* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] SORRY, HERE WE GO. [Call to Order] GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE COULD, COULD HEAR ME. WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 15TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 7:07 PM. MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR TONY RODRIGUEZ FROM CALVARY CHAPEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM CASIANOS WILL BE LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SURE. THANK YOU. HEAVENLY FATHER MADE THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTHS AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEART. BE ACCEPTABLE IN THY SIGHT. AMEN, BUDDY. PLEASE RAISE THE FLAG. PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY AGAIN, AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. ROLL CALL PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT TBA PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. WOO. YUP. HOW IT'S A WOMAN DIAZ HERE. MAY I APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS LOPEZ, VIEJO ISN'T A CITY ATTORNEYS OR ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ONTO PRESENTATIONS. [Certificates for Reading Achievements Achieve 3000 7th and 8th Graders from Walnut Grove] GET A MIC TESTING. SO CAN I INVITE MS. KIM CHRISSY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WALNUT GROVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL TO THE FRONT. SO FOR 20 YEARS, A TREE 3000 HAS BEEN EMPOWERING EDUCATORS AND HELPING THEM UNLOCK STUDENT POTENTIAL AND ACCELERATE LEARNING GROWTH. NOW MORE THAN EVER SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS NEED PROVEN SOLUTIONS THAT CAN HELP THEM ADDRESS UNFINISHED LEARNING AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS. LET US CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. BUT BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND LIST THEM TO COME DOWN HERE, I WOULD LIKE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, PLEASE DO SOMETHING. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD WE ARE OF THESE STUDENTS. UM, TYPICALLY STUDENTS INCREASE THEIR READING LEXILE BY 50 TO 60 POINTS IN A YEAR. THESE STUDENTS HAVE TRIPLED OR EVEN SEVEN TIMES MET THAT, THAT GROWTH. AND THEN A YEAR WHEN THEY'VE BEEN ON THE COMPUTER FOR ALL OF THEIR TEACHING, FOR THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR WORK, TO DO THIS PROGRAM IS REMARKABLE AND SHOWS HER DEDICATION. AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THEM. THEY'RE NOW GOING TO BE EIGHTH GRADERS AND NINTH GRADERS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AS THEY MOVE ON. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE'D LIKE TO START WITH KEVIN. MY YOGA WE'LL BE TAKING A GROUP, ELENA DEANNA MAYA SALAMA ITALY, GRADUATIONS, MIRANDA CRUZ, CAITLIN VICARIO, MARISSA VICTORIA, ANTHONY BUNNY. AGOA HALEY AYALA, MCKENZIE, Z. OH, THAT LISA GARCIA, MONTEZ, THIS YOKO AUTUMN PAGAN. LIRIS SO, UH, WE HAVE PROUD PARENTS HERE. YOU GUYS DID VERY WONDERFUL. UM, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? SAY WHAT, HOW YOU CAME UP TO THIS OR, YOU KNOW, ANY LITTLE COMMENTS OR ADVICE YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE TO OTHERS? UM, JUST TRY YOUR BEST. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE HERE, YOU GOT THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE HONORS AND THAT WAS GREAT. ACHIEVE 3000 YOU ACHIEVED? YEAH. JUST DO YOUR BEST. GET [00:05:03] I LIKED READING. THAT'S WHY HE DID IT. THERE YOU GO. READING PLAN AHEAD. PLAN AHEAD. PLAN AHEAD. UM, YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP BECAUSE IF YOU EVER GIVE UP, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU COULD HAVE ACHIEVED. NEVER GIVE UP IS KEEP WORKING HARD, WORKING HARD, TRY HARD. DO ANYTHING. AS LONG AS YOU KEEP TRYING, IF YOU SCHEDULE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, THEN YOU CAN GET IT THROUGH YOUR BEST. JUST KEEP GOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SUPPORT IS A BIG THING. SO THE CITY, THE CITY DOES SUPPORT YOU. YOUR PARENTS ARE HERE. LOOK THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE, THEY SUPPORT YOU AND THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A GROUP PHOTO SO WE CAN ALL GATHER TOGETHER. MAYBE NEIL GO IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND KEEP ON READING. KEEP ON ACHIEVING HIGHER GOALS. AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE AGAIN ON ANOTHER TIME, OR MAYBE YOU'LL BE HERE, UH, LEADING THIS CHAMBERS. SO THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AGAIN. I HAVEN'T SEEN HER. I THINK I SAW HER. CAN I INVITE [Proclamation for Gun Violence Awareness] FRIENDS, SOY, COLTON TO THE FRONT? IS SHE HERE? THIS IS FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF GUN VIOLENCE. THERE YOU GO. THE TIMING OF A GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AS PROPOSED AS THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE IS MEANINGFUL AS IT CAN SIDES WITH THE NATIONAL WEAR ORANGE WEEKEND, WHERE ORANGE WAS CREATED IN MEMORY OF A YOUNG GIRL HADIYA PENDLETON WHO WAS KILLED BY A GUN AFTER PERFORMING IN BARACK OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION PARADE, HER FAMILY WANTED TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE AS SHE WAS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS. SHE LOVED THE COLOR ORANGE, WHICH IS THE COLOR HUNTERS WERE TO BE SAFE. SO THEY CREATED WEAR ORANGE TO OCCUR THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE WITH A PURPOSE OF SPREADING GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO FOR THAT, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A PROCLAMATION, BUT BEFORE DOING SO, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, WELL, THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL. THANK YOU. SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS CITY, IN THIS STATE THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR, THEIR FAMILIES STILL MOURN AND THEY MAY HAVE HAPPENED DECADES AGO, BUT THEY'RE STILL MOURNING THE DEATH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HELP US TO HEAL AS A NATION, AS A CITY AND TO HAVE A DAY ONCE A YEAR WHERE WE CAN RE REMEMBER THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S PEOPLE LIKE THE MAYORS WHO, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT KNOW ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THEIR PARTICULAR DISTRICTS. AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO MEANINGFUL THINGS EVERY DAY IS TO TRY TO CURB THESE THINGS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ONE. [00:10:41] OKAY. BEFORE MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT. HERMAN ROBERT BOB FAST WAS BORN IN MOUNTAIN LAKE, MINNESOTA ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1927. BOB PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BOB HAD MANY MEMORIES OF CHOIR CLASS PLAYS IN SCHOOL BAND. BOB WAS MARRIED TO JORIS PETERS OF MOUNTAIN LAKE FROM 1948 UNTIL HER PASSING IN 1993. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT BOB FAST WAS A CITY MANAGER HERE IN WEST COVINA FOR SO MANY YEARS. I BELIEVE IT'S 17 OR 14, 14 TO 17 YEARS. UH, BOB AND DORIS HAD THREE CHILDREN. BOB'S BELIEF IN UPWARD MOBILITY AND PERSON'S CAREER LED HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO MANY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES. BOB THEN HEADED TO WHAT WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING CAREER OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OR TWO COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA. BOB STARTED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR WEST COVINA. HIS PASSION FOR WEST COVINA AND ITS PROJECT WAS A GROWING COMMUNITY, WERE ENDLESS. HIS WORK FOR WEST COVINA THEN SENT HIM ON HIS UPWARD MOBILITY MANTRA TO THE CITY OF CHINO AS A CITY MANAGER FOR FOUR YEARS. THE LAST 26 YEARS, BOB WAS SURROUNDED BY LOTS OF LOVE FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BOB LOVED EVERYONE BACK WAS MARRIED TO DORIS PETERS FROM 1948 UNTIL HER PASSING IN 1993, HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS THREE CHILDREN FROM THAT UNION, SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN BOB IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 26 YEARS, ODETTE JOHNSON, BEST OF FAIRMONT THREE STEP SONS WHO WERE DEAR AND BELOVED TO BOB OR GRANDCHILDREN. AND TO CALL YOU DOGS VIOLENT AND HALO. SO WE, IN THAT WE'D LIKE TO HONOR IN MEMORY OF OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER. UM, HERMAN BOB, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] WILL MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. IF ANYONE LIKES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? MAYOR? WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS. 12. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RYAN SERRANO FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY BOB RYAN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. MY NAME IS RYAN SERRANO AND I'M AN ASSISTANT FIELD DEPUTY WITH THE OFFICE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY BORDER. A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR, FIRST DISTRICT SUPERVISOR HILDA ELSA LEASE. I WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON RECENT ACTIONS TO HELP THE COUNTY OPEN IN A SAFE MANNER AND AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON RECENT BOARD MOTIONS. TODAY, WE MARK THE FULL REOPENING OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING MALLS, MOVIE THEATERS, AND MOST EVERYDAY PLACES ARE NOW OPEN AS NORMAL WITH NO CAPACITY LIMITS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED. BUT I ASKED US TO LET, TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE SACRIFICES IT TOOK TO GET US TO THIS POINT, WE LOST OVER 23,000 RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE. FOR MANY, THIS REOPENING COMES AT A TIME OF LOSS AND SORROW. LET'S CONTINUE TO BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER. DURING THIS TIME OF TRANSITION, THIS PANDEMIC IS STILL VERY PRESENT, WHICH MEANS WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET. IT IS STILL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS GET VACCINATED. TODAY'S REOPENING ALSO MARKS SOME CHANGES COMING TO THE COUNTY APART FROM FULL REOPENINGS OF SECTORS AND BUSINESSES AS ANNOUNCED DURING LAST WEEK'S COVID-19 MEDIA BRIEFING, ALL LARGE COUNTY RUN MAKEUP PODS ARE NOW CLOSED. VACCINES WILL STILL BE WIDELY AVAILABLE AT A RANGE OF SITES, INCLUDING MOBILE CLINICS, LIKE THE ONE LOCATED AT CAMERON PARK, LOCAL PHARMACIES LIKE CVS AND COMMUNITY CLINICS LIKE EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH, AS WELL AS SMALLER LONG-TERM SITES RUN BY THE COUNTY. THE CURRENT VACCINATION RATE FOR RESIDENTS 16 PLUS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AS OF JUNE 11TH WAS 69.7%. A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH ROOM TO IMPROVE. THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH, THE HOME STRETCH THAT WE HAD BEEN ENVISIONING FOR OVER A YEAR. SO LET'S MAKE SURE EVERY RESIDENT GETS AT LEAST ONE DOSE SO WE CAN GET TO THAT FINISH LINE. YOU CAN VISIT VACCINATE ELLIE COUNTY.COM. [00:15:01] FIND MY VAX LA.COM OR CALL 8 3 3 5 4 0 0 4 7 3. TO FIND A VACCINATION SITE NEAR YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THROUGH EMOTION AUTHORED BY SUPERVISOR SULLIES. THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM YEAR ROUND YOUTH AT WORK PREPARES UNDERSERVED YOUTH AGE 14 TO 24 FOR CAREERS THROUGH PAY WORK EXPERIENCE AND A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE COUNTY'S NETWORK OF AMERICA'S JOB CENTERS OF CALIFORNIA. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE J H JCC. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SERVING THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS, INCLUDING JUSTICE INVOLVED, YOUTH, YOUTH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FOSTER YOUTH TRANSITION, AGE YOUTH AND CALWORKS YOUTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CRITICAL RESOURCES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. AS WE EMERGED FROM THIS PANDEMIC, OUR OFFICE CAN HELP PARTNER FOR MOBILE VACCINE UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE APPRECIATED THE CURRENT VACCINATION EFFORTS HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE COMMUNITY WELLBEING TO ENJOY MUCH DESERVED SUMMER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FIELD OFFICE AT 9 0 9 5 9 3 3 6 6 1. LET'S GET TO THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER. I THANK YOU AGAIN. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UPDATE, UH, QUICK QUESTION. UM, THE YOUTH PROGRAM, 14 TO 24, CAUSE I RECEIVED THAT AT MY WORK AND IT WAS ONLY YOUTH WHO LIVE IN CITY OF LA. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR, FOR THE COUNTY AT LARGE FULL COUNTY, INCLUDING THE, UH, WELL RESIDENTS. CAN YOU SEND US THE INFORMATION WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOLS GET THAT? SO THE YOUTH AGES 14 TO 24 CAN START THEIR WORKFORCE. SURE. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. CARSON FOLLOWED BY BOB RYAN FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, BACK AGAIN. UM, ONCE AGAIN, I'M ASKING OUR COUNCIL TO GET A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST GEORGE GASCON. I HAVE BEEN HELPING AT THE RE UH, THE RECALL GAVISCON SIGNING BOOSTS FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW. AND I HAVE TO SAY THE COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF GAS, GAS, DAWNS, DISASTROUS DIRECTIVES, AND THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISING CRIME RATES. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SIGN THE RECALL, UH, GAS CON'S POLICIES, MAKE NO SENSE AND ARE PUTTING ALL OUR LIVES IN DANGER. HIS POLICIES ARE NOT TRUE REFORM. WE HAVE A DA THAT IS JUST GOING EASY ON CRIMINALS, HOPING THAT, UH, THEY WILL NOT RE-OFFEND. HE IS NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW. HE IS JUST A DA THAT REFUSES TO FILE CHARGES AND A LOT OF CASES AND THE GOING LIGHT ON CRIMINALS. THIS IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE POLICE GATHERED THE EVIDENCE AND BRING IT TO THE DA FOR PROSECUTION. THE DA IS SUPPOSED TO CHARGE EACH CASE BASED ON THE LAW. GAVISCON IS NOT DOING THIS. IT IS THE PROSECUTOR'S JOB TO TRY EACH CASE. TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. GAVISCON IS NOT ALLOWING HIS PROSECUTORS TO DO THIS. IN MOST CASES, GAVISCON IS REMOVING ALL ENHANCEMENTS. HE IS NOT BRINGING UP PRIOR CONVICTIONS. THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM, MAJOR PROBLEM, AND NOT USING THE DEATH PENALTY. SIMPLE FACT, THE MORE VIOLENT CRIMINALS THAT ARE RELEASED EARLY, THE CHANCE OF EVERYONE BEING A VICTIM INCREASES DRAMATICALLY. YOU VIOLATES THE VICTIM'S RIGHT BILL. THIS IS A REAL BIG ONE FOR ME. NO ONE HAS MARSY'S LAW, UH, ZERO BAIL FOR MANY CASES, INCLUDING CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO THE VICTIMS. THEY'RE OUT ON BAIL, BACK OUT ON A VERY, UH, VERY, UH, VULNERABLE SITUATIONS. IN BOTH CASES, I URGE OUR COUNCIL TO MAKE A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST GEORGE GASCON ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA. I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF. I CAME OUT HERE, MEET ME AND DAVE WILLIAMS AND WE PRESENTED THIS. WE NEED A VOTE. OKAY. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW OUR COUNCIL FEEL ABOUT THIS. UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I WAS PREPARED. UH, I NEVER KNOW WHAT'S THREE OR FIVE, SO I WROTE THREE TODAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. UH, BRIAN FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS BOB RYAN. UH, I'M A REAL VICTIM, NOT A VICTIM MADE UP BY GAS CONE, NOT A VICTIM PAID BY JASKO AND OR GEORGE SOROS. [00:20:01] I'M A VICTIM. MY SON WAS MURDERED, BRUTALLY MURDERED, LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM HERE. NOW IT WAS A PREMEDITATED MURDER. HE SHOT MY SON FIVE TIMES IN A TORSO. ONCE IN THE HEAD. NOW MY SON FRIEND WAS RUBBED THEM. THEY BLEW HIM AWAY BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WITNESS. NOW, THE PROBLEM IS THEY, THEY, THEY DID ALL THIS. THEN HE TOOK THE TWO BOYS. HE WRAPPED THEREBY HE CARJACKED TO VAN THROUGH THE LADY IN THE STREET, TOLD HER I'LL KILL YOU. IF YOU TALK TO THE POLICE, THAT'S MIND YOU. THAT'S A COUPLE OF MILES FROM HERE. AND HE TOOK THE BODIES, PUT THEM IN THE VAN, TOOK THEM OUT TO VICTORVILLE IN THE DIRT AND DUMPED MY SON LIKE TRASH AND ANOTHER BOY LIKE TRASH. WE FOUND HIM EIGHT DAYS LATER LAYING IN THE DIRT WHILE SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR ALUMINUM CANS. I'M A REAL VICTIM. NOW THIS MURDERER WAS A GANG MEMBER AND THE EAST SIDE BULLETS, VERY PROMINENT GANG RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. THEY COME INTO THIS TOWN ALL THE TIME. THIS GANG MEMBER HAD MANY, MANY PRIOR ARRESTS. MANY. HE USED A GUN FOR THAT. HE CARJACKED, HE HAD EVERYTHING AND WE WENT TO COURT AND THE JUDGE REMOVED THE SPECIAL ENHANCEMENTS AND THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE OF GAS CONES DIRECTIVES. NOW WE WENT BACK TO COURT. THANK GOD FOR THE MARCY'S LAW'S ATTORNEY, STEVE COOLEY AND KATHY KATIE. WE NOW HAVE THE ENHANCEMENTS IN HIS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BACK ON OUR CASE, THE JUDGE SAID I DID IT THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF GAS, GUNS DIRECTIVES. THE SECOND, THE SECOND TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WAS BECAUSE I STUDIED THE CASE. THIS CASE WARRANTED THIS MAN TO HAVE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENHANCEMENTS ON THE CASE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAD A COUNCIL MEETING WHAT? WELL OVER A MONTH AGO, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS, I UNDERSTAND. WHAT WOULD BE A LETTER WRITTEN TO GAS SCONE. HE HAD HIS CHANCE. STEVE COOLEY HAD HIS HALF SHARE VIA WAIVER, HAD A CHANCE AND GAS GOING, HAD A CHANCE. WHY ARE WE WAITING? I MEAN, IT SEEMED LIKE THAT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE TO SEND A LETTER TO GAS, GO, WE NEED TO VOTE. WE NEED, WE NEED TO MOVE ON WITH THIS AND YOU KNOW, GET THE VOTE IN RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE HAVE AS OF LAST NIGHT, EITHER 19 OR 20 CITIES HAVE NOW VOTED NO CONFIDENCE TALKING TO STEVE COOLEY TODAY, HE HAS AT LEAST 10 MORE THAT ARE ON BOARD TO SIGN. AND THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WEST COVINA NEEDS TO GET ON BOARD AND DO THIS. THIS IS OUR CITY. AND IF YOU NEVER GET TO THINK THIS CAN'T HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILDREN, BELIEVE ME. I NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD HAPPEN TO MY CHILD. NEVER ONCE DID I ANTICIPATE A SHERIFF COMING TO MY DOOR AND SAYING YOUR SON HAD BEEN MURDERED, BUT WEST COVINA IS GETTING VERY DANGEROUS ALONG WITH THE REST OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THAT'S GOING TO LET HIM VERY VIOLENT PEOPLE OUT. THESE POLICE OFFICERS ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY ONLY AND RISKING THEIR LIVES. AND THEN BEING TOLD, OH, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FILE CHARGES ON THAT OR GOT TO LET THEM GO. IT'S OKAY TO AVOID ARREST NOW. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S NOT OKAY. TRESPASSING, MISDEMEANORS EVERYWHERE, OR JUST, OKAY. IT'S NOT OKAY FOLKS. AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS CITY SAFE, WE NEED TO GET THIS SPECIAL BLOAT IN AND, AND LET WEST COVINA JOIN US IN A NO CONFIDENCE. THESE GANGS THE SIDE, BOWLINS THE NORTH SIDE. BOLENS EL MONTE FLORES. AND A COUPLE MORE OF THESE OFFICERS COULD TELL YOU, THE OTHERS ARE HERE. THEY'RE IN YOUR TOWN. THEY ARE CREATING, HAVING, THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A DOMESTIC TERROR ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AND LET THEM RUN OUR LIVES. WE HAVE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND LET THEM KNOW. WE CAN NOT PUT UP WITH THIS ANYMORE, BUT PLEASE LET'S PUT THIS TO A VOTE. LET'S NOT WAIT FOR GAS GOING, WHAT? IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANY GOOD. NUMBER ONE. HE'S PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO REPLY TO YOU, BUT IT'S TIME. IT'S TIME TO PUT IT TO A VOTE. AND THAT'S ALL I ASK IS JUST PLEASE, YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN. I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN. AND IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN TO THINK OF YOUR CHILDREN, THINK OF WHAT THAT CALL WOULD BE LIKE. THINK OF WHAT THAT CALL WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE THAT SHERIFF CALL YOU OR COME TO YOUR HOUSE. LET'S KEEP WEST COVINA SAFE. I GREW UP IN WEST COVINA. I WENT TO WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL. I MEAN, SOME KIDS SAY, OH, THEY REALLY HAVE A SCHOOL BACK THEN. YES THEY DID. I GRADUATED IN 1967 AND THEN A LOT OF KIDS DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A SCHOOL, BUT THAT WAS ONE. BELIEVE ME. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LETTING ME SPEAK. AND PLEASE LET'S, LET'S PUT THIS TO A VOTE AND HAVE WEST COVINA VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED [00:25:01] BY SHARON ANDERSON. GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL, MR. RYAN. SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR SON. WEST COVINA IS BECOMING A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT MR. INIGUEZ, UH, SAID IN THE MEETING LAST TIME, UH, WHEN THE SHERIFF WAS HERE, REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGE GONE, AND YOU KNOW, THIS GUY REMINDED US WHAT A FAVORITE SON OF WEST COVINA. HE IS. HE REMINDED US MORE THAN ONCE I HAD GREW UP IN WEST COVINA. I'M A LOCAL, MY DAD STILL LIVES HERE. HE SAID MORE THAN ONCE, BUT WHEN I ASKED HIM, ARE YOU A FATHER? OH, I NEVER DISCUSS MY FAMILY AND MY PERSONAL BUSINESS. HE'S A DEMONSTRABLE LIAR. HE LIED TO US RIGHT IN THIS CHAMBER, RIGHT AT THIS MICROPHONE. AND I DID A LITTLE CHECKING ON THIS GUY AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS, BUT HE WAS A FORMER OPPONENT OF GEORGE GASCON. AND APPARENTLY YOU SAW HIS CAMPAIGN WAS DOOMED AND HE JOINED THE GASCON CAMPAIGN. VERY LIKELY WITH THE PROMISE OF THE NUMBER TWO SLOT IN, IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THAT CHIEF ASSISTANT OR EXCUSE ME, THE CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE NUMBER TWO MAN IN THE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER. THERE IS A LATERAL POSITION OR CISO CHIEF OF STAFF, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY EQUAL TO HIS, YOU LOOK AT THE TRUCK YOURSELF AND SEE, HE'S NOT THE NUMBER TWO MAN. AND HE'S NOT EVEN THE CHIEF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. HE'S THE INTERIM CHIEF DISTRICT ATTORNEY. HE'S A LIAR. THIS WAS A BACKROOM POLITICAL DEAL TO GIVE HIM THE TITLE FOR A WHILE. SO HE CAN CLAIM FOR THE REST OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER THAT HE WAS THE CHIEF ASSISTANT OR EXCUSE ME, THE CHIEF, SUCH A LONG TITLE. IT'S A BUNCH OF BOWLS, WHAT IT IS. SO HE COMES HERE AND HE LIES TO US RIGHT TO EVERYONE'S FACE. I NOTICED THE SHERIFF'S VERY IMPORTANT GUY. HE SHOWED UP, WHERE WAS THE GAS GONE? WEST COVINA, SMALL POTATOES. CAN'T MAKE IT KNOW HIS DECISIONS THAT HE'S MADE THROUGH COMPLETELY IGNORE MISDEMEANORS IS CAUSING THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR SOCIETY. AND MR. RYAN IS RIGHT. WEST COVINA IS BECOMING A DANGEROUS PLACE. HOMICIDES IN THE STREET ARE COMMON. NOW I HATE TO SEE THAT. I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THE SHERIFF SAYS HE'S INCREASING CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS THAT ARE BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON AND CAUSING A THREAT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. AND I NOTICED THAT HIS GOOD CAUSE CLAUSE HASN'T CHANGED THEM. OH, WELL, IF YOU GOT A RESTRAINING ORDER, SOMEBODY IS THREATENING. YOU CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. DOESN'T REQUIRE PERMISSION, SLIP FROM ANYBODY. WE SHOULD HAVE CON UH, WE SHOULD HAVE SHALL ISSUE CONCEALED CARRY IN WEST COVINA. LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL ALREADY VOTED FOR. I, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE DELAY IN THAT? WE'VE GOT THE SHERIFF'S THAT'S NOW LOOSENING UP THESE REQUIREMENTS AND ISSUING, HE SAYS WE'VE ISSUED A THOUSAND PERMITS AND A COUNTY OF 11 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT A FEW MORE JUDGES, FEW MORE DA'S YOU MORE CITY COUNCIL TYPES WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHO GETS THESE PERMITS? BECAUSE NOBODY'S PRIVY TO THE LIST. I'VE EVEN HEARD HIM CLAIM. THERE IS NO LIST. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY ARE ISSUED, BUT IT'S ALL INTERTWINED. THERE ARE NOW 15 STATES THAT HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY OF CONCEALED WEAPONS FOR SELF PROTECTION BY LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. WHAT DOES CONCEALED A CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A PERMIT. YOU DON'T NEED PERMISSION. YOU HAVE PROBABLY THE SECOND AMENDMENT. THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS MIKE. REMACHINE SWEAT YOUR DEFEND MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND MY HOME AND MY BUSINESS. AND FOR THE SHERIFF TO BE BOASTING ABOUT A THOUSAND PERMITS IS REALLY A JOKE. UH, 15 [00:30:01] STATES HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY NOW, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT THE WILD WILD WEST. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S A LOT SAFER THAN WEST COVINA. HIGH GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY SHARON ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, MIKE GREENSPAN, AND IN THE WORDS OF PAULY SHORE, I'M BACK. AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTIONED RECALLING GAS SCONE, LET ME GIVE YOU THREE WORDS THAT ARE VERY HELPFUL FROM NORTH FLORIDA BY A GUN. AND AFTER ALL, I ALMOST MOVED TO METRO ATLANTA. AND THE FIRST THING I WOULD HAVE DONE IN GEORGIA WOULD BE GET A TOTERS PERMIT. I E A CARRY PERMIT. AND I THINK A FRIEND OF MINE HAD TENNESSEE AS ONE. AND HE SAYS, IT'S GOOD FOR ABOUT 14 STATES. AND IF I LIVED BACK WHERE MY FAMILY LIVES IN NORTH FLORIDA, I COULD SPEND A SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND FINISH THE COURSE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A PERMIT, LOOKS LIKE A DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK THEN. IT WAS GOOD IN 14 STATES MIGHT EVEN BE 15 NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT. I CAME FIRST OF ALL. OH, GOOD. THAT BROUGHT HILDA'S FLUNKY IS HERE. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO OPEN UP THIS CITY? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK THAT STUPID DEPUTY OF HERS, BECAUSE IT'S A DOG AND PONY SHOW. WE HAVEN'T OPENED UP OUR CITIES. IT'S JUST A GIMMICK OF THE GOVERNOR. SO HE COULDN'T STAY IN OFFICE. THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S A DOG AND PONY SHOW. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT. I'M TIRED OF MINNEAPOLIS GETTING ALL THE PUBLICITY ABOUT THE CHOKE HOLD, BECAUSE RIGHT HERE IN LA LA COUNTY AND THE CITY, ESPECIALLY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF CHOKE HOLDERS. AFTER ALL, WE GOT THE LAKERS FROM MINNEAPOLIS, WE GOT CHOKE HOLDERS, JUST LIKE MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE'VE GOT THIS GUY CHOKEHOLD, JOE, JOE BUSCAINO. WELL, HOW DID HE GET THERE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS THIS JAP AND IT'S, THAT'S THE ACRONYM FOR JEWISH AMERICAN PRINCESS NAMED JANE HARMAN, WHO WAS IN CONGRESS, PRINCESS JANE ARMEN. AND SHE GOT ONE OF THOSE CUSHY JOBS AT A FOUNDATION. SO THEY HAD TO HAVE AN ELECTION. WELL, WHO GOT ELECTED? HI TODD FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YES, KENNY HAN'S DAUGHTER AND BEAU DAUGHTER. AND SO THEN THEY TO HAVE AN ELECTION IN LA BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE 15TH DISTRICT. SO THEY HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION AND A RACIST WHITE, REPUBLICAN HIG CHOKE HOME, JOE AND CHOKEHOLD. JOE IS, UH, FRED, UH, BOTH OF A PART-TIME PIG FROM LOS ANGELES WHO JUST WENT TO FEDERAL PRISON, MITCHELL ENGLANDER, PART OF A CORRUPTION SCANDAL. SO YES, PART OF ME IS, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, I'M A NONPARTISAN. YES. AND ALLY, I'M GOING TO PLAY THE DEMOCRAT CARD BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE CHOKEHOLD JOE'S BUTT KICKED IN THE NEXT ELECTION AFTER ALL. BUT WHEN HE GOES THROUGH THE SPROUTS AT DISTRICTS LIKE EIGHT, NINE, AND 10, I WOULD WANT TO SEE PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE WALLACE, STROM, THURMAN, LESTER, MADDOX, DAVID DUKE, OPAL FARBER, SKIP MORE VOTES THAN THAT. RACIST WHITE REPUBLICAN PIG SHOW. JOE, I'M JUST SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE LIKE HIM. WE DON'T NEED HIM. AND IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. NOW I WANT TO TAKE A, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND, AND THANK MR. ARMANDO. HERMAN. WHY? BECAUSE MR. ARMANDO HERMAN ALWAYS MENTIONED COURT CASES, BUT HE MAKES ME DO THE HEAVY LEGAL LIFTING OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN GREENSPAN? WHAT'S HEAVY, LEGAL LIFTING? WELL, HE NEVER CITES THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE CITY OF LOS ANGELES VERSUS OUR MONDO PERMIT. NOW THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT ONES. ONE IS FROM THE BAGOT DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY STREP AND PFAPA. AND THERE WAS A THING ABOUT THAT CASE. JUDGE, JENNIFER COPS, YOU'VE GOT TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT. SHE NOT ONLY GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO GO TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY OF LA, TRIED TO BAN MR. HERMAN, BUT ALSO ALLOWED HIM TO WEAR WHAT HE WANTS TO WEAR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING. SO IN HONOR OF MR. HERMAN DOING THAT AND [00:35:01] THE CASE, THE JUDGE RULED HE CAN WEAR A SWASTIKA. SO HERE FOLKS, AND THIS IS FOR ENGLANDER ENGLANDER AND THE WAY HE TREATED ME. AND REMEMBER, SINCE I GOT ANOTHER ONE, SHE AND I KNOWN PERSON NOT JUDGE COPS. SHE GOT HER THRILL ON TOP OF KATIE HILL, WHO LIKES TO TALK ABOUT BEING A BISEXUAL FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THANK YOU, SHARON ANDERSON FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WON'T BE SO, WHATEVER I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL, THIS LETTER, AND IT WAS FROM A CITY OF WEST COVINA COMPLIANCE DIVISION, CEDAR AVENUE, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. SO I FIGURED IT WAS SOME KIND OF SCAM OR SOMETHING. AND THEN, SO I WENT UP TO, UH, CITY HALL AND WENT TO A FEW PLACES AROUND THERE AND IT SAYS, DEAR PROPERTY OWNER, H D L COMPANIES HAS BEEN RETAINED BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO ASSIST BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN BECOMING COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE AS IT RELATES TO BUSINESS TAXES. SO WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS I HAVE A HOUSE HERE THAT I'VE RENT. IT'S A SINGLE STORY HOUSE RENTED BY ONE FAMILY. SO THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT I NEEDED A BUSINESS LICENSE, BUT IN, I LOOKED THROUGH ALL THE MUNICIPAL CODES, THERE WAS THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE UP IN CITY HALL THAT REALLY, REALLY TRIED TO HELP ME ALSO. AND WE ALL LOOKED THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND SO THEN CONFINED ANYTHING SAYING THAT I NEEDED A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR ONE HOUSE, SINGLE STORY BY ONE PERSON, ONE FAMILY, SHE'S A SINGLE MOTHER WITH A CHILD. WELL, CHILD'S 26 NOW, BUT, UM, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO FILL OUT ANYTHING CAUSE I'M NOT SURE. AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HAVING A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR ONE RENTAL PROPERTY AND THAT SUBSTITUTE I'M RETIRED AT SUBSTITUTES. YOU KNOW, MY INCOME BECAUSE I DON'T MAKE THAT MUCH IN RETIREMENT. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEN THE GUY SAID, AND I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS MARK FROM HDL SAID, WELL, WE CAN GO BACK THREE YEARS AND FIND NEW FOR THOSE THREE YEARS ALSO FOR NOT HAVING A LICENSE, NOT THINKING, WELL, I NEVER, HOW WOULD I KNOW? AND THEN HE ALSO STATED SOMETHING THAT THEY NOW CONSIDER THIS A, AN APARTMENT BUILDING. WELL, I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW HE CONSIDERS THIS A RENTAL. I MEAN AN APARTMENT, LIKE I SAY, IT'S A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, ONE STORY HOUSE, AND NOBODY'S ABLE TO FIND OUT ANYTHING FOR ME. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I DON'T WANT TO SEND OUT ANYTHING TO ANYBODY OF HER, MY INFORMATION. I MEAN, IF I HAVE TO, I WILL APPLY. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT, BUT I JUST THINK THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CONTACT HDL AND FIND OUT WHY THEY ARE TARGETING. AND I KNOW THEY ALSO SAID THAT ONE OTHER PERSON CAME IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I'M LOOKING FOR HELP BECAUSE THE ONLY THING I GET IS FROM HDL IS YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO GO BACK THREE FOR THREE YEARS. AND I SAID, AND I WANTED TO TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MY ONE STORY HOUSE WAS AN APARTMENT BUILDING. SO I JUST WANTED TO GUESS YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING. UM, WE USUALLY ALLOW EVERYBODY TO FINISH THE FIVE MINUTES, BUT, UM, THAT'S OKAY. IF YOU HAD MORE TO SAY, YOU CAN CONTINUE THAT, KATHY DEFINITELY. OH, THEY'RE GIVING YOU A CARD. UM, YOU CAN SEND ALL YOUR INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. CITY STAFF WILL LOOK INTO THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN A SIMPLE CODE AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE I KNOW I'M IN THIS, THERE IS NO MUNICIPAL CODE. OKAY. BUT I LOOKED IN AND I LOOK OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO, I HAVE TO FINISH. WE WILL HAVE CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER. OKAY, I'LL CALL HIM. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING IS LET'S RECALL, GEORGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR ROBINSON FILE FOLLOWED BY GEORGE OGDEN FOLLOWED BY HER MEN. [00:40:08] GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, BILL ROBINSON, RESIDENT, CONTRARY TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 72 ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. UH, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE SPEAKER. NUMBER ONE, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT NOW, UH, WEST COVINA RESIDENCE. UH, DON'T LIKE IT, UH, UH, THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION AND NO EVIDENCE EXISTS TO, TO CONTINUE IT. UH, THE FLU SEASON IS BETWEEN DECEMBER AND APRIL. IT ENDED SIX WEEKS AGO. UH, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO CONTINUE THE, THE LA COUNTY EMERGENCY, UH, IN WEST COVINA. UH, WE DON'T LIKE LIVING. I DON'T LIKE LIVING UNDER FOR ONE. I DON'T LIKE LIVING UNDER MARTIAL LAW, BUT, UM, BUT THIS HAS BECOME, UH, A PHONY EMERGENCY, THE, OF, UH, THE INVENTOR OF PCR TESTING, A PCR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION. THAT WAS WHAT DROVE THIS PANDEMIC WORLDWIDE. AND IT CAN'T BE USED FOR DIAGNOSIS. A POSITIVE CO UH, PCR TESTS RARELY PROGRESSES TO A, UH, UH, A CASE OF THE FLU. SO, UH, THE WHOLE EMERGENCY IS BASED ON A FRAUD. UH, THE VACCINE IS NOT A VACCINE. IT'S A, IT'S A MESSENGER RNA THOUGH. THE MODERNA AND THE FIRES THAT ARE, ARE, UH, GENE THERAPY. AND, UH, IN THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS, WE MAY DEVELOP EVIDENCE THAT, UH, THAT THE RNA VACCINE, UH, COULD DISRUPT OUR NATURAL DNA, WHICH NOBODY WANTS THAT. IT'S UH, IT'S UH, UH, UH, UH, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF PEANUT ALLERGIES? IT'S A THING CALLED, UH, UM, PARADOXICAL IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT. SO IF THE VACCINE SCREWS UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND YOU'RE EXPOSED, UH, YEARS LATER TO THE WILD, UH, VIRUS, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM GOES CRAZY. AND ANYWAY, UH, WE'RE ALL GUINEA PIGS AND, UH, UH, THE VACCINE AND THE HYSTERIC, UH, THE STERIA, UH, IN A NON-ELECTION YEAR, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, UH, THE, UH, BIG PHARMA, UH, PROVIDES, UH, 70% OF THE AD REVENUE OF OUR MAJOR MEDIA. UH, SO THEY CONTROL THE CONTENT. ANYWAY, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UH, UH, OR CONTRARY TO THE RESOLUTION OF, UH, OF, UH, STOPPING, STOPPING THE, UH, LOCAL, UH, EMERGENCY IN WEST COVINA. UH, SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL YIELD BACK THE REST OF MY TIME, BUT SINCE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO CONTINUE, UH, THE EMERGENCY, I THINK IF, IF YOU, UH, UH, PASS THE RESOLUTION, UH, UH, AND CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY, UH, THAT SHOWS BAD JUDGMENT. THANK YOU, GEORGE OGDEN FOLLOWED BY HER MEN FOLLOWED BY JIM GRITS, GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CITY STAFF. I CAME HERE TO SUPPORT A LETTER OF NO CONFIDENCE, AND WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT WE HAVE A 401K COUNCIL ON THAT. QUIT SMILING OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, HOW YOU FEEL, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON SOMETHING. OKAY. UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE HISTORY THAT REALLY DIDN'T PERTAIN TO WEST COVINA, BUT IT'S STILL AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF HISTORY. IT PROBABLY DIDN'T BELONG AT THIS BUSINESS MEETING, BUT IT'S STILL HISTORY THAT TULSA RIOTS AND YOU FALL SHORT OF WHY IT ALL HAPPENED THERE. 19 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN THAT WAS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL. AND THERE WAS A CALL FOR JUSTICE BY A LARGE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE JAIL. AND THERE WERE SOME IN A FLUENT BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, 75 PEOPLE FROM THAT BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TO THAT JAIL ARMED. AND THERE WAS A, A MAN BY THE NAME OF, I THINK HIS LAST NAME WAS MAN THAT WAS WAVING AROUND A WEAPON AND OLD MAN TRIED TO DIFFUSE [00:45:01] IT. AND HE SHOT HIM. THE END RESULT OF THAT WAS 10 WHITE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. AND TWO BLACK PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THIS ENRAGED, THAT LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY INTO A NIGHTMARE. THE WHITE COMMUNITY WENT IN, IN A NIHILISTIC THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE KILLED ON BOTH SIDES. SO I THINK IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL IF YOU WOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, BUT NO VIOLENCE SHOULD BE COMING ABOUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I AGREE WITH. IT WAS JUST TOTALLY, TOTALLY, TOTALLY WRONG. SO, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE AREN'T SURE OF WHY IT HAPPENED. IT JUST GIVES THEM A LITTLE INSIGHT. SO PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY, BECAUSE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ANYWAY, WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET ME GO ON TO SOMETHING THAT BILL ELLIOTT'S ALWAYS AFTER AS CONCEALED WEAPONS OR OPEN CARRIES SHERIFF HILL AND THE WAIVER WAS HERE, AND HE DID STATE THAT HE PUT TOGETHER A LARGER TEAM TO PROCESS, YOU KNOW, A FIREARMS PERMIT AND ET CETERA. I THINK SINCE CHIEF ALAN SILL, AT LEAST SINCE THEN, THERE IS NO WEAPONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE WITH A PERMIT TO THE CITIZENS. AND I THINK WE STILL CARRY THAT SAME POLICY HERE. HOWEVER, THE CHIEF HERE IN THIS CITY CAN ISSUE PERMITS, CONCEALED WEAPON PERMITS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AGAIN THAT OUR CITY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIRST DO THIS. A COUPLE OF REASONS. NUMBER ONE, WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO HAVE WEAPONS. AND IF THE POLICE OFFICER PULLS SOMEBODY OVER, IT'LL SHOW UP ON A 10 28, 10 29, WHICH IS ONCE A WARRANTS THAT THIS GUY MAY BE CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON WITH THEM. AND HE'S PERMITTED. WE HAVE CONTROL. WE CAN ALSO CHARGE ACCORDINGLY, NOT GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF REVENUE HERE, BUT IF NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO BYPASS OUR CHIEF AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO VILLANOVA'S OFFICE. AND HE'S GOT A LARGER CROWD OF PEOPLE OVER THERE TO PROCESS ALL OF THIS STUFF. I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. AND IN FACT, PROTECT OUR OWN POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T DO IT ALONE. THEY GET STUCK IN A SITUATION AND YOU CAN GO ON YOUTUBE AND SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHERE A CITIZEN HAS COME UP AND SAVED THE LIFE OF A POLICE OFFICER. OKAY. UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT BEING RECONSIDERED AND TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY. AND IN MY CASE, MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I DO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THOSE THINGS, I'M AFRAID TO GO TO THE BANK. I CAN'T PROCESS THE FUNDS THAT COME OUT OF THE FACILITY THAT I REPRESENT BECAUSE I JUST FEEL IT. SO I'M SAFE. I HAVE TO GO WITH AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE. I'VE HAD A GIRL JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T SUPPORT WHO SHE SUPPORTED FOR GOVERNOR COME OUT HERE. AND THE THREATENED ME, I HAD TO HAVE THE MAYOR FROM COVINA, CALL ME AND SAY, SHE'S ADDED AGAIN. ONLY TO FIND HER IN THE PARKING. LOT OF THE VFW SCORING UP ONE OF MY CARS. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HER THERE. THAT'S THAT'S LAUREN BECKER. I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY WHO IT IS. SO WHAT I TRIED TO STOP HER. SHE JUMPS IN HER PICKUP TRUCK AND SHE TRIES TO RUN ME DOWN. NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE SHE DRIVES OUT GOOD FOR HER. SO I FEEL THAT I'M COMPROMISED. THERE'S PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT WE NEED OUT HERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON EARLY. WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES. THE CITIZENS NEED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. I MEAN, HERE'S A GUY HERE. SECOND AMENDMENT, MAN, SECOND AMENDMENT, MAN. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN AND I AM TOO. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE OFF BECAUSE MY TIME IS UP AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SIR, MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR MEN FOLLOWED BY JIM GRIFFITHS FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ARENA, WEST COVINA IN MY HANDS ARE THE DOCKETS THAT I HAD TRANSFERRED OVER. I CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE FBI IN REGARDS TO THE HATE CRIME COMMITTED HERE IN WEST COVINA AGAINST ME, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO I ALLEGED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, LACKS INTEGRITY. [00:50:02] AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? WELL, THIS IS WHAT I SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AT 11,000 WILSHER BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9 0 0 2 4 ON JUNE 2ND, AN ANTICIPATION OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, WARNING THAT COMING FOR YOU REGARDING A HATE CRIME AT CITY HALL. DURING A MEETING TIME, MR. TONY WOO AND COMPANY, I SUBMITTED PAPERWORK OF EXPERIENCING THE RISK OF INJURY OCCUPIED WITH UNNECESSARY USE OF THREATS AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. WHILE AT A PUBLIC MEETING, LIKE SOME OF YOU MAY FEEL CHALLENGED BY THE WORDS OF THE POLICE. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU USE THAT TYPE OF METHOD OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS TO COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND A PUBLIC HEARING, IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE ALIENATING YOURSELVES AS CIVILIANS, AND YOU'RE NOT HERE NOR ARE YOU HERE TO PROTECT ANY CITIZEN. AS YOU HEARD FROM THE GENTLEMEN IN A BLUE SHIRT WHO SPOKE ABOUT KILLINGS AND THREATS AND THE VIOLENCE HERE IN WEST COVINA. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT, MAYOR? WELL, THE RESULT OF INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION IS NOT GOING TO WORK. I'M STILL HERE. YOU CUT MY TIRES, YOU BUSTED MY WINDOWS, YOU DAMAGE MY VEHICLE. AND NOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO FOLLOWED ME IN THEIR BLACK BRAND NEW CORVETTE AND CHALLENGED ME HERE AT THE PODIUM, THE ARENA IN WHICH I CONTROL FOR FIVE MINUTES. AND THOUGH MOST OF YOU SAW TODAY, THE MAYOR AWARD, THIS RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ON HER MOUTH. BUT YES, SHE SUPPRESSES OUR FREE STAGE. SHE ATTACKS OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT, OUR SECOND AMENDMENT, OUR 14TH AMENDMENT AND OUR CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL BILL OF RIGHTS IN WHICH ALL OF US AS A BLACK PERSON WOULD SAY, I HAVE LEGAL RIGHTS TO SAY, WHAT THE FUCK I BELIEVE. SO AGAIN, CAB DON'T FEAR WORDS, DON'T CREATE HARM. IT'S WHAT YOU DO, PHYSICALLY, WHAT YOU DID HERE AND WEST COVINA IN THE PARKING LOT. WHEN ONE, THERE IS NO PUBLIC SAFETY AVAILABLE TO YOU. HAVE NO CAMERAS ON ALL THE PARKING LOTS TO PROTECT US. THREE, HAVE INADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR YOU. NEED A RESURFACE, YOUR GODDAMN FUCKING STREETS OUT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE SLIP AND FALL AND TRIP. AM I RIGHT OR WRONG? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU SEE, I LIKE IT. WHEN PEOPLE ENGAGE IN MY PARTICIPATION BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE CRIMINAL CORRUPTION OF THOSE INVOLVED. AND AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, GOD HATES HOMOSEXUALS. IT'S PROTECTED SPEECH, ROMANS CHAPTER 1 26 THROUGH 27 SNYDER VERSUS PHELPS 5 62 S WORKED 33 OFFENSIVE, BUT OUTRAGEOUS, WELL, NO SODOM AND GOMORRAH HERE ARE THE 10 PAGES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH FOR YOU TO PUT INTO THE RECORD. MR. ATTORNEY PUT INTO THE RECORD, MR. ADMINISTRATOR, THAT MAN DON'T FUCK CHILDREN, POLICE DON'T FUCK CADETS. AND ANYONE INVOLVED. MIKE IS OFF. HE HAS HIS TIME. MIKE IS OFF ON THE YOUTUBE THOUGH, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, I TURN THAT MIC OFF, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTE, RIGHT? I TOLD YOU BEFORE LANGUAGE. AND CAN YOU ORDER PLEASE ORDER? YES. 19 SECONDS. CONTINUE NEXT, JIM. GREVILLE FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY SHAZAD SHE'S HERE. I'M HERE ABOUT FIVE COPIES. PLEASE PLACE THEM IN THE BASKET. ALL RIGHT. NOW IT'S BACK ON. I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY LIKE THE MAYOR UP THERE. WE'RE STILL THE, BY THE WAY, PLEASE, YOU CAN YOU STEP OFF TO THE SIDE. [00:55:01] THERE IS STILL THIS ELISE, WHEREAS THIS, SHE OPENED UP THE BOARD MORE THAN WELCOME TO TALK TO HER IN THE OFFICE AT HER OFFICE CALLED HER OFFICE. I'M NOT GOING TO CALL HER OFFICE AND HOLD THIS. LOUISE NEEDS TO OPEN UP A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WHAT'S THAT? A BLACK ONE THAT YOU PUT YOUR SPEAKER CARD IN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I SAID BEFORE LANGUAGE, BUT ANYWAYS, GO AHEAD. CONTINUE, PLEASE. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT. UH, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. UH, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD HAVE MISGIVINGS ABOUT ADOPTING THIS BUDGET AS IS, AS FAR AS I KNOW IS A FIRST BUDGET IN HISTORY OF WEST COVINA, WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE DELIBERATELY ADOPTING DEFICIT, SPENDING, SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN YOU'RE TAKING IN. UH, I THINK THAT IS SO SERIOUS THAT I'M RECOMMENDING THAT YOU AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A BUDGET, TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE. AND I PROVIDED A COPY OF WHAT I'M READING TO YOU. UH, BY SEPTEMBER, 2021, THE CITY MANAGER SELL SHELL SUBMIT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SET BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY TO EITHER INCREASE REVENUE OR DECREASE EXPENDITURES IN ORDER TO BRING OVERALL GENERAL FUNDING EXPENDITURES TO A LEVEL, NOT TO EXCEED REJECTED GENERAL FUND REVENUE. UH, THE REASONS FOR THIS AMENDMENT, UM, ARE, ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO. IT IS AGAINST YOUR OWN POLICIES. THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED BUDGET POLICIES THAT STATED RATHER DIRECTLY THAT EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES WOULD NOT INCREASE. I'M SORRY, I'M BEEN THAT'S OKAY. YOU CAN CONTINUE, UH, THAT YOU ADOPTED A POLICY THAT SAID EXPENDED, YOU WOULD NOT ADOPT A BUDGET, WERE EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED REVENUE, AND I'M AT A MINIMUM. I THINK YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND YOUR OWN POLICY TO DO THIS BUDGET AS THIS, BUT I THINK THE BETTER REMEDY IS TO ADJUST THE BUDGET SO THAT IT IS IN BALANCE. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT THIS BUDGET VIOLATES BOTH THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE STATE AUDIT, UH, THAT FOUND THAT THE CITY HAS A PATTERN AND PRACTICE OF DEFICIT SPENDING, UH, WHICH, UH, IF CONTINUED WILL LEAD TO BANKRUPTCY OR INSOLVENCY OF THE, UH, ALSO THE CITY ADOPTED, DO THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT INCLUDED MONITORING, UH, YOUR EXPENDITURES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WOULD NOT DO DEFICIT SPENDING YET. YOU'RE DELIBERATELY DOING IT WITH ADOPTION OF THIS BUDGET. AND I DON'T THINK THE STATE AUDITOR, UH, WILL FEEL KINDLY ABOUT A DOLLAR DOVER ACTION TO VIOLATE YOUR OWN FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN. THIS IS NOT, THIS ISSUE IS NOT NEW. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS WELL BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TOOK OFFICE, BUT THIS COUNCIL IS CONTINUING THE PATTERN IN THE PRACTICE AND THAT'S, WHAT'S DISTURBING ME. AND, AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE THAT PERHAPS YOU WEREN'T EVEN AWARE WERE CONTINUING THE PATTERN AND PRACTICE. ONE IS WHEN THE CITY BORROWED $210 MILLION, UH, ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND IT WAS STATED THAT IT WOULD BE USED TO, UH, UH, PAY OFF CALPERS TO RETIREMENT, THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY FOR PENSIONS. WELL, THAT PART WAS TRUE, BUT THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER 10 MILLION OR 9 MILLION. I'VE SEEN BOTH NUMBERS LEFTOVER THAT COULD BE USED TO REPLENISH THE RESERVES. AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS STATED AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED, UH, WHEN WE ACTUALLY SOLD THE BONDS, NOT BEFORE WE SOLD THE BONDS AND THAT MONEY THEN WAS PROMPTLY USED TO PAY FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MONEY, OPERATE MONEY, YOU DON'T BORROW MONEY TO PAY FOR YOUR DAY-TO-DAY EXPENSES. YOU DON'T USE YOUR MASTERCARD TO PAY FOR YOUR VISA CARD. IT IS THAT'S TERRIBLE MONEY MANAGEMENT [01:00:01] AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY DID WITH $10 MILLION. AND IT'S REALLY CONCERNING. THAT JUST HAPPENED. IT WASN'T, THAT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND I I'M REALLY CONCERNED. I I'VE, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR THIS, UH, SIX YEARS. AND, UH, I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE MY CITY GO DOWN. THAT'S ALL IT IS. THANK YOU, JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY SHES ARCHES, THE AIR FOLLOWED BY KAREN ROSEBURG. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW OR WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR OUR CITY IN THE PAST. AND I'VE BEEN COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. NO, YOU NEVER HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE SPEAKING FOR THE CONSOLE OR WERE APPOINTED BY THE CONSOLE OR SOMEHOW WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER. GET UP HERE AND DO THINGS LIKE I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE, NO ONE PERSON ATTACKED. PETER IS HIS LAST NAME, DEEM HIS GRANDPARENTS AND MADE THE REMARK ABOUT IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS WHITE GRANDFATHER, HAVING SEX WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, HE'D BE IN A RICE PATTY IN VIETNAM. DO YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE? I THINK IT'S TIME THAT YOU AS A CONSOLE SAY, NO, IT ISN'T. NO. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEBODY RELATED TO A COUNCIL MEMBER TO REFER TO WOMEN ON FACEBOOK AS HONEY AND SAY, WHY DON'T YOU SHOW YOUR FACE AT A COUNCIL MEETING? IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS TO ALMOST HAVE THE POLICE ARREST HIM? BECAUSE HE VERBALLY ASSAULTED PEOPLE TRY TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE AND WHAT THE SHERIFF HERE, WHEN IT SHUT UP AND GIVE THEM MIKE BACK THAT SHOWS A LACK OF RESPECT TO THE MAYOR, DEFINITELY SHOWS NO RESPECT TO THE PERSON'S WIFE WHO SITS ON THIS CONSOLE. I'M ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN IT BECAME APPROPRIATE FOR A COMMISSIONER TO CALL A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER ON TWO OCCASIONS, A LIAR FLAT LIE. I KNOW AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE TERMINATED COMMISSIONERS FOR DOING A LOT LESS THAN THAT. JUST DISAGREEING WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, OR, OR BECAUSE THEY WERE MAKING IT HARD FOR YOU TO WORK WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE SAYING THINGS. BUT YOU CAN HAVE A, YOU CAN HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, ALL THE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER, A LIAR TELLING THEM THAT HE'S HIDING HIS RATES, THAT HE'S REALLY A MIDDLE EASTERNER. ISN'T THAT A CODE WORD FOR TERRORISTS LYING ABOUT HIS ETHNIC BACKGROUND? WELL, I GUESS THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN LYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT? UH, I'M HISPANIC, BUT I DON'T THINK LIKE THEY DO, UH, HOW DOES A HISPANIC THINK, RIGHT? JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, HIDING HIS MIDDLE EASTERN BACKGROUNDS. NOW, WHEN PEOPLE CALL HIM ON IT CONSTANTLY THREATENS TO SUE THEM PLANNING COMMISSIONER WHO SENDS EIGHT E N EMAIL OUT USING HIS TITLE AS A COMMISSIONER. NOW I WONDER I WORKING AT A BUSINESS AND I GET AN EMAIL FROM A PLANNING COMMISSIONER WITH THIS TITLE ON IT. AND I'M GOING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME NEXT SIX MONTHS, I'M GOING TO BE GOING FOR THAT COMMISSION BECAUSE I NEED TO GET A VARIANCE APPROVED FOR THIS BUILDING I'M PUTTING IN OR MY STORE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. HMM. I BETTER REACT OR I MIGHT HAVE TO REACT. I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THE CRITERIA IS ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS BEING SAID, IF YOU KNOW A PERSON, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WHEN I BELIEVE IT WAS ANDREW GILLIAM, WHO SAID A CERTAIN PERSON, WHO'S A COMMISSIONER, HAS A DISABILITY AND SAID, WHAT PART OF THE DISABILITY CAN DO? AND SHE WAS ATTACKED FOR HOW DARE THEY SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, WHAT DOES YOUR ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU? I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, RIGHT? YOU'RE AN AMERICAN AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL IT IS TO ME. I DON'T CARE WHERE YOUR PARENTS CAME FROM. YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING, YOU [01:05:01] KNOW, PUTS THINGS OUT ON FACEBOOK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A, SOMEBODY LET THE FIREWORKS BEGAN. WHAT, WHAT THE FIREWORKS ARE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF ODD, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PERSON WHO WAS SPEAKING ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTS RIPPING INTO, UH, UH, THE SHERIFF AGAIN, I GUESS HIS REQUEST FOR A CCW GOT SHUT DOWN. SO NOW HE'S ON THE NO FLY LIST. YEAH. I JUST DON'T GET IT. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA ANYMORE? YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO SET IT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM SAYING THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN AT LEAST REPUDIATE IT. SAY, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL. THANK YOU. THE AIR FOLLOWED BY KAREN ROSENBERG. I FEEL BAD FOR YOU GUYS. UM, I AGREE WITH JOHN, UM, THE QUORUM HERE IS REALLY RIDICULOUS. I HATE COMING TO THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HEARING THEM ON, ON THE TV BECAUSE IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. I DON'T, I KNOW YOU GUYS FEEL VERY TIED IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING THAT'S WRITTEN HERE IN TERMS OF THE DECORUM IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED. SO I BEG YOU GUYS TO PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SEE HOW YOU CAN MANAGE WITH THE SHERIFF HERE. UM, NOW SHERIFF, I'M SORRY, THE, UM, LEAST PEOPLE TO, TO REIGN IN SOME OF THIS RIDICULOUSNESS AND MP PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN AND BEING VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY. I REALLY WASN'T THAT. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S NOT WHY I CAME TO TALK. I JUST HAD TO REACT TO THAT. UM, I WANT TO THANK ACTUALLY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PROCLAIMING THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JANUARY. I MEAN, IN JUNE, AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. I HAVE AN EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT IS NOT JUST, COVID A NUMBER OF GUN SALES INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING COVID. WELL, THESE ARE SEEING A SHOCKING INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN ALL JURISDICTIONS AND LA COUNTY ALONE, GUN INCIDENTS ROSE BY 88% DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD AS LAST YEAR. IN FACT, AMERICANS ARE 25 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BY GUN HOMICIDE AND PEOPLE IN OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING TO ME AS A RESIDENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN I SEE IT'S DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE KILLED, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WERE FORTUNATE TO LIVE, CONTINUE WITH THE TRAUMA OF HAVING BEEN SHOT. YOUR PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE AND THE NEED TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY GUN TRAUMA. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE WE CAN DO EVEN MORE BRINGING ABOUT SENSIBLE EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO THIS UNIQUELY AMERICAN ONE MORE ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18. I DO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST FOR MEASURE ONE MEASURE RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST OF CITIZENS THAT'S GOING RECALL. WE SHARED THAT I THINK IS VERY REASONED. LET'S GET THE FACTS. SO SHE, THEN THEY SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KAREN ROSENBERG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. UH, MY NAME IS KAREN ROSEBERRY. I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEM 18. I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS, UH, MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY GUESTS ON IS TAKING. AND I ACTUALLY WOULD HOPE AND ASK THAT YOUR LETTER MIGHT GO FURTHER AND STRONGER IN THE PROCLAMATION THAT IS BEING MADE. I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT AND IT ADDRESSES SEVERAL OF THE DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN OF CONCERN. AND IT IS A GREAT START. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE RELY ON YOU TO SERVE AS A CHECK AND A BALANCE WHEN ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL, MAYBE ACTING FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR AUTHORITY. AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WE HAVE TAKING PLACE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF LOS ANGELES. RIGHT NOW, HE IS ACTING AS A LEGISLATOR RATHER THAN AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. HE [01:10:01] CAME INTO OFFICE, HE SWORE TO UPHOLD THE LAW AND HE HAS BEGUN TO DISREGARD THAT VERY LAW THAT HE SWORE TO UPHOLD. HE IS DISREGARDING NUMEROUS MISDEMEANOR CRIMES, NOT LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE OF EACH CASE, BUT SIMPLY STATING THAT THESE CRIMES ARE NOT GOING TO BE PROSECUTED AND LAID OUT A DIRECTIVE IN WHICH THOSE CRIMES WOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED. HE'S DISREGARDED THE WILL OF THE VOTERS IN THE VERY SAME ELECTION IN WHICH HE WAS ELECTED VOTERS ASKED TO HAVE BAIL REINSTATED, AND THEY DID SO AT A HIGHER THRESHOLD THAN HE WAS ELECTED BY. AND YET THAT ALSO WAS DISREGARDED IN HIS DIRECTIVES. HE HAS DISMISSED AND DISREGARDED SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE AND HAVE BEEN UPHELD BY VOTERS IN THIS VERY SAME STATE. AND NOW WE ARE FACED WITH HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS? THERE IS A RECALL UNDERWAY AND YOUR ACTIONS DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THAT. YOU CERTAINLY, AS INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE INVITED TO WHETHER IT'S DESIGN OR, OR TO SPEAK. HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS IMPERATIVE IS THAT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE A CHECK AND A BALANCE WHEN ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL GOES BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR AUTHORITY. AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WE ARE SEEING. AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE 19 OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE TAKEN UP THIS MATTER AND HAVE VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN GUESTS GONE. AND I WOULD IMPLORE WEST COVINA TO ACTUALLY DO THE SAME AND TO TAKE THIS LETTER AND USE IT AS A STEPPING STONE TO GO FURTHER AND EXPRESS THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PROTECT YOUR RESIDENTS. YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT YOUR GUESTS AND VISITORS WITHIN THIS CITY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT THE LAW BE UPHELD THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND CERTAINLY WITHIN WEST COVINA FOR WHERE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE CITIZENS WHO ARE HERE. WE HAVE CASES WHERE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. WE HAVE CASES WHERE THE LAW IS SIMPLY JUST BEING DISREGARDED. AND FOR THESE THINGS, WE REALLY DO RELY ON, ON OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO CAN EXPRESS WITH THEIR VOICE AND THEIR AUTHORITY AND THEIR POWER IN THE SAME WAY THAT GASCON IS TRYING TO USE HIS TO SAY THAT HE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND CAN NOT BE CHECKED UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. AND THAT IS SIMPLY FALSE. THERE ARE WAYS TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE. AND SO HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU NOW TO USE YOUR AUTHORITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO ACT IN THIS WAY AND TO SERVE AS THAT CHECK IN THAT BALANCE. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE PUT UP WITH HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS. SO CITY MANAGER MAY PLEASE RESPOND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WILL, UM, DO MY BEST TO RESPOND FIRST BY THANKING ALL OF THE SPEAKERS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND SHARE THEIR OPINIONS. WE HAD, UM, SIX SPEAKERS TONIGHT ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND HIS POLICIES AND SEVERAL OF THEM, AS WELL AS TO THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. I WOULD NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT THAT SPEAKS IN WHAT I HOPE IS A DIRECT AND PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECTFUL WAY AS TO THE, THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL'S POSITION ABOUT THOSE, THOSE POLICIES. AND, UM, THAT'LL BE TAKEN UP LATER IN YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT. UM, MS. ANDERSON ASKED ABOUT, UM, BUSINESS LICENSING, UH, UNDER THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE. THE BUSINESS LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTALS AND I GAVE HER MY BUSINESS CARD AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER TO GIVE HER THE SPECIFICS AS TO WHERE THOSE REGULATIONS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE. WE HAD ONE SPEAKER, MR. ROBINSON TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. UM, THIS IS A ONGOING, UM, PANDEMIC AND THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY ALLOWS WEST COVINA TO ACCESS STATE ASSETS AND TO SUSPEND REGULATIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE CITY TO EASILY ACCESS STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS LIKE DECIDE A COUPLE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. UM, ONE OF THE REGULATIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WE HAVE SUSPENDED OR SEVERAL OF THEM RELATED TO OUR DESIRE TO ALLOW THE RESTAURANTS TO OPERATE OUTDOORS, SOMETHING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD NOW NORMALLY ALLOW. BUT ONCE THAT ORDER CONCLUDES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT GETS SUNSETTED. SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE BEGUN THAT I THINK IT'S STILL APPROPRIATE THAT WE ALLOW THAT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL AS A POLICY DECISION, UM, ABOUT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ENACTED DURING [01:15:01] THIS TIME WE HAD ONE COME UP TODAY. I BELIEVE THE IS AWARE OF PERTAINING TO OUR, UM, MASS POINT OF DISTRIBUTION FOR THE VACCINE AT ONE OF THE CITY FACILITIES, WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNERS ON A REVISION TO AN AGREEMENT WE HAVE, THAT'LL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT SERVICE AND TO MODIFY IT SLIGHTLY BASED ON COVID POSITIVITY RATES AND UPON COMMUNITY NEED. IT'S THE KIND OF CONTRACT THAT I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM I BELIEVE, AND CERTAINLY EVERYONE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT. SO IT'S THE KIND OF ACTION THAT WE ARE TAKING, UM, JUDICIOUSLY AND I HOPE REASONABLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. SO WHEN THAT COMES UP ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, I WOULD CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND YOU DO IT, UM, AS ARE ALL THE CITIES THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND AS THIS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ITSELF, UM, MR. GRITCH SPOKE AGAIN REGARDING HIS BUDGET CONCERNS. I WOULD, UM, THANK HIM FOR COMING TO BOTH OF OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND FOR HIS DILIGENCE ON THESE BUDGET ISSUES, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 LATER THIS EVENING, IT'S BASICALLY A ROLLOVER BUDGET THAT DOES, UM, KEEP SERVICES INTACT. AND IT DOES, UM, RECOMMEND THAT WE USE SOME RESERVES IN SOME RECOVERY ACT FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US, UM, TO, TO KEEP OPERATIONS MOVING FORWARD AND WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, UM, A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT RULES OF DECORUM AND CIVILITY. UM, COULDN'T AGREE MORE AND I WOULD WELCOME A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AROUND WAYS THAT WE, AS A, AS A, AS A COMMUNITY COULD, COULD DO BETTER IN THAT AREA. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE THE SEEDING RESPONSE TO COMMENTS WE GOT IN A BUSINESS LICENSE. I ALWAYS SEE A COUPLE OF AN EMAIL AND A PHONE CALL. AND, UH, FOR ME TO LIVE IN WEST COVINA 31 YEARS, I DON'T EVEN DON'T KNOW HAVE IT IS CALLED IN IS BECAUSE MILES ASSUMED A BUSINESS LICENSE IS FOR BUSINESS. SO, SO NOW IF WE GO TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THE, FOR THE SINGLE OKAY. OWNERSHIP TO GO TO OKAY. AND BUSINESS LICENSE. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE, OKAY, LIKE, HOLD IN THIS, OKAY. WHEN WE HAVE A CALL IN US. OKAY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BUSINESS CANNOT, OKAY. THEY DON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, BUT IT IS MEANTIME. WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A BURDEN TO ALL OUR RESIDENT IN WEST COVINA. IF THEY HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL HOME, AT LEAST TO THEIR FAMILY AT THIS LAND, THE HOW ABOUT THE SOUTH TO ADU, WE NEED TO GET THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO TOO MUCH OKAY. INTO THE PEOPLE'S POCKET, OTHER THAN GO TO THE BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS HAVE TO PAY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY. SO EACH FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE LADY TALKING ABOUT THE FIXED INCOME. OKAY. AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRACE BACK TO THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS. I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH. SO I THINK MAYBE WE CAN SET UP OKAY. ON THE AGENDA TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUE. OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW, THE CODING IS FUN. THE CT IS FUN. THE CT. RIGHT. SO MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. AND AGAIN, I HAVE NO IDEA. OKAY. LET WAS ESSENTIAL. RENTAL POVERTY HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE. OKAY. SO MAYBE I'M WRONG. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LIKE HOLDING THIS IN PLACE. OKAY. THANK YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR. IF I MAY RESPOND. UM, I WILL CERTAINLY AGENDIZE THAT TOPIC FOR YOUR REVIEW OF THE FACTS OF IT. IT'S, IT'S A LONG STANDING ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY A COUNCIL, WHICH WAY PRECEDED ANY OF YOU HOLDING THIS OFFICE, BUT WE'LL BRING THAT BACK ON YOUR AGENDA. SO YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT, HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY. FOR A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WE DO HAVE A BRIEF [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] REPORT TONIGHT. UM, FIRST UNDER THE GENERAL HEADING OF THE CITY IS REOPENING FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN ADVANCE. WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE GOT A LINEUP OF SUMMER CONCERTS. IT'LL BE HELD ON SATURDAY EVENINGS, AND THE DATES ARE LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. BUT, UM, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUSINESS. UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A OPENING OF THE SPORTS PLEX AND A VERY, UM, I THINK APPROPRIATE, UM, INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AT THE SPORTSPLEX ON SATURDAY, JULY THE THIRD IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL HAVE DETAILS AVAILABLE ABOUT THAT ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UM, SPORTS PLEX IS SOON AVAILABLE FOR RENTALS. SO PEOPLE CAN CALL OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF AND GET INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY CAN SIGN UP TO RENT. THAT FACILITY NUMBER OF REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY THERE. AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT SHIPPED SHAPE IN [01:20:01] TIME FOR, FOR, FOR SUMMER USE. I WANTED TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF LEGISLATIVE. UM, THE CITY HAS SOME LEGISLATION THAT WE WERE THE SPONSOR OF BEING CARRIED IN PARTNERSHIP BY OUR STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND STATE SENATOR THE RUBIO TEAM THAT'S BEFORE 31 PERTAINS TO THE CITY'S LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS AND FREES UP, UH, EXPENDITURE THE REIGNS OF ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITY'S LMDS THAT BILL PASSED OUT OF, UM, THE ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, UM, LAST WEEK UNANIMOUSLY. AND WE'LL GO ON TO THE FLOOR OF THE ASSEMBLY. AND I THINK IT'S LIKELY TO GET APPROVED. THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL WITH THAT BILL. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF IS WE WERE GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE $3 MILLION TO DO SOME BETTERMENTS ON AZUSA AVENUE IN THE AREA OF, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION, AND, UH, HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY, THE CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE NEPAL TANO CALLED I SPOKE WITH HER AT SOME LENGTH. SHE SENDS HER REGARDS TO THE COUNCIL INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HER EFFORTS. WE'VE GOT SOME CONVERSATION THAT IS, WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT UNDER THE HEADING OF THE BUDGET REGARDING GRAFFITI REMOVAL. UM, THERE WAS A NICE ARTICLE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE THAT HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE EFFORTS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT PROBLEM. IT'S A PICTURE OF, UM, UH, BARBARA GREEN IN USE, UM, AND WE'RE, UM, WELL UNDERWAY WITH THE GENTRY BROTHERS CONTRACT. IT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION WORTH OF ASPHALT BEING DONE IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY'S PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SO WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE CITY BASED ON THAT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. AND, UM, WE'RE GETTING, UH, A GOOD, WELL INSPECTED WELL-DELIVERED, UM, PAVING JOB THIS YEAR. OUR ONE CONTRACT FOR THE COMING YEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDERWAY IN AUGUST. SO THE, UM, ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAMS ARE, ARE PROCEEDING OUT OF THE CIP PROGRAM LIST. UM, PRETTY DELIBERATELY INDIRECTLY. UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THERE'S A ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, SOMETIMES A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS WE'RE ASKING. AND IT'S PART OF YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR, UM, SOME BUDGET AUTHORITY TO PROCEED WITH REPAIRS, UM, AT FIRE STATION FOUR IT'S, UM, SO BADLY RUTTED BACK THERE THAT PRETTY QUICKLY THERE'LL BE NO ASPHALT AT ALL. JUST BE A POTHOLE, BUT THIS IS THE AREA, UH, THROUGH WHICH THE, THE, THE BUMPER ENGINE, THE LADDER TRUCK, THE RESCUE AMBULANCE RETURNING TO QUARTERS AFTER TRAVERSE THIS IT'S IT'S, UM, NOT TO STANDARD. WE WANT TO GET IT. SO THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHILE I WAS AT FIRE STATION FOUR, I, I GRABBED A PICTURE OF THIS. WE'VE GOT NOW PROPER GEAR GRIDS, LOCKERS, OPEN AIR LOCKERS WITH INHALATION IN THAT ROOM SO THAT THEIR TURNOUTS HAVE A PLACE TO HANG AND, AND NOT JUST BE STUFFED IN AN ENCLOSED CLOSET. THIS HELPS US WITH, UM, OSHA COMPLIANCE, WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF AN ITEM THAT OCCURRED A, THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY, OUR, UM, OUR QUINT, WHICH IS THE CITY'S, UM, LADDER TRUCK THAT SERVES MULTIPLE PURPOSES. IT ONLY HAS A LADDER AND SERVES AS THE DEPARTMENT'S TOOLBOX, BUT IT ALSO CARRIES ABOUT 300 GALLONS OF WATER. OUR CITY, UM, QUINT HAD TO BE PULLED OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD HOPED TO BE BETTER MANAGING OUR, UM, ROLLING STOCK. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING AS PART OF THEIR FEDERAL RECOVERY ACT PROGRAM MONIES, THE PURCHASE OF TWO PUMPER ENGINES AND A, UM, A LADDER TRUCK OR A QUINT BECAUSE OURS HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAD ONE, UH, NEEDED, HAD AN IMMEDIATE NEED OF ONE. OUR FIRE CHIEF DID A GOOD JOB AND MADE SOME, UM, EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS FOR US TO, UH, WITH AN AGREEMENT, BORROW ONE FROM AN ADJACENT CITY LAVERNE. UM, PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHY AS A LAVERNE, UM, LADDER TRUCK ROLLING OUR STREETS WITH WEST COVINA, UM, FIREFIGHTERS ON IT IT'S BECAUSE OURS IS IN FOR SOME REPAIRS, WHICH WEREN'T SCHEDULED WERE CONTEMPLATED, AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY, UM, HELPED US OUT. I'LL BE BRINGING THAT AGREEMENT ON YOUR NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA FOR RATIFICATION, BUT I, I SIGNED IT BECAUSE WE HAD AN IMMEDIATE PRESSING NEED OF IT. UH, LAST FRIDAY ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES ARE, AS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED SOON TO COMMENCE WITH LA COUNTY. SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING, WE GETTING SOME INQUIRIES AT CITY HALL, UH, WHERE DO I LICENSE MY DOG? AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE, UM, LA COUNTY LA COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL IN BALDWIN PARK. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR LICENSE PURCHASED AND ARRANGED FOR. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. YOU [CONSENT CALENDAR] TWO CONSENT CALENDAR COUNSELORS, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY NINE AND 10 [01:25:07] NUMBER THREE. SO IT'S 3, 9 0 3, 8, 9, 10 AND 12. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ONE THROUGH 14 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 3 8, 9, 10, AND 12. MAY I, UM, HAVE ITEM 11, JUST BE PULLED OFF YOUR CALENDAR TONIGHT. REFERRED BACK TO STAFF. NO ACTION. NO COUNCIL ACTION ON THAT ONE THIS EVENING. OKAY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO I'LL MOVE. IT'S GOOD. WE'LL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT DUBAI. HI, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. HI, MAY I APPROACH CASTELLANO'S ALRIGHT. MAYOR LOPEZ. BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. OKAY. ONTO [3) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-72 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TOCONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY] ITEM NUMBER THREE. COUNCILMEN . YEAH. UH, I JUST HAVE, UH, ONE QUESTION. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, SOME, SOME RESIDENTS ARE WONDERING WHEN THEY SHOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY, UM, ENDING. UM, SO ARE WE ANTICIPATING THE END OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY TO COINCIDE WITH THE GOVERNOR ENDING? THE STATE OF EMERGENCY? IS, IS THAT, UM, KIND OF THE, THE STANDARD WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR? YES. I THINK STATES EMERGENCY ROUTINELY AND FREQUENTLY, UM, EXTEND PAST THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS. I KNOW OF NO CITY, WHICH HAS SHUT THEIRS DOWN. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S LIKELY THAT THE LOGICAL TIME TO DO THAT WOULD BE WHEN THE GOVERNOR, UM, CONCLUDES IT. IT WOULD CEASE THE GOVERNOR'S ABILITY TO ACCESS FEDERAL FUNDS. AND WE'RE ACCESSING NOT ONLY FEDERAL, BUT ALSO FEDERAL AND STATE, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT TO COUNCIL AS TO ANY ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN UNDER THAT ORDER AND BRING TO YOU ANY CONTRACTS FOR YOUR REVIEW AND RATIFICATION A MOTION TO APPROVE. I I'M SORRY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT TOBIAH AND A SECOND BY MAY I APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT DUBAI COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN, D S I MAY APPROACH HIM. CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ. AVIATO AYE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO ONTO [8) CONSIDERATION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. HI, COUNCILMAN WILL. YEP. THANK YOU. MA'AM OKAY. OKAY. WHEN DOES EMS EDUCATION CONTINUE EDUCATION? SO MAYBE EXPLINATION, UH, WE ARE GOING TO CONTRACT WITH A UNIVERSITY FOR $60,000 AND A FULL FIVE YEARS. HOW MANY PEOPLE UTILIZE DUES CONTINUE EDUCATION. OKAY. AND, UH, HOW MUCH PER PERSON AND THE, WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR. SO TOTAL THE $60,000. MAYBE IT GIVES AN EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITIZENS. STAFF. CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? COUNSELOR WILL PLEASE. AND YOU EXPLAINED, OKAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE EMS EDUCATION TO CONTRACT WITH A UNIVERSITY FOR THIS CONTINUE EDUCATION, BUT EMS. SO HOW MUCH PUT COST PROPOSAL AND, UH, THE SIX YEARS OLD AND HOW MANY, OKAY. POSO WOULD BE CONTINUING TO USE THESE PROGRAM? SO, UH, IT'S 60,000, ROUGHLY $60,000 A YEAR. AND IT'S EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO KEEP UP THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION, NO MATTER WHAT CLASSIFICATION THEY ARE, AN EMT OR A PARAMEDIC, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CONTINUING EDUCATION. AND THIS TRAINING IS DONE THROUGH UCLA. SO NO MATTER IS A FIREFIGHTERS OR FIREFIGHTER. OKAY. PEBBLE, MANTECH. THEY ALL HAVE TO TAKE THE CLASS. EVERY SINGLE MEMBER HAS TO HAVE THESE TRAINING ANNUALLY. SO HOW MANY HOURS FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THIS TRAINING? IT'S 48 HOURS EVERY TWO YEARS TO RECERTIFY FOR YOUR ACCREDITATION OR LICENSE, OR DEPENDING IF YOU'RE AN EMT OR A PARAMEDIC. AND IT'S DONE TWO TIMES A MONTH. WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE PERSON THAT COMES IN JOHN AND CORBETT. WE ACTUALLY HONORED HER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON NURSE'S WEEK. SHE COMES IN AND TEACHES ALL THE MEMBERS, THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION. JOSHUA KEEPS UP WITH OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND OUR QUALITY EVALUATION OF OUR SERVICES, AND ALSO KEEPS UP OUR TRAINING AND SKILLS. SO BASICALLY TRAIN THE COME TO, I WAS STATION TWO TREND. THE FIREFIGHTERS SEND THE PUTS IN EACH, YOU HAVE A 40 HOURS TRAINING TO GET US CERTIFICATE, TO BE CERTIFIED. THAT'S CORRECT. SHE'S REQUIRED. THEY'RE REQUIRED. THERE'S CERTAIN PARAMETERS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO AS, AS A STATE SCENARIO THAT WERE POSTED [01:30:01] REQUIRED TO DO FOR THE STATE. SO FOR, FOR, FOR MY LICENSE, OKAY. EVERY FOUR YEARS, I NEED TO, UH, DO IT, UH, FOR THE MORTGAGE LICENSE ELE. SO FOR THE PAIR OF SEMANTIC OFF FOR THE BIOFIRE TO HOW OFTEN THEY HAVE TO DO THIS WEEK CERTIFICATION, IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS, EVERY TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS. OKAY. OH GOD. SO, SO, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF, IF, UH, WE'RE PAYING THIS ANNUALLY, BUT THEY'RE ONLY TAKING IT EVERY TWO YEARS. WHY ARE WE PAYING THIS AS AN ANNUAL FEE INSTEAD OF A BIANNUAL? BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY, NOT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME SCHEDULE. SOME ARE IN JANUARY. SO I'M IN FEBRUARY, MARCH. EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT HAS DIFFERENT TIMES THAT THEY RECERTIFY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE EDUCATION THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY MONTH TO KEEP EVERYBODY UP TO PAR. NOT ONLY IS IT FOR OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION, SHE ALSO DOES OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE EVALUATES OUR PROGRAM. LIKE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEING AUDITED. WE GET AUDITED ONCE A YEAR BY THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE OUR PROGRAMS CORRECT. THE PERSON ASSIGNED TO US TO UCLA DOES ALL THAT GOES THROUGH ALL OUR REPORTS, HOW WE, UM, CALL THE HOSPITAL. WHEN THEY GO TO ALL THE TAPE REVIEWS, THEY DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING PROPER THROUGH THE COUNTY. SO SHE COMES EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE, THIS FEES OF FIXED RATE. IT'S A FIXED RATE SPEED. UM, IF THE STATE AND COUNTY MANDATES MANDATES IT, UM, IS, IS THERE A WAY THAT THE STATE AND COUNTY AT LEAST PAYS FOR THESE FEES? SINCE I KNOW CITY'S PAYING FOR OUR STAFF TO ATTEND THESE TRAININGS? NO, THEY THEY'RE. THEY'RE MANDATED. IF WE WANT TO PROVIDE EMS SERVICES, WE WANT TO HAVE EMT. IF WE WANT TO HAVE PARAMEDICS, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THAT, TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT SERVICES THE COMMUNITY BY DELIVERING BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO DO SO THEY DON'T COVER. THEY DON'T COVER IT. THEY SAY, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PARAMEDIC IN LA COUNTY, WANT TO BE, YOU WANT TO BE ACCREDITED IN LA COUNTY AND BE LICENSED THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, PARAMEDIC YOU TO HAVE 48 HOURS WEST, BE IN A FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU WANNA PROVIDE YOU SERVICES, HERE'S THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO. AND JUST A LIST OF THEM. OKAY. I MOVED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND UP. WE'LL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN BU ALRIGHT. COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. AYE. THEY APPROACHED HIM CUSTOMER PANOS, MAYOR LEDDY LOPEZ BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. [9) CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR FIRE STATIONNO. 4 PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS - PROJECT NO. 21034] SO ONTO ITEM, AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER NINE, PULLED BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS IS BECAUSE, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAVE TO SPEND OVER $252,000 TO REPAVE OR TO FIX THE PARKING OR HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT DONE ON STATION FOUR. UM, THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I WAS WATCHING THE BUDGET, A TOWN HALL MEETING. AND, UH, DURING THIS MEETING, UM, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBER, MR. GREENWICH MADE A COMMENT OR, UH, IMPLIED A PROPOSAL THAT THIS STATION MAY BE ONE OF THOSE THAT MAYBE BROWN DOUBT, UM, TO CONTROL THE OVERTIME. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF THIS IS A NEED, IF THIS IS ONE OF THE STATIONS THAT MAYBE BE BROWNED OUT, SO STATIONED FOR IT, THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE CIP PRODUCT HAS ALREADY APPROVED BY YOU GUYS TO DO THE REPAIRS TO THE FIRE STATION. IT'S ALREADY, THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR IT. THE CITY OF AN ENGINEERS AND THE FIRE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IMMENSELY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND CUT COSTS TO GET THIS DONE. AND THEY HAVE, THEY'VE HAD DONE EXTENSIVE ENGINEERING OF HOW WE CAN SAVE MONEY AND REPAIRING THIS PROJECT. WE FOUND OUT THAT ORIGINALLY WHEN THE STATION WAS BUILT, THE AS-BUILTS ACTUALLY HAD CONCRETE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAID THERE FOR SOME REASON, IT WASN'T DONE. AND THE FORCES THAT WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO CONCRETE PLUS TO HAVE ROUGHLY EIGHT INCHES OF ASPHALT. AND IN THOSE AREAS, THERE'S THREE INCHES OF ASPHALT. THIS HAS BEEN RE ASPHALT IN AND MIXED AND PATCHED AND DONE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AS LONG AS THE FIRE STATION HAS BEEN THERE, AND ENGINEERS ARE, ARE SAYING IN NEED OF GET IT DONE CORRECTLY, CAUSE OUR ENGINES ARE DAMAGING IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE COSTS FOR THE ENGINES GOING TO GET BROKE AND HAVE TO FIX THAT IN, IN RE IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF IT'S BROWN OUT, WHICH WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SERVICE NET FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO KEEP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESOURCES THERE THAT BROWNING OUT DEPARTMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HAVING TO REPAIR THIS AND KEEP OUR FIRE ENGINES. I GUESS I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT SPENDING MONEY THAT LATER ON, WE WON'T HAVE THAT STATION. THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I MEAN, MAYBE CITY MANAGER CAN ANSWER THAT, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, UM, MARION COUNCIL, I THINK UNDER ANY SCENARIO, WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL FIVE STATIONS TO BE OPERATIONAL. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGURE STANDARDS OF COVERAGE AND WHICH ROLLING STOCK GOES IN WHICH STATION [01:35:01] AND WHICH SHIFT, ET CETERA. BUT IN ANY CASE UNDER ANY SCENARIO, WE HAVE TO GET OUR FIRE STATIONS TO PHYSICAL STANDARD AT FIRE STATION FOUR. UM, THERE'S SOME METAL BRACING THAT WAS PUT IN WHEN THE ENTRY DOORS, SO THAT THE APPARATUS BAY WERE PUTTING IN, THEY WERE JUST CUT THE BRICKS AND LEFT THEM HANGING MORE OR LESS. WELL, WE, WE USE STEEL REINFORCEMENT. THERE THERE'S SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY INSIDE TO GET THINGS TO STANDARD. WE'VE GOT TO GET THE OUT OF DATE, WORN OUT FLOOR COVERINGS, UH, REPLACED WITH A HOSPITAL GRADE LINOLEUM, A MARMOL LIAM, BECAUSE THE GUYS CAN COME IN THERE WITH BLOOD-BASED PATHOGENS ON THEIR BOOTS OR WHATEVER. SO WE GOT TO GET SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, BE SANITIZED AND CLEANED. UM, SOME OF THE CARPET IS NOT JUST THREADBARE. IT'S COMPLETELY WORN OUT. WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE IN THAT KITCHEN, WHICH IS NOT JUST NICE TO HAVE IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HAVE BECAUSE SOMEBODY LIVING THERE 365 DAYS A YEAR. SO I THINK ALL OF THESE REPAIRS ARE, ARE APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET FACILITIES TO STANDARDS. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS PARKING LOT REPAIR AS PART OF THAT OVERALL PROGRAM OF, OF FACILITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET, GET TO PAR. I SEE. OKAY. UM, WELL I JUST, I JUST WONDERED IF IT WOULD BE WISE TO PUT THIS KIND OF MONEY INTO THE STATION, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS. YEAH. TO PIGGY BACK ON THE CITY MANAGERS. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ATTENTION TO NOT HAVE RESOURCES AT ANY OF THE FIRE STATIONS EVER. I MEAN, WE HAVE A COVERED STAND RECOVERED. WE NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND STATION FOUR WOULD BE UTILIZING RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTION. I WAS THE OTHER ASPHALT AND THE OTHER FIRE STATIONS. SO, UH, STATION FIVE AND STATION TWO ARE ADEQUATE STATION TWO DOES HAVE THE CONCRETE THAT MEETS THE PROPER GRADE. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE APPARATUS STATION THREE DOES NEED, UH, A RECOMMENDED COVER CODE ON IT, A SLURRY SEAL. IT DOESN'T NEED TO REPLACE, UM, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. CAUSE IT, WHAT HAS THE PROPER AMOUNT OF ASPHALT THERE. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED LATER WHEN WE'RE DOING SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AT A STATION AT STATION ONE. I KNOW THAT STATION ONE IS UTILIZED THE MOST OUT OF ALL THE STATIONS. WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT REALLY RECOMMENDED ANYTHING STATION LINE, CAUSE WE'RE STILL IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE. AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH STATION ONE IN REFERENCE TO COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER REQUESTS THAT'S COMING IN, UH, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY AND I KNOW THAT'S A REQUIREMENT, BUT ON YOUR LIST OF ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, THERE ARE PRIORITIES. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FUNDING IS USED FOR LIKE CAL OSHA REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT IS FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE FIREMAN, AND THEN GO ONTO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BOMBARDED ON NEXT BUDGET FISCAL YEAR WITH ALL THESE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE ALL IN NEED AND THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN TOWARDS THAT. SO ON, IN REGARDS TO YOUR ASPHALT FOR THIS, WHERE DOES THIS LIE FALL IN YOUR PRIORITIES OF REQUEST PRIORITY? AS WE STATED, THE PICTURE ITSELF SHOWS THE DAMAGE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY DOING. AS FAR AS WE KNOW THIS DAMAGE, THAT'S CURSED HERE COULD BE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE TWIN RIGHT NOW, THE QUINTIN STATION THERE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION COULD BE DUE TO SOME PROBLEMS DRIVING OVER THESE HUMPS AND VALLEYS ARE TAKING PLACE. THIS ABILITY FOR THE QUIT TO BE STATIONED AT ANOTHER LOCATION. YES IT COULD, BUT THE APPARATUS OR, YOU KNOW, OF A $50,000, 50,000 POUND VEHICLE AND A 60,000 POUND VEHICLE, THE DIFFERENCE IS STILL GOING TO HAVE DAMAGE WITH THIS TYPE OF PERSON, THE LIFESPAN OF THAT CURRENT. UM, WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF THAT CURRENT, UH, CONCRETE? WELL, ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEER OR THE CONCRETE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO PUT IN IT, IT HAS 30 PLUS YEARS. WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE, IF WE WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE BEEN PUT IN ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEERS, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON CONCRETE, ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEER, THEY STAYED. IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE, IF THE CONCRETE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN AT THE BEGINNING, WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT IT. MATTER OF FACT, THERE WAS CONCRETE THAT WAS PUT IN DIRECTLY BEHIND THE FIRE STATION, ABOUT 15 FEET. IT'S PERFECT. THERE'S NOT EVEN A CRACK IN IT AND THE APPARATUS DRIVE OVER IT AND THE EXACT SAME SPOT FROM THERE. SO IF THE PROPER CONCRETE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN AT THE TIME, THE BUILT BUILDING WAS BUILT BY THE AS-BUILT PLANS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION. NOW, WHAT WAS IT BUILDING BUILT? I BELIEVE THAT STATION'S WELL OVER 30, 40 YEARS LATER, MAYOR, CAN I JUST ADD ONE MORE THOUGHT ON THIS GENERAL TOPIC, WE HAD GONE THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT OF WHICH STATIONS NEEDED CRITICAL REPAIRS NOW, AND THIS IS UNDER THAT INITIAL ALLOCATION THAT YOU GAVE US TO ADDRESS THESE REPAIRS. THIS IS JUST, UH, UH, EVIDENCE OF THE SYMPTOM OF A MAINTENANCE PHILOSOPHY, WHICH WE'VE CALLED RUN FAIL, BUT AN ACID INTO SERVICE AND YOU RUN IT UNTIL IT FAILS. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE DON'T ACT SURPRISED WHEN IT DOES, BUT YOU CAN SEE BY THIS PICTURE, PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS [01:40:01] IT'S FAILED. AND SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS, UM, NICE TO HAVE. I SEE IT AS A, AS A MUST HAVE I UNDERSTAND. I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST CONCERNED FOR FUTURE ALLOCATION AND FUNDING WHERE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE FIRE NEEDS A LOT OF THINGS THAT IT IS REQUIRED. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING USED FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT AFFECTS AND HELLO SHOWS THE, MY MAIN CONCERN OF WHERE THE FUNDING, I MEAN MONEY SHOULD BE. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? YEP. THANK YOU. MA'AM OKAY. I WANTED TO CONCUR. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ REGARDING, OKAY. AND, UH, I COULD SPEND $250,000 TO HAVE THE STATION FULL. OKAY. ON I W I WATCHED A VAULTS. OKAY. THEN A BUNCH OF TOWNHOMES. OKAY. I THINK, UH, MR. GREER, WHICH HAS A POINT. OKAY. BECAUSE HAVE A FIGHT STATION STATION, NUMBER ONE IS THE BUSIEST ALMOST 40% OF A USAGE. AND THEN THE LAST OF USE IS A AGENT NUMBER FOUR. SO, SO LIKE YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LAY OFF ANYBODY. JUST WANT TO PUT THE RESOURCES INTO THE ONE, THE MOST USAGE. OKAY. AND THE OTHER WAY, AND THEN WE MAYBE CAN CONTROL THE OVER TIME. THAT'S WHY HE'S SAYING. AND THEN I THINK THAT'S WHAT WILL POINT THEM ALL POSSIBLE. OKAY. IF WE'RE DOING THIS, SO IT'S THE CT AND THE CHIEF CAN LOOK AROUND HOW WE UTILIZE OKAY. THE RESOURCE AND WHICH STATION, WHICH AREA, THE CULT THE MOST. OKAY. AND SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY IN THE PLACE, THESE USAGE, I THINK THAT'S NOT USED VERY OFTEN. SO THEN WE SPEND THE MONEY TO FIX THESE PLATES, DOING A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T UTILIZE MANY OF THE USAGE. SO WE WASTE THE MONEY. AND PLUS WE TRIED TO OVERCOME THE OVER TIME. WE'RE LIKE KIND OF A COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR OUR CONTROL BUDGET OF ALL THE OVERTIME BUDGET. SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO, THAT IS EXACTLY OKAY. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ABSENTEES, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ABSENCE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THOSE STATS CAN YOU, THAT WAS TERRIBLE. IT WAS THE, DURING THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING. YEAH. I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MR. KENDALL, SCOTT, THOSE, IT'S A VERY GOOD PLEASE. OKAY. I JUST WANT, ONE OF MY POINT IS SAY IS, OKAY. WE MAY BE, HAVE TO SEE HOW WE LOCATE ALL THESE STATION WISELY WITH OUR RESOURCE. IF WE USE OUR RESOURCE TO THE PLACE TO USE THE MOST, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE SPEND ALL THE MONEY, WE SHOULD BUILD A STATION. NUMBER ONE, THEN WHAT WE PROPOSE DEMOLISH CONDEMNED THE BUILDING BECAUSE THERE IS UNFIXABLE. SO WE WANT TO BUILD A BRAND NEW STATION, NUMBER ONE. SO WE WANT TO BUILD MAYBE A BIG, OKAY. STATION NUMBER ONE WITH OFFERS. AND THEN WE WILL PUT MAYBE TWO PER ROMANTIC OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY USE IT. SO, SO MUCH PEOPLE IT'S LIKE USING ALL THE TIME. THEY CAN NOT EVEN HAVE A LUNCH. SO IN THAT WAY, IF THAT IS THE ISSUE, THEN WE SHOULD PUT MORE RESOURCE IN THAT AREA. THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE POINT. THEN IF WE DON'T USE THE STATION, NUMBER FOUR AND PEOPLE IDLING OVER THERE AND WE NOT USING UTILIZE CHIEF, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? ABSOLUTELY. SO IN THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE MUCH OF A RESULT AND WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SOME PEOPLE, OKAY. THEY SO BUSY, THEY HAVE A HELP. AND SO IN THAT WAY, WE KIND OF MOVE, OKAY. THE PEOPLE AROUND. SO IN THAT WAY, DO WE NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY IF WE WANT TO RELOCATE AND THE LOOK AROUND OKAY. HOW TO UTILIZE OUR OKAY. METAPHORS AND, UH, THE RESOURCE MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE TO YOU. YES. SO I NOT SURE WHERE THE STATISTICS CAME OUT OF THE STATION FOUR WAS THE SLOWEST OR DOESN'T NEED IT. STATION FOUR HAS ONE OF, SOME OF THE LARGEST, UM, TARGET HAZARDS WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIRE STATIONS. WE HAVE A LARGE WILD LAND INTERFACE ISSUE FOR THAT STATION. WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO CLOSE A RESOURCE OUT OF STATION FOUR, BUT TO HAVING AN AVAILABLE, TO HAVE, WE HAVE THE HEIGHTS DOWN THERE, WE HAVE OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. THERE ARE SOME LARGE HOMES WE WOULD ALWAYS COME, WANT TO KEEP IT. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. BUT THE USAGE IS ONLY INVEST IN 10%. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM. THEY DIDN'T CALL THEM BECAUSE SO THESE 6% OPEN, THE 4G PUTS IN A STATION, NUMBER ONE. OKAY. AND THE STATION TWO IS ABOUT 70%. AND THE STATION THREE IS ABOUT 15%. AND THEN, OKAY. STATION FOUR IS LESS THAN 10%. AND THE STATION NUMBER FIVE, IT'S A BALL. SO TEAM 14 OR 15% IS HOW WE HAVE ALL THE COAL YOU HAVE, THEN THE WHALE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION FOR UFI STATION. SO THEN WE CAN SEE THE NUMBER. WE HAVE A REPORT. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE UNDERSTAND AND WELL, OKAY. STATION WISE SO BUSY. OKAY. BECAUSE IT CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE AREA IS LIKE, YOU GOT A LOT, A LOT OF CALLS. SO, SO HOW WE UTILIZE. OKAY. SO THOSE RESOURCE, [01:45:01] THAT'S THE POINT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT A CONSOLE WOMAN. I JUST DON'T WANT TO END UP SPENDING THIS MONEY. IF WE WANTED TO WAIT, FIND OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE BROWN MOUNTAIN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE A QUESTION TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER. I WAS JUST GOING TO RESPOND THROUGH THE CHAIR. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE OPERATIONAL DECISIONS AND DEPLOYMENT QUESTIONS. I'LL REVIEW THOSE WITH THE CHIEF, UM, AND, AND FOLLOW UP ON THOSE, ON THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE RAISED. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE, OUR CURRENT PAVING COMPANY WHO DOES OUR STREETS? WELL, COMPETITIVELY BID PROCESS THIS YEAR, THE ANNUAL PAYMENT PROGRAM IS BEING DONE TO $2 MILLION PROJECT IN TOTAL BY GENTRY BROTHERS. THIS CONTRACT IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO ALL-AMERICAN ASPHALT. WHO'S DONE BUSINESS WITH THE CITY BEFORE THEY ARE A REPUTABLE FIRM AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP FIVE PAVING COMPANIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I, I KNOW THEM, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM AND THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE VERY REPUTABLE. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE LOW BIDDER ON THIS. DID YOU GUYS BID THROUGH GENTRY BROTHERS OR THE ONE WHO DOES I, WHEN THEY DO OUR CITY STREETS, IT LOOKS FABULOUS. AND IT'S GREAT. AND IT'S, UH, DID THEY BID FOR THIS OR WAS THAT EXTENDED TO THEM AT ALL? WE, WE DID PUT IT OUT PUBLICLY TO BID. THEY WERE NOT ONE OF THE FIRMS THAT RESPONDED. WE'VE GOT INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, A LISTING OF, OF ALL THE COMPANIES. BUT, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO THIS, THIS BID. ARE THEY AWARE? YES. I WAS JUST WONDERING SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING OUR CITY STREETS PROBABLY WOULD OFFER A BETTER DEAL ON THE COSTS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST WONDERING. UM, OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO GO HAVE HIM GO FIRST ON THE REPORT MENTIONS THAT IT'LL BE CONCRETE AS OPPOSED TO ASPHALT, RIGHT? UH, IT WILL BE A MIXTURE IN THE PORTIONS WHERE THE DRIVE PATH FOR THE, UH, UH, THE VERY HEAVY EQUIPMENT IT'LL BE CONCRETE AND THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE LIKE PARKING FOR VEHICLES AND OTHER, UH, MAYBE SOME TRAINING AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE ASPHALT. THE CONCRETE PART WILL HAVE REBAR IN THE CONCRETE. YES. THERE WAS A SPECIFIC STANDARD REQUIRED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT AND ENGINEERS. OH, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE URGENCY TO APPROVE THIS? DO WE HAVE URGENCY? CAN WE, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. DO WE HAVE URGENCY? WE HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT AWAY. CAN WE AGAIN? OKAY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. OKAY. TO FIX SOMETHING, NEED TO BE FIXED. OKAY. BUT THE CONCERN, OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE, OR I HAVE A, OKAY. OKAY. CAUSE A WOMAN DIAZ. OKAY. IT HAS. OKAY. BASICALLY, IF WE WANT TO RAISE STRUCTURES, SEE HOW WE MOVE. OKAY. TO SOMEPLACE LIKE 40% IS 36. SO THESE 7% USAGE, IT CAN HAVE A MORE RESOURCE. SO WE MAYBE HAVE A MOVED SOME PEOPLE, BUT TO LET LOCATION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. SO THEN THIS PLACE, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. WE STILL WILL USING SOMETHING WERE STANDARDS OF COVERAGE, UH, COUNSELING. WE WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND TO MOVE, MOVE RESTARTS FROM THERE AND PUT ALL THE RESOURCES IN ONE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE CALLS DON'T COME DOWN WHERE THEY'RE ALL IN STATION ONE, THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU GET ARE AN OVERALL 12 MONTH ANALYSIS OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THERE'S DAYS. THAT STATION FOUR MAY BE THE MOST BUSIEST STATION FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN A ROW. AND THERE'S DAYS OF STATION ONE IS THE SLOWEST. SO WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO PUT ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET AND THEN HOPE ALL THE CALLS ARE THERE. AND THEN, THEN RESPOND LONGER TO STATION FOUR. WHEN WE WANTED TO STANDARDS OF COVERAGE, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE CLOSEST RESOURCE TO HELP SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE, MITIGATE AN EMERGENCY AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DISTRICTS. I UNDERSTAND CHIP. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. OKAY. THE NUMBER IS RIGHT THERE. OKAY. MOST USAGE IS STATION ONE. OKAY. AND THE LEAST USAGE IS STATIONED FOUR. THAT IS FUN THAT WE POKED. SO YOU SAY SOMETIME, MAYBE ONE DAY, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THEY HAVE A MORE CALL, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY HAVE NO CALL. OKAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME ON THE STATION, NUMBER ONE, THE BZA ALL THE TIME. SO, SO LET'S MY POINT IS OKAY. IF THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE, WHY NOT? WE MOVE STATION FOR PEOPLE TO HELP THEM OVER THERE. IF WE BASE ON THAT WITH BILL A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. OKAY. STATION OVER THERE BASED ON THE USAGE, BECAUSE SINCE WE COULDN'T BILL A STATION FOR YOU, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WITH SMALL ONE AND THEN YOU ONLY CAN PUT, OKAY. PHEW. OKAY. TO TAKE CARE OF SO MANY CALLS, BECAUSE I THINK IN FUTURE COAL WOULD BE EVEN MORE DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF EMERGENCY ROOM AND THIS AND THAT. OKAY. YEAH. AND A LOT OF, I DON'T KNOW, POSSIBLE USAGE. SO, SO IS THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO SEE THE FUTURES PREPARE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE SINCE IT IS COMING AND WE BASED ON THE NUMBER, SO, YOU KNOW, WAY, AND THEN WE ONLY HAVE THIS OKAY. STAFF AND THE BUDGET, AND WE BASED ON LATIN, HOW WE STRATEGY LI AND PUT THE [01:50:01] RESOURCE INTO PLACE, THEY MOST SPEAKEASY AND AIRY. RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT AS I WAS SAYING, IT'S, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. THE STANDARDS OF COVERS IS WHAT WE HAVE THE FIVE STATIONS TO COVER AND OVERLAP EACH OTHER. AND WHEN CALLS COME DOWN, WE WOULD NOT WANT THEM ALL OUT OF WORK. I MEAN, YOU WILL, POINT IS NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT TO. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE IT IS PLACE AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. AND THERE'S MORE, THERE'S WAY MORE PICTURES. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE ALL THE PICTURES, BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO THERE, NO, WE, WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE FIX ADJUST. IF WE NEED TO MOVE THESE PEOPLE TO STATION ONE OR SOME OTHER PLACES WHY WE NEED TO FIX THESE PLATES, LAYS THE OPPONENT. EVERYBODY RECOMMENDED FROM THIS OFFICE TO SHUT DOWN STATION FOUR AND NOT HAVE RESOURCES THERE BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE TARGET HAZARDS AND THE NEED FOR RESOURCES TO BE ADEQUATELY AVAILABLE, WE HAVE A HIGH IMPACT AREAS. THERE. WE HAVE LARGE HOMES, WE HAVE THE WILD LAND INTERFACE. WE HAVE THE HEIGHTS, WE HAVE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IN CITY THAT NEEDS THAT RESOURCES TO RAPIDLY RESPOND TO. SO YOU REALLY NEED THAT PLACE. WE SPENT A FINE 250, $2,000 IMPLAUSIBLE. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. SO CD MANAGER, YOU CAN, COULD, LET ME, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT IS BASED ON THE, OKAY. I'LL, I'LL DO COMMISSION TO TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CONTROL IT ALL THE TIME. SO HOW YOU CONTROL IT ALL THE TIME. IF YOU CAN NOT USE, UTILIZE CHANGING THE LOCATION OR YOUR CONTROL ALL THE TIME, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. I, I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHICH ROLLING STOCK IS ASSIGNED TO WHICH STATION BASED ON CALLS FOR SERVICE, SERVICE, DEMANDS, AND RESPONSES, THIS PHYSICAL REPAIRS NECESSARY IN ANY SCENARIO, IT MAY BE THAT THE CHIEF WILL DECIDE TO PUT THE QUINT AT ANOTHER FIRE STATION. THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE WE'VE GOT THE BIG LADDER TRUCK ONLY CARRIES I THINK 300 GALLONS OF WATER BY WATERWAYS. I DON'T KNOW, SEVEN POUNDS A GALLON. SO THAT'S A BIG LOAD. OUR NORMAL PUMPER ENGINES CARRY MAYBE MORE WATER, BUT IT'S STILL A, A BIG DEMAND ON THE, ON THE STATION AND ON THE ASPHALT. SO THIS IS DESIGNED TO MEET THAT H 10 LOADING REQUIREMENT. IT'S A STRUCTURAL SECTION AND THIS IS FAILED. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S APPROPRIATE. OF COURSE. OKAY. AGAIN, THE ARGUMENT IS NOT ABOUT THAT. WE PAY IT, WE PIN IT. OF COURSE. THEN YOU DO LOOK PRETTY BAD AND ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE SUCH A HEAVY DUTY TRUCK. OKAY. THE ENGINE IS VERY HEAVY. I HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. THIS IS FAILING BIG TIME. OKAY. BUT THE ARGUMENT OVER HERE IS THE FUTURE. ARE WE OKAY? AND THAT REALLY WILL DO THAT ROUTE. AND THEN WE SPEND, UH, FIXING THE CONCRETE WILL BE WASTED. WE ONLY FOR PARALLEL ONLY THE, YOU MOVE THE ENGINE TO SOMEPLACE ELSE, LASER CONCERN, HEY, WHY YOU SPEND THE MONEY? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO CD ALL THE TIME WE SPEND THE THING WE DID IN BEAUTIFUL FUTURE, THEN YOU HAVE TO REMOVE IT AND WASTE THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY. THAT IS THE CONCERN I HAVE. OKAY. ARE YOU MY TIME? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. UM, I JUST, UH, IN THE JANUARY MEETING, WHEN THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 1.6 MILLION WAS, IT WAS APPROVED. THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR REPAIR. THAT WAS PART OF THAT 1.6 MILLION. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND, AND, AND IN THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE IT NECESSARILY IN FRONT OF ME WAS THE ANTICIPATED COSTS, UH, AROUND, UH, A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS AT THAT TIME. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS ESTIMATED TWO 50. OKAY. UH, AND I KNOW AT THAT TIME, I, I HAD REQUESTED, UH, PRIORITIES OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO FIRST. UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY, BUT AS OF TODAY YOU WOULD SAY, THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY ITEM THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. YES. I BELIEVE BACK IN JANUARY, WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, I STATED THE THINGS WE BROUGHT TO YOU THAT NIGHT ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES. THERE'S A LONGER LAUNDRY LIST ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THAT WE FEEL WE CAN WAIT TO GET TO THOSE ONES WHERE THE PRIORITIES AND THE MOST IMPORTANT. OKAY. SO, SO THIS ISN'T A NEW ITEM THEN THIS IS FROM JANUARY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM HERE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. THE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT DUBAI COUNCILMAN BU NOPE. HE IS NO MAY APPROACH HIM. CASTELLANO'S ALRIGHT. MAYOR LOPEZ. BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES THREE TO YOU VERY MUCH ON TO [10) CONSIDERATION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR FIRESTATION NO. 3 IMPROVEMENTS - PROJECT NO. 21034] AGENDA ITEM 10, FOLD BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. OKAY. WELL, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WELL, THERE WAS SOME WHY I PULLED IT WAS, [01:55:01] UM, I NOTICED THAT I WANT TO KNOW WHY WE WENT WITH, UM, BOA COMPANY FOR 55,500. YES. WAIT, WHY WERE THEY CHOSEN? UH, SO THE, UM, THE PROJECT MANAGER, MYSELF AND THE CITY'S ENGINEER, UM, ALL REVIEWED ALL THE SUBMITTALS AND DUE TO THE RATINGS THAT CAME THROUGH BY LOOKING AT ALL THE RATINGS, THEY CAME OUT. NUMBER ONE, WE UNDERSTAND THEIR, UH, ROUGHLY $4,000 MORE THAN THE, THE LOWER ONE. UM, THAT'S SUBMITTED A PROPERLY SUBMITTED, UM, A BID, UH, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST, AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY WITH DOING THIS TYPE OF REMODELS FOR FIRE STATIONS. A LOT OF THEM LOCALLY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE FISCAL NEEDS OF CITIES TO KEEP IT WITHIN, WITHIN OUR NEEDS. AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER BIDDER, WE WEREN'T WERE FILL IT. THEY HAD DONE IT. THEY HAD BEEN MORE RESIDENTIAL. THEY HADN'T DONE MANY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVEN'T DONE MORE COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT STUFF OR UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IT. WE WANT IT TO LAST FOR A LONG TIME. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT RESIDENTIAL GRAY. WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S DONE THIS BEFORE, SO THIS OKAY. I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST ABOUT SAVING SOME MONEY HERE. RIGHT? SO, UM, THIS, UH, S VA ARCHITECTS OR FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND, I GUESS THEY DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THE FORMS THAT WERE NEEDED. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THAT SOMETHING WE DON'T FOLLOW UP ON? WE DID, WE DID FOLLOW UP THE ENGINEER, FOLLOWED UP WITH THE ONES THAT DIDN'T ASK IF THEY STILL COULD. AND THEY STILL DIDN'T. SO THEY FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T REALLY INTERESTED IN COMPLYING WITH WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY WAS. SO IF THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE WE EVEN PICKED THEM, HOW WAS IT GOING TO BE WHEN WE, IF WE CHOSE THEM, WAS THE IDEAL DEALING WITH THE ENGINEER AND JUST, JUST ON A REGULAR COMPLY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND, UM, AND SO RUBIO, MEDINA ARCHITECT, YOU'RE STAYING, UM, YOU WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT AS QUALIFIED. YES. THEY HADN'T DONE IT AS THE GOVERNMENT TYPE BUSINESSES AND STUFF THAT WE HAD, EVERYBODY SUBMITTED WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND PEOPLE THEY CONTRACT WITH. IT ALSO HELPED WITH ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, ROOFING AND STUFF OF THAT. THEY HADN'T DONE ANYTHING RELATED TO WHAT WE NEED FOR GOVERNMENTAL. I SEE. OKAY. OKAY. AND, UM, SO THE, NOW THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE THE, I GUESS THIS IS WHERE'S DATA MANAGER. UM, THE $1.3 MILLION. UM, IS THAT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND THINKING MANAGER? YES. SO, SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS, THAT YOU GUYS WERE REFERRING TO EARLIER, RIGHT? THIS IS FROM THE ORIGINAL CIP REQUEST THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BODY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO THIS IS, OKAY. I'LL GET TEXT YOU FOR THE ONE POINT OF $1.3 MILLION IMPROVEMENT WAY. OKAY. UH, NO, THIS IS A REQUEST TO SPEND, UH, UH, $55,000 FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES TO MEET US INTO STANDARDS FOR OSHA AND ADA REQUIREMENTS FOR REMODELING FIRE STATION THREE AND BRINGING UP THE COMPLIANCE IN TODAY'S STANDARDS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUFF DONE OVER THE MANY, MANY YEARS THAT IT WAS A LIBRARY FIRE ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN DAMNED, UH, ASBESTOS WALLS ARE ADDED. SO WE NEED AN ARCHITECT. THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND TELL US, WHAT'S GOING TO MEET THE OLDEST STATION, THE WHOLE THING WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THAT STATION, THERE'S A LIBRARY THAT'S CLOSED. IT ALSO WAS UTILIZED AS FIRE ADMINISTRATION MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT'S VACANT. THEN THERE'S A FIRE STATION. WHAT A COMMON WALL WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT ALL ONE LOCATION BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANT FOR OSHA NEEDS FOR, UM, DORMITORIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BATHROOMS ARE NOT IN TODAY'S STANDARDS. AND SO WE NEED TO RECTIFY THAT. AWESOME. ARE WE GOOD? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND WE'LL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT SUB-I COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEN. WOO. ALL RIGHT. NOW IT'S A WOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CASINOS MAYOR LOPEZ. BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ON [12) CONSIDERATION OF CONTINUED POLICE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES] TO ITEM NUMBER 12 VOLT BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS, UH, CHIEF RICHARD BELL. GOOD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. UH, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS SCIENCE YOUR GROUP DOES FOR US? SURE. UH, THE, SAY IT SAYING THAT SHE, A GROUP HAD HAD BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. UH, THEY HAVE OVER THE YEARS, UM, I'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COMPLETE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OVERALL DATA CONVERSION, ALL OF OUR [02:00:01] VEHICLE MDTS AND COMPUTER IT, UM, ISSUES THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING THAT RUNNING AND UP TO DATE. UM, IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING IN THE PAPERS LATELY, YOU WILL KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE AGENCIES UNDER ATTACK FROM CYBER ATTACKS, UM, WEST COVINA HAS BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE, UH, CYAN, CHIA, UH, HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DO TO KEEP US PROTECTED. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY KEPT US PROTECTED, BUT THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED A SYSTEM THAT IF WE WERE TO GET ATTACKED, THAT WE COULD BE UP AND RUNNING WITHIN A FEW DAYS BECAUSE OF THE SAFE FAILS HE HAS IMPLEMENTED, OR THE GROUP HAS IMPLEMENTED, UM, INTO OUR DEPARTMENT. UH, THEY HAVE A STAFF OF IT, OF TWO, THEY HAVE A SUPPORT STAFF OF AN ADDITIONAL FOUR. UH, SO THEY ARE, UM, WELL-RESPECTED INTO INDUSTRY. UH, ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN UNDER ATTACK IS ACTUALLY ACQUIRED THEM TO COME OVER AND HELP, AND HE HAS HELPED BRING THEM BACK TO A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN RUN THEIR OPERATIONS. SO, UM, , UM, ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT READILY SEEN, UH, HE IS BEHIND THE SCENES WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST PROTECTING OUR DEPARTMENT IN A MUCH NEEDED WAY. SO THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD AT IT. I WOULD SAY THEY'RE EXTREMELY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. UM, I SUPPORT THEM A HUNDRED PERCENT. UH, THEY'RE ON CALL 24 7, VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS. AND, UH, THEY HAVE DONE OUR DEPARTMENT WELL OVER THE YEARS, ARE WE GOOD WITH AUDIO VIDEO BY ANY CHANCE? UM, MAYBE WE JOINED THEM, DON'T KNOW, WELL, WE KNOW THE HISTORY HERE WITH OUR MIX, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BETTER, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEM. UM, I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD WITH THE IT AND THAT SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CAD RMS AND THOSE THINGS. I WOULD REALLY HAVE TO ASK THEM. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. UM, WE CAN TAKE THE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST WANT TO KNOW THEY ARE ILLNESS. YEAH. UH, AND, UM, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY SINCE HE IS BEHIND THE SCENES. UH, MAYBE, UM, PRIOR TO A CLOSED SESSION OR ANYTHING, I'LL BRING HIM UP, JUST INTRODUCE HIM AND HE CAN JUST SAY HI, SO YOU CAN PUT A FACE WITH ME. SOUNDS GOOD. RIGHT. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN USING UTILIZING THEM? I THINK THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FROM BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT YEARS. YEAH. 27 TO EIGHT YEARS. OH SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS. OKAY. AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR GENERAL FUND, THAT IT COMES FROM FEDERAL, UM, ASSET FORFEITURE FUND. YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, LIKE THAT? I MADE SURE I NOTICED THAT NOT OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT CAUSE THAT THAT'S 495,000, RIGHT? YES. THAT'S A BIG IMPACT. SO, UH, THANK YOU. UH, QUESTION COUNCILMAN WILL N OKAY. QUICK QUESTIONS. OKAY. I THINK. OKAY. UM, WE CAN, WE COMBINE ENTIRE CT ALL TOGETHER WITH THE, IT WAS A WHILE OF UMBRELLA, SO IN THAT WAY. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, UH, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT I WAS PIZZA AND PIZZA. OKAY. ALL THE PLACES. RIGHT. OKAY. THEN I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE CAN HAVE, UH, THE CT AND THE POLICE AND FIRE OR UNDER ONE. IT, SIR, LET ME JUST CAUTION YOU ON THE POLICE SIDE OF IT. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE ASSETS USUALLY TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY INCREASES STEADILY. AND, UH, WE, WE, UH, THE MONEY THAT COME FROM NASA AT CAESAR CAN ONLY BE USED FOR POLICE CANNOT BE USED FOR OTHER ENTITIES. SO IF YOU COMBINE THAT AND YOU DO THAT, THEN THE CITY IS GOING TO TAKE ON THAT BURDEN. SO I WOULD, I WOULD LEAVE IT AS IT IS. NOW. MY QUESTION WOULD BE NO, WE'VE CONTINUED YOU USING THAT, BUT WE HIRE THEM TO USING, CAN WE DO THIS COMBINATION, UM, THAT I'M NOT IN CONTROL OF THAT W IS JUST A SUBJECTION THAT ANY POSSIBILITY WITH GOOD, IT, UH, CAN TAKE CARE AND TIRE CTE ISSUE, NOT ONLY THE POLICE, THERE IS A FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AND THE FULL FEATURES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN USE OUR GENERAL FUND TO DO UMBRELLA TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CYBER ATTACK, ALL THESE GOING ON ALL THE TIME CLAUSE OR THE IT ISSUE OR THE COMPUTER OR THE MIC IS OKAY, ALL THESE THINGS WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING AND FRUSTRATED. SO MAYBE IT'S OKAY IN THE WHELM WELLA SO WE'D BE MORE EFFICIENT. OKAY. SO IF WE NEED SOMETHING THE, IS THIS JUST MY OKAY QUESTION? IS THAT POSSIBLE? DUDE'S NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM, RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT NOT ALL I TEACH. YEAH. WELL, WE DON'T ONLY WORK THROUGH FLYING COMBINED TO DALE, DALE FUNDING AND OUR PAYING THEN CALL TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW THIS POSITIVE GD MANAGER. YOU WANT TO ANSWER THIS? UM, WELL, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION [02:05:01] IN THE INTEREST. I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ABOUT IT. I THINK OPTIONS FOR, FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES OF, OF ANY STRIPE ARE ALWAYS, UM, GOOD. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, OR OPTIONS IN, IN SERVICE PROVISIONS. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO EXPLORE THOSE QUESTIONS. IT'S GOOD FOR, UM, THE IT TO BE UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY. AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IT, IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT UP TO PAR. AND IF, LIKE I SAID, THIS ONE THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP, KEEP UP WITH UPDATES AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT IS A CERTAIN THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AN IMPLEMENTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE WE'LL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT SUB-I I DON'T SOMEONE. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, MAYOR PRO TEM. CASTELLANOS HAS . I MEAN, I SHOULDN'T PASS THIS FIVE ZERO. OKAY. THAT ENDS A CONSENT CALENDAR ON ITEM NUMBER 12, MAYOR. OH, I'M SORRY. NO, THAT WAS, WAS THAT, OH, IT'S 12. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE DONE WITH CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. I STAND CORRECTED NOW UNDER CONSENT CALENDAR DONE PUBLIC [Items 15 & 16] HEARING ITEM 15 AND 16 IS REGARDING CITY-WIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE TO BE COLLECTED ON FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 TAX ROLL AND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 FOR WEST COVINA, CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT. THIS MATTER WAS SET OR PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE SETTING OF THE ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE WEST COVINA CITY, WHITE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT. AND FOR AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE CHARGE THROUGH THE COUNTY TAX BILL WITH THE CITY CITY, CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN MAYOR. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WEST COVINA, CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AND THE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE. SO WHO WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS G O OR YOU CAN MAKE THE PRESENTATION. YES. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS TONY WITH GEN FINANCIAL SERVICES AT TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS WILL BE HELD TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR THE LEVY OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2122 ASSESSMENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED AS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE WORK UNDER THE CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE AND CITYWIDE AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, AND TO COLLECT ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2122 AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 18TH, THE CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARILY APPROVED THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AS WELL AS DECLARED HIS INTENTION TO LEVY AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 15TH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IN FISCAL YEAR 1718, THE 2000 2016 SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED. AND IN THAT NUMBER OF, IN THAT NUMBER OF PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED TO UPDATE THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM, TOTALLY 13.6 MILLION IN ORDER TO RAISE ENOUGH REVENUE, THE CITY PERFORMANCE PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCEEDINGS TO INCREASE THE RATES OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, THERE WAS NO MAJORITY PROTEST AND THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE THE FINAL YEAR OF INCREASE. ACCORDING TO THOSE PROCEEDINGS, CITYWIDE LMD IS A 1972 ACT LANDSCAPING LIGHTING DISTRICT. IT IS UTILIZED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PAY FOR LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES LOCATED WITHIN THE PUBLIC AREAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SEWER SERVICE PAYS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM. ASSURING THE LINES ARE CLEAR AND PROPERLY FLOWING. THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE EXPECT ROUTINE, VIDEO INSPECTIONS, JETTING, AND CLEANING OF SEWER LINES. THE SEWER SERVICE OFTEN ALSO FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS PURCHASE OF SEWER EQUIPMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF SEWER MAIN LINES. EXCELLENT. THE CITY-WIDE SEWER, I'M SORRY, THIS I'M SORRY. THE SU CITYWIDE LMD CURRENTLY PAYS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, THE STREET TREES AND STREET LIGHTING TO INCLUDE STREET TRAMMING REMOVAL AND A PLACEMENT OF DISEASE STREET TREES AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETLIGHTS OR THE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE IS ONLY COLLECTED FROM PROPERTIES CONNECTED TO THE CITY SEWER LINE FOR THE CITY-WIDE LMD. ALL IS ASSESSED WITH EXCEPTION OF PARCEL, SUCH AS PUBLIC STREETS, PUBLIC GREENBELTS, AND SMALL PARCELS WITH LITTLE TO NO VALUE ASSESSMENT ARE CHARGED THAT PAY FOR ONGOING SERVICES WILL CONTINUE. AS LONG AS THE SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED SEWER SERVICE BUDGET, TOTAL FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR, INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS PRIOR BALANCE INTERESTS AND AD VALOREM REVENUE, TOTAL 6.3 MILLION THIS YEAR WITH THE MAINTENANCE COST AND CAPITAL IMPROVED PROJECTS BEING FUNDED TOTALS 4.3 MILLION LEAVING 2 MILLION LEFT. THE ENDING BALANCE WILL BE USED FOR UPCOMING SCHEDULED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THIS YEAR, THE SCHEDULED CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT PROJECT IS THE SEWER MAIN LINE REPLACEMENT AT THE PORTIONS OF GLEN VIEW ROAD, MICHELLE STREET. AND AS THIS AVENUE, THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS $2 MILLION. THE CITY-WIDE LMD MAINTENANCE [02:10:01] COSTS APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION TO INCLUDE SUPPLIES, ELECTRICITY, WATER, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, GAS, AND ET CETERA. CITYWIDE LMD BUDGET AFTER REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION AND THE EXPENSES, THE ENDING BALANCE WILL BE 1.7 MILLION. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CITY-WIDE LMD IS UNDERFUNDED. THE ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF INCREASING MAINTENANCES AND SERVICES. AS A RESULT, MAINTENANCE HAS DECREASED OVER THE YEARS. DUE TO THAT LIMITED FUNDING ASSESSMENT RATES CAN ONLY BE INCREASED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER VOTE. ALSO KNOWN AS PROPOSITION TWO 18 CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO VISIT PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS. WITHIN THIS NEXT YEAR COMMITTEE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WILL BE HELD WHERE WE EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE, DISCUSS WHAT THE CITY STAFF WILL BE DOING WITH THE INCREASE TO INCLUDE, TO INCLUDE REPAIR AND REPLACE LIGHTS, STANDARDS, HARDSCAPE, REPAIR, AND REPLACEMENT OF OFF GRADE AND CRACKED AND BROKEN SIDEWALKS, ADA RAMPS AND TRASH REMOVAL, ET CETERA. YEAH. ANNUALLY STAFF REVIEWS AND ANALYZES AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FUNDS ON HAND TO ARRIVE AT THE NET COSTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE PARCELS. THE ASSESSMENT RATE IS DETERMINED BY DIVIDING THE COSTS BY THE TOTAL YOU USE THE, THE METHOD, THE EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT METHOD IS UTILIZED FOR AND ESTABLISHES A BASIC UNIT OR BASE VALUE OF BENEFIT. IT IS TYPICALLY SEEN AS THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS. THIS YEAR, THE RATE WILL INCREASE BY 5% FROM $78 AND 12 CENTS TO $82 AND 2 CENTS. THERE WAS NO MAJORITY PROTESTS AGAINST THE INCREASE IN ITS FISCAL YEAR 17, 18, AND THE CITY CAN NOW IMPOSE THAT RATE OF $82 AND 2 CENTS. TOTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THIS DISTRICT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $3.8 MILLION. CITYWIDE LMD RATES CAN, CAN INCREASE BY CPI OR 2%, BUT NO GREATER THAN 2%. THE MARCH CPI IS 2.19%. THEREFORE THE RATES WILL INCREASE THIS FISCAL YEAR BY 2%. LOCAL LIGHTING IS 12.91 LIGHTING FOR LOW ZONE A IS 39.26 LIGHTING FOR ZONE B IS $62 AND 14 CENTS. AND STREET TREES IS 1781. THE RATES ARE UTILIZED IN A FORMULA TO CALCULATE THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE SEWER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS. THE RESIDENTIAL EQUATES TO ONE EDU PER DWELLING UNIT WHILE COMMERCIAL IS 667 FEET, I'M SORRY, 667 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA EQUATES TO ONE. EDU THE FORMULA IS RATE TIMES EDU, WHICH WILL GIVE US OUR ASSESSMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WE TAKE THE RATE OF $82 AND 2 CENTS TIMES THE ONE EDU WILL GET WILL EQUAL EIGHT $82. AND 2 CENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH 2000 SQUARE FEET, RIGHT AS 82 0 2 TIMES 2.999, EDU EQUALING $245 AND 94 CENTS. IT'S CITYWIDE LMD ASSESSMENTS. WE TAKE THE EDU TIMES A LITE BENEFIT FACTOR, WHICH IS THREE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND FOUR FOR COMMERCIAL TO GET THE LIGHT BENEFIT UNITS. NEXT WE TAKE THE LIGHT RATE TIMES Z. I'M SORRY. WE ACTUALLY TAKE THE LIGHT RATE TIMES LIGHT BENEFIT UNITS. PLUS THE TREE RATE TIMES THE EDU TO GET THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT. IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE SEWER DISTRICT. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, WE TAKE THE LIGHT RATE OF $12 AND 91 CENTS TIMES THE LIGHT BENEFIT UNIT THREE PLUS TREE RATE OF 1781 TIMES THE ONE EDU EQUALING $56 AND 54 CENTS FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. ON ONE ACRE, WE TAKE THE RATE OF $12 AND 90 CENTS, TIMES FIVE, THE EDU'S TIMES OF LIGHT BENEFIT FACTOR OF FOUR PLUS 1781 TREE RATE TIMES FIVE EQUALING $347 AND 25 CENTS NEXT WEEK COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING OR APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, WHICH PERMITS ASSESSMENTS WE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL. THIS NOW CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL? I KNOW HE'S A VERY STUFFY INSIDE. OH, WELL YOU SPOKE VERY QUICK AND YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE ENERGY. OKAY. WE'LL LET YOU SIT OVER THERE. I KNOW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. A CITY CLERK. HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS, OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE WEST COVINA CITY LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT? I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATION PRIOR TO THIS EVENING, MAYOR. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? YES, I HAVE ONE SPEAKER. OKAY, MR. GRIBBETS I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED SOME MATERIAL FROM ME. I, UM, MY ISSUE IS THE, UH, THEY CALL IT A FEE INCREASE, BUT I CONSIDER [02:15:01] IT A TAX INCREASE OF, UH, GREATER THAN INFLATION AND SPECIFICALLY TALK, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SEWER SIDE, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR MAY REMEMBER ME TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WHEN YOU READ THE, UH, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, THIS BLUE SHEET, IT REFERS TO THE BALANCE IN THE SEWER FUND IS $2.2 MILLION. IF YOU TAKE THE ATTACHED PAGE, WHICH IS FROM THE CITY'S ACTUAL BUDGET BALANCE IS $6.6 MILLION FOR THE SEWER FUND. THAT IS AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE. AND IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT $6 MILLION IS AVAILABLE RATHER THAN TWO, THERE IS NO REASON TO INCREASE THE SEWER CHARGE. UH, THE, UH, ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THIS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS ROUGHLY $2 MILLION. THAT'S ENOUGH TO PAY FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE, UH, ORIGINAL PROJECT PLAN. UH, THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN IS SUFFICIENT TO PAY FOR THAT. UH, AND THERE'S TONS OF RESERVES LEFT. $6 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, UH, CONSULTANT, UH, OBTAINED THE $2.2 MILLION FIGURE FOR THE BALANCE AVAILABLE. I HAVE NO IDEA. I LOOKED BACK THROUGH ALL OF THE HISTORY IN THIS FUND AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY RECONCILIATION WITH THAT NUMBER. IT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY. UH, IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY SLOWLY RISING OVER THE YEARS. UH, A FEW YEARS BACK, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE IS 5 MILLION. AND NOW IT'S UP OVER 6 MILLION BECAUSE THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SPENDING LESS ON THIS PROJECT THAN THEY HAVE COMING IN ON REVENUE. IF YOU TAKE ALL THE YEARS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, I'M SORRY. THE PRINT IS SO SMALL ON THE SECOND PAGE WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL OF CITY'S BUDGET, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. UM, SO, UH, I, I TRIED TO EXPAND IT AND THAT DIDN'T WORK, BUT IF YOU LOOK UNDER A FUN, 180, I HOPE YOUR EYES CAN READ THAT GOOD FUN. 180 7 AT 6.6 MILLION. SO, UM, THAT'S MY ISSUE. THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY THERE. THERE'S NO REASON TO RACE, BUT HE'S THE FACE ESSENTIALLY. UH, AND THE REASON STATED IN THE ENGINEERING REPORT IS FALSE. IT SAID THEY NEED, UH, THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THE RESERVES. I KNOW THEY DON'T, THEY CAN SPEND IT. THERE WAS NO REASON TO HAVE $6 MILLION OF RESERVES HERE. UH, SO, UH, THEY THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO. I THINK THAT'S THE REASON THEY MADE THE STATEMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY THINK THAT I'M REPEATING MYSELF A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M DONE. YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS HIS, UH, MR. GRIBBETS CONCERN. I MAKE AN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UM, THE 2.25 MILLION ACTUALLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CIP PROJECTS FROM LAST YEAR THAT WERE FUNDED. I BELIEVE IT WAS, I CAN'T THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, HOW MUCH WAS FUNDED FOR LAST YEAR, BUT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE PROJECTS FROM LAST YEAR. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH COVID THE CITY WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS. SO THAT MEANT THAT 2.2 MILLION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THOSE PROJECTS FROM LAST YEAR THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN STARTED YET OR IF THEY HAVEN'T EVEN WHAT THEY'VE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE PROJECTS, BUT THOSE ARE FOR THOSE OTHER PROJECTS. DID HE MANAGE THE PROJECTS THAT 2.2 MILLION? UH, I DIDN'T EXPECT THE QUESTION JUST FROM COLD MEMORY. THE ONE PROJECT THAT I RECALL THAT WE'VE DELIVERED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR THAT RAN INTO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS WITH THE AZUSA AVENUE, UM, LIFT STATION, UM, BEYOND THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A MEMORY OF THAT FACT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. OH, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE WASTED 2%. OKAY. YOU WANT TO ASK? I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT THAT WAS IN MY MIND. YEP. AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU, SO FOR, IS THIS FOR SEWER OR FOR THE CITY? THE CITYWIDE LIGHTING. SO THESE, THE SEWER DISTRICT DOES INCREASE, UM, AFTER THE, AFTER OUR FIVE YEARS HERE WITH THE, UM, THE INCREASE WITH THE STATE STEP PROJECTS, IT DOES INCREASE BY CPI. AFTER THAT IT WILL BE EVERY YEAR INCREASED AFTER THAT FOR THE LMD THAT ALSO DOES GET INCREASED EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITH, AT A MAXIMUM OF 2%. SO THIS IS ALREADY, I REMEMBER WE TALK ABOUT THIS BACK IN 2017 OR SOMETHING REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THE, THE SEWER AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRY. OKAY. SO, SO I JUST DON'T REMEMBER. OKAY. OKAY. HOW OFTEN WE, OKAY. KEEP THIS 2%. OKAY. IT'S X CPI INDEX, 72 HOUR TRASH, SOMETHING TO SUM [02:20:01] ALL THE, OKAY. I THINK COVID, I NEED THE WATER BECOME THE OUTRAGEOUS BECOMING INCREASED A LOT, BUT I WAS IT'S STILL 2% AND I WAS OKAY. UH, OKAY. TRASHED ATHENS, I THINK IS WHAT CPI, UH, CVI ONLY, Y NOT PLUS Y I THINK WE TURNED DOWN THE PAST. WHY NOT DO THE PLUS ONE? YEAH. SO BASICALLY CPI ONLY. SO WHAT CPI RIGHT NOW IS CO AND THE, I THINK I'M THINKING, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE INFLATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE MORE THAN 4% DUE TO THE 2.19 WAS THE MARCH CPI, SAY SO. SO WE, SO WE ARE DOING THIS 2% ELE, CORRECT, CORRECT. UP TO 2%, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, HOW MUCH RESERVE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE SEWER FUND AND OUR LIGHTING POSTS, HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN SEWER, AFTER ALL THE EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE CIP PROJECTS FROM LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS FOR THIS YEAR, IT'LL BE ABOUT $2 MILLION, WHICH IS REMAINING FOR THE WHATEVER REMAINING PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE. BASICALLY, THESE 2% IS WHAT WE APPROVED BEFORE THEN AUTOMATICALLY 2%. OKAY. INCREASE SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS 5%. WHAT WAS IT? SO THAT ONE, THAT ONE'S FOR THE SEWER PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THAT, THAT 2016 ANALYSIS, UM, IT GOES, IT WENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 20% THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN 5% FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT. SO EVERY FOUR YEARS, 5% FOR, FOR JUST THIS, THIS IS NOT A FIVE-YEAR. SO AFTER THIS YEAR, IT'S NOT GONNA BE 5% ANYMORE. IT'LL BE 2%. UM, UH, I'M SORRY, CPI UP AFTER THAT. SO BASED ON THE CPI INDEX, AND THIS 2% IS JUST FOR THIS, YOU OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. FOR, AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, WE, WE HOPE TO, TO, TO REVISIT THE, THE ACTUAL DISTRICT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO REASSESS OR, OR DO ANY CHANGES FOR THE BUDGET AND THAT COULD CHANGE RATES AT THAT POINT. GREAT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OH, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO, IF THERE'S, IS IT OR WE HAVE A SPEAKER? I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR. OH, OH, OKAY. UH, JIM PRESENTED A PRETTY GOOD ARGUMENT FOR, UH, THIS BEING, UH, UNNECESSARY, UH, A FEE INCREASE. AND PERHAPS THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED IN MORE DETAIL. ADDITIONALLY, UH, SOMETIMES YOU CAN APPLY LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY AND ACTUALLY SAVE POWER AND IMPROVE THE LIGHTING. IF YOU, UH, UH, DURING THIS PROCESS, UH, UH, INVESTIGATE HOW YOU CAN SAVE POWER AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY LIGHTING IF SECURITY IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY IS A PROBLEM, OR IF IT'S BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, AVOIDANCE OF CRIME AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU, UH, UH, UNDER THIS ITEM AND IMPROVED OUR LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD ADDRESS IN REGARDS TO LIGHTING PLEASE? YES. SO DURING, UM, DURING THE, THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND DURING OUR PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO REALLY, REALLY EVALUATE THE DISTRICTS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO SAVE MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THEN EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE MEETING AND GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING, UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THEN A PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU HAD THE MOTION. AND A SECOND, IF I CAN HAVE A MAYOR, I WILL NEED TO TAKE EACH RESOLUTION SEPARATELY. SO IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION IN ORDER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20, 21 DASH 69 WATCHING FOR THAT SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CUSTOM ON US AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT TO BUY FOR RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 69. COUNCIL MEMBERS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ, BEATA AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO THAT SECOND MOTION OF THIS CONTINUING. YES, I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 70 EMOTION FOR THIS ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 70 COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN ALL. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ. AVIATO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THAT ENDS THAT. NOW WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS ITEM. [17) CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 ANNUALOPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET] NUMBER 17 CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL [02:25:01] BUDGET CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THE UPDATE. MEANING AGAIN, MARIN COUNCIL WITH THIS ITEM, WE ARE PLEASED TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2122. THIS IS BASICALLY A ROLLOVER BUDGET. ALTHOUGH GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE OFF MORE THAN $2.3 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. UM, FOR A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I'VE ASKED OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, ROBIN BIRD, AND OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, STEPHANIE TO PRESENT A POWERPOINT, PROVIDING DETAILS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AT THE END OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WILL, UM, SAVE TIME FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH THAT WE'LL INVITE, UM, DIRECTOR BIRD TO BEGIN WITH THE POWERPOINT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, CARMONEY MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UM, JUST STARTING OFF WITH THE AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO OVERVIEW THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE USED TO IN PREPARATION OF THIS BUDGET. UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL FUNDS, WHICH IS A MACRO VIEW OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. AND THEN WE'LL REFINE IT MORE DOWN TO A MICRO, UH, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CIP PROGRAM AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE QUESTIONS TO THE END. UM, AFTER I'M DONE WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, UM, HAS ANOTHER PART OF THE POWERPOINT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS. AND SO IF WE CAN HOLD THE QUESTIONS TO THE END FOR ALL OF THIS, I THINK IT WILL EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS. SO AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, I'M SURE ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, THERE WAS A MAJOR LOSS. UM, THERE WAS A PANDEMIC, UM, DECLARED AND NATIONWIDE, UH, WORLDWIDE ACTUALLY, UM, IT CAUSED A MAJOR LOSS OF SALES TAX REVENUE. UM, WE LOST CITY BUSINESSES. UM, OUR RESIDENTS LOST EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES HAD TO LAY OFF PEOPLE. AND THEN THERE WAS TALK OF A SECOND WAVE. WE CONTINUE TO SEE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC RISING COST AND ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. UM, SO THEREFORE WE TOOK A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. UM, AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS JANUARY WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS. SO WE USED A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO UNFOLD. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN AND IF, UM, THE STATE WAS GOING TO REOPEN AND BUSINESSES COULD REOPEN WHEN WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE. SO I USED A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FOR OUR REVENUES, WHICH I THINK WAS PRUDENT. UM, AND DUE TO THE LOSS OF THOSE REVENUES, WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT OF $2.3 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET OVER TIME FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA OF CONCERN, UH, FOR THE CITY. AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES, UM, TO, UM, THOSE EXPENDITURES. AND I NEED TO MENTION THAT THE WEST COVINA SPORTS CLINIC AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE NOT INCLUDED THIS BUDGET. AND, UM, ONCE WE GET THOSE BUDGETS DEVELOPED, WE WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WITH THOSE BUDGETS OVERVIEW OF, UM, OUR EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS. UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER PREVIOUSLY SAID, THIS WAS A ROLLOVER BUDGET, MEANING THAT WE TOOK, UM, MOST OF THE LAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, AND JUST ROLLED IT OVER INTO THIS YEAR. UM, SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT WERE WHERE WE, NEW CONTRACTS WERE ALREADY INCREASED. WE KNOW WE HAVE TO PAY THEM. SO WE INCREASED THOSE EXPENDITURES. WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR SPECIAL FUNDS, UM, AND MINIMIZE ANY IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CITY. UM, ESPECIALLY OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS BEEN EVALUATING ONGOING CONTRACTS. AND, UM, AS WE IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY, WE GO OUT TO BID ON THOSE CONTRACTS, AND THEN WE EXPECT FOR THERE TO BE SOME SALARY SAVINGS THROUGH ATTRITION. NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ALL FUNDS, UM, IN THIS SLIDE THERE'S $145.7 MILLION IN REVENUES, UM, ACROSS ALL FUNDS WITH THE GENERAL FUND BEING 47%. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THERE'S $159.6 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES IN THAT THE GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, ACCOUNTS FOR 42% OF THAT. AND [02:30:01] THE REASON THAT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE ON THE ALL FUNDS BASIS IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE REVENUES IS BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS RECEIVE ENOUGH REVENUES IN THE SPECIAL FUNDS TO DO A PROJECT IN THE FIRST YEAR. SO WE ACCUMULATE THOSE FUNDS OVER TIME. WHEN WE GET ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THOSE PROJECTS, THEN, UM, WE SPEND THAT MONEY. SO IT CAUSES THE EXPENDITURES TO BE HIGHER. THIS SLIDE, UM, IS JUST, UH, SHOWING OUR EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY. IT'S THE SAME, 159.6 MILLION, UM, BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN SALARIES AND BENEFITS, MAINTENANCE OF OPERA MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE BOTH 29%. AND THEN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT IS 27% WITH OUR DEBT SERVICE. UM, AND THAT LAST PIECE BEING ONLY 15% AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND ON THIS CHART, REVENUES ARE IN BLUE AND EXPENDITURES ARE IN RED. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SEVEN YEARS OF DATA HERE. UM, AND IN MANY OF THOSE YEARS, OUR EXPENDITURES WERE HIGHER THAN OUR REVENUES, UM, WHICH INDICATES THAT WE WERE SPENDING OUR RESERVES, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE $2.3 MILLION, UM, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE IN RESERVES, UM, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY DUE TO THE LOSS OF REVENUE. SO OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE $67.8 MILLION AND, UH, PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX, OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH MAKE UP ABOUT 65% OF THAT BUDGET. I WANT TO POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT CHART. UM, THE LITTLE WEDGE THERE THAT'S, UM, STATE STATE'S FUND BALANCED 3%, THAT'S THE 2.3 MILLION THAT, UM, I MENTIONED WE'RE USING TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET. I SEE THIS, UM, AS A TEMPORARY SITUATION, I THINK IT VERY LIKELY COULD BE THAT THE REVENUES MAY COME IN HIGHER, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR OPENED UP THE STATE AS OF TODAY OR YESTERDAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS. UM, AND OUR REVENUES COULD VERY LIKELY COME IN HIGHER. UM, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBERS I PUT IN AT THE TIME UNTIL WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW, UM, THAT THOSE REVENUES ARE GOING TO COME IN HIGHER, THIS, UM, GRAPH HERE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAX AND IT STARTS IN NINE, 10 AND CONTINUES ON TO 20 21, 22. AND IT INDICATES THAT PROPERTY TAX HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY STABLE REVENUE SOURCE FOR US. AND WE SEE, AND WE THINK IT'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THIS IS, UM, THE SAME NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, ONLY IT'S SALES TAX AND IT'S FLUCTUATED OVER THE YEARS. UM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, OVERALL, IT'S BEEN A VERY STABLE REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE CITY. THIS SLIDE WE TOOK, UM, OUR TWO LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES, PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX. AND, UM, THOSE ARE IN THE BLUE AND PUT IT AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES. THAT'S BOTH POLICE AND FIRE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, THAT THOSE REVENUES WERE FAR LESS THAN THE EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX, NOW IT'S HIGHER THAN OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THIS SLIDE, UM, AGAIN, WE SHOW $67.8 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AND OUR POLICE AND FIRE ACCOUNT FOR 60% OF THAT, IS THIS JUST AGAIN, BREAKING IT UP A DIFFERENT WAY. WE'RE SHOWING SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE AT THE CITY IS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE. AND I'VE SAID, AND YOU'VE HEARD THE CITY MANAGER SAY MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT THIS IS OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY HAS IS OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT POLICE AND FIRE OVER TIME. UM, THESE TABLES, UM, COMPARE ACTUAL TOTALS FOR EACH YEAR OVERTIME FOR POLICE WAS ABOUT 2.9 MILLION LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND FIRE WAS 2.6 MILLION. [02:35:01] AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE STILL, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES IN SERVICES, UM, TO MINIMIZE THOSE OVERTIME COSTS. SO THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE IS A PROJECTION OF OUR FUND BALANCE AT 2021. AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE $21.4 MILLION OUT OF THAT 3.5 MILLION IS WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE NON SPENDABLE. AND THE REASON IT'S NOT SPENDABLE IS BECAUSE OF LOANS THAT ARE DUE EITHER FROM THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, OUR OTHER FUNDS. UM, AND SO UNTIL WE COLLECT THAT MONEY, IT'S NOT IN SPENDABLE FORM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN FUND BALANCE. SO THAT WOULD LEAVE OUR ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT JUNE 30 21 AT 17 POINT ALMOST 17.9 MILLION, WHICH IS 26.8% OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES. NOW OUR POLICY FOR OUR, UM, ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS 17%. SO WE'RE WELL OVER THAT THE YEAR BEFORE THIS, UM, WE WERE, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE OVER IN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE WERE IN VIOLATION OF THAT POLICY. SO WE HAVE BUILT UP THE RESERVES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. AND THIS IS A LOOK AT A HISTORIC LOOK AT THE LAST 15 YEARS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, YOU'RE CONTINUING TO SEE IT DOWN FROM OH 6 0 7 TO 1112. UH, WE WERE CONTINUING TO SPEND THE RESERVES AND THEN YOU SEE A BIG DIP THERE, WHICH WAS WHEN, UH, THE DISILLUSION OF REDEVELOPMENT, UM, OCCURRED. AND THEN YOU SEE IT GO UP IN 14, 15. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THERE WAS WHEN THEY DISSOLVED REDEVELOPMENT. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO BE RECORDED AND THERE WAS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ON GETTING CERTAIN LOANS AND THINGS APPROVED. AND I BELIEVE THAT ONCE SOME OF THAT GOT, UM, DETERMINED THEN FUND BALANCE WENT UP FEW YEARS AFTER THE, IT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, IT WENT UP, UM, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE WERE STARTING TO SEE IT GO UP AGAIN. AND THEN OUR CIP PROJECT, UM, OUR PROGRAM OR 2021 WE'RE ON TARGET TO SPEND, UH, THE $6.6 MILLION. UM, THAT WAS, UM, BUDGETED. AND THEN, UM, THE 2122 BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS 30, 38 0.7 IN AN, A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS, UM, THE RECOVERY ACT, UH, WHEN THIS SLIDE WAS PUT TOGETHER, WE, WE KNEW IT WAS AROUND 20 MILLION. SO WE, UM, ARE GOING TO PROPOSE CHEWING THAT UP WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO DO AFTER THAT, UM, DOES, NOW THAT WE KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, THAT THOSE RECOVERY ACT MONIES WORK, BUT IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT. UM, IT'S, THIS IS 21.2 AND, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED 19, ALMOST 20 MILLION. SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TRUE THAT UP IN THE BUDGET TONIGHT. UM, ONCE IT'S APPROVED AND ONCE THE PRINTED COPY COMES FORWARD, AND THIS SHOWS YOU AGAIN, UM, A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE NUMBERS FOR 2122, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 55% OF THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS THE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE BUDGET. UM, WE MET WITH THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ON APRIL 7TH. UM, WE ASKED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE IN, IN A SECOND HERE. UM, WE HAD TWO, UH, PUBLIC TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON ONE ON MAY 19TH AND ONE ON JUNE 9TH. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES. SO, UM, DURING THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, UM, BUDGET, UM, PRESENTATION TO THEM, UM, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE REVIEW THE FIRE OVERTIME UTILIZATION AND FREEZE HIRING UNTIL THERE'S A VACANCY IN ONE CAPTAIN, ONE ENGINEER, AND ONE FIREFIGHTER. UM, THEY SAY THAT THERE'S AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF $750,000 ANNUALLY. THESE ARE NOT MY NUMBERS. THESE WERE NUMBER NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER BY THE COMMITTEE. SO I I'M JUST REPORTING WHAT THEY SAID AT THAT MEETING. UM, THEY WANTED TO REDUCE SERVICE OUT OF FIRE STATION FOR, UM, DEVELOP A NEW POLICY THAT REQUIRES ONE WEEK OF VACATION EACH YEAR TO BE TAKEN AS THE SHIFT. AND THOSE ABSENCES WOULD NOT BE COVERED WITH OVERTIME. AND THAT WOULD [02:40:01] EQUAL A TOTAL OF 45 WEEKS PER, PER YEAR CITYWIDE WITH AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF $400,000 ANNUALLY. THEY RECOMMENDED AN TIERED RESPONSE BY CONTRACTING WITH LAFD OR LA COUNTY FIRE, UH, TO ELIMINATE ONE ALS, UM, UM, AND AMBULANCE WITH, UM, TWO BLS AMBULANCES. AND ON THE, AS FAR AS POLICE GO, THEY WANTED US TO LOOK AT VEHICLE CODE FINES, MOVING VIOLATIONS, PARKING CODE, FIND SOME FALSE ALARM FEES. THEY WANTED US TO CREATE PERMITS FOR STREET SWEEPING OUR OVERNIGHT PARKING. THEY WANTED US TO LOOK INTO NON-SWORN EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM DUTIES THAT ARE NOW DONE BY SWORN PERSONNEL. AND THEN IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THEY WANTED US TO EXAMINE SPECIFIC EXPENDITURE LINE ITEMS TO POSSIBLY REDUCE COSTS. AND IN PARTICULAR, THEY WERE, UM, ASKING ABOUT THE COPIER LEASE AS FAR AS TINY TOWN HALL MEETINGS. UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT CAME UP, UM, DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, AGAIN, ADDRESS FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME AND CONSIDER BROWNING OUT OF STATION. THERE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BUDGET DIDN'T ADDRESS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS CONCERNED THAT WE'RE DEFICIT SPENDING. UM, THEY WANTED THE BUDGETED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LINE ITEM INCREASED, AND THEY WANTED, UM, US TO SHOW ESTIMATE TO ACTUALS INSTEAD OF PRIOR BUDGETED AND WANTED US TO USE LONG RANGE, FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONSIDER ADDING FALL BALL NETTING AT BALLPARKS, MORE POLICE OFFICERS. THEY WANTED US TO ADD, THEY WANTED US TO CONSIDER UTILIZING, UTILIZING FEDERAL FUNDING. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S THE RECOVERY ACT MONIES TO ASSIST BUSINESSES RATHER THAN KEEP IT ALL IN THE CITY AND CONSIDER BRINGING BACK THE FALSE ALARM PROGRAM. UM, THE NEXT STEPS, I MEAN, OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO, TO, TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET. UM, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMING YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TIMELY. UM, WE'LL MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET. IT'S A FLUID PROCESS. IT'S NOT STATIC. SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. UM, WE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING THIS, UM, SHIFT FROM REACTIVE TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. WE WANTED HERE TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET POLICIES WHERE YOU WANT TO PREPARE A PLAN TO RESOLVE GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AND MAINTAIN GENERAL FUND RESERVES FOR THE CITY POLICY. AND, UM, AS WE GO INTO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE GOT, UM, ALL OF OUR, UM, NINE UNION CONTRACTS THAT WE'LL BE NEGOTIATING AND NEED TO ADAPT ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, INTERSPACE BARGAINING PROCEDURES. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK STEPHANIE, UM, TO GIVE THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THE PART OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT INCLUDED 350 BILLION FOR STATE AND LOCAL RECOVERY. THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WILL BE RECEIVING 19.5 MILLION. WE RECEIVED THE FIRST 50% THIS MONTH AND EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE NEXT 50% IN 2022. WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 20, 24TH, TO OBLIGATE THIS FUNDING. AND THEN TILL DECEMBER, 2026, ACTUALLY UTILIZE IT. THIS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, REPLACE PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND INVEST IN WATER AND SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THERE WAS ONLY FIVE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES IN WHICH THESE FUNDINGS COULD BE USED. IT DID HAVE RESTRICTIONS AND THIS INSIGHT, IT, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY INTEREST OR PRINCIPAL ON OUTSTANDING DEBT REPLENISH, ANY RAINY DAY FUNDS OR OTHER RESERVES PAY SETTLEMENT OR JUDGMENTS IS, UM, DEPOSIT ANY FUNDING INTO A PENSION FUND OR, UH, CANNOT BE USED TO MATCH ANY NON-FEDERAL GRANTS. BASED ON THIS CRITERIA, STAFF CAME UP WITH A LIST AND FOR THE FIRST PORTION WE'RE PROPOSING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENSES RELATED TO COVID-19 AND UTILIZE 9 MILLION OF THAT. A PART OF THAT WILL BE FOR AKGS, UH, POLICE AND FIRE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AT 3.3 MILLION [02:45:01] FIRE STATION REPAIRS, BECAUSE THEY WERE USED AS OUR VACCINE POINT OF DISTRIBUTION AND RESPONSE FACILITIES AROUND 5.3 MILLION. AND THEN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES AT 98,000. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS ABOUT 1 MILLION THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING TO BE USED TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS THIS TO SPECIFICALLY PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FOR JOB TRAINING AND CREATION, AND THEN THE LAST 9 MILLION, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO COME FROM LOSS REVENUE, WHICH MAY BE USED FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES. SO IT'S THE BROADEST CATEGORY THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE TO FOR ITS USE. AND STAFF IS PROPOSING TO USE THIS FOR IT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CITY BUILDINGS TO REPLACE A SYSTEM THAT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED, UM, AND NEW FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. SO THE CITY CAN BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND EFFICIENT PART PATHWAY AND SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING, AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN, UH, REMOVAL OF COMMUNICATION TOWER THAT IS NO LONGER BEING USED, BUT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY PAYING A MONTHLY FEE FOR, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING S CBAS, TWO PUMPER FIRETRUCKS, AND ONE QUINT LADDER TRUCK. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND HALF. UM, IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THE RESIDENT SAYS HERE, WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, FIRST QUESTION. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTORS. OKAY. AND, UH, UN I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I'LL EXPENDITURES. BASICALLY. WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO SPEND DUE TO, OKAY. WE HAVE A REGULAR P WE HAVE TO PAY, OKAY. I WILL PUT IT IN NOW WE'LL PAGE AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO, SO, BUT OKAY. YOU WILL, PROJECTION REVENUE IS BASED ON OKAY. AND THE 20, 20 LAST YEAR, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOU CANNOT BASE ON 2019 PRE PANDEMIC. YOU CANNOT DO IT DUE TO THIS ACCOUNTANT YOU PAY, OR YOU ONLY CAN BASE ON LAST YEAR. AM I RIGHT? I BASED IT ON LAST YEAR, UM, DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY, I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS, THIS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND WHEN WE BEGIN IT, UM, I TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE AT THE TIME WE, AT THAT POINT DID NOT KNOW WHEN THIS PANDEMIC IS GOING TO END WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO OPEN. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO COUNT ON THAT REVENUE, UH, WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH RISK ASSOCIATED, BUT HE'S A BASED ON VERY CONSERVATIVE. OKAY. AND THE DOING THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHILE OF THE SECTOR, WE DO NOT RECEIVE A DIME THAT IS TLT, UH, TRANSFERRED. OKAY. OKAY. OCCUPANCY TAX FOR ALL THE HOTEL, BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME. YEAH. BUT WE REGULARLY, WE RECEIVE $2 MILLION OR MORE ANNUALLY BY MY UNDERSTANDING IS ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR THE HOTEL TOT TAX ANNUALLY. WE RECEIVED THAT. AND THAT WE, WE SEE VERY LITTLE LAST YEAR. SO WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SET IT UP IS NOTHING AROUND YOU. OKAY. THIS IS A ACCOUNTANT. YOU NEED A BASE ON 2020 LAST YEAR, THE PRU, HOW MUCH WE HAVE, AND THE, YOU CAN NOT USING SOMETHING THAT, OKAY, IT'S NOT THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN EVEN USE 2019, THE PRE PANDEMIC. AND THEN WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THIS OKAY? UH, WE CAN, OKAY. OKAY. BASICALLY RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEE THE HOTEL. THE PARKING LOT IS FULL. AND WHEN I SEE THAT FOOD, I'M HAPPY BECAUSE I CAN HEAR THE KITCHEN GOING TO OUR CT THAT 10%, AND THEN WE NEED IT. OKAY. WE NEED THAT. OKAY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HOTEL ON THE RESTAURANT ROW, THEY WILL OPEN. OKAY. THE BEST WESTERN IS OPEN. OKAY. THE, OKAY. ON THE HOLIDAY, YOU ALWAYS OPEN FOR SO MANY MONTHS AND, UH, HAMILTON, THEY OPEN RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN SEE, OKAY. THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BRING US THROUGH AVENUE AND PLOT, THE CROSS STREET, UH, UH, STUFF. OKAY. WHAT, OKAY. STAR FIVE STAR. OKAY. ALL DAY SCENE. OKAY. I THINK NOW IT'S STUDYING, RECEIVING BECAUSE SO-CALLED EVENT SHOPPING PEOPLE STUDYING, TRAVELING AROUND AND THEY WANT TO BOOK A HOTEL. AND I WENT TO THE SHOPPING MALL. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SO YOU CAN SEE, OKAY. AND THIS REVENGE. OKAY. AND SHOPPING OR CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, VERY HIGH. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE LOT OF FREE MONEY. OKAY. DID THEY HAVE TO SPEND ON THE YEAR AND A HALF? SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING INSTEAD IS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS BASED ON YOUR CALCULATION OF, UH, OF A RE REVENUE, WHAT I'M SEEING, I THINK POSSIBLE 20% LESS. OKAY. BASED ON CURRENT, IF YOU, BASED ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR IS NOT THERE YET. THE PROJECTION TO THE NEXT YEAR, JUNE 30TH. OKAY. AND 20, 22. AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A [02:50:01] MUCH BETTER NUMBER THAN LAST YEAR DUE TO WE STARTING TODAY, OPENED UP EVERYTHING. I THINK EVEN TOUCH STADIUMS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. FULLY BOOK. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY WATCHING A BALL GAME IN LIFE OVER THERE. SO MEANING THE NORMALCY COMING BACK. SO IN A WAY, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN YOU WILL NUMBER. I UNDERSTAND YOUR NUMBER, NOTHING WRONG. YOU HAVE THE BASE ON SOMETHING, BUT AM I RIGHT? I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE MONEY. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WE, OUR REVENUES DAY. SO WHEN WE, SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAY WE SPEND IN, OKAY, SOMETHING IS NOT THERE BECAUSE, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TLT, WE DON'T HAVE A SALES TAX. WE DON'T HAVE A PROPERTY TAX IS PROBABLY SELLING LIKE CRAZY. OKAY. OKAY. 20% UP. WHERE'S COVINA. YOU CANNOT EVEN FIND ANY INVENTORY BECAUSE YOU COMING OUT IS SO RIGHT AWAY. SO MEANING, OKAY. ALL THIS INCREASING PAY OUR PROPERTY TAX SALES, TAX, TLT TAX. SO I THINK THERE'S ALL THE REVENUE. OKAY. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BIG PROJECT. OKAY. AND THIS INCOME, YOU DIDN'T CALCULATE ON YOUR REVENUE. SO, AND THEN IN, IN DOLLARS AND THAT WAY, RIGHT. AND, AND IT IS A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. I FEEL, I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THAT. I ALSO FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT AS THE YEAR GOES ON AND WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND THE MONEY DOES START GOING IN, WE DON'T SPEND INTO THE RESERVES. AND I MEAN, JUST BY THE FUNCTION OF THE ACCOUNTING, IT'S REVENUES MINUS EXPENDITURES, IF REVENUES ARE HIGHER, YOU'RE THEN EXPENDITURES, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THE RESERVES. BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE MONEY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT TO SAY, OH, WE HAVE A, QUITE A LOT OF MONEY TO COME IN. THEN WE SHOULD SPEND, SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. NO, IT'S NOT MY POINT. MY POINT IS WE CHOOSE TO SPEND THE MONEY IN THE POINT AND TO INCREASE OKAY. SERVICE. OKAY. WELL THEN PUT THE MONEY IN THE BANK. YOU HAVE A 26.5%. WE SAID WE ONLY NEED 15% AND THE MONEY IN THE BANK, HE DOESN'T EVEN GIVE YOU INTEREST. OKAY. SO MY POINT IS WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT AND MAKE SURE OUR OKAY. AND THE PUTTING MORE BUSINESS, BECAUSE IF THE CT SAFER, OKAY. NICER AND MORE PEOPLE WILL COME TO OUR CT. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO, OKAY. BASED ON YOUR REVENUE PROJECTION, AND I GIVE YOU MY POINT OF VIEW OF A REVENUE PROJECTION, I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC. I SEE. OKAY. WHAT TODAY? I THINK HE'S SMILING BECAUSE I'M OKAY. MEANING WE ALL SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OVER THIS PANDEMIC AND THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR LIFE AND THE BUSINESS COME BACK. NOW THEY OPEN THE RESTAURANTS OPEN. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS, INCLUDING THE INDOOR OUTDOOR. OKAY. AND AS FOR THAT, SO THIS IS MY POINT. MY POINT IS, OKAY, YOU EXPENDITURES RIGHT THERE. BUT ON YOUR REVENUE, YOU IN THE 2020 LAST YEAR DOING THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN OF COURSE YOU, YOU, YOU CALCULATE, YOU, YOU CANNOT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN GOVERNOR OR WHEN THIS VACCINE WILL WORK. SO YOU HAVE TO GO TO VERY CONSERVATIVE. OKAY. BUT NOW LOOK LIKE MUCH BRIGHTERS SO MEANING I THINK WE ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD BASED ON A BUDGET. OKAY. I AM AT TIME THERE, COUNSEL QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP BASED ON PURSUANT TO THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME AND INCREASING HOMELESSNESS, GRAFFITI, BREAK-INS ALL THE BAD STUFF GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SO BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOWN HALL, I WANT TO REQUEST THAT WE ADD 10 POLICE OFFICERS TO BUDGET TO BRING US BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. THAT'S MY THAT'S. YEAH. UH, I ACTUALLY, UM, SINCE WE, WE ARE, UH, OPENING UP, UH, THE SPORTS COMPLEX ON JULY, JULY 3RD, AND WE'RE TAKING RENTALS. UH, IT WASN'T PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT, UM, WHEN, WHEN SHOULD WE EXPECT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE STAFFING YEARLY MAINTENANCE COST, UM, THE, THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF, OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND ALSO, UM, FEE SCHEDULE FOR, FOR, FOR RENTING OUT USE THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT KIND OF REVENUE WE EXPECT TO BE RECEIVING, BECAUSE, UH, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING ABOUT THINGS OPENING UP, MAYBE MORE REVENUE, MORE REVENUE COMING IN. UM, [02:55:01] BUT WE, THE SPORTS COMPLEX IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE AN EXPENDITURE. UM, AND, AND SO DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK IS GOING INTO THE SPORTS PLEX, UM, CAPITAL REPAIRS AND OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES BUDGET. UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THAT INTO FOCUS BECAUSE THE EXTENT OF THE DILAPIDATION WAS I THINK, MORE SEVERE THAN ANY OF US THOUGHT. I THINK WE HAD A VERY BAD LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP THERE CITE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. UM, UH, THE LIFE SAFETY FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM HAD COMPLETELY, UM, BEEN NON-FUNCTIONING. SO AFTER I'VE SEEN AN IMMEDIATE, UH, REPAIR OF THAT SOME $30,000 OR SO, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE OCCUPANCY IN THE BUILDING, UNLESS THERE'S A FIREWATCH ABSENT THAT REPAIR, BUT THE SAME APPLY TO EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OUT THERE. IT WAS, UM, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. UM, LANDSCAPING, DETERIORATED, RESTROOMS, DETERIORATED, PAINTING, ROOFING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND THAT WORK IS BEING DEVELOPED NOW BY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF, UH, THE, THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE, AND THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET. UM, SO I WOULD THINK YOU WILL HAVE IT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT BEFORE I BRING IT FORWARD. I THINK WE ALREADY APPROVED, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING CURRENTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON THAT PLACE. I THINK WHEN THAT'S TIME, WE ALL PROTEINS ALL THE DOLLARS A MONTH OKAY. FOR A MERCHANT TO CLEAN UP THE PLACE. AND THAT WILL STAY. I SEE QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE WE DID CLEAN UP THE POLICE. I THINK THE BALLPARK RIGHT NOW IS READY. OKAY. IT'S VERY PRETTY AND CLEAN. OKAY. BUT STILL HAVE SOME DETAILED, THEY NEED TO DO IT. AND I THINK LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, THE VIRUS HAS BEEN $25,000 TO FIX THE ALARM SOMETHING. OKAY. SOME OKAY. ALARM LIKE SPRINKLER DESIGN, LIKE WHAT DID DIDN'T GO THROUGH WHERE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW CAN THEY OPERATE THE TIME WE ALLOWED THIS FIRE ALARM AND THE FIRE OKAY. SPRINKLERS. AND THAT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. SO, SO I THINK IS 25,000. SO WE, IF WE ADD 25,000 PLUS TWO MONTHS, OKAY. ONE MONTH. SO 20,000. SO WE HAVE POSSIBLY, WE SPEND ABOUT CURRENTLY ABOUT 45,000 MRI. UM, WE COUNCIL DID AUTHORIZE US TO PROCEED WITH, UH, MERCHANTS AS AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR CONTRACT. AND THEY'VE MADE SOME GOOD GAIN THERE AGAINST THE CONDITION OF THE LANDSCAPING IN THE FIELD, ET CETERA. I THINK TALKING MORE ABOUT A HOLISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO WHAT, UM, OPERATIONAL COSTS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE REPAIR COSTS. SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY STILL A MONTH AWAY FROM GIVING THAT SET OF NUMBERS BACK TO COUNCIL. SO AT THE LAST, UH, C UH, S UH, S C MEETING, UH, TH UM, THEY, THEY DID SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE EXPECTED COST AND, AND AT THAT MEETING, THEY, THEY SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE, UH, A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE WE, UH, ACTUALLY, UM, I GUESS GOT OUT OF THE RED THAT THEY ANTICIPATED THE FIRST TWO YEARS. UM, WE WOULD BE, UH, OUR EXPENDITURES ON, UH, THE SPORTS COMPLEX WOULD BE, UH, GREATER THAN THE REVENUE THAT IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE YEARS FOR US TO ACTUALLY, UH, GENERATE, UM, PROFIT. UM, IT WAS, IS THAT CORRECT? DID I, DID I, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IS GOING TO BE, THE EXPENDITURES WILL BE HIGHER THAN REVENUES? UM, I THINK OUR INTENTION, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR IS TO SCALE IT UP AS WE BEGIN TO USE IT GRADUALLY, THE REVENUES WILL COME AND GRADUALLY, I THINK OUR PROFORMA YEAR IS PROBABLY ON THE HORIZON. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT WILL BE. I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT MEETING OR REFERRING TO, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE, UM, WORKING TO GET THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER, TO GET THEM TO COUNCIL. AND WHAT I SAY TO SPOKE PLEX IS A MINE FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO RESTAURANTS AND YOU SELL BEER AND WINE. AND IF WE CAN GIVE A CONTRACT BEFORE WE CAN NOTHING AND THAT WE OWE IN RED AND IT, PLUS WE HAVE PAID A UTILITY. AND IF WE CAN CARE FOR ENERGY SAVING, OKAY. CHANGING ALL THE LED LIGHT SO WE CAN SAVE A LOT OF, UH, ENERGY USAGE. AND SECOND THING THAT WE ARE GOING TO, I THINK YOU HAVE IS AN RFP OR THE RESTAURANT. WE ARE, WE'D HAVE SOME BEST FRIENDS IN THE DAY IN SOME OTHER BALLPARK INTERESTED. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET A GOOD CONTRACT AND GIVE US 50% REVENUE. SO LA IS RIGHT AWAY, A HUNDRED PERCENT GOES TO THE CITY. OKAY. AND THAT CAN REALLY, AND I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO A COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK, INSTANTLY. [03:00:01] OKAY. YEAH. USING ALL THOSE INCOME. AND PLUS I THINK WE ALREADY, WE SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO BOOK THE PLACE. OKAY. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, OKAY. WE CAN HAVE ALL THOSE INCOME FIRST. SO SELF-SUFFICIENT, AND SECOND TO PUT YOUR TRUST ACCOUNT, THE EXTRA REVENUE AND, UH, USING THAT REVENUE TO IMPROVE THE PLACE. YOU CAN HAVE PLAYS WITH THE, UH, OBSOLETE. OKAY. BASICALLY OKAY. I MEAN, UH, UNDER THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR 12, 13 YEARS. DIDN'T PAINT THE PLACE. THEY DIDN'T FIX ANY BROKEN GLASS, ANYTHING, EVERYTHING JUST LOOKED PRETTY, PRETTY BEAT UP. SO, SO, AND THEN WE, AS AN OWNER, WE NEED TO FIX SOMETHING. WE OWN IT. AND THE TENANT, THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN IT. SO THEY JUST WANT TO GET THE MONEY AND DISAPPEAR. SO, SO, SO SINCE WE OWN THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PLACE IS A PRIME AND USING ALL THE TICKETS, USING ALL THE BOOK IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE. AND THE FIRST OUR CHILDREN CAN PLAY OVER THERE FIRST. SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO WE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT IN SOCCER FIELD. I THINK THAT WILL GENERATE A LOT OF INTEREST FOR OUR, I SAW THE PICTURE. SOME GIRLS SOCCER IS ALREADY SOCCER PLAY, OR WE PLAYING OVER THERE. UM, I SAW THE PICTURE. I SAY, I CAN NOT HAPPY ENOUGH TO SEE KIDS ALREADY OVER THERE THAT YOU HAVE A LEFT CHILL. YOU HAVE A COACH. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WANT, OKAY, WE WANT SERVICE. WE WANT, WE TAKE TO PAY A PAY FOR THAT PLACE. AND, UH, OUR CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY PAY DAY ASAP. SO I, I, I'M PRETTY COMPETENT IN A PLACE TO BE. WE IN A LOT OF REVENUE TO THE CT AND OUR CT RESIDENT CAN USE THE AMENITY TO ENJOIN AND THAT TAKES MONEY. SO, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO OPERATE THE FACILITY, NOT, NOT, NOT THE RESTAURANT, UH, ARE WE ANTICIPATING, UM, HAVING TO HIRE, UM, MORE, MORE STAFF, UM, SECURITY, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE THE STAFFING CURRENTLY IN-HOUSE THAT WOULD BE RUNNING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY, UH, IS I'M I'M ANTICIPATING THOSE HIRINGS ARE GOING TO, UH, COME AT, COME AT A COST, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. I JUST LIKE TO REPEAT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT READY FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. I KNOW WE DID ISSUE AN RFP. WE GOT A VERY SOLID PROPOSAL. I WENT AND LOOKED AT THIS RESTAURANT OPERATION. THEY RUN ONE NOW IN PASADENA, COINCIDENTALLY, OR MAYBE IT'S POSITIVE COINCIDENCE. THEY'RE ALSO RUNNING, UM, A BALL FIELD RESTAURANT OPERATION FOR A COMMUNITY OUT IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. AND, UM, WE THINK THAT THAT, THAT REVENUE OF THE, OF THE RESTAURANT WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE PROFORMA AND THE OPERATING SIDE. WE ALSO THINK IF WE CAN GET THE FIELD SHIP SHAPE FOR TOURNAMENT, PLAY THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY POSITIVE REVENUE, BUT OUR INTENTION NOW IS THIS WILL BE A CITY RUN FACILITY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN AN OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, BUT RATHER THAN HAVING THE CITY DO IT WITH OUR, OUR FINE CITY STAFF, I DON'T HAVE IT READY FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT A LOT OF GOOD GAIN IS ON IT. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING. WE'RE LOOKING AT HPAC SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR LARGER CONTRACT WITH ALLIANCE ENERGY, WHERE WE'RE REVAMPING ALL OF THESE MEASURES, SPORTS, FIELD LIGHTS AND HPAC SYSTEMS AND ALL THESE THINGS CITYWIDE IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A HIGHER STANDARD IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THERE'LL BE AN OFFSETTING SAVINGS ON THE POWER BILL, ET CETERA. SO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE. I JUST DON'T HAVE IT READY TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT. NO, YEAH. I, I, I UNDERSTAND. I GUESS MY, MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE BUDGET I'D REALLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT, WHAT THE COST ON THE SPORTS COMPLEX ARE GOING TO BE. UH, AND I BELIEVE AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SAID, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AS NEW NUMBERS COME IN AND REVENUES COME IN. UH, AND, UM, SO I, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE, UH, ON THIS, UH, NATIONAL BUDGET THINKING. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE THING. I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED ADDING POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WELL, BUT I DON'T WANT TO NEGLECT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY. AND I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT MYELIN IS HERE TODAY. UM, AND, AND WATCHING, UM, I GUESS EITHER THE BUDGET TOWN HALL OR THE FINANCE AUDIT, I SAW A LINE ITEM THAT SAID THAT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NON-SWORN EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM DUTIES FROM, UM, FROM POLICE SWORN. AND I AL I FEEL THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COULD, UH, COULD PERFORM A LOT OF THE DUTIES THAT THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS DOES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BURDEN THE POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE PROTECTING [03:05:01] OUR RESIDENT, BUT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY'S CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL, AND NOT ONLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE, JUST THE RESIDENTS, BUT, OR THE CITY AS WELL. SO I KNOW CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, GRAFFITI CHECK OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, UM, THE CLEANLINESS OF THE CITY, IF IT'S RN OR THE RESIDENTS. AND, BUT IF MYELIN CAN COME UP, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW I KNOW WE'VE HAD, YOU COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT HOW MANY PART TIME? AND THESE WERE PART TIMES, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. UM, SO I STARTED, WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY, IT WAS THE END OF FISCAL YEAR, 1920. SO I CAME IN HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. SO I HAD A BUDGET FOR THREE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. SO SINCE THERE'S ONLY HALF OF THE YEAR, I WAS ABLE TO USE MORE BODIES THAN THE THREE TO EXHAUST THAT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. I STILL HAD BUDGETED THREE PART-TIME OFFICERS THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR. UM, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BUSIER THAN EXPECTED. SO WE WENT THROUGH OUR FUNDING A LITTLE BIT FASTER, AND I CURRENTLY HAVE ONE OFFICER DURING THE DAY, UM, COVERING THE ENTIRE CITY. AND THEN I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ONE PERSON WORKS ON SATURDAY. ONE PERSON WORKS ON SUNDAY TO ASSIST WITH ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT ARE HAPPENING DURING THE WEEKEND. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION COVERS FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY. AND WE FOLLOW THE SAME REPORTING DISTRICTS AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IDEALLY WHAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, OR WHAT I LIKE TO HAVE IS ON I'D HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE TO COVER EACH OF THE FOUR AREAS DURING THE WEEK, AND ALSO HAVE THEM COVER THOSE FOUR AREAS ON THE WEEKEND. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHEN WE HAD MORE BODIES OUT IN THE FIELD, YOU SAW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LOOKED A LITTLE CLEANER LAWNS WERE MAINTAINED LESS THAN OPERA VEHICLES, LESS UNPERMITTED VENDORS. LESKER FUNNY THINGS THAT MY STAFF WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND WORK WITH IMMEDIATELY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING WHEN THE ONE PERSON ABSORBS, YOU KNOW, THE 60 COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE COME IN OVER THE WEEKEND. IT'S NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE DURING THE WEEK ON THE WEEKEND AND AVAILABLE TO RESPOND WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SEE IN, IN THIS CITY AND OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED, IS IT A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE WEEKEND, UM, THAT AFFECT DURING THE WEEK, UM, DURING THE WEEKENDS, WE CATCH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. WE HAVE A LOT OF UNPERMITTED VENDORS. WE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO NEGLECTED AND HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL DURING THE WEEK, MY STAFF, WHEN THEY'RE WORKING THE WEEKENDS AND EVEN DURING THE WEEK, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE GO REQUEST APP, THEY DRIVE AROUND THE CITY. THEY'RE ABLE TO PATROL AND PROACTIVELY SURVEY EVERY STREET IN THE CITY. WHEN WE'RE STAFFED, THEY CAN IDENTIFY THE POTHOLES, THE CURBS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THE GRAFFITI, UM, THE TREE BRANCH, THAT'S BLOCKING THE STOP SIGN, ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL IT IN. A LOT OF TIMES, I'LL BE IN ON A MONDAY OR TUESDAY, AND SOMEONE WILL CALL IN AND SAY, HEY, THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR TWO WEEKS. WELL, WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON DRIVING THE CITY, IT'S HARD TO COVER FROM NOGALES TO THE BORDER OF BALDWIN PARK, WITH ONE PERSON TO COVER EVERY LITTLE SIDE STREET WITH A STAFF OF OFFICERS. WE HAD A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY WHERE WE WOULD DRIVE EVERY SINGLE STREET IN THE CITY EVERY MONTH TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE STUFF THAT'S OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. OBVIOUSLY SOME OF YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES GET MORE PATROL THAN OTHERS, BUT THE IDEA WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS TO INTERWEAVE ALL THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ABSORB AND TAKE IN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST YOUR MAIN STREETS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND HOW MANY TOTAL PART-TIME DO YOU NEED? CAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO SIMILAR TO FOUR QUADRANTS AT THE POLICE, UM, OVERSEAS, CORRECT? THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. SO IDEALLY WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE, IF WE'RE STAYING WITH THE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE MODULE, YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE 10 PART-TIME OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO OFFICERS TO EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY, UH, WHICH IS, UH, SUFFICIENT FOR THIS CITY RIGHT NOW. AND THEN ALSO HAVE SOME BODIES DEDICATED TO NOT ONLY WORKING THE WEEKENDS, BUT NOW STARTING TO FOCAL FOCUS ON SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IS WITHOUT PEOPLE DEDICATED TO WORK COMMERCIAL TYPE ENFORCEMENT. UM, THOSE AREAS BECOME NEGLECTED. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY DO THEIR WINDOWS SURVEYS, THEY DRIVING DOWN, UP, DOWN RESIDENT, THEIR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, THEY'RE CALLING IN WHAT THEY SEE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS AND BETTER QUALITY TENANTS, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, YOU GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR MAIN SHOPPING CENTERS. AND WHEN YOU, IF YOU SEE A DILAPIDATED SHOPPING CENTER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME INTO THE CITY, IT GIVES A BAD IMPRESSION. SO I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE AESTHETICS AND THE APPEARANCE OF [03:10:01] OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL, AND NOT JUST THE RESIDENTIAL. UM, WE'D LIKE TO GO BORDER TO BORDER, UM, GIVING EACH QUADRANT A DEDICATED SERVICE TEAM THAT ALIGNS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS SERVICE AREA. IN ADDITION, UH, WE JUST GOT IT. I SET IT UP AND JUST GOT IT IN THE SYSTEM TODAY IS WITH ALL OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES. NOW IT'S NOW GOING TO PLOT IF IT'S AREA 1, 2, 3, OR FOUR. SO WITH THAT DATA, I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT CERTAIN QUADRANTS OF THE CITY MAY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CASES. UM, AND AS WE GET INTO THE FIRST QUARTER, THE SECOND QUARTER, MAYBE REDEPLOY AND SHIFT RESOURCES. SO THE WHOLE CITY IS BALANCED AS FAR AS THE AESTHETICS FORGOT ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER A BEACON COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ, DISTRICT HOOTERS, PEOPLE THINK THE CITY'S NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT ON YOUR END YOU WERE SENDING LETTERS. YOU WERE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE BIG SET UP AT BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING. YEAH. AND WHEN PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS JUST, YOU CAN TAKE THAT ONE CASE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE'RE DEALING NOT ONLY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WE'RE DEALING WITH TENANTS, WE'RE DEALING WITH UTILITY COMPANIES, MULTIPLE UTILITY COMPANIES, DEVELOPERS, AQM D BUILDING AND SAFETY PLANNING. IT'S A BIG PROCESS. AND WITH NO STAFF TO ASSIST WITH THOSE TYPE CASES, OBVIOUSLY I'M THE ONE THAT'S HANDLING THOSE NOW. AND I DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO DELEGATE TO WORK THOSE, BUT LIKE, UM, RESTAURANT ROW AND THAT AREA YOU'D WANT TO HAVE A PERSON DEDICATED TO THAT. SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN OFF THE 10 FREEWAY FROM LA, OR COMING FROM ONTARIO, WHEN YOU HIT WEST COVINA, YOU SEE THIS BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN AREA. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE DILAPIDATED. YOU'D WANT TO SEE GRAFFITI BECAUSE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION DRIVING THEM OUT OF 10 IS AM I GOING TO STOP AND EAT HERE? OR DO I WANT TO GET OFF ON THIS EXIT? OH, NO, IT LOOKS BAD. SO WE WANT PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME INTO THE CITY THROUGH THE MAIN CORRIDORS, SEE A BRIGHT, VIBRANT CITY, RIGHT. UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES DO A LOT, SOME THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT YOU THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO THAT WE'LL, DON'T REALIZE. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE STAFFING TO HELP THAT. BUT I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A 10 PART-TIME STAFF TO ASSIST WITH THIS AND POSSIBLY EVEN JOINT WITH THE POLICE OFFICER TO HELP OFFSET THEIR, UM, ART. UM, W A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT. CAUSE I, YOU DO IN REGARDS TO LIKE PERMITS AND STUFF. THERE'S, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES GENERATE REVENUE, BUT NOT LIKE DIRECTLY. CAUSE IT GOES TO THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, BUT THAT'S LIKE INDIRECT COSTS THAT NOBODY REALLY UTILIZED. I'LL GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. WE'VE GOT ONE PROPERTY THAT I WON'T GIVE THE ADDRESS, BUT IT'S, IT'S OFF OF AMR. AND WE WENT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF SOMEONE POSSIBLY DOING WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WELL, WE OUT, WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY. NOT ONLY ARE THEY ADDING ONTO THE HOUSE TO DO AN ADU, THEY'RE DOING A RETAINING WALL. THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR SWIMMING POOL. SO INDIRECTLY, WELL, THE REVENUE SHOWS UP IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THE PERMIT FEES THAT WERE GENERATED JUST FROM OUR STOP WORK NOTICE WAS ABOUT $4,000. SO YOU GOT A PART-TIMER OUT THERE THAT SPENDS A HALF HOUR WRITING, A STOP WORK NOTICE, AND ISSUING THE NOTICE. IT GENERATES, YOU KNOW, $4,000 IN PERMIT FEE. AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES, THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY AND NOTICES, UM, THAT WE ISSUE. UM, AGAIN, THE PROGRAM BECOMES BETTER THAN COST NEUTRAL AND WORST CASE IT'S COST NEUTRAL. SO WHATEVER THE PART-TIME SALARIES ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO RECOUP THAT THROUGH EITHER ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS OR PERMIT REVENUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. BIG BACK, UH, MALE REGARDING THE GATE. OKAY. INCORRECTLY WHEN REVENUE, BECAUSE JUST BASED ON THE STAY OF THE CT WITH THE NUMBER COMING FROM THE BUILDING AND THE SAFETY. OKAY. DATE, JUST COMPARE LAST YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEAR, 2019 AND 20 TO 2020, UH, BASICALLY 2019, OUR APPLICATION FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY TO POOL FOR ME. OKAY. IT'S ONLY ABOUT 3000. OKAY. AND THE BUD. OKAY. ON THE LAST YEAR DUE TO YOUR STAFF, YOU HAVE ABOUT SIX STAFF AT THAT TIME. OKAY. IS FOR SIX MONTHS, WE HAVE MORE THAN 4,000. SO MEANING THAT'S THE HIGHEST FOR A LONG TIME. SO WHEN THE THOUSAND ADDITION NOW OKAY. AND PERMIT, AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEN WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A VIOLATION, YOU GIVE THEM WARNING AND FIND. SO, SO WE SLED IS ANOTHER REVENUE. OKAY. FOR THE PEOPLE DO NOT OKAY. COMPLY. SO I THINK THAT ALL GENERATE ENOUGH INCOME TO JUST JUSTIFY OKAY. AND TO HAVE A STAMP, TO REALLY, TO CLEAN UP THE CITY. AND I WILL SAY TO, IF YOU SEE RESTAURANT ROW OKAY. THAT YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE YARD. OKAY. SIDEWALK, THE CURB IS FILTHY AND THE BARRANCA BRIDGE IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT'S UNPRESENTABLE OKAY. AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AWARE OF OUR HIGH-END AREA OF, UH, OZONE HIGH RISE AND PLUS EASTLAND MALL. SO THAT NEED TO BE CLEAN UP. [03:15:01] OKAY. AND THERE WAS YOUR STAFF DRIVING AROUND AND, UH, GO REQUEST AND TO HAVE ALL STAFF OKAY. TO, TO MAKE SURE, OKAY. AND THE CLEANING UP THE CT AND THE GRAFFITI, THE PARK, THE TRASH, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVING AROUND AND THAT WE PULLED IT OR HELP OUT. AND I THINK THERE'S THE THING. YOU GO AHEAD. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH SUFFICIENT STAFFING IS WITHIN EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY, THE FOUR REPORTING AREAS, THOSE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN ALSO SERVE ESSENTIALLY AS A PARK PATROL, UM, DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY PARKS, IDENTIFYING, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS, IDENTIFYING GRAFFITI. SO WE CAN REPORT THAT IMMEDIATELY TO THE MAINTENANCE OR PUBLIC WORKS OR WHOEVER NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, UH, WITH GRAFFITI AND OTHER TYPE A NUISANCE ISSUES, THE LONGER IT STAYS UP, THE BIGGER ATTRACTION IS FOR PEOPLE TO PUT UP MORE. IF PEOPLE SAY STUFF COME DOWN OR THEY DON'T SEE IT AT ALL, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO REPEAT. UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 35 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU IF YOU ALLOW GRAFFITI AND WEEDS AND TRASH TO SIT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. YOU NEED TO ADDRESS IT. AND OKAY. HOW MANY STAB YOU HAVE IN LAPOINTE WHERE YOU AT THE MANAGER OVER DALE IS GOING FORSMAN UM, I, WHEN I LEFT, I HAD 24 PART-TIME OFFICERS. YES. OKAY. COVINA, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE. YES. WELL, THE MICRO AND THE, WE ARE A MUCH BIGGER CITY THAN LA QUINTA. WE ARE 17 SQUARE MILES, CITY MANAGER. WHAT HAPPENED? CAREFUL BUDGET MANAGEMENT. NO ONE FEALTY. OKAY. THAT'S A WOMAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS. AND I'M JUST FINDING OUT THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE WEEKEND. I'M WORKING ON THIS GRAFFITI, TRYING TO CONTROL THAT. AND I JUST REALLY, I WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU RESPOND LIKE THAT, THAT WHEN CAN, UH, UH, I GUESS A CONCERN I DO HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE, THE STATE AUDIT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, HIT WAS WITH, UH, EVALUATING BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT SPENDING DECISIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION OF HIRING, YOU KNOW, UM, 20, 25 MORE PERSONNEL, UM, SEEMS LIKE A VERY SIGNIFICANT DECISION. UH, WOULD THIS MEET OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE SEND TO THE STATE? AUDITOR'S LET'S DO THE CHAIR. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO HELP WITH THIS ANSWER. I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS SHE COLLECTS HER THOUGHTS THERE. I WANT TO REPEAT FOR EMPHASIS THAT THE, THE REVENUES IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET ARE CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED. AND WE, WE APPRECIATE, UM, STEPHANIE AND ROBBINS CAUTION THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB FOR US. AND I THINK THEIR PROJECTIONS LAST YEAR WERE WITHIN 1% OF WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BE THAT'S THAT'S GOOD BUDGETING. I THINK THE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THE FISCAL IMPACT IS I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THESE THINGS, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL CONTINUE TO BE AWARE THAT ABSENT ADDITIONAL REVENUE, SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH VERY CAREFULLY AS WE GO. I DON'T HAVE OBVIOUSLY A REPORT TO GIVE YOU ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING IN THIS MOMENT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE, UM, GOOD DILIGENT BUDGET, MONITORS, EXPENDITURES TO REVENUE, UM, OUR, OUR AUDIT COMMITTEES, GETTING THE REPORTS. I THINK THEY'RE GETTING A MONTHLY NOW WITH THE COUNCIL AS A BOARD HAS A ROLE IN THAT AREA TOO. WELL, I KNOW WHEN WE GAVE A SECOND HALF A PRESENTATION OUT OF THE 19 MILLION THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING, 1 MILLION WILL GO INTO JOB CREATION. SO IN CREATING PART-TIME, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS PRIORITY HERE TO, UH, BE HIRED PART-TIME THROUGH THIS IT'S JOB CREATION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, SERVING THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE I DON'T, THEY DON'T UTILIZE, UH, FOR 10 PART-TIME. IT CERTAINLY COULD BE THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CATEGORIES OF OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THOSE FEDERAL MONIES WHERE WE COULD DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTE, UM, LOST REVENUES TO THE FEDERAL MONEY, UM, REGARDING THE JOB CREATION. ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WE'D HAD, AND IT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED OR PRESENTED TO COUNCIL YET, WAS THAT WE COULD USE THOSE MONIES, THAT MILLION DOLLARS TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO JOB TRAINING. I'M THINKING THE CONSERVATION CORPS TEAM THEY'VE HELPED OTHER CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WITH PLANTING OF THEIR MEDIANS. SO IF WE BROUGHT THEM IN AND [03:20:01] HAD A PARTNERSHIP ARRANGED WHERE WE WERE USING THE FEDERAL MONEY TO DO DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING OF THE MEDIANS, WE MIGHT HELP MAKE THOSE POP BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL AND THE DIRT MEDIANS WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO IRRIGATE. BUT IF WE DID DROUGHT TOLERANT, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO HELP US GET THERE. AND THE, IN THE FEDERAL MONEY, UM, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE EQUAL OF THIS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO BE JUDICIOUS AND TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. THE, UH, COUNTY PRESENTED THAT THEIR AGES 14 TO 24, THAT THEY HAVE, UM, JOB OPPORTUNITIES IS CITY OF WEST COVINA. PART OF THAT, BECAUSE IN LA I UTILIZE THAT AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT WORKS AT OUR CENTER, WHETHER IT'S TEMPORARY FOR THE SUMMER OR ANYTHING, BUT IS WEST COVINA PART OF THAT, UM, PROGRAM. WE, WE HAVEN'T EXPLORED THAT YET, BUT PERHAPS WE COULD BE, YES. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S A WOMAN, NOT FOR MYELIN, BUT I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING UP SOMETHING. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, WELL, WHAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS, UH, EXACTLY WHAT, UH, MR. COUNCILMAN, UH, IT'S ABOUT TO BUY ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AT THE SPORTSPLEX. AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED MAINTENANCE OF THE SPORTSPLEX. UM, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO PROPOSE THAT WE HIRE THE 22 THAT WE LAID OFF BACK IN 2018. UM, BUT THE THREE COUNCIL MEN THAT APPROVE THIS BUDGET TO LAY OFF THESE 22 MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BRING THEM BACK. I THINK OUR, OUR BATHROOMS AT THESE PARKS ARE, ARE FILTHY. UM, NOBODY'S PICKING UP THE NEEDLES AS, AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT, UH, THERE'S NOBODY MAINTAINING OUR OR, UM, PARKS. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN USE RESTRICTED FUNDS FOR THIS. IS THAT TRUE? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR? YES, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVICE MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT WE COULD ASSIGN, UM, A GOODLY PORTION OF THAT TO RESTRICTED FUNDS. UM, IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY SO FAR, I'M TAKING CAREFUL NOTES. I HEARD 10 POLICE OFFICERS, 10 PART TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND DID I HEAR YOU SAY 10? NO, I DIDN'T. AND I SAID 22, BUT IF I GET 10, I'D BE HAPPY. I'M ONLY SAYING IT BECAUSE OF THE 22 THAT WERE LAID OFF. I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANT TO BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE ARE AT CONNECT. CAN I ADD THEM? YEAH. BUT, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S WHY THESE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY TO LOOK AT. UM, BUT THAT THAT'S, UH, OR CHANGES AS NEEDED. I WANT TO. OKAY. UH SAY'S OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS THERE 2018, 19 BUDGET. OKAY. APPROVED BY JENS TOMA, KOBE WASHOE, AND LORI JOHNSON APPROVED. OKAY. THE BUDGET OF 2018 AND 19. THAT'S HOW OUR BUDGET DOWN TO THE $0.9 MILLION. AND THEY, IN THAT 2018 AUGUST, I THINK SECOND, THIS SPECIAL MEETING APPROVED LAY OFF 22. OKAY. I'LL PROBABLY WALK HER. AND THEN LATER ON THEY, THEY ELATE THESE 22 PEOPLE. I, I, MYSELF AGAINST MY EXPENSE AGAINST, SO IT'S THE THREE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AND THAT, DO YOU HAVE A 22? PROBABLY WALKER COME IN AND THE BEGGING FOR THEIR JOBS. OKAY. AND THEN THEY GOT LAY OFF AND THEY TELL HIM, I FIND OUT WE ONLY SAVE ABOUT $150,000 OR LESS ON A GENERAL FILM. MOST OF THEM ARE FOUND RESTRICTED FUNDS. SO IT'S REALLY, AND THEY TELL HIM, THEY EVEN GIVE THE MIDDLE MANAGER MEN FIVE TO 20% RACE. SO THIS IS ON-CALL FOR, FOR THAT TIME. OKAY. DID DOING THAT THING. AND IT LOOKED AT THE STREET RIGHT OUT OF THE PARK RIGHT NOW. OKAY. MOST OF THEM ARE FUN, SO FARM FROM OKAY. AND, UM, MAJOR AID FUND AND THAT OKAY. AND I WILL GET TAX TO PAY FOR ALL THIS WALKER AND THE DAY OF THE BUTTON FISH. OKAY. AND THEN NOW LOOK, OUR CT AND THEN LOOK, OUR CURVE, LOOK ALL OUR MEDIAN. OKAY. IT'S REALLY, WE DID NOT PRESENT A BOAT AS A WEST COVINA. A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAINING ABOUT WHERE'S COVINA. WHY NOT LOOK LIKE THIS? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF AND THEIR SPEND MANAGEMENT. THEY HAVE A 22 WORKER. OKAY. AND SO I WAS SUPPOSED, OKAY. ELLIS GET 10 FROM THE RESTRICTIVE FILE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HIT THE GENERAL FARM. OKAY. AND THE ELLIS WENT BACK TO THE SERVICE BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT WE ARE OUT OF PANDEMIC AND CURRENTLY OUR CJ'S, AND I THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE, NOT JUST TRYING, I THINK WE FOAM AND THAT WE VIEW. OKAY. AND LAST YEARS, WHILE WE ARE DOING OUR RESERVE UP TO THE $18 MILLION, 26.5%, MORE THAN [03:25:01] 15% AND THE, WHAT THE RESIDENT, WHY IS SAFETY? WHY WAS IT A WISE CLEAN CITY? BUT THE CITY ONE IS A PROUD CT. THEY CAN LIVE IN. SO IN THAT, OTHER THAN THAT, WHY WE PAY TAXES. OKAY. AND, UH, SO, SO I THINK SO, BECAUSE THERE'S A GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I THINK I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I GOT AN EMAIL TODAY FROM A RESIDENT, VERY UPSET THAT CAMERON PARK IS DIRTY. IT'S REALLY BAD. AND I GUESS THEY HAVE THESE TOURNAMENT GAMES AND THEY LEAVE IT A MESS. AND SO THEY'RE COMPLAINING AND THEY WANT THEIR PARKS CLEAN AND WE NEED TO DO THAT. WE GOTTA BE PRE-OP. THE OTHER THING IS I WOULD INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO AT LEAST HELP OUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE TRASH, WHY NOT PICK IT UP? I DO. WHEN I GO WALKING, I PICK UP TRASH. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF TIMES WHEN I SEE THESE HUGE BAGS ON LARK ALLEN, AND I JUST PICK THEM UP, TAKE THEM TO MY OWN TRASH. CAN WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. THE CITY NEEDS MORE SAFETY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE. WE NEED IT ALL. AND WE'RE TRYING HERE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER AND SAFER AND CLEANER AND WORKING HERE. UM, SO THE, THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT, THAT YOU ACTUALLY PULLED TONIGHT. AND SO IT'S KIND OF CONCERNING. SO WHEN WE ARE MAKING THE STAFFING DECISIONS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR OPERATIONS, UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE USING, UH, TO INFORM, UH DECISION-MAKING UH, AGAIN, I KNOW WE WERE, WE HAD AN ITEM, UH, ABOUT LOOKING AT, UH, OUR STAFFING AND OUR DEPARTMENTS AND, AND WE, WE ACTUALLY PULLED THAT. SO, SO WHAT ARE WE USING TO DECIDE, UM, HOW MUCH STAFF TO HAVE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT? WELL, WE HAVE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE HAVE A, UM, A TABLE OF ORGANIZATION, A CLASSIFICATION COMPENSATION PLAN IN PLACE. NOW IT HASN'T BEEN REVIEWED COMPREHENSIVELY, UM, IN THIS CENTURY I BELIEVE. AND SO I THINK THAT A LEGITIMATE NEED, I THINK, UM, THAT PARTICULAR ITEM WAS THAT I PULLED OFF THE AGENDA ISB OR RETURNED TO STAFF. MAYBE I NEED TO DO SOME MORE WORK ON IT AND BRING THAT BACK AT SOME POINT. UM, FOR NOW WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE EXISTING, UH, STAFFING ARRANGEMENTS AND CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO IT MIGHT HELP US IF WE COULD HAVE SOME COUNCIL CONSENSUS AROUND WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT. IF I'M HEARING CORRECTLY, I HEARD N DAN AND THEN, OKAY. BUT THIS IS KIND OF YOUR, YOUR PORTION OF THE MEETING TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AS TO WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THIS BUDGET TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO GET IT ADOPTED TONIGHT IF WE COULD. OKAY. I THINK TENSE. OKAY. CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE A POLICE CHIEF TO SEE IF YOU GIVE YOU 10 WHILE HE CAN DO HIS 10? BECAUSE WE GAVE HIM 10. IT'S NOT ENOUGH OR NOT ENOUGH. IF YOU'RE NOT ENOUGH, WE'LL GIVE YOU 20 , WE'LL GIVE YOU 30. IF THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW FOR ANY ADDITIONAL LEASE OFFICERS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD SERVE THE CITY. WELL, WE ARE WAY UNDERSTAFFED. I THINK WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, VISIBILITY, VISIBILITY WITH OFFICERS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE TEAMS THAT WE CAN PUT OUT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. SO I, I MEAN, IF I HAD 10 OFFICERS, LET'S SAY, IF THAT IS THE NUMBER I'M OBVIOUSLY I WOULD, I WOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS OUR, OUR, OUR OVERLAP SHIFT, WHERE WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL OFFICERS RIGHT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. AND THEY STAY A LITTLE BIT LATER INTO THE NIGHT, UM, THAT HAS HELPED US IN THE PAST. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT FOR A FEW YEARS, UH, THAT WILL GIVE US MORE VISIBILITY, UH, THAT WILL REALLY INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIMES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. UM, AND W YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADDRESS MORE THAN JUST ONE OR TWO MAJOR INCIDENTS. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UH, TAKE SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS AND CREATE A STREET TEAM. SO I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE THAT WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN GRAFFITI. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS. UH, THE LAST TIME WAS, UH, QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT WE DEVELOPED A, UH, GRAFFITI TEAM CALLED GAD AT THE TIME WE ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE. AND WE JUST ABOUT ELIMINATED GRAFFITI ALTOGETHER WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED ARRESTS. OF COURSE, NOW, WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE ARRESTS WOULD GO, BUT THE POINT IS IS THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE. SO HAVING A STREET TEAM TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS LIKE GRAFFITI ISSUES, BURGLARY ISSUES, CADILLAC, CONVERTED ISSUES, SOME OF THESE THINGS IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE JUST A PATROL OFFICER THAT PATROLS A BEAT, IT [03:30:01] GETS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30, 40 CALLS A DAY, UH, WITH THAT COMES THREE, FOUR OR FIVE REPORTS. THERE HAS TO BE TIME TO RIDE THEM. SO WHEN WE GET A CITIZEN THAT CALLS IN AND SAYS, HEY, I SEE THIS DRUG INCIDENTS, OR I SEE THIS, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME TO GO ADDRESS IT. AND OF COURSE OUR RESIDENTS GET UPSET BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. SO, UM, YEAH, WE ARE SHORT OFFICERS. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME MORE AND IF THE BUDGET WOULD ALLOW IT, I WILL BE ALL FOR IT. SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. THE OVERLAP SHIFT AND ADDRESSING THOSE SPECIAL CONCERNS WITH CATALYTIC, CONVERTERS, GRAFFITI, AND NOTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM OKAY. UH, JUST LIKE, I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, OUR BUDGET IS WHAT, 19 NINE POLICE OFFICER BEFORE, RIGHT. AI 99 90 RIGHT NOW. NO, I KNOW. BUT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, I REMEMBER IT WAS 90, 99, 99, I THINK IN 1990. YEAH. SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC 2019 IS 99, BUT 2020, WE HIT A PANDEMIC. SO WE CUT 10. SO WE CALLED TO 90, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT. WE HAVE NO, NO COVER OF, UH, OF THIS POLICE. SO RIGHT NOW WE GO BACK TO THE PRE PANDEMIC TOWARDS OTHER 1999 SPEAKING TO WE ONLY HAVE ONE. OKAY. SO, SO, SO BASED ON THAT. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY, OKAY, THIS 10 OR 20, YOU'RE TALKING 10 RIGHT THEN. OKAY. NOT ONE DAY. OKAY. SO 10, I THINK THAT CAN REALLY HELP THE STAFF HELP OUR POLICE OFFICER. WE DO USE A LOT OF STRESS WOULD BE MORE COVERAGE. WHY MORE OF A PATROL AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE WANT TO HIRE IS THE PERSON PATROL THE STREET, NOT THE MANAGER SITTING IN THE OFFICE. YEAH. I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE, THE TEAMS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE ALL PATROL LEVEL, UM, PATROL LEVEL. YOU CAN LET'S WHILE WE LET GO OF RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BAIL. YOU CAN SEE, AND THE, THE PATROL ARE CALLED INDIAN NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE AREA IS KIND OF A COUNTY ONE OUT OR IN THE NOSE. OKAY. SO, SO A LOT OF M AND A COVERAGE IS REALLY NOT FEASIBLE TO SEE ALL THE PATROL CAR AND THE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, UH, POLICE IS LEG OFF. AND THE PEOPLE ZOOM THROUGH OUR CITY, LIKE 80 MAYA POWELL ON THE WEDNESDAY SHOW. OH, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ISSUE. UM, WE NEED MORE MOTORS OUT THERE. THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE HAD EIGHT AND I CAN REMEMBER PEOPLE FEARED GOING THROUGH WEST COVINA BECAUSE WE WERE OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER 10, YOU KNOW, UM, W WE, WE HAVE SOME, UH, AREAS TO ADDRESS. IT'S NOT JUST THOSE PATROL UNITS. UM, AT ONE POINT WHEN WE HAD THE NUMBERS, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE AT KANSAS. WE DON'T RIGHT NOW. SO 10, COULD YOU INCREASE MAYBE AT LEAST ONE INTO THE TRAFFIC. OKAY. AND TO PULL PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC ON TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UH, WELL, THE PSYCHO. OKAY. AND, UH, TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC AND TO KEEP, OKAY. PEOPLE MODAL IS SAFE. YEAH. THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMBINATIONS WE CAN USE THEM. UM, UM, IF YOU WANT TO PUT A COUPLE IN MOTORS, WE COULD DO THAT. TAKE A COUPLE AWAY FROM A STREET TEAM. THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMBINATIONS WE CAN DO, BUT EITHER WAY, NO MATTER HOW WE USE THEM, IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR CITIZENS. IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR CITY SO WE CAN SEE THE BIG, DIFFERENT, IT'S ALWAYS THIS 10, WE CONSIDER PQ FAMILY. YOU BASICALLY HIRE THE PYP TO BE WHO WE KNOW. OKAY. LA COUNTY SHERIFF, LAY OFF SOME DUE TO THE DEFUND, THE POLICE AND LAC T. SO MAYBE YOU CAN KILL SOME . OKAY. AND WE GREW THEM. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE. UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE CAST OUT, WE GET WHAT WE GET. WE TRIED TO TAKE THE BEST PEOPLE THAT WE CAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER WE DO BRING INTO THE CITY IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY THE ENTIRE TIME. THEY HERE NOT GETTING SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. SO, UM, THAT THAT'S A WHOLE PROCESS IN ITSELF. I, YOU KNOW, BUT THE REASON WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE ONLY THE POLICE THAT IS A HIGH COST, THAT IT WILL BE HIGH COSTS, ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. OKAY. ABOUT THESE TEMPLATES OFFICE, INCLUDING THEIR SALARY AND GOODYEAR OVERTIME COULD ENTAIL EQUIPMENT. SO WE TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE ONE PERSON, IF U R P ONE P TWO IS $100 DOLLARS A PIECE. OKAY. AND IT TIMES 10, SO IT'S A MILLION DOLLAR PLUS $200,000 UP AND DOWN. A $1.2 MILLION POSITION IS THE COST. AND THE, THE, THE, THE CO-INVESTMENT IT PAID FOR ITSELF BECAUSE THEY BRING IN THE REVENUE. AND THEN THE, THE PUBLIC WALK BASICALLY IS A RESTRICTED FUND. IT'S COME FROM OUR SEWER TAX. OKAY. ALL THIS GRANT. OKAY. AND TO PAY FOR ALL THE SALARY, ONLY THE POLICE IS OUR CALLS, BUT THE POLICE IS A NECESSITY. YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, WE JUST CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH SPECIAL REQUIREMENT GOING UP SO HIGH. [03:35:01] AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON. ALL THE PLACES IN THE GAME ISSUE, WE'LL DRIVE BY SHOOTING. WE JUST HAVE A ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY SHOOTING. YEAH. I THINK THE POLICE WILL COST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MILLION, BUT, BUT THEIR POLICE AND IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OUT THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IN REGARDS? I MEAN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY MINE AND FIRST CAN GO UNREST, RESTRICTED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS THAT DOESN'T HIT THEM. I WANT TO MOVE, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET THE WAY IT IS. NO COVER THE BUDGET LOST. OKAY. INPUT, INPUT, THE SERVICE. OKAY. WITH THE OLDIES. OKAY. UNDER THREE CATEGORY TWO. OKAY. IN MA MAKE SURE I WILL. CT SAVE. I THINK THIS IS A CANNOT BE COMPROMISED, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW THAT GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, UM, WE CAN BALANCE THIS BUDGET TONIGHT IN ONE FELL SWOOP WITH A PEN BY THE 2.3 MILLION THAT WE'RE IN A DEFICIT AUTHORIZING US TO USE PART OF THOSE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS FOR THAT THE COST OF THE 10 POLICE OFFICERS, 10 CODE PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT AND 10 MAINTENANCE WORKERS. THE COST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $2.6 MILLION. SO THEN THAT WILL GO BACK INTO THE RESERVES AGAIN, UNLESS THE REVENUES COME IN A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT'S PROJECTED, BECAUSE NOW WE'LL BE TALKING ALMOST 5 MILLION. OH, OKAY. OKAY. QUESTION. HOW CAN THEY BE $2.6 MILLION IF YOU HAVE USED A RESTRICTED FUND? MY CALCULATION IS 1.2 NO MORE THAN 1.5. SO, SO THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS ARE ABOUT 580,000. AND THOSE CAN COME OUT OF ALMOST ENTIRELY OUT OF RESTRICTIVE. WHAT I, WHAT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE 22 IS NOT FEASIBLE AT THE TIME WE LAID OFF THOSE 22 WORKERS. YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, WE WERE NOT DELIVERING ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE HAVE NOW DEDICATED A LOT OF THAT MONEY TO GO TO CIP. SO IF WE HIRE WORKERS, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE UP THE CIP, YOU KNOW, AND, AND A LOT OF THAT FOR PARKS, YOU CANNOT USE GAS TAX. YOU CAN'T USE MEASURE R SO, UM, THERE'S LIMITED RESTRICTIVE FUNDS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE. I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T DO IT. IT'S THE COUNCIL'S CHOICE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COOL. CAN WE DO THIS? CAN WE BASE ON THE RESTRICTED FUND? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DENT TOO, TOO MUCH TO EVEN, WE ARE VERY, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR INCOME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE TOO. NOT JUST BECAUSE WE LOOK GOOD, WE SPEND THE MONEY, BUT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES. SO, SO MY POINT IS, IS THIS, CAN WE, CAN WE USE, OKAY. SUBJECT TO USE A RESTRICTED FUND TO HIRE 10? YES. SO THAT'S DOABLE. I DON'T THINK THE 20 CHINA, I'M FINE WITH 10. SO I'VE THAT? I MEAN, WHY NOT ASK FOR 22? YEAH, NO, NO. 10 AVAILABLE IS I'M HAPPY. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH A GENERAL OF OUR EUSTON RESTRICTIVE FOUND. SO WE ARE OKAY. COUNSEL. OKAY. THE MOTION IS WE ARE GOING TO ADD 10. OKAY. AND USE THE RESTRICTED THUMB TO HIRE ZOL STAFF. AND THAT WE GOT IN THE POP TIME. 10 OF THEM. HOW MUCH DO YOU, YOUR CALCULATION FOR 10, FOR 10 IS 390,000. YOU AND YOUR $90,000, YOU WILL BE EASY TO PAY BY YOURSELF. YES. SO THAT WHY I DON'T CARE. OKAY. IS THAT YOU SHOULD, AND THEN, AND THEN THE POLICE OFFICERS IS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION. IT'S ABOUT RYAN. AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME UP AND DOWN WITH THAT. UM, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THE POLICE CHIEF IS STILL HERE OR NOT, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE LEAVING AS WE HIRE PEOPLE. UM, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO HIRE 10 OFFICERS IN A YEAR POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE, IF WE DON'T DO THIS 10, WE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE RETIRING. CORRECT. OKAY. AND, UH, AND WE ARE GOING TO DOWN TO 80 OR 70, THERE WILL BE EVEN WORSE. SO WHY NOW WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A THREE 50, SO MEANING TO 50 YEARS OLD, THEY RETIRE. AND THEN WE HAVE A, QUITE A FEW OF THEM. OKAY. NOW RETIRING. SO WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF BRING THIS NUMBER UP STARTING RIGHT NOW. AND THESE ARE BASED ON ENTRY-LEVEL OFFICER'S THESE COSTS THAT I GAVE YOU IS ENTRY LEVEL AT THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE RANGE. SO MEANING, UM, IT COULD BE 12 MONTHS TO 18 MONTHS, UM, TO GET THEM FULLY OPERATIONAL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT AT LEAST WE NEED TO START WITH SOMEPLACE. I UNDERSTAND THE WHY WE WILL BE ALWAYS LATERAL ROW CITY MANAGER, WHO WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING JUST WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE ONE [03:40:01] THOUGHT TO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER HIRES. YOU'VE GIVEN US PRETTY CLEAR DIRECTION TO BB AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN BE ABOUT PURSUING STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS IN AID. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT AND RETURN TO YOU. IF WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS, OR COPS PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT HELP US FUND SOME OF THIS, AT LEAST IN THE INITIAL YEARS, THEY NEVER PAY FOR IT ALL, BUT MAYBE WE COULD CROSSWALK SOME OF IT INTO THE FIRST TWO FISCAL YEARS THAT WOULD HELP, UM, SOFTEN THE, THE GENERAL PIT GENERAL FUNDING. WE'LL, WE'LL JUST INTEND TO RETURN SOME OF THAT AS WELL. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVAL. OKAY. OKAY. ON THE, UH, OKAY. OKAY. PROBABLY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTED FUND TO HIRE 10 MINIMUM. IF, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH FOUND TWO TO DO IT, AND THEN WE WILL APPROVE FOR 10 POT TIME. OKAY. ALL A CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIRE 10. OKAY. AND SHE LEVELED POLICE, ODD POLICE OFFICER THE SUBJECT TWO. OKAY. AND A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE CHIEF. SO LISTEN, MY MOTION. NO, I'LL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEWIS. SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM CRAFT CASTILLANO WITH THE AMENDMENTS OF, UM, 10 PART-TIME CODE OFFICERS, 10 POLICE OFFICERS, 10 MAINTENANCE WORKERS PAID OUT OF RESTRICTED FUNDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT TO BUY A B BEFORE I VOTE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. UH, EARLIER TONIGHT, WE, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, FOR STATION FOUR IN JANUARY, WHEN THAT $1.6 MILLION ITEM CAME UP, UH, I VOTED NO, BECAUSE WE DID NOT EVALUATE THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATION. AND SO THEN TONIGHT, WHEN THAT SPENDING THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED CAME UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO AGAIN, THE IDEA FROM THE STATE AUDIT WAS THAT WE, WE REALLY WERE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT OUR SPENDING, THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE A BUDGET DOESN'T MEAN THAT AS REVENUES COME IN, WE CAN'T MAKE AMENDMENTS LATER. WE CAN'T MAKE, UH, HIRES LATER. WE CAN'T FIND GRANTS, HIRE MORE LEAST IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE HERE ON THE DICE. IT COULD BE MORE THOUGHTFUL IT, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, IT JUST, IT'S A CONCERN THAT WE ARE CONTINUING THE BEHAVIOR THAT THE STATE AUDIT WARNED AGAINST. SO, UH, MY, MY VOTE IS NO COUNCILMAN WOOP ART COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. I, THEY APPROACHED HIM. CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ. BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES FOUR, ONE ONTO [18) CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM MAYOR LOPEZ-VIADO REGARDING ALETTER TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GASCON PERTAININGTO SPECIAL DIRECTIVES FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.] THE AGENDA ITEM. READY? I HAVE A LETTER THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, THAT WAS FROM MY REQUEST. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE DEMAND LETTER THAT I WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, CRIME IS CRIME. WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF CRIMES, GRAFFITI THEFT, WHICH MAJORITY ARE CONSIDERED MISDEMEANORS AND ARE JUST DISMISSED AFTER OUR LAST MEETING GUEST GUN'S OFFICE REACHED OUT TO US. AND SO I WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. NOW THEY WANT TO LOOK AT OUR 154 CASES THAT WASN'T FILED, UH, CHARGES WEREN'T FILED BY THEIR OFFICE. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR LAST MEETING, IT OPENED THE EYES OF OTHER CITIES, WHICH I ACTUALLY AM HAPPY FOR THAT, THAT OTHER CITIES ARE NOW LOOKING INTO THEIR OWN. UM, HOW MANY, HOW MANY CASES IN THEIR OWN CITY THAT WASN'T FILED, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT. SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO KNOW. I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THIS OPENED THE EYES OF OTHER CITIES TO SEE, UH, BADLY IT'S BECOME. SO, UM, AND THEN, AND AGAIN, I KNOW SOME CITIES MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO GUEST GUN'S OFFICE TO, TO SEE PHIL LOOK INTO THAT, UM, VICTIM'S CASES WERE DISMISSED. AND SO I JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS DEMAND LETTER IS EXACTLY THE ISSUES THAT A LOT OF US IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE, ESPECIALLY THERE, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIAL DIRECTIVES THAT I AM SO AGAINST. UM, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS HERE. I'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THIS APPROVED SENT OFF AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, GET, WELL, I WANT TO KNOW THE FEEDBACK AND IT DOESN'T MEAN I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF, UH, RESIDENTS THINK, OH, VOTE, NO CONFIDENCE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT ACTIONS SO THAT I CAN SHOW THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR NOT DOING. UM, [03:45:01] AND IT'S PROVEN THAT WE WANT WE'RE DEMANDING, UM, WE'RE DEMANDING JUSTICE. WE'RE DEMANDING. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SAYING HIS DIRECTIVES SUCK PRETTY MUCH. AND THAT'S SO THAT'S IT. OKAY. THEY MOVED A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND ROLL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NOPE. COUNCILMAN BOO. ALRIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM. CASTELLANO'S MADE HER LOPEZ. BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ONE. UM, LET'S SEE. CITY COUNTS, WALNUTS, UH, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS. OH, LET ME SEE. NO, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY ANY AB 1, 2, 3 CONFERENCE OR MEETINGS. MANY OF THE COUNCIL, NO. A CITY COUNCIL [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] REQUEST. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE. UM, TODAY IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT. I KNOW WE HAD A COOLING CENTER AND THIS IS MORE FOR SENIORS OR, UM, RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE AC AT THEIR HOME. AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS ZERO PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE IT. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE TARGETING SENIORS, THEY'RE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST, UM, AND THIS IS THROUGH IT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TEST IT TO SEE HOW GOOD THEY ARE THIS TIME. BUT I LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE, UM, DEVELOP A PHONE NUMBER LIST THAT HAS AN AUTOMATIC, SO IT DOESN'T UTILIZE STAFFS A TIME, AN AUTOMATIC INFO BY TEXTS SO THAT THEY CAN TEXT THE SENIORS AND, AND LET THEM KNOW THIS INFORMATION OR ONE OF THOSE ROBOCALLS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS. YES. MAYBE I WANT TO COMPARE HOW YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE WE HAVE A DATABASE. OKAY. OKAY. WE DID LEAVE A FU FIND YOU 50 OF DAN, THE HOME PHONE NUMBER CALLED IT UP BECAUSE MOST OF THE, UH, HOME, UH, OKAY. THE FIXED INCOME TO SENIOR LIVING IN THE OTHER HOME. ALTHOUGH THOSE OLD HOME, BASICALLY IF A NO AIR CONDITION KNOWING. SO LESION THE WEEDS. I KNOW BECAUSE IN 1989 MOVIE, MY FIRST HOME, THE BUICK 1950 AS A NEW AIR CONDITION KNOWN INSULATION THAT SOME OF THE TIME IS HOTLINE HELL. OKAY. AND LIKE AN OVEN. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE VERY INHUMANE FOR ALL THE SENIOR, OKAY. TO LIVE IN THAT CONDITION. SO WE NEED TO JUST CALL THAT UP. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE LEFT 550. JUST CALL THEM UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU GOT NEED HELP. IF THEY CANNOT DRY, WE SEND A UBER LIVE OR GO AS TO PICK THEM UP. AND THEY GO TO THE COOLING CENTER AT LIZ IS SAFER FOR THEM. AND TOMORROW WE'LL BE MORE THAN A HUNDRED DEGREES SO POSSIBLE. WE CAN CODE IT UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS NEED HELP OR THIS AND THAT. OKAY. CONCERN IS I DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANY TIME TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS. BELIEVE ME, WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS, YOU CAN WASTE AN HOUR OR MORE, ESPECIALLY 500. AND IF THEY WANT TO CHIT CHAT, IT'S GOING TO GO A LONG TIME. BUT THAT'S WHY I WANT US TO, UM, TECHNOLOGY'S THERE AND I WANT TO HAVE IT PROVE THEMSELVES. SO THE COST OF IT IS NOT THAT MUCH. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. WELL THAT'S, WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M PUTTING THE REQUEST SO YOU CAN BRING IT BACK AND SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS. I'M PRETTY SURE MAYBE LESS THAN A HUNDRED, UM, A YEAR OR SOMETHING FOR AN APP THAT THEY CAN JUST TYPE IT UP, SEND IT OUT, UM, AND COULD BE ALSO USED FOR ANY IMPORTANT MESSAGES WITHIN OUR CITY. UM, SO IT JUST DOESN'T END THERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IMPLEMENTED IN OUR CITY. AND I, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR REGARDING THIS POSSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT FOR THESE COUPLE OF DAYS, MAYBE TOMORROW I CAN LET OUR, OKAY. AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF TOO. I KNOW LOCATE, THEY KNOW THEIR PEOPLE, THEY DELIVER THE FOOD AND KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONDITION THAT THEY'VE BEEN. OKAY. UH, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THEM. I CAN GO INTO SNOW CONDITION. AND I THINK WHAT I STAFF KNOW THEM VERY WELL. I KNOW SUZY PEREZ, NO AREA OF THEM. SO MAYBE YOU CAN CALL COLE. A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE DEN TO SEE, DO THEY NEED HELP ELLIS. WE, AS A CT, WE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WELLBEING. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, A FACILITY, WE DOING THAT FOR THEM. AND THEY DON'T KNOW. AND THE WASTED, I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING AT LEAST FOR TOMORROW THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK IS THE HARDEST, BUT THIS MAY BE WE'LL COME UP MORE OFTEN WITH JULY COMING UP AUGUST. HOW THAT HELL ANYBODY AGAINST THE REQUEST. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT IDEA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? NO. THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING 11 O'CLOCK. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.