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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT IS LATE AND GENTLEMEN, DO WE HAVE SOME PEACE AND QUIET HERE? WE'VE GOT SOME STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADERS HERE WITH US TODAY.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION SO THEY COULD GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE, WE'LL PROCEED.
NOW EVERYONE PLEASE RISE TONIGHT AND VOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KELLY.
DUPEE FROM FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH, AND I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA AND LORD TONIGHT, GOD, WE ASK YOUR PRESENCE TO BE WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, LORD, AS THEY DEBATE, AS THEY DECIDE, AS THEY DELIBERATE, AS THEY DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING OUR CITY FATHER.
WE ALSO LIFT UP EVERYONE THAT IS OUT SERVING US TONIGHT.
LORD, IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THOSE MEN AND WOMEN, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THEM AND BLESS THEM LORD WITH BOTH SAFETY, AS WELL AS SUCCESS IN THEIR MISSION TO DO YOUR WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU GOD, FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO HERE TONIGHT, LORD, AND HOW YOU WANT TO LEAD THE COUNCIL.
GOD, SO THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS MEETING NOW IN JESUS NAME.
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE FACE YOUR ATTENTION TOWARDS THE FLAG.
WAIT, SIR, I HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
READY? BEGIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
KASSIANOS HOW'S THAT? THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING.
[PRESENTATIONS]
STATION BY DR.FLORES OF THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.
SO WE'LL GIVE HER A MOMENT TO JOIN US UP HERE AND THEN WE WILL JOIN HER AT THE MICROPHONE.
HOW ABOUT WE'LL GET STARTED WITH YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE TODAY? YEAH.
UM, SO TODAY WE DID GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UM, LEARNING ABOUT STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND YOU KNOW, I'M STILL IN GOVERNMENT FOR MY, FOR MY SCHOOL ITSELF AND KIND OF JUST SEEING HOW OUR CITY WORKS AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND THE THINGS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTERED AND DONE FOR THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES REALLY, REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO WHAT PEOPLE DO OUT HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT, GO AHEAD.
SO TODAY I GOT TO ACT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE GOT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT GO INTO MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT US EVERY DAY AND OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I LEARNED VERY MUCH TODAY AND I HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
I GOT TO MEET MANY GREAT PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT I CAN GO TO AND I CAN TRUST TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR ALL OF US.
UH, I HAD A GREAT TIME TODAY AT SYDNEY GOVERNMENT DAY, I LEARNED, UM, MORE ABOUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I LEARNED WHAT THEY, UM, WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY WANT TO RESHAPE OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE FUTURE.
I SHADOWED A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TODAY AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE AN INSIDER LOOK ON THE DEBATE AND DISCUSSION THAT TAKE PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE SAYING YES TO YOUR PROPOSAL.
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LIVE MODEL, OFFERING CITY GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN A CLASSROOM SETTING IN PERSON.
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YEAH.UM, I WONDER TO FOLLOW THAT BY SAYING I'M ALSO IN, UM, OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOL IS STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND, UM, PREVIOUSLY I WAS TREASURER.
SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THAT BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN, IN ECONOMICS FINANCE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, AND IT WAS, UM, THEY TOOK US ON A TOUR AROUND AND, UM, SEEING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AS WELL AS HOW ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND JUST LEARNING OVERALL ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS REALLY EYE-OPENING IN THAT WE COULD ALL MAKE A CHANGE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHARING THAT WOULD ANY OF OUR OTHER STUDENTS LIKE TO SHARE CITY MANAGER, PLEASE? HELLO.
MY NAME IS PAULINA I'M FROM RUSSIA AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WORKS.
IT WAS GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND NOW I NOW HOW DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS CAN BE IN WE'RE WAR.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SHARE? OKAY.
UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TODAY TO SHADOW THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND I GOT TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK THEY DO.
AND IT'S MORE LIKE BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND OBVIOUSLY AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN LEADERSHIP MYSELF, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE HOW MUCH LIKE THEY WORK TOGETHER AND HOW MUCH COMMUNICATION FALLS INTO IT.
AND I THINK I DEFINITELY LEARNED A LOT AS WELL AS MY OTHER PEERS WHO ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, LEARNING ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT TODAY AND ALL OF ITS COUNTERPARTS, THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
IT DEFINITELY WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT JOBS, BUT WITHOUT EVERYBODY, WE COULDN'T BE A WELL-FUNCTIONING AND EFFICIENT CITY.
THANK YOU GOT A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
AND TODAY I REALLY GOT THE CHANCE TO SHADOW THE CITY MANAGER AND SEE HOW ALL THE GROUPS INTERACT TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO DECIPHER BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA NEEDS.
AND, UM, WE GOT TO DO MOCK TRIALS AND STUFF.
AND SO TODAY WAS AN OVERALL REALLY FUN DAY FOR ME.
AND I REALLY GOT TO SEE HOW THE POL POLITICS WORK WITHIN MY CITY AND HOW, UM, THINGS ENDED UP BECOMING THE WAY THEY DO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE ONE OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, BRAD MANNING, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON ON DAYS LIKE TODAY, PLEASE.
MR. MAYORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS BRAD MANNY, AND I'M WITH THE WEST COVINA COLONISTS CLUB.
I APOLOGIZE FOR TURNING MY BACK ON YOU GUYS, BUT THIS IS THE EIGHTH YEAR THAT WE HAVE DONE THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR CITY AND OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
IS IT ON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YUP.
AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE, AND THE CITY HERE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BRING KIDS IN HERE AT JOB SHADOW, LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STUDENT GOVERNMENT, HAVE THEM GET SUGGESTIONS AND THINGS, HOW WE COULD IMPROVE OUR CITY.
AND WE HAVE A CHALKBOARD OR A WHITEBOARD OUT THERE FILLED WITH 14 THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED IN THE CITY OR IMPROVED.
THEN THEY CAME IN AND DID A MOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN WHICH THEY TOOK THE POSITIONS.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN ALL OF THE KIDS OVER HERE TO THIS SIDE, THE STUDENTS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS WITHIN THE CITY AND THEY GOT UP AND SAID, THIS IS HOW I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SPEND MYTHICAL A MYTHICAL MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND ON ONE-TIME MONEY.
WHERE DOES IT GO? THEY HAD DEPARTMENT CHAIRS COME UP AND FIGHT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES AND BODY CAMPS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND FLOWERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY AREA IN HERE ARE THE CLERKS, THE FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND I THINK IT WAS HALF A DOZEN MORE.
AND ALL OF THOSE WERE GIVEN A PRICE TAG AND THEY HAD A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY HAD TO KIND OF DECIDE WHO GETS EVERYTHING THEY WANT, WHO GETS PART OF WHAT THEY WANT IN EIGHT YEARS, WE HAVE NEVER, EVER BEEN ABLE TO GIVE AWAY A MILLION DOLLARS.
THESE KIDS NOT ONLY HEARD WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS WERE SAYING.
THEY PUT IT IN IN TERMS WHERE THEY UNDERSTOOD IT.
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PROBING QUESTIONS ARE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENTS HERE GAVE EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT ANSWERS WITH EXAMPLES.AND THEY MADE UP THEIR OWN TERMS STUNTED AT TIMES JUST TO BE CREATIVE.
BUT THESE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN ABOUT 35 TO 40 MINUTES AND IT'S TAKEN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
IN MOST OTHER CASES, I WAS VERY PROUD OF THEM.
I TOLD THEM AFTERWARDS, THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES EVER, AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE GREAT.
THIS IS A PROJECT DEAR TO MY HEART.
BEEN VERY INVOLVED ON THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN AND CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT SO THAT THEY CAN BE THE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STANDS, JUST SEE JUST LIKE YOU ARE AND THEY CAN BECOME INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
LIKE I SAID, I'M WITH THE WEST COVINA QUANTIS CLUB AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO PUT THIS ON.
AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOR THE TIME BEING, WE'RE GOING TO SWAP SOME, OUR PRESENTATIONS THAT WAS, COULD WE NOT FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, WEST COVINA FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DISPLACED BY FIRES.
I TO INVITE OUR FIRE TWO TO THE FRONT, TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFE PROGRAM, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, CITIZENS AND STAFF.
UH, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY, THIS IS NICHOLAS AND ANGELA FROM SOUTH HILLS AND WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I LIKE TO SAY OFF SCRIPT REAL QUICK THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET MOST OF THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFE PROGRAM.
HELLO, EVERYONE, HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL.
AND WE HAVE RECENTLY PARTNERING UP WITH LOCAL UNIONS AND WE HAVE INTRODUCED THIS NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE SAFE PROGRAM.
WE'VE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE SUPPLYING AID FOR VICTIMS, FOR EMERGENCIES.
SO THE SAVE PROGRAM STANDS FOR SUPPLYING AID TO VICTIMS OF EMERGENCY.
IT GIVES $250 FOR VICTIMS OF RESIDENTS WITH AT LEAST 20% PROPERTY DAMAGE.
UM, THE WHOLE FAMILY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WAS DAMAGED GETS $250.
IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT FOR EACH PERSON.
AND IF MORE THAN ONE FAMILY OCCUPIES ONE RESIDENCE, THEN ONLY ONE FAMILY GETS IT.
SO THE FAMILY GETS THE, GETS THE MONEY BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, GIVING THE CARD TO THE UNION.
AND THEN THE UNION ACTIVATES THE $250 CARD.
AND THEN THE UNION GIVES IT TO THE FAMILY.
THE $250 IS NOT THAT MUCH, BUT, UM, IT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR, UH, BASIC SUPPLIES LIKE FOOD.
LET'S GIVE NICHOLAS SAN ANGELA ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAFE PROGRAM AND OUR NEEDS AND HOW WE WORK IN 20 MINUTES.
SO WE WANT TO DO THIS EVENING.
WE WANTED TO JUST BRING TO THE COUNCIL AND S CITIZENS TO A GREAT PROGRAM THAT THE PROFESSIONAL FIVE CAL FROM PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IS PARTNERING UP WITH THE LOCAL UNION, THE FIREFIGHTER MANAGEMENT FIREFIGHTERS UNION, A FIREFIGHTER MANAGEMENT UNION, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY DO THE AGREEMENTS AND WE MANAGE IT FOR THEM.
AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS IS WE WILL RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES.
AND WHEN THERE'S 20% DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE, LIKE A FIRE, A FLOOD, EARTHQUAKE TREES DOWN OR SOMETHING AT THE TIME OF THE EMERGENCY, THE INCIDENT COMMANDER WILL HAVE CREDIT CARDS.
THEY'RE $250 AND THEY CAN ACTIVATE THIS AND WE IMMEDIATELY GIVE IT TO THE FAMILY AND THEY CAN GO GET, IF THE WHOLE HOUSE BURNED DOWN, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SHOES OR SOCKS OR T-SHIRTS, THEY CAN GO GET THAT OR A HOTEL ROOM OR TO FOOD.
OUR, UNTIL RED CROSS CAN COME IN.
SO, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE COMMUNITY LEFT AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START DOING.
UH, LET THE COUNCIL KNOW IT'S OUT THERE.
CAUSE THEY START GETTING PHONE CALLS OR YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT IT.
WE'RE NOT AS THERE IS RULES, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC RULES OF WHO WHAT AND WHERE IT CAN GET.
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BUSINESSES.IF THERE'S MULTIPLE FAMILIES THAT OCCUPY ONE RESIDENT, ONLY ONE RESIDENT, ONLY ONE OCCUPANT CAN GET IT.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE PART OF IT.
UM, SO TERRY IS HERE FROM THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION.
SO, UH, IN THIS LINE OF WORK, WE KIND OF REALIZED VERY QUICKLY THAT A REGULAR DAY FOR ONE FAMILY CAN QUICKLY TURN INTO THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THOSE FIRST FEW HOURS OR THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING TRYING TO GET THINGS IN ORDER, FIND SOMEWHERE TO STAY AGAIN, LIKE THE CHEAT HERE AND THESE YOUNG TWO ONE SAID GETTING, GETTING FOOD, UH, MEDICATIONS REFILLED.
THOSE THINGS CAN BE QUITE THE HURDLE AND ESPECIALLY FACTORING IN STRESS AND TRYING TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
THESE CARDS MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR FAMILIES IN THAT QUICK, IMMEDIATE MOMENT.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO USE A LOT OF THEM FOR EVERYBODY'S SAKE, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE MOMENTS OF NEED.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT A RED CROSS WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
UM, ANYTIME THERE'S AN INCIDENT IN THE CITY, WE IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR RED CROSS, GET THEM COMING SO THEY CAN PROVIDE A PLACE FOR LODGING, GET HIM SOME CLOTHES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT ALSO TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, YOU, NOBODY EVER PREPARES TO LOSE THEIR HOUSE OR THEIR PROPERTY.
AND YOU'D BE AMAZED HOW LOST YOU ARE IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, AGAIN, ABOVE THE SERVICES WE ALREADY PROVIDE WITH RED CROSS AND YOU KNOW, THE ADVICE THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM TO TRY TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS, UH, PROCESS.
UM, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WE'VE ABLE TO PARTNER UP WITH IFF AND GET THIS RESOURCE OUT TO ONE LAST NOTE ON IT IS, IS FOR AT THE TIME OF AN EMERGENCY.
SO I KNOW SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE EMERGENCIES THAT TAKE PLACE THAT DOESN'T, UH, INTERACT A POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL AND SAY, I HAD AN EMERGENCY AT MY HOUSE AND I NEED THIS IT'S IF WE RESPOND AND WE'RE THERE AT THE TIME OF THE EMERGENCY IS WHEN THIS WOULD BE UTILIZED.
UM, AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.
I THINK NICHOLAS AND ANGELA, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND IF THERE'S NOTHING OR NO QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT'S IT FROM US.
FLORES IS THE CURRENT WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT AND IS HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE WITH A PRESENTATION AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND JOIN YOU.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? WELL, I HAVE QUITE A FEW WORDS TO SAVE.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M JUST SO VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS.
UH, UH, WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY THANK YOU TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, TO OUR PARTNERS FOR MAKING THIS, UH, BRING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR, OR, UM, UH, TO THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OUR STUDENTS ARE SURELY BENEFITING FROM THIS LEARNING, UH, UH, WHAT IT TAKES TO, TO DO THESE, UH, THESE JOBS AND, UH, TO START THINKING BIG, UH, THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE LEADERS, NOT ONLY OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, OR THE WORLD IN SOME CAPACITY.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST SO THRILLED TO HAVE THEM HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, THIS REAL LIFE, UH, OPPORTUNITY, VERY INNOVATIVE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THINKING AND, UH, JUST EXCITED TO SEE THEM PARTICIPATE IN.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO, WHO BROUGHT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR STUDENTS.
INTRODUCED YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL THEN WEST COVINA LET'S TODAY.
WHAT THE CITY STAFF AND OFFICIALS, WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT DAILY OPERATION CITY, GOVERNMENT DISCUSSING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATED IN A MOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE THEY DEBATED WHERE BUDGETS SHOULD BE FOCUSED BASED ON THE CITY NEEDS.
TO CALL THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS AT THE FRONT.
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NICE.IN ORDER A GREEN ONE AND A BLUE ONE LINE UP HERE, HERE, AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL LINE UP.
PAULINA SOTO KEY HEENA VICTORIA CHUN, SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY, NICOLAS SWOBODA, SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY.
THAT'S HOW THEY ALEMA SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL.
ANTHONY AND DINO SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL.
ALBERTO GUEVARA WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, GENEVIEVE.
NO COON WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, LENA AND AGAIN, WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, ANGELA TABOO, BERLIN WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTY YOU WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
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ANGELINA MARTINEZ.SAC ACADEMY, ANESA AZA MOUNT SAC ACADEMY, DAMIEN SURVIOS MOUNT SAC ACADEMY, MELVIN HERNANDEZ, MOUNT SAC ACADEMY.
AND FOR OUR STUDENT MAYOR DRAKE CASADA, SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR US ALL, BUT I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR COUNCIL UP HERE, PLEASE.
LET'S STAY UP HERE AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR COUNCIL UP HERE AND I WANT, LET'S TAKE ABOUT HALF OF OUR STUDENTS GO ON THE OTHER SIDE AND TRY TO SQUEEZE IN FOR A PHOTO PLEASE.
LET'S LET'S ACTUALLY GET EVERYONE UP HERE.
OH, WELL I THINK THEY'RE IN HERE.
LET'S GET EVERYONE IN THIS ONE.
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I DON'T KNOW.LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PHOTO.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FOR BEING HERE.
WE HOPE YOU HAD A VERY ENJOYABLE AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
WE'LL WAIT FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DR.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HERSELF AND WAIT A FEW MORE SECONDS.
FLORES FOR, FOR THE HONOR AND FOR HELPING US WITH THE CERTIFICATES AND FOR BEING HERE NOW, A FEW, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKING THE FLOOR AND TELLING US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF IN ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.
I'M SAYING A FEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AND, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT I ASPIRE TO BE ABLE TO DO, UH, IN OUR GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA AND, UH, LEADING THE WEST GALENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY BOARD TRUSTEE, MR. FLOWERS FOR BEING HERE AND ALWAYS BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS BEING PRESENT AND AT ALL EVENTS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT.
SO, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR, UH, ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO START THINKING BIG, START THINKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND START THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD THEY DO IF THEY
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HAD THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO SIT IN YOUR SEATS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND DETERMINE HOW TO BEST USE THE, UH, THE FUNDS THAT COME TO CITY.SO HERE I AM, AS, UH, JUST STARTED, LET'S SEE, I BELIEVE IT'S MY SIX WEEK AS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I'M JUST DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
IT'S BEEN EVERYTHING THAT I IMAGINED IT WOULD BE.
AND, UH, BUT BEFORE I'M TALKING ABOUT, UM, MY EXPERIENCE, I DO WANT TO SAY A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
MY HUSBAND IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, I'M A OF, UH, THREE, UH, UH, THE THREE GIRLS, TWO YOUNG ADULTS AND A TEENAGER.
AND, UM, I'M A, THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF, UH, HARDWORKING IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO REALIZE THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.
UH, AND, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I, UH, I AM, UH, UH, A TRUE BELIEVER OF, UH, GOD COUNTRY AND FAMILY.
AND IT'S THOSE, UH, VALUES AND BELIEFS THAT BRING ME HERE, UH, IN, YEAH, AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE.
UM, AND LEADING THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, I'VE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, PROVIDED THE SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO REALIZE MY POTENTIAL IN ALONG THE WAY, YES, THERE WERE TEACHERS AND A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, UM, SCHOOL WORKERS, SCHOOL, THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
UH, BUT THERE WERE ALSO CITY PEOPLE.
UH, I REMEMBER DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
I HAD ALSO AS A, AS A CHILD IN ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL TO BE INVOLVED, UH, WITH, UH, SOME CITY, UM, ACTIVITIES.
AND SO, UH, I RECOGNIZED THAT, UH, IN MY OWN PATHS I'VE HAD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES HERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY IN A GREATER SKILL THAN I EVER EXPERIENCED.
UH, WHAT DO I BRING TO WESCO, YOU KNOW, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT? WELL, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M, UM, EAGER, UH, TO CONTRIBUTE TO A COMMUNITY THAT I BELIEVE IS A GREAT MATCH FOR MY SKILLSET.
AND ALSO MY VALUES AND BELIEF AS I'VE MET SO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING.
THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE TRULY DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SERVING TO SERVICE AND, UH, PEOPLE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO, TO GIVE HIM BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE HAD, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, RETIRED AND WHO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE AND ARE EAGER TO, UM, TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SO AS SUPERINTENDENT, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ALSO PARTNER WITH, UH, UH, NOT ONLY OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, UH, AND OUR PARENTS, BUT ALSO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN BRING THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO OUR STUDENTS IS REALLY THROUGH COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO, UH, AS I GO OUT THERE AND MEETING DIFFERENT FOLKS, AND I'M JUST SO DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT, UH, UH, THIS COMMUNITY IS, HAS ITS ARMS OPEN AND IS SO READY AND WILLING TO SERVE CHILDREN.
AND THAT, UH, THAT REALLY WANTS MY HEART, UM, MY BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, UM, LIKE MOST SUPERINTENDENTS I'VE HAD, I'VE WORN ALL THE HATS, YOU KNOW, FROM A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN THE CLASSROOM TO TEACHER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
MY LAST, UM, OPPORTUNITY WAS IN SAN JOSE AT A SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LARGER IN WEST COVINA.
SO NOT THAT SMALL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LEADING THROUGH, UH, THIS PANDEMIC HAS, UH, HAS TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS.
AND, UH, UH, THERE ARE, IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS, BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED THE MOST IS THAT AT NO TIME IN HISTORY HAVE WE'VE SEEN THAT THE VALUE OF RELATIONSHIPS IS SO KEY AND BUILDING COMMUNITY AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIP AND, UH, IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, BECAUSE ADULTS HAVE ALSO STRUGGLED THROUGH THIS TIME, UH, KNOW THAT, UM, THEY ARE CARED FOR, AND THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING TO NOT ONLY MAXIMIZE THEIR SAFETY, BUT ALSO LOOK AFTER THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.
AND SO AS, UH, HERE WE ARE IN, UH, MARCH, UH, FIRST, UH, DAY OF MARCH.
AND, UH, WE HEAR FROM THE STATE EVERYTHING RELATED TO MASS AND, UH, FOR ME AS SUPERINTENDENT AND WORKING OUR, WITH OUR STAFF, I'M ALWAYS THINKING, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE, UH, OUR STUDENTS SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY, AND ENSURE THAT, UH, THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, NORMAL, WHATEVER THAT WAS.
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RIGHT.UM, BUT I COULD TELL YOU THAT IF YOU WALK INTO ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WALK INTO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND SEE OUR CLASSROOMS, THERE'S SOME DYNAMIC THINGS GOING ON.
WE'VE GOT SOME VERY TALENTED EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO ARE COMING IN EVERY DAY AND DEDICATING TO ENSURING THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO, TO HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAD PRE PANDEMIC.
AND I HOPE THAT, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST SOME CLASSROOMS AND SEE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE, UM, FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT DO I ASPIRE? WHY WEST COVINA, WELL, NOT ONLY IS IT A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, BUT I COULD TELL YOU FOR MY DISTRICT WHEN I WAS CONSIDERING WEST COVINA, I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, BY A PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD IN ENSURING THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A FISCALLY SOUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE, THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR DISTRICT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS. AND I WOULD SAY AT TIMES SOME GREAT PROGRAMS, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE QUOTE THAT SAYS GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF GREAT.
I HAVE A SAYING, THAT GOES GREAT AS THE ENEMY OF OUTSTANDING.
AND SO I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH GOOD, I'M NOT SATISFIES WITH GRADE, I'M SEEKING THE OUTSTANDING, BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT OUR CHILDREN NEED US AN EDUCATION IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO WORK TOGETHER, TO BRING ABOUT OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
MY LAST, UH, ASSIGNMENT, A SUPERINTENDENT IN THE BAY AREA IN SILICON VALLEY TAUGHT ME ONE THING.
AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY JOBS THAT ARE UNFILLED.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS THAT, UM, OVERALL OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HAS NOT CHANGED A WHOLE LOT.
IT'S BASED ON A PARADIGM THAT IS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.
AND SO WHAT I SEEK TO DO IS WORK WITH MY WONDERFUL TEAM AND DREAMING BIG AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE GLOBAL SKILLS THAT OUR CHILDREN NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE AT A GLOBAL MARKET, NOT JUST IN WEST COVINA, NOT JUST IN CALIFORNIA OR THE UNITED STATES, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN THE WORLD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, I HAVE, UH, UH, GREAT DREAMS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS.
MY FIRST MONTH HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO LEARNING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, SO THAT I'M ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER ASSESSMENT AS TO WHERE WE ARE, UH, AND THINKING ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SO THAT WE GO TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE OUTSTANDING AND THAT W WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF EVERY SINGLE CHILD.
AND SO, AS I GET OUT THERE, I DO HOPE TO, UM, MEET ALL OF YOU.
I I'VE MET SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ACTUALLY HAVE MET MOST OF YOU.
UH, AND, UM, IT'S BEEN, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND, UH, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A CONTINUED, UM, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
UH, AND, UH, I'M JUST, JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BEFORE YOU AND TO SHARE A FEW OF MY THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COUNCILMAN WU.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'LL COME TO WEST COVINA AND THEN I MET YOU LAST WEEK AT A MEET AND GREET.
AND, UH, THE FIRST TIME WE MET, OKAY.
UH, YOU NOT IN BUFFALO, VERY FRIENDLY AND PASSION.
AND IT, BECAUSE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, CT, UH, COUNCIL, WE SERVING THE SAME POPULATION WE SERVE IN THE SAME RESIDENT.
AND THEN WE BASICALLY SERVING OUR CHILDREN.
AND THIS IS WHY WE REALLY WANT THE KID.
THEY TAKE ALL PITOCIN AND THEY'RE DOING THE FUTURE.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEN KIND OF BUILDING THEIR MIND, SIT OVER HERE, UNDERSTAND HOW TO DECIDE THE CTE FUTURE.
AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PASSION, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS.
I CAN TELL YOU, YOU WOULD COME TO DO GOOD TO GREAT FOR OUR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A NET CT AND SCHOOL DISTRI LET RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE I THINK YOU HEARD ABOUT SOMETIME THE LOCAL GOVERNANCE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE NOT, NOT, THEN THEY DON'T GET ALONG, BUT WE WANT TO GET ALONG.
I KNOW WE, IF WE WENT TO THIS OKAY.
AND PRINCIPAL, THE DAY I WAS THE EDGEWOOD PRINCIPAL WHEN ONE DAY, OKAY.
I HOPE YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE KIND OF THING.
INVITE THE COUNCIL TO OVER THERE, TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE TO OUR FUTURE LEADERS.
LET THEY UNDERSTAND SOMETIME YOU HAVE TO COME OUT TO SOUP NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT HAVE TO COME OUT.
AND SEE, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN DO GREAT THING AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES, BUT
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AGAIN, WE'LL COME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.COME OVER HERE, SPEND TIME AND MAKE TIME FOR US.
KIND OF A TELL EVERYBODY WHO YOU ARE.
AND, UH, WE, UH, YES, I'LL BE TAKING YOU UP ON YOUR OFFER.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.ANY EMAILS RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
ALL EMAILS ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? I HAVE 10 SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY TANYA LAMONE FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
GOOD EVENING AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY LISTENING TO RESIDENTS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT A CELL TOWER INSTALLATION INSTALLATION.
I AGREE THAT INSTALLATION DID NOT FIT THE COUNCILMAN'S REMARKS THAT THE CELL TOWER WOULD LOOK GHETTO.
CONCERNS ME THE WORD GHETTO AS A VERY SPECIFIC CONNOTATION, AN UGLY CELL TOWER DOES NOT MAKE ANY NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING THE CITY'S WEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS, GHETTO AND UGLY.
CELL TOWER IS AN EYESORE TRAFFIC PARKING AND STREET MAINTENANCE IN A CITY'S LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREAS ARE PRONE TO GHETTO ISSUES.
COUNCIL REACTION TO RESIDENT CONCERNS THOSE SAME INCONSISTENT, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT LOCATION THIS PAST OCTOBER.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE ZONE CHANGE FOR THE AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER RESIDENTS IN ZONES, ADJACENT TO THAT AREA, EXPRESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PARKING AND STREET MAINTENANCE.
THOSE RESIDENT CONCERNS WERE DISMISSED AND SARCASTICALLY RIDICULED BY SOME ON THE COUNCIL.
IRONICALLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED ALLEVIATE RESIDENT CONCERNS.
THE COUNCIL MAJORITY WOULDN'T EVEN LOOSEN OR DISCUSS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE EXAMPLE, THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO PROHIBIT OFFSITE PARKING RESPONDED TO RESONANT CONCERNS THAT WAREHOUSE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THEIR STREET PARKING REQUIRING ONSITE.
PARKING FOR EMPLOYEES DIDN'T COST AMAZON ANY MONEY OR REQUIRE ANY OPERATIONAL CHANGES.
IT JUST HELPED RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
I'VE WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WITH PARKING, MANY PEOPLE DON'T PARK IN DESIGNATED PARKING LOTS.
JUST ASK THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR A COLLEGE, THE BALDWIN PARK TRAIN STOP, OR ANY POPULAR BUS STOP FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SOME PEOPLE WILL PARK ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT BUILDING INSTEAD OF A DESIGNATED PARKING LOT COMPLAINTS ARISE.
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE FOR RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
HAD YOU CARED TO DO SO? I AM NOW GOING TO STOP TALKING, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO SHUT UP BY TONYA.
LAMONE FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM, FOLLOWED BY MANUEL SALSIDO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I WAS HERE LAST TIME AT THE LAST MEETING AND I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE ISSUES.
UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WU FOR, UH, FACILITATING THE INVESTIGATION WITH THE POLICE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE, UH, I RECEIVED A BRIEF PHONE CALL ON FEBRUARY 16TH, THE DAY AFTER THE MEETING, UM, FROM, UH, ONE OF THE LEAD DETECTIVES, UM, OF POLICE CHIEF, UH, BELL STAFF.
I DID NOT GET TO HAVE A VERY LONG CONVERSATION WITH HIM IS VERY SHARP BECAUSE DURING THE CONVERSATION, UM, MY DAUGHTER HAD MESSAGED AND CALLED ME SAYING THAT ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT HAD, UM, ATTACKED HER, UH, PRIOR, OR WAS THERE TO ATTACK HER, WAS BACK ON SCHOOL CAMPUS, NOT A STUDENT, BUT SHE HAD MANAGED TO GET BACK ON CAMPUS.
SO WHEN I EXPRESS THAT TO THE DETECTIVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GIRLS IS BACK ON CAMPUS.
HE SAYS, WELL, IF YOU NEED TO GET OFF THE PHONE AND CALL THE POLICE, THEN YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY THAT BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU ARE THE POLICE.
LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO I DID HAVE TO GET OFF THE PHONE, UH, CALL THE SCHOOL CALL, YOU KNOW,
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TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.BUT, UH, HE HAD SAID DURING THE CONVERSATION THAT HE WOULD GIVE ME A CALL BACK, CAUSE I ASKED IF I COULD CALL HIM BACK.
AND HE HAD SAID THAT HE'S GOING INTO A MEETING, BUT HE WOULD GET BACK TO ME.
I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM SINCE, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED OUT TO, BY A DETECTIVE ABOUT MY CASE, ABOUT THE BATTERY CASE FOR MY CHILDREN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION.
AND SO I'M ASKING, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S HELP IN THIS MATTER, IN THIS ISSUE, UH, TO KEEP MY SAFE AND TO KEEP ALL THE CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOLS, UM, SAFE.
I'M QUOTING FROM THE BACKGROUND SECTION OF THE AGENDA ON THE SUBJECT OF DISTRICTING DEMOCRATIC ELECTION STRENGTHENED, PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, CONSISTENT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS BACK IN 2016, WHEN A GREAT LOT OF US RESTAURANT RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE GREAT.
LOT OF US REST RESIDENTS CAME OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT MAPS.
AFTER BEING FORCED BY A PENDING LAWSUIT, THE CITY HAD NOT SEEN THAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION IN A LONG TIME.
MANY MAPS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC TO THE THEN COUNCIL TODAY.
THE PUBLIC WAS NOT GIVEN A REAL CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE SUBMITTED MAPS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THEREFORE, I WOULD ASK FOR THIS COUNCIL TO SELECT MAP 1 0 5, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST TO THE ONE OF THE MAPS THAT THE PUBLIC SUBMITTED BACK IN 2016.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
MANUEL, SALSITO FOLLOWED BY MITCH.
STRYMON FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, ERR, COUNSEL, UH, CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA, EVERYBODY PRESENT.
I FIRST WANT TO START OFF BY COMMANDING YOU FOR HAVING THOSE STUDENTS COME IN.
THAT'S REALLY KEY TO SEE OUR LOSERS IN THE FUTURE THAT I, I HAD BROUGHT JOY JUST TO WATCH THAT.
UM, MY NAME IS MANUAL SALSITO.
UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, PROUD UNION CARPENTER.
I LIVE WORK AND RECREATE HERE IN THE VICINITY, NEAR THE SIX CYCLE.
YOU KNOW, HOUSING ELEMENT PROJECT, THE CITY, I BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE THE PROJECT TO BE BUILT, UTILIZING A LOCAL AND SKILLED TRAINED WORKFORCE, LOCAL HIRE AND SKILLED TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS, REDUCE CONSTRUCTION-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
SO IF YOU LIVE HERE, YOU HAVE THE PRIOR TO BUILD HERE, YOU SPEND YOUR TAXES OR RUN A VIEW.
NEW HERE THAT'S COMMUNITY WEALTH.
UM, IN THE RECENT 2020 REPORT TITLED PUTTING CALIFORNIA ON A ROAD, A HIGHER ROAD, A JOB AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OF THE 2030 YEAR, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONDUCTED THAT INVESTIGATES INVESTMENTS IN GROWTH, DIVERSITY AND UPSCALE UPSKILLING CALIFORNIA'S WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT RETURNS ON CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
MOREOVER, THIS JUST THIS YEAR, THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT FOUND THAT THE USE OF STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR A SKILLED AND WORK TRAINED FORCE WORKFORCE WITH A LOCAL HIRE COMPONENT CAN RESULT IN AIR POLLUTION REDUCTIONS.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DRIVE THAT FAR AND IT CAN EITHER WALK OR TAKE A BIKE.
OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT HESITATED TO APPLY SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE PROJECTS OF THEIR CITIES.
RECENTLY, THE CITY OF HAYWARD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ADOPTED A SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENT INTO THEIR GENERAL PLAN AND MUNICIPAL CODE, LOCAL SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS CAN BOOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A MITIGATION TRANSPORTATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACTS BY THE MINIMIZING OF VEHICLES.
MILES TRAVELED JUST LIKE WE SAID, UH, TAKING SUBWAY OR GETTING REALLY CLOSE AND BIKES AND WALKING IS, IS A WAY TO GO AND THE ER SHOULD TAKE AND CONSIDER THE RISK OF, UH, UH, COVID SPREAD BEING EXASPERATED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE PAST FEW YEARS AS A SOURCE OF COMMUNITIES SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 BOTH LA COUNTY AND THE CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH HAVE RELEASED
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PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES REGARDING HOW TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF COVID-19 SPREADS FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.IN ADDITION, THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS HAVE DEVELOPED AND TRAINED ITS MEMBERS IN AGRA, WHICH IS INFECTIOUS CONTROL RISK ASSESSMENT.
THEY'RE DESIGNING TO PROTECT WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY CONTROLLING INFECTIOUS RISKS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, THE CITIES, THE CITIES SHOULD ANALYZE, IMPLEMENT, MITIGATE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE PROJECT HERE AT HAND IT'S CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE HERE AND, AND DO THAT.
AND THAT WAS, UH, THAT'S REALLY KEY FOR OUR LEADERS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A SKILLED AND RANGE, UH, TRAINED WORKFORCE SET, AND WE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, START THEM OFF YOUNG AND START THEM OFF RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU, MITCH STERNUM IN FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY THERESA COZAD, JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY THERESA KOZAK FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZANG.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN I HEARD THE NAME STERNUM AND I WAS HOPING THAT HE MIGHT BE RELATED TO WAYNE, WHO HAS THIS, WHO MIGHT BE MY LONG LOST BROTHER.
CAUSE HE LOOKS A WHOLE LOT LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK.
NOPE, I'VE HEARD THERE WERE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE FAMILY HAD NEVER MET.
SO I WAS HOPING MAYBE THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, JUST BRIEFLY ON THE, UH, ON THE DISTRICTS, REAL EASY CHANGE DISTRICT FOUR MOVE AT A HUNDRED FEET OFF OF AZUSA.
IT'S NO LONGER A POINT AND YOU CAN LEAVE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE, BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE CONSOLE WILL BE PUTTING IT TO A VOTE TO GET RID OF DISTRICTS SINCE, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CONSOLE DIDN'T LIKE DISTRICTS, WHEN IT STARTED SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO DISTRICTS.
ONE OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS IN THE PAST, SAID, DISTRICTS ARE RACING, RACISM OR RACIST.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE IF THAT PERSON STICKS BY THEIR WORD, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE'LL NEVER, WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE.
SO THE OTHER THING TOO IS SINCE I HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT, I THOUGHT I WOULD USE IT.
THE STATE OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING DOWN A LIST.
THE LAST LIST THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND LOOKING AT THE CITIES WHO ARE FINANCIALLY BETTER OFF THAN WE ARE, OAKLAND WAS ONE OF THEM, SAN BERNARDINO, STOCKTON, VALAIS HOE VERNON.
AND WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE INFAMOUS BELL, CITY OF BELL.
ALL THOSE CITIES ARE BETTER RUN FINANCIALLY THAN WE ARE.
CAN I GET A REQUEST THAT WE BE GIVEN COPIES OF MR. WOO TEXT MESSAGES, SINCE HE'S DOING IT AT A PUBLIC MEETING, CAN I PUT IN A REQUEST FOR THOSE TEXT MESSAGES? UH, MR. SHOEMAKER, I THINK HE COULD DO THAT TO SAVE THEM SINCE HE IS DOING IT DURING A PUBLIC MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE GOT ADDRESS US, BUT YOU CAN REQUEST THAT LATER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE DIRECT HIM THAT I WANT A PUBLIC INFORMATION OF WHAT HE IS? UH, THAT'S NOT MY ROLE.
WELL, I JUST GAVE IT A ROLE, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A ROLE? YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY HAVE ONE, HE RUNS OUT TO TRACK PEOPLE DOWN, YOU KNOW, HE'S TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW? OH MY GOD, HOW EMBARRASSING IS THAT? THAT'S NOT MY ROLE.
SO YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROPER PERSON.
WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU? I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY, UH, OR KIND OF ODD THAT, UH, THE YOUNG LADY FROM RUSSIA WAS SAYING HOW MUCH DIFFERENT OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN WEST COVINA.
WE HAVE ONE GUY WHO RUNS EVERYTHING AND YOU DO WHAT HE TELLS YOU TO DO, AND ONLY WHAT HE TELLS YOU TO DO BECAUSE WOLF HAD YOU SAY CERTAIN THINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT GAVE THE IMPRESSION YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY AND THEN DID JUST THE OPPOSITE.
HE DIDN'T TELL YOU AHEAD OF TIME, THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE, I'M ADDRESSING THE MAYOR, THE CHAIR, YOU CAN ANSWER,
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WELL, YOU GOT A MINUTE 32.YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY I RUN.
HOW WHERE'D YOU WHERE'D YOU LOSE EVERYTHING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, YOU'VE COMPLETELY CHANGED.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAD IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED TO THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER AND THEN DO THE OPPOSITE AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ANYTHING.
THEY PUT UP A BUILDING AND IT IS FUNCTIONAL.
WE PUT UP A RESTROOM AND IT'S NOT HOOKED TO A SEWER SYSTEM.
AND ALL, BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY KNEW IT WASN'T HOOKED TO A SEWER SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT A MEETING GIVEN THAT IT WAS TAKING SO LONG TO BUILD IT.
SO TO SIT HERE AND TRY TO BLAME SOMEBODY ELSE IS UNCONSCIONABLE STAFF.
YOU GUYS GOT CAUGHT SPENDING MONEY ON A, BASICALLY AN OUTHOUSE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN BUILT.
I JOKINGLY SAID, WHAT IS IT? AN OUTHOUSE? I EVEN KNEW IT WASN'T HOOKED UP TO A SEWER SYSTEM.
GEEZ, YOU GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLY INCOMPETENT.
THERESA COMES OUT, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS INC.
ACTUALLY, MR. CARMONEY, I WANT TO POSE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, THEY ARE ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION.
I, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, I LIVE ACTUALLY IN LETTY'S DISTRICT, BUT I LIVE NORTH OF THE FREEWAY NEAR PALM VIEW PARK.
AND THE CENTER AT PALM VIEW PARK IS NOT OPEN YET.
AND OTHER CENTERS IN THE CITY ARE NOW OLD FUNCTIONING.
MY QUESTION TO YOU, MR. IS WHEN WILL THE CENTER OPEN AND WITH WHAT SERVICES WILL IT PROVIDE? WHAT ACTIVITIES WILL BE THERE? I ACTUALLY WENT ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE IF I COULD GARNER ANY INFORMATION.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THIS FIRST OFF, THERE'S A BIG ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
THEN WHEN I CLICK UNDER PALM VIEW PARK, WHICH IS UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION APP, I GET A PICTURE OF A PRESCHOOL AND I GET THE COSTS OF THE PRESCHOOL AND I GET THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
AND IT SAYS, CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
WHEN I CLICK THERE TO REGISTER, WHERE AM I TAKING? I'M TAKEN TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL I CAN REGISTER OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
I CAN BUY A WRISTBAND, BUT THERE THAT'S IT.
SO, AND THEN I CLICKED ON RECREATION CLASSES.
CAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT MIGHT GIVE ME AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND IT TAKES ME TO THE OCTOBER, 2019, MARCH, 2020, DISCOVER WEST COVINA MAGAZINE.
SO I THINK THE WEBSITE NEEDS TO HAVE 18.
SO AGAIN, BUT MY QUESTION IS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN THE SITE AND WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE? AND THEN I WENT TO THE COVINA WEBSITE JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND IT IS ALL UP TO DATE AND THEY ARE OFFERING MANY, MANY CLASSES, ROUTINES, CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ADULTS.
SO MAYBE Y'ALL CAN GET SOME IDEAS FROM THAT.
NOW, BACK TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL, WHICH SEEMS TO BE ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CITY.
RIGHT? READ MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
NUMBER ONE, THE EVENT IS POSTED AS A FUNDRAISER OR FOR NONPROFITS.
IF THE CITY IS NOT THE HOST, WHAT ARE THE CITY'S COSTS? IT'S BEEN NUMBER TWO, WHO IS PAYING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND STAFF QUESTION.
NUMBER THREE, IF SOMEONE SHOULD GET HURT, HOW ARE THE INSURANCE ISSUES BEING HANDLED? IS THE CITY COVERING IT OR IS EACH PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATION SHOWING PROOF OF INSURANCE COVERAGE? OKAY.
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I TOO DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE DISTRICTS CHANGE.SO I BELIEVE AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THAT MAP NUMBER 1 0 5 IS THE, IS THE CLOSEST TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS MAKE A LITTLE CHANGE.
SO THAT'S MY INPUT ON, THANK YOU PLEASE.
WHEN, WHEN ZANG FOLLOWED BY COLEEN ROSATI, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT, GETTING THE NAME MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IS MR. CITY MANAGERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS AND I'M THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY MANAGER.
WELL, WEST COVINA LIBRARY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK SERVICE AND A PHONE SERVICE DURING CLOSURE FOR RENOVATIONS.
SO IF YOU NEED A TO LOOK UP A BOOK, SO MY LIBRARY BOOKS ON MATERIALS AND TO PLACE THEM ON HOLD FOR PICKUP, PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY AND YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE LIBRARY.
UM, E-BOOKS AUDIO BOOKS, MAGAZINES, AND MUSIC, AND THE SCREEN MOVIES, AND KNOW HOW TO USE LIBRARY DATABASES AND ONLINE RESOURCES.
SO IF YOU NEED, UM, LET'S SAY TAX FORUMS OR INSTRUCTION BOOKLETS CALL THE LIBRARY.
UM, IF YOU OWN, LET'S SAY, UM, WELL, IF YOU, UH, UM, ME, YOU, YOU HAVE REFERENCED QUESTION OR INFORMATION, CREST INQUIRY, PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY PHONE NUMBER IS THREE, SORRY, IT'S MY PHONE.
I'M SIX TWO SIX SIX TWO SIX NINE SIX TWO THREE FIVE FOUR ONE.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION THAT TO MAY IS TEEN CRATE MONTHS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE A TEENAGERS TO JOIN US, TO CELEBRATE IT WITH A SPECIAL, UM, WOW.
WHAT A COLOR PAINTING ART ACTIVITY.
SO THE ART ACTIVITY, KIT WAYS, UM, MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AND THE LIBRARY.
AND ALSO FOR MARCH, WE ARE GIVING OUT, UM, AN ART ACTIVITY FOR A SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IS CALLED BUTTERFLY.
UM, LET ME SEE, LET ME SEE IF I REMEMBER THAT, UM, BUTTERFLY, UH, MIGRATION AND WE ALSO HAVE A ART ACTIVITY FOR ADULTS AS WELL.
AND IT'S CALLED, UM, EMBROILED EMBROIDERY OF NOTEBOOK.
SO OUR ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT THE LIBRARY, AS WHAT I CALL THE LIBRARY AGAIN, THE LIBRARY PHONE NUMBER IS (626) 962-3541.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND HAVE A LOVELY EVENING TONIGHT.
COLEEN ROSATI FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.
I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN, TO BOUGHT, TO BUY AND THE CALIPH AND THE WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, WHO WERE OUR GUESTS THAT JOINED US AT THE 99TH BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
YOU WERE DULY NOTED IN ATTENDANCE.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT TO OUR OTHER GUESTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT WEST COVINA.
YOUR COMMITMENT HAS BECOME OUTSTANDING AND IT HAS ALLOWED US TO FLOURISH FOR 74 YEARS.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
IT WAS A FABULOUS EVENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE 100TH BIRTHDAY, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO PLAN AS WE SPEAK.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON OUR 47TH ANNUAL ART CONTEST TITLED HELP KEEP WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL.
I PICKED UP QUITE A FEW ENTRIES TODAY ON THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
WE WILL BE HONORING THOSE STUDENTS AT THE UPCOMING, APRIL 30TH, UH, ANNUAL ARBOR DAY AND TREE PLANTING CEREMONY.
IT'LL BE HELD AT HERITAGE PARK.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING VOLUNTEERING, PARTICIPATING, HELPING TO PLANT.
WE HAVE 50 TREES THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH WEST COAST ARBORISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH CAL FIRE AND A WATER CONSERVATIONISTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FABULOUS EVENT.
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SOME TREES TO HERITAGE PARK.ALL THAT CAME TO THE BIRTHDAY BASH.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE HUNDREDTH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY J D GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THAT HOUSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BOUGHT AT CAMERON PARK? THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO BE LEAST TO THE DAYCARE CENTER THAT EXISTED THERE.
WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, AT LEAST FOR ONE YEAR.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE YEARS SINCE WE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RETURNED TO PARKLAND.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TORN DOWN.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? HOW COULD WE NEVER HAD ANY UPDATES? I REALLY LIKE AN UPDATE ON THAT PIECE OF REAL ESTATE.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THE CITY REALLY NEEDS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRETTY ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, OF DISSIPATION BY THE CITY ON FACEBOOK.
BUT YOU KNOW, DON'T FORGET FACEBOOK IS FOR OLD PEOPLE.
WE NEED AN INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR THE CITY.
WE REALLY NEED THAT BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE KIDS THAT WERE SITTING UP HERE TONIGHT, VERY FEW ARE ON FACEBOOK.
YEAH, TAKE TALK CAUSE ANOTHER ONE.
AND SO WE NEED TO GROW WITH THE TIMES ON THAT.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GOING TO REACH THESE KIDS.
ANOTHER THING TOO, I REALLY LIKE, I'VE SEEN THIS SCENARIO DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THE KIDS SHADOW THE, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE CITY MANAGER.
I REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SKEWED VIEW OF WHAT IT REALLY IS.
AND I THINK THEY SHOULD AT LEAST SIT THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN THE INSULTS FLY.
AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO GET UP HERE IN A CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING AND COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID ON FACEBOOK FOR GOD'S SAKES NOW.
SO SOME PEOPLE HAVE VERY THIN SKIN, THE COUNCIL WOMAN FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT AND I VISITED SHADOW PARK THIS WEEK.
I I'D NEVER BEEN TO THAT PARK.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT IS.
HOW GORGEOUS SELF EXCUSE ME, SHADOW OLD PARK IS I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SPREAD OUT APART.
LIKE IT WAS WHAT A GORGEOUS PARK WE DID SEE THE NEW BATHROOMS ARE GORGEOUS.
UH, IT LOOKS MODERN LIKE A MODERN FACILITY.
UH, I DIDN'T NOTICE A FEW MAINTENANCE ISSUES THOUGH.
UH, POINT WAS THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN IS LITERALLY RUSTING AWAY.
IT REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THAT'S REALLY W WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
THE CITY STAFF IS WORKING SO HARD ON THIS THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH A FABULOUS EVENT WITH THE CARNIVAL RIDES AND THE MUSIC AND THE FOOD AND THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE VENDORS.
I MEAN, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T GO ON SATURDAY, BUT I'M GOING TO BE THERE ON SUNDAY.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UH, I THINK THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THINGS LIKE THIS PLUS WHERE YOU UTILIZE THAT SPORTSPLEX FOR MORE THAN JUST THE OBVIOUS USE.
IT'S BECOMING MORE OF A, MEGAPLEX A MULTIPLEX IF YOU, WELL, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF WEST COVINA WAS A HUNDREDTH YEAR.
WE JUST HAD THE 99TH ANNIVERSARY.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR HUNDREDTH YEAR AS A CITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 100TH YEAR CELEBRATION.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO, I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO REPLACE NEXT YEAR, SPRING FESTIVAL.
IT'S A, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE HISTORY OF WEST COVINA AND I WISH THE KIDS COULD BE HERE TO HEAR THAT.
I THINK THEY SHOULD'VE STAYED.
UH, AS SOON AS THE CITY COUNCIL CAN PLEASE REMOVE ALL THIS PLEXIGLASS.
IT REALLY HINDERS COMMUNICATION.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HEAR EVERY WORD I SAY, BUT WE GET UP HERE AS A COMMUNITY AND SPEAK OF THIS PODIUM WAR.
KIND OF UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THEY SAY BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE LADY, A DRESS FROM DAVID CARMEN LIQUOR, AND SHE DOESN'T REALIZE IT, BUT YOU CAN'T HEAR A THING.
IF YOUR HEAD IS NOT TURNED TOWARD THIS
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MICROPHONE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL ANYWAY, NOT THE CITY MANAGER, THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS.GOSH, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS SO MANY TIMES THE DISTRICTS WERE FORCED ON US.
WE AS A COMMUNITY, DIDN'T WANT IT.
SO NOW WE'RE IN DISTRICTS AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE IT BACK.
OR SOME PEOPLE, NOT EVERYBODY.
I THINK THEY'RE IN A MINORITY MYSELF.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE.
I THINK IT'S FINE THE WAY IT IS.
WE DIDN'T WANT IT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE.
IT ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED ITS GOAL.
R ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY J D FOLLOWED BY JESSICA SHOEMAKER.
UH, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE A COMMUNITY EVENT, UM, TOMORROW AT FIVE 30 AT THE COVINA HIGH SCHOOL QUAD.
THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED, UH, AN ALUMNI FESTIVAL, EVERY, UH, COVINA HIGH, UH, ALUMNI AND THE STUDENTS, UH, FREE FOOD GAMES AND, AND, UH, PRIZES.
SO THAT'S, UH, EVERYBODY IN WEST COVINA WHO'S, UH, WHO WENT TO COVINA HIGH SCHOOL IS INVITED.
SO, UH, THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, IT'S TOPIC NUMBER TWO, UH, UM, VIA THE PUB, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU GOT, YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, VIRUSES HAVE BEEN AROUND, UH, ON THE PLANET EARTH SINCE HUMANS HAVE BEEN AROUND THE ONLY DIFFERENCES.
UH, THE VIRUS WE'VE SEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS ENGINEERED IN A LAB AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH IT.
UH, ALSO, UH, THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S NO VIRUS EXCEPTION IN THE, UH, US OR CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, UH, WESTERN DEMOCRACIES, WE HAD KIND OF A DEMONSTRATION OF CITY DEMOCRACY TONIGHT.
THEY'VE HAD A PRETTY BAD TWO YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRACY AND, AND AUSTRALIA LOOKS LIKE MARTIAL LAW, CANADA.
WE HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET, BUT, UH, IT'S COMMON.
AND, AND RECENTLY, UH, THE CORPORATE AND OFFICIAL MEDIA HAS FAILED THE, UM, THE, THE NATION'S RESONANCE, TOTAL, TOTAL FAILURE OF THE OFFICIAL MEDIA, THE PAST TWO YEARS, UH, THE, THE JOB, UH, DOESN'T IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, UH, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE ON THEIR FOURTH, GO AROUND OF THE JAB AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN ISRAEL IS A TOTAL DISASTER, TOTAL DISASTER IN ISRAEL, MAYBE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN AMERICAN AND THE WORLD ARE, ARE GOING TO, UH, UH, HELP US HELP US, RIGHT.
UH, THE SHIP BECAUSE, UH, THE DEATH RATE IS UP AND ALL'S, WE HAVE, UH, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND THE LAST TWO YEARS IS WE HAD A ENGINEERED VIRUS, UH, ESCAPE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
AND WE HAD A ENGINEERED SOLUTION, UH, THE PHONY JAB, WHICH, UH, DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
UH, THE, UH, UH, MEDIA THAT'S FAILED, FAILED US.
WON'T SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE JAB BECAUSE THEIR PAYCHECKS ARE PAID FOR BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
UH, THE UNITED STATES AND NEW ZEALAND ARE THE ONLY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT ALLOW PHARMACEUTICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ALL THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD CAN DO WITHOUT IT, IT USED TO BE LEGAL TO, UH, ADVERTISE, YOU KNOW, THE MARLBORO MAN AND CIGARETTE SMOKING, BUT, UH, UH, PFIZER IS ALLOWED TO CONTROL, UH, OUR, UH, AGENDA ANYWAY, UH, UH, SINCE YOU FOLKS WANT TO HAVE, UH, UH, UH, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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SOMEDAY, UH, I WOULD LIKE A POSITION PAPER ON, UH, WHAT COUNCIL THINKS ABOUT EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY, WHICH IS WHAT THE JAB IS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE LAST TWO YEARS.YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY AND, AND YOU CAN GET A JAB AND GET COVID ANYWAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU ARE, UH, INFORMED CONSENT IS BASIS IS THE BASIS OF WESTERN MEDICINE.
AND UNLESS YOU'VE RESEARCHED THE U S PATENT FILE, YOU CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT'S IN THE JAB, IT'S TRADE SECRET, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN MEDICAL DOCTORS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY NOT SURE EITHER ANYWAY, UH, HOW MANY, UH, THE, THE, UH, MEDICAL EFFECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST, UH, YEAR, UH, UH, FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE JABBED OR BLOOD CLOTTING, HEART ATTACKS, UH, HYPER IMMUNE RESPONSES.
YOU MR. ROBINSON AUTO IMMUNE RISK.
J D FOLLOWED BY JESSICA SHOEMAKER.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL.
AND THANK YOU FOR MY FIVE MINUTES OF FAME BACK.
APPRECIATE THAT YOU EARN THE AT ACCOLADE HONORABLE CONCERT WILL BE WHEN YOU WON YOUR ELECTION AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE RESIDENCE HOLD YOU TO A FAR HIGHER STANDARD.
WHEN, IF THEY VIOLATE THE LAW, THEY VIOLATE THE LAW UNDER COLOR OF LAW, AND THEY GET PENALIZED ACCORDINGLY.
THEY'RE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
I CAME HERE AS A RESIDENT AND I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING AN OBSERVATION.
I WAS TOLD I WAS MAKING AN ACCUSATION.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONFUSION, BUT I STAND BY WHAT I SAID.
I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE TOLD TO SHUT UP, BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED.
YOU TOLD ME TO SHUT UP SOMETIME BACK WHEN YOU WEREN'T MAYOR AND YOUR CITY MANAGER ACCUSED ME OF BEING A DANGER AT A GYMNASIUM, IN FACT SAID THAT I SOMEHOW VIOLATED CIVIL RIGHTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T GATHER SIGNATURES OR GATHER RELEASES TO TAKE VIDEOS AT THE, AT THE GYMNASIUM.
WHILE TONIGHT I SAW EVERYBODY TAKING PICTURES.
I HOPE YOU GATHERED THOSE SIGNATURES.
YOU'VE OPENED UP YOUR SOUL FOR A LAWSUIT BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID.
AS FAR AS THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THAT'S BECOME PRETTY TRANSPARENT.
PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S TRANSFERRING TO THIS CITY COUNCIL, YOU GUYS ARE MILKING IT LIKE MANY OTHER CITIES, BUT THERE ARE CITIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND RELEASE THEMSELVES FROM THAT SORT OF EXCUSE.
AND I SAY, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE YOU TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CAMERON PARK PAY TO PLAY SITUATION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
THE SITUATION THAT TOOK PLACE THAT WERE TERRY CAME UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT IT, UH, THAT OTHER PARTY, NO ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE.
THERE YOU TAKE THE SNAFU THAT HAPPENED OVER AT SHADOW PARK, THE URINE AND DEFECATION THAT I IMAGINE RAN INTO THE SOIL.
THEY WERE AT THE PARK BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER, I HAVE SUMI HAD THE RIGHT TO JUST GO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS WEREN'T TOO AWARE OF IT.
YOU TOOK THE SHOVELS UP THERE, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE JOB WASN'T GETTING DONE, RIGHT? SO YOU USING THIS EXCUSE OF EMERGENCY DECORATION TO COVER YOURSELF FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT BEING CALLED HONORABLE COUNCIL CARRIES, YOU NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
AND SO JUST COMING HERE AND VOTING IN CONCERT, SHOW SOME INDEPENDENCE.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CONVINCE MANY OTHER RESIDENTS THAT YOU FOR THINK
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IDENTICALLY ALIKE.THAT'S, THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING INTERRUPTS, SERVING THE CONTRADICTIONS.
SO IN CLOSING WAS I GOT A MINUTE AND 15 SECONDS, TONY AND I CALLED YOUR NAME, BUT YOU CAN RESPOND.
IF YOU LIKE, I GUESS THAT'S LICENSED FOR YOU TO RESPOND.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MAKE IT NO ACCUSATION.
IT WAS AN OBSERVATION BECAUSE AS MS POETRY SAID, GHETTO IS A PRETTY STRONG WORD, WE GET CAUGHT UP ON OUR EMOTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I MIMICKED YOUR ACCENT.
I WAS BIT INSENSITIVE ABOUT THAT.
BACK TO CITY MANAGER TOLD ME I NEEDED TO STOP APOLOGIZING OUT THERE IN THE COURT ONCE.
UM, SO WE ALL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE EMOTION.
I I'M COOL WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU GUYS ARE REPRESENTING THE CITY.
YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING MS. LOPEZ.
THAT'S THE, AS MR. OR MR. TABATABAIE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT BEING ON THIS SIDE.
YOU KNOW, SINCE I LEFT ELECTED OFFICE, I REALLY HAVE TRIED FIRST WITH SCHOOL BOARD.
NOW HERE TO STEP BACK INTO THE PRIVATE SIDE, LET THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ELECTED, DO THEIR JOBS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST FIND IT AT THIS POINT TOO HARD TO DO THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE REASON IS AT THE LAST MEETING, WHEN SOME ACCUSATIONS WERE MADE ABOUT MY FAMILY AND ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS NO THOUGHT TO MY FAMILY, OUR RESIDENTS, TOO, WE DESERVE EQUAL PROTECTION BEFORE THE POLICE CHIEF WAS DEMANDED THAT HE COME DOWN HERE AND ANSWER TO WHY THEY HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE FULL STORY.
AND TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WENT AND TALKED TO OFFICERS AND THINGS, THEY ARE NOT YOUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES.
THEY ARE NOT TO SAY, COUNCILMAN WU, SINCE YOU WANT US TO INVESTIGATE THIS AND DO THIS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND HOW DARE YOU ASK THEM TO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SMIRK AT ME ALL YOU WANT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT'S HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, I WAS SURPRISED HOW HAPPY I WAS TO NOT BE ELECTED, TO SIT ON THE COUNCIL WITH YOU GUYS.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WISH THAT YOU HAD HAD THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE.
WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THE HOSPITAL WITH MY MOM WHO HAD A LEUKEMIA THAT COULD KILL HER, THAT YOU HAD JUST SAID, I'M GOING TO FIND OUT SOMEBODY ELSE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, MS. SHOEMAKER, I CAN'T HANDLE WHEN A STRONG PERSON STANDS UP TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.
I WAS THE VOICE THAT WOULDN'T JUST FOUL DOWN TO YOU.
I GIVE DARRIO AND LEDDY CREDIT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
AND WHY YOU CONTINUE TO ALLOW SOME OF THESE ACTIONS TO HAPPEN.
THIS IS YOU ARE NOT THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULDN'T BE CALLING A POLICE CHIEF AND DEMANDING INFORMATION ON AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION OR QUESTIONING WHY SOMETHING HASN'T HAPPENED.
AND MAYBE THE ANSWER TO YOU, MR. WU IS THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOBS AND YOU'RE NOT PART OF IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SHADOW OF BATHROOMS. YOU DIDN'T THINK, OH, WOW, THIS IS GOING TO COST A LOT LESS.
OR WAS IT JUST ENOUGH TO HAVE A SHELL OF A BUILDING UP? I MEAN, COME ON GUYS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I HAD A FACEBOOK
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MEMORY WHERE I TALKED ABOUT HOW HAPPY I WAS THAT YOUTUBE GOT ELECTED AND THAT I WAS FINALLY EXCITED AGAIN FOR WHAT OUR COUNCIL CAN DO AND THE CHANGES YOU GUYS COULD MAKE TO THIS CITY.AND I'VE JUST WATCHED IT ALL DRAIN AWAY.
AND WHY DARRIO YOU GREW UP HERE? LIKE I DID, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THE CITY WE GREW UP IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS WERE BETTER AND HOW IT SHOULD BE RUN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THIS ELECTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WHAT YOU SAID IN THE PAST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL TRUE, BUT I HOPE THAT IF YOU DECIDE TO RUN AND YOU FIND YOURSELF AGAIN AND FIND THE MAN WHO GREW UP HERE, WHO HAD THE IDEAS AND GET THEM IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME RECENTLY THAT THEY SAW THE TOLL, THE COUNCIL WAS TAKING ON ME AND HOW MUCH HAPPIER I'VE BEEN.
AND I'M SAYING, I CAN SEE THE SAME IN YOU.
AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BE ATTACKED ALL THE TIME, BUT AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO START LISTENING TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING TO YOU.
AND I'M SAYING TO YOU, I'M COMING OUT OF THE PRIVATE LIFE TO SAY IN FRONT OF YOU, HOW COULD YOU JUST SIT THERE AND ALLOW HIM A MAYOR PRO TEM DS YOUR FORMER, AS FAR AS I KNOW AN INVESTIGATOR, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HAD COME TO YOU LIKE HE DID AND RATION NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
[9) CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING MAPS]
IS A CHAIR.IF I MAY MAYOR IT'S, UM, A LITTLE PAST EIGHT 30, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR REDISTRICTING MAPS THAT ARE SCHEDULED AT EIGHT 30 WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
IF WE CAN TAKE THAT OUT OF ORDER AND THAT NOW LET'S DO IT.
UM, WE'RE READY WHEN, IF YOU WANT TO OPEN.
SO PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER NINE, THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY WHO WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT, MR. JEFFERSON MANETTI HERE TO PRESENT THE POWERPOINT MAYOR.
MY NAME IS JEFF SEMINARY WITH THE NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION.
THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE REGARDING THE, UH, DRAFT MAPS.
SO THIS EVENING WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE KEY DEADLINES, THE NEXT STEPS IN HEARINGS.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE DRAFT MAPS.
WE HAVE FIVE MAPS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, AND WE'D BE LIKE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH YOU AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE MAPS.
SO, AS A REMINDER, FROM OUR LAST A FEW HEARINGS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING RULES AND GOALS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESS HERE.
AND THERE ARE THREE MAIN SETS OF GOALS.
FIRST PERTAINS TO THE FEDERAL LAWS AND PARTICULARLY THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT AS TWO MAIN KEY COMPONENTS.
FIRST, WE HAVE TO HAVE GENERALLY EQUAL POPULATION AND THERE CAN BE NO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING ASSOCIATED WITH THE, WITH THE MAPS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ASSEMBLY BILL 8 49, WHICH WAS PASSED SINCE THE ORIGINAL RE DISTRICTING WENT THROUGH.
WHEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE HAVE, UH, HAVE TO HAVE MAPS THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS, WHERE PRACTICABLE, WE NEED TO HAVE UNDIVIDED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
WE HAVE TO HAVE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES AND THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE COMPACT.
AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE NOT BYPASS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET TO A MORE DISTANT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IN ADDITION, WE CAN LOOK AT POTENTIAL FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH AND, UH, PRESERVING THE CORE OF EXISTING DISTRICTS.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE HALF THERE ARE IN RANK ORDERED AND THEY ARE FOLLOWING THAT.
SO FEDERAL LAWS, UH, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOLLOWED BY THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA FOR CITIES AND THEN OUR OTHER TRADITIONAL REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES HERE AGAIN IS OUR SUMMARY OF OUR EXISTING DISTRICTS.
AND AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE THE EXISTING DISTRICTS AS DRAWN, BUT WITH THE 2020 CENSUS DATA IN.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND THREE CURRENTLY HAVE A MAJORITY LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 110,000 RESIDENTS IN ADDITION HERE, UH, AS WE ALSO CAN SHOW THIS GRAPHICALLY IN TERMS OF WHERE YOUR CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION, THIS IS THE LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
AGAIN, THE BLUE AND PURPLE COLORS ARE LOWER PERCENTAGES.
THE RED AND YELLOW-ISH COLORS ARE HIGHER PERCENTAGES.
AS YOU CAN SEE FOR BOTH DISTRICTS, ONE, TWO AND THREE, YOU HAVE A PRETTY HIGH LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION
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IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES AND LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS.UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FREEWAY CORRIDORS IN THE COMMERCIAL AREAS.
WE'VE RECEIVED SOME TESTIMONY POTENTIALLY TO LOOKING AT A DISTRICT NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY, THE AZUSA AVENUE CORRIDOR, ARE THERE PARTICULAR HOS OR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO IDENTIFY AS WELL AND OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AT LEAST FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THIS IS OUR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE HAD OUR FIRST TWO ON NOVEMBER 18TH AND JANUARY 13TH, MARCH 1ST IS OUR PUBLIC FIRST PUBLIC OR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MARCH 15TH AS YOUR ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION HEARING APRIL 5TH WILL BE YOUR ORDINANCE ADOPTION HEARING.
AND THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 17TH, 2022, WHICH IS THE CITY DEADLINE FOR US TO SUBMIT OUR MAP TO THE REGISTRAR VOTERS.
AND THE MAP THAT IS APPROVED WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE NOVEMBER OF 22 ELECTIONS AND BEYOND.
SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS, EVENING'S HEARING, UH, ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW THE DRAFT MAPS.
AND THIS EVENING, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO GIVE US FEEDBACK REGARDING THE DRAFT MAPS AND ANY CHANGES OR EDITS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE REGARDING THOSE MAPS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BRING BACK A MAP THAT YOU, YOU BELIEVE ARE, WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR YOU TO BRING FORWARD, BECAUSE AT THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE, THE MAP HAS TO BE POSTED AS IS, AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON FOR MARCH 15TH.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT MAPS, AND IF THERE ARE EITHER CHANGES OR EDITS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE PERTAINING TO THAT.
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DRAFT MAPS.
FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SEE, NONE WE COULD GET TO THE REVIEW OF THE DRAFT MAPS.
IF I MAY, MAY OR WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.
LET'S FIRST SPEAK EITHER, EITHER WAY IS FINE.
I HAVE IT UP AND DRAG IT TO THE OTHER SCREEN.
WAHAHA LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.
UH, NOW, SO WHAT DONE HERE IS YOU'LL SEE, UM, EACH ONE OF THE, THE MAPS AND WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE DRAWN FIVE POTENTIAL MAPS IN TERMS OF DRAFT MAPS.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE, THE MAPS THAT ARE PROPOSED, UM, ARE IN THE COLORS AND THE EXISTING DISTRICTS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE OUR, UH, IN, IN THE DOTTED LINES.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU'LL YOU'LL RECALL IS AT THE, THE LAST HEARING WHERE WE MADE MENTION OF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT REGARDING CONTIGUITY, THERE WAS THIS AREA HERE, IF YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE HAD, UH, AN AREA THAT CAME DIRECTLY TO A POINT ON THE CENSUS BLOCKS.
SO, UH, WE BASICALLY RE DID THAT AREA AND PUSHED YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEGEND.
SO THE DISTRICT THREE WENT INTO WHERE, UH, THE EXISTING DISTRICT TWO IS TO GET RID OF THAT, THAT POINT CONTIGUITY ISSUE.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO FOR PUSHING DISTRICT FIVE INTO CURRENT DISTRICT THREE, AND THIS MAP, AGAIN, WE HAD RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING, UH, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT A NORTHERN DISTRICT ALONG THE FREEWAY, UH, AND HAVING, HAVING AN AREA THAT WOULD BE NORTH OF THE 10 FREE FREEWAY TO MAKE DISTRICTS THAT ARE POPULATION BALANCED.
THERE'S MORE POPULATION ABOVE THE 10 FREEWAY THAN YOU WOULD HAVE JUST AS ONE DISTRICT.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT WOULD, THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY TO DRAW JUST THE 10 FREEWAY ABOVE THE 10 FREEWAY, UH, AS JUST ONE DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS ATTEMPTING AGAIN, TO, TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN DO THAT WITH, WITH TWO DISTRICTS PLAN 1 0 2 AGAIN, UH TIM'S TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF, SOME OF THE AREAS SO THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, TWO REPRESENTED NORTHERN DISTRICTS.
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INSTEAD OF AGAIN, HAVING THE AREA HERE IN, IN 1 0 1, IF YOU RECALL, UM, DISTRICT THREE PUSHED FURTHER SOUTH HERE, UH, WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE CAPTURING THE, THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY DISTRICT THREE, AGAIN, RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH.AND THEN ALSO AGAIN, MAKING TWO DISTRICTS NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY PLAN 1 0 3, UM, SLIGHT, SLIGHT, AGAIN, ITERATION OF THIS, BUT INSTEAD OF, UH, AGAIN, HAVING AREAS HERE SUBSTANTIALLY, UM, TO THE, TO THE WEST FOR DISTRICT THREE, UM, PUT SOME AREAS AGAIN AROUND SOUTH HILLS CLUB, UM, FOR D TO BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION, BUT THIS GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE PRINCIPLES OF, OF MAP 1 0 2 MAP 1 0 4.
THIS IS A KEEPS GENERALLY THE, THE DISTRICTS AS IS.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, JUST TO, TO REMOVE THAT POINT CONTIGUITY ISSUE THAT, THAT WE HAD, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT, UH, DISTRICT THREE, EXCUSE ME, DISTRICT FOUR PUSHES INTO THE AREA AROUND DISTRICT THREE, WHERE WE HAD EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POINT CONTIGUITY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, AND AGAIN, TO BALANCE OUT SOME OF THE POPULATION, UM, WE MADE SOME MOVEMENT BETWEEN DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE, BUT GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE, THE, UH, GENERAL AREAS OF, OF WHERE THE CURRENT DISTRICTS ARE.
AND THEN FINALLY MAP 1 0 5, UM, KEEPS AGAIN, GENERALLY AS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE KEEPING THE, THE DISTRICTS CURRENTLY AS IS, UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, REMOVING SOME OF THAT AREA OF POINT CONTIGUITY WHERE, WHERE WE HAD EARLIER.
UM, BUT AGAIN, GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE, THE SAME GENERAL DISTRICTS AS, AS WE ARE CURRENTLY.
SO WE CAN, AGAIN, OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD WE CAN, AGAIN, FOCUS ON ANY PARTICULAR MAPS THAT EITHER YOU OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SAVE.
NOW LET'S OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY MR. C BENNETT.
I AM HERE BECAUSE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, I CONVEYED A VIEWPOINT THAT I HAVE RETHOUGHT.
LISTEN TO PEOPLE READ ABOUT THE DISTRICT STUFF, AND I HA I WAS WRONG.
I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE MET WHEN YOU WERE WRONG.
I WOULD IDEALLY IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE'D GO BACK TO AT-LARGE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
SO THE DISTRICT, I THINK, WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS IS THE ONE THAT IS AS CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
NO CHANGE OTHER THAN WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. STEVE BENNETT.
SO GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE BEEN KIND OF ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN ANTI DISTRICTS PERSON IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO I, I STILL STAND WITH THAT.
DISTRICTS ARE NOT, WHAT'S GOING TO UNITE THE CITY.
IN FACT, UM, DISTRICTS HAS DIVIDED THE CITY BECAUSE ALL WE HEAR FROM YOU GUYS IS THAT'S NOT MY DISTRICT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE TOLD EVERYONE.
WE SAID, HEY, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR.
SO WE HEAR CONSTANTLY FROM PEOPLE, OH, YOU'RE NOT IN MY DISTRICT.
I DON'T WANNA HEAR FROM YOU CONTACT THIS PERSON.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WE NEED TO GO BACK.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THAT CHOICE, OR IF YOU WANT TO INSULATE YOURSELF FROM MAKING A DECISION, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT FOR YEARS.
BUT ON THE BALLOT, YOU HAVE THAT POWER INSULATE YOU FROM MAKING THAT DECISION BECAUSE WHATEVER THE VOTERS WANT, SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER THAT THEY DON'T THINK ENOUGH.
YOU WANT IT, BUT WE'LL KNOW IF IT GOES TO BALLOT.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKED.
2009 MEASURE D WE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO STAY AT AT-LARGE.
SO I, I THINK IT'S MORE POSSIBLE THAT WAY.
IT'S AMAZING HOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE FLIPPED THEIR OPINIONS.
ONCE POWER COMES INTO THEIR SITUATION.
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TALKING ABOUT THESE MAPS, I AGREE.WE SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES THAT ARE NOT NEEDED AT THE LAST, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.
NDC PUT UP A SLIDE THAT SHOWED THREE CIRCLES THAT WERE IN PROBLEM AREAS, ACCORDING TO THE FAIR MAPS ACT.
AND THEY SAID, THEY'RE NOT CONTIGUOUS CAUSE THEY MEET AT A CORNER.
AND SO WHAT WE GET NOW ARE THESE FIVE MAPS WHERE INSTEAD OF MOVING THE LINE, MAYBE ONE STREET OVER TWO STREETS OVER, CAUSE YOU CAN SPLIT PRECINCTS.
WE DID THAT IN THE ORIGINAL EXERCISE, BUT INSTEAD OF MODIFYING DRASTICALLY, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE FAIRLY DRASTIC.
WE CAN MODIFY BY JUST TAKING A PRECINCT AND SPLITTING IT AND DRAWING THE LINE DOWN A DIFFERENT STREET.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GOES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WERE A PRECINCT BEFORE AND NOW WE'RE TWO PRECINCTS.
SO I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE AND IT CAN BE DONE EASILY.
SO AT THE AREA WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BKK OR FOUR AND FIVE, AND ALL THOSE THREE CAME TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF MAKING THESE DRASTIC CUTOFF, THE BOTTOM OF THREE, YOU CAN JUST MOVE THE STREET AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BE CONTIGUOUS.
WHEN 2017, WHEN WE GOT SUED BY THREE INDIVIDUALS LED BY ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
UM, I BELIEVE BILL ELLIOTT CALLED THEM RACIST, BUT EITHER WAY THEY'RE THREE PEOPLE.
SO THOSE PEOPLE SUED US AND FORCED US TO LOOK AT DISTRICTS.
AND DURING THAT LONG PROCESS, MONTHS PROCESS, LONG AMOUNT, WE HAD COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE HAD THEM IN ALMOST EVERY ONE OF OUR MAJOR PARKS, WHATEVER MAJOR COMMUNITY CENTERS WE HAD TONS OF INPUT FROM, FROM RESIDENTS, FROM EVERYONE.
SOME OF YOU WERE A PART OF IT, I THINK REALLY ONLY TONY AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST DISTRICTS, EVEN THOUGH HE ENDED UP VOTING FOR HIM.
UM, BUT HE, HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST HIM EVEN SIGNING THE PETITION THAT I TRIED TO RUN TO STOP THEM, BUT STILL VOTED FOR THEM.
UM, AND SO THAT LONG PROCESS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, NOW YOU GUYS HAVE CONDENSED IT TO, AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU'VE GOT TO DO A FIRST READING.
AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, AFTER THAT, YOU GOT TO DO A SECOND READING, WHICH IS IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME, BASICALLY.
AND YOU'RE HOLDING A GUN TO OUR HEAD SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MAPS FIGURED OUT BEFORE APRIL 17TH.
WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT BROUGHT US TO DISTRICTS TOOK MONTHS, COUNTLESS MEETINGS, LOTS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, 20 SOME MAPS.
I THINK IT WAS, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT AND A RESIDENT ACTUALLY CREATED MAP WAS SELECTED, NOT A CONSULTANT MAP.
SO I HATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS WAITED TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
YOU'VE KNOWN THIS FOR A YEAR I'VE I KNEW THIS WHEN I RAN IN 2020 THAT YOU HAD TO REDISTRICT THIS YEAR.
SO I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW YOU'VE HAD ALL THIS TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT.
I KNOW YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR CENSUS DATA.
I GET THAT, BUT STILL YOU'VE HAD THAT FOR A WHILE TOO, BECAUSE THAT CAME OUT.
BUT WE'RE NOW RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK BECAUSE WE WAITED TOO LONG.
SOME OTHER PROBLEMS. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID MAPS WITH THOSE MAPS, WE HAD DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AS RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT.
SO WE COULD VIEW THE MAPS AND DC GAVE US THAT INFORMATION FOR EVERY ONE OF THE MAPS.
WE KNEW WHAT THE BREAKDOWNS WERE, WHETHER IT WAS PRINTED ON THE BACK OR SOMETHING ELSE, THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S AFFECTED.
WE JUST KNOW THAT IT'S COLORFUL.
HEY, THAT'S A LITTLE COLOR HERE.
THERE, IT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE.
THIS IS 10 YEARS OF VOTING, 10 YEARS.
WE DESERVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER DATA FROM NDC, THE SAME COMPANY WHO HELPED US BEFORE.
AND I ASK YOU TO NOT CHANGE THE DISTRICT MAPS MORE THAN JUST A FEW STREETS TO MAKE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MEET THE LAW.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OUR ROBINSON.
UM, THE FIVE OF YOU HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SOLVE A REALLY BIG PROBLEM.
THE FIVE DISTRICTS IN WEST COVINA IS A REALLY BIG PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A LAWSUIT THAT, UH, SCARED US INTO, UH, TO FORM IN THIS REALLY LAME SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LIVING UNDER.
I MEAN, THAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS.
I MEAN, UH, UH, WE SEEM TO BE GOING DOWNHILL, DOWNHILL, DOWNHILL, BUT YOU HAVE THE FIVE OF YOU HAVE A, A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO DO REVERSE THE TREND.
THE AGREEMENT THAT WEST COVINA AGREED TO EXPIRED IN NOVEMBER OF TWO 20.
AND, UH, WE CAN GO, UH, IT'LL BE NO PROBLEM.
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UH, W GO TO A AT-LARGE SYSTEM OF VOTING, IT WORKED FOR WEST COVINA FOR, YOU KNOW, 60 YEARS.AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY REASONABLE FAIR SYSTEM.
UH, THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, I BELIEVE IS GETTING CHALLENGED BY CITIES THAT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
AND I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, MANICURED AND, UH, AND SET ASIDE IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY.
BUT, UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE FIVE MAPS THAT IMPRESSED ME VERY MUCH.
UH, YOU KNOW, A 1 0 2 IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPACT, UH, THEN THE REST OF THEM.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S ATTRACTIVE THE 1 0 2, BUT ON A SCALE OF A ONE TO 10 WITH 10 BEING GREAT, YOU KNOW, MAP 1 0 2 IS A NO A TWO OR THREE.
I, I IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S THE BEST OF THE WORST, BUT, UH, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN JUST STEP UP AND, UH, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND, UH, TRY TO FIGURE OUT ANY, A GOOD REASON FOR A MOVIE IN INTERNAL BOUNDARIES.
EVERY, EVERY CENSUS IT'S NOT DOING ANY, UH, WEST COMMUNITY GOOD.
AND THE FIVE OF YOU HAVE THE POWER TO, TO, UH, GET US BACK TO A MORE RATIONAL, UH, WAY OF VOTING FOR COUNCIL.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE THE STAMINA AND WISDOM TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND GET US BACK TO AT LARGE AND, UH, AND CANCEL ALL THESE MAPS, BUT A 1 0 2 IS MISERABLE, BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE ONE I, UH, SUPPORT THE MOST.
I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS SLIPS SMEAR.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT DURING THE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION, UH, TWO OF OUR RESIDENTS, MISS ANGIE GILLINGHAM AND MS. TERESA COZAD VOICED THEIR, UH, APPROVAL OR THEIR FAVOR OF TWO OF THE MAPS MAP OF ONE OF THE MAP MAP 1 0 5.
SO THEY BOTH SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THAT MAP.
AND THEN ALSO MR. SHOEMAKER DISCUSSED, UH, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINES ALSO.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ISN'T CAPTURED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ, VIETNAM.
UM, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T WANT, I WANTED, WELL, I WANTED TO LEAVE IT AS IS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS RIDICULOUS, BUT I UNDERSTAND FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES IT.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC PUTS SO MUCH TIME AND WORK VERY HARD AND WAS ACTUALLY 23 MAPS THAT WAS REVIEWED 20 WERE SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I DO KNOW THAT THE MAP THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WAS DRAWN OUT BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENT AND HE IS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
UM, THEREFORE FOR ME, THE WORK WAS ALREADY DONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT TO THE CLOSEST, UM, OF THE CURRENT MAP THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS 1 0 5.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST STICK WITH 1 0 5 COUNSEL, ANY MORE COMMENTS, APRIL 10.
UM, I TOO WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT AS CLOSE AS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE MUCH CHANGE.
I THINK THAT IT WAS GOOD TO SAY THAT MAYBE IF WE MOVE TO MOVE THE LINE, WHAT A HUNDRED FEET, THAT, THAT WOULD SATISFY THE OBLIGATION THAT WE NEED TO MEET.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW TO ME, 1 0 5 SEEMS THE CLOSEST TO THAT ULTIMATE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF, AND A LOT OF MEETING, A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO ON THE, I, NO CHOICE, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE CENSUS.
2020 IS OFF WE'LL STICK WITH 10 YEARS.
I AGREE WITH SOME RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT WISHES, STICK WITH OUR ORIGINAL MAP.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH YOUR OWN, UH, LED DECISION, BUT YOU SAY WE HAVE A, SOME OF A POPULATION LED, OKAY.
OR THERE'S KIND OF A OF ISLAND, BUT IT'S LIKE, CAN WE, I KNOW NUMBER FIVE POSSIBLE IS THE LEAST CHANGE, BUT CAN, CAN WE STILL DO SOMETHING TO STICK WITH THE MORE CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL MAP? SO THAT PREVIOUS PEOPLE, HOW WELL IT DIDN'T GET TOTALLY ALTERED.
EVEN WE HAVE TO CHANGE SOME OF, UH, I THINK BASICALLY IT, YOU, YOU TOOK SOME OF A DC THREE
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AMBULATION AND MOVE INTO THIS THREE, FOUR, AND, UH, OKAY.THE REST OF THE SAME, BUT CAN YOU MOVE LESS TO THAT POSSIBILITY OR NO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TONIGHT.
WELL, I WILL FIND SOME CLOSER TO, TO THE ORIGIN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES IF WE GET DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL IS THE ONE THING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE AREA OF CONTIGUITY, WE, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WHETHER WE CAN, WE CAN SPLIT CENSUS BLOCKS.
YOU THEORETICALLY CAN SPLIT CENSUS BLOCKS.
BUT THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS IT MAKES THE DATA UNOFFICIAL.
SO THE SMALLEST, BASICALLY BUILDING BLOCK THAT WE HAVE FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU IS THE CENSUS BLOCK.
AND IF WE WERE TO SPLIT A CENSUS BLOCK, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A CENSUS BLOCK THAT HAS A, HAS A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN IT, AND YOU SPLIT THE CENSUS BLOCK.
AND TWO, IS THERE 50 PEOPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND 50 PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE? IS IT 70 PEOPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND 30 PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE? YOU HAVE TO TAKE A GUESS, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE UNOFFICIAL DATA AT THAT POINT.
SO, SO IT, IT, IT, IT AGAIN IS TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU WOULD HAVE UNOFFICIAL DATA AT THAT POINT.
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE POINT CONTIGUITY IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENSUS BLOCKS AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE ESTABLISHED, AND LET ME, LET ME ZOOM IN ON THIS AREA HERE, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO ADD IN THIS AREA TO THE, TO THE WEST OF WHERE THAT ORIGINAL POINT CONTIGUITY WAS, IS THAT THE CENSUS BLOCKS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY THAT THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS HERE TO THE WEST RUN ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CITY, TO THE CITY LIMITS.
SO BASICALLY FROM ESSENTIALLY THIS AREA, ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE, TO THE DOTTED LINES HERE.
SO WITHOUT SPLITTING THE CENSUS BLOCKS, I MEAN, MAKING ARTIFICIAL DATA, THAT'S THE WAY THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO RESOLVE THAT POINT, CONTIGUITY, THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT AND JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S, THERE'S LIMITED THINGS THAT WE CAN DO CONSIDERING THE CENTRAL BUILDING BLOCKS THAT WE HAVE GOT IT.
AND GOT THE PHONE IS THE VOTING BLOCK THAT VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO, WITH THE SPLIT THEM OKAY.
TO THE SO SMALL, BECAUSE POSSIBLE PROBLEMATIC BY A QUESTION WOULD BE, THEN YOU MOVING BASICALLY SOME POPULATION FROM THE DISTRI THREE INTO THIS BEFORE.
AM I RIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE? YEAH.
IT ENDED UP THE, FOR THE FIVE DISTRICT POPULATION.
THE DISTRICT THREE HAS THE MOST POPULATION.
AND SO NOW YOU'RE MOVING SOME IS FIVE DISTRICT OR THE SIMILAR POPULATION.
UH, SO, SO IN TERMS OF PLAN 1 0 5, DISTRICT THREE WOULD HAVE A POPULATION OF 21,304 RESIDENTS.
NOW, REMEMBER, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE EXACTLY EQUAL POPULATION.
WE HAVEN'T PUT 10% DEFENSE, 10% DIFFERENCE.
AND YOUR POPULATION DEVIATION FOR PLAN 1 0 5 IS 6.11%.
SO YOU'RE UNDER THE 10% POPULATION DEVIATION.
HOW MANY PERCENT? ONE, ONE, UH, ONLY 6.1%.
MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR CONSULTANT TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? COUNCILMAN WU.
SO HOW SHOULD WE DO TONIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE ONE MAP TO GO FORWARD.
THAT'S THE ONE, THE ONE IS WHILE WE HAVE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN EITHER GIVE US, GIVE US DIRECTION ON A MAP AS IS, OR IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE PRIOR TO THAT, UM, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO USE, TO MAP WHILE OH FIVE.
THAT ONE'S A CLOSER TO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAVE.
IT WOULD BE OUR NEW DISTRICT MAP, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
I'LL SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU TO, UH, UH, USE MAP 1 0 5 MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR ORDINANCE AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TBA.
UH, YEAH, UH, BEF BEFORE I VOTE, UH, I JUST WANNA WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK MAP 1 0 5, UM, GARRETT GUARANTEES THAT, UH, THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO VOTE FOR THEIR REPRESENTATION IN THE LAST ELECTION, UM, DO GET TO, TO VOTE FOR THEIR REPRESENTATION IN THIS COMING ELECTION.
UH, AND BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S THE CLOSEST TO WHAT WE ALREADY
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HAD.AND, AND THE CHANGES REALLY ARE, UM, TO A DISTRICT THAT, THAT RECENTLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
AND THESE PEOPLE THAT GET A CHANCE TO VOTE AGAIN.
UH, I THINK THAT IS THE MOST DEMOCRATIC, SO, UM, I WILL VOTE YES.
ON A MAP 1 0 5 COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
BEATO I MAY APPROACH HIM DIAZ, MAYOR KOSTELANETZ.
JUST WANT IT IN CASE I KNOW WE SWITCHED AROUND THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE HAD JUST FINISHED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WOULD GO TO CITY MANAGER NOW.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
MR. CARMONEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? THE MAYOR THERE, MAY THE CITY MANAGER ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE? SURE.UH, FROM QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT, I'D BE HAPPY TO GOOD EVENING, UH, MARIN COUNCIL, I'LL TRY AND RESPOND BRIEFLY TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, RESIDENT, AND THEN, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN.
UM, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON HER REQUEST.
I UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION THAT WE NOT INTERFERE IN A CRIMINAL MATTER, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY SEE TO IT THAT SHE GETS THE CONVERSATION SHE DESERVES WITH A MEMBER OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, COUPLE OF OUR SPEAKERS, UM, LIKED DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF FIVE, WHICH IS THE ONE YOU CHOSE.
SO, UM, HERE WE ARE, UM, WE HAD NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES AS A CARPENTERS.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY CAME, UM, WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ITEM TONIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT HAD BEEN THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT'S A VERY SERIOUS MONT IT'S SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK IN TERMS OF THE STATE COMMENT ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WE'VE BEEN IN QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNICATION WITH STATE HCD.
AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY, THE REASON THIS IS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS WE WANTED TO ELEVATE IT, MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS AWARE, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAD A, A PUBLIC VETTING OF IT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
HOUSING, UM, DOMINATES ALL ASPECTS OF PUBLIC POLICY THESE DAYS.
AND SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE SOME CRITICAL DECISIONS BEING, UM, UM, IMPOSED ON US BY THE STATE, HOW WE REACT TO THAT WILL DEFINE WEST COVINA FOR YEARS TO COME.
UM, MR. SHEWMAKER MADE EDITORIAL COMMENTS ABOUT REDISTRICTING AND ABOUT CITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUT WOULD NOTE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THE MAJOR UNFUNDED LIABILITY IN TERMS OF THE PENSION BONDS.
UM, AND THERE IS A PROCESS BY WHICH WE, WE, UM, HONOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
WE HONOR HUNDREDS, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF THEM, AND WE GET THEM ALL THE TIME AND WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT RESPONDING TO THOSE.
AND SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WANTED TO MAKE A PRR TO DO SO THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, UM, THERESA COZAD HAD ASKED A NUMBER OF DIRECT QUESTIONS ABOUT PALM VIEW PARK.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REOPENING ALL OF OUR PARKS.
THE SCHEDULE FOR PALM VIEW IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ONE UP AND OPEN AGAIN IN APRIL.
IT WON'T LOOK LIKE WHAT IT WAS.
UM, THE PALM VIEW PRESCHOOL HAD EXTREMELY LOW ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO ADD A, UM, WHAT WE USED TO CALL MOMMY AND ME CLASSES.
NOW WE CALL THEM PARENT AND ME CLASSES.
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH MOUNTAIN SAC FOR OLDER ADULT PROGRAMMING, ESPECIALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
UM, I'LL WORK ON HER CONCERN THAT, THAT INFORMATION WASN'T AVAILABLE.
SEE IF WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THAT OUT.
SHE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE COSTS AND THE STAFFING AND THE SAFETY OF THE EVENT.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT.
NUMBER OF ASPECTS OF THAT SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN, FIRE SAFETY, POLICE SAFETY, FOOD, HANDLING, PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE BEING, BEING HONORED AND RESPECTED.
UM, SANITATION, I CAN TELL YOU JUST THE STAND UP FOR THE EVENT OF THIS SIZE, THAT SANITATION, UM, SUPPLEMENT BILL WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF $60,000.
BY THE TIME WE ADD PORT-A-POTTIES AND HAND-WASHING STATIONS AND ET CETERA.
BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENT IS SAFE AND THAT WE FOLLOWED THE PRINCIPLES OF RISK MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS AVOIDANCE OF RISK AND TRANSFERENCE OF IT IN ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS.
IT'S THE FIRST YEAR THE CITY HAS DONE THIS KIND OF A BIT, BUT WE THINK THERE'LL BE AN EVENT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
UM, ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR BEING HERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS FOLLOW-UP I WOULD THINK, UM, AS COVINA, BEAUTIFUL COLEEN MENTIONED THE 99TH BIRTHDAY.
I KNOW THEY CONTINUE TO FUNCTION ON THE ARBOR DAY PROGRAMS AND OTHERS ALL HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU IN A MOMENT ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
UM, MR. LEE HAD ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE HOUSE.
I'LL CONFIRM A DATE, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE IS OUT TO BID TO BE DEMOLISHED TOGETHER.
THAT'S BEEN BUNDLED WITH A FORMER FIRE STATION, NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS ALSO CONDEMNED AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE QUEUE.
UM, CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING APOLOGIZE.
I PROBABLY OWE HIM ANOTHER RESPONSE, BUT I'VE LOST IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, UM, OH, THANKING MR. ROBINSON FOR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY EVENT, COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THOSE ALUMNI ARE
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GOING STRONG.I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, UH, MR. ELLIS TALKING ABOUT THE CAMERA.
THE PROPERTY, I THINK WE SEE COUNCIL VIDEO PROVED TO DEMOLISH THE, SO MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, WHY IS THE STATUS? ARE WE GOING TO THAT? SUPPOSEDLY WE PUT JUST, THAT SHOULD BE THE PARK LAND, UH, FOUND, UH, WE S WE SOLD THE, THE SUNSET PARK OKAY.
SO THOSE MONEY HAVE TO GO TO PARK PURCHASE ONLY.
SO IT'S, THERE HAS BEEN A CONVENIENCE TO THE HOW, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE DEMOLISH.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC BID PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT CONTRACT WILL BE LEFT, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN BID OUT AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE PROCEEDING.
NOT ONLY THAT HOUSE THAT WAS MENTIONED, BUT ALSO THE FIRE STATION.
THOSE TWO ARE BUNDLED TOGETHER.
SO ALL HOME THE EXACT DATE, BUT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH A PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS.
AND THAT'S STILL OUR INTENTION TO DEMOLISH.
THE SECOND QUESTION SAID THE WEATHER AND TALKING ABOUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL WISE, THE FINANCE, HOW WE PAY FOR IT.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE THE ENTRY FEE AND PLAZA GAY THE VENDORS.
SO THERE WILL BE PAID FOR ITSELF.
I WAS GOING TO COVER, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO, UM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
IF SHE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO COVER SOME OF THAT AND DEMAND SUPPORT.
WE'LL ALLOW ROXANNE TO HAVE THE FLOOR OR THE CHAIR, IF I MADE TO ANSWER COUNCILMAN WU'S QUESTIONS.
UM, REALLY, WHICH WERE THE RESIDENTS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SPRING FESTIVAL, UM, AROUND ENTRY GATE ENTRY FEES.
UM, GENERAL MISSION IS $5, $3 FOR WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS.
UM, CHILDREN WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF 12, UM, WILL BE, WE'LL BE CHARGED, YOU KNOW, THE GOING RATE, UM, THOSE 12 AND UNDER ARE FREE.
UM, THOSE FEES ALONG WITH VENDOR FEES, VENDOR FEES RANGE FROM BUSINESSES FROM $300 FOR A SPACE, UM, VERSUS, UM, FOOD VENDORS OF ABOUT $400 A SPACE.
UM, THOSE GO BACK INTO, UM, TO THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, SO THOSE FEES WERE DESIGNED TO HELP COVER SOME OF THE COSTS.
AND THEN, UM, REALLY DEPENDING ON HOW WELL THE CARNIVAL DOES TOO, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME REVENUE TO BE GAINED THERE.
SO THE CITY IS REALLY DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BOTH SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE FOOD VENDORS, UM, THE NON-FOOD VENDORS, UM, AS WELL AS BEING RESPONSIBLE IN A FISCAL MANNER, UM, BY FINDING WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT THE MONEY BACK INTO THE EVENT, UM, IN HOPES THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT BY OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AND BEING RESPONSIBLE IN THE WAY THAT WE SPEND AND, UM, FUNDRAISE MONIES.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BASICALLY WE HAVE 150, OKAY.
A PREDOMINANT THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS JOIN.
SO BASICALLY CT KIND OF USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE OUR LOCAL BUSINESS.
AND I HEARD ABOUT WHEN ARE, WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY MORE APPLICANT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OVERWHELMING PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN.
WE'RE STILL GETTING INTERESTS.
WE'RE AT OUR CAPACITY, AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT WE CAN SUPPLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO DO THIS IN A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
SO WE, WE ARE AT OUR, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ATTEND AND ADJOIN.
AND THE MINI, THEY HAVE A CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY, BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE HOW OLD AND THE HELPING, OH, I THINK WE HAVE A SEVEN GROUP, RIGHT.
AND IN CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER, UM, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN, UM, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE HELPING TO, UM, EXACTLY.
I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT.
JUST A WOMAN LOPEZ, VITA, THAT CITY MANAGER, UH, WELL, AND STAFF, I KNOW MS. CLOSED-END MENTIONED THE WEBSITE, WHICH I HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR A WHILE TOO.
UM, WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO UPDATE THAT, UH, FOR AT LEAST THE BASIC AND THE FULL WEBSITE, UPDATING THAT I'VE REQUESTED BACK THEN? THAT'S QUESTION ONE THAT ASK ROXANNE.
I KNOW WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH A COUPLE OF THE VENDORS TO GET A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
SO THE CHAIR, IF I MADE TO ANSWER COUNCIL WOMAN'S QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WEBSITE, UM, POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND NOTED.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING INTERNALLY IS GOING THROUGH WITH EACH DEPARTMENT AND UPDATING THEIR VARIOUS PAGES, SO THAT WHAT IS CURRENT OR WHAT IS ON THE WEBSITE BEING SHOWN CURRENTLY IS UP TO DATE AND RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, CITY MANAGER CARMONEY ALLUDED TO THE NEXT PART OF THE PROCESS WOULD BE SELECTING, UM, A VENDOR TO COME IN AND TO ASSIST WITH THOSE
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UPGRADES AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNICATIONS ASPECTS OF IT AS WELL.YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UM, GOING THROUGH SOME PROPOSALS AND MAKING SURE AGAIN THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FISCALLY, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC RESOURCES IN THAT AS WELL FOR OUR OWN INTERNAL DEPARTMENT UPDATES.
UH, WHEN WOULD THAT BE COMPLETED? WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE AND SEND IT OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'LL, WE CAN UPDATE YOU ACCORDINGLY.
SO WE CAN HOPE TO HAVE SOME MOVEMENT ON IT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE I'M UPDATED ON THAT.
UM, MY NEXT, OH, IS IT SAME THING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS? NO.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, UM, THE CAMERON PARK HOUSE.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY I'VE MENTIONED THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE LIKE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UM, OR AT LEAST, UM, A CON WHAT COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE THERE.
I KNOW WE HAVE THAT HOUSE AND I KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE POSSIBLY DEMOLISHED OR, BUT IS THERE, UH, CAN YOU, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY LAUGH, UH, LEFT OFF WITH THAT.
UM, BUT I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ROXANNE COMING IN ON THAT.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY I'VE SPOKEN TO MIKE, CHRIS UP LAST YEAR.
SO ON, ON THAT ONE, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DEMOLISHED, BUT I LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SO THAT I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON YOUR RADAR.
UM, AND I, THAT WAS MY, JUST TWO THINGS.
AND I'LL, I'LL ADD TO THAT REGARDING THE WEBSITE.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP WITH ROXANNE A LOT TO STAY ON TOP OF HOW THAT'S GOING.
I KNOW IT'S ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES.
YOU YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING A LONG TIME.
UH, I, I THINK I WANT TO, OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WE APPROVE LAST YEAR BEFORE WE HAVE A ARRIVED SIDE, WAS I END.
AND, UH, HIRE IN DECEMBER, BUT PRIOR TO LEAD, WE ARE APPROVED.
AND, UH, UH, DISCOVERY DISCOVER WEST COVINA.
AND THAT TIES POLINA IS HELPING US.
AND, UH, TO GET THIS TOGETHER.
SO WE NEED TO SEE HOW THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE.
WE DEAL CREW AND INCLUDING WEBSITE.
THEY SAID, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRE SOME PROFESSION TO HELP US TO UPDATE THIS.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE MAYBE PULLING BACK AND KIND OF A CHAMPION CHAMPION TO HELP US LET WHAT WE APPROVE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, ROSEANNE ONLY COME IN THE END OF THIS DECEMBER.
BUT WE APPROVE THAT THING PRIOR.
SO MAYBE WE CAN CONTINUE PUSHING THE GROUP OF, UH, OUR CT.
OH, THE MANAGEMENT TO, WITH THEIR STAFF TO, TO WORK ON THIS COMMUNICATION.
AND INCLUDING WHAT DID, BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY USING THEIR FACEBOOK, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF SENIORS.
AND WE TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR THAT WE STILL SEE, CAN WE PUT A SCHEDULE INTO OKAY.
SO ALL THE SENIORS CAN SEE WHAT THE SCHEDULE OR THE TRAINING, WHY IS THE OKAY ACTIVITY? AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PAGES LAST TIME AND THEY, YOU USE SHOW TO US.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, CAN WE LOOK TO CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO IT, TO KIND OF PUSH THAT THING? SO LOOK INTO IT TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
BUT, UH, WE, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE FOR THE CT IN THE HOLE TO MAKE THESE THING OKAY.
THE CONTINUING 80, WHILE THE NEW STAFF COME IN IN A SUNDAY, EVERYTHING, AND I KNOW OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS JUST CAME IN AND, AND SHOULD BE WORKING, BUT I'M NOT.
AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO SEE THIS.
UM, BUT BY NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TIMELINE SO THAT IF A RESIDENT DOES ASK OR WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT THIS CONTINUES TO STAY IN RADAR UNTIL IT GETS DONE.
UM, I, I LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, SINCE WE HAVE OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS, I DO HAVE IT IN MY NOTES THAT I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP.
I HAVE A DATE OF APRIL 15TH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ON MY NOTES.
SO WE WILL, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
BUT I WAS GIVING HER A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME THINGS DONE FIRST.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING CLOSE TO APRIL 15, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE POINT, UM, THAT WE'VE KIND OF ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT REGARDING THE DISCOVER MAGAZINE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO HAVE THAT RELEASED IN APRIL, SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF COMMENTS? NO.
AND CONTINUING ON, UH, CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE MORE
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ON THE REPORT, BRIEF REPORT FOR YOU THIS EVENING? I KNOW YOU'VE GOT OTHER BUSINESSES TONIGHT.UM, NEXT SLIDE, IF I MAY, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS WEEK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MORALE HAS HELD A MEETING WITH SEVERAL GLENDORA AVENUE, BUSINESSES, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, PRIMARY CONCERNS IN THAT BLOCK ARE, UM, SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING AND I THINK WE HAD SOME INTEREST IN, UM, SOME FOLLOWUP MEETINGS AND GETTING MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE, FROM THE AFFECTED BUSINESSES THERE.
THEY WEREN'T ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN SOCIAL PROMOTION OR, UM, EVENTS, BUT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOMELESS.
THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT GRAFFITI.
THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS WHEN WE RETURN, THEY WANTED US TO COME BACK.
AND SO WE WILL, OKAY, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP IF THEY ARE, THEN THEY TALK ABOUT THEY'RE READY AND THAT WE TRY TO HELP THEM TO PUT THE BID BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND SO THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH ALL THIS 30 OR 40 BUSINESS.
AND EVERYBODY PITCHING IN, SO THEY CAN SET UP THE LEG HONE ASSOCIATION SO THEY CAN GO TOGETHER TO KIND OF PAINT THE BASICS, THE SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE AND CT WE'LL DO THE REST.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE HAD SIX BUSINESSES IN ATTENDANCE, BUT THEY HAVE SAUDI BUSINESS.
WHY ONLY SIX SHOW UP, WE NOTIFIED THEM, RIGHT? SO YOU SEND OUT A MAIL.
AND THEN WE, THEY DID NOTIFY AND, AND THE ATTENDANCE WAS NOT GOOD, WAS IT WAS A LOW ATTENDANCE OF THOSE THAT CAME, THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST, BUT THEY REALIZE THAT THEY NEED TO, UM, BUSINESSES IS EVERYBODY.
THIS MORNING AT THE MEETING THAT I HEARD ABOUT MALE POTEN AND DIA, WILLING TO TALK TO EACH OF A BUSINESS OVER THERE, SPEND THE LAKE TIME TO TALK, MAYBE KIND OF TALK TO THEM AND THEY CAN SHARE WITH US THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THE BID OF THE IMPROVED.
WE, WE HAD, UM, A PRO I THINK THREE BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS THAT I THINK ARE INTERESTED AND I'M GOING TO MEET WITH THEM ON FRIDAY, UM, AND GIVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT MY PLAN IS.
WE HAD SOME BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN CREATING SOME SORT OF, UH, UH, SECURITY, UM, MAYBE GET SECURITY FOR THAT AREA.
AND, UH, WE HAD ONE, UM, WOMAN THAT SAID, LOOK, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
WHAT CAN I DO? AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS GREAT.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS OWNER THAT WANTS TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS THERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A PETITION SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS GOING SO WE CAN GET SOME SECURITY THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DO ANYTHING.
SO, UM, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY LITTLE PROJECT.
AND I HOPE THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S SMALL STEPPING STONES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S WORK, WE'LL GET THERE.
AND I REALLY TRULY FEEL THAT WE CAN CONVINCE SOME BUSINESS OWNERS TO PITCH IN AND GET SOME SECURITY THERE.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET SECURITY THERE, THEN I THINK THAT WE CAN WORK ON BEAUTIFYING IT THROUGH THE CITY, IN TERMS OF ADDING LIGHTING THERE INTO OUR TREES, MAKING IT NICER, CLEANER.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BRING EVEN MORE BUSINESSES IN, AND THAT'S MY GOAL THAT PLACE NEEDS SOME HELP.
THAT'S MY, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TWO BUCKS Y UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, UH, I, UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE A SUGGESTION TO STAFF.
THERE, THERE IS, UH, A BUSINESS OWNER, UH, UH, JOEY MANCUZZO FROM ANNA'S PIZZA, UH, WHO HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF THE, THE OWNERS ON THAT GLENDORA AVENUE.
AND I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR OUTREACH, BUT, BUT I MEAN, HE, HE REALLY HAS DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS.
SO I, I REALLY THINK, UM, THAT INCLUDING HIM IN, IN THIS PROCESS, RIGHT, INCLUDING SOMEONE THAT THESE BUSINESS OWNERS TRUST AND HAS REALLY DONE A LOT FOR THOSE BUSINESSES ON GLENDORA.
I KNOW, UH, IN, IN MARCH, HE'S, HE'S PLANNING TO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT THERE.
HE'S HAD SEVERAL EVENTS TRYING TO KEEP THE BUSINESSES OPEN IN, ON GLENDORA, UH, AND, AND HIS BUSINESS THAT TECHNICALLY ISN'T EVEN ON GLENDORA.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A, A RESIDENT, A BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS THAT KIND OF RESOURCE, UH, I, I REALLY THINK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE IF WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE A BID, UH, TO NOT BE INCLUSIVE OF, OF HIM.
SO I KNOW HE'S, HE'S REALLY WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AND HE'S OUTREACHED.
UH, AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT REALLY
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IS, IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.TH THANK YOU, MAYOR YOU'RE WELCOME ANY FOR THE PHONE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU DID REACH OUT TO THAT BUSINESS OWNER, BUT I DO REMEMBER, I THINK LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, AND, AND COUNCILMAN WU WAS WITH ME, UM, AT THAT TIME.
AND WE ACTUALLY MET, UM, AT HIS ANNA'S PIZZA FOR ALL LIKE THE GLENDORA AND, OH YEAH, YOU WERE THERE TOO.
AND I REMEMBER JOEY WAS FRUSTRATED TOO WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE SHOWED UP, WE WERE EXPECTING A LOT AND JOEY SAID, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO COME.
AND THEN WE SAID, WHAT HAPPENED? THE THREE BUSINESS SHOW UP THREE BUSINESSES THAT ONLY SHOWED HIM OVER THERE? YEAH.
THEY PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND, AND JOEY TOLD US HE, HE ACTUALLY RECRUITED HIMSELF AND HE SAID, THEY ALL TOLD HIM THEY WERE GOING TO BE THERE.
SO HE WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED TOO, THAT THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP, UM, IT BE GOOD TO KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THEIR SCHEDULE OR ANYTHING, BUT I DO REMEMBER AT THAT TIME THEY TOLD JOEY THEY WILL BE THERE.
AND, AND I BELIEVE PAULINA HAD CONTACTED THEM ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES.
AND THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE THERE.
AND NOT ONLY THREE, YOU HAVE THREE ONLY SHOWED UP.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.
SHE WANTS TO GO DON'T I WANT THEM TALKING.
DONUT AGAIN, AND TALK TO THE BUSINESS BUSINESS.
AND THEN SHOW THEM THAT YOU ARE SINCERE OR COUNCILS IN CEO.
WANT TO HELP THEM SO POSSIBLE.
THEY THINKING ABOUT WE JUST, NOT JUST A MOUTH RATHER THAN JUST TALK.
SO I THINK THE ACTION WAS YOU WILLING TO GO, WASN'T TALKING OVER HERE.
I THINK, WILLING TO GO OVER THERE, DONATING AND TALK TO EACH OTHER BUSINESS, I THINK.
I THINK LET'S GIVE A, TRY IT THIS WAY AND HE NEED MY HELP.
YOU WANT ME TO WALK WITH YOU? I WILL WALK WITH YOU TO TALK TO THEM AND SEE HOW CAN WE, OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY WAY PERSUADE THEM.
TELL THEM HOW THE BENEFIT OKAY.
I THINK POSSIBLE THE MAIL TO THEM OR SOME PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THEY ARE THE PERSON, BUT ENDED UP IS NOT.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO THERE.
AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER BUSINESS, I PRACTICED SO MUCH FOR THE LEADERSHIP.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO HOLD OUR HAND AND GO STEP BY STEP AND TALK TO THEM, HAVE THEM SIGN A PETITION.
I MEAN, WE JUST, WE NEED TO JUST CONTACT THEM AND TALK TO THEM PERSONALLY.
AND I DON'T THINK THE EMAIL, I DON'T, THEY PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO COME.
MOST PEOPLE SAY, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BUT THEY DON'T SHOW UP.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO LEAD THAT EFFORT AND GO DOOR TO DOOR.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD ENGAGE JOEY FROM ANNA'S PIZZA.
HE KNOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE ALONG THAT GLENDORA STRIP.
UM, AND I THINK HE WOULD ALSO BRING, BRING A LOT OF, UH, EFFORT AND HELP HE DID BEFORE.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
JUST HAD TWO OR THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION TONIGHT, SPORTSPLEX AND THE, AND THE HUNDRED.
OH, UM, WANTING TO MENTION SHADOW OAK BATHROOM COUNSEL HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THAT ONE.
UM, BATHROOM WAS CONNECTED AS A FRIDAY.
THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY, THE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED.
FACILITY IS NOW OPEN FOR USE MEANING ON TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
UM, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING REALLY BEFORE THE, UM, THE BIG EVENT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT TONIGHT, THE SPRING FESTIVAL IS A MAJOR COMMUNITY EVENT WILL BE HELD MARCH 12TH AND 13TH.
I THINK, UH, THE CARNIVAL WILL BE, UH, A POPULAR FEATURE.
ALSO THINK IT WILL PROVIDE SOME REVENUE FOR THE EVENT, AS WELL AS THE DRAW.
UM, THERE'LL BE LIVE PERFORMANCES.
THEY'LL BE MORE THAN 80 FOOD OR RETAIL VENDORS.
UM, WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY FULL UP ON STAGE TIME, BUT THAT IS ALSO FAST TILLING.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHUTTLE SERVICES FOR OFFSITE.
PARKING SHUTTLE RUNS WILL BE FROM, UM, CITY HALL FROM SHADOW PARK, FROM CORTEZ PARK AND FROM WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE'VE GOT A SCHEDULE FOR THOSE 11:30 AM TO 11:30 PM ON SATURDAY AND 11:30 AM TO 8:30 PM ON SUNDAY.
UM, I MENTIONED THE HEADLINERS WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE, UM, FAVORITE BANDS FROM THE CITY'S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, INCLUDING COLD DUCK, WE'LL BE PERFORMING.
UM, PAST ACTION HEROES IS AN 80 TRIBUTE BAND FUNK.
DOCTORS WILL BE PLAYING SOME EARTH, WIND AND FIRE REMIX WILL BRING SOUL TO THE FESTIVAL.
I THINK WE'VE HAD SUGGESTIONS ABOUT A NUMBER OF THOSE, AND WE'VE TRIED TO INCORPORATE AS MANY AS WE COULD.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO ADD UP TO A, UM, A VERY NICE EVENT.
LASTLY, I WANTED TO ASK THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO SAVE THE DATE.
UM, THE CITY TURNS A HUNDRED NEXT YEAR ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAN A WEST COVINA CENTENNIAL DINNER,
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UM, AT THE SPORTSPLEX.AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME EVENTS THAT WEEKEND TO FOLLOW.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SEEDING FOR THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
WE GOT INTO ENTERED 10 MINUTE OF A SUPREME FESTIVAL.
THEY ALL HAVE, UH, THEIR PERFORMANCE.
ANY CHURCH TO HAVE FOR GOSPEL STUDYING THE EVENT ON THE SATURDAY.
I THINK IT'S 40 50 OF A COMMUNITY.
SO MAYBE ROXANNE CAN SHARE WITH US THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I MAY.
UM, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN WU, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CULTURAL CAPE ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND, UM, PERFORMING GROUPS THAT, UM, THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, HELP TO PUT TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DID TALK ABOUT THE GOSPEL PERFORMANCES.
UM, BALLET FOLKLORICO WILL BE, UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, DRAGON, DRAGON, DRAGON AND ALLIANCE IS TIGHT CALLED THE DRUM.
YOU, YOU GOT ALL OF, ALL OF THAT AND MORE, WE DO HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT, SOME FROM SOME OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT, UM, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP.
BASICALLY HE'S SHOWING AND COMMUNITY PITCHING TO PERFORM.
IT'S ALL THEIR DIFFERENT, OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GRAY PERFORMANCE, BUT OKAY.
AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT TOPIC AND I THINK, OKAY, I'VE BEEN CHASING THE BATHROOM FOR MONTH.
AND THEN FINALLY, SO MAYBE A CITY MANAGER SHARE WITH US HOUSE WHEN WE GOT THIS COMPLETE, HOW MUCH CALLS US AND WHO DID IT, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED LAST FRIDAY.
WE NEEDED TO SEND OUR OWN IN-HOUSE CREWS TO SOME CERTIFICATIONS FOR OSHA SAFETY AND CONFINED SPACE, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY.
SO OUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR ALVERADO, UM, FACILITATED, UH, A VERY GOOD BID THROUGH THAT PROCESS AT A COST OF $19,000, $19,000.
BUT LAST TIME THEY ESTIMATIONS IN 90 DAYS, I HAD DONE FOR $19,000 AND, UM, THEY GOT IN AND GOT OUT, GOT IT DONE IN A BIG HURRY.
SO WE COULD, UM, CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND MOVE FORWARD.
IT TOOK TO COMPLETE HOW MANY DAYS, UM, ROXANNE I'M GOING TO DEFER TO ROCKS.
I REMEMBER HOW MANY SHOULD KNOW IT.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A TWO DAY CONSTRUCTION ON LET HER CONFIRM.
I REMEMBER LAST TIME THE ME, I TALK ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
SO, SO THIS IS FIREWORKS, THEN YOU ARE ASSISTANT.
WE HAVE PROBABLY WORKED DIRECTOR.
SO, UM, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALVERADO DID FACILITATE THAT.
UM, THEY BEGAN WORK ON THURSDAY AND THEN CONCLUDED FRIDAY MORNING.
I THINK THERE'S EXCELLENT JOB.
AND IS IT WELL, WE, AROUND HERE GENERAL, UNFORTUNATELY HE DID HAVE TO LEAVE.
HE DID HAVE A FAMILY OBLIGATION.
HE DID STAY IN THE BEGINNING BY HIM NEXT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN MAYBE HE CAN KIND OF ADDRESS TOWARDS HOW OKAY.
AND THERE WAS A $19,000 SAVE THE TAXPAYER 80, $80,000 AND THAT, AND THE TWO DAYS, SO.
SO THIS IS A CAPABLE OR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE JOB, SO I WANT TO THANK OKAY.
AND OUR NEW TEAM TO COMING IN TO SAVE THE DAY AND OKAY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECT, INCLUDING THE OKAY.
AND I WAS KIND OF NEUTRAL SPRING, BUT THEN THEY JUST PUT IN KIND OF A SWAMP, ENTIRE FIELD THAT BECOME A OKAY.
AND WE SHOULD BOTTLE IT AND SELL IT.
MAYBE I WOULD DRINK IT, BUT I THINK ROLL.
AND THE LAST TIME PEOPLE COMPLAIN LIKE, OKAY.
AND UH, HE, I SENT HIM THE TEXT, HE SHOW US SUNDAY AND SURVEY THE SITUATION.
AND THE FIX MONDAY WAS HIS CREW AND HE CHANNELED THE WATERS.
AND THEN RIGHT NOW I HEARD ABOUT THE SWAMP IS DRY OUT.
SO THE CHANNEL, THE WIRES, THE CHANNEL, THE WATER INTO THE OKAY.
SO IN THAT WAY, PEOPLE CAN USE THE PARK.
SO YEAH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO KIND OF COME OVER HERE.
FINALLY, WE HAVE SOMEBODY CAPABLE TO DO THE JOB AND SAVED THE DAY FOR THE CTE, WITH CLEANING UP THE PARK, MAKE ALL PROGRESS OKAY.
AND THEN, SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
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VERY IMPORTANT.WE HAVE 16 POG SURVEYOR FOR THE CAPABLE PERSON TO DO THE JOB, BUT SO I WANT TO THANK ROXANNE.
AND, UH, TO HAVE, UH, HER STAFF.
AND, UH, TO DO THIS, I SAW HIM ON THE STREET.
AND THE OVER THERE IS WHEN I'LL LOOK PRETTY AMAZING AND THE WIZARD WAY CURVE, AGAIN, IT IS YOUR MALE PLUGGED IN DISTRICT, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW AND THE IS SHOWING THE CITY.
SO I, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO OKAY.
AND THANK HIM TOO, TO DO THE JOB, TO DO THE JOB.
IF WE COULD JUST GO BACK TO WOOD GROVE JUST FOR A MOMENT.
AND I DO WANT TO, UM, JUST TO SPECIFY AND REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THE PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UM, THERE'S STILL, IT IS A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION, YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT LONG-TERM SOLUTION AS WELL, BUT WE DO THE, THE DEPARTMENT OR THE DIVISION DOES RECOGNIZE ITS OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS TO, TO PROVIDE THOSE SOLUTIONS SO THAT THE SPACE IS PLAYABLE TO RECREATE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY AS WE WORK TOWARDS THAT LONG-TERM RESOLUTION.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL WORK, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THERE IS PROGRESS BEING MADE SO THAT THE CAN START ENJOYING THAT SPACE AGAIN, ROXANNE.
AND ONE MORE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
I THINK WE SHOULD PUT UP BIG BANNERS ON SOME OF OUR STREETS, LIKE, UM, AZUSA AVENUE, EMAR, UM, LINDORA WHEREVER WE NORMALLY POST BIG BANNERS ADVERTISING.
UM, W W YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY EVENTS, I THINK IT'S, UM, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
SO IF WE COULD DO THAT, I THINK THAT'LL HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND ANY OTHER WAY WE COULD MARKET IT.
UM, YES, MARY, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
AND, UM, JUST AS AN FYI, WE DID RECEIVE CONFIRMATION THAT, UM, THE SCHOOLS WERE, DID RECEIVE THE FLYERS AND WERE NOTIFIED SO THAT THOSE DID GO OUT.
UM, SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AS A FOLLOW-UP FROM OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING PER YOUR DIRECTION.
AND WAS THAT IT FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? THANK YOU.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
THAT TAKES US TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR COUNSEL.IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER SEVEN.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? UH, COUNCILMAN TO BOTSWANA, UH, NUMBER THREE, NUMBER THREE.
SO THREE, THREE AND SEVEN ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE PULLED.
UM, SO THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVING EVERYTHING, BUT THREE AND SEVEN? UH, WAIT, I WILL MOVE THE MOTION.
AND 1, 2, 4, 5, AND SIX I'LL SNAP.
DID I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WU TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR, MINUS ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
BEATO COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOTS BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
MAYOR CASTELLANO'S THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2022-22 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TOCONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED ON JANUARY 26, 2022 DUE TODAMAGES CAUSED BY HIGH WINDS]
NUMBER THREE, COUNCILMEN.IT'S ABOUT TO BUY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I JUST A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION, JUST CAUSE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH LOCAL EMERGENCIES, UM, A LOT OF RESIDENTS, UM, ARE, ARE UNSURE.
UH, SO IF YOU COULD JUST VERBALLY EXPLAIN, UH, WHY THE NECESSITY TO CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR, UH, THE SANTA ANA, UH, WIND EMERGENCY WE HAD IN JANUARY, JUST, JUST SO, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY, UM, IT'S STILL, UM, NEEDED, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, AS THESE DISASTERS OCCUR, A SYSTEM OF DISASTER RECOVERY IS AFFORDED LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE CAN ACCESS MONEY THROUGH STATE OFFICE EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH FEDERAL FEMA.
WE CAN SUBMIT CLAIMS FOR COSTS INCURRED RELATED TO THE DAMAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE WIND EVENT.
UM, WE'VE NOW SUBMITTED A CLAIM FOR THE DAMAGES THAT THE CITY SUFFERED.
UH, WE LOST A MAJOR TREE ON, UM, THE DEO.
IT TOOK OUT A FENCE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.
THEY HAD SOME EXPENSES FOR TRYING TO MAKE THOSE RIGHT TO THIS POINT.
I THINK WE'RE OUT OF POCKET CASH ON THAT EVENT, INCLUDING SOME OVERTIME EXPENSES.
IT'S ABOUT JUST NORTH OF $26,000.
I WANT TO GET EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE'RE ENTITLED TO UNDER THAT DISASTER.
ALSO THINK IN THE BIGGER CONTEXT, UM, THIS EVENT IS CONCLUDING NOT ONLY THE WIND EVENT, BUT ALSO THE LARGER EVENT.
WE GOT SOME INDICATION OF OUR LOBBYISTS IN SACRAMENTO THIS WEEK, THE GOVERNOR
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IS STARTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM DISASTER RESPONSE, MEANING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC OF THE COVID.AND WE'LL WATCH THAT VERY CAREFULLY.
THIS COULD WELL BE THE LAST TIME, YOU'LL SEE THIS ON YOUR AGENDA.
I'M GOING TO JUDGE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT WEST COVINA TO MISS OUT ON ANY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE COMING OUR WAY, BUT WE MIGHT BE I'M APPROACHING THE END.
THAT'LL BE A HAPPY MOMENT FOR ALL OF US.
SO, SO, SO JUST SO THE RESIDENTS ARE CLEAR, UH, THE REASON FOR THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THIS LOCAL EMERGENCY IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE, THE MONIES THAT WE'VE REQUESTED, UM, FOR, FOR THE TREE DAMAGE AND, AND, AND THE FENCE, IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE STILL, YES.
WE'RE STILL PROCESSING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR COSTS INCURRED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING HANGING OUT THERE THAT WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED YET, BUT WE WILL.
UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY AVAILS ITSELF OF THESE MONIES THAT ARE PROPERLY OURS TO CLAIM, UM, DURING THESE KINDS OF EVENTS, I'VE NEVER HEARD IN MY CAREER OF A EMERGENCY LASTING FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS.
USUALLY IT'S A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SOMETHING, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SHUT IT DOWN AS SOON AS WE THINK THE MONEY'S ABOUT TO CONCLUDE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THAT WITH THAT, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER THREE, A MOTION I'LL SECOND UP.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BUY, TO BUY IN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
BEATO MAYOR PRO TEM, D S I AIR CASTELLANOS.
I DON'T REMEMBER THREE PASSES, FIVE ZERO.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF RATIFICATION OF CONTRACT WITH PAUL MAURER FORAMUSEMENT RIDES, ATTRACTIONS, GAMES, AND CONCESSIONS FOR THE CITY'SSPRING FESTIVAL]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, BEATA.UH, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
UM, SO AT WORK, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO DO OUR LOTUS FESTIVAL AND THAT'S BIG IT'S HAS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS THAT COME THROUGH FOR A TWO DAY WEEKEND.
UM, OUR FEES, I KNOW ARE A TWO DAY VENDOR FEE.
I HAVE MY COMMITTEE MEETING COULD BE UP, BUT, UM, I KNOW WEST COVINA BENDER FEES ARE MUCH LESS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ REPORT ON THE CARNIVAL, UH, BUT IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE OUR CARNIVAL VENDOR CALLED ME TO SCHEDULE OUR CARNIVAL FOR LA AND, UM, AND THIS CARNIVAL VENDOR YOU'VE CHOSEN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ONE.
I REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, I HAD TO TRY TO FIND A CARNIVAL VENDOR.
I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST, TRY TO FIND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET A CARNIVAL VENDOR.
AND, UM, I HAD THIS, UH, PAUL MAUER AND I UTILIZE THEM.
THEY TAKE CARE OF THE INSURANCE, THE PAPERWORK, I KNOW RESIDENTS ASKED ABOUT INSURANCE.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT STUFF.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY THEM.
SO, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU CAN SIT, HE'S NOT PAYING THEM.
CAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY IF THEY DID SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY THEM AT ALL.
AND THE REVENUE YOU GET FROM THE CARNIVAL IS AMAZING.
FOR TWO DAYS WEEKEND, YOU GET THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, UM, REVENUE BACK.
SO I WANTED TO SAY, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN, UM, PALMER.
AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET CARNIVAL VENDORS, BUT THEY ARE A REPUTABLE COMPANY AND IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD TO SEE.
AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME TO DO OUR SCHEDULE AND LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE DOING WEST COVINA.
LIKE I WAS LIKE, OH, AND SO IT WAS JUST, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO SEE THAT.
AND I, AND I COULD ACTUALLY VOUCH FOR THIS, UM, VENDOR.
CAN I JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT? SURE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A HAPPY COINCIDENCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH, WE CONTACTED FIVE VENDORS AND I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES WITH, OKAY.
WE CONTACTED FIVE, TWO RESPONDED.
ONE WAS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE, CAME OUT AND WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WALK, THE SITE, PROVIDE AMUSEMENTS.
LIKE WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING LIKE THE LEFTOVERS.
I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING GOOD ATTRACTIONS AND GOOD AMUSEMENTS.
SO, UM, THERE'S VALUE BEHIND THAT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU LUCKED OUT BECAUSE THEY ORIGINALLY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO, BUT THEY HAD A CANCELLATION.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT ANY CARNIVALS HERE IF THEY DIDN'T GET A CANCELLATION FROM ANOTHER CITY.
SO IT WAS JUST A PERFECT COINCIDENCE.
DO THEY HAVE A GOOD RIDE? IF IT, DEPENDING ON WHAT RIDES YOU LEFT, DO YOU WANT TO GO ON THE FERRIS WHEEL? YOU WANT EVERYTHING 14.
THEY HAVE A VARIETY GO FROM SEVEN TO 21 RIDES, BUT, UM, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RIDES AND ADULTS USE IT.
UM, WHEN I HAD THEM COME OUT, I'VE SEEN ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
UM, CITY MANAGER AT THE RISK OF PROLONGING THE MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN THIS TIMEFRAME HAS MADE FOR A FRENZIED
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PACE, LIKE TO THANK ROXANNE FOR HER DILIGENCE TO MAKE ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT SOME CHECKS HERE BETWEEN NOW AND THE EVENT, AND WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU FOR RATIFICATION ON HEALTH SERVICES.
YOU DON'T MAINTAIN YOUR EVENT IS IN BIG TROUBLE.
UM, WILL BE ONE IN PARTICULAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON A RATIFICATION BASIS RATHER THAN PROSPECTIVELY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH, UM, WELL-REGARDED, UM, OFFICES AND COMPANIES.
AND I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD EVENT AS A RESULT OF THAT.
I THINK THE CARNIVAL REVENUE WILL BE QUITE CRITICAL.
UH, AND YES, UM, MY FAMILY'S GOING AND, AND WE'RE BUYING THE UNLIMITED, UH, BY, BY YOUR PRE-ORDER YOUR UNLIMITED, UH, SO I'M, I'M, I AM BUYING FIVE FOR TWO DAYS.
SO 10, I GUESS, YEAH, $250, BUT YOU KNOW, W WE'RE WE'RE DOING IT, WE'RE DOING IT.
WE'RE GOING TO RIDE ALL THE RIDES.
I THINK MY, MY ONLY, ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT, UM, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SELLING FOOD AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOD VENDORS.
AND JUST BECAUSE LIKE, I OBVIOUSLY IT'S COST AND MONEY RIGHT.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND FOOD TOO, TO OUR OTHER VENDORS.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THEM MAYBE TAKING SOME OF THE, THE FOOD REVENUE AWAY.
AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, WHAT THEY'RE SELLING, W W WELL, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT WHY, WHY ALSO ARE THEY BEING ALLOWED TO SELL? LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE REVENUE FROM THE RIDES AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE GONNA MAKE REVENUE FROM THE GAMES.
SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY, MY ONE CONCERN WAS WHY THEY WERE ALSO BEING ABLE TO SELL FOOD.
SO TO THROW THE TARIFF, I MAY HAVE TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOT DEVICE QUESTION, UM, WHAT THE FOOD THAT THEY'RE SELLING IS LIKE CANDY, APPLES, UM, COTTON CANDY, AND IT'S LIKE ANOTHER TYPE OF CANDY.
UM, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE OTHER VENDORS, YOU KNOW, ARE SELLING.
YOU KNOW, WE DID KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, IT WAS VARIETY AT THE FOOD.
CAUSE IT, IT, IT IS ALSO A FOOD FESTIVAL IN A SENSE TOO.
SO ADDING TO THAT, ADDING TO THAT VARIETY, UM, AGAIN, DOES DIFFERENT FROM WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS ARE SELLING JUST DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THE CARNIVAL COMES, THAT CONCESSION STANDS.
SO WE DID TALK TO THE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, THE GROUPS, THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE REPRESENTATIVE REALLY OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND FOOD VENDORS THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS VARIETY RATHER THAN THE COMPETITION, UM, WE OPTED TO GO THAT DIRECTION.
I, I UNDER I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A, AS A CONSUMER, RIGHT.
WHEN, WHEN IT'S COMING TIME TO FOOD, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LIMITED RESOURCE.
UH, AND SO I, I JUST, UH, JUST BECAUSE THE OTHER VENDORS, UM, YOU KNOW, PAID TO HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, $400 PLUS WHAT THEY HAD TO PAY TO PUBLIC HEALTH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESOURCES OF THE CUSTOMERS WHERE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SLIP AWAY.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT WAS MY BIG CONCERN.
AND I AGREE WITH, UH, UM, CONSOLE MEMBERS TOP BY 10 BY, AND I KNOW WE ALMOST OVER THE 60 FOOD VENDORS COME IN, THEY SPEND ALL THE EFFORT.
AND, UH, BY MY UNDERSTANDING IS MORE LIKE A FAIRFIELD.
SO IT'S JUST A SNACK, NOT THE, WE ARE HEAVY DUTY, THE ONE THEN TO, SO, SO WE WANT TO HANDLE FOR MAKE SURE.
AND, UH, IF WE CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP OKAY.
AND THEN THEY CAN GO INTO OKAY.
ALL THESE VENDOR AND THAT WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KIND OF SHOP, OKAY.
WE SOLD THIS VENDOR, HOPEFULLY.
THEY CAN HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL REVENUE.
AND THEN WE WANT TO HELP THE SMALL BUSINESS, AND THIS IS HOW SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE WAY THEY PAY FOR THE PERMIT TO PAY FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR COUNTY, THAT THEY REALLY COMPLY WITH THE HARDEST CITY.
AND THE, AND THEY'RE REALLY WILLING TO PAY FOR ALL THE THING.
AND SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM IS NOT USED TO IT, BUT THEY ALL PAY, PAY FORWARD.
SO WE REALLY NEED, SO HAVE THE EMPTY STOMACH, GOT TO EAT OTHER FIELDS.
NO EATING FOR TWO DAY AND THEN EAT ALL THE FOOD OVER THERE.
WHEN WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE, THEY DIDN'T SELL FOOD.
AND AT THAT TIME AT, LIKE AT MY FACILITY WAS WANTING THEM TO, BUT I KNOW THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH LIKE THE HEALTH PERMIT AND SO FORTH.
SO I DO RECALL THAT THEY, THEY DIDN'T SELL, LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, LIKE THE FOOD, I THINK WHEN THEY DID, IT WAS JUST LIKE WATER, LIKE WATER AND, AND, UH, CANDY.
BUT IT IS GOOD TO KNOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, BRAIN AND
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FOOD, BUT I DO RECALL THAT THEY DIDN'T.AND THEN TO JUST, JUST ONE MORE THOUGHT ON THAT THEY DID ALSO PAY FOR THEIR, UM, WENT THROUGH THE SAME HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROCESSES, THE OTHER VENDORS, AND THEY PAID THOSE, THOSE FEES TO.
DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT A FIRST, YOU GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VETO IN A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM D IS FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AIR CASTELLANO'S I NUMBER SEVEN, PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THAT'S THE END OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR NOW ON TO
[8) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2022-2023 COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ACTION PLAN]
THE REMAINING ITEM OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.NUMBER EIGHT REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 CBDG ACTION PLAN.
AND WHO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM? AARON, DONALD, AND WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE WAS GIVEN ME ALL RIGHT.
THEN AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ACTION PLAN.
AND FIRST WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION BY KELLY MACDONALD.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC GOOD EVENING.
UH, THIS HEARING CONCERNS THE 2223 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CDBG BLOCK GRANT CDBG ACTION PLAN.
THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL GRANT OF CDBG FUNDS FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROGRAM WORKS TO ENSURE DECENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO CREATE JOBS THROUGH THE EXPANSION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES.
AS A RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT GUIDES THE INTENDED USE OF THE GRANT FUNDS.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE CITY HAS USED CDBG FUNDS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AS THE SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM, HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND THE ACTIVITIES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ON APRIL 6TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 20, 20, 20 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN BASED ON THE PRIORITIZATION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS SHOWN IN TABLE ONE, THE CATEGORIES ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT ONE.
THE PRIORITY LEVELS ARE DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT AND, UH, SHOWN IN THE TABLE ON THE SCREEN.
THE ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THIS IS THE FIRST PRIOR TO DRAFTING A PLAN.
THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO HOLD A HEARING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES ON WHICH THE PLAN IS TO BE BASED AND MODIFY IF DESIRED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUYDAM STAFF CAN BEGIN DRAFTING THE ACTION PLAN AND THE PROCESS OF SOLICITING PROPOSALS AND EVALUATING PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ONCE THEY DRAFT IS FINALIZED, THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR A REQUIRED 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW, THEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR THE HEARING WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 18TH, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT RESULTING FROM THIS REPORT.
SO IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 ACTION PLAN BASED ON THE 20, 20, 20, 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN PRIORITIES.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BY OUR COUNCIL? NO, COUNCILMAN, I GO AHEAD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW HOMELESSNESS IS A HIGH PRIORITY AND WE, WE HAVE IT LISTED AS HIGH.
I DID NOTICE THOUGH THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISCONNECT, UH, IN THAT, UM, WE HAVE RENTAL HOUSING AS, AS A LOW PRIORITY, UM, WHICH, WHICH WOULD REALLY BE A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO, TO HOMELESSNESS.
UH, SO CAN YOU MAYBE, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE, THE RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND, AND, AND HOW THAT WORKS WITH CDBG? WELL, THE PRIORITIZATION IS JUST BASED ON, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE INTEND TO USE THE F CDBG FUNDS TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR NEED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A RENTAL HOUSE, WE DON'T HAVE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO, RIGHT.
SO, YEAH, SO, SO I GUESS, I GUESS BECAUSE HOMELESSNESS IS,
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IS, IS A HIGH PRIORITY.UH, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SAYING IT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF MY COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, IS, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD, SHOULD ALSO BE MAYBE EVEN A HIGHER PRIORITY TO, TO THEN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN PREVENT IT, THEN, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
UH, AND SO, UH, I, I, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FEELS.
UM, BUT, BUT TO ME, THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT TO, TO HAVE, UM, THAT AS A LOW PRIORITY, UM, WHEN HOMELESSNESS IS, IS AN ISSUE.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UM, OTHERS.
WHAT DID SHE HAVE? UM, THIS CITY BG, I MEAN, THIS IS NORMALLY, UH, GONE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSION, CORRECT? WE DO THAT ANNUAL CDBG WHERE IT GOES THROUGH THE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT IS YES.
WE RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE THERE'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THOSE HERE'S PRESENTATIONS AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON FUNDING.
AND, UM, AND I, SO FOR THESE ARE JUST PRETTY MUCH THE, UM, THE HOMES ISSUE, CORRECT.
CAUSE I KNOW THE CDBG, THE OTHER CDBG FUNDINGS THAT THEY DO, IT GOES TO ORGANIZATION THAT TARGETS EVEN HOMELESSNESS AND SO FORTH ON THAT.
BUT ON, ON THIS CASE WITH, UM, I LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE HOMELESS, THE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING.
I KNOW THOSE THAT CURRENTLY HAVE, HOW DO I PUT THIS? THE SORRY, THE, THOSE WHO CURRENTLY HAVE THE HOUSINGS IN PLACE, LET'S SAY THAT THEY MOVE IN, THEY HAVE SITUATION WITH THEIR AC UNIT, THEIR HEATING, THEY GO THROUGH THIS CDBG, CORRECT? UM, YES, THERE IS A, UM, HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR.
SO YES, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL THE SAME, UH, FUNDING, UH, JUST A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA.
AND THEN WITH THIS, IS THERE A CERTAIN USAGE TO BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RENTAL HOUSING, WHEN YOU WOULD, THEY PRIORITIZE THAT HIGH IT'S, THAT'S JUST MORE LIKE FUNDING FOR THE RENTAL.
IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, AGAIN, THE PRIORITY LEVEL ASSIGNED HERE IS JUST WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE W THE CITY PLANS TO USE CDBG MONEY OR NOT, THE COUNCIL CAN REPRIORITIZE RIGHT.
REPRIORITIZE THESE AT ANY TIME WITH A RENTAL HOUSING THING, MAYBE THE CITY WOULD EXPLORE, OH, UM, UH, CREATING A RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM OR, OR CONTRACTING, UH, A NONPROFIT TO CONDUCT THAT AND SUB GRANTING SOME MONEY OUT TO THEM TO CONDUCT IT.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
I, I KNOW WE, I WENT THROUGH THIS MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES.
AND, UH, BEFORE ALWAYS THE CONCERN IS HOW WE HELP THE FIXED INCOME PEOPLE.
USED A CDBG FOUND TO RENOVATE THEIR HOME FOR LIKE THE CONSOLE WOMAN TALK ABOUT, OKAY.
THE UPGRADE THERE THEY'VE BEEN STANDARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INSULATION, NO AIR CONDITION IN 1999, WHEN I'M MOVING WEST COVINA.
I PURCHASED 2, 3, 5 LEAP HAS NO AIR CONDITION, NO INSULATION, SINGLE PANEL WINDOW.
AND IT'S ALL THERE IS REALLY WASTE OF ENERGY.
AND THE CBDG FUND CAN LOAN OKAY.
INTO THE FIXED INCOME SENIOR, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF A SENIOR AND A LOT OF FIXED INCOME.
THEY'D BEEN WEST COVINA NEED SOME KIND OF A, OKAY.
UPGRADE UPDATE OF THEIR HOUSE WITH ALL THIS SO-CALLED OKAY.
IT'S DOUBLE PANEL, WINDOW AIR CONDITION, ENERGY SAVING.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, NO MATTER HOW YOU PUMP, OKAY.
THE GAS, THE HEATER, THERE'S NO INSTALLATION DAY.
SO, SO, AND THAT ANOTHER THING IS CDBG.
BASICALLY UNDOING THE, UH, SO-CALLED, UH, HOMELESS VOUCHER.
I THINK WE, WE, WE USE THE CDBG FUND.
WHEN THEY KNOW, BECAUSE LAST TIME THEY TOLD ME AS THEY, THEY GOING TO APPLY.
SO WE HAVE TO REIMBURSE, OKAY.
TO PAY EUSTON CDBG FUND, TO PAY FOR THE SOME HOTEL.
I THINK PAULINA, YOU TOLD ME THAT, OR SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT WE USING WISTIA USING THE FEDERAL HARDEST CDBG FUND TO
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PAY FOR SOME OF THE OKAY.UH, NO, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.
SO HOW WE UTILIZE TO PAY FOR SOME, A MOTEL FOR SOME HOMELESS, WILLING TO GAIN TO SHELTER.
AND WE NEED TO FIND A HOUSING FOR THEM.
AND TEMPORARY WE'LL PUT DANE TO HOTEL.
WHO, WHERE WE GET A FORM FOR THAT, UM, MEASURE H MONEY WAS USED FOR THAT.
WE HAD A MEASURE H MONEY GRANTED TO US, AND THAT'S WHAT A, AND THEY WILL PAY FOR THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY UNDERSTANDING THEIR SCHOOL CALL ME.
THEY SAY, WE HAVE A FAMILY OF POSSIBLE, WE'LL BE OKAY.
AND THEN WE SAY, HEY, HURRY UP.
SO IF WE WANT TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE HOTEL, WELL, HOW WE GET THE MONEY? WHERE'S THE MONEY.
WELL, PREVIOUSLY WE, THAT WAS MEASURE H MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE, HAVE THAT MANY, ANY LOANS.
SO WHY NOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE HOUSE AND WE HAVE NO MONEY TO HELP THEM TO TEMPORARILY HOUSING THAT'S CORRECT.
SO, BUT CAN, WE COULD USE, WE COULD USE THE CDBG FUNDING, RIGHT? CAN WE MOVE UP? OKAY.
TO USING SOME OF THE FUND, HOW MUCH WE CAN USE TO HELP PEOPLE, NOT ON THE STREET, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, BECAUSE THE, I RECEIVE FROM THE SCHOOL FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT THIS ISSUE THERE THERE'S TEACHER, CAUSE SAY, HEY, WE MIGHT HAVE A FAMILY IN TROUBLE, SO CAN WE HELP THEM TEMPORARILY? DO WE HAVE, CAN WE USE THE CDBG FUND? CAN WE PRIORITIZE SOME OF, UH, BECAUSE LOOK LIKE IT IS THE ISSUE WON'T GO AWAY AND THEN WE DON'T GET THE MAJOR H MONEY.
THEN WE MAYBE FIND SOME OTHER RESOURCE.
SO WHEN POSSIBLE CAN USE CDBG AND HOW MUCH WE CAN USE.
UH, HUD HASN'T, UM, LET US KNOW WHAT THE ALLOCATIONS ARE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
OH, HOW MUCH WE CAN USE OUR BUDGET FROM THE CDBG FUND, HOW MUCH WE CAN UTILIZE TO HELP THE FAMILY IN TROUBLE.
UH, HA HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
WE'VE OBLIGATED ALL THE MONEY FOR THIS TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THIS YEAR.
DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR THAT? SINCE I SEE YOU FOR SIX TIMES, THIS NUMBER SEVEN TIMES.
SO WE ALL DO EVERY YEAR, CDBG FOUND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME NUMBER, BUT BECAUSE OF MY UNDERSTANDING, ALWAYS SOMETIME WE USE THE BBG FUND TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN TROUBLE, RIGHT? THE, THE HOMELESS, THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS FALL UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE CAP.
AND THAT THAT'S CAPPED AT 15% OF, OF THE GRANT.
UH, AND WE TYPICALLY OBLIGATE THOSE FULLY TO, OKAY, CARRIE KELLY, IF WAY TONIGHT WE OWN THE CHANGE OF POWER.
WE PRIORITY PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE FUN, HOW MUCH WE CAN PRIORITIZE FOR HELPING THE PEOPLE POTENTIALLY IN TROUBLE.
SO WE CAN GET A GRANT TO HELP THEM DOWN THE STREET.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY ON THE STREET, THEY ARE OKAY IN THE CAR, THEY'LL BE TOO LATE.
WE WANT TO, BEFORE THEY GO IN THE CAR ON THE STREET, WE WANT TO MAYBE FIND SOME HOUSING MOTEL TEMPORARY FOR THEM.
THE, THE PRIORITIZATION WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS, IS FOR, FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.
OH, WE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HAIDA HASN'T, UH, ANNOUNCED.
SO WE HAVE NO, WE CANNOT CHANGE THE HOMELESS, THE GRANT BASED ON WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT I JUST CONFUSED.
YOU, YOU ALL HAVE TO APPROVE THIS WITH WHICH WE'RE EMPOWERED IS A PRIORITY.
THEN WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY, MAYBE WE CAN USE SOME OF THE MONEY PAID FOR SOME PEOPLE.
IF WE HAVE FAMILY CHILDREN, THEY IN TROUBLE, CAN WE USE HIM OR BEFORE MY PRIORITY IS ALWAYS USING THE CDBG FUND TO HELP PEOPLE AND THIS ALREADY IN THE PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE TO UPGRADE, UPDATE THEIR HOME.
NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE SOME GRANT TO HELP PEOPLE TO TEMPORARILY HOUSING, OKAY.
BUT YOU TOLD ME, NO, THIS IS A MAJOR AGE BY, YOU KNOW, IT WILL HAVE NO MAJOR MONEY, MAJOR MONEY FROM COUNTY.
SO IF WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHERE NOW WE HAVE TO, WHAT WE CAN USE, CAN WE CHANGE IN THE EDGE? OKAY.
CDBG FOUND OVER HERE, WE CAN PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE PHONE.
IMPLEMENTING TO TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THE FAMILY IN TROUBLE.
CAN WE DO THAT? NO, WE ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THAT.
IS IT TODAY? OR DO WE NEED MORE TIME TO SEARCH BACK? I'LL RESEARCH THAT AND YOU'LL BRING BACK.
MAYBE BECAUSE OTHERWISE, HOW CAN WE DESIGN? BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SOME GOOD QUESTION.
SO, SO LET'S HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
AND COUNCILMAN TOMATO HAD A THANK YOU, MARY.
RIGHT? SO, SO I THINK COUNCILMAN WU WAS, WAS REALLY
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GETTING TO THE ISSUE THAT, THAT I ORIGINALLY WAS TALKING ABOUT IS, IS RIGHT NOW WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN AVENUE FOR FAMILIES THAT, THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING AND MIGHT GO INTO HOMELESSNESS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.UH, AND I KNOW RENTAL HOUSING, RIGHT? W WHICH WE HAVE A LOW PRIORITY, WHICH MEANS IT ISN'T GONNA GET CDBG MONEY.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I I'M REQUESTING THAT, THAT WE DO ACTUALLY LOOK TO, TO CREATE, UH, THAT RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THAT.
SO WHEN, WHEN A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER GETS A CALL FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE HAVE A FAMILY THAT IS ABOUT TO BE EVICTED FROM THEIR APARTMENT.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY AVENUE, UH, FOR THAT FAMILY TO GET MAYBE ASSISTANCE FOR THAT ONE MONTH RENT TO KEEP THEM HOUSED? SO THAT WAY THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FIRM UP THEIR SITUATION BEFORE THEY'RE IN THE CAR.
UM, THAT, THAT WE WE'VE CREATED THAT JUST LIKE WE HAVE DONE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE RIGHT.
AND SO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE HAVEN'T PUT ANY CDBG MONEY IN IT, BUT CDBG MONEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
UH, AND SO, SO I, I THINK YES, TO, FOR, FOR US, FOR YOU TO BRING US BACK, UM, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE AND POSSIBLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE IN THERE AND HOW MANY FAMILIES THAT MIGHT HELP.
UM, SO WE CAN PREVENT THE HOMELESSNESS, I THINK WOULD BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO, UM, TO, TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD DECISION ON OUR, OUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, SO IF I CAN ADD TO THAT OR RESPOND TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENING IS TO GET THE PRIORITIES FROM THE COUNCIL WHERE YOU GUYS WANT TO PRIORITIZE.
WE WILL COME BACK WITH AN ACTION PLAN.
UM, SO WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
YOU GUYS WANT US TO LOOK AT, UM, A RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM, UM, AS MENTIONED JUST BECAUSE IT'S LOW PRIORITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T FUND THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, SO I'M HEARING THAT WE WANT TO ELEVATE THAT STATUS.
AND I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE GOT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF READY PLAN FOR SOMEONE FINDING THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ BEATO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE CITY THAT IS CURRENTLY DOING THIS.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THROUGH CDBG, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT IF THEY JUST LOST THEIR JOB OR STRUCK BY AN ILLNESS WHERE THEY JUST, THE CITY WILL PAY LIKE ONE MONTH OF THEIR RENT, THEIR UTILITIES, JUST TO GET BY WHILE THERE YOU TO HAVE TO FILE THE PAPERWORK TO EDD AND ALL THAT STUFF TO JUST TO GET BY.
UM, IF I GET, FIND OUT WHICH CITY IS, I'LL LET YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, BUT THAT IS IN CONSENSUS WHAT ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE HAS BEEN SAYING.
I BELIEVE EL MONTE HAS A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
UH, WAS THERE, UH, KELLY, ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PRESENTATION OR DID THAT COVER EVERYTHING? WELL, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE, THE LOANS THAT STAFF IS, IS REVISING THOSE GUIDELINES FOR THE LOAN PROGRAM AND LOOKING TO INCREASE THE, THE LOANS AND EXPAND THE, THE, UH, THE USAGE WAS A BIT OUTDATED AND THE, UH, WE NEED TO INCREASE.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE.
WE NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT AND APPLAUSE.
WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM, THE FIXED INCOME, THE SENIOR, THEY CAN USE THE MONEY TO UPGRADE THEIR LIVING STANDARD BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SUB LIVING STANDARD WITH ALL THIS OKAY.
AIR CONDITIONING ISSUE IS SOMETIMES A WORD REALLY HARD.
SO, SO LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THEM.
AND THEN NOT AN IS ABOUT HOMELESS ASSISTANT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
I THINK THERE IS A, I'VE BEEN RECEIVING THIS AS A COUNCIL ABOUT THE ISSUE.
THE SCHOOL CALLED ME, SAID, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A PROGRAM? AND I CALLED THE CITY CITY SAY, OKAY, WE MIGHT HAVE A TIME STATION, A UNION STATION.
BUT NOW UNION STATION NEVER SHOW UP TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO DO SO WE CAN HAVE A CONTRACT.
SO MAYBE WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE OKAY.
AND, UM, ALL POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL, WHICH OKAY.
AGENCY THEY TRUST SO WE CAN BRING THEM, SEE, WE CAN FIND, OKAY, THE PARTNERSHIP, BUT, BUT THE, THE, NOT TONIGHT, DO WE HAVE URGENCY TO VOTE THIS TONIGHT? OR CAN WE BRING BACK THE NEXT MEETING, TELL US WHY YOU FIND OUT HOW MUCH WE CAN, UH, LOCATE INTO THE RENTAL ASSISTANT, HOW MUCH WE CAN UTILIZE THAT.
SO WE KNOW MAKE A SET OF THE PROGRAM OKAY.
TO HELP PEOPLE TO, BEFORE THEY OWN ON THE STREET.
I THINK THAT JUST SETS THE DIRECTION.
BUT WE CAN BRING, BRING SOMETHING BACK.
THAT'S SPECIFIC TO EVERYTHING WE'RE REQUESTING.
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HOW MUCH THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO SPEND THE MONIES.AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN SAY, WE WANT TO SPEND MORE HERE.
WE WANT TO SPEND LESS OVER ON THESE PROGRAMS. SO THEN FOR JUST ON THE PLAN, PRIORITIES, ALL WE NEED TO CHANGE IS ON THE RENTAL HOUSING CHANGE TO THE LOW, TO HIGH, JUST FOR OFFER.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE, UH, RENTAL HOUSING THAT, YEAH.
SO I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO SEE IF ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE, WHICH IS TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, ANYBODY, YOU CAN JUST FILL OUT A CARD LATER, IF YOU WOULD.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M REALLY GLAD ALL OF YOU ARE DISCUSSING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING MANY OF US HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH, OR LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS, CORRECT.
IF WE CAN PREVENT HOMELESSNESS BY KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR APARTMENTS, IN THEIR HOMES, YOU DON'T HAVE SUCH A BIG HOMELESS PROBLEM.
THERE ARE THE ONLY THING THAT IS NOW BEING OFFERED BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING SHORTAGE IS TO REFER PEOPLE TO, UM, HOUSING IS KEY.
HAS THIS MUCH SPACE, THE NEED IS THIS GREAT.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD REALLY HELP AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT WOULD BE TO CRITICALLY LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE IN THE CITY.
A VOUCHER FOR 30 DAYS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 30 DAYS? HEY, UM, ONE CITY THAT I WORKED WITH OR, OR HAD A DISCUSSION WITH, WITH SCHOOL AGED KIDS LOCALLY HAS 700 HOMELESS CHILDREN.
THOSE ARE KIDS THAT ATTEND SCHOOL WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT.
AND MANY OF THEM DON'T LIVE THERE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN EVICTED WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
SAME HAPPENS WITH WEST COVINA.
HEY, I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE FROM WEST COVINA.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, AS PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED, THEY'RE LIVING IN CARS, THEY'RE LIVING IN OTHER CITIES ON COUCHES.
THEY'RE STACKING THREE AND FOUR FAMILIES IN A HOME.
THEN THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AS A CITY.
EVERY CITY CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS.
ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH HOUSING HAS TO BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT? I HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
UM, SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE HEARING AND CONTINUE WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
V IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D WANT TO DO? YES.
AND I, I REMEMBER I, WE, WHEN THE UNION STATION WAS HERE, I'M THE HOMELESS.
WE MENTIONED ABOUT LIKE THE HOUSING KEY, THEY'RE KEY HOUSING, BUT I'VE REQUESTED THAT THEY EXPAND IT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS WANT TO HELP, BUT, UM, WHERE THEY CAN UTILIZE ONSET OF IT, IT'S ONLY GEARED TO LIKE, UM, A HOTEL OR APARTMENT, BUT EVEN LIKE THE ROOMS, SO FAMILIES CAN TAKE THE ROOMS AND STUFF.
UM, I PUT IN THAT REQUEST, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE THAT.
UM, BUT IF CITY STAFF CAN FOLLOW UP ON, ON THAT, WHETHER THEY CAN JUST EXPAND THAT, HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
TO CLARIFY HOW THAT WORKS BASICALLY.
SO IF I HAVE A FAMILY, I GET A CALL AND SOMEONE SAYS, UM, WE'RE BEING EVICTED.
FIRST THING WE DO IS SAY, CONNECT WITH HOUSING IS KEY BECAUSE THERE ARE ATTORNEYS THERE.
NO ONE SHOULD GO BEFORE A JUDGE OR SELF EVICT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION WITH THE REPRESENTATION.
MANY TIMES WE CAN KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES OR APARTMENTS TWO OR THREE MORE MONTHS, WHICH GIVES TIME FOR THE OTHER PROGRAMS TO TAKE EFFECT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
BUT THE DIFFICULT PART IS THERE IS A LACK OF HOUSING THAT THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE LACK OF HOUSING.
AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING IS PROBABLY PROFIT BEFORE PEOPLE, OKAY.
THERE IS NO RENT CONTROL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY TIME SOMEONE MOVES OUT
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OF AN APARTMENT, THAT LAW LANDLORD CAN INCREASE THE RENT, THE GROUP OF PEOPLE OR THE POPULATION, TYPICALLY THAT'S TARGETED SINGLE MOTHERS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAKE UP ONLY 8%, 10% OF THE POPULATION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.THEY ARE 30% OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN EVERY CITY, THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF, UM, RENT STABILIZATION.
THINGS NEED TO BE WRITTEN INTO THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO PROTECT PEOPLE BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS JUST GREED.
SO, UM, WE'LL LOOK INTO THE DETAILS OF, OF WHAT CAN BE DONE RELATED TO CONNECTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE ROOMS FOR RENT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND THEN TO CHANGE THE HOMELESS HERE TO A HIGHER, OKAY.
AND THAT IS MY EMOTION AND THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLUE WITH A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE HOMELESS TO A HIGHER PRIORITY.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ, BEATO COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT DUBAI, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE RENTAL HOUSING TO THE HIGHER.
THAT WAS A RENTAL HOUSING TO A HIGHER PRIORITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOO MUCH BY COUNCILMAN WOO.
UH, YOU HAVE TO BRING BACK THE ACTION PLAN, RIGHT.
HOW CAN WE UTILIZE IMPLEMENT THIS IF WE CAN GET A GRANT TO HELP PEOPLE.
COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, VITA MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
I MAYOR COSTA LINEUPS, UH, PAT SAYS FIVE ZERO WITH THE DIRECTION GIVEN TO CITY STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MVTRANSPORTATION, INC.]
10 THAT'S, UM, DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS CONSIDERATION OF TRANSPORT AND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MV TRANSIT CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THE REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A CONSIDERED TRANSPORTATION LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSIT, UM, AND V TRANSIT IS OUR CURRENT, UH, PROVIDER FOR OUR SHUTTLE SERVICES AND OUR DIALER RIDE PROGRAM.
AND PER THE LAST AGREEMENT, THEY WERE CONTRACTED TO DO A UBER PILOT PROGRAM FOR, UM, SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THEIR CONTRACT WITH MV TRANSIT WAS EXTENDED ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS FOR, UM, A TOTAL OF UP TO ONE YEAR THAT WILL END MARCH 2ND OR EXPIRED MARCH 2ND, UH, 2020, WHICH WILL BE TOMORROW.
UM, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TRANSIT SERVICE EVALUATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT EVALUATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE MARCH 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, FROM THAT, UM, DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL THAT WILL INFORM STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
UM, SO TO ENSURE SERVICES THROUGH THE END OF THE EVALUATION PERIOD IN THE RFP PROCESS, STAFFED S M V TO PROVIDE A PROPOSAL FOR A MONTH TO MONTH EXTENSION, THE ATTACHMENT IS A PROPOSAL AT A STATUS CODE SERVICE LEVEL.
UM, AND THE RATES WOULD INCREASE BY 5.7% TO KEEP IT AS STATUS QUO.
UM, THE LEASE WOULD BE, OR THE EXTENSION WOULD BE FOR SIX MONTHS ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS.
UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH THE SHUTTLE SERVICE AND THE, UM, DIAL A RIDE.
THERE'S ALSO AN OPTION TO MODIFY THE CURRENT SERVICES BEING PROVIDED, UM, TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, OUR CONSULTANT LOOKED AT TWO ALTERNATIVES, ELIMINATING THE BLUE LINE AND REDUCING REDUCING SERVICE ON THE GREEN LINE FROM TWO BUSES TO ONE, UH, EACH ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE ANTICIPATED TO SAVE APPROXIMATELY 9,000 PER MONTH.
UM, SO WE, UH, THE CITY ALSO HAS A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR MV TRANSIT AT
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THE CITY YARD.UM, THAT'S ALSO ON A MONTH TO MONTH AND ALSO EXPIRES TOMORROW.
UH, THE CITY DOES RECEIVE 3000 PER MONTH FOR THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
SO BEFORE YOU ARE VARIOUS OPTIONS, WE WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION.
UM, OPTION ONE WOULD BE TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSION FOR THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS FOR TRANSIT SERVICES AS IS INCLUDING THE DIALER RIDE, UH, PROGRAM AND THE PILOT, UH, UBER PROGRAM ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS FOR NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS.
THE SECTION SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS OR TRANSIT SERVICES AND THE LEASE ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
ALSO NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS AND DIRECT STAFF TO CONDUCT CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH UBER OR LYFT TO CARRY OUT THE, UH, ON DEMAND RIDE HAILING PROGRAM.
THE THIRD OPTION IS TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS FOR TRANSIT SERVICES, WITH REDUCED SERVICES, WHETHER WE ELIMINATE THE BLUE OR, UM, ELIMINATE THE BLUE LINE ALTOGETHER, OR REDUCE THE GREEN LINE SERVICE, UM, AND DO THE LEASE ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS AS WELL, UM, OR PREFER PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION.
THESE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY THE COST FOR THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, SO THE COST FOR OPTION ONE IS 740, UM, AND THAT THIS IS ON AN SIX MONTH EXTENSION BASIS.
UH, OPTION TWO WOULD BE A REDUCTION TO 690,000 AND OPTION THREE WOULD BE A REDUCTION TO 636,000.
UH, SO TONIGHT STAFF IS SEEKING, UH, COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THE TRANSIT SERVICES AND THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND THE UBER PILOT PROGRAM, UH, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ON NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN SUCH FINAL FORM AS APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CARRY OUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ BEYOND.
SO WHY WOULD WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT WHEN THE DISCUSSION IS THAT THE EVALUATION WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE MARCH 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING? IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO EXTEND IT UNTIL THE MARCH 15TH, BUT THE CONTRACT WITH MV TRANSIT DOES EXPIRE MARCH 2ND, AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE WITH A MONTH TO MONTH.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION.
OH, SO TO ANSWER THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT THE RESULT ON MARCH 15TH WILL REALLY BE, UH, ANY KIND OF MATERIAL BENEFIT TO US.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS YOU ALL HEARD ME SAY FOR YEARS, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON HIS COUNCIL, I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT THESE EMPTY GHOST BUSES AND I'VE REQUESTED TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
SO OPTION NUMBER FOUR, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE US TO TERMINATE ALL THE FIXED ROUTES IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
KEEP, DIAL A RIDE, KEEP THE LEASE AND ENGAGE WITH THE SAVE MONEY DIRECTLY WITH UBER AND LYFT.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE.
SO, SO THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO TEND TO YOUR QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK THE RESULTS ON MARCH 15TH WILL REALLY BE MEANINGFUL.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE TAKE DECISIVE ACTION ON REALLY GIVEN A BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR, FROM THESE MONIES FROM 2.1 MILLION FROM PROP A AT 1.8 MILLION FROM PROPHECY 1.3 MILLION FOR MEASURE OUR 1.5 MILLION FROM MEASURE M WE'RE WASTING IT ON GHOST BUSES FROM NOW TO THE 15TH, REALLY NOTHING CHANGES OTHER THAN I KEEP SEEING THAT SAME LITTLE GHOST BUS DRIVING PAST ME EVERY MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK ENTIRELY EMPTY AND EVERY SINGLE OTHER BUS I DRIVE BY ENTIRELY EMPTY.
AND I'VE ASKED ALL OF YOU HERE AND EVERYONE THAT I ENCOUNTER, PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU EVER SEE A HEAD IN ONE OF THOSE BUSES I NEVER EVER, EVER DO.
UM, THAT, THAT IS AGAIN, I'LL REITERATE THE OPTION I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, WOULD BE TO COMPLETELY CONCLUDE OUR FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM IN FAVOR OF USING THOSE FUNDS FOR SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD REALLY UTILIZE.
UM, SUCH AS, UH, OTHER CITIES LIKE MONROVIA DO, UH, $3, UM, SUBSIDIZED TO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
UM, UH, OUR BUSINESSES IN TOWN COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT.
OUR MALL, FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF HAVING THE PARKING LOT FULL OF CARS COULD HAVE PEOPLE AT THE MALL FOR A SUBSIDIZED RATE AND STILL ALLOW PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN TO SEE AN EMPTY PARKING LOT, STOP AND SHOP.
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SO THAT, THAT IS MY MOTION TO CONCLUDE THE FIXED ROUTES, KEEP, DIAL A RIDE BECAUSE I THINK OUR ELDERLY DO USE THAT TO GET TO GET AROUND.SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY THAT'S BEING UTILIZED.
I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE, UM, WHAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED COUNCILMAN TOBACCO BY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I THINK, UM, MY, MY MAJOR CONCERN, I MEAN, UH, I, MY, MY MOM DOES USE THE FIXED ROUTE, UH, TO GO GET MY SON.
AND THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT, THAT DO DEPEND ON THE FIXED ROUTE, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR SCHOOL.
UH, SO I DO DO THINK THAT IT, UM, TO ELIMINATE THE FIXED ROUTE, UM, WHILE SCHOOL IS STILL GOING ON, UM, IS, IS PROBLEMATIC.
UH, I CAN SEE, UM, DURING, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN, WHEN THAT FIXED ROUTE IS, IS NOT UTILIZED BY, BY AGAIN, UM, FAMILIES PICKING UP THEIR KIDS FROM SCHOOL OR, OR, OR, OR SCHOOL-AGE, UM, WRITERS, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT ALSO RESIDENTS WHO DO USE IT, UM, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, HEY, IN JUNE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A BY JUNE, THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE.
SO NOW YOU CAN START PREPARING, UM, FOR, UH, A DIFFERENT SERVICE.
I SEE THAT AS AN OPTION THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING YES.
WOULD, AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOOD FEEDBACK FIRST, OR YOU MIGHT'VE MENTIONED IT TO ME, BUT THAT'S VERY RARE.
I, WHEN I'VE REQUESTED THIS KIND OF DATA FROM MD TRANSIT, THE DATA THAT I WAS GIVEN WAS A JOKE TO BE FRANK, YOU MAY RECALL WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
IT WAS A CHART THAT WAS MEANINGLESS, UM, KIND OF OFFENSIVE, TO BE HONEST.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOUR MOM, WHEN DO YOUR CHILDREN BE OPEN AND COMFORTABLE UTILIZING UBER, BECAUSE THAT WOULD FULFILL THAT NEED AND SAVE US A TON OF MONEY AND REALLY OPEN UP THE ABILITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO, UM, REALLY ENJOY TRANSPORTATION.
NOW AND, UH, MY, MY, MY MOM AND SON OCCASIONALLY USE UBER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UBER IS ACTUALLY QUITE EXPENSIVE.
UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOW OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZED, BUT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE OFF OF, UH, MARCET AND MEEKER, WE DON'T LIVE VERY FAR FROM ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY.
IT'S LIKE 1820 $2 TO TAKE AN UBER.
IT IS EXPENSIVE POST PANDEMIC.
THE PRICE HAS SHOT UP, CERTAINLY, BUT I STILL WOULD RATHER SEE WITH A SUBSIDY, NOT HAVING OUR RESIDENTS PAY 18 BUCKS, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, NOT AS MUCH.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND I CAN, I CAN SEE THAT.
AND, AND, AND THAT, AND, AND I JUST, I JUST THINK, UM, TO, TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME, SOME FOR, FOR WARNING, FOR, FOR, FOR FAMILIES WHO DO KIND OF RELY ON IT CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, JUST A TRANSITION PERIOD.
YOU KNOW, TH THIS SEEMS, UH, POINT TAKEN.
I KNOW I WANT TO MOVE FAST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR SO LONG, COUNCILMAN WU.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I, I, SO A LOT OF EMPTY BUSES DRIVING AROUND.
THE TRANSFER PEOPLE OVER THERE WITH SENIOR, WITH SOME DISABILITY PEOPLE.
AND I TALKED TO THEM, I SAY, HOW DO YOU THINK, DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ROUTE? SO, SO I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.
BY THE SAME TIME WE SEE SOME OF THE POPULATION, THEY STILL NEEDING THIS, BUT TO OVERHAUL OKAY.
I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS, WELL THEN, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE THEM A WARNING AND SAY, WE ARE GOING TO TELL ME THIS, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE, BUT, BUT WE WERE STILL WAITING FOR THE REPORT COMING OUT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE GIVE THE SUBJECTION A CUT, HOW WE CHANGED THE ROUND.
THERE WOULD BE MORE USEFUL FOR THE POPULATION AND ALL, IS THAT POSSIBLE, AGAIN, CHANGING MORE KIND OF OPEN THAT CONTROL THE STYLE.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH MONEY, OR HOW CAN WE CHANGE INTO, LIKE, DOES THAT I SAY, MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT, SAFE, AND HIP, LIKE, UH, LIKE PEOPLE WILLING TO TAKE THE BUS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
MY FRUSTRATION STEMS FROM I'VE ASKED FOR ALL THAT.
I'VE ASKED THEM, BE TRANSIT, GIVE US THAT DATA.
LIKE WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE WITNESSED, YOU WITNESSED PEOPLE USING IT.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE ASKED FOR IT.
AND THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN IT TO HER.
I UNDERSTAND A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU.
THE K AND THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WENT THROUGH THE, HOW TO, WE PHONED IT, TAKE TIME SOMETIMES VERY FRUSTRATED.
HE SAW ME HOW I PULLED IN MY HAIR, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, OKAY, TELL THE INCIDENT MANAGER HOW THE CONCERN OR THE STORY ABOUT
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THE PAW, BUT, BUT DUE TO THE PERSONNEL AND THE BUREAUCRACY AND WE HAVE TO OKAY.AND, UH, BUT THEN POSSIBLE CHOP AND THEN SOME OTHER INNOCENT, THEY NEED TO USE IT.
SO MY, MY, MY SUGGESTION IS LET'S TICKET A TRANSPORT TECH TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN.
AND SEE, HOW CAN WE WALK WITH YOU? OKAY.
TO COMPANY IS COMPANY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT WE CAN, OKAY.
AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY LISTEN TO OUR REQUEST TO PROVIDE ROUTES THAT, THAT ARE MEANINGFUL.
SO MAYBE WE CAN GIVE TO SOME S OKAY.
SO FUN DAY AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE A, HOW CAN WE OKAY.
IMPROVE IF NOT, AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE, AND THEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE TO KILL IT.
BY THE SECOND TIME, I THINK WE SHOULD.
AND THEN, THEN WE DON'T WANT THAT THEY'RE WAITING ON THE BUS STOP.
MY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE OUR PUBLIC WITH, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK MR. MAYOR, I THINK A HUNDRED PERCENT WHERE IT WAS YOU, I WAS YOU THE WASTE OF MONEY.
SEE THE GHOST BUSES RUNNING AROUND.
AND THERE'S VERY FRUSTRATED, ESPECIALLY WITH GAS PRICES.
AND THEN YOU DON'T UTILIZE AND THERE, YOU SEE THE TAXPAYER MONEY GO DOWN TO THE DRAIN AND YOU PERCENT.
BUT I THINK WE, BEFORE WE DO SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE AND, UH, THAT GIVES ONE MORE CHANCE, AGAIN, AFTER SO MANY, HOW MANY DOWN WE KEEP OUR CITY MANAGER CHANCES, HOW MANY WARNING SHOTS DOES IT TAKE? BUT LET'S CONTINUE TO COUNSEL WOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO, ANY COMMENTS? I DO AGREE THAT THE FIXED ROUTE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED SINCE OBVIOUSLY THE LAST TIME THAT THEY LOOKED AT IT WAS PRE-DEVELOPMENT OF A LOT OF HIGH PRIORITY AREAS THAT PEOPLE GO TO.
NOW, UM, THE SHUTTLES, I KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE TEENAGERS WHO CAN'T DRIVE, I NEED, I WOULD LIKE THEM FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE SPORTS PLEX IN THE UNIT.
NOW THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE SPORTS PLEX, WE SHOULD HAVE A DEDICATED SHUTTLE THAT GOES THERE CONSTANTLY FROM A PARKING AREA, WHEREVER THAT MAY BE.
AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S THE PARKING, THAT'S A DESIGNATED SHUTTLE THAT ROUTES EVERY 15 MINUTES, ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS.
SO WE CAN DISSOLVE THAT PARKING ISSUE.
I AGREE THAT THAT'S WHAT LOOKING FOR IS ROUTES THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE USED.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE REQUESTED BEFORE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING THAT THE JANUARY, I MEAN THE MARCH 15 IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT.
I WAS THINKING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT US LIKE THE NEW ROUTES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
THAT WAS FROM THE LAST MEETING.
ALL OF US SHARED THE SAME FRUSTRATION.
BELIEVE ME, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
AND, AND I WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT JUST CROSS CITIES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND JUST DRIVING BY THE BALDWIN PARK TRAIN STATION, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN HAVE A SHUTTLE GOING FROM THAT BALL AND PARK TRAIN STATION THAT TAKES US TO OUR WEST COVINA PLASMA THAT TAKES TO THE SPORTSPLEX.
RIGHT? CAUSE NOW IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES WHO TAKE THAT TRAIN, THEY GET DROPPED OFF RIGHT THERE IN BALDWIN PARK.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE BLOCK AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS, THIS ROUTE THAT, THAT IS, IS GOING RIGHT ON, ON THE HOUR, DROPPING PEOPLE OFF AT OUR PLAZA, DROPPING OFF PEOPLE AT THE SPORTSPLEX, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE AS PART OF ANY TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ULTIMATELY.
UH, I THINK IT'S THE CITY MANAGEMENT NEEDED GIVERS.
I THINK WE ASK ABOUT BEFORE HOW WE CONNECT WITH A FOOTHILL TRANSIT, HOW WE GO TO SYNCHRONIZE TREVOR'S IN OBION, WE REQUEST FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS ALREADY.
AND THAT PEOPLE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE METRANS ROTATION BECAUSE MUCH EASIER, FASTER TO GO THROUGH IT.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY HIT ON THE AZUSA, THEY WILL BECOME GREEN LIGHT.
SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND TO CONNECT WITH THE GOAL LINE ON AZUSA, IN CONNECT WITH THE METRO LINK AT THE COVINA, AND THEN THEY CAN GO SOUTH TO THE 60.
SO KIND OF MOVE PEOPLE AROUND WITH.
WITH MASS TRANSPORTATION AND THAT WITH OKAY.
SO HIGH COULD BE EASIER ROUTE THAT POPULAR ROUTE THAT PEOPLE CAN.
YOU WILL, YOU CAN GO TO, LET ME FINISH.
GO TO THE PARK AND GO TO THE SHOPPING MALL.
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT? AND THIS IS, THIS SHOULD KIND OF TELL US OKAY.
HOW WE CAN KIND OF CONNECT TOGETHER IS A
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TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN ON WEST COVINA.I THINK WE'VE BEEN ASKING THIS FOR A LONG TIME ON TIME, BUT WE NEVER REALLY GET ANYTHING.
AND THEN THAT WE CAN REALLY OKAY.
DISCUSS BECAUSE NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND THEN WE GOT FRUSTRATED AND WANT TO KEY EVERYTHING.
SO, BUT REALLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE NOTHING CHANGED.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO CHANGE.
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MORE EASIER.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS, HOW TO MAKE IT SAFER, HOW TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT AND THE HOW TO MAKE IT MORE HIP.
AND SEE WHAT'S THEIR PROPOSAL TELLING US WHAT THEY CAN DO.
IN CHANGING THE ROUTE AND MAKE IT POPULAR.
MAKE IT MORE UTILIZED WHILE THEN A WASTE OF PROBABLY BEEN GHOST BUSES.
CAN TELL US WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, HUH? YES.
WHAT, AND THE ANSWER, DAVE, YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M NOT A STRANGER.
WELL, THE, THE MARCH 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.
GOING TO GET THE ACTION PLAN, DAVE, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AT THE MARCH 15TH COUNCIL MEETING, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING ABOUT CONNECTING TO THE METRO, EVEN POSSIBLY CONNECTING TO THE GOLD LINE, MOVING STUDENTS AROUND FROM SCHOOLS TO COMMUNITY CENTERS AND MUSIC TO MY EARS ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR SHOPPING CENTERS, DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE THAT EASY AND CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE.
SO, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE BRING TO THE COUNCIL ON THE 15TH.
SO IF A MUCH 15 THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN HOPEFULLY.
AND THE WEEKEND KIND OF A, OKAY.
AND WHAT TONIGHT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT TIME SO WE CAN GET LIST.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF, UM, EVERYONE, I THINK SEES WHAT MY FRUSTRATION IS IN Y SO THEN I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO CONSIDER OPTION THREE, BUT STILL WITH A BIGGER VISION OF, WE JUST GOT TO DO BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
I I'M TIRED OF SEEING GHOST BUSES.
I'D RATHER SEE THAT WASTED MONEY GO TO SUBSIDIZE UBER'S AND LYFT OR ANYTHING THAT'S USED BETTER, BETTER ROUTES AS DISCUSSED TODAY.
SO MY THING I KNOW WE'RE HITTING ON THIS MV TRANSPORTATION AS WHY ARE WE ONLY LIMITED TO MV TRANSPORTATION CAN MARCH 15, YOU BRING IN, UM, OTHER TRANSPORTATION SO THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
LIKE SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT THESE REQUESTS WE'VE BEEN MADE.
SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WHO'S NOT COMPLACENT TO THINKING, OKAY, SURE.
YES, WE'LL DO THIS, BUT IT TAKES FOREVER BECAUSE I'VE PUSHED FOR THIS.
WHAT LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, AND IT'S STILL THE SAME AND I GET ALL BUNCH OF EXCUSES, BUT IF WE CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER TRANSIT VENDORS THAT ARE INTERESTED THAT IS WILLING TO TAKE OVER.
UM, CAN WE ALSO INCLUDE THAT ON THE MARCH 15TH, MARCH 15TH, ISN'T SPECIFIC TO MV TRANSIT PROVIDING TRANSIT SERVICES.
SO IT'S IN GENERAL DOING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, UH, SHUTTLE ROUTES, UM, PROVIDING DIFFERENT SERVICES, BUT IT'S NOT SPECIFIC WITH AN V AS A VENDOR.
SO IF, DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION COUNCIL PROVIDES, WE COULD DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, FOR TRANSIT SERVICES.
I THINK THAT IT WILL BE THE DIRECTION WE MOVE IN, BUT PENDING, UH, WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED TONIGHT? UM, I I'M COMFORTABLE WITH STICKING TO OPTION THREE FOR NOW, BUT WITH A VISION IN MIND TO MOVE TOWARDS AN RFP, I HAVE A, I HAVE A COUNSELING ROOM.
SO DO WE HAVE OPTION? DO WE HAVE OTHER COMPANY? DO WE HAVE A, WELL, I THINK WE WOULD, WE NEED AN RFP FOR, DO WE HAVE OTHER CARRIER? OKAY.
IF THIS COMPANY DOESN'T WANT TO WORK WITH US OR ANY OTHER COMPANY, THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE A PROPOSAL.
WE WOULD LOVE THAT WE NEED TO PULL BY ASIA.
SO WE JUST NEED TO FIND A ONE COMPANY WILLING TO WALK WITH US.
AND GIVE SOME ATTENTION TO SERVICE TO OTHERS AND SEE, AND ME THAT'S INTO THEM, THEIR DIFFICULTY, BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC, OKAY.
NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE BUS FOR 20, 20 AND 2021 AND NOW SUDDENLY COMING BACK.
SO PEOPLE MORE FEEL MOST SAFE.
COMFORTABLE TO SIT INTO THE CONFINED OKAY.
SO, SO, SO BY THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN HELP US.
SO DO WE HAVE ALL THE COMPANY, OKAY.
UH, THIS, UH, THIS IS, UH, ONLY COMPANY THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, NOT AT ALL.
UM, I THINK ONCE WE PRESENT TO YOU GUYS ON THE 15TH AND WE GET DIRECTION, IF IT IS TO PROVIDE A SHUTTLE SERVICES, THEN WE CAN DO AN RFP FOR A DIFFERENT ANSWER, A SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDER AND GO FROM THERE.
UM, AND MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE
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TO DEPENDS.MAYBE AS MAYOR WAS SAYING, MAYBE WE USE ALL EARL OR THE FUNDS TOWARDS SUBSIDIZING UBER, LYFT RIDES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY WILL DEPEND ON THAT.
I KNOW MY KIDS SAY I'M CRAZY BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO USE GOOGLE.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY NOT NECESSARILY DOWNLOAD THE APP.
IT IS ON THAT, BUT A LOT OF SENIOR, THE THEY'RE NOT USING THAT.
SO, SO WE NEED TO COME AND DAY OLD, EVEN LEVEL OF POPULATION BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
AND I THINK, I THINK THE DIAL A RIDE WILL CONTINUE.
UM, THAT WAY IT'S GOOD FOR THEM.
I WAS AT, I JUST, UM, UH, MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FRUSTRATION, UM, BUT, BUT TO, TO REDUCE SERVICE, I THINK AGAIN, KIND OF PUTS AN UNDUE BURDEN.
UM, SO I, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE US TO GO WITH ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT DOESN'T REDUCE SERVICE, BUT SINCE IT'S MONTH TO MONTH, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY AFTER THE 15TH, YOU KNOW, SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS, THIS IS GOING TO LAST US ONE MORE MONTH.
AND THEN WE'RE MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THAT WAY THE RESIDENTS WHO DO USE IT DON'T FEEL ANY SACRIFICE, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT TIED INTO ANYTHING REALLY LONG-TERM RIGHT.
AND SO THAT WAY THE TRANSITION CAN BE SMOOTH AND THERE IS NO, OH, WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY AM I NOT GETTING MY, MY BUS AT THE TIME? I NORMALLY GET IT, YOU KNOW, NOW I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER HOUR.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT, EXCEPT FOR, I I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE LONGEST TIME GET ME THAT DATA.
DOES ANYONE HOP ON FROM HERE TO HERE OR HERE TO HERE? AND MUM'S THE WORD BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR INTEREST TO TELL US THAT.
AND, AND I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST, UH, I THINK TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO REDUCE SERVICE WHEN, WHEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW IT WILL IMPACT CERTAIN, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, CERTAIN FAMILIES, UM, WHEN I DON'T THINK WHEN I DON'T THINK WE, WE, WE HAVE TO NOW, LIKE, I THINK AGAIN, WE CAN, WE CAN TRANSITION IT.
UM, WE, WE CAN CREATE A WAY BETTER PLAN AND THEN PEOPLE JUST TRANSITION RIGHT INTO OUR BETTER PLAN AND THEIR LIVES NEVER CHANGED EXCEPT FOR THE BETTER.
YOU KNOW? SO I, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT, UM, THAT WE NEED TO, UM, RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO SOMETHING BETTER, UH, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, MY, MY, MY OPINION AND MY THOUGHTS, YOU COUNCILMAN WU, HOW LONG TO GET A CASE IN MUCH 15, WE CAN GET THE PROPOSAL FROM THE, ABOUT THIS FUND CONSULTANT, RIGHT.
IS NOW, AND HOW SOON WE CAN GET IP FROM ALL THE CARRIERS.
SO WE CAN KNOW THE WHO'S GOING TO GIVE A PROPOSAL HOW LONG IS TAKE.
SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN SEE, OKAY.
AND, UH, AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO ERUPT THE WAY, THE WAY SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING, BUT AT LEAST WE, WE CAN KIND OF, UH, AND SMOOTHLY AN OPTION.
HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THE ROUTES THAT WOULD BE CUT UNDER OPTION THREE? DO WE HAVE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT FINALLY THE ANSWER I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MIKE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, BUT THE REASON I CHOSE THREE, I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN ASKED IN FOR SO SUCH A LONG TIME, WHAT ARE THE ROUTES WE CAN CUT? CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT EQUIVOCATION EVERY MORNING WHEN I GO TO WORK EMPTY EVERY SINGLE TIME, I KNOW WE COULD CUT AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF THE ROUTE OR REALLOCATE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHATEVER WORKS.
BUT HOW BACK TO MY QUESTION, HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THE CUTS THAT WOULD OCCUR UNDER OPTION THREE? SO OPTION THREE, WE TALKED TO THE CONSULTANT, THAT'S WORKING WITH US TO DO THE EVALUATION FOR TRANSIT SERVICES OPTION.
WE CAN REDUCE THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS THE LEAST, UH, HAS THE LEAST RIDERSHIP.
AND THESE ARE THE, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THE DATA, BUT THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED.
THE GREEN LINE DOES HAVE THE HIGHER RIDERSHIP.
IT DOES HAVE TWO SHUTTLES ON THAT ROUTE.
SO, UM, BASED ON RIDERSHIP, WE CAN REDUCE THE BLUE LINE, UM, TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE.
UM, WE COULD REDUCE ONE OF THE GREEN SHUTTLES.
WE CAN ALSO REDUCE THE HOURS AND ON ANY ONE OF THOSE SHUTTLES AS WELL.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON ONE OF THESE OPTIONS, MONTHS, A MONTH, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST AS PART OF THIS NEW MONTH TO MONTH AGREEMENT THAT I WANT TO DEMAND THAT WE GET THIS DATA.
NO, NO, NO MORE MICKEY MOUSE REPORTS LIKE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN, I WANT GOOD DATA.
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WHO'S GETTING ON AND OFF AT EACH STOP AND TIMES.WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TIMES PEOPLE ARE WRITING THAT WAY WE WILL, IF WE DO REDUCE, WE REDUCE WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T USING IT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED.
IS IT UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS IS BEING PRESENTED TO US? HONESTLY, I'M OFFENDED.
I MEAN, THIS IS, I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE WE'RE KINDERGARTENERS.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING GIVEN.
UM, DO WE HAVE TO REP FUND THEM OKAY.
MAYBE YOU CAN JUST TALK TO US AGAIN.
THAT'S EVERY VICE PRESIDENT FOR MV TRANSPORTATION.
UH, I WAS BEFORE YOU THE LAST TIME.
AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN PLAGUED WITH THE PANDEMIC AND RIDERSHIP HAS SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THAT ON THE FIXED ROUTE AND THE DOLLAR RIDE, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED DATA TO, UH, TO STAFF, UH, BASED ON, UH, THE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR DATA.
AND SO THIS IS THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ALSO OVER LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL APPROVED TO HAVE A, A CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH US IN ORDER TO PULL TOGETHER THE PR PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NET ON THE 15TH AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM, GIVING THEM INFORMATION, PROVIDED INFORMATION THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO, TO BRING A, UH, ADJUSTMENT TO SERVICES OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE BEEN COMPLACENT, UH, WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH, WITH, WITH COVID AND THE REDUCTION WHEN SCHOOL WAS NOT EVEN AN OPERATION, UH, OF TRYING TO GET WHAT WE CONSIDER A CONSISTENT DATA ON, ON RIDERSHIP, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T NECESSARILY WRITING DURING THAT TIME.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, NO, AS THINGS ARE COMING BACK, THINGS ARE OPENING UP.
THESE OPTIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD ON THE SERVICE AS WELL, BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH, UH, UH, COVID RIDERSHIP SCHOOL CLOSINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUES ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO WE ARE NOT A COMPLACENT COMPANY.
WE'VE BEEN YOUR PARTNER FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, BUT LAST, THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE'S BEEN IMPACTS ON GETTING, UH, WHAT I CONSIDER DATA FOR THE FUTURE ON HOW YOU WANT TO OPERATE YOUR, YOUR SERVICE.
SO THOSE ARE MY, MY, MY COMMENTS THERE.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE DATA REFLECTS ON THAT.
UH, BUT WE ARE HERE TO, TO BE YOUR PARTNER AS WE MOVE FORWARD THE MONTH TO MONTH OPTION, UH, LIKE SOMEONE SAID HERE, YOU DO HAVE AN OPTION TO, AS YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU'RE NOT LOCKED INTO A LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH US.
UH, SO THAT ONCE YOU DECIDE THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT TWO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, JUST TO CANCEL A SERVICES BEGINNING TOMORROW, WHEN WE, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE WAR NOTICES TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE UNION EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PUB PUBLIC WITH ANY CHANGES IN SERVICES GENERALLY REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE COMMENTS TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND I, SO WOULD YOU BE COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT I ASKED? CAUSE CAUSE LAST YEAR I ASKED FOR MORE DATA THAN THAT.
SO THAT THAT'S WHERE MY FRUSTRATION STEMS FROM IS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS.
I AGREE THAT THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC ARE, WERE UNPREDICTABLE AND DIFFICULT ON EVERYONE.
BUT I ALSO SEE THAT AS THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO MORE THAN EVER TO ASK THESE TOUGH QUESTIONS, MAKE YOUR COMPANY MORE VALUABLE BY WAY OF DOING WHAT I'M ASKING.
IF, IF THE BUSES WERE FULL, I WOULDN'T BE SAYING A WORD.
AND SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS LET'S USE BRAIN CELLS, LET'S USE ALL RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
LET'S USE THE DRIVERS TO GIVE US THE DATA, LET US KNOW WHAT WORKS.
I JUST I'M TIRED OF SEEING EMPTY BUSES, I THINK, AND DURING, I BELIEVE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS, THIS, UH, EVALUATION AS WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, SOME OF THOSE, THOSE VERY THINGS YOU'RE REFERRING TO HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND, AND DONE.
THAT'S THAT'S THE BASIS OF THE REPORT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ON THE 15TH.
SO SOME OF THIS, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
THIS IS, UH, UH, THE RIDERSHIP, UH, YOU KNOW, DETAIL BY MONTH BY ROUTE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S ROUTES ARE, UH, PRODUCTIVE AND OR NOT.
AND WHAT NEEDS TO, TO, UH, POTENTIALLY HAVE CHANGED, BUT THERE'S BEEN MORE, UH, YOU
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WILL SEE IN THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION THAT WE WORKED WITH THEM TO, TO PULL, HELP THEM WITH THE DATA, TO PULL THE REPORT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO YOU ON THE 15TH, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GET, GET US MORE DETAILED DATA, INCLUDING WRITERS ON WRITERS OFF FROM ONE STOP TO EAT NEXT STOP AND SO ON.AND THAT, THAT, THAT THE, THE, THE, UH, AS I LOOK BACKWARDS, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, OUR, OUR FINANCE FOLKS IN, IN HOW WE WORK, WE RECORD A RIDERSHIP, BUT I CAN COMMIT AS OF TOMORROW, YOU WILL, WE'LL START MAKING SURE THAT DATA IS COLLECTED.
AND I BELIEVE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS REVIEW, SOME OF THAT KIND OF DATA WAS LOOKED AT, I BELIEVE, UH, WITH A CONSULTANT ON ONS AND OFF, UH, AREAS OF THE ROUTES.
DO YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT FOR THAT? YEAH.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? GOOD COUNSEL AND MS. LOPEZ, BEATA.
UM, SO THAT DATA WOULD HAVE A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN ON TIME, DAYS, WEEKS, AND SO FORTH, CORRECT? YES.
WHAT ELSE I'LL GET WITH, I'LL SEND TO KELLY, UH, WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR REQUEST IS, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE DATA TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
I ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO BE THAT TIME OF DAY.
UH, TH THE, UH, ACTUAL STOPS THE ONSET OFF AT THE STOPS THAT WE PICK UP AND DROP OFF ON THAT KIND OF DATA GOING FORWARD.
WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
I MIGHT EVEN BE A GOOD TIME TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHEN, WHEN THE BUS IS EMPTY AND THEN SOMEONE HOPS ON THAT MIGHT BE THE TIME TO ASK, HEY, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED PEOPLE DON'T GET ON FROM HERE TO HERE.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL IF WE TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE OR, YEAH.
AND, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE, I BELIEVE IN, AND WHEN YOU PULL THE REPORT ON THE 15TH, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTERVIEWS.
THEY THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, THEY ARE RESOURCES WELL, BUT ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN THE NEXT REPORT.
COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND SO THE QUESTION THE MUCH 15, WE WILL HAVE MORE DATA.
THE DATA WILL, WILL BE HANDLED BY STAFF IN THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS THEN IS ACTUALLY BRINGING FORTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE, UH, SOME DATA REGARDING THE NEW ROUTE.
HOW TO KIND OF MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
I'LL LET I LET THE STAFF, UH, UH, SPEAK TO THAT.
I KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE, BUT THEY HAVE MORE OF THE DETAIL ON WHAT THEIR, WHAT THE, I THINK, SORRY.
I THINK WE TRY TO FIND A WAYS UTILIZE YOUR SERVICE.
THE GASOLINE, THE MANPOWER RUNNING AROUND EMPTY.
AND UH, SO WHAT CAN WE FIND OUT? SOME MORE POPULAR? OKAY.
SO WHAT THIS OBJECTION FOUND FROM THE CT AND THE FUN YOU ACCOMPANY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BASHING YOU.
WE JUST TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION AND WE WANT THE DATA.
WE WANT TO, HOW CAN THE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE SR? OKAY.
OR PEOPLE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO JOIN AND CAN UTILIZE MORE PEOPLE AROUND.
SO CAN WE HAVE ASOS ROUTE AND SUBJECTION AND DATA AND THE POOR BY FOR CONSOLE.
I, IS THAT POSSIBLE MUCH 15? YOU HAVE ALL THOSE INFORMATION FOR US.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT HAVE THE DATA ON YOUR, YOU'RE SAYING ON THE BREAKDOWN OF WHO'S WRITING, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK WE HAVE ADULTS, UH, CHILDREN, SENIORS.
UM, MY SIDE, MORE INTERESTED TO THE NEW ROUTE.
YOU'RE THE CONSULTANT WHO, WHO, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WHO THEY, THEY VETTED THEM.
WE MET WITH THEM AND THEY PRESENTED THOSE, UH, THINGS CHANGES TO US, BUT THE CITY HAS THE DETAILS ON WHAT THOSE CORE OPTIONS ARE.
THAT CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION MORE CLEARLY THAN MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCILMAN.
UH, SO THE, UH, THE CONSULTANT GROUP IBI IS COLLECTING DATA, NOT ONLY FROM MV TRANSIT, BUT FOOTHILL TRANSIT, AND REALLY ANALYZING THE ROUTES THAT ARE MOST USED AND HOW TO YOU CONNECTING, UM, OUR SERVICES WITH THE EXISTING SERVICES PROVIDED.
AND SO THAT THEY'LL BE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION ON THE, AND THEN, OKAY.
THE, REGARDING THE BUSES, CAN WE TENSION ANY POSSIBLE? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DIFFERENT STYLE OF, UH, THE BUSES, WHETHER IT'S IN THE TROLLEY AND THAT'S SOMETHING AND WHY BY THIS BEING THE MONTH TO MONTH, WHICH WITH THE PLAN TO GO OUT TO RFP, YOU CAN LET YOU KNOW US IN ANY BETTER KNOW WHAT KIND OF BUS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE WE
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WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY PRICE WHATEVER CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A NEW BUSES OR A TROLLEY STYLE BUS.THAT'S MORE LIKE YOU INDICATED MORE OPEN AND PEOPLE MAYBE FEEL MOST SAFE TO TAKE.
SO WE INCREASED THE RIDERSHIP AND ANOTHER THING HE SAID, IT'D BE MORE HIP PEOPLE SAY, HEY, LET ME HOP IN.
SO SOMETHING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO, TO KIND OF HAPPEN TO OKAY.
AND I, I THINK BASICALLY, UH, STAFF IS GATHERING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
SO WHEN THEY GO TO RFP, THEY WILL KNOW WHAT, UH, THE CITY IS.
UH, EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING AND LOOKING FOR.
BASICALLY, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT ROLE WE WANT.
AND THEN MEANTIME, WE POSSIBLE MONTHS, TWO MONTHS OLD PEOPLE DON'T JUST FALL TO QUICK CLIP AND NO SERVICE AT ALL BECAUSE SOME SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PUBLICITY.
THE PEOPLE WHO STILL DEPEND ON IT, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
I THINK YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER.
UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SAID TO THE SPORTSPLEX, THAT'LL BE A BIG NEED, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S LOW LOW-HANGING FRUIT, UH, PERHAPS, UH, CITY STAFF COULD ALSO, SINCE WE'RE OPENING AVENUES WITH UBER, SEE IF THEY MIGHT SHARE SOME DATA ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MOVE IN OUR TOWN, THAT MAY BE PROPRIETARY, BUT IT'S WORTH THE ASK WITH UBER AND LYFT AND COUNCILMEN TO ABOUT DUBAI, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE, WITH THE MAYOR SAID.
I, I, I, I W DO WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT, THAT PART OF THE ACTION PLAN, UH, INCLUDES, UH, A PERMANENT SHUTTLE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS, UH, TO SHUTTLE, UH, TEAMS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TO THE SPORTSPLEX.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE, WE, WE NEED THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT, LIKE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A NON-NEGOTIABLE THAT, THAT WE, WE SUPPLY THAT.
AND THEN WHEN WE'RE WHERE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING TO ALL OF THESE, THESE TRAVEL TOURNAMENT OR WHOEVER IT RENTS OUT THAT, THAT THIS IS OUR WAY OF, OF GETTING TO, AND FROM THE SPORTS FLAGS, THIS IS THE BEST WAY, THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY, THE BEST WAYS FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
OKAY, THEN PURSUANT TO ALL THAT COMMENT, THEN, UM, I'LL BE OPEN-MINDED.
NUMBER ONE IS THAT IF, UH, MY COUNCIL AGREES ONCE A MONTH, OPTION ONE VERY, VERY MAY OPTION ONE, THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL REMAIN WITH MV TRANSIT OPTION TWO.
THE CITY WILL TAKE ON THE MV TRANSIT PILOT PROGRAM, OR, SORRY, THE PILOT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST OPTION TWO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR OPTION TWO MONTHS A MONTH.
SO WE DON'T REFLECT QUICK QUESTION.
THE CURRENT PILOT PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY THROUGH THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
THE LAST AMENDMENT WITH THE, UM, CONTRACT WITH MV TRANSIT WAS FOR THEM TO, UM, ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.
WE CAN ALSO TAKE IT IN-HOUSE AND DO THAT WITH STAFF.
WHY WOULD WE HAVE OUR STAFF DO THAT IF THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT AND THIS IMPACT, SORRY, THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY DOING IT.
THEY WERE CONTRACTED TO DO IT.
WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT 50,000 WOULD NOT GET DILUTED THAT 50,000 WOULD NOT GET DILUTED, MEANING, UM, IT WOULD BE NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS NEEDED TO PAY OUT.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR OPTION TWO SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR CASTELLANO'S FOR OPTION NUMBER TWO, ITEM NUMBER 10 AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT TO BY COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
UH, OPTION NUMBER TWO, PASSES FIVE ZERO.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT AS WE MOVE ONCE A MONTH ON IT.
AND THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
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DO I HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, REQUESTS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN WU.JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT AGAIN, MUCH CHILD, MUCH CERTAIN, WHEREAS COVINA HAS BRING FAST DEPOT AND FAIR.
YOU'LL HAVE A, BASICALLY AN A 40, 50 PERFORMANCE, AND THEN YOU HAVE 150 VENDORS WITH A 90 OF A SERVICE, GIVE YOU A LOT OF FREE GIVE AND A 60 FU AND A 10 AND THE FOOD CHART, INCLUDING THE
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LOBSTER TRUCK.SO, SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEND TOUGH DOLLARS GO TO THE LOVES TO THE TRUCK.
SO, SO MAYBE THE COUNCIL WANTS TO BUY SOMEBODY THAT LOVES THE TRUCK.
SO IF SOMEBODY DON'T LIKE TO SEE IF YOU, AND, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, UH, OKAY.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PROVIDE A GOOD ENTERTAINMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, 14 RIDE.
NOW WE HAVE A K AND A ACQUIRES WAKANDA CAPE CANDY, CANDY, KS, A SNOW CANDY, SOMETHING.
MY BRAIN DOESN'T FUNCTION RIGHT, RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN, AND THEN THEY HAVE, UH, ALL THIS OKAY.
AND THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A TWO BEER GARDEN.
SO WE CAN GO OVER THERE TO ENJOY ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEER.
I THINK THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT, THE FIRST TIME IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WE HAVE SUCH A BIG LIKE US AND GABRIEL.
WHERE'S COVINA FAIR AND A SPRING FESTIVAL.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING FOR OUR CT, WITH THE SEVEN DIFFERENT GROUP, INCLUDING KEWANNY OKAY.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN WANT TO PERFORM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, PUT THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC IS DIVIDED PEOPLE AND THE, HOPEFULLY IT IS OKAY.
AND EVEN CAN PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR ALL THE CHILDREN TO PERFORM AND TO APPRECIATE EACH OLDER.
EVEN WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE, A DIFFERENT OKAY.
AND THE APPEARANCE, BUT WE ALL BROTHER AND SISTER, OKAY.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO ENJOY IT AND THEY WANT THE CHILDREN TO REALLY FEEL CONFIDENT AND HAPPY FOR THEIR FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, EVEN BY EVERYBODY OKAY.
I MIGHT BUY YOU A LOBSTER SANDWICH.
UH, YES, UH, SPRING SPRING EVENT, UH, I, I WILL BE THERE AND, UH, I WILL BE SPENDING MONEY.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THROW OUT A THANK YOU TO, UH, WALMART AUTO PONY BASEBALL THAT HAD US FOR THEIR OPENING DAY, UH, MAYOR PRO DIAZ AND COUNCILMAN WU.
AND, AND I, WE ALL GOT TO THROW OUT A FIRST PITCH.
I MIGHT HAVE TO SAY, UH, SO A GREAT TIME.
UH, THE, THE OTHER THING, UH, BASEBALL IS LOCKED OUT, BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF BASEBALL.
I THINK THIS WEEKEND, UH, WEST COVINA, ALL AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE IS, IS OPENING UP.
SOFTBALL IS OPENING UP THIS WEEKEND.
OBVIOUSLY PLENTY BASEBALL IS GOING STRONG.
SO, UH, OUR, OUR KIDS ARE BACK PLAYING SPORTS AND ENJOYING.
AND SO, UH, GO OUT, UH, THIS WEEKEND, UH, CAUSE THIS SPRING FEST IS THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
UH, BUT GO OUT THIS WEEKEND TO, UH, ENJOY SOME BASEBALL, SOME SOFTBALL, UM, BUY FOOD AT THE SNACK BARS, THE LEAGUES NEED US TO ALSO BUY THOSE FOODS.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY I SEE SOME OF YOU OUT THERE.
ANY, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR REQUESTS? NO.
WELL, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF UKRAINE.
I'D LIKE TO KEEP THEM IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND HOPE THAT THE SITUATION GETS BETTER FOR THEM.