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TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR RECORDING.
[Call to Order]
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.WELCOME TO OUR MAY, 1820 21 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY CHAPLAIN ALBERT AGUILAR FROM EMINENT HEALTH, AND I'LL BE LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRIVILEGE OF OFFERING THE INVOCATION TO THE ESTEEM GROUP GRACIOUS GOD, GOD, OF ALL AUTHORITY.
AND
WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME, AMEN.
READY AGAIN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIBERTY.
SO I'D LIKE TO FIRST NOTE THAT A MAYOR PRO TEM DARRIO CASTIANO, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AS HE IS WELCOMING HIS FIRST NEWBORN HEALTHY BABY BOY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO A PROUD NEW PARENT AND UH, MORE POPULATION AND ADDING AN ADDITION TO THE WEST COVINA POPULATION.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER TABASCO BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, EAR MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO PRESENT NOTING ME OR PRO-TEAM CASTELLANOS IS ABSENT.
[REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION]
CITY ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ON, UM, WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ON A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO MAYOR PRO TEM CASCIANOS ABSENT COUNCIL DIRECTED CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE SEVEN 30 ARSAL.
THANK YOU NOW ONTO PRESENTATIONS TESTING, TESTING.
[Certificates for Nogales High School 4.0 GPA Students (for 11th and 12 graders)]
SO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE DR.LAURA RIVAS AND MR. ERIC VINAIGRETTES TO THE FRONT.
ARE THEY HERE TODAY? WONDERFUL.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ASSEMBLY, BLANCA RUBIO.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ATTAINED A 4.0 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.
AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SO DIFFERENT FOR OUR STUDENTS HAVE WANT TO TAKE.
WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS FOR THE HARD WORK.
THIS IS FOR THE 11TH AND 12TH GRADES, AND OBVIOUSLY THE 12TH GRADERS IS THEIR LAST YEAR.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING, ANYTHING TO SAY PRIOR TO WE PRESENT? SURE.
I'M THE PROUD SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS AS WAS SHARED BY OUR MAYOR.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY UNIQUE YEAR.
SO OUR STUDENTS WERE JUST HAD JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOMS AFTER HAVING BEEN OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS FOR 408 DAYS, THEY CAME BACK ON APRIL 26TH FOR SOME IN-PERSON SUPPORT.
SO AS WAS SHARED, WE'RE RECOGNIZING JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO HAVE A 4.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
AND SO UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT LEARNING ALL VIRTUALLY THESE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWED A PERSEVERANCE GRIT AND LOTS OF A WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME SOME CHALLENGES THAT NO OTHER STUDENT POPULATION HAS HAD TO DO.
SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I'M ALSO A WEST COVINA RESIDENT AND I AM SO PROUD OF THEM ALL.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND SUPPORTING THEM AND IT'S, IT'S AN AMAZING TIME.
SO, AND A FEW WORDS FROM THE ASSEMBLY'S OFFICE.
MY NAME IS JULISSA IS A PAID I'M WITH THE OFFICE OF A SEMI WOMAN, BLANCA RUBIO.
AND JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT THEY SAID, IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE STUDENTS AND AS THEY PREPARE FOR COLLEGE AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE 11TH GRADERS.
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CAN WE HAVE ALEJANDRO GARCIA COME TO THE FRONT? NOPE, SHE'S NOT HERE.UM, JUNE MAR ISA HERE, THERE MIGHT BE UPSTAIRS.
I HEAR THE CROWD THEY'RE CLAPPING.
WELL, YEAH, IF WE COULD HAVE THEM ALL LINE UP, COME CLOSER.
FIRST TIME IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS GALA.
YOU COULD BE SITTING HERE ONE DAY.
JUST SYNTHIO PICTORIAL WADE HAYES.
AND NOW FOR OUR 12TH GRADERS, DANIEL BARRIOS, DANIELLE, DANIELLE, CAITLIN COBANIA BRIANNA CARLOS DELGADO, LILY FRISE, RIANNA GARCIA, MELODY GARCIA, CHRISTIAN JIMENEZ, CHRISTIAN JUNIO.
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL THESE 11 AND 12 YEAR OLD BRAIN GPA.
SO CAN I HAVE HALF OF YOU GUYS, HALF OF YOU STAND ON THIS SIDE? WE'LL GO AHEAD.
AND, BUT BEFORE, SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, LIKE I ASKED THE LAST GROUP, HOW DID YOU GUYS DO THAT? 4.0 AND THIS TIME, UM, I WAS JUST REALLY MOTIVATED BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I HAD SO MUCH FREE TIME AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN GOING OUT AS MUCH, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN STAYING HOME BECAUSE OF LIMITATION AND BEING OUTSIDE.
SO I MIGHT AS WELL JUST LIKE DO STUFF AND LEARN.
UH, I DID NOTHING BUT STUDY BECAUSE SCHOOL GOT HARDER.
SO I FIGURED, HEY, IF I CAN'T GET HELP FROM MY TEACHERS, I MIGHT AS WELL HELP MYSELF.
CAUSE I KNOW AT THESE TIMES OUT EVERYTHING'S LIMITED.
SO IT WAS REALLY, THE QUESTION WAS WHO WAS GOING TO STEP UP AND WHO WAS GOING TO BEAT HER, LEADING THE WORLD.
AND I WANT TO BEAT SOMEONE LIKE THAT.
UM, I JUST TRIED MY BEST AND I APPLIED MYSELF THE BEST THAT I COULD.
UM, I DEVELOP THE POSITIVE MINDSET.
SO WHENEVER I WAS FACED WITH AN OBSTACLE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE MYSELF AND MOTIVATE MYSELF EVEN WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS OF MY FRIENDS.
WONDERFUL, GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.
UM, I GUESS FOR ME, I JUST TRY TO ADAPTING LIKE BEST TO MY SITUATION.
AND I TRIED TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO LIKE, UM, INCORPORATE EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF JUST SITTING IN FRONT OF MY LAPTOP.
LIKE SOMETIMES YOU FIND YOURSELF STUDYING CALCULUS WHILE YOU'RE ROLLER SKATING AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HOW IT IS.
I LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY POSITIVITY JUST GREW OVER THE TIME AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY PARENTS AND FAMILY.
WHAT'S GOTTEN ME THROUGH THE LAST YEAR.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF DETERMINATION BECAUSE GRADUATION DOESN'T STOP BECAUSE THERE'S A PANDEMIC.
SO I KNEW THAT I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO GET IN MY WAY OF GROWTH.
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FOR ME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ONLINE ONLY ONLINE SCHOOLING, BUT I GOT THROUGH IT AND IT WAS REALLY ACTUALLY ACCOMPANY.FOR ME, WHAT HELPED ME WAS JUST BEING ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH AND FIND WAYS TO CONTINUE AND KEEP GOING.
EVEN WHEN THINGS GET HARD AND SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES, I JUST SO MUCH HAD FREE TIME AT HOME.
THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS LETTING THE EPIDEMIC STOP ME FROM GOING TO COLLEGE.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU AND WE WANT IT TO ANOTHER ROUND.
GO AHEAD AND PICK A PICK LIST.
YOU NEED SOME ON THIS SIDE, GOT EVERYBODY.
THE PARENTS, THE PARENTS DROP HER OFF TO THE PROUD PARENTS.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU HERE.
THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND ONE MORE ROUND AND CONGRATULATIONS.
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS IN TWO MORE WEEKS AND THEN OFF TO COLLEGE FOR THE SENIORS.
THERE'S STILL SOME GOOD DURING COVID.
CAN WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT DR.
MITCHELL? AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO TOO ACKNOWLEDGED ALL THEIR STUDENTS COME ON DOWN.
SO WE HAVE, LET ME, WE HAVE ZARINA HERE.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS, UM, RECOGNITION.
AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
[Proclamation for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month]
NEXT TO THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION.LET ME HAVE PAULINA COME WITH SIX AT THIS.
SO MAY IS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
A CELEBRATION OF ASIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
A RATHER BROAD TERM, ASIAN PACIFIC, AND ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE ASIAN CONTINENT AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF MILLENNIA IN 1992, CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW.
ONE, ONE OH TWO DASH FOUR 50 ANNUALLY, DESIGNATED MAY AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
THE MONTH OF MAY WAS CHOSEN TO COMMEMORATE THE IMMIGRATION OF THE FIRST JAPANESE TO THE UNITED STATES ON MAY SEVEN, 1843.
AND TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANS CONTINENTAL RAILROAD ON MAY 10TH, 1869, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKERS WHO LAID THE TRACKS WERE CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION.
[Additional Item]
SO BEFORE CONTINUING, UM, WE DO HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT IN MR. GERMAN AND MEMORY OF MR. WILLIAM KETTER YOU PASSED RIGHT BEFORE COVID.HE WAS A WEST COVINA RESIDENT FOR 54 YEARS.
AND SO, AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.
HE SERVED AS AN LA MOTORCYCLE POLICE OFFICER AND LATER BECAME THE CHIEF OF SECURITY AT QUEEN
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OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEAD OF SECURITY AT KAISER HOSPITAL.HE HAS ALWAYS SERVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
HE WORKED TILL HE WAS 88 YEARS OLD AND PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95 IN HIS HOME.
HE WAS A BEST FRIEND AND HERO TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER KIRAN KETTER.
SO IN THAT WE ADJOURNED HIS MEMORY
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
NOW TO ONTO ORAL COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? GOOD EVENING MAYOR.
SEVEN OF THOSE ARE OVER THE PHONE.
SO, UH, WE WILL LIMIT IT TO THREE, THREE MINUTES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY HER, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, UH, BILL ROBINSON RESIDENT.
I HOPE IT TURNS OUT THAT THE ELECTION FILING TODAY AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE DRIVE TO QUALIFY THE, UH, THE ELECTION ISSUE, UH, PROVES TO BE A LEGALLY SUFFICIENT ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION CODE.
AND, AND THAT IT GETS SIGNED BY, UH, 7,000 OR MORE, UH, WEST COVINA, REGISTERED VOTERS, GOOD LUCK TO THEM.
UH, BUT IN SERVICE, IN SERVICE TO THE, UH, THE COUNCILS, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT OBSESSION, I'D LIKE TO SHARE, UH, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD JUST GOTTEN THE BOOK.
UH, THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 PUBLISHED LAST MONTH BY DR.
UH, IT ENLIGHTENED ME TO THE FACT THAT, UH, PEOPLE, UH, DON'T NEED TO, UH, JOIN THE, UH, THE RNA, UH, VACCINATION FAD.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, A RUGGED 14 MONTHS AND, UH, THE, UH, THE EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION OF THE VACCINE, UH, UH, UH, WAS DONE AND PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING TO BE GUINEA PIGS IN A, IN A STUDY THAT, UH, WE WON'T KNOW THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS FOR, UH, TWO OR THREE YEARS UNTIL AFTER THE DATA IS ANALYZED FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, UH, IN OUR NATION THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO STEP UP.
AND, UH, UH, THE WAS, WAS AN ENGINEERED PRODUCT.
AND IT MAY BE A REACTION TO, UH, UM, A VIRUS THAT WAS, UH, ENGINEERED IN, UH, IN A, UH, A CHINESE BIO WEAPONS LAB.
UH, BUT THE, BUT THE CHINESE WERE BEING FUNDED BY, UH, THE U S HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO, I MEAN, UH, THE UNITED STATES GETS EQUAL CREDIT FOR CREATING THE VIRUS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BLAME THE CHINESE BECAME BECAUSE IT CAME OUT OF THEIR LAB.
UM, UH, READING THIS BOOK, UH, UH, WILL GIVE EVERYONE GOOD IDEAS, UH, THAT THEY CAN SHARE AND DISCUSS WITH THEIR FAMILY DOCTORS.
APPARENTLY THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE, UH, CURES, UH, FOR THE VIRUS.
THERE'S, UH, UH, THERE'S A MEDICINE CALLED HYDROXY PLEURA QUINN.
THAT'S, THAT'S A MOUTHFEEL FULL.
IT'S A ANTI-VIRUS AND IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 50, 60 YEARS, UH, IN, IN THE, IN THE RIGHT DOSAGE, UH, TAKEN ORALLY, UH, EARLY OR EARLY IN THE CASE HISTORY.
UH, IT, IT CAN BE QUITE EFFECTIVE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTSON, THREE MINUTES, UH, PASSES FAST WHEN YOU'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY FOLLOWED BY PEGGY MARTINEZ.
CAN YOU PUT THAT IN THE BACK? CAN YOU PUT THAT IN THE BOX FOR ME? THANK YOU.
CEASE AND DESIST TAMPERING WITH OUR FREE SPEECH
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AND RESTRICTING OUR TIME FROM FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES.NOW THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, BUT TODAY THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TIME.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AS AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE NEWS, WE'VE ALL SEEN IT.
THEY TRIED TO UNIONIZE AMAZON IN ALABAMA.
I MEAN, GOT TO REMEMBER THESE REPORTERS HAVE UNION CARDS IN THEIR PURSES AND THEIR WALLETS.
AND THEY THINK IF SOMEBODY SIGNS A, A CARD FOR A UNION ELECTION, IT'S GOING TO PASS OR NOT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLACES.
IT WAS ANOTHER PLACE IN TENNESSEE.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, MANAGEMENT DIDN'T EVEN TAKE A STAND ON IT.
THEY WENT BACK TO TENANTS AND THEIR GOLF, BUT THEIR COUNTRY CLUB, BECAUSE THE SOUTHERNERS DON'T TRUST UNIONS, THEY LOOK AT UNIONS AS ORGANIZED CRIME COMPANY UNIONS.
WE HAVE A SAYING IN LA ABOUT SERVICE EMPLOYEES THREE 99, WHEN YOU GO TO THE UNION WITH A GRIEVANCE, IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE COMPANY.
SO WHEN THE FINAL VOTE HAPPENED IN ALABAMA, 73% VOTED, NO, AND ONLY 27% VOTED.
NOW I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED CARDS, BUT IT'S LIKE SOMETHING A POLLSTER TOLD ME IN FLORIDA YEARS AGO WHEN THEY TRIED TO LEGALIZE CASINO GAMBLING, AND THEY HAD TO PETITION IT TO GET ON THE BALLOT.
HE SAYS, THEY'RE SIGNING THE PETITION SO THEY COULD PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND THEN THEY COULD DEFEAT IT.
WELL, I'M SURE A LOT OF THESE UNION ELECTIONS ARE SIGN THE CARD, HAVE THE ELECTION, AND THEN EMBARRASS THE UNION, SHOWING THEM HOW BAD THEY'LL GET THEIR BUTTS KICKED.
AFTER ALL, I RODE ONE OF THOSE TRAINS AT HARTSFIELD JACKSON, ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO THE TERMINAL, AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD HER BAG THERE AND IT HAD A CARD.
IT SAID, UNION WITH A CIRCLE AND A SLASH.
AND SHE SAID, YEAH, BRING ON THE ELECTION SO THEY CAN LOSE.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING IN THE NEWS MEDIA, I MEAN, DON'T EVEN TAKE IT, TAKE THOSE REPORTERS STORIES, SERIOUSLY, GET UP AND GO TO THE REFRIGERATOR AND GET YOURSELF A BEER OR REACH FOR YOUR STASH AND YOUR PAPERS AND ROLL UP A JOINT.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BETTER THINGS YOU CAN BE DOING.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE UNIONS HAPPENING IN GEORGIA, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, I SUGGEST YOU GET SOME GOOD LSD BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE HALLUCINATING BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT REALITY.
THE REALITY IS YOU UNION GOONS THAT DO NOTHING BUT BE PROFESSIONAL UNION BOSSES.
YOU'VE GOT TWO CHANCES OF A UNIONIZING, THE SOUTH SLIM AND NONE AND SLIM WENT TO THE AIRPORT THIS MORNING AND LEFT TOWN.
SO THAT LEAVES YOU ONE OTHER CHOICE, NONE.
SO JUST, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY TAKE THOSE REPORTERS STORIES SERIOUSLY, AND THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO UNIONIZE PLACES IN ALABAMA, GEORGIA, TENNESSEE, NOT A CHANCE.
HERMAN FOLLOWED BY PEGGY MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA HERNANDEZ.
I GOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE ASK ON TONIGHT.
FOR THE REASON WE FIND THAT THERE ARE HATE CRIMES, NOT ONLY IN WEST COVINA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IS IT, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT BRIBERY GOING ON WITH DMV.
WE GOT BRIBERY GOING ON LOS ANGELES, AND WE GOT BRIBERY IN THE COURTS FOR ALL I KNOW.
I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT TYPE OF HATRED, BUT THE FBI AT THREE 10, FOUR SEVEN SEVEN SIX FIVE SIX FIVE MUST INVESTIGATE THE HATE CRIME HERE COMMITTED BY WEST COVINA AND THEIR PARKING LOT.
BECAUSE A HATE CRIME, NOT ONLY DOES IT TRAUMATIZE YOU, BUT IT TRAUMATIZES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, SHOWING YOU WHAT KIND OF PERSONS OF PERSONS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND HEY, CRIME CAN BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE SUCH AS MURDER, ARSON AND VANDALISM.
WHAT YOUR VANDALISM NOW, IN MY HAND, I HAVE THIS COURT DOCKET SNYDER VERSUS PHELPS.
I WON'T GO INTO THE WHOLE POINT OF IT BECAUSE I'LL LEAVE ONE ARTICLE FOR EACH.
AND ONE OF YOU COUNCILMAN'S SET FOR MR. DHARIA WHO'S HOME WITH HIS NEW BABY.
HOWEVER, THE POINT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS FIRST AMENDMENT IS STILL UNDER ATTACK.
AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THEY'RE VIOLATING YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH BY DONNA.
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OF FIVE MINUTES AND THAT FALLS UNDER SECTION 18, USC TWO 42 AND TWO 45.AND I'M PUTTING THIS INTO THE RECORD, CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY, AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC COULD BE HEARD.
AND YOU WILL SIT THERE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU WILL TAKE THE CRITICISM, THE HURTFUL WORDS.
AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SAY WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY IN THEIR MIND, NOT WHAT YOU DECIDE IS HURTFUL MS. LOPEZ, OR IS IT JENNIFER LOPEZ? I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE ACCORDING TO HER BASEBALL PLAYER WHO DUMPED HER, THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT.
YOUR BEAUTY GOES ONLY SO FAR, AND YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER PLAYER ON THE FIELD BEING CHECKED OUT.
SO MY POINT HERE TONIGHT IS, AND I'LL READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
JUST A PORTION OF IT, BUT YOU KNOW, MR. WU SHAKES HIS HEAD, HE KNOWS THE BIBLE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER ONE, VERSE 26, 27.
THOSE OF YOU WHO READ THE BIBLE AND INTRODUCED THE BIBLE HERE LIKE YOU DID SOME MONTHS AGO, I'LL READ IT.
YOU'RE COMING AND GOING TO HELL AND GOD HATES YOU.
IS IT TRUE? YOU CONSIDER THAT AND THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT AND OUR FREE SPEECH ARE TONIGHT.
SO FOR THE RECORD, WHO WOULD I HAND THESE ONTO AND PLACE THEM IN THE BOX.
YOU GO FROM FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES.
WE'LL BE DOWN TO ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE, AND YOUR VOICE WILL NOT BE APPLIED ANY LONGER.
MY TEAM IS FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY JERRY
UH, ANYWAY, TODAY I'M COMING TO TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MAY 31ST IS A BIG DATE BECAUSE IF THIS COUNCIL WILL YOUR EYES, IF THIS COUNCIL TURNS IN ALL THE PAPERWORK TO, UH, LEAVE LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTRACT, THAT IS FINAL.
WE'VE HAD THAT CONTRACT WAS KATRINA'S HAD THE CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY SINCE THE 1970S.
SO ONCE OUR INITIATIVE GOES THROUGH AND GOES ON THE BALLOT, WHICH IT WILL, THIS WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL FAIL JUST AS MEASURE WC DID.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET THE SAME RATES AS WE GOT IN 1970 IN 1922? PROBABLY NOT.
AND THEN THE TAXPAYER IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE MONEY.
DO YOU CARE? DO YOU CARE WHAT WE THINK? HONESTLY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US.
YOU MAY ALL THINK IT'S OKAY TO HAVE SMALLER GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT, EVERYBODY'S, THERE'S 105,000 RESIDENTS IN WEST COVINA AND OUR, OUR VOICE SHOULD BE HEARD AND SHOULD COUNT.
SO I URGE YOU TO NOT TURN IN THE PAPERWORK TO CONTINUE OUR CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE IT WHEN OUR INITIATIVE PASSES.
AND I HAVE ONE OTHER THING TO SAY, AND THAT IS, I WATCHED THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON YOUTUBE AND I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TOOK VOTING AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN VOTING ON, ON THAT COMMITTEE.
WHY? BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE.
DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE, THAT'S CALLED VOTER SUPPRESSION.
AND YOU MAY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO IT, BUT IT'S UNETHICAL, UNETHICAL AND IMMORAL.
AND I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THOSE POOR PEOPLE WHO GOT THAT RIGHT.
TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND FOUND OUT THE SAME WAY.
PATRICIA HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRISSE, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRIBBON.
SO I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW THIS GOES.
UM, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I LIVE IN, UH, WEST COVINA, UH, BY FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY JASON TO FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FAITH
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COMMUNITY CHURCH, SO THEIR PROPERTY TO AMAZON.NOW I HAVE A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT TOLD ME, UM, THAT, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A 24 HOUR DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE 800, WHERE ABOUT 200, UM, APARTMENTS, UH, THAT ARE THERE.
UM, SENIORS THAT LIVE, THERE WERE ONLY 32 FAMILIES THAT LIVED THERE AND, UM, THE NOISE AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT GOES ON, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHURCH BEING OUTSIDE.
AND NOW THAT NOW THEY'RE INSIDE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WAKING UP AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO DRUMS IS NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, BUT, UM, AND BELIEVE ME, I WAS THERE FOR 18 YEARS.
UM, I LEFT FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT AMAZON, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ALLOW.
UH, BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE, YOU KNOW, THE NOISE, LIKE I SAID, UM, YOU'RE WHERE JASON TO THE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE SENIORS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE FAMILIES.
I ACTUALLY MOVED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE WEST SIDE, WHICH FACES FAITH BECAUSE OF MEDICAL CONDITION WITH TOO MUCH NOISE AND LOUDNESS AND YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH, UM, STRESS.
AND SO NOW I'M WONDERING, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A 24 HOUR DISTRIBUTION CENTER? AND IF THEY DO, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO HELP US NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT NOISE AND EVERYTHING ELSE? BECAUSE I'M ALL FOR JOBS.
I AM ALL FOR JOBS, BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I DON'T GOT $5,000 IN MY BANK ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GUYS DO, YOU GUYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME? YOU KNOW, UM, HOW DO WE DO THIS? AS FAR AS FINDING OUT HOW I CAN HELP YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOU GUYS CAN HELP US IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SORRY, THE CM USUALLY WE'LL ADDRESS IT AFTER YOUR CONTACT AGAIN.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
SO WE DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND WE'LL EXPLAIN AFTER EVERYTHING FINISHED.
JERRY PATRISSE, WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO, ONCE AGAIN ON RECORD IS CONTINUING TO OPPOSE ESTABLISHING A WEST COVINA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MY OBJECTION IS THE PROCESS YOU'RE USING.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY GOVERNMENT DOES PRO.
YOU DON'T HAVE A COSTS, A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
YOU'RE JUST DOING IT BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS.
SECOND, I AM ONCE AGAIN, ASKING ABOUT THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX, FORMERLY CALLED BIGLY DREAMS. I UNDERSTAND THE PLAQUE IDENTIFYING BIGLY DREAMS HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COMPLEX.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE COMPLEX? DOES THE CITY INTEND TO OPERATE IT? IF SO, HOW WAS THE ACTIVITY GOING TO BE FUNDED? WE RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW IT'S OUR CITY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME IS VIOLATING.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
NOW ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA.
PHARMA FORMALLY CREATES THE NEW DEPARTMENT, YOUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.
OBJECTION, NUMBER SIX STAYS THE FOLLOWING.
AND I QUOTE, PREPARE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT EVALUATES BOTH THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT SPENDING DECISIONS.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE CITY HAS REFUSED TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS WHILE PROCEEDING TO IMPLEMENT THIS NEW DEPARTMENT IN SHORT, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU EXPECT TO SPEND ON THIS NEW DEPARTMENT? HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE AS REVENUE OVER? WHAT PERIOD OF TIME IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? IS THERE A PROJECT PLAN
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TO IMPLEMENT THE DEPARTMENT? WHAT IMPLEMENTATION STEPS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO HAPPEN? I DO NOT THINK IT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT YOU STICK WITH YOUR OWN FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN.YOU PROMISE THE STATE AUDITOR THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD DO.
IT'S ESPECIALLY IRONIC THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE BEFORE A CAN PROCEED.
PERHAPS SOMEONE AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL NOTICE THAT YOU'RE NOT PROCEEDING.
AS YOU HAVE ALREADY PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD.
I REQUEST AT THIS TIME AS THAT YOU DEFER THE DECISION ON THIS PROJECT UNTIL THERE IS A FINANCIAL PLAN AND A PROJECT PLAN.
THANK YOU, JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY TOBIAS, FOLLOWED BY THERESE GARCIA.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AT WHY EVERYBODY'S BEING SO NEGATIVE ABOUT OUR CONSOLE.
I MEAN, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THEIR RECORD, LOOK AT THE REVITALIZATION OF GLENDORA BOULEVARD OR GLENDORA AVENUE, SORRY.
NOW LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS THERE? OH, LOOK AT THE, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, BEING FARMED OUT TO A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO SAVE US TENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GOING TO BUILD, UH, A 10 BY 160 FOOT PIECE OF GRASS THAT WAS GOING TO BRING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INTO WEST COVINA.
SO PARTY, AND TO GO TO RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE TOOK OVER BIG LEAGUE DREAMS BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT BETTER.
OH, IT'S NOT OPEN, BUT HOLD THERE OTHER ONES ARE, I UNDERSTAND THEY OWE US SOME MONEY.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THINGS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, HERE WE HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT YOU WANT TO START.
AND WE WERE PROMISED BACK ON FEBRUARY 23RD THAT, UH, IT WAS GOING TO BE PENCILED OUT.
SO WE'D KNOW WHAT THE COST IS.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE MISTAKE WE DIDN'T ASK ABOUT, WE DIDN'T ASK WHAT YEAR.
SO THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON OUR PART KNOW, AND JUST GO THROUGH THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S TIMES AND THE COMMENTS I'VE MADE IN THE PAST ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, JUST STUCK IN MY MIND.
YOU'LL, BRENNER'S ALIGNED IN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AS PHARAOH, LET IT BE WRITTEN, LET IT BE DONE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAID.
AND THE OTHER COMMENT I MADE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE PHILOSOPHER RENE TO CART MADE THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEREFORE I AM AND INTERPRET THAT TO BE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, SO IT WILL BE.
SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN POINT TO THAT SAYS, OH, UH, QUICK QUESTION.
UM, AS SUNSET FIELD, JUST SHAKE YOUR HEAD OR NOD SINCE YOU DIDN'T RESPOND TO MY EMAIL CAN GO, CAN I GO ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT HASN'T CLOSED EITHER? GEEZ.
TALKING ABOUT THE HOSPITAL, ONE IS WHEN'S CLOSE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK GROUND IN JULY AGAIN, STUDY DOING THE EXPANSION OF EMERGENCY ROOM AND HE'S ALREADY CLOSE.
SO WE HAVE ONE ONLY TOOK FIVE YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO CUT DOWN OVERTIME AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
YOU DID, YOU DID FULLY STAFF, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU CUT THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.
JUST NOT WHAT YOU WOULD, EVERYBODY THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
TOBIAS FOLLOWED BY THERESE GARCIA FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
FIRST TIME HERE, WATCH YOU GUYS ONLINE A LOT.
WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OUT HERE IS NEWS TO ME.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND WHAT I'VE HEARD AND DISCUSSED WITH TONY.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS ON THIS AMAZON THING, THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING TO GENERATING A LOT OF MONEY FOR WEST COVINA.
IT'S A PLUS WHAT ARE, WHAT MY NEIGHBOR WAS SAYING? NOISE POLLUTION.
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IF IT'S CONTRACTED OR NEGOTIATED INTO THE PLAN TO HAVE ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS FACING THE APARTMENTS THAT WILL CUT DOWN ON THE NOISE POLLUTION FOR EVERYBODY, SAN BERNARDINO AND BADILLO GIVE A NATURAL BARRIER TO NOISE POLLUTION.CAUSE THEIR MAIN HIGHWAYS ON THE VINCENT SIDE, THERE'S ALREADY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THERE ALREADY A LOT OF TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT.
SO IF YOU NEGOTIATE IT TO HAVE THEIR LOADING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY WOULD MAKE EVEN A LOT OF PEOPLE MORE HAPPIER IS IF YOU NEGOTIATE IN THE TERMS THAT ALL WEST COVINA RESIDENTS GET PRIORITY ARE BEING HIRED.
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE NOT ONLY THEIR KIDS GETTING OFF THE STREET, BUT A LOT OF THE HOMELESS PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW, WE DON'T HAVE JOBS PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
YOU GIVE US JOBS, THE MONEY STAYS IN WEST COVINA.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO NEGOTIATE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A PLUS FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE THE TWO 10 FREEWAY RIGHT UP THE ROAD, 10 FREEWAY, RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY PORT FOR A TRUCK DRIVERS GO UP AND DOWN.
IF IT GOES TO COVINA OR A CITY OF INDUSTRY, THEY GOT A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL DOWN THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT.
SO WE WANT MONEY IN OUR, IN OUR CITY TO FUND OTHER STUFF.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE UP OUR PEOPLE FIRST.
IF THEY'RE HAPPY, CITY'S HAPPY.
IF YOU DO THE ADMINISTRATION'S BILLIONS ON THE WEST, ON THE EAST SIDE, EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY AND IT CAN DONE.
I USED TO WORK IN THOSE PLACES BEFORE AND AGAIN, ANOTHER PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WOULD BE ALL LOADING WILL BE DONE IN BUILDING NEVER OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP OR WHATSOEVER, THEY DO HAVE TECHNOLOGY NOWADAYS THAT MAY MAKE IT VERY SOUNDPROOF.
YOU CAN HEAR A TRUCKS GOING BACK AND FORTH INSIDE THE BUILDING.
SO THEIR EXCUSE THAT WE CAN'T DO IT.
NO, THEY DO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.
THERESE GARCIA FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL PADABEL RODRIGUEZ.
MY NAME IS THERESE GARCIA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I REPRESENT NO ONE OTHER THAN MYSELF.
AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO EXPRESS TONIGHT ARE MY PERSONAL VIEWS.
SO TONIGHT THERE'S AN ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU, THAT OFFICIALLY CREATES THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO NOT ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE.
THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE COURSE ON THE DECISION TO CREATE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR OUR CITY.
MANY RESIDENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MOVE.
UM, RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT, THE FEASIBILITY, THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES, THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING BUSINESSES IN SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
AND AS WITH ANY NEW ENDEAVOR, THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF TRIAL AND ERROR.
IS IT TRULY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA TO TAKE ALL THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHILE WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, IS IT GOOD PUBLIC POLICY TO LEAVE THE RESIDENTS ESSENTIALLY IN A STATE OF LIMBO WITHOUT A STATE APPROVED HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, THE BENEFITS OF HAVING OUR OWN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEEM FAR TOO AMORPHOUS TO TAKE THESE TANGIBLE RISKS, PLEASE DO NOT ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE.
ANGIE GILLINGHAM FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL, PAT ABOUT RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY ALANA AND APOLLO EVENING.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GO ON RECORD AS OPPOSING ITEM FIVE IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF CREATING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PROMPTED THE MOVE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY COUNCIL FOR I'M READING TONIGHT'S AGENDA STAFF REPORT STATES THAT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR DATA TO SUPPORT THE MANDATE AND CURBING OF THE PANDEMIC, ALTHOUGH WELL-INTENDED, UH, UH, NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR DATA TO SUPPORT THE MANDATE IN CURBING THE PANDEMIC.
ALTHOUGH WELL-INTENDED PRETTY IRONIC FOR THIS CITY TO CRITICIZE THE STATE AND COUNTY FOR NOT PROVIDING DATA.
WHEN THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN APPEALING TO THIS COUNCIL FOR, FOR THE SAME INFORMATION, INFORMATION, DATA ANALYSIS FOR MONTHS, THE AGENDA GOES ON TO SAY OUR CITY HAD LOW INFECTION RATES COMPARED TO OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES.
MAYBE THE LOW NUMBERS WERE DUE TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY WHO LISTENED
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TO THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND CHANGE THEIR DAILY HABITS BY STAYING IN AND WEARING MASK.THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM LEADERS WHO ARE WELL-RESPECTED IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND NOT A HIGHER DOCTOR FROM ALHAMBRA.
ANOTHER CONFUSING STATEMENT WAS FROM THE TRIBUNE FROM TRANSTECH, THE SUBCONTRACTOR, THE COUNCIL FOR HIGHER, WHERE WAS THE INITIAL SEED MONEY OF 95,000 K 95,000 TO CONDUCT THE STUDY, GOING TO COME FROM.
IF WE HADN'T RECEIVED THE AMERICAN CARE ZACK OF $10 MILLION IN THIS MONTH, IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, THEN WHY TAP INTO THE MONEY TO PAY THEM? THE CITY MANAGER HAS STATED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'RE LACKING IN FUNDS TO COVER IMPROVEMENTS ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY.
IN THAT SAME ARTICLE, TRANSIC IT STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE READY ON SEVEN ONE.
THE FACT THAT THEIR WORDS IN THE IN FACT, THEIR WORDS IN THE TRIBUNE WERE, THIS IS NEW TO ALL PARTIES AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO BE UP AND RUNNING AND ALL DEPARTMENTS COME.
SOUNDS LIKE THERE ALREADY ARE SOME PROBLEMS. AND LASTLY, WE'LL ALL HAVE THE 20 MILLION ONCE IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY BE USED FOR THIS GRAND IDEA, WILL THERE BE MONIES TO SUBSTAIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE? THERE ARE SOME, THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ASK, BUT GET IGNORED.
ALSO WHILE I'M HERE, I OPPOSE ITEM NUMBER FOUR OF THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT.
I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER THAT AND LOOK, AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE AMAZON AREA TO BUILD YOUR IMMEDIATE REENACT NUMBERS.
GABRIELLE PATIO OF RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY ALANNA PAULA.
HI, MY NAME IS GABRIEL PODWELL RODRIGUEZ AND I AM A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE CREATION OF A WEST COVINA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE PLAN AS PRESENTED TODAY IS OPAQUE COSTLY AND DOES NOTHING TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WEST COVINA RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES.
THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A PLAN ON HOW TO PROPERLY FUND THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS CITY IS IN DIRE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS, THIS COUNCIL FEELS LIKE THEY CAN AFFORD THIS POLITICAL A WEST COVINA WEST OH WEST COVINA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THAT THE COUNTY DOES AS A RESIDENT.
I DO NOT WANT MY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TO BE PLAYED WITH FOR THE SAKE OF THE POLITICAL CAREERS OF THE COUNCIL.
$20 MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF THAT A SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
HOWEVER, THIS CITY COUNCIL AND SAID DECIDED FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE REDUNDANT HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WHAT THEY NEED RATHER THAN DIRECTLY PROVIDING THAT MONEY TO THEM.
I AM URGING THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THIS PLAN, DO MORE RESEARCH, PROVIDE A WAY TO FUND IT AND TO COME BACK WITH A PLAN THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY COULD POSSIBLY GET BEHIND OR JUST SCRAP THE WHOLE THING AND LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO HELP THE CITY AS WE COME OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU, THERESA COZAD FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES, FOLLOWED BY BILL.
I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND FIVE REBUILDING THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE ZONE CHANGE FOR THE PACIFIC PLAN AT WALNUT GROVE AND FIVE, THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT THEN I BEGAN TO QUESTION, WHY IS IT? I FIND MYSELF UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK IN A SITUATION OF US VERSUS THEM, US BEING THE RESIDENTS AND THEM BEING THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS US AND THEM IS CREATING A DIVIDE AMONG THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA THAT CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED.
IF THIS MENTALITY DOES NOT CHANGE DOES NOT MATTER.
WHO'S ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR WHAT ISSUES ARISE.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE DIVISION AND NO PROGRESS WILL BE MADE.
I ASKED MYSELF, WHERE DOES IT HURT? WHERE IS THERE A DIVIDE WITHIN MYSELF THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE BIGGER DIVIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY? FOR ME, THE HERD IS THAT I DO NOT FEEL I AM BEING LISTENED TO BY THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL MUST FEEL SOME HURT THAT IS DRIVING YOU TO ACT AS YOU DO WEEK AFTER WEEK.
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A SENSE OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING FOR EACH OTHER? I DID NOT WATCH THE ACADEMY AWARDS, BUT I DID READ TYLER PERRY'S SPEECH.AND WHAT STUCK WITH ME ARE TWO THINGS.
ONE REFUSE TO HATE AND TO CHANGE WHAT HAPPENS CHANGE WOULD HAPPEN WHEN WE CAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
SO MY CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US IS TO REFUSE TO HATE THE THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND CAN WE MEET IN THE MIDDLE? CAN WE ALL MAKE A PLAN FOR THIS CITY THAT IS BASED ON RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PEOPLE AND INCLUDE ALL RESIDENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
NOW, RETURNING TO ITEM THREE, WE, THE RESIDENTS, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR NO DEVELOPMENT, BUT RATHER REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND A PLAN THAT RESPECTED THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE TO LIVE IN THESE TINY BOXES WITH A VERY LIMITED GREEN SPACE AND THE MONEY, THE $200,000, THE DEVELOPERS GIVING TO SOME OF THE MODERATE INCOME BUYERS WILL NOT, WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE DEVELOPERS POCKETS, BUT RATHER THE PRICE OF EACH UNIT WILL BE RAISED BY A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COST.
ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE FIVE NATIVE OAKS THAT WILL BE DESTROYED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NATIVE PLANTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY CLEAN THE AIR.
IF WE COULD HAVE MET IN THE MIDDLE AS RESIDENTS, ALL OF US, WE COULD HAVE HAD A WORTHWHILE PROJECT, MANY PEOPLE HAVE, AND WE'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUE AGAIN, CAN WE MEET IN THE MIDDLE WITH RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING FOR EVERYONE'S IDEAS, SHARE THE PLANS.
SO IT DOES NOT CONTINUE TO BE AN US VERSUS THEM.
IT, ALL OF US TOGETHER, WE DESPERATELY NEED TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE THAT IS TEARING WEST COVINA.
THANKS, RODERICK SYKES FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT, FOLLOWED BY RAY SANTOS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE FOR DICK SYKES RETIRED, DEPUTY SHERIFF 42 YEAR RESIDENT AND FORMER MAYOR OF THIS CITY.
FIRST REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, UH, JANETTE ITEM, NUMBER NINE, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND THE PRE-SALES DOWN IN THE SOUTH EASTERN PART OF THE, OF THE CITY.
THOSE, THOSE AREAS ARE NOT BEING MAINTAINED PROPERLY.
AND THEREFORE, UH, YOU NEED TO PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING HAVE ANY MEETING A TOWN HALL TYPE MEETING WITH THOSE FOLKS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S A WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY, AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET UP HERE SO THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN AND, UM, LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
ALSO, HOPEFULLY THE STAFF WILL EQUIPPED WITH A SOLUTION AND THEN THERE'S USUALLY A VOTE ON THAT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AREA DOWN THERE REGARDING THAT TEXAS, BECAUSE JUST LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THAT MAINTENANCE FUND FOR THE, UM, FOR THAT MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY, THERE IS TAKEN OUT OF OUR TAXES.
SO THEY NEED TO VOTE ON IT, A TAX INCREASE OR NO INCREASE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL CONSIDER HAVING A MEETING TO HELP HELP THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER THREE, THE PIONEER SCHOOL PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T LIVE THERE, IT'S, IT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH TO YOU.
AND THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A LIFETIME, THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING ROBBED AND PUNISHED.
YOU'RE CHANGING A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'RE BRINGING IN A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF A PRIVACY.
IN CERTAIN CERTAIN CASES, YOU'RE ADDING NOISE, TRAFFIC, TRANSITIONAL LIVING IN NOW BEING INTRODUCED TO A STABLE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SCHOOL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT FIRST.
AND NOW YOU BRING IN THAT, UH, UM, TO THAT COMMUNITY, YOU INCREASE IN THEIR PROBLEM FOR THEM.
NOW THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT SITUATION, JEN, DOWN IN NUMBER FIVE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS BANKRUPT.
AND AS, AS I STATED BEFORE, THERE ARE A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND IT'S NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND SCHOOL SAFETY TO US WHO ARE INVOLVED.
WE HAVE TO CALL OVER AND OVER TO TRY TO GET SIMPLE THINGS DONE, SUCH AS DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS SITUATION.
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I HAD TO CALL HIM THREE TIMES.WE HAD A SINGLE PERSON HOMELESS SITUATION ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL, AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TOLERATED.
IT TOOK ME A WEEK TO GET THAT THING TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
SO FOLKS RECONSIDER NO TO THAT PROJECT.
WELL, ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY RAY SANTOS, FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE.
GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL, BILL ELLIOTT, TIME RESIDENTS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GO ON RECORD TONIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, VOICING MY SUPPORT FOR THE WEST COAST IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE JUST A BUNCH OF HATERS AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS LEADING THE WAY IS LIGHTING THE PATH THROUGH THE WEST COVINA RECOVERY THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
EVERYBODY GETS UP HERE AND TALKS ABOUT NUMBERS.
ALL WE'RE THE NINTH WORST, OR THE 10TH WORST WERE THE 11.
THE TRUTH IS WEST COVINA IS IN RECOVERY RIGHT NOW, AND GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH THE, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE TONIGHT FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR THE THINGS OF THE SACRIFICES YOU ALL MAKE FOR THE CITY.
I KNOW BRIAN'S GOT A LITTLE BOY, LET THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TWO KIDS.
AND, UH, SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I WANT TO JUST TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE GO WEST COVINA BUS, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE THAT BUS IT'S EMPTY, IT'S HORRIBLE.
I JUST SEE DOLLARS FLOWING OUT OF THE BACK OF THAT BUS OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE AND IT'S EMPTY.
AND I'M CURIOUS, DOES THE CITY COVER THE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THAT BUS? I KNOW WHAT'S A CONTRACTOR THAT OPERATES IT, BUT I MEAN, IS THAT OUR BUS IS THAT THEIR BUS WITH OUR MARKINGS? IS IT, I MEAN, DO WE COVER THE INSURANCE? I MEAN, IS ALL THEY PROVIDE US AS THE DRIVER? YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD GET THEM A RADIO TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY TO KEEP THEM COMPANY ON THE BUS.
WE REALLY SHOULD RECONSIDER THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, UH, TO THAT GO WEST COVINA BUS OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S A BAD THING.
AND I REALLY HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SOMEHOW REMEDY THAT PROBLEM.
I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF IDEAS AND I LIKED WHAT I'VE HEARD, BUT JOHN, WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE END THAT CONTRACT WITH THAT COMPANY BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HEAR THE DEFENSE, WELL, IT'S COMING OUT OF A SPECIAL FUND.
I DON'T CARE, IT'S TAX DOLLARS.
AND WE CAN, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A CHOICE THAT CAN BE MADE ANOTHER OPTION, THAT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR BETTER PURPOSES THAN JUST BURNING UP PROPANE FUEL ON THAT BUS FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IT'S EMPTY.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DO USE IT AND I'M NOT BEING INSENSITIVE TO THEM.
I THINK THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS.
THERE'S BETTER SOLUTIONS TO THAT.
SO WE CAN STUDY THE PROBLEM AND SEE WHAT WE GET THERE.
UH, AS FAR AS OSC THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, THE BUS, THERE WAS ANOTHER THING I SHOULD HAVE MADE NOTES, BUT, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL, FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING, YOU'RE BEAT UP A LOT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S LIKE A BLOODSPORT.
WHEN ACTUALLY YOU GUYS ARE LEADING THE WAY.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU MYSELF PERSONALLY, VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR THE CITY.
RAY SANTOS FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE FOLLOWED BY J D UM, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS RAY SANTOS AND I LIVE IN WEST COVINA.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO, UM, STATE ONCE AGAIN, THAT I AM OPPOSED TO A WALNUT GROVE PROJECT ALSO, UM, WANTING TO KIND OF GO BACK TO TWO WEEKS AGO.
WELL, WE HAD THIS MEETING AND, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE OPPOSING TWO ITEMS. ACTUALLY ONE WAS THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE IN OPPOSITION.
I, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY GAVE VALID POINTS.
THEY WENT THROUGH WHAT THE BENEFITS WERE AND WHAT, AND WHAT THE CONS WERE.
AND AT THE END, YOU GUYS VOTED, UH, FOR THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE SAID, REGARDLESS OF ALL THE POINTS THAT THEY SAID, YOU GUYS COULDN'T TAKE ANOTHER MOMENT AND TABLE
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IT TO REVIEW WHAT WAS SAID.UM, I'M HERE FOR THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT.
AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, THE DENSITY, UM, TO QUOTE YOU, MR. WOO.
YOU SAID LAST TIME THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT IN YOUR, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU WOULDN'T WANT THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT IT IN OUR COMMUNITY? WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR IT? AND WE DIDN'T WANT IT.
UM, YOU ALSO STATED THAT, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS MR. DARRIO THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET MASS TRANSPORTATION, UH, GOING FOR A SENIOR PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT WASN'T WORKING BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T USE IT.
AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET LYFT DRIVERS OR UBER DRIVERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE REASON WHY THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT IS EXEMPT IS BECAUSE IT SITS ON ROLAND AVENUE AND AZUSA, WHICH IS SOME KIND OF CORRIDOR WHERE THERE'S MASS TRANSIT RIGHT NOW, THE PERSON BEFORE ME JUST SAID, YOU SEE THAT BUS EMPTY, THAT PERSON STAYED AT THE BUS WAS EMPTY.
WE SEE THE BUS IS COMING DOWN THE STREET, THEY'RE EMPTY.
I URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AT THE VERY LEAST TABLE IT REVIEW WHAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE TELLING YOU.
AND LISTEN TO US ON BOTH ITEM THREE AND NUMBER FIVE.
UM, BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH LOVE FOLLOWED BY J D FOLLOWED BY MINERVA ABILA RIGHT.
UM, MY FIRST ITEM IS FAR AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STANDS.
UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THE TYRANTS IN LA COUNTY, BUT I'M JUST NOT SEEING HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING IS, UH, THIS IS MOBILIZING A BUNCH OF LIKE SOCIALISTS KIDS IN THEIR HANDLERS.
AND SOME ARE NOT EVEN FROM OUR CITY.
I GOT A CARD FROM SOMEBODY FROM HILDA'S ELISA'S OFFICE TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS MIGHT PUSH THEM TO START FLIPPING THE DISTRICTS TO ALL LEFT WING AND THEN OUR, IT WILL DESTROY OUR CITY.
UM, I MEAN, I'M SEEING THAT IS EASY TO DO.
WE SAW THAT WITH THE WEST COVINA TASKS, IT WAS EASY TO FIND THE VOTERS AND JUST SHOOT THAT DOWN.
UM, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF LA COUNTY, BUT I JUST THINK OUR GOVERNMENT IT'S TOO POWERFUL.
UM, SECOND ITEM IS GEORGE GUEST SCONE.
SUPPOSEDLY YOU GUYS ARE MEETING WITH HIM ON JUNE 1ST.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO THAT? BECAUSE HE'S CLEARLY STATED WHAT HE WOULD DO BEFORE THE ELECTION.
AND WHY WOULD YOU THINK TALKING TO A SOROS DA WAS NEVER TRIED A CASE AND HAS HIGH DOLLAR HANDLERS WOULD DO ANY GOOD.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE BRAVE, LIKE AZUSA, LANCASTER LAMA, MAROTTA, WHITTIER, BEVERLY HILLS, PICO RIVERA, COVINA, SANTA CLARITA, MANHATTAN BEACH, WHITTIER ARCADIA, DIAMOND BAR.
UM, THIRD ITEM, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE.
I KNOW LIKE HE HAS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, LIKE THE REST OF US, AND HE SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED IN HIS SPEECH.
UM, AND HOW MUCH, I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM OR WHAT HE SAYS, OR IF YOU SINGS HIS COMMENTS OR WHATEVER, HE STILL HAS HIS RIGHTS AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE, UH, HAVE HIS TIME LIMIT CUT DOWN.
I'M NOT FRIENDS WITH THEM, BUT I'M JUST SAYING FIRST AMENDMENT IS WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT.
AND THE FIELD THAT DREAMS COME ON, I HAVE A COMPOSITE BAT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO TRY OUT.
MY NIECE LEFT IT OVER AT MY HOUSE.
AND YOUR FIELD OF DREAMS IS I'M OUT OF HERE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, STATE MY OPPOSITION TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, WONDERING WHAT COSTS WILL BE CERTAINLY WITH REGARDS TO THE OPERATING COST, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE $20 MILLION NOT TO SINK IN, MAYBE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WHAT WILL THE OPERATING COSTS BE? UH, WE CAN PROBABLY EXPECT TAXES TO SUPPORT THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, ALONG WITH THAT PART, A OF THAT QUESTION PART B IS WHAT SERVICES WILL WE LOSE A LITTLE BIT, THEN NUMBERS.
AND IN QUALITY, I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING DRIVING IN THIS EVENING ON THE BACK.
AND THEN IN THE MARQUEE, IT SAYS WHAT IT'S
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GONNA BE IN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALREADY.NOW, WHETHER IF WE HAVE ONE GREAT, BUT IF IT WAS ANTICIPATED, THEN I GUESS THE INVITATION TO COME HERE AND SHARE OUR THOUGHTS IS MEANINGLESS, RIGHT? I KIND OF SAW THAT SAME PATTERN WITH THE A THOUSAND MINIMUM THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE FOR FIREWORKS.
THOSE SIGNS WERE UP ON THE STREETS ALMOST THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE VOTE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THE VOTE WAS JUST A FORMALITY.
I LIKE MOST RESIDENTS DON'T APPRECIATE THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS MAY NOT EVEN APPRECIATE THE SANE AND SANE ONES.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF SAID CAME DOWN HERE AND SAID THAT IT'S A DETERRENT.
AND IN FACT IT IS NOT A DETERRENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S NO, NO, NO ENFORCEMENT OF THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE AFTER THIS 4TH OF JULY, HOW MANY FINES WILL BE ISSUED? THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR 24 YEARS OF MY LIVING IN WEST COVINA.
THE FINES THAT HAS EXISTED, NO ONE ON CITY COUNCIL HAS EVER SAID HOW MANY FINES WERE ISSUED? UM, JUST, UH, A CASE HERE IN A CASE THERE WHERE THEY FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH OF FIREWORKS.
THEY'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY'LL COME UP HERE.
AND THOUGH PAT THEMSELVES IN THE BAG MAKE IT ASTOUNDED.
LIKE THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN PREVENTING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, BUT IT'S NOT TRUE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BEFORE PASSING ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, THAT PROHIBIT OUR, OUR LIBERTIES, YOU HAVE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT BEHIND IT SO THAT IT'S MEANINGFUL.
IF NOT, DON'T TAKE MY FREEDOMS AWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWING A LOT OF GRAFFITI TO TAKE PLACE 365 DAYS A YEAR.
AND YOU'RE FOCUSING IN ON ONLY ONE DAY A YEAR, THE 4TH OF JULY, AND YOU'RE COMING DOWN ON IT WITH TWO FEET.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT'S REALLY AN AMERICAN RAPE CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THIS COUNTRY.
IT WAS MORE THAN JUST WRITTEN BY WHITE MEN FOR WHITE MEN.
ABILA FOLLOWED BY JAMES TOMA FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY RAMIREZ.
JUST WANT TO CONFIRM YOU CAN HEAR ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA GETTING ME.
I'M A NERVE ABILA WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
I SPEAK TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ORDINANCE 24 84, WHICH WOULD CREATE THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN AND SUSTAIN.
THAT'S KEY DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ETHICALLY AND FINANCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY POINTED THIS OUT AND EXPRESSED CONCERNS.
YET YOU CONTINUE TO PUSH THE ISSUE.
SOMEHOW THE MAJORITY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, IT SEEMS TO THINK THAT CITY CONTROL IS BETTER THAN COUNTY CONTROL.
YET DURING THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROPOSAL PROCESS, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN A LOT MORE HELPFUL, TRANSPARENT, AND INFORMATIVE THAN THE CITY.
I APPRECIATE THE TOWN HEALTH PUT TOGETHER BY SUPERVISOR HILDA.
SO LISA'S OFFICE AS FOR THE TOWN HALL PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY.
THE CITY HAS SHARED VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT A WEST COVINA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD DO AND HOW IT WOULD BE FINANCED.
IT'S APPARENT THAT THE CITY DOESN'T QUITE KNOW THE DETAILS AND THEREFORE CAN NOT SHARE MUCH SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
MANY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN LEFT, AN ANSWERED THIS ALONG WITH HOW THE CITY HAS HANDLED ITS PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH BKK SERVICE EVIDENCE OF HOW DISASTROUS YES, DISASTROUS.
IT WOULD BE FOR WEST COVINA TO HAVE ITS OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NO AGAIN, A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ETHICALLY AND FINANCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
THANK YOU, JAMES FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY RAMIREZ
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FOLLOWED BY DANIEL LEWIS.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M COMMENTING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
THAT'S THE CREATION OF A CITY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO THE CITY CLAIMED THAT THIS PROCESS WAS ABOUT CRACKING FAILURES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.
BUT THE CITY HAS NEVER SAID HOW HAVING ITS OWN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE SOLVED ANY OF THOSE PROBLEMS OR HOW IT WILL SOLVE FUTURE PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES PREEMPT LOCAL AUTHORITY.
THE COMPANY THAT YOU'RE CONTRACTING WITH TO RUN THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, TRANSTECH IS AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT PROVIDES BUILDING SERVICES.
IT'S NOT A HEALTH COMPANY AND IT'S NEVER RUN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IS THAT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE COMPANY HAD ONE OF THEIR CONSULTANTS COME SPEAK TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT CONSULTANT SAID THAT THEY WERE ONLY PREPARED TO DO RETAIL FOOD INSPECTION.
THEY HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PANDEMIC RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
AND HE SAID THAT THE CITY MIGHT NEED TO HAVE THE COUNTY PROVIDE THOSE PANDEMIC PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS? WHY WOULD A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY FOCUS ON FOOD INSPECTION? WELL, IT CAN CHARGE FEES FOR THOSE INSPECTIONS.
OF COURSE, IT'S NOT A CHARITY.
IT'S NOT A PUBLIC AGENCY JUST WANTS TO MAKE A PROFIT, BUT NOT ALL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES MAKE MONEY.
SO WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE NEEDED SERVICES.
THE COUNTY ISN'T OBLIGATED TO PAY A PRIVATE ENTITY FOR SERVICES.
THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES.
AND WE KNOW FROM PUBLIC COMPARISONS THAT THAT CAN COST A LOT OF MONEY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COMPANY WALKS AFTER THE CONTRACT TERM OR FOLDS UP THERE, AREN'T A BUNCH OF COMPANIES OUT THERE RUNNING PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
THERE AREN'T ANY, THE CITY GOT ONE APPLICATION FOR THIS CONTRACT, THE COUNTY ISN'T GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FOR FREE TO THE CITY.
ONCE THE CITY SEVERS THAT RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS WHAT IT SAYS IT'S PLANNING TO DO.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT COMPANY COMES BACK TO THE CITY AND SAYS, WE CAN'T PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY HINTING THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND EITHER, YOU KNOW THIS, AND YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST ABOUT IT WITH THE PUBLIC, OR YOU'RE IGNORANT ABOUT HOW ALL THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS AND EXPLANATION OF HOW YOU PLAN TO MAKE THIS WORK AS A FULL SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
EXCUSE ME, BRITTANY RAMIREZ FOLLOWED BY DANIEL LUNA FOLLOWED BY SANDRA.
UH, HI, IT'S ACTUALLY BRIDGET RAMIREZ.
MY NAME IS BRIDGET RAMIREZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
UM, I AM SPEAKING TODAY TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE CREATION OF THE WEST CAMINO PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT THE COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A PLAN TO HOW TO PROPERLY FUND THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND DESPITE THAT THE CITY IS IN A DIRE FINANCIAL SITUATION, THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE COMMUNITY'S VOICES AGAINST SUCH AN UNWISE MOVE.
I WANT TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES AS LOS ANGELES COUNTY DOES.
AND ALL OF THAT MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY TO HELP GIVE RELIEF TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS INSTEAD DECIDED FOR IT FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE REDUNDANT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, WHAT THEY NEED RATHER THAN I DON'T KNOW, DIRECTLY PROVIDING MONEY TO THEM.
I PERSONALLY WOULD HAVE FAR RATHER OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS GO TO REAL COMMUNITY NEEDS RATHER THAN A NON-EXISTENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THINGS LIKE CREATING JOBS AND PUTTING FOOD INTO THE PORT FOR LOCAL RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE AFRAID OF BEING WRONG OR HAVING, YOU KNOW, HAVING WASTED THE TIME AND MONEY AS IT IS.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO DETERMINED TO SEE THIS THROUGH REST ASSURED HOWEVER THAT IT WILL BE MUCH WORSE FOR ALL OF US, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AS IT CURRENTLY IS.
DANIEL LUNA FOLLOWED BY SANDRA FOLLOWED BY SPITFIRE RAMIREZ.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, SO BASED ON THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE ARTICLE, UM, IN THE, BASED ON THE FILING OF OUR INITIATIVE TODAY, I'M ONLY MORE CONFIDENT THAT WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AND SUBMITTING THAT TO THE CITY, UH, BECAUSE SHE DISMISSES ALL THE OPPOSITION THAT WE JUST HEARD, UH, TONIGHT.
AND THAT WE'VE HEARD SINCE FEBRUARY TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
I'VE ONLY HEARD OF ONE INDIVIDUAL SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND IF THIS WERE SUCH A GOOD IDEA, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT IT.
SO IT APPEARS THAT THE MAJORITY IN OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS FORGOTTEN THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVES
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OF THE COMMUNITY OR OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.AFTER FOLLOWING THE PUSH FOR THIS IDEA BY A MAJORITY OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, SINCE FEBRUARY, I HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD ANY REAL PUSH FOR THIS IDEA FROM THE COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD IN MEETING, AFTER MEETING, MOST PEOPLE WHO SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE OUTLINE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT COSTS, IMPLEMENTATION, PLANNING, JUSTIFICATION, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND SO FORTH.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING ANY OF THESE CONCERNS.
AND NOW SEEMS SET IN ESTABLISHING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT RELIES HEAVILY ON PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACT.
THAT SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THIS WILL BE DONE, HAVE NOT BEEN LAID OUT RIGHT AS A HELICOPTER, BUT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE WORRIED WITH COSTS THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT AND LACK OF PLAN PLANNING SINCE OUR GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
AND THAT STATE AUDITOR HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AN OUTLINE THAT WE'RE IN DANGER OF POSSIBLE BANKRUPTCY.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY THINK THEY CAN COUNT ON RECENTLY DESIGNATED FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT SUCH AN EFFORT DOES NOT SEEM PRUDENT AT THIS TIME AS SUCH AFTER SEEING THAT THE COMMUNITY FOR THE MOST PART HAS, HAS BEEN OPPOSED.
AND WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION UNDER ARTICLE TWO, SECTION EIGHT, SUBSECTION EIGHT, WHICH OUTLINES THE INITIATIVE POWERS OF THE ELECTORS OF CALIFORNIA.
SO I INVITE EVERYONE THAT ONCE THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWS, UM, OR HAS ANY IDEAS ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE A CHANGE IN OUR INITIATIVES, THAT WE, UH, HELPS US COLLECT ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO OVERTURN, UH, THIS BAD MOVE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
SANDRA FOLLOWED BY SPITFIRE RAMIREZ, SANDRA, PLEASE DIAL STAR SIX ON YOUR TELEPHONE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND HAVE HER ON HOLD AND JUST SUSHI ON MUTED.
I THINK SHE MIGHT BE HAVING SOME TROUBLE.
SO SPITFIRE RAMIREZ, ARE YOU THERE? SPITFIRE RAMIREZ, IF YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR PHONE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF OR SANDRA.
IS THIS SPITFIRE RAMIREZ? YEAH, CORRECT.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY HEART SANK AND I GRIEVED FOR THESE OUTSTANDING MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS FROM PRECINCT THREE OFFICERS, DEREK SHOVAN AND HIS CO OFFICERS.
ERIC NELSON DID A TRIUMPHING JOB.
THIS WAS TRULY THE BIGGEST UNETHICAL PENDRY BLOW JOB IN THE BROS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE BEFORE GREAT COMMITTED AND DISCIPLINED OFFICERS WHO STOOD FIRMLY FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND PERFECTLY PROVIDED PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
HELL I WISH WE HAD GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS IN SKID ROW AND THE MUSIC CENTER GRAND PARK IN LA, LIKE OFFICER DEREK SHOVAN MOREOVER JUDGE PETER HILL SHOULD HAVE DECLARED A MISTRIAL FOR HAVING A JURY POOL PREJUDICE BY THE WHITE HOUSE, DEMOCRAT ASSHOLES.
AND TWO, THERE WAS A JURY POLL CONTAMINATION OR RED IF THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF DEREK SHELVIN, FURTHERMORE, JUDGE PETER
THESE ARE MONEY HUNGRY PANTS, ATTORNEYS, BENJAMIN CRUMP, AND JERRY BLACKWELL.
AND AGAIN, GEORGE FLOYD DIED OF DRUG INFESTATION AND BAD KARMA.
AND, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UH, BRING ALL OUR BELOVED UNITED STATES MILITARY BEDS HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN.
IT'S TIME TO HEAL THEM AND HEAL AMERICA.
HENCE I KNOW THAT STARTING MANY MILLAGE ITEMS BEG THE MILITARY TO PROVIDE ME THE FOLLOWING.
I NEED A GENERATOR, A HUMVEE, A GRENADE LAUNCHER, UH, TENFOLD OR CHOW CARGO SHIP, UH, TO NOOK A BLACK CELL AND AN AIRCRAFT
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THAT SHOULD HELP MY HOMELESS EXISTENCE.AND, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THE ANGELES CITY AND LA COUNTY IS SUBMERGED DEEPLY IN POVERTY AND HIGH CRIME AND HOMELESS EPIDEMIC.
RECALL ALL CITY AND CORRUPTED COUNTY OFFICIALS, UM, FOR CORRUPTION, FRAUD, AND RACKETEERING.
NOW NEXT ITEM IS BOYCOTT BOYCOTT, ALL JEWISH BUSINESSES, PUT THEM RIGHTFULLY ON THE STREET, HOMELESS, WHERE THEY BELONG, THE SATANIC ELITES, ZIONIST FUCKING JEWS OR THE KEBAB OR THE ILLUMINATI OR THE REPTILIAN LIZARDS ARE CROOKS.
AND THEY HAVE BASICALLY ROBBED ALL OF US OF OUR HOMES.
OUR BANK ACCOUNTS ARE INHERITED IN OUR LIVELIHOOD.
FUCK ISRAEL, PALESTINE PREVAIL AND RECLAIM THEIR HOMELAND AND BUILD THEIR HOME.
WE NEED TO STOP FUNDING THESE LAZY ASS SEPTILLION JEWS, A $3.3 BILLION A YEAR.
WE NEED THAT FOR OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
ENDING IN FIVE, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT.
LISA SHARON, CAN YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF JOSEPH? SHE SHOULD GET I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I HAVE TO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, MY NAME IS
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA NUMBER FIVE AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE CITY'S DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, DESPITE THE VARIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE THE ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED BECAUSE SINCE THE ISSUE OF FINDING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE ISSUE OF FINANCES HAS CONTINUED TO REMAIN A MINISTRY.
UM, HOW IS OUR ALREADY STRESSED BUDGETS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION? I INSTINCTIVELY BELIEVED THAT THE COST OF STARTING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR OUR CITY, BUT I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FACTS TO BASE IT ON UNTIL NOW I DID RESEARCH THE ISSUE MUCH MORE AND FOUND A PUBLICATION IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
IN APRIL OF 2015, THAT STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN 2014 AND LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONSOLIDATION ON PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
AND IT WAS FOR A 12 YEAR PERIOD THAT THEY LOOKED AT MIND YOU, THAT THIS IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTENDS TO DO, WHICH IS TO, UM, CONSOLIDATE AND SEPARATE FROM LA COUNTY.
WHAT THE STUDY FOUND WAS THAT SINCE THE TURN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, UH, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS HAVE EXPERIENCED FUNDING SHORTAGES, WHICH IS NO SURPRISE, BUT THOSE SHORTAGES HAVE FORCED LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO DECREASE THE COST AND EITHER CONSOLIDATE OR DECREASE SERVICES.
THEY STUDIED THOSE CITIES AND COUNTIES IN OHIO THAT CHOSE TO CONSOLIDATE MEANING SEVERAL CITY AND THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE A COLLECTIVE AGAIN, THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF LESCO.
I WAS GOING TO DO THEY WANT TO SEPARATE FROM AND DE CONSOLIDATE.
UM, THE OTHER FINDING WAS THAT THEY, THEY FOUND THAT THE CONSOLIDATING LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF APPROXIMATELY 16%.
SO SINCE THIS GALENA IS GOING TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND WANTS TO DECONSOLIDATED WHEN LA COUNTY, IT STANDS TO REASON THAT WE COULD BE FACING A 16% INCREASE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.
THE STUDY ALSO SHOWED THAT COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS WHO WERE INTERVIEWED CONCURRED THAT THEIR CONSOLIDATIONS LED TO FINANCIAL BENEFITS, AND THEY ALSO ASSERTED THAT THEIR CONSOLIDATIONS YIELDED PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAS IN QUOTES, SORRY.
UM, CONSOLIDATION ACTUALLY IMPROVED EL SERVICES.
SO WE ARE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
YEAH, THAT IS THE END OF OUR SPEAKERS.
UM, CITY MANAGER, ME PLEASE RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD AT MY COUNT, I THINK 25 SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
AND I THANK THEM ALL FOR FINDING THE TIME TO CONTRIBUTE.
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COMMENTED ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
SO PEOPLE COULD BE AWARE OF CURRENT STATUS ON MAY THE 12TH, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE STATE HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES.
THE STATE HAS ASSIGNED THREE, UM, VERY HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT.
THE CITY'S TEAM INCLUDED, UM, DR.
BAZEL, THE CITY ATTORNEY, MYSELF, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TRANSTECH AND CONSTANT, THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDED DR.
RON CHAPMAN, UM, THEIR SENIOR COUNSEL, NANCY BARERRA AND THEIR DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHO HUBERT AND, UM, DR.
CHAPMAN IS ONE OF THE KEY LEADERS RUNNING THE STATE'S COVID PROGRAM AND HAS, UM, VERY EXTENSIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE.
THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION IS SUBMITTAL AND STATE REVIEW OF A 12 COMPONENT PLAN.
THOSE ARE THE 12 COMPONENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO FUNCTION.
THE CITY TEAM IS A PLAN FOR STATE REVIEW.
AND IF I COULD EMPHASIZE THIS POINT, THE STATE REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS, THIS IS, IS UNCHARTED.
NOBODY'S DONE THIS IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS.
AND I AM AT THE POINT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATE APPROVAL WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THAT REASON DID NOT INTEND TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTRACT BY THE ANNUAL JUNE 1ST DEADLINE THIS YEAR.
UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, OR, OR MAYBE A COUPLE OF THEM TONIGHT TALKED ABOUT AN INITIATIVE REFERENDUM.
I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A POINT AT THE OUTSET ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS FILED THIS AFTERNOON, CALIFORNIA AS A STATE, AND CERTAINLY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PRIDES ITSELF ON THE INITIATIVE, THE REFERENDUM PROCESS, IT'S A FORM OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY, AFFORDING THE VOTERS, THE RIGHT TO OVERTURN GOVERNMENT DECISIONS.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW THAT LAW QUITE CLOSELY AND CAREFULLY.
AND, UM, HONOR THAT, THAT PROCESS.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT ASKED ABOUT SPORTSPLEX THE CITY FOR YEARS, BUILT THAT FACILITY BY ISSUING REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BONDS NOW BEING PAID FOR THROUGH THAT SUCCESSOR AGENCY PROCESS.
SO THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE FACILITY IS STILL BEING MADE.
THE OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE FORMER TENANT, UH, RAN INTO SOME WHAT I WILL TRY TO DIPLOMATICALLY CHARACTERIZE AS LANDLORD TENANT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITY FELL INTO QUITE A BIT OF DISREPAIR, WHICH IS NOW BEING ADDRESSED.
SO WE'RE FIGURING THAT OUT, INCLUDING THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND THE MAINTENANCE, I THINK ON YOUR LAST AGENDA, COUNCIL APPROVED A, UH, INITIAL CONTRACT FOR SOME MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY FOR THE GROUNDS THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR.
UM, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO GET THAT OPEN FOR COMMUNITY USE.
AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
THOSE ARE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS.
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW.
AND ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IN, IN, IN THAT PROCESS IS THAT THE CITY IS GOING NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE COMING YEAR, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEES COLLECTED AND THE COST OF THE SERVICES, BECAUSE THOSE TWO ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT.
AND WE, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF, UM, ONGOING REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, BUT THE, THE REVENUE THAT'S BEING COLLECTED IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SAY.
UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE, UM, APP CATION BY THE BUYER OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH PROCESS THAT, UM, AMAZON NON PROJECT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN DUE COURSE BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
WE DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR THAT YET BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW FOLLOWING STATE LAW SQL THE CALIFORNIA VIOLENT EQUALITY ACT AND ARE ADDRESSING THE PRIMARY IMPACT OF THAT PROJECT AT THIS JUNCTURE APPEARS TO BE TRAFFIC WELL, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, AND TRAFFIC IT'S TRAFFIC ALL THE TIME.
AND IN THE SQL PROCESS, I THINK THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER BECOMES KIND OF THE NEW HIGH PRIEST OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TRAFFIC IS ADDRESSED IN THE EIR BEFORE IT COULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT ONE THIS SUMMER, BUT WHEN IT COMES FORWARD, UH, IT WILL BE PROPERLY NOTICED AND VETTED AT THE, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS TONIGHT, SO I THINK THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NOW FOR YOUR
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CITY MANAGERS REPORT.UM, I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH THIS ONE AS WELL.
JUST A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME QUESTIONS AT CITY HALL ABOUT THE TRANSITION FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO SHOP FOR OPTIONS AND SERVICE PROVISION COUNCIL AWARDED THIS CONTRACT, WHICH TAKES EFFECT JULY 1ST, BACK IN THE HANDS OF LA COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL THE CURRENT PROVIDER.
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SOCIETY WILL BE, UM, ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS AND PET LICENSES UNTIL JUNE 1ST LA COUNTY WILL PICK THAT BALL UP ON JULY 1ST.AND PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO EITHER GET IT IN BEFORE JUNE 1ST OR TO WAIT UNTIL JULY ONE TO GET THEIR LICENSE THROUGH THE LA COUNTY, WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE UPCOMING CITY EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK TONIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR FIRST LOOK AT THE BUDGET TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, DIRECTOR BIRD, AND I WILL BE HERE TO DO A TOWN HALL MEETING SO WE CAN SPEND MORE TIME DEDICATED ON THAT SINGLE TOPIC.
AND A PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY SIX O'CLOCK AND THEN THURSDAY NIGHT, THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HAVING A JOINT MEETING.
ALSO IN THIS CHAMBER IS ALSO AT SIX O'CLOCK TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE CONSULTANT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH NEW STATE LAWS.
UM, THERE'S A FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM OCCURRING SATURDAY, THE 22ND AT NINE TO NOON RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL.
THE LAST ONE SURPRISED ME BY THE VOLUME PARTICIPATION.
AND, UM, IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF SOME FOOD, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME.
AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TELL THEM, THIS IS MY GRAFFITI SLIDE FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, TWICE AND SOMETIMES THREE TIMES HIGH ON THE OCCURRENCE OF GRAFFITI.
WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE GO REQUEST APP.
WE HAVE HARVESTED NOW SOMETHING LIKE 13,000 SERVICE REQUESTS AND ALMOST ALL OF THOSE TEND TO BE GRAFFITI.
UM, WE GOT SO TIRED OF LOOKING AT THE CALTRANS WHILE WE HAD OUR CREWS HIT IT.
AND THEN WE FOUND THE, UH, SPACE BETWEEN THE WALLS WHERE THEY JOINED OR DIDN'T QUITE JOIN.
IT WAS A SKINNY SPACE, A GUY LIKE ME WOULD HAVE TROUBLE FITTING THROUGH IT, BUT, UM, THE, THE TAGGERS WERE FINDING A WAY.
WE, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW, UM, PUT IN, UH, A POLE, UH, INITIALLY THEY THOUGHT ABOUT BREAKING IT UP, BUT FOUND A, UH, EQUALLY EFFECTIVE AND HOPEFULLY, UM, CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE.
AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT GRAFFITI COME BACK.
SO FINGERS CROSSED ABOUT THAT AND I ENCOURAGED PEOPLE CITYWIDE TO CONTINUE TO REPORT.
WE'RE GONNA, UM, DO OUR BEST TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.
OUR CREW'S BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AS MUCH GRAFFITI IN LA COUNTY, AS I BELIEVE I CAN REMEMBER SEEING, SORRY.
AS A REMINDER, ALL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN WEST COVINA AND THERE'S A NEW FINE SCHEDULE IN EFFECT.
WE'VE GOT SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS GOING UP, WE'VE GOT SOME BANNERS UP AND, UM, WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE AVOID GETTING THOSE TICKETS, BUT THOSE ARE ONE OF THE TOOLS IN THE ARSENAL.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE MENTION TONIGHT, UH, WE WERE INSPIRED BY THE GREAT JOB THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ON THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
SO WE, UM, WITH SOME ASSISTANCE AND SOME VOLUNTEERS, ET CETERA, PUT TOGETHER A, UM, 20, 20 STATE OF THE CITY REPORT, WHICH IS NOW ONLINE AND WE'LL GET A DONATION AND GET SOME COPIES OF THAT PRINTED, BUT IT'S A VERY SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF ALL THE CITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S A, IT'S A WAY THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, GOT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND CAME TOGETHER AND ADOPTED SOME, SOME NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT GOES THROUGH BY DEPARTMENT AND I WON'T READ IT ALL, BUT, UM, THERE ARE SOME REALLY MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY THE CITY ISSUED 200, $4 MILLION WORTH OF PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, TAXABLE LEASE REVENUE, BONDS ACHIEVED A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS AS SOME $52 MILLION AND WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CITY'S, UM, RESERVES UP FROM WHAT WAS THE BOTTOM, THE, THE LOW WATER MARK OF 9.8 MILLION TO 12.5 MILLION AND, AND BETTER THINGS ARE HAPPENING, UM, BEYOND THAT AS WELL.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND DO SO, UM, WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE, BUT THEY DESERVE MENTION AND GOT IT IN OUR REPORT IN TERMS OF GETTING WITH THE HR AND THE RISK MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THE, UM, LABOR GROUPS UNDER CONTRACT AND THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT'S UNDERWAY NOW IS PROVING QUITE EFFECTIVE.
OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, LISA SHERRICK AS, UM, REALLY WITH ALMOST KNOWN STAFF, UM, DONE A REALLY YEOMAN'S JOB OF PROCESSING ALL THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS AND SUBPOENAS AND SUMMONS AND, AND, UM, CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES THAT, THAT ARE JUST THE ROUTINE BUSINESS OF THE CITY IN PUBLIC SERVICES.
OUR CREWS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THE SEWER MAINS AND THE PROJECTS INSTALLED SOME NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT SHADOW OAK PARK OR COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, DIVISION WAS, WAS CONTINUING TO TAKE A LEAD
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IN, IN THIS PART OF THE, OF THE VALLEY WITH THE HOMELESS PLANNING GRANT APPLICATION, AS A JOINT APPLICATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES AND WAS ABLE TO TRANSITION THE ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY, THE SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM, ET CETERA, IN A WAY THAT, THAT WORKED FOR THAT COMMUNITY.DURING THE, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WELCOMED 511 NEW BUSINESSES.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME EVENTS AT GREAT SOCIAL DISTANCE.
AND, UM, AS WE COME OUT OF THIS, WE HAVE MORE PLANNED FOR NEXT, OUR BUILDING DIVISION PROCESS, NORTH OF 4,000 PERMITS OF ALL STRIPES AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION DID ALMOST 7,000 PROPERTY INSPECTIONS.
AND ALMOST EVERY CASE WAS ABLE TO GET, UM, VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE IN, IN SOME SMALL PERCENTAGE, MAYBE 10% ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS HAD TO BE ISSUED, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS A LAST RESORT.
OUR, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT STOOD UP AT THE PEAK OF THE COVID PANDEMIC WAS RUNNING, UH, NINE ONE, ONE CALLS TWICE HIGH FOR THE NORMAL IS 20.
THEY WERE RUNNING NORTH OF 40 OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I MENTIONED THEY DID THEIR ANNUAL REPORT, BUT THEY'RE MENTIONED IN THIS ONE AWAY, WE ADDED NEW VEHICLES TO THE FLEET.
OVERALL CRIME WAS DOWN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, THE ONE EXCEPTION IN THAT CATEGORY WAS DOMESTICS.
UM, WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE CITIES, UH, COVID PANDEMIC, UH, EFFORTS WERE IN TERMS OF COVID TESTING DISPERSION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, UH, THANKS TO SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT, UM, CON CONTRIBUTIONS BY WEST COVINA UNIFIED COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED AND ROWLAND UNIFIED.
SO IT WAS TRULY A GROUP EFFORT.
UM, WE HAD SOME GRAND OPENINGS FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND AS MENTIONED, UM, FOR A COPY OF THIS REPORT, YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE AND WE'LL MAKE SOME HARD COPIES AVAILABLE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR THIS EVENING.
ONTO, UH, WATCH THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
CAN YOU PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE ON THE STAFF REPORT? YES, MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, YOU WERE HAND, UH, PASSED OUT IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS ARE WHAT WAS REVISED FROM THE, WHAT IS IN YOUR BINDER.
SO IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, IT ORIGINALLY REFLECTED YEAR 20, 19 2021.
THE DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT CHANGE FOR YEAR 2021 DASH 22.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION NUMBER, THE DEPARTMENT, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU WILL BE ADOPTING OR FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION TONIGHT IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 44 FOR THIS ITEM ITEM NUMBER 10.
SO YOUR HIGHLIGHTS OR YOUR CHANGES OR ITEM NUMBER 10 IS IT'S JUST IN THE STAFF REPORT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CALENDAR.UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT? UM, HMM, 16 ON 17 AND 17.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A TWO AND FIVE, TWO AND FIVE? OKAY.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 17 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO, FIVE, 16 AND 17.
I'LL CALL MAYOR BEFORE ROLL CALL.
I HAVE A FEW ORDINANCES TO READ IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME THE TIME AHEAD.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO TWO AND NOTING THE ADOPTION OF THE WALNUT GROVE SPECIFIC PLAN ORDINANCE A FOUR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT THREE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WOMB, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY BY COUNCILMAN.
MAYOR LOPEZ, VIEJO, OPTION OF ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE WALNUT GROVE PROJECT.
[2) CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15-68 OF THE WESTCOVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FORFIREWORKS-RELATED VIOLATIONS]
ONTO ITEM NUMBER TWO PULLED BY COUNCILMAN SPOTIFY.MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF AND, UH, CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND JUST A RESIDENT HAD ASKED, UH, THERE WERE 42
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CITATIONS, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, FOR FIREWORKS, UH, 23 SAFE, INSANE, UH, AND 19 FOR THE DANGEROUS.AND UH, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR GETTING THAT TO US.
UH, SO MY FIRST QUESTION, UM, THE, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA, UH, FOR WEST COVINA PD TO, TO ACTUALLY ISSUE THE FIREWORKS CITATION? SO WHEN YOU, YOU GET THE CALL, YOU COME OUT TO, SO W W WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEE IN ORDER TO ISSUE THE CITATION? WE NEED TO SEE THE POSSESSION OF THE FIREWORKS.
SO IF SOMEONE CALLS AND SAYS, MY NEIGHBOR SHUT OFF FIREWORKS, AND WE RESPOND TO THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY SEE THE FIREWORKS GOING OFF, OR WE DON'T SEE THE TANGIBLE FIREWORKS THEMSELVES, AND WE CAN ISSUE THE TICKET.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NEW FINE IS FOR DETERRENCE, AND I WAS WONDERING, UM, INTERACTION WITH, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, IS THAT USUALLY AN EFFECTIVE DETERRENT TO FUTURE FIREWORK USE.
SO IF YOU GET A CALL AND YOU ARRIVE AT THAT RESIDENCE, YOU DON'T SEE THEM IN POSSESSION, BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR, YOUR APPEARANCE THERE.
DO YOU, DO YOU USUALLY GET CALLS BACK TO THAT SAME HOUSE OR DOES THAT USUALLY DETER WELL, WE'VE HAD BOTH, UM, WE'VE, UH, SUSPECTED CERTAIN HOUSES.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS YOU CAN'T TELL IF IT'S ACTUALLY THAT HOUSE, UH, BUT WE HAVE MADE THE ADVISEMENTS, UH, AND BEEN CALLED BACK TO THE SAME AREA, NUMEROUS NIGHTS IN A ROW.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO LOCATE EXACTLY WHERE THE FIREWORKS ARE COMING FROM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING FROM A BACKYARD.
UM, DO WE HAVE DATA ON HOW MANY, SECOND OFFENSE CITATIONS WERE GIVEN? UH, AND I WAS SPECIFIC, UH, SPECIFICALLY THINKING OF THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS.
WE DIDN'T ISSUE ANY REPEAT, UH, CITATIONS LAST YEAR.
SO WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY THEN THAT THE $350 INITIAL CITATION, UM, WAS ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT, I WOULD SAY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT RECEIVED IT.
UH, AND SO THE LAST THING, UH, ON THE LAST MEETING, YOU, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THAT OFFICERS DO USE DISCRETION, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S PART OF, UM, YOU AS THE EXPERTS.
SO DOES THE SEVERITY OF THE FINE ENTER INTO THE CALCULUS OF AN OFFICER WHEN USING THEIR, THEIR DISCRETION? UH, AGAIN, IT'S USUALLY BASED OFF THE TYPE OF FIREWORKS THAT THEY HAVE.
SO SOME ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
THEY GO REALLY HIGH IN THE AIR.
THEY USED A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLOSIVE.
I'M NOT A FIREWORKS EXPERT, SO I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THAT, BUT IT'S USUALLY THE TYPE OF FIREWORKS THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK MY, MY CONCERN WITH THE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN THE, THE SAFE, INSANE FIREWORKS, WHICH, WHICH DON'T ACTUALLY GO IN THE AIR.
SO I'M JUST, I'M WONDERING W W THAT THE FINE IS NOW A THOUSAND DOLLARS MAY THAT IMPACT, UH, W LAW ENFORCEMENT'S DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GIVE THE CITATION AGAIN, CON CONSIDERING, UM, THE SEVERITY OF IT, UM, FOR THE SAFE, INSANE FIREWORKS? WELL, AGAIN, IT JUST DEPENDS, UH, FIREWORKS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS ILLEGAL, SAFE, AND SANE AND ILLEGAL.
SO WHETHER THE FINES THREE 50 OR A THOUSAND, IF YOU DON'T DO IT, THEN YOU DON'T GET THE FINE, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD HAVE DISCRETION.
LIKE I SAID, IF I SAW A, YOU KNOW, A THREE-YEAR-OLD WITH A SPARKLE AROUND IT, I'M NOT SURE, I BET YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE.
BUT IF I WALKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I SAW THAT THEY HAD A BOX OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE DANGEROUS THAN YES, I MAY ISSUE THE PARENTS ARE FINE.
UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I W YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND LIKE, LIKE THINGS LIKE DRIVING THROUGH A RED LIGHT PASSING STOP SIGNS, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE ILLEGAL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S KNOWLEDGE OF HOW MUCH THE FINES ARE WHEN WE DO DO THOSE THINGS.
AND I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE MAY BE PUTTING WEST COVINA PD IN A SITUATION WHERE, BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT YOU MAY USE YOUR DISCRETION, NOT, NOT TO GIVE THE FINE.
UH, AND, AND THEN THAT LEADS TO WHY IS RPD NOT ISSUING FINES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER FINE WE, WE DO VOTE TO APPROVE IS SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR PD, WHO ARE THE EXPERTS IN, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FEEL, FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, IN ALL, IN ALL SITUATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE SAFE AND SAINTS ARE NOW ALSO A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY DON'T SHOOT UP IN THE AIR.
WELL, LAST YEAR, UM, THERE WAS A, UM, A SCHEDULE WHICH ALLOW THREE 50 AND WE ISSUED,
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WE ISSUED IT BECAUSE THAT WAS A SCHEDULE.UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HOUSE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, IF IT PASSES, THEN WE WILL ISSUE THE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
W W WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO DECIDE WHAT'S THREE 50 AND WHAT'S A THOUSAND.
AT THIS POINT, IF YOU PASS THIS ORDINANCE, IT WILL BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
MA'AM UM, SO BASICALLY I WOULD SAY THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST NOT BUY FIREWORKS.
RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S HOW YOU CAN, UM, NOT GET ISSUED A TICKET FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WELL, THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW YES, BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL, RIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T DO IT, THEN THERE'S NO SUBJECT, YOU'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE THOUSAND DOLLAR FUND.
SO I DON'T WANT TO TICKET, SO I'M NOT BUYING FIREWORKS WELL, IS THAT, I LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WHICH IS SOMETHING BEFORE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE SAME THING.
I SPOKE LAST TIME THAT AGAIN, PEOPLE WANT TO DO A REFERENDUM AND THEY WANTED PEOPLE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT OKAY.
AND THE PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT.
APPROVED, LED WE A WEST COVINA.
ZERO-TOLERANCE ABOUT FIREWALK.
AND THE, OR SOMETHING, ANYTHING THERE'S ALREADY VOTED OUR RESIDENT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? ZERO TOLERANCE ABOUT ANY FIREWALL DUE TO, WE HAVE A LOT OF WOODED AREA.
AND THEN WE MIGHT BE RANDOM PEOPLE'S HOME.
I SPEAK IN, I LOVE A, I REALLY WANT TO SEE, BUT DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO, BECAUSE YOU WILL PLEASURE AND POTENTIALLY WHEN THE HUM PEOPLE AND PUT ON PEOPLE'S HOME.
SO IN THE END PLUS WITH ALLOWED NO, IS, IS WE DISTURB A LOT OF PAD OKAY.
ON SENIOR OR BABY IS THE PROBLEM I SEE.
AND WE AGREE UPON, WE JUST HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAW, THE, AND OLDER LET'S WHILE WE HEAR ABOUT, SO, UM, I WILL SECOND IT OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE MENTION, UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP, UH, WHETHER IT'S AT THE TURN OR NOT, I GUESS IT'S IN THE HIGH OF THE BEHOLDER, BUT OF THE 42 SITES THAT WE WROTE LAST YEAR, 26, PEOPLE HAVE PAID THE SITE, UH, THERE'S 13 THAT HAVE NOT IN THERE, UH, INTO COLLECTION.
SO WHATEVER TURBO DATA USES TO COLLECT THOSE FEEDS, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO.
UM, I GUESS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S A DETERRENT IS THIS YEAR.
IF WE GO BACK TO THE SAME RESIDENCE FROM SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT THAT WAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FIREWORKS, AND I DO RECALL THAT I WAS THE ONE WHO PUSHED HARD FOR THIS.
AND I DO REMEMBER THAT WE DID MAKE A FINE OF $1,000.
AND BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS NO ENFORCEMENT PRIOR YEARS.
SO LAST YEAR WAS THE, UM, THE ENFORCEMENT.
SO I'M THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE STATS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, MR. TABATA, BEFORE, UM, EXPLAIN, I REMEMBER HE GAVE IT TO ME, BUT I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN.
UM, SO I'M GLAD YOU SHARED THAT WITH, UM, THAT, SO WE DID FIND, BUT I, I DO REMEMBER THAT ENFORCEMENT DOES HAPPEN AND WE ARE ENFORCING IT RIGHT NOW.
SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THE BANNERS THAT YOU SEE I'M UP AT TWO LOCATIONS IN THE CITY DOES SAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON IT.
THOSE BANNERS WERE THE SAME ONES WE USE WE USE LAST YEAR.
CAUSE I DO REMEMBER THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PROMOTED AND YES, MY DATE WAS TO PUT IT UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT THAT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN WEST VIRGINIA.
MADAM MAYOR, MAY I MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? YEAH, I WOULD JUST, UM, BASED ON, UM, THE CHIEF'S, UM, DATA THAT THERE, THERE WERE NO SECOND, UH, OFFENSE CITATIONS FOR THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT, UH, THE, THE FINE SCHEDULE FOR JUST THE SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, UH, MAINTAIN, UH, AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
SO THAT THAT'S THE SAFE AND SANE CAUSES, UM, NOISE, LOUD NOISE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME, SOME SALE TO IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S FIREWORKS.
UM, IF YOU LIGHT A LITTLE CHERRY BOMB OFF, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE LIGHTS, THERE WAS A SMALL SOUND TO IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS CONSIDERED SAFE, INSANE.
UH, SO IT COULD CAUSE SOME APPLE EDIFICATION OF SOUND.
I KNOW THE MAIN CONCERN THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD WAS THE NOISE, THE EXPLOSION, AND IF SAFE AND SANE CAUSES THAT, THEN IT'S THE SAME THING.
BUT DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT? NO.
SEEING NONE THEN, UM, EITHER IT'S ACCEPTED OR NOT.
UH, WE'D LIKE WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE HOLD PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNCIL MEMBER TBA.
UH, EXCUSE ME, BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, I
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NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, FOUR EIGHT ONE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SUB SECTIONS, 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 COUNCIL MEMBER.[5) CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2484 TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR FOR RECOGNIZING ME, UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
UH, GOOD EVENING CITY MANAGER, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TODAY YOU, YOU SHARED SOME NEW INFORMATION WITH RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, MY QUESTIONS, MAYBE JUST A REHASH OF WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SAID.
UM, BUT, UH, ACCORDING TO TRANS TECH, WHEN WE, UM, CONTRACTED WITH THEM, THEY, THEY STATED IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FULL BLOWN FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO BE CREATED AND OPERATIONAL BY JULY 1ST.
UH, AND YET, UH, THE, THE ORDINANCE, UH, CON CONTRADICTS THAT STATEMENT.
SO, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN, UH, TRANS TECH AND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT THROUGH THE CHAIR? I'LL, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT A HEALTHY COMMUNITY ABOUT PROVIDING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE THAN THE CITY IS NOW RECEIVING.
THE STATE LAW REQUIRES A 12 COMPONENT DEPARTMENT, NOT EVERY CITY IN THIS STATE OR RE-ADDRESS ADDICTION IN THE STATE PROVIDES ALL 12, BUT IT SEEMED THAT THE, THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WAS THE BETTER APPROACH THAT THE EASIEST DIVISION TO STAND UP WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
AND WE'RE IN THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BUSINESS.
I MENTIONED IN THE HIGHLIGHTS REPORT FOR LAST YEAR, WE ISSUED 4,000 BUILDING PERMITS OF ALL KINDS.
WE GET COMPLIANCE WITH CODES, WE KNOW CODES AND KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
THAT'S COMPLETELY A NORMAL FUNCTION FOR, FOR THIS CITY AND FOR OTHER CITIES, ACTUALLY THAT ONE PIECE OF THE 12 IN MANY JURISDICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA, UM, IS HOUSED ELSEWHERE, ORGANIZATIONALLY, OTHER THAN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE STATE MANDATED COMPONENTS, UM, THE GOAL IS TO GET STATE APPROVAL OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES ALL, ALL 12 COMPREHENSIVELY AND INTERACTIVELY.
IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE SINCE LITERALLY, UM, 1975, IT'S NEVER UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW CODES MAKES WEST COVINA, A MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ADOPT ALL OF THOSE SAME CODES AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY FOR THOSE SERVICES UNTIL WE GET STATE APPROVAL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE 12 COMPONENT PLAN.
MADAM MAYOR, IF I CAN ADD, YEAH, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE IT IS THE INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND AS WE DO THAT, WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, SO IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT TRANS TECH WILL BE HIRING THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR.
UM, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FROM TRANS TECH WHEN THAT WOULD OCCUR? I EXPECT THAT TO OCCUR THIS MONTH.
BAZELL VETS IN CHART WILL BE NAMED TO THAT POSITION? I AM EXPECTING THAT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO THAT CONTRACT THAT ARE IN PROGRESS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NEED TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE WE SPLASH INK ON IT WITH A SIGNATURE WHICH HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED.
UM, IT WAS MENTIONED BY, BY A RESIDENT, UH, AND, AND I HAD IT HERE IN MY NOTES.
OUR CONTRACT WITH TRANSTECH IS FOR A YEAR WITH, WITH AN OPTION.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IN A YEAR, UH, IF TRANS TECH AND THEY WERE THE ONLY VENDOR, UM, OR OTHER VENDORS DECIDE THIS, THIS IS NOT A PROFITABLE ENDEAVOR.
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UM, WELL THE CITY BEING THE POSITION, WE CURRENTLY FIND OURSELVES WITH THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH AGAIN, ARE WE GONNA FIND OURSELVES NOW HAVING TO, TO RUN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE CHAIR? I ASSUME THAT SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT IS FEE FOR SERVICE, IF WE EVALUATE THAT AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY, AS THE CONTRACT IS ENACTED AND ADMINISTERED THAT THOSE FEES ARE SET TOO, OR SET TOO LOW, WE'D NEED TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT FEES ARE REASONABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW, THE FEES HAVE TO RELATE TO THE COST REASONABLY BORN IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE, JUST LOOKING AT THE FEES.THEY SEEM HIGH TO ME, WE'VE ADOPTED THE COUNTY FEE SCHEDULE JUST STRAIGHT ACROSS.
AND I THINK, UM, THAT DIVISION OF THE 12 COMPONENTS BRANCH NUMBER FIVE IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S THE EASIEST TO ADMINISTER AROUND TO, TO TAKE OVER.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT JUST DO THAT ONE.
I THINK THE APPROACH IS TO GO FOR ALL 12, RIGHT? SO THE QUESTION IS CONSIDERING THAT THE 11, UH, ARE, ARE NOT, ARE NOT FEE FOR SERVICE AND, AND ACCORDING TO PASADENA AND LONG BEACH, UH, THEY'VE HAD TO, UM, USE THEIR GENERAL FUND MONIES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROVIDING ALL 12 SERVICES.
IS, IS THE CITY CURRENTLY FINANCIALLY IN A POSITION THAT WE COULD TAKE OVER THE OTHER 11 COMPONENTS? IF THE VENDORS FIND THAT THIS IS NOT PROFITABLE WELL, UM, WE DON'T KNOW YET THE EXACT EXTENT OF THE STATE APPROVAL OR WHAT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS WILL BE REQUIRED UNDER EACH OF THE 12 CHAPTERS.
WE WILL REPORT THAT TO COUNCIL ONCE THAT IS, IS RESOLVED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE CYCLE OF A POLICY INITIATION PHASE, THE ESTIMATION PHASE, THE SELECTION PHASE
SO I WILL REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ONCE WE HAVE THOSE PIECES, UM, IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED.
SO ACCORDING TO OUR, OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH WAS MENTIONED, WE, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR LONG-TERM FISCAL PLANNING BEFORE WE WENT INTO ANY OF THESE TYPES OF VENTURES.
SO, SO DOES THE PROCESS WE'RE USING NOW, DOES THAT FIT WITH THAT FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE'VE LAID OUT TO THE STATE AUDITOR? THE STATE AUDITOR WANTS THE CITY TO LOOK BEFORE IT LEAPS? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS, UM, THOSE ARE STILL THINGS WHICH ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND BEING RESOLVED ONCE, HAVE THAT IN BETTER FOCUS, WE WILL REPORT TO YOU IN TERMS OF THE COST IMPLICATIONS AND THE REVENUE IMPLICATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET IS OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE FOR DIRECT STATE CONVENTIONS, WHICH ARE AUTOMATIC UNDER STATE STATUTE, AND ALSO TO COMPETE, COMPETE FOR GRANTS AND TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
UM, LET'S JUST PICK ONE, THE MATERNAL CARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD PIECE, THE WIC PROGRAM, WELL, INFANT CARE, THAT'S A WELL-ESTABLISHED AND WELL-FUNDED FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT AS AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE COULD PARTICIPATE IN.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE CHAPTERS YET.
UH, THE OTHER CONCERN I HAD WAS TRANSTECH STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE ISSUES WITH THE ROLLOUT.
SO DID TRANSTECH, UH, COMMUNICATE WHAT THOSE ISSUES WOULD OR COULD BE.
UH, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME, SOME EXAMPLES.
UM, WE EXPERIENCED SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH LICENSING AND FEES WHEN WE WENT TO INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.
SOME, SOME RESIDENTS WERE CHARGED, UM, DOUBLE, UH, THEY, THEY HAD PAID COUNTY AND THEN INLAND VALLEY
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CHARGED THEM AGAIN.UM, SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT OUR BUSINESSES COULD BE DOUBLE CHARGED? UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE, UH, OUR SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PIECE, THE CAFETERIAS WOULD NEED TO BE INSPECTED IF THE COUNTY DOESN'T SUPPLY THE INFORMATION TO TRANSTECH IN A, IN A REASONABLE TIME, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SCHOOLS COULD START WITHOUT CAFETERIAS TO BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEARS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PROPERLY INSPECTED? UH, AGAIN, UH, DOES, UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER KIND OF COMPLICATION I SEE IS, UM, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, OVER 60% OF THE RESIDENTS SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, UM, THIS TRANSTECH HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND THE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES SPOKEN SPANISH MANDARIN TO GOLIC, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE ALL KIND OF THE ISSUES WITH TRANSITION.
AND I'M WONDERING, DID TRANS TECH COMMUNICATE WHAT THOSE ISSUES COULD BE.
AND HAVE WE ASKED ABOUT THE, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR? I THINK I'VE PARTICIPATED IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING ON THIS TOPIC THAT'S OCCURRED TO THIS POINT.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME STARTUP ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WHENEVER YOU BEGIN ANY ENTERPRISE.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE, UM, DIRECTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
UM, DO I TEND TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ONE IN AN ORDER, DO I EXPECT THAT BUSINESSES WOULD BE OVERCHARGED? UM, I I'D BE SURPRISED IF MY LOCAL BUSINESSES WOULD SUFFER IN SILENCE WHERE THAT TO OCCUR.
THEY'D PROBABLY LET THEIR CITY MANAGER KNOW.
UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE, UM, THOSE DOWNSIDES BECAUSE WE'D NEED TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT CORRECTLY AND WELL WOULD NEED TO BE WELL ADMINISTERED.
UM, AND, AND THOSE, THOSE SCENARIOS THAT WERE DESCRIBED, I THINK, WOULD BE, UM, THE OPPOSITE OF A WELL ADMINISTERED DEPARTMENT.
DID THEY MENTION WHAT ISSUES THEN THAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO? JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS IN THEIR CONTRACT, THEY SAID THERE WAS GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH TRANSITION.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY WERE MORE SPECIFIC.
THIS IS, THIS IS SECOND READING OF THE, OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE.
IF WE COULD KIND OF STICK TO THAT INSTEAD OF GETTING INTO THE TRANSTECH, SECOND READING, ALL THE FOCUS.
UM, COUNCILMAN, WHERE YOU HAD A QUESTION.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS NUMEROUS TIMES.
AND THE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SAY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
WE HAVE THE HEARING ABOUT OKAY.
AND A PRESENTATION ABOUT EVEN AS IDINA.
AND THE LONG BEACH, INCLUDING COUNTY.
THEIR BUDGET IS 50% FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND THEN ABOUT 10 TO 15% LIGHT IS A FEE VENDOR.
AND PLUS SOME OF THE MISCELLANEA DESIGN LED, OKAY.
SO THIS, WE KNOW THIS IS A FA OH, ALL THE NTT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO REPETITION TALK ABOUT NOW WE ARE GOING TO BANKRUPT THE CITY, THE SELLER, WE'RE GOING TO, IF WE ARE APPROVED, WE CAN GO BRING 15 TO $20 MILLION TO THE CITY.
AND NOT ONLY LED WE TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I WANT, I DON'T WANT TO BE FOCUSED ALL THE ARTISTS, BUT I WANT TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTION, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF, IF THE CAFETERIA OR SOME OF THE, WITH OUR INSPECTOR, THEY CAN COMPLAIN TO THE CT RIGHT AWAY.
WE CAN RIGHT AWAY, GO OVER THERE AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE INSTANTLY.
NOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO TO TALK TO AND THIS AND THAT.
THAT'S WHAT, OH, THE COMPONENT WE HAVE, BUT NOW IS NOT THE ISSUE.
THE ISSUE IS HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND SAVE LIVES FOR NOW CURRENT PANDEMIC AND FUTURE, OKAY, WE DO THIS, WE HAVE NO BENEFIT, BUT WE TRIED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE CAN SWIFTLY TO TAKING CARE OF THE DIZZY OUTBREAK.
WE CAN SWIFTLY TO MAKE SURE OUR TATTOO GROUP CAN TAKE CARE OF THE CJS THAT POSSIBLE WOULD BECOME AN OUTBREAK.
SO I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I WANT TO MOVE TO MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU, MATT, MATT, MATT, AND MAYOR.
CAN, CAN WE HAVE SOME READING THOUGH, AND STICK TO THIS THOUGH? IS THERE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS? OKAY.
SO, UH, AS, AS, AS FAR AS, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE SECOND READING OF THE ESTABLISHING OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, I GUESS, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE UNCLEAR, UM, BECAUSE OF THE STATEMENT THE CITY MANAGER MADE FOLLOWING, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
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WHERE HE SAID, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT BY THE MAY 31ST DEADLINE, WE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THIS.EXACT QUESTION FOR THIS SECOND READING.
SO, SO WE'RE VOTING TO ESTABLISH, RIGHT.
OUR REQUEST TO ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UM, PERTAINING TO THIS SECOND READING ONCE, ONCE WE, UH, UH, ESTABLISH THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, AFTER THE SECOND READING, IS THERE ANY LAST ACTION THAT CAN COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE PRIOR TO MAY 31ST? NOW THIS IS SECOND READING THIS BOOK TO THE, ON THE BOOK.
THIS IS NOT, I BELIEVE IN, IN OUR RECITAL OR, AND OR THE SECTION, IT SAYS JULY 1ST.
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROLL CALL.
BEFORE ROLL CALL, I NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE TITLE 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, MEANING CIVIL CODE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER.
ART COUNCIL, COUNCILWOMAN D S I MAYOR LOPEZ.
MOTION PASSES THREE ONE ONTO ITEM
[16) CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED APPOINTMENT FOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER]
16 BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.UM, SO THIS IS, UH, LET'S SEE, CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, PAULINA MORALEZ.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, POLINA MORALEZ IS VERY WELL-ROUNDED AND, UM, I KNOW SHE WEARS MANY HATS.
I KNOW SHE'S ALWAYS BUSY AND I KNOW THAT, UM, SHE STARTED BACK IN 2004 AS AN INTERN, AND, UH, AFTER TWO YEARS SHE WAS PROMOTED TO A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR 22 MONTHS.
THEN SHE WAS PROMOTED TO A PROJECT MANAGER FOR FIVE YEARS UNTIL SHE GOT LAID OFF.
AND WE BROUGHT HER BACK IN 2013.
AND, UM, IN 2016, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER.
AND FINALLY, NOW SHE IS THE ACTING, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SHE IS VERY, I MEAN, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE PAULINA WORKING FOR US.
I MEAN, UM, SHE HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND TALENT AND, UM, I ADMIRE HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO VOTE YES.
I THINK SHE'S WELL-DESERVING OF THIS, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE ELSE, THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL AGREE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST LIKE SLIP THROUGH, SO WE, NOBODY DESERVES THAT.
I'M SORRY, BUT I KNOW, UM, POLINA FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 10 YEARS, MAYBE EVEN LONGER.
WHEN I HEAR HELPING SOME OF THE PROJECT AND, UH, PAULINA IS ALWAYS THERE AND I THINK THIS WAS, SO-CALLED A PERSISTENT, OKAY.
YOU, YOU STAY WITH CITI AS A INTERN AND THEN, THEN WHAT? 17, 18 YEARS.
AND LONGEVITY OF YOUR, HOW WORK.
AND, UH, OF COURSE YOU STILL HAVE A ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AGAIN, THAT INCLUDING MINE, INCLUDING MYSELF.
SO, BUT, BUT I WANTED TO SAY, OKAY, AND THE, YOU CONTINUE TO IMPROVE YOURSELF.
AND THEN NOW YOU HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER.
NICE YOUR VALUE AND BRING YOU INTO THIS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I THINK THIS IS SOME KIND OF DREAM JOB OF YOU.
18 YEARS AGO, JOIN CITY OF A WEST COVINA.
SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOUR SUCCESS.
AND I WANT TO SEE ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
THE CT WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF.
IF YOU WORK HARD AND YOU PERSISTENT.
AND WE WILL APPRECIATE, AND THE, IF WE HAVE ANY CHANCES TO PROMOTE YOU, WE WILL TRY OUR BEST.
AND HOW WILL PERSON, ESPECIALLY WHY NOW WE WANTED TO TELL ALL THE STAFF THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK, AND THEN ESPECIALLY POLINA IS WANG, ZIPPO, CONGRATULATION.
AND I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE YOU MOVE OVER ANYONE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, PAULINA.
I KNOW RESIDENTS WOULD SAY YOU CLEANED HOUSE, YOU REMOVED EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF, BUT THERE'S LIVING PROOF THAT SHE HAS BEEN
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HERE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.SO SHE DOES HAVE THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE SHARES WITH US WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYTHING.
WE HOPE YOU STAY, UH, YES, LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN RULE SAYS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND KEEP WORKING HARD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING DEFINITELY, UH, GETTING PRAISE TODAY THAT I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK PAULINA, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE HAVE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED AND YOU, UH, CARRY MANY, MANY HATS AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND YOU'RE AT ALL THE EVENTS AND YOU ARE HERE ON LATE NIGHTS.
AND I SEE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO.
I MEAN, EMOTION AND THE SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WILL.
UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, MAYOR, MAYOR LOPEZ, BEATA.
[17) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR CITYBUILDINGS AND FACILITIES]
ITEM 17 PULLED BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.OKAY, WELL, THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE.
THAT'S ALL THERE'S ME SO MUCH ABOUT SPENDING THIS $1.2 MILLION OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
AND WHAT IS IT? $243,000 PER YEAR.
I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ANY WAY OR I WOULD LIKE THE STAFF TO CONDUCT SOME SORT OF A SURVEY TO FIND OUT IF IT'S WORTH IT FOR US TO SPEND CONTRACTS.
I MEAN, SPEND THE MONEY ON CONTRACTS VERSUS MAYBE, UM, HIRING SOME MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, WE DID LET GO OF WHAT, 22 MAINTENANCE WORKERS WORKERS BACK IN 2017 OR 18.
AND I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO ME.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN WE CONDUCT THE SURVEY AND MAYBE TABLE THIS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DO A STUDY AND FIND OUT IF IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS AND TIRE SALES DOWN TO THAT, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY ANSWER THIS ITEM RETURNS TO THE COUNSEL, YOU ASKED US LAST TIME TO REBID IT.
SO WE WERE RECOMMENDING THE APPARENT, UM, MOST QUALIFIED, LITTLE BETTER HERE.
UM, IF YOU THINK WE NEED SOME MORE WORK ON THIS, AND YOU WANT US TO DO A COMPARATIVE OF THIS CONTRACT MODEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THIS CITY'S HISTORIC WAY OF PROVIDING THESE JANITORIAL SERVICES VERSUS A CITY FORCE ACCOUNT IN HOUSE STAFF, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.
WE COULD DO SOME MORE WORK ON THIS AND RETURN WITH THAT COMPARATIVE FOR YOU.
UM, MY IMPRESSION IS THAT GIVEN WE HAVE TO COMPETE IN THE LABOR MARKET FOR, FOR WAGES AND, AND WE ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES ALSO GET, UM, BENEFITS, NOT ALWAYS ENJOYED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AT THE IN-HOUSE MODEL WOULD BE MORE COSTLY.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE A COMPARATIVE, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR DIRECTION FOR THIS BACK TO STAFF.
I'LL BRING IT BACK, LIKE TO SEE A COMPARISON.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK, MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT IT WHERE WE CAN ONLY, UM, ALLOW ONE YEAR CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO THREE YEARS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, UN I WAS SECONDED, BUT I AGREE, I THINK, UH HUH.
UM, I HAVE SOME ROUGH FIGURES REGARDING IN-HOUSE THAT I CAN GO OVER.
WE CAN GO AHEAD IF WE HAVE THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND I THINK I REMEMBER MIKE, UH, CHRIS UP PRESENT THIS AND THE DETAILS WITH, UM, ESPECIALLY WHY THIS, BECAUSE I, I AGREE WITH YOU, LIKE, WHY WAS THIS VENDOR CHOSEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONE? BUT I KNOW THAT THEY, FROM WHAT I REMEMBERED IS THAT, UM, THERE'S A SECURITY CLEARANCE AND ALL THIS STUFF, BECAUSE THEY DO GO INTO LIKE THE POLICE AND THEY CLEAN, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I, YEAH, BUT GO AHEAD.
SO, UM, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
UH, THE SECOND RFP, WE DID RECEIVE 16 PROPOSALS.
UM, AND YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE HERE BETWEEN THE PROPOSALS OR COMPANIES THAT SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL IN THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND ONE, IF THEY'RE INCREASED OR DECREASED THEIR, UM, UH, BIDS, UH, UNITED MAINTENANCE, THE COMPANY THAT WERE, UH, RECOMMENDING WE GO WITH IT'S THE CURRENT VENDOR.
THEY DID NOT CHANGE THEIR FEE FOR BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND RFP.
UM, SO AS, UH, COUNCILMAN DIAZ MENTIONED, OH, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS.
UM, WE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, WE GO WITH UNITED MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS. UH, WE COULD GO WITH ANOTHER VENDOR.
UM, AN IN-HOUSE ALTERNATIVE, UM, WOULD COST THE CITY, APPROXIMATELY 247,000 AND STAFF,
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UM, COSTS THAT STAFF COST ALONE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE.UM, AND THAT'S PART TIME AT MINIMUM WAGE, UM, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE SUPPLIES OR EQUIPMENT THAT THE VENDOR PROVIDES.
UM, FOR THE, UH, TWO 63, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, UM, TWO 43, UH, 600.
UM, SO OOPS, THAT WOULD BE, UH, SLIGHTLY MORE, UH, MORE COSTLY JUST ON THE STAFF COST.
AND IT DOES NOT, LIKE I MENTIONED INCLUDE, UM, SUPERVISION SUPPLIES.
UM, WE, AS A MAYOR LATI, UH, MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK WITH ANY PART-TIME STAFF THAT'S HIRED TO DO, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE QUARTERLY OR ANNUAL, UM, ADDITIONAL CLEANING, UM, SERVICES AT THE DIFF UH, THE BUILDINGS, WHICH INCLUDE THE WINDOW CLEANING, UH, SPOT CARPET, CLEANING AND WAXING, UM, NOR DOES IT INCLUDE THE 24 HOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
SO THESE ARE JUST, LIKE I SAID, A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF BASED ON A MINIMUM WAGE PART-TIME STAFF FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES.
WELL, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION.
UM, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE REDUCED THE FEES, BUT DID THEY REDUCE STAFFING? NO.
SO THEY KEPT EVERYTHING THE SAME.
HOW MANY STAFFING DO THEY PROVIDE? IT DEPENDS.
AND I THINK IF MIKE EASIER BE ABLE TO OFFICES, BUT IT DEPENDS ON EACH FACILITY, THE NUMBER OF STAFF, UM, FOR EACH, OR LIKE THE TOTAL STAFFING THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US, THE TOTAL STAFFING LEVELS, EVERY FACILITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S VERY DEFINED THE PORTERS AND EVERYTHING PD NEEDS.
IT'S TWO TO THREE PEOPLE AT A TIME, TWO PEOPLE IN THE EVENING.
THERE'S A PORTER HERE DURING THE DAY.
SO THERE'S ONE PERSON HERE FOR IN THE MORNING FROM EIGHT TO 12 ALL THE TIME.
THE OTHER FACILITIES, IT'S TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME WHEN THEY HIT, YOU KNOW, THEY BREAK UP INTO TEAMS, THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS. ONE MIGHT GO TO THE YARD PALM VIEW AND THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE OTHER MIGHT GO TO CAMERON AND SHADOW OAK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THEIR EXACT SCHEDULE OF THE THING, BUT THEY PROVIDE ALL CONTRACTORS WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE A, UM, SCHEDULE WITH WHAT THEY, WHAT, WHAT THEY PROPOSE AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
SO TWO TO THREE PEOPLE PER FACILITY.
AND WELL, WHEN YOU SIT IN THE MORNING, EIGHT TO 12, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE PROVIDING A PART-TIME DO YOU KNOW THE TOTAL HOURS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE CITY COMBINED WITH ALL OF THE STAFFING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? I DO NOT KNOW.
ANYBODY ELSE? HAVE QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
UM, MY, I HAVE A QUESTION INSTEAD OF BEFORE THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY LAY OFF THE 22 HOUR ORANGE ISSUES OF THE WORK WALKER, THE STAFF.
AND DO THEY PERFORM, DID THEY PERFORM THE OTIS CLEANUP? OKAY, JEN.
SO THE 20, THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE LAID OFF IN 2018, THIS WAS NOT DUTIES THAT THEY DID.
WE HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD STAFF DO, JANITORIAL JANITORIAL.
AND MY TIME HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRACTED.
UM, WE'VE HAD, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT COMPANIES DO DIFFERENT THINGS FOR A WHILE.
WE HAD VALLEY LIGHT, DO OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, WHICH VALLEY LIGHT DOES OUR BUS SHELTERS NOW.
AND THEY'RE A COMPANY THAT WORKS WITH DISABLED INDIVIDUALS TO COME THROUGH AND DO WORK LIKE THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF WORK SCHEDULE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ANYMORE.
BUT, UM, MY ENTIRE CAREER HERE SINCE 2002, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD JANITORIAL CONTRACT.
SO, SO IS IT, THIS IS THE ONE OF THE COMPANY YOU CONFIDENCE THAT IS A FAIR PRICE AND, UH, DOING A GOOD SERVICE.
I DO BELIEVE THEY DO A GOOD SERVICE.
WE'VE HAD THEM FOR FIVE YEARS.
COHEN IS THERE COHEN? YES, JOE IS WELL OF THEM.
JOE IS OUR EMPLOYEE, JOE CLEAN.
HE, JOE CLEAN SPOT CLEANS AND DOES DIFFERENT THINGS THAN HE DOES THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND HR.
SO THIS COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE TWO OFFICES, HUH.
AND CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL ISSUES.
SO JOE IS OUR STAFF, CORRECT? YEAH.
I'VE BEEN SEEING HIM FOR FOUR, FIVE YEARS.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF WONDERING THAT IS OUR STAFF OR THAT BELONG TO THE CONTRACTORS.
HE WORKS FOR US AND THERE'S THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE CONFIDENTIAL AREAS THAT WE HAVE HIM CLEAN AND DO YOU KNOW, HE DOES ODDS AND ENDS FOR US AS WELL.
SO HE'S AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE MEETING, HE ALWAYS OVER THERE DOING THE GOOD JOB.
AND HOW ABOUT THE POLICE AND FIRE THAT BASICALLY WE CONTRACT OUT AND THEY HAVE TO BE OKAY.
UM, AT WISDOM CREDENTIAL TO SERVE, TO CLEAN UP THAT KIND OF A SENSITIVE AREA.
AND IN THIS PROCESS WE BROUGHT PD, UM, YOU KNOW, PD WAS BROUGHT INTO THE EQUATION AS WELL.
UH, CAPTAIN PUNKIN SAT ON THE PANEL.
THEY ARE A BIG PORTION OF OUR, THEY'RE A BIG PORTION OF THIS CONTRACT.
I MEAN, THEY GET THE MOST TIME AND THEY HAVE THE MOST NEEDS AS FAR AS DAYS OF THE WEEK AND HOW MUCH THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ATTENTION
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THEY NEED BECAUSE OF THE JAILS IN THAT MATTER.SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE DECISION MAKING.
AND AS, AS A TEAM, WE CAME UP THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST PROVIDER.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR, UH, FIRST OFF, UH, I WANTED, UH, TO, TO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU GUYS DID AT SHADOW PARK.
UH, AND THEN, UH, FOR PROVIDING DIRT FOR US AT DEL NORTE, THEY, UH, WE FILLED THOSE HOLES AT THE DOG PARK.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID THAT, UM, MY, MY QUESTION WAS, AND IT WAS ABOUT, ABOUT THE PD.
SO THE PD FEELS VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH, WITH THIS COMPANY AND FOR THE FIVE YEARS, THEY, THEY FELT SECURE WITH HAVING THEM IN THE FACILITY.
THEY'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE IN THE PERSON.
THERE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT, AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR THEM.
AND I BELIEVE, OH, THEY'RE NOT HERE NOW, BUT YES, THEY WERE PART OF THAT.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION WE ASKED.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, I'LL JUST ADD THAT.
UM, I NOTICED THAT THEY ARE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE DYNAMIC BUILDING, UM, DECLINED, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST SO MUCH MONEY, SQUARE FOOTAGE WISE, BUT ALL YOU WANT TO TABLE IT.
WELL, THEY ALREADY DID A STUDY.
I THINK THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IF YOU WILL, WITH PETITIONS STUDY WOULD BE THE SAME OR YOU CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER.
I, THE NUMBERS, UM, WERE BASED, LIKE I SAID, ON PART-TIME STAFF.
SO, UM, AND MINIMUM WAGE AND BASED ON THE SERVICES THAT, UM, UH, UNITED MAINTENANCE PROVIDES NOW, LIKE I SAID, MINUSES, SUPPLY EQUIPMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN.
DO YOU WANT TO WORK EMPTY TRASH CANS? I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MY OFFICE.
IT'S MY, I'M THE GENITAL OF MY OFFICE.
MY QUESTION IS DURING COVID WHEN A LOT OF THE FACILITIES WERE SHUT DOWN OR ARE WE STILL PAYING THEM OR DID THEY REDUCE THEIR HOURS? DO WE GET TO SAVE MONEY ON THE COST? NO, WE SAVED MONEY.
WE CUT DON'T HOLD ME TO THE NUMBER, BUT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY $122,000.
ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT OPEN, WE CLOSED DOWN.
WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT JANITORIAL BACK.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT EVERYTHING OPENS JUNE 15TH AND WE CAN KEEP PAYING THEM.
NO, THEY, THEY WORKED WITH US THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND WE, WE, ANY FACILITY, LIKE WE BASICALLY, ALL WE KEPT WAS CITY HALL AND PD, EVERYTHING ELSE WE TOOK OFF OUT OF THE CONTRACT.
IT'S I BELIEVE $88,200 OR ROUGHLY 12,600 A MONTH.
WE NEED A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT.
THAT'S BEEN OUR STANDARD CONTRACT THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS.
I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT LABOR QUITE A BIT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE LABOR IS GOING TO GO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY ALWAYS CAN COME BACK AND SAY, WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT.
WE WANT TO BE SEEN THE CONTRACT.
WE WANT TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE GOING UP.
WE HAVE BEEN TO OUR TREE TREE MEAN, OKAY, ALL THESE COMPANY, THEY ALWAYS COMING BACK TO SAY, I'M WANTING TO APPEND TO THE CONTRACT, HOW MANY TIMES? SO I DON'T THINK YOU'VE BEEN IN PROTECT CONTRACT.
BY IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE A LOAN CONTRACT.
WE DON'T LIKE THEIR SERVERS AND WE STUCK WITH THEM.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I'VE, I'VE BEEN DOING MAIDENS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I THINK TREE TRIMMING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT PREVAILING WAGE IS SOMETHING THAT'S DICTATED MORE.
THIS IS NOT PREVAILING WAGE WORK.
SO THAT IS VERY MUCH A POSSIBILITY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S AS LIKELY AS LIKELY IN THIS CONTRACT, BUT YOU DEFINITELY BRING UP A VALID POINT.
I THINK MAYBE WHEN YOU'RE TOO SHORT FOR JUST OKAY.
A DISSERVICE, SO MAYBE I CAN OKAY.
REVISE TO TWO YEARS AND UH, OKAY.
MAYBE TWO YEARS TO DO A CONTRACT.
AND THIS CONTRACT 4.1 SAYS THAT THE CITY AND TERMINATE WITH, OR WITHOUT COSTS WITH 15 DAYS NOTICE WHAT'S THAT? HUH? SO COULD YOU, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I CAN HEAR YOU.
YEAH, IT IS ON THE SECTION 4.1 OF THE CONTRACTOR PROVEN ALLOWS THE CITY TO TERMINATE WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE WITHIN 15 DAYS NOTICE MEANING WE CAN TERMINATE.
IF DID DON'T PERFORM THAT'S CORRECT AT ANY TIME.
15 DAYS, LIKE A S SO THREE YEARS AND THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS.
SO THEY CAN'T COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND STATE, WELL, YOU KNOW, LABOR COSTS MORE.
WE NEED TO INCREASE LIKE THIS IS SET.
I, I, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN ANSWER.
I DON'T WANNA COMPLAIN ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY, BUT I, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU 100% FOR SURE.
I'LL JUST DEAL WITH THAT WHEN IT, YEAH.
UM, UM, SINCE LIKE DAY I'LL TRY TO SELL THIS SO MUCH.
THERE'S SO CONFIDENCE ABOUT THIS AND THEN, OKAY.
I MOVED THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH SAM, WHAT THEY OFFER.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WUHAN A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
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COUNCIL MINIMUM.AND THAT ENDS, UM, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DEPARTMENT REGULAR MATTERS ITEM,
[18) CONSIDERATION OF WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE SETTINGA PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON THE METHOD OF COLLECTION AND FEE INCREASE]
18 CONSIDERATION OF WEST COVINA SEWER SERVICE CHARGE, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON THE METHOD OF, AND FEE INCREASE.MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL PRESENT THE UPDATE? PAULINA MIRALIS WILL PRESENT THIS REPORT.
UM, SO THE PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE BOTH THE, UH, ITEM 17 AND 16, THE CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE CITY-WIDE SEWER DISTRICT.
UM, SO THE ASSESSMENTS, UM, THESE ARE ALL OF THE, I BELIEVE SEVEN ASSESSMENTS, UM, THAT ARE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, ITEMS L M D ONE AND LMD TWO, UH, FOUR, SIX AND SEVEN WE'RE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE DOING THE REPORT FOR THE CITY, THE TWO CITY WIDE ONES.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE OF THE SEVEN DISTRICTS, ONLY TWO ARE OPERATING WITH A SURPLUS.
FIVE OF THE DISTRICTS ARE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT.
THE LIGHTING DISTRICT RATE IS AT, AS AT ITS HIGHEST ALLOWABLE RATE.
UM, THE SEWER DISTRICT WAS APPROVED TO BE INCREASED BY 5%, WHICH IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE INCREASED, UH, UH, THIS YEAR OR THIS UPCOMING YEAR LMD ONE, TWO, FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN RATES ARE NOT BEING PROPOSED TO BE INCREASED THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, STAFF IS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT WILL DAN.
UM, AND WE PLAN TO DO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE MAINTENANCE LEVELS FOR EACH DISTRICT.
AND EVALUATE OF AN INCREASE IN RATE IS WARRANTED.
SORRY, A WELDON IS NOT TRANSTECH.
WELL THEN DOES THE, UM, DISTRICTS, THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, WELL THEN STILL IN PITCHER WITH US, WE ARE WAY THE TILLMAN, THE DAM.
YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING, I BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT WAS A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WANTING TO CONTRACT UP.
DO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH STAN? BECAUSE I EVEN DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH DAN WITH THE SEWER.
I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT WITH WELDON AND HOW MUCH HE CHARGES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT SEWER, WHAT TRANSTECH CANNOT DO THIS BECAUSE WHEN WELDON, WE HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE BEAUTY AND SAFETY.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW CAN THEY PERFORM THIS WOULD BE BETTER.
I CAN SEE WHEN THE CONTRACTORS, HOW LONG THEY BE WITH US DOING THIS SORE THING.
I BELIEVE THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I ARE.
THIS IS AN ENGINE ENGINEERING FUNCTION.
UM, I BELIEVE IS THAT WHAT OUR PERCENT, MOREOVER, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST YEAR ON THAT CONTRACT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID AND HOW WE DO OUR ENGINEERS.
IS IT LAST YEAR, RIGHT? IT'S NOT BY USE.
I KNOW BEFORE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX, ALMOST SIX YEARS.
I DON'T REMEMBER WILDIN'S DOING THE THING.
I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR HOW LONG, BUT WE'LL THEN HAVE DONE THESE REPORTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN REMEMBER AS, AS, AS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, UM, OBVIOUSLY WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S THOUGHT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY LOOK INTO TERMINATION AS WELL.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE CONTRACT HAS THE SAME CLAUSE.
SINCE THE ENGINEERING, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH OUR TRANS TAG, IF THEY CAN DO BETTER JOB OF MAYBE CHEAPER? I DON'T KNOW.
SEE, IS THAT BETTER? BECAUSE AGAIN, OKAY.
DUE TO THE PAST EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR, ABOUT WORLD IN SERVICE.
SO WE HAVE A CONCERN, BUT IF THEY DO A GOOD JOB, WE OKAY.
WELL JUST WHEN MENTIONED WELDON, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE OER, THE PITCHERS.
SEE, THE MANAGER CAN PRINT THIS CONTRACT.
I DON'T NOT BELIEVE, I DON'T RECALL THAT TRANSTECH DOES ASSESSMENT, DISTRICT ENGINEERING, EVEN MORE OF A SPECIALIST WITHIN THE UMBRELLA OF CITY ENGINEERING, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT WHEN THIS CONTRACT CONCLUDES AND WE COULD, WE COULD SHOP AT AGAIN.
WE JUST WANT TO HAVE OTHER FROM ENGINEERING COMPANY TO THE SERVICE AND WITH A GOOD PRICE.
IS THAT OKAY? AND THE WELDON OR ANY OTHER COMPANY.
AS LONG AS AGAIN, WHEN YOU MENTIONED WILDISH, SHE MEANT, OKAY.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT DUE TO PREVIOUS ISSUE.
SO I'M GOING TO, UM, I WILL COVER THE SEVEN DISTRICTS AND COVER WHAT AND DISCUSS WHAT THEY, UH, THE MAINTENANCE INCLUDES AND, UM, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT.
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THE SOUTH SIDE.IT'S BY EMAR AND, UM, I THINK SHADOW OAK DRIVE, UM, THE DISTRICT JOINED INCLUDES PARKLETS AND PASEOS THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR THE LIGHTING LANDSCAPING AND TREE MAINTENANCE.
UM, JUST AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PHOTOS, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DISTRICTS, UM, UH, ACCOUNT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPING THREE FEET FROM THE CURB, THREE FEET CLEARANCE FROM THE HOUSING, UM, TREES ARE ADDRESSED ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
AND AS THE BUDGET ALLOWS, UM, THE TREE, THESE TREES WITHIN THESE DISTRICTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TREE TRIMMING CYCLE.
UM, AND IN ADDITION, THE LANDSCAPING CAN ONLY, UH, THEY CAN ONLY ADDRESS SHRUBS OR PLANTS THAT ARE NO MORE THAN THREE FEET, HIGH, SORRY, SIX FEET HIGH, UM, WITHIN THEIR CLEARANCE AREA.
SO IT'S OVER SIX FEET, THEY CAN ADDRESS IT.
UM, IT'S I BELIEVE, ADJACENT TO LMD ONE.
AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PHOTOS, UM, THE LANDSCAPING, UM, AREA RIGHT HERE, IT'S THREE FEET FROM THE CLEARANCE FROM HOUSING, RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND THEN NO MORE THAN SIX FEET, THREE FEET FROM THE SITE FROM THE SIDEWALK.
UH, LMD TWO IS ALSO ON THE SOUTH SIDE FROM LAPLANTE ROAD ALL WAY UP TO ISN'T AN EMAR, UM, DISTRICT FOUR INCLUDES PARKLETS PER SALES.
UM, THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR THE LIGHTING LANDSCAPING AND TREE MAINTENANCE AS WELL.
MORE PICTURES OF THE PASEO, AS YOU CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN, SHRUBS AND PLANTS UP TO SIX FEET, TRIMMED, THREE FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK AND THEN THE CLEARANCE.
UM, THEY ALSO DO THE LANDSCAPING FOR THE, LIKE I SAID, PARKETTES, UM, LMD SIX, UM, IT'S ON GRAND AND CAMERON, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT LIKE A VIEW FROM CAMERON.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THREE FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK UP TO SIX FEET.
UM, AND HERE'S A SIDE FROM THE SIDE VIEW.
IS THAT FOR AGENDA 19? OR THIS IS STILL 18 AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DISTRICTS.
WE WILL GET TO THE CITYWIDE ONES.
UM, BUT YES, THEY WILL COME BACK FOR SIX AND SEVEN.
WE'LL COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 1ST.
UM, THE CITYWIDE WILL COME BACK JUNE 15TH.
MEAN THE EIGHTEENS AND I MEAN, 18 IS A
19 IS THE CITY-WIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
SO THAT WILL COME BACK JUNE 15TH FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT HOW ABOUT 18, 18? CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE 18TH.
IT'S STILL THE SEWER I'M GETTING THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF, I AGREE.
UM, SO THEN THE LAST DAY STRICT SEVEN INCLUDES A HILLSIDE AND ONE PARK GET, UH, THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR THE LANDSCAPING AND TREES AND I'M ALSO DISTRICTS SIX INCLUDES HILLSIDE AND TREES AS WELL.
UM, SO THEN WE HAVE THE CITY-WIDE DISTRICTS, WHICH IS LIGHTENING AND LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE AND THE SEWER, THE, UH, LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT IS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED FOR THE SEVEN-YEAR TRIM CYCLE.
UM, IT INCLUDES ALSO THE MEDIAN MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE SEWER DISTRICT INCLUDES SEWER MAINTENANCE, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS AS NEEDED.
UM, THE SEWER MASTER PLAN WAS DONE IS DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND THE LAST MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2017.
UM, THE SEWER DISTRICT PLAN ALSO PLAYS PAYS FOR SEWER RELATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF USES FOR THE SEWER DISTRICTS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SEVEN YEAR TRIM CYCLE THAT, UM, THE CITYWIDE DISTRICT, UM, PAYS FOR.
UH, IT INCLUDES, LIKE I SAID, TREE TREES IN THE MEDIANS AND WRITEAWAYS EIGHT FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK PARK MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW, UM, DISTRICTS FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, UM, AND BOTH CITY-WIDE WILL COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FOR APPROVAL TO LEVY THE ASSESSMENTS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE APPROVE WHICH ONE? THIS IS 18, 18 WAY.
AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, 17, AND 18.
SO NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DISTRI MEANT IN THE DISTRICT.
NOT WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING BACK, UM, MY Z, BECAUSE YOU HAVE INCREASE OF FEE.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I TALK ABOUT WIDENS.
SO LET'S WHY I WANT TO CONTINUE.
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YES.AND THEN WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU WENT TO THE, OKAY.
CITY-WISE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
THAT'S 19, BUT WE HAVEN'T FINISHED AT 18 YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING I WAS GOING TO COVER BOTH CITYWIDE DISTRICTS.
SO YOU WANTED TO EATING AT 19 TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY I GUESS TALK TO THE TARA IS ALWAYS SAY, WELL, WHAT, WHAT I'M MISSING? I ASKED HER ONE OF 18.
ABOUT WHY THEN I COME BACK, IT WENT TO THE 19TH.
SO I'M MISSING THE GAP OF MY TIME.
SO I WOULD THINK ABOUT, I STRUNG OUT SOMETHING.
YES, IT IS THE INTENTION TO, TO LEVY AND TO, UH, TO BRING BACK, TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, SO THIS IS JUST TRY TO ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND THEN NEXT TIME WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FEE INCREASE.
YOU BOTH NEED TO, BECAUSE FEE INCREASE.
THAT'S WHY MY, MY CONCERN IS IF YOU HAVE FEE FEE INCREASE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A AUDIENCE.
ALL RATHER THAN TO HAVE INPUT.
SO DO WE NEED TO APPROVE IT? YES.
LET'S MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL WOMAN, D AS IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BY ON ITEM NUMBER 18 COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT'S ABOUT TO BUY COUNCILMAN WILL.
[19) CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL OF THE CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCEDISTRICT AND PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER'S REPORT]
ITEM NUMBER 19.AND THEN IF, OH, YES, I WROTE THAT.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR THE FIRST RESOLUTION, 2021 DASH 48.
SO DO I HAVE MOTION IS YOU'VE ALREADY.
YOU WANT A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT TO BUY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ OR RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 48.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO ONTO THE SECOND RESOLUTION.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR 2021 DASH 52ND RESOLUTION FOR THE SAME ITEM NUMBER, BUT THE DIFFERENT RESOLUTION, DIFFERENT RESOLUTION NUMBER.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION SECONDED ROLL CALL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT TO BUY A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY HI, COUNCILMAN WILL.
[20) PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET]
ITEM, GENDER ITEM, OR 1720.SO WHO WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION? THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR BUDGET EVENING AGAIN, MARIN COUNCIL.
UM, ROBIN AND I WERE GOING TO DO THIS IN TWO PART HARMONY WITH THE PLEXI GLASSES GETTING IN THE WAY.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO GIVE THE ENTIRE REPORT.
WE HAVE A POWERPOINT TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
CARMONEY UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY 2122 BUDGET.
UM, JUST A LITTLE, UM, OVERVIEW FIRST.
WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER WHAT THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS WERE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL FUNDS IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IS I'VE TRIED TO INCLUDE ALL FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAS IN THE BUDGET, WHERE PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE CERTAIN FUNDS THAT WERE NOT BUDGETED FOR.
AND, UM, WE HAVE MADE THAT CORRECTION.
I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD APPROVE ALL OF THOSE BUDGETS PREVIOUSLY.
THEY WERE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU, PIECEMEAL AS GRANTS WERE RECEIVED.
AND, AND I'VE, I'VE NEVER DONE A BUDGET THAT WAY.
AND I DIDN'T CORRECT IT THE FIRST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF OTHER REASONS.
BUT, UM, THIS YEAR WE'VE CORRECTED THAT AND I THINK IT'S A MORE COMPLETE AND TRANSPARENT DOCUMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, AND I'LL SAVE SOME TIME AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR SOME QUESTIONS, THIS ONE TO REVIEW WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR OVER THE PAST YEAR.
UM, I'M SURE THERE'S NONE OF THIS IS NEWS.
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THE COVID PANDEMIC HIT.WE ANTICIPATED A MAJOR LOSS OF SALES TAX.
IT ENDED UP BEING APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE HAD LOSS OF CITY BUSINESS DUE TO CLOSURES AND, UM, MANY RESIDENTS IN WEST COVINA LOST THEIR JOBS.
AND THEN THERE WAS TALK OF A POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE COUPLED WITH THAT.
UH, THE CITY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE RISING COSTS FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
WE TOOK A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AS WE ALWAYS DO, UM, IN THE BUDGET.
AND THERE IS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THIS YEAR, UM, OF $2.3 MILLION.
AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS OVERTIME FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS OF CONCERN.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE OF THAT.
AND I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX AND OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOT IN THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT AS, UM, WE DEVELOP A BUDGET FOR THAT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.
AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS, UM, WE BASE THOSE ON A ROLLOVER BUDGET.
AND WHEN I SAY ROLLOVER BUDGET, I MEAN, BASICALLY THE NUMBERS WERE THE SAME, UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW THAT SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED.
WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE AND IDENTIFY, UM, EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, PAYMENT OUT OF SPECIAL FUNDS SO THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, SINCE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN EVALUATING ONGOING CONTRACTS AND TRYING TO, UM, GET THE BEST, UM, VALUE TO THE CITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S BEEN SALARY SAVINGS THROUGH ATTRITION.
UM, THE CITY HAS CUT BACK VERY DEEP IN, IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WHEN WE, UM, ARE ASKING OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, GRAFFITI, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ANYMORE FOR ONE GUY TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THAT AND FIND SOME RESOLUTION OR THAT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MACRO LOOK AT THIS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO, UM, FOCUS DOWN INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS A MORE MICRO LOOK.
SO FOR ALL FUNDS, UM, OUR REVENUES ARE $145.7 MILLION WITH THE GENERAL FUND BEING THE LARGEST FUND AND, AND TAKES UP 47% OF THAT 145 MILLION.
THE EXPENDITURES FOR ALL FUNDS IS 159.6 MILLION.
AND YOU MIGHT RE REALIZE THAT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT WAS ONLY 145.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES IN OUR SPECIAL FUNDS, DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY IN ONE YEAR TO DO A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
SO WE ACCUMULATE THOSE FUNDS OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN WE'LL DO A BIG PROJECT.
THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU THE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT BASICALLY, UM, MAKE UP THAT 159.6 MILLION SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, BOTH AT 29%.
AND THEN THERE'S CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AT 27.
AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE IS 15%.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK FOR A SECOND HERE AT THE GENERAL FUND, MAYBE MORE THAN A SECOND.
SO I WENT THROUGH AND I TOOK SEVEN YEARS OF DATA HERE AND, UM, PUT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE SIDE-BY-SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AND AS YOU NOTICE IN HERE, A LOT OF THE TIME, UM, THE EXPENDITURES WERE EXCEEDING THE REVENUES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE EVEN INDICATING THAT WE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT THOUGH, IN THE 2122 PROPOSED, THERE IS A $2.3 MILLION GAP BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND THAT, AND I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 67.8 MILLION, UM, FOR 20, OH, THERE'S A TYPE THERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR TWO LARGEST PROPERTY ARE, UM, REVENUES ARE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX AT, UH, 65% OF OUR BUDGET AND
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DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE WHERE YOU SEE FUN BALANCE THERE.AND IT'S 3%, THAT'S THE 2.3 MILLION.
AND I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR EXPENDITURES ONLY INCREASED THIS YEAR BY 1.7%.
THE MAJOR CAUSE OF THIS DEFICIT IS OUR LOSS OF REVENUE.
AND IT ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO 2.3 MILLION.
WE LOST, UM, T O T 600,000, UM, SALES TAX OF A MILLION, UM, 300,000 OR OUR PREPPY EXCHANGE.
IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WE LOST FOR, UM, DISCONTINUANCE OF THE FALSE ALARMS AND THEN A DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTOR'S LICENSED TAX.
THE OTHER EMPHASIS I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT 2.3 MILLION WILL ONLY BE USED IF THE REVENUES DON'T COME IN.
AND SO SAY THAT PEOPLE START TRAVELING AGAIN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OPEN UP FULLY JUNE 15TH, UM, IN CALIFORNIA, IF PEOPLE START TRAVELING, THE TOT IS GOING TO GO UP.
IF YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL START SHOPPING.
IF THEY GET THEIR JOBS BACK AND SALES TAX WILL GO UP.
SO THAT NUMBER COULD BE MUCH LESS.
I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND THEN THIS, THIS, UM, RAFT RIGHT HERE, I TOOK 13 YEARS OF DATA.
I TOOK THE PROPERTY TAX AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT A STABLES, UH, SOURCE OF REVENUE IT'S BEEN FOR US.
IT'S, UM, SORT OF FLATTENING OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US, AND THAT'S OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE, OUR SALES TAX, AND THEN SAME 13 YEARS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE EARLY YEARS, THERE WAS A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE SALES TAX.
UM, THE LAST EIGHT OR THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS, WE HAD GROWTH.
THE LAST SIX YEARS HAVE BEEN SORTA FLAT, WENT UP A LITTLE BIT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S BEEN STILL A VERY STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US.
AND THEN THIS GRAPH HERE, UM, I TOOK SEVEN YEARS OF DATA.
I TOOK OUR TWO LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH IS PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
AND THAT'S THE BLUE LINE YOU SEE? AND THEN I PUT PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND FIRE EXPENDITURES ALONGSIDE OF IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE EARLY YEARS, UM, THE FIRST ONE, FIVE, UH, THAT EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WERE HIGHER THAN THE REVENUES OF THOSE TWO LARGEST SOURCES, WHICH WAS 60%, 65% OF OUR REVENUES.
AND THEN YOU SEE THAT FLIP IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE NOW OUR REVENUES FOR THOSE TWO SOURCES ARE HIGHER THAN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT WITHOUT SACRIFICING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, MOVING TO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE, AGAIN, THE SAME AMOUNT, 67.8 MILLION.
AND, UM, OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE MAKE UP 60% OF THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID, MANY TIMES, OUR BIGGEST ASSET IN THE CITY IS OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND THIS SHOWS HOW LABOR INTENSIVE, THE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE, THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE 61% OF THIS BUDGET IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
AND 39% IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
SO I TOOK, UM, FIVE YEARS OF DATA AND I STOPPED WITH 1920 BECAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ACTUAL NUMBERS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE POLICE OVERTIME AND FIRE OVERTIME FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND IN THE DIFFERENCE, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICE AND FIRE POLICE.
UM, THEIR OVERTIME IS SPREAD OVER SEVERAL FUNDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL FUNDS THAT THEY CAN USE.
THERE ISN'T ANY SPECIAL REVENUE SOURCE ANYWHERE ELSE THAT THE FIRE CAN OFFLOAD.
SOME OF THOSE COSTS TO THE OVERTIME IN THAT LAST YEAR, 1920 FOR POLICE WAS 2.9.
THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER'S FAVORITE SIDE.
SO AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE RE UM, ANTICIPATING THAT FUND BALANCE TOTAL FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE 20, $21.4 MILLION.
AND, UM, THE NON SPENDABLE BALANCE IS 3.5, WHICH LEAVES US WITH AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 17.9 MILLION OR 26.8% IN 1920.
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SO IT'S GOING TO INCREASE A LOT.UM, NOW SOME OF THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE SPEND, THE NON SPENDABLE PORTION HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
IT'S GONE DOWN BECAUSE AS YOU PAY THOSE ADVANCES FROM THE SEC SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THOSE NOW BECOME SPENDABLE RESOURCES.
IT MOVES OUT OF AN ASSET, UM, A RECEIVABLE INTO AN ANOTHER ASSET, WHICH IS CASH.
UM, I WANTED TO PRESENT A CAVEAT TO THIS.
UM, I'M STILL, NOW THAT I'M FULLY STAFFED.
UM, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE BOOKS, UM, FROM THINGS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE I GOT HERE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER WILL BE YET, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET A LOT OF THIS STUFF CLEANED UP BEFORE YEAR END SO THAT, UM, WE CAN PUT THAT PART OF, UM, THE PROBLEM CITY'S PROBLEM BEHIND US, BUT I DO THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
UM, AND, AND THE OTHER THING TOO WITH THIS YEAR IS THE INCREASES IS PRETTY MUCH DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT SHOWS 15 YEARS OF DATA OF YOUR FUND BALANCE.
AND BACK IN OH SIX OH SEVEN, IT WAS ALMOST UP TO 45 MILLION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS, UM, CITY WITH SPENDING DOWN RESERVES AT ABOUT $10 MILLION A YEAR, AND THEN, UM, IN 12, 13 AND 13, 14, YOU CLEARLY SEE THE DISSOLUTION OF THE RDA.
AND, AND THEN SINCE THEN IT WENT UP IN 14, 15, THAT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO SOME LEGISLATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS SORTING OUT HOW REDEVELOPMENT, UM, THE LOSS OF REDEVELOPMENT EFFECTED THE CITIES.
AND, AND THERE WAS, UM, THERE WERE THINGS THAT THEY THEN ALLOWED, SO IT CAUSED IT TO RISE UP AGAIN.
AND THEN, UM, IT TO DECLINE UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND AGAIN, IN 2021, WE EXPECTED TO INCREASE, LIKE I JUST TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE HAVE $6.6 MILLION FOR THE CAPITAL.
UM, YOU SEE THAT JUMP TO IN 21, 22, UH, TWO $38.7 MILLION IN, IN THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THAT'S WHERE I PUT THE ALMOST $20 MILLION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM RELIEF FUNDS.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT ALL HAS TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL.
UM, IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES, UM, THE LOSS OF REVENUE THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR COVID, WE CAN USE PART OF THOSE FUNDS, UM, TO, TO SUPPLEMENT THE GENERAL FUND, AS LONG AS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT LOSS.
SO, UM, BUT THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT SOMEPLACE WHERE I KNEW WHERE IT WAS AND, AND IT CAN BE MOVED AT A LATER TIME, BUT IT WOULD NEVER BE MOVED UNLESS WE OBTAINED, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT, UH, DEPICTION OF, UM, THE SAME NUMBERS THAT SHOWS IT GRAPHICALLY.
AND YOU CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE THAT 20, UH, 20 MILLION FOR THE RELIEF FUNDS, OUR NEXT STEPS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TIMELY AND MAKE NECESSARY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT WE BRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE NEED TO SHIFT FROM REACTIVE TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
OUR BUILDINGS HAVE, ARE REALLY IN DISREPAIR IN THE CANS, BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I, I DON'T THINK WE CAN KEEP PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON, ON THINGS WE NEED TO ADHERE TO OUR ADAPT ADAPTED BUDGET POLICIES.
AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, I THINK WE NEED TO PREPARE A PLAN TO RESOLVE GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AND MAINTAIN GENERAL FUND RESERVES PER THE CITY POLICY.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH THE UNIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADAPT ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS AND, UM, REFORM INTEREST BASED BARGAINING.
UM, LASTLY, BEFORE I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS I WANT TO TAKE, UM, THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR THEIR HELP IN PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
THERE WERE A LOT OF HOURS THAT GO INTO THIS BUDGET PREPARATION.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FINANCE STAFF IN, IN PARTICULAR, JASMINE, PAT, AUSTRALIA OF MY STAFF, WHO PUT THE DOCUMENT TOGETHER FOR
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ME AND DID A LOT OF THESE GRAPHS AND WORKED VERY TIRELESSLY FOR ME.BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND, UM, HELPING ME GET THIS BUDGET DONE.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, COUNCILMAN WOOP, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I T IN NOVEMBER, I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE SIX YEARS.
FROM 2016, BUDGET, 17, 18, UH, NOTHING BUT EXTREMELY PAINFUL.
WE DIDN'T GET A BUDGET TILL LATE AUGUST.
AND IF YOU SEE THE VIDEO, OKAY.
THE YOUTUBE, WE WENT THROUGH FIVE SPECIAL MEETINGS, TRIED TO GET A BALANCED BUDGET AND END UP, THEY LAY OFF 22 PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A, THE NUMBER WAS AT THAT TIME, THE 2018, 19 BUDGET, WE'RE DOWN TO $9 MILLION OF THE FUND BALANCE AND RESERVE AND LET IS WHAT THE STATE AUDIT HAVE THE NUMBER LOOKING TO LAND.
AND THEN WITH THIS NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WITH ALL THIS REFORM, AND THEY'LL ALWAYS ALL THIS OKAY.
AND THAT COCKTAIL EXPENDITURE THAT WASTE OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, 7% OF $204 MILLION OF A PATIENT NOW DOWN TO 3.7%.
AND THEN LET'S GIVE OUR TAX PAYER OF BREATHING ROOM BECAUSE WE ARE SAVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, JUST PAY THE INTEREST.
A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN IN 2016, 17, 18.
THAT IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL TO LISTEN TO THE PREVIOUS.
I DON'T KNOW EVEN HOW MANY THEY HAVE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME AND THEY EVEN DON'T KNOW WHO I AM FROM PELL AND SAYS, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK, OKAY.
AND ESPECIALLY FROM 9 MILLION, $9.5 MILLION, 2018, 19 FUND BALANCE.
AND TWO LAST YEAR, AS OF, OKAY.
14.7 MILLION AND NOW TO $17.6 MILLION FOUND BALANCE.
THAT IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT NOW.
IN 2014 THAT TIME, I THINK THE I'M BALANCE IS $50 MILLION AND THEY GO TO 13, 10 GO TO $9 MILLION.
SO I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO THIS TREND.
AND THEY'RE GOING, GOING, GOING UP.
LIKE NEXT YEAR WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAY, BUT ONE THING I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU IS A SERVICE.
SINCE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT WAITING ROOM, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MONEY BECAUSE WE DO ALL THEY'D BE OKAY, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A OVERTIME ISSUE.
THEY'RE GOING TO EAT US ALIVE.
WE NEED TO TRY TO FIND A WAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
DO WE, BASED ON THIS BUDGET, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANCE? OKAY.
TWO THING, BECAUSE WE LAY OFF 22 PEOPLE IN 2000, AND NOW THE CITIES SUFFER ABOUT THE LACK OF SERVICE, INCLUDING GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE BASED ON YOUR BUDGET AND THE SECOND ISSUE? WE ONLY HAVE A 90 POLICE OFFICER.
AND THEN CON I KNOW BEFORE PANDEMIC, OUR RJ IS 98.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY WE CAN LOOK INTO HIGHER P ONE P TWO.
AND THE POLICE OFFICER TWO IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
WE DO CURRENTLY WE, WE JUST TOO MUCH STRESS FOR THE, IN ONLY THE NAMING, THE MINIMAL STAFFING.
AND I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF A POLICE ON THE STREET, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR CRIME RATE GOING UP.
MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW THIS BUDGET.
WHEN I LOOK PRETTY GOOD, WE STILL HAVE A $2.3 MILLION GAP AND THAT WE STILL HAVE A WALK ON WEB, BUT IN THE MEANTIME I SEE THE, OKAY, WE GOING UP, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY WE CAN ADDRESS SOME, A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE? OF COURSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND DO I KNOW THERE'S A
WE CUT THE BONE TO THE STAFF INTO SKELETON.
AND IS THAT ABOUT TIME FOR US GRADUALLY WITH A FLASHBACK.
AND SO WE CAN FUNCTION NOW A MUCH BATSHIT.
WE STILL NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS, BUT ANY POSSIBILITY LIKE ROME, I'M GOING TO ANSWER THOSE.
THERE WERE TWO QUESTIONS THERE.
I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FIRST ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE, AS YOU WILL RECALL.
MOST OF THOSE MAINTENANCE GUYS THAT GOT LAID OFF WERE PAID OUT OF SPECIAL FUNDS.
THERE WASN'T VERY MUCH SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AND TRY TO PUT MORE STAFF OUT THERE.
WE KNOW FOR SURE, UM, THAT THERE THERE'S
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AREAS LACKING.AND, UM, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, WITHOUT IT IMPACTING THE GENERAL FUND IN 2018 BUDGET, THEY LAY OFF THE 22 HOUR.
AND, UM, WALKER THEN ON THE STREET AND THEY'RE HELPING US, WE ONLY SAY ABOUT 150,000 GENERAL FUND.
THE REST OF THEIR SURVEY IS FUNDED WITH STRAIGHT TO FUND.
SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO DO LED.
SO, SO I, I THINK WE, WE, WHY NOW LOOK LIKE OUR PROBABLY WORK IS TOTALLY OKAY.
UNLESS YOU CAN SEE THE STREET, THIS AND THAT.
SOME OF THE PLACES REALLY STRUGGLING.
SO ANY POSSIBILITY WE, WE NEED TO USE THE, ALWAYS REFUND THE RESTRICTED FUND TO HIRE SOME OF THE, OUR IMPORTANT STAFF BACK TO OKAY.
OUR CT AT THE SAME TIME, PERFORM CLEANUP, THE CITY AS FAR, UM, POLICE OFFICERS GO, UM, WE CAN DO SOME ANALYSIS AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU SUGGESTED WITH THE P ONE P TWO.
AND I, I INTERVIEWED P ONE P TWO STAFF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I, IN 2018, WHEN I BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE,
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 70, $80,000 PLUS DAY EQUIPMENT.
AND THE FOOL CAN HA 10 POSSIBLE, A MILLION DOLLARS, $1.2 MILLION BUDGET.
DUE TO
SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE A WORRY, OKAY.
HIRE THE LATERAL AND UP, WE HAVE THE WAY THAT WE PAY DALE.
AND A PENSION OR A DAY IN THE MUCH HIGHER.
SO, AND THE APPLAUSE, I THINK RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 2.7, FIVE 57.
SO NOT THREE 50, LIKE BEFORE THAT.
SO IN THAT WAY POSSIBLE WE CAN RECRUIT.
AND PLUS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIRED WHEN THEY ARE 50 YEARS OLD.
SO WE ARE GOING TO OUT OF A LOT OF STAFFING.
SO WE MAY BE, WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE ONE YEAR PLAN, THREE YEARS AND FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN GETTING TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND ONE OF MY FIRST THOUGHTS WITH THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN WU IS THAT IF WE HIRE OFFICERS THE OLD, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A REDUCTION IN THE OVERTIME BECAUSE A LOT OF, UM, THE PDS OVERTIME IS DUE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SHORTAGES IN STAFFING AND, AND VACANCIES.
SO AS YOU FILL THOSE VACANCIES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD HIGHER NUMBER OF EIGHT, UM, OF OFFICERS THAT, AND THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE A CORRELATION.
UM, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO, YEAH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AGAIN? THE PUBLICITY ISSUE A LOT, ALWAYS AND REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND MAYBE WE CAN RE WHY NOT JUST LOOK AS BUDGET I WENT THROUGH, WE CAN SEE ALL THE GREEN NOTE IS LOOK MUCH CONFIDENT TO READ NOW, TOO PAINFUL TO READ, LIKE BACK IN 2017, 18.
BUT SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND REALLY APPRECIATE TWO YEARS ON THE JOB YOU ARE THE LONGEST FINANCE DIRECTOR WE EVER HAVE ALSO THEN NEXT SIX MONTHS DISAPPEAR.
I THINK CONTINUITY TO IMPROVE OUR CT SPECIAL FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS SO VITAL FOR OUR CITY GROWS AND FUTURE.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, AND PLEASE LOOK INTO THE UMP TO POLICE OFFICER AND, UH, AND, UH, AND, AND THE HOUR OKAY.
AND I THINK SOME OF THE W THEY CAN POSITION, LIKE PALINE UP.
WE NEED TO MAYBE FILL IT IN AS WE ALREADY HAVE BUDGET.
SO WE NEED A COMMUNITY E UH, ECON, UH, COMMUNITY ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO BRING MORE BUSINESS TO US, TRY TO SELL THE CT.
AND TO TELL THEM HOW GOOD IS CT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, YOU, MY TIME, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH.
UM, ONE, ONE QUESTION, AND GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN WU SAID, I KNOW A LOT OF THAT, UH, STAFF, WE WERE PAYING THROUGH SPECIAL FUNDS.
SO ARE WE, UM, LOOKING AT POSSIBLY, UM, HIRING, UH, POSSIBLY AN ANOTHER GRANT WRITER CONSIDERING, UH, WHAT THE STATE, UH, GOVERNOR NEWSOME IS, UH, PROVIDING, UM, SEEMS LIKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
UH, SO W WHAT'S OUR CAPACITY TO ACCESS SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL FUNDS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH, UM, SOME OF THOSE MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DIDN'T HAVE A GRANT WRITER, UM, ON MY RADAR SCREEN AT ALL.
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WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME SUCCESS IN STAFF PUTTING IN FOR GRANTS, AND AS WE HEAR ABOUT THEM, THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN HANDLING IT.BUT FOR A FULL-TIME GRANT WRITER, I'M NOT SURE IT'S NEEDED.
UH, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER QUESTION, UM, YOU, YOU DID MENTION THE, THE $2.3 MILLION, UM, SHORTFALL, UH, ARE, ARE WE, ARE WE CONCERNED WITH, WITH THE, THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, IS, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS, I GUESS, A CONCERN IT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK LIKE AN ENTERPRISE AND, UM, PAY FOR ITSELF.
SO, UM, I, IT'S NOT A CONCERN.
UM, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T TOUCH MY GENERAL CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
SO ON, ON THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WE, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE, WELL, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW YET.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, OR, OR I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK THE COUNCILS DECIDED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT YET.
UM, SO UNTIL WE KNOW THAT I DON'T, I DON'T, IT'S NOT A CONCERN TO ME.
I'M NOT SPENDING MONEY ON IT RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.
IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, BUT WE'VE TURNED A CORNER.
WE'VE, WE'VE GONE FROM HAVING TO STUDY CASHFLOW SO INTENSELY THAT WE WERE REALLY STRESSED OUT ABOUT IT.
WE HADN'T DONE THAT PENSION BOND TRANSACTION.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN AND GIVE CASH BY A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS BY SEPTEMBER OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT WAS REALLY RIGHT DOWN TO THE END.
WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS, QUANTIFY THE PROBLEMS AND SOLVE FOR THE PROBLEMS. AND WHEN WE'RE DOING IT IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS.
THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS ADOPTED IS ACTUALLY WORKING, BUT THAT JUST MEANS WE GOTTA BE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT OUR AVOIDING RISK AND TRANSFERRING RISK.
WE'RE ALSO NOW AT A POINT WHERE IF THE BIG CRISIS IS MAYBE PASSED THIS BY, WE GOT TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THINGS LIKE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
UM, WE RIGHT AWAY, I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A NEW AKG IN EVERY FIREHOUSE.
IF I RAN THE WORLD, I'D BUY TWO NEW PUMPER ENGINE, NEW LADDER TRUCK TOMORROW.
UM, WE KNOW THAT SUBSTANDARD CONDITION OF, UM, OUR FIRE STATIONS, ESPECIALLY FIRE ONE.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE OUT OF IT.
STATION NUMBER ONE, WE'VE GOT TO, UM, AIR DOWN ON, UH, FACILITY REPAIRS, AND WE'RE MAKING GAIN.
YOU JUST APPROVE THE ENERGY PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO $7 MILLION WORTH OF NEW THINGS, COOL ROOFS AND SOLAR PANELS AND LIGHT BULBS AND ALL OF THAT, AND PAY FOR IT OUT OF THE ENERGY SAVINGS.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN RETURN TO BEING FULLY STAFFED.
WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO RUN LEAN.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ECHO, ROBIN'S THOUGHT ABOUT THE GRANT WRITER.
WE'VE BEEN USING STAFF ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF CITY HALL TO WRITE A LOT OF GRANTS.
OUR NEW ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD, UM, WITH WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN PITCHING IN AND TRYING TO PURSUE EVERY SINGLE GRANT WE HEAR ABOUT THAT MEETS WITH, WITH OUR MISSION.
I TURNED IN A $5 MILLION GRANT FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
WE TURNED INTO NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR, UM, UH, ADA TRANSITION PLAN THAT THEY SHIFTED US TOWARD AZUSA AVENUE.
BUT, BUT IT'S NOT TIME TO LOSE FOCUS.
ROBIN SAID, AND I THINK IT'S OUR CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR BIGGEST ASSET.
WE'VE GOT THEM ALL UNDER CONTRACT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN WITH THEM AND TREAT THEM FAIRLY TOO.
CAUSE WE GOT TO KEEP THAT WORKFORCE INTACT.
SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD WORK TO DO.
I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'D WELCOME THEM.
BUT REFER THIS OUT, ENCOURAGE BROAD PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF IT.
WE'LL DO THIS MEETING WITHOUT YOU ALL TOMORROW NIGHT HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS AND HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC VERY IMPORTANT PIECE.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND WE'LL, UM, TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS FROM TONIGHT AND SEE IF WE CAN, UM, LET YOU MAKE SOME CHOICES ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING MORE OF RIGHT AWAY.
WHEN YOU MENTIONED WE, UH, LOST THE REVENUE OF A FALSE ALARM, UM, WE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE LET TIME AGAINST IS THE BILLING BECAUSE THEY MISS BILLING ALL
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THE TIME.SO THE BUILDINGS IS THE ISSUE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE AGAINST THE FALSE ALARM PENALTY.
AND THEN I LEAD THE THING IS CREATE A NEWS, A RESOURCE ON THE POLICE OFFICER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IF, IF ONE YEAR YOU HAVE A, WHAT? THREE TIMES.
OR FALSE ALARM, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY, OKAY.
THE F THE, THE, THE, THE FINE, BECAUSE YOU WASTE THE POLICE SHOW UP, POLICE SHOW UP IT, PLEASE DOESN'T SHOW UP.
IT DOESN'T COME, BUT YOUR POLICE SHOW UP AND YOU HAVE A FALSE ALARM.
I REMEMBER THE THIRD TIME YOU HAVE TO PAY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE COUNSEL AGAINST LAND.
WE JUST AGAINST THAT BUILDING COMPANY IN TEXAS.
AND, UH, JUST QUIZZICALLY BILL, EVERYBODY.
AND I, WE, WE, WE SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS.
AND SO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE LOSE THE REVENUE.
WE NEED TO FIND A MORE BETTER.
AND A BUILDING COMPANY MORE CREDIBLE.
THAT THERE WILL BE, UM, MAYBE OUR DISPATCHER.
SO WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PUT THAT TOPIC ON YOUR WORK PROGRAM AND BRING YOU BACK, GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS YOU COULD LOOK AT IS ACCURATE BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, THE CASE, ANY CITY, THEY ALL HAVE THIS FALL ALARM.
NOT, WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO LET PEOPLE ABUSE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WASTING A LOT OF OUR POLICE RESOURCE.
SO I THINK MAYBE YOU SHOULD BRING YOU BACK UNTIL WE VISIT SEE IS WHAT IS FAIRNESS.
AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO GOUGE IN THE LAW ABIDING CITIZEN FOR MISTAKE BECAUSE YOU, YOU SEND A BILL TO GET WITH THE CITY LOGO.
AND A LOT OF SENIOR DIGITS WORRY, THEY JUST BUY THE CHECK AND SEND OUT, AND THAT'S HOW THEY POCKET THE MONEY AND THE, AND THE SAME THING.
THE CITY THAT'S SHOULDN'T MAKE THE MONEY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. COUNCILMAN WILL, IS ROBIN.
THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND YOUR STAFF.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS I KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE DO GET SOME MORE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE GRAFFITI.
AND I MEAN, THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
I MEAN, UM, SO I THINK, AND I KNOW THAT WE LACK IN A PERSONNEL FOR THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT.
AND, UH, AND ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE.
AND I DO REMEMBER THE FALSE ALARM, IT WAS THE SAME AGREEMENT.
WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, ROBIN, YOU KNOW, AS A FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, THE SAME AS WHAT THEY SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, WE'VE SEEN, IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAD.
I MEAN, YOU YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB.
SO WE ARE THANKFUL, UH, RESIDENTS HAS BEEN SAYING, OH, CITY'S GOING TO BANKRUPTCY.
WE'RE HEADING DOWN TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE DENTISTS ARE IN BANKRUPTCY.
AND, BUT I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE THE TREND, UM, WE DIDN'T GO LOWER THAN WHAT WAS SAID, WE'RE GOING HIGHER.
WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
IT'S STILL, WE STILL HAVE WAYS TO IMPROVE.
WE ARE STILL IN RECOVERY AND REBUILDING.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
IS IT RECEIVING FILE? OKAY, LET ME SEE.
UM, IS IT THE RUSSIAN THREE? EMOTIONAL.
I'LL MOVE THE MOTION TO THERE'S THREE RECOMMENDATIONS, COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL ON YOUR STAFF REPORT.
AND SO IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO CARRY OUT ALL THREE, OR AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID, I MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECORD, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION WITH BREHM COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ IN A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE BOTS BY ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, ANY AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE, A MEETING FROM THE COUNCIL SEEING NONE.
[21) REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FROM MAYOR LOPEZ-VIADO REQUESTING FORSTAFF TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM PREVENTING CRIME THROUGHENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PROGRAM]
ITEM NUMBER 21.UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH, UH, BUSINESSES, SAFETY CONCERNS, RESIDENTS HAD ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW IT IS, UH, SO CRIME AND SO FORTH.
SO I DID MEET WITH MILAN, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO HE ACTUALLY HAD THIS PROGRAM IN OTHER CITIES, UH, WHICH I'D LIKE TO DEVELOP.
AND WELL, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS IMPLEMENTED IN WEST COVINA, WHICH IS PREVENTING CRIME THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
THE PROGRAM WOULD BE IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE
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THE PURE APPEARANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, WHICH ENCOURAGES PROSPERITY FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND WITH MYLAN'S BACKGROUND.AND HE HAD THAT INFORMATION WITH OTHER CITIES AND HE TAUGHT CLASSES WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE CODE ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION AND HAVE ATTENDED TRAINING IN THE SUBJECT OF LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S TRAINING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BEING IMPLEMENTED.
AND IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE CITY, WILL HIM PRIMARILY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS GOAL, LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OCEAN.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
IS THERE ANY CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS? I HAVEN'T, UH, UH, UH, AGAIN, UH, DARIA I'M SURE.YOU'RE, YOU'RE WATCHING CHANGING DIAPERS.
CONGRATULATIONS AT THE FALL ASLEEP.
HE CHANGING DIAPERS, NEW PARENTS, LACK OF SLEEP.
YOU PROBABLY SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT TRYING TO PLAN THE EIGHT 29 YEARS AGO, CHANGING DIAPERS LIKE A YESTERDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM AND YOU KNOW, FATHER'S DAYS NEXT MONTH.
SO I CAN ACTUALLY SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THESE GENTLEMEN HERE IN THE COUNCIL.
AND THAT QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE REGARDING, UH, THE FULL BANK ARE COMING IN.
AND THERE'S A SATURDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK.
WE WILL BE THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF GROUPS.
THEY WANT TO DONATE THE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE FOOD BANK.
SO WE WELCOME PEOPLE TO, UH, BE A VOLUNTEERS.
OR IF PEOPLE IN NEED, PLEASE COME SHOW UP, UH, PICK UP THE FIELD AND DUSTY.
I REMEMBER THEY HAVE A DIAPER, SO IT TO BE DONE.
I MEAN, TELL ME, I CAN SHOW UP, PICK UP SOME TYPER.
HE NEEDED A LOT OF MONEY TO FEED A BABY.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING AND LIKE ADJOURN, ADJOURN.