* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR JULY 20TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 7:01 PM. MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT DUBAI WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RISE. THANK YOU, MAYOR EVERYBODY, FATHER. WE ARE THANKFUL THIS EVENING, BUT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR BELOVED COUNTRY FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT OUR SOLDIERS THAT ARE IN FOREIGN SOIL. AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE DOMESTICALLY, WE ASKED, DID YOU PROTECT ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, HEAVENLY FATHER, ESPECIALLY WHAT'S COVINA FINEST. NOW FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SAFE. AND OUR SCHOOLS FATHER WILL BE SAFE HAVENS. WE ASK THAT YOU GRANT WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER, FATHER SHIVA, POLICE, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY IN OUR CITY FOR YOU SET TO PRAY. FIRST OF ALL, FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY, WE ASK FOR WISDOM, INSIGHT, GUIDANCE, AND DIRECTION, FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY AND WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL HELP US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER, TO KEEP OUR CITY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND FATHER PROSPERING OUR CITY AND OUR CITY CONTINUING HEAVENLY FATHER TO BE A LIGHT IN THIS VALLEY. WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR WEST COVINA. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. ROLL CALL PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS, COUNCILMAN WU. YEP. A WOMAN DIAZ PRO TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY. IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING MATTER, MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ON TO PRESENTATION TESTING, TESTING. [Certificate of Recognition for West Covina Pony Baseball All Stars] OKAY. CAN I INVITE MR. DANIEL? UP HERE. IS HE IN? WONDERFUL. SO THE SEVEN YEAR OLD WEST COVINA PONY BASEBALL, ALL-STARS JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES. WOO. WE WANTED TO SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL CAN RECOGNIZE THESE CHAMPIONS FOR BRINGING A WORLD SERIES TITLE BACK TO US COVINA. THESE BOYS PLAYED THEIR HEART OUTS AT EVERY GAME. THEY WENT EIGHT WINS AND ZERO LOSSES UNDEFEATED. OKAY. THE ALL-STAR TEAM CONSISTED OF 13. SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS IN WEST COVINA. THEY BEAT OUT VARIOUS TEAMS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. AND UH, HERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO BRING THE COACHES UP THERE. THE ONES THAT DID ALL THE WORK. SO VIC VERY IMPORTANT COACH VICTOR PINEDO OKAY. I WOULD SAY A GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU KNOW, WAY TO REPRESENT, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THE RIGHT WAY, WAY TO DO IT. UH, WHAT FASHION? AND, UH, WE DO IT WITH A LOT OF COURAGE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHERE YOU GUYS HAD TO COME BACK IN A WIND WITH AND YOU GUYS DID THE JOB, RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT WAY TEAMS CAN DO THAT. SO YOU WERE IN THIS DAY. ENJOY IT. RIGHT? AND THANK YOU TO, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY AS WELL. SO AS YOU KNOW, SPORTS IS A GREAT OUTLET. OH, YOU CAN STAY HERE WITH US. UM, AND YOU'D LIKE TO THANK YOUR COACH HART OF ALL VOLUNTEER AND COACHES MEAN THE WORLD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COACHING THESE LITTLE ONES AND YOU KNOW, OUR FUTURE IS WITH YOU GUYS. SO WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE CHILDREN HERE TODAY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START AND YOU COULD COME UP, RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE, STAY, HANG AROUND. I'LL TAKE A QUICK PICTURE AFTER. [00:05:01] SO THE FIRST ONE IS JACE. ARNOLD TO HAVE HIM HELP YOU. IF YOU NEED, YOU CAN STAY UP HERE. GOOD JOB ARLIE. AIDEN, YOUR WORLD CHAMPION RING. WELL WE'LL WE'LL GET YOUR RING AT WORLD CHAMPION OR WE CAN'T LOSE THAT. ANDREW GUYANA WROTE MORENO. VICTOR SEBASTIAN BET IS HERE. DESMON. RAGLIN MAX REAL SOLACE. EVAN RUIZ, JULIANNE, SAO JOSEPH DORIS, EVAN VASQUEZ. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. DID YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR WE HAVE ONE MORE? OH VICTOR. OH YEAH. OUR HEAD COACH RECAP HERE. WE HAVE OUR VICTOR. HE'S A COACH. THE COACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL, THE WHOLE CITY. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO WEST COVINA. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING I WISH, UM, TEACH CAPACIOUS DAY CAN OWN A DAY. THEY CAN OWN IF THEY CAN BE THERE THE OTHER WAY, WHERE THEY CAN COME UP IN THESE IS THAT THE RING LOOK AT THAT RING, THE CHAMPION RING. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL RING. THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T LOSE IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PHOTO. SO COME RIGHT HERE TO THE FRONT. I SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE KIDS, THE PRESIDENT. YEAH. WHOLE SPEECH, YOU KNOW, SET OUT, BUT IT'S OKAY. BUT THEY KNOW THAT THESE KIDS HAVE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A WORLD SERIES BANNER, UM, FOR SEVEN YEAR PINTO AND ALMOST OVER 20 YEARS. SO THESE KIDS ARE VERY SPECIAL AND THEY GET TO GET A BIG BANNER AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE THAT THEY ARE CHAMPIONS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE HANGING UP NICE AND BEAUTIFUL ON OUR WALL. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO VICTOR, TO AMANDA. WHO'S OUR TEAM. MOM DID JACE. I MEAN ALL OUR COACHES, UM, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE PARENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GET THESE KIDS TO THEIR GAMES ON TIME, THEY WASHED THEIR DIRTY WHITE PANTS AND THEY TAKE THEM TO THE, ALL THE PRACTICES. AND WITHOUT THEM, THESE KIDS WOULDN'T BE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE AND CONGRATULATE. YOU CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO TOGETHER. THE COACHES COME UP. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:10:01] HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS. HELLO? YEAH. HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL BACK HERE NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE EMPTY NOW. THANK YOU. BYE. [Norma Quinones, Executive Director, San Gabriel Valley Conservation Coprs.] SO UP NEXT, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE MS. NORMA QUINONEZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE FRONT. YEP. PERFECT. THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS IS A EXCELLENT STEPPING STONE TO ADVANCE IN NON-TRADITIONAL JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION. THE SGV CC EMBODIES TEAMWORK. SELF-DISCIPLINE DETERMINATION, COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, AMBITION, AND RESPONSIBILITY. THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS. HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M WILL ABC. YOU CAN HEAR OR ALL RIGHT. YOU GOOD EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, GUESTS. MY NAME IS NORMA QUINONEZ. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS. SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW ME. UM, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND I HAVE RENEE, UH, JIMENEZ. THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE PRESENTATION TODAY SO WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION UP. GREAT. SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOCATED IN EL MONTE AND , BUT WE COVER ALL OF SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. SO WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO. SO I'LL LET RENEE TAKE IT OVER NOW. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE FIRST. OH, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. YEAH. THIS CHAMBER KIND OF ECHOES FIRST OFF, MAN. IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW CHAMPIONS. IT'S GOT TO SAY THAT IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW CHAMPIONS. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST. UM, SO, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RENEE JIMENEZ AND WE'RE HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SMALL NONPROFIT, OUR CONSERVATION CORPS, WHERE WE TRAIN YOUTH AND HELP THEM DEVELOP JOB SKILLS, UH, CHARACTER WORK ETHIC, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DO OUR PART IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES CLEANER, OUR ENVIRONMENT BETTER. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE MISSION OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS IS TO DEVELOP AND TRANSFORM UNDER-SERVICED YOUTH IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY BY PROVIDING ACADEMIC VOCATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, WHILE ALSO EMPLOYING THEM TO PROVIDE VALUABLE SERVICES TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THE WAY PROGRAM WORKS IS WE PARTNER WITH THE YOUTHBUILD CHARTER SCHOOL LOCATED IN MONTANA AND ALSO IN POMONA. UH, THE YOUTHBUILD CHARTER SCHOOL PROVIDES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. UH, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TRAIN, UH, FROM ALL SANGER VALLEY. SO WE HAVE, UM, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN A FEW CITIES OUTSIDE OF IT A MONTH IN POMONA, A TRAIN, UH, IN OUR DROP TRAINING PROGRAM. THEY WORK IN TYPES OF JOBS LIKE, UH HUH. BUT TYRESE DURATION, TRAIL MAINTENANCE, LITTER, ABATEMENT, YEAH, ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, UM, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HELP PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC AREAS LIKE, UH, ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, SANTA FE DAM. SO KEY AREAS THAT REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. SO OUR PROGRAM IS, UM, BASICALLY A YOUTHBUILD CHARTER SCHOOL. WE HAVE THE JOB TRAINING COMPONENT WHERE WE TEACH THEM HOW TO WORK. AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES AND REALLY HELP THEM DEVELOP OVERALL INTO A BETTER VERSION OF THEMSELVES SO THAT THEIR NEXT CHAPTER OF LIFE WILL BE MORE FRUITFUL AND CAN REALLY MOVE FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE TO BE 18 TO 25 YEAR OLDS HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK DOCUMENTS, OF COURSE BE WILLING TO WORK, RIGHT COURSE A LITTLE TO NO WORK EXPERIENCE AND A WILLING TO EARN AND LEARN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS. SO THE TYPICAL TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS ARE, UH, OSHA, TEN FIRST AID CPR, UH, CHAINSAW, CERTIFICATION, THINGS OF THAT SORT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND WHAT THEY DO. UM, SO THEY GO TO SCHOOL. IF THEY HAVEN'T EARNED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, THEY GET THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. YOU'RE A PARTNER SCHOOL. AND THEN IF THEY'RE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE, IF THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT ENROLLING IN COLLEGE, WE HELP GUIDE THEM TOWARDS RESOURCES AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL, BUT ALSO REALLY HOPE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR EDUCATION AND IT TAKES, IT TAKES A TEAM TO BELIEVE IN YOUNG PEOPLE. SO WE HELP THEM EXCEL IN WHATEVER, UM, WHEREVER THEY'RE AT IN LIFE, THROUGH OUR, ON JOB TRAINING, PAID EXPERIENCE PROGRAM, UH, WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL SKILL TRAINING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES. SO WE TRY TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND REMOVE THEM LIKE TRANSPORTATION HOUSING. WE PROVIDE MULTIPLE SERVICES AND REFERRALS TO OTHER [00:15:01] PARTNERS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERTISE, BUT WE TRY TO BEST REMOVE WHATEVER BARRIERS ARE IN FRONT OF THEM. UM, SO WE HAVE OUR JOB READINESS TRAINING PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WE HELP ENCOURAGE THEM INTO COLLEGE OR CAREER PATHWAY, UH, TOWARDS PLACEMENT. WE ALSO HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND MULTIPLE RECOGNITION AND AWARDS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND MY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING THEIR CIVIC, CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHAT THAT IS IS BASICALLY HELPING OUT COMMUNITIES, UM, VOLUNTEERING AT FOOD PANTRIES, VOLUNTEERING, WHEREVER THEY CAN REALLY, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY BUILD AND, AND ESTABLISH A BASE IN WHATEVER COMMUNITY THEY'RE AT. SO THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO 60 HOURS PER YEAR AND ULTIMATELY I THINK TIME OKAY. AND ULTIMATELY, UH, DEVELOP THAT, THAT, THAT SERVANT LEADERSHIP MENTALITY. RIGHT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND NEXT SLIDE. SO, SO OUR WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES, WE PROVIDE TRAIL BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE. UH, WE HELP PLANT TREES, WATER TREES MAINTAIN THE TREES. IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE A PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO STAY AWAKE. UM, AND UH, ULTIMATELY ONE OF OUR MOST EXCITING PROJECTS RIGHT NOW IS FIRE FOR REDUCTIONS. SO WE'RE GETTING KIDS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES AND TAKING THEM UP INTO THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS. A LOT OF GROWTH HAS TAKEN PLACE, BUT WE'VE HAD CERTAIN RULES IN PLACE THAT, THAT DIDN'T REALLY ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN OUR FOREST AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR, UM, BASICALLY OUR POLICY TOO, NOT OUR POLICY, BUT WHAT THE, THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST HAS BEEN PRACTICING IS, IS, IS CHANGING. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST. WE'RE GOING TO PULL A LOT OF FIRE FUEL TO HELP PROTECT OUR ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST AND REALLY MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE THE FIRES THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, THE BOBCAT FIRE DEVASTATED THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY, UH, BY REALLY EMITTING A LOT OF AIR POLLUTION AND DEVASTATING A LOT OF, UH, NATURAL HABITATS IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REALLY MITIGATE FIRE FUEL, UH, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MITIGATE WILDFIRES, UH, DO WILDFIRE CLEANUPS. WE ALSO DO GRAFFITI AND LITTER ABATEMENT. WE DO GENERAL LANDSCAPING, SO WEED ABATEMENT AND BASICALLY YOU'LL REDUCTION AND OR HABITATS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A 4.9 ACRE FARM IN LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MONTANA. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN TELL, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE A FARMER. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT QUITE EASY. IT'S DEFINITELY AN ART, BUT WE TRY TO INSTILL THAT SORT OF RESILIENCY IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHING THEM HOW TO CULTIVATE A YOUNG PLAN AND REALLY FOSTER THAT GROWTH. UM, IT DOES WONDERS FOR THEIR INTERNAL GROWTH AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FEW SITES, LIKE I SAID, AND THEN MONTAY POMONA. UH, BUT WE REALLY TRY TO HIRE OFF THROUGHOUT ALL 31 CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. WE WANT TO HOLD THAT NAME. WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT FLIGHT PLEASE. SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES OF US CLEANING UP THE LEFT IS THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST AT COLD CREEK TEMPERATURE ON THE RIGHT IS A, AT A PARK SOMEWHERE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY GUYS, CAN YOU INDUSTRY? YEAH. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ROW, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS GETTING MULCH TREES TAKE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND IT REALLY TAKES THAT TIME AND CARE. SO THE GATHERING MOST TO LAY ON SOME TREES ON THE RIGHT THERE IN A STORM CHANNEL, UM, WE WERE IN SO MANY STORM CHANNELS THERE. SO ANOTHER QUESTION YOU'RE GONNA ASK AND, UH, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT COULD BE FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT ULTIMATELY WE GO INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES. WE HELP OUT IN WHATEVER CAPACITY WE CAN. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. AND, UH, FOR OUR LEFT AND TO OUR RIGHT, JUST SOME REGULAR TREE MAINTENANCE, THESE GUYS ARE ACTUALLY PLANTING TREES. IT'S AMAZING SEEING THE GROWTH AND, AND JUST SEEING THE LIGHT IN THEIR EYES WHEN THEY COME BACK TELLING ME THAT THEY PLANTED 50 TREES IN ONE DAY AND I'M LIKE, OH MAN, LIKE I'M STUCK HERE AT A DESK. I WISH I HAD THEIR JOBS SOMETIMES. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO THAT'S THE BEFORE SHOT AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE AFTER SHOT. SO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THIS REALLY CAPTURE WHAT WORK WORK ETHIC ENTAILS. UH, SEEING THAT SLIGHT TRANSFORMATION IN ONE DAY, IT HELPS BUILD THEIR SELF EFFICACY AND REALLY FOSTER CONFIDENCE IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE GET ALL, WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY WORK ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER AND REALLY DEVELOP THE WORK SKILLS AND BUILD THAT CHARACTER, BUILD THAT CHARACTER NEEDED FOR THE NEXT STEP IN LIFE. SO, SO WE WANT TO COME HERE AND REALLY TRY TO FOSTER GROWTH AND, AND TRY TO HIRE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM WEST COVINA TO, TO REALLY IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. AND, UH, I TOLD MY, OUR YOUNG FOLKS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW? YEAH. IT'S JUST PLANTING [00:20:01] A TREE. YEAH. IT'S, IT'S PULLING, UH, SOME INVASIVE WEEDS OUT, BUT WE'RE MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE ONE DAY AT A TIME WE'RE DOING OUR SMALL PART. SO OUR ASK IS, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US IN THE FIGHT TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE. THANK YOU. UM, I ACTUALLY DO LOVE WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, UH, ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM? UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR GUESTS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. AND, UM, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. WE HAD IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE FEDERAL STIMULUS PACKAGE MONEY NUMBER OF CATEGORIES UNDER WHICH WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FURTHER COLLABORATE AND PARTNER. WE SPECIFICALLY RESERVED SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S ULTIMATE REVIEW AND APPROVAL, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL NONPROFIT TO DO JOB TRAINING. SOMEBODY MENTIONED THEIR NAME. AND SO WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS TO WORK WITH THEM ON SOME OF THE SPECIFICS AND BRING BACK A SERIES OF PROJECTS AND A PROGRAM AND A CONTRACT FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. SO WE'RE, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE. WONDERFUL. I KNOW I SAW IN YOUR BROCHURE, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, UH, JOB SKILLS THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION, RECYCLING AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS. AND THEN THE KEY THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER, AND IT STATES HERE WHETHER IMPROVING A PARK, REMOVING GRAFFITI, OR WE HAVE A ROTATING LOW-INCOME HOMES. SO I THANK YOU. DID ANY OF THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? OH, OKAY. SO, SO YOU PROPOSE A MILLION DOLLARS FOLLOW RESCUE PLAN TO BOND WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF A NONPROFIT. SO DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL? WHAT KIND OF A JOB TRENDING? OKAY. WELL WHAT KIND OF A PROJECT? OKAY. LOCATION. OKAY. A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAILED. OKAY. LET WE WANT TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THIS, THE MEDIAN. OKAY. IRELAND, WE CAN COMPLAIN SOME OF THE, THE TREE FLOWER AND THEY USED TO USE OKAY, TOO. OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO THE PROJECT, BUT, BUT WE NEED SOME KIND OF A DETAILED PROPOSAL. IF I MAY ANSWER OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MIRROR FOR TOMMY IS, UM, AS EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS THEY ARE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON A PLANT PALETTE WITH THE IDEA THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S GOALS OF COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION. SPECIFICALLY, THE MEDIANS MIGHT BE A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US HERE TO USE THIS FEDERAL MONEY IN THIS PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY MORE VERDANT AND, UM, AND, AND MAKE IT POP, MAKE IT MORE BEAUTIFUL. I THINK COUNCIL WILL MYSEL WILL FORWARD, BUT JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT DETAIL. OKAY. SEE WHAT KIND, HOW MANY KIDS CAN JOIN THE PROGRAM. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT KIND OF JOB TRENDING. OKAY. OFFER. OKAY. AND HOW MANY LOCATION THAT WE CAN WALK ON THE BEAUTY FILE THREE AND HOW MANY AREA WE HAVE THE 16 PARKS. OKAY. AND DOES SEE ALL, WE WALK ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE AT 16, 17 SQUARE MILES THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STREET. OKAY. WE HAVE A MAJOR AUTO WHEEL AZUSA AND, UH, SOME OF THE MEDIA, AND THAT COULD LOOK HORRIBLE. SO MAYBE WE CAN USE TO UTILIZE THIS PROJECT AND TO HAVE THE YOUTH JOINING US. OKAY. AND A WEST COVINA CHILDREN CAN, OKAY. A DOWEL CAN JOIN THE PROGRAM. YEAH. SO AS SOON AS THE CITY APPROVES OR MOVES FORWARD, WE CAN, UM, WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY SOME AREAS. AND THEN WE WORK ON A PROPOSAL. SO WE FIRST DO A SITE VISIT, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING TO ENTAIL, HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS, UH, CREWS HOURS. AND THEN WE CAN SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. AND THEN THAT CAN GO UP TO COUNCIL OR WHOEVER TO APPROVE. WE WOULD ALSO LOVE TO, UM, REACH OUT TO LOCAL YOUTH THAT LIVE IN WEST COVINA TO HIRE THEM ON FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL OR ANY LOCAL GROUPS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HIRE, UM, YOUTH SO THAT THEY CAN BE INVESTED IN THEIR CITY. UM, AND I THINK IT'S JUST, IT WOULD BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED. AND SO, SO JUST, I MENTIONED THE DETAIL MUCH NEED TO PAY A MINIMUM WAGE OR DESIGN, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. OKAY. AND THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT IS OKAY. THE DURATION. OKAY. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE TO REVIEW, SEE HOW YOU WORK. SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY. WE CAN HAVE A FULL CONTRACT WITH YOU GUYS UNLESS MY SUGGESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NANCE. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker] WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CLERK ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW, ITEM NUMBER 10, THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON GUESTS ON IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT OR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, UH, RIGHT NOW TO OUR CITY CLERK, UH, CITY CLERK IS, UH, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? MAY I HAVE 12 SPEAKER CARDS? I ALSO HAVE ONE, [00:25:01] UM, ITEM, NUMBER 10, WE HAVE AN IN FAVOR FOR, BUT SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SO FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S MS. GERRY PATRAS MAYOR. I HAVE 13 SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS WAYNE SPINDLER FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY MOSES CASTILLO. I, LINDA REALLY WAS CHAIR. I JUST MOVED HERE, UH, LAST AUGUST, UH, UH, WEST BRINA WITH MY NEW CAREGIVER, YOU KNOW, BURRITO, CUP OF CHINO AND, AND, UH, HE, HE, MY NEW CAREGIVER AND ME, HIM AND HIS WIFE, UH, UH, GO TO MOVE, UH, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA START, UH, SAY, UH, ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE A FASTER EVANGELISM AND IT'D BE BEYOND 24 HOURS A DAY ON TV AND CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION, YOU KNOW, AND THEY GOT GYMS, THE GASTRO PU AND THE HOUSE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, ON A CAMPUS, IT'D BE FREE RENT, FREE BILL. SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE BE LIVING ON A CAMPUS AND SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH HIM AND, AND HE MADE SOME BOOKS LIKE, LIKE, UH, INVISIBLE WARS AND HOW, HOW, UH, UH, MICHAEL, OUR ANGEL, UH, RESCUE PEOPLE AT PROTECT PEOPLE. AND, AND WE NEED TO PRAY FOR PROTECTION ALL THE TIME AND WHEREVER WE GO AND DRIVING A CAR AND HAVE AN ANGEL PROTECT US AND PRAY FOR THE AMBULANCE, PRAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS AS CREATURES AND, AND, AND BIBLE SAID, UH, UH, UH, UH, WHEN YOU PRAY FOR THE GOVERNOR, A PRAYER PRAYER FOR PRECEDENT AND OUR MAYOR AND OUR GOVERNOR AND, AND EVERYBODY, AND WE NEED TO SEEK GOD FIRST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. AND HERE'S SOME BUSINESS CARD AND THIS, UH, UH, PAPER HERE, HE COULDN'T MAKE A MOVIE MUTHA BOSS TO THE CROSS, YOU KNOW, A TRUE STORY, A TWO HOUR, UH, DR. MCCURRY FILM THAT COULDN'T BE ON A, ON A COMPUTER. AND, AND, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN A MOVIE IN THE, YOU KNOW, HIS LIFE STORY. AND, AND WHEN HE WAS, UH, UH, MEET SAMMY DAVIS JR. AND DEAN MARKING THE POKER THAT LAS VEGAS IN NEW YORK AND HOW HE GOT RESTED AND, AND BEAT UP BY A PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND HE DIDN'T WANT ONE TO A RESTAURANT. AND HE USED TO BEEN A GOOD POKER PLAYER WHEN THE LOSS OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND, AND THIS, HIS LIFE STORY, HE SAW ANGEL AND DEMON, UH, EVA SPIRIT, LIKE, UH, UH, DEMON SPIRIT, LIKE A PAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT ARROW LIKE PAIN, LIKE CANCER PAIN. AND, AND WHEN YOU PRAY AND COMMAND IT TO GO AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND PRAY FOR THE PERSON HEAL, HEAL THE PERSON AND COMMAND THAT PAIN GOAL, AND THAT ARROW PAIN WILL GO AWAY AND THEY WILL RECOVER. LIKE MY FRIEND, UH, WENT TO MIRACLE SERVICE, UH, GOT KIDNEY STONE, YOU KNOW, AND A POSSIBLE OWL, UH, WHEN, UH, VANDALISM AND, AND HE PRAYED FOR A KIDNEY STONE. AND SHE WENT TO DOCTOR AND, AND, AND KENNY STONE NEVER TO NO KENNY STONE AT ALL. AND THEN AT ONE TIME I HAVE A TROUBLE HEARING MY RIGHT EAR. THEY TOOK THAT, UH, BIG RATS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THEY TOOK THAT BIG VAX EAR. AND I PRAY, AND I HAVE TROUBLE HEARING. AND I WAS LIVING IN ORANGE COUNTY ROBERTS, UH, UH, SPEAK TO ME, HE'D SAY A LOUD VOICE. WHEN KRISTEN SAID SOMETHING AND I DID A HAIR, HER AND ROBERT SAID, DO YOU EVER WRITE A FIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY LAUGHING AT MY JOKE, YOU KNOW, CAN I DID A HERE NOW, NOW I WENT TO MIRACLE SERVICE AND HE BLOWED TWO TIME IN, IN MY EAR AND I COULD HEAR BETTER. AND NOW, NOW I COULD HEAR THAT. AND I, UH, AND I GOT HEALING THERE AND A MIRACLE HAPPENED AND EVERYBODY, AND, AND, AND LONDON, WE HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE, AND IT COULD HEAL US AND IT COULD TOUCH US. AND I WENT TO DOCTOR AND GOT MY BLOOD TESTS, AND I PASSED ALL MY BLOOD TESTS, MY CHOLESTEROL, NORMAL, MY PREP, BECAUSE HER NORMAL, EVERYTHING NORMAL. AND SO A CASA TEST AND A HEALTHY PERSON AND, AND, AND DECENT THINGS. AND THIS GUY GOT PLANNED FOR [00:30:01] MEN. AND AT THIS BOOK, A NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER. IT GOT EVERYTHING. BUT OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR LEADERS IN TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THINKS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO STUDY, BUT, UH, GOD BLESS YOU. MY TIME WENT IT OUT. SO, UH, UH, W WHAT SHE DID LOOK UP, UH, ON TV SOMEDAY. THANK YOU. ROMAN FOLLOWED BY MOSES CASTELLO, FOLLOWED BY LC. MESSMAN ROT, MY OWN SECURITY MOMMY RING, RING, RING. WHY WOULD I DO THAT? WELL, SYSTEMIC ISSUES OVERALL AND PROGRAMMATIC DISCRIMINATION. WHY DO I BRING UP THESE RULES OF DECORUM AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT? WHY DO I SPEAK ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT? BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN THE PROVISIONS PROVISIONS FOR US TO BE HEARD, AS YOU'VE HEARD THE FINE GENTLEMEN BEFORE ME SPEAK FROM THE HEART AND THE EMOTION OF WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH IN LIFE. HOWEVER, WHAT UNCONSCIOUS TOOTS, THE IMPERMISSIBLE PRIOR RESTRAINTS OF THE SPEECH. MOMMY, IT'S BEEN YOU MOMMY MAYER. OH, PLEASE, SIR. DO NOT USE THAT VULGARITY. OH, PLEASING USE. NOT THAT PROFANITY. OH, PLEASE, SIR. DO NOT SAY THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THIS ROOM. NO, GOD DAMN REASON IS PREVENT ME FROM SPEAKING OUT. I'M EXERCISING. WHAT I KNOW BEST WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME. MOMMY, WHEN YOU GET UPSET, YOU SCREAM AT THE KIDS. YOU SCREAM AT ME. YOU SCREAM AT US. YOU SCREAM AT THEM. BUT HOWEVER, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S MANY RECALLS GOING ON MANY RECALLS. AND FOR WHAT REASON? THE REASONS BECAUSE INADEQUATE, DELINQUENT, INCOMPETENT INCOHERENT PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUR CITIES TO THE GROUND. STEALING EMBEZZLEMENT FRAUD, LIKE LOS ANGELES. WHO'S GOING THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION NOW ON THE MANNER OF HOW THEY SPENT COVID MONIES, FEDERAL MONEY. YOU'VE BEEN STEALING ALL ALONG WHEN BARBARA FART AND THAT STUPID NUT FROM WASHINGTON FOWCHEE, THAT WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF RECOVERING FROM COVID. WHO'S LYING. WHAT IDIOT IS LYING. I CAN'T EVEN GO TO A BOARD MEETING. WHAT? HILDA EL SULLY'S. WHY CAN'T I GO THERE? HILDA? WHY CAN'T WE ALL NOT GO TO A PUBLIC MEETING WITHOUT A MASS? THOSE ESPECIALLY HAVE BEEN INOCULATED. OH, NOW THE DUMB MASSES HAVE TO WEAR A MASK ON TOP OF BEING IN NOCHLIN AFTER THEY LIED TO YOU. I HAVEN'T BEEN INOCULATED IN OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, 16 MONTHS FROM TODAY. I HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVATED. I HAVEN'T DIED. YOU HAVEN'T KILLED ME. WHY? BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO WASH MY HANDS. MOMMY. I KNOW HOW TO WASH MY HANDS. MS. DIAZ. I KNOW WHAT SOCIAL DISTANCES, BRIAN AND YOU TONY. WOO. WHERE'S YOUR PARTNER OF CRIME. WHERE'S YOUR PARTNER IN CRIME. GEORGIE. YOU WANT TO DO A BACKGROUND? CHECK ON ME. I'M RIGHT HERE. CHECK ME OUT USA. AND WHY AM I STILL HERE? BECAUSE I POINT OUT ABUSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT FRAUD? EMBEZZLEMENT, AND WASTE AND ABUSE. LIKE YOU HEARD THAT PRESENTATION. OH, WE'RE GONNA HIRE 18 TO 25 YEARS OLD. NO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO LEARN A TRADE PATA, DIG A DITCH. HOW TO USE A BROOM BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT SHIT ANYMORE. LET'S BE REAL. LET'S BE REAL. AND THEN THE LAZY PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO WORK AND SIT IN THEIR CARS ON THE AC ALL DAY LONG AND ONLY WORK THREE HOURS AT THE PARTS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A LOT OF PARKS. AS YOU SEE, I'M AS BLACK AS HELL. AND EVERY TIME I SEE A PUBLIC WORKER THERE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? SITTING ON THEIR ASS THREE HOUR LUNCH BREAKS WITH THE AC ON AND THEIR NICE TRUCK THAT THE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR. THE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THAT SHIT. SO I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE SWEEP UP ALL THIS MESS. I BROUGHT THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE RECORD. MOMMY REGARDING NOT JUST THE RECALL AND DUMB, DUMB GAVIN NEWSOME NOW, BUT ON ALL THE RECALLS LIKE MR. BONNEN FROM LA, [00:35:01] LIKE MS. RAMEN NOODLE FROM LA, LIKE MR. DUMDUM, FEWER WANTS TO BE THE MAYOR. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK OF MR. FEUER. HE'S A JACKASS. ALL MORON INCOMPETENT, STUPID CITY ATTORNEY. NO OFFENSE, BUT IT'S TRUE. WHEN YOU USE SLAP T R O S AND YOU ABUSE ME IN THE COURTHOUSES. THIS IS WHERE YOU FUCK UP. WHERE THE RECORD GOT YOU. MOMMY. RING, RING, RING, RING, RING, RING. THANK YOU. NEXT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOSES CASTILLO FOLLOWED BY ELSIE. MESSMAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SORRY. YOU HAD TO ENTER ALL THAT. UH, MY NAME IS MOSES CASTILLO. I'M A RETIRED LAPD DETECTIVE. I'M A MARSY'S LAW REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH MEANS THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES EVER SINCE COSTCO AND TOOK OFFICE. WE GOT PHONE CALLS FROM A PRETTY DAS PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DETECTIVES ASKING US TO STEP IN AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR VICTIMS THAT WERE BEING IMPACTED BY THESE DIRECTIVES THAT GUS SCONE HAS INITIATED WHAT GEORGE COSTCO HAS DONE. AND BY THE WAY, I INVESTIGATED SEX CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN MY CAREER. SO I GET IT. WHEN I SEE THE WORST OF THE WORST, I GET IT. UM, IN ANY EVENT, WHAT HE'S DONE, HE'S, HE'S STRIPPED AWAY THE ABILITY FOR A PROSECUTOR TO FIERCELY ADVOCATE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. INSTEAD HE'S ADVOCATING AND FAVORING THE CRIMINALS. THAT'S NOT HIS ROLE. THAT'S NOT HIS JOB, A ACCUSED AND CRIMINAL. THEY HAVE ATTORNEYS, THEY HAVE PUBLIC DEFENDERS. THEY HAVE PRIVATE DEFENDERS ATTORNEYS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. IT'S NOT MR. GASKIN'S JOB TO DO THAT. LET ME BRING IT HOME TO YOU. SIX A THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, UH, JANUARY 2ND, 2021, GABRIELA, THE HERALD PEREZ WAS MURDERED IN YOUR CITY. AND TO THIS DAY, THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS ARE STILL OUTSTANDING. AND I PRAY AND HOPE THAT WEST COMMUNITY PRETTY DOES CATCH THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE. BUT MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY NOW. AND EVEN WHEN THEY ARE, WHEN THEY DO MAKE AN ARREST, BECAUSE GEORGE CASCO AND UNDER HIS PHILOSOPHY, WHATEVER HIS DIRECTORS, HE'S NOT GOING TO CHARGE HIM WITH THE USE OF A GUN. HE'S NOT GOING TO CHARGE HIM. IF THIS WAS GANG-RELATED FOR ANY PURPOSE, THAT IT WAS DUMPED FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF A GANG. HE'S NOT GOING TO CHARGE ANY GANG ENHANCEMENTS. SHE WAS SHOCKED. POINT BLANK IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE A SPECIAL ALLEGATION OF THE USE OF A GUN. HOW COULD YOU NOT? SO I'M URGING YOU. IF NOTHING ELSE. WHEN HE SAW THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN HERE TODAY, I LOVE CHILDREN. I ADVOCATE FOR THEM. GOD FORBID THEY EVER BECOME VICTIMS, BUT WE NEED TO SPEAK UP FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. I'M URGING YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THIS IN CLOSED SESSION. IF YOU WERE ON THE FENCE OF ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I'M URGING YOU, YOU MUST CONSIDER YOUR VICTIMS. YOU MUST CONSIDER YOUR RESIDENCE. A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IS SYMBOLIC. YES, THERE'S NOTHING BINDING ABOUT IT, BUT IT SENDS A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE AS TO WHERE YOU STAND. AND IT TELLS YOUR RESIDENTS WHERE YOU STAND. AND I HOPE THAT IF THEY FOLLOW LEAD, THEY WILL THEN SIGN THE PETITION AND GET THEM RECALLED. WE NEED OVER 600,000 SIGNATURES BY OCTOBER 27, AND WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE GET. AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. IT'S TIME THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY, MARIA'S THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND IT'S, AND IT'S HAPPENING, PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP. WE MUST START ELECTING LEADERS WHO ARE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE FIRST SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUT CRIMINAL SLAS. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. AS SOON AS YOU START GOING AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICERS AND DEFUND THE POLICE AND DO ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, WE LOSE OUR SOCIETY. SO I WROTE EMERGING YOU IN HONOR OF GABRIELA, THE HOWARD PEREZ AND ALL THE OTHER VICTIMS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD, BECAUSE THESE DIRECTIVES, A JUDGE DECLARED FOUR OF THEM UNLAWFUL. THAT'S WHY GEORGE GASCON CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE CURRENT CASES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE. BUT IT'S THE NEW CASES COMING IN, THAT HE HAS THE DISCRETION OF NOT FOLLOWING W YOU KNOW, NOT FILING THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW TO THESE CRIMINAL CASES. I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS, THE INMATES OF LA COUNTY AND THE GANG MEMBERS AT VALLEY COUNTY HAVE A NAME FOR GEORGE CASCO. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL HIM. THEY CALL HIM HOMIE GASKELL. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE DEPUTIES THAT WORK CASSIDY'S, THEY CALL ME. THEY [00:40:01] TELL ME I HAVE MY PODCASTS. THEY CALL ME AND TELL ME, HEY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GANG, THE GANG MEMBERS THERE, THEY'RE SALUTING TO GET SCONE, THEIR ALLEGIANCE, THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO GUS GONE, AND THEY CALL THEM HOMIE GAS GONE. AND TO ME THAT SAYS IT ALL. THANK YOU. AND I WISH YOU A GOOD NIGHT. FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT. I'LL SEE, MASSMAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS ELSIE MESSMAN AND I AM A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA. I'M SURE COUNCIL AND STAFF ARE NOT GOING TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO SILENCE A COUNCIL MEMBER. WHEN HE ASKS QUESTIONS. THIS IS NOT A DICTATORSHIP. THEN WHEN THE STATE GAVE THE CITY, APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION DUE TO THE VIRUS, THE CITY HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HURT BY THE LOCKDOWN, PUTTING UP TENTS OUTSIDE, UM, ADDING PLEXIGLASS PAPER, MENUS, PAPER MENUS, AND WRAPPING SILVER, WHERE IT WAS JUST A NAME, A FEW ARE EXPENSIVE, BUT THIS COUNCIL SEEMS TO THINK THAT OUR FINANCE MANAGER NEEDS A NEW EDEN NEEDS, NEW EQUIPMENT TO THE TUNE OF $1.5 MILLION IN MICROWAVE SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURES, OR CITY BUILDINGS FOR ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS. THEN $98,000 FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UNBELIEVABLE POLICE AND FIRE WORKERS WERE PAID FOR THEIR SERVICES. YET. THEY NEEDED TO, UH, PLUMBER FIRE TRUCKS FOR 1.8 MILLION AND A LADDER TRUCK. FOR 1.7 MILLION FROM THE MONEY THEY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THEN, THEN THEY WANT TO REPAIR THE FIRE STATION TO THE TUNE OF 5.4 MILLION. DO WE REALLY NEED FIVE FIRE STATIONS? I DON'T THINK SO. WE CAN, IF WE NEED HELP. I'M SURE COVINA INVOLVED IN PARK WOULD HELP ON TOP OF THAT. THE POLICE AND FIRE COMMUNE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FOR $3.3 MILLION. WHAT WERE THEY DOING BEFORE? AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CITY NEEDS ALL THIS EQUIPMENT. THE PEOPLE IN THEIR BUSINESSES THAT SUFFERED THE MOST ARE NOT GETTING ANYTHING. THIS IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE ELECTED YOU TO DO. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. IF IT WASN'T ENOUGH, COUNCIL ENOUGH COUNCIL, THEY ADDED 10 MAINTENANCE WORKERS, 10 POLICE OFFICERS, AND 10 CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE. THAT'S 30 MORE EMPLOYEES WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING. EXCEPT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. A LOT OF THE WORK WAS CONTRACTED OWN IS THIS COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A, TO ME, THIS IS JUST FOR A REELECTION CAMPAIGN THING. JUST REMEMBER YOU WERE VOTED IN, BUT YOU CAN GET VOTED OUT. WOW. JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY STEVE. BEFORE I START TONIGHT, I WANT TO THANK THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE TAKING THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE FROM BILL ELLIOTT ON FACEBOOK, TOWARDS MANY MEMBERS OF OUR CITY SERIOUSLY, AND HAVING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ON DUTY TONIGHT FOR OUR PROTECTION MAYOR LETTY, WOULD YOU ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO YOUR FAR RIGHT TO PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW THEY WANT TO BE ADDRESSED IN A RECENT EMAIL SENT OUT, UH, BY THE PERSON SIGNED AS CONSOLE MAN DIAZ. I DO NOT WANT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE OFFENDED BECAUSE I USED THE WRONG PRONOUN. YOU OSCAR ALSO IT APPEARS A MEMBER OF THE PERSON'S FAMILY MAY HAVE ACCESS TO CITY EMAILS, WHICH CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDES EMPLOYEE INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE LEGAL STRATEGIES, WHICH CAUSED THE CITY GREAT HARM. RECENTLY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT VARIOUS RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, COMPARING THEM TO ORANGUTANS, CALLING SOMEONE GAY AS IT IS INSULTING, CALLING PEOPLE WHITE, OLD MAN OR WHITE, OLD WOMEN. WHEN THEY'RE HISPANIC CALLING INTO QUESTION, THE ETHNIC MAKEUP OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LOOK LIKE ONE OF THEM ATTACKING PEOPLE ON THEIR LOOKS, CALLING IMMIGRANTS LEGAL OR OTHERWISE, COCKROACHES ATTACKING ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MIXED RACE, HERITAGE ATTACKING, ATTACKING THE PLAINTIFF OF A LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY. CALLING A NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER RETARD ST. A LONG TIME CITY COMMISSIONER, A RESIDENT THAT HE [00:45:01] WENT TO HELL BECAUSE OF HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS AND MANY OTHER CHARGED COMMENTS. THIS CONSOLE SET QUIETLY BY ONLY DEFENDING ONE PERSON. WHO'S A SUPPORTER AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER. WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CORRECTLY POINTED OUT THE PERSON'S MEDICAL CONDITION DOES HAVE CERTAIN TRAITS SUCH AS THE INABILITY AT TIMES, TO FULLY GRASP SUBTLE DIFFERENCES OF RIGHT AND WRONG, WHICH WOULD CAUSE AN ISSUE IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. ONE COUNCIL MEMBER EVEN BECAME UPSET AT THOSE COMMENTS. THE THING IS THE PERSON THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HAS MADE THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION FRONT AND CENTER OF THEIR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. ALSO A PERSON HAS TAC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN AND OUT OF THIS CHAMBER. WHEN THEY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. WHEN THIS PERSON FELT SOMEONE, THE COUNCIL WERE BEING ATTACKED, POLICE HAD TO GET INVOLVED SINCE THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO SPEAK IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. PLEASE PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA. SO YOU CAN RESPOND FAILURE TO MOVE FORWARD, REFLECTS AGREEMENT WITH THESE COMMENTS. YOU AGREE THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE FIRST DISTRICT CAUSE THEY LIAR. YOU AGREE IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO BRING UP THE FIRST DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS, ETHNIC HERITAGE IN ANY POLITICAL DISCUSSION. IS IT APPROPRIATE? SAY A PERSON SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR HIS WHITE GRANDFATHER HAVING SEX WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. OTHERWISE HE'D BE LIVING IN IRAN. NICE. PATTY AND VIETNAM IN A PULL-UP DISCUSSION IS REFERRED TO A PERSON IS GAY APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY WITH TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE AN INSULT. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW A FAMILY MEMBER, TO INSULT THE LITTLE AND ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE A PERSON FROM CONTINUING WITH A CIVIL ACTION CAUSED BY THE MISCONDUCT OF A MEMBER OF THIS CONSOLE? YES. APPLYING PRESSURE VERSUS SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE APPROVAL OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS THEY CLAIM VIEW ABOUT THE SAME PERSON'S COMMENTS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS, ILLEGAL OR NOT BEING COCKROACHES. IS IT APPROPRIATE TO TACK A MARINE WIDOW? YES. A MARINE WIDOW BECAUSE THEY COLLECT THE DECEASED MARINES. MILITARY BENEFITS, A COMBAT MARINE WHO SERVED IN VA, SERVED IN BOSNIA AND IRAQ IS ANY MEMBER OF THIS CONSOLE, GIVING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND LEGALLY PROTECTED INFORMATION ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OR CITY MATTERS. YOU FIND IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SAME PERSON TO STATE THAT HE LONG-TIME WELL-RESPECTED LIGHT COMMISSIONER AND RESIDENT IS IN HELL BECAUSE OF HIS POLO MEDICAL BELIEFS. I DID NOT REALIZE ONLY REACTIONARY. NUT JOBS WENT TO HEAVEN. DO NOT THINK SO APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPOUSE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE BEGGING FOR A CCW TO SAY ON FACEBOOK, IF YOU SLAP ME IN THE FACE, I WILL PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE. IF YOU BRING A KNIFE TO A FIGHT, YOU MIGHT JUST GET SHOT. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I DON'T F AROUND. I TAKE ON ALL COMERS, THE SAME PERSON WHO IS ATTACKED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR EXERCISING, THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THIS VERY CHAMBER. ONCE AGAIN, I REQUEST THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THE PER PERSON, ONE HOLDS A POSITION. ANOTHER ONE CLAIMS TO BE, UH, HAS POWER BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBER. REMEMBER, SILENCE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DIVISIVE, HOMOPHOBIC, XENOPHOBIC, RACIST, AND JUST IGNORANT COMMENTS. THAT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE COMING FROM A NEO NAZI WHITE SUPREMACY. SKINHEAD. SINCE I HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT, WHY DID IT TAKE A PHONE CALL TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND DISTRICT FOUR OFFICE HOLDER TO REMOVE NAZI INSIGNIAS IN DISTRICT THREE. IT SEEMS THAT DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE WE'VE BEEN APPALLED BY THESE EMBLEMS AND HAD THEM REMOVED. THANK YOU, BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN PRITCHARD, FOLLOWED BY RYAN. I'LL HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, HUH? BILL ELLIOT CALLED. SOMEBODY SAID I WAS ON FACEBOOK. WOW. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT GEORGIA GUS GONE TONIGHT. AND I REALLY THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BRING THIS QUESTION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. I REALLY LIKED THE RETIRED DETECTIVES COMMENTS. THAT'S A MAN WHO KNOWS. AND ANY ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO STAND UP HERE TONIGHT AND OPPOSE A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR GEORGE CRESCOM AND AGREE WITH MR. TABATHA, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEM, HAVE YOU SUFFERED ANY LOSS THAT RELATES TO MR. GASKIN'S POLICIES AND HIS DIRECTORS? HAVE YOU SUFFERED A LOSS THAT MR. GASCON DOESN'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE JOHN CARSON, BUT LIKE BOB BRYAN, WE LOST THEIR CHILDREN. AND YOU KNOW, MR. GAVISCON CODDLES, THESE CRIMINALS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE EMBRACED BY HIM EVEN, AND THIS WHOLE IDEOLOGY. I KEEP HEARING MR. KABAKA BY SAFE SAY, WE HAVE DATA. WE HAVE DATA. [00:50:01] NOBODY BELIEVES THAT BRIAN, IT'S ALL CONTRIVED BY THE LEFT. AND YOU KNOW, IT IT'S REALLY SHAMEFUL TO COME UP HERE. WE TRY TO SAY, HEY, THE SOLUTION IS THAT WHITTLE DOWN THE POLICE TO NOTHING. AND WE'LL SEND A BUNCH OF SOCIAL WORK WORKERS OUT INTO THE FIELD. INSTEAD OF COPS. THAT WAY NOBODY WILL GET KILLED EXCEPT THE SOCIAL WORKERS. WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A LOT OF DEAD SOCIAL WORKERS ON OUR HANDS. IF THEY START DOING THAT, UH, THERE'D BE OF THE POLICE HAS ALREADY BEGUN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OR NOT, BUT THE BALDWIN PARK SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABOLISHED. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. AND THIS IS JUST THE THING THAT KEEPS MOVING FORWARD INCREMENTALLY. AND THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE REALLY, THEY WANT TO JUST RUIN AMERICA. THEY WANT TO RUN IT INTO IT DITCH SO THEY CAN GO SEE CAPITALISM DIDN'T WORK. WE GOT TO GO TO SOCIALISM. NOW LET'S REINVENT IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LARRY ELDER RUNNING FOR TRYING TO RUN FOR THE RECALL ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE SO CORRUPT. THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT MR. KABAKA BUYS UNION AND VICE VERSA, THEY, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT LARRY ELDER'S, UH, CANDIDACY OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING THEM. THERE WAS A POLL THAT SAID, LARRY ELDER, EXCUSE ME. IF YES, EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE MAYOR DEPUTY DO OR GOVERNOR DEPUTY DO DECIDES TO, UH, EXCUSE ME. IF THE GOVERNOR IS RECALLED AND SOMEONE REPLACED HIM, THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE BALLOT. AND THEY'RE PREVENTING LARRY ELDER FROM BEING ON THE BALLOT. MARY ELDER WAS THE SUBJECT OF A POLL, ACTUALLY NOT LARRY ELDER, BUT THE GOVERNOR'S RECALL WAS ON A SUBJECT OF A POLL. AND THE, THE QUESTION WAS, IF THE GOVERNOR IS RECALLED, WHO WOULD YOU SUPPORT? IF YOU'RE VOTING TO RECALL THE GOVERNOR? CAUSE IF YOU SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR, YOU DON'T GET A VOTE. YOU DON'T GET A SECOND VOTE. BUT IF YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE TO RECALL THE GOVERNOR, WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? 53% SAID LARRY ELDER AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE DEFINITELY AFRAID OF HIM. AND THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO TRY TO PREVENT HIM FROM RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. AND HERE HE IS VERY SUCCESSFUL BLACK MAN ATTORNEY PUNDIT, RADIO HOST, AND THEY'RE AFRAID OF HIM. AND THEY DON'T WANT HIM IN THERE BECAUSE HE, THEY KNOW WHAT VERY ELDER WILL DO AS GOVERNOR, AS FAR AS GUESTS GONE GOES, I DON'T SEE HOW IN GOOD CONSCIENCE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL CAN'T TAKE A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE TONIGHT AND VOTE. NO CONFIDENCE IN GEORGE GUS GONE. HE IS, HE IS, HE IS THE WORST DA. HE'S THE WORST DA WE'VE EVER HAD. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. HIS DIRECTIVES THAT HE HAS SET FORTH, THAT FAVORS CRIMINALS OVER VICTIMS. IT'S LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS WORLD. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THEY ARE MAKING WEST COVINA A MORE DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND HAVE A HOME. AND ALL THESE CRIMINALS THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE TAKEN INNOCENT LIVES FOR. ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. OH, LET'S PUT OUR ARM AROUND THEM AND GIVE THEM A HUG. MAYBE DAD DIDN'T LIVE AT HOME OR SOMETHING. MAYBE THEY WERE RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM AND EVERY OTHER EXCUSE IN THE WORLD AS THE WHY THEY TURNED OUT TO BE A MOM. IF YOU CAN, AND HANG WITH THE BIG DOGS, THEY UP ON THE PORCH, LET'S GET RID OF GUS GOING VOTE. NO CONFIDENCE TONIGHT. STEVE PRICHARD FOLLOWED BY RYAN CENTER FOLLOWED BY MIKE GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, LAST NIGHT THEMBA I VOTED FOR GEORGE GASCON FOR DA OF LA COUNTY. I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS TIME FOR A RE-IMAGINING OF POLICE IN LA COUNTY. I NOW UNDERSTAND THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL PLAN TO DECLARE AND I CONFIDENCE AND I AS A LOCAL RESIDENT AND THE HOMEOWNER A TO RECONSIDER ON THE JACKIE LACEY, OUR PRISON NETWORK DESIGNS HELD 85,000 INMATES WAS FILLED WITH OVER 165,000 PEOPLE. THIS PROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND LATINEX MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT TO THE ADMITTEDLY LUCRATIVE, ULTIMATELY FAILED PRISON, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. IT DOES LITTLE TO KEEP US SAFE, BUT LEAVES MANY STUCK IN A PERPETUAL INCARCERATION CYCLE. ALTHOUGH BARELY GIVEN EIGHT MONTHS HERE TO BE JUDGED ON HIS JOB, PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK TO GASKINS EIGHT YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO, VIOLENT CRIME REACHED ITS LOWEST. SINCE THE 1960S, LET'S NOT GET IT TWISTED. HIS POLICIES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHEN GIVEN [00:55:01] THE CHANCE GAS CAN RUN ON CURB AND THE ACCESSES AND INEQUITIES THAT HORNED CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HE'S AIMING TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE THAT EXCESSIVE SENTENCE IN DOES TO THE BLACK AND LATINEX COMMUNITIES WHO SUFFER, WHO SUFFERED FROM THE SYSTEMIC HISTORY OF PUNISHMENT. SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE NATION GASKINS, MOST PROMINENT OPPONENTS APPEAR TO BE CHAIR OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND OTHER COUNTY POLICE UNIONS. AND I, FOR ONE I'M SHOCKED, ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THAT THESE LEADERS WISH TO OBJECT, TO INCREASE SCRUTINY AND OVERSIGHT OF THEIR WORK. SHOCKED. WHAT WAS SO GOOGLE, LSD GANGS, MYSELF AND OTHER LA COUNTY RESIDENTS VOTED FOR A PATH TOWARDS CRIMINAL REFORM AND AWAY FROM THE POLICIES THAT LED TO THE TENSIONS WE SEE BOILING THROUGHOUT THE NATION. LAST SOME IS SELF-EVALUATION OF SYSTEMIC INEQUITY, LED MANY TO WE THINK THEIR PRIVILEGE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO USE THAT PRIVILEGE FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT. SO 19,752 WEST COVINA RESIDENTS VOTED FOR GAS GONE 19,752 ACROSS LA COUNTY GASCON RECEIVED 58% OF THE VOTE FROM PURITY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS IN 55% OF MAJORITY NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS NEXT BIT IS FOR THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME, FIGHTING FOR GASCON WAS AN INFORMED, CONSCIOUS DECISION BY THE MAJORITY AND ANY DE-LEGITIMIZING OF THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. SOUNDS LIKE A DEFINITE DOG WHISTLE AIMED TO DROWN OUT HISTORICALLY IGNORED CITIZENS GUYS, AUDIENCE, PLEASE, ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, MISSTEPS WILL OCCUR. YEAH. I HAVE SEEN NO SUCH ERROR SINCE GASCON HAS BEEN ELECTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN AGREGIOUS ENOUGH TO DEMAND A COSTLY RECALL CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION. ALSO, I FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT HE'S SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED HIS POLICIES THAT GOT HIM ELECTED IN A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN. THEREFORE I'M COMPELLED A G TO RESPECT MINE AND 19,752 OTHERS DECISION TO ELECT HIM AS OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. YOU HAVE BET MY TIME, RYAN SENEFF RYAN SENNA FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL LYNN, FOLLOWED BY ROSIE SUN. ONE SPEAKER ON THE PODIUM HAS THE THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S THE ELECTION OF GEORGE GASCON AS OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WE OBSCENE LITTLE TIME FOR HEINOUS CRIMES ON ALL PARTS, ALL HUNDRED LIST COUNTY IN SOUTH OMANI, AN ELDERLY ASIAN GENTLEMAN WAS ROBBED AND PISTOL-WHIPPED THE SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT, BUT ONLY CHARGED WITH SIMPLE, SORRY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ONLY GOT A 10 YEAR SENTENCE, MIKE IT OUT SIX, SEVEN. HE'S BACK ON THE STREETS SOONER THAN WE THINK NO ONE HAS FUNDS FOR HATE CRIME. NO ONE HAS SPENDS FOR THE FIREARM ON HAS-BEENS FOR THE GANG. DON'T HAPPEN FOR ELDER ABUSE AND A SIMPLE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. DO YOUR SEVEN YEARS YOU'RE OUT. YOU'RE OUT SOON, GOOD BEHAVIOR AND SENT DEMAS OAKLAND DOOR. A WOMAN WAS MURDERED BY 23 YEAR OLD TRANSIENT. SO FAR, NO FORWARD OF ANY CHARGES IN WEST LA AND ELDERLY RABBI WAS CHASED DOWN BY A GROUP OF PRO PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS AND THEIR SUV. NO WORD OF ANY ARREST AND OVER TO ANY CONDEMNATION FROM GUESTS, GUNS OFFICE ONLY SILENCE. MEANWHILE, THE VICTIMS, THOSE ARE THE ONES BEING IGNORED TONIGHT BY GAS GONE. HE HAS ONE OF HIS DIRECTIVES WAS TO NO LONGER ALLOW PROSECUTORS OR VICTIM ADVOCATES AT PAROLE HEARINGS BELIEVING THE VICTIMS TO THEIR OWN DEVICES. WHEN IN FACING THE, THE CROCODILE TEARS OF A SUSPECT THAT MURDERED THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER OR THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER, MORE AND MORE CITIES LIKE THIS ONE MADE UP OF PROUD IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND SO FORTH WHO COMES TO AMERICA FOR THE GUARANTEE OF SAFETY FROM CRIMINALS. FREEDOM FROM FEAR ARE ALSO SAYING WITH ONE VOICE GAS GUNS, SILENCE IS VIOLENCE. 100,000 PLUS RESIDENTS OF ANGELES, COUNTY AND COUNTY HAVE COME TOGETHER IN TWO SHORT MONTHS. ONE VOICE SAYING THE SAME GAS GUNS. SILENCE IS VIOLENCE. SO WHEN YOU VOTE ON ITEM 10, PLEASE REMEMBER GAS GONE. SILENCE IS VIOLENCE. I GIVE VERY MUCH VITAL MIRROR. ROSIE [01:00:01] SAN JUAN FOLLOWED BY LENARDO ROSE JR. FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS, PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE BOAT ON NO CONFIDENCE FOR GEORGE AGAINST KHAN. AND I HAD SOMETHING PLANNED OUT PRIOR TO COMING HERE TODAY. BUT, UM, EARLIER THIS MORNING, I SAW A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING FROM THE CHANGE WEST COVINA CO SORRY, CHANGE WEST COVINA GROUP, A GROUP OF NICE COMPASSIONATE YOUNG KIDS OR YOUNG ADULTS. VERY NICE. I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM AND THEY'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE. HOWEVER, THE CAPTION SAID WEST COVINA, HIS ATTACK ON RACIAL JUSTICE WAS THE TALK OF TODAY AND SOMETHING ABOUT WHISK HEAVINESS, RACIST POLICIES. AND THAT MADE ME REALLY ANGRY. I'M DISGUSTED WITH THIS SYCAMINE TREND TO CALL OUT RACIST EVERY TIME THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION, THIS, THIS VOTE, THIS VOTE, NOPE, UH, OF NO CONFIDENCE AND EFFORT TO RECALL GAS GONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE, NOTHING IT HAS TO DO WITH A MAN THAT RAN ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. BUT WHO KNEW THAT? WHAT HE MEANT BY REFORM WAS TO LET VIOLENT CRIMINALS GO FREE. HE'S SO CREATIVE AND FINDING WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE CRIMINAL SENTENCES. INSTEAD OF BEING A PROSECUTOR, HE'S BEHAVING LIKE A PUBLIC DEFENDER. AND THEREFORE, IN MY OPINION, HE'S NOT DOING HIS JOB, WHICH IS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. IT APPEARS THAT THIS WEST OF THIS CHANGE WEST COVINA GROUP BELIEVES THAT EVERY LAW PUT INTO PLACE TO PUNISH CRIMINALS IS RACIST. IT'S THAT SAME IDEOLOGY THAT WHEN YOU DON'T AGREE WITH SOMEONE, YOUR GO-TO IS TO SAY THAT IT'S RACIST DOING THIS REALLY MINIMIZES THE TRUE MEANING OF RACISM. SO GUESTS GONE CHANGE WEST COVINA GROUP CONSTA MEMBER TABATA BY YOU Y'ALL BELIEVE THAT IT'S RACIST TO PROSECUTE MEN, MINORITIES. YOU FEEL SORRY FOR THE CRIMINAL AND HOW THEY FEEL WHEN THEY'RE LOCKED UP. BUT HOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE OF COLOR? ALSO, WHY ARE YOUR FEELINGS FOR THE MINORITY CRIMINAL GREATER THAN YOUR FEELINGS FOR THE MINORITY VICTIM AND THEIR FAMILIES? THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. WE HOLD, WE HAVE TO HOLD CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE, NO MATTER HOW RICH THEY ARE, NO MATTER THEIR RACE, WHAT THEIR RACE IS, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. I UNDERSTAND THAT A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IS ONLY SYMBOLIC IN THIS CASE. HOWEVER, DOING SO WILL NOT ONLY INCREASE AWARENESS TO THE EFFORT TO RECALL HIM, BUT IT WILL ALSO MEAN SO MUCH TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY GUESTS, GUNS, RIDICULOUS POLICIES, FAMILIES, SUCH AS MR. JOHN CARSON'S, MR. BOB RYANS AND DRILL SET RIOS, AND HAVE THAT HAVE SPOKEN HERE IN CONSOLE AND HAVE TOLD US THEIR HORRIFIC EXPERIENCES. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM, BUT THEIR CHILDREN WERE MURDERED AND MY HEART ACHES FOR THEM. CAN YOU IMAGINE GUS SCONE FAVORING THE MURDERER OVER AN INNOCENT, BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING SUCH AS GABBY DE HARO? YES. CONS FAMILIES CANNOT. I'M SORRY. I GUESS GUNS POLICIES CAN NOT BE IN PLACE WHEN THE LOW LIFE THAT MURDERED ABBY IS CAUGHT. IF WE ARE TO HAVE JUSTICE FOR HER. I AGREE WITH THE, THE OFFICER THAT WAS HERE EARLIER ABOUT THE INMATES, JUST LOVING ON GUESTS GONE. MY NEPHEW IS A DEPUTY THERE AT THE JAIL AND YES, THEY CALL HIM HIS THEY'RE HOMEY. THEY'RE THEY THEY'RE JUST LOVING HIM BECAUSE THEY, THEY GET TO GET OUT SOONER OR THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET OUT SOONER. ALSO, LET'S SEE. UM, ANYWAY, WHATEVER CRIME IS UP, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT, UH, CRIMINALS WERE LED OUT DUE TO COVID, WHICH WAS SO STUPID TO LET THEM OUT. BUT, UM, NOW MORE CRIMINALS WILL BE LEFT OUT. IF GUESTS GONE CAN HELP IT. SO WE NEED TO WORK TO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN. PLEASE VOTE. AND DON'T JUST CONSIDER BUT VOTE. NO CONFIDENCE ON GOD'S SCONE. [01:05:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LEONARD ROSE JR. FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZANG FOLLOWED BY BOB BRIAN LEONARD ROSE JR. WIN-WINS INC FOLLOWED BY BOB RYAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON. GIVE HIM ANY MS. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY MANAGERS, STAFF NAM. MCWHINNEY THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING AT HOME. MY NAME IS AND I'M THE WEST COMINA LIBRARY MANAGER WEST COVINA LIBRARY IS CLOSING FOR DIFFERENT MAINTAINERS. THE LAST DAY OF IN-PERSON SERVICE IS THIS FRIDAY AND, UM, SIDEWALKS OF HIS AND THE PHONE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING NEXT MONDAY, JULY THE 26, THE LIBRARY BOOK DROPS A WHALE REMAIN OPEN FOR RETRAINING MATERIALS. AND, UM, WELL, UM, IN ADDITION TO PICKING UP THE HOTELS, CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR A LIBRARY CARD OR CHECK OUT A LAPTOP LAPTOP, AND, UM, HOTSPOT KIT, UM, PRINTING PICKUP WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE IN PERSON LIBRARY SERVICE AVAILABLE AT THE NEARBY WEST, UM, UH, BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY TUESDAY, UM, 12 TO 8:00 PM AND A WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, NOT, UH, 10, 8, 10 AM TO 6:00 PM. WELL, UM, TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THE LIBRARY WILL HOST US THREE OUTDOOR PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, UH, IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY. UM, THE GRASSY AREA. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS A FOR PRESCHOOLERS PRESCHOOL YOGA, UH, AND, UM, SO THIS CLASS WILL BEGIN AT 11 O'CLOCK. THE SECOND ONE IS STORIES FOR THE FIRST PEOPLE PRESENTED BY STORYTELLER DAVID GUERRA. AND THAT, THAT WILL BEGIN AT A TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THIS PROGRAM IS FOR AGES SIX TO 17. THE THIRD EVENT IS MUSIC WITH, UM, NATALIA AT A THREE-THIRTY AND NATALIA IS A CHILDREN'S A SONGWRITER. UM, I THINK, UH, HER, UM, IN, WELL, I THINK EXCITING SONGS WILL MAKE FAMILY SEEING DANCING AND EVEN, UM, LEARNING A LITTLE SPANISH. AND THIS PROGRAM IS A FOR AGES SIX TO 17, AND ALSO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO FOR ALL THESE EVENTS. AND YOU ME REGISTER ON THE WEB WEST CAMILA LIBRARY WEBSITE NOW, OR YOU CAN CALL THE LIBRARY TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THANK YOU TO, UH, BRIAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU KNOW ME BY NOW, I SPOKE HERE SEVERAL TIMES. I'M JUST GONNA, UH, BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT MY SITUATION FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING HOW GREAT GAS CONE IS NOT A ONE OF THEM IS A VICTIM. NOT A ONE OF THEM HAS A CLUE. WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONVINCE YOU, THIS IS RACIAL. THERE. ISN'T NOTHING RACIAL. YOU ALWAYS MAY SAY IT'S RACIAL. THEY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD COMEBACK. EVERYTHING IN A WORLD RIGHT NOW. AS SOON AS SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER, OH, IT'S RACIAL, IT'S RACIAL. THERE'S NOTHING RACIAL COUNCIL. REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A RACIAL THING. MY STORY IS FOR YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T KNOW BRIEFLY, MY SON WAS MURDERED ALONG WITH AN 18 YEAR OLD FINN, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET DOWN HERE ROBBED SHOT FIVE TIMES IN A TORSO. ONCE IN THE HEAD, THE OTHER BOY WAS A WITNESS, SHOT HIM ONCE IN THE HEAD, THE CARJACK, THE VAN TO THE LADY IN THE STREET, POINTED THE GUN AND SAID, I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT. IF YOU TALK TO THE TWO BODIES IN THE BACK OF THE VAN, DEALT WITH MONSTER VICTORVILLE AND DUMPED THEM IN THE DIRT. WE FOUND THOSE TWO BOYS LAYING IN THE DIRT WRAPPED UP IN IS EIGHT DAYS LATER. IT SAYS A MAN HERE. THAT'S A REAL VICTIM. NOT PAID FOR IT BY GEORGE GASCON OR GEORGE CHARLES, A [01:10:01] REAL GENUINE VICTIM FOLKS. THE GANG MEMBER HAD MANY PREVIOUS FELONIES AND USED A GUN. NOW, GUESS WHAT? YES. GO AND SAYS, OH, LET'S LET HIM GO EASY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TAKE OFF ALL THE SPECIAL ENHANCEMENTS, ALL THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE. I DON'T CARE THAT HE HAD MULTIPLE FELONIES. I DON'T CARE THESE A GANG MEMBER. I DON'T CARE THAT HE USED A GUN. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I WAS GOING TO BE QUIET UNTIL THESE PEOPLE STARTED TALKING ABOUT RACIAL. THEN THAT BROUGHT MY ATTENTION UP. THAT BROUGHT MY ATTENTION. THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS ABOUT WE NEED TO, AND THEY SAY WHAT'S, TREVINO'S RACIAL. SOMEBODY MADE THAT COMMENT. I GREW UP IN WEST COVINA. THERE'S NOTHING RACIAL HERE THAT I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. AND TO ME, THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY ONE. THERE'S ONLY ONE GROUP. ONLY ONE IS THE HUMAN RACE. THERE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT DIVIDED BY LACK WHITE, GREEN, WHATEVER. IF THE HUMAN RACE, WE'RE ALL ONE IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU, EXCUSE ME, ONCE PERSON SPEAKING. THANK YOU. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU THAT WE NEED TO DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY AND TEAR THIS COUNTRY APART BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS RACIAL. IT'S NOT RACIAL. THERE'S NOTHING RACIAL ABOUT THIS. THEY TRIED THIS IN LAVERNE UNTIL THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT, IT DIDN'T FLY. THE VERNON VOTED NO CONFIDENCE. WALNUT VOTED. NO CONFIDENCE. TREVINO VOTED NO CONFIDENCE. EVERY CITY SURROUNDING US HAD VOTED NO CONFIDENCE. MANY MORE ARE COMING. CITIES OR CITIES ARE SEEING THROUGH THIS CLAIM OF RACISM. WE HAVE TO VOTE NO CONFIDENCE AND NOT FALL FOR THIS NONSENSE. BY THE WAY, MY SON WAS CAUCASIAN. THE YOUNG MAN WITH HIM, 18 YEAR OLDS, OLD JACOB DOMIGUEZ MEXICAN. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT, RACIAL CAME INTO THAT FOR SURE, INTO THAT MURDER, THE RACIAL RATES, JACOB DOMINGUS WAS GETTING READY TO GO IN THE MARINE CORPS VERY SOON. BRITS BEFORE HE WAS RIGHT AFTER HE WAS MURDERED, HE WAS GOING TO GO INTO THE MARINE CORPS. HOW DARE ANYONE TRY TO CONVINCE THE COUNCIL THAT RECALLING GAS GO IN IS A RACIAL SITUATION. THAT'S A SLAP IN MY FACE. IT'S A REAL VICTIMS LIKE MYSELF AND JOHN CARSON BACK HERE. NONE OF YOU HAVE HAD TO GO LOOK AT YOUR SON'S BODY WRITTEN BRUTALLY BLOWN TO PIECES. YOU DON'T HAVE AN IDEA. WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT YOU GAS GO AND LOVERS DON'T KNOW. THESE TROUBLEMAKERS ARE BEING PAID BY GAS, GOING OR GEORGE SOROS. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND HELP MAKE WEST COVINA SAFER. I CAN'T BRING MY SON BACK. I CAN'T BRING JACOB DOMINGEZ BACK, BUT I CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO GET RID OF THIS EVIL MAN. AND MAYBE PREVENT ANY ONE OF YOU FROM HAVING YOUR DOORBELL RING AND HAVING AN OFFICER, ASK YOU A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND HAND YOU A CAR. AND IT SAYS HOMICIDE DIVISION ON IT. THAT'S MY HOPE. AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING TO GET RID OF THIS MAN. AND HE'S RIGHT. THE GUYS IN PRISON. YES. GOING ME, HOMIE GAS GOING ME, HOMIE. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT THERE. SO PLEASE VOTE NO CONFIDENCE TONIGHT. LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOHN FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY KAREN ROSEBURG, ROSEBERRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M NOT GOING TO BE THAT LONG AT A MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOHN CARSON. I'M A FATHER OF A MURDER CHILD. I NEED EVERYBODY. THEN THERE STAND ONE THING ABOUT THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. IN THE RECALL OF GEORGE GASCON, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT RACE OR PARTY LINES. IT'S SIMPLY ABOUT JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AND A DA. NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW. I PERSONALLY DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT RACE OR POLITICAL PARTY MY PROSECUTOR WAS. IT WAS ALL ABOUT SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THE MURDER OF MY DAUGHTER, MICHELLE. I ALSO DIDN'T CARE WHAT RACE THE MURDERER WAS. I JUST WANTED HIM FOUND THE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. IF PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THINK ABOUT WHO WILL BE MOST VICTIMIZED BY GASTON'S HORRIBLE DIRECTORS. THINK ABOUT IT. EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT IT REAL GOOD. IF YOUR ANSWER IS POOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT'S WHO WILL BE THE VICTIMS? MY DAUGHTER WAS LATINA. SHE WAS A VICTIM ASK ONS. DIRECTORS ARE NOT RACIAL JUSTICE. RYAN, EVERYBODY HERE, IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE. TRUST ME. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER. ANOTHER PERSON BECOME A VICTIM. I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW PAINFUL IT IS TO BURY A CHILD. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS LEFT TO MY DAUGHTER, WHEN THIS GUY GOT THROUGH WITH THEM [01:15:01] WAS HER HAND. HE SET HER ON FIRE. HE BROKE EVERY BONE IN HER BODY AND HE BURIED HER AND ROCKS THREE AND A HALF MILES OUT IN THE DESERT. AND I PRAY TO GOD. I HONESTLY DO THAT. YOU PEOPLE HERE THAT YOUR PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO BURY A CHILD. I PRAY TO GOD. I REALLY DO, BECAUSE BOB WILL TELL YOU ANY MURDER VICTIMS. FAMILY WILL TELL YOU IT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO A HUMAN BEING. WHAT GASCON IS DOING IS NOT REFORM. IT WILL ONLY CREATE MORE VICTIMS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REMIND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE NO CONFIDENCE. EVERY SINGLE 1 5 0. THANK YOU. MY GREEN FAN, MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY KAREN ROSEBERRY FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT RECORD. POLICE OFFICER IS NOT THERE. IT WAS ONE OF HIS, UH, PART-TIME PIG BUDDIES, MITCHELL ENGLANDER, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN PRISON FOR CORRUPTION. YES. WE'RE REALLY SAFE IN LA WITH PIGS LIKE THAT. AFTER ALL, I WANT TO THANK OUR PASTOR FOR REMEMBERING JESUS. NOW, IF JESUS TRIED TO GET SOME CHRISTMAS DINNER OVER THERE AT THAT BROAD HILL TO SALISA JONATHON CLUB WITH THEIR CAMEL JOCKEY HUSBAND, HE'D BE REFUSED. IF HE TRIED TO GET CHRISTMAS DINNER AT COUNTRY CLUB, A BELLOW GATOR, TIM TEBOW WOULD BODILY THROW JESUS OUT OF THE DINING ROOM. HE'S JEWISH. OH, I'M SORRY. MR. CHRIST. WE ONLY HAVE CHRISTIAN MEMBERS AT TIM SHAQUANA COUNTRY CLUB. JUST FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ASK WHAT WOULD JESUS DO NOW? AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO COMPETENCE IN GAS CODE, LET ME GIVE YOU THREE WORDS OF ADVICE. BUY A GUN. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. HEY, EVEN DAVID'S LIFE, HE OWNS THE GUN. HE WAIVES THE PISTOL AND EVERYBODY ON THE PORCH. THAT'S WHY GAS CONE GOT ELECTED. JACKIE LACEY ALMOST GOT REELECTED THE INCOMPETENT CON, BUT SHE DIDN'T THAT'S BECAUSE HER DUMB SPOTS, HER HUSBAND HAS TO WAVE A PISTOL AT PEOPLE PROBABLY AFTER SHE LOST HER ELECTION DROP THE CASE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GO DOWN MEMORY LANE A LITTLE BIT. CAUSE I'M GETTING TIRED OF THE STUFF AFTER ALL I'M FROM FLORIDA, YOU COME INTO THE HOUSE, WE SHOOT YOU. THE POLICE OFFICER ARRIVES AND THE PERSON THAT'S BAWLING OUT. MR. GREENSPAN, DRAGON BACK IN I'LL BE BACK IN HALF AN HOUR WHERE IT DRAG THEM BACK IN. NOW, IF DAVID LACEY HAD BEEN ON LOUISIANA, THEY GOT DRIVEWAY RIGHTS. HE COULD HAVE SHOT EVERY ONE OF THEM ON THE PORCH. HE COULD HAVE SHOT THEM ON THE DRIVEWAY, NO PENALTY. WELL, WE GOT IT. JEALOUS OF THOSE PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA WITH THEIR DRIVEWAY RIGHTS. THEY GOT IT. ANYWAY. NOW THE THING I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE HAVE THIS PIG, A RACIST WHITE REPUBLICAN PIG. WHAT'S HIS NAME? JOE. BUSCAINO A BUDDY OF MITCHELL ENGLANDERS, MIXED ENGLANDERS, BEST FRIEND ON THE CITY COUNCIL. AND HE'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR. AND IT'S TIME THAT WE STAND UP AND SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT ANY RACIST, WHITE, REPUBLICAN PIGS OUT HERE ON THE LEFT COAST. I AM SUPER JEALOUS OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE LAKERS ARE OUT HERE. WE'VE REALLY IMPROVE THEM AND GIVEN THEM CHAMPIONSHIPS AS THEY COME OUT HERE. AND I'M TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE COKE HOLES. LOOK AT LA LA LAND AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S ENOUGH JEWISH CATHOLIC GUILT GO ALL OVER LA COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE DO I EVER DID WAS WE TRAINED THIS BIG DUMB LUNGS NAMED JOE. BUSCAINO PROBABLY WITH HIM, MAFIA CONNECTIONS WITH THAT NAME, BUT WHO KNOWS AFTER ALL WE ALL KNOW POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THEIR MAFIA. HOW DO YOU THINK THEY'D GET AWAY WITH THE CORRUPTION THEY DO? NOW? THE PIG WANTS TO BE MAYOR WRONG PARTY, WRONG OCCUPATION. BUT WE AS A SOCIETY TRAINED HIM TO DO NOTHING, BUT PUT THE CHOKE, HOLD ONTO THIS. ROSS'S GONE. GO INTO THE HOOD, PUT THE CHOKE, HOLD ON THE SPOUSES. DOES THAT MAKE YOU QUALIFIED TO BE MAYOR THAT YOU TONY WE'LL GO THROUGH THE HOOD AND PUT THE CHOKE, HOLD ON THE SPOUSES LIKE JOE BUSCAINO. I FIGURED YOU'RE PROBABLY A BUSINESSMAN WITH LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. DID YOU, EDDIE, DO YOU GO PUT THE CHOKE? HOLD ON THE SPOUSES LIKE JOE BUSCAINO OR TARIO DO YOU GO PUT THE CHOKE, HOLD ON RESPONSES BEING MAYOR PRO TEM. WELL, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE ONLY ONE TRICK. THE ONE TRICK PONY JOE BUSCAINO HAS. WELL, HOW DID JOE BUSCAINO GET ON THE CITY COUNCIL ANYWAY? WELL, [01:20:01] WE HAD AN ELECTION AND JANE HARMAN, PRINCESS JANE HARMON GOT, SHE HAD A NICE CUSHY JOB AT SOME FOUNDATION. SO THEY HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CONGRESS AND CAUGHT ON. GOT TO LET IT TALK ABOUT A CRIMINAL COBBLER. THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL CODDLER ON THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. HOW WOULD I DESCRIBE CUT HON AS A REAL TWAT? AND THAT IS HOW THAT IS HOW A RACIST, RACIST WHITE PUBLICAN PIG GOT ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WHAT'S HIS NAME? CHOKEHOLD JOE. I CAN'T BREATHE CHOKEHOLD COLD, JOE. THANK YOU. KAREN ROSEBERRY FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY J D EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THIS MATTER UP AGAIN. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY WHEN A DEMAND LETTER WAS ACTUALLY SENT TO DA GAVISCON. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A VERY MEASURED AND SENSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN. AND I THINK EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, FOR DOING JUST THAT. AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT IT IS TIME FOR THAT NEXT STEP. AND I THINK THAT OTHER CITIES CAN LEARN FROM THIS COURSE OF ACTION. THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN, THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL CITY THAT ALSO TOOK A, A COURSE OF ACTION OF TAKING A DEMAND LETTER TO DA GAS GONE. AND YET EVEN AFTER HAVING TAKEN THAT STEP, THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE DIRECTIVES OR THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED. WE ARE NOW AT 24 CITIES THAT HAVE VOTED NO CONFIDENCE, UH, YOURSELF. AND ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ESCAPES ME AT THIS MOMENT HAVE ALSO SENT A DEMAND LETTER AND STILL WE HAVE NO CHANGE IN ACTIONS, POLICIES, AND DIRECTIVES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE RULE OF LAW. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT THESE POLICIES, WHY THEY'VE BEEN ENACTED. ARE THEY DEMOCRATIC? IS THE, YOU KNOW, RECALL IS, IS THE EFFORT THAT'S BEING TAKEN ACCEPTABLE OR NOT. AND THE SIMPLE REALITY IS, IS THAT DEMOCRACY ONLY WORKS WHEN RULE OF LAW IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH WE OPERATE. AND THE RULE OF LAW IS BEING COMPROMISED RIGHT NOW BY THIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HE IS ACTING AS A LEGISLATOR, NOT AS AN ENFORCER OF THE LAW, AS IT PRESENTLY EXISTS, AS IT HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE PEOPLE AS IT HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE. AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPERATIVE THAT THAT BODIES SUCH AS YOURSELF ARE TAKING THE ACTION THAT YOU WERE DOING. AND AGAIN, IN A SENSIBLE AND MEASURED MANNER. AND NOW WHEN NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THAT DEMAND LETTER, AND THERE IS STILL AN OUT OF CONTROL, ABUSER OF POWER WHO REFUSES TO BACK DOWN FROM THE DIRECTIVES AND THE POLICIES THAT GO CONTRARY TO THE VERY FUNDAMENTAL FABRIC OF OUR GOVERNMENT ON WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE BASIS FOR WHICH HE HAS HIS POWER. AND SO IT'S A, A CROSSROADS THAT WE ARE REALLY AT. IF WE DO NOT STOP INDIVIDUALS FROM ACTING IN A UNILATERAL MANNER, WHEN THE SCOPE OF THEIR AUTHORITY IS BEING FAR EXCEEDED, THEN ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR, FOR, FOR DEMOCRACY, FOR PROTECTION OF RIGHTS, FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE HOLD DEAR FOR THE, THE DEFINITION OF JUSTICE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO CARRY FORTH IS GOING TO BE COMPROMISED. WHEN WE LOOK AT LADY JUSTICE, SHE WEARS A BLINDFOLD BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW. AND WE HAVE CODIFIED IN OUR PENAL SYSTEM EXACTLY WHAT THE APPROPRIATE SENTENCING IS. AND THERE IS DISCRETION FOR THAT. AND THAT'S WHY THERE ARE JUDGES WHO ACTUALLY HEAR EACH PARTICULAR CASE RATHER THAN HAVING BROAD BRUSH DIRECTIVES THAT DISMISS BEFORE EVER COMING BEFORE A JUDGE OR A WHOLE LIST OF QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES, DISMISSING SPECIAL ENHANCEMENTS, THAT IN MANY CASES ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THAT PARTICULAR CASE AND THE CHARGES ARE APPROPRIATE. AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE IN THE LEGISLATURE'S CODAFIDE RULE OF LAW. THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. IT IS DEEPLY DYSART DISTURBING FOR, FOR, FOR THIS CITIZEN. WHEN WE HEAR THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ELECTED AND THEY ARE UNCHALLENGEABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEIR NEXT ELECTION, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW [01:25:01] OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY WORKS. AND YES, THERE IS THE PROCESS OF A RECALL AND THE RECALL IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT YOU'RE YOUR BODY AND WHAT THIS CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT SO MANY CITY COUNCILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE DOING. BUT THEY DO WORK IN A CONJUNCTION AND IN HAND-IN-HAND WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO HOLD THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. AND YET THEY ALSO LOOK TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS TO AID. IN THAT PROCESS. WE HAVE THAT SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. NO ONE OFFICIAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO ACT AND OPERATE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THEIR LEGAL AUTHORITY. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SEPARATION OF POWERS AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THESE SENTIMENTS. EVEN IF THEY ARE SYMBOLIC, IT IS A WAY OF COMING FORTH AND SAYING, YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR, MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, YOU WERE ELECTED TO ENFORCE THE LAW, NOT CHANGE THE LAW, THE REFORMS ON WHICH YOU RUN ON ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING FAR EXCEEDS AND GOES FAR BEYOND ANY REFORMS THAT YOU SPOKE OF ON, ON YOUR, ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU DID NOT PUT FORTH. I'M GOING TO ARBITRARILY CHANGE THE LAW THAT WOULD HAVE RAISED SOME RED FLAGS AND PROBABLY GOTTEN A FEW PEOPLE TO RETHINK THEIR VOTES AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY J D GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, STEVE BENNETT, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BREAK FROM GLASGOW AND FOR A SECOND, I'M SURE YOU'LL APPRECIATE THAT. I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE BEHIND ME, BUT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION. I KNOW IT'S A ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION HERE, BUT JUST NOT AHEAD, DO YOU GUYS ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? I BELIEVE CRACKED. I MEAN, YOU CAN NOD IF YOU'D LIKE, OR YOU CAN IGNORE ME AND NOT. UM, BUT, BUT HERE'S THE ANSWER OF WHAT I'M KIND OF GOING TO, UM, THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO MENTIONED THAT WE'RE IN A SEVERE DROUGHT. OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. WE LIVE IN THIS SEVERE DROUGHT SITUATION. WE'VE HAD COUNTLESS FLUX ALERTS, YOU KNOW, CONSERVE ELECTRICITY, BUT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. AND I KNOW THERE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT I'M GONNA SPEAK. NOW YOU HAVE TWO PRECISE PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO ADD OVER 200 UNITS TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. SO FOR EVERY GALLON THAT I SAVE IN THE SHOWER FOR EVERY WATT THAT I SAVE AT MY HOUSE, WE'RE BUILDING 200 MORE UNITS TO GET RID OF THAT. RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A SEVERE DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA. LET'S RETHINK SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS WASTING SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES. WE'RE DOING STACK AND PACK. YOU'RE PUTTING THREE-STORY POSITIONS OUT HERE AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO USE UP ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ALL OF US ARE BEING ASKED TO SAVE. SO I GUESS IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT THAT I SAY THEN, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR STANCE IS THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU GUYS SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT OR DO YOU SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT? IT'S A TOUGH CALL BECAUSE YOU WANT THE TAX DOLLARS FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND MORE SERVICES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. I GET IT. THAT'S THE WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS. BUT THE ANSWER IS, IS FOR EVERY GALLON, EVERY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAVES THOSE 200 PLUS WHATEVER OTHER ONES YOU APPROVED AT PIONEER SCHOOL, THOSE ARE ALL DEPLETING OUR RESOURCES. SO THE REALITY IS, IS, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? IS THE CITY HAVE A STANCE ON THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS DO AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF YOU VOTE THEM IN. NOW I'LL GIVE CREDIT TO THE DEVELOPER AT VINCENT SCHOOL. HE'S AT LEAST WORKED WITH RESIDENTS. I'LL GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT. CAUSE THE PIONEER ONE REALLY WASN'T ALL THAT GREAT. THOSE ARE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING LAND. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL BE GOOD. UM, SO BASICALLY AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THAT. UM, I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS AND THIS IS WHERE I BRING IT BACK TO GUESTS GONE. SO TONIGHT YOU'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR THE RECALL OF GEORGE GASKELL. AND I SUPPORT THAT. I, I DON'T THINK HE IS GOOD FOR OUR COUNTY. UM, THERE'S WAY TOO MANY THINGS THAT ARE EVIDENCED THAT BY HIS POLICIES, WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM, BUT I, SOMETHING THAT KIND OF REALLY SURPRISED ME TONIGHT IS A GENTLEMAN CAME UP HERE AND SAID, 19,000 PLUS WEST COVINA RESIDENTS VOTED FOR GUESTS GO, OKAY. SO I'M HOPING HE THINKS THAT THOSE 19 ARE GOING TO VOTE TO NOT RECALL HIM. OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE REALITY IS ALL A RECALL IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REAFFIRM FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT GUESTS, SCONE. IF THEY REALLY HAVE THE VOTES, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO REAFFIRM THAT HE WAS VOTED IN BY THE PEOPLE, OR MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THEM TO REAFFIRM THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE HERE, LIKE IS THAT I'M AGAINST HIM. BUT I LOVE THE DEMOCRATIC APPROACH TO VOTING. I LOVE THAT BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO GETS THE MAJORITY WINS, I'VE BEEN ON THE LOSING SIDE OF A VOTE. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. I RAN FOR OFFICE. I LOST, OKAY, THAT'S LIFE YOU WIN. YOU LOSE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE SPORTS. [01:30:01] THERE'S A WINNER AND LOSER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT A PARTICIPATION TROPHY, BUT I'M GOING TO STAY INVOLVED. WELL, IF GAS GOES AND LOSES GREAT, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. BUT IF THE GENTLEMAN BACK HERE WHO SAYS, HE'S GOT 19,000 VOTES THAT VOTED IN WEST COVINA START CALLING HIM, DUDE, CAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ELECTION AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I HOPE ALL 19,000 SHOW UP AGAIN, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS MAYBE JUST MAYBE OF THOSE 19,000 PEOPLE, MAYBE SOME OF THEM HAVE BUYER'S REMORSE. I KNOW IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE BUYER'S REMORSE. SO IN THAT REGARDS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, BRING THE GUESTS GO AND PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO VOTE THEM OUT. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT 19,000 PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM, GOD, I HOPE YOU GOT THEIR PHONE NUMBERS. AND I HOPE YOU MAKE A LOT OF CALLS. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT COUNCIL, J D J D EVENING. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT MR. COSCO. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PARKING BACK TO LAST MEETING. THERE WERE TWO, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ONE BY YOU AS A MAYOR, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE QUINT. UH, NO, ACTUALLY THE QUINT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP BY YOU. I BELIEVE THAT JUST SOMEHOW CAME UP. BUT THE ONE THAT YOU DID ADDRESS WAS THE ISSUE OF THE CREDIT CARDS, THE NUMBER OF CREDIT CARDS, DO YOU, THE MONITORING OF THE CREDIT CARDS. AND I KNOW THAT ISSUE, HAVING SEEN A, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE RECORDING WAS ALSO A CONCERN BROUGHT UP BY ONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BACK FROM LAST MEETING. I BELIEVE YOU WERE IN THAT MEETING, MR. DARRIO. AND THE ANSWER THEN WAS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CREDIT CARDS ARE FLOATING AROUND THE CITY. THEY'RE USED HOW THEY'RE TRACKED AND MONITORED. THAT ANSWER WAS AGAIN, GIVEN LAST MONTH TO THIS COUNCIL, TO YOU MAYOR, ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS CAME DOWN AND THROUGHOUT THE LIFELINE, BUT IN, SO DOING THAT POLICE OFFICER DISCLOSED THAT ONE OF THE FLAGS THAT, OR WHEREVER IT IS THIS MONITORING, THE USE OF THOSE CARDS IS WHETHER THEY USE IT TO FILL UP THEIR TANK USING HIGH-OCTANE VERSUS LAW. JANE SEEM KIND OF WISHY-WASHY WAY OF MONITORING. WHAT I THINK WAS IDENTIFIED, IT'S ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF USE. UM, AND SHE WAS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH NOT REALLY EXPLAINING WHY SHE KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A DEFICIENCY IN THE TRACKING, THE MONITORING AND IDENTIFYING WHO HAS THOSE CREDIT CARDS AND THE CITY WASN'T PUT IN PLACE FOUR MONTHS BACK. I HEAR OFTEN THAT EMPLOYEES ARE OUR GREATEST ASSETS, BUT WHEN THEY SCREW UP, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL THEM ON THE RUG. IT SEEMED LIKE THEY GOT A PAT ON THE BACK AND ALLOWED TO WALK AWAY AT THAT SAME MEETING, SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED. AND THAT IS THAT THE FIRE CHIEF CAME UP HERE AND DISCLOSED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE QUINT THAT THEY BORROWED FROM, I BELIEVE LAVERNE WAS GOING TO BE RETURNED. AND SOME OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS STARTED ASKING, WELL, WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH OUR QUINN? IT'S A BRAND NEW TRUCK. MR. WU SAID, HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, JUMPED ON IT AND, AND BRAGGED ABOUT IT. AND IN THAT, IN THE COURSE OF THAT DISCUSSION, IT WAS DISCLOSED THAT FIRST A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM OR A REAR END PROBLEM, OR THEN THE TRANSMISSION AND VICE VERSA. BUT IN ANY CASE, NO ONE EVER BOTHERED TO CHECK WHETHER THIS THING WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, MR. DARRIO CUSTODY CHANNEL, YOU SAID, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WE PAID FOR? THE PRICE WHERE THE QUINT MILLION DOLLARS MR. WOLF TONIGHT, I HEAR MR. WOO. FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION BY KIND OF OFFERING ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS. AND I'M THINKING, HOW, HOW IS IT THAT THIS CITY IS SO RICH THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS CHARGED WITH ENSURING THAT THE PURSE IT'S NOT ONLY APPROVED, BUT MANAGED PROPERLY ALLOWS THINGS LIKE THIS TO TAKE PLACE. NOW [01:35:01] IT'S HARD FOR ME AS A RESIDENT TO ACCEPT THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE OUR BEST, OUR GREATEST ASSET. IF THEY THEMSELVES COME UP HERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH, I SCREWED UP, BUT SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU. YEAH, WE DIDN'T CHECK THE, UH, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CITY MANAGER DIDN'T CHECK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. DIDN'T CHECK. I GUESS, PERSON CUTS OUT THE CHECK TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. DIDN'T CHECK. NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE PAID TO REPAIR THE QUINT TRANSMISSIONS AND REAR ENDS ON A MILLION DOLLAR TRUCK. LIKE THAT MUST HAVE COST SET US BACK A FEW, FEW BUCKS. AND CERTAINLY NOT KNOWING THE NUMBER OF CREDIT CARDS THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND IN THE CITY. THAT AMOUNT UP TO A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. IF THIS WAS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY, EDS WOULD HAVE ROLLED, BUT FOR SOME REASON, TAX DOLLARS DON'T SEEM TO CARRY THAT SAME LEVEL OF PRIORITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. NOPE. SORRY, MICHAEL LYNN. MY APOLOGIES, MICHAEL. THANK YOU. WELL, LET'S GO BEING A CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. I'M A RESIDENCE WEST COVINA RESIDENT. I WAS BORN HERE. I STILL LIVE HERE. AND, UH, THERE'S THREE TOPICS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. UM, FIRST, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NON GAS SCONE. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO, UH, PLEASE, UH, VOTE NO CONFIDENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DELAYS IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT THAT GAVISCON IS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE. HE'S NOT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. HE'S FOR THE VICTIMS. EVERYTHING HE'S DOING IS FOR, UH, NO HE'S FOR THE CRIMINALS. EVERYTHING HE'S DOING IS FOR THE CRIMINALS, ALL HIS POLICIES. THEY LOVE HIM. AND, UH, THAT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO ALL THE VICTIMS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANT SAFETY AND WEST COVINA AND ALL VALLEY COUNTY. AND, UH, I ENCOURAGE BRIAN TO JOIN OUR SIDE BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR ON BOARD. WE NEED A FIVE TO ZERO VOTE THOUGH. CONFIDENCE IN GAVISCON AND NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND, UH, ANYONE WHO, UH, VOTES. YES, CLEARLY YOU ARE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU'RE NOT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'RE IN A VOTE SHOT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE PROBLEM BEARS. THE BEARS REPORTING SYSTEM HAS NOW HAD THE DEATHS FROM DIRECTLY FROM THE VACCINE AT 9,000. SO THAT'S 9,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED FROM THE VACCINE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS STILL A PUSH TO, UH, GET PEOPLE TO BE INOCULATED WHEN THERE'S A SHOT THAT THIS THAT'S THIS DANGEROUS, IT'S KILLING PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DO WANT TO TAKE IN AND THEY BELIEVE IN THE VACCINE. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UH, POWER. OVER THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT BEING HEARD. THERE'S DOCTORS WHO ARE COMING OUT, TALKING ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS THEY'RE WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. DOCTORS WHO ARE ACTUALLY SERVING PATIENTS WHO ARE COMING DOWN WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS AND HOW COME THEIR VOICES ARE BEING SILENCED. SOCIAL MEDIA IS SILENCING THEM. YOUTUBE IS NOT ON THE NEWS. THE NEWS ONLY PUSHES ONE SIDE AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET INFORMATION FROM BOTH SIDES AND ONLY ONE SIDE IS BEING OFFERED. UH, BUT THE TRUTH IS THE VACCINE IS DAMAGING PEOPLE. AND, UH, ALSO IT WAS NEVER, IT WAS NEVER A SHOT THAT WAS GIVEN FDA APPROVAL. IT'S AN EMERGENCY. IT WAS ONLY GIVEN EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION. AND EVEN THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE AS LONG AS THERE ARE OTHER TREATMENTS ON THE MARKET, THERE SHOULD BE NO VACCINE. WE NOW KNOW THAT HYDROCHLORIC, QUINT AND IVERMECTIN ARE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE. 99.9% EFFICACY RATE AND NO SIDE EFFECTS. EITHER PEOPLE BEING TREATED WITH THESE ARE BEING CURED AT A VERY, VERY HIGH RATE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE VACCINE. AND SO I ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE VACCINE PROPAGANDA. WE GOT TO STOP IT WITH THAT, THAT PEOPLE MAKE THEIR DECISION, BUT STOP PUSHING THEM TO DO IT. STOP PUSHING THE CHILDREN. WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN DON'T GET SICK, UH, AT THE SAME RATE THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE DO. SO LET'S STOP MAKING CHILDREN, GET THE VACCINE. IT'S MESSING THEIR HEART UP. IT'S, UH, CAUSING INFERTILITY PROBLEMS AND ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. AND WE DON'T NEED THAT. THOSE ARE OUR FUTURE, OUR KIDS. SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AFTER THEM. WE CAN'T BE GIVING THEM BACK SCENES AND IN SPIRIT EXPERIMENTAL INJECTIONS, INSTEAD WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE. LET'S TALK ABOUT, UH, IMPROVING HEALTH. LET'S TALK ABOUT, UH, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE VITAMIN C ZINC AND VITAMIN D, WHICH ARE ALSO KNOWN TO, UH, FIGHT VIRUSES AND KEEP YOU FREE FROM FLU AND ILLNESS. UH, ALL THOSE ARE VERY COST-EFFECTIVE LET'S ENCOURAGE THAT. LET'S ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EATING HEALTHY, GOING OUTSIDE, GETTING [01:40:01] SUNLIGHT, WHICH, UM, ANOTHER STATISTIC THAT WAS REPORTED WAS THAT 90% OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, DIE OF COVID ARE ACTUALLY VITAMIN D DEFICIENT. SO HOW ABOUT LET'S ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUTSIDE, GET SOME SUNLIGHT SO THEY COULD BUILD UP THAT VITAMIN D AND BE HEALTHY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE THIRD TOPIC I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ANOTHER THING RELATED TO HEALTH IT'S, UH, THE ISSUE OF 5G 5G IS, UH, THE TOWERS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP RELATED TO THE, UH, CELL PHONES. WE GOT TO STOP. UH, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE 5G IS KILLING PEOPLE. THOSE, UH, EMF RAYS ARE VERY POWERFUL. THEY, UM, THEY, UH, PENETRATE THE PERSON'S BODY AND MESSES UP THEIR CELLS AND CAUSES CANCER. WE'VE GOT TO STOP, UH, GETTING THESE CELL TOWERS UP AND, UH, THERE'S THERE'S CELL TOWERS THAT ARE NEAR PEOPLE'S HOMES AND IN SCHOOLS AND, UH, SCIENTIFICALLY IT'S PROVEN THAT IT CAUSES CANCER. SO WE'VE GOT TO STOP. UH, WE GOT TO STOP, UH, HAVING THESE SOUTH TOWERS, WE UP, WE DON'T NEED 5G. 4G WORKS PERFECTLY FINE. YOU COULD USE THE INTERNET, WATCH VIDEOS, DOWNLOADED VIDEOS WITH 4G. WE DON'T NEED 5G. AND, UM, YEAH, SO, UH, LET'S, UH, LET'S GET RID OF 5G TOWERS. WE DON'T NEED THOSE. LET'S KEEP THE TOWERS. WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES AND SCHOOLS. LET'S, UH, DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM THE VACCINE PROPAGANDA. THERE'S GOING TO BE SIDE EFFECTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. HAVING SUPPORTED THAT AND A ONCE AGAIN, A NO VOTE, UM, A NO VOTE, A CONFIDENCE, A NO VOTE, A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON GEORGE GASCON, RIGHT? LET'S GET HIM OUT THERE. WE HAVE BILL ROBINSON SPEAKER CARD. THAT'S ONE. I ALSO HADN'T, UH, BILL ROBINSON RESIDENT. I HADN'T PLANNED TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO ENDORSE, UH, MOST OF THE COMMENTS I JUST HEARD. UH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE VACCINE PROPAGANDA, UH, YES, ONE SPIKE PROTEIN, THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE MESSENGER RNA VACCINE, UH, THAT'S CERTIFIED POISON. AND THE, UH, THE MEDIA, UH, IS SILENT, UH, IN A NON ELECTION YEAR. UH, ALL OF OUR MEDIA IS OWNED BY ABOUT SIX BILLIONAIRES WORLDWIDE, AND THEY DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THEY JUST SORT OF THINK, WELL, LET'S, UH, LET'S, LET'S PUSH THE MESSENGER RNA VACCINE AND, AND THE, UH, THE TREATMENTS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY WORKED, HYDROXY, CHLOROQUINE, IVERMECTIN, UH, DOCTORS THAT TRY TO PRESCRIBE THOSE MESSAGES, UH, THOSE TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. THEY'RE GOING AFTER THEIR LICENSES. MEDIA IS SILENT. SOMETHING IS GOING ON HERE AND PEOPLE REALLY GOT TO WAKE UP BECAUSE THE, THE VACCINE, UH, IT COULD HAPPEN IN ONE TO THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S MESSING UP PEOPLE'S IMMUNE SYSTEMS. AND, UH, THEY'RE SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES IN THE NEXT YEARS. PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE GETTING PIGS WELL, THAT'S THEIR CHOICE. BUT, UH, WE'RE ONLY SEEING ONE SIDE HERE, HERE ON ONE SIDE HERE, AND THE NAZIS ARE BACK AND TO FORCE DOCTORS TO ABANDON PROVEN THE REALLY GOOD TREATMENTS AND START PUSHING, PUSHING, PUSHING, PUSHING THIS VACCINE IS BEING PROPAGANDIZED. I MEAN, 16 MONTHS, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ELSE. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE. AND THE NAZIS ARE BACK AND PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE VACCINE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RISKING MORE THAN THEY. I MEAN, IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE GUINEA PIGS, YOU KNOW, GO FOR IT. BUT ANYWAY, I'LL JUST USE MY TIME. I WASN'T EVEN GONNA STAND UP TONIGHT, BUT, UH, THE SPEAKER BEFORE ME SORT OF LIT A FIRE, UM, IT'S ALL SPEAKERS. UH, THANK YOU. THE CITY MANAGER WILL RESPOND TO ALL PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS. I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT ITEM 10 IS ON THE AGENDA OF THE NO VOTE. UM, AND THAT WILL, UH, YOU WILL KNOW WHERE WE STAND THIS EVENING, UM, THAT WILL OCCUR AFTER OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO [01:45:01] LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT. NOPE, WE'LL DO IT TONIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. YEAH, WE WILL DO IT TONIGHT. BUT, UM, PRIOR TO THAT, [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] WE'LL GO AHEAD TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL CONNECT GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UM, THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AS I DO THIS AND THE MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. SO I WANT TO GET TO THOSE, UM, IS THAT YOUR MAIN BUSINESS THIS EVENING? UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HAD 10 SPEAKERS TONIGHT, UH, SUPPORTING, UM, A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THAT'S ITEM 10 ON YOUR AGENDA. AND OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT YOU MOVE THAT UP TO RIGHT AFTER THE CONSENT CALENDAR. TAKE THAT ONE FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TAKE UP THE LAND USE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM, ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT, ELSIE MESMAN, UM, SPOKE ABOUT THE BUDGETED PRIORITIES FOR THE USE OF THE FEDERAL MONEY. IT'S ONE OF THE UNIQUE FACTORS OF THE FEDERAL STIMULUS BILL. IS IT UNIQUELY? IT GAVE MONIES TO THE STATES AND TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INSIGNIFICANT PSALMS. THOSE WERE, UM, ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS. AND AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION AND ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET AS THOSE ITEMS, UM, ARE ADVANCED, THOSE WILL RETURN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTRACTS. ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE ITEM TONIGHT ABOUT THE JOBS TRAINING AND LANDSCAPING AND BEAUTIFICATION AS A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP UNDER THAT HEADING. BUT ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, PUT FORWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE FEDERAL PROGRAM WOULD REQUIRE, AND THOSE WILL BE BACK, UM, EACH AND EVERY TIME AS PART OF A BUDGET ACTIONS THE COUNCIL BE TO TAKE, UM, ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS, MR. SHEWMAKER WAS OFFERED SOME THOUGHTFUL REMARKS ABOUT CIVILITY. AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE NOTION THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE CIVIL IN THESE CHAMBERS. WE NEED TO TREAT PEOPLE THAT COME HERE WITH THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE. WE NEED TO AFFIRM THE DIGNITY AND THE WORTH OF EVERY PERSON THAT COMES HERE AND IS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE, UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION COUNCIL ON AND OFF COUNCIL NIGHT THAT WE COULD AIR OUT THAT TOPIC OF, OF HOW DO WE HAVE A MORE REASONED AND CIVIL DISCOURSE AS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT IN THIS TOWN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A MORE PROPER TONE. UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE WILL DEFEND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH WHEN THEY USE THEIR FIVE MINUTES. I THINK, UM, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR WIN-WIN FOR BEING HERE AGAIN TO GIVE US THOSE LIBRARY UPDATES, THOSE ARE MUCH APPRECIATED. UM, WE HAD ONE SPEAKER TALK ABOUT CREDIT CARDS THAT WAS RAISED BY COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING AS ONE OF YOUR AGENDA TOPICS. AND WE OWED YOU SOME FOLLOWUPS ON THAT. SO THAT'S COMING AS AN AGENDA REPORT, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NOW FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. OKAY. HERE WE GO. UM, JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE AT THE MOMENT WITH RESPECT OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, GIVEN THESE COVID RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE COMING AND GOING AND COMING AGAIN, BUT WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUSINESS. AND THIS IS A SCHEDULE OF THE REMAINING SUMMER MOVIES THAT ARE PLAYING. WE ALL MISSED THE ONE TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE 27TH. AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AT OUR SUMMER CONCERT SATURDAY. UM, NEXT SLIDE IS THE SCHEDULE OF THE REMAINING, UH, SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, UM, THE 24TH AND THE 31ST. AND, UM, PEOPLE SEEM TO BE OUT HAVING A VERY GOOD TIME AT THOSE. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. UM, WANTED TO MENTION NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE UP THE COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST SO THAT WE COULD, AS A COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, IT'S AN ANNUAL, UM, COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT REALLY PROMOTES POLICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CAMARADERIE THAT'S CODE WORD FOR FOOD. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON CAMERA AND AT THEIR ROTARY CLUB ON SUNDAY. WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT STATE OF THE CITY, WHICH IS STRONG, BUT THIS WAS ONE THEY WERE ALL PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. SO THAT NIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO DARK AS A COUNCIL. WE'LL MAKE IT UP THE FOLLOWING WEEK, HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS ON THE 10TH AND THE 17TH. AND I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T GET FURTHER SHUT DOWN BY COVID WHERE WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY EVENT. NEXT SLIDE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN ADVANCED NOTICE IF THERE'S ANY BUSINESS OWNERS IN TOWN THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY GOTTEN THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE, WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO IT. UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OUT WITH SOME CANVASSING [01:50:01] ON THAT. SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET IN AND AVOID ANY FINES OR PENALTIES. UM, THE, THE VOTING LOCATIONS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 14TH ELECTION. THAT'S WHEN AS A STATE, WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO RECALL GOVERNOR NEWSOME. OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE, UM, UM, VOTING LOCATIONS, UH, VOTE BY MAIL BOX WHERE THERE'S A NEW BOX. THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER AND VOTE CENTERS WILL BE NOT ONLY AT THE CAMERA COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT ALSO AT THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER. NEXT SLIDE, I'M JUST WANTING TO GET VERY BRIEF STATUS. SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FLOCK CAMERAS. UM, WE'LL HAVE 30 OF THOSE, UM, INSTALLED BY THE END OF JULY. AS OF TODAY, 21 HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. WE'RE COORDINATING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON GETTING THE REST OF THOSE MOUNTED. SO THAT'S COMING ALONG NICELY. NEXT SLIDE. WOW. TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS WE'RE RECRUITING FOR. UM, THESE ARE OPEN AND OPEN-END PROMOTIONAL RECRUITMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AID. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ACCOUNTANT POSITIONS. WE'VE GOT 10 PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS. WE'VE HAD A STRONG RESPONSE TO THAT ONE. WE'VE GOT ONE VACANCY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER DUE TO THE PROMOTION OF PAULINA TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. WE'RE RUNNING SOME FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENTS, A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, PROMOTIONAL EXAM, UH, JAYLA RECRUITMENT. UM, WE'VE GOT 10 VACANCIES FOR MAINTENANCE WORKER. UM, WE'RE RECRUITING FOR, UM, POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS FOR REC LEADERS FOR REC SITE COORDINATORS FOR A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. AND WE'VE GOT SOME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ON THE CITY AUDIT COMMITTEE. UH, ONE KEY REQUIREMENT. THERE IS YOU HAVE TO BE A CITY RESIDENT. WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN APPLY, BUT THOSE ARE GOING TO RE BE RESERVED FOR WEST COVINA RESIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ESTABLISH IN THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE ARE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, THREE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WE'RE PURSUING THEIR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION. WE SUBMITTED A, UM, OVERVIEW SUMMARY PROPOSAL TO THE STATE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, UM, UNTIL THE STATE IS TO CERTIFY, UM, THE CITY OPERATIONS, UH, WEST COVINA WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. ONE OF THE INTERESTING, UM, RESPONSES WE'VE GOT FROM THE, THE STATE IS THAT THEY DO RECOGNIZE THAT A CUSTOMIZED AND LOCALLY INFLUENCED, UM, UM, POLICY CAN BE ACHIEVED BY HAVING AN INDEPENDENT CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN BE MUCH MORE NIMBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE MUCH BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WITH OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MUCH BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR FOCUS NOW IS ON BUDGETS AND ON, UM, IMPLEMENTATION STEPS. WE'VE GOT TWO, UM, STANDING COMMITTEES NOW FOCUSING ON THOSE ISSUES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY AS THAT PROGRESSES. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING. THANKS VERY MUCH. UM, MATTER MAYOR, IF I COULD ASK ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE, THE LAST LIGHT. UH, THANK YOU. UH, SO, UH, AS FOR THE, UH, I BELIEVE THE NEXT MEETING, UM, W WITH THE STATE ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, UH, JULY 28TH, I BELIEVE SO. UH, I WAS WONDERING, UH, AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS, UM, ARE WE PLANNING TO, UH, INCLUDE, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS RESIDENTS, UH, IN, IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, CRE CREATING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY IS, UH, MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'M REPORTING OUT ABOUT STAFF LEVEL MEETINGS ARE OCCURRING. UM, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRODUCED ARE OF COURSE, PUBLIC RECORDS. WE'VE GOT, UM, MOST OF THOSE UP ON THE CITY WEBSITE, INCLUDING OUR OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL, WILL LOOK LIKE ITS SHAPE AND ITS FORM AND HOW IT WILL BE CONSTITUTED. ONCE WE GET FINAL, UM, WORD FROM THE STATE, I'D BE HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN A, IN A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT WE COULD, UM, SOLICIT, UH, PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS, IN ITS FORM THAT THE STATE IS COMFORTABLE WITH. OKAY. SO, SO TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITY WON'T BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS UNTIL AFTER STATE APPROVAL, WELL, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE DOCUMENTS THAT OUTLINE, AND WE BELIEVE COMPORT WITH STATE LAW AS TO WHAT'S REQUIRED OF A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. OUR APPROACH IS TRANSPARENT. WE WOULD WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT AND SCRUTINY ABOUT ANY OF THOSE DOCUMENTS [01:55:01] WHICH HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. AND, UM, THAT'S CONTINUOUS. WE WOULD WELCOME THAT AT ANY TIME. THANK YOU. [CONSENT CALENDAR] UH, NOW ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR, DO I HAVE ANY COUNSELED, LIKE TO PULL AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER FIVE, ANYBODY ELSE? IT SHOULD BE A SHORT COUNT, UH, ON THE CONSENT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ONE THROUGH SEVEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER FIVE? DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. ROLL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNSEL, WOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ, VETO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO [5) INITIATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NO. 21-01 AND ZONE CHANGE NO. 21-01 – WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE AND STANDARDS] ITEM FIVE. COUNCILMAN WILL PROCEED. YEAH. AND THE REASON I PUT THE AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, BECAUSE THE BID OF A AUTO PLAZA IS OKAY. HE'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. AND, UH, OKAY. I WENT THROUGH OKAY. THIS OKAY, THANKS. OKAY. IS THE POINT NOW YOU WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR? YES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST FROM THE AUTO PLAZA ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE WEST COVINA AUTO, UH, AUTO PLAZA, A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR BID THE BID WAS CREATED TO, UM, CREATE A MEMBERSHIP AT, AMONGST THE DEALERSHIPS. UM, YOU A NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS IN THAT DISTRICT TO HELP MARKET, UH, THOSE DEALERSHIPS AND PAY FOR THE READER BOARD THAT'S, UM, ALONG THE FREEWAY AND THE MONUMENT SIGN. AND SO THE, UH, THE ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY PAY ANNUALLY GO TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THAT. UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE ALSO DONE A, UM, MARKETING, UH, PROGRAM FOR THAT DISTRICT. AND SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS, UM, AN, AN ADDRESS TO, TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING IN THAT AREA AND THAT DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY'D LIKE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE MEM THE DEALERSHIPS OR THE, UH, MEMBERS IN THAT AREA ARE MUTUAL, MUTUALLY BENEFIT EACH OTHER, AND THAT THEY HELP SELL EACH OTHER OR SELL, HELP, SELL CARS, UM, AND KEEP THE AREA CLEAN AND SAFE FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE PRESIDENT SIMON SARDINIAN, UM, HERE, AND HE'S ABLE TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM AS WELL. SOMATIC SOMEONES, UH, BASICALLY WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE TWO STORES ARE TOTALLY CLOSED AND AT NIGHT IT'S REALLY DARK. SO IT'S CREATING SAFETY ISSUE FIRST FOR THE DEALERSHIPS. AND I HAVE NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEY'RE GETTING STOLEN AND YOU CALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS MAKING OUR JOB REALLY HARD TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS THERE. SO WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES HAS BEEN CLOSED, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST GIVE THIS PROPERTY LEAD A MINIMUM. IF THESE GUYS CAN KEEP IT LED AND KEEP IT NICE AND SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S REALLY IT. I MEAN, THE MAIN DEAL, SMART STUFF LIKE, AND, AND, AND THE OTHER THING IS THIS AREA WAS FOR NEW CAR DEALERSHIP. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IT AS A NEW CAR DEALERSHIP, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT AS A USED CAR OPERATION OR USED CAR DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. AND AS IN PRESENT ITSELF GOOD. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY AS A NEW CAR FRANCHISE DEALERSHIP. SO, UH, BASICALLY, UH, AS A UOP ID, OKAY. YOU WILL REQUEST SELLING ONLY IN THE NEW CAR. OKAY. SO ALL THIS VID, THIS AREA, NEW CAR ONLY, I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPOSE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GET A SALES TAX. OKAY. AND THAT IS WHY SHOW WEST COVINA. OKAY. AUTO PLAZA. WE SAW THE BEAUTIFUL NEW CAR. OKAY. THIS IS ONE THING, SECOND THING. AND I WAS YOU I THINK, OKAY. THAT TWO BIG BUILDING WITH THE DOG EVERY TIME. OKAY. I DROVE JOEL THROUGH, I SEE THE DOG SOMETIMES SEE THE MOVIE MAKING, IT SHOULD BE A DEALERSHIP AND THEY BEING EMPTY FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW CAN WE OKAY. KIND OF HELP THEIR OWNER TO MAKE IT AS A DEALER. OKAY. I THINK MAYBE THIS IS A FIRST STOP. OKAY. AND A FIRST STEP. OKAY. TO HELP. OKAY. WE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE FILMMAKING BESIDES ONLY FILMMAKING FOR YOUR AUTO OKAY. THE PRODUCT. OKAY. AND IT'S CORRECT. THE SECOND THING, A LOT OF FILMMAKING THERE. SO IT'S, HE DOESN'T [02:00:01] MAKE ANY SENSE. THERE'S NO WAY TO, I SEE THE BYLINE AND I SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE IT'D BEEN A CONSISTENTLY FILMMAKING BUZZ, NO DEALER FOR WHAT, 10 YEARS. AND THEY BECOME A BLI OVER THE, THE CT AND THE SECOND THING. AND THERE WOULD BE SOME IT'S ALWAYS DARK AND THAT WE NEED SOME LIGHT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, TO SHOP WITH COVINA, TO SHUT THE AUTO. AND THEN THE ONLY DEPARTMENT I HAVE IS THE RITA READABLE THE RITA BOWL. I THINK IT SHOULDN'T ALLOW OKAY. BESIDE THE NEW CAR ADVERTISEMENT. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK THERE'S ONLY THING I WEAR REQUEST AMENDED. OKAY. THE LEPAGE B THE BOLD. OKAY. OKAY. CTS FINANCE, YOU GUY. OKAY. WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER LOT, FOUR YEARS TO GO, BUT I THINK IT'S OKAY. IT'S BETTER TO OKAY. PROMOTE THE NEW CALL. OKAY. NEW VEHICLE. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I AGREE THAT THE, WHAT WOULD THE POINT IS IF WE ADVERTISE IN A, IN A, IN A BOARD, UH, FOR THE FRONT BUSINESSES OVER HERE, THAT'S WHAT GENERATES SOME REVENUE. AND WE CAN ADVERTISE, UH, WITH THIS REVENUE, WE CAN ADVERTISE IT, YOU KNOW, THE DEALERSHIP, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE MONEY WILL APPLY TOWARD THE DEALERSHIP. WE CREATE MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. I MEAN, THAT'S THE POINT? I MEAN, THAT'S MOST OF THE BOARD IN DIFFERENT CITY. THIS IS HOW THEY USE THEM. YEAH. IT'S NOT ONLY USE IT FOR THIS. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE ALL THE READABLE TO FOCUS IN THEIR BUSINESS RATHER THAN THE BECOME A MONEY-MAKING TOOL WHILE THEY STARTING CAR HAVE BECOME, KIND OF WAITED OUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, NOT IN THE AUTO BUSINESS, MAYBE SOME OLDER HAMBURGER OR SOMETHING. THAT'S. YEAH. SO I, I HOPE WE CAN KEEP IT AS INTEGRITY AS A NEW DEALERSHIP, PROMOTE GUY, A CT IS YOUR PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE'LL GET, WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU GUY AND THAT REALLY HELP. HOPEFULLY YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CAN KIND OF BECOME A DEALERSHIP SELLING MAYBE BMW OR SOMETHING. OKAY. THAT CAN BRING OKAY. REVENUE TO YOU GUYS INTO THE CITY. WELL, I, I THINK WE KIND OF LIVE WITH THE READER BOARD. THE EITHER BOARD IS NOT TREATED THE MAIN ISSUE FOR US. OH, YOU OKAY. INITIALLY NEW CAR SAFETY AND THE NEW CAR. THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DRIVE RIGHT NOW, LITERALLY AT THIS POINT, THAT'S PLACES DARK. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY GOING OUT OF THE BUSINESS. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR THE CITY. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR US. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUE IS HERE. I MEAN, WE INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN THESE PROPERTIES AND UNDERSTAND WE WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. I KNOW CITY, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY METHOD? OKAY. WE CAN KIND OF HELP THE OWNER OF THE, THE VACANT PLACE TO BECOME A DEALERSHIP. WHY NOW, IF WE ALLOW THE APPROVE THIS WITHOUT FILMING. OKAY. AND THE LITTLE PLACE, HOPEFULLY THE WILLING TO RENT IT OUT TO SOMEBODY TO PUT DEALERSHIP OVER THERE, IT'S A DEALERSHIP. AND THEN I THINK, WELL, THIS SPACE, WE EVEN FINANCE DAMN CITY FINANCES, $2 MILLION. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. SO, WELL MAYBE DO WE HAVE ANY WAY TO, SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP MIRROR. I THINK THAT THE, THE AGE OLD STRATEGY, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, I THINK WOULD WORK JUST FINE. IF WE CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, US AND, AND THE OTHER DEALERSHIPS FEEL THAT IT IS CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCING BUSINESS AND IS SAFE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND FOR OUR STAFF, THEN I SEE NO ISSUE WITH UNDERSTAND WHY JUST SAY, ASKING MY CT MANAGERS, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LESS VACANT LOT. OKAY. AND, UH, THE BUILDING CAN BECOME A DEALERSHIP. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT. YEAH. AND THAT THE ENTIRE STORY OVER DAY IS ALL DEALERSHIP. SO WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE TO SHOW WHAT'S COVINA AND THE BUYING CAR BY NOT COPIES. IT'S VERY GOOD. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A HOT TIME TO BUY A NEW CAR. WELL, I MEAN, WE HAVE SHORT OF CARS AT THIS POINT. THAT'S OKAY. UM, SO YOU, YOU OKAY WITH, I AMENDED OKAY. ONLY FOR A NEW CARD OR THE . OKAY, GREAT. YUP. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. BY THE WAY, ON THE TOYOTA, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A BUILDING. ARE YOU COMING HERE? WE WERE WORKING ON IT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING SOME PLANS, UH, SOME, SOME ADJUSTMENT WITH DELTA AND THAT'S HOW WE SEW YOU UP. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. WE'RE GETTING SOME ADJUSTMENT WITH THE FACT THAT IT, I THOUGHT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M GOING TO COUNSEL. NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AMENDED ALLOW THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA. OKAY. OKAY. ON THE DIGITAL READABLE WILL BE ONLY FOR NEW COLLEGE ADVERTISEMENT ONLY. UH, COUNCILMAN. I AGREE. WE NEED TO, UH, ELIMINATE THE, UH, PROFESSIONAL FILMMAKING. THAT'S, UH, KEPT THOSE DEALERSHIPS, DARK AND BLIGHTED, AND NOW DANGEROUS. UH, I AGREE WITH YOUR MODIFICATION AND I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THOSE BE NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS AND GET PEOPLE COMING HERE TO BUY CARS. ALL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT THE READER BOARD BE FOR NEW CARS ONLY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA [02:05:01] BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN G S. I MAY APPROACH HIM. CASTELLANO'S NEAR LOPEZ. BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. YOU GUYS GET TO SEE YOU [10) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-62- VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCÓN.] DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE ON THE SUBJECT MATTER. UM, COUNCIL WE'LL TAKE ITEM NUMBER 10 OUT OF ORDER AND DISCUSS IT NOW. UM, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 62, A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCON. UM, I KNOW THIS WAS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MADE. UM, SO I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TODAY. I ALSO WANTED TO THINK, UM, FOR GUESTS DAWN'S OFFICE FOR COMING OUT TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND ESPECIALLY TO SHERIFF , WHO PERSONALLY CAME ON HIS OWN TO ALSO SPEAK HOW THE DIRECTIVES AFFECT THE RESIDENTS IN WEST COVINA, WHETHER IT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVELY. SO I THANK THEM. I THINK OF THE RESIDENT. UM, ALSO I WANTED TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS A HEADS UP BECAUSE YOU, YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE SENT A DEMAND LETTER. UM, YOU HEARD FROM MY LAST ONE THAT WE HAD 154 CHARGE ARRESTS THIS YEAR, NOT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, UM, THIS YEAR. AND, AND THAT WAS ONLY FROM JANUARY TO ME. SO OF COURSE THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL ARRESTS, BUT, UH, AFTER THEY CAME TO THE OFFICE, UH, THEY CAME HERE. THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT. THEY SAID, THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE 104, UH, CHARGES. UM, AFTER THEY TOOK A SECOND LOOK, THEY REPLIED BACK THAT POSSIBLY THREE OUT OF THOSE WILL BE RECONSIDERED. UM, BUT AT THE END I THINK CHANGED, UH, WE WERE INFORMED THAT CHARGES WILL BE WHOLE, UH, WILL BE HELD AND CONTINUE TO BE REJECTED ALL BASED UNDER GUEST GUNS, NEW DIRECTIVES, SPECIFICALLY ON A SPECIAL DIRECTIVE, 20 DASH, ZERO SEVEN. AND THEN THE DEMAND LETTER THAT WE SENT IN WAS COMPLETELY IGNORED. SO MY POINT HERE, UM, CRIME IS CRIME, NO MATTER WHO COMMITS IT, IT'S NOT A RACE ISSUE. IT'S A CRIME ISSUE. AND AS WE HAVE SEEN, ALL RACES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, UM, AND HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF CRIME AND CRIME AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE. I FEEL HIS POLICY DIRECT IS DO MORE HARM TO OUR CITY CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS TO OUR LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. IT AFFECTS MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE. CRIMINALS HAD A CHOICE VICTIMS DID NOT, AND LAW AND ORDER SHOULD BE UPHELD. UM, HIS POLICY AND DIRECTIVES CREATES LAWLESSNESS TO CRIMINALIZATION. NO PUNISHMENT, NO PENALTY, NO DISCIPLINE, NO IT DOESN'T HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. THE BIGGEST FACTOR IS THE NO INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. SO HE CREATED THIS DIRECTIVE AND IMPLEMENTED THEM BEFORE HIS, UH, THE DIVERSION PROGRAM IS EVEN IN PLACE. AND I KNOW PEOPLE SAY, OH, THE DIVERSION PROGRAM, UM, MEASURE J WILL FUND THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT FUNDING DOESN'T TAKE INTO EFFECT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, JANUARY, 2022. UM, BUT I JUST DON'T. I FEEL THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE USED AS A TRIAL TESTING EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT. UH, WE'RE CRIMINALS GET RELEASED BACK INTO OUR STREETS, DOESN'T SOLVE THE MAIN PROBLEM. UM, I AM THANKFUL THAT THEY LIKE TO TRY TO REHAB, UH, BUT YET NO FACILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE EXIST AS THEY GET RELEASED BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THERE IS NO SYSTEM SET UP FOR HIS ALTERNATIVE SERVICES. I'VE PERSONALLY ASKED HIM DURING OUR MAYOR'S GANG COALITION MEETING, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN GANG. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INCREASE IN CRIME. AND AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF, UH, GABRIELA THAT OCCURRED IN OUR OWN CITY, THE LOCAL CITIES AROUND US HAVE CREATED A GANG COLE MAYOR'S GANG COALITION, WHICH I HAVE MET THE SURROUNDING UP, WENT THE COVINA AND ET CETERA. AND, UM, UH, MR. WAS IN THAT MEETING. AND I PERSONALLY ASKED HIM ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND HE TOLD US TO GO TO LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO HAD MINISTERS. THESE I'VE PERSONALLY USED THESE COUNTY PROGRAMS AT WORK. AND THE PROBLEM THAT I FOUND THAT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE WASN'T MANDATORY. UM, THE ONES WHO NEEDED IT THE MOST NEEDED THE CORRECTION OR CONTINUE, THEY CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT AND DOESN'T GET REPRIMANDED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE. UM, HIS DIRECTIVES LEANS TOWARDS CRIMINAL RIGHTS, MUCH GREATER THAN VICTIM'S RIGHTS. IT'S A CITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM, REVOLVING DOOR, NO END GAME. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT REFORM, THEY NEED TO START EARLIER, UH, WITH THE CHILDREN BEFORE THEY GO INTO CRIME. SO THEY SHOULD BRING OUT ALL THESE ALTERNATIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAM BECAUSE WE SEE IT, THE SCHOOL SEES IT, YOU KNOW, WHICH CHILDREN WILL GO TOWARDS THAT. SO USE THAT OFFER THAT, UM, LET'S GO ON A PREVENTION MODE. UM, THE, NO, THIS NO VOTE SAYS, AH, WE DON'T AGREE WITH HIS DIRECTIVE AND POLICIES AND THAT IT HURTS OUR COMMUNITY MORE THAN IT HELPS. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PROVEN AND BUILT. AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING CRIME INC. INCREASING WITH NO RECOURSE. UM, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCILS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS BEHALF, BOUNCE THEM INTO . [02:10:04] THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, UH, SINCE, UH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, MANY PEOPLE FROM MY JUNE 1ST COMMENTS AND, UH, I AM THANKFUL I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOT ONLY ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, IN PERSON OVER THE PHONE THROUGH EMAIL. UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THOSE WHO CAME AND SPOKE ON THE NECESSITY TO RECALL, UH, THE DA, UM, I LISTENED, UM, AND, AND I, I REALLY DO, UM, FEEL YOUR, YOUR NEED, UH, FOR JUST PUNISHMENT. UM, BUT JUSTICE THAT CREATES MORE INNOCENT VICTIMS IS, IS NOT JUSTICE. AND, AND THE REALITY IS THAT HERE IN WEST COVINA, UM, THERE WERE 96 CASES THAT WERE SENT TO THE DA MISDEMEANOR CASES. THERE, THERE WERE MORE CASES THAT WERE SENT THAT WERE FELONY CASES THAT ARE BEING CHARGED. UM, BUT THE CASES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE 96, 82 OF THOSE WERE DRUG-RELATED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE, THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA WHEN THEY VOTED ON PROP 47 HAVE, HAVE CREATED THE, THE LAW AND THE SYSTEM IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH DRUG OFFENSES. WE, WE ARE CREATING A SYSTEM WHICH, UH, LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECENTLY PASSED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING IN THEIR CARE FIRST JAIL LAST PROGRAM, THEY HAVE RECENTLY CLOSED MEN'S CENTRAL JAIL BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED IN THE JAIL, BUT ALSO TO THE JAILERS WHO WORKED IN THE PRISON AS WE CONSIDER THIS VOTE TONIGHT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH ALL OF THIS IS OCCURRING. THIS IS NOT A ONE-OFF WITH THE ELECTION OF GEORGE COS SCORN IN 2011, IN THE CASE OF BROWN VERSUS BLOTTER, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON SYSTEM WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION EIGHTH AMENDMENT ON, ON CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. AT THE TIME REPUBLICAN WAYNE SCOTT WHO HANDLED TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM SAID CALIFORNIA HAD THE WORST OVERCROWDED SYSTEM HE'D EVER SEEN. NOW, THIS OVERCROWDING WAS IN PART BECAUSE OF ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE ADDED EACH, EACH YEAR OF ENHANCEMENT HAS SHOWN TO INCREASE, INCREASE RECIDIVISM BY FOUR TO 7%. BUT IN 2014, WHEN THE VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA VOTED FOR PROP 57, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATED ENHANCEMENTS AS ONCE. ONCE A PRISONER HAS SERVED HIS TIME, HE IS UP FOR PAROLE BEFORE THE ENHANCEMENT TIME BEGINS. THAT IS THE REALITY. THAT IS THE SYSTEM WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AB 1 0 9 WAS PASSED WHERE GOVERNOR BROWN STARTED TO SEND PRISONERS THAT WERE KEPT IN OUR STATE SYSTEM, WHICH AGAIN, WAS HOLDING PRISONERS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY AND SENT THEM TO THE COUNTY. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS WERE SENT INTO OUR COUNTY SYSTEM. NO RESOURCES. OKAY. NO, NO BUILDS OF OTHER PRISONS. NO, NO HIRINGS AGAIN, IN 2014, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WE PASSED, THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA PASSED PROP 47. THEY PASSED PROP 57. OKAY. FURTHER REDUCING OUR PRISON POPULATION. AND HERE'S THE OTHER THING REDEFINING HOW WE VIEW OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. PROP 57 TOOK AWAY POWER FROM PROSECUTORS WHO DID NOT SHOW THE ABILITY TO USE THE TOOLS OF CHARGING YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS AS AN ADULT [02:15:01] IN JUST MANNERS. AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE SAID, THIS IS NOT A RACIAL ISSUE, BUT THE REALITY IS WHEN THE DISCRETION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE DA, THE DA'S HAVE SHOWN IN, IN ABILITY TO APPLY THE LAW, JUSTLY AND EQUITABLY. THAT IS THE REALITY. THOSE ARE THE FACTS. THOSE ARE THE STATED FACTS. SO MORE RECENTLY AGAIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2000, 19, 2019, OKAY. THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED. AND NOW AFTER THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE J AND, AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHEN THEY PASSED THEIR BUDGET, $100 MILLION TO FUND ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION, WHICH I'D LIKE TO POINT TO THE STAFF REPORT. ONE OF THE CASES THAT WE SENT TO THE DA, ONE OF THE CASES INVOLVED, A JUVENILE WHO WAS SENT TO A DIVERSION PROGRAM IN LIEU OF FILLING CRIMINAL CHARGES. THAT THAT IS PART OF THOSE 96 CASES. THEY WENT TO A DIVERSION PROGRAM. THIS IS THE SYSTEM IN WHICH THE DA WAS ELECTED TO TONIGHT. WE ARE ARGUING THAT THE DA SHOULD TAKE ACTIONS FOR A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA HAVE REJECTED NO LONGER IS FUNDED AND SIMPLY DOES NOT EXIST. 1.65 MILLION OLLIE COUNTY VOTERS VOTED TO ELECT THE D A MAJORITY OF LATINO COMMUNITIES, A PLURALITY OF BLACK COMMUNITIES PRECINCTS HERE IN DISTRICT ONE, WHICH I REPRESENT THE WESTERN SIDE OF WEST COVINA, THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF WEST COVINA. OVER 19,000 WEST COVINA RESIDENTS MADE AN INFORMED DECISION. AND AGAIN, THE REALITY IS, IF THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, THEN YOU SUPPORT POLICIES THAT LOWER RECIDIVISM. AND AGAIN, JUSTICE THAT CREATES MORE INNOCENT VICTIMS IS NOT JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR GEORGE, THE GONE HAS FAILED US. YES, FAILED WEST COVINA, AND HE'S FAILED TO LIVE UP TO HIS OATH OF OFFICE. HIS ACTIONS UNPRECEDENTED, AND THE PEOPLE WEST COVINA ARE IN DANGER BECAUSE OF HIM. HE HAS ABUSED HIS DISCRETION AS A PROSECUTOR AND SHOWS CRUEL DISREGARD FOR INNOCENT VICTIMS, BUT VIOLENT CRIMINALS. THEY LOVE HIM WHILE THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS SUFFER, PROSECUTORS ARE THERE TO PROSECUTE CRIMINALS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. NOT GIVE THEM A PASS. DON'T DO THE CRIME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE TIME. SO WHEN PROSECUTORS REFUSE TO DO THEIR JOB, PEOPLE LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THEM. THIS IS THE GATE, THE CASE WITH GEORGE GUS AND THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA DESERVE BETTER. MY HEART BREAKS TONIGHT FOR MR. JOHN CARSON, OVER THE SENSELESS MURDER OF HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, MICHELLE AND MR. BOB RYAN OVER THE LOSS OF HIS SON, HIS ONLY SON, BOBBY, WHO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY LOCAL GANG CRIMINALS. JUST FOR A MOMENT, PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES AND BE HONEST. WOULDN'T YOU WANT JUSTICE? WE SHOULD LISTEN TO GENTLEMAN. BOB VIOLENT CRIMINALS ARE EMBRACED BY THESE ACTIVISTS DA'S AND JUDGES [02:20:02] WHO ARE PUTTING US IN DANGER EVERY DAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA TO BE PROACTIVE, PROTECT YOUR HOME AND FAMILY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. DO NOT ALLOW CRIMINALS TO TURN YOU INTO THE LATEST VICTIM. I WANT THE PEOPLE AT WEST COVINA TO KNOW THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN. THIS COUNCIL WOMAN SIDES WITH VICTIMS, NOT CRIMINALS. EVERY TIME I PERSONALLY LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN THE LAWLESS DISTRICT ATTORNEY TONIGHT, I'D LIKE US TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE CITY COUNCILS FROM COVINA, AZUSA, LAVERNE WALNUT, DIAMOND BAR, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN THE DA. I AM ENCOURAGING MY FELLOW WEST COVINA COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN ME TONIGHT IN A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GUS GONE. HE HAS FAILED TO UPHOLD HIS CONSTITUTIONAL OATH, NOT A MAYOR. I MOVED TO VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GUS, GOING, UH, THANK YOU. UH, BEFORE YOU MOVE COUNCILMAN, WE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING GREAT. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE SPEECH. OKAY. I'M NOT HERE TO TRY TO DEBATE WITH A MR. TABATA BOY. I MEAN, HE WOULD JUST SAY YOU WILL AFFECT, OKAY. YOU CAN SEE CO AND THE FOAM TRUE BOOM. FROM THE LA TIMES YOU SEE THE VIOLENCE CRIME WENT UP BIG TIME. OKAY. WE HAVE A VIOLENCE CRIME, WENT OUT, WOW. 150% GANG VIOLENCE WENT UP TO MORE THAN 20 10%. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE MAJOR ALBAN. CURRENTLY WE ARE FACING, WE ARE FACING A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THOUGH. NOT TOO LONG AGO. WE HAVE, UH, UH, A CONVENIENCE STORE. OKAY. AND SOMEBODY IS AWAITING SIGN A RUBBED, THE PO CASE. AND HE DOES CLUE WHEN NOW HE GOT BLOWN AWAY. HE DIE. IT WAS A FATHER STUDY TO FOLLOW UP TO OKAY. A SENSOR THAT'S KILLING ALL THE PLACES WEST COVINA. I HAVE HAD HOW MANY DRIVE BY SHOOTING. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, SCIENCE, SOUTH SIDE AND LOST TIME. AND WE HAVE HOW MANY PEOPLE, WE HAVE A LEAD GABI OUT. OKAY. AND DIE. AND THE MOM OVER HERE CRYING. OKAY. WHAT IS STILL YOU'RE RIGHT. WELL, IT'S THE VICTIMS, RIGHT? THAT WE ARE FIGHTING. THE POINT IS VERY SIMPLE. THE LOW BIDING SEASON. AND BASICALLY THEY WANT LOW AND OLDER. WE HERE IS PROTECT THE LOW AND OLDER. WE WANT THE POLICE. WE HIRE, WE SPEND TOP DOLLAR FOR POLICE AND FIRE IS PROTECT OUR SAFETY, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. THAT IS WHY WE HERE. BUT IF IT WOULD HAVE A DISTRICT ATTORNEY DO NOT PRACTICE HIS DUTY, THEN WE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE WE, NO MATTER HOW WE DO IT, ALL THE POLICE ARREST, THEY DON'T PROSECUTE. AND THEN THE EQUIPMENT ARE BASICALLY LAUGH AT US. HOW MANY BULLETS ARE WE? WE HAVE IN WEST COVINA LOOK INTO THE NUMBER, VERY HIGH. I KNOW A COUPLE OF OUR RESIDENT MOVE OUT WEST COVINA BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ROBBED. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, OKAY. WE NEED TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WE DISAGREE WITH HIS POLICY. OKAY. WE DISAGREE WITH HIS ACTION AND LET IT PROTECT SO-CALLED INNES AND USING THE RACIAL PROFILE, TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK AND LATINO. OKAY. AND THEY HAVE THE, THE HIGHEST SENTENCE AND THEN IS ON THAT. AND I WILL SAY THIS, IT'S NOT A RACE ISSUE. IT'S A CLASS ISSUE. IT'S A PERSON WITH A MONEY AND HIRE ATTORNEY. REMEMBER THE OJ SIMPSON. OKAY. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE RACE. IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY YOU CAN HAVE ATTORNEY SO-SO THE POINT IS, IS HOW CAN WE GET A CLASS IN MORE EQUALITY, NOT ABOUT THE RACE. AGAIN, AGAIN, LET'S FIND A WAY TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENT. AND IT'S WHAT WE HERE, NOT THE IDEOLOGY. OKAY. NOT THE PARTISAN, NOT ABOUT WHY YOU THINK AND ARGUE OVER HERE WITH, OH, THIS THING, BUT HOW ABOUT VICTIM? SO I WAS SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WU, UM, MENTIONED ME BY NAME. I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND IF THAT'S OKAY. OR W IS THAT OKAY WITH, OKAY. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UH CASIANOS. AND THANK YOU, UH, UH, MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO RESPOND, UM, FIRST OFF, UH, ONE, [02:25:01] UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK, AND, AND TO HAVE, UH, UH, A REALLY, UH, DEEP DISCUSSION. WE MUST FIRST START WITH THOSE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF ARE ALL NOT ONLY BEING CHARGED, BUT THEY'RE BEING PROSECUTED. THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE DIRECTIVES BY VIOLENT CRIME FELONIES ARE, ARE NOT OF THIS ISSUE. ALSO THE, THE STATISTICS, THIS, LET HIM SPEAK. LET HIM GO AHEAD. CONTINUE. ALSO THE STATISTIC ON, ON BURGLARIES, UM, AS WAS PRESENTED BY SHERIFF VILLANUEVA AND R W CPD HAS SHOWN THAT, UH, BURGLARIES AND THOSE TYPES OF CRIMES ARE, ARE DOWN IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND, AND SO, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE DISAGREEMENTS, BUT THE DISAGREEMENT IS NOT A DISAGREEMENT ON IDEOLOGY. THE DISAGREEMENT IS ON FACTS THAT THE FACTS ARE, LET HIM CONTINUE. TH THE REALITY, THE REALITY IS, AND, AND IN, IN MARCH, WE, WE, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IN WHICH WE, WE DID DISCUSS THAT CRIMINALIZING DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WAS NOT WHAT WE AS A CITY WANTED TO DO. AND AGAIN, 82 OF THE 96 CASES, AND THEN THREE ALSO THROWN OUT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 82 OF 93 CASES ARE, ARE DRUG RELATED DRUG ADDICTION CASES. SO, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 11 CASES OF THOSE 11 CASES. W WHAT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW IS HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HOMELESS? HOW MANY OF THOSE 11 CASES HAVE TO DEAL WITH MENTAL ILLNESS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL IN MARCH SAID THAT OUR PHILOSOPHY WAS NOT TO CRIMINALIZE DRUG ADDICTION, NOT TO CRIMINALIZE MENTAL HEALTH. AGAIN, THE, THE MISDEMEANOR DIRECTIVE IS ABOUT CRIMES INVOLVING THOSE ISSUES, WHICH WE, AS A COUNCIL HAVE ALREADY SAID, DO NOT BELONG IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. UH, AND AGAIN, JUST TO POINT TO THE FACTS, NOT PROSECUTING THESE CRIMES LOWERS RECIDIVISM, IT MAKES US SAFER. THAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND MAYOR CASIANOS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. UH, OH, TIM, CASIANOS YOU MADAM MAYOR? UM, YEAH, WE WE'RE LIVING IN A SCARY TIME. WE NEED LINE ORDER. CRIMINALS ARE NOT AFRAID. UH, THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS. UM, I MEAN, I, I WANT TO GET A CCW I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW THEY'RE NOT AFRAID. IT'S A, IT'S A FREE FRAUD OUT THERE. I MEAN, UH, ULTIMATE ABOUT TWO, I JUST MENTIONED HOMELESSNESS, PROVEN A LOT OF THEM, MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THE ONES THAT CHOOSE THAT LIFESTYLE, THEY'RE FEARLESS MILITARY. I WANT TO PROLONG THIS, BUT, UM, THERE IS LEGITIMATE FEAR OUT THERE AND BAD GUYS WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS AND THEY KNOW THAT'S ALL, I'M GONNA SAY. A LOT OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS HAS BEEN, UH, COMPLAINING TO US ABOUT THE HIGH GRAFFITI. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, WELL FOR, THEY USED TO JUST WRITE THEIR GANG NAME AND THAT WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THING ENHANCEMENT, BUT NOW THEY'RE ADDING THEIR MONIKERS, THEIR GANG MEMBERS NICKNAME. AND AS YOU SAID, THEY DON'T CARE. SO THE IS GOING UP, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE OUT THERE AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING. AND I, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF MY LINE OF DUTY. AND I WORKED IN THE PUBLIC. UM, I'VE SEEN IT PERSONALLY AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY. I WORK IN A LOW INCOME. IT AFFECTS THE LOW INCOME IN THERE AS WELL. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SHOOTING. I MEAN, HE HAD TO DO A LOCKDOWN. I JUST DEALT WITH THAT LAST WEEK. SO I PERSONALLY SEEN IT. I'VE HEARD THE CRIES OF OUR RESIDENTS. A LOT OF THE EMAILS, WE GET A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS WE HEAR IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CRIME. AND UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW LIKE ALL THESE PROP, PROP 47, ALL THIS STUFF, HOW THEY INCREASE THINGS WHERE IT'S A MISDEMEANOR NOW THAT PEOPLE COULD JUST GO IN AND ROB AND TAKE UP TO LIKE $900 WITHOUT GETTING ANY PENALTY FOR THAT IT'S AFFECTING LOW. UM, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IT'S AFFECTING, UM, LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING AND TO BE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT [02:30:01] THEFT OCCUR. UM, SO I, I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, UM, THEREFORE, AND AS FOR THEM, I UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DRUG ISSUE, UM, MENTAL, THOSE RESOURCES AND THINGS SHOULD BRING BACK THOSE MENTAL INSTITUTION. IT SHOULD BRING BACK THOSE DRUG REHABS, BUT IT SHOULD BE, MAKE, IT SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY, UM, BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SEE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALL THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE. WE ARE HERE FOR THE MASS OF THE PUBLIC, FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND I'M HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE. UM, THEREFORE I KNOW COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ HAS MOVED THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE? A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DIAZ AND COUNTS A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU, ORIGINALLY A COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NO COUNCILMAN WILL, RIGHT. COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CUSTOM ON US. MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ONE. DO YOU HAVE A CONTINUATION? I'M NOT JUST GOING TO END THIS AS THE, A NO VOTE. UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, I KNOW THE NO VOTE IS NO VOTE OF NO. CONFIDENCE IS ONE THING, WHETHER GUEST'S GONE GETS RECALLED OR NOT, HIS POLICY STILL OCCURS UNTIL CHANGE HAPPENS. UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE STILL UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PART OF LA COUNTY AND OUR MONEY GOES THROUGH THOSE MEASURES. UM, AS MENTIONED UNTIL MEASURE J TAKES INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR, LA COUNTY IS SUPPLEMENTING THE RELIEF MONIES TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS AND THEY SELECTED 10 AGENCIES SLASH JAILS. AND ONE OF THOSE CITY IS CITY OF POMONA, WHICH ALL THESE 10 PROGRAMS HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY ALL LAUNCHED TOGETHER. UM, ANYHOW, CURRENTLY THIS PROGRAM IS NOT OFFERED IN OUR CITY SINCE WE ARE NOT SELECTED AS PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. SO THE CASES THAT WERE REJECTED AND FUTURE CASES HAS NO MEANS OF PROVIDED SERVICES OR DIVERSION PROGRAM BEING OFFERED TO THOSE ARRESTED. UM, ON A SIDE NOTE, WE DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER WHEN WE ASK GUESTS, GUN'S DA'S CHIEF REGARDING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE REJECTED CASES CURRENTLY, IF THE PROGRAMS ARE NOT IN PLACE, SO NO ANSWER BACK. UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE, TO HAVE OUR CITY SOLICIT RECOMMENDATIONS AS A SOLUTION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THESE SERVICES OFFERED IN WEST COVINA, AND ESPECIALLY TO BE ON TOP OF RECEIVING THOSE MEASURE J FUNDS AND TO HAVE OUR CITY FUNDED FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, THAT WAY, AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT SERVICES AND DIVERSION IS ACTUALLY BEING PROVIDED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING ARRESTED IN OUR CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO ALSO MOVE THAT, UM, TO GET THAT BALL ROLLING. SECOND WE'LL CALL. OH YEAH. WELL, YEAH, MOVE SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR LOPEZ VIBRATO, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S ABOUT DUBAI COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ, VIANO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. OKAY. OKAY. LET'S SEE. WHAT'S NEXT. UM, OKAY. ONTO A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING, A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO HEAR ITEM NUMBER NINE FIRST. ALL RIGHT, THEN I'M SORRY. UH, NUMBER NINE. YEAH. IT'S REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE. OH, CAN I HAVE EVERYBODY WE'RE STILL IN MEETING SESSION OR REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO HEAR ITEM NINE FIRST AND THEN PROCEED TO ITEM EIGHT. IF COUNCIL HAS NO ISSUES WITH THE CHANGE, I'LL PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO NUMBER NINE? OKAY. HUH? WE'RE WE'RE DOING, UH, 10, 9, 8. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO NINE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO EIGHT. YEAH. THE [9) VINCENT PLACE SPECIFIC PLAN - CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO 20-02, ZONE CHANGE NO. 20-03, PRECISE PLAN NO. 20-06, TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NO. 21-03, TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 83166, AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FROM CIVIC: SCHOOLS TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM, TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) TO A SPECIFIC PLAN, TO DEMOLISH ALL EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS/USES ON THE SITE, CONSTRUCT 119 RESIDENCES (47 TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STYLE DETACHED UNITS, RANGING FROM 1,465 SQ. FT. TO 2,125 SQ. FT. AND 72 ATTACHED THREE-STORY TOWNHOME STYLE UNITS, RANGING FROM 1,214 SQ. FT. TO 1,822 SQ. FT.), INTERNAL DRIVE AISLES, COMMON OPEN SPACE, GUEST PARKING SPACES, AND REMOVE ON 8 SIGNIFICANT TREES ON AN 8.05 ACRE SITE AT 1024 W. WORKMAN AVENUE] NUMBER ITEM NUMBER NINE. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 10 24 WEST WORKMAN AVENUE AND IS BEING PRESENTED IN CONSIDERATION OF MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO TWO ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO THREE, PRECISE PLAN 20 DASH 0 6 3 TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 21 DASH OH THREE, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 83, 16 6, AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. UM, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR. OKAY. UH, THIS TIME I'LL SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'LL BE FIRST A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT. THEN WE SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR AND THEN THOSE OPPOSED. FINALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE REBUTTAL TO ANY TESTIMONY RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. WE'RE PLANNING MANAGER, JOANNE BURNS WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT IN THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING ON A ROLL MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE [02:35:01] CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ENTITLEMENTS BEFORE YOU INCLUDE THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE LAND USE TO, UM, TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM CURRENTLY THAT THE LAND USE IS, UM, ONLY ALLOWS FOR SCHOOLS AND CHANGING THE LAND USE TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM ALLOWS FOR A SINGLE, A RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF UP TO 20 UNITS PER ACRE, AS ZONE CHANGE SAYS, CHANGE THE ZONING TO A SPECIFIC PLAN, UM, AN ZONING AND A PRECISE PLAN FOR THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, TENTATIVE, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR THE CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION TO ALLOW THE APPLICANTS, IF APPROVED, TO SELL INDIVIDUAL UNITS, A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT TO REMOVE EIGHT SIGNIFICANT TREES, ONE BEING A CREPE, MYRTLE, AND SEVEN BEING COASTAL LIVE OAK TREES AND A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WHICH IS THE SECRET REVIEW PROCESS THAT THIS PROJECT WENT THROUGH IN THIS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE SITE IS LOW. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH. I'M SORRY, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WORKMAN AVENUE AND VINCENT AVENUE INTERSECTION WORK MEN AND VINCENT IT USE, IT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE FORMER VINCENT SCHOOL SITES, WHICH WAS OPERATED BY THE COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SITE IS ABUTTED BY SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL UNDER NORTH AND WEST SIDE, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL ON THE EAST SIDE, AND ALSO SINGLE-FAMILY AND ALSO COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS A LIQUOR STORE AND A GAS GASOLINE STATION. ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE AND MALT, THE MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE SOUTH AND ALSO TOWNHOMES ALSO ON THE SOUTH HERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SITE TAKEN FROM VINCENT AVENUE. ANOTHER ONE TAKEN FROM GARVEY AVENUE OR REFERENCE HERE IS THE PROJECT SITE PLAN. THE PROJECT SITE IS 8.05 ACRES. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR 119 UNITS. ALL UNITS HAVE TWO CAR GARAGES. 47 OF THOSE UNITS ARE TWO STORY, SINGLE FAMILY, UM, STYLE UNITS. AND THOSE BINGO FAMILY-STYLE UNITS ARE ORIENTED OR A SIGHTED ALONG WORKMAN AVENUE. AND ALSO ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO THE, TO THE WEST. THERE ARE ALSO 72 ATTACHED THREE STORY TOWN HOME UNITS, AND THE TOWNHOME UNITS ARE, ARE, ARE EITHER SIX AT, UM, 10 PLEX BUILDINGS OR SIX PLEX BUILDINGS. THE 10TH PLEX BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SITE, RIGHT ALONG THIS BUILDING, RIGHT OVER HERE, THIS BUILDING NEAR THE SELF OF THE, THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA. AND ALSO THIS BUILDING HERE, THE SIX FLEX BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED ALONG VINCENT AVENUE, UM, ALONG OUR GARVEY AVENUE AND ALSO MIRROR THE, THE, UM, THE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX UNITS. THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE FROM DRIVE WAYS ON WORKMAN AVENUE, WHICH IS MID, MID, UM, ALONG THE MID, THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONTAGE AND ALL, AND A SECONDARY DRIVEWAY IS LOCATED ALONG GARBY AVENUE, WHICH IS THIS AREA RIGHT ALONG HERE, THE DRIVEWAYS LEAD TO THE PROPERTIES. I DRIVE THEM LANES EACH THE PRIVATE, THE WIDTH OF THE PRIVATE DRIVES THEM LANES RANGE FROM [02:40:01] 2026 FEET. I'M SORRY, FROM 20 FEET TO 26 FEET. AND THERE IS A PRIVATE SPACE AREA ALONG HERE. I'M SORRY. COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA ALONG THIS AREA THAT WHERE YES, PARKING SPACES ARE A BUDDING IT ON THE, ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE, THE COMMON THE I'VE BEEN TO SPACE. THE I'M AN OPEN SPACE AREA, TOTAL 25,540 SQUARE FEET. A MINIMUM SETBACKS ALONG VINCENT AVENUE IS 3.2 BEADS. AND THIS IS TO THE, TO EACH OF THE UNITS, PATIO WALLS AND THE SETBACK, THE FRONT SETBACK ALONG, UM, WORKMAN AVENUE IS, HAS A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET. AND THIS IS MEASURED FROM PROPERTY LINE TO THE POST OF THE, THE UNITS COVERED PORCH. THE SETBACK ALONG THE REAR, THE MINIMUM IS 21 FEET. AND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MINIMUM IS 29. INITIALLY THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MAY 25TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FIVE ZERO WITH ADDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND THE ADMIN CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE IN THE PROJECTOR. UM, THE FIRST CONDITION THAT WAS ADDED IS THE REQUIREMENTS TO INSTALLED SIGNS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PARKING ALONG FIRE LANES AND IN FRONT OF GARAGES UPGRADING THE ROOF MATERIAL TO CONCRETE TILES AND WALL MATERIAL TO SMOOTH STUCCO OR THE TOWNHOMES, OR ONLY THE TOWNHOMES ALONG VINCENT AVENUE TO INSTALL FOUR FOOT TALL WALLS ALONG WORKMAN AND VINCENT AND A SEVEN FOOT TALL WALL ALONG GARVEY AVENUE FOR SECURITY TO INCREASE THE PERIMETER VINYL FENCE HEIGHT TWO TO SIX FEET TO INSTALL BETTER LIGHTING, WHICH, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEFINED AS DOUBLE-SIDED LIGHT POLES THAT EMIT TWICE THE NORMAL LIGHTING DENSITY ALONG GARVEY AVENUE IN VINCENT AVENUE FOR SECURITY, AND TO ADD A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS, A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO THE, HAVING A CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, ONE BEING TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF CCTV SYSTEM ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARKING PROGRAM OR GUEST PARKING SPACES TO ENSURE PERMITTER TREES ARE MAINTAINED AND DO NOT ENCROACH INTO THE NEIGHBORING YARDS TO REQUIRE TRASH CANS, TO BE STORED IN THE UNITS AND OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW WITHIN 24 HOURS OF TRASH PICKUP TO REQUIRE GARAGES, TO BE USED FOR VEHICLE PARKING AND ALL REVISIONS TO THE CCNRS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. HERE IS A CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO INSTALL OVER 200 TREES ON THE SITE. THE TREES BEING, UH, RANGING FROM 24 INCH BLOCKS TO 36 INCH BOX IN SIZE, UM, WITH A MIXTURE OF 14 CALIFORNIA, SYCAMORE TREES OR OLIVE TREES, 13 MAGNOLIAS AND 42 BRISBANE FOX STREET TREES THERE, THE APP, THE APPLICANT, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WEST SITE NEIGHBORS ALONG THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, ALONG THE WEST TO INCREASE AND TO MITIGATE ANY POSSIBLE PRIVACY IMPACTS ON TO THOSE RESIDENTS AND IN DOING SO, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO INSTALL HODOR, PUT A CARPUS AND ALONG THE, THE PROPERTY LINE, UM, TO SCREEN IN ANY, ANY VIEWS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES. THIS IS A CROSS. THIS IS A CROSS SECTION THAT WAS TAKEN FROM [02:45:01] ALONG THIS AREA, WHICH REPRESENTS THE WEST OPERATING LINE. SO BASIC. UM, SO BASICALLY THE PORT OF CORPUS TREES ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED, RIGHT, ADJACENT TO BE WALK WALL, WHICH THE APPLICANTS WILL BE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON INSTALLING OR UPGRADING THEIR EXISTING WALL OR FENCE IN THAT AREA. AND SLIGHTLY UP THE SLOPE, THERE WILL BE A VINYL FENCE WITH LANDSCAPING AND BETWEEN THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT WILL BE CREATED AS PART OF THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE THAT THE LANDSCAPING IN BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FINAL FENCE BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO, TO THE LANDSCAPE FUND FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SITES, THE RESIDENT, THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL STYLE DEVELOPMENT WOULD, WILL NOT HAVE WINDOWS THAT ARE, THAT ARE FULL-SIZED EGRESS AND INGRESS EGRESS, AND INGRESS WINDOWS FACING THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST. THERE ARE ONLY YOU HOMED HOUSE DESIGNS. I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONES ON THE TOP, UM, NORTH WEST SIDE THAT ARE OF CONCERN. AND IN THOSE PARTICULAR, IN THOSE PARTICULAR HOMES WILL BE SCREENED BY TALLER, UM, PUT A CARPUS PLANTS, SHRUBS. YOUR IS THE VIEW OF THE PROJECT FROM, FROM THE STREET ALONG WORKMAN AVENUE. AND ALONG WITH VINCENT AVENUE, THE FRONTAGE, THE, THE FRONTAGE OF EACH UNIT OR THE MOST PARTS, UM, BASE THE STREET, UH, FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE OR THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY STYLE RESIDENCE IS ON WORKMAN AVENUE. AND ALSO FOR THE PROPOSED TOWNHOMES, ALONG SINCE IT HAPPENED, THERE ARE THERE, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY STYLE, UM, UM, RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE. UM, THE FIRST STYLE WOULD BE AT SANTA BARBARA STYLE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A HIP ROUGH SHUTTERS, STUCCO WALLS, S TELL RE S ROOF TILES IN THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OR ALL, OR ALL DETACHED, TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY, UM, 26 FEET MAXIMUM. THE SECOND STYLE BEAM WAS THIS FULL STOLL, WHICH INCLUDES LAP SIDING, HIP ROUGH, UM, WOODS SHUTTERS AND LAP THREE SLATE AND ROUGH FINAL, UM, STYLE OR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, STYLE UNITS IS THE FARMHOUSE STYLE, WHICH ALSO INCORPORATES I HAVE ROUGH. UM, AND TWO, THREE OF RE OF THE PLANS HAVE EVIL ENDS AND, OR THE, OR THE GABLE, OR THEY GAVE THE TOP OF THE GABLE ON EACH END. THERE WILL BE BORED IN THAT IN VERTICAL SIDING. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WHAT'S SHUTTERS. YOUR ARE THE DEEP PILLS OR THE PROPOSED FIRST TWO STORY. WHAT KINDS FOR EACH OF THE EDITS PATCH, TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY UNITS, THE SIZE OF THE DETACHED UNITS RANGE FROM 1,465 SQUARE FEET TO 2,125 SQUARE ALL UNITS OF A TWO CAR GARAGE FORGE IN A MINIMUM OF 390 [02:50:01] SQUARE, BUT FIVE IN OPEN SPACE YARD AREA. AND ONE AS THREE BEDROOMS WHEN OUTER ROOM INTO BATHROOMS AND TWO, THREE AND FOUR HALF FOUR BEDROOMS, THREE BATHROOMS, AND THE LAW HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS OR ELEVATIONS FOR THE SIX AND 10 FLEX UNITS. THESE ARE THREE STORY ON HOMESTYLE UNITS. THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS TEMPORARY ECLECTIC WITH TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS, AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEMES. THE FIRST COLOR SCHEME IS UTILIZED AS A GRAY TONE WITH THE WHITE TRIM. THE SECOND COLOR SCHEME USE A LIGHT UTILIZES AN ALT DARK OLIVE GREEN TONE WITH THE WHITE TRIM. THE PROPOSED MATERIALS INCLUDE OFFICER COMPOSITION, SHINGLE OR HIP ROUGH FACUL BREAK AND LEFT FIGHTING. AND THE MAXIMUM FIGHTS WOULD BE 37 BY IN YOUR, THE DETAILS SPORT. EACH OF THE PLANS ATTACHED UNITS RANGE FROM 1,214 TO 1,822 SQUARE FEET. EACH HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE, THREE BEDROOMS, AND A DECK ON THREE HAS AN EXTRA FLEX ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SINCE, SINCE THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PLANS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE ONLY THE FOUR OR FIVE FOR THE 10 FLEX BUILDING. UM, MAINLY BECAUSE EACH OF THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, UM, HAVE A COMBINATION OF EACH OF PLANS, ONES THE FINAL ONE, TWO AND THREE, UM, OF THAT, THAT IS SHOWN HERE. AND IT, IT, EACH BUILDING JUST DIFFERS ON WHAT, WHAT, WHICH HAS MORE HAS IT HAS MORE OF, SO I HADN'T HAD ONE ON THE 10 FLEX BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUILDING, AND IT HAS ENDS ONE RE PLANS ONE AND THREE HAVE, UH, UM, TWO CAR SIDE BY SIDE, UM, A GARAGE THAT ACCOMMODATES TWO CARS SIDE BY SIDE WHILE PLAN TO HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, BUT IT UTILIZES AT, AT TANDEM PARKING ZINE, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, PLAN THREE HAS A FLEX ROOM ON THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FRONT. THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR OF, OF THE 10 FLEX BUILDING. EACH OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE A TWO-STORY OF THE PLANS, HAVE A LIVING ROOM, A DINING ROOM AND SHIN OF THE, ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF EACH OF THE UNIT. UM, SOME HAVE BEDS, UM, BEDROOMS ON THE SECOND FOR ALL OF THE UNITS, THE, THE BEDROOMS ARE FOR THE MOST PART ON THE THIRD FLOOR OR PROJECT RENDERINGS OF THE SITE, AS IT WOULD APPEAR ON, ON WORKMAN AVENUE. THIS IS COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA AND ARIEL, UH, A RENDERING OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE OBJECT CONSTRUCTED. SO A RENDERING ALONG AND OR THE SIGNIFICANCE TREES. YES, TREE ONE IS A CREPE MYRTLE TREE, SEVEN, 15, AND 16 OR EARTH POSTLIGHT OAK TREES. [02:55:01] AND JUST TO POINT OUT THAT THE POST LIFE OAK TREES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED ARE THEY, MOST OF THEM HAVE THREE ROOTS THAT ARE GROWING UNDER THE SIDEWALK, MAYBE HAZARD ON THIS PLAN, 17, EIGHT FULL SLATE OF TREES. ADDITIONAL AIR ARE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON IF THE PROJECT HAS APPROVED THE PROJECT, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, WHICH EQUALS 2.5% OF THE CONSTRUCTION VALUATION OF THE PROJECT. UM, THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO BE REMOVED OR, OR A MISSION PUBLIC ARTS THAT EQUALS TO THIS VALUE. THE APPLICANTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT, UM, WHEN $177,831, AND HE PARKED, HE WILLING TO APPROXIMATE PROJECT BENEFITS. THE, THE PROJECT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS, THE APPLICANTS PREPARED A FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH STATES THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE A NET FISCAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF 77,000 FOR EACH YEAR FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. IT CREATES, UM, A TRANSITION FROM LORDS HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING. AND ALSO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR OPERA IS A SERVICE, UM, UM, BEING A VALLEY UNIFIED DISTRICT FACILITY THAT THAT'S NO LONGER BEING USED AND ALL THAT. IF THIS PROJECT HAS CONSTRUCTED, UM, CHILDREN MOVING INTO SITE WILL MOTIVATE VINO VALLEY UNIFIED AND THE, THE SITE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE RINSED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE APPLICANT HAS AS WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND HAS HELD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING ZOOM, UM, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THEY COULD NOT HOLD A TRADITIONAL MEETING MEETING, UM, BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, UM, RULES. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE DEVELOPER HAS ALSO APPROACHED, UM, NEIGHBORS STEP INS SPOKE TO NEIGHBORS SEPARATELY, UM, TO CHECK WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE AND TO WORK WITH THEM IN ADDRESSING IT, LEGAL NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, UM, OR THE SEQUENCE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, ON MARCH 22ND, 2021, THE PUBLIC THREE, IT ENDED ON APRIL 21ST, 2021. UM, AND IN BETWEEN THIS, THERE WAS A, UH, PUBLIC HEALING HEARING HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND LEGAL NOTICES WERE SENT FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IN ADDITION TO THAT POP UP PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE SENT OUT FOR THIS MEETING AS WELL. THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES FOR THIS MEETING WITH SENSE OF LT ON JULY 1ST, 2021, WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, EQUAL PROCESS, UM, UH, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WAS AIRED. AGAIN, IT WAS CIRCULATED ON, UM, FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS BETWEEN MARCH 22ND TO 21 TO APRIL 1ST WHEN THE CITY RECEIVED AMENS FROM THE WEST COVINA IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE COUNTY, UM, ANNOTATION DISTRICT IN TWO COMMENTS FROM CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, COMMENTS WERE COMMENTS WERE PREPARED FOR LETTERS RECEIVED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND THESE ARE BALD, UM, RESPONSES TO COMMENTS, WHICH HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS AND IN OUR, WE DID. AND THE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE LARGER ATTACHMENT [03:00:01] HAS ALSO BEEN MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE SINCE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT HAS MADE, HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY'S WEBSITE SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS, UM, ALONG WITH, AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPARENCY NEEDED FOR THE PROCESS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT WAS PREPARED BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANT. UM, GREG REG MORIN FROM BRENE CON IS HERE AND HE CAN SPEAK OF THE SIKH, THE SIKH WA UM, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS. LET ME GO AHEAD AND FILL UP THIS PRESENTATION HERE. THANK YOU, JOANNE. SO I'LL TRY TO BREATHE. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF TONIGHT, BUT I SPOKE OVER ALL THE BASICS. UM, SO, UH, THE SECRET PROCESS EQUALS THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. AND, UM, IN THAT PROCESS, UH, WE WERE AT WE'RE AT THE, UH, OBVIOUSLY AFTER WE ARE HERE, I'M HERE, BUT I'M BASICALLY THAT PROCESS IS TO ANALYZE AND DISCLOSE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANY, UH, PROJECT, AT LEAST ONE THAT REQUIRES DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS SUCH AS THE, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. UM, AS JOANNE MENTIONED, WE DID PREPARE A DRAFT INITIAL STUDY, AND I ASKED THEM INDEED, IT'S THE INITIAL STUDY, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, UM, CIRCULATE THAT DOCUMENT TO THE PUBLIC, UM, ANY COMMENTS ON IT FROM THE PUBLIC. AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS AS JEN MENTIONED, UH, PREPARE RESPONSES TO THOSE COMMENTS AND THOSE GO INTO THIS FINAL INITIAL STUDY OR ISM THE, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAVE BEFORE THEM TONIGHT. UM, AND THEN WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE CITI HAS PREPARED FINDINGS AND IS CONSIDERING BOTH THE, UH, I ASKED THEM IN D AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND AT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION AND PROJECT AND THE ICE. AND INDEED, UM, SO WHAT DID WE FIND THAT THE, UH, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT MIGHT OR WOULD BE, OR IN OUR DETERMINATION, UM, PROJECT WOULD HAVE IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. THAT WOULD BE LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT WITH INCORPORATED MITIGATION MEASURES, UM, IN THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AREAS, UM, AND, UH, AREAS OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND SOILS, UM, HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, NOISE TRANSPORTATION, AND, AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES. AND I WON'T GET TOO FAR INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS MITIGATION MEASURES, BUT, UM, THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, I'LL JUST SAY BASICALLY WHAT AREAS THOSE MITIGATION MEASURES ARE IN. UM, IT'S THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTICULAR MEASURES THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. UM, BUT, UH, IN BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME TREES REMOVED ON THE SITE. YES, THERE ARE PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED WITH OTHER TREES, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME EXISTING TREES ARE PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL. UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A MITIGATION MEASURES OR NESTING BIRD AVOIDANCE, UH, AND THEN ALSO MITIGATION MEASURE ON HOW TO, UH, DEAL WITH AND PROPERLY DEAL WITH, UH, SIGNIFICANT TREES, UM, EARLY, ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S, UH, EXISTING TREE ORDINANCE, AND THEN WITHIN CULTURAL RESOURCES, UM, THERE'S THIS WORKERS, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS PROGRAM ACTUALLY HAS THAT AWARENESS IS THE AWARENESS ABOUT HOW, UH, PROPERLY HANDLE, UM, UH, SUBSURFACE CULTURAL RESOURCES, IF THEY'RE FOUND TO SUCH AS ARCHEOLOGICAL, UH, HUMAN REMAINS, UH, THERE ARE ALSO REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THAT, BUT, UM, OR TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES, BUT WE'LL GET MORE INTO THOSE PARTICULARLY LATER. SO THE WORKER'S ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS PROGRAM, UM, REQUIRES A BRIEFING AT THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION. SO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER IS BASICALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO, UH, ON IT ANTICIPATED SUBSURFACE CULTURAL RESOURCES ARE ENCOUNTERED, WE SAY ON ANTICIPATED BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING ON THE SITE, BUT ONCE YOU STARTED DIGGING, UM, UH, YOU CAN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FINE. SO, UH, AND THEN MITIGATION. CO2 IS, UH, WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS SUCH A FINE AND LAYS OUT SOME DETAILS ABOUT THAT, UH, THEN WITHIN GEOLOGY AND SOILS, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR SIMILARLY TO THE ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES. THIS IS ACTUALLY PALEONTOLOGICAL [03:05:01] RESOURCES AND JUST UNDER SEQUEL, A PALEONTOLOGY FALLS UNDER, UNDER THE GEOLOGY TOPIC. UM, BUT SIMILARLY, WHAT THE MEASURE SAYS WHAT TO DO IF YOU DISCOVER APPEALING IN GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES, UH, THEN WITHIN HAZARDS AND HEAD IS THIS MATERIAL'S, UM, UH, THIS MITIGATION MITIGATION MEASURE HAS ONE, UH, SAYS, UH, HOW TO PROPERLY, UH, HANDLE AS BEST AS CONVENIENT MATERIALS OR ACS IF THEY ARE FOUND IN THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SITE WHEN THEY ARE, UH, DEMOLISHED AND, UH, UM, IN THE AREA OF NOISE, UH, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION NOISE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, NOISE MITIGATION, UH, MEASURE TO REDUCE CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND REDUCE ITS IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING, UH, PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY RESIDENCES IN EITHER SENSITIVE RECEIVERS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MITIGATION MEASURE NOI TO, TO, UH, REQUIRE A SAND INSTALLATION IN, UH, THE PR PROS UNITS, UH, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT ARE, WOULD BE MOST EXPOSED TO THE MAIN SOURCE OF NOISE, ALMOST ANY AREA, WHICH IS ROADWAY NOISE TO ENSURE, UH, UH, UNACCEPTABLE SAND LEVEL IN THE INTERIOR OF HOMES WITHIN TRANSPORTATION, UH, MITIGATION TRAN ONE, UH, IT'S CALLED TRAFFIC SAFETY AND CONTROL. AND, UM, THIS IS BASICALLY TAKES MEASURES FROM THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WERE, UH, THERE WAS DONE FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND THAT HAD RECOMMENDATIONS. AND, AND THIS BASICALLY TAKES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PUTS THEM INTO A MITIGATION MEASURE, ASSESSED TO DO WITH, UH, REALLY THE PROJECT ENTRYWAY PROJECT DRIVEWAYS AND THE ROADS THEY LOCAL ROADS THEY LED OUT ONTO AND HOW TO, UH, PROPER, UH, LANE ALIGNMENT AND, AND, UH, PROPER TURNING MOVEMENTS AND ET CETERA. AND THEN FINALLY, WITHIN THE AREA OF TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES, WE HAVE MEASURES TO REQUIRE THAT A NATIVE AMERICAN MONITOR BE, UH, HIRED, UM, TO MONITOR CONSTRUCTION IN CASE OF, UH, FIND, UH, UH, OF, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES, UH, AND THEN MEASURES THAT SAY WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO DO. IF THOSE ARE RESOURCES ARE DISCOVERED, INCLUDING HUMAN REMAINS AND ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS. AND SOME OF THOSE MEASURES, UH, ACTUALLY INCLUDE, UM, REFER TO REGULATIONS. SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THIS IS GOVERNED BY, UH, EXISTING REGULATIONS, UM, BUT ALSO IT'S CAUGHT OR IT'S PUT INTO THE MITIGATION MEASURE AS WELL. SO, UM, NEXT STEPS WILL BE THAT THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE ISM AND D UH, AND ALL REQUIRED PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS AND PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE. UH, IF APPROVED THEN I WOULD REQUIRE A SECOND READING BY CITY COUNCIL. AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR THE HANSEL'S AUGUST 17TH MEETING. UH, STAFF CAN INFER THAT, UM, IF THE ISM AND D AND THE PROJECT ARE APPROVED, HE NOTICED THE DETERMINATION FOR THE ISM AND D AND SECRET DOCUMENT, UH, WILL BE FILED WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE APPROVAL WITH THIS STAFF, OR IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NUMBERS, 20 21 77 THROUGH 20 21 80 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 85. IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER. AND ALSO THE APPLICANT IS ALSO, UM, WITH US TODAY AND THEY WILL, THEIR TEAM WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY APPLICANTS ORIENTED QUESTIONS AS WELL. THE COUNCIL IS THERE ANY, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, UH, JUST GOING TO ANSWERS, MATT, ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER, OR MAYBE, MAYBE THE BUDDHA CAN COME. YEAH, YOU CAN COME UP AND THEN YEAH. ANSWER. JUST BE PREPARED TO ANSWER. YEAH. OKAY. UH, QUICK. OKAY. WHEN YOU BUILD THIS, UH, BY THE WAY, I WATCHED A PLANNING OKAY. MEETING ALREADY. SO I WENT THROUGH THAT, SO THAT'S QUITE OKAY. I'M NOT TRYING TO, BUT WE WATCH IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. OKAY. I THINK THE, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COME TO WEST COVINA TO BUILD THERE, AND EVERYBODY KNOW WE NEED HOUSING, [03:10:01] AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE OKAY. HOW MANY PHASE? OKAY. AND THE YOU PLANNING, HOW LONG TO BUILD ALL THIS, AND DO YOU HAVE A MODEL HOME? OKAY. AND THERE'S TO SHOW PEOPLE, SO MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US OKAY. THE, OKAY. THE PROCEDURE, THE PROCESS. ABSOLUTELY. YES. SO IT'S 119 HOME. YOU HAVE A DETACHED AND YOU HAVE A THREE STORY ATTACHED TOWN HOME, AND THEN YOU HAVE A ROW HOME, A LITTLE BIT AT A SKIRT STYLE. YES. AND THE SECOND QUESTION I WANT TO ASK YOU, THERE WOULD BE A WRENCH OF THE OKAY. THE PRICE. OKAY. AND I THINK SOME OF THEM, WE REALLY PREFER THE HOST FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. OKAY. A YOUNG COUPLE ARE DIGGING, MOVING IN WEST COVINA TO HAVE AB OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GO TO OUR COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL. SO WE NEED POPULATION TO FILL INTO THE ELEMENTARY. SO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US SOME OF THE, THIS QUESTION, ANSWER. OKAY. LET ME, LET ME JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF. HI. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MATT MAHARA. I WORK FOR MERITAGE HOMES. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WELL, LET ME, LET ME TOUCH ON, ON SOME TIMING ASPECTS. UM, SO IF, IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED, UM, WE WILL BE, WE'LL BE READY TO PULL A GRADING PERMIT SOON, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, AND, UH, HOW, HOWEVER, FAST WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET THAT THROUGH. AND, UM, AND SO, YEAH, UH, Q1 Q2 OF NEXT YEAR IS, IS WHEN WE'RE ANTICIPATED TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE HOMES AND Q3 IS WHEN WE'RE EXPECTED TO, TO START SALES ON, UM, ON THIS COMMUNITY. AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT OPEN TO, SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? UM, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING AS FAST AS WE CAN WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO GET THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND, AND IN TERMS OF, OF CONSTRUCTION, HOW WE ARE, WE BUILD, UM, WE, WE TYPICALLY BUILD LIKE A, LIKE A CLUSTER PACK THAT THE, THE MOTOR COURT DETACHED HOMES WE WOULD BUILD. UM, YOU KNOW, I, YEAH, I, I BELIEVE WE, WE BUILD THEM AT THE SAME TIME. UM, YES. AND, AND, UH, AND SO FOR THE TOWNHOMES, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO BUILD THE ENTIRE BUILDING, UM, BEFORE WE CAN RELEASE THEM FOR SALE. AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE, EXACTLY. SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A EXACT, SO YOU KINDA GOT TO BUILD A BUNCH OF, OF, OF, OF TOWNHOMES AND, AND SAME FOR THE DETACHED, UH, CLUSTER HOMES. YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE ENTIRE SIX PACK AND THEN, AND THEN GO ON AND THEN YOU CAN START SELLING, UM, EXACTLY. RIGHT, EXACTLY. SO, YEAH. YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THAT. SO, UM, SAME, SAME DEAL WOULD APPLY FOR THIS. SO WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD CHOOSE ONE OR TWO OF THE DETACHED HOMES TO MODEL SO THAT FOLKS CAN CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT THE PRODUCT IS LIKE FOR, AND THEN THE, UM, SAME THING FOR THE, FOR THE TOWNHOMES. UM, AND, AND, AND THEN WE WOULD PROVIDE A PARKING, UM, PARKING FOR FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, VISIT THAT, THOSE MODEL SITES. YEAH. SO, SO AT THIS POINT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO, UM, PROJECT AS I'M SURE, YOU KNOW? UM, YEAH, SO, UH, ROUGH, ROUGHLY, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE TOWNHOMES IT'S IN THE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROJECTED IN THE FIVE HUNDREDS, UM, AND FOR THE DETACHED CLUSTER HOMES, THEY'RE PROJECTED IN THE SIXES. NOW THAT, THAT, THAT COULD GO UP, IT COULD GO DOWN. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ROUGHLY WHAT WE HAVE. UM, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO SELL THOSE SO-SO LO-FI TO ME SIX, UH, RIGHT. FOR, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE TOWNHOMES, THEY, THEY, THEY STARTED, YEAH. IN, IN LOW FIVES TOO. THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, FEASIBLY GET UP TO THE SIXTH AND THEN FOR THE DETACHED HOMES IN THE SIXES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATE. AND THEN SINCE THIS IS GOING TO TALK AT A POSSIBLE POSSIBLE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER. SO DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF ASSIST DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM OR THE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MOVE IN? WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PROGRAMMED RIGHT NOW. UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP OUT, RIGHT? IT, UM, IF YOU HAVE, UH, UM, W W WHAT WERE YOU THINKING FOR, FOR SOME SORT OF OPEN UP YOUR WALLET? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT THE ONE THAT, THAT, THAT CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. UM, IF I, WE ARE IN TIES TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE YOUNG COUPLES, THEY OKAY. BOTH [03:15:01] OF THEM WALKING AND THEN POSSIBLE, THEY HAVE A HARD TIME TO GET A DOWN PAYMENT. OKAY. I THINK, OKAY. WE HAVE SOME KIND OF ASSIST PROGRAM, SO THEY CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO REALLY BUY YOUR PROPERTY. SPEAKING TO THIS IS SOME KIND OF PROMOTION FOR YOU GUY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE TO LIKE A STRUGGLING YOUNG COUPLE, HAVE A CHANCE TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOME. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT $500,000, OKAY. AS A LOAN AMOUNT WITH THE INTEREST RATE RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE OUR MARKET JUST DOWN TO 1.1. SO OUR INTEREST RATE DOWN TO ELECTRONIC. YEAH. WELL, WHEN HE'S 30, HE FIXED RATE. SO IF YOU CALCULATE, FIND YOURSELVES INTO LIKE 2.3 7 5, 2 0.5, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, WHERE YOU FINISH PEOPLE STILL CAN GET THIS INTEREST RATE. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. I THINK FORESEE FOR OUR ZIGZAG PANDEMIC, AS OUR INJECTOR WILL STAY THE SAME AND THAT WITH LAND OUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS ABOUT 2000, BUT THERE PROBABLY IS POSSIBLE DUMB PAYMENT. IT'S ALWAYS, THE HURDLE IS, IS HOW, HOW DOES, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A PROGRAM. OKAY. OKAY. THEN MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO VOTE. YES. OKAY. OKAY. LET ME, LET ME INVITE THE VP OF FORWARD PLANNING, AARON TALERICO AND, UH, HE CAN KIND OF GIVE SOME COLOR ON THAT. OH, I REMEMBER YOU. OKAY. YEAH. NOW NO MASK. I CAN NOT. OKAY. OTHERWISE I HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AARON TALERICO AND WITH MERITAGE HOMES, MLC HOLDINGS, IT JUST ON THE PRICING. I JUST WANTED, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST SEARCHING OUR LATEST PRICING. OBVIOUSLY PRICING HAS BEEN GOING UP. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HOUSING IS MORE AND MORE ON AFFORDABLE. UM, YEAH, THE MOTOR COURTS WERE IN THE, MAYBE CLOSER TO THE MID SIXES. NOW JUST WHERE PRICING IS. I ANTICIPATE ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT I IMAGINE THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME SORT OF UP AND DOWN HERE GOING ON IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE PRICING IS GETTING A LITTLE CRAZY. UM, AND THE THREE-STORY TOWNS IN THE MID FIVES TO HIGH FIVES, UM, ALL ALL, BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO, THEY'RE ALL FHA QUALIFIED. YOU CAN GO THREE AND A HALF PERCENT DOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, ON A $650,000 HOUSE, THAT'S ABOUT 22,000 BUCKS, $22,000. SO WE CAN GET IN THE HOUSE. UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'D HAVE MORTGAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, PMI, I THINK THE FHA OKAY. INTERESTS WERE WHEN I WAS LIKE 2.2, FIVE, SO TWO YEARS. YEAH. RIGHT. OH YEAH. IT'S VERY LOW. AND SO YOU'D HAVE PMI THERE, BUT ONE THING, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE A LOT ON THE, ON THE MORTGAGE INSURANCE THAT ONCE YOU GET 20% EQUITY IN YOUR HOUSE THAT CAN GO AWAY AND ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING, A LOT OF HOME BUYERS, WE MAKE SURE ALL OUR HOME BUYERS KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY IN A RISING MARKET. HOW ABOUT YOUR HOA FEE RIGHT NOW? WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT $200. OH, OKAY. YEAH. NOT NOTHING CRAZY YET. YEAH. STAFF HAS WORKED WITH US IN TERMS OF OUR OPEN SPACE PLAN, MAKING SURE IT'S ATTAINABLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO VERY NICE FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY NICE. UM, AND DURING THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN WE'RE WILLING TO HELP OUT, RIGHT. WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT. I MEAN, WEST COVINA FOR US SINCE 2016 HAS BEEN, UM, I THINK OUR, IT HANDS DOWN OUR MOST IMPORTANT CITY, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH JURISDICTION. UM, THERE'S BEEN, UH, SUCH A GREAT, UH, WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH WEST COVINA. THIS IS OUR F UH, FOUR PROJECTS. NOW WE HAVE HERE. UM, WE JUST APPLIED FOR THE CITY YARD. HOPEFULLY, MAYBE FINGERS CROSSED. WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE OF THAT AS FOCUSED ON THIS. UH, DON'T EAT TOO MANY FOODS. OKAY. UM, I WATCHED THE PIONEER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. UM, CAUSE WE KNOW THERE WAS A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN. THEY DID, I THINK IT WAS 250,000 AND THEN ABOUT A HUNDRED AND 157 HOMES ARE UNDER UNSAFE. SO, UM, 200,000, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE 19. I KINDA, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A NUMBER THAT WOULD BE GOING TOO FAR ABOVE THAT. WE'RE WE ARE STRETCHING A LITTLE BIT, BUT AT THE TIME WE DO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WESCO AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY WITH IT. I'M SORRY. YOU AGREED. THEY WERE VERY GENEROUS. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP A LOT OF FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER. OKAY. JUST ASSIST THEM WITH A DOWN PAYMENT. OKAY. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OKAY. A YOUNG COUPLE. OKAY. AND TO MOVE IN AS AN OWNER OCCUPY. YEAH. THEY OWN THEIR HOME. OKAY. I OWN MY FIRST HOME IN WEST COVINA, BIG IN 1989 AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED MY BUSINESS. OKAY. AND, UH, AND THE CHANGE IN MY LIFE AND THAT CITY OVER HERE. SO HE IS SO, SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CHANGE YOUR LIFE. OKAY. SO, BUT, BUT THE MOVING, THE FIRST HOME IS VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY. I WAS YOUNG CUP UNCOUPLED AT TIME. I PURCHASED MY FIRST HOME AT THAT TIME, 198,000 IN 1989 BY INTEREST RATES, 10%, 10%. OKAY. ALMOST 11%. THAT'S THE TIME IN 1989. SO MONTHLY PAYMENTS ALMOST SAME THAT WHY NOT? 2.2 POINTS THREE OR SOMETHING. SO, SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH WILLING TO HELP OUT. OKAY. AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. OKAY. AND, UH, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND A FEW MORE AND I HOPE WE CAN BREAK GROUND THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND, UH, WE, WE SHOULD WANT TO HAVE A CD TO HELP YOU GUYS TO HURRY UP YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE. OKAY. MAKE SURE YOUR LCD MANAGER MAKES SURE YOU CAN HAVE [03:20:01] A VERY SMOOTH OKAY. THIN. UM, SO WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE MOVE INTO WEST COVINA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CVS HOMEOWNER SHIP ASSISTANT PROGRAM CONDITION. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS GNOMES IN, SO MAKE IT OFFICIAL. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEP. OKAY. UM, AND I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AND IT WILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PROJECT TO ASSIST. SORRY. OH, THAT'S PUBLIC PUBLIC. OH, OKAY. YEAH. YES. UH, ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT WITH THE APP? WELL, THERE'S NO REBUTTING. SO, UM, MAY I'D LIKE TO SAY WHAT I'VE HANDED OUT TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE HAVE L UH, AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER FROM THE BIA FAVORITE. OKAY. UM, SO NOTHING ELSE. RIGHT. SO THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S REALLY, IT. DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY, UH, ANYTHING TO DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL REGARDING ANY CONDITIONS? OH, GO AHEAD. WE HAVE TO, IF THERE'S ANY FINE PRINTS, WE NEED TO KNOW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS THAT WE JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON REAL QUICK. UM, I THANK YOU FOR GOING TO THAT. OKAY. UM, UH, OKAY. SO WHEN WE MET WITH THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WAS ADDED WAS CONDITION NUMBER 15 AND THE PRECISE PLAN RESOLUTION, UM, ASKING FOR THE TOWNHOMES ALONG VINCENT, TO BE UPGRADED TO CONCRETE ROOF TILES AND TO HAVE SMOOTH STUCCO. THIS IS JUST FOR THE TOWNHOMES ALONG VINCENT. UM, WE CHECKED WITH OUR TEAM. WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IS WE CAN DO, UM, THE CONCRETE ROOF TILES FOR ALL OF THE TOWNHOMES. SO IT DOESN'T LOOK MISMATCHED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOMES INSIDE THE TRACK VERSUS ON VINCENT. YOU KNOW, WE WE'D RATHER PUT THAT EXPENSE UPFRONT AND PUT, PUT IT ON THE, UH, THE CONCRETE ROOF TILES FOR ALL OF THE TOWNHOMES. UM, WHAT WE'D ASK IS IF WE COULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR SOME NEW STUCCO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROVIDE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD 16, 20 STUCCO. IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE IS THAT IS A SMOOTH FINISH. IT, IT, IT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SMOOTH INDUSTRY STANDARD. IT'S THE 1620 IS FINE. IT'S FINE. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS, YEAH. IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TEXTURE, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE PROBLEM THAT WE, THAT WE FIND WITH, WITH THE SMOOTH STUCCO ACTUALLY IS, IS WHEN YOU INSTALL IT, IT STARTS TO CRACK INSTANTLY. AND SO THAT IT CREATES A PAYMENT ON THE HOA. UM, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO, TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION AND LET US UPGRADE THE CONCRETE ROOF TILES FOR ALL OF THE TOWNHOMES, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, AND THEN CONDITION NUMBER 16, IF WE COULD JUST DO THAT ONE, UM, WAS TH TH THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT, UM, I'M IN THE AREA AND THE, UM, THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL SPECIFICALLY ON, ON VINCENT. UM, AND TH THE, THE REQUEST WAS TO INCORPORATE, UM, INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE PATIO WALLS, UM, FROM THREE FEET TO FOUR FEET, AND THEN THEY WANTED SEVEN FOOT WALLS. THIS IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY WANT A SEVEN FOOT WALLS ALONG GARVEY. UM, WE WE'D ASK THAT, THAT WE REMOVE THIS CONDITION. UM, W ONE THING THAT THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO IS, IS, UM, WELL, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO MENTION EVERY SINGLE HOME PROVIDES A RING DOORBELL CAMERA, SO THERE'S 119 CAMERAS LOOKING OUT. UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT'S, THAT'S THINKING ABOUT COMMITTING A CRIME, OR IS COMMITTING A CRIME, OR THERE'S 119 CAMERAS OUT THERE. UM, BUT ALSO, SO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FULL FEE ONE OR SEVEN FEET, SEVEN FEET TALL LOOKS LIKE A GRAY WALL FOR US. I MEAN, WE, WE, WE WANT TO CREATE A, WE WANT TO DESIGN A COMMUNITY THAT MATCHES THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE AREN'T SEVEN FOOT WALLS INSTEAD OF IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO KEEP IT AT THE, AT THE SIX BABA HOLLOW, THE FULL FOOT, THE FOUR, IT WAS, IT WAS THE CONCERN WAS THAT SOMEONE WOULD COMMIT A CRIME AND THEY WOULD HIDE BEHIND A PATIO, A THREE FOOT PATIO WALL. SO THEY WANT TO AT ALL. SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT WAR AT ALL. YOU WANT JUST TO REDUCE THE DEBT BACK DOWN TO THREE, IT SEEMED ARBITRARY TO, TO MOVE FROM THREE TO FOUR, THREE FEET. YEAH. IT, IT, IT DIDN'T LIKE IT QUICKLY, IT'S A PATIO WALL. UM, IT'S A PATIO WALL. DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE SO WE CAN SHOW YOU SHOW US? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IS A BIG CONCERN, LIKE EXACTLY WHERE SURE, ABSOLUTELY. UM, I THINK THE BEST ONE WOULD BE, [03:25:01] THERE'S A RENDERING ALONG VINCENT. YEAH. THAT'S ON THE STREET SIDE, RIGHT FROM THE STREET SIDE. THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. UM, OH, THAT ONE. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE THE PATIO WALLS. UM, THE, THE REQUEST IS TO RAISE IT FROM THREE FEET TO FOUR FEET, IF IT WELL, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE, UM, I MEAN, THE WALL CAN STAY THREE FEET, BUT AT ANOTHER FOOT OF, I DON'T KNOW, MESH OR SOMETHING THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, PREVENT EASY ACCESS OF IS THAT, THAT THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH. RIGHT. IS THAT A SIDEWALK FROM DOORWAY? AND THIS IS THE FRONT, IT'S A MAIN, IT'S A MAIN STREET. PEOPLE WALK IN HERE. LIKE YOU CAME HERE IN 57. WHY, HOW HIGH IS THE, THE WOODEN CAMERA IN 57? THEY, UH, THE WALLS FROM THERE, THERE AREN'T ANY WALLS. UM, IT'S, UH, THEIR STOOPS. UM, SO, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS FUN DOORWAY INSIDE THE, YOU WALK INTO A BUILDING, SO PEOPLE ARE PARK THAT BACK AND THEN WALK. RIGHT? THE, YEAH. SO THIS, THIS WOULD BE, IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO ENTER FROM THE, FROM THE FRONT DOOR, UM, IF THIS IS AN ISSUE, WE CAN, WE CAN AGREE. W WE, WE JUST CHECKED IT. IT'S ACTUALLY THREE FOOT SHOE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW YOU LIKE THE SEVEN FOOT WALL. THAT'S NOT THE SEVEN FEET WE CAN AGREE. WE CAN AGREE TO, TO, TO KEEP THE FOUR FEET AND THEN MAYBE REDUCE THIS SEVEN FEET ONE WHEN, WHEN YOU, UH, REACHED OUT TO, TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY, THEY DID NOT WANT, UH, HI, HI FRONT WALLS. RIGHT. THEY, THEY WANTED THE SMALL FRONT WALLS TO MATCH THE OPENNESS OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO, SO, YEAH, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT EVEN THE, EVEN ON THE FOUR-FOOT WALL. I, I JUST, I'M THINKING FOR, FOR CURB APPEAL, FOR RESELL, UH, FOR OPENNESS OF COMMUNITY, UH, AND THEN TO MATCH, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE WORKMAN SIDE IS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN, WHEN I CANVAS, UM, I KNOW THEY DID NOT WANT A WALLS. SO I THINK, I DIDN'T SAY LIKE THE FOUR FEET WALL, THAT'S WHY I SAID THREE FEET, BUT THAT OTHER ONE FOOT OF CUSHION IS SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK HE SAID, IT'S THREE. UM, I, I MISSPOKE, I'M SORRY, IT'S ACTUALLY THREE AND A HALF FEET. SO THE INCREASE WAS FROM THREE AND A HALF FEET TO FOUR FEET. WE COULD GO EITHER WAY. UM, I MEAN, IT SEEMS A LITTLE ARBITRARY THAT, THAT I'M, I MEAN, I PREFER THE THREE AND A HALF. I, I DON'T KNOW. MY QUESTION IS IF THERE IS A, IF THERE STARTS TO HAVE AN ISSUE OF CONCERN OF SECURITY, THEN WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE RECOURSE FOR THAT? NO, ONE, ONE THING THAT, THAT WE COULD DO IS, UM, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE RING CAMERAS, WE COULD LOOK AT INSTALLING FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM. UM, WE WE'D BE OPEN TO LOOKING AT INSTALLING THAT. UM, SO YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. IF, IF, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, I, I, MY CONCERNS, I JUST WANT TO A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT IN THE WOODS. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY NOW. I THINK THE WALLS WERE FOR A SOUND BARRIER AND FREEWAY. NO, HE SAYS VINSON VISITS. THREE-WAY TH TH YEAH, THERE, THERE'S A, UM, THERE'S A WALL ON, ON GARVEY THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S, I'M GOING TO SHOW THE, CAN WE SEE THE, YES. CAN YOU, CAN WE SEE THE PICTURE PLEASE? THAT'S THE SIX, THE SETTLE THAT THE SIX FEET THAT'S THE EAST, IT'S THE EAST SIDE ON VINCENT. YEAH, HONESTLY, I, I THINK IF, IF THIS IS AN ISSUE, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP, IT CAN DO IT. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. YEAH. I MEAN, I DO WANT BEAUTY, BUT I ALSO WANT SECURITY. SO IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO SECURE, BOTH DO BOTH, AND I'M FINE WITH IT, BUT MY ISSUE, I MEAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CRIME'S BEEN GOING UP AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE SECURITY'S IN PLACE. I, I PREFER BEAUTY. OKAY. AND THE SECURITY CAN CONTROL BY THE CAMERA. AND BY THE, BY THE, BECAUSE YOU SEE A LOT OF TOWN HOMES, THEY ALL HAVE A RING AND YOU JUST WALK OVER THERE AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR OR KNOCKING WHEN YOU COME IN CONVINCING. OKAY. SO SOMETHING TO ME. SO YOU WANT TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE WOODS, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW PLANNING COMMISSIONER DO THEY WANT TO BUILD A WALL? WHY IS THE ISSUE FOR THAT? BUT, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LED THE BUILDER. THAT'S A MARKET DRIVEN. OKAY. IS PEOPLE WANTING TO SELL? OKAY, COOL. PROPERTY PROJECT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR PROJECTS ARE ATTRACTIVE AND UH, AND SAY, OKAY, SO YOU, YOU INSTALLED THE CAMERA, YOU INSTALL THE RANGE FOR EACH OF THE UNIT. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PLANT TREE, YOU PLANT, AND THEN YOU WANT TO LOSE GAME. RIGHT? DO PEOPLE WANT TO BREAK IT AND HELP SEVEN FOOT DESK? YOU CAN JUMP IN. THAT WAS OUR, THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY WE BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE WE DIDN'T. AND THEN THE, WITH RENO IS ALL LAND AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH POSSIBLE. SO I PREFER TO GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF HOW YOU BUILD AND TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE. OKAY. AND THEN, THEN IT'S ACUITY. YOU PUT CAMERA, YOU PUT [03:30:01] LIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO SELL IT. YOU AS SALAD, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL, AND THAT YOU, YOU, THE BUILDER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION. YOU HAVE TO SELL THE ANGEL, ATTRACT PEOPLE, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL WILLING TO PAY TOP DOLLAR. PLUS YOU WILL JUST DUMP HIM IN PROGRAM ON PAYMENT SYSTEMS. RIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE THE FLOCK, IF YOU OKAY. THANK YOU. REQUESTS. UH, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. SORRY. UH, OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, CONDITION NUMBERS, 17, I'M SORRY. I'M JUMPING AROUND HERE. UM, UH, WAS ABOUT BETTER STREET LIGHTING. UM, THE, THE, THE CONDITION WAS, UH, DOUBLE-SIDED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED TO REQUIRE A DOUBLE-SIDED LIGHT POLES THAT I MET TWICE, THE NORMAL LIGHT. UM, ALL WE'RE ASKING IS JUST TO ADJUST THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT SHALL WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, UM, IN PROVIDING ENHANCED STREET LIGHTING, PATHWAY LIGHTING, AND ILLUMINATION TO INCREASE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALONG GARVEY AND VINCENT AVENUES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CITY ENGINEER IS SAYING THE SAME THING I HAVE NO PROBLEM. OKAY. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE AGAIN, AS A DEVELOPER, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR PROJECT OKAY. YOUR PRODUCTS CAN, CAN, CAN BE SO LIKE A HOT COOKIE. SO IN THAT WAY, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHTING, THE SECURITY AND THE ATTRACTION. OKAY. AND THE PEOPLE WILLING TO MOVE IN. SO, SO ABOUT LIGHTING NOMINATION, THAT WOULD BE YOU GUY TO CALCULATE AND THE, AND THE, AND THE CITY ENGINEER AND ENGINEER TO LOOK INTO WAYS. NOT, I DON'T THINK HE'S NOT AN AMATEUR TO FORCE YOU DOWN TO YOUR THROAT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE BY THE CALCULATION AND BY THE MARKET DRIVEN BY OUR PLANNING. OKAY. I WILL BEAUTY AND SAFETY. SO I HAVE NO PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW YOU GOT IT. IT'S SAYING THE SAME THING. WE'RE JUST, IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC. AND HAVING THE DOUBLE SIDED LIGHT THAT, THAT ACTUALLY FACES ONTO OUR, I WANT SOMETHING SKEWED UP PROBLEM WITH HR FOR THE STREET. YOU DON'T WANT TO, RIGHT. PEOPLE WINDOW, THE LIGHT POLLUTION. OKAY. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST CANNOT STAY IN LINE. WE'RE STILL GONNA, WE WILL STILL WORK WITH THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ADEQUATE LIGHTING. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING, UM, DO YOU HAVE MORE? I WANT MORE, I PROMISE. OH, UH, AND IT'S, UH, CONDITION NUMBER 33. UM, TH THE CONDITION JUST STATES THE LANDSCAPING SHALL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A 48 INCH BOX PORTER CARPUS TREE. THIS IS THE SOLUTION THAT WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, ALL WE'RE ASKING IS JUST TO ADJUST TO THAT LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF 48 INCH BOX, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY A, A THREE-FOOT SPACE THERE, UM, THAT WE ADJUST THE LANGUAGE TO SAY 15 FEET INSTEAD OF 48 INCH BOX. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME THING THAT WE'VE PROMISED TO THE NEIGHBORS ON THE WEST SIDE. IT'S JUST, IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING A 40 INCH BOX TREE, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT. NOT FINE. OKAY. THAT'S THE WINDOW. YOU GOT IT. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. SO YOU THOUGHT FROM YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU HELP OUT THE 200 YEARS OLD AND DOLLAR TO THEM WAS THAT HOME BUYER, WE BECOME VERY SOFT PITCH, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT YOU TO DO A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. I THINK THIS IS THE WAY OKAY. AND WE WORK TOGETHER AS A PARTNERS. OKAY. WE BUILDING AND SAFETY OKAY. IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND THEN THE BEAUTY OF ATTRACTION AND BUILD A NICE PROJECT, HAVE PEOPLE TO MOVE IN. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THEN WE HAVE A FEW TO MAKE A MOTION, CORRECT? I THINK I WAITED WITH THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS MOTION, THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH ALTOS. UH, OKAY. WE'LL REVISE. AMENDED. OKAY. CONDITION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU'RE ADDING PRECISE PLAN CONDITION NUMBER 46 8, WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE ON THE SCREEN REGARDING THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH $200,000. IF I'M CORRECT. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, THEY WANT TO GET MORE, I DON'T MIND, $200,000, ONE GOING TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE OTHER CONDITIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONDITIONS. HE WAS CHANGING A LOT OF STUFF. WOULD YOU INCREASE? IT'S A GOOD BUILDER. WE SHOULD THINK. I THINK THEY'D BE VERY NICE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE MOTION MOTION. WE HAD A SECOND. DID WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL MAYOR. IF I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION, WE'RE APPROVING IT. MOTION TO A RESOLUTION. EXCUSE ME. 2 0 2 1 7 7 7 8 7 9 80 AS WELL AS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 8 5. YES. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN GS. BEFORE I TAKE ROLL, I'M GOING TO READ THE ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 8 5, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 20 0 3, AND ADOPTING THE VINCENT PLACE STREET. I'M SKEWS ME ADOPTING THE VINCENT PLACE SPECIFIC PLAN COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY AYE. COUNCILMAN WOO. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM. CASTELLANO'S ALRIGHT. [03:35:01] MAYOR LOPEZ. BEATO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. NOW [8) CAMERON II - CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO 20-04, PRECISE PLAN NO. 20-09, VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 83216, TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NO. 21-05, AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM TO NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH, DEMOLISH ALL EXISTING BUILDINGS/USES ON THE SITE AND CONSTRUCT 84 RESIDENCES (ATTACHED THREE-STORY TOWNHOME STYLE UNITS, RANGING FROM 1,210 SQ. FT. TO 1,796 SQ. FT.), INTERNAL DRIVE AISLES, COMMON OPEN SPACE, GUEST PARKING SPACES, AND OTHER ASSOCIATED INCIDENTAL IMPROVEMENTS ON A 3.25 ACRE SITE. AT 1600 - 1616 W. CAMERON AVENUE.] ONTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE THE CAMERON TWO RESIDENTIAL PROJECT IS BEING PRESENTED IN CONSIDERATION OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 DASH OH FOUR. PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 20 DASH OH NINE. VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 83 21 6 AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 21 0 5. UH, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN MAYOR AT THIS TIME. I SHALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'LL BE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT. THEN WE SHALL HEAR FOR THOSE IN FAVOR AND THOSE OPPOSED. FINALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A REBUTTAL TO ANY TESTIMONY RECEIVED, MR. CARMEN, WHO WILL PRESENT THE GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF REPORT FROM OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PAULINE RURAL. OKAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING, UH, ENTITLEMENTS, A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, A PRECISE PLAN, A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT, AND A MITIGATED NEG DEC, UM, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. UM, THE INITIAL PROJECT OVERVIEW THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT WAS IT'S FOR A 3.25 ACRE SITE. UM, IT WAS, UH, 4 84 UNITS WITH TWO CAR GARAGES ATTACHED THROUGH STORYTOWN HOMES, UM, WITH, UM, ADDITIONAL 15 PARKING SPACES, UH, STUPID, UM, FRONT ALONG GAP, ALONG CAMERON FOR THE UNITS ALONG CAMERON, AT LEAST 101 SQUARE FEET OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE PER UNIT, UM, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, UM, ALONG THE BACK SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, THE EASTERN AND WESTERN, UM, AND THEN A HUNDRED PLUS TREES WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE PLANT COMMISSION. THEY MADE A COUPLE OF, UH, CHANGES TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. ONE OF THAT WAS REDUCING THE, UH, NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM 84 TO 80 INCREASING THE NUMBER OF, UH, UNITS. UM, AND THIS IS THE, UH, REVISED SITE PLAN PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S UNITS ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LOT THAT WERE REMOVED TO MAKE, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, COMMON SPACE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, UM, WITH THE FOUR LESS UNITS THERE'S 10 MORE PARKING SPACES PROVIDED AND 3,340 SQUARE FEET, MORE OF COMMON SPACE IN THE CORNER. UM, THERE WAS, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE INCLUDING, UH, CHANGES TO THE CCNRS. UM, AND THEN CHANGING THE PERIMETER TREES OR THE TYPE OF PERIMETER TREES, INCLUDING NO PARKING SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE, UM, UM, COMPLEX, UM, YEAH, PROVIDING EFFICIENT ONLINE LIGHTING FOR SAFETY. I'M ALSO REVISING THE PERIMETER WALL DESIGNED TO A SIX AND A HALF TOM MEDIUM SPLIT BLOCK WALL ALONG THE, UM, SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW. IT'S CURRENTLY OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE, UH, UM, UH, PROJECT. UM, THESE ARE, UH, CURRENT, UH, VIEWS AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD BE, OH, AND THIS IS CAMERON 56, WHICH WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. UM, THIS IS RESIDENTIAL BEHIND THE PROPERTY. AND THEN IN FRONT IS THE, UM, UH, FOREIGN DECOR SHOPPING CENTER. UM, THERE IS, LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, SEE, THIS IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS, THE PARKING, UM, AND THEN THE COMMON OPEN SPACE, UM, UH, DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT PLANNING CODE. UM, SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN SPACE AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT, UM, FOR, OR FOR GUEST PARKING. UM, THIS IS THE, THE ELEVATION, UH, THE PROPOSED ELEVATION, UM, ALONG GARVEY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE STUPID. YES, IT WOULD BE CONTEMPORARY STYLE THOUGH. IT'S COLOR SCHEMES, GRAY TONES WITH WHITE AND BURNERS, ORANGE COLORS AND DARK GREEN AND OLIVE TONES WITH WHITE TRIM AND, UH, 10 DOORS. UM, THERE'S THREE PLANS, UH, FOR THE, UH, UNITS, UM, RANGING BETWEEN 1,210 SQUARE FEET ALL THE WAY UP TO 1,719, UH, 96 SQUARE FEET. UM, ALL OF THE UNITS DO HAVE, UH, UH, PRIVATE OPEN [03:40:01] SPACE RANGING IN SIZE. UM, MOST OF THE UNITS, DO YOU HAVE THE PARKING OR THE VEHICLE PARKING ON THE, OR THE GARAGES, SORRY, ON THE FIRST FLOOR WITH SOME HAVING, UH, A BEDROOM, I BELIEVE THAT'S PLAN THREE. THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN INCLUDES THE LIVING SPACE, THE KITCHEN, THE LIVING ROOM, AND ALL OF THE UNITS, AND THEN A BALCONY. AND THEN THE THIRD FLOOR DOES INCLUDE THE, UH, THE BEDROOMS. AND SO THEY RANGE, I LEAVE FROM TWO TO THREE BEDROOMS, AND THESE ARE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE ADJACENT CAMERON, 56 WITH THE STOOPS ALONG CAMERON, THERE IS ONE ENTRY POINT, UM, INTO THE, UH, UH, COMPLEX, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT WOULD BE RE MOVED AND, UM, DO REQUIRE A PERMIT. UM, THESE, THESE ARE THE TWO TYPES OF TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED THE BY AND FIG AND THE LITTLE LEAF FIG THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT, UM, INCLUDE THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, AND THEN THE PARK FEES. UM, THIS PROJECT WOULD ALSO, UM, BENEFIT, UH, IN HELPING THE CITY MEET ITS RENA NUMBERS. UM, IT IS LIKE MENTIONED IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WHICH DOES PROVIDE FOR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. UM, AND IT DOES CREATE A TRANSITION FROM LOWER TO HIGHER DENSITY WITH 50 FOOT SEPARATION FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE. UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, WAS, UM, OVER ZOOM WITH THE DEVELOPER DOING IN-PERSON EMAIL AND ZOOM MEETINGS TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND THEY DID PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LEGAL NOTICES FOR THE SEQUEL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. UM, AND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, THE, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEREAFTER ADOPT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 2021 DASH 81 THROUGH 2021 DASH 84. UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND STUFF'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY, THIS IS DOWNTOWN PLAN Y CORRECT. SO THE CTO RADIO APPROVED. OKAY. UH, FUNDING PLANNING IS THE 84 UNIT, RIGHT? THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 80 FROM 84 TO 80. I UNDERSTAND. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN THIS, I MEAN, 84, OUR PLANNING STAFF IS RECOMMENDING RECOMMENDATION 84. SO WHY IS THE REASON THEY DON'T DO 80? OKAY. BECAUSE DONNA UNPLANNED, THEY DON'T REQUEST THE PARKING. THEY DON'T REQUEST. OKAY. AND A SPACE OPEN SPACE. SO WHAT IS THE POINT? WE DON'T GO WITH CO GENERAL. OKAY. PLAN. AND THEN WE SUDDENLY CHANGING BECAUSE THE PREFERENCE, OR WHY IS THE REASON I BELIEVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO PROVIDE, UH, INCREASED THE COMMON SPACE WITHIN THE, UH, COMPLEX AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL GUEST PARKING? I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL PROJECT IS PROPOSING. UM, 15 KOREA IS SO SMALL. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO WHAT I'M THINKING. OKAY. OKAY. WE SHOULD SEE THE WORD. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH SOME CONDITION. OKAY. WE'LL KEEP THEM 84. WE RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE DON'T TELL HIM MY UNDERSTANDING IS, OKAY. WHAT CURRENTLY IS WHAT 26 PER ACRE ON THIS PROJECT IS 84 BECAUSE TO STAY ALLOWS. SO DO YOU PLAY IN THE IDENTITY LEAVING NOW DOWNTOWN? YEAH. I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU MORE IDEA OF OKAY. BUT GIVE YOU 26 PER ACRE, I THINK IS PRETTY, THEY, OKAY. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 83 IS APPROVING THE PERF PRECISE PLAN. AND IN THAT YOU HAVE CONDITION OF APPROVAL L WHERE IT SAID THE APPLICANT SHALL REVISE THE PLANS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 84 TO 80. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE 84, WE WOULD WANT TO DELETE CONDITION L OKAY. UH, AND THEN THE, UM, REQUIRED A ZONING FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD BE 25.8 DWELLINGS PER ACRE. I KNOW YOU ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL. HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY BREAKUPS? SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT YOURSELF? YOU JUST, I, SORRY, I INTERRUPT. INTERRUPT. YOU WANT TO SAY [03:45:01] THAT YOU WANTED THE ZONE? JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY IT PRIVILEGED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ENABLE THE PROJECT TO BE BUILT AT THE PROPOSED DENSITY OF 25.8 DWELLINGS PER ACRE. OKAY. SO, SO, SO AGAIN, SO YOU NEED AN 84, RIGHT? WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION. UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR FIFTIES, UH, COME ON 50 IS SO OUT. OKAY. I THINK VERY SUCCESSFUL. EXACTLY. WE, WE SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN A YEAR. YEAH. REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS. WHY IS IT LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A BIG ONE? SMALL, I, AGAIN, I WENT THROUGH YOUR PLANNING. YEAH, YOU'RE IN. OKAY. AND I WATCHED ON THE YOUTUBE. SO A QUESTION WOULD BE, WHY IS THE PRICE AGAIN? OKAY. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL ONE AGAIN, THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN AFFORD IT. RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S A STARTER HOME. YEAH. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LET ERIN TOUCH ON THE, ON THE PRICING AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO, IT WILL BE SIMILAR PRICING. UM, BUT IN THE LOW FIVES IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START ON THESE, ON THESE UNITS. AND, UM, UM, YEAH. UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE CONDITION ON CONDITION AL YEAH. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT IF PA, IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE, UM, WE THINK IT'S A VERY NICE EFFICIENT SITE. I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A GOING TO BE A GREAT EMPHASIS ON PEOPLE BEING IN THE DOWNTOWN. IT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE SPIRIT OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN WAS, THAT'S WHY I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS, UH, UH, THE REASON WHY THEY SAID, HEY, NO GUEST PARKING ONLY NO OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT. CAUSE THEY WANTED TO ALLOW THAT KIND OF FORM BASED CODE TO TAKE FORM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. UM, AND SO WE DO BELIEVE WE'VE CREATED A NICE PLAN. UM, LET'S SEE. IT'S THE PROGRAM. YEAH. IT ALSO, I WAS ACTUALLY, YES, IT'S THIS PROGRAM. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, THE SAME AMOUNT AS WE'RE OFFERING VINCENT IN DOLLARS. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT. OKAY. SO DO YOU WANT TO GO, CAN YOU GIVE US OKAY. DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER OR THE HOME BUYER? YEAH. FOR THE HOME BUYER, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO $200,000 FOR THAT. IT WAS OWNER OCCUPIED, THE BUY-IN TO MOVE IN, NOT RENTER THEN WANT TO BUY IT MOVING. YEAH. JUST SO YOU KNOW, ON CAMERA 56 COUNCILOR WU, UH, OVER HALF OF OUR BUYERS ARE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS. UH, I THINK 34 OF THEM WERE. AND THEN OF THE, OF THE 56 HOMEOWNERS, I BELIEVE 32 OF THEM WERE, WERE FIRST RESPONDERS. WELL, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE HAD TO REALLY, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT BUYER PROFILE. THAT'S WHY I SAY THIS KIND OF HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR STARTER HOME WAS FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH SOME AFFORDABLE, WITH LOW INTEREST RATE. OKAY. AND I WANT MORE. OKAY. SO I HOPE YOU CAN BE MORE IN OUR CT. OKAY. AND, UH, SO IN THAT WAY, UM, YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH A FALL, BUT I CAN GO TO OTHER COUNSEL. DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS? NO. NO, NO. THAT'S JUST THAT, JUST TO REMOVE THAT, THAT CONDITION, IF, IF CONDITIONS THEY'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO MORE SQUEEZE MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE. NOW IF WE COULD JUST REMOVE CONDITION NOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. SO, UH, OKAY. AND UH, IF WE APPROVE A HOUSE SOON, YOU CAN START OKAY. TOMORROW IF TOMORROW, IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. YEAH. SO IF YOU CAN, YEAH. IF YOU USE THE PREVIOUS 119, WE ALREADY APPROVED, SO YEAH. LIGHTNING SPEED. OKAY. OKAY. HOPEFULLY YOU QUINN LET YOU STEER THE MAYOR. WE CAN BREAK GROUND THIS YEAR. YEAH. SEPTEMBER IS PRETTY GOOD. GROUNDBREAKING. YEAH. OH REALLY. SEE, YOU WOULD NEVER SEE SUCH A FRIENDLY CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR LIFE. YOU CAN SEE HOW WEST COVINA IS SO POOR BUSINESS AND THEY'LL APPRECIATE PEOPLE COME OVER HERE. VIEW A NICE HOME, A NICE PROJECT FOR US. THANK YOU. OKAY. AS LONG AS IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR, YOU KNOW, INCOMING THOSE COME INTO OUR CITY, WE NEED TO MOVE TO MOTION CLOSE THE PUBLIC. NO, I HAVE TO, UM, ALLOW IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK UP, UH, IN AN OPPOSITION AGAIN, MAYOR THE ONLY, UH, BRITAIN CORRESPONDENCE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE RECEIVED WAS A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE BIA. OKAY. SO THEN I GUESS BIG CLOSE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY. I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION WITH AMENDED WITH THE DELETED ONE. YEAH. IT'S IN THE, UH, PRECISE PLAN RESOLUTION, WHICH IS 20 21 83, THAT REMOVES CONDITION L IN THE TRACT MAP RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 84. IT IS THE SAME CONDITION ONLY IT'S LETTER G [03:50:01] IN THAT RESOLUTION. SO YOU WOULD BE DELETING THOSE TWO CONDITIONS AND WE WOULD ADD IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH 83 UNDER THE PRECISE PLAN PLANNING DIVISION CONDITION, YOU, YOU TO INCLUDE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE DOLLARS SET FORTH ON THIS SCREEN. UM, OKAY, SO MOVE SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WIL AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 20. I DID. I SAID, IS THERE A SET? OH, I SAID, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. LET'S SEE. OKAY. JUST TO CONFIRM, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 2021 DASH 81 20 21 DASH 82, 20 21 DASH 83 AS AMENDED RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 84 AS AMENDED COUNCIL MEMBER. IS THAT OKAY? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER AYE. COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I MAY APPROACH HIM CUSTOM ON US. MAYOR LOPEZ VETO, AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO REGULATIONS, UH, RIGHT ONTO ANY AB RING IT ON. ALRIGHT SO ON TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. IS REPORTS ANY AB 1, 2, 3, 4 CONFERENCE MEETING REPORT FROM COUNCIL? NONE. ANY COUNCIL REQUESTS? UH, I D I DIDN'T, UH, NOT A FORMAL [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS] REQUEST JUST TO, UH, COMMENT, UH, IF, UH, STAFF CAN, CAN BE, UM, ULTRA AGGRESSIVE. WE, WE'VE NOW APPROVED, UH, SEVERAL HIGH DENSITY, UM, DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE. UH, AND IF WE COULD JUST REALLY BE AGGRESSIVE ON, UM, LOOKING TO BRING A GROCERY STORE, UH, TO THE WEST SIDE OF WEST COVINA, I KNOW WE HAVE A NORTH GATE, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, BUT IT'S ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AND, UM, IT'S REALLY A NEED. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK I'LL ADD TO THAT, THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS, I THINK HELP GET THAT KIND OF BOOSTED OR STARTED BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS LOOK AT DISPOSABLE INCOME AND IT'S ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE EXODUS OF MARKETS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE LACK OF DISPOSABLE INCOME, HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS. AND HOPEFULLY SOME, UH, SUPERMARKETS ARE LISTENING AND, UH, COME SET UP SHOP. ALL RIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. SO THEN THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. UH, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO ADJOURN? WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. ADJOURN, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.