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ARE YOU READY? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
[Call to Order]
TO OUR APRIL, 2020 21 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES AND COUNCIL MEMBER TO I WILL BE LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALL RISE THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF WE CAN ASK MR. SAMUEL MARTINEZ TO COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE LET'S PRAY.
WE REMEMBER THIS EVENING, THE WORDS OF KING DAVID, OF ALL THAT THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR GOODNESS FATHER UPON OUR CITY.
WE PRAY THAT YOU GRANT WISDOM TO ALL THOSE FATHER THAT HAVE SUPERVISIONAL BRAINY ASPECT OF THE CITY.
THAT FOR OUR MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, HEAVENLY FATHER, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND ALL THOSE FATHER THAT WORK IN OUR CITY FATHER.
WE PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, WHEREVER THEY ARE THIS EVENING AND EVERY DAY FATHER, FATHER, WE BLESS OUR BUSINESSES FATHER.
DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, WE PRAY FOR THE BLESSING OF GOD.
WE PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FATHER TO CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE, HAVENS THAT YOU GIVE WISDOM TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THE TEACHERS THAT YOU STRENGTHEN OUR CHILDREN, HEAVENLY FATHER, DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
NOW, FATHER, WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU.
BUT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN AMERICA.
AND SO WE BLESS OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, FATHER, WHEREVER THEY ARE TODAY, PAST AND PRESENT.
AND IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST FATHER, WE, WE SPEAK THE LETICIA, YOUR ANGELS OVER ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OVER ALL OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR A QUICK END TO THIS PANDEMIC AND WE PRAY FOR HEALTH IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD FATHER, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE NATIONS LIKE INDIA, WHERE IT'S BECOME SO DIFFICULT FATHER TO GET THE RESOURCES FATHER, WE PRAY FOR YOUR INTERVENTION.
THERE'D BE ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT HAS SUFFERED THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.
I SPEAK A COMPASSION OF JESUS ON THEM, FATHER.
WE BLESS YOU AND WE THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS WEST CORINA IN JESUS' NAME.
GET ALL FACE THE FLAG, RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? YES.
MADAM MAYOR WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO INITIATE LITIGATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE D UH, THE DEFENDANT WILL BE DISCLOSED UPON THE FILING OF THE LAWSUIT.
YOU ONTO PRESENTATIONS, TESTING, TESTING,
[Certificate for Nogales High School 4.0 GPA Students]
THESE CERTIFICATES ARE FOR NO GALAS, HIGH SCHOOL, 4.0 GPA STUDENT AT CAN I INVITE DR.LAURA RIVAS AND MR. ERIC VENEGAS TO THE FRONT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ATTAIN A 4.0 GPA FOR FALL SEMESTER.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SO DIFFERENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AND RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYBODY'S ON VIRTUAL LEARNING.
SO THE ATTENTION SPAN AND EVERYTHING IS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THIS.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START CALLING THEM OUT AND ACTUALLY, UH, RONALD LYNN ARVIS, WE ALSO HAVE FROM THE ASSEMBLY TO CALL THEM OUT AS WELL.
WELL, IT'S AS RON AND ARVIS HERE, NERVOUS OTHER UPSTAIRS.
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ALANA, YOU CAN STAY HERE.WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE FROM THE ASSEMBLY.
YOU SEE PEOPLE COMING DOWN, HOLD ON, JASON THIEL.
4.0, AND THEN ONE FROM THE ASSEMBLY.
JASON,
WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AFTER.
AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND LET US KNOW ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING AND WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.
I'M ALSO A WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
SO I REALLY DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS.
THIS IS A TOUGH YEAR AND GETTING A 4.0 IS TRULY AMAZING.
SO I CONGRATULATE YOU FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR FAMILY, ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE BEHIND YOU.
AND ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO INVITE US UP HERE, I'M ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, THE CITY.
SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT US AS WELL.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK, UH, THE COUNCIL FOR THIS, UH, HONOR AND RECOGNITION AS WELL AS ASSEMBLY WOMAN BLOCK US OFFICE FOR HONORING OUR KIDS.
AND JUST TO SECOND, WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER IS EARNING A 4.0 IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS.
THE COMPETITION IS REALLY TOUGH AND IT TAKES A LOT OF COMMITMENT AND RESILIENCE TO PERSEVERE AND EARN THAT AND TO DO IT DURING THE PANDEMIC, JUST ABSOLUTELY SHOWS WHAT OUR KIDS ARE MADE OF.
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND HELP THEM TO CONTINUE TO EARN THOSE 4.0, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE HONOR.
CAN I HAVE FROM THE ASSEMBLY? SHE'LL LIKE SAY A FEW WORDS.
MY NAME IS JULISSA IS A PAID I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY, WOMAN, BLANCA RUBIO, AND WE JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL.
I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET A 4.0 GPA YET ALONE DURING A PANDEMIC.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES.
CAN I HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE STUDENTS COME UP TO THE FRONT, PLEASE WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.
AND I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION.
MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER, HOW DID YOU GUYS GET THAT 4.0, WHAT'S YOUR SECRET? COME ON IN.
THAT'S YOUR ANSWER FOR TODAY? NO CHEATING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN GENERAL? SO FEEL FREE TO SAY SOMETHING OR REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
WELL, I JUST TRY MY BEST OF ALL THE EXPERIENCE WE'RE HAVING.
LIKE MY FRESHMAN YEAR IS THIS YEAR AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR ME THAT, I MEAN, EVERYTHING YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO IT.
UM, MY NAME IS PETER AND I JUST REALLY TRY HARD.
UM, I PROBABLY WORKED HARDER AND SPENT MORE TIME, LIKE ON LIKE DO MY HOMEWORK, ONE CLASSES AND DOING OREGON'S THOUGH, LIKE PLAYING GAMES.
UM, I JUST TRY MY BEST TO NOT LET ANYTHING BOTHER ME.
SO I GUESS, NO MATTER THE SITUATION, I STILL PERSEVERE.
UH, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WORK THEY GIVE YOU, YOU ALWAYS KNOW TO JUST PUSH THROUGH.
SO IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND ESPECIALLY, IT MEANS LIKE EXTRA HOURS DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.
LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE COMMITTED.
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WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO ALL MY TEACHERS FOR HELPING ME OUT.AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT YOU'VE HEARD THE SAME THING.
YOU GUYS ARE OUR FUTURE GENERATION.
SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE HERE TODAY.
WE'LL JUST TAKE A GROUP PHOTO, GOOD JOB, BENJAMIN MEN IN THE HOUSE.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? UM, TO BE ON THIS LIST, IF YOU JUST FINISHED YOUR WORKS, THAT TEACHER GAVE YOU, YOU CAN JUST GET A FOUR POINT.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT.
AGAIN, THE COUNCIL IS VERY PROUD OF YOU COMING BACK TO THEM.
[Proclamation for National Nurses Week]
THE NEXT ONE WE HAD THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NURSES WEEK.WE'D LIKE TO INVITE JONAH CORBETT TO THE FRONT.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO? YEAH.
LET THEM TAKE THIS PROUD MOMENT.
DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE? OH SURE.
WE'LL DO THE NURSES AND WE'LL COME BACK.
SO NATIONAL NURSES WEEK BEGINS EACH YEAR FROM MAY SIX TO MAY 12 ON FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S BIRTHDAY.
THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION IS TO CELEBRATE THE NURSING PROFESSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE CELEBRATIONS RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT NURSES MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND WE KNOW DURING THIS PANDEMIC, HOW IMPORTANT OUR NURSES ARE, EDUCATION AND HEALING AND TAKING CARE.
SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE NURSES SIT, HERE YOU GO.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UM, I'M JUST SUPER PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH, UH, A GROUP OF AMAZING GENTLEMEN HERE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY.
UM, IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU, UM, I WOULDN'T OBVIOUSLY BE HERE, UM, HELPING YOU DO YOUR JOB.
UM, BUT YOU, YOU ALSO MAKE ME A BETTER NURSE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITIZENS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.
UH, GIANNA IS OUR NURSE EDUCATOR.
SHE'S BEEN ON OUR STAGE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
AND A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NURSE THAT HELPS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT AND TEACHES US WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND KEEP US, UH, IN LINE WITH THE LAWS AND RULES OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, GIANNA DOES IS SHE HANDLES OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION.
PARAMEDICS ARE REQUIRED TO DO 48 HOURS EVERY TWO YEARS, WHICH MEANS GIANNA IS HERE TWICE, FOUR TIMES A MONTH AND, UH, FOUR CLASSES OR EIGHT CLASSES THAT EACH WEEK.
AND WE, UM, SHE DOES THAT, UH, IN, IN THE STATIONS, BUT SHE'S BEEN DOING IT BY COVID DURING COVID, BY ZOOM.
AND SHE'S BEEN HAVING TO DO THAT FROM HER OWN HOUSE.
SHE'S BEEN KEEPING US TRAINED SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT SHE DOES IS SHE DOES OUR, UH, MAKE SURE OUR SKILLS ARE UP TO, UH, THE PROPER LEVELS.
UM, INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE, DOES OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS OUR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.
UM, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT OUR HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT JOHN DOES FOR THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA, THE WEST WIND, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE US SOME OF THE BEST, UH, PARAMEDICS ON THE ROAD IS, UH, WE HAVE SOME EXPANDED SCOPE.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS, UM, AS WE SPOKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WEST GIVING A FIRE HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION.
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WHEN SOMEBODY IS IN CARDIAC ARREST IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN THE BEST.AND WE ARE AT THE TOP EVERY SINGLE YEAR, WE DO THAT BY THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WE GET FROM OUR NURSE EDUCATOR TO KEEP US UP WITH OUR SKILLS.
WE DO SOMETHING CALLED HIGH-PERFORMANCE CPR, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF, THAT WE ARE WELL, AS OF JUST RECENTLY, IT CHANGED PASTINA.
WE WERE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN LA COUNTY THAT WAS DOING A PILOT PROGRAM TO GIVE WHAT'S CALLED HUMORAL INTEROSSEOUS, UH, IN, UM, IVS, WHICH MEANS WE PUT AN IV INTO YOUR BONE TO GIVE YOU FLUIDS.
WE WERE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT AND ONLY REASON WE CAN DO THAT IS BECAUSE OF GIANNA AND HER SKILLS AND GETTING US TO DO IT, UH, DURING COVID, UH, THERE WAS NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT CAME OUT.
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY DAY FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS, GIANNA WAS AN EXTRA COST TO THE CITY OR ANYTHING.
SHE DID IT UPON HER OWN TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE SKILLS AND THE UNDERSTANDING TO ALL OF THESE RULES, THE POLICY CHANGES THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
AND WE ALSO GOT ALL OF OUR MEMBERS TRAINED TO GIVE THE VACCINE, WHICH NOT ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE, WHICH THAT DID IT.
THAT WAS DEDICATION FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS.
AND JOHN HAD TO GET US TRAINED LIKE THAT, TO GO OUT THERE AND GIVE, UM, THOSE THINGS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK JONNA BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST NURSE EDUCATOR.
SHE DOES THREE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, BUT TALKING TO OTHER FIRE TEAS, I KNOW WE HAVE THE BEST AND I KNOW THE FIREFIGHTERS FEEL THE SAME WAY.
SO THANK YOU, JONNA, ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR US, THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
THANK YOU AGAIN, WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORTERS HERE AS WELL.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
ONTO ORAL COMMUNICATION.WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS MAYOR? WE HAVE 18.
I'D LIKE TO LIMIT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS TO THREE MINUTES TO ALLOW ALL TO SPEAK AND RESPECT.
SO ALL IT WILL BE THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE IN WEST COVINA AND I GO TO EDGEWOOD SCHOOL.
UM, I'M HERE WITH MY FAMILY, MY DAD AND MY SISTER.
AND, UM, WE KNOW THIS QUARANTINE IS HARD AND AS A CHILD, UH, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS AND ESPECIALLY MOMS DON'T GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION.
SO, UH, WITH SAYING THIS, WE HAVE COMFORT TWO THINGS.
ONE IS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS OR FEMALE GUARDIANS.
AND THEN SECOND IS TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM, MAYOR.
UH, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK WITH IN YOUR JOB AND AS A MOTHER.
UM, AND TO APPRECIATE ALL THE MOTHERS AND, UH, FEMALE GUARDIANS, WE GOT FLOWERS OR ROSES HERE FROM, UH, HEAVENLY FLOWERS IN, WHERE WAS IT? WEST COVINA PARKWAY TO GIVE TO ALL THE LADIES? UM, NO MAN, NO, NO FATHER, NO ECZEMA.
I KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD, UH, YOU COULD STILL BE A MOTHERLY FIGURE, EVEN IF IT'S, UH, WITH YOUR FRIENDS, DOGS, OR PLANTS, UM, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
AND HAVE YOU HEARD THE MOM LOVE YOU?
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THAT'S SO SWEET.SHAVERA FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN.
MY NAME IS BILL ELLIOTT AND, UH, I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY IT WAS IN THE CITY TODAY.
THIS IS WHY WE LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT IT WAS LIKE TODAY.
UH, GOSH, THESE KIDS THAT I JUST, HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT ACT RIGHT HERE? I DON'T HAVE ROSES FOR, BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.
UH, THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE UP HERE, THE, ALL THE FOUR CORNERS, OH MY GOSH, HOW INSPIRING? EVERY ONE OF THOSE KIDS HAVE SUCH A BRIGHT FUTURE, EVERY ONE OF THEM.
AND, UH, I LIKE TO SEE MORE RECOGNITION LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, I SAW, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE IS GOOD.
THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVE IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW? UH, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO TOLD ME THIS, BUT THIS PERSON'S WORKED AT SEVERAL CITIES, WORKS FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA NOW.
AND THIS PERSON TOLD ME, WOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH HATE AS IN WEST COVINA.
THERE'S A LOT OF HATE IN THE CITY.
A LOT OF IT'S THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE HATRED AND BIGOTRY AND RACISM.
AND, UH, IT'S CLOAKED IN LEGITIMACY THOUGH.
IT'S CALLED CHANGE WEST COVINA.
THAT'S A BUNCH OF RACISTS IN THAT GROUP.
AND MR. TBA, TOBIAS CONNECTED TO THAT GROUP AT THE HIP.
HERE'S THE, HE'S THE DEFACTO LEADER, IF NOT THE ACTUAL LEADER.
AND SOME PEOPLE GOT UP HERE RECENTLY AND SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT ME, SCOLDING ME FOR WHAT I SAID ABOUT PETER DEANN, WHO STOOD AT THIS PODIUM IN THIS CHAMBER AND SAID EVERYTHING THAT I QUOTED HIM AS SAYING, I QUOTED HIM DIRECTLY.
HE SAID EXACTLY WHAT I SAID, AND PEOPLE WANT TO COME JUMP ON ME BECAUSE I'M JUMPING ON THIS LITTLE KID, PORT HER, HE LONELY AT HIGH SCHOOL.
PETER'S A VERY SAVVY LEFT WING TRENCHES SOLDIER FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS LIKE BRIAN KABAKA IT AND IT'S WRONG.
AND IT'S LEADING ON COUNTRY IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
AND I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, MR. TABAKA BY WILL DISAVOW CHANGE WEST COVINA AND THEIR RACIST DIATRIBE AND VITRIOL AND VENOM THAT IS SPEWED AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY ON THEIR, ON THEIR, THEIR MEDIA.
LET'S JUST SAY, I'VE READ IT MYSELF.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY BUSY THIS WEEK.
I WANTED TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER A THUMB DRIVE WITH, UH, PICTURES OF MY TWO GRANDSONS.
UH, BUT I DIDN'T GET IT DONE IN TIME, BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
AND I WANT HER TO ASK, ARE THESE THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT OFFEND YOU SO MUCH, MR.
SHAVERA FOLLOWED BY MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY HERMAN.
I WANT TO TRY TO GET RID OF SOME OF THAT NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT WAS JUST HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, TO ALL THE MOTHERS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOTHERS ARE THE FIRST EDUCATORS OF OUR DAY CHILDREN.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, BECAUSE I'M A REGISTERED NURSE.
HAPPY NURSE'S WEEK TO ALL THE NURSES FIGHTING THIS PANDEMIC.
AND, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.
AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST LEFT DID TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY.
ME BEING ABOUT HIGH UNITY IS WHAT WE STRIVE FOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE SAID.
CHANGE WEST COVINA IS NOT RACIST CHANGE.
WEST COVINA HAS HELPED THE PEOPLE OF MONTERA POINT AND SOUTH HILLS FIGHT THE HATE AND VITRIOL OF ONE FAMILY.
AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THAT FAMILY IS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AMIE ON CHANGE WAS COVINA ON A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY CHU LAST WEEK.
AND WE WERE VERY SAD AND TO LEARN THAT THE ASIAN HATE CRIMES TIME AND VIOLENCE HAS INCREASED 169% SINCE JANUARY OF 2020.
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UM, THEY ASKED ME WHAT THE BARRIER WAS IN MY UNITY TO FINDING REMEDY.AND I SAID, THE FIRST BARRIER IS DENIAL BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT RACISM EXIST.
SO WHEN I CAME IN OCTOBER TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU JESSICA SHOEMAKER CALLED ME A LIAR, WHEN, UM, SHELLEY SHEN CAME IN OCTOBER, JESSICA SHOEMAKER CALLED HER A LIAR.
I CAME BACK IN FEBRUARY AND ASK THAT YOU REFER THIS TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION TO CONSIDER A HERE COMMISSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, DAVID CARMONEY, WHO'S OUT OF HARMONY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, DEFLECTED THAT.
SO THE AGGRESSION OF THIS FAMILY HAS NOW TURNED VIOLENT.
WE HAVE CHILLS BUSTED WITH BB GUNS.
WE HAVE BEEBEES HITTING SIDE PANELS OF DOORS.
IN ONE WEEK, WE HAD A SLASH TIRE AND TWO TIRES HAVE TWO RESIDENTS WITH GIANT NAILS PUT IN THEM.
WE NOW HAVE A BIKER THAT'S MOVED INTO THE HOUSE AND RIDES AROUND INTIMIDATING PEOPLE.
UM, AND SO IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE.
SO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CHANGE WEST COVINA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD'VE DONE BECAUSE THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH YOU ARE, ONE HAS FAILED TO SUPPORT US.
AND SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN A FORM AND A PRESS CONFERENCE.
SO EACH ONE OF YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE MEDIA, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER AS A CITY COUNCIL TO ERADICATE THIS HATRED THAT IS AFFECTING NOT ONLY ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, BUT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRISSE.
MY GREENSPAN, I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE GETTING A, AN AWARD FOR BEING A FOUR O STUDENT.
I'M THE GUY WHO FOLLOWING BEHIND, UH, AN HONOR SOCIETY BROTHER WHO, YOU KNOW, SKIPPED SCHOOL CUT CLASS WOULD GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY STUFF OR GO OUT AND WORK.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, NOW, UM, BUT I DID DROP OUT JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOL THREE TIMES.
BUT FOR EVERYBODY THAT GIVES THE PRAYER, I'LL ALWAYS TELL THESE PASTORS FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER FIVE, VERSE SEVEN, LET THEM READ IT ON THEIR OWN.
EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT A FORO STUDENT.
NOW, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO GOT CONVICTED OF THE CHOKE COLD, WELL HE'S RIGHT NOW IN PRISON, WAITING SENTENCING TO BAD.
THEY DON'T PUT THEM IN GENERAL POPULATION TO SAVE THE MONEY.
AND THEN ALL THE WILLIES COULD PUT THEIR WALKERS IN HIS BITCHY CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
AND HE'D BECOME BOT MISSILE QUALIFIED.
EVEN IF HE'S NOT JEWISH AS THE PRISON DITCH.
WELL, LET'S LOOK HERE AT ALLY BECAUSE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S NOT MINNEAPOLIS WITH ALL THE PRESS.
NO, IT'S THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED JOE BUSCAINO JOE COLE, JOE, HE'S BEEN TRAINED.
SPEAKING OF RACISM, HE'S A RACIST WHITE, REPUBLICAN PIG WHO THINKS HE'S GOING TO BE MAYOR OF LA LA WILL NOT ELECT A REPUBLICAN MAYOR.
THAT IS FOR CERTAIN, IT'S A BIG TIME DEMOCRATIC CITY, BUT
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL THEY NEED A GUY WHO'S BEEN TRAINED TO GIVE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS TO PUT THE CHOKE, HOLD ON THE SPONSOR.
THEY'RE GOING TO ELECT HIM FOR MAYOR.
AND I'M GOING TO BE PRESIDENT.
NO, HE'S NOT GOING TO GET ELECTED IS TWO CHANCES SLIM AND NOT, HE'S VERY DELUSIONAL.
I'M JUST NOT ON THE LSD HE'S ON BECAUSE I WON'T SEE HIM BEING MAYOR.
HE'S GOING TO GET TROUT SO BAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS, EIGHT, NINE, AND 10, THAT UCLA HAS LOST ON THE BASKETBALL COURT TO THE FLORIDA.
GATORS WILL LOOK LIKE A VICTORY BY COMPARISON.
I MEAN, THIS GUY HASN'T GOT ANYTHING ELSE GOING FOR HIM.
THERE'S A BIG CHUNK WHO HAPPENS TO BE COUNCIL, PRESIDENT PRO TEM IN LOS ANGELES.
AND HE THINKS HE CAN BE MAYOR.
NOW WITH ALL THESE CHOKE HOLD PEOPLE.
THE LAST THING WE NEED IS ANOTHER CHOKE HOLDER.
I CAN'T PRAISE JOE CALLED JOE TO BE MAYOR OF LA.
THEN HE WOULD JUST MAKE THE CHOKEHOLD LEGAL BY EXECUTIVE ORDER.
THE LAST THING WE NEED IS A RACIST WHITE, REPUBLICAN PIG.
BEING THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES.
I AM NOT DISSING ON ANY OF OUR BIND POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS ROOM, IN THIS CITY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CHOKE HOLD, JOE,
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I CAN'T BREATHE CHOKEHOLD, JOE, WE DON'T NEED THEM FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY PETER DN.JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY PETER DEANN FOLLOWED BY EMMY LOU FOR HOW THE DIOS VERY PATRAS WEST COVINA RESONANT TONIGHT.
I'M COMMENTING ON TWO AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND 12.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD AS CONTINUING, CONTINUING TO OPPOSE ITEM THREE, ESTABLISHING A WEST COVINA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SECOND, I AM ASKING THAT AGENDA ITEM 12, THE WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND DISCUSSED BASED ON THE AGENDA ITEM TITLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY HAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED THE NAME FROM BIGLY DREAMS TO THE WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX.
DID THE NAME CHANGE OCCUR IF THE NAME DID CHANGE? WHY? WHEN WAS THE CHANGE ANNOUNCED? WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THAT FACILITY? WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS FACILITY? IS ANY OF THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND? IF NOT, WHERE ARE THE FUNDS COMING FROM? THANK YOU, PETER DN.
UM, IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE ME, CAUSE LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE, I HAD BLONDE HAIR.
NOW I HAVE NO HAIR, BLONDE HAIR.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TIME.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A FEW GLARING ISSUES THAT I FOUND WITHIN THE AGENDA.
UM, BUT BEFORE THAT, OBVIOUSLY I'M WANTING TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE ABOUT ME AND CHANGE WEST COVINA.
UM, JUST SAY IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, AND WE SHOULDN'T WASTE ANY ENERGY FOR SMOKESCREENS OR DISTRACTIONS, UM, TO DETRACT FROM THE ROOT ISSUES OF THE CITY TODAY.
UM, SO BILL ANYBODY THAT MAKES A COMMENT ABOUT ME OR CHANGE RESCUE ME, AND I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO TALK.
I THINK WE AGREE ON A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WE LET OUT.
UM, SO YEAH, SO IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ADD, UH, THAT WE MUST HAVE RESPECT FOR THIS CHAMBER.
UM, AND AS ANGRY AS WE ARE, WE CAN'T JUMP TO DISTASTEFUL HUMOR AT THE EXPENSE OF ANYONE'S IDENTITY OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
I STAND BY THAT RIGHT NOW AND I STAND BY THAT EVERY DAY.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WAS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
UM, IT WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING FOR ME TO SEE YOU, NOT EVEN ON THE AGENDA, BUT ON THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IDEA.
OF COURSE WE ARE, BUT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA USE OUR $20.08 MILLION ALLOCATED, UM, TO UPSTART THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, ALLOCATED $16 BILLION TO EMPOWER SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE STARTED THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS TO EMPOWER SMALL BUSINESSES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, BUT BUSINESSES CAME OUT HERE.
UM, AND EVEN IN THE AGENDA, IT STATED THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE CRISIS, UM, THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE SHOULD START THE DEPARTMENT.
SO, I MEAN, I IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO BRING BACK THE BUSINESSES AND ASK THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS MONEY, NOT GOING DIRECTLY TO THEM, BUT GOING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT HELP THEM MIGHT NOT IN A FEW YEARS, WHO KNOWS.
UM, BUT, UM, ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM THAT I FOUND TROUBLING WAS THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE, SORRY.
NOW JUST CALLED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY GLARING PROBLEMS WITH THE RESTRUCTURING, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK WHY WE'RE DOING THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND HOW'S THAT GOING TO CHANGE OUR APPROACH? BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, UM, IN THE STATE AUDIT, WE'RE AT NUMBER NINE AT THE MOST AT-RISK CITIES, FINANCIAL IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE WANTS US TO GO LOWER ON THAT LIST, NOT HIGHER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE FACTS IN THE AUDITOR SUMMARY WAS, UM, THE UNDERLYING ISSUE WAS THE DIMINISHING OF OUR RESERVES, PRIMARILY FROM OUR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES AND EXCESSIVE OVERTIME COSTS.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE NEED TO FINALLY TALK ABOUT OUR MOU.
UH, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND RENEGOTIATE THEM.
UM, AND WE NEED TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND ASK THEM HOW SAFE THEY FEEL, WHAT THIS VERSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, WHERE WE CONTINUOUSLY SPEND MORE AND MORE MONEY ON THESE CITY SERVICES.
AND YET PEOPLE ARE KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR POLICE OFFICERS
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AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS BEING UNDERSTAFFED.SO I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALSO OUR CONTRACT WITH THE ATHENS.
UM, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE MOU AND PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD APPROACH OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, UM, WITH MORE TRANSPARENCY, UM, AND AN ACT CHANGE WITH, OR WITHOUT THIS COUNCIL.
EMMY LOUVER HILL DID D O S J METER FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
UM, SO JUST TO ECHO SOME OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, MAY IS ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WEST COVINA IS HOME FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO TRACE THEIR HERITAGE TO THE ASIAN PACIFIC WITH ABOUT 30% OF OUR RESIDENTS IDENTIFYING AS ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER.
AND THIS COMMUNITY IS CURRENTLY UNDER ATTACK.
AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD, ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES HAVE INCREASED 169%.
AND WITH THIS RISE WITH, UM, THE REPORTING INCIDENTS BEING BLED BY CHINESE AMERICANS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING IT AT THE LARGEST RATES, WHICH IS 42.2% KOREAN AMERICANS REPORTING AT 14.8% VIETNAMESE AMERICANS REPORTING AT 8.5% AND FILIPINOS AT 7.9%.
AND OF COURSE, BUT THESE, UM, WITH THESE RATES, THESE ARE ACTUALLY LIKE UNDER REPORTED BECAUSE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE VERY HESITANT TO SPEAK OUT AND TALK ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS, WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO, UM, I WANT TO ASK, WHAT HAS THE CITY DONE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? UM, WHAT DOES THE CITY PLAN TO DO TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LIVING IN FEAR AND UNDER TERROR AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD FROM SOPHIA SHAVERA HER NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW IS UNDER ATTACK BY A FAMILY AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ATTACKING MINORITIES, LARGELY SINGLE WOMEN OF ASIAN DESCENT.
SO AGAIN, I ASK, YOU KNOW, IS DATA BEING COLLECTED BY OUR RESIDENTS, BY CITY COUNCIL, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP SUPPORT THESE COMMUNITIES.
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE OR REPLY TO SOPHIA'S, UM, COMMENT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE YOUR GUYS' VOICES, YOUR GUYS' PLANS ON HOW TO BETTER SERVE OUR ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT? THEY MEET HER FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY JIM HELLO COUNCIL, I'M JAMIE EATER, A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
I MENTIONED THAT I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS MEETING ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS.
I WATCHED THE MEETING WHEN THE COMMITTEE AND MR. CARMONEY DISCUSS THE POINT BY POINT WHERE TO THE STATE AUDIT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY AND BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND ITS RESIDENTS.
TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL RESOLUTION MAKES A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE COMMITTEE, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.
THE ELIMINATION OF VOTING BIKE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE THAT ARE IN ELECTED POSITIONS IS PROBABLY A POSITIVE CHANGE SINCE THEY'RE IN A CONFLICTED POSITION, THE ELIMINATION, EXCUSE ME, THE ELIMINATION OF BASICALLY ALL OF THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES IS A, NOT A POSITIVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING RESOLUTIONS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT SHOULD BE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHEN IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE NOT DISCUSSED, THE RESIDENTS ARE LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
MANY OF US FEEL AS THOUGH THE COUNCIL IS EITHER HIDING SOMETHING OR DOESN'T WANT OUR INPUT.
AND THERE ARE SOME THAT FIND THEMSELVES IDENTIFYING WHAT THE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS INTERRUPTED AND MARGINALIZED AT NEARLY EVERY MEETING WHEN HE TRIES TO BRING ISSUES INTO THE LIGHT.
I THINK IF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE MORE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE, IT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE POSITIVE AND LESS CONFRONTATIONAL ATMOSPHERE.
THANKS AND FOLLOWED BY JIM
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GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, BILL ROBINSON RESIDENTS.UH, I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT, UH, MIDNIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT I'D GIVE A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS.
UM, I HEARD YOU FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND, UH, THERE'S A BOOK, UH, THAT GOT PUBLISHED LAST WEEK, UH, BY DR.
JOSEPH MERCOLA, SPEAKING OF BEING MARGINALIZED AND INTERRUPTED, UH, THIS AUTHOR, UH, I THINK THE BOOK IS GOING TO BE A BESTSELLER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOING TO LIKE IT AS WELL.
IT WAS, UH, PUBLISHED, UH, IN THE UK, UH, AND PRINTED IN CANADA LAST WEEK.
THE TITLE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT A COVID-19 BIG PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, EXPLOITING FEAR, UH, TO LOCK DOWN FREEDOM.
UH, OUR DEMOCRACY IS A PAPER THIN AND THERE'S A BIG LIE GOING ON.
UH, I, FOR ONE, DON'T THINK PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE EVER BEEN CLOSED FROM DAY ONE.
UH, MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT PEOPLE OVER 65 RETIREES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE OBESE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES COMORBIDITIES, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE DYING.
UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUNG AND HEALTHY, UH, THEY, THEY GET IT AND THEY GET OVER IT AND THEY HAVE ANTIBODIES AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
UH, SO WHY DID WE CLOSE DOWN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS? I MEAN, I, I'VE BEEN JUST THANKFUL THAT, UH, THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN DURING MY, MY GROWING YEARS.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY, UH, SOCIETY CAN RECOVER FROM, FROM THAT LOSS, BUT, UH, UH, THIS BOOK, UH, BY DR.
MERCOLA IS ABOUT THE BIG LIE AND CENSORSHIP AND IN A NON-ELECTION YEAR, UH, 70% OF, UH, THE MASS MEDIA IS FUNDED BY THE BIG PHARMA BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
SO, SO, SO GUESS WHY GUESS WHY THE, UH, ISSUES ARE SKEWED THE WAY THEY ARE? UH, I'LL JUST YIELD BACK MY LAST 30 SECONDS.
UH, YOU GUYS WILL SEE THE BUILDING WILL BE EMPTY AND YOU GUYS WILL SEE ME AROUND MIDNIGHT.
THERE'S SOME NEW DUTIES LISTED FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS TO MAKE PERIODIC REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SINCE THE COMMITTEE ONLY MEETS EVERY THREE MONTHS, I GUESS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE PERSON WHO MAKES, UH, MORE REPORTS THAN THREE EVERY THREE MONTHS.
IT'S NOT VERY USEFUL IN THAT CONTEXT.
MY FIRST REPORT IS ABOUT YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT REGARDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS WITHOUT A FULL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
THERE HAS BEEN NO ANALYSIS OF THE CREATION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
TO ME, IT'S INAPPROPRIATE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROGRESS DOWN THIS PATH UNTIL THERE IS AN ANALYSIS MADE REGARDING THE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, IT PROPOSES SPENDING $90,000 TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO SOMETHING RELATIVE TO DEVELOPING THE DEPARTMENT.
IT WASN'T EXACTLY CLEAR WHAT IT WAS, BUT SOMETHING, UH, MY QUESTION IS WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM IT REFERS TO THE, UH, AMERICAN RE UH, ACT OF THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GIVING, AS I SAID EARLIER, $20 MILLION TO THE CITY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY BUDGET PER SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROPRIATE ANY MONEY OUT OF THAT ACT.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NO BUDGET FOR THAT MONEY.
THE $90,000, THERE WAS A STATEMENT IN THERE THAT, UH, THE MONEY IS NOT COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
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THERE'S NO BUDGET BEEN MADE OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY.THERE'S NO LINE ITEM IDENTIFIED IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE BUDGET.
UH, AND HOW MUCH DOES THIS PROGRAM GOING TO ACTUALLY REALLY COST THE CITY? IT'S NEVER BEEN SAID, UH, MUCH REVENUE IS THE CITY GOING TO RECEIVE FROM THIS PROGRAM? IT'S NEVER BEEN SAID TO ME, THESE ARE ALL VIOLATIONS OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT YOU ADOPTED YOUR OWN PLAN.
AND I FEEL THAT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO ADHERE TO WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO AS A CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I THINK IT'S EERIE, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND THE STATE SAID THE SAME THING TO NOT DO.
SO RAY VARGAS FOLLOWED BY DAVID WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY GEORGE OGDEN.
I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER ALYSSA VARGAS.
UM, AND THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE TALKING WITH, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, MY GUY, LAURIE JOHNSON WAS HERE, UH, THAT WAS DECEMBER THE FIRST.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY, AFTER THAT, I GOT RUSHED, UH, TO, UH, COVINA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
UM, AS I GOT THE COVID, I HAD THE BREATHING PROBLEMS AND THANK GOD FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY RESCUED ME, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLU.
I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET OVER IT.
AND, UH, IT WAS MORE COMPLICATIONS, BUT, UH, COVINA EMERGENCY THE DOCTORS, THE NURSES, THE SPECIALISTS, THEY REALLY TOOK CARE OF ME.
UH, THEY DIDN'T PUT THE EVENT.
UH, IT'LL PUT ME DOWN ON, UH, THE COAL MINE AND THE BIG VENTILATOR, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, I WENT IN, UH, DECEMBER THE FOURTH AND I CAME OUT DECEMBER 22ND.
I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO WALK OUT OF THERE.
ANYWAY, UM, I HAD SOME ISSUES AT DECEMBER 1ST AND, UH, AND I GOT MORE, UM, HOMELESS, HOMELESS, EQUAL HOMELESSNESS, UH, UP IN, UH, I LIVE IN THE NORTH SIDE OF, UH, VINCENT ON QUENTIN AND, UH, EDISON BUILDING IS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
AND PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO CHECK IN THERE, PUT THEIR CARTS IN THERE AND WHATNOT.
ALSO SHOPPING CENTERS BEHIND THE GOODWILL NEXT TO FOOD FOR LESS STATER BROTHERS, THE PARKS, UH, DOWN NORTH DEER PARK.
YOU KNOW, I GOT MY KIDS GOING OVER.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF HOMELESS UNDER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SHADES AND WHATNOT.
THEY GOT THEIR BIKES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY, THEY CARRY THEIR BACKPACKS WITH A BUNCH OF STUFF IN THERE AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR STUFF, YOU KNOW, THEIR DRUGS OR WHATEVER.
I ASKED YOU GUYS, YOU WERE THE MAYOR.
I ASKED YOU ABOUT SIGNAL LIGHTS ON POINTING VINCENT THE TURN SIGNALS.
UM, LAST NIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
I HAD A CALL AT WEST COVINA PD.
THERE WAS A BUNCH OF STREET WAY SCENE GOING SOUTH AND NORTH ON VINCENT.
UM, ONE OF THE OFFERS CAME OUT, UH, HE WAS REAL PROFESSIONAL, REAL FRIENDLY, REAL POLITE.
UM, AND I GIVE HIM A LOT OF CREDIT.
UH, AND I ALSO BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE STREET MOLD, THE MONKEYS HOUSE.
UM, THEY RENOVATED AND WHATNOT.
WHATEVER'S GOING ON THAT PROPERTY, PROBATE WHATEVER'S HAPPENING.
YOU GUYS GOT TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM OVER A YEAR.
I GOT A LITTLE GO-KART IT'S BLACK.
I GOT, UH, A SIREN ON TOP OF IT.
I GO THROUGH HERE, THERE, I CHASE THOSE GUYS OUT.
IF THEY'RE FROM BALDWIN PARK IN SUSA, THEY DON'T BELONG ON MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, AND I GOT TO POLICE IT.
I GOT TO CHASE THESE GUYS OUT.
YOU KNOW, I GO WITH PROTECTION OR I GO WITH MAYBE 10 GUYS, BUT WE GET THEM OUT OF THERE.
YOU KNOW? UM, ALSO, UH, THANK YOU.
IF YOU, LIKE, YOU COULD ALSO SEND US AN EMAIL AND SEE THE AMOUNT LISTED THE ADDRESS IN IT.
I GAVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION ON CALLING FORCEMENT ON THE HARASSMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU NEVER TOOK CARE OF THAT PROBLEM WITH QUALITY ENFORCEMENT THAT, UH, SHIT FACE MY VIOLIN.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE'S NO GOOD, BUT YOU BROUGHT HIM FROM LAPOINTE POINTING HERE.
AND CAN YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL? YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL.
DAVID WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY GEORGE OGDEN FOLLOWED BY ANITA MORALES
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CONSOLE.MADAM MAYOR ON APRIL 27TH AT 1255.
THIS YEAR, POLICE OFFICERS WERE SENT TO FIGARO NEXT BUSINESS AND BOULEVARD, WHERE A DRIVER SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.
HIS VEHICLE WAS RIDDLED WITH, UH, WITH BULLETS, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER ON FIGARO IN ONE BLOCK AWAY ON 28TH, A YOUNG COUPLE NEWLYWEDS DROVE INTO A DRIVE-THRU TO GET COFFEE.
AND THEY WERE APPROACHED BY THAT SAME SUSPECT WHO SHOT INTO THEIR VEHICLE AND KILLED THE HUSBAND.
20 MINUTES LATER, A 42 YEAR OLD FATHER WAS DRIVING AND ENGAGED IN RIDESHARE WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WAS KILLED BY THE SAME SUSPECT.
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE LATER DIED AFTER GUNFIRE EXCHANGE WITH POLICE OFFICERS IN LOS ANGELES.
BUT FOR A MOMENT CONSIDER IF THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS SURVIVED.
IT'S A FACT THAT A YEAR AGO HE WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, ENHANCEMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZED WITH REGARDS TO HIS USE OF A FIREARM.
HIS CRIMINAL RECORD WOULD BEEN GIVEN CONSIDERATION HIS JUDGMENT, AND HE WOULD HAVE EITHER FACED LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE OR THE DEATH PENALTY A YEAR LATER, WHICH IS NOW THAT'S NOT ANYMORE.
GEORGE GASCON HAS DONE THE FOLLOWING SINCE TAKING OFFICE AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DA'S OFFICE.
HE CIRCUMVENTED THE LAW PERTAINING TO THE DEATH PENALTY AND HAS PREVENTED DAS FROM SEEKING A DEATH PENALTY, WHICH OVER 7 MILLION VOTERS RETAIN AND AGREED THAT WE SHOULD RETAIN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
THE STATE LAWS HAVE PERTAINS TO THREE STRIKES, PREVENTING ANY DAS FROM ASKING FOR A THREE STRIKE ENHANCEMENT ON VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWN.
HE'S CIRCUMVENTED THE STATE LAW WITH REGARDS TO CASH BAIL, WHICH 9 MILLION CALIFORNIA VOTERS WHO VOTED TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WERE OKAY WITH US MAINTAINING IT.
HE ALSO CIRCLED CIRCUMVENTED THE LAW AS IT PERTAINS TO JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND JUVENILE CRIMES.
THE USE OF A FIREARM DURING THE ROBBERY BY A JUVENILE WILL NOT BE CHARGED.
AND THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN ONE OF THE CITIES THAT IT HAS A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST THE DA'S OFFICE.
THIS DIRECTIVE WILL BE EXPLOITED BY GANG MEMBERS WHO WILL TRY TO UTILIZE OUR YOUTH RATHER THAN UTILIZE SOMEONE 18 YEARS OF OLDER TO COMMIT CRIMES.
THINK BACK WHEN YOU ALL WERE ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, THE FIRST TIME, THINK ABOUT THAT, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH EFFORT AND SUPPORT THAT YOU PUT IN TO TRYING TO GET ON THE COUNCIL.
THINK ABOUT THE DAY THAT WHEN THE COUNT WAS FINISHED, THEY TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD ACCOMPLISHED A GOAL AND A MISSION THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THEN IMAGINE THAT SOMEONE COMES ALONG AND TELLS YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE MAJORITY VOTES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON COUNCIL AND THEY AWARD IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND THAT FEELING THAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT IS THE SAME FEELING THAT THE NINE AND 7 MILLION VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA FEEL WHEN MR. GASCON HAS DECIDED THAT HE'S GOING TO DO HIS OWN THING.
THERE'S NO TIME FOR EMOTIONAL DECISION-MAKING IT'S TIME FOR INFORMED DECISION MAKING.
I'M ASKING THAT YOU JOIN THE SIX CITIES NOW MORE THAN WHAT WAS HERE LAST TIME, AND A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE JOINED LANCASTER, SANTA CLARITA, PICO RIVERA, WHITTIER LAMAR MAROTTA, AND A CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS.
GEORGE OGDEN FOLLOWED BY ANITA MORALES, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY OR CAUSAL.
MY NAME IS GEORGE OGUN, CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I'M BASICALLY WANTING TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE UPDATES ON SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN REGARDS TO THEIR HERMAN DETER, UH, THE METAL DETECTOR OR THEIR SECURITY FOR THE FACILITY, FOR THE SECURITY WITHIN THE FACILITY HERE, AND ALSO A TRO THAT A PACKET THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU AND SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT, AND ALSO ANY PARTICULAR CHARGES IN REGARDS TO THAT SAME PACKET THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH, I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON IS OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
UM, I'D HAD A CALL FROM HILDA FELICIA'S OFFICE AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I DIRECTED IT TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
AND I DO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT MAY BE VERY VALUABLE FOR US TO, TO USE IN CASE WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS EVENT.
AND I WOULD BE HOPEFUL THAT WE DO.
I NEED A, MIRALIS FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY OR, OR CASO FOLLOWED BY RITA GREEN SPOON.
UM, SO MY NAME'S ANITA, I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT FROM LONDON AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I'M ACTUALLY HERE AT WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL.
SO I'M ACTUALLY HERE BECAUSE I SAW ON YOUR AGENDA THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO USE MONEY THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
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ON YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF LA QUINTA ALSO IS RECEIVING FUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMMUNITY INPUT.UM, IT IS A PARENT FROM ME COMING HERE AND ATTENDING YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT YOU HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF THEM ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE OPPOSING THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT, AND I'M URGING YOU, THAT YOU GET THE COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO YOUR COMMUNITY WHO YOUR SHOULD BE REPRESENTING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GREAT.
SO I JUST, I'M HERE TO URGE YOU THAT YOU DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AND YOU GO AHEAD AND GET THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
THANK YOU, ANTHONY OR SO, OR ZELJKO FOLLOWED BY RITA GREEN, JOHN ANTHONY EURO SCOPE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCILS, UH, GOOD EVENING.
IS HE HERE BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW WHY, UH, MEMBERS ARE, EVERYTHING HAS GONE, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, I'M ALSO FROM LA QUENTIN.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT IN REGARDS TO THE CDO, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PROPOSED USE OF THEIR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN ORDER TO FINANCE YOUR LB GONE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA VOICE, THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE WHISKY GIVING CITY COUNCIL IGNORED THEM.
NOW IT SEEMS THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID PUBLIC BACKLASH IS UNILATERALLY DECIDING HOW TO USE THE $20 MILLION THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
IN A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES, THOUSANDS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BARELY STARTING TO RECOVER.
IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS NOT SOUGHT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY OR HOW TO USE THESE FUNDS FUNDS THAT WERE PRIORITY FOR THEM FROM THE U S GOVERNMENT TO GIVE DIRECT RELIEF TO PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THE PANDEMIC IRISH HISTORY OF WHAT'S COMING THAT TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, OR IF THAT'S TOO DIFFICULT, AT LEAST LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ARE OUT THERE DOING THE OUTREACH.
WHAT ARE THESE GROUPS BEING CHANGED? WEST COVINA I'M FROM LA WENT THERE AND LIKE MY OTHER COLLEAGUE JUST SAID, WE, WE, WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WOULD'VE LIKED IF WE HAD INPUT.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA WOULD ALSO LIKE HAVE INPUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S $20 MILLION THERE FOR THEM.
GREENSPON FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GAYLENE, HIM.
THE LAST TIME IT IS GREENSPON.
UM, I'M ANOTHER ONE FROM LA FUENTE.
UM, I ALSO SAW ABOUT THE AGENDA THAT YOU DECIDED TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY WEST COVINA IS RECEIVING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE RESCUE PLAN, WHICH SHOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA TO BEGIN FUNDING OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IDEA.
UM, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE FROM LEFT ONE THERE, BUT WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANTNESS OF, UH, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER AND HAVING EACH OTHER'S BACK.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THE FACT THAT THESE FUNDS ARE BEING PROPOSED TO FUND THIS PET PROJECT HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITHOUT ANY COMMUNITY INPUT IS VERY CONCERNING.
IT SHOWS DISDAIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE PEOPLE DESERVE A SAY ON THESE FUNDS THAT ARE MEANT TO HELP THEM, THAT THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING IN LA FUENTE.
THEY'RE USING OUR FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING US TO DO ALL THESE JUST USELESS IDEAS.
REALLY THESE $20 MILLION COULD DO SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE GOING TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING.
THE PEOPLE DESERVE A SAY ON THESE FUNDS THAT ARE MEANT TO HELP THEM.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM DIRECTLY DO NOT WASTE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THIS HEALTH CENTER.
SEE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA, FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE.
AND EVENING, I'M GOING TO START OFF AND THEN TRY TO FINISH UP QUICK.
UM, TONIGHT YOU'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND YOUR CONTINUED CHUGGING ALONG THE PATH OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN, REGARDLESS OF PUBLIC INPUT, REGARDLESS OF SENTIMENT OF RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF ANY FINANCIAL COMMON SENSE.
UM, AND YOU CONTINUE GOING DOWN THIS I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE DON'T GET TO THAT BRIDGE THAT'S BROKEN, WHICH IS
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WHEN WE START GETTING DOWN TO NUMBER ONE.UM, I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER LIKES BEING AT NUMBER ONE ON THINGS, BUT TRUST ME BEING NUMBER ONE ON THE WORST FINANCIAL CITY IN THE STATE, THAT'S NOT A BADGE OF HONOR.
NEXT THING I'M GOING TO BRING UP IS A FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
SO TONIGHT YOU GUYS ARE VOTING TO REMOVE THE VOTING POWER OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH ACTUALLY LIKE THAT.
I WISH THEY'D ACTUALLY BE OFF THE COMMITTEE ALTOGETHER.
UM, SO I LIKE REMOVING THEIR VOTING POWER, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UH, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY FOR, UM, SWAYED VOTES ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO I, I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY RESIDENT BASED.
UM, HOWEVER I NOTICED YOU'RE ADDING A FIFTH PERSON ON THERE, WHICH IS RESIDENT I'M.
AND YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY APPOINT SOMEONE.
UM, MY CONCERN IS, IS THE ABSOLUTE STRIPPING OF THE, SOME OF THE POWERS THAT ARE IN THERE.
THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER PART OF THAT, INCLUDING TAKING OUT THE FINANCE PART.
YOU KNOW, THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ASKING SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS, PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE TAKING THE POWER AWAY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THOSE QUESTIONS MUCH.
LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS STRATEGICALLY TO TRY TO SHUT THAT UP.
AND I KNOW THE LAST MEETING, THE CITY TREASURER HAMMERED ON YOU GUYS ABOUT SOME STUFF, PROBABLY NOT THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO SAVE, BUT SHE'S STILL HAMMERED ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I CAN TELL AS THE BIGGEST CATALYST.
WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THE ELECTEDS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THE VOTING POWER.
IF YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO GET THE RESIDENTS, TO NOT HAVE CERTAIN INFORMATION, THAT'S NOT THE APPROACH THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD TAKE BECAUSE THAT'S THE PERCEPTION.
I MEAN, LET'S TALK ABOUT PERCEPTION.
PERCEPTION IS NOT WHAT YOU INTEND, BUT WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY SEE YOUR ACTIONS ARE PERCEPTION.
AND THE PERCEPTION IS GUYS DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
YOU GUYS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS.
SO YOU'RE CHUGGING ALONG ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, TAKING $20 MILLION.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR COVID RELATED STUFF AND GOING TO PUT IT DOWN THE DRAIN FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE MAY NOT GET SO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU GUYS HAMMER BRIAN ALL THE TIME, SHUT HIM UP.
YOU GUYS DO THAT TO THEM ALL THE TIME.
EVERY ONE OF YOU TAKES A TURN, LET THE GUY SPEAK.
HE WAS ELECTED JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
GOOD NIGHT, VICTORIA, VICTORIA FOLLOWED BY SARAH LEFT, FOLLOWED BY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BUTCHER IT TOO BADLY.
UH, I'M A RESIDENT HERE AT WEST COVINA AND, UM, I WAS JUST MAINLY TRYING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS AGENDA.
NUMBER THREE, ABOUT BUILDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COMING FROM THE BUDGET OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
I GENUINELY THINK THAT IT SHOULD GO TOWARDS DIRECTLY WHAT IT'S FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
I THINK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD UP THE ECONOMY OF OUR CITY, YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO GO INTO THE BUSINESSES WHERE THE COMMUNITY GOES.
I MEAN, I PERSONALLY WOULD MORE SO LIKE TO SPEND MY DAYS AT HOME.
WEST COVINA IS MY HOME, BUT INSTEAD I GO OUT TO OTHER CITIES, I LOOK FOR OTHER PLACES TO GO TO INSTEAD OF PUTTING MY MONEY INTO MY OWN HOME.
AND I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, AS EFFICIENTLY AS THE BUSINESSES.
AND THEN MORE SO TOO, IF YOU GET YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GO INTO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE CITY, THEY WILL BRING OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEM AS WELL.
IF THERE ARE GOOD THINGS BEING SAID ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER, MORE PEOPLE WILL COME.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE TOO THAT, UH, DEFINITELY THIS IS A DIVIDED CITY AS WELL, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IF WE JUST LISTENED TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER, UM, I BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL BE MORE HAPPY AND PEOPLE WILL WANT TO STAY IN WEST COVINA AND PEOPLE WILL WANT TO KEEP COMING.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN MY HOME, I HAVEN'T REALLY AGREED WITH.
UM, AND I THINK SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
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ARE MADE AND I REALLY DO HOPE, UM, DOES WEST COVINA HAVE AN ONLINE FORUM WHERE I CAN GET INFORMATION FROM, BECAUSE I DON'T ALL MY LIFE LIVING HERE.I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THAT OR SEEING THAT I HAD ACCESS TO THAT.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO PUT INFORMATION MORE OUT THERE FOR RESIDENTS.
SARAH LEE FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY COLEEN ROSATI, GREETINGS.
I'M SARAH LOVE, UM, GREETINGS MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, I HAVE OWNED MY HOUSE HERE FOR PROBABLY LIKE 16 OR 17 YEARS.
SO I ACTUALLY LIVE IN WEST COVINA.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO INVITE OUR FRIENDS FROM LA POINTY.
SO I HAVE NOBODY HERE WITH ME.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE ONE THING TO SAY THAT I FULLY AGREE.
YOU GUYS NEED TO, UH, DO A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR GEORGE
UM, AND I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO DO THAT.
UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I HAVE TO PUT BOSE HEADPHONES ON HIM DURING THE 4TH OF JULY.
HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY MORE ORDINANCES AND FINES.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY HURT MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR PEOPLE.
AND WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE MAD PEOPLE.
SO RUN BACK IN THEIR HOUSES AND PROBABLY LAUGH.
SO I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T THINK IT'LL DO ANYTHING.
IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL FOR ME, BUT BECAUSE I DON'T SET OFF FIREWORKS HERE.
UM, NUMBER THREE, UM, I'M LOOKING AROUND, I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE TAPED OFF SEATS HERE AND I HAVE POLICE CHASING ME AROUND, LIKE I'M WEARING A MASK AND COME ON, I HAVE ANTIBODIES.
I KNOW MOST OF YOU GUYS DO, I BET ALMOST HALF OR MORE OF THE ROOM IS VACCINATED.
SO IF WE HAVE OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THIS WHAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE, BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY'RE THE KIND OF CONCERNS ME.
AND IF WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE TYRANTS OF LA AND WE ALL KNOW THE DOCTOR WHO PLAYS ONE ON TV IS A TYRANT AND HAS CLOSED DOWN OUR BUSINESSES.
SO I'M JUST SAYING, I JUST, IF IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THIS, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE TO ME.
UM, AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS A CONCERN TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A CONCERN TO ME.
SO, UM, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT IF I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT.
AND AS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, YEAH, WE WANT THEM AND WE WANT NOTICE AND YOU KNOW, I MAY NEVER COME.
I MIGHT JUST SIT ON MY BULL, BUT WE WANT THE OPTION TO COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN, FOLLOWED BY CALLING ROSATI, FOLLOWED BY J D SO DO YOU WANT TO START THE TIME? SO MY BELIEFS, MY OPINIONS AND MY BROAD PUBLIC AUDIENCE CONCERN IS NOT IMPORTANT TO SOME OF YOU.
AND IT'S APPARENT THAT THE INAPPROPRIATE OR HURTFUL CONTROVERSIAL SOMETIMES IS IRRELEVANT TO THE QUESTIONS, WHETHER IT DEALS WITH ONE A MI OR ALL MATTERS OF B MI.
ACCORDING TO A COMMON, I HEARD EARLIER, UH, FROM A PARTICULAR PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE WHO FOLLOWS ME IN HIS BLACK CORVETTE, TAKING PICTURES OF MY LICENSE PLATES.
AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER, MY VEHICLE WAS VANDALIZED.
THANK YOU, GEORGE OGDEN, OR THE MAYORS, TONY WU'S FRIEND.
SO WHEN YOU MAKE THREATS LIKE THAT, I REMIND YOU MAKING THREATS LIKE THAT IS VERY SERIOUS.
YOU DON'T SCARE THE PUBLIC ALL THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND I'LL DO IT VERY POLITELY FOR THEM.
THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK IS GOING ON AROUND HERE.
IT'S THE SAME SHIT GOING ON IN ANAHEIM, PAID A PLAY AND WHO GETS CUT ON ALL THIS PAY TO PLAY YOUR CONSTITUENTS RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
AND SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT REQUIRES US TO TOLERATE ALL MATTERS OF UNPLEASANTNESS AND INTO THE RECORD AND FOR THE RECORD, THE RULES OF DECORUM AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT BECAUSE
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THEY CONTAIN PROVISIONS, WHICH CONSTITUTE IMPERMISSIBLE PRIOR RESTRAINTS ON SPEECH.THAT'S WHY I ONLY HAVE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE TO ENGAGE WITH THE FIVE OF YOU AND THE MAYOR.
LIKE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING ENOUGH.
YOU GET UPSET FOR ME, JUST SIMPLY SAYING, I VISITED DOWNTOWN LA TO PUSSY AND POOCHES.
WHY IS THAT? IT'S A LOCATION DOWNTOWN.
YOU GOT ONE IN DOWNEY CALLED BASTARDS.
SOMETIMES I FEEL SOME OF YOU ARE BASTARDS LIKE THAT DUMB BASTARD, SON OF NANCY PELOSI OR NEPHEW.
AND THAT RECALLS SOUNDING VERY GOOD.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY OPEN.
AND AS YOU HEARD REGARDING THIS COVID SCARE AND, AND CRISIS, WELL, IF IT'S SO BAD, THEN WHY ARE WE OPENING UP ONLY BARS? FIRST FOOTBALL, STADIUMS, BASKETBALL STADIUMS. WHEN THE REAL REALITY IS WE'RE ALL EVENTUALLY GOING TO FUCKING DIE.
AND YOU SHOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
WHEN THE PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT TO BE HEARD.
THEY'RE THE VOICE ON THE VOICE.
AND WE WANT TO BE HEARD EVERY TIME WE'RE HERE IN THESE MEETINGS AND NOT BE REDUCED TO THREE MINUTES.
COLEEN ROSATI FOLLOWED BY J D FOLLOWED BY MR. PHILLIP MARINO.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE COLEEN, ROSATI, ELECTED CITY, TREASURER, AND MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE SINCE 2016, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, SUBJECT CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION TWO ZERO TWO, ONE THREE, THREE, AMENDING THE NAME PROCEDURES, RULES, REGULATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THIS COMMITTEE, NOR AM I IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE DUTIES OR THE NAME.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IS OMITTING THE VOTING RIGHTS OF THE ELECTED CITY, TREASURER AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER.
AS YOU READ IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMMITTEE HAS CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES, ADDING MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OMITTING CITY MANAGER OF FINANCE DIRECTOR, BUT ONE OF THE CONSTANT MEMBERS SINCE 2016 HAS BEEN THE ELECTED CITY TREASURER.
THE ELECTED CITY, TREASURER IS AN INDEPENDENT BODY WHO HAS NO ALLIANCES TO THE CITY COUNCIL NOR TO CITY STAFF.
SHE TAKES HER DIRECTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND WHAT SHE REPRESENTS.
I AS YOUR CITY TREASURER, TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY IN REVIEWING THIS RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE NAME AND THE DUTY OF THIS COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BRIEFLY UNDER BACKGROUND, THE COMMITTEE SHALL RECOMMEND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT FIRM FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.
WHEN THE CURRENT CONTRACT CAME UP FOR THIS AUDIT FIRM THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE BY THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SIT ON THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
IT WAS VOTED ON AND IT WAS APPROVED.
WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN, AT LEAST FIVE OUT OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, TWO MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED, THE CITY MANAGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR NEGATING OUR MOTION AND THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST TO BE INVOLVED.
UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES.
UM, LET ME JUST CUT TO THE CHASE.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT OMITTING THE CITY TREASURER'S VOTE IS GOING TO HAVE ANY IN THE GAME.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF SHOWING UP WHILE HE CITY MANAGER HAS STATED THE OTHERS, ELECTEDS WILL NO LONGER HAVE A VOTE.
YOU WILL HAVE A VOTE BECAUSE OUR RECOMMENDATION COMES TO YOU AND YOU END UP VOTING ON IT.
SO YOU ARE NOT LOSING ANYTHING.
WHAT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY IS THE RIGHT FOR THE ELECTED CITY TREASURER, TO HAVE A SAY, TO HAVE A VOICE.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FUN FACT.
AND 2018, THUS COUNCIL TOMA, WARSHAW JOHNSON, WU, AND I BELIEVE SPENCE PUT MEASURE T ON THE BALLOT TO REMOVE THE CITY TREASURER FUN FACT TO 26,331 VOTES WERE CAST.
19,000 OF THOSE WERE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THIS POSITION.
THE COMMUNITY WANTS THIS INDEPENDENT VOICE.
THIS POSITION SHOULD STAY AS A VOTING POWER ON THIS COMMITTEE.
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OKAY.J D FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP MARINO, FOLLOWED BY MARCIA SOLARIA.
GOOD EVENING, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MAYOR AND HALL LADIES IN THE HOUSE.
AND THOSE THAT MY VOICE REACHES, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE A MOTHER OR NOT, YOU'RE, I'M SURE YOU ARE IN COUNTLESS WAYS.
UM, REASON I STEPPED UP TONIGHT IS TO UNDER AND UNDERSCORE WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT MR. TABLET, TOBIAS PARTICIPATION AT THE CLOSE OF YOUR LAST MEETING, HIS REQUEST TO HAVE A HOMELESS PRESENTATION WAS DENIED.
I BELIEVE MAYOR, YOU SAID IT WAS A RED FLAG BECAUSE THE MODELS THAT HE REFERENCED WHITTIER APPARENTLY HAD USED SOME GENERAL FUNDS.
SO THAT SHUT THE DOOR FOR YOU.
I FOUND OUT REPRESENTS WEST COVINA ON SCAGS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS OR ED.
AND HE ADMITTED THAT HE TURNED DOWN $40,000 TO APPLY TOWARDS THE HOMELESS ISSUE IN WEST COVINA, BECAUSE HE FELT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH NOR THAT IT MERIT THE STAFF'S TIME.
BOTTOM LINE, YOU DENIED MR. TABBA TOBIAS REQUESTS FOR A PRESENTATION AND SECONDS LATER, MAYOR, YOU MADE A REQUEST FOR A PRESENTATION ON THE DA, MR. GODSTONE, MR. GASTONE IS FAR REMOVED FROM US.
AND CERTAINLY NOT AS MUCH OF A THREAT AS THE HOMELESS SITUATION THAT RESIDENTS FACE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE PROGRAM THAT I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON CONSOLE COULD TESTIFY TO.
ITS SUCCESS IS A TOTAL FAILURE.
I BELIEVE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON REPRESENTING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S ALREADY OPERATING AT BARE MINIMUM AND IT'S A TOTAL FAILURE.
I DON'T SEE THE REASON WHY YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO AT LEAST EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS OF WHAT, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE HOMELESS SITUATION.
IT IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO US IN OUR PROPERTY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE DON'T ALL HAVE THE LUXURY TO LIVE IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE SOMETIMES LIVE IN THE AREAS WHERE THESE HOMELESS FOLKS LIKE TO HANG OUT.
I LIVE ACROSS THE PARK THAT GENTLEMEN EARLIER LIVED ACROSS EDISON.
UM, WE EXPERIENCED THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU, AS OUR COUNCIL ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR DA MAY BE DOING THINGS FOR PEOPLE DON'T LIKE, BUT HONESTLY, I'M FAR MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION HERE IN WEST COVINA.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT OUR HOMELESS SITUATION? DON'T IGNORE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
MAY OUR NEXT SPEAKERS, PHILLIP MORENO.
HE'S ON THE LINE, MR. MARINO, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF AND PLEASE START TALKING, MR. MORENO.
IF YOUR PHONE IS MUTED, TRY A STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE.
MARSHA, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF IF YOUR PHONE IS MUTED, TRY STAR SIX ON YOUR PHONE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL, CITY, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS MARSHA AND I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 33, AMENDING THE NAME PROCEDURES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
MY COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AND MR. DAVID LINN CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
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AND NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE.ALTHOUGH WE FEEL THAT HAD, WE HAD TIME TO REACH OUT TO THE REST.
THE COMMITTEE, THE FOLLOWING SENTIMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN UNANIMOUS AS MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
THE COMMITTEE RECENTLY HAD A MEETING AND THEY, THIS IDEA TO CHANGE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES NAME AND MAKEUP WAS NOT MENTIONED.
NEITHER WAS IT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION PRIOR TO A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN THE AGENDA ITEM PACKET WAS EMAILED TO US.
IN FACT, I WAS OUT OF TOWN TILL TWO DAYS AGO.
SO THE NEW IS STILL VERY FRESH TO ME.
FIRST, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE NAME CHANGE AS RETURNING TO THE ORIGINAL AUDIT COMMITTEE NAME PROVIDES A BETTER SENSE OF THE INDEPENDENT NATURE OF THE COMMITTEE.
BUT WE DO QUESTION IF THE NEED TO CHANGE THE MAKEUP AND VOTING RIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY WAS THIS NOT MENTIONED OUT OF COURTESY TO THE COMMITTEE? GIVEN THAT ONE OF OUR PRIMARY PURPOSES IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE AND TRANSPARENCY IN REGARDS TO THE CITY'S FINANCES, THESE TYPE OF ACTIONS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO QUESTION OUR PURPOSE AND INFLUENCE.
THEREFORE, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON THIS ITEM, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE FOLLOWING NUMBER ONE, CAN CITY STAFF PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT LED TO THIS MOTION BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT? NUMBER TWO, CAN CITY STAFF ELABORATE ON WHAT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NON-VOTING MEMBERS? AND NUMBER THREE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE SECTION BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE IN QUOTES, REVIEW ANY OTHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL AUDITS OR REVIEW FISCAL IN NATURE AND OF QUOTES.
THANK YOU, MARCIA, MR. FELLOW MARINO, CAN YOU TRY TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE STAR SIX TO GO AHEAD AND START TALKING? IS THAT MAY, ARE WE THERE? HE, I CAN SEE HE'S ON THE LINE, BUT I DON'T.
IS THAT THE LAST SPEAKER? THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER MAYOR.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AS HE COMES IN, BUT, UH, CITY MANAGER MAY PLEASE RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC CONCERNS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I APPRECIATE WE HAD, UM, A COUPLE DOZEN SPEAKERS TONIGHT, APPRECIATE THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS AN ITEM PRESENTED FOR YOUR, UM, CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE PACKETS TONIGHT, SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON THE USE OF THE FUNDS AND THE NEED TO EMBARK ON THIS GENERALLY IN THE PACKET, WHICH IS ATTACHMENT NUMBER TWO, THERE'S A CONTRACT WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM.
THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY ON A SERVICE BUREAU BASIS, PROVIDE SERVICES FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE FEES COLLECTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
BUT I'D LIKE TO READ THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE PERTINENT PART.
IT SAYS, WHEREAS THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC CREATED A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE CRISIS FOR WEST COVINA AS LOCAL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN THE VITAL FOOD SERVICE SECTOR, THE COMMUNITY RESTAURANTS, GROCERS, AND OTHER CENTRAL FOOD PROVIDERS REQUESTING REQUIRED INFORMATION AND COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNTY.
AS THEY TRIED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MORE THAN 10 MILLION RESIDENTS WITH LITTLE CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY.
IN ORDER TO FILL THIS VOID, THE CITY'S INITIATING ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND PREPARING FOR FUTURE NEEDS AS THEY MAY OCCUR, GOES ON TO SPEAK TO THE FUNDING QUESTION.
THE CITY ANTICIPATES UTILIZING MULTIPLE AVAILABLE REVENUE SOURCES, INCLUDING GRANTS FEES, SOME INVENTIONS AND CONTRACT TO INITIATE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, AND SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.
THE FEDERAL RECOVERY BILL DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS TO HELP THE NATION RECOVER FROM THE COVID CRISIS.
UM, DOES ALL THE CLASSIC THINGS A RECOVERY BILL MIGHT DO IT, UM, PROVIDES JOBS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED.
IT PROVIDES FOOD FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HUNGRY SIGNIFICANTLY.
I'VE NOT SEEN THIS IN A FEDERAL PACKAGE.
IT'S REALLY, I THINK A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT.
IT PROVIDES MONEY TO THE STATES AND TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR US TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, RECOVER IN THIS CASE, THIS CONTRACT ASKS COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ABOUT $93,000, ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THESE ARA MONIES TO HELP GET THIS STOOD UP AS
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A ONE-TIME TRANSITION SUPPLEMENT.NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY.
ALSO, IF I MAY, THAT CITY, AS I THINK IS GENERALLY KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE HERE TONIGHT AND IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, HAS SOME SERIOUS, UM, FISCAL ISSUES THAT IT'S FACING.
MOST OF THOSE OF THE, OF THE NINE CATEGORIES OF FISCAL DISTRESS, ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE IN THE REALM OF PENSION, PENSION COSTS, PENSION FUNDING, OPEB, THE OTHER PENSION, UM, POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
THIS CHANGE IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UM, IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO YOU TONIGHT THAT THE CITY MIGHT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A SHARP FOCUS ON THE STATE AUDITOR'S REQUIRED RECOVERY PLAN.
I THINK WE ALL SAID WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED, GEE, THIS HAS TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY AND WE'RE ALL GONNA PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN IN THESE REPORTS EVERY SIX MONTHS, BUT IN THE CRUSH OF ALL THE CITY BUSINESS AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES, IT'S EASY FOR THINGS TO GET FURTHER DOWN THE LIST.
AND THE INTENTION HERE IS THAT THIS RECONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE WITH ITS PRIMARY DUTIES BEING TO SUPPORT, UM, IN IMPROVING THIS, THIS ASPECT, UM, WILL HELP THE CITY MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO TURN THOSE IN THE STATE AUDIT EVERY SIX MONTHS, THE FIRST REPORT BEING DUE, UM, THIS JUNE.
SO THE TIME IS GOING TO WORK OUT PRETTY WELL, BUT I WANT TO MAINTAIN, UM, CRISP FOCUS ON IT.
THE, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS RESOLUTION AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, MEANING THERE'LL BE THERE, BUT THEY WON'T HAVE A VOTE.
UM, BUT I WOULD EXPECT AND HOPE THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE AND SHARE THEIR OPINIONS.
IT, IT CREATES A FIVE PERSON PUBLIC BODY, UM, SIMILAR TO THE WAY THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS CONSTITUTED.
UM, ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS WHO'S BEEN HERE BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICIES OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
UM, MR. GONE ASKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THOSE, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THAT OFFICE.
I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE PUBLIC, THAT A CONVERSATION WITH THAT, UM, OFFICE WITH, UM, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR ONE OF HIS REPRESENTATIVES IS SCHEDULED FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE THE FIRST.
AND WE'VE ASKED FOR A QUESTION ANSWER FORMAT BECAUSE THESE, THESE ISSUES ARE OBVIOUSLY OF IMPORTANCE TO ALL OF US AND, AND OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO CRIME VICTIMS. WHAT'S GOING ON AT THREE STRIKES, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CASH BAIL.
UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THIS CITY WOULD JOIN SOME OTHER CITIES IN A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW THAT CONVERSATION WITH MR. GAS CONES IN HIS OFFICE.
UM, THE SPEAKERS ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COMP SPORTSPLEX AS IT BEING RENAMED.
UM, THAT'S THE NAME THAT'S BEEN ON THE MONUMENT SIGN THERE, UH, SPORTSPLEX SINCE THE BUILDING OR SINCE THE FACILITY WAS BUILT, THERE'S A BADGE THERE FOR BIG, BIG DREAMS, WHICH WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'VE, UM, PARTED COMPANY WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF BEING A TENANT.
IT'S OUR INTENTION TO OPEN THAT FACILITY BACK UP, THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS OUT THERE CRUSHING NEED HERE FOR PRACTICE FIELDS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY.
UM, THAT'S A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT TO HAVE A START-UP CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY, BECAUSE, UH, WITH NOBODY THERE, WITH THE COVID THE FILLER, THIS FACILITY HAS NOT BEEN IN USE, BUT I DON'T SEE THIS SPORTSPLEX AS A NAME CHANGE.
IT'S BEEN THE NAME OF THE FIELD SYLLABI FROM THE, FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
THANK YOU NOW FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.I'VE GOT JUST A BRIEF REPORT TONIGHT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND A LOT OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING, BUT I'LL TRY AND BE QUICK AS I CAN.
UM, SO STARTING WITH SOME GOOD NEWS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS PROGRESSED TO THE YELLOW TIER, WHICH MEANS BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO START TO OPEN UP MORE AND MORE.
IT'S OUR INTENTION TO OPEN UP THE CITY HALL BUSINESS.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IT ON JUNE 1ST, ALBEIT WITH SOME CONTINUING, UM, BEST PRACTICES.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC, UH, AREAS OF THE LOBBY, UH, MAINTAIN DISTANCING, ASK PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS AND HAVE A SINGLE ENTRANCE ON THE BASE AND THE LEVEL.
UM, I MENTIONED JUST NOW IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS IS THE SLIDE ABOUT THE WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX.
WE'RE PLANNING TO OPEN THIS UP IN ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO FOR FIELD REYNOLDS.
WE WANT TO SEE THIS FACILITY, WHICH IS STILL WHERE WE'RE PAYING THE DEBT SERVICE ON IT.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT BACK IN, IN COMMUNITY USE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
THE RESTAURANTS IN THERE, WE'RE ISSUING AN RFP TO INVITE, UM, PROPOSALS FROM FIRMS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING THE
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RESTAURANT PIECE WITHIN THIS COMPLEX.WE WERE IN THAT FACILITY LAST, UM, LAST WEEK.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE'D LIKE TO GET IT BACK INTO USE.
WE STILL HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, VACCINATION, UM, SITES, UM, CAMERON PARK, COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER, THE CAMERON PARK CENTER.
UM, IT'S BEING OPERATED FOR US BY FULL AGENT.
UM, WE'RE AVAILABLE ON A WALK-UP BASIS.
PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS, BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO.
I KNOW SOME OF THE WORKERS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ON THE STREET CORNER SAYING, UM, CUSTOMERS NEEDED, PLEASE COME IN.
SO ANYONE THAT WANTS AN APPOINTMENT CAN GET ONE, UM, LIKEWISE AT THE CORTEZ PARK, THAT ONE IS IN IS IN COOPERATION WITH THE EAST VALLEY HEALTH AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER PARTICIPATION THERE.
UM, WHILE I, THIS TOPIC IS UP, I'D LIKE TO MENTION OUR EFFORT TO GET HOMEBOUND SENIORS.
VACCINATED IS GOING TO, I THINK, RESULT IN THIS FIRST WAVE OF ABOUT 30 PEOPLE, UM, TAKING US UP ON OUR OFFER, BUT ANYBODY THAT WANTS ONE CAN CONTACT US AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TRY AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THEM.
UM, ONE ASPECT OF THE, UM, RECOVERY PROGRAM IS, UM, RENT RELIEF.
THERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, THE LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN IN WEST COVINA.
UM, I GOT A QUESTION THIS WEEK, SO IT'S JUST THOUGHT I'D HAVE A SLIDE HERE TO EXPLAIN.
PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STREET PROJECTS.
LA COUNTY IS DURING THE SEWER LINE, US, UM, SLIP LINING ON CAMERON AVENUE AND, UM, THERE'S SOME 5G PIPING GOING IN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN ON VINE AVENUE.
SO IF EVER YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE CALL US AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHO'S GOT ENCROACHMENT PERMITS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE SOME UPCOMING BUDGET MEETINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE NEXT YEAR BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY THE 18TH.
WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, A SHORT FALL IN TERMS OF REVENUES DIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF COVID THAT ARE OFF IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING HERE IN, IN THESE CHAMBERS ON THE 19TH.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, STREAM THAT MEETING AS WELL.
AND IT'S OUR INTENTION TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF A PUBLIC PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION ON JUNE THE 15TH.
I ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE A JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE ALSO INVITING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE THERE NIGHT.
WE CAN HEAR FROM OUR CONSULTANT ABOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
THAT'LL BE IN THIS CHAMBERS THIRSTY NIGHT.
SO THAT WEEK WE'VE GOT COUNCIL TUESDAY BUDGET, WEDNESDAY AND HOUSING ELEMENT THURSDAY, BUT THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO LISTEN IN AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL.
UM, I'VE GOT AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT ABOUT FIREWORKS, JUST A FINAL REMINDER THAT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN WEST COVINA.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER TONIGHT WHETHER TO RAISE THE FINES TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A PUBLICATION THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THE WEBSITE AND THE LINK TO IT.
UM, PROBABLY TOMORROW KIND OF A RECAP OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CITY.
A STATE OF THE CITY REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET, UM, A DONATION FOR SOME PRINTED COPIES.
IT'S REALLY, I THINK, UH, A GOOD PIECE THAT, THAT APTLY DESCRIBES SOME GOOD GAIN THAT THE CITY'S MADE IN A WHOLE NUMBER OF AREAS AND DEPARTMENTS.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
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ONTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL? UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.UH, I'D LIKE TO PULL, UH, ITEMS, UH, TWO, THREE, FIVE, AND EIGHT, EIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12, ONE THROUGH 12 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO, THREE, FIVE, EIGHT, 11, AND 12.
BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE, 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, TWO ARTICLES, SEVEN PURCHASES AND SALES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE.
YEAH, THEY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER.
HI, COUNCILMAN WU ART COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.
[2) CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15-68 OF THE WESTCOVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FORFIREWORKS-RELATED VIOLATIONS]
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ONTO ITEM NUMBER TWO.WELL BY COUNCIL MINTS ABOUT DUBAI, UH, QUESTIONS, OR IS THERE A PRESENTATION OR IS IT PRESENTATION OR, UM, IT IS A QUESTION POST YOUR QUESTIONS.
FIVE MAY HEAR A QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR.
UM,
UH, SO, UH, QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
UM, THE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE RAISING OF, OF THE FINES, UH, TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, FOR SAFE AND SANE AND, UH, THE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS WE'VE GOT THE CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, MARIN COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO, AS HE'S WALKING UP, JUST SAY, WE'RE HERE AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL.
YOU ASKED THAT THE MENTAL COBY AMENDED, SO THAT ALL FINES RELATED TO FIREWORKS VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING BOTH THE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS AND SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, BE SET AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE.
AND IF THE CHIEF COULD SPEAK TO THE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE RATIONALE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
AND, UH, GIVE ME GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE I'M, AS YOU KNOW, UM, EVERY YEAR FIREWORKS BECOMES A NUISANCE.
UM, IT USUALLY STARTS IN MAY, PARTICULARLY RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY AND WE RECEIVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CALLS.
UM, THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THAT POUR INTO CITIES, UH, IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL.
UM, IT CAUSES, UH, A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND SO AS WE TRY TO ENFORCE THAT, UH, THE, UH, RAISING THE FEES IS BASICALLY THE, UM, UH, I DON'T WANT TO CALL THE MUSCLE, BUT THE, IF YOU, IF YOU PUT THE RIGHT FEE AMOUNT IN, IT WAS A GREAT DETERRENT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM BUYING THE ILLEGAL DRUGS THAT PLAGUED THE CITY FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, MR. GOOD TO TURN IT FORWARD.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE LOOKED AT THE, UM, TWO OR $300, RIGHT WHERE IT'S AT NOW AND, UM, AND WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESS, BUT BY RAISING THE FEE, UH, WE JUST BELIEVE THAT WE'LL GET MORE COMPLIANCE OUT OF IT.
UM, SO SPEAKING TO THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS SPECIFICALLY, UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH, UH, FIRE, UH, PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS CAUSED LAST YEAR BY THE USE OF SAFE AND SANE, FIREWORKS, NOT PARTICULARLY SAFE AND SANE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE FIRE CHIEF AND MYSELF WAS OUT LAST YEAR.
UM, WE ACTUALLY PUT OUT A HOUSE FIRE.
I'M NOT, I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT WAS A SAFE AND SANE THAT THAT CAUSED IT.
UM, IT WAS SOME TYPE OF FLYING PROJECTILE THAT ACTUALLY LIT ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE ON FIRE IN WEST COVINA.
BUT AS WE DROVE AROUND, WE S WE SAW NUMEROUS GRASS FIRES, NUMEROUS TREES ON FIRE AND A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.
SO I CAN NOT QUANTIFY WHETHER IT'S SAFE AND SANE OR ILLEGAL, UM, OR MORE DANGEROUS.
UH, BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS, UM, SURROUNDING CITIES, UH,
UH, AND I, I AM NOT QUITE SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL HERE IN, IN WEST COVINA.
SO ONE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE COMMUNICATION TO ALL RESIDENTS.
UH, BUT, UH, THE, THE OTHER QUESTION AND THIS ONE, UH, IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU, IS, UM, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, OVER 60% OF AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD A $1,000 EMERGENCY.
UH, AND SO HAVE WE WEIGHED THE SOCIAL COST ON FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY OF SUCH A HEAVY FINE FOR, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, WHICH ARE LEGAL IN THE NEIGHBORING CITY, UH, VERSUS THE PERCEIVED BENEFIT WE'LL GET FROM, UH, THAT, THAT HEAVY, FINE ON SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS.
WELL, LET ME ADDRESS THE LATTER PART FIRST, UH, IT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE FIREWORKS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THAT'S AN ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
SO, UM, IF IT'S ILLEGAL, IT'S ILLEGAL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
SO IT REALLY SHOULDN'T MATTER WHAT THE FIND IS.
IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT, YOU WON'T GET FINE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE DON'T PUT THE FINE LOW ENOUGH SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY LATER SO THAT THEY CAN THEN PAY IT.
THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND MAKE SAFE, INSANE LEGAL, THEN THAT WOULD CHANGE IT A BIT FOR ME.
WELL, SO, SO MY, MY, MY QUESTION THOUGH, IS, SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CREATE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FINE, YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE, BECAUSE THE FINE IS, IS SO PUNITIVE THAT IT'S GOING TO CREATE A GREATER COST ON, ON THE CITY, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE HOPING THE BENEFIT IS HIGH FINE WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO NOT RIGHT.
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UH, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT RATIONALE, UM, BUT YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE FINES SO PUNITIVE THAT IT ENDS UP, UH, CAUSING ANOTHER COST TO THE COMMUNITY.AND, AND AGAIN, I'M SPECIFICALLY THE SAFE AND SANE BECAUSE, UM, LOP WENT THAT BALDWIN PARK IRWINDALE, WHICH ALL, ALL BORDER, THE WEST SIDE OF WEST COVINA, UM, ALLOWS SAFE, INSANE.
UM, SO DO DO, DO WE KNOW THE COST, UH, TO OUR CITY, UM, REGARDING THE CALLS, UM, THAT POLICE AND FIRE HAD TO RESPOND TO, UH, ON OUR PROHIBITION OF, UH, SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS? UM, AGAIN, I, I DON'T HAVE A SEPARATION.
USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, WHEN FIREWORKS GO OFF AND, UH, YOU'RE A PARTICULAR ANIMAL THAT'S OUTSIDE IS SCARED, OR THEY RUN AWAY, OR THEY JUMPED THE FENCE OR WHATEVER, WHETHER IT'S SAFE AND SANE OR DANGEROUS, IT'S ENOUGH.
CAUSE THE OWNER OF THE SET PET TO CALL US AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? UM, WE DON'T SEPARATE IT OUT, WHETHER IT'S SAFE AND SANE OR, OR DANGEROUS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE GO OUT, WE CAN IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
SO ALL WE DO IS WE HEAR THE NOISE, BUT WE DO GET A LOT OF RESPONSES FOR IT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS INCREASED.
SO THE NUMBER, UM, THERE ARE TIMES AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE 4TH OF JULY, THAT THE FIREWORKS CALLS OVERWHELMS OUR DISPATCH.
WE GET MORE CALLS ON FIREWORKS THAN ANY OTHER CALLS.
SO IT IS A BURDEN ON, ON, ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, LAST, UH, JUST THE LAST QUESTION.
DO, DO WE KNOW WHICH, UH, OF THE FOREST SERVICE AREAS IN WEST COVINA, UH, HAD THE MOST CALLS AND CITATIONS FOR, FOR FIREWORKS FOR TODAY? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH THAT, UM, I CAN SAY THAT ON THE DAYS THAT WE WERE OUT, PARTICULARLY TO FOURTH, YOU COULDN'T TELL WHICH DISTRICT WHICH BEAT, UH, WAS MORE THAN THE OTHER, BECAUSE WE WERE SURROUNDED BY NUMEROUS FIREWORKS GOING ON FROM EVERY CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT I CAN RESEARCH IT FOR YOU.
UH, I THINK THE BALL'S SEVEN YEARS AGO OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE HAVE, UH, UH, CHIEF, CHIEF, CHIEF.
I THINK WE HAVE A, UH, RESIDENT.
I THINK OVERWHELMING 80% OF ALL RESIDENTS, BOTH FOR ZERO TOLERANCE.
MEANING NO FIREWALLS, NO MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF FIREWORK.
SO, SO SINCE WE HAVE 80% OF A RESIDENT VOTE ON THIS, WE JUST ENFORCE WHAT THEY WANT.
I THINK PROBABLY SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY WE HAVE A JOB, THESE JOBS COMING TO US AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A WARNING FUND STAVE ON THE COUNTY COUNTING US.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AWARE OF POTENTIAL WILDFIRE AND THEN LAST YEAR.
I THINK MAYBE I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAVE A COASTAL PARK.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A WOODED AREA AND WE HAVE SO MANY, MANY TREE.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PROTECTED, PROTECTED LAND AND THAT WE CAN NOT TOUCH, SO IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AND WHY IS THE FIRE OVER THEM POTENTIALLY BY A WALK AND THE LAST YEAR, JULY 4TH, I THINK YOU REMEMBER, YOU CAME TO MY HOME.
YOU SAY, HEY, HOW'S EVERYTHING I SAY, LOOK AT HOW IT WAS GOING ON.
WE IN THE WAR ZONE AND THE, WE SAW WORRY ABOUT THE PROPERTY DAMAGE ON THE HILLSIDE, OKAY.
IF IT'S NOT ALL THE JOINT VENTURE, I THINK GOING TO BURN DOWN A LOT OF HOUSES.
SO WE WANT TO AVOID THE CATASTROPHE, PROTECT PEOPLE'S LIFE AND POVERTY AND LESS.
WHY I, THIS IS WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE WANT TO USE TO FIND, TO STOP PEOPLE, JUST GET ENJOYMENT.
WHEN THEY, WE CAN GO BACK IN OUR FUNDING, WE CAN DO IT JULY 4TH, FIREWORK LIKE BEFORE ON DUE TO THE PANDEMIC DUTY, WE RUNNING OUT THE BUDGET.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF CONTROL THAT $150,000 ONE NIGHT JUST BURN IT.
BUT WE NEED TO, I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE FIREWORKS.
BUT THE THING IS, IS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DOES A LOT OR A LOT OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTY DEEP IN THE WOODED AREA.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HAIL HILLSIDE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARK AND THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
SO, SO I THINK, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE.
WE DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE VIOLATE.
AND CREATE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, HAVE OUR FIRE.
ENGINE RUNNING AROUND ALL DAY.
I TRY TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MISFIRE AND DEPEND THE PANTRY.
THE PANTRY IS VERY, I HAVE ANOTHER PANTRY.
I DECIDED TO JUST CHOP IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT SAFE.
AND THE COUNCIL CAN AGREE WITH THIS.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
USE THE ILLEGAL FIREWALK OKAY.
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WANT GO TO ALL THE CTE, IF THEY HAVE A FIREWALL CALLED ENJOY IT.HE ALLOWED HIM TO DO IT, BUT NINE WEST COVINA, BECAUSE VOTER ALREADY VOTE.
OH, THIS SPOKEN, LET THAT DO NOW ONE.
SO I SUPPOSE IT'S A, HOW DO YOU THINK, LIKE LAST YEAR, CAN WE STOP THIS NUISANCE THAT REALLY CREATE A PROBLEM FOR OUR CITY? A LOT OF, A LOT OF WAYS IN THE COMPLAINT.
I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN STOP IT IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT I DO BELIEVE, UH, THAT WE CAN, UM, WE CAN, UH, CONTACT ENOUGH PEOPLE WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN SLOW IT DOWN.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WEST COVINA OR LAPA WEDNESDAY OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THE HOMES ARE SO CLOSE.
UH, BUT WE, WE, WE DEFINITELY DO OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR BEST IN, IN, IN TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
AND I THINK MR. TABATA BY, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN,
UH, WE, WE DID A LOT OF PUSHING, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO RESIDENTS KNEW, BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, 4TH OF JULY IS A FUN HOLIDAY FOR PEOPLE.
SO SOME OF THEM LIKE TO TAKE CHANCE.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DARK SIDE TO IT WHEN YOU DON'T PROPERLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE FIREWORKS THAT WENT OUT, A FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BLOWN OFF FINGERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THOSE ARE, UM, UH, LIFE CHANGING EVENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS NO FIREWORKS IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE GOT SOME THINGS IN PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR.
AND PART OF IT IS RAISING THESE FINES SO WE CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO STOP IT AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF THE, IF THE CITIZENS OF THE WEST COAST, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
THEN I THINK COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS THE WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT SAYS, NO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOLLOW I'M JUST TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW, WE ATHENS ALSO PUT OUT A MAILER OUT.
SO EVERY HOUSEHOLD RECEIVED THAT NOTIFICATION THAT THERE IS A FINE, NO FIREWORKS.
AND IN REGARDS TO THE FIREWORKS SITUATION, I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM, WASN'T THE 4TH OF JULY, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT WAS A WAR ZONE, IT WAS ALL THE MONTHS PRIOR TO LEAVING TO THE 4TH OF JULY.
I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL TWO DAYS AGO, A HOUSEHOLD THAT THEY'RE STARTING THE FIREWORKS RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING AT THIS AT AN EARLY STAGE, UM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
MA'AM NO, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA TO BUY MENTIONED THAT SURROUNDING CITIES TO THE LEFT OF US, UH, TO THE WEST, UM, HAVING MORE LAX, UM, RULES RELATED TO THE, UH, SAFE AND SANE, BUT FROM WHAT I RECALL LAST YEAR, THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE MOST SAVAGE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED.
FINGERS BLOWN OFF, INCLUDING I THINK TWO GUYS DIED IN BALDWIN PARK.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, BUT I LOOKED AT THAT AS KIND OF A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MORE LAX ATTITUDE.
I MEAN, OF COURSE THEY'RE FUN.
I WAS A KID I'D LOVE FIREWORKS.
I WOULD DO ANYTHING I CAN TO GET MY HANDS ON THEM, BUT THERE THEY COME UP WITH A RISK OF FIRE.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS TO CHIEF, BUT I CALL YOU PERSONALLY PUT OUT A FIRE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE LAST YEAR WHEN YOU AND CHIEF CAPELLI WERE DRIVING AROUND.
AND I THINK, UH, LIKE AS MAYOR, UH, LOPEZ BEATO MENTIONED LAST YEAR, UM, EVEN BEFORE 4TH OF JULY, THE CRITICISM FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS SO SAVAGE.
IT WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING TO US ABOUT A PUSH FOR US TO DO SOMETHING.
AND IT'S REALLY DAUNTING, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
I WAS UP ON HILLSIDE LOOKING DOWN ON THE COMMUNITY ON 4TH OF JULY.
AND AS FAR AS THE, I COULD SEE, I MEAN, THE SKY WAS COVERED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, EAST TO WEST, UH, EVERYWHERE SOUTH OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOUNTAINS.
SO, UM, I, I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ENFORCE THOSE FINES.
WE IMPLEMENTED THAT IT WAS A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE LAST YEAR AS WELL.
IT WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT UNDER CERTAIN, UH, VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT WERE $350, UH, SITES.
AND THERE WERE ALSO $500 SITES.
SO WE NEVER GOT TO THE THOUSAND, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE AMENDING IT THIS YEAR.
WE'LL MAKE IT A STRAIGHT DOWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, AMEND THE MOTION, UH, TO MAINTAIN, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, FINES FOR, UH, CITY MUNI MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 15, UH, SIX, EIGHT C UH, ON THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS AT THE CURRENT, UH, $350 FIRST OFFENSE, UH, $700 SECOND AND $1,000.
THIRD, IS THERE A SECOND QUICK QUESTION, CHIEF BELL
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IN REGARDS TO, UM, FIRST OFFENSE AND SO FORTH.IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE OUT THERE WITHOUT ARE, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN THE THOUSANDS.
UH, WE, UM, WE'VE BEEN TOLD NO TOLERANCE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE HAS TO BE A MEASURE OF A DISCRETION.
SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS, UH, MOST OF THE TIME ENDS ON WHAT IT IS USUALLY.
UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE A YOUNG CHILD WITH A SPARKLER, THERE'LL BE A BUCKET LOAD OF OTHER MATERIAL BACK HERE.
IF YOU'VE JUST ASKING ME FOR ONE SPARKLER ON A, ON A SMALL CHILD, AND I WOULD SAY THERE'S SOME DISCRETION WOULD BE USED.
NO SECOND FOR WHAT'S MEANT ABOUT DUBAI.
YOU HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND OR THE FIRST ORIGINAL ONE.
UH, BEFORE I, UH, ROLL CALL, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT ONE IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SUBSECTIONS B AND C OF SECTION 15 DASH 68, ADMINISTRATIVE FINES OF ARTICLE THREE, FIREWORKS OF CHAPTER 15, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NO COUNCIL MEN.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO FORMALLY ESTABLISHINGLOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTFOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, HOLD BY COUNCILMANUH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, UH, FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR.
UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I YIELD, UM, ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SO, UH, ACCORDING TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, THE CITY IS MAKING THIS MOVE BECAUSE OF A PERCEIVED LACK OF CAPACITY OF THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF WEST COVINA, UH, YET TRANSTECH SCOPE OF SERVICE.
THEY STATE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FULL BLOWN FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO BE CREATED AND OPERATIONAL BY FIRST, AS WELL AS WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THE INITIAL ROLLOUT OF SERVICES WILL BE TROUBLE-FREE.
UH, SO CONSIDERING, UM, WE'LL STILL BE IN THE MIDST OF THAT PANDEMIC JULY 1ST.
HOW CONCERNED SHOULD RESIDENTS BE ABOUT TRANS TECH'S ABILITY TO TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC MARIN COUNCIL? UM, WE HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION PREPARED ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT, WHICH I'D LIKE TO ASK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PRESENT IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION.
UM, SO JUST AS A SUMMARY, UM, THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO DATE, UM, AND, UH, INCLUDE, UM, MOST RECENTLY OR SORRY ON, UH, APRIL 20TH.
YOU ADOPTED ORDINANCE, UH, 20 OR 79 THAT ADOPTED BY REFERENCE TO COUNTY HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS.
SO IN THOSE HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS, IT REFERENCES, UH, THESE, UM, SORRY, I'M PRESENTATION.
UM, SO THE ACTIONS TONIGHT BEFORE THIS STAFF REPORT IS THE FIRST HEARING FORWARD AND IT'S 24 84, UM, WHICH IS ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AND THEN APPROVING THE PSA OR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TRANSECTS ENGINEERS, UM, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES, UM, I CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE PSA.
UM, SO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, UM, WE DID THE CITY CONDUCTED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, UM, THE TRANSTECH AND, UH, IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONSTANT, UH, SUBMITTED THE ONLY, UH, UH, STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE, UM, RFQ, WHICH, UH, WAS CLOSED ON APRIL 15TH.
SO THE, UH, PROPOSED PSA'S FOR THE TERM OF A
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ONE YEAR WITH TWO ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS, UM, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE COMPENSATION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, WOULD BE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT FUNDING.UM, AND THEN THE SERVICE, THE FEES FOR THE INSPECTION SERVICES WOULD BE 90% OF THE FEES COLLECTED.
UM, THIS IS A SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO, UM, THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH TRANS TEXTS FOR OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY AGREEMENTS AND OUR ENGINEERING AGREEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE ARE THERE'S 11 TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, UM, INCLUDING, UH, THE HEALTH, UH, HEALTH OFFICER SUPPORT, UM, COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TO GET OUR, UM, HEALTH ACCREDITED, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY I THINK, UM, W WE ARE, IT'S A PROCESS THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NOW IF APPROVED TONIGHT, UM, TRANSTECH AND CONSTANCE TEAM AND COMMUNITY STARTING OR COMMUNICATING WITH THE STATE TO ESTABLISH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, OR GET IT ACCREDITED.
UM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE LA COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, UM, UH, REGARDLESS OF IT BEING JULY 1ST, SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA SERVICES, UM, UNTIL WE HAVE, UM, IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACCREDITED BY THE STATE, UM, TRANSTECH, UM, AS I MENTIONED, PROVIDES CONSULTING SERVICES, WE DO HAVE THEM ON BOARD FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES AND ENGINEERING, UM, AND CONSTANT ASSOCIATES PROVIDES, UM, CONSULTING SERVICES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, AND, UH, THEY PROVIDE, UH, EXPERTISE IN HEALTH SECURITY, HEALTHCARE PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND COUNTER TERRORISM.
THEY PROVIDE PLANNING, TRAINING, EXERCISE, OUTREACH, AND STAFFING.
UM, SO THE INTENT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT AND OPERATIONS WILL BE OUTSOURCED, UM, THROUGH TRANSTECH.
UM, THERE'LL BE NO ADDITIONAL CITY STAFF REQUIRED AND, UH, TRANSTECH WITH CONSTANT WILL BE QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED TEAM THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE TRANSITION TO, UH, WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
NO, NO, YOU DIDN'T, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO, LIKE I SAID, I ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, SO, SO AGAIN, UH, IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICE FROM TRANSTECH, THEY STATED, UH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FULL BLOWN FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO BE CREATED AND OPERATED BY JULY 1ST, AS WELL AS WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THE INITIAL ROLLOUT OF SERVICES WILL BE TROUBLE-FREE.
SO THEY DO ANTICIPATE ISSUES WITH THE ROLLOUT.
AND SO THE QUESTION WAS CONSIDERING WE WILL STILL BE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE IN THE PANDEMIC THROUGH 2022.
SO HOW CONCERNED SHOULD RESIDENTS BE ABOUT TRANS TECH'S ABILITY TO TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC? WELL, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AN ASSOCIATION PARTNERSHIP WITH CONSTANTS THAT HAS, UH, UH, UH, KNOWLEDGE IN, UM, PROVIDING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR CURRENT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND I THINK IN THE STAFF REPORT AND MENTIONED, THEY WORK WITH LA COUNTY WITH, UM, PASADENA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE HERE, UH, JIM, SO HE CAN SPEAK MORE TO THEIR EXPERIENCE, BUT, UM, SO IN THAT PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN HAVE HIM COME UP.
MY NAME IS JIM SIMS. I'M WITH CONSTANT ASSOCIATES.
UM, WE ARE A CONSULTING FIRM IS, AND WE DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE LAST 12, 14 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN, UM, IN BUSINESS.
UH, IT'S A MAJOR PART OF OUR BUSINESSES BACK TO OUR FOUNDER.
AND I'M SORRY, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
SHE'S OUT OF TOWN, UH, STARTED HER CAREER WITH, UH, IN PUBLIC HEALTH, ACTUALLY IN THE HEALTH FAIR CARE BUSINESS, WORKING FOR KAISER.
UM, AND I, MYSELF, IF WE BROUGHT UP PROVIDED THE CONSULTING SERVICES TO ELLA COUNTY, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, PASADENA CITY OF PASADENA, PUBLIC HEALTH, LONG BEACH, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SEVERAL COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.
UM, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE.
SO, SO AGAIN, MY, MY INITIAL QUESTION WAS, UH, CONSIDERING WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE MAKE THIS TRANSITION.
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UM, HOW CONCERNED SHOULD RESIDENTS BE ABOUT TRANSTECH ALONG WITH CONSTANT ABILITY TO TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT WITH THE SPECIFICALLY TO THE PEN, RIGHT.AND I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A VALID CONCERN.
THE INITIAL ROLLOUT WE ANTICIPATE WILL NOT INVOLVE ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE OR THE INITIAL ROLLOUT WE SEE FOR THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE, UH, PRIMARILY RETAIL FOOD INSPECTIONS.
UM, DURING THAT YEAR THERE BE A, AN EVALUATION OF, OKAY, WHICH SERVICES SHOULD BE PROVIDED NEXT, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAID FOR, UM, AND WHAT IMPACT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE.
AND SOME OF THOSE SERVICES MAY, THE CITY COULD DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH PERFORM CERTAIN SERVICES.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL TO BE D TO BE DETERMINED.
THE INITIAL ROLLOUT AGAIN WILL BE RETAIL FOOD INSPECTIONS.
UH, SO THEN A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO, UM, UH, LA LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, DURING THEIR, THEIR LAST TOWN HALL, UH, STATED THAT THEY, THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT A, UM, I GUESS, A, A MISMATCH OF, OF SOME ALLIED COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES AND, UH, WEST COVINA CONSTANT HEALTH SERVICES.
SO HAS, HAS THAT CHANGED? HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY NEW DIRECTION FROM LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SAYING THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, IN THIS KIND OF MODEL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE THROUGH THE CHAIR? WE HAVE, I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION, UM, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM LA COUNTY HEALTH.
THEY HAVE A PERSON IN CHARGE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND THEY'VE ASKED THAT STAFF MEMBER TO BE THEIR, THEIR POINT PERSON.
WE HAVE, UM, ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED THIS WEEK AND ON OUR AGENDA, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO ASSIST WITH A GRACEFUL TRANSITION.
WE THINK THAT THE, UM, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BUSINESSES KIND OF OUR, OUR COMFORT AND ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF ASSURING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
SO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RESTAURANTS THAN THE FOOD SERVICE BUSINESSES, WE THINK THAT'S A BUSINESS AREA WHERE OUR CITY CAN PROVIDE RESPONSIVE AND QUICK SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO PLAN, CHECK OF RESTAURANTS AND RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS, AS THEY GO.
IT'S VERY COMMON FOR CITIES WITH THEIR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO OUTSOURCE THEIR SERVICES.
SO WHEN EXPERTISE IS NEEDED AND WE NEED TO BRING IN OTHER KINDS OF EXPERTISE, REGULATORY EXPERTISE, OR MEDICAL EXPERTISE, WE WILL DO SO UNDER THIS THIRD PARTY AGREEMENT WITH TRANSTECH AND THEY'LL HAVE SUB BUCKLETON SUB-CONSULTANT AGREEMENTS WITH FIRMS, INCLUDING CONSTANT ASSOCIATES AND OTHERS.
SO, UH, I TAKE THAT AS, AS NO.
UH, SO THE, THE OTHER, UM, QUESTION, UM, THAT, THAT I HAVE IS, SO THE, THE COUNTY SAID THAT, UM, JULY 1ST, ONCE WE WERE NO LONGER CONTRACTED WITH THEM FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
UM, BUT THAT THEY HAD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO, TO NOW CHARGE THE CITY FOR THOSE SERVICES.
UH, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY CLARIFICATION FROM THE COUNTY, UH, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL GO FORWARD WITH CHARGING THE CITY FOR SERVICES? UH, AND IF WE HAVE, HAVE, HAVE WE, UH, AND AMOUNT PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AS TO HOW MUCH THOSE SERVICES WILL COST THE CITY THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY, A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT SEVERAL OF THESE ISSUES.
AND WE HAVE, UM, AN INDICATION FROM THEM ACTUALLY, A LETTER IN WRITING WHERE THEY SAY THAT THEY INTEND TO CONTINUE SERVICES, WHICH ARE TAX SUPPORTED IN THIS CASE, UM, A GOODLY PORTION OF PROPERTY TAXES FROM WEST COVINA GO TO THE COUNTY AND, AND A MAJOR PORTION OF THOSE GO TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS. SO I'D LIKE TO RELY ON WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US AND WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US IN WRITING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM LATER THIS YEAR.
SO IN, IN, IN, IN WRITING, UH, DID, DID IT SAY THEY WOULD PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, UM, FREE? UM, I DIDN'T ATTACH THE LETTER TO THIS REPORT, BUT I'VE ATTACHED IT TO PREVIOUS REPORTS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING SERVICES FOR FREE NOW.
THEY'RE, IT'S A TAX SUPPORTED SERVICE THERE.
THEY'RE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES BASED ON PROPERTY TAXES THAT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR BY MY PROPERTY OWNERS, WITH RESPECT TO THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED.
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I ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD HONOR THE CONTRACT, WHICH THE CITY HAS IN ANY CONTRACT.THERE'S AN IMPLIED COVENANT OF FAIR DEALING AMONG THE PARTIES.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD COLLECT FEES FOR SERVICES AND THEN NOT PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND NOT RETURN FUNDS TO THE CITY THAT WERE COLLECTED OR PAID BY OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND WORK OUT WITH THEM WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM TOMORROW.
UH, SO, UM, IS, IS CITY STAFF AWARE THAT LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID THAT THEY HAD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO BEGIN CHARGING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA STARTING JULY 1ST FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES? OR ARE WE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE SAID THAT WELL THROUGH THE CHAIR, I HAVE LISTENED TO THEIR TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT THEY HOSTED.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WHO ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? NOPE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NOW.
BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT FOUR, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL OF CHAPTER 13, HEALTH AND SANITATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO, UH, ENTER THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI.
I VIA PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR PRO, UH, MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE.
MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE AGENDA NUMBER.
SO EXCUSE ME, MAY I THROUGH THE CHAIR? CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH TRANSTECH THERE, A MOTION TO SO MOVED? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? UH, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION.
UH, I I'D LIKE I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE MOTION BE BE HELD, UH, UNTIL, UM, ONCE, UH, THE PANDEMIC IS OVER CONSIDERING, UH, TRANS TECH, UH, HAS STATED THAT THEY ANTICIPATE, UM, ISSUES WITH ROLLOUT SERVICE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAY I APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH TRANSTECH COUNCIL MEMBER TO BAZZA BY NO COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CASINOS MAYOR LOPEZ.
MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-49 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TOCONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY]
IT'S ABOUT I'M SORRY.YEAH, THAT WAS FIVE, RIGHT? OH, SORRY.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR FOR RECOGNIZING ME AND GIVING ME THE FLOOR.
I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE I YIELD.
UH, SO ON, ON, UH, AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, UH, THIS IS, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, IS IT, IS IT TRUE, UH, WHILE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT, THE CITY MANAGER IS GRANTED POWERS TO EXERCISE ACTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO RESPONDING TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
SO, UM, WITH, WITH SPENDING OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, OR ANY OTHER FUNDING TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNTIES PERCEIVED LACK OF CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC FALL WITHIN THE CITY MANAGERS EMERGENCY POWERS THROUGH THE CHAIR, I, I WOULD ASSUME SO THAT POWERS GRANTED UNDER THIS CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS ARE IN PLACE THAT WE MIGHT RESPOND TO THE, TO THE CRISIS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF REAL LIFE EXAMPLES FROM THIS WEEK.
UM, I MENTIONED IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER OUR HOME BOUND, SENIORS VACCINATIONS, UM, THOSE ACTIVITIES, THE OVERTIME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THE COST OF THE VACCINES, THAT THE TWO SENIOR CENTERS, ALL OF THAT WE'VE GOT AN INCIDENT NUMBER,
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AND WE WERE ABLE TO CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT FROM, UH, OES AND FEMA UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT.WE CAN'T CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES THAT ARE BEING RE REIMBURSED ELSEWHERE.
AND DURING THIS PANDEMIC, WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, ANY CONTRACTS AND, AND SOUGHT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND CONTRACT RATIFICATION.
WHEN NECESSARY WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THE ARA MONIES, I'M EXPECTING THAT WE'LL COME FORWARD WITH A, UM, A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE COULD HAVE A BUDGET AUTHORITY AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T, CAN'T THINK OF A TIME DURING THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC WHEN WE HAVEN'T TREATED THOSE POWERS, UH, IN THAT WAY.
SO JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, SO, UM, UNDER THE, THE, UM, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY, UH, THE CITY MANAGER DOES HAVE THE POWER TO SPEND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING ON CREATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, THROUGH YOUR EMERGENCY POWERS.
SO THE LAST QUESTION, UM, DURING A PROCLAIMED LOCAL EMERGENCY, WOULD THE CITY MANAGER BE GRANTED WITH THE POWER TO SPEND ON ALL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACTIONS, DEALING WITH THE EMERGENCY WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR? I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD, UM, EXPANSIVE QUESTION.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME, THE CITY IS GOING TO RECEIVE, UH, SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE SOME $10 MILLION ON MAY 11TH.
IF THE QUESTION IS, DO I INTEND TO SPEND $10 MILLION ON MAY THE 12TH? THE ANSWER'S ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UM, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS RELATED TO COVID RECOVERY, PANDEMIC, RECOVERY, ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT I THINK ARE APPROPRIATE, AND I INTEND TO RECOMMEND TO YOU.
UM, WE'VE TRIED TO BE VERY JUDICIOUS IN THESE POWERS AND I, AND I I'VE TRIED HARD TO NEVER OVERREACH.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE RECOVERY FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE PANDEMIC, THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC CRISIS, UM, AT THE TOP OF OUR MIND.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE, UM, INCIDENTS AND, AND CONTRACTS AS THEY'VE, THEY'VE COME ACROSS OUR DAY.
UH, UH, JUST, AND I'LL, I'LL NARROW IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU KNOW, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS LAST A LONG TIME, UH, THEY, THEY OUTLAST CITY MANAGERS.
UH, SO AGAIN, SO DURING, UH, UH, PROCLAIMED LOCAL EMERGENCY, LIKE A PANDEMIC, A FUTURE PANDEMIC, UH, THE CITY MANAGER IN OUR OUTSOURCED MODEL WOULD BE GRANTED WITH THE POWER TO SPEND ON HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACTIONS WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? WOULD THAT, THAT FOLLOW, UH, THE, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY POWERS, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT THAT MIGHT BE THEORETICALLY CORRECT, BUT PRACTICALLY NOT IN, IN ANY WAY THE INTENTION OR, OR HAS IT BEEN THE PRACTICE DURING THE LAST MORE THAN YEAR OF, OF OPERATION DURING COVID TIMES I'VE SAID, AND, AND WILL REPEAT RESPECT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASPECT.
THE CITY ANTICIPATES USING MULTIPLE AVAILABLE REVENUE SOURCES, INCLUDING GRANTS, FEES, SUBVENTIONS, AND CONTRACTS TO INITIATE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UM, THE ACTION WAS TO REQUEST NOT QUITE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF A AMERICAN RESCUE ACT FLAG FUNDING THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR THESE ONE-TIME TRANSITION SERVICES.
I DON'T, I DON'T INTEND TO GO BEYOND THAT ACCEPTING TO RETURN TO COUNCIL IF NECESSARY.
UH, I THINK THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE BECAUSE I THINK THAT CRASHING IT'S A LITTLE BIT KIND OF TWIST, BUT I THINK THE ANSWER IS ANY MONEY, ANY FUNDING YOU WANT TO BRING? OKAY.
USE YOU HAVE THE PAINTER OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE NO MATTER WHAT.
SO, SO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU FOR TWO YEARS AND PREVIOUS.
AND THEN A LOT OF, UH, WHEN YOU'RE USING YOU, I REMEMBERED, OKAY.
ALWAYS SEND TO US NO MATTER HOW SMALL YOU ARE, NOTIFY US.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE DOING THIS PANDEMIC, GIVE YOU THIS RIGHT TO INSTANTLY, BECAUSE WE ONLY MEET EACH OTHER FOR OKAY.
TWICE A MONTH, BUT PANDEMIC NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR US TO HAVE A MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY, BUT EVERY TIME YOU WILL CALL US OKAY.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE WANT TO GET OVER THIS
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PANDEMIC.SO WE DON'T WANT TO USE THE BUREAUCRACY TO STOP US TO SAVE LIVES AND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I THINK I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMAN OKAY.
TOBIAS THINKING ABOUT, ARE YOU GOING TO USING THIS MONEY WITHOUT EVEN COUNCIL APPROVAL AND TO USE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? MY UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE SELF FUNDED, SELF SUFFICIENT, NOT GOING TO TOUCH OUR GENERAL FUND.
WE USE ONE TIME, UH, ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, YOU STILL HAVE THE BRAIN, BUT THE THING IS, IS BASED ON THE BUDGET IS 50% FROM FEDERAL GRANT AND THEN 20% ON STATE.
AND IF 10, 15% FOR SERVICE VENDOR THAT WE CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE APPLY AND LET'S HOW FEE SCHEDULE WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THAT HOME.
SO I REALLY HAVE A NO PROBLEM.
DUE TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE EFFICIENT OF THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN OVERCOME THIS PANDEMIC.
SO I WANT TO MOVE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAD A QUESTION I'LL JUST ADD BRIEFLY.
I WANT TO SECOND WHAT COUNCILMAN WU JUST MENTIONED.
DAVID HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE WITH COMMUNICATING WITH US W IN RELATION TO HOW, UH, HE HAS USED HIS EMERGENCY POWERS.
IF I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, THEN I WOULD NOT GO ALONG WITH THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCES.
UH, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN ABOUT DIVIDE, THAT THERE WAS A LACK IN THE ONLY, AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT MY VIEW OF IT IS NOT, IT WAS NOT PERCEIVED.
IT WAS ACTUAL, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF BAD GUIDANCE.
AND SO I WANTED TO, WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, ALL SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER WAS OCEAN MADAM MAYOR, MAY I RESPOND? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY, UH, UH, FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT THE, UH, THE, THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING, UH, WHERE WE GUARDING, UM, WHAT, WHAT AUTHORITY, UH, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY GIVES THE CITY MANAGER, AND IT GIVES HIM THE ABILITY, UH, AS HE DID, UM, WHEN HE MADE THE, THE CONTRACT WITH CARE OR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO MAKE DECISIONS, UM, WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL, UM, COUNCIL APPROVAL IS, IS, IS, IS A VOTE THROUGH MOTION.
UM, IT, IT ISN'T, UM, UM, LETTING US KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT ISN'T, UM, THE COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
WELL, IN REGARDS TO CARE, THOUGH, THAT WAS AN EMERGENCY AND WE NEEDED TO, THOSE ARE ALL THE COVID PATIENTS.
SO THAT WAS A DIEHARD EMERGENCY TO SAVE THE LIVES, BUT, OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER.
[8) CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21RESIDENTIAL STREETS REHABILITATION PROGRAM - PROJECT NO. 21020 AND21007]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, HOLD BY COUNCILMANTHANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR FOR RECOGNIZING ME, I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I YIELD THE FLOOR.
UM, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, ON THE, ON THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, 25% OF THE AWARDED CONTRACT, UH, FOR CONTINGENCY, UH, IS THE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT CONDUCTED CONTINGENCY, UH, INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR, UH, STREET, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER AWARDING A CONTRACT, WHICH WAS PUBLICLY BID FOR THE ANNUAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
I'D LIKE TO SAY WE REALLY LOVE PAVING STREETS, AND WE LIKE TO PAVE THEM BEFORE THEY FAIL.
THERE'S SOME TIME URGENCY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP OUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, AND WE WANT TO GET THIS CONTRACT UNDERWAY AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
AND THERE'S A LIST OF THE STREETS IN THEIR REPORT WITH RESPECT TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THE, UM, CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A DECISION THAT'S DISCRETIONARY WITH THE COUNCIL I'M RECOMMENDING AT 25% FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
UM, IF, IF NORMAL IS 10 OR 15%, THIS IS A VERY, SOME GET SOME VERY GOOD UNIT PRICING ON THIS BID.
AND WE'VE GOT AVAILABLE FUNDS THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO USE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY UP TO THE 25% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR THINGS THAT WE SEE IN THE FIELD WHEN THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY.
AND WE ALWAYS SEE THINGS IN THE FIELD WHEN THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY, MAYBE IT'S A STREET THAT WASN'T ON THE LIST THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, MAYBE IT'S SOME CONCRETE WORK THAT'S FAR EASIER TO TAKE CARE OF IN THE MOMENT WHEN THE, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR'S MOVING DOWN THE STREET.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DISCRETIONARY WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT I
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RECOMMEND IT THAT WE HAVE SOME LATITUDE THAT WE CAN PUT, UM, ASPHALT ON STREETS, UM, VERY EFFICIENTLY WITH THAT AUTHORITY.UM, SO AS PART OF OUR, UH, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, DO WE CONSIDER, UH, THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN RELATIONS TO THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR STREETS? AND WHAT I MEAN IS, DO WE CONSIDER THE CAPACITY OF RESIDENTS TO DEAL WITH CAR REPAIRS WHEN WE CHOOSE WHICH STREETS TO IMPROVE AND REPAIR? UH, I KNOW THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IN A PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
SO WHEN, WHEN WE'RE CHOOSING THE STREETS, UM, DO WE, DO WE CONSIDER THAT THAT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS? UM, IT'S TRUE.
AND FOR SOME VERY GOOD REASONS, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT DOES A NUMERICAL, UM, EVALUATION OF THE STREETS AND ASSIGNS A NUMBER TO THE ENTIRE CITY STREET SYSTEM BASED ON ENGINEERING, UM, CONDITIONS AND, AND A FIELD REVIEW.
WE'RE NOT ONLY PAVING STREETS, UH, WORST FIRST STREETS THAT HAVE ALREADY FAILED ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, BUT WE'VE GOT A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE STREETS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
SO IT'S, IT'S RELATED TO THE CONDITION OF THE ASPHALT, NOT THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO LIVE ON A STREET.
IT'S, IT'S PURELY DRIVEN BY, BY, UH, ENGINEER'S REPORT, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT IS THE, IS THE BACKBONE OF THAT STRATEGY.
AND I, I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, W WOULD IT BE SOMETHING, UH, TO CONSIDER, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ABILITY OF RESIDENTS TO, TO AFFORD THE CAR REPAIR, CONSIDERING THE OTHER COSTS THAT IT MIGHT CREATE IN THE COMMUNITY, IF, IF RESIDENTS WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR CAR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE STREETS ARE REALLY BAD, AND THOSE TEND TO BE AREAS.
IF THOSE AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS WITH LOWER SOCIOECONOMICS, MIGHT WE BE CAUSING LARGER TO THE CITY BY, BY NOT PAVING THOSE STREETS? SO I GUESS I'M ASKING, IS THAT SOMETHING WE MAY CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE AS A PART OF OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANALYSIS? CAN I INTERRUPT MADAM MAYOR? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU SAY KARRIE PAIR, YOU MEAN? YEAH.
SO IF, IF THERE'S, THERE'S, LET'S SAY POTHOLED STREETS AND SO A PERSON'S DRIVING HOME AND, UM, THAT, THAT POTHOLE CREATES, UH, UH, GUESS SPRING GOING BAD OR SO I'M GOING, SO NOW, NOW THEY'RE THEY LOSE ACCESS TO THEIR CAR BECAUSE OF THEIR ECONOMIC SITUATION, UM, YOU KNOW, LOWER INCOME, THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR A REPAIR, UH, IS MUCH MORE IMPAIRED AND MODIFYING THE ENGINEERING APPROACH BASED ON SOCIO, NOT ECONOMIC PART OF THE, THE ANALYSIS.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, W WE HAVE OUR NORMAL, UH, W WE WANT TO PAVE AS MANY STREETS AS POSSIBLE.
SO SOME OF THE, THE STREETS THAT ARE MOST DISREPAIR NET DON'T GET REPAIRED BECAUSE, UH, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT THEY'LL COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
UM, BUT THE, THE QUESTION, YEAH, I GOTCHA.
SO HOW WOULD WE ACCOUNT FOR LIKE, MAYBE A NICE AREA, BUT THEY CHOOSE TO NOT PURCHASE A NEWER CAR? NO.
WELL, SO THE, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WITH HIGHER SOCIOECONOMICS HAVE A GREATER CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO PAY FOR A CAR REPAIR THAT THE QUESTION REALLY GOES TO DO WE WANT PEOPLE WHO MAY, BECAUSE THEY LOSE THEIR CAR, THEN LOSE THEIR JOB, THEN LOSE THEIR HOUSING, THEN CREATE, CAUSE IT, IT CREATES A MARK MORE COSTS, I GUESS, MORE COSTS I'M WOULD SAY, LET'S HAVE THEM USE OUR PHANTOM BUSES.
WELL, I I'M, I'M THINKING BECAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC POLICY.
SO WHEN WE'RE DOING PUBLIC POLICY, I'M TRYING TO, TO THINK OF A, AND I KNOW THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THE DEBATE TIME.
AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR TO, TO COUNCILMAN WU.
UH, COUNCILMAN
IF STREET HAS A LOT OF POWER HALL OKAY.
POTENTIALLY DAMAGED SOME PEOPLE'S CAR.
SO, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I DRIVING AROUND THE STREET, OKAY.
WHEN I SEE THE POTHOLE, I WOULD TAKE A PICTURE.
WE PULLED IT TO THE GOAL REQUEST.
SO I WANT TO HAVE A CT, NO MATTER WHAT STREET, INCLUDING MY STREET, ALL THE STREET.
THE OLDER DISTRI WE DRIVING AROUND, WE SEE SOMETHING, WE WENT AWAY, WE BOUGHT IT AND THEN, AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW
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WHEN THE PAL HALL WILL BE FIXED.SO I THINK IT'S THE ALREADY, INCLUDING YOURSELF, IF YOU SEEN A POWER HOLE LET'S WE PULLED IT AND THERE'S CHASE OUR POVERTY WORK.
TO MAKE SURE THAT POTHOLE WOULD BE FILLED.
IF YOU GO TO MY STREET AND I CAN IDENTIFY SO MANY POTHOLES OVER THERE, BECAUSE MY STREET IS VERY KIND OF AGENT.
I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I TRUST OUR ENGINEERING OKAY.
DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THE SURVEY, WHICH STREET WOULD BE MORE PRIORITY TO BE, TO BE FIXED.
SO THAT'S WHY I NEVER COMPLAINED, BUT I JUST WANT NO MATTER WHERE THE POTHOLE TO BE FIXED.
SO, SO PLEASE, IF YOU SEE THE POTHOLE, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WASTE OUR, OUR TIME TO ANALYZE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR INCOME.
NO, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE EQUAL IF THE STREET IS BRO BROKEN.
IF THEY HAVE A POTHOLE, WE SHOULD FIX, BY THE WAY, NO MATTER WHAT STREET IS THAT MATTER.
SO, UH, AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, W WHAT COUNCILMAN WILL YOU, YOU SAID, BUT, UM, I MEAN, CURRENTLY WE, WE DO DO AN ANALYSIS.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE MADE DECISIONS ON WHICH STREETS TO FIX.
AND SO I, I'M JUST, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IF, WHETHER PART OF OUR ANALYSIS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT COST BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M ASKING IF WE ARE CONSIDERING THE, THE COST THAT CAN BE CREATED IF WE HAVE, UH, STREETS AND, AND LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR, THAT, THAT CAUSED OTHER COSTS ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO, SO IT'S, IT'S JUST, AGAIN, PART OF PUBLIC PUBLIC POLICY THAT I'M ASKING, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER IN OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM? AGAIN, WE OBVIOUSLY, UH, MY THING IS, UM, STREETS, OUR STREETS AND PEOPLE'S ECONOMIC AND GO UP AND DOWN, SOMEBODY UP CAN LOSE HER JOB AND LOSE EVERYTHING.
SOMEONE DOWN CAN, YOU KNOW, GO UP, UH, IN REGARDS TO STREETS.
I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT PRESENTATION WITH THE STREET THINGS, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE WORST STREETS.
THEY'RE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO DO THE, BEFORE THE REPAIR.
NOW I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT PROGRAM OR CAUSE I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORST STREETS, UM, INVOLVES IT NEEDS A LOT OF MONEY.
NOW, WHAT COVERS THAT? AND WHY WOULDN'T THIS BE PART OF THOSE STREETS THAT REALLY NEED THE HELL MAYOR? MAYBE I CAN START BY SAYING WE'RE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY ON STREETS.
WE'D, WE'D, WE'D DOUBLE THE BUDGET EVERY TIME, BECAUSE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CURVE.
AS I RECALL, OUR NUMERICAL INDEX WAS, UH, 68 OR 69 OUT OF A HUNDRED.
AND, AND THAT DOESN'T WHEN YOU, THE, YOU KNOW, 4.0 AWARD FROM YOUR CITY COUNCIL, YOU AREN'T GETTING AN, A FOR THAT KIND OF A NUMERICAL RANKING.
UM, WE'VE GOT TO TRY HARD TO IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR THE VERY, VERY WORST STREETS.
I, WE HAVEN'T SOLVED TO THAT ONE YET, BUT I WILL HOLD THAT THOUGHT AND TRY AND COME BACK WITH SOME PLANS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT KIND OF AN, WE GET CDBG FUNDS TO SPEND IN, IN LOW-INCOME AREAS.
WE COULD QUALIFY A PROJECT UNDER A VEHICLE LIKE THAT, WHERE, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, A TARGET AREA OR A NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGY AREA, WE COULD QUALIFY TO USE CDBG FUNDS ON ONE OF THESE VERY POOR CONDITION STREETS IN A LESSER OF FLUENT AREA.
UM, MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME SPECIAL, UM, FEDERAL PAVING MONEY.
WE RECENTLY PUT IN FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION WORTH OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION MONEY TO PAY STREETS.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PAY ATTENTION TO THIS AND PURSUE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES OUR WAY.
AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL REPORT BACK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE VERY WORST STREETS, CAUSE THAT'S, WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM ALL TO STANDARD IN THE END.
UM, AND LIKE TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN CONSIDERATION, COULDN'T BE FOR THOSE WORST STREETS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS TONIGHT.
AND WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS PROGRAM? WELL, IT TAKES OUR NUMERICAL RANKING SYSTEM THROUGH THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND IT APPLIES THE F THE, THE, THE ASPHALT, THE, THE COLD PLANING, WHICH IS A SHAVING DOWN OF THE ASPHALT AND THEIR SIDE, UH, INCH AND A HALF, UH, ASPHALT CAP OVERLAY OVER THE STREET TO HOLD TOGETHER.
THOSE THAT ARE KIND OF IN, UM, UM, POOR CONDITION.
THIS IS MORE OF THE BASE, NOT RIGHTFUL, RIGHT.
UM, ANOTHER TOOL AVAILABLE TO US IS SLURRY SEAL, WHICH IS MORE OF A, UH, AN
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EMULSION THAT YOU PUT ON THE STREET TO PUT THE FINES BACK IN ON THE STREET.THAT'S IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF ALLIGATOR CRACKING OR STREET FAILURE, BUT IT CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL ON A STREET THAT MAYBE YOU COULD GET ANOTHER 10 YEARS WORTH OF LIFE OUT OF IT BY PUTTING SLURRY SEAL ON.
BUT THIS ONE IS EXACTLY IN TRACK.
THIS, THIS PROJECT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS EXACTLY IN TRACK WITH THE CITY'S PAIVA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND, AND, UM, BASED ON THE SCIENCE OF THAT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, I, I RECOMMENDED TO YOU AS, AS A GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICE.
I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT CDBG OR THAT OTHER SURGEON, IT SAYS CITY CAN PUT THE MAP.
AND TO SEE WHEN THIS TREE WILL BE REPAID.
IF THESE THREE, WHAT THE SCHEDULING.
SO I THINK MAYBE THE CAN SHOW THE RESIDENT.
THEY CAN EXPECT THE STREET, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WHEN WE FIX, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW OUR RESIDENT, OKAY.
THEY ALL LIVE IN WEST COVINA, THEY ALL PAY TAXES.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE HAVE SOME SCHEDULING.
AND PUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND LET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
I REMEMBER IN 2018 AND THE SOUTH SIDE, A LOT OF STREET HAPPY, WE PAID BEAUTIFUL.
AND, UH, UH, I THINK LAST YEAR, SOME AREA AROUND THE AZUSA.
AND THE AREA I SAW IT, I TOOK PICTURES.
SO, UM, I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN WOULD BE A NEXT, SO MAYBE, OKAY.
CT CAN SHOW BY ALL ENGINEERING.
AND THAT GIVES US A MAP AND SCHEDULING WHEN WOULD BE NEXT.
OUR RESIDENT CAN INSPECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS TRUE, WOULD BE FIXED THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION GRAPHICALLY ON OUR WEBSITE.
I THINK IF WE'VE DONE OUR JOB, RIGHT, ALL THE STREETS ARE TO STANDARD PEOPLE GET HOME.
THEY DIDN'T HIT A POTHOLE, THEY'RE IN A GOOD MOOD.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE'VE DONE OUR JOB CORRECTLY.
SO LET ME, LET ME SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE REQUESTS.
AND I DO REMEMBER SEEING THE VISUAL.
SO IF YOU COULD PULL THAT PRESENTATION AND TAKE AND SHARE WITH US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM KOSTELANETZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI.
COUNCILWOMAN, D S I MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ, BEATA.
[11) CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH MV TRANSPORTATION,INC. FOR UBER PILOT PROGRAM]
AGENDA.NUMBER 11, POOLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME DETAILS.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON OR UBER.
WELL, YES, THIS IS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT FOR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE MV CO UH, CONTRACT.
THIS WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN MARCH AND, AND APPROVED.
AND, UH, THERE WAS, UH, ON FURTHER REVIEW, UM, EMPTY, WANT TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE JUST, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A FLUCTUATION IN, UH, IN SERVICE OF, IN EXCESS OF 20%, THAT'S IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS RELATIVE TO THE, UM, THE UBER PROGRAM OR PILOT WE'VE, UH, HAD A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, WITH UBER AND MV MVS, NEGOTIATING, A MASTER CONTRACT WITH UBER, SO THAT THAT'S WHERE THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO LIE.
AND THEN WE AMEND OUR, UH, AGREEMENT FOR MV.
SO IT'S KIND OF A PASS THROUGH.
THEY WOULD PASS, UH, THROUGH THE COST TO US PLUS 10% TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.
UM, THERE, THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED THAT NEGOTIATION ONCE THEY DO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS OUT FOR THE ROLLOUT, ACCORDING TO UBER.
AND SO THIS, UH, THE PILOT WAS BASED ON PR ON THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE BY THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THERE WAS A PILOT LIFT PROGRAM THAT WAS CONSIDERED AT ONE POINT, AND THAT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION.
AND SO THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE, UM, PART OF THAT, UM, PROGRAM, UH, TWENTY-FIVE OF THE GOING, GONNA LOOK AT A SIX MONTH PROGRAM, $50,000 BUDGET, UH, 25, UH, PARTICIPANTS TO START, UH, THIS IS TO SUPPLEMENT THE DIAL RIDE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, THERE'D BE, UM, THE LIMIT IS FOR FOUR TRIPS PER DAY.
UM, ONE WAY TRIPS EACH DAY TO START TO SEE HOW THAT GOES.
AND THEN, UH, THE WRITER AES, WHAT IS, UH, WHAT THE CURRENT, UM, CURRENT FEE IS, THAT'S A DOLLAR FOR,
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UM, FOR WRITERS AND IT'S A 50 50 SENSE IF YOU'RE A 55 AND OVER, AND THE CITY SUBSIDIZES THE REST.SO, UM, THE WRITER WOULD, UH, WOULD MAKE THAT PAYMENT, ARRANGE THOSE RANGERS RIDES EITHER THROUGH THE UBER APP OR, UH, THEY WOULD CALL IN TO, UH, M THE, TO ARRANGE THOSE RIDES.
UH, SO THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CREDIT CARD ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACCOUNT.
AND, UH, THEN THE CITY WOULD BE BILLED AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THE SUBSIDY.
HOW DO WE PICK WHICH, WHICH 25 RESIDENTS GET TO BE THE, UH,
AND AS THAT TAKES CAPACITY OR RIDERSHIP AWAY FROM THE REGULAR DIAL, A RIDE, DOES MV TRANSIT HAVE ANY PLAN TO, AS I'VE REQUESTED PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE TO CON CON OR INITIATE, I SHOULD SAY, NOT CONTINUE INITIATE OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS.
CAUSE MY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT, UM, FOR US TO HAVE A DIRECT CONTRACT WITH UBER, WHY, WHY DO WE NEED A PASS THROUGH FROM THEM? DO WE NEED A PASS THROUGH FROM THEM? WE LIKELY DON'T.
I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN.
I THINK THE ANSWER'S NO, BUT IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME ON THAT, I CERTAINLY GET THAT.
WE'RE STILL ON MONTH TO MONTH WITH MV TRANSIT, RIGHT.
THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, AS WE WERE COMING TO, UH, COMING TO A CONCLUSION WITH THE AMENDMENT LAST TIME THEY HAD STARTED NEGOTIATIONS WITH UBER.
AND, UH, WE'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO.
IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT.
UH, THE CHALLENGE, I THINK WITH, UH, JUST HAVING A DIRECT CONTRACT, IS THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE LABOR IS ON, ON, UH, OVERCOME THAT CHALLENGE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ASK THEM TO GIVE US A REPORT ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS? MY IS, I'VE MENTIONED HERE MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IS THAT THESE ARE PHANTOM BUSES THAT ARE VERY LIGHTLY ATTENDED.
I MEAN, I, AS I'VE MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE, I NEVER SEEN MORE THAN ONE PERSON PER BUS.
I D I DON'T THINK THERE'S OUTREACH.
I THINK WE'RE BURNING GOOD TAX DOLLARS IN A VERY, VERY MISERABLE WAY.
UM, IT MAY NOT BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO GO INTO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BECAUSE BASICALLY I'M REQUESTING AN OVERHAUL OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND THEY'RE PROBABLY THINKING THIS GUY TO DEMAND THAT WE, UH, PUT PEOPLE ON THESE BUSES.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT, THAT WE KEEP BURNING THESE TAX DOLLARS ON, UH, EMPTY BUSES.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ASK THEM TO, UM, REPORT BACK TO US, UM, WHAT THE NATURE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH UBER ARE.
I MEAN, Y IT, W W YOU SAID EIGHT WEEKS, UM, RIGHT.
JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHY, UM, AND, UH, AND JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD DO THIS BETTER IN TERMS OF OUTREACH AND JUST TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WELL, WE, WE ARE, UM, WE DID RELEASE AN RFP AS I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY THAT THERE'S A TRANSIT EVALUATION RFP THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED.
UM, WE'RE EXPECTING PROPOSALS BACK ON JUNE 3RD, AND THEN BRING THOSE TO COUNCIL ON JULY 6TH.
SO TH THAT'S MOVING FORWARD TO ANALYZE OUR, UH, OUR SERVICES AND THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, PROPOSE A, SAY A PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION, UH, IT'S GREAT THAT THE SENIORS HAVE OPTION, BUT ARE THEY EVEN TRAINED ON HOW TO USE AN UBER APP? UM, NO, NOT YET.
UH, THE UBER GOING TO TAKE CARE OF UBER AND A, AND B WILL EDUCATE FOLKS AND WILL DO THE OUTREACH CONTACT, THE HIGH, HIGHEST FREQUENCY USERS.
AND IF THEY'RE INTERESTED AND THEY WILL, WE'LL SET UP A TIME FOR, FOR THE TRAINING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A FRAUD AND SO FORTH, AND THEY'RE UTILIZING THEIR CREDIT CARD, THAT THEY WILL BE, OUR SENIORS WILL BE PROTECTED AND YES.
UH, I HAVE, UH, I WANT TO CONCUR WITH ME REGARDING ALL THE SENIOR USE THE UBER.
I USE THE UBER, BUT MY KIDS ARE WRONG.
SO THEY CALL THE UBER, I JUST PICK ALONE GABE, OTHERWISE I'M DRIVING AROUND, SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE
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AN APP OR A LUBER.SO, SO I'M A SENIOR, SO I DON'T KNOW ALL THE SENIORS, HOW THEY CAN UTILIZE THESE THINGS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE HELPED TO OKAY.
BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE OKAY, WE HAVE A ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THAT WE REALLY WANT TO KIND OF COMBINE THEM TOGETHER.
WE, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT LAST TIME.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FOOTHILL TRANSIT BECAUSE NOW WE OPEN IT UP.
AND THE BASED ON STATE, JUNE 15, WE'RE GOING TO OVERNIGHT OPEN UP EVERYTHING.
SO WE MIGHT BE OPENED UP MORE SO POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE WERE GOING TO UTILIZE MORE.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SERVICE IS REALLY USEFUL FOR PEOPLE WILLING TO TAKE ADMINS, TRANSPORTATION, OR TIRE RYE OR UBER, IF WE NEEDED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW NEEDED, WHY NOW FOR THIS UBER.
BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE APPROVED.
I DON'T REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH LYFT.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, MAYBE A STUDENT CAN USE IT.
MAYBE ALL THE PEOPLE CAN USE A HOW WE, OKAY.
I THINK THE TIME, I THINK THE COUNCIL WOMAN, JESSICA IS ASKING SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.
AND I REMEMBER SEE, OKAY, HOW WE KIND OF, UH, USING A PLAN AND, AND AROU WERE REALLY OUR SENIOR PEOPLE IN NEED CAN, CAN UTILIZE THIS SERVICE AND I WANT TO FOLLOW OKAY.
UH, CASIANO TALKING ABOUT, SEE A LOT OF EMPTY BUSES AND POTENTIALLY NOW UTILIZED.
GENERAL FUND IS SO FAR WITH STRAIGHT TO PHONE.
AND, BUT STILL TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
UH, WE, WE HOPEFULLY CAN UTILIZE.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, OKAY.
AND, UH, HAVE PEOPLE TO, TO USE, UH, Y 25 Y OKAY.
WHY IT CANNOT JUST USE THE DRI.
SO I'M JUST CRASHING WHY WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS.
IF A DOORWAY IS STILL WORKING FOR PEOPLE TO USE IT.
OH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS A, UH, ITEM OF INTEREST TO, TO, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO, WHO DON'T WANT TO WAIT AROUND FOR THE DIAL RIDE AND, UH, WITH LIKE A TAXI SERVICE, THEY WANT 24 HOUR SERVICE, HONEY, 24 HOUR, DARRYL WRITES NOT 24 HOURS SO THAT YOU BETTER CALL IT.
SO THIS WOULD BE MO MORE FLEXIBLE OR PEOPLE, NIGHTTIME.
THEY WANT TO SOMETHING EMERGENCY.
THEY NEED TO USE THE UBER, HOW WE ALL RESTRICTED ELECT SELECTED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT TO UTILIZE.
SO WE NOT LET ALL THE SENIOR CAN UTILIZE.
UH, THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE 25 PEOPLE, UH, THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY USERS, UNLESS YOU WANT TO, UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
I, AGAIN, I WAS, SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE A TRY FOR PILOT PROGRAMS, SEE HOW YOU WORK, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE, AND THEY CAN USE THEIR CREDIT CARD.
THEY WOULD USE THEIR CREDIT CARD.
I HOPE THEY DON'T NEED ANY, WOULD EITHER BOOK THROUGH THE APP, OR THEY WOULD BOOK CALLING INTO, TO MV.
THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CALL, USE THE UBER.
AND THEY TEXT THE THEME TO LIKE MY KID DOING ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
THEY COULD DO THAT, OR THEY COULD CALL INTO MV LIKE THEY CURRENTLY DO.
BUT, UH, THE, THOSE FOLKS WOULD BE LIMITED TO RIDES THAT, UH, WHY IS THE DISTANCE THAT UBER ALLOW WE CAN PAY FOR IT? I ALWAYS TREAT THE FILM.
WHY IS IT FIVE MILES, THREE MILES? WE'RE SAYING THREE.
CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR, FOR MEDICAL REASONS BEYOND THE SONY FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
HOW ABOUT THEY PICK UP THEIR FOOD? IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, OUR SENIOR DOESN'T DRY.
CAN WE ALLOW THEM TO JUST GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, PICK OUT THE FOOD? SURE.
AND, UH, IT'S A ROUND TRIP OR IS THE ONLY SINGLE TRIP.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WAIT THE WHOLE WAY, SO THEY HAVE TO CALL ANOTHER UBER.
YOU'D HAVE TO CALL IN ADVANCE AND EVENTS, AND THEN IT'S JUST SOLID.
YOU'RE STUCK IN THE GROCERY STORE OR THE DOCTORS, IT TAKES LONGER AND THE DOLLAR RIDE COMES AT YOUR APPOINTED SCHEDULED TIME.
AND SINCE IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, LET'S SEE HOW YOU, OKAY.
BENEFIT A SENIOR THAT THEY CAN REALLY UTILIZE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY'RE RIGHT.
SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO USE OR THEY NEED TO QUALIFY AND THIS AND THAT.
AND THEY SAID THEY BEING APPLIED AND THEY CALL IT THE THEY'D NEVER GET CALL BACK.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS SEEING WOULD BE KIND OF A REPLACEMENT TO SOMETHING MORE USEFUL TO SUPPLEMENT THE SERVICE.
SO MORE FLEXIBILITY IT'S ABOUT TODAY.
UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR FOR RECOGNIZE ME.
UM, I JUST HAVE, UH, TWO QUESTIONS BEFORE I, UH, YIELD THE FLOOR.
UH, SO, UM, I, I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT UBER.
SO A RECENT STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, UH, FOUND THAT CITIES WITH HIGH ADOPTION OF UBER AND LYFT HAVE INCREASES IN MILES DRIVEN ON THEIR STREETS.
UM, ALSO PEDESTRIAN DEATHS, TRAFFIC DEATHS, AND, AND MORE
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CONGESTION DUE TO DEADHEADING, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UBER'S KIND OF WAITING AROUND UNTIL THEY'RE THERE.AND I KNOW THE PILOT PROGRAM IS ONLY 25, BUT, UM, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WERE WANTING TO, TO GROW THIS TO, TO POSSIBLY BE OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.
SO, UH, HAS STAFF CONSIDERED, UH, THE COST OF, UH, RECOMMENDING UBER, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF MILEAGE ON OUR STREETS, UH, MORE CONGESTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED INTO? NO.
UH, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER, UH, SO THE, THE PHANTOM BUSES, THEIR ROUTES, UH, THERE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ARE THERE ROUTES ON MAJOR ARTERY STREETS THAT ARE MADE TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC? OH, THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT THE CITY RUNS TWO KINDS OF PROGRAMS, THERE'S THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM AND THE DEMAND RESPONSE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE DIAL OF THE RIDE.
NOW, TONIGHT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UBER TRIAL, BUT THE FIXED ROUTE IS ON THE MAJOR ARTERIAL.
ALL OF OUR STREETS ARE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF A WEIGHT LOAD THAT THESE LITTLE BUSES WOULD, WOULD GENERATE.
SO THEY, IF IT'S H 10 LOADING, UM, THEY, THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED.
AND I THINK ON ANYTHING WITHIN OUR STREET SYSTEM TOO, SO NOT, NOT THE WEIGHT, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE INCREASED MILEAGE, UH, ON, ON THOSE STREETS, THOSE, THOSE MAJOR ARTERY STREETS ARE, ARE THEY ABLE TO HANDLE MORE MILEAGE THAN LET'S SAY THE, UH, THE, THE SMALLER SIDE RESIDENTIAL STREETS? YES.
I THINK HE MET A MIRROR BACK ONTO THAT.
AND, UM, TO, TO ADD TO THAT, I MEAN, I'M, I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS TOO.
I MEAN, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU COUNSELED IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE UBER'S ADDING TRAFFIC.
WELL, I WOULD CALL THAT GOOD TRAFFIC BECAUSE THERE'S A HUMAN IN IT VERSUS BAD TRAFFIC WITH THAT ARE EMPTY BUSES.
I MEAN, I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO ALL OF US UP HERE, BRAINSTORMING SOMETHING BETTER, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS OUR RESIDENTS GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B WITH THESE TAX DOLLARS, RATHER THAN JUST THE BUS DRIVER AND A COMPANY GETTING PAID FOR PRETENDING TO GET PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B THAT'S IN ANY WAY WE ACHIEVE THAT.
AND, AND I THINK JUST MY, MY CONCERN IS, IS YES, IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THE EASY ACCESS OF AN UBER SHOWING UP TO YOUR DOOR.
AND I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT IS THE, IS THE COST TO THAT BENEFIT THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE STREETS? IS IT GONNA BE EQUIVALENT, RIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO GET GAINED MORE BENEFIT FOR THE RESIDENTS VERSUS, UH, THE COSTS? AND THEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE JUST WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE, AND IF, IF IT SHOWS, HEY, THIS IS A GREAT BET.
I UBER ALL THE TIME, TONY, SO YOU CAN UBER WITH ME, BUT, UH, I, I AM TOTALLY FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT BENEFIT, UH, IF, IF THE COST DOESN'T NOT WAIT, ALTERNATIVE, I'VE MENTIONED TOO, IS FOR MV TRANSIT TO PLEASE LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THIS IS AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IF I SAW THE BUSES FULL, I WOULDN'T BE BRINGING THIS UP AT ALL.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND, BUT, BUT, UH, WE ALL HAVE SOME NOTHING'S FREE.
I ALWAYS HAVE A CAUSE IF WE PROVIDE SERVICE, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME COSTS OVER THERE, BUT I WOULD JUST PROVIDE SERVICE.
AND IF A SENIOR NEED TO HAVE THE DATA TO BE BETTER SERVICE, AND WE WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY, SEE HOW YOU WORK, AND LET'S GIVE IT A, TRY, THE 25, THE POLL AND SEE HOW THE FEEDBACK AND HOW THEY FAILED THIS SERVICE.
AND I WANT TO SEE THE CAUSE AND HOW EFFICIENT, I THINK THE PILOT PROGRAM, LET'S GIVE A TRY AND SEE HOW YOU WORK AND SEE, WE CAN MOVE OUR SENIOR AROUND, BUT WE NEED TO SHOW THEM HOW TO DO UBER.
YOU HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO DOVER.
YOU JUST, THEN ONE TIME YOU CAN JUST LET BY, SINCE I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND.
SO I, I, THAT'S WHY I DON'T LIKE TO DOWNLOAD THE UBER THING, BUT OTHERWISE I THINK THIS IS A VERY SERVICE IT'S, UH, OVERLY EXPENSIVE.
AND, UH, UH, BUT, UH, PROFILE SERVICE.
SO I WANT TO MOVE I'LL SECOND IT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN WU A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NO COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CUSTOM ON US.
MAY I LOPEZ THE ITEM? I MOTION APPROVES FOUR ONE
[12) CONSIDERATION OF EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES AT WESTCOVINA SPORTSPLEX FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021]
ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12[02:50:01]
BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.OH, OH, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? SO, UM, THIS AMENDMENT TO THE PO, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING UP AT BLD FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT OUT AND GOT BIDS.
AND, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A STOP GAP.
THE FACILITY WAS LEFT IN DISARRAY.
NOT MUCH WAS BEING ATTENDED TO UP THERE OVER THE COURSE OF COVID AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY AS THE VENDOR LEFT, WE HAD TO COME IN AND FILL IN.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE JUST TRYING TO EXTEND THE PO, KEEP WORKERS UP THERE.
THIS IS NOT A FULL EXTENSIVE CONTRACT.
THIS IS JUST TWO GUYS UP THERE WORKING AROUND, GETTING TO WHAT THEY CAN GET TO, WHICH INCLUDES THE INSIDE THE INTERIOR OF THE FACILITY, NOT COUNTING THE BALL FIELD.
THEY'RE NOT MESSING WITH THE INFIELD DIRT, BUT THEY ARE MOWING THE GRASS WORKING ON THE PARKING LOT, WORKING ON THE EXTERIOR, AROUND THE PLACE.
UM, THERE ARE ISSUES IN THE, BEHIND THE FACILITY WITH HOMELESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YES, THE PARKING LOT TOO HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AS WELL.
SO, BUT, UM, WE ARE HOLDING THEM TO TASK.
WE ARE, UM, MONITORING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND ALSO WE'RE HELPING THEM TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
IN THE LAST MONTH WE PULLED OVER, PULLED OUT OF THEIR SEVEN 40 YARD BINS, FULL OF GREEN WASTE.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN UP THERE WORKING IN DOING THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AN EXTENSIVE AGREEMENT.
THIS IS JUST TWO PEOPLE AS A STOP GAP WHILE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO UP THERE, WHETHER IT BE OUR STAFF, UM, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR AND EXTENSIVE RFP.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE ALL WORKING NOW.
SO AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW OPERATIONS ARE GONNA RUN, WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
THIS IS JUST TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY WHILE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, YOU CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK AND, UH, EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE NEED THAT MANY MANPOWER HOURS THERE TO CLEAN THAT UP, COUNSEL WOMEN, WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE MANPOWER THAT FACILITY TO RUN.
YOU GO FULL OPERATION, PROBABLY WE'LL NEED SIX PEOPLE, SIX PEOPLE TO RUN.
YOU NEED AN IRRIGATION TECH, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SUPERVISION.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FIELD CHANGES FROM DIFFERENT SIZES, DEPENDING ON WHO'S USING THE FACILITY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AIR RATION, SEASONAL MAINTENANCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS JUST TEMPORARY, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST THE TILL JUNE.
THIS IS JUST TEMPORARY TO GET THROUGH.
WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSS, WE ARE LOOKING TO LET YOUTH GROUPS IN, AND THIS WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT, BUT FULLY OPERATING THE FACILITY, TWO PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.
AND, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH SHRUBS ARE WE GETTING RID OF? I MEAN, I WENT UP THERE TODAY LOOKING AT IT AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TREES I'M WONDERING THAT ARE GETTING, ARE THEY GOING TO BE REMOVED? ARE THEY GOING TO BE TRIMMED? OR I'M JUST NOT QUITE SURE WHAT ALL IS ENTAILED.
I ALSO SAW A BUNCH OF, UM, I GUESS IT WAS CHAIRS AND STUFF.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT LIMIT, WHERE WE LIMIT IT AS IT JUST, WELL, THE TWO STAFF THERE NOW, LIKE I SAID, A FULL RF, UH, I'M SORRY, A FULL PROPOSAL AND A CONTRACT WITH DETAIL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TREES, PARKING LOT EXTERIOR, EVERY ASPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS NOT THAT THIS IS JUST TWO GUYS WORKING, GETTING TO WHAT THEY CAN GET TO.
LIKE I SAID, IF YOU SAW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO, BECAUSE I AGREE IT'S NOT IN, IT'S NOT AT, LET'S SAY A STANDARD YET, BUT, UM, IT, IT IS, IT IS IMPROVING.
WE ARE WATCHING IT, BUT, UM, THIS IS JUST A STOP GAP TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
THEY ARE NOT ADDRESSING EVERY TREE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY JUST KIND OF WORK ON WHAT THEY CAN AND THEY START ON ONE SIDE OF THE COMPLEX AND THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY AROUND.
SO WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE THEY CONCENTRATING ON? UH, FIRST THING I ASKED THEM TO ADDRESS WAS THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THE BAR OF THE PARKING LOT WAS OVERGROWN IN AN ISSUE.
AND THEN THE INTERIOR OF THE PARK AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF IRRIGATION ISSUES UP THERE AS WELL.
SO THEY ARE WORKING ON IRRIGATION.
SO, UH, TRYING TO TACKLE IRRIGATION, KEEP THE PARK IN SOMEWHAT GOOD SHAPE, PARKING LOT HILLSIDE, AND THEN THE BACKSIDE OF THE FACILITY.
SO THE WHOLE, CAUSE IF IT GETS OVERGROWN, THE HOMELESS WILL HIDE UNDER THE, THE, UM, STADIUMS, THE FACADES.
SO MAKING SURE THAT'S OPEN AND CLEAR.
AND, UM, I WAS THINKING $10,000 A MONTH.
THAT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A LOT OF MONEY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE REACHED OUT TO THREE VENDORS.
WE SEND OUT THE RFP, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE COST WILL BE BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST THE LABOR.
YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT MOWERS, UM, HAND TOOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS INTO THAT, UH, AS MENTIONED THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS, HOW THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, WE REACHED OUT TO THREE VENDORS THAT CAN MEET THE CITY'S CRITERIA AS FAR AS INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED BECAUSE OF OUR PURCHASING POLICY.
AND THESE ARE THE BEDS, THE BIDS THAT CAME BACK AND WE WENT WITH THE LOWEST BIDDER.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING I WANTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH? OKAY.
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HAVE YOU, DO WE HAVE A, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WENT OVER THERE TO, TO BUSINESS DECIDE, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE, OH, WHEN THEY ABANDONED THE PLACE AND THAT WE STILL HAVE A, ONE GUY FOUND THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR, I FORGOT THE NAME, UH, UH, CHEMO, CHEMO, CHEMO.AND HE TRIED TO MAKE IT PRESENTABLE FOR, TO TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE I THINK THAT PLAYS, I MEAN ALSO THEN FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND HE IS WORKING ON IT.
AND ONE PERSON, I DON'T KNOW, HE, I THINK HE KNOW THAT ALL POSITIVE.
WE HAVE, WE GIVE THE ESTIMATE ON THIS PERSON THAT, THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING THAT PLACE FOR A LONG TIME, RATHER THAN HAVE A TWO NEW GUY FROM MERCHANT AND THAT WE SPEND $10,000.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER BIT ON THIS GUY? WE CAN MAYBE TEMPO USING AS OUTSOURCING CONTRACTOR AND TO CLEAN THIS PLACE BECAUSE IT'D BE DOING NOTHING FOR YEARS FIRST.
UM, COUNCILMAN WILL, WE DID TRY TO GET CHEMO TO COME OVER.
WHETHER IT BE WORK FOR US, WORK FOR MERCHANTS.
OBVIOUSLY THE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AT THE FACILITY, CHEMO DOES KNOW A LOT.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS HE WASN'T ADDRESSING PARKING LOT EXTERIOR, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WAS NOT GETTING ADDRESSED.
UM, HE CAN HIRE AN ASSISTANT AND THE, WE CAN GET AN ESTIMATE, BUT WE NEVER HAVE AN ESTIMATION OF FOUND THIS PERSON THAT WORKING IN NET PLUS THAT PLAYS FOR A WHILE.
SO, SO I'VE BEEN REQUESTING CITY MANAGERS SAY, HEY, CAN WE HAVE A, LET GUY WALKING OVER THERE, GIVE A ESTIMATE RATHER THAN A MERCHANT, BECAUSE MERCHANT DOING A LOT OF OUR PARK.
I THINK A LOT OF TIME, WE'RE NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THESE CONTRACTOR.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR PO IS CLEAN.
NOW WE WILL PAY THEM ANOTHER $10,000.
AND THEN WHEN WE, NEXT WEEK, WE WANT TO OPEN UP FOR OUR KIDS TO PRACTICE OVER THERE BECAUSE SCHOOL DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO USE.
WE HAVE TO ACCRUED THESE THINGS SO WE CAN HAVE ALL KIDS TO, TO PRACTICE.
SO I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, I DON'T FEEL GOOD.
LIKE AGAIN, THE LAST MINUTES WE HAVE TO PUT IN $10,000 FOR THESE TWO GUY, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
UM, BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, WE GO WITH THE LOW BIDDER.
WE'RE NOT TIED TO MERCHANTS QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S LOW BIT ALREADY PRETTY HIGH.
MAYBE I SHOULD DO THE, AND THE JOB FOR $10,000 A MONTH.
YOU HAVE TWO OFFERS AND LET'S GO THE OTHER PLACE EXERCISE, BUT IT HAS $10,000.
SO, SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO PAY THE PREVIOUS.
ANY WAGES IS ON THAT, BUT THEY NEED TO DO A GOOD JOB OR THEY NEED TO MAYBE HIRE ANOTHER ONE OR TWO PERSON FOR THE MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND I REALLY WANT, OKAY.
CHEMO IS NOT INTERESTED IN COMING OVER.
WE'VE ASKED HIM FOR ESTIMATES, APPROACH HIM.
I HAVE I'VE I'VE APPROACHED HIM.
I, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER.
IT IS, THERE REALLY HAVE BEEN TALK.
AND THE OFFER WE GIVE TO THIS GUY, I WONDER IF PHONE NUMBERS, I WANT TO VERIFY MYSELF TO SEE.
AND I'VE BEEN REQUEST IS SKY TO ESTIMATE BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO WORK FOR US BECAUSE I TALKED TO HIM THAT DAY.
SO, SO WHY WE DIDN'T, I'VE BEEN REQUESTED NUMEROUS TIME.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THEIR SCOPE OF WORK, UH, FOR 40 HOURS A WEEK WITH TWO PEOPLE.
AND THEY'RE ONLY LIMITING TO WHAT THEY DO.
I MEAN, MO TURF ONCE A WEEK, UH, I KNOW THE TRIM BRUSHES AND RAISED TREAT AT EIGHT, THE CANOPY, UH, AND PROVIDE WEED CONTROL.
NOW I ALL THAT DOESN'T TAKE 40 HOURS, TWO PEOPLE A WEEK.
NOW MY SECOND ONE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IRRIGATION AS A SYSTEM AND ON THEIR SCOPE, IT SAYS IRRIGATION TRACKING AND REPAIRS WILL BE AN EXTRA COST UPON WRITTEN APPROVAL.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE IRRIGATION.
WHY CAN'T THEY JUST, UM, INCLUDE THAT? AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE AT MY PARK WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIMER AND ONE PART-TIMER THAT COMES AND GOES, BUT HE DOES EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WE CLEANS EVERYTHING EVEN DOES THE DIRT INFIELD, WHICH I KNOW ON THIS ONE, THEY'RE NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE INFIELDS.
SO THAT IS MY, UH, CONCERN ON WHY, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT AMOUNT OF WORK, THAT COSTS AND IRRIGATION IS NOT IN THERE.
UM, CAUSE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE SPENDING FOR? IRRIGATION? EMERGENCY IS THROWING IN THE IRRIGATION TECH.
SO IRRIGATION IS BEING INCLUDED.
SO THEY ARE DOING THE LABOR FOR FREE WHEN WE PROVIDE MATERIALS AND WE'RE SLOWLY WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE PARK.
UM, AS FAR AS THE LABOR COSTS, YOU KNOW, WE BID IT OUT AND WHAT COMES BACK, COMES BACK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT US TO FIND CHEAPER LABOR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THAT.
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LOOKING FOR CHEAP LABOR, WE'RE LOOKING FOR EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE MERCHANT THAT THEY DO THEIR JOB.WE'RE NOT HERE TO TRY TO SHORTCHANGE PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY AND WE GET, CAN RETURN THAT WE GOT A CLEAN POG AND THAT WE GET WHILE WE HAVE, BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT TO KICK OUT THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE BID, BUT YOU DOESN'T EVEN DO A GOOD JOB.
SO, SO THERE'S A CONCERN WE HAVE.
WE DON'T KNOW HE'S WE CAN DO A GOOD JOB.
THE OLD TRASHCAN, NICOLE WILL CAUSE SOME FOG.
AND SO, SO THESE ARE THE CONCERN OF ALL THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS COMPANY.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO NITPICKING YOU.
WE JUST WANT TO, WE SPEND THE MONEY $10,000 A MONTH.
WE WON'T GET THE RETURN OF 10,000 WORK.
THE MONEY'S NOT GOING TO THE TREE.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY IS PAY EFFICIENTLY FOR THE PEOPLE IRRIGATION, MEANING SPRINKLER.
I'VE BEEN CHANGING MY SPRINKLE ALL THE TIME.
AND THE, AND THE SPRINKLER HAD HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST US WITH THAT SPRINKLER HEAD.
UNLESS YOU WONDER WE DO ENTIRE IRRIGATION SPRINKLER.
I THINK JUST CHANGING THEIR HEAD, SOME BROKEN PIE YOU JUST GREW UP WITH.
YOU JUST CALL IT, THEY PUT IT TOGETHER, CHANGE THEIR HEAD IF THEY SPREAD OR THE WRONG WAY.
SO MAKE SURE OUR GRASS IS STILL ALIVE.
SO, SO SOME OF THE THINGS I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY COST THAT MUCH OF MONEY.
I KNOW HE'S A BIG PLACE AND THAT WE, WE WANT THIS PLACE TO BE PRESENTABLE, BUT REALLY HOPE.
WE CAN HAVE A, MORE OF A PROFESSIONAL TO LOOK INTO IT AND IT WILL GIVE US A POPPER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T WALK INTO THE, OR WE DO IT THIS MONTH, TWO MONTHS WHILE WE DO THIS, THIS IS JUST MONTH TO MONTH.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT THE END ALL BE ALL WHAT THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE UP THERE.
SO WHETHER IT BE CHEMO, OUR STAFF, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS JUST MONTH TO MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE PLACE IN SOMEWHAT OF A GOOD ORDER.
SO WHO DOES CHEMO WORK FOR? BIGLY DREAMS? NO, HE, HE WAS WALKING OVER THERE WHEN WE OVER THERE TO VISIT THE FIRST TIME.
AND SO IT WAS A MESS, BUT HE'S OVER THERE BY HIMSELF OR CLEANING UP EVERYTHING.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE JUST SAY, HOW ABOUT WE HIRED THIS GUY TO HELP US CLEAN THIS PLACE UP? RIGHT.
WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WHY DON'T WE GET A BIT FROM HIM? I'VE ASKED HIM TO DO IT.
I'VE, I'VE, I'VE ASKED HIM IF HE WANTS TO COME WORK FOR US.
I WILL ASK AGAIN, I'LL PROVIDE THE NUMBER.
I MEAN, WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO, I'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER I CAN DO THAT.
UM, HE, HE, WASN'T INTERESTED, HE'S WORKING FOR BIG LEAGUE DREAMS AND HE'S BACK DOING THAT, SO, OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH COSTS TO HIRE A FULL-TIME, UH, STAFF AND A PART-TIME.
I MEAN, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER THAN THIS, RIGHT.
UM, THE REASON IS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDER FOUR GRAND, A MONTH SALARY AND THEN WITH THEIR BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE RIGHT AROUND FIVE GRAND A MONTH.
AND SO THAT IN THERE, BUT THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT.
IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY, I MEAN, THERE IS, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SAVINGS, BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH.
AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT'S BOAT PENSION DOES ON THAT, BUT I'M SORRY.
UH, YEAH, QUICK, QUICK, QUICKLY.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT JUST, I THOUGHT, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN WE HAVE.
WE WANT TO PRESENT A BOWL, A NICE BOWL POND.
YOU JUST NEED TENDER, LOVING CARE.
AND I THINK OUR RESIDENT WILL BE VERY PROUD OKAY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY SAY, HEY, WHEN IT'S GOING TO OPEN, AND THEN WE TRY TO LET OUR CHILDREN TO UTILIZE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PRESENTED BOW AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A RIGHT PERSON TO REALLY OKAY.
SO THIS IS THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS TWO PERSON AND UNDER $10,000 AND THEY ARE CLEANING UP RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IS THEY ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
SO WE'VE BEEN PAYING $10,000 FOR LAST TWO MONTHS, CORRECT? YES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE TO VERIFY AND TO CONCUR AND APPROVE, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTION AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE, WITH THE BIDS WE GOT THE NEXT LOWEST BID WAS 14,000.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW ANY DIRECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I DO MY TIME.
IT'S GOING TO, WELL, WE HAVE TIL JUNE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY, HOW THEY HANDLE IT.
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR RE THERE YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO GO TO OUR OWN STAFF OR WE'RE GOING TO DO A FULL RFP WITH A FULL SCOPE OF WORK, MOVE THE MOTION, RELUCTANTLY.
WE HAVE NO CHOICE BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN CONTEMPLATE.
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FOR CHEMO.SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS BY THEIR LITTLE PIT BEATA I MOTION APPROVES FIVE, ZERO EIGHT ON TRUE
[13) CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 20-01, ZONE CHANGE NO.20-02, PRECISE PLAN NO. 20-01, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 83134, TREEREMOVAL PERMIT NO. 20-14, AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OFENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO ALLOW THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGSFOR SCHOOL USES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 158 RESIDENTIALCONDOMINIUM UNITS (66 TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STYLEDETACHED UNITS: RANGING FROM 1,471 SQ. FT. TO 1,798 SQ. FT. AND 92 ATTACHEDTHREE-STORY TOWNHOME STYLE UNITS: RANGING FROM 1,310 SQ. FT. TO 1,721SQ. FT.), INTERNAL DRIVE AISLES, COMMON OPEN SPACE, GUEST PARKINGSPACES, AND OTHER ASSOCIATED INCIDENTAL IMPROVEMENTS ON A 9.14 ACRESITE. A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE 9 SIGNIFICANT TREESON THE SITE (5 OAK TREES, 2 MAPLE TREES, AND 2 BOTTLE BRUSH TREES). THEPROJECT ALSO INVOLVES A REQUEST FOR A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TOCHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FROM CIVIC: SCHOOLSTO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM, AND A ZONE CHANGE TO CHANGE THE ZONINGFROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) TO A SPECIFIC PLAN.]
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO ONE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER EIGHT THREE ONE THREE FOUR ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO TWO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ZERO DASH ZERO ONE AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 20 DASH 14 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE FIVE, EIGHT RESIDENT, 158 RESIDENTIAL CON CONDOMINIUM UNITS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1651 EAST ROLAND AVENUE, CITY CLERK, UH, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PRECISE PLAN, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, ZONE CHANGE, GENERAL PLAN, AMENDMENT ENTRY REMOVAL PERMIT.
THERE'LL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION OF STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR, THEN THOSE OPPOSED FINALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A REBUTTAL TO ANY TESTIMONY RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
THERE WILL BE THE F PRESENTING THE, I MEAN, THERE WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PAULINA MIRALIS WILL PRESENT THE REPORT.
UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, UM, THE PROJECT, AS YOU SAID, AT THE FORMER PIONEER SCHOOL SITE, UH, THIS IS A BRIEF PROJECT.
UM, THE SITE IS A 9.1 ACRE SITE.
IT IS A FORMER PIONEER SCHOOL SITE THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE PROJECT CALLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 158 UNITS WITH TWO CAR GARAGES, UM, 66 UNITS OR TWO STORIES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, 92 UNITS ARE ATTACHED THREE STORY TOWN HOMES.
UM, AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 12 DRIVEWAY SPACES, UM, THAT WILL BE PROVIDED, UM, WITH THE, UH, SIX PLEX UNITS RIGHT HERE.
UM, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 413 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
85, UH, GUEST PARKING SPACES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONSITE.
UH, THE PROJECT IS INCLUDE A 10,450 SQUARE FOOT COMMON, UM, OPEN SPACE AREA FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, THE OPEN SPACE INCLUDES A TOT LOT, A GAZEBO PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, AND OPEN GRASS AREA.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A PERIMETER AND WALL FENCING INCLUDE, UH, ALONG THE PROJECT SITE, UM, INCLUDING, UH, THE CULDESAC, UM, EILEEN, UM, THE PROJECT SITE WOULD BE ACCESS THROUGH, UH, TWO ENTRY POINTS ALONG ROLAND.
UM, THE CULDESAC, UH, ALONG EILEEN WOULD BE USED ONLY FOR EMERGENCY, UH, UH, CASES.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE, UH, OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC.
AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, IT'S A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO ONE.
UM, CHANGING THE LAND USE FROM CIVIC SCHOOLS TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM CIVIC SCHOOLS TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM TO ALLOW FOR, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 20 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER ACRE.
THE PROJECT IS, UM, THAT'S PROPOSED IS FOR 17.5 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE PROJECT ALSO CONSISTS OF A ZONE CHANGE, UM, FROM FAMILY SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO SPECIFIC PLAN ORDINANCE.
UM, IT CALLS FOR A PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO ONE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 158 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, UH, THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR THE CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION OF AIRSPACE RIGHTS, UM, AND THE TREE REMOVAL FOR, UH, NINE SIGNIFICANT TREES ON THE SITE.
UM, THIS IS THE SITE FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CEILING CULDESAC, UM, ADJACENT TO THE EAST IS A COMMERCIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND TO THE NORTH.
UM, AND THEN ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, IT IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO THE PROJECT DOES INTEND TO DO THE, UM, TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG THIS SIDE.
AND ACTUALLY, LET ME GO BACK TO THIS DAY.
SO THESE ARE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, THEN THERE'S THE SIX PLEX AND THE FIVEPLEX BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
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AND THEN THESE ARE STREET VIEWS OF THE SITE.UM, AND THEN THESE ARE VIEWS FROM, UH, THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OR ALONG THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO YOU HAVE EILEEN COL-DE-SAC, UM, LONG ROLAND AND THEN THE PIONEER DRIVE.
AND THEN THIS IS FACING THE COMMERCIAL, UM, UH, JOINT OR ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER UNITS THAT ARE TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY, UM, UNITS WITH SIX DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS.
THE PROPOSED UNITS WILL CONSIST OF ONE OF THREE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, I'M HOUSE COTTAGE IN SPANISH COLONIAL THE PROJECT ALSO CONSISTS OF THREE STORY, UH, ATTACHED MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITH TWO CONFIGURATIONS, WHICH ARE THE FIVEPLEX AND THE SIX PLANTS.
UM, EACH CONFIGURATION, UM, COMES WITH THREE DIFFERENT FOUR PLANS.
THESE STRUCTURES WILL EITHER BE SPANISH OR COLONIAL OR FARMHOUSE.
SO THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, UH, PLAN ONE.
AND THIS IS FOR THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, THIS IS, UH, 14, 171 SQUARE UNITS, THREE BEDROOMS, TWO AND A HALF BATH.
THE FIRST FLOOR HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE WITH THE KITCHEN, THE LIVING ROOM, UM, AND A GREAT ROOM AND A BATHROOM.
UH, THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE FLOOR THAT HAS THE LIVING QUARTERS, INCLUDING A LOFT.
UM, THESE ARE RENDERINGS OF THE, UH, SECOND PLAN EITHER AT 25 FEET TALL IN HEIGHT PLAN.
NUMBER TWO IS, UH, 1,663 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE ON THE FIRST FOUR, ONCE AGAIN, WITH THE LIVING ROOM, A DINING AREA AND KITCHEN ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND THEN THE, UH, THREE BEDROOMS WITH A LOFT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
UM, THIS ONE INCLUDES A PRIVATE OUTDOOR AREA OF 1,603 SQUARE FEET.
SO THIS IS A UNIT THAT HAS THE LARGER PRIVATE OUTDOOR AREA.
UM, THIS IS PLAN THREE AND THIS ONE'S SLIGHTLY TALLER AT 27 FEET.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD PLAN FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS IS THE LARGEST UNIT OF, UM, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, WITH A BEDROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
UM, AND THEN THREE BEDROOMS WITH A LOFT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO THEN THESE ARE THE FIVEPLEX AND THE SIX PLEX.
THESE ARE THE THREE STORY, UM, UH, UNITS.
SO ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THESE ARE TWO BEDROOM UNITS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLAN THREE, WHICH HAS A THIRD BEDROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, LAN THREE HAS THE BEDROOM AND THEN PLAN TWO HAS A FLEX STENT, UM, OR OFFICE SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, ALL TWO CAR GARAGES WITH PORCHES.
THE SECOND FLOOR HAS THE LIVING ROOM, THE DINING ROOM OF THE DECKS, UM, KITCHEN, AND THEN THE THIRD FLOOR HAVE THE BEDROOMS. UM, SO AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, UM, IT DOES REQUIRE, UH, A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.
THERE ARE, UM, COASTAL LIVE OAK SPECIES, MAPLE TREES, AND BOTTOM BUSH, FRONT YARD, UM, TREE SPECIES LOCATED ON THE SITE.
UM, A CONDITION OF APPROVAL HAS BEEN INCLUDED, REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF AT LEAST 20 COAST LIVE OAK TREES TO REPLACE THE FIVE OAK TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED AT A RATIO OF TWO TO ONE.
UM, A COMBINATION OF TREE SHRUBS AND GROUND COVER WILL BE INSTALLED ONSITE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 100 TREES RANGING FROM 24 TO 36 BOX SIZE, SO MATURE TREES.
UM, SO IN RESPONSE TO, UM, COMMENTS MADE FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE DEVELOPER HAS REVISED SOME OF THE SITE PLAN.
THEY DID, UM, MOVE, UH, THE SIX PLEX, UM, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, FURTHER IN, ON THE LOT.
UH, THEY MOVED IT FORWARD TO ALIGN WITH THE REST OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE FIVE BUCKS TO THE EAST OF IT.
UM, AND THAT DID ALLOW IT TO PROVIDE, UM, DRIVEWAY PARKING FOR THE, UH, SIX PLEX STRUCTURE ON THE BACKEND.
UM, THEY REVISE THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS ON THE WEST ELEVATION, UM, TO CELESTE TREE FOR TWO UNITS, UM, OF THE PROPERTY TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, ON THE ADJACENT, ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE, THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING, UH, LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING SCREENING
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ALINE ELAINE STREET, AND THEY DID INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE PERIMETER.OR MR. WALLS ALONG THE COMMERCIAL SITE, UM, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, UM, EQUAL TO 0.5% OF THE CONSTRUCTION VALUATION.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE SUBMITTED AT $226,542.
UM, PARK FEES ARE OVER 1.7 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION OF A HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, THAT WOULD PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 15 HOMES, UM, AND PROVIDE 150,000 FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UH, THE PROJECT BENEFITS, UH, ADDRESSES HOUSING NEEDS, UM, EVERYONE WEST COVINA SUBJECT TO PROVIDE 534 HOUSING UNITS BETWEEN TWO 2021 AND 2029.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE A HUGE HELP IN, UM, ADDRESSING OUR REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE OR MAKE THOSE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OR THE HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDES HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER, WITH PREFERENCE GIVEN TO EXISTING WEST CARINA RESIDENTS AND OR LOW MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY AND FAMILIES.
UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY WOULD WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, TO, UH, TO DEVELOP AND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE PROGRAM APPROVED, UM, BY THE, OR PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF THE MODEL HOME MARKETING COMPLEX.
UM, IT WOULD REMOVE BLIGHT AND NICER.
UM, THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS VACANT AND, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO OVER 162 CALLS TO THE SITE FOR HOMELESS, TRANSIENT, SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE, PERSON TRESPASSING, UM, AND HAVE MADE 10 ARREST ON SITE.
UH, THE COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITY, UM, AS MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A CLOSE SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, UH, GENERATED FROM THE PROJECT WILL ATTEND COVINA VALLEY SCHOOLS IN NEED OF THE DISTRICTS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN MET.
UM, AND THE, THERE WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
UH, THERE WAS A ZOOM MEETING OPPOSED TO IN-PERSON MEETING IN MARCH 15TH AND 18TH OF LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE OF THIS YEAR, SORRY.
THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN AUGUST 15TH, 2020.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, UM, AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THEY HELD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO HELP FURTHER ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN ON MARCH 23RD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDED, UH, APPROVAL, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
SO IT'S A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CONNECT DECK.
UM, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND SO IS OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UM, AND I THINK, YES, THAT CONCLUDES MY PROJECT OR MY PRESENTATION, SO I CAN HAVE, UH, JANET COME UP IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC.
SORRY, WE CAN ALL READ, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF QUESTIONS HAVE COME IN ON THE NEW STANDARDS THAT WE USE FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE NEW STANDARD GUST.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THE NEW TRAFFIC STEADY PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, AS OF JULY 1ST, 2020, THE STATE PASSED STATE MANDATE SOME 43 SB SEVEN 43, WHICH PROMOTES THOSE PROJECTS THAT REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND AIR POLLUTION.
AND LITERALLY LITERALLY HAS CHANGED HOW TRAFFIC IMPACTS ARE DETERMINED FOR SEEQUA NO LONGER IS DELAY VOLUME OR CONGESTION USE TO DETERMINE TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANCE.
THE NEW MATRIX IN DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE IS VMT OR VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IN PASSING SB SEVEN 43.
THE STATE'S GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS BY ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED TO SHOPPING WORK AND TRANSIT.
IT IS THE ASSUMPTION OF THE STATE THAT PROJECT'S LOCATED CLOSE TO SHOPPING AND TRANSIT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE LESS DEPENDENT ON THEIR CARS AND WALK OR BARK BIKE, OR RIDE THE BUS TO GET TO WORK OR SCHOOL OR SHOPPING.
AND THAT VMT CAN BE REDUCED BY SHIFTING FROM A CAR TRIP TO A BIKE OR WALK TRIP, OR FROM A SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLE TO A CARPOOL OR A TRANSIT TRIP.
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FOLLOWING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH LPRS RECOMMENDATIONS.THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS A PROJECT CAN BE EXEMPT FROM PREPARING A FULL DETAILED PROJECT LEVEL VMT ANALYSIS.
ONE, THE PROJECT IS IN A TRANSIT PRIORITY AREA.
TWO, THE PROJECT IS IN A LOW VMT GENERATING AREA.
THE PROJECT IS A TYPE THAT OPR CONSIDERS TO BE LOCAL SERVING, OR THE PROJECT GENERATES LESS THAN 110 DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS.
AZUSA AVENUE IS CONSIDERED A HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
THERE ARE BUS STOPS ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF ROLAND.
THE PIONEER SCHOOL SITE IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR A BROAD COMMERCIAL BASE ALL ALONG AS THIS AVENUE WITH RESTAURANTS, SUCH AS NORMS, PIZZA WINGSTOP, STATE OF BROTHERS, DOLLAR TREE LA FITNESS, ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FOR NEW RESIDENTS DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF THESE BUS STOPS.
THE PROJECT QUALIFIES AS BEING LOCATED IN A TRANSIT PRIORITY AREA.
AND THEREFORE IS EXEMPT FROM A FULL VMT ANALYSIS.
AND SINCE THE PROJECT IS CONSIDERED EXEMPT AND CAN BE SCREENED FROM A VMT ANALYSIS, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THIS PROJECT HAS A LESSON SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND DOES NOT TRIGGER AN EIR FOLLOWING THE NEW TRAFFIC STUDY GUIDELINES BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
THE PROJECT COMPLETE COMPLETED A FOCUS TRAFFIC STUDY THAT LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS GENERATED DISTRIBUTION OF VEHICLE TRIPS, ACCESS INTERNAL CIRCULATION, PARKING AND SITE DISTANCES.
I'LL BE FOR LATER QUESTIONS THAT COME UP QUESTIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT? OH, SORRY, MAYOR.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR SECRET CONSULTANT AILA.
SHE'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE, UM, DECK.
UM, LET ME HERE, MY NAME IS ALIA HOOKY.
I AM THE SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER AND PROJECT MANAGER WITH SO MUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH PREPARING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT WAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IS CALLED AND I ESTIMATE D OR INITIAL STUDY MEDICAID, AETNA DECK, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, UH, THAT WE CONDUCTED, ESPECIALLY THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS BY OUR EXPERTS.
WE DETERMINED, UM, THAT THE PROJECT OVERALL, WHAT RESULT, AND EITHER NO IMPACTS OR LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TOPICS RELATED TO AESTHETICS, AGRICULTURE, AIR QUALITY, ENERGY, GREENHOUSE GAS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, HYDROLOGY LAND USE, MINERAL RESOURCES, POPULATION, HOUSING, PUBLIC SERVICES, RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION, TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.
AND FIVE TOPICS, UM, OUT OF THE 20 TOPICAL AREAS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE ANALYZED AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, FIVE TOPICAL AREAS COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
AND THESE ARE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND SOILS, UH, NOISE AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES THAT REDUCE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT LEVEL.
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THAT'S WHY I ASSUME INDI IS THE APPROPRIATE SECRET DOCUMENT FOR THE PROJECT.ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OH, SORRY.
AND JUST TO CONCLUDE, SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, ALSO THE APPLICANT IS HERE, SO YEAH, THE FIRST WOULD BE THE APPLICANT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC? OH, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, IF I MAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE TODAY.
WE WILL BE INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE AND WE'LL BE HAVING THE SECOND, THE FIRST READING THAT'S PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
RIGHT NOW IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF STAFF.
UH, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF WORK'S GONE INTO THIS PROJECT, UH, FOR, UH, CLOSE TO TWO YEARS NOW.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HASTILY, UH, HASTILY DETERMINED, UH, OR VETTED.
UM, YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE, THE NEIGHBORS.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, HAVE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH, UH, NEIGHBORS IN THE SURROUNDING, UH, UH, PEOPLE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS ON SITE, UH, ZOOM MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING.
UH, WE'VE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE SEEKING.
UM, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'VE REACHED OUT AND I WILL TOUCH ON A FEW OF THOSE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH IN THOSE MEETINGS AND SUBSEQUENT, AND EVEN AFTER, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UM, IN, IN MOST OF THOSE CASES, THE OBJECTIVITY, UH, THAT MOST OF THE OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED AND WORKING THROUGH, UH, EVEN WHEN WE HAD DISAGREEMENTS, UH, IN MOST CASES, UH, THEY HAD SOME FAIR CONCERNS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, AGAIN, DO OUR BEST TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.
UM, THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE FIRST SLIDE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IS COMPLETELY, UH, ADJACENT TO THE COMMERCIAL SITE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT, HOW CAN WE MAKE VERY THOUGHTFUL, PURPOSEFUL TRANSITION AS WE GO FROM THE COMMERCIAL OVER TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ON THAT EAST SIDE, WE'VE INCORPORATED THE ATTACHED, UH, TOWNHOMES, UH, PRODUCT.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE COMMERCIAL.
THERE AREN'T ANY OF THE ATTACHED TOWNHOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.
AND AS YOU TRANSITION, UH, FROM THE, UH, EAST TO THE WEST SIDE, WE HAVE THE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY CLUSTER HOMES.
SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO HAVE A GOOD TRANSITION OF INTENSITY OF USE AS WE MOVE FROM ONE SIDE OF THE PROJECT TO THE OTHER.
A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, AS YOU WILL NOTE ON THIS, UH, SITE PLAN IS WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALL THE WAY AROUND, UH, WHERE IT'S ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS AND IT'S A SEVEN AND A HALF FOOT BUFFER, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE WALL.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT PURELY JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL PRIVACY, UH, NUMBER OF, UH, OWNERS EXPRESS, SOME CONCERN THAT A WALL EVEN SEVEN FEET MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT.
AND OF COURSE, ONCE YOU START TO GET TO EIGHT FEET, IT STARTS TO FEEL MORE LIKE A PRISON CELL.
SO THAT'S A SOFTER APPROACH, AND WE CAN ALSO MANAGE THE HEIGHT THROUGH A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT WILL BE A COMMON AREA, LOT SEPARATE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT.
SO IT WILL BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMITY CONSISTENCY.
UH, THE NEIGHBORS WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERS TAKING CARE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY OR THAT WEEK, OR THAT MONTH, IT WILL BE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
CAN WE CLICK ON THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? ONE OF THE OTHER, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH IS THE DRAINAGE THAT WENT AROUND FROM THE, THE CUL-DE-SAC, UH, UP THERE ON EILEEN.
UH, THERE WAS A STORM DRAIN THAT ULTIMATELY CAME INTO THE CUL-DE-SAC THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WOULD WRAP AROUND ALL ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY FLOODING IN SEVERAL
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PORTIONS OF, OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.AND IT WAS ALSO COMING IN PIONEER.
UH, IT WAS JUST A BIG SHEET FLOW AND IT WOULD CREATE FLOODING AND WHAT WE CALL URBAN DROOL JUST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA.
WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS PLAN IS INTERCEPTED THAT DRAINAGE, UH, WITH A STORM DRAIN THAT WILL RUN, UH, DOWN THROUGH THE COL-DE-SAC AND INTO THE TRACK.
AND THEN WE'VE DISPERSED THAT, UH, OFFSITE STORM DRAINAGE, UH, DOWN THROUGH THE TWO PRIMARY STREETS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO, YEAH.
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IT WAS A CONCERN FOR A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, UH, WAS THE PARKING THAT WAS OUT FRONT.
AND WE HAD A PARKING LOT WAS OUT, UH, ON THE FRONT THERE ON ROLLING.
AND THE INITIAL INTENT OF THAT WAS TO CAPTURE THAT STORM DRAIN.
AND, UH, WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A CONCERN FOR, FOR MANY PEOPLE JUST SAYING, HEY, WHY ARE YOU GUYS HAVING PARKING IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY? AND THAT WAS A FAIR, THAT WAS A FAIR CONCERN.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE, WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MAKING SURE WE COULD PROPERLY ADDRESS DRAINAGE.
UM, BUT FROM AN AESTHETIC PERSPECTIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THAT WITH THE RESIDENTS.
AND WE WENT BACK WITH OUR ENGINEER AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT, UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE IN THE, YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON, ON BOTH OF THOSE, UH, NORTH SOUTH STREETS.
BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS, IS PUT THOSE CHAMBERS, THE STORM DRAIN CHAMBERS UNDERNEATH THE PARKING BAYS WITHIN THOSE STALLS.
AND SO WE'VE, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE REPLACED ALL THE UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINAGE THAT WAS INITIALLY IN THAT FRONT PARKING AREA.
SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST BEEN MORE DISTRIBUTED, STILL ACHIEVES THE SAME GOAL OF MANAGING THAT OFFSITE FLOW AND, AND DISTRIBUTING IT OVER A LONGER PERIOD AFTER A STORM.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST RIGHT NOW THAT WATER COMES STRAIGHT ON THROUGH THE PROJECT AND IT FLOODS OUT AT THE FRONT END ROLLING.
AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS INTERCEPTED METER IT OUT THROUGH THESE CHAMBERS.
AND THAT WAY IT'S SPREAD OUT THROUGH A LONGER DURATION AFTER THE STORM FOR 48 HOURS.
AND INSTEAD OF JUST BEING A SHEET FLOW RIGHT OUT THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE PROJECT, THE OTHER, UH, BIG ITEM THAT WAS OF CONCERN WAS OF COURSE THE CUL-DE-SAC PRIMARILY ON THE NORTH SIDE, UH, THE EILEEN CUL-DE-SAC AND THE CONCERN THERE WAS THAT, UH, RESIDENTS WERE JUST GOING TO PARK OR THEIR GUESTS WOULD PARK OUT THERE AND JUST COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT LIVED UP IN THAT POCKET.
SO WHAT WE DID, UH, AGAIN, IN, IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK, WE'VE ELEVATED THAT WALL TO SEVEN FEET, JUST PUT VEGETATION ON IT, AND THERE ARE NO PENETRATIONS AROUND THAT ENTIRE CUL-DE-SAC ASIDE FROM THE EVA.
SO THERE'S NO PEDESTRIAN WALKTHROUGH, THERE'S NO VEHICULAR WALKTHROUGH, THERE'S REALLY NO CONVENIENT WAY FOR ANYBODY TO ACCESS THE PROJECT FROM THE OUTSIDE THROUGH THAT, UH, AVENUE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS PUTTING SOME LIGHTING, UH, THAT WILL BE RIGHT AT THE END OF THE BULB OF THAT.
CUL-DE-SAC A COUPLE OF THE HOMEOWNERS AT THE VERY END, THE STREET HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, SOME ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS THERE AFTER HOURS THAT THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE TO SEE.
AND PART OF THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE STREET LIGHT THAT'S REALLY AT THE FRONT END, UH, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE CUL-DE-SAC.
SO IT'S PRETTY DARK AND PROBABLY A PRETTY COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE.
UM, SO THERE, THEY WERE ASKING BASICALLY IF WE COULD COORDINATE OUR LIGHTING, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LIGHTING, THAT'LL BE UP IN THAT AREA, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF OUR PROPERTY TO HELP DISCOURAGE SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY, UH, THAT THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT UP THERE.
SO THIS IS THE INTERNAL PARK, A LITTLE POCKET PARK THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE A TOT LOT BENCHES, UH, AN OVERHEAD PAVILION STRUCTURE.
AND THERE'S A LITTLE PATH YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, MEANDERS AROUND THE ENTIRE, UH, PARKWAY AND TO, UH, OPEN GREEN TURF AREAS.
ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS, AS WE, SORRY, ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE AS YOU LOOK AT THIS STREET SCENE IS THAT THERE ARE REALLY NO GARAGES ON THE ROLAND STREET SCENE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALL JUST THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL AESTHETIC, UH, ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE.
SO IN ADDITION TO GETTING RID OF THAT, UH, PARKING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BASICALLY JUST, JUST THE ARCHITECTURE, NO DRIVEWAYS, NO DRY, NO DRY, UM, GARAGE DOORS.
SO YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE A NICE GREEN AESTHETIC ALONG THAT ENTIRE FRONTAGE, UH, BOTH FROM A PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SCALE, GOING DOWN ROLLING.
UH, THE LAST, UH, PIECE I WANT TO TOUCH ON, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
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WE CAN, WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THESE, SO I'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR TIME ON THE NEXT SLIDE.SO HERE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT THE MASSING OF THIS BUILDING ON THE, ON THE ATTACHED TOWNHOMES.
AND WE HAVE BOTH A FIVEPLEX AND A SIXPLEX HERE, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THERE'S A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTION AND TURK ARTICULATION THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE PLANE.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN, IN LOOKING THROUGH THAT, IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT STARING AT THE BACKSIDE OF AN ALBERTSONS OR, OR A FLAT WALL.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, UH, COVERED PORCHES DECK RAILING.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, VARYING ROOF ELEMENTS, UH, RIDGES, KNEE HEIGHTS.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THAT, UH, ARCHITECTURAL PLANE, UH, REALLY TO BREAK UP THAT, UH, BREAK UP THAT BUILDING.
AND I REALLY THINK WE'VE PULLED IN SOME OF THE ELEMENTS.
THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL THEME, UH, AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL CERTAIN ELEMENTS FROM THAT ARCHITECTURE IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
WE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UH, PRODUCT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO ILLUSTRATE, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF THESE CLUSTERS AND, UM, THE MODULES FOR BOTH THE TOWNHOME AND THE CLUSTER HOMES.
AND YOU SEE, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO INCORPORATE, UH, TREES IN EVERY, EVERY POCKET.
AND, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF, UH, SEVERAL LAYERS OF CANOPY, UH, WITHIN THESE TREES AND WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, GROUND COVER OR SHRUBS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE LEVELS AND WE'VE SPECIFICALLY PICKED OUT A TREE SPECIES OF VARYING HEIGHTS TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT AND REALLY SOFTEN, UH, THAT VERTICAL, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE TOUCHED ON THIS THIS BRIEFLY, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT CAME UP, UH, WITH SEVERAL OF THE OWNERS OR ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT IS THE, UM, POTENTIAL FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SECOND STORY HOMES TO LOOK DOWN INTO THE YARDS OF THE ADJACENT HOMES.
SO WE HAVE ELEVATED THOSE WINDOWS, UH, IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES, WE'VE LITERALLY MODIFIED THE ARCHITECTURE ON THE INDIVIDUAL PLANS, UH, AND FOR JUST THIS UNIQUE CONDITION, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE, ALL THOSE HOMES.
SO YOU REALLY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO LOOK OUT, THEY'LL STILL LET LIGHT IN, UH, TO THE BUILDING.
UH, BUT YOU WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, TO BASICALLY LOOK DOWN, UH, AND COMPROMISE THE PRIVACY OF THE ADJACENT UNITS.
THAT WAS REALLY A, ANOTHER BIG ONE FOR, UM, UH, THE OWNERS THAT I'VE MET WITH ALONG THE ENTIRE PERIMETER.
AND THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL, UH, UNITS, UH, THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED, UH, SINCE THE LAST MEETING, SAME CONDITION NEXT LINE.
SO AGAIN, IN, IN, UH, IN SUMMARY, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AND WE WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY MADE EVERY EFFORT TO HAVE A PURPOSEFUL TRANSITION, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THAT SITE.
I KNOW TO SOME, THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, UH, HIGHER DENSITY PRODUCT THAT MAY BE NOT FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE OWNERS HAVE, HAVE EXPRESSED THAT CONCERN.
BUT I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING THIS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND A LOT OF CITIES AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, AND WE HEARD IT AGAIN THIS MORNING.
THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO US TRYING TO PUSH FOR 30 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
SO I KNOW 17 MIGHT SOUND HIGH FOR, UH, WHAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THE AREAS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS REALLY BECOMING A BIG PUSH ON HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THOUGHTFULLY, UH, SOME OF THIS HIGHER DENSITY PRODUCT.
UH, THE OTHER THING WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY DONE OUR BEST TO MAXIMIZE IN THE SITE DESIGNED PARKING.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE MANDATED THAT THE GARAGE IS, WILL HAVE TO BE USED FOR PARKING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT REINFORCED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
SO THE EXTERNAL UNITS, THE PARKING BAYS ARE GOING TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR GUEST PARKING.
UH, AND THERE'S AMPLE PARKING THROUGHOUT THAT SIDE OF ME.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ALMOST HALF OF THESE UNITS ARE TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE FOUR BEDROOM HOMES THAT HAVE AN ARSENAL OF CARS, UH, THAT WE SEE, UH, IN A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THE OFFSITE DRAINAGE, UH, THE, THE CUL-DE-SAC, UH, WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING.
THE CUL-DE-SAC COMING IN ON PIONEER.
UH, WE'VE BASICALLY PUT IN THE, UM, THE SOLID WALL THERE, AND WE HAVE A PERIMETER LANDSCAPE EDGE, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, ADDED AND WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING FOR THE WALL THAT ABUTS THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, UH, FALLING SOME, UH, REQUESTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WE'VE ADDED, UH, VEGETATION TO THAT.
IN FACT, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT IN A PIRATE KANTHA, WHICH FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE PIRATE CAMPO OR, OR HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH IT,
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IT'S, IT LOOKS PRETTY, BUT IT'S ALMOST AS BAD AS BARBED WIRE.SO I THINK THAT WILL DISCOURAGE ANY OF THE ELEMENT OVER THERE FROM TRYING TO COME OVER THE WALL OVER THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO, UM, THE HOMES WE'VE PICKED HERE ARE, ARE REALLY IN HIGH DEMAND.
I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS PRODUCT IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN, BEEN SOME CONCERNS SAYING, OH, IS THIS THE RIGHT FIT? ARE THE HOMEOWNERS INTERESTED IN THIS? BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT BUYER OUT THERE THESE DAYS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN LOWER MAINTENANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE TO SPEND THEIR TIME OUT ON, OUT ON THE TOWN AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE YARDS AND DEMANDS AND COSTS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER, WATER COSTS AND OTHER UTILITY COSTS THAT COME ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER YARDS.
IT'S JUST A, JUST A DIFFERENT BUYER, UH, PROFILE.
UH, THESE DAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IT'S PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THAT REALLY ARE GOING TO BE THE LIFEBLOOD.
I THINK OF THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY INJECT SOME NEW INTEREST IN SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
AND WE'VE HEARD THAT UP AND DOWN THE STREET FROM THE ZOO.
SO BUSINESS OWNERS SAYING, HEY, WE REALLY NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WE NEED, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE OWNERS.
WE NEED SOME, SOME NEW LIFE OUT HERE TO KIND OF GIVE US A BOOST WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING.
AND WE REALLY THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT.
UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
TH TH THE QUESTION IS I, I SAW YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND IT LOOK LIKE YOUR ELEVATION OR YOUR BUILDING HIGH ON TWENTY-FIVE AND TWO 26 TO 27.8.
AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT AREA ALLOW MORE THAN 25 FEET, OR THIS IS VERY, NO.
AND WHY YOU WANT TO, BECAUSE HE'S STILL SMALL HOME.
THIS IS A BOARDING HUNDRED, 1500 TO 1700 PER WHY YOU NEED TO GO TO THE 27 POINT, THE, THE THREE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.
AND THAT'S REALLY, IF YOU END UP, IF YOU WENT WITH ONE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND JUST HAD 25 FEET, ALL THE HOMES WOULD LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
OH, YOU ALSO, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT ARTICULATION.
SO I LOOKED LIKE ATTRACTED, NOT LIKE ALL THE JUNGLE.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, FLAT ROOF ACROSS THE TOP AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER, OTHER PITCHES AND THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THAT AS YOU SAW ON THAT ELEVATION.
SO YOU HAVE ALL DIFFERENT LEVEL HOME IN THE, IN THE A LOT.
OH, THIS IS NOT BECAUSE IT'S STILL A SMALL HOME 1700.
I MOVE IN WEST COVINA IN 1989.
MY FIRST HOUSE IS ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FEET OR YOUNG COUPLE.
SO, SO I UNDERSTAND THE SECOND THING IS TRASH.
YOU, YOU HAVE ALBANY, SO MANY SINGLE FAMILY.
HOW IS A TRASH COLLECTOR IS DRIVING THE BIG TRUCK INSIDE TO PICK IT UP ON, OKAY.
SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO CAR GARAGE, SO YEAH.
SO THERE'S CLARENCE IN THE, IN THE GARAGE FOR, UH, THE RECEPTACLES INSIDE THE GARAGE.
AND THEN THE, THE TRASH COMPANY TRUCKS COME TO PICK IT UP WITH THEM.
CENTRAL, THERE'S NO CENTRAL DUMPSTER AND THIS FACILITY.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WE SAW.
THAT'S KIND OF CONVEYS THAT APARTMENT FIELD.
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE WERE THINKING.
IT'S MORE LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE FEELING.
PEOPLE PULL THE TRASH OUT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, SOMETHING PULL HIM BACK AND WE WILL HAVE, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION CCNRS THAT GOVERN THIS PROPERTY.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DO THEY, ARE THEY STORED IN THERE, BUT THEY'RE BROUGHT IN, UH, ON THE EVENING OF THE COLLECTION.
HOW ABOUT ON THE, THE LEVEL, OKAY.
HOME? ARE THEY EVER BEEN FOR THEM TOO? THEY SEEM, WE'VE, WE'VE CARVED OUT THE SPACE IN THE GARAGE IS THERE AS WELL.
SO THEY HAVE A GARAGE, THEY HAVE GARAGE, THEY HAVE SEPARATE, UH, AREAS DESIGNATED IN THE GROUP.
AND THE KIND OF ZIGZAG TO EACH OTHER.
THEY WILL BE PUTTING OUT THE TRASH LIKE EVERYBODY.
AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FEES, THE SAME THING, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FEES ARE NOT THE SAME FROM UNIT TO UNIT.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED UNITS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE ATTACHED UNIT.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF THE COMMON AREAS.
SO THEN THE ATTACHED UNITS, THOSE, UM, THOSE OWNERS WILL PAY A HIGHER FEE BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE INSURANCE.
THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE RE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT IN THE HOA BECAUSE TOWNHOME OKAY.
AND THEY SHARE THIS AND LAND THAT'S BINGO, ANYHOW, NORMALLY 3000 SQUARE FEET OR 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
THEY DON'T OWN THEIR LAND, BUT ON THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHING, THEY OWN THEY'RE THERE.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ENTIRE UNIT.
SO THERE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.
SO TO LAND STILL, NOT OVER A HUNDRED, RIGHT.
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STILL OWNED BY ENTIRE HOGAN ASSOCIATION, RIGHT.SO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATE AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THE PERIMETER MAINTENANCE, EXCEPT WHERE YOU SAW THE PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE USE YARDS, UH, ON SOME OF THOSE FLOOR PLANS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.
THIS CANNOT CANNOT BE CAUSED A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
MORE LIKE, UH, WELL, IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOME, BUT IT'S ON A, ON A CONDOMINIUM CONDO MEDIA.
THIS IS HOW D WILL SHOW, IT'S NOT A SINGLE FEMALE RESIDENT.
SO WE DEVELOPED THE CONDO PLAN FOR THEM TO DEFINE THE LIMITS OF THEIR RESPONSES BECAUSE EVERYBODY OWNED THE LAND TOGETHER.
UH, WHY IS THE PRICE RANGE? THE PRICE RANGE, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE NOW, I'M ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO QUOTE PRICES IN THIS, UH, IN THIS MARKET, BUT, UH, ON THE, UM, TOWNHOMES WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT UP STARTING IN THE UPPER FOURS, LOW FIVES, UH, INTO THE UPPER FIVES.
AND THAT'S FOR THE THAT'S FOR 1300 SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING AROUND THERE.
SO UP IN THE, UP IN THE HIGH FOURS AND THOSE, THOSE BOOKS HAS 1700 SQUARE FEET.
UM, AND THOSE WOULD BE IN THE UPPER.
AND THEN ON THE, THEN ON THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UH, WE'D BE LOOKING AT THE LOW SIXES, UH, TO START LEAN MORE REALISTICALLY UP UNTIL THE MID SIXTIES.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S 1400 SQUARE FEET ON UP TO ABOUT 1800 SQUARE FEET.
BUT I MEAN, THESE PRICE POINTS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, IN SOME OF THESE, AND I'M JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE PRICE AND THE ASSISTANT HOME ON THE FORD WEST COLUMBIA, WHETHER THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY INCENTIVE FOR A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER OR SOMETHING TO SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MOVE IN AS A OWNERSHIP? SO HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
UM, AND WE WE'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE COMMITTED, UH, TO DEDICATE $150,000 TO A PROGRAM, UH, TO ASSIST, UH, BUYERS.
THE CHALLENGE WE ENCOUNTER WITH THAT IS THAT WE, AS THE BUILDER ARE, UH, OR DEVELOPER OR AN INTERESTED PARTY.
SO THE NEW BUYERS CAN'T USE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD ALLOCATE TOWARDS THEIR, LIKE THEIR DOWN PAYMENT.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE USED TO, YOU KNOW, OFFSET HOA DUES OR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS, OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS UPGRADE YEAH.
WHAT, UM, IF, IF IT'S, UH, IF IT'S A CITY OR, OR, UM, GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, THEN THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE STRUCTURED WITH LA COUNTY THAT THE, THAT THE CITY CAN PIGGYBACK ON OR SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO TRY AND WORK THAT WE WANT THAT TO BE MEANINGFUL AND PURPOSEFUL.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE MY LAST QUESTION A YEAR, MY TIME, SO I COULD GIVE ALL THIS CONSOLE.
UH, MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE, WE REALLY PREFER OWNER OCCUPIED.
FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, YOUNG COUPLE TO MOVING OUR CTE OR, OR OUR RESIDENT, DALE YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE A CHANCE TO OWN A HOME.
I OWN MY HOME WHEN I WAS WITH A YELLING WEST COVINA FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER.
SO, AND THE, THE, BUT, BUT THE THING IS, IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY RESTRICTION FOR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ONLY ALLOW THE OWNER OCCUPIED WHILE THE INVESTOR COME OVER HERE, BUY THE PROPERTY AND TO TRY TO THESE OUT? UM, NO, THERE, THERE AREN'T ANY SPECIFICS, BUT THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE SOME LANGUAGE INCORPORATED.
UM, I'D PROBABLY DEFER TO THE ATTORNEY ON SOME OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO REGULATE, UH, THE NUMBER OF RENTALS WITH ALL THE, UH, HOUSING LAWS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH 10%.
AND THEY CANNOT GET A FANNIE MAE LOAN.
SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IF THIS PROJECT CAN FLY, WE PREFER OWNER OCCUPY, RESIDENT WILD, AND PEOPLE BUY THIS AS A INVESTMENT AND THESE OUT.
AND THEN, SO, SO BECAUSE I KNOW PASADENA, SOME OF THE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE A VERY RESTRICTED OWNER OCCUPY OKAY.
ORDINANCE TO KEEP PEOPLE OKAY.
THE VOLVO, THEY OWN THE POVERTY AND BE A PRO OWNERSHIP AND HAVE, HOPEFULLY HAVE FOR CHILDREN OVER THERE AND INCREASING OUR SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WHY NOW THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBER OF CHILDREN POPULATION.
THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR GOAL AS WELL.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES ARE, ARE, HAVE BETTER STRENGTH AND LONGEVITY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF INVESTORS, UH, COME IN, UH, TO THIS, TO THIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT, THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OR THE GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE, IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT HERE? I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LOUIS MAURA
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FOLLOWED BY LOUIS ROHO LOUIE.I LIVE AT 1440 EAST ROLAND AVENUE.
IT'S A HOME THAT WAS BUILT IN 1891.
IT'S A CRAFTSMAN HOME AND IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST HOMES IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, BASICALLY I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
UM, YOU CAN CALL THE COPS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY BUSY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GET TO IT RIGHT AWAY.
UM, IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT REALLY, BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT WHERE I HAVE TO FIX IT MYSELF WITH THEM.
UM, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT 100%.
IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, I HAVE TO PARK MY CAR FIVE FEET DOWN THE ROAD, AND THAT'S REALLY SAD.
I'M FEELING REALLY BAD ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO FIGHT A HOMELESS PERSON FOR THROWING A BOTTLE AT YOUR MOM OR DAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR YARD.
WHEN YOU GET OFF YOUR TWO JOBS AND COME HOME, IT'S A REAL ISSUE FOR, UM, I THINK, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT TOO, IS THAT IF YOU SUPPORT SO SMALL BUSINESS, LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP HERE AND SAID, THEY DO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS, WELL, YOU CAN DO IT BY PROXY, BY SUPPORTING A PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT PUTS MORE HOUSING, MORE MONEY INTO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE, YOU CAN SUPPORT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS BY UPPING ENROLLMENT, BY INTRODUCING MORE FAMILIES INTO THE AREA AND THEY GET MORE MONEY AND IT KEEPS TEACHERS HAPPY AND ALL THAT.
SO YOU CAN SUPPORT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU WANT BY PROXY, BY SUPPORTING A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
IT'S REAL SIMPLE, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, YOU CAN ALSO PUT MORE EYES ON THE GROUND.
IF SECURITY IS AN ISSUE LIKE IT IS FOR ME AND KEEPING MY FAMILY SAFE, THE MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE IN A COMMUNITY, THE BETTER, IT KEEPS A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
IT CREATES A STRONGER COMMUNITY AND I'M REAL, SORRY, YOU GOT TO PARK DOWN THE STREET OR, OR, YOU KNOW, MOVE YOUR CAR DOWN THE BLOCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S HORRIBLE, BUT IT GETS RID OF THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.
I DRIVE HOME FROM TWO JOBS OR SOMETIMES THREE JOBS BEFORE COVID AND I'LL SEE PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE OF PIONEER SCHOOL.
MY BROTHER WENT TO SCHOOL THERE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN IT WAS A SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT I DRIVE BY THERE AND I SEE LIKE HOMELESS PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE.
IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE.
AND, UM, THE TAGGING TWO DAYS AGO, IF YOU, IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THERE, YOU SEE A BLUE ECONOLINE RIGHT NOW, THE HOMELESS GUY IN THERE IS ANA ADAM MANNEQUINS, REALLY COOL GUY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT NOWHERE TO GO AND, AND IT'S JUST A REAL BIG PROBLEM.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE KNOWS THAT OR COMMUNICATES WITH THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE AREA, BUT IT'S ROUGH AND IT'S VIOLENT.
AND HONESTLY, THIS IS THE I'M JUST SO SICK OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF STATEMENT IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
MY NAME IS LEWIS, UH, GREW UP IN WEST COVINA AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE CITY ALMOST MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I CURRENTLY LIVE ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM THE PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND I HAVE BEEN AT ALLOCATION FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
ALSO WORK IN WEST COVINA FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
AND I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 19 YEARS.
I FELT THAT THE CITY HAS PROSPERED WITH COMMERCIAL RETAIL OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT STILL LACKS IN MEETING THE HOUSING DEMAND WITHIN THE CITY.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
I FEEL THAT A PROJECT AT THIS LOCATION WILL HELP DETER THE HOMELESS PROBLEM WE HAVE IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA.
ALSO, I HOPE TO BE A POSSIBLE HOMEBUYER AND POSSIBLY PURCHASE IN THIS AREA.
SINCE ONCE WE REMAIN IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, DEVELOPING THE SITE, WE'LL REMOVE AN EYESORE IS ENROLLING THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
I ALSO FEEL THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL MOVE IN WILL HELP SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES SUCH AS THE MOM AND POP STORES ALONG THE AVENUE CORRIDOR.
I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES YES.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY.
THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT? MAY I HAVE 15 SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT AND IT'S TOTAL OF 15 RESIDENTS THAT OPPOSE THE PROJECT.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARIE HOGAN FOLLOWED BY CHARLOTTE
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TREV, TREVINO FOLLOWED BY SUSAN IT AGAIN.MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND NEIGHBORS.
MY NAME IS MARIE HOGAN, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT TWO, WHO HAS LIVED ON HOME REST AVENUE FOR ALMOST 41 YEARS NOW.
AND I'M ALSO A RETIRED TEACHER FROM COVINA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I TAUGHT AT TRAYWICK MIDDLE SCHOOL WHILE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT, I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR DISTRICT, OR OUR CITY ON MARCH 23RD, MY NEIGHBORS AND I ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS AT THAT TIME.
AND IT IS NOW MOST OF NOT ALL OF OUR CONCERNS PERTAINED TO THE DENSITY OF THIS PRODUCT PROJECT.
THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY UNITS ON NINE AND A HALF ACRES, TOO MANY UNITS WITH OVER SEVEN TEEN HOMES PER ACRE.
THIS IS A HIGH DENSITY PROPOSAL WITH SUCH A PLAN.
THERE ARE ISSUES ABOUT TRAFFIC.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR EXPERT SAYS WITH 300 CARS IN A SMALL AREA, THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC ISSUE, WARNING AND AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING, ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACT AND PRESERVATION OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY HOUSE IS NOW WORTH OVER $800,000.
I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT PROPOSAL.
THERE'S A HOUSE BUFFERED BETWEEN IT.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE VALUE OF MY HOUSE AND THE REST OF MY NEIGHBORS WHOSE HOUSES ARE BETWEEN 700 AND $800,000.
THIS PLAN IS NOT RIGHT FOR OUR CITY.
BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MY NEIGHBORS AND I ZOOMED WITH MR. CROSBY, WHO REPRESENTED THE DEVELOPER.
WE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS AND OFFERED SOME SOLUTIONS.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE MET WITH A COMMENT LIKE THAT.
MY 87 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR WHOSE WALL BORDERS, THE SCHOOL YARD MET WITH MR. CROSBY PRIVATELY.
AND HE TOLD HER THAT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE HER WALL DOWN.
SHE WAS WORRIED THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE WALL DOWN.
HE MAY NOT HAVE LIED BECAUSE HE PHYSICALLY WON'T TAKE IT DOWN.
BUT HE WAS MISLEADING AN 87 YEAR OLD WOMAN.
IF HE'S WILLING TO MISLEAD A SENIOR CITIZEN, WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE ANYTHING HAS TO SAY TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MR. CROSBY DOES NOT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT EVEN IN THE CITY.
HE HAS NO VESTED INTEREST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE ONLY SEES DOLLARS AND CENTS.
THIS PLAN IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE CITY.
WHEN WE ELECT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE, WE DO.
SO FROM THE PROMISES THAT YOU MAKE TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CITY AND FOR US, YOU'RE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPING OF LAND.
BUT I DO KNOW IT TAKES COURAGE TO SAY NO TO THIS PROJECT.
IF YOU ARE ONLY SEEING DOLLAR SIGNS, IT WON'T BE THE EASY THING TO DO, BUT IT WILL BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I URGE YOU TO ASK MR. CROSBY TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER LOWER DENSITY, BUT HIGHER QUALITY PLAN THAT WILL ENHANCE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, INCREASE THE VALUE OF OUR HOUSES AND THE ECONOMICAL FEES FEASIBLE FOR OUR CITY TO PARAPHRASE MR. CROSBY, THIS PROJECT DOES NOT WORK FOR US.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLOTTE TREVINO FOLLOWED BY SUSAN PARTIS, FOLLOWED BY VICKY LOUDEST, CHARLOTTE.
MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND AUDIENCE.
FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS COMMAND THE DEVELOPER BASED UPON HIS PRESENTATION.
HE SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AND ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THOSE.
THERE ARE HOWEVER, STILL CONCERNS.
AND I THINK THEY'RE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS.
FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE TREVINO, AND I'VE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA FOR 45 YEARS.
IN THAT TIME, MY CITY HAS GROWN AND PROSPERED AND I'M PROUD OF IT WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE TO START OUR FAMILY.
WE KNEW WEST COVINA AS A GROWING CITY, WHICH FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY AND FAMILY.
THAT FOCUS SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS, OUR POPULATION IS DECLINING.
I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT.
IT IS CURRENTLY 100, 3,375 RANKING US 70TH IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND 305TH IN THE NATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S DOWN APPROXIMATELY 106,000 BASED ON THE 2010 CENSUS THAT DECREASE HAS LED TO A DECLINE IN TAX REVENUES.
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US HERE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW WE ATTRACT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THAT TAX REVENUE AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PRIMARY DUTY LIES WITH THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.PARTICULARLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS AND HAVE A VESTED COMMITMENT TO THIS.
THE PROPOSED WALNUT GROVE DEVELOPMENT AT THE PIONEER SCHOOL LOCATION DOES NOT REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WILL HOWEVER SERVE SEVERAL PURPOSES.
YES, IT WILL BRING REVENUE INTO THE CITY, BUT AT WHAT COST, THAT IS THE QUESTION YOU AS CITY LEADERS MUST ANSWER FIRST, HOW WILL IT AFFECT THE VALUES OF THE ESTABLISHED HOMES NEAR THAT LOCATION OR FOR THAT MATTER? THE VALUES OF HOMES IN ALL OF WEST COVINA, MY HOME, THEIR HOMES, YOUR HOMES, WHAT AFFECTS ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY EVENTUALLY WILL AFFECT US ALL.
SECONDLY, HOW MUCH MORE TRAFFIC WILL WOULD SUE AS A RESULT OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 120 TO 158, I ADAMANTLY OPPOSED THIS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NEAR TO ALREADY BUSY INTERSECTIONS, FIRST PONY AND AZUSA, WHERE THE FOOD FOR LESS AND DENNY'S ARE LOCATED.
SECONDLY, AZUSA AND ROLAND WITH ITS STRIP MALL, WHICH INCLUDES STATER BROTHERS, OTHER STORMS, A GYM, A RESTAURANT NEARBY ON ROLLING IS TRAYWICK.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AGGRAVATE A HIGH SCHOOL AS A RETIRED TRAYWICK MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER.
I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT AZUSA AND ROLAND AND HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE FOR STUDENTS WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOLS.
NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, WE HAD A STUDENT KILLED ON, OH, DARN I'M I'M DOING SHOOT.
I ASKED YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER YOUR DECISION AND THINK OF WHAT WE'VE ALL SAID THIS EVENING.
SUSAN PARADE IS FOLLOWED BY VICKI.
CLOUDESLEY FOLLOWED BY RAYMOND SANTOS.
IT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME.
NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY COALITION AGAINST THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT, AS IT IS PROPOSED.
WOULD YOU PLEASE OPEN YOUR HEARTS TONIGHT, OPEN YOUR EARS TO HEAR US AND YOUR EYES TO SEE US.
WE BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE CONCERNS WE HAVE ON THIS PROJECT.
WE KNOW THERE MUST BE PROGRESS.
AND WE HAVE SAID THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND MR. CROSBY, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU, BUT WE WANT YOU TO WORK WITH US.
ALSO, WE ARE AGAINST THIS PROJECT, AS IT IS PROPOSED.
WE DON'T WANT THOSE 1,550 UNITS TO BE BUILT.
DOES NOT WORK FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE LITERALLY SQUEEZING PEOPLE INTO A SMALL AREA.
THERE WAS A LAW IN WEST COVINA THAT YOU CAN ONLY BUILD EIGHT UNITS PER EXCUSE ME.
YOU CAN ONLY BUILD EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE.
THIS PROJECT HAS 17 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THIS SPECIFIC PLAN WOULD ALLOW UP TO 20 UNITS PER ACRE.
THEN YOU HAVE THE CAR ISSUE, 158 UNITS, TWO DRIVERS, EACH UNIT THAT'S 326 CARS PLUS FAMILY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
CAUSE I'M ONLY DOWN TO THREE MINUTES.
THAT'S 500 CARS EVERY MORNING TO RUSH OUT EVERY NIGHT, COMING HOME.
ALL OF THESE CARS ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING TO GET TO WORK.
AND THEN HOME AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE THREE STORY HOMES IN AND WE HAVE VERY FEW, TWO STORIES.
THIS PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE A BIG UGLY MONSTER AND WILL STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.
THESE TYPES OF UNITS ARE FINDING THE DOWNTOWN IN OUR AREA, BUT NOT RESIDENTIAL AREA, OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VACANT LOT, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD YOUR COOKIE CUTTER COMPLEX THERE, WHAT WE WANT.
AND I'M SURE YOU WOULD WANT TO SOMETHING THAT COMPLIMENTS WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFIES THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE THAT LLD OR ANOTHER COMPANY CAN COME IN, RETHINK THIS PROJECT OVER AGAIN AND COME.
AND WE ARE SURE THEY CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN THAT COMPLIMENTS THE CITY.
WE HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH A LOT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND IT'S CREATED A LOT OF STRESS AND ANXIETY.
YOU ASK US TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS, BUT WE DON'T EVEN GET THE LOWER HANGING FRUIT TO IMPROVE, TO IMPROVE ANY PROJECT.
DO YOU REALLY LISTEN TO US? NO.
THIS NEEDS TO BE TOLD TO YOU, MR. GUTIERREZ, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO TRIED TO SHAME US SAYING THERE ARE ONLY 16 OF YOU HERE, WHERE ARE THE OTHER HUNDRED, 1000 PLUS PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA.
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HE SAID THIS AFTER THREE HOURS OF US WAITING, THIS WAS CRUEL AND DISRESPECTFUL.AND I, AND THE REST OF THE COALITION DO NOT SIT, COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING FOR, WE WERE SILENCE.
WE HAD ALREADY TALKED AND VOICED OUR CONCERNS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
I'M GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW, EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME WHEN WE WERE HERE FOR THE COMMISSION PLANNING, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THEIR FILES AND THEY WERE TEXTING.
AT LEAST YOU'RE LISTENING TO US.
NOW WE COME TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, OH, DARN.
OPEN YOUR SOULS, HAVE THE HUMILITY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
VICKY CLOUD IS FOLLOWED BY RAYMOND SANTOS, FOLLOWED BY AUDREY SANTOS.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NEIGHBORS AND I COME HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU NOT TO ACCEPT THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT.
WE KNOW UNITS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT.
AND AS MY, UM, NEIGHBORS AND COALITION SAID, WE WELCOME THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THIS UGLY, UM, VACANT LOT PRACTICALLY WITH A BOARDED UP BUILDING AND OVERGROWN GRASS.
WE DON'T WANT THAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT THE PROJECT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A PROJECT THAT BLENDS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND MANY OF THEM, THREE STORIES HIGH.
AS MY, AS SUSAN SAID, JUST WENT BEFORE ME THAT DOESN'T BLEND IN.
WE BARELY HAVE TWO STORY HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET ALONE THREE STORY RIGHT NOW, THE ZONING ORDINANCE CALLS FOR EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE.
THE DEVELOPER WANTS THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO GO UP AS HIGH AS 20 UNITS PER ACRE.
IT GREATLY IMPACTS MY NEIGHBORS AND ME.
WE PAY WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE VOTE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE UPKEEP OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE WALNUT GROVE SITE ON ROLAND AVENUE IS NOT PART OF THE SEVEN ALREADY IDENTIFIED SITES.
THE CITY HAS RESERVED TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL TYPES AS STATED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS IS KNOWN AS THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
THE ROLAND SITE IS PART OF AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS WELL-ESTABLISHED AS A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY.
WE FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WITHIN THE SEVEN IDENTIFIED SITES LISTED AND THEIR JOB AND THIS KID JOB AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS, THERE IS A PARAGRAPH FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SITES DESIGNATED THAT SAYS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S PLAN TO FOCUS HIGHER INTENSITY MIXED USES WITH THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS STATED AFTER EACH OF THE SEVEN DESCRIPTIONS.
AT SOME POINT, THE CITY CARED ABOUT PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AT SOME POINT, THE CITY CARED ABOUT GIVING US WHAT WE NEED PAID SO MUCH FOR AND WORKED SO HARD FOR OUR STABLE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE FOUND IN THE WEST COVINA GENERAL PLAN AS IT COME TO THE POINT WHERE PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS IS NO LONGER IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS ALSO STATED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE GENERAL PLAN, OUR GOAL IS TO DIRECT NEW GROWTH TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES ARE.
THE GREATEST AND CHANGE IS DESIRED WHILE PROTECTING THE STABLE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD COMPLETELY DISRUPT THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD BY INK.
AND I AGREE WITH MY, UM, WITH SUSAN WENT BEFORE ME, YOU WERE LISTENING AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BYE-BYE RAYMOND SANTOS FOLLOWED BY AUDREY SANTOS FOLLOWED BY TWO THERESA COZAD COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS RAYMOND SANTOS AND, UH, I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
UM, UM, AND I WANT TO JUST STATE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT IS, UH, NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LIKE IN THAT AREA.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, RAISED MY KIDS, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN THERE ARE WE PLANNING TO BE THERE FOR A LOT LONGER.
UM, BUT THIS PROJECT IS NOT ANYTHING.
WHAT IS THERE NOW? THE COMMUNITY CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
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IMMEDIATELY, UH, THREE, FOUR BEDROOMS HOUSES WITH THEIR OWN GARAGE AND A DRIVEWAY.UH, THE PROPOSED UNIT BRINGS IN A MASSIVE BUILDINGS, UH, 158 UNITS, TOTAL CONDOS, TOTAL 66 OF THEM WILL BE TWO-STORY AND 92 OF THEM WILL BE THREE STORY.
UM, DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING THAT WE NEEDED SOME KIND OF, UH, UM, TRANSITION INTO OUR COMMUNITY WITH, UH, THESE BIG PROJECT THAT IS BRINGING THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT ALL.
WE DO HAVE, UM, COMMERCIAL TO THE RIDER OF OUR SIDE OR TO THE EAST OF IT.
BUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS ALL SINGLE STORY HOMES.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO BRING, UM, UH, THE TH THE, HE DID MEET WITH US AND HE DID, UH, ASK OUR OPINION ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
AND HE DID CHANGE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE PARKING.
THEY DID MOVE IT TO THE BACK, BUT OUR MAIN CONCERN, AND WE EXPRESS IT TO HIM, TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY PLANNING COMMITTEE, THAT IT'S THE DENSITY.
IT'S THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO BREAK RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU PUT THAT LITTLE AREA, UH, WHAT IS IT, 900 ACRES AND YOU CHANGE IT TO WHEREVER THE OTHER HOMES ARE AT.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 30, 35 HOMES RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT 158 HOMES.
SO YOU CANNOT SAY THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT THAT IS LIKE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE, UM, OUR, OUR LIFESTYLE.
IT'S GONNA CHANGE OUR SECURITY.
SOMEBODY MENTIONED ABOUT HOMELESS.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY HOMELESS PEOPLE.
HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE, OTHER OF THE, UM, STATER BROTHERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOOD FOR LESS ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING MORE DEVELOPMENT.
WE LOVE TO SEEK WEST COVINA GROW, BUT WE WANT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HELP OUR CITY AND HELP US BE MORE, UM, PROUD TO BE RESIDENTS THERE.
UM, UM, WE, WHEN WE WENT TO THE, UH, UM, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, THERE WERE THREE, THREE, UH, MEMBERS THAT VOTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND TWO OF THEM THAT VOTED AGAINST IT, THE TWO THAT WERE VOTED FOR AGAINST THIS PROJECT, NONE OF THEIR CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED BY ANYBODY ELSE.
THE DEVELOPER GOT A CHANCE TO COME BACK AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD POSE OR CLARIFY CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT NONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED TO US WERE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED MAINLY AT THERE'S GOING TO BE TOO MANY HOMES RIGHT THERE TOO MANY PEOPLE.
AND, UM, I HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER NOT CONSIDER THIS AND HOPEFULLY, NO, NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, JERRY SANTOS FOLLOWED BY THERESA.
COZA FOLLOWED BY PAUL HAMILTON.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, MY NAME'S AUDREY SANTOS.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN RECITING THERE A LONG TIME.
UM, JACE PROBABLY LIKE, UH, 28 YEARS.
AND, UM, AGAIN WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL MY NEIGHBORS WERE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONCE, ONCE I SAW THE SIGN THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP, I WAS EXCITED.
FINALLY, THERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S IN HER TWENTIES AND I FIGURED, HEY, SHE CAN BUY A CONDO ACROSS THE STREET.
WELL, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS A DOG AND THIS HAS FIT.
THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS NO YARDS, NOTHING REALLY.
UM, SO IT WOULDN'T WORK FOR HER.
UM, I'M ALSO A REAL ESTATE AGENT.
AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, MOST, A LOT OF MY CLIENTS CALLED ME.
THEY WANTED TO MOVE TO A HOME WITH A YARD AND A POOL.
THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT ALLOW ANY YARDS.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S NO YARDS IN THE, UM, PROJECT.
THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY PARK THAT IS SO SMALL.
IT, I THINK MY BACKYARD IS PROBABLY THE SAME SIZE AS THEIR COMMUNITY PARK AND THEY HAVE 158, UM, UM, UNITS BEING, UM, UH, DEVELOPED THERE.
AND, UH, YOU FIGURE THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR PEOPLE PER FAMILY.
THAT'S LIKE 630 PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
AND, UM, WITH NO WITH NO YARDS, NO.
UM, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CARS.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SO CONGESTED IN IT'S HIGH DENSITY.
THEY'RE PUTTING THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE STORY BUILDINGS.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A PRISON.
YOU KNOW, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE JUST GOING TO BE TOO HIGH.
AND SO, UM, ALONG WITH MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, UM, I JUST URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, UM, JUST RECONSIDER THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT AND ADD MORE, UM, ADD SOMETHING AT A PATIO.
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ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE SO NOW.SO, UM, I JUST URGE YOU TO OPPOSE IT.
COZA FOLLOWED BY PAUL HAMILTON FOLLOWED BY TOM KRIZER GOOD EVENING.
I HAVE LIVED IN, IN THIS AREA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I WENT TO PIONEER SCHOOL IN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE.
SO THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONE CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW 158 UNIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE PIONEER SCHOOL SITE.
THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.
THE DENSITY IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD OF EIGHT HOUSES BREAKER.
THE ZONE CHANGE IS GOING TO ALLOW UP TO 20 HOUSES.
THERE ARE NO LOW-INCOME OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING.
YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER OR A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THOSE ARE NOT LOW INCOME HOUSING, OR EVEN MODERN INCOME.
IT IS NOT LOCATED NEAR TRANSPORTATION HUB, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT A BUS RUNS UP AND DOWN AZUSA AND A BUS RUNS UP AND DOWN ROLAND, BUT THEY'RE NOT DIRECT BUSES TO ANYWHERE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO LA, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSFER MANY TIMES.
SO ALSO IT ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES CAR USAGE BY THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN.
SO IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING WALKING AND IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S NOT AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
THE PROJECT WILL BE 80% COVERED IN CEMENT.
THERE IS A WOMAN BEFORE ME MENTIONED, THERE'S A 10,450 FOOT SQUARE FEET, COMMON SPACE, A PARK, OR APPROXIMATELY 632 PEOPLE.
IF YOU HAVE 158 UNITS AND YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE PER UNIT, ABOUT 106, 630 PEOPLE, I KNOW LEE AND THE PROPOSAL, THEY ARE GOING TO REMOVE FIVE OAK TREES, FIVE COASTAL OAK TREES.
THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN 10 OR MORE TREES.
I DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE IN THE PLAN, COASTAL OAK TREES.
YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN TREES, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COASTAL OAK TREES, WHICH ARE THE NATIVE TREES FOR THE AREA.
AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTEBELLO TURNED DOWN A SMALLER PROJECT OF THREE STORY TONE TOWNHOMES, AND A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF RESIDENTS OPPOSITION.
AND I QUOTE, THIS IS WHAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.
AND THERE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET REFERRING TO THE STATE NUMBERS OF HOUSING THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET, BUT I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND THERE WAS STRONG COMMUNITY OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT RESIDENTS.
DON'T LIKE THE SIZE OF MID SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT PRIVACY, TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION.
PLEASE TAKE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, OH, END OF QUOTE, PLEASE TAKE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU VOTE.
WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE REDONE WITH COMMUNITY INPUT.
THANK YOU, PAUL HAMILTON FOLLOWED BY TOM KRIZER FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MADAM MIRROR.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, CLOSE TO THE PROJECT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE JUST WANT YOU MEMBERS TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE REASON THAT WE ARE ALL SHARING OUR IN DIFFERENCES OF THIS DEVELOPMENT BEING CONSIDERED, AND WE ARE OPPOSED OF THE PROJECT.
WE DO WANT SOMETHING DEVELOPED THERE.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO OUR VOICES AND CONCERNS AND STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED DOES NOT MEET THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS TO DEVELOP THESE HIGHLY DENSE MULTILEVEL THREE STORY, RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX X NEXT TO SINGLE-STORY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
WE ARE REQUESTING THE DEVELOPER PROPOSE A MORE APPROPRIATE DESIGN THAT HAS LESS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ARE THE 158 SINGLE STORY OR A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND TWO AND THREE STORY TOWN HOMES AND A NINE ACRE LOT IT'S TO DANCE FOR THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CURRENT ZONING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS APPROXIMATELY
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NINE UNITS PER ACRE.THE LACK OF RE UH, SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME MORE, THEY PREFER AN ADEQUATE ROOM IN THE HOME, A DECENT SIZE YARD FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY IN AND FAMILY TO RELAX.
I ENJOY COMING HOME EVERY DAY FROM WORK GOING IN MY YARD, SWIMMING IN THE POOL AND ENJOYING THAT PART OF MY HOUSE.
WE'RE ASKING THAT MORE GREEN SPACE BE CONSIDERED TO ALLOW MORE AESTHETIC APPEAL TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALLOW MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE PERIMETER WALL AND THE BACKYARD TO IMPROVE THE PRIVACY WITH THE ADJOINING HOMES.
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE 15 FOOT BUFFER.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A MINIMUM OF 25 FEET IF POSSIBLE, UM, TO MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
THE PARKING IS LIMITED FOR THE NUMBER OF HOMES BEING DEVELOPED, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON ROLAND AVENUE AND THE STREETS THAT FLOW THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS IS ALREADY A PROBLEM WITHOUT THE, THE PROJECT THERE.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC GOES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A SPEED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO INCREASE THAT, UM, IT'LL CAUSE ACCIDENTS WITH INCREASED PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN WALKING DOWN THE STREET FROM THE NEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OTHER CLOSE SCHOOLS AND NEARBY SHOPPING CENTERS.
MANY OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME, OR I'VE PASSED DOWN THEIR HOME TO THEIR CHILDREN.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE MORE ATTRACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS TO CONSIDERATION.
KRIZER FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM FOLLOWED BY LYDIA CHRISTINE FREY.
GOOD EVENING, 36 YEAR RESIDENT DISTRICT TWO.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT TO TABLE THIS PROJECT UNTIL IT'S DESIGNED TO, TO A MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY MODEL THAN IT IS NOW.
AS FAR AS THE PARKING SITUATION GOES, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WON'T CHANGE THEIR MIND AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO FILL THEIR GARAGES WITH STORAGE.
WE HAVE NO GUARANTEES THAT WILL, THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT BE SUBLEASING.
THESE, WE HAVE NO GUARANTEES ON ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN HE BROUGHT UP THE DENSITY OF THIS IS RIDICULOUS 300 TO 500 PEOPLE IN THAT SMALL AREA WHERE THERE SHOULD ONLY BE.
THERE SHOULD ONLY ACTUALLY BE 81 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS IN THAT AREA.
IF YOU FOLLOW THE PLAN WITH THE REST OF THE WEST COVINA ALSO FORCE A THREE-STORY BUILDING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF ONE STORY BUILDINGS.
IT DOESN'T FIT THOSE OF US WITH SOLAR PANELS.
AREN'T GOING TO SEE SUN UNTIL ONE, TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND I LIVE ON THE EAST OR ON THE WEST FENCE OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THERE WILL ONLY BE TWO STORY HOMES THERE, BUT THE THREE STORIES IS, IS IT SHOULD BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.
IT'S THE STATUS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? ARE IT JUST TOO MUCH? AND W W AT THE MEETINGS WE BROUGHT THIS UP, THE DENSITY WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.
NOBODY'S OPPOSED TO A PROJECT THERE, BUT THE DENSITY IS, IS OFF SCALE.
AND THEY EVEN WANT MORE THAN THAT.
THEY SHOULD ONLY BE EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY UNITS PER ACRE, NOT 20.
IT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO THOSE OF US LIVED IN THERE.
AS LONG AS WE'VE HAD HAVE FOR US TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS.
NOW, TRAFFIC WISE, THE TRAFFIC WILL BE A NIGHTMARE.
YOU'RE ADDING 300 CARS MINIMUM, AND THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO WORK IF GOING TO BE PAYING FOR A $600,000 CONDO, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING MORE THAN ONE JOB.
SO AS FAR AS THAT GOES ON THE TRAFFIC PLUS WISE AS WELL, THERE'S BUS SERVICE UP AND DOWN AZUSA AVENUE.
THOSE BUSES ARE EMPTY AND HIS BUS SERVICE IS DOWN ROLAND AVENUE.
I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME AND THOSE BUSES ARE EMPTY.
SO THE BUSES ARE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC, BRO.
I JUST, I HEARD YOU TO A TABLE, THIS, THIS PROJECT, AND HAVEN'T REDESIGNED TO FIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THANK YOU, ANGIE GAYLENE AND FOLLOWED BY LYDIA, CHRISTINE FRAY FOLLOWED BY CARL FREY.
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I WANT TO SUBMIT, UM, THE SIGNATURES PETITIONS THAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THEM WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT ATTEND TONIGHT.
ANYWAYS, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS WHO FORMED THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITY COALITION AGAINST THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT AT PIONEER SCHOOL, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LETTER FROM THEIR LAWYER THAT WAS SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WHEN THIS WAS HEARD ON MARCH 23RD, WE WISH TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE PIONEER SCHOOL.
WHAT THEY W WHAT THEY DO OPPOSE IS THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING AND UNITS THAT THE CURRENT DEVELOPER LEWIS' COMPANY, WHICH IS TO BUILD ON THE NINE ACRES RAMMING 17 AND EIGHT OR 18 UNITS PER ACRE, SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS NINE HOUSES PER ACRE IN A RECENT POSTING IN THE STAFF, BY STAFF, IN THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THE SAN GABRIEL TRIBUNE AND ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE CITY'S PLANNED TO PRIORITIZE THE C D B G FUNDS.
THE CITY IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE POST, READ THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR DECENT HOUSING, A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXPANDED ECONOMICAL GOAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT COVER ANY OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, OR ECONOMICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW OR MODERATE INCOME PERSONS, NO LOW INCOME HOUSING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT DECENT, IF NOT, IF YOU'RE, IS THIS DEVELOPMENT DECENT, NOT IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THE NINE ACRES, I WOULD HOPE THE COUNCIL WOULD SET A HIGHER STANDARD THAN JUST DECENT.
AND I WILL SKIP TO THE END CAUSE I'VE MOST PEOPLE HAVE COVERED AS COVINA SELLS OFF LAND IN OUR CITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE BETTER STEWARDS OF THE LAND AND CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS FIRST, NOT THE DEVELOPER WHO WILL MOVE ON AFTER SELLING OFF THE PROPERTY, MAYBE TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER, OR ULTIMATELY BUILD THOSE HUNDRED AND 58 UNITS.
WE ASK THAT YOU PUSH BACK ON THE DEVELOPER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FIRST, WHY THEY PAY TAXES, THEY SHOP WEST COVINA AND THEY VOTE IN THIS CITY.
UM, AND LASTLY, ALTHOUGH LEWIS, THE REPRESENTATIVE SETI ENGAGED WITH THE RESIDENTS FOR TWO YEARS, MOST OF THAT ENGAGEMENT WAS WITHIN COVINA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NOT THE RESIDENTS JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
LYDIA, CHRISTINE FRAY FOLLOWED BY CARL FREY, FOLLOWED BY J D GOOD EVENING.
UM, MAY I SUBMIT SOMETHING AS WELL FROM THE GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE? UM, I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 13, THE PROPOSED PROJECT ON THE PIONEER SCHOOL SITE.
THIS PROJECT DOES NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY, INCLUDING MYSELF AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS OF WHICH NOT ALL CAN BE PRESENT DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS.
MY MOM WORKS NIGHTS AT A HOSPITAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, SHE SENT IN HER OPPOSING COMMENTS TO THE CITY CLERK.
ADDITIONALLY, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS SENT IN THEIR COMMENTS SUCH AS MY HUSBAND AND OTHERS.
UM, NEITHER THE DEVELOPMENT NOR COVINA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF LEWIS COMPANY HAS MET WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT ONLY TO TELL THEM THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE FOR THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE COMPANY.
AS THAT STATE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE PUT THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN FIRST.
AND I ASK YOU TO STOP PUTTING BUSINESSES FIRST.
AND I SAY THIS AS A BUSINESS OWNER, SINCE 2014, WE DO NOT WELCOME THIS PROJECT AS IT IS.
WE ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
158 UNITS IS FAR TOO MANY FOR THIS NINE ACRE SITE.
IT IS UNHEALTHY TO GIVE THIS MANY RESIDENTS SUCH AS SMALL AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE.
THIS CONTRIBUTES TO POOR AIR QUALITY TO POUR NEURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY AND MORE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF LEWIS COMPANY SHOULD NOT OUTWEIGH THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS.
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TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, ACTUALLY YOU ALREADY ARE.SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS UNNECESSARY FOR IN THIS TABLE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, SEVEN PRIORITY SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE CITY IS MORE THAN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE RA A ALLOCATION OF 831 SITES.
AND BASED ON PERMITTED DENSITIES, THE SEVEN SITES IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ARE MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THE ABOVE MODERATE, MODERATE.
AND LOWER-INCOME R H N A ALLOCATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE SEVEN OPPORTUNITY SITES IDENTIFIED IN THE WEST COVINA HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN COMBINED ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 1094 UNITS.
AND THIS PROJECT DOES NOT PROVIDE LOW-INCOME HOUSING FOR THE MORE IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, YOU RECEIVED AS ANDY, YOU STATED A LETTER FROM AN ATTORNEY THAT RESIDENTS HAVE SECURED TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY AS TO WHY THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD.
AS IS I TOO SENT MULTIPLE LETTERS, OUTLINING SEQUEL, CAL IPA, UM, CAL EPA SB SEVEN 43, SIP TRANSP TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT EXPERTS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, BACKED BY FACTS.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, WE GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND I JUST ASK, DO YOU, SO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THESE COMMENTS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
CLARA FRAY FOLLOWED BY J D FOLLOWED BY STEVEN BENNETT, JD YOU'RE NEXT YOU'RE AFTER CARL FREY, AFTER CARL, I DID SOMETHING WRONG AS USUAL, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO SAY I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.
I LIVE PRACTICALLY NEXT DOOR TO PIONEER SCHOOL.
I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I MOVED HERE AND I'M, AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
UM, THE MAIN REASONS IS THE DENSITY, AS WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT, IT'S WAY TOO MUCH.
UM, AND THEN TRAFFIC, I KNOW WE HAD, YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND I KNOW WHAT THE NEW MATRIX IS NOW, WHICH BECAUSE THERE IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ALONG THAT AREA, A TRAFFIC REPORTS NOT NECESSARY, BUT I GOT TO GET UP AND GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND IT'S DANGEROUS AND SCHOOL'S NOT EVEN IN SESSION.
AND WHEN IT IS, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ABOUT 300 MARK CARS THERE AND LOUIS HOMES AND THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION WAS TRYING TO SAY, THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT.
THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT THERE'S ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE NOW.
AND TO HAVE THAT MANY UNITS, IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARY.
WE KEEP HEARING IS, OH, IT'S, IT'S NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TO DO ANYTHING LESS THAN THIS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT IT A THOUSAND TIMES AND WE STILL W WE BARELY HAVE ENOUGH AS IT IS.
WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING LESS THAN THIS.
IF, AND, AND, AND DURING YOUR REBUTTAL, UH, MR. CROSBY, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, AND ONE OF THE LAST CHANGES THEY SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL TAKE THE SIX PLEX AND WE'LL MOVE IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE PROPERTY LINE THAT I HAVE TO BE RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
MY HOUSE SITS 25 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SIX PLEX AT THE SIDEWALK AT THE SIDEWALK.
I JUST HOPE YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
J D FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY EDGAR MYELIN.
WELL, WELCOME BACK AGAIN, RIGHT.
UM, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, UM, AND I'M SURE IF ASKED US ALL TO SEQUEL RULES, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER FIT.
CROSS THE STREET AT THE OLD KMART BUILDING, IF AN EXCEPTION HAD TO BE MADE ON THE, UH, ZONING, THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER FIT, BUT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, IT'S A, IT'S A SORE THUMB REALLY IS.
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ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POLICE FORCE NOW TO PROPERLY PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE CITY.ANOTHER FACT IS THAT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM THAT EXISTS THERE NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF IT BY BUILDING THIS.
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SHIFT IT JUST LIKE YOU DID.
WELL, MAYBE NOT YOU, A PREVIOUS CONSOLE DECISION CAUSED TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY REMOVE SUNSET PARK, ALL THOSE HOMELESS MIGRATED OVER TO PARK AREAS, CAMERON PARK, RIM GROVER.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED GRIM GROVE.
THESE HOMELESS THAT ARE, AND WHAT A BIT OF THEM LIVE LIVING RIGHT IN THAT LOT.
AND IN THAT FOOD FOR LESS PARKING LOT, AND THEN ENTIRE SURROUNDING AREA THERE, THAT'S GOING TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO IF YOU CAN'T PROVIDE IT, THE CITY IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE POLICE STRUCTURE, FIRE STRUCTURE, TO SECURE A COMFORTABLE QUALITY LIFE LEVEL OF QUALITY LIFE FOR THESE RESIDENTS THAT I REALLY THINK THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE.
THANK YOU, STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY EDGAR MYELIN BACK AGAIN.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH EVERYTHING THEY'VE SAID BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-DEVELOPMENT THING.
IT'S AN ANTI THIS DEVELOPMENT THING.
SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF LET THAT SIT FOR A SECOND.
I AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSEST TO IT.
I LIVE BETWEEN THIS AND THE VINCENT SCHOOL PROJECT, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR.
THEY HAD TO REDO THEIR DEVELOPMENT QUITE A BIT.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF RESIDENTS THAT I DON'T LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE ONE, BUT I'M IN BETWEEN THE TWO AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE PROBLEMS. BOTH OF THEM HAD DIFFERENT DENSITY ISSUES.
IF YOU DON'T THINK 300 CARS IS A PROBLEM ON ROLAND AVENUE, YOU'VE NEVER DRIVEN ROLLING AVENUE.
AND I KNOW NONE OF YOU LIVE NEAR ROLAND AVENUE TO BEGIN WITH ALL OF YOU LIVE SOUTH OF CAMERON, PRETTY MUCH SO NONE OF YOU MAKE IT UP THAT WAY.
NONE OF YOU COME UP THERE AND DRIVE DOWN.
WHEN YOU GO WEST ON ROLAND AVENUE, IT GOES FROM A TWO LANE EACH WAY TO A ONE LANE EACH WAY AT ROLAND AVENUE SCHOOL, ROLLING AVENUES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'RE TALKING FIVE AND SIX YEAR OLDS TO 11 YEAR OLDS.
TREY GOES THE OTHER WAY NEXT TO COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF KIDS THAT WALK THIS STREET AND WALK THIS DRIVEWAY.
THE TWO DRIVEWAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 300, 400 CARS COMING IN AND OUT.
AND IF YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH HOMELESS HEAVEN OVER THERE BEHIND GOODWILL TO GO CATCH A BUS, IF THEY CAN AFFORD A $600,000 HOUSE, DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY'RE RIDING THE BUS? I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST, TONY LOU, HOW OFTEN DO YOU RIDE THE BUS? YOU MAKE A MILLION A YEAR.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU RIDE THE BUS? YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK SO.
YOU COULD PROBABLY FIT 60 OF THESE ON YOUR PROPERTY ALONE.
HELP US OUT WITH THE HOUSING PROBLEM.
THAT'S THE HONEST ANSWER RIGHT THERE.
THIS DOESN'T FIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S NO TWO STORY HOUSES IN THAT AREA.
YOU HEARD IT GO DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PUT THIS ON THE TABLE.
THEN I CAN GO DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW YOU'RE PRO DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO, BUT THIS DOESN'T FIT.
GO DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE THE FACT THAT WE ALL HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I'VE OWNED MY HOME FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I'VE LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR 47 YEARS.
AND IF YOU THINK 1700 SQUARE, IT'S A SMALL HOUSE.
LET ME TAKE YOU TO SOME OF THE HOUSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE 1200 1100.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS DESIGNED LIKE IN THE AREA.
1700 IS HIGH COMPARED TO SOME PEOPLE NOW TO THE TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE'S DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE.
THAT'S THE MAYOR IN DISTRICT TWO AND COUNCILWOMAN ROSARIO D ELLIOTT IN DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT TWO IS NORTH OF ROLAN.
DISTRICT THREE IS SOUTH OF ROLAND.
WHEN YOU GUYS WERE KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS AND TELLING YOU HOW YOU WERE GOING TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND REPRESENT US ON THIS COUNCIL, WE'RE WATCHING, WE'RE VOTING.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN YOU KNOCK ON DOORS AND YOU'RE TELLING RESIDENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO REPRESENT THEM, REPRESENT THEM.
CAN YOU HEAR US ON THE LINE? YES.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
UM, IS MAYOR HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPING THIS SITE, BUT I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AS PROPOSED.
I FIND IT OFFENSIVE TO THINK THAT A DEVELOPER CAN ATTEMPT TO SELL SUCH THE FLOOD PRODUCT
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TO THIS CITY ON THE PREMISES THAT AN ASSOCIATION MADE UP BY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES BEING PROPOSED WILL MITIGATE ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS THAT SUCH A DENSELY POPULATED HOUSING TRACKS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COST MOST NOTABLE AMONG THE FAILURES OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT DESIGN IS THE LACK OF APPROPRIATE PARKING FOR THE VOLUME OF HOMES BEING PROPOSED EACH STRUCTURE REGARDLESS OF FOUR AND LEXI DRIVEWAY.AND COST-FREE SMALL 20 BY 20 GARAGE THAT DOUBLES AS THE RESIDENCE, GARBAGE TOTE STORAGE AREA.
IS THERE ENOUGH PARKING FOR IT? POTENTIAL 500 PLUS CARS.
SECOND NOTABLE FAILURE IS THE LACK OF APPROPRIATE GREEN SPLIT SPACES.
THE DEVELOPER CALLS ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER OF TREES BEING PLANTED.
HOWEVER, IF YOU GIVE ATTENTION TO THE DESIGN, THE DEVELOPER IS OFFERING TO PLANT TREES IN 24 INCH BOXES IN SUCH SMALL AREAS THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE TREES WILL DIE OR COST PROPERTY DAMAGES.
WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF BEING PLANTED.
THIRDLY, THE DEVELOPER CONTINUALLY TRIES TO DEF DENIGRATE THE BUSINESS PARK THAT BORDERS TO THE EAST OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE, USING IT AS AN EXCUSE TO TRY TO PITCH A PERCEPTION TO YOU MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, THAT THOSE FIVE PLEX IN SIX PLUS SIX PLEX BUILDINGS ARE NEEDED FOR EACH TRANSITION THAT IS ONLY IMAGINARY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION IS THE ONE THAT REACHED OUT TO MR. CROSBY AND VIA ZOOM USING ZILLOW.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WE SHARED WITH HIM USING THE CURRENT COMPARABLES IN THE AREA THAT THEY COULD VERY EASILY FIT 100 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT CAN EASILY SELL FOR UPWARDS OF 850,000 AND ABOVE AGAIN, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO BUILDING HOMES IN THAT LOT, BUT THE DENSITY BEING PROPOSED GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT IS ULTIMATELY BENEFICIAL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU MADE COMMENTS TO HOW IMPORTANT CHILDREN ARE TO YOU AND TO THE CITY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN IN THAT PROJECT? YOU MENTIONED HOW IMPORTANT HOMEOWNERSHIP IS TO YOU IS IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION TO THE H OH EIGHT FALSE ASSURANCES THAT $150,000 BIASES BY OUR ASSISTANCE THAT THE DEVELOPER TOUTS IS SIMPLY WHAT NEW HOME DEVELOPERS GIVE WHEN YOU BUY A NEW HOME.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT PART OF THE HOUSING PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS.
I, YES, YOU WILL GET CREDIT FOR WHATEVER HOMES ARE BUILT, BUT THE CITY IS NOT UNDER COMPULSION OR OBLIGATION TO MEET THE HOUSING NUMBERS.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU ALL NOT KNOW THAT TO BE A FACT, PLEASE, I INVITE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
MR. ROBINSON, UH, BILL ROBINSON.
UH, I LIVE ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM THE PROJECT.
I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS PROJECT NEEDS A FULL EIR AND NOT A NEGATIVE DECK.
I DISAGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER THAT SAYS A A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE AT WHAT RESIDENTS NEED TO SHOW UP, UH, FOR YOU TO KILL THIS PROJECT.
A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, IF THIS PROJECT VIOLATES A SINGLE C CO-REG JUDGE CAN JUST TOSS IT OUT.
ALL'S YOU NEED IS A SINGLE VIOLATION OF A SINGLE REG, A A HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS AREN'T NEEDED, UH, THIS PROJECT.
UH, NUMBER ONE, IT, UH, IT INCREASES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO, TO, UH, UH, OVERFLOW PARKING IS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED.
UH, THE DROUGHT IMPACTS ARE, ARE, UH, NOT, UH, CONSIDERED, UH, WATER DEMAND BY THE PROJECT WILL FURTHER STRESS OR LOCAL WATER RESOURCES.
THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH WATER FOR THE PROJECT FOR A ROW.
UH, ROLAND AND GROVE CENTER SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NEARBY ARE EXTREMELY OVERCROWDED ALREADY.
AND, UH, THE, THE NINE ACRES SHOULD BE TURNED BACK INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, WHICH, UH, THE NEIGHBORS NEED A LOT MORE THAN, UH, AN INCOMPATIBLE ZONED JASON
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DEVELOPMENT, UH, FIVE IT'S, UH, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING, UH, SIX, UH, OLD OAK TREES MUST BE PRESERVED.UH, THIS PROJECT PERMANENTLY DAMAGES, UH, VALUABLE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, UH, SEVEN, UH, THERE'S NO DEMAND FOR $600,000 CONDOS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
NOW, IF MY STATEMENT WAS BEFORE, UH, A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I BET YOU THIS, THE JUDGE HAS JUST TOSS THE DEVELOPER AND TOSS THE PROJECT OUT OR FORCE YOU FOLKS TO DO A, A REASONABLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS? THE APPLICANT LIKES TO REVIT ANY TESTIMONY OFFERED IN OPPOSITION.
HELLO AGAIN, AND, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT CAME UP AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO WERE VERY FAIR AND OBJECTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A COMMENT THAT SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE OR PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH.
UH, A WOMAN THAT I SPOKE WITH ABOUT LEAVING HER WALL WAS GENUINE.
I MEAN, I MET WITH HER IN PERSON, WENT OUT TO HER HOUSE, SPENT HOUR, HOUR, AND A HALF WITH HER.
AND, UM, THE CONCERN, THE SPECIFIC CONCERN IN THIS LOCATION WAS THAT SHE HAD A PLANNER OF NEXT TO HER WALL.
I SAID, YOU KNOW YOUR WALLS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, IT'S OF ADEQUATE HEIGHT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU WOULD CALL ME A LIAR TO HER OR CALL ME A LIAR HERE AT THE MEETING.
UM, THAT'S DISAPPOINTING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE FRUSTRATING WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TIME WITH YOU AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
UM, THE ROLLING CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC, I MEAN, ANOTHER COMMENT THAT CAME UP, MR. CROSBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THIS? YOU WOULD YOU LIKE THIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAVE THIS? I HAVE THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE THE, I HAVE APARTMENTS BEING PRO, UH, PROPOSED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE REALITY IS GUYS, WE NEED HOUSING.
I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS, FOUR KIDS, TWO DAUGHTERS, TWO SONS.
AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE? YOU KNOW, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES HAVE A MIX OF HOUSING.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED HOMES ON 8,000 SQUARE FOOT, LOTS OR EIGHT TO THE ACRE.
IT'S JUST THAT'S THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO SUPPORT, UH, ANY OF OUR KIDS BEING ABLE TO BUY HOMES HERE.
DOES IT MEET THE AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD? NO, BUT IS IT IN REACH FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKING AND HAS A DEGREE AND HAS THOSE OTHER, OTHER PIECES COMING TOGETHER? THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW I STARTED.
I GOT A, I BOUGHT A CONDO AND I WAS ABLE TO SELL THAT CONDO, GET A HOUSE.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIGGER HOUSE AND YOU MOVE UP.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, BUT THAT'S WHAT HEALTHY COMMUNITIES ARE BASED ON.
AND FOR SOMEBODY TO SUGGEST THAT A, UM, EIGHT UNITS TO THE ACRE OR LOGICAL AND, AND COMPATIBLE NEXT TO COMMERCIAL, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THERE ARE CONDITIONS WHERE THAT EXISTS, BUT WE'RE A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ADDRESS THIS ON A BROADER SCALE AND PROJECTS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND WE PLAN IT FROM THE START IS, HAVE THESE INTENSITY OF USES.
AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TRANSITION IS JUST THAT YOU'RE TAKING A COMMERCIAL PROJECT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED HOMES, 8,009,000 SQUARE FOOT, LOTS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, THAT'S JUST NOT, NOT A TYPICAL COMPATIBLE USE.
AND I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE, UH, WOULD WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO THAT IN A, IN A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT THEY PAID $850,000 FOR, I HEARD $800,000, $850,000.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE TO SWALLOW.
UM, COUPLE OF THERE, UH, PIECES THAT I WANT TO, UH, ADDRESS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE PARK, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POCKET PARK IN THIS COMMUNITY WAS A FANTASTIC PARK WITHIN A HALF MILE WALKING DISTANCE OF THIS SITE.
AND WE'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING 1.7, $5 MILLION TO THE QUIMBEE THE PARK FUND.
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IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE LIKE, OH YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THIS LITTLE PARK.AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, ARC OBLIGATIONS.
WE'RE FULFILLING OUR OBLIGATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE THAT 1.7, 5 MILLION IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, NOT JUST SELFISHLY, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON THE SETBACK, ALONG THE WEST SIDE, UH, IT GOES FROM 15 AN EXTENDS UP TO TWENTY-FIVE FEET AS YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH.
SO THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD SPAN, UH, ON A GOOD PORTION OF THAT SEPARATION FROM THE ADJACENT EXISTING HOMES, WITH RESPECT TO THE HOA.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CCNRS HERE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT RULES RULES.
UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
RULES CAN BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE BOARD TO THE NEXT, VERY EASY CCNRS, VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE.
I DOUBT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, LIVES IN A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT CHANGING CCNRS.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC.
YEAH, IT'S VERY, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE VOTE AND GET IT LEGALLY.
SO WE W AND WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED INCORPORATING THAT REGULATION INTO THE CCNRS, NOT JUST SIMPLY A RULE.
SO THAT'S, I MANAGE 250 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UH, FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
AND IT WAS A PARTNER IN A, IN A LARGE COMPANY.
SO I KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL HOS CAN BE, AND THE REASON THEY ARE IS BECAUSE THEY GET THE FINE.
AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIND THE OWNERS.
IF THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY AS A CITY, UH, TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER AVENUES HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, ALL OF THEM TO HEARING, AND YOU FIND THEM, OR FOR LACK OF COMPLIANCE.
SO THOSE PENALTIES BELIEVE ME.
IT BRINGS PEOPLE, UH, INTO COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, A FEW OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE QUESTIONED THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AIR QUALITY AND THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE STATE REGULATIONS, THE LAWS WE'VE DONE AN EXHAUSTIVE AMOUNT OF MODELING ANALYSIS, BUT WE CAN ONLY WORK WITH THE LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
WE CAN'T APPLY ARBITRARY, UH, STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, UH, WHAT SOME OF US MAY FEEL OR WHAT THE, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO GENERATE.
I MEAN, ROLAND, AS I MENTIONED, IS IT'S A CUT-THROUGH UNFORTUNATELY FOR TRAFFIC AND IT'S, I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S NOT MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET THAT CREATES THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S THE COMMUTERS THAT DON'T EVEN LIVE IN MY CITY THAT ARE CUTTING THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEAK HOUR IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 82 CARS IN THAT PEAK HOUR, A LITTLE OVER ONE CAR PER MINUTE, AND YOU CAN COUNT ONE CAR PER MINUTE OUT THERE, NON COVID TIME IN JUST A BLINK OF AN EYE.
IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BE MEASURABLE.
SO TO HAVE FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE SOME DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THE ROLAND IS JUST, IT'S JUST NOT A REAL, UH, RESULT OF THE, UH, OF THE TRAFFIC.
A FEW OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE DONE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POINT OF MOVING THAT BUILDING ON THE FRONT, WE BROUGHT IT UP TO BE IN ALIGNMENT, THE SIX PLAQUE THAT, UH, GENTLEMEN BROUGHT UP THE SIX PLEX, WE MOVE FORWARD TO JUST BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE REST OF THE UNITS ON ROLAND, BUT THE WHOLE POINT THERE WASN'T TO MOVE THAT BUILDING FORWARD.
IT WAS TO GET RID OF THE PARKING LOT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE COULD STILL PRESERVE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES WAS TO MOVE THAT PARKING UP ON THE NORTH END.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE THAT, AND THAT WAS A MAJOR ADJUSTMENT GUYS THAT WASN'T, THAT'S NOT A, A FIVE OR $10,000 FIX.
THAT'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING, A LOT OF REDESIGN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I HEAR YOU'RE NOT BEING REASONABLE, YOU'RE NOT WORKING WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME TO ACCEPT.
AND WE HAD TO EVEN DEFER THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MAKE ALL THE CHANGES IN TIME, DESPITE ALL THE PROFESSIONALS WE HAD, UH, WORKING THROUGH, UH, THOSE REVISIONS TO THE PLANT.
UH, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COMMENT CAME WITH TREES REMOVED IN FIVE YEARS.
I MEAN, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
WE'RE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SOME LANDSCAPER THAT COMES IN HERE AND THROWS A BUNCH OF TREES DOWN.
THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THIS, UH, TREE PALLET.
AND THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HARDSCAPE IN THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROPOSED.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, LUSH TREES AND LANDSCAPING AND THE HIERARCHY OF CANOPIES AND HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, WALK, WALK THOSE PROJECTS AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD PROJECTS, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THOSE TREES
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OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.UM, THAT'S REALLY THE LAST, I THINK THOSE ARE MOST OF THE ITEMS. I'M SORRY, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT, UH, OUT OF ORDER, BUT I REALLY WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES HAVE THIS MIX OF HOUSING.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF HOUSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I CONSTANTLY TALK TO MY KIDS EVERY DAY AND IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN CALIFORNIA AND WITHOUT CONDOS OR HIGHER DENSITY, UH, HOME OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO.
I MEAN, THAT'S, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE A VIABLE OPTION.
I MEAN, IF YOU, THESE, THESE ARE SMALLER UNITS WITHOUT YARDS FOR ANYBODY TO THINK THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR ADJACENT HOME NEGATIVELY.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD COME TO THAT CONCLUSION.
WHEN YOU HAVE YARDS, YOU HAVE THE LARGER HOMES.
I MEAN, IF THESE HOMES ARE SELLING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PRICE, IT'S JUST GOING TO HELP YOUR HOUSES EVEN MORE.
AND IF YOU'RE AT EIGHT 50, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT YOU AT ALL.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THAT, TO THE AREA.
I MEAN, STANDING THERE RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT THAT SITE AND THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU SAW THE POLICE CALLS I'VE BEEN OUT THERE NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THERE'S JUST RIFF RAFF RUNNING AROUND ON THAT PROPERTY.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DRUG CONNECTION THAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN THERE WAS NO SECURITY.
THERE, WE HAVE SECURITY THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN, IF THAT, IF THAT WASN'T THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING ON THAT SITE.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THOSE PIECES AND, AND REALLY LOOK AT THIS BROADER SCALE.
UM, WELL, I'LL SH I SHALL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
I KNOW THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
EITHER YOU OR CITY STAFF CAN ANSWER.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD UNITS PER ACRE IN CALIFORNIA? WHAT DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WHAT STANDARD IS? THE STANDARD UNITS? UH, I, I THINK ARE GOING TO HELP OUT.
SINCE THAT SOMEBODY ALREADY MENTIONED YOUR ABILITY, IS IT DEPENDS ON LOCATION, LOCATION, EITHER LOCATION, THE VIEW IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN OR SOME OTHER AREA.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT DENSITY.
IT'S THE ONE SIZE FIT ALL IS DEFENDANT.
THE STAY HAVE A ROUGHLY GUIDELINE AND THEY GO TO EACH CITY, EACH CITY, THEY HAVE THEIR OKAY.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT BASICALLY WHAT THE DENSITY IS ABOUT.
AGAIN, IS SUBJECT TO LOCATION.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT STANDARD, WHAT NUMBER WAS WE WERE LOOKING AT? NO.
UM, HOW, HOW HIGH IS THAT COMMERCIAL BUILDING ADJACENT TO THAT ALSO EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING? YES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? WHY IS THAT COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT THE HEIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING? I DON'T KNOW, IS IT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 30 TO 35 FEET.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S LESS IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, THERE'S TWO COMMERCIAL, BUT THERE'S THE, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THERE'S, THERE'S THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS PROBABLY TALLER THAN THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL DIRECTLY ADJACENT ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO I THINK THE, THE ONES THAT JASON ON THE EAST SIDE ARE NOT THAT TALL.
WE WANT ON THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE NORTH IS DEFINITELY THAT.
DID YOU GET THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING? THE THREE STORY, IS THAT LEVELED OR HIGHER ABOVE TO THE, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC HEIGHT OF THE ORDER FOR THE BUILDING DISCUSSION HERE.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE HEIGHT OF THOSE SPECIFIC BUILDING COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO THE, TO THE NORTH OF SME.
AND I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY TALL STRUCTURE.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS DENSITY.
UH, ARE YOU ABLE TO REDUCE THE UNITS AND IF NOT, WHY? I MEAN, THE, THE, THE PRIMARY REASON THAT WE CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN IS, AGAIN, THESE, THIS IS THE PRODUCT THAT'S IN DEMAND.
I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A REALTOR CAME UP HER AND SAID, UH, THAT EVERYBODY WANTS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT WHO CAN AFFORD AN $850,000 HOME? I MEAN, I JUST, I I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT ONE FOR EVERYBODY TO JUST SAY, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A, EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE.
EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT, UM, BELIEVE ME, BUT IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST THE REALITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS, THERE, THERE IS AN ECONOMIC VIABILITY COMPONENT TO THAT.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO DENY THAT OBVIOUSLY TERMS OF, OF WHAT'S ALLOWED, UH, AND PERMITTED ON THIS SITE AND WHAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN WORKING THROUGH, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT I MEAN, THIS PRODUCT IS, IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE MARKETABLE, UH, AT THIS LOCATION.
AND AGAIN, HAVING SINGLE FAMILY, UH, UH, EIGHT UNITS TO THE ACRE ADJACENT TO THIS
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COMMERCIAL CENTER IS JUST, I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL CENTER THAT HAS THAT TYPE OF DYNAMIC WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A MIXED USE IF IT WAS, MAYBE THERE'D BE A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT.AND WE ACTUALLY MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO, TO SEE IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE ADJACENT CENTER AND REACHED OUT TO THEM AND SAID, HEY, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SELLING? WE, MAYBE WE COULD MAKE A MORE COHESIVE, UH, PROJECT BY INCORPORATING OF THAT, BUT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS PREFERRED ON AN OCCUPIED.
UH, AND I KNOW ONE RESIDENT SAID NO, GUARANTEED TO SUBLEASE.
IS THERE PREVENTION ON THAT IN REGARDS TO SUBLEASING IT, RENTING IT OUT.
AND I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FOR SALE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YOU CAN'T RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM, UH, RENTING OUT THEIR HOMES.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THERE ARE GOING TO BE NO RENTALS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WILL HAVE, UH, RESTRICTIONS IN THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS THAT WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RENTALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, THAT QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, I THINK MOST OF THE RESIDENT TONIGHT, THEY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND I LISTENED TO PLANNING A COMMITTEE MEETING HERE IN TOO ON THE OH, YOUTUBE.
AND THE, I THINK THE CONCERN IS A HIGH DENSITY OF, UH, THIS AREA.
AND I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SELL YOU GUYS $70 MILLION, RIGHT.
SO SOWS WITH LEAD KINDER AND SCHOOL ONE PROPERTY TAX, BECAUSE I THINK 40% OF POVERTY TAX GO TO THE SCHOOL.
SO, SO THAT'S WHAT SCHOOL HAS A HIGHER BENEFIT.
AND INTEREST ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND SO, BUT WE, AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE WANT TO SEE THESE PROJECTS REALLY FIT INTO OUR CTE AND THE, IN THIS LOCATION.
AND I THINK THIS LOCATION IS PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU IN THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOW YOU BEST USE OF THE LAND.
AND, UH, SO, SO IN ANY POSSIBILITY, BASED ON THE CONCERN RESIDENT, UH, REDUCE ANY OFFER DENSITY, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY? OKAY.
AND, UH, I'M NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE HIGH, BECAUSE THE, THE, OVER THE COMMERCIAL, A COMMERCIAL, YOU, NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A COMMERCIAL AT ALL, DUE TO OKAY.
SO, SO, BUT, BUT, BUT DENSITY POSSIBLE IS THE MOST OF A RESIDENT CONCERN.
SO FOR LOUIS HOME, YOU GUYS CAN, YOU CAN KIND OF REDUCE SOME NUMBER THAT ANY POSSIBILITY, I MEAN, OKAY.
I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A DEAL BREAKER AND THE LEFT THING WILL BE OPPOSITE AND THEY'RE FOREVER AND EVER.
AND HIS SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE A REVENUE AT SCHOOL DEBTS WAY DESPERATE WITH THE NEEDING SOME REVENUE FOR ALL THESE EMPTY LOT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME.
AGAIN, I MEAN, WE, WHEN WE ANALYZE THIS PROJECT, WE LOOKED AT, I MEAN, THERE WAS PROBABLY 25 DIFFERENT LAND PLANS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE, DIFFERENT PRODUCT, UM, DIFFERENT DENSITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WAS IN, UM, IN ALL OF THOSE REVIEWS, YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCT THAT WE CAME TO THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE FOR US.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF THIS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO SEE NEXT TO THEM OR NOT WANT TO SEE NEXT TO THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIT IN HALF OF THIS PROJECT IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL.
IT'S NOT JUST THE ONE SIDE, IT'S ALSO HALF OF THE NORTH SIDE.
THAT'S SURROUNDED BY THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, THERE'S, IT'S THE ENTIRE, UH, EAST SIDE AND THEN OVER HALFWAY THROUGH THE SITE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
I, I UNDERSTAND NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PROJECT THEY ALWAYS HAVE OPPOSITION.
NO MATTER WHAT, AND IT'S SUCH A GROUP, SO YOU HAD TO GET USED TO IT AND THE WAY COUNCIL HAVE TO GET USED TO IT TOO, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TWO SIDES AND ONE SIZE, THEY VERY PASSION AND WE WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK IT OUT AND THE POSSIBILITY, AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WOULD BEST INTEREST FOR OUR FUTURE OF OUR CT.
SO, SO, SO I UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
JUST SEEING WELL BE LIKE THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A VERY, VERY TOUGH DECISION AND SEE WHY IS FEASIBLE, BUT WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU, THE RESIDENT AND OUR STAFF AND OUR PROFESSION OF THE TRAFFIC.
SO, SO YOU SHOULD, SO BASICALLY YOU GOT NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
AGAIN, WE'VE, I MEAN, WE'VE LOOKED AT NUMEROUS DIFFERENT, UH, PRODUCTS AND, AND DENSITIES AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK WITH ANY OF THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
IT'S JUST COMPLETELY IMPACTFUL WHEN YOU CHANGE THE PRODUCT TO THE, TO THE SITE PLAN.
IF WE TABLE THIS REQUEST, YOU REDUCE THE SITE, YOU CAN DO WALK ON THIS.
WHEN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SITE WORK.
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SO IT'S A DEAL BREAKER IF YOU WANT TO.WE DO USE THE SIZE THIS ON THAT.
UH, UH, I, I HAVE SOME, UM, SOME CONCERNS AS WELL.
I SHARE MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED BY THE FELLOW, UH, UH, THE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCILMAN WU.
UM, I ALSO HAD CONCERN, UM, ABOUT THE, THE, UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, THAT'S BEING PROVIDED FOR THE LOW TO MODERATE, UM, GRANT.
UH, AND, AND I, I GUESS FIRST QUESTION, UH, THIS ONE ACTUALLY FOR STAFF.
UH, SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE, UM, CONTROLLING THE, THE GRANT PROCESS.
UM, CAN, CAN THE CITY GO INTO, UM, THE, THE, THE RATIONALE AND, AND, AND WHAT THE ISSUING OF THE, UM, $150,000, UM, IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE SURE.
SO THE PROGRAM, THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH THE DEVELOPER.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S 150,015 UNITS.
THE CITY WOULD PROBABLY WITHIN THE PROGRAM, GUIDELINES REQUIRE SOME KIND OF MONITORING OH, SORRY.
OR WAY WHERE WE WOULD VERIFY THAT THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES WERE BEING MET FOR EACH APPLICANT THAT THE MONEY'S BEING GIVEN TO.
SO EITHER MONITORING OR SOME KIND OF MONITORING, NO, THE, UH, THE D THE DEVELOPER, UM, MENTIONED, UH, ISSUES WITH, UH, HOW THAT MONEY, UH, COULD BE.
UM, I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN WU EVEN MENTIONED, UH, THAT, UH, THE MONEY MAY BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR, UH, TO ADD, UH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS, UH, THE DOWN-PAYMENT, UH, WE WOULD, THAT WOULD BE SPECIFIC SPECIFIED IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND IT'S A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'D WANT THE MONEY TO GO TOWARDS HELPING THEM QUALIFY FOR THE HOME, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY, MAYBE I CAN HELP OUT OVER HERE SINCE I IN THE MORTGAGE BUSINESS.
AND, UH, AND THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSIST PROGRAM, THEY HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN IF ANY, MAY OR EVEN HAVE A 3% DOWN PAYMENT WAS INTEREST RATE WAY NOW AROUND 2.6, TWO FIVE, 2.75 WITH A 3%.
FHA OR 3% FANNIE MAE, WE ALLOW TOO MUCH OF A, UH, INSURANCE.
THEY BECOME CHEAPER THAN YOU, YOU RENT A HOUSE.
FANNIE MAE OR FREDDIE MAC OR FHA WILL TRY TO ENCOURAGE, OKAY.
THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, WE NEED A HOME BUYER.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, YOU WON'T BECOME SECOND HOME BUYER.
MY FIRST SONG IS ONLY 1400 SQUARE FEET ON THE TWO, THREE, FIVE LEAVE OF A VERY SMALL HOME, NO AIR CONDITION BY EQUATE, MOVE ON MY LIFE, IMPROVE MYSELF.
AND THE SAME THING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO, BUT WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM OKAY.
FOR THE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER, AND THEN WE REALLY WANT TO HELP.
AND THE HELP, THE HOPE FOR THE HOME BUYER HAVE A CHANCE.
YOU CAN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE ISSUES? YEAH.
SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, BECAUSE AS YOU POINT OUT THAT THE TOUGH THING AS A, SINCE WE'RE AN INTERESTED PARTY OR THE BUILDER WOULD BE AN INTERESTED PARTY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MONEY CAN'T BE USED TOWARDS HELPING THEM QUALIFY, UH, WITH, WITH US INVOLVED WITH THE CITY INVOLVED OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR HELPING THEM QUALIFY FOR THAT DOWN PAYMENT.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMIT MY HELP TO WORKING WITH, I, I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE LA COUNTY AS SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT THE CITY CAN PIGGYBACK ONTO, SO THAT IT'S STILL FUNNELED THROUGH A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
AND MAYBE WE CAN CLOSE THAT GAP.
MAYBE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE ADDITIONAL COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, JOINING THAT PROGRAM.
MAYBE THE COUNTY CHARGES, THE CITY, A FEE, UH, TO DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN BRIDGE THAT GAP SO THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHERE I THINK WE WANT THEM ALL TO GO.
I THINK WE WANT THEM TO BE PART OF, I MEAN, THE, WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOME, WHEN I GOT THAT FIRST CONDO, THE HARDEST THING FOR ME WAS GETTING THAT DOWN PAYMENT.
AND I NEEDED THAT, THAT EXTRA MONEY, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER STUFF YOU CAN MANAGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT, FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO PASS ON THAT SOFA OR, OR WHATEVER THE OTHER PIECE IS, OR THE PAINT JOB, BUT THAT DOWN PAYMENT IS, IS REALLY, I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SEE THAT MONEY GO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TOWARDS TRYING TO MAKE THAT
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PROGRAM WORK THE WAY I THINK WE ALL ENVISION IT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT CITY MANAGER.CAN YOU, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE SAME POINT.
I THINK WE EACH GOT THERE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
I PERSONALLY HAVE SERVED ON THE SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION OF ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST HOUSING NONPROFITS FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
AND I KNOW, UM, IN THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY, UH, ONE OF THE WAYS IN THIS INSTANCE IS WE'VE GOT A DEVELOPER THAT'S VOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO HELP PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO, UM, A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT MIGHT NEED A WAY TO HELP ACCESS.
AND THAT'S THE KEY TO CALIFORNIA HOME OWNERSHIP IS JUST BEFORE YOU CAN TURN THE KEY FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH A DOWN PAYMENT AND A MONTHLY MORTGAGE THAT, THAT WORKS A COUPLE OF FAVORABLE CONDITIONS IN OUR STEAD AT THE MOMENT IS, UM, MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY GOOD.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH LEWIS HOMES.
THEY'RE A VERY EXPERIENCED BUILDER.
YOU'VE GOT A REPUTATION FOR DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS, AND THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. IT'S A SHORT DRIVE FROM HERE TO, UM, THE COUNTY HOUSING COMMISSION OFFICES IN ALHAMBRA, AND WE KNOW THE STAFF THERE.
SO WE'D BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SPECIFICS OF THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT READY FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT, UM, WE THINK IT'S, IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.
AND THIS IS A GOODLY AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THAT'LL HELP US GET AT LEAST A SEGMENT OF THESE, THESE BUYERS.
IN ONE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE, AS WE HAD THE EXPERIENCE AT CAMERON 56, THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE BUYERS WERE FIRST-TIME BUYERS IN THE KIND OF SEGMENT THAT WE WERE THINKING MIGHT BE INTERESTED HERE.
UM, NURSES, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, PEOPLE THAT MAYBE WERE JUST STARTING THEIR CAREERS, BUT NEEDED A WAY IN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY IS ABOUT.
SO WE'D HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THAT LATER, ASSUMING COUNCIL APPROVAL.
BUT, UM, I DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING AN INSURMOUNTABLE THING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ACHIEVABLE.
UH, YEAH, THE LAST QUESTION FOR ME, AND THIS GOES TO THE VALUE, UM, THAT OTHER, THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO THAT, THAT FOR, FOR, FOR ME, UM, I AM WONDERING, UM, WHY IS, IS THERE A WAY THAT, THAT WE COULD INCREASE, UH, THAT $150,000? BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING LOW TO MODERATE, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO BRING DOWN THE VALUE OF THE HOME, RIGHT? THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO KEEP THE VALUE OF THE HOMES AS HIGH AS WE CAN.
AND SO WHAT REALLY HURTS A LOT OF THESE LOW TO MODERATE, YOU KNOW, UM, NURSES, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF YOUR CAREER, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, LET'S SAY, GENERATIONAL WEALTH, UM, THAT DOWN PAYMENT BECOMES THE REAL BIG OBSTACLE.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE HOUSE $300,000 SO THEY COULD GET IT.
WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT $600,000, BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT DOWN PAYMENT SO THEY CAN GET IN THE HOME AND NOW THEY CAN PAY THEIR MORTGAGE EVERY MONTH THEY HAVE THAT CAREER THEY'RE STARTING OFF AND NOW WE'RE REALLY DOING SOMETHING.
SO, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS I'D LIKE TO SEE LOUIS HOMES GO BACK AND REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I SEE THE AMOUNT OF UNITS AND I SEE WHAT THEY'RE PRICED AT.
AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, I CAN DO SOME MATH.
UM, I MEAN, THIS IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOUIS HOMES REALLY, REALLY COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, A REALLY, UM, A REALLY GOOD AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN THIS.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING 15 TO 20 HOMES, UH, THAT CAN REALLY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR LOW TO MODERATE PROFESSIONALS AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UH, TO GET IN THESE HOMES AND, AND CHANGE SOME LIVES.
UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SIMILAR PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN SOME WAYS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT HELPS THEM GET OVER THE HUMP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS TO, YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACK ONTO THE COUNTY.
I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FEE THAT'S IMPOSED.
I THINK THAT THE STATE, UH, COUNCILMAN VITA, BY TALKING ABOUT, CAN YOU INCREASE MULTI $150,000? NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COST IS GOING TO BE FOR THE CITY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRIDGE THAT GAP AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME COSTS, UH, ABOVE THAT ONE.
YOU CAN INCREASE TO HELP TO PUT FIRST THAT HOME BUYER.
I THINK HE MIGHT CAN GET HIS VOTE.
YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE FIRST HOME BUYER, ESPECIALLY WEST COVINA RESIDENT, THE SECOND GENERATION, THIRD GENERATION, THEY ARE YOUNG COUPLE.
THEY WANT TO MOVE IN SOMETHING TAKING ON IF YOU CAN HELP OUT.
I THINK YOU MAKE PALOS OF WHAT MAKE A, QUITE A LOT OF MONEY IN QUEENSLAND SCHOOL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FROM THIS, BUT HOW ABOUT OUR RESIDENT HAS HELP US AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
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THE IMPACT? OKAY.SO MAYBE YOU CAN CONSIDER IT OKAY.
SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTION AND NOT, NOT THAT MUCH OF MONEY TO YOU GUYS AS A BUILDER.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU SAY THAT, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE HAS BEEN MORE MONEY IN PHARMA.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT AND WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS HAPPY.
AND WHILE WE HAVE OUR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER HAVE A CHANCE TO BOOM FOR $5.
I MEAN, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD TAKE IT FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, 10,000 PRENUPS, YOU CAN CONSIDER IT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
HUH? ARE YOU IN CONTACT? WE SEE SOME RESIDENTS OUT HERE WHO WILL POSE ACTUALLY IS AN AGREEMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, WELL
SAY, SAY YOU TOUCH THEIR HEART.
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN IS THAT YEAH.
I DON'T THINK I, AND, AND I SAY THIS AGAIN, MOST EVERYBODY I'VE MET WITH HAS BEEN VERY FAIR AND REASONABLE.
I LISTEN TO TIMES, I JUST, I WANT TO, I'M, I'M STANDING UP FOR YOUR BENEFIT, BUT I ALWAYS ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE JUST BEEN A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO YOU'RE THE BUILDER YOU'LL GET USED TO IT.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
IF I WERE DAMN, I NEED NEXT DOOR.
I WOULD BE KIND OF CONCERNED TOO, BUT I KNOW LET'S MYSELF.
THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT LOOKS IN GABRIEL VALLEY AND JOINED THE SCAG MEETING.
THEY CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WANTING TO CHANGE OUR SINGLE VINNY, HOW INTO UNION.
THE STAY GOING TO FORCE HER TO BUILD A LOT OF HOME, NO MATTER IF THEY MAY BE MEN DAY, THAT WE WILL ALLOW THE SINGLE FAMILY HUG AND THAT PEOPLE USE THREE, THREE UNIT, FOUR UNIT THAT I KNOW HE'S COMING DOWN TO US.
SO, SO I KNOW IT CHANGES VERY DIFFICULT FOR US, INCLUDING MYSELF, BECAUSE WE STILL WANT TO PROTECT THE STYLE OF OUR LIVING.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU JUST HAVE THIS CRISIS AND YOU HAVE A YOUNG PEOPLE ON THAT.
YOU HAVE A HOMELESS AND THAT WE REALLY HOPEFULLY CAN HELP OUT.
IN THE CITY, WE CANNOT BE SALVAGED.
WELL, BELIEVE ME, I, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU, I, WE HAVE CITIES REACHING OUT TO US NOW SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU BUILD 30 TO THE ACRE? DO YOU HAVE PRODUCT WHERE WE CAN DELIVER 30 TO THE ACRE TO HELP THEM WITH? I KNOW, BUT WE, WE NOT IN DOWNTOWN AOA YET.
AND THIS IS INLAND, BY THE WAY, THIS IS INLAND FROM HERE.
VA HO I CANNOT BELIEVE IN MY EYE, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND THE BW, VERY HIGH DENSITY, DV.
I THINK THIS HAS BECOME A TREND.
THEY SAY, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THE SAME PIE, SAME ENERGY GOING TO YOU WON'T MAKE GREEN.
YOU WON'T HAVE MORE POPULATION WHILE WALTON JUST A ONE POPULATION.
AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT GREEN ENOUGH.
AND EVEN WANT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING IS, UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, THE KILLING ENERGY, NO GAS, NO, THIS, THIS ALSO TO HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTION, FUNDS OF STATE COMING TO US WITH ALL THE POLITICIAN, WE LIKE THEM.
AND THEY WANT TO TAKE OUT SOME OF OUR CHOICE AND FREEDOM.
BUT, BUT, BUT THE THING IS, IS I THINK IF YOU CAN CONSIDER IT, OKAY.
SOME OF THE OPEN, YOUR WALLET THING TO HELP OUT WITH THE FIRST HOME BUYER, NOT TO US, NOT TO THE CITY, BUT TO THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, YOU MIGHT BE CAN GET THESE THROUGH MUCH EASIER BECAUSE YOU CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING.
NO, LIKE I SAID, YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT INCREASING THAT 10 PER UNIT UP TO 15,000 AND THEN LOOKING AT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE TO THE CITY TO PIGGYBACK ONTO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT HELPING TO BRIDGE THAT, THAT GAP.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A COST.
HI, LOUIS HOME IS A BIG COMPANY.
YOU CAN SELL IT A LOT OF HOME.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF POVERTY.
I WANT TO TURN UP SOME OF THE THINGS.
SO MAYBE THEY KICK AND MOVE IN.
SO THE DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS STILL THERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD CONSIDER, AND LIKE I SAID, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE INCREASED INSTEAD OF BEING 10,000, UH, PER UNIT, FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE 15 UNITS, MAYBE WE TAKE IT UP TO 15 AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE CITY, MAYBE $20,000 PER UNIT WHILE YOU'RE SMILING.
I THINK HE'S ALL WITH $20,000 PER UNIT, RIGHT? MR. COSBY DENSITY OR LOWER DENSITY.
SO ANYWAY, UH, WHERE WE, AND BY THE WAY, UH,
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I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER STILL IS HE'S STILL HERE.CAN I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU? I THINK ANOTHER THING.
I THINK THE OTHER RESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON ROLLING AND OKAY.
AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AZUSA AND WE WANT THE FT TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO SEE HOW WE MOVE THE, BECAUSE LET'S STAY IN COUNTY, WANTS TO DO GREEN AND UTILIZE MASS TRANSPORTATION AND UTILIZE OKAY.
THE METRO LINK AND THE GOAL LINE.
AND THEN, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRY.
AND AS LONG AS I REMEMBER, WE TRYING TO AZUSA, WE WANT TO GO TO THE CINCO NIGHT, TREVI, SEE NOSE TO NOSE AND SOUTH.
AND THIS WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING EASIER TO GO TO THE GOAL LINE OR METRO LINK TO TAKE THE MASS TRANSPORTATION.
IS THAT WHAT, INCLUDING THE SIX TRAFFIC STUDY? WHAT WAS THAT LAST QUESTION I SAY? UH, BECAUSE THE CONCERN IS HOW THESE PEOPLE, HOW TO UTILIZE, OKAY.
AND THAT IS WHAT STATE AND COUNTY WALLS TO DO.
THE STATE HAS THE NEW GUIDELINES.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WE'VE ALL GROWN UP FOR YEARS, LOOKING AT LEVEL SERVICE AND CONGESTION AND ALL THAT.
AND NOW WE, IF A CITY WE'VE WANTS TO ADD CAPACITY TO ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO DO, UH, IT'S FROWNED ON.
SO EVEN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT WENT TO AN EIR AND THAT FIR OR VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, THE MITIGATION IS TRANSIT RELATED.
IT'S NOT ADD ADELAIDE, ADD THIS OR THAT TO AN INTERSECTION ANYMORE.
THE WHOLE MITIGATION PROCESS FOR TRAFFIC HAS CHANGED AS WELL AS HOW WE DO TRAFFIC.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ADJUSTMENT.
I MEAN, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THE STATE SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR CAR.
THEY WANT US TO DO ON US, OUT OF THE CAR, WHETHER THERE'S PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS OR NOT.
WELL, THAT'S WHY THE METRO LINK GO LINE.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AS YOUR
IT'S SOME OF THE GRANTS, THEY HELP PEOPLE MUCH EASIER TO GO TO THE GOAL LINE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A
AND WE HAVE TO THINK OF NIGHT TRAFFIC AND THE WEEZER WHO HILL TRANSLATES WITH THE BUS.
THEY HAVE A DEVICE WHEN THEY, WITH A SATELLITE, WHEN THEY OWN THE AZUSA, THERE WILL BE GREEN LIGHT ALL THE TIME.
SO THEY WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE.
PLUS, I MEAN, THEY'RE TRYING DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THE CITY, THE COUNTY LA COUNTY HAS A PROJECT ON BADILLO ALL ALONG WITH ALL THE CITIES AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED FIVE CTO, SOUZA.
AND THE INCLUDING THEY HAVE A MALL DEVELOPMENT WILL COME NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER HOW WE HATED IT, HE WILL COME TO US.
SO WE NEED TO PREPARE THE STREET, PREPARE THE SYNCHRONIZED, PREPARE THE TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE STUDY YOU STUDIED TREVIS STUDY.
WE DON'T HAVE A, I KNOW WE, OF COURSE WE WERE SOME IMPACT, BUT NOT IMPACT TOO.
I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE NEW PEOPLE GOING TO BE HAVE TRAFFIC, BUT THE WAY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, DID THE TRAFFIC STUDY, FOLLOW ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE, WE ARE REGULATING.
THANK YOU, KEVIN, TO YOU GUYS TO DECIDE THAT JUST, YEAH.
THANK, YOU KNOW, IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, MICHELLE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CROSBY? UM, I MEAN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERING ON THE, ON THE EDGES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA DO ALL THE SIDES MINUS THE STREET SIDE.
SO WHAT, UH, WHAT WE CHANGE AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS, UH, THEY WANTED US TO ADD, UH, THE SAME, UH, UH, OBSTRUCTION BASICALLY ON THE NORTH AND THE EAST SIDE.
SO WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT ADDITIONAL PLANT MATERIAL IT'S, UM, THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO HOP THE FENCE.
SO THEY LITERALLY WANTED AN AGGRESSIVE BARRIER.
AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE PIRATE CANTO.
WHEREAS ON THE RESIDENT SIDE FOR THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS, IT'S MORE OF A VISUAL BUFFER.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEM HOPPING OVER ONTO THE, UH, IT WAS MORE THE TRANSIENT SIDE THING.
SO IT'S MORE OF A VISUAL BUFFERS.
THAT'S LIKE A PODER, CARPUS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GROW TALLER.
AND, UH, AND, AND WE, OUR SENSE OF, I KNOW ONE GENTLEMAN BROUGHT UP THE, UM, SOLAR CONCERN AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING, EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT PLANT MATERIAL WILL GROW 20 FEET TALL, THE INTENT IS TO KEEP IT AT LIKE 10 OR 12 FEET SO THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE THAT OBSTRUCTION.
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IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.AND, UH, WITH THE EMPTY LOT, A BEST USE OF THE LAND AND THAT THIS IS WHAT THE STATE AND BEING REQUESTING US.
THEY EVEN TALK ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE IS SOME KIND OF, UH, ISSUE.
AND, UH, SO IN THAT WAY, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
AND AS AN, A WISDOM INCREASE OF ASIS.
AND TO SEE WHO IS HOME CAN COUNTRY VIEW TO HELP THE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER MOVING.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO NOT ONLY SEE ABOUT OURSELVES, WE WANT TO SEE THE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER.
SO WE HAVE A CHANCE NOW FOR THE EMBEDDER COMING IN.
SO THIS IS MY MOTION TO APPROVE, AND IT WAS LEWIS' HOME TO INCREASE THE ASSIST PROGRAM.
I THINK, UH, MR. CARMEN, MAY I SUGGEST LANGUAGE TO REFLECT YOUR MOTION? THAT CONDITION IS FOUND IN THE FIRST OF THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION TWO OH TWO, ONE 36.
IT'S THE PRECISE PLAN RESOLUTION IN THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE OFFERING COUNCIL MEMBER WU IS CONDITIONED KK, WHICH NOW READS THE APPLICANT SHALL ESTABLISH A HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ET CETERA.
A MINIMUM OF THE NEW NUMBER WILL BE $200,000.
SHE'LL BE DEDICATED TO THE PROGRAM IS THAT IT CURRENTLY READS IN YOUR PACKET 150,000.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO IN INCREASE THAT TO 200,000 AT THE HEARING THIS EVENING.
I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION TO HOLD ON 200 ONLY.
CAN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ME DO THAT? I'M GOING TO DO THIS FIRST.
WE'LL DO ADDITIONAL 5,000 PER UNIT.
SO TWO 22, THERE'LL BE TWO 25.
AND THEN THE, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM THEY'RE WORKING WITH LA COUNTY FOR THE ADDITIONAL 5,000 PER UNIT.
AND INCLUDING THE ASSIST PROGRAM WITH THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO HELP TEACHERS.
PROFESSIONAL, YOUNG COUPLE TO MOVE IN, RIGHT.
FIRST, THE FIRST MOTION WE NEED, WE NEED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20, 21 DASH 38.
SO, SO I MOVED LED DASH DASH DASH SOMETHING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT, OKAY.
SO THIS ZONE CHANGES ONLY AFFECTING THIS ONE.
THAT'S THE GREAT, WELL, WE'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT LATER.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY ME, APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO ZERO TWO, ONE DASH 38.
MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ.
NOW THE NEXT MOTION IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 36, 2021 DASH 37, 2021 DASH 52.
AND IN 2021 DASH 36, THE NUMBERS RAISED TO TWO 25 PLUS COST OF ESTABLISHING THE PROGRAM.
I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN WU A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO ZERO TWO ONE DASH 36 TWO ZERO TWO ONE DASH 37 TWO ZERO TWO ONE DASH 52, WITH AN INCREASE TO 225,000 PLUS STARTUP COSTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
MAYOR LOPEZ, VIEJO, NO MOTION PASSES.
AND THEN I, TOM, LAST MOTION IS, IS TO, UH, GIVE FIRST RATING TO THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ZONING AMENDMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CASTELLANOS.
BEFORE I TAKE ROLL, I'M GOING TO READ THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT TWO IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
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OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZOOM CHANGE NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO TWO AND ADOPTING THE WALNUT GROVE SPECIFY SPECIFIC PLAN COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.I MAY A PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.
BEATO NO MOTION PASSES FORWARD.
PLEASE OPEN THE WALLET TO HELP THEM.
AND THE
CAN WE CONTINUE THE NEXT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN, IN TO THE NEXT TO A DATE, CERTAIN WHICH IS YOUR NEXT MEETING AND THEN TAKE UP THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FEES THIS EVENING.
I WANT TO RESPECT THE LATE HOUR.
I WANT TO GET I'M A NIGHT PERSON.
I COULD GO ALL NIGHT, BUT YEAH, IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU GUYS.
I WANT TO GET OVER WITH, I LIKE TO CONTINUE.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE.
NO, I THINK WE GET OVER WITH, WE ALREADY PUT JOEY.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE D THEN THE NEXT THAT'S JUST GOING TO EXTEND OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING STEVE LAST NIGHT JUST FOR THIS.
AND LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT WITH, ALL RIGHT.
[14) CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE (CODE AMENDMENT NO. 20-08) AMENDINGCERTAIN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND CODE]
ITEM 14 CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE WILL HERE THIS MATTER SET FOR HEARING BY THE COUNCIL CONSISTS OF AN ORDINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE WEST COVINA DOWNTOWN PLAN AND TO CODIFY CERTAIN AMENDMENTS IN CHAPTER 26 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAY A PREPPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN, OKAY.AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING INVITE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO EIGHT.
THERE'LL BE EARTH BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL, THEN OPPOSE, THERE WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF STAFF REPORT.
AND WE'LL SH WE SHALL HEAR FROM THE, ANY COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC, UM, MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT MERE THIS REPORT WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR PLANNING MANAGER PROCEED.
IT WILL BE GIVEN BY ME IF THAT'S OKAY.
AS LONG AS THE REPORT IS GIVEN, YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME.
UM, SO, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN, UH, PLAN, UM, DOWNTOWN PLANNING CODE.
UM, THE CITY HAS, UM, UH, VERDE DONE SOME CLEANUP AMENDMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING CODE.
IT WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER ON DECEMBER 20TH, UH, 2016, THERE WAS A CLEANUP AMENDMENT, AUGUST 21ST, UH, 2018.
UM, THERE IS A SUBSEQUENT ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS FOR REGARDING PARKING STANDARDS AND DECEMBER OF 2018.
UM, AND THEN THIS LAST, UH, AMENDMENT WAS INITIATED IN OCTOBER OF 2020.
AND, UH, IT WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON APRIL 13TH, 2021.
SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES, UM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TO, UH, CHANGE THE, UM, REQUIREMENT FOR THE OPEN PRIVATE SPACE FOR ROW HOUSES.
UM, SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO THE ROW HOUSES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
UM, AND THE, THE, UM, REQUIREMENT WOULD BE FOR A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, MINIMUM COMMUNICATIVE, UM, OPEN SPACE, PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.
UM, THE CHANGE FOR STOOPS, UM, WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE EIGHT FOOT MAXIMUM.
SO WE WOULD RE LEAVE THE FIVE FOOT MINIMUMS FOR BOTH THE WIDTH AND THE DEPTH.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS THE DELETED, UH, REFERENCE TO DENSITY UNDER THE BUILDING TYPES FOR ROW HOUSES AND LIVE WORK, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OR THAT, UH, THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED.
UM, BUT, UH, THE COMMISSION DID NOT, UH, APPROVE, WAS CHANGING THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, UH, GROUND FOR HEIGHT, UM, SEPARATING IT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, REQUIRING, UH, A FOOT 10 FOOT, 14 FOOT, UH, MINIMUM HEIGHT FOR COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND LOWERING THAT, UM, MINIMUM HEIGHT TO 10 FEET FOR RESIDENTIAL, UM, ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
UM, ALSO FOR THE ROW HOUSES, CHANGING THE WIDTH, THE AVERAGE WITH ROW
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ROW HOUSE UNIT FROM 18 FOOT TO 16 FEET MINIMUM.UM, AND TO THE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY AFTER FURTHER READING WAVE, THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 24 83 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, MENDING PORTIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING CODE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THIS QUESTION.
THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE HAS A RESTRICTION FOR BUILDING INTERIOR HIGH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE MAYBE A BUILDING HIGH, UH, WHY, WHY WE, OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN, WE WILL TRICK PEOPLE WITH A MINIMUM MINIMAL HIGH AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR HIGHER, THE CEILING, YOU CREATE MORE USAGE OF ENERGY OR SO WHY IS THE PURPOSE? OKAY.
IT'S SHOULD BE MOCK MARKET DRIVEN THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO BE SAVE ENERGY.
DON'T WANT THE TOO HIGH, 14 FEE MEDIUM ONUS IS VERY FRICKING VERY HIGH.
SO, SO THAT CREATE, WE TRIED TO CUT DOWN THE ENERGY OZONE LAYER, ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
NOW WE, WE TELL PEOPLE TO VIEW HIGHER CEILING.
SO MORE AIR CONDITIONING YOU'RE PUMPING IN, ESPECIALLY FOR OFFICE OR WHAT, WHY IS THE PURPOSE FOR THAT? I'M JUST VERY CONFUSED.
I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WU, I SPOKE TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL THIS, UM, TODAY.
AND SHE STATED THAT THE, THAT THE BUILDING CODE DOES HAVE A MINIMUM PLATE HEIGHT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONLY SEVEN FEET OR COMMERCIAL SEVEN FEET, SEVEN FEET.
BUT SHE SAID THAT MOST, MOST DEVELOPMENT OR MOST DEVELOPERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT DO NOT BUILD THAT LOW.
THE TYPICAL A TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION IS TYPICALLY BETWEEN EIGHT FEET TO 10 FEET PLATE HEIGHT, CORRECT, OR COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IN MY COUNTRY, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT ARE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUIRE A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT BETWEEN MAYBE FOUR, 14 FEET AND ABOVE AND SUCH DEVELOPMENT ARE TYPICALLY, UM, RETAIL AT GROCERY STORES BECAUSE THEY, THEY WANT IT TO BE MORE AIRY AND APPEARANCE.
AND ALSO, ALSO, UM, THEY NEED, THEY MAY NEED ROOM TO P TO FIT THEIR EQUIPMENT.
TYPICALLY, IF YOU HAD A DOWNTOWN HOUR, OKAY.
CANOLA IS TO HAVE SOME SMALL MOUNTAIN POSSIBLE MARKET.
SO IF THEY WANT TO DO REMODEL, IF WE GO TO 14 FEET, THEY CANNOT DO IT AND THEY WILL STAY LIKE THIS.
AND, UH, WITHOUT ANY REMODELING AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM, IT CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS 12 FEET, 14 FEET REQUIREMENT.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO PAY FOR THE HIGHEST CITY.
SO, SO THIS IS DOESN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, WHY WE WANT TO HAVE RESTRICTED.
NORMAL NORMALLY IS MAXIMUM BUILDING HIGH WHILE THE MINIMUM.
SO, YEAH, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF, YOU MENTIONED IT'S EIGHT TO 10 FEET AND THAT'S LIKE AVERAGE AND NOBODY GOES OVER 10 FEET.
WHY WOULD YOU INCREASE THE MINIMUM? HI, UM, THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, UM, OR I GUESS WHEN, WHEN IT WAS CONSIDERED FIRST, UM, WE LOOKED AT, WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES, UM, THAT HAVE LIKE HIGH RISE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S, BUT THAT'S NOT WEST COVINA.
SO IF THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, THAT STAFF IS OPPOSED TO CHANGING OR MAKING LOWER.
CAN WE TAKE OUT THE MINI MO HIDE AND SOME, A LOT OF RESTRICTION AND ALMOST NOBODY CAN REMODEL, ESPECIALLY OUR OLD DOWNTOWN THAT WE DO ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ANYWAY, INNOVATION.
IF THE COUNCIL, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD PROPOSE NO MINIMUM.
AND WHY YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN START THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE DON'T ONLY REMOVE THAT MINIMUM.
IT IS, IS IT'S NOT A BIG THING THAT'S NEEDED.
UH, IT'S NOT A NEED HERE IN OUR CITY.
I HAVE A WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PLANNING SPECIALIST.
ARE WE RIGHT? IT, IT, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? NO, IT DOES.
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IT DOES TOO LATE.WE DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT PEOPLE AND IT'S MARKET-DRIVEN OKAY.
BECAUSE THE BUILDER HAS THE VIEW SOMEBODY'S ATTRACTED.
THERE ARE PATRONS WANTING TO GO INSIDE, FEEL AIRY, AND THEY HAVE TO DECIDE THEMSELVES RATHER THAN GOVERNMENT TELLS THEM TO DO THIS, THE GOVERNMENT JUST TOO MUCH OF A MESS, BUT ANYWAY, OKAY.
UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I STICK ON THAT.
UH, UM, YEAH, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GONE.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT? I HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER WE'LL COME BACK, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND CONSIDERING A STUFF, AND TONY KEEPS BRINGING UP THE, THE HIGH RISES ONE, YOU JUST APPROVED A HIGH RISE THING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN WAS NOT TO DO MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL BEHIND IT.
SO IF WE'RE, I AGREE WITH YOU THE 10 FOOT, BY THE WAY, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.
UM, I KNOW IT'S SURPRISING, RIGHT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUILD HIGHER.
WHEN THERE, AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM.
WE JUST HAD LOOKING DOWN INTO RESIDENTIAL BEHIND THE GLENDORA AVENUE, PIPE TYPE PLACES.
AND IT'S, I MEAN, I JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IF THAT CAN AFFECT THAT AREA, THAT BOTHERS ME.
CAUSE IF I WAS ONE OF, ONE OF THOSE HOUSES, I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE LOOKING DOWN ON MY DAUGHTER IF I HAD ONE IN A SWIMMING POOL.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE KIDS, YOU UNDERSTAND, I'M FORTUNATE.
HE'D PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK DOWN, BUT MOST OF THE REST PROBABLY WOULD NOT APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I, I DON'T REALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FOR OR AGAINST, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND MY POSITION, THIS OPPOSITION WITH THE, A MINIMUM HEIGHT.
WELL, COUNCIL DISCUSSION SEEING NONE WE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT IS NOW.
UH, I GUESS I COULD GO AHEAD AND I'M MOTION, COUNCILMAN WU.
WELL, COUNCIL MINTS HAVE LOTS OF ICE SECOND AND HE HAS TO DO THE ROLL CALL.
SO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, HOLD ON.
UH, SHE READS THE CODE AMENDMENT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR LOPEZ.
BEATO I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BAZZA BY AND WE WANT TO REMOVE THE MINIMUM RESTRICTION.
I AM GOING TO READ THE ORDINANCE TITLE IN THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT, THREE, AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING PORTIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND CODE COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WILL VOTING FULL.
COULD YOU REPEAT THE SAME MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
HI, THEN WE HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM CUSTOM ANJOS MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE.
[15) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2021-2022 COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ACTION PLAN]
TO ITEM NUMBER 15.THE MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG ACTION PLAN, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR GREAT.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT CDBG ACTION PLAN.
THERE'LL BE PRESENTATION THEN OF THE STAFF REPORT.
AND THEN WE SHOULD HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, MR. CARMEN, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
KELLY MCDONALD'S IS GOING TO GIVE THIS REPORT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME PUBLIC HERE, INCIDENCE WARNING.
UH, THIS MATTER, THIS HEARING CONCERNS THE, UH, 2021 2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG ACTION PLAN.
THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL GRANT OF CDBG FUNDS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE CDBG PROGRAM WORKS TO ENSURE DECENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MOST FUNDABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND CREATE JOBS THROUGH THE EXPANSION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES.
AS A RECIPIENT, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT GUIDES THE INTENDED USE OF THE FUNDS.
THE CITY'S ALLOCATION TO CDBG FUNDS FOR 21, 22 IS, UH, 815, EIGHT, 815,008 44.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE CITIES USE THE CDBG FUNDS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AS SENIOR
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MEALS, BUSINESS, ASSISTANT, SLOAN, UH, HOUSING PRESERVATION, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND PUBLIC SERVICES ON APRIL SIX, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE 2020, 2024 CONSOLIDATED PLAN BASED ON THE PRIORITIZATION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS SHOWN IN TABLE ONE, THE CATEGORIES ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT ONE.THE ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THIS IS THE FIRST PRIOR TO DRAFTING A PLAN.
THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A HEARING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES ON WHICH THE PLAN IS TO BE BASED AND MODIFY IF DESIRED THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, STAFF CAN BEGIN DRAFTING THE ACTION PLAN AND THE PROCESS OF SOLICITING PROPOSALS AND EVALUATING PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE CAPITAL PROJECTS AGAINST THE APPROVED PRIORITIZATION.
ONCE A DRAFT IS FINALIZED, IT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR A REQUIRED 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW, THEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN A PUBLIC HEARING AND AUCTIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION.
NOTICE FOR THE HEARING WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 24TH.
NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT RESULTING FROM THE REPORT.
SO IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 ACTION PLAN BASED ON THE 20, 20, 20, 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN PRIORITIES.
IT ELUDES MY PRESENTATION HERE.
QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK WE APPROVED THIS LAST TIME IN APRIL, RIGHT? SO THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK.
NO, THIS IS THE FIRST FOR THE 2122.
SO LAST TIME THE 20, 20 TO 22, THE PREVIOUS.
SO WE JUST CONTINUE SOMETHING LIKE THE CDBG FOUND, INCLUDING OKAY.
HOUSING FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE SENIOR.
FOR THE US FIXED INCOME TO FIX THEIR HOME, WE HAVE LAB AS A HIGHWAY, RIGHT? OKAY.
UH, WE, WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ATTACHED.
I THINK THAT THIS, WE NEED TO PROMOTE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD HOMES.
THEY NEED TO KIND OF UPDATE INTO THE CDBG USING THE UPGRADED INSULATION OR AIR CONDITION.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE ITEM? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS MAYOR.
I SHALL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, PORTION HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN WU.
OH, MAY I APPROACH HIM? CASTELLANO'S I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TO
I AM PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ FIATO AYE.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO ITEM.
[16) PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FEES AND CHARGESFOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT]
NUMBER 16.THIS MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS THE ADOPTION OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN UPPER LEADER.
PROPER LEGAL NOTICE WAS GIVEN MAYOR K AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT'LL BE A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE'LL HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT SHOULD BE GIVEN BY PAULINA MOREL.
SO WHILE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 79 WAS ADOPTED WAY REFERENCE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE TO HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS.
UM, THE ORDINANCE DID NOT INCLUDE ADOPTION OF THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO THE, UH, ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR THE FIRST HEARING TO SORRY, RESOLUTION, UM, TO ADOPT THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF WEST COMINA.
UM, YES, TONIGHT BEFORE HE WAS A RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 24, THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR WEST COVINA AS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE CITY IS PROPOSING THIS FEE SCHEDULE THAT LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT USES AS A COUNTY HAS PROVIDED THE SERVICES TO US, COVINA BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, UM, AND STAFF DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR THE CITY TO ADOPT AND CHARGE THE SAME RATES.
THE FEE SCHEDULE WILL BE ASSESSED PERIODICALLY DETER TO DETERMINE A NEED FOR ANY MODIFICATION TO, TO THE RATE BASED ON THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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SAYING THAT? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM? I DON'T HAVE A FAVOR OR OPPOSITION MS. PATRISSE.I HAVE NO, UH, NO SPEAKERS IN FAVOR.
LOGGING THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM STATES, AS IT'S BEEN BRED EARLIER, THAT THE CITY ANTICIPATES UTILIZING MULTIPLE AVAILABLE REVENUE SOURCES, INCLUDING GRANTS, FEES, SUBVENTIONS AND CONTRACTS TO INITIATE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT FUNDING UTILIZED AS A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENT.
WHAT IS YOUR ALTERNATE PLAN WHEN THE GRANT FUNDING DOES NOT MATERIALIZE AND YOU HAVE LEGALLY REQUIRED HEALTH DEPARTMENT OBLIGATIONS TO MEET NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THE CONTRACTOR'S EXPENSE, APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING IS BEING USED AS A ONE-TIME STARTUP SUPPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, SEED MONEY BEYOND WHAT THE 90 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PLAN BUDGET FOR THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY? HOW MUCH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES DO YOU EXPECT DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO IS NEUTRAL, MR. ROBINSON.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE LAST TWO MORE HESITANCY HERE.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND.
GOOD MORNING, UH, TURNING, UH, UM, THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, A NEW FEE SCHEDULE.
IT LOOKS IDENTICAL TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNTIES.
I THINK YOU JUST CHANGED THE LOGO ON THE COUNTY FORM AND, UH, ALL THE FEES ARE IDENTICAL.
SO, UH, OH, SO WHERE'S THE BENEFITS TO THE WEST COVINA, THE REGULATED COMMUNITY.
OH, IF ALL YOUR FEES ARE GOING TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE, UH, THE COUNTY FEES, UH, I'M UNCERTAIN AS A COORDINATOR, A RESOLUTION NUMBER 34, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU, UH, IT SAYS THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS JULY 1ST, 2021.
UH, I SUGGEST YOU ADD THAT THE FEES TAKE EFFECT ON THE DAY, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR DECLARES, THE, THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECOMES OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT, UH, UH, I'LL START IN JULY 1ST.
ARE YOU GOING TO START CHARGING FEES? THE COUNTY'S GOING TO CHARGE FEES THAT I THINK THE REGULATED COMMUNITY WILL BE A LITTLE UPSET IF THEY'RE PAYING TWO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE SAME FEE, UH, WEST COVINA AS AN INEXPERIENCED COUNSEL AND IN A LOBBYING BATTLE WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SOUPS.
UH, I TH I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, LOBBYING FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND, AND LEAVING THEIR RESERVATION, UH, OTHERS, SEVERAL COUNTY, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, UNITS THAT ARE, UH, NOT GONNA NOT GONNA GO ALONG.
SO YOU'RE IN A LOBBYING BATTLE AND IN WEST COVINA AND, UH, UH, AND, UH, AND I, I THINK YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN.
SO, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO COURT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD TAKE FOUR TO $6 MILLION TO GET THE CASE, UH, BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT.
AND WE CAN'T AFFORD THE LEGAL FEES.
UH, SO, UH, SO I JUST SUGGEST THE WISE THING TO DO IS JUST TO STOP THIS PROCESS NOW.
[05:55:01]
I MEAN, YOU'RE, UH, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BEAT THE COUNTY IN SACRAMENTO OR, OR IN COURT.SO, UH, WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR A BAD IDEA IS PRETTY MUCH IRRELEVANT.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE IT A LOT MORE SINCE, UH, UH, YOU DECIDED TO GO TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR.
CAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE WAY ANY OF THE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, THE HAND HANDLED THIS CRISIS.
SO, UH, SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST, UH, W WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD AND, UH, WE STILL HAVE A FEW DOLLARS IN THE BANK.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
DID HE FILL OUT A YELLOW CARD? NOPE.
I DIDN'T GET A YELLOW CARD FOR THE LAST OR THE LAST ONE, EITHER MAGICALLY APPEARED.
I KNOW I'LL MAKE IT QUICK CAUSE YOU GUYS I'M SURE WANT TO GO HOME BEFORE TWO AND MY THREE MINUTES WILL GO A LOT FASTER THAN THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS.
THE FEES REALLY MEAN NOTHING BECAUSE I THINK THE WHOLE THING WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, IS KIND OF A SHAM ANYWAYS.
BUT, UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, UH, ADOPTING THEIR FEES IS PERFECTLY FINE.
I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION IS, UM, GOING BACK TO SOME RELATION TO FEES IS WE KNOW THE FEES AREN'T GOING TO PAY FOR THIS.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EVEN WHEN YOU THIRD-PARTY IT OUT.
UM, BUT THE BIG QUESTION THAT'S NEVER BEEN ANSWERED AND IT'S BEEN ASKED A HUNDRED TIMES, IS, IS THE COUNTY GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CHARGE US WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO OUR SERVICE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ACCREDITED.
AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN TABATABAIE HAS ASKED THAT I KNOW THAT THE, THE ANSWER FROM THE CITY MANAGER WAS I LISTENED TO THE TOWN HALL, WHICH WAS HIM BASICALLY SAYING, I HEARD THEM AS WELL SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE US SO THEY COULD.
UM, SO I THINK THE BIG QUESTION AND BILL BROUGHT IT UP CORRECTLY.
UM, THE RESIDENTS GOING TO HAVE THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO GET CHARGED TWICE.
ARE THEY GOING TO GET THIS? I MEAN, NONE OF US REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND SO YOU HAVE A SITUATION NOW WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO FINISH.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET ACCREDITED BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE FEES AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING US INTO IS, IS WE MAY END UP HAVING TO PAY TWICE.
THE CITY MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES AND THEN THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, OR WHATEVER MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR SERVICES TOO.
SO I KNOW WE PAID IN TAXES, BUT JUST SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, WE PAY TAXES TO THE COUNTY, NOT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY THEN ALLOCATES THE SPENDING.
SO WE'RE NOT PAYING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S NO MONEY SPECIFICALLY PAID TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS A, AS A PROPERTY TAX OR AS A TAX OF ANY FORM.
SO WHEN EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A TAX, YOU KNOW, CHANGE TO PAY FOR FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE PAYING THE COUNTY AND THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE.
THEY SET THEIR OWN BUDGETS MUCH LIKE YOU GUYS, THEY JUST MIGHT DO A LITTLE BETTER JOB.
UM, THAT ENDS, UH, WELL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, PORTION OF THIS HEARING AND OUTS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
ANY, DO I HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE STACKING IT WE'LL CALL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAY APPROACH HIM
AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 34 COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY I APPROACH HIM BECAUSE SOLANO'S RIGHT THERE.
LOPEZ VETO, AYE, MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE.
NOW ONCE THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT ANY AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE IN MEETINGS TO REPORT SEEING THAT ANY COUNCIL REQUEST SAYING THEN ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN.
IT'S I KNOW IT'S TIME FOR BED.
IT'S WHEN 1:05 AM, UH, THIS ENDS OR WE'LL GO ANOTHER WICKER.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
WE HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT S MEETING ADJOURN.