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WELCOME TO OUR JANUARY 18TH, 2022
[Call to Order]
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY A PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES AND COUNCILMAN WU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF LEGION.
WE REMEMBER THE WORDS THIS EVENING OF KING DAVID, OF ALL THAT YOU ARE OUR REFUGE, OUR EVER PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF DANGER FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU BE A REFUGE FATHER TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT YOU BE A REFUGE TO OUR DOCTORS AND OUR NURSES, FATHER THAT ARE IN THE FRONT LINE.
IN THIS COVID BATTLE FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE A REFUGE TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AS YOU BE A REFUGE TO OUR TEACHERS FATHER, AND THAT OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO BE SAFE.
HAVENS, PROTECTED FATHER BY YOU IN JESUS NAME, EMILY FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU BE A REFUGE TO THOSE IN AUTHORITY IN OUR CITY, OUR MAYOR AND THEIR FAMILIES, FATHER, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES, FATHER, WE THANK YOU.
AND WE PRAY THAT IF THERE BE ANY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW, FATHER, THAT YOU STRENGTHEN THEM WITH.
WE SPEAK HEALTH WHOLENESS IN THEIR BODIES, AND ANYONE IN OUR CITY FATHER HAS SUFFERED THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE.
WE, WE SPEAK YOUR COMFORT IN YOUR PEACE OVER THEM.
AND NOW DIRECT US IN THIS MEETING.
GIVE WISDOM TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE AFFAIRS OF OUR CITY.
WE SPEAK THE BLESSING OF GOD OVER OUR CITY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART AND FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IT'S THIS 10 CITY CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT BUY NOW AND SOMEONE WILL COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ, VIBRATO PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ HERE, MAYOR CASTELLANO'S AND REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
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CITY ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION, NOTHING TO REPORT OUT, UM, MR. MAYOR, BUT I WANT IT TO ANNOUNCE A FAVORABLE RULING.
THE CITY RECENTLY RECEIVED IN A LITIGATION MATTER IN THE MATTER OF SUA GUINO V TONY WOO, AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THE PLAINTIFF FILED A COMPLAINT, ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS, INCLUDING RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH, DEFAMATION INVASION OF PRIVACY.
AMONG OTHER CLAIMS, WE FILED THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN RESPONSE TO THOSE CLAIMS, THE COURT AGREED WITH OUR ARGUMENTS AND GRANTED THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT.
THE COURT STATED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WU AND THE CITY DID NOT VIOLATE PLAINTIFF'S FREE SPEECH AND DID NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF IN ANY MANNER.
AND THE COURT AGREED AND ORDERED ISSUED AN ORDER DISMISSING THE CASE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS.
WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH ORAL OR WITH, UH, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.UM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
ANY EMAILS WHICH WILL RECEIVE BY 5:00 PM HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
ALL EMAILS ARE PART OF A PUBLIC RECORD AND JUST LIKE LAST MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS TO THREE MINUTES AND I'M SEEKING CONSENT CONSENSUS FROM MY COUNCIL.
IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M OKAY.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? CARD'S MAYOR.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HERMAN FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY PEDRO GONZALEZ.
SO WE'RE BACK TO THE NONSENSE OF 2022.
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RECORD, UH, BRANDENBURG VERSUS OHIO SINCE MR. WOOLWINE HAS CASE ABOUT FIRST SPEECH, BUT IT'S APPARENT THAT OUR THREE MINUTES FROM FIVE MINUTES AS A RESULT OF A TYRANT MAYOR RESTRICTING YOUR FREE SPEECH TO FIVE MINUTES.IT SAYS ONLY EIGHT SPEAKERS IN THE PAST.
THEY USED TO BE 15, 25 PEOPLE SPEAKING, BUT I GUESS THEY GOT TIRED OF THE MAYOR SHIT HERE.
SO LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD, HOW A COLORED MAN SPEAKS AS YOU SEE I'M IN THE COLOR.
SO HOW FAR IS A NIGGER GOING TO, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO THE NIGGERS, A DIRTY NIGGER, SAM, THE JEWS BACK TO ISRAEL.
DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR CITY BUSINESS AND CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
MR. MAYOR, YOU DON'T DO NO GOOD BY HARMING ME BY RESTRICTING TIME BECAUSE I STILL GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS DIRTY NIGGER.
SO WE INTEND TO DO OUR PART AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, AS WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
AND AGAIN, GIVE, GIVE FREEDOM FOR THE WHITES.
CAN WE SEE YOU DO THE JOB FOLLOWED BY PEDRO GONZALEZ FOLLOWED BY.
I HOPE YOU GET THE MENTAL HELP YOU NEED NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
MY GREENSPAN I'M BETH AND YESTERDAY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND WANTING TO GO IN SOMETHING, BUT FIRST ONE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, WITH THE PASTOR.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING JESUS.
IF HE HAD COME BACK FOR CHRISTMAS, HE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ANY CHRISTMAS DINNER ATTEMPT.
T-BONE TIM QUANTA COUNTRY CLUB, THE GUY WHO HOLLERED JESUS, THE, THIS IS THE ONE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY THROW HIM FROM THE DINING ROOM BECAUSE HE'S JEWISH.
THE CLUB HAS NO JEWS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S SMART.
YESTERDAY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING AND NEXT MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT CLUB DOES HAVE ONE SPONSOR.
IT'S A YIDDISH WORD, A GERMAN WORD, A PORTUGUESE WORD MEANS BLACK, A PERSON OF COLOR ONE, WHICH IS OF COURSE MORE THAN HOW MANY THEY HAVE AT FOREST LAKE COUNTRY CLUB.
I REMEMBER A NAIVE CALIFORNIA YEARS AGO, AS YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COULD NOT PLAY A ROUND OF GOLF AT A COUNTRY CLUB.
IF WE PUSH THE ENVELOPE AND I'VE BEEN ON A MISSION FOR YEARS TO TEACH THE FUCKING BAPTIST IN THE CLAN, WHAT OUR SPONSOR IS.
SO AT TIM KLEINER, TIM TEBOW'S COUNTRY CLUB, THE WHITE COLLAR CLAN, OF COURSE AT TIM ACQUA.
THEY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A SECOND SPOT.
WE ONLY HAVE CHRISTIAN MEMBERS AT TIM COUNTRY CLUB.
SO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, YOU MAY NOT HAVE
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CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH US BECAUSE YOU'RE JEWISH.AND THERE'S ANOTHER THING, A CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL GOLFER.
WHAT'S WHAT'S HIS NAME? PELL MICKELSON.
HE PLAYS GOLF OVER THERE TOO, BECAUSE YOU SEE HE'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PREJUDICE GOLFERS ASSOCIATION TYPE.
HE DON'T WANT TO PLAY HIS GOLF WITH YETIS AND SPOTS.
AND THAT'S WHY HE PLAYS WITH TIM TEEBO OVER THERE AT TIM SHAQUANA COUNTRY CLUB AND JOKES.
AND THOUGH, YES, AND THAT NFL TOWN UNDER KU KLUX KLAN GOVERNMENT AND DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE THE JAGUARS PLAY THEATER, THEY HOST THE RAMS. SO THE CHARTERS OR WHOEVER IS A CONFEDERATE PARK ON THE WAY TO THE STADIUM.
THEY STILL HAVE A CONFEDERATE PARK AND AN NFL TOWN.
BOY, THERE ARE A LOT OF DUMB SPOUSES IN THE NFL AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES THAT JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
NOW, WHY ALSO TALK ABOUT THE POLICE WE'VE HAD YOU GUYS HAD THAT SILLY MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN, IN THE DA.
AND ONE GUY WAS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER FROM CITY OF LA AND THERE'S ALSO YOUR GEORGE GEORGE OLSON.
THE ONE THAT HE'S A PART-TIME PA OR A PIG WITH CITY OF LA.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT FOR THE RECORD.
GOT MR. PEDRO GONZALEZ, PEDRO GONZALEZ FOLLOWED BY LC.
MASSMAN FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT.
UM, MY NAME IS PEDRO GONZALEZ AND I'M I'M HERE.
I WAS ON ANOTHER MATTER, BUT I JUST NEEDED TO ADDRESS, UM, ALTHOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH THE CONTENT WIOA WAS JUST SAID, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S WE'RE FORTUNATELY IT'S IT'S THERE.
RIGHT? I HAD TO SIT THROUGH THIS CRAP TOO.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, I DISAGREE WITH CUTTING DOWN SPEAKING TIME, JUST BECAUSE, UM, I AM, I AM HERE TO ADDRESS.
I, FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE TO PREFACE MY, MY SPEECH.
I, I I'M HERE TO AIR DIRTY LAUNDRY AND THAT'S BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ANSWERS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT BE WITHIN THE CITY.
I'VE BEEN GETTING, I'VE BEEN GETTING ATTACKED FOR THE MORE THAN A YEAR NOW FROM, UM, THE CABAL AT CITY AT CITY HALL, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION FOR HAVING A DEADLINE.
MY STREET 18 OTHER PROPERTIES HAVE DEAD GRASS, BUT DO THEY GET TICKETS? NO, THERE'S A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A YARD FOR FOREVER EITHER.
I DON'T HAVE GRASS BECAUSE I KILLED IT BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO PUT IN ARTIFICIAL TURF.
WE ARE IN THE WORST DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES SINCE 1934, THE WORST DROUGHT IN, UH, 2015, MAYBE.
UM, THE NEW BROWN WAS THE NEW GREEN.
IT WAS DECLARED BY GOVERNOR BROWN.
YET WE HAVE PEOPLE GIVING ME TICKETS BECAUSE MY DEAD YARD, MY DEAD GRASS IS CAUSING VERMIN AND RODENT INFESTATIONS REALLY? THAT'S WHAT THE VIOLATION STATE.
I GOT ANOTHER ONE HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY SINGLE CITATION.
IT SAYS YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL THIS ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION AT A HEARING BEFORE AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PART OF THE DUE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO I PAY MY A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A HEARING DATE.
AND YET I'M UP TO NUMBER THREE AND THIS ONE'S FOR $500.
WHY? WELL, I'M BEING CITED FOR PAVING MY FRONT YARD WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF.
AND THEY'RE FORCING ME TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE MORE THAN 50% IS ARTIFICIAL TURF.
WELL, WE COULD DO, YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.
OKAY, WELL, I'LL MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT AND RESOLVE THIS.
OKAY? MR. WOOL'S NEIGHBOR HAS FROM THE BEGINNING,
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FROM THE CURB, SIR, THE TOP OF HIS HOUSE MAINTAINED AN ORDER.AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S IT GOES DEEP.
I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
MASSMAN FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY TRAVIS TIBBITS.
COUNCIL STAFF, EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME.
MY NAME IS ELSIE MASSMAN FIRST.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, WE STILL HAVE A MEETING GOING ON.
ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME MY THREE MINUTES? WE COULDN'T.
WE SIMPLY THREE SECONDS FOR ALLOWING FIVE PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES, NOT FIVE MINUTES AT THE LAST MEETING WHILE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK TWICE AS LONG AND SAY NOTHING JUST TO BE HEARD.
MY SECOND COMPLAINT IS THIS COUNCIL DID NOT ALLOW ANY MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FOR COMPANIES THAT SUFFERED LOSSES DURING A PANDEMIC, HAVING TO MAKE CHANGES.
A LOT OF IT HAS COME OUT OF THE OWNER'S POCKETS IN ORDER TO STAY OPEN.
THIS COUNCIL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, DID NOT, UH, INFORM THE COMPANIES HOW THEY COULD GET A REIMBURSEMENT.
AT LEAST THE CITY COULD DO WAS PUT A DEPOSIT OF 500,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR LOANS TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
INSTEAD, YOU'RE LOOKING AFTER ONLY THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COUNCIL JUST SPENT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR TWO FIRE TRUCKS AND SPENT 25,000 ON REPAIRING FIVE OLD TRUCKS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR MAINTENANCE.
NOW THIS COUNCIL WANTS $115,000 TO PAINT FIRE STATIONS TWO.
AND FOR A CONTRACT NEGOTIATED BY THE MANAGER IS NOW ASKING FOR 405,000 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE PAID FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
NUMBER THREE, THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT.
A GRAFFITI REMOVAL SHOULD BE PAINTED THE SAME COLOR AND COMPLETE THE WALL FOR ONCE.
AND FOR ALL RED ZONES NEED TO BE REPAINTED PARKING LOT AT THE CITY HALL HERE, THE WHITE LINES NEED TO BE REDONE, BUT BRAN BENCHES, WHERE THE BUS STOP CITIZENS CITIZEN SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SIT OR STAND ON THE SIDEWALK WITHIN, WITHOUT ANY SHADE OR PROTECTION.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE COUNCILS THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO IMPROVE THE CITY.
WE HAVE LAWSUITS GOING ON WITH AMAZON WITH A HEALTH WHERE HEALTH PLAN COSTS, SPORTSPLEX EXPENSES, LAWSUITS, PENDING BONDS GALORE.
WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING? OR ARE YOU JUST SHOOTING FROM THE HIP? I THINK THE LADDER, THANK YOU.
ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY TRAVIS TIBBETTS FOLLOWED BY LYNN NAGLE.
HELLO CITY COUNCIL, BILL ELLIOTT.
UH, FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, UH, REALLY AGREE WITH THE REDUCTION OF TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT, WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY.
I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE ABUSE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WORKSHOP.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE CITY OF LAVERNE TWO MINUTES, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ONE MINUTE.
SO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.
UH, IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT YOUR THOUGHT IN THREE MINUTES, THEN PROBABLY SHOULD WRITE AN EMAIL.
UH, SECOND THING I WANNA SAY IS, UH, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THIS AS THE CITY CLERK, THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I WAS IN ONLY SHE AND I AND HERMAN MONSTER WERE THE ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN THE POLICE.
WEREN'T UP AT THE TOP YET, OR ANYTHING WAS EMPTY CHAMBER AND UNPROVOKED.
HE COMPLETELY VERBALLY ATTACKED HER.
HE CALLED HER EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK, USE THE F WORD.
I THINK HE USED THE BAD C WORD.
AND YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT A RIGHT TO HIS, UH, FREE SPEECH UP HERE AT THIS PARTY AND LIKE THE REST OF US, BUT THAT WAS A PERSONAL ATTACK.
AND I REALLY REGRET NOT INTERVENING IN THAT.
AND, UH, SHE IS A SCOURGE ON THIS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PODIUM, PAM AND GREENSPAN BOTH.
REMEMBER WHEN JOHN SHOEMAKER WAS THE ONLY NUT WHERE WE'VE GOT A HOUSE FULL NOW, YOU KNOW, SO
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I REALLY AM BEGGING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REALLY SCOUR THE STATUTES AND FIND SOMETHING THAT THIS MAN IS CROSSING THE LINE ON.I BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON, BUT THIS IS REALLY GIVEN WEST COVINA A BAD NAME, AND I THINK SOMETHING CAN BE DONE.
AND, UH, WHAT WAS THE THIRD THING? OH, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT COCKROACH THAT CAME WITH HERE? KEVIN BAILEY ON, REMEMBER THAT NIGHT THERE'S 300 PEOPLE IN HERE AND IT WAS A PANDEMONIUM AND WELL, I READ THE NEWSPAPER TODAY.
I THINK HE'S TURNING INTO A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
HE REALLY WANTS TO GET THE HOMELESS OUT OF LOS ANGELES.
I GUESS HIS PLAN IS TO SEND THEM TO WEST COVINA.
UH, I HOPE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I'M ENCOURAGED BY KEVIN DALEY OWNS CONSERVATIVE LEANINGS.
NOW, SHALL WE SAY? AND I THINK IT'S ENCOURAGING AND THERE'S STILL HOPE FOR BRIAN TABATABAIE.
TRAVIS TIDBITS FOLLOWED BY LYNN NAGEL, FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM, BUT FOR THE AUDIENCE AND RESIDENTS WATCHING MY NAME'S TRAVIS TIBBETTS, I AM A LIEUTENANT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I REPRESENT THE POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO POSITIVE, CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I'M HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE GOING TOWARDS YOU.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP, WE REALLY HAVE GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE GOOD, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY STAFF.
AND, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, I, I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE, UH, FROM, FROM YOUR GUYS'S SUPPORT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE'RE HIRING, UH, MORALES UP AND IT'S JUST APPRECIATED.
AND I JUST THINK A, A GENUINE, THANK YOU NEEDS TO GO TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE'RE PROVIDING GOOD SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WE'RE IMPROVING.
AND, UH, I JUST GENUINELY WANT TO THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF AS WELL.
AND UH, LET'S JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
NAGELE FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM FOLLOWED BY PATRICK BACK.
G I GUESS I CAN THINK ABOUT, OKAY.
I'M LYNN NAGEL AND I RESIDE AT 29 15 V LANE IN WEST COVINA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME.
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS SINCE NOVEMBER 4TH, IT'S STILL GOING ON.
UM, I WENT ON YOUR AGENDA AND I FOUND, TOOK A FEW THINGS OUT OF THEIR AGENDA THAT WAS DATED FOR THE 4TH OF JANUARY.
IT SAYS MAKING COMMUNITY MORE VERDUN BURDENS BY IMPLEMENTING THE MASTER PLAN OF STREET TREES PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO AREAS NEAR THEIR SCHOOLS AND BUS STOPS.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS UNDER ARTICLE FIVE, ACHIEVE PHYSICAL SUSTAINABILITY, FINANCIAL STUPIDITY, IMPLEMENTING APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE ON THE SEVENTH, IT SPENDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT SAYS WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I GOT 'EM WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT MY PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE DUE ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY AND IN THERE I'M PAYING TO MAINTAIN THE GREENBELT.
UH, THERE'S A THREE BLOCK BREEDING BELT, UH, AND IT, THE, MY TOTAL IS $386 A YEAR.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT YOU TAKE AN OUT THAT UP WITH EVERYBODY.
THIS ALL STARTED ON NOVEMBER 4TH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY RECEIVED THERE.
THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVED A COPY OF, THEY MAY NOT HAVE FOUND THE I'D ORDER, BUT I HOPE I DID.
UM, AND ANYWAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, I WALKED OUT ONTO MY BALCONY AND I LOOKED AND HARRIS'S HUGE BRANCH RIGHT BELOW IN THE GREEN BELT.
THERE WAS NO WIND, NO NOTHING WAS TO MONGO'S BRANCH JUST FELL.
WELL, I THOUGHT I BETTER CALL THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO ON THE VERY BACK OF THIS MOUSE HERE,
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SORRY.UH, THERE WAS A LADY WHO LISTENED TO ME.
SHE GOT A FEW INFORMATION WRONG.
NOW I MAY HAVE VERY, IN MY DISCUSSION WITH HER, I PROBABLY, HE WERE MAYBE TOO MUCH OR SOMETHING, BUT SHE'S GOT IT LOCATED.
WHAT GATE ERIC HAD TRUE BRANCHES ON FIVE WALK AND HILL FELL ON.
SOME WIRES IS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF A HILL.
UM, THEN AM I DONE ALREADY? YEAH.
WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO ADDRESS THIS.
WE WILL REACH OUT TO, OKAY, PLEASE DO.
BECAUSE THE BRANCH IS STILL THERE, BUT I GOT FOUR OF THESE THINGS THAT SAYS WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF IT.
DO YOU HAVE A LOCATION AND LOCATION MIGRAINE IN THE EQUATION? YEAH, IT'S IN HERE.
YOU GOT 29, 15 ANGIE GAILENE AND FOLLOWED BY PATRICK BOTCHY FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON.
I COME HERE TONIGHT AFTER HEARING THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL'S WISHLIST OF PRIORITIES ON JANUARY 4TH, 2022.
AND TO MY SURPRISE, NOT ONE OF YOU'VE LISTED THE IMPORTANCE OF REPLACEMENT OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, JEFF ANDERSON, WHO LEFT THAT POSITION IN FEBRUARY, 2020.
THE MAYOR STATED IN A RE-INTERVIEW RECENTLY THAT HE GOT HIS START IN OUR CITY BEING APPOINTED AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, WHERE HE SAT FOR FOUR YEARS.
AS I ATTENDED MANY OF THOSE PLANNING MEETINGS, I WATCHED THE ANDERSON PROVIDE DIRECTION, DELIVER SOLUTIONS INTERNAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS, AND THEY ARE IN REFERENCE TO FACILITATING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, A POSITION THAT IS EXTREMELY NECESSARY WITH THE PUSH OF SB NINE, SB 10 BY THE STATE AND THE CITY'S GOALS TO MEET THE RENA NUMBERS.
WHY WOULDN'T MAYOR MAKE THAT A PRIORITY OF HIS, HE LISTED HIS PRIORITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL TRIBUNE AS BETTER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION, VISUAL ASPECTS OF OUR STREETS AND MEDIANS TRASH AND GRAFFITI.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE, OR WE EMPLOYED GROUPS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WORK.
AND LASTLY, ON THE AGENDA, ITEM 10, WHERE YOU'LL BE DISCUSSING, UH, THE 3% INCREASE TO OUR PD AND 2019 COUNCIL PEOPLE, LOCAL COUNCIL PERSON LOPEZ, WOO.
AND THE MAYOR JUSTIFIED GIVING A 12% RAISE WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO.
SO I'M SURE YOU'LL PROCEED AND GIVING THE 3% NOW THAT WE HAVE THE AMERICANS CARROTS ACT, PATRICK BOTCHY FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY RAE VARGAS.
AND I CAN FEEL THE SENTIMENTS OF PEOPLE AND IDEAS, UH, UH, WITHOUT BEING IN THEIR PRESENCE.
AND, UH, THROUGH THIS, I GOT A RESPONSE THAT YOU MISS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LET EVE LOPEZ FIATO, UH, IS WITNESS TO SOMETHING THAT'S AGAINST ME.
I'VE SENT YOU AN EMAIL BACK IN, UH, SEPTEMBER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND YOU RESPONDED, I'LL READ YOUR RESPONSE.
THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AS I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED IN THIS EMAIL, MRS. IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND WE CURRENTLY DO NOT PARTNER WITH GWC IN ANY EVENTS.
WELL, IN THIS EMAIL IS, UH, GARY CLIFFORD, YOU DO HAVE AN ASSOCIATION WITH ATHENS SERVICES.
SO SAYING THAT IS, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S TRUE.
AND, UM, UH, AND THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, THIS WAS SENT TO THE COUNCIL ON, UH, UH, THE DATE WAS APRIL 7TH OF LAST YEAR.
THIS WAS ALL RATED TO THE COUNCIL.
YOU CAN ALL LOOK IT OVER, UH, ABOUT MY ISSUE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO GO INTO DEPTH.
UH, BUT THERE WAS INFORMATION PROVIDED AND NOBODY RESPONDED APRIL 7TH WAS THE, WAS THE GET GO OF COVID.
AND, UH, AND IT WAS ALL RATED PROBABLY BY MS. SHAHRUKH.
THE AUDIO WAS DISTORTED AND THIS WAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS TERMINATED AT FIVE MINUTES.
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THERE IS A PROBLEM.UM, THE FOUNDATION OF IT IS FRAUD.
I WAS DECEIVED BY SOME ASSOCIATES, BUT THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS I KNOW I'M BEING SLANDERED.
I'M BEING SMEARED SOCIALLY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE FACED A WALL OF BIGOTRY HERE, AND I WANT TO GET THIS RESOLVED EVEN IF THE CITY HAS TO CONCEDE TO YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE DID DO THIS TO YOU, SO I'LL LEAVE THIS AND SOMEBODY CONTACT ME.
YOU MR. CARMANI, OR BRIAN, WHO I FEEL HAS THE MORAL COMPASS IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
I ADDRESS THIS TO YOU IN YOUR CAMPAIGN BY SIR.
ALL RIGHT, TIME'S UP, SIR? YOU DO.
ROBINSON ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY RAY BAR GUESTS.
UH, THE BLURB ON THIS BOOK SAYS, IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF FOWCHEE GATES, PHARMA, CDC, WHO INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AND OTHER, UH, OTHERS PLAYED IN PLANNING, LAUNCHING AND PROFITING FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC DROP, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND READ THIS POWERFUL AND METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED BOOK, YOUR FUTURE, YOUR FAMILY'S FUTURE, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY ARE AT STAKE.
THAT'S A QUOTE BY A AUTHOR OF A BOOK CALLED JAWBREAKER.
UH, BLACK AMERICANS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT.
UH, KENNEDY MENTIONS, UH, TUSKEGEE BRIEFLY, BUT THE BOOK EXTENDS, UH, THE GUINEA PIGS HORROR STORY WORLDWIDE TO HUNDREDS OF CLINICAL TRIALS IN AFRICA, UH, CENTRAL AMERICA, INDIA, WHERE THE FARMER WHERE THE PHARMA MONOPOLY OPERATES A DANGEROUS CLINICAL TRIAL, SACRIFICING PUBLIC HEALTH FOR PROFITABLE, MANDATORY VACCINATIONS.
NOBODY KNOWS EVEN DOCTORS WHAT'S IN THE JAB.
UH, WE MUST FIND OUT WHY, UH, GRAPHENE, HYDROXIDE AND GRAPHENE OXIDE ARE PART OF THE VACCINE INJECTIONS INTO OUR HUMAN BODIES, FORCING THE ENTIRE AMERICAN POPULATION TO ACCEPT AN ARBITRARY AND RISKY CLINICAL TRIAL IS THE MOST INTRUSIVE AND DEMEANING UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION EVER IMPOSED BY ANY GOVERNMENT ADVANCED DIRECTIVE, PATIENT RIGHTS.
AND THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH USED TO EXIST IN AMERICA.
THE CDC DIRECTOR, FOWCHEE AND THE WHO HAVE ADMITTED THAT THE RNA VACCINATIONS CANNOT STOP TRANSMISSION.
TRUE STATED ABOVE IS CONTRADICTED BY BIDEN.
WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS SHALL BE VACCINATED, BECAUSE IF YOU SEEK A CA C CARE AT A HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, SHOULD HAVE THE, UH, THE CERTAINTY THAT THE PEOPLE PROVIDING THE CARE, UH, PROTECTED FROM ARE PROTECTED FROM COVID AND CANNOT SPREAD IT TO YOU.
THE VACCINES WILL NEVER ACCOMPLISH THIS COVID PROTECTION.
THE FIGHT FOR MEDICAL FREEDOM CONTINUES EVERY DAY.
YOU MUST DEFEAT MEDICAL TYRANNY.
GOVERNMENT IS, UH, PUTS A BOUNTY ON YOUR LIFE FOR EACH COVID PATIENT HOSPITALS RECEIVE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FROM MEDICARE, A 20% BONUS PAYOUT TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE CARES ACT PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR HOSPITALS TO USE TREATMENTS, TREATMENTS DICTATED SOLELY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THESE BOUNTIES MUST BE PAID BACK IF NOT EARNED BY MAKING THE COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS AND FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PROTOCOL DUE TO BIDEN'S CARES ACT INCENTIVE PROGRAM, YOU COULD LIMP INTO A HOSPITAL WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE AND VACCINATED A STAFF MEMBER.
THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON, ROBINSON TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAE VARGAS.
NORTH VINCENT AVENUE WAS COVINA.
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THINGS GOING ON, AND I'VE SENT AN EMAIL BACK.UH, AUGUST, EVERYBODY HERE, NOBODY RESPONDED, BUT BRIAN.
SO I SAY, HEY, THEY JUST DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL PUPPETS HERE OF TONY, BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK MY PEACE.
TIRED OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I SET UP, I WAS WASHING MY CARS ONE WEEKEND.
THEY PASSED BY, THEY TOOK PICTURES.
I SHOWED TWO BY, YOU KNOW, I GOT TRASH CANS.
I'M PICKING UP THE LEAVES IN THE FRONT.
I STILL GOT HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE.
I GOT SUE GOT A PROBLEM THERE.
THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR THEY'RE PUSHING THEIR BUGGIES IN THERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SLEEP IN THERE.
I PATROL THE NORTH PART OF WEST COVINA.
WE DON'T HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE OFFICERS THAT COULD COME OUT AND WHATNOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ON STAFF.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
ANY OF YOU GUYS OUT THERE, I SEE BRIAN OUT THERE.
HE'S LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY.
HE'S ASKING WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
I OPENED UP MY FRONT DOOR AND IT LOOKS LIKE ARIZONA.
ALL THE CAR ACCIDENTS, ALL THE BUMPERS, THE HUBCAPS, UM, THE REFLECTORS BLINKERS AND EVERYTHING IS THROWN RIGHT THERE.
BUT YET THEY WANT TO TAKE PICTURES BECAUSE I GOT A CANOPY THERE.
YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HEY, UM, WE NEED MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SHIT.
THERE'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION IN THIS CITY AND IT STARTS HERE.
CAN YOU WATCH YOUR CUSSING? CUSSING'S NOT NECESSARY.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DON'T GET IT.
NOBODY ELSE, BECAUSE NOBODY GIVES A SHIT.
IF YOU COULD CHECK THAT EMAIL AND RESEND IT TO ME, I REALLY DON'T THINK I GOT IT.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
LET'S SEE HERE CITY MANAGERS, OR BEFORE WE DO THAT CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT? CONCERNS WAS TAKING CAREFUL NOTES, IS ALL THESE SPEAKERS, UM, PRESENTED TONIGHT AND I WILL, UM, RESPOND TO, UM, EACH OF THEM DIRECTLY TOMORROW.
UM, MR. PEDRO GONZALES REGARDING HIS CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER.
I DO KNOW IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE ALWAYS SEEK VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
I KNOW THAT THE ENHANCEMENT OF AN ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY AND POSITIVE IMAGE IS A GOAL IN WHICH WE ALL HAVE A STAKE.
AND I KNOW OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER IS VERY DILIGENT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, WITH CITY CODES, MR. GONZALES ASKED FOR A HEARING DATE AND I'LL SEE TO IT THAT WE GET HIM ONE, I'LL SEE TO IT THAT WE'LL RESPOND, UM, TO LCMS MEN REGARDING OR CONCERNS ABOUT GRAFFITI RED ZONES, WHITE LINES AND BUS BENCHES, UM, ESPECIALLY TO LYNN NAGEL ABOUT THE FALLEN BRANCH IN THE GREENBELT AREA.
AND WE'LL GET BACK TO, UM, MR. OWEN.
UM, HE ASKED THAT WE ADDRESS HIS ISSUE, SAID HE'S, UH, FACED A WALL WITH BIGOTRY.
I ASSURE YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE AFFIRM THE DIGNITY AND THE WORTH OF ALL WHO WE SERVE AND WHO COME TO THESE CHAMBERS.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO, UM, SEE TO IT.
WE GET BACK TO MR. VARGAS ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER AND THE ISSUES OF THE POOR MAINTENANCE OF THE MEDIAN.
I'VE GOT SOME CONSIDERABLE FOLLOW-UPS TO DO TOMORROW AND I'LL, I'LL JUMP ON THEM ABOUT THAT WALL OF BIGOTRY COMMENT.
UM, MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT'S A CIVIL PRIVATE MATTER OUTSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH HIM AND IF I NEED TO, I WILL, UH, COUNCILMAN.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE D LAND.
PREVENTION IS REALLY ON THE GREEN BELT.
WHY ARE PROBABLY WHAT DIDN'T PICK IT UP.
AND, UH, IF THEY SEND EMAIL, I DIDN'T RECEIVE THIS EMAIL, BUT IF CITI
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RECEIVED THIS EMAIL AND THEY, WE PULLED TO THE GOAL REQUEST.AND I'LL JUST SEND AN EMAIL TO OUR PUBLIC.
WELL, WHY? AND HAVEN'T PICKED IT UP YET.
WHY? SO STEER THERE, SO, OKAY.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT SINCE, UH, LAST YEAR, DECEMBER 13.
SO WHY IS THE ISSUE? WHY? OKAY.
NORMALLY I THINK MY CHRIS, UH, PICK UP RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I HAVE QUITE A FEW, THERE'S THE RESIDENT EMAIL TO ME.
I SEND A CC TO YOU GUY AND THE RIGHT OF WAY MY CHRIS I'LL PICK IT UP.
WE DIDN'T PICK IT UP, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THEY SIT HERE, BUT I'LL SEE TO IT.
WE RESOLVE IT AND I'LL, I'LL WORK ON THIS ONE TOMORROW.
AND IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SYSTEMATICALLY ALL THE HILLSIDE TO SEE.
I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, UH, ANOTHER PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT OR ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
SO MAYBE THEY CAN SHOW US ABOUT ALL THE SYSTEM THAT SOME OVERGROWN TREE, UH, NEED TO REALLY BE, TO BE ADDRESSED.
POTENTIALLY ISSUE BECAUSE IF THEY FAIL, OKAY.
MAYBE YOU WERE HITTING NOT ONLY THE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO PEOPLE WALK IN DUMPY LOW.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY SURVEY ALL THESE GREEN BELT, THE TREE AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.
I THINK THAT'S FORTHCOMING THIS YEAR WITH SOME, UM, TOWN HALLS, CORRECT? MR MANAGER.
UM, MR. MAYOR, WE, WE DID THIS YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
WE WOULD HOLISTICALLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY EVALUATE THESE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
AND WE'D TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT WHAT FUNDING IS DERIVED FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PAY INTO THOSE AND WHAT SERVICES THEY RECEIVE.
WE WANT TO GET THOSE TWO THINGS IN ALIGNMENT.
I THINK THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH SERVICE THERE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENT, DISTRICT FUNDING STRATEGIES.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE CARE OF THIS FALLEN BRANCH.
I'LL, I'LL GET ON THAT ONE REGARDING ANOTHER RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT BENSON, THE ISLAND.
WE, I THINK WE CAN DO, WE DO VINSON REGARDING THE CONSERVATION WITH ALL THE, OKAY.
THE PLANTATION, THE WE'RE GOING TO PLAN AND BEAUTIFY ALL THE ISLAND.
AM I RIGHT? I THINK BENSON WOULD BE, I THINK THEY ARE DOING THE ZOOS ARE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK NEXT ONE, I FORGOT WHICH ONE MAY BE VINCE.
I BELIEVE IT'S GLENDORA PANDORA AND THEN BENSON.
AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONES.
SO VINCENT AND, AND UH, BUT THE DEBRIS TRASH.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ALL WORK.
ON THE CONTRACTORS THAT WERE POST OR WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE DEBRIS.
SO NO MATTER HOW HE QUIT HIS EYE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS OKAY.
SOME ISSUE REGARDING THE CITY, UH, MEDIAN UNDERSTAND.
AND THAT, TO THAT POINT AT EMAIL, UH, I DON'T THINK I'VE RECEIVED IT.
SO IF ANYONE ELSE RECEIVED IT, I HOPE HE FORWARDS IT TO ME.
AND, UM, IS THERE ANY OF YOU HAVE A BRIAN SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE, IF YOU COULD FORWARD IT AS WELL, MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS IT THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I DID WRITE DOWN THE ADDRESS IS 6 29 NORTH VINCENT AND NOTED THE POOR MAINTENANCE OF THE MEDIAN, THE CAR PARTS, ET CETERA, CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THOSE THINGS IMMEDIATELY AND WILL.
AND NOW CITY MANAGERS REPORT, WAS THERE A COMP, THERE WAS A COMMENT UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THE TREE THAT WAS NOTED.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY IT FELL, BUT TYPICALLY WE JUST DISPATCH IT WITH A CHAINSAW.
I CERTAINLY WILL CHECK ON THAT.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
OUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT, WHICH I'M GIVEN BY OUR CITY MANAGER, DAVE CARD.AGAIN, MARIN COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIEF ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, NEXT SLIDE.
IF I COULD, WE HAVE UNDERWAY A NUMBER OF A MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE SOME $3 MILLION WORTH OF ENERGY PROJECTS AND $3 MILLION WORTH OF SOLAR PROJECTS.
AND THOSE THAT ATTEND OUR WEST COVINA SENIOR CENTER WILL NOTICE THAT THE SOLAR POWER PANELS ARE NOW BEING STOOD UP.
WE'RE STANDING STEEL IN THE PARKING LOT.
UM, THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THIS IS WE'RE GONNA GENERATE SOME SAVINGS THAT WE CAN USE TO PAY FOR THESE FACILITIES IN THE SHORT TERM AND SAVE OPERATIONAL COSTS IN THE LONGTERM.
SO IT WAS REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE THIS FINALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED.
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MENTION, WE HAVE A SPRING FESTIVAL COMING.WE WANTED TO BRING BACK COMMUNITY EVENTS AS BEST WE COULD.
EVEN DURING THESE TIMES, THIS IS AN OUTDOOR EVENT, UH, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE SPORTS PLEX.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROMINENT COMMUNITY GROUPS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THIS ONE, MARCH THE 12TH FROM 12 NOON TO 10:00 PM AND MARCH THE 13TH FROM 12:00 PM TO 7:00 PM.
GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, ROXANNE LERMA, WE'VE GOT HER EMAIL AVAILABLE, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO SAVE THAT DATE, WHETHER THEY'RE PARTICIPATING OR THEIR PARTICIPANTS.
WE THINK THAT'LL BE A VERY NICE SPRING EVENT.
UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE COVID TESTING SERVICES.
WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE STOOD UP COVID TESTING SITES AT THREE LOCATIONS NOW OPERATING IN THE CITY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, UM, SHADOW PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING THAT ONE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
WE JUST INITIALLY RAN AT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK.
WE'RE ALSO RUNNING AT CITY HALL, UM, BETWEEN THOSE THREE SITES, WE'RE GETTING HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED OF A TEST ARE INVITED TO COME.
UM, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PRE-REGISTER, BUT IT SPEEDS THINGS UP IF THEY DO.
AND, UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION, THIS INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT, THAT QR CODE AND WE CAN, UM, GET YOU PRE-REGISTERED AND GET YOU TESTED.
THE RESPONSES ARE PRETTY QUICK.
WE'RE GETTING THEM WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS AND, UM, ALL ARE WELCOME.
WE HOPE PEOPLE COME, UH, SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF THOSE TESTS.
I KNOW FROM PERSONAL, UM, COMMENTS I'VE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS, THESE TESTS WERE REALLY PRECIOUS AND WE COULDN'T FIND THEM.
WE COULDN'T FIND THEM FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE COULDN'T FIND THEM, UM, AT ALL, UH, COMMERCIALLY.
SO IT'S, UM, I THINK A, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO REACH OUT AND THE SERVE SURVEILLANCE AND CITY HALL, WE WERE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET TESTED HERE TO ENTER UP BY THE LIBRARY AND CIRCLED DOWN THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S WORKING, IT'S WORKING WELL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND, AND FOR WHAT HOURS AT WHICH LOCATIONS, BUT, BUT FOR NOW, UM, WE'RE SERVING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IF THEY HAVE A NEED.
UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SOME STATISTICS ABOUT BUILDING AND SAFETY PERMITS JUST YEAR ON YEAR 20 18, 20 19, 20, 20, AND 2021.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING 2018.
WE HAD 3000 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO, TWENTY NINETEEN, 3,311.
YOU'RE SEEING A BIG JUMP TO 20, 24,017 AND CONTINUED CLIMBING INTO 2021, 5,000 OH 66.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SEEING THIS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT, GENERALLY GENTLY STEERS PEOPLE TO GET BUILDING PERMITS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THEM.
IF WE GET COMPLAINTS, ET CETERA, WE'RE FINDING THAT WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD SERVICE FROM OUR PROVIDER HERE.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY NOT RETICENT TO COMPLAIN, AND I GET ALMOST NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT QUALITY OF SERVICE.
I THINK WE'RE PROVIDING VERY GOOD SERVICE AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE NUMBERS YEAR ON YEAR.
AND THE LAST SLIDE I WANTED TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL.
YOU ADOPTED GOALS FOR THIS CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOME PROGRESS TOWARD THOSE GOALS IN EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I JUST MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE BEFORE LAST OF HOW WE'RE PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY BY RESPONDING TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC WITH OUR ADDITIONAL COVID TESTING SITES, GETTING THOSE UP AND RUNNING WAS, UM, A LABOR OF LOVE, BUT COMMEND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE AND, AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER, UM, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THE GOAL OF BRINGING ALL FACILITIES TO STANDARD, WE'RE SEEING GOOD WORK OCCURRING WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS, THE BEAUTIFICATION OF AZUSA AVENUE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, LED A CONTRACT WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR SO WE COULD GET THAT ELECTRICAL WORK REPAIRED OUT THERE, AND WE'RE GONNA, UM, ALSO POINT THEM TOWARD GLENDORA AVENUE.
SO WE COULD GET THAT AREA LIT UP AND, AND MAKE IT, MAKE IT SPARKLE AND SHINE.
THE NEXT GOAL IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND THERE'S AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
UM, LAST OCTOBER AT THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER, YOU APPROVED SOME 27 DIFFERENT LOCATION, DISTINCT LOCATIONS FOR ALL MANNER OF THINGS HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
I'D LIKE FOR HER TO SAY, HELLO, JAN, IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND, WE THANK HER FOR HER GOOD WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND ASSUMING THIS ITEM GETS APPROVED TONIGHT, THIS IS AN AWARD OF BID TO INSTALL AT ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER ONES IN THE PIPELINE, AND THOSE WILL HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, HOPEFULLY APPROVAL, BUT THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD ON ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BRIGHTER CROSSWALKS AND FLASHING, STOP SIGNS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THE NEXT GOAL MAINTAIN GOOD ZIMMERMAN, GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
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ACHIEVE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.WE MENTIONED HERE, THE STATE ELECTIONS LAW REGARDING REDISTRICTING.
YOU'VE GOT TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
THAT'S, UM, BY, BY TIME SUPPOSED TO MARCH OFF AT EIGHT 30, IF WE'RE CONDUCTING OTHER BUSINESS, YOU CAN POSTPONE IT UNTIL THAT BUSINESS CONCLUDES.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, WORKING ON SOME LEGISLATIVE LETTERS FOR THE MAYOR'S CONSIDERATION.
YOU ASKED US TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES OF THE SMASH AND GRABS AND THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND LAWLESSNESS, UM, PEOPLE TAKING ACTIONS WITH SEEMINGLY NO CONSEQUENCES.
SO MAYOR THAT LETTER'S READY FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WHEN YOU GET, GET TO THAT ONE.
UM, THIS EVENING I HELP, UM, UNDER THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
UM, ALSO TONIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA, WE'RE ADOPTING MOU IS WITH ALL LABOR ASSOCIATIONS.
THOSE ARE AGENDA ITEMS, 10 AND 11.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, A CREATIVE INACTIVE COMMUNITY.
I MENTIONED THE SPRING FESTIVAL EARLIER IN, IN THIS REPORT TONIGHT.
UH, I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS ABOUT IT IS WE'RE NOT THE CITY ENTIRELY HOSTING IT.
AND ALL OF THOSE GROUPS ARE COMING TOGETHER, UM, TO, TO MAKE THIS EVENT A REAL GRASSROOTS EFFORT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR THIS EVENING.
AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FROM EARLIER REGARDING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
ARE WE FULLY STAFFED THERE NOW? WELL, WE'VE JUST, UM, MADE OFFERS.
WE HAD TWO VACANCIES IN THE PLANNING SERIES WE'VE MADE OFFERS AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE, A CRITICAL EMPLOYEE THEY'RE OUT WITH COVID.
UM, WE MIGHT HAVE TO BRING IN, UM, SOME INTERNS, MAYBE A PAID INTERN.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE'VE GOT AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR SOMEBODY TO WORK THE COUNTER JUST THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT WORK.
UM, I THINK ANGIE GILLINGHAM MENTIONED TONIGHT, THE NEED FOR A PLANNING DIRECTOR.
I ACKNOWLEDGED THAT NEED, WE DIDN'T RECOMMEND IT BE BUDGETED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS, UM, REVENUES EQUAL TO EXPENDITURES OVERALL.
UM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PAULIEN MIRALIS IS RUNNING THAT DEPARTMENT FROM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND, AND I THINK WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH OUR CASELOAD.
UH, NEXT WEEK'S MEETING IS CANCELED FOR LACK OF BUSINESS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE IMPEDING PROGRESS, BUT CERTAINLY LONG-TERM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT POSITION RESTORED.
I HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
UH, BUT W WE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE, UH, JOE M ON, UH, SHE'S ALL PLENTY MANAGER, RIGHT? YES.
JOANNE BURNS IS OUR PLANNING MANAGER AND, UM, IN, IN THE LEAD, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR ASSISTANT PLANNER, RIGHT? WHY NOT TO, YES, SIR.
OH, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL TWO.
NO, W WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES WE'LL HIRE TWO AND THEN HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF OF THREE.
WELL, WE HAVE ENOUGH OF STAFF TO OUR DBAS ON THE 5,000.
ON THE 2021 AND THE 20, 22 POSSIBLE WITH ALL THIS POTENTIAL BUSINESS COMING IN, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH OF A MANPOWER TO, BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY IS OUR, OKAY.
A CASHIER FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THE MONEY INTO THE CITY.
AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND WE NEED A PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH AWFULLY FULL STAFF TO, TO NOT DELAY THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WANT TO BRING THE MONEY TO THE CITY.
UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I SEE THE POINT.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE UNDERSTAFFED THERE.
AND I THINK THAT DEPARTMENT, EVERY MEMBER OF IT IS, IS BLESSED WITH WORK.
NOBODY'S GOT THEIR FEET UP ON THEIR DESK.
IT'S, IT'S BUSY AND I'M WILLING TO LOOK AT WHETHER AN ADDITIONAL, UM, PLANNING POSITION IS JUSTIFIED IF IT IS I'LL I'LL.
YEAH, BUT I WANT TO JUSTIFY, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY EMAIL FROM ANYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR SERVICE YET.
I'D LIKE TO LET GO THAT, UM, EVERYTHING I'VE EVER HEARD IS POSITIVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN ALL POSITIVE, PRETTY POSITIVE, AND OUR BEAUTY AND SAFETY'S PRETTY POSITIVE.
I THINK THEIR STAFF IS PRETTY, ALWAYS COURTESY AND, UH, AND MAKE THING MUCH FASTER THAN BEFORE.
I THINK, UH, CURRENTLY I REALLY HAVEN'T.
WE SEE, BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO I'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF A COMPLAINT FROM THE PLANNING, FROM THE DELAY AND THE, THAT, BUT SO POSSIBLE.
IF I'M BROKE, WHY YOU WANT TO FIX IT.
NOW, MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR
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COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER SEVEN? UM, ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL OR IS IT JUST A 5, 7 1 3, 3, 5 AND SEVEN.THAT BEING SAID, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
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THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ONE THROUGH EIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE, FIVE, AND SEVEN, THE MOTION I'LL SECOND IT, RIGHT.UH, YOU GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ BEATO AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI, COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VETO.
I A CUSTOM ON US, THOSE ITEMS PASS.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR USE OF SPACE TO PROVIDE COVID-19 TESTING.]
THANK YOU, MAYOR CASCIANOS, UM, CITY MANAGER.I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THIS ITEM.
I NOTICED THAT IN YOUR, UM, YOUR REPORT THERE, YOU TALKED ABOUT SHADOW OAK AND, UM, CITY HALL.
AND SO, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE DON'T WE ADD CORTEZ PARK AND IT WASN'T MENTIONED, SO WHAT, WHAT IS THIS? DOES THIS MEAN? UM, TH THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE THIRD SIDE, IT'S MY OVERSIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING A SITE, UM, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THE FULL AGENT SITE IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY EVEN THAT ONE HAS BEEN QUITE BUSY.
I KNOW I HEAR FROM OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE WORKING STATION TWO, THAT THEY'VE HAD WHOLE FAMILIES COME KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO SAY, I CAN'T GET IN.
WHAT DO I DO? AND THEY'RE POINTING THEM SHADOW OAK, WHICH HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING AND REALLY VERY EFFICIENT.
WE'VE HAD, I MEAN, TO, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'VE HAD SOME INQUIRY FROM, UM, OTHER PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE COUNTY AS TO WHETHER THERE'S A NEED FOR YET AN ADDITIONAL ONE.
AND I WANT TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN, UM, THAT THE IDEA ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE WOULD STAND UP AGAIN AT CAMERON.
UM, THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM, WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH THIS THING WILL SPIKE, LIKE A ICE PICK AND THEN FALL OFF AGAIN, TURN IT UP AND TURN IT DOWN.
WE'VE RUN DURING THIS CRISIS, DURING THIS PANDEMIC, A CENTER AT CAMERON PARK, AND THEN IT QUICKLY LOST STEAM WORKERS WERE SO BORED.
THEY WERE OUT AT THE CORNER TRYING TO WAVE PEOPLE IN, LIKE WITH SPINNING SIGNS.
AND SO WE JUST SHUT IT DOWN, BUT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM TO DO IT IN THE END, THE COUNTY HAD BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH US.
THEY WERE REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE JOB.
THE CITY HAD DONE TO STAND UP THESE OTHER TWO SITES AT SHADOW OAK AND HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET US OVER-SATURATED, BUT MY ATTITUDE IS IT REALLY DOESN'T HURT ANYTHING TO STAND IT UP.
AND SO I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO DO SO.
SO THAT, SO IS IT THIS PART OF THAT AGENDA, PART OF THIS AGENDA, THAT CAMERON LOCATION, BECAUSE I SEE CORTEZ HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT CAMERON.
WE COULD AVAIL OURSELVES OF THAT ADDITIONAL SITE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY REALLY CARES.
THEY JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME WRITTEN PERMISSION TO, FOR SPACE USE AND USE OF OUR FACILITIES.
AND WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT IT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE NEED EVERYWHERE WE CAN.
SO DO WE NEED A THIRD LOCATION? WELL, THIS WOULD AT THE MOMENT, THE FOURTH MIGHT, MIGHT NOT HURT, WOULD BE MY ANSWER TO THAT MIGHT NOT HURT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE PEAK OF IT ALL, BUT WE'RE SERVING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH.
AND, UM, AND THEY'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GET A TEST AND THEY'RE GETTING THE TEST RESULTS IN, IN PRETTY REASONABLE TIMES.
UM, THIS IS COVERED UNDER THE DISASTER DECLARATION, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE HAVING TO COME OUT OF POCKET OR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE THIS OPERATION.
THAT'S WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE FOR, AND WE'RE USING THEM FOR THE CORRECT PURPOSE.
SO I THINK IT, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO DO IT, AND WE'LL BE TALKING FURTHER WITH THE, UM, THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT, THAT PIECE.
MIKE MIGHT ALSO BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME FLUID ABILITY TO DIAL ONE BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER ONE STAND UP IF IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH OR TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON BUSINESS TO HAVE IT HERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE TRIED TO PRESERVE ACCESS PUBLIC ACCESS TO, TO THIS MEETING AND REGULAR CITY BUSINESS BY BASICALLY SPLITTING THAT LOWER PARKING LOT.
BUT, UM, MAYBE IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO, IT MIGHT SET.
IT MIGHT, WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF DECISIONS IN THE FIELD KIND OF DAY BY DAY, BUT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO DO SO WILLING TO LOOK AT THAT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR.
UH, I JUST WANTED, UH, TO, TO REITERATE, UM, I, I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, CORTEZ SHADOW OAK AND CITY HALL, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE MUCH OF THE CITY COVERED, BUT THAT CENTRAL AREA, CARMEN PARK, UH, ESPECIALLY THE LOCATION, UH, TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN HIT HARD.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD, UH, ALLOW EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO HAVE ACCESS TO TESTING, UM, THAT THAT IS CLOSE.
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THAT IS, UM, AGAIN, ASSESSABLE.SO IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, UH, FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, MONTH, I BELIEVE THEY SAID, UH, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS TILL THE END OF FEBRUARY.
I MEAN, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I THINK THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT ABOUT THIS.
SO I I'VE GOT A CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL.
I DO KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE POINTING THEIR PARENTS TOWARD OUR SITES BECAUSE THEY HAD STOOD UP A SITE OF THEIR OWN, WHICH WAS QUICKLY OVER CAPACITY AND ARTS WERE READILY AVAILABLE.
AND SO I'VE HEARD FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THEIR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION THAT WE'RE RUNNING THESE SITES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES THAT APPLY TO, UM, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHEN THEY COME IN CONTACT AND AS WELL FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THAT.
BUT, UM, WOULDN'T HURT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW IS MY SENSE WOULDN'T HURT.
UH, AND THE, I HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE.
SO BASICALLY DRIVE THROUGH NO, NO APPOINTMENT.
AND, UH, AND I STANDING OVER THERE OUTSIDE YESTERDAY AND TODAY I CA UH, CALCULATE HOW MANY CALL COMING IN.
AND THE, THE CAR DIDN'T WAIT IN A LONG LINE.
THE CAR JUST WENT ON THE, IN AND OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY, AND THE SENTENCE TO THE SHADOW.
SO IT'S REALLY, WE HAVE THE KIND OF DEMAND.
THEN WE GO INTO YOUTH, UTILIZE ALL OUR PARK.
AND THE CORTEZ PI WENT TO SEE FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND I DON'T SEE LINE OVER THERE EITHER.
AND THEN, SO ARE WE GOING TO OKAY.
PUT ALL OUR PARK WITH PARKING, WITH A LOT OF TESTS CENTER LAST YEAR, THE TEST CENTER COMING IN AT A CODE.
AND THE CAMERON AND THE, THEN THE DEMAND IS NOT THERE.
AND A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAINING ABOUT WHY WE NEED THEM OVER THERE.
SO I UNDERSTAND CURRENTLY MAYBE THEY HAVE A SEARCH GOING ON, SO PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO DO A TESTING.
SO I REALLY WANT TO REALLY SEE WHAT COUNTY CONDUCT TO NO APPOINTMENT.
SO IN THAT WAY MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE WITH QR CODE.
I THINK THIS COMPANY IS VERY EFFICIENT.
NO, I ASK PEOPLE, THEY SAY NO PUTS IN INFORMATION, BASICALLY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A SHOT? HOW MANY SHALL YOU HAVE? OKAY.
WHAT KIND OF SHINE YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE SYNDROME? THIS, I KNOW MORE ABOUT MEDICAL AND THEN THEY WILL GIVE YOU A SWAB AND THEN FUNNY, UH, 48 HOURS.
AND I REMEMBER SOMEBODY I REFER TO SHADOW AND THEY WENT TO WEDNESDAY AND THEY GOT THE RESOLVE FRIDAY.
AND WE CAN, I THINK IT'D BE DIFFICULT.
BECAUSE SOMEBODY GOES SATURDAY.
I SAID, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU GET THE RESULT SO WE CAN CALCULATE THE TIME AND THE PERFORMANCE, BUT THE, MY POINT IS OKAY.
WE, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE CONTRACT AND HOW LONG THEY, THEY WANT TO OCCUPY OUR PARK.
SATURATE ALL THE PLACES AND I KNOW EDGE WOULD HAVE A TEST CENTER TOO.
SO, SO, SO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A TEST CENTER, WE PROVIDE THIS MEGA TEST CENTER.
SO, SO, AND THEN WE HAVE A TWO STATION AND THE SHADOW OAK.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW FIRST, WHAT KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
AND THE PROCESS THEY WANT TO PROVIDE AT THE CORTEZ AND ADDITIONAL CAMERON.
ON THIS INSTEAD OF APPOINTMENT ONLY, AND THEN, OKAY.
AND THE HALLWAY IS TAKE FOUR, TWO TO GET A RESULT.
AND SECOND THING IS HOW LONG THEY WANT TO BOOK THEIR PLACE.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW THE CONTRACT.
AND SO CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW IT IS.
AND WE SHOULD MAYBE LET THESE TWO PSI, RON, SEE EVERYBODY TO DO IT BECAUSE WHEN SOUTH SIDE ONE IN CITY HALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CTS, EVERYBODY CAN DRY FIND 10 MINUTES TO COME OVER HERE TO GO THROUGH IT.
AT LEAST GET A TEST ONE WEEK TO SEE HOW HE GOES, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SET IT UP.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE NO DEMAND.
AND WE, THERE WAS TAUGHT SUCH A WASTE OF A RESOURCE.
YOU GO AHEAD THROUGH THE CHART.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WE'LL TAKE THOSE THOUGHTS INTO THE PROCESS AND THE DECISION.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, TO SHARE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE TESTINGS.
I WAS SURPRISED LAST WEEK I WENT TO MY SERVICE CLUB AND, UM, UH, PASSED OUT THE FLYERS.
CAUSE I'M ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE AND THAT CONSENSUS IN THE ROOM WAS, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THE CITY WAS DOING THIS.
AND HERE WE THOUGHT WE'D DONE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THE CITY WEBPAGE.
AND I THOUGHT THE WORLD KNEW, WELL, MAYBE NOT.
AND SO I'VE BEEN CALLING PEOPLE.
I KNOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS, WHEN I'M IN THE CAR, GOING FROM HERE TO THERE, UM, G HELPS SPREAD THE WORD.
I THINK WE COULD ALL JUST WANT TO ADD ON WHY YOU JUST SAY PROMOTION, LET PEOPLE KNOW WE PROVIDE
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YOU SERVICE.I SPEND A HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THE FACEBOOK.
I BOOST, I BOOST ABOUT A SITE.
WHY IS FOR THE SHADOW? AND THIS TIME IS FOR THE CITY.
SO I, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN KNOW WE PROVIDE THIS SERVICE AND PEOPLE ASKING A BUZZ IS A WESCO IN A WAY.
IT'S THE ONLY, I SAY, NO, EVERYBODY WAKE COME WELCOME, PLEASE.
IF YOU NEED TO COME OVER HERE TO BE SAFE.
SO, YOU KNOW, DID YOU GET IT OR NOT? IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU CAN COME OUT.
AND IF YOU MAYBE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE STAY HOME.
AND THEN PEOPLE KNOW WE PROVIDE A SERVICE.
OTHERWISE YOU HAVE OVER HERE AND NOBODY KNOW AND SAME THING, CAMERON AND SOMETHING.
AND THE SHADOW AND WE S AND THE, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE HAVE A WAY TOO MANY SATURATION.
SO THAT IS A THING I WORRY ABOUT.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD SEE THIS TWO PSI.
AND THEN WE, MAYBE WE CAN REQUEST COTEZ PARK CHANGE INTO OKAY.
EVEN DRIVE THROUGH NO APPOINTMENT.
IS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEBODY GET TENANT TURN AWAY IF THEY DON'T HAVE APPOINTMENT.
WE DON'T WANT HER ENTIRE UCT SATURATED WITH THIS KIND OF A FLY BY JUST FOR TEMPORARILY PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY PANICKING WANTED TO ATTACH.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF IT WAS GOING TO BE A REPLACEMENT.
UM, INSTEAD OF AN ADDITION TO, AND SO, AND THE PLACES THAT I'VE SEEN, IT SEEMS LIKE SHADOW OAK HAS BEEN THE BUSIEST.
AND, UM, WHEN I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH CORTEZ OR THROUGH THE SENIOR CENTER, IT'S EMPTY.
AND SO WITH CITY HALL, MAYBE ONE, TWO CARDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK WE, I WANT TO SHARE THE OAK.
I SEE THE QUITE A LOT OF THE CAR.
I THINK THE SOUTH SIDE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH IN THE ROW.
HI, HACIENDA HIGH, THE COUNTY AREA, EVERYBODY USING OUR SHIT OAK.
AND SO IN THAT WAY IS NEEDED AND SHADOW DUE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT REMEMBER THEY HAVE A TEST CENTER, SO EVERYBODY COME TO SHARE THE OAK.
I THINK THERE'S A GOOD SERVICE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, THE UNDER THE RESIDENT, THEY CAN USE HER YOUR DO SERVICE.
SO ANYWAY, BUT, BUT THE CITY AT THIS TODAY, I DON'T SEE THE K A LONG LINE.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROMOTE, I PROMOTE ALREADY SEE, PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE THE SERVICE IS THIS MAKER.
SO MANY, YOU CAN VERY FAST IF WE HAVE A LONG LINE AND THEREFORE LIBRARY COMING IN.
PEOPLE CAN WAIT IN THIS LINE COMING IN.
IF THEY HAVE A MORE PEOPLE, WE CAN MOVE THE LINE EVEN FURTHER SO THEY CAN GET MORE CUT.
BUT CURRENTLY HAVEN'T SEEN THE DEMAND YET.
SO IN THAT WAY, SHOULD WE JUMP INTO ANOTHER SITE? I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF, WE DON'T HAVE THE DEMAND AND IF ANYTHING, MAYBE PUT IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY, BUT AT THIS POINT, MAYBE NO SIDE, MAYBE NO SIDE, MIDDLE SIDE TOO.
WE HAVE A SPACE FOR THE NO SIDE PARK.
BECAUSE NO SIDE POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW, DLT MEN ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT AGAIN, WEST KOBE, WE, OUR CITY HALL IS PRETTY CENTRAL LOCATED.
EVERYBODY CAN TRY OVER HERE WITH THIS FOUR STATION.
UM, IN REGARDS TO CORTEZ PARK, I REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, CORTEZ PARK WAS BUSY AND BACK THEN THEY DID TAKE WALK-IN.
AND TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, I FAMILY WENT THERE.
I GET TESTED EVERY WEEK AT MY JOB, BUT THEY WENT THERE AND ON A FRIDAY AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY DON'T, THEY NO LONGER TAKE WALK IN.
AND THAT HAS TO BE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
AND THEY DID SEE A LINE, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, BECAUSE MY SON'S AN ATHLETE, THEY HAVE TO GET TESTED.
UH, THEY GET THEIR TEST RESULTS FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS.
UM, AND THAT WAS A BIG THING, WHICH I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CHANGING.
AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HAPPY THAT WE'RE OPEN BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR, THIS TEST RESULTS IS GIVEN TWO DAYS, 48 HOURS.
AND I HOPE THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS BEING TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION AS WE GET MORE PEOPLE GETTING THEIR, UM, TESTS THAT IT DOESN'T DELAY AND NO MORE THAN 48 HOURS.
BUT THAT, THAT WAS A CONCERN OF MINE.
BUT I WANTED TO KNOW OF CORTEZ IS NO LONGER OFFICIALLY NOT TAKING WALK-INS.
I MEAN, THEY USED TO, AND THEN THEY STOPPED.
I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO SPEAK TO IT.
I KNOW SHE'S BEEN, WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT QUESTION.
THE MANAGER QUICKLY, CAN WE ELLIS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR US AT THE CAMERON PARK.
WE KNOW HOW WE CAME TO, IF THEY CAN STEER KEEPERS APPOINTMENT ONLY.
AND WE HAVE A OKAY DRIVE BY, OKAY.
SO THEN PEOPLE WILL COME OVER HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE, THE APPOINTMENTS SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT.
HE TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS, DOES ALL THAT AND THEY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO YOU CAN, WE AS COUNTY, WHAT KIND OF A SERVICE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FIRST, SO
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I CAN ASK OR ANSWER ROXANNE'S COMING UP.BUT THE, UH, CORTEZ PARK AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THE KIOSK, THEY DO PREFER, UH, APPOINTMENTS, BUT THEY ARE TAKING WALK-INS WELL, THEY DIDN'T TAKE WALK.
I KNOW MY, MY HUSBAND AND MINOLA DISTRICT, WHICH ALMOST A WEEK TO GET THE RESULTS, UH, KUDOS TO ROXANNE.
SHE'S BEEN DOING ALL OF THE WORK TO BE OUT IN FRONT ON THIS ISSUE.
AND IT'S BEEN DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB OF IT.
UM, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER CARMONEY UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY JUST TO ANSWER COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ BEATOS QUESTION YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THAT SITE DID TRANSITION FROM, AT ONE POINT THEY WERE OFFERING THE WALKUP SERVICES.
AND THAT REALLY WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE AVAILABILITY BECAUSE OF THE SPIKE AND, UM, INDIVIDUALS REALLY DEMANDING AND NEEDING THOSE TESTS.
UM, THEY HAVE SWITCHED TO REALLY ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WHOEVER WANTS TO USE THEIR SERVICES TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE TABLE, UM, ABOUT HAVING COURT.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND REPEATING IT, DO YOU MIND? OKAY.
UH, I THINK THAT ARE NOT AN ISSUE OR SERVERS.
I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW ALLOW EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
SO MEANING YOU'RE GOING TO SATURATE A LOT OF TESTING THING.
AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO.
I JUST, I'M NOT AGAINST, THEY COME OVER HERE.
JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE GAIN TO IT.
AND THE CAN, CAN CONDUCT, DO A SERVICE THAT WILL BE, THERE'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT.
AND THEN THEY CAN PROVIDE, OKAY.
AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN, I THINK A LOT OF OKAY.
AND, UH, OKAY, SO YOU WILL FREE OFF A VIRUS OR YOU CAN TO COME IN.
SO, SO THEN IF YOU HAVE A WAY FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS AND YOU HAVE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
QUICKLY, THE POSTS ARE REFERRED TO WEDNESDAY AS SHADOW.
HE, HE MADE APPOINTMENTS FOR A WEEK LATER TO GET A TEST AND HE LIVE IN ROW HEIGHT.
SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S VERY INCONVENIENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO, BEFORE WE HAVE A SHADOW.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A SHADOW, CAN I SAY, JUST WALK, TRY THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHY HE DID AND WEDNESDAY, AND HE GOT THE TEST RESULT.
SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE THEY PREFER, BUT STILL WE HAVE A FOUR STATION WHERE I DON'T SEE THE DEMAND YET.
I MAY ADD TO IT, UM, FOR CORTEZ PARK OR ALONG WITH THESE STATIONS HERE, WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TESTS THAT ARE BEGIN BEING GIVEN OUT ON A DAILY BASIS BASIS FOR THE COUNTY, TAKING A LOOK AT THE CORTEZ SITE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PHONE CALL MEETING WITH THEM, THIS COMING THURSDAY.
SO THAT WILL BE ON THE LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ASK THEM, UM, AS FAR AS, UM, THE SHADOW OAK SITE AND THE CITY HALL SITE, UM, WHEN ASKED THAT QUESTION, WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD IS THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT REACHING CAPACITY, THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER, UM, HUNDREDS OF TESTS A DAY.
UM, BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH STATUS UPDATES OF WHAT THOSE STATS LOOK LIKE.
AND, UM, THAT WAY YOU CAN, AND ALSO WITH ESTIMATED WAIT TIMES.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP TO GET CLOSER TO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL, I WILL ASK THE COUNTY THAT SAME QUESTION, UM, IN MY PHONE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON THURSDAY, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE CORTEZ PARK IS CURRENTLY SERVING.
WE'LL GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU.
UH, SO, UH, ONE QUESTION I HAD, CAUSE I DID HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS WHO TOLD ME THAT, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY DIDN'T DRIVE THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN TURNED AWAY.
SO DO DO, CAN, CAN WE CLARIFY, UH, WALK-UPS NOT IN CARS CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO DRIVE THROUGH.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ALSO I, I THINK, UH, I AGREE WITH, UM, THE ABILITY TO, TO WALK IN WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT.
I THINK, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF, A LOT OF JOBS, A LOT, A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET EXPOSED, YOU, YOU NEED THAT TEST.
UH, AND WE KINDA NEED TO BE ABLE TO SIT TO GO RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE ARE MISSING WORK AND, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE EMPLOYERS ARE NOT COVERING THE WAGE LOSS.
AND, AND SO I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS WHY THE, MY, MY PUSH TO, TO HAVE THE, THE, THE CAMERON SPOT, IF WE CAN JUST TO GIVE AGAIN AS MUCH ACCESS.
UH, SO, SO PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T MISS MISS WORK, RIGHT.
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I GUESS, TRY TO FUNCTION AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE GIVEN, UH, W WHAT THE RULES ARE.UH, SO, UH, LIKE, LIKE COUNCILMAN WU SAID, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE THESE SITES AS WALK-IN AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT APPOINTMENTS.
I THINK THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TABLE IS TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION.
HOPEFULLY IF WE, IF WE TABLE THIS, THAT MEANS CORTEZ HAS TO CEASE.
IF I COULD CLARIFY, THIS IS A RECEIVING FILE ITEM, I'M TRYING TO KEEP YOU AND THE PUBLIC INFORMED, AND IT'S A PRETTY FLUID SITUATION.
I THINK NO LINES IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THIS AND WHAT WE ARGUE OVER HERE, I USE ALL THE TIME ON MY SHAPE, THE CONVERSATION, SAY IT FROM THE BEGINNING.
I, I INSIST, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE CAME TO IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO OVERSATURATE OKAY.
AND WE KNOW DEMAND AND YOU TAKE OUT A LOT OF SPACE AND PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO THE NORMAL TIME.
THEY WANT TO EXERCISE IN THE PARK.
THEY WANT TO DRIVE OVER THERE.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR FAMILY OUTDOOR AND THAT WE TAKE THEIR PARKING SPACE.
AND THAT THIS MAY BE, WILL BE OVER WITHIN TWO WEEKS, SO, OKAY.
SO, SO AGAIN, THAT JUST DON'T WANT TO, WE ALREADY HAVE A, WE USE OUR CITY HALL.
AND WILL GIVE THEM THE, ALL THE PARKING AND GIVE THIS BIG ONE.
WE CAN OLDEST THROUGH MAILING.
AND THEN YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF, A MAIL BAG AND TO GET NO HOTTER RESORT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF, UH, NOT LIKE LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE INFORMATION.
IS NO, THEY CAN PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE THEN.
AND HOW LONG THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT.
YEAH, IF THEY WANT TO ENTIRE YEAR, THEN MAYBE WE CANNOT, WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
IF I, THROUGH THE CHAIR, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASG, UM, COMPANY THAT THAT'S RUNNING, THE, THE DRIVE THROUGH SITES, UM, THEY'RE FLEXIBLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A LONG-TERM.
UM, AND HOW ABOUT COME TO THE COUNTY? WE WILL REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
UM, HOW MANY MONTHS IN THE INITIAL EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED, THEY'RE ASKING THROUGH JUNE, JUNE, JUNE.
SO WE, IF WE SEND A CONTRACT AND WE HAVE TH THAT WAS THE INITIAL CON, THAT WAS AN INITIAL EMAIL, UM, REGARDING OFFERING OR OPENING UP A FOURTH SITE.
SO I DO HAVE A PHONE CALL SCHEDULED WITH THEM FOR THURSDAY.
UM, CAN WE MOVE TO AND SAY, PLEASE JUST LEAVE US.
WE WANT TO KEEP BACK TO OUR PUBLIC.
CAN WE DO LESS IF WE SIGNED A CONTRACT? SO THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THESE AGREEMENTS WITH OR WITHOUT COSTS.
SO IF THERE IS NO DEMAND WITHOUT, CAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO STICK WITH DANTIAN JUNE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE INITIAL EMAILS.
THOSE ARE JUST WHAT THE COUNTY IS REQUESTING.
THEY'RE PUTTING A REQUEST, NOT A DEMAND OR, OR A HOOK.
IF YOU WILL, THE CA THE CITY ISN'T ON THE HOOK, THEY'RE PUTTING IN A REQUEST AND IT'S OUR, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND ALSO TO RAISE ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS OPERATIONS ARE CONCERNED AND, UM, ACCESSIBILITY AND BALANCING BOTH THE DEMAND FOR TESTING AS WELL AS, UM, USAGE TO THE PARK.
SO ITEM NUMBER FOLLOWED BY MAYOR PRO TEM D AS WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, WELL, I GUESS SINCE IT'S RECEIVED AND FILE, DO WE NEED ROLL CALL? IF I HAVE HEARING NO OPPOSITION I'M OKAY.
WELL, EVERYONE'S GOOD TO RECEIVE.
I REALLY HAVE A BLOB, BUT I WON'T.
I WANT THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE REALLY GET INTO IT.
AND THEN WE'LL STAY TEAL AND BLACK BEEF LAST YEAR.
THEY OVER THERE HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
I FEEL SAD BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IDLING OVER THERE AND THEN JUST NO CAR COMING.
SO, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENED LIKE LAST YEAR, IF THERE'S NO DEMAND, WE COULD PULL IT.
SO THAT MOVES US TO, SO CONSENSUS ON RECEIVING FIRE, THAT TAKES US TO NUMBER FIVE, ALSO
[5) CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS (PROJECT 22004)]
PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.AND YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE BEFORE WE START TALKING, BECAUSE THE CHAIR, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF AN AWARD OF A PUBLIC BID OUT THAT DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO FEEL THEM.
IN FACT, WE HAVE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER PRESENT THIS EVENING TO THE READY SET POSITION TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT THING TO DO FOR OUR CITY, BECAUSE
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I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF OUR INTERSECTIONS CAN'T EVEN SEE THEY'RE DANGEROUS.AND, UM, ALONG WITH THESE INTERSECTIONS BEING, UM, PAINTED, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR LED STOP SIGNS, FLASHING, LED, STOP SIGNS.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL.
AND I THINK THAT OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE MUCH SAFER.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS WORK FOR US.
I THINK OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE IT.
AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THIS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN ABOUT DUBAI? UH, THE, THE ONLY, UH, CONCERN WAS THE, THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE, ONE BID.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, SPEAK, UH, SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, ROBIN'S OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW.
YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TOWARD A BID.
YOU COULD, OPTIONS ARE REALLY MYRIAD ON THIS.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET THIS DONE, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, BUT JANET, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION, UM, THE RFP WENT OUT TO ALL THE USUALS THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY BID THAT WE DID RECEIVE.
UM, THE ONE, THE SUPERIOR PAYMENT MARKING IS THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM AND VARIOUS OTHER CITIES THAT WE ARE IN.
SO IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE DOUBTING THAT THIS COMPANY COULD DO IT.
SO NOW I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS ONLY ONE BID.
I THINK MAYBE IT'S THE TIMES THAT IT IS, BUT IT WENT OUT TO ALL THE, OUR USUAL PEOPLE THAT WE SEND IT OUT TO.
I THINK, OF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOPE.
SO CAN I WOULD MOVE IT TO BE APPROVED OR DO WE NEED ROLL CALL? YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEALS SECOND THEN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU, ROLL CALL EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM DIAZ A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU, BUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE, COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
BEATO MAY I APPROACH HIM DIAZ? I MAYOR CASTELLANO'S, I DON'T REMEMBER FIVE PASSES FIVE ZERO, THIS TO NUMBER SEVEN
[7) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR PAINTING OF FIRE STATIONS 2 & 4 - PROJECT NO. 21034]
REGARDING PAINTING OUR FIRE STATIONS TWO AND FOUR BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.I KNOW IT'S A CONSIDERATION FOR PAINTING AS I WAS SEEING, UM, REGARDING STATION TWO AND FOUR, UH, THEY ALSO SAID REMOVE THE CARPET ON THE HALLWAY WALLS.
UH, IT DOES NEED TO BE REMOVED AND THE WALLPAPER, AND I BELIEVE PAINT HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER THAT WALLPAPER.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITIZENS STAFF.
I BELIEVE AT SOME TIME IT HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER BEFORE.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST VERIFY AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT WITH THESE BIDS, THAT IS, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WORK AS WELL, TO REMOVE THAT AND RE TEXTURE AND, UM, PREPARE AND RE TEXTURE, THOSE WALLS REMOVE ALL THOSE ITEMS THAT IS NEEDED, NOT JUST PINK.
THE QUEST FOR BID HAD REMOVE ALL WALLPAPER, ALL THE WALL COVERINGS OFF AND STARTS FROM SCRATCH, DECREASE THE CONTAMINATION THAT IS HELD INTO THOSE TYPE OF PRODUCTS IN THE WALLS.
SO IF BY CHANCE THAT THEY SEE ANYTHING, UM, BEHIND THE WALLS OR ANY BEST OR ANY OF THAT SORT, IS THAT WHAT IS GOING TO OCCUR ON YOUR END TO INCREASE ANY OF THE FEES OR I APOLOGIZE.
I MISSED, I MISSED A QUESTION, UM, W WHEN THEY ARE DOING THE WORK, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT PAINTING, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INTERIOR WALLS, THEY'RE REMOVING CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, BUT IF THEY FIND ANYTHING BEHIND THOSE WALLS, POSSIBLY THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THEY MIGHT FIND OTHER, OTHER ISSUES BEHIND THOSE WALLS.
IS YOUR QUESTION LIKE ASBESTOS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE'VE ALREADY HAD THEM ALL TESTED.
WE HAD EVERYTHING TESTED, ALL FIRE STATION TESTED AND ANYTHING THAT HAD ANY CONTAMINANTS HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR THOSE REMOVALS WHEN THEY GET TO IT STATION TWO AND FOUR, AND THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE DOING THE WORK, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ASBESTOS IDENTIFIED FROM THE EXPERTS.
THIS IS JUST REMOVING THE WALLPAPER TEXTURING OVER TO GET IT BACK TO A REGULAR WALL AND THEN PAINTING IT PROPERLY.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, I KNOW THAT NO NEW GENERAL FUND IS, UM, BEING UTILIZED, BUT THEY WERE ALLOCATED THE FISCAL YEAR, 20, 20 TO 2021 BUDGET.
UM, THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND THIS BEST BE, UM, OUR FINANCE.
UH, DID I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THAT WE DID NOT USE THOSE FUNDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE WITHIN
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OUR FIRE? IS THAT CORRECT? NO.MA'AM WE CAME TO THIS BODY AND I BROUGHT ALL THE PROJECTS WE WERE DOING, HOW MUCH WE HAD A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY.
YOU GUYS GAVE AN ALLOCATED FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE STILL WELL WITHIN THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD, COUNCILMAN, I THINK I REMEMBER THE WALLPAPER YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, OKAY.
WE WENT TO THE OPEN HOUSE AND WHEN YOU WALK US AROUND.
AND WE SAW THAT LED, THAT IS KIND OF A HAZARDOUS.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, OH, AND THAT POSSIBLE YOU CAN HAVE A GERM DOES.
ALL THIS WALLPAPER WAS KIND OF FULL, FULLY LOOKING.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM FOR THAT.
BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS WE PAINT.
AND HOW ABOUT WILL, I'LL THE STAGE BESIDES STILL CAN NUMBER ONE STATION NUMBER, BOYS, CONDEMN ALREADY.
WE, SO WE WANT TO HOPEFULLY, OKAY.
WE CAN GET A BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW ONE THIS YEAR.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THE STATIONS.
AND THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE PAINT JOB AND THE CITY CD.
I POSSIBLE, WE NEED SOME PAINT JOB TOO.
WE CAN USE THE RESCUE OF FUND FOR THE SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO AT LEAST MAKE OUR CT.
OTHERWISE YOU, YOU HAVE A LEAKING ROOF.
THAT WEST COVINA IS NOT PRESENTABLE.
SO THIS IS THE ONLY I QUESTION ABOUT, OKAY, CAN WE OKAY.
BESIDE THE STATION TWO AND FOUR, DO WE HAVE ANY OKAY.
SURVEY TO LOOK INTO POTENTIALLY WE CAN FIND SOME, LET'S KEEP OUR CT.
UPDATE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR TO A VERY FAIR QUESTION.
ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS WE WANT TO GET ALL CITY FACILITIES TO STANDARD, AND WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
I THINK EVERYTHING WE OWN NEEDS A ROW FOR PAINTED OR AN HVAC SYSTEM, OR LOOK AROUND CARPET CHAIRS IN THE COUNCIL, CHAMBERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO WORST FIRST AS REGARDING PAINTING.
THERE'S REALLY TWO WAYS TO APPROACH IT.
YOU COULD DO IT ON A SCHEDULE AND EVERY FIVE YEARS OR EVERY 10 YEARS OR WHATEVER, OR THE LIE WE TELL EACH OTHER AS WE'LL PAINT IT AS NEEDED, WHICH IS A EUPHEMISM FOR SAYING, WE'LL NEVER PAINT IT.
THAT'S THE CONDITION OF THESE FIREHOUSES.
THEY REALLY DESERVE THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TONIGHT.
I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT OTHER FACILITIES AND KEEP HITTING THEM, GO DOWN THE LIST BECAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO MAKE ALL OUR FACILITIES SOMETHING WE COULD BE PROUD OF.
UH, LAST QUESTION IS HOW LONG WILL THE WORK TAKE TO COMPLETE? AND WITH THAT DISPLACE OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE TIMEFRAME THAT IT'LL TAKE TO DO IT.
IT WILL NOT DISPLACE ANYBODY AT ANY TIME.
YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE VENDORS WHEN THEY HAD THE WALKTHROUGH, WE ADVISE WHAT WAS NEEDED WHEN WE DID THE SCOPE OF WORK AND IT WAS ADVISABLE, WHETHER THEY WOULD NEED IT TO BE THERE.
SO NOBODY ON FIRST STATION TWO OR STATION FOUR IS GOING TO BE DISPLACED FOR THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THE, I, I QUICKLY JUST ADD ON THE SHEDDER OLD PARK COMMUNITY CENTERS, I THINK THEN THAT NEED PAINT JOB.
THE INSIGHT AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONE, LOOK, WE LOST TIME.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL VIEW, BUT IT JUST OKAY.
AND AT LEAST SOME REPAIR, I THINK THAT WOULD BE CULTURES.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE RENT THE PLACE FOR WEDDING ALANA.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION.
AND WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? WE GO ONE AND TWO.
DID WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ VETO, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BAZZA BY, BY ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT TO BUY SOMEONE WILL COUNSEL THEM AND LOPEZ BEATO MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
HI, NEAR CASTELLANO'S I NUMBER SEVEN, PASSES FIVE ZERO.
AND THAT'S PERFECT TIMING FOR OUR 8:30 PM.
[9) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ELECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES]
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER NINE.THIS MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE IS SAID FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING ELECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
WELL, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE WAS GIVEN MAYOR.
AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST? ARE WE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? W WE'VE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MR. JEFF'S.
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RIGHT? YES, PLEASE.AND THEN WE CAN HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
IS MY MICROPHONE ON, BUT HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD HEAR.
MY NAME IS JEFF SIMONETTA AND I'M WITH THE NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SPEAK WITH YOU REGARDING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR 2021.
AND LET ME BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
SO THIS EVENING WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, AGENDA FOR THE 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY PROJECT TIMELINES DEADLINES, AND THE NEXT STEPS IN HEARINGS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH.
AND WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE 2020 US CENSUS DATA WITH THE UPDATED DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CITY.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS AGAIN, WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
SO WHY DO CITIES GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? SO THE CENSUS BUREAU UPDATES THE DATA FOR THE US CENSUS ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY 10 YEARS, AND TO ABIDE BY BOTH THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS LAWS.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW CENSUS DATA IS, UH, APPLICABLE AND FOLLOWS BOTH THE CALIFORNIA AND FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAWS.
THE PERTINENT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT A WEST COVINA ELECTIONS ARE STAGGERED AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HOLD FOUR YEAR TERMS. AND THE DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE DRAWN THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS WILL APPLY TO BOTH THE NOVEMBER 22 ELECTIONS, AS WELL AS THE NOVEMBER, 2024 AND BEYOND ELECTIONS.
SO DISTRICTS TWO, FOUR, AND FIVE TERMS WILL END IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.
AND DISTRICTS ONE IN THREE TERMS WILL END IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.
IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER HERE IS THAT THERE IS A VERY SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR HOW THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR TOTAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BRING A MAP FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE TO INITIAL WHAT WE CALL PRE-DRAFT MAP HEARINGS.
AND THOSE ARE HELD PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT MAPS.
YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WELL, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE MAPS? THE FAIR MAPS ACT, WHICH IS ASSEMBLY BILL 8 49 IN CALIFORNIA, MAKES SPECIFIC MENTION THAT THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT MAPS.
SO THAT IS TONIGHT AS WELL AS WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WAS A WORKSHOP ON NOVEMBER 18TH.
THESE ARE PRIMARY FOR EDU, PRIMARILY FOR EDUCATION AND TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL AS WELL ON COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
WE HAD, AGAIN, TWO DIFFERENT CENSUS DATA RELEASES, AND YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, THE US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION AND THE POPULATION THAT WE USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF REDISTRICTING.
SO THE US CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES DATA IN MID AUGUST, AND THAT'S THE OFFICIAL, UH, 2020 CENSUS DATA POPULATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISTRICTING AND REDISTRICTING.
WE USE WHAT'S CALLED THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE ADJUSTED DATABASE.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS WHAT WE'LL CALL ZEROES OUT THE PRISON POPULATION.
SO FOR THE FEDERAL CENSUS BUREAU, THE PRISONERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE COUNTED WITHIN THE PRISONS.
AGAIN, IT HAPPENS IN THE SAME WAY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSES OF LOOKING AT POPULATION FOR DISTRICTING IN REDISTRICTING, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TAKES THE PRISON POPULATION AND MATCHES THAT TO THEIR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS.
SO THE CENSUS DATA THAT WE USE FOR THE STATEWIDE DATABASE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISTRICT AND REDISTRICTING MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE US CENSUS BUREAU DATA THAT YOU SEE.
AND THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN, IS THAT SCENT IS THE PRISON POPULATION THAT ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
WE WILL HAVE TO, UH, DRAFT MAP HEARINGS, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS AND REVISE THE DRAFT MAPS AND TO DISCUSS THE ELECTION SEQUENCE.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION SEQUENCE, AGAIN, IT MEANS WHICH DISTRICTS WILL BE UP IN 2022 IN WHICH DISTRICTS WILL BE UP IN 2024.
THIS PROCESS HAS TO TAKE PLACE BY NO LATER AND BE COMPLETED BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 17TH, 2022, TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT MAP IN TIME TO THE LA COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NOVEMBER OF 22 ELECTION.
AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE TO HOLD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS PRIOR TO THE RECONSIDERATION OF DRAFT MAPS.
AND THIS EVENING'S HEARING AS WELL AS THE NOVEMBER 18TH HEARING SATISFY THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT REDISTRICTING
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RULES AND GOALS THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND WE PUT THEM INTO THREE MAIN COMPONENTS.SO THE FIRST ARE THE FEDERAL LAWS OF JOHN, THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, WHICH SPECIFICALLY PERTAINED TO THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
AND THERE ARE TWO MAIN COMPONENTS TO THAT.
FIRST, THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE GENERALLY EQUAL POPULATION.
AND WHEN WE SAY GENERALLY EQUAL POPULATION, THE DISTRICTS DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF POPULATION.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE NO GREATER THAN A 10% DEVIATION BETWEEN THE LARGEST DISTRICT AND THE SMALLEST DISTRICT.
SO THAT MEANS THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POPULATION OF LARGEST DISTRICT AND THE SMALLEST DISTRICT CAN BE NO GREATER THAN 10%.
IN ADDITION, THERE COULD BE NO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE IN THE LIGHT BLUE BOX IS WHAT WE CALL THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA FOR CITIES.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PERTINENT TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IN WEST COVINA.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THESE FOUR CRITERIA DID YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE ARE RANK ORDERED NUMBER ONE, AND SPECIFICALLY COME FROM CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY, BILL 8 49, WHICH IS THE FAIR MAPS ACT, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2019.
SO IT WAS PASSED AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR DISTRICTS IN PLACE.
AND THERE ARE FOUR RANK ORDER CRITERIA.
FIRST, THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS.
THEY HAVE TO WHERE PRACTICABLE HAVE UNDIVIDED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES AND THEY HAVE TO BE COMPACT.
AND WHEN WE SAY COMPACT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU DO NOT BYPASS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET TO A MORE DISTINCT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
FINALLY, YOU CAN HAVE SOME OTHER TRADITIONAL REDIS RIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE, SORRY, PLEASE CONTINUE.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER TRADITIONAL REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES.
SO WE WILL LOOK TO RESPECT VOTERS CHOICES AND CONTINUITY IN OFFICE.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS WHO ARE SHIFTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT ELECTION YEARS.
AND REMEMBER, WE'LL GET TO A SLIDE HERE.
THE GEOGRAPHIC CONTINUITY IS SOMETHING PERTINENT TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL COVER IN A MOMENT HERE IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING DISTRICTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE HAVE OUR TOTAL POPULATION OF 109,856.
AND THE DEVIATION FOR THE DISTRICTS ARE WITHIN THAT 10% THRESHOLD.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, REPRESENTATIVE DEVIATION FROM THE LARGEST DISTRICT OF THE SMALLEST DISTRICT IS 2.77%.
SO YOUR, YOUR DISTRICTS ARE POPULATION BALANCED.
THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A MOMENT.
ANOTHER PERTINENT THING, PERTINENT THING TO REMEMBER TOO, IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ITEMS RELATED TO PROTECTED CLASS VOTING, WE LOOK AT THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM BOX THERE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE DRAWN, WE HAVE THREE, UH, MAJORITY HISPANIC, UH, CITIZEN VOTING AGE, POPULATION DISTRICTS, MEANING DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, EXCUSE ME.
DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND THREE ARE ALL MAJORITY LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION DISTRICTS.
SO IF YOUR DISTRICTS ARE POPULATION BALANCED, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? YOU ARE POPULATION BALANCED, BUT AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES TO THE CENSUS BLOCK MAKE-UP AND THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE FAIR MAPS ACT, THERE IS A DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS NO LONGER CONTIGUOUS BY THE DEFINITION OF THE FAIR MAPS ACT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
SO WHAT DO I MEAN BY THIS? THERE IS A VERY SPECIFIC CONTIGUITY REQUIREMENT AND CONTIGUITY MEANS THAT DISTRICTS ARE TOGETHER.
THERE'S A CONTIGUITY REQUIREMENT THAT IS STATED WITHIN ASSEMBLY BILL 8 49.
AND LET ME READ THIS SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS ELECTIONS CODE 2 1 6 0 1 C THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OR A COUNCIL USING THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY.
NOW, REMEMBER WHAT WE SAID THAT CONTIGUITY IS THE FIRST PRIORITY FROM ASSEMBLY BILL 8 49.
TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE COUNCIL DISTRICT SHALL BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS.
AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART AREAS THAT MEET ONLY AT THE POINTS OF ADJOINING CORNERS ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS.
SO AS A RESULT IN THE SHIFTS IN THE CENSUS BLOCKS, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, DISTRICT FOUR WITHIN THE CITY IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED CONTIGUOUS BY THIS DEFINITION.
SO WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO I MEAN BY THIS? HERE IS AN AREA
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OF DISTRICT FOUR AND AGAIN, BETWEEN DISTRICTS THREE AND FIVE.SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? SO THAT TAN LINE IS WHERE YOUR CURRENT DISTRICTS ARE IN BETWEEN THE 2010 CENSUS AND A 2020 CENSUS.
THE US CENSUS BUREAU CHANGES AROUND SOME CENSUS BLOCKS.
THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHY THEY DO THIS, BUT THERE'S MANY, MANY CITIES WHERE THEY CHANGED THEIR CENSUS BLOCKS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CENSUS BLOCKS WITHIN THIS AREA THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S PARTS OF DISTRICT THREE THAT ARE NOW IN DISTRICT FOUR AND VICE VERSA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CIRCLE TO THE FAR RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE WHERE DISTRICT FOUR NOW, AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES IN THE CENSUS BLOCKS COMES TO A POINT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE IN THE CENSUS BLOCKS, AND THE FACT THAT THE FAIR MAPS ACT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT YOU CAN NOT HAVE CONTIGUITY COMING IN AT JUST A POINT.
THIS MAP IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED CONTIGUOUS.
AND AS A RESULT, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS TO CHANGE THE LINES, TO CHANGE AND, AND, AND FIX THE CONTIGUITY ISSUES THAT ARE HERE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, BECAUSE WE'LL BE TALKING AS WELL ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE ABA 49 REQUIREMENTS, OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MAPS HERE.
I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CALL OUR CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
AND AGAIN, CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE A REGISTERED VOTER.
IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE ANY CITIZEN WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
AND THIS YEAR SHOWS YOUR LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION FOR EACH ONE OF THE MAPS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU.
UH, THE COLOR SCHEME IS THE SAME.
SO BLUES AND PURPLES ARE LOWER PERCENTAGE RED AND ORANGE COLORS ARE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICTS, ONE, TWO AND THREE, THERE'S A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATIONS.
HERE'S THE ASIAN AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
AND IN PARTS OF DISTRICT FOUR AND FIVE, UH, THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS AGAIN OF ASIAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION HERE IS YOUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, WE GET SOME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF DATA RELATED TO, UH, ITEMS SUCH AS INCOME PERCENTAGE OF, OF, UH, RESIDENTS WHO RENT WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY YEARS, PERCENTAGE RENTERS.
AND HERE ARE YOUR INCOME STATISTICS.
SO THIS IS SHOWING, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF A CENSUS BLOCK THAT IS, HAS A INCOME OF $75,000 OR MORE.
SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENINGS OF HEARING, WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PERTAINING TO, ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEFINE AS EITHER A NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN ASSEMBLY BILL 8 49? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, IT MEANS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD THINK IT IS.
SO A NEIGHBORHOOD COULD HAVE NATURAL DIVIDING LINES.
SO MOUNTAINS RIVERS STREAMS, AND HAVE UNNATURAL DIVIDING LINES LIKE ROADS OR HIGHWAYS, CANALS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS CAN ALSO BE AN AREA AROUND A PARTICULAR LANDMARK, A SCHOOL, A PARK, A DOWNTOWN.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, WE TAKE THAT IDEA OF GEOGRAPHIC AREA, AN ADD A SHARED ISSUE OR CHARACTERISTIC.
SO IT COULD BE A SHARED SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC INTEREST, MAYBE AN AREA THAT IS SIMILARLY IMPACTED BY CITY OR COUNTY POLICIES.
AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TELL US YOUR COMMUNITY STORY.
AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS WOULD THIS COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM BEING INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSES OF AS EFFECTIVE AND FAIR REPRESENTATION, OR WOULD IT BENEFIT MORE FROM HAVING MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES? SO SOME POSSIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES COULD BE THE FOLLOWING.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK.
THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, OR MAYBE SOMETHINGS THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS.
SO WE HAVE THE FREEWAY CORRIDOR AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AND THE AZUSA AVENUE CORRIDOR, AND ALSO H WAYS ARE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU MAY IDENTIFY THAT SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER FOR PURPOSES OF THE SINGLE DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF EFFECTIVE AND FAIR REPRESENTATION.
SO AT TONIGHT'S HEARING, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND ACTION AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO US ON AREAS THAT MAY MEET THE AB 8 49 DEFINITION
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OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT FOR ITS PURPOSES OF EFFECTIVE AND FAIR REPRESENTATION.SO WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST TWO HEARINGS, AND THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE HERE BEFORE WE GO BACK TO, TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS EVENING AND, UH, JANUARY 3RD, AS WELL AS NOVEMBER 18TH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, WE'RE STILL DETERMINING THE FINAL DATES FOR THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN THE DISTRICTS NEED TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES, UH, A FIRST AND SECOND READING.
UH, SO THERE'LL BE A FIRST AND SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND THEN THIS PROCESS HAS TO TAKE PLACE AND BE COMPLETED BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 17TH.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE MAP TO THE LA COUNTY REGISTRAR VOTERS IN TIME FOR THE NOVEMBER OF 22 ELECTION.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR? UH, OKAY.
I FEEL LIKE THE JOB POOL AGAIN, BECAUSE OKAY.
TO BECOME DISTRICT IN AT THAT TIME, I WAS THE PERSON AGAINST THE DISTRICTING.
I FEEL LIKE IF I REPRESENT A CTI, ONE WOULD BE SET ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I GOT ELECTED IN 2015 NOVEMBER.
BUT I LOOKED LIKE THIS DISTRICT TEAM BECOME LIKE ALL THE CT HAVE TO DO IT.
DUE TO THE SO-CALLED, UH, THE FAILED VOTING.
AND THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE EACH OF A GROUP, THEY ALL HAVE A REPRESENTATION BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE SOUND LIKE, OKAY.
WEST COVINA BEING A LONG TIME, UH, POTENTIALLY THE REPRESENTATION IS NOT THERE DUE TO, UH, WE, WE WAS IN THE, OKAY.
SO THEY CHANGED INTO 18 TO MATCHING.
THE ATTORNEY ABOUT, WE ARE BASICALLY MORE LIKE A SUPPRESSED VOTER.
SO TO BECOME AN EVEN NUMBER, SO, AND GO WITH THE MAJOR ELECTION.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE WILL HAVE A MOBILE TO COMING OUT TO VOICE THEMSELVES ABOUT WHAT THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE.
SO IN THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE, BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE OKAY.
AND, UH, WE WENT THROUGH A LONG PERIOD OF, UH, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30 MAP.
AND THEY HAVE A SOUL DIFFERENT KIND OF MAP.
AND THEN THEY VALIDATE, THEY FEEL LIKE TO BE FAIR, SO HAVE TO GO TO VERTICAL.
AND THEY ALL, EVERYBODY HAVE SOME SHOPPING CENTER.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
WE JUST DONE THIS LIKE COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
CITY MANAGER, WE SAID, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, THESE ARE TOLD ME WE HAVE TO DO IT.
I'M JUST WHINING AGAIN AND SAY, WE JUST DONE THIS.
I SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME.
SO, BECAUSE I THINK THE SENSORS, BECAUSE THE SENSOR, SO WE HAVE TO, NO MATTER WHAT, IT JUST FINISHED 2000, 19 OR 20, YOU STILL HAVE TO DO IT.
SO THE, THE DIFFERENCE SINCE YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR DISTRICTING PROCESS IS THAT THE FAIR MAPS ACT HAS PASSED IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
AND THE KEY COMPONENT HERE, AS I MENTIONED IS THAT THEY HAVE THE RANK ORDER CRITERIA AND THE TOP RANK ORDERED CRITERIA IS CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS.
AND WITH THE, WITH THE DEFINITION OF THE WAY THAT THE FAIR MAPS ACT, AND AGAIN, LET ME READ IT AND READ THIS BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY PERTAINS TO THIS SLIDE 10 HERE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE COUNCIL DISTRICT SHALL BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS AREAS THAT MEET ONLY AT THE POINTS OF ADJOINING CORNERS ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS.
THIS IS A LAW THAT HAS PASSED SINCE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE DISTRICTING PROCESS.
NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE YOUR, THE CENSUS BLOCK MAKEUP OF YOUR DISTRICTS HAS CHANGED.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE MAPS NOW HAVE A PARTICULARLY DISTRICT FOUR HAS AN AREA THAT NOW COMES TOGETHER AT A POINT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT CHANGE, BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE FAIR MAPS ACT.
THAT IS THE MAIN DRIVER AS TO WHY THE CITY HAS TO GO BACK THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING.
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A, LIKE ISLANDS SOLD.SO BASICALLY POSSIBLE THESE TWO, THREE, THAT CORNER CAN BE GOING TO THESE THREE, FOUR, AND YOU KNOW, WAY IN THERE WOULD BE COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW.
UM, I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE MAP CAN BE DRAWN, BUT, BUT AS, AS IT IS, IT COMES TOGETHER AT A POINT AND IS NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE FAIR MAPS.
SO, SO, SO THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED TO MAKE SURE CONTINUITIES, SO YES, NOT EVEN WE IN THE SAME CITY, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE KIND OF A ANGLE, A LITTLE BIT MISSING WITH A POPULATION RIGHT THERE.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE NEED TO, NO MATTER WHAT AND THE DO TOO, SO NEXT TIME WE DO IT IS, WILL BE 20, 30 WAY.
SO WE DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS, EVERY 10 YEARS.
SO, AND EVERY TIME WE CENSUS, NO MATTER, SO WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
EVERY, EVERY TIME FOR THE CENSUS.
I STILL, I HOPE I'M STILL ALIVE AT THAT TIME.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING ELECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MATTER, MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL WE ALREADY HAVE THE STAFF REPORT? SO DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS I HAVE RECEIVED NO SPEAKER CARDS.
MAYOR, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WONDERFUL.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A SPEAKER.
UM, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T, UH, VIOLATE, UH, THE, UH, THANK, UH, I COULD BE, UH, CORRECT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CAME TO AN AGREEMENT OF FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO TO CONDUCT, UH, TWO ELECTIONS, UH, UNDER THE, UH, FIVE DISTRICT, UH, PLAN, UH, STRATEGY.
AND THEN, UH, I FAVOR THAT WE REVERT BACK, JUST ELIMINATE ALL THE INTERNAL BOUNDARIES AND, UH, GO BACK TO, UH, ELECTIONS AT LARGE AND THE THREE TOP VOTE GETTERS, UH, OR THE TWO TOP VOTE GETTERS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHICH CYCLE YOU'RE IN, UH, RECEIVE THE COUNCIL SEATS.
IT'S JUST, UH, UH, UH, AND I THINK YOU COULD DO THAT UNDER, UNDER THE AGREEMENT, THE, THE, UH, UH, WAS IT A COURT, UH, A COURT AGREEMENT.
SO, SO I, I FAVOR, UH, JUST ELIMINATING THE, UH, INTERNAL, UH, BOUNDARIES, UH, COMPLETELY, HOWEVER, UH, YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH, UH, MY, UH, MY PROPOSAL AND, UH, THE ALTERNATIVE, UH, I THINK THE CURRENT PLAN, UH, VIOLATES THE COMPACTNESS, UH, UH, ASPECT AND, UH, TO MY MIND, UH, UH, ONE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST WOULD BE A BIG CORRIDOR, UH, NORTH OF THE FREEWAY.
AND, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, PICK PICK UP 22,000 FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT LEAVES THREE, THREE MORE, UH, TH 22,000 FROM THE SOUTH.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER THREE DISTRICTS CAN BE CREATED, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE, THE EAST EAST PART OF THE DISTRICT AND THE, UH, WEST PART, THE WEST PART AND THE CENTRAL, UH, 22,000 EACH.
SO I TH I THINK THAT WOULD, UH, UH, UH, BETTER SATISFY THE FIVE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND, UH, UM, AND SATISFY THE, UH, THE, THE FAIR MAPS ACT SO WELL.
UH, I, I DON'T BELIEVE, UH, THE, ALL OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CITIES ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE PARTS.
AND, UH, I THINK THE AT LARGE SYSTEM IS A BETTER SYSTEM, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER IF YOU, UH, THANK YOU.
I HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER, MS. JERRY PATCHES,
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AND EVENING MY QUESTION, MAYBE FOR YOU.AND HE MAY END UP ANSWERING IT TO GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.
ARE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THIS INFORMATION ALREADY, THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TWEAKING, LIKE JUST THE ADJUSTING AND KEEPING THE BASIC SHAPES, THE BASIC CONFIGURATION THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO GET RID OF THE PARTS THAT AREN'T, YOU COULD JUST, THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF WONDERING.
CAN IT JUST BE ADJUSTED NOW, IF IT'S NOT IN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RAN NEW START OVER.
I ONLY IN THE WAY I'M BILL, I THINK IF I UNDERSTOOD HIM CORRECTLY, NORTH OF THE FREEWAY IS IGNORED.
I WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE OF THE VERTICAL LINES.
THINKING THAT WAY YOU SAID IT, BUT WE'RE IGNORED.
EVERY ACTIVITY YOU TALK ABOUT IS THAT SHADOW OAK CORTEZ CITY HALL.
CAMERON, I ACTUALLY AM LEANING TOWARDS, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ANNEXED UNDER COVINA BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING.
SO MAYBE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ENTIRELY REDOING THE LOUNGE, WE HAVE BRIAN.
HE IS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE GO TO.
WE HAVE NOTHING REDRAW THE LINES AND PUT US UP NORTH OF THE FREEWAY AND GIVE US A COUNCIL MEMBER.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES? NO, MA'AM ALL RIGHT.
SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AS COUNSEL FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I, I THINK THIS, UH, AS, AS GIVEN BY THE PRESENTATION, IF THIS SATISFIES THE NEWEST LAW, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THIS.
UM, SO WITH, WITH THAT, I MEAN, SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR IS IT RECEIVING FILE? OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR CASTELLANO'S WITH THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WOMB COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
I MAYOR KUSILE ON US ITEM NUMBER NINE, PASSES FIVE ZERO, AND MOVES US TO
[Items 10 & 11]
DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS.10 11 ARE CONSIDERATIONS OF MOU BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND A POA AND CONSIDERATION OF THE MOU BETWEEN CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE PMA MR. CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THIS REPORT.
AND HELEN TRAN IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS REPORT.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL STAFF MEMBER SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I'M HELEN TRAN HR DIRECTOR.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, LOOK THE PRESENTATION POWERPOINT.
YOU, YOU, YOU WANT TO SIT OVER THERE? I SITTING IN FRONT OF THE MONITOR.
INTERMISSION THAT'S ONE QUICK STRETCH.
BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE RECAP ON OUR, OUR, UM, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS.
JUST FEW MONTHS AGO, WE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH FIVE EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND AT THAT WAS A THREE-YEAR TERM AGREEMENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE MOU.
SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT ACCOMPLISHED MEANT FOR US.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SENIOR MANAGEMENT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE RELATION AND LABOR RELATION.
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AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH POLICE SAFETY AND POLICE MANAGEMENT.SO LET'S, UM, PULL UP, PLEASE SAY WHO LEFT? WE HAVE LEFT THEN AFTER THESE TWO GOT APPROVE TONIGHT, UH, FIRE SAFETY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE WE'LL SHOW.
WELL, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE PRETTY MUCH THE, UH, BULLET POINTS OF THE TERMS AND AGREEMENTS.
SO THE TERM IS THREE YEARS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024.
THE SALARY INCREASES ARE COLA.
UM, 3% EFFECTIVE PON CITY COUNCILS APPROVED TONIGHT, NO RETRO, UH, AND 3% EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022, AND THEN 3% EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2023.
THEN THERE'S THE CALPERS COST SHARING.
THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE 3% COST SHARING ON TOP OF THE 9% AS REQUIRED.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S 12% TOTAL CORE.
THE CALPERS COST SHARING, AS WELL AS THE ONE-TIME ESSENTIAL WORKER PAY.
THAT'S NON-PRINCIPAL ONE TIME, 5,000.
NEXT SLIDE IS THE POLICE MEASUREMENT MORAN MOU.
THIS IS, THIS AGREEMENT IS THREE YEARS THROUGH JUNE.
ACTUALLY THAT SHOULD SAY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
UM, THE SALARY INCREASES, UM, EFFECTIVE UPON, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL IS 8%, NO RETRO 3% EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND NOT 2022.
AND THEN 3% EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024, THE CALPERS COST SHARING.
THIS IS WHERE, UM, IT IS, UH, SHOULD BE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD REALLY PRIDE YOURSELF WITH THIS, UH, WITH POLICE MANAGEMENT'S WILLINGNESS TO ON TOP OF 3% CAUTION ON TOP OF THE 9%, THEY ARE WILLING TO ALSO PAY THE ADDITIONAL 3%.
SO THAT IS HUGE ON THE COST SHARING PIECE.
SO THANK YOU PLEASE MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS AND THE ALSO ONE TIME ESSENTIAL WORKER PAID NON-PERSONAL ONE TIME, 5,000, AND THAT IS THE AGREEMENT FOR POLICE MANAGEMENT AND PLACE SAFETY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SAFETY MEMBERS OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR HELEN OR FOR OUR STAFF BY THE COUNCIL? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST LATER ON WHY ME BECOMING OKAY.
RIGHT NOW I CAN WAIT FOR THAT OTHER CONSOLE.
ON THE, JUST WANT TO SAY ON THE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, I SIT OVER HERE SINCE 2000, UH, 16.
I GET ELECTED 2015 AND SIT OVER HERE SIX YEARS AND MOVE INTO THE SEVEN YEAR T IN NOVEMBER.
AND, UH, I, I'M JUST, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THAT I'M SO PROUD THAT LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE, OR OUR GROUP.
AND TO WORK WITH CITY, ALWAYS OF FAIRNESS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF, UH, DESCENT AT THE SAME TIME, STEP WILLING TO TAKE SOME OF THE OKAY.
AND, UH, CONTRIBUTE SOME OF THE COSTS LIKE DALE, CALPERS.
SO I REALLY, I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE, UH, POA AND THE PMA AND THEIR WILLINGNESS.
AND I SEE THE TOP OF SAY IN THAT 15% CONTRIBUTION, AND THEN AN EMBASSY PREVIOUS SIX YEARS WHEN I WAS OKAY, AND THE CITY CONSOLE CD ON THE DIAL AND THE, AND THE, THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FEELING COMPARE WITH THE FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND THAT TIME AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE DIDN'T SHIP IS PRETTY TOXIC.
UH, RIGHT NOW I JUST SEE NOTHING BUT EXTREMELY OKAY.
AND A HAPPINESS THAT PROUD TO WALK IN OUR CITY.
AND I SAID THAT MANY TIMES A HAPPY STAFF, HAPPY CT, AND THE HAPPY RESIDENTS, WE NEED A STAFF TO SERVE WILLINGNESS, BUT WE NEED TO TREAT OUR STAFF WITH FAIRNESS.
YOU TAKE CARE OF THE STAFF STEP.
WE CAN NOT SHOW CHANGE IN PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND THAT MEANING WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH CITY AND TO MAKE SURE OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS SOUND FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE WON'T BE SITTING HERE FOREVER.
WE HAVE TO BUILD A BASE OF OUR FUTURE FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATION.
AND I THINK THIS IS A SUCH A GOOD FEELING.
AND, UH, SINCE LAST YEAR AND THAT OUR NUMBER ONE GROUP, THE POM PMA, AND WILLING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND COME OUT THE AGREEMENT AND, UH, OKAY.
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AS A CITY COUNCIL.I JUST WANT TO REPRESENT MY, MY, MY RESIDENT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND, UH, AFTER WE CAN APPROVE THIS.
WE CAN GET MORE PATROL INDUSTRY AND GET SOME OF THE SERVICE AT CASE I'M OVERLAPPED.
AND THAT, THAT OUR RESIDENT TO BE PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, HE'S VERY PROUD ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD LEADERSHIP FOR OUR CHIEF.
AND THE CAPTAIN, I THINK THIS IS A EXCELLENT DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THAT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WU.
THANK YOU, HELEN, FOR THE HARD WORK AND THANKS TO OUR POA AND PMA FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR HARD WORK.
ANNA SELECTED KNOWLEDGE, OUR CITY TEAM, STEPHANIE, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ROBIN.
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY A TEAM EFFORT WITH THE UNION.
I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO, OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING OR, NOPE.
SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN.
I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE PMP, UH, POA AND PMA WITH, UH, OUR UNION IS, UH, THE OFFER.
YOU WANT TO READ A RESOLUTION THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHAIR MAYOR, IF WE CAN TAKE THIS EACH RESOLUTION AS SEPARATE VOTES.
SO OUR FIRST RESOLUTION WOULD BE NUMBER 2 0 2, 2 DASH 11.
SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT RESOLUTION.
SO AGAIN, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WHEEL AND A SECOND BY MAYOR CUSTOMER.
WHEN I WAS COUNCIL MEMBER TO COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, BEATO MAYOR PRO TEM, DS MAYOR, CUSTOM LENSES.
AND THEN I WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION 2 0 2, 2 DASH 12.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WHEEL IN A SECOND BY MAYOR CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER, TBA, TBA, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ BEATO.
THEY ARE PRO TEM, D S I MAYOR CASTELLANOS, BOTH MOTIONS PASSED FIVE, ZERO CONGRATULATION.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
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THE END OF OUR MEETING.DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, REQUESTS, OR COMMENTS? NOTHING.
WELL, UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND NAVIGATING US THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES.
AND WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS CONCLUDED.