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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.WELCOME TO OUR NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MASON.
OKUBO FROM ME, MANUEL FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH AND COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
LET US PRAY, FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS YOU ARE AUTHORITY OVER OF ALL, AUTHORITIES ASK YOUR WISDOM TO BE UPON OUR CITY COUNCIL, THAT THEY MAY CARRY OUT YOUR WILL AND GUIDING OUR CITY.
WE RECEIVED THEM AS A GIFT FROM YOU.
BLESS THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR CITY.
SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AMONG US THAT WE MIGHT WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY WITH THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA.
THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO SERVE OUR CITY.
WE ASK THEM, THANK YOU WITH THIS IN JESUS NAME AND OVER YOUR HEART ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
IT WAS GENERALLY DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT SPY PRESENT.
CASIANOS ERIC MAYOR LOPEZ OF JADA THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY THE PRESENTATION BY THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT HAS BEEN MOVED TO A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE AND WILL NOT BE GIVEN THIS EVENING.
SO BEFORE MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HONOR OF CITY OF DUARTE MAYOR BRIAN
MAYOR BRIAN ODS WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE DOHERTY CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF 2018 REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX.
HE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND PILLAR OF HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY.
MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY? WE WILL
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW COAT SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, UH, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TO, UH, MAYOR? WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.
OUR SPEAKER, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DEBRA JOHNSON FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW BUCK FROM THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, FOLLOWED BY BILL ROUX FROM CITRUS VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF RESIDENTS HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME.
MY NAME IS DEBRA JOHNSTON AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFIDENTIAL BARGAINING GROUP.
I HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF FOUR OF OUR NINE EMPLOYEE BARGAINING GROUPS WITHIN THIS CITY TOO.
IN REGARDS TO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, THE GROUP I AM REPRESENTING CARE THIS EVENING ARE FROM THE MID MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE AND CRAFTS GENERAL AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE BARGAINING GROUPS, WHICH IS COMPROMISED OF 22% OF THE CITY'S FULL TIME WORKFORCE.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 68 MEMBERS WITHIN THIS, THESE FOUR GROUPS.
THIS IS 68 OUT OF 300 PLUS CURRENT FULL-TIME STAFF WITHIN THE CITY.
THESE GROUPS WHO MIGHT SPEAK FOR THIS EVENING ARE MID-MANAGERS INSPECTORS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, ELECTRICIANS, ANALYSTS, ACCOUNTANTS, COORDINATORS IN VARIOUS CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STUFF.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE DEDICATED FIVE TO 35 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE ARE THE FIRST PERSON THAT RESIDENTS HAVE CONTACT WITH WHEN THEY CONTACT THE CITY.
WE ARE THE, UH, AND DEAL WITH THE CITY DAILY.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGH THE VARIOUS UPS AND DOWNS OF THE CITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS, CUSTOMERS, AND STUFF OF THIS GREAT CITY, WHERE MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.
WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 7, 8, 9, AND 10 ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS EVENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR CONTINUED APPRECIATION TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND STAFF AND THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION DURING THIS NEGOTIATION SEASON, THE EFFORTS AND WORK THAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER
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AND TO THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY TASK.THEY CAME TO THE TABLE, HAD OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND BOTH SIDES LISTENED, LISTENED TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY RESIDENTS MANAGEMENT AND OUR MEMBERS, THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROCESS ALL BY ALL HAS PRE DEUCE THE AGREEMENTS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS EVENING, THESE EFFORTS BY THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND STAFF IS ALWAYS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED TEAMWORK FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR GREAT APPRECIATION TO THE DEDICATION AND EFFORTS OF THE COUNCIL DURING YOUR TENURE.
AND IN RELATION TO THE DECISIONS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN REGARDING THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THESE AGREEMENTS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, BUT MY MEMBERS TO YOU, WE WISH YOU A GOOD EVENING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW BUCK FROM THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, FOLLOWED BY BILL ROUX, FOLLOWED BY THERESA KOZAC.
HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME IS MATTHEW BUCK I'M WITH THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I WAS HERE.
I SEE SOME NEW FACES WELCOME ABOARD.
UH, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT.
UH, THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, WE, WE REPRESENT ALL THE CALIFORNIA AND THEN SAW SOME OF OUR INTERESTS ARE BEYOND THE STATE, BUT WE DO HAVE MEMBERS HERE IN WEST COVINA AS WELL.
UH, WE REACHED OUT TO YOU GUYS.
THERE'S A LOT FACING OUR INDUSTRY HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES FACING OUR INDUSTRY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN WITH YOU GUYS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, HOPEFULLY, AND, UH, SHARING OUR INSIGHTS AND KNOWING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PLANNED FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA MOVING FORWARD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ROUX FROM THE CITRUS VALLEY ASSOCIATION REALTORS FOLLOWED BY THERESA CO'S AD FOLLOWED BY JIM GURVICH, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL I'M BILL ROUX, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, DIRECTOR OF THE CITRUS VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.
MANY OF YOU SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY AT DIFFERENT EVENTS.
WE'RE MAKING OUR ROUNDS THROUGH ALL OF THE CITIES, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE BACK SINCE AUGUST OPERATING WE'RE FULLY FUNCTIONAL.
ALL OF OUR CITIES ARE 7,200 MEMBERS.
MANY OF THEM ARE RIGHT HERE IN WEST COVINA.
A LOT OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
AND MR. BUCK SAID EARLY ABOUT THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME IN THIS BUILDING.
WE WERE SITTING WITH KAISER RINGWALD WHILE HE'S GOING OVER YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY AMAZING HOW YOU DID THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU TONIGHT FOR TAKING TIME TO ADJOURN.
HE WAS A LONG-TIME PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE FROM DAYS BEFORE HE WORKED FOR HILDA THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
AND IT CERTAINLY CAME AS A SHOCK TO ME AND TO, TO SORRY TO MANY OTHERS.
UM, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE MY CARDS WITH THE CITY CLERK, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
AND IF YOU EVER, WE'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU AS WE'RE REOPENING AND YOU'RE REOPENING ON ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING AROUND.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TERESA COZAD FOLLOWED BY JIM GRIPPAGE.
I'M GOING TO SAY PERSONALLY, I JUST NEED TO GET THINGS OFF OF MY CHEST.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
THE AREA WHERE AMAZON IS LOCATED IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST HOUSING ELEMENT THAT I'VE BEEN SLOWLY TRYING TO GET THROUGH, UM, THAT THE AREA WHERE I LIVE AND NORTH OF THE FREEWAY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A LOWER AREA.
SO MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS WHY IS IT THAT LOWER INCOME AREAS ARE DISH, THIS PROPORTIONALLY AFFECTED BY WHAT MANUFACTURING BRINGS TO THEM, WHICH IS LUCIAN AND MORE TRAFFIC.
AND OUR AREA'S GOING TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTED BY THAT FROM AMAZON.
I'M NOW LOOKING AT THE TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE GOING THROUGH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SO MANY MORE ALSO, DO YOU REALIZE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT IS LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY? THOSE KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE.
THOSE KIDS HAVE TO WALK ACROSS
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THE STREET WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING.I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT FORTH.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT, MR. WILL, YOU SAID THAT, OR COUNCILMAN, YOU SAID THAT SOME OF THE MONEY FROM AMAZON WILL BE GOING INTO A SPECIAL FUND OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY THE HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
NO MONEY IS GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER.
MY SECOND TISSUE IS THE UNNECESSARY CREATION OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RAN BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I HAPPEN TO LEARN AND THE NEWSPAPER I WISH I HAD LEARNED FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU DON'T WANT, I FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T WANT US TO KNOW.
SO I READ THE NEWSPAPER TODAY, OR I TRIED TO, I DON'T GET THE TRIBUNE.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO READ IT.
ANYWAYS, WHAT I READ IS THAT THE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE OUTSOURCED TO OTHER ENTITIES.
SO TO ME THAT SAYS, IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE WHISPER VINAS HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE RAN BY EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S THE COVINA.
SO MY QUESTION IS AGAIN, WHY ARE YOU PLAYING WITH THE MONEY THAT HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF WESTERN? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ELLIOTT, FALL FOLLOWED.
GURVICH FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT, FOLLOWED BY
I'M GOING TO REPORT THAT I'M PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CONTRACT SETTLEMENT, UH, WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AS YOU, UM, I THINK IT'S A VERY REASONABLE, UH, SETTLEMENT AND, UM, I'M ESPECIALLY PLEASED ABOUT THE SECTION, UH, THAT, UH, HAS INCREASED THE EMPLOYEE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR RETIREMENT.
UH, I THINK THAT'S LONG OVERDUE AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED AND I HOPE THAT THAT FEATURE IS EXTENDED TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
UH, OF COURSE I COULDN'T, UH, COMMENT ON THIS WITHOUT SAYING IT'S STILL MISSING THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT I THINK ALL YOUR MAJOR FINANCIAL DECISIONS SHOULD HAVE.
I, I THINK THAT'S REMISS AND IT SHOULD BE THERE, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING YOU MY OWN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND DECIDED NOT TO, IT WAS COVERED IN THE NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING.
UH, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T THINK YOUR DEFICIT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE QUITE AS BAD AS THE NEWSPAPER HAD TO SAY, MAINLY BECAUSE I THINK YOUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE BETTER THAN WERE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED.
UH, THE EXPENDITURE PART THAT WAS IN NEWSPAPER WAS FAIRLY ACCURATE, BUT, UH, BUT THE ESSENTIAL REVENUES WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN WAS BUDGETED.
I THINK YOUR DEFICIT WON'T BE QUITE SO BAD, BUT IT'S STILL AN ISSUE.
AND I HOPE THIS COUNCIL ADDRESSES IT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY
UH, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT, UM, THE CENTER MEDIUMS, BUT FIRST I WANT TO JUST THANK THE WEST COVINA MAINTENANCE WORKERS, BECAUSE THOSE GUYS REALLY WORK HARD AND THEY'RE UNSUNG HEROES.
AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HONORING THEM AT THE STATE OF THE CITY OF THAT.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A MAINTENANCE WORKER UP ON A STAGE, GETTING AN AWARD THESE GUYS DESERVE.
AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG, UH, CONTRACTUALLY AND, UH, SETTLEMENT AND ALL, UH, THE MEDIUMS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE GENTLEMAN IS THAT RUNS PUBLIC WORKS THAT THE CITY HAS HIRED, BUT HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN ANYTHING.
HE COULDN'T ANSWER ONE QUESTION WHEN HE WAS UP HERE WITH, UH, MIKE CRESS
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UP, IT'S LIKE IT WAS A HOT POTATO.THE THREE OF THEM WERE JUST TOSSING EACH QUESTION.
I HAVE TO CHECK ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR.
I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE HE MADE A SUGGESTION THAT WHEN THE UNIFICATION PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, UH, ON THE CENTER MEDIANS ON AZUSA AND ON VINCENT THAT HE COULD JUST RUN A WATER TRUCK BY THERE ONCE A WEEK.
AND THAT'S THE DUMBEST IDEA I EVER HEARD.
MY DAD USED TO TELL US IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A JOB IT'S WORTH DOING RIGHT, AND WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, WE HAVE SPRINKLERS THERE.
WE HAVE RECLAIMED WATER THERE.
AND PLEASE DON'T GO OFF HALF COCKED AND PLANT ALL THIS UPGRADE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON.
AND THANK GOD, UH, IT'S MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THOSE SENATOR MEDIANS THEY'VE BEEN HORRIBLE FOR 15 YEARS.
I REALLY LIKE THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, TERM LUNAR SURFACE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOON, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
AND, UH, PLEASE ABANDON ANY IDEA OF PUTTING A WATER TRUCK COST THERE ONCE A WEEK, UNTIL IT WOULD DESTROY ANYTHING THAT'S GROWING THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PLANT ALL CACTUS.
MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING THROUGH EL MONTE LAST NIGHT AND WE PASS BY A CENTER MEDIAN SINCE THAT'S THE ISSUE OF THE DAY YOU PASS BY A CENTER MEDIAN.
AND THERE WERE LIKE, UH, I DUNNO, WHAT THE PLANTS WORK IS.
WE WERE GOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE SOME KIND OF READS COMING UP OUT OF THE CENTER ISLAND, DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND THERE WERE LIGHTS BENEATH THE READS AND IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE BEEN SUCCULENTS.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE COLOR MYSELF, BUT I, ANYTHING WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MOVING FORWARD TO THAT.
ALSO, I DIDN'T SPEAK AFTER THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, BUT WOW, THAT WAS QUITE THE EVENT UP THERE.
UH, I WAS REALLY STUNNED AT THE MULTIPURPOSE, UH, TENT LOOKING STRUCTURE.
UH, COUNCILMAN RUTH TOLD ME THEY REFERRED TO IT AS THE ARENA, THE SOCCER ARENA.
WHAT A FABULOUS VENUE WE HAVE HERE IN WEST COVINA NOW FOR LARGE EVENTS.
AND, UH, I REALLY SEE A LOT OF SUCCESS COMING FROM THAT EFFORT.
AND, UH, I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME LIGHTING ISSUES.
IT WAS KIND OF DARK WHEN WE WERE WALKING TO THE CAR, ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT LED TO THE PAVILION AREA, UH, IT WAS KIND OF DARK.
SO MAYBE, UH, SOME, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
UH, MR. GRIGGS SAID SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO COMMENT ON.
UH, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR HIM COMPLIMENT THE COUNCIL THAT WAS REALLY REFRESHING.
UH, AND WE ALL KNOW JIM'S A SMART GUY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT MOST DAYS, UH, UNDERSTANDING IT THOUGH AND BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH A BOW ON TOP IS HARD CHALLENGE SOMETIMES, BUT I REALLY APPLAUD THE CITY COUNCIL FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING.
I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER IS WORKING HARD AND, UH, ALSO THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I'M LOOKING TO SEE SOME GREAT THINGS COMING OUT OF HER.
AND, UH, I THINK SHE'S REALLY CAPABLE AND COMPETENT.
AND WE'LL SEE, UH, I, I DON'T FEEL SO CONFIDENT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
HE WAS DOING A SONG AND A DANCE UP HERE, AND I TOLD HIM OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR ABOUT ANYTHING.
AND HE GOES, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAKE A COMPLAINT OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS A SARCASTIC, NOT VERY HUMBLE IF YOU ASKED ME FOR I'M SURE WHAT HE'S BEING PAID AS A PRETTY HANDSOME SOME.
OKAY, THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
AND SO, UH, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, BILL ROBINSON RESONANT.
NUMBER THREE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ALSO, UH, WE'RE A RENEWING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY AGAIN, AND I'VE STATED BEFORE, UH, UH, WHERE'S THE EMERGENCY STATE LAW IN MOST STATES, UH, UH, LIMIT AN EMERGENCY TO 90 DAYS, UH, LEGISLATURE CAN'T RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY.
THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS TO DEAL WITH IT, UH, A REAL EMERGENCY, BUT, UH, WE'RE ALMOST TWO YEARS INTO THIS AND THIS, UH, EMERGENCY ITEM.
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URGE YOU TO, UH, STOP THAT, UH, ALSO, UH, ON, ON YOUR OBSESSION WITH IT, UH, WITH A, UH, A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR WEST COVINA.UH, MY COMMENTS TONIGHT ON THAT IS, UH, MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR CHILDREN HAVE, UH, DECIDED THEY NEED TO BE LAB RATS AND PARTICIPATE IN AN AND THE CONTINUING, UH, EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY PROGRAMS. SO OLIGARCHS AND BILLIONAIRES CAN, UH, MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY.
THEY WANT TO FORGET, UH, THE VACCINE INJURY DATA, UH, VIA THE, UH, GOVERNMENT VERUS DATABASE, BECAUSE THE MAJOR MEDIA MONOPOLIES CONTROLLED AND LARGELY FUNDED BY BIG PHARMA HAVE NOT CHOSEN TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO INFORMED CONSENT CANNOT BE GIVEN TO THE VICTIMS OF THE GENE THERAPY PROGRAM.
UH, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S IN THE JAB.
SO, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST BLINDLY CHOOSE TO JUST LINE UP AND DRINK THE KOOL-AID, THE, THIS JUST PUBLISHED A COVID-19 BREAKING BOOK.
I'VE, UH, I'VE ALMOST FINISHED READING THIS.
IT'S A, IT'S A 50, IT'S A 50 50, I I'VE, I'VE READ BETTER BOOKS, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I DISCUSSED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, MANY OF THE LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT ARE SPONSORING THE CURRENT CURRENT EMERGENCY ARE CONVICTED FELONS AND, AND THEY HAVE PROFITED HANDSOMELY FROM THE SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THRUST UPON US, UH, CONTRARY TO AMERICAN TRADITIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS AND ARE BEING MANDATED AND, AND THRUST DOWN THE PUBLIC THROATS, THREATENING PEOPLE'S JOBS FOR NO GOOD REASON.
UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FACTORS OF NATURAL IMMUNITY BY THOSE WITH HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEMS, UH, ARE BEING TOTALLY IGNORED.
UH, PEOPLE ARE DYING, NOT JUST OF COVID, BUT ALSO OF A VACCINE EFFECTS AND BIG PROFITS ARE BEING GARNERED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
UM, AND I REPEAT, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, FELONY CONVICTED.
THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE MANUFACTURING, THE JAB HAVE, UH, BEEN CONVICTED OF FRAUD, UH, CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE AND THE UNSCRUPULOUS AIMS OF GETTING DRUG APPROVAL FROM THE FDA WHILE MINIMIZING ADVERSE EFFECTS AND, AND MILLIONS IN FINES, LEVIED BY AMERICAN COURTS ARE JUST ANOTHER ONGOING, UH, MARKETING COSTS TO THESE COMPANIES.
UH, YOU WONDER WHY, UH, DRUGS ARE EXPENSIVE.
UH, THE, THE INDUSTRY OPERATES LIKE A, A MASSIVE CRIMINAL SCENT, CRIMINAL SYNDICATE.
UH, NO, UH, THIS IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY.
IT'S AN ACTUAL PROFITABLE CONSPIRACY, UH, AND, AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, UH, FOR DECADES BECAUSE THE FDA, UM, AND ACTUAL RESPONSIBLE REGULATORS ARE JUST SOCK PUPPETS OF THE, OF THE INDUSTRY.
SO, UH, I I'M READING TO, AGAIN, THE VACCINE CULT IS STRUCK AGAIN, UH, THE CDC VACCINE ADVISORY PANEL TODAY, YOU NANA'S UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED PFIZER'S COVID VACCINE FOR CHILDREN, FIVE TO 11.
UH, DESPITE CURRENT CONCERNS RAISED DURING THE MEETING ABOUT, UH, PFIZER'S CLINICAL DATA AND THE FACT THAT CHILDREN WHO PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED NATURAL IMMUNITY TO COVID WERE INCLUDED IN THE TRIAL.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS SHAHRZAD SHISHA, GAR FOLLOWED BY J D GOOD EVENING.
UM, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BE IN YOUR POSITIONS.
AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE AMAZON SITUATION REGARDING, YOU KNOW, JOB CREATION, ALL THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT JOB CREATION.
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SPEND SEVERAL HOURS.I BROUGHT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS NOT HEARD.
UM, AND I WORRY ABOUT THAT FOR YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL, I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION OF SOMETHING.
AND AT LEAST WHEN YOU VOTE, INDICATE WHY YOU'RE VOTING THAT WAY, DESPITE WHAT THE OPPOSITION SAYS.
SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE MORE EXPLANATIONS ON YOUR ENDS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THINGS TO EXPLAIN YOUR POSITION.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING IT, BUT I, I STILL AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO RETHINK THIS POSITION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO COST US A LOT OF MONEY THAT WORRY WE DON'T HAVE AS, AS THE CITY.
AND I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.
SO I AM OPPOSED TO AGENDA NUMBER AGENDA, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, UH, THE AMAZON SITUATION.
I'M UP HERE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE REPORT THAT WAS DUE OCTOBER 15TH, WAS IT SUBMITTED AND WAS THE, WAS THAT THE FINAL VERSION? ARE WE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE IN TERMS OF EITHER CERTIFICATION OR WHAT THE STATE IS CRITICISM OF IT? UM, I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AFTER SEEING IT THAT I DIDN'T GET AN INVITATION LIKE AS POETRY DID OR MR. CRIMENY, BUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I W I REALLY LIKED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD TELL ME, DEFINE WHAT A UNIT MEANS.
IS IT A ONE-BEDROOM THREE BEDROOMS? WHAT DOES UNIT MEANS? UH, THAT'S I THINK IS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, THEIR RESPONSIBILITY DELEGATED TO THE COUNCIL FROM THE STATE TO CREATE THIS CAPACITY FOR ANY INCREASE FROM 800 APPROXIMATELY TO 5,000 UNITS.
THAT'S QUITE A BIT, I THINK AS, UH, EARLIER SPEAKER MENTIONED, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS CAPACITY IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF A HOUSING PROJECT, I THINK THEY'RE CALLING IT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, ANYTHING SIMILAR TO SAN FERNANDO GARDENS OR ALISO GARDENS COMES TO WEST COVINA.
I RATHER SEE THAT IN MR. ON CORTEZ THAN ON LARK OUT, BE HONEST WITH YOU SO YOU CAN HOPEFULLY GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
AND I ALSO SAW ON THE REPORT A DATE FOR THE FIRST MEETING ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT NOT A DATE AS COM A COMPLETION DATE FOR THE FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING, BUT I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT WAS THE ONE THAT JUST PASSED.
WILL THERE BE A SECOND TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT? AND IF SO, WHEN FINALLY, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH BRINGING MARIJUANA STORES TO WEST COVINA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF JEFF ANDERSON MADE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUBSCRIBING TO EMAIL NOTIFICATION, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT INVITATION FROM MR. CARMONEY.
I WOULD I, OR WHICHEVER A RESIDENT IN WEST COVINA WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED, SIGN UP AND BE INFORMED OF THE MEETINGS.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP IN TERMS OF COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING THE WORD OUT TO RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I NOTICED THE FIRST GROUP THAT CAME UP WAS THANKING, BUT SAYING HOW THANKFUL THEY ARE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS.
SO THAT MAKES US STAKEHOLDERS.
SO YOU REALLY NEED TO LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THIS HOUSING ELEMENT, A SITUATION.
AND LIKE EARLIER SPEAKERS SAID, IT'S A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC WHEN WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM THE TRIBUNE.
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ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ASK FOR THE INFORMATION AND OFTEN RECEIVED THE SAME THING, OR WE MIGHT END UP GETTING TONIGHT, AND THAT'S NO RESPONSE, I'M HOPING I CAN AT LEAST GET AN ANSWER TO TWO OF THOSE THREE OR FIVE QUESTIONS AND A HALF.ARE THERE NEW OTHER SPEAKERS? HOWEVER, I MUST NOTE THAT THERE IS ONE IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM THREE AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 12 WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO SPEAK.
CITY MANAGER MAY PLEASE RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'LL TRY AND BRIEFLY RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSTED TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAD GOODLY NUMBER OF OUR EMPLOYEES HERE TONIGHT, SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM ALL PUBLICLY FOR THEIR, UM, DEDICATION TO THAT PROCESS.
I MEAN, CALIFORNIA LAW IS QUITE CLEAR ON HOW WE BARGAIN OVER LABOR AND BENEFITS.
UM, AND, AND I THINK PEOPLE CAME TO THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH, AND WHAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TIME WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
IT'S THE RESULT OF THAT? IT'S THE FRUIT OF THAT LABOR.
SO THANKS TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR BEING HERE.
UM, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE GENTLEMEN AND BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM, UM, DURING OFFICE HOURS AS WELL.
IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, AND SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS, UM, TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE STATE OF THE CITY.
I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT.
IT IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE ON THE, ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF THE CITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND I WOULD COMMEND THAT TO THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GLANCING AT THAT.
UM, A COUPLE OF OUR SPEAKERS SPOKE ABOUT THE AMAZON MATTER, THE GREENLAW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, WHICH IS RETURNING TONIGHT FOR ORDINANCE SECOND READING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, FOR APPROVAL, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUS, BOTH AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL AND IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TONIGHT THAT IT'D BE RATIFIED.
UM, COUPLE SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO UPDATE STATUS, UH, HERE IN THESE MEETINGS.
AND I'LL JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ASSIGNED SOME HIGH RANKING INDIVIDUALS TO REVIEW OUR APPLICATION FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
I THINK THEY'RE TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEY'RE WORKING QUITE CLOSELY ON TWO THINGS.
THEY ARE WORKING ON, UM, A FORMAL APPLICATION PROCESS BY WHICH WEST COVINA AND ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY COULD APPLY TO HAVE A STATE CERTIFIED HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED WITH THAT WORK YET, BUT WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM REGULARLY.
THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING THIS WEEK.
SECONDLY, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO PROMULGATED, UM, UM, UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S AUTHORITY, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, THEY'RE GOING TO PROMULGATE, UM, EMERGENCY REGULATIONS THAT WOULD GOVERN START-UP HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
ONCE THOSE REGULATIONS ARE PUBLISHED, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET, NOR HAS ANYONE, BUT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS.
AND WE INTEND TO COMMENT AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED TO FOLLOW THAT.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS ON THE CITY, MANAGER'S WEBPAGE ABOUT HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATUS, AND, UM, PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO REVIEW THOSE INTO OFFER COMMENTS.
SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY, FINALLY, WE HAD ONE SPEAKER ASKED ABOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
WE ARE NOW, UM, IN THE THROWS OF TRYING TO GAIN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IN A NUMBER OF THESE AREAS.
UM, WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE UPCOMING STATE LAWS FOR RECYCLING, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SHIFTED TO THE LOCAL LEVEL.
I THINK THE ONLY THING WE CAN SAY ABOUT THERE, THE STATE REGULATIONS FOR RECYCLING IS THAT NOBODY LIKES THEM, BUT WE'RE IN A, WE'RE IN DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT COMPLIES LIKEWISE WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THAT DOCUMENT IS IN DRAFT FORM.
YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR CITY WEBPAGE.
WE'VE GOT A SURVEY OUT NOW, INVITING PEOPLE TO OFFER COMMENTS.
THOSE THAT WERE UNABLE TO COME TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UM, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE MONTHS TO REVIEW OUR DOCUMENT, BUT BEFORE WE SEND IT OFF, UM, LOCAL RESIDENT COMMENTS WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
OH, CAN I HAVE A GO BACK? I APOLOGIZE.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE PUBLICLY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA ROXANNE.
WOULD YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? UM, I HAVE SURPRISED HER NOW, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE TRY TO NOT DO, BUT I WOULD ASK HER IF SHE COULD JUST BRIEFLY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERSELF AND HOW SHE'S GOING TO FIT INTO OUR TEAM HERE.
CITY MANAGER, CARMONEY MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.UM, JUST MOST RECENTLY I SERVED A TENURED, LITERALLY 10 YEARS AT THE CITY OF LA ONE DAY, AND I HELD THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
ONE DAY, I ALSO, UM, SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF BOTH WALNUT AND THE CITY OF YOUR BELINDA.
I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION.
I AM EAGER TO GET STARTED EAGER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY EAGER TO MAKE THE EVENTS AND THE SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA RELEVANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WELCOMING ME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW THE REST OF THE STAFF AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES.I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 2 0 1 IN THREE, THREE.
ANYTHING ELSE? OH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ONE THROUGH 12 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, TWO AND THREE.
WE'LL CALL AMANDA MAYOR BEFORE I TAKE ROLL.
I'M OBLIGATED TO READ THE ORDINANCE TILES UP FOR ADOPTION.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? UM, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 7 3 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 DASH OH FOUR CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURE.
RESIDENTIAL ARE ONE STANDARD AND ALSO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 9 2 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE TWO, VIDEO FRANCHISES OF CHAPTER 11, FRANCHISES OF THE CITY OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL FEE ON STATE VIDEO FRANCHISES, UH, OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY OF ISCHEMIA WITH THAT BEING SAID ONTO ROKO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I HAVE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
NOW, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I KNOW WE HAVE THE CITY STAFF HERE THAT SINCE ITEMS, AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN TO 12 PAST, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, BEFORE BEING IN COUNCIL IN 2018, UH, WE SAW HERE THE LAYOFFS THAT OCCURRED WITH ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY SAD DAY.
AND, UH, TODAY TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT LIKE THIS IS UNHEARD OF TO HAVE BOTH SIDES, TO BE VERY HAPPY, UM, WITH THAT, UH, I WANTED TO AGAIN, THINK THE HARDWORKING STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THIS.
AND BEFORE WE DO, UM, IT'S MY LAST TERM ANYWAYS, AND BEING THERE, I ACTUALLY WANT A GROUP PHOTO WITH ALL OUR HARDWORKING STAFF THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.
I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF A THANKLESS JOB AND FOR YOU TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UH, IT MEANS A LOT, SO I'D LIKE TO A GROUP PHOTO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD AND THEN THEY COULD GO HOME.
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SORRY.IT'S, IT'S VERY POSITIVE AND IT'S VERY RARE.
WE GET SOMETHING POSITIVE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
SO I WANTED TO CHERISH THE MOMENT.
ALWAYS POSITIVE, ALWAYS POSITIVE.
[1) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-101 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY]
ONTO ITEM NUMBER ONE PULLED BY COUNCILMANUH, I, NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, BUT, UM, SO OTHER CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, UH, HAVE, HAVE ENDED THEIR, THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY.
UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THAT OUR, UH, EMERGENCY ORDER WAS, WAS BASED ON THIS ELIGIBILITY FOR COVID 19 REIMBURSEMENT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE, THE STATE EMERGENCY, UH, IS, IS THE LOCAL EMERGENCY STILL NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THOSE COVID REIMBURSEMENT.
SO, SO THEN THE, THOSE OTHER CITIES WHO'VE ENDED THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCIES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO, TO GET THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR COVID RELATED WORK AFTER THAT DATE THEY'VE ENDED IT YET.
SO ANY COVID RELATED WORK, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED.
SO, SO FROM MARCH, 2020, THE CITY OF COVINA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE ANY OVERHEAD REIMBURSEMENTS IS THAT THEY, THEY, THEY ENDED IT, UH, A WEEK AFTER 20, UH, 2020.
I HAVE A QUESTION IT'S NOT OKAY.
UH, WEST COVINA IS A FULL SERVICE CITY.
WE HAVE A POLICE AND, UH, WE HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COVINA DOESN'T HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I THINK THE GATE KOBE HAS MAYBE A CITY MANAGER CAN ANSWER IS THE REASON BECAUSE WE HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE GET A LOT OF REIMBURSEMENT AND FOUND DUE TO THE COVID-19 ISSUE.
UM, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION THIS WAY, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE EMERGENCY SERVICES, UM, HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
I THINK EXPERTS IN THIS STATE BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS CONTINUED.
UM, IN THIS COUNTY, WE'VE HAD NORTH OF 70,000 DEATHS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON NEXT WITH RESPECT TO VARIANTS AND RE NEED FOR LOCAL RESPONSE.
WE DO KNOW THAT AS WE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, IT'S IN OUR INTEREST TO DO SO, UM, SHOULD SOME ORDER NEED TO BE ISSUED.
I WOULD CERTAINLY BRING IT TO YOU ALL IMMEDIATELY, BUT JUST ON A FISCAL BASIS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADOPT THIS TONIGHT AND KEEP IT IN PLACE.
SO, SO HOW HAVE WE BE GUN TO, TO LOOK AT WHEN WE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ENDING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY AS, AS, AS OTHER CITIES ARE, ARE ENDING THERE'S, UH, HA HAVE WE, AGAIN, UM, SET A STANDARD WHERE WE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE AS A CITY TO, TO END OURS? IS IT, IS IT, IS IT JUST THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHAIR? I WOULD THINK WHEN THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE'RE DONE, THEN WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT LAW.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL HIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDERS, UM, BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO MANAGE A CRISIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S IN OUR INTEREST TO STOP A STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY, IF IT AFFORDS US ACCESS TO THESE STATE AND FEDERAL MONIES, WHY OTHER CITIES WOULDN'T, UM, DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, BUT, UM, I, I COULD ASK THEM IF YOU LIKE, JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T TRACK IN MY MIND, UH, MOVED THE MOTION TO APPROVE I'LL SECOND THAT, OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO BONTA BY NO COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, MAYOR PRO TEM CASINOS, MAYOR LOPEZ VETO PASSES.
[2) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH REVENUE & COST SPECIALISTS (RCS) FOR A COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL FEE STUDY]
NUMBER TWO, PULLED BY A TIM CASINOS RECEIPT HAD A MAYOR.SO NUMBER TWO'S A, OR A B STUDY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED STUDY, WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW YOU CAN USE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY ATTEMPT TO BE THE STAFF ON THIS, OUR DEPUTY CITY KIRKLEES TO SHERRICK WROTE THIS REPORT AND SHE'S OUT, BUT I WILL BE A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HER AS THE AUTHOR OF THIS REPORT.
UM, CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES THAT CITY MUNICIPAL
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FEES EQUATE TO THE COST REASONABLY BORNE IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES.SO THIS IS A HOLISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CITY FEES.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF SPREADSHEET WORK.
IT'S A LOT OF DETAILED WORK LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEHIND THE FEES THAT ARE IN PLACE.
AND THEN ONCE THAT WORK IS CONCLUDED, IT'D BE BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, SOMETIMES COUNCILS IN THAT MOMENT DECIDE THERE'S A RATIONALE FOR SUBSIDIZING A FEE PARKS AND REC FEES ARE THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
THEY SAY, WELL, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO SWIM.
SO WE'LL PRICE, UH, ENTRY TO THE SWIMMING POOL AT 50% OF ITS COST.
BUT, BUT THE PRICE IS UP TO YOU.
AND THE COST IS WHAT THIS, THIS STUDY WILL DETERMINE.
WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS CONSULTANT HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT I REALLY THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD MANAGEMENT TOOL AND I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU PROCEED WITH IT.
THIS IS THE LOW RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
AND THOUGH I'VE NOT WORKED WITH THE FIRM, THEY ARE, UM, KNOWN BY REPUTATION VIA SOLID FIRM.
AND I THINK HE THINKS IT'S A GOOD EFFORT.
I, I, I HAVE A ISSUE WITH JUST SPENDING.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY FEE.
I THINK WE INCREASED QUITE A LOT.
AND THE LAST TIME WE DIDN'T USE THE CONSULTANT.
AND, UM, WE BASED ON THE MARKET AND THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER CITY COMPARISON.
SO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
90,000 SOMETHING TO, TO DO THIS.
IF THE PARK FEE IS, UNLESS I THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE A COMPARISON.
AND TO SOME OTHER CT, HOW THEY CHARGE AND THE, WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL, UH, UN UH, ROSANNE.
AND, UH, SHE MAYBE CAN GIVE US SOME INPUT ABOUT THE PARK FEE AND THE, HOW THE RENTAL FEE FACILITY FEE AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN SHE CAN GIVE US A PROPOSAL.
ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE CONSULTING FEE.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M AGAINST THE CONSULTING FEE, BUT I'LL AGAINST THE CONSULTING FEE.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW LED BASICALLY AND USED PROPERLY.
YOU JUSTIFY, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL LET JUSTIFY FOR OUR FEE STUDY.
SO SINCE WE ALREADY DONE THE TWO SUB 2017, AND I THINK THERE'S A BUSINESS LICENSE FEE, AND THEN WHILE WE ARE OKAY, LET TAI, WE TRY TO DO FACE ON THE EMPLOYEE OR BASED ON THE REVENUE.
SO, SO WE, WE, WE HAVE A STUDY IN 2017, SO CAN WE USE THE 2017, OKAY.
STUDY WHAT, AND GET A NEW ONE AFTER THE ONLY LIKE THREE, FOUR YEARS.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS, UH, MY CONCERN.
UM, I THINK AS THIS, IF I CAN ANSWER IT THROUGH THE CHAIR, BUT I THINK THIS IS A STEP AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE AUDITOR.
IT WAS SOMETHING IN OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S LESS RELEVANT TO DO A COMPARATIVE OF WHAT OTHER CITIES CHARGE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE BASIS OF THEIR FEES OR WHAT STAFFING THEY PUT INTO THEM, OR LEVEL OF EFFORT GOES INTO THEIR CHARGES, BUT, BUT ACTUALLY A, A JOB COSTING FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR ACTIVITY CENTERS.
UH, ANOTHER THING IT'LL DO FOR US IS IT'LL GIVE US A COST ALLOCATION PLAN.
THAT'LL GIVE US A FEDERALLY, UM, ELIGIBLE, UM, OVERHEAD RATE, THINK OF THE THIRD FLOOR AT CITY HALL AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE THEN ASSIGNABLE TO STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE HR DEPARTMENT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
BUT I THINK AS A RESULT OF THIS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DATA COME FORWARD.
AND, AND I THINK IT WILL BE DATA THAT'LL VERY, VERY USEFUL TO US.
UM, CERTAINLY IT'S NOT, UM, A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW, BUT IT IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE STATE AUDITOR ASKED US TO DO.
AND WE AGREED TO, AS PART OF OUR RECOVERY PLAN, THE QUESTION WAS OLD, THIS FEE STUDY.
AND, UH, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A MORE DETAILED WHILE DIDN'T DECIDE TO NY, BECAUSE IF WE DECIDE TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I KNOW WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD, BUT I STILL WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY CONSERVATIVELY.
THIS IS NEEDED, BUT I REALLY NEED MORE OF A, UH, DETAILED TO SEE THE PROPOSAL.
AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CONSULTANT TO THE COULDN'T TALK TO THE COUNCIL.
WE GOT IN WHY WE NEED, THIS WAS A BENEFIT.
MAKE, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO OKAY.
I, I LIKED THE IDEA OF COMPLYING WITH THE REQUEST OF THE STATE AUDITOR.
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WE'VE TAKEN THEIR FEEDBACK VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE REALLY IN DEPTH ABOUT, I LIKE WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, HOW IT'LL HELP US ALLOCATE COSTS WITHIN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH MIGHT HELP US WITH RECOVERY OF OTHER MONIES AND JUST BETTER PLANNING.SO WE COULD SECOND THE MOTION TO TABLE IT, TO BRING BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
AND I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT ONLY SHOWS A FEW FEES.
AND WHEN YOU SAY FEE STUDY, I'M THINKING THE WHOLE, IT ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN JUST THIS, FOR THE AMOUNT WE'RE PAYING.
SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHAT DOES IT ENCOMPASS OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING? CAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEES OUT THERE.
WELL, COUNCIL, I, I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR COMMENT AND I RECOGNIZE WE MIGHT NEED SOME MORE WORK ON THIS.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TABLE IT ALL, ALL, 'EM DO THAT WORK AND BRING IT BACK.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT DUBAI COUNCILMAN ROOM, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, MAYOR PRO TEM CUSTODY OWNERS, MAYOR LOPEZ.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NOS. 2489 AND 2490]
ONTO ITEM NUMBER THREE PULLED BY COUNCILMANI JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
UH, ARE THERE ANY GUIDELINES AS TO HOW THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UM, CAN BE SPENT, UH, DOES IT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE OFFERED BY THE CHURCH AND THAT WE LOST OR, UH, IS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT KIND OF OPEN ENDED? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, A COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS ENTIRELY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.
WE HAD NOT PUT FORWARD SUGGESTED GUIDELINES, ALTHOUGH I'M SPENDING MONEY IN THIS WAY IS TYPICALLY PRETTY POPULAR AND SOME FUN, SO, WELL, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION, BUT THAT DECISION ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS AND WHAT PROGRAMS AND IN WHAT WAYS THESE MONIES ARE PUT INTO USE IS NOT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, BUT WE INTEND TO BRING THAT BACK SUBSEQUENTLY.
UH, I HAD, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE $200,000, UH, ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
UH, SO AS MENTIONED BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS, UH, DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO SPECIFICALLY THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF WEST COVINA IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY IMPACTED.
UH, QUALITY OF LIFE IS, IS GOING TO BE SACRIFICED.
UH, SO IS THERE ANY PROTECTION TO GUARANTEE THAT THAT $200,000, UM, PAYS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF WEST COVINA? I UNDERSTAND THAT THE $200,000 IS GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, BUT I THINK THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE SACRIFICING, UM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE WORN AWAY, UM, IS GOING TO BE PROTECTED BY, BY THESE MONIES? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE $200,000 THAT GOES TOWARD THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE, ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
UM, MOST OF THOSE ARE IN PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND FIRE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO IN MYRIAD OF OTHER THINGS, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION AND, UM, PLANNING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS A CITY.
THERE'S NO BEEN NO CONVERSATION TO THIS MOMENT THAT THOSE MONIES WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
WE'VE WE'VE, UM, JUST GOT THEM IN THERE AS A GENERAL FUND, UM, CONTRIBUTION IT'S, IT'S, UH, A PAYMENT TO THE CITY IN LIEU OF TAXES, BUT SUPPLEMENTS THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARD, TOWARD GOOD GOVERNMENT.
SO I GUESS THE ANSWER TO THAT IS EVERY YEAR AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET, YOU'D HAVE TO WEIGH THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SOME PRIORITY BASED DECISIONS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND, I, I THINK MY CONCERN IS THE WAY WE'VE, UM, MADE DECISIONS TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY, LIKE THINGS LIKE STREET REPAIR HAS BEEN BASED ON AN ALGORITHM THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AMAZON SITE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, UH, I, I GUESS IS, IS THEY'RE PLANNING TO, UM, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE ARE NOW MAKING OUR DECISIONS IN TERMS OF STREET REPAIR AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT NOW WE'VE, WE'VE CHANGED RIGHT? THE, THIS TO MANUFACTURING, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING THESE TRACTOR TRAILERS AND THE VEHICLES, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT HASN'T BEEN PART OF OUR THINKING TO THIS MOMENT.
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AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO PRESERVE THE COUNCIL'S RIGHT TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST LONG-TERM INTEREST OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE.I MEAN, WE MENTIONED STREETS, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF QUANTIFYING WHAT THEIR STREET NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THE PRIORITY SHOULD BE.
COUNCIL REVIEWS THAT AS YOU SHOULD, BUT, BUT WE'VE NOT TIED IT TO GEO AREAS OR COUNCIL DISTRICTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND I WOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT DO THAT.
I, I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT YOU PRESERVE YOUR RIGHT TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST LONG-TERM INTEREST OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE, RATHER THAN HAVE THESE GENERAL FUND MONIES BE TIED TO SOME GEO AREA.
I JUST THINK, UM, WE'VE GOT GENUINE NEEDS IN THE GENERAL FUND IN A LOT OF AREAS, BUILDINGS, AND EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ALSO DESIGNATE THIS GENERAL FUND MONEY FURTHER.
AND I, I WOULD CAUTION YOU THAT MAYBE THAT'S NOT AN APPROACH YOU WANT TO TAKE TONIGHT.
UH, MY LAST QUESTION IS REGARDING THE, THE 24 HOUR, UH, 24 7 HOTLINE.
UH, NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE OPERATOR, UH, IS, IS AMAZON.
UM, BUT THE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
AND AMAZON HAS MADE CLEAR THAT, THAT THEY HAVE NO, NO LIABILITY AND, AND NO CONNECTION TO THE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
SO BECAUSE MOST COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO BE FROM THE, THE VANS AND, AND THE, THE DELIVERIES.
ARE WE GOING TO SET UP, UH, AS THE CITY PERFECT FINISH, ARE WE GOING TO, ARE WE GOING TO, BECAUSE ALL THE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE GOING TO BE LICENSED THROUGH THE CITY, UH, AS, AS BUSINESSES.
UH, SO IS THE, IS THE, THE CITY, UM, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE CAPACITY, UM, TO, UM, TAKE, TAKE THE COMPLAINTS AND THE CAUSES? IS THERE A PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS? UH, BECAUSE AMAZON HAS, HAS STATED THAT THE DSPS ARE NOT AMAZON, SO THERE'S 24 7 HOTLINE.
UH, I GUESS I'D WANT SOME CLARIFICATION.
UH, W THE WAY, THE WAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP IS WRITTEN IS IT, THE AMAZON WILL ENTERTAIN ALL THOSE CALLS.
THE CITY IS NOT PLANNING ON TAKING ANY OF THOSE CALLS.
BUT THE FACT THAT THESE, THESE DSPS ARE NOT, ARE NOT AMAZON OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE A SUBCONTRACTOR.
I WAS STANDING THAT AMAZON, THEY CONTRACT WITH AMAZON, AMAZON WILL ENTERTAIN THOSE.
AND THEN, SO THOSE COMPLAINTS TO AMAZON, UM, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION FROM AMAZON TO THE CITY CONSIDERING THE, THESE, THESE DSPS ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THE CITY, AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION? SO WHAT IS OUR EXPECTATION WHEN AMAZON GETS THESE COMPLAINTS FROM THOSE DSPS ARE ABOUT THOSE, THOSE FANS, AMAZON WILL ADDRESS THOSE COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY WITH, WITH, UM, WHOEVER, WHOEVER THE INDIVIDUAL, WHOEVER THE CITIZEN IS, WHOEVER IT IS, THEY WILL ADDRESS THOSE COMPLAINTS.
IT'S IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IF THERE ARE FAILING TO DO THAT, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THERE THAT THE CITY THEN CAN STEP IN.
SO IF SO, IF AMAZON IS, IS FAILING TO DEAL WITH THE SUBCONTRACTOR THAT HAS A BUSINESS LICENSE THROUGH THE CITY, UH, AMAZON IS LIABLE, LIABLE FOR THAT.
HOW'S THAT ANY DIFFERENT THAN UBER AND LYFT? NO.
WHILE AMAZON HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR THEIR DSP.
SO I THINK UBER, UH, THOSE SUBCU, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN STUDIED THE UBER QUESTION, BUT I HAVE STUDIED THE AMAZON DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER QUESTION.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIABILITY.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AN AUTO ACCIDENT? YES.
STATE LAW REQUIRES THEM TO CARRY INSURANCE.
THEY'LL CARRY THEIR INSURANCE AND THEY ARE PROTECTED.
SO, SO WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH, LET'S SAY THE WAY THE DELIVERY DRIVER, UM, DELIVERS THE PACKAGE IT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CITY'S ISSUE.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE ARE SOME NEGLIGENCE ON PART OR A POTHOLE, OR THEY GOING AN ACCIDENT WITH A CITY VEHICLE, THEN THERE'S A CLAIM PROCESS THAT THEY FILED TO THE CITY CLERK AND WE'LL ADDRESS.
SO, SO FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS 24, 7 HOTLINE, I THINK HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY JUST CONTACT THE AMAZON.
I MEAN, THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT.
IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE VERY, AMAZON IS, I MEAN, SIMILAR TO UBER AND LYFT BECAUSE THEY ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AS WELL.
NO, BUT I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MA
I MEAN, HE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING HIM SOMETHING THAT LIKE, HE JUST ANSWERED.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE DRILLING THE CITY ATTORNEY
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DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.WELL, BECAUSE I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FOR THE RESIDENT QUESTION.
YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, I MEAN, HE JUST ANSWERED.
SO, SO FOR RESIDENTS TO BE, TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS, THIS 24 7 HOTLINE THAT IS GOING TO BE SET UP IS TO DEAL WITH ALL ISSUES BEYOND JUST THE FACILITY, BUT ALSO TO DEAL WITH ISSUES WITH THE DSPS.
IT'S THE VANS, THE DRIVERS, THE DELIVERIES ARE TO CALL THIS CLEAR.
AND IF IT'S OUR FAULT, THE CITY WILL HANDLE, OBVIOUSLY, AND EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE INSURANCE, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY CARRIERS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE LIABILITY INSURANCE COMES IN TO PROTECT ANY, ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT IS INJURED OR DAMAGED BY, AND THAT THE, THE, THE FACT THAT THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE BUSINESS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND AND BEFORE WE VOTE, I'D LIKE TO ADD, I MEAN, I DON'T GET THE ANGER TOWARDS AMAZON.
AMAZON'S A WONDERFUL COMPANY THAT OFFERS GREAT PRICES.
IT'S HAS SAVED ME A TON OF MONEY TON OF TIME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE ME TO BUY MORE, OR I DON'T THINK IT'LL CAUSE ANYBODY ELSE TO BUY MORE JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO WITH THAT I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL.
BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, I'M REQUIRED TO READ THE ORDINANCE TILES INTO THE RECORD.
SO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 8, 9 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 20 DASH OH FOUR, TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION AT 12, 12, 11 EAST BENDIGO, A STREET TO MANUFACTURING M ONE AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 9 0, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, NUMBER 21 DASH OH ONE, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND AGEE WEST COVINA OWNERS, LLC, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON DELIVERY STATION, DA X NINE PROJECT WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER, TBA ANTIBODY, UH, BEFORE I VOTE, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UH, THE LEVEL OF DISMISSIVENESS OF RESIDENT CONCERNS THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER, AND HE ANSWERED IT.
HE'S ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE, MR.
COUNCILMAN DIAZ, MAYOR PRO TEM CASINOS.
[13) FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE]
REGULAR MATTERS.ITEM NUMBER 13, FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE OCEAN CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THE UPDATE.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS FINDING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM RIGHT NOW.
GOOD EVENING ON NUMBER MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BEFORE I GET TO THE ALBUM.
UM, SO THE PRESENTATION, UM, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE, UM, THE CIP PROGRAM IS, UH, USUALLY IS A FIVE TO 10 YEARS PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES THE TOP TOLD PROJECTS, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, EQUIPMENT PURCHASED AND, UM, PROVIDES, UH, THE SCHEDULING PLAN AND ALSO PROVIDES A SCHEDULING OF THE FINANCE FOR DOLL.
BUT THOSE PLANS, OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, DELIVERY IS THE KEY ISSUE.
AND THERE ARE, UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THEY WENT THROUGH VERY COMPLEX AND, UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, UM, VERY LENGTHY, UM, THE, UM, UH, SITUATION TOO, BEFORE WE GET THE PROJECTS, UM, UM, IMPLEMENTED AND CONSTRUCTED AND I WILL GET TO THOSE, UM, PROCESS, UH, WHAT THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, THIS, UH, TONIGHT AND THE CIP, UM, PART OF THE CIP REPORT IS ONE, TWO, UM, UM, KIND OF OVERVIEW THE, UM, THE PROJECTS THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED UP TODAY.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WE WANT TO, UM, STAFF UP, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, UH, ANTICIPATION OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, BEFORE I'M FINISHED IT BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN THIRDLY, UM, INTRODUCING TO YOU INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THE PROJECT TO THE COUNCIL
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AND, UM, OKAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PRESENT, IT'S NOT PULLING UP, OR WE DON'T HAVE THE SLIDES OR IT'S NOT WORKING.IS IT A TECH ISSUE OR BE AT A MAYOR IF YOU CAN GIVE US A SECOND.
UH, AS I MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE COMPLEX PROJECT, UH, UH, PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, UH, PART OF THE, UH, CIP PROJECT, UM, UH, MANAGEMENT IS OBVIOUSLY PROJECT PLANNING, UM, SCOPE OF, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT WE WANNA DO, UH, PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE THAT'S NEEDED FOR, TO COME UP WITH THE PROJECT COSTS AND THAT DESIGN PHASE, WHICH USUALLY WE, UM, WE SENT THE RFP OUT TO GET A CONSULTANT TO DO THE DESIGN AND, UM, UH, PREPARATION OF THE BID PACKAGE DOCUMENT.
THAT INCLUDES THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION TO BID BIDDING, UM, BID EVALUATION, AND RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN, UM, CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, UM, AND ADMINISTRATION FINALLY THE, UM, PROJECT CLOSE OUT AND, UH, UH, FUNDING ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN DIFFERENT, UM, CATEGORY ONE IS THE BUILDING GENERAL PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND FIELDS, REGIONAL SHORE STREET AND SIDEWALK AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
UM, THE FIRST OF PROJECTS THAT BE COMPLETED AS THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE, UM, UH, THE ORANGE AVENUE, UM, THE DEATH PROJECT WAS, UM, INCLUDED, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UM, UH, ROADWAY, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING NEW, UH, CONCRETE, UH, STORM, UM, STORM DRAIN, UH, CATCH BASING, UH, CO UH, CURB LAMP.
THE COSTS WAS HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THAT WAS, THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED LAST OCTOBER, OCTOBER OF TWO, UH, 20, 20, UM, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND WE, UM, UPDATES THE CITY'S PAYMENT, UM, UH, MANAGEMENT AND PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS THE PLANNING AND BUDGETING OF THE, UM, UH, THE CITY, UH, CITIES, ALL THE ROADWAYS TO DETERMINE AND PLAN ON WHAT SHAPE THEY ARE AND THE MOST BEGUN TO DO.
AND, UH, WHAT KIND OF, UH, WHAT THE BUDGET THING I'M PLANNING FOR NEXT 10 YEARS, AND USUALLY THIS PROJECT, UH, A PMP PROJECT PLANNING, UH, MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IT'S NEEDED FOR THE, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, THE GRANTS THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE.
AND ALSO THE, UM, ALSO THE PROP C REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, UH, THIS, UH, THIS PLAN EVERY THREE YEARS, A QUESTION ON THE PAVEMENT.
SO THIS ONE IS, GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE OTHER PAVEMENT THAT COMES THROUGH.
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YES, YES IT DOES.AND THEN, SO YOU ARE GOING TO PROJECT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
IS THIS THE, THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE DOING TO PROJECT.
WE STARTED IT AND, UH, 20, UH, YOU KNOW, ON TOO.
SO, UM, 2017, 2018 TO 19 20, 20, 21, AND WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN AND THEN SECTION BY SECTION THE ONES THAT WAS DETERMINED AS NEED TO BE EITHER IMPROVED OR REPLACED OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
SO WHEN YOU REVIEW THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO NOT JUST REVIEW WHAT THE OTHER GENTLEMEN SAID BASED ON THEIR THEORY, BUT WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IN OUR STREETS THOUGH.
I KNOW IT WILL COST MORE, BUT WE DO WANT TO SEE THOSE STREETS REPAIRED.
IS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? UM, I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH, WHICH GENTLEMAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND SAID THE OTHER, UM, ONE WHO PRESENTED THE PAYMENT.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT? UH, WHO DID THE WHOLE PAVEMENT? UM, IS IT, UH, OH, IT'S A DIFFERENT, UM, UNIT WITHIN THE TRANS TECH FIRM.
SO, UM, ALL CONDOM MERCY AND AHMAD ANSARI, UM, ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY HANDS-ON IN TERMS OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE COORDINATION OF THAT THROUGH THIS CIP PROCESS YOU ARE AWARE OF ARE THE COUNCIL.
I AM ON TO SEE WHAT PAVEMENT I HAVE.
THIS IS ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WAS ON ALL YES.
WHEN YOU SAID OTHER GENTLEMEN, I DIDN'T, IT JUST LOST ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW, WITH SHALLOW MEANTIME WHEN HE WAS PRESENTING THE LAST ONE.
UM, HE'S UH, THE 2017 18, UM, THAN SHOW THE STREETS, AS YOU SEE ON THAT MAP, IT'S JUST, UH, UH, REHAB IMPROVEMENT IS EITHER, UM, SLURRY SEAL OR, UM, JUST CAP SEAL OR CONCRETE OR ASPHALT THAT WE DID.
AND THAT, THAT COST OF THAT, UM, WAS ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.
AND WE DID ABOUT 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF THE STREETS, AND THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED, UH, DECEMBER OF 2020.
UM, THE NEXT PROJECT IS THAT CORTEZ PARKING LOT, UH, REHAB NEXT TO THEM.
UM, CITRUS AVENUE, WE DID THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, JUST, UH, UM, I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE RESTROOM, UM, RESTROOM AND INNOVATION, UM, AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
I GOTTA GO BACK THE GRASS PARK, THIS PARK PARK.
WHAT'S A SMART PARKING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2020.
UH, AND, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PART OF THE, UM, JUST, UH, UM, UH, PARKING LOT, UM, JUST A HOLD DIRTY PRAYER OR A SCLERA CHERYL OR, YOU KNOW, UH, PAYMENT.
UM, UM, I THINK THE ONE THAT I HAVE IS DIFFERENT FROM THERE.
THAT'S WHEN IT SAID X, PLEASE.
NEXT JUST A RESTROOM ANIMATION ON THE SENIOR CENTER, THERE WAS, UM, UM, MAN AND A WOMAN'S RESTROOM WITH RENOVATED LAST YEAR AND LAST JANUARY, AND IT'S IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, THAT WAS, UM, COMPLETED, UH, LIKE I SAID IN JANUARY.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE COST WAS ABOUT $300,000.
UM, NEXT IS THE, UM, 2019, 2020 RESIDENTIAL THE STREETS.
THAT'S AGAIN, A PART OF THAT PAVEMENT PAVEMENT REHABILITATION, AND THERE'S THE, JUST THE ASPHALT OVERLAY OR SLURRY SEAL OR, UM, UM, A CONCRETE CURB AND SIDEWALK CURBING, GUTTER, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, WHICH WAS, UH, WE DID ABOUT A 1.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF THEM.
UH, THE STREET AND THE COST WAS 1.5, $1 MILLION.
AND THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2021.
AND NOW WE GO INTO THE STATUS OF A CIP PROJECT CURRENTLY IN, UH, TO BE DOING, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE, UM, UH, LIFT THE STATION, ZOOS LIFT THE STATION.
THIS PROJECT WAS STARTED SOMETIMES AND GO, AND IT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIAL, UH, UH, TIME TOOK THE BAR, THE PUMP AND A MOTOR AND, UH, UH,
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SWITCH GEARS.THEY, THEY TOOK SO LONG, BUT FINALLY WE GOT THEM TOGETHER AND, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, STARTING BY END OF THIS MONTH, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL START THIS MONTH.
THE CONTRACTOR IS WAITING TO GET HIS TRAFFIC CONTROL APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY OF LA, WHICH COUNTY OR LA, THEY ARE HAVING VERY MUCH HARD TIME AFTER THIS COVID THING.
AND IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO, UM, TO GET THE PERMIT GOING, BUT THIS WILL BE, UM, UM, START, START, UH, BY END OF THIS MONTH.
AND WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING TO FINISH IT IN 2022.
AND, UH, TO, UM, 2021, RESIDENTIAL IS THREE, THREE HALF.
AND THIS IS, UH, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S A SLURRY SEAL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND ASPHALT AND ANY SURFACING, IT'S ABOUT A 1.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF A SLURRY SEAL AND ASPHALT WILL BE DONE.
UM, AND, UH, IT, IT'S GONNA COST ALMOST A TWO, UM, $2 MILLION AND, UM, CONSTRUCTION STARTS, UH, I STARTED IN JUNE, 2021 AND WE ARE ANTICIPATE, WELL, ACTUALLY WE ARE DONE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ACCEPTANCE AND GOING THROUGH THEM, THE COUNTY FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RECORDATION AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED WITH, UH, DECEMBER OF 2021, UM, THE NEXT AS THE FIRE STATION, NUMBER FOUR PARKING LOT, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT ONE AS WELL, AND THAT IS JUST A RESURFACING, JUST FINISHING, UM, UH, ASPHALT CON, UH, ASPHALT WITH THE CONCRETE.
AND, UM, IT'S ABOUT 31,000 SQUARE FOOT OF, UH, UH, PARKING LOT AND ABOUT THREE, $300,000 COSTS.
AND, UM, THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AGAIN.
UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE, UM, THIS, UH, JUST A PROJECT CLOSE OUT IS TAKING TIME AND IT'S PEOPLE WE SHOULD BE DONE BY DECEMBER OF TWO, UM, THIS YEAR, NEXT MONTH, UM, CITYWIDE, UM, PAVEMENT MARKING STRIPING AND SIGNAGE, SIGNAGE, AND IMPROVEMENT.
THIS PROJECT AGAIN IS ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFETY, SIGNATURE, UH, SIGNAGE AND STRIPING IMPROVEMENT AND, UH, ON VARIOUS STREETS.
AND THE COST IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AGAIN, THE MATERNITY HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KINDA DELAY, UH, DELAYING OUR PROJECT AND WE ARE STILL A LITTLE WORKING ON BATMAN RAIL, HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET EVERYTHING GOING AND THEY FINISH IT UP BY EARLY 2022.
UM, THE, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS JUST A, UH, ONE OF THOSE REGIONAL PROJECT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORING, UM, IS, UH, LIKE, UM, LARC ISLAND AND, UM, GROVE CENTER, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SLOWING DOWN, SLOWING US DOWN.
AND, UM, UH, WE ARE HOPING DEATH.
WE FINISHED THIS PROJECT AS WELL BY, UH, EARLY 2022.
THAT'S A MAJOR STREET THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THE PMP THERE'S AZUSA AVENUE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, WORKING ON THAT.
AND, UM, UH, WE ARE INCLUDING, UM, UH, COUNT SENDS APPROVAL IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WE ARE, THEY'RE TAKING THEIR TIME TO GET THE APPROVAL GOING.
AND WE ARE HOPING THAT, THAT THE DESIGN TO START AN EARLY, UH, TO, UH, 2020 TO EARLY NEXT YEAR, UM, THE NEXT PROJECT GETS PLANTED ROAD AND, UM, FORECASTLE EXCUSE ME, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL OVER THERE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL IT'S, UH, FIELD CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 20, UH, THIS YEAR 2021.
AND, UH, JUST ACCEPTANCE AND THE GETTING THE, UH, FINAL FINALIZING THE PROJECT IS, UH, TAKING TIME.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO FINISH IT UP BY, UM, UH, JANUARY OF 22.
UM, NEXT STEP, TRAFFIC'S BEEN CALLING FOR IMPROVEMENT ON CAMERON AND BRONCO.
THIS ONE HAS BEEN STARTED SOMETIMES.
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UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE, I KEPT SAYING THAT KNOW THE MATERIAL IS DELAYING IN A, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IS DEALING WITH THAT.AND, UM, WE ARE, AGAIN, HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THE MATERIAL AND GET THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT THEN.
AND, UH, WE FINISHED IT UP BY EARLY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, 2022.
AND THEN, UM, NEXT AS THE UPCOMING PROJECT, UH, UPCOMING PROJECT IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTIAL, THE STREETS IMPROVEMENT 20 21 22.
AND YOU HAVE THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE A PLAN ON, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING THE PACKAGE OUT BY, UH, UH, JANUARY 22 AND HOPING TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION BY END OF, UH, HOPEFULLY BY MIDDLE OF, UH, GET ON 22, UM, UH, NEXT, UM, YOUR, UM, THIS IS FRIENDSHIP PARK IMPROVEMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, UH, THESE, ALL THESE EQUIPMENT, UH, IS NOT BEING DELIVERED AND, UH, THEY ARE, THEY KEEP DELAYING THE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE GET THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOON AND, UH, FINISH IT UP BY EARLY 20, 22.
UM, NEXT IS THE CORTEZ PARK, WHICH SAME THING, SAME, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, UH, FINISH THAT UP.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AS SOON AS WE GET ALL THIS EQUIPMENT AND NEXT IS, UH, UM, THIS IS, UM, RUBBERIZED SAFETY SURFACE ON THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE KIDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIAL, THE STEEL IS HOLDING US UP, BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BY NEXT MONTH WE WILL BIT THIS JOB OUT.
AND THEN, UH, WE, WE FINISH IT UP BY JANUARY AS WELL.
UM, NEXT AS THE, UM, SHORE MAIN REPLACEMENT AS A PART OF THE, UH, SHORT, MAIN MANAGEMENT SHORT, UH, MANAGEMENT PLAN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A COUPLE OF, UH, SECTION OF THE SHORELINE ON THE, UH, AZUSA AND CITRUS TO BE REPLACED BEYOND CURRENTLY DESIGNING THAT AND DESIGN SHOULD BE DONE BY END OF THIS MONTH.
AS SOON AS THE PACKAGE IS READY, WE WILL BE, UM, GETTING IT OUT BY DECEMBER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, IN, UH, TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
I'VE FINISHED IT UP BY, UH, BEFORE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS THE SHORE MAY REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS THE, WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT THE SHORE LINES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, UH, UM, UH, THE CITY.
AND THERE'S A LOTS OF LINE THAT THE OVERCAPACITY, A LOT OF DEBRIEF, A LOT OF, UH, STUFF ON THE PIPE, UH, IN THE PIPELINES RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DOING, UH, THE VIDEO TAPING OF ALL THE PIPELINES AND VIDEOTAPING IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT VIDEOTAPE AND DETERMINE WHAT LINES THAT WE GONNA BE REPLACING, UH, WITH THE LARGEST SIZE PIPE MAYBE, OR WHAT LINE WE CAN JUST LINE IT.
AND WE WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AFTER WE LOOK AT THE, UH, VIDEO TAPE AND VIDEO TAPING, VIDEO TAPING, ALL I HAVE TO, UH, SAY THAT THE, OUR STAFF IS DOING THE, UH, THE VIDEO TAPING, UM, WHY THE STATION TWO AND FOUR, THAT IF, UH, THAT'S, UM, A ROOF REPLACEMENT THAT PACKAGES, UM, UH, EXCUSE ME, UM, IS OUT THIS MONTH, BUT, UH, I MEAN, UH, LAST MONTH IT WAS OUT AND, UH, SHOULD BE, UH, BEDDING BY, UM, MID DECEMBER.
AND WE FINISH IT UP BY, UH, FIRST PART OF THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS WANTING TO X IS THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE, THAT'S A CON THIS IS A CONCEPT PLANS.
THIS IS NOT, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY ENGINEERING ON IT.
WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY, UH, ANY PLANNING OR ANYTHING WITH JUST CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S BEING HIGH AS IS, AS YOU SEE IT SHOWS, WHERE DOES, UH, WHERE THE FIRE STATION ONE IS GOING TO BE.
AND THE PARKING LOT, WE ADDED SOME, UH, PARKING SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE, UH, THE LIBRARY OVER THERE.
AND THIS CONCEPT PLAN IS JUST BEING DEVELOPED AND IT'S GOING TO BE FURTHER TO STUDY BY, UH, BY EVERYONE, UM,
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THE SENIOR CENTER, SLIDING DOORS.UM, THERE ARE 10 OF SLIDING DOORS.
I FIGURED I REPLACED, UH, AT THE SENIOR CENTERS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAD, UH, UH, PRE-BID, UM, A WALK TODAY AND WE HAD, UM, TWO OR THREE CONTRACTORS SHOWED UP AND HAD TO BID THE JOB.
AND, UH, BEDDING IS GOING TO BE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND WE ARE HOPING THAT, UH, WE GET THAT GOING IF THE MATERIAL, IF THE MATERIAL SHOWS UP, BUT, UH, WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY WILL, UM, UM, NEXT, UM, NEXT IS THAT FIVE SESSION ONE, THAT'S THE MECHANICAL BUILDING OVER THERE.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 10 ROLLING DOORS THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE HAD A PRETTY BAD, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WALK TODAY AND THAT, UH, THAT IS GOING TO BE BID.
UH, IN COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAD THREE ALMOST, UH, TWO OF THE SAME CONTRACTORS THAT SHOWED UP IN THE CENTER.
THEY SHOWED UP OVER THERE AS WELL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING THE JOB.
AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL, UM, WE WILL HAVE THE BIDDLE, EXCUSE ME.
I HAVE A QUESTION OVER HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.
IF WE PLANNING TO MOVE STATION NUMBER ONE IN JULY CORNER, UH, WHY WE HAVE TO SPEND THOSE MONEY AND ON BUDGET STEP, HUH? YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH THE TOLL ANYWAY, BECAUSE WHEN A BUILD A NEW ONE.
SO, SO HOW MUCH MONEY, AND THEN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, ONE YEAR THERE WILL BE DEMOLISHED.
SO WILL IT BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE? I THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, THERE ARE USING THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SPACE, AND IT'S NOT KNOWING THAT, UH, WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRE STATION, NEW FIRES TISSUE ONE IS GOING TO GO AND THEY WANT TO, UH, USE THOSE DOORS.
AND, UH, WE JUST WORKED HIM WITH THEM AND, UH, HE WASN'T CAN WE USE THE DOOR? AND THE LATER ON WE USED THIS GARAGE DOOR TO SOMEPLACE ELSE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT JUST WASTES OFF A RESOURCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE, AS FAR AS THE COSTCOS, UH, I DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT GOING BACK TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO, OKAY.
NO MATTER HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING OVER THERE, WHEN YOU'RE THE NEW ONE AND THIS JUST TEMPORARILY AND THE WHY WE PUT THE EXTRA MONEY, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN HOW EXPENSIVE FOR THOSE ROLES AT ALL.
THEN, THEN WE'LL, MAYBE WE CAN, WELL, AFTER WE BID IT, THAT PACKAGE IS GOING TO COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR SHORT, BUT DEFINITELY AS YOU DIRECTED, WE WILL TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, BRING THEIR, UM, YOUR CONCERN.
AND, UM, IF HE COME BACK FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AWARDING, UH, THEN WE CAN, UH, WE CAN EXPLAIN IT A BIT MORE ON WHY THEN THOSE DOORS OR THOSE ROLL-UP DOORS ARE NEEDED.
WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU ALL THE UPCOMING CIP PROJECTS.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE, UM, THAT OUR BID, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GO TO THE COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE, UH, R UH, MEDIUM LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY HAVE, UM, UH, THE DESIGN OF THE LANDSCAPING ON THE MEDIANS.
AND, AND THEN WE ARE, UH, WE HAD, WE, WE HAD, UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE SAN GABRIEL, UM, UM, CONSERVATION CORP TO, UM, TO COME AND DO THIS PLANNING AND PLANTING FOR US.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE HAVING, UH, A WORKSHOP FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL, BRINGING THEM IN TO KIND OF TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.
NEXT WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WALK AND WE ARE PLANNING ON STARTING A MONDAY AFTER NEXT.
I THINK WE COUNSEL MENTIONED ABOUT, OKAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS NEW DESIGN, TWO THINGS, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, SO, OKAY.
AND THE SECOND THING IS LIGHTING.
I KNOW IN AZUSA, WE HAVE ALL IT AND THE ONES OF BLUE MOON I'D FORGOT.
20 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS LIGHT ON TEA, ENTAIL SOUSA.
AND AVENUES LOOKS SO GORGEOUS, BUT THERE'S A LONG TIME AGO.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? OKAY.
AND DO TO UTILIZE ALL THOSE, ALL THAT.
AND PLUS WHEN YOU SPRINKLER, SO WE'LL HAVE YOU PUT IT INTO OUR PIT OR INCLUDING, SO WE NOT ONLY BUILD THAT BEAUTY FOR JUST 4, 6, 7 MONTHS, AND THEN THEY DIE OUT.
NOW WE WANT TO KEEP THIS FOREVER.
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ABSOLUTELY.WE HAVE SOME OF THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEM WE CAN RESTORE, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE DONE, BUT, UH, WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE COST OF IT AS WELL.
THE, ALL THESE, UH, LANDSCAPE IS NOT JUST A PIPING, IT'S A PIPING, THIS CONNECTED TO THE MAIN LINE.
AND THEN THERE ARE BACKFLOW DEVICES BASED WITH THOSE.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE COST OF, WE CAN NOT JUST BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING, BUT WE ALLOW IRRIGATION PERIOD.
WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT FOR SURE.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT THE WAY.
WELL, ARE YOU SAYING THEY HAVEN'T BID BID FOR IT? I'M SORRY, YOUR SYSTEM, THEY HAVEN'T PUT OUT A BID FOR THAT.
CAUSE I MEAN, LOOKING INTO IT, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT A BID OR THE CONSERVATION AND TAT DESIGN.
I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG THING THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE LAST MEETING ABOUT NOT CAUSE REMEMBER I SAID, WE WON'T JUST TOLERATE, JUST THROWING WATER.
WE ACTUALLY WANT TO FIX IT AND DO IT RIGHT.
WELL, THE BUDGET'S IS THE BIGGEST THING ON THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE, UM, UH, MAYBE INS TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE THE PLACE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE THE PAIR AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? AND THE COST OF IT COMES TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE DOING THIS, WE ARE GOING TO DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THE, UM, WELL, THE REASON WHY WE ASKED BEFORE, WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE COST TO US OR WHAT WE SAW THE MEDIAN WAS ABOUT 400 SOMETHING, BUT WE HAD LIKE 1 MILLION.
AND SO WE HAD LIKE FIVE, 600,000 TO WORK WITH.
IT'S UP TO 1.5, FIND OUT, OKAY, 1.5 MILLION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE FIGURED THAT WOULD, UM, INCLUDE THE IRRIGATION.
AND, AND WE MADE IT KNOWN THE IRRIGATION AT 1.2 TO 5 MILLION WAS NOT A IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS NOT INCLUDED.
NO, BUT THAT WASN'T THE BID 1.2 WASN'T THE BID.
THAT WAS THE BID, BUT IT WAS LESS THAN 500,000.
AND I KNEW WE HAD EXTRA, WE APPROVED Y MILLION DENNY, YOU INCREASED 1.5.
SO A PRO LAST TIME WE BELIEVE THAT THIS GOING TO BE A S OKAY.
A MEDIAN AND THE WINTER LAST FOREVER.
AND NOT GOING TO LAST JUST FOR ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS.
NOW WE NEED TO MENTION AS PEOPLE TOO.
SO HERE IS A PACKAGE CAN NOT BE JUST BILL AND A WEEK LATER ON HOW TO KEEP IT CONTINUE.
THE MAINTENANCE PACKAGE IS GOING TO GO OUT TO BED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE ONE THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSAL WAS DONE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE GOING OUT TO BID ON THAT ONE.
AND MEANWHILE, SINCE WE ARE DOING THE, ALL THE MEDIANS AND IT'S GONNA TAKE EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS TO DO ALL THE MEDIANS, BUT WE ARE, STEP-BY-STEP LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, SITUATION AND WANT TO SEE HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THEIR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
THE ONLY CONCERN IS IF YOU WORK ON THE MEDIANS AND THEN THE IRRIGATION AFTER YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN THE MEDIANS AGAIN.
SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE MEDIANS, THEY DO HAVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, WHICH CAN BE RESTORED.
AND, BUT MOST OF THEM, THEY DON'T, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE CAN DISTORT.
AND THE REST OF IT, WE ARE GOING TO, WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK INTO IT, TO SEE HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? WOULD IT GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE MEDIUMS BEING DONE AT THE SAME TIME, OR BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING, LOOKING INTO IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MEDIANS WILL COME FIRST, MAKE IT ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEN IRRIGATION AFTER, AND THEN DIG IT ALL UP AGAIN AND JUST DO DOUBLE THE WORK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE IRRIGATION, ELECTRICITY, AND THEN WE CAN LANDSCAPE.
UH, WAIT, THAT'S HOW I DO MY HOME.
YOU NEED TO THE BASE, PUT THE IRRIGATION.
BURY THE ELECTRIC TUBE, THIS AND THAT, AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKING AND YOU'LL PLAY.
AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS UNDERGROUND.
100%, BUT THE BUDGET WAS THE CONSTRAINT FOR US.
AND WE WERE LOOKING INTO HOW I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO BUDGET, BUDGET, BUDGET.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF 3000, RIGHT THEN THE BUDGET DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO US.
WELL, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST HER IF IT HAS BEEN OUT TO BID, BECAUSE THAT'S A DECISION THAT WE WILL MAKE, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS OR ANYTHING TO, WE DID NOT LOOK INTO THE TOTAL COST, BUT WE ESTIMATED PROBABLY AROUND A MILLION, MILLION AND SOME CHANGE FOR THERE AGAIN.
SO I THINK CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, OUR MAJOR CONCERN, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE TO START STEP IN.
I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY, WE HAVE A CONTRACT
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IN PLACE FOR A MILLION, FIVE.WE THINK THE CURRENT COST TO DO ALL OF THE MEDIUMS THAT YOU REVIEWED AT YOUR LAST MEETING IS ABOUT 1,000,001.
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN WITH THE IRRIGATION AS PART OF THAT.
AND THE, LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE CONTRACT.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR BRAND NEW ELECTRICITY JUST TO REPAIR WHAT WE HAVE.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION, SORRY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.
WE JUST TRY TO, HOPEFULLY
THAT'S WHY WE WANT ABSOLUTELY.
SO ALL THE PEOPLE IN FUTURE CAN APPRECIATE.
UH, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE, UH, DETAILED UPDATES.
SOMETIMES THEY TELL US, BUT WE DON'T GET TO SEE OR PUT IT IN A BIGGER PICTURE.
AND WE LOVE SEEING COMPLETED CIP PROJECTS.
SO WHEN WE, CAUSE WE, IT GOES THROUGH SO MANY, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DELAY.
A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF I KNOW IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL BECAUSE THE MATERIALS, I MEAN THE, THE SHIPPING, THE CARGO, ALL THAT STUFF.
I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S JUST NOT US.
UH, SO THE MATERIAL THAT IS EXCUSABLE, EVERYTHING ELSE, I, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE STREET, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE 20, 21 HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE JUST, THE LONG LEAD TIME IS THE ACCEPTANCE AND THE BEGINNING OF RECORDING WITH THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BATHROOMS ON THE RESTROOMS OR BATHROOMS, OR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PARKS, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT, ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPLETED EXCEPT TO PAPERWORK IS, UH, KIND OF DELAYING, UH, THE WHOLE THING.
I MEAN, BESIDES THAT, I MEAN, I THINK YOU HEARD THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO, I THINK WE HAVE TO A MOTION TO APPROVE, CORRECT.
ALRIGHT SO ON TO MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, UH, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST CITY COUNCIL
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.I JUST HAVE, UH, TWO QUICK COMMENTS FIRST.
UH, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, ANGELA AND JOSE REYES AND, UH, THAT DISTRICT ONE, UH, AREA THAT PUT ON A WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN.
UM, YEAH, WE DID UP TO CITYWIDE.
CITYWIDE, NOT JUST THE DISTRICT.
SO IT WAS THE STAFF WCPT BLOCKED OUT THOSE STREETS.
UM, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE.
UM, MY FAMILY HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, UH, AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A SEAN.
GRANGER'S SEAN GRANGER HERE, YOU HERE.
COULD YOU COME DOWN? AND SHAWN, UH, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SEAN IS GOING TO BE LEAVING US SOON, UH, AND YOU KNOW, BEING LEAVING, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
AND I'VE, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRST YEAR, UH, SEAN HAS REALLY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT JUST BEING A CIVIL SERVANT.
UH, AND I REALLY WANTED TO, UH, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND LET YOU SHINE.
YOU CAN NOT LEAVE TILL YOU FIX THE MICROPHONE.
THEY'RE ON THE WAY I PROMISE CHECKING THE MAIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR SURE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WU DEFINITELY DOES.
WHEN I GOT HERE, I WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF COMPLETING A $6.3 MILLION IT MASTER PLAN.
WE'RE, I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT DONE.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE STILL IN THE WORK, UM, BUT I'M LEAVING YOU WITH GREAT HANDS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.
I NEED MY MIC THAT'S EXTRA, BUT, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I I'VE BEEN BLESSED.
I'VE HAD A GREAT STAFF, A GREAT, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPED ALONG THE WAY, MANY, MANY OVERNIGHTS HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WEST COVINA.
I ONLY LIVE DOWN THE STREET, SO YOU PROBABLY WILL SEE ME AGAIN.
UM, BUT I'M, UH, I I'M THANKFUL FOR THE FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT WISHING YOU THE BEST.
UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S, UH, UH, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE CITY.
AND I'VE MENTIONED THAT A FEW TIMES WITH VIA A WEBSITE, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE ROXANNE ON BOARD AGAIN, WELCOME, UH, SHE WILL BE TASKED WITH THE, UH, COMMUNICATION PART, THE UPGRADING,
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SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN BE WELL COMMUNICATED AND, AND, AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR CITY.SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE CITY.
I WAS TO FIX A MIX THAT TOO, WE DON'T HAVE A WHITE MIC.
ROSEANNE, YOU HAVE AN EXTRA TASK.
MAYBE YOU COULD TEACH SOME OF US.
AND IT'S ALSO GOOD TO SEE, UH, THINGS COMING BACK TO NORMAL, LOTS OF SPECIAL EVENTS OCCURRED, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND AND MORE TO COME.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE HAPPY FACES OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S THE HALLOWEEN EVENT, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, UH, OBVIOUSLY BEING IN A SAFE, UM, AND MAKING IT SAFE.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND WISH THEM A WONDERFUL VETERANS WEEK AND VETERANS, AND WE'LL SEE THEM AT THE, AT OUR EVENT AT OUR VETERANS EVENT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH.
DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE EVENTS? SO JUST PUT THEM UP.
WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.