Oct 05, 2021 City Council

SHE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND US WHEN WE MAKE THOSE PURCHASES.

OH, LET ME GIVE THIS TO YOU.

I'LL GIVE YOU MY OCTOBER.

UP NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE DIANE FRANKLIN FROM THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE FRONT HOME SHOULD BE A PLACE OF WARMTH, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, TRANQUILITY AND SECURITY.

HOWEVER, FOR MANY FAMILIES, HOME IS TAINTED WITH VIOLENCE AND FEAR.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THOSE WHO ARE ABUSED, BUT ALSO HAS A SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT ON FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, COWORKERS, OTHER WITNESS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, IT COALITION OF ORGANIZATION HAS EMERGED TO CONFRONT DIRECTLY THE CRISIS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOTLINES, BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTERS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, CHURCHES, AND THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SERVE THOSE ENTITIES ARE HELPING THE EFFORT TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO PRESENT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS PROCLAMATION.

AND IF YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY, THANK YOU, I AM SO VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE ONE OF THREE STATIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN ADVOCATE.

UH, AND I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1999, SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY TO KEEP ME, UM, THE LAST YEAR, OF COURSE I'VE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT THANKS FOR STARTING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

UM, WE HAVE A SUPPORT GROUP.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, WE FOLLOW THE VICTIMS THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.

UM, WE GIVE REFERRALS WITH MONEY FOR RELOCATIONS AND KEEPING THEM SAFE IN RESTRAINING ORDERS.

UM, SO AGAIN, I'M SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF WEST COVINA IN THE WAY THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR VICTIMS AND SEE THAT THEY HEAL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

IF YOU ARE AWARE DURING THE WHOLE COVID STAY AT HOME, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DID INCREASE AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS DURING THAT TIME.

SO ON THAT BEHALF, WE'D LIKE TO HONOR WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

WE'D LIKE TO INVITE RYAN BELL FROM THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE FRONT.

THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING WEST COVINA HOME FIRES KILLED MORE THAN 2,770 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2019, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND FPA, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED TO 339,500 HOME FIRES SMOKE ALARMS SEND SMOKE WELL BEFORE YOU CAN ALERTING YOU TO DANGER IN THE EVENT OF FIRE IN WHICH YOU MAY HAVE AS LITTLE AS TWO MINUTES TO ESCAPE SAFETY.

THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EDUCATION, WHICH BY CHANCE THEY DID HAVE THE FIRE PREVENTION AT STATION TWO.

UM, THE COUNCIL DID A 10 AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE GIVING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT BEING SAID, WE'D LIKE TO ALSO GIVE YOU THE NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION, RECLAMATION AND ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY.

UH, YEAH, SO EVERY YEAR NFTA COMES OUT WITH A NEW THEME THAT THEY WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO.

UH, THIS YEAR IS LEARNED THE SOUNDS OF FIRE SAFETY, UH, THAT PARTICULARLY DRAWS ATTENTION TO YOUR SMOKE ALARMS IN THE HOUSE, UH, WITH MORE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME AND, AND STUDENTS BEING IN THE HOME AND PA WANTS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SOUNDS THAT THE SMOKE ALARM MAKES.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE MAKING SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND AND PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THAT THAT MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN THEM, OR YOU NEED TO GET THEM REPLACED.

UM, AND FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK OR LAST WEEKEND, WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT.

IF YOU MISSED IT, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN COME NEXT YEAR.

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WE WILL NOW MOVE

[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]

TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS MAYOR.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER BOLLARD FOLLOWED BY MOON TO, OKAY.

THESE ARE THE COMMENTS THAT I THOUGHT I CITY MANAGER WOULD GIVE IT NEXT.

WEEK'S A STATE OF THE CITY DINNER.

HELLO? I'M DAVID.

CARMONEY WELCOME TO BIG LEAGUE.

I MEAN THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX, HOW MANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE GREAT WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX REOPENING ON JULY 3RD? WELL, IF YOU DID NOT, SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

WE EXPECTED AROUND 2,500 PEOPLE AND WE HAD WAIT FOR IT.

WAIT FOR IT.

A HUNDRED.

WELL MAYBE 75.

WE HAD SO MUCH FOOD LEFTOVER THAT WE'RE SERVING IN HERE TONIGHT.

SO ENJOY THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR ME AS THE CITY MANAGER.

NOT SO SURE FOR THE CITY.

AT LEAST I HELD ONTO MY JOB FOR ANOTHER YEAR FINANCIALLY.

WE INCREASED OUR RESERVES $8 MILLION, AHA TO THE CRITICS.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT LATER THE CITY BORROWED 204 MILLION AT 3.7, ONE 4% FOR PENSION OBLIGATIONS, NOT CLOSE TO THE WEST, GIVE UNIFIED RATES OF 2.23.

HEY, LET'S TONY WOO SAID WE DID BEAT SOUTH EL MONTE AND RATES, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON THE LIST OF FINANCE.

WE TROUBLED CITIES, YOU KNOW, THE DIRTY DOZEN.

HOW DID WESTERN UNIFY DO SO? WELL, THEY HAD HAD A GREAT SUPERINTENDENTS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT, BUT SOME OF THE BOARD ARE NOW TRYING TO BE JUST LIKE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

GOOD LUCK AND CATCHING US.

YOU STARTED BY HAVING COMPETENT LEADERSHIP.

WE HAVE TONY WUHAN IS MAJORITY.

WE DID PAY DOWN OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS, 187 MILLION FROM THE 204 BORROWED.

YOU MAY WONDER WHY THE DIFFERENCE.

HOW DO YOU THINK WE ENDED UP WITH AN INCREASE IN OUR RESERVES? IT'D BE HARD FOR ANYONE INCLUDING ME AS THE CITY MANAGER SAY THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

WE HAD SHOWN A $9 MILLION DECREASE.

IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE ONE CRITIC CONSTANTLY POINTING OUT HOW 20 19, 20, 20, WE HAD REVENUE OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, BUT SPENT 116 WAS GOING TO BE IN A SPORT.

FLEX IS NOW OPEN FEW HOURS ON WEEKENDS.

IF, IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO RENT THREE OF OUR SIX FIELDS, HEY, PLEASE DO NOT BRING UP THE FACT THAT OTHER BLDS ARE OPEN EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, GENERATING TAX REVENUE FOR THEIR CITIES.

WE'RE DOING IT BETTER.

AT LEAST.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD TO SAY, RIGHT? TONY NOW TO OUR OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THEY'RE NOT AS ALL AS GOOD AS THE ONES I MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT HEY, I CAN'T STRIKE OUT EVERY TIME YOU LIKE THE METAPHOR.

WE'RE AT A BASEBALL SOFTBALL FACILITY.

YOU CANNOT STRIKE OUT EVERY TIME YOU GET IT.

THE CITY HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PROVE THE OLD SAME WRONG.

DECEMBER 20, 20 AND LATER, TONY WOO GOT HEADLINES AROUND THE COUNTRY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO OPEN OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY JULY 21ST.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BETTER, FASTER, CHEAPER THAN THE COUNTY.

ALTHOUGH OUR FEE SCHEDULE IS THE SAME.

AS THE COUNTIES KIND OF HITS THE CHEAPER PART.

WE DID NOT MEET OUR GOAL.

WHY WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE ON HOW TO DO IT.

SO WE HIRED OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS.

WHO DID WE HIRE? WE HIRED AN ENGINEERING FIRM.

YOU REALLY DON'T THINK YOU HIRE MEDICAL EXPERTS, DOCTORS, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, NURSES, AND PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH RUNNING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

DO YOU, BESIDES THEY'D KEEP ASKING HOW MUCH ARE WORSE.

KEEP TELLING US HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST TO RUN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH GOES TO MY NEXT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

WE HAVE NOT TOLD ANYONE HOW MUCH IT WILL COST.

THE REASON IS SIMPLE.

WE DO NOT KNOW THIS WHOLE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FIASCO HAS DONE ONE THING.

IT UNITED MANY IN OUR CITY AGAINST US.

SEE, WE DID ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, UNITING THE CITY AND AGREEING TO OUR INCOMPETENCE.

FORTUNATELY FOR US, THE ONLY GROUP LESS COMPETENT THAN OUR CITY LEADERSHIP IS A GROUP TRYING TO GATHER SIGNATURES.

NOW IT'S OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A HOMELESS PROGRAM.

ALL CHIP IN AND PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES AND ATTEND THOSE PARTIES ON THEIR OWN TIME.

WE DO HAVE A HOMELESS PROGRAM THAT WE PASSED IN 2018.

I AS CITY MANAGER.

AND EVEN THOUGH, SO DON'T WORRY OTHER DID THE CONSOLE ONE MEMBER ON THE CONSOLE, BUT VOTED FOR THE PROGRAM.

I'M REQUIRED TO MAKE A REPORT EACH YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY NOT DONE THAT EITHER.

WE HAVE AN EXTREME HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GOING IN ON VINCENT

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AT AN OLD SCHOOL SITE.

INSTEAD OF THE HEADQUARTERS FOR PENSKE AT THAT SITE BEING HEADQUARTERS CITY IS SO 1960S.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR 2021.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

ERIC, 20, 20, 20 19 RESULTS WERE NOT PUBLISHED IN MARCH OF 20 21, 9 MONTHS LATE.

I'M A MASTER AT THE DECEPTION AND ILLUSION, BUT NOT EVEN DAVID COPPERFIELD.

IT TURNED OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN THE CAPABLE ONES CAPABLE OF DOING THEIR JOBS.

AMAZON IS COMING TO WEST COVINA.

YES, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE, POLLUTION RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST IT.

WHO CARES WHAT RESIDENTS WANT THEY'RE IN DISTRICT ONE ANYWAY, NOT PART OF THE WOMB MAJORITY.

WE NEED THE MONEY TO KEEP FILLING THE HOLES IN OUR BUDGET CREATED BY THE TONY WILL MAJORITY.

YOU MAY SAY, WELL, FIX THE CITY, BUT DO YOU THINK I AM HOUDINI MOON TWO FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT? UH, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT IN MY FAMILY, THERE'S NEVER BEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MY KIDS ALWAYS KNEW THAT WE LOVED THEM AND THAT'S ALL WE DO.

WE JUST LOVED OUR KIDS AND THEY COULD DO A SAFE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, I'M HERE TO, UH, ADDRESS DIRECTLY, UH, AND RESPECTFULLY THE HONORABLE JUDGE, PETER NAVARRO, UH, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER AT, UH, ADELE MEN'S JUVENILE COURT IN MONTEREY PARK.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO HIM THAT BECAUSE YOU HAD DECEIVED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DCSF, AS A RESULT, YOU FAILED TO PROTECT MY FAMILY.

I EDGE THAT YOU SEE TO IT AS TO WHAT REALLY TOOK PLACE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

MY KEYS MAPPED OUT TO IT BY THE DCSF 10 YEARS AGO.

AND, UH, HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY TODAY.

UM, UH, ALSO I LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PRESIDING JUDGE AT, UH, THE SAME, UH, UH, UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE GEORGE, YOU HAVE NOW CAUGHT THAT PERHAPS THE JUDGE SHE'D MAKE THEM SHE'D MAKE HIMSELF ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I CAN TALK TO THE PUBLIC AND TELL THE PUBLIC EQUITY WHAT THE COURT WANTS TO GO.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY AS YOU KNOW, THE KEATS BEING TAKEN AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOLID PROBLEMS. I I'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER, UH, I ONLY HEAR ABOUT HIM, THE PRESIDING JUDGE AND, UH, UH, JUDGE NAVARO.

HE WAS ONCE AT THE COURT, UH, TAKING PLACE.

UH, UM, ACTUALLY THE JUDGE WILL USUALLY SITS AT THE CALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE THAT DAY.

AND, UM, JUDGE NAVARRO CAME ABOUT ANY US, THE, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OF WHICH HE WAS LIED TO.

I KNOW HE WAS LIKE TO, AND SO FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN LINKED WITH OUR KIDS IN THE SAME, UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

AND, AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE PARENTS HERE AND WE HAVE KIDS.

AND THESE, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

UH, I'VE NEVER HIT MY KIDS.

I WOULD NEVER, I WANT THE BEST FOR THEM EDUCATION.

I WANT, IF, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE BEST EDUCATION, LIKE EVERY CHILD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THAT CLASS CITIZENS.

I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN TO MY KIDS.

SO THIS THANK YOU, STEVE BENNETT, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, YOU KNOW, AS A RESIDENT, WE, UM, WELL KIND OF A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, I GUESS YOU CAN CALL ME AT TIMES WE TEND TO GET EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS.

UM, SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN EMAIL CHAINS, SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF COMMUNICATIONS.

YOU GUYS GET A LOT OF THOSE AS WELL.

AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU GOT THEM BEFORE YOU WERE AT COUNCIL.

SO TONIGHT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO READ AN EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED FROM, UH, UH, OTHER RESIDENTS.

SO THIS IS NOT MY WORDS.

THIS IS COMING FROM A RESIDENT IN THE CITY.

UM, AND I FELT THAT, UH, CONSIDERING STATE OF THE CITY IS COMING UP.

THIS WAS KIND OF POIGNANT.

SO JUST AGAIN, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, IT STARTS OUT AS A SALUTATION, OF COURSE, BUT THEN IT SAYS, UH, WHAT CITY MANAGER DOESN'T GET OR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT MATTER IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA DO NOT LIKE PAYING FOR CATERED MEALS FOR THE CITY STAFF PERIOD.

I DON'T GIVE A HOOT IF IT IS FOR MORALE BUILDING OR NOT.

IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A PARTY, THEN THEY SHOULD

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AFTER BUSINESS HOURS, NOT DURING CITY MANAGER MAKES WELL OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY IN SALARY.

AND FOR WE TAXPAYERS TO THEN PAY HIM FOR TWO HOURS OF PARTY, TIME IS UNACCEPTABLE.

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

WHEN YOU POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY STAFF, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL DO NOT CARE BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR THE BILL CITY MANAGER ARGUES THAT THE MONEY SPENT IT'S A BUDGETED ITEM PROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO IT MATTERS.

LITTLE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD REVERSE THAT POSITION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, CONSIDERING THE HIGH SALARIES PAID TO CITY EMPLOYEES.

AND CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS A CITY HALL IS ONLY OPEN FOUR DAYS A WEEK.

AND CONSIDERING THAT MANY CITY STAFF JOBS COME WITH LIFETIME PENSIONS, I THINK THAT MORALE BUILDING IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH ALREADY TIME TO TIGHTEN UP THE BELT, HAVE THE CITY'S FINANCES IN THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DECISION.

IF THE CITY STAFF FEELS LIKE THEY ARE BEING TREATED MEAN, THEN LET THEM GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO WORK.

WE WILL NOT MISS THEM.

THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR NEXT PARTY AT THE CITY MANAGER'S HOUSE ON HIS DIME ON HIS TIME.

THEY ARGUE THAT IT ISN'T THAT MUCH MONEY.

CONSIDERING IN MY OPINION, ONE DIME OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR A THIRD GRADE HALLOWEEN PARTY IS TOO MUCH THE ARROGANCE OF THIS ONCE SEEMINGLY HUMBLE MAN IS ASTOUNDING AND THERE IN LIES, A SOURCE OF GREAT MANY PROBLEMS FOR OUR CITY.

I'M TIRED OF HEARING WHAT OTHER CITIES DO.

THIS IS WEST COVINA, NOT BALDWIN PARK, EL MONTE OR PICO RIVERA, BUT ADMITTEDLY, IT IS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO TELL THEM.

APART, CITY MANAGER WILL CONTINUE TO SPEND FRIVOLOUSLY ON NONSENSICAL EVENTS LIKE THIS UNTIL HE IS REIGNED IN BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I'M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH.

THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND THESE TAXPAYER FUNDING SHIFTS NOT FUNDED SHINDIGS TO THE EMAIL I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF POIGNANT CONSIDERING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STATE OF THE CITY.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO ON YOUR DESK, SO YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO ME FACE TO FACE.

BUT, UM, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS IS PERSON WHO IS SENATE WAS COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN, ELLIOT'S HUSBAND, AND IT WAS SENT IN 2016.

FUNNY HOW THE PROBLEM'S STILL AROUND MY QUESTION THOUGH, TO BE VERY HONEST, I DON'T CARE SO MUCH ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

I WANT TO KNOW COUNSEL ONE TABLET TO BUY.

HE PUBLICLY STATED HE PAID FOR HIS OWN TICKETS TO THE CITY, THE STATE OF THE CITY.

CORRECT.

DID YOU, DID YOU THOUSAND DOLLAR TABLE THOUSAND DOLLAR TABLE AND GOOD FOR YOU? I'M ACTUALLY IMPRESSED.

ARIELLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DID YOU PAY FOR YOURS OR A CITY PAYING FOR IT? THAT'S USUALLY HOW I ROLL.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I SEE THE BIG TRUCK OUT THERE.

HE'S GOT THE HUMMER RIGHT IN MY ONLY RIDE.

I KNOW I GOT YA.

I WISH I COULD AFFORD IT.

UM, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER COMMUNICATED AT A COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S I DON'T REALLY HEAR YOU TALK MUCH.

SO THANK YOU.

IT'S KINDA NICE.

UM, FORGOT YOU HAD A VOICE.

DID ANYONE ELSE PAY FOR THEIR OWN NAVIO BUSINESS? HMM.

IS IT ON YOUR 700 FORM OR YOUR BUSINESS? GOOD TO KNOW.

I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF THE HYPOCRISY OF THE FACT THAT NOW THIS PERSON'S WIFE IS SITTING ON THE COUNCIL, IF SHE PAID FOR HER OWN, I THINK THAT'S, THAT IS THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS BECAUSE IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY.

TONY, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MISTAKE THAT YOU'RE MAKING IS, IS WE AS RESIDENTS, THIS KIND OF STUFF MATTERS.

HYPOCRISY MATTERS.

SO YEAH, NO OFFENSE.

IT DOES MATTER.

I DON'T MIND THE RECOGNITION FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

A LOT OF THEM DESERVE IT.

THEY WORK THEIR BUTTS OFF ABSOLUTELY UNRECOGNIZED.

IN SOME CASES, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT.

BUT THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE RESIDENT NOW HAS HIS WIFE ON THE COUNCIL AND SHE'S NOT EVEN TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

AND I GUESS, ALL RIGHT, AUDIENCE, PLEASE.

WE'RE STILL IN SESSION UNTIL THE NEXT SPEAKER, OUR ROBINSON.

ANYWAY, THESE ARE CAN'T, CAN'T TALK WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.

SO I'LL JUST DO MY BEST, UH, OH, ROBINSON RESIDENT.

UH, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON AN ISSUE COMING TO YOU SOON.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN AMAZON EIR AND, UH, PLEASE, UH, SUSPEND THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY.

UH, ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE WILL SOON APPEAR IN DISTRICT ONE AND TWO AT, UH, NORTH WHEAT, UH, NORTHWEST, UH, PART OF WEST COVINA.

UH, IF YOU DON'T QUASH THE APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST

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NIGHT, UH, UH, THE TRAFFIC AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S PEACE OF MIND AT THAT IN THAT PART OF THE CITY IS JUST, UH, UH, GOING TO GO UP AND SMOKE.

UH, UH, IT, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO USE THE SITE FOR AN ASPEN VILLAGE TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, WHICH YOU'VE GOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT WOULD BE A LOT MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF THE ZONE CHANGE.

UM, UH, TAKE TIME TO VERIFY THE, UH, PROJECT SPONSORS STATEMENTS BY, UH, VISITING THE, UH, EXISTING SITE AND ROSEMEAD.

SO YOU CAN, SO YOU CAN SEE THE MONSTROSITY THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE ABOUT READY TO INVITE INTO OUR CITY.

UH, YOU COULD ORGANIZE A COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND DISCUSSIONS AND, AND, UH, DON'T IGNORE THEIR REQUEST FOR A EIR.

UH, ANYWAY, RELYING ON THE SPONSORS STATEMENTS, UH, IS, UH, IS NOT GOING TO PROTECT US.

AND, UH, UH, UH, WE'VE, UH, I GUESS WE ELECTED YOU TO TRY TO, UH, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE AS FORWARD IN A BETTER DIRECTION.

UH, I WAS DISCUSSING THIS A STATE OF AFFAIRS WITH A FORMER MAYOR AND HE SAYS, OH, WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE BILL, UH, TOUGH LUCK.

I DON'T, I DON'T LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE CITY.

SO, UH, UH, YOU COULD PUT THE CITY'S HOMELESS, UH, UH, BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN AMAZON TRUCK, AND THEN THEY COULD RENT AN APARTMENT 10 TO A AND CARPOOL TO WORK AND THAT'LL SOLVE THE CITY'S HOMELESS PROBLEM.

SO, UH, ANYWAY, HE AND I AGREED TO DISAGREE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO JUMP TO A NEW SUBJECT, UH, SUBJECT NUMBER TWO, UH, UH, IT'S TIME TO, TO, UH, LIFT THE, THE CITY'S STATE OF EMERGENCY.

IT'S GONE.

UH, IT'S GONE TOO FAR ON TOO LONG AND, UH, PERHAPS RESIDENTS WANT TO GET BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE, UH, PLUS, UH, IT RESTORES THE, UH, THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE LOCAL LEGISLATOR, YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, RIGHT.

UH, YOU NEED TO RECLAIM YOUR POWERS AS A COUNCIL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, YOU'RE A REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PRO PROACTIVE.

YOU JUST RUBBER STAMP THE, UH, THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR THAT THE, UH, THAT THE, UH, MANAGER PRESENTS TO YOU, YOU NEED TO, UH, STEP UP AND BECOME A REAL, UH, LOCAL LEGISLATURE.

SO, UH, UH, I ALSO HAVE AN OBSESSION ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

SO, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY IN THE LAST 20 MONTHS, UH, UM, THE, UH, UNITED STATES, UH, SURVEILLANCE STATE IS EMERGING, AND IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL LAB RATS, AND WE HAVE NO RIGHTS TO, UH, BODILY INTEGRITY.

AND, AND WE MUST, UH, UH, SUBMIT TO A VACCINE MANDATE SU UH, SOON A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

UM, MANY PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO, UH, TO SUBMIT TO, UH, TWICE A YEAR BOOSTER SHOTS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THE VACCINE DOESN'T WORK, UH, THE PROOF OF WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

UH, THEY'RE THE MOST VACCINATED PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

AND, UH, IF WE HAD DONE NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL, THE CRISIS JUST WOULD HAVE WITHERED AWAY, BUT INSTEAD OUR, UH, SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS, IS, IS BEING SEVERELY THREATENED OUR RIGHTS, OUR RIGHTS, AND THE CONSTITUTION WHERE WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS, UH, GOVERNANCE BY, UH, UH, MEDICAL TYRANNY AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

SO I'D LIKE TO OBJECT TO THAT.

THANKS.

WAIT, FIVE MINUTES REALLY FLIES FAST ON YOUR, OH, THEY'RE SPEAKERS.

THERE ARE NO, NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.

MAYER.

NOT A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, BUT I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE'S SOME RENTAL PROPERTIES IN WHICH I'M INVOLVED WITH BETWEEN VINCENT AND SUNSET.

OH, OKAY.

GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THESE AT THE MIC AND GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE SPEAKER CARDS, YOUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, PLEASE I'LL TAKE YOUR, YOU

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AND IT SEEMS THAT IT'S A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, BUT NOT ALL THE TIME, THAT LARGE ITEMS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO, UH, UH, WELL, LET ME SAY, PUT THEM OUT OF SIGHT WHERE, WHEN IT'S NOT AN EYESORE, SECOND OF ALL, THAT IT'S A HAZARD.

IF SOMEBODY, EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING MEAN, OR THE HOWEVER OF PUSHING THE THINGS OUT ON NORTH CARIBBEAN, SOMEONE'S GOING AROUND THE CORNER AND THEY HIT THESE THINGS.

AND, UM, SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOMETHING OF A DEVELOPMENT ON VINCENT.

THE FORMER SCHOOL SITE.

IS THERE, IS THAT, UH, IS THAT ACTUAL SOMETHING THAT'S PROPOSED OR IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN? DO YOU MANAGE YOUR ELL FOR THE MINUTES? DO FEEL ALLOWS YOU TO YOU'VE FINISHED.

SO YOU HAVE, UM, OH, EXCUSE ME, SIR.

THIS IS YOUR TIME TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK EVERYTHING YOU CAN.

AND A FEW DAYS AGO, I PICKED UP A REFRIGERATOR, A LARGE COUCH, A MATTRESS, AND A DRESSER.

NOW THESE THINGS ARE GETTING PUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE LINE OF MAROTTA, MORE SO AND A VINCENT, I THINK IT'S 10, 15, 10 31, 10 29, THE CONDO TOWNHOMES NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS POCS ON.

AND I'M AT THE ONE IT'S PROBABLY EASY TO DISCARD THEM.

SECOND.

IT SEEMS IT'S HAPPENING LIKE CLOSER TOWARDS THE WEEKEND WHEN PEOPLE PROBABLY GO LOOKING FOR VACANT RENTALS.

AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS WAS A PATTERN MAYBE FOR SOMEONE ELSE WITH FOUR UNITS, SOMEPLACE ELSE SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE AROUND HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S REFRIGERATORS BEING DISCARDED MATTRESSES, DRESSERS, UH, YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT IT TAKES TO DO PEOPLE TO PUT IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.

AND, UM, I CALLED, I LOOKED IT UP.

I MESSAGED HIM ROSEMARY DSR.

IT SEEMS TO GRAFFITI IN THAT AREA SEEMS TO BE GOING UP.

IT MIGHT BE CAUSE IT'S SUMMERTIME, KIDS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL AND IDLE.

BUT, UM, BUT IT JUST SEEMS IT'S ME.

IT'S OCCURRING MORE OFTEN.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

YOU'LL ADDRESS ALL THE, UH, SO INSTEAD OF CALLING THE CITY COUNCIL, I PICK THE THINGS UP MYSELF, BROUGHT THEM OVER TO THE OVERDONE 9 1 7 46 AND FIGURE ALL WESTERN WASTE.

AND WHEN THEY GET AROUND TO PICKING IT UP AND THEY GET AROUND IT, PICKING IT UP, FEEL FREE TO ALSO USE GOAL REQUEST APP.

IT WAS AN APP THAT, UM, YOU CAN PUT ALL THOSE ISSUES AND THEN THEY'LL RESPOND.

THE CITY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT HE'LL, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER WILL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER EVERYTHING ELSE.

WELL, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A HEALTH HAZARD.

IT'S AN EYESORE, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

AND, UH, I'M, I'M THE CHRISTIAN, THAT'S PROBABLY A FEW PEOPLE ARE DOING IT REGULARLY.

CAN YOU PROVIDE THE QUESTION ADDRESS? OKAY.

TWO CD MANAGERS.

WELL, ONCE I PICKED UP AT SIX DAYS JUICE ON THURSDAY, WE'RE LITTLE BIT PAST POCS ON BETWEEN MAROTTA AT THE COPY LINE AT 10, 15 AND 10 31 AND ANOTHER ONE KIND OF IN THE BEGINNING OF 10 29 WEST GARVEY NORTH.

AND THEN, UH, WHEN YOU GET PAST MAROTTA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER ITEMS, BUT THEY AREN'T, AS LARGE AS REFRIGERATORS JUST STARTED COUCHES, MATTRESSES, UH, OLDER DRESSER SETS AND FURNITURE THAT SOME, IT LOOKS LIKE IT STILL COULD BE USED IF YOU TOOK IT TO THE GOODWILL SALVATION ARMY, SOME, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WANTS IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.

ANYWAYS, I USED IT MY TWO MINUTES.

WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF THESE.

AND WELCOME.

NO MORE SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYER.

[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

AND SO WE LOOKED TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND ANOTHER OPTION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND SAVE MONEY IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO NOW FOR THE CITY MANAGERS, UM, TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WAS DISCUSSED TODAY AHEAD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I'LL TRY TO BRIEFLY RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WE GOT TONIGHT.

THANK OUR SPEAKERS FOR ALL BEING HERE.

UM, MR. SHOEMAKER COVERED A NUMBER OF TOPICS.

UM, THE PENSION BONDS THAT THE CITY WAS INVOLVED WITH COMES UP OFTEN IN THESE CHAMBERS.

AND I THINK FOR GOOD REASONS, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY AN IMPORTANT FINANCIAL TRANSACTION FOR THE CITY.

ONE OF THE PRACTICES THAT WE'VE EMPLOYED HAS BEEN WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO ASSESS AND QUANTIFY THE CITY'S PROBLEMS AND TO ADDRESS THEM IN A DIRECT WAY, WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY, THE CITY WAS CARRYING THIS LIABILITY AT CALPERS AT A RATE OF 7%.

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SO THE CITY WENT TO THE RATING AGENCIES AND GOD'S STANDARD, AND POOR'S TO GIVE THE CITY AN EIGHT PLUS BOND RATING, WHICH WAS QUITE SIGNIFICANT ENABLED US TO ISSUE BONDS, WHICH WERE COMPETITIVELY PURCHASED.

AND BY THAT TRANSACTION, WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF NORTH OF $52 MILLION, $52.7 MILLION.

IT'S AN INTEREST RATE TRANSACTION.

SO WE, THE EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE FROM 7% AT CALPERS TO A PRIVATE TRANSACTION, ALL IN AT 3.7, 2%, WE KEPT THE TENDER.

THE SAME.

THE TIME TERM IS THE SAME IT'S WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE DEBT OR THE TIME.

AND, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY GOOD TRANSACTION.

WE THINK THAT ONCE THE ANNUAL KHAFRE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE REFLECTED IN THE STATE AUDITOR'S SYSTEM, WE WILL MAKE GOOD GAIN IN THEIR MAJOR CRITERION BY WHICH THEY EVALUATE THE CITY'S POSITION.

UM, THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES THAT THE CITY HAVE, WHICH IS THE SPEAKER MENTIONED, HAVE IN FACT INCREASED, NEARLY DOUBLED.

UM, WE THINK WE'VE BROUGHT DOWN PENSION COSTS.

WE THINK THE PENSION OBLIGATIONS THEMSELVES, WHILE THEY'VE REMAINED THE SAME HAVE, HAVE DECREASED BECAUSE WE GOT THEM AT A, AT A BETTER INTEREST RATE, WHICH AFFECTS THE CITY'S DEBT BURDEN.

SO WE THINK WE'VE MADE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS IN THAT AREA.

UM, SECOND SPEAKER HAD A NUMBER OF COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, A MATTER THAT'S PENDING IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

MR. TOO, IF HE'S STILL HERE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE HIM TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

UM, HE'S IN THE ROOM AND WHILE WE WON'T, AS A CITY INTERFERE IN A, IN A CRIMINAL MATTER, WE CAN CERTAINLY ASCERTAIN STATUS AND PROVIDE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION OR HELP, HAPPY TO DO SO.

SO THE CHIEF IS HERE, UM, MR. TOO, IF YOU'D PLEASE SPEAK WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, UM, MR. BENNETT HIGHLIGHTED OUR UPCOMING STATE OF THE CITY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EVENT, WHICH IS NEXT THIRSTY.

UM, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO'S PAYING, UM, IT FELT A LITTLE PERSONAL ONCE OR TWICE THERE.

I PROMISE MR. BENNETT AS REGARDS THE CITY MANAGER.

I THINK HE MENTIONED ME THAT AS SOON AS IT WAS PUT OUT, I PAID MY OWN WAY AS I DO.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

MR. ROBINSON, UM, MENTIONED THE AMAZON HEARING, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION HAS HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, LEGALLY KNOWN AS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AN AMAZON DELIVERY CENTER.

THE FIRST ONE WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS LAST NIGHT.

I ATTENDED BOTH THE COMMISSION ULTIMATELY, UM, APPROVE THE PROJECT WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED BEFORE THIS BODY, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 19TH, OCTOBER 19TH.

SO THAT HEARING IS, IS SCHEDULED AND IS COMING RIGHT UP.

UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AT THIS MEETING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD ANY FURTHER UPDATES SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

THE STATE HAS ASSIGNED THREE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S APPLICATION, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS.

THEY'RE DEVELOPING KIND OF A TWO-PART PROCESS.

ONE IS AN APPLICATION BY WHICH THIS CITY OR ANY CITY OR ANY COUNTY COULD APPLY TO CREATE ITS OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

THEY'RE CREATING AN APPLICATION PROCESS.

AND SECONDLY, THEY'RE PROMULGATING REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH A NEWLY CREATED HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD OPERATE.

THOSE REGULATIONS ARE NEARLY FINAL.

THEY'VE MOVED FROM THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE AT CDPH, UM, TO THE HEAD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AT, IN SACRAMENTO.

UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE REGULATIONS YET AND WHEN THEY ARE PUBLISHED, UM, WE'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS AND I'M SURE I'LL WANT TO OFFER SOME COMMENTS TO THE STATE.

UM, WE'VE BEEN OFF OFFERING JUST GENERAL SUGGESTIONS TO THEM IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT THOSE WILL LOOK LIKE.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE REGULATIONS ONCE THEY'RE OUT.

WE'LL DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION BROADLY.

UM, MR. KOSKI, THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

UM, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE VOLKIS THE ILLEGALLY DISPOSED ITEMS. UM, WE'RE FORTUNATE HERE WITH ATHENS SERVICES.

IT'S OUR FRANCHISE WASTE HAULER THAT WE HAVE UNLIMITED WEEKLY, BULKY ITEM PICKUP CURBSIDE.

SO ANY PROPERTY OWNER CAN MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THAT BY CALLING THEM OR BY GOING ONLINE.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU AS A HOMEOWNER, IT'S REALLY EASY.

THEY MAKE IT REALLY CONVENIENT TO GET RID OF ALL THOSE THINGS YOU DESCRIBED, UM, REFRIGERATORS OR WASHING MACHINES OR COUCHES OR BEDS, OR WHO KNOWS WHAT, BUT, BUT IT'S INCLUDED IN OUR RATE PAYERS RATE SYSTEM.

SO IT'S FREE FOR, FOR THAT USE.

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AND, UM, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY JUST INVOLUNTARILY OR VOLUNTARILY PLACED WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG, IF YOU'LL CONTACT US, WE'LL COME GET IT RIGHT NOW.

OUR CREWS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, THEY'RE AVERAGING.

I THINK THEY SAID TWO 40 YARD BINS A WEEK OF THIS KIND OF THING THAT JUST GETS DUMPED IN OUR TOWN.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE CITY REALLY CLEAN.

WE DO HAVE AN IPHONE APP.

IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THAT, UM, THE GO REQUEST APP FOR WEST COVINA, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE TRANSACTION.

YOU CAN SUBMIT A PICTURE WHICH THEN TIES IT ON THE GEO LOCATOR TO THE EXACT LOCATION.

AND OUR SYSTEM WILL GET BACK TO THE PERSON THAT TURNS IN THE CONCERN, BE IT A BULKY ITEM OR A GRAFFITI OR WHATEVER IT IS WITH A DISPOSITION AND A RESOLUTION OF THE ITEM.

GRAFFITI IS SOME WEEKS, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S THE BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE, BUT WE'RE, UM, DOING OUR VERY BEST.

OUR GRAFFITI TRUCK HAD A MECHANICAL PROBLEM THIS WEEK.

AND THE VERY DAY IT WENT DOWN, I FELT IT BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC WORKS PERSON THAT DRIVES THAT TRUCK IS, IS BUSY AS CAN BE JUST BUSY AS A PUPPY IN A ROOM FULL OF RUBBER BALLS.

HE'S CONSTANTLY CHASING THOSE NOW, I THINK RIGHT NOW HE'S AVERAGING NORTH OF 200 GRAFFITI COVERS IN A WEEKEND.

SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUT OF CONTROL AND DOING OUR VERY BEST TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

BUT IF YOU'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT TO US THOSE, UM, THOSE EYESORES, WHEN YOU SEE THEM, WE'LL, WE'LL TEND TO, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE AT THEN SEND OUT A NOTICE OF REMINDER FOR ALL THE, UH, RESIDENTS THAT THEY CAN HAVE THIS BULKY ITEM PICKUP WEEKLY, BECAUSE SOME RESIDENTS STILL BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FOUR TIMES A YEAR, OR THEY HAVE THAT ONE YEAR SPRING.

SO IF ATHENS CAN JUST DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION OUT AS A REMINDER, I'LL SEE TO IT.

WE DO THAT AS A, AS A BILL INSERT AND AS A, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH AS WELL.

WE'LL GET THAT WORD OUT AS A REMINDER.

WEST COVINA WITH A CEREMONY AT TWO O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY, THE 23RD.

NOW FOR THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, UM, COULD EVENING AGAIN, I'LL JUST A COUPLE ITEMS TO UPDATE SOME STATUS ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, ONE ITEM I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE COUNCIL IS AWARE WE HAD DESIGNATED, UM, AS PART OF THE BUDGET, THERE'S AN APPROVED PROJECT AS PART OF THE BUDGET, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS.

AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE HAD A PLANT PALETTE AND A PLAN, UM, PREPARED BY A LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING FIRM AND WE'VE MAKING, UM, GOOD GAIN AGAINST THIS, THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT AS A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT AND ENTITY.

UM, THIS IS FRESH AS OF TODAY, BUT OUR MAJOR PRIORITY MEETING MEDIANS WILL BE GRAND AVENUE.

THERE'S, THERE'S NINE AREAS ON THAT.

AND THE 1.1 MILE SECTION AZUSA AVENUE, GLENDORA AVENUE, VINCENT AVENUE, SUNSET AVENUE, EMAR ROAD IN WEST COVINA.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WORDS FIRST AND WE THINK THESE ARE THE ONES THAT'LL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT.

UM, IN MOST CASES, UH, CITY LIMIT TO CITY LIMIT THE CONTRACT IS IN PREPARATION, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I'M REVIEWING A DRAFT OF IT AS OF TODAY, WE'LL PROBABLY EXECUTE IT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

AND THEN I EXPECT THAT THESE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.

WE'LL SEE, UM, THINGS GROWING WITHIN 10 OR 11 MONTHS.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS.

AND, UM, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF THIS PLAN, THEY'RE WELCOME TO CALL MY OFFICE AND WE'LL PROVIDE THOSE.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THIS UP ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL, WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF A COUPLE UPCOMING EVENTS, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED NEXT WEEK, UM, OCTOBER 14TH AT THE SPORTS PLEX, UM, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF HAVE A TWO FOR ONE.

WE'RE GONNA TELL A STATE OF THE CITY STORY, AND WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES AND, AND PASS OUT SOME RECOGNITIONS, UM, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A WHILE.

IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEE US ABOUT, UH, TICKETS FOR THAT EVENT.

A COUPLE OTHER, UM, UPCOMING EVENTS.

I'M GOING TO HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT MONDAY ON THE SUBJECT OF, UM, RECYCLING WASTE DIVERSION REGULATIONS.

I'M EXPECTING THIS.

WON'T BE THE MOST POPULAR THING WE'VE EVER DONE, BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

IT'S A STATE LAW THAT TAKES EFFECT IN JANUARY.

WE MIGHT GET A REPRIEVE.

IT MIGHT, UM, GIVE AN EXTENSION OF SOME KIND.

I DON'T WANT TO RELY ON THAT.

SO I WANT TO BE READY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THOSE ISSUES IN TERMS OF WHAT ITEMS GO INTO, WHICH BIN SOME MAJOR QUESTIONS THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE.

THE WAY IT'S LOOKING NOW IS WE'LL BE PUTTING THE FOOD WASTE INTO THE RECYCLE BIN.

IT'S GOING TO COME AT A COST.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES IN THESE CHAMBERS, UM, NEXT MONDAY AT SIX 30.

SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, PLEASE, PLEASE COME.

THERE IS A FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH EVENT AT THE PLAZA

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AND WE'RE PLANNING A HALLOWEEN EVENT, FOUR TO 6:00 PM ALSO AT THE PLAZA WEST COVINA ON THE 31ST.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.

OH, QUESTIONS.

THIS IS THE HALLOWEEN EVENT ON SATURDAY, THE 30TH OR SUNDAY, THE 31ST.

I'M SO SORRY.

I DO BELIEVE IT'S UM, THAT SATURDAY BEFORE.

NICE CATCH COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT'S YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO, IT'D BE A DAY LATE.

I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE CANDY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS YOUR CANDY.

OKAY, SIR.

I WANT TO ADD ON, OKAY.

ON THE 14TH, STAY OF THE CT PART ON 16, 10 O'CLOCK TO SIX O'CLOCK.

WE HAVE A FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE.

MOUNT CELEBRATION WE HAVE ABOUT HUNDREDS OR VENDOR WILL BE NO SPOKE PLEX.

I THINK WE HAVE A FLYER.

I THINK CT NEEDS TO PROMOTE THIS.

I THINK THERE'S A, WHAT PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT A LOT OF EVENTS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

SO IF WE CAN NOTIFY, OKAY.

AND THEN WITH THIS BIG EVENT IN OUR SPOKE PLAQUES WITH A HUNDREDS OF VENDORS AND RPS ARE WORK OKAY.

AND THEY WILL COME TO EVERYBODY TO ENJOY A WHOLE DAY EVENT SET UP WAY ABOVE THE OJ CULTURE OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOODS.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY WILL COME AND I THINK A MAYOR YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A SPEECH AT 10 O'CLOCK.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.

UM, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ALSO TRY AND PUBLICIZE THAT ONE BETTER AND DO A BETTER JOB OF PUTTING THAT OUT WORD ABOUT, OUT ABOUT THAT.

WELL, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THAT'S ALREADY NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK.

DID HE MANAGE HER? IF I COULD.

UM, SO THE HALLOWEEN EVENT IS ON SUNDAY, THE OCTOBER 31ST.

ALRIGHT.

I STAND RE RE CORRECTED.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? UM, THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ABOUT THE NUMBER FOUR? UM, YEAH, I'LL PULL THE NUMBER FOUR.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, BUT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT BRIEFLY.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I'M NOT PULLING, BUT I'M A NO ON NUMBER TWO, WHICH ONE? NUMBER TWO, BUT I'M NOT PULLING.

UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ONE THROUGH FOUR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR AND NO ONE NUMBER TWO.

SO I'LL MOVE I'LL SECOND THAT NO ONE ON NUMBER TWO WITH COUNSELORS.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEWIS, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE WITH A NO ON ITEM TWO FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TO, TO BUY.

BEFORE I TAKE ROLL, I'M GOING TO READ THE ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE ADOPTING INTO THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 8, 6, AN 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 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 8 7, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CODE AMENDMENTS, NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE RELATED TO THE AUTO PLAZA OVERLAY ZONE STANDARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY WITH A NON TO CORRECT.

COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ V ADAM, AND PASSES FIVE ZERO, UH, ONTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR,

[4) CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CITIES OF AZUSA, COVINA, DUARTE, AND GLENDORA AND AGREEMENT WITH UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES FOR FIVE-CITIES HOMELESSNESS PLANS IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROJECT]

FOLD BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

CASIANOS PROCEED.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, KELLY, FOR BEING UP THERE.

UH, WELL WE DON'T HAVE A REP FROM UNION STATION HERE.

YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

WERE LOOKING TO ADDRESS WAS TO BRING A COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM OUT TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

UH, I GUESS IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE AND OVERVIEW OF WHAT KIND OF BENEFIT THIS HAS PROVIDED US, UM, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, BECAUSE I KNOW AT SOME, THIS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING I'VE HEARD OF OFTEN, BUT I DON'T SEE PROGRESS WITH A HOMELESS SITUATION.

IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A CHARADE, VERY DISAPPOINTING.

AND, UM, JUST MORE GENERALLY OUTSIDE OF THIS UNION STATION AGREEMENT, BUT, UM, YOU RECENTLY HAD AN INCIDENT OVER UNDERNEATH THE BRINK, UH, UM, UNDERPASS ON THE TENANT BRANCA, A REPEAT OF A LITTLE MAKESHIFT HOME BEING CREATED THERE.

SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS UNION STATION SERVICES CONTRACT CAN HELP US IN ANY WAY TO MITIGATE THAT OR ANYTHING AT ALL.

BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING WELL, WHEN WE, UH, DEVELOPED A HOMELESS PLAN IN 20 20 18.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT, UH, WE

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THAT'S A M A H M I S SYSTEM WHERE, UH, FOLKS INFORMATION IS PUT IN THERE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES.

THESE ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO WHEN WE WOULD, UM, HAVE FOLKS OUT HERE, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO DIRECT THEM TO PASS A DEAN OR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO GET THEM INTO THE SYSTEM TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES.

AND SO THAT WAS SEEN AS A GAP OUT IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT, UH, WAS ADOPTED IN THE HOMELESS PLAN.

AND WHEN WE, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN THE FIRST RFP FOR MEASURE H WAS MADE AVAILABLE, THE COUNTY WAS, WAS PUT, UM, WAS, UM, WAS SHE IN A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND, UH, BENEFITS TO, TO THAT, UM, UH, HIGHER, HIGHER BUDGETS AND SO FORTH.

AND SO WE HAD A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH AZUSA GLENDORA COVINA, UM, AS THROUGH OUR MET TEAM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, HALO TEAM, WHICH WE ONCE HAD.

AND SO WE GOT INTO A COLLABORATIVE WITH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL AS DUARTE AND, UH, BOZA WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH SIGNIFICANT HELP, UH, FROM A GRANT WRITER FROM THE COG.

SO, UM, THAT, UH, PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED.

UM, IT, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT A CASH MATCH, CASH MATCH TOGETHER, OR MATCHING FUNDS.

WE ENDED UP, UH, BUDGET WAS THREE F UM, THE GRANT WAS 3 43 TO 50.

UM, THE MATCHES SOME, A LITTLE OVER 2 91 EACH DIVIDED BY 143,000, I'M SORRY, 343, CORRECT.

FOR THE FIVE CITIES.

SO THAT'S WHY CD OR FIVE CITIES THAT'S ABOUT COVINA AND MENORAH GLENDORA AND DUARTE.

SO, SO 70,000 PROCEEDED, NOT BASED ON THE, IT WASN'T EVEN, IT WASN'T EVEN, IT, WASN'T NOT 20% ACROSS THE BOARD.

OUR PERCENTAGE WAS LESS FROM WHATEVER.

I'M SORRY.

HE WAS ASKING IF IT WAS A FLAT 20% ACROSS THE BOARD.

I SAID, NO, BECAUSE YOU, BASED ON $343,000 FOR FIVE CT, YOU DIVIDE FIVE.

SO EVERY, SO EVERY CD IS ABOUT $70,000, ROUGHLY AWFULLY AND UP.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CT, FOR EXAMPLE, WEST COVINA, MUCH BIGGER.

AS SOON AS SMALLER TO ORTIZ, MUCH, MOST, MUCH SMALLER.

SO BY EVERYBODY GETS 7, 7 77, APPROXIMATELY IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.

YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE FUNDS.

SO WE HAVE TO COME OUT $70,000.

UH, THE MATCHING FUNDS, THERE WAS A, UM, THERE WAS AN INCOME COMPONENT AND EACH OF THE CITIES, UM, BUT PROPOSED IT IN KIND LIKE, UH, THEY WERE GOING TO BE CO LOCATED AT THE, AT THE CITY HALLS OR AT A COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND SO WE HAD COST THE SPACE, THE RENT, UM, UH, PARKING SPACE, UTILITIES, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND THAT WE PROPOSE THAT AS AN, IN KIND OF ABOUT $25,000 PER CITY.

AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THE MATCH WAS, UH, COVERED BY CASH.

SO EACH OF THE CITIES PUT IN, UH, WE'RE COMMITTED TO $33,000 AND IN CASH.

SO THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE, MY UNDERSTANDING AND THE UNION STATION IS A, BY BEING A COMPANY THAT, THAT THEY KIND OF DOING THIS SERVICE OKAY.

USING THE, SOME MEASURE H MONEY AND THE CT MENTIONED FUN TO OPERATE AND DAY SHE'LL HAVE US OFFICE IN WEST COVINA.

SO IF WE HAVE A AND DIMPLE BY HOUSING, RIGHT, OKAY.

LIKE A, LIKE A VOUCHER FOR THEM TO GO TO THE HOTEL MOTEL.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO WAS TO, TO COME OUT HERE AND DO SOME OUTREACH, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, GET PEOPLE INTO THAT COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, DO THE ASSESSMENTS, UH, AND GET THEM IN.

AND THERE IS A, UH, UH, AT A TIERING AS TO HOW THEY CAN MOVE THEM ALONG AND HOUSING PLANS.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T, ONCE THEY ESTABLISHED A CASELOAD, THEY, THEY WOULD MANAGE THOSE CASES.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO.

CONVERT AND FIND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF BALL BALL KIND OF SERVERS.

DO WE HAVE A REPORT ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HELP OUT IN WEST COVINA? HOW MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE WE HELP BY DEAL AGENCY TO GIVE GIFT SOME TEMPORARY SHELTERS OR HOUSING? DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT FOR THAT? YES.

THEY PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY, TO THE CHIEF, TO THE, THE COUNTY, TO US, AND THEN THE CITIES AND THE CITIES CITIES ARE, UH, RECEIVE THOSE AS WELL.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY, LET THE DOING, HELPING THE HOMELESS IN OUR AREA.

SO, SO HOW CAN WE VERIFY, OKAY.

THE, THE, OKAY.

THE PERFORMANCE OF, UH,

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BECAUSE LAST TIME I WENT THROUGH A GOOD WILD SOUTH SIDE OF A LADY, THEY HOMELESS AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HELP.

SHE THINK I HELP.

AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY DO IT, PICK US UP, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

SO, SO, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT, WHY IS THE APPLOVIN DON'T, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE SYSTEM? OKAY.

DON'T HAVE A DISEASE KIND OF, UH, ISSUE THAT SOMEBODY SAY, HEY, CAN I, CAN I GET A SHELTER THAT WILLING TO GET HELP? OKAY.

AND, UH, WE CALL IT THE SEAT THAT THE POLICE CALLED THE UNION STATION, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD PICK UP WELL O'CLOCK OR THEY COME, THEY SHOW UP ONLY KEEP THEM FOOD.

FOR THE FOOD IS THAT SHE WAS IN THE FRIENDSHIP PARK.

SO, SO HOW CAN WE AVOID POTENTIAL ISSUE? LIKE WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY OR THIS ENTITY THAT WE CAN GET THE THING AND TAKING PRO BY SUBJECTS, UM, TO, TO PROVIDE HOUSING SHELTER, THAT SORT OF THING, THE, THE HOUSING HAS TO BE AVAILABLE.

UH, THEY DO HAVE A, UH, CONTRACTS WITH A NUMBER OF, UM, MOTELS, UH, AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THEY W MOST OF THE FOLKS WANT TO STAY IN THE AREA.

THEY, THEY DON'T THEY'LL HAVE, UH, UH, SPACES, DOWNTOWN SPACES IN SAN BERNARDINO, THAT SORT OF THING.

UH, THEY NEGOTIATED SOME, UH, SOME, UH, UH, ROOMS FOR THE CITY, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO SHELTER, THEN, UH, THERE, THERE ARE VARIOUS THERE, UH, THREE TIERS.

I THINK ONE'S AN EMERGENCY ONE.

FOR THE MOST PART, YOU HAVE TO BE FOLLOWING A, A, A PLAN, A HOUSING PLAN TO GET MOVE ON INTO, UM, HOW, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING TO TONIGHT, WHILE YOU WAS TO APPROVE, BASICALLY APPROVE THE SAME CONTRACT.

WHAT IS ICT TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS PROGRAM? W W WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST TO, UM, TO, UH, THE COUNTY EXTENDED THE TERM, THE, THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE COUNTY, UH, THEY, THEY STARTED, UM, THERE WAS A DELAY IN THE START TIME BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND VARIOUS THINGS.

AND SO THIS, THIS ISN'T ANYTHING NEW.

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD.

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO END AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, EXTENDED AT ONCE TO JUNE, AND NOW THROUGH THE END OF, UH, 2021.

AND SO WE HAD ALREADY, WE'D COMMITTED TO THE MATCH.

THE OTHER CITIES DID, AND THE CASH MATCH WAS ORIGINALLY FOR SUPPLIES.

WE HADN'T HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.

SO W UH, WITH PUTTING ONE OF THESE SINCE NEXT TIME, WE CAN INVITE THE STATE, UH, UNION STATION STAFF TO KIND OF, UH, KIND OF, UH, DISCUSS WITH US.

SO WE, AT LEAST WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO IS THE PERSON IN CHARGING, WHICH COULD BE AN AREA.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY WE HAVE, RIGHT? YES, WE DO.

Y Y YO, SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY TO KIND OF TALK TO US.

I THINK WE REQUEST ALREADY.

WE ASKED THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE DID ASK, UM, WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THIS ITEM WAS GOING TO BE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT COUNTER FOR DISCUSSION, WE MADE AN INQUIRY IF THEY COULD COME TONIGHT, BUT EVIDENTLY THEY WERE UNAVAILABLE AT THAT MUCH NOTICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'D BE AVAILABLE AT A FUTURE MEETING.

I IMAGINE THEY WOULD, BUT I DIDN'T GIVE THEM A LOT OF NOTICE.

SO I DID GET A HOLD OF THEM OR KELLY, DID I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? LIKE WHEN WAS THE OFFICIAL START TIME OR START DATE? CAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID POSTPONE MEN, ALL THIS STUFF, YOU DO, YOU HAVE THOSE ANSWERS, I'M GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM ON R A R A HOUSING NAVIGATOR WAS ONBOARDED IN FEBRUARY OF, UH, FEBRUARY OF 2020, I BELIEVE.

NO, THE, THE, UH, UNDER THE FISCAL IMPACT, THOSE ARE, UH, ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE CARRYING OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

I THINK I REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE HOUSED HERE AT A CITY HALL AND THEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DEBATES OF, UH, WHEN SERVICES WILL BE RENDERED, HOW OFTEN WHEN SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE, BUT ALL THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS COME FROM SINCE THEN.

UM, BUT WHEN SHE CAME ON BOARD, DID SERVICES BEGIN OR AS WELL, THERE WAS A WEEK, WEEK OF TRAINING AND THEN SHE WENT OUT INTO THE FIELD.

AND SO THAT'S SO 20, 20 WE'RE.

UM, CAN WE SEE THE STATS OF LIKE HOW MANY RESIDENTS WAS CONTACTED TO TAKE CAM PERFORMANCE, JUST EVERYTHING.

UM, SHE HAS THAT THEN, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION OF WHAT EXACTLY IS, UM, BEING CARRIED THROUGH.

UH, I DO REMEMBER LAST YEAR I SPOKE TO ONE PERSON THAT KNEW THEY'RE HOMELESS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE HAD THE HOMELESS SHELTER.

I MEAN THE MOTEL VOUCHERS, BUT SOMETHING THAT IT WAS EXHAUSTED.

AND I WANTED TO KNOW, ARE THE MOTEL VOUCHERS PRETTY MUCH ON THE FISCAL IMPACT? I'M LOOKING AT THE ACCOUNTS, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OUTREACH, THE CLEANUP, THE MOTEL VOUCHERS, THE HOUSING NAVIGATION GRANT, ALL THIS AMOUNT.

UM, THIS IS THE AMOUNT SHARED FOR ALL FIVE CITY ENTITIES.

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THESE ARE, THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, FOR WEST COVINA, UH, AND THOSE WERE RECEIVED THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THEM THROUGH THE COG, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OUTREACH, THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, UH, AND THE MOTEL VOUCHERS, A PORTION OF THOSE.

AND THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I PREFERRED, OKAY.

MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS.

WE HAVE COLLATERAL INFORMATION.

AND THE WEEKEND INVITE.

THE STATION UNION STAFF TO COME OVER HERE TO GIVE US SOME PRESENTATION.

340,000 IS NOT UNDER MONEY FOR SPREADS TO .

I STILL A SERVICE.

I KNOW WE, WE WANT TO KNOW THE SERVICE.

AND THE, HOW CAN WE HELP THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET? THEY CAN, IF THEY NEED HELP, IT CAN BE HELPFUL.

SO, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE, I THINK WE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.

AND, UH, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? AND WE NOT JUST A STAGEY UNI WHIMSICAL BEAM, BUT WE DIDN'T PERFORM SOMETHING TO HELP THEM ON THE STREET.

MAKE SENSE.

CAN WE DO THAT? CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY WE CAN INVITE THEM BACK.

THE MOTION TO TABLE.

YOU HAVE A SECOND ONE.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT THE 3 43 IS ALREADY THAT'S UNDERSTAND, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN INVITE, OKAY.

THE STATE UNION GIVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN WE SEE HOW CAN WE, WHAT KIND OF A LAG.

WHY SOMETIME NOT SO BUSY? WELL, JUST THE BREAKDOWN AND HOW, LIKE, HOW ARE, HOW WAS IT DIVIDED AMONG US FIVE CITIES? I MEAN, THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS AND YOU KNOW, WHERE ONE COULD HAVE MORE OF THE HOMELESS ISSUE IS THAT DIVERT THAT TO THIS.

SO WE JUST WANT TO SEE A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST APPROVE SOMETHING APPROVED.

REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENTICE OUR IMPROVE.

THE SERVICE FOR HOMELESS.

AND THEY SET UP THIS TISSUE.

YOU NEED TO HELP THE HOMELESS FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME SERVICE.

AND THEN WE WANTED A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

NTT AND TWO IN WEST COVINA TO SEE HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE SERVICE PAY OF WHAT KIND OF SILVER THEY HAVE DONE.

I KNOW WE WANT TO WALK TOGETHER AS A CT AND THE STATION UNIT, HOPEFULLY IF, UH, IF NIGHT KNOB AND THEY WOULD FIND SOME FUNDING TO HELP THEM.

I'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WUHAN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANOS TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER TO COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, ART COUNCIL, WOMAN G S I MAYOR PRO TEM.

CASTELLANO'S NEAR LOPEZ V AUTO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

UM, THAT ENDS CONSENT CALENDAR.

IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT? CITY COUNCIL REQUEST.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S THIS IS THE EARLIEST CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.

[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]

OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.

SO LOTS OF, I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED AND WEST COVINA UNIFIED FOR, UH, PUTTING ON A GREAT KINGS OF CAMERON, A FOOTBALL GAME ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT.

ALL OF THE SOUTH HILLS AND WEST COVINA COMMUNITY WAS OUT THERE, COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.

THE STUDENT SECTIONS WERE AWESOME.

UH, AND SINCE MY SON IS IN WEST COVINA UNIFIED, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE BULLDOGS I'M LOVE.

SO THERE YOU GO.

LET'S GO BULLDOGS ONE.

THEY'RE THE KINGS OF CAMERON, UH, SORRY.

COUNTS.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP.

CASIANOS YOU GUYS GOT THIS ONE? OKAY.

I HAVE

[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]

A, OKAY.

WE GOT INTO OKAY.

AS SENIOR COUNSEL REQUESTS.

I THINK A LOT OF A RESIDENT.

YOU HAVE A REQUESTS AND COMPLAINTS.

THE MANAGER WE GOT IN.

OKAY UH, THE COMMUNICATION.

ABOUT THE EVENT.

A LOT OF TIME, UH, I POST WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY SAY, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU POST THAT THING? OKAY.

YOU'LL POST ACTIVITIES ALL OVER.

NO, WE JUST RECEIVED MAYBE A TWO DAY, TWO DAY PRIOR.

SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO, I KNOW THE PANDEMIC AND NOW WE KIND OF ALL MY OFF THE PANDEMIC.

SO I UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT.

ALL MY OFF, BUT WE NEED TO KIND OF STUDY KIND OF A GET THIS.

UH, AND, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION AND I, I, HERE I HAVE, UH, I, MY COLLECTION.

I LOVE THIS DISCOVER WEST COVINA, THIS 2007.

2007, DISCOVER WEST COVINA.

AND MY WIFE KEPT ALMOST OKAY.

EVERYTHING.

THIS IS ALL TOTALLY HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY, A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO I THINK I COLLECT ALMOST 30 YEARS OF THE THING AND IT STARTED IN 2017, 18, THE BUDGET CRISIS ON THE PREVIOUS.

UM, OKAY.

CITY MANAGER AND THEN THIS ONE.

ONE IS LATER ON USE THIS ONE.

THIS

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WE PLACED THE IT'S CALLED WEST COVINA, HOPEFULLY.

A WE CAN, WE SEE, I DON'T KNOW THE BUDGET, BUT MAYBE CITY MANAGER CAN LOOK INTO IT AND THE ROBIN CAN SEE, WE CAN AVOID IT.

MAYBE WE CAN USE THE AD SPONSORSHIP.

AND ONE IS A DISCOVER WEST COVINA WITH A LOT OF, UH, SENIOR PROGRAM.

WITH A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

OUR SENIOR.

SO SINCE WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE FACING THE 2022, I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK INTO IT SO OUR RESIDENT CAN KNOW WHAT KIND OF EVENTS SO THEY CAN PREPARE.

THEY CAN ATTEND THIS ON THAT.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, I KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS WHEN NOT CURRENTLY PEOPLE DEPEND ON ELECTRONIC.

THE WEBSITE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO HOW CAN WE OKAY.

BRANDING OURSELVES.

I THINK, UH, WEST COVINA PD DOING A GOOD JOB.

I SEE.

THEY PROMOTE LIKE, CRAZY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE WEEKLY REPORT.

AND I THINK WEST COVINA CITY TO FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEP, OR WHAT'S GOING TO PD WHEN THE SAME THING AND PROMOTE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CTE.

SO RESIDENT CAN KNOW, OKAY.

WHAT BEN, WHO HAD TO GO TO OKAY.

IN THAT WAY, WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS MY REQUEST.

TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS CAN BE OKAY.

AND THE EXECUTE ASAP, BECAUSE WHEN NOW IT'S OCTOBER, THEN NOVEMBER AND A YEAR SOBER BLINKO UI.

THEN WE FACED IN 20, 22.

SO HOPEFULLY IN 20, 22, WE STARTING OKAY.

BRING BACK.

OH, HISTORY.

SO I CAN COLLECT ALL THESE ITEMS AGAIN.

YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT.

RPD HAS BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF DISSEMINATING INFORMATION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO, SO THANK YOU GUYS.

WE ASKED THEM THEY LISTENED.

SO KEEP IT UP, PLEASE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE'LL FOLLOW SUIT WITH DISSEMINATING INFORMATION FROM CITY HALL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WU.

SO CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING I KNOW I'VE REQUESTED.