Dec 21, 2021 City Council

THIS SYSTEM CITY CLERK, SINCE THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO CLOSED SESSION TODAY.

THERE WILL BE NO NOTHING TO REPORT OR SOMETHING TO REPORT YOUR ATTORNEY, PLEASE.

CORRECT, BUT I DO HAVE TO REPORT OUT AT THE CLOSED SESSION ON DECEMBER 7TH IN THE WEST COVINA V BICEP MATTER ON A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.

THE CITY AGREED TO DISMISS THIS LAWSUIT AND IN RETURN BICEP AGREED TO WITHDRAW ITS DENIAL OF COVERAGE IN THE BRILEY ACTION AND AGREED TO ACCEPT COVERAGE WITHOUT RESERVATION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA

[Certificate of Recognition presented to the American Legion Auxiliary District 18]

IS PRESENTATIONS.

WE WOULD, UH, CHRISTINE EVANS, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TESTING.

ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

YOU READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU'RE HERE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DISTRICT 18 DID A DIAPER DRIVE FOR SERENITY HOME, WHICH IS A FOSTER CARE FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY FAMILY CAME TOGETHER AND WAS ABLE TO DONATE THOUSANDS OF DIAPERS, BABY WIPES AND SIPPY CUPS.

THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DISTRICT 18 HAS DONATED TOYS TO THE WEST COVINA POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS.

WHEN THEY'RE SICK AND CANNOT BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LAST FOUR YEARS, THEY HAVE SPONSORED THREE TO FOUR WEST COVINA FAMILIES DURING THE HOLIDAYS WITH FOOD, A CHRISTMAS TREE TOYS, CLOTHES AND SHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

THEY'VE ALSO HANDED OUT PACKS FILLED WITH FOOD AND TOILETRIES TO HOMELESS VETERANS AND OTHERS LIVING ON THE STREETS.

ADDITIONALLY, SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE DONATED TO THE WEST COVINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD A FEW WORDS, MAYBE I AM JUST HONORED TO BE HERE AND GET THIS AND TAKE IT BACK TO OUR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE WORKED SO HARD.

UM, THERE'S MANY UNITS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY THAT SUPPORT VETERAN FAMILIES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY CHILDREN.

I AM, UM, CHILDREN, YOUTH DISTRICT CHAIRMAN.

SO I HELP ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

AND IT'S REALLY NICE BECAUSE I PERSONALLY LIVE IN COVINA, BUT WEST COVINA ALSO IS HOME AS I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN WEST COVINA.

SO I DON'T, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, IS WE HAVE TO HELP ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST ONE WHERE WE LIVE.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

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

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

ANY EMAILS WHICH WE'LL RECEIVE BY 5:00 PM HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

ALL EMAILS ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THERE? WE HAVE FIVE CARDS THIS EVENING.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS J D FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY MIGRAINE GREENSPAN.

GOOD EVENING, MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALL THOSE GOOD LAST THINGS.

I'M HERE AGAIN TO, UH, SPEAK REGARDING THE CAMERON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, SPECIFICALLY THE REC ROOM THREE VISITS, READING NILES TO ACCESS TO REC ROOM.

I'VE BROUGHT IT UP TO THE ATTENTION OF CONSOLE TWICE.

EACH TIME I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE EXCUSE FIRST EXCUSE.

THAT'S ALWAYS GIVEN IT'S.

COVID WHY YOU CANNOT USE THE REC RULE.

WHEN I POINT OUT THE DISCREPANCY IN THAT, EXCUSE IT, REVERTS TO THE GYM IS RENT IT.

I WANT TO FIND MY PLACE HERE.

THAT'S WHY I HATE WRITING DOWN THINGS THAT I GET LOST ON THIS LAST VISIT.

I HAD THE POLICE CALLED AND I WAS A SQUIRTED OUT OF THE GYM BY THE POLICE.

NOW YOU MAY ASK WHY THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

I WAS THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER, MYSELF, MY SISTER, AND UH, GOT TO EXPECT THAT I WAS GOING TO BE DENIED.

SO I ASKED THE LADY, IF I CAN RECORD, SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO RECORD OUR CONVERSATION.

GORGEOUS.

LIKE I SAID, IT WAS COVID.

THEN IT WENT TO, UH, THE GYMS RE IT RENTED OUT.

SO YOU CAN'T ACCESS THAT AS FOR THE SUPERVISOR, SHE WASN'T AVAILABLE.

I INFORMED HER THAT I WAS RECORDING.

SHE SAID, THAT'S FINE.

I SAID, LISTEN, DO YOU MIND IF I GO AND RECORD THE, UH, THE AREA AND GO INTO THE GYM AND RECORD THERE? SHE SAID, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

IT'S ALL ON RECORDING.

I WALKED IN, UM, MOMENTS LATER, SHE'S RIGHT BEHIND ME, SCREAMING AT ME.

AS I'M SPEAKING TO THE COACH INSIDE THE GYMNASIUM WAS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL ON ONE SIDE WHILE THERE'S A BASKETBALL GAME, TAKING PLACE ON THE OTHER AND WE'RE HAVING A CORDIAL CONVERSATION, BUT SHE COMES IN AND SCREAMING AND TELLING ME I GOT TO GET OUT.

AND I ALSO HAVE TO DELETE MY VIDEO TOO, WHICH I DECLINED.

I SAID, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DELETE THE VIDEO AND I'LL LEAVE.

I'LL LEAVE THE GYM BECAUSE SHE SAID IT WAS A, IT WAS A RENTED SECTION OF THE, OF THE CENTER.

I, UM, AS I WAS LEAVING, THE SUPERVISOR SHOWS UP WITH HER BOYFRIEND AND THEY DEMAND THAT I LEAVE.

AND I ALSO DELETE THE VIDEO.

THIS TWO IS RECORDED AND I SAID, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

WHY DON'T GO AHEAD AND CALL THE POLICE AND HAVE THE POLICE COME.

AND THEY CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DELETE.

CAUSE SHE KEPT INSISTING THAT I DELETE MY VIDEO.

FINALLY, THE POLICE SHOWED UP, POLICE, UH, FED, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DELETE YOUR VIDEO, BUT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.

AND WHICH I SAID, WELL, WHY DO I HAVE TO LEAVE? I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

I WASN'T BELLIGERENT.

AND I WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO RECORD.

AND THE GIRL ON VIDEOS ADMITS TO HAVING GIVEN ME PERMISSION.

SO I'M ASKING, WELL, CAN I JUST GO SIT OVER THERE AND MIND MY OWN BUSINESS? NO, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.

I'LL BE FINE.

THEN I WILL LEAVE.

MY QUESTION.

TONIGHT IS THE REC ROOM THAT WAS PROMISED TO US WHEN THAT STRUCTURE WENT UP.

IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT WAS NEVER ANSWERED ON THE TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS I CAME BEFORE YOU AND ASKED ABOUT IT IS THE COMMUNITY REC ROOM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THAT GYM AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE PRIOR PRE COVID

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OPEN COURT FOR THE PUBLIC WAS MADE AVAILABLE AND IT WAS SCHEDULED INDIVIDUALS FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, LEWD MYSELF WOULD GO IN THERE AND WE WOULD PUT TEAMS TOGETHER AND WE PLAY ON THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AVAILABLE SUNDAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHY IS IT IF OTHERS COULD GO IN THERE AND PLAY AND RENT THE GYM ONE EITHER OF THE GYM AS WELL AS THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

WHY IS THAT? THE REC ROOM HAS BEEN PARTITIONED USING THE PIN PING PONG TABLES TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY OUT FROM IT.

THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY, ANY SENSE TO ME.

IS THERE A SCHEDULE AVAILABLE AS TO WHEN THE REC ROOM IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY OR IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER STRICTLY OKAY TO PLAY? YOU HAVE TO RENT OUT ONE OF THOSE ROOMS IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY EVEN GO INTO THE A FACILITY I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME.

IF I MAY PLEASE GO AHEAD.

I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO IS DOING THESE THINGS AND WHO IS WRITING THEM.

AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE 30 SECONDS.

NO PROBLEM.

WHEN I WAS LAST HERE, CITY MANAGER PROMISED TO PROVIDE THE RENTAL AGREEMENTS FOR THE SAME REASON.

PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE ANY ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY PARK.

I SAID, WELL, THAT'S NOT, DOESN'T SOUND VERY COMMUNITY FRIENDLY.

SO HE SAID, HE PROMISED THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE ME THE RENTAL AGREEMENTS ON THE FIRST VISIT HERE.

HE PROMISED HE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH ME, WHICH HE DID, BUT THE FOLLOWUP CONSISTED OF HIM TELLING ME HOW MUCH REVENUE YOU'RE MAKING OFF OF THAT GYM.

AND THAT'S FINE.

I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE AFTER ALL WE DID PAY FOR IT WITH TAX SCHOLARS.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF ACCESS TO THE GYM.

SO I HAVE THOSE TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS THAT I REALLY LIKE TO GET AN ANSWER FOR.

NOT SUBSEQUENT TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY OFFICIALLY FROM YOU TONIGHT, MR. CARMONEY BECAUSE HONESTLY YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO EITHER MY FIRST OR SECOND VISIT HERE AND I'M THAT CLOSE TO FEELING LIKE I'M BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST MAYBE BECAUSE OF MY PARTICIPATION, UH, TO CITY HALL.

UH, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THE INVITE THAT YOU GUYS MADE TO US RESIDENTS.

SO I HATE TO BELIEVE THAT, BUT HONESTLY IT JUST, I CAN'T FATHOM THE IDEA WHY I WOULD BE DENIED AND MY DAUGHTER AND MY SISTER, THE ABILITY TO PARTAKE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY HERMAN JD.

GOOD LUCK IN GETTING AN ANSWER.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE, UH, PENCIL OUT OF THE COST OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM FEBRUARY OF LAST OF EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED EITHER.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS HOW, YOU KNOW, SOME WELL, ONE MEMBER OF THE CONSOLE THAT WHENEVER THEY'RE CRITICIZED STARTED TO SCREAM, IT'S HATE SPEECH CRITICISM.

ISN'T HATE SPEECH.

YOU KNOW, SO THE THING IS THOUGH, IS THE COMMENTS THAT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER IS MAKING COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ MAKES ME WONDER, IS, IS SHE WRITING THEM OR IS BILL ELLIOTT WRITING? UM, OR THE PSEUDO PERSON, NICK MACADO WRITING THEM BECAUSE THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND THE SCARY PART IS IF SHE'S WRITING THEM, IT MEANS THAT SHE'S BEEN WRITING BILL ELLIOTT'S COMMENTS FOR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE COCKROACHES.

YOU JUST FEED OFF OF SOCIETY.

THEY'RE NOT WORTH ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING IS THAT WHAT THAT, TO ME IS HATE SPEECH SAYING, YOU'RE NOT DOING JOB VERY WELL IS CRITICISM.

AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO, YOU KNOW, I

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YOU KNOW, WE HAD NICK TAKADO WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK AT THE LAST MEETING, SAID HE WAS UPSET BECAUSE FOUR PEOPLE WERE USING THE F WORD AND THE C WORD, I GUESS THE F WORD WAS FUN.

AND C WAS CHALLENGE EQUAL BECAUSE THE FIRST SPEAKER WAS THE CHAIR OF THE YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS, THE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS THAT THEY USE IN THE BRUIN FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

WOW.

THAT'S NASTY.

OR SO WE HAD TWO PEOPLE WHO SAID SOME THINGS THAT WERE WRONG AND THE FOURTH ONE WAS ELSIE.

NESSMAN THOSE THE FIRST FOUR SPEAKERS, YOU KNOW, I DID LIKE THE WAY I WAS DESCRIBING THE GUY WITH THE LONG FLOWING GRAY HAIR.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS RATHER NICE PERSONALLY.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, COME ON FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT THINGS OUT SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING YOU, IT'S NOT HATE SPEECH.

YOU KNOW, A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THERE, THERE WERE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TOOK A LOT OF TIME GETTING PHOTO OPS FOR THE SKATE PARK.

WHAT WAS FUNNY ABOUT THAT IS THE DAY AFTER THOSE PHOTO OPS CAME OUT, PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN GRAFFITIED.

HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE GONE BY? AND IT'S STILL NOT CLEANED UP AGAIN.

THAT'S NOT HATE SPEECH.

THAT'S JUST POINTING OUT, NOT DOING YOUR JOB, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY WHO CLAIMS THEY WERE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD HAVE PRETTY THICK SKIN, WOULD HAVE PRETTY THICK SKIN, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE THINGS.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OR ASK A QUESTION IS THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO HIRE 10 MORE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE.

NOW, THE REASON SO MANY MAINTENANCE PEOPLE WERE LET GO IS BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER, LOWER COST AND MORE EFFICIENT TO FARM IT OUT.

SO ARE YOU SAYING ONE OF TWO THINGS, FARMING IT OUT, CONTRACTING THAT OUT, WASN'T CHEAPER BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU BE HIRING MORE PEOPLE? YOU'D BE HAVING CONTRACTORS DO THAT EXTRA WORK, DO THAT WORK.

IT'S ACTUALLY TO JUST TELL ME ONE THING YOU MADE A MISTAKE, MADE A MISTAKE AND IT'S NOT CHEAPER.

THE OTHER THING I'VE NOTICED IS THERE IS NOTHING, NOTHING THAT HAS EVER COME OUT THAT SAYS HERE'S WHAT THE COST WOULD HAVE BEEN.

IF WE'D HAD PEOPLE ON STAFF AND THIS IS THE COST BY FARMING IT OUT, SAME THING WITH, UH, SAME THING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, NOTHING COMES UP THAT SAYS, WHAT IS THE COST? AND HERE'S HOW WE SAVED MONEY.

EVERY PROJECT I'VE BEEN IN, IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS.

DID WE DO IT RIGHT OR NOT? DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THINGS? I ONCE HAD A PROFESSOR WHO SAID, I ASKED HIM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S BETTER TO HAVE, UH, A GREAT PLAN, POORLY EXECUTED OR HORRIBLE PLAN PROPERLY EXECUTED.

YOU SAID A HORRIBLE PLAN PROPERLY EXECUTED.

CAUSE YOU'LL FIGURE OUT YOU DID IT WRONG AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES YOU GUYS DID MELT.

NEITHER ONE.

YOU HAD A HORRIBLE PLAN IMPROPERLY EXECUTED.

SO LET'S GET TOGETHER HERE.

REDNECKS SAY, OH, WE, THE BLACKS AND THE WHITES GET ALONG JUST FINE TOGETHER.

MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY JIM GREENWICH.

MY GREENSPAN AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER AND MENTIONING JESUS.

AND FOUR DAYS, HE WILL GET NO CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE JOHNSON CLUB BECAUSE HE'S JEWISH.

SHOULD HE BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS? AND IF HE GOES TO TIM TEBOW, TIM AQUATIC, COUNTRY CLUB AND JOKES AND BILL, OR THE JAGUARS LOST ANOTHER FOOTBALL GAME, TIM TEEBO WOULD BODILY THROW HIM FROM THE DINING ROOM EAST.

JESUS IS JEWISH.

HEY, DON'T ASK.

DON'T TELL, BUT PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THEM IN THE NINETIES.

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? WELL, I'LL MENTION EVERY PLACE HE WON'T GET SERVED BECAUSE HE'S JEWISH.

NOW OUR FIRST SPEAKER MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE REC CENTER AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, THE LIBRARY, BUT SOME OF THE SAME THREADS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO USE SOMETHING YOU'RE PAYING FOR OUR COMMON THEME.

AND I GOT THIS IDEA FROM A BOOK WRITTEN BACK IN THE SIXTIES BY AN AUTHOR NAMED JOHN HOWARD RIPPING THE BOOKS CALLED BLACK, LIKE ME.

HE GOT, UM, PIGMENTATION DONE.

SO THE WHITE MAN WOULD BE A BLACK MAN AND GO THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH AND EXPERIENCE WHAT A BLACK MAN EXPERIENCED VERSUS HOW THE LOCAL

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WHAT A LIE, WHAT A BIG WIDE.

AND HE GOES ONE PLACE.

HE GOES TWO BLOCKS THE MISSISSIPPI.

AND LET ME READ IT FROM PAGE 83 ON NOVEMBER 19TH, NEGROES, WEREN'T PERMITTED TO ENJOY THE BEACHES.

HE POINTED OUT THE INJUSTICE OF THIS POLICY SINCE THE UPKEEP OF THE BEACHES COMES FROM A GASOLINE TAX QUOTE.

IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY TIME WE BUY A GALLON OF GAS, WE PAY A PENNY TO KEEP THE BEACH UP SO THE WHITES CAN USE IT UNQUOTE.

HE SAID HE HAD IT.

SOME OF THE LOCAL NEGRO CITIZENS WERE CONSIDERING A PROJECT TO KEEP AN ACCOUNT OF THE GASOLINE THEY PURCHASED THROUGHOUT THE, AND AT THE END OF THAT TIME, DEMAND FROM THE TOWN FATHERS, EITHER A REFUND ON THEIR GASOLINE TAX OR THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THE BEACHES FOR WHICH THEY HAD PAID THEIR FAIR PART.

NOW WITH THAT REC CENTER, THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GOING TO GET OPEN, UM, WELL HE KEPT THE SPEAKER KEPT EXHIBIT A.

HE DID NOT DELETE THE VIDEO.

AND I'M SURE THAT JUDGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT VIDEO TO JUDGE WHOEVER THIS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD COURT CASE.

I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, MR. DUARTE IS READY AS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND THE WRONG SIDE IN COURT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET DONE.

AND JUST LIKE THE LIBRARY, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAID THOSE TAXES AND FOR OVER A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, NOT ABLE TO USE IT.

IT'S TIME TO GO TO COURT.

AND JUST THROUGH THE COUNTY AND GUESS WHAT CITY I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE, THAT'S PAYING A LIBRARY TAX ON THEIR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT AND YOU'VE HAD ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

YOU COULDN'T USE IT.

AND ON A GOOD DAY, YOU COULD MAYBE USE 50%.

YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO THE LIBRARY WORKER.

YOU CAN'T TO ASK A QUESTION OR FOR THEM TO HELP YOU ON THE COMPUTER, THEY'D GET AWAY FROM YOU.

IT'S LIKE GOING TO A SQUARE DANCING, YOUR DOSE, HE DOING RIGHT IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY.

NOW, WHEN I CALLED MR OFFICE, THEY REFERRED ME TO THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, MR. ROBERT ISOZAKI.

AND HE REFERRED ME TO THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.

AND HE SAID A QUESTION ABOUT A DIRECT ASSESSMENT, HAVE THE TAX BILL IN ORDER TO GIVE THE EXACT SPELLING OF ITEM.

SO THIS IS COUNTY LIBRARY AND HE REFERRED ME TO LA COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES.

SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO, TO REALLY UNDO IT ALL AND TO FIGURE IT OUT, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE JUDGES AND COURTS OF LAW.

IT'S TIME FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO GET TOGETHER WITH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY PEOPLE IN THAT PREDICAMENT.

YOU START WITH A COUPLE OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND MAYBE PUT DOSE ONE TO A MILLION OR ONE TO 2 MILLION, BECAUSE USUALLY A LOT OF LAWSUITS WILL BE DOSED ONE TO 10.

SO WHEN YOU GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST A MILLION OR 2 MILLION POTENTIAL PLAINTIFFS IN THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY, AND UNLIKE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHERE WE CAN'T GO, GUESS WHAT? WE CAN ALL GO TO THE COURTROOM, JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER TO WEAR A MASK.

THEY LET, SO WHY, WHY BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE STUBBORN AND YOU COULD JUST TAKE IT TO COURT AND LET THE JUDGE DECIDE IT IT'LL COST THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY TIME AND MONEY, AND MAYBE THEY'LL GET THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR ASS AND PUT IT BACK ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND REALIZE MAYBE IT'S NOT WORTH ALL THE TIME.

AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE SHOWING US THAT FOLLOWED BY JIM FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.

SO MAYOR DARRIO, WHAT IS AN ACTUAL DISRUPTION? IT'S JUST SIMPLE PRESENTATION YOU HAVE TO DO.

SO WHAT'S AN ACTUAL DISRUPTION.

YOU DIDN'T SEE ME SCREAMING OUT IN THE DMV WHEN YOU'RE WITH YOUR ASIAN GIRLFRIEND GETTING HER LICENSE OR ID.

SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM.

MAYOR OF RESPOND WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED.

CONTINUE.

IF IT WAS SO GREAT PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET, WOULDN'T HAVE TO BEG IN AMERICA, WHICH HAS NOW BECOME A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, A PIMP POVERTY COUNTRY AND CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO PONDER BAG AND STILL OUR MONEY LIKE THEY'RE DOING IN DOWNEY.

CAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT'S WHEN YOU MAY CALL THE NOISE WHEN YOU'RE WELL, I MAKE NOISES THAT CANNOT FUCKING BORED, BORED OF HEARING THE NONSENSE ABOUT FOWCHEE.

YOU'RE FUCKED UP 46 PRESIDENT AND THAT DUMB BLACK BITCH.

YOU MAKES A COMMENT THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHO THE PRESIDENT IS? NO I DON'T BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE AMERICA IS NOT GREAT ANYMORE.

AMERICA IS NOT GREAT BECAUSE IF IT WAS SO GREAT,

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I SAT IN A SPECIAL SESSION WHERE ALL THE UNION HUBS, ALL THE STAFF OF DOWNEY WERE ALL BEGGING TO KEEP THE CITY MANAGER FROM BELL IN HIS POSITION, WHICH IS STEALING FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

NOW, IF I'M A FUCKING LIAR, I WOULD ASK THE MAYOR TO TELL ME SO, BUT THE MAYOR IS A PUSSY.

CAUSE HE'S NOT GOING TO SAY TO ME, I'M A LIAR BECAUSE I STATE FACTS, FACTS.

IT DUMB, DUMB BIDEN IS DUMB.

WE ALL HEAR IT.

WE ALL SEE IT.

AND NOW HE'S OUT THERE WITH HIS NEW PUPPY BARKING IN WASHINGTON.

WHOO, WHOO, WHOO.

WHOO.

WHOO, WHOO.

NOW, IF THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO TO MAKE AMERICA BETTER, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

GROW A BIGGER COCK, GROW A BIGGER DICK IN GOVERNMENT.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THE RUSSIANS, AREN'T GOING TO TAKE YOUR BULLSHIT.

MR. WU KNOWS THE CHINESE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR BULLSHIT.

AND WHEN THEY COME WITH THOSE MISSILES AND THEY COME WITH THEIR ARMY AND WHEN THEY COME WITH THEIR BILLION STRONG, THEN YOU TELL ME WHO'S GOING TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY LINE.

BULLSHIT.

POLITICIANS WOULD TELL US TO WEAR A MASK WITH CHARLES THAT WE'RE ON ANOTHER STRAIN OF A PANDEMIC, REALLY? AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STERILIZATION OR THE SO-CALLED TEST METHODS TO FINDING OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THIS NEW COVID THE SAME STRANDS OF THE FLU CAN KILL A PERSON.

THE STEAM STRANDS OF A FLU THAT GET HARMLESS ARE THERE, BUT YOU DON'T HEAR ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THE FLU ANYMORE BECAUSE THE FLU COVID COVID FLU.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S THE SAME FUCKING SHIT.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT AMERICAN ENOUGH TO FUCKING DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND STAND UP FOR YOUR BELIEFS OVER 20 YEARS, I HAVEN'T HAD A FLU SHOT 20 FUCKING YEARS.

I HAVEN'T HAD MY RECENT COVID SHOTS.

I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD, BUT ONE STUPID FUCKING TEST DRIVEN THAT LITTLE SWAB UP MY NOSE BECAUSE SOME FUCKING DUMB ASS AUTHOR, DIDN'T PUT A SIGN WHERE I TRIPPED AND FELL AND BROKE MY FINGER.

AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAUSE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM US WHERE WE CAN AND SHOULD NOT WALK THE SAME WAY.

YOU'RE TRYING TO INFORM US IN RULES, PRACTICE OF USING A MASS PRACTICE OF BELIEVING THAT IF YOU DON'T WATCH YOURSELF BY ASSOCIATION WITH ALL THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

WELL, I FIGURED IT OUT.

YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH ONE THING THIS.

SO THAT'S AMERICA IS FUCKED UP AND I AIN'T BULLSHITTING.

BUT LOOK AT SOME OF YOU KEEP LYING TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT CHRISTMAS.

THERE'S NO FUCKING CHRISTMAS.

CAUSE IF CHRISTMAS EXISTED, YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE PUT THAT MAN BY THE NAME OF CHRIST ON A STATE AND HAD THEM DIE.

SO THE JEWS COULD RUN AROUND SAYING, OH, WE JUST MURDERED HIM SO WE CAN GAIN POWER.

WE JUST MURDERED A MAN SO WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE JEWS.

WELL, YES, THE JEWS KILLED CHRIST, NOT THE ROMAN FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS ZINC.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS, CITY BUSINESS.

UM, FIRST I WOULD, UH, LIKE THE, THANK THE STAFF OR RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY HAVE FIRST QUARTER I NATURAL REPORT, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, THE SECOND, UH, THING IS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS, UH, UH, THAT WERE RELEVANT TO THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT.

UNFORTUNATELY I JUST GOT THEM A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, SO IT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO DO ANY DETAILED ANALYSIS.

SO I JUST TOOK A LOOK UP MY FAVORITE SUBJECT, WHICH IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND, UM,

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AND I GUESS THE, UH, PART, IT STRUCK ME THAT THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING THINGS IN THAT REPORT.

AND I THINK THE COUNCIL POSSIBLY COULD ASK SOME QUESTIONS MIGHT NEED TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I'M PROJECTING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE, UH, A CONSIDERABLE OVER TRAFFIC AND THIS YEAR IT'S LIKE, IT ALWAYS HAS EVERY YEAR.

UH, AND OF COURSE THE REASON YOU ALL KNOW IS OVER TIME, UH, WAY OVER BUDGET.

UH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE DETAILS, UH, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU INQUIRE ABOUT, UH, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSIDERABLE OVERDRAFT IN THAT ACCOUNT ALSO.

AND IT'S ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE THAT A RELATIVELY SMALL DEPARTMENT HAS A VERY LARGE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COST.

UH, MUCH FOR EXAMPLE, THE POLICE HAVE A LOT MORE STAFF MEMBERS AND A MUCH SMALLER INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COSTS.

THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE, BUT IF YOU COMPARED IT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU WOULD COME UP WITH THE SAME RESULTS OF, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME STUDY DONE OF THIS SUBJECT.

UH, SOME ANALYSIS, UH, PUBLISHED PUBLICLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC ISN'T IN A POSITION TO LOOK AT IT.

SO I COULD, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE DETAILED PERSON BY PERSON, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHO'S WORKING OVERTIME AND WHO'S TAKEN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

UH, AND I PERSONALLY WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, UH, AND IT CAN BE A REALLY BIG PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLICATION C.

SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA FOR SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, UH, BECAUSE AS I'VE SAID, I THINK THE EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER.

MA THIS IS MAINLY BASED ON THE OCTOBER REPORT, UH, OCTOBER MONTHLY REPORT, WHICH WASN'T IN THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT, UH, THEN IN YOUR, THE CITY'S OVERDRAFT FOR THE YEAR IS GOING TO BE A LOT HIGHER THAN IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED.

UH, AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL WANTS EXPENDITURES TO BALANCE REVENUE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT IS NOW, UH, WHEN THE YEAR ISN'T OVER WITH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME TO DEAL WITH IT.

SOMETHING, UH, BELIEVE ME, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND IT.

UH, ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS INC HAPPY NEW YEAR COUNCIL, UH, BILL ROBINSON RESIDENT.

I WANT TO QUOTE FROM ARTICLE ONE, SECTION ONE OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.

ALL PEOPLE ARE BY NATURE FREE AND INDEPENDENT AND HAVE AN ALIEN INALIENABLE RIGHTS AMONG THESE ARE ENJOYING AND DEFENDING LIFE AND LIBERTY ACQUIRING POSSESSING AND PROTECTING PROPERTY AND PURSUING AND OBTAINING SAFETY, HAPPINESS, AND PRIVACY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I SAID PRIVACY.

WELL, UH, PRIVACY DOESN'T INCLUDE, UH, I THINK MEDICAL PRIVACY IS INCLUDED IN UNDER PRIVACY AND, UH, WE'RE RECEIVING MEDICAL TYRANNY.

UH, TWO WEEKS AGO I WENT TO A NOT SAC LIBRARY, UH, TWO YEARS AGO.

THAT WAS, I MEAN, TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, UH, THAT WAS A PUBLIC SPACE NOW TO GET IN THE LIBRARY.

YOU NEED A QR CODE.

SO, UM, MOUNT SAC, UH, LIBRARY AND THE SCHOOL IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADOLF HITLER AND GAVIN NEWSOME.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BIG CHANGES ARE HAPPENING.

UH, I, I I'VE BEEN NEGLIGENT.

I, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS MANY MONTHS AGO, BUT I ADMIRE ANYONE WHO, UH, IS A CRITICAL THINKER.

UH, THEY DESERVE RESPECT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO VERIFY ANY REPORTED FACTS THAT YOU STATE.

UH, SO MY NEGLIGENCE AND THESE PAST MONTHS IS STATING THAT IF YOU TRY TO VERIFY WHAT I'M SAYING, UH, DON'T USE THE, THE GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE.

UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A SEARCH ENGINE AND A PROFILING DEVICE.

AND IF GOOGLE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FIND

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UH, THE BETTER IDEA IS TO USE A SEARCH ENGINE CALLED DUCK, DUCK GO, UH, THEY DON'T PROFILE YOU AND, UH, UH, THEY DON'T CHOOSE THINGS THAT THEY WANT YOU TO FIND AND THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO FIND.

SO, UH, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FREE TO FOLLOW YOUR MIND AND, AND, AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO, UH, THE FACTS THAT YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP.

UH, SWITCHING THE SUBJECT SLIGHTLY, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, UH, THEY NEEDED TO MANUFACTURE AN EPIDEMIC TO CURE A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CURED BY TWO CHEAP MEDS, LIKE A HYDROXY, CHLOROQUINE, AND IVERMECTIN.

UH, THE SCAM THAT WE'VE BEEN IN DURING FOR, FOR TWO YEARS, UH, HAS HAS FOUR PILLARS.

UH, THE FIRST PILLAR IS, UH, THE, THE VIRUS WAS NEVER ISOLATED OR PURIFIED.

SECOND PILLAR IS GENOMIC SEQUENCING.

UH, THEY UPLOADED SEQUENCE SEQUENCES BY CUT AND PASTE OF RANDOM GENE, UH, FRAGMENTS.

AND, UH, BY MANIPULATING THAT, UH, THEY, UH, USED IT TO, UH, TO MANUFACTURING OF A VACCINE, WHICH WHEN YOU IS INJECTED, IT FORCES YOUR BODY TO MAKE, UH, SPIKE PROTEINS, WHICH, UH, UNBALANCED YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.

AND, AND AREN'T GOOD FOR YOU.

THE THIRD PILLAR IS, UH, UH, THE PCR TESTING, UH, THAT, UH, HAS, UH, CAT EVER BE USED FOR DIAGNOSIS.

THEY USED IT FOR DIAGNOSIS AND POSITIVE IN ORDER TO STAMPEDE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE WE WERE HAVING A REAL EPIDEMIC INSTEAD OF A OF DATA AND A, UH, A SCAM EPIDEMIC.

UM, THE FOURTH PILLAR IS THE DATA MANIPULATION BY A PUBLIC HEALTH MODELING.

UH, THAT ALSO WAS FEAR-MONGERING AND THE MODELS WERE RIDICULOUS.

AND ANYWAY, THEY GOT THE AMERICAN POPULATION CAN, UH, TO, TO ACCEPT AN ALTERNATE REALITY.

SO WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH THAT, UH, FOR, FOR TWO YEARS.

AND, UH, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT YEAR, PEOPLE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, MARK TWAIN SAYS IT'S EASIER TO FOOL PEOPLE THAN TO, TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY'RE BEING FOOLED.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO BE TRICKED AND ADMIT THAT THEY'RE BEING TRICKED, BUT YOU WE'VE HAD TWO YEARS OF, HE DIDN'T NEED MR. MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGERS, STAFF, AND EVERYONE AT THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING AT HOME.

MY NAME IS A WIN-WIN DOWN AND I'M THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY MANAGER.

UM, WELL, UH, WEST COVINA LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY CLOSED THE, WITH NO IN-PERSON SERVICE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT.

UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE, UM, UH, WE, HOWEVER, DURING THE LIBRARY CLOSURE, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK SERVICE AND THE PHONE SERVICE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM, WHERE A CUSTOMER CAN PICK UP THEIR RESERVED MATERIALS, LIBRARY BOOKS, AND THE MATERIALS AT THE SIDEWALK AND THE CUSTOMER CAN, UM, UH, RESERVE THE MATERIALS.

SO USING THE ONLINE CATALOG OR CAN, THEY CAN CALL THE LIBRARY, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, LOOK UP THE LIBRARY BOOKS AND THE MATERIALS AND THE PRICE ON CODE AND ARRANGE A PICKUP.

AND WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE, UM, IF A CUSTOMER NEEDED TO USE, UH, IN-PERSON SERVICE LESS, THEY, UH, UH, THEY NEED A PUBLIC COMPUTER PRINTER OR A COPY MACHINE, OR NEED A PLACE TO READ AND STUDY.

UM, ALL LIBRARIES, ALL COUNTY LIBRARIES ARE OPEN WITH IN-PERSON SERVICE AND IT CAN, UH, VISIT A NEIGHBORING LIBRARY.

AND THE LIBRARY IS IN OUR HOODS.

UH, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDE, UM, BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY, WHICH IS ONLY TWO MILES FROM HERE AND ALSO LEFT POINTY AND, UM, SAN CASE LIBRARY IN

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THE CITY OF AND ALSO ARMANI LIBRARY.

UH, ONE, A LIBRARY, HACIENDA LIBRARIES, ALL LIBRARIES ARE OPEN FOR RETURN, THE MATERIALS, THE LIBRARY BOOK JOBS, OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY.

THEY ARE OPEN ALL THE TIME, 24 7.

AND, UM, SO, AND ALSO THE LIBRARY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UM, INFORMATION AND REFERENCE SERVICES, UH, THROUGH, UH, CALIFORNIA ON TELEPHONE.

AND, UH, WE ALSO ORDERED, UM, TEXT FORMS AND BOOKLETS, AND THE STARTING FROM FEBRUARY, JANUARY, YOU WILL NEED TEST FORMS, SO YOU CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY AND PICK THEM UP.

AND THE LIBRARY ALSO, UH, PROVIDE A VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES FROM BABY TO ADULTS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS AND PLEASE CHECK ONLINE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE.

AND, UM, AND ALSO THE LIBRARY PROVIDE, UM, UH, TONS OF, UH, ONLINE, UM, THE RESOURCES EBOOKS, DOWNLOAD THE BOOKS AND ALSO THE LIBRARY.

UM, YOU CAN W WE ALSO HAVE LAPTOP AND THE HOSPITAL KIDS, UH, FOR CUSTOMER TO CHECK OUT IF YOU DID IT, PLEASE LET US KNOW, CALL US.

WE CAN RESERVE THEM FOR YOU FOR, TO PICK UP.

AND, UH, UM, WELL, I, UH, I'M HERE, I'M A HALF OF THE STAFF, UH, WEST CAMINO LIBRARY.

I WISH YOU ALL IN YOUR FAMILY, A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A MOST MS. FERRIS HAVE A RISK AND A HEALTHY NEW YET.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.

TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR COUNSEL.

SYSTEM CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER.

UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, LIKE TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR TAKING THE TIME DURING THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON TO COME OUT TONIGHT AS ALWAYS APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE.

UM, MR. DREW, UM, ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT REC POLICIES AND SCHEDULES.

UM, I WILL JUST SAY BRIEFLY, YOU GENERALLY DO NEED TO HAVE THE PARENTS PERMISSION TO, TO PHOTOGRAPH KIDS.

UM, SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR PROGRAMS IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BUT I WILL HAVE SOMEBODY RESPOND TO YOU DIRECTLY, UM, RIGHT AWAY, UM, TOMORROW REGARDING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICIES AND THE SCHEDULES, UM, MR. SHOEMAKER ASKED ABOUT HEALTH DEPARTMENT COSTS.

THERE'S BEEN ONE CONTRACT LET TO THIS MOMENT WITH TRANSTECH IS FOR $98,000.

UM, WE HAD CONTINUED TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT HAPPENING, UM, THIS WEEK.

AND IF THEY DO GRANT PROVISIONAL APPROVAL, THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME CONSIDERATION OF PHASE TWO COSTS TO COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS.

WE WILL, UM, BRING THOSE ON AN AGENDA FOR ANY FUTURE DECISIONS ABOUT THAT.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING FOR ME TO RESPOND TO FROM MR. GREENSPAN OR MR. ARMANDO HERMAN.

UM, MR. GRITCH, YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THOSE REPORTS.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO ALSO SHARE, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION.

WE HAVE DATA ABOUT OUR, UM, INJURED ON DUTY COSTS AS PART OF OUR OVERALL RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU AS WELL.

UM, I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING MR. ROBINSON WAS ASKING IN TERMS OF SERVICE REQUESTS OR, OR INFORMATION TONIGHT, UM, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO, UM, WIN-WIN FOR BEING HERE AS ALWAYS FROM THE COUNTY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMING AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT LIBRARY SERVICES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

SO NO CITY MANAGER REPORT FOR TODAY FOR THIS EVENING.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON

[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NUMBER TWO, PLEASE.

COUNSELING MOVE.

WE'LL PULL NUMBER TWO.

I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER THREE.

UM, COUNCILMEN ABOUT DUBAI.

UM, UH, IS IT, IS IT OKAY? UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CAMERON CAMERON PARK BEFORE WE GET TO THE CONSENT.

COULD, COULD I GO, GO AHEAD.

ABOUT THE, THE REC PROGRAMS IS, UM, MAYBE IT'S INFORMATION HE NEEDS TO HEAR, BUT WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR, UH, DID SAY EARLIER THIS EVENING THAT THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN OUR REC PROGRAMS IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

UH, SO, UM, SO CITY SENIOR MANAGER, DO, DO WE NOT HAVE IN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE, TO THE REC CENTER? I KNOW MY, MY SON'S INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE, THE PRIVATE THINGS THAT GO ON HE'S IN THE GYMNASTICS AT CAMERON PARK.

UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN, IN THE REC CENTER.

DO WE NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR JUST THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL REGARDING ACCESS TO THAT? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO RESPOND DIRECTLY FROM STAFF TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT ASKED THE QUESTIONS

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AND WE WORK HARD TO PROTECT THAT.

UM, BECAUSE THE SPEAKER ISN'T A PARENT OF, UM, A PARTICIPANT OF THOSE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO SAY THAT HE WAS, UM, THAT HE HAD OBTAINED PERMISSION TO PHOTOGRAPH THEM.

SO WE, WE GENERALLY DON'T ALLOW THAT.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE OR GET A RELEASE FROM THE PARENTS.

SO IF YOUR, IF YOUR SON IS THERE, MAKES ME VERY HAPPY THAT HE'S PARTICIPATING, BUT WE WOULD PROTECT HIS INTERESTS.

AND NOT JUST ALLOW SOMEONE, IF, IF THIS GENTLEMAN GOT ESCORTED OUT BY THE POLICE, I'M SURE THERE WAS A REASON, BUT WE WILL RESPOND TO HIM FURTHER AND DIRECTLY.

YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT SCHEDULES.

YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT PING PONG AND POLICIES AND POOL TABLE.

AND THAT PARTICULAR DAY, WE ONLY HAD LEASED EVENTS, RENTED EVENTS, SCHEDULED EVENTS AT THE REC CENTER.

WE HAD REALLY TWO POPULAR COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENTS GOING ON THAT WEEKEND.

WE HAD FRIDAY NIGHT, THE TREE LIGHTING, WHICH IS A REAL BRIGHT SPOT AND KUDOS TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR DOING IT.

THE NEXT MORNING, WE WERE ALL AT THE CHILDREN'S PARADE AND AT THE SANTA VILLAGE.

SO WHEN THAT CALL CAME IN, WE DID HAVE SOME BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH THE STAFF THAT WAS WORKING THAT DAY.

BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE AS WE CONTINUE TO REOPEN OUR FACILITIES, OR WE'RE FIGURING THAT OUT.

AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT IF I MAY.

SO JUST ADD AS OF NOW, THOUGH, THE PUBLIC SHOULD, SHOULD SEE THEM AS, AS CLOSED THE OPEN ACCESS, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THEM AS REOPENING AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO AFFORD THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES.

YOU TALK ABOUT PING PONG.

IT SEEMS SIMPLE, BUT WHO'S, WHO'S USING THE EQUIPMENT.

HOW DO YOU SANITIZE IT? IN-BETWEEN ET CETERA.

SO A LOT OF THAT IS BEING, UM, DECIDED AS WE REOPENED AND BRING THOSE FACILITIES BACK WE'LL UM, WE'LL REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ABOUT THAT, UM, DIRECTLY COUNCILMAN WU.

UH, YEAH, SO I WON'T DO A FOLLOW UP.

COUNCILMAN WE GOT IN THE AWAY CREATION SERVERS FACILITY AND THE WHAT? OKAY.

WHEN, OKAY.

WE CAN, THEY CAN, OR ANYBODY CAN UTILIZE, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY AND WE NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR POLICY.

AND OKAY.

AND, UH, POSTED OKAY.

ON THE, SO PEOPLE CAN READ SO WHO CAN USE WHEN WE CAN USE.

AND NOW THE LAND, WE HAVE SO MANY FACILITY, WE HAVE A CAMERON, WE HAVE A, UH, SENIOR CENTERS.

AND, UM, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A LIME TENS OVER THERE AND THEN WE HAVE A SHADOW.

SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, OKAY.

A FACILITY.

WE NEED TO SET UP OUR POLICY WHO CAN RENT.

WHEN CAN THEY, CAN, I THINK I WENT WITH, UH, OKAY.

COUNCIL, WOMAN.

AND, UH, DIAZ.

UH, WE WENT TO JUST SURPRISINGLY JUST SHOW UP.

WE WANT, AND THERE'S NOBODY INSIDE.

HE SAID DURING THE WEEKDAY.

I THINK I FORGOT THE NOONTIME, A MOLINE OR SOMETHING.

A MOLDING LIKE 10 O'CLOCK.

AND SO WE TALKED TO THE STAFF AND WE SEE EXACTLY WHAT JD TALKING ABOUT THE BLOCK.

SO WE SAY, WHEN WE CAN USE IT, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DUE TO THE SANITATION ISSUE.

SO AGAIN, WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY TO HAVE OUR RESIDENT NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN USE.

AND I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROSEANNE, AND THEN I KNOW WE KIND OF PUSH HER TO DO A LOT OF STUFF.

BUT HOPEFULLY SHE CAN SURVEY OKAY.

AND TITLE FACILITY AND SET UP WITH THE STAFF TO SET OUT THE POLICY.

AND NOW WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A, ANOTHER STRAND OF A VIRUS, AND NOW WE HAVE TO SURVEY, OKAY.

HOW WE CAN DO AND TO DEAL WITH PUBLIC, TO BE PUPPY SAFETY.

AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE, OKAY.

THE PUBLIC FACILITY.

I AGREE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC OKAY.

MONEY TO DO.

AND THE PARK AND THE FACILITY, WE NEED TO LET OUR PUBLIC TO KNOW WHEN THEY CAN UTILIZE AND SET THE POLICY AND POSTS OKAY.

ON OUR WEBSITE AND, UH, AND UH, THE ENTRANCE OF FACILITIES.

SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A RULE FOR THAT.

SO THEN WE CAN BASICALLY DISSOLVE ALL THESE DISPUTE ACCENTS, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND.

AND I AGREE OPEN GYM IS DEFINITELY BACK.

THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE SINCE OCTOBER.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE HE WAS ASKING ABOUT SOME OTHER KINDS OF POLICIES AND I WILL RESPOND TO HIM DIRECTLY AS WELL AS TO THE COUNCIL.

JD UNDERSTANDABLE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC, PLEASE.

SO WE POST WHILE WHO CAN USE, MAKE SENSE CITY MAN.

I, I, I JDS AS WE USUALLY YOU HAVE TO RESOLVE IT.

I'M TALKING TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.

YES, SIR.

AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY.

WE NEED A POST ON THE FACILITY.

LIKE MY OFFICE, WE PULL IT, WE CALL IT THIS AND THAT.

SO PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY CAN UTILIZE THE COMING IN OTHERWISE, OR THEY HAVE THE WHALE MASK, SOMETHING THAT GO OVER HERE.

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ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND.

UH, AND I WAS ULA DAY.

I THINK THE STEP TALK ABOUT THAT THE DIFFICULTY IS BECAUSE ALL THOSE EQUIPMENT AND YOU GIVE TO THEM, WHO'S GOING TO SEND IT.

IT TIES ALL THOSE EQUIPMENT AND THAT'S WHY HE TOLD US.

AND THEN WHEN I SAY A WAIVER OKAY.

AND THEY PRINTED ON OKAY.

AND A SANITATION LOTION OR SOMETHING.

SO THEY CAN, SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS AGAIN, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO POLICY.

AND THEN, OKAY.

CAN WE OPEN OR DO YOU HAVE TO CHECK WITH NOW THE NEW GUIDELINE FROM THE, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

SO WE STAY UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF, UH, OUR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CEO AND THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL CA WHAT WE CALL, OPERATE TO HOPEFULLY KEEP UP, EVERYBODY'S SAFE AT THE SAME TIME.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE SPACE AND THE SERVICE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, AND AGAIN, JUST TO AGREE WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES ALSO IS, IS AN INCONSISTENCY, RIGHT? SO MY SON IS USING THAT THE G THE GYMNASTICS, AND HE'S TOUCHING ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE BEING USED.

AND, AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SOMEONE OF THE PUBLIC WHO'S COMING IN.

AND THEN YOU'RE BEING TOLD, WELL, NO, WE CAN'T USE THE PING PONG TABLE BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SANITIZED AS YOU'RE WATCHING ALL AROUND YOU.

RIGHT.

EVERYTHING BEING USED.

AND, AND SO AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS DOES NEED TO BE CLEAR, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.

AND, UH, AND AGAIN, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE RENTING THESE FACILITIES OUT, THEN THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO, TO USE THEM.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

SO HOW SOON WE CAN GET ALL THIS POLICY.

PUT IT TOGETHER.

WE NEED THE TIMELINE OF THE, THE CHAIR.

UM, IT'S NOT ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO BE DECIDING ABOUT POLICIES.

OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS HERE.

IF YOU WANT, WE COULD INVITE HER TO COME DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE.

WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AS INFORMATION, BUT NOT FOR COUNCIL ACTION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON YOUR AGENDA IS INFORMATION ONLY IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

WE'LL UM, WELCOME HER TO THE MICROPHONE AND JUST TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.

WE'LL GET A SNAPSHOT OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

SO ROXANNE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEY BREAK IT.

WE'LL FIX IT.

HMM.

SO THE ANSWER IS THROUGH THE CHAIR.

IF I MAY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TIMELINE FOR REVIEWING THE POLICIES AND ESTABLISHING THE POLICIES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL UNDER THE COUNTY'S JURISDICTION FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

IT IS A MATTER OF COMPARING THOSE POLICIES OR EXCUSE ME, THOSE GUIDANCES, THOSE GUIDELINES WITH WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO IN THOSE SPACES.

AND IN THOSE FACILITIES, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE TYPES OF GUIDANCES FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY ACTIVITY AND THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY.

SO EVERY TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT IS ASSIGNED TO AN AREA IS ALSO ASSIGNED A RISK LEVEL.

SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOUGHT, TO BUY, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE CONSISTENCIES ARE.

WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

WE WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND WE'LL, WE ARE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A REPORT AS A REOPENING REPORT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE YOU AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

MOVING FORWARD, BALANCING, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY AS WELL AS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE FACILITY.

UM, SO THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE MET.

I'LL SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH RIGHT BACK TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SO WE'VE GOT COUNCILMAN WU PULLING NUMBER TWO, I'LL BE PULLING NUMBER THREE.

UM, OKAY.

I JUST NEED SOME EDUCATION ON THIS AGENDA.

REMAIN IN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM.

NUMBER ONE, ITEM NUMBER ONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

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IT'S ABOUT DUBAI BY COUNCILMAN WU.

MAYOR PRO TEM D IS MAYOR CASTELLANO.

BRINGING US TO A NUMBER TWO FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE, PASSES FOUR ZERO.

UH,

[2) APPROVAL AND TRANSMITTAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET AND A RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE (“ROPS”) FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023 FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER WEST COVINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY]

WE'LL COME BACK ERECTOR.

LET'S SEE.

I KNOW THIS IS YOUR SWAN DANCE, BUT I WON'T LET YOU FREE.

I'M WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE US.

I REALLY KIND OF CONFUSED.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A $19 MILLION IS A ENFORCEABLE LIABILITY.

AND A LOT OF BOND.

SO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN KIND OF, UH, CAN CLARIFY TO THE COUNCIL.

EDUCATORS ABOUT WHAT IS DEPLOYING COMMA, WHY THE RISK AND, UH, OKAY.

SO WE CAN, OKAY.

BE CAREFUL.

ALL THESE $19 MILLION LIABILITY WITH A LOT OF, UH, EVA IS THE, WE DEVELOP AN AGENCY BECOMES SUCCESSFUL AGENCY AND A LOT OF THINGS FOR ALL PROPERTY TAX.

AND THEN IN 2008, GOVERNOR BOND.

WE DEVELOP AGENCIES, SO BASICALLY SEE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

SO ALL THESE BONDS, WE BECOME SUCCESSFUL AGENCY.

WE BECOME OUR LIABILITY WITH ALL THE TEXTS AGENCY, SO IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

SO MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE IT SWEET AND SHORT AND SIMPLE TO LET US UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

SO, UM, IN BACK IN 2012, UM, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WERE DISSOLVED BY GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN AT THE TIME.

AND SO IT BECAME SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATED RULES WITH IT, BUT THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE WINDING DOWN OUR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

AND WE HAVE APPROVED, UM, OBLIGATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS APPROVED AND ANNUALLY.

WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THEM, UM, OUR REPORT.

AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE US A LETTER IN APRIL, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPT THOSE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE LIST ON THIS REPORT THAT I'VE LISTED FOR THIS 19 MILLION.

AND THEY'LL COME BACK WITH SOME NUMBER LESS THAN THIS NUMBER THEY ALWAYS DO.

SO, UM, WE GET OUR PAYMENTS ON THESE TWICE A YEAR, ONCE IN JUNE, AND ONCE IN JANUARY, AND THIS, THIS PARTICULAR REPORT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE 2223 YEAR.

AND IT'S DUE BY FEBRUARY 1ST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

SO, SO I, MY UNDERSTANDING, OKAY, WITH THIS $19 MILLION BOND AND THE, WE TRY TO PURSUE THE STATE OF, UH, FINANCE THAT THEY ALWAYS MONEY.

AM I RIGHT? OKAY.

AND THEY, THEY NEED TO PAY US BACK BECAUSE THEY CHARGE FROM PROPERTY TAX, BUT THEY NEVER GET BACK TO US.

SO, SO THERE'S TWO BOND ISSUES THAT ARE LISTED ON, ON THIS.

WELL, ACTUALLY THREE, UM, THERE'S THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE MALL.

AND THERE'S THE TWO, UH, REGARDING THE MOD, UM, IS A PLAZA ALWAYS COMING OUT, RIGHT? YES.

AND I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T PAYLOAD TEXAS FOR 20 YEARS SINCE THEN WHEN THEY BUILT, I THINK THEY BUILT IN 2000 FROM THE, WE DEVELOP AGENCY PROJECT.

NOW WE USING THIS, WE DEVELOP AGENCY FUNDING TO HELP THEM, AND THEN WE KEEP THEM THE TAX BREAK.

I T I TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY BUILT.

I THINK IT'S A BASE BACK ON 2005, 2000, I BELIEVE, OR ISSUED FOR THE, UH, BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES.

BUT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, OKAY, WE SET UP, OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T GET A TAX TILL WHAT, 2022 SEPTEMBER, WE STILL GET PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX THAT GOES TO THE CFD TO PAY OFF.

UM, PAULINE IS CORRECT THAT THEY WERE ISSUED BACK IN SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN REFINANCED SINCE THEN.

AND THEY'RE IN THE 1996 BONDS.

NOW THOSE WILL BE PAID OFF IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.

SO NEXT SEPTEMBER 22, WE WILL GET OURSELVES TECH FONDO PLAZA.

WEST COVINA.

YES.

SO HOW MUCH YOU WISH TO RECEIVE? ONLY WEEK.

WE FINALLY, WE CAN GET SOME SALES TAX

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FROM THEM.

IT'S BETWEEN OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

UM, I THINK WE BUDGET 1.2, BUT I THINK IT COMES IN HIGHER THAN THAT 1.5 TO 1.6.

OH, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A 1.5 0.6 DEAD LAST YEAR? I UNDERSTAND.

SO LET'S ALL WEEKENDS.

WE HAVE A, ROUGHLY AT $1.5 MILLION EXTRA INCOME ANNUALLY COME TO US.

AM I RIGHT? ADD EXTRA, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL, OKAY.

NEXT, EXTRA CONDITION NOW BY ELLIS.

THE MAKER'S HAPPY THAT WE FINALLY, OKAY.

I HAVE TO, WITH THIS, WE DEVELOP AGENCY PROJECT THAT WE STARTED.

WE SEE TEXAS.

AND THEN THERE'S HOW IMPORTANT FOR US.

HEY, EVERY PENNY COME.

AND SO THIS IS THE THEME, BUT I THINK TO STAY STILL OWE US ALL THIS BOND MONEY.

THAT'S WHY REMEMBER WE ARE TRYING TO PURSUE, OR THE STATE.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK PAULINA TOLD US REGARDING WHAT WE SHOULD PURSUE OR THE HOT $90 MILLION OR $50 MILLION FROM THE STATE OR FINANCE FINANCE COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THERE ARE VARIOUS OBLIGATIONS, UM, ON THE ROPS AND LINE ITEMS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING.

SOME OF THEM ARE ITEMS THAT WE'VE, UM, HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FROM DOF AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH TO GET APPROVAL.

ONE OF THAT I BELIEVE IS YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT TAX AGREEMENT.

UM, AND IT'S A VERY CONVOLUTED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY AND THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

UM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT, UH, RECOGNIZED AS AN ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATION TO THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WILL APPROVE, UM, THE REIMBURSEMENT BACK TO SO HOW MUCH TOTALLY OKAY.

IF WE CAN, IF THEY CAN APPROVE AND REIMBURSE BACK TO US.

I THINK ONE POINT, OKAY.

16, $15 MILLION ON IT WAS 30 FROM WHATEVER 30 MILLION AROUND 30 I'M AT $30 MILLION.

NOW HOW REALISTIC WE CAN GET THIS MONEY BACK TO THE CITY AND HOW SOON I'M WORKING TOWARDS.

WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS.

SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN PURSUED SINCE I SIT ON THE CONSOLE CONSOLE SEAT FOR SIX YEARS.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN PURSUING, BUT HOW SOON WE ARE, WE WORK ON THIS FOR SIX YEARS AND THEN YOU STILL WITH US.

HOW SOON? OKAY.

SO WE'VE BEEN OKAY.

PURSUE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

SO WHEN AND WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY WILL PAY US BACK.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, IN A LEGISLATIVE FIX, UM, W IN, IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC LINE ITEM, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN VARIOUS ENTITIES, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISILLUSION ACT FOR REDEVELOPMENT, SPECIFIES VERY, UH, UH, CHECKBOX OF ITEMS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IT AN OBLIGATION, ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATION.

WE STILL NEED A LEGISLATURE MINI OUR CENTER TO ASSEMBLY, RIGHT? WE WERE HOPING THAT THAT'S A METHOD TO GETTING IT APPROVED.

WE HAVE THE UNITED TWO X, OUR SENATOR, ANY ASSEMBLY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN HELP US TO GET HIS MONEY BACK.

TH TH TO GET THE CHECKMARK FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WE WOULD, BECAUSE THE ELECTION IS COMING UP THE BETTER TO DO IT.

OTHERWISE WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THEM.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED OUT LEGISLATION TO BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE, UH, UH, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT OBLIGATION.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO THE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE AGREEMENT IS VERY UNIQUE.

IT PRETEND UTILIZED A LAW THAT NO LONGER EXISTS TODAY, BUT IT WAS DONE LEGALLY.

UM, BUT BECAUSE WE UTILIZE THAT LAW THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY, IT DOESN'T, WE CAN'T CHECK MARK THAT BOX, THAT THE DEPARTMENT, SO WE NEED OUR LEGISLATURES TO OUR SENATORS ASSEMBLY TO HELP US, CAN WE KEEP THEM A CLEAR DIRECTION? SO OUR ATTORNEY, TOM, RIGHT.

SO IN THAT WAY, WE CAN GIVE THEM WHILE WE NE SO THEY CAN HELP US.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE IN SACRAMENTO.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DAMN OTHERWISE, WHY IS THE POINT? RIGHT.

SO, SO CAN WE KEEP A CLEAR DIRECTION? OKAY.

SO THANK YOU.

SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE, SO PLEASE WALK ON LAND.

SO $2 MILLION AT, OF MONEY.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF OVERTIME.

ABOUT, BECAUSE SOME OF THE, IT'S ALL FROM THIS REPORT, NOW, THOSE BONDS ARE THE 2018 BONDS AND THEY COMBINED THE 2000 FOURS, UM, ADD OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO, SO, UH, NEXT THING I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE BOMB.

I REMEMBER DOING THE COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEN WE FINANCED THE BOMB.

SO, SO IF WE HAVE OLD THIS, THAT GULF COAST BOND, AND A COUPLE OF OUR MUNICIPAL BONDS CAN JUICY, AND IF WE WANT TO PAY OFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PENALTY? THAT'S WE KIND OF WORRY

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NOW, THE 2000 TUESDAY, I BELIEVE.

AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER ON THAT SIX, UM, ONE OTHER BOND ISSUED THAT COMBINED ALL OF THOSE INTO THE 2018, THAT MONEY COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND TODAY.

AND YEAH, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

AND THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE IS A GENERAL BOND, SO IF WE CAN PAY OFF, THEN WE WAY WE DO SOLID GENERAL FOREIGNER DISABILITY.

YES.

AND I BELIEVE, UM, THAT PREVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED THAT, UM, WHEN WE SELL THE BKK PROPERTY, THAT, THAT, THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK.

PART OF IT WILL GO BACK TO PAY THE BONDS.

UM, THAT'S ABOUT $8 MILLION RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR THOSE.

AND EVEN IF THERE IS, THERE'S ALWAYS A CALL DATA ON THOSE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CALL DATE IS, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS SET THAT MONEY ASIDE TO, TO CALL IT WHEN IT, WHEN IT DOES COME DUE.

IT IS NOW WE REQUEST IS OVERSIGHT BOWL.

REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY DECIDE TO GROW AND WHEN DOLLAR TO SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO US.

AND SO, BUT THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY OFF THE BOND, OKAY.

SO THERE'S A REQUIREMENT.

SO IF SOMEBODY PURCHASED BKK WITH THEIR BOND, WE OWE LIKE $30.5 MILLION STARTING.

PLUS OUR INTERESTS.

WE ALMOST PAID $20 MILLION ALREADY.

THEY NEED TO BE PAY OFF.

IF ANYBODY PAY OFF, BECAUSE THIS IS A BOMB AND CALLED THE SAN JOSE GULF COAST BOMB.

THERE'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYBODY, IF WE WANT TO BUY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THAT WE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WE ASKED SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO BUILD THIS GOLF COURSE.

AND LET'S CAUSE US ALMOST $20 MILLION.

AND WE STILL HAVE A BOND THAT OVER FOR A $9 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE TO PAY OFF, UH, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS PART OF THE APPROVAL FROM THE OVERSIGHT BOARD TO SELL THE, UH, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ASSETS TO THE CITY FOR A DOLLAR EACH, IT DID SPEC, UH, STIPULATE THAT, UM, THE CITY COULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE BONDS IN ANY INTEREST ON THOSE BONDS THAT THE CITY PAID.

UM, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT FROM THE LAND PROCEEDS WOULD HAVE TO BE SHARED AMONGST THE TAXING ENTITIES.

GOT IT.

BASIC BASICALLY ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY.

AND FOR, SO FOR THE $90 MILLION, THIS IS, UH, OKAY.

UH, OKAY.

THIS IS, UH, THIS BASICALLY IS THE BALL AND STUFF ON GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS A FOUNDER.

WE DEVELOP AGENCY FOR SUCCESS, AGENCY BOMB, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY BONDS, AND THOSE CONSIST OF THE 2000 SIXES.

THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO REFER TO AS BIG LEAGUE DREAMS AND THE, UM, 2000 SEVENTEENS.

THAT'S THE ONES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE REFINANCED IN 2017.

AND THAT WAS, UH, UM, REFINANCE THAT WENT THROUGH THE COUNTY.

AND, UM, THEN THERE'S THE 96 BONDS, WHICH I MENTIONED WILL BE PAID OFF IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.

THE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON NUMBER TWO? NOPE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.

WE WANT A SECOND BY MAYOR LENO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TO BUY, TO BUY COUNCILMAN WILL MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, MAYOR CASTELLANO'S ITEM PASSES FOR ZERO.

TAKES US TO NUMBER I DON'T.

ASSISTANT CITY CLERK

[3) CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22]

NUMBER THREE, AGAIN FOR OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.

UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US A REPORT ON THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIALS? SORRY.

UM, THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'M GOING TO ASK STEPHANIE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GIVE THAT REPORT.

UM, SHE PREPARED IT, BUT, UM, JUST THE GIST OF IT.

UM, IT'S THE FIRST QUARTER THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE'RE REVISING SOME OF THE NUMBERS.

UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T LIKE TO DO A FIRST QUARTER REPORT IS THERE'S SO LITTLE DATA ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY TAX IN AT THAT TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE LIKE ONE MONTH OF SALES TAX.

SO YOU CAN'T REALLY CONCLUDE ANYTHING FROM THAT.

UM, BUT WE ARE SEEING THE NUMBERS RISING.

SO WE'RE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE REVENUES AND I SUSPECT THAT.

AND WHEN YOU GET THE SECOND QUARTER THAT IT WILL BE RE REVISED EVEN FURTHER.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET STEPHANIE,

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UH, COME DOWN AND GIVE THE REPORT.

THANK YOU ROBIN AND WELCOME STEPHANIE, GOOD EVENING.

UH, WE'LL JUST BE BRIEF AND TOUCH ON SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM IT.

SO OVERALL DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, REVENUE, LESS EXPENDITURES ARE DOWN ABOUT 15 MILLION, BUT THIS IS TYPICAL AS ROBIN HAD MENTIONED FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY, WE'RE ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN MOVING FORWARD.

UM, AS ROBIN MENTIONED, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF OUR FUNDS.

IN FACT, WE GOT THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY TAX TODAY, SO THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE NEXT QUARTER SALES TAX PRODUCTIONS.

HOWEVER, FOR THE LAST FEW QUARTERS HAVE BEEN UP.

SO WE SHOULD SEE THAT INCREASE HOPEFULLY, AS PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL OVER THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, ATTACHED TO THIS FINANCIAL REPORT IS ALSO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE, UM, OVERALL BY 1.3 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, BASED ON INCREASED PRODUCTIONS IN REVENUE AND THEN, UM, SOME OFFSETTING EXPENDITURES.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, NO GAY, AND, UH, I KNOW THIS THE FIRST QUARTER.

UH, JULY 1ST TO OCTOBER 31ST, RIGHT? SEPTEMBER, NO, SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO THE FIRST QUOTE IS I UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE OKAY.

MAYBE IN JANUARY WE CAN HAVE A MUCH BETTER NUMBER, RIGHT.

SO WE CAN SEE HOW STRONG FINANCIAL LEAD TO CT DUE TO, BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE A TWO THING, YOU HAVE A EXPENDITURE AND YOU HAVE A INCOME AND THE, HOW YOU SPEND THE MONEY AT THE SAME TIME, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU CAN BRING IN JUST LIKE TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD.

HOW MUCH OF YOUR BRAIN, HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND THE MONEY? SO, SO, BUT, BUT AGAIN, BASED ON WHAT WE SEE, OKAY.

WITH PROBABLY TAX INCREASED, LIKE 20% IN MO I THINK MORE THAN THAT IN WEST COVINA IS PICKING 30%.

SO, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE INVENTORY AT THE SAME TIME.

WITH, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE.

OH, THAT CRAZY.

INCLUDING MY DELTA, MY KID.

THAT'S LIKE A NON-STOP WHICH MY HOME BECOME A LEGO WAREHOUSE.

SO BECAUSE EVERYBODY BUYING SO, SO YOU CAN SEE THE, EVERY TIME I WENT THROUGH.

THE FREEWAY, I SEE.

ALL A SHOPPING MALL WHERE EQUIVALENT PLAZA, OR IS MORE, IS FULL OF CAR.

SO THAT CAN SEE THERE IS A GOOD INCOME, BUT, BUT THE QUESTION WILL BE, I WANT TO GO WITH WHAT JIM, OKAY.

TALKING ABOUT.

I'LL LET YOU SPEND A CHAIR.

YOU'VE BEEN TO CHURCH ABOUT OKAY.

ALL THE TIME.

SO WHILE KIND OF A AREA WE CAN KIND OF LOOK INTO TO HELP OUT, WE STILL HAVE TO CONTROL THE SPENDING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE.

COME IN.

LIKE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POSSIBLE END $0.5 MILLION.

SO WE NEED TO OKAY.

SEE HOW WE CONTROL AS OKAY.

IN THE FUTURE WITH MORE REVENUE, BE INCLUDING ALL THE DEVELOPMENT WE APPROVE AT A STARTING GOING, GOING ON.

THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROPERTY TAX COMING IN AND THEN WE HAVE A TAIL FEE SCHEDULE AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO FEE FEES.

SO I CAN, I CAN SEE, OKAY.

WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF INCOME AND MY UNDERSTANDING FOR ROBIN.

IF ON 19 TO 20, OKAY.

A BUDGET IS A SURPLUS, RIGHT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT RIGHT NOW.

BUT, UM, WE DID GET A DRAFT AND THE RESERVES HAVE GONE FROM 12.5 MILLION IN 1920 IN, IN THIS CURRENT, UM, REPORT.

IT'LL IT GOES UP TO 21.4 MILLION 91.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THIS NUMBERS FOR WHAT, UM, MAYBE PULLING OUT, CAN TELL US, I THINK WE HAVE A DESIGNER FOR 20 YEARS.

NORMALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY, WE ONLY, WE ONLY HAVE LIKE $50 MILLION.

WE DON'T TO NINE POINT SOME MILLION DOLLARS.

NOW WE GO UP TO $22 MILLION ROUGHLY.

UP AND DOWN.

SO, SO IS A, IS A VERY GOOD NEWS.

RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AND THAT'S MAINLY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CONTRACTED SERVICES, UM, THAT ARE ARISING IN WHICH THEY NEED ASSISTANCE FOR.

SO, AND UM, SO W CAN WE LOOK INTO THE, EVEN WE MAKING GOOD MONEY, BUT STILL WE HAVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN, SHOULD EXPENDITURE, CAN WE LOOK INTO THE AREA? YES.

SO, UM, OVERALL ALL, NO SEVEN OUT OF THE NINE DEPARTMENTS WERE, ARE TRENDING ON BUDGET AT 25% WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM FOR, FOR THE QUARTER.

UM, MR. IS CORRECT.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OVER IN OVERTIME.

SO WE ARE SEEING THAT SPIKE AGAIN.

AND SO STAFF IS CLOSELY WATCHING THAT AND EACH PAYROLL ACTUALLY PROVIDES A REPORTS IN REFLECTION OF THAT.

UM, THE OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT'S UP IS THE HUMAN

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UM, SO WE ARE TRACKING THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS, BUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE TRENDING ON BUDGET AS OF THE END OF THE 30TH.

SO-SO EVERYBODY KIND OF STAY WITH THEIR BUDGET, RIGHT.

AS OF THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, ALL THE DEPARTMENT, IS THAT WALK WITH THE CT, WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND WORK WITH THE TAXPAYER, TRY TO CONTROL THEIR BUDGET SO FAR.

SO FAR, DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE YET.

IT'S REALLY, AS ROBIN SAID, THE FIRST QUARTER IS REALLY JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST STARTING TO PAY EXPENDITURES FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE A HUGE LAG ON REVENUE.

SO YES, YES, YES.

BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO TELL PEOPLE TOO MUCH ABOUT WE ARE RICH.

NO, NO, WE NEED, WE JUST, OKAY.

BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S OKAY.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.

BUT AS HE JUST SAID, UM, GIVEN, UH, THE VARIABILITY AND IN, UH, POTENTIAL EXPENDITURES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, A LOT OF THINGS COULD BLINDSIDE US.

I THINK WE STILL NEED TO BE VIGILANT AND CONTINUE ON THIS PATH OF GOOD FISCAL MANAGEMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU ROBIN.

VERY MUCH.

UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, LET'S SEE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT SOME OKAY.

SO WE D NO, NO, HIS STAY.

UH, AND THEN I KNOW IT'S KIND OF SWAN DANCE FOR OUR BELOVED.

AND THE FINANCE DIRECTORS.

AND, UM, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY QUICKLY ON THIS.

WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE.

SO FORTUNATELY TO HAVE YOU OKAY.

TO WORK FOR US.

I KNOW THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING WITH US.

AND, UH, I WAS LIKE BEGGING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.

I SAY, PLEASE, DON'T GO, PLEASE, PLEASE.

DON'T, DON'T BREAK MY HEART, BUT, BUT I KNOW, UH, AND IN 2019, OKAY.

WHEN WE HAVE A DAY COMMONING, APRIL, AND THEY COME AND THEY INTRODUCE HIM, MAY I THINK THE TITLE MAY 1ST OR END OF APRIL AND YOU INTRODUCE ROBIN.

AND ROBIN'S ALREADY RETIRED.

AND ROBIN SAID, I CAN HELP YOU WITH SIX MONTHS TIER END OF THE YEARS TO KIND OF HELP USE US STRAIGHT UP THE CT.

AND THEN, AND THEN THEY'LL BE BEGGING YOU SAY, HEY, WE NEED A GOOD FINANCE DIRECTOR TO KIND OF CLEAN UP THE CTMS. OKAY.

IS A MESS.

I KNOW IT BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR THAT TIMES.

LIKE WHAT WE, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, I KNOW HOW HORRIBLE I WENT THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT FINANCE DIRECTOR.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FARM BALANCE.

AS, AS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN THE BANK AND SHE CANNOT EVEN ANSWER.

SO WE WENT THROUGH THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT FINANCE DIRECTORS.

AT ALL OUR CONSULTANT.

FINALLY, WE HAVE A ROBIN, OKAY.

ROBIN SAVED A CT CLEANUP OF DEAL DEPARTMENT AND THE BRING YOU IN.

AND WHEN SHE BRING YOU IN, I, WE KNOW SHE'S TRIED TO EXIT, OKAY.

SHE FINDS, UH, SHE'S SO RESPONSIBLE AND SHE LOVED THE CT.

SO MUCH THE CASE SHE WORKS OUT IN SUNDAY.

AND AS SHE WORKED SO HARD TO KIND OF, UH, ALBERT TO BECOME WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

SO I THINK WEST COVINA IN DEPTH TO YOUR, HOW WORK OKAY.

TO HELP THE CT BECAUSE CT, MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FINANCE.

BESIDES PICO, WITHOUT MONEY, HOW YOU PAY FOR YOUR PUPPY SAFETY, OR YOU PAY FOR YOUR SERVICE.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE A STRONG FINANCE AND A STRONG FINANCE.

YOU NEED TO HAVE STRONG FINANCE DIRECTOR.

UNDERSTAND WHAT, OKAY.

THE, OKAY.

SHE'S STILL IN.

AND AS SHE'S DOING OKAY, IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.

AND THE, AND THE CLEANING UP THE MESS OF, UH, AGES.

IS NOT ONLY FROM PREVIOUS.

I MEAN, HE SAY A MUTATION IS COMING FROM 10, 20 YEARS OF A KICK OUT TO THE CAN DOWN THE ROW.

AND THE NEVER BEEN REALLY FIXED.

AND I SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST STAY WITH US FOR ANOTHER YEAR? AND HE SAID, NOPE, TONY, GET ON MY FACE.

AND, UH, I'M, I'M GOING TO ENJOY MY RETIREMENT.

AND, UH, AND, UH, HE, SHE DID GOOD.

I WANT TO SHOW MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION WHERE PIZAN MY TAXPAYER.

TO STAY WITH YOU ALMOST THREE YEARS.

TWO YEARS AND A MONTH.

AND HELP US OKAY.

TO, TO MAKE THE CT GREAT AGAIN.

AND NOT ONLY THAT YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR REPLACEMENT.

AND STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE, WE KIND OF WALK WITH YOU.

WE ALREADY KNOW YOUR ABILITY OKAY.

TO DO IT, OTHERWISE THE YOUNGER, BUT THE SMALLER SIZE OF A ROBIN.

BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TWO OF YOU TO COME TO HELP US.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT SENTIMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU COUNCILMAN WU.

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THANK YOU, ROBIN.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE, FOR BEING WITH US AND BEING READY TO TAKE OVER AND CONTINUE ON, ON OUR PATH.

SO, UH, WOULD ANY OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? THEY WERE PRO TEMP.

IT'S WHEN IT'S ABOUT TO BUY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, ROBIN, UH, AGAIN, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU.

UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, YOU'RE ALWAYS STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, AND YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO GIVE THE ANSWER THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN, UH, AND THAT SORT OF FINANCE DIRECTOR REALLY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO, UH, YOU YOU'VE REALLY SHOWN A LOT OF STRENGTH IN YOUR POSITION, A LOT OF INTEGRITY.

UH, AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH FINANCE, I MEAN, THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE CHARACTERISTIC.

YOU NEED AN, A FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, AND YOU'VE EXEMPLIFIED THAT.

UH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU YOU'VE GIVEN FOR THE CITY, FOR THE RESIDENTS, UH, AND, UM, WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT ME AND MY YEAR.

UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND ULTIMATE OR NO, NOTHING FURTHER THAN, UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL ROBIN UP TO THE MICROPHONE THROUGH THE CHAIR.

I DO NEED A MOTION.

YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT ON THIS ITEM.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

GOING TO BE A LULL THERE IN, UM, A VACANCY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR.

KOSTELANETZ DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT DUBAI MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.

THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED ON US.

AND WITH THAT FOUR ZERO PASS, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE COUNCIL, JOIN US OUT THERE FOR A PHOTO OP.

YEAH, IT'S RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE COUNT OF THREE, THREE.

YES, YES.

TURN IT ON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL PLACES I'VE BEEN IN MY CAREER.

I'VE NEVER HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND, UM, LIKE MOST OF THE COUNCIL HAS SAID WHEN I GOT HERE, I WAS HIRED TO CLEAN THINGS UP.

UM, A LOT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN COVID HIT.

AND A LOT OF THAT TOOK TIME BECAUSE WE HAD VERY LITTLE STAFF IN HOUSE.

UM, BUT SINCE STEPHANIE'S BEEN HERE, WE'VE MANAGED TO CLEAN THE BOOKS UP THIS, THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, I THINK PROVES THAT, UM, WE'VE MANAGED TO GROW THE RESERVES PHENOMENALLY.

AND, UM, I KNOW I'M LEAVING THE CITY IN GOOD HANDS.

I COULDN'T WALK OUT THE DOOR IF I WASN'T SURE THAT I HAD SOMEBODY TO REPLACE ME.

AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY STEPHANIE HAS BEEN, UM, HER AND I HAVE LIKE-MIND SO I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO CARRY ON THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE.

AND WE, UM, JUST THIS WEEK, UM, THE NEW ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR STARTED, SO THERE'S NOT

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THAT'S GONNA HOLD STEPHANIE BACK.

UM, WE PICK THE NUMBER TWO PERSON.

SHE WAS ON THE LIST AND, UH, SHE WAS A VERY CLOSE SECOND WITH STEPHANIE, AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A GOOD TEAM.

AND I KNOW WEST COVINA IS IN GOOD HANDS AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS EXPERIENCE.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE AND YOU WILL A GREAT MOMENT FOR ALL OF US.

SO NUMBER THREE, WE'VE PASSED THAT FOUR, ZERO NOW ON TO MAYOR OR COUNCIL REPORTS.

DOES ANY, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? UH, AB 1, 2, 3, NO.

NOPE.

NONE OF THAT.

UM, COUNCIL REQUESTS.

I DON'T HAVE A REQUEST.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT COME COME.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON

[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]

JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS TO PUT, UH, THE FIRST ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING EVENT AND MOVING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TOWNS OF SNOW.

AND A LOT OF KID IS VERY, VERY HAPPY AND, UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE A ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT JUST FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SHORT TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND, UH, MAKE ALL THE CHILDREN VERY HAPPY.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING AND WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT.

WE, WE WANT TO BRING, OKAY.

UNITY.

WE WANT TO BRING ENTERTAINMENT.

WE WANT TO BRING EVENT.

AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR TO PUT A TREE LIGHTING.

AND, UH, TO PUT THIS OKAY.

TREE.

UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE, UNBELIEVABLE.

AND THEN MAKE EVERYBODY HAVE A HOBO 2020.

AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.

SECOND THING IS ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

UM, OKAY.

SUCCESSFUL.

YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF ON TRIBUNE.

IT'S LIKE PASADENA.

OFF OF THAT KIND OF A PARADE.

AND THE CHILDREN IS VERY, VERY PROUD AND HAPPY.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.

ONE YOU CLUB.

AND A ONE IS THANK BRAD.

UH, KEN.

I DID TEAM TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR THE, I THINK THERE'S STILL TIMES OKAY.

AND, UH, VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND, UH, AND THE CENTER UP THERE, THE FOUR PEOPLE WITH ALL THE PERFORMANCE AND THAT IS MAKE OUR CITY SO PROUD.

WE PROUD TO HAVE ALL OKAY.

THIS ACTIVITY AND THE THING WE COULDN'T HAVE MORE ACTIVITY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF.

I THINK A LOT OF STAFF WORKING SO HARD.

AND TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCILMAN RULE, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THIS, I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE NEW YEAR'S.

AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER.

TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMAN ABOUT DUBAI.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, FIRST OFF, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN WU SAID REGARDING THE EVENTS, UH, BEAUTIFUL JOB STAFF, A FANTASTIC, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, WAS, WAS WONDERFUL.

UH, I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, UH, JOEY MANCUZZO OF ANNA'S PIZZA HAD HAD A GREAT EVENT OVER IN GLENDORA WITH ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN RESTAURANT.

UH, BUT THEN HE HAD HIS, HIS OUTDOOR TELEVISION, UH, STOLEN.

UH, BUT GREG CARLOS OF THE COVE, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, REPLACED THAT, THAT TV.

AND I, I WANTED TO POINT IT OUT JUST BECAUSE, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE, IN THE LAKES, THEY, THEY REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING AROUND THEM.

UM, THERE THERE'S REALLY A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE WITH, WITH THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS.

UH, AND SO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO WEST COVINA MALL TO SHOP, HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU ARE STILL DOING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, UH, AND AFTER CHRISTMAS STILL SHOP.

UM, BUT WHEN YOU NEED A BREAK, UM, GO TO THOSE RESTAURANTS, UH, ON GLENDORA AND, UH, HAVE A DRINK AT THE COVE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, WHAT GREG, UH, DID AND JUST WHAT THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE DONE

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I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, JUST MENTION A NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I MEAN, FLORIDA IS, UH, DR.

AMY FLORES.

IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME IN WEST COVINA.

A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN OUR, ONE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, IS ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST RISING WITH US, UH, AND FINALLY, UH, NORTHVIEW I'M A FOOTBALL COACH, AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, UH, WHICH IS, UH, COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED.

A LOT OF WEST COVINA, UH, RESIDENTS CHOOSE TO GO TO NORTH VIEW AND ARE ON THAT FOOTBALL TEAM.

THEY WON CIF AND THEY MADE IT TO THE STATE FINAL, UH, CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT, BUT, UH, COACH MARCEL PEREZ AND THAT STAFF, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEARS.

AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO A 2022.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

IT'S ABOUT TO BUY ALL ECHO THE SENTIMENT.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR CITY STAFF, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET US THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES WE FACED.

UM, NOT ONLY WITH THE PANDEMIC BOAT BEFORE WE GOT STARTED AS THIS TEAM, WHICH, UH, IS GOING GREAT.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT GOING.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART.

AND THANK YOU STAFF.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.

COUNCILMAN WILL.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

MA'AM OKAY.

I PUT MY HEADS UP, SO I WANT TO, UH, MOST IMPORTANT THING AND THAT THIS HOLIDAY, OKAY.

NO MATTER WHAT THIS AND THAT, I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY MERRY CHRISTMAS, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

YOU DESERVE THE BEST WISHES.

I WANT MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HEALTHY AND MAGNIFICENT 20, 22.

AND, UH, WE NEED TO KICK THIS PANDEMIC.

WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE OKAY.

MOST IMPORTANT IN CONTINUED TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER, NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE OUR CITY, BUT MOST IMPORTANT TO MAKE YOUR FAMILY TOGETHERS AND, UH, HELP OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A DAY OF FUTURE.

AND A CONGRATULATION FOR THE COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND A WISH SHE WILL DO GREAT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL 2021.

AND THERE WAS THANK YOU TO STAFF.

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND ALL THE STAFF ON THE STREET AND HELP TO KEEP US SAFE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.