[Call to Order]
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WELCOME TO OUR JULY 6TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KELLY.
DUPEE FROM FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH, AND COUNCILMAN WU WILL BE LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BLESSING OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND WE THANK YOU LORD, FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED GOD, UH, TO LEAD OUR CITY TO TWO GREAT THINGS INTO THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE FOR US.
SO FATHER, WE COMMIT THIS MEETING TONIGHT TO YOUR LOVING AND CARING HANDS.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WISDOM AS THEY DEBATE AND DECIDE AND MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
WE PRAY, LORD GOD, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND WE THANK YOU LORD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
FATHER, WE PRAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, KEEPING US SAFE.
THOSE IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LORD BLESS THEM TONIGHT.
BE WITH THEM, WATCH OVER THEM.
GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE AND ALSO USE THEM LORD AS YOUR SERVANTS TO DO YOUR WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU GOD, FOR ALL OF THE SERVANTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS CITY AND LORD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON ALL OF US.
THANK YOU GOD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO HERE TONIGHT IN THIS MEETING IN JESUS NAME.
PLEASE PUT YOUR WHITE HEAD INTO YOUR HEART AND FACE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL SINCE CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? I THINK MADAM MAYOR.
[Proclamation for Parks and Recreation]
SO TODAY THE PROCLAMATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, UH, I KNOW SUSIE'S ON VACATION, SO WE'LL HAVE PAULINA COME DOWN.UH, THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO LOCAL PARKS, RECREATION TRAILS, OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES AS A RESPECT FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
WE THEREFORE DECLARE THE MONTH OF JULY, 2021 AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
UH, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SINCE EVERYTHING IS NOW OUT IN OPEN AND EVERYBODY GETS TO YOU FEEL THE FRESH AIR AND BREATHE THE FRESH AIR AND PLAY AND EXPRESS, UH, EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
EVERYBODY'S SO HAPPY TO BE OUT AND ABOUT AND THEIR PARKS.
WE DID HAVE OUR INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY, WHICH EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE.
WE HAD A COUNCIL SOFTBALL GAME AND UH, WHICH IS GREAT.
I KNOW THIS DURING COVID WE NOTICED EVERYBODY'S OUT OF SHAPE.
UM, SO NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK, BRINGING IN SO LESS THAN YOUR INJURIES START SLOW.
UM, AND DURING THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION, I KNOW COUNCIL WHEN WU OFFERED $20 TO ANYBODY AT THE AUDIENCE WHO KNEW HOW MANY PARKS WE HAD IN WEST COVINA.
SO I KNOW HE'S NOT OFFERING $20 TODAY, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AND DIDN'T HEAR THE ANSWER.
DOES ANYBODY HERE KNOW HOW MANY PARKS WE HAVE? 15 ANYBODY ELSE? WOW.
SO WE DO HAVE 16 PARKS, 16 PARKS, ONE SIX, AND THE BIGGEST PARK THAT WE HAVE, BUT HE WOULD KNOW GALSTER NOTE, CAMERA, NO SHADOW.
THE OAK IS THE SECOND CLOSEST BIGGEST ONE, BUT THE BIGGEST ONE IS OUR NEW WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX.
BUT YEAH, SO HE DID GIVE ANOTHER $20 AND A YOUNG CHILD, UH, WON THAT.
SO YOU DONATED $40 OUT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION.
SO WE ARE JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE EVERYBODY, UM, FOR THE MARK PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
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IT PROMOTES PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPORTS THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF COMMUNITIES CREATES MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES, FOSTER SOCIAL COHESIVENESS SUPPORTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY IDENTITY, FACILITATES COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND ISSUE RESOLUTION SUSTAINS AND STEWARDS, OUR NATURAL RESOURCE SUPPORT, SAFE, VIBRANT, ATTRACTIVE, PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES, VERSATILE AND INNOVATIVE.SO BY ALL MEANS UTILIZE ALL THE PARKS.
YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES OUR SENIOR CENTER, UM, PRESCHOOL, ALL THE PROGRAMMING.
WE DO HAVE SUMMER, UH, SUMMER LUNCH OR SUMMER SUMMER CAMP.
SO THERE'S FOUR THERE'S USAGE FOR ALL AGES, ALL TYPES.
UM, BY ALL MEANS LET'S USE OUR PARKS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
SO WE'LL HAVE PAULINA TAKE THIS AND UH, LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING NOW, YOU KNOW, 16 PARKS.
SO BEFORE MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, WE DO HAVE
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AN ADJOURNMENT.SHARON HOLT'S BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 22ND, 2021 IN WEST COVINA AT THE AGE OF 81 WITH HER LOVING FAMILY AROUND HER.
SHARON WAS A WIFE OF OUR FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER, DON HOLT'S SHARON GROUP IN CHICAGO, WHERE SHE WOULD MEET HER HUSBAND AND THREE LIFELONG BEST FRIENDS, JUNE 4TH, 1960, SHARON MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
DON HOLTZ AND A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY AT ST.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER MARRIAGE, THEY MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WERE LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
THEY WERE BLESSED THAT THEY WERE BLESSED TO WELCOME A DAUGHTER AND SON.
SHE WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 23 YEARS.
AND WITH THE LAST 15 YEARS AS THE OFFICE MANAGER AT CAMERON ELEMENTARY, SHARON LOVED TO SPEND TIME GARDENING IN HER YARD.
AND IN HER RETIREMENT YEARS VOLUNTEERED FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED OTHERS EARLY ON IN RETIREMENT.
SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
HOWEVER, MOST OF HER TIME VOLUNTEERING WAS DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY FOR THE INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
SHARON WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COVINA WOMEN'S GARDEN CLUB.
SHE ENJOYED PLAYING TENNIS, DANCING AND TRAVELING ABOVE ALL.
SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SHARON IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 61 YEARS, DAWN, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
SO IN MEMORY OF HER, THANK YOU.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
ORAL COMMUNICATION.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UM, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? MAYOR? WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RYAN SERRANO FOLLOWED BY BOB RYAN FOLLOWED BY GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS RYAN SERRANO AND I'M A FIELD DEPUTY WITH THE OFFICE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD, SUPERVISOR CHAIR, AND FIRST DISTRICT SUPERVISOR HILDA ELLIS LEASE.
I WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISORS TO ELISE, AS WELL AS PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON SOME EVENTS TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY STATEMENT FROM SUPERVISORS.
SO LEASE, I KNOW WE HAVE LONGED FOR THE DAY THAT WE COULD FINALLY GATHER WITH OTHERS WHILE THE COUNTY HAS FULLY REOPENED.
OVER IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE SEEN THE DELTA VERY IN CIRCULATING AMONG UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE NOT YET VACCINATED, YOU ARE STILL AT RISK TOGETHER.
WE CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND IT TAKES JUST ONE ACTION.
MY OFFICE CONTINUES TO HOST MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS ACROSS THE FIRST DISTRICT, AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER SITES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH GREAT INCENTIVES TO FIND A PARTICIPATING VACCINATION SITE NEAR YOU, PLEASE VISIT VACCINATE LA COUNTY.COM OR CALL 8 3 3 5 4 0 0 4 7 3 RESIDENTS WHO ARE HOME BOUND CAN ALSO SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON VACCINATION APPOINTMENT RIGHT AT YOUR FRONT DOOR.
AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND I HOPE YOU HAD A FUN AND SAFE 4TH OF JULY.
I WOULD ALSO TAKE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE THIS SUMMER.
ELISE HAS PARTNERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE PARKS AFTER DARK PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT FROM SIX 30 TO 8:30 PM UNTIL AUGUST 7TH, THERE ARE FREE SUMMER CAMP CONCERTS AT PARKS ACROSS THE FIRST DISTRICT, INCLUDING RIM GROVE, BASSETT, ALAN J. MARTIN,
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SAN ANGELO, OPRAH GUNN, SALAZAR, SAYBROOK, BELVEDERE, CITY TERRACE, AND VALLEY DALE.SO COME OUT AND ENJOY A RELAXING NIGHT OF COMMUNITY AND MUSIC AT THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS FROM LA COUNTY.
NEXT THROUGH EFFORTS LED BY THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR SOLIZ AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCA WHEN THEY VALLEY AND
I'M SORRY, EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM UNTIL JULY 31ST RESIDENTS CAN COME OUT TO WORK IN HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR INVITING THE OFFICE OUT TO THE SPORTSPLEX 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
I ENJOYED MYSELF PARTICIPATING IN THE SOFTBALL FRIENDLY.
IT WAS VERY FRIENDLY BECAUSE WE ALL LOOK LIKE FOOLS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS A SAFE CELEBRATION.
AND I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
UH, WHEN WOULD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS START THEIR LIVE MEETINGS? OKAY, SO THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT UH, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED THAT IT'S SOMETIME LATER IN THE YEAR.
HOPEFULLY NOTHING OFFICIAL HAS BEEN, UH, CONFIRMED YET THOUGH.
BUT I WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE CITY ONCE WE DO HAVE IT AGAIN.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PLAYING ON OUR TEAM.
BOB RYAN FOLLOWED BY HERMANN FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET TIRED OF HEARING ME PROBABLY AFTER AWHILE THERE.
UM, AND AS I STATED BEFORE, I AM A REAL VICTIM, JOHN, CARSON'S A REAL VICTIM.
I'VE MET HUNDREDS OF OTHER VICTIMS AT THIS POINT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG TO BRING THIS UP TO A VOTE, TO VOTE FOR NO CONFIDENCE.
WE WANTED TO HAVE STEVE COOLEY AS A GUEST SPEAKER, THE, THAT SHERIFF VIA NUEVA SPOKE, WE WERE TOLD NO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD OVERLOAD THE SIDE AGAINST GAS CONE.
WELL, NOW YOU'RE OVERLOADING THE SIDE AGAINST US BY ALLOWING HIM ALL THIS EXTRA TIME TO REPLY AND GIVE YOU SOME NONSENSE DAMN REPLY.
I MEAN THE MATH IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
HE'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS OR WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ON AND GET THIS ONTO A BALLOT.
UH, NOT VOTING ON THIS AS A SLAP TO MY FACE AND OTHER REAL VICTIMS, NEVER HAVE I MET.
AND I HAVE MET A LOT OF VICTIMS HUNDREDS NOW.
CAUSE I JUST SPEAKING TO OTHER CITIES, THEY SAID, TONY SAID, YEAH, I SPEAK THAT.
AND I SUPPORT THE RECALL EFFORT BY GETTING SIGNATURES.
NEVER HAVE I ONCE MET A SINGLE VICTIM THAT HAS SAID TO ME, OH GOLLY, GEE, I SHOOT WOULD LIKE TO LET THAT MAN GO.
THAT BRUTALLY MURDERED MY CHILD.
NOW THAT PERSON DOESN'T EXIST GOING.
AND MAY HAVE YOU CONVINCED THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A MADE UP THING BY GAS GOING.
YOU NEED TO GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MIND IF THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO LIVE IN FEAR.
AND THIS IS YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIVING IN FEAR.
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE DRIVE DOWN VINCENT AVENUE, ROAD, RAGE GUY PULLS OVER.
HE'S GOT A GUN AND HE THREATENS HIS LIFE.
MY FRIEND HAPPENS TO KNOW A COUPLE OF WEST COVINA POLICE.
HE CALLS HIM AND HE SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? GAS GUNS.
AREN'T GOING TO PRESS ANY CHARGES.
THERE'S NOTHING GOING TO HAPPEN ABOUT IT.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? IS THAT HOW YOU WANT TO LIVE YOUR LIVES? THEN, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP TO YOU PERSONALLY.
I CANNOT LIVE MY LIFE IN FEAR AND I WILL FIGHT HARD TO BRING THIS CITY BACK THE WAY THAT IT USED TO BE.
I GREW UP HERE, AS I SAID BEFORE, I WENT TO CAMERON SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE, GRADUATED WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW AS A HELL OF A LONG TIME AGO, BUT, BUT I DID.
AND UH, I JUST DON'T LET IT TAKE.
HERE'S AN INSTANCE RECENTLY, A MAN, UM, CONVICTED OF MURDER AND THE NEWS IS KIND OF HIDING.
THIS JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON RECENTLY.
HE WENT AND KILLED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND AND A MOTHER OF SIX.
NOW WHERE'S HE RE REHABILITATED? NO, THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE DON'T GET REHABILITATED.
I'M SORRY, A MAN THAT RAPED AND KILLED TWO, SIX YEAR OLD BOYS.
AND YOU HAVE TO LET HIM OUT WHEN HE'S 25.
WHAT YOU'VE CALLED A RIDE BACK TO DO THAT SAME THING.
SOME LITTLE BOYS WHEN HE GETS OUT AGAIN, YOU ALL KNOW MY STORY, MY SON, UH, THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE OF MY NOT MY CELL WAS MURDERED RIGHT HERE.
UH, HE WAS ROBBED AND A FRED WAS, THERE WAS A WITNESS.
SO THEY BRUTALLY BLEW BOTH OF THEM AWAY FOR THE MONEY.
THE VAN, TOOK THE BODIES TO VICTORVILLE, DUMPED THEM INTO THE DIRT, LIKE COMMON TRASH.
WE FOUND THEM EIGHT DAYS LAYING IN THE DIRT.
THIS KIND OF STUFF NEEDS TO STOP.
THIS GANG IS ONLY TWO AND A HALF MILES FROM HERE.
THEY DON'T JUST STAY IN THEIR LITTLE AREA OVER THERE.
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THERE'S THREE PROMINENT MEXICAN MAFIA GANGS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND THEY WILL NOT PAY, HAVE NO FEAR.NOW THE 17 YEAR OLDS ARE NOW BEING RECRUITED TO MURDER BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LET OUT BY THE TIME THEY'RE 25 IN THE GANG LIFE.
IF YOU KILL SOMEBODY YOU'RE, YOU'RE ELLIOT, YOU'VE BEEN ELEVATED IN THE GANG.
SO NOW YOU KILL SOMEBODY OR 17.
YOU GET OUT WHEN YOU'RE 25 OR GUESS WHAT? YOU MIGHT BE THE LEADER OF THAT GANG.
THESE ARE MEXICAN MAFIA GANGS WITH DIRECT TIES TO THE CARTEL.
AND THEY NOW HAVE NO FEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR CHILDREN HAVE TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
THEY CAN'T COME UP TO YOU AND KICK YOU AND SPIT ON YOU AND THROW THEIR FOOD AT YOU.
AND WELL, IF THEY DO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY ROUGH HOUSEHOLD YOU THAT.
BUT UH, I CAN SAY THERE'S NO VICTIMS LIKE THAT.
AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
BUT DAS GOING IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO CHANGE NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS REPLY WAS.
I KNOW YOU'RE SENDING A LETTER, BUT I DOUBT OF HIS REPLY WAS, OH GOLLY, GEE, YOU GUYS WERE RIGHT.
SO I THINK I CHANGED SOME OF MY THINGS.
PLENTY OF OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
AND ACCORDING TO STEVE, TRULY A WHOLE BUNCH ARE ON BOARD TO COME IMMEDIATELY RIGHT AFTER THIS HOLIDAY, BUT MAYBE IN THE NEXT WEEK.
SO WE NEED TO DO THAT AND MAKE LA COUNTY SAFER FOR YOU, YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
SO PLEASE PUT IT ON THE VOTE AND LET LET'S VOTE ON IT.
I HAVE A MORE OF AN OUTSIDE HERMAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN.
SO MOMMY LOPEZ AND STAFFERS, WELCOME TO FREE SPEECH.
BUT WHAT ARE THE RESTRAINTS ON FREE SPEECH? WE HAVE A MAYOR WHO DISLIKES OR DISAPPROVES OF FREE SPEECH.
SHE CONTROLS THE TONE AND THE VOLUME OF HER YOUTUBE BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT US TO USE VULGAR PROFANE WORDS.
THEY'RE ONLY WORDS, MOMMY, BUT YOU CONTINUE TO TRAUMATIZE.
YOU TRAUMATIZE THE COMMUNITY BY FEAR.
AND THAT FEAR WAS PRESENTATION BY THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME, BECAUSE WHEN WAS ASSAULTED ON CITY PROPERTY, NO ONE BOTHERED TO LOOK INTO THAT MATTER YET.
BUT THE FBI IS BECAUSE I SENT HIM THAT VERY SPECIAL PACKET WITH ALL THE DAMAGE AND ALL THE VIDEOS THAT YOU'VE BEEN CENSORING US ON MOMMY, PROTECTING BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
AND MOMMY SHOULDN'T BEHAVE LIKE THAT.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO CLIMB THE LADDER INTO SACRAMENTO AND EVENTUALLY INTO CONGRESS, I MEAN, WHO WANTS TO BE IN CONGRESS NOWADAYS? YOU GOT A DUMB, DUMB PRESIDENT.
YOU GOT A DUMB, DUMB VICE-PRESIDENT.
AND THEN WE GOT A BUNCH OF DUMB, DUMB NONSENSE, AND LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT.
I'M RIGHT HERE IN THIS PLASTIC LITTLE ZONE.
BUT THE WHOLE ISSUE I'M HERE IS TO TALK ABOUT THE EROSION OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR SAFETY, IN OUR SAFETY.
LIKE WHEN I BUSTED MY FINGER, MOMMY, YOU NEVER CALL ME AND ASK HOW I WAS DOING.
MOMMY, WHAT ABOUT YOU, TONY? WOO WHERE'S WHERE'S GEORGIE PORGIE YET YOUR FRIEND THAT ATTACKED ME NOW, YOU GUYS SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THINGS BECAUSE LIKE THE EMBEZZLEMENT ISSUE DOWN THERE IN DOWNEY, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT? ONE IN THE PAPER, THE DOWNY PATRIOT TALKS ABOUT HIS STAFF FALLS A FINE ON THEIR RECEIPTS AND STEALING THE PUBLIC'S MONEY.
IS THAT UP? IRONIC COINCIDENCE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EMBEZZLEMENT FRAUD, RICO ALL AT LOCAL LEVEL.
FOR ONE REASON, IT'S A FACT IT'S HAPPENING AND THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA KEEP COMPLAINING THAT THEY'RE STEALING FRAUDULENT RECEIPTS, UH, MONEY SHORTAGE, UH, WE'RE IN A SEALING DEFICIT AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE OR HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT, BUT MAYBE I'LL GIVE YOU A SUGGESTION.
I WOULD FIRE THE ADMINISTRATION FROM THE TOP DOWN AND BRING IN NEW PEOPLE TO STOP THE STEALING, BUT BETTER LET THE FBI DECIDE WHEN THEY PULL YOUR RECORDS.
DO YOU DO ALL THE REPORTS ON YOUR, UM, TEXTING
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AND YOUR PHONE CALLS AND THE MONITORS ON YOUR CARS AND THEY FIGURE YOU OUT.THEN YOU CAN SAY TO ME F YOU, RIGHT? WHAT? YOU'RE WRONG? MR. WEEZER, JOSE LOUIS WEEZER FROM LOSS CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
NOW I GET TO TELL THEM, OH MY WAY, I'LL SEE YOU IN 2022 WHEN YOU'RE BEHIND BARS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THAT LITTLE DIBBLE DWARF MITCHELL ENGLANDER, WHO WAS RUNNING AGAINST MISS BARF, CATHERINE BARF.
AND WHAT DID HE TRY TO DO? THE SAME THING TO ME INCRIMINATE ME FALSIFY THAT I HAD A WEAPON.
I WAS IN CITY HALL, SUCH A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT.
WHAT AN IDIOT, WHAT AN IDIOT AND A MORON THOUGHT HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
AND WHAT HAPPENS NOW, HE'S OLDER.
SITTING BEHIND BARS, LOOKING AT THE AIR, JUST STAGNANT.
AND THEN I CAME ACROSS THIS ISSUE RIGHT HERE.
MOMMY JUSTICE UPHOLD STUDENTS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
OR YOUR BUDDY, A YOUNG CHEERLEADER DEFENSE, OUR RIGHT, A FREE SPEECH BY GOING LIKE THIS.
WHY IS THAT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A YOUNG CHEERLEADER, REPRESENT US FOR MORE FREE SPEECH, EIGHT TO ONE DECISION, AND GUESS WHAT SHE WINS AND WHO ELSE WINS? WE, THE PEOPLE, WE ARE THE VOICE OF OUR CITIES.
WE ARE THE VOICE OF OUR COMMITTEE.
WE ARE THE VOICE OF GOOD AND BAD DECISIONS IN OUR CITY, NOT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND IN PRIVACY, STILL FROM OUR FUCKING POCKETS.
SEE, MOMMY'S ALREADY GETTING UPSET FOR ALL.
SHE PROBABLY ALREADY PUSHED HER SENSOR BUTTON.
AND BY THE WAY, MOMMY, LOOK, I EVEN BROUGHT YOU SOME MORE ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOU TO READ BECAUSE IN MY LAST 10 SECONDS, IT JUST SAYS, GOD HATES FAGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HELL GOD HATES YOU.
WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THESE RULES OF THE QUORUM AND ENFORCEMENT, WHICH VIOLATE FIRST AMENDMENT PROVISIONS, WHICH CONSTANT TIME.
WELL, THANK YOU, JOHN CARSON FOLLOWED BY MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY.
WIN-WINS SAYING, OH, YOU LEFT YOUR PHONE, SIR.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'M ASKING HER COUNCIL TO VOTE.
NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST GEORGE GASCON, BOTH MYSELF AND DAVE WILLIAMS BROUGHT THIS UP TWO MONTHS AGO.
I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RECALL PETITION FOR AWHILE NOW, AND RESIDENTS ARE WANTING TO KNOW WHAT OUR CITY'S PLAN IS TO REDUCE CRIME AND KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE.
A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE WOULD BE A GOOD START.
THE RECALL PETITION THAT WORKED FOR GEORGE GAVISCON.
ALSO A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE SEEING PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR, UH, UH, FOR GASCON ALSO SIGNING THE PETITION.
THEY HOW DANGEROUS HIS POLICIES ARE.
I LOOK AT A NO VOTE AS A WIN FOR GASCON AND DEFINITELY A LOSS FOR OUR CITY GAS GONE WILL BE RECALLED AND REPLACED THAT MUCH.
I'M CERTAIN OF IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO KNOW.
OUR COUNCIL FEELS, UH, FEELS THROUGH A VOTE.
SO WE REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO VOTE.
WE ALREADY HAVE A RECORD BREAKING CRIME WAVE WITH OUR CURRENT DA GOING EASY ON CRIMINALS.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW BAD IT'S GOING TO GET.
I D I NEVER REMEMBER A DA BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR CRIMINALS.
I W ALL THE YEARS I'VE LIVED THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE PERSONALLY THAN BURYING YOUR CHILD TO MURDER AND A DA MOCKING MURDER.
VICTIM'S RIGHTS MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME AND ALSO OTHER MURDER VICTIMS. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING WITH OUR DA, UH, WHAT'S.
I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON WHAT BOB.
I SAW THIS ARTICLE THIS MORNING ABOUT, UH, A MOTHER OF SIX.
THE TEMA JOHNSON IN NLA, UH, WAS JUST FOUND MURDERED YESTERDAY.
THE PERSON THAT MURDERED HER IS, IS ON THE RUN.
HE WAS JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON
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FOR MURDER.HOW MANY OTHER CASES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN? JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
I'M HOLDING ON THE HOPE THAT YOU'LL VOTE.
BAND FOLLOWED BY FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS IN FOLLOWED BY LES LEFT.
LEFROY MIKE GREENSPAN, A RUINED BUTT-KICKING FLORIDA GATOR.
ONLY THE UCLA CHICKENS WOULD COME DOWN THERE AND GET THEIR BUTTS KICKED IN THE SWAMPING.
GAINESVILLE, SEE PART OF THIS CORONA VIRUS THING WAS THEY DON'T HAVE FANS THAT THEIR GAMES, BUT ALABAMA AND OHIO STATE AND LSU AND MICHIGAN.
SO THEY WANTED TO BRING THE LEVEL DOWN TO EMPTY STADIUMS TO THE PLACES WHERE THEY SUPPORT, BUT BALL, UNLIKE OUR TAXPAYER BIG SOCIALISM'S BIGGEST FAILURE, UCLA FOOTBALL TEAM.
NOW I WANT TO THANK THE PERSON WITH THE PRAYER FOR MENTIONING JESUS.
IF HE COMES BACK IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, HE WILL GET NO CHRISTMAS DINNER.
HE SAYS JONATHAN CLUB, BECAUSE HE'S JEWISH.
AND PLUS SHE'S MARRIED TO A CAMEL JOCKEY ANYWAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY JESUS IS GOING TO GET SERVED OVER THERE.
IF THE JONATHON CLUB OR OTHER PLACES TOO, LIKE TIM TEBOW'S TIM, A QUANTA COUNTRY CLUB.
YEAH, IT'S A GATOR THROWING SHADE ON A GATOR AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE BRAVO FAMILY.
NOW FOR THE SECOND AND FOURTH SPEAKERS, I WANT TO REITERATE THE WORDS I'VE SAID BEFORE.
THREE WORDS BY A GUN THAT WILL SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. NOBODY ASKS WHERE THE CRIMINALS GET THEIRS.
YOU GET ONE TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.
NOW WE TRIED TO TELL, ASK, WHEN WILL WE OPEN UP THE COUNTY? BECAUSE RYAN WORKS FOR, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL OPEN COUNTY OPEN COUNTY, OR WHO DOES RYAN WORK FOR? BROAD HILDA, OF COURSE, AFTER ALL, NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO OPEN THINGS.
WE HAVE THE LAW LIBRARY AND IT'S STILL BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
OUR LAW LIBRARY DOWNTOWN ON FIRST STREET, DISPENSED IT.
SO TELL ME WITH THE GOVERNOR'S LIE AND A SPIN ABOUT THE STATE OPENING UP.
WELL, OPEN COUNTY AND WHO SHOULD WE TELL THAT TO ZELDA? WHO'S ZELDA.
I'LL REMEMBER THE ONE WHO VOTED TO BAN DINING OLIVE FRESCO, AND THEN WENT OUT TO EAT SHEILA CULE.
SHE PLAYED ZELDA ON DOBY, GILLIS, A STEAMER AFTER ALL.
AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT SHE DROVE A VET AND LAPPED ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK, EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I SAY, THROW YOUR DILDO AT ME NOW.
WHO ELSE DO WE SAY TO OPEN COUNTY MOMMY BARGER? YES.
THAT BLONDE NEEDS TO BE TOLD OPEN COUNTY.
THEY WANT TO JUST HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS AND TAKE YOUR MONEY.
IN FACT, MR. HERMAN SHOULD GET US $32 BACK.
COULDN'T USE LAST YEAR ON HIS PROPERTY TAX AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE WHO PAID THAT FOR THE COUNTY AFTER ALL OPEN COUNTY.
WELL WHO'S SHOULD WE TELL THAT TO OF COURSE, CUNT, HON, I DON'T CARE THAT HER DADDY'S NAME IS ON THE BUILDING.
SHE IS JUST HER A SPOILED BRETT KID.
THAT HAPPENS TO BE HER DAUGHTER, HIS DAUGHTER.
AND SHE HAS NO CLUE OF THINGS.
WELL, WHO IS PAT HAN A REAL TWAT.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE HER.
SHE HAS DONE NOTHING OR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES OR WHEN SHE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA, BUT SHE WAS THE PREDECESSOR TO, I GET BREED SHOW CALLED JOE THAT RACIST WHITE REPUBLICAN PIG, BECAUSE SHE GOT SENT OFF TO CONGRESS.
SO SHE COULD FUCK THINGS UP ON A NATIONAL LEVEL INSTEAD OF JUST DOING IT ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
AND THEN CAME BACK TO THE COUNTY WHERE THE BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER HER DADDY, KENNY HOT.
WELL, SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT HER DADDY.
AND IT SHOWS AND HER BROTHER, JAMES HAHN WAS A ONE TERM MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS TALKED ABOUT BARACK OBAMA AS A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT OR BILL CLINTON AS A ONE TERM PRESIDENT.
WELL, JAMES HAHN WAS A ONE TERM MAYOR.
HE HASN'T RUN FOR ANYTHING SINCE BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ELECTED
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DOG CATCHER.AND OF COURSE, I GUESS THOSE TWO SIBLINGS ARE JUST INCOMPETENT, BUT THEY LIVE ON DADDY'S SILVER SPOON, POLITICAL SILVER SPOON.
NOW ONE PERSON WITH RYAN'S OFFICE SAID, IT'LL SHE LET IT OUT.
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT, BUT REMEMBER OPEN OUR COUNTY.
WIN-WIN ZEN WIN-WIN ZANG FOLLOWED BY LESS.
LEFROY FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.
HI HOUDINI, MS. MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGERS, STAFF, AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING IN THE HOME.
MY NAME IS
WELL, WEST COVINA LIBRARY REOPENED THE, WE SELECT, UH, IN-PERSON SERVICE ON APRIL THE 19TH.
AND I JUST GOT A, UH, A UPDATE ON LIBRARY, OPEN HOURS, STARTING FROM NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THE LIBRARY WILL OPEN FROM 11 FROM 10 TO SIX, 10:00 AM TO SIX AND TUESDAY.
UH, WE OPEN FROM 12 TO 8:00 PM AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK SERVICE.
I WORK A HOSE PICKUP SERVICE UPON REQUEST, AND THE LIBRARY ALSO PROVIDE IN-PERSON PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES OUTDOORS, AND MANY THANKS TO THE CITY'S SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.
WE ARE HOLDING SPECIAL EVENTS FOR, UM, CHILDREN, UH, ON THE GRASS AREA, UH, IN THE CIVIC CENTER, IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AND EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERY WEDNESDAY, UM, IN JUNE AND JULY, UM, AND TWO JULY THE 21ST.
SO EVERY WEDNESDAY WE HAVE THREE PROGRAMS, 11 O'CLOCK, TWO O'CLOCK AND A THREE 30 CLOCK.
SO THE MORNING PROGRAMS ARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES THREE TO FIVE AFTERNOON.
TWO PROGRAMS ARE FOR, UM, AGES SIX TO 17.
AND I, UH, I DON'T WANT TO MENTION THE, UH, THE, THE PROGRAM, UM, THE DETAILS, PLEASE CHECK THE LIBRARIES, A WEBSITE FOR DETAILS, OR YOU CAN CALL THE LIBRARY.
AND THE LIBRARY PHONE NUMBER IS (626) 962-3541.
AND PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL THESE EVENTS.
YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE OR CALL THE LIBRARY AGAIN.
THE LIBRARY PHONE NUMBER IS (626) 962-3541.
AND I ALSO HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, UM, WEST COVINA LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED FOR A REFURBISHMENT, UM, LIKELY, UM, THE LAST WEEK OF JULY OR THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST.
AND, UM, SO THE AC SYSTEMS CEILINGS AND THE LIGHTING SUPPORT, WE ALL REPLACED AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW CARPET AND PAINT, AND ALSO WE'LL HAVE MORE, A LOT MORE, UH, ELECTRICAL POWER OUTLETS.
AND THESE ARE THE HIGHLY RICK, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DEMAND.
SO I'M GLAD WE ARE GOING TO FIND ALREADY WE GOT A BUDGET TO HAVE THIS DONE.
UM, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION, SOME MAY LAST FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS, THE LIBRARIES, BECAUSE VERY BIG AND, UM, IN, UM, AND TO PROPERLY IN NOVEMBER AND DURING THE LIBRARY CLOSURE, WE WILL CONTINUE PROVIDE A FIREWALK SERVICE, UM, IN, IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY OUTSIDE.
AND I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WITH ANY UPDATES.
SO CURRENTLY THE RESIDENTS CAN UTILIZE AND STAY INSIDE THE LIBRARY RET, AND THERE'S NO SPACE LIMIT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE IS.
THIS STILL REQUIRED A WEARING A MASK.
YES, FOR NOW WE ARE ALL LIMITED.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE INSIDE? HOW MANY PEOPLE WE SAID, UM, 70% CAPACITY.
AND, UM, BUT AS LONG AS SOMETIMES IT REACHED A CAPACITY AND I WOULD, UH, JUST VISUALLY SEE, AS LONG AS EVERYBODY'S KEEPING SOCIAL, UH, SIX FEET, SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NO PROBLEM.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS KIND OF BIG AND, UH, SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AC STILL WORKS.
YES, BUT THE FACE MASK ISN'T REQUIRED.
BUT, UH, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE UPDATES FROM THE COUNTY, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO REMAIN OPEN.
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SURE.SO RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY READING A BOOK WHILE STAYING COOL IN THE SUMMER.
LEFROY FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS SHE STATED, MY NAME IS LESLIE FLORA.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WESTERN VIENNA FOR MANY YEARS.
I KNEW MEMBERS OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL POSSIBLY BEFORE THAT, IN THE CONFLICT.
BEFORE THAT I RESIDE IN DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, BETWEEN THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.
IT'S OUT HILLS ON MY EAST WEST COVINA ON THE WEST.
I MOVED THROUGH WEST AGAIN YEARS AGO FROM WHEN, FROM MONROVIA.
I MOVED BECAUSE MY TWO OLDEST SONS WERE BEGINNING HIGH SCHOOL AT BISHOP VERMONT AND THE KIDS IN THE ARTICLE OR, AND MONROVIA TO WHAT AREA THEY HAD TO RIDE A BUS TO GET TO INFO AHMAD.
SO IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THEY COULD NOT MEET THE BUS GOT SCHEDULE.
THUS, I MOVED TO WEST COVINA, SO IT COULD BE CLOSER TO SCHOOLS AS FRESHMEN.
THEY WANT TO DRIVE IN AT THAT TIME.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA, SENIOR SOFTBALL GROUP SINCE 2005.
OVER THE YEARS, I DEALT WITH MICHELLE RECREATION, CHRIS FREELAND, NICOLE, AND NOW MIKE CRAWFORD.
MIKE HAS BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING AND WE APPRECIATE HIS HELP.
VERY MUCH ALMOST CITY MANAGER, CHRIS.
ANY QUESTION YOU, AND THAT'D BE WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR WHEN HE GAVE HIM AN ASS.
AND NONETHELESS, I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT COULD BETWEEN CHRIS AND THE CITY.
SO I WON'T EVEN COMMENT ON THAT, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING OCCURRED AND MAYBE SOMETHING NOT WHY I'M HERE.
I SUBMITTED A LETTER BY WAY OF THE CITY CLERK TO BOTH THE MAYOR AND MY COUNCIL PERSON DARIO HERE.
I RECEIVED NO REPLY, NOTHING, NOT A SINGLE WORD.
I THINK I DESERVE A REPLY FROM SOMEBODY.
OKAY? THE RESTAURANTS THAT CAMERON PARKS ON MUCH NATIVE REPAIR, MAYBE A PART OF THIS FEDERAL MONEY CAN GO TOWARDS REPAIRING THOSE RESTAURANTS.
I SAY, THAT'S BEEN SINCE 2005, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE THOSE RESTAURANTS.
WE, AS A GROUP, WE CLEAN UP THE RESTAURANT AND THE POT EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY, I GO INTO THE LATEST RESTROOM BECAUSE WE HAD ONE FREE FEMALE THAT PLAYED WITH US.
AND OCCASIONALLY SOME OF THE GUYS WIVES WOULD COME.
SO YOU MAY HAVE TO USE THE RESTROOM.
NOT ONLY THAT WE CLEAN UP AROUND THE PARK, THERE'S SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE THAT WOULD DEAL WITH, OKAY, NOT ME PERSONALLY, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FELLOWS THAT GO DOWN EARLY TO GET OUR RIBBON OUT, DRAGGING THE FIELD.
THEY GOT TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS.
THEY SLEEPING IN FRONT OF THE BAND.
AND ALSO ON TOP OF THE BIN, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THE IDEA OF DIVIDING THE CITY INTO GROUPS OR DISTRICTS WAS SO THAT WE'D HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
IF I CONTACT MY REPRESENTATIVE, HE DOESN'T REPLY.
WHAT GOOD IS DIVIDING THE CITY INTO DISTRICT.
IT MAKES NO SENSE IF I CAN'T EVEN GET A REPLY, I'M THE TAXPAYER I'M GOING TO FAX FOR YOU.
I LET US DEAL WITH DECORUM AT THESE MEETINGS.
I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURTROOM.
I DON'T KNOW IT ALL, BUT I DO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE.
I WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISOR.
I REPRESENTED FROM GLENDALE, PASADENA, ARCADIA, MONROVIA, JORDY.
I KNEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COURTROOM AND HOW THEY SHOULD, I SHOULD BE APPLIED.
THIS WAS FROM YOUR DECOR SECTION 2.48
YOU MAY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
WHAT? I DON'T KNOW, WHERE THEY FROM THE PEOPLE AT HOME DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
I COME THIS NOT BEING ENFORCED.
OH, STAYS THAT THOSE SPEAKERS SHOULD REPETITIOUSLY ADDRESS THE SAME SUBJECT.
WHEN I COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS NOT VERY OFTEN, BUT I DO APPEAR EVERY ONCE IN A
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WHILE, I HEAR THE SAME PEOPLE ADDRESSING THE SAME THINGS, THE SAME PEOPLE DRESSING THE SAME THING, AND NOBODY STAYS BOARD.IF I WERE TO SPEAK FROM THIS AUDIENCE, I BET SOMEONE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, THE GUY WAS HERE, RINGING THE COWBELL, COME ON.
THE GUY WAS DRINKING THE COW BELL, COME ON.
THIS, THIS IS A FIRST, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
AND THE OTHER GUY, HE CUSSES LIKE A SAILOR.
YOU KNOW, IT TALKS ABOUT FREE SPEECH.
YOU KNOW, HE W WHAT TIME HE'S UP, TIME IS UP.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS WE DID ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
AND CITY ATTORNEY WILL ADDRESS IT WHEN THE MAYOR, I MEAN, THE CITY MANAGER GIVES A REPORT AND AS FOR THE LETTER, UM, FEES FOR THAT ALONG, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND THEN I'LL GET WITH YOU AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE AGAIN.
YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT HE'S COTEZ PAGO, CAMERON PARK.
I CONTROL A ROCKET HIT CAUGHT THAT IS THAT THE END, THE CITY MANAGER WILL ADDRESS ALL THE COMMENTS.
COUNCIL BILL ROBINSON RESIDENT.
I CAME TO, UH, ADDRESS THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, NUMBER ONE.
UM, THE, UH, THE FLU SEASON EVERY YEAR, UH, LAST, UH, DEPENDING ON VARIABILITIES IN THE WEATHER, UH, GENERALLY FROM, UH, DECEMBER TO APRIL THROUGH.
AND, UH, THE CA CONSENT CALENDAR IS, UH, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY, UH, STATE LAW IN MANY STATES BY LEGAL DEFINITION, AN EMERGENCY, UH, LAST, UH, UP TO 120 DAYS.
AND, UH, HERE WE ARE IN, IN JULY, UH, OF THE, THE FLU SEASON IS LONG, LONG GONE.
BUT, UH, UH, EARLIER IN THE MEETING, SOMEBODY, UH, ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF LIVING IN FEAR.
UH, THE FEAR-MONGERING IN THE, IN THE MEDIA HAS, UH, KEPT THE POPULATION PRETTY MUCH ON EDGE FOR ABOUT 16 MONTHS AND, UH, ALL OF THIS TO, UH, TO SELL A VACCINE, WHICH, UH, PERHAPS HAS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, WE'RE ALL GUINEA PIGS, AND WE'RE ALL GONNA FIND OUT.
UH, IN THE SHORT TERM THEY SAY THE VACCINE IS SAFE.
WE DON'T KNOW THE MEDIUM TERM OR THE LONGTERM EFFECTS.
UH, WE WON'T KNOW THAT FOR FIVE OR 10 YEARS, AND I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED.
ANYWAY, TONIGHT'S CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND, UH, IN A GENUINE EMERGENCY, THE EXECUTIVE NEEDS A LOT OF POWER TO REACT.
UH, UM, THE LOCAL LED LEGISLATURE, THE BODY, UH, BEATING YOURSELVES.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT INTO A LOCAL, UM, EMERGENCY THE EXECUTIVE MAKES THE DECISIONS AND, UH, IN AN EMERGENCY, UH, UH, THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE, RATIFIES THOSE DECISIONS.
WELL, I CAN'T FIND AN EMERGENCY ANYWHERE.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME, AND I WISH YOU FOLKS HAD STEP UP AND, AND BE POLICY MAKERS AND BE A LOCAL LEGISLATURE AND, AND, UH, TAKE, TAKE HOLES OF THE, UH, REIGN OF THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT AND, UH, BE A CITY COUNCIL.
DON'T BE A, UH, A BODY THAT RATIFIES THE, UH, ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE.
AND I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, UH, I MEAN, EVEN, EVEN UNCLE NEWSOME HAS WOKEN UP AND, UH, UH, THE, THE STATE IS, UH, IS SLOWLY OPENING UP AND, UH, AND I DON'T WANT WEST COVINA, UH, TO FALL BEHIND.
UH, WE NEED TO, UH, UH, GET BACK TO NORMAL, UH, GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE AND, UH, AND NORMAL POLICY MAKING AT ALL.
YOU'LL BACK MY MINUTE AND 28 SECONDS.
CITY MANAGER MAY PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU, MARIN COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GOOD EVENING.
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AND THANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS EXPRESSED OPINIONS TONIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ASKING FOR ANY CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY MANAGERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE THAT WERE ASKING FOR, UM, INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR BEING HERE, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM ON THEIR EVENTS.
WE'LL TRY AND UPDATE OUR INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE AND BROADCAST THROUGH OUR CITY, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS, GLAD TO SEE THEM REOPENING.
UM, MR. FREUD TALKED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT THE CAMERON PARK RESTROOM.
UM, THAT RESTROOM IS NOT TO HIS STANDARDS OR OURS, AND I WILL RESPOND TO HIM TOMORROW AS TO WHAT STEPS ARE ARE NEEDED.
I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I THINK THAT RESTROOM NEEDS SOME IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL RESPOND TO HIM TOMORROW.
AND WHEN YOU MAY THE CAMERA AND PAUSE AND LET'S SEE IN THE DISTRICT THREE, OKAY.
CORTEZ, PAULINO DISTRICT FULL PAY.
SO, BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF, OKAY.
YOU SEND A EMAIL OR ANY CONCERN TO ADDRESS TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, NO MATTER WHAT THIS TREE IN, WE WILL ADDRESS TO THE CT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU KEVIN,
WELL, AND TO REPEAT, I WILL RESPOND TO THEIR, OUR RESIDENT DIRECTLY TOMORROW.
UM, THE RESTROOM IS NOT TO STANDARD AND I, I WILL SPEAK WITH, IN CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT THAT.
AND THE LAST SPEAKER, UM, ADDRESSED THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT MOST OF THE CITIES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE CONTINUED TO, UH, ENACT.
IT ENABLES US TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO CRISES UNFORESEEN AS THEY ARISE, AS WE CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE, THE COVID PANDEMIC.
AND IT ALSO ENABLES US TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE, TO RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AND AID.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
I WILL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SPEAK TO THE RULES OF DECORUM.
GIRLS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE THEIR NAME AND NUMBER.
IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE, TO THE CITY CLERK AS HELL FOR IT TO CITY COUNCIL, TO KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE, BUT WE CANNOT REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE THEIR, THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S IN OUR, IN OUR ORDINANCE AND, AND IT'S HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE TO DO THAT.
SECONDLY, UM, IF AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUALLY DISRUPTS THE MEETING, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REQUEST A SERGEANT AT ARMS TO HAVE THAT INDIVIDUAL REMOVED AND, AND THIRDLY, UM, THEY CAN SPEAK ON ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION AND COURTS HAVE SIDED WITH INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS OF THE USE OF PROFANITY.
I KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE I STAND.
AS SOME SPEAKERS HAVE NOTED THAT I DO TURN OFF THE, UH, UH, YOUTUBE MIC.
UM, I KNOW BY LAW BECAUSE AS LAWSUITS COME TO THE CITIES AND WE'VE HAD RECEIVED THAT THEY HAVE THEIR FREEDOM TO SPEAK, WHICH I SORT OF SOMETIMES DISAGREE WITH CERTAIN THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK.
AND ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR RIGHT TO LISTEN OR NOT, BUT, UH, AT LEAST THEY'RE SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL.
SO IT IS BY LAW TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK TO US.
GRANTED HERE, I HAVE THAT POWER TO CONTROL, BUT, UM, MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT I DON'T APPROVE OF THOSE THINGS AND THEY HAVE THEIR FIVE MINUTES.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE? WHY IS THE CONSEQUENCES? BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS THE MAYOR, WHEN THEY OVER HERE, WE JUST HAVE A VIDEO, HOW TIME AND FOR THEM TO CAUSE, AND THIS, AND DEDICATING EXTREMELY BECOME VERY EXTREME.
AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE PROTECT BY THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY DON'T NO COUNT MUCH WE CAN DO IS ON THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A CONSEQUENCE.
BECAUSE BASED ON US, THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THE PREDELLA SPEECH.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN TELL WHY WE CAN NOT DO ANYTHING, WHY WE CAN THROW THEM OUT, BUT WHILE WE WORRY ABOUT IT, WHILE YOU TOLD US MADAM MAYOR, THE CON, THE CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE IF THIS INDIVIDUAL, YES.
THE CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE, IF THIS INDIVIDUAL IS DISRUPTING, AN INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER IS DISRUPTED MEETING IN ANY MANNER AND YOU HAVE WORN THEM AND YOU'VE WORN THEM MORE THAN ONCE.
AND THEY CONTINUED TO DISRUPT THE MEETING.
THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE SERGEANT ARMS REMOVE THEM.
THAT IS A CONSEQUENCE AND, OR YOU CAN MUTE THEIR MIC, UM, COMMENT FOR THEM AS WELL AS, UH, LANGUAGE, I THINK YOU SAY.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY FOR THEIR I'M ALLOTTED.
AND, UM, I ALSO NOTED, I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN INDIVIDUALS SPEAK WITH, UH, NOT JUST SLUR LANGUAGE, I MEAN, PROFANITY, RACIAL, ALL THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE SITTING
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HERE THAT WE'RE TOLERATING IT.UM, THEY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY ALL THOSE AS WELL, CORRECT.
THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WE ALWAYS ASK, UM, SPEAKERS TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL TO, UM, NOT TURN AROUND AND SPEAK TO THE AUDIENCE OVER THERE TIMES WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENING IN THE CITY WHERE WE TURN AROUND AND THE AUDIENCE CLAPS.
AND SO WE CAN'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THOSE TIMES WHEN SOMEONE RINGS A COW BELL, IF THEY'RE CONTINUALLY DISRUPTING THIS MEETING, THE PRESIDING OFFICER HAS THAT AUTHORITY IN, IN OUR, IN OUR MUNI CODE TO ASK THEM TO STOP.
IF THEY DON'T LISTEN TO YOU AND YOU CAN ASK THE SERGEANT IN ARMS TO HAVE THEM REMOVE.
AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THOUGH, I, UNFORTUNATELY I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SITTING THERE, WHO ALSO HAS TO HEAR IT AS WELL, BUT THE REST OF, UH, REST ASSURED THAT I WILL TURN OFF THE MIC WHEN NEED BE.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.AGAIN, I DO HAVE JUST A BRIEF REPORT TONIGHT.
UM, IN THE, IN THE FIRST SLIDE, THERE'S A PICTURE SHOWING SOME NEW LIGHT FIXTURES BEING INSTALLED TODAY IN THE CITY PARKING STRUCTURE.
I THINK IT'S A MINI PORTRAIT INTO THE FUTURE.
OUR CITY'S ENERGY PROJECTS ARE NOW UNDERWAY.
WE THINK IN TOTAL, WE'LL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT $3.2 MILLION WORTH OF ENERGY PROJECTS.
AND ABOUT $3.3 MILLION WORTH OF SOLAR PROJECTS.
THE FIRST TO GO IS THE, UM, THE LIGHT FIXTURES.
YOU GET MOST OF THE ENERGY SAVINGS OUT OF THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, THEN MOVE INTO THE MEASURES, THE COOL ROOFS AND THE HPAC SYSTEMS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL SAVE SIGNIFICANT ENERGY.
AND THEN WE'LL FINISH WITH THE CONTROLS ON THE, ON THE ENERGY PROJECT SIDE, THE SOLAR PROJECT IS ALSO MOVING TOWARD CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE ROOF DECK OF CITY HALL AND THE, AND THE CITY PARKING STRUCTURE ON SEVERAL OF OUR CITY PARKS, WHICH WILL BE ENER ENERGY GENERATING.
AND, UM, THIS IS JUST, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE WAY TOO EXCITING FOR ME, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT THINGS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING TODAY.
SO THIS IS, UM, OUT OF 7,500 LIGHT FIXTURES, ONE DOWN IN 7,499 TO GO.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A MENTIONED THAT OUR LEGISLATION CARRIED BY OUR STATE SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
UM, I WANTED TO QUOTE FROM THE MAYOR IN THIS PRESS RELEASE IN A TIME OF, UM, AND REAL NEED.
OUR CITY IS, IS BEING HELPED IN A CRITICAL WAY.
AS WE ENHANCE OUR DELIVERY OF SERVICES, WE LEVERAGE AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO MODERNIZE OUR FIELD SERVICES AND INTRODUCE GREATER EFFICIENCIES INTO OUR ONGOING CITY OPERATIONS.
IT, UM, WILL ENABLE US TO USE MONEY, WHICH IS NOW IN FUND BALANCE.
AS WE BRING TO COUNCIL PROJECTS, YOU CAN NOW SPEND THEM ON A BROADER RANGE OF, OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM TEAM RUBIO'S FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN IN SACRAMENTO.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE WERE NAMED, UM, NUMBER TWO ON A LIST OF THE 15, MOST AMBITIOUS US CITIES IN TERMS OF, UM, BEING BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
WE'VE GOT AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE OFFERED ON TONS OF ATTRACTIONS.
AND, UM, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET GOOD PRESS LIKE THIS, BUT WE WERE, WE WERE PLEASED TO RECEIVE THAT RECOGNITION.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE, UM, DEMONSTRATING THE SCHEDULE FOR OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES SATURDAYS IN JULY.
AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND, UM, ENJOY, UH, TOGETHER COMMUNALLY, UM, LIVE MUSIC PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES SHOW, UM, THE CITY PARKS COMING BACK TO LIFE, THIS ONE BEING THE SPORTSPLEX COMPLEX.
AND, UM, THAT WAS, UH, A NICE THING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD THAT WE'RE OPENING FOR BUSINESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE NOW IN, UM, THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF LA COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL 21 THAT NEEDS TO REGISTER A PET TO GET A PET LICENSE, OR HAS NEED OF ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.
PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE GOOD AND THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR START FOUR AND FIVE.UH, ARE YOU GOOD? EXCUSE ME, MAYOR.
IF I COULD CONTRIBUTE, I'D LIKE TO PULL OFF YOUR CALENDAR TONIGHT.
THAT'S ITEM NUMBER FIVE REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE.
AND I'LL, UH, LIKE TO PULL OUT EIGHT.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 3, 4, 5, AND EIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY
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COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBERI MAY APPROACH TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, FOLD BY THE ULTIMATE.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR TRANSITSERVICE EVALUATION (SPEC. NO. 61-010)]
THREE WAS OUT.I MEAN, FIVE IS OUT SO THREE THAT'S YOURS, RIGHT? AWESOME.
UH, BASICALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS JUST SOME DETAIL IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE STUDY THAT'S GOING TO BE PERFORMED.
ALSO, I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SURVEY.
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE METHODOLOGY AND ALSO WE'LL WE'LL UM, THAT LIVES TO BE RETAINED FOR ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND FURTHER FUTURE SURVEYS.
THEY'RE DOING, DOING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UM, SURVEYS.
THEY'RE DOING A COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY AND A TRANSIT USER SURVEY TO ASSESS NEEDS.
MAYBE WHY FOLKS CHOOSE NOT TO AND WHAT MIGHT INCENTIVIZE THEM TO USE PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SO, UH, THOSE TWO SURVEYS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN COPY AND DIGITAL COPY.
A DIGITAL COPY WILL BE DONE THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY AND, UM, WE'RE ALSO HOLDING A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
SO, UM, TYPICALLY IN THOSE MEETINGS YOU'LL HAVE SIGN UP, SIGN UP SHEETS IN THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
CAN YOU SPEAK OR BRING THE MIC UP? I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU.
IT'S ON IT'S JUST MAYBE BRING JUST, OKAY.
A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF SURVEYS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT, USER SURVEY, A COMMUNITY SURVEY TO ASSESS NEEDS.
AND DO WE, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
DO WE HAVE, UH, UH, AND LISTING OF EVERYONE WHO CURRENTLY USES OUR BUSES, IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIKE CHECK IN STEP ON OR ANY, NO, THERE ISN'T A FEE FOR THE DIAL A RIDE THERE IS, YEAH.
I COULD UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WE'RE PICKING UP, BUT COULD YOU REQUEST THEM TO BE, EVEN BEFORE THE SURVEY BEGINS, START JUST HANDING OUT THE NOTIFICATION THAT THE SURVEY WILL BE TAKING PLACE.
AND UM, I REALLY WANT IT TO BE A GOOD LEGIT SURVEY WITH REALLY TOUCHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN SO THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM, BUT ALSO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER, RIGHT.
IT'LL BE PUBLICIZED THROUGH A MEDIA RELEASE AND IT'LL BE UP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
WE'LL COLLECT THE INFORMATION TO THE EXTENT WE CAN AND THAT, UH, PEOPLE WILL, UH, PEOPLE WILL DIVULGE THAT WILL MAKE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONTACT INFORMATION TO BE ON THE SURVEYS AND KNOW AS WELL AS SURVEY MONKEY AND SOME CASES, PEOPLE AREN'T ARE RELUCTANT TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT YOU WOULD CERTAINLY RETAIN, RETAIN THAT INFORMATION AS OUR DATA.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF LIST FROM OUR RESIDENTS WHO FREQUENT OR USED TO FREQUENT THE SENIOR CENTER WENT FOR THE PANDEMIC? NO, WE HAVE THAT, YES.
PARTICIPATE IN THE MEAL PROGRAM, THEY SIGN UP, THERE'S AN INTAKE THING, INTAKE PROCESS IT'S DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO YES, PRIORITY GROUP TO INCLUDE, RIGHT.
AND ANY OTHER LISTS WE HAVE AND ANYONE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, AND LET'S ALSO DO OUTREACH TO OUR, OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, LET'S GIVE YOU AN HIGH SCHOOL EDGEWOOD AND ANYONE WHO IS AROUND ANY OF OUR, OUR BUS ROUTES.
JUST, UH, UM, WHAT COUNCILMAN, UH, OR, UH, MAYOR POTENT CASIANOS WAS SAYING, UH, IF WE COULD ALSO DO OUTREACH, UH, TO, TO THE SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO THAT WAY, UM, THEY CAN EITHER, UH, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE, WE REALLY ARE, UH, ATTEMPTING TO SEE WHO'S USING, UH, OUR TRANSIT.
AND, UH, ALSO WE CAN, UM, GET A MORE BETTER DATA.
UM, I TH I THINK, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UM, IMPORTANT TO OUTREACH TO THEM.
UM, MY THING IS, UH, CAN YOU MAKE SURE OR JUST GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL? I KNOW WE'VE HAD TWO DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSIT.
THE VERY FIRST ONE, IT WAS, I KNOW I'VE ASKED TONS OF QUESTIONS IF THEY COULD REPLAY ALL THAT, TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE GROUNDS ARE COVERED IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSIT.
I KNOW ALL OF US HAD INPUT ON THE FIRST AND THE SECOND ONE WE HAD TO MEET WITH, UM, MV TRANSIT.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS I KNOW AT TIMES A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO DO THE SURVEYS.
UM, AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO IF THEY COULD, FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THE RIDERSHIP OF THOSE WHO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE BUS, IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CAN JUST, IF, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THEM DO THE SURVEY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TECHNOLOGY
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ISSUE, LANGUAGE ISSUE, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.SO WE COULD GET A REAL DATA ON THAT.
AND, UM, THE BIGGEST CONCERN NOW IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT, THE LOCATION AND THE STOPS WHEREVER IT'S THE MOST NEED.
UM, I MEAN, NOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE THE SPORTSPLEX, IT GOES DIRECTLY INSIDE TO THE SPORTSPLEX OR IN FRONT OF IT, UH, UM, AMONG ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, HAVE THE LOCATION OF THE PARKS SO THAT THEY FULLY UTILIZE THE CITY'S RESOURCES.
UM, SO MAKE SURE THAT LOCATIONS AND THE RIDERSHIP IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILMAN WILL, UH, KELLY, I THINK, UH, LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEN I WAS, OBJECTION IS THE WAY WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO WE, WE HAVE A NETWORKING OF EACH OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, WITH ALL THIS OKAY.
AND TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING A DIAL RIDE, INCLUDING LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT UBER AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, THE GO WEST AND THE, HOW WE CONNECT AND EVEN WITH THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
HOW WE CONNECT TO BUDGET, EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE.
WHO IS QUALIFIED? AND I THINK WE LOWERED THE PRICE OF 50 CENT.
AND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN UTILIZE, YOU STILL DOES.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE HAVE A PLAN OKAY.
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MAYBE WE CAN KNOW.
SO THEY, THE ROUTE AND NEGOTIATE SOMETHING MUCH MORE OKAY.
USEFUL FOR PEOPLE INCREASE THE RIDERSHIP, BUT OTHERWISE YOU JUST SEE A BUNCH OF EMPTY OKAY.
VEHICLE AND BUSES AND DRIVING AROUND WITH CTE.
WE DON'T SEE ANY PEOPLE UTILIZE.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH THIS OPENING, AND THAT WAS A MUCH MORE POPULAR OR MUCH MORE DEMAND.
WE CAN CONNECT MAYBE THE SHOPPING MALL UNTIL OFFICE AROUND.
MAYBE EASY FOR THEM TO HAVE A RIGHT INTO THE NOSE, TO THE HOSPITAL AND THIS AND THAT.
SO MAYBE WE CAN OPEN THIS NETWORK TOGETHER, UTILIZE IT.
SO OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN, YEAH.
THERE, UM, WHEN DID THE EVALUATION IS REALLY TO INFORM THE NEXT RFP AND SEE HOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW'S THE PILOT PROGRAM GOING WITH UBER 25, NOT NINE ONE IS THE TARGET I WAS GIVEN, UH, THIS MORNING.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING.
UM, MV IS FINALIZED A CONTRACT WITH UBER.
THE, UH, THE, UM, TIMELINE IS, IS, UH, OKAY.
UBER'S CALL REALLY SO-SO CA CAN WE HAVE A TIMELINE WHERE WE CAN GET THE REPORT FROM THE ACTION PLAN OR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND NETWORKING? DID YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR US TO REVIEW WITH THIS EVALUATION WE'RE TARGETING, UH, DECEMBER, DECEMBER, DECEMBER, YES.
THAT ALONE CAN TAKE, SO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW THAT THAT'S ON THE SHORT END, REALLY SHOW IN YES.
OF, OF, OF THESE, UH, BASED ON, UH, MY, MY INITIAL RESEARCH.
AND SO DECEMBER, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME, I HAVE SOME PLAN, A MILD BASED ON LED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
FOR THE NEXT RFP AND NEXT RFP, UM, LIKELY RELEASED IN, UH, TO, TO, UH, TO HIT THE MARCH DATE, THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR TO, UH, UH, PART OF THE PROPOSAL.
THERE'LL BE MAKING A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROCESS, LIKE THE SCANNING, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN ABOUT HOW WE ALWAYS SEE TEETH CONNECT TO EACH I'LL DO THAT.
AND DAN, WE CAN BASE ON THAT PLAN HAVE TEND TO BASE ON THAT PLAN TO PROVIDE A SERVICE.
WHAT DO YOU EVEN SAY, ADD THIS TO, SINCE WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER, I THINK WE COULD REQUEST FROM THEM IF THEY'LL GIVE IT TO US, WHICH I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T JUST DATA ON WEST COVINA TRIPS STARTED AND COMPLETED.
MAYBE, MAYBE 1, 2, 3 MILES PAST OUR PERIMETER.
I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO ASK THEM.
I'M SURE THEY'VE GOT THAT DATA.
UM, THAT, THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT CAME UP IN, IN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UH, WITH UBER AND MV THAT, UM, ANY DATA COLLECTED THROUGH UBER'S OUT, BUT UBER RETAINS THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP IT, THE OTHER STUFF THAT WE, UH, GET ONTO THEIR SYSTEM.
UM, IT COMES THROUGH THE CONCIERGE THAT EMPATHY WILL BE OPERATED.
IF YOU CAN SPAN, WE HAVE THE BACKGROUND.
IF YOU COULD SPEAK LOUDER, COME CLOSER TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
UM, ARE WE, UH, THE DATA COLLECTED BY UBER THROUGH THE APP WOULD BE RETAINED BY YOU? OF COURSE, IT'S THEIR PROPERTY, IT'S THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE
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THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE TOTAL RIGHT.AND ABILITY TO ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION.
THAT QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH US BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU BUSINESS, AND THIS WOULD BE BETTER FOR ALL, INCLUDING, AND ESPECIALLY GIVING THEM MORE BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.
IF THEY COULD DO THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY IT'S SIMPLE, I'LL ASK, I'LL ASK IT.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COMMENT THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HOLD ONTO THAT, BUT THEY, UH, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD, UH, THEY WOULD PASS ON THE, UH, THE, THE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, NOT SPECIFIC RIDER DATA.
THEN I WANT TO ASK THEM MYSELF, IF YOU WOULD SET THAT UP FOR ME PLEASE.
JUST, UM, IT, IT, IT, DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO SET UP A QR CODES AT THE STOPS? SO PEOPLE COULD JUST TAKE A PICTURE TO SEND THEM TO THE SURVEY MONKEY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SET UP QR CODES? YEAH, THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, BUT QR CODES TO, TO DO WHAT, TO, TO ACCESS THE SURVEY FROM AT THE STOP AT THE STOP.
AND IT SAYS, PLEASE TAKE OUR RIDERSHIP SURVEY, THEIR PHONE.
THEY'RE THERE ANYWAYS, SITTING DOWN AND IF IT'S RIGHT THERE, THEY COULD JUST ACCESS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER WHERE, WHAT TO SEARCH OR WHAT TO LOOK IT'S ALREADY THERE, SCAN IT AND THEN INPUT THE SURVEY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN D IS FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY ITEM THREE.
FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MAY A PRO TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
[4) CONSIDERATION OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT MUTUAL APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENTLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THE CITY OF WESTCOVINA]
HOLD BY COUNCILMAN DIAZ.WHAT AM I? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF LOVER.
OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF LAVERNE FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR, UM, THEIR QUINT WHILE OURS IS IN THE SHOP.
BUT, UM, MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OURS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED? IS IT IN SERVICE OR IS IT GETTING REPAIRED FOR SOMETHING GOOD EVENING? MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF? UH, ARCHIE CAPELLI CURRENTLY OUR QUINT IS THEN, UH, SOUTH COAST, UH, SOUTH COAST, THE COMPANY THAT WORKS ON OUR ACQUAINTED.
VERNON HAS BEEN REMOVED AND IT IS A PART AND IT'S BEING WAITING FOR THE PART TO SHOW UP FROM TEXAS TO BE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE AND GET BACK TOGETHER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, SOME SORT OF A DATE OR, UH, ETA, LET'S JUST SAY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AND THAT WAS ON THURSDAY.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK, YOU ALL BACK TOGETHER, GAS PUMP CARES.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND NOT KEEP THE, UM, ACQUAINT FROM LAVERNE FOR AS LONG AS WE NEED IT.
NO, MA'AM, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY RETURNED.
WE NEEDED TO QUINT BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO TRUCKS, ONE THAT IS QUICK CAPABLE, WHICH MEANS IT HAS WATER AND A PUMP.
AND WE HAVE ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE WATER IN A PUMP.
THE ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A WATER AND PUMP, WE CALL THAT TRUCK TWO IS IT'S A NUMBERING SYSTEM.
IT WAS OUT OF SERVICE GETTING ITS LADDER CERTIFIED.
SO WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN IT SERVICE AS WELL.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY RESERVE FIRE ENGINE TO PUT IN SERVICE WITH IT.
WE HAVE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER SINCE THE TRUCK COMPANY IS NOW BEING UTILIZED WITH THE FIRE ENGINE AT STATION FOUR, WE HAVE TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER.
SO WE STILL KEEP WATER IN THE DISTRICT SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TRUCK.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE EVEN THE FIRE ENGINE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER.
WE BORROWED A QUINT THAT WAS AVAILABLE FROM LAVERNE AND THEY NEEDED IT BACK FOR SOME TESTING OF THEIR OWN.
AND OUR TRUCK CAME AVAILABLE AND A FIRE ENGINE CAME AVAILABLE.
WE WERE ABLE TO MARRY THOSE TOGETHER, CREATE A MAKESHIFT QUINT.
THAT'S WHAT'S IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
ONLY PROMPT THAT IS WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY DRIVE IT.
THE FIRE ENGINE IS THAT'S THE SECOND PIECE OF, YEAH.
THANK YOU TIM CHRISTIANA, CHIEF.
I KNOW THE QUINT PROCEEDS YOUR TIME, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WARRANTY REPAIRS WE'VE HAD ON THE QUINT THUS FAR? UH, NO I DON'T.
IF YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO THAT AND SEE IF LEMON LAWS WOULD APPLY HERE, BECAUSE I THINK WE GOT A LEMON, IT'S HAD THE NORMAL PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WAS CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THAT VEHICLE WAS THE DEATH ISSUE.
AND THAT'S THE DIESEL, UM, PROBLEMS THAT WAS THROUGHOUT THE DIESEL ENGINES THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY.
AND THEY FINALLY FOUND OUT THE PROBLEMS. IT WAS, IT WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE THAT IDENTIFIES THE PSYCH CLASS OF THE FLUID GOING THROUGH IF IT WAS HAD PARTICLES THAT ARE NOT, WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY
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PROBLEMS WITH IT.WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT WENT OUT TO GET IT REPAIRED.
HOWEVER, THAT WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT THAT WAS IN THAT COULDN'T BE IDENTIFIED AND IT WAS FIXED.
THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION, DAN TRISH, ONE OF THE OPINIONS IN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND IT JUST BROKE AND IT JUST FELL APART.
THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THE ACTUAL, UM, THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
IT IS UNDER WARRANTY REPAIR CURRENTLY.
RIGHT? INITIALLY, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, IT'S UNDER WARRANTY REPAIR IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.
INITIALLY WE THOUGHT, NO, BUT WE REALIZED IT IS RIGHT.
THE LAST I WAS TOLD, IT'S UNDER WARRANTY REPAIR NOW WAITING FOR THE PART FROM TEXAS.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A LEMON FLAME.
FROM WHAT I CALL DEFENSIVE APPARATUS TO, UH, TO HAVE HIS LEMON, WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT REPAIRS HAVE BEEN THE SAME FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON LEMME LOST BY NOT BEING ALL.
I'LL ASK HIM, I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM.
I THINK IT HAS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
AND I DON'T THINK, OH, IT DOES.
WARRANTY, REPAIRS, WHATEVER THEY NEED, YOU WILL GET A REPORT FROM FLEET.
AND THERE'S A TON OUT THERE SO WE COULD ASK AROUND.
BUT I JUST THINK, UM, IT HAS NOT PERFORMED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THE QUINT, WE WEREN'T, UM, UTILIZING THE, WE BOUGHT KIND OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT WHEN WE PURCHASED IT.
AND WE WEREN'T AT SOMETIME MORE THAN 18 MONTHS, TWO YEARS AGO, UTILIZING THAT WARRANTY AND WE WERE PAYING FOR REPAIRS OR THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND THEN WE REALIZED, OH, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CITY PAID FOR IT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS IN THE WARRANTY.
YOU CAN'T GET A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT.
WE ASKED, THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING YOU GUYS ASKED US TO DO.
WHEN DOES THEIR WARRANTY EXPIRE AND HOW OFTEN DOES ACQUAINT GO DOWN? I REPAIR IT.
HASN'T BEEN DOWN SINCE, SINCE THE ACCIDENT ONLY BEEN DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR EVERY, EVERY 90 DAYS, IT HAS TO GO OUT OF SERVICE FOR REQUIRED DLT.
UM, CERTIFICATION LADDER HAS TO BE DONE EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE REGULARLY.
SO IT'S, IT'S GOES OUT OF SERVICE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EXCESSIVE.
IT WAS WHEN IT HAD THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS GONE FOR AWHILE.
SO, BUT THE WARRANTY, WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? UH, FIVE YEARS ONLY PURCHASING.
YEAH, I REMEMBER IN 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING MYSELF.
WE APPROVED TO PUT YOU THE QUEEN BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE CITY MANAGER AND AT THAT TIME, THE FIRE CHIEFS THAT WE NEED ACQUAINTANCE.
AND THEN IN 2017, WHEN THIS, WHEN NEW QUINN AND THE PARK OUTSIDE CITY HALL, AND WE ALL SHOW UP TO HAVE PICTURES AND WE EVEN SIT INSIDE, PLAY THE HOME LIKE A LITTLE KID BECAUSE WE SO PROUD TO HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL MACHINE.
BUT I KNOW IT AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THIS QUINOA FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE SHOP.
SO, SO WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT'S THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUE, WITH ALL DECISIONS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN CHECK WITH, UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, MANUFACTURERS ABOUT THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY.
AND LIKE YOU SAY, PREVIOUSLY, WE, WE WENT TO THE SHOP AND THEY STILL CHARGE US.
BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY.
ESPECIALLY IS STAIR MANUFACTURER DEFECT.
WE HAVE ANY CLAIM BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER WE PAY.
I FORGOT WE STILL PAY THE INSTALLMENT.
AND, UH, WE PAY A LOT, $1.3 MILLION, SOMETHING AROUND THERE.
YOU ASKED THAT WE STILL PAY INSTALLMENTS.
WE PAID OFF FREE AND CLEAR THREE YEARS.
I THINK WE PAID IT OFF RIGHT AWAY.
AND I THINK WE PAY INSTALLMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT I GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD KNOW, WE STILL OWE ANY MONEY TO THE INSTALLMENT.
AND APPLAUSE, WHAT KIND OF WARRANTY WE HAVE.
SO IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED THEM TO FIX THE THING BECAUSE WE PUSH AS A BRAND NEW, A BRAND NEW QUINN.
ONE THING WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND IS THAT A TRUCK COMPANY IS A VERY SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT.
LIKE IF YOU HAD AN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT, IT HAS A MATERIALS VEHICLE, A HEAVY RESCUE TOW VEHICLE.
A TRUCK COMPANY IS A VERY SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, IS VERY HEAVY.
HAS THE BIG LADDER ON TOP HAS A LOT OF THINGS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE UTILIZING, UTILIZING AS A FIRE ENGINE.
SO IT'S GETTING USED WAY MORE THAN IT'S INTENDED TO BE USED BECAUSE WE'RE USING IT AS A FIRE ENGINE.
INSTEAD OF A FIRETRUCK, FIRETRUCK IS, IS UTILIZED IN A CITY.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO HANDLE OUR WHOLE CITY.
AND WHEN THE CITY HAS A FIRE OR SOMEBODY IS TRAPPED OR A RESCUE IS NEEDED, WE'RE USING ON EVERY SINGLE CALL THAT HAPPENS IN STATION FOREST DISTRICT AND STATION FOUR IS, HAS A LOT OF MEDICAL AIDS.
THERE HAS A LOT OF FIRES, LOTS OF GOING ON THERE.
IT GOES ON CALLS ALL DAY LONG.
SO IT'S BEING USED MORE THAN IT NORMALLY IS INTENDED
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TO AS A TRUCK UP WHAT THE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT IS ATTENDANCE.SO WHILE LAVONNE DOESN'T USE THEIR QUINN.
WHY IS THE WHY THEY DON'T USE IT? AND THAT'S THEIR DEPLOYMENT MODEL.
THEY UTILIZE, AREN'T USING A TRUCK.
AND WE PLACED WITH WAY BECAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SAY, QUEEN HAVING OVERUSED AND MAYBE OKAY.
AND DON'T YOU STILL QUINN? I, I APOLOGIZE.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHY THE RISE.
THEY IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR DEPLOYMENT MODEL.
THEY DON'T HAVE QUICK QUINN COMING.
IT'S A MAN EVERY DAY THAT IS IN SERVICE EVERY DAY AS A RESOURCE.
SO LAVERNE CHANGED THEIR DEPLOYMENT MODEL.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
I DO KNOW THEY SHUT DOWN THE RESOURCE OF ACQUAINT OF THE TRUCK COMPANY AND DON'T UTILIZE IT.
I'D LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OF WHAT DEPLOYMENT MODEL THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING.
SO YOU CAN, UH, PUT IN THAT REQUEST BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT DEPLOYMENT MODEL THAT IS.
AND WHEN DID THEY CONVERT TO THAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE SHOULD GET A QUEEN PACK THIS WEEK.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REPAIRS.
WE'VE ALL BEEN TO THE SERVICE SHOP AND THEY PROMISED YOU TOMORROW.
I MEAN, WE WERE PROMISED TWO AMBULANCES TODAY AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM SHOWED UP VERY NEAR FUTURE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DRAWN OUT ISSUE.
BUT THIS AGREEMENT IS TO UTILIZE LAVERN'S QUAINT.
SO THIS CURRENT AGREEMENT IS ACTUALLY, UH, WE'RE GETTING AN APPROVED RETRO OR AFTER IT'S ALREADY CLOSED AND DONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN A MUTUAL AGREEMENT IN CASE THEY NEED SOMETHING THAT LASTS A YEAR AND THEN THE CHIEFS CAN DISCUSS, HEY, I NEED IT FOR THREE DAYS.
WHEN WE HAVE MUTUAL THINGS, WE NEED NOT JUST ACQUAINT, ANY OTHER RESOURCE THAT WE NEED TO SHARE AMBULANCES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE LAVERNE IS SHARING AN AMBULANCE TO TORRANCE.
UH, THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S A VERY COMMON THING IN OUR REGION THAT WE SHARE EQUIPMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
CAUSE WE ALL CANNOT HAVE EVERY SINGLE EQUIPMENT READY TO GO AT ALL TIMES.
BUT YOU SAID WE RETURNED THE QUAINT TO DELIVER AND ALREADY CORRECT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO QUANT UNTIL OURS IS RETURNED.
WE HAVE MADE A MAKESHIFT QUINN.
WE HAVE A FIRETRUCK, WHICH IS THE QUINN AS A FIRETRUCK.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A FIRETRUCK WITH NO WATER AND NO PUMP WITH A FIRE ENGINE THAT FOLLOWS IT RIGHT NOW.
SO IF THAT REALLY GETS ON SCENE, IT NEEDS TO PUMP WATER.
THAT FIRE ENGINE WILL BE THE PORTION THAT THE QUINT WOULD DO WHEN BEING FIVE THINGS.
A FIRE ENGINE HAS A PUMP, WATER AND HOSE.
A TRUCK HAS LADDERS AND ELEVATED PLATFORM, PUT THOSE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU ART COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO ITEM NUMBER
[8) CONSIDERATION OF USE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA FLEET PAYMENT SYSTEMCONTRACT AWARDEE, WEX BANK, FOR CITY’S FUEL CARD PROGRAM]
EIGHT, WHICH I JUST HAD A QUICK FEW QUESTIONS, UM, WHO WILL BE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION? INVITED OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.UM, I KNOW THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE FUEL, WHICH I OBVIOUSLY GAS PRICES HAVE GONE UP.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD KNOW OR MAYBE COUNCILMAN WU MIGHT KNOW WHY WAS THE FUEL SYSTEM AT OUR CITY YARD REMOVED? I KNOW THIS IS BEFORE YOUR TIME, BUT CORRECT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, I SUSPECT THAT THE ANSWER WAS THAT THEY, THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD SAVE MONEY BY GOING TO THE GAS CARDS RATHER THAN HAVING OUR OWN TANKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE TANKS.
I I'VE, I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN SPECIALTY RIGHT HERE ON, UH, OR SAID I'VE SEEN THE FIRE TRUCKS, THE POLICE CARS, AND JUST RECENTLY VIA MOBILE COMMAND POSTS FUEL UP AT THE GAS STATION.
UM, MY QUESTION IS I KNOW THAT THEY'RE USING THE, UH, CARDS.
IS THERE A WAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM USING IT FOR THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES? WE DO MONITOR THAT AND WATCH HOW THE CARDS ARE BEING USED.
I KNOW BOTH IN PUBLIC SERVICES AND IN FINANCE WHEN WE RECEIVED, UM, THE BILLS WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR, UM, EMPLOYEE ID NUMBER IN THERE.
AND SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE FUELING UP, HOW OFTEN THEY'RE FUELING UP.
I BELIEVE THEY PUT THE NUMBER OF THE CAR ALSO IN THERE.
SO WE MONITOR IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO LOOK FOR ANOMALIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT USING IT FOR PERSONAL USE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TWO TIMES IN A DAY OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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BUT, UM, AND WE HAVEN'T NOTICED ANYTHING TO DATE.WE JUST LOOKED AT THIS RECENTLY AND I CAN ADD THAT.
I MEAN, DOES THE CITY UTILIZE THE MILEAGE SYSTEM? YEAH.
IF THEY USE THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES.
UM, SO THE VEHICLE CARD DOES INCLUDE THE MILEAGE, SO THEY HAVE TO INCLUDE THE VILLAGE OF THE VEHICLE THAT THEY'RE FUELING UP FOR.
WELL, MY, MY QUESTION IS WE DO, SO THAT IS, OR THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES.
IF THEY'RE USING THEIR OWN CARS ON CITY BUSINESS, WE DO REIMBURSE FOR THE MILEAGE.
UM, WE GET VERY FEW OF THOSE REQUESTS.
OH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SEPARATED THAT THEY UTILIZE THE REIMBURSEMENT VERSUS UTILIZING THE FUEL CARD THAT, SO THOSE WHO ARE ON MILEAGE ARE NOT UTILIZING THE FUEL CARD, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS, UM, CLEAR.
UM, AND THEN, WELL, IF THEY'RE BEING MONITORED, I KNOW, UM, AT WORK, THE VEHICLES, BUT THEY ARE ON CITY YARD.
UM, ON THE GAS TANK ACTUALLY HAS LIKE A LITTLE SENSOR THAT THE GAS WON'T FUEL, UNLESS THAT SENSOR, IT IT'S AUTOMATIC.
SO, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, BUT I KNOW THEY UTILIZE PRIVATE.
SO ANY GAS STATION THAT THEY CAN JUST GO AND GAS UP.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT'S A LIST, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHO'S ON THAT LIST, YOU KNOW, OF THE GAS STATIONS.
SO THEY TAKE THEM AT CERTAIN GAS STATIONS AND ARE THEY MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GASSING IN WEST COVINA? CAUSE I KNOW THE CITY STACKS, SO I MEAN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GAS UP AT WEST COVINA, I BELIEVE SO.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL GASSED UP IN OUR OWN CITY? UM, NO.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS, I JUST NEEDED THAT CLARIFICATION, THAT PERSONAL VEHICLES ARE NOT BEING GASSED.
IT'S ONLY CITY VEHICLES AND THAT THEY'RE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE TRACKING.
AND UM, I THINK THAT ENDS MY QUESTION.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN, BUT HOW MANY GUESTS CAR WE HAVE WE GIVE OUT TO THE STAFF? SO A POLICE FIRES AND THEN MOST OF THEM ARE USING THE TRUCK.
IT'S A DIESEL, THE FIRE AND THE POLICE, I BELIEVE ARE KEPT IN THE CARS BECAUSE THEY'RE DRIVEN BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR EMPLOYEE NUMBER IN THERE'S DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AUTHORIZED.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THOSE VEHICLES ARE BEING DRIVEN BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE OFF THE TOP OF IT.
SO CAN YOU FIND OUT, SO BECAUSE WE HAVE A PATROL CAR, WE HAVE, UH, UH, HOW MANY PUTS YOUR CAR? WE HAVE TEEN MONDAY THREE 40.
SO THOSE, THOSE VEHICLES NEED TO FEEL THE GUESTS.
RIGHT? SO MEANING WE SHOULD HAVE A GUEST CON OKAY.
FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO'S IN CHARGE.
IT'S LIKE ALL THE POLICE OFFICER OR THE FIRE MAN, THEY ALL HAVE A, A GUEST CAR ODD.
WHY IS THE SYSTEM OKAY TO HAVE HERE WHEN I'M NOT TRYING TO, WE AREN'T TRYING TO NITPICKING.
WE JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
WANT TO APPROVE THIS? OKAY, BYE LIZ.
HOW THE SYSTEM AND HOW MANY CALL WE GIVE OUT AND HOW THEY FILL IT UP.
WE TRUST OUR STAFF, BUT AT THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE.
AND HOW MANY CALL WE GIVE OUT AND UH, WHY IS IT CONTROLLED? WHY IS THE SYSTEM, IS THE CARD LINKED TO THE PERSON OR IS IT LINKED TO THE VEHICLE? THE VEHICLE IT'S ALL TO ALL THE VEHICLE? WELL, THEY'RE LEFT IN THE VEHICLE, BUT INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS DRIVE THEM.
UM, THEY HAVE AUTHORIZATION AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY'S THANK YOU, KIM, KEVIN TO HELP OUT.
BEFORE HE CONTINUES, THE CITY TRUCKS, ALL THE CITY VEHICLES, NOT POLICE AND FIRE.
THOSE ALL GET, UH, THOSE ARE ALSO USING THE FUEL VEHICLES, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEY GAS UP AT THE PRIVATE ONES AS WELL? YES.
THEY WERE ALL ON ONE COMPANY FOR THE, THE, UM, FUEL CARDS.
WAS IT
UM, 18, 19 ON SECOND, 594,000 9, 57 AND 19 25, 59.
AND RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IT'S 4 45, BUT THEN NOBODY'S SHOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING CAUSE OF COVID ANYWAYS.
UM, MOST LIKELY, I MEAN, YEAH, EXCEPT FIRE AND POLICE.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE HALF A MILLION, BUT GAS.
THEY JUST PASSED THE GAS TAX JULY 1ST.
UH, THANK YOU, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
AND UH, I JUST WANTED TO HELP ROBIN OUT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE GAS CARDS ARE ASSIGNED TO A CAR.
SO IN PATROL THAT WE HAVE 30 PATROL CARS, THEY'RE ALL ASSIGNED TO THE CARS.
AND THEN LIKE OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU AND ADMIN STAFF,
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THEY'RE ASSIGNED A CAR WHILE THEY'RE IN THAT ASSIGNMENT.SO ALL THE CARS ARE ASSIGNED TO A CAR.
THERE'LL BE THE SAME PERSON DRIVING THOSE CARS FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR ASSIGNMENT.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE ROUGHLY, IF I HAD TO PICK, PICK A NUMBER ABOUT 70 GAS CARDS AT THE POLICE STATION, THAT'S USED ROUGHLY ABOUT 70 CARS THAT HAVE GUESTS CARDS.
SO ALL THE USERS ARE AUTHORIZED.
UH, EVERYBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AUTHORIZED TO USE THE CARD.
SO IF YOU FILL UP, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING A CERTAIN CAR, YOU CAN GO TO THE GAS STATION, YOU HAVE TO ENTER YOUR CITY ID NUMBER AND THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO AUTHORIZE YOU TO GET GUESTS.
IT'S NOT FOR PERSONAL USE, IT'S NOT FOR PERSONAL CARS.
AND GOING BACK TO THE TANKS AT CITY YARD, IT WAS AN OSHA DEAL.
THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG THE WHOLE THING UP, PUT NEW TANKS IN THE LONG RUN.
THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN JUST GOING TO THE CLARICE.
UM, SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY 130 VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET.
WE HAVE, WELL, EACH GAS CARD, SO THERE'S 130 GAS CARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND THEN YES, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND YOUR REPORTS IS A GAS CARD, ACTUALLY IT'S A REPORT AS PER THE GAS CARD.
YOU CAN CARD THE INDIVIDUALLY MONDAY.
SO YOU COULD TELL WHO, WHO, WHAT, WHAT PERSON ACTUALLY GOT GAS ON THAT CARD EVERY MONTH.
AND THEY HAVE A REPORT FOR THAT.
I KNOW JOHN'S IN CHARGE OF IT NOW.
AND THEY DO FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, CAREFUL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE 91 BUTTON INSTEAD OF THE 87.
SO THEY, THEY DO SEND US A MESSAGE WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND HE'S, HE'S GOOD.
AND THIS IS THIS A NEW AWARDEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FLEET CARD SERVICE WEX BANK.
IT'S A NEW PROGRAM REPLACING WHAT WE HAD AT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO MEET ALL THOSE CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL MOTION? SECOND, ALL SECOND ROLL CALL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO AND A SECOND BY ONE OF YOU COULD CLARIFY COUNCIL MEMBER
I MAY APPROACH TIM CASTELLANO'S NEAR LOPEZ.
[9) PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESSIMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 ANNUAL REPORT ANDASSESSMENT]
PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM NUMBER NINE.UH, THIS IS THE TIME SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION THAT LEVIES THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AREA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022.
NOTICE OF THIS HEARING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LAW WITH THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE THAT HAS IT HAS BEEN GIVEN.
YES, PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR AT THIS TIME.
I'LL, SHE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION THAT LEVIES ASSESSMENT OR THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA.
UH, WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND THE ORGANIZATION, IF ANY, WHICH YOU ARE REPRESENTING AT THIS HEARING.
AND THERE WILL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO MR. CREMINI WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO GIVE THIS REPORT.
UM, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS A RESOLUTION SEEKING TO CONFIRM THE ANNUAL REPORT FILED BY THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA ASSOCIATION, UM, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, AND LOVEY AND ANNUAL ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TAX RULES FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THE AUTO PLAZA, UH, CONSISTS OF SEVEN BENEFIT ZONES ARE, AND IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN DEALERSHIPS, UM, EXTENDING FROM ENVISION AUDI TO NORM REEVES HONDA AND THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP.
UM, IT WAS CREATED FOR THE, UH, SHARED COST AND USAGE OF THE READER BOARD SIGN, UM, IN MARKETING, THE, UH, DEALERSHIPS WITHIN THE, UH, AUTO PLAZA BID.
UH, SINCE THE TIME SINCE THE, UH, BID WAS ESTABLISHED, THE SIGN HAS BEEN REPLACED AND UPGRADED TO AN LED SIGN.
UM, AND PART OF THE ASSESSMENT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON TONIGHT WILL GO TOWARDS THE REPAYMENT OF THE LOAN.
THE CITY PROVIDED THE, UH, AUTO PLAZA BID AS WELL AS COVER, UM, EXPENSES, INCLUDING INSURANCE, LANDSCAPE, MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICITY, UM, AND OTHER COSTS.
UM, THE IN ORDER TO GET TO THE, TO PLACE THE ASSESSMENT TODAY, A COUPLE OF THINGS HAD TO OCCUR.
FIRST SEATTLE PLAZA ADVISORY BOARD MET ON MAY 26TH, 2021 FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING, UM, WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED THE BUDGET AND VOTED TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22.
ON JUNE 15TH, WE PRESENTED A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHERE THE DATE AND THE TIME
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FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS SET.UM, AND THEN, UM, AND TONIGHT YOU WILL BE, UH, CONFIRMING THE AUTO PLAZA ANNUAL REPORT TO LEVY THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THE ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDES A TOTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22 OF APPROXIMATELY $125,000.
IT INCLUDES A REPAYMENT OF THE CITY LOAN FOR THE LED SIGN AND A SIX MONTH OPERATING RESERVES THAT IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AS A BAT, UH, HAS SURPLUS FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, THEY'VE VOTED TO, UH, MAINTAIN THEIR ASSESSMENT AT THE SAME RATE AT $16,524 AND USE A PORTION OF THE SURPLUS FROM LAST YEAR TO, UM, COVER THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, THE ASSESSMENT, UH, INCLUDES THE COST OF MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICITY PROGRAMMING, THE LOAN REPAYMENT INSURANCE FOR THE READER BOARD SIGN, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE FOR THE, A MONUMENT SIGN ON THE CORNER OF GARVEY AND IS USED, UH, THE LOAN TO BE REPAID TO THE CITY IS IN TO ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF ROUGHLY $26,000.
UM, IF THE COUNCIL LEVIES THE ASSESSMENTS AS PROPOSED, IT MAY ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, UM, WHICH CONFIRMS THE ANNUAL REPORT AND LEVIES THE ASSESSMENTS, UH, ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION PLACES, UH, ALLOWS US TO PLACE THE, UH, DIRECT ASSESSMENTS ON THE AUTO POSIT DEALERS SHIPS, UM, FOR THE BID, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY COUNCIL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN WU.
AND I REMEMBER WE APPROVED A BID WITH THE BIG SIGN, THE LED SIGN, AND THEN I REMEMBER WE OKAY.
AND I THINK THIS IS ALL ALREADY LIKE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE, IT WAS A 10 YEAR LOAN TERM.
UM, SO THE LAST PAYMENT WOULD BE 20, 26.
AND I FORGOT THE INTEREST RATE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE INTEREST RATE? I BELIEVE IT WAS 2%.
DO YOU HAVE MEETING? UM, IT DEPENDS IF THERE'S A NEED FOR ANOTHER MEETING, BUT NORMALLY IT'S ONCE A YEAR FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING.
AND TONIGHT WE JUST APPROVED THE BUDGET.
I THINK THE TOYOTA TOYOTA DEALERSHIP DID REQUEST A MEETING OR SOMETHING IF THEY CONTACT YOU.
UM, SO THE AUTO PLAZA, UH, BID HAD A MEETING TODAY.
GO, DO YOU HAVE A MEETING TODAY THIS MORNING? YES.
I'M JUST BECAUSE THEY, THEY, I UNDERSTAND THEY WON'T HAVE A MEETING OR SOMETHING, SO IT JUST WANT TO, OTHER THAN THAT.
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THERE A SECOND? UH, SORRY.
JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT WE HAD NO ONE THAT'S RIGHT? YES.
WE HAD NO, NOBODY CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION.
AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS THERE.
UM, MOTION AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND OCEAN IT THEN.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND ROLL CALL.
I'M SORRY, WHO HAD THE FIRST? WHO MADE THE MOTION? THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAY I APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT'S ABOUT DUBAI COUNCIL MEMBER.
WILL I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNCIL MEMBER TO
I MAY APPROACH PRO TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE.
ON TO DEPARTMENTAL, REGULAR MATTERS ITEM,
[10) CONSIDERATION OF GRAFFITI REWARDS PROGRAM]
10 CONSIDERATION OF GRAFFITI REWARD PROGRAM WHO WILL PRESENT THE UPDATE, UM, CITY MANAGER.UM, THE GOOD CAPTAIN PLUNKETT IS RACING TO THE PODIUM.
GOOD EVENING, MS. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, YEAH.
TOM, I'M HERE TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
THE, A STAFF REPORT ON THE CONSIDERATION OF THE, THE UPPING, THE GRAFFITI REWARD, UH, THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, UH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY OF WEST CAMINO HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN GRAFFITI, VANDALISM IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE'S A TABLE, UH, THAT YOU WERE ISSUED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT THE CITY HAS RESPONDED TO SINCE 2018, UH, AT THE JUNE 1ST 21 CITY COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL DIRECTED THE GRAFFITI FINES AND REWARD, UH, REMOUNTS
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VIA REVIEWED TO DISCOURAGE GRAFFITI AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY AID.UH, THE CURRENT FINE FOR GRAFFITI VIOLATIONS PER OUR MUNICIPAL CODE IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER CITATION.
AND CURRENTLY THE REWARD PROGRAM FOR SOMEBODY WHO CALLS TO REPORT GRAFFITI.
UM, AND IT LEADS TO HER ARREST, UH, IS AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS A THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED IN 2007 WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 2007 DASH 29.
AND WHAT WE ARE, UM, HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT IS TO INCREASE THAT REWARD AMOUNT FROM $100 TO $500 TO, UH, HELP RESIDENTS COME FORWARD AND INCENTIVIZE THEM TO REPORT GRAFFITI.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE REPORT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TO LET THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE NOW.
UM, I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GRAFFITI.
SO IN CALENDAR YEAR 2018, WE ONLY HAD 988 GRAFFITI IN 2019, WE HAD 2,391.
WE HAVE 3077, UH, ANOTHER INCREASE OF 29%.
AND THEN IN 2021, WHICH IS ONLY AS OF JUNE 30TH, WE HAVE 2,204 GRAFFITI.
AND IT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE OVER 4,000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO, UH, TO BE DETERMINED, THE INCREASE IN OTHER 30 TO 43%, SO GRAFFITI IS BEING HIT ARD.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST WEST COVINA, IT'S ALL AROUND A LOT OF CITIES.
UM, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLEAN UP OUR CITIES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL AND COMPLAIN, BUT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING, THEY COULD BE PART OF, UH, REPORTING IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INCENTIVE.
UM, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR, UM, WELL, WHAT I WANTED TO ASK WAS, UM, WHEN YOU SAY GRAFFITI REQUESTS, UM, ARE THESE PEOPLE CALLING IN AND REPORTING THAT THERE'S GRAFFITI OR THE, THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, THE MAYOR JUST WENT OVER THAT WERE PROVIDED, THESE ARE ALL TAKEN FROM THE, UH, THE REQUEST FOR REMOVAL.
SO MOST, MOST OF THEM ARE COMING THROUGH THE GO APP NOW, UM, WHICH IS TAKING SOME TIME TO, YOU KNOW, GAIN STEAM AND THERE'S MORE PEOPLE REPORTING NOW.
SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED PRETTY EFFICIENTLY NOW.
SO YEAH, TH TH THESE ARE GRAFFITI RE REQUESTS FOR THE CITY TO CLEAN UP THESE AREN'T ACTUAL REPORTS LIKE CALLS CRIMINAL CALLS THAT THE POLICE RESPONDED TO OR STUFF THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT NECESSARILY GOES OUT.
THESE ARE REQUESTS FOR CLEANUP.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE GANGS AND IT'S, IT'S GANGS CROSSING OUT GANGS AND, AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME.
AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE AND WE GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INVOLVED AND WE CAN WRAP, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF THIS GRAFFITI STUFF SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE KIDS KILLING EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M FOR THIS.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
AND WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT MAY BE WHAT THIS $500 INCREASE, MAYBE PEOPLE WILL GET INVOLVED AND REPORTED ON THE, ON THE APP OR THE GOOGLE APP, BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY WORKS WELL.
IF WE INCREASED TO FIND DOLLARS.
AND O'QUINN PEOPLE, HOW WE, OKAY.
WE A LITTLE DAMP WE'LL FIND YOU DOLLARS.
WE WON'T MAKE SURE IT'S A NOMINAL
AND TAGGING ALL THE PLACES OR THAT PLACE EVEN TAKE THE PICTURES OR SOMETHING.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US HOW, OKAY.
NOT ONLY TO INCREASE THE REWARD, BUT HOW WE, WE D CAN STOP.
SO HOW THE REWARD WORKS IS IF YOU, IF YOU READ THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE ON THE STAFF REPORT, IT'S A INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT LEADS TO HER ARREST.
AND THEN, THEN IT GOES ON AND GIVES A LIST OF GUIDELINES.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY THE, THIS REWARD IS FOR AN IN PROGRESS CALL, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S OCCURRING.
NOW THAT LEADS TO AN ACTUAL ARREST OF THE SUSPECT.
SO BY REPORTING IN THE GO APP, THAT'S SUPER BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE THE FASTER WE CAN GET THE GRAFFITI CLEANED UP, THE, IT JUST THERE'S A GAMUT OF ISSUES THAT IT HELPS.
IT MAKES THE CITY LOOK BETTER.
UM, THE, THE, THE TAGGERS KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CLEANING IT UP AND THEY MAY CHOOSE TO GO ELSEWHERE WHERE IT DOESN'T
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GET CLEANED UP SO FAST.UM, IF YOU LET GRAFFITI SIT AND LINGER CAUSES PROBLEMS, UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GANG PROBLEM.
IF YOU, IF YOU LEAVE GANG GRAFFITI UP IN THE CITY, THE GAME GANG IS BASICALLY CLAIMING THE AREA IS THEIRS.
UM, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT IN THE CITY.
UM, IT LEADS TO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. IT COULD LEAD TO VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS WITH RIVAL GANGS.
UM, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT OFF.
SO THE $500 REWARD IS FOR YOU CALL, YOU, CALL IN AND YOU CALL THE POLICE, AND THERE'S, UH, AN ACTIVE VANDALISM IN PROGRESS.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST OUT OF, OUT OF THE TIP THAT YOU GAVE US.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR REPORTING FOR FEEDING ON THE WALL.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN INVESTIGATIVELY WORK BACKWARDS.
BUT, BUT THE THING IS, IT'S ALL A DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOT GOING TO POSITIVE CUE, EVEN THE TAGGER.
SO WE CAN USE MUNICIPAL OUR CALL ORDINANCE TO MAYBE A FINE.
SO CURRENTLY HOW MUCH WE FIND THAT PEGA ACT, THERE ARE A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINES THAT COME WITH OUR GRAFFITI ORDINANCES.
BUT, BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE, UH, THE CRIME OF VANDALISM IS NOT ON THE, UH, THE DIRECTIVES TO, TO NOT FILE.
UH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS NOT MADE THE DETERMINATION TO NOT FILE VANDALISM CASES.
SO THOSE ARE STILL FILEABLE AND PROSECUTABLE THROUGH THE COURT.
SO YOU SHOULD, YOU CAN SEND THEM NOT ON THE SPECIAL RESULTS FOR NON FILEABLE AND A DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL PROSECUTE THEM.
THE, MY UNDERSTANDING, OR LIKE THE HE'S NOT GOING TO EVEN PAUSE THE QUEUE, THIS KIND OF MISCELLANEOUS BASED ON WHAT THEY THINK.
I I'VE, I'VE TALKED PERSONALLY TO OUR, OUR LOCAL DA HERE.
I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT THE SPECIAL DIRECTIVES.
VANDALISM DOES NOT FALL IN ONE OF THOSE CASES, I'VE EVEN CONTACTED THE, UH, THE JUVENILE COURT WHO WILL FILE THE CASES, UH, MORE THAN LIKELY THOSE CASES WILL BE SENT TO PROBATION FOR, UM, THE FOLLOWUP PART OF IT.
BUT THERE IS, THERE WILL BE COURT ORDERED RESTITUTION FOR VANDAL.
WELL, LET THEM KNOW YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED AND THAT YOU WILL HAVE A FINE, OKAY.
AND THEN IF THEY CANNOT PAY THE FINE, WE MIGHT HAVE DEN TO HELP OUT TO CLEAN UP THE GRAFFITI.
CAN WE DO THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE? IT'S, IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, THAT WE RUN THAT, THAT CAUSES A WHOLE GAMUT OF PROBLEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TO SUPERVISE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A COUNTY SYSTEM THAT DOES THAT, BUT YOU BRING IN PEOPLE THAT YOU NOW HAVE TO SUPERVISE.
UM, THE PROBLEM IS IF IT'S A GANG RELATED TYPE OF VANDAL AND YOU PUT THEM OUT ON THE STREET TO NOW PAINT OUT OTHER RIVAL, GRAFFITI THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, YOU'RE ASKING FOR PROBLEMS, IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY, YOU ARE NOW RECOMMENDED TO DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
YOU BASICALLY JUST FIND THEM PROSECUTED.
I AM NOW COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERED THROUGH THE COURT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ORDERED TO DO, BUT FOR WEST COVINA TO SPONSOR THAT PROGRAM AND HAVE THEM COME BACK HERE TO PAINT OUT GRAFFITI IS, IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BASED ON YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COMMENDATION DON'T DO IT JUST POSITIVE CUE, THEN I'LL FIND THEM.
SO EVEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY WELL, THE COURT, THE COURT IMPOSES RESTITUTION FINES, UM, AND THE, THE WE'VE COME UP.
THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE COME UP WITH A, UM, BASICALLY A RECIPE FOR WHEN YOU COMMIT GRAFFITI, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE GRAFFITI, IT'S GOING TO BE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT THE COURT'S GOING TO GIVE FOR RESTITUTION.
SO WE'VE COME UP WITH THAT FORMULA THAT THE COURT HAS, UH, BOUGHT OFF ON.
SO WE HAVE THAT ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE REPORT WHEN IT GOES TO FILING.
AND THEN THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPOSED FOR RESTITUTION.
I THINK I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT HERE TO TRY TO PUNISH PEOPLE.
WE JUST TRIED TO STOP THE GRAFFITI.
WE TRIED TO STOP THE VENDORS AND WE TRIED TO STOP THAT ALREADY GO.
BASICALLY THIS YEAR WOULD BE MORE THAN 4,000, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COST SO MUCH OR RESOURCE OF HOURS.
SO MAYBE MIA CAN KIND OF SHARE WITH US.
MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT LATER ON AND YOU TALK ABOUT, OKAY, HOW WE CAN CLEAN UP THE QUIT VT AND RIGHT AWAY, BUT NOT YET.
I STILL HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU SAY, UH, THE PROOF TO ARREST A PERSON SO THEY CAN GET THIS $500 AWARD.
SO THE THING IS HOW SOON YOU CAN SHOW UP, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GIVE YOU A 10 POLICE OFFICER.
YOU CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF TAX FALLS, SET IT UP REAL QUICK.
VT TECH FORCE THAT BEFORE I REMEMBER IN 2015 OR 16, OKAY.
WE HAVE A VERY LITTLE GRAFFITI IN WEST COVINA AND COVINA.
WE JUST HAVE THIS OUTBREAK AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE IN THE REWARD TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE, TO TAKE OUR CT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORK.
YOU MENTIONED AS PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE LIKE A WEEZER RECOMMENDATION OF A COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ REGARDING INCREASE THE VALUE OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
IT WAS INFLATION IS NOTHING RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU FIND IT ALL AS WE CAN ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP OUT THE CT TO DISCOURAGE
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PEOPLE, TO TAKE OUR CITY, ALL THE PLACES.SO, SO I'M ASKING YOU HOW, HOW, HOW THE PEOPLE CAN, YOU CAN ARREST THE TAGGART WHEN WE CAN, WE WILL, PEOPLE, IT MAKES SENSE.
OTHERWISE PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT, WE INCREASED FIRING DOLLARS JUST ON THE PAPER BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE OKAY.
SO HOW YOU GUY TO AS ACUTE, OKAY.
AND THE, WE, WE WILL ASSIST AND THEN PEOPLE WILL ENCOURAGE TO BE HELPING US.
AND DID WE PULLED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? WELL, THE MO THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE IN COMBATING STUFF LIKE GRAFFITI IS, IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE WORKING TOGETHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS.
IF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY DOES THEIR PART AND THEY DO MAKE, IF THEY, WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY DO MAKE THOSE CALLS.
UM, WE STILL HAVE TO RESPOND TO CALLS BASED ON PRIORITY AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T STAND UP HERE AND SAY, IF SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, THERE'S GRAFFITI HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO THAT.
NOW, IF, IF THERE IS A CASE IN THAT INSTANCE WHERE THERE IS AN IN PROGRESS CRIME, AND THAT PERSON IS ABLE TO GIVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN WORK BACKWARDS AND LEAD TO ARREST, AND WE WANT TO GIVE THAT REWARD, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY FOR BEING HELPFUL AND COMING FORWARD.
UM, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE TASKFORCE.
SO BACK IN 2005, WE STARTED THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM.
UM, THAT'S ALL WE WERE ASSIGNED TO DO.
UM, AT ONE POINT WE UPPED IT TO FIVE DETECTIVES BECAUSE WE NEEDED ONE TO FILE THE CASES.
THERE WAS SO MANY COMING THROUGH AND WE'RE MAKING HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS ANNUALLY FOR GRAFFITI WHEN GRAFFITI WAS HIGH FROM 2005 TO ABOUT 2012, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, BUT DUE TO BUDGET, WE HAD TO LET THAT TEAM GO.
UM, WE ALSO UTILIZE THE GRAFFITI TRACKER SOFTWARE THAT COSTS ABOUT $30,000 ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN THAT HELPED OUR DETECTIVES TO GO BACK AND FOLLOW UP ON CASES.
AND ONCE, ONCE YOU'RE WORKING THAT LIKE YOU'RE WORKING GANGS, YOU START TO KNOW WHO'S WHO, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHAT AREAS THEY ARE, AND YOU KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THEM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF GRAFFITI, THEY, YOU START TO KNOW THEM AND YOU'RE ABLE TO WORK BACKWARDS AND MAKE THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS VERY HARD WITH LIMITED RESOURCES IN PATROL IN A BLACK AND WHITE POLICE CAR TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO ARE TAGGING IN PROGRESS.
CAUSE THEY NORMALLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T SEE THE BLACK AND WHITE, THEY CAN TELL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BY THE SHAPE AND BY THE SOUND OF IT.
AND AS SOON AS IT GETS IN THE AREA, THEY, THEY SEIZE THEIR ACTIVITIES.
SO HAVING THOSE DETECTIVES WORKING IN A, IN A CAPACITY, THAT'S NOT IN UNIFORM PATROL IS SUPER BENEFICIAL.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET BACK TO THAT SOME TYPE OF A TEAM LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN IF I HAD A QUESTION, OH NO, I'M GOOD.
UM, WELL I KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO POSSIBLE WAYS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS REWARD IS ONE, IF YOU DO SEE A CONSISTENCY, CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE ALWAYS HITTING UP THE SAME LOCATIONS.
SO IF A RESIDENT DOES SEE THIS AND THEY KNOW, I MEAN, THEY COULD CALL IT IN TO INFORM AN UPDATE AND POSSIBLY BE THERE AT THAT TIME.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, IF YOU DO SEE IT, YOU CALL IT IN AND YOU FOLLOW.
I MEAN, I MENTIONED, I PERSONALLY GOT, UM, TWO GENTLEMEN ON SUNSET OR FEEDING THAT BIG WALL AND I CALLED IT IN AND I STAYED ON THE PHONE AND I FOLLOWED THE, THOSE TWO GUYS WHO, AND THEN THEY JUMPED IN AND EVERYTHING.
AND THE, THE, UM, AND I REMEMBER OFFICER ERIC MELNICK, UM, DID ARREST THEM AND THEY FOUND THEM WITH A BACKPACK WITH A BUNCH OF GRAFFITI BOTTLES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, WELL, OF COURSE YOUR SAFETY IS PRIORITY, BUT THOSE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.
IF THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE SHARE.
SO WE CAN INFORM THE RESIDENTS.
I'LL JUST READ OFF THIS SO THAT, UH, RESIDENTS WILL KNOW THIS GRAFFITI PROGRAM.
THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT TO BE, UH, NOT NEED TO BE A WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT A WEST COVINA RESIDENT AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS AND YOU PATROL A WAY TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY, COME ON DOWN TO GO WEST COVINA.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT AND FIND THOSE, UH, PEOPLE GRAFFITIING, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES SLASH VOLUNTEERS IN ANY CAPACITY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY.
UM, THE COMMUNITY MEMBER PROVIDING THE INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR NAME AND CAN REMAIN COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS.
OF COURSE YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY IS THERE.
THE ARREST HAS TO BE FOR VANDALISM OR POSSESSION OF VANDALISM TOOLS.
ONE AWARD ISSUED PER INCIDENT.
IN THE EVENT, TWO PEOPLE CALL ON THE SAME INCIDENT.
THE FIRST CALLER WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REWARD.
THE VANDALISM OR POSSESSION OF VANDALISM TOOL MUST HAVE OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO REMEMBER WHERE WE'RE PROTECTING OUR CITY, THE VICTIM DOES NOT NEED TO BE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THE INFORMATION MUST BE CONTEMPORANEOUS AND INVOLVE IN PROGRESS, JUST OCCURRED OR ABOUT OCCUR INCIDENTS.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S TO LET THEM KNOW THAT ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN REPORT OFFENDERS.
UM, OF COURSE STAFF, IF YOU SEE IT REPORT IT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE REWARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE
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SURE THAT, UM, GRAFFITI STOPS.UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, IF I, IF I COULD, WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS PERFECT.
IT'S GOOD THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU WITNESS A GRAFFITI IN PROGRESS, WE ASK THAT YOU DO STAY ON THE PHONE.
WE ASK THAT YOU REPORT IT, BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING, A GRAFFITI IS NOT WORTH ANYBODY'S SAFETY AND TO APPROACH, UM, VANDALS BY YOURSELF TO TRY TO STOP THEM IS, IS NOT A SMART IDEA.
UM, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO, JUST TO STAY ON THE PHONE AND KEEP EYES FROM A DISTANCE.
UM, DON'T GET YOURSELF ENGAGED WITH THE PERSONS WHO ARE, ARE, ARE DOING THE GRAFFITI.
AND THERE ARE WAYS INVESTIGATIVELY THAT WE CAN WORK BACKWARDS SOMETIMES BASED ON THE AREA, UH, THE GRAFFITI AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW AS WELL.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS TO REPORT A VANDALISM, ESPECIALLY IN PROGRESS, UM, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU EVERY POLICE OFFICER THAT WE HAVE WORK IN WANTS TO GET THERE AND WANTS TO MAKE THAT ARREST.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY JUST RESOURCE-WISE WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO TO CERTAIN CALLS BECAUSE OF OTHER PRIORITIES.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO GET THERE AND MAKE THAT ARREST.
UM, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND WE APPRECIATE, WE'VE JUST GOT A LOT OF THE, THE 10 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, WHICH WE APPRECIATE, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM TO USE AS WE GET THEM AS WE BRING THEM ON.
IT WAS PAST 10:00 PM, MIDNIGHT, MY HUSBANDS, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I WAS LIKE, I'M FOLLOWING, BUT I DID KEEP MY DISTANCE.
I WAS MORE THAN A BLOCK AWAY WHEN I, UM, CALLED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE, UM, I GUESS THE, IF THEY CAN'T PAY, THE FINE IS, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT OTHER GANG MEMBERS BEING THERE AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY'RE TRYING TO PAY OFF THEIR FINE.
UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM DO COMMUNITY SERVICE? THAT'S PICKING UP TRASH, CLEANING UP OUR PARKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT VERSUS THE SERVICE IS ALL ORDERED THROUGH THE COURT AND THEY ARE, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, WHICH INVOLVES CLEANING UP TRASH IN THOSE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE AS A CITY.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, I CAN RESEARCH IT TO SEE IF THOSE SERVICES ACTUALLY INCORPORATE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
IF THEY COME IN HERE TO DO THOSE SERVICES, I KNOW I SEE THEM ON THE FREEWAY.
I KNOW I SEEN HIM SEE HIM CLEANING UP DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO THERE ARE COURT ORDERED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY EXIST THAT ARE PART OF, UM, UH, SENTENCES FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO COMMIT GRAFFITI.
I JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE.
UM, AND I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO SPONSOR ONE.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE SAFETY ASPECTS AND THE LIABILITY JUST, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE THE STATS OF ALL THESE GRAFFITI? ARE THEY WELCOMING TO RESIDENTS? ARE THEY NOT? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN? I, I DON'T HAVE THE STATS.
UM, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE, I WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM WHEN IT STARTED.
UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GRAFFITI THAT'S COMING IN.
IT'S, WE'RE GETTING OUTSIDE INFLUENCE FOR SURE, BECAUSE OF THE RIVAL GANGS THAT AREN'T RESIDENT HERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMMITTING THE VANDALISMS. UM, YOU HAVE GOOD SPOTS HERE THAT, THAT ARE VISIBLE ON THE FREEWAY.
SO IT'S A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY AND PEOPLE WANT THEIR, THEIR NAME AND THEIR, THEIR, UH, CREW TO BE UP THERE REPRESENTED THE, THE FREEWAY ONES ARE PRETTY RANDOM.
UM, BUT, BUT YOU COULD TELL THE MARKER ONES, A SLAP TAGS, ALL THAT STUFF ARE USUALLY LOCAL RESIDENTS, UM, YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT AND ABOUT JUST BEING MISCHIEVOUS, CIVITAS.
AND THEN I, I KNOW THIS IS NOT ON HERE.
THIS IS THE REWARD, BUT TO, UH, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, I KNOW WE COUNSEL WOMEN DIAZ AND I, UH, WE CLEANED UP THE GRAFFITI ON ORANGEWOOD, UM, SKATE PARK.
I KNOW IT WAS A LOT, BUT, UM, SHE DID MENTION ABOUT HAVING LIKE AN ART MURAL THERE TOO, AT LEAST, CAUSE I KNOW THOSE WHO WILL DO GRAFFITI.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT REGARDLESS, BUT GIVE THEM AN OUTLET TO HAVE IN AN AREA.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IS GOING TO BE UNDER A COMMUNITY SERVICE AND BE NICE THAT THE POLICE POSSIBLY MAY SPONSOR IT, UM, TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ON THAT AREA.
UM, THERE'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, BUT IF A CITY MANAGER CAN PUT THAT OR A COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR ARTWORK THERE.
THAT'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD.
AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC WORK SERVICE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, UH, FIRST GOAL IS TO, UM, PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADWAYS, PARKS, EVERY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITIZEN TO ENJOY, UH, AND USE THEM.
UM, THE GRAFFITI, WE HAVE, UM, A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, I HAVE ONLY ONE PERSON THAT GOES AROUND THE CITY AND, UH, CLEANS UP AND,
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UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PAINTS THE GRAFFITIS AND, UM, FOR ONE PERSON, UH, HE PROBABLY DOES ABOUT, OH, I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, BUT WE JUST APPROVED THE BUDGET.SO BECAUSE ONE PERSON CAN NOT HANDLE AN ENTIRE 17 SQUARE MILE WITH ALL THE VT ALBRECHT CURRENTLY.
SO LET'S WHY WE GIVE YOU 10 TO CLEAN UP OUR MEDIAN.
I WILL COOK LOOK FEALTY AND A LIQUID VTU ON THE SIDEWALK.
NO MEN PAOLO IS RESTRICTED FUNDS, SO YOU CAN OKAY.
RESOLVES TO HELP OUT CLEAN UP THE CITY.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UH, COUNSEL TO, UM, GIVE US THOSE 10 PEOPLE.
AND WE ALREADY STARTED A PROCESS.
WE AUDIT THE, UM, I'VE, UH, INTERVIEWED ABOUT SEVEN, UH, FOUR OUT OF SEVEN RADIO CAME BACK AND THEY WANT TO RENEGOTIATE THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PAYS.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE THREE AND, UM, AND UH, WE ARE GOING TO ASSIGN JUST ONE OF THOSE THREES TO THE GRAFFITIS.
WE HAVE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO USE THESE RESOURCES.
AND BY END OF THIS MONTH, WE ARE GOING TO GET SORRY.
SO TO PUT THAT IN YOUR INTERVIEW IS TO ONE, WE LAY OFF 20, 22.
WHEN BACK YOU SAY YOU BRING BACK SEVEN, YOUR INTERVIEW IS LED TO ONE.
SO WHEN YOU HIRE IT, JUST SAY YOU BRING THEM BACK.
IT SAYS PEOPLE, WE GOT, LET TAKE A LAY OFF, OR I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE ARE, THE PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK.
ALL I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE WE INTERVIEW, WE OFFER THE POSITION OUT OF THOSE SEVEN, FOUR OF THEM.
THEY ALREADY, LIKE I SAID, THEY WANT TO RENEGOTIATE THEIR PAY BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING PAID MORE.
WE ARE DEFINITELY HAVE THREE, BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN BRING NOT ONLY THOSE FOUR BACK AND THEN ADD ANOTHER THREE, WHICH WILL, WHICH WILL END UP WITH 10.
BASICALLY YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU GOT ONE ADDITIONAL FOR THE
WELL, WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW, WHICH DOES THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND WE ARE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ONE.
THEN WE WILL HAVE TO BE, GET TREMENDOUS HELP FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO I WORK BELOW THE CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT.
BUT THE ONE PERSON, WHEN IT GOES AROUND AND CLEANS THE GRAFFITI, WHEN HE COMES BACK THE NEXT DAY ABOUT FIVE OF THEM ARE READY, GRAFFITI AGAIN.
AND HE HAS TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS, THE BORE KIND OF DOUBLES.
AND WE ARE KIND OF DEALING WITH THAT KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE IT THAT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, BY END OF THIS MONTH WE ADD ANOTHER PERSON AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT SONG.
UM, THE, I KNOW ON THE FREEWAY, WHERE ARE WE GETTING A LOT OF GRAFFITI THAT'S CALTRANS SITE? AND I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE SAYING THAT WE DON'T PUT IN, WE HAVE REPORTED THE TURNAROUND ON THAT.
WHAT WE DID BY I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE CAL TRANS PEOPLE.
UH, AND, UH, THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE, UH, PEOPLE THAT THEY, AS SOON AS THEY GET OUR SERVICE REQUEST, THEY HAVE 10 DAYS TO COME OUT AND REMOVE THAT.
BUT THAT 10 DAYS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE, I HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND THEY KIND OF ASSURED ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THAT DAYS, UH, UH, WINDOW TO COME OUT AND, UH, CLEANER.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW UP RIGHT ON THE 10TH DAY, IF IT DOESN'T GET OCCURRED.
AND THEN CAN YOU BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR, THEIR PART ON THE CLEANLINESS? UM, ALSO, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH CALTRANS ON CERTAIN AREAS OF ENTRANCES THAT THEY ARE, UM, ENTERING TO GRAFFITI CAN POSSIBLY BLOCK THOSE AREAS TO PREVENT? I MEAN, WE ALSO WANT TO DO THINGS THAT PREVENT GRAFFITI.
SO IS THAT A POSSIBILITY YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT, INCLUDING AREAS IN OUR, UH, AROUND THE CITY, IF THERE'S WAYS WE COULD PREVENT IT, WHETHER GREEN BUSHES OR ENTRANCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, IF WE CAN DO THAT.
THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE INTERESTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY HAVE KIND OF SHORT FENCES.
YOU ALREADY TALKED TO THEM TO COME OUT AND KIND OF RAISE THOSE FENCES THAT THEY WILL BE MAKING.
IT WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GO OVER THEM AND DO THE GRAFFITI THAT THEY, THEY, THEY DO.
UH, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO BEAT AND, UH, TALKS TO THE AREA MANAGERS OF THE CALTRANS FOR THIS, THIS AREA AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
AND ALSO ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, WHICH REPORTS THEIR GRAFFITI ON ALONG THE FREEWAY.
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KIND OF FOLLOW IT UP, YOU KNOW, AT EIGHT OR NINE DAY THERE'S.ARE YOU GUYS ON, ON THE SCHEDULE? ARE WE ON THE SCHEDULE.
ARE YOU COMING UP? AND SO WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT FOR SURE.
THE ONE GOT HIT A LOT IS THE WESTBOUND 10 ON THE OKAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE A GAP BETWEEN THE WARDS SO PEOPLE CAN JUST SQUEEZING.
AND THAT ONE HAD BEEN A TECH MANEUVER LET'S TIE IN THE GIGANTIC, UH, GRAFFITI AND, AND, AND THEY STAYED THERE FOR WEEKS, SOMETIMES A MONTH.
SO THAT ONE WE'VE BEEN CALLING CALTRAN, BUT THEY VERY SLOW TWO TO ONE TIMES WE HAD TO DO IT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE JUST CANNOT STAND IT ANYMORE.
IT JUST, ALL THE PLACES SO THAT WE WOULD NEED HIM TO ADDRESS.
AND ANOTHER THING QUESTION WOULD BE THE OWN RENT OR FRIEND.
BECAUSE THEY WERE GRAFFITI OVER THERE.
SO THE JEWELRY ADDICTION IS CALTRAIN RYE.
THOSE ARE CALTRANS AND UNDERPASS.
YOU SEE, EVERY TIME I GOT GET DOWN OKAY.
ON SUNSET AND TRY TO GET INTO OUR PARKING LOT.
AND THE UNDERPASS OF 10 FREEWAY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE QUITE VT OVER THERE FOR A MONTH AND THAT LAYS THE CAL TREND.
OR WE CAN JUST DO IT OURSELVES.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT UNDERPASSES ARE AT THE CITIES RIGHT AWAY BEFORE YOU GO UNDER PATHS ON THE WAR OF THE TEMPORARY WAY ON THE, UNDER THE BRIDGE, HOPING THAT WE ARE HOPING WHEN WE TALK TO AREA MANAGERS AND WE KIND OF BRING THOSE ISSUES, THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN SOLVE THOSE.
I CAN ANSWER EXACTLY HOW THOSE ARE.
SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE CALTRANS.
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A TRAFFIC, EVERYTHING, THAT'S A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR US.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT DEFINITELY WE WILL BRING IT UP WITH THEM.
SO THE CONCLUSION IS THAT THE EXTRA 10.
AND THE STAFF FOR YOU IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR YOU TO HELP US CLEAN UP THE CITY? ABSOLUTELY.
THEY ARE TREMENDOUS HELP CODE ENFORCEMENT.
MY LAST QUESTION, I KNOW WE HAVE THE ONE WHO DOES THE GRAFFITI, UH, RICARDO, IS HE PART OF THAT? A ONE OR TWO THAT YOU MENTIONED, OR, OR I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE GRAFFITI REMOVAL PEOPLE INCLUDING HIM OR NOT.
WE WILL SEE BECAUSE WHEN WE GET ALL 10 THAT, UH, COUNCILMEN, SORRY, AUDIENCE, PLEASE WE'LL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ONLY HERE.
IF YOU GUYS CAN GO OUTSIDE, UH, WHEN WE GET THE WHOLE 10 PEOPLE, THEY'RE GOING TO DIVIDE THEM TO DIFFERENT, UH, BE, YOU KNOW, UH, SECTION.
WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDING ONE MORE TO RICARDO, TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO CLEAN AND BE ABLE TO GET RID OF CORE FEES.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, WE CAN ADD THE THIRD ONE OR NOT, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT DEFINITELY LOOK.
SO THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE A TOTAL OF TWO PUPIL IN THE WHOLE GRAFFITI IN THE ENTIRE WEST COVINA.
YOU THINK IT'S ENOUGH FOR TWO PERSON BECAUSE WE GIVE YOU 10? NO, WE WANT TO CLEAN UP THE CT.
WE DON'T THINK IS ENOUGH TO PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO KIND OF SEE IF WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE THREE, MAKE IT THREE, BUT WE WANT TO SEE HOW OTHER SECTIONS ARE, UH, DEALING WITH.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, ON THE PINK POLICY.
UH, SO I, I KNOW ON, ON MERCER SAID, UH, NEAR, UM, EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, UM, THAT WALL, YOU SEE LIKE SIX DIFFERENT COLORS OF PAINT THAT HAS BEEN USED, UH, IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP.
UH, AND SO IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN UNIFORM THAT? UM, SO THAT WAY, WHEN, WHEN WE ARE ABATING THE GRAFFITI YEAH.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T ANSWER YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE USING THREE DIFFERENT COLORED PAINT.
THEY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WELL THEN IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND THEY COULD AT LEAST ONE TIME JUST PAINT IT ALL ONCE IT'S PROBABLY SIX DIFFERENT FROM YEARS AGO.
SO JUST MAKE IT ALL ONE COLOR, START FROM SCRATCH, AND THEN GO FROM THERE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SPRAY ONES NOW.
WE'D LIKE THAT REPORTED BACK BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE UNIFORM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THE MOTION.
DO I, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND
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WE'LL CALL.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ.
BEATO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO, UH, ANY AB 1, 2, 3, 4 CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORTS FROM COUNCIL.
UH, ANY COUNCIL REQUEST? OH, GO AHEAD.
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YEAH.DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR THE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF.
AND THE WALKING TOWNSLEY OKAY.
WE SEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN THE, WE SHOW OUR SATURDAY AND, UH, WE CANNOT BELIEVE HOW BEAUTIFUL THEIR PLACES.
DAMN DAMNED WITTY WILKIN, VERY HARD TO CLEAN UP THE PLACE AND THAT WE EVEN HAVE A WOW OF OUR STAFF.
HE WILL SO HIGH EVEN ENJOYED HIMSELF.
SO I WANT TO WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
AND THEY, THEY REALLY TRY DALE BADGE AND I SAW IT AND THE SWEAT AND THE WALKING AND THEN JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THE PARK IS PRESENTED FOR OUR INDEPENDENT DAY FESTIVAL.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A MAGNIFICENT, OKAY.
OF, UH, A CELEBRATION OF OUR FALSE SOUL FIRST FESTIVAL.
AND THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, SUCCESSFUL.
AND, UH, WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF OVER THERE, TRYING TO ENTERTAIN EVERYBODY AND THAT WE HAVE A MAGNIFICENT MUSIC.
AND HOPEFULLY WE, NEXT YEAR, I KNOW, I KNOW THE COUNCIL MENTAL BETTER BY SAY, HEY, COME, CAN WE WENT BACK THE FIRE FIRE WALK.
AND THEN WE CAN FIND SOME CORPORATION WILLING TO SPONSOR.
WE REPEAT THE MAGNIFICENT 2018 HAVE A CELEBRATION.
WE HAVE A SEVEN, 8,000 PEOPLE SHOW UP AT THE MOST BOWL PLEX AND THE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT AGAIN AND TO HAVE A, OUR RESIDENT TO CELEBRATE OKAY.
IN OUR CT, OUR MAGNIFICENT POCKET.
ONE ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF.
IF, TO MAKE THIS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE US THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I, I WANT TO ADD THE, UH, STAFF, UH, CREATED THIS WONDERFUL, UH, UH, BLACKBOARD THAT THERE'LL BE GOING AROUND TO THE CONCERT SERIES AND TO ALL THE EVENTS WE'RE HAVING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO RESIDENTS COULD, UH, SEE HOW MUCH THEY LOVE OUR PARKS AND, AND THE THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY DO MORE OF.
SO, UH, AS YOU GUYS GO TO THE CONCERTS, WE HAVE THIS ONE THIS SATURDAY.
THE 10TH, UH, THAT BOARD WILL BE THERE AND YOU CAN, UH, RIDE HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY, UH, THE EVENTS WE DO HERE IN WEST COVINA.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FIRE AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE ON BUTTERFIELD AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON CONTAINING THAT FIRE AND NOT HAVING TO GET SPREAD TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT NOBODY WAS HURT, SO THANK YOU.
AND, UM, UH, MIA, OUR NEW OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH A 10 ADDITION, NO STAFF TO HELP YOU.
WE WILL NOT ONLY THE SPOKE PLAQUES WHEN I LOOK BACK LIVERS AND HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO KEEP LIKE THIS AND THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER 15 POUNDS TOTALLY AWARE OF THE 16 POUNDS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ALL THE PODS IS PRYING AND OUR BATHROOM.
I KNOW I'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN OVER HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT, AND, AND THE BATHROOM IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO PROMOTE THE PARK LIVE BY THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PART IS SAFE AND CLEAN.
SO PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO GO THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE MATCH FROM THAT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE R B ALREADY HAVE A PLAN TO HAVE THE THREE, UM, UM, ARCHITECT TO GO TO THE SITE OVER THE INCOME COMING IN PART, UH, BY END OF THIS MONTH, I MAY WANT TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN, JUST ONE STANDARD DESIGN TO USE, NOT ONLY FOR THE CAMERON PARK, BUT ALL OF OUR PARKS.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TRYING TO KIND OF MOVE THAT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE, OH, IN THAT WAY WE HAVE A PRESENTABLE OKAY.
YOU ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY PRESENTABLE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE, WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, MAYBE TILL RESPONSIBLE
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TO THE GENTLEMEN STILL STAY OVER HERE.AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BILL, UH, A BATHROOM IN THE SHADOW OAK.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A BATHROOM.
WE PROMISE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS NOW.
WE GOT THE, WITH LED THE ALLIANCE.
SO THAT ONE WILL BE DONE MORE THAN JUST THAT THE PRODUCE, WE WILL FILL IT OUT.
IT'S A MAINTENANCE AND THE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN WELCOME PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE, AND THE CLEAN PARK SAY PARK AND PEOPLE WERE UTILIZED AND THERE WILL BE, WELL, OUR RESIDENT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY.
AND THIS IS SHOWING WOMEN CAN COME AND YELL AT ME.
SO THE WAY OVER, HE'S GOING, WAIT, HE'S STILL WAITING FOR YOU IS TO SEE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SINCE OUR MEETING NEARLY NINE 17? NO, NO, WE'RE GOOD.
THIS, THEN THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AND EVERYBODY HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.