF THE PROJECT SITE WHILE, UM, ERA A FEW PROJECTS ON SKY VIEW.
THOSE ARE 2000, 2000 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROJECT SITE.
UM, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT LIST AGAIN, UM, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN FLOOR AREA RATIO IN COMPARISON THAT WERE APPROVED WITH A CUP IN COMPARISON WITH THE PROJECT SITE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE JOANNE.
AND THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE YOU HAVE, UH, OKAY.
5,900, FIVE THOUSAND SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED.
UH, AND INCLUDING, INCLUDING THE GARAGE.
IT INCLUDES GOING TO GARAGE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IN THE COMBINE WITH THE STAY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, ONLY CALCULATE THE SQUARE FOOT LIVING SQUARE FOOTAGE.
BASED ON, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE MYSELF.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? OKAY.
SO YOU, IF YOU GO SEE THIS OKAY.
THAT FIRST ONE 40, UH, 1436, ALPINE, 5,940 IS SAFE.
HOW BIG IS THE GARAGE IS A TWO-STORY.
IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE BECAUSE IT'S THREE CAR GARAGE IS ABOUT 900 ALMOST 1000 SQUARE FEET.
5,946, WE SEE REQUIRES A THREE CAR GARAGE, TWO CAR GARAGE.
SO, BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENCE IS A ONE CAR GARAGE, A COUPLE POSSIBLE 300 SQUARE FEET.
SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT I'M SAYING.
IS THIS, OKAY? THIS IS WHY THE CD CALCULATE THE, THE, SO, BECAUSE A LOT COVERAGE, THAT'S WHY YOU, INCLUDING IN THE NO.
AND IN THE CITIES, WHEN IT'S UP TO CODE,
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IT STATES THAT IF THE GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE GARAGE DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THE VISIBLE BULK AND SCALE OF THE HOUSE, IF THE HOUSE IS ATTACHED TO THE GARAGE, THEN THE GARAGE IS INCLUDED IN THE FLOOR AREA, RACIAL CALCULATION.WHEN CONSIDERING THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT LIZ.
SO THE REST WE CAN, AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION, THEN WE CAN ASK.
SO, BECAUSE ALL THE HOUSE, OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S INCLUDING HIS ONLY LIVING SQUARE FOOTAGE OR INCLUDING THE GARAGE, BECAUSE IF YOU IN CLEANING THE GARAGE AND ALL THE HOUSES WOULD BECOME PRETTY HUGE.
BECAUSE IF YOU GOT GARAGE, ROUGHLY 1000 SQUARE FEET, SOME, SOME OF THEM DO INCLUDE THE GARAGE.
IF IT'S A DETACHED GARAGE, THEN THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.
SO DETACHED GARAGE, NINE INCLUDED, NOT INCLUDED ATTACHED GARAGE INCLUSION.
WHAT KIND OF LOGIC IS THAT? OKAY.
WHAT IS THE NORM FROM ON THE OUT, LIKE OUTSIDE, UM, FROM AN INDUSTRY LIKE STANDARD CITY AND OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED IN, WE DIDN'T WHEN CALCULATING THE FLOOR AIR RATIO, THE GARAGE IS NOT INCLUDED JUST NORMALLY, EVEN IF IT'S ATTACHED, IT'S NOT INCLUDED.
WE NEED TO UP THE FEATURES THAT CAN BE CHANGED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AT A, AT A FEATURE MEETING.
SO, SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT BASE ON ALL THESE LISTS.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PROPERTY, INCLUDING GARAGE, WHICH ONE DOES THE INQUIRY IN THE GIRL DID NOT.
UM, THE WAY WE DID THE RESEARCH IS WE JUST LOOKED AT THE, THE DESCRIPTION IN THE STATE, UM, ON THE, ON THE TOP OF THE STAFF REPORTS AND ALSO THE RESOLUTIONS.
WE DID NOT LOOK FURTHER INTO WHETHER THE GARAGE IS A TASK OR DETAIL.
BECAUSE IF YOU OKAY, 7,160, IT LOOKS HUGE.
SO WE DON'T DO AROUND 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO POSSIBLE MENTIONED WAS OVER THERE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE WANTED TO COMPARE APPLE TO APPLE RATHER THAN COMPARE SOME KIND OF A DIFFERENT COMPARISON.
WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, OR IS IT RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEREAFTER ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION AND APPROVING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN SUBCOMMITTEE DESIGN REVIEW, AND ALSO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, UPHOLDING THE CITY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION IN APPROVING THIS LIGHT MODIFICATION AT 12 ZERO EIGHT HOLLAND CREST DRIVE.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ALSO FOR, FOR THE RECORD IN THE PLANNING, I'M SORRY.
IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S PACKET, I WAS ASKED TO INCLUDE A, UH, A PETITION, UM, THAT WAS COLLECTED BY THE NEIGHBOR BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IN SIGNED BY OTHER NEIGHBORS ON THE, AROUND THE SITE, UM, IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT.
AND ALSO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS MR. PAUL, MISS ALVIS EMAILED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IN WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF IN HE, HE IS HERE TODAY AND HE WILL POINT THAT OUT WHEN HE'S READY TO SPEAK.
UH, CITY COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT THE PETITION.
UH, SO WE HAVE 10 SIGNATURES, BUT BASED ON THE STREETS THAT I WAS SHOWN, IT SHOWED HOLLENBECK STREET, CASA GRANDE DRIVE, AND SOUTH HOLLAND CREST DRIVE.
AND OUT OF THE 10 THERE'S ONLY THREE THAT WAS ON THAT NEIGHBORING STREET.
WAS THERE ANY NEXT DIRECT, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS THAT HAD AN ISSUE? ARE THEY ON, DID THEY PETITION LIKE THEIR, THEIR ACTUAL NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS? DID THEY HAVE A PROBLEM? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
MR. PAUL ALBUS, WHO WAS THE PERSON WHO COLLECTED THE PETITION LIVES DIRECTLY? UM, ON THE, ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, RIGHT ALONG THIS AREA.
HE LIVES DIRECTLY, UM, EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE SAW THE HOUSE, THE ROOF HOUSE THAT YOU JUST SHOWING? YES.
BUT THE OTHER NEIGHBORS? NO, NOT THAT.
NOT THAT HE IS NOT THE APPELLANT.
OH, UM, HIS LET'S SEE HIS HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE WHERE I'M SORRY.
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OH, THAT'S NOT THE HOUSE THAT'S BEING EXTENDED.THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT'S BEING EXTENDED.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE WHO CIRCULATED THE PETITION.
SO THAT'S THE DIRECT NEIGHBOR? YES.
AND WE WERE NOT, UM, S WE WERE NOT CONTACTED BY, UH, THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE PROJECT SITE.
UM, AND WE WERE NOT CONTACTED BY THIS NEIGHBOR OR ANY OF THESE NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY SIGNED THE PETITION.
I DIDN'T REMEMBER, BUT WE WERE JUST NOT CONTACTED BY THEM.
UH, NO QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT THE APPELLANT LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, APPLICANT THERE.
AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? THIS IS MR. CARLOS GARAY.
DID I SAY THAT? CORRECT? THANK YOU.
OH, LET ME, LET ME GET HIS PRESENTATION.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR.
OH, WE HA UM, MAYOR FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THAT WAS THE, UH, PACKET THAT I HANDED OUT TO YOU.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR. UH, GOODBYE.
THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL, OH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL, THAT'S NOT THE PRESENTATION IS WHAT HE PROVIDED IN HIS STATEMENT.
WELL, WE CAN WATCH THE PRESENT AND THEN THIS WAS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY HIM.
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO, YOU ARE THE APPELLANT APPELLANT? YES.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE APPELLANT WHO'S AGAINST IT TO SPEAK.
AND THEN THE APP, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? TO SPEAK.
ANYBODY ELSE? THE WISHES IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL OF THE APPEAL.
UM, JUST GOING QUICK NOTE, UH, THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, THE 10 SIGNATURES THAT WAS DONE BY MYSELF.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER, A PETITION THAT WAS PROVIDED A CALL.
SO HE COULD PROBABLY CALL HIM A SOLVE AS YOU CAN.
SO THERE'S TWO PETITIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED.
SO THE ONE THAT'S 10 POSITIONS, UH, 10 SIGNATURES FOR PRIVACY.
THAT WAS ON THE BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND I.
SO THE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, INFORMATION THAT I GAVE THE TOP PICTURE, I'M SO SORRY.
WHICH PROBABLY YOU LIVE IN SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR GEOGRAPHIC GEOGRAPHY LOCATION.
SO WHICH PUMP DO CROSS STREET, YOU ALL DO ACROSS THE OWNER? YES.
THE WHY WAS THE RENT ROUTE? YES.
ON THE, ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL, THE, UM, MY HOUSE.
SO THE STREET ACROSS THE STREET.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR THE, THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT 12 THAT WAS PROVIDED BY PLANNING MANAGER AND STAFF.
THIS, UH, ILLUSTRATES THAT OUR PROPERTY IS NORTHWEST.
YOU COULD TELL BY THE, UH, STREET HOLLENBECK THAT RUNS SOUTH NORTH, NORTH TO SOUTH ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THAT'S A, THAT WAS TAKEN ON THE 12 FOOT LADDER TO REPRESENT THAT IT'S ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
YOU CANNOT SEE OUR, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE OUR FRONT LAWN ON PAGE TWO OH SEVEN, THE ON MARCH 11TH, 2021, APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM.
WE NOTICED A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE FRONT YARD AND ON THE NEIGHBORS.
AND WE, UH, WE TOOK A PICTURE FROM OUR BACKYARD AND YOU COULD SEE THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON THE PORCH AREA ON PAGE THREE OH SEVEN.
THAT'S A PICTURE FROM OUR FRONT LAWN.
OR YOU COULD SEE THE STORY POLES COMPARED TO THE PAGE.
ONE OF SEVEN ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE, AROUND THE, UH, PROPOSED 12 FOOT HEIGHT.
YOU CAN NOT SEE THE FRONT LAWN PAGE FOUR OF SEVEN THROUGH SIX OF SEVEN.
THOSE ARE THE PETITIONS THAT MY WIFE AND I, UM, GATHERED THERE WERE SIGN, UH, FOR THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY.
THERE'S SIX SIGNATURES THAT WERE RETAINED WEST OF OUR HOME.
AND THERE IS FOUR SIGNATURES THAT WERE RETAINED EAST EAST OF THE HOME PAGE SEVEN OF SEVEN IS A ARCHITECT RENDITION OF, FROM OUR VIEW TO THE FRONT FACING WINDOWS OR THE BACK WINDOWS OF THE
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PROPOSED PRO PROJECT.WHERE, UM, ONCE AGAIN, UM, ANY MANAGER POINTED OUT THE WRONG WINDOWS DURING THE PRESENTATION WHERE SHE, SHE MENTIONED IT WAS THE NORTH EAST WINDOWS, WHERE IN FACT, THESE ARE THE NORTH FACE NORTHWEST FACING WINDOWS, THE WINDOWS THAT WILL BE FACING OUR PROPERTY DIRECTLY.
SO AS MENTIONED, MY PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
WE APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER LEWIS, APPROVED MOTION TO CONSTRUCT, BUT REQUIREMENT'S TO ADDRESS PRIVACY WHEN WINDOWS FACING OUR PROPERTY WAS, WAS TO BE FROSTED.
NO, THE PLANNING MANAGER POINTED DURING THIS, UH, APPROVAL PROCESS, THE PLANNING MANAGER POINTED THE INCORRECT.
WINDELLS LEADING TO IDENTIFICATION OF THE WRONG.
WENDELL'S THE FACE OF OUR PROPOSED.
I AM NOW AT THE MERCY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROPRIATELY ADDRESS CITY OF WEST COVINA DESIGN GUIDELINES WERE REVISIONED 20 JANUARY, 2009, SECTION C ITEM FIVE CALLS FOR THE WINDOWS DESIGNS TO MAXIMIZE PRIVACY.
THIS DESIGNS FAILED TO MEET THAT ITEM WEST COVINA CITY ORDINANCE 2254 STATES DUE TO CHANGES IN THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPING DEVELOPMENT ON SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES.
IT IS APPROPRIATE TO REVIEW THE REGULATIONS TO DETERMINE IF REVISIONS TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SHOULD BE MODIFIED FOR THRESHOLDS AND SETBACKS TO CLARIFY REGULATIONS WHERE ADDRESSES PRIVACY IMPACTS SUCH THAT STRUCTURE SHALL BE LOCATED AND DESIGNED TO AVOID UNREASONABLE INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRIVACY OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
ADDITIONAL USE PERMIT DID NOT ADDRESS OR CONSIDER OUR PRIVACY AND THAT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
I DO NOT APPRECIATE COMMISSIONERS, BUT SARAH'S COMMENTS WHERE SHE STATES THAT WE MAY ALSO INVESTIGATE ADDING VALUE TO ONE'S PROPERTY.
BY STATING 25% OF THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE CAN BE INVESTIGATED TO ADD VALUE TO ONE'S OWN PROPERTY.
ONE, THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT ONE THAT WE WERE REQUESTING TO.
SHOULD WE EVER BE INTERESTED? IT MAY REQUIRE US TO BUILD UP, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORS PROPERTY.
WE'RE ASKED TO AS OF TODAY, WE CANNOT CANNOT PEER INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THREE, THE SITUATION IS DIFFERENT WHERE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS BEING REQUESTED TO EXCEED THE 25% REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT WHERE IT'S REQUIRING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
IN ADDITION, SHE STATED IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, REFERENCING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROPERTY, UH, OR THE REQUESTER FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROPERTY AND LOOKED DOWN, YOU CAN SEE.
SO WHAT DOES ONE MINUTE WINDOW MATTER? IT MATTERS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING A MASSIVE STRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE NORM.
IT MATTERS THAT DATA PRESENTED AND NOTED BY BY STAFF AND PLANNING MANAGER IS NOT ACCURATE.
IT MATTERS THAT THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE WILL HAVE LARGE WINDOWS AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OUR PRIVACY.
PLEASE CONSIDER MINE MY WIFE AND OUR NEIGHBORS REQUESTED, AND I, THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, YOU SAID YOUR PRIVACY, WHAT ARE, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY LOOKING INTO? IS IT JUST YOUR FRONT YARD? IS IT BATHROOM? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT, LIKE THE FRONT YARD, THE POOL IS IT'S ONE.
WHEN THE STORY POLES WERE UP, UH, AND ERECTED, UH, WE COULD SEE, WE COULD SEE IT FROM THE BACKYARD.
WE COULD SEE IT FROM THE FRONT YARD.
SO CURRENTLY THEY CAN'T SEE IT FROM CURRENTLY, UM, FROM THE FIRST PICTURE THAT'D BE PROVIDED ON THE SIMPLE DENTAL ATTACHMENT, OR I'M SORRY, THE SECOND PAGE OF SEVEN, WE COULD SEE FROM, WE COULD SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK FROM THE BACKYARD, BUT THEY COULD SEE CURRENTLY THEY COULD SEE, THEY COULD PEER INTO PART OF THE PART OF THE BACKYARD.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE, UH, OKAY, SO, RIGHT.
PAGE TWO OF SEVEN OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS. I SEE.
I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURE.
I JUST SEE ONLY THE FRONT RIGHT HOUSE.
UM, SO THAT, IT'S THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT AND THE APPELLANT'S THE SAME, RIGHT? OKAY.
WELL, THIS IS A ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL.
WE HAVE ONE MORE OPPOSED MAYOR.
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I KNOW IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED FAVOR MATTER MERITS IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL.THE APPEAL IS OPPOSING PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL.
SO IN FAVOR OF ANYONE IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL, AND THEN LET'S HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP AND THEN ANYONE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN IF THERE'S NEED TO REBUT, WE'LL CALL UP THE APPELLANT AGAIN.
WE HAVE ONE, ONE SPEAKER WHO IS IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL.
UH, PAUL, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR, YOUR LAST NAME, MISS ELVIS.
I BELIEVE WHICH ONE IS THAT ONE? IT'S ANOTHER, IS THIS? IT IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL, BUT THIS ONE, WHEN YOU'RE READY, GO AHEAD.
I RESIDE AT 1216 HOLLAND CROSS DRIVE LIVED THERE FOR 17 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR 35 YEARS.
I'LL START BY SAYING I'M DISMAYED AND FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF LOGIC AND REASON DEMONSTRATED BY THE PLANNING STAFF AND FOUR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IN THE DECISION TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION.
WE APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER SHELBY WILLIAMS, DISSENTING OPINION.
ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING STATED THAT THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE APPROVED BECAUSE AS YOU GO UP INTO SOUTH HILLS, THE HOMES ARE LARGER.
THERE IS PRECEDENT BY PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS AND APPROVING LARGER HOMES.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MANSION VISITATION ORDINANCE AND HOW DOES NOT BEEN FOLLOWED AND HOW PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS HAVE NO CREDIBILITY AS A BODY.
THAT'S A QUOTE I'LL ADDRESS EACH OF THESE POINTS TABLE.
I'VE GIVEN YOU THE FIRST SHEET I JUST PASSED AROUND THAT SHOWS SIZE OF THE 50 HOMES NEAR THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.
YOU'LL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, IT SHOWS THE AVERAGE HOME SIZE IS 3,183 SQUARE FEET.
THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE IN SMALL PRINT, ALL THE JAYS FOR THAT SMALL PRINT, THE APPLICANT'S EXISTING HOME AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
ZERO IS ALREADY ONE OF THE LARGEST HOMES IN THE AREA AND IS 31% LARGER THAN THE AVERAGE SIZE OF SURROUNDING HOMES.
THE EXISTING HOME IS 31% LARGER ALREADY.
THE ADDITION THAT'S PROPOSED WOULD BRING THE HOME TO MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE OF THE SURROUNDING HOMES.
COUNCILMAN WU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT WHETHER GARAGES WERE ATTACHED.
I THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, SEE UPS.
ALL OF THEM ARE ATTACHED GARAGES FOR PURPOSES OF COMPARISON.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE LIST IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE IS THIS A HOUSE HAS OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET NOTE.
THE LOT SIZE IS 106,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS A HISTORIC PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S THE ONLY HOME OF THIS NATURE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA.
IN FACT, THIS HISTORIC PROPERTY IS THE ONLY OTHER HOME WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS THAT IS LARGER THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE HOMES THAT ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW HIGHLIGHT ARE UP THE HILL FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE COMMISSIONER HAD SAID, SAID THAT AS YOU GO UP INTO THE SOUTH HILLS, THE HOMES ARE LARGER.
AS YOU GO UP INTO THE HILL IN YOUR SLIDE PACKAGE, THAT'S THIS DOCUMENT HERE.
FOLKS THERE'S LISTS OF CUP APPLICATIONS APPROVED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF 40 APPLICATIONS.
ONLY 14 WERE OVER 6,000 SQUARE FEET AND ONLY NINE WERE OVER 7,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS INCLUDES GARAGES JUST AS THE APPLICANTS DOES.
MOST OF THESE HOMES, SIX OF THEM WERE ON SUNRISE ROAD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE, SUNRISE ROAD IS THAT AREA CIRCLED IN RED ON THE FAR RIGHT? THAT SHOWS SIX HOMES THAT ARE THE LARGER SIZED.
THE OTHER HOME CIRCLED IN RED, KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE PAGE ARE THE ONLY OTHER HOMES THAT ARE OVER 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
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SO THERE WAS ONLY NINE HOMES TOTAL THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN OF THIS SIZE 7,000 SQUARE FEET.I'LL ADDRESS ANOTHER POINT THAT THE COMMISSIONER MADE NEARBY JURISDICTIONS DO NOT LIMIT HOME SIZE AS FAR AS OTHER CITIES, NOT LIMITING HOME SIZE.
THESE JURISDICTIONS LACKING SUCH LIMITATIONS RESULT IN HODGEPODGE DEVELOPMENT, TAKE A DRIVE THROUGH ARCADIA AND SEE THE DISPARATE DEVELOPMENT THAT I SPEAK OF WEST COVINA IS BETTER THAN THAT.
LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW SOME OF THE FALSE STATEMENTS MADE IN THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM AND THE REQUIRED FINDINGS.
THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS HARMONIOUS IN SCALE AND MASS WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS, GIVEN THAT ALL PROPERTIES DIRECTLY ABUTTING THE PROJECT SITE ARE DEVELOPED WITH TWO STORY HOMES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST LIST I SHOWED YOU ONLY THREE HOMES ARE TWO STORIES.
IT'S SHOWING YOU THE REC ASSESSOR'S RECORDS.
IT'S NOT SURROUNDED BY TWO STORY HOMES BY ANY MEANS, IN TERMS OF THE VISUAL SCALE AND MASS, ARE YOU ALMOST DONE? I'M ALMOST DONE THE VISUAL SCALE AND MASSING PRESENTED BY THE ADDITION ON HOLLAND CREST DRIVE OR FROM HOLLAND CROSS DRIVE, AND A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IS INSIGNIFICANT DUE TO THE PROGRESS OF THE SITE.
THE BUILDING PAD IS HIGHER THAN THE STREET.
THE ADDITION WOULD NOT BE READILY VISIBLE FROM PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES PASSING BY.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A WINDOW HERE OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE? BECAUSE FROM THE APPELLANT, I THINK ABOUT THE WINDOW AND NOW THIS GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE.
SO IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? ARE WE GOING TO, OKAY.
THE PSI IS THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE WINDOW OF THE, AS I'M READING THE REPORT.
AND IT DOES STATE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE CHANGES TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND THE APPLICANT COMPLIED WITH THOSE GINA TALKING ABOUT THE WINDOW YOU TOLD, TOOK, IT WAS A SITE THAT WE SEE HERE AS THE WINDOW.
THIS IS AN APPEAL, IT'S A DENOVO HEARING.
SO THIS COUNCIL IS TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
IT WAS APPEALED ON THE BASIS OF THE WINDOW, BUT THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT TONIGHT.
SO, SO BASICALLY THE, THE APPELLANT OR THE GAY PEOPLE AGAINST THE PROJECT.
AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, NOT JUST THE WINDOW.
IF I JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WERE SAID, ONE THING THAT THE, OKAY, THANK YOU.
MA'AM THE, UM, PLANNING MANAGER STATED THAT THERE WAS A PETITION ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKAGE.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PETITIONS JUST TO CLARIFY.
ONE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE APPELLANT AND THAT ADDRESSES THE VIEW.
AND SO I BELIEVE THEY COLLECTED 10 SIGNATURES.
I ALSO CONDUCTED A PETITION OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, 25 HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA SIGNED THE PETITION AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT PROJECT IS DEFINITELY NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.
I AND MY NEIGHBORS RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE APPLICATION, BE DENIED.
THE APPLICANT BE REQUESTED TO RETURN WITH A MORE REASONABLE PROPOSAL OR A SINGLE-STORY ADDITION TO THIS HOME.
THIS WILL ADDRESS THE SIZE ISSUE AS WELL AS PRIVACY CONCERNS.
SO NOW WE ARE, SO THAT IS ALL IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL NOW IN NOW.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN, OH YEAH.
THE APPLICANTS OR THE OPPOSITION, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL? UH, MY NAME IS FERNANDO.
I AM THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
I HAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK STAFF COVERED MOST OF IT.
SO I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF AND I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON, ON, UH, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, I AM, I'M THE APPLICANT.
UH, MY CLIENT HERE, UM, HIRED US TO DO, TO DO THEIR DREAM HOUSE.
IT'S A MR AND MRS. WANG OR THE OWNERS, AND THEY ALSO LIVE HERE WITH THEIR PARENTS.
MR. WANG IS A NAVY VETERAN AND, UM, HIS WIFE IS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
UM, THEY HIRED US TO, TO DESIGN THEIR DREAM HOME.
IT TOOK US A YEAR AND A HALF TO DESIGN IT WITH STAFF GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND THEN, UM, WE LATER PRESENTED TO THE, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AT OUR FIRST MEETING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WE HAD AN ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
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UM, WE ACTUALLY, UH, GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THERE'S TWO MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE TODAY AND THEIR CONCERNS WAS THE LINE OF SIGHT AND THEIR CONCERNS WERE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE CAME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AGAIN, WE PROVIDED A SIGHTLINE LINE ANALYSIS STATING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING HIGHER THAN OUR EXISTING HOUSE.
OUR HOUSE IS EXISTING HEIGHT, AND WE ARE CONTINUING THAT HEIGHT.
WE ARE NOT GOING LARGER AND WE'RE NOT GOING SHORTER, SHORTER.
WE'RE NOT GOING SHORTER BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS HOUSE.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK REALLY, REALLY NICE.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY INVESTED IN THIS HOUSE AND IT IS THEIR DREAM HOME.
SO WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY CORNERS.
AND NUMBER TWO, UM, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO, UH, BLOCK ANYONE'S VIEW.
SO WE DID PROVIDE A SITE ANALYSIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF REVIEWED IT.
THEY MADE A CONCLUSION THAT OUR NEW ADDITION WOULD NOT BLOCK ANY SITE VIEW AND THAT WE MET THE CODE, UM, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OVER, MOVE ON WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, AT THAT MEETING, THE PLAN COMMISSIONER SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT THOUGH? THE FRAME PLAN, UH, THE POLE, THE POLE PLAN.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE, UH, THE HOUSE AND, UM, WE JUST REDO THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE, ABOUT 300 SQUARE FEET.
WE REDUCED IT FROM THE SECOND STORY AND THEN WE REDUCED IT FROM THE REAR YARD.
AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE REDESIGNED THE PROJECT, UM, OVER THAT.
SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO, TRYING TO DO OH, OKAY.
UM, AT THE, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED HEARING, AND I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT STAFF DID PRESENT, UM, OF A DETAILED LIST OF ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE, SIMILAR IN PROJECTS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
AND THOSE ABOUT 25 HOUSES WITHIN THE AREA AREA.
UM, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PILOT AND ABOUT HIS PROPERTY AND HIS CONCERN.
I DID LOOK AT THE, THE, UM, PLANNING, THE, THE, I'M SORRY, THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
THERE IS A PICTURE THAT STAFF HAD PROVIDED STAFF VISITED THE PROPERTY, AND THIS IS ATTACHMENT 12.
SO WE PROVIDED STAFF WITH THE LADDER AND WE SAID, YOU ARE AT 20 SOMETHING FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND IF YOU WERE STANDING THERE, THIS WOULD BE YOUR VIEW.
SO STAFF TOOK THIS PICTURE AND, UM, JOANNE, I'M SORRY, BUT CAN YOU, CAN YOU PROVIDE, UH, A PICTURE? I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THE POLAND'S CONCERN IS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING, OR MY CLIENT WILL BE LOOKING INTO HIS HOUSE CURRENTLY.
RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEE EVERYONE'S HOUSE.
WE ARE IN SUCH A GREAT CHANGE.
WE ARE IN 50 TO 70 FEET ABOVE THE STREET FROM THE APPELLANT'S HOUSE.
WE ARE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET FROM GRADE.
SO OUR HOUSE, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE GRADE.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY.
ALSO, OUR LAW IS IRREGULAR IN SIZE.
IT GOES AT AN ANGLE AND OUR HOUSE IS TUCKED IN INSIDE TO THE, TO THE NORTH.
NOW I'M FOCUSING ON THAT, ON THE PICTURE, ON THE, IT SAYS APPELLANT.
SO IF, IF YOU SEE, I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE THE REAR YARD AT ANY POINT AT THE HIGHEST POINT THAT WE PROVIDED STAFF WITH A LADDER, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE IT.
WE ALSO INVITED STAFF INTO THE HOUSE AND WE HAVE AN EXISTING BALCONY NOW, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THAT SIDE OF THE ADDITION.
AND AGAIN, SHE TOOK PICTURES FROM THE BALCONY, WHICH I THINK YOU PROVIDED, RIGHT? IT'S THE PICTURES ON THE BOTTOM.
WE ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING TO THE REAR YARD.
UM, AND I WANTED TO, TO ALSO GO TO THE NEXT NEXT POINT.
SO OUR LAW IS ABOUT 23,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, I WANTED TO, UM, POINT OUT TO THE ADDITION THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE HOUSE.
AND, UM, ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER, OOH, YOU DID MAKE A, UH, A VERY, UM, INTERESTING COMMENT ABOUT, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN.
UM, I'M ALWAYS USED TO JUST SPEAKING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO SORRY.
UM, SO OUR GARAGE IS 952 SQUARE FEET.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A THREE-CAR GARAGE, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSTATION AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAS CARS AND HE WANTS TO HAVE THAT AS KIND OF HIS MAN CAVE.
YOU CAN SAY, SO A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF THIS PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED TO BE GARAGE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK, I THINK I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT STAFF DID VISITED
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THE SITE, ALL THE, ALL THE MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.UM, IT, UM, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT FROM THE SECOND STORY.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT TO ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTENT TO LOOK AT ANYONE.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD IN THE BACK.
THERE'S A POOL, THERE'S A PATIO.
AND, UM, WE, WE INTEND TO USE THAT.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THAT THAT CONCLUDES MINE.
THE, UM, CURRENT DECK THAT IS SHOWN IS THE HOUSE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO WHERE THE DECK? YES.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GO PAST THAT, RIGHT? NO, IT'S RIGHT.
AND THE BALCONY IS DESIGNED IN A WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE VIEW TO LA.
SO THE, THE, THE ADDITION IS TUCKED IN.
IT'S NOT TO THE EDGE OF, UH, IT'S NOT TO THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT THE DARK SALDON CIRCLE, THAT IS THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE THE HOUSE, YOU CAN'T SEE DOWN, YOU'RE 70 FEET DOWN AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN GRADES.
SO IF YOU'RE IN A, IF YOU'RE IN THE, IN THE BACKYARD, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE EDGE TO LOOK DOWN.
AND ALSO THE ADDITION IS TUCKED INTO THE PROPERTY.
AND AS THE BALCONY, WE DESIGNED THE BALCONY IN A WAY THAT IT'S TOUGH DEN AT YOU CAN, YOU MEAN YOU COULD SEE CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE HIRED, BUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN LOOK DIRECTLY DOWN.
AND I THINK THE PICTURES THAT STAFF PROVIDED AND VISITED THE PROPERTY, I THINK THEY SHOW, UM, WHAT IS REALLY THERE, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS, IT'S, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A HUGE HOUSE, BUT THIS IS A HUGE, THIS IS A PRETTY, PRETTY BIG SIZE LOT.
AND, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS, CURRENT AND THE FUTURE, THE PICTURES I WANT TO SEE.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE BUTTON, YOU SAID A FUTURE VIEW, RIGHT? THAT, THAT VIEW IS, IS THAT THE EDGE OF THE EDGE? YEAH.
SO HE'S NOT IT'S THIS CURRENT VIEW OR TRYING TO PUT YOU ON WITH BE SO, SO ON THE, SO WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE FUTURE VIEW ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OR THE TOP, RIGHT.
WOULD BE, UH, THE VIEW OF FUTURE.
BUT BECAUSE SHE STEPPED UP ON THE TOE FEET AND TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT.
THAT WAS A PICTURE FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER.
UM, UH, AND HOW ABOUT THE BOTTOM ONE OR THE BOTTOM ONE? THE VIEW IS ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF TREE LOOK LIKE ITALIAN CYPRUS OR MULTIPLE PROPERTIES HAVE ALL THEIR BACKYARD.
I HAVE THIS SCREEN HIGHER, ABOUT 20 FEET TALL.
MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS ONE STORY.
BUT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE CYPRESS, SO YEAH.
MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE REAR YARD, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULLY LANDSCAPED.
SO THIS IS, UH, THIS, ALL THE TREE OVER THERE THAT IS CURRENT TREE.
AND, UH, AND I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT INTO THE APPELLANT PROPERTY, FROM THE PROPOSED OR ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VIEW, WHEN THE HOUSE WOULD BE BUILT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
AND REMEMBER ON THAT SIDE OF THE ADDITION, THERE IS NO BALCONY.
IT'S A SOLID VIEW AND IT'S AT AN ANGLE.
SO THE VIEW IS NOT THAT WAY, THE VIEW THIS WAY, BECAUSE LA IS FACING THAT WAY, THAT, THAT THE, THE WHOLE DESIGN WAS, WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF THE LA SKYLINE.
YOU ARE VERY LUCKY, 270, UH, VIEW.
WE CAN SEE THE OSI, WE CAN SEE THE SKYLINE OF LA AND WE CAN SEE ALL THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.
UH, THE, THE, SO THAT THE APPELLANT WAS ASKING FOR THOSE WINDOWS TO, TO BE FROSTED AND YOU CAN GO OUT AND EXPLAIN WHY THAT WAS.
UM, I HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDITIONED THE BATHROOM WINDOW TO BE FROSTED BECAUSE OF OUR PRIVACY.
I SAID, WELL, WE, WE, WE, IT'S NOT AN INITIATIVE TO US, BUT IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN, WE CAN FROST.
THE WINDOWS ARE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP.
UM, WE DO HAVE, WE KNOW THERE WILL BE SHADES FROM THE INSIDE, BUT I MEAN, THE BATHROOM, THERE IS A BATHROOM AT THE EDGE.
SO OUR DESIGN, IF YOU GO TO THE FLOOR PLAN, OUR DESIGN IS IF YOU'RE TAKING A HOT THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN A DREAM HOME, RIGHT.
AND THE DUMP WE A GARAGE, THE HIGH WALL IS A, AND THE WHITE WALL IS, IS, IS, UH, IS A FOUR-CAR CA TANDEM GARAGE.
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HAVE NO WINDOW.AND OUR DREAM IS, YOU KNOW, FROM WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SHOWER, YOU'RE TAKING A NICE BATH.
YOU CAN SEE THE SKYLINE AT NIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT OUR CLIENT WANTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE, WE PRESENTED THAT.
SO WE DESIGNED, OKAY, SO THE WINDOWS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL ARCHITECTURE AND THE DESIGN.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY WINDOWS ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDES FOCUSING TO THE LA SKYLINE.
SO THE WINDOWS THAT, THAT THEY WANT TO FROST, WHICH IS THAT, IS IT FOR FOUR OR FIVE PANELS? YES.
FIVE PICKS OUT THE BATHROOM, THE WHOLE BATHROOM THERE.
THE, THE BATHROOM IS JUST A SMALL CORNER, CORNER, WINDOW, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE MASTER BEDROOM.
IT'S A MESS UP MASTER MASTER BATHROOM, MASTER BEDROOM AND MASTER DINING ROOM.
SO THAT IS A LIVING ROOM IS DOWNSTAIRS.
SO MASTER FACING THE VIEW IS IN THE VIEW, SO IT CAN SLEEP, SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH THE SKYLINES.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL UP THERE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD SEE IT, YOU COULD SEE THE SKYLINE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS, ANYTHING WITH THE HILLS? I MEAN, NOT THE HILL.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY.
AND, UM, I MEAN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND WE PUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS, INTO THIS PROJECT.
SO THEN YOU'VE ALREADY MADE ALL THE CHANGES NECESSARY FROM WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, CORRECT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE ONLY THING RIGHT NOW IS JUST WINDOWS.
IT'S JUST THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
I NEED ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE APPEAL? I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS MAYOR.
AND SO NOW THE APPELLANT WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW ANY TESTIMONY OFFERED IN OPPOSITION.
IT'S THE, IT'S THE REBUTTAL NOW, BUT FROM THE, UH, APPLICANT APPELLANT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING MY REQUEST AND HEARING, HEARING MYSELF OUT AND MY WIFE AND, AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE YOUR DREAM.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S OUR NIGHTMARE, INCLUDING OUR NEIGHBOR'S NIGHTMARE, WHO SIGNED THE PETITION AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUEST FOR THE FROSTED WINDOW, LET'S FROM COMMISSIONER LEWIS TO REALLY HELP US WITH OUR PRIVACY.
AND THAT WINDOW WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THE ASSUMPTION WAS FROM THE PLANNING MANAGER WHEN SHE POINTED OUT THE WRONG WINDOW.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE WINDOW CAME FROM.
AND YEAH, AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S DEFINITELY A DREAM.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA IMPACT OUR PRIVACY.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD, UH, DO THIS BIT, I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM PAUL IN THIS PLAN, JUST TO POINT OUT THE MASS OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, IF YOU COULD, THERE'S THIS SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM THAT WAS PROVIDED LOOKING CELL DRIVING DOWN ON HOLLENBECK.
HE OUTLINED THE, SORRY, THIS IS NOT FROM HOLLAND DRIVING SOUTH ON HARLEM, BACK TOWARDS A POVERTY, LIKE THE OUTLINE, THE STORY POLES WITH, UH, IN A RED AND A RED LINE.
AND YOU COULD SEE HOW, HOW MUCH IT STICKS OUT.
IT'S DEFINITELY A MASSIVE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT IN A, IN OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, SO THIS CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS HEARING.
AND NOW WE ASKED FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A COUNCIL HAD A QUESTION AS WELL? UM, QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE LOT SIZE, WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? AND WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE? HOLD ON.
THEY SAID, ONCE YOU TURNED IT OFF, OH GOSH, WHAT'S HER NAME? THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
WELL, MIKE, THEY WILL WALK IN IT LIKE SOME THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, 60 DAYS NOW LET'S
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TURN IT OFF.SO IF, UM, YOU LOOK AT THE UNDER REVISED DESIGN, THE MA THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, W UM, INCLUDING THE FIRST FLOOR, SECOND FLOOR IN GARAGE IS 7,160, THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE, OR, OR, UM, BASED ON THE LAW, BASED ON ITS LOT, SIZE IS 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE, UM, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THRESHOLD, UM, IS 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO IT'S THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THRESHOLD IS 25% OVER THE MAXIMUM UNITS.
W WHAT IS THE LOT SIZE, THE TOTAL LOT SIZE, THE LOT SIZE PROPERTY, LOT SIZE FOR 20,000, 20,000, UM, OVER 20, OVER 21,000, APPROXIMATELY 21,300, BUT THAT'S, UH, ZHANG RIGHT.
SO BASED ON THE LIST PROVIDED YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE, UH, THE BIGGEST LOT SIZE OUT OF ALL THIS ON GRASS NEIGHBORHOOD, BESIDES THE 44 44, THAT THAT'S AN EXCEPTION.
THAT'S A HUGE, AND THEN OF COURSE, 9,000, BUT I MEANT LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE THE LOT SIZE IS THE BIGGEST.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING AT THEY'RE PROPOSING SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN, THE GARAGE AND THE GARAGE.
I THINK A LOT OF THEIR LAND IS NOT USABLE.
THEN ANDREW'S NSA SEEN THAT HOUSE.
THERE'S A HUGE LOT, BUT WE HAVE A HUGE LOT, AND THERE'S TWO ACRES, ALMOST TWO ACRES THAT USABLE LAND.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? SO JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS, UH, WHEN YOU, YOU ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH HIM AFTERWARDS, AND HE DID SAY THE FROSTED WINDOW IS THAT ONE BATHROOM WINDOW, THAT, THAT HE WAS CLEAR WHAT HE WAS AMENDING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, POLINA MORALEZ APPROACHED HIM.
AND SHE VERIFIED WITH HIM THAT, THAT, UM, HE DID SELECT THE CORRECT WINDOW C AT THE TIME DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT, UM, THE APPELLANT, UM, DIDN'T, DIDN'T IDENTIFY HIS ADDRESS.
UM, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE PLAN, BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF KNEW WHAT HIS ADDRESS WAS BECAUSE HE HAD, HE CA HE WROTE IT IN THE SPEAKER CARD, UNFORTUNATELY, STAFF AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, UM, DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE SPEAKER CARD.
SO WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIS ADDRESS WAS.
AND DURING THE MEETING, THE DESCRIPTION OF HIS PROPERTY WAS GIVEN AS DIRECTLY, UM, UM, DIRECTLY SOUTH, I'M SORRY, DIRECTLY WEST OF THE PROJECT SITE, UM, DIRECTLY, I'M SORRY, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROJECT SITE, UM, IN WHERE HIS CURVE IS APPROXIMATELY 44 FEET AWAY FROM THE CURVE OF THE PROJECT SITE.
SO, UM, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT HE LIVED, UH, UM, IN, IN THESE PROPERTIES RIGHT ALONG HERE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THIS VIEW IS FROM, IS THE VIEW FROM THE BATHROOM WINDOW, THAT COMMISSIONER LEWIS ASKED TO BE FROSTED.
AND, AND SO, SO, SO THAT, THAT WAS THE AREA THAT COMMISSIONER LEWIS WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHY HE ASKED FOR THEM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
AND, AND, AND SO THEN THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW IS EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER LEWIS.
AND HE, HE DID, HE DID MENTION IN THE HEARING, AND ALSO WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THAT HE DID NOT INTEND ON GETTING THESE WINDOWS FROSTED BECAUSE HE, HE DID, HE DID, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR DESIRE FOR THE VIEWS.
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DID YOU HAVE LUNCH? OH, NO, I DIDN'T.I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH EACH OTHER.
OH, IT IS A DISCUSSION WITHIN THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, I, I'M LOOKING AT THE VIEW AND BASED ON THAT SECOND VIEW, THEY JUST SEE THE ROOFING OF THE HOUSE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR INTRUSION AS OF MASSIVE HOUSE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE MORE THAN 30% OF THE COVERAGE OF LOT SIZE.
UM, SO I DON'T SEE THAT AS WELL.
UM, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE AMOUNT OF MIRROR, I DON'T SEE A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT INTO THE BACKYARD.
UM, SO I, I DON'T SEE THAT VISION OF INTRUSION.
UH, AND, UM, I, AND A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBOR.
OCWEN, UM, AND I MOVING, OKAY.
MY PROPERTY 17, 18 YEARS AGO, BUT I DECIDED TO VIEW, OKAY.
THE PROPERTY AND I'M TO STORY MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
AND, UH, I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AND OKAY.
BECAUSE I NEED TO STORY DO TOO.
THE ELEVATION, THE HOUSE LOOK LIKE.
SO I WENT TO TALK TO THEM AND I TOLD THEM I WILL.
UM, PUT THE ITALIAN CYPRUS ON THE BOTH SIDE.
AFTER FIVE YEARS THEY GROW 20 FEET.
DAY WHEN I BUILDING THE HOUSE, THEY EVEN HELPED ME TO WATCH THE PROPERTY, BUT I A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEBODY BUILDING A HOUSE.
IT'S GOING TO ENSURE YOUR PRIVACY.
SO, SO, SO, BUT I EXPLAINED TO THEM, SO I HOPE, OKAY.
THE APPLICANT CAN KIND OF TALK TO THE NEIGHBOR.
EVERYBODY LEAVES HARMONY TOGETHERS.
BASED ON WHAT I SEE, I REALLY DON'T SEE THAT THEY CAN SEE YOUR SWIMMING POOL.
I CAN SEE MY NEIGHBORS TO IMPLE.
AND I CAN SEE THEIR BACKYARD, BUT SO, BUT I TOLD HIM I WILL PLANT A CYPRESS.
AND I DID SPEAK INTO THE DEAN, ASKED ME TO DO IT, BUT I STILL WANT TO DO IT.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK INTO THEIR BACKYARD.
AND I, I PLANNED ABOUT, I FORGOT HOW MANY, BUT BY NOW IT'S ALREADY HUGE.
SO, SO YOU REALLY BLOCKING A LOT OF, UH, PRIVACY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BY NOW, IT'S KINDA TOO TALL.
SO I MAY BE, NEED TO TURN IT DOWN TO CAUSE SOME LIGHT COMING INSIDE THE HOUSE.
SO AGAIN, WHILE I'M ON, ONCE YOU SAY THIS, I REALLY DON'T SEE ANY PRIVACY COMPARE WITH MY NEIGHBOR THAT I REALLY CAN OVER, DOWN TO SEE THEM.
SO IN A WAY I, AND THEN THERE'S OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS ALREADY APPROVED AND PLUS OKAY.
WAIT, YOU WENT THERE AND WENT TO THE TOP, TOOK THE PICTURES.
I DON'T SEE THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE VIEW IS GORGEOUS.
I DON'T PLAN THE APPLICANT, UH, WANT TO PUT A WINDOW BECAUSE THE VIEW TO KILL, BECAUSE THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
I HOPE I CAN HAVE THIS KIND OF VIEW, BUT, BUT HE'S A VERY LUCKY FOR THE BUILDERS.
SO, SO I REALLY DON'T SEE ANY REASON OKAY.
THAT THEN TO BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME.
UH, I DID HAVE SO ON THIS IMAGE, UM, THE ONE THAT, THAT SHOWS THE VIEW, I GUESS IT'S FROM, UH, HOLLAND CREST, I GUESS THEY SAID WHERE THEY HAVE OUTLINED IN RED TO SHOW, UH, HOW THE STRUCTURE WILL LOOK ONCE BUILT.
IS THAT ACCURATE? WOULD WE SAY ONCE IT'S BUILT, IT WILL, IT WILL LOOK, UM, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LARGE.
IS THAT, WOULD WE SAY THAT'S ACCURATE IF I WERE TO FILL THAT IN WITH, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF IT OR YOU CAN TAKE MINE.
UM, SO FROM, FROM THIS, FROM, FROM THIS VIEW, UM, I, I DON'T RECEIVE IT AS BEING ACCURATE, UM, ENTIRELY BEING ACCURATE BECAUSE THE, FROM THIS VIEW, THE H THE PROPOSED HOUSE, IT LOOKS APPEARS TO BE HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING HOUSE.
AND THE WAY THAT, THE WAY THE STORY POLES WERE BUILT WAS, UM, WAS THEY, THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE, THE, THE ROOF, THE ROOF EAVES AND THE S THE SLOPE OF THE ROOF.
UM, SO THEY BASICALLY JUST PUT UP, UM, POLES AT 27
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FEET HIGH AND THE, AT THE EDGE OF WHERE THE SECOND FLOOR, UM, SECOND FOUR WALLS WOULD BE.SO THAT, WHICH WAS, WOULD NOT BE THE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE HEIGHT OF THE, THE SECOND FLOOR WALLS.
SO IT, IT DOES APPEAR TO BE A LOT LARGER THAN IT WOULD BE.
TO THE DEPICTION HERE IS, IS LARGER THAN WHAT IT WOULD LOOK IF, IF IT WAS AN ACCURATE RENDITION.
AND ALSO WITH, WITH THE POLES, YOU, YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL, UM, DEPTH WITH, WITH THESE PICTURES.
SO, UH, EITHER MOTION IN ORDER TO UPHOLD THE COMMISSIONER OR OVERTURN THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL, I NEED A MOTION.
WOULD, CAN I MOVE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE THE APPEAL? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? NO.
IT'S A MOVE TO MOTION TO OPPOSE.
I W I'D RECOMMEND THEM, UH, UH, A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, BUT YOU GOT, YOU GOT, YOU GOT A RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 21, AND THEN 2021 DASH 22, WHEN IT'S WHERE THE CDP ONE IS FOR YOUR VARIANT.
SO DO THE MOTION LOOKED UP TO APPROVE THE PROJECT OR OKAY.
BY ADOPTING THE RESOLUTIONS, YOU ARE UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION.
THAT'S A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER TO ADOPT MOTION RESOLUTION.
AND I MOVED TO DUB DUB, UPDATING RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE, WELL, THE MOTION I'LL SECOND.
THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION WITH THE SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER BY UN EXCUSE ME.
I'M GETTING OLD COUNCIL MEMBER.
I MAY HAVE PRO TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ.
[13) CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS]
ITEM NUMBER 13.THE MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ASSESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THAT THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR.
SO AT THIS TIME, ELISHA, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR, EIGHT ZERO.
THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL THEN OPPOSED, UM, THERE WILL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION AND STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, DRAM BURNS WILL GIVE THIS JEFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, BEGIN WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON OCTOBER, 2019, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED, UM, A BUNCH OF, UM, ASSEMBLY BILLS AND SENATE BILLS THAT MADE IT LEGAL, OR ALL LOTS DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL TO HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS PREVIOUSLY, THE CITIES, WHAT IS A, PRE-CODE ONLY ALLOWED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ON LOTS THAT ARE AT LEAST 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE BILL THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR IN OCTOBER, 2019, THIS PREVENTED CITIES FROM DEVELOPING THEIR OWN STANDARDS PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT DID NOT COMPLY WITH STATE CODE ON NOVEMBER 26, 2019, THE PLANNING COMMISSION INITIATED A COATED AMENDMENT AND ON DECEMBER 17, 2018, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AT A JURY, AN URGENCY ORDINANCE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE CITY'S, UM, ADU ORDINANCE CON CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
AND IN WITH THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, WE, WE INCLUDED CERTAIN, CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE FELT THAT THE STATE LAW DID NOT ADDRESS OR REGULATE
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THAT ALLOWED THE CITY TO MEAN MAINTAIN SOME LOCAL CONTROL.HOWEVER, ON OCTOBER 5TH DID THE, UM, 2020, THE, THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONTACTED STAFF AND INFORMED THE CITY THAT THE CITY, THE STATE, OR THE CITY'S 80 ORDINANCE OR STANDARDS WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
THIS CAME ABOUT FROM A COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT WHO WISHES TO BUILD AN AIDE, UM, AN ADU, AND WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO CERTAIN, CERTAIN ITEMS THAT HE FELT SHOULD HAVE, UM, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED.
SO HE, UM, HE CONTACTED, UH, THE, THE, THE STATE'S HCD AND STAFF DISCUSSED THE CITY'S ORDINANCE WITH HDD AND DETAIL, AND CAME UP WITH THE REVISED, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED THE REC THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE ADU ORDINANCE IN DECEMBER EIGHT, 2020.
UM, I'LL GO, GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE DRAFT CHANGES.
SO THIS IS THE DRAFT LANGUAGE FOR SECTION 26 DASH SIX EIGHT 5.30.
SO BASICALLY STATE THE STATE SAID THAT WE CANNOT LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BEDROOMS IN AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT TO TWO BEDROOMS. UM, SO WE HAVE TO ALLOW AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. SO WE DELETED THAT PORTION THAT LIMITED IT TO TWO BEDROOMS. VASE ALSO STATED THAT ALL PROPERTIES ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE AT LEAST AN 800 SQUARE FEET, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, THEY STATED THAT THERE IS NO LIMITATION ON CONVERTING EXISTING AREAS INTO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, DRAFT LANGUAGE FOR SECTION 26 DASH SIX EIGHT FIVE POINT OR ZERO TWO.
AND THIS IS THIS DRAFT LANGUAGE IS NOT BASED ON CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW, BECAUSE, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THE CITIES, THE CITY DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE ADDRESSING WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE ADDRESS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR TO REQUIRE TO NOT REQUIRE SEPARATE UTILITY METERS.
HOWEVER, WE, THE CITY DID GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM, FROM RESIDENTS AND, UM, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONSTRUCT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ISSUED A SEPARATE ADDRESS B UM, BECAUSE IT CONFLICTED WITH, UM, THEM BEING ALLOWED TO RENT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OUT TO, UH, TO OTHERS DUE TO NOT BEING THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, NOT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE MAIL FROM THE POST OFFICE.
SO THIS SECTION IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE CHANGE IN THE S THE STATE DOES NOT MANDATE CITIES TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AS FAR AS ADDRESSES DRESSING FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S ADDRESSING FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WHO WISHES TO BUILD AN ADU IS REQUIRED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE CALL IN, UM, UH, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDED THE, THE APARTMENT NUMBER IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO THE CALL PROPERLY.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PREVENT, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES FROM, FROM HAVING, UM, A SEPARATE ADDRESS OR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THE OTHER CHANGES NOTED WERE BE CLARIFY THAT EIGHTIES ARE ALLOWED ON ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN RESIDENTIAL USES, AND IT'S NOT JUST ZONING.
THERE ARE CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR RESIDENT OR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED WITH WAS THE INITIAL USES THAT ARE NOT ZONED ARE
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ONE OR MULTI-FAMILY.SO THE STATE SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW 80 USE IN AREAS THAT ARE DEVELOPED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE STATE DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO REGULATE DESIGN IN THE CURRENT CODE.
UM, IT'S WRITTEN THAT WINDOWS AND DOORS HAVE TO BE LOCATED AT LEAST 10 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND ALSO WALLS AND FENCES ARE RE ARE REQUIRED IN THE STATE, SAYS THAT WE CANNOT REGULATE OR REQUIRE WALLS AND FENCES.
THE ORDINANCE ALSO CLARIFY THE DEFICIENT DEFINITION OF ATTACHED.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, JUNIOR 80 USE HAVE TO BE ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OR THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
AND CURRENTLY THE, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT IT BE ATTACHED WITH, WITH A SHARED WALL OR LIVING AREA WALL.
SO IF THE GARAGE IS ATTACHED, THE NEW CODE IDENTIFIES THAT IF THE GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING HOUSE, AND IF THE JUNIOR ADU IS ATTACHED TO THE GARAGE AND THE JUNIOR JUNIOR ADU IS THEN ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE, SO ATTACHING TO THE GARAGE IS CONSIDERED IT A MEANS OF ATTACHMENT TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
IT ALSO ALLOWS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND ATTACH I ATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND ATTACH THE JR 80 USE ON, ON ANY LOT.
CURRENTLY THE, IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A JUNIOR ADU AND IN IRREGULAR ADU, THEIR REGULAR ATU HAS TO BE A DETACHED STRUCTURE.
ANOTHER CO CHANGE WOULD BE, UM, TO NOT, UM, WE CAN NOT REQUIRE THE LENDER TO SIGN THE COVENANT.
INITIALLY, THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT IF, IF THE LENDER DOESN'T SIGN THE COVENANT OR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, IF THE HOUSE GOES INTO FORECLOSURE, THE COVENANT BECOMES VOID BECAUSE THE LENDER NEVER ACCEPTED THE COVENANT.
SO THE STATE SAYS THAT WE CANNOT REQUIRE LENDERS TO SIGN COVENANTS.
AND THE ANOTHER CHANGES CLARIFY, SECOND STORY, 80 USE REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT.
SO 80 USE CAN BE CONSTRUCTED ON TOP OF THE EXISTING HOUSE.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, UM, IN THE STATE ALLOWS US TO REQUIRE A DISCRETIONARY APPLICATION SUCH AS ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT, AS LONG AS IT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE CODE.
AND AS LONG AS IT'S REQUIRED FOR ALL TWO STORY DEVELOPMENTS ON ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO WE, WE INCORPORATED THIS IN THE DRAFT ADU ORDINANCE, AND THEN ARE THERE CHANGES 80 USER NOT SUBJECT TO ADA REQUIREMENTS.
SO IF I'M ON A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL 80, UH, ADA RULES DO NOT APPLY SO 80, 80 USED TO NOT HAVE TO COMPLY TO ADA RULES AS WELL.
WITH THIS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, UM, UH, MEN BEING CHAPTER 26 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ENGINEER, ACCESSORY, DWELLING UNITS, TO BE, UM, MADE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTION I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.
AND ALSO, UM, THE CITY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, ERIN IS HERE.
HE IS THE ADU EXPERT QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN.
I KNOW THIS IS A MANDATE BY THE STATE WITH THE ADU AND ALL THESE THING.
I KNOW WE COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE STATE AND COUNTY AND THE, WITHOUT GUIDELINES.
SO WE NEED TO BE UNIFORM WITH THAT.
SO OTHERWISE WE WILL BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY WILL STAY, WILL SUE US OR SOMETHING.
BUT, BUT THE ONE ISSUE I JUST LISTENED TO YOU ON THE PROBABLY IS JUST THE ADU.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL NUMBERS? SO MEANING TWO SEVEN, FIVE, SEVEN BECOME TWO SEVEN, FIVE, NINE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THAT, RIGHT? NO, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO, UM, ASSIGN A SEPARATE ADDRESS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, IN SOME WAY, THE STATE DIDN'T REQUIRE
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US TO ALLOW, BECAUSE THEN YOU BECOME TWO UNIT.SO BECOME, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THEM AND YOU CAN HAVE TWO GAS METERS, TWO POWER METERS.
SO THE HOUR IS ONLY BECOME OUR TWO BECAUSE YOU BECOME A TWO SEPARATE AND CAN THEY SUBDIVIDE BECOME ANOTHER UNIT? THEY, THEY CAN'T, UM, CONSTRUCTING ADU DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO SUBDIVIDE THE LOTS, BUT, UM, AN ADU IS A SEPARATE INDEPENDENT UNIT.
IT'S ON THE SAME LINE, TWO UNIT.
STAY DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE A SECOND UNIT AND ADDITIONAL POWER UTILITY INDEPENDENTLY, NO STATE LAW SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT FORCE SOMEBODY TO, TO HAVE A SEPARATE YOUTUBE.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, THE STADIUM REQUIRES, ALLOW PEOPLE TO BECOME, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE, OUR ZONING BECOME A TWO UNIT BECOME OUR TWO.
SO, SO MEANING PEOPLE, BILL ANOTHER ADU AND THEY WANT ANOTHER ADDRESS, ANOTHER UTILITY.
I DON'T THINK THE RESIDENT ONE LET, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY MY PERSONALITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO THE HOMEOWNER, LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME OUR, AND BECOME LIKE OUR TWO.
WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REGULATE THEM.
W W W SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
RIGHT? SO WE DECIDE WHAT KIND OF GUIDELINES IS FOR TO ELLIS TO PROTECT SOME INDEPENDENCY FROM THE STATE.
UM, IT, WHEN IT, WHEN THE ORDINANCE WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE W UM, A SEPARATE, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT ALLOW SEPARATE ADDRESSES, BUT THE ORDINANCE WAS REVISED TO ALLOW A SEPARATE ADDRESS, BUT NOT A SEPARATE UTILITY METER.
UH, BUT IF THE PLANNING, IF I'M SORRY, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE THE CHANGE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CODE, WHICH IS TO NOT ALLOW A SEPARATE ADDRESS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS ABLE TO DO AS WELL.
SO STATE DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO ALLOW PEOPLE HAVE ASSOCIATES, A CT, RIGHT.
TO DECIDE TO, WE WANT TO HAVE A, ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE A SECOND ADDRESS.
I KNOW THE STATE REALLY WANTS TO BECOME MULTIPLE UNIT IN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ONLY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAS ONE THAT HAPPENED AS SOON.
WE, I THINK WE LET THEM TO BILL YOU THAT TO YOU IN SOME, THEY CAN LET YOU INTO A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AREA.
UH, IS ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? MAY I RECEIVED NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? AVER AND OPPOSITION.
SO I SHALL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PORTION OF THIS HEARING AS FOR ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
SO CURRENTLY OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPROVED, THEY CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT ADDRESS.
DIF UM, MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ADDRESS, BUT NO, NO SEPARATE UTILITY METER.
AND THEN HOW THE STATE REQUIREMENT.
CAN THEY HAVE PER SECOND METER? BECAUSE WHENEVER A SECOND METER, THEY BECOME TWO UNIT, DO THEY ALLOW, OKAY.
ALLOW SOME PEOPLE TO PUT THE, OKAY, IT'S UTILITY INDEPENDENTLY.
THEN WE ALLOW SEPARATE THE LAB BECAUSE TWO UNIT THREE UNIT, FOUR UNIT IN THE SINGLE PREMIER HOUSE IS A ONE TO FOUR UNIT.
SO MANY STILL ONE LAB, BUT THEY CAN HAVE TWO, THREE, FOUR ADDRESS BY YOU.
NOW YOU BUILD THE ADU AND THEN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENT ADDRESS.
YOU BECOME TWO UNIT ON THE SINGLE LOT.
SO I WANT TO KNOW THAT WHAT FOUND THE PLANNING OF UNDER CD POINT OF VIEW, WHY YOU WANT US PREFERENCE? SHALL WE APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPROVED? THEY APPROVED LAST YEAR, RIGHT? WELL, THEY APPROVED THIS WITH A SEPARATE ADDRESS.
THEY, THEY APPROVED IT WITH A SEPARATE ADDRESS.
I KNOW IT WAS LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER WITH THE, WITH THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION, ONE PREVIOUS COM.
I KNOW WHY THEY APPROVED THE SEPARATE ADDRESS.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND THAT? BECAUSE THAT DOES THEIR WORK.
YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ADDRESS YOU CAN ADD.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES IN THE CITY, LIKE IN MY STREET WHERE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, UM, THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE IT'S GETS, UH, AN ADDRESS.
SO TECHNICALLY IF WE WANTED TO, THEY COULD PUT A, AN ADDRESS IN THE MIDDLE TO FILL IN THE, UH, THE NUMBERS FROM, IN BETWEEN.
WELL, WITH A SEPARATE ADDRESS, THE
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WAY IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IS WITH A B ADDRESS, UM, RATHER THAN A NUMERICAL ADDRESS.BUT, UH, THE REASON WHY, UM, THE SEPARATE, THE SEPARATE ADDRESS IS, UM, WAS REVISED TO ALLOW, UH, THE SEPARATE ADDRESS RATHER THAN NOT ALLOWING A SEPARATE ADDRESS IS BECAUSE THE CITY GOT A L UM, RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM A FEW PROPERTY OWNERS WHO, WHO WERE REQUESTING SEPARATE ADDRESSES.
H HOW MANY APPLICANT WANTS TO SEPARATE ADDRESS SOUND LIKE A MOLOCH INVESTOR.
THEY WANT TO VIEW, OKAY, I WANT TO PUT ON A SECOND ADDRESS SO THEY CAN WAIT IT OUT.
I PREFER HOME OWNER OCCUPY BECAUSE I WILL CTE PREDOMINANTLY ON ALL TWO PI RESIDENT.
SO REALLY NO POINT TO ENTER 10, INVEST, COME OUR CT, BUYING THE PROPERTY, AND THEN PEW ADU, AND TRY TO MAKE MONEY OR RENT IT OUT.
SO INITIALLY WHEN, WHEN WE SUGGESTED AND NOT ALLOWING A SEPARATE ADDRESS IN, IN THE INITIAL URGENCY ORDINANCE, THE, THE REASONING, THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS THAT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWED TO RENT OUT YOUR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE ADDRESS, IE, THE PROPERTY OWNER OR, OR THE, THAT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE MAIN HOUSE WOULD, WOULD BE THE, WOULD BE THE PERSON THAT WOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER THE RECEIVING OF THE MAIL AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, PAYING THE UTILITY BILLS.
SO THEY'RE MORE, UM, THEY'RE MORE, UM, THEY, THEY WOULD RENT TO SOMEBODY THAT THEY TRUST OR A RELATIVE RATHER THAN TO RENTING TO JUST ANYBODY ON THE STREET.
IT'S JUST THE SEPARATE ADDRESS.
USUALLY IF YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ADDRESS, THAT MEANS IT'S A SEPARATE COMPONENT, WHICH THEN LEADS TO SEPARATE UTILITIES.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
CAUSE IF YOU HAVE LIKE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THEY RENT THERE, IT'S LIKE RENTING A ROOM, IT'S ALL UNDER ONE COMPOUND.
SO THAT'S WHY THE SEPARATE ADDRESS DOESN'T.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS INITIALLY, UM, WRITTEN WHEN WE PRESENTED IT THE FIRST TIME WITH THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.
BUT, UM, WHEN THE, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED IT IN DECEMBER, THAT WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW THE SEPARATE ADDRESS.
UM, BUT IDENTIFY THAT THEY, UTILITY METERS CANNOT BE SEPARATED.
BUT, UM, I, UPON SPEAKING TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM, SHE STATED, UM, SHE STATED THAT IF YOU DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A SEPARATE UTILITY METER, IT'S BEST TO RESTRICT HAVING A SEPARATE ADDRESS BECAUSE AT TIMES UTILITY, SINCE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN UTILITY COMPANY, THE UTILITY COMPANY WILL ISSUE US A SEPARATE UTILITY METER AT TIMES WITHOUT.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SEPARATE IMMEDIATE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE TOTALLY BECOME A TWO UNIT, BUT YOU IN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
THEN ALICE, WE CHANGED THE ZONING.
THIS IS OUR ONE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND YOU TWO UNIT, THEN YOU HAVE TO BUILD TWO.
NOW YOU SAY D YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ONLY BE NO MORE THAN 1200 SQUARE FEET IF THE MAIN HOUSE BIGGER THAN OKAY.
SO, SO, SO MY POINT IS THIS, HAVE YOU GUYS, WE SEARCHED THE IMPACT.
IF WE ALLOW A, YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ADDRESS BECAUSE IT SOUND LIKE A ATTRACT ATTRACTION FOR INVESTOR COME TO OUR CD, BUYING THE POVERTY AND BUILDING OKAY.
AND THEN YOU COMPLICATE OUR CT SERVERS AND EVERYTHING.
SO, SO, SO HAVE YOU RESEARCHED TO IMPACT? OKAY.
BECAUSE WE, WE REALLY PREFER THE OCCUPIED PEOPLE MOVING OUR CT ON THE HOME AND THE PRO OF OWNERSHIP AND HAVE THEIR CHILDREN GO TO OUR SCHOOL.
SO, SO, BUT IF YOU GO INTO THE SEPARATE ADDRESS, I'M LIKE, SO LIKE, OF COURSE THEY WANT SEPARATE ADDRESS OR THE EASY FOR THEM TO WEAR IT OUT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU RESEARCHED THE IMPACT OF WHAT THAT WILL BE TO OUR CT? OKAY.
STILL, I NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW.
ALL THE CONSOLE CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY THE CITY DOESN'T ALLOW SEPARATE ADDRESSES AND, UM, APPLICANTS ARE STILL SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR 80 YEARS AND EIGHTIES ARE STILL GETTING BUILT WITHOUT REQUIRING A SEPARATE ADDRESS.
UM, IF THE PLANNING, IF I'M SORRY, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO PROHIBIT HA ISSUING A SECOND ADDRESS OR AN ADDRESS FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND OR THE JUNIOR JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.
UH, I, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO, WE ALLOW SEPARATE ADDRESS.
AND, UH, WHAT LIVING, UH, UNIT.
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IN-LAWS AT THIS AND LET THE KID PARENT, OKAY.IT'S NOT WITH THE INTENTION FOR THESE OUT.
WE WOULD THINK THAT'S A GOOD MODIFICATION TO MAKE.
I THINK UNLESS WE PROTECT SOME THINGS, I THINK IT WILL BE A FULL FAMILY HOUSE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE IN AS THE OWNER OCCUPY.
SO I'M THINKING THAT TRY TO INVESTMENT AND THE SOUND EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD OCCUR? I BELIEVE S SO THE, OKAY.
WE, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THE ADU, WE STAY A SEPARATE ADDRESS.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALLOW ANY UTILITY.
THE MOTION WOULD BE TO GIVE FIRST READING.
THIS ORDINANCE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WAS RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
SO I, THE MOTION I NEED A SECOND.
BEFORE I, MAY I, BEFORE I GIVE HER A CALL, I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT ZERO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE NIPPLE CODE TO AUTHORIZE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WU WITH MODIFICATIONS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU.
I, WE LOST CIPRO ADDRESS RIGHT WITH THE AMENDMENT.
I AM PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.
[14) CONSIDERATION OF FY 2020-2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED PLAN]
14, WE'RE MOVING ALONG.UM, THE MATTER IS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2020 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, BE BG CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
WELL, THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
MAY I PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
SO AT THIS TIME I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISK F FYI, 2020 TO 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHOULD HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, A CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
KELLY MCDONALD WOULD GIVE THIS REPORT.
UH, THIS HEARING CONCERNS THE 2020, 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
UH, THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL GRANT OF CDBG FUNDS FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT HOUSING OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE CDBG PROGRAM WORKS TO ENSURE DECENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO CREATE JOBS THROUGH THE EXPANSION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES.
AS A RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS, CITY'S REQUIRED TO PREPARE A CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT GUIDES THE INTENDED USE OF GRANT FUNDS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE CITY HAS USED CDBG FUNDS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES IS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM ADVOCATE, WHICH, UH, IS EMPLOYED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM IS NUS ASSISTANCE LOAN PROGRAM, HOUSING PRESERVATION, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING FOOD BANKS, MEALS ON WHEELS AND SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS.
THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN PROCESS REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MARCH 17TH, 2020.
THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PRIORITIZATION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS ON WHICH THE PLAN IS BASED.
THE PRIORITIZATION IS SHOWN IN TABLE ONE, AND THE CATEGORIES ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT.
NUMBER ONE, RELATIVE TO THE, UH, PRIORITY LEVEL, UH, RELATE TO THE, THEY RELATE TO THE INTENDED USE OF THE CDBG FUNDS.
HIGH INDICATES THAT, UH, FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS THE NEED.
MEDIUM IS, UH, UH, MAYBE EXPANDED TO REDUCE, TO ADDRESS THE NEED AND LOW IS, WILL NOT BE EXPENDED.
THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT NUMBER TWO TO THIS REPORT OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, STAFF ESTIMATES RESOURCES IN THE AMOUNT OF A LITTLE OVER 5.1 MILLION, INCLUDING NON OBLIGATED FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEARS, TABLE TWO SHOWS THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN BUDGET AND INTENDED USE OF THESE FUNDS TO BE CLEAR.
CITY COUNCIL MAY AMEND PRIORITIES, ACTIVITIES AND FUNDING WITH PROPER PUBLIC NOTICE.
AT ANY TIME DURING THE TERM AT THE PLAN
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TABLE THREE SHOWS A ONE YEAR, UH, ACTION PLAN BUDGET FOR 2020, 2021.UH, THIS YEAR, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE A LITTLE OVER $805,000 IN CDBG FUNDS.
AND WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INCOME RECEIVED FROM REPAYMENTS TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM, ESTIMATE A LITTLE OVER $905,000 IN, UH, IN RESOURCES.
SO THIS NEARLY A $1.5 MILLION BUDGET FOR 2020, 2021, THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE MADE UP WITH AN OBLIGATED FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEARS NOW.
UM, TABLE FOUR SHOWS THE 2020, 2021 ACTION PLAN FUNDING WOULD INCLUDING UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CARRIED FORWARD.
ACTIVITIES WE HAVE CARRY OVER.
BUDGETS ARE DESIGNATED IN TABLE FOUR WITH AN ASTERISK, A SINGLE ASTERISK, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND THE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS WILL OCCUR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED FUNDS, WHICH WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD.
THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CARRIED OVER A BALANCE OF NEARLY $325,000 IN THE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM CARRIED OVER A BALANCE OF NEARLY 105,000.
LIKEWISE, AN ACTIVITY TO REPLACE SLIDING DOORS AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IT HAS BEEN CARRIED FORWARD ACTIVITIES.
NUMBER ONE AND TWO IN THIS TABLE WERE INCLUDED IN THE IMPROVED IN THE APPROVED CIP BUDGET, AND A MILLION DOLLARS IS INCLUDED FOR AT FRIENDSHIP PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED IN PARK DISTRICT H THE, UH, ONLY DISTRICT MEETING CDBG ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AT THIS TIME DESCRIPTION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT NUMBER THREE, UH, TO VOTE, TO AVOID IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND STAFF, EARMARKED FUNDING FOR CITY ADMINISTERED PROJECTS AT THE LEVELS THAT REQUESTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
THE CITY PROJECTS ARE DESIGNATED WITH A DOUBLE ASTERIX IN A TABLE FOR A DECREASE IN THE CDBG FUNDING TO THESE PROGRAMS WOULD RE WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED BURDEN ON THE GENERAL FUND TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS.
STAFF HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR THE HOUSING RIGHTS CENTER AS A CDBG.
SUB-RECIPIENT A HUD REQUIRES GRANTEES TO PROVIDE SERVICES OF PROMOTE AND SUPPORT HOUSING RIGHTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN THE HOUSING RIGHTS CENTER ADDRESSES THIS REQUIREMENT STAFF ALSO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS.
UH, NUMBER SEVEN THROUGH 11 IS SHOWN IN TABLE FOUR.
UH, THE BALANCE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE APPLICANTS WERE EVALUATED BY THE CDBG AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR APPLICANTS, UH, AT THE APPLICANTS REQUESTED LEVELS FOR, UH, PROJECTS NUMBER 12, 15 AND 18, UM, PROJECTS, 13, 14, 16, AND 17, UH, THEY'RE DENOTED BY A TRIPLE ASTERISK IN THE TABLE.
THEY WERE, UH, NOT RECOMMENDED FUNDED, UH, NOT RECOMMENDED, UM, FOR REGULAR CDBG FUNDING.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE FOUR PROVIDERS RECEIVED A CDBG, UH, COVID FUNDS WHEN THE CITY, UH, RECEIVED MONEY THROUGH THE CARES ACT.
AND AT, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, THESE PROVIDERS WERE FUNDED, UH, CDBG WITH THE CDBG COVID FUNDS AT, OR IN EXCESS OF THEIR, THE REQUESTS THAT THEY HAD MADE THROUGH THE REGULAR CDBG PROCESS.
SO, SORRY, NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 26, THAT DRAFT WAS AVAILABLE FOR A 30 DAY REVIEW DUE TO COVID, UH, AVAILABILITY.
IT WAS ONLY ELECTRONIC AND, UH, NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.
UM, STAFF OR CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE 20, 20, 20, 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND A COMPANY BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
UH, MY QUESTION, CDBG FUNDING FORMULA, HOW THEY CALCULATE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR CDBG FUND CALCULATION.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE, UH, BASED ON MY DISCUSSION WITH OUR CONGRESSWOMAN REB
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AND JOE JOEY AT WASHINGTON DC, YOU SAY, OH, THE REASON WE ONLY, OKAY.AND THE 120,000 POPULATION, WE ONLY, WE SEE LESS THAN $23 MILLION OF OUR COVID WE, THESE FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE CDBG.
HARD CALCULATION ABOUT OUR CT COMPARE WITH PASADENA 145,000 POPULATION TO CUP $52 MILLION.
AND I SAY, OKAY, WE ONLY HAVE 20 OR 30,000 POPULATION, LESS THAN POSITIVE DINA AND HOW THEY GET $52 MILLION.
I THINK WE CAN LESS, EVEN WITH EL MONTE, EVEN POEM BARK.
SO WE WANT TO SEE HE SAY, BECAUSE OUR CDBG FORMULA NEED TO UPDATE.
SO MEANING HOW WE WORK WITH HUD.
SO HAVE USED RESEARCH ABOUT HOW OUR CDBG OKAY.
SO WE NEED TO UPDATE BECAUSE IT SOUND LIKE WE HAVE TO UPDATE FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE NEED TO UPDATE.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T GET SHOW CHANGE FOLLOWING A FEDERAL ASSISTANT, THAT DESPERATE WAY THEY ARE CTE NEEDED.
SO HAVE YOU LOOK INTO THE FORMULA TO UPDATE TO WASHINGTON DC? I HAVE LOOKED INTO WHAT, UH, WHAT MAKES UP THAT FORMULA? I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME THERE, UH, AGE OF THE HOUSING STOCK, UH, THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY.
TALKING ABOUT THE POVERTY AND THE DAYS THE WEST COVINA, OUR RESIDENT POVERTY, NO LESS THAN AS EDINA, PASADENA HAS A LARGER WHICH AREA THEY HAVE.
A LOT OF THEIR BUDGET IS ALMOST 1 BILLION AND OUR BUDGET ONLY $124 MILLION.
SO, SO, SO HOW CAN THEY GET $52 MILLION WITH THE POVERTY OF THE CDBG CALCULATION AND THE, OUR CT MUCH LESS.
SO I THINK WE CAN SHOW CHANGE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GAIN TO OUR CDBG FOUND FORMULA.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE CAN GET A FAIR SHARE FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY, OKAY.
GIVE US A SHARE WHY NOW? I THINK WE CAN SHOW CHANGE BIG TIME.
I WILL, UH, RESEARCH THAT FURTHER AND REACH OUT TO OUR FIELD OFFICE AND SEE, I NEEDED TO TALK TO THE WASHINGTON DC WITH JOY.
I TALKED TO HIM NUMEROUS TIME BECAUSE I W I WAS FIGHTING ABOUT THESE $20 MILLION LESS COMPARE WITH, AS I DID A TWO AND A HALF TIME 10 NURSE.
AND HOW CAN PASS THAT? TINA HAS MORE POVERTY THAN US.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF POVERTY.
IF YOU SEE TALKING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 70% OF THE CHILDREN NEED ASSISTANCE WITH A LUNCH.
SO, SO MANY WE NEED FEDERAL AND STATE ASSISTANCE BASED ON OUR POPULATION.
WE NEED TO UPDATE ALL POPULATION.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF NUMBER IS OVERBLOWN THE, FOR PORTION OF OUR INCOME.
ARE YOU SPEAKING OF THE, UH, THE STIMULUS, THE STIMULUS MONEY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WE, THESE PHONE FROM THE STATE AND, UH, THAT IS CURRENTLY, WE ONLY RECEIVED LESS THAN $20 MILLION PROPOSALS.
SO, SO, BUT OUR POPULATION IS NOT THAT HUGE DIFFERENCE.
WE ONLY LIKE 20,000, 24,000 POPULATION.
AND THEN THEIR BUDGET IS MUCH HIGHER THAN OURS.
MEANING WHAT THEY HAVE MORE INCOME.
THEY STAYED, THEY HAVE INCOME IS 900 MEDIA, ALMOST $1 BILLION INCOME.
AND WE ONLY HAVE $124 MILLION INCOME.
SO OUR BUDGET BASED ON OUR INCOME, SO WE CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE AND A PASA DINA BASED ON THEIR $1 BILLION OVER INCOME, SO THEY CAN PROVIDE MORE SERVICE IF I MAY MIRROR.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THAT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ACT WAS ADOPTED INITIALLY IN 1974.
AND THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING IT ARE EMBODIED IN THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
WE WORK THROUGH OUR LOCAL LOS ANGELES AREA OFFICE, AND THEY'VE ASSIGNED US A COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES AREA OFFICE, WHICH WOULD BE TWO STEPS BEFORE WE GOT TO WASHINGTON DC.
I, I TAKE YOUR POINT AND I'LL, I'LL GET A MEETING WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET AN ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORMULA.
IT HAS IMPLICATIONS BEYOND THIS.
IT ALSO HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RECOVERY ACT AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE A BIGGER, BIGGER IMPORTANCE TO US.
HOLD ON, LET ME FINISH A PIECE.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A PROPER, OKAY.
ASSISTANT, UH, OTHERWISE WE WAS STUCK WITH
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THIS NUMBER FOREVER AND EVER, AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR CDC, JJ.I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON REGARDS TO THAT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PREPARED FOR THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND I KNOW ON THE INTRODUCTION, YOU'VE MENTIONED WEST COVINA, THE INCORPORATION, AND PRETTY MUCH IT LOOKS LIKE IT ONLY ENDS BY, YOU KNOW, 50,000 RESIDENT OR THE 2010 CENSUS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, DO YOU, WHEN DO WE REQUEST CDBG FUNDS? AND DO WE GIVE THEM THE NUMBERS TO HUD OF WHAT OUR CURRENT STATUS IS? AND ARE THEY AWARE OF THE POPULATION, THE NEEDS, THE BREAKDOWN AND EVERYTHING? THE HUD FORMULA IS, IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING, UM, CENSUS DATA, WHICH IS ALWAYS A LAG.
BUT, UM, THE POINT BEING MADE IS WE HAVE TO APPLY ACCORDING TO THEIR SYSTEM.
UH, WEST COVINA IS FORTUNATE TO BE A DIRECT ENTITLEMENT CITY.
SO WE, WE GET THE MONEY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE URBAN COUNTY PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S A BIG FACTOR IN OUR STEAD, BUT I THINK THE WAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS TO GET FIRST A MEETING WITH THE CPD REP AND THEN MAYBE THE DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES OFFICE TOGETHER WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND TAKE YOUR DIRECTION TO DO SO.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR, OUR DATA AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR OUR CURRENT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, BECAUSE JUST BASED ON READING THIS, I THINK IT'S BEEN YEAH, YEAH.
SO A BIG PART OF THE CALCULATION THOUGH, IS, UH, WOULD BE ON THE, THE AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION THAT'S CONCENTRATED IN HIGH POVERTY, CORRECT.
THAT THAT WOULD IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF CDBG FUNDS YOU WOULD RECEIVE IT.
WELL, THERE THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS IN THE FORMULA AND CERTAINLY POVERTY IS ONE OF THE INDICES AND, AND THEY WANT YOU TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT PEOPLE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME MEANS THE QUESTION BEING ASKED TONIGHT THOUGH, IS HOW MANY OF THOSE DO WE REALLY HAVE, RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS WITH OUR HUD REP.
SO JUST IN CASE, SO THE DISCREPANCY THAT THAT COULD BE OCCURRING IN PASADENA IS BECAUSE, UH, PASADENA HAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LARGE WEALTH THAT, THAT COUNCILMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO HAS EXTREME POVERTY IN CERTAIN AREAS, UH, BECAUSE OF, OF REDLINING AND RACIAL COVENANTS AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES FROM, FROM HISTORIC.
SO, UH, UM, AGAIN, SO HUD, HUD IS REALLY KIND OF FOCUSED ON, ON THAT.
AM I CORRECT? ON, ON THE, THE WEALTH POVERTY ON HERE? IT ACTUALLY SAYS, HAD DETERMINED THAT BY COMMUNITY NEED, INCLUDING THE EXTENT OF POVERTY, BUT POPULATION HOUSING, OVERCROWDING, AGE OF HOUSING AND POPULATION GROWTH LAG IN RELATION TO OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS.
SO, SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
SO, SO THE, THE POVERTY AND THE CONCENTRATION, RIGHT.
AND IN CERTAIN AREAS OF PASADENA WOULD, WOULD DRIVE THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NUMBERS.
RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, POP POPULATION COMPARISON, ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO GIVE YOU THE APPLES TO APPLES.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A HOUSING AND THE POPULATION GROWTH ALSO IS A FACTOR, BUT ON OUR END, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE GIVEN TO THEM.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO, TO SEND OFF A FALSE, I'M REALLY ASKING, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY STAFF IS, IS, IS GIVING US ACCURATE INFORMATION.
THAT IS A COMPONENT NOW YOU RESPONDED.
I THINK HERE IS, I THINK WE HAVE A, OKAY.
A LOT OF OPERATING OUR CT TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SECTION EIGHT.
SO, SO WE, WE CANNOT BE JUST BECAUSE PASADENA HAVE A HIGH CONCENTRATOR.
WE THINK OUR CITY HAVE A HIGH CONCENTRATED POVERTY TO USE WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND, YOU SEE SOME OF THE POVERTY IN SESSION A OKAY.
I DON'T THINK HERE, WE TRY TO ARGUE HOW THEY CALCULATE PATINO.
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE THE REP FROM PASADENA.
I THINK YOU NEED THE WEB FROM WEST COVINA.
HOW CAN WE GET MORE OF A SYSTEM COME TO OUR SEATS? I, I UNDERSTAND.
UH, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CITY STAFF PUT, PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION AND I BELIEVE FROM THE PRESENTATION, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BASED ON THE PRESENTATION.
SO I GUESS I'M, I'M ASKING KELLY JUST TO CLARIFY.
UM, SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY THERE'S
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A DIFFERENCE.IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO WANT TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE, WHICH I THINK IS, IS CLEAR, BUT TO SEND OFF A NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW GETTING SHORTCHANGED, OR I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TELLING A TRUE NARRATIVE.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING KELLY, UH, KELLY, COULD YOU CLARIFY, UH, AGAIN, ON THE CALCULATIONS OF CDBG AND, AND Y POSSIBLY A CITY OF PASADENA? OH, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE ON THE DIFFERENCE, BUT IT WAS A, AS THE MAYOR READ THOSE, THOSE ARE COMPONENTS OF THE FORMULA, AND THOSE ARE WEIGHTED AT VARIOUS THINGS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, BE HAPPY TO, TO RESEARCH IT AND GET THAT TO YOU IN A WEEKLY, UH, HOW THOSE ARRIVED AT.
AND WE, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT FURTHER WITH OUR FIELD REP AND, UH, AND OUR FIELD OFFICE IS TO, TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE.
WE JUST REQUEST A CT WITHOUT A CDBG UPDATE.
WE ALL COME IN POPULATION OKAY.
ON OUR CURRENT SURVEY, OUR, OF T WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET A FAIR SHARE.
I THINK THERE'S AGREE WITH YOU.
WE WANT TO GET A TWO NUMBER THAN THE OLD NUMBER WHEN I WAS PICKING LIKE 30 YEARS AGO, ONCE UPON A TIME WEST COVINA IS REALLY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, UH, AFTER DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE.
AND, UH, WE, WE REALLY HAVE A, WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO UPDATE OUR, SO WE CAN, IT'S WHAT THE WASHINGTON DC TOLD ME.
HE TOLD ME, HE SAY, TRY TO UPDATE, YOU WILL NUMBER AND TRY TO WORK ON THE SO THEY CAN UPDATE DEAL CALCULATION SO WE CAN GET OFF OF YOUR SHIT.
THERE'S THE SUGGESTION FROM WASHINGTON DC.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I MENTIONED THIS, BECAUSE I'M READING THE REPORT AND I DIDN'T SEE OUR, UH, POPULATION AND OUR FIGURES ON HERE.
UM, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE INTRODUCTION, I MEAN, IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS WE'VE HAD IN THE 1940S OR 1930S AND HOW IT GREW TO THE SIXTIES AND, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE TIME 2010 CENSUS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UPDATED WITH OUR CURRENT, UM, POPULATION.
AND, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE ACCURATE ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW ON, UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, COUNTY ON THE VACCINATION FOR WEST COVINA, IT SAYS OUR POPULATION IS 86,000.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S AN ACCURATE, THEY, THEY GET THE CURRENT OR WHEREVER THEY GET IT, THEY JUST MEAN NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE CURRENT CONSENSUS.
I JUST, UH, WANT TO, UH, UH, CITY STAFF ACTUALLY.
AND I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, MADE A MISTAKE DURING THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, THE COUNTIES, UH, 86,000 NUMBER IS BASED ON ADULTS 18.
AND OVER THE 100, 5,000 CENSUS NUMBER INCLUDES CHILDREN.
SO CITY STAFF ACTUALLY MADE THE ERROR IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
UH, IT WAS NOT COUNTY THAT HAD MADE THE MISTAKE IT'S ON THERE.
WELL, THAT'S THE TOPIC CAUSE I'VE ASKED I'VE PERSONALLY, THEY DIDN'T ANSWER ME.
IT, IT SAID ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY DID, IT SAID 18 AND OVER.
CAN WE FOCUS? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAYOR WASN'T MISSING THE ONE TO FOCUS ON CPG IS TOTALLY OUT OF LINE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER SUB SUBJECT.
REGARDING THE HOME IMPROVEMENT.
AND A POINT POINT OF ORDER, POINT, POINT OF ORDER, I HAVEN'T FINISHED PLEASE.
CAN I HAVE A FLOW POINT OF POINT OF
WE ALREADY STOPPED THAT TOPIC.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN WU IS GOING BACK TALKING ABOUT MY QUESTION AND THIS IS MY FAULT WHERE WE'RE FINISHED.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR THING I'M ASKING ABOUT.
I WAS, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT CB.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST BE QUIET? LET ME FINISH MY THING.
AND THEN YOU CAN CALL IT A FOLLOW.
MY SPEECH, YOU, YOU ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, POINT OF ORDER.
YOU WANT IT TO CANCEL OR WE'RE STOPPING THE WHOLE COUNTY THING BECAUSE, OKAY.
WE'RE DONE WITH THE COUNTY THING.
HE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE CDBG.
I WANT TO HAVE ESSENTIAL WITH OUR COUNCIL TOP CON, CONTINUE TO ERUPT ENDED THIS ROB, OUR MEETING.
USING THIS WAY TO KIND OF HARASS US.
I'M ASKING THE CBG AND YOU WANT TO CUT ME OFF? NOPE, NO.
ADBG IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO, I WANT TO ASK HER ABOUT CDBG.
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WE GOT IN THE OKAY.UH, XE STAIN FOR FIXED INCOME PEOPLE.
REMEMBER WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING.
NUMBER AMOUNT WE HAVE TO HELP THE FIXED INCOME PEOPLE.
THEY CAN APPLY I THINK, $10,000 FOR THEM TO FIX THEIR PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION AIR CONDITIONED, BECAUSE WEST COVINA HAS A LOT OF OLD HOME.
SO IS THAT A HIGHER PRIORITY, UH, HOME, UH, HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, THERE'S THAT'S BEING FUNDED WITH A CARRY OVER BALANCE, UH, OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY $105,000.
UH, THE LOANS, THE LOANS ARE $10,000 THERE'S CURRENTLY.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY, UH, LAST YEAR FOR TWO WEB THIS PROGRAM SO THEY CAN UPGRADE THEIR HOME WITH THE INSTALLATION OR A WINDOWS SINGLE PANEL BECOME A DOUBLE PANEL SO THEY CAN HAVE ENERGY SAVING ENERGY SAVINGS.
UM, I, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT AWARE OF HOW, HOW MANY, UH, BUT HOW MANY PERCENTAGE WE GET TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT FOR THE, OKAY.
PUBLIC TWO PEOPLE CAN APPLY A $10,000 A MONTH IS ALL DONE BY, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PERCENTAGE, RIGHT? FROM THE HEART.
YOU HAVE MAYBE A $1 MILLION OR FIND USE ALL IN ALL THE RESERVE FOR THE PEOPLE TO APPLY.
AND I DO SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE 500,000 FOR HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS IN FOUR YEARS DIVIDED BY FOUR, RIGHT? YEAH, OF COURSE.
UH, THERE'S NOT, NOT A PERCENTAGE FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY.
THERE'S ARE STATUTORY LIMITS ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT THAT'S NOT A KEPT, UH, THE, THE, UH, HOUSING PRESERVATION, UH, PROGRAM DOESN'T FALL UNDER A CAPPED, UH, PROGRAM.
SO ONLY FIND YOURSELVES IN ALL 400, $5 MILLION FOR FOUR YEARS.
IS THAT FOR FOUR YEARS OR IS IT YEARLY THE PROPOSED FUNDING? NO, THAT THAT'S FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FIVE YEARS FOR FINDERS ALL IN DOLLARS.
SO ONLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR.
AND IT ONLY LIKE 10 HOUSES, CORRECT? UH, I, I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE.
WELL, FIRST QUESTION IS HOW MANY ACTUALLY APPLY AND HOW MANY DO THEY UTILIZE THAT WHOLE BUDGET? I KNOW THAT CDBG FUNDING IS VERY HELPFUL.
I KNOW FAMILY MEMBERS WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT TOO, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THEIR HOUSE TO UPGRADE AND HELP RESERVE.
DO YOU HAVE THE UPDATES OF HOW MANY ACTUALLY UTILIZE IT? AND IF IT'S A NEED OH, SORRY.
IS THAT, I KNOW THEY USE IT FOR LIKE ENERGY EFFICIENT GETTING, UPDATING THEIR AC OR THEIR INSTALLATION WINDOWS.
SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S PUT TO USE YES.
UM, YEAH, WE DO HAVE TWO FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO ART OF IT COMES FROM THE CDBG FUNDS.
IT IS AN, UH, UP TO $10,000 LIMIT CURRENTLY.
UM, AND IT, SO IT DOES DEPEND ON THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE SEEKING.
SOMETIMES THEIR IMPROVEMENTS ARE 15,000 FOR LIKE NEW ROOFS AND WE GIVE THEM UP TO THE 10,000, UM, OR SOMETIMES IT'S 5,000 IF THEY ONLY DOING LIKE THEIR DRIVEWAY OR LANDSCAPING.
UM, SO IT REALLY, IT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, HOW MUCH THEY'RE TAKING OUT, BUT CURRENTLY IT IS A MAXIMUM OF TWO, 10,000 PART OF THE PROGRAM FUNDS ALSO GO TOWARDS, UM, UH, WELL, PART OF THE LOAN ALSO INCLUDES, UM, LEAD ABATEMENT, UH, TESTING.
UM, AND IF THEY DO REQUIRE ANY LEAD ABATEMENT, UM, UH, CAN BE PART OF THEIR LOAN AS WELL.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY'RE UTILIZING THE FULL AMOUNT, LIKE, ARE THEY MAXIMUM? DO WE NEED TO, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THOSE FIGURES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM DO USE UP THE 10,000.
NO, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL, THE CURRENT, I MEAN, LIKE YOU HAVE 125,000 THAT IS ALLOCATED IS 125,000 BEING FULLY USED.
UM, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN, WE'VE NOT DEPLETED, UH, THE FULL 100,000 IN A YEAR BASIS.
UM, PART OF IT TOO, IS THAT AS, UM, HOME WITH INTEREST RATES, LOW PEOPLE ARE REFINANCING.
SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAM FUNDS BACK INTO, UM, INTO THE ACCOUNT.
WE WERE JUST, I WAS JUST CHECKING IF IT'S STILL AT A NEED.
SO IF WE HAVE A, SO MEANING 10,000 FOR ONLY ALLOW 10 PEOPLE A YEAR, HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY AND WE CAN GET THROUGH OVER THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A THOUSAND THOUSANDS OR HOME, YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD HOME, A LOT OF HOUSE, A LOT OF HOUSES NEED, WE NEED TO UPGRADE.
SO, SO I DON'T KNOW IN THE PERCENTAGE WISE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS AND THAT THEY LIVE IN THE
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VERY OLD HOME AND THEY HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING.SO HOW CAN WE HELP THEM TO APPLY AN UPGRADE? OKAY.
DO YOU LIVE IN STANDARDS? SO WE DO AVERAGE BETWEEN 10 TO 20 APP, UH, LOANS THAT WE PROVIDE A YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND THE CDBG, UM, I BELIEVE IS THE LESS RESTRICTIVE AS FAR AS THE INCOME LIMITS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ARE TO QUALIFY MORE INDIVIDUALS, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN INCOME LIMITS TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S NOT AS EASY TO APPLY IN THIS ONE.
I KNOW SOMEBODY APPLY, I THINK LOUIE JOHNSON APPLY.
I THINK HE FIXED SOME OF THE, I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ME THAT.
SO, SO IT'S NOT REALLY THAT DIFFICULT TO APPLY.
RIGHT? IT'S JUST, YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY BASED ON SENIOR, THE INCOME IS NOT THERE SO THEY CAN APPLY SO WE CAN KEEP THEM THE FUNDING TO FIX UP THEIR INSULATION OR WINDOW OR AIR CONDITION.
I KNOW A LOT OF, THEY HAVE AIR CONDITIONING ISSUE, THE AIR CONDITIONING BROKE.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE HELP THEM TO USE A CDBG.
AND, UH, THE APPLY THE AC TO FIX THE THING.
AND I REMEMBER THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE SENIOR HAS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH AIR CONDITION AND THE, HE IS SHE'S REALLY SICK.
WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND SEE WHAT, YEAH.
SO WE CAN KIND OF INCREASE AND THE COMO HAVE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM, THEN GET CALLED A MILLION DOLLAR FOR SOME RESTAURANTS.
I THINK THEY'RE TOTALLY WASTED.
I THINK WHICH UTILIZE UTILIZED IS WHAT THE PEOPLE REALLY NEED.
AND THEN IF, AND THEY'LL, CAN WE CHANGE? SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE APPLY.
CAN WE CHANGE THE PROPORTION TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM NOW MAYBE $200,000 A YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR, CAN WE, CAN WE DO THAT IF WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO, I THINK WE'D HAVE EVER FOR THAT TO KELLY, UH, I'M SORRY.
INCREASE THE, THE ALLOCATION OR LOCATION.
WELL, WHEN ARE YOU ONLY HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR? IT'S MANY, MANY, ANY 10 HOUSES BECAUSE 10 HOUSES, FOUR COMPARE WITH OUR $10,000, RIGHT? WELL, THE, THE, YOU, YOU CERTAINLY CAN, UH, THE, THE ACCOUNT, UH, THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY, UM, FUNDED BY THE CARRY OVER BALANCE.
SO WE HAVE, HAVE, HAVE HAD A CARRY OVER BALANCE AT PAST ACCUMULATORS.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THERE, AND THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING THE FULL, MAXIMUM CAPACITY THERE.
WE, WE CAN COME BACK AND AMEND THE BUDGET IF WE SEE AN INCREASE IN THOSE INCREASE, IF NOT, WE'RE GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MAYOR, I GUESS, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AN OPPOSITION AND THIS AT A MAYOR? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS TOO, FOR SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM, I DO HAVE THREE CARDS WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION AND, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO READ THEIR NAMES INTO THE RECORD.
COULD THEY STATE WHY THEY DO STATEWIDE? I CAN READ THAT AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE AN OPPOSITION TO THE ITEM FROM PETER DEANN.
HE STATES THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR FAIR HOUSING.
GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ IS OPPOSED TO THE ITEM.
HE BELIEVES THE PUBLIC STILL HAS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIORITY SPENDING AND WOULD LIKE THEM CLARIFIED AND, UH, USE OF VERAFIN AS OPPOSED TO THE ITEM.
IF YOU RECOGNIZE FOUR, ONE, ONE FAMILIES THAT ARE, HMM, HIS WRITING IS UNCLEAR, BUT HE BELIEVES THAT, THAT WE SHOULD REEVALUATE OUR PRIORITIES.
I KNOW THE CDBG PROGRAM ARE, IS VERY CRUCIAL AND EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO THOSE THAT NEED IT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THESE, THEY HAVE TO HIT A CERTAIN CRITERIA.
SO IF YOU'RE WEALTHY AND YOU WANT TO GET INTO THIS ECAP, UM, IT'S THOSE WHO DO NEED IT.
SO, UM, THEY, THEY PRESENTED THIS, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER.
THEY, UM, DEAL WITH THEIR PRIORITIES THERE AND IT'S BEING SENT, WHICH I DID SEE IT ON HERE.
UH, SO THEY HAVE THOSE PRIORITIES SET.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THE CDBG PROGRAM IS A VERY, UH, GREAT PROGRAM THAT THE ATMOS NEED, UM, NEEDS NEEDS FOR THIS.
SO THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT AND A PORTION OF THIS HEARING.
AND SO THIS IS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION, APPARENTLY, I GUESS WE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS YOU GUYS WANTED TO DISCUSS, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOVE TO APPROVE WITH COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TO BATA BY
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COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ VETO.
[15) CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO ESTABLISHING LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT]
NUMBER 15.THE MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TWO, FOUR SEVEN, EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE TWO, FOUR SEVEN, NINE, RELATING TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAY A PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
SO AT THIS TIME I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF TWO ORDINANCE RELATED TO ESTABLISHING A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THERE WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT, PRESENTING THIS REPORT TONIGHT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, THERE'S TWO ACTION ITEMS. UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR, UM, ORDINANCE 24 78 EXEMPT POSITION OR THE HEALTH DIRECTOR OR HEALTH OFFICER.
UM, THESE ARE NECESSARY STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, CITY STAFF, ALONG WITH DR.
BAZELL MEDICAL CONSULTANT IS DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR WEST COVINAS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AS STATED THERE ARE MORE STEPS BETWEEN TONIGHT'S ACTION ON THE TWO ORDINANCES AND THE STATE APPROVAL OF WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO, UH, THE, LIKE I SAID, THE TWO ORDINANCES ARE ORDINANCE 24 78 FOR THE HEALTH OFFICER, AN ORDINANCE 24 79 ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TO LA COUNTY CODE PROVISIONS.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, UM, IS, UH, ORDINANCE 24 78.
UM, IT AMEND SECTION ONE, ADDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, THE TERM EXEMPT EMPLOYEE REFERS TO A CATEGORY OF EMPLOYEES SET OUT IN THE FATE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT EXEMPT EMPLOYEES DO NOT RECEIVE OVERTIME, PAY.
OTHER EXEMPT POSITIONS, INCLUDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, CITY MANAGER, AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, POLICE FIRE, CHIEF PLANNING, DIRECTOR, AND OTHER DIRECTORS AND CITY HOME.
AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE HEALTH OFFICER WOULD BE A HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING TOMORROW, OR THE COMMITTEE.
UH, THE COMMISSION WILL REVIEW THE, UM, THE SCOPE AND DOES A JOB DESCRIPTION.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD HOPEFULLY BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.
AND IT MAY, UM, ONE OF THE MAY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, THE SECOND ITEM IS THE ORDINANCE 24 79 ADOPTING PAY REFERENCE THE COUNTY HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS, THE ACTUAL REPEAL AND REPLACE EXISTING PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER 13 OF WEST COVINA AS MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, AND IT'LL ADOPT BY REFERENCE, UM, THE COUNTY, UH, HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS.
UM, IT WOULD AMEND WEST COVINA AS MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, JULY 1ST, 2021, UH, BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER 13 OF THE WEST COVINA OR THE PROPOSED WEST COVINA HEALTH CODE.
UM, THESE ARE JUST A BRIEF, LIKE I SAID, OVERVIEW.
UM, THE CITY HAS NOT UPDATED THE HEALTH CODE SINCE 1975.
THE ORDINANCE ADOPTS THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNTY'S PROVISIONS AND ONLY INCLUDES MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNTIES CODE RELATING TO PENALTIES AND FEES, WHICH CAN NOT BE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE.
UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST SECTION IS PURPOSE WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
UM, SECOND IS ADOPTION OF A COUNTY CODE AND SYSTEM LICENSING PROVISIONS, UM, INTERPRETATION TO WHERE IN THE COUNTY CODE, IT REFERENCES THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD REALLY BE WEST COVINA, OUR CITY IT'S A REFERENCE, UM, THE NUMBERING OF THE CODE TO WE WOULD BE ADDING 13 DASH 20 DASH ONE BEFORE THE COUNTY CODE TO MAKE IT A WEST COVINA CODE, UM, AND THEN MINCE TO COUNTY HEALTH CODE.
SO THE FEE SCHEDULE AND SERVICE FEE CHARGES THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK THE FEE SCHEDULE, UH, SECTION 26 THAT'S PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION, UM, CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE WEST COVINA HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST SECTION IS FOR PENALTIES FOR LATE FEE PAYMENTS.
UM, UH, THEN THERE'S ALSO THE LA COUNTY CODE DIVISION, ONE OF TITLE TO THE HEALTH CODE.
AND SO THESE ARE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS THAT WILL BE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE.
UM, AND THEN THESE ARE ADDITIONAL DIVISION OF DIVISION, ONE OF TITLE EIGHT PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES.
SO THESE WOULD BE, UM, UH, AS WELL ADOPTED BY REFERENCE
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IN OUR HEALTH COUNTY CODE.UM, THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE BEING CONSIDERED THE SAFETY AND ENSURE THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS ARE UP TO DATE.
THE FORMATTING AND CHAPTERING ARE CONSISTENT WITH COUNTY CODE PROVISIONS ALL EQUAL PER A REQUISITES PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN MET.
UM, AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION.
TODAY'S ACTION IS, UH, THE SECOND HEARING WHERE THE HEALTH OFFICER POSITION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF THE CODE PROVISIONS.
UM, TOMORROW IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES, UM, MEETING FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF THE HEALTH OFFICER POSITION.
UH, IF APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AS MENTIONED, IT'LL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, UM, INCORPORATING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SECTION INTO THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUALIFICATIONS FOR STAFFING, WHICH HAS BEEN RELEASED, UM, ADOPT A FEE SCHEDULE, AND THEN LASTLY, STATE APPROVAL.
UM, THIS EVENING, THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS.
THESE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS EQUAL OR EXCEED ALL APPLICABLE STATE LAWS.
NEXT STEPS RELY ON BEST PRACTICE TO ACHIEVE GREAT WELLBEING, IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES, REDUCE COST, AND INCREASE CIVIC PRIDE.
UM, IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF'S HERE TO ANSWER.
ALSO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW? WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR, UH, THE PUBLIC, IF THEY WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, MAY I, BEFORE I CALL THE SPEAKERS, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS ONE OPPOSED, UM, MS. JERRY PATRAS TABLE AND CONDUCT A COMPLETE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COST ANALYSIS BEFORE PROVIDING ANY FURTHER ACTION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANGIE GILLINGHAM FOLLOWED BY DANA SIKES, FOLLOWED BY FREDRICKSON SIX.
IS IT CONVENIENT HOUR? UM, ANYWAYS, HERE'S MY FEUDAL ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THIS, UH, AS MANY OF US READ ON MARCH 28TH IN THE LOCAL PAPER, UM, THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE, SHOULD I TAKE OUT MY MASK? UM, I'M SORRY.
AS MANY OF US READ ON MARCH 28TH IN THE LOCAL PAPER, THE PIECE ON PASADENA'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN RECENT YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT WATCHED AXES AS ITS FUNDING DWINDLED.
THEY WERE FORCED TO LAY OFF AND MAKE REASSIGNMENTS.
THEY STATED THIS WASN'T DUE TO THE CITY, CUTTING OFF FUNDING.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOESN'T RECEIVE ANY MONEY FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DEPENDENT ON GRANTS LIKE MANY OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE.
A FEW YEARS AGO, THE GRANTS RAN OUT.
SO THEY FOUND THEMSELVES OVEREXTENDED WITH MORE EMPLOYEES AND PROGRAMS THAT THEN IT COULD AFFORD LOSING TWO TO $3 MILLION.
ON AVERAGE, A YEAR, PASADENA HAS MANY MORE EMPLOYEES TO LOOK FOR GRANTS THAN WE DO, AND YET THEY STILL FAILED TO SOURCE ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THEIR COSTS, TO RUN THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE A HIGH NUMBER OF GRANT APPLICATIONS APPLIED FOR, BUT NOT ARE NOT ALL ARE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THEY ARE CONSIDERING HIRING A FULL TIME PERSON THAT SPECIALIZES IN GRANT.
UM, MATTER EXPERTISE SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER HIRING ANOTHER PERSON TO COVER THAT NEED, UH, PASADENA COUNCILMAN STATED THAT HE SEES A TIME WHEN, UH, WHEN, WHEN HE BELIEVES HE, THERE WILL BE A NEED TO PUT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS INTO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THE, IF THE CITY WERE TO COVER THE COST, OTHER PROGRAMS WOULD BE CUT.
LASTLY, UNDER THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WAS POSTED ON OUR WEB CITY WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC OFFICER UNDER ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, THIS POSITION IS RESPONSIBLE.
IT STATES THIS PHYSICIAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING LOCAL HEALTH ORDERS AND ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HEALTH SERVICE, AND STATE RELATING TO PELL PUBLIC HEALTH.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW THIS DIFFERS FROM ENFORCING THE STATE REGULATIONS THAT THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING FOR 2020? THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANA SIKE FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
WHAT'S COMING IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
ONE THING I, WHEN I LISTENED TO THE EXPERT THAT HAS SOME HELPING THE CITY WITH THIS, HE SAYS WHO YOU WILL WORK FOR FREE, BUT THEN HE WILL ALSO THEN SAY, BUT IT WILL BE FOR COST.
WELL, AS ANYTIME YOU'VE GONE TO A DOCTOR, OR IF YOU GO TO A LAWYER, YOU PAY WHAT'S CALLED AN OFFICE
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FEE, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE, FOR THEIR TIME.SO HE'S NOT DOING IT FOR FREE.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO PASADENA AND COMPARE OURSELVES TO LONG BEACH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, LONG BEACH HAS SUPPORTS.
THEY GET A TON OF MONEY FROM THE PORTS.
NOW SELENA HAS JPL AS OTHER BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE STRIP MALLS, MALLS, AND AUTO MALLS, NOT THE SAME.
SO WHERE'S OUR MONEY COMING FROM GRANTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON A NONPROFIT BOARD.
I HAVE, I'VE APPLIED FOR GRANTS AND I'VE SENT OUT NUMEROUS LETTERS.
ONCE YOU GET THE FIRST BITE BACK ON THAT GRANT, YOU HAVE TONS MORE PAPERWORK TO DO.
SO IF THIS EXPERT DOCTOR IS GOING TO BE DOING THESE GRANTS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING ANY MONEY.
UM, I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE LION'S CLUB.
I SEND OUT A HUNDRED LETTERS FOR OUR, UM, NOT ON THE TOWN.
I MIGHT GET BACK 25% RESPONSE FROM THAT.
SOME ARE, ARE NOS AND SOME ARE, UM, DONATIONS.
I SEND THE SAME HUNDRED LAYERS OUT THE NEXT YEAR.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP A PLAN WITH MONEY THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO GET IS NOT FEASIBLE AND IT'S NOT VERY FISCALLY PRUDENT.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS GONNA BE, I HAD GOT A GRANT IN 2011 OR 12 FOR 3 MILLION, FOR 12 FIREFIGHTERS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG WE EMPLOYED THOSE 12 FIREFIGHTERS, TWO YEARS, THAT'S ALL THE MONEY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO SAME THING WITH THIS? WE'RE GONNA SPEND ALL THIS TIME AND ENERGY MONEY, SETTING UP A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND IN TWO YEARS, AND WE CAN'T GET MONEY.
WE YOU'RE HERE TO BE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE RESIDENTS, NOT FOR A GUY WHO WANTS TO MORE POWER.
WHAT DOES OUR CITY NEED? WE NEED POLICE.
I'VE SEEN IT ON FACEBOOK, SEPARATE MRS. DIAZ.
YOU SEE RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT CARS BEING BROKEN INTO, UM, UH, W JUST NEXT DOOR AND THE LINEN THEY'VE HAD.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE A SHOOTING A WEEK.
WE HAD A SHOOTING IN WEST COVINA OVER OFF AN EMAR AZUSA, WHAT DO WE NEED? WE NEED POLICE.
AND W WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? WHY AREN'T WE, WHY AREN'T WE PUTTING ENERGY INTO GETTING MORE POLICE ON OUR STREETS SO THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GUY WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH THE BACKPACKS.
IT'S NOT JACKING UP THEIR CARS OR THEIR, OR THEIR MAILBOXES, YOU KNOW? AND WE ALSO, WE NEED SEE STAFF.
THAT'S ASSESSABLE TO RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING'S CONTRACTED OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTRACT OUT THIS, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO WHICH AGAIN, MAKES NO SENSE.
ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HOMELESS IS A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT, AND WE NEED SOLUTIONS, NOT JUST SAY, TELL THE POLICE TO GO GRAB HIM AND SHOVE HIM IN BALT ALTON PARK.
WHAT'S THE LEGALITY OF ALL THIS.
WE SEEM TO HAVE NO PLAN, NO BUDGET.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GOT TO WONDER IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE.
THAT'S THIS HUGE, THERE WERE PEOPLE IN BELL THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER MAY HAVE BEEN DOING THE DEALINGS, BUT THE ONES THAT WERE SITTING ON THE BENCH THAT APPROVED OF WHAT THEIR DEALINGS WITHOUT DOING THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY, THEY ALSO WENT TO JAIL.
SO HE MIGHT WANNA KEEP THAT IN MIND.
FREDERICK SYKES FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY J D.
YOU MEAN MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
I'M FREDDIE SYKES 42 YEAR RESIDENT RETIRED LA COUNTY, DEPUTY SHERIFF, ALSO FROM A MAYOR OF THIS CITY.
I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS NOT FREE.
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING IT OVER AND OVER.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
STAFF COSTS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY COSTS, BUT HE'S INVOLVED IN THIS TOO.
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NOW IS PAID.CURRENTLY I HEALTH PRO PUBLIC HEALTH HAS PAID THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TAXES TO THE COUNTY.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT BACK FOLKS.
EVEN IF YOU DO ESTABLISH A HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE, THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO GIVE THAT BACK.
MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO COURT, WHICH AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, BE MORE MONEY.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY SAYS THEY KEEPING THE MONEY.
AND IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE.
YOU CONVINCE THEM THE TRUST AND VOTE FOR YOU.
AND THEY PAY THE BILLS THAT ALLOW YOU TO GOVERN WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT SITUATION, ESTABLISHING AN EXPENSIVE, UNNECESSARY, AND UNFUNDED CITY OF WHAT'S CONVENIENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS.
UNFUNDED MEANS YOU CAN NOT AFFORD IT.
AND FURTHERMORE, IT'S BEEN SAID EARLIER, GRANTS.
THAT'S HOW YOU PLAN TO FUND THIS.
AND I ALSO WANT YOU TO PLEASE TAKE A TOUR OF THE BATHROOM, RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL, FROM THE ENTRYWAY TO THE CHAMBERS, HAVE THE POLICE, THE LADIES, PLEASE HAVE THE POLICE SECURE IT AND CLEAR IT FOR YOU.
SO YOU CAN GO INSIDE AND SEE IT'S ATROCIOUS.
AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THERE'S SOME URINALS THAT ARE MISSING IN THERE.
THERE'S SOME TOWEL AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT VOTE, PLEASE GO LOOK AND SEE HOW THE PLACE LOOKS, WHERE YOU WORK.
SO IF WE CAN'T MAINTAIN AND KEEP OUR BATHROOMS, UP-TO-DATE HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS QUANTUM LEAP TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOLDABLE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH NO MONEY.
WE NEED TO PUT OUR BASICS IN ORDER, AND WE NEED TO BUILD BACK OUR CITY.
NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME RESTORATIVE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I HOPE YOU THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT IS BEST AGAIN, WHAT IS BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS, THIS UNNECESSARILY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR WORKING TO RESTORE THE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 1978, AND WE HAD A WALL OF POLICE.
SOMETIMES WHEN I DROVE HOME, I WOULD GET STOPPED IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I DIDN'T MIND, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE POLICE.
WE DON'T SEE THEM IN THE SAME FASHION WE USED TO.
WE DON'T SEE THE PREVENTIVE POLICE SERVICE.
SO FOLKS, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
PUBLIC SAFETY, SCHOOL SAFETY, YOU STILL ON OUR SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY WHAT WE PAY TAXES FOR SO THAT WHEN OUR FRIENDS COME, WE'RE NOT EMBARRASSED BY POTHOLES AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, IT'S NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
I ASKED THE LADIES, TAKE A LOOK, LOOK AT THE BATHROOM AND RECONSIDER.
UH, ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY MR. DARU GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL BILL ROBINSON RESONANT, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, I WAS IMPRESSED
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BY HOW MUCH YOU FOLKS DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND, UH, ATTACHED GARAGES AND UNATTACHED GARAGES AND FROSTED BATHROOM WINDOWS, AND, AND YOU, YOU, UH, AND REBUTTALS REBUTTALS TO THE, THE FROSTED BATHROOM WINDOW ISSUES.YOU FOLKS ALREADY HAVE CONSIDERABLE POWER.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR AMBITION, UH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ADD, UH, UH, ARTICLE FIVE ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH OFFICERS THAT WE DON'T NEED, UH, YOU CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO UNDER MISUNDERSTAND PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES, UH, CONSUMER PROTECTION, BUSINESS, AND WAGE REGULATIONS, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.
THIS IS GOING TO ADD TO YOUR TABLET, HAVE MORE THINGS FOR YOU TO MISUNDERSTAND YOU.
FOLKS ARE ALREADY WAY OVER YOUR HEADS.
AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH, WITH YOUR AMBITION HERE.
BUT, UH, THIS IS A WEIRD ECCENTRIC, UH, DIVERSION OF CITY STAFF, STAFF TIME, UH, YOU'RE RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES DOING SOMETHING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF EVERYBODY IN WEST COVINA.
IF YOU DON'T CUT THIS OUT, THERE'S NO CRYING NEED FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED A, WE NEED A FUNCTIONING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE TO HELP SOME RESIDENTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS.
MOST OF US, UH, DO A LOT BETTER.
IF WE'RE LEFT ALONE, LIVING OUR LIFE WITH NO GOVERNMENT INPUTS OR OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE, FROSTED BATHROOM, WINDOWS STRIVE FOR THIS GOAL, NOT EXPANDING YOUR CITY BUREAUCRACY AT OUR EXPENSE.
YOU, YOU JUST, YOU PAY FOR THIS, UH, CAN'T PAY FOR THIS GAMBIT.
AND THE GOOD GOVERNMENT IS SMALL GOVERNMENT KEEP, UH, WEST COVINA SMALL AND FOCUS.
DO YOU DON'T MEAN YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RUNNING OFF IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS? HOW HAS THE NEW COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOING TO BE FUNDED BY A NEARLY BANKRUPT CITY? CUT THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF TO PAY FOR PART OF THIS, UH, UH, WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE FUNCTIONING ON A WILD OPTIMISM, BUT FOR A, FOR A PRACTICAL PERSON, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THAT, UH, THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS AND, AND, AND PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES AND CON CONSUMER PROTECTION POWERS.
AND IF WE DIDN'T MEET IT, WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
ANYWAY, UH, FOLKS DECIDED TO LEAVE INLAND VALLEY AND MOVE INTO COUNTY.
AND YOU WANT TO, UH, YOU WANT TO, UH, EXCISE COUNTY POWERS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, WHILE WE'RE GOING BACK INTO HEALTH, UH, COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL JURISDICTION.
I DON'T THINK A COUPLE OF YOU COUNCILMAN'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ELECTION ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
DOES JUST FIND OUT THAT, THAT WHAT YOU DID, ISN'T GOING TO SAVE ANY MONEY.
UH, WE'RE BETTER OFF WITH THE SERVICES OUT OF POMONA, BUT THE COUNCIL WILL BE DIFFERENT.
AND THEY'LL FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE ANOTHER WRONG DECISION.
YOUR ACTIONS HAVE NO LOGIC, MAKE NO SENSE YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, MOVING OUT INTO COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL.
THIS IS A SCHIZOPHRENIA KICK POLICY INTO COUNTY OUT OF COUNTY AND THE COUNTY COUNTY YOU'RE WASTING STAFF TIME.
ANY GRANTS THAT WE LAND MUST BE USED TO HELP US ACHIEVE FINANCIAL STABILITY, UH, NOT DIVERTED INTO A, UH, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, RAT HOLES, AT LEAST THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BOONDOGGLE IS FULLY FUNDED AND PAID FOR.
THIS IS, THIS IS NOT PAID FOR.
THIS IS A WEIRD ECCENTRIC DIVERSION OF CITY STAFF FOR, FOR NO PURPOSE WHATSOEVER.
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OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MR.WELL, UH, I THINK, UH, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ARE CORRECT.
UM, I PREFER TO USE THE WORD CROWDING.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO CROWD OUT MANY OF THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY PROVIDES, UH, POLICE AND FIRE, I THINK WILL BE IMPACTED GREATLY BY GOING FORWARD WITH THIS ENDEAVOR OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I FEEL LIKE I COME INTO THIS PODIUM AND I'VE COME INTO A MEETING WHERE I'M REALLY NOT BEING LISTENED TO.
I SEE SITTING OUT THERE, SOME PEOPLE ON THEIR PHONES.
SO I'M MAKING FACES TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE OPINION OF THE RESIDENTS.
THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL AS DISRESPECTFUL AS I WAS TO MR. WOO.
I HAVE YET TO HEAR WHY WE NEED A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE ONE THAT CAME CLOSEST TO THAT AS MR. BOO, ON THAT WEDNESDAY OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AT FOUR O'CLOCK, MR. WU SAID, REASON WE NEED A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IN THE EVENT OF A SECOND OR BETTER SAID ANOTHER PANDEMIC.
AND HE SAID, WHY WE CAN AFFORD THIS IS BY A REGIONAL EFFORT.
IN FACT, HE SAID HE REACHED OUT TO OTHER CITIES AND THAT THEY WERE HAPPY TO GET ON BOARD WITH THIS.
MY QUESTION TO, TO MR. WU IS TO THE CITY MANAGER, HOW MANY OF THOSE OTHER CITIES HAS SHOWN COMMITMENT? HOW MANY OF THOSE CITIES HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF SEPARATION TO THE COUNTY FROM TONIGHT? DO WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM ANY OF THESE CITIES? WHY IS IT THAT WEST COVINA A VERY LARGE CITY, FINANCIALLY STRAP IS TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND TELLING THE RESIDENTS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A REGIONAL, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITHIN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, BUT NOT ONE CITY IN SAN GABRIEL THAT I KNOW OF HAS SEPARATED FROM THE COUNTY.
MAYBE MR. TABATABAIE YOU'RE PRIVILEGED TO THOSE CLOSED SESSIONS OR THE REST OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH US TONIGHT.
LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS ALL ON YOUR OWN ACCORD, THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A SUICIDE IN POMONA AND ALL THESE SURROUNDING CITIES ON BOARD WITH YOU.
THIS IS GOING TO CROWD OUT SERVICES.
EXACTLY LIKE OUR PENSION LIABILITY IS DOING AND DOING TOO MANY CITIES.
YOU SHOULD GUYS SHOULD PICK UP THE PAPER ONCE IN A WHILE AND SEE WHAT NEWPORT BEACH, ANAHEIM, OR BELINDA, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE PAYING DOWN THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
THEY'RE MAKING THAT EXTRA PAYMENT TO IMPROVE THEIR CITY'S FINANCES.
WE'RE DOING COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE.
WE ARE SPENDING MONEY HAND OVER FIST, LIKE, LIKE CRAZY.
FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER, NEITHER THE CITY MANAGER OR ANY OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ON THAT DIET LB YEARS FROM NOW, BEFORE THIS HAPPENS, BUT WE WILL BE UP TO OUR NECKS AND GATORS IN TERMS OF FINANCE.
AND I WISH THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA.
SO I SHALL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PORTION OF THIS HEARING AND ASKED FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UM, I HAVE SOME, SOME CONCERNS.
SO, UM, UH, AS OF JULY 1ST, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS STATED THAT, UH, THEY LEGALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEGIN CHARGING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, AND, AND SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, UH, MAJOR CONCERN.
I HAVE, I HAVE AN, AN, ANOTHER CONCERN, UH, IS THAT ONE OF THE, THE MAIN ARGUMENTS TO SEPARATE FROM LA COUNTY WAS, UM, LACK OF DATA
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OR POOR DATA.AND I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED BY THE MARCH 16TH MEETING THAT, UH, SIOUX CITY STAFF THAT, THAT WERE SAYING WILL PROVIDE US WITH BETTER DATA, UM, PROVIDED US WITH, WITH REALLY BAD DATA.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MISREAD THE CHART.
THE CHART ABOUT THE POPULATION WAS, WAS CLEAR THAT THE 86,215 WAS REFERRING TO ADULTS 18 AND OVER, UH, AND THE CENSUS DATA THEY PROVIDED IS FOR ALL THE POPULATION OF WEST COVINA, WHICH INCLUDES CHILDREN.
AND SO I I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTAFFED CITY GOVERNMENT W WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED IN HUMAN RESOURCES, WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND FINANCE.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER IS WEARING MANY HATS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING THEM DURING TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, IT'S, IT'S A PANDEMIC.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF DECISION MAKING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND WE'VE ADDED A HUGE, UM, REALLY A HUGE ENDEAVOR THAT THAT'S TAKING A LOT OF ENERGY.
I THINK LAST POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE NOW.
AND SO OTHER PEOPLE COULD SPEAK.
WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION ON HOW WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE LEVEL OF, OF CDBG GRANT MONEY THAT WE THINK WE DESERVE.
WE JUST MAKE A HUGE ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE NOT FUNDED PROPERLY, THAT, THAT OUR STAFF ISN'T ABLE TO DO THE JOB TO GET US THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING.
AND YET WE HAVE THIS BELIEF THAT THIS SAME STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETITIVELY GO OUT AND GET THE GRANTS AGAINST THE PASADENA AGAINST THE LONG BEACH AGAINST ALLY COUNTY, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AGAINST ORANGE COUNTY AGAINST ALL OF THESE OTHER RIGHT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LOT LAST POINT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING ACCURATE INFORMATION.
THE COUNTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLEAR THAT WE WOULD NOT GET ACCESS TO ANY OF THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY.
CITY OF PASADENA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO EVER GET ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY.
LONG BEACH HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY TAX MONEY.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO DO THIS SO WE CAN GET ACCURATE INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, FROM OUR OWN CITY STAFF, WE, WE ARE GETTING MISINFORMATION.
WE'RE NOT GETTING REAL INFORMATION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE.
AND SO, UM, I AM, UH, AGAINST THE, THIS CONTINUED MOVE MAYOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS A SECOND.
MADAM MAYOR, LET'S, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, PROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT WOULD BE ONE MOTION, AND WE'LL LET CITY CLERK AND READ THAT.
UM, I'LL MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ON THE FIRST ONE.
AND I'LL I'LL SECOND, THE ORDINANCE TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR.
PRO-TEM CASTELLANOS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT.
WHEN I READ THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD 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 PERSONNEL SYSTEM OF ARTICLE FIVE EMPLOYEES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ, VIEJO I'M MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE.
SO ON THE NEXT MOTION OR THE ORDINANCE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWO, FOUR, SEVEN, NINE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM.
CASTELLANO'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR SEVEN, NINE ON AVERAGE, THE TITLE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO FOUR SEVEN NINE IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE TWO HEALTH CODE F CHAPTER 13, HEALTH AND SANITATION
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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 UPENDED.AND DIVISION ONE PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES OF TITLE EIGHT CONSUMER PROTECTION, BUSINESSES, AND WAGE REGULATIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WOMB, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LEDDY LOPEZ VIANNA MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE ON ONTO ITEMS
[16) REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FROM MAYOR LOPEZ-VIADO REQUESTING BACKGROUND CHECKS]
16.IS IT ITEM 16? SO THIS IS A COUNCIL REQUEST.
I WANTED TO REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR REQUESTING BACKGROUND CHECK.
UM, UH, I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO WAS COOKING A UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER VOTED AGAINST THIS TO BE FINGERPRINTED REASON BEING IT WOULD HAVE REVEALED PRIOR CONVICTIONS THAT NO ONE KNEW AND LATER OCCURRED AGAIN.
SO I'D LIKE THIS AS A PREVENTION METHOD FOR OUR APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS, AS WELL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I MEAN, I AM AWARE THAT SOMETIMES THINGS ARE OUT THERE FOR, I DON'T KNOW THE FULL DETAILS ON THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS TO GET THE INFORMATION BACK TO US.
UM, IT, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THESE IMPORTANT THINGS.
SO I DID SOME OTHER MOTHER MAY I JUST, I THINK, JUST GO DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL REQUEST, COUNCIL REQUEST MATTER, MAY IT COMES ON REQUEST NOW THE MOTHER OF AI.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO A BACKGROUND CHECK IN QUEEN THE ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AND, UH, IN THAT WAY, SO IT'S OKAY.
YOU CAN STILL BE ELECTED, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT KIND OF BACKGROUND YOU HAVE.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO THOSE TABS WILL BRING STAFF BRING BACK, UM, THE INFORMATION TO DETAIL, HOW TO YEAH.
HOW TO EXECUTE AND YEAH, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY PROMULGATE A POLICY AND WE'LL RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND MAYBE CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEY, SEE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS ILLEGAL.
WE STILL HAVE SOME ISSUE WITH ELECTED ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT IT IS GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE WITH THE ELDERLY, WE ARE AROUND A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW IF WE ARE BACKGROUND CHECKING OUR CITY STAFF AND WHY NOT, AS WELL AS APPOINTEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO BEFORE YOU WERE SWEARING, THEN DID YOU HAVE A PICK ONE CHECK? JUST LIKE ANY EMPLOYEE OKAY.
SO IN THAT WAY, ELLIS PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S YOUR BACKGROUND? UH, ANY AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE MEETING REPORT FROM TOWNS? NO.
UH, ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS OR CITY
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COUNCIL COMMENTS? UH, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY, I WANT TO THANK CT TWO.IF IT'S A DRIVE-BY AND IS EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE.
AND I THINK IT'S SO MANY HAPPY PHASES OF OUR CHILDREN AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE, IT'S MORE OF THIS EVENT OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT, COMMUNITY, OUR PROGRAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IF WE ARE GOING TO OPEN JUNE 15 BASED ON WHAT THEY SAY.
SO WE SHOULD ARRANGE MAYBE EVEN, OKAY.
SEE WE CAN BRING THE SPIRIT BACK TO OUR CT.
BY THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO BE SURE BE CAREFUL.
AND THIS DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER FOUR WAY WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THAT.
RESIDENTS WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE EASTER EVENT.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD 800 BAGS PREPARED.
UM, THEY HAD, I KNOW, FOUR DRIVE THROUGH.
SO IT WENT REALLY SMOOTH, BIG DIFFERENCE FROM THE HALLOWEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, SO RESIDENTS WERE HAPPY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDN'T BE THERE.
I HAD MY SECOND COVID VACCINATION AND IT, IT JUST DROPPED ME FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND.
SO WHAT I RECOVERED, I'M DONE VACCINATION.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK RESIDENTS WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN ADJOURN SECOND.