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[Call to Order]
TO OUR FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT'S 7:00 PM AND MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JOHN LEE FROM CZARIST CHURCH AND COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALL RISE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO, TO TONIGHT IN VOCATION, LET US PRAY, SOVEREIGN GOD OF ALL CREATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE YEAR 2022.
WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY AND ALSO MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO USE OUR MIND, TO DISCERN YOUR WILL AND TO DREAM OF CREATING A STRONGER, HEALTHIER, AND BETTER COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY OF WEST COVINA AND ALL FOR SERVE IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND THERE ARE MANY FACES BEING A PART OF THIS BUILDING, THIS COMMUNITY LORD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO LEAD PLAN AND EXECUTE.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINE.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO LIVE THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY, UNEMPLOYED, AND DISPLACED.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH ILLNESS, THE COVID 19 OTHER MENTAL AND PHYSICAL FOR THESE AND ALL THE BURDENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AS THIS MEETING BEGINS THIS EVENING, GIVE EACH PERSON CLARITY, COMPASSION AND CREATIVITY.
GIVE THEM LISTENING EARS AND THOUGHTFUL WORDS.
GIVE THEM PRESENCE OF MIND AND OPEN HEART.
AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGH.
NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE JUSTICE FOR ALL, MAYBE SEATED.
DEPUTY CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTSWANA PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOVIS FIATO PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ HERE.
THERE ARE CUSTODY ITEMS HERE, CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED AT A CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING MR. MARA.
AND MOVING ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS,
[Police Department Annual Report]
WE'VE GOT A POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT.HERMAN, PLEASE STOP DISRUPTING FROM THE AUDIENCE PLEASE.
THAT'S MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
EVEN IN COUNCIL STAFF AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE, MY NAME IS CHIEF RICHARD BELL.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR SECOND ANNUAL REVIEW.
UM, LAST YEAR, UM, WAS THE FIRST ONE, TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER.
I WAS VERY PROUD OF IT, BUT I REALLY THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS ONE.
AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO OUR STAFF HERE.
UH, ALEXIS ANNAPOLIS HERE, SHE'S A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER, BUT SHE IS ONE OF THE LEAD PERSONS IN OUR, UM, UH, UH, PIO POSITION, UH, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, TIM ROGERS OVERSEES THAT AND THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB.
WE ALSO HAVE BRANDON WHO'S UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HE'S HIDING, UH, BUT THEY ALL COME TOGETHER.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB WHEN YOU SEE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND ALL THAT.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, TO GOOD EVENING.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REVIEW.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
LIKE THE CHIEF SAID ALEXIS IS THE CREATIVE MIND BEHIND IT, AND A LOT OF HER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING.
UM, SO THIS REALLY WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITH, UH, OUT A LOT OF HER HARD WORK.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW PAGES AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING.
UM, IT'LL BE ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN LATER ON, IT'LL BE IN OUR STATION IN THE FRONT LOBBY.
THERE'LL BE SOME COPIES FOR EVERYBODY.
SO THE FIRST PAGE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS GOING TO BE OUR 2021 STRATEGIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, IN 2021, WE TRANSITIONED TO ELECTRONIC COLLISION
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REPORTING SYSTEM, A CITATION WRITER, UM, ELECTRONIC TRAINING RECORD SOFTWARE.WE HAVE THE FLOCK LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM.
UM, WE UPDATED OUR DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, WITH THE HELP OF ALEXIS AND THE NEXT PAGE OVER SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO ALWAYS KNOW WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A DEPARTMENT OF THE FUTURE.
AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO FOSTER THAT GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY TO SEE WHAT THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS DOING YEAR BY YEAR.
AND WE'RE HOPING THEY REALLY ENJOY THE, THE, UH, THE REVIEW.
SO IN 2022, WE'RE HOPING TO AND PLAN TO IMPLEMENT BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR ALL SWORN OFFICERS.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD A DETECTIVE POSITION IN THE DETECTIVE BUREAU, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE OUR RADIOS FOR OUR PATROL PERSONNEL.
UM, WE WANT TO CREATE A WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR THEM FROM THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING OF ALL THE APARTMENT STAFF RESTRUCTURING, THE DEPARTMENT'S FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION UNIT.
AND WE WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO, TO THE TRAFFIC UNIT, UM, IN, IN ENHANCING THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WE'RE HOPING TO ADD AND RETURN THE OVERLAP SHIFTS TO PATROL, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE STAFFING IN PATROL ON A DAILY BASIS.
BY HAVING THE ADDITION OF THE TWO OVERLAP SHIFTS BACK, THAT'S A GOAL WE HAVE FOR 2022, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW PAGES, YOU'LL SEE A MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF AND OUR TWO CAPTAINS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO A, AN ADDITION TO OUR PERSONNEL WAS THE CAPTAIN POSITION THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY, UH, NEEDED.
AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT POSITION BACK, UM, IN MOVING FORWARD THROUGH 2020 AND 2021, THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WITH OUR STAFFING.
THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF NINE OFFICERS WARRANT OFFICERS AT SOME POINT DURING THAT THE PANDEMIC.
AND WE KNOW, UM, THROUGH RECOGNITION FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, UM, WE, YOU WERE, UM, REALLY GRACIOUS IN GIVING US AND ALLOWING US TO HIRE 10 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING THOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
IT TAKES A PROCESS THROUGH THE HIRING AND GETTING THEM THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND LATERALLY AND OVER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING UP TO A HUNDRED, UH, THANKS TO YOUR, UM, ADDITION.
UM, NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE SERVICE AREA.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO REACH OUT TO THE LIEUTENANTS IN PATROL AND WHAT SERVICE AREA THEY LIVE IN.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO BE THE POINT OF CONTACT, THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBER AND THE, THE REVIEW WE'LL HIGHLIGHT EACH SERVICE AREA AND WHAT LIEUTENANT AND HOW YOU CONTACT THEM REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHATEVER ISSUE MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN YOUR SERVICE AREA.
THEY CAN CONTACT US AND WE'LL WORK TO PROBLEM SOLVE TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT TWO PAGES ARE IN ADDITION FROM LAST YEAR, UM, THIS WILL HELP HIGHLIGHT THEIR EACH INDIVIDUAL SERVICE AREAS WHERE THEY LIVE, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN 2021 OR WHATEVER YOU WERE IN AS FAR AS THE CRIME IN YOUR PARTICULAR SERVICE AREAS.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STATS, UM, AND, UH, WHAT'S OCCURRING IN YOUR AREA, THESE PAGES WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU OUT.
BOOK THEN CONTINUES ON THROUGH OUR PATROLS STATISTICS.
SOME OF OUR UNITS, TRAFFIC AND CANINE, IT'LL GO THROUGH DISPATCH AND JAILER AND SOME OF OUR OTHER DETAILS THROUGHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED AT THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PARK ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER.
SO NOW WE HAVE OFFICER LING AND WE HAVE OFFICER MELLOW OUT THERE AS PARTNERS GOING OUT TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS OUT THERE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAD ONE OFFICER AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL OFFICER WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE AND THEY'RE OUT THERE DAILY TRYING TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO THROUGH A GRANT FUND, A FOURTH SCHOOL RESOURCE RESOURCE OFFICER, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT IN ASSISTING THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH THE WEST CONVENIENCE SIDE, WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE COMMUNITY CAN GO THROUGH THE, UH, ANNUAL REVIEW.
YOU'LL SEE OUR TRAINING, YOU'LL SEE OUR CRIME STATS AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
YOU'LL SEE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS LIFE ON PATROL AND WHAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DEDICATED SERVICE, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, YOU'LL SEE THE VOLUNTEER PHOTOGRAPH THERE.
UM, THE GENTLEMAN ON THE LEFT AS YOU'RE READING IT IS BILL CAGLE.
UM, SADLY HE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEKEND.
UM, AND SO WE JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
HE WAS A VERY, UH, SOLID MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
UM, HE, UM, SPENT A LOT OF TIME, ALWAYS HELPFUL, ANYTHING WE NEEDED, WE COULD CALL ON BILL AND HE WAS WILLING TO HELP.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, RECOGNIZE BILL.
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PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND FAMILY.UM, MOVING ON TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE EVENTS IN HERE, THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE WHAT EVENTS WE GO TO.
SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY CADILLAC CONVERTER ETCHING EVENT, WE HAD THE PUMPKIN'S WITH THE POLICE.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMEMBER OUR FALLEN OFFICERS.
THEY GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, UM, IN PROTECTING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMEMBER THE THREE FALLEN OFFICERS.
UM, AND THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR CANINES REQ, UH, PASSED AWAY, UH, AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS SERVICE.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE YEAR.
LIKE WE SAID, IT WILL BE, UM, IN THE LOBBY SHORTLY.
UM, AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME AND ENJOY IT AND TAKE A LOOK AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND WE'LL BE DOING THIS EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? UM, NOT, WELL QUESTION IS YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
IF IT'S 2021, THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE COUNCIL'S INCORRECT.
JUST FYI, BECAUSE LAST YEAR AT YEAH, 2021, THIS IS A FORMER, THIS IS A NEW MAYOR, 2022, BUT ANYWAYS, ON YOUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE LIKE COVINA VALLEY AND ROWLAND UNIFIED, ARE OUR OFFICERS JUST, UH, OVERSEEING THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN WEST COVINA OR ARE THEY ALSO OVERSEEING SCHOOLS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE, UH, COVINA VALLEY AND ROLAND UNIFIED THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF COVINA, IT'S GONNA BE THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY.
I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN, UM, THE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THE STATS? UM, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE FOUR, LET ME SEE THE FOREST SERVICE AREAS.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THE STATS OF THE FIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS? I KNOW THAT LIKE SOME OF MY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS IN TWO SERVICE AREAS.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET, TO BREAK IT DOWN WITH, JUST TO SEE THAT, TO SEE THE STATS WITHIN EACH COUNCIL? YEAH.
THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT CAN BE GATHERED ON THE PARAMETERS THAT WE ENTER.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU.
I KNOW WHEN I CAME IN AS A FIRST COUNCIL PERSON, UM, IN OUR POLICE WAS GETTING BASHED A LOT THAT FIRST YEAR.
AND I KEPT PUSHING WITH OUR ARCHIE THAT YOU GUYS GOT TO PUT IT OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS DON'T SEE THE MANY GOOD THINGS THAT YOU DO OR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND SO I KNOW WHEN IT CAME TO THE FIRST YEAR, I WAS SUPER HAPPY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, YOU GUYS TOOK TO HEART AND HE DID IMPROVE IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY EXCELLENT JOB.
THE COMMUNITY LOVES THE INFORMATION.
THE WEEKLY REVIEW IS, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS ENJOY THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS FEEL VERY PRIDE.
I'M PROUD TO SEE ALL THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES.
ANY, ANY MORE COMMON COUNCILMAN? I WANT TO, SORRY.
I WANT TO SAY THIS IS A WONDERFUL REPORT.
AND THEN I'VE BEEN RECEIVING YOUR FACEBOOK POST.
IT'S LIKE, I CANNOT GET AWAY BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THERE.
AND THEY ALWAYS UPDATE AND I HAVE TO READ IT.
SO, AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS GREAT.
I THINK IT'S A BRANDING AND A INFORMATION NOW.
AND SO RESIDENT CAN APPRECIATE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THESE ARE LEFT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST FEEL LIKE, OKAY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE CT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A WONDERFUL THING.
AND TO HAVE A REPORT LIKE THIS.
AND LAST YEAR WE CT KIND OF IMITATE YOU GUYS.
SO WE HAVE A STAY OF THE CT REPORT DUE TO, I DON'T HAVE A STAY OF THE CDS I USING THE BOOKLET.
AS THE LAST YEAR, MALE IS A LADY LOPEZ.
I THINK YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH AND TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO, BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL DECISION.
I THINK, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE NOT DOING VERY GOOD.
I THINK WE, WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU TO GIVE YOU, UH, IN NOVICE STAFFING.
I THINK THE IMPORTANCE, NOT ONLY TO PROTECT US, THE CITY, THE RESIDENT, IT PROTECT THE POLICE OFFICER TO, WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED TO CALL EACH OTHER.
WE NEED TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH STAFF.
SO YOU GUYS WILL BE SAFE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE NEED TO PROTECT EACH CHILD IS SO, SO STAFFING IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
SO ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE SERVICE, LIKE WE BE TALKING ABOUT ALL RELATIONSHIPS COMING BACK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP THE RESPONDENT WHO RESPONDED TIME MUCH FASTER.
AND, UH, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.
AND THE OVERLAY SHIPPED AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENED.
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VERY RARE.I THINK BY NOW YOU GOT TO HAVE A VERY GOOD REPUTATION, I THINK SERVICE, BUT STILL HAVE A ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
ARE WE THERE? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND LAST ONE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS HOMELESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO INCREASE ANOTHER STEP.
AND, UH, SO WE HAVE A TWO PERSON, OKAY.
TWO FULL-TIME TO HELP THE HOMELESS ISSUE.
AND WE TRY TO COORDINATE WITH A NONPROFIT GROUP TO WORK TOGETHER, TO FIND RESOURCE.
AND WE MAY BE CONFINED A NOD OF A SERVICE AND DT BESIDE THE UNION STATION BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND THE PROPOSAL WE HAVEN'T GOT IT.
SO MAYBE YOU HAVE ANY OTHER AUDIT THAT WE CAN KIND OF TALK INTO THEM TO COME OVER AND GIVE A PROPOSAL SO WE CAN MAYBE CONTRACT WITH THEIR IT AND WORK WITH YOU GUY.
THEN SINCE YOU TRUST THIS GROUP, THEN WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER, FOR EXAMPLE, OTHER CHURCHES, TO PROVIDE SOME HOUSING, TO HELP THE HOMELESS, PROVIDE SOME SERVICE FOR THEM.
SO HOPEFULLY 20, 22, WE CAN KIND OF ADDRESS THIS HOMELESS ISSUE.
WITH YOUR DOUBLE, YOUR MEN AND POWER.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN GET SOME AGENCY TO HELP US.
I THINK, WHILE IT DIDN'T DEPEND ON THE COUNTY, LOSSA I THINK, FORGET THAT WE JUST DEPEND ON OURSELVES.
OTHERWISE THE WAITING CONTINUE AND SERVICE CONTINUED LAG.
SO, AND THE PARLIN CONTINUED TO GROW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER OKAY.
WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH SOME NTT RECOMMENDED SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT WORK.
UH, FIRST, FIRST OFF, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, I THINK THAT THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, HAS, UH, CONSISTENTLY GOTTEN BETTER.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I KNOW WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO WEST COVINA, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE EVENTS, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LITTLE TOWN HALLS WITH THE AREA LIEUTENANT.
AND I KNOW BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY, UM, THAT, THAT STARTING UP AGAIN, I THINK THAT JUST, UH, WOULD BUILD ON, UH, WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING HERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT CONTINUED OUTREACH AND, AND JUST TALKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, REALLY, REALLY DOES GOOD.
UH, AND I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DEALS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT BOOK YOU, YOU HAVE HERE THAT IS, UM, DEPICTS ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY WEST COVINA.
OH, I, UM, PICTURES ARE EXCELLENT.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS ALL THESE PICTURES TAKEN FROM YOU OR, WOW.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THEY'RE AMAZING.
I KNOW LIKE SOME RESIDENTS, THE SHOTS LET'S LIKE A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER HAS THIS, UM, AND YOU REALLY CAPTURE THEM.
WELL, I THINK SOME, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE LIKE, WOW, SOME MODEL.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD MODELS IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE REAL POLICE OFFICER THERE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF, TO THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT FOR A GREAT WORK AND LET'S KEEP IT UP.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PART OF OUR AGENDA.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
ANY EMAILS RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ALL EMAILS ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, AS I'VE DONE BEFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL TO SHORTEN THE TIME FROM FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES OF CONSENT.
UH, I, I DO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I, I DO KIND OF HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, WITH THE, THE CUTTING OF THE TIME, UH, JUST AS, AS A, AS A RESIDENT, WHO'S SPOKEN PUBLIC COMMENT QUITE A FEW TIMES.
UH, I KNOW I'VE, IT, IT TAKES TIME TO PREPARE.
IT'S PRETTY INTIMIDATING TO GO UP THERE, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, TO, TO COME UP AND THEN HAVE
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THE, THE TIME, UH, CHANGED WHEN, WHEN THE AGENDA WENT OUT, THINKING YOU HAD FIVE MINUTES, UH, IS KIND OF DISRUPTIVE WHEN IT'S ALREADY A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO SPEAK.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I'D LIKE TO, TO KEEP THE COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES, UH, YOU KNOW, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, A LARGE NUMBER AS, AS WE HAD DONE BEFORE.
UH, SO AGAIN, JUST, JUST AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE TIME SPENT TO PREPARE YOUR INPUT HAS BEEN NOTED.
UH, I STILL THINK IT'S FOUR TO ONE.
SO, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN DISRUPTIVE, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE MEETING FORWARD AND KEEP IT AT THREE.
PLEASE, PLEASE STOP OUT THERE.
MR. MAYOR, CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GONNA, UM, CONTINUE, UH, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? UH, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS.
UM, LET'S UH, WHO'S THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT? THE FIRST SPEAKER IS A MONDO HERMAN FOLLOWED BY MIKE'S GREENSPAN FILE BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
SO MR. MAYOR, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS OUR FIRST AMENDMENT.
LOOK AT THE CHILDREN IN HERE, OBSERVING THE MAYOR, THE TYRANT DOREO BECAUSE I HAVE PUPPET RACI ISSUE TO YOU.
MR. MAYOR WAS SUCH A SELFISH YOUNG MAN AND A FULL NO DON'T DISCREDIT ME FOR BEING A PUPPET.
OH, YOUR STRINGS ARE PULLED BY THOSE AROUND YOU.
SO I CAME UP WITH THIS FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER THE UNITED STATES VS BAGDASARIAN AND UNPLEASANT SHARP ATTACKS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
WHY, WHICH OF THE POLITICAL ARENA IS OFTEN ABUSIVE? SORRY, MR. DARRIO DUMB, DUMB, DUMB, DUMB.
SO MR. HERMAN SAID TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD, BUT TLC DARRIO DARRIO ARE YOU A SCRUB? NO, I DON'T WANT TO MEET YOU NOWHERE.
NO, DAR YOU, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOUR MIND AND NO DON'T WANT NONE OF YOUR TIME, MR. DARRIO YOU SCRUB MAYOR WHO SENSORS OUR FIRST AMENDMENT.
I DON'T YELL SCRUB, SCRUB HIS DAD, DARIA LOCA, AND I CAN GET NO LOVE FROM ME.
IT'S A COOKIE AND HE'S LOOKING AT MY TRASH.
I DON'T WANT THIS SCRUB SCRUB.
ARE YOU STILL MAD AT ME? BECAUSE I EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT PLEASE.
MR. MAYOR, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR THE HOMELESS? YOU HAVEN'T DONE SHIT.
YOU'RE THE INSIDE THESE OTHER FOUR QUIET LADIES AND MEN THAT DON'T SAY SHIT ABOUT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT ANYMORE.
MAYBE BECAUSE BACKED UP THIS AREA OR IS IT THE UNITED STATES VERSUS BAGDASARIAN FOR THE RECORD? YOU KNOW, THE COUNTRY BE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BY TYRA DORIO DOES NOT LIKE A SCRUB DARRIO.
THAT'S WHY WE CALL YOU, WHICH IS A DEADBEAT WIT THAT'S THE NEW TERMINOLOGY WE USE FOR A CUT.
MA'AM OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS ZANG.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY WOMEN'S ZANG, FOLLOWED BY RAE VARGAS.
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YOU MEAN AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A PERSON WHO SPOKE ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WHERE YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.WELL, WE SHOULD BE SO FORTUNATE TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO BE LIMITED TO THE ONE BECAUSE LA CITY ALLOWS ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK ON UP TO 10 AGENDA ITEMS. SO YOU CAN GET UP TO 10 MINUTES TO SPEAK, BUT HERE'S THE BEST PART, THE ABSOLUTE BEST PART IN COUNCIL MEMBER, WU I'LL PROVE IT TONIGHT.
LA CITY CONSOLE LIMITS CONSOLE MEMBERS TO THREE MINUTES.
JUST THINK HOW GREAT THAT WOULD BE.
WE NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO TONY, GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON FOR 20 MINUTES, PATTING SOMEBODY ON THE BACK OR PATTING HIMSELF ON THE BACK.
WE'RE DOING HIS, OH, LEAVE THAT ONE OUT.
IT WOULD MAKE HIM READ THE COUNCIL PACKET BEFORE THE MEETINGS, BECAUSE HE COULDN'T SIT UP HERE FOR A HALF HOUR ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT UNDER THE DISGUISE OF DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED PREPARATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WEDNESDAY ANG FOLLOWED RAY VARDE ERUPTIVE, PLEASE.
HERMAN DON'T DISRUPT THE MEETING.
THAT'S DUE ALREADY TWICE TODAY, FOLLOWED BY ELISA MAYO.
IT, EVEN YOU MR. MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGERS, AND ALL RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS WEST COVINA LIBRARY MANAGER.
THAT'S FOR, I WANT TO SAY A EPI CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE YEAR OF TIGER.
WELL, FEBRUARY IS A BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE IT.
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN A BUS FOR ADULTS FEATURING A FOLK ARTIST.
HER NAME IS CLEMENTINE HUNTER, AND YOU CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY SIDEWALK AND PICK UP, UH, ART ACTIVITY, UM, KIDS AND, UH, INSTRUCTIONS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME HAVE DOUBLED, UM, ON ACTIVITY, UH, UM, SUPPLIES AND INSTRUCTIONS AT A SIDEWALK.
SO I WALK THE LIBRARIES I WORK, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, GIVE OUT, UM, ACTIVITY KITS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS AS WELL IN, UM, IN FEBRUARY.
UM, THE ART ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IS A STORYTELLING SPOTLIGHT.
IF YOU GIVE A DOG A DONUT, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE TEENAGERS, THE ART ACTIVITY IS WHAT'S YOUR STORY.
AND, UM, SO ALL OF OUR ACTIVITY KITS AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT THE LIBRARY SIDEWALK, AND FIRST COME FIRST SERVED AS A WASTE AS SUPPLY LAST.
UH, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO I'LL REPORT TO YOU THAT THE LIBRARY IS A WEST COVINA LIBRARY, SIDEWALKS HAVE, IS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS DURING LIBRARY CLOSURE FOR RENOVATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, THE LIBRARIES TOO CLOSED.
UM, NOW THAT THE TEST SEASON IS, UH, HERE AND THE, YOU CAN COME TO LIBRARY AND A PICKUP, UH, TO, TO GET THE LIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, THE TAX FORMS, UM, AS USUAL AND THE, WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEDERAL 10 40 FORMS AND, UH, INSTRUCTION BOOKLETS ALREADY.
SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE CALIFORNIA FIVE 40 TAX FORMS, BUT YOU'VE, YOU NEED A FORM.
SO A DIFFERENT FORMS, ANY FORMS, AND JUST, JUST CALL THE LIBRARY.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PRINT THEM OUT FROM THE LIBRARY OF, ON THE WEBSITE.
AND, UM, AND YOU CAN PICK UP AT A SIDEWALK SERVICE.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND WISH YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAY VARGAS.
PAUL FOLLOWED BY LISA MAYO FOLLOWED BY OUR REFERENCE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MAYOR DARRIO.
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UM, I APPRECIATE IT.MY FAMILY APPRECIATES YOU COMING OUT TO MY RESIDENT.
YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING TO COME.
YOU CAME, WE SAT DOWN, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING FOR MAYBE AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES.
UM, YOU UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS, UM, AND ALL THE OTHER LITTLE RIFF RAFF, YOU KNOW, GOING AROUND.
I SHOWED YOU, I POINTED OUT WITH DISGUSTED IN EVERYTHING.
UM, THAT'S THE SAME DISCUSSION I HAD WITH TBA BUY.
HE'S BEEN AROUND MY PLACE ABOUT THREE TIMES, AND I GOT A GOOD FRIEND, UH, MR. LLOYD JOHNSON.
UM, AND WE SEE EACH OTHER MAYBE TWICE A WEEK.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE GIVES ME GUIDANCE.
HE GIVES ME GOOD DIRECTION, GOOD INFORMATION AND WHATNOT.
UH, BECAUSE WHEN I CAME HERE TO WEST COVINA THREE YEARS AGO, UM, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I CAME FROM HUSKY IN THE HEIGHTS AND, UH, JUST A BIG DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, THE LIFESTYLE, UM, JUST, UH, THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND, UM, ALL THE RIFFRAFF WITH, UH, HOMELESS WRITING ON THE WALLS, UM, BREAKING INTO MY MAILBOX, UH, STEALING ONE OF MY CARS, BREAKING INTO MY CARS RIGHT THERE.
CAUSE I'M ON VINCENT, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD A POLICE AND PROTECT AND SECURE MY PROPERTY OR ALMOST THREE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I HAD AN EVENT IN HOUSE, CROSS STREET.
I SHOWED YOU MODA MONKEY'S HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO JUMP THAT FENCE, GET THE GUYS FROM BALDWIN PARK, A SUICIDE.
ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GO ALONE, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, WE DID IT, YOU KNOW, AND UH, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO CAPTAIN TONY KORTINA.
HE ALSO CAME TO MY HOUSE THE DAY AFTER, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, UH, HE GAVE ME HIS BUSINESS CARD WITH A 24 7 CELL PHONE.
I COULD CALL HIM ANYTIME, NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT IS.
AND UH, HE'LL RESPOND, HE'LL BE AT MY DOOR OR HE'LL SEND SOMEBODY AT MY DOOR, UH, WHICH IS GOOD.
CAUSE THE HOMELESS ISSUE, LIKE I TOLD YOU, IT'S OUT OF HAND, MY KIDS WALK FROM SCHOOL, THEY'RE GETTING BOTHERED BY THE HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THEM AND WHATNOT.
YOU GOT CONTROL, TAKE CONTROL BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HERE.
WE WANT YOU TO ANSWER OUR ISSUES, OUR CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, TRY AND LIMIT TONY AND TAKE CONTROLLING YOUR PHYSICIAN, YOU KNOW? UM, AND GIVE US THE FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE, WE NEED, UH, WHEN I STARTED HERE THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD FIVE MINUTES.
NOW WE REDUCE THE THREE MINUTES.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
WE CAN'T FINISH WHAT WE GOTTA SAY.
CITY MANAGER ALSO, THANK YOU FOR, UH, SAID HE NEEDED THAT EMAIL ON THE INTERSECTION.
WE GOT A BAD INTERSECTION ON POINT IN VINCENT.
IT'S THE WORST INTERSECTION THERE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA MAYO FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.
WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A LONG TIME.
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR HAVING TO PUT UP WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH, WE ARE TAUGHT TO BE KIND WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER AND RESPECT AUTHORITY.
SO I COME TO YOU WITH RESPECT AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY KNOWS HOW HARD YOU WORK AT WHAT YOU DO.
SO I THINK YOU, I CAME TO YOU BECAUSE I WANTED TO INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO THE RED CARPET EVENT THAT WE ARE HAVING AT THE, UH, WEST COVINA ELKS LODGE.
UM, THE FILMS OF COURSE, THAT I, UH, HAVE WORKED WITH WAS TO TEACH ABOUT ANTI-BULLYING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE POWER OF KINDNESS THAT IF WE TAKE ONE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS A DAY, WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB IN DOING THAT AS I SEE IT TODAY.
SO I BROUGHT IT ALONG SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD HAVE IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY TO BRING, SO I BROUGHT ENOUGH, WHEREAS YOU WOULD HAVE TO SANITIZE IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE FOR YOU GUYS TO GET.
AND ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, GREAT, UH, PEOPLE WORKING WITH ME WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE FIELD HAS NOT ONLY JUST ONE, ONE FILM, UH, AT ONE FILM FESTIVAL, BUT IT'S REALLY BEEN SELECTED IN FIVE MORE.
SO THAT IS THE CREDIT TO ALL THE, UH, NON-ACTORS AND ACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN
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BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A COMMUNITY EVENT WITH, ALONG WITH ACTORS, BUT THAT THEY HAVE DONE IT.SO I'M HOPING THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN COME AND JOIN US.
I'VE ASKED ALSO IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PUT A BANNER TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AS WELL, BECAUSE SINCE IT'S A RED CARPET EVENT, I WANT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COME AND I'VE ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TO BRING A BANNER AND SHOW IT BECAUSE, UH, OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO HAVE CHANNEL NINE THERE.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN BLESSED THAT, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY CHU SAID, SHE'D BE THERE AND SAID, UNDER SUSAN IS GOING TO BE THERE.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE RECORD.
THE DATE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S IN BLOOD.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE FEBRUARY THE 19TH AT IT'S FROM SIX AND THAT'S, UM, APPETIZERS.
AND I WAS SHOWING, UH, FIRST, UH, THE FILM THAT HAS JUST WENT AT A FILM FESTIVAL, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I'LL BE SHOWING IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS, BUT IT'S FROM, THEY WILL KNOW, WHICH IS BASED ON EXODUS 29, 46, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO PREACH.
I'VE GOT 11 MINUTES LORD, JUST FOR TODAY, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE IN OUR LIVES.
OUR LAST SPEAKERS ARE ROBINSON HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE TIGER, A STATE OF CA OR COUNTY LEVEL GRAND JURY, UH, SHOULD COMMAND TO SECURE A DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EVENTS.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, UH, DUE TO THE BIDEN CARES ACT MEDICARE INCENTIVES PROGRAM, YOU COULD LIMP INTO A HOSPITAL WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE UNVACCINATED, UH, STAFF ADMINISTERS A SHAM, A PCR TEST.
THE TEST PRODUCES AN INTERNET INACCURATE AND FALSE POSITIVE RESULT BECAUSE YOU ARE AN A R N UNVACCINATED STAFF RUNS PCR TESTING FREE, BUT MANDATORY AT AN AMPLITUDE OF 45 CYCLE THRESHOLDS, UH, WHICH MAKE A POSITIVE RESULTS.
UH, MOREOVER WE KNOW THAT THE WEEKLY UNSPECIFIC PCR TEST WAS UNRELIABLE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ANYTHING PRODUCING INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF FALSE POSITIVES WHEN USED AT THE APPLE PATOOT OF 40 FIVES CYCLE THRESHOLDS.
SO THE PANDEMIC IS MORE A PCR TESTING PANDEMIC, UH, THAN AN ACTUAL CRISIS.
ALL CORONA MEASURES, MEASUREMENTS ARE ILLEGAL, UH, BIG HOSPITAL PAYOFFS BEGIN WHILE ADMINISTERING STANDARD PROTOCOL, FENTANYL INDUCING, SEDATION INDUCED COMA, PLUS THE KIDNEY KILLING, UH, REM DEATH, SEVERE FOWCHEE, HIS FAVORITE, WHICH SHUTS DOWN YOUR KIDNEYS.
THEN YOU END UP DYING ON A VENTILATOR WEEKS LATER OF PNEUMONIA, A DEMA INDUCED BY POISONOUS REM SEVERE, UH, YOU DROWN IN YOUR OWN IVY FLUIDS UNDER SEDATION, UH, UNDER A SEDATION INDUCED COMA AFTER YOU DIE, THE HOSPITAL IS AWARDED THEIR 100,000 MEDICARE PAYOFF INCENTIVE PAYMENT.
THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN HOSPITALS, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, TO WRAP UP PUBLIC FEAR SO THAT PANICKED PEOPLE WILL LINE UP TO TAKE THE EXPERIMENTAL BIO WEAPON, JAB PEOPLE, NOT REALIZING THAT THE JAB HAS NUMEROUS NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS AND THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING A SPIKE IN REACTIVATED CANCER CASES THAT HAVE BEEN IN REMISSION.
AND THAT POSSIBLY THE TOXIC SPIKE PROTEIN WEAKENS OUR NATURAL IMMUNE SYSTEM, POSSIBLY INDUCING, REDUCED FERTILITY AND PEOPLE ARE BECOMING FEARFUL OF BEING ADMITTED TO HOSPITALS.
NOW THE TRUTH IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE AND AS SUSPECTED, THE ACTUAL DEATH TOLL IS VASTLY LOWER THAN WE WERE LED TO.
UH, YOU MR. ROBINSON ALWAYS, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE.
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MR. MAYOR.THERE ARE NO FIRMER UP FURTHER SPEAKERS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I'LL BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
MR. HERMAN, MR. SHOEMAKER, I THINK WE'RE JUST EXPRESSING OPINIONS.
I'M NOT SURE THERE WAS FOLLOWUP ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UM, AS ALWAYS, I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT, UM, WHEN, WHEN ZANE COMES FROM THE LIBRARY TO SHARE HER INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE BROADCAST, AS WELL AS, UH, WITH THE CITY THROUGH ITS, UM, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, ET CETERA.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS MUCH APPRECIATED, UH, RAY VARGAS, UM, SPOKE ABOUT THE FOLLOWUPS FROM HIS LAST TIME HERE.
WE DO SEE THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEEK REDRESS OF THEIR GRIEVANCES AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND, UM, I KNOW WE GOT BACK TO HIM IN A VARIETY OF THOSE CATEGORIES, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND A LOT OF OFFICES THAT MOST PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE TRULY DO RESPOND TO CITIZENS INQUIRIES.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IF MR. VARGAS IS ANYMORE FOR US, PLEASE BRING THEM FORWARD.
UH, DURING THE WEEK OR, OR HERE EITHER IS FINE.
UM, LISA MAYO, UM, INVITED COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO A COMMUNITY EVENT ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT CRIME STATS EARLY UNDER THE POLICE REPORT.
THAT'S DEFINITELY GONE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
SO IT'S AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS OUR ATTENTION AND OUR CARE.
AND, AND AS A SOCIETY, I THINK WE NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER WITH, SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND EVENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, MR. ROBINSON SHARED SOME OPINIONS.
I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL NEED TO RESPOND TO THOSE EITHER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CITY MANAGERS REPORT? THANK YOU, MIRROR.UM, YES, I HAVE JUST SOME BRIEF COMMENTS.
UM, NEXT SLIDE FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION LAST TIME I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD STOOD UP THE STEEL STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT THE SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE BEING ERECTED AT THE, UM, SENIOR CENTER.
THE, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THAT THOSE ARE NOW IN PLACE NEXT UP ON OUR LIST, WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THE ROOF DECK OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE NEXT TO CITY HALL WITH, UM, SOLAR PANELS AS WELL.
THE THINKING BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL CREATE ELECTRICITY, WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO SAVE MONEY ON OUR POWER BILL.
NOT ONLY PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IN THE END, GIVE US A NET GAIN.
UM, WE WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT OUR COVID TESTING, UM, DEMAND FOR THIS AS WANED, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER AT THE SENIOR CENTER TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
UM, TYPICALLY BY APPOINTMENT AT SHADOW OAK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON A DRIVE-UP WINDOW BASIS, NO APPOINTMENT REQUIRED AT CITY HALL MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, UM, SEVEN TO SEVEN.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN THESE AS LONG AS THEIR NEED FOR IT, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE FALLING OFF.
AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE'LL, WE'LL CONCLUDE THOSE ONE AT A TIME WE'LL CONTRACT AND, AND MOVE ONE DOWN AND KEEP KEEPING ANOTHER ONE OPEN.
UM, WE WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THE WEST COVINA SPRING FESTIVAL.
WE THINK THERE'LL BE A VERY SPECIAL TWO DAY EVENT WITH FOOD AND DRINKS AND A BEER GARDEN AND LIVE PERFORMANCES.
LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE INDICATING A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST.
AND IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY GROUP LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE SEE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA WANTED TO INVITE, UM, NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO A GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND.
THAT'S GOING IN AT FRIENDSHIP PARK.
UM, WE'RE GONNA KICK THAT OFF 11 O'CLOCK THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, THE THIRD IS PROJECT IS BEING PAID FOR THROUGH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, URBAN DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS WAS ONE OF OUR TARGETED AREAS THAT WERE ABLE TO QUALIFY THIS PROJECT FOR A MAJOR RENOVATION.
AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SPECIAL.
WE'D LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME SEE IT NOW, AS WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE'LL INVITE AGAIN, ONCE WE'RE READY TO TURN THE KIDS LOOSE ON THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS, UM, THERE'S A HOMELESS COUNT COMING UP.
LASKA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
THOSE THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER CAN VOLUNTEER AT THEY COUNT WE'LL YOU.ORG.
THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THE WEST COVINA CONTINGENT WILL MEET AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON, ON THIS DAY AT 8:00 PM.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE, UM, TRANSIT SERVICES, TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
ONE WILL BE A VIRTUAL ON THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY AND ONE, UM, IN THESE AT 7:00 PM GOING TO INVITE OUR RESIDENTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THESE TWO TOWN HALLS TO GO OVER TRANSIT SERVICE OPTIONS WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY.
THAT'S BEEN KIND OF ON THE TO-DO LIST FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT COMPLIMENT OUR PUBLIC SERVICES CREW FOR GETTING OUT THERE.
THIS IS GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH AT BARRANCA, BUT IT'S QUITE A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE WAY IT LOOKED WITH THE WEEDS AND THE PEELING AND FADED PAINT AND HOW THEY'VE GOT IT LOOKING NOW.
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FOR THEIR GOOD WORK IN THE FIELD.THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A NEW, UM, TYPE THREE FIRE ENGINE THAT WE'VE NOW PLACED INTO SERVICE.
THIS WILL BE USEFUL FOR, UM, MUTUAL AID RESPONSES, WILD LAND FIRE SCENARIOS.
ALSO LOCALLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS, UM, ENGINE AS TO GET UP AND GALSTER PARK AND SOME AREAS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE TO US.
WE GOT THIS THROUGH THE, UM, BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OF ONE OF OUR, UH, BROTHER DEPARTMENTS NEARBY WHO DIDN'T NEED THIS ANYMORE.
WE WERE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO BUY IT AT A VERY, VERY GOOD PRICE.
WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF WORK IN THIS WITH SISTERED BY A VERY EXPERT CONSULTANT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN COMMENTS BACK FROM STATE HCD.
THOSE WERE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE WHAT THE STATE HAS TO SAY ABOUT OUR EFFORT.
WE'RE GOING TO PLACE THIS ON A PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA, GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN THERE.
UM, THE STATE CONTINUES TO PUSH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO, UM, MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STATE HOUSING LAWS.
AND LASTLY, WE WANTED TO SAY HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR.
WE WISH EVERYONE HAPPINESS SUCCESS AND GOOD FORTUNE.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SEE EVENING.
I JUST HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO THE, THE LASA, UM, FOR FEBRUARY 22ND, THE ACCOUNT, UH, IS NO LONGER AT CAMERON PARK.
KIDS MOVED TO THE SENIOR, EXCUSE ME.
THEY WERE HOPING FOR 60 VOLUNTEERS.
AND I THINK SO FAR HAD MAYBE A THIRD OF THAT NUMBER.
AND SO THEY'RE REALLY HOPING TO GET THE HEAD COUNT UP.
IT'S A SINGLE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THEY PUSHED IT BACK THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE EVER-PRESENT COVID CONCERNS.
BUT, UM, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE HANDS-ON AND HELP WITH THAT COUNT, UM, IS ENCOURAGED TO DO SO.
AND WE'VE GOT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT HOW TO SIGN UP.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CALENDAR COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ANYBODY? OH, SORRY.MAYOR PRO TEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER SIX.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO PLAY ANYTHING? NO.
COUNCILMAN WOMAN HOPELESS FEELING, BUT GO AHEAD.
ONCE YOU'RE DONE THERE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE RESOLUTION WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE RECENT HIGH WIND STORM, WE'VE UPDATED THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDS AS A RESULT OF OUR DISASTER DECLARATION.
WE WEREN'T CLEAR ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE'S AN AMENDED RESOLUTION ON THE WEBSITE AND THAT'LL BE WHAT YOU'RE ACTING ON WHEN YOU APPROVE THAT ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE.
WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE WIND STORM A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO.
SO THANK YOU FOR SEEKING THAT ASSISTANCE, UH, BACK TO A CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, JADA, WERE YOU ABOUT TO SAY YOU WANT TO PULL SOMETHING SHE PUTS SHE'S PULLING? YES.
MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ IS POLITICS.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL FIVE, SEVEN AND EIGHT.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ONE THROUGH FOUR, ALL MOTION AND I'LL SECOND.
WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND FOR ONE THROUGH FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT DUBAI.
I COUNCILMAN WU COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, PIANO MAYOR PRO OF 10 DAYS, MAYOR CASIANOS ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOREIGN CONSENT PASS.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM HEART MONITORS]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE REGARDING THE EKG HEART MONITORS FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.AND WE'VE GOT OUR CHIEF HERE AT THE MIC.
AND WELL, I'LL LET COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VITA ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
YES, ACTUALLY I'M UNDER YOUR DISCUSSION.
IT SAYS WHAT'S COMING IN A FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATES THREE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, ALS AMBULANCE.
EACH AMBULANCE HAS A CARDIAC MONITOR AS REQUIRED FOR PATIENT CARE.
AND THEN IT ALSO STATES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY UTILIZES SIX.
SO I'LL SERIES II, HEART MONITORS IN THE FIELD AND NONE IN RESERVE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, ARE ALL SIX BEING USED OR ARE, IS IT ONLY BEING USED FOR THOSE THREE, UM, AMBULANCE OR I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE IT SAYS NONE AS IN RESERVED, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, IF ALL SIX IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AND IF SO, WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? WHERE WOULD THE OTHER THREE BE LOCATED? SO, YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.
WE CA WE KEEP AN EKG MONITOR, A ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MONITOR ON EVERY PIECE OF APPARATUS BECAUSE ALL OF OUR APPARATUS ARE
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HAVING ALS COMPONENT.SOME ARE ASSESSMENT RIGS, AND OTHERS ARE FULL PARAMEDIC, UH, QUALIFIED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND WE CARRY ON EVERY APPARATUS EVERYDAY WE'RE ON.
OH, WAIT, ALL SIX BEING USED FOR ALL FIVE.
CAUSE IT SAYS OPERATES THREE, UM, AMBULANCE.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FIRE ENGINES AND THE FIRETRUCK ALL CARRY THEM AS WELL BECAUSE MEGAN ON SCENE THERE A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT UNIT AND THEY CAN QUICKLY START CARDIAC CARE IF THEY NEED TO PACING THE FIBRILLARY OR WHATEVER WITH THEIR HEARTS.
UH, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THIS SOLE.
UM, I JUST SAW IT, UH, AT THE EMINENT HEALTH HOSPITAL.
UH, WHEN I TOOK MY KIDS TO THEIR PEDIATRIC VISIT, I JUST SAW THEIR BIG, UM, SOLID MACHINE AND I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT THE CITY USED.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD, THEY DID MENTION IT'S A GOOD COMPANY, A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THEIRS.
UM, AND THEN IF I KNOW IT SAYS NOT IN RESERVE, BUT YOU ARE REPLACING, YOU'RE ONLY REQUESTING TO REPLACE FIVE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ONE? UM, WHY NOT ALL SIX? SO, UH, FOR BACKGROUND, THE THREE OF THEM, THREE OF THEM THAT ARE ON THE ACTUAL PARAMEDIC RESCUE AMBULANCES, THEY ARE CURRENTLY X SERIES, THEY'RE OLDER X SERIES AND THE OTHER SIX ARE E-SERIES SERIES, WHICH ARE OUTDATED.
THEY CAN'T EVEN DO THE SOFTWARE AND THEY DON'T DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT THIS TIME AND THEY CAN'T BE FIXED.
SO WE'RE LIMPING AWAY WITH THOSE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THOSE.
WE'RE GOING TO PLACE, UM, SIX OF THOSE WITH FIVE.
CAUSE WE HAVE, WE ONLY FILLED FIVE.
WE USED TO HAVE WHEN WE HAD THE OTHER FIRE ENGINE ON DUTY EVERY DAY, THAT ONE WAS THE 61 THAT WAS ON DUTY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ONLY UTILIZING FIVE.
SO WHAT YOU'LL DO YOU STILL HAVE? ONE WAS KIND OF PARTS.
WE WERE USING IT AS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WE WERE USING IT AS PARTS FOR THE OTHER FIVE E-SERIES OKAY.
WELL, MY CONCERN IS IF THERE IS NONE IN RESERVE AND ONE GOES DOWN, WHAT HAPPENS? WELL WITH THE CONTRACT WE DO WITH THEM THIS YEAR, IT GIVES US FIVE YEARS OF FREE MAINTENANCE WARRANTY AND FULL REPLACEMENT.
I'M A FULL USE AS A LONER WHEN ONE DOES GET WORKED ON, IS IT INSTANT THOUGH? SO IF ONE BREAKS DOWN RIGHT NOW, WE COME OUT, THE TECH WILL COME OUT AND SWITCH WITH US, FIX THE ONE WE NEED AND GIVE US ONE'S ALARM 24 HOURS, NO MATTER WHAT DAY TIME.
I CAN'T SAY IT WILL BE THERE IN 10 MINUTES, BUT IT'LL BE THERE SHORTLY.
I DID SEE THE PLAN AND EVERYTHING.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY FOR FIVE YEARS.
UM, WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THESE PRODUCT? WELL, WE'VE USED THESE FOR 13 YEARS, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET ANOTHER ONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS A RESERVE TO HELP US OUT.
BUT THEY DIDN'T REPLACE WITHIN 10 YEARS.
THE LIFESPAN AND MOST ELECTRONICS ARE LIKE THAT.
AND LET'S SAY AFTER FIVE YEARS WHEN THE WARRANTY EXPIRES IS WELL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT PART.
WE HAD TO GET THESE IN SERVICE CAUSE WE WERE LIMPING THROUGH.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT AS WE GET, GET ALONG, LIKE MAYBE ANOTHER WARRANTY OR SOME MORE SPARES.
THAT'S ALL, WE'RE HOPING THEY LAST US A LOT LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS, WHICH TRADITIONALLY THEY DO.
AND UH, ALL THOSE PURCHASES NOT TOUCH THE GENERAL FARM, RIGHT? THIS IS A FARM GRANDDAUGHTER'S VAGINA.
THIS WAS A ITEMS THAT WERE PART OF THE CIP PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL.
SO, SO ON ALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND A RESCUE.
SO THIS IS THE PURCHASE FROM THAT.
I THINK THIS IS A VITAL FOR OKAY.
THE EQUIPMENT TO SAVE LIFE AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
AND THE OTHER TACKLE, THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPENED ALL THE PLACES.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PURCHASE.
AND UH, NOTHING, THE MACHINE WILL LAST PRETTY LONG TIME.
AND SINCE YOU WERE HERE AND WE JUST HAVE SODA, YOU'RE DISPLAYED SOME THERE.
UH, OH, ENGINE BY STEEL, VERY FUNCTIONAL ENGINE.
AND UH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PURCHASE.
BECAUSE WEST COVINA HAS A LOT OF HILLS.
AND THE POSSIBLE WHEN'S UP LITTLE MOON.
WE MIGHT END UP GLOUCESTER PARK.
AND I THINK WE CAN USE THE MUTUAL AID, LIKE CITY MANAGER TALK ABOUT, SO MAYBE YOU CAN QUICKLY GIVE US SOME BRIEF.
AND WHY YOU INTEND AND MY QUESTION.
I THINK SINCE WE, YOU HERE, HOW ABOUT STAFFING? OKAY.
AND HOW WE MOVED THE STAFF AROUND.
SO, UH, THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED A TYPE THREE FIRE ENGINE, OUR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY FAIRINGS THAT YOU SEE RUNNING AROUND THE FIRE ROUND AROUND THE CITY.
THEY'RE CALLED TYPE ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
THEY CARRY A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER AND THEREFORE MORE FIRES LIKE HOUSE FIRES, COMMERCIAL FIRES, A TYPE THREE, WHICH IS THIS ONE THAT WE PURCHASED IS A SMALLER WHEEL BASE.
IT'S A, AN, AN APPARATUS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE IN OUR WILD
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LAND, URBAN INTERFACE AREA.GALSTER PARK, BKK AROUND THE OTHER SOUTH HERE AS AREAS WHERE WE WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS BY FIRE APPARATUS EVER.
NOW WE HAVE THIS APPARATUS TO, TO GET UP THERE AT A VERY, UM, ECONOMICAL PRICE.
AND IT'S A VERY GOOD, UM, APPARATUS.
IT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT'S CALLED A CROSS STAFFED APPARATUS APPARATUS.
IT'LL BE STATIONED AT STATION FOUR, STATION FOUR.
WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRE STATION THAT HAS THAT HIGH TARGET HAZARD AREA WITH THE BRUSH? AND IF A CALL COMES DOWN THAT MIMICS WHATEVER WE PUT INTO THE COMPUTER, AIDED DISPATCH THAT, HEY, IT CALLS FOR THE TYPE THREE.
THEN THE UNITS THAT ARE AT THE UNIT, THAT'S AT STATION FOUR.
AND THEY'LL RESPOND QUICKLY ON THAT APPARATUS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DAILY STAFF.
IT IT'S GOING TO BE STAFFED WITH THE CREW.
THAT'S ALREADY AT STATION FOUR ON ENGINE FOUR, THREE PERSONS.
SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS YES, A TYPE THREE FIRE ENGINE IS A VERY SOUGHT AF AFTER APPARATUS WHEN IT COMES TO MUTUAL AID FOR THE URBAN INTERFACE AND OTHER WILD LAND FIRES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA.
SO THIS ONE WOULD BE CALLED OUT MORE THAN OUR TYPE ONE FIRE ENGINES, WHICH YOU GUYS KNOW THE TYPE ONES WERE CALLED OUT A LOT LAST YEAR, THE REVENUE THAT WE BRING BACK THE REIMBURSEMENT GET FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE'RE ANTICIPATING PAYING THIS OFF VERY QUICKLY, VERY EASILY, AND THEN MAKE SOME MORE AND GET US MORE TRAINING ON, UH, OUT OF FIGHT FIRES OFF A FOUR BY FOUR OR FIRE ENGINE IT'S TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
I SAW IT IS A SMALLER ENGINE IS A PUMP, RIGHT? SO THEY CARRY WATER INSIDE.
CORRECT? IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
IT'S JUST SMALLER QUICKER CAN GET UP AND AROUND IT.
THE GALSTER PARK, IT WENT UP THERE LIKE BASICALLY STILL CARRY THE WATER SO YOU CAN WIDEN AWAY.
AND IT PUMPS WATER WHILE IT'S MOVING, WHICH ARE TYPE ONES TRADITIONALLY DON'T DO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM DO, BUT THEY DON'T USUALLY DO THAT.
I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PURCHASE.
I THINK THE CITY NEEDS A SIZE LIKE OUR CITY.
AND THE CITY MANAGER TOLD ME THE PRICE.
I SAY, WHOA, THIS IS A GOOD PRICE.
KATIE'S INVESTMENT 10 TIMES BACK BY IN THE MEANTIME, MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT CAN PROTECT OUR HILLSIDE AND YOU NEVER KNOW LAST TIME GRASS, THE PARK.
ALMOST BECOME CATASTROPHE DUE TO ALL WAS OKAY.
IF A LOT OF OVERGROWN TREE AND THAT THIS MAY BE, HE CAN BE THERE RIGHT AWAY AND ATTACK THE FIRE.
SO, SO WE CAN SAY PROPERTY AND LIFE.
I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, PIANO, UH, BACK TO THIS ONE, UM, I SEE THAT IT HAS LIKE LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURES, UM, THAT THIS ACTUALLY A MACHINE CAN SEND A COPY OF THE ECG REPORT VIA WIFI TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE OTHER OLDER MODELS, CAN THEY DO THE SAME, THE OLDER X MODELS WE HAVE ON THE REST GALLONS CAN, THE SERIES ARE OUTDATED.
THE FIRMWARE CAN'T BE UPDATED TO COMMUNICATE LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT COMPONENT.
CAN DO IT SLIGHTLY, BUT NOT AS ACCURATE AND CORRECTLY.
AND OTHER INFORMATION LIKE THE MEDICATIONS WE'RE GIVING AND STUFF LIKE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO THE COMMUNICATION IS, IS IMMEDIATE.
SO, BUT THIS STILL CONTINUES DESPITE THE WARRANTY EXPIRING AND EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YES, WE CAN STILL.
UH, LIKE I SAID, GREAT MACHINE.
UM, ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF OUR CHIEF? OKAY.
WELL, DO I HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM.
HE IS, I MADE ACROSS THE HONEST, I, UH, OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER FIVE FROM A FIRE DEPARTMENT PASSES FIVE ZERO
[6) CONSIDERATION OF 2021 BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE (BJA) BODY-WORNCAMERA GRANT]
BRINGS US TO NUMBER SIX, OUR PD ITEM REGARDING, UH, BODY-WORN CAMERAS.AND THIS ONE WAS PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
I'LL LET YOU TAKE THE FLOOR AND GET STARTED.
ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU JUST LIKE A REPORT? I WOULD LIKE A REPORT.
AND THEN, UM, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
COUNCIL STAFF RESONANCE AGAIN, CHIEF RICHARD BELL.
UM, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF A BODY WORN CAMERA GRANT IS FROM THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS IS INDUSTRY STANDARD AT THIS TIME.
UM, EVERY AGENCY HAS IT, UM, SOME HAVE HAD A LITTLE LONGER THAN US, BUT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR AWHILE AND THE TIMING IS RIGHT FOR US TO PROCEED WITH IT.
UH, WE WERE ONE OF SEVERAL CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE BID.
IT WAS AN APPLICATION AND, UM, AND WE WERE CHOSEN.
SO I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THE GRANT ITSELF CONTRIBUTES A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND YOU HAVE TO GET A HUNDRED.
WE HAVE A HUNDRED OFFICERS IS PERFECT FOR US, UH, BUT IT'S ALSO A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO MATCH THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THEY,
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UH, THAT THEY GAVE US.AND WE, UM, WE HAVE THE MONEY, UH, FROM A STATE SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS MATCH.
UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, UH, MAY INCREASE DEPENDING ON THE RFP, UM, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT.
UH, THE CAMERAS WILL HELP INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, UH, BUILD TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THERE ARE SOME STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS HAVE REDUCED OFFICERS' COMPLAINTS, UH, INCREASED COMPLIANCE, AND IN SOME CASES, UM, INCREASED PERFORMANCE, A COMMITTEE, LIKE I SAID, HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMED.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT, UH, AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT PROVIDE BODY-WORN CAMERAS.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY DETAILED, UH, UH, COMPLEX, UM, PROCESS.
UH, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A TIMELINE, UH, THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER AND WE ARE, UM, MOVING PRETTY FAST WITH THAT.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE AN RFP, UM, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, UH, TO YOU WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF, WHICH IS PRETTY FAST.
UM, SO TONIGHT WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, UM, WE CAN COMPLETE THE GRANT PROCESS.
UH, WHAT WE BRING IN FOR YOU TODAY IS JUST WHERE YOU CAN APPROVE THE GRANT PROCESS.
THAT WAY WE RECEIVED A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MATCH IT.
UM, AND ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT BODY-WORN CAMERAS.
WE PLANNED ON BRINGING BACK ADDITIONAL REPORTS TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE CAMERA WILL DO, HOW IT WILL AFFECT OUR OFFICES OFFICERS, HOW WE USE IT, AND YOU CAN ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
UM, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON OUR AGENDA AND, UM, I THINK IT'S WAY OVERDUE.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP OUR CITY AND HELP OUR OFFICERS.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, UM, WITH TRANSPARENCY AND IT'LL, UH, MAYBE HELP WITH COMPLIANCE AND, UM, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LOOK, I HAD SOMETHING.
NAH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICER LAPD AND, UM, HE WAS REALLY AGAINST THE BODY CAMERA AT FIRST.
UM, BUT HE SAID HE HAD AN INCIDENT WITH A WOMAN THAT WAS ARGUING WITH HIM.
SHE ACTUALLY THREW HERSELF ON THE FLOOR, THREW HERSELF ON THE WALL AND WAS YELLING.
YOU KNOW, YOU LAPD ALL THIS STUFF LIKE YOU'RE HARASSING YOUR, PUSHED ME.
AND SHE FILED A REPORT AND SHE, AND HE SAID THAT CAMERA SAVED HIS LIFE.
SO HE'S LIKE, THIS IS NOW MY BEST FRIEND.
SO THE, UH, BODY-WORN CAMERA DOES HELP, UM, ON BOTH SIDE AND ALSO TO PROTECT OUR OFFICERS AS WELL ON BOTH ENDS.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS AS WELL.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, THE PRICE FOR THIS AND, AND THE, THE REST OF, UM, THE RFP.
WE, UM, I GUESS THE OUTCOME OF THE RFPS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.
SO WE CAN GET MOVING WITH THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SO WE DO HAVE CAMERAS IN OUR CARS.
UM, THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS ARE BETTER BECAUSE IT GOES WITH THE OFFICER, WHEREVER THE OFFICER GOES.
BUT IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE, UM, IT WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE A TRAFFIC STOP.
AND THE YOUNG LADY THAT, UH, MADE THE COMPLAINT, UH, SHE THROW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BUT HER ALLEGATIONS WAS THAT HER BOYFRIEND GOT BEAT UP AND WE PULLED UP HER DRESS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT JUST LOOK TERRIBLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE INCIDENT ON, ON OUR CAMERAS, ON OUR CAR CAMERAS.
SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO POST IT RIGHT AWAY TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND IMMEDIATELY SHE TOOK IT DOWN AND HIS STOCK.
UM, SO THOSE THINGS DO HAPPEN.
UM, BUT NOT ONLY DO THEY PROTECT THE OFFICERS, I THINK IT HELPS PROTECT CITIZENS, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN? I JUST HAVE A QUICK ONE THOUGH.
JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE APPROVE TONIGHT, HOW SOON THAT THIS EQUIPMENT CAN BE ON THE OFFICERS.
SO I KNOW WE APPROVED AND YOU HAVE TO GET MATCHING GRANT, BUT THE STILL HAVE, UH, ESTIMATION TIME.
ALL THE OFFICER CAN CARRY ONE.
UM, W WE'RE GOING TO GET A HUNDRED.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IF WE APPROVE IT AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET ALL THE FUNDING FOR IT, BUT, UM, THIS WILL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE AROUND A SUMMERTIME IMPLEMENTATION.
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YOU HAVE TO DO THE RFP, YOU HAVE TO PROVE IT THAT WAY.AND THEN THERE'S TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I CAN SAY A MONTH, BUT IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON TRYING TO GET IT DONE IN A MONTH.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM WE GET IS SOMETHING THAT WEST COVINA CAN USE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO US.
WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH IT AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WE NEED THIS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO A GOOD JOB, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT IS MY NUMBER ONE GOAL THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING HARD TO MAKE IT, MAKE IT DONE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL NO ROUGHLY 3, 3, 4 MONTHS.
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SNAPPY AND GET A GRANITE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
OFFER YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS OF THIS ITEM.
I THINK WE'VE EXPLORED THIS WHILE MY RECOLLECTION, I THINK THE COST WAS IN BETWEEN SEVEN AND 800,000.
HOPEFULLY IT HASN'T CLIMBED TOO MUCH SINCE THEN.
UM, AND I THINK THE, ONE OF THE CRITICAL PARTS OF THIS ITEM IS THE CLOUD SOLUTION.
SO HOPEFULLY WE, WE GET, UH, A GOOD VENDOR THERE BECAUSE THAT'LL BE KEY TO RESPONDING TO, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT DUBAI.
HI, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
RIETTA MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, MAYOR CASINOS, I ITEM PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR THAT REPORT.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR CAPTAINS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS AS WELL.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT NO. 21005,INSTALLATION OF RUBBERIZED PLAYGROUND SURFACING AT PALMVIEW, AROMA& WALMERADO PARKS]
BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.WELL BY A COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ VIBRATO.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU JUST LIKE A REPORT? UM, COULD EVERYTHING, IF IT'S A QUICK REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPORT FIRST? SURE.
MAYOR, GO AHEAD, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH A REPORT ON ITEM NUMBER.
YES, THIS IS, UH, THIS, UH, PROJECT IS PART OF THE, UH, GENERAL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UH, WE HAVE OVER THE, UH, CITY ON THE PARKS AND, UH, IMPROVEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUND RESTROOMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH UNDER YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, THESE THREE PARKS, THEY HAD, UH, THREE, UM, PLAYGROUND.
IT WAS A SANDY AND OLD AND NOT THE PLAYABLE.
AND IT WAS, UH, WE HELP OF STAFFS, WHICH TALK TO THE COUNTY OF LA AND THAT WE ARE GETTING A GRAND PRO UH, PART OF THE PROP, A TO CONVERT THE MONEY IN A SETUPS, UH, USING IT IN THE PARK TO CHOOSE IT FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
AND WE, UH, WE GOT GOING, WE GOT, UM, UH, WE GOT THE, UM, UH, REQUESTS FOR BIDS OUT.
AND THEN, UH, ON, IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE GOT THE BIDS AND WE HAVE, UH, FOUR BEDS, UH, FROM FOUR CONTRACTORS.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE, UM, THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE REFERENCES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND WE, UH, SELECTED THE, UH, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE BIDDER TO DO THE STRAW.
UH, IT'S BETTER THAN SAND AND WOOD CHIPS.
AND I KNOW THREE YEARS AGO, UH, MY CHURCH AND I, UH, FILLED UP THE WOOD CHIPS AT WALMART RATO, AND I JUST EASILY DISAPPEAR AGAIN.
SO IT'S, IT'S A ONGOING ROTATIONAL THING.
YEAH, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS MUCH BETTER, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S THE LIFE CYCLE OF THIS AND WHO WILL DO THE REPAIRS AND WHAT TYPE OF WARRANTY WILL THEY BE? WELL, THE LIFE CYCLE OF THESE THINGS ARE USUALLY 10 TO 15 YEARS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY YOUR BEER ON THEM AND EVERYTHING, AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE GOES, WE DON'T DO THE MAINTENANCE AND WE DO NOT HIRE ANYBODY TO COME IN, UNLESS IT GETS VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TORN UP BAD OR SOMETHING.
THEN WE GET BEARING, UH, EXPERTS TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK.
AND USUALLY WHEN IT'S PRETTY BAD, YOU JUST HAVE TO COMPLETELY REPLACE IT BECAUSE THESE ARE ROBERT, UH, ROB ALLY'S, UH, PLAYGROUND AND THE POOR IN PLACE.
AND WHEN IT GETS TORN UP, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KIND OF, UH, REPAIR IT PER SE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT.
AND THE WEAR AND TEAR PORTION, LIKE THE HEAVY USAGE, LIKE SUCH AS THE SWINGS, WHERE THEY THERE'S A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR THOSE, YOU WILL REPLACE RIGHT.
WE CONSTANTLY MAINTAIN IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST GOES BEYOND THE MAINTENANCE AND THEY DON'T, YOU JUST
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CAN'T JUST REPAIR IT OR ANYTHING.YOU'LL HAVE TO COMPLETELY REPLACE IT.
UM, NO, THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN? YEAH.
UH, I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VRO ALSO ASKED ABOUT, UH, THE WARRANTY.
AND SO WE DIDN'T, I DO, UH, UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL GET, I DID NOT, UH, SEE IT IN THE CONTRACT, BUT I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL BRING IT TO THAT.
AND ACTUALLY THAT SHOULD APPLY TO ALL OUR CONTRACTS BECAUSE JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, I'M NOT.
YEAH, BUT I'M JUST SAYING GENERALLY, BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THEY DO THE WORK THEY'RE DONE.
THEY LEAVE A YEAR OR TWO LATER ROOF LEAK OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN THEY'RE JUST GONE.
THEY WON'T FULFILL, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN THE CONTRACT.
AND, UH, WE USUALLY, WE DO HAVE THE ONE TO TWO YEARS WARRANTY REGARDLESS, BUT ON MOST OF THESE THINGS WE ASKED FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY, I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT FINE LINE BECAUSE I KNOW WARRANTIES CAN BE FUNNY AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT US.
IT'S CONSIDERED WEAR AND TEAR WHEN IT'S NOT, IT'S THEIR DEFAULT DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.
I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
AND IF THIS GETS APPROVED, UM, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? WELL, WHEN THE CONTRACT DURATION IS 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT WE SEND THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE TO COMPLETE IT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, COUNCIL, MAN.
SO, SO DO YOU HAVE A SURVEY OR THE PARKS? OKAY.
I THINK THAT THEY ARE NOT HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
OR WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ONE TODAY? HAVE YOU SURVEYED THE, WHEN DID THE PARK NEED TO BE OKAY.
UM, REPLACE, IMPROVE OR DO SOMETHING? UM, WE HAVE NOT, I DON'T RECALL THAT WE SURVEYED IN A PARK, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THE PARKS THAT WE KNEW THAT LIKE THE PRAYER GROUND OR RESTROOMS, ET CETERA, ARE NOT IN A GOOD SHAPE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A REPLACE OR SOMETHING.
DOCUMENT WRECKER REGARDING DALE? NOT A PARK.
WE GOT THE DEAL STATUS RIGHT NOW IN THEIR PLAYGROUND.
I DO NOT HAVE A STATUS OF ALL THE PARKS, A PLAYGROUND.
I ONLY HAVE THESE, UH, THAT WE ONLY DID THREE, THREE FRIENDSHIP.
YOU JUST SAW THAT WE HAVE A CORRECT GROUNDBREAKING TO DO EVERYTHING.
AND THE CORTEZ PARK, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, WE ARE DOING ONE BY ONE, BUT I DO NOT KNOW, UH, RECALL THAT WE DID SORT OF BE ON ALL THE 15 OR 16 PARKS THAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, TO STUDY SURVEY EACH OF THE PROXY, WHICH PARK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, I THINK QUITE A FEW POG AND NEED TO BE LOOKING TO.
AND THEN, SO, UM, SO I I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, RIGHT NOW, WE JUST APPROVED THESE THREE PLAYGROUND.
AND, UH, UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY SURVEY START SURVEYING AND BRING THE RESULTS BACK.
WE, HOW SOON WE CAN BRING BACK TO COUNCIL TO SEE HOW WE SURVEY ENTIRE OUR PARKS.
WHICH PARK IN EACH AREA, WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK HAVE A, QUITE A FEW POSITIVE REALLY, I THINK A MONTH SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MIRACLE CAN DO THE SURVEY IN TWO WEEKS, AT TWO WEEKS TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE? THE PLAYGROUNDS.
AND THEN I THINK SINCE WE HAVE A MORE MANPOWER RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME.
TO PUT OUR OWN MANPOWER IN USE AND TO SERVE IT ALL UPON ALL PARTIES, ALL ANSWERS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY.
DO YOU WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THE PARK IN YOUR AREA FOR, WE COULD COVER FOR YOUR INFORMATION? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STARTED, UH, WITH THE, UH, RESTROOMS LIKE, UH,
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CAMERON PARK RESTROOM, UH, DESIGN IS COMPLETE, UM, CITY HALL, RESTROOMS DESIGN IS COMPLETE RIGHT HERE.THESE I, OUR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN ONLY DESIGNS.
YOU HAVE TO DESIGN IT FIRST IN ORDER TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, AND THEN WE ARE GOOD MOVING TO A MODEL RADO PARK.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DESIGNED IS STARTING AND WE ARE GOING TO DO, UH, THE DESIGN THAT WE DID FOR THE CAMERON PARK.
AND WE ARE KIND OF DOING THEM ON ALL OTHER PARKS AND PART OF OUR SURVEY, WE WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW WHICH PARK NEEDS, YOU KNOW, A BIT, SO, UH, THE RESTROOM OR PLAYGROUND OR GRASS OR WHATEVER, UH, ONE AFTERNOON THAT POSSIBLE YOU CAN, SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO IMPROVE A LOT OF BATHROOM AND THAT BATHROOM IS A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAINING ABOUT.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN POST ON THE CITY WEBSITE REGARDING WHAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WANT TO DO.
AND REGARDING ALL THOSE BATHROOM AND THE, WHICH ONE WOULD GO FIRST AND ARE WE GOING TO DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME? AND THE THANK YOU PEOPLE TIMELINE AND DAVE, THE RESIDENT WILL SEE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THEIR BATHROOM WILL BE IMPROVED.
PEOPLE CAN EXPECT THINGS TO HAPPEN.
THERE'S A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE.
UH, WE WILL SHOW THE SURVEY HALL, THE PARKS AS YOU DIRECT IT.
AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND, UH, HOW SOON WE CAN DO IT.
AND THEN WHEN WE WERE COMPLETE AND THEN WE GET A GRANT.
SO I THINK RESIDENT WANT TO SEE IS OKAY.
UH, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, JADA, QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAVE PLAYGROUNDS AT PALM VIEW A ROMAN WALL.
BUT, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PROP A, DOES THIS, UM, IS IT ONLY AFFECTED OR CAN IT BE OPEN TO ALL PARKS? BECAUSE I KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER, ONLY CERTAIN PARKS WERE, UH, QUALIFIED, DO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR, YOU KNOW, THE INCOME LEVEL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS STILL IS THE SAME BASE BASIS.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE GRANT THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE LA COUNTY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? GRANT IS FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ANY PARK, NO MATTER WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC OR WHAT AREA IN THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN ASK SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE I WILL.
DEPUTY MANAGER WELL THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.
SO JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ V AUTO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SOME OF YOUR MORE COMPETITIVE ONES THAT DO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND THEY TYPICALLY LOOK AT A ONE MILE RADIUS FROM YOUR PROJECT AREA TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A NEED.
SO, UM, ONE FRIENDSHIP PARK IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A HIGH NEED AREA.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT QUALIFIED FOR THAT TYPE OF GRANT.
UM, THE, THE GRANT THROUGH PROP A THROUGH LA COUNTY, UM, THOSE ARE SPECIFIC WHILE THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE TO STILL APPLY TO USE THOSE FUNDS AND IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES.
UM, WHAT MAKES A CITY COMPETITIVE IS NUMBER ONE, DEMONSTRATING A NEED.
NUMBER TWO, THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE A PROJECT.
NUMBER THREE, IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT SHOVEL READY AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE THE FUNDING VERSUS, UM, ANY SORT OF MATCH.
SO WE CAN GET CREATIVE WITH THAT.
WE CAN GET AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT, UM, WITH A MORE, AN MORE OF AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO GRANTS.
AND, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION VERY CLEAR.
AND, UM, DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MINUTES ABOUT THE WAY I THINK THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, JUST, UH, TO, TO SPEAK ON DEL DEL NORTE DAY PARK, MY SON, WHO IS A REGULAR USER OF IT WOULD SAY, YES, IT IS READY FOR A RUBBERIZED TRACK.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE TALKING PARKS, UH, THE, THE SMALL PLAYGROUND AT, AT ORANGE WOOD, UM, ALSO, UH, DEFINITELY COULD USE SOME LOVE AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE PARKS.
I MEAN, EVER SINCE WE PUT IN THE SQUISHY GROUND AT SHADOW OAK, I, I REALLY LIKE IT.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WARRANTY, IT IS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 6.1 OF THE CONTRACT WE DO REQUIRE, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS TO MIRROR A ONE-YEAR, UM,
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ONE-YEAR WARRANTY SECURED BY A BOND.SO THAT IS SECTION 6.1 MIDDLE OF THE PARAGRAPH.
WE DO HAVE A ONE-YEAR WARRANTY.
UM, THAT STUFF SEEMS PRETTY DURABLE.
I THINK IF USUALLY, UM, IT IS ONE YEAR KIND OF GIVING TWO YEARS UP HERE, ALL WE WILL, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THESE KIND OF STUFF, WE WILL TALK TO THE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET MORE, MORE THAN T4, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF THIS RUBBERIZED STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST CONSTANTLY YOU MOVING UP.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT THAT WAY IN FUTURE CONTRACTS, WE COULD ACTUALLY MODIFY THE LANGUAGE TO SPECIFY WHO YEARS OR WHATEVER THEY AGREE TO.
I THINK THEY, IF THEY'RE CONFIDENT IN THEIR PRODUCT, WHICH I THINK THEY ARE, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND SPEAKING OF THE PARKS, YES.
I MEAN, ANY THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE A BATHROOM UPGRADES OR THE SQUISHY GROUND THAT I LIKE, UM, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THAT GINGRICH PARK NEEDS SOME LOVE.
SO DOES WOODGROVE, UH, THOSE ARE ON MY DISTRICT, BUT WE, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT.
YOU MENTIONED THAT'S PRETTY WIDE ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE BAY AND ALL THE PARKS AND I BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
AND AS PART OF THAT SURVEY, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ALSO LOOK AT, UM, RIDGE RIDERS PARKED AT, AND NOT, NOT ONLY THERE, BUT JUST HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT, ARE WE UTILIZING OUR PARKS IN THE BEST FASHION FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND REALLY KEEP THAT AS A FOCUS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, UM, CAL COUNCILMAN, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER WAY AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH.
AND, UH, THE MAYOR REGARDING OTHER PARKS.
FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE YOU SAY, THE GINGRICH PARK.
AND THE IT'S NOT ON OUR RADAR, I THINK, BUT HE NEED OUR TENDER, LOVING CARE.
WE NEED TO CHECK ABOUT HOW THEY DO AND UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO SOME IMPROVEMENT AND SOMETHING TO, AND A RICH RIDER.
I THINK MAYBE A CNC, THE MANAGER CAN KIND OF SHARE WITH US.
WHILE THE CITY, MAYBE WE HAVE THE SURVEY.
THIS IS A BIG PUB, BUT LOOK LIKE AN ABANDONED OR SOMETHING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT'S THE LAND BEHIND THE MAVERICK OKAY.
BUT IF YOU TRY INSIDE, YOU JUST SEE JUST LIKE THAT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A QUESTION.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY SHOW AND ANY PEOPLE RIDING HORSES.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY OKAY.
AND THE HOST POPULATION WE HAVE IN WEST COVINA, IT'S ALL BECOME HOUSING.
AND THIS IS NO HOST PROPERTY ANYMORE.
SO SHALL WE SURVEY SEE WHAT WE CAN MAYBE PLANT TREE OR PLAN SOMETHING BECAUSE WHY NOT JUST LIKE ABANDON SO, AND IT'S OUR PUPPY PARK AND ALL THAT.
SO, AND, UH, NOT, UH, NOT SO MAYBE, UH, OUR STUDENTS SEE THE MANAGER CAN GIVE A REPORT FOR THAT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A SURVEY.
UM, WHAT, UM, UM, MIR HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE IN THE TWO WEEKS, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SPACE AND WHAT THE BEST UTILIZATION FOR THAT SPACE IS, AS WELL AS INCORPORATING SOME OF THE OTHER POINTS THAT YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU WANTED US TO TAKE A LOOK INTO, UM, WHAT EQUESTRIAN USES ARE, UM, CURRENTLY OUT THERE COMPARING IT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WELL AS WHAT GROUPS ARE CURRENTLY, UM, IN AND AROUND THE AREA THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE INTEREST.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
I THINK ONCE UPON A TIME WE HAVE A STRONG EQUESTRIAN.
AND THE, BUT NOW I DON'T SEE ANYTHING GOING ON AND THE DUE TO THE POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE.
SO HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THE LEVER THAT APPENDANT OVER THERE.
AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH RESIDENT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, MAYBE PLANTED GRASS, WILD, A BUNCH OF DIRT.
LET'S ONE THING AND ANOTHER, THE, OKAY.
HOW WE TEACH PARK, WE HAVE A TAYLOR HOME OVER THERE.
WHY IT'S A USEFUL PROPERTY LOCK ALL THE TIME.
SHOULD WE DO SOME USAGE? OKAY.
RENT IT OUT FOR PEOPLE TO DO OKAY.
SO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN SURVEY, GIVE US A REPORT.
BUT ANY ASSETS IS LIABILITY TOO.
WE NEED TO KIND OF, KIND OF UPKEEP THOSE POVERTY AND SOME TIME TO FIX THE BATHROOM, MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN, SAFE.
LET AS HISTORICAL POVERTY, SHOULD WE DO EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN CAN BE CONTROL OVER DAY OR SOMETHING TO OPEN UP FOR THE SCHOOL TO SEE THIS IS THE OLD HISTORICAL BUILDING.
SO, SO WE NEED TO, WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS, WHY NOW
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WE UTILIZE, AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OKAY.COMMUNITY CENTER IN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREA.
CAN WE RENT IT OUT OR CAN WE GET PEOPLE TO USE USAGE? OKAY.
SO CAN YOU HAVE A REPORT OKAY.
AND SENT BACK TO, TO COUNCIL AND WE CAN DISCUSS, THANK YOU.
UM, THE REPORT THAT WE'RE EXPECTING IN TWO WEEKS, UH, IS IT GOING TO BE A FULL ON REPORT AS WHAT COUNCILMAN RUE MENTIONED OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE THE AESTHETIC OF LIKE THE BATHROOM WHEN THE USAGE UP? IT CAN BE FOR BOTH.
I MEAN, FOR DIRECTION AS TO WHAT YOU WANT, MAKE IT THAT OKAY.
IF I MAY, UM, I WAS ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAD CONDUCTED A PARK NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I THINK REVISITING THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND USING THAT AS A BASE TO SEE, UM, WHERE WE WERE AT THAT TIME AND THEN WHERE WE ARE NOW, I THINK IS A GOOD START.
UM, I AGREE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, BUT, AND AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO BE GUNG HO ABOUT THINGS, I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU WANT AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO PAINT A FULL PICTURE TO GIVE YOU GOOD DATA.
UM, I WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT THE MAYOR SUGGESTION IS AND HAVE ABOUT A MONTH.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, BECAUSE I SAID TWO WEEKS AND POP QUIZ.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ADD TO THAT? IS THIS WORKING? YES.
IT WILL BE JUST A SPREADSHEET OR THE NAME OF THE PARKS AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF QUICK, UH, YOU KNOW, THING.
BUT IF WE WANT TO ELABORATE, YOU KNOW, A STUDY OF THE GRASS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF STUDY TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT FOR TWO WEEKS, I WILL GIVE YOU THE SPREADSHEET OF THE PARKS AND, UH, WHAT WE THINK IS NEEDS TO BE DONE VERY QUICK AND THEN, UH, BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, JUST, UH, LET, LET'S HAVE A LABORATORY, YOU KNOW, TO REPORT TO US WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU WANT TO BE DONE WOULD GROW PARK OR WHATEVER PARK THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CHOOSES.
CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW MANY FOLKS WE HAVE IN WEST COVINA? UH, I THINK IT'S 15 OR 16.
THEN YOU CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF 16 PARK.
WHILE WE HAVE LEVEL OF INQUIRY IN THE SPORTSPLEX, THIS IS ONE OF OUR PARK TOO.
SO IT WAS WHITE, TOTALLY 16 PARKS.
AND THEN HOW SOON WE CAN DO A SURVEY EACH PARK, WHAT THEY NEED TO BE FIXED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLAYGROUND, THE ROBBERS, SOME, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PARTNERS.
IF I HAVE A PLAYGROUND, SHALL WE REPLY? OKAY.
AND, UH, APPLY GRANT TO PUT A OKAY.
CHOW PLAYGROUND OVER THERE AND TO WE OKAY.
IT'S THAT TWO, THEY HAVE THE NEED.
SO, SO I THINK EACH OF THE PARK, OKAY.
GRADUALLY YOU HAVE THE SURVEY, BUT I THINK THE FIRST PRIORITY IS WE PAY, OKAY, HOW WILL WE PAY ALSO BYWAY? WE PAY, WE PAY IT.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE PART, BUT I THINK WE PAY HER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GET HURT OR SOMETHING.
OUR CHILDREN DOESN'T HAVE A ROBERTS.
SO I THINK THAT MAY BE, IS A PRIORITY.
SO ANYWAY, YOU GUYS, AS A PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT, YOU GOT TO FIND TOP PRIORITY AND THEN REGARDING, OKAY.
WHICH WIDER, HOW TO USE THAT ONE WILL BE COMPLICATED, BUT AT, YOU GOTTA HAVE THE SURVEY THAT WHAT, THIS, OUR LENS.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO ON THAT BIG, HUGE LAND TO BECOME USABLE, BUT WE'LL TAKE SOME TIME FOR RESIDENT INPUT AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH.
AND FOR RICH WRITERS, I'LL ECHO THAT, UH, LAST TIME I WAS THERE, I DIDN'T SEE ANY HORSES.
I JUST SAW, UH, WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE LONE RESIDENT OF THAT PARK SLEEPING UNDER THE, UH, THE STAIRS.
UM, I WOKE THEM UP ACTUALLY ON AN ACCIDENT.
UM, SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT REPORT.
AND, UH, WHEN WE BRING THAT REPORT BACK, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO ALSO BRING SOME PICTURES OF, UM, I'M GOING TO TOOT MY OWN HORN OF A PROJECT.
YOU AND I DID AT, UH, GALSTER PARK WHEN WE REPAIRED THE WOODEN FENCE THERE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WE DEFINITELY BRING YOU SOME PICTURES.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU'VE GOT ONE AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.COUNCIL MEMBER TO EAT BEFORE I, UH, WE WENT TO GOLF STERN.
I COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, BEATA MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, MAYOR CASIANO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT
[8) CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR SIDEWALK INSPECTION ANDMAINTENANCE SERVICES]
FOR OUR SIDEWALK INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES.THAT WAS PULLED ALSO BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
YADDO SAME, SAME FORMAT AS LAST TIME.
OR DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FIRST BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH A REPORT? UH, AN OVERVIEW BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION AND IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO GO HAND-IN-HAND.
SO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE REPORT.
UM, THE, IN 2019 CALIFORNIA POWER INSURANCE AUTHORITY OR CALIFORNIA, THEY, UM, COMPLETE THE INITIAL LIST MANAGEMENT AND, UM, OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND THEY DETERMINED THERE, THERE ARE, WE HAVE ABOUT 340, UM, ALMOST 320, 240 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, CONCRETE, AND THEN EITHER, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MOSTLY CONCRETE AND OTHER STUFF.
AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY TOLD US THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, UH, MOST OF THESE, UH, CONCRETE, UM, EITHER ON THE BLOCKS ON THE THERE'S UP, EITHER TREE ROOTS, INTRUDING, AND THEY KIND OF COME UP AND THEN SOME OF THEM, THERE ARE SOME WATER GOES UNDERNEATH AND THE OTHER ONE GOES DOWN AND THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN THOSE BLOCKS AND IT CREATES A VERY MUCH HAZARD TO THE CITIZENS AND, UM, ARE A COMPANY THAT, UH, IS, UH, KIND OF DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.
THEY GO AROUND AND THEY DON'T DO THE SURVEY.
THEY TOOK A PICTURE AND THEY COME UP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, PRETTY MUCH REPORT ON, UM, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE MOSTLY, IF THERE ARE THREE CORE, THREE QUARTER INCH UP WITH, UH, THEY DO THIS GRINDING AND KIND OF LEVELING UP AND IT, YOU DON'T NEED TO KIND OF CHANGE UP, YOU KNOW, OLD, UH, TECH, THE CONCRETE ARE, UH, OUT AND THEN POUR ANOTHER CONCRETE BLOCK.
AND IF IT IS MORE THAN THAT, THEN THEY HAVE TO DO THE RECESS TO REASSESS IT, TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, AND THIS IS, UH, PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR, UH, THREE YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT, UH, $240,000 A YEAR AND TWO YEARS OPTION TO ADD TO THAT, TO, UH, BRING THIS COMPANY.
AND THEY DO THE SURVEY, THEY DO ALL THE REPORTS AND THEY TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEY DO IT.
SO, SO FOR THIS VENDOR, I MEAN, THIS CONTRACT, IT'S ONLY FOR INSPECTION AND NO, THIS IS, UH, INSPECTION, UH, GETTING THEIR REPORT AND DOING THE WORK.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK.
YES, THEY ARE ACTUALLY, THIS CONTRACTOR DOES THE WORK, THAT'S THEIR MAIN THING, BUT THE SURVEY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO DO TO BE DONE.
DO YOU KNOW THE BREAKDOWN? HOW LONG WILL THE SURVEY TAKE ALONG WITH A REPORT TAKE AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE CAUSE IN THREE YEARS, ARE THEY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY THING? IN THREE YEARS, THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THE WHOLE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 240 MILES AND THEY DO IT, YOU KNOW, BY WALKING, THEY DON'T DRIVE OR THEY WALK IN, TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, GO STEP-BY-STEP TO COME UP WITH THAT REPORT.
I, MY, MY GUESS IS PROBABLY THEY SHOULD BE DONE IN THREE YEARS, BUT, UH, YOU NEVER KNOW AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK, BUT YOU SAID THREE YEARS, THREE YEARS FOR TWO YEARS OPTIONAL, IF WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TO ADD THEM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TIME'S NOT BEING WASTED AND DOING THE INSPECTION TAKES TWO YEARS.
WE'RE PAYING THIS ANNUALLY AND THEN THEY START THE REPAIRS WORLD.
THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR OWN ALL THE TIME.
WE ARE KIND OF WATCHING THE THING, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF NOT INSPECTING THEM EVERY DAY, BUT WE ARE WATCHING THEM WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, YOU KNOW, THE REPORT THAT THEY GIVE US, WE'RE KIND OF REVIEWING.
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SITTING THERE.AND THEN THEY JUST, THEY DO A, I DON'T KNOW, 10 FEET OF SIDEWALK FOR A WEEK.
I MEAN, WE WILL, UM, THAT'S MY, MY THING.
IT'S NOT JUST CHECK, BUT I WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT EXACTLY.
AND YOU'D OVERSEE MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO THEIR JOB BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION THAT'S ATTACHED, BUT IT'S PICTURES OF EVERYTHING ELSE, NOT JUST SIDEWALK.
AND SO I, THAT'S WHY I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.
IS THIS ONLY COVERING JUST THE SIDEWALK OR IS IT ALSO COVERING ALL OF THE, UM, THESE ACTION ITEMS THAT'S INSIDE THAT HAS THE ATTACHMENT INSIDE OF, OF, UH, AGENDA EIGHT, THERE'S AN INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S PICTURES OF LIKE DOORS AND INSIDE LADDERS AND INSIDE FACILITIES.
THAT'S NOT EVEN REALLY SIDEWALK WORKS.
THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLE OF WHAT, WHAT IT IS THERE AND WHAT IS THE HAZARD AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I SEE OUR CITY MANAGER WITH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY ATTEMPT TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT.
WHEN WE APPLIED TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, THE FIRST YEAR WE APPLIED, THEY TURNED US DOWN.
IT TURNED US DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY RISKS AND SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS TO THE POINT WHERE THE OTHER MEMBER CITIES, THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS WOULD BE ASSUMING TOO MUCH ON WEST COVINA HIS BEHALF.
SO WE ORDERED UP THIS INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION TO LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF CITY OPERATION AND WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST AREAS.
AND WE'VE ATTACKED THOSE KIND OF FORCED FIRST.
SO OUT OF THE 63 ITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE IRS INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT, WE, UM, WENT ON THE VERY WORST ONES.
AND NOW WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, SIDEWALKS, THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY IS THAT A TRIP AND FALL COSTS ON AVERAGE 30,000 OR MORE LITTLE, LITTLE NORTH OF $30,000.
ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS ATTORNEYS.
THE PERSON THAT FALLS GETTING AN ATTORNEY, THEN THE CITY HAS TO GET AN ATTORNEY OR IN OUR CASE, THE JPI HAS TO GET AN ATTORNEY.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO FIX THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IF YOU'D BEEN A PROPER MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED THE TRIP AND FALL TO OCCUR IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA BROKE HER ARM.
IT'S THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE AFFECTED SOMEONE'S LIFE VERY NEGATIVELY.
AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, TO QUANTIFY THE PROBLEM.
AND THIS FIRM THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT FOR THIS CONTRACT IS A PREFERRED PARTNER THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT ON BY THE CALIFORNIA.
I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT IT, BUT IT'S JUST SIDEWALKS.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO STREET TREES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, CURB AND GUTTER.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO CATCH BASINS.
IT'S THEIR MONOMANIA EXTRA SIDEWALKS.
AND SO THEY WILL GIVE US BY AREA BY ZONE AND ASSESSMENT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, NOT JUST THE GRINDING, WHICH THEY HAVE A PATENTED SYSTEM TO USE DIAMOND BLADES TO GRIND IT DOWN.
UM, IT'S, I GUESS, HEAVEN FOR SKATEBOARDERS WHEN THEY'RE DONE, BECAUSE IT'S SMOOTH.
AND THEN THEY ALSO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE PERMANENT PANEL REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST, IT THEY'LL ALSO BE COMING BACK THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS TO SAY, WE NEED MONEY FOR CONCRETE REPAIRS.
WE NEED TO USE CITY FORCE ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW, 10 YARDS A DAY, ET CETERA.
UM, SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN ONCE WE TURN THEM LOOSE, THEY WILL INSPECT AND GRIND AS THEY GO.
AND THEY'LL GIVE BACK TO THE CITY BACK TO COUNCIL REPORTS ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO SPEND AT LEAST A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE FIRST FIVE AND MAYBE THAT AMOUNT EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE IT'S AN ASSET WHICH WAS PUT INTO SERVICE AND THEY IGNORED.
AND SO WE'VE GOT ON SOME OF THE ARTERIAL STREETS, SOME REALLY BAD REALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS.
I'M TELLING YOU, UM, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS.
UM, AND I'VE, I CAN VOUCH THAT THIS FIRM IS, IS, IS VERY DETAILED AND, UM, ONCE THEY GET GOING WITH IT, YOU'LL START TO SEE REPORTS THAT WILL, UM, BE A LITTLE EYEOPENING, BUT WE'VE QUANTIFIED THE PROBLEM.
AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE AND ADDRESS IT.
I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT JPI, UM, WELL, I GUESS, RECOMMENDS OR WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY.
SO AT LEAST THAT LOWERS OUR W IT WASN'T JUST WEST COVINA.
I MEAN, THERE'S A HUNDRED MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS ENTITY, IN THE INSURANCE AUTHORITY, AND IT WAS A MAJOR LOSS AREA FOR EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY WAS DEALING WITH TRIP AND FALLS, AND SO THEY TRIED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT.
HOW COULD WE ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, PROSPECTIVELY.
THAT'S HOW THEY GOT TO, TO THIS FIRM.
WE'VE WORKED WITH GARY BENNETT, GUCCI, AND HE'S, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S REALLY GOOD AT IT.
HE'S, UH, HE'S, UH, RUNS A TIGHT SHIP.
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UH, I THINK IT'S OVERDUE.I THINK WE NEED THIS RIGHT AWAY.
AND THE REASON IS WE HAVE PEOPLE TRIP.
AND, UH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY BOOKED THEIR KNEE.
SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS UNEVEN CONCRETE.
I DID ENTAIL MY PROPERTY BECAUSE MY WIFE TRIP.
SO, SO SHE SUE ME, SO I HAVE TO GRANT ALL THE PLACES.
OTHERWISE I HAVE TO STEP IN THE GARAGE.
SO, SO THERE IS WHAT IS NECESSITY WE NEEDED.
I THINK THIS, WE NEED, AND IT, THIS IS OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, SO MEANING WHAT THEY WANT TO AVOID ANY LAWSUIT.
SO WE DO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS SIDEWALK OKAY.
SO THIS REMEMBER PANDORA SIDEWALK.
AND THE WOW OF OUR RESIDENT TRIP AND BROOKE NE OKAY.
SHE DIDN'T SUE US JUST WAS TO MAKE SURE FIX THE PLACE.
SO, SO, BUT NOT, EVERYBODY'S SO NICE.
SO WE ALL TO MAKE SURE, BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE GET HURT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ALL THESE SIDEWALKS SAFE, BUT, UH, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION SCAPE BESIDE THIS.
I I'M, I HAVE NO PLUG INTO MY WALTER WILL APPROVE THIS, BUT MY TALKING ABOUT CLEANING UP, WE, WE MAKE IT SAFE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CAN WE HAVE OUR PUPPY WALKER? OKAY.
TO MAKE SURE OUR STREET SIDEWALK IS PRESENTED BL OKAY.
NO, WE UNDER CHEW TO SHOOT THE, THE, THE TREE WILL WITH ALL THESE SOCCER GOING ON THAT CRAZY KING.
GO WITH THE SIDEWALKS SAFE AND THE PRESENTER BOWL FOR OUR CT.
DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I ACTUALLY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS IS FOR OUR STAFF ACTUALLY, SINCE WE HAVE THE INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION IN PLACE, AND I DO SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT DO NEED REPAIR.
UM, HOW IS OUR GOAL SETTING THAT WE JUST ACCOMPLISH? AND I'M ASSUMING ALL THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO MAJORITY OF THIS.
UM, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? OH, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
WHEN, WHEN WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO SET GOALS FOR THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, WE SAID SOME THINGS IN THERE, WHICH WERE VERY FEW WORDS, BUT HAD VERY MAJOR IMPACT.
WE SAID WE WANTED TO GET ALL CITY FACILITIES TO STANDARD, EASY TO SAY, HARD TO DO BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, OR WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING, WE OWN 14 BUILDINGS THAT HAS MANY LEAKING ROOFS, UM, PLUMBING.
WE HAD A SITUATION IN THIS BUILDING WHERE THE SEWER DRAIN PIPE FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF CITY HALL BURST AND WAS LEAKING TO EVERYONE BELOW, JUST WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.
YOU'RE REALLY DOING EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
SO WE WANT TO GET OUT FROM DOING EMERGENCY PAIRS AND DOING THINGS PROSPECTIVELY.
NOW WE'RE RETURNING WITH A SERIES OF THINGS TO GET CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES TO STAND UP.
BUT I THINK IT WAS PROMISED THAT WE'LL GET LIKE A TIMELINE AND ESTIMATED A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S GOING TO GO FIRST.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T FIX THE WHOLE CITY OF WEST COVINA IN A YEAR, SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON LINE, WHAT TIMEFRAME.
AND I MEAN, I SEE THIS IS JUST, I WAS CURIOUS, UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU PROMISED LIKE A GOAL WITHIN A MONTH OR SOMETHING TO THAT TIME IS NOW.
AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH THAT.
WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN PRIORITIZING AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO PLACE ON YOUR AGENDA, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS. UM, WE'VE DONE WITH YOUR GOALS, A WHOLE SPREADSHEET.
AND WE REVIEW THAT AT OUR, AT OUR WEEKLY STAFF MEETING AND TALK ABOUT WHERE ARE WE WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE? IT'S A, IT'S A BIG EFFORT, BUT I THINK WE'VE TURNED THE CITY'S ATTENTION FROM INTERNAL AND REPAIRING THE CITY FINANCES AND THE SYSTEM'S INTERNAL, UM, TO, TO MOVING EXTERNAL AND TRYING TO GET THE TOWN TO STANDARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF REPORTS ON YOUR AGENDA THIS YEAR ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I JUST FIGURED WE'D HAD AN ANNUAL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE TOP FIVE OR ARE YOU JUST WANT EVERYTHING? I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS WERE WORKING ON FOR LIKE THIS COMING YEAR.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, GOALS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AT LEAST CERTAIN THINGS THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THESE ARE THE THINGS BECAUSE PUTTING IN REPORTS PER MONTH, IT GETS LOST THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
WE FORGET THAT THAT'S PART OF THE GOAL OR THAT WASN'T.
AND SO IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE HAD THE WHOLE GOALS ON ONE SHEET, IT'S A BREAKDOWN OF LIKE CERTAIN GOALS OR PICK A FEW THAT THE CITY'S DOING, THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE GOALS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS OR WHAT IS DOABLE AND ACCOMPLISHED THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
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SEE YOUR POINT.I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA AT NIGHT TIES BACK TO A COUNCIL GOAL THAT YOU APPROVED IN JANUARY.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT APPROACH AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL TAKE TO HEART YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE MORE REPORTING BACK IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GAINING AGAINST THOSE GOALS.
I UNDERSTAND SUCH JUST AN ANNUAL BEGINNING.
AND I'LL LIKE TO ADD A MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, AND I SIT ON A MONTHLY LITIGATION LOG MEETING, AND WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN THAT THESE TRIP AND FALLS COST US SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IN TERMS OF LEGAL HOURS AND, UM, UH, WELL THE CLAIM ITSELF, I THINK, UH, THIS CONTRACT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN REDUCING THAT WE HAVE EVEN, YOU KNOW, AS CAN BE EXPECTED CLAIMS FOR FICTITIOUS HOLES THAT DON'T EXIST.
SO, UM, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, THE TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS THAT DO EXIST.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE NOW? SECOND, WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIANNA MAYOR PRO TEM D IS MAYOR CASIANO THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
I HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, REQUESTS, OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE FOLLOW UP THE STATUS OF A SHADOW, THE NEW BATHROOM.AND RESIDENTS SO HAPPY AFTER 30 YEARS REQUEST AND THAT WAS NOT WORKING.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHOPPING AND HOW SOON THAT CAN BE REPAIR.
SO PEOPLE CAN USE, WE PUT A NEW BATHROOM, WE SPEND ALL THE MONEY AND TIME.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE BATHROOM THAT THEY SAY, THE LEVEL THE LOBBY IS NOW WORKING, WHY IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND SO WHY IS THE ISSUE AND HOW SOON WE CAN MAKE IT RUNNING? OTHERWISE YOU HAVE A, BASICALLY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NOT FUNCTIONAL.
UM, THE REASON IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE, UH, A LATERAL FROM THE, UH, RESTROOM ALL THE WAY TO THE MAIN LINE WAS NOT CONNECTED.
AND WE FOUND NOW IS NOT CONNECTED.
THIS WAS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THEY PUT THAT LATERAL AND IT JUST STOPPED.
THEY STOPPED RIGHT AT THE SIDEWALK.
THEY DID NOT GO ON THE STREET AND CONNECT THEM TO THE MAIN LINE.
AND WHEN THEY DID THIS, UH, BATHROOM AND THEY PUT THE WATER, THEY'RE SAYING, LOOKING TO SEE IF WATER IS DRAINING.
IT'S GOING OVER THERE AND STAYING OVER THERE AND THEY DIDN'T PUT TOO MUCH WATER TO WATER TO BACK UP AND SAY, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
THIS LIVE AT ALL IS NOT WORKING.
ANYWAY, WE HAD TO GO OUT AND HIRE A CONTRACTOR.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONTRACT YET.
AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE TO COME IN AND DO THIS, BUT WE ARE HAVING A CONTRACTOR.
NOW THE TIMELINE ON THAT, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND BRING IT BACK.
AND THEN WE'LL GIVE US WHAT THE TIMELINE IT'LL HAUL LONG IS GOING TO TAKE.
AS SOON AS THAT IS DONE, THE WORK ITSELF SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS SHOULD NOT.
CONNECTION WITH THE SEWER INTO THE STREET.
AND, UH, I DONE IT BEFORE MYSELF.
AND, UH, IS NOT A DIFFICULT, YOU JUST HAVE TO DIG THE TRENCH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PUT A PIPE.
SO, AND THE TENT OF TWO ISSUE.
THE FIRST ISSUE, HOW CAN HE HAPPEN? NOW? WE PUT A NEW BATHROOM AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
WE DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION AS A FIRST ISSUE.
SO, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SECOND ISSUE.
WE PALED, THIS IS NOT A DIFFICULT TO REPAIR IT.
YOU JUST NEED TO DIG AND GET A PIPE AND OKAY.
DO YOU SAY DELL WHERE THEY HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE STREET? SO MEANING THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE IS YOU CONNECT TO AN IMMENSE SHORE.
THAT THAT IS YOU HAVE TO DIG IT THE STREET UP.
SO, SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY DONE THOUGH, YOU ONLY HAVE IN BETWEEN.
THEN YOU NEED TO JUST PUT A PIPE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, HOW CAN THEY BE SO DIFFICULT AND YOU TAKE FOREVER AND EVER, AND EVER, AND TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, THE REASON IT IS, IS THE REASON IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE TIME BECAUSE OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS CANNOT GO ON THE STREET, CUT THE STREET AND
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DO THE CONNECTION.SO BASICALLY IT'S NO CONNECTION AT ALL.
SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE, IF YOU HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THE MEN'S SHOE OR THEN YOU ON THE STREET, THEN YOU NEED TO CUT THE STREET.
YOU GOT TO PUT ME, CUT THE STREET, HAVE TO CUT THE PAYMENT.
AND THEN, THEN, THEN YOU HAVE TO CONNECT IT TO GET LEG NEGATE DEVICE.
THEN YOU CAN CONNECT IT TO THE PLACE.
WELL, THE LATERAL ITSELF IS THERE IS THIS LATERAL IS COMING FROM HERE TO THE RIGHT, TO THE SIDEWALK.
AND OH, YOU HAVE LATERAL, YOU HAVE A PIPE.
YOU ONLY NEED TO TAKE THE STREET OPEN TO CONNECT IT.
AND THEN FROM HERE BEHIND THE SIDEWALK, IT WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN LINE ON THE STREET.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY STOPPED THERE.
I DON'T KNOW, YEARS AGO IN LA, A LONG TIME AGO.
AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE RESTROOM TO THE SIDEWALK IS VERY MUCH WHEN THEY DID THE VIDEOTAPING.
THEY DIDN'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
THEY VIDEOTAPED IT AND ALL PIPE IS CLEAN PIPE AND THEN PUT THE WALLET IN THERE.
SO, SO GOD, SO BASICALLY WE FIND OUT THE PROBLEM IS NO CONNECTION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE PUT CONNECTION TO THE MEN SEWER.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT, SO WHY HAPPEN? WE CANNOT GET ANY CONTRACT TO COME IN.
SO I THINK THERE'S A FUND THAT BROKE THIS ALREADY FOUR WEEKS AGO.
WE DO HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE, WE HA WE ASKED TWO CONTRACTORS TO COME IN.
ONE OF THEM ASKED FOR $94,000.
I'M A QUESTION YOU WHO IS ASKING IS A YOU OR SOME OTHER PEOPLE ASKING FOR, OKAY.
THE CONTRACT IS, WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTRACTOR.
AND, UH, ROSEANNE, WHO IS ASKING FOR CONTRACTOR, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF MY, IF I MAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
IT IS NOT, UM, THE PUBLIC SERVICES, SUPERINTENDENT ROLE ALVARADO, WHO IS OVERSEEING THAT CONTRACT.
SO MY, MY POINT IS, OKAY, WELL, SO MAYBE WE CAN SEE, WE HAVE A OLD, CAN WE HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT TO, TO WORK ON WELL, BECAUSE THIS HAS BECOME RIDICULOUS.
SO CAN WE GET OUT, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER SET OF EYES LOOK AT IT.
CAN WE, CAN WE JUST TAKE ALL THE, AND THEN BECAUSE THE DELAY AND CONTINUE TO DRAG AND THAT WE HAVE A BRAND NEW BATHROOM AND THEY JUST, OKAY.
ALL THE OLDER, ALL THE SERVICE IS HOW RIDICULOUS THAT.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS WHY NOW.
WE HAVE A STAFF, NEW STAFF JUST TO HAVE A RAUL TO GET A CONTRACTOR IN.
I THINK THERE'LL BE FAST AND CHEAPER COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE ARE THE HOVER CONTRACTOR AND THEY ARE THAT MIA IS NOT WORKING.
I PREFER, I THINK COUNCIL PREFERRED TO HAVE A MAYBE ROLE TO TAKE A LOOK WITH A, ANOTHER PAIR OF EYES THAT SHOULD BE EASY TO GET A RESPONSE FROM HIM.
IT'S A VERY EASY, I FEEL THAT I THINK BEFORE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE TAKING WEEKS AND WEEKS AND IT'S STILL DRAGGING, SO, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE GET ACTION IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, JUST TO ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER WILL, OR COUNCILMAN WE'LL, UM, WE'LL REGROUP AS A TEAM AND WE WILL, UM, GET YOU AN ANSWER AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD ACCORDINGLY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS, THIS NEEDS TO BE URGENT.
YOU HAVE, UH, MAYBE THE NEW, OKAY.
SUPERINTENDENT TO GET THE CONTRACT TO SEE.
CAN WE, DIFFERENT CONNECTION WOULD BE DIFFERENT PRICE.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE WANT BECAUSE OTHERWISE WHAT THE HECK WE GO TO, WE WENT TO DO THE GRAND OPENING FOR WHAT IT WILL BE.
IT WILL BE, CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION WHEN WE COULD FLUSH, UH, IT IS WHAT A BUREAUCRACY WE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
AND DO I HAVE ANY MORE REPORTS, REQUESTS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL COUNCIL? A WOMAN LOPEZ VITA.
ACTUALLY I RECEIVED THE, UH, THE VOICE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT.
IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THAT THE SENIORS ARE ALMOST OPERATING BACK TO NORMAL, ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES, ALL THEIR PROGRAMMINGS.
UM, THEY JUST IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BACK ACTIVE TO PRE COVID TIMES.
AND THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH BACK TO NORMAL, AT LEAST FOR THE SENIORS WHO NEEDED THE MOST.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, COUNCILWOMAN, ANY FURTHER COUNCILMAN TABATA, DUBAI.
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PIGGYBACK ON THAT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE IN, UH, THANK, UH, SUPERVISOR, UH, HILDA SOULIS, UH, SHE, UH, GOT US, UH, SOME TAKE HOME TESTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR SENIORS THROUGH THE MEALS PROGRAM AND ALSO FAMILIES THROUGH CAMERON PARK, UH, AND ALSO, UH, AT 95 MASS FOR OUR SENIORS.UH, AND AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR SENIORS BACK TO DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS IS, UM, IT'S WONDERFUL.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN WU, THERE'S A QUESTION WE RECEIVE OF FOUR AND 95 FREE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THE WILL YOU APPLY AND THEY WILL GIVE TO YOU, RIGHT? YEAH.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAY EVERY HOUSEHOLD CAN GET FOUR AND 95 AND THE, AND THEY CAN, WE CAN ADD THE MAIL TO YOUR HOME THAT YEAH.
AND, UH, IN 95 TO 95, IT'S ON THE NEWS.
BUT THE ONLY ISSUE IS WHERE YOU GET ALL THESE STOCK, BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE 200,000,095 TO EACH OVER RESIDENT.
I TRIED TO GIVE AWAY, SO, BUT I REALLY TOUGH TO GIVE AWAY.
I STILL HAVE A MASSIVE SOMEBODY.
ANY PEOPLE WANT THE MASK? OKAY.
I STILL HAVE A MASK YOU WANT, OKAY.
I GIVE TO YOU, I WANT TO GIVE AWAY ALL THE MESS IF, AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I WANT TO SAY, UH, TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR OF A LUNAR NEW YEAR'S.
WITH A YIELD TAIKA, WE SHOW THE BEST.
AND THE HEALTHY AND THE POS PARIS.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS.
AND WE SHOW THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T GET MY RED ENVELOPE, PLEASE COME TO, OKAY.
SEE, EVEN MR. TABATA BACK AT ONE FROM ME.
UH, AND SO, AND SO, SO ANYWAY, AND THIS IS GO YOU THE, UH, GOOD LUCK.
AND I WANT TO WISH YOU EVERYBODY AND HAPPY DOING A NEW YEAR'S AND THE BEST OF THIS YEAR AND THE PIT, THIS PANDEMIC, AND BE NORMAL AGAIN, AND THE LIVE HEALTHY AND HAPPINESS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WU, FOR THE GOOD WISHES AND THE GOOD LUCK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SPREAD.
UM, AND, UH, THEY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU STAFF, THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALL OF OUR STAFF AND ALSO TO THE AUDIENCE THAT IS STAYED TILL THE END.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING IN WATCHING, UH, AND NOW TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SAD, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF BILL CAGLE, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, HE PASSED AWAY AS WELL AS CONGRESSMEN INSTEAD OF ON TORRES FROM 34TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
SO I'D LIKE US TO NOT ONLY HONOR THEM IN A JOURNEY IN THEIR MEMORY, BUT ALSO ANYONE ELSE IN OUR CITY WHO HAS PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.
SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.