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[Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING.UH, WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JULIAN LUTES FROM WEST COVINA HILLS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND COUNCILMAN WU WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SACRED SPACE SACRED IN THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST GO ABOUT BEING A COMMUNITY.
LORD GOD, I PRAY FOR YOUR PEACE IN THIS DIALOGUE.
I PRAY FOR YOUR SPIRIT, LORD GOD.
I PRAY THAT AS, AS PRESENTATIONS ARE MADE, AS DECISIONS ARE MADE, THAT THESE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL FOR THE, FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND THAT YOU WILL MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE EVERY TIME THAT PEOPLE MEET IN HERE IN JESUS NAME.
AND WE WENT, PLEASE PULL YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART AND FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD.
I PLEDGED THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT IT OUT MOTIVATOR.
[1. Certificate of Recognition to the Chinese American Association of West Covina and US Chinese Women Organization for Mask Donations to the West Covina Unified School District.]
PRESENTATIONS TESTING TESTING, UH, FOR THIS ONE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILMAN WU AND SELENA SUE TO THE FRONT, THE WEST COVINA CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND US CHINESE WOMEN ORGANIZATION DONATED 1200 CARE PACKAGES TO THE WEST COVINA WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, CONSISTING OF MASK ANTIBACTERIAL, WET WIPES AND HAND SANITIZERS FOR STUDENTS TO SAY SANITIZE SAFE AND HEALTHY.IT'S MY PLEASURE FOR THE THING I WANTED TO SAY.
YOU GUYS KNOW THE MOON FESTIVAL.
MOON FESTIVAL IS BASICALLY IS THE DAY WHERE PEOPLE OKAY.
CELEBRATE HAVE A FAMILY PAY UNIFICATION.
SO I WANT TO WISH YOU EVERYBODY AND THE HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL TODAY.
I WILL CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, WEST COVINA, WILLING TO SHOW UP IN VERY IMPORTANT DAY OF FESTIVAL.
SO IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, THE CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF A PP AND THEN CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND A U S CHINESE WOMAN ORGANIZATION UNITED TOGETHER DONATE THIS CHILD HUNDRED OF THIS.
AND THEN, UM, MIKE FLOUR ONE COME UP.
SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST PERSON THAT I CALL WHEN THEY WANT TO DONATE THIS, I CALL MY FRIEND MIKE, I SAY, SO WE HAVE A SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE ONLY HAVE A TOW HUNDRED USED TO GIVE ME A TOUGH THOUSAND.
SO I SAY, WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT WE SHOULD DONATE TO.
AND HE SAY, WHY ELSE? WEST COVINA? YOU'RE THE FINE.
ARRANGE THE SCHOOL WITH ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS OVER HERE AND THEN OUR SUPERINTENDENT, BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING, I WANT YOU TO SANK.
I'LL BE CHINESE AMERICAN, OKAY.
ASSOCIATION WITH COVINA AND FOR THIS AND THE US, YOU WANT TO COME UP.
SO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING QUICKLY.
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INTRODUCE, UH, OUR PRESIDENT, MR. JAMES SU, AND THEN A MEMBER, UH, MS. JAMES SHOE AND THEN HELEN AND, UH, ANDREW COME TOGETHER.AND THEN ALSO MY BEST FRIEND, GRACE AND LINDA COME TOGETHER AND THEN HAVE SOME SPILL WORK FOR US.
AND, UH, AS TONY SAID, THAT TODAY IS A MOON FESTIVAL, LIKE AMERICAN, LIKE A THANKSGIVING FOR CHINESE AMERICANS.
WE JUST, ALL THE FAMILY COME BACK TOGETHER TO ENJOY THE MOONCAKE AND THEY ENJOY THE MOON.
AND SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL OUR MEMBERS COME HERE TO SHARE THE LOVE WITH, WITH, WITH THIS, UH, HOUSE PAD FOR THE, OUR KIDS, AS IN THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I THINK NO MATTER CHINESE AMERICAN OR HISPANIC OR JAPANESE KOREANS, WE ARE ALL THE FAMILY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
SO LET ME INTRODUCE THE GRACE.
SHE HAS THE, FROM THE, THE CHINESE, CHINESE US A WOMAN ASSOCIATION, SHE WILL INTRODUCE THE, WHERE THE HOUSE PAD, I GUESS.
YOU GUYS CAN, DADDY'S THE ONE, UH, UH, THERE IS, UH, UH, MASS PACK AND, UH, THE HAND SANITIZER.
YOU CAN OPEN BACK TO SCHOOL, FACE MASK.
THE WHITE, NO, THERE IS ANOTHER CENTER AND, AND JUST SEND THREE ITEMS INSIDE.
IT IS OUR HONOR TO COME HERE WITH, UH, WASTELAND COVINA, UH, CHINESE ASSOCIATION, AND THEY DO A LOT OF, UH, CHARITY MODEL.
SO THEY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE CONTINUE TO WORKING TOGETHER TO, UH, HELP THE SCHOOLS, HELP THE KIDS GET A MORE SAFE.
SO TODAY'S OUR MOON FESTIVAL, A HOLIDAY.
IT'S A BIG CHINESE, A BIG HOLIDAY.
SO HAPPY CHINESE MOON FESTIVAL.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DONATING TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE STEAM WOULD GET, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO WE COMMUNICATE TO EACH OTHER.
AT THIS TIME, I TO BRING MY BOARD PERSON UP, I'M LET HER INTRODUCE THE REST OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS WAS IN, IN THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING STUDENTS A PRIORITY, UM, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET VACCINATED JUST YET.
SO THIS IS SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO WE THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
LET ME INTRODUCE THE BOARDS SO THAT WE CAN ALL THANK YOU.
I HAVE HERE THE VICE PRESIDENT, DR.
WE ALSO HAVE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBER, JUANITA CRUZ, AND WE HAVE OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, MR. JUAN LOPEZ, WHO IS ALSO A RESIDENT.
SO IF YOU CAN ALL, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THEY ALREADY DELIVERED 30 OXYS LIKE THIS.
SO WE ALREADY CALL IT 30 BOXES.
SO EACH ROOM TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE OUR CITY STAFF TO DELIVER TO YOUR DISTRICT.
SO RIGHT AWAY, YOU CAN GIVE AWAY TO THE CHILDREN THEY NEEDED, AND THEN YOU GUYS DECIDE WHO TO GIVE.
WE DON'T DECIDE FOR YOU DECIDE WHICH STUDENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THIS.
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YES.I ACTUALLY HAVE A CERTIFICATE.
SO WE HAVE TO THE U S CHINESE WOMAN ORGANIZATION, AND HE WAS COOKING A CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND GENEROUS DONATION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT PPE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE FROM THE ASSEMBLY, CHINESE, UH, FOR BLANCO, FROM BLANCA RUBIO, SOMEBODY WOMAN.
SO THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
UM, HI, AND THE U S UH, CHINESE WOMAN ORGANIZATION.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE FROM SUSAN RUBIO, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO ON BEHALF OF SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA AND THE U S CHINESE WOMEN ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR PROVIDING PPE TO, TO THE STUDENTS OF THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO, AND WE ALSO HAVE FROM A SENATOR, JOHN, JOSH NEWMAN AS WELL, UM, RECOGNIZING THESE AMAZING ORGANIZATION AND ASSOCIATION MAKES ANY CERTIFICATES.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THINKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN AS OUR CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.IF ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS ZANG, FOLLOWED BY ARMANDO SANCHEZ AND EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MEDIANS CENTER MEETINGS ON AZUSA AVENUE.
YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT AND I GOT UP AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND I WALKED MY DOG AND I WENT TO AZUSA AVENUE AND I WALKED FROM
AND THE CONDITIONS OF OUR CENTER MEDIANS ARE AS WORSE AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN.
THEY ARE FULL OF DEBRIS, GARBAGE, EMPTY BEER CANS, LIQUOR BOTTLES.
THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T SEE IS USED CONDOM.
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HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.UH, ANOTHER THING I DID NOTICE IS THAT THE CENTER ISLANDS, UH, ON AZUSA AVENUE, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I LOOKED AT LAST NIGHT, UH, SOMETHING THAT SURPRISED ME HAPPENED WHILE I WAS WALKING ON AZUSA AVENUE WITH MY FLASHLIGHT, LOOKING AT THE ISLAND, THE SPRINKLERS CAME ON AND THEY DIDN'T SPRAY.
THEY JUST PUDDLED IN PLACE AND THEN OVERFLOWED ON THE CURVES AND THEN RAN ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE GUTTERS, THE SPRINKLERS WORK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD BE WATERING BECAUSE 95% OF THE CENTER MEDIAN ON AZUSA AVENUE ARE DIRT.
AND IT'S OVERLAID WITH LAYERS AND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF LEAVES.
AND ALL IT WAS DROPPED FROM THE TREE.
SOME OF THE ELECTRIC OUTLETS THAT ARE THERE, THE ELECTRIC OUTLETS ABOUT THAT TALL AND IS BURIED THAT MUCH IN DIRT.
IT, IT LOOKS HORRIBLE AND I WOULD COMPARE IT TO ELMANI AND BALDWIN PARK AND CITY OF INDUSTRY, EXCEPT THEIRS.
NOW THERE'S OUR BEAUTIFUL, OUR CENTER ISLANDS SHOULD BE LUSH AND LEAFY AND GREEN AND COLOR.
AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH BEAUTIFYING THAT, THAT AZUSA CORRIDOR.
SO MANY PEOPLE, THAT'S THEIR FIRST IMPRESSION OF WEST COVINA.
THEY TAKE THAT AZUSA AVENUE EXIT FROM THE 10 FREEWAY AND THAT TRAVELS SOUTH.
UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE CENTER ISLAND LAST NIGHT, UH, I HAD MY DOG WITH ME AND, UH, A POLICE OFFICER THAT I KNOW HAPPENED TO, UH, STOP BUYING.
I HAVE A WORD WITH ME AND WE WERE STANDING, I WAS STANDING THERE CHATTING WITH HIM AND HE HAD HIS REAR FACING EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON.
AND WE WERE JUST ENGAGED IN CASUAL CONVERSATION AND OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
I MEAN, THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
IT'S AN OCCASIONAL CAR OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
SEE THIS CAR BARRELING DOWN, AZUSA SOUTHBOUND.
AND HE'S IN THE SAME LANE AS THE POLICE CAR, AND HE'S NOT SLOWING DOWN AT ALL AND HE'S NOT CHANGING LANES.
AND I ACTUALLY PULLED MY DOG BACK AND SAID, HE'S GOING TO HIT YOU.
AND THE GUY ALMOST LOST CONTROL, BREAKING AND SWERVING TO NOT HIT THE POLICE CAR, WHICH WAS THE ONLY CAR ON THE ROAD.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I KNOW THERE WAS A DUI ARREST LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS BECAUSE OUR CONVERSATION ABRUPTLY ENDED AND THE OFFICER WENT OFF AFTER THE PERSON.
SO, UH, I REALLY HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE WITH YOUR ZEUS, A CORRIDOR BEAUTIFICATION WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MILES AND MILES OF DIRT THAT WE HAVE.
ANOTHER THING THAT'S MISSING FROM THE FREEWAY TRAVELING SOUTH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER AREA IN THE CITY, INCLUDING JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY IS THE BEAUTIFUL WEST COVINA PILLAR WITH THE CITY'S, UH, LOGO ON IT.
AND IT'S LIGHTED AT NIGHT AND IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT'S LIKE, THIS AREA IS THIS A CORRIDOR IS ARGUABLY THE HEAVIEST TRAVELED THOROUGHFARE WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND IT BORDERS THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S ART AND THE CITY MANAGER CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THIS DONE BECAUSE WE'VE LIVED IN OUR HOUSE 15 YEARS IN APRIL.
AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE WE MOVED IN, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY, I KNOW MONEY IS LIMITED, BUT THIS IS THE IMAGE OF OUR CITY.
IT'S LIKE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP OF YOUR HOME.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A GOOD IMPRESSION IN WEST COVINA WHEN THEY COME TO THE CITY.
WIN-WIN ZANG FOLLOWED BY ARMANDO SANCHEZ, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
GOOD EVENING, MS. MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGERS, STAFF, AND M ONE, AN AUDIENCE AND WATCHING THE HOME.
AND MY NAME IS
ALLIE COUNTY LIBRARY IS NOW A FINE FREE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SO STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, WE NO LONGER CHARGE
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OVER DEAL FEES FOR MATERIALS THAT ARE, UM, UH, RETURN THE PAST THAT DUE DATE.SO WE HAVE LIMITED, UM, THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE FINES WERE OVERDUE BOOKS AND THE MATERIALS JUST GOOD AND WELL WHAT'S COMING.
THE LIBRARY IS NOW STILL CLOSED FOR RENOVATION.
AND I DO NOT HAVE A ACTUAL DAY TO WHEN THE LIBRARY WILL REOPEN.
I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED, BUT IF YOU NEED TO USE A IN-PERSON LIBRARY SERVICE, OR YOU NEED TO USE A COMPUTER, A PRINTER OR COPY MACHINE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE THE NEIGHBORING LIBRARIES.
AND I THINK THE CLOSEST ONE BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY, WHICH IS ONLY TWO MILES FROM HERE, WE USE THE SAME LIBRARY CARD.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, UM, THE LIBRARY STARTED ITS ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST, UM, PROGRAM.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS FOR CHILDREN, ACTUALLY SCHOOL AGE, THE CHILDREN AND THE TEENS.
THERE ARE FOUR, UM, GRADE CATEGORIES, UM, CATER TO THREE TO FIVE, UM, SIX TO EIGHT AT A NINE TO 12.
SO YOU CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY TOGETHER, A ENTRY FORUM, OR YOU CAN, UM, DOWNLOAD IT A, FOUND A WEBSITE.
AND, UM, FOR RETURN THE ENTRIES, YOU CAN RETURN IT TO THE LIBRARY OR YOU CAN RETURN IT ONLINE OR JUST MAILED IT.
AND THE ADDRESS IS ON THE ENTRY FORUM.
THE SUBMISSION IS DUE OCTOBER THE THIRD YEARS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ARMANDO SANCHEZ FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY JIM
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
MY NAME IS ARMANDO SANCHEZ, RESIDENT WEST COVINA FOR 28 YEARS HOMEOWNER AND ON THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WEST COVINA FOR 25 YEARS AND A HALF.
AND MY ISSUE IS I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WE WANT TO START FOR WEST COVINA.
UM, WE HAVE A COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS I KNOW EACH COUNTY, CALIFORNIA HAS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S THREE CITIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE IT LONG BEACH, PASADENA AND BERKELEY.
THEY'RE SOLVENT WITH THEIR FINANCES.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S MORE TRANSPARENT.
WE, WE NEED TO JUST SIT BACK AND EVALUATE WHAT'S THIS GOING TO COST US AND BE TRANSPARENT.
I WAS A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN IN THE NAVY TWO TERMS FROM 79 TO 87.
I RAN A BUDGET FOR MY DEPARTMENT IN ORTHOPEDICS.
I WOULD HAVE TO TELL DOCTORS YOU CAN'T ORDER CAUSE WE'RE OLDER BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, THIRD PAT, THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER HERE.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
UM, I LIVE IN THE SOUTH EAST SECTION.
OUR STREETS ARE MESSED UP JUST IN THE CITY AND IN OUR RESIDENCE, THE GALILEE CONTRACTOR, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAVED IN 24 YEARS.
I GO TO CORTEZ, I GET MY MOUNT SAC.
WE, THE VOTERS OF THIS STATE PASSED AN 18, WHICH GOT THE NAME GOT CHANGED, BUT IT WAS THE ROAD AND REPAIR WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
I DON'T SEE ANY OF THIS COMING TO US.
THAT MEANS WE NEED TO TALK TO, YOU'LL JUST SELL THESE, GET SOME ALLOCATED MONEY TO FIX OUR ROADING ROADS, REPAIR THE BRIDGES AND THE FREEWAYS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE NEEDED THAN THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE GOT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALREADY IN THIS COUNTY, LIKE ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES AND IT'S NOT NEEDED.
AND IF IT IS BE TRANSPARENT WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO? CAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS, FIREMEN, YOU KNOW, I'M IN A, I RETIRED AS A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN AND THEN, UH, KAISER ORTHOPEDIC TECH, NOBODY WANTS TO GO INTO HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THEY POLITICIZE THIS WHOLE COVID.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN CRAZY.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE FIREMEN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE NURSES, BUT HE DON'T WANT TO BE IN MY FIELD BECAUSE THE MEDIA SCARING US.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S READ VET YOUR OWN STORIES ON YOUR HEALTH.
BUT I THINK AS FAR AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY WE'RE BROKE.
WE COULD LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT THAT MEDIAN IS MESSED UP.
GET THAT, THAT LANDSCAPING PEOPLE TO COME AND RUN THE SPRINKLERS AND SEE WHICH HEADS NEED TO BE FIXED.
KNOW THAT'S, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE FIX.
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DOWN THERE IN WEST COVINA RIGHT THERE ON, UM, I DUNNO IF IT'S CITY OF INDUSTRY, BUT THAT MEDIAN, UH, LOT WENT THERE'S MEDIAN IS BETTER THAN WEST COVINA AND THEN WALNUT CLEANS UP.IT'S THE SAME, THERE'S THREE SECTIONS RIGHT THERE.
CITY OF INDUSTRY LOCK WEDNESDAY AND THEN WALNUT RIGHT THERE ON FROM, FROM AZUSA VALLEY ALL THE WAY TO, UH, TO FAIRWAY IT'S THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
AND THE WEST COVINA HAS ALWAYS GOT WEEDS AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF TOO.
SO IT'S, IT'S A SHAME THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU GUYS NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY, YOU CAN SPEND AND GIVE THE KIDS EVERYTHING THEY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, DO WE REALLY NEED IT? OR SHOULD WE JUST GO BY THE COUNTY? I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
THERE'S ONLY THREE CITIES IN THIS WHOLE STATE THAT HAVE THEIR OWN IN TWO OUT OF THOSE THREE ARE IN THE COUNTY OF LA PASADENA, LONG BEACH.
AND I LIVED IN LONG BEACH FOR SIX YEARS.
IT'S PROBABLY RUN A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S HARDER, BUT IT'S PROBABLY RUN AND THEY'RE FINANCIALLY SOLVENT.
I WISH THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LOOK AT THE GALAXY TRACK AND OTHER TRACKS THERE AND THINK ABOUT REPAVING.
IT'S BEEN 24 YEARS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'VE GOT CRACKS AND EVERYTHING.
OH, EXCUSE ME, AMANDA, CAN YOU GIVE THE ADDRESS TO THE CITY MANAGERS? SO TO GET CHECKED OUT BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR STREET, PLEASE.
WHAT'S THE NEXT SPEAKER I VISITED? YEAH.
UH, LISA, WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY JIM GRIFFITH, FOLLOWED BY J METER.
EVERYBODY JUST HAVE A COUPLE, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING SOME OF THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR, THE, THE 20 19 20 20 AUDIT DIDN'T COME OUT TILL 2021.
UM, I WAS AT A MEETING AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MY LAST MEETING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
AND I SAW THAT THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SITTING THERE READY TO GO NOW, SO THE AUDITORS ARE GOING THROUGH, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL GET, UH, SOMETHING, UH, STILL, HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN UPDATE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, SECOND QUARTER, FIRST QUARTER, KEEP GOING BACK.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HIRED AN ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE OUR WORLD SO MUCH EASIER.
YOU KNOW, I JUST KEEP SCRATCHING MY HEAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE COST OF, UH, A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE COST OF A BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION BETTER AND BE UP UP TO SHAPE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK IS ODD ABOUT THAT AS WE'VE PROMISED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS WITHOUT AN ANALYSIS IN, I THINK 20 16, 20 17, 20 18, 20 19, 20, 20, 20, 21, YOU KNOW, JUST ISN'T HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A LOT MORE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
I MEAN, IT'S THAT SIMPLE, I'VE BEEN UPSET.
I'M AGAINST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR ONE BIG REASON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST AND HOW IT'S GOING TO GET PAID FOR.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THINGS LIKE PASADENA SAYING THAT THEY'RE RUNNING A THREE TO $4 MILLION DEFICIT BECAUSE, UM, GRANTS ARE DRYING UP AND I'M SAYING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A HUNDRED YEARS IS HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T EXIST, YOU HAVE TO SHOW, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS, TO GET GRANTS.
IF THERE WAS A PLAN, I MEAN THE ONLY NUMBER THAT STICKS IN MY MIND IS WHAT I ALWAYS MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
I'M SORRY, BRIAN W. RYAN T AS I REFERRED TO HIM, MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT, UH, I'LL GET WITH YOU AND GET THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION PROMISE, BUT HE COMES UP WITH A NUMBER FROM NO REASONABLE ORGANIZATION, ANOTHER CITY THAT WANTS TO DO IT.
IS THAT THE REAL NUMBER I WOULD HONESTLY EXPECT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMES UP, THE CITY'S FINANCE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SAID, YOU'RE CRAZY.
AND THIS IS WHY HERE HERE'S THE COST.
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JUST REMEMBER, AS I SAID, I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOND COMMITTEE.I REMEMBER WHEN THAT BOND FIRST STARTED COMING ABOUT ARE BASICALLY THREE, IF NOT FOUR VOTES THAT WERE NO, WHEN IT WAS FIRST MENTIONED, BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT, THEIR FINANCE PERSON SAT DOWN, YOU KNOW, GOT THE APPROVAL TO SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY IN TIME, PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE.
IT CAME UP WITH $250 MILLION WORTH OF THINGS THAT THEY WANTED.
THE BOND EXPERTS SAID, YOU CAN'T GET MORE THAN ABOUT 140, 150, WHICH LET'S PUT THE PRIORITIES TOGETHER.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THAT BOND WHO WERE STRICT.
THEY WERE THE, THEY VOTED FOR THIS BOND AND SUPPORTED THAT BOND WHO WERE THE BIGGEST CRITICS AND WORKED THE HARDEST TO STOP SALES TAX INCREASE.
THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY MORE ON THEIR HOME OR IT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED AND SHOWED THAT'S THERE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF SUPPORT YOU GUYS CAN GET.
IF YOU GIVE THE INFORMATION, LIKE I SAID, GIVE ME THE INFORMATION, SHOW IT'S OUT, DO IT.
AND YOU KNOW, IF IT SEEMS REASONABLE, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SAY, OH, THAT WAS WRONG.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST GOTTA BE THAT WAY.
SOMETIMES EVEN IF IT'S, WELL, THIS IS THE, HERE'S THE ADVANTAGES.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, YOU KNOW, TO PUT IT OUT THERE, NOT PLAY THESE, UH, PLAY THESE ACCOUNTING GAMES.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS.
I KNOW ALL THE GAMES AND HOW TO PLAY THEM.
SO YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE COME ALONG TO YOUR SIDE? IF YOU GIVE A NUMBER.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISAGREE, BUT AT LEAST YOU, AT LEAST YOU GET RID OF THAT ARGUMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT, UH, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE FOR THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY THEY WERE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TOO MANY MORE LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU, JIM GRIFFITH FOLLOWED BY J METER FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRISSE.
A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE TONIGHT.
MY TALK WAS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SAID.
UM, I, UH, UH, I'M ACTUALLY HERE SPECIFICALLY TO ASK YOU TO A ITEM, NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS A SALE OF SURPLUS LAND.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU TO TABLE THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME I'M GIVING IT TO YOU IN WRITING.
IT'S A QUOTE FROM THE, UH, STATE AUDITOR REPORT.
UH, THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT FAILED TO PERFORM SUFFICIENT ANALYSIS.
WHEN MAKING IMPORTANT FINANCIAL DECISIONS, SALE OF LAND, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AT ALL.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY, YOU LOSE MONEY, UH, OR NOT.
AND I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT SOME OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS WERE SAYING.
WE'D LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE CENTER SCRIPT AND AZUSA.
WE HAVE A TON OF MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SITTING OVER THERE IN THE CITY YARD.
WE'RE NOT USING IT TO MAINTAIN ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK INSTEAD, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF IT.
I GUESS, GUARANTEEING THAT WE WON'T MAINTAIN IT.
THERE NEVER WAS AN ANALYSIS DONE ON WHETHER IT'S BETTER TO CONTRACT OUT MAINTENANCE OR TO DO IT IN HOUSE, NO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AT ALL.
HOW DO WE KNOW? UH, ONE OF THE RECENT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, SOMEBODY SAID, LET'S HAVE 10 WHITENESS WORKERS.
IS THAT BETTER THAN CONTRACT? I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S NO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
YOU CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE.
AND YET THE CITY IS CONTINUOUSLY DOING THINGS LIKE THIS.
LET ME GIVE YOU A CONSEQUENCE ON SELLING THE SURPLUS LAND.
THAT'S ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, THE SURPLUS LAND ACT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
NOW DEMANDS THAT THE PROPERTY THAT YOU SELL BE USED FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, YOU DON'T GET TO CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS THERE ANYMORE.
NO BIG HIGH RISE GENERATING LOTS OF POP PROPERTY TAXES.
THAT'S NOT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU MAY END UP, UH, THINK ABOUT THE PARKING STRUCTURE WITH THE BALL, WHICH YOU'RE PLANNING ON SELLING YOUR PROPERTY THERE.
WE CAN USE THAT FOR TINY HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN'T STOP IT.
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TO DO.YOU CAN DESTROY THE MALL IN A PROCESS.
YOU CAN LOSE ALL OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IN THE PROCESS.
THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M JUST SAYING IT COULD HAPPEN.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE JOY AND THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES I HAVE FREQUENT OCCASION TO DO SO, UH, THAT'S THE WAY GOOGLE ROUTES THIS, WHEN THE FREEWAYS ARE FULL DOWNTOWN, LOS ANGELES IS BECOMING A SQUALOR CITY LOOKING LIKE THE WORST SLUMS IN TIAWANA.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE SLUMS, BUT IT'S REALLY BAD.
25% OF THE HOMELESS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LIVE IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
WHY DO THEY LIVE HERE? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST DEAL.
SO THEY COME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE SMART, THEY COME, OR YOU MAKE THEM THE BEST DEAL CONVERTING THE, OUR PROPERTY, UH, TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND HOMELESS HOUSING IS GIVING THEM A REALLY GOOD DEAL.
THAT'S WHY I TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING LOTS OF WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE IF YOU'RE HOMELESS.
UH, AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO ASK THE STAFF TO DO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU FOR QUITE A LONG TIME NOW, BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SEVERE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO USE SOME OF OUR MONEY TO FIX THIS, THIS AVENUE AND WITHOUT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS KIND OF FINISHED WHAT I SAID LAST TIME.
YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY CHOOSING TO SPEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY ON EACH YEAR, YOU'RE ADDING TWO TO THREE TO $4 MILLION NEW MONEY TO BE IN EVERY YEAR.
AND IT'S BEING SPENT ON PENSIONS.
IF YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, THAT'S HOW YOU'RE SPENDING ALL YOUR MONEY, ALL YOUR NEW MONEY.
UH, BASICALLY YOU'RE PUTTING OUT A LOT OF MONEY AND YOU'RE GETTING NOTHING IN RETURN, NOTHING AT ALL.
THAT'S A QUICK AND DIRTY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ON WHERE YOUR MONEY'S GOING BY.
THE METER FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON HELLO COUNCIL.
I'M A METER, I'M A RESIDENT AND A REALTOR ON THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 10.
UM, PROPERTY RIGHTS TO ME ARE QUITE IMPORTANT AS A REALTOR.
AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS AFFECT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A RENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM.
IT IS BEING RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A REPORT, TO DO FOUR THINGS.
ONE OF WHICH IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
THIS WILL BE ANOTHER INSTANCE OF DEFICIT SPENDING.
WELL, IT NOT, I DO NOT THINK ANYONE EXPECTS US TO BELIEVE THAT THE REGISTRATION FEES AND FINES WILL SUPPORT YET ANOTHER REDUNDANT CITY BUREAUCRACY.
IT WILL BE A SIZEABLE ONE TOO, SINCE THE US CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICS SHOW A MORE THAN 30, 37% SHARE OF OUR HOUSING CONSISTS OF RENTALS.
THAT IS SOMEWHERE NORTH OF 11,400 UNITS.
THIS RECOMMENDATION TALKS ABOUT SIX ITEMS THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AN INSPECTION PROGRAM.
THREE OF THEM ARE MAINTENANCE RELATED AND THREE ARE CONCERNED WHAT THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OR CONVERSIONS, AS FAR AS THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION GOES, THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES FOR THE MOST PART ARE AWARE THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS ILLEGAL AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REGISTER FOR A PROGRAM IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
SO THAT PUTS THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM, RIGHT, WHERE WE ARE NOW DEPENDENT UPON TENANTS AND NEIGHBORS TO REPORT REPORT VIOLATIONS.
WELL, THE REAR REWARD SYSTEM FOR THIS COMBINED WITH THE PENALTY STRUCTURE, I HAVE TO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS.
AND THAT IS THAT THE SIX ITEMS MENTIONED ARE ALREADY REGULATED BY ZONING LAWS, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
WE DO NOT NEED TO DUPLICATE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS REINFORCED BY ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.
WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF OUR PRESENT LAWS AND CODES.
A PORTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION MENTIONS THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND ITS OPINION THAT THERE IS A STATEWIDE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTIALLY CAUSED BY SUBSTANDARD
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UNITS.AND IT ALSO SAYS THAT ONE OF EVERY EIGHT UNITS IS SUBSTANDARD STATEWIDE.
I CANNOT FIND A LOGICAL CAUSE AND EFFECT ANYWHERE IN THE FIRST PART OF THAT OPINION.
AND AS TO THE SECOND PART, WHEN WILL THE CITY START INSPECTING ALL 30,000 UNITS IN WEST COVINA SINCE OWNER-OCCUPANTS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME SAFE AND DECENT HOUSING AS TENANTS, I WOULD NOT USE THE STATE LEGISLATURES OPINIONS AS REINFORCEMENT FOR ANY ARGUMENTS IN THIS REGARD, AS THEY'RE A PART OF THE HOUSING SHORTAGE PROBLEM AND NOT THE SOLUTION.
FINALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION SPEAKS OF THE CITY BUILDING INSPECTORS IN THEIR CLAIMS THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF RENTAL UNITS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ARE OFTEN MET WITH RESISTANCE.
THOSE TWO STATEMENTS ARE RATHER VERY, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND WHAT PERCENTAGE IS RESISTANT? IT IS STATED FURTHER THAT TENANT LANDLORD DISPUTES AND TENANT OR NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS ARE WHAT BRINGS THESE PROPERTIES TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY.
NONE OF THIS CURRENT SITUATION WILL BE CHANGED VIA RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTION PROGRAM.
IF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE BUILDING INSPECTION, PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO BRING ABOUT COMPLIANCE.
PRESENTLY A PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO BE A MAGIC ONE, WHICH BRINGS TO MY POINT, WHAT IS THE REAL GOAL HERE? SINCE A PROBLEM, A PROGRAM LIKE THIS WILL BE LARGELY GOING TO EFFECTIVE TO GROW GOVERNMENT IN WEST COVINA TO CREATE 11,400 PLUS CHECKS FOR OUR YEARLY REGISTRATION FEE AND INSPECTION FEE REVENUE STREAM TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE BY RUNNING OUT OF ROOM, OR IS IT TO CREATE A DATABASE OF EVIL LANDLORDS, WHATEVER THE GOAL, IT WILL BE PERCEIVED AS AN ATTACK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
THANK YOU, JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.
I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS. MR. SANCHEZ MENTIONED THE, UH, STREETS THAT AREN'T PAVED.
YOU CAN ALSO CHECK NORTH OF THE FREEWAY.
UM, VIRTUALLY ANY STREET NORTH OF THE FREEWAY HAS NOT BEEN PAVED IN DECADES.
THE STREET ON 20 AND AZUSA HAS NICE LITTLE MINI POTHOLES THAT JUST STAY THERE AND GROW.
WHEN WE DEVELOPED A STREET CRACK OR A POTHOLE, IT, I LIVED THERE.
IT WAS FIXED THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, THE CITIES, I THINK NOW YOU'RE HAVING THE STAFF SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON YOUR PET PROJECTS, THAT THE BASICS THAT WE CARE ABOUT AS RENT AS RESIDENTS ARE JUST GONE BY THE WAYSIDE.
THAT'S I THINK 50% OR WHATEVER, A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TENSION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THE COUNCIL TAKE CARE OF THE BASICS.
ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THE BASICS.
UM, CALIFORNIA, DIFFERENT TOPIC AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2020.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY.
COMMISSION'S UPDATED CALIFORNIA, BUILDING STANDARDS, CODE TITLE 24, THE CODE OF REGULATIONS OR SOMETHING, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SOLAR.
NOW I'M NOT AN ADVOCATE OF THIS.
I DON'T ACTUALLY LIKE IT, BUT I ALSO DON'T LIKE REGULATORY AGENCIES COMING IN, UM, POSSIBLY FINDING I HAVEN'T I A D USE COMING IN, BUT I DON'T SEE THE SOLAR TYPE OF STUFF.
I I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S POLICY IS.
I DON'T HEAR US DISCUSSING IT.
IS IT JUST SOMETHING THAT THE BUILDING PEOPLE ARE DOING OR IS IT SOMETHING THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO? UM, AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER THREE, THERE AGAIN, CALIFORNIA.
THE SURPLUS LAND DECK IS A REAL PROBLEM.
WE ARE LIBELED END UP WITH WHETHER WE WANT IT OR NOT HOMELESS CAMPS, BECAUSE THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THIS THING OUT TO A LITTLE SEARCH PROCESS.
YOU HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAPTAIN WHO POSTED ON, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, A PLAN OR HE TOSSED OUT, WHICH WOULD BE LITTLE HOMELESS TOWN, QUONSET HUTS.
HE JUST TOSSED IT OUT THERE, STAFF
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WITH TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO KEEP IT SAFE.YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO NOT GET REDO ANYTHING WITH THE SURPLUS PROPERTY UNTIL THIS STUFF SETTLES DOWN.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU LET IT GO, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.
I KNOW I WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THAT HAPPENS.
NUMBER 10 IS ABSOLUTELY NOT NEEDED.
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF EXISTING ORDINANCES AND YOU'VE HIRED EXTRA CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE.
WHY PICK ON RENTERS ON MY STREET AT ONE POINT, ONE OF THE WORST HOUSES WAS HOMEOWNER OCCUPIED AND THE RENTER ON OUR STREET HAS THE BEST HOUSE.
ALL HOUSES IN THE CITY SHOULD BE SUBJECT.
I THINK, TO THE SAME DRIVE AROUND AND GET THE GARBAGE AND THE JUNK OFF YOUR FRONT PORCH.
THIS IS JUST UNNECESSARY INTRUSION AND A VIOLATION.
I REALLY THINK OF GOOD QUALITY OF LIVING IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
ALRIGHT, ROBINSON, GOOD EVENING.
I, TO ASK YOU TO TABLE AND EIR THE LAND DEALS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU NEED TO ANALYZE THIS STUFF.
ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, UH, GOVERNMENT TRACK.US/CONGRESS, 8,400 PLUS VACCINE AND SURVEILLANCE, STATE RELATED BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE CURRENT CONGRESS.
CONGRESS HAS BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY.
INTRODUCING VACCINE LEGISLATION WHILE THE REST OF US HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED WITH OUR SUMMER PLANS, AFGHANISTAN AND OTHER CIRCUS ACTIVITY, UM, MEDIAS ARE FEEDING US.
I CHECKED TODAY AND ONLY 117 OF THOSE BILLS HAVE BEEN EITHER PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE OR THE U S SENATE RACE THREE POINTS.
NUMBER ONE, UH, WEST COVINA WON'T BE LOCKED.
HOPEFULLY WEST COVINA WON'T BE LOCKED DOWN AGAIN AFTER, UH, UH, THE FLU SEASON, THE HITS AND THE COLD DRY WEATHER THIS ON THIS WINTER, UH, TWO ELECTION ROW.
THE RESULTS SHOW, THE STATE'S VOTERS STILL WOKEN UP YET, BUT WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE BUYING THE 24 7 365 DAY PER A YEAR, MEDIA PROPAGANDA INFOMERCIALS WILL COME TO SEE THEMSELVES AS BEING PLAYED BY BIG PHARMA, ECONOMIC INTERESTS OR COMPLIANCE IS THE PROBLEM.
OTHERWISE THE ENDS END OF THIS PROCESS WILL BE THE VACCINE PASSPORTS FOR SUPERMARKET AND CHURCH ATTENDANCE.
THREE, THE PANDEMIC IS LONG OVER GOING FORWARD.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEXT FLU SEASON.
EXPECT AN INCREASE IN DOUBLE VACCINE INJURY RATES AND A STEADY INFLUX OF MEDIUM AND LONG TERM FACTS TRIGGERED HEALTH PROBLEMS. BUT AT LEAST WE ARE STILL FREE TODAY TO MAKE THE, MY BODY, MY CHOICE DECISION, THE VACCINE ADDICTS WILL SOON BE NEEDING THEIR 43 40 THIRD BURSTS BOOSTER SHOT WITH THE VACCINE INJURY VICTIMS. THE AUTO IMMUNE DISEASES AND SUCH POSSIBLY STREAMING INTO HOSPITALS IN THE FUTURE.
UH, BOOSTERS ARE S ARE STILL EXPERIMENTAL.
UH, THE DELTA VARIANT SOME SAY IS USED AS A COVER TO, UH, UH, FOR THE INCREASED RATE OF VACCINE INJURIES.
THIS PLAN DEMIC WE'RE DISCOVERING IS MORE ABOUT POWER ECONOMICS THAN PUBLIC HEALTH.
IT'S ABOUT ESTABLISHING A DIGITAL ID SYSTEM, A MANDATORY VACCINE, INJECTION SLAVES, A SURVEILLANCE STATE RUN BY THE CORPORATE ARISTOCRACY, BUT MEDICAL TYRANNY AND HEALTH PASSPORTS AND CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY, UH, WILL EVOLVE TO BECOME BIG BROTHER OVERSIGHT, EVEN SIMPLE TRANSACTIONS LIKE BUYING A BURGER AT BURGER KING MAY REQUIRE GOVERNMENT PER PERMISSION, CENTRAL BANK PERMISSION UNDER A SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM.
IF YOUR SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, YOUR BURGER MAY ARRIVE WITH NO MEAT.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND THE NEXT TWO DECADES JUDICIOUSLY STEADY IN THE WAY OUR MOST BASIC RIGHTS,
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THE RIGHT TO REFUSE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION, THE RIGHT TO INTERACT IN THE TRANS TRANSACT WITH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.AS WE SEE FIT THE RIGHT TO LEAVE OUR OWN HOME.
UH, ALL THIS IS BEING COMPROMISED.
OUR BILL OF RIGHTS IS, UH, ARE BEING NULLIFIED ONE BY ONE, UH, CENSORSHIP RANGE, CHURCHES CLOSED.
WALMART LIQUOR STORES REMAIN OPEN UNDER EMERGENCY ORDERS.
THE FOURTH AND 14TH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS HAS GONE ALL DUE TO FEAR AND MEDICAL TYRANNY.
FREEDOM WILL CEASE UNDER THE TYRANNY OF THE VAX COLT.
THIS IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY.
IT'S A WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, CONSPIRACY, NO THEORY ABOUT IT.
THIS GENOCIDE FINDS PEOPLE BEING MURDERED IN HOSPITAL.
REM DESSA FEAR IS APPROVED FOR EMERGENCY USE BY THE FDA AND AUTHORIZED CONDITIONALLY BY THE, UH, BY THE EUROPEANS FOR PATIENTS THAT CORONA CORONAVIRUS DISEASE IT'S BENEFIT RISK RATIO IS STILL BEING EXPLORED BECAUSE DATA IN THIS FIELD IS RATHER SCANT.
FDA BURDENS SEE AUTHORIZED RIM DISAPPEAR, SHUTS DOWN THE KIDNEYS OR BODIES RETAIN FLUID.
THE DMX RIVERS, OUR LUNGS FILL UP UP THE, YOU, YOU GOT IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. C BENNETT, JUST TO FINISH MY LAST SENTENCE.
IT LOOKS FROM PNEUMONIA ON X-RAYS, BUT IT'S STILL DIAGNOSED AS COVID PEOPLE ARE DYING WHILE WE'RE AT OUR, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS IS GOING TO HELL.
AND STEVE BENNETT, STEVE BENNETT WANTS HIS TURN.
I WAS ACTUALLY WILLING TO WAIT PATIENTLY.
HE HAD A FEW MORE THINGS TO SAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE I'VE BEEN BUSY DOING SOME OTHER THINGS.
I'M SURE THAT'S MORE TONGUE IN CHEEK THAN NOT.
UM, THE, UH, INTERESTING THING TONIGHT I HAD TO KIND OF CHUCK WHILE I WAS WAITING UP THERE LISTENING TO SPEAKERS, I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. SANCHEZ.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I GOT YOUR NAME WRONG.
UM, HE WAS COMMENTING HOW HE DIDN'T LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIDN'T FEEL WE HAVE THE MONEY AND THEN COMMENTED HOW, UM, BILL ELLIOTT WANTS TO REDO THE MEDIANS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE REALIZES THAT BILL ELLIOTT'S WIFE VOTED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO I THOUGHT I'D LET HIM KNOW.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING FOR HIM.
I THOUGHT I WOULD SPEAK ON A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, NUMBER 10 IS PRETTY INTERESTING.
YOU HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TONIGHT, A REAL ESTATE AGENT WHO LIVES IN THE CITY, MS. PATRAS AND, UH, THE ITEM UP TONIGHT IS TO, I KNOW IT'S A MOTHER, MAY I IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE STAFF REPORTS I'VE SEEN TO A MOTHER MAY I, THAT HASN'T BEEN ASKED TO BE PUSHED FORWARD, WHICH I THOUGHT THAT WAS IRONICALLY ODD.
UM, USUALLY IT'S A BRIEF PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO DISCUSS THIS.
AND YOU GUYS DECIDE IF YOU HAVE STAFF DO A STAFF REPORT.
BUT, UM, MY CONCERN IS, IS IT'S ATTACKING RENTERS.
SO THE CITY WANTS TO BASICALLY CREATE A REGISTRATION SCHEME TO INSPECT RENTAL PROPERTIES.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, TONY, YOU RANDOM AND ABOUT GETTING VRVO AND AIRBNB'S NOT TO BE ALLOWED IN THE CITY, RIGHT? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR RENTALS IS TRADITIONAL RENTAL AGREEMENTS, HOUSES THAT MAYBE HAVE A LEASE OR YEARLY SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER IT IS, MONTH TO MONTH TYPE RENTAL.
SO WE'RE NOT ATTACKING THE VRB TYPE, THE TEMPORARY, THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.
WE'RE ATTACKING THE LONG-TERM RENTALS WITH THIS KIND OF, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE OTHER RENTALS, THEY'RE ALREADY ILLEGAL, CORRECT TONY.
CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU PUSH REALLY HARD FOR.
SO WE'RE REALLY NOW TRYING TO GO AFTER OTHER RENTERS IS FROM WHAT I CAN TELL AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT RENTERS ARE PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY IN A LOT OF CASES, RIGHT? I JUST, THAT'S A STATISTIC I'VE HEARD BEFORE.
BRIAN MAY ACTUALLY MAY KNOW THAT STATISTIC IF RENTERS ARE PREDOMINANTLY MINORITIES.
SO I HAVE TO WONDER WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS.
YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE SINGLING OUT A CERTAIN, MAYBE DEMOGRAPHIC, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE IN THAT CAREFULLY CRAFTED LONG STAFF REPORT ON A MOTHER.
MAY I? BUT THE BIGGER CONCERN IS WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? YOU'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE ALREADY.
WE'VE GOT ZONING, WE'VE GOT PLANNING.
I KNOW A FEW OF YOU VOTED FOR IT.
YOU EVEN WENT DEFICIT SPENDING TO HIRE 10 MORE.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL COST US IN THE BUDGET.
WHEN YOU GUYS DO THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT YOU GUYS NEVER DO, BUT UM, WHY AREN'T WE USING THEM? IF THESE ARE SUCH A PROBLEM, IF IT'S AS JAY POINTED
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OUT, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S FREQUENT, AS THE STAFF REPORT SAYS, HOW FREQUENT, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? CAUSE I I'VE CAME TO A LOT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS.I DON'T HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS HERE, A FEW, BUT IT'S NOT FREQUENT.
I DON'T SEE THE POINT IN SPENDING LOTS OF STAFF, TIME ON SOMETHING THAT'S MINIMAL.
IF IT'S A ZONING ISSUE OR A PLANNING ISSUE OR A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, WE HAVE PEOPLE FOR THAT.
WHY DO WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY? I'VE SEEN NEIGHBORS RESIDENTS COME THROUGH HERE AND COMPLAIN THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN A LETTER SAYING CEASE AND DESIST, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT SYSTEM WORKS.
WHY DO WE NEED TO DO MORE? WHY DO WE NEED TO PICK ON SOMETHING THAT'S MORE MINORITY BASED OR AT LEAST BASED ON THE STATISTICS I'VE READ SEEMS TO BE MORE MINORITY BASED.
WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? DO WE WANT RENTERS TO GO AWAY OR RENT LANDLORDS TO GO AWAY? THAT WAY WE SELL PROPERTY AND HAVE PROPERTY TAX CHANGES? IS IT A MONEY THING? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS? WHAT'S THE REAL REASON WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, TONY'S ARGUMENT I THINK WAS THAT KEVITA DOES IT RIGHT? OR SOMEBODY IN STAFF, MAYBE I MAY HAVE READ IT WRONG.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I ATTRIBUTED TO YOU, TONY, I'M JUST USED TO BEING THE VOCAL FACE OF THIS, OF THIS COUNCIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE THAT USED TO DRIVE A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AND JUST CAUSE HE DID IT DIDN'T MEAN I WANTED TO DO IT.
MY PARENTS USED TO TELL ME IF YOUR FRIEND GOES AND JUMPS OFF A BRIDGE, ARE YOU GOING TO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE WITH HIM? NO.
SO JUST CAUSE ANOTHER CITY MAY BE DOING IT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW.
HAVE A GOOD, I GUESS PETER WING.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYER AND MAYER PERTAIN.
AND THEY USE A PETER WANG LONE TURN WITHIN SOUTH CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND SAFETY FOR CITY OF A SCORE.
I WAS BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR CITY, UH, FOR COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
FOR 23 YEARS, I TEACH IN CAL STATE FULLERTON FOR SEVEN YEARS, ORLANDO DEPARTMENT.
I WAS NOTIFIED BY A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR REGARDING YOUR AGENDA.
AND I READ THROUGH YOUR BRIEFLY STAFF REPORT.
AND I TRIED TO COME OVER HERE.
KIND OF RUSH, COME OVER HERE TO GIVE IT, GIVE A COUNCIL LEADER.
NORMALLY THIS PROGRAM IS SET UP.
IT'S ONLY YOU FEEL YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAWSUITS FOR THE CITY.
ANYBODY WHO CALLED THE BUILDING AND SAFETY SAY, OH MY NEIGHBOR NOW TO PROVIDE ME HOW WATER WOULD TELL THEM IT'S A CIVIL DISPUTE.
DON'T TRY TO ENGAGE INTO THE CIVIL MATTER.
THAT'S THE ROOT OF SOME, OKAY? BECAUSE THIS A NO CLEAR DIFFERENCE HOW COMFORTABLE IS COMFORTABLE.
THERE IS A MINIMUM STANDARD SETTING, NO SAFETY STANDARDS SETTING BY THE BUILDING CODE.
AND ALSO ON THE NOTE, THE CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE, SPECIFICALLY STANDING FOR ALL THE PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN ITS OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY IS TO RELY ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER RIGHT NOW ON YOUR NOTE, THE VERY END YOU SAID, YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE STANDARD.
YOU GOING TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE STANDARD.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO MR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE THAT YOU ARE SUBSTANDARD.
AND THEN YOU'LL GO TO MR. NO, THE BROWN'S HOUSE THAT YOU'RE OKAY.
WHICH WHO IS GOING TO BE, WHO IS A JUDGE? IT JUST, I GOT NO POPE SET.
WHO AM I TO JUDGE? YOU CANNOT JUDGE FOR, UNLESS YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAWSUIT, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN EXPECT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT NIGHT.
OKAY? IF YOU'LL FEEL, OH, IT'S NUISANCE, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH.
THERE'S A COUNTY HEALTHY PALM.
IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT PROBLEM AND THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE ALREADY COVERED, ACTUALLY, WHATEVER YOU CONCERN.
AND THERE IS AN EXISTING LAW ALREADY COVERED, WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO OVERLAY SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T OVERLAY.
AND THEN ACTUALLY MR. JOHNSON ACTUALLY SAYING, OH, MY CONDITION IS BETTER THAN MR. BROWN.
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SO THEY GO INTO FILE A AGAINST CITY, BUT DISCRIMINATION FOR UNFAIR PRACTICE YOUR POWER.IF YOU'LL FEEL YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAWSUIT, GO AHEAD.
YOU DON'T ENGAGE THE CIVIL MATTER.
MAYBE THE GUY, NO, THE ENJOYING THE HEAT, A VERY, VERY LOW RENT AND THAT NO, THE, THE OWNER NOW THE SET YOU MAINTAIN THAT I'M NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
IS THAT CIVIL AGREEMENT? YEAH.
ALL THE REAL ESTATE AND ALL THE EXPERT, THERE IS ALWAYS A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PRIVATE PARTY AND THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENGAGE INTO IT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO SET UP A PROGRAM.
YES, THERE IS IN SPECIAL PROGRAM.
IF SUCH HOUSING RECEIVE A GOVERNMENT FUNDING OR GOVERNMENT GRANT, THE GOVERNMENT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THE INSPECTION AND SUCH, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE STANDARD IS REALLY, REALLY SUBJECTIVE.
SO YOU NEED TO WATCH BY SETTING UP THE PROGRAM.
A LOT OF TIMES I UNDERSTAND COUNCILWOMAN, NO, D AS YOU COME UP WITH THE GOOD, NO INTENTION, GOOD HEART FOR IT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO ACQUIRE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
UH, SOMETIMES THERE'S A LINE FOR THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE CAN DO.
AND CERTAIN TIMES YOU CANNOT CROSS THE LINE.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO INVITE THE LAWSUIT TO YOURSELF.
SO I JUST SINCERELY, YOU KNOW, COME AND USE MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION OF SO MANY YEARS.
I SINCERE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY AND ADD A WAY TO HELP NO, TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSING STANDARD, BUT TO ENGAGE PROACTIVELY AND FORCEFULLY.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE.
WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER SLIPS.
J D DID HE FILL OUT A YELLOW CARD? YOU ALWAYS TURNS IT IN LATE.
I CAME TO THE WRONG COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THINGS WERE SAID HERE TONIGHT.
UH, ONE THAT I'VE, UH, ADDRESSED IN THE PAST AND I, IT KINDA RELATES TO YOU CAUSE YOU HAD THE SAME CONCERN AND THAT'S WHAT STREET PAVEMENT.
I THINK I NEED THAT GENTLEMAN AND MS. POETRY AND THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WA THAT ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP.
THE METHOD THAT WAS BEING EMPLOYED WAS THAT IF THE STREET WASN'T AT ALLIGATOR MARKINGS OR WAS IN TOO BAD OF CONDITIONS, WE WEREN'T GOING TO FIX IT.
SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT THIS MAN'S 20 YEARS AGO NEED FOR A PAVEMENT IS STILL SITTING, WAITING TO BE PAID.
AND I HAVE NEWS FOR THEM 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
YOU CAN COME BACK AND LET US KNOW ABOUT IT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT SORT OF METHOD.
THE SECOND POINT IS THE IDEA OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I SEE GARAGE SIGNS JUST FLAGGING ALL WEEK ON PUBLIC POLLS.
AND NOTHING'S DONE ABOUT THAT.
YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND YOU'LL SEE HOMES THAT HAVE PUT OUT TOILETS, BATHTUBS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THEY HAPPEN TO MISS THEIR TRASH DAY AND IT SITS OUT THERE FOR, OH, SO THE NEXT TIME AROUND, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MS. POACHERS IS TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT NOW THAT YOU'VE ADDED SO MANY ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD MAYBE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND STOP CREATING NEW PROGRAMS. MAYBE THAT'S A JUSTIFICATION FOR EITHER THE ONES YOU HAVE OR MORE, AND AS A RESIDENT, THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE.
WHAT IS THE RATIONALE WITH REGARDS TO THE STAFF THAT YOU DO HAVE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S THE ORD AND NANCE GIVE THAT UP THAT ARE IN PLACE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT LEAVES, WE THINK THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT
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WISELY.I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS, MAYER.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
TURN TO RESPOND TO A PUBLIC COMMENT, CONCERNS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE THIS EVENING.
UM, MR. ELLIOT SPOKE, UM, PRETTY SUCCINCTLY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MEDIANS.
AND I WOULD, UM, CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITHOUT QUESTION LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS ATTENTION HERE IN RECENT YEARS.
I THINK IT'S BECOME QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THESE AMENITIES IN GOOD CONDITION WITHOUT A STABLE BUDGET FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
AND IT GOES TO COMMUNITY IMAGE.
UM, THERE'S A CONTRACT TO ADDRESS THIS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, ITEM SEVEN AND SHOULD THE COUNCIL WISH TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT ARE PUBLIC WORKS.
DIRECTOR MEIR IS HERE TONIGHT AND, UM, IS AVAILABLE, HAS READY A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT, THAT PROGRAM.
ALSO A BIT OF GOOD NEWS, THE COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE MOST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, UNDERSTAND THAT AS PART OF THE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS THIS COUNCIL AS PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR ALLOCATED A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LANDSCAPING PROJECT AND WAS USING THOSE MONIES.
WE INTEND TO ADDRESS THE MEDIANS.
WE'VE HAD A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT COME UP WITH A PLANT PALETTE OF DROUGHT, TOLERANT PLANTS THAT ARE COLORFUL, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING QUITE CLOSELY WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS TODAY.
UM, SHE AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ARRIVED AT A BUDGET OF ABOUT $480,000 TO GET THAT DONE.
AND YOU'VE ALLOCATED A MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR BUDGET TOWARD THAT PURPOSE.
SO WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A CONTRACT TO GET THOSE MONIES AND THOSE PLANTS IN THE GROUND, UM, LIKE TO THANK THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR COMING AND SHARING.
UM, ONE GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT THE NEED FOR STREET PAVING.
OUR ANNUAL STREET PROJECT IS GOING TO FOCUS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'LL CHECK HISTORY AS TO WHERE IT COMES ON THE LIST, BUT THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING THIS YEAR IS I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ASPHALT GOING DOWN AND THAT'S, UM, OUT TO BID SHORTLY.
UH, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE CITY'S, UM, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS.
WE'RE PLACING THOSE ON THE WEBSITE AND OR CURRENT THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER ON THE WEBSITE.
SO THOSE ARE, UM, TRANSPARENTLY AVAILABLE.
UM, WE HAD THREE SPEAKERS TONIGHT, ADDRESS ITEM 10 ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS A COUNCIL REQUEST ITEM.
REALLY AT THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WISH TO HAVE A FULL REPORT ABOUT THIS TOPIC OR NOT.
AND IF YOU DO, UH, WE WILL PREPARE SUCH REPORT AND WE WILL BROADLY AND PUBLICLY DISSEMINATE IT WHEN IT COMES BACK, PROBABLY HAVE SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS ABOUT IT.
UM, BEFORE IT REAPPEARS ON YOUR AGENDA, SHOULD YOU ASK US TO, TO STUDY THAT, UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, JERRY PORTRAITS TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, TITLE 24 AND THE SOLAR CODES.
OUR CITY HAS ADOPTED ALL OF THE UNIFORM COATS.
THERE'S 12 OR 13 OF THEM, THE UNIFORM SOLAR AND PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL AND BUILDING CODE OF THOSE ARE ALL IN STATE STATUTES AND SO DEFINED IN STATE LAW.
AND WE ARE ENFORCING, UM, THE, THE 2018 VERSION OF, OF TITLE 24.
SO THAT'S JUST A ROUTINE CODE THAT WE ADMINISTER HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
A COUPLE OF THE SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE, UM, AGENDA ITEM PERTAINING TO THE DESIGNATION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
THIS WOULD BE A REQUIRED FIRST STEP, SHOULD THE CITY WISH TO CONSIDER SELLING OR LEASING LAND? UM, THE CITY, IF YOU PUT IT OUT AS A SURPLUS PROPERTY, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SELL IT, BUT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AN UNDER STATE LAW, WHERE YOU GET INTO TROUBLE HERE IS IF YOU DON'T DECLARE IT SURPLUS, THEN YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT IT OUT AND ASCERTAIN A VALUE THROUGH A PROCESS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT.
UM, I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I DO HAVE A MANAGER'S REPORT COMING UP NEXT.
AND, UH, PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON THE PAVING OF THAT AREA.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, NOW FOR YOUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT.
UM, FIRST UP, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE PARK PLAYGROUND.
THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
ASSUMING THE BID IS APPROVED TONIGHT, IT'S A 30 DAY 30 WORKING DAY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FROM THE DATE OF AWARDS.
IF YOU AWARD TONIGHT, WE'LL WORK TO GET A PURCHASE ORDER OUT YET THIS WEEK.
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POLE IN THE PERT CHART.THE LONG PART OF THIS PROCESS IS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH ALL COMMODITIES.
SO IF THE, IF THE VENDOR CAN DELIVER, UH, WE'RE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO GET THIS DONE, UM, RIGHT AWAY.
AND AS MENTIONED, IT'S A, IT'S A 30 DAY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND PURSUE OUT THERE EXTERNAL FUNDS.
THIS WAS A PACKAGE OF FUNDING USING PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND PROP 68 FUNDS, BUT WE'LL KEEP AT IT WITH THE OTHER PARK PLAYGROUNDS AS WELL.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO IN EVERY PARK, JUST A BRIEF, UM, INTER-GOVERNMENTAL UPDATE.
PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE CITY'S APPLICATION TO CREATE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ASSIGNED THREE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS WHO ARE SHEPHERDING THIS PROCESS.
SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS, THEY'RE DOING TWO THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THEY'RE, UM, DEVELOPING A FORMAL PROCESS BY WHICH ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY COULD APPLY TO CDPH TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, TO GET A HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED AN APPROVED AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THEY'RE WORKING ON REGS REGULATIONS THAT WOULD, UM, GOVERN THOSE REGS WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, PROMULGATED BY EITHER THE DIRECTOR OF CDPH OR BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND ONCE THEY'RE ISSUED, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET, NOR HAS ANYONE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RELEASE THEM UNTIL THEY RELEASE THEM TO, TO ALL OF US SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'LL HAVE A, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS TO REVIEW AND COMMENT BACK TO THE STATE ABOUT THOSE REGS AND THAT THOSE MEETINGS ARE ONGOING.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE COMING UP THIS WEEK.
UM, COUPLE BITS OF BRIGHT NEWS.
WE DID WANT TO THANK PUBLICLY THE, UM, STATE SENATOR, JOSH NEWMAN.
IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, HE SECURED $350,000 FOR US TO BUY A NEW PUMPER ENGINE.
AND WE WERE IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, UM, SOMEONE REMEMBER CHEN'S OFFICE AND HE HAS, UM, BEGUN TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON A BUDGET REQUEST TO BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE JANUARY DEADLINE, WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A QUALIFYING PROJECT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY'RE IN FRONT OF US.
AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FOR, FOR HELPING US IN THOSE AREAS AS ALWAYS, UM, WANTED TO MENTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STATE OF THE CITY EVENT OF THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 14TH.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, TICKETS ON SALE AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE WOULD SHUT DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THANKING OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZING UPCOMING EVENTS.
UH, SUDDENLY MEMBER BLANCA RUBIO IS GOING TO HAVE A CAREER FAIR AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND, UM, THAT'LL BE, UM, 9:00 AM SATURDAY.
THE SECOND AT THE CORTEZ PARK SENIOR CENTER ON THE 23RD OF OCTOBER WOULD BE THE FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
AMENIA AT THE PLAZA WEST COVINA.
AND ON SATURDAY THE 31ST THERE'LL BE A HALLOWEEN EVENT.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU ONTO, UH, YEAH, IT'S DISRUPTED, UM, ONTO CONSENT CALENDAR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
UH, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA PULL NUMBER SEVEN, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL THAT LIKES TO FOLD IT UP OR MAYOR I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER EIGHT, EIGHT? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ONE THROUGH EIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEVEN AND EIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEVEN AND EIGHT OUNCE OF MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNCIL, WOMAN DIAZ.
I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OF CITYWIDE MEDIANS, RIGHT-OF-WAYS, COMMERCIAL ZONES, PARKWAYS, AND OTHER AREAS]
IS THERE A REPORT OR THANK YOU, MIRA.TONIGHT IS A CONTRACT OF PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT.
UM, IT HAS BEEN, UM, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVELY REWRITTEN AND WITH A NEW, UH, SCOPE OF SERVICES I'VE INVITED, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MIR TO GIVE A OVERVIEW PRESENTATION, THEN STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
EVERYTHING ON EVER MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER.
HELLO, AGAIN, I'M AT THE BOARDROOM.
UM, UH, THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT WE STARTED IN, UM, JUNE 9TH, 2021, BUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
WE, UM, I HAD FIRST HIGHS AND THE PUBLIC, UM,
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UH, PUBLICATIONS OF THE, UH, UM, PLANETS BEDS AND, UH, ON JUNE 23RD, WE HAD A MANDATORY WALKTHROUGH AND THERE ARE 10 CONTRACTORS SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING AND WE EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE PROJECT HAS, WHAT THE SCOPE IS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ON JULY 1ST, UH, THE, UM, WE GOT, UH, TWO PROPOSALS FROM TWO CONTRACTORS, ONE OF OUR OPPOSER AND THE AMOUNT OF $343,762 FOR ONE YEAR.AND ALSO FROM MENTIONED THE LA LANDSCAPING FOR $387,596.
UM, SINCE NOVEMBER, UM, THE ORIGINAL, THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES ABOUT 400 THEN FOR, UH, MEDIANS ABOUT 13 COMMERCIAL ZONE AT 25, THOSE 21, 3 WELLS NOT INCLUDED, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PART OF THE CONTRACT FOR MARIPOSA.
UH, 15 THREE, UH, FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY IS THIS IS, UH, UH, ON WRAPPING ON ON-RAMP AND OFF-RAMP WITH THE CALTRANS, UM, UH, NOT THE PART OF THE CALTRANS, JUST OURS AND ON THEIR PATHS ON OVERPASS.
UM, MENOPAUSE HAS BEEN THE CONTRACTOR SINCE NOVEMBER, UH, 1999.
UM, NO CHANGES TO THE SCOPE AND IT'S, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, TO NOTE THAT, UM, MILD SCULP HAS NOT CHANGED, BUT THE STAFFING OF THE, UM, PUBLIC BOOKS HAS CHANGED SINCE, UM, UH, STAFF WOULD HELP TO KIND OF HELP THOSE TO DO SOME OF THE LENS ESCAPE, UH, SERVICES.
BUT THE STAFFING FROM THAT TIME HAS CHANGED FROM 65 TO 18 TODAY.
AND THEN WE, THE STAFF COULDN'T HELP OUT.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BUREAU, THE LANDSCAPE AREAS THAT ARE NOT TO THE SATISFACTORY OF, UH, UH, UH, EVERYONE, UM, TO ADDRESS THESE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING FOR, UH, THESE REQUIRE THAT THE MAINTENANCE CITY, UM, THE CITY, HIS STAFF, TO HELP OUT WITH THAT, UM, THE NEW, UH, SCOPE OF THE SERVICES, WHICH WASN'T OLD SERVICES, PLUS SOME OF THE NEW, UH, SERVICES THAT ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, LIKE WE'D HAVE A ABATEMENT OF ALL COMMERCIAL, UH, UH, RIGHT WAYS, UM, UH, HERBICIDES THERE, THE UP, THESE ARE, UM, THE BEAD AMENDMENT, WHICH, UM, IT'S, IT WAS NOT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE, AND IT'S GOING TO GO, UH, TWICE A YEAR OF, UH, THE FIRST AND SECOND TIME THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE HERBICIDES TO, UH, PENETRATE, UH, THE ROOTS OF THE, UH, WHATEVER, UH, LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAVE.
UM, ALL SIDEWALKS WILL BE MAINTAINED.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES WILL SHOW YOU MAINTAIN A WEEK THREE, A TWAT, THE GROWING, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S M FROM APRIL TILL OCTOBER, THAT'S THE TIME THAT'S BEEN DISMISSED TIME THAT, UH, UM, INCREASED, UH, THE SCOPE OF TREE, WELL, MAINTENANCE, ADDING, UM, UH, ROUTINE, UM, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TO THE CITY PROPERTIES AS WELL.
UM, SO THESE ARE, UM, SOME OF THE PICTURES ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY THROUGH, UM, UM, UH, THROUGH THE SCOPE AS YOU SEE THE SIDEWALKS AND OUT, UM, UH, TREE WELLS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, THE PART OF THE SERVICE IS GOING TO BE, AND I CAN BE GOING TO THE NEXT, UM, THIS IS THAT THE AREAS THAT, THAT THIS IS THE WEED, UH, UH, ABANDONMENT OF THE, UM, UH, TREE WELLS MAIN TRENDS THAT TROLL, UH, ONLY THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, NOT THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
AND THEN THE NEXT TIME, THIS IS A ROUTINE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TO CITY PROPERTY ALONG TO WASH AREAS.
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NOW WITH THAT, UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTION.WE ARE ASKING CHORE, I'LL TRY THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE, UM, AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH MY PROPOSAL.
AND, UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, 1,000,007, 18, 8, 10 FOR THREE YEARS, AND A TWO X, TWO, ONE YEAR AND A HALF TO THAT, UM, FOR ANYONE $343,762 AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS WELL.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS WAS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE LANDSCAPE WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
AND, AND I MENTIONED IN THE PAST, THE MEDIANS HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY NEGLECTED.
AND SO, UH, WHEN I SAW THIS, I SAID, WHAT IS THERE TO LANDSCAPE WHEN THERE'S NOTHING THERE, BECAUSE IT'S BARE.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S LIKE DIRT AND CEMENT TYPE OF DIRT.
UM, AND THEN BEING TOLD, I, I SAW THE CONTRACT THAT IT HAS, LIKE THEY MENTIONED SPRINKLER SYSTEM, AND THEN I WAS TOLD THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
AND SO I WILL JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAVE THEY DONE PRIOR.
AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE TODAY? UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE MAYBE ENDS THAT YOU'RE YOUR MAIN CONCERN IS THAT, UH, I, AS CITY MANAGERS JUST MENTIONED IT IN HIS, UH, MANAGER'S REPORT, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, A PLAN.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF, UH, UH, UH, PLANNING ON GETTING ALL THE PLANTS AND, UH, DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANT ON ALL THE, UM, LANDSCAPING.
AND ALSO WE TALKING, UH, TO, UM, UH, TO, UH, CONSERVATION CORP, UH, TH THAT WE, TODAY ACTUALLY, WE GOT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL FROM THEM TO COME IN AND DO THE PLANTING OF ALL OUR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MEDIANS.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION, I THINK, UH, IT WAS THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKING THE PRINT A SPRINKLER SYSTEM, CORRECT.
PRIOR THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKING THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
SO HAVE THEY BEEN DOING THAT? I MEAN, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE.
I HAVE IDA, I HAVE NOT, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
HOW ARE YOU? AND THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN, THAT I HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS, WHICH IS THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND FOR THAT, BEFORE THAT THERE WAS A TIME I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT DATE, SORRY, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE EXACT DATE, BUT WATER WAS TURNED OFF BECAUSE OF WATER RESTRICTIONS FROM WATER, FROM THE WATER PURVEYORS.
AT THAT TIME, EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OFF.
I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T TELL THE EXACT TIME.
I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 2011, 10 OR 11.
IT SAT DORMANT FOR SO LONG THAT THE GRASS WENT AWAY, TURNED TO THE DIRT THAT YOU SEE.
AND THEN WHEN EVERYTHING WENT TO GO TURN BACK ON, THE CONTROLLERS WERE OLD, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS OLD, THINGS HAD BEEN BROKEN AND DONE THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT WAS THAT YOUR JOB OR WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE THE LANDSCAPE? UH, THIS, THEIR JOB MAY, UM, THE LANDSCAPE, I CANNOT SPEAK.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AS FAR AS LOOK, IF IT WAS RUNNING, IF IT IS RUNNING, WHAT WE HAVE RUNNING, WHAT WORKING NOW IS THE LANDSCAPERS RESPONSIBILITY A LANDSCAPER DOES THAT.
I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE EXTENT OF WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR WHEN EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OFF, IF EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OFF, I DON'T KNOW.
WOULDN'T THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE HAVE THAT ANSWER.
AND IF THERE ARE THEY HERE, OH, PERFECT.
I MEAN, I LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS DAVE HOLLAND WITH THE MARIPOSA LANDSCAPES.
I'M ONE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS THERE.
SO I'LL DO MY BEST, MY ESTIMATOR THAT KNOWS ALL THE TECHNICAL PARTS OF THIS, UH, HAD A BABY THIS MORNING.
WELL, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BABY, HIS WIFE DID, BUT AT ANY OF IT, THE ONLY THING I REALLY KNOW ABOUT, I ASKED ABOUT, UM, THROUGH TEXTS, UH, ONE OF THE OPERATIONS FELLOWS ABOUT THE AZUSA SITUATION.
AND HE DID TELL ME THAT SOUTH OF THE FREEWAY, THE SYSTEM IS OFF.
IT WOULD BE NORTH OF THE FREEWAY THAT IT SHOULD BE ON.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT GENTLEMAN WAS REFERRING TO WHEN HE WAS SPOKE EARLIER.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL.
THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF SYSTEMS THAT ARE OFF, THEY'RE NOT WORKING.
AND THAT IS JUST IN THAT WAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
I THINK THE OTHER COMMENT MADE BY THAT SPEAKER WAS 15 YEARS OF REALLY NOTHING HAPPENING THERE OTHER THAN WEED CONTROL.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF WEED CONTROL.
THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE LANDSCAPED THAT HAVE TO BE CARED FOR IN FULL AND IRRIGATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS JUST REALLY A LOT OF WEED CONTROL AND, AND DEBRIS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TREE WELLS, WHICH, I
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MEAN, YOUR TREES ARE A SIGNIFICANT ASSET IN THE CITY.WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE VALUE OF THAT OVER THE TERM.
AND SO THAT IS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT AS WELL.
SO FOR THE TREE WELLS, HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE CALL OUT THE A TREE SERVICES TO PRUNE CARE OR ANY OF THAT IN REGARDS TO THE TREE WELLS? I, AND MIKE, MY ANSWER THAT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPE OF YOUR WORK COMPARED TO WHEN WE HAVE TO BRING OUT THE, UH, TREE SERVICES, MADAM MAYOR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TREE THAT HAS GROWTH COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S CALLED THAT'S THE TREE WELL, AND THAT WE CALL THOSE SUCKERS SO THAT AT NO POINT WAS THAT EVER IN THE CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE ADDED TO THIS CONTRACT TO IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE CITY.
UM, THEY ARE TO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ABOVE EIGHT FEET ON THE TREE REASON FOR THAT IS THE SECOND YOU GET INTO THE TOP OF A TREE.
IT CHANGES THE PREVAILING WAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THIS CONTRACT IS UNDER A DIFFERENT SCOPE.
SO THIS IS EIGHT FEET AND UNDER, AND THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR TREES DON'T LOOK BUSHES AND THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE TREES.
LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, ONCE AGAIN, WHEN THERE WERE CREWS HERE, THE CREWS WOULD GO OUT AND REGULARLY TRIM THOSE, THOSE SUCKERS.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LACK OF CREW, IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
IF WE HAVE A BAD AREA, WE SEND SOMEBODY OUT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE PLAN ON ADDRESSING WITH THE WEED ABATEMENT THAT WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE MEDIA AND YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THE SUCKERS AS WELL.
SO WE HOPE THAT THE WEED ABATEMENT AND THE SUCKERS WILL MAKE A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT IN THE CITY.
WE KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND SOMETHING WE REALLY EMPHASIZE WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH CONTRACTORS TO DISCUSS THIS.
OKAY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS NEEDED IS THE WEED ABATEMENT, AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE LET'S GET A CONTRACT JUST FOR THAT, BUT WHAT EXACTLY ARE, ARE YOU PROVIDING WHAT SERVICES IN DETAILS ARE YOU PROVIDING? WELL, WE, WE WOULD PROVIDE ALL THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED, WHICH INCLUDES THAT, THAT A TREE WELL MAINTENANCE AS WE CALL IT, OR SUCKER MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL.
THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT WERE ON OUR, IN OUR PROPOSAL ANYWAY, TO DEAL WITH THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE ARE HOW MANY TREES DID WE FIGURE THERE EVER? DON'T THAT ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE THAT IN AN ESTIMATING SHEET.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 26,000 TREES IN OUR RIGHT OF WAYS YOU GO.
THERE'S A WEED ABATEMENT GOES.
THE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU SEE THIS MAP HERE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER HAD ADDRESS.
AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS IN A CONTRACT.
IT WAS DONE AS FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.
SOMETIMES IT WAS DONE ONCE A YEAR.
IF WE WERE LUCKY TWICE A YEAR IN SOME YEARS THAT THERE WERE NO FUNDS AVAILABLE, IT WASN'T DONE AT ALL.
SO THIS CONTRACT, WE REALLY HOPE TO MAKE SURE WE HIT THE MAJOR ARTERIALS ALONG THE FREEWAY, AZUSA DOWN, GLENDORA DOWN, ALL, ALL, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN YELLOW IS WE EXPECT WE, WE DEBATED TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR, SO THERE'S NO GROWTH.
AND THAT'S THROUGH THE GROWING MONTHS, APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS CONTRACT IS SELECTED, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED BEFORE AND A BIG PART OF THIS NEW CONTRACT.
UH, MY, MY, THE AMOUNT, IF I MAY, THE TOTAL CONTRACT IS ABOUT THE STREETS, MEDIANS, CARIBBEAN CUTTER SIDEWALKS, GET ON TWO WELLS.
ALL OF THOSE INCLUDED IN THE WHOLE CONTRACT, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
YES, PRETTY MUCH IT RIGHT? YES, IT DOES.
UH, THOSE ARE THE ALL, UM, ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY GOT TO PROVIDE.
I DIDN'T ALSO SEE GLENDORA AVENUE HERE.
IS THERE A REASON MEDIANS AND STUFF CONTRACT, AND WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T READ IT ON, ON THE NUMBERS HERE.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THERE.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THERE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE CONTRACT.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET THE COUNCIL, BUT I PROBABLY, I MIGHT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN WU.
UH, MY QUESTION OVER HERE, MARY POSA HELPING HIRE HIGHER IN 1999.
AND I LIVE IN WEST COVINA SINCE 1989, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE MOST RECENT 10 YEARS, I WILL CTE STREET MEDIA AND LOOK HORRIBLE.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW YOU SAY THEY ARE, CAN DO THIS.
WHERE'S THE CREDIBILITY THAT THIS TIME THEY WOULD DO BETTER BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FINE PRINT ABOUT THIS AND THAT, BUT WHY SINCE 1999 HERE TODAY, WHY I WAS THREE, I WAS SIDEWALK ARE TRUE.
AND THEN WHY THEY'VE BEEN SERVICE OUR CITY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE THE CITY DOESN'T LOOK PRESENTABLE.
AND THEN AFTER WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR SO LONG, IS THERE TECH SQUINTED ABOUT OUR CONTRACT? SO NOW YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A THREE OR FIVE YEARS THIS ON LAND AND THEY CAN DO BETTER THIS TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE I'M BREE.
WE, WE NEED TO SEE THE CREDIBILITY CONDUCT CLEAN UP THE CT BECAUSE I WILL SAY TO YOU, OKAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, WE ON THE SIDEWALK, IT GROW LIKE A JUNGLE.
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CALL, OKAY.I SAY, HEY, COULD YOU CHECK THIS? CAN YOU CHECK THAT? I DRIVE THROUGH, I CANNOT STAND IT.
AND IT'S NOT PRESENTED BY EVEN OUTSIDE OUR CITY HALL.
SO, SO I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS CONTRACT WILL BE VALID WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE CURRENTLY LIKE THIS.
AND THIS CAN BE OKAY, PERFORM BECAUSE OAKENFOLD 1999 AND TIA TODAY, I WILL SEE IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
UM, THE COMMENT I WOULD MAKE TO THAT WOULD BE THAT THERE'S BEEN A PARTNERSHIP HERE WITH THE CITY AND THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME.
AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WERE NOT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARIPOSA LANDSCAPES AND, AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES WERE QUITE LIMITED COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WOULD BE AT THIS TIME.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ABOUT CREDIBILITY.
THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAVE HERE IS THAT WE, THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE DIRT AND WEEDS LOOK VERY GOOD IN NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU PICK THE WEEDS, IT'S STILL DIRT.
AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IN THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
AND WE'RE AWARE OF THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A CONCERN, BUT THE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS I SEE THE PERCEPTION THAT WE'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING ALL OF THIS ALL THIS TIME.
AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN, THERE'S BEEN CITY STAFF INVOLVED, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CITY STAFF FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AS WELL OVER THE YEARS.
SO IF WEED ABATEMENT WASN'T PART, WHAT WERE YOU DOING PRIOR? YOU'RE BETTER TO ANSWER THAT.
CHUCK BASICALLY STIPULATED, JUST TRIMMING MEDIANS, MAKING SURE WE DON'T GROW MEDIANS.
THE WEEDS, THE MEDIANS, THE WEEDS ON THE MEDIANS ARE NOT THE ISSUE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE HAS BEEN THE MAJOR ISSUE.
I CAN'T SAY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A WEED THERE, BUT THE SIDEWALKS HAS BEEN THE MAJOR ISSUE AND SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN WU HAS TALKED TO US TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADDRESS IT IN THIS SCOPE OF WORK IN THIS CONTRACT.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE HISTORY BEFORE ME.
I DIDN'T PUT THIS CONTRACT IN PLACE, BUT THE SCOPE OF WORK DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WEED ABATEMENT ON SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING.
TREE WELLS WERE NOT PART OF THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ADDED THIS TIME AROUND.
WE LIVE IN THIS STREET ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THIS CITY.
AND I SAID, I THINK THIS IS WHAT TAX PAYER ONE, LET, LET THIS, BUT I REALLY WORRY ABOUT, OKAY, THERE'S A CONTRACT AND THEN WE CAN PERFORM.
UM, I WOULD PREFER MAYBE GIVE A TRY.
TRY OUT PERIOD AND SEE HOW THIS CAN BE IMPROVED.
BECAUSE IF YOU TRY FOR WRONG OUR SEATS RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY YOU CAN SEE THE TREE SHOOT LIKE THIS, OR KIND OF TREE.
WELL, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE END, THE, BETWEEN THE CONCRETE IS GOING OUT THIS HIGH.
END UP BEING COMPLAINED BY RESIDENT.
AND I REALLY TIED OFF CONTINUE TO OKAY.
HELPING THE RESIDENT AND TALKING TO MICROSOFT MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES.
SO THIS IS, SHOULD BE PROACTIVE.
BECOME OUR SUPERINTENDENT DRIVING AROUND.
IT SHOULD BE SUPERINTENDENT'S JOB DRIVING AROUND, SEE WHERE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I THINK THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT.
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO DO THEIR JOBS.
SO WE HERE VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUR TAX PAYER.
BY THE MORE IMPORTANT THING PEOPLE GET HIRED, I HAVE TO DO THE JOB.
AND THAT, THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH THE, UM, MARIPOSA CON NO, ALL THOSE CONCERN.
THAT'S WHY WE ADDED THE SERVICES TO THE TOTAL CONTRACT AND WE HAVE, UH, ASSURANCE, UM, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUBLICLY BID THE JOB AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY GOT TWO CONTRACTORS.
MY FINAL SENTENCE, MY FINAL SENTENCE.
I'M DONE ABOUT A YEAR, MY TIME, BUT I WANT THE CASE CITY MANAGER TO OKAY.
AND DELIVER DEPARTMENTS IS THE WALKING, THE CTO WISCO POP.
THEY'LL ALWAYS SEE THESE CLEAN WITH NICE MEDIAN.
AND SOME COLOR FOR, UNLESS WHAT THE RESIDENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
DOES IT HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT? WAS IT, UM, UNDER, UH, MARIPOSA'S PURVIEW, CONTRACTUALLY? I UNDERSTAND THAT WATER GOT TURNED OFF ON THE MEDIANS DUE TO DROUGHT.
WAS IT PART OF THE CONTRACT PREVIOUSLY TO MAINTAIN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM ON AZUSA APP? AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT WAS, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT MYSELF AS I'VE I'VE I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH MARIPOSA THREE YEARS, MYSELF.
THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS I UNDERSTAND THE WATER WAS TURNED OFF FOR A REASON, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, WOULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN PRUDENT TO TURN THEM ON ONCE A MONTH TO MAINTAIN THEM SINCE IT WAS UNDER THE SCOPE OF WORK? I I'D HAVE TO RETURN YOU THE PROPER ANSWER.
BUT WAS THAT PART OF THE EXPECTATION OR WAS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO AT THAT TIME WITH WATER RESTRICTIONS? I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD DO THAT IF IT WAS A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING, EVEN THOUGH
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WATER'S IN SHORT SUPPLY, I KNOW I GOT TO MAINTAIN THAT WELL, BUT IF, IF THE WATER, IF WE'VE BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT THE WATER OFF, IT'S OFF, THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN IT ON AND CHECK THINGS.IF WE HAD WATER ANNUALLY WITH THE VALVES OR YOU CAN, BUT YOU'RE, THEN YOU'RE DEN, TURNING ON WATER.
THAT'S BEEN ORDERED TO BE TURNED OFF.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM OFF, EVEN FOR A MONTH, IT'LL BREAK SITTING THERE, THERE WILL BE ISSUES WITH IT.
WELL, IF YOU KNEW THAT, THEN YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT IT WILL BREAK AND THEY SAID WATER RESTRICTION IT.
WASN'T WHO ORDERED TO SAY IT WAS TURNED OFF THE STATE WATER TO RESTRICTIONS AT THE TIME.
AND THEN THE CITY ITSELF, I'M SURE DECIDED TO TURN THE WATER OFF BECAUSE OF, UH, WATER CONSERVATION AT THE STATE HAS ORDERED A, TO SHUT DOWN AND A LOT OF VIETNAM DEROGATION IN THE AIR, NOT JUST THIS AREA, MOST OF THE AREAS.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SHUT DOWN.
WE JUST FIGURED OUT AT THE TIME WE MAINTAIN RESTRICTION TO SAY YOU CAN'T EVEN, YEAH, NOT EVERYBODY I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, THAT'S NOT, IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO HAVE THE WATER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME, BUT MY RECOLLECTION ON A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, CITIES OR, UH, WOULD THAT STAYED ORDER THAT TO SHUT THE WATER NOW BECAUSE OF THE WATER SHORTAGE AND THE DROUGHT.
AND ACTUALLY WE ARE IN A DROUGHT RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN STATES ARE STATE OUR STATE OF A DROUGHT.
UM, MY ISSUE IS AGAIN WITH THE IRRIGATION.
CAUSE A FEW MONTHS AGO I ASKED ABOUT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM CAUSE WE HAD A COMMISSIONER WHO WAS WILLING TO DONATE ALL THESE PLANTS PRIOR.
UM, NOW IS THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
SO IS IT NOT, IS IT YOU KNOW, AND WHO CHECKED? UM, SO NOW I'M LIKE, WHAT'S MAY I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION? WHAT WE DID WAS WITH MOST OF THE MEDIANS, WE CAME UP WITH THE TRA DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS THAT WE DON'T USE WATER AS MUCH.
I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO USE THOSE ERA.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO NOT USE THOSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO, UH, RESTORE THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SPEND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO COME TO COME UP WITH IRRIGATION LINE.
WE ARE GOING TO REUSE THESE PLANS AND ARE GOING TO WATER THEM.
BUT, UH, WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS WITH A WATER TRUCK OR SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, CONNECTION TO THE FIRE HYDE AND THE SAW, AND WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY TO RE YOU KNOW, TO DO THOSE IRRIGATION LINES OR FIX THEM OR WHATEVER NOW IN REGARDS TO, UM, ALL THE BIDDING PROCESS.
SO IS IT STANDARD TO PUT AN RFP FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS? CAUSE IT WAS ONLY ON FOR TWO WEEKS, CORRECT? WELL, THE STANDARD, BUT, UH, IT'S USUALLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS BECAUSE, UH, I THINK WAS IT TWO WEEKS? WELL, THIS ONE SAYS FROM THE 19TH 21ST OR YEAH, CAUSE IT SAYS IT WAS, THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT.
THERE WAS A QUOTE REASON FOR THE QUICK TURNAROUND ON THE RFP, UM, AT THE TIME AND THE CONTRACT WAS MADE PRIOR TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM BEING HERE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS PUT WRONG ON THE CONTRACT.
SO WE WERE OUT OF CONTRACT, WE NEEDED TO TURN AROUND AND GET IT, GET SOMEBODY IN THERE QUICKLY.
AND THAT'S WHY THE RFP WAS TURNED AROUND SO QUICK.
WE WE'VE TRIED TO DO A STANDARD OF A MONTH, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE ARE CASES THAT WE GO LESS IN THIS CASE.
THE REASON WAS BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS NOT, NO LONGER COULD BE EXTENDED AND THAT CAUSED IT TO GO INTO THE MONTH A MONTH.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE 10 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS IS, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE EIGHT, UM, WELL, 10 LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR WHO ATTENDED THAT JUNE 23RD MEETING.
UH, WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THEM, FOR THOSE EIGHT? NOT WANTING TO BID I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT YOU POINTING AT THERE'S.
UH, THERE WAS ON THAT JUNE 23RD MEETING, THERE ARE 10 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS WHO ATTENDED THAT MEETING AND OUT OF 10, WE ONLY HAVE TWO BIDS.
WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE OTHER EIGHT? NOT TO CONTINUE TO BID? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT MAYBE I SPECULATE BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG REASON AT, UM, UM, AT THE MANDATORY MEETING, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A TALK THAT THE MEDIANS ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVED.
AND THE QUESTION WAS HOW, HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
AND THE CITY SAID, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT THEY GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS, PROBABLY THEY DID NOT WANT TO BLINDLY, UH, BID THE JOB.
THAT IS MY GUESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN WOULD THE IMPROVEMENTS OCCUR? THE REASON WHY IMPROVEMENT HAS NOT OCCURRED.
I KNOW, BUT IF WE EXTEND THIS CONTRACT, I MEAN, IF WE GRANT THIS CONTRACT AND IMPROVEMENTS OCCUR, I KNOW THIS ONE STATES THAT THERE WON'T BE
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INCREASES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENTS IT'S GOING TO MAKE.SO THEN WHEN IMPROVEMENTS DOES OCCUR, SHOULDN'T WE BID THEN PART OF THE CONTRACT IS THAT THEY ACCEPT TO MAINTAIN WHATEVER IT IMPROVEMENT BEHIND WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING.
THAT'S A PART OF THE CONTRACT.
IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, DID ANY COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, SORRY.
DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO COMMENT? UM, I GUESS CO-MINGLED AND INTERRELATED AS THE CONSERVATION CORPS OFFSETS, WHICH, UH, IT WAS PART OF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AND S BUT SORRY.
UH, THE CHAIR, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, WHEN, WHEN WILL THAT BE COMPLETED? WELL, WE GOT, THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ONGOING BETWEEN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
UM, CORE TODAY, THEY ARRIVED AT A SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH WE WILL IMMEDIATELY WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON PREPARATION OF A CONTRACT.
WE'LL PLACE IT ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA.
I DOUBT IT'LL BE READY IN TWO WEEKS, BUT I WOULD THINK WITHIN A MONTH, WE'LL HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO IF WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT, BASICALLY IT'S DOUBLE DIP.
IF WE ARE GOING TO, WE DO ALL THE MEDIA.
AND SO BASICALLY THE MEDIA HAS NOTHING TO MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW.
SO WHY WE NEED THIS CONTRACT? WELL, WE HAVE NORTH OF A HUNDRED MEDIANS, THE ONES THAT STILL HAVE PLANTS IN THEM, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH CITY FORCE ACCOUNT WITH THE CITY LABOR, THEN THERE'S NO WATER'S SPRINKLERS BROKEN.
OH, WHY, WHAT KIND OF THING, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO WE DO, DID WE, LARGE PORTION OF THE MEDIANS ARE LUNAR LANDSCAPE, JUST BARE DIRT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSERVATION GOING TO, WE DO AND TIE A MEDIAN, BUT BY THE SAME TIME WE WANT THESE CONTRACTOR TO DO A FIVE YEAR, THREE YEAR SOMETHING.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF DESIGN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
SO, SO I REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS.
AND, UH, I CANNOT APPROVE THIS FOR TONIGHT.
UH, I GUESS JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON A FEW THINGS.
SO, SO PRIOR TO, TO THIS, UM, PROPOSAL THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MARIPOSA AND THE CITY, UH, WHEN WE HAD MORE, MORE PUBLIC WORK STAFF, UM, THE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS BASICALLY TOOK CARE OF WEED ABATEMENT AND THE TREE WELLS AND MARIPOSA JUST DID THE MEDIANS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND SO, SO THIS NEW CONTRACT, BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WE, WE WERE BASICALLY SAYING WE NO LONGER IN-HOUSE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE WEED ABATEMENT ON LIKE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS OR, OR THE TREE WELLS.
THEREFORE, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY WE'VE NOW ADDED THAT WORK BESIDES THE MEDIA.
AND SO, SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING WITH THE MEDIANS, THERE IS WORK THAT CURRENTLY THE CITY STAFF CANNOT DO BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MARIPOSA.
IS THAT, IS THAT, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECT? YES.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, JUST SO I DID NOT MISUNDERSTAND, UM, UH, YOU MERE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHY THE OTHER EIGHT DID NOT, UM, BID ARE YOUR OPINION IS BASICALLY WHATEVER TO THE MEDIAN, THE SCOPE OF WORK MAY BE MORE COSTLY THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEEN BIDDED.
AND, AND THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, TO BID AND THEN HAVE TO DO WORK.
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE OF A COST.
SO, SO THERE IS A RISK TO, TO, TO WAIT UNTIL THE MEDIANS ARE DONE TO THEN REBID IT.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SHARING? YEAH, THAT IS MY GUESS.
AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW IT, UH, MARIPOSA KNOWS IT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT GOING, GONNA SIGN.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO SIGN WITH THE CITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASSUME ALL THE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING THIS GOES, BUT IT PUT THEM ALL THE MEDIANS.
SO, SO FROM YOUR, YOUR, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CONVERSATION CORE AND WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE MEDIANS, YOU WOULD SAY THAT THIS, THIS BID AND THIS, UM, AGREEMENT WITH MARIPOSA, UM, IS WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE CITY.
IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, YOU HAVE TO COME IN DASH AND CORRECT.
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THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE MEDIUMS, UM, GOING BACK TO THE, UH, SPRINKLER SYSTEM WHERE YOU SAY YOU ARE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND PROVIDE WATER FROM, I DON'T KNOW, WATER HOSE, OR A NOT WATER, FIRE HYDRANTS, UH, YOU KNOW, CLOSE BY THAT YOU CAN BRING THE WATER TRUCK AND FILL IT UP.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WATER, UH, THOSE DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T NEED WATER DAILY OR WEEKLY.
WE PROBABLY EVERY TWO, THREE WEEKS WE WILL HAVE, UH, WATER TO IRRIGATE THEM.
WHAT'D YOU SAY THAT DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS DON'T NEED WEEDING EITHER.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS DON'T NEED WEEDING WHERE THE, I MEAN, IS THERE GOING TO BE A LOT OF MAINTAINING OF THE MEDIANS, IF IT'S ALL GOING TO BE DROUGHT, UM, THEY'RE GONNA NEED SOME MAINTENANCE THEY'RE GONNA DO MAINTAIN THEM.
SO NOW MY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION RIGHT CORRECTLY, IF IT'S CORRECT.
I MEAN, I, I, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YES, I'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN IT AND, UH, YES.
UH, WHATEVER IT IS THERE, THEN WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY HAVE TO DO IT.
SO NOW MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, I KNOW THAT IT SAYS IN THE MEDIANS THAT THIS IS, UH, THEY, THEY USE RECLAIMED WATER.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? THEY NEED A WHOLE, SOME AREAS.
WE HAVE THE, THEY DON'T CALL IT THE RECLAIM WATER.
THEY CALL HER THE RECYCLED WATER.
IF THERE ARE RECYCLED WATER AVAILABLE IN THE AREA OF NOT EVERYWHERE, THE RECYCLED WATER IS AVAILABLE, WE CAN USE THAT WATER FOR IRRIGATION.
SO I KNOW THAT ON AZUSA AVENUE, THEY DO HAVE THE RECLAIMED WATER THAT I'VE SEEN THE SIGNS.
I DO NOT KNOW IF WE HAVE THEM, IF WE HAVE THEM.
AND, UH, WE HAVE TO CONTACT THE WATER DISTRICT TO SEE IF THERE IS A LINE AVAILABLE.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE TRUNK LINES, THESE ARE THE BIG LINES THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO TAP HIM WITH THE SMALL SERVICE, LIKE ONE INCH OR SO, IF IT IS A DISTRIBUTION LINE, IF IT'S AN EIGHT INCH LINE OR 12 INCH LINE THERE ALLOW US TO TAP IT.
THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF RULE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE BIG DIS UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSMISSION LINE, LIKE 24 INCH OR 30 INCH.
THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK HAVING A SMALL LINE CONNECT TO IT.
I MAY BE, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY LEAKS OR SOMETHING AND, UH, CREATES PROBLEM.
IF THERE'S A SMALLER LINE OF RECYCLED WATER LINE AVAILABLE, WE'LL DEFINITELY GO FOR IT.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDRESS.
WE WILL CHECK INTO THAT AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON NINE.
FROM, AND AS FAR AS MAINTAINING THE MEDIANS, UM, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF TRASH IN THE MEDIUMS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF WELL ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND, UM, ALL I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIANS.
AND, UH, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, THEY WILL, AND THEN I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS IN THE CONTRACT, IF IN CASE, IN CASE WE DO NOT LIKE IT, OR WE DO NOT SAY WE ARE NOT SATISFIED.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE MEDIANS AND THAT'S THE ELECTRICAL BOXES WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THOSE.
WHAT IS IT I'M SHUTTING THAT TREK, UM, OUTLETS THAT ARE THERE, ELECTRIC OUTLETS.
YEAH, I GUESS THEY USED TO HAVE LIGHTS THERE.
UM, I, THE ONLY, I GUESS I CAN ALWAYS JUST PUT THE LIGHTING AND THE LIGHTING FOR THE MEDIANS, NOT FOR ANYTHING FOR A LANDSCAPING OR ANYTHING.
SO, UH, CHRIS COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN, DIA'S GOOD EVENING.
I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THAT USED TO GET POSTED UP THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
YOU KNOW, PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT YOU WANTS FOR THAT.
I, I, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOXES THERE.
I CANNOT TELL YOU THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE USED.
I CAN'T, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THEY'RE WORKING OR NOT, OUR ELECTRICIANS WOULD HANDLE IT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING, IF IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD USE.
UM, SOME HAVE, I THINK SOME DO WORK BECAUSE DURING MY CAMPAIGN AND I TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE, THEY WERE SAYING THAT PEOPLE WERE USING THEM TO CHARGE THEIR PHONES.
SO I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING TO MYSELF THAT IF, IF THEY DID WORK, IT'S SURPRISING THAT SOMEBODY HASN'T DONE THAT.
SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW IT WOULD WORK, BUT IT WOULD BE OUR ELECTRICIANS.
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THAT MAINTAIN IT.AND OBVIOUSLY WE, WE HEAR LOUD AND CLEARLY THAT WE WANT TO GET THE MEETINGS UP AND RUNNING, AND WE WERE WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN TO DO THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE QUESTION TO THE WEEDS, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS, BUT WITH THE, WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN PLANT LIFE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT THINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN DG THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF A LARGE MAJORITY OF MEDIANS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AT THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY.
SO THERE STILL GOING TO BE DIRT.
THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WEEDS COULD COME UP THROUGH.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO USE THAT FIJI, OBVIOUSLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF, OF MEETINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH LIKE THE TWO RIGHT OUT FRONT HERE THAT ARE OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE COSTLY.
CAUSE, UH, I HAVE SOME, UH, DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONES WE'RE GOING TO ADD, BUT THEY DO DROP BABIES AND THEY THEN GET KIND OF OUT OF CONTROL.
SO THEY WOULD NEED TO BE WEEDED OUT JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE.
A ONE, TWO, MAYBE EVEN CITI TO LOOK INTO IP TO GIVE MORE TIME.
SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A, MORE OF A OKAY.
DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR TO LOOK INTO IT.
AND UH, IF, UH, IF A MARIPOSA WILLING TO, WE CAN KEEP THEM MOUNTS TWO MONTHS AND DO THIS, PAY THEM EXTRA FOR THEM TO CLEAN UP, SEE THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR LIST TO SEE THE CREDIBILITY AND SEE, WE JUST WANT A NICE AND BEAUTIFUL STREET, THIS AND THAT.
SO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS MAYBE IN THE RFP.
WELL, IF I MAY, UH, UM, UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, IF THEY WANT TO GO MONTH TO MONTH, THEY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO MONTH TO MONTH ON THE NEW SCOPE OF WORK, FRANKLY, WE WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
UM, WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT HERE AND WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN THAT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT BY THE HIRING OF THE PEOPLE AND THE, AND THE MATERIALS AND THE, AND THE, AND THE EQUIPMENT.
BUT WE ALSO FEEL THE CITY SHOULD INVEST IN THAT QUALITY WITH US AS WELL.
THIS IS A VERY COMPETITIVE BID.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY WERE THERE NOT VERY MANY BITTERS WE'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN ON MANY, MANY PROJECTS RECENTLY? IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO AND WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING YOU FOLKS ARE CLOSE.
SO MY TABLE IS FOR THE NEW RFP FOR THE, OKAY.
MORE OF THE BID FROM ALL THE CONTRACTOR TO LOOK INTO IT.
I WANT A DETAIL REGARDING, OKAY.
WHAT KIND OF SERVICE, INCLUDING OTHER MEDIA INDUSTRY, THIS AND THAT AND THAT.
WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE MARIPOSA WILL COME TO COME BACK.
WE'RE NOT TOO HAPPY WITH THAT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE, SO WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A FAIR BIT.
AND WE CAN LOOK INTO ALL THE BACKGROUND.
IF THEY ARE, THEY'D BE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THEY, WE BETTER TO HAVE A BETTER PROJECT WHILE THEN CHEAPER AND NO RESULT.
AND THERE WILL STILL GET COMPLAINED ON EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF, THAT JUST CANNOT STAND THE DRIVING ON THE STREET.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY EMOTIONAL AND THE RFP SHOULD BE SPECIFIC.
SO IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT, OH, THEY PROBABLY GOT SCARED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE.
WELL, THAT SHOULDN'T BE, THE RFP SHOULD BE ON THIS.
AND THEN CAUSE IF THAT'S GOING TO TAKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS, IF IT'S ONE YEAR, THEN IT SHOULD BE AN RFP FOR ONE YEAR.
AND THEN ANOTHER RFP WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SUCCULENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE MEDIA, WHEN THE MEDIANS ARE UP TO STANDARD, THEN WE CAN REBID FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL OF THAT.
BUT BASED ON THIS AND IF THE IRRIGATION BASED ON WHAT I'M READING AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THE IRRIGATION, JUST THIS WAY, THEY ALREADY FAILED THAT.
AND THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FULFILL THE NEEDS THAT WAS REQUESTED OR THEIR REQUIREMENT THAT IS ON HERE.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UM, SECOND, I WOULD ALSO SELECT A SECOND, UM, COUNCILS OR BUSHES AS YEAH.
WE PUT TOGETHER AN RFP AND, UM, SEND IT OUT AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE, BUT WE GET PROBABLY ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE WE, BUT ON THE ACCURACY.
I MEAN, IF IT SAID ABSOLUTELY NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BIDDING FOR WHAT THEIR PURPOSE OF BIDDING IS.
WELL, JUST, I JUST LIKE TO REMIND, I HAVE A PENDING QUESTION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AS WELL.
W W WHAT WAS THIS QUESTION ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MEDIANS, THE MINKLER SYSTEM AND THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS? YES.
I CAN GET YOU A RESPONSE TO THAT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR LOPEZ, VIBRATO COUNCIL MEMBER TABASCO BY NO COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN,
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G S I, I APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ.[8) CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR THE CORTEZ PARK PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AND APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDER TO PROCURE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - PROJECT NO. 22007]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT HOLDS BY MAYOR PRO TEM.I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAD AN IMAGE ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WITH WE'LL BE GOING INTO CORTEZ PARK AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT DONE BY THE WAY.
I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STEP OUTSIDE AND SPEAK.
IT'S DISRUPTING THROUGH THE CHAIR.
UM, THIS IS, UH, ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT TO INSTALL THIS NEW PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT AT CORTEZ PARK.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF A INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR AND A DIRECT PURCHASE ORDER IS GREAT.
WESTERN RECREATION FOR $218,000 THROUGH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.
ALSO ALLOWS US TO, UM, UM, HAVE A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT ON THAT TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WE THINK ASSUMING THIS IS, UM, AWARDED TONIGHT, IT'S A 30 DAY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, 30 WORKING DAYS.
WE CAN HAVE THIS IN, IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER, ASSUMING THEY CAN GET THE SUPPLIES, GET THE EQUIPMENT FOR US.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PLAN? IS THAT THE ONLY RENDERING WE HAVE? I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE, BUT JUST, I JUST WONDERING IF WE HAD MORE, I BELIEVE WE DO.
YOU'RE BUILDING HOMES, CORTEZ PARK.
IT'S FOR SALE IN THE MID 18 HUNDREDS.
DID THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A SAY ON THE, HOW THAT PLAYGROUND LOOKS AT? THAT'S WHAT THEY DESIGNED THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER.
THIS ONE FOR THE COMMITTEE, FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES GROUP.
AND THEY DID HAVE INPUT ON THE DESIGN AND THE COLORS AND EVERYTHING.
YOU ARE PREPARING ANOTHER PICTURES, I'M QUESTIONED ABOUT HOW ABOUT OTHER PARK? DO WE HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR OKAY.
AND I'LL, DO WE HAVE A 16 PARK? RIGHT? SO WE ARE WE DOING THE FRIENDSHIP PARK NOW? WE'RE DOING THE CORTEZ PARK.
HOW ABOUT ON BILL AND, UH, ON MERADO.
AND, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN, OKAY.
THE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY KNOW THEY'LL PARK WILL BE IN THE ITINERARY.
SO NOT JUST FRIENDSHIP,
SO WE HAVE, UH, ALL THE PARK WILL BE IN A SCHEDULE FOR OUR CDBG FOUND FOR REMODELING.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
WE CAN RETURN WITH THE SCHEDULE ON HOW THESE ARE GOING TO BE SEQUENCED OUT IN TERMS OF WHICH ONES ARE IN THE WORST CONDITION.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF OUR PARKS HAVE SOME PRETTY SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH THE SOFT FALL.
WE'RE GONNA RUN A DAY, ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS A COMBINATION OF FUNDINGS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S LESS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND MORE ABOUT THE MONEY.
THIS MIGHT BE A CANDIDATE PROJECT.
WE COULD REQUEST THROUGH OUR, UM, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, AS THEY'VE BEGUN TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR, FOR THE JANUARY CYCLE.
THIS ONE HAD PROP 68 MONIES, CITY PARK IMPACT FEES AND THE, ON THE DEVELOPER FEES AS WELL.
SO WE WILL WE'LL RETURN WITH THE SCHEDULE FOR THE OTHER PARKS.
SO ALTHOUGH WE CAN DO THE SIM APPLICATION FUND, THE CDBG FOUR OUTER PARK GRANT TO DO THE FIX-UP.
SO MAYBE WE HAVE OUR STAFF KELLY OR SOMEBODY TO KIND OF LOOK INTO IT.
SO ALTHOUGH PAUL CAN GET A SIM TREEMAN BECAUSE, OKAY.
THERE ARE TIME SYNCING, LIKE WE PIM INDUSTRY.
SO EACH OF THE STREET WILL IN THE DUE TIME.
I REMEMBER BEFORE WE HAVE A MAP IN OUR CT SHOWING THEM WHEN THEIR STREET WILL BE SCHEDULED, MAYBE NEXT YEAR, MAYBE 20, 23, MAYBE 24, 4.
SO PEOPLE CAN EXPECT, OKAY, THIS TREE WILL BE REPAID.
IN THE CERTAIN TIME, 17, THE BOUGHT THE PARK TOO.
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POTENTIALLY SCHEDULE OR WE HAVE A, WE TELL THE SOME PARK WOULD BE BIG LOOK INTO IT.I KNOW JUST AGAIN, MIKE TOLD ME ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WE HAVE A DIS COUPLE OF PROJECT, BUT BEFORE THAT, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN PICK.
THEY WILL BE QUALIFIED FOR THIS FUNDING.
THESE THROUGH THE CHAIR, THESE PACKAGES OF FINDINGS ARE ALWAYS DEPENDENT UPON THE MOMENT AND WHAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
I KNOW THE CDBG MONIES COULD ONLY BE USED FOR FRIENDSHIP.
AND WE HAD A BIG BOLUS OF MONEY THAT WE COULD APPLY ALL AT ONCE.
AND SO THAT'S A MILLION DOLLAR PARK PROJECT.
WE COULD QUALIFY IT BECAUSE IT WAS A TARGETED AREA FOR THE HUD FUNDS.
UM, THE OTHER ONES WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING BACK TO YOU A REPORT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT TH THE SEQUENCING.
I KNOW THAT, UM, CERTAIN FUNDING IS BASED ON PARKS THAT ARE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE ONLY DESIGNATED FOR CERTAIN THINGS OR CERTAIN PROJECTS OR CERTAIN, OKAY.
BECAUSE IT SOUND RATHER THAN ASKING WHY FRIENDSHIP AND THEY KIND OF FOUND THE WHITE ON THE OLD PART.
SO NOW YOUR ANSWER IS BASED ON THE LOCATION EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK AGAIN.
UM, CARMEN, UH, DAVID CARMEN HAD IT CORRECT ON THE CDBG FUNDING AND FRIENDSHIP PARK.
THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY SET FOR THAT PROP 68.
THE REASON THIS PARK WAS TAKEN IS THERE WAS ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
IT WAS ONE OF OUR SMALLEST, SMALLEST PARKS THAT HAD THE MAJOR NEED THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY FIT INTO THAT BUDGET.
SO 300,000 FOR A PLAYGROUND ACTUALLY IS A LOWER NUMBER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FOUR SHADOW WAS CLOSER TO THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE OTHER PLAYGROUNDS IS MEASURE A FUNDING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OPEN-SPACE DISTRICT GRANT.
THAT GRANT, THE WAY WE RECEIVED THAT GRANT IS WE HAVE TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT AND THEN THE COMMUNITY SPECIFIES WHAT THE PROJECT IS OR WHAT THAT IS.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT WE WERE VERY LIMITED ON THE BUDGET WE HAD AND THE DOODLE PARK SIZE.
THAT'S WHY CORTEZ WAS SELECTED BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BEEN ABLE TO, TO DO A LOT OF THE OTHER PARKS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN ISSUES LIKE CALIFORNIA.
PARKETTES ANOTHER SMALL ONE, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER DOG PARK OR, OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS LIABILITY.
IT WAS LIABILITY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO REDUCE BY UPGRADING EQUIPMENT AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE FIT WITHIN BUDGET.
THE NEXT PLAYGROUNDS WE BRING TO YOU WILL BE BASED ON A COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
THERE'LL BE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
THE COMMUNITY WILL TELL US WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND APPLY FOR THE APPLY THE GRANT.
SO THAT'S WHAT DICTATES THE FUNDING MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE THE RENDERING, THE ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE.
UH, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THIS RENDERING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CORTEZ PARK, THE CONCRETE WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS, IS KIND OF RAISED UP.
SO THEY'RE ALSO BE FENCING AT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK IS SAFER.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THAT PARK, BECAUSE, UH, WHEN YOU DO A PLAYGROUND, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE ACTUAL, UM, FOOTPRINT.
AND IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED FUNDING, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE FOOTPRINT AT CORTEZ, BUT WE ARE ADDING RAILING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NO ONE STEPS OFF A TWO FOOT DROP OFF.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE ADDRESSING THERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE MAIN REASON THEY KEPT THE COST OF THE PLAYGROUND DOWN WAS NOT CHANGING THE FLOODING.
SO JUST SIMILAR TO THE SHED, THE OLD PARK TO THE NEW ONE, WE JUST DO THE, OKAY.
ON THE GROUND OPENING GRAND OPENING ABOUT, OKAY, BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, IT'S JUST SIMULATE TO SEE ME LIVE TILL THEY KIND OF A STYLE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A FIRE ENGINE THAT YOU HAVE A, UH, WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY, SO THE WAY WE GO ABOUT IT IS OUR COMMISSION.
WE TAKE, WE BRING DESIGNERS TO THE COMMISSION, WE LET THE COMMISSION DISCUSS IT, WE'D GO TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THEN IT GOES TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION AND THEY SELECT DESIGN.
THIS PLAYGROUND IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT, THIS IS NOT THE SAME MANUFACTURER THAT MADE SHADOW PARK.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES IN THE PLAYGROUND.
SO OBVIOUSLY SOME THEMES OR SOMETHING THE CITY'S DECIDED TO DO IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, CAMERON HAS A PIRATE SHIP AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN STAYING, STAYING WITH.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, WE LET THE COMMISSION SPEAK, IT'S THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THEY COME BACK TO US AND, AND TELL US WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO.
AND OBVIOUSLY AT THIS LOCATION, THE FIRE STATION IS THERE AND THEY FELT THAT IT WOULD FIT.
DOES IT HAVE THE SAME SQUISHY GROUND? OH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING, IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS, WE HAVE POOR AND PLAY EVERYWHERE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE WORKING ON GETTING PORN, THEY CALL IT POUR AND PLAY THE SQUISHY GROUND CALLED PORN PLAY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WOOD CHIPS ARE HARD TO MAINTAIN THE LEVELS, GET LOW.
SO WE, WE ARE WORKING TO NOT ONLY GET POOR IN PLAY AT SOME OF OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL, A NEW PLAYGROUND WILL NOT GO IN WITHOUT PORN PLAY, BUT WE ALSO ARE WORKING AT USING SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING FUNDS FROM OLD PARK PROJECTS TO DO PORN PLAYING SOME OF THE, I'M NOT GONNA SAY NEW PLAYGROUNDS, BUT NEWER PLAYGROUNDS THAT WERE DONE IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO.
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SO YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT EVERYWHERE.AND I WAS A COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY.
I WAS THE ONE WHO DESIGNED HELP DESIGN NO CAMP, NONE AT THIS ONE, THE ONE AT CAMERON PARK WITH THE PIRATE THEME AND, AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT I, I DID THAT AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT YEAH, THEY, THEY COULD GO BY THEME OR DESIGN IT HOWEVER THEY WANT.
IT'S COMMISSIONER SAY THE INFORMATION AND THE PRESENTATION, THE RENDERINGS, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION QUICK QUESTION THOUGH, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DELIVERY AND ALL THE ITEMS, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ALL THESE EQUIPMENT ITEMS GOING TO BE DELIVERED ON TIME? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH GETTING ITEMS JUST EVERYWHERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW IT IS TO GET HOW IMPORTANT IS TO GET THINGS, THESE THINGS UP HERE, OR IT COMES FROM SOMEPLACE BACK EAST.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE SHIPPING.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE PO TO THE PROVIDER AND THEN REALLY GET A DATE.
SO ONCE WE DO THAT, ONCE WE HAVE A DATE, WE'RE GOING TO STAY TO THAT DATE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN.
ONCE WE FENCE IT OFF, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME GROUNDBREAKINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO FIND OUT, OKAY, THANK YOU.
I APPROACH HIM LENO'S IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNCIL MEMBER TO
[9) CONSIDERATION OF ZONE CHANGE NO. 21-01 AND CODE AMENDMENT NO. 21-01 (AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE)]
ITEM, NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE AND CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY A CITY CLERK.WILL YOU VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN, OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT.
THERE'LL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHOW HERE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT, THEN THOSE OPPOSED, WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR PLANNING MANAGER TO PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THERE'S THIS ZONE CHANGE AND CODE AMENDMENT WAS INITIALLY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE AUGUST 24TH AND SEPTEMBER 8TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE PROPOSED AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE IS DEFINED AS ALL SERVICE COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTIES LOCATED SOUTH LOCATED SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 FREEWAY, EAST OF AZUSA AVENUE, NORTH OF NORMA AVENUE AND WEST OF BAY.
THE INTENT OF THE CITY'S ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTO PLAZA WAS INITIALLY TO FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PRO BY PROVIDING A CENTRALIZED LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY FOR CAR SHOPPERS TO VISIT AS PART OF THE CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS, STAFF CONDUCTED A SURVEY.
UM, WE CONTACTED NEARBY CITIES WITH AUTO PLAZA AREAS AND THOSE CITIES THAT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY WHERE THE CITIES OF ANCESTRY SERITOS AND THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS, THE CITY OF INDUSTRY ONLY ALLOWS NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS WITHIN THEIR AUTO PLAZA AREA.
ALL OTHER VEHICLE RELATED USES ARE ONLY ALLOWED AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE NEW CAR DEALERSHIP.
THE CITY OF SERITOS ONLY ALLOWS NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS BY RIGHT, ALL OTHER VEHICLE RELATED USES REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WHILE THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS, UM, REQUIRES ALL USES, UH, TO APPLY FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, WHICH IS EITHER APPROVED AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEAD BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, OR IT WOULD HA IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE AUTO PLAZA AREA IS ZONED SERVICE COMMERCIAL, AND AS IT'S IN THE SERVICE COMMERCIALS ZONE, THE SERVICE COMMERCIAL ZONE ALLOWS FOR A BROAD RANGE OF USES.
AND THESE USES THAT ARE UP IN THE PROJECTOR OR USES THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHTS IN A SERVICE COMMERCIALS ZONE.
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BZ SAYS RANGE FROM RETAIL MORTUARIES IN COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY SERVICES.SO THESE USES ARE ALLOWED BY YOUR RIGHTS.
IF THERE'S AN EXISTING BUILDING, THEN STAFF WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THESE USES.
IF, UM, IF A BUSINESS APPLIES FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THESE PARTICULAR USES, I'LL GO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE CONTENTS OF THE AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE CODE AMENDMENT AUTO PLAZA, OVERLAY ZONE SECTION IS A NEW, A NEW CHAPTER, A NEW DIVISION WITHIN, WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE PERMITTED USES ARE ONLY FOR THE SALES OF NEW VEHICLES BY A RIGHT, WHICH IS EITHER WHICH HAS BOTH BY A FRANCHISE DEALERSHIP OR DIRECTLY BY THE MANUFACTURER.
UM, WITH, IN THERE THEY'RE MOSTLY, THEY'RE ALL VEHICLE RELATED ACCESSORY USES AND THEY ARE VERY LIMITED.
THE ONLY TEMPORARY USE ALLOWED IS FILMING OR THE USE OF THE DEALERSHIP, UM, ADVERTISEMENT ITSELF.
SO OTHER, ALL OTHER FILMING WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA.
THERE IS, THERE IS A REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY LIGHTING.
THE SECURITY LIGHTING IS NEEDED TO DISCOURAGE TRANSIT TRANSIENTS FROM GOING INTO PROPERTIES AT NIGHT.
AND AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE CONCERNED, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED ARE, ARE THE NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF WHICH THIS WOULD STAY THE SAME, UNLESS IT'S OTHERWISE STATED IN THIS SEC DIVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
UH, THESE ARE OTHER, UH, OTHER CHANGES OR SECTIONS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CHANGED.
AND THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST CROSS-REFERENCING AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY, SECTION TWO, WHICH IS DONE TO AVOID ANY CODE INTERPRETATION, MISTAKE, MISTAKES.
WITH THIS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 86, WHICH IS FOR THE ZONE CHANGE IN ORDINANCE 24 87, WHICH IS FOR THE CODE AMENDMENTS.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.
LET ME QUESTIONS, UH, STAFF BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THINKS THAT 15, 20 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO THE LATE TONE THEY PUT THIS
THIS IS ONLY FOR THE NEW CAR, MY RIDE.
IN THE 1980S, THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA WAS ESTABLISHED AND GUIDELINES WERE CREATED FOR THE SALES OF NEW CARS.
WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA OR THE DEALER OVER THERE IS SELLING THE NEW CAR DEALERSHIP, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I FORGOTTEN MY FOLLOWING QUESTION WILL BE OKAY.
IN THAT WAY, IF THEY SET UP, THEY SET UP A WEST COVINA.
WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE ZONING FOR NEW CAR TONIGHT.
UM, IT IS, UH, WE, IT, UM, IF YOU WANTED TO LIMIT THE USE FOR THE AUTO PLAZA AREA, THEN THE CODE AMENDMENT WOULD BE NECESSARY, BUT IS THAT ESTABLISHED OR REGIONAL? THE IDEA IS, IS, UH, WEST COVINA UNTIL THE OKAY.
AND PLAZA IS A NEW CAR DEALERSHIP.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY GUIDELINE, BUT IT'S NOT A CODE REQUIREMENT.
SO HE SAT OUT BY GUIDELINE A STILL NOW IT'S A CT.
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS SKYLIGHT WILL GO WITH THE LAND USE.
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YES.UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT THERE? I HAVE NO CARDS IN FAVOR.
HOW ABOUT ANYONE? OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS IN I, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
AND THEN I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO FILL THIS OUT.
I WORK FOR ENVISION MOTORS AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FIVE ACTIVE DEALERS IN THE AUTO PLAZA CURRENTLY, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BID SIMON SATURDAY, WHO'S OWNER OF ENVISION MOTORS.
SO I'M A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU TODAY.
WE REALLY WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING THE OTTAWA, UM, OVERLAY ZONE.
WE FEEL LIKE IT'S MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR, UM, THE CURRENT AUTO PLAZA DEALERS, AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU TO MAXIMIZE, UM, SALES TAX POTENTIAL FOR THE, FOR THE AREA.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AND THAT'S BEEN IN THE AIR ABOUT WHAT A NEW CAR AND USED CAR.
THE DIFFERENCE OF THE FRANCHISE IS A NEW CAR DEALER DOES ALSO OFFER ACCESSIBLE USE CARS TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE OFFER CERTIFIED UNCERTIFIED AND PREVIOUS SERVICE OWNER VEHICLES IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE DESIGNATED PRIMARILY FOR NEW CAR VEHICLES AS OPPOSED TO A USED CAR DEALER THAT DOES IS NOT A LOT TO SOME CARS.
SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS JUST TO REALLY MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND WHAT THE AUTO PLAZA WAS INTENDED TO BE THIS OVERLAY ZONE, AS THEY MENTIONED, NOT ONLY RESTRICTS IT TO NEW CAR ONLY, BUT IT ALSO RESTRICTS FROM IN THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS RETAIL OR OTHERWISE BEING IN THE AREA THAT WE BELIEVE IS BEST USE AS A NEW CAR FRANCHISE.
UM, THERE'S LOTS OF PRECEDENT IN THIS AREA, ANY STRIP MALL, OR EVEN A GALLERIA THAT YOU CONSIDER SHOPPING WHEN THEY HAVE AN OPENING, THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONSIDER VERY CAREFULLY WHAT THEY PUT IN THAT SPACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SUPPORT THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND TO SUPPORT THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE AREA.
UM, SO AS WAS MENTIONED, A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL AND LOCAL AUTO CLAUSES ARE RESTRICTED TO NEW CARDS, ONLY PENTA HILLS, ONTARIO, AND SERITOS ARE ALL CURRENTLY ONLY SELLING NEW CARS.
THEY'RE THE ONLY NEW CAR FRANCHISES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT HAVING VACANCIES IN THE AREA IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYONE, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT A USED CAR FRANCHISE IS THE BEST USE FOR THE SPACE.
UM, ALSO RIGHT NOW, THE SPACE IS FREQUENTLY BEING USED FOR, UH, FILMING, NOT JUST RELATED TO DEALERSHIP OPERATIONS.
SO IT'S BEEN RENTED OUT FOR FILMS AND I INCLUDED SOME PICTURES JUST FROM LAST WEEK WHERE THEY BROUGHT IN LARGE TRUCKS AND TRAILERS AND THEY'RE PARKED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN RED ZONES ON THAT STREET.
THAT'S ALSO ALREADY A VERY BUSY STREET, SO IT REALLY POSES A SAFETY CONCERN FOR US AND FOR THE CONSUMERS THAT FREQUENT THAT LOCATION.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE TAX REVENUE IN SOME PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UM, THE STATISTIC STATISTIC WAS BROUGHT UP THAT A NEW CAR DEALER, UM, BRINGS AS MUCH AS EIGHT TIMES THE TAX REVENUE OF A USED CAR DEALERSHIP.
UM, AND THEY ALSO DON'T USE CAR DEALERS.
DON'T GENERATE REVENUE FOR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS OR OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
THEY ALSO DON'T MAKE THE SAME INVESTMENT IN ADVERTISING THAT NEW CAR DEALERS DO AS AN AUTO PLAZA.
UM, LAST YEAR WE INVESTED $4.6 MILLION IN ADVERTISING TO BRING CUSTOMERS AND, AND REALLY WHAT IT MEANS TO US IS THAT A USED CAR FRANCHISE ISN'T GOING TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL SALES OR ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE IN THE AREA.
IT SHOULD JUST GOING TO DISPERSE IT AWAY FROM THE DEALERS THAT ARE ALREADY VERY HEAVILY INVESTED.
UM, THE DEALERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE AUTO PLAZA, THE FRANCHISES ARE VALUED BETWEEN 20 AND A HUNDRED MILLION.
SO WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERY VACANT SPOT IN THE AREA BE USED AS A NEW, OUR NEW CAR FRANCHISE GOING FORWARD.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT ASIDE FROM THE TAX REVENUE, THERE'S ALSO OTHER IMPLICATIONS FOR WEST COVINA OR EMPLOYEE 500 EMPLOYEES, UM, IN THE AUTO PLAZA RIGHT NOW, REALLY DO WELCOME COMPETITION.
UM, THE, THE COMMENT CAME UP AT ONE POINT THAT THOSE LOTS WERE NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR NEW CAR FRANCHISE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE LOTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY OTHER FRANCHISES IN THE PAST, UM, SIZE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT HAVE TO BE PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A NEW CAR FRANCHISE.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT IN GOOD STANDING OR DON'T HAVE A GOOD HISTORY OF FINANCIAL STABILITY OR REPUTATION, OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE DMV LICENSE, THOSE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COULD LEAD YOU FROM BEING APPROVED FOR NEW CAR FRANCHISE.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE LOTS ARE, UM, ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE TO BE USED FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE AS NEW CAR FRANCHISES.
UM, AND, AND WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE BEST USE FOR THE AREA.
AND THAT'S THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE AREA CONSISTENT WITH ITS PURPOSE AND TO HELP ESTABLISH WEST COVINA AS A PREMIER CARBINE CITY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, COUNSEL, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU TELL TO PROBATION IS THAT THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS I'M AWARE OF IN FAVOR MAYOR.SO NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
MAY WE HAVE SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? WE DO HAVE OPPOSITION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER PETERSON FOLLOWED BY JEFF TECH.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER PETERSON.
I'M AN ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS AZUSA GARVEY PROPERTIES, LLC.
AZUSA GARVEY IS THE OWNER OF THE 1900 EAST GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH PROPERTY.
UM, AS THE OWNER OF THE 1900 PROPERTY, AZUSA GARVEY IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA AUTOS AUTO PLAZA ASSOCIATION.
THE POINT OF ME SPEAKING TONIGHT IS TO INFORM YOU, AND TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LAWSUIT FILED BY AZUSA GARVEY AGAINST THE ASSOCIATION ITSELF AND AGAINST, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF ENVISION MOTORS, MR. SIMON SATURDAY, UH, THIS LAWSUIT, WHICH I PROVIDED TO EACH OF YOU WAS ALSO SENT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
THE CLAIMS STEM FROM THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN BY THE ASSOCIATION THAT WAS REALLY ILLEGAL AND IMPROPER BASED ON THE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
AND THAT ACTION IS REALLY THE GENESIS OF HOW THE PROPOSED OVERLAY ZONE ARRIVED BEFORE YOU HERE TONIGHT, THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH MR. SERRA DEAN, UM, WITH THE, THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT OF MS MIRALIS AS THE, UH, SECRETARY AND CFO OF THE ASSOCIATION, UH, CALLED A MEETING ON JULY 6TH, THERE WAS NO PROPER NOTICE OF THAT MEETING FOR THE ASSOCIATION AND THE ITEMS THAT WERE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED WERE NOT AGENDAS.
AND THERE WAS NO PROPER DISCUSSION OF THE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE ASSOCIATION MEETING.
WHAT OCCURRED AT THAT MEETING, WHICH MY CLIENT DID NOT ATTEND BECAUSE IT DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS WAS A PURPORTED ACTION TO AUTHORIZE MR. SARAH DEAN TO REQUEST THAT THE OVERLAY ZONE BE PUT IN PLACE AT THAT.
UH, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE PURPOSE OF THOSE ACTIONS IS CLEAR.
MR. SARAH DEAN IS ATTEMPTING TO QUASH COMPETITION AND TO PREVENT AZUSA GARVEY FROM EXECUTING ITS LEASE WITH ENTERPRISE TO OPERATE A USED AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP AT THE 1900 EAST GARVEY AVENUE PROPERTY.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH CON WITH PERSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE COMPLAINT, THAT'S AN ACTIONABLE TORT.
AZUSA GARVEY IS OUT POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BASED ON MR. SATURDAY'S INTERFERENCE WITH HIS IMPROPER AND ILLEGAL USE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT.
SO AGAIN, HOW DID THIS GET TO THE COUNCIL AND HOW IT GOT HERE WAS WITH MR. SATURDAY, HIJACKING THE ASSOCIATION, CAUSING IT TO TAKE IMPROPER AND ILLEGAL ACTION.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE HERE TODAY.
GIVEN THE QUESTION REGARDING HOW THIS, UH, OVERLAY ZONE OR PROPOSED OVERLAY ZONE ARRIVED TO THE COUNCIL, WHAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND IT? THE LEGALITY OF THE ACTIONS ARE IN QUESTION.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL PAUSE BEFORE IT CONSIDER OR TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE OVERLAY ZONE AND WHAT THAT PAUSE WOULD DO WOULD GIVE TIME FOR THE LAWSUIT TO PROCEED.
AND IT WOULD ELIMINATE ANY UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE LEGALITIES OF THE ACTIONS OF HOW THIS PROPOSED OVERLAY ZONE ARRIVED TO THE COUNCIL.
IT WOULD RESOLVE ANY ISSUES WITH ANY PERCEIVED, UH, UH, IMP OR PARTIALITY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS.
AND IT WOULD ALLOW THE ASSOCIATION TO RESOLVE ITS INTERNAL DISPUTES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN THAT WERE NOT PROPER LEGITIMACY OF ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL.
HERE WILL BE IN QUESTION, IF IT IS RUSHED THROUGH, WITHOUT ALLOWING THE ASSOCIATION TO DEAL WITH ITS OWN INTERNAL GOVERNANCE ISSUES, PASSING ON THIS DECISION NOW, OR PAUSING ON THIS DECISION NOW, EXCUSE ME, WILL NOT PREJUDICE OR CAUSE HARM TO THE CITY.
THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY CURRENTLY TO RESTRICT USE AT THE 1900 EAST GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH PROPERTY.
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THE CITY PAUSES THIS AND ALLOWS THE PARTIES TO, UH, PROCEED WITH THE LAWSUIT AND RESOLVE THEIR OWN ISSUES.AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFFREY TUCK FOLLOWED BY THOMAS KLINGER.
SO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JEFF TUCK AND I AM HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF AZUSA GARVEY, LLC.
THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT, IN THE OTHER PAWS AT 1919 32 IN 2000 EAST GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH, UH, THESE PROPERTIES ARE REFERRED TO AS THE FORMER DRIVETIME LOCATION, THE FORMER CLIPPINGER CHEVROLET AND THE CURRENT FORD DEALERSHIP.
UH, THE ACTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
THE CITY ALREADY HAS AMPLE OVERSIGHT AND PROTECTION UNDER THE EXISTING CODE ON THESE ISSUES, A DEALERSHIP SELLING PRE-OWNED VEHICLES IN THE AUTO PLAZA MUST OBTAIN A CUP IN ORDER TO DO SO.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALREADY HAS THE ABILITY TO REJECT AN UNDESIRABLE OPERATOR WHILE STILL HAVING THE RIGHT TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL BUSINESS, SUCH AS OUR PROSPECTIVE TENANT ENTERPRISE CAR SALES AND RENTAL, A TENANT THAT ANY CITY WOULD BE FORTUNATE TO HAVE BRINGING IN MUCH NEEDED SALES TAX REVENUE.
WHY WOULD THE CITY NEED TO CHANGE THE CODE TO COMPLETELY FORBID THIS USE WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE APPROVAL PROCESS, THE CITY APPROVED THE CUP FOR DRIVE TIME.
WHEN THEY OCCUPIED THE SITE AT 1900, FOR FIVE YEARS, WE KNOW OF NO COMPLAINTS REGARDING THEIR OPERATION.
WHAT HAS CHANGED? WHAT, WHY IS THIS ACTION BEFORE YOU DENY WHAT IS DRIVING IT PURPORTEDLY? THIS ACTION IS AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTO PLAZA DEALERS ASSOCIATION.
WHEN IN REALITY, IT IS SOLELY AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THAT ASSOCIATION.
SIMON, SARAH DEAN IS ABUSING HIS POSITION AS THE HEAD OF THAT ASSOCIATION IN ORDER TO FURTHER HIS OWN INTERESTS.
FOR SOME TIME, MR. SARAH DEAN HAS CONTACTED THE MANAGER OF AZUSA GARVEY, LLC, ABOUT LEASING OR PURCHASING OUR PROPERTIES.
AN EMAIL OFFER FROM ENVISION ON THE 1900 EAST GARVEY PROPERTY WAS RECEIVED BY OUR OWNERSHIP.
IT WAS AN OFFER THAT WAS WAY BELOW MARKET RATE AND NOT SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED RECENTLY A PHONE CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN MR. SARAH DEAN AND OUR OWNERSHIP.
THE SAME OFFER TO LEASE 1900 EAST GARVEY WAS MADE AGAIN, MR. SATURDAY, AND SAID THAT HE WANTED TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR THE SALE OF USED CARS.
SO IT'S OKAY FOR HIM, BUT IT'S NOT OKAY FOR US TO LEASE TO A REPUTABLE, UH, OWNER OF A DEALERSHIP DURING THE CONVERSATION, OUR OWNER RELATED TO MR. SARAH DEAN, THAT WE HAD AGREED TO LEASE THE PROPERTY TO ENTERPRISE CAR SALES CAUSING MR. SARAH DEAN TO HANG UP IMMEDIATELY.
MR. SARAH DEAN USES THE MEETING OF THE AUTO ASSOCIATION TO PROPOSE THAT THE CITY FOR BID THE USE OF THE AUTO PLAZA PROPERTY BY PRE-OWNED VEHICLE DEALERSHIP, A MEETING THAT OUR OWNERSHIP DID NOT ATTEND DUE TO THE REQUIRED NOTICE BEING SENT TO AN ADDRESS WE HAD NOT OCCUPIED IN FIVE YEARS DELIBERATELY OR MISTAKENLY.
IF HE COULD NOT HAVE THAT PROPERTY AT 1900, HE WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD NOT BE ABLE TO LEASE IT TO ENTERPRISE.
WE FOUND OUT THAT AFTER THE FACT ABOUT A PROPOSED CHANGE AND OVERLAY ZONE ACTION THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ON JULY 20TH COINCIDENCE, OBVIOUSLY NOT MR. SATURDAY, AND FOUND SOMEONE AT THE CITY WHO WOULD FURTHER AS GO OF RESTRICTING OUR ABILITY TO LEASE AND USE OUR PROPERTY UNDER EXISTING CITY CODES IN THE HOPE THAT HE COULD STILL ACQUIRE ONE OR ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES FOR HIS OWN USE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 24TH, CONTINUED THIS MATTER BECAUSE OF A CONCERN RAISED, WHETHER THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO APPROVE THE CODE CHANGE.
AND ALSO TO GIVE TIME FOR THE ASSOCIATION TO RESOLVE THESE MATTERS AMONGST THEMSELVES, YOU HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY REQUESTED A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF MR. SARAH DEAN AS ITS PRESIDENT IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
AFTER THAT CONTINUANCE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SCHEDULED A SPECIAL MEETING.
AGAIN, WHY THE BIG HURRY, WHY SAY THAT YOU WANT THE ASSOCIATION TO MEET, TO WORK THINGS OUT AND THEN GIVE NO TIME FOR SUCH A MEETING TO TAKE PLACE.
WE HAVE REQUESTED A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE ALSO FILED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY.
PLEASE ALLOW THESE THINGS TO BE RES ALLOW THESE THINGS TIME TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS DRACONIAN ACTION.
CITY GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, NOT IN THE BUSINESS INTEREST OF ONE PERSON.
THE CITY HAS ALREADY AMPLE PROTECTION UNDER THE CODE.
DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS TONIGHT, AS WE BELIEVE YOU WILL REGRET THE PRECEDENT.
MS. KLINGER, KLINGLER FOLLOWED BY MIGRAINES FAN.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE
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COUNCIL.MY NAME IS THOMAS KLINGLER AND I'M REPRESENTING ENTERPRISE, UH, ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS.
WE HAVE THE BRANDS, ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR AND ENTERPRISE CAR SALES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OPERATE OFF THE DRIVE TIME SITE.
UM, AND YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER ME FROM THE LAST MEETING I HAD LEFT BEHIND, UH, PRESENTATION.
I KNOW YOU KNOW ABOUT ENTERPRISE AND KNOW, I, HOPEFULLY YOU ARE ABLE TO READ IT AND FEEL FONDLY ABOUT US.
UM, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE IN YOUR CITY, THAT BUSINESS, UM, AND I WOULD JUST REALLY CONCUR I'M OPPOSED THIS DON'T CHANGE.
IT WILL KEEP US OUT OF YOUR CITY IF, IF IT DOES GO THROUGH, UM, IT IT'S REALLY CONCERNING THAT IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY A COMPETITOR.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THOSE ISSUES.
SO I WON'T BELIEVE BE LABOR THOSE AS WELL, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS JUST, YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THE MECHANISM IN YOUR HANDS TOO, IF YOU DIDN'T DID NOT WANT US IN THAT SPOT, THE DRIVETIME LOCATION, YOU COULD EASILY DENY THE CUP APPLICATION, WHICH IS BEFORE IN, IN THE CITY'S HANDS RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU GUYS WON'T SEE THAT IF THIS JOINING ZONING CHANGE GOES THROUGH, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
THAT'LL BE, YOU'LL BE GIVING THAT DECISION AWAY.
AND, UM, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND THE, AND THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE THAT YOU WOULD LET THAT NOT BE YOUR DECISION.
UM, YOU HAVE THE MECHANISM THERE, THE CUP WILL TOTALLY KEEP OFF OF WHATEVER OP UH, BUSINESSES THAT YOU DO NOT WANT ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, I KNOW, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE DRIVETIME SITE.
IT DID USE TO BE A NEW CAR DEALER A LONG TIME AGO, BEFORE IT WAS DRIVETIME.
UM, AND YES, THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY A NEW CARD DEALER MAY NOT GET THEIR FRANCHISEE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT NEW CARS.
BUT ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT THEY MUST HAVE IS, UH, THEY MUST HAVE LAND.
THEY MUST HAVE ENOUGH PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THEIR BRAND THERE.
AND I WOULD, I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE BEYOND THAT.
I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE SOMEONE WHO'S BRINGING THIS ZONING CHANGE THAT WHO'S DEFINITELY GONNA BENEFIT FROM IT.
I WOULD ASK YOU THAT YOU GO OUT AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK IN THIS.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A NEW CAR DEALER THAT WOULD FIT ON THAT POSTAGE STAMP OF A LOT AND HAVE VERY LONG TIME.
AND YOU WILL BE PIGEONHOLING YOURSELF.
IF YOU ONLY ALLOW NEW CAR ON THERE, THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS A BRAND LIKE OURS, HAVE THE ABILITY JUST TO RESIDE ON THAT SPOT, GENERATING SALES TAX.
I THINK YOU'LL REALLY LIMIT YOURSELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS GET THOSE LOTS OCCUPIED.
SO YOU CAN GENERATE SALES TAX.
YOU CAN HAVE A VIBRANT AREA OF THE CITY AND NOT HAVE A VACANT, A VACANT LOTS.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE AND OFFER AN OFFER.
YOU, UH, WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE SALES TAX, UH, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS WE'RE BRINGING TO THIS LOT.
ONE IS USED CAR SALES, FOR SURE.
UM, THE OTHER COMPONENT IS DAILY RENTAL, UH, WHICH WE RENT CARS TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, FOR LOTS OF REASONS FOR PEOPLE WRECK THEIR CAR, THEY NEED A CAR, THE RETAIL REASONS YOU NAME IT.
UH, WE, UH, WE RENT, UH, AND WE HAVE AN EXISTING LOCATION THAT'S VERY NEAR TO WEST COVINA RIGHT NOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO YOUR CITY.
THERE IS A POINT OF SALE SALES TAX.
IT'S NOT A USED CAR OR NEW CAR WHERE THAT CAR GETS REGISTERED TO WHEREVER THE ADDRESS IS OF THE PERSON, THE PERSON BUYING IT.
AND THAT SALES TAX IS DICTATED BY THAT ADDRESS.
THE RENTAL CAR OPERATION, THAT SALES TAX IS DICTATED, RIGHT WHERE WE WRITE THE RIGHT TRANSACTION, MEANING THAT THAT'S IN WEST COVINA.
AND YOU PARTICIPATE THAT SELL THAT, UM, SALES, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE DAILY RENTAL OPERATION CURRENTLY TODAY IS OVER 300 CARS AND GENERATES MORE THAN $4.3 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE, WHICH WOULD GENERATE PROBABLY CLOSE TO 420 430,000, WHICH, UH, WEST COVINA WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT SALES TAX REVENUE.
UM, SO TH THAT'S A REALLY DISTINGUISHING POINT ABOUT WHAT WE BRING TO THAT PROPERTY OTHER THAN JUST CAR SALES AS WELL.
AND THEN IT GETS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE S WE BUY OVER 2 MILLION, UH, NATIONALLY BY 2 MILLION CARS A YEAR.
UM, WE SELL OFF THOSE CARS EVERY YEAR.
SO THE REALITY IS OUR CARS ARE GOING TO BE SOLD THERE, AND THEY ARE TODAY.
UH, ALL NEW CAR DEALERS SUPPLEMENT THEIR USED CAR INVENTORY WITH CARS FROM OUR INVENTORY, WHENEVER WE GO TO MARKET WITH THOSE CARS.
UM, SO WHETHER WE'RE THEY'RE SELLING THEM THERE THERE'S CARS THAT HAVE BEEN OWNED BY US ON THOSE LOTS TODAY.
UM, IN THE, AFTER THEY'VE BEEN BOUGHT WHOLESALE AND REPRESENTED BY THE OTHER DEALERS THAT ARE THERE, NEW, NEW, UH, AUTO ASSOCIATIONS EXIST AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND I AM WORKING THROUGH TWO OF THEM RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NEW CARS AND WILL ALLOW FOR, UH, A USED CARD, LIKE WITH A BRAND OF OUR SUBSTANTIAL ILLNESS TO COME TO IT.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.YEAH, THAT'S CRASHING WHEN YOU SAY, OKAY.
UH, THIS SIDE IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE NEW CAUSE CELLS.
MY HUMMER WAS, UH, UH, HAVE SOME FAMILY IN BACK IN 2004 FROM THAT SITE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
HEY, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE BRAND NEW HUMMER OVER THERE.
I LOOK AROUND AND I THINK EVEN ONE TIME, THE GATE, THE LAWS HAD BEEN BROKEN IN AND SOMEBODY VANDALIZED YOUR CAR AND IT'S ON THE NEWS.
SO WHY YOU SAY IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR NEW CALDWELL? WAIT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO, IS TO DO YOUR RESEARCH ON IT.
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS HAVE CHANGED A LOT SINCE 2004 AND 2021.
THERE, THEY HAVE CHANGED A LOT AND MOST NEW CARS, I DON'T KNOW OF A BRAND THAT COULD OPERATE OFF OF THAT, THAT SMALL OF A LOT THAT EXISTS TODAY.
I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON IT BECAUSE THERE IS A, THERE IS A BIG REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW FRANCHISE AND DEALERSHIPS THAT SELL NEW CAR STOCK TO HAVE A MUCH BIGGER FOOTPRINT THAN THAT.
CAN THEY BILL UP THE GARAGE? OKAY.
OR PARKING SO THEY CAN HAVE A MORE CALM, DISPLACED.
THEY STILL ENOUGH SIDE TO GO UP.
I THINK WE CAN GO UP TO A FIVE STORY.
SO WHY NOT THE BUREAU UP ON THE DRIVE TIME? YEAH.
ANYWAY, I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE QUESTION REGARDING THE, BECAUSE THESE, THEY NOT BIG ENOUGH.
AND I SAY, I PURCHASED MY HOME OVER THERE.
SO, SO WE JUST ASKING YOU TO REMEMBER THAT'S ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, SO NO, IT'S 15.
WASN'T DOING QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD.
I, OH, IT'D BE ENDED BY SAYING, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S 15.
THANK YOU, MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY HERMAN.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? AND THIS IS RELATED TO THIS TOPIC, CORRECT.
MIKE GREENSPAN UP FROM ABOUT KICKING FLORIDA GATOR.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO KICK SOME BUTT ON THIS ISSUE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT A BIT OF AN EQUITY AND I JUST DIDN'T STEP UP AND SPEAK.
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH YOU FOLKS WEREN'T THERE, BUT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES WERE.
AND IF THEY SIT IN YOUR SEATS, YOUR APPOINTEES, ROSARIO DIAZ, THIS PERSON WAS LATE IN COMING.
AND SO MOST OF THE MEETING FROM DARIO TO LETTIE, TO TONY, TO BRIAN, THERE, PEOPLE WERE THERE ON TIME FOR THE WHOLE MEETING PACK.
THE OREOS REPRESENTATIVES SAID WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS.
AND GUESS WHAT? THAT'S JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
AND THIS PROPOSAL, SORRY, ROSARIO, YOU'D NEED TO PICK COMMISSIONERS THAT COME TO THE MEETING AT THE START TIME, NOT JUST COME TO THE MEETING LIGHT AND WEARING THEIR COMMISSIONER SHIRT.
WHAT DID HE DO? SO, AND THE FIRST SPEAKER, THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE GROUP, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A LAWSUIT AND I GUESS THEY CAN ALWAYS ADD THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AS DEFENDANTS IN THE LAWSUIT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPAND THOSE THINGS PROBABLY UNDER THE DOSE PART OF THE LAWSUIT.
SO YOU COULD LOOK AT YOURSELF AS FUTURE DOSE BEING ADDED, BECAUSE SOMEBODY SPOKE ABOUT THAT CAR DEALERSHIP GROUP ON THAT, ON THAT AREA AND SAID THAT THE MEETING IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER.
WELL, WE'RE STILL IN SEPTEMBER.
SO AS I SAID, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT'S A RAILROAD JOB.
AND IT GOT PUT TOGETHER PRETTY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR ALL THIS TIME.
LET'S LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DRIVE TIME, IT DIDN'T GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
I LEARNED AT THAT COMMISSION MEETING IT'S LEASE EXPIRED BYE-BYE THEY DIDN'T GET A RENEWAL OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO IT MUST BE A VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
OTHERWISE WOULDN'T DRIVE TIME.
THEY'VE HAD A RENEWAL AND IT WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE DRIVE TIME WOULD BE RENTING CARS.
RENTAL CARS ARE NICE FORMS OF TAX REVENUE AFTER ALL, EVERY MUNICIPALITY OR STATE OR WHATEVER PUTS ON RENTAL CAR TAXES.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RENTAL CARS ARE RENTED BY PEOPLE THAT DON'T VOTE IN THE AREA OR EVEN IN THE COMMUNITY OR THE STATE.
SO IT'S THE EASIEST TAX TO PASS.
WHENEVER WE GO OUT OF TOWN AND GET A RENTAL CAR, THEY'RE SOCKING IT TO US WITH VARIOUS THINGS.
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SO MANY DIFFERENT RENTAL THINGS THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RENTAL CAR BUSINESS.AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY OPERATE THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING, PASSENGER, UM, LANDING FEES OR AIRPORTS, THEY'RE VERY EASY CACS TARGETS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE GETTING TAXED ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT CAN VOTE YOU OUT OF OFFICE.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A REASON TO NOW LET'S HAVE THAT MEETING IN OCTOBER AND FIND OUT WHAT THE REST OF THE GROUP THINKS ABOUT BECAUSE I WAS THINKING A LAWSUIT WOULD BE LOOMING AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN FILED.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO WITH YOUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND FORMER MAYOR AND CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER TONY WOO WAS RIGHT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS BUILD ON TO IT.
I LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM SUNRISE FORD OVER IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND THEY BUILT A THREE STORY PARKING LOT STRUCTURE.
PART OF REAL ESTATE IS YOU OWN THOSE AIR RIGHTS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
AND IF THAT AREA IS CHANGING THAT MUCH, MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SO INVESTED IN IT.
IF THOSE ARE TRULY POSTAGE STAMP SIZE, LOTS, THAT WOULD BE IN REAL ESTATE, FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE THE WAY THE ENTERPRISE GUYS TALKING ABOUT IT, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TAKING A VACANT LOT AND DIVIDING IT UP BETWEEN EXISTING ONES SO THEY COULD EXPAND THEIR CAR LOT.
SEE THERE'S THIS THING HAS SO MANY HOLES IN IT THAT IT KIND OF IS LIKE A THING.
IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD PROPOSAL AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SMELLS FISHY.
AND THE OTHER THING I NOTICED IS WHEN THEY SHOWED THE MAP, PART OF THOSE, THE AUTO ROW CREPT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, IT'S LIKE THEY SAID, THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE, BUT WHO KNOWS? YOU CAN CHANGE THAT ZONING.
AND WE COULD HAVE CREEP INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT COULD BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE THAN THIS.
UM, EXCUSE ME, HER MEN FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT TONIGHT.
I'LL BE THE WIZARD AND THE WIZARDS COMING UP WITH A NEW DECISION AND DEVICE FOR THIS PROGRAMMING.
SO JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, WE WERE HERE WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEIR SOLE HEART WAS TO IRRITATE ENTERPRISE.
AND I FOUND THAT VERY OFFENSIVE AND I HAD A CHANGE OF HEART BECAUSE REALLY ONLY NEW CARS ARE GOING TO BE SOLD IN WEST COVINA.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT SHIT, SIR? AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AREAS AND COPYRIGHTS THAT ALREADY EXIST.
SORT OF THAT WE'RE NOT SPINNING A NEW WHEEL HERE.
ENTERPRISE KING WITH A GOOD PROMOTION IS SET UP THERE.
THEIR DOCKETS PROVE THAT THIS IS THE CONDITION THAT CAN WORK.
AND NOW YOU GUYS HAVE THESE LITTLE HIDDEN BAGS BACK THERE LOOKING FOR CASH TO PIMP THESE PEOPLE OUT AFTER THEY PUT ALL THAT EFFORT.
AND SO THIS JULY SIX ASSOCIATION BOUCHER, IT NEEDS TO STOP.
YOU KNOW, I'M REFERRING TO IN 1900 MONOPOLY OF VEHICLE SALES ON SUCH PROPERTIES BY ONE INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO BE LIKE ADOLF HITLER, TRYING TO TAKE ENTERPRISES, JOBS AND SALES AWAY AND BRING REVENUE INTO WEST COVINA.
BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, SOME SHIT ABOUT THESE MEDIANS WERE GETTING DUKE FOR $2 MILLION BY SOME JACKASS, RAMIRO PAULSA WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE CONTRACT STATES, OTHER THAN TO LET THIS KNUCKLEHEAD MAKE US BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD DEAL.
SO THE GOOD DEAL HERE IS AGAIN, AS I LOOK AT IT, AN UNEQUAL NOTICE CHALLAH, TORI RACIST ABOUT EQUAL AND UNEQUAL PROCESS OF THIS OVERLAY LEGALITIES.
SO MOMMY, YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT AND TELL ENTERPRISE.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD PROPOSAL AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO TRIAL AND DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE OF LIABILITY AND A COST US DUMB ASS PEOPLE FROM WEST COVINA, A FINDER
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FEE, LIKE I GOT $4 MILLION TONIGHT OUT OF ELMANI CAUSE A DUMB BIT.I MEAN THE MAYOR, IT TO SACRIFICE ALL THESE OUTSIDE SETTLEMENTS, WHEN IT COULD BE EASILY RESOLVED BY SIMPLY SAYING THIS HAVE CLOSED DOOR SESSION, MEDIATION, PAY IT OFF AND PUSH IT TO THE SIDE.
NOW HE SAVED $3 MILLION AND ALL THE SETTLEMENTS WERE PAID OFF WITHIN A MILLION.
PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH $150,000.
NOW GOING BACK TO THIS, UH, TORT, YOU KNOW, THE DEFINITION OF A, OF A WRONGFUL ACT OR AN INFRINGEMENT IS WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO INFRINGEMENT OF THE RIGHT OF NOT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE RIGHT OF ANY CHALLENGING COMPANIES OR ENTERPRISE TO COME HERE AND WANT TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE, WHICH IS SETTLED THEIR CARS ON A BLIGHT.
I SOR STUPID PIECE OF LAND OF THREE PROPERTIES WERE EX MAYOR DRIVES A HUMMER, KILLING US AND JUST DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT.
ENTERPRISE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN THE BEAMERS AND MERCEDES, THE JAGUARS, THE ALLEYS, AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE EVEN A TELSA MIGHT BE FOR SALE MOMMY, AND YOU MIGHT GET A 35% DISCOUNT ON IT.
IF YOU'RE SHARP ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO TUNE UP AND GET YOU GUYS SHONEY'S OUT OF A BUNCH AND PAY ATTENTION.
LET'S JUST RESOLVE THESE TYPE OF ISSUES.
IF THE KNUCKLEHEADS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THE MAN THAT WALKED IN LAY WITH THAT NICE SHIRT COMES UP WITH THESE STUPID QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND KILLS ENTERPRISES TIME AND WASTE AS THEIR ATTORNEY TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS JARGON.
WELL, I'M PUTTING ON THE RECORD.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ENTERPRISE.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE HERE FROM WEST COVINA TO HELP CHALLENGE WHAT YOU ARE HERE TO PROTEST AGAINST OR HERE TO HELP ME SUPPORT? SO LISTEN TO THE WIZARD, CHALLENGE YOURSELF.
DO WE KEEP THE ICE SOURCE OR DO WE GET MOMMY LOPEZ THAT KEEPS SMILING AND AGREE WITH ME AND ALLOW ENTERPRISE AND THIS LIABILITY TO SQUASH IT TONIGHT.
AND LET'S JUST GO BACK AND MAKE NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO THIS IDEA OF ENTERPRISE.
I DIDN'T THINK IT'D BE BACK UP HERE TONIGHT, BUT WHAT, THIS IS GETTING FUN.
I THINK YOU REMEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR, I SAID, IF IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THIS ALL YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE A BLAST.
UM, WELL, WHO WOULD'VE EVER THOUGHT, RIGHT? UM, SO KIND OF LISTENING TO THIS WHOLE THING AND, AND REALLY KIND OF PUT A FEW THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.
SO IN THE LOBBY OF THIS CITY HALL, THERE WAS A BANNER THAT FLEW FOR YEARS ON A BIG SIGN.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY STILL OUT THERE.
IT SAYS MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY IS REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT? YOU SOUGHT OUT THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND I JUST SAT HERE AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I GUESS IT'S ONLY FRIENDLY IF IT'S CERTAIN BUSINESS, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WHAT THIS OVERLAY IS GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO STIFLE SOMEBODY'S BUSINESS.
SOMEBODY WHO OWNS PROPERTY, SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO MOVE INTO OUR CITY, BUT IT'S FOR BEING CUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T WANT THE COMPETITION.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S CALLED A SPADE, A SPADE, CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT AND WHATEVER THE TERM IS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE THAT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SAT HERE THROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TONY, WHEN YOU WERE MAYOR, YOU PRAYED IT ENVISIONED THROUGH HERE.
AND HOW DID, HOW WONDERFUL THEY WERE, THE NUMBER ONE TAX PROVIDER FOR THE CITY AND HOW WONDERFUL OF A GROUP THEY WERE.
AND IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
IN FACT, I GUARANTEE YOU HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM BECAUSE I THINK THEY DONATED A BUNCH OF STUFF TO THE CITY AND DID ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF.
I FORGET THE DATE, BUT I JUST KNOW THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH HERE SEVERAL TIMES WITH CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS, IS IT SOMEONE WHO'S FRIENDLY TO THE CITY GETTING SOMETHING? I'M NOT SAYING YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY, BUT IS IT SOMEONE WHO'S ASKING? UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS IN A MEETING THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT SIMILAR, THAT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UM, WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG.
AND MOST OF THOSE ASSOCIATIONS FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
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I GOT NO BUSINESS INTEREST IN EITHER ONE, ZERO, BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT I THINK LOGICALLY AND YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LISTENING TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S LITIGATION FILED.WHY WOULD YOU GUYS VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT? UNLESS IT'S A REWARD TO SOMEBODY.
I MEAN, THE CITY DOESN'T NEED A RACE TO THIS.
YOU'VE TABLED MARIPOSA FOR MEDIANS, BUT NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S LITIGATION, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE TABLED.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVEN'T TAKEN YOUR VOTE YET, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
SO SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME UP, TONY, YOU MENTIONED, YOU BOUGHT YOUR HUMMER IN 2004 AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TAX DOLLARS IN WEST COVINA.
UM, HUMMER IS NOT THERE ANYMORE FOR A REASON.
AND THEY MENTIONED THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND HOW BIG DEALERSHIPS COULD BE IF THAT LOT STILL WORKED FOR A NEW CAR DEALERSHIP.
WOULDN'T DRIVE TIME, STILL BE HERE.
I MEAN, DRIVE TIME SOLD, USED CARS.
MAYBE IT WAS JUST HER BUSINESS MODEL.
MAYBE THE LANDLORD WANTED A DIFFERENT TENANT, MAYBE THERE'S THINGS GOING ON BEHIND CIVIL DOORS, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER I'M OR WOULD STILL BE HERE MORE THAN LIKELY IF A SOLD ENOUGH CARS.
I'M JUST HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS.
RIGHT? I MEAN, IF ANY YOU'LL AGREE.
I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF USED CAR DEALERSHIPS IN MY DAY.
AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS.
THEY'RE NOT FOR DODGE OR, YOU KNOW, BIG NAME BRAND.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE GO BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP THAT THEY BOUGHT THEIR CAR.
SO THAT PLACE HAS A SERVICE CENTER.
WHY WOULDN'T THEY GENERATE SERVICE DOLLARS? IT'S JUST, SOME OF THE THINGS JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE ARGUMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, AND THEN YOU HEAR THE ARGUMENT NOT TO IT, IT JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GUYS WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
AND AS A RESIDENT, I URGE YOU TO LET THE LEGAL COURSE PLAY OUT BECAUSE YOU MAY FIND OUT THAT, UM, IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, YOU WANT TO DO THE OVERLAY? WELL, MAYBE YOU GUYS MAYBE A DIFFERENT COUNCIL, BUT YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? SO LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST LET IT GO.
LET'S REMEMBER WE'RE BUSINESS FRIENDLY TO ALL BUSINESS.
MADAM MAYOR
AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT OR FIRST READING ON BOTH ORDINANCES.
OH, WELL NOW I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION.
I THINK BACK IN 1980, OR WHEN WE SET UP THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA, WHEN THEY SET OUT A PRINCE OF BEAU IS STARTING A NEW CAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING THIS AROUND THERE, THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE NEW CAR AND THE NEW CAR DEALER CAN SELL YOUR USED CARS.
SO, SO, BUT WE HAVE, UH, THESE THREE SITES HAS BEEN CONTINUED VACANT FOR HOW LONG? 10 YEARS.
AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE RESIDENT IN WEST COVIDIEN FOR LONGTERM AND WE REALLY WANT, OKAY.
AND WE WANT YOU TO MAKE MONEY.
AND WE REALLY HOPE WE CAN HAVE, UH, SOME DEALERSHIP COMING IN.
AND THEN, SO YOU GUYS CAN MAKE MONEY AS CITY AND GET A TAX REVENUE.
SO, SO THIS IS THE IDEA WE'RE NOT HERE TO TAKING SIDES.
WHAT IS ORIGINAL? THIS AUTO DEALERSHIP? WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS, IS THE NEW, NEW CAR DEALERS WE WANT.
WEST COVINA DEALERSHIP IS A BOOMING, WE CAN PIT EL MONTE.
WE HOPE THIS WOULD BE ON THE FREEWAY 10 THAT WE CAN ATTRACT MORE OF OUR OKAY.
AND THE CAR BUYER COME TO OUR CITY.
THE ONLY THING ALWAYS COME IN AND WE SUPPORT YOU BUSINESS.
WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT, BUT THIS IS REALLY OKAY.
SO DESIGN IS A NEW DEALERSHIP.
WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN, CAN WORK TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO BRING REVENUE.
AND A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS IN OUR CTE.
AND WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER AS OVER HERE.
SO IN THAT WAY, I WANT TO MO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ZONING FOR THE NEW CAR DEALERSHIP.
UM, WHAT LET'S HAVE TWO SEPARATE, UM, MOTIONS.
FIRST ONE IS TO GIVE FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4, 8, 6.
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SO MOVE THERE.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM COSTS, ALON HOSTS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4, 8, 6.
BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, I'LL READ THE TITLE.
IT, IT N ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE, CREATING THE AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE OUT SOME MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI.
ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO, AND THEN I WOULD NEED ANOTHER MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4, 8, 6 SECOND.
A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 8, 7, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE RELATED TO THE AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE STANDARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCIL, WOMAN, D S I L PRO TIM COSTA.
YOU UM, ONTO MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ REGARDING ESTABLISHING A RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTION PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.]
IS A COUNCILMAN DIAZ REQUESTS.WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT? UH, YES.
WE HAVE A GROWING PROBLEM IN WEST COVINA WITH, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING USED AS MARIJUANA GROW HOUSES AND, UM, WHICH BECOMES A DANGER AND A HOUSE SAFETY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWING, UM, ISSUE WITH THESE GROW HOUSES.
AND, UM, COVINA HAS A, UH, AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM WHERE YOU REGISTER YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY.
AND AT LEAST WE KNOW WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THEM.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SMELL AND, UM, POWER OUTAGES.
AND, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS, THAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS, UM, WE HAVE HOMES OR RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE USED AS A AIRBNBS, UH, AND THAT'S ILLEGAL IN OUR CITY.
AND, UH, WE HAD AN INCIDENT THIS PAST SUMMER WHERE, UM, THERE WAS CHAOS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY NEIGHBORS CAME TO ME AND WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CARS AND THE PARKING AND THE, THE, UM, TRASH AND THE LIQUOR BOTTLES BEING THROWN IN THE PARKING LOT AND ACROSS THE STREET AT OUR SCHOOL.
AND I JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE IF WE ADOPTED THE COVINA, UM, WHAT COVINA HAS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS TO REGISTER RENTAL PROPERTY.
THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN HAVE IS IT INCLUDES IDENTIFYING THESE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, GARAGE CONVERSIONS, ADDITIONS, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, AS WELL AS REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF THE OVERFLOW OF PARKING, WHERE THOSE ILLEGAL CONVERSIONS EXIST.
THIS WILL ENSURE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS STABILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES.
AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S MY REQUEST IS THAT WE ADOPT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
I THINK THE ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I'M BY THE PROPERTY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
AND THEY JUST, THEY PUT B AND THEN THEY EAT ALL THE, STAY ALL THE COUNTRY AND THEY CREATE A MAJOR ISSUE.
ARE WE OKAY? I THINK YOU SELL BY MYSELF.
I RECEIVE A LOT OF COMPLAINING REGARDING POTENTIAL GROW HOUSE AND THIS AND THAT.
AND A LOOK INTO WHERE HAVE CDC CON IS THAT LEGALLY OKAY.
AND THE POSSIBLE FOR US TO A-LIST WE HAVE, UH, SOME KIND OF A SUSPICION, SO WE CAN JUST SAY, CAN I SEE INSIDE THE HOUSE AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A RENTAL PROPERTY.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE CAN AVOID A LOT OF GREENHOUSES WAREHOUSE WHEN ALL THE PLACES EQUAL, EQUAL MONEY.
AND A LOT OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN COMBINED TO THE ILLEGAL GROWING OKAY.
UH, ISSUE FOR A LOT OF HOUSES THEY SELLING RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN CONVENED TO THE GROW HOUSE BEFORE.
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AND, AND THE DOPE, DON'T FORGET WHEN YOU DO A OKAY.IRRIGATION IN ALL YOUR DRYWALL BECOME MORE INFESTATION.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, HEALTH ISSUE TOO.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING OKAY.
WE CAN HAVE A CITY LOOK INTO IT.
OKAY, WELL, WE CAN DO, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TRY TO ENSURE PEOPLE'S PRIVACY.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, ABOUT WE'RE HERE TRYING TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN CAN SAFELY OKAY.
AND, UH, GROW IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY AND RIDE THE BIKE AND BE SAVED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I WAS APPOINTED, I DON'T QUITE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING.
UM, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT HEARING WHAT CITY OF COVINA IS AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.
AS I SAY SOME WITH THE COMMENTS THAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING, I, I, I IT'S, IT'S A CONFUSION OR A MIXTURE FOR, UM, FOR ME, CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT STUFF, BUT I MEAN, I WILL SUPPORT TO HEAR WHAT IT IS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT ONE.
SO SUPPORTIVE, JUST GETTING INFORMATION.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YEAH.
UH, I MEAN, UH, OF, UH, JUST, JUST A QUESTION.
SO ON, ON, ON THE GROW HOUSES, UH, UM, DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MECHANISM, UM, THAT THIS WOULD BE A LAW, UH, A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE? NO.
UH, IF SOMEONE SUSPECTS, THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORS IS A GROW HOUSE.
DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MECHANISM FOR THAT? THROUGH THE CHAIR? WE HAVE A ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE OPERATE ON A TYPICALLY A COMPLAINT BASIS.
AND WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF SITUATIONS, WE DO, UM, FOLLOW UP.
UH, I WANT TO DO A FOLLOW-UP BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO, WOW.
MY RESIDENT COMPLAINING ABOUT MODERN ONE ABOUT SUSPICION OF A NEXT DOOR, THE RENTER JUST MOVE IN AND THE STARTING.
AND WITH ALL THIS SUSPICIOUS AND THE SMELLED CLAUS OR THE BLIND CLOSED, IS THEY VERY WORRIED.
AND TO SEE THE DIFFERENT CAR PARKING ON TIME TO TIME.
POLICE CANNOT DO ANYTHING TILL THEY HAVE TO GET APPROVED.
SO, SO IF WE CAN HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT PUT INSPECTION, OKAY.
WHEN THEY'RE MOVING IN AGAIN, THEY TO OWN WITH SOME ILLEGAL ADDITIONS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN IN THAT WAY HAVE MUCH FASTER.
AND THE LESS OF A RESOURCE FROM THE POLICE, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING, THE CHIEF TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO STINK OUT OUTSIDE TO MOLLY, TO THESE ATTITUDES TO GET APPROVED.
AND THAT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME AND I GET MORE THAN ONE TEST, THREE TIME, FULL TIME.
COMPLAINING ABOUT WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
SO, SO THIS IS A CONCERN BECAUSE IF A CODING, FORCEMENT OR INSPECTION CAN BE DONE BY ALL THIS OKAY.
POTENTIAL ISSUE HOME, AND LOOK CAN RESOLVE RIGHT AWAY AND TO SEE, OKAY, DID THEY HAVE A GROW HOUSE? IF IT IS NOT, THEN IT'S FINE.
BUT IF THIS GROWS, WE CAN SHUT IT DOWN RIGHT AWAY.
AND PLUS WE WILL, HAS TO OWN THE ABOUT UNDERSTAND HOMEOWNERS.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE DO SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND, UH, OKAY.
ANTI-POVERTY OBSOLETING OCT AND BECOME A NUISANCE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
CAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES RESIDENTS ASK US OR THINK CITY, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN'T.
SO I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN NOT DO.
AND I, I JUST, UM, I'M, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN.
UM, BUT IF, IF IT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO US, UM, CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COVINA, HIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY NO LONGER, UM, REALLY BEING PUT TO USE THAT IT'S UM, AND I PRINTED OUT THEIR, UH, THEIR FILE FROM 2000.
UM, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S NOT REALLY AN ACTIVE PROGRAM.
SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DO REACH OUT TO COVINA AND, AND IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION, UM, IF, IF THAT CAN, CAN REALLY KIND OF, UH, BE BROUGHT, UM, TO BASIS.
I WOULD CONCUR WAS A COUNCIL MENTAL BATTLE, BUT SEE ALL THE CT, DO THEY HAVE ANY PROGRAMS SIMILAR? SO WE CAN BASE ON THAT AND BRING TO THE COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO, SEE ANY POSSIBILITY WE CAN AT LEAST HELP OUR COMMUNITY BACK INTO OKAY.
THE SAFE AND CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, AND THE DO TOO, WE HAVE SO MANY, OKAY.
WINDOW POVERTY RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY AND PEOPLE BUYING POVERTY, JUST INVESTMENT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK INTO ALL THE CITY, NOT NECESSARILY COVINA, MAYBE ALL THE SEATING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE SEE ME THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I'M AWARE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM LAHABRA AND WE CAN REFERENCE THOSE WHEN THE REPORT RETURNS TO YOU.
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STUDY THIS AND JUST THE LAST THING, ALSO, A RESIDENT BROUGHT UP THE LITIGATION IMPLICATIONS OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, THAT THE CITY MAY INCUR.SO IF WE COULD ALSO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, AND THEN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE GPA WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO ALSO SAY ABOUT, ABOUT THAT, RIGHT.
ABOUT, UH, THE RISKS WE, WE MAY INCUR IT QUICKLY.
AND A COUPLE EMAIL ADDRESS TO MAIL AND COUNCIL FOUND THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
THEY SAY, HEY, OKAY, THIS IS SOME KIND OF INSPECTION, BUT I THINK THEY MISUNDERSTAND OR WHAT THE COUNCILMAN,
THE APARTMENT IS JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
I THINK THIS IS WHY YOU WANT, RIGHT.
AT LEAST TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE LIKE THAT, WHERE WE HAVE A GROW HOUSE OR WE HAVE SMELLS THAT ARE, THAT IT'S SUSPICIOUS THAT AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S REGISTERED AND WE KNOW WHO IT IS.
WE KNOW WHO TO CONTACT AND THEN ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, INQUIRE MORE ABOUT THEIR TENANTS.
UH, THESE TWO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
I GUESS WE HAVE WE'RE ALL IN A CONCURRENT SPREE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
PERFECT.UM, YOUR COUNCIL REPORT, CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS, UM, AND THAT AMERICA, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, LIKE FOR US TO REMEMBER OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF EACH OF THE 13 OR ITS MEMBERS WHO DIED IN AFGHANISTAN, UH, OKAY.
GOVERNOR JUST SIGNED THE SB NINE SB 10.
THOSE, SO WE GOT IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE OR AS, AS BENIGN IS THAT JANUARY 1ST LED ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WERE ALLOWED TO BILL DUPLEX.
SO WE WANT THE CITY TO LOOK INTO IT.
WHAT CD CAN DO BASED ON THIS CHANGE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE A MAJOR LANDSCAPE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND THE INCLUDING THE SB 10 SB 10 IS YOU CAN BUILD 10 UNIT.
CLOSE TO THE, ANY TRANSITS OKAY.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY, CITY, YOU HAVE TO HURRY UP TO LOOK INTO ANYTHING WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS.
WE ONLY THINK CAN DEAL WITH POSSIBLE IS OKAY.
AND DOES SETBACK OR LAND COVERAGE.
BASED ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE BUILDING SAFETY.
BASED ON THAT ANGLE TO SEE, WE CAN, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF INVESTOR WOULD COME TO OUR CD BUYING SINGLE HERMIA HOUSE, LIKE CRAZY.
AND THE LEAD IS BECOME AN ISSUE THAT OKAY.
COUNCIL, WOMAN, DIA WORRY ABOUT ALL THESE RENTAL POVERTY BECOME A INVESTOR.
AND CREATE A NUISANCE TO OUR RESIDENT, TRIED TO HAVE A NICE COMMUNITY TO WASTE THEIR FAMILY.
SO I THINK CITY HAVE TO, OKAY.
HURRY UP TO LOOK INTO WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, WITH OUR, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND UH, OKAY.
UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.